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Chapter 61
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Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.
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With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley,
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and talked of Mrs. Darcy,
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may be guessed.
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I wish I could say,
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for the sake of her family,
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that the accomplishment of her earnest desire in the establishment of so many of her children produced so happy an effect as to make her a sensible,
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amiable,
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well-informed woman for the rest of her life;
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though perhaps it was lucky for her husband,
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who might not have relished domestic felicity in so unusual a form,
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that she still was occasionally nervous and invariably silly.
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Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly;
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his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do.
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He delighted in going to Pemberley,
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especially when he was least expected.
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Mr. Bingley and Jane remained at Netherfield only a twelvemonth.
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So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to his easy temper,
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or her affectionate heart.
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The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified;
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he bought an estate in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire,
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and Jane and Elizabeth,
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in addition to every other source of happiness,
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were within thirty miles of each other.
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Kitty,
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to her very material advantage,
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spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters.
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In society so superior to what she had generally known,
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her improvement was great.
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She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia;
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and,
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removed from the influence of Lydia’s example,
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she became,
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by proper attention and management,
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less irritable,
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less ignorant,
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and less insipid.
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From the further disadvantage of Lydia’s society she was of course carefully kept,
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and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited her to come and stay with her,
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with the promise of balls and young men,
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her father would never consent to her going.
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Mary was the only daughter who remained at home;
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and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet’s being quite unable to sit alone.
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Mary was obliged to mix more with the world,
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but she could still moralize over every morning visit;
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and as she was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters’ beauty and her own,
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it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change without much reluctance.
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As for Wickham and Lydia,
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their characters suffered no revolution from the marriage of her sisters.
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He bore with philosophy the conviction that Elizabeth must now become acquainted with whatever of his ingratitude and falsehood had before been unknown to her;
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and in spite of every thing,
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was not wholly without hope that Darcy might yet be prevailed on to make his fortune.
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The congratulatory letter which Elizabeth received from Lydia on her marriage,
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explained to her that,
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by his wife at least,
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if not by himself,
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such a hope was cherished.
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The letter was to this effect:
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“My dear Lizzy,
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“I wish you joy.
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If you love Mr. Darcy half as well as I do my dear Wickham,
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you must be very happy.
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It is a great comfort to have you so rich,
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and when you have nothing else to do,
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I hope you will think of us.
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I am sure Wickham would like a place at court very much,
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and I do not think we shall have quite money enough to live upon without some help.
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Any place would do,
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of about three or four hundred a year;
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but however,
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do not speak to Mr. Darcy about it,
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if you had rather not.
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“Yours,
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etc.”
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As it happened that Elizabeth had much rather not,
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she endeavoured in her answer to put an end to every entreaty and expectation of the kind.
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Such relief,
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however,
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as it was in her power to afford,
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by the practice of what might be called economy in her own private expences,
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she frequently sent them.
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It had always been evident to her that such an income as theirs,
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under the direction of two persons so extravagant in their wants,
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and heedless of the future,
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must be very insufficient to their support;
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and whenever they changed their quarters,
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either Jane or herself were sure of being applied to for some little assistance towards discharging their bills.
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Their manner of living,
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even when the restoration of peace dismissed them to a home,
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was unsettled in the extreme.
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They were always moving from place to place in quest of a cheap situation,
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and always spending more than they ought.
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His affection for her soon sunk into indifference;
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hers lasted a little longer;
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and in spite of her youth and her manners,
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she retained all the claims to reputation which her marriage had given her.
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Though Darcy could never receive him at Pemberley,
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yet,
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for Elizabeth’s sake,
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he assisted him further in his profession.
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Lydia was occasionally a visitor there,
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when her husband was gone to enjoy himself in London or Bath;
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and with the Bingleys they both of them frequently staid so long,
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that even Bingley’s good humour was overcome,
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and he proceeded so far as to talk of giving them a hint to be gone.
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Miss Bingley was very deeply mortified by Darcy’s marriage;
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but as she thought it advisable to retain the right of visiting at Pemberley,
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she dropt all her resentment;
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was fonder than ever of Georgiana,
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almost as attentive to Darcy as heretofore,
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and paid off every arrear of civility to Elizabeth.
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Pemberley was now Georgiana’s home;
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and the attachment of the sisters was exactly what Darcy had hoped to see.
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They were able to love each other even as well as they intended.
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Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth;
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though at first she often listened with an astonishment bordering on alarm at her lively,
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sportive,
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manner of talking to her brother.
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He,
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who had always inspired in herself a respect which almost overcame her affection,
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she now saw the object of open pleasantry.
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Her mind received knowledge which had never before fallen in her way.
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By Elizabeth’s instructions,
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she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself.
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Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew;
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and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement,
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she sent him language so very abusive,
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especially of Elizabeth,
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that for some time all intercourse was at an end.
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But at length,
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by Elizabeth’s persuasion,
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he was prevailed on to overlook the offence,
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and seek a reconciliation;
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and,
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after a little further resistance on the part of his aunt,
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her resentment gave way,
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either to her affection for him,
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or her curiosity to see how his wife conducted herself;
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and she condescended to wait on them at Pemberley,
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in spite of that pollution which its woods had received,
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not merely from the presence of such a mistress,
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but the visits of her uncle and aunt from the city.
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With the Gardiners,
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they were always on the most intimate terms.
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Darcy,
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as well as Elizabeth,
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really loved them;
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and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who,
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by bringing her into Derbyshire,
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had been the means of uniting them.
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End of chapter 61.
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End of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
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