Prevailed Upon to Marry Quotes

“Cruelly taunted beyond endurance, Elizabeth performed the most unladylike act of her entire life: she spat in Mr Collins’s eye. “You little—”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“It is what you said. I am apparently so tempting as to render you as witless as a rutting beast! No, you cannot possibly come near me lest you throw me down and have your way with me.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“So, my touch is now disgusting to you, is it?” The accusation flew from Elizabeth’s mouth before she could make the attempt to suppress it.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“Caroline, appearing exceedingly unwell all of a sudden, clutched at his arm. “What do you mean by ‘waiting for Darcy and Miss Eliza to return’? Where is Mr Darcy?”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“Elizabeth placed her hand atop his. “I have every intention of growing to love you, Fitzwilliam. Even if your admiration for me fades over time, I shall become the best wife I can possibly be.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“I need a carriage!” Collins exclaimed, stomping his foot in a remarkable imitation of Lydia.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“they raced out of the church as if the hounds of hell were upon their heels.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“Go,” Miss Bennet repeated, this time looking to her sister. “Elope. Make for Scotland and marry over the anvil.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“have seen the contract myself.” It was a lie, but Collins comforted himself that it was only a small one, and God would surely forgive him for it.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“As it is,” Darcy continued, “the choice of whom to wed is mine and mine alone. Anyone who disapproves, regardless of their affiliation with me, is of no concern to me.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“I cannot bear the thought of you wed to another man, especially one such as Mr Collins. Consent to be my wife, and I shall speak to your father immediately. It is not yet too late for us.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“Elizabeth, engaged to that oaf Collins and set to be married the next day! The very thought sickened him.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“As if any self-respecting woman could be happy with such a loathsome toad!”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“Her father was dying, and his last wish was for her to marry his heir. To what circle of hell had she descended?”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry

“The greatest tragedy, however, was the bridegroom; he was a man she could neither love nor respect in any measure.”
― Mary Smythe, Prevailed Upon to Marry