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Pride & Prejudice – page 622

JANE AUSTEN

was no longer anything material to be dreaded, and the

comfort of ease and familiarity would come in time.

When her mother went up to her dressing-room

at night, she followed her, and made the important

communication. Its effect was most extraordinary; for

on first hearing it, Mrs. Bennet sat quite still, and

unable to utter a syllable. Nor was it under many, many

minutes that she could comprehend what she heard;

though not in general backward to credit what was for

the advantage of her family, or that came in the shape of

a lover to any of them. She began at length to recover, to

fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder,

and bless herself.

“Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear

me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it

really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how

great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what

carriages you will have! Jane’s is nothing to itnothing

at all. I am so pleasedso happy. Such a charming

man!so handsome! so tall !Oh, my dear Lizzy! pray

apologise for my having disliked him so much before.

I hope he will overlook it. Dear, dear Lizzy. A house in

town! Every thing that is charming! Three daughters

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