{"id":"01KJRRE0PXY1GV6DK5FHM34AT4","cid":"bafkreib7bm2q4xglcjklwwj6bomtvatgy75wvk5fpwgdj6xihq4foslbce","type":"text_chunk","properties":{"char_end":427287,"char_start":419465,"chunk_index":59,"chunk_total":108,"estimated_tokens":1956,"label":"stay another _month_ complete, it will be in my po","source_file_key":"pride-and-prejudice","text":"stay another _month_ complete, it will be in my power to take one of you\r\nas far as London, for I am going there early in June, for a week; and\r\nas Dawson does not object to the barouche-box, there will be very good\r\nroom for one of you--and, indeed, if the weather should happen to be\r\ncool, I should not object to taking you both, as you are neither of you\r\nlarge.”\r\n\r\n“You are all kindness, madam; but I believe we must abide by our\r\noriginal plan.”\r\n\r\nLady Catherine seemed resigned. “Mrs. Collins, you must send a servant\r\nwith them. You know I always speak my mind, and I cannot bear the idea\r\nof two young women travelling post by themselves. It is highly improper.\r\nYou must contrive to send somebody. I have the greatest dislike in the\r\nworld to that sort of thing. Young women should always be properly\r\nguarded and attended, according to their situation in life. When my\r\nniece Georgiana went to Ramsgate last summer, I made a point of her\r\nhaving two men-servants go with her. Miss Darcy, the daughter of Mr.\r\nDarcy of Pemberley, and Lady Anne, could not have appeared with\r\npropriety in a different manner. I am excessively attentive to all those\r\nthings. You must send John with the young ladies, Mrs. Collins. I am\r\nglad it occurred to me to mention it; for it would really be\r\ndiscreditable to _you_ to let them go alone.”\r\n\r\n“My uncle is to send a servant for us.”\r\n\r\n“Oh! Your uncle! He keeps a man-servant, does he? I am very glad you\r\nhave somebody who thinks of those things. Where shall you change horses?\r\nOh, Bromley, of course. If you mention my name at the Bell, you will be\r\nattended to.”\r\n\r\nLady Catherine had many other questions to ask respecting their journey;\r\nand as she did not answer them all herself attention was\r\nnecessary--which Elizabeth believed to be lucky for her; or, with a\r\nmind so occupied, she might have forgotten where she was. Reflection\r\nmust be reserved for solitary hours: whenever she was alone, she gave\r\nway to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a\r\nsolitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of\r\nunpleasant recollections.\r\n\r\nMr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by heart. She\r\nstudied every sentence; and her feelings towards its writer were at\r\ntimes widely different. When she remembered the style of his address,\r\nshe was still full of indignation: but when she considered how unjustly\r\nshe had condemned and upbraided him, her anger was turned against\r\nherself; and his disappointed feelings became the object of compassion.\r\nHis attachment excited gratitude, his general character respect: but she\r\ncould not approve him; nor could she for a moment repent her refusal, or\r\nfeel the slightest inclination ever to see him again. In her own past\r\nbehaviour, there was a constant source of vexation and regret: and in\r\nthe unhappy defects of her family, a subject of yet heavier chagrin.\r\nThey were hopeless of remedy. Her father, contented with laughing at\r\nthem, would never exert himself to restrain the wild giddiness of his\r\nyoungest daughters; and her mother, with manners so far from right\r\nherself, was entirely insensible of the evil. Elizabeth had frequently\r\nunited with Jane in an endeavour to check the imprudence of Catherine\r\nand Lydia; but while they were supported by their mother’s indulgence,\r\nwhat chance could there be of improvement? Catherine, weak-spirited,\r\nirritable, and completely under Lydia’s guidance, had been always\r\naffronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would\r\nscarcely give them a hearing. They were ignorant, idle, and vain. While\r\nthere was an officer in Meryton, they would flirt with him; and while\r\nMeryton was within a walk of Longbourn, they would be going there for\r\never.\r\n\r\nAnxiety on Jane’s behalf was another prevailing concern; and Mr. Darcy’s\r\nexplanation, by restoring Bingley to all her former good opinion,\r\nheightened the sense of what Jane had lost. His affection was proved to\r\nhave been sincere, and his conduct cleared of all blame, unless any\r\ncould attach to the implicitness of his confidence in his friend. How\r\ngrievous then was the thought that, of a situation so desirable in every\r\nrespect, so replete with advantage, so promising for happiness, Jane had\r\nbeen deprived, by the folly and indecorum of her own family!\r\n\r\nWhen to these recollections was added the development of Wickham’s\r\ncharacter, it may be easily believed that the happy spirits which had\r\nseldom been depressed before were now so much affected as to make it\r\nalmost impossible for her to appear tolerably cheerful.\r\n\r\nTheir engagements at Rosings were as frequent during the last week of\r\nher stay as they had been at first. The very last evening was spent\r\nthere; and her Ladyship again inquired minutely into the particulars of\r\ntheir journey, gave them directions as to the best method of packing,\r\nand was so urgent on the necessity of placing gowns in the only right\r\nway, that Maria thought herself obliged, on her return, to undo all the\r\nwork of the morning, and pack her trunk afresh.\r\n\r\nWhen they parted, Lady Catherine, with great condescension, wished them\r\na good journey, and invited them to come to Hunsford again next year;\r\nand Miss de Bourgh exerted herself so far as to courtesy and hold out\r\nher hand to both.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration:\r\n\r\n“The elevation of his feelings.”\r\n]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXVIII.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Illustration]\r\n\r\nOn Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few\r\nminutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of\r\npaying the parting civilities which he deemed indispensably necessary.\r\n\r\n“I know not, Miss Elizabeth,” said he, “whether Mrs. Collins has yet\r\nexpressed her sense of your kindness in coming to us; but I am very\r\ncertain you will not leave the house without receiving her thanks for\r\nit. The favour of your company has been much felt, I assure you. We know\r\nhow little there is to tempt anyone to our humble abode. Our plain\r\nmanner of living, our small rooms, and few domestics, and the little we\r\nsee of the world, must make Hunsford extremely dull to a young lady like\r\nyourself; but I hope you will believe us grateful for the condescension,\r\nand that we have done everything in our power to prevent you spending\r\nyour time unpleasantly.”\r\n\r\nElizabeth was eager with her thanks and assurances of happiness. She had\r\nspent six weeks with great enjoyment; and the pleasure of being with\r\nCharlotte, and the kind attention she had received, must make _her_ feel\r\nthe obliged. Mr. Collins was gratified; and with a more smiling\r\nsolemnity replied,--\r\n\r\n“It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that you have passed your\r\ntime not disagreeably. We have certainly done our best; and most\r\nfortunately having it in our power to introduce you to very superior\r\nsociety, and from our connection with Rosings, the frequent means of\r\nvarying the humble home scene, I think we may flatter ourselves that\r\nyour Hunsford visit cannot have been entirely irksome. Our situation\r\nwith regard to Lady Catherine’s family is, indeed, the sort of\r\nextraordinary advantage and blessing which few can boast. You see on\r\nwhat a footing we are. You see how continually we are engaged there. In\r\ntruth, I must acknowledge, that, with all the disadvantages of this\r\nhumble parsonage, I should not think anyone abiding in it an object of\r\ncompassion, while they are sharers of our intimacy at Rosings.”\r\n\r\nWords were insufficient for the elevation of his feelings; and he was\r\nobliged to walk about the room, while Elizabeth tried to unite civility\r\nand truth in a few short sentences.\r\n\r\n“You may, in fact, carry a very favourable report of us into\r\nHertfordshire, my dear cousin. I flatter myself, at least, that you will\r\nbe able to do so. 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