Chapter 3 13
" Oh ! my dear , I am quite delighted with him . He is so excessively handsome ! And his sisters are charming women . I never in my life saw anything more elegant than their dresses . I dare say the lace upon Mrs . Hurst ' s gown-- "
Here she was interrupted again . Mr . Bennet protested against any description of finery . She was therefore obliged to seek another branch of the subject , and related , with much bitterness of spirit and some exaggeration , the shocking rudeness of Mr . Darcy .
" But I can assure you ," she added , " that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy ; for he is a most disagreeable , horrid man , not at all worth pleasing . So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him ! He walked here , and he walked there , fancying himself so very great ! Not handsome enough to dance with ! I wish you had been there , my dear , to have given him one of your set-downs . I quite detest the man ."