How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Why is he so altered? From what can it proceed? It cannot be for me—it cannot be for my sake that his manners are thus softened. It is impossible that he should still love me, unless, by kicking him into the mantelpiece during our battle at Hunsford, I affected some severe change in his countenance." (43.55)
Hey, you never know what a good kick to the head will do. Elizabeth runs into Mr. Darcy while she's at Pemberley, and he's all gentlemanly and sweet. No way he's still in love with her, though. That would be soooo crazy…
Quote #8
She respected, she esteemed, she was grateful to him, she felt a real interest in his welfare; where she had been taught to ignore all feeling, all excitement—she now found herself with an excess of both. How strange! For the more she dwelled on the subject, the more powerful she felt; not for her mastery of the deadly arts, but for her power over the heart of another. What a power it was! But how to wield it? Of all the weapons she had commanded, Elizabeth knew the least of love; and of all the weapons in the world, love was the most dangerous. (44.15)
Poor Elizabeth. She can behead a zombie without breaking a sweat, but she can't quite get a handle on this whole love thing. Wow. Love really is a dangerous game.
Quote #9
She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. […] What a pair of warriors they would make! Sparring by the river at Pemberley; crossing the Altai Mountains in a fine coach on their way to Kyoto or Shanghai—their children eager to master death as their mother and father had before them. (50.15)
This is kind of sad. Elizabeth hears that Lydia has run away with Mr. Wickham and thinks that's scared Mr. Darcy off for good. Of course this is the moment when she decides she's head over heels in love with him. She pictures a whole life complete with little zombie-slaying children. It figures: we always want the thing we can't have.