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Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to

visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was,

consequently, resolved not to be out of sight of the inn the

whole of that morning. But her conclusion was false; for on the

very morning after their own arrival at Lambton these visitors

came. They had been walking about the place with some of their

new friends, and were just returned to the inn to dress

themselves for dining with the same family, when the sound of a

carriage drew them to a window, and they saw a gentleman and lady

in a curricle driving up the street. Elizabeth, immediately

recognizing the livery, guessed what it meant, and imparted no

small degree of surprise to her relations, by acquainting them

with the honour which she expected.