Elizabeth’s+Discussion+with+Colonel+Fitzwilliam+about+Mr.+Darcy


 * Summary of the Event:**

While on a walk in the park, Elizabeth encounters Colonel Fitzwilliam. As soon as she notices that the Colonel is there, she quickly hides a letter from Jane that she was re-reading, and begins to converse with him. They make small talk and they decide to turn back and walk back to the parsonage together. Elizabeth asks him about his plans, and the subject of Mr. Darcy comes up, a subject that Elizabeth has much to say about. Colonel Fitzwilliam offers some insight that Mr. Darcy "likes to have his own way very well" because he is rich, and has the means to have it. The topic of their conversation later turns to Mr. Bingley, and how Mr. Darcy had recently saved a friend from a "most imprudent marriage." Colonel Fitzwilliam reveals that he suspects that friend to be Mr. Bingley, and further elaborates that Mr. Darcy had some "strong objections against the lady," he then says that he knows nothing more of the affair. Elizabeth is very angry about this exchange, and replies that Mr. Darcy should have no such right to impede Mr. Bingley from marrying, but because she does not know the full details, she cannot pass judgment about the issue. Elizabeth then rationalizes about what factors Mr. Darcy could have used to commit such an act and ends the chapter agitated and generally unwell.


 * Who was Present:**

Elizabeth Bennet Colonel Fitzwilliam


 * How the event affected the Characters:**

This event informed Elizabeth as to why Mr. Bingley seemed to start ignoring Jane after seeming to be so interested in her earlier in the story. Earlier in the book, Mr. Darcy Danced with Jane more than any other girl at any of the parties, and seemed genuinely interested in her, but fairly recently in the story line, he went to London, and seemed to pay no mind to Jane.


 * How the event affects what happens later on in the plot:**

Not far from this point in the story, Elizabeth is confronted with a surprising marriage proposal from Mr. Darcy, although, she has many other reasons to dislike him, this may have played a role in her rejecting him. In fact, she cites this as a reason for rejecting him while she is turning him down.


 * Quotes from the event:**

“What he told me merely was this; that he congratulated himself on having lately saved a friend from the inconveniences of a most imprudent marriage.” -Colonel Fitzwilliam

“I do not see what right Mr. Darcy had to decide on the propriety of his friends inclination…” -Elizabeth Bennett

“It is only that he has better means of having it [his own way] than others, because he is trich, and many others are poor.” -Colonel Fitzwilliam

Elizabeth Bennet Colonel Fitzwilliam Mr. Bingley Mr. Darcy
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