exactly as might be expected; with tears aions ret, iives against the viinous duct of Wickham,andints of her own sufferings and ill-usage; ming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgehe errors of her daughter must principally be owing.
“If I had been able,”said she,“to carry my point in going thton,with all my family, this would not have happened;but poor dear Lydia had nobody to take care of her.Why did the Forsters ever let her go out of their sight? I am sure there was some great or other on their side,for she is not the kind of girl to do such a thing if she had been well looked after. I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her;but I was overruled, as I always am. Poor dear child!And now here's Mr.Be gone away,and I know he will fight Wickham, wherever he meets him and then he will be killed,and what is to be of us all?The Collinses will turn us out before he is cold in his grave,and if you are not kind to us,brother,I do not know what we shall do.”
They all eximed against such terrific ideas;and Mr.Gardiner, after general assurances of his affe for her and all her family, told her that he meant to be in London the very day, and would assist Mr.Be in every endeavour for rec Lydia.飘天文学小说阅读_www.piaotianx.com
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