By forcing her eldest daughter to leave behind any precautions against inclimate weather, Mrs. Bennet hoped to extend Jane's welcome at the Bingley home. She met with success, in that the poor weather extended Jane's stay; her success doubled, in that Jane became fiercely ill and unfit to travel home from Netherfield.
The question is: What is the result of Mrs. Bennet's scheme? It would seem to Jane that all but one of the residents at Netherfield consider her to be an intruder (and according to Mrs. Bennet's design, rightly so). Yet the one resident of Netherfield who is not of this opinion, Mr. Bingley, is the one who matters most to the success of Mrs. Bennet's scheme.
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