"'You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever'" (Austen 307).
At this point in the novel, Elizabeth has just accepted Darcy's proposal for marriage. Although the proposal did not precipitate, Elizabeth is very happy that she will marry the man she loves. Despite the previous conversation with the insolent Lady Catherine, Elizabeth accepts the proposal and ignores the threats Lady Catherine says regarding her social inferiority. Darcy's second proposal is imminent because of his intervention on behalf of Lydia, making obvious his continuing devotion to Elizabeth. Mrs. Bennet's felicity for her two eldest daughters to become married is very grand. She also is pleased with the fact that both of her daughters will be married into money, Elizabeth more than Jane: "'Oh my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane's is nothing to it--nothing at all'" (Austen 318).
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