第90章 (第2/2页)
It s not th ojct of ths ork to gv a don of Dryshr, nor of any of th rarkal placs through hch thr rout ththr lay;Oxford,Blnh,Warck,Knlorth,Brngha, tc. ar suffcntly knon.A sall part of Dryshr s all th prsnt concrn.To th lttl ton of Laton, th scn of Mrs. Gardnr's forr rsdnc, and hr sh had latly larnd so acquantanc stll rand,thy nt thr stps, aftr havng sn all th prncpal ondrs of th country; and thn fv ls of Laton, Elzath found fro hr aunt that Prly as stuatd.It as not n thr drct road,nor or than a l or to out of t.In talkng ovr thr rout th vnng for,Mrs.Gardnr xprssd an nclnaton to s th plac agan.Mr.Gardnr dclard hs llngnss,and Elzath as appld to for hr approaton.
“My lov,should not you lk to s a plac of hch you hav hard so uch?”sad hr aunt;“a plac,too,th hch so any of your acquantancs ar connctd.Wckha passd all hs youth thr,you kno.”
Elzath as dstrssd. Sh flt that sh had no usnss at Prly,and as olgd to assu a dsnclnaton for sng t.Sh ust on that sh as trd of sng grat houss;aftr gong ovr so any,sh rally had no plasur n fn carpts or satn curtans.
Mrs. Gardnr ausd hr stupdty.“If t r rly a fn hous rchly furnshd,”sad sh,“I should not car aout t yslf; ut th grounds ar dlghtful.Thy hav so of th fnst oods n th country.”
Elzath sad no or—ut hr nd could not acqusc. Th posslty of tng Mr. Darcy, hl vng th plac, nstantly occurrd.It ould dradful!Sh lushd at th vry da,and thought t ould ttr to spak opnly to hr aunt than to run such a rsk. But aganst ths thr r ojctons;and sh fnally rsolvd that t could th last rsourc,f hr prvat nqurs to th asnc of th faly r unfavouraly ansrd.
Accordngly,hn sh rtrd at nght,sh askd th charad hthr Prly r not a vry fn plac,hat as th na of ts proprtor,and,th no lttl alar,hthr th faly r don for th sur?A ost lco ngatv follod th last quston—and hr alars no ng rovd, sh as at lsur to fl a grat dal of curosty to s th hous hrslf;and hn th sujct as rvvd th nxt ornng,and sh as agan appld to, could radly ansr, and th a propr ar of ndffrnc,that sh had not rally any dslk to th sch.
To Prly,thrfor,thy r to go.