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Pride and Prejudice
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He had done all this for a girl whom he could neither regard nor esteem.
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Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
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But it was a hope shortly checked by other considerations,
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and she soon felt that even her vanity was insufficient,
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when required to depend on his affection for her—for a woman who had already refused him—as able to overcome a sentiment so natural as abhorrence against relationship with Wickham.
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Brother-in-law of Wickham!
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Every kind of pride must revolt from the connection.
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He had,
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to be sure,
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done much.
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She was ashamed to think how much.
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But he had given a reason for his interference,
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which asked no extraordinary stretch of belief.
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It was reasonable that he should feel he had been wrong;
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he had liberality,
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and he had the means of exercising it;
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and though she would not place herself as his principal inducement,
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she could,
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perhaps,
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believe that remaining partiality for her might assist his endeavours in a cause where her peace of mind must be materially concerned.
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It was painful,
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exceedingly painful,
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to know that they were under obligations to a person who could never receive a return.
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They owed the restoration of Lydia,
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her character,
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every thing,
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to him.
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Oh!
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how heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged,
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every saucy speech she had ever directed towards him.
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For herself she was humbled;
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but she was proud of him.
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Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour,
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he had been able to get the better of himself.
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She read over her aunt’s commendation of him again and again.
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It was hardly enough;
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but it pleased her.
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She was even sensible of some pleasure,
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though mixed with regret,
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on finding how steadfastly both she and her uncle had been persuaded that affection and confidence subsisted between Mr. Darcy and herself.
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She was roused from her seat,
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and her reflections,
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by some one’s approach;
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and before she could strike into another path,
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she was overtaken by Wickham.
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“I am afraid I interrupt your solitary ramble,
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my dear sister?”
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said he,
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as he joined her.
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“You certainly do,”
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she replied with a smile;
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“but it does not follow that the interruption must be unwelcome.”
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“I should be sorry indeed,
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if it were.
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We were always good friends;
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and now we are better.”
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“True.
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Are the others coming out?”
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“I do not know.
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Mrs. Bennet and Lydia are going in the carriage to Meryton.
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And so,
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my dear sister,
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I find,
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from our uncle and aunt,
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that you have actually seen Pemberley.”
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She replied in the affirmative.
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“I almost envy you the pleasure,
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and yet I believe it would be too much for me,
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or else I could take it in my way to Newcastle.
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And you saw the old housekeeper,
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I suppose?
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Poor Reynolds,
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she was always very fond of me.
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But of course she did not mention my name to you.”
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“Yes,
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she did.”
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“And what did she say?”
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“That you were gone into the army,
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and she was afraid had—not turned out well.
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At such a distance as that,
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you know,
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things are strangely misrepresented.”
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“Certainly,”
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he replied,
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biting his lips.
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Elizabeth hoped she had silenced him;
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but he soon afterwards said:
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“I was surprised to see Darcy in town last month.
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We passed each other several times.
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I wonder what he can be doing there.”
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“Perhaps preparing for his marriage with Miss de Bourgh,”
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said Elizabeth.
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“It must be something particular,
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to take him there at this time of year.”
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“Undoubtedly.
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Did you see him while you were at Lambton?
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I thought I understood from the Gardiners that you had.”
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“Yes;
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he introduced us to his sister.”
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“And do you like her?”
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“Very much.”
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“I have heard,
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indeed,
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that she is uncommonly improved within this year or two.
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When I last saw her,
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she was not very promising.
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I am very glad you liked her.
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I hope she will turn out well.”
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“I dare say she will;
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she has got over the most trying age.”
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“Did you go by the village of Kympton?”
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“I do not recollect that we did.”
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“I mention it,
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because it is the living which I ought to have had.
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A most delightful place!—
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Excellent Parsonage House!
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It would have suited me in every respect.”
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“How should you have liked making sermons?”
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“Exceedingly well.
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I should have considered it as part of my duty,
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and the exertion would soon have been nothing.
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One ought not to repine;—
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but,
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to be sure,
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it would have been such a thing for me!
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The quiet,
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the retirement of such a life would have answered all my ideas of happiness!
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But it was not to be.
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Did you ever hear Darcy mention the circumstance,
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when you were in Kent?”
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“I have heard from authority,
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which I thought as good,
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that it was left you conditionally only,
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and at the will of the present patron.”
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“You have.
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Yes,
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there was something in that;
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I told you so from the first,
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you may remember.”
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“I did hear,
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too,
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that there was a time,
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when sermon-making was not so palatable to you as it seems to be at present;
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that you actually declared your resolution of never taking orders,
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and that the business had been compromised accordingly.”
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“You did!
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and it was not wholly without foundation.
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You may remember what I told you on that point,
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when first we talked of it.”
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They were now almost at the door of the house,
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for she had walked fast to get rid of him;
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and unwilling,
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for her sister’s sake,
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to provoke him,
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she only said in reply,
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with a good-humoured smile:
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“Come,
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Mr. Wickham,
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we are brother and sister,
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you know.
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Do not let us quarrel about the past.
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In future,
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I hope we shall be always of one mind.”
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She held out her hand;
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he kissed it with affectionate gallantry,
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though he hardly knew how to look,
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and they entered the house.
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End of chapter 52.
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