傲慢与偏见 Pride and Prejudice 14

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　　CHAPTER EIGHT

　　A Clergyman at Home

　　Mr. Collins spent a week making plans of marriage and love. Then he returned to his house at Hunsford, in Kent, to prepare the house to welcome his bride. Their wedding day had been fixed.

　　The following Monday, Mrs. Bennet received her brother and his wife. They had come from London to spend Christmas at Longbourn. Mr. Gardiner was a gentle man, quite above his sister in nature as well as in education. Mrs. Gardiner, who was several years younger than Mrs. Bennet, was an intelligent and well-mannered woman. She was a great favorite with all her nieces. Between Jane and Elizabeth and her, there was a very strong regard.

　　Mrs. Gardiner began their visit by giving out her presents. Then she began to describe the newest fashions in London. Soon, Mrs. Bennet began to tell her of her problems. Site explained that they had been wronged since she last saw her sister. Two of her girls had been on the point of marriage, and both plans had fallen through.

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