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Pride and Prejudice
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Every idea that had been brought forward by the housekeeper was favourable to his character,
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and as she stood before the canvas on which he was represented,
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and fixed his eyes upon herself,
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she thought of his regard with a deeper sentiment of gratitude than it had ever raised before;
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she remembered its warmth,
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and softened its impropriety of expression.
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When all of the house that was open to general inspection had been seen,
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they returned downstairs,
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and,
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taking leave of the housekeeper,
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were consigned over to the gardener,
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who met them at the hall-door.
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As they walked across the hall towards the river,
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Elizabeth turned back to look again;
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her uncle and aunt stopped also,
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and while the former was conjecturing as to the date of the building,
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the owner of it himself suddenly came forward from the road,
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which led behind it to the stables.
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They were within twenty yards of each other,
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and so abrupt was his appearance,
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that it was impossible to avoid his sight.
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Their eyes instantly met,
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and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepest blush.
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He absolutely started,
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and for a moment seemed immovable from surprise;
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but shortly recovering himself,
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advanced towards the party,
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and spoke to Elizabeth,
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if not in terms of perfect composure,
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at least of perfect civility.
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She had instinctively turned away;
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but stopping on his approach,
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received his compliments with an embarrassment impossible to be overcome.
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Had his first appearance,
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or his resemblance to the picture they had just been examining,
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been insufficient to assure the other two that they now saw Mr. Darcy,
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the gardener’s expression of surprise,
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on beholding his master,
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must immediately have told it.
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They stood a little aloof while he was talking to their niece,
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who,
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astonished and confused,
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scarcely dared lift her eyes to his face,
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and knew not what answer she returned to his civil inquiries after her family.
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Amazed at the alteration of his manner since they last parted,
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every sentence that he uttered was increasing her embarrassment;
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and every idea of the impropriety of her being found there recurring to her mind,
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the few minutes in which they continued were some of the most uncomfortable in her life.
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Nor did he seem much more at ease;
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when he spoke,
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his accent had none of its usual sedateness;
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and he repeated his inquiries as to the time of her having left Longbourn,
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and of her having stayed in Derbyshire,
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so often,
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and in so hurried a way,
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as plainly spoke the distraction of his thoughts.
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At length every idea seemed to fail him;
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and,
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after standing a few moments without saying a word,
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he suddenly recollected himself,
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and took leave.
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The others then joined her,
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and expressed admiration of his figure;
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but Elizabeth heard not a word,
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and wholly engrossed by her own feelings,
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followed them in silence.
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She was overpowered by shame and vexation.
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Her coming there was the most unfortunate,
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the most ill-judged thing in the world!
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How strange it must appear to him!
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In what a disgraceful light might it not strike so vain a man!
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It might seem as if she had purposely thrown herself in his way again!
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Oh!
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why did she come?
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Or,
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why did he thus come a day before he was expected?
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Had they been only ten minutes sooner,
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they should have been beyond the reach of his discrimination;
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for it was plain that he was that moment arrived—that moment alighted from his horse or his carriage.
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She blushed again and again over the perverseness of the meeting.
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And his behaviour,
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so strikingly altered—what could it mean?
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That he should even speak to her was amazing!—
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but to speak with such civility,
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to inquire after her family!
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Never in her life had she seen his manners so little dignified,
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never had he spoken with such gentleness as on this unexpected meeting.
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What a contrast did it offer to his last address in Rosings Park,
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when he put his letter into her hand!
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She knew not what to think,
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or how to account for it.
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They had now entered a beautiful walk by the side of the water,
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and every step was bringing forward a nobler fall of ground,
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or a finer reach of the woods to which they were approaching;
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but it was some time before Elizabeth was sensible of any of it;
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and,
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though she answered mechanically to the repeated appeals of her uncle and aunt,
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and seemed to direct her eyes to such objects as they pointed out,
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she distinguished no part of the scene.
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Her thoughts were all fixed on that one spot of Pemberley House,
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whichever it might be,
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where Mr. Darcy then was.
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She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind—in what manner he thought of her,
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and whether,
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in defiance of everything,
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she was still dear to him.
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Perhaps he had been civil only because he felt himself at ease;
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yet there had been that in his voice which was not like ease.
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Whether he had felt more of pain or of pleasure in seeing her she could not tell,
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but he certainly had not seen her with composure.
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At length,
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however,
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the remarks of her companions on her absence of mind aroused her,
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and she felt the necessity of appearing more like herself.
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They entered the woods,
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and bidding adieu to the river for a while,
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ascended some of the higher grounds;
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when,
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in spots where the opening of the trees gave the eye power to wander,
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were many charming views of the valley,
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the opposite hills,
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with the long range of woods overspreading many,
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and occasionally part of the stream.
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Mr. Gardiner expressed a wish of going round the whole park,
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but feared it might be beyond a walk.
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With a triumphant smile they were told that it was ten miles round.
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