Гордість і упередження

Chapter 43

           Atlengtheveryideaseemedtofailhim;and,afterstandingafewmomentswithoutsayingaword,hesuddenlyrecollectedhimself,andtookleave. 

           Theothersthenjoinedher,andexpressedadmirationofhisfigure; butElizabethheardnotaword,andwhollyengrossedbyherownfeelings,followedtheminsilence. Shewasoverpoweredbyshameandvexation. Hercomingtherewasthemostunfortunate,themostill-judgedthingintheworld! Howstrangeitmustappeartohim! Inwhatadisgracefullightmightitnotstrikesovainaman! Itmightseemasifshehadpurposelythrownherselfinhiswayagain! Oh!whydidshecome? Or,whydidhethuscomeadaybeforehewasexpected? Hadtheybeenonlytenminutessooner,theyshouldhavebeenbeyondthereachofhisdiscrimination; foritwasplainthathewasthatmomentarrivedthatmomentalightedfromhishorseorhiscarriage. Sheblushedagainandagainovertheperversenessofthemeeting. Andhisbehaviour,sostrikinglyalteredwhatcoulditmean? Thatheshouldevenspeaktoherwasamazing!buttospeakwithsuchcivility,toinquireafterherfamily! Neverinherlifehadsheseenhismannerssolittledignified,neverhadhespokenwithsuchgentlenessasonthisunexpectedmeeting. WhatacontrastdiditoffertohislastaddressinRosingsPark,whenheputhisletterintoherhand! Sheknewnotwhattothink,orhowtoaccountforit. 

           Theyhadnowenteredabeautifulwalkbythesideofthewater,andeverystepwasbringingforwardanoblerfallofground,orafinerreachofthewoodstowhichtheywereapproaching; butitwassometimebeforeElizabethwassensibleofanyofit; and,thoughsheansweredmechanicallytotherepeatedappealsofheruncleandaunt,andseemedtodirecthereyestosuchobjectsastheypointedout,shedistinguishednopartofthescene. 

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