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Pride and Prejudice

He came, and in such very good time that the ladies

were none of them dressed. In ran Mrs. Bennet to her

daughter’s room, in her dressing-gown, and with her

hair half finished, crying out:

“My dear Jane, make haste and hurry down. He is

come Mr. Bingley is come. He is, indeed. Make haste,

make haste. Here, Sarah, come to Miss Bennet this

moment, and help her on with her gown. Never mind

Miss Lizzy’s hair.”

“We will be down as soon as we can,” said Jane; “but

I dare say Kitty is forwarder than either of us, for she

went up stairs half an hour ago.”

“Oh! hang Kitty! what has she to do with it? Come

be quick, be quick! Where is your sash, my dear?”

But when her mother was gone, Jane would not be

prevailed on to go down without one of her sisters.

The same anxiety to get them by themselves was

visible again in the evening. After tea, Mr. Bennet

retired to the library, as was his custom, and Mary

went up stairs to her instrument. Two obstacles of

the five being thus removed, Mrs. Bennet sat looking

and winking at Elizabeth and Catherine for a consid-

erable time, without making any impression on them.

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