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Some more Collins musings Written by Art (1/24/2004 12:30 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Random observations from Mr. Collins, penned by Kristen G.

1) Chapter 13:

"He had not been long seated before he complimented Mrs. Bennet on having so fine a family of daughters; said he had heard much of their beauty, but that in this instance fame had fallen short of the truth..."

Chapter 15:
"...he meant to choose one of the daughters, if he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report."

Heard much of? Fame? Common report? Who is gossiping about the Bennet sisters all the way out in Kent?

2) Chapter 17: "I shall hope to be honoured with the hands of all my fair cousins in the course of the evening"

Do you think he actually carried out this ~~threat~~ promise? The book does not describe any such dances. P&P2 doesn't show them either, although Kitty later makes a passing reference about her encounter with him (and they might have been in the scenes lost because of the hair on the lens). Imagine the possibilities: what would a dance with Mr. Collins and Lydia be like, given all the preceding scenes of Lydia's reactions to him? Or with Jane -- would she blame herself for his missteps? Or with Kitty -- her poor frock? Or with Mary?

3) Chapter 18: After Mr. Collins overheard Mr. Darcy mention Miss de Bourgh and Lady Catherine to Miss Bingley as relations, I would have expected the clergyman to fall all over himself right then and there to impose himself upon the esteemed gentleman. But no; instead, he walked away to seek out Elizabeth and tell her about his discovery, only to have to walk all the way back to Mr. Darcy to carry out his original intention. It seems such an unnecessary detour; he could have talked to Darcy, then later bragged about his "success" to Elizabeth. Why would he do things in the sequence that he did?

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Random observations from Mr. Collins Kristen G. (1/23/2004 4:44 p.m.)

I don't know about ... Line (1/23/2004 6:33 p.m.)
- Random speculation KateL (1/23/2004 6:59 p.m.)
  - The unshakable Mr. Collins Daphne (1/23/2004 9:07 p.m.)
    - Was Mr. Collins... Vania (1/23/2004 9:33 p.m.)
      - Basically agree...   Mandy N (1/24/2004 6:06 a.m.)
        
        Yes, he did   B. Michelle (1/24/2004 10:30 a.m.)
        
        Poor, silly Mr Collins.   Mandy N (1/24/2004 8:07 p.m.)
        
        Was the "disagreement"   Vania (1/24/2004 11:42 p.m.)
        
        My impression...   Mandy N (1/25/2004 4:45 a.m.)
        
        Ah,...the entail(long)   JulieW (1/25/2004 11:40 a.m.)
        
        Relationship of Collins, Sr to Mr Bennet   kathleen (elder) (1/25/2004 12:26 p.m.)
        
        Mr Collins was certainly a cousin   JulieW (1/25/2004 12:48 p.m.)
        
        The probable descent was thus:   JulieW (1/25/2004 1:48 p.m.)
        
        Mr Bennet..   DeborahAnn (1/25/2004 2:19 p.m.)
        
        Well   JulieW (1/25/2004 2:28 p.m.)
        
        Cousins..   DeborahAnn (1/25/2004 12:55 p.m.)
        
        But Mr Collins   JulieW (1/25/2004 1:13 p.m.)
        
        Cousinship   Line (1/25/2004 2:02 p.m.)
        
        Entails..   DeborahAnn (1/25/2004 12:35 p.m.)
        
        Well........   JulieW (1/25/2004 1:12 p.m.)
        
        Not 100%   Line (1/25/2004 2:22 p.m.)
        
        Other Possibilities???   BarbaraB (1/25/2004 3:56 p.m.)
        
        lack of connections   Diane Margaret (1/25/2004 6:39 p.m.)
        
        I've thougt about this too.   JulieW (1/26/2004 8:01 a.m.)
        
        her people   Diane Margaret (1/26/2004 9:05 a.m.)
        
        Personality clash   KateL (1/26/2004 1:57 p.m.)
        
        A different take   Line (1/24/2004 10:14 p.m.)
      - I wonder if ... Line (1/24/2004 9:47 a.m.)
  - Real life Mr. Collins Antoinette (1/24/2004 2:09 p.m.)
Mrs. Jenkinson Vania (1/23/2004 9:24 p.m.)
Some more Collins musings Art (1/24/2004 12:30 a.m.)
- Not wishing to interrupt Antoinette (1/24/2004 2:05 p.m.)
- Trying to impress her? KateL (1/24/2004 3:36 p.m.)
  - That would be my guess... Christiana (1/24/2004 11:15 p.m.)
- Mr. C's knowledge of the Bennets Line (1/24/2004 10:25 p.m.)
  - I agree kathleen (elder) (1/25/2004 8:47 a.m.)
  - Spring Ordination.. DeborahAnn (1/25/2004 9:58 a.m.)
In regard to first observation... Mandy N (1/24/2004 6:44 a.m.)

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