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Miss Bingley sent a letter to Jane and made it final that her party would not return. Lizzie did not believe that their hinting towards never returning to Hertfordshire quite without base and meant to reduce all hope that Jane might have carried on about her relationship with Mr. Bingley, but Jane believed that Miss Bingley was only trying to be kind and considerate.Hope was as much gone for their potential marriage as was Mr. Bingley gone from Hertfordshire. Though Elizabeth tried to comfort Jane, it was in vain, for Jane had resigned herself to life without Mr. Bingley. During this time, Mr. Bingley asks Elizabeth whether she had her sights set on Mr. Whickham, to which she said "a less agreeable man would satisfy me. We must not all expect Jane's good fortune." Mr. Collins had to leave on Saturday, but was not so sad as you would think, for he had Charlotte and their being wedded together to look forward to. Mr. Gardiner, the brother of  Mrs. Bennett, visited Longbourn with his family for Christmas. Mr. Gardiner was known to be very refined, and was well educated and very gentleman-like. Mrs. Gardiner was amiable, intelligent, and elegant. As soon as the Gardiners' arrived, Mrs. Gardiner distributed presents and then spoke with the two eldest Bennetts about their current life. When Mrs. Gardiner and Elizabeth were alone, Mrs. Gardiner asked if it would be well to take Jane back with them to London, and Elizabeth instantly agreed it would be for the best. During a party when Mrs. Gardiner met Mr. Wickham. She enjoyed speaking with Mr. Whickham because they had both been raised very much in the same place. They pleased each other with their limited recollection of the place and were quite entertained by each other. The day afterwards, however, Mrs. Gardiner cautioned Elizabeth on using her better judgement if she was to continue her relationship. Elizabeth responded that she was not in love with him and it would be better for him if he wasn't in love with her, but if they did fall in love she would not discourage it. Later in the week, Mr. Collins returned and he and the Lucases prepared for the wedding of him and Charlotte. One evening, the soon-to-be-newlyweds visited Longbourn and Elizabeth and Charlotte spoke together. During their conversation, Elizabeth promised to visit Charlotte at Hunsford. They arranged for her to leave with Charlotte's father and her sister. Mr.Collins and Charlotte were married and were sent off to Kent. Elizabeth kept up correspondence with Charlotte, but it was more because of what used to be than what was. Jane writes and tells Elizabeth that she had visited Caroline and Mrs. Hurst, although they seemed 'out of temper'. After three weeks, They returned the visit and showed obvious distaste. They made it clear that the relationship was over, on which Jane said she did not suffer from. Later that week, Mrs. Gardiner inquired over Mr. Whickham and Elizabeth reported that he was engaged to a young woman in possession of 10,000 pounds.