In this section of the reading Lydia and Wickham come home to visit the family before heading north. Lydia is completely unaware that her very presence affronts her family, particularly Mr. Bennet, who did not want her to visit in the first place. Lydia talks of her marriage as if it is of the most propitious circumstance. When Lydia moves to find all the sisters husbands, Elizabeth withholds any aprprobation or appreciation of the offer, stating instead that she "thank[s] [Lydia] for [her] share of the favour, but [does] not particularly like [Lydia's] way of getting husbands" (269).
Lydia is completely oblivious to the gigantic amount of trouble and embarrassment her marriage has caused the Bennet family. Lydia's character was always starry-eyed and slightly air-headed, but this turn of events sets her character as impetuous and naive. This is the first time we find a genuine mal-characteristic in a Bennet sister, and starts to give the reader a new perception of the family. This "inappropriate" marriage may also foreshadow another seemingly inappropriate one.
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