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Pride & Prejudice – page 573

Pride and Prejudice

Mary petitioned for the use of the library at

Netherfield; and Kitty begged very hard for a few balls

there every winter.

Bingley, from this time, was of course a daily visitor

at Longbourn; coming frequently before breakfast,

and always remaining till after supper; unless when

some barbarous neighbour, who could not be enough

detested, had given him an invitation to dinner which

he thought himself obliged to accept.

Elizabeth had now but little time for conversation

with her sister; for while he was present, Jane had

no attention to bestow on anyone else; but she found

herself considerably useful to both of them in those

hours of separation that must sometimes occur. In

the absence of Jane, he always attached himself to

Elizabeth, for the pleasure of talking of her; and when

Bingley was gone, Jane constantly sought the same

means of relief.

“He has made me so happy,” said she, one evening,

“by telling me that he was totally ignorant of my being

in town last spring! I had not believed it possible.”

“I suspected as much,” replied Elizabeth. “But how

did he account for it?”

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