{"id":"01KJRRE0M7RQZWEW4RD7CHZ209","cid":"bafkreighgrnhnzyoqph2fqcvlm7mzngrhhpr4nbpxb7obfpwmwfn2snzni","type":"text_chunk","properties":{"char_end":72161,"char_start":64178,"chunk_index":9,"chunk_total":108,"estimated_tokens":1996,"label":"a misfortune to be liked by him. Mrs. Long told me","source_file_key":"pride-and-prejudice","text":"a misfortune to be liked by him. Mrs. Long told me last night that he\r\nsat close to her for half an hour without once opening his lips.”\r\n\r\n[Illustration: “Without once opening his lips”\r\n\r\n[_Copyright 1894 by George Allen._]]\r\n\r\n“Are you quite sure, ma’am? Is not there a little mistake?” said Jane.\r\n“I certainly saw Mr. Darcy speaking to her.”\r\n\r\n“Ay, because she asked him at last how he liked Netherfield, and he\r\ncould not help answering her; but she said he seemed very angry at being\r\nspoke to.”\r\n\r\n“Miss Bingley told me,” said Jane, “that he never speaks much unless\r\namong his intimate acquaintance. With _them_ he is remarkably\r\nagreeable.”\r\n\r\n“I do not believe a word of it, my dear. If he had been so very\r\nagreeable, he would have talked to Mrs. Long. But I can guess how it\r\nwas; everybody says that he is eat up with pride, and I dare say he had\r\nheard somehow that Mrs. Long does not keep a carriage, and had to come\r\nto the ball in a hack chaise.”\r\n\r\n“I do not mind his not talking to Mrs. Long,” said Miss Lucas, “but I\r\nwish he had danced with Eliza.”\r\n\r\n“Another time, Lizzy,” said her mother, “I would not dance with _him_,\r\nif I were you.”\r\n\r\n“I believe, ma’am, I may safely promise you _never_ to dance with him.”\r\n\r\n“His pride,” said Miss Lucas, “does not offend _me_ so much as pride\r\noften does, because there is an excuse for it. One cannot wonder that so\r\nvery fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour,\r\nshould think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a _right_\r\nto be proud.”\r\n\r\n“That is very true,” replied Elizabeth, “and I could easily forgive\r\n_his_ pride, if he had not mortified _mine_.”\r\n\r\n“Pride,” observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her\r\nreflections, “is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have\r\never read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human\r\nnature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us\r\nwho do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some\r\nquality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different\r\nthings, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be\r\nproud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of\r\nourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.”\r\n\r\n“If I were as rich as Mr. Darcy,” cried a young Lucas, who came with his\r\nsisters, “I should not care how proud I was. I would keep a pack of\r\nfoxhounds, and drink a bottle of wine every day.”\r\n\r\n“Then you would drink a great deal more than you ought,” said Mrs.\r\nBennet; “and if I were to see you at it, I should take away your bottle\r\ndirectly.”\r\n\r\nThe boy protested that she should not; she continued to declare that she\r\nwould; and the argument ended only with the visit.\r\n\r\n[Illustration]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER VI.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration]\r\n\r\nThe ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit\r\nwas returned in due form. Miss Bennet’s pleasing manners grew on the\r\ngood-will of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mother was\r\nfound to be intolerable, and the younger sisters not worth speaking to,\r\na wish of being better acquainted with _them_ was expressed towards the\r\ntwo eldest. By Jane this attention was received with the greatest\r\npleasure; but Elizabeth still saw superciliousness in their treatment of\r\neverybody, hardly excepting even her sister, and could not like them;\r\nthough their kindness to Jane, such as it was, had a value, as arising,\r\nin all probability, from the influence of their brother’s admiration. It\r\nwas generally evident, whenever they met, that he _did_ admire her; and\r\nto _her_ it was equally evident that Jane was yielding to the preference\r\nwhich she had begun to entertain for him from the first, and was in a\r\nway to be very much in love; but she considered with pleasure that it\r\nwas not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since Jane\r\nunited with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and an\r\nuniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the\r\nsuspicions of the impertinent. She mentioned this to her friend, Miss\r\nLucas.\r\n\r\n“It may, perhaps, be pleasant,” replied Charlotte, “to be able to impose\r\non the public in such a case; but it is sometimes a disadvantage to be\r\nso very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill\r\nfrom the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and\r\nit will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the\r\ndark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every\r\nattachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all\r\n_begin_ freely--a slight preference is natural enough; but there are\r\nvery few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without\r\nencouragement. In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show _more_\r\naffection than she feels. Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he\r\nmay never do more than like her, if she does not help him on.”\r\n\r\n“But she does help him on, as much as her nature will allow. If _I_ can\r\nperceive her regard for him, he must be a simpleton indeed not to\r\ndiscover it too.”\r\n\r\n“Remember, Eliza, that he does not know Jane’s disposition as you do.”\r\n\r\n“But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavor to conceal\r\nit, he must find it out.”\r\n\r\n“Perhaps he must, if he sees enough of her. But though Bingley and Jane\r\nmeet tolerably often, it is never for many hours together; and as they\r\nalways see each other in large mixed parties, it is impossible that\r\nevery moment should be employed in conversing together. Jane should\r\ntherefore make the most of every half hour in which she can command his\r\nattention. When she is secure of him, there will be leisure for falling\r\nin love as much as she chooses.”\r\n\r\n“Your plan is a good one,” replied Elizabeth, “where nothing is in\r\nquestion but the desire of being well married; and if I were determined\r\nto get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should adopt it. But\r\nthese are not Jane’s feelings; she is not acting by design. As yet she\r\ncannot even be certain of the degree of her own regard, nor of its\r\nreasonableness. She has known him only a fortnight. She danced four\r\ndances with him at Meryton; she saw him one morning at his own house,\r\nand has since dined in company with him four times. This is not quite\r\nenough to make her understand his character.”\r\n\r\n“Not as you represent it. Had she merely _dined_ with him, she might\r\nonly have discovered whether he had a good appetite; but you must\r\nremember that four evenings have been also spent together--and four\r\nevenings may do a great deal.”\r\n\r\n“Yes: these four evenings have enabled them to ascertain that they both\r\nlike Vingt-un better than Commerce, but with respect to any other\r\nleading characteristic, I do not imagine that much has been unfolded.”\r\n\r\n“Well,” said Charlotte, “I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if\r\nshe were married to him to-morrow, I should think she had as good a\r\nchance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a\r\ntwelvemonth. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If\r\nthe dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or\r\never so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the\r\nleast. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to\r\nhave their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as\r\npossible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your\r\nlife.”\r\n\r\n“You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not\r\nsound, and that you would never act in this way yourself.”\r\n\r\nOccupied in observing Mr. Bingley’s attention to her sister, Elizabeth\r\nwas far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some\r\ninterest in the eyes of his friend. Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely\r\nallowed her to be pretty: he had looked at her without admiration at the\r\nball; and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KJRRD3TNE5A6AKAVXSRFT9RC","peer_label":"pride-and-prejudice","peer_type":"text","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KJRRC2C7K6XERRJES8143XGV","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KJRRFC6R2K9F9ZSJXPFZP7GQ","peer_label":"mrs long","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF06V9ABE1JZWJHE56BCY","peer_label":"miss bingley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZGM87R12EADFF6YZZG3","peer_label":"jane bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZJBEM6MWHW485H9DS9F","peer_label":"mr darcy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZGXA5G45WS8FVH5R7BE","peer_label":"netherfield","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"estate","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZKG263C7SQSDV3TZ5MX","peer_label":"elizabeth bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYT564P5405ZE4Q76ZF5","peer_label":"mrs bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZFDNHD81TMSJQPDWV69","peer_label":"charlotte lucas","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREY63WYEJRTN7FS2QXC2P","peer_label":"mary bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYRAPBAR593DJKHRVWY2","peer_label":"george allen","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"organization","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGDVGA49AZZ7JJ91SVTYP","peer_label":"chapter vi","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"document_section","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF7VA665FKK6CM48CN8K0","peer_label":"longbourn","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"estate","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZE4MTY540KMV82YTDGM","peer_label":"mrs hurst","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF9XRD2AVZPR6P747EMQG","peer_label":"mr charles bingley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF0QZTC5KJ63MKYZHD3F9","peer_label":"meryton","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"town","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWWDP1Z12EB9S65DAQB6","peer_label":"vanity concept","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"concept","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWRMES4S6KG38VAT1PMQ","peer_label":"hack chaise","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"vehicle","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWW9REFKS2RDCEC7BCCZ","peer_label":"ball social event","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"social_event","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWZ4J5KK1ZKXFBZRND0T","peer_label":"foxhounds","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"animal_group","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWY2S7BA0TRES2FP5RKB","peer_label":"young lucas","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGWYASQ9HCJ2RNVNRJZFD","peer_label":"pride concept","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"concept","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGXEY1AZX9BMZJY0N0JTE","peer_label":"vingt-un","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"game","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGXFXQBZJZE5Y15ZKQ8P0","peer_label":"commerce card game","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"game","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRGXEQZ2MEYKCDM537JQYR","peer_label":"bottle of wine","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"object","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:37.814Z"}}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:01.191Z","ts":"2026-03-03T02:30:38.854Z","edited_by":{"method":"system","user_id":"01KJ60XQBHJ0GBGTP9X8HXAPPM"}}