P&P The Untold Stories: Mr. Bennet Hears from Mr. Collins

What entertaining absurdities does Mr. Collins’s letter contain?

October 4, 1812

Mr. Bennet reposed in his library after breakfast, his feet propped up on a stool and a highly enjoyable book before his nose. With the most troublesome of his daughters permanently gone from the house and the most angelic one advantageously engaged, he had little left to wish for but that the peace of his household might last. He did not expect it to, however. Just as the little tyrant across the channel could not...