It now first struck her that she was selected from among her sisters as worthy of being the mistress of Hunsford Parsonage.

– Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 17. Elizabeth is not too happy when Mr. Collins asks her to dance at the Netherfield ball, with the suggestion he has something else in mind – making her his wife in the Hunsford Parsonage! This foreshadows Mr. Collin’s proposal of marriage to Elizabeth.