"And, taking her hand, he would have given it to Mr. Darcy who, thoughextremely surprised, was not unwilling to receive it, when she instantlydrew back, and said with some discomposure to Sir William:"Indeed, sir, I have not the least intention of dancing.
Suchdoings discomposed Mr. Bennet exceedingly.
She was quiteamazed at her own discomposure; but amongst other causes of disquiet,she dreaded lest the partiality of the brother should have said too muchin her favour; and, more than commonly anxious to please, she naturallysuspected that every power of pleasing would fail her.
Had Miss Bingley known whatpain she was then giving her beloved friend, she undoubtedly wouldhave refrained from the hint; but she had merely intended to discomposeElizabeth by bringing forward the idea of a man to whom she believedher partial, to make her betray a sensibility which might injure her inDarcy's opinion, and, perhaps, to remind the latter of all the folliesand absurdities by which some part of her family were connectedwith that corps.
I do not know of anyother designs that he had formed; but he was in such a hurry to be gone,and his spirits so greatly discomposed, that I had difficulty in findingout even so much as this.
(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Chapter 57The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threwElizabeth into, could not be easily overcome; nor could she, for manyhours, learn to think of it less than incessantly.