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Pride & Prejudice – page 44

JANE AUSTEN

her he was only the man who made himself agreeable

nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome

enough to dance with.

He began to wish to know more of her, and as a step

towards conversing with her himself, attended to her

conversation with others. His doing so drew her notice.

It was at Sir William Lucas’s, where a large party were

assembled.

“What does Mr. Darcy mean,” said she to Charlotte,

“by listening to my conversation with Colonel Forster?”

“That is a question which Mr. Darcy only can

answer.”

“But if he does it any more I shall certainly let him

know that I see what he is about. He has a very satirical

eye, and if I do not begin by being impertinent myself,

I shall soon grow afraid of him.”

On his approaching them soon afterwards, though

without seeming to have any intention of speaking,

Miss Lucas defied her friend to mention such a subject

to him; which immediately provoking Elizabeth to do

it, she turned to him and said: