Chapter 37
After the letter: Elizabeth's reckoning
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1 Rosings dominates its still, dewy park as a travelling carriage waits before the entrance steps.
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2 Mr. Collins bows deeply beside the lodge gates as the gentlemen’s carriage rolls into Hunsford Lane.
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3 Mr. Collins strides through the lodge gates toward Rosings, settling his hat after the farewell bow.
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4 Two empty chairs mark the nephews’ departure from Rosings.
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5 Elizabeth suppresses a smile, imagining Lady Catherine's indignation
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6 Lady Catherine turns her nephews’ departure into a tribute to her own importance.
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7 A broad stretch of bare damask and an empty chair give quiet weight to Darcy’s departure.
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8 Collins bows over the candlelit table as Lady Catherine and Anne receive his compliment
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9 Lady Catherine singles Elizabeth out with an assessing glance across the drawing-room at Rosings.
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10 Lady Catherine assures Elizabeth that Charlotte will welcome a longer visit.
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11 Elizabeth courteously declines Lady Catherine’s invitation to prolong her stay.
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12 Elizabeth quietly invokes her father’s wish for her return.
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13 Elizabeth’s courteous firmness brings Lady Catherine’s insistence to a temporary halt.
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14 Lady Catherine casually mentions Ramsgate, and Elizabeth’s gaze freezes with recognition.
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15 Lady Catherine confidently assures Elizabeth that her name will secure attention at the Bell.
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16 Elizabeth steadies herself by listening to Lady Catherine’s questions.
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17 Elizabeth walks slowly along the sheltered path beside Rosings park, absorbed in Darcy’s letter.
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18 Elizabeth pauses on the sheltered path to examine the letter once more.
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19 Elizabeth’s thumb presses into Darcy’s repeatedly unfolded letter.
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20 Elizabeth lifts her eyes from Darcy's letter and holds her gaze steady.
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21 Elizabeth rests against the paling, Darcy’s letter hanging idle in her hand.
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22 Elizabeth pauses over Darcy’s letter, grieving the happiness Jane has lost.
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23 Elizabeth walks alone beneath the pale green canopy, Darcy’s letter hanging at her side.
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24 Lady Catherine demonstrates the proper folding of travelling gowns to an anxiously attentive Maria.
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25 Maria nods at Lady Catherine's packing instructions, resolved to redo her morning's work
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26 Lady Catherine bestows her final farewell as Elizabeth and Maria curtsey.
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27 At the final leave-taking at Rosings, Anne de Bourgh offers Elizabeth a small, effortful courtesy.
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28 Maria's opened trunk and loosened gowns after Lady Catherine's packing instructions
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