Project Gutenberg #1342
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1813Austen's social novel, prepared chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg HTML as a lighter public-domain counterpart to the nonfiction classics.
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Chapter LI. Central question How does the family absorb Lydia's return? Main argument Lydia comes back unchanged, still frivolous and proud of her own importance, which makes the family's relief uneasy. Austen...
the letter; “and, my dear aunt, if you do not tell me in an honourable manner, I shall certainly be reduced to tricks and stratagems to find it out.”
Jane’s delicate sense of honour would not allow her to speak to Elizabeth privately of what Lydia had let fall; Elizabeth was glad of it:—till it appeared whether her inquiries would receive any satisfaction, she had rather be without a confidante.