" He purchased that great canvas also bearing the likeness to his beloved, for he could not bear another to look upon what he dreamed each night...but as he now had enjoyed the quite singular pleasure of his wife's true form revealed to him, he knew he would have [it] returned... At one time he had thought it quite impossible, but now he understood how truly inadequate the vision cast by his mind's eye had been. "

― Linda Berdoll , Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues (Darcy & Elizabeth, #1)