Your original question had to be edited because it asked
more than one question. Please do not ask multiple questions in future. I have therefore
chosen to focus on your last question.
The answer comes in
my edition in Chapter 26. Mrs. Gardiner, who in many ways is more of a mother to Lizzie
than her own mother, takes care to warn Lizzie about forming an inappropriate
relationship with Wickham due to the lack of fortune on both sides and Lizzie's need to
choose a partner not solely because of love. Note what she
says:
"Seriously, I would have you be on your guard.
Do not involve yourself, or endeavour to involve him in an affection which the want of
fortune would make so very imprudent... you must not let your fancy run away with you.
You have sense, and we all expect you to use
it."
Note how this quote and
Mrs. Gardiner warning Lizzie about marrying Wickham are yet another indication that
marrying for love was a luxury that very few people could actually look forward to. The
economic situation of Lizzie's family indicates that Lizzie must bear money in mind with
any possible choice of husband.
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