Гордість і упередження

           NotasyllablehadeverreachedherofMissDarcy’smeditatedelopement. Tonocreaturehaditbeenrevealed,wheresecrecywaspossible,excepttoElizabeth; andfromallBingley’sconnectionsherbrotherwasparticularlyanxioustoconcealit,fromtheverywishwhichElizabethhadlongagoattributedtohim,oftheirbecominghereafterherown. Hehadcertainlyformedsuchaplan,andwithoutmeaningthatitshouldeffecthisendeavourtoseparatehimfromMissBennet,itisprobablethatitmightaddsomethingtohislivelyconcernforthewelfareofhisfriend. 

           Elizabeth’scollectedbehaviour,however,soonquietedhisemotion; andasMissBingley,vexedanddisappointed,darednotapproachnearertoWickham,Georgianaalsorecoveredintime,thoughnotenoughtobeabletospeakanymore. Herbrother,whoseeyeshefearedtomeet,scarcelyrecollectedherinterestintheaffair,andtheverycircumstancewhichhadbeendesignedtoturnhisthoughtsfromElizabethseemedtohavefixedthemonhermoreandmorecheerfully. 

           Theirvisitdidnotcontinuelongafterthequestionandanswerabovementioned; andwhileMr.DarcywasattendingthemtotheircarriageMissBingleywasventingherfeelingsincriticismsonElizabeth’sperson,behaviour,anddress. ButGeorgianawouldnotjoinher. Herbrother’srecommendationwasenoughtoensureherfavour;hisjudgementcouldnoterr. AndhehadspokeninsuchtermsofElizabethastoleaveGeorgianawithoutthepoweroffindingherotherwisethanlovelyandamiable. WhenDarcyreturnedtothesaloon,MissBingleycouldnothelprepeatingtohimsomepartofwhatshehadbeensayingtohissister. 

           "HowveryillMissElizaBennetlooksthismorning,Mr.Darcy,"shecried; "Ineverinmylifesawanyonesomuchalteredassheissincethewinter. Sheisgrownsobrownandcoarse! LouisaandIwereagreeingthatweshouldnothaveknownheragain."