The tents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits,in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share.The vague and uled suspis whicertainty had produced of what Mr. Darcy might have been doing to forward her sister's match, which she had feared to ence as aion of goodoo great to be probable, and at the same time dreaded to be just, from the pain of obligation, were proved beyond their greatest extent to be true!He had followed them purposely to town,he had taken on himself all the trouble and mortification attendant on such a resear which supplication had been necessary to a woman whom he must abominate and despise,and where he was reduced to meet,frequently meet,reason with,persuade,and finally bribe, the man whom he always most wished to avoid,and whose very unishment to him to pronounce.He had done all this firl whom he could her regard eem. Her heart did whisper that he had do for her.But it e shortly checked by other siderations, and she soohat even her vanity was insuffit,when required to depend on his affe for her—for a woman who had already refused him—as able to ovee a se so natural as abhorrence against rtionship with Wickham. Brother-inw of Wickham! Every kind of pride must revolt from the e.He had,to be sure, done much. She was ashamed to think how much. But he had given a reason for his interference,which asked raordinary stretch of belief. It was reasohat he should feel he had been wrong;he had libe
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