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"I am quite sorry, Lizzy, that you should be forced to have that

disagreeable man all to yourself; but I hope you will not mind

it. It is all for Jane's sake, you know; and there is no occasion

for talking to him except just now and then; so do not put

yourself to inconvenience."

During their walk, it was resolved that Mr. Bennet's consent

should be asked in the course of the evening: Elizabeth reserved

to herself the application for her mother's. She could not

determine how her mother would take it; sometimes doubting

whether all his wealth and grandeur would be enough to overcome

her abhorrence of the man; but whether she were violently set

against the match, or violently delighted with it, it was certain

that her manner would be equally ill adapted to do credit to her

sense; and she could no more bear that Mr. Darcy should hear the

first raptures of her joy, than the first vehemence of her

disapprobation.