Jane Austen
us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other,
real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used
synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our
opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
"If I were as rich as Mr. Darcy," cried a young Lucas, who came with his sisters, "I
should not care how proud I was. I would keep a pack of foxhounds, and drink a bottle of
wine a day."
"Then you would drink a great deal more than you ought," said Mrs. Bennet; "and if I
were to see you at it, I should take away your bottle directly."
The boy protested that she should not; she continued to declare that she would, and the
argument ended only with the visit.
Chapter 6
The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was soon
returned in due form
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