I once took a P&P quiz in which one question was what, other than Mr. Darcy, does Elizabeth call him? The answer was "Darcy." I can't find that anywhere other than indirect discourse, but I did notice that Lizzy and Jane, as well as Lydia, all refer to Wickham as "Wickham," even before he married Lydia. When we note that Rosie's story takes place a few years before P&P, I think it still remains perfectly plausible.
Although the scenes in question have Lizzy speaking to her husband in private, an interesting question arises. What should Lizzy call her husband when speaking of him to men, such as Bingley and Fitzwilliam, who are close friends and connections, and who themselves call him just Darcy? It would be odd for her to say "Mr. Darcy" when none of them do so individually, but yet it would seem odd for her to say "Fitzwilliam" when they don't. It seems to me that the logical thing for her to call him, at least in that circumstance, is Darcy.
I, like others, have always struggled with what to have her call him. Fitzwilliam is such a long name, and very formal itself. It doesn't even sound like a first name (because it isn't). It almost seems more formal than Darcy, and certainly more awkward. Yet William isn't his name, and personally I've never cared for that option (no offense to those who chose him), and Will seems too informal for a man like him, while Fitz sounds like someone old and grizzled. In many ways Darcy is the easiest choice, and, after all, that's what we all call him, don't we?
Although the scenes in question have Lizzy speaking to her husband in private, an interesting question arises. What should Lizzy call her husband when speaking of him to men, such as Bingley and Fitzwilliam, who are close friends and connections, and who themselves call him just Darcy? It would be odd for her to say "Mr. Darcy" when none of them do so individually, but yet it would seem odd for her to say "Fitzwilliam" when they don't. It seems to me that the logical thing for her to call him, at least in that circumstance, is Darcy.
I, like others, have always struggled with what to have her call him. Fitzwilliam is such a long name, and very formal itself. It doesn't even sound like a first name (because it isn't). It almost seems more formal than Darcy, and certainly more awkward. Yet William isn't his name, and personally I've never cared for that option (no offense to those who chose him), and Will seems too informal for a man like him, while Fitz sounds like someone old and grizzled. In many ways Darcy is the easiest choice, and, after all, that's what we all call him, don't we?