Jane Austen
either were concerned. Till this moment I never knew myself."
From herself to Jane--from Jane to Bingley, her thoughts were in a line which soon
brought to her recollection that Mr. Darcy's explanation there had appeared very
insufficient, and she read it again. Widely different was the effect of a second perusal. How
could she deny that credit to his assertions in one instance, which she had been obliged to
give in the other? He declared himself to be totally unsuspicious of her sister's attachment;
and she could not help remembering what Charlotte's opinion had always been. Neither
could she deny the justice of his description of Jane. She felt that Jane's feelings, though
fervent, were little displayed, and that there was a constant complacency in her air and
manner not often united with great sensibility.
When she came to that part of the letter in which her family were mentioned in terms of