Mr. Jones

Also known as: the apothecary · Family: Meryton · Role: apothecary · First appears: Chapter 7

Life events

Mr. Jones diagnoses Jane with a violent cold and prescribes bed rest and draughts.(Ch.7 · 📍 Netherfield)
- With: Jane Bennet Mr. Jones
- “The apothecary came; and having examined his patient, said, as might be supposed, that she had caught a violent cold, and that they must endeavour to get the better of it; advised her to return to bed, and promised her some draughts.”
Mr. Jones is scheduled to be summoned if Jane Bennet is not decidedly better.(Ch.8)
- With: Jane Bennet Mr. Jones
- “it was settled that Mr. Jones should be sent for early in the morning, if Miss Bennet were not decidedly better.”
Jane’s removal home is refused because Mr. Jones considers it inadvisable.(Ch.9 · 📍 Netherfield)
- With: Jane Bennet Mrs. Bennet Mr. Jones
- “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.”

with Jane Bennet (Mr. Jones is to attend Jane as a physician.) “it was settled that Mr. Jones should be sent for early in the morning, if Miss Bennet were not decidedly better.”

Extracted from the original text of Pride and Prejudice. Made with Rho MD.