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MR. BENNET<br />
Where is Mrs. Bennet?<br />
MR. HILL<br />
She is upstairs. She will not leave her dressing room, sir. (Mr. and Mrs. Hill exit)<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
Mary, what are you reading?<br />
MARY<br />
Mr. Collins letter father. It arrived yesterday.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
Yes, I remember. All right, don’t read it all; sum it up.<br />
MARY<br />
That is difficult with Mr. Collins, father. He sends his condolences – and Lady Catherine’s, I<br />
believe. His advice, and Lady Catherine agrees, is ‘to throw your unworthy child from your<br />
affection for ever, and leave her to reap the fruits of her own heinous offence. Otherwise, this<br />
one false step in one daughter, will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others.’ (Silence.)<br />
JANE<br />
Do you suppose them to be in London?<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
Yes, where else can they be so well concealed?<br />
KITTY<br />
And Lydia used to want to go to London.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
She is happy then and her residence there will probably be of some duration.<br />
KITTY<br />
If I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
No, Kitty, I have at last learnt to be cautious, and you will feel the effects of it. No officer is ever<br />
to enter into my house again, nor even to pass through the village. Balls will be absolutely<br />
prohibited, unless you stand up with one of your sisters. And you are never to stir out of doors<br />
till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner. (Kitty starts<br />
to cry.)<br />
MR. HILL<br />
(Entering) A letter for the master.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
A letter by express. Kitty, perhaps you would like to read it.<br />
KITTY<br />
Grace Church Street, Monday, August 2.<br />
My Dear Brother,<br />
Soon after you left me on Saturday, I was fortunate enough to find out in what part of London<br />
they were. The particulars I reserve till we meet; it is enough to know they are discovered. They<br />
are not married, nor can I find there was any intention of being so; but if you are willing to<br />
perform the engagements that I have ventured to make on your side, I hope it will not be long<br />
before they are. All that is required of you is, to assure to your daughter, by settlement, her equal<br />
share of the five thousand pounds secured among your children after the decease of yourself and<br />
my sister; and, moreover, to enter into an engagement of allowing her, during your life, one<br />
hundred pounds per annum. These are conditions which, considering everything, I had no<br />
hesitation in complying with. Send back your answer as fast as you can, and be careful to write<br />
explicitly. Yours, Edward Gardiner<br />
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