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Chapter 7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2020

Pat Rogers
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University of South Florida
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SIR WILLIAM staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with. While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his mornings to driving him out in his gig, and shewing him the country; but when he went away, the whole family returned to their usual employments, and Elizabeth was thankful to find that they did not see more of her cousin by the alteration, for the chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden, or in reading and writing, and looking out of window in his own book room, which fronted the road. The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. Elizabeth at first had rather wondered that Charlotte should not prefer the dining parlour for common use; it was a better sized room, and had a pleasanter aspect; but she soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment, had they sat in one equally lively; and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement.

From the drawing room they could distinguish nothing in the lane, and were indebted to Mr. Collins for the knowledge of what carriages went along, and how often especially Miss De Bourgh drove by in her phaeton, which he never failed coming to inform them of, though it happened almost every day. She not unfrequently stopped at the Parsonage, and had a few minutes’ conversation with Charlotte, but was scarcely ever prevailed on to get out.

Very few days passed in which Mr. Collins did not walk to Rosings, and not many in which his wife did not think it necessary to go likewise; and till Elizabeth recollected that there might be other family livings to be disposed of, she could not understand the sacrifice of so many hours. Nowand then, they were honoured with a call from her Ladyship, and nothing escaped her observation that was passing in the room during these visits.

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Pride and Prejudice , pp. 189 - 192
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Pat Rogers, University of South Florida
  • Book: Pride and Prejudice
  • Online publication: 19 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991308.034
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  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Pat Rogers, University of South Florida
  • Book: Pride and Prejudice
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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Pat Rogers, University of South Florida
  • Book: Pride and Prejudice
  • Online publication: 19 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991308.034
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