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“And my mother―how is she?How are you all?”

“Not yet,”replied Jane.“But now that my dear uncle is come,I hope everything will be well.”

“Yes,he went on Tuesday,as I wrote you word.”

“My mother is tolerably well, I trust; though her spirits are greatly shaken.She is upstairs and will have great satisfaction in seeing you all.She does not yet leave her dressing-room.Mary and Kitty,thank Heaven,are quite well.”

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.