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Bingley replied that he did, and made his congratulations.

Elizabeth dared not lift up her eyes. How Mr. Darcy looked,

therefore, she could not tell.

"It is a delightful thing, to be sure, to have a daughter well

married," continued her mother; "but at the same time, Mr.

Bingley, it is very hard to have her taken away from me. They are

gone down to Newcastle, a place quite northward it seems, and

there they are to stay, I do not know how long. His regiment is

there; for I suppose you have heard of his leaving the ----shire,

and of his being gone into the Regulars. Thank heaven! he has

some friends, though, perhaps, not so many as he deserves."

Elizabeth, who knew this to be levelled at Mr. Darcy, was in such

misery of shame that she could hardly keep her seat. It drew from

her, however, the exertion of speaking, which nothing else had so

effectually done before; and she asked Bingley whether he meant

to make any stay in the country at present. A few weeks, he

believed.