Austen Said:

pronounced to be

Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added:

said Bingley;

said Miss Bingley;

said Bingley.

observed Miss Bingley in a half whisper,

he replied;

— A short pause followed this speech, and Mrs. Hurst began again:

added her sister, and they both laughed heartily.

cried Bingley,

replied Darcy.

To this speech Bingley made no answer; but his sisters gave it their hearty assent, and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friend's vulgar relations.

With a renewal of tenderness, however, they returned to her room on leaving the dining-parlour, and sat with her till summoned to coffee. She was still very poorly, and Elizabeth would not quit her at all, till late in the evening, when she had the comfort of seeing her sleep, and when it seemed to her rather right than pleasant that she should go downstairs herself. On entering the drawing-room she found the whole party at loo, and was immediately invited to join them; but suspecting them to be playing high

she

declined it, and making her sister the excuse,

said

Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment.

said he;

said Miss Bingley,

cried Elizabeth;

said Bingley;

Elizabeth thanked him from her heart, and then walked towards the table where a few books were lying.

He immediately offered

Elizabeth assured him that

said Miss Bingley,

he replied,

Elizabeth was so much caught with what passed, as to leave her very little attention for her book; and soon laying it wholly aside, she drew near the card-table, and stationed herself between Mr. Bingley and his eldest sister, to observe the game.

said Miss Bingley;

said Bingley,

said Darcy,

said Miss Bingley.

observed Elizabeth,

cried his faithful assistant,

added Darcy,

Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley

both cried out against the injustice of her implied doubt, and

were both protesting that

when Mr. Hurst called them to order, with bitter complaints of their inattention to what was going forward. As all conversation was thereby at an end, Elizabeth soon afterwards left the room.

said Miss Bingley,

when the door was closed on her,

replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed,

Miss Bingley was not so entirely satisfied with this reply as to continue the subject.

Elizabeth

joined them again only

to say that

Bingley urged

while

his sisters,

convinced that no country advice could be of any service,

recommended