Гордість і упередження

           Shesawtheindelicacyofputtinghimselfforwardashehaddone,andtheinconsistencyofhisprofessionswithhisconduct. SherememberedthathehadboastedofhavingnofearofseeingMr.Darcy—thatMr.Darcymightleavethecountry,butthatheshouldstandhisground; yethehadavoidedtheNetherfieldballtheverynextweek. Sherememberedalsothat,tilltheNetherfieldfamilyhadquittedthecountry,hehadtoldhisstorytonoonebutherself; butthataftertheirremovalithadbeeneverywherediscussed; thathehadthennoreserves,noscruplesinsinkingMr.Darcy’scharacter,thoughhehadassuredherthatrespectforthefatherwouldalwayspreventhisexposingtheson. 

           Howdifferentlydideverythingnowappearinwhichhewasconcerned! HisattentionstoMissKingwerenowtheconsequenceofviewssolelyandhatefullymercenary;andthemediocrityofherfortuneprovednolongerthemoderationofhiswishes,buthiseagernesstograspatanything. Hisbehaviourtoherselfcouldnowhavehadnotolerablemotive;hehadeitherbeendeceivedwithregardtoherfortune,orhadbeengratifyinghisvanitybyencouragingthepreferencewhichshebelievedshehadmostincautiouslyshown. Everylingeringstruggleinhisfavourgrewfainterandfainter; andinfartherjustificationofMr.Darcy,shecouldnotbutallowMr.Bingley,whenquestionedbyJane,hadlongagoassertedhisblamelessnessintheaffair; thatproudandrepulsiveaswerehismanners,shehadnever,inthewholecourseoftheiracquaintance—anacquaintancewhichhadlatterlybroughtthemmuchtogether,andgivenherasortofintimacywithhisways—seenanythingthatbetrayedhimtobeunprincipledorunjust—anythingthatspokehimofirreligiousorimmoralhabits; thatamonghisownconnectionshewasesteemedandvalued—thatevenWickhamhadallowedhimmeritasabrother,andthatshehadoftenheardhimspeaksoaffectionatelyofhissisterastoprovehimcapableofsomeamiablefeeling;