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Tonight I'll be reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.

Chapters 42 and 43.

In the previous chapters, Elizabeth and Jane return home,

where they are greeted by their excitable sisters,

while consumed with the thoughts of the local regiment

soon departing for Brighton.

Lydia, pleased that Wickham has lost interest in Miss King, hopes to join the soldiers in Brighton for the summer.

Elizabeth finally confides in Jane about Darcy's proposal and Wickham's true nature.

Despite their concerns, they decide to remain silent.

Lydia is eventually invited to Brighton and Mr. Bennett,

believing she will be supervised, penits her to go. As the soldiers leave, Elizabeth's thoughts linger on Wickham, but she keeps her

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