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If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was

out of sight.

Mrs. Philips's vulgarity was another, and, perhaps, a greater tax

on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Philips, as well as her

sister, stood in too much awe of him to speak with the

familiarity which Bingley's good-humour encouraged; yet, whenever

she did speak, she must be vulgar. Nor was her respect for him,

though it made her more quiet, at all likely to make her more

elegant. Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the

frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to

herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse

without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings

arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of

its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future; and she looked

forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from

society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and

elegance of their family party at Pemberley.