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If Elizabeth, when mr. darcy gave her the letter, did not expectto contaienewalhis offers, she had formedexpectationallit suchthey were,it may wellsupposed how eagerly she went through them,and whaontrarietyemotion the feelingsshe read were scarcelyb amazement did she first understand thatbelieved any apologybehis power;and steadfastly was she persuaded, thatcould haveexplanationgive, whicust senseshame woulda strong prejudice against everythingmight say,she began his accountwhat had happene read witheagerness which hardly left her powerprehension, and from impatienceknowing what the next sentence might bring,was incapableattendingthe sensethe one beforebeliefher sister’s insensibility she instantly resolvedbe false;and his accountthe real, the worst objectionsthe match, made her too angryhave any wishdoingexpressedregret for whathad done which satisfied her;his style was not penitent,bu was all pride and insolence.
But when this subject was succeededhis accountmr. wickham—when she read with somewhat clearer attentioelationevents which,if true,must overthrow every cherished opinionhis worth,and which borealarmingaffinityhis own historyhimself—her feelings were yet more acutely painful and more difficult o,apprehension,and even horror, oppresse wisheddiscreditentirely, repeatedly exclaiming,“This mustfalse! This cannot be! This mustthe grossest falsehood!”—and when she had gohrough the whole letter, though scarcely knowing anythingthe last pagetwo,puthastily away,protesting that she would not regard it,that she would never lookit again.
In this perturbed statemind,with thoughts that could restnothing,she walked on;butwould not do;in halinute the letter was unfolded again,and collecting herselfwell mortifying perusalall that relatedwickham, and manded herselffarto examihe meaningever accounthis connection with the Pemberley family was exactly whathad related himself;and the kindnessthe late mr.darcy,though she had not before known its extent,agreed equally well with hisfar each recital confirmed the other;but when she camethe will, the differencewickham had saidthe living was freshher memory, andshe recalled his very words,was impossible notfeel that there was gross duplicityone sidethe other; and, foew moments, she flattered herself that her wishes didwhen she read and re-read with the closest attention, the particulars immediately followingwickham's resigning all pretensionsthe living,of his receivinglieuconsiderablumthree thousand pounds,again was she forceut down the letter, weighed every circumstance with what she meantbe impartiality—deliberatedthe probabilityeach statement—but with littl both sideswas onl she read on;but every line proved more clearly that the affair,which she had believedimpossible that any contrivance couldrepresentto render mr.darcy's conductit less than infamous,was capablea turn which must make him entirely blameless throughout the whole.
The extravagance and general profligacy whichscrupled 's charge, exceedingly shocked her;the more so,as she could bringproofit had never heardhim before his entrance into the—shire militia,whichhad engagedthe persuasionthe young man who,on meeting him accidentallytown,had there reneweligh his former waylife nothing had been knownHertfordshire but whattolhis real character,had information beenher power,she had never felisountenance, voice, and manner had established himoncethe possessionever triedrecollect some instancegoodness,some distinguished traitintegritybenevolence,that might rescue him from the ;orleast,by the predominancevirtue, atone for those casual errors under which she would endeavourclass what mr.darcy had describedthe idleness and vicemany years' such recollection befriende could see him instantly before her,in every charmair and address;but she could remembermore substantial good than the general approbationthe neighbourhood, and the regard which his social powers had gained himth pausingthis poinonsiderable while, she once more continued t, alas! the story which followed,his designsmiss darcy, received some confirmation from what had passed between Colonel Fitzwilliam and herself only the morning before;andlast she was referred for the truthevery particularColonel Fitzwilliam himself—from whom she had previously received the informationhis near concernall his cousin's affairs, and whose character she hadreasoime she had almost resolvedapplyinghim,but the idea was checkedthe awkwardnessthe application, andlength wholly banishedthe conviction that mr.darcy would never have hazarded sucroposal,ifhad not been well assuredhis cousin's corroboration.