Mr Bennet died when Elizabeth was but fifteen There was little money Her mother was desperate Mr Collins was an awful ugly man who mistreated the servants But he would marry Jane and Jane Jane would do what Mama begged her toElizabeth would never let her dear Jane marry him Never Jane was too beautiful too kind and too good to be stuck with such a horrid man To save Jane Elizabeth convinced Mr Collins to marry her instead Six months later he died in a riding accident and Elizabeth planned to never marry againYears later when Mr Bingley took Netherfield Elizabeth met his haughty clever and handsome friend Mr Darcy Even though he saw himself as superior to most of the local gentry Elizabeth and Darcy quickly became fast friends But as they grew closer Elizabeths terrifying memories of Mr Collins began to returnExcerptThe nightmare always went the same She could never throw herself in front of her husband Mr Collins would strike Lydia Elizabeth struggled to move as the sound of his blows echoed knock knock Lydias tear stained face and accusing eyes were vaguely deformed Action and speech were impossible and her screams would not come Mr Collinss fist rose Fell She hurt when the blow struck That awful sound echoedKnock Knock KnockFifteenyearold Elizabeth Collins awoke soaked in sweat with a racing heart The person outside knocked on the bedroom door again Ill be up presently Elizabeth cried The knocks ceasedElizabeth placed her hand on her stomach shed miscarried this afternoon She mourned the child but did not feel really unhappy that Providence had chosen to take him away Motherhood terrified her her husband would treat her child the way his brutish father treated himMr Collins became angry when he heard very angry Only once had Elizabeth seen him this enraged He pushed his face inches from Elizabeths and exclaimed as she forced herself to not gag at the alcoholic odor of his breath I told you to give me a healthy sonHis manner frightened Elizabeth and tears began as she responded It is not my fault I tried You disobeyed me You may pretend otherwise but it was disobedience Disobedience If you were a good wife this would not have happened You owe me Elizabeth you owe me You promised to never disobey RememberTears rolled down her cheeks Elizabeth frantically nodded The memory of the day he extorted that promise made her sick with anxiety I did all I couldYou should have done better You should not have destroyed my child You you have not behaved as a wife ought You must be punished I do not know how I must think on it What you have done demands great severity He looked down with a curled lip I cannot bear the sight of you You are not sorry at all You shall be He walked to the door When I return I will have decided how to correct this insultMr Collins left the house Elizabeth nervously waited for his return so she could beg forgiveness again but when he had not come home by midnight Elizabeth fell asleep in his bedroom while she waitedElizabeth stared at the door He must have returned It would be a servant sent to call her to the study so he could announce her fate Elizabeth rehearsed a final time how she would grovel he enjoyed it when she begged on her kneesElizabeths pulse pounded as she walked to the door her footsteps sounded eerily loud in her ears Mrs Hill stood there her countenance grave This was no mere summons to her husband What what is it Elizabeth

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