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“ I do not believe that he will ever live at Netherfield any more . ” “ Oh , well ! it is just as he chooses . Nobody wants him to come ; though I shall always say that he used my daughter extremely ill ; and , if I was her , I would not have put up with it . Well , my comfort is , I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart , and then he will be sorry for what he has done . ” But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation she made no answer . “ Well , Lizzy , ” continued her mother , soon afterwards , “ and so the Collinses live very comfortable , do they ? Well , well , I only hope it will last . And what sort of table do they keep ? Charlotte is an excellent manager , I dare say . If she is half as sharp as her mother , she is saving enough . There is nothing extravagant in their housekeeping , I dare say . ” “ No , nothing at all . ” “ A great deal of good management , depend upon it . Yes , yes . They will take care not to outrun their income . They will never be distressed for money . Well , much good may it do them ! And so , I suppose , they often talk of having Longbourn when your father is dead . They look upon it quite as their own , I dare say , whenever that happens . ” “ It was a subject which they could not mention before me . ” “ No ; it would have been strange if they had . But I make no doubt they often talk of it between themselves . Well , if they can be easy with an estate that is not lawfully their own , so much the better . I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me . ” CHAPTER XLI . THE first week of their return was soon gone . The second began . It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton , and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace . The dejection was almost universal . The elder Miss Bennets alone were still able to eat , drink , and sleep , and pursue the usual course of their employments . Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia , whose own misery was extreme , and who could not comprehend such hard - heartedness in any of the family . “ Good Heaven ! What is to become of us ? What are we to do ? ” would they often exclaim in the bitterness of woe . “ How can you be smiling so , Lizzy ? ” Their affectionate mother shared all their grief ; she remembered what she had herself endured on a similar occasion five - and - twenty years ago . “ I am sure , ” said she , “ I cried for two days together when Colonel Miller’s regiment went away . I thought I should have broke my heart . ” “ I am sure I shall break mine , ” said Lydia . “ If one could but go to Brighton ! ” observed Mrs . Bennet . “ Oh yes ! — if one could but go to Brighton ! But papa is so disagreeable . ”
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