Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future; and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.
S bár az ezzel járó kellemetlen érzés sokat elvett a mátkaság örömeiből, annál szebb reményeket tartogatott a jövő. Elizabeth gyönyörűséggel gondolt arra az időre, amikor megszabadulnak a számukra oly kevéssé kellemes társaságtól, és Pemberley kényelmes és előkelő családi körében telik majd az életük.