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1"You mean to frighten me, Mr. Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me. But I will not be alarmed, though your
2sister does play so well. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.
3My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me." "I shall not say that you are mistaken," he replied,
4"because you could not really believe me to entertain any design of alarming you; and I have had the pleasure of your
5acquaintance long enough to know, that you find great enjoyment in occasionally professing opinions which, in fact, are
6not your own." Elizabeth laughed heartily at this picture of herself, and said to Colonel Fitzwilliam, "Your cousin will
7give you a very pretty notion of me, and teach you not to believe a word I say. I am particularly unlucky in meeting
8with a person so well able to expose my real character, in a part of the world where I had hoped to pass myself off with
9some degree of credit. Indeed, Mr. Darcy, it is very ungenerous in you to mention all that you knew to my disadvantage
10in Hertfordshire--and, give me leave to say, very impolitic too--for it is provoking me to retaliate, and such things
11may come out as will shock your relations to hear." "I am not afraid of you," said he, smilingly. "Pray let me hear what
12you have to accuse him of," cried Colonel Fitzwilliam. "I should like to know how he behaves among strangers." "You
13shall hear, then--but prepare for something very dreadful. The first time of my ever seeing him in Hertfordshire, you
14must know, was at a ball--and at this ball, what do you think he did? He danced only four dances! I am sorry to pain
15you, but so it was. He danced only four dances, though gentlemen were scarce; and, to my certain knowledge, more than
16one young lady was sitting down in want of a partner. Mr. Darcy, you cannot deny the fact." "I had not at that time the
17honour of knowing any lady in the assembly beyond my own party." "True; and nobody can ever be introduced in a
18ball-room. Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders." "Perhaps," said Darcy, "I
19should have judged better had I sought an introduction, but I am ill-qualified to recommend myself to strangers." "Shall
20we ask your cousin the reason of this?" said Elizabeth, still addressing Colonel Fitzwilliam. "Shall we ask him why a
21man of sense and education, and who has lived in the world, is ill-qualified to recommend himself to strangers?" "I can
22answer your question," said Fitzwilliam, "without applying to him. It is because he will not give himself the trouble."
23"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never
24seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done."
25"My fingers," said Elizabeth, "do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women's do.
26They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to
27be my own fault--because I would not take the trouble of practising. It is not that I do not believe my fingers as
28capable as any other woman's of superior execution." Darcy smiled and said, "You are perfectly right. You have employed
29your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you can think anything wanting. We neither of us
30perform to strangers." Here they were interrupted by Lady Catherine, who called out to know what they were talking of.
31Elizabeth immediately began playing again. Lady Catherine approached, and, after listening for a few minutes, said to
32Darcy,-- "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practised more, and could have the advantage of a London
33master. She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's. Anne would have been a
34delightful performer, had her health allowed her to learn." Elizabeth looked at Darcy, to see how cordially he assented
35to his cousin's praise: but neither at that moment nor at any other could she discern any symptom of love; and from the
36whole of his behaviour to Miss De Bourgh she derived this comfort for Miss Bingley, that he might have been just as
37likely to marry her, had she been his relation. Lady Catherine continued her remarks on Elizabeth's performance, mixing
38with them many instructions on execution and taste. Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility; and at
39the request of the gentlemen remained at the instrument till her Ladyship's carriage was ready to take them all home.
40[Illustration] CHAPTER XXXII. [Illustration] Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane,
41while Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village, when she was startled by a ring at the door, the
42certain signal of a visitor. As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be Lady Catherine; and under
43that apprehension was putting away her half-finished letter, that she might escape all impertinent questions, when the
44door opened, and to her very great surprise Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy only, entered the room. He seemed astonished too on
45finding her alone, and apologized for his intrusion, by letting her know that he had understood all the ladies to be
46within. They then sat down, and when her inquiries after Rosings were made, seemed in danger of sinking into total
47silence. It was absolutely necessary, therefore, to think of something; and in this emergency recollecting when she had
48seen him last in Hertfordshire, and feeling curious to know what he would say on the subject of their hasty departure,
49she observed,-- "How very suddenly you all quitted Netherfield last November, Mr. Darcy! It must have been a most
50agreeable surprise to Mr. Bingley to see you all after him so soon; for, if I recollect right, he went but the day
51before. He and his sisters were well, I hope, when you left London?" "Perfectly so, I thank you." She found that she was
52to receive no other answer; and, after a short pause, added,-- "I think I have understood that Mr. Bingley has not much
53idea of ever returning to Netherfield again?" "I have never heard him say so; but it is probable that he may spend very
54little of his time there in future. He has many friends, and he is at a time of life when friends and engagements are
55continually increasing." "If he means to be but little at Netherfield, it would be better for the neighbourhood that he
56should give up the place entirely, for then we might possibly get a settled family there. But, perhaps, Mr. Bingley did
57not take the house so much for the convenience of the neighbourhood as for his own, and we must expect him to keep or
58quit it on the same principle." "I should not be surprised," said Darcy, "if he were to give it up as soon as any
59eligible purchase offers." Elizabeth made no answer. She was afraid of talking longer of his friend; and, having nothing
60else to say, was now determined to leave the trouble of finding a subject to him. He took the hint and soon began with,
61"This seems a very comfortable house. Lady Catherine, I believe, did a great deal to it when Mr. Collins first came to
62Hunsford." "I believe she did--and I am sure she could not have bestowed her kindness on a more grateful object." "Mr.
63Collins appears very fortunate in his choice of a wife." "Yes, indeed; his friends may well rejoice in his having met
64with one of the very few sensible women who would have accepted him, or have made him happy if they had. My friend has
65an excellent understanding--though I am not certain that I consider her marrying Mr. Collins as the wisest thing she
66ever did. She seems perfectly happy, however; and, in a prudential light, it is certainly a very good match for her."
67"It must be very agreeable to her to be settled within so easy a distance of her own family and friends." "An easy
68distance do you call it? It is nearly fifty miles." "And what is fifty miles of good road? Little more than half a day's
69journey. Yes, I call it a very easy distance." "I should never have considered the distance as one of the advantages of
70the match," cried Elizabeth. "I should never have said Mrs. Collins was settled near her family." "It is a proof of your
71own attachment to Hertfordshire. Anything beyond the very neighbourhood of Longbourn, I suppose, would appear far."
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