They proceeded in silence along the gravel walk that led to the copse; Elizabeth was determined to make no effort for conversation with a woman who was now more than usually insolent and disagreeable.
"How could I ever think her like her nephew ?" said she, as she looked in her face.
As soon as they entered the copse, Lady Catherine began in the following manner:-- "You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet, to understand the reason of my journey hither.

Your own heart, your own conscience, must tell you why I come." Elizabeth looked with unaffected astonishment.
"Indeed, you are mistaken, Madam.

I have not been at all able to account for the honour of seeing you here." "Miss Bennet," replied her ladyship, in an angry tone, "you ought to know, that I am not to be trifled with.

But however insincere _you_ may choose to be, you shall not find _me_ so.

My character has ever been celebrated for its sincerity and frankness, and in a cause of such moment as this, I shall certainly not depart from it.