Pride and Prejudice - Chapter 48

Miss Elizabeth Bennet remained in the country, highly disgusted with the behaviour of her relations towards Miss Bingley. She was persuaded that she and her sisters had been the means of recommending Jane to Mr. Bingley, and that the latter gentleman had been too much disgusted by the general behaviour of the party to encourage the acquaintance.

She told her sister, that she was convinced that her visit to Pemberley had been productive of great good. Her own situation at Longbourn was now become so very unpleasant, that she was at a loss to know how to act. She was determined to remain in the country as long as she possibly could, and to avoid any farther acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.

"I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love," said she. "And then I expect to be fed with a very liberal allowance indeed; for I do not suppose that Mr. Bingley has been ever known to read a poem in his life."

The evening was spent in conversation, and the following day was employed in writing to her friends, and in making arrangements for her departure. She had no doubt but that her visit to Netherfield had been productive of great good. Her own situation at Longbourn was now become so very unpleasant, that she was at a loss to know how to act. She was determined to remain in the country as long as she possibly could, and to avoid any farther acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.

Mrs. Bennet, who had been a witness to the admiration expressed by her daughters on the former occasion, was persuaded that her daughter was fully sensible of the honour conferred upon her. She had no doubt but that her visit to Netherfield had been productive of great good. Her own situation at Longbourn was now become so very unpleasant, that she was at a loss to know how to act. She was determined to remain in the country as long as she possibly could, and to avoid any farther acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.

The next morning she was to leave Longbourn, and she was very well pleased to be so. She had no doubt but that her visit to Netherfield had been productive of great good. Her own situation at Longbourn was now become so very unpleasant, that she was at a loss to know how to act. She was determined to remain in the country as long as she possibly could, and to avoid any farther acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.

Her expectations of happiness were, however, very different from those of her mother. She was convinced that her visit to Netherfield had been productive of great good. Her own situation at Longbourn was now become so very unpleasant, that she was at a loss to know how to act. She was determined to remain in the country as long as she possibly could, and to avoid any farther acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.