Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth did not have a chance to dance with the person she wanted to: instead she had her first two dances with Mr Collins. How did she feel about these two dances?

Elizabeth did not have a chance to dance with the person she wanted to: instead she had her first two dances with Mr Collins. How did she feel about these two dances?

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Elizabeth was distressed, ashamed, and miserable during the first two dances with Mr. Collins. She found him to be completely disagreeable. 

The first two dances, however, brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification. Mr. Collins, awkward and solemn, apologising instead of attending, and often moving wrong without being aware of it, gave her all the shame and misery which a disagreeable partner for a couple of dances can give. The moment of her release from him was ecstasy.

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