I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!" "I have been used to consider poetry as the _food_ of love," said Darcy.
"Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may.

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away." Darcy only smiled; and the general pause which ensued made Elizabeth tremble lest her mother should be exposing herself again.

She longed to speak, but could think of nothing to say; and after a short silence Mrs.
Bennet began repeating her thanks to Mr.Bingley for his kindness to Jane, with an apology for troubling him also with Lizzy.

Mr.Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required.