[Smiling.] I assure you I will say whatever you wish.
Elizabeth.
Very well, that reply will do for the present. Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones.
Darcy.
Do you talk by rule then?
Elizabeth.
Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know,—and yet for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible.
Darcy.
Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?
Elizabeth.