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approached, and, after listening for a few minutes, said

to Darcy:

“Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she

practised more, and could have the advantage of a

London master. She has a very good notion of fingering,

though her taste is not equal to Anne’s. Anne would

have been a delightful performer, had her health

allowed her to learn.”

Elizabeth looked at Darcy to see how cordially

he assented to his cousin’s praise; but neither at

that moment nor at any other could she discern any

symptom of love; and from the whole of his behaviour

to Miss de Bourgh she derived this comfort for Miss

Bingley, that he might have been just as likely to marry

her, had she been his relation.

Lady Catherine continued her remarks on

Elizabeth’s performance, mixing with them many

instructions on execution and taste. Elizabeth received

them with all the forbearance of civility, and, at the

request of the gentlemen, remained at the instrument

till her ladyship’s carriage was ready to take them all

home.

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