virgin of the rocks

virgin of the rocks
Woman with a Parasol
¡¡¡¡"This is quite shocking! -- He deserves to be publicly disgraced." ¡¡¡¡"Some time or other he will be -- but it shall not be by me. Till I can forget his father, I can never defy or expose him." ¡¡¡¡Elizabeth honoured him for such feelings, and thought him handsomer than ever as he expressed them. ¡¡¡¡"But what," said she after a pause, "can have been his motive? -- what can have induced him to behave so cruelly?" ¡¡¡¡"A thorough, determined dislike of me -- a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. Had the late Mr. Darcy liked me less, his son might have borne with me better; but his father's uncommon attachment to me, irritated him I believe very early in life. He had not a temper to bear the sort of competition in which we stood -- the sort of preference which was often given me." ¡¡¡¡"I had not thought Mr. Darcy so bad as this -- though I have never liked him, I had not thought so very ill of him -- I had supposed him to be despising his fellow-creatures in general, but did not suspect him of descending to such malicious revenge, such injustice, such inhumanity as this!" ¡¡¡¡After a few minutes reflection, however, she continued, "I do remember his boasting one day, at Netherfield, of the implacability of his resentments, of his having an unforgiving temper. His disposition must be dreadful." ¡¡¡¡"I will not trust myself on the subject," replied Wickham, "I can hardly be just to him."