SIR WILLIAM staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with. While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his mornings to driving him out in his gig and shewing him the country; but when he went away, the whole family returned to their usual employments, and Elizabeth was thankful to find that they did not see more of her cousin by the alteration, for the chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden, or in reading and writing, and looking out of window in his own book room, which fronted the road. The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. Elizabeth at first had rather wondered that Charlotte should not prefer the dining parlour for common use; it was a better sized room, and had a pleasanter aspect; but she soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment, had they sat in one equally lively; and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement.
威廉爵士在汉斯福只待了一个星期,可是经过了这一次短短的拜访,他大可以为了:女儿嫁得极其称心如意,而且有了这样不可多得的丈夫和难能可贵的邻居。威谦爵士在这儿作客的时候,柯林斯先生总是每天上午同他乘着双轮马车,带他到郊野去漫游;他走了以后,家里又恢复了日常生活。伊丽莎白真要谢天谢地。因为这一次作客,跟她表兄柯林斯朝夕相见的次数并不多。原来他从吃早饭到吃午饭那一段时间里,不是在收拾花园,就是在自己那间面临着大路的书房里看书写字,凭窗远眺,而女客的起坐间又在后面那一间。伊丽莎白开头很奇怪:这里的餐厅比较大,地位光线也比较好,为什么夏绿蒂不愿意把餐厅兼作起居室?可是她立刻看出了她朋友所以要这样做,的确非常有理由,因为:假如女客也在一间同样舒适的起坐间里,那么柯林斯先生待在自己房间里的时间就要比较少了;她很赞赏夏绿蒂这样的按排。
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