Jane Austen
Grosvenor Street, where Mr. Hurst had a house. The next was in these words: "I do not
pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire, except your society, my dearest
friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful
intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a
very frequent and most unreserved correspondence. I depend on you for that." To these
highflown expressions Elizabeth listened with all the insensibility of distrust; and though
the suddenness of their removal surprised her, she saw nothing in it really to lament; it was
not to be supposed that their absence from Netherfield would prevent Mr. Bingley's being
there; and as to the loss of their society, she was persuaded that Jane must cease to regard it,
in the enjoyment of his.
"It is unlucky," said she, after a short pause, "that you should not be able to see your
friends before they leave the country
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