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Her heart had been but slightly touched , and her vanity was satisfied with believing that she would have been his only choice , had fortune permitted it . The sudden acquisition of ten thousand pounds was the most remarkable charm of the young lady to whom he was now rendering himself agreeable ; but Elizabeth , less clear - sighted perhaps in this case than in Charlotte’s , did not quarrel with him for his wish of independence . Nothing , on the contrary , could be more natural ; and , while able to suppose that it cost him a few struggles to relinquish her , she was ready to allow it a wise and desirable measure for both , and could very sincerely wish him happy . All this was acknowledged to Mrs . Gardiner ; and , after relating the circumstances , she thus went on : — “ I am now convinced , my dear aunt , that I have never been much in love ; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion , I should at present detest his very name , and wish him all manner of evil . But my feelings are not only cordial towards him , they are even impartial towards Miss King . I cannot find out that I hate her at all , or that I am in the least unwilling to think her a very good sort of girl . There can be no love in all this . My watchfulness has been effectual ; and though I should certainly be a more interesting object to all my acquaintance , were I distractedly in love with him , I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance . Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly . Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do . They are young in the ways of the world , and not yet open to the mortifying conviction that handsome young men must have something to live on as well as the plain . ” CHAPTERXXVII . WITH no greater events than these in the Longbourn family , and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton , sometimes dirty and sometimes cold , did January and February pass away . March was to take Elizabeth to Hunsford . She had not at first thought very seriously of going thither ; but Charlotte , she soon found , was depending on the plan , and she gradually learned to consider it herself with greater pleasure as well as greater certainty . Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again , and weakened her disgust of Mr . Collins . There was novelty in the scheme ; and as , with such a mother and such uncompanionable sisters , home could not be faultless , a little change was not unwelcome for its own sake . The journey would , moreover , give her a peep at Jane ; and , in short , as the time drew near , she would have been very sorry for any delay . Everything , however , went on smoothly , and was finally settled according to Charlotte’s first sketch . She was to accompany Sir William and his second daughter . The improvement of spending a night in London was added in time , and the plan became as perfect as plan could be .
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