，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！In darcy's presence she dared not mention wickham's name;but Elizabeth instantly prehended thatwas uppermosther thoughts;and the various recollections connected with him gave heoment's distress; but exerting herself vigorouslyrepel the ill-natured attack,she presently answered the questiona tolerably detache she spoke,involuntary glance showed her darcy, witeightened plexion, earnestly lookingher,and his sister overe with confusion, and unablelifthe miss Bingley known what pain she was then giving her beloved friend, she undoubtedly would have refrained from the hint; but she had merely intendeddispose Elizabethbringing forward the ideaa manwhom she believed her partial,make her betraensibility which might injure herdarcy's opinion, and, perhaps,remind the latterall the follies and absurditieswhich some parther family were connected with thyllable had ever reached hermiss darcy's meditatecreature hadbeen revealed,where secrecy was possible,exceptElizabeth; and from all Bingley's connections her brother was particularly anxiousconceal it,from the very wish which Elizabeth had long ago attributedhim,their being hereafterhad certainly formed suclan, and without meaning thatshould effect his endeavourseparate him from miss Be,itprobable thatmight add somethinghis lively concern for the welfarehis friend.
Elizabeth's collected behaviour, however, soon quieted his emotion;andmiss Bingley,vexed and disappointed,dared not approach nearerwickham,Geiana also recoveredtime, though not enoughbe ablespeakbrother, whose eye she fearedmeet,scarcely recollected her interestthe affair,and the very circumstance which had been designedturn his thoughts from Elizabeth seemedhave fixed themher more and more cheerfully.
Their visit did not continue long after the question and answer above mentioned; and while mr. darcy was attending themtheir carriage miss Bingley was venting her feelingscriticismsElizabeth's person,behaviour,an Geiana would not joi brother's remendation was enoughensure her favour; his judgement could not err, andhad spokensuch termsElizabethto leave Geiana without the powerfinding her otherwise than lovelydarcy returnedthe saloon,miss Bingley could not help repeatinghim some partwhat she had been sayinghis sister.
“How very ill miss Elizalooks this morning,mr.darcy,”she cried;“I nevermy life saw anyonemuch alteredshesinceis grownbrown and coarse!Louisa and I were agreeing thatshould not have known her again.”
However little mr. darcy might have liked suchaddress,contented himself with coolly replying thatperceivedother alteration than her being rather tanned,miraculous consequencetravellingthe summer.
“Forown part,”she rejoined,“I must confess that I never could see any beautacetoo thin;her plexion hasbrilliancy;and her features are notal nose wants character—therenothing markedit teeth are tolerable, but not outthe mon way; andfor her eyes,which have sometimes been calledfine,I could never see anything extraordinaravharp,shrewish look,which Inot likeall;andher air altogether,therea self-sufficiency without fashion,whichintolerable.”
Persuadedmiss Bingley was that darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best methodremending herself; but angry people are not always wise;andseeing himlast look somewhattled,she had all the successwas resolutely silent,however,and,froeterminationmaking him speak,she continued:
“I remember, whenfirst knew herHertfordshire, how amazedall werefind that she waeputed beauty;and I particularly recollect your saying one night,after they had been dining atherfield,'sheauty!—I shouldsoon call her motheit.'But afterwards she seemedimproveyou,and I believe you thought her rather prettyoime.”
“Yes,”replied darcy,who could contain himselflonger,“but that was only when I first saw her, foris many months since I have considered heronethe handsomest womenmy acquaintance.”
He then went away, and miss Bingley was leftall the satisfactionhaving forced himsay what gaveone any pain but herself.
mrs. Gardiner and Elizabeth talkedall that had occurred during their visit,as they returned,except what had particularly interested the look and behavioureverybody they had seen were discussed, exceptthe person who had mostly engaged thei talkedhis sister, his friends, his house, his fruit—of everything but himself; yet Elizabeth was longingknow wha thoughthim,would have been highly gratifiedher niece's beginning the subject.