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"I should take him, even on my slight acquaintance, to be an

ill-tempered man."

Wickham only shook his head.

"I wonder," said he, at the next opportunity of speaking,

"whether he is likely to be in this country much longer."

"I do not at all know; but I heard nothing of his going away when

I was at Netherfield. I hope your plans in favour of the

----shire will not be affected by his being in the

neighbourhood."