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with me. She was of great use and comfort to us all. And Lady Lucas has been very kind;
she walked here on Wednesday morning to condole with us, and offered her services, or any
of her daughters', if they should be of use to us."
"She had better have stayed at home," cried Elizabeth; "perhaps she meant well, but,
under such a misfortune as this, one cannot see too little of one's neighbours. Assistance is
impossible; condolence insufferable. Let them triumph over us at a distance, and be
satisfied."
She then proceeded to inquire into the measures which her father had intended to pursue,
while in town, for the recovery of his daughter.
"He meant I believe," replied Jane, "to go to Epsom, the place where they last changed
horses, see the postilions and try if anything could be made out from them. His principal
object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from
Clapham
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