Miss Bingley's attention was quite as much engaged in watching Mr. Darcy's progress through _his_ book, as in reading her own; and she was perpetually either making some inquiry, or looking at his page. She could not win him, however, to any conversation; he merely answered her question, and read on.
Miss Bingley était moins absorbée par sa lecture que par celle de Mr. Darcy et ne cessait de lui poser des questions ou d’aller voir a quelle page il en était ; mais ses tentatives de conversation restaient infructueuses ; il se contentait de lui répondre brievement sans interrompre sa lecture.