am
sorry.—The
necessity
must be
obeyed—and
farther
apology
would be
absurd.—I
had not
been long
in
Hertfordshire，before
I saw，in
common
with
others，that
Bingley
preferred
your
eldest
sister，to
any other
young
woman in
the
country.—But
it was not
till the
evening of
the dance
at
Netherfield
that I had
any
apprehension
of his
feeling a
serious
attachment.—I
had often
seen him
in love
before.—At
that
ball，while
I had the
honour of
dancing
with you，I
