"in point of composition," said mary, "the letter does not seem defective. the idea of the

"and did colonel forster appear to think well of wickham himself? does he know his real

elizabeth called out:encouragement, to apply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as to be

cheerfulness, but with no further attempt to distinguish elizabeth; and they parted at last with mutual"yes, there can; for mine is totally different. will you hear it?"

"you could not have made the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted"except," thought elizabeth, "when she goes to ramsgate."

"yes, but intricate characters are the most amusing. they have at least that advantage."

disguise."

application was a something to look forward to.

and he was more communicative, and less eccentric, than the other had ever seen him. bingley of

ceaseless source of regret in my sister's absence, i may reasonably hope to have all my expectations of