Mrs. Gardiner
Also known as: M. GARDINER / her aunt / his wife / my aunt / my sister-in-law · Family: Gardiner · Role: Mrs. Bennet's sister-in-law · First appears: Chapter 9
Chapter 25
- married with Mr. Gardiner 〈On the following Monday, Mrs. Bennet had the pleasure of receiving her brother and his wife, who came, as usual, to spend the Christmas at Longbourn.〉
- siblings with Mrs. Bennet 〈Mrs. Gardiner, to whom the chief of this news had been given before, in the course of Jane and Elizabeth’s correspondence with her, made her sister a slight answer, and, in compassion to her nieces, turned the conversation.〉
- younger kin: Jane Bennet 〈Mrs. Gardiner, who was several years younger than Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Philips, was an amiable, intelligent, elegant woman, and a great favourite with her Longbourn nieces. Between the two eldest and herself especially, there subsisted a very particular regard.〉
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Mrs. Gardiner, who was several years younger than Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Philips, was an amiable, intelligent, elegant woman, and a great favourite with her Longbourn nieces. Between the two eldest and herself especially, there subsisted a very particular regard.〉
Chapter 38
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈Jane looked well, and Elizabeth had little opportunity of studying her spirits, amidst the various engagements which the kindness of her aunt had reserved for them.〉
Chapter 42
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈The period of expectation was now doubled. Four weeks were to pass away before her uncle and aunt’s arrival. But they did pass away, and Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, with their four children, did at length appear at Longbourn.〉
- married with Mr. Gardiner 〈Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, with their four children, did at length appear at Longbourn.〉
- with Elizabeth Bennet (travel companions) 〈The Gardiners stayed only one night at Longbourn, and set off the next morning with Elizabeth in pursuit of novelty and amusement.〉
Chapter 43
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet (aunt to niece) 〈Mrs. Gardiner looked at her niece with a smile, but Elizabeth could not return it.〉
- married with Mr. Gardiner 〈Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner smiled.〉
Chapter 49
- with Lydia Bennet (Aunt providing personal protection and shelter.) 〈Their taking her home, and affording her their personal protection and countenance, is such a sacrifice to her advantage as years of gratitude cannot enough acknowledge.〉
Chapter 50
- younger kin: Lydia Bennet 〈She is well, and begs to be dutifully remembered to you and her mother.--Yours, etc.〉
Chapter 54
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈He could be still amiable, still pleasing to my uncle and aunt, when he was in town; and why not to me?〉
Chapter 58
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈“I am sorry, exceedingly sorry,” replied Darcy, in a tone of surprise and emotion, “that you have ever been informed of what may, in a mistaken light, have given you uneasiness. I did not think Mrs. Gardiner was so little to be trusted.” “You must not blame my aunt.〉
Chapter 60
- younger kin: Elizabeth Bennet 〈I would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory detail of particulars〉
Chapter 61
- friends with Fitzwilliam Darcy 〈With the Gardiners they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them;〉
- friends with Elizabeth Bennet 〈With the Gardiners they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them;〉
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