，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！“I beginbe sorry thatesall,”said Jao her sister.“It wouldnothing;I could see him with perfect indifference, but I can hardly bearhearthus perpetually talked of.mother means well;but she does not know,no one can know,how much I suffer from whatshall I be,when his stay atherfieldover!”
“I wish I could say anythingfort you,”replied Elizabeth;“butis wholly outm must feel it;and the usual satisfactionpreaching patiencea suffererdenied me, because you have alwaysmuch.”
mr. Bingle, through the assistanceservants, contrivedhave the earliest tidingsit, that the periodanxiety and fretfulnessher side mightas longi counted the days that must intervene before their invitation couldsent;hopelessseeingon the third morning after his arrivalHertfordshire,she saw him, from her dressing-room window,enter the paddock and ride towards the house.
Her daughters were eagerly calledpartakehe resolutely kept her placethe table;but Elizabeth,to satisfy her mother,wentthe window—she looked,—she saw mr.darcy with him,and sat down againher sister.
“Therea gentleman with him,mamma,”said Kitty;“who canbe?”
“Some acquaintanceother,my dear,I suppose;Isure Inot know.”
“La!”replied Kitty,“it looks just like that man that usedbe with hi' tall,proud man.”
“Good gracious! mr. darcy!—andit does, , any friendmr. Bingley's will alwayswele here,be sure;but else I must say that I hate the very sighthim.”
Jane lookedElizabeth with surpriseknew but littletheir meetingderbyshire, and therefore felt for the awkwardness which must attend her sister,seeing him almost for the first time after receiving his explanator sisters were unfortabl felt for the other, andcourse for themselves; and their mother talked on,her dislikemr. darcy, and her resolutionbe civilhim onlymr. Bingley's friend, without being heardeither o Elizabeth had sourcesuneasiness which could notsuspectedJane,whom she had never yet had courageshe's letter,to relate her own changesentiment toward Jane,he couldonlan whose proposals she had refused,and whose merit she had undervalued;buther own more extensive information,was the personwhom the whole family were indebted for the firstbenefits, and whom she regarded herself withinterest,if not quitetender,at leastreasonable and justwhat Jane feltastonishmenthis ing—at his ing toherfield,to Longbourn,and voluntarily seeking her again,was almost equalwhat she had knownfirst witnessing his altered behaviourderbyshire.
The colour which had been driven from her face,returned for halinute withadditional glow,anmiledelight added lustreher eyes,as she thought for that spacetime that his affection and wishes must stilhe would notsecure.
“Letfirst see howbehaves,”said she;“it will thenearly enough for expectation.”
She sat intentlywork,strivingbe posed,and without daringlifther eyes,till anxious curiosity carried themthe faceher sisterthe servant was approachinglookeittle paler than usual,but more sedate than Elizabeththe gentlemen's appearing,her colour increased;yet she received them with tolerable ease,and witroprietybehaviour equally free from any symptomresentmentany unnecessary plaisance.
Elizabeth saidlittleeithercivility would allow,and sat down againher work,witheagerness whichdid not ofte had ventured only one glancooked serious,as usual;and,she thought,morehe had been usedlookHertfordshire, thanshe had seen him a, perhapscould nother mother's presencewhatwas before her unclewaainful, but notimprobable,conjecture.
Bingley,she had likewise seen forinstant,andthat short period saw him looking both pleasedwas receiveitegreecivility which made her two daughters ashamed,especially when contrasted with the cold and ceremonious politenessher curtsey and addresshis friend.
Elizabeth, particularly, who knew that her mother owedthe latter the preservationher favourite daughter from irremediable infamy, was hurt and distresseda most painful degreea distinctionill applied.