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1Elizabeth's congratulations were given with a sincerity, a warmth, a delight, which words could but poorly express.
2Every sentence of kindness was a fresh source of happiness to Jane. But she would not allow herself to stay with her
3sister, or say half that remained to be said, for the present. "I must go instantly to my mother," she cried. "I would
4not on any account trifle with her affectionate solicitude, or allow her to hear it from anyone but myself. He is gone
5to my father already. Oh, Lizzy, to know that what I have to relate will give such pleasure to all my dear family! how
6shall I bear so much happiness?" She then hastened away to her mother, who had purposely broken up the card-party, and
7was sitting upstairs with Kitty. Elizabeth, who was left by herself, now smiled at the rapidity and ease with which an
8affair was finally settled, that had given them so many previous months of suspense and vexation. "And this," said she,
9"is the end of all his friend's anxious circumspection! of all his sister's falsehood and contrivance! the happiest,
10wisest, and most reasonable end!" In a few minutes she was joined by Bingley, whose conference with her father had been
11short and to the purpose. "Where is your sister?" said he hastily, as he opened the door. "With my mother upstairs. She
12will be down in a moment, I dare say." He then shut the door, and, coming up to her, claimed the good wishes and
13affection of a sister. Elizabeth honestly and heartily expressed her delight in the prospect of their relationship. They
14shook hands with great cordiality; and then, till her sister came down, she had to listen to all he had to say of his
15own happiness, and of Jane's perfections; and in spite of his being a lover, Elizabeth really believed all his
16expectations of felicity to be rationally founded, because they had for basis the excellent understanding and
17super-excellent disposition of Jane, and a general similarity of feeling and taste between her and himself. It was an
18evening of no common delight to them all; the satisfaction of Miss Bennet's mind gave such a glow of sweet animation to
19her face, as made her look handsomer than ever. Kitty simpered and smiled, and hoped her turn was coming soon. Mrs.
20Bennet could not give her consent, or speak her approbation in terms warm enough to satisfy her feelings, though she
21talked to Bingley of nothing else, for half an hour; and when Mr. Bennet joined them at supper, his voice and manner
22plainly showed how really happy he was. Not a word, however, passed his lips in allusion to it, till their visitor took
23his leave for the night; but as soon as he was gone, he turned to his daughter and said,-- "Jane, I congratulate you.
24You will be a very happy woman." Jane went to him instantly, kissed him, and thanked him for his goodness. "You are a
25good girl," he replied, "and I have great pleasure in thinking you will be so happily settled. I have not a doubt of
26your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying, that nothing will
27ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your
28income." "I hope not so. Imprudence or thoughtlessness in money matters would be unpardonable in me." "Exceed their
29income! My dear Mr. Bennet," cried his wife, "what are you talking of? Why, he has four or five thousand a year, and
30very likely more." Then addressing her daughter, "Oh, my dear, dear Jane, I am so happy! I am sure I shan't get a wink
31of sleep all night. I knew how it would be. I always said it must be so, at last. I was sure you could not be so
32beautiful for nothing! I remember, as soon as ever I saw him, when he first came into Hertfordshire last year, I thought
33how likely it was that you should come together. Oh, he is the handsomest young man that ever was seen!" Wickham, Lydia,
34were all forgotten. Jane was beyond competition her favourite child. At that moment she cared for no other. Her younger
35sisters soon began to make interest with her for objects of happiness which she might in future be able to dispense.
36Mary petitioned for the use of the library at Netherfield; and Kitty begged very hard for a few balls there every
37winter. Bingley, from this time, was of course a daily visitor at Longbourn; coming frequently before breakfast, and
38always remaining till after supper; unless when some barbarous neighbour, who could not be enough detested, had given
39him an invitation to dinner, which he thought himself obliged to accept. Elizabeth had now but little time for
40conversation with her sister; for while he was present Jane had no attention to bestow on anyone else: but she found
41herself considerably useful to both of them, in those hours of separation that must sometimes occur. In the absence of
42Jane, he always attached himself to Elizabeth for the pleasure of talking of her; and when Bingley was gone, Jane
43constantly sought the same means of relief. "He has made me so happy," said she, one evening, "by telling me that he was
44totally ignorant of my being in town last spring! I had not believed it possible." "I suspected as much," replied
45Elizabeth. "But how did he account for it?" "It must have been his sisters' doing. They were certainly no friends to his
46acquaintance with me, which I cannot wonder at, since he might have chosen so much more advantageously in many respects.
47But when they see, as I trust they will, that their brother is happy with me, they will learn to be contented, and we
48shall be on good terms again: though we can never be what we once were to each other." "That is the most unforgiving
49speech," said Elizabeth, "that I ever heard you utter. Good girl! It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of
50Miss Bingley's pretended regard." "Would you believe it, Lizzy, that when he went to town last November he really loved
51me, and nothing but a persuasion of my being indifferent would have prevented his coming down again?" "He made a little
52mistake, to be sure; but it is to the credit of his modesty." This naturally introduced a panegyric from Jane on his
53diffidence, and the little value he put on his own good qualities. Elizabeth was pleased to find that he had not
54betrayed the interference of his friend; for, though Jane had the most generous and forgiving heart in the world, she
55knew it was a circumstance which must prejudice her against him. "I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever
56existed!" cried Jane. "Oh, Lizzy, why am I thus singled from my family, and blessed above them all? If I could but see
57you as happy! If there were but such another man for you!" "If you were to give me forty such men I never could be so
58happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. No, no, let me shift for
59myself; and, perhaps, if I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time." The situation of affairs
60in the Longbourn family could not be long a secret. Mrs. Bennet was privileged to whisper it to Mrs. Philips, and she
61ventured, without any permission, to do the same by all her neighbours in Meryton. The Bennets were speedily pronounced
62to be the luckiest family in the world; though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been
63generally proved to be marked out for misfortune. [Illustration] CHAPTER LVI. [Illustration] One morning, about a week
64after Bingley's engagement with Jane had been formed, as he and the females of the family were sitting together in the
65dining-room, their attention was suddenly drawn to the window by the sound of a carriage; and they perceived a chaise
66and four driving up the lawn. It was too early in the morning for visitors; and besides, the equipage did not answer to
67that of any of their neighbours. The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who
68preceded it, were familiar to them. As it was certain, however, that somebody was coming, Bingley instantly prevailed on
69Miss Bennet to avoid the confinement of such an intrusion, and walk away with him into the shrubbery. They both set off;
70and the conjectures of the remaining three continued, though with little satisfaction, till the door was thrown open,
71and their visitor entered. It was Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
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