She said no more, and they went down the other dance and parted insilence; and on each side dissatisfied, though not to an equal degree,for in Darcy's breast there was a tolerable powerful feeling towardsher, which soon procured her pardon, and directed all his anger againstanother.
Bennet, with more perseverance than politeness,protested he must be entirely mistaken; and Lydia, always unguarded andoften uncivil, boisterously exclaimed:"Good Lord! Sir William, how can you tell such a story? Do not you knowthat Mr. Collins wants to marry Lizzy?"Nothing less than the complaisance of a courtier could have bornewithout anger such treatment; but Sir William's good breeding carriedhim through it all; and though he begged leave to be positive as to thetruth of his information, he listened to all their impertinence with themost forbearing courtesy.
When she remembered the style of his address,she was still full of indignation; but when she considered how unjustlyshe had condemned and upbraided him, her anger was turned againstherself; and his disappointed feelings became the object of compassion.
AllElizabeth's anger against him had been long done away; but had she stillfelt any, it could hardly have stood its ground against the unaffectedcordiality with which he expressed himself on seeing her again.
That his anger could be carried to such a point of inconceivableresentment as to refuse his daughter a privilege without which hermarriage would scarcely seem valid, exceeded all she could believepossible.
How you must have hated me after that evening?""Hate you! I was angry perhaps at first, but my anger soon began to takea proper direction.
Some lingering irritabilityappeared to find a resting-place in Mr. Winkle's bosom, occasionedpossibly by the temporary abstraction of his coat--though it is scarcelyreasonable to suppose that so slight a circumstance can have excitedeven a passing feeling of anger in a Pickwickian's breast.
Even the vexation consequent uponhis recent adventure had vanished from his mind; and he could join inthe hearty laughter, which any allusion to it excited in Mr. Wardle,without anger and without embarrassment.