，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！The gentlemen came;and she thoughtlookedifwould have answered her hopes;but,alas!the ladies had crowded round the table, where misswas making tea, and Elizabeth pouring out the coffee,inclosonfederacy that there was noingle vacancy near her which would admitthe gentlemen's approaching,onethe girls moved closerher than ever,and said,ihisper:
“The men shan't e and part us,I a want nonethem;do we?”
darcy had walked awayanother partth followed him with her eyes,envied everyoo whomspoke, had scarcely patience enoughhelp anybodycoffee;and then was enraged against herself for beingsilly!
“A man who has once been refused!How could I everfoolish enoughexpecenewalhis love?Is there one among the sex,who would not protest against suceaknessa second proposalthe same woman?Thereno indignityabhorrenttheir feelings!”
She waittle revived,however,by his bringing back his coffee cup himself;and she seized the opportunitysaying:
“Is your sisterPemberley still?”
“Yes,she will remain there till Christmas.”
“And quite alone?Have all her friends left her?”
“mrs.Annesleywit others have been goneto Scarborough,these three weeks.”
She could thinknothing moresay; buthe wishedconverse with her,he might have bette stoodher, however,for some minutes,in silence;and,at last,on the young lady's whisperingElizabeth again,he walked away.
when the tea-things were removed,and the card-tables placed, the ladies all rose, and Elizabeth was then hopingbe soon joinedhim,when all her views were overthrownseeing him falictimher mother's rapacity for whist players,anda few moments after seated with the restth now lost every expectatioere confined for the eveningdifferent tables,and she had nothinghope,but that his eyes wereoften turned towards her sidethe room,to make him playunsuccessfullyherself.
mrs.had designedkeep the twoherfield gentlemensupper; but their carriage was unluckily ordered before anythe others,and she hadopportunitydetaining them.
“well girls,”said she,soonthey were leftthemselves,“what say youthe day? I think every thing has passed off unmonly well,I assur dinner waswell dressedany I eve venison was roasteda turn—and everybody said they never sawfat soup was fifty times better than whathadthe Lucases' last week;and even mr. darcy acknowledged, that the partridges were remarkably well done; and I supposehas twothree French cooks a,my dear Jane,I never saw you lookgreate saidtoo,for I asked her whether youwhatyou think she said besides? 'Ah! mrs. Be,shall have her atherfieldlast.'Shethinas gooreatureever lived—and her nieces are very pretty behaved girls,and notall handsome:I like them prodigiously.”
mrs. Be,short, wasvery great spirits; she had seen enoughBingley's behaviourJane,toconvinced that she would get himlast;and her expectationsadvantageher family,whena happy humour,werefar beyond reason,that she was quite disappointednot seeing him there again the next day,to make his proposals.
“It has beeery agreeable day,”said missto Elizabeth.“The party seemedwell selected,suitable one withwe may often meet again.”
Elizabeth smiled.
“Lizzy,you must notso. You must not suspect me.It mortifies me. I assure you that I have now learntenjoy his conversationan agreeable and sensible young man,without havinish beyond it.Iperfectly satisfied,from what his manners now are,thatnever had any designengaging monly thatis blessed with greater sweetnessaddress,antronger desiregenerally pleasing,than any other man.”
“You are very cruel,”said her sister,“you will not letsmile, and are provokingtoevery moment.”
“How hardissome casesbe believed!”
“And how impossibleothers!”
“But why should you wishpersuadethat I feel more than I acknowledge?”
“Thata question which I hardly know holl loveinstruct,thoughcan teach only whatnot wort me; andyou persistindifference,not makeyour confidante.”