The latest news, which delighted Kitty and Lydia, was that the regiment which had recently arrived in Meryton was to stay there for the whole winter. The tow girls now visited their aunt every day, and as Mr Philips knew all the officers, Kitty and Lydia were soon intronduced to them. At home they could talk of noting but officers and their handsome uniforms: ever Mr Bingley's fortune now seeemed hardly worth considering.