Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 8

A Letter for Elizabeth

                Once day, Elizabeth was out walking alone in the park, she saw Mr. Darcy coming toward her. Before she could avoid him, he came up to her and said, I was hoping to see you, Elizabeth. At first, Elizabeth had a strong prejudice against everything Darcy said, his words showed nothing but pride.But then she came to the part about Mr.Wickham. She read the entire letter, and put it away, they she decided she would never look at it again. Half a minute later, however, she read the letter again. She began to think aboutWickham. She realized she’d known nothing of his past, she remembered his charming manner perfectly, yet she could not recall anything good or kind he’d done. Wickham had said that he’d never slander Darcy, because he’d loved Darcy’s father. But as soon as Darcy left for London, he’d told everyone his story, his slander, in fact, had destroyed Darcy’s reputation. She remembered that people close to Darcy thought highly of him, even Wickham had praised him as a devoted brother, as she thought it over, Elizabeth became ashamed of herself, Elizabeth read the first part of the letter again. She had to give Darcy credit for his observations of Jane, although her feelings had been deep, Jane didn’t show them. Now Elizabeth believed that Bingley had never known Jane was in London. Darcy letters cleared Bingley of all blame. She felt heartsick at what Jane had lost. When Elizabeth re read the part about her family, she felt great shame. Her foolish mother only encouraged them by behaving just as poorly. And instead of correcting his daughters, her father made great sport of laughing at them, now Elizabeth realized what her family’s behavior had done. A few days later, it was time to return home. Lady Catherine paid a last visit to the Collinses, the bossy woman gave them very detailed instructions how to pack. As Elizabeth said goodbye to Miss de Bourge and Lady Catherine, she smiled. Elizabeth felt sad to leave Charlotte with such a husband as Mr. Collins, yet she did chosen him with her eyes open.