817페이지 중 568페이지

He then went away, and Miss Bingley was left to all the

satisfaction of having forced him to say what gave no one any

pain but herself.

Mrs. Gardiner and Elizabeth talked of all that had occurred

during their visit, as they returned, except what had

particularly interested them both. The looks and behaviour of

everybody they had seen were discussed, except of the person who

had mostly engaged their attention. They talked of his sister,

his friends, his house, his fruit, of everything but himself; yet

Elizabeth was longing to know what Mrs. Gardiner thought of him,

and Mrs. Gardiner would have been highly gratified by her niece's

beginning the subject.

Chapter XLVI.