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"
Believe
me
,
my
dear
sir
,
my
gratitude
is
warmly
excited
by
such
affectionate
attention
;
and
depend
upon
it
,
you
will
speedily
receive
from
me
a
letter
of
thanks
for
this
,
and
for
every
other
mark
of
your
regard
during
my
stay
in
Hertfordshire
.
As
for
my
fair
cousins
,
though
my
absence
may
not
be
long
enough
to
render
it
necessary
,
I
shall
now
take
the
liberty
of
wishing
them
health
and
happiness
,
not
excepting
my
cousin
Elizabeth
.
"
With
proper
civilities
the
ladies
then
withdrew
;
all
of
them
equally
surprised
that
he
meditated
a
quick
return
.
Mrs.
Bennet
wished
to
understand
by
it
that
he
thought
of
paying
his
addresses
to
one
of
her
younger
girls
,
and
Mary
might
have
been
prevailed
on
to
accept
him
.
She
rated
his
abilities
much
higher
than
any
of
the
others
;
there
was
a
solidity
in
his
reflections
which
often
struck
her
,
and
though
by
no
means
so
clever
as
herself
,
she
thought
that
if
encouraged
to
read
and
improve
himself
by
such
an
example
as
hers
,
he
might
become
a
very
agreeable
companion
.
But
on
the
following
morning
,
every
hope
of
this
kind
was
done
away
.
Miss
Lucas
called
soon
after
breakfast
,
and
in
a
private
conference
with
Elizabeth
related
the
event
of
the
day
before
.
The
possibility
of
Mr.
Collins
's
fancying
herself
in
love
with
her
friend
had
once
occurred
to
Elizabeth
within
the
last
day
or
two
;
but
that
Charlotte
could
encourage
him
seemed
almost
as
far
from
possibility
as
she
could
encourage
him
herself
,
and
her
astonishment
was
consequently
so
great
as
to
overcome
at
first
the
bounds
of
decorum
,
and
she
could
not
help
crying
out
:
"
Engaged
to
Mr.
Collins
!
My
dear
Charlotte
--
impossible
!
"
The
steady
countenance
which
Miss
Lucas
had
commanded
in
telling
her
story
,
gave
way
to
a
momentary
confusion
here
on
receiving
so
direct
a
reproach
;
though
,
as
it
was
no
more
than
she
expected
,
she
soon
regained
her
composure
,
and
calmly
replied
:
"
Why
should
you
be
surprised
,
my
dear
Eliza
?
Do
you
think
it
incredible
that
Mr.
Collins
should
be
able
to
procure
any
woman
's
good
opinion
,
because
he
was
not
so
happy
as
to
succeed
with
you
?
"
But
Elizabeth
had
now
recollected
herself
,
and
making
a
strong
effort
for
it
,
was
able
to
assure
with
tolerable
firmness
that
the
prospect
of
their
relationship
was
highly
grateful
to
her
,
and
that
she
wished
her
all
imaginable
happiness
.
"
I
see
what
you
are
feeling
,
"
replied
Charlotte
.
"
You
must
be
surprised
,
very
much
surprised
--
so
lately
as
Mr.
Collins
was
wishing
to
marry
you
.
But
when
you
have
had
time
to
think
it
over
,
I
hope
you
will
be
satisfied
with
what
I
have
done
.
I
am
not
romantic
,
you
know
;
I
never
was
.
I
ask
only
a
comfortable
home
;
and
considering
Mr.
Collins
's
character
,
connection
,
and
situation
in
life
,
I
am
convinced
that
my
chance
of
happiness
with
him
is
as
fair
as
most
people
can
boast
on
entering
the
marriage
state
.
"
Elizabeth
quietly
answered
"
Undoubtedly
;
"
and
after
an
awkward
pause
,
they
returned
to
the
rest
of
the
family
.
Charlotte
did
not
stay
much
longer
,
and
Elizabeth
was
then
left
to
reflect
on
what
she
had
heard
.
It
was
a
long
time
before
she
became
at
all
reconciled
to
the
idea
of
so
unsuitable
a
match
.
The
strangeness
of
Mr.
Collins
's
making
two
offers
of
marriage
within
three
days
was
nothing
in
comparison
of
his
being
now
accepted
.
She
had
always
felt
that
Charlotte
's
opinion
of
matrimony
was
not
exactly
like
her
own
,
but
she
had
not
supposed
it
to
be
possible
that
,
when
called
into
action
,
she
would
have
sacrificed
every
better
feeling
to
worldly
advantage
.
Charlotte
the
wife
of
Mr.
Collins
was
a
most
humiliating
picture
!
And
to
the
pang
of
a
friend
disgracing
herself
and
sunk
in
her
esteem
,
was
added
the
distressing
conviction
that
it
was
impossible
for
that
friend
to
be
tolerably
happy
in
the
lot
she
had
chosen
.
