Shortly after you left the room, Bushel came over and spoke to your father. I was not near enough to hear what he said, but Maria Lucas told me afterward that he had been -' (she smiled) 'amazingly impertinent.'' Peter actually spoke to Papa?'' He did. According to Maria, he had the impudence to criticize Mr Bennet for his treatment of you. I must say it gives me the most favorable idea of his character.

Mary Bennet