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 was
first made
acquainted,
by Sir
William
Lucas’s
accidental
information,
that
Bingley’s
attentions
to your
sister had
given rise
to a
general
expectation
of their
marriage.
He spoke
