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Pride and Prejudice

“It is difficult indeedit is distressing. One does not

know what to think.”

“I beg your pardon; one knows exactly what to

think.”

But Jane could think with certainty on only one

pointthat Mr. Bingley, if he had been imposed on,

would have much to suffer when the affair became

public.

The two young ladies were summoned from the

shrubbery, where this conversation passed, by the

arrival of the very persons of whom they had been

speaking; Mr. Bingley and his sisters came to give

their personal invitation for the long-expected ball at

Netherfield, which was fixed for the following Tuesday.

The two ladies were delighted to see their dear friend

again, called it an age since they had met, and

repeatedly asked what she had been doing with herself

since their separation. To the rest of the family they

paid little attention; avoiding Mrs. Bennet as much as

possible, saying not much to Elizabeth, and nothing at

all to the others. They were soon gone again, rising

from their seats with an activity which took their

brother by surprise, and hurrying off as if eager to

escape from Mrs. Bennet’s civilities.

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