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You shall hear what she says."

She then read the first sentence aloud, which comprised the

information of their having just resolved to follow their brother

to town directly, and of their meaning to dine that day in

Grosvenor Street, where Mr. Hurst had a house. The next was in

these words:--"'I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave

in Hertfordshire except your society, my dearest friend; but we

will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that

delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may

lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most

unreserved correspondence. I depend on you for that.'" To these

high-flown expressions Elizabeth listened with all the

insensibility of distrust; and though the suddenness of their

removal surprised her, she saw nothing in it really to lament: it

was not to be supposed that their absence from Netherfield would

prevent Mr.