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第40章

Mrs. Bennet was in fact too much overpowered to say a great deal while Sir William remained;but no sooner had he left them than her feelings found a rapid vent.In the first place,she persisted in disbelieving the whole of the matter;secondly,she was very sure that Mr.Collins had been taken in;thirdly,she trusted that they would never be happy together;and fourthly,that the match might be broken off.Two inferences,however,were plainly deduced from the whole;one,that Elizabeth was the real cause of all the mischief;and the other,that she herself had been barbarously used by them all;and on these two points she principally dwelt during the rest of the day.Nothing could console and nothing appease her.—Nor did that day wear out her resent-ment.A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her,a month passed away before she could speak to Sir William or Lady Lucas without being rude,and many months were gone before she could at all forgive their daughter.

Mr. Bennet's emotions were much more tranquil on the occasion,and such as he did experience he pronounced to be of a most agreeable sort;for it gratified him,he said,to discover that Charlotte Lucas,whom he had been used to think tolerably sensible,was as foolish as his wife,and more foolish than his daughter!

Jane confessed herself a little surprised at the match;but she said less of her astonishment than of her earnest desire for their happiness;nor could Elizabeth persuade her to consider it as improbable. Kitty and Lydia were far from envying Miss Lucas,for Mr.Collins was only a clergyman;and it affected them in noother way than as a piece of news to spread at Meryton.

Lady Lucas could not be insensible of triumph on being able to retort on Mrs. Bennet the comfort of having a daughter well married;and she called at Longbourn rather oftener than usual to say how happy she was,though Mrs.Bennet's sour looks and ill-natured remarks might have been enough to drive happiness away.

Between Elizabeth and Charlotte there was a restraint which kept them mutually silent on the subject;and Elizabeth felt persuaded that no real confidence could ever subsist between them again. Her disappointment in Charlotte made her turn with fonder regard to her sister,of whose rectitude and delicacy she was sure her opinion could never be shaken,and for whose happiness she grew daily more anxious,as Bingley had now been gone a week,and nothing was heard of his return.

Jane had sent Caroline an early answer to her letter,and was counting the days till she might reasonably hope to hear again. The promised letter of thanks from Mr.Collins arrived on Tuesday,addressed to their father,and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth's abode in the family might have prompted.After discharging his conscience on that head,he proceeded to inform them,with many rapturous expressions,of his happiness in having obtained the affection of their amiable neighbour,Miss Lucas,and then explained that it was merely with the view of enjoying her society that he had been so ready to close with their kind wish of seeing him again at Longbourn,whither he hoped to be able to return on Monday fortnight;for Lady Catherine,he added,so heartily approved his marriage,that she wished it to take place as soon as possible,which he trusted would be an unanswerable argument with his amiable Charlotte to name an early day for making him the happiest of men.

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