Mari,
I cannot quite agree with your friend, either; the men I know with trophy wives are the self-made type who need to proclaim their success with trappings symbolic of their status (or supposed status). Darcy, as the head of an ancient, landed family, would not feel the need: and, indeed, would probably think of such things as belonging rather to the sphere of the nouveau riche.
I cannot quite agree with your friend, either; the men I know with trophy wives are the self-made type who need to proclaim their success with trappings symbolic of their status (or supposed status). Darcy, as the head of an ancient, landed family, would not feel the need: and, indeed, would probably think of such things as belonging rather to the sphere of the nouveau riche.