Mr. Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his wife, was exactly what he had wished for; and that an opportunity of doing it should be given so soon, was such an instance of Lady Catherine’s condescension, as he knew not how to admire enough.
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 29. A puffed-up Mr. Collins glories in the invitation to him and his party to dine with Lady Catherine de Bourgh at her home at Rosings. He cannot wait for the opportunity to show off the "graudeur" of his aristocratic patroness and her friendliness towards him and his wife. Mr. Collins is the stuff of satire, a clergyman full of his own vanity and obsessed with social rank and showing a fawning obsequiousness towards the upper class.