P&P The Untold Stories: Mr. Bennet calls on Mr. Bingley

What did Mr. Bennet say to Mr. Bingley when he called at Netherfield?

October 3, 1811

Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley…though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid, she had no knowledge of it.

-Pride and Prejudice

Despite his insistence that he would not call on the newest member of the Meryton neighborhood, Mr. Bennet had always intended to visit with Mr. Bingley. After all, they were near...