with is in page 220, v. 3, where two speeches are made into one. There
might as well be no suppers at Longbourn; but I suppose it was the
remains of Mrs. Bennett's old Meryton habits.'

The following letter seems to have been written soon after the last two:
in February 1813:--

'This will be a quick return for yours, my dear Cassandra; I doubt its
having much else to recommend it; but there is no saying; it may turn
out to be a very long and delightful letter. I am exceedingly pleased
that you can say what you do, after having gone through the whole
work, and Fanny's praise is very gratifying. My hopes were tolerably
strong of _her_, but nothing like a certainty. Her liking Darcy and
Elizabeth is enough. She might hate all the others, if she would. I
have her opinion under her own hand this morning, but your transcript
of it, which I read first, was not, and is not, the less acceptable.
To _me_ it is of course all praise, but the more exact truth which she
sends you is good enough . . . . Our party on Wednesday was not
unagreeable, though we wanted a master of the house less anxious and
fidgety, and more conversable. Upon Mrs. ---'s mentioning that she
had sent the rejected addresses to Mrs. H., I began talking to her a
little about them, and expressed my hope of their having amused her.
Her answer was, "Oh dear yes, very much, very droll indeed, the
opening of the house, and the striking up of the fiddles!" What she
meant, poor woman, who shall say? I sought no farther. As soon as a
whist party was formed, and a round table threatened, I made my mother
an excuse and came away, leaving just as many for _their_ round table
as there were at Mrs. Grant's. {107} I wish they might be as
agreeable a set. My mother is very well, and finds great amusement in
glove-knitting, and at present wants no other work. We quite run over