Chapter 71Since there was no objection to the engagement of the young people to their aunt and Mr. Collins was constantly resisted all the scruples of leaving Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell for only a single evening during his visit, the carriage brought him and his five cousins ?? at one o'clock suitable hour to Meryton; and the girls had the pleasure of hearing when they entered the salon that Mr. Waterhouse had accepted their uncle's invitation and was then in the house.
When this information was given and they had taken all their seats, Mr. Collins had time to look around and admire, and he was so impressed with the size and furniture of the apartment that he explained that he could almost have guessed it himself in the small summer breakfast salon in Rosings; a comparison that at first did no
