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The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw

Elizabeth into could not be easily overcome; nor could she for

many hours learn to think of it less than incessantly. Lady

Catherine, it appeared, had actually taken the trouble of this

journey from Rosings for the sole purpose of breaking off her

supposed engagement with Mr. Darcy. It was a rational scheme, to

be sure! but from what the report of their engagement could

originate, Elizabeth was at a loss to imagine; till she

recollected that his being the intimate friend of Bingley, and

her being the sister of Jane, was enough, at a time when the

expectation of one wedding made everybody eager for another, to

supply the idea. She had not herself forgotten to feel that the

marriage of her sister must bring them more frequently together.