“Let me first see how he behaves,”said she;“it will then be early enough for expectation.”
“Good gracious! Mr. Darcy!―and so it does, I vow.Well, any friend of Mr. Bingley's will always be welcome here, to be sure;but else I must say that I hate the very sight of him.”
“There is a gentleman with him,mamma,”said Kitty;“who can it be?”
“La!”replied Kitty,“it looks just like that man that used to be with him before.Mr.what's-his-name.That tall,proud man.”
“Some acquaintance or other,my dear,I suppose;I am sure I do not know.”
“I wish I could say anything to comfort you,”replied Elizabeth;“but it is wholly out of my power.You must feel it;and the usual satisfaction of preaching patience to a sufferer is denied me, because you have always so much.”