In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional digressions in praise of his own humble abode, and the improvements it was receiving, he was happily employed until the gentlemen joined them; and he found in Mrs. Phillips a very attentive listener, whose opinion of his consequence increased with what she heard, and who was resolving to retail it all among her neighbours as soon as she could.
Mr. Collins s’étendit sur l’importance de lady Catherine et de son château en ajoutant quelques digressions sur son modeste presbytere et les améliorations qu’il tâchait d’y apporter et il ne tarit pas jusqu’a l’arrivée des messieurs.