Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes’ conversation together, received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill-usage; blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must principally be owing.
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 47. When Mrs. Bennet learns of the elopment of her favorite and youngest daughter Lydia, she erupts into tears of regret, hurls abuse at the villainous Wickham and feels very sorry for herself. She blames everybody but the person who indulged the wayward behavior of the wild Lydia – herself!