Jane Austen
length closed her eyes. She could not yet recover from the surprise of what had happened; it
was impossible to think of anything else; and, totally indisposed for employment, she
resolved, soon after breakfast, to indulge herself in air and exercise. She was proceeding
directly to her favourite walk, when the recollection of Mr. Darcy's sometimes coming there
stopped her, and instead of entering the park, she turned up the lane, which led farther from
the turnpike-road. The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed
one of the gates into the ground.
After walking two or three times along that part of the lane, she was tempted, by the
pleasantness of the morning, to stop at the gates and look into the park. The five weeks
which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every
day was adding to the verdure of the early trees. She was on the point of continuing her
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