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Chapter 5 Chapter Four

pride and Prejudice 珍.奧斯汀 2126Words 2023-02-05
Jane did not readily praise Mr. Bingley, but when she and Elizabeth were alone she confided to her sister how much she adored him. He was a typical good young man, she said, intelligent, amusing, and lively; I never saw him in such a pleasing manner!Such generosity and perfect upbringing! He was handsome, too, replied Elizabeth, and a young man must be handsome, unless that is impossible.He is truly a perfect man. I was overjoyed when he came to ask me to dance again a second time.I really didn't expect him to flatter me like this. Did you really not think of it?I thought of it for you.However, this is where I am very different from you.You are always flattered when people praise you, which is not the case with me.Isn't it only natural that he comes to ask you to dance again a second time?You are immeasurably more beautiful than any other young lady in the ballroom, and he will see it if he has eyes.Why should you be grateful for his courtesies to you?Speaking of which, he is indeed very cute, and I have no objection to your liking him.But you've liked a lot of idiots before.

My dear Liz! Well!I know, you are always too easy to fall in love with.You never see people's shortcomings.In your eyes, the world is full of good people, and you are pleasing to the eye.I've never heard you speak ill of anyone in my life. I wish I wasn't too quick to blame a person, but I've always said what came to mind. I know you are like that, and that's what makes me wonder about you.With a smart person like you.Why is he so loyal that he can't see the stupidity and boredom of others!Everywhere you go, you can meet people who pretend to be honest.However, only you can do this.So, do you like that gentleman's sisters too?Their manners are not as good as his.

At first glance it does not compare.But when I talk to them, I feel that they are also some pleasing women.I heard that Miss Bingley was going to live with her brother, and take care of his house; and it would be strange if she were not a good neighbour. Elizabeth listened to her sister's words without saying a word, but she was not convinced in her heart.She is more observant than her elder sister, and her temper is not as aggressive as her elder sister's. So when it comes to the Bin sisters, she just needs to think about their behavior in the dance hall, and she knows that they don't intend to please ordinary people. .Moreover, she has a city in her chest, and she will never change her mind just because they treat her well, and she will not have much affection for them.In fact they were very nice ladies; it wasn't that they couldn't talk and laugh, the question was when it pleased them; and they weren't incapable of being pleasant, the question was whether they liked it.It's a pity that they are blindly arrogant.They were all pretty, had been educated at a good junior college, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were always extravagant with their money, and liked to associate with people of value and position, which made them popular in various places. They all think highly of themselves and don't put others in their eyes.They were born of a respectable family in the North of England.They remembered well their origins, but they almost forgot that their brother's fortune, as well as their own, had been earned by trade.

Mr. Bingley had only an inheritance from his father of nearly a hundred thousand pounds.His father originally planned to buy some land, but unfortunately he lost his wish and passed away.Mr. Bingley had the same intention, and at one time intended to buy it in his own country; but now that he had a fine house, and an estate at his disposal, those who knew his character said, He is such a person who goes with the flow, he will probably spend the rest of his life in Netherfield, and the purchase of land will be left to the next generation.His sisters were rather anxious for him, and wished to purchase the estate; but though he now lived here only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was more than willing to run the house for him, and besides the married The impoverished Mrs. Hurst always felt as if she had come to her own home whenever she visited her younger brother.

Mr. Bingley, who was not yet two years of age at the time, had come to see the house at Netherfield simply because he had heard it recommended by chance.He looked inside and out for half an hour, and found that the location and several main rooms were very satisfactory to him, and the landlord praised the house again, and those words were also in the right place for him, so he decided Rented it on the spot. Although he and Darcy have very different personalities, their friendship is always the same.The reason why Darcy likes Bingley is because Bingley is gentle, honest, frank and straightforward, although his personality is extremely opposite to his own, and he himself never feels that there is any imperfection in his personality.Darcy thinks very highly of Bingley, so Bingley trusts him very much and respects his opinions very much.In terms of intelligence, Darcy is better than him. This does not mean that Bingley is stupid, but that Darcy is smarter.Darcy is a man who is arrogant, reserved and critical. Although he has been well-bred, his demeanor is always unpopular.In this respect, his friend was superior to him.Bingley is sure to please people wherever he goes, but Darcy always offends people.

The difference of character was evident from the manner in which they spoke of the Meryton Ball.Bingley said that he never met a kinder person in his life, nor a prettier girl than the girls here; Informal and not cramped, he immediately felt that he was very familiar with everyone in the audience; when it came to Miss Bennet, he couldn't imagine a more beautiful angel in the world than her. As for Darcy, it always seemed to him that the people he saw were neither handsome nor charming, and none of them interested him, nor did they pay him any attention or please him.He admitted that Miss Bennet was pretty, but that she laughed too much.The Mrs. Hurst sisters agreed with him, but they still envied her, liked her, and said she was a sweet girl, and they had no objection to being intimate with a lady like her.Miss Bennet was thus a sweet lady, and their brothers, hearing this compliment, felt that they could think of her as they liked from now on.

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