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FINAL SCRIPT the young man's marrying her was a patched-up business, at the expense of your father and uncles. And is such a girl to be my nephew's sister? Is her husband, the son of his late father's steward, to be his brother? Heaven and earth, what are you thinking? Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted? ELIZABETH You can now have nothing further to say. You have insulted me in every possible method. I must beg you to leave. LADY CATHERINE I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased. (Lady Catherine exits.)(Elizabeth enters the house.) MRS. BENNET Lizzy, is Lady Catherine not coming in to rest? ELIZABETH No. MRS. BENNET She is a fine looking woman. Her calling here was prodigiously civil. I supposed she called to tell us the Collin's are well. (Jane and Bingley enter from the outside.) Jane, Mr. Bingley, who do you think paid a call to Lizzy? Lady Catherine de Bourgh. JANE Lady Catherine was here? She came to speak with you? (Pause.) She must have been in the area and wanted us all to know that Mr. and Mrs. Collins send their regard, isn’t that so, Lizzy? ELIZABETH Yes. MR. BINGLEY She might have some business with Mr. Darcy. He is to come to Netherfield this afternoon. I expected him to call here before this; maybe some business with his aunt has delayed him. MRS. BENNET Mr. Darcy is coming here? MR. BINGLEY I thought so, yes. MRS. BENNET Any friend of yours is always welcome, Mr. Bingley. ELIZABETH I need to go for a walk. Jane, please, and Mr. Bingley, it is such a lovely day, would you walk with me? MRS. BENNET But they have just come back from a walk. JANE Certainly. MR. BINGLEY With pleasure. (Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. Bingley rush out of the house and almost run into Mr. Darcy. There is a moment of quiet and Jane and Mr. Bingley take themselves off a bit. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy walk.) (Elizabeth and Darcy walk along in silence for a bit.) ELIZABETH Mr. Darcy, I am a very selfish creature; and, for the sake of giving relief to my own feelings, care not how much I may be wounding yours. I can no longer help thanking you for your unexampled kindness to my poor sister. Ever since I have known it, I have been most anxious to acknowledge to you how gratefully I feel it. Were it known to the rest of my family, I should not 62
FINAL SCRIPT have merely my own gratitude to express. MR. DARCY I am sorry, exceedingly sorry that you have ever been informed of what may, in a mistaken light, have given you uneasiness. I did not think Mrs. Gardiner was so little to be trusted. ELIZABETH You must not blame my aunt. Lydia's thoughtlessness first betrayed to me that you had been concerned in the matter. Let me thank you again and again, in the name of all my family, for that generous compassion which induced you to take so much trouble, and bear so many mortifications, for the sake of discovering them. MR. DARCY If you will thank me, let it be for yourself alone. Your family owes me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you. (Silence.) You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever. ELIZABETH Mr. Darcy, my sentiments have undergone so material a change since the period to which you allude that I receive with gratitude and pleasure your present assurances. MR. DARCY Then you will? ELIZABETH I will. MR. DARCY Dear Aunt Catherine! Her visit to you taught me to hope as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before. I knew enough of your disposition to be certain that, had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady Catherine, frankly and openly. ELIZABETH Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I could have no scruple in abusing you to all your relations. MR. DARCY What did you say of me, that I did not deserve? ELIZABETH We will not quarrel for the greater share of blame annexed to that evening. The conduct of neither, if strictly examined, will be irreproachable; but since then, we have both, I hope, improved in civility. MR. DARCY I have your consent to go and speak with your father. ELIZABETH You do. I will take you to him now. (Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy enter the house.) (Mr. Darcy exits towards the library. Elizabeth sits in the empty parlor and waits. Very soon Mr. Bennet comes down.) MR. BENNET Lizzy, what are you doing? Are you out of your senses, to be accepting this man? Have not you always hated him? He is rich, to be sure, and you may have more fine clothes and fine carriages than Jane. But will they make you happy? ELIZABETH Have you any other objection, than your belief of my indifference? MR. BENNET 63
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the young man's marrying her was a patched-up business, at the expense of your father and<br />
uncles. And is such a girl to be my nephew's sister? Is her husband, the son of his late father's<br />
steward, to be his brother? Heaven and earth, what are you thinking? Are the shades of<br />
Pemberley to be thus polluted?<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
You can now have nothing further to say. You have insulted me in every possible method. I must<br />
beg you to leave.<br />
LADY CATHERINE<br />
I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such<br />
attention. I am most seriously displeased. (Lady Catherine exits.)(Elizabeth enters the house.)<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
Lizzy, is Lady Catherine not coming in to rest?<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
No.<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
She is a fine looking woman. Her calling here was prodigiously civil. I supposed she called to<br />
tell us the Collin's are well. (Jane and Bingley enter from the outside.) Jane, Mr. Bingley, who do<br />
you think paid a call to Lizzy? Lady Catherine de Bourgh.<br />
JANE<br />
Lady Catherine was here? She came to speak with you? (Pause.) She must have been in the area<br />
and wanted us all to know that Mr. and Mrs. Collins send their regard, isn’t that so, Lizzy?<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Yes.<br />
MR. BINGLEY<br />
She might have some business with Mr. Darcy. He is to come to Netherfield this afternoon. I<br />
expected him to call here before this; maybe some business with his aunt has delayed him.<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
Mr. Darcy is coming here?<br />
MR. BINGLEY<br />
I thought so, yes.<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
Any friend of yours is always welcome, Mr. Bingley.<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
I need to go for a walk. Jane, please, and Mr. Bingley, it is such a lovely day, would you walk<br />
with me?<br />
MRS. BENNET<br />
But they have just come back from a walk.<br />
JANE<br />
Certainly.<br />
MR. BINGLEY<br />
With pleasure. (Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. Bingley rush out of the house and almost run into Mr.<br />
Darcy. There is a moment of quiet and Jane and Mr. Bingley take themselves off a bit. Elizabeth<br />
and Mr. Darcy walk.) (Elizabeth and Darcy walk along in silence for a bit.)<br />
ELIZABETH<br />
Mr. Darcy, I am a very selfish creature; and, for the sake of giving relief to my own feelings,<br />
care not how much I may be wounding yours. I can no longer help thanking you for your<br />
unexampled kindness to my poor sister. Ever since I have known it, I have been most anxious to<br />
acknowledge to you how gratefully I feel it. Were it known to the rest of my family, I should not<br />
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