you have no regard then for the honour and credit of my nephew girl do you not that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of every body lady i have nothing further to say you know my sentiments you are then resolved to have him i have said no such thing i am only reserved to act in that manner which will in my own opinion constitute my happiness without reference to you or to any person so wholly with me it is well you refuse then to oblige me you re to obey the claims of duty honour and gratitude you are determined to ruin him in the opinion of all his friends and mi e him the contempt of the world neither duty nor honour nor gratitude replied elizabeth has any possible on me in the present instance no principle of either would be by my marriage with mr and with regard to the resentment df his or the indignation of he world if the former were excited by his marrying me it would not give me one moment s concern � and the w d in general would have too much sense to join in the and this is your real opinion this is your final resolve very well i shall now know how to act do not imagine miss that your ambition will ever be gratified i came to try you i hoped to find you but depend upon it i will carry my in this manner lady talked on till they were at the door of e carriage when turning hastily round she added � i take no leave of you miss i send do pride and prejudice to your mother you deserve do such attention i am most seriously displeased elizabeth made no answer and without attempting to persuade her to return into the house walked quietly into it herself she heard the carriage drive away as she proceeded up stairs her mother impatiently met her at ihe door of the dressing room to ask why lady ca would not come in again and rest herself she did not choose it said her daughter she would go she is a very fine looking woman and her calling here was civil for she only came i suppose to tell us the were well she is on her road somewhere i dare say and so passing through thought she might as well call on you i suppose she had nothing particular to say to you elizabeth was forced to give into a little falsehood here for to acknowledge the substance of their conversation was impossible chapter xxiv the of spirits which this extraordinary threw elizabeth into could not be easily overcome nor could she for many hours learn to think of it less than in lady it appeared had actually taken the trouble of this journey from for the sole purpose of breaking off her supposed engagement with mr it was a rational scheme to be sure but from what the report of their engagement could was at a loss to imagine till she recollected that hu being the intimate friend of and her being the sister of jane was enough at a time when the expectation of one wedding made every body eager for another to sup the idea she had not herself forgotten to feel that the marriage of her sister must bring them more frequently and together her at lodge therefore for through their communication with the the report she concluded had reached lady had only set that down as almost certain and immediate which he had looked forward to as possible at some future time in revolving lady s expressions however she could not help feeling some uneasiness as to the possible consequence of her in this interference from what he had said of her resolution to prevent their marriage it occurred to elizabeth that she must an application to her nephew and how he might take a lar representation of the evils attached to a connection with her she dared not pronounce she knew not the exact degree of his affection for his aunt or his dependence on her but it was natural to suppose that he thought much higher of her than she could do and it was certain that in the miseries of a marriage with one whose immediate connections were so unequal to his own his aunt would address him on his side with his notions of dignity he would probably feel that the arguments which to elizabeth had appeared weak and ridiculous contained much good sense and solid reasoning if he had been wavering before as to what he should do which had often seemed likely the advice and entreaty of near a relation might settle every doubt and determine him at once to be as happy as dignity could make him in that case he would return no more lady might see him in her way through town and his engagement to of coming again to must give way if therefore an excuse for not keeping his promise should come to his friend within a few days she added shall know how to understand it i shall then give over every expectation every wish of his constancy if he is satisfied with only me when he might have obtained my affections and hand i shall soon cease to regret him at all the surprise of the rest of the family on hearing who sl pride and p their had been was very great but they satisfied it with the same kind of supposition which had appeased mrs s curiosity and elizabeth was spared from much on the subject the next morning as she was going down stairs she was met by her father who came out of his library with a letter in his hand said he i was going to look for you come into my room she followed him thither 