17. "To Elizabeth it appeared, that had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening, it would have been impossible for them to play their parts with more spirit, or finer success; and happy did she think it for Bingley and her sister that some of the exhibition had escaped his notice, and that his feelings were not of a sort to be much distressed by the folly which he must have witnessed" (Page 143):
In this quote, Austen touches on the theme of the importance of reputation and behavior and also class and society. Elizabeth is embarrassed of her family’s behavior at the ball and Netherfield. She can sense her family's inferiority. Austen is also showing us that although Elizabeth denies that she cares about her appearance to Darcy, she is sensible enough to recognize the importance or proper behavior.
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