Mr Bennet tells his family that his cousin, Mr Collins, is coming to dinner. It is he who will inherit the Longbourn property on the death of Mr Bennet. Mr Bennet has never met Collins because of a quarrel with his father. Mrs Bennet cannot bear the thought of him or the entailment of the property. In his letter Mr Collins explains that he is a clergyman in the patronage of a Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Hunsford in Kent. He hints at a way of resolving the problem of the entailment and proposes to visit the family for a week. Mr Collins is punctual and formal. He compliments Mrs Bennet on the beauty of her daughters in very conventional terms. Once again, he hints self-importantly at the possibility of making amends to the family. He is all admiration for Longbourn and its contents. #janeaustenh #prideandprejudice #romance #romanticfiction
