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“Thisisnottobeborne。MissBennet,Iinsistonbeingsatisfied。Hashe,hasmynephew,madeyouanofferofmarriage?”
“Yourladyshiphasdeclaredittobeimpossible。”
“Itoughttobeso;itmustbeso,whileheretainstheuseofhisreason。Butyourartsandallurementsmay,inamomentofinfatuation,havemadehimforgetwhatheowestohimselfandtoallhisfamily。Youmayhavedrawnhimin。”
“IfIhave,Ishallbethelastpersontoconfessit。”
“MissBennet,doyouknowwhoIam?Ihavenotbeenaccustomedtosuchlanguageasthis。Iamalmostthenearestrelationhehasintheworld,andamentitledtoknowallhisdearestconcerns。”
“Butyouarenotentitledtoknowmine;norwillsuchbehaviourasthis,everinducemetobeexplicit。”
“Letmeberightlyunderstood。Thismatch,towhichyouhavethepresumptiontoaspire,cannevertakeplace。No,never。Mr。Darcyisengagedtomydaughter。Nowwhathaveyoutosay?”
“Onlythis;thatifheisso,youcanhavenoreasontosupposehewillmakeanoffertome。”
LadyCatherinehesitatedforamoment,andthenreplied:
“Theengagementbetweenthemisofapeculiarkind。Fromtheirinfancy,theyhavebeenintendedforeachother。Itwasthefavouritewishofhismother,aswellasofhers。Whileintheircradles,weplannedtheunion:andnow,atthemomentwhenthewishesofbothsisterswouldbeaccomplishedistheirmarriage,tobepreventedbyayoungwomanofinferiorbirth,ofnoimportanceintheworld,andwhollyunalliedtothefamily!Doyoupaynoregardtothewishesofhisfriends?TohistacitengagementwithMissdeBourgh?Areyoulosttoeveryfeelingofproprietyanddelicacy?Haveyounotheardmesaythatfromhisearliesthourshewasdestinedforhiscousin?”
“Yes,andIhadhearditbefore。Butwhatisthattome?Ifthereisnootherobjectiontomymarryingyournephew,IshallcertainlynotbekeptfromitbyknowingthathismotherandauntwishedhimtomarryMissdeBourgh。Youbothdidasmuchasyoucouldinplanningthemarriage。Itscompletiondependedonothers。IfMr。Darcyisneitherbyhonournorinclinationconfinedtohiscousin,whyisnothetomakeanotherchoice?AndifIamthatchoice,whymaynotIaccepthim?”
“Becausehonour,decorum,prudence,nay,interest,forbidit。Yes,MissBennet,interest;fordonotexpecttobenoticedbyhisfamilyorfriends,ifyouwilfullyactagainsttheinclinationsofall。Youwillbecensured,slighted,anddespised,byeveryoneconnectedwithhim。Youralliancewillbeadisgrace;yournamewillneverevenbementionedbyanyofus。”
“Theseareheavymisfortunes,”repliedElizabeth。“ButthewifeofMr。Darcymusthavesuchextraordinarysourcesofhappinessnecessarilyattachedtohersituation,thatshecould,uponthewhole,havenocausetorepine。”
“Obstinate,headstronggirl!Iamashamedofyou!Isthisyourgratitudeformyattentionstoyoulastspring?Isnothingduetomeonthatscore?Letussitdown。Youaretounderstand,MissBennet,thatIcameherewiththedeterminedresolutionofcarryingmypurpose;norwillIbedissuadedfromit。Ihavenotbeenusedtosubmittoanypersonswhims。Ihavenotbeeninthehabitofbrookingdisappointment。”
“Thatwillmakeyourladyshipssituationatpresentmorepitiable;butitwillhavenoeffectonme。”
“Iwillnotbeinterrupted。Hearmeinsilence。Mydaughterandmynephewareformedforeachother。Theyaredescended,onthematernalside,fromthesamenobleline;and,onthefathers,fromrespectable,honourable,andancient—thoughuntitled—families。Theirfortuneonbothsidesissplendid。Theyaredestinedforeachotherbythevoiceofeverymemberoftheirrespectivehouses;andwhatistodividethem?Theupstartpretensionsofayoungwomanwithoutfamily,connections,orfortune。Isthistobeendured!Butitmustnot,shallnotbe。Ifyouweresensibleofyourowngood,youwouldnotwishtoquitthesphereinwhichyouhavebeenbroughtup。”
“Inmarryingyournephew,Ishouldnotconsidermyselfasquittingthatsphere。Heisagentleman;Iamagentlemansdaughter;sofarweareequal。”
“True。Youareagentlemansdaughter。Butwhowasyourmother?Whoareyourunclesandaunts?Donotimaginemeignorantoftheircondition。”
“Whatevermyconnectionsmaybe,”saidElizabeth,“ifyournephewdoesnotobjecttothem,theycanbenothingtoyou。”
“Tellmeonceforall,areyouengagedtohim?”
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