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Elizabeth longed to observe that Mr. Bingley had been a most

delightful friend; so easily guided that his worth was

invaluable; but she checked herself. She remembered that he had

yet to learn to be laughed at, and it was rather too early to

begin. In anticipating the happiness of Bingley, which of course

was to be inferior only to his own, he continued the conversation

till they reached the house. In the hall they parted.

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CHAPTER LIX.

"My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?" was a

question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she

entered the room, and from all the others when they sat down to

table. She had only to say in reply, that they had wandered about

till she was beyond her own knowledge. She coloured as she spoke;

but neither that, nor anything else, awakened a suspicion of the

truth.