>really silly characters like Mr. Collins and Mrs. Bennet, so it doesn’t seem out of place to feel superior to them. But in this passage, it came off as weird.
But that's a point in and of itself - shouldn't it feel weird, even when the person is a bit silly? Respectability has a lot of facets.
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>really silly characters like Mr. Collins and Mrs. Bennet, so it doesn’t seem out of place to feel superior to them. But in this passage, it came off as weird.
But that's a point in and of itself - shouldn't it feel weird, even when the person is a bit silly? Respectability has a lot of facets.