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“They met again on Sunday,and then I saw hi was not all settled before Monday:as soon as it was,the express was sent off t our visitor was ver, Lizzy,that obstinacy is the real defect of his character,afte has been accused of many faults at different times,but this is the tru was to be done that he did not do himself;though I am sure(and I do not speak it to be thanked,therefore say nothing about it),your uncle would most readily have settled the whole.
“They battled it together for a long time,which was more than either the gentleman or lady concerned in i at last your uncle was forced to yield, and instead of being allowed to be of use to his niece,was forced to put up with only having the probable credit of it,which went sorely against the grain;and I really believe your letter this morning gave him great pleasure, because it required an explanation that would rob him of his borrowed feathers, and give the praise where it wa, Lizzy,this must go no farther than yourself,or Jane at most.
“You know pretty well,I suppose,what has been done for the youn debts are to be paid,amounting,I believe,to considerably more than a thousand pounds, another thousand in addition to her own settled upon her, and his commissio reason why all this was to be done by him alone, was such as I have give was owing to him,to his reserve and want of proper consideration, that Wickham's character had been so misunderstood,and consequently that he had been received and noticed as h there was some truth in this;though I doubt whether his reserve,or anybody's reserve,can be answerable for th in spite of all this fine talking, my dear Lizzy, you may rest perfectly assured that your uncle would never have yielded, if we had not given him credit for another interest in the affair.
“When all this was resolved on,he returned again to his friends, who were still staying at Pemberley; but it was agreed that he should be in London once more when the wedding took place, an
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