Netherfield Is Let at Last

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me. I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.tolerable · screaming

Elizabeth heard every word. The room did not hush for her. Rooms never do. She felt the heat rise at her throat and put it, with some skill, into a smile she could spend later. Charlotte saw the smile and filed it where she filed other dangerous things.