With the Compliments of Mr Collins

Mr Bennet suspected that his cousin, a clergyman named Mr Collins, was a rather silly man. When he found out how Mr Collins shamelessly buttered up his aristocratic employer, Mr Bennet’s suspicions were confirmed.

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