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FINAL SCRIPT I believe it was for the sake of propriety, sir. It would not look right if Miss Lydia, begging you pardon, Mrs. Wickham, were not noticed on her marriage by her parents. MR. HILL If you do not admit her into the family again it might hurt the other girls, sir. MR. BENNET Hmmm. Thank you. When he comes show him into my library; we have business to attend to. MR. HILL Very good, sir. (Mr. Bennet exits.) Poor man, he has paid all of Wickham’s creditors here and in Brighton. It is a good thing Wickham has joined the regular army and that the two of them will be quartered in the North. For Mr. Bennet and the other girls it is a good thing but it is hard on the Mrs. Oh, I hear the carriage pulling into the yard. (Mr. and Mrs. Hill exit outside. We hear Mrs. Bennet calling the girls down to greet Lydia and Wickham. We hear Lydia and Mrs. Bennet scream and then at the door Lydia announces that she must enter first and the family files in: Mrs. Bennet, Lydia, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, and Kitty.) LYDIA Ah! Jane, I take your place now, and you must go lower, because I am a married woman. Only think it has been three months since I went away but it seems but a fortnight. Good gracious! When I went away, I am sure I had no more idea of being married when I came back again! Though I thought it would be very good fun if I was. Well, mamma, what do you think of my husband? Is not he a charming man? I am sure my sisters must all envy me. I only hope they may have half my good luck. They must all go to Brighton. That is the place to get husbands. What a pity it is, mamma, we did not all go. MRS. BENNET Very true; and if I had my will, we should. But my dear Lydia, I don’t at all like your going such a way off. Must it be so? LYDIA We shall be at Newcastle all the winter. You and papa, and my sisters, must come down and see us. I dare say there will be some balls, and I will take care to get good partners for them all. MRS. BENNET I should like it beyond anything! LYDIA And then when you go away, you may leave one or two of my sisters behind you; and I dare say I shall get husbands for them before the winter is over. ELIZABETH I thank you for my share of the favor, but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands. LYDIA Oh! Mamma, do the people hereabouts know I am married today? I never gave you an account of my wedding, I believe. Are not you curious to hear how it was managed? MARY I think there cannot be too little said on the subject. LYDIA La! You are so strange! But I must tell you how it went off. We were married, you know, at St. Clement’s, because Wickham’s lodgings were in that parish. And it was settled that we should all be there by eleven o’clock. My uncle and aunt and I were to go together; and the others were to meet us at the church. Well, Monday morning came, and I was in such a fuss! I was so afraid, you know, that something would happen to put it off, and then I should have gone quite distracted. And there was my aunt, all the time I was dressing, preaching and talking away just as if she was reading a sermon. However, I did not hear above one word in ten, for I was thinking, 54
FINAL SCRIPT you may suppose, of my dear Wickham. I longed to know whether he would be married in his blue coat. Well, and just as the carriage came to the door, my uncle was called away upon business to that horrid man Mr. Stone. Well, I was so frightened I did not know what to do, for my uncle was to give me away. But, luckily, he came back again in ten minutes’ time, and then we all set out. However, I recollected afterwards that if he had been prevented going, the wedding need not be put off, for Mr. Darcy might have done as well. ELIZABETH Mr. Darcy! LYDIA Oh, yes, he was to come there with Wickham, you know. But gracious me! I quite forgot! I ought not to have said a word about it. I promised them so faithfully! What will Wickham say? It was to be such a secret! JANE If it was to be secret say not another word on the subject. You may depend upon us seeking no further. ELIZABETH Oh, certainly, we will ask you no questions. LYDIA Thank you, for if you did, I should certainly tell you all, then Wickham would be angry. (Mr. Hill enters.) Mr. Hill, look at my ring, I am the first one in the family to be married. You must call me Mrs. Wickham now. MR. HILL Congratulations, Mrs. Wickham, on your nuptial. The gentlemen are coming down, I believe. (Mr. Hill exits. Mr. Wickham and Mr. Bennet enter.) MR. WICKHAM (Entering) I received my commission before we left London, and I am to join my regiment at the end of the week. We will be quartered up North. In Newcastle. We must leave shortly so we can arrive in good time. MARY The north of England, I believe, boasts some spectacular scenery. MR. WICKHAM So I have heard. I find, from Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, that you have actually seen Pemberley, Miss Elizabeth. ELIZABETH Yes. MR. WICKHAM I almost envy you the pleasure, and yet I believe it would be too much for me, or else I could take it in on my way to Newcastle. And you saw the old housekeeper, I suppose? Poor Reynolds, she was always very fond of me. But of course she did not mention my name to you. ELIZABETH Yes, she did. MR. WICKHAM And what did she say? ELIZABETH That you were gone into the army, but she was afraid had not turned out well. MR. WICKHAM Did you see Mr. Darcy while you were at Lambton? I thought I understood from the Gardiners that you had. 55
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you may suppose, of my dear Wickham. I longed to know whether he would be married in his<br />
blue coat. Well, and just as the carriage came to the door, my uncle was called away upon<br />
business to that horrid man Mr. Stone. Well, I was so frightened I did not know what to do, for<br />
my uncle was to give me away. But, luckily, he came back again in ten minutes’ time, and then<br />
we all set out. However, I recollected afterwards that if he had been prevented going, the<br />
wedding need not be put off, for Mr. Darcy might have done as well.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Mr. Darcy!<br />
LYDIA<br />
Oh, yes, he was to come there with Wickham, you know. But gracious me! I quite forgot! I ought<br />
not to have said a word about it. I promised them so faithfully! What will Wickham say? It was<br />
to be such a secret!<br />
JANE<br />
If it was to be secret say not another word on the subject. You may depend upon us seeking no<br />
further.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Oh, certainly, we will ask you no questions.<br />
LYDIA<br />
Thank you, for if you did, I should certainly tell you all, then Wickham would be angry. (Mr.<br />
Hill enters.) Mr. Hill, look at my ring, I am the first one in the family to be married. You must<br />
call me Mrs. Wickham now.<br />
MR. HILL<br />
Congratulations, Mrs. Wickham, on your nuptial. The gentlemen are coming down, I believe.<br />
(Mr. Hill exits. Mr. Wickham and Mr. Bennet enter.)<br />
MR. WICKHAM<br />
(Entering) I received my commission before we left London, and I am to join my regiment at the<br />
end of the week. We will be quartered up North. In Newcastle. We must leave shortly so we can<br />
arrive in good time.<br />
MARY<br />
The north of England, I believe, boasts some spectacular scenery.<br />
MR. WICKHAM<br />
So I have heard. I find, from Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, that you have actually seen Pemberley,<br />
Miss Elizabeth.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Yes.<br />
MR. WICKHAM<br />
I almost envy you the pleasure, and yet I believe it would be too much for me, or else I could<br />
take it in on my way to Newcastle. And you saw the old housekeeper, I suppose? Poor Reynolds,<br />
she was always very fond of me. But of course she did not mention my name to you.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Yes, she did.<br />
MR. WICKHAM<br />
And what did she say?<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
That you were gone into the army, but she was afraid had not turned out well.<br />
MR. WICKHAM<br />
Did you see Mr. Darcy while you were at Lambton? I thought I understood from the Gardiners<br />
that you had.<br />
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