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Elizabeth
was
sitting
with
her
mother
and
sisters
,
reflecting
on
what
she
had
heard
,
and
doubting
whether
she
was
authorised
to
mention
it
,
when
Sir
William
Lucas
himself
appeared
,
sent
by
his
daughter
,
to
announce
her
engagement
to
the
family
.
With
many
compliments
to
them
,
and
much
self-gratulation
on
the
prospect
of
a
connection
between
the
houses
,
he
unfolded
the
matter
--
to
an
audience
not
merely
wondering
,
but
incredulous
;
for
Mrs.
Bennet
,
with
more
perseverance
than
politeness
,
protested
he
must
be
entirely
mistaken
;
and
Lydia
,
always
unguarded
and
often
uncivil
,
boisterously
exclaimed
:
"
Good
Lord
!
Sir
William
,
how
can
you
tell
such
a
story
?
Do
not
you
know
that
Mr.
Collins
wants
to
marry
Lizzy
?
"
Nothing
less
than
the
complaisance
of
a
courtier
could
have
borne
without
anger
such
treatment
;
but
Sir
William
's
good
breeding
carried
him
through
it
all
;
and
though
he
begged
leave
to
be
positive
as
to
the
truth
of
his
information
,
he
listened
to
all
their
impertinence
with
the
most
forbearing
courtesy
.
Elizabeth
,
feeling
it
incumbent
on
her
to
relieve
him
from
so
unpleasant
a
situation
,
now
put
herself
forward
to
confirm
his
account
,
by
mentioning
her
prior
knowledge
of
it
from
Charlotte
herself
;
and
endeavoured
to
put
a
stop
to
the
exclamations
of
her
mother
and
sisters
by
the
earnestness
of
her
congratulations
to
Sir
William
,
in
which
she
was
readily
joined
by
Jane
,
and
by
making
a
variety
of
remarks
on
the
happiness
that
might
be
expected
from
the
match
,
the
excellent
character
of
Mr.
Collins
,
and
the
convenient
distance
of
Hunsford
from
London
.
Mrs.
Bennet
was
in
fact
too
much
overpowered
to
say
a
great
deal
while
Sir
William
remained
;
but
no
sooner
had
he
left
them
than
her
feelings
found
a
rapid
vent
.
In
the
first
place
,
she
persisted
in
disbelieving
the
whole
of
the
matter
;
secondly
,
she
was
very
sure
that
Mr.
Collins
had
been
taken
in
;
thirdly
,
she
trusted
that
they
would
never
be
happy
together
;
and
fourthly
,
that
the
match
might
be
broken
off
.
Two
inferences
,
however
,
were
plainly
deduced
from
the
whole
:
one
,
that
Elizabeth
was
the
real
cause
of
the
mischief
;
and
the
other
that
she
herself
had
been
barbarously
misused
by
them
all
;
and
on
these
two
points
she
principally
dwelt
during
the
rest
of
the
day
.
Nothing
could
console
and
nothing
could
appease
her
.
Nor
did
that
day
wear
out
her
resentment
.
A
week
elapsed
before
she
could
see
Elizabeth
without
scolding
her
,
a
month
passed
away
before
she
could
speak
to
Sir
William
or
Lady
Lucas
without
being
rude
,
and
many
months
were
gone
before
she
could
at
all
forgive
their
daughter
.
Mr.
Bennet
's
emotions
were
much
more
tranquil
on
the
occasion
,
and
such
as
he
did
experience
he
pronounced
to
be
of
a
most
agreeable
sort
;
for
it
gratified
him
,
he
said
,
to
discover
that
Charlotte
Lucas
,
whom
he
had
been
used
to
think
tolerably
sensible
,
was
as
foolish
as
his
wife
,
and
more
foolish
than
his
daughter
!
Jane
confessed
herself
a
little
surprised
at
the
match
;
but
she
said
less
of
her
astonishment
than
of
her
earnest
desire
for
their
happiness
;
nor
could
Elizabeth
persuade
her
to
consider
it
as
improbable
.
Kitty
and
Lydia
were
far
from
envying
Miss
Lucas
,
for
Mr.
Collins
was
only
a
clergyman
;
and
it
affected
them
in
no
other
way
than
as
a
piece
of
news
to
spread
at
Meryton
.
Lady
Lucas
could
not
be
insensible
of
triumph
on
being
able
to
retort
on
Mrs.
Bennet
the
comfort
of
having
a
daughter
well
married
;
and
she
called
at
Longbourn
rather
oftener
than
usual
to
say
how
happy
she
was
,
though
Mrs.
Bennet
's
sour
looks
and
ill-natured
remarks
might
have
been
enough
to
drive
happiness
away
.
Between
Elizabeth
and
Charlotte
there
was
a
restraint
which
kept
them
mutually
silent
on
the
subject
;
and
Elizabeth
felt
persuaded
that
no
real
confidence
could
ever
subsist
between
them
again
.
Her
disappointment
in
Charlotte
made
her
turn
with
fonder
regard
to
her
sister
,
of
whose
rectitude
and
delicacy
she
was
sure
her
opinion
could
never
be
shaken
,
and
for
whose
happiness
she
grew
daily
more
anxious
,
as
Bingley
had
now
been
gone
a
week
and
nothing
more
was
heard
of
his
return
.
