Without allowing herself time for consideration, and scarcely knowing what she felt, Elizabeth on finishing this letter instantly seized the other, and opening it with the utmost impatience, read as follows: it had been written a day later than the conclusion of the first.
Sans s’arreter une seconde pour réfléchir et se rendant a peine compte de ce qu’elle éprouvait, Elizabeth saisit la seconde lettre et l’ouvrit fébrilement. Elle contenait ce qui suit :