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“ It did . Bingley is most unaffectedly modest . His diffidence had prevented his depending on his own judgment in so anxious a case , but his reliance on mine made everything easy . I was obliged to confess one thing , which for a time , and not unjustly , offended him . I could not allow myself to conceal that your sister had been in town three months last winter , that I had known it , and purposely kept it from him . He was angry . But his anger , I am persuaded , lasted no longer than he remained in any doubt of your sister’s sentiments . He has heartily forgiven me now . ” Elizabeth longed to observe that Mr . Bingley had been a most delightful friend ; so easily guided that his worth was invaluable ; but she checked herself . She remembered that he had yet to learn to be laughed at , and it was rather too early to begin . In anticipating the happiness of Bingley , which of course was to be inferior only to his own , he continued the conversation till they reached the house . In the hall they parted . CHAPTER LIX . “ MY dear Lizzy , where can you have been walking to ? ” was a question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room , and from all the others when they sat down to table . She had only to say in reply , that they had wandered about till she was beyond her own knowledge . She coloured as she spoke ; but neither that , nor anything else , awakened a suspicion of the truth . The evening passed quietly , unmarked by anything extraordinary . The acknowledged lovers talked and laughed ; the unacknowledged were silent . Darcy was not of a disposition in which happiness overflows in mirth ; and Elizabeth , agitated and confused , rather knew that she was happy than felt herself to be so ; for , besides the immediate embarrassment , there were other evils before her . She anticipated what would be felt in the family when her situation became known : she was aware that no one liked him but Jane ; and even feared that with the others it was a dislike which not all his fortune and consequence might do away . At night she opened her heart to Jane . Though suspicion was very far from Miss Bennet’s general habits , she was absolutely incredulous here . “ You are joking , Lizzy . This cannot be ! Engaged to Mr . Darcy ! No , no , you shall not deceive me : I know it to be impossible . ” “ This is a wretched beginning , indeed ! My sole dependence was on you ; and I am sure nobody else will believe me , if you do not . Yet , indeed , I am in earnest . I speak nothing but the truth . He still loves me , and we are engaged . ” Jane looked at her doubtingly . “ Oh , Lizzy ! it cannot be . I know how much you dislike him . ” “ You know nothing of the matter . That is all to be forgot . Perhaps I did not always love him so well as I do now ; but in such cases as these a good memory is unpardonable . This is the last time I shall ever remember it myself . ”
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