He shook his head. — “I wish I could call her amiable. It gives me pain to speak ill of a Darcy. But she is too much like her brother, — very, very proud. — As a child, she was affectionate and pleasing, and extremely fond of me; and I have devoted hours and hours to her amusement. But she is nothing to me now.
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She is a handsome girl, about fifteen or sixteen, and, I understand highly accomplished. Since her father's death, her home has been London, where a lady lives with her, and superintends her education.”
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After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying,
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“I am astonished at his intimacy with Mr. Bingley! How can Mr. Bingley, who seems good humour itself, and is, I really believe, truly amiable, be in friendship with such a man? How can they suit each other? — Do you know Mr. Bingley?”
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“Not at all.”
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