Pride and Prejudice
ways assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it. It was t
ingley will l
Bingley likes," said her mother rese
hat we shall meet him at the assemblies, an
. She has two nieces of her own. She is a selfish,
; "and I am glad to find that you
eply, but, unable to contain herself,
aven's sake! Have a little compassion
n her coughs," said her fa
nt," replied Kitty fretfully. "Whe
row for
come back till the day before; so it will be impossible f
e advantage of your friend, and
, when I am not acquainted with him
y the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture somebody else will; and after all, Mrs. Long and her nieces must stand
father. Mrs. Bennet said o
ction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you there. What say
something sensibl
r ideas," he continued, "le
Mr. Bingley,"
as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unluck
et perhaps surpassing the rest; though, when the first tumult of joy was
ou loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! and it is suc
e," said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left
s; or me, either, for that matter. At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but fo
m not afraid; for though I am
g how soon he would return Mr. Bennet's visit, a