'You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure — therefore you
need not hide your age.'
'I am not yet twenty-one.'
When the gentlemen joined them, the card tables were placed.
At one table Lady Catherine played with Sir William and with
Mr and Mrs Collins; at the other, Miss de Bourgh with Mrs
Jenkinson and the two girls. Lady Catherine continued to talk,
pointing out the mistakes made by others. Mr Collins agreed
with everything she said, thanking her for every game he won,
and apologizing if he thought he had won too many. Hardly a
word was spoken at the other table, and Elizabeth found the
game extremely boring.
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