“No,nothing at all.”
“I do not believe he will ever live at Netherfield any more.”
“It was a subject which they could not mention before me.”
But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation,she made no answer.
“You are quite right.To have his errors made public might ruin him for ever. He is now, perhaps, sorry for what he has done, and anxious to re-establish a character.We must not make him desperate.”
“A great deal of good management, depend upon it.Yes, yes.They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.Well, much good may it do them!And so, I suppose, they often talk of having Longbourn when your father is dead.They look upon it as quite their own,I dare say,whenever that happens.”