Гордість і упередження

Chapter 41

           HadLydiaandhermotherknownthesubstanceofherconferencewithherfather,theirindignationwouldhardlyhavefoundexpressionintheirunitedvolubility. InLydia’simagination,avisittoBrightoncomprisedeverypossibilityofearthlyhappiness. Shesaw,withthecreativeeyeoffancy,thestreetsofthatgaybathing-placecoveredwithofficers. Shesawherselftheobjectofattention,totensandtoscoresofthematpresentunknown. Shesawallthegloriesofthecampitstentsstretchedforthinbeauteousuniformityoflines,crowdedwiththeyoungandthegay,anddazzlingwithscarlet; and,tocompletetheview,shesawherselfseatedbeneathatent,tenderlyflirtingwithatleastsixofficersatonce. 

           Hadsheknownhersistersoughttotearherfromsuchprospectsandsuchrealitiesasthese,whatwouldhavebeenhersensations? Theycouldhavebeenunderstoodonlybyhermother,whomighthavefeltnearlythesame. Lydia’sgoingtoBrightonwasallthatconsoledherforhermelancholyconvictionofherhusband’sneverintendingtogotherehimself. 

           Buttheywereentirelyignorantofwhathadpassed;andtheirrapturescontinued,withlittleintermission,totheverydayofLydia’sleavinghome. 

           ElizabethwasnowtoseeMr.Wickhamforthelasttime. Havingbeenfrequentlyincompanywithhimsinceherreturn,agitationwasprettywellover;theagitationsofformalpartialityentirelyso. Shehadevenlearnttodetect,intheverygentlenesswhichhadfirstdelightedher,anaffectationandasamenesstodisgustandweary. Inhispresentbehaviourtoherself,moreover,shehadafreshsourceofdispleasure,fortheinclinationhesoontestifiedofrenewingthoseintentionswhichhadmarkedtheearlypartoftheiracquaintancecouldonlyserve,afterwhathadsincepassed,toprovokeher. 

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