Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to go; he simply preferred that his wife believe otherwise. This episode is the complete audiobook of Chapter 2 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, in which the call Mrs. Bennet spent Chapter 1 begging for has quietly already happened, and the only question is how much fun her husband can have revealing it.

The scene is an evening at Longbourn. Mrs. Bennet, certain no visit will ever be paid, airs her grievances while her husband steers the talk wherever the joke is best, defending the forms of introduction and inviting Mary, a young lady of deep reflection, to weigh in. Mary wishes to say something sensible but knows not how. Only when his wife declares she is sick of Mr. Bingley does he spring his news, and Longbourn erupts.

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