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1Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no
2expectation at all of its contents. But such as they were, it may be well supposed how eagerly she went through them,
3and what a contrariety of emotion they excited. Her feelings as she read were scarcely to be defined. With amazement did
4she first understand that he believed any apology to be in his power; and steadfastly was she persuaded, that he could
5have no explanation to give, which a just sense of shame would not conceal. With a strong prejudice against everything
6he might say, she began his account of what had happened at Netherfield. She read with an eagerness which hardly left
7her power of comprehension; and from impatience of knowing what the next sentence might bring, was incapable of
8attending to the sense of the one before her eyes. His belief of her sister's insensibility she instantly resolved to be
9false; and his account of the real, the worst objections to the match, made her too angry to have any wish of doing him
10justice. He expressed no regret for what he had done which satisfied her; his style was not penitent, but haughty. It
11was all pride and insolence. But when this subject was succeeded by his account of Mr. Wickham--when she read, with
12somewhat clearer attention, a relation of events which, if true, must overthrow every cherished opinion of his worth,
13and which bore so alarming an affinity to his own history of himself--her feelings were yet more acutely painful and
14more difficult of definition. Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her. She wished to discredit it
15entirely, repeatedly exclaiming, "This must be false! This cannot be! This must be the grossest falsehood!"--and when
16she had gone through the whole letter, though scarcely knowing anything of the last page or two, put it hastily away,
17protesting that she would not regard it, that she would never look in it again. In this perturbed state of mind, with
18thoughts that could rest on nothing, she walked on; but it would not do: in half a minute the letter was unfolded again;
19and collecting herself as well as she could, she again began the mortifying perusal of all that related to Wickham, and
20commanded herself so far as to examine the meaning of every sentence. The account of his connection with the Pemberley
21family was exactly what he had related himself; and the kindness of the late Mr. Darcy, though she had not before known
22its extent, agreed equally well with his own words. So far each recital confirmed the other; but when she came to the
23will, the difference was great. What Wickham had said of the living was fresh in her memory; and as she recalled his
24very words, it was impossible not to feel that there was gross duplicity on one side or the other, and, for a few
25moments, she flattered herself that her wishes did not err. But when she read and re-read, with the closest attention,
26the particulars immediately following of Wickham's resigning all pretensions to the living, of his receiving in lieu so
27considerable a sum as three thousand pounds, again was she forced to hesitate. She put down the letter, weighed every
28circumstance with what she meant to be impartiality--deliberated on the probability of each statement--but with little
29success. On both sides it was only assertion. Again she read on. But every line proved more clearly that the affair,
30which she had believed it impossible that any contrivance could so represent as to render Mr. Darcy's conduct in it less
31than infamous, was capable of a turn which must make him entirely blameless throughout the whole. The extravagance and
32general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay to Mr. Wickham's charge exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she
33could bring no proof of its injustice. She had never heard of him before his entrance into the ----shire militia, in
34which he had engaged at the persuasion of the young man, who, on meeting him accidentally in town, had there renewed a
35slight acquaintance. Of his former way of life, nothing had been known in Hertfordshire but what he told [Illustration:
36"Meeting accidentally in Town" [Copyright 1894 by George Allen.]] himself. As to his real character, had information
37been in her power, she had never felt a wish of inquiring. His countenance, voice, and manner, had established him at
38once in the possession of every virtue. She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of
39integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. Darcy; or at least, by the predominance of
40virtue, atone for those casual errors, under which she would endeavour to class what Mr. Darcy had described as the
41idleness and vice of many years' continuance. But no such recollection befriended her. She could see him instantly
42before her, in every charm of air and address, but she could remember no more substantial good than the general
43approbation of the neighbourhood, and the regard which his social powers had gained him in the mess. After pausing on
44this point a considerable while, she once more continued to read. But, alas! the story which followed, of his designs on
45Miss Darcy, received some confirmation from what had passed between Colonel Fitzwilliam and herself only the morning
46before; and at last she was referred for the truth of every particular to Colonel Fitzwilliam himself--from whom she had
47previously received the information of his near concern in all his cousin's affairs and whose character she had no
48reason to question. At one time she had almost resolved on applying to him, but the idea was checked by the awkwardness
49of the application, and at length wholly banished by the conviction that Mr. Darcy would never have hazarded such a
50proposal, if he had not been well assured of his cousin's corroboration. She perfectly remembered everything that had
51passed in conversation between Wickham and herself in their first evening at Mr. Philips's. Many of his expressions were
52still fresh in her memory. She was now struck with the impropriety of such communications to a stranger, and wondered it
53had escaped her before. She saw the indelicacy of putting himself forward as he had done, and the inconsistency of his
54professions with his conduct. She remembered that he had boasted of having no fear of seeing Mr. Darcy--that Mr. Darcy
55might leave the country, but that he should stand his ground; yet he had avoided the Netherfield ball the very next
56week. She remembered, also, that till the Netherfield family had quitted the country, he had told his story to no one
57but herself; but that after their removal, it had been everywhere discussed; that he had then no reserves, no scruples
58in sinking Mr. Darcy's character, though he had assured her that respect for the father would always prevent his
59exposing the son. How differently did everything now appear in which he was concerned! His attentions to Miss King were
60now the consequence of views solely and hatefully mercenary; and the mediocrity of her fortune proved no longer the
61moderation of his wishes, but his eagerness to grasp at anything. His behaviour to herself could now have had no
62tolerable motive: he had either been deceived with regard to her fortune, or had been gratifying his vanity by
63encouraging the preference which she believed she had most incautiously shown. Every lingering struggle in his favour
64grew fainter and fainter; and in further justification of Mr. Darcy, she could not but allow that Mr. Bingley, when
65questioned by Jane, had long ago asserted his blamelessness in the affair;--that, proud and repulsive as were his
66manners, she had never, in the whole course of their acquaintance--an acquaintance which had latterly brought them much
67together, and given her a sort of intimacy with his ways--seen anything that betrayed him to be unprincipled or
68unjust--anything that spoke him of irreligious or immoral habits;--that among his own connections he was esteemed and
69valued;--that even Wickham had allowed him merit as a brother, and that she had often heard him speak so affectionately
70of his sister as to prove him capable of some amiable feeling;--that had his actions been what Wickham represented them,
71so gross a violation of everything right could hardly have been concealed from the world; and that friendship between a
72person capable of it and such an amiable man as Mr. Bingley was incomprehensible. She grew absolutely ashamed of
73herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think, without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced,
74absurd.
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