Elizabeth was more and more pleased she had come, when she found herself so affectionately received.She saw instantly that marriage had not changed her cousin's manners. He insisted on greeting them all with formal politeness and long speeches,and showed them round the house,explaining its many good points in exhausting detail.Elizabeth could not help thinking that perhaps he was speaking particularly to her,as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him.But although everything seemed neat and comfortable, she was un- able to please him with a sigh of regret. In fact, she wondered how Charlotte could look so cheerful, with such a companion. But whenever Mr Collins said anything of which his wife might be ashamed, which was quite often, Charlotte wisely did not appear to be listening.And when Mr Collins showed them proudly round his garden,in which he himself enjoyed working,Elizabeth admired the serious way in which Charlotte praised gardening as a most healthy exercise, and admitted encouraging her husband to work outdoors as much as possible.