Jane Austen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh, does not look on the match with a friendly eye.'
"Mr. Darcy, you see, is the man! Now, Lizzy, I think I have surprised you. Could he, or
the Lucases, have pitched on any man within the circle of our acquaintance, whose name
would have given the lie more effectually to what they related? Mr. Darcy, who never looks
at any woman but to see a blemish, and who probably never looked at you in his life! It is
admirable!"
Elizabeth tried to join in her father's pleasantry, but could only force one most reluctant
smile. Never had his wit been directed in a manner so little agreeable to her.
"Are you not diverted?"
"Oh! yes. Pray read on."
"'After mentioning the likelihood of this marriage to her ladyship last night, she
immediately, with her usual condescension, expressed what she felt on the occasion; when
it became apparent, that on the score of some family objections on the part of my cousin,
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