Not yet, however, in spite of her disappointment in her husband, did Mrs. Bennet give up the point.
She talked to Elizabeth again and again;
Coaxed and threatened her by turns.
She endeavoured to secure Jane in her interest, but Jane, with all possible mildness, declined interfering;
And Elizabeth, sometimes with real earnestness and sometimes with playful gaiety, replied to her attacks.
Though her manner varied, however, her determination never did.
Mr. Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed.
He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motive his cousin could refuse him;