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“ You did ! and it was not wholly without foundation . You may remember what I told you on that point , when first we talked of it . ” They were now almost at the door of the house , for she had walked fast to get rid of him ; and unwilling , for her sister’s sake , to provoke him , she only said in reply , with a good - humoured smile , — “ Come , Mr . Wickham , we are brother and sister , you know . Do not let us quarrel about the past . In future , I hope we shall be always of one mind . ” She held out her hand : he kissed it with affectionate gallantry , though he hardly knew how to look , and they entered the house . CHAPTER LIII . MR . WICKHAM was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation , that he never again distressed himself , or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth , by introducing the subject of it ; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet . The day of his and Lydia’s departure soon came ; and Mrs . Bennet was forced to submit to a separation , which , as her husband by no means entered into her scheme of their all going to Newcastle , was likely to continue at least a twelvemonth . “ Oh , my dear Lydia , ” she cried , “ when shall we meet again ? ” “ Oh , Lord ! I don’t know . Not these two or three years , perhaps . ” “ Write to me very often , my dear . ” “ As often as I can . But you know married women have never much time for writing . My sisters may write to me . They will have nothing else to do . ” Mr . Wickham’s adieus were much more affectionate than his wife’s . He smiled , looked handsome , and said many pretty things . “ He is as fine a fellow , ” said Mr . Bennet , as soon as they were out of the house , “ as ever I saw . He simpers , and smirks , and makes love to us all . I am prodigiously proud of him . I defy even Sir William Lucas himself to produce a more valuable son - in - law . ” The loss of her daughter made Mrs . Bennet very dull for several days . “ I often think , ” said she , “ that there is nothing so bad as parting with one’s friends . One seems so forlorn without them . ” “ This is the consequence , you see , madam , of marrying a daughter , ” said Elizabeth . “ It must make you better satisfied that your other four are single . ” “ It is no such thing . Lydia does not leave me because she is married ; but only because her husband’s regiment happens to be so far off . If that had been nearer , she would not have gone so soon . ” But the spiritless condition which this event threw her into was shortly relieved , and her mind opened again to the agitation of hope , by an article of news which then began to be in circulation . The housekeeper at Netherfield had received orders to prepare for the arrival of her master , who was coming down in a day or two , to shoot there for several weeks . Mrs . Bennet was quite in the fidgets . She looked at Jane , and smiled , and shook her head , by turns .
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