The gentlemen came; and she thought he looked as if he would have answered her hopes; but, alas! the ladies had crowded round the table, where Miss Bennet was making tea, and Elizabeth pouring out the coffee, in so close a confederacy that there was not a single vacancy near her which would admit of a chair.
Darcy eut l’air, un instant, de vouloir répondre aux voux d’Elizabeth. Mais, hélas, autour de la table ou elle servait le café avec Jane, les dames s’étaient rassemblées en un groupe si compact qu’il n’y avait pas moyen de glisser une chaise parmi elles.