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Pride & Prejudice – page 314

JANE AUSTEN

caprice were the cause, of all that Jane had suffered, and

still continued to suffer. He had ruined for a while every

hope of happiness for the most affectionate, generous

heart in the world; and no one could say how lasting an

evil he might have inflicted.

“There were some very strong objections against

the lady,” were Colonel Fitzwilliam’s words; and those

strong objections probably were, her having one uncle

who was a country attorney, and another who was in

business in London.

“To Jane herself,” she exclaimed, “there could be

no possibility of objection; all loveliness and goodness

as she is!her understanding excellent, her mind

improved, and her manners captivating. Neither could

anything be urged against my father, who, though with

some peculiarities, has abilities Mr. Darcy himself need

not disdain, and respectability which he will probably

never reach.” When she thought of her mother, her

confidence gave way a little; but she would not allow

that any objections there had material weight with

Mr. Darcy, whose pride, she was convinced, would

receive a deeper wound from the want of importance in

his friend’s connections, than from their want of sense;

and she was quite decided, at last, that he had been

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