Had Elizabeth been at leisure to be idle, she would have remained certain that all employment was impossible to one so wretched as herself; but she had her share of business as well as her aunt, and amongst the rest there were notes to be written to all their friends at Lambton, with false excuses for their sudden departure.
Ha Elizabeth tétlenül ül, szentül meg lett volna győződve arról, hogy ilyen boldogtalan lelkiállapotban semmivel sem lehet foglalkozni. De neki is kijutott a munkából, éppúgy, mint a nagynénjének; többek között leveleket kellett írni összes lambtoni ismerőseiknek, ürügyet találva a hirtelen elutazásra.