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"Well, Lizzy," continued her mother, soon afterwards, "and so the

Collinses live very comfortable, do they? Well, well, I only hope

it will last. And what sort of table do they keep? Charlotte is

an excellent manager, I dare say. If she is half as sharp as her

mother, she is saving enough. There is nothing extravagant in

their housekeeping, I dare say."

"No, nothing at all."

"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 quite as their own, I dare say, whenever

that happens."

"It was a subject which they could not mention before me."