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In chapter 34 during the first proposal scene at Hunsford, Darcy uses the ‘disguise of every sort…’ line to justify having insulted Elizabeth.

Yet in the very next chapter, in his letter to Elizabeth, Darcy writes about having concealed Jane’s stay in London from Bingley;
“Perhaps this concealment, this disguise was beneath me; it is done, however, and it was done for the best.”

Another concealment, in chapter 51, when Lydia reveals Darcy’s involvement in her marriage, she says,
“I ought not to have said a word about it. I promised them so faithfully! What will Wickham say? It was to be such a secret!”

Mrs Gardiner, in the next chapter, also urges Elizabeth to maintain the secret. Darcy confirms it himself in chapter 63 when he says that he didn’t think Mrs Gardiner was “so little to be trusted..”

Can anyone shed any light on these contradictions?

A one-liner about vegetables using the telephone has won a group of schoolchildren the title of funniest class in Britain.
The Year 6 Boyce class at Joy Lane Primary School in Whitstable, Kent, is celebrating winning the Beano's 2026 competition.
The joke that secured them the title? I didn't think food could make calls, but then: boom! Onion rings.