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character was by no means so faulty, nor Wickham’s so amiable, as
they had been considered in Hertfordshire. In confirmation of this,
she related the particulars of all the pecuniary transactions in
which they had been connected, without actually naming her
authority, but stating it to be such as might be relied on.

Mrs. Gardiner was surprised and concerned; but as they were now
approaching the scene of her former pleasures, every idea gave
way to the charm of recollection; and she was too much engaged in
pointing out to her husband all the interesting spots in its environs
to think of anything else. Fatigued as she had been by the
morning’s walk, they had no sooner dined than she set off again in
quest of her former acquaintance, and the evening was spent in the
satisfactions of an intercourse renewed after many years’
discontinuance.

The occurrences of the day were too full of interest to leave
Elizabeth much attention for any of these new friends; and she
could do nothing but think, and think, with wonder, of Mr. Darcy’s
civility, and, above all, of his wishing her to be acquainted with his
sister.
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