The story closes in settled happiness. Elizabeth and Darcy marry, as do Jane and Bingley, and Mrs. Bennet is transported at last to have three daughters wed—though she remains, to her husband's rueful amusement, occasionally nervous and invariably silly. Mr. Bennet misses his favourite Lizzy keenly and delights in visiting Pemberley unexpectedly. The Bingleys, unable to bear the nearness of Mrs. Bennet and Meryton, soon buy an estate near Derbyshire, leaving Jane and Elizabeth within thirty miles of each other. Kitty, much improved by time among her elder sisters and kept from Lydia's influence, grows less silly; Mary, the only daughter left at home, moralizes on but frets less, freed from comparison with her sisters' beauty. Wickham and Lydia remain feckless and extravagant, forever short of money and applying to their richer sisters, their affection soon cooling; Darcy assists Wickham's career for Elizabeth's sake but never receives him at Pemberley. Miss Bingley, mortified, swallows her resentment to keep her welcome there. Georgiana makes Pemberley her home and grows devoted to Elizabeth, who teaches her a wife's happy liberties. Lady Catherine de Bourgh, after furious estrangement, is at last reconciled and condescends to visit. And with the Gardiners—who first brought Elizabeth into Derbyshire and so united the lovers—Darcy and Elizabeth remain always on the most intimate and grateful terms.