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Darcy's reply
Written by Nina RG
(4/16/2010 10:33 a.m.)
in consequence of the missive, And your defect ..., penned by Frances G
(...) "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied, with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them." I don't think Darcy implies that Lizzy wilfully misunderstands people in general. I think he lets her know that in this case she is wrong - Lizzy exaggerated Darcy's talk about his faults into a "you hate everybody". Darcy lets her know that she is wrong. His reply is another way of saying "Indeed you are wrong, I do not hate everybody. I never said such a thing", but instead he continues the "fault-theme" and tells Lizzy that if his fault is a propensity to hate everybody, hers is to wilfully misunderstand them. But Darcy doesn't hate everybody, just like Lizzy doesn't wilfully misunderstand people in general... That's how I read it. I hope it makes sense. |

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