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both , had they appeared to be in the wrong , she could no more explain such behaviour than her sister .
Mr . Collins on his return highly gratified Mrs . Bennet by admiring Mrs . Phillips ' s manners and politeness . He protested that , except Lady Catherine and her daughter , he had never seen a more elegant woman ; for she had not only received him with the utmost civility , but even pointedly included him in her invitation for the next evening , although utterly unknown to her before . Something , he supposed , might be attributed to his connection with them , but yet he had never met with so much attention in the whole course of his life .