Volume 3: Chapter 2 Summary

Elizabeth had agreed that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister Georgiana to visit her in town the day after her arrival. However, the very day of Georgiana's arrival, Elizabeth returns to the inn to find that Mr. Darcy and Georgiana are just arriving to visit her. She relates to her aunt and uncle the guests that they would shortly be receiving, and they are amazed. They suddenly are struck with the notion of what such attention could mean; that Mr. Darcy was in love with their niece.

Elizabeth is exceedingly nervous as they enter, but after a few moments realizes that Georgiana is equally if not more nervous at the meeting, and that far from being proud and haughty, as many people had described her, she appears to Elizabeth to be merely shy. After a few moments, Mr. Bingley joins them...