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第103章（第1页）

“WhenIconsider，”sheaddedinayetmoreagitatedvoice，“thatImighthavepreventedit!I，whoknewwhathewas.HadIbutexplainedsomepartofitonly—somepartofwhatIlearnt，tomyownfamily!Hadhischaracterbeenknown，thiscouldnothavehappened.Butitisall—alltoolatenow.”

“Iamgrievedindeed，”criedDarcy;“grieved—shocked.Butisitcertain—absolutelycertain?”

“Oh，yes!TheyleftBrightontogetheronSundaynight，andweretracedalmosttoLondon，butnotbeyond;theyarecertainlynotgonetoScotland.”

“Andwhathasbeendone，whathasbeenattempted，torecoverher?”

“MyfatherhasgonetoLondon，andJanehaswrittentobegmyunclesimmediateassistance;andweshallbeoff，Ihope，inhalf-an-hour.Butnothingcanbedone—Iknowverywellthatnothingcanbedone.Howissuchamantobeworkedon?Howaretheyeventobediscovered?Ihavenotthesmallesthope.Itiseverywayhorrible!”

Darcyshookhisheadinsilentacquiescence.

“Whenmyeyeswereopenedtohisrealcharacter—Oh!hadIknownwhatIought，whatIdaredtodo!ButIknewnot—Iwasafraidofdoingtoomuch.Wretched，wretchedmistake!”

Darcymadenoanswer.Heseemedscarcelytohearher，andwaswalkingupanddowntheroominearnestmeditation，hisbrowcontracted，hisairgloomy.Elizabethsoonobserved，andinstantlyunderstoodit.Herpowerwassinking;everythingmustsinkundersuchaproofoffamilyweakness，suchanassuranceofthedeepestdisgrace.Shecouldneitherwondernorcondemn，butthebeliefofhisself-conquestbroughtnothingconsolatorytoherbosom，affordednopalliationofherdistress.Itwas，onthecontrary，exactlycalculatedtomakeherunderstandherownwishes;andneverhadshesohonestlyfeltthatshecouldhavelovedhim，asnow，whenalllovemustbevain.

Butself，thoughitwouldintrude，couldnotengrossher.Lydia—thehumiliation，themiseryshewasbringingonthemall，soonswallowedupeveryprivatecare;andcoveringherfacewithherhandkerchief，Elizabethwassoonlosttoeverythingelse;and，afterapauseofseveralminutes，wasonlyrecalledtoasenseofhersituationbythevoiceofhercompanion，who，inamannerwhich，thoughitspokecompassion，spokelikewiserestraint，said，

“Iamafraidyouhavebeenlongdesiringmyabsence，norhaveIanythingtopleadinexcuseofmystay，butreal，thoughunavailingconcern.WouldtoHeaventhatanythingcouldbeeithersaidordoneonmypartthatmightofferconsolationtosuchdistress!ButIwillnottormentyouwithvainwishes，whichmayseempurposelytoaskforyourthanks.Thisunfortunateaffairwill，Ifear，preventmysistershavingthepleasureofseeingyouatPemberleyto-day.”

“Oh，yes.BesokindastoapologiseforustoMissDarcy.Saythaturgentbusinesscallsushomeimmediately.Concealtheunhappytruthaslongasitispossible，Iknowitcannotbelong.”

Hereadilyassuredherofhissecrecy;againexpressedhissorrowforherdistress，wisheditahappierconclusionthantherewasatpresentreasontohope，andleavinghiscomplimentsforherrelations，withonlyoneserious，partinglook，wentaway.

Ashequittedtheroom，ElizabethfelthowimprobableitwasthattheyshouldeverseeeachotheragainonsuchtermsofcordialityashadmarkedtheirseveralmeetingsinDerbyshire;andasshethrewaretrospectiveglanceoverthewholeoftheiracquaintance，sofullofcontradictionsandvarieties，sighedattheperversenessofthosefeelingswhichwouldnowhavepromoteditscontinuance，andwouldformerlyhaverejoicedinitstermination.

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