Tumblr crosspost (18 July 2019)

[anghraine]

He [Darcy] saw Wickham, and afterwards insisted on seeing Lydia. His first object with her, he acknowledged, had been to persuade her to quit her present disgraceful situation, and return to her friends as soon as they could be prevailed on to receive her, offering his assistance, as far as it would go. But he found Lydia absolutely resolved on remaining where she was. She cared for none of her friends; she wanted no help of his; she would not hear of leaving Wickham. She was sure they should be married some time or other, and it did not much signify when. Since such were her feelings, it only remained, he thought, to secure and expedite a marriage

Darcy has a lot of iconic moments as a character, and this isn’t usually considered one of them, but tbh this letter’s after-the-fact summary of something he said offstage is probably the single most important moment for his character for me.