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Chapter 6.

The ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield.

The visit was returned in due form.

Miss Bennett's pleasing manners grew on the goodwill of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley, and though the mother was found to be intolerable,

and the younger sisters not worth speaking to, a wish of being better acquainted with them

was expressed towards the two eldest. By Jane, this attention was received with the greatest pleasure,

but Elizabeth still saw superciliousness in their treatment of everybody,

hardly accepting even her sister, and could not like them. Though their kindness to Jane, such as it was,

had a value all arising and all probability from the influence of their brother's admiration.

It was generally evident whenever they met that he did admire her, and to her it was equally

evident that Jane was yielding to the preference which she had begun to entertain for him from

the first, and was in a way to be very much in love. But she considered with pleasure that it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general,

since Jane united with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper, and a uniform

cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent.

She mentioned this to her friend Miss Lucas.

"'It may perhaps be pleasant,' replied Charlotte,

"'to be able to impose on the public in such a case. But it is sometimes a disadvantage

to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affections with the same skill from the object

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