Гордість і упередження

Chapter 44

           Elizabeth,onherside,hadmuchtodo. Shewantedtoascertainthefeelingsofeachofhervisitors;shewantedtocomposeherown,andtomakeherselfagreeabletoall; andinthelatterobject,whereshefearedmosttofail,shewasmostsureofsuccess,forthosetowhomsheendeavouredtogivepleasurewereprepossessedinherfavour. Bingleywasready,Georgianawaseager,andDarcydetermined,tobepleased. 

           InseeingBingley,herthoughtsnaturallyflewtohersister;and,oh! howardentlydidshelongtoknowwhetheranyofhisweredirectedinalikemanner. Sometimesshecouldfancythathetalkedlessthanonformeroccasions,andonceortwicepleasedherselfwiththenotionthat,ashelookedather,hewastryingtotracearesemblance. But,thoughthismightbeimaginary,shecouldnotbedeceivedastohisbehaviourtoMissDarcy,whohadbeensetupasarivaltoJane. Nolookappearedoneithersidethatspokeparticularregard. Nothingoccurredbetweenthemthatcouldjustifythehopesofhissister. Onthispointshewassoonsatisfied;andtwoorthreelittlecircumstancesoccurrederetheyparted,which,inheranxiousinterpretation,denotedarecollectionofJanenotuntincturedbytenderness,andawishofsayingmorethatmightleadtothementionofher,hadhedared. Heobservedtoher,atamomentwhentheothersweretalkingtogether,andinatonewhichhadsomethingofrealregret, thatit"wasaverylongtimesincehehadhadthepleasureofseeingher;"and,beforeshecouldreply,headded, "Itisaboveeightmonths. Wehavenotmetsincethe26thofNovember,whenwewerealldancingtogetheratNetherfield." 

           Elizabethwaspleasedtofindhismemorysoexact; andheafterwardstookoccasiontoaskher,whenunattendedtobyanyoftherest,whetherallhersisterswereatLongbourn. Therewasnotmuchinthequestion,norintheprecedingremark;buttherewasalookandamannerwhichgavethemmeaning. 

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