sure. If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was out of sight.
Mrs.Phillips's vulgarity was another,and perhaps,a greater tax on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Phillips, as well as her sister,stood in too much awe of him to speak with the familiarity which Bingley's good humour enced,yet, whenever she did speak,she must be vulgar.Nor was her respect for him,though it made her more quiet, at all likely to make her more elegant. Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either,and was ever anxious to keep him to herself,and to those of her family with whom he might verse without mortification;and though the ufortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future;and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either,to all thefort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.
Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Be got rid of her two most deserving daughters.With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs.Darcy,may be guessed.I wish I could say,for the sake of her family,that the omplishment of her ear desire iablishment of so many of her children produced so happy an effect as to make her a sensible,amiable,well-informed woman for the rest of her life;though perhaps it was lucky for her husband, who might no
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