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1Elizabeth joined them again only to say that her sister was worse, and that she could not leave her. Bingley urged Mr.
2Jones's being sent for immediately; while his sisters, convinced that no country advice could be of any service,
3recommended an express to town for one of the most eminent physicians. This she would not hear of; but she was not so
4unwilling to comply with their brother's proposal; and it was settled that Mr. Jones should be sent for early in the
5morning, if Miss Bennet were not decidedly better. Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were
6miserable. They solaced their wretchedness, however, by duets after supper; while he could find no better relief to his
7feelings than by giving his housekeeper directions that every possible attention might be paid to the sick lady and her
8sister. [Illustration: M^{rs} Bennet and her two youngest girls [Copyright 1894 by George Allen.]] CHAPTER IX.
9[Illustration] Elizabeth passed the chief of the night in her sister's room, and in the morning had the pleasure of
10being able to send a tolerable answer to the inquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley by a housemaid,
11and some time afterwards from the two elegant ladies who waited on his sisters. In spite of this amendment, however, she
12requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgment of her
13situation. The note was immediately despatched, and its contents as quickly complied with. Mrs. Bennet, accompanied by
14her two youngest girls, reached Netherfield soon after the family breakfast. Had she found Jane in any apparent danger,
15Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being satisfied on seeing her that her illness was not alarming, she had
16no wish of her recovering immediately, as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield. She
17would not listen, therefore, to her daughter's proposal of being carried home; neither did the apothecary, who arrived
18about the same time, think it at all advisable. After sitting a little while with Jane, on Miss Bingley's appearance and
19invitation, the mother and three daughters all attended her into the breakfast parlour. Bingley met them with hopes that
20Mrs. Bennet had not found Miss Bennet worse than she expected. "Indeed I have, sir," was her answer. "She is a great
21deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your
22kindness." "Removed!" cried Bingley. "It must not be thought of. My sister, I am sure, will not hear of her removal."
23"You may depend upon it, madam," said Miss Bingley, with cold civility, "that Miss Bennet shall receive every possible
24attention while she remains with us." Mrs. Bennet was profuse in her acknowledgments. "I am sure," she added, "if it was
25not for such good friends, I do not know what would become of her, for she is very ill indeed, and suffers a vast deal,
26though with the greatest patience in the world, which is always the way with her, for she has, without exception, the
27sweetest temper I ever met with. I often tell my other girls they are nothing to her. You have a sweet room here, Mr.
28Bingley, and a charming prospect over that gravel walk. I do not know a place in the country that is equal to
29Netherfield. You will not think of quitting it in a hurry, I hope, though you have but a short lease." "Whatever I do is
30done in a hurry," replied he; "and therefore if I should resolve to quit Netherfield, I should probably be off in five
31minutes. At present, however, I consider myself as quite fixed here." "That is exactly what I should have supposed of
32you," said Elizabeth. "You begin to comprehend me, do you?" cried he, turning towards her. "Oh yes--I understand you
33perfectly." "I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through, I am afraid, is pitiful."
34"That is as it happens. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than
35such a one as yours." "Lizzy," cried her mother, "remember where you are, and do not run on in the wild manner that you
36are suffered to do at home." "I did not know before," continued Bingley, immediately, "that you were a studier of
37character. It must be an amusing study." "Yes; but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that
38advantage." "The country," said Darcy, "can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country
39neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society." "But people themselves alter so much, that there is
40something new to be observed in them for ever." "Yes, indeed," cried Mrs. Bennet, offended by his manner of mentioning a
41country neighbourhood. "I assure you there is quite as much of that going on in the country as in town." Everybody was
42surprised; and Darcy, after looking at her for a moment, turned silently away. Mrs. Bennet, who fancied she had gained a
43complete victory over him, continued her triumph,-- "I cannot see that London has any great advantage over the country,
44for my part, except the shops and public places. The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is not it, Mr. Bingley?" "When I
45am in the country," he replied, "I never wish to leave it; and when I am in town, it is pretty much the same. They have
46each their advantages, and I can be equally happy in either." "Ay, that is because you have the right disposition. But
47that gentleman," looking at Darcy, "seemed to think the country was nothing at all." "Indeed, mamma, you are mistaken,"
48said Elizabeth, blushing for her mother. "You quite mistook Mr. Darcy. He only meant that there was not such a variety
49of people to be met with in the country as in town, which you must acknowledge to be true." "Certainly, my dear, nobody
50said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods
51larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families." Nothing but concern for Elizabeth could enable Bingley to keep
52his countenance. His sister was less delicate, and directed her eye towards Mr. Darcy with a very expressive smile.
53Elizabeth, for the sake of saying something that might turn her mother's thoughts, now asked her if Charlotte Lucas had
54been at Longbourn since her coming away. "Yes, she called yesterday with her father. What an agreeable man Sir William
55is, Mr. Bingley--is not he? so much the man of fashion! so genteel and so easy! He has always something to say to
56everybody. That is my idea of good breeding; and those persons who fancy themselves very important and never open their
57mouths quite mistake the matter." "Did Charlotte dine with you?" "No, she would go home. I fancy she was wanted about
58the mince-pies. For my part, Mr. Bingley, I always keep servants that can do their own work; my daughters are brought up
59differently. But everybody is to judge for themselves, and the Lucases are a very good sort of girls, I assure you. It
60is a pity they are not handsome! Not that I think Charlotte so very plain; but then she is our particular friend." "She
61seems a very pleasant young woman," said Bingley. "Oh dear, yes; but you must own she is very plain. Lady Lucas herself
62has often said so, and envied me Jane's beauty. I do not like to boast of my own child; but to be sure, Jane--one does
63not often see anybody better looking. It is what everybody says. I do not trust my own partiality. When she was only
64fifteen there was a gentleman at my brother Gardiner's in town so much in love with her, that my sister-in-law was sure
65he would make her an offer before we came away. But, however, he did not. Perhaps he thought her too young. However, he
66wrote some verses on her, and very pretty they were." "And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth, impatiently. "There
67has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving
68away love!" "I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love," said Darcy. "Of a fine, stout, healthy love it
69may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced
70that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away."
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