Гордость и предубеждение

           Hisappearancewasgreatlyinhisfavour;hehadallthebestpartofbeauty,afinecountenance,agoodfigure,andverypleasingaddress. Theintroductionwasfolloweduponhissidebyahappyreadinessofconversation—areadinessatthesametimeperfectlycorrectandunassuming; andthewholepartywerestillstandingandtalkingtogetherveryagreeably,whenthesoundofhorsesdrewtheirnotice,andDarcyandBingleywereseenridingdownthestreet. Ondistinguishingtheladiesofthegroup,thetwogentlemencamedirectlytowardsthem,andbegantheusualcivilities. Bingleywastheprincipalspokesman,andMissBennettheprincipalobject. Hewasthen,hesaid,onhiswaytoLongbournonpurposetoinquireafterher. Mr.Darcycorroborateditwithabow,andwasbeginningtodeterminenottofixhiseyesonElizabeth,whentheyweresuddenlyarrestedbythesightofthestranger,andElizabethhappeningtoseethecountenanceofbothastheylookedateachother,wasallastonishmentattheeffectofthemeeting. Bothchangedcolour,onelookedwhite,theotherred. Mr.Wickham,afterafewmoments,touchedhishat—asalutationwhichMr.Darcyjustdeignedtoreturn. Whatcouldbethemeaningofit? Itwasimpossibletoimagine;itwasimpossiblenottolongtoknow. 

           Inanotherminute,Mr.Bingley,butwithoutseemingtohavenoticedwhatpassed,tookleaveandrodeonwithhisfriend. 

           Mr.DennyandMr.WickhamwalkedwiththeyoungladiestothedoorofMr.Phillip’shouse,andthenmadetheirbows,inspiteofMissLydia’spressingentreatiesthattheyshouldcomein,andeveninspiteofMrs.Phillips’sthrowinguptheparlourwindowandloudlysecondingtheinvitation.