what painful truth did you learn at Netherfield?” He leaned in as she had done. They were very close now, and he imagined that the rest of the party might notice their intimacy—if they cared to look. He found he was rather indifferent to what anyone else thought of it. Elizabeth was smiling at him and laughing, and he cared for nothing else. “The painful truth is that when a man is falling in love, attempting to deny or resist it can only lead to utter foolishness.” She blushed, deeply
