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CHAPTERXXVIII . EVERY object in the next day’s journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth ; and her spirits were in a state of enjoyment ; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to banish all fear for her health , and the prospect of her northern tour was a constant source of delight . When they left the high road for the lane to Hunsford , every eye was in search of the Parsonage , and every turning expected to bring it in view . The paling of Rosings park was their boundary on one side . Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants . At length the Parsonage was discernible . The garden sloping to the road , the house standing in it , the green pales and the laurel hedge , everything declared they were arriving . Mr . Collins and Charlotte appeared at the door , and the carriage stopped at the small gate , which led by a short gravel walk to the house , amidst the nods and smiles of the whole party . In a moment they were all out of the chaise , rejoicing at the sight of each other . Mrs . Collins welcomed her friend with the liveliest pleasure , and Elizabeth was more and more satisfied with coming , when she found herself so affectionately received . She saw instantly that her cousin’s manners were not altered by his marriage : his formal civility was just what it had been ; and he detained her some minutes at the gate to hear and satisfy his inquiries after all her family . They were then , with no other delay than his pointing out the neatness of the entrance , taken into the house ; and as soon as they were in the parlour , he welcomed them a second time , with ostentatious formality , to his humble abode , and punctually repeated all his wife’s offers of refreshment . Elizabeth was prepared to see him in his glory ; and she could not help fancying that in displaying the good proportion of the room , its aspect , and its furniture , he addressed himself particularly to her , as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him . But though everything seemed neat and comfortable , she was not able to gratify him by any sigh of repentance ; and rather looked with wonder at her friend , that she could have so cheerful an air with such a companion . When Mr . Collins said anything of which his wife might reasonably be ashamed , which certainly was not seldom , she involuntarily turned her eye on Charlotte . Once or twice she could discern a faint blush ; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear .
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