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"There can be no doubt of that. It is settled between us already

that we are to be the happiest couple in the world. But are you

pleased, Jane? Shall you like to have such a brother?"

"Very, very much. Nothing could give either Bingley or myself

more delight. But we considered it, we talked of it as

impossible. And do you really love him quite well enough? Oh,

Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. Are you

quite sure that you feel what you ought to do?"

"Oh, yes! You will only think I feel more than I ought to do when

I tell you all."

"What do you mean?"

"Why, I must confess that I love him better than I do Bingley. I

am afraid you will be angry."

"My dearest sister, now be, be serious. I want to talk very

seriously. Let me know everything that I am to know without

delay. Will you tell me how long you have loved him?"

"It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it

began; but I believe I must date it from my first seeing his

beautiful grounds at Pemberley."