“You can hardly blame her for wishing a good marriage for her daughter, Lizzy. It’s what your mother wants for you.” “Oh yes! It just seems too bad for Miss de Bourgh that she is not offered a choice in husbands. Any young woman with so handsome a dowry should at least be offered a choice; if she is going to purchase a young man, she should be able to purchase one to her liking, don’t you think?”
