THE discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw
Elizabeth into, could not be easily overcome; nor could she, for many
hours, learn to think of it less than incessantly. Lady Catherine, it
appeared, had actually taken the trouble of this journey from Rosings,
for the sole purpose of breaking off her supposed engagement with Mr.
Darcy. It was a rational scheme, to be sure! but from what the report of
their engagement could originate, Elizabeth was at a loss to imagine;
till she recollected that his being the intimate friend of Bingley, 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 supply the idea.
She had not herself forgotten to feel that the marriage of her sister
must bring them more frequently together. And her neighbours at Lucas
lodge, therefore (for through their communication with the Collinses,
the report, she concluded, had reached Lady Catherine), had only set
that down as almost certain and immediate, which she had looked forward
to as possible at some future time
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