Project Gutenberg #1342
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1813Austen's social novel, prepared chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg HTML as a lighter public-domain counterpart to the nonfiction classics.
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Chapter X. Central question How does Mr Collins behave once installed at Longbourn? Main argument Collins's visits, manners, and letter-writing show him as a man who mistakes ceremony for substance. Elizabeth sees...
for what painter could do justice to those beautiful eyes?”
“It would not be easy, indeed, to catch their expression; but their colour and shape, and the eyelashes, so remarkably fine, might be copied.”
At that moment they were met from another walk by Mrs. Hurst and Elizabeth herself.
“I did not know that you intended to walk,” said Miss Bingley, in some confusion, lest they had been overheard.
“You used us abominably ill,” answered Mrs. Hurst, “running away without telling us that you were coming out.”
Then taking the disengaged arm of Mr. Darcy, she left Elizabeth to walk by herself. The path just admitted three. Mr. Darcy felt their rudeness, and immediately said,—
“This walk is not wide enough for our party. We had better go into the avenue.”
But Elizabeth, who had not the least inclination to remain with them, laughingly answered,—
“No, no; stay where you are. You are charmingly grouped, and appear to uncommon advantage. The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. Good-bye.”
She then ran gaily off, rejoicing, as she rambled about, in the hope of being at home again in a day or two. Jane was already so much recovered as to intend leaving her room for a couple of hours that evening.