Her astonishment, however, was extreme, and continually was she repeating, "Why is he so altered? From what can it proceed? It cannot be for me, it cannot be for my sake that his manners are thus softened. My reproofs at Hunsford could not work such a change as this. It is impossible that he should still love me."
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 43. Darcy suddenly appears at Pemberley and he is very polite and civil to everyone, including Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner. Elizabeth is astonished at how the old socially awkward, rude Darcy has changed. Could it be love for Elizabeth? Impossible, she says, still the unbeliever. Elizabeth and Darcy still continue to dance around each other.