Jane Austen
She saw her in
idea settled in that very house, in all the felicity which a marriage of true affection could
bestow; and she felt capable, under such circumstances, of endeavouring even to like
Bingley's two sisters. Her mother's thoughts she plainly saw were bent the same way, and
she determined not to venture near her, lest she might hear too much. When they sat down
to supper, therefore, she considered it a most unlucky perverseness which placed them
within one of each other; and deeply was she vexed to find that her mother was talking to
that one person (Lady Lucas) freely, openly, and of nothing else but her expectation that
Jane would soon be married to Mr. Bingley. It was an animating subject, and Mrs. Bennet
seemed incapable of fatigue while enumerating the advantages of the match. His being such
a charming young man, and so rich, and living but three miles from them, were the first
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