] Mrs. Bennet also mentions that Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to visit Bingley for their daughters' sakes, though they generally don't visit newcomers.

This statement really struck me this week, for it doesn't jive with what is later said about him:

... unshackled by business, occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world. For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody. (ch 5)