Chapter 9
Mrs. Bennet at Netherfield
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1 Netherfield waits in the grey autumn dawn before the visitors arrive.
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2 Elizabeth watches Jane sleep as cool dawn light enters the bedchamber.
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3 After a night nursing Jane, Elizabeth seals a note asking their mother to come to Netherfield.
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4 Mrs. Bennet sits beside Jane at Netherfield, content to prolong her stay
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5 Mrs. Bennet presses Jane's hand down as Mr. Jones agrees she should stay at Netherfield
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6 Miss Bingley holds the threshold with cool civility while Mrs. Bennet eagerly rises to follow her.
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7 Caroline Bingley coolly promises Mrs. Bennet every attention for Jane
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8 Mrs. Bennet's warm thanks become eager praise of Netherfield's view from the windows
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9 Charles Bingley laughs at his haste, assuring Mrs. Bennet he is settled at Netherfield
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10 Elizabeth teasingly tells Bingley she understands him perfectly
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11 Elizabeth answers Bingley with a raised brow and an amused half-smile.
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12 Mrs. Bennet touches Elizabeth's arm, reproving her for her exchange with Bingley
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13 Darcy listens intently as Elizabeth calls intricate characters the most amusing.
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14 Mrs. Bennet indignantly defends country society, directing her outburst at Darcy.
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15 Darcy begins to turn away from Mrs. Bennet, breaking their exchange with a cold, silent dismissal.
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16 Bingley answers Mrs. Bennet with an easy smile, smoothing over her challenge to Darcy
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17 Mrs. Bennet aims a triumphant remark at Darcy, who has turned toward the windows
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18 Mrs. Bennet proudly boasts of her acquaintance, sure she has beaten Darcy's argument
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19 Caroline Bingley meets Mrs. Bennet's boast with a scornful sidelong smile at Darcy
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20 Mrs. Bennet cheerfully judges the Lucas girls, lifting a finger toward Bingley
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21 Mrs. Bennet taps beside the fine china as she boasts about her daughters’ upbringing.
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22 Bingley listens courteously as Mrs. Bennet recalls the verses written by Jane’s youthful admirer.
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23 Elizabeth interrupts Mrs. Bennet’s account of Jane’s admirer with a sharp joke.
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24 Darcy turns toward Elizabeth and quietly challenges her dismissal of poetry.
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25 Elizabeth meets Darcy’s defence of poetry with a poised, incisive reply across the breakfast table.
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26 Darcy’s quiet smile leaves the company suspended in silence.
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27 Kitty finishes whispering beneath the girls’ nearly touching bonnet brims.
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28 Lydia boldly demands the promised ball, catching Bingley halfway out of his chair.
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29 Bingley answers Lydia’s demand for a ball with an amused smile and an open hand.
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30 Mrs. Bennet half rises, delighted by the promised ball as Lydia declares herself satisfied.
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31 The Longbourn party has departed, and Elizabeth has hurried back to Jane.
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32 Elizabeth's clean cambric hem sweeps the carpet as she leaves the breakfast-parlour
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33 Miss Bingley leans toward Darcy with brittle mockery of Elizabeth’s fine eyes.
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34 Darcy keeps his attention on the doorway through which Elizabeth has gone.
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35 The visitors have left Netherfield; fresh carriage tracks curve across the gravel
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