Sheperfectlyrememberedeverythingthathadpassedinconverssnd;edthecountry,hehadtoldhisstorytonoonebutherself;butthataftertheirremovalithadbeeneverywherediscussed;thefatherwouldalwayspreventhisexposingtheson.

    Howdifferentlydideverythingnowappearinwhichhewasconcerned!HisattentionstoMissKingwerenowtheconsequenceofviewssolelyandhatefullymercenary;andthemediocrityofherfortuneprovednolongerthemoe;hehadeitherbeendeceivedwithregardtoherfortune,orhadbeengratifyinghisvanitybyencouragingther;edbyJane,hadlongagoassertedhisblamelessnessintheaffair;thatproudandrepulsiveaswerehismanners,shehadnever,inthewholecourseoftheiracquaintance―anacquaintancewhichhadlatterlybroughtthemmuchtogether,andgivenherasortofintimacywithhisways―seenanythingthatbetrayedhimtobeunprincipledorunjust―anythingthatspokehimofirreligiousorimmoralhabits;thatamonghisownconnectionshewasesteemedandvalued―thatevenWickhamhadallowedhimmeritasabrother,andthatshehadoftenheardhimspeaksoaffectionatelyofhissisterastoprovehimcapableofsomeamiablefeeling;ghtcouldhardlyhavebeenconcealedfromtheworld;andthatfriendshipehadbeenblind,partial,prejudiced,absurd.

    “HowdespicablyIhaveacted!”shecried;“I,whohavepridedmyselfonmydiscernment!I,whohavevaluedmyselfonmyabilities!whohaveoftendisdainedthegenerouscandourofmysister,andgratifiedmyvanityinuselessorblameablemistrust!Howhumiliatingisthisdiscovery!Yet,howjustahumiliation!HadIbeeninlove,Icouldnothavebeenoftheother,ontheverybeginningofouracquaintance,IhavecourtedprepossessionandJane―fromJanetoBingley,herthoughtseshedenythatcredittohisassertionsinoneinstance,whichshehadbeenobligedtogiveintheother?Hedeclaredhimselftobetotallyunsuspiciousofhersister'sattachment;andshecouldltthatJane'sfeelings,thoughfervent,werelittledisplayed,andthattherewasaconstantplacencyinherairandmannernotoftenunitedwithgreatsensibility.

    WhenshecametothatpartoftheletterinwhichherfamilywerementionedintermsofsuchdthecircumstancestowhichheparticularlyalludedashavingpassedattheNetherfieldball,andasconfirmingallhisfirstdisapprobation,couldnothavemadeastrongerimpressiononhismindthanonhers.

    hhadthusbeenself-attractedbytherestofherfamily;andassheconsideredthatJane'sdisappointmenthadinfactbeentheworkofhernearestrelations,andreflectedhowmateriallythecreditofbothmustbehurtbysuchimproprietyofconduct,shefeltdepressedbeyondanythingshehadeverknownbefore.

    Afterwanderingalongthelanefortwohours,givingwaytoeveryvarietyofthought―re-consideringevents,determiningprobabilities,andreconcilingherself,aswellasshecould,toachangesosuddenandsoimportant,fatigue,andarecollectionofherlongabsence,madeheratlengthreturnhome;andsheenteredthehousewiththewishofappearingcheerfulasusual,andtheresolutionofrepressingsuchreflectionsasmustmakeherunfitforconversation.

    ShewasimmediatelytoldthatthetwogentlemenfromRosingshadeachcalledduringherabsence;tzwilliamhadbeensittingwiththematleastanhour,hopingforherreturn,;;shecouldthinkonlyofherletter.