Chapter 47
The Return to Longbourn
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1 A tiny post-chaise hastens away from Lambton through sunlit Derbyshire hills.
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2 Elizabeth falls silent as she recognises her own share in Lydia’s danger.
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3 Elizabeth sits rigidly awake as the carriage hurries toward Longbourn.
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4 The Gardiner children caper on Longbourn’s steps as the travelling chaise arrives.
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5 Elizabeth reaches toward Jane’s pale cheek, recognising the strain her sister’s letters concealed.
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6 Mrs. Bennet, cheeks still wet, grows eager at her brother’s promise
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7 Elizabeth confesses the cost of her silence about Wickham, her hand rising too late
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8 Lydia’s laughing, blotted scrawl lies open in Elizabeth’s motionless hands.
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9 Elizabeth lifts her eyes from Lydia’s note as exasperation gives way to pity for her father.
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10 Elizabeth lifts her chin against the prospect of the neighbourhood’s pity.
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