Elizabeth experienced a variety of emotions as she read the letter.She was atominshed to dicover that Darcy was capable of any sort of apology.It was with a strong prejudice against anything he might say that she began reading his explanation of what had happened at Netherfield,and at first she was too angry with him to treat him with justice.But when she went on to read his discription of his relationship with Wickham,she hesitated.It was so different from Wickham's story,which she would have preferred to believe.