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Chapter 16

           Hewantedtomarrywell,andhavingthearrogancetoraisehiseyestoher,pretendedtobeinlove;butshewasperfectlyeasyastohisnotsufferinganydisappointmentthatneedbecaredfor.Therehadbeennorealaffectioneitherinhislanguageormanners.Sighsandfinewordshadbeengiveninabundance;butshecouldhardlydeviseanysetofexpressions,orfancyanytoneofvoice,lessalliedwithreallove.Sheneednottroubleherselftopityhim.Heonlywantedtoaggrandiseandenrichhimself;andifMissWoodhouseofHartfield,theheiressofthirtythousandpounds,werenotquitesoeasilyobtainedashehadfancied,hewouldsoontryforMissSomebodyelsewithtwenty,orwithten.

           Butthatheshouldtalkofencouragement,shouldconsiderherasawareofhisviews,acceptinghisattentions,meaning(inshort),tomarryhim!shouldsupposehimselfherequalinconnexionormind!lookdownuponherfriend,sowellunderstandingthegradationsofrankbelowhim,andbesoblindtowhatroseabove,astofancyhimselfshewingnopresumptioninaddressingher!Itwasmostprovoking.

           Perhapsitwasnotfairtoexpecthimtofeelhowverymuchhewasherinferiorintalent,andalltheeleganciesofmind.Theverywantofsuchequalitymightpreventhisperceptionofit;buthemustknowthatinfortuneandconsequenceshewasgreatlyhissuperior.

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