The girls had high hopes of Bingley after Lady Lucas reported that he was "highly favourable" and that he liked dancing
Mrs Bennetts intention for the ball was for Bingley to want to marry one of her daughters
Mr Bingley spent some time with Mr Bennett in the library, without seeing the sisters, however they saw him riding a black horse, wearing a blue coat
Mr Bingley brought back six girls from London, his 5 sisters and one cousin
Mr Darcy, Mr Binley's friend, was attracting a lot of attention but they soon found out that he was 'proud' and had bad manners. This changed his popularity a lot.
Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley are very contrasting characters at the ball: Mr Darcy only danced two dances and didn't want to be introduced to any other lady whereas Mr Bingley danced every dance and was 'lively and unreserved'
Elizabeth overheard Mr Darcy talking about her disrespectfully by saying "she is tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt me" which gave Mrs Bennett a good reason to dislike Mr Darcy a great deal and left Elizabeth with no feelings towards him
Mr Bingley had danced with Jane twice at the ball, Mary had heard somebody tell Miss Bingley that she was the 'most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood' and Catherine and Lydia had had partners for every dance.
Mr Bennett was disappointed that Mrs Bennett had like Mr Bingley and didn't want to hear about how much he danced