Lizzy C. Wrote:
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> For example, no sane man would entrust the details
> of Lydia's escape to the messenger, but rather to
> the letter. It would have been all over Meryton by
> morning, and concealment was particularly desired.
> Therefore the "had an express...to inform us" line
> would have to be referring to the letter.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I never meant to imply that the the message carried by the express rider was a verbal one, nor does the text I think. He would simply transport and deliver whatever item he had been hired to do (a letter or parcel or whatever).
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> For example, no sane man would entrust the details
> of Lydia's escape to the messenger, but rather to
> the letter. It would have been all over Meryton by
> morning, and concealment was particularly desired.
> Therefore the "had an express...to inform us" line
> would have to be referring to the letter.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I never meant to imply that the the message carried by the express rider was a verbal one, nor does the text I think. He would simply transport and deliver whatever item he had been hired to do (a letter or parcel or whatever).