Colonel FitzwilliamWhat he told me was merely this: that he congratulated himself on having lately saved a friend from the inconveniences of a most imprudent marriage, but without mentioning names or any other particulars;
Colonel FitzwilliamAnd I only suspected it to be Bingley from believing him the kind of young man to get into a scrape of that sort, and from knowing them to have been together the whole of last summer.
ElizabethDid Mr. Darcy give you his reasons for this interference?
Colonel FitzwilliamI understood that there were some very strong objections against the lady.
ElizabethAnd what arts did he use to separate them?
Colonel FitzwilliamHe did not talk to me of his own arts.
Said Fitzwilliam, smiling.
Colonel FitzwilliamHe only told me what I have now told you.