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Oh, you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see a fault in anybody. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes.
Elizabeth makes this comment to Jane after the first Netherfield Ball, when Jane states that she believes Mr. Bingley’s sisters are just as pleasant as he is. This comment explains the primary difference between Elizabeth and Jane. Elizabeth has already, correctly, identified Miss Bingley as shallow and catty, whereas Jane’s desire to see the best in people hinders her judgment, at least in this case. In addition, Jane’s affable nature echoes Mr. Bingley’s, setting them up as well-matched.
But when they see, as I trust they will, that their brother is happy with me, they will learn to be contented, and we shall be on good terms again: though we can never be what we once were to each other.
Jane’s comment to Elizabeth concerning Mr. Bingley’s sisters shows that she has grown wiser. While losing none of her kindness, Jane expresses that she recognizes that the Bingley sisters worked against her engagement to Mr. Bingley. Her comment that she will never feel as close to them shows that she will not instantly give back her trust, so different from earlier in the novel when she refuses to entertain the thought that they might wish her ill. However, her hope that they will be on good terms someday shows that she hasn’t lost her sweetness.
