Chapter 25
The Gardiners at Christmas
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1 Longbourn stands small among bare winter fields on the Saturday of Mr. Collins’s departure.
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2 Mrs. Gardiner shows her Christmas gifts to Jane and Elizabeth in Longbourn’s breakfast room.
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3 Mrs. Bennet points to where Collins proposed, treating Elizabeth's refusal as an injury
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4 Mrs. Gardiner leans toward Elizabeth by the fire, proposing to invite Jane to London
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5 Elizabeth mocks Darcy’s fastidious pride with a dainty flick at her sleeve.
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6 Alone at the window, Elizabeth holds a private hope for Jane that her confident words hid
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7 Elizabeth and Wickham exchange delighted looks across the Christmas dinner table at Longbourn.
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8 Mrs. Gardiner nods as a half-remembered rumour lends weight to Wickham's account of Darcy
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