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Pride & Prejudice – page 104

Chapter 12

In consequence of an agreement between the sisters,

Elizabeth wrote the next morning to their mother,

to beg that the carriage might be sent for them in

the course of the day. But Mrs. Bennet, who had

calculated on her daughters remaining at Netherfield

till the following Tuesday, which would exactly finish

Jane’s week, could not bring herself to receive them

with pleasure before. Her answer, therefore, was not

propitious, at least not to Elizabeth’s wishes, for she

was impatient to get home. Mrs. Bennet sent them

word that they could not possibly have the carriage

before Tuesday; and in her postscript it was added,

that if Mr. Bingley and his sister pressed them to stay

longer, she could spare them very well. Against staying

longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolvednor

did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful,

on the contrary, of being considered as intruding

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