Jane Austen
rather noisy than pathetic. Kitty was the only one who shed tears; but she did weep from
vexation and envy. Mrs. Bennet was diffuse in her good wishes for the felicity of her
daughter, and impressive in her injunctions that she should not miss the opportunity of
enjoying herself as much as possible--advice which there was every reason to believe
would be well attended to; and in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding
farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.
Chapter 42
Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed
a very pleasing opinion of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort. Her father, captivated by
youth and beauty, and that appearance of good humour which youth and beauty generally
give, had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had very early in
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