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This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet, and therefore, instead of making any answer, she went on as before.
" I cannot bear to think that they should have all this estate. If it was not for the entail, I should not mind it."
" What should not you mind?" " I should not mind anything at all."
" Let us be thankful that you are preserved from a state of such insensibility."
" I never can be thankful, Mr. Bennet, for anything about the entail. How anyone could have the conscience to entail away an estate from one ' s own daughters, I cannot understand; and all for the sake of Mr. Collins too! Why should he have it more than anybody else?"
" I leave it to yourself to determine," said Mr. Bennet.