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+Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He
+had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring
+his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was
+paid she had no knowledge of it. It was then disclosed in the following
+manner. Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he
+suddenly addressed her with:
+
+“I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.”
+
+“We are not in a way to know _what_ Mr. Bingley likes,” said her mother
+resentfully, “since we are not to visit.”
+
+“But you forget, mamma,” said Elizabeth, “that we shall meet him at the
+assemblies, and that Mrs. Long promised to introduce him.”
+
+“I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces
+of her own. She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion
+of her.”
+
+“No more have I,” said Mr. Bennet; “and I am glad to find that you do
+not depend on her serving you.”
+
+Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain
+herself, began scolding one of her daughters.
+
+“Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven's sake! Have a little
+compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.”
+
+“Kitty has no discretion in her coughs,” said her father; “she times
+them ill.”
+
+“I do not cough for my own amusement,” replied Kitty fretfully. “When is
+your next ball to be, Lizzy?”
+
+“To-morrow fortnight.”
+
+“Aye, so it is,” cried her mother, “and Mrs. Long does not come back
+till the day before; so it will be impossible for her to introduce him,
+for she will not know him herself.”
+
+“Then, my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce
+Mr. Bingley to _her_.”
+
+“Impossible, Mr. Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquainted with him
+myself; how can you be so teasing?”
+
+“I honour your circumspection. A fortnight's acquaintance is certainly
+very little. One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a
+fortnight. But if _we_ do not venture somebody else will; and after all,
+Mrs. Long and her neices must stand their chance; and, therefore, as
+she will think it an act of kindness, if you decline the office, I will
+take it on myself.”
+
+The girls stared at their father. Mrs. Bennet said only, “Nonsense,
+nonsense!”
+
+“What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?” cried he. “Do
+you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on
+them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you _there_. What say you,
+Mary? For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read
+great books and make extracts.”
+
+Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how.
+
+“While Mary is adjusting her ideas,” he continued, “let us return to Mr.
+Bingley.”
+
+“I am sick of Mr. Bingley,” cried his wife.
+
+“I am sorry to hear _that_; but why did not you tell me that before? If
+I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called
+on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we
+cannot escape the acquaintance now.”
+
+The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished; that of Mrs.
+Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though, when the first tumult of joy
+was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the
+while.
+
+“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 too well to
+neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! and it is such a
+good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a
+word about it till now.”
+
+“Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose,” said Mr. Bennet; and,
+as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.
+
+“What an excellent father you have, girls!” said she, when the door was
+shut. “I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness;
+or me, either, for that matter. At our time of life it is not so
+pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but
+for your sakes, we would do anything. Lydia, my love, though you _are_
+the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next
+ball.”
+
+“Oh!” said Lydia stoutly, “I am not afraid; for though I _am_ the
+youngest, I'm the tallest.”
+
+The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would
+return Mr. Bennet's visit, and determining when they should ask him to
+dinner.