Гордість і упередження

Chapter 36

           OfhisformerwayoflifenothinghadbeenknowninHertfordshirebutwhathetoldhimself. Astohisrealcharacter,hadinformationbeeninherpower,shehadneverfeltawishofinquiring. Hiscountenance,voice,andmannerhadestablishedhimatonceinthepossessionofeveryvirtue. Shetriedtorecollectsomeinstanceofgoodness,somedistinguishedtraitofintegrityorbenevolence,thatmightrescuehimfromtheattacksofMr.Darcy; oratleast,bythepredominanceofvirtue,atoneforthosecasualerrorsunderwhichshewouldendeavourtoclasswhatMr.Darcyhaddescribedastheidlenessandviceofmanyyears’continuance. Butnosuchrecollectionbefriendedher. Shecouldseehiminstantlybeforeher,ineverycharmofairandaddress; butshecouldremembernomoresubstantialgoodthanthegeneralapprobationoftheneighbourhood,andtheregardwhichhissocialpowershadgainedhiminthemess. Afterpausingonthispointaconsiderablewhile,sheoncemorecontinuedtoread. But,alas!thestorywhichfollowed,ofhisdesignsonMissDarcy,receivedsomeconfirmationfromwhathadpassedbetweenColonelFitzwilliamandherselfonlythemorningbefore; andatlastshewasreferredforthetruthofeveryparticulartoColonelFitzwilliamhimselffromwhomshehadpreviouslyreceivedtheinformationofhisnearconcerninallhiscousin’saffairs,andwhosecharactershehadnoreasontoquestion. Atonetimeshehadalmostresolvedonapplyingtohim,buttheideawascheckedbytheawkwardnessoftheapplication,andatlengthwhollybanishedbytheconvictionthatMr.Darcywouldneverhavehazardedsuchaproposal,ifhehadnotbeenwellassuredofhiscousin’scorroboration. 

           SheperfectlyrememberedeverythingthathadpassedinconversationbetweenWickhamandherself,intheirfirsteveningatMr.Phillips’s. Manyofhisexpressionswerestillfreshinhermemory. Shewasnowstruckwiththeimproprietyofsuchcommunicationstoastranger,andwonderedithadescapedherbefore. 

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