Chapter XIII

           

           TheirintendedexcursiontoWhitwellturnedoutverydifferentfromwhatElinorhadexpected.Shewaspreparedtobewetthrough,fatigued,andfrightened;buttheeventwasstillmoreunfortunate,fortheydidnotgoatall.

           Byteno’clockthewholepartywasassembledatthepark,wheretheyweretobreakfast.Themorningwasratherfavourable,thoughithadrainedallnight,asthecloudswerethendispersingacrossthesky,andthesunfrequentlyappeared.Theywereallinhighspiritsandgoodhumour,eagertobehappy,anddeterminedtosubmittothegreatestinconveniencesandhardshipsratherthanbeotherwise.

           Whiletheywereatbreakfasttheletterswerebroughtin.AmongtheresttherewasoneforColonelBrandon;—hetookit,lookedatthedirection,changedcolour,andimmediatelylefttheroom.

           "WhatisthematterwithBrandon?"saidSirJohn.

           Nobodycouldtell.

           "Ihopehehashadnobadnews,"saidLadyMiddleton."ItmustbesomethingextraordinarythatcouldmakeColonelBrandonleavemybreakfasttablesosuddenly."

           Inaboutfiveminuteshereturned.

           "Nobadnews,Colonel,Ihope;"saidMrs.Jennings,assoonasheenteredtheroom.

           "Noneatall,ma’am,Ithankyou."

           "WasitfromAvignon?Ihopeitisnottosaythatyoursisterisworse."

           "No,ma’am.Itcamefromtown,andismerelyaletterofbusiness."

           "Buthowcamethehandtodiscomposeyousomuch,ifitwasonlyaletterofbusiness?Come,come,thiswon’tdo,Colonel;soletushearthetruthofit."

           "Mydearmadam,"saidLadyMiddleton,"recollectwhatyouaresaying.

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