“Oh, yes!—that, that is the worst of all.Till I was i, and saw so much both of Mr. Dard his rtion el Fitzwilliam, I was ignorant of the truth myself. And when I returned home, the—shire was to leave Meryton in a week or fht's time.As that was the case, her Jao whom I rted the whole, nor I, thought it necessary to make our knowledge public;for of what use could it apparently be to any ohat the good opinion which all the neighbourhood had of him should then be overthrown?And eve was settled that Lydia should go with Mrs.Forster,the y of opening her eyes to his character never urred to me.That she could be in any danger from the deception never entered my head.That such a sequence as this could ensue, you may easily believe, was far enough from my thoughts.”
“When they all removed thton, therefore, you had no reason,I suppose,to believe them fond of each other?”
“Not the slightest.I remember no symptom of affe oher side; and had anything of the kind been perceptible,you must be aware that ours is not a family on which it could be throhen first he ehe 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 particr attention;and,sequently, 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 distin,again became her favourites.”
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