This is from Chapter 7:
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Mr. Bennet now had income of almost double what he had inherited, and he continued to save from that increase. In addition, the income from the investments contributed to the dowries of his daughters. Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary had each had respectable dowries of a few thousand pounds which was what both Kitty and Lydia would also enjoy. Their settlements had left the widows, Jane and Elizabeth, in very comfortable circumstances. This elevation of income and circumstances for the Bennet family and the widows was not generally known in Meryton. Most still assumed that the girls had only limited dowries, perhaps supplemented by their generous aunt. They were unsure of the status of the two widows but supposed them to be in somewhat straitened circumstances.
