[Elizabeth makes no answer.]
Do not you enjoy the reel, Miss Bennet?
Elizabeth.
[Looking up.] Oh, I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say—"Yes," that you might have the pleasure of despising my taste; but I always delight in overthrowing that kind of scheme. I have therefore made up my mind to tell you that I do not want to dance a reel at all; and now despise me, if you dare!
Darcy.
[Smiling.] I do not dare.
[Miss Bingley enters from the ball-room with an officer. They talk together.]
Colonel Forster.
[Entering from the ball-room, and looking about him, sees Elizabeth and comes to her.] May I have the honour, Miss Bennet?
Elizabeth.