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She had once or twice suggested to Elizabeth the possibility of his being partial to her , but Elizabeth always laughed at the idea ; and Mrs . Collins did not think it right to press the subject , from the danger of raising expectations which might only end in disappointment ; for in her opinion it admitted not of a doubt , that all her friend’s dislike would vanish , if she could suppose him to be in her power . In her kind schemes for Elizabeth , she sometimes planned her marrying Colonel Fitzwilliam . He was , beyond comparison , the pleasantest man : he certainly admired her , and his situation in life was most eligible ; but , to counterbalance these advantages , Mr . Darcy had considerable patronage in the church , and his cousin could have none at all . CHAPTER XXXIII . MORE than once did Elizabeth , in her ramble within the park , unexpectedly meet Mr . Darcy . She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought ; and , to prevent its ever happening again , took care to inform him , at first , that it was a favourite haunt of hers . How it could occur a second time , therefore , was very odd ! Yet it did , and even the third . It seemed like wilful ill - nature , or a voluntary penance ; for on these occasions it was not merely a few formal inquiries and an awkward pause and then away , but he actually thought it necessary to turn back and walk with her . He never said a great deal , nor did she give herself the trouble of talking or of listening much ; but it struck her in the course of their third encounter that he was asking some odd unconnected questions — about her pleasure in being at Hunsford , her love of solitary walks , and her opinion of Mr . and Mrs . Collins’s happiness ; and that in speaking of Rosings , and her not perfectly understanding the house , he seemed to expect that whenever she came into Kent again she would be staying there too . His words seemed to imply it . Could he have Colonel Fitzwilliam in his thoughts ? She supposed , if he meant anything , he must mean an allusion to what might arise in that quarter . It distressed her a little , and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage . She was engaged one day , as she walked , in re - perusing Jane’s last letter , and dwelling on some passages which proved that Jane had not written in spirits , when , instead of being again surprised by Mr . Darcy , she saw , on looking up , that Colonel Fitzwilliam was meeting her . Putting away the letter immediately , and forcing a smile , she said , — “ I did not know before that you ever walked this way . ” “ I have been making the tour of the park , ” he replied , “ as I generally do every year , and intended to close it with a call at the Parsonage . Are you going much farther ? ”
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