Chapter 55 329 emotion , that she was the happiest creature in the world .
"' Tis too much !" she added , " by far too much . I do not deserve it . Oh ! why is not everybody as happy ?"
Elizabeth ' s congratulations were given with a sincerity , a warmth , a delight , which words could but poorly express . Every sentence of kindness was a fresh source of happiness to Jane . But she would not allow herself to stay with her sister , or say half that remained to be said for the present .
" I must go instantly to my mother ;" she cried . " I would not on any account trifle with her affectionate solicitude ; or allow her to hear it from anyone but myself . He is gone to my father already . Oh ! Lizzy , to know that what I have to relate will give such pleasure to all my dear family ! how shall I bear so much happiness !"
She then hastened away to her mother , who had purposely broken up the card party , and was sitting up stairs with Kitty .
Elizabeth , who was left by herself , now smiled at the rapidity and ease with which an affair was finally settled , that had given them so many previous months of suspense and vexation .
" And this ," said she , " is the end of all his friend ' s anxious circumspection ! of all his sister ' s falsehood and contrivance ! the happiest , wisest , most reasonable end !"
In a few minutes she was joined by Bingley , whose conference with her father had been short and to the purpose .
" Where is your sister ?" said he hastily , as he opened the door . " With my mother up stairs . She will be down in a moment , I dare say ."
He then shut the door , and , coming up to her , claimed the good wishes and affection of a sister . Elizabeth honestly and heartily expressed her delight in