Jane Austen
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was surprised by the connection was evident; he sustained it, however, with fortitude, and
so far from going away, turned back with them, and entered into conversation with Mr.
Gardiner. Elizabeth could not but be pleased, could not but triumph. It was consoling that
he should know she had some relations for whom there was no need to blush. She listened
most attentively to all that passed between them, and gloried in every expression, every
sentence of her uncle, which marked his intelligence, his taste, or his good manners.
The conversation soon turned upon fishing; and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the
greatest civility, to fish there as often as he chose while he continued in the neighbourhood,
offering at the same time to supply him with fishing tackle, and pointing out those parts of
the stream where there was usually most sport. Mrs. Gardiner, who was walking arm-in-arm
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