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Pemberley was now Georgiana's home; and the attachment of the

sisters was exactly what Darcy had hoped to see. They were able

to love each other, even as well as they intended. Georgiana had

the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth; though at first

she often listened with an astonishment bordering on alarm at her

lively, sportive manner of talking to her brother. He, who had

always inspired in herself a respect which almost overcame her

affection, she now saw the object of open pleasantry. Her mind

received knowledge which had never before fallen in her way. By

Elizabeth's instructions she began to comprehend that a woman may

take liberties with her husband, which a brother will not always

allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself.