Pride And Prejudice Passage Analysis

My dearest Georgiana,
Do not be alarmed, my dear sister, on receiving this letter, for I only intend to warn and protect a younger sibling such as yourself from an ominous futurity that has been so promptly displaced upon our beloved family. I write without any intention of paining you, only as an act of utmost caution, a presumed obligation of mine while I have been so respectably placed in the guardianship of yourself since the tragedy our father's passing. You must, therefore, pardon with which I implore your absolute attention; by the power vested as your legal guardian and eldest sibling, I demand it of your justice.
It has been brought into my attention of your arranged intention of elopement with none other than Mr. Wickham. Of what the very man has accused me of my character, as you may have witnessed, I am ignorant; but of what he has encouraged for your abrupt estrangement, I must relate the candid truth. My dear sister I beg of you, reconsider your actions, for I once again urge your alienation to such a man, the man so oppositely portrayed of whom you so passionately praised of since we had spoken last.
Mr. Wickham is the son of a respectable man, but what maketh the father does not the son. I have been told that Sir Wickham has quite a

reputation among the ladies in town, engaging in numerous intimate relationships. I am sure, a young and pure lady such as yourself would certainly evade such an affair with a tainted man. Just months following our father's death, Wickham had inquired three thousand pounds from our family's treasury, with proposal of studying the law. To my soon discovery, it was a mere pretence, for I later found him in town with a life full of indolence and dissipation. Grievously, I must tell you, the man has not an eye for your beauty, but for your monetary value.
Oh my most treasured sister, for you have been forewarned of his true character, I implore your withdrawal from such an offense before time's elixir for reversal has run dry. I dare say, I cannot tolerate such a being in our dignified household. To call such a man a brother, it cannot be done! Absurdity! I plead you sister, as the duty of a brother and fatherly figure, do not disappoint me.
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FITZWILLIAM DARCY
Miss Darcy silently closed the letter.

Her petite, rosy lips was held tight in a line. If she had received such a letter from any other being, she would have wholly disregarded; but her brother, oh even her esteemed brother had been opposed of her relations. She was astonished, speechless, even dismay had oppressed her. This cannot be! She tore open the letter once again, in attempt of recollecting some instance of graciousness, some notable trait of integrity, to rescue Wickham of her brother's sharp words, but all was done in vain. She closed the letter once again, this time with no intention of ever opening it once more. She stood up in the most ladylike fashion and spoke to be escorted out of the

parish.