This Truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of one or other of their daughters.And so it is as each eligible male enters the community, either by birth or relocation, let's not forget the occasional visitor, enters the community, minds are buzzing to establish creative forms of future connections. Neighboring communities and circles kept tabs on eligible matches. Those of High Born had the advantage of an increased sphere.
In any case, Feasts, Festivals, and other forms of Celebrations required, at times, that groups, clans, and or families to travel beyond their well worn paths to join distant relatives, or new acquaintances. A long lost uncle or aunt may show up with a host of cousins, and perhaps an eligible match.
FYI: You've Got Mail, one of my favorite movies, Meg Ryan's
character proclaims, earlier in the relationship, that she had read Pride and Prejudice 200 times. I had figured out that if she had finished the book on a monthly bases, she could arrive at that number in 16 years and 8 months. To which if she started when she was 14 or 15, she would of course be in the over 30 age as she was when she met Tom Hank's character.
It is not known whether she had reached the 200 mark and then stopped, are continued. Although, she does say something to the effect that she is always worried whether Lizzy and Mr Darcy will get together. It is my guess that she continues to read it, and her reading tab on P&P is higher when the movie ends then when it begins. Although, we only see Tom Hank's character read P&P and not Meg's. I would have loved it, if when she came home dejected because she "failed" to met her pen pal, and flopped on the bed and picked up her well worn edition of P&P!!
To read P&P in a month, one may read about a chapter in the morning and in the evening. Of course you would have to read several chapters more in the end of the month February.