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FINAL SCRIPT
late Mr. Darcy's steward. Let me recommend you, however, as a friend, not to give implicit
confidence to all his assertions, for as to Mr. Darcy's using him ill, it is perfectly false, for, on the
contrary, he has always been remarkably kind to him, though George Wickham has treated Mr.
Darcy in a most infamous manner. I do not know the particulars, but I know very well that Mr.
Darcy is not in the least to blame, that he cannot bear to hear George Wickham mentioned, and
that though my brother thought that he could not well avoid including him in his invitation to
the officers, he was excessively glad to find that he had taken himself out of the way. His coming
into the country at all is a most insolent thing, indeed, and I wonder how he could presume to do
it. I pity you, Miss Eliza, for this discovery of your favorite's guilt; but really, considering his
descent, one could not expect much better.
ELIZABETH
His guilt and his descent appear by your account to be the same. I have heard you accuse him of
nothing worse than of being the son of Mr. Darcy's steward, and of that he informed me himself.
CAROLINE
I beg your pardon. Excuse my interference—it was kindly meant. (They bow to each other.)
MARY
I will take this opportunity, while the musicians are taking refreshment, to sing a song for the
assembly. I will sing The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore.
(Mary sings.)
'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
To give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter,
Thy leaves o'er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
From Love's shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit,
This bleak world alone?
I will next sing The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore
MR. BENNET
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young
ladies have time to exhibit.
MR. COLLINS
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