Chapter 35
Darcy's letter in the lane
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1 A solitary walker follows the lane beside the park paling on a hazy spring morning.
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2 Elizabeth pauses beside the park gate, looking into the fresh spring foliage.
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3 Elizabeth begins to retreat along the lane as a distant gentleman approaches through the grove.
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4 Darcy calls to Elizabeth from inside the park gate.
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5 Elizabeth stands beside the park gate with Darcy’s unopened letter in her hand.
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6 Elizabeth walks slowly along the empty lane, unfolding Darcy’s densely written letter.
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7 Elizabeth walks slowly along the lane, absorbed by Darcy’s densely written letter.
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8 Elizabeth resumes her measured walk along the lane, absorbed in Darcy’s closely written letter.
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9 Elizabeth continues reading Darcy’s letter as she walks along the lane.
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10 Elizabeth pauses by the park paling, rereading Darcy's conditional admission of error
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11 Elizabeth reads Darcy’s censure of her family beside the park paling.
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12 Elizabeth’s gloved thumb presses into Darcy’s admission that he concealed Jane’s presence in London.
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13 Elizabeth squares her shoulders as Darcy’s letter turns to Wickham.
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14 Darcy remembers running with Wickham beneath the watchful gaze of his father and the estate steward.
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15 Elizabeth stops in the lane as Darcy’s account challenges her understanding of Wickham.
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16 Elizabeth stops in the lane and rereads the sum in Darcy’s letter.
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17 Elizabeth slips the first sheet under the second, pressing the letter in gloved hands
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18 At Ramsgate, Georgiana welcomes Wickham's bow as Mrs. Younge watches the arranged meeting
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19 Elizabeth lowers Darcy’s letter as the revelation of Georgiana’s age arrests her reading.
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20 Elizabeth freezes as Darcy’s letter reveals the full cruelty of Wickham’s intentions.
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21 Elizabeth lowers Darcy’s letter and lifts her eyes toward Rosings.
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22 Darcy's letter ends in a firm, upright signature.
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23 The gate beside the Hunsford lane stands quiet after Darcy’s departure.
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