Angry may be too strong a word, but she is frustrated and
annoyed by them all for the way they have treated Jane and the rest of the Bennet
family. When Bingley's sisters first issue the invite to the Netherfield ball they
speak only to Jane and in passing to Elizabeth, they ignore everyone else and appear
very rude.
At the Netherfield Ball, Darcy is beginning to
act like a gentlemen towards Elizabeth, but he is shy and quiet, and she is frustrated
with him. By this time she has also just recently heard all of the negative stories
about him from Wickham, and even though it is all a bunch of lies, she doesn't know
that, and this knowledge prejudices her against anything good about Darcy and his
improved behavior here.
After the ball she is very upset
for Jane to learn, in a rather cold letter, that Bingley, Darcy and the sisters are all
leaving town and will not be returning anytime soon. She is dismayed the Bingley would
go from being so clearly in love with Jane to this cold-hearted man who would just leave
her without a word. She hurts for Jane's broken heart. She knows that the Bingley
sisters want him to marry Darcy's sister, but can't believe Bingley isn't enough of his
own man to follow his heart.
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