"What made you so shy of me, when you first called, and afterwards dined here? Why, especially, when you called, did you look as if you did not care about me?"
"Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no encouragement."
"But I was embarrassed."
"And so was I."
"You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner."
"A man who had felt less, might."
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 60. Elizabeth and Darcy have come a long way since the barbed and awkward conversations they once shared. In this passage the tone is less sparring and combative, and a lot more tender, as they arrive at a greater understanding of each other and themselves. When Elizabeth teases Darcy on why he was so quiet when he came to dinner, he reveals in the brilliant last line, that his shyness was not a sign of coldness but of the deep feelings he had for her.