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第136章(第1页)

“Iwascertainlyveryfarfromexpectingthemtomakesostronganimpression。Ihadnotthesmallestideaoftheirbeingeverfeltinsuchaway。”

“Icaneasilybelieveit。Youthoughtmethendevoidofeveryproperfeeling,Iamsureyoudid。TheturnofyourcountenanceIshallneverforget,asyousaidthatIcouldnothaveaddressedyouinanypossiblewaythatwouldinduceyoutoacceptme。”

“Oh!donotrepeatwhatIthensaid。Theserecollectionswillnotdoatall。IassureyouthatIhavelongbeenmostheartilyashamedofit。”

Darcymentionedhisletter。“Didit,”saidhe,“diditsoonmakeyouthinkbetterofme?Didyou,onreadingit,giveanycredittoitscontents?”

Sheexplainedwhatitseffectonherhadbeen,andhowgraduallyallherformerprejudiceshadbeenremoved。

“Iknew,”saidhe,“thatwhatIwrotemustgiveyoupain,butitwasnecessary。Ihopeyouhavedestroyedtheletter。Therewasonepartespecially,theopeningofit,whichIshoulddreadyourhavingthepowerofreadingagain。Icanremembersomeexpressionswhichmightjustlymakeyouhateme。”

“Thelettershallcertainlybeburnt,ifyoubelieveitessentialtothepreservationofmyregard;but,thoughwehavebothreasontothinkmyopinionsnotentirelyunalterable,theyarenot,Ihope,quitesoeasilychangedasthatimplies。”

“WhenIwrotethatletter,”repliedDarcy,“Ibelievedmyselfperfectlycalmandcool,butIamsinceconvincedthatitwaswritteninadreadfulbitternessofspirit。”

“Theletter,perhaps,beganinbitterness,butitdidnotendso。Theadieuischarityitself。Butthinknomoreoftheletter。Thefeelingsofthepersonwhowrote,andthepersonwhoreceivedit,arenowsowidelydifferentfromwhattheywerethen,thateveryunpleasantcircumstanceattendingitoughttobeforgotten。Youmustlearnsomeofmyphilosophy。Thinkonlyofthepastasitsremembrancegivesyoupleasure。”

“Icannotgiveyoucreditforanyphilosophyofthekind。Yourretrospectionsmustbesototallyvoidofreproach,thatthecontentmentarisingfromthemisnotofphilosophy,but,whatismuchbetter,ofinnocence。Butwithme,itisnotso。Painfulrecollectionswillintrudewhichcannot,whichoughtnot,toberepelled。Ihavebeenaselfishbeingallmylife,inpractice,thoughnotinprinciple。AsachildIwastaughtwhatwasright,butIwasnottaughttocorrectmytemper。Iwasgivengoodprinciples,butlefttofollowtheminprideandconceit。Unfortunatelyanonlyson(formanyyearsanonlychild),Iwasspoiltbymyparents,who,thoughgoodthemselves(myfather,particularly,allthatwasbenevolentandamiable),allowed,encouraged,almosttaughtmetobeselfishandoverbearing;tocarefornonebeyondmyownfamilycircle;tothinkmeanlyofalltherestoftheworld;towishatleasttothinkmeanlyoftheirsenseandworthcomparedwithmyown。SuchIwas,fromeighttoeightandtwenty;andsuchImightstillhavebeenbutforyou,dearest,loveliestElizabeth!WhatdoInotoweyou!Youtaughtmealesson,hardindeedatfirst,butmostadvantageous。Byyou,Iwasproperlyhumbled。Icametoyouwithoutadoubtofmyreception。Youshowedmehowinsufficientwereallmypretensionstopleaseawomanworthyofbeingpleased。”

“HadyouthenpersuadedyourselfthatIshould?”

“IndeedIhad。Whatwillyouthinkofmyvanity?Ibelievedyoutobewishing,expectingmyaddresses。”

“Mymannersmusthavebeeninfault,butnotintentionally,Iassureyou。Inevermeanttodeceiveyou,butmyspiritsmightoftenleadmewrong。Howyoumusthavehatedmeafterthatevening?”

“Hateyou!Iwasangryperhapsatfirst,butmyangersoonbegantotakeaproperdirection。”

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