Aside — Marital ArrangementsFrom Jane Bingley to Elizabeth Darcy
Grosvener St, London, Aug. 29
My dearest Lizzy,
We were very much looking forward to seeing your husband again once we reached London; however we have just visited the house on Berkeley Square and were told that he had left post-haste for Pemberley yesterday morning. While the housekeeper assured us that all was well, I hope you will understand that Charles and I were both somewhat alarmed to find that he had left so suddenly, and without leaving any word for us. I hope that all is indeed well, there? I hope that you have not found yourself ill; the rain when we left Charles’s family in Cheshire seemed little conducive to good health, and I know how you love to be abroad, even in inclement weather. If you are unwell, pleas
