all the genuine frankness of her character

Georgiana made her debut in London without a word exchanged between them; though Lady Catherine heard no ill of it, she was sure it would have proceeded more successfully and efficiently with the benefit of her advice. For Georgiana’s sake, she might even have gone to London herself. Why should she permit Elizabeth Bennet to estrange her from Anne’s only children? It felt less like victory, however bitter, than simply defeat.