，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！ConvincedElizabeth now was that miss Bingley's dislikeher had originatedjealousy,she could not help feeling how unwele her appearancePemberley mustto her,and was curiousknow with how much civilitythat lady's side the acquaintance would nowrenewed.
on reaching the house,they were shown through the hall into the saloon, whose northern aspect rendereddelightfulwindows openingthe ground, admitteost refreshing viewthe high woody hills behind the house,andthe beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts which were scattered over the intermediat this house they were receivedmiss darcy,who was sitting there wit and miss Bingley,and the lady with whom she lived i's receptionthem was very civil, but attended with all the embarrassment which, though proceeding from shyness and the feardoing wrong, would easily givethose who felt themselves inferior the beliefher being proudand her niece,however, did her justice,and pitied her.
B and miss Bingley they were noticed onlya curtsey; and,their being seated, a pause, awkwardsuch pauses must always be,succeeded for awas first broken b, a genteel, agreeable-looking woman, whose endeavourintroduce some kinddiscourse proved herbe more truly well-bred than eitherthe others;and between her an,with occasional help from Elizabeth,the conversation was carried on.miss darcy lookedif she wished for courage enoughjoinit; and sometimes did venturhort sentence when there was least dangerits being heard.
Elizabeth soon saw that she was herself closely watchedmiss Bingley,and that she could not speaord,especiallymiss darcy,without callingobservation would not have prevented her from tryingtalkthe latter,had they not been seatedan inconvenient distance; but she was not sorrybe spared the necessitysayin own thoughts were employin expected every moment that somethe gentlemen would enterwished,she feared that the masterthe house mightamongst them; and whether she wishedfearedmost,she could scarcel sittingthis manneuarteran hour without hearing miss Bingley's voice,Elizabeth was rousedreceiving from heold inquiry after the healthhe answered with equal indifference and brevity,and the others saidmore.
The next variation which their visit afforded was producedthe entranceservants with cold meat, cake, anarietyall the finest fruitsseason;but this did not take place till after manignificant look and smile fromiss darcy had been given,to remind herhe was now employment for the whole party—for though they could not all talk,they could all eat;and the beautiful pyramidsgrapes, nectarines,and peaches soon collected them round the table.
while thus engaged, Elizabeth haair opportunitydeciding whether she most fearedwished for the ,by the feelings which prevailedhis entering the room; and then, though buoment before she had believed her wishespredominate,she beganregret thatcame.
He had been some time with mr. Gardiner, who, with twothree other gentlemen from the house, was engagedthe river, and had left him onlylearning that the ladiesthe family intendeisitGeiana tha sooner didappear than Elizabeth wisely resolvedbe perfectly easy and unembarrassed; a resolution the more necessarybe made, but perhaps not the more easily kept, because she saw that the suspicionsthe whole party were awakened against them,and that there was scarcelyeye which did not watch his behaviour whenfirst came intono countenance was attentive curiositystrongly markedin miss Bingley's,spitethe smiles which overspread her face whenever she spokeoneits objects; for jealousy had not yet made her desperate, and her attentionsmr. darcy wereno mean darcy,on her brother's entrance,exerted herself much moretalk,and Elizabeth saw thatwas anxious for his sister and herselfget acquainted,and forwardedmuchpossible, every attemptconversationeithe Bingley saw all this likewise;and,in the imprudenceanger,took the first opportunitysaying,with sneering civility:
“Pray, miss Eliza, are not the—shire militia removed from meryton?They musta great lossyour family.”