...
think ill of a young man who has lived so long in Derbyshire.’
‘Oh! if that is all, I have a very poor opinion of young men who live in
Derbyshire; and their intimate friends who live in Hertfordshire ... a journey of only twenty-four miles, and they began it so early as to
be in Gracechurch Street by noon. As they drove to Mr. Gardiner’s door,
Jane was at a drawing-room window watchin...
... Collins and Charlotte appeared at the door,
and the carriage stopped at the small gate which led by a short gravel walk to
the house, amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party. In a moment ... herself so affectionately
received. She saw instantly that her cousin’s manners were not altered by his
marriage; his formal civility was just what it had been, and he detained her
some min...
... sense; and she was quite decided, at
last, that he had been partly governed by this worst kind of pride, and partly
by the wish of retaining Mr. Bingley for his sister.
The agitation and tears ... passages which proved that Jane had not written in spirits,
when, instead of being again surprised by Mr. Darcy, she saw on looking up
that Colonel Fitzwilliam was meeting her. Putting awa...
... Wickham, undoubtedly by design; for there proved
to have been a prior acquaintance between him and Mrs. Younge, in whose
character we were most unhappily deceived; and by her connivance and ... want of
propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by herself, by your
three younger sisters, and occasionally even by your father. Pardon me. It
pains me to offend you. But a...
...
kindly smiled on by the mother and daughter.
Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of
spirits, and immediately accounting for it by herself, by supposing that ...
not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all
the delight of unpleasant recollections.
Mr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by heart. Sh...
...
fixed on by you. You provide for the family, you know, (with a smile at his
father). Find some body for me. I am in no hurry. Adopt her, educate her.’
‘And make her like myself.’
By all means, ... another scheme, composed of so many ill-assorted people, she hoped
never to be betrayed into again.
While waiting for the carriage, she found Mr. Knightley by her side. He
looked around...
... unseen by the young woman, nor could her
higher powers of mind be unfelt by the parents. They continued together
with unabated regard however, till the marriage of Miss Campbell, who by
that ... London, every lighter
talent had been done full justice to, by the attendance of first-rate masters.
Her disposition and abilities were equally worthy of all that friendship could
do; an...
... disturbed by it. Of course, he must be sorry to
lose her—they must be all sorry. Ambition, as well as love, had probably
been mortified. They might all have hoped to rise by Harriet’s acquaintance: ... was going to Hartfield, he thought I had much better go
round by Mr. Cole’s stables, for I should find the near way quite floated by
this rain. Oh! dear, I thought it would have bee...
... she always was, by her aunt and grandmother,
and all their set. And then, her reserve—I never could attach myself to any
one so completely reserved.’
‘It is a most repulsive quality, indeed,’ ... the
road; and his companions had not expected to be detained by any interest
excited there; but in passing it they gave the history of the large room visibly
added; it had been built many ....
... near it, and saved only by her own indifference— (for still her
resolution held of never marrying)—the honour, in short, of being marked
out for her by all their joint acquaintance.
Mr. Weston, ... His father only called him a coxcomb, and thought it a very good
story; but that Mrs. Weston did not like it, was clear enough, by her passing
exceedingly comfortable with Mrs. Goddard....