Jane Austen
She had gained her point, and had time to consider of it. Her reflections were in general
satisfactory. Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was
irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. But still he would be her husband.
Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object;
it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however
uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want. This
preservative she had now obtained; and at the age of twenty-seven, without having ever
been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it. The least agreeable circumstance in the
business was the surprise it must occasion to Elizabeth Bennet, whose friendship she valued
beyond that of any other person. Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her;
and though her resolution was not to be shaken, her feelings must be hurt by such a
disapprobation
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