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She was to accompany Sir William and his second daughter. The

improvement of spending a night in London was added in time, and

the plan became as perfect as plan could be.

The only pain was in leaving her father, who would certainly miss

her, and who, when it came to the point, so little liked her

going, that he told her to write to him, and almost promised to

answer her letter.

The farewell between herself and Mr. Wickham was perfectly

friendly; on his side even more. His present pursuit could not

make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and

to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the

first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu,

wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to

expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of

her--their opinion of everybody--would always coincide, there was

a solicitude, an interest, which she felt must ever attach her to

him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him

convinced, that, whether married or single, he must always be her

model of the amiable and pleasing.