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"And that is quite impossible; for he is now in the custody of

his friend, and Mr. Darcy would no more suffer him to call on

Jane in such a part of London! My dear aunt, how could you think

of it? Mr. Darcy may, perhaps, have heard of such a place as

Gracechurch Street, but he would hardly think a month's ablution

enough to cleanse him from its impurities, were he once to enter

it; and, depend upon it, Mr. Bingley never stirs without him."

"So much the better. I hope they will not meet at all. But does

not Jane correspond with his sister? She will not be able to help

calling."

"She will drop the acquaintance entirely."