five o'clock
When the clock struck three , Elizabeth felt that she must go , and very unwillingly said so . Miss Bingley offered her the carriage , and she only wanted a little pressing to accept it , when Jane testified such concern in parting with her , that Miss Bingley was obliged to convert the offer of the chaise to an invitation to remain at Netherfield for the present . Elizabeth most thankfully consented , and a servant was dispatched to Longbourn to acquaint the family with her stay and bring back a supply of clothes . At five o'clock the two ladies retired to dress , and at half-past six Elizabeth was summoned to dinner . To the civil inquiries which then poured in , and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr. Bingley 's , she could not make a very favourable answer . Jane was by no means better . The sisters , on hearing this , repeated three or four times how much they were grieved , how shocking it was to have a bad cold , and how excessively they disliked being ill themselves ; and then thought no more of the matter : and their indifference towards Jane when not immediately before them restored Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her former dislike .