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The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground.

They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some

time through a beautiful wood stretching over a wide extent.

Elizabeth's mind was too full for conversation, but she saw and

admired every remarkable spot and point of view. They gradually

ascended for half a mile, and then found themselves at the top of

a considerable eminence, where the wood ceased, and the eye was

instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite

side of the valley, into which the road with some abruptness

wound. It was a large, handsome stone building, standing well on

rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in

front a stream of some natural importance was swelled into

greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were

neither formal nor falsely adorned. Elizabeth was delighted. She

had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where

natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward

taste. They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at

that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be

something!