Never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain.

– Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 46. There is a terrible moment of irony here for Elizabeth, as she reveals to Darcy the family scandal of Lydia running off with Wickham. She discovers that she could love Darcy, just at the moment when she believes there can no hope for that love.