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It was plain to them all that Colonel Fitzwilliam came because he

had pleasure in their society, a persuasion which of course

recommended him still more; and Elizabeth was reminded by her own

satisfaction in being with him, as well as by his evident

admiration, of her former favourite, George Wickham; and though,

in comparing them, she saw there was less captivating softness in

Colonel Fitzwilliam's manners, she believed he might have the

best informed mind.