Chapter 89Mr. Collins was not long left to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs. Mitchell, who had strolled around in the vestibule to wait for the end of the conference, barely saw Elizabeth open the door and walk past her to the stairs with quick steps when she entered the breakfast room and congratulated him and him warmly on the happy view or their closer connection. Mr. Collins received these congratulations with equal pleasure and returned them, and then proceeded to recount the details of their conversation, with the result, the result of which, he believed, he had every reason to be satisfied, since the rejection that his cousin had steadfastly given him would of course flow from her shy modesty and the genuine tenderness of her character.
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