I agree that Darcy has even less logical reason than in the original for interfering -- in his Hunsford letter, he said "the want of connexion could not be so great an evil to my friend as to me. But there were other causes of repugnance ... The situation of your mother's family, though objectionable, was nothing in comparison of that total want of propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by herself, by your three younger sisters, and occasionally even by your father."
In the original, Darcy saw the Bennets with their vulgar Phillips relatives, here he sees them with the well-mannered Gardiners, there was nothing improper about Mary, and any impropriety of Kitty and Lydia could be put down to their youth, as they are very young and not yet out. Caroline, although she would prefer her brother to marry up, had already decided not to interfere and that Jane was acceptable, until Darcy put in his interference. Jane's fortune also made a difference, the Bennets could not be suspected of fortune-hunting.
Of course in this story there is the Harrington factor and Mrs Bennet's remark about wanting Jane to become Lady Harrington -- what I consider his only possible excuse if he thought Jane would prefer a baronetcy, but then he admitted she had too much delicacy! And about Harrington, I'm glad Jane refused him -- it is shown that he is a pleasant but rather superficial young man, quite realistic as there must have been many such young gentlemen in society. Also, I don't like his thoughts about the Bennets -- did he think Mr Bennet was living on his daughters' fortunes and won't be able to afford trips to London once they are married? Mr Bennet who is so scrupulous here about his daughters' fortunes, and has his own comfortable income from Longbourn estate for life anyway!
In the original, Darcy saw the Bennets with their vulgar Phillips relatives, here he sees them with the well-mannered Gardiners, there was nothing improper about Mary, and any impropriety of Kitty and Lydia could be put down to their youth, as they are very young and not yet out. Caroline, although she would prefer her brother to marry up, had already decided not to interfere and that Jane was acceptable, until Darcy put in his interference. Jane's fortune also made a difference, the Bennets could not be suspected of fortune-hunting.
Of course in this story there is the Harrington factor and Mrs Bennet's remark about wanting Jane to become Lady Harrington -- what I consider his only possible excuse if he thought Jane would prefer a baronetcy, but then he admitted she had too much delicacy! And about Harrington, I'm glad Jane refused him -- it is shown that he is a pleasant but rather superficial young man, quite realistic as there must have been many such young gentlemen in society. Also, I don't like his thoughts about the Bennets -- did he think Mr Bennet was living on his daughters' fortunes and won't be able to afford trips to London once they are married? Mr Bennet who is so scrupulous here about his daughters' fortunes, and has his own comfortable income from Longbourn estate for life anyway!