You are of course refering to Chapter Thirty-One of this
excellent novel, which comes during the middle of Lizzie's stay with her newly married
friend, Charlotte, which involves a number of visits to the house of the intimidating
Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
Well, there is no direct
reference in the text to Mr. Darcy being jealous, however, if we read between the lines,
we can definitely see that Darcy is attracted to Elizabeth. Note how he comes towards
her whilst she is with Fitzwilliam:
When coffee was over, Colonel Fitzwilliam
reminded Elizabeth of having promised to play to him; and she sat down directly to the
instrument. He drew a chair near to her. Lady Catherine listened to half a song and then
talked, as before, to her other nephew, till the latter walked away from her, and moving
with his usual deliberation towards the pianoforte, stationed himself so as to command a
full view of the fair performer's
countenance.
Perhaps we can
infer that Colonel Fitzwilliam positioning himself so close to Lizzie and the way in
which Lizzie is able to speak to him in a very free and easy way has ignited the flames
of jealousy in Darcy, who we discover wants to marry Lizzie soon after from his
proposal.
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