Elizabeth saw what he was doing, and at the first convenient pause turned to him with an arch smile, and said,—
ElizabethYou mean to frighten me, Mr. Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me.
ElizabethBut I will not be alarmed though your sister does play so well.
ElizabethThere is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.
ElizabethMy courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.
Mr. DarcyI shall not say that you are mistaken.
Mr. DarcyBecause you could not really believe me to entertain any design of alarming you;
Mr. DarcyAnd I have had the pleasure of your acquaintance long enough to know that you find great enjoyment in occasionally professing opinions which, in fact, are not your own.