Is it true ?" Elizabeth replied that it was.
"Very well--and this offer of marriage you have refused ?" "I have, sir." "Very well.

We now come to the point.

Your mother insists upon your accepting it.

Is it not so, Mrs.Bennet ?" "Yes, or I will never see her again." "An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents.