Jane Austen
miraculous consequence of travelling in the summer.
"For my own part," she rejoined, "I must confess that I never could see any beauty in her.
Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all
handsome. Her nose wants character--there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are
tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been
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: