Mr. Collins’s Plan to Marry
Now comfortably housed and adequately income, Mr. Collins intends to marry. In seeking a reconciliation with the Longbourn family, he plans to choose one of the Bennet daughters,…
Confirmation of His Plan
On seeing the Bennet daughters, Mr. Collins’s plan does not change. Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirms his views and his notions of the respect due to seniority, and for the first…
Mrs. Bennet’s Hint About Jane
The next morning, a quarter of an hour’s private conversation with Mrs. Bennet before breakfast turns from his parsonage to his hopes of finding a mistress at Longbourn. Mrs.…
Mr. Collins Changes His Choice to Elizabeth
Mr. Collins has only to shift from Jane to Elizabeth, and the change is done in an instant while Mrs. Bennet stirs the fire.…
Mrs. Bennet’s Delight
Mrs. Bennet treasures the hint and trusts she may soon have two daughters married. The man she could not bear to speak of the day before is now high in her good graces.
Lydia’s Plan to Walk to Meryton
Lydia’s intention of walking to Meryton is not forgotten. Every sister except Mary agrees to accompany her, and at Mr. Bennet’s request Mr. Collins is to attend them, since Mr.…
Mr. Bennet’s Escape to His Library
Mr. Bennet is discomposed by Mr. Collins following him into his library after breakfast and continuing to talk there, with little cessation, about his house and garden at Hunsford…
The Walk to Meryton
Mr. Collins, better fitted for a walker than a reader, is extremely pleased to close his large book and go.…
Mr. Collins in the Library
In the library, Mr. Collins appears nominally engaged with one of the largest folios in the collection but is really talking to Mr.…
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