The observations of her uncle and aunt now began;and each of them pronounced him to be infinitely superior to anything they had expected.
“There is also one other person in the party,”he continued after a pause,“who more particularly wishes to be known to you.Will you allow me,or do I ask too much,to introduce my sister to your acquaintance during your stay at Lambton?”
“He is perfectly well behaved,polite,and unassuming,”said her uncle.
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.
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 a intercourse renewed after many years' discontinuance.