[Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen]@TWC D-Link book
Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 8
3/8

She really looked almost wild." "She did, indeed, Louisa.

I could hardly keep my countenance.

Very nonsensical to come at all! Why must _she_ be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold?
Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!" "Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office." "Your picture may be very exact, Louisa," said Bingley; "but this was all lost upon me.

I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning.

Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice." "_You_ observed it, Mr.Darcy, I am sure," said Miss Bingley; "and I am inclined to think that you would not wish to see _your_ sister make such an exhibition." "Certainly not." "To walk three miles, or four miles, or five miles, or whatever it is, above her ankles in dirt, and alone, quite alone! What could she mean by it?
It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum." "It shows an affection for her sister that is very pleasing," said Bingley.
"I am afraid, Mr.Darcy," observed Miss Bingley in a half whisper, "that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes." "Not at all," he replied; "they were brightened by the exercise." A short pause followed this speech, and Mrs.Hurst began again: "I have an excessive regard for Miss Jane Bennet, she is really a very sweet girl, and I wish with all my heart she were well settled.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books