SABON

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6/6 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him
tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance or happiness, as if she were to be studying
his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. It the
dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it
does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike
afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you
would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting
that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had
at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball;
and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to
himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it
was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this
discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye
more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure
to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those or the
fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness. Of this she was perfectly unaware; -
to her he was only the man who made himself agreeable no where, and who had not thought her
handsome enough to dance with.

He began to wish to know more of her, and as a step towards conversing with her himself,
attended to her conversation with others. His doing so drew her notice. It was at Sir William

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7/7 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were
married to him tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness,
as if she were to be studying his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in
marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so
well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their
felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to
have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound,
and that you would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far
from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the
eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had
looked at her without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked at
her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends
that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was
rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To
this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected
with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was

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6/8 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him
tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness, as if she were to be studying
his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the
dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it
does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike
afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you
would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting
that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had
at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball;
and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to
himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it
was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this
discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye
more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure

2PT LEADED

7/9 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were
married to him tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness,
as if she were to be studying his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in
marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so
well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their
felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to
have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound,
and that you would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far
from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the
eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had
looked at her without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked at
her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends

4PT LEADED

6/10 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him
tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness, as if she were to be studying
his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the
dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it
does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike
afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.'

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you
would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting
that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had
at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball;
and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to
himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it

4PT LEADED

7/11 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were
married to him tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness,
as if she were to be studying his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in
marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so
well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their
felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to
have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound,
and that you would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far
from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the
eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had

4PT LEADED, CONDENSED TO THE CHARACTER WIDTH OF 5PT

6/10 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him tomorrow, I should
think she had as good a chance of happiness, as if she were to be studying his character for a twelve-month.
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each
other, or ever so similar before-hand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow
sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you would never act in
this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself
becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty;
he had looked at her without admiration at the ball; and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But
no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he
began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes. To this discovery
succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of

4PT LEADED, CONDENSED TO THE CHARACTER WIDTH OF 6PT

7/11 PT ‘Well,’ said Charlotte, ‘I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him
tomorrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness, as if she were to be studying
his character for a twelve-month. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the
dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar before-hand, it
does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike
afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the
defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.’

‘You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound. You know it is not sound, and that you
would never act in this way yourself.’

Occupied in observing Mr Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting
that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr Darcy had
at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the ball;
and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But no sooner had he made it clear to

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