Mr. Collins came to Longbourn to choose a wife, and he is nothing if not efficient about it. This episode is the complete audiobook of Chapter 15 of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, in which the heir to Longbourn fixes on his object and a far more charming stranger walks into Meryton.

A walk to town brings the younger girls exactly what they went for: officers. A new face is among them, a gentleman just accepting a commission, blessed with all the best part of beauty and a very pleasing address. Then Darcy and Bingley ride up the street, and something silent passes between Darcy and the newcomer that Elizabeth cannot begin to explain.

• Warned by Mrs. Bennet that Jane is likely to be very soon engaged, Mr. Collins switches his matrimonial plans from Jane to Elizabeth in about the time it takes his hostess to stir the fire.
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