Гордість і упередження

           "ButdoesLydiaknownothingofthis? canshebeignorantofwhatyouandJaneseemsowelltounderstand?" 

           "Oh,yes!—that,thatistheworstofall. TillIwasinKent,andsawsomuchbothofMr.DarcyandhisrelationColonelFitzwilliam,Iwasignorantofthetruthmyself. AndwhenIreturnedhome,the——shirewastoleaveMerytoninaweekorfortnight’stime. Asthatwasthecase,neitherJane,towhomIrelatedthewhole,norI,thoughtitnecessarytomakeourknowledgepublic;forofwhatusecoulditapparentlybetoanyone,thatthegoodopinionwhichalltheneighbourhoodhadofhimshouldthenbeoverthrown? AndevenwhenitwassettledthatLydiashouldgowithMrs.Forster,thenecessityofopeninghereyestohischaracterneveroccurredtome. Thatshecouldbeinanydangerfromthedeceptionneverenteredmyhead. Thatsuchaconsequenceasthiscouldensue,youmayeasilybelieve,wasfarenoughfrommythoughts." 

           "WhentheyallremovedtoBrighton,therefore,youhadnoreason,Isuppose,tobelievethemfondofeachother?" 

           "Nottheslightest. Icanremembernosymptomofaffectiononeitherside; andhadanythingofthekindbeenperceptible,youmustbeawarethatoursisnotafamilyonwhichitcouldbethrownaway. Whenfirstheenteredthecorps,shewasreadyenoughtoadmirehim; butsoweallwere. EverygirlinornearMerytonwasoutofhersensesabouthimforthefirsttwomonths; butheneverdistinguishedherbyanyparticularattention; and,consequently,afteramoderateperiodofextravagantandwildadmiration,herfancyforhimgaveway,andothersoftheregiment,whotreatedherwithmoredistinction,againbecameherfavourites."