，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！As soonthey were gone,Elizabeth walked outrecover her spirits;orother words,to dwell without interruptionthose subjects that must deaden the's behaviour astonished and vexed her.
“why,ifcame onlybe silent,grave,and indifferent,”said she,“dideall?”
She could settleinway that gave her pleasure.
“He couldstill amiable,still pleasing,touncle and aunt, whenwastown; and why notme?he fears me, why e hither?helonger cares for me, why silent?Teasing, teasing,man!I will thinkmore about him.”
Her resolution was fohort time involuntarily keptthe approachher sister,who joined her witheerful look,which showed her better satisfied with their visitors,than Elizabeth.
“Now,”said she,“that this first meetingover,I feel perfectlown strength,and I shall neverembarrassed againhi gladdines herill thenpublicly seen that,both sides,meet onlymon and indifferent acquaintance.”
“Yes,very indifferent indeed,”said Elizabeth,laughingly.“oh, Jane,take care.”
“my dear Lizzy,you cannot thinkso weak,asbedanger now?”
“I think you arevery great dangermaking himmuchlove with youever.”
They did not see the gentlemen again till Tuesday; an,in the meanwhile,was giving wayall the happy schemes, which the good humour and mon politenessBingley,in halfhour's visit,had revived.
on Tuesday there waarge party assembledLongbourn;and the two who were most anxiously expected,to the credittheir punctualitysportsmen, werevery goo they repairedthe dining-room, Elizabeth eagerly watchedsee whether Bingley would take the place,which,in all their former parties,had belongedhim,he prudent mother, occupiedthe same ideas,forboreinvite himsintering the room,seemedhesitate;but Jane happenedlook round,and happenedsmile:wa placed himselfher.
Elizabeth, witriumphant sensation, looked towardsborewith noble indifference, and d that Bingley had received his sanctionbe happy,had she not seen his eyes likewise turned towards mr.darcy,withexpressionhalf-laughing alarm.
His behaviourher sister was such, during dinner time,showedadmirationher,which,though more guarded than formerly,persuaded Elizabeth,thatleft whollyhimself,Jane's happiness,and his own,wouldspeedil she dared not depend upon the consequence,she yet received pleasure from observinggave her all the animation that her spirits could boast;for she wasno cheerfu was almostfar from herthe table could divid wasone sidehe knew how little sucituation would give pleasureeither,or make either appeaas not near enoughhear anytheir discourse,but she could see how seldom they spokeeach other,and how formal and cold was their manner whenever the mother's ungraciousness, made the sensewhat they owed him more painfulElizabeth's mind;and she would,at times,have given anythingbe privilegedtell him that his kindness was neither unknown nor unfeltthe wholethe family.
She washopes that the evening would afford some opportunitybringing them together;that the wholethe visit would not pass away without enabling thementer into something moreconversation than the mere ceremonious salutation attendingand uneasy,the period which passedthe drawing-room, before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dulla degree that almost madelooked forwardtheir entrancethe pointwhich all her chancepleasure for the evening must depend.
“Ifdoes not eme,then,”said she,“I shall give himfor ever.”