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1 They were ignorant, idle, and vain.
2 A person may be proud without being vain.
3 In vain did Elizabeth attempt to make her reasonable, and Jane to make her resigned.
4 Mr. Darcy, with grave propriety, requested to be allowed the honour of her hand, but in vain.
5 She related the subjects of the pictures, the dimensions of the rooms, and the price of the furniture, in vain.
6 But wishes were vain, or at least could only serve to amuse her in the hurry and confusion of the following hour.
7 In vain did she entreat him to stand up with somebody else, and offer to introduce him to any young lady in the room.
8 Vain indeed must be all her attentions, vain and useless her affection for his sister and her praise of himself, if he were already self-destined for another.
9 It was, on the contrary, exactly calculated to make her understand her own wishes; and never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain.
10 Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her.
11 Elizabeth asked questions in vain; Maria would tell her nothing more, and down they ran into the dining-room, which fronted the lane, in quest of this wonder; It was two ladies stopping in a low phaeton at the garden gate.
12 By many significant looks and silent entreaties, did she endeavour to prevent such a proof of complaisance, but in vain; Mary would not understand them; such an opportunity of exhibiting was delightful to her, and she began her song.
13 In vain did Elizabeth endeavour to check the rapidity of her mother's words, or persuade her to describe her felicity in a less audible whisper; for, to her inexpressible vexation, she could perceive that the chief of it was overheard by Mr. Darcy, who sat opposite to them.