A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.
Hunsfordeko erretoregoa hutsik geratzean zorioneko halabehar batek gomendatu zuen gizona Lady Catherine De Bourghen aurrean; eta, alde batetik, damari babesle gisa zion benerazioak eta haren goi mailak sortarazten zion begirune handiak eta, bestetik, Collinsek berak bere buruaz, bere elizgizon aginteaz eta erretore eskubideez zuen iritzi bikainak, harrotasun eta morroitasunaren arteko nahasketa bat bihurtua zuten, burgoikeria eta apaltasunaren arteko zerbait.