"When dinner was over, she returned directly to Jane, and Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room. Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence" (25).
"he could find no better relief to his feelings than by giving his housekeeper directions that every possible attention might be paid to the sick lady and her sister"(30).
Almost immediately after hearing of her sister's illness, Elizabeth takes the initiative to travel at great lengths to tend to Jane. Not only does she walk over 5 miles, but she does this is the rain. Once she gets there, her main concern is the well-being of Jane - we see that within her but Bingley's sisters fail to. They view her as haughty because she'd rather take care of her sister than sit and talk with them. It sounds like their values are in disarray and they don't know the importance of family. They bad mouth Elizabeth solely because they don't understand her and it is unfortunate. It seems like the only one who actually understands Elizabeth is Bingley. Being that he loves Jane, of course he likes the idea of her being looked after. Thus, he makes it his business that both Jane and Elizabeth are well taken care of. It shows his hospitality and respectable personality. He is always thinking good of people and he is in some way similar to Jane.
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