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1"How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I should persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls
2too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! And it is such a good joke, too, that you should have
3gone this morning, and never said a word about it till now." "Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose," said Mr.
4Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife. "What an excellent father you have,
5girls," said she, when the door was shut. "I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me
6either, for that matter. At our time of life, it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances
7every day; but for your sakes we would do anything. Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley
8will dance with you at the next ball." "Oh," said Lydia, stoutly, "I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I'm
9the tallest." The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet's visit, and
10determining when they should ask him to dinner. [Illustration: "I'm the tallest"] [Illustration: "He rode a black horse"
11] CHAPTER III. [Illustration] Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on
12the subject, was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in
13various ways, with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them
14all; and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas. Her report was
15highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely
16agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more
17delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's
18heart were entertained. "If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her
19husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for." In a few days Mr. Bingley returned
20Mr. Bennet's visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a
21sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more
22fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black
23horse. An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards despatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were
24to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all. Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town
25the following day, and consequently unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was quite
26disconcerted. She could not imagine what business he could have in town so soon after his arrival in Hertfordshire; and
27she began to fear that he might always be flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he
28ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fears a little by starting the idea of his [Illustration: "When the Party entered"
29[Copyright 1894 by George Allen.]] being gone to London only to get a large party for the ball; and a report soon
30followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved
31over such a number of ladies; but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing that, instead of twelve, he had
32brought only six with him from London, his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly-room, it
33consisted of only five altogether: Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man. Mr.
34Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters
35were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his
36friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the
37report, which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The
38gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and
39he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide
40of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his
41large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to
42be compared with his friend. Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room: he
43was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself
44at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy
45danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the
46rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided.
47He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again.
48Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into
49particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters. Elizabeth Bennet had been obliged, by the scarcity of
50gentlemen, to sit down for two dances; and during part of that time, Mr. Darcy had been standing near enough for her to
51overhear a conversation between him and Mr. Bingley, who came from the dance for a few minutes to press his friend to
52join it. "Come, Darcy," said he, "I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid
53manner. You had much better dance." "I certainly shall not. You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly
54acquainted with my partner. At such an assembly as this, it would be insupportable. Your sisters are engaged, and there
55is not another woman in the room whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with." "I would not be so
56fastidious as you are," cried Bingley, "for a kingdom! Upon my honour, I never met with so many pleasant girls in my
57life as I have this evening; and there are several of them, you see, uncommonly pretty." "You are dancing with the only
58handsome girl in the room," said Mr. Darcy, looking at the eldest Miss Bennet. "Oh, she is the most beautiful creature I
59ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very
60agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you." [Illustration: "She is tolerable" [Copyright 1894 by George
61Allen.]] "Which do you mean?" and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till, catching her eye, he
62withdrew his own, and coldly said, "She is tolerable: but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at
63present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and
64enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me." Mr. Bingley followed his advice. Mr. Darcy walked off; and
65Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings towards him. She told the story, however, with great spirit among her
66friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous.
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