Гордість і упередження

           ItoriginatedinMrs.Gardiner,who,fatiguedbytheexerciseofthemorning,foundElizabeth’sarminadequatetohersupport,andconsequentlypreferredherhusband’s. Mr.Darcytookherplacebyherniece,andtheywalkedontogether. Afterashortsilence,theladyfirstspoke. Shewishedhimtoknowthatshehadbeenassuredofhisabsencebeforeshecametotheplace,andaccordinglybeganbyobserving,thathisarrivalhadbeenveryunexpected —"foryourhousekeeper,"sheadded,"informedusthatyouwouldcertainlynotbeheretillto-morrow;andindeed,beforeweleftBakewell,weunderstoodthatyouwerenotimmediatelyexpectedinthecountry." Heacknowledgedthetruthofitall,andsaidthatbusinesswithhisstewardhadoccasionedhiscomingforwardafewhoursbeforetherestofthepartywithwhomhehadbeentravelling. "Theywilljoinmeearlyto-morrow,"hecontinued,"andamongthemaresomewhowillclaimanacquaintancewithyou—Mr.Bingleyandhissisters." 

           Elizabethansweredonlybyaslightbow. HerthoughtswereinstantlydrivenbacktothetimewhenMr.Bingley’snamehadbeenthelastmentionedbetweenthem; and,ifshemightjudgebyhiscomplexion,hismindwasnotverydifferentlyengaged. 

           "Thereisalsooneotherpersonintheparty,"hecontinuedafterapause,"whomoreparticularlywishestobeknowntoyou. Willyouallowme,ordoIasktoomuch,tointroducemysistertoyouracquaintanceduringyourstayatLambton?" 

           Thesurpriseofsuchanapplicationwasgreatindeed; itwastoogreatforhertoknowinwhatmannersheaccededtoit. SheimmediatelyfeltthatwhateverdesireMissDarcymighthaveofbeingacquaintedwithhermustbetheworkofherbrother,and,withoutlookingfarther,itwassatisfactory; itwasgratifyingtoknowthathisresentmenthadnotmadehimthinkreallyillofher.