of it as a
certain
event, of
which the
time alone
could be
undecided.
From that
moment I
observed
my
friend’s
behaviour
attentively;
and I
could then
perceive
that his
partiality
for Miss
Bennet was
beyond
what I had
ever
witnessed
in him.
Your
sister I
also
watched.
Her look
and
manners
were open,
cheerful,
and
engaging
as ever,
but
without
any
symptom of
peculiar
regard,
and I
remained
convinced
from the
evening’s
scrutiny,