*raises hand* Okay, wait. I do have two questions. Less rhetorical, though I don't know that they necessarily NEED an answer (maybe just something to consider if you plan on publishing at a later date).
1. Why did Bingley wait until they were in the carriage and pulling up to the assembly to tell Caroline that they wouldn't have guests at Netherfield? (I mean, I kind of know but ... timing, man. Timing.
and
2. Was this sentence supposed to be closer to the end? "She was ready to walk out of the hall and take the post home as soon as possible. This was going to be scandalous. Hopefully the gossip would not make its way to London." Where it is right now ... it doesn't make as much sense as it would if it were at the end of the chapter.