"...I had detached Mr. Bingley from your sister... Her look and manners were open, cheerful and engaging as ever, but without and symptom of peculiar regard... The situation of your mother's family... so uniformly betrayed by herself, your three younger sisters, and occasionally even your father" (150-152).
Mr. Darcy tells Elizabeth in his letter to her why he got in between Bingley and Jane. He states that he didn't like the way the family was acting in public. They made fools of themselves so often that he was embarrassed for Bingley and didn't want him stuck in that family because he obviously loved Jane. Darcy also states that he saw no particular love for Bingley in Jane, just as Charlotte said earlier on in the book.
"'If you were aware,' said Elizabeth, 'of the very great disadvantage to us all, which must arise from the public notice of Lydia's unguarded in imprudent manner; nay, which has already arisen, from it, I'm sure you would judge differently in the affair'" (176).
Finally, Lizzy is taking Darcy seriously! It takes a proposal and a letter for her to do it, but she does it eventually, which is good. I think she's a little slow in doing so, because her prejudice was long and a little unnecessary, but better late than never.
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