{"id":"01KJRRE0RD2PG28AVK3H7WCC1A","cid":"bafkreie4whmhb3gsx7ptqw243vyiwqqqy4udsxtjxyk2r75fcpqhnqb25u","type":"text_chunk","properties":{"char_end":520641,"char_start":512653,"chunk_index":72,"chunk_total":108,"estimated_tokens":1997,"label":"With respect to Wickham, the travellers soon fou","source_file_key":"pride-and-prejudice","text":"\r\nWith respect to Wickham, the travellers soon found that he was not held\r\nthere in much estimation; for though the chief of his concerns with the\r\nson of his patron were imperfectly understood, it was yet a well-known\r\nfact that, on his quitting Derbyshire, he had left many debts behind\r\nhim, which Mr. Darcy afterwards discharged.\r\n\r\nAs for Elizabeth, her thoughts were at Pemberley this evening more than\r\nthe last; and the evening, though as it passed it seemed long, was not\r\nlong enough to determine her feelings towards _one_ in that mansion; and\r\nshe lay awake two whole hours, endeavouring to make them out. She\r\ncertainly did not hate him. No; hatred had vanished long ago, and she\r\nhad almost as long been ashamed of ever feeling a dislike against him,\r\nthat could be so called. The respect created by the conviction of his\r\nvaluable qualities, though at first unwillingly admitted, had for some\r\ntime ceased to be repugnant to her feelings; and it was now heightened\r\ninto somewhat of a friendlier nature by the testimony so highly in his\r\nfavour, and bringing forward his disposition in so amiable a light,\r\nwhich yesterday had produced. But above all, above respect and esteem,\r\nthere was a motive within her of good-will which could not be\r\noverlooked. It was gratitude;--gratitude, not merely for having once\r\nloved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the\r\npetulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the\r\nunjust accusations accompanying her rejection. He who, she had been\r\npersuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this\r\naccidental meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance; and\r\nwithout any indelicate display of regard, or any peculiarity of manner,\r\nwhere their two selves only were concerned, was soliciting the good\r\nopinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister. Such\r\na change in a man of so much pride excited not only astonishment but\r\ngratitude--for to love, ardent love, it must be attributed; and, as\r\nsuch, its impression on her was of a sort to be encouraged, as by no\r\nmeans unpleasing, though it could not be exactly defined. She respected,\r\nshe esteemed, she was grateful to him, she felt a real interest in his\r\nwelfare; and she only wanted to know how far she wished that welfare to\r\ndepend upon herself, and how far it would be for the happiness of both\r\nthat she should employ the power, which her fancy told her she still\r\npossessed, of bringing on the renewal of his addresses.\r\n\r\nIt had been settled in the evening, between the aunt and niece, that\r\nsuch a striking civility as Miss Darcy’s, in coming to them on the very\r\nday of her arrival at Pemberley--for she had reached it only to a late\r\nbreakfast--ought to be imitated, though it could not be equalled, by\r\nsome exertion of politeness on their side; and, consequently, that it\r\nwould be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberley the following\r\nmorning. They were, therefore, to go. Elizabeth was pleased; though when\r\nshe asked herself the reason, she had very little to say in reply.\r\n\r\nMr. Gardiner left them soon after breakfast. The fishing scheme had been\r\nrenewed the day before, and a positive engagement made of his meeting\r\nsome of the gentlemen at Pemberley by noon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration:\r\n\r\n     “Engaged by the river”\r\n]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLV.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration]\r\n\r\nConvinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley’s dislike of her had\r\noriginated in jealousy, she could not help feeling how very unwelcome\r\nher appearance at Pemberley must be to her, and was curious to know\r\nwith how much civility on that lady’s side the acquaintance would now\r\nbe renewed.\r\n\r\nOn reaching the house, they were shown through the hall into the saloon,\r\nwhose northern aspect rendered it delightful for summer. Its windows,\r\nopening to the ground, admitted a most refreshing view of the high woody\r\nhills behind the house, and of the beautiful oaks and Spanish chestnuts\r\nwhich were scattered over the intermediate lawn.\r\n\r\nIn this room they were received by Miss Darcy, who was sitting there\r\nwith Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, and the lady with whom she lived in\r\nLondon. Georgiana’s reception of them was very civil, but attended with\r\nall that embarrassment which, though proceeding from shyness and the\r\nfear of doing wrong, would easily give to those who felt themselves\r\ninferior the belief of her being proud and reserved. Mrs. Gardiner and\r\nher niece, however, did her justice, and pitied her.\r\n\r\nBy Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley they were noticed only by a courtesy; and\r\non their being seated, a pause, awkward as such pauses must always be,\r\nsucceeded for a few moments. It was first broken by Mrs. Annesley, a\r\ngenteel, agreeable-looking woman, whose endeavour to introduce some kind\r\nof discourse proved her to be more truly well-bred than either of the\r\nothers; and between her and Mrs. Gardiner, with occasional help from\r\nElizabeth, the conversation was carried on. Miss Darcy looked as if she\r\nwished for courage enough to join in it; and sometimes did venture a\r\nshort sentence, when there was least danger of its being heard.\r\n\r\nElizabeth soon saw that she was herself closely watched by Miss Bingley,\r\nand that she could not speak a word, especially to Miss Darcy, without\r\ncalling her attention. This observation would not have prevented her\r\nfrom trying to talk to the latter, had they not been seated at an\r\ninconvenient distance; but she was not sorry to be spared the necessity\r\nof saying much: her own thoughts were employing her. She expected every\r\nmoment that some of the gentlemen would enter the room: she wished, she\r\nfeared, that the master of the house might be amongst them; and whether\r\nshe wished or feared it most, she could scarcely determine. After\r\nsitting in this manner a quarter of an hour, without hearing Miss\r\nBingley’s voice, Elizabeth was roused by receiving from her a cold\r\ninquiry after the health of her family. She answered with equal\r\nindifference and brevity, and the other said no more.\r\n\r\nThe next variation which their visit afforded was produced by the\r\nentrance of servants with cold meat, cake, and a variety of all the\r\nfinest fruits in season; but this did not take place till after many a\r\nsignificant look and smile from Mrs. Annesley to Miss Darcy had been\r\ngiven, to remind her of her post. There was now employment for the whole\r\nparty; for though they could not all talk, they could all eat; and the\r\nbeautiful pyramids of grapes, nectarines, and peaches, soon collected\r\nthem round the table.\r\n\r\nWhile thus engaged, Elizabeth had a fair opportunity of deciding whether\r\nshe most feared or wished for the appearance of Mr. Darcy, by the\r\nfeelings which prevailed on his entering the room; and then, though but\r\na moment before she had believed her wishes to predominate, she began to\r\nregret that he came.\r\n\r\nHe had been some time with Mr. Gardiner, who, with two or three other\r\ngentlemen from the house, was engaged by the river; and had left him\r\nonly on learning that the ladies of the family intended a visit to\r\nGeorgiana that morning. No sooner did he appear, than Elizabeth wisely\r\nresolved to be perfectly easy and unembarrassed;--a resolution the more\r\nnecessary to be made, but perhaps not the more easily kept, because she\r\nsaw that the suspicions of the whole party were awakened against them,\r\nand that there was scarcely an eye which did not watch his behaviour\r\nwhen he first came into the room. In no countenance was attentive\r\ncuriosity so strongly marked as in Miss Bingley’s, in spite of the\r\nsmiles which overspread her face whenever she spoke to one of its\r\nobjects; for jealousy had not yet made her desperate, and her attentions\r\nto Mr. Darcy were by no means over. Miss Darcy, on her brother’s\r\nentrance, exerted herself much more to talk; and Elizabeth saw that he\r\nwas anxious for his sister and herself to get acquainted, and forwarded,\r\nas much as possible, every attempt at conversation on either side."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KJRRD3TNE5A6AKAVXSRFT9RC","peer_label":"pride-and-prejudice","peer_type":"text","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KJRRC2C7K6XERRJES8143XGV","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KJRREZJBEM6MWHW485H9DS9F","peer_label":"mr darcy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZJ8A0QJK2TXKT8DT57S","peer_label":"pemberley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"estate","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZKG263C7SQSDV3TZ5MX","peer_label":"elizabeth bennet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFA63SH24KA7N4R2W9MAJ","peer_label":"wickham","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZH1WA49EQP66J0ZHR6G","peer_label":"derbyshire","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"county","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF080QQFQRJXDVEZJMPV0","peer_label":"miss darcy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYSAZT646RSHT9C5XPKR","peer_label":"mrs gardiner","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREYSZYA9P29KKXYZVTJ15","peer_label":"mr gardiner","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRF06V9ABE1JZWJHE56BCY","peer_label":"miss bingley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRREZE4MTY540KMV82YTDGM","peer_label":"mrs hurst","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFG2FW6NJ35NKAQYH4VSB","peer_label":"conversation","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"entity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFTBJ4T74EHXZ6S12G68M","peer_label":"gratitude emotion","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"emotion","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFT7KHM1R6951GGM4F50Z","peer_label":"fishing scheme","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"activity","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFVMJXGXPHKX2FRFBD63K","peer_label":"hills pemberley grounds","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"natural_feature","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFTE7GPVQ84134044M76S","peer_label":"respect emotion","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"emotion","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFTY9574NBH2ZRCMT34GF","peer_label":"chapter xlv","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"chapter","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFTTVJKX08N9YNG093E7N","peer_label":"jealousy emotion","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"emotion","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFVR3FPRCGGTC4PKXN488","peer_label":"mrs annesley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFV6Y840FQB14ZH8ZRB5W","peer_label":"saloon pemberley","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"room","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFVJC1S4KNC9KT7497BRS","peer_label":"oaks and spanish chestnuts","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"trees","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}},{"peer":"01KJRRFW3ND51T11D91KNAG19P","peer_label":"river pemberley grounds","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"natural_feature","extracted_at":"2026-03-03T02:30:04.782Z"}}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-03-03T02:29:01.325Z","ts":"2026-03-03T02:30:05.941Z","edited_by":{"method":"system","user_id":"01KJ60XQBHJ0GBGTP9X8HXAPPM"}}