Pride and Prejudice
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Chapter 01
Preface
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[Illustration: GEORGE ALLEN PUBLISHER 156 CHARING CROSS ROAD LONDON RUSKIN HOUSE ] [Illustration: Reading Jane’s Letters. Chap 34. ] PRIDE. and PREJUDICE by Jane Austen, with a Preface by George Saintsbury and Ill…
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Chapter 02
Preface (2)
Preface (2)
_In respect of her art generally, Mr. Goldwin Smith has truly observed that “metaphor has been exhausted in depicting the perfection of it, combined with the narrowness of her field;” and he has justly added that we n…
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Chapter 03
Preface (3)
Preface (3)
The secret of that charm many men and not a few women, from Miss Austen herself downwards, have felt, and like most charms it is a thing rather to be felt than to be explained. Elizabeth of course belongs to the all…
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Chapter 04
Chapter I.]
Chapter I.]
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhoo…
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Chapter 05
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER II.
[Illustration] Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after t…
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Chapter 06
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER III.
[Illustration] Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked…
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Chapter 07
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER IV.
[Illustration] When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister how very much she admired him. “He is just what a young man ought to be…
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Chapter 08
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER V.
[Illustration] Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and rise…
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Chapter 09
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI.
[Illustration] The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in due form. Miss Bennet’s pleasing manners grew on the good-will of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mothe…
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Chapter 10
CHAPTER VI. (2)
CHAPTER VI. (2)
“Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you. My mind was more agreeably engaged. I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.” Miss Bingley …
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Chapter 11
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VII.
[Illustration] Mr. Bennet’s property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their moth…
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Chapter 12
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
[Illustration] At five o’clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half-past six Elizabeth was summoned to dinner. To the civil inquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguish…
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Chapter 13
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER IX.
[Illustration] Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister’s room, and in the morning had the pleasure of being able to send a tolerable answer to the inquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley…
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Chapter 14
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER X.
[Illustration] The day passed much as the day before had done. Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley had spent some hours of the morning with the invalid, who continued, though slowly, to mend; and, in the evening, Elizabeth jo…
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Chapter 15
CHAPTER X. (2)
CHAPTER X. (2)
Then taking the disengaged arm of Mr. Darcy, she left Elizabeth to walk by herself. The path just admitted three. Mr. Darcy felt their rudeness, and immediately said,-- “This walk is not wide enough for our party. We …
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Chapter 16
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XI.
[Illustration] When the ladies removed after dinner Elizabeth ran up to her sister, and seeing her well guarded from cold, attended her into the drawing-room, where she was welcomed by her two friends with many profes…
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Chapter 17
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XII.
[Illustration] In consequence of an agreement between the sisters, Elizabeth wrote the next morning to her mother, to beg that the carriage might be sent for them in the course of the day. But Mrs. Bennet, who had cal…
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Chapter 18
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIII
[Illustration] “I hope, my dear,” said Mr. Bennet to his wife, as they were at breakfast the next morning, “that you have ordered a good dinner to-day, because I have reason to expect an addition to our family party.”…
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Chapter 19
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XIV
[Illustration] During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all; but when the servants were withdrawn, he thought it time to have some conversation with his guest, and therefore started a subject in which he expected h…
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Chapter 20
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XV.
[Illustration] Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society; the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate…
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Chapter 21
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVI.
[Illustration] As no objection was made to the young people’s engagement with their aunt, and all Mr. Collins’s scruples of leaving Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for a single evening during his visit were most steadily resisted…
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Chapter 22
CHAPTER XVI. (2)
CHAPTER XVI. (2)
“We were born in the same parish, within the same park; the greatest part of our youth was passed together: inmates of the same house, sharing the same amusements, objects of the same parental care. My father began …
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Chapter 23
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVII.
[Illustration] Elizabeth related to Jane, the next day, what had passed between Mr. Wickham and herself. Jane listened with astonishment and concern: she knew not how to believe that Mr. Darcy could be so unworthy of …
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Chapter 24
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
[Illustration] Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her. The cer…
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Chapter 25
CHAPTER XVIII. (2)
CHAPTER XVIII. (2)
“Insolent girl!” said Elizabeth to herself. “You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this. I see nothing in it but your own wilful ignorance and the malice of Mr. Darcy.” She the…
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Chapter 26
CHAPTER XVIII. (3)
CHAPTER XVIII. (3)
“If I,” said Mr. Collins, “were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compat…
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Chapter 27
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XIX.
[Illustration] The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made his declaration in form. Having resolved to do it without loss of time, as his leave of absence extended only to the following Saturday, an…
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Chapter 28
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XX.
[Illustration] Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth o…
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Chapter 29
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXI.
[Illustration] The discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusion of …
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Chapter 30
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXII.
[Illustration] The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases; and again, during the chief of the day, was Miss Lucas so kind as to listen to Mr. Collins. Elizabeth took an opportunity of thanking her. “It keeps hi…
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Chapter 31
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
[Illustration] Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and doubting whether she was authorized to mention it, when Sir William Lucas himself appeared, sent by his daughter …
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Chapter 32
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXIV.
[Illustration] Miss Bingley’s letter arrived, and put an end to doubt. The very first sentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for the winter, and concluded with her brother’s regret at not…
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Chapter 33
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXV.
[Illustration] After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of Saturday. The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on h…
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Chapter 34
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVI.
[Illustration] Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone: after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on:-- “You a…
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Chapter 35
CHAPTER XXVI. (2)
CHAPTER XXVI. (2)
All this was acknowledged to Mrs. Gardiner; and, after relating the circumstances, she thus went on:--“I am now convinced, my dear aunt, that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and …
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Chapter 36
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVII.
[Illustration] With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March …
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Chapter 37
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
[Illustration] Every object in the next day’s journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her spirits were in a state of enjoyment; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to banish all fear for her healt…
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Chapter 38
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXIX.
[Illustration] Mr. Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see her civility towards hims…
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Chapter 39
CHAPTER XXIX. (2)
CHAPTER XXIX. (2)
When the gentlemen had joined them, and tea was over, the card tables were placed. Lady Catherine, Sir William, and Mr. and Mrs. Collins sat down to quadrille; and as Miss De Bourgh chose to play at cassino, the two g…
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Chapter 40
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXX.
[Illustration] Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter’s being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as w…
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Chapter 41
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXI.
[Illustration] Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of their engagements at Rosings. It was some days, however, b…
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Chapter 42
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXII.
[Illustration] Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane, while Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village, when she was startled by a ring at the door, the certain sign…
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Chapter 43
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
[Illustration] More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and, to prev…
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Chapter 44
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
[Illustration] When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as much as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the examination of all the letters which Jane had written to her sin…
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Chapter 45
CHAPTER XXXIV. (2)
CHAPTER XXXIV. (2)
She continued in very agitating reflections till the sound of Lady Catherine’s carriage made her feel how unequal she was to encounter Charlotte’s observation, and hurried her away to her room. [Illustration: “Hearing…
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Chapter 46
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
[Illustration] Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and meditations which had at length closed her eyes. She could not yet recover from the surprise of what had happened: it was impossible to think of…
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Chapter 47
CHAPTER XXXV. (2)
CHAPTER XXXV. (2)
benefited. He had some intention, he added, of studying the law, and I must be aware that the interest of one thousand pounds would be a very insufficient support therein. I rather wished than believed him to be since…
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Chapter 48
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
[Illustration] Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of its contents. But such as they were, it may be well supposed …
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Chapter 49
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
[Illustration] The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning; and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing intelligence of their app…
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Chapter 50
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
[Illustration] On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few minutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of paying the parting civilities which he deemed indispensably neces…
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Chapter 51
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
[Illustration] It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set out together from Gracechurch Street for the town of ----, in Hertfordshire; and, as they drew near the appointed inn where Mr. Bennet’…
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Chapter 52
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XL.
[Illustration] Elizabeth’s impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could no longer be overcome; and at length resolving to suppress every particular in which her sister was concerned, and preparing her to b…
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Chapter 53
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLI.
[Illustration] The first week of their return was soon gone. The second began. It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace. The dejection was al…
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Chapter 54
CHAPTER XLI. (2)
CHAPTER XLI. (2)
Elizabeth could not repress a smile at this, but she answered only by a slight inclination of the head. She saw that he wanted to engage her on the old subject of his grievances, and she was in no humour to indulge hi…
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Chapter 55
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLII.
[Illustration] Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort. Her father, captivated by youth and beauty, and th…
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Chapter 56
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
[Illustration] Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter. The park w…
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Chapter 57
CHAPTER XLIII. (2)
CHAPTER XLIII. (2)
They were within twenty yards of each other; and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He abs…
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Chapter 58
CHAPTER XLIII. (3)
CHAPTER XLIII. (3)
He then asked her to walk into the house--but she declared herself not tired, and they stood together on the lawn. At such a time much might have been said, and silence was very awkward. She wanted to talk, but there …
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Chapter 59
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLIV.
[Illustration] Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was, consequently, resolved not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that…
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Chapter 60
CHAPTER XLIV. (2)
CHAPTER XLIV. (2)
As for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening more than the last; and the evening, though as it passed it seemed long, was not long enough to determine her feelings towards one in that mansion; and s…
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Chapter 61
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLV.
[Illustration] Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley’s dislike of her had originated in jealousy, she could not help feeling how very unwelcome her appearance at Pemberley must be to her, and was curious to…
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Chapter 62
Chapter XLVI.
Chapter XLVI.
[Illustration] Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from Jane on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had been renewed on each of the mornings that had now been spent …
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Chapter 63
Chapter XLVI. (2)
Chapter XLVI. (2)
He readily assured her of his secrecy, again expressed his sorrow for her distress, wished it a happier conclusion than there was at present reason to hope, and, leaving his compliments for her relations, with only on…
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Chapter 64
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVII.
[Illustration] “I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth,” said her uncle, as they drove from the town; “and really, upon serious consideration, I am much more inclined than I was to judge as your eldest sister d…
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Chapter 65
CHAPTER XLVII. (2)
CHAPTER XLVII. (2)
“Do not give way to useless alarm,” added he: “though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. It is not quite a week since they left Brighton. In a few days more, we ma…
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Chapter 66
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
[Illustration] The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next morning, but the post came in without bringing a single line from him. His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negli…
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Chapter 67
CHAPTER XLVIII. (2)
CHAPTER XLVIII. (2)
“This is a parade,” cried he, “which does one good; it gives such an elegance to misfortune! Another day I will do the same; I will sit in my library, in my nightcap and powdering gown, and give as much trouble as I c…
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Chapter 68
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER XLIX.
[Illustration] Two days after Mr. Bennet’s return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking together in the shrubbery behind the house, they saw the housekeeper coming towards them, and concluding that she came to call them…
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Chapter 69
CHAPTER XLIX. (2)
CHAPTER XLIX. (2)
Mrs. Hill began instantly to express her joy. Elizabeth received her congratulations amongst the rest, and then, sick of this folly, took refuge in her own room, that she might think with freedom. Poor Lydia’s situati…
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Chapter 70
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER L.
[Illustration] Mr. Bennet had very often wished, before this period of his life, that, instead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum, for the better provision of his children, and of his wife, if …
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Chapter 71
CHAPTER L. (2)
CHAPTER L. (2)
His daughter’s request, for such it might be considered, of being admitted into her family again, before she set off for the north, received at first an absolute negative. But Jane and Elizabeth, who agreed in wishing…
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Chapter 72
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LI.
[Illustration] Their sister’s wedding-day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her probably more than she felt for herself. The carriage was sent to meet them at----, and they were to return in it by dinnertime. T…
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Chapter 73
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LII.
[Illustration] Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it, than hurrying into the little copse, where she was least likely …
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Chapter 74
CHAPTER LII. (2)
CHAPTER LII. (2)
The contents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share. The vague and unsettled suspicions which uncertainty had …
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Chapter 75
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIII.
[Illustration] Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to fin…
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Chapter 76
CHAPTER LIII. (2)
CHAPTER LIII. (2)
“I began to be afraid you would never come back again. People did say, you meant to quit the place entirely at Michaelmas; but, however, I hope it is not true. A great many changes have happened in the neighbourhood…
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Chapter 77
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LIV.
[Illustration] As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or, in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects which must deaden them more. Mr. Darcy’s behaviour astonished …
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Chapter 78
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LV.
[Illustration] A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley called again, and alone. His friend had left him that morning for London, but was to return home in ten days’ time. He sat with them above an hour, and was in re…
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Chapter 79
CHAPTER LV. (2)
CHAPTER LV. (2)
Elizabeth was pleased to find that he had not betrayed the interference of his friend; for, though Jane had the most generous and forgiving heart in the world, she knew it was a circumstance which must prejudice her a…
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Chapter 80
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVI.
[Illustration] One morning, about a week after Bingley’s engagement with Jane had been formed, as he and the females of the family were sitting together in the dining-room, their attention was suddenly drawn to the wi…
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Chapter 81
CHAPTER LVI. (2)
CHAPTER LVI. (2)
“And I certainly never shall give it. I am not to be intimidated into anything so wholly unreasonable. Your Ladyship wants Mr. Darcy to marry your daughter; but would my giving you the wished-for promise make _their…
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Chapter 82
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVII.
[Illustration] The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw Elizabeth into could not be easily overcome; nor could she for many hours learn to think of it less than incessantly. Lady Catherine, it …
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Chapter 83
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
[Illustration] Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as Elizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy with him to Longbourn before many days had passed after Lady Cath…
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Chapter 84
CHAPTER LVIII. (2)
CHAPTER LVIII. (2)
“On the evening before my going to London,” said he, “I made a confession to him, which I believe I ought to have made long ago. I told him of all that had occurred to make my former interference in his affairs absurd…
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Chapter 85
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LIX.
[Illustration] “My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?” was a question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room, and from all the others when they sat down to table. She had only …
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Chapter 86
CHAPTER LIX. (2)
CHAPTER LIX. (2)
“Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it? And is it really true? Oh, my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages y…
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Chapter 87
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LX.
[Illustration] Elizabeth’s spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. “How could you begin?” said she. “I can comprehend your going on charmi…
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Chapter 88
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXI.
[Illustration] Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy,…
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