Гордість і упередження

           Shehadalsotoanticipatehowhervisitwouldpass,thequiettenoroftheirusualemployments,thevexatiousinterruptionsofMr.Collins,andthegaietiesoftheirintercoursewithRosings.Alivelyimaginationsoonsettleditall. 

           Aboutthemiddleofthenextday,asshewasinherroomgettingreadyforawalk,asuddennoisebelowseemedtospeakthewholehouseinconfusion; and,afterlisteningamoment,sheheardsomebodyrunningupstairsinaviolenthurry,andcallingloudlyafterher. SheopenedthedoorandmetMariainthelandingplace,who,breathlesswithagitation,criedout— 

           "Oh,mydearEliza!praymakehasteandcomeintothedining-room,forthereissuchasighttobeseen! Iwillnottellyouwhatitis. Makehaste,andcomedownthismoment." 

           Elizabethaskedquestionsinvain; Mariawouldtellhernothingmore,anddowntheyranintothedining-room,whichfrontedthelane,inquestofthiswonder; Itwastwoladiesstoppinginalowphaetonatthegardengate. 

           "Andisthisall?"criedElizabeth. "Iexpectedatleastthatthepigsweregotintothegarden,andhereisnothingbutLadyCatherineandherdaughter." 

           "La!mydear,"saidMaria,quiteshockedatthemistake,"itisnotLadyCatherine. TheoldladyisMrs.Jenkinson,wholiveswiththem;theotherisMissdeBourgh. Onlylookather.Sheisquitealittlecreature. Whowouldhavethoughtthatshecouldbesothinandsmall?" 

           "SheisabominablyrudetokeepCharlotteoutofdoorsinallthiswind. Whydoesshenotcomein?" 

           "Oh,Charlottesaysshehardlyeverdoes. ItisthegreatestoffavourswhenMissdeBourghcomesin."