Гордость и предубеждение

           Herniecewas,therefore,obligedtosubmit,andtheytooktheirwaytowardsthehouseontheoppositesideoftheriver,inthenearestdirection; buttheirprogresswasslow,forMr.Gardiner,thoughseldomabletoindulgethetaste,wasveryfondoffishing,andwassomuchengagedinwatchingtheoccasionalappearanceofsometroutinthewater,andtalkingtothemanaboutthem,thatheadvancedbutlittle. Whilstwanderingoninthisslowmanner,theywereagainsurprised,andElizabeth’sastonishmentwasquiteequaltowhatithadbeenatfirst,bythesightofMr.Darcyapproachingthem,andatnogreatdistance. Thewalkherebeingherelessshelteredthanontheotherside,allowedthemtoseehimbeforetheymet. Elizabeth,howeverastonished,wasatleastmorepreparedforaninterviewthanbefore,andresolvedtoappearandtospeakwithcalmness,ifhereallyintendedtomeetthem. Forafewmoments,indeed,shefeltthathewouldprobablystrikeintosomeotherpath. Theidealastedwhileaturninginthewalkconcealedhimfromtheirview;theturningpast,hewasimmediatelybeforethem. Withaglance,shesawthathehadlostnoneofhisrecentcivility; and,toimitatehispoliteness,shebegan,astheymet,toadmirethebeautyoftheplace; butshehadnotgotbeyondthewords"delightful,"and"charming,"whensomeunluckyrecollectionsobtruded,andshefanciedthatpraiseofPemberleyfromhermightbemischievouslyconstrued. Hercolourchanged,andshesaidnomore. 

           Mrs.Gardinerwasstandingalittlebehind;andonherpausing,heaskedherifshewoulddohimthehonourofintroducinghimtoherfriends. Thiswasastrokeofcivilityforwhichshewasquiteunprepared; andshecouldhardlysuppressasmileathisbeingnowseekingtheacquaintanceofsomeofthoseverypeopleagainstwhomhispridehadrevoltedinhisoffertoherself. "Whatwillbehissurprise,"thoughtshe,"whenheknowswhotheyare?Hetakesthemnowforpeopleoffashion."