Austen Said:

“Could I expect it to be otherwise!”

“Yet why did he come?”

this to be levelled at Mr. Darcy,

whether he meant to make any stay in the country at present.

such unnecessary, such officious attention! Were the same fair prospect to arise at present as had flattered them a year ago, every thing,

would be hastening to the same vexatious conclusion.

years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion.

“The first wish of my heart,”

“is never more to be in company with either of them. Their society can afford no pleasure that will atone for such wretchedness as this! Let me never see either one or the other again!”

how much the beauty of her sister re-kindled the admiration of her former lover. When first he came in, he had spoken to her but little; but every five minutes seemed to be giving her more of his attention.

no difference should be perceived in her at all,

she talked as much as ever.

“Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent,”

“did he come at all?”

“He could be still amiable, still pleasing, to my uncle and aunt, when he was in town; and why not to me? If he fears me, why come hither? If he no longer cares for me, why silent? Teasing, teasing, man! I will think no more about him.”

“Now,”

“that this first meeting is over, I feel perfectly easy. I know my own strength, and I shall never be embarrassed again by his coming. I am glad he dines here on Tuesday. It will then be publicly seen that, on both sides, we meet only as common and indifferent acquaintance.”

“Yes, very indifferent indeed,”

“Oh, Jane, take care.”

“My dear Lizzy, you cannot think me so weak, as to be in danger now?”

“I think you are in very great danger of making him as much in love with you as ever.”

Bingley had received his sanction to be happy,

his eyes likewise turned towards Mr. Darcy, with an expression of half-laughing alarm.

if left wholly to himself, Jane's happiness, and his own, would be speedily secured.

how little such a situation would give pleasure to either, or make either appear to advantage.

tell him that his kindness was neither unknown nor unfelt by the whole of the family.

the evening would afford some opportunity of bringing them together;

the whole of the visit would not pass away without enabling them to enter into something more of conversation than the mere ceremonious salutation attending his entrance.

“If he does not come to me, then,”

“I shall give him up for ever.”

he looked as if he would have answered her hopes; but, alas! the ladies had crowded round the table,

“The men shan't come and part us, I am determined. We want none of them; do we?”

“A man who has once been refused! How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal of his love? Is there one among the sex, who would not protest against such a weakness as a second proposal to the same woman? There is no indignity so abhorrent to their feelings!”

“Is your sister at Pemberley still?”

“And quite alone? Have all her friends left her?”

to be soon joined by him,

“It has been a very agreeable day,”

“The party seemed so well selected, so suitable one with the other. I hope we may often meet again.”

“Lizzy, you must not do so. You must not suspect me. It mortifies me. I assure you that I have now learnt to enjoy his conversation as an agreeable and sensible young man, without having a wish beyond it. I am perfectly satisfied, from what his manners now are, that he never had any design of engaging my affection. It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”

“You are very cruel,”

“you will not let me smile, and are provoking me to it every moment.”

“How hard it is in some cases to be believed!"

"And how impossible in others!”

“But why should you wish to persuade me that I feel more than I acknowledge?”

“That is a question which I hardly know how to answer. We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing. Forgive me; and if you persist in indifference, do not make me your confidante.”

“We will be down as soon as we can,”

“but I dare say Kitty is forwarder than either of us, for she went up stairs half an hour ago.”

to go down without one of her sisters.

“What is the matter mamma? What do you keep winking at me for? What am I to do?”

she would not give in to it.