，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！“Thisnotb Be,I insistbein he,hasnephew,made youoffermarriage?”
“Your ladyship has declaredtoimpossible.”
“It oughtbe so;mustso, whileretains the usehi your arts and allurements may,a momentinfatuation,have made him fet whatoweshimself andallmay have drawn him in.”
“If I have,I shallthe last personconfess it.”
“miss Be,you know who I am? I have not been accustomedsuch languaglmost the nearest relationhasthe world, andentitledknow all his dearest concerns.”
“But you are not entitledknow mine;nor will such behaviourthis,ever inducetoexplicit.”
“Letbe rightl match,to which you have the presumptionaspire,can never tak, darcyengagedm what have yousay?”
“only this;thatheso,you can havereasonsupposewill makeofferme.”
Lady Catherine hesitated fooment,and then replied:
“The engagement between themoeculia their infancy, they have been intended for eac was the favourite wishhis mother,wellotheir cradles,planned the union: and now,the moment when the wishesboth sisters wouldacplishedtheir marriage,topreventeda young womaninferior birth,ofimportancethe world, and wholly unalliedthe family!you payregardthe wisheshis friends?To his tacit engagement with missBourgh?Are you lostevery feelingpropriety and delicacy?Have you not heardsay that from his earliest hourswas destined for his cousin?”
“Yes, and I had hearhatthatme?thereno other objectionmy marrying your nephew,I shall certainly notkept fromby knowing that his mother and aunt wished himmarry misoth didmuchyou couldplanningpletion depender.darcyneitherhonour nor inclination confinedhis cousin,whynotto make another choice?AndIthat choice,why may not I accept him?”
“Because honour, decorum, prudence, nay, interest, forbid it. Yes, miss Be, interest; fornot expectbe noticedhis familyfriends,you wilfully act against the inclinationillcensured,slighted,and despised,by everyone connected wit alliance willa disgrace;your name will never evenmentionedanyus.”
“These are heavy misfortunes,”replied Elizabeth.“But the must have such extraordinary sourceshappiness necessarily attachedher situation, that she could, upon the whole,havecauserepine.”
“obstinate,headstrong girl!Iashamedyou!Is this your gratitude forattentionsyou last spring?Is nothing duemethat score?Letsi areunderstand,miss Be, that I came here with the determined resolutioncarryingpurpose;nor will Idissuaded from it.I have not been usedsubmitany person' not beenthe habitbrooking disappointment.”
“That will make your ladyship's situationpresent more pitiable;butwill haveeffectme.”
“I will notdaughter andnephew are formed for eac are descended,on the maternal side,from the same noble line;and,on the father's,from respectable,honourable,and ancient—though untitled— fortuneboth sidere destined for each otherthe voiceevery membertheir respective houses;and whatto divide them?The upstart pretensionsa young woman without family,connections,o thisbe endured!Butmust not,shall not be.If you were sensibleyour own good,you would not wishquit the spherewhich you have been brought up.”
“In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myselfquitting thaa gentleman;gentleman's daughter;so farare equal.”
“ arentleman' who was your mother? who are your uncles and aunts?do not imagineignoranttheir condition.”
“whateverconnections may be,”said Elizabeth,“if your nephew does not objectthem,they cannothingyou.”
“Tellonce for all,are you engagedhim?”