PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: 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. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited
Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy, may be guessed. I wish I could
say, for the sake of her family, 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, amiable, well-informed woman for
the rest of her life; though perhaps it was lucky for her husband, who
might not have relished domestic felicity in so unusual a form, that she
still was occasionally nervous and invariably silly.

Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her
drew him oftener from home than any thing else could do. He delighted
in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.

Mr. Bingley and Jane remained at Netherfield only a twelvemonth. So
  near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable
  even to his easy temper, or her affectionate heart. The darling wish
  of his sisters was then gratified; he bought an estate in a neighbouring
  county to Derbyshire, and Jane and Elizabeth, in addition to every other
  source of happiness, were within thirty miles of each other.

Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time
  with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally
  known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper
  as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became,
  by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and
  less insipid. From the farther disadvantage of Lydia's society she was
  of course carefully kept, and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited
  her to come and stay with her, with the promise of balls and young men,
  her father would never consent to her going.

Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily
  drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's being quite
  unable to sit alone. Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, but
  she could still moralize over every morning visit; and as she was no
  longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her
  own, it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change
  without much reluctance.

As for Wickham and Lydia, their characters suffered no revolution
  from the marriage of her sisters. 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; and in spite of every
  thing, was not wholly without hope that Darcy might yet be prevailed
  on to make his fortune. The congratulatory letter which Elizabeth received
  from Lydia on her marriage, explained to her that, by his wife at least,
  if not by himself, such a hope was cherished. The letter was to this
  effect:

"MY DEAR LlZZY,

I wish you joy. If you love Mr. Darcy half as well as I do my dear
  Wickham, you must be very happy. It is a great comfort to have you so
  rich, and when you have nothing else to do, I hope you will think of
  us. I am sure Wickham would like a place at court very much, and I do
  not think we shall have quite money enough to live upon without some
  help. Any place would do, of about three or four hundred a year; but
  however, do not speak to Mr. Darcy about it, if you had rather not.

Your's,

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