Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen

The next day a new incident occurred at Longbourn.Mr. Collins made a formal proposal.His vacation was due to expire next Saturday, and he resolved to delay no further time, and at the time he felt no embarrassment at all, and proceeded to proceed in an orderly manner, following the normal steps which he considered necessary. up.Immediately after breakfast, and seeing Mrs. Bennet with Elizabeth and a little sister, he said to the mother: Ma'am, I'd like to ask your mistress Elizabeth to do me the honor of having a private conversation with me this morning, would you agree? Oh great, of course.I'm sure Liz would love it too, and I'm sure she won't object.Come, Kitty; come upstairs with me.She gathered up her sewing, and hurried away, when Elizabeth cried:

Dear mother, don't go.I beg you don't go.Mr. Collins will certainly forgive me.Anyone can listen to what he wants to say to me.I'm leaving too. No, no; don't you nonsense, Liz.I want you to stay here.Seeing Elizabeth was annoyed and embarrassed, as if she was really going to run away, she said again: I must you stay here and listen to Mr. Collins. Elizabeth was inconvenient to disobey her mother's orders.She thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be better if she could settle the matter quickly and quietly, so she sat down again, and was always careful not to let the mood of irony and laughter show.Mrs. Bennet and Kitty moved away, and as soon as they were gone Mr. Collins began to speak:

Indeed, Miss Elizabeth, your shyness, far from doing you any harm, adds to your natural beauty.If you didn't evade this a little bit, I wouldn't think you are so cute.But please allow me to tell you that I have obtained the permission of Master Lingtang to propose to you this time.Although you are shy and hypocritical by nature, I have shown you all kinds of hospitality very clearly, and you will definitely understand what I mean by what I said.Almost as soon as I entered the house, I chose you to be my life partner.But on this subject, it may be best, while I am still in control of my feelings, to speak first of my reasons for wanting to marry, and more so of my intentions of coming to Hertfordshire to find a mate, for I am indeed With that kind of intention.

Elizabeth could not help being so amused at the thought that Collins, with such a serious face, that he should be unable to control his own feelings, that although he paused for a moment, she did not have time to prevent him from going on: There are several reasons why I want to get married: first, I think that any clergyman who lives as well as I do should set a good example of marriage to the whole parish; second, I am convinced that marriage will greatly promote my happiness; Three (perhaps I should have brought this up earlier), three times in my life, I am fortunate to be able to serve such a noble patroness. She especially advised me to get married and especially approved of my marriage.She advised me twice on the matter (and I didn't ask her!), and we were playing cards on the Saturday night before I left Hunsford, and Mrs.Miss Bauer set the pedals, and the lady said to me: Mr. Collins, you must marry.A priest like you must marry.Choose carefully, choose a daughter from a good family, for me and for yourself; you must be lively, able to do things, not noble, but you must be able to calculate and arrange a small income properly. Appropriate stickers.That's my opinion.Find such a woman quickly, and bring her to Hansford, and I'll take care of her.Good cousin, let me tell you, Caitlin.De.Mrs. Power's considerate care of me may also be regarded as an advantage for me.I can't describe what she was, you'll see that one day.I think she will like you for being so smart and lively. As long as you look more stable and dignified in front of a noble person like her, she will especially like you.In general, it is for these purposes that I want to get married; and now I have to say that there are many young and lovely girls in our own village. Why did I choose Longbourne instead of my own village?The thing is this: in the future, when your father passes away (I hope he lives a long time), I will inherit the property, so I plan to marry his first daughter to be a writer, so that when this unpleasant event happens in the future, your losses can be covered. Be as light as possible, or I'll be really sorry.Of course, as I said just now, it may take many years for this to happen.Such is my motive, my dear cousin, and if I take the liberty of saying it, you will not despise me for it.Now my words are finished, unless I express my warmest feelings to you in the most passionate language.When it comes to dowry property, I don't care at all. I will never make any demands on your father in this regard. I know very well that even his ability is beyond his ability. The deposit of a thousand pounds per cent will not belong to you until your mother dies.So I am silent on that subject, too, and please rest assured that I will never say a word of meanness when we are married.

Now it's time to interrupt him. You are in a hurry, sir, she cried.You forgot that I didn't answer you at all.Don't waste any more time, just let me answer you.Thank you. I appreciate the compliment.I am honored by your proposal, but unfortunately I have no choice but to decline. Mr. Collins replied solemnly with a wave of his hand: when young girls meet someone for the first time to propose, even if they are willing to agree in their hearts, they always refuse verbally; sometimes they even refuse twice or thrice.So, what you just said will never discourage me, and I hope to lead you to the altar soon.

cried Elizabeth: To tell you the truth, sir, it is very strange for you to hope when I have spoken.To tell you the truth, if there are ever such audacious young ladies in the world who risk their happiness for a second request, I am not one of them.My refusal is entirely serious.You can't make me happy, and I, believe me, can never make you happy.Well, if your friend Lady Catelyn had known me, I am sure she would have found me in no way fit to be your wife. Mr. Collins said solemnly: Even if Mrs. Caitlin had such an idea, I don't think her old man would disapprove of you.Don't worry, the next time I have the honor to see her, I will certainly praise your quietness, frugality, and other lovely qualities in front of her.

To tell the truth, Mr. Collins, it is a waste of words to praise me.You will have your own opinions on your own affairs. As long as you believe what I say, you will reward me with face.I wish you happiness and wealth.The reason why I indulge your proposal is to avoid any accidents to you.As for you, since you have proposed to me, then you don't have to feel any embarrassment about the affairs of my family. Once it is your turn to evaluate Longbourn Manor in the future, you can take it as a well-deserved one.Let this matter be settled.As she spoke, she rose, and would have been out of the room long ago, had Mr. Collins not told her the following.

If I am lucky enough to talk to you about this issue next time, I hope you can give me a more satisfactory answer than this time.I don't blame you for being ruthless this time, because I know that you girls always refuse a man's first marriage proposal as a rule. Maybe what you just heard is in line with the delicate character of a woman, and it is enough to encourage me Keep going. Elizabeth was somewhat annoyed at this, and exclaimed: "Mr. Collins, you have confuse me so much.My words have reached this point, if you still feel that this is encouraging you, then I don't know how to indulge you so that you can give up your heart.

Dear cousin, allow me to say something presumptuous: I believe that your refusal of my marriage proposal is merely a matter of routine.To put it simply, there are a few reasons why I think so: I don’t think my proposal to you is not necessarily unworthy of your acceptance, and you will never despise my family property.My social status, I have the same virtue.The relationship in the Baoer family and the relative relationship with your family are all very favorable conditions for me.I must invite you to consider this: in spite of your many attractive features, unfortunately you have too little property, which cancels out your loveliness, your many beautiful features, and there will be no other person to propose to you , so I have to think: this time you are not rejecting me in a serious manner, but following the common practice of ordinary noble women, playing hard to get, trying to win my love even more.

I assure you, sir, that this is no shaming of a gentleman of dignity.I hope you believe what I'm telling the truth, and I'll have a lot of face. I'm grateful to you for proposing to me, but it's absolutely impossible for me to accept it.I can't do anything emotionally.Did I not speak clearly enough?Please don't take me as a noble woman who deliberately teases you, but take me as an ordinary person who speaks the truth. He was very embarrassed, and had to pretend to be full of hospitality and shouted: You are always so cute!I believe that as long as your father makes the decision to accept me, you will never refuse.

He tried to deceive himself again and again, but Elizabeth didn't bother to pay any attention to him, and walked away without saying a word.She made up her mind: if he had to regard her repeated rejections as intentional to please him and to encourage him, then she had no choice but to ask her father for help and tell him to reject him firmly.Collins could no longer see her father's refusal as the posturing and coquettishness of a noble woman.