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CHAPTER XLIX . TWO days after Mr . Bennet’s return , as Jane and Elizabeth were walking together in the shrubbery behind the house , they saw the housekeeper coming towards them , and concluding that she came to call them to their mother , went forward to meet her ; but instead of the expected summons , when they approached her , she said to Miss Bennet , “ I beg your pardon , madam , for interrupting you , but I was in hopes you might have got some good news from town , so I took the liberty of coming to ask . ” “ What do you mean , Hill ? We have heard nothing from town . ” “ Dear madam , ” cried Mrs . Hill , in great astonishment , “ don’t you know there is an express come for master from Mr . Gardiner ? He has been here this half hour , and master has had a letter . ” Away ran the girls , too eager to get in to have time for speech . They ran through the vestibule into the breakfast - room ; from thence to the library ; — their father was in neither ; and they were on the point of seeking him upstairs with their mother , when they were met by the butler , who said , — “ If you are looking for my master , ma’am , he is walking towards the little copse . ” Upon this information , they instantly passed through the hall once more , and ran across the lawn after their father , who was deliberately pursuing his way towards a small wood on one side of the paddock . Jane , who was not so light , nor so much in the habit of running as Elizabeth , soon lagged behind , while her sister , panting for breath , came up with him , and eagerly cried out , — “ Oh , papa , what news ? what news ? have you heard from my uncle ? ” “ Yes , I have had a letter from him by express . ” “ Well , and what news does it bring — good or bad ? ” “ What is there of good to be expected ? ” said he , taking the letter from his pocket ; “ but perhaps you would like to read it . ” Elizabeth impatiently caught it from his hand . Jane now came up . “ Read it aloud , ” said their father , “ for I hardly know myself what it is about . ” “ Gracechurch Street , Monday , August 2 . “ My dear Brother , “ At last I am able to send you some tidings of my niece , and such as , upon the whole , I hope will give you satisfaction . Soon after you left me on Saturday , I was fortunate enough to find out in what part of London they were . The particulars I reserve till we meet . It is enough to know they are discovered : I have seen them both — — ”
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