Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion. The perpetual commendations of the lady either on his hand-writing, or on the evenness of his lines, or on the length of his letter, with the perfect unconcern with which her praises were received, formed a curious dialogue, and was exactly in union with her opinion of each.
Элизабет, принявшись за шитье, испытала немалое удовольствие, прислушиваясь к тому, что происходило между Дарси и его соседкой.Непрерывные восторженные замечания леди по поводу его почерка, ровности строчек или пространности письмаи полные равнодушия к похвалам ответы джентльмена составили любопытный диалоги в точности соответствовали представлению, сложившемуся у Элизабет, о характерах его участников.
You can become an even more exellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.