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Mr. Be had very often wished before this period of his life that, instead of spending his whole ie, he hadid by an annual sum for the better provision of his children, and of his wife,if she survived him.He now wished it more than ever. Had he done his duty in that respect,Lydia need not have been ied to her uncle for whatever of honour or credit could now be purchased for her.The satisfa of prevailing on one of the most worthless young men i Britain to be her husband might then have rested in its proper ce.
He was seriously ed that a cause of so little advao anyone should be forwarded at the sole expense of his brother-inw,and he was determined,if possible,to find out the extent of his assistand to discharge the obligation as soon as he could.
When first Mr.Be had married,ey was held to be perfectly useless,for,of course,they were to have a son.The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for. Five daughters sessively ehe world, but yet the son was toe; and Mrs. Be, for many years after Lydia's birth, had beeain that he would.This event had atst been despaired of,but it was then toote to be saving. Mrs.Be had no turn for ey,and her husband's love of independence had alone preveheir exceeding their ie.
Five thousand pounds was settled by marriage articles on Mrs. Be and the children. But in roportions it should be divided amongst thetter depended on the will of the parents. This was one point,with regard to Lydia,at least,which was now to be settled,and Mr.Be could have ation in eding to the proposal before him.In terms of grateful aowledgment for the kindness of his brother,though expressed most cisely, he then delivered on paper his perfect approbation of all that was done,and his willio fulfil the es that had been made for him. He had never before supposed that, could Wickham be prevailed on to marry his daughter, it would be doh so little invenieo himself as by the present arra.He would scarcely be ten pounds a year the loser by the huhat was to be paid them;for,what with her board and pocket allowand the tinual presents in money which passed to her through her mother's hands,Lydia's expenses had been very little within that sum.
That it would be doh such trifliion on his side, too, was another very wee surprise; for his wish at present was to have as little trouble in the business as possible.When the first transports e which had produced his activity in seeking her were over, he naturally returo all his former indolence.His letter was soon dispatched;for,though dtory in uaking business,he was qui its execution.He begged to know further particrs of what he was ied to his brother, but was too angry with Lydia to send any message to her.
The good news spread quickly through the house, and with proportionate speed through the neighbourhood. It was borne ier with det philosophy. To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of versation had Miss Lydia Bee upoown; or, as the happiest alternative,been secluded from the world, in some distant farmhouse.But there was much to be talked of in marrying her; and the good-natured wishes for her well-doing which had proceeded before from all the spiteful olddies ion lost but a little of their spirit in this ge of circumstances,because with su husband her misery was sidered certain.
It was a fht since Mrs.Be had been downstairs;but on this happy day she again took her seat at the head of her table, and in spirits oppressively high. iment of shame gave a damp to her triumph.The marriage of a daughter,which had been the first object of her wishes since Jane was sixteen,was now on the point of omplishment, ahoughts and her words ran wholly on those attendants of elegant nuptials,fine muslins, new carriages, and servants. She was busily searg through the neighbourhood for a proper situation for her daughter,and, without knowing or sidering what their ie might be, rejected many as defit in size and importance.
“Haye Park might do,”said she,“if the Gouldings could quit it—or the great house at Stoke,if the drawing-room wererger;but Ashworth is too far off!I could not bear to have her ten miles from me;and as for Pulvis Lodge,the attics are dreadful.”
Her husband allowed her to talk on without interruption while the servants remained. But when they had withdrawn, he said to her:“Mrs.Be,before you take any or all of these houses for your son and daughter,let use tht uanding. Into one house in this neighbourhood they shall never have admittance. I will not ence the impudence of either, by receiving them at Longbourn.”
A long dispute followed this deration; but Mr. Be was firm. It sooo another; and Mrs. Be found, with amazement and horror, that her husband would not advance a guio buy clothes for his daughter. He protested that she should receive from him no mark of affe whatever on the asion.Mrs.Be could hardlyprehend it.That his anger could be carried to such a point of inceivable rese as to refuse his daughter a privilege without which her marriage would scarcely seem valid,exceeded all she could believe possible.She was more alive to the disgrace which her want of new clothes must refle her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame at her eloping and living with Wickham a fht before they took ce.快眼看书小说阅读_www.bookcu.com
He was seriously ed that a cause of so little advao anyone should be forwarded at the sole expense of his brother-inw,and he was determined,if possible,to find out the extent of his assistand to discharge the obligation as soon as he could.
When first Mr.Be had married,ey was held to be perfectly useless,for,of course,they were to have a son.The son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age, and the widow and younger children would by that means be provided for. Five daughters sessively ehe world, but yet the son was toe; and Mrs. Be, for many years after Lydia's birth, had beeain that he would.This event had atst been despaired of,but it was then toote to be saving. Mrs.Be had no turn for ey,and her husband's love of independence had alone preveheir exceeding their ie.
Five thousand pounds was settled by marriage articles on Mrs. Be and the children. But in roportions it should be divided amongst thetter depended on the will of the parents. This was one point,with regard to Lydia,at least,which was now to be settled,and Mr.Be could have ation in eding to the proposal before him.In terms of grateful aowledgment for the kindness of his brother,though expressed most cisely, he then delivered on paper his perfect approbation of all that was done,and his willio fulfil the es that had been made for him. He had never before supposed that, could Wickham be prevailed on to marry his daughter, it would be doh so little invenieo himself as by the present arra.He would scarcely be ten pounds a year the loser by the huhat was to be paid them;for,what with her board and pocket allowand the tinual presents in money which passed to her through her mother's hands,Lydia's expenses had been very little within that sum.
That it would be doh such trifliion on his side, too, was another very wee surprise; for his wish at present was to have as little trouble in the business as possible.When the first transports e which had produced his activity in seeking her were over, he naturally returo all his former indolence.His letter was soon dispatched;for,though dtory in uaking business,he was qui its execution.He begged to know further particrs of what he was ied to his brother, but was too angry with Lydia to send any message to her.
The good news spread quickly through the house, and with proportionate speed through the neighbourhood. It was borne ier with det philosophy. To be sure, it would have been more for the advantage of versation had Miss Lydia Bee upoown; or, as the happiest alternative,been secluded from the world, in some distant farmhouse.But there was much to be talked of in marrying her; and the good-natured wishes for her well-doing which had proceeded before from all the spiteful olddies ion lost but a little of their spirit in this ge of circumstances,because with su husband her misery was sidered certain.
It was a fht since Mrs.Be had been downstairs;but on this happy day she again took her seat at the head of her table, and in spirits oppressively high. iment of shame gave a damp to her triumph.The marriage of a daughter,which had been the first object of her wishes since Jane was sixteen,was now on the point of omplishment, ahoughts and her words ran wholly on those attendants of elegant nuptials,fine muslins, new carriages, and servants. She was busily searg through the neighbourhood for a proper situation for her daughter,and, without knowing or sidering what their ie might be, rejected many as defit in size and importance.
“Haye Park might do,”said she,“if the Gouldings could quit it—or the great house at Stoke,if the drawing-room wererger;but Ashworth is too far off!I could not bear to have her ten miles from me;and as for Pulvis Lodge,the attics are dreadful.”
Her husband allowed her to talk on without interruption while the servants remained. But when they had withdrawn, he said to her:“Mrs.Be,before you take any or all of these houses for your son and daughter,let use tht uanding. Into one house in this neighbourhood they shall never have admittance. I will not ence the impudence of either, by receiving them at Longbourn.”
A long dispute followed this deration; but Mr. Be was firm. It sooo another; and Mrs. Be found, with amazement and horror, that her husband would not advance a guio buy clothes for his daughter. He protested that she should receive from him no mark of affe whatever on the asion.Mrs.Be could hardlyprehend it.That his anger could be carried to such a point of inceivable rese as to refuse his daughter a privilege without which her marriage would scarcely seem valid,exceeded all she could believe possible.She was more alive to the disgrace which her want of new clothes must refle her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame at her eloping and living with Wickham a fht before they took ce.快眼看书小说阅读_www.bookcu.com