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Gier. Lib. ix. 85.

“Undoubtedly. Did you see him while you were at Lambton? I thought I understood from the Gardiners that you had.”

“Il suo Lesbia quasi bel fior succiso, E in atto si gentil languir tremanti Gl’ occhi, e cader siu ’l tergo il collo mira.”

[196] As full blown, &c.

“Perhaps preparing for his marriage with Miss de Bourgh,” said Elizabeth. “It must be something particular to take him there at this time of year.”

“I was surprised to see Darcy in town last month. We passed each other several times. I wonder what he can be doing there.”

[195] Ægae, Helicè. Both these towns were conspicuous for their worship of Neptune.

“Certainly,” he replied, biting his lips. Elizabeth hoped she had silenced him; but he soon afterwards said,--

“That you were gone into the army, and she was afraid had--not turned out well. At such a distance as that, you know, things are strangely misrepresented.”

[194] Gerenian Nestor. The epithet Gerenian either refers to the name of a place in which Nestor was educated, or merely signifies honoured, revered. See Schol. Venet. in II. B. 336; Strabo, viii. p. 340.

“And what did she say?”

“Yes, she did.”

—“Paradise Lost,” vi. 669.

“I almost envy you the pleasure, and yet I believe it would be too much for me, or else I could take it in my way to Newcastle. And you saw the old housekeeper, I suppose? Poor Reynolds, she was always very fond of me. But of course she did not mention my name to you.”

“And now all heaven Had gone to wrack, with ruin overspread; Had not th’ Almighty Father, where he sits ... foreseen.”

[193] And now, &c.

She replied in the affirmative.

“Paradise Lost,” iv. 496.

“I do not know. Mrs. Bennet and Lydia are going in the carriage to Meryton. And so, my dear sister, I find, from our uncle and aunt, that you have actually seen Pemberley.”

“Oh’ Eternal, to prevent such horrid fray, Hung forth in heav’n his golden scales, Wherein all things created first he weighed; The pendulous round earth, with balanced air In counterpoise; now ponders all events, Battles and realms. In these he puts two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and kick’d the beam.”