nothing says ‘i love you’ like emotional repression and rain #PrideAndPrejudice

Miss Elizabeth, I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. These past months have been a torment. I came to Rosings for the single object of seeing you, I had to see you. I fought against my better judgment for my family's expectation. The inferiority of your birth, my rank and circumstances, all these things that I'm willing to put them aside and ask you to end my agony. I don't understand. I love you. Most ardently. Please do me the honor of accepting my hand. Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believe me, it was unconsciously done. Is this your reply? Yes, sir. Are you... are you laughing at me? No. Are you rejecting me? I'm sure that the feelings which you've told me have hindered your regard will help you in overcoming it. Might I ask why it's a little endeavor at civility? I'm not repulsive. And I might as well inquire why it's so evident in design of insulting me. You chose to tell me that you like me against your better judgment. No, believe me. If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But I have other reasons. You know I have. What reasons? Do you think that anything might tempt me to accept the man who was ruined, perhaps for ever the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny it, Mr. Darcy?