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called so fine, I could never see anything extraordinary in them. They have a sharp,
shrewish look, which I do not like at all; and in her air altogether there is a self-sufficiency
without fashion, which is intolerable."
Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best
method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise; and in seeing him
at last look somewhat nettled, she had all the success she expected. He was resolutely silent,
however, and, from a determination of making him speak, she continued:
"I remember, when we first knew her in Hertfordshire, how amazed we all were to find
that she was a reputed beauty; and I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they
had been dining at Netherfield, 'She a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.' But
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