Every idea that had been brought forward by the housekeeper was favourable to his character, and as she stood before the canvas on which he was represented, and fixed his eyes upon herself, she thought of his regard with a deeper sentiment of gratitude than it had ever raised before; she remembered its warmth, and softened its impropriety of expression.
Mennyi jót vagy mennyi rosszat van módjában tenni! Amit a kulcsárnő elmondott róla, az mind Darcy mellett szólt - most ott áll a képmása előtt, Darcy rászegezi a szemét -, Elizabeth mélyebb hálával gondolt a fiatalember vonzalmára, mint eddig bármikor; felidézte a szerelem hevét, de tompította vallomásának sértő hangját.