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To
Catherine
and
Lydia
,
neither
the
letter
nor
its
writer
were
in
any
degree
interesting
.
It
was
next
to
impossible
that
their
cousin
should
come
in
a
scarlet
coat
,
and
it
was
now
some
weeks
since
they
had
received
pleasure
from
the
society
of
a
man
in
any
other
colour
.
As
for
their
mother
,
Mr.
Collins
's
letter
had
done
away
much
of
her
ill-will
,
and
she
was
preparing
to
see
him
with
a
degree
of
composure
which
astonished
her
husband
and
daughters
.
Mr.
Collins
was
punctual
to
his
time
,
and
was
received
with
great
politeness
by
the
whole
family
.
Mr.
Bennet
indeed
said
little
;
but
the
ladies
were
ready
enough
to
talk
,
and
Mr.
Collins
seemed
neither
in
need
of
encouragement
,
nor
inclined
to
be
silent
himself
.
He
was
a
tall
,
heavy-looking
young
man
of
five-and-twenty
.
His
air
was
grave
and
stately
,
and
his
manners
were
very
formal
.
He
had
not
been
long
seated
before
he
complimented
Mrs.
Bennet
on
having
so
fine
a
family
of
daughters
;
said
he
had
heard
much
of
their
beauty
,
but
that
in
this
instance
fame
had
fallen
short
of
the
truth
;
and
added
,
that
he
did
not
doubt
her
seeing
them
all
in
due
time
disposed
of
in
marriage
.
This
gallantry
was
not
much
to
the
taste
of
some
of
his
hearers
;
but
Mrs.
Bennet
,
who
quarreled
with
no
compliments
,
answered
most
readily
.
"
You
are
very
kind
,
I
am
sure
;
and
I
wish
with
all
my
heart
it
may
prove
so
,
for
else
they
will
be
destitute
enough
.
Things
are
settled
so
oddly
.
"
"
You
allude
,
perhaps
,
to
the
entail
of
this
estate
.
"
"
Ah
!
sir
,
I
do
indeed
.
It
is
a
grievous
affair
to
my
poor
girls
,
you
must
confess
.
Not
that
I
mean
to
find
fault
with
you
,
for
such
things
I
know
are
all
chance
in
this
world
.
There
is
no
knowing
how
estates
will
go
when
once
they
come
to
be
entailed
.
"
"
I
am
very
sensible
,
madam
,
of
the
hardship
to
my
fair
cousins
,
and
could
say
much
on
the
subject
,
but
that
I
am
cautious
of
appearing
forward
and
precipitate
.
But
I
can
assure
the
young
ladies
that
I
come
prepared
to
admire
them
.
At
present
I
will
not
say
more
;
but
,
perhaps
,
when
we
are
better
acquainted
--
"
He
was
interrupted
by
a
summons
to
dinner
;
and
the
girls
smiled
on
each
other
.
They
were
not
the
only
objects
of
Mr.
Collins
's
admiration
.
The
hall
,
the
dining-room
,
and
all
its
furniture
,
were
examined
and
praised
;
and
his
commendation
of
everything
would
have
touched
Mrs.
Bennet
's
heart
,
but
for
the
mortifying
supposition
of
his
viewing
it
all
as
his
own
future
property
.
The
dinner
too
in
its
turn
was
highly
admired
;
and
he
begged
to
know
to
which
of
his
fair
cousins
the
excellency
of
its
cooking
was
owing
.
But
he
was
set
right
there
by
Mrs.
Bennet
,
who
assured
him
with
some
asperity
that
they
were
very
well
able
to
keep
a
good
cook
,
and
that
her
daughters
had
nothing
to
do
in
the
kitchen
.
He
begged
pardon
for
having
displeased
her
.
In
a
softened
tone
she
declared
herself
not
at
all
offended
;
but
he
continued
to
apologise
for
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
.
During
dinner
,
Mr.
Bennet
scarcely
spoke
at
all
;
but
when
the
servants
were
withdrawn
,
he
thought
it
time
to
have
some
conversation
with
his
guest
,
and
therefore
started
a
subject
in
which
he
expected
him
to
shine
,
by
observing
that
he
seemed
very
fortunate
in
his
patroness
.
Lady
Catherine
de
Bourgh
's
attention
to
his
wishes
,
and
consideration
for
his
comfort
,
appeared
very
remarkable
.
Mr.
Bennet
could
not
have
chosen
better
.
Mr.
Collins
was
eloquent
in
her
praise
.
The
subject
elevated
him
to
more
than
usual
solemnity
of
manner
,
and
with
a
most
important
aspect
he
protested
that
"
he
had
never
in
his
life
witnessed
such
behaviour
in
a
person
of
rank
--
such
affability
and
condescension
,
as
he
had
himself
experienced
from
Lady
Catherine
.
She
had
been
graciously
pleased
to
approve
of
both
of
the
discourses
which
he
had
already
had
the
honour
of
preaching
before
her
.
She
had
also
asked
him
twice
to
dine
at
Rosings
,
and
had
sent
for
him
only
the
Saturday
before
,
to
make
up
her
pool
of
quadrille
in
the
evening
.
Lady
Catherine
was
reckoned
proud
by
many
people
he
knew
,
but
he
had
never
seen
anything
but
affability
in
her
.
She
had
always
spoken
to
him
as
she
would
to
any
other
gentleman
;
she
made
not
the
smallest
objection
to
his
joining
in
the
society
of
the
neighbourhood
nor
to
his
leaving
the
parish
occasionally
for
a
week
or
two
,
to
visit
his
relations
.
She
had
even
condescended
to
advise
him
to
marry
as
soon
as
he
could
,
provided
he
chose
with
discretion
;
and
had
once
paid
him
a
visit
in
his
humble
parsonage
,
where
she
had
perfectly
approved
all
the
alterations
he
had
been
making
,
and
had
even
vouchsafed
to
suggest
some
herself
--
some
shelves
in
the
closet
upstairs
.
"
"
That
is
all
very
proper
and
civil
,
I
am
sure
,
"
said
Mrs.
Bennet
,
"
and
I
dare
say
she
is
a
very
agreeable
woman
.
It
is
a
pity
that
great
ladies
in
general
are
not
more
like
her
.
Does
she
live
near
you
,
sir
?
"
"
The
garden
in
which
stands
my
humble
abode
is
separated
only
by
a
lane
from
Rosings
Park
,
her
ladyship
's
residence
.
"
