Гордість і упередження

           Assoonasallhadate,andtheelderonespaid,thecarriagewasordered; andaftersomecontrivance,thewholeparty,withalltheirboxes,work-bags,andparcels,andtheunwelcomeadditionofKitty’sandLydia’spurchases,wereseatedinit. 

           "Hownicelyweareallcrammedin,"criedLydia. "IamgladIboughtmybonnet,ifitisonlyforthefunofhavinganotherbandbox! Well,nowletusbequitecomfortableandsnug,andtalkandlaughallthewayhome. Andinthefirstplace,letushearwhathashappenedtoyouallsinceyouwentaway. Haveyouseenanypleasantmen? Haveyouhadanyflirting? Iwasingreathopesthatoneofyouwouldhavegotahusbandbeforeyoucameback. Janewillbequiteanoldmaidsoon,Ideclare. Sheisalmostthree-and-twenty! Lord,howashamedIshouldbeofnotbeingmarriedbeforethree-and-twenty! MyauntPhillipswantsyousotogethusbands,youcan’tthink. ShesaysLizzyhadbetterhavetakenMr.Collins; butIdonotthinktherewouldhavebeenanyfuninit. Lord!howIshouldliketobemarriedbeforeanyofyou;andthenIwouldchaperonyouabouttoalltheballs. Dearme!wehadsuchagoodpieceoffuntheotherdayatColonelForster’s. Kittyandmeweretospendthedaythere,andMrs.Forsterpromisedtohavealittledanceintheevening; (bythebye,Mrs.Forsterandmearesuchfriends!) andsosheaskedthetwoHarringtonstocome,butHarrietwasill,andsoPenwasforcedtocomebyherself;andthen,whatdoyouthinkwedid? WedressedupChamberlayneinwoman’sclothesonpurposetopassforalady,onlythinkwhatfun! Notasoulknewofit,butColonelandMrs.Forster,andKittyandme,exceptmyaunt,forwewereforcedtoborrowoneofhergowns; andyoucannotimaginehowwellhelooked! WhenDenny,andWickham,andPratt,andtwoorthreemoreofthemencamein,theydidnotknowhimintheleast. Lord!howIlaughed! andsodidMrs.Forster. IthoughtIshouldhavedied. Andthatmadethemensuspectsomething,andthentheysoonfoundoutwhatwasthematter."