I think I see it that they didn’t necessarily stop being able to have children after Lydia, but more than Mr. Bennet flat out refused to even entertain the idea of more children after 5 healthy children (it was the 1800s, we don’t know if there were any losses not mentioned), so no sex - no children.
I also wonder if one of the married daughters produced a male heir, like if there was a Beau Bingley as a first born, Mr Bennet wouldn’t try to undercut Mr. Collins that way - or just plain sell the house to one of their wealthy sons in law. Again, I can see Mrs. Bennet strong arming the idea into Bingly to bug the property so they would be taken care of in their old age: Bingly’s so much of a puppy dog he would do it, with Jane endorsing it to just insure that she never has to live with her mother again.
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I think I see it that they didn’t necessarily stop being able to have children after Lydia, but more than Mr. Bennet flat out refused to even entertain the idea of more children after 5 healthy children (it was the 1800s, we don’t know if there were any losses not mentioned), so no sex - no children.
I also wonder if one of the married daughters produced a male heir, like if there was a Beau Bingley as a first born, Mr Bennet wouldn’t try to undercut Mr. Collins that way - or just plain sell the house to one of their wealthy sons in law. Again, I can see Mrs. Bennet strong arming the idea into Bingly to bug the property so they would be taken care of in their old age: Bingly’s so much of a puppy dog he would do it, with Jane endorsing it to just insure that she never has to live with her mother again.