Jane Austen
We must not all expect Jane's
good fortune."
"True," said Mr. Bennet, "but it is a comfort to think that whatever of that kind may
befall you, you have an affectionate mother who will make the most of it."
Mr. Wickham's society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late
perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. They saw him often,
and to his other recommendations was now added that of general unreserve. The whole of
what Elizabeth had already heard, his claims on Mr. Darcy, and all that he had suffered
from him, was now openly acknowledged and publicly canvassed; and everybody was
pleased to know how much they had always disliked Mr. Darcy before they had known
anything of the matter.
Miss Bennet was the only creature who could suppose there might be any extenuating
circumstances in the case, unknown to the society of Hertfordshire; her mild and steady
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