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Cheapside fifteen mister collins was not a sensible man and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society
The greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of a litererate and iserly father withthough he belong to one of the universities
He had merely kept the necessary terms without forming at ded any useful acquaintance
The subjection in which his father had brought him up
Had given him originally great humility of matter
But it was now a good deal counteracted by the self concede of a weak head living in retirement and the consequenal feelings of early and unexpected prosperity
A fortunate chance had recommended him to lady catherine abboard
When the living of hunsford was vacant and the respect
Which he felt for her high rank and his generation for her as his patrononss mingling with a very good opinion of himself of his authority as a clergiy man and his right as erector made him altogether a mixture
A pride and absequeousness
Self importance and humility having now a good house and a very sufficient income
He intended to mary and in seeking a reconciliation with a long borne family
He had a wife and view as he meant to choose one of the daughters
If he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report
This was his plan of a mense of attomman for inheriting their father's estand and thouthouted an excellent one
Fulvligibility and suitabeness and cecevevely generous and disinterested on his own part
His plan did not very on seeing them miss bennet t's lovely face confirmed his views and established all the strictist notions of what was due to seniority
And for the first evening she was his settle choice the next morning however made an alteration for in a quarter of an hours
Teday ted t with mrs bennet before breakfast a conversation beginning with his personate house and leading naturally to the avvalue of his hopes that a mistress for it might be found at long born produced from her amid very complacent smiles and general encouragement a caution against the very jane
He had fixed on as to her younger daughters she could not take upon her to say she could not positively answer
But she did not know of any prepossession her eldest daughter she must just mention she felted in combined on her to hint was likely to be very soon engaged mister collins had only to change from jane to elizabeth
And it was soon dundan
While mrs benent t was sterring the fire
Elizabeth equally next to jane in birth beaubeauty suceeded her
Of course mrs bennet treasured up the hint
And trusted that she might soon have two daughters married
And the man whom she could not bear to speak of the day before was now high in her good graces
Lidia's intention of walking to marion was not forgotten every sister except mary agreed to go with her and mister collins was to attend them at the request of mister bennett who was most anxious to get rid of him
And have his library to himself for the ther
Mister collins had followed him after breakfast for there
He would continue nominally engaged with one of the largest folios in the collection
But really talking to mister bennet with little sesation with his
His
His gargarat at hanfford such doings discomposed mister bennet exceedingly in his library
He had been always sure of leasure and tranquality
And they've prepared as he told ld ezzabeth to meet with foli and conceden every other room in the house
He was used to be free from them
There his cidellity therefore was most prompt and inviting mister collins to join his daughters in their walk
And mister collins being in fact much better fitted for a walker than a reader was extremely well pleased to close his large book and go in pumpp nothings on his side and civil sents on that of his cousins
Their time passed
Till they entered marathon
The attention of the younger ones was then no longer to be gained by him
Their eyes were immediately wandering up the street in quest of the officers and nothing less than a very smart bennet indeed or a really new muslim in a shop window could recall them
But the attention of every lady was soon caught by a young man
Whom they had never seen before of most gentleman like appearance walking with an officer on the other side of the way
The officer was the very mister denny concerning whose return from london
Lidya came to inquire and he bwed as they passed all were stuck with the stranger's air all wondered who he could be and kitdi and lidya determined if possible to find out led the way across the street under pretents of wanting samping in an opposite shop
And fortunately had just gained the pavement
When the two gentlemen turning back
Had reached the same spot
Mister danny addressed them
Directly and intreated permission to introduce his friend mister wichaham had returned with him
The day before from town
And he was happy to say had accepted a commission in their core
This was exactly as it should be for the young man wanted only regimentals to make him completely charming
His appearance was greatly in his favour
He had all the best parts of beauty
A fine countnts
A good figure and very pleasing address the introduction was followed up on its side by happhappy readiness of conversation
A rreadiness at the same time
Perfectly correct and unassuming and the whole party were still standing and talking together
Very agreeably
When the sound of horses
Drew their notice and darsey and billy were seen riding down the street
On distinguishing the ladies of the group
The two gentlemen came directly towards them and began the usual ciiliilities
Billy was the principal spokesman and misspent at the principal object
He was then he said on his way to long born on purpose to inquire after her mister darcy coraraborated it with a bow
And was beginning to determine not to fix his eyes on elizzabeth
When they were suddenly arrested by the site of the stranger and elizabeth happening to see the countints of both as they looked at each other was all astonishment at the effect of the meeting
Both changed color
One looked white
The other red
Mister wicham after a few moments touched his headyilutation
Which mister darcy just emed to return
What could be the meaning of it
It was impossible to imagine
It was impossible not too long to know in another minute
Mister benlee but without seeming to have noticed what passed took leaven wrote on with his friend mister denny and mister wickem walked with the young ladies to the door of mister phillips's house
And then made their bows in spite of mislidiy's pressing intreaes that they would come in and even in spite of mrs phillipses throwing up the parllar window
And loudly seconding the inditation
Mrs phillips was always glad to see her nieces and the two eldest from their recent absence were particularly welcome
And she was eagerly expressing her surprise at their sudden returned home
Which as their own carrit had not fetched them
She should have known nothing about if she had not happened to see mister johes 's shopboy in the street
Who had told her
That they were not to send any more drafts neneerfield
Because the misspanets were come away
When her civility was claimed towards mister collins by jan's introduction of him
She received him with her very best polite tness
Which he returned with as much more apologizing for his intrusion without any previous acquaintance with her
Which he could not help flattering himself however might be justified by his relationship to the young ladies
Who introduced him to her notice mrs phillips was quite odd by such an excessive good breeding
But her contemplation of one stranger was soon put in end to buy explanations and inquiries about the other of whom
However she could only tell her nieces
What they already knew that mister danny had brought him from london
And that he was to have a lutenanants commission in the shire
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She had been watching him the last hour
She said as he walked up and down the street
And had mister wickem appeared kitty and liyya would certainly have continued the occupation
But unluckling no one passed the windows
Now except a few of the officers who in comparison with the stranger were become stupid disagreeable fellows
Some of them were to dine with the phillips as the next day
And their aren't promised to make her husband call on miswicicham m give him an invitation
Also if the family from long borne would come in the evening
This was agreed too
And mrs phillips protested that they would have a nice comfortable noisy game of lottery tickets and a little bit of hot supper
Afterwards the prospect of such delights was very cheering
And they parted in mutual good spirits
Mister collins repeated his apologies in putting the room
And was assured with unwearing civilility
That they were perfectly needless as they walked home
Elizabeth related to jane
What she had seen passed between the two gentlemen
But though jane would have defended either or both had they appeared to be wrong
She could no more explain such behaviour than her sister
Mister collins on his return highly gratified msus bennet admiring mrs phillip's matters and pollighess
He protested that except lady catherine and her daughter
He had never seen a more elegant woman for she had not only received him with the utmost civility
But had even pointdly included him in her invitation for the next evening
Although utterly unknown to her before something he supposed
Might be attributed to his connection with them
But yet he had never met with so much attention in the whole course of his life
