Mr. Collins to the Darcy's

Dear, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy

I recently heard of your marriage from my lovely uncle Mr. Bennet and I wanted to wish you both well. Although your courtship came as a great shock at Rosings especially to my patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mrs. Collins and I both throw all of our support to the two of you. The two of us have always loved the both of you and wish a marriage upon you like ours, full of love.

This may come at a great surprise to the both of you but, I assure you that ever since I heard of your relationship I have fully supported the relationship. On the night that Lady Catherine went to convince my darling cousin Elizabeth not to marry Mr. Darcy, I was the one who stood up in your defense and attempted to stop her mission. But, of course in her head strong ways she would not budge and continued to embarrass me by yelling at my dear cousin. Mrs. Collins will confirm this fact if either of you have any doubts of the truth in my words. I hope that you can see that I love the both of you and will not back up Lady Catherine in her absurd beliefs.

Now on the matter of my patroness neither of you can tell her of my support for your life together because if she gets wind of my support she will she surely take away my living. She still strongly believes that her daughter Anne and Mr. Darcy were engaged to each other and will not let go of her fantasy. The absurd woman still believes that I support her in these fanatic ways and it is the only topic that is ever uttered from her mouth. I don't know how much more of her rants I can take and I pray that soon I may find another living at a prosperous household. But, I know that I can not leave Rosings without another living place, since I am trying to expand my family. I hope that the both of you can find it in your hearts to search amongst your friends for anyone that needs a dedicated clergyman or I have even heard that the living at Pemberly may be open since Mr. Wickham never took over. Please do not lose sleep over me if you can not find anyone who needs a priest among your wonderful friends, I can suffer along at Rosings for as long as needed.

Now, enough about my problems I have recently heard that my dear cousin Jane was also married to your best friend Mr. Bingley. That is quite a match and I can't quite believe that two of my cousins have been married to such upstanding men. I compliment my two lovely cousins for escaping from your sometimes appalling family members. I also wanted to give my congratulations to my youngest cousin Lydia who although was married in some uncertain circumstances has been married none the less. I hope that the rest of the Bennet clan is doing alright; surprisingly I have not heard anything from your family since the last letter from notifying me of the engagement. All of our lives have much changed since I saw the both of you, I am growing my family, three of my cousins are married, and my poor patroness Lady Catherine has lost her way.

I hope that the both of you are living in love at Pemberly and do not even think of Lady Catherine I will steer her down a righteous path towards accepting your marriage. I know that the two of know how hard it has been to keep my excitement of your marriage from Lady Catherine and I will continue to show my support to you subtly. I hope to soon be away from this dreadful place with those who despise my friends and to be with the two of sharing dinner before my sermon at Pemberly.

Yours truly

William Collins