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Pride and Prejudice- Chapter 32 (Vol 2 Chap 9)
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I love this chapter. I have to admit between Darcy's social ineptitude and the awkward silences, I giggled a bit. One of my all-time favorite scenes:
"Mr. Darcy drew his chair a little towards her, and said, 'You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment. You cannot have been always at Longbourn.'
Elizabeth looked surprised. The gentleman experienced some change of feeling; he drew back his chair, took a newspaper from the table, and, glancing over it, said, in a colder voice, 'Are you pleased with Kent?'"
I'm grinning like an idiot right now.
hahaha ikr, oh man he is just so awkward, bless him
Socially awkward Darcy, is the best Darcy! <3
And it is Darcy.
OH HO
He apologises for intruding, as he had apparently thought others were in the room with her (pft yeah sure). After asking her about her stay at Rosings, Lizzie decides to ask him about the sudden departure of him and the Bingleys from Netherfield Park in November, rather than sit in silence with him. He confirms that they were all in good health when they left for London...and then silence.
Well, that worked.
She goes on to ask him if Bingley doesn't plan on returning there in the future, and Darcy says that he has never heard Bingley say this, although he has many friends and connections, and so may not spend a lot of time there in the future generally.
Another moment of silence and then Darcy decides to fill the silence by bringing up a compliment about his aunt's house. (lol smooth), They discuss whether Charlotte and Collins are too far from Charlotte's family by living at Rosings with Lady Catherine, and Darcy comments that Lizzie would find any distance greater than Netherfield Park too far, hinting at Jane.
Charlotte and her sister return from their walk to find Darcy and Lizzie alone in the room together (scandal!) and Darcy explains what happened, apologises and leaves the room. Charlotte exclaims that “he MUST be in love” with her for him to call upon her so casually. For such a seemingly practical and sensible lady, Charlotte, you are very romantic in your notions of Darcy and Lizzie! The original Fangirl?
Lizzie explains that there were a couple of weird silences between them and they come to the conclusion that it isn't that he is infatuated with Lizzie, but rather bored with nothing to do. From one extreme to the other there, ladies!
It is noted however that while the cousins do walk between the Rosings and Parsonage every day for exercise, Darcy seems to be appearing at the Parsonage more than the others are, with no real reason to. Charlotte has watched Darcy and has noticed that he watches Lizzie a lot, and vice versa, but his looks seem to be more “absent than full of admiration” (I must admit that made me laugh).
Whenever Charlotte raises the possibility of Darcy admiring her, Lizzie laughs it off, so Charlotte doesn't press the issue. Comparing of whether Colonel Fitzwilliam or Darcy would be a better match for Lizzie, Charlotte decides Darcy would do better because of his ties to the church. She supposes that if Lizzie believed that Darcy fancied her, that all of her dislike of Darcy would surely go away.