Everybody was surprized,
and Darcy, after looking at her for a moment, turned silently away.
Mrs. Bennet, who fancied she had gained a complete victory over him, continued her triumph.
— “I cannot see that London has any great advantage over the country,
for my part,
except the shops and public places.
The country is a vast deal pleasanter,
is it not, Mr. Bingley?”
— “When I am in the country,”
he replied,
“I never wish to leave it;
and when I am in town it is pretty much the same.
They have each their advantages,
and I can be equally happy in either.”
— “Aye — that is because you have the right disposition.
But that gentleman,”
looking at Darcy,
“seemed to think the country was nothing at all.”
— “Indeed, Mamma, you are mistaken,”
said Elizabeth, blushing for her mother.
“You quite mistook Mr. Darcy.
He only meant that there was not such a variety of people to be met with in the country as in the town,
which you must acknowledge to be true.”