Jack Collins

Read Time 2 mins   Mrs. Bennet feels like she has accomplished her primary goal in marrying off Jane and Elizabeth. Mr. Bennet misses Elizabeth and often makes unexpected visits to Pemberley. Mr. Bingley, in part to move away from his wife’s vulgar relations, buys an estate in Derbyshire. This allows Jane and Elizabeth to live close to each […]

Read Time 2 mins   Elizabeth asks when Mr. Darcy fell in love with her. He says he can’t pinpoint the exact time. He was already in love with her before he realized it. Elizabeth thinks he was tired of women who were courting him because of his status. She thinks her being different from them was the main

Read Time 2 mins   Elizabeth feels confused and embarrassed when she returns home. She is worried about her family’s reaction to Mr. Darcy’s proposal, since she knew he was not well-liked. Jane is astonished when Elizabeth tells her the news. She thinks Elizabeth still hates him. Jane finally does believe that her feelings have changed and is pleased.

Read Time 2 mins   Mr. Darcy does return to Longbourn. Bingley proposes going for a walk, though he and Jane fall behind. Kitty leaves them to call on Maria Lucas. When alone with Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth expresses her gratitude in how he helped her sister Lydia. She reveals that Lydia first hinted his involvement, and that is the

Read Time < 1 mins   Elizabeth remains rattled long after Lady Catherine leaves. It is all she can think about. Elizabeth wonders at the origin of the report that had spurred her to travel such a long way to break it up. She assumes that the Lucas’s are the source. They probably assumed it likely that Elizabeth would marry

Read Time 2 mins   Lady Catherine pays a visit to Longbourn, surprising everyone. She is not very civil, though Mrs. Bennet is too impressed to have such an esteemed visitor to notice. Lady Catherine criticizes how small their park is and how inconvenient their sitting room is. She then asks Elizabeth to show her an area of interest

Read Time < 1 mins Elizabeth wonders why Mr. Darcy came at all when he acted indifferent and didn’t talk. She tries to put him out of her mind.   Jane is happier. She knows now that she can stand to be in the same room with Mr. Bingley and keep her composure. Mrs. Bennet is plotting her old schemes.

Read Time < 1 mins   Elizabeth is glad she has managed to silence Wickham for good.   The couple departs. Mr. Bennet remarks that Wickham is a very agreeable son-in-law. Mrs. Bennet is in low spirits. However, she is cured of this by the news that Mr. Bingley is coming back to Netherfield. She acts like she doesn’t care,

Read Time < 1 mins   Mrs Gardiner replies immediately. She writes that she and her husband had believed that Elizabeth was fully aware of Darcy’s intervention. Darcy was responsible for finding Wickham and Lydia. He reasoned with them. Lydia would not leave Wickham, despite their not being married. Wickham was not interested in marrying Lydia and still hoped to