by Jane Austen
Read by Mr. RONALD WATKINS

MR. RONALD WATKINS resumes today from Chapter XVII, and continues on Thursday to the end of Chapter XXI. Last week Elizabeth's conversation with Mr. Wickham had only increased the natural dislike she feels towards the haughty Darcy. Now we follow her to the Netherfield Ball, there to be mortified by the dancing of Mr. Collins, 'awkward and solemn,' by the attentions of the detested Darcy, by the bad singing of her sister Mary, and by the indiscreetly audible reflections of her mother on suitable marriages for her daughters.