My object then, replied Darcy, was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to. How soon any other wishes introduced themselves I can hardly tell, but I believe in about half an hour after I had seen you. β¨ Jane Austen (2015). Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion and More, p.728, Xist Publishing
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