... forbidding, disagreeable ... unworthy

The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which tuned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

Utdraget over er fra Jane Austens Stolthet og fordom. Teksten beskriver hvordan romanens øvrige karakterer reagerer på Fitzwilliam Darcy (bildet), først, og etter hvert hvordan de oppfatter ham som stolt, hovmodig og arrogant.

Så feil de tok! Hmph!

Les også tidligere lørdagsposter om Mr. Darcy:
Mr. Darcy - En tegneseriehelt?
Én Mr. Darcy - Colin