Jane Austen
Longbourn by dinner time the next day. It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane
could not have been wearied by long expectations.
The little Gardiners, attracted by the sight of a chaise, were standing on the steps of the
house as they entered the paddock; and, when the carriage drove up to the door, the joyful
surprise that lighted up their faces, and displayed itself over their whole bodies, in a variety
of capers and frisks, was the first pleasing earnest of their welcome.
Elizabeth jumped out; and, after giving each of them a hasty kiss, hurried into the
vestibule, where Jane, who came running down from her mother's apartment, immediately
met her.
Elizabeth, as she affectionately embraced her, whilst tears filled the eyes of both, lost not
a moment in asking whether anything had been heard of the fugitives.
"Not yet," replied Jane. "But now that my dear uncle is come, I hope everything will be
well."
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