? ? ? ? Colonel Brandon again repeated his sorrow at being the cause of disappointing the party; but at the same time declared it to be unavoidable.
? ? ? ? "Well, then, when will you come back again?"
? ? ? ? "I hope we shall see you at Barton," added her ladyship, "as soon as you can conveniently leave town; and we must put off the party to Whitwell till you return."
? ? ? ? "You are very obliging. But it is so uncertain, when I may have it in my power to return, that I dare not engage for it at all."
? ? ? ? "Oh! he must and shall come back," cried Sir John. "If he is not here by the end of the week, I shall go after him."
? ? ? ? "Ay, so do, Sir John," cried Mrs. Jennings, "and then perhaps you may find out what his business is."
? ? ? ? "I do not want to pry into other men's concerns. I suppose it is something he is ashamed of."
? ? ? ? Colonel Brandon's horses were announced.
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