Гордость и предубеждение

Chapter 43

           HerthoughtswereallfixedonthatonespotofPemberleyHouse,whicheveritmightbe,whereMr.Darcythenwas. Shelongedtoknowwhatatthemomentwaspassinginhismindinwhatmannerhethoughtofher,andwhether,indefianceofeverything,shewasstilldeartohim. Perhapshehadbeencivilonlybecausehefelthimselfatease;yettherehadbeenthatinhisvoicewhichwasnotlikeease. Whetherhehadfeltmoreofpainorofpleasureinseeinghershecouldnottell,buthecertainlyhadnotseenherwithcomposure. 

           Atlength,however,theremarksofhercompanionsonherabsenceofmindarousedher,andshefeltthenecessityofappearingmorelikeherself. 

           Theyenteredthewoods,andbiddingadieutotheriverforawhile,ascendedsomeofthehighergrounds; when,inspotswheretheopeningofthetreesgavetheeyepowertowander,weremanycharmingviewsofthevalley,theoppositehills,withthelongrangeofwoodsoverspreadingmany,andoccasionallypartofthestream. Mr.Gardinerexpressedawishofgoingroundthewholepark,butfeareditmightbebeyondawalk. Withatriumphantsmiletheyweretoldthatitwastenmilesround. Itsettledthematter;andtheypursuedtheaccustomedcircuit;whichbroughtthemagain,aftersometime,inadescentamonghangingwoods,totheedgeofthewater,andoneofitsnarrowestparts. Theycrosseditbyasimplebridge,incharacterwiththegeneralairofthescene;itwasaspotlessadornedthananytheyhadyetvisited; andthevalley,herecontractedintoaglen,allowedroomonlyforthestream,andanarrowwalkamidsttheroughcoppice-woodwhichborderedit. Elizabethlongedtoexploreitswindings; butwhentheyhadcrossedthebridge,andperceivedtheirdistancefromthehouse,Mrs.Gardiner,whowasnotagreatwalker,couldgonofarther,andthoughtonlyofreturningtothecarriageasquicklyaspossible. 

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