Гордость и предубеждение

Chapter 42

           WhenLydiawentawayshepromisedtowriteveryoftenandveryminutelytohermotherandKitty; butherletterswerealwayslongexpected,andalwaysveryshort. Thosetohermothercontainedlittleelsethanthattheywerejustreturnedfromthelibrary,wheresuchandsuchofficershadattendedthem,andwhereshehadseensuchbeautifulornamentsasmadeherquitewild;thatshehadanewgown,oranewparasol,whichshewouldhavedescribedmorefully,butwasobligedtoleaveoffinaviolenthurry,asMrs.Forstercalledher,andtheyweregoingofftothecamp; andfromhercorrespondencewithhersister,therewasstilllesstobelearntforherletterstoKitty,thoughratherlonger,weremuchtoofulloflinesunderthewordstobemadepublic. 

           Afterthefirstfortnightorthreeweeksofherabsence,health,goodhumour,andcheerfulnessbegantoreappearatLongbourn. Everythingworeahappieraspect. Thefamilieswhohadbeenintownforthewintercamebackagain,andsummerfineryandsummerengagementsarose. Mrs.Bennetwasrestoredtoherusualquerulousserenity; and,bythemiddleofJune,KittywassomuchrecoveredastobeabletoenterMerytonwithouttears;aneventofsuchhappypromiseastomakeElizabethhopethatbythefollowingChristmasshemightbesotolerablyreasonableasnottomentionanofficeraboveonceaday,unless,bysomecruelandmaliciousarrangementattheWarOffice,anotherregimentshouldbequarteredinMeryton. 

           Thetimefixedforthebeginningoftheirnortherntourwasnowfastapproaching,andafortnightonlywaswantingofit,whenaletterarrivedfromMrs.Gardiner,whichatoncedelayeditscommencementandcurtaileditsextent. 

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