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"Not the slightest. I can remember no symptom of affection on

either side; and had anything of the kind been perceptible, you

must be aware that ours is not a family on which it could be

thrown away. When first he entered the corps, she was ready

enough to admire him; but so we all were. Every girl in or near

Meryton was out of her senses about him for the first two months:

but he never distinguished her by any particular attention; and,

consequently, after a moderate period of extravagant and wild

admiration, her fancy for him gave way, and others of the

regiment, who treated her with more distinction, again became her

favourites."