Гордість і упередження

           Theintroduction,however,wasimmediatelymade; andasshenamedtheirrelationshiptoherself,shestoleaslylookathim,toseehowheboreit,andwasnotwithouttheexpectationofhisdecampingasfastashecouldfromsuchdisgracefulcompanions. Thathewassurprisedbytheconnectionwasevident; hesustainedit,however,withfortitude,andsofarfromgoingaway,turnedhisbackwiththem,andenteredintoconversationwithMr.Gardiner. Elizabethcouldnotbutbepleased,couldnotbuttriumph. Itwasconsolingthatheshouldknowshehadsomerelationsforwhomtherewasnoneedtoblush. Shelistenedmostattentivelytoallthatpassedbetweenthem,andgloriedineveryexpression,everysentenceofheruncle,whichmarkedhisintelligence,histaste,orhisgoodmanners. 

           Theconversationsoonturneduponfishing;andsheheardMr.Darcyinvitehim,withthegreatestcivility,tofishthereasoftenashechosewhilehecontinuedintheneighbourhood,offeringatthesametimetosupplyhimwithfishingtackle,andpointingoutthosepartsofthestreamwheretherewasusuallymostsport. Mrs.Gardiner,whowaswalkingarm-in-armwithElizabeth,gaveheralookexpressiveofwonder. Elizabethsaidnothing,butitgratifiedherexceedingly;thecomplimentmustbeallforherself. Herastonishment,however,wasextreme,andcontinuallywassherepeating, "Whyishesoaltered? Fromwhatcanitproceed? Itcannotbeforme—itcannotbeformysakethathismannersarethussoftened. MyreproofsatHunsfordcouldnotworksuchachangeasthis. Itisimpossiblethatheshouldstillloveme." 

           Afterwalkingsometimeinthisway,thetwoladiesinfront,thetwogentlemenbehind,onresumingtheirplaces,afterdescendingtothebrinkoftheriverforthebetterinspectionofsomecuriouswater-plant,therechancedtobealittlealteration.