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Pride & Prejudice – page 521

Pride and Prejudice

One morning, soon after their arrival, as she was

sitting with her two elder sisters, she said to Elizabeth:

“Lizzy, I never gave you an account of my wedding,

I believe. You were not by, when I told mamma and the

others all about it. Are not you curious to hear how it

was managed?”

“No really,” replied Elizabeth; “I think there cannot

be too little said on the subject.”

“La! You are so strange! But I must tell you how it

went off. We were married, you know, at St. Clement’s,

because Wickham’s lodgings were in that parish. And it

was settled that we should all be there by eleven o’clock.

My uncle and aunt and I were to go together; and the

others were to meet us at the church. Well, Monday

morning came, and I was in such a fuss! I was so afraid,

you know, that something would happen to put it off,

and then I should have gone quite distracted. And there

was my aunt, all the time I was dressing, preaching

and talking away just as if she was reading a sermon.

However, I did not hear above one word in ten, for I

was thinking, you may suppose, of my dear Wickham.

I longed to know whether he would be married in his

blue coat.”

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