Гордость и предубеждение

Chapter 4

           "Iknowyoudo;anditisthatwhichmakesthewonder. Withyourgoodsense,tobesohonestlyblindtothefolliesandnonsenseofothers! Affectationofcandouriscommonenoughonemeetswithiteverywhere. Buttobecandidwithoutostentationordesigntotakethegoodofeverybody’scharacterandmakeitstillbetter,andsaynothingofthebadbelongstoyoualone. Andsoyoulikethisman’ssisters,too,doyou? Theirmannersarenotequaltohis." 

           "Certainlynotatfirst. Buttheyareverypleasingwomenwhenyouconversewiththem. MissBingleyistolivewithherbrother,andkeephishouse; andIammuchmistakenifweshallnotfindaverycharmingneighbourinher." 

           Elizabethlistenedinsilence,butwasnotconvinced; theirbehaviourattheassemblyhadnotbeencalculatedtopleaseingeneral;andwithmorequicknessofobservationandlesspliancyoftemperthanhersister,andwithajudgementtoounassailedbyanyattentiontoherself,shewasverylittledisposedtoapprovethem. Theywereinfactveryfineladies;notdeficientingoodhumourwhentheywerepleased,norinthepowerofmakingthemselvesagreeablewhentheychoseit,butproudandconceited. Theywereratherhandsome,hadbeeneducatedinoneofthefirstprivateseminariesintown,hadafortuneoftwentythousandpounds,wereinthehabitofspendingmorethantheyought,andofassociatingwithpeopleofrank,andwerethereforeineveryrespectentitledtothinkwellofthemselves,andmeanlyofothers. TheywereofarespectablefamilyinthenorthofEngland;acircumstancemoredeeplyimpressedontheirmemoriesthanthattheirbrother’sfortuneandtheirownhadbeenacquiredbytrade. 

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