Here, Elizabeth states that though they have gone their seperate ways, Mr Wickham will always serve as the model of what she finds appealing and nice. And she says this after she was convinced that she had "never been much in love" (144). But if she had not been in love, why does she use him as model for "what she finds appealing and nice"(146). She even said before that "there are few whom I love really love, and still fewer of whom I think well"(131), so obviously she must have had great intimacy for him if she still holds him as a model to judge other people. So obviously she had great esteem for him yet she insists that she was not. And the reason maybe that she is forced to face the fact that she was wrong about him when she first met him. She had thought him to be a good man, but now she has to face the reality that he in many ways is like Charlotte, a mercenary. So instead of facing the truth, she goes into denial and thinks instead that he is just someone that she had fancied.
What does this quote imply about Mr. Collins: "When Mr. Collins could be forgotten, there was really a great air of comfort throughout, and by Charlotte's evident enjoyment of it, Elizabeth supposed he must be often forgotten" (151).
a. Mr. Collins is amiable
b. Mr. Collins is very exciting
c. Mr. Collins is a vexing person
d. Mr. Collins is an abusive husband
e. Mr. Collins is interesting
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