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At such a moment , the arrival of her friend was a sincere pleasure to Elizabeth , though in the course of their meetings she must sometimes think the pleasure dearly bought , when she saw Mr . Darcy exposed to all the parading and obsequious civility of her husband . He bore it , however , with admirable calmness . He could even listen to Sir William Lucas , when he complimented him on carrying away the brightest jewel of the country , and expressed his hopes of their all meeting frequently at St . James’s , with very decent composure . If he did shrug his shoulders , it was not till Sir William was out of sight . Mrs . Philips’s vulgarity was another , and , perhaps , a greater tax on his forbearance ; and though Mrs . Philips , as well as her sister , stood in too much awe of him to speak with the familiarity which Bingley’s good - humour encouraged ; yet , whenever she did speak , she must be vulgar . Nor was her respect for him , though it made her more quiet , at all likely to make her more elegant . Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either , and was ever anxious to keep him to herself , and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification ; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure , it added to the hope of the future ; and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either , to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley . CHAPTER LXI . 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 anything 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 .
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