... his manner of bidding her
adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to
expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her—their
opinion of everybody—would ... listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the
chaise. Elizabeth loved absurdities, but she had known Sir William’s too
long. He could tell her nothing new of the...
... small gate which led by a short gravel walk to
the house, amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party. In a moment they
were all out of the chaise, rejoicing at the sight of each other. Mrs. ... could be forgotten, there was really an air of
great comfort throughout, and by Charlotte’s evident enjoyment of it,
Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten.
She had alrea...
... opinion, the younger son of an earl can know very little of either.
Now seriously, what have you ever known of self-denial and dependence?
When have you been prevented by want of money from going ... want of importance in his friend’s
connections, than from their want of sense; and she was quite decided, at
last, that he had been partly governed by this worst kind of pri...
... letter, by the apprehension of its
containing any repetition of those sentiments or renewal of those offers
which were last night so disgusting to you. I write without any intention of
paining ... demand it of your justice.
‘Two offenses of a very different nature, and by no means of equal
magnitude, you last night laid to my charge. The first mentioned was, that,
rega...
...
kindly smiled on by the mother and daughter.
Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of
spirits, and immediately accounting for it by herself, by supposing that ...
not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all
the delight of unpleasant recollections.
Mr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by h...
... expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of
admiration on first arriving; but in the general amount of the day there was
deficiency. There was a languor, a want of spirits, a want of union, ... appearance of the
servants looking out for them to give notice of the carriages was a joyful
sight; and even the bustle of collecting and preparing to depart, and the...
... were equally worthy of all that friendship could
do; and at eighteen or nineteen she was, as far as such an early age can be
qualified for the care of children, fully competent to the office of ... was an orphan, the only child of Mrs. Bates’s youngest
daughter.
The marriage of Lieut. Fairfax of the regiment of infantry, and Miss Jane
Bates, had had its day of fame and pl...
... about it.’
Harriet said, ‘very true,’ and she ‘would not think about it;’ but still she
talked of it—still she could talk of nothing else; and Emma, at last, in order
to put the Martins out ...
agreeable piece of news indeed. I shall just go round by Mrs. Cole’s; but I
shall not stop three minutes: and, Jane, you had better go home directly—I
would not have you out in a show...
... think ill of her—not the least—
except that such extreme and perpetual cautiousness of word and manner,
such a dread of giving a distinct idea about any body, is apt to suggest
suspicions of there ... acquainted with him, that
she could hardly believe it to be only their second meeting. He was not
exactly what she had expected; less of the man of the world in some of his
no...
... if not of being really in love with her, of being at
least very near it, and saved only by her own indifference— (for still her
resolution held of never marrying)—the honour, in short, of being ... little
excesses of such a handsome young man— one who smiled so often and
bowed so well; but there was one spirit among them not to be softened, from
its power of censure, by b...