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Elizabeth allowed that he had given a very rational account of it , and they continued talking together with mutual satisfaction till supper put an end to cards , and gave the rest of the ladies their share of Mr . Wickham’s attentions . There could be no conversation in the noise of Mrs . Philips’s supper party , but his manners recommended him to everybody . Whatever he said , was said well ; and whatever he did , done gracefully . Elizabeth went away with her head full of him . She could think of nothing but of Mr . Wickham , and of what he had told her , all the way home ; but there was not time for her even to mention his name as they went , for neither Lydia nor Mr . Collins were once silent . Lydia talked incessantly of lottery tickets , of the fish she had lost and the fish she had won ; and Mr . Collins , in describing the civility of Mr . and Mrs . Philips , protesting that he did not in the least regard his losses at whist , enumerating all the dishes at supper , and repeatedly fearing that he crowded his cousins , had more to say than he could well manage before the carriage stopped at Longbourn House . CHAPTER XVII . ELIZABETH related to Jane , the next day , what had passed between Mr . Wickham and herself . Jane listened with astonishment and concern : she knew not how to believe that Mr . Darcy could be so unworthy of Mr . Bingley’s regard ; and yet it was not in her nature to question the veracity of a young man of such amiable appearance as Wickham . The possibility of his having really endured such unkindness was enough to interest all her tender feelings ; and nothing therefore remained to be done but to think well of them both , to defend the conduct of each , and throw into the account of accident or mistake whatever could not be otherwise explained . “ They have both , ” said she , “ been deceived , I dare say , in some way or other , of which we can form no idea . Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other . It is , in short , impossible for us to conjecture the causes or circumstances which may have alienated them , without actual blame on either side . ” “ Very true , indeed ; and now , my dear Jane , what have you got to say in behalf of the interested people who have probably been concerned in the business ? Do clear them , too , or we shall be obliged to think ill of somebody . ” “ Laugh as much as you choose , but you will not laugh me out of my opinion . My dearest Lizzy , do but consider in what a disgraceful light it places Mr . Darcy , to be treating his father’s favourite in such a manner , — one whom his father had promised to provide for . It is impossible . No man of common humanity , no man who had any value for his character , could be capable of it . Can his most intimate friends be so excessively deceived in him ? Oh no . ”
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