o Clapham, but no further;for on entering that place,they removed into a hackney coach,and dismissed the chaise that brought them from Epsom. All that is known after this is, that they were seen to continue the London road.I know not what to think.After making every possible inquiry on that side London, Colonel F. came on into Hertfordshire,anxiously renewing them at all the turnpikes,and at the inns in Barnet and Hatfield,but without any success―no such people had been seen to pass through.With the kindest concern he came on to Longbourn,and broke his apprehensions to us in a manner most creditable to his heart. I am sincerely grieved for him and Mrs. F., but no one can throw any blame on them. Our distress, my dear Lizzy, is very great. My father and mother believe the worst, but I cannot think so ill of him. Many circumstances might make it more eligible for them to be married privately in town than to pursue their first plan;and even if he could form such a design against a young woman of Lydia's connections,which is not likely,can I suppose her so lost to everything?Impossible!I grieve to find,however,that Colonel F. is not disposed to depend upon their marriage; he shook his

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