In addition to the answer
above,
The Olive Branch metaphor would have been convective
for the Bennets, because the situation in which the women would find themselves after
their father dies will be quite precarious. For a peek on what could have happened to
the Bennet sisters upon the death of their father, see what happens to the Dashwood
sisters on Sense and Sensibility, where a similar situation (an entailment) occurs,
leaving the the sisters destitute.
Hence, Mr. Collin's
appeal for the Olive Branch is foreshadowing that his visit would be an unpleasant one,
as it is a sign of what is to happen if the Bennet sisters do not find good husbands,
and hence puts more pressure on the family as a whole.
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