Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen chapter 52, narrated by Isaac Birchall Subscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads https://www.patreon.com/theessentialreads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join SUMMARY: Mrs Gardiner responds to Lizzy’s letter. She writes that Mr Darcy followed them to London only a day after they had left. Darcy felt responsible for what happened as he had been too proud to tell anyone about Wickham’s true behaviour; Mrs Gardiner suggests a potential “other motif”. Darcy had extra information that could help him find Wickham, Mrs Young, the woman who helped him run off with Miss Darcy so long ago. She, after some bribery, told Darcy where to find Wickham and Lydia. He proceeded to meet with Wickham several times, and Lydia only once. He tried to convince Lydia to go back to her family and refused all help from Darcy. Darcy convinced Wickham to marry Lydia too, as he never really intended to do it and planned to try to marry into wealth in a different country. After meeting with Wickham and Lydia, Darcy made his way to Mr Gardiners, waiting until Mr Bennet had left the area first. The two men took several days to come to an agreement on how to proceed with the payment of Wickham’s debts and eventually Mr Gardiner had to yield to Mr Darcy and let him pay for all of Wickham’s disgraces. Mr Darcy then told Mr Gardiner that he was to take all of the credit for paying these debts. Darcy didn’t want it to be known to the Bennet family that he had interfered. On the day of the wedding, Darcy was also present, and he then dined with the Gardiners at their home. Mrs Gardiner concludes, writing that Mr Darcy is in need of a little more liveliness, and that if he married well, then she could teach him, and jests to Elizabeth that she should one day like to complete her tour of the grounds of Pemberly.