The world is a cruel place. Not that I did not know that. Why did I expect to not be let down? I would not know.
I had told myself that if I never saw that blackguard again, it would be too soon. Apparently, I did not suffer enough. Not only is he here, at Hertfordshire, but he has managed to get acquainted with the Bennets.
-- Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley, Derbyshire
