Volume 2: Chapter 3 Summary

At the first opportunity, Mrs. Gardiner decides to have a serious conversation with Elizabeth about Mr. Wickham. She strongly advises her niece against falling in love with him, or encouraging him to fall in love with her. Elizabeth obstinately replies that "since we see everyday that where there is affection, young people are seldom withheld by immediate want of fortune from entering into engagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that it would be wisdom to resist?" She does however, promise her aunt to do what she thinks is wisest, and Mrs. Gardiner is comforted slightly by her words.

Mr. Collins returns for the wedding, although he does not stay with the Bennets, but with the Lucases this time...