Perhaps you mean what I overheard between him and Mr. Robinson; did not I mention it to you? Mr. Robinson's asking him how he liked our Meryton assemblies, and whether he did not think there were a great many pretty women in the room, and which he thought the prettiest? and his answering immediately to the last question — Oh! the eldest Miss Bennet beyond a doubt, there cannot be two opinions on that point."
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social background: "Meryton assembiles" (public balls) arre the core social occasion in Regency-era England. Ball are where young people meet, judge each other's appearence and temperament , and seek possible marriage partners. Marriage and social status are centrals concerns of local families.

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