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Mr.
Gardiner
left
Longbourn
on
Sunday
;
on
Tuesday
his
wife
received
a
letter
from
him
;
it
told
them
that
,
on
his
arrival
,
he
had
immediately
found
out
his
brother
,
and
persuaded
him
to
come
to
Gracechurch
Street
;
that
Mr.
Bennet
had
been
to
Epsom
and
Clapham
,
before
his
arrival
,
but
without
gaining
any
satisfactory
information
;
and
that
he
was
now
determined
to
inquire
at
all
the
principal
hotels
in
town
,
as
Mr.
Bennet
thought
it
possible
they
might
have
gone
to
one
of
them
,
on
their
first
coming
to
London
,
before
they
procured
lodgings
.
Mr.
Gardiner
himself
did
not
expect
any
success
from
this
measure
,
but
as
his
brother
was
eager
in
it
,
he
meant
to
assist
him
in
pursuing
it
.
He
added
that
Mr.
Bennet
seemed
wholly
disinclined
at
present
to
leave
London
and
promised
to
write
again
very
soon
.
There
was
also
a
postscript
to
this
effect
:
"
I
have
written
to
Colonel
Forster
to
desire
him
to
find
out
,
if
possible
,
from
some
of
the
young
man
's
intimates
in
the
regiment
,
whether
Wickham
has
any
relations
or
connections
who
would
be
likely
to
know
in
what
part
of
town
he
has
now
concealed
himself
.
If
there
were
anyone
that
one
could
apply
to
with
a
probability
of
gaining
such
a
clue
as
that
,
it
might
be
of
essential
consequence
.
At
present
we
have
nothing
to
guide
us
.
Colonel
Forster
will
,
I
dare
say
,
do
everything
in
his
power
to
satisfy
us
on
this
head
.
But
,
on
second
thoughts
,
perhaps
,
Lizzy
could
tell
us
what
relations
he
has
now
living
,
better
than
any
other
person
.
"
Elizabeth
was
at
no
loss
to
understand
from
whence
this
deference
to
her
authority
proceeded
;
but
it
was
not
in
her
power
to
give
any
information
of
so
satisfactory
a
nature
as
the
compliment
deserved
.
She
had
never
heard
of
his
having
had
any
relations
,
except
a
father
and
mother
,
both
of
whom
had
been
dead
many
years
.
It
was
possible
,
however
,
that
some
of
his
companions
in
the
--
--
shire
might
be
able
to
give
more
information
;
and
though
she
was
not
very
sanguine
in
expecting
it
,
the
application
was
a
something
to
look
forward
to
.
Every
day
at
Longbourn
was
now
a
day
of
anxiety
;
but
the
most
anxious
part
of
each
was
when
the
post
was
expected
.
The
arrival
of
letters
was
the
grand
object
of
every
morning
's
impatience
.
Through
letters
,
whatever
of
good
or
bad
was
to
be
told
would
be
communicated
,
and
every
succeeding
day
was
expected
to
bring
some
news
of
importance
.
But
before
they
heard
again
from
Mr.
Gardiner
,
a
letter
arrived
for
their
father
,
from
a
different
quarter
,
from
Mr.
Collins
;
which
,
as
Jane
had
received
directions
to
open
all
that
came
for
him
in
his
absence
,
she
accordingly
read
;
and
Elizabeth
,
who
knew
what
curiosities
his
letters
always
were
,
looked
over
her
,
and
read
it
likewise
.
It
was
as
follows
:
"
My
Dear
Sir
,
"
I
feel
myself
called
upon
,
by
our
relationship
,
and
my
situation
in
life
,
to
condole
with
you
on
the
grievous
affliction
you
are
now
suffering
under
,
of
which
we
were
yesterday
informed
by
a
letter
from
Hertfordshire
.
Be
assured
,
my
dear
sir
,
that
Mrs.
Collins
and
myself
sincerely
sympathise
with
you
and
all
your
respectable
family
,
in
your
present
distress
,
which
must
be
of
the
bitterest
kind
,
because
proceeding
from
a
cause
which
no
time
can
remove
.
No
arguments
shall
be
wanting
on
my
part
that
can
alleviate
so
severe
a
misfortune
--
or
that
may
comfort
you
,
under
a
circumstance
that
must
be
of
all
others
the
most
afflicting
to
a
parent
's
mind
.
The
death
of
your
daughter
would
have
been
a
blessing
in
comparison
of
this
.
And
it
is
the
more
to
be
lamented
,
because
there
is
reason
to
suppose
as
my
dear
Charlotte
informs
me
,
that
this
licentiousness
of
behaviour
in
your
daughter
has
proceeded
from
a
faulty
degree
of
indulgence
;
though
,
at
the
same
time
,
for
the
consolation
of
yourself
and
Mrs.
Bennet
,
I
am
inclined
to
think
that
her
own
disposition
must
be
naturally
bad
,
or
she
could
not
be
guilty
of
such
an
enormity
,
at
so
early
an
age
.
Howsoever
that
may
be
,
you
are
grievously
to
be
pitied
;
in
which
opinion
I
am
not
only
joined
by
Mrs.
Collins
,
but
likewise
by
Lady
Catherine
and
her
daughter
,
to
whom
I
have
related
the
affair
.
They
agree
with
me
in
apprehending
that
this
false
step
in
one
daughter
will
be
injurious
to
the
fortunes
of
all
the
others
;
for
who
,
as
Lady
Catherine
herself
condescendingly
says
,
will
connect
themselves
with
such
a
family
?
And
this
consideration
leads
me
moreover
to
reflect
,
with
augmented
satisfaction
,
on
a
certain
event
of
last
November
;
for
had
it
been
otherwise
,
I
must
have
been
involved
in
all
your
sorrow
and
disgrace
.
Let
me
then
advise
you
,
dear
sir
,
to
console
yourself
as
much
as
possible
,
to
throw
off
your
unworthy
child
from
your
affection
for
ever
,
and
leave
her
to
reap
the
fruits
of
her
own
heinous
offense
.
"
I
am
,
dear
sir
,
etc.
,
etc.
"
Mr.
Gardiner
did
not
write
again
till
he
had
received
an
answer
from
Colonel
Forster
;
and
then
he
had
nothing
of
a
pleasant
nature
to
send
.
It
was
not
known
that
Wickham
had
a
single
relationship
with
whom
he
kept
up
any
connection
,
and
it
was
certain
that
he
had
no
near
one
living
.
His
former
acquaintances
had
been
numerous
;
but
since
he
had
been
in
the
militia
,
it
did
not
appear
that
he
was
on
terms
of
particular
friendship
with
any
of
them
.
