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His sisters were very anxious for his having an estate of his

own; but though he was now established only as a tenant, Miss

Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table; nor

was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than

fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it

suited her. Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years when he was

tempted, by an accidental recommendation, to look at Netherfield

House. He did look at it, and into it, for half an hour; was

pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied

with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.