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Interest that does not Disgrace
Written by Robbin
(10/17/2010 5:17 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Disinterested, penned by Bridget D
Darcy tells Lizzy he had interest, particularly her, in saving Lydia: "If you will thank me," he replied, "let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny… I believe I thought only of you." (58) I am sure Darcy also thought if Lydia was completely ruined that Lizzy could be forever out of his reach. (:D) Mrs. Gardiner’s letter to Lizzy explains the other inducements which led Darcy on to save Lydia: The motive professed was his conviction of its being owing to himself that Wickham's worthlessness had not been so well known as to make it impossible for any young woman of character to love or confide in him. …He called it… his duty to... endeavour to remedy an evil which had been brought on by himself. If he had another motive, I am sure it would never disgrace him. (52) Darcy’s interests in saving Lydia, as Mrs. Gardiner suggests, do not disgrace him. (:D)
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