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1Every object in the next day's journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her spirits were in a state of
2enjoyment; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to banish all fear for her health, and the prospect of her
3northern tour was a constant source of delight. When they left the high road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in
4search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view. The paling of Rosings park was their boundary
5on one side. Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants. At length the Parsonage
6was discernible. The garden sloping to the road, the house standing in it, the green pales and the laurel hedge,
7everything declared they were arriving. Mr. Collins and Charlotte appeared at the door, and the carriage stopped at the
8small gate, which led by a short gravel walk to the house, amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party. In a moment
9they were all out of the chaise, rejoicing at the sight of each other. Mrs. Collins welcomed her friend with the
10liveliest pleasure, and Elizabeth was more and more satisfied with coming, when she found herself so affectionately
11received. She saw instantly that her cousin's manners were not altered by his marriage: his formal civility was just
12what it had been; and he detained her some minutes at the gate to hear and satisfy his inquiries after all her family.
13They were then, with no other delay than his pointing out the neatness of the entrance, taken into the house; and as
14soon as they were in the parlour, he welcomed them a second time, with ostentatious formality, to his humble abode, and
15punctually repeated all his wife's offers of refreshment. Elizabeth was prepared to see him in his glory; and she could
16not help fancying that in displaying the good proportion of the room, its aspect, and its furniture, he addressed
17himself particularly to her, as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him. But though everything
18seemed neat and comfortable, she was not able to gratify him by any sigh of repentance; and rather looked with wonder at
19her friend, that she could have so cheerful an air with such a companion. When Mr. Collins said anything of which his
20wife might reasonably be ashamed, which certainly was not seldom, she involuntarily turned her eye on Charlotte. Once or
21twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear. After sitting long enough to admire
22every article of furniture in the room, from the sideboard to the fender, to give an account of their journey, and of
23all that had happened in London, Mr. Collins invited them to take a stroll in the garden, which was large and well laid
24out, and to the cultivation of which he attended himself. To work in his garden was one of his most respectable
25pleasures; and Elizabeth admired the command of countenance with which Charlotte talked of the healthfulness of the
26exercise, and owned she encouraged it as much as possible. Here, leading the way through every walk and cross walk, and
27scarcely allowing them an interval to utter the praises he asked for, every view was pointed out with a minuteness which
28left beauty entirely behind. He could number the fields in every direction, and could tell how many trees there were in
29the most distant clump. But of all the views which his garden, or which the country or the kingdom could boast, none
30were to be compared with the prospect of Rosings, afforded by an opening in the trees that bordered the park nearly
31opposite the front of his house. It was a handsome modern building, well situated on rising ground. From his garden, Mr.
32Collins would have led them round his two meadows; but the ladies, not having shoes to encounter the remains of a white
33frost, turned back; and while Sir William accompanied him, Charlotte took her sister and friend over the house,
34extremely well pleased, probably, to have the opportunity of showing it without her husband's help. It was rather small,
35but well built and convenient; and everything was fitted up and arranged with a neatness and consistency, of which
36Elizabeth gave Charlotte all the credit. When Mr. Collins could be forgotten, there was really a great air of comfort
37throughout, and by Charlotte's evident enjoyment of it, Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten. She had already
38learnt that Lady Catherine was still in the country. It was spoken of again while they were at dinner, when Mr. Collins
39joining in, observed,-- "Yes, Miss Elizabeth, you will have the honour of seeing Lady Catherine de Bourgh on the ensuing
40Sunday at church, and I need not say you will be delighted with her. She is all affability and condescension, and I
41doubt not but you will be honoured with some portion of her notice when service is over. I have scarcely any hesitation
42in saying that she will include you and my sister Maria in every invitation with which she honours us during your stay
43here. Her behaviour to my dear Charlotte is charming. We dine at Rosings twice every week, and are never allowed to walk
44home. Her Ladyship's carriage is regularly ordered for us. I should say, one of her Ladyship's carriages, for she has
45several." "Lady Catherine is a very respectable, sensible woman, indeed," added Charlotte, "and a most attentive
46neighbour." "Very true, my dear, that is exactly what I say. She is the sort of woman whom one cannot regard with too
47much deference." The evening was spent chiefly in talking over Hertfordshire news, and telling again what had been
48already written; and when it closed, Elizabeth, in the solitude of her chamber, had to meditate upon Charlotte's degree
49of contentment, to understand her address in guiding, and composure in bearing with, her husband, and to acknowledge
50that it was all done very well. She had also to anticipate how her visit would pass, the quiet tenour of their usual
51employments, the vexatious interruptions of Mr. Collins, and the gaieties of their intercourse with Rosings. A lively
52imagination soon settled it all. About the middle of the next day, as she was in her room getting ready for a walk, a
53sudden noise below seemed to speak the whole house in confusion; and, after listening a moment, she heard somebody
54running upstairs in a violent hurry, and calling loudly after her. She opened the door, and met Maria in the
55landing-place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out,-- [Illustration: "In Conversation with the ladies" [Copyright
561894 by George Allen.]] "Oh, my dear Eliza! pray make haste and come into the dining-room, for there is such a sight to
57be seen! I will not tell you what it is. Make haste, and come down this moment." Elizabeth asked questions in vain;
58Maria would tell her nothing more; and down they ran into the dining-room which fronted the lane, in quest of this
59wonder; it was two ladies, stopping in a low phaeton at the garden gate. "And is this all?" cried Elizabeth. "I expected
60at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter!" "La! my
61dear," said Maria, quite shocked at the mistake, "it is not Lady Catherine. The old lady is Mrs. Jenkinson, who lives
62with them. The other is Miss De Bourgh. Only look at her. She is quite a little creature. Who would have thought she
63could be so thin and small!" "She is abominably rude to keep Charlotte out of doors in all this wind. Why does she not
64come in?" "Oh, Charlotte says she hardly ever does. It is the greatest of favours when Miss De Bourgh comes in." "I like
65her appearance," said Elizabeth, struck with other ideas. "She looks sickly and cross. Yes, she will do for him very
66well. She will make him a very proper wife." Mr. Collins and Charlotte were both standing at the gate in conversation
67with the ladies; and Sir William, to Elizabeth's high diversion, was stationed in the doorway, in earnest contemplation
68of the greatness before him, and constantly bowing whenever Miss De Bourgh looked that way. At length there was nothing
69more to be said; the ladies drove on, and the others returned into the house. Mr. Collins no sooner saw the two girls
70than he began to congratulate them on their good fortune, which Charlotte explained by letting them know that the whole
71party was asked to dine at Rosings the next day. [Illustration: 'Lady Catherine, said she, you have given me a
72treasure.' [Copyright 1894 by George Allen.]] CHAPTER XXIX. [Illustration]
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