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1"Yes, indeed, and received no inconsiderable pleasure from the sight. Do you often dance at St. James's?" "Never, sir."
2"Do you not think it would be a proper compliment to the place?" "It is a compliment which I never pay to any place if I
3can avoid it." "You have a house in town, I conclude?" Mr. Darcy bowed. "I had once some thoughts of fixing in town
4myself, for I am fond of superior society; but I did not feel quite certain that the air of London would agree with Lady
5Lucas." He paused in hopes of an answer: but his companion was not disposed to make any; and Elizabeth at that instant
6moving towards them, he was struck with the notion of doing a very gallant thing, and called out to her,-- "My dear Miss
7Eliza, why are not you dancing? Mr. Darcy, you must allow me to present this young lady to you as a very desirable
8partner. You cannot refuse to dance, I am sure, when so much beauty is before you." And, taking her hand, he would have
9given it to Mr. Darcy, who, though extremely surprised, was not unwilling to receive it, when she instantly drew back,
10and said with some discomposure to Sir William,-- "Indeed, sir, I have not the least intention of dancing. I entreat you
11not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner." Mr. Darcy, with grave propriety, requested to be
12allowed the honour of her hand, but in vain. Elizabeth was determined; nor did Sir William at all shake her purpose by
13his attempt at persuasion. "You excel so much in the dance, Miss Eliza, that it is cruel to deny me the happiness of
14seeing you; and though this gentleman dislikes the amusement in general, he can have no objection, I am sure, to oblige
15us for one half hour." "Mr. Darcy is all politeness," said Elizabeth, smiling. "He is, indeed: but considering the
16inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance; for who would object to such a partner?" Elizabeth
17looked archly, and turned away. Her resistance had not injured her with the gentleman, and he was thinking of her with
18some complacency, when thus accosted by Miss Bingley,-- "I can guess the subject of your reverie." "I should imagine
19not." "You are considering how insupportable it would be to pass many evenings in this manner,--in such society; and,
20indeed, I am quite of your opinion. I was never more annoyed! The insipidity, and yet the noise--the nothingness, and
21yet the self-importance, of all these people! What would I give to hear your strictures on them!" "Your conjecture is
22totally wrong, I assure you. My mind was more agreeably engaged. I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which
23a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow." Miss Bingley immediately fixed her eyes on his face, and
24desired he would tell her what lady had the credit of inspiring such reflections. Mr. Darcy replied, with great
25intrepidity,-- "Miss Elizabeth Bennet." "Miss Elizabeth Bennet!" repeated Miss Bingley. "I am all astonishment. How long
26has she been such a favourite? and pray when am I to wish you joy?" "That is exactly the question which I expected you
27to ask. A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment. I
28knew you would be wishing me joy." "Nay, if you are so serious about it, I shall consider the matter as absolutely
29settled. You will have a charming mother-in-law, indeed, and of course she will be always at Pemberley with you." He
30listened to her with perfect indifference, while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure
31convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed along. [Illustration: "A note for Miss Bennet" [Copyright 1894 by George
32Allen.]] CHAPTER VII. [Illustration] Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a
33year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their
34mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his. Her father had
35been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds. She had a sister married to a Mr. Philips, who had
36been a clerk to their father and succeeded him in the business, and a brother settled in London in a respectable line of
37trade. The village of Longbourn was only one mile from Meryton; a most convenient distance for the young ladies, who
38were usually tempted thither three or four times a week, to pay their duty to their aunt, and to a milliner's shop just
39over the way. The two youngest of the family, Catherine and Lydia, were particularly frequent in these attentions: their
40minds were more vacant than their sisters', and when nothing better offered, a walk to Meryton was necessary to amuse
41their morning hours and furnish conversation for the evening; and, however bare of news the country in general might be,
42they always contrived to learn some from their aunt. At present, indeed, they were well supplied both with news and
43happiness by the recent arrival of a militia regiment in the neighbourhood; it was to remain the whole winter, and
44Meryton was the head-quarters. Their visits to Mrs. Philips were now productive of the most interesting intelligence.
45Every day added something to their knowledge of the officers' names and connections. Their lodgings were not long a
46secret, and at length they began to know the officers themselves. Mr. Philips visited them all, and this opened to his
47nieces a source of felicity unknown before. They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley's large fortune,
48the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an
49ensign. After listening one morning to their effusions on this subject, Mr. Bennet coolly observed,-- "From all that I
50can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some
51time, but I am now convinced." Catherine was disconcerted, and made no answer; but Lydia, with perfect indifference,
52continued to express her admiration of Captain Carter, and her hope of seeing him in the course of the day, as he was
53going the next morning to London. "I am astonished, my dear," said Mrs. Bennet, "that you should be so ready to think
54your own children silly. If I wished to think slightingly of anybody's children, it should not be of my own, however."
55"If my children are silly, I must hope to be always sensible of it." "Yes; but as it happens, they are all of them very
56clever." "This is the only point, I flatter myself, on which we do not agree. I had hoped that our sentiments coincided
57in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foolish." "My
58dear Mr. Bennet, you must not expect such girls to have the sense of their father and mother. When they get to our age,
59I dare say they will not think about officers any more than we do. I remember the time when I liked a red coat myself
60very well--and, indeed, so I do still at my heart; and if a smart young colonel, with five or six thousand a year,
61should want one of my girls, I shall not say nay to him; and I thought Colonel Forster looked very becoming the other
62night at Sir William's in his regimentals." "Mamma," cried Lydia, "my aunt says that Colonel Forster and Captain Carter
63do not go so often to Miss Watson's as they did when they first came; she sees them now very often standing in Clarke's
64library." Mrs. Bennet was prevented replying by the entrance of the footman with a note for Miss Bennet; it came from
65Netherfield, and the servant waited for an answer. Mrs. Bennet's eyes sparkled with pleasure, and she was eagerly
66calling out, while her daughter read,-- "Well, Jane, who is it from? What is it about? What does he say? Well, Jane,
67make haste and tell us; make haste, my love." "It is from Miss Bingley," said Jane, and then read it aloud. / NIND "My
68dear friend, */ "If you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating
69each other for the rest of our lives; for a whole day's tête-à-tête between two women can never end without a quarrel.
70Come as soon as you can on the receipt of this. My brother and the gentlemen are to dine with the officers. Yours ever,
71"CAROLINE BINGLEY."
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