，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！She had instinctively turned away;but stoppinghis approach, received his pliments withembarrassment impossibleb his first appearance,his resemblancethe picture they had just been examining, been insufficientassure the other two that they now saw mr.darcy,the gardener's expressionsurprise,on beholding his master,must immediately have told it.They stooittle aloof whilewas talkingtheir niece,who,astonished and confused,scarcely dared lift her eyeshis face, and knew not what answer she returnedhis civil inquiries afterat the alterationhis manner since they last parted,every sentence thatuttered was increasing her embarrassment;and every ideathe improprietyher being found there recurringher mind,the few minuteswhich they continued were somethe most unfortablehe didseem much moreease;whenspoke, his accent had noneits usual sedateness;andrepeated his inquiriesto the timeher having left Longbourn,andher stayingderbyshire,so often,andso hurrieay,as plainly spoke the distractionhis thoughts.
At length every idea seemedfail him; and, after standinew moments without sayinord,suddenly recollected himself,and took leave.
The others then joined her, and expressed admirationhis figure;but Elizabeth heard noord,and wholly engrossedher own feelings,followed theas overpoweredshameing there was the most unfortunate,the most ill-judged thingthe world!How strangemust appearhim!whaisgraceful light mightnot strikevaian!It might seemif she had purposely thrown herselfhis way again! oh! why dide? or, why didthusbeforewas expected?Had they been only ten minutes sooner, they should have been beyond the reachhis discrimination;forwas plain thatwas that moment arrived—that moment alighted from his horsehi blushed again and again over the perversenessth his behaviour,strikingly altered—what couldmean?Thatshould even speakher was amazing!—butspeak with such civility,to inquire after her family!Neverher life had she seen his mannerslittle dignified,never hadspoken with such gentlenesson this unexpectontrast didofferhis last addressRosings Park,whenput his letter into her hand! She knew not whatthink,or howaccount for it.
They had now entereeautiful walkthe sidethe water, and every step was bringing forwarobler fallground,a finer reachthe woodswhich they were approaching;butwas some time before Elizabeth was sensibleanyit;and, though she answered mechanicallythe repeated appealsher uncle and aunt, and seemeddirect her eyessuch objectsthey pointed out,she distinguishedpartth thoughts were all fixedthat one spotPemberley House, whichevermight be, where mr. darcy the longedknow whatthe moment was passinghis mind—in what mannerthoughther,and whether,in defianceeverything, she was still dear thad been civil only becausefelt himselfease;yet there had been thathis voice which was not likhad felt morepainof pleasureseeing her,she could not tell,butcertainly had not seen her with posure.
At length, however, the remarksher panionsher absencemind aroused her, and she felt the necessityappearing more like herself.