pride and prejudice, part II

What I've gathered so far:

I figure I'm not supposed to trust Wickham. I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation why Darcy hates him. We've all seen this before: Hugh Grant/Colin Firth/Zelwegger; Pacey/Dawson/Joey; Vampire/Werewolf/Human.

It seems Collins will marry anything that moves, including his cousins. From Jane to Elizabeth to Charlotte. I guess if the benefactor says to get married, you're gonna do so. Gotta keep the funders happy. [Sidenote: reading about entails just took me back to property class in law school. I hated property.]

Charlotte Lucas was just dying to get married, too, apparently. I don't know many women that would be cool with their close friends marrying the guy who just proposed to her. I guess I just can't get inside the mind of a 19th Century English woman.

We don't like Caroline Bingley. (Is that her first name?) Maybe she'll end up with Wickham instead of Darcy. It seems like it's the goal of every character to get married by the end of this book. And if Elizabeth and Darcy are star-crossed lovers, then doesn't that leave Miss Bingley and Wickham? I say, since she figuratively stabbed Jane in the back, Jane should literally stabb Miss Bingley in the back. Pride and Prejudice and Justice!