The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
Az este első felében nagy csodálattal figyelték, amíg a modora visszatetszést nem keltett, és a hangulat ellene nem fordult: felfedezték ugyanis, hogy büszke, lenézi a társaságot, és méltóságán alulinak tartja, hogy köztük jól érezze magát. Akkor aztán hatalmas derbyshire-i birtokai ellenére is úgy döntöttek, hogy barátságtalan, kellemetlen a viselkedése, és össze sem lehet hasonlítani barátjával.