"'I mist confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character ; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, i never could perceive any thing extraordinary in them. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all, and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable"' (264).
Miss Bingley is once again bringing Elizabeth down, thinking it will do herself some good. Miss Bingley thinks that if she points out every folly in Elizabeth, than Darcy will like Miss Bingly. Not only is she pointing out Elizabeth's flaws, she is using herself as the standard for Elizabeth to live up too, but clearly the way Miss Bingley acts towards Elizabeth, and the way she talks about Elizabeth, Miss Bingley is not acting as a proper lady. Miss Bingley doesn't realize that she is only pulling herself farther and farther away from Darcy.
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