Pride & Prejudice: My Chapter
To his own surprise, Mr. Collins found his feelings towards Elizabeth had not dwindled. Upon seeing her the following morning at breakfast, he resolved to have her hand. Her refusal of him, he reasoned, must be simply the female response to a marriage proposal, for a refusal from her to someone such as himself was unthinkable. Miss Elizabeth is, he thought, more stubborn and opinionated than most women. It might require more to convince her. Perhaps he had been overly formal in his address. Perhaps his reasons had not pleased her, being more about himself and the honorable Lady Catherine than about Elizabeth. A second proposal, one with new reasons, one more personal, was in order. Finding Elizabeth proved more difficult than Mr. Collins expected. At length he walked about Longbourn, and being unable to locate her, he strolled out into the gardens, where he found Lydia and Kitty sitting on a bench with Elizabeth. The two younger Bennets were engaged in conversation involving much giggling and whispering, while Elizabeth was detached and staring intently at the landscape. Noticing his approach, the girls quickly departed the bench and walked to some nearby shrubs, where they undoubtedly hoped to overhear the im
"I bid you good day, my dear Miss Elizabeth. It pleases me to see you looking so well," Mr. Collins began as he sat down. "After much consideration I have determined my previous address may not have accurately conveyed my feelings or intentions towards you. I understand it is a way of women to reject a proposal at first, therefore I beg you listen once again, this time to new reasons for our union." "My dear Miss Elizabeth," Mr. Collins started again, "I feel my first address did not stress you personally as the main object of my wishes. I reaffirm my original reasons, yet I feel it necessary to add to them three more. First, I find your great beauty both enticing and irresistible. From the moment I laid eyes upon you it has been hard for me to think of anything else. I previously stated that I came to Longbourn with intent to marry one of the Bennet sisters, and I had heard much of their beauty. And yet these rumors did no service for what I found upon my arrival. I admit I first laid eyes upon your sister, Jane, and she appeared to me the ideal marriage prospect. Your kind mother then told me of her imminent proposal, and I then saw you, an even greater beauty, and I realized that I could do no better. I then observed your wit and intelligence during my stay, which made me fall even further for you. That leads me into my second reason, that our match would be not just about beauty, but about intelligence. I have always held a love for books and the type of witty discussions you yourself engage in so often. I do not mean to flatter myself
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Approximate Word count = 1046
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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