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Chapter Four “I summoned you here today, Mr. Collins, because I think it a wise thing for you to take on a curate at Hunsford.” Her ladyship summoned Mr. Collins to Rosings most every day, to discuss one crucial parish matter or another. On this particular Tuesday, they were seated in her Ladyship’s morning room, and had been discussing at length, or rather Lady Catherine had been discussing atby Roslyn W. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Thanks for the thought-provoking comments! Your question came up after my first post, and I responded to elaborate on my “strategy” a bit more. I envisioned a situation much like the beginning of Sense & Sensibility, where Mr. Dashwood dies and the Dashwood sisters stay many months at Norland before their half-brother takes possession. Similarly, in a situation where Mr. Collins inherited Lby Roslyn W. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Chapter Three In deference to Elizabeth’s ongoing period of mourning, Mr. and Mrs. Collins had not been often required since their return to Hunsford to dine at Rosings with her ladyship. With the advent of her ladyship’s nephews and Mrs. Collins’s eldest sister to Kent, however, Lady Catherine’s curiously would now brook no opposition. They were all summoned forthwith to dinner. Elizabeth, onby Roslyn W. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Yeah, something along those lines -- I didn't really elaborate much in the first post, but I was thinking that in a situation where Mr. Collins inherited Longbourn much earlier than anyone expected, married Elizabeth, and permitted the Bennet women to stay in their home, he would probably want to avoid the appearance of looking too eager to "claim his prize" by taking possession of Longbourn too eby Roslyn W. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Oops! Thanks for pointing out the typo. Can't claim to have done a super close edit before posting.by Roslyn W. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild