My Pride and Prejudice

eth were alone, the

Mr. Bingley before, expr

uch she ad

ung man ought to be,”

y; and I never saw s

such perfect g

,” replied Elizabeth

he possibly can. His ch

et

ered by his asking me

pect such a

you. But that is one g

s take you by surpris

than his asking you ag

out five times as prett

o his gallantry for that

ive you leave to like h

ider p

r Li

eal too apt, you know,

fault in anybody. All

I never heard you spea

ur li

be hasty in censuring

hat I t

t is that which makes

stly blind to the follies

r is common enough—on

d without ostentation

acter and make it still

ou alone. And so you li

ir manners are n

st. But they are very

Miss Bingley is to liv

am much mistaken if we

neighbour

silence, but was not c

d not been calculated t

ncy of temper than her sister, and with a judgem

posed to approve them.

ent in good humour when

themselves agreeable

hey were rather handso

ate seminaries in town,

n the habit of spending

people of rank, and were

well of themselves, an

amily in the north of E

n their memories than t

own had been ac

property to the amou

his father, who had i

to do it. Mr. Bingley i

of his county; but a

he liberty of a manor,

the easiness of his t

of his days at Netherf

on to pu

us for his having an e

established as a tena

preside at his table—n

re fashion than fortune

home when it suited h

when he was tempted b

etherfield House. He d

pleased with the situa

at the owner said in its

iat

there was a very stead

character. Bingley was

ductility of his tempe

ontrast to his own, and

fied. On the strength o

ance, and of his judgeme

y was the superior. Bi

s clever. He was at the

, and his manners, tho

t his friend had greatly

ever he appeared, Darcy was

hey spoke of the Mery

. Bingley had never met

his life; everybody had

ad been no formality, n

iss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more

whom there was little be

t the smallest interest

sure. Miss Bennet he ack

smiled t

so—but still they admired her and liked her

f. Miss Bennet was therefore established as a

tion to think of