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As soon as thy r gon,Elzath alkd out to rcovr hr sprts;or n othr ords,to dll thout ntrrupton on thos sujcts that ust dadn th or. Mr. Darcy's havour astonshd and vxd hr.

“Why,f h ca only to slnt,grav,and ndffrnt,”sad sh,“dd h co at all?”

Sh could sttl t n no ay that gav hr plasur.

“H could stll aal,stll plasng,to y uncl and aunt, hn h as n ton; and hy not to ? If h fars , hy co hthr? If h no longr cars for , hy slnt?Tasng, tasng,an!I ll thnk no or aout h.”

Hr rsoluton as for a short t nvoluntarly kpt y th approach of hr sstr,ho jond hr th a chrful look,hch shod hr ttr satsfd th thr vstors,than Elzath.

“No,”sad sh,“that ths frst tng s ovr,I fl prfctly asy.I kno y on strngth,and I shall nvr arrassd agan y hs cong. I a glad h dns hr on Tusday. It ll thn pulcly sn that, on oth sds, t only as coon and ndffrnt acquantanc.”

“Ys,vry ndffrnt ndd,”sad Elzath,laughngly.“Oh, Jan,tak car.”

“My dar Lzzy,you cannot thnk so ak,as to n dangr no?”

“I thnk you ar n vry grat dangr of akng h as uch n lov th you as vr.”

Thy dd not s th gntln agan tll Tusday; and Mrs. Bnnt,n th anhl,as gvng ay to all th happy schs, hch th good huour and coon poltnss of Bngly,n half an hour's vst,had rvvd.

On Tusday thr as a larg party assld at Longourn;and th to ho r ost anxously xpctd,to th crdt of thr punctualty as sportsn, r n vry good t.Whn thy rpard to th dnng-roo, Elzath agrly atchd to s hthr Bngly ould tak th plac,hch,n all thr forr parts,had longd to h, y hr sstr. Hr prudnt othr, occupd y th sa das,foror to nvt h to st y hrslf. On ntrng th roo, h sd to hstat;ut Jan happnd to look round,and happnd to sl: t as dcdd. H placd hslf y hr.

Elzath, th a truphant snsaton, lookd toards hs frnd. H or t th nol ndffrnc, and sh ould hav agnd that Bngly had rcvd hs sancton to happy,had sh not sn hs ys lks turnd toards Mr.Darcy,th an xprsson of half-laughng alar.

Hs havour to hr sstr as such, durng dnnr t, as shod an adraton of hr,hch,though or guardd than forrly,prsuadd Elzath,that f lft holly to hslf,Jan's happnss,and hs on,ould spdly scurd.Though sh dard not dpnd upon th consqunc,sh yt rcvd plasur fro osrvng hs havour.It gav hr all th anaton that hr sprts could oast;for sh as n no chrful huour.Mr.Darcy as alost as far fro hr as th tal could dvd th.H as on on sd of hr othr.Sh kn ho lttl such a stuaton ould gv plasur to thr,or ak thr appar to advantag. Sh as not nar nough to har any of thr dscours,ut sh could s ho sldo thy spok to ach othr,and ho foral and cold as thr annr hnvr thy dd. Hr othr's ungracousnss, ad th sns of hat thy od h or panful to Elzath's nd;and sh ould,at ts,hav gvn anythng to prvlgd to tll h that hs kndnss as nthr unknon nor unflt y th hol of th faly.

Sh as n hops that th vnng ould afford so opportunty of rngng th togthr;that th hol of th vst ould not pass aay thout nalng th to ntr nto sothng or of convrsaton than th r cronous salutaton attndng hs ntranc.Anxous and unasy,th prod hch passd n th drang-roo, for th gntln ca, as arso and dull to a dgr that alost ad hr uncvl.Sh lookd forard to thr ntranc as th pont on hch all hr chanc of plasur for th vnng ust dpnd.

“If h dos not co to ,thn,”sad sh,“I shall gv h up for vr.”