Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
overstay one's welcome
/ˌəʊvəsteɪ wʌnz ˈwelkəm/To stay somewhere as a guest longer than the host wants you to stay.
postscript
/ˈpəʊstskrɪpt/A short extra message added at the very end of a letter after the signature.
delay
/dɪˈleɪ/To make something happen at a later time than originally planned.
resolve
/rɪˈzɒlv/To make a firm and definite decision to do something.
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Following an agreement between the two sisters, Elizabeth wrote a note to her mother the next morning. She asked if the family carriage could be sent to collect them that day. However, Mrs. Bennet had planned for her daughters to stay at Netherfield until the following Tuesday, completing a whole week. She did not want them to return sooner, so her reply was not favorable. She wrote that they could not have the carriage before Tuesday. In a postscript, she added that if Mr. Bingley and his sister invited them to stay longer, she could easily manage without them. Elizabeth...
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