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 for ever.
- Source
- Pride and Prejudice, ch. 58 (vol. 3, ch. 16)
- Written
- 1813
About this quotation
Darcy’s second proposal comes months after Elizabeth’s sharp refusal of the first, which he made at Hunsford in April. This time he asks, instead of assuming, and leaves the decision to her. It is the reverse of his first attempt, which is the point.