The party is quickly emptying out. Charlotte and Eleanor finally find Bertie, who is less than eager about proposing to Eleanor. The situation with Mr. Slope is explained to Bertie. Charlotte leaves the two of them alone together. Bertie is supposed to propose to Eleanor, but he can not go through with it because he does not want to spend his life married to her in the quiet town of Barchester. He decides, instead, to confess the whole.....
