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FINAL SCRIPT MR. BENNET Where is Mrs. Bennet? MR. HILL She is upstairs. She will not leave her dressing room, sir. (Mr. and Mrs. Hill exit) MR. BENNET Mary, what are you reading? MARY Mr. Collins letter father. It arrived yesterday. MR. BENNET Yes, I remember. All right, don’t read it all; sum it up. MARY That is difficult with Mr. Collins, father. He sends his condolences – and Lady Catherine’s, I believe. His advice, and Lady Catherine agrees, is ‘to throw your unworthy child from your affection for ever, and leave her to reap the fruits of her own heinous offence. Otherwise, this one false step in one daughter, will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others.’ (Silence.) JANE Do you suppose them to be in London? MR. BENNET Yes, where else can they be so well concealed? KITTY And Lydia used to want to go to London. MR. BENNET She is happy then and her residence there will probably be of some duration. KITTY If I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia. MR. BENNET No, Kitty, I have at last learnt to be cautious, and you will feel the effects of it. No officer is ever to enter into my house again, nor even to pass through the village. Balls will be absolutely prohibited, unless you stand up with one of your sisters. And you are never to stir out of doors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in a rational manner. (Kitty starts to cry.) MR. HILL (Entering) A letter for the master. MR. BENNET A letter by express. Kitty, perhaps you would like to read it. KITTY Grace Church Street, Monday, August 2. My Dear Brother, Soon after you left me on Saturday, I was fortunate enough to find out in what part of London they were. The particulars I reserve till we meet; it is enough to know they are discovered. They are not married, nor can I find there was any intention of being so; but if you are willing to perform the engagements that I have ventured to make on your side, I hope it will not be long before they are. All that is required of you is, to assure to your daughter, by settlement, her equal share of the five thousand pounds secured among your children after the decease of yourself and my sister; and, moreover, to enter into an engagement of allowing her, during your life, one hundred pounds per annum. These are conditions which, considering everything, I had no hesitation in complying with. Send back your answer as fast as you can, and be careful to write explicitly. Yours, Edward Gardiner 52
FINAL SCRIPT MARY My dear father, I congratulate you. MR. BENNET There are two things that I want very much to know; one is, how much money your uncle has laid down to bring it about; and the other, how am I ever to repay him. JANE Money! My uncle! What do you mean, sir? MR. BENNET I mean that no man in his senses would marry Lydia on so slight a temptation as one hundred a year during my life, and fifty after I am gone. Wickham's a fool if he takes her with a farthing less than ten thousand pounds. How is half such a sum to be repaid? I will answer the letter. (Exits) MARY Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behavior towards the undeserving of the other sex. KITTY I hope and trust they will yet be happy. MARY His consenting to marry her is a proof, I will believe, that he is come to a right way of thinking. JANE Their mutual affection will steady them; and I flatter myself they will settle so quietly, and live in so rational a manner, as may in time make their past imprudence forgotten. ELIZABETH Their conduct has been such as neither you, nor I, nor anybody can ever forget. MRS. BENNET (Entering with the letter.) My dear, dear Lydia! This is delightful indeed! I shall see her again! She will be married at sixteen! My good, kind brother! I knew he would manage everything! How I long to see her! To see dear Wickham too! But the clothes, the wedding clothes! I will write to my sister Gardiner about them directly. First I will go to Meryton and tell the good, good news to my sister Philips. And as I come back, I can call on Lady Lucas and Mrs. Long. An airing would do me a great deal of good, I am sure. Oh! Hill! My dear Hill, have you heard the good news? Miss Lydia is going to be married; and you shall all have a bowl of punch to make merry at her wedding. MR. BENNET They shall be married in London. Mr. Gardiner will attend. There will be no wedding clothes, let us come to a right understanding. Into one house in this neighborhood they shall never have admittance. I will not encourage the impudence of either, by receiving them at Longbourn. (He exits.) SCENE 15 - PARLOR – LONGBOURN- Midday – Wednesday, September 2, 1812 MR. BENNET When I had first married economy was held to be useless, for of course, we would have a son. The son would cut off the entail as soon as he should be of age and Mrs. Bennet and the girls would be provided for. I wish I had made better provisions for my daughters, especially now that I am indebted to Mr. Gardiner for rescuing Lydia. Tell me, Mr. Hill, why did I agree to receive her and her horrible husband? MR. HILL 53
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FINAL SCRIPT<br />
MARY<br />
My dear father, I congratulate you.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
There are two things that I want very much to know; one is, how much money your uncle has<br />
laid down to bring it about; and the other, how am I ever to repay him.<br />
JANE<br />
Money! My uncle! What do you mean, sir?<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
I mean that no man in his senses would marry Lydia on so slight a temptation as one hundred a<br />
year during my life, and fifty after I am gone. Wickham's a fool if he takes her with a farthing<br />
less than ten thousand pounds. How is half such a sum to be repaid? I will answer the letter.<br />
(Exits)<br />
MARY<br />
Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of<br />
virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her<br />
reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her<br />
behavior towards the undeserving of the other sex.<br />
KITTY<br />
I hope and trust they will yet be happy.<br />
MARY<br />
His consenting to marry her is a proof, I will believe, that he is come to a right way of thinking.<br />
JANE<br />
Their mutual affection will steady them; and I flatter myself they will settle so quietly, and live<br />
in so rational a manner, as may in time make their past imprudence forgotten.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Their conduct has been such as neither you, nor I, nor anybody can ever forget.<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
(Entering with the letter.) My dear, dear Lydia! This is delightful indeed! I shall see her again!<br />
She will be married at sixteen! My good, kind brother! I knew he would manage everything!<br />
How I long to see her! To see dear Wickham too! But the clothes, the wedding clothes! I will<br />
write to my sister Gardiner about them directly. First I will go to Meryton and tell the good, good<br />
news to my sister Philips. And as I come back, I can call on Lady Lucas and Mrs. Long. An<br />
airing would do me a great deal of good, I am sure. Oh! Hill! My dear Hill, have you heard the<br />
good news? Miss Lydia is going to be married; and you shall all have a bowl of punch to make<br />
merry at her wedding.<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
They shall be married in London. Mr. Gardiner will attend. There will be no wedding clothes, let<br />
us come to a right understanding. Into one house in this neighborhood they shall never have<br />
admittance. I will not encourage the impudence of either, by receiving them at Longbourn.<br />
(He exits.)<br />
SCENE 15 - PARLOR – LONGBOURN- Midday – Wednesday, September 2, 1812<br />
MR. BENNET<br />
When I had first married economy was held to be useless, for of course, we would have a son.<br />
The son would cut off the entail as soon as he should be of age and Mrs. Bennet and the girls<br />
would be provided for. I wish I had made better provisions for my daughters, especially now that<br />
I am indebted to Mr. Gardiner for rescuing Lydia. Tell me, Mr. Hill, why did I agree to receive<br />
her and her horrible husband?<br />
MR. HILL<br />
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