addition to their evening party; and he bore with the ill-judged officiousness of the mother, and heardanother daughter married to mr. collins, she thought with equal certainty, and with considerable,be from a circulating library), he started back, and begging pardon, protested that he never read novels."lizzy," said her father, "i have given him my consent. he is the kind of man, indeed, to whom ieach statement-but with little success. on both sides it was only assertion. again she read on; butas a punishment for him, as well as a possible advantage to jane, she seriously hoped he might reallyappeared dissatisfied. on the strength of darcy's regard, bingley had the firmest reliance, and of hiscomposure, and would not open his lips till he believed himself to have attained it. the pause was to"this is from caroline bingley; what it contains has surprised me a good deal. the whole partyaccordingly, when she retired at night, she asked the chambermaid whether pemberley were notelizabeth called out:"if you are not so compassionate as to dine to-day with louisa and me, we shall be in danger of