Jane's statement is absolutely accurate. We see Darcy and Wickham through Elizabeth Bennet's eyes. When she first meets them, she mistakes their surface appearances for who they really are. Elizabeth thinks that Mr. Darcy is prideful and snobby--which he is, at the dance. He rejects any of the local girls and afterwards works to sabotage Elizabeth's sister's engagement. Darcy judges the Bennets on their social status and assumes they are after husbands who have money. Wickham, raised in the same household as Darcy, appears to Elizabeth to be charming and abused by Darcy. However, Darcy is really the person who is good at heart and he knows things about Wickham which are not revealed until later in the book. Darcy saves Elizabeth's young, foolish sister Lydia from disgrace with Wickham. Wickham allows Lydia (he doesn't prevent her from following her intentions) to run away with him, an action that will ruin her reputation and that of the Bennets. Darcy pays Wickham off so that Wickham will marry Lydia and prevent a scandal. Darcy also revises his earlier estimation of Jane and Bingley's relationship. Elizabeth eventually sees first-hand that Darcy is very good at heart, loved by his family and servants, and that Wickham is a lying scoundrel, interested only in money and his own pleasure.
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