A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.
Une heureuse chance l’avait mis sur le chemin de lady Catherine de Bourgh au moment ou le bénéfice d’Hunsford se trouvait vacant, et la vénération que lui inspirait sa noble protectrice, jointe a la haute opinion qu’il avait de lui-meme et de son autorité pastorale, faisaient de Mr. Collins un mélange singulier de servilité et d’importance, d’orgueil et d’obséquiosité.