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“Not yet,”replied Jane.“But now that my dear uncle is come,I hope everything will be well.”

“Is my father in town?”

“Yes,he went on Tuesday,as I wrote you word.”

When they were all in the drawing-room,the questions which Elizabeth had already asked were of course repeated by the others,and they soon found that Jane had no intelligence to give. The sanguine hope of good,however,which the benevolence of her heart suggested had not yet deserted her;she still expected that it would all end well, and that every morning would bring some letter, either from Lydia or her father, to explain their proceedings,and,perhaps,announce their marriage.