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There is a lady, it seems, a\r\n     Mrs. Younge, who was some time ago governess to Miss Darcy, and was\r\n     dismissed from her charge on some cause of disapprobation, though\r\n     he did not say what. She then took a large house in Edward Street,\r\n     and has since maintained herself by letting lodgings. This Mrs.\r\n     Younge was, he knew, intimately acquainted with Wickham; and he\r\n     went to her for intelligence of him, as soon as he got to town. But\r\n     it was two or three days before he could get from her what he\r\n     wanted. She would not betray her trust, I suppose, without bribery\r\n     and corruption, for she really did know where her friend was to be\r\n     found. Wickham, indeed, had gone to her on their first arrival in\r\n     London; and had she been able to receive them into her house, they\r\n     would have taken up their abode with her. At length, however, our\r\n     kind friend procured the wished-for direction. They were in ----\r\n     Street. He saw Wickham, and afterwards insisted on seeing Lydia.\r\n     His first object with her, he acknowledged, had been to persuade\r\n     her to quit her present disgraceful situation, and return to her\r\n     friends as soon as they could be prevailed on to receive her,\r\n     offering his assistance as far as it would go. But he found Lydia\r\n     absolutely resolved on remaining where she was. She cared for none\r\n     of her friends; she wanted no help of his; she would not hear of\r\n     leaving Wickham. She was sure they should be married some time or\r\n     other, and it did not much signify when. Since such were her\r\n     feelings, it only remained, he thought, to secure and expedite a\r\n     marriage, which, in his very first conversation with Wickham, he\r\n     easily learnt had never been _his_ design. He confessed himself\r\n     obliged to leave the regiment on account of some debts of honour\r\n     which were very pressing; and scrupled not to lay all the ill\r\n     consequences of Lydia’s flight on her own folly alone. He meant to\r\n     resign his commission immediately; and as to his future situation,\r\n     he could conjecture very little about it. He must go somewhere, but\r\n     he did not know where, and he knew he should have nothing to live\r\n     on. Mr. Darcy asked why he did not marry your sister at once.\r\n     Though Mr. Bennet was not imagined to be very rich, he would have\r\n     been able to do something for him, and his situation must have been\r\n     benefited by marriage. But he found, in reply to this question,\r\n     that Wickham still cherished the hope of more effectually making\r\n     his fortune by marriage, in some other country. Under such\r\n     circumstances, however, he was not likely to be proof against the\r\n     temptation of immediate relief. They met several times, for there\r\n     was much to be discussed. Wickham, of course, wanted more than he\r\n     could get; but at length was reduced to be reasonable. Everything\r\n     being settled between _them_, Mr. Darcy’s next step was to make\r\n     your uncle acquainted with it, and he first called in Gracechurch\r\n     Street the evening before I came home. But Mr. Gardiner could not\r\n     be seen; and Mr. Darcy found, on further inquiry, that your father\r\n     was still with him, but would quit town the next morning. He did\r\n     not judge your father to be a person whom he could so properly\r\n     consult as your uncle, and therefore readily postponed seeing him\r\n     till after the departure of the former. He did not leave his name,\r\n     and till the next day it was only known that a gentleman had called\r\n     on business. On Saturday he came again. Your father was gone, your\r\n     uncle at home, and, as I said before, they had a great deal of talk\r\n     together. They met again on Sunday, and then _I_ saw him too. It\r\n     was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express\r\n     was sent off to Longbourn. But our visitor was very obstinate. I\r\n     fancy, Lizzy, that obstinacy is the real defect of his character,\r\n     after all. He has been accused of many faults at different times;\r\n     but _this_ is the true one. Nothing was to be done that he did not\r\n     do himself; though I am sure (and I do not speak it to be thanked,\r\n     therefore say nothing about it) your uncle would most readily have\r\n     settled the whole. They battled it together for a long time, which\r\n     was more than either the gentleman or lady concerned in it\r\n     deserved. But at last your uncle was forced to yield, and instead\r\n     of being allowed to be of use to his niece, was forced to put up\r\n     with only having the probable credit of it, which went sorely\r\n     against the grain; and I really believe your letter this morning\r\n     gave him great pleasure, because it required an explanation that\r\n     would rob him of his borrowed feathers, and give the praise where\r\n     it was due. But, Lizzy, this must go no further than yourself, or\r\n     Jane at most. You know pretty well, I suppose, what has been done\r\n     for the young people. His debts are to be paid, amounting, I\r\n     believe, to considerably more than a thousand pounds, another\r\n     thousand in addition to her own settled upon _her_, and his\r\n     commission purchased. The reason why all this was to be done by him\r\n     alone, was such as I have given above. It was owing to him, to his\r\n     reserve and want of proper consideration, that Wickham’s character\r\n     had been so misunderstood, and consequently that he had been\r\n     received and noticed as he was. Perhaps there was some truth in\r\n     _this_; though I doubt whether _his_ reserve, or _anybody’s_\r\n     reserve can be answerable for the event. But in spite of all this\r\n     fine talking, my dear Lizzy, you may rest perfectly assured that\r\n     your uncle would never have yielded, if we had not given him credit\r\n     for _another interest_ in the affair. When all this was resolved\r\n     on, he returned again to his friends, who were still staying at\r\n     Pemberley; but it was agreed that he should be in London once more\r\n     when the wedding took place, and all money matters were then to\r\n     receive the last finish. I believe I have now told you everything.\r\n     It is a relation which you tell me is to give you great surprise; I\r\n     hope at least it will not afford you any displeasure. Lydia came to\r\n     us, and Wickham had constant admission to the house. _He_ was\r\n     exactly what he had been when I knew him in Hertfordshire; but I\r\n     would not tell you how little I was satisfied with _her_ behaviour\r\n     while she stayed with us, if I had not perceived, by Jane’s letter\r\n     last Wednesday, that her conduct on coming home was exactly of a\r\n     piece with it, and therefore what I now tell you can give you no\r\n     fresh pain. I talked to her repeatedly in the most serious manner,\r\n     representing to her the wickedness of what she had done, and all\r\n     the unhappiness she had brought on her family. If she heard me, it\r\n     was by good luck, for I am sure she did not listen. I was sometimes\r\n     quite provoked; but then I recollected my dear Elizabeth and Jane,\r\n     and for their sakes had patience with her. Mr. Darcy was punctual\r\n     in his return, and, as Lydia informed you, attended the wedding. He\r\n     dined with us the next day, and was to leave town again on\r\n     Wednesday or Thursday."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KJRRD3TNE5A6AKAVXSRFT9RC","peer_label":"pride-and-prejudice","peer_type":"text","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KJRRC2C7K6XERRJES8143XGV","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KJRREZJBEM6MWHW485H9DS9F","peer_label":"mr darcy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFA63SH24KA7N4R2W9MAJ","peer_label":"wickham","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREY6RHWPTVXJ7SHB3NE6F","peer_label":"lydia bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF080QQFQRJXDVEZJMPV0","peer_label":"miss darcy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYSZYA9P29KKXYZVTJ15","peer_label":"mr gardiner","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYW2V9QH9GNRQRJT67GK","peer_label":"mr bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYZ36C2F9Z4KP5F6ANMZ","peer_label":"london","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"city","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZGM87R12EADFF6YZZG3","peer_label":"jane bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYW19YDDGRB70B483ZRV","peer_label":"hertfordshire","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"county","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFCPG7W6XSKD5D827DMKA","peer_label":"mrs younge","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFCQADW1Z1B3A7ZVVVVX3","peer_label":"regiment wickhams","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_unit","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFCJZGWAV4QEQ6CZA70CQ","peer_label":"edward street","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"location","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFCV1Y270292DXRWXEQPT","peer_label":"marriage of lydia and wickham","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"event","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFD48NW23WBC3E94XAWMF","peer_label":"debts of honour wickhams","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"financial_obligation","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDAE34CYQC4ZX39CQWPG","peer_label":"longbourn","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"location","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDD77QV00KJ9H0KT7YM3","peer_label":"pemberley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"location","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFCTA834MVY4WS8EH5FV8","peer_label":"commission wickhams","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_rank","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDFSHWVJN0HEKPD90H63","peer_label":"marriage","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDYN15PNAJ2E6T2AVVW2","peer_label":"house","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDVEPT53Z9HXEXYGWA3B","peer_label":"street where lydia and wickham were found","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"location","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDD6T25GFFN0NAKQ20QP","peer_label":"gracechurch street","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"location","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDZTPW5KXN522M4Y71R7","peer_label":"letter","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFDG3N5CSJYXSQ293JYMN","peer_label":"lizzy elizabeth bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFE5MZDHSES4D15XQ67X2","peer_label":"more than a thousand pounds","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFE5MR1759R8H36MTGF30","peer_label":"settlement","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:51.864Z"}}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:01.364Z","ts":"2026-03-03T02:29:52.848Z","edited_by":{"method":"system","user_id":"01KJ60XQBHJ0GBGTP9X8HXAPPM"}}