By Jane Austen
“I am not afraid of any thing,” said she, with a smile, “though I confess myself a little more afraid of your company than of any thing else, and you know that, I suppose, is no very great compliment to me. For my part, I do not know what I should do with myself if I had been born with such a large fortune as yours. I should have been lost for want of amusement, and I am sure I should have found it very difficult to do any thing that would have been agreeable to me. I should have been so ashamed of myself, and so unhappy, that I should have sunk into such a state of dejection, that I should have been quite unable to do any thing that I wanted to do. It is so very trying to be a lady of fortune, that I am sure I should have been quite overcome.”
“You are mistaken, I assure you,” said Darcy. “I have found it not only a great pleasure but a great assistance to me in all my undertakings. It has enabled me to do many things which would have been impossible for me otherwise, and I have always found it so very agreeable to me that I have always been exceedingly happy, and so I have been quite unable to do any thing that I wanted to do, and so I have been exceedingly happy.
“But you are a great deal too kind to me,” said she, blushing; “and I do not think I deserve so much praise. You are very good to say so, and I am sure I am very much obliged to you. For my part, I do not know how I can ever sufficiently express my gratitude to you for all that you have done for me. It is so very obliging of you to say so, and I am sure I am very much obliged to you. For my part, I do not know how I can ever sufficiently express my gratitude to you for all that you have done for me.”
Darcy smiled. “It is not every body who is so much obliged to me,” said he. “I have often been very much obliged to other people, and I am sure I have always done my best to oblige them. I have always found it so very agreeable to me that I have always been exceedingly happy, and so I have been quite unable to do any thing that I wanted to do, and so I have been exceedingly happy.
“But you are a great deal too kind to me,” said she, blushing; “and I do not think I deserve so much praise. You are very good to say so, and I am sure I am very much obliged to you. For my part, I do not know how I can ever sufficiently express my gratitude to you for all that you have done for me. It is so very obliging of you to say so, and I am sure I am very much obliged to you. For my part, I do not know how I can ever sufficiently express my gratitude to you for all that you have done for me.”
“It is not every body who is so much obliged to me,” said he. “I have often been very much obliged to other people, and I am sure I have always done my best to oblige them. I have always found it so very agreeable to me that I have always been exceedingly happy, and so I have been quite unable to do any thing that I wanted to do, and so I have been exceedingly happy.