“But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?”

“You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who would make you so.”

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

“I am not one of those young ladies who are so daring to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time.”

“Books--oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the samefeelings.""I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least beno want of subject. We may compare our different opinions.”

“Upon my word, sir, your hope is a rather extraordinary one after my declaration. I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make ME happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who could make you so. Nay, were your friend Lady Catherine to know me, I am persuaded she would find me in every respect ill qualified for the situation.”

“If I am missed it will appear. I may be discovered by those who want to see me. I shall not be in any doubtful, or distant, or unapproachable region.”