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Mrs. Hurst sang with her sister,
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and while they were thus employed,
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Elizabeth could not help observing,
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as she turned over some music-books that lay on the instrument,
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how frequently Mr. Darcy’s eyes were fixed on her.
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She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man;
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and yet that he should look at her because he disliked her,
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was still more strange.
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She could only imagine,
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however,
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at last that she drew his notice because there was something more wrong and reprehensible,
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according to his ideas of right,
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than in any other person present.
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The supposition did not pain her.
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She liked him too little to care for his approbation.
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After playing some Italian songs,
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Miss Bingley varied the charm by a lively Scotch air;
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and soon afterwards Mr. Darcy,
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drawing near Elizabeth,
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said to her:
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“Do not you feel a great inclination,
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Miss Bennet,
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to seize such an opportunity of dancing a reel?”
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She smiled,
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but made no answer.
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He repeated the question,
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with some surprise at her silence.
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“Oh!”
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said she,
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“I heard you before,
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but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply.
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You wanted me,
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I know,
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to say ‘Yes,’
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that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste;
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but I always delight in overthrowing those kind of schemes,
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and cheating a person of their premeditated contempt.
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I have,
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therefore,
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made up my mind to tell you,
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that I do not want to dance a reel at all—and now despise me if you dare.”
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“Indeed I do not dare.”
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Elizabeth,
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having rather expected to affront him,
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was amazed at his gallantry;
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but there was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody;
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and Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.
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He really believed,
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that were it not for the inferiority of her connections,
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he should be in some danger.
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Miss Bingley saw,
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or suspected enough to be jealous;
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and her great anxiety for the recovery of her dear friend Jane received some assistance from her desire of getting rid of Elizabeth.
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She often tried to provoke Darcy into disliking her guest,
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by talking of their supposed marriage,
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and planning his happiness in such an alliance.
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“I hope,”
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said she,
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as they were walking together in the shrubbery the next day,
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“you will give your mother-in-law a few hints,
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when this desirable event takes place,
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as to the advantage of holding her tongue;
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and if you can compass it,
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do cure the younger girls of running after officers.
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And,
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if I may mention so delicate a subject,
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endeavour to check that little something,
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bordering on conceit and impertinence,
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which your lady possesses.”
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“Have you anything else to propose for my domestic felicity?”
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“Oh!
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yes.
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Do let the portraits of your uncle and aunt Phillips be placed in the gallery at Pemberley.
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Put them next to your great-uncle the judge.
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They are in the same profession,
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you know,
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only in different lines.
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As for your Elizabeth’s picture,
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you must not have it taken,
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for what painter could do justice to those beautiful eyes?”
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“It would not be easy,
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indeed,
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to catch their expression,
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but their colour and shape,
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and the eyelashes,
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so remarkably fine,
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might be copied.”
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At that moment they were met from another walk by Mrs. Hurst and Elizabeth herself.
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“I did not know that you intended to walk,”
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said Miss Bingley,
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in some confusion,
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lest they had been overheard.
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“You used us abominably ill,”
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answered Mrs. Hurst,
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“running away without telling us that you were coming out.”
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Then taking the disengaged arm of Mr. Darcy,
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she left Elizabeth to walk by herself.
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The path just admitted three.
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Mr. Darcy felt their rudeness,
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and immediately said:
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“This walk is not wide enough for our party.
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We had better go into the avenue.”
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But Elizabeth,
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who had not the least inclination to remain with them,
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laughingly answered:
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“No,
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no;
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stay where you are.
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You are charmingly grouped,
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and appear to uncommon advantage.
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The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth.
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Good-bye.”
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She then ran gaily off,
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rejoicing as she rambled about,
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in the hope of being at home again in a day or two.
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Jane was already so much recovered as to intend leaving her room for a couple of hours that evening.
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End of chapter 10.
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