Cousin Emma by Perpetua Langley

Author:Perpetua Langley [Langley, Perpetua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

Mr. Collins stormed down the road. He had been humiliated! Worse, he had in his pocket a letter from Lady Catherine, specifically inquiring as to how he got on. He had delayed his answer, assuming he would write the happy news that he was engaged to Miss Woodhouse. Now what was he to say?

He had no intention of proposing to Mary Bennet. He was incredulous over the idea that anybody thought he would. As for Katherine and Lydia Bennet, they were both of them out of the question. The same could be said for Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, though for different reasons. He was rather terrified of Jane Bennet’s beauty and equally terrified that he should never be regarded as the superior person when it came to Elizabeth Bennet—she was too clever by half.

That was all of them! He was charged to marry one of them but none of them would do. The circumstance had not bothered him in the least when he thought he would engage himself to Miss Woodhouse.

What should he do? How could he return to Rosings without the welcome news that Lady Catherine sought from him?

Just then, he came upon the lane that led to Lucas Lodge. Miss Lucas was a welcoming sort of person. Had she not been so kind to him on his arrival? Had she not expressed interest in his opinions? She was the sort of lady that his benefactress would like—quiet and unassuming. As well, she would no doubt look to him for advice and counsel once they were married. She did not put herself forward as overly clever or beautiful. Further, she did not come with a large dowry, which some might find distressing, though he rather thought that fact helped his case. And wouldn’t she wish to be the mistress of Longbourn, able to return to her own neighborhood when the time came?

Mr. Collins stopped, turned, and headed down the lane. He was not the sort of man for whom one small setback amounted to defeat. Miss Lucas would make a fine wife.

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