As no objection was made to the young people's engagement with their aunt, and all Mr. Collins's scruples of leaving Mr. and Mrs. Bennet for a single evening during his visit were most steadily resisted, the coach conveyed him and his five cousins at a suitable hour to Meryton; and the girls had the pleasure of hearing, as they entered the drawing-room, that Mr. Wickham had accepted their uncle's invitation, and was then in the house.
Поскольку желание всех мисс Беннет отправиться к тетушке было одобрено их родителями, а возражения мистера Коллинза, опасавшегося покинуть на один вечер хозяина и хозяйку дома, были решительно отклонены,карета в надлежащее время доставила молодого человека и его пять кузин в Меритон.По прибытии барышни с удовольствием узнали, что мистер Уикхем принял приглашение мистера Филипса и уже находится среди гостей.
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.