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Chapter sixteen as no objection was made to the young people's engagement with their aunt and mismiscolllof scruplles of leaving mister and mrs bennet for a single evening
During his visit where most steadily resisted the coach conveyed him in his five cousins at a suitable hour to mariton and the girls had the pleasure of hearing
As they entered the drawing room
That mister wickham accepted their uncle's invitation that was then in the house
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When this information was given
And they had all taken their seats
Mister collins was at leasure to look around him and admire
And he was so much struck with the size and furniture of the apartment that he declared
He might almost have supposed himself in the small summer breakfast
Parlar at rosings a comparison that did not at first convey much gratification
But when mrs phillips underunderstood from what roros was and who was it's propriprior
Or she had listeened ened to the description of only what of lady catherine 's drawing rooms
And found that the chimmii piece alone had cost eight hundred pounds
She felt all the force of the compliment
And would hardly have resented a comparison with the housekeep's room in describing to her all the grander of lady catherine and her mansion with occasiional digsions
Praise of his own humble abad and the improvements
It was receiving
He was happily employed until the gentlemjojoined them
And he found in mses phphilips 's a very atent tive listener
Whose opinion of his consequence increased with what she heard and who was resolving to retail it all among her neighbors as soon
As she could to the girls
Who could not listen to their cousin
And who had nothing to do
But to wish for an instrument and examine their own in different limitations of china on the mental peace
The interval of waiting appeared very long
It was over at last
However the gentleman did approach
And when mister wicham walked into the room
Elizabeth felt that she had neither been seeing him before nor thinking of him sense with the smallest degree of unreasonable admiration
The officers of the shire were in general a very creditable gentleman like sat and the best of them were of the present party
But mister wickem was as far beyond them all in person countints air and walk
As they were superior to the broadface stuffy
Uncle phillips breathing portwine followed them into the room
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Mister wickham the happy man towards him almost every female i was turned
And elizabeth was the happy woman by whom he finally seded himself
And the agreeable matter in which he immediately fell into conversation
Though it was only on its being a wet night
And on the probability of a rainy season made her feel that the commonst st delest most fdbear topic might be rendered
Interesting by the skill of the speaker with such rivals for the notice of the fair as mister wicham and the officers
Mister colen seemed to sink into insignificance to the young ladies
He certainly was nothing
But he had
Still had intervals a kind listener in mrs phillips
And was by her watchfullness most abundantly supplied with coffee and muffn
When the card tables were placed
He had an opportunity of obliging her in return by sitting down to west
I know little of the game at present said he
But i shall be glad to improve myself for in my situation of life
Mrs phillips was very thankful for his compliance
But could not wait for his reason
Mister vicham did not play at west
And with ready delight was he received at the other table between elizabeth m lidiya at first
There seemed danger of lidio's in growsing him entirely for she was the most determined talker
But being likewise extremely fond of lottery tickets
She soon grew too much interested in the game
Too eager in making bets and exlaiming after prizes to have attention for anyone in particular allowing for the common demands of the game
Mister wickham therefore at leasure to talk to elizabeth
And she was very willing to hear him that what she chiefly wshh to hear
She could not hope to be told the history of his acquaintance with mister darseshe dred red even menmention gengenlemen
Her curiosity however was unexpectedly relieved mister wickham gan the subject himself he inquired how far nethfield ld for maritant
And after receiving her answer asked in a hesitating matter
How long mister darcy had been staying there about a month said eezzabeth
And then unwilling to let the subject drop added he is a man
A very large property in derbyirire understand yes replied wichaham estate
There is a noble one
A clear ten thousand paranoum
You could not have met with a person more capable of giving you certain information on that head than myself
For i have been connected with his family in a particular matter for my infancy
Elizabeth could not but look surprised
You may well be surprised misspennet at such an assertion after seeing as you probably mind the very cold manner of our meeting yesterday are you much acquinted with mister darcy
As much as i ever wish to be cried elizabeth warmly
I have spent four days in the same house with him
And i think him very disagreeable
I have no right to give my opinion said wkkas m as being agreeable or otherwise
I am not qualified to form one
I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge
It is impossible for me to be impartial
But i believe your opinion of him wood in general astonishshperperps
You would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else here you are in your own family upon my word
I say no more here than i might say in any house
In the neighborhood except netherfield
He is not at all liked in her future
Everybody is disgusted with his pride
You will not find him more favorably spoken by anyone i cannot pretend to be sorry
Said wicham after a short interruption
That he or that any man should not be estimated beyond their deserts
But with him
I believe it does not often happen the world is blinded by his fortune and consequts were frightened by his high and imposing matters
And see him only as he chooses to be seen
I should take him even on my slighter acquintance to be an ill tempered man
Icicham only shook his head
I wonder said he at the next opportunity of speaking
Whether he is likely to be in this country
Much longer i do not at all know
But i heard nothing of his going away
When i was it never field
I hope your plans in favor of the shire will not be affected by his being in the neighborhood
I'll know it is not for me to be driven away by mister darcy
If he wishes to avoid seeing me
He must go
We are not on friendly terms
And it always gives me pain to meet him
But i have no reason for avoiding him
But what i might proclaim to all the world
They sense a very great dell usage and most painful regrets that is being
What he is his father miss bennet
The late mister darcy was one of the best man that ever breeed
And the truwest friend i ever had
And i can never be in company with this mister darcy without being grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections
His behavior to myself has been scandalous
But i barely believe i could forgive him anything and everything rather than is disappointing the hopes and disgracing the memory of his father elisabeth found the interest of the subject increase and listened with all her hard
But the delicacacy of it prevented further inquiry
Mister wkkbegan to speak on more general topics marathon the neighbourhood
The society appearing highly pleased with all that he had yet seen and speaking of the latter especially with gentle but very intelligible gallantry
It was the prospect of constant society and good society
He added which was my chief inducement to enter the shirer
I know it to be a most respectable agreeable core and my friend danny tempted me further by his account of their present quarters and the very great attentions and excellent acquaintance
Mariton had procured them society
I own is necessary to me
I have been a disappointed man and my spirits will not bear solitude
I must have employment in society
A military life is not what i was intended for
But circumstances have now made it eligible the church out to have been my professional
I was brought up for the church
And i shed at this time had been in possession of a most valuable living had at leased the gentleman
We were speaking a just now indeed yes
The late mister darcy bequited me
The next presentation of the best living in his gift
He was my godfather and excessively attached to me
I cannot do justice to his kindness
He meant to provide for me ammply and thought he had done it
But when the living fell it was given elsewhere good heavens cried elizabeth
But how could that be how could it this will be disregarded
Why did not you seek legal redress
There was just such an informality in the terms of the bequest as to give me no hope from law
A man of honour could not have doubted the intention
But mister darcy chose to doubt a door to treat it as a merely conditional recommendation
And to a third that i had forfited all claimm to it by extravagance impprdance ensured anything or nothing
Certain it is that the living became bacon two years ago
Exactly as i was of an age to hold it
And that it was given to another man and no less certain is it that i cannot accuse myself of having really done anything to deserve to lose it
I have a warm and guarded temper
And i may perhaps have sometimes spoken my opinion of him and to him too freely
I can recall nothing worse
But the fact is that we are very different sort of men
And that he hates me
This is quite shocking
He deserves to be publicly disgraced sometime or other he will be
But it shall not be by me to i can forget his father
I can never defy or expose him
Elizabeth honoured him for such feelings and thought him hssome more than ever as he expressed them
But what said she after a pause can have been as motive
What can have induced him to behave so cruelly a therrow determinine dislike of me a dislike which i cannot
But attribute in a measure to jealousy had the late mister darcy liked me less
His son might have born with me better
But his father's uncommon attachment to me irritated him
I believe very early in life
He had not attemper to bear the sort of competition in which we stood the sort of preference which was often given me
I had not thought mister darcy so bad as this though i have never liked him
I had not thought so very ill of himi had supposed him to be despising his fellow creatures in general
But did not suspect him of descending to such milaltious revenge
Such injustice
Such in humanity as this after a few minutes reflection
However she continued i do remember his boasting one day at netherfild ld the implicabof his resentments of his having an unforgiving temper
His disposition must be dreadful
I will not trust myself on the subject replied wickham can hardly be just to him
Elizabeth was again deep and thought and after a time exlaimed to treat in such a man or the godson the friend
The favourite of his father
She could have added a young man too like you
Whose very countints may vote for you being aiiable
But she contended herself and one
Two who had probably been his own companion from childhood connected together
As i think you said in the closest matter
We were born in the same perish within the same park
The greatest part of our youth was passed together
Inmates of the same house
Sharing the same amusements
Objects of the same parental care
My father began life in the profession
Which your uncle mister phillips appears to do so much credit too
But he gave up everything to be of use to the late mister darcy
And devoted all this time to the care of the penmbley property
He was most highly esteemed by mister darcy a most intimate confidential friend
Mister darcy often acknowledged himself to be under the greatest obligations to my father's active superintendance
And when immediately before my father's death
Mister darcy gave him a voluntary promise of providing for me
I am convinced that he felt it to be as much debt of gratitude to him as a affection to myself
How strange cried eezaath halobominable
I wonder that the very pride of this mister darcy has not made him just to you
If from no better motive
That he should not have been too proud to be dishonest for dishonsty
I must call it
It is wonderful replied wichaham
Almost all his actions may be traced to pride and pride has often been his best friend
It is connected him nearer with virtue than any other feeling
But we are none of us consistent
And in this behaviour to me
There were stronger
Impulses even than pride
Can such a bominable pride as sahas have ever done him good
Yes
It has often led him to be liberal and generous
To give his money
Freely to display hospitality
To assist his tenants and reve the poor family pride and philial pride for he is very proud of what his father was have done this not to appear to discease his family to degenerate from the popular qualities or lose the influence of the penmberly house is a powerful motive
He is also brotherly pride
Which with some brotherly affection makes him a very kind and careful guardian of his sister
And you will hear him generally cried up as the most most attitive investor brothers
What sort of a girl is misstsy
He shook his head
I wish i could call her amiable
It gives me pain to speak kill of a darsey
But she is too much like her brother very very proud as a child
She was affectionate and pleasing and extremely fond of me
And i have devoted hours
Hours to her amusement
But she is nothing to me
Now she is a handsome girl about fifteen or sixteen
And i understand highly accomplished since her father's death
Her home has been london
Where a lady lives with her and superintense her education
After many pauses and many trials of other subjects
Elizabeth could not help perverting once more to the first and saying i am astonished
It is intimacy with mister bllee
How can mr bingley who seems good humor itself
And is i really believe truly amiable be in friendship with such man
How can they soot each other
Do you know mr bingley not at all
He is a sweet tempered amiable charming man
He cannot know what mister darcy is probably not
But mister darcy can please
Where he chooses
He does not want to abilities
He can be a comversible companion
If he thinks it worth as well among those who are at all his equals in consequence he is a very different man from what he is to the less prosperous
His pride never deserves him
But with the rich
He is liberal minded just sincere rational honourable and perhaps agreeable
Allowing something for fortune and figure
The west party soon afterwards breaking up the players gathered round the other table and mister collins took a station
Between his cousin
Elizabeth and mrs phillips
The usual inquiries as to his success were made by the latter
It had not been very great
He had lost every point
But when mrs phillips began to express her concern their upon he assured her with much earnest gravity that it was not of the least importance
That he considered the money as a mr trifle and beg
She would not make herself uneasy
I know very well
Madam said he that when person st down to a card table
They must take their chance of these things and happily
I am not in such circumstances as to make five shilings
Any object there are undoubtedly
Many who could not say the same
But thanks to lady catherine to board
I am removed far beyond the necessity of regarding little matters
Mister wickham attention was caught and after observing mister collins for a few moments
He asked elizabeth in a low voice
Whether her relations were very intimately acquainted with the family of deborg
Lady catherine
Deborg she replied has very lately given him a living
I hardly know how mister collins was first introduced to her notice
But he certainly has not known her long
You know of course that lady catherine aboard and lady and darcy wear sisters
Consequently that she is out to the present mister darcy
No indeed
I did not
I knew nothing at all of lady caferon's connections
I never heard of her existence
Till the day before yesterday her daughter mister borg will have a very large fortune
And it is believed that she and her cousin will unite the two estates
This information made elizabeth smile as she thought of poor miss bingley vye indeed must be all her attentions vain and useless her affection for his sister and her praise of himself
If he were already self destined to another mister
Collins said she speaks highly both of lady catherine and her daughter
But from some particulars that he has related of her lady ship
I suspect his gratitude misleads him
And that in spite of her being his patronous
She is an arrogant concededed woman
I believe her to be both in a great degree replied vicham
I have not seen her for many years
But i very well remember that i never liked her
And that her matters were dictatorial and insulent
She has the reputation of being remarkably sensible and clever
But i rather believe she derives part of her abilities from her rank and fortune
Part from her authorative matter and the rest from the pride of her nephew
Who chooses that everyone connected with him should have an understanding of the first class
Elizabeth allowed that he had given a very rational account of it
And they continued talking together with mutual satisfaction
Till supper put an end to cards
And gave the rest of the ladies
Their share of mister wickham attentions there could be no conversation in the noise of mrs phillips 's supper party
But his matters recommended him to everybody
Whatever he said was said well
And whatever he did done gracefully elizabeth went away with her head full of him
She could think of nothing but of mister wichaam and of what he had told her all the way home
But there was not time for her even to mention his name as they went for neither lidya
Nor mister collins for once silent ldia a uked incessantly of lottery tickets of the fish she had lost
And the fish she had won
And mister collins in describing the ciability of mister and mrs phillips protesting that he did not in at least regard his losses at west
Ennumerating all the dishes at supper and repeatedly his feing
That he
He crodded his cousins had more to say
Than he could well manage before the carriage stopped at gbourn house
