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Pride and Prejudice

To complete the favourable impression, she then told

him what Mr. Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia. He

heard her with astonishment.

“This is an evening of wonders, indeed! And so,

Darcy did every thing; made up the match, gave

the money, paid the fellow’s debts, and got him his

commission! So much the better. It will save me a world

of trouble and economy. Had it been your uncle’s doing,

I must and would have paid him; but these violent

young lovers carry every thing their own way. I shall

offer to pay him to-morrow; he will rant and storm

about his love for you, and there will be an end of the

matter.”

He then recollected her embarrassment a few days

before, on his reading Mr. Collins’s letter; and after

laughing at her some time, allowed her at last to

gosaying, as she quitted the room, “If any young men

come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite

at leisure.”

Elizabeth’s mind was now relieved from a very

heavy weight; and, after half an hour’s quiet reflection

in her own room, she was able to join the others with

tolerable composure. Every thing was too recent for

gaiety, but the evening passed tranquilly away; there

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