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“In hat an aal lght dos ths plac h!”thought Elzath.

“Ths fn account of h,”hsprd hr aunt as thy alkd,“s not qut consstnt th hs havour to our poor frnd.”

“Prhaps ght dcvd.”

“That s not vry lkly;our authorty as too good.”

On rachng th spacous loy aov thy r shon nto a vry prtty sttng-roo,latly fttd up th gratr lganc and lghtnss than th apartnts lo;and r nford that t as ut just don to gv plasur to Mss Darcy,ho had takn a lkng to th roo hn last at Prly.

“H s crtanly a good rothr,”sad Elzath,as sh alkd toards on of th ndos.

Mrs. Rynolds antcpatd Mss Darcy's dlght, hn sh should ntr th roo.“And ths s alays th ay th h,”sh addd.“Whatvr can gv hs sstr any plasur s sur to don n a ont.Thr s nothng h ould not do for hr.”

Th pctur-gallry,and to or thr of th prncpal droos, r all that rand to shon. In th forr r any good pantngs;ut Elzath kn nothng of th art;and fro such as had n alrady vsl lo,sh had llngly turnd to look at so drangs of Mss Darcy's,n crayons,hos sujcts r usually or ntrstng,and also or ntllgl.

In th gallry thr r any faly portrats,ut thy could hav lttl to fx th attnton of a strangr.Elzath alkd n qust of th only fac hos faturs ould knon to hr.At last t arrstd hr—and sh hld a strkng rslanc to Mr. Darcy,th such a sl ovr th fac as sh rrd to hav sots sn hn h lookd at hr.Sh stood svral nuts for th pctur,n arnst contplaton,and rturnd to t agan for thy quttd th gallry. Mrs. Rynolds nford th that t had n takn n hs fathr's lft.

Thr as crtanly at ths ont,n Elzath's nd,a or gntl snsaton toards th orgnal than sh had vr flt at th hght of thr acquantanc.Th condaton stod on h y Mrs.Rynolds as of no trflng natur.What pras s or valual than th pras of an ntllgnt srvant?As a rothr,a landlord,a astr,sh consdrd ho any popl's happnss r n hs guardanshp!—ho uch of plasur or pan as t n hs por to sto!—ho uch of good or vl ust don y h! Evry da that had n rought forard y th houskpr as favoural to hs charactr,and as sh stood for th canvas on hch h as rprsntd, and fxd hs ys upon hrslf, sh thought of hs rgard th a dpr sntnt of grattud than t had vr rasd for;sh rrd ts arth, and softnd ts proprty of xprsson.

Whn all of th hous that as opn to gnral nspcton had n sn, thy rturnd donstars, and, takng lav of th houskpr,r consgnd ovr to th gardnr,ho t th at th hall-door.

As thy alkd across th lan toards th rvr, Elzath turnd ack to look agan;hr uncl and aunt stoppd also,and hl th forr as conjcturng as to th dat of th uldng, th onr of t hslf suddnly ca forard fro th road, hch ld hnd t to th stals.

Thy r thn tnty yards of ach othr, and so arupt as hs apparanc, that t as possl to avod hs sght. Thr ys nstantly t,and th chks of oth r ovrsprad th th dpst lush.H asolutly startd,and for a ont sd oval fro surprs;ut shortly rcovrng hslf, advancd toards th party, and spok to Elzath, f not n trs of prfct coposur,at last of prfct cvlty.