Jane Austen
"It certainly is a most iniquitous affair," said Mr. Bennet, "and nothing can clear Mr.
Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn. But if you will listen to his letter, you may
perhaps be a little softened by his manner of expressing himself."
"No, that I am sure I shall not; and I think it is very impertinent of him to write to you at
all, and very hypocritical. I hate such false friends. Why could he not keep on quarreling
with you, as his father did before him?"
"Why, indeed; he does seem to have had some filial scruples on that head, as you will
hear."
"Hunsford, near Westerham, Kent, 15th October.
"Dear Sir,--
"The disagreement subsisting between yourself and my late honoured father always gave
me much uneasiness, and since I have had the misfortune to lose him, I have frequently
wished to heal the breach; but for some time I was kept back by my own doubts, fearing lest
annaabi.ee 
