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1Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of
2conjugal felicity or domestic comfort. Her father, captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of good-humour
3which youth and beauty generally give, had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had very early in
4their marriage put an end to all real affection for her. Respect, esteem, and confidence had vanished for ever; and all
5his views of domestic happiness were overthrown. But Mr. Bennet was not of a disposition to seek comfort for the
6disappointment which his own imprudence had brought on in any of those pleasures which too often console the unfortunate
7for their folly or their vice. He was fond of the country and of books; and from these tastes had arisen his principal
8enjoyments. To his wife he was very little otherwise indebted than as her ignorance and folly had contributed to his
9amusement. This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other
10powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. Elizabeth,
11however, had never been blind to the impropriety of her father's behaviour as a husband. She had always seen it with
12pain; but respecting his abilities, and grateful for his affectionate treatment of herself, she endeavoured to forget
13what she could not overlook, and to banish from her thoughts that continual breach of conjugal obligation and decorum
14which, in exposing his wife to the contempt of her own children, was so highly reprehensible. But she had never felt so
15strongly as now the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable a marriage, nor ever been so fully
16aware of the evils arising from so ill-judged a direction of talents--talents which, rightly used, might at least have
17preserved the respectability of his daughters, even if incapable of enlarging the mind of his wife. When Elizabeth had
18rejoiced over Wickham's departure, she found little other cause for satisfaction in the loss of the regiment. Their
19parties abroad were less varied than before; and at home she had a mother and sister, whose constant repinings at the
20dulness of everything around them threw a real gloom over their domestic circle; and, though Kitty might in time regain
21her natural degree of sense, since the disturbers of her brain were removed, her other sister, from whose disposition
22greater evil might be apprehended, was likely to be hardened in all her folly and assurance, by a situation of such
23double danger as a watering-place and a camp. Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found
24before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not, in taking place, bring all the
25satisfaction she had promised herself. It was consequently necessary to name some other period for the commencement of
26actual felicity; to have some other point on which her wishes and hopes might be fixed, and by again enjoying the
27pleasure of anticipation, console herself for the present, and prepare for another disappointment. Her tour to the Lakes
28was now the object of her happiest thoughts: it was her best consolation for all the uncomfortable hours which the
29discontentedness of her mother and Kitty made inevitable; and could she have included Jane in the scheme, every part of
30it would have been perfect. "But it is fortunate," thought she, "that I have something to wish for. Were the whole
31arrangement complete, my disappointment would be certain. But here, by carrying with me one ceaseless source of regret
32in my sister's absence, I may reasonably hope to have all my expectations of pleasure realized. A scheme of which every
33part promises delight can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some
34little peculiar vexation." When Lydia went away she promised to write very often and very minutely to her mother and
35Kitty; but her letters were always long expected, and always very short. Those to her mother contained little else than
36that they were just returned from the library, where such and such officers had attended them, and where she had seen
37such beautiful ornaments as made her quite wild; that she had a new gown, or a new parasol, which she would have
38described more fully, but was obliged to leave off in a violent hurry, as Mrs. Forster called her, and they were going
39to the camp; and from her correspondence with her sister there was still less to be learnt, for her letters to Kitty,
40though rather longer, were much too full of lines under the words to be made public. After the first fortnight or three
41weeks of her absence, health, good-humour, and cheerfulness began to reappear at Longbourn. Everything wore a happier
42aspect. The families who had been in town for the winter came back again, and summer finery and summer engagements
43arose. Mrs. Bennet was restored to her usual querulous serenity; and by the middle of June Kitty was so much recovered
44as to be able to enter Meryton without tears,--an event of such happy promise as to make Elizabeth hope, that by the
45following Christmas she might be so tolerably reasonable as not to mention an officer above once a day, unless, by some
46cruel and malicious arrangement at the War Office, another regiment should be quartered in Meryton. The time fixed for
47the beginning of their northern tour was now fast approaching; and a fortnight only was wanting of it, when a letter
48arrived from Mrs. Gardiner, which at once delayed its commencement and curtailed its extent. Mr. Gardiner would be
49prevented by business from setting out till a fortnight later in July, and must be in London again within a month; and
50as that left too short a period for them to go so far, and see so much as they had proposed, or at least to see it with
51the leisure and comfort they had built on, they were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted
52tour; and, according to the present plan, were to go no farther northward than Derbyshire. In that county there was
53enough to be seen to occupy the chief of their three weeks; and to Mrs. Gardiner it had a peculiarly strong attraction.
54The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably
55as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.
56Elizabeth was excessively disappointed: she had set her heart on seeing the Lakes; and still thought there might have
57been time enough. But it was her business to be satisfied--and certainly her temper to be happy; and all was soon right
58again. With the mention of Derbyshire, there were many ideas connected. It was impossible for her to see the word
59without thinking of Pemberley and its owner. "But surely," said she, "I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it
60of a few petrified spars, without his perceiving me." The period of expectation was now doubled. Four weeks were to pass
61away before her uncle and aunt's arrival. But they did pass away, and Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, with their four children,
62did at length appear at Longbourn. The children, two girls of six and eight years old, and two younger boys, were to be
63left under the particular care of their cousin Jane, who was the general favourite, and whose steady sense and sweetness
64of temper exactly adapted her for attending to them in every way--teaching them, playing with them, and loving them. The
65Gardiners stayed only one night at Longbourn, and set off the next morning with Elizabeth in pursuit of novelty and
66amusement. One enjoyment was certain--that of suitableness as companions; a suitableness which comprehended health and
67temper to bear inconveniences--cheerfulness to enhance every pleasure--and affection and intelligence, which might
68supply it among themselves if there were disappointments abroad.
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