"Lady Catherine is a very respectable, sensible woman indeed," added Charlotte, "and a most attentive neighbour."

     "Very true, my dear, that is exactly what I say. She is the sort of woman whom one cannot regard with too much deference."

     The evening was spent chiefly in talking over Hertfordshire news, and telling again what had already been written; and when it closed, Elizabeth, in the solitude of her chamber, had to meditate upon Charlotte's degree of contentment, to understand her address in guiding, and composure in bearing with, her husband, and to acknowledge that it was all done very well. She had also to anticipate how her visit would pass, the quiet tenor of their usual employments, the vexatious interruptions of Mr. Collins, and the gaieties of their intercourse with Rosings. A lively imagination soon settled it all.