— “It shews an affection for her sister
that is very pleasing,”
said Bingley.
— “I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,”
observed Miss Bingley in a half whisper,
“that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.”
— “Not at all,”
he replied;
“they were brightened by the exercise.” —
A short pause followed this speech,
and Mrs. Hurst began again.
— “I have an excessive regard for Jane Bennet,
she is really a very sweet girl,
and I wish with all my heart she were well settled.
But with such a father and mother, and such low connections,
I am afraid there is no chance of it.”
— “I think I have heard you say, that their uncle is an attorney on Meryton.”
— “Yes;
and they have another,
who lives somewhere near Cheapside.”