Never again will you spend an evening alone with Mr Collins. He has invented a new form of backgammon where he talks without deviation, repetition or hesitation about his esteemed patroness. You wish you were dead – except that would allow Mr Collins to take possession of your house, with no guarantee that you could haunt him.

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You retire early, and wish you had gone to the Ball instead.

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