She emphasizes that marriages can only succeed if they are based on mutual love. The relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy is truly different from any other in the novel. Elizabeth doesn't care that he's super rich and he doesn't find her the most beautiful. At first, he found it “bearable”. At first they don't like each other, they argue a lot and are really sassy towards each other. They are the opposite of lovable. Their relationship goes far beyond simple physical attraction. Darcy secretly helps resolve Lydia's situation. He doesn't want Elizabeth to get hurt or his family to ruin their reputation. He helps Elizabeth and doesn't talk about it, let alone brag about it. Love is not boastful. This shows the reader how contrasting the characters of Darcy and Collins are. "Elizabeth's heart whispered that he had done it for her..." She has a feeling that it was Darcy who helped her but she isn't one hundred percent sure. Elizabeth regrets saying so many bad things about him and she regrets her little speech when she rejected him. Unlike every other character in this novel, Darcy and Elizabeth took things slowly. Darcy speaks to her after a long time, when he was sure of his feelings for her. Even when she rejects him once, he didn't ask her again and again, unlike