py!IamsureIshan'tgetawinkofsleepallnight.Iknewhowitwouldbe.Ialwayssaiditmustbeso,atlast.Iwassureyoucouldnotbesobeautifulfornothing!Iremember,assoonaseverIsawhim,whenhefirstcameintoHertfordshirelastjectsofhappinesswhichshemightinfuturebeabletodispense.

    MarypetitionedfortheuseofthelibraryatNetherfield;andKittybeggedveryhardforafewballsthereeverywinter.

    Bingley,fromthistime,wasofcourseadailyvisitoratLongbourn;ingfrequentlybeforebreakfast,andalwaysremainingtillaftersupper;unlesswhensomebarbarousneighbour,whocouldnotbeenoughdetested,hadgivenhimaninvitationtodinnerwhichhethoughthimselfobligedtoaccept.

    Elizabethhadnowbutlittletimeforconversationwithhersister;forwhilehewaspresent,Janehadnoattentiontobestowonanyoneelse;butshefoundherselfconsiderablyusefultoboth,forthepleasureoftalkingofher;andwhenBingleywasgone,Janeconstantlysoughtthesamemeansofrelief.

    “Hehasmademesohappy,”saidshe,oneevening,“bytellingmethathewastotallyignorantofmybeingintownlastspring!IhadnotbelievedhIcannotwonderat,sinceheppywithme,theywilllearntobecontented,andweshallbeongoodtermsagain;thoughwecanneverbewhatweonceweretoeachother.”

    “ThatisthemostuissBingley'spretendedregard.”

    “Wouldyoubelieveit,Lizzy,thatwhenhewenttotownlastNovember,hereallylovedme,andnothingbutapersuasionofmybeingindifferentwouldhavepreventedhisingdownagain!”

    “Hemadealittlemistaketobesure;butitistothecreditofhismodesty.”

    ThisnaturallyintroducedapanegyricfromJaneonhisdifrferenceofhisfriend;for,thoughJanehadthemostgenerousandfivingheartintheworld,sheknewitwasacircumstancewhichmustprejudiceheragainsthim.

    “Iamcertaethemall!IfIcouldbutseeyouashappy!Iftherewerebutsuchanothermanforyou!”

    “Ifyouwer;and,ventured,withoutanypermission,todothesamebyallherneighboursinMeryton.

    TheBenswerespeedilypronouncedtobetheluckiestfamilyintheworld,thoughonlyafewweeksbefore,whenLydiahadfirstrunaway,theyhadbeengenerallyprovedtobemarkedoutformisfortune.