THEREFORE in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

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for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)

But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.
Chapter 1 (39% in)

But if we do not venture somebody else will; and after all, Mrs. Long and her daughters must stand their chance; and, therefore, as she will think it an act of kindness, if you decline the office, I will take it on myself.
Chapter 2 (47% in)
They returned, therefore, in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants.
Chapter 3 (74% in)
She was therefore obliged to seek another branch of the subject, and related, with much bitterness of spirit and some exaggeration, the shocking rudeness of Mr. Darcy.
Chapter 3 (94% in)
They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.
Chapter 4 (47% in)
Miss Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl, and their brother felt authorized by such commendation to think of her as he chose.
Chapter 4 (98% in)
Jane should therefore make the most of every half-hour in which she can command his attention.
Chapter 6 (21% in)
Jane was therefore obliged to go on horseback, and her mother attended her to the door with many cheerful prognostics of a bad day.
Chapter 7 (50% in)
They insist also on my seeing Mr. Jones—therefore do not be alarmed if you should hear of his having been to me—and, excepting a sore throat and headache, there is not much the matter with me.
Chapter 7 (58% in)
She would not listen, therefore, to her daughter's proposal of being carried home; neither did the apothecary, who arrived about the same time, think it at all advisable.
Chapter 9 (10% in)
"Whatever I do is done in a hurry," replied he; "and therefore if I should resolve to quit Netherfield, I should probably be off in five minutes.
Chapter 9 (26% in)
She was very equal, therefore, to address Mr. Bingley on the subject of the ball, and abruptly reminded him of his promise; adding, that it would be the most shameful thing in the world if he did not keep it.
Chapter 9 (89% in)
At least, therefore, I did not assume the character of needless precipitance merely to show off before the ladies.
Chapter 10 (33% in)
Mr. Darcy smiled; but Elizabeth thought she could perceive that he was rather offended, and therefore checked her laugh.
Chapter 10 (59% in)
I have, therefore, made up my mind to tell you, that I do not want to dance a reel at all—and now despise me if you dare.
Chapter 10 (77% in)
Mr. Hurst had therefore nothing to do, but to stretch himself on one of the sofas and go to sleep.
Chapter 11 (18% in)
Miss Bingley, however, was incapable of disappointing Mr. Darcy in anything, and persevered therefore in requiring an explanation of his two motives.
Chapter 11 (57% in)
Her answer, therefore, was not propitious, at least not to Elizabeth's wishes, for she was impatient to get home.
Chapter 12 (10% in)
—I remain, dear sir, with respectful compliments to your lady and daughters, your well-wisher and friend, "WILLIAM COLLINS" "At four o'clock, therefore, we may expect this peace-making gentleman," said Mr. Bennet, as he folded up the letter.
Chapter 13 (53% in)
Chapter 14 During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all; but when the servants were withdrawn, he thought it time to have some conversation with his guest, and therefore started a subject in which he expected him to shine, by observing that he seemed very fortunate in his patroness.
Chapter 14 (3% in)
In his library he had been always sure of leisure and tranquillity; and though prepared, as he told Elizabeth, to meet with folly and conceit in every other room of the house, he was used to be free from them there; his civility, therefore, was most prompt in inviting Mr. Collins to join his daughters in their walk; and Mr. Collins, being in fact much better fitted for a walker than a reader, was extremely pleased to close his large book, and go.
Chapter 15 (37% in)
Allowing for the common demands of the game, Mr. Wickham was therefore at leisure to talk to Elizabeth, and she was very willing to hear him, though what she chiefly wished to hear she could not hope to be told—the history of his acquaintance with Mr. Darcy.
Chapter 16 (20% in)
The possibility of his having endured such unkindness, was enough to interest all her tender feelings; and nothing remained therefore to be done, but to think well of them both, to defend the conduct of each, and throw into the account of accident or mistake whatever could not be otherwise explained.
Chapter 17 (6% in)
You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty.
Chapter 18 (57% in)
When they sat down to supper, therefore, she considered it a most unlucky perverseness which placed them within one of each other; and deeply was she vexed to find that her mother was talking to that one person (Lady Lucas) freely, openly, and of nothing else but her expectation that Jane would soon be married to Mr. Bingley.
Chapter 18 (65% in)
He assured her, that as to dancing, he was perfectly indifferent to it; that his chief object was by delicate attentions to recommend himself to her and that he should therefore make a point of remaining close to her the whole evening.
Chapter 18 (90% in)
On that head, therefore, I shall be uniformly silent; and you may assure yourself that no ungenerous reproach shall ever pass my lips when we are married.
Chapter 19 (51% in)
I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.
Chapter 19 (58% in)
This matter may be considered, therefore, as finally settled.
Chapter 19 (72% in)
As I must therefore conclude that you are not serious in your rejection of me, I shall choose to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females.
Chapter 19 (87% in)
If therefore she actually persists in rejecting my suit, perhaps it were better not to force her into accepting me, because if liable to such defects of temper, she could not contribute much to my felicity.
Chapter 20 (16% in)
She talked on, therefore, without interruption from any of them, till they were joined by Mr. Collins, who entered the room with an air more stately than usual, and on perceiving whom, she said to the girls, "Now, I do insist upon it, that you, all of you, hold your tongues, and let me and Mr. Collins have a little conversation together."
Chapter 20 (77% in)
She resolved to give her the information herself, and therefore charged Mr. Collins, when he returned to Longbourn to dinner, to drop no hint of what had passed before any of the family.
Chapter 22 (45% in)
As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspense was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's, but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to.
Chapter 23 (72% in)
This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet, and therefore, instead of making any answer, she went on as before.
Chapter 23 (93% in)
A little time, therefore—I shall certainly try to get the better.
Chapter 24 (29% in)
They had, therefore, many acquaintances in common; and though Wickham had been little there since the death of Darcy's father, it was yet in his power to give her fresher intelligence of her former friends than she had been in the way of procuring.
Chapter 25 (89% in)
Chapter 26 Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: "You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you are warned against it; and, therefore, I am not afraid of speaking openly.
Chapter 26 (2% in)
All that I can promise you, therefore, is not to be in a hurry.
Chapter 26 (17% in)
Promise me, therefore, to come to Hunsford.
Chapter 26 (32% in)
I was right, therefore, my last letter had never reached her.
Chapter 26 (51% in)
You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure, therefore you need not conceal your age.
Chapter 29 (86% in)
It was absolutely necessary, therefore, to think of something, and in this emergence recollecting when she had seen him last in Hertfordshire, and feeling curious to know what he would say on the subject of their hasty departure, she observed: "How very suddenly you all quitted Netherfield last November, Mr. Darcy!
Chapter 32 (10% in)
How it could occur a second time, therefore, was very odd!
Chapter 33 (3% in)
This was spoken jestingly; but it appeared to her so just a picture of Mr. Darcy, that she would not trust herself with an answer, and therefore, abruptly changing the conversation talked on indifferent matters until they reached the Parsonage.
Chapter 33 (75% in)
You must, therefore, pardon the freedom with which I demand your attention; your feelings, I know, will bestow it unwillingly, but I demand it of your justice.
Chapter 35 (16% in)
To convince him, therefore, that he had deceived himself, was no very difficult point.
Chapter 35 (50% in)
Wickham is the son of a very respectable man, who had for many years the management of all the Pemberley estates, and whose good conduct in the discharge of his trust naturally inclined my father to be of service to him; and on George Wickham, who was his godson, his kindness was therefore liberally bestowed.
Chapter 35 (60% in)
I knew that Mr. Wickham ought not to be a clergyman; the business was therefore soon settled—he resigned all claim to assistance in the church, were it possible that he could ever be in a situation to receive it, and accepted in return three thousand pounds.
Chapter 35 (73% in)
Wickham will soon be gone; and therefore it will not signify to anyone here what he really is.
Chapter 40 (56% in)
Let us hope, therefore, that her being there may teach her her own insignificance.
Chapter 41 (48% in)
Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes been found before, that an event to which she had been looking with impatient desire did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.
Chapter 42 (25% in)
To Pemberley, therefore, they were to go.
Chapter 42 (**% in)
Her niece was, therefore, obliged to submit, and they took their way towards the house on the opposite side of the river, in the nearest direction; but their progress was slow, for Mr. Gardiner, though seldom able to indulge the taste, was very fond of fishing, and was so much engaged in watching the occasional appearance of some trout in the water, and talking to the man about them, that he advanced but little.
Chapter 43 (62% in)
Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take him at his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me off his grounds.
Chapter 43 (92% in)
Elizabeth here felt herself called on to say something in vindication of his behaviour to Wickham; and therefore gave them to understand, in as guarded a manner as she could, that by what she had heard from his relations in Kent, his actions were capable of a very different construction; and that his character was by no means so faulty, nor Wickham's so amiable, as they had been considered in Hertfordshire.
Chapter 43 (95% in)
They were, therefore, to go.
Chapter 44 (98% in)
Calling back the servant, therefore, she commissioned him, though in so breathless an accent as made her almost unintelligible, to fetch his master and mistress home instantly.
Chapter 46 (44% in)
When they all removed to Brighton, therefore, you had no reason, I suppose, to believe them fond of each other?
Chapter 47 (28% in)
There was no one, therefore, who could be pointed out as likely to give any news of him.
Chapter 48 (59% in)
The coach, therefore, took them the first stage of their journey, and brought its master back to Longbourn.
Chapter 48 (72% in)
The present unhappy state of the family rendered any other excuse for the lowness of her spirits unnecessary; nothing, therefore, could be fairly conjectured from that, though Elizabeth, who was by this time tolerably well acquainted with her own feelings, was perfectly aware that, had she known nothing of Darcy, she could have borne the dread of Lydia's infamy somewhat better.
Chapter 48 (77% in)
There will not be the smallest occasion for your coming to town again; therefore stay quiet at Longbourn, and depend on my diligence and care.
Chapter 49 (31% in)
They went to the library, therefore, and asked their father whether he would not wish them to make it known to her.
Chapter 49 (67% in)
Mary and Kitty were both with Mrs. Bennet: one communication would, therefore, do for all.
Chapter 49 (70% in)
When Mr. Bennet wrote again to his brother, therefore, he sent his permission for them to come; and it was settled, that as soon as the ceremony was over, they should proceed to Longbourn.
Chapter 50 (97% in)
He called it, therefore, his duty to step forward, and endeavour to remedy an evil which had been brought on by himself.
Chapter 52 (12% in)
He did not judge your father to be a person whom he could so properly consult as your uncle, and therefore readily postponed seeing him till after the departure of the former.
Chapter 52 (34% in)
Nothing was to be done that he did not do himself; though I am sure (and I do not speak it to be thanked, therefore say nothing about it), your uncle would most readily have settled the whole.
Chapter 52 (38% in)
He was exactly what he had been, when I knew him in Hertfordshire; but I would not tell you how little I was satisfied with her behaviour while she staid with us, if I had not perceived, by Jane's letter last Wednesday, that her conduct on coming home was exactly of a piece with it, and therefore what I now tell you can give you no fresh pain.
Chapter 52 (52% in)
She knew but little of their meeting in Derbyshire, and therefore felt for the awkwardness which must attend her sister, in seeing him almost for the first time after receiving his explanatory letter.
Chapter 53 (48% in)
How Mr. Darcy looked, therefore, she could not tell.
Chapter 53 (79% in)
I must beg, therefore, to be importuned no farther on the subject.
Chapter 56 (78% in)
And her neighbours at Lucas Lodge, therefore (for through their communication with the Collinses, the report, she concluded, had reached lady Catherine), had only set that down as almost certain and immediate, which she had looked forward to as possible at some future time.
Chapter 57 (9% in)
"If, therefore, an excuse for not keeping his promise should come to his friend within a few days," she added, "I shall know how to understand it.
Chapter 57 (26% in)

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