“No indeed;I felt nothing but surprise.”
She expressed her gratitude again, but it was too painful a subject to each,to be dwelt on farther.
“Not at all. When I went away, I felt that it would soon happen.”
“What could become of Mr. Bingley and Jane!”was a wonder which introduced the discussion of their affairs. Darcy was delighted with their engagement; his friend had given him the earliest information of it.
Elizabeth could not help smiling at his easy manner of directing his friend.
Elizabeth longed to observe that Mr.Bingley had been a most delightful friend;so easily guided that his worth was invaluable;but she checked herself. She remembered that he had yet to learn to be laughed at, and it was rather too early to begin. In anticipating the happiness of Bingley,which of course was to be inferior only to his own,he continued the conversation till they reached the house.In the hall they parted.