Chapter 36
The letter re-read in the lane
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1 Elizabeth Bennet walks alone beside the Rosings Park paling, absorbed in Darcy’s letter.
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2 Elizabeth walks along Hunsford Lane, turning the sheet as her eyes race through its lines
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3 Elizabeth grips Darcy’s closely written letter as she begins his account of Netherfield.
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4 Elizabeth reads Darcy’s defence as further proof of his arrogance.
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5 Elizabeth recoils from Darcy's account of Wickham, holding the letter away in disbelief
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6 Elizabeth thrusts the folded letter into her spencer and turns sharply toward the empty lane.
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7 Elizabeth pauses a few steps farther along Hunsford Lane and unfolds Darcy’s letter again.
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8 Elizabeth examines Darcy’s letter sentence by sentence in the quiet lane.
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9 Elizabeth’s gloved fingertip holds her place in Darcy’s letter.
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10 Elizabeth Bennet pauses in the lane, lowering Darcy’s letter as she weighs two conflicting accounts.
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11 Elizabeth pales in the lane as her faith in Wickham falters and Darcy seems blameless
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12 Elizabeth pauses against the park paling, Darcy’s letter hanging idle beside her skirt.
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13 Elizabeth pauses at the gate, hand near its latch, Darcy's letter lowered at her side
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14 Elizabeth pauses against the park paling, Darcy’s letter lowered at her side.
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15 Elizabeth walks slowly along the lane, her letter lowered beside her skirt.
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16 Elizabeth Bennet stands arrested in the spacious lane, her lowered letter beside her skirt.
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17 Elizabeth Bennet cries out in the empty lane as shame overturns her confidence in her own judgement.
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18 Elizabeth falls still after her outcry, wide eyes filled with tears
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19 Elizabeth rereads Darcy's explanation about Jane, gently pressing a crease flat
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20 Elizabeth turns from Darcy's letter, recognising the justice of his reproach of her family
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21 Elizabeth sits alone beside the long park paling, Darcy’s letter slack in her lap.
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22 After two hours of wandering, Elizabeth walks slowly toward the Hunsford parsonage.
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23 Seated beside the hearth, Elizabeth receives the ladies’ eager account of the callers she missed.
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24 Elizabeth offers a small, courteous smile at the news of Colonel Fitzwilliam’s missed visit.
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25 Elizabeth sits beside the cold hearth, her gloved hand resting over Darcy’s hidden letter.
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26 Hunsford Lane settles into afternoon quiet after Elizabeth’s departure.
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