Гордість і упередження

Chapter 57

           Withhisnotionsofdignity,hewouldprobablyfeelthatthearguments,whichtoElizabethhadappearedweakandridiculous,containedmuchgoodsenseandsolidreasoning. 

           Ifhehadbeenwaveringbeforeastowhatheshoulddo,whichhadoftenseemedlikely,theadviceandentreatyofsoneararelationmightsettleeverydoubt,anddeterminehimatoncetobeashappyasdignityunblemishedcouldmakehim. Inthatcasehewouldreturnnomore. LadyCatherinemightseehiminherwaythroughtown;andhisengagementtoBingleyofcomingagaintoNetherfieldmustgiveway. 

           "If,therefore,anexcusefornotkeepinghispromiseshouldcometohisfriendwithinafewdays,"sheadded,"Ishallknowhowtounderstandit. Ishallthengiveovereveryexpectation,everywishofhisconstancy. Ifheissatisfiedwithonlyregrettingme,whenhemighthaveobtainedmyaffectionsandhand,Ishallsoonceasetoregrethimatall." 

           Thesurpriseoftherestofthefamily,onhearingwhotheirvisitorhadbeen,wasverygreat; buttheyobliginglysatisfiedit,withthesamekindofsuppositionwhichhadappeasedMrs.Bennet’scuriosity; andElizabethwassparedfrommuchteasingonthesubject. 

           Thenextmorning,asshewasgoingdownstairs,shewasmetbyherfather,whocameoutofhislibrarywithaletterinhishand. 

           "Lizzy,"saidhe,"Iwasgoingtolookforyou;comeintomyroom." 

           Shefollowedhimthither;andhercuriositytoknowwhathehadtotellherwasheightenedbythesuppositionofitsbeinginsomemannerconnectedwiththeletterheheld. ItsuddenlystruckherthatitmightbefromLadyCatherine; andsheanticipatedwithdismayalltheconsequentexplanations. 

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