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everyone connected with him should have an understanding of the first class ."
Elizabeth allowed that he had given a very rational account of it , and they continued talking together , with mutual satisfaction till supper put an end to cards , and gave the rest of the ladies their share of Mr . Wickham ' s attentions . There could be no conversation in the noise of Mrs . Phillips ' s supper party , but his manners recommended him to everybody . Whatever he said , was said well ; and whatever he did , done gracefully . Elizabeth went away with her head full of him . She could think of nothing but of Mr . Wickham , and of what he had told her , all the way home ; but there was not time for her even to mention his name as they went , for neither Lydia nor Mr . Collins were once silent . Lydia talked incessantly of lottery tickets , of the fish she had lost and the fish she had won ; and Mr . Collins in describing the civility of Mr . and Mrs . Phillips , protesting that he did not in the least regard his losses at whist , enumerating all the dishes at supper , and repeatedly fearing that he crowded his cousins , had more to say than he could well manage before the carriage stopped at Longbourn House .