Elizabeth was exceedingly pleased with this proposal, and felt persuaded of her sister’s ready acquiescence.
Mrs. GardinerI hope that no consideration with regard to this young man will influence her.
Mrs. GardinerWe live in so different a part of town, all our connections are so different, and, as you well know, we go out so little, that it is very improbable they should meet at all, unless he really comes to see her.
ElizabethAnd that is quite impossible;
ElizabethFor he is now in the custody of his friend, and Mr. Darcy would no more suffer him to call on Jane in such a part of London!
ElizabethMy dear aunt, how could you think of it?
ElizabethMr. Darcy may, perhaps, have heard of such a place as Gracechurch Street, but he would hardly think a month’s ablution enough to cleanse him from its impurities, were he once to enter it, and depend upon it, Mr. Bingley never stirs without him.
Mrs. GardinerSo much the better.