"May I ask to what these questions tend?"
"Merely to the illustration of your character," said she, endeavouring to shake off her gravity. "I am trying to make it out."
"And what is your success?"
She shook her head. "I do not get on at all. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly."
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18. This exchange takes place between Darcy and Elizabeth at the end of their dance at the Netherfield ball. As they try to figure one another out, their getting-to-know-you process is bumpy, their journey to their happy ending tortuous. Here Elizabeth tries to figure Darcy out, but all that she has concluded so far is that he is a great puzzle to her.