Гордість і упередження

           Mrs.BennethaddesignedtokeepthetwoNetherfieldgentlementosupper; buttheircarriagewasunluckilyorderedbeforeanyoftheothers,andshehadnoopportunityofdetainingthem. 

           "Wellgirls,"saidshe,assoonastheywerelefttothemselves,"Whatsayyoutotheday? Ithinkeverythinghaspassedoffuncommonlywell,Iassureyou. ThedinnerwasaswelldressedasanyIeversaw. Thevenisonwasroastedtoaturn—andeverybodysaidtheyneversawsofatahaunch. ThesoupwasfiftytimesbetterthanwhatwehadattheLucases’lastweek;andevenMr.Darcyacknowledged,thatthepartridgeswereremarkablywelldone;andIsupposehehastwoorthreeFrenchcooksatleast. And,mydearJane,Ineversawyoulookingreaterbeauty. Mrs.Longsaidsotoo,forIaskedherwhetheryoudidnot. Andwhatdoyouthinkshesaidbesides? ‘Ah!Mrs.Bennet,weshallhaveheratNetherfieldatlast.’ Shedidindeed. IdothinkMrs.Longisasgoodacreatureaseverlived—andherniecesareveryprettybehavedgirls,andnotatallhandsome: Ilikethemprodigiously." 

           Mrs.Bennet,inshort,wasinverygreatspirits; shehadseenenoughofBingley’sbehaviourtoJane,tobeconvincedthatshewouldgethimatlast; andherexpectationsofadvantagetoherfamily,wheninahappyhumour,weresofarbeyondreason,thatshewasquitedisappointedatnotseeinghimthereagainthenextday,tomakehisproposals. 

           "Ithasbeenaveryagreeableday,"saidMissBennettoElizabeth. "Thepartyseemedsowellselected,sosuitableonewiththeother. Ihopewemayoftenmeetagain." 

           Elizabethsmiled. 

           "Lizzy,youmustnotdoso. Youmustnotsuspectme. Itmortifiesme. IassureyouthatIhavenowlearnttoenjoyhisconversationasanagreeableandsensibleyoungman,withouthavingawishbeyondit.