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interruptions of Mr. Collins, and the gaieties of their

intercourse with Rosings. A lively imagination soon

settled it all.

About the middle of the next day, as she was in her

room getting ready for a walk, a sudden noise below

seemed to speak the whole house in confusion; and,

after listening a moment, she heard somebody running

upstairs in a violent hurry, and calling loudly after her.

She opened the door and met Maria in the landing

place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out

“Oh, my dear Eliza! pray make haste and come into

the dining-room, for there is such a sight to be seen! I

will not tell you what it is. Make haste, and come down

this moment.”

Elizabeth asked questions in vain; Maria would

tell her nothing more, and down they ran into the

dining-room, which fronted the lane, in quest of this

wonder; it was two ladies stopping in a low phaeton at

the garden gate.

“And is this all?” cried Elizabeth. “I expected at least

that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is

nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter.”

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