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— “Your plan is a good one,”

replied Elizabeth,

“where nothing is in question but the desire of being well married, and if I were determined to get a rich husband, or any husband, I dare say I should adopt it.

But these are not Jane's feelings;

she is not acting by design.

As yet she cannot even be certain of the degree of her own regard, nor of its reasonableness.

She has known him only a fortnight.

She danced four dances with him at Meryton;

she saw him one morning at his own house,

and has since dined in company with him four times.

This is not quite enough to make her understand his character.”

— “Not as you represent it.

Had she merely dined with him, she might only have discovered whether he had a good appetite;

but you must remember that four evenings have also been spent together —

and four evenings may do a great deal.”