One has to wonder...
Written by Allison Jo
(1/15/2004 10:18 a.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Poor Caroline!, penned by BarbaraB
...if Darcy would have fallen so madly in love with Lizzy so quickly had he not had Caroline carping in his ear about Lizzy's unattractive qualities. Poor Miss Bingley drove the object of her desire straight toward the object of his desire. Caroline Bingley: the human cattle prod.