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Realization of Blindness in Self-Reflection
Elizabeth Bennet
I have been so blind.
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A Dislike for Endearments in Conversation
Mr. Darcy
How are you this evening, my dear?
Elizabeth Bennet
Very well. Only I wish you would not call me "my dear".
Mr. Darcy
Why?
Elizabeth Bennet
Because it's what my father always called my mother when he's cross about something.
Mr. Darcy
What endearments am I allowed?
Elizabeth Bennet
Well let me think..."Lizzy" for everyday, "My Pearl" for Sundays, and..."Goddess Divine", but only on very special occasions.
Mr. Darcy
And...what should I call you when I'm cross? "Mrs. Darcy"?
[Chuckles]
Elizabeth Bennet
No! No. You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, perfectly, and incandescently happy.
[Smiling]
Mr. Darcy
How are you this evening... Mrs. Darcy?
[chuckles; kisses her forehead]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her left cheek]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her nose]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her right cheek]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[they kiss]
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Darcy's View on Physical Attraction
Mr. Darcy
Perfectly tolerable, I daresay, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
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Elizabeth Bennet Enjoys the Dance
Elizabeth Bennet:
I love this dance.
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Mr. Darcy's Unspoken Longing for Elizabeth
Mr. Darcy
Miss Elizabeth, I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. These past few months have been a torment. I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you. I had to see you.
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Dancing with Dread: A Social Dilemma
Elizabeth Bennet
Did I just agree to dance with Mr. Darcy?
Charlotte Lucas
I daresay you will find him to be very amiable.
Elizabeth Bennet
That would be most inconvenient since I have sworn to loathe him for all eternity.
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Experience the Greatest Love Story This Holiday
Taglines
This holiday season, experience the greatest love story of all time.
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A Father's Concern for His Daughter's Happiness
Mr. Bennet:
Shut the door, please, Elizabeth. Lizzy, are you out of your senses? I thought you hated the man.
Elizabeth Bennet:
No, Papa.
Mr. Bennet:
He's rich, to be sure, and you will have more fine carriages than Jane. But will that make you happy?
Elizabeth Bennet:
Have you no other objection than your belief in my indifference?
Mr. Bennet:
None at all. We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of fellow. But this would be nothing if you really liked him.
Elizabeth Bennet:
I do like him.
Mr. Bennet:
Well...
Elizabeth Bennet:
I love him. He's not proud. I was wrong. I was entirely wrong about him. You don't know him, Papa. If I told you what he was really like, what he's done...
Mr. Bennet:
What has he done?
Mr. Bennet:
Good Lord. I must pay him back.
Elizabeth Bennet:
No. You mustn't tell anyone. He wouldn't want it. We misjudged him, Papa. Me more than anyone in every way. Not just in this matter. I've been nonsensical. But he's been a fool about, about Jane, about so many other things. But then, so have I. You see, he and I are...he and I are so similar. We're both so stubborn. Papa, I...
Mr. Bennet:
You really do love him, don't you?
[smiling]
Elizabeth Bennet:
Very much.
Mr. Bennet:
I cannot believe that anyone can deserve you. But it seems I am overruled. So I heartily give my consent. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzie, to anyone less worthy.
[Elizabeth hugs him]
Elizabeth Bennet:
Thank you.
[kisses his forehead; Elizabeth leaves the room]
Mr. Bennet:
If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, for heaven's sake, send them in. I'm quite at my leisure.
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Mr. Darcy's Reflection on His Writing Pace
Mr. Darcy
You are mistaken; I write rather slowly.
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A Gift of Music and Affection
Elizabeth Bennet
And what a beautiful pianoforte!
Georgiana Darcy
My brother gave it to me. He shouldn't have--
Mr. Darcy
Yes, I should've.
Georgiana Darcy
Oh, very well, then.
Mr. Darcy
Easily persuaded, is she not?
Elizabeth Bennet
Your unfortunate brother once had to put up with my playing for a whole evening.
Georgiana Darcy
But he says you play so well!
[looking astonished]
Elizabeth Bennet
Then he has perjured himself most profoundly.
Mr. Darcy
No, I said "played quite well.
Elizabeth Bennet
Oh, "quite well" is not "very well." I'm satisfied.
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Foolishness and Comparisons in Love
Charlotte
We are all fools in love.
Mary Bennet
What are men compared to rocks and mountains?
Mr. Wickham
He liked me better, and Darcy couldn't stand it.
Mr. Bingley
First, I must tell you I've been the most unmitigated and comprehensive ass.
[to Jane, about to propose to her]
Mr.Darcy
Maybe it's because I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion once lost is lost forever.
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Forgiveness and Pride in Relationships
Elizabeth Bennet
Mr Darcy? I'd more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine. But no matter. I doubt we shall ever speak again.
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Consequences of Betrayal in Love
Mr. Darcy
No, believe me, I didn't mean--
Elizabeth Bennet
If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But I have other reasons, you know I have.
Mr. Darcy
What reasons?
Elizabeth Bennet
Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined, perhaps forever, the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to the world for caprice and my sister to derision for disappointed hopes, involving them both in misery of the acutest kind?
Mr. Darcy
I do not deny it.
Elizabeth Bennet
How could you do it?
Mr. Darcy
Because I believed your sister to be indifferent to him.
Elizabeth Bennet
Indifferent?
Mr. Darcy
I watched them most carefully and realized his attachment was deeper than hers.
Elizabeth Bennet
That's because she's shy!
Mr. Darcy
Bingley, too, is modest and was persuaded she didn't feel strongly for him--
Elizabeth Bennet
Because you suggested it!
Mr. Darcy
I did it for his own good!
Elizabeth Bennet
My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me. I suppose you suspect that his fortune had some bearing?
[pauses]
Mr. Darcy
No! I wouldn't do your sister the dishonor, though it was suggested...
Elizabeth Bennet
What was?
Mr. Darcy
It was made perfectly clear that an advantageous marriage...
Elizabeth Bennet
Did my sister give that impression?
Mr. Darcy
No! No. No, there was, however, I have to admit, the matter of your family...
Elizabeth Bennet
Our want of connection? Mr. Bingley didn't seem to vex himself about that--
Mr. Darcy
No, it was more than that.
Elizabeth Bennet
How, sir?
Mr. Darcy
It was the lack of propriety shown by your mother, your three younger sisters, even on occasion your father. Forgive me. You and your sister I must exclude from this.
[pauses]
Elizabeth Bennet
And what about Mr. Wickham?
Mr. Darcy
Mr.. Wickham?
Elizabeth Bennet
What excuse can you give for your behavior towards him?
Mr. Darcy
You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns.
Elizabeth Bennet
He told me of his misfortunes.
Mr. Darcy
Oh, yes, his misfortunes have been very great indeed.
Elizabeth Bennet
You ruin his chances and yet you treat him with sarcasm.
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Mr. Darcy on Motives and Interference
Mr. Darcy
You can only have two motives, Caroline, and I would not interfere with either.
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Love and Matrimony: Elizabeth's Perspective
Elizabeth Bennet
Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony which is why I shall end up an old maid.
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A Declaration of Unwavering Love
Mr. Darcy
You must know, surely you must know, it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I'd scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I would have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love... I love... I love you. And I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.
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Social Skills and Personal Growth
Mr. Darcy
I, do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before.
Elizabeth Bennet
Perhaps you should take your aunt's advice and practice?
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Unrequited Love and Inner Conflict
Mr. Darcy
In vain I have struggled this will not do, allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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A Timeless Romance Transcending Boundaries
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A romance ahead of its time.
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A Social Invitation in a Drawing Room
Caroline Bingley
Miss Elizabeth, let us take a turn about the room.
Caroline Bingley
It's refreshing, is it not after sitting so long in one attitude?
Elizabeth Bennet
And it is a small kind of accomplishment, I suppose.
Caroline Bingley
Will you not join us, Mr. Darcy?
Mr. Darcy
You can only have two motives, Caroline and I would interfere with either.
Caroline Bingley
What can he mean?
Elizabeth Bennet
Our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask him nothing about it.
Caroline Bingley
But do tell us, Mr. Darcy.
Mr. Darcy
Either you are in each other's confidence and have secret affairs to discuss, or you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage by walking. If the first, I should get in your way. If the second, I can admire you much better from here.
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Confrontation Over Allegations of Affection
Lady Catherine:
You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet to understand why I am here.
Elizabeth Bennet:
Indeed you are mistaken. I cannot account for this honour at all.
Lady Catherine:
I warn you, I am not to be trifled with. A report of most alarming nature has reached me. That you intend to be united with my nephew, Mr Darcy. I know this to be a scandalous falsehood. Though not wishing to injure him by supposing it possible, I instantly set off to make my sentiments known.
Elizabeth Bennet:
If you believed it impossible, I wonder you took the trouble of coming so far.
Lady Catherine:
To hear it contradicted, Miss Bennet.
Elizabeth Bennet:
Your coming will be rather a confirmation surely if indeed such a report exists.
Lady Catherine:
lf? You then pretend to be ignorant of it? Has it not been industriously circulated by yourself?
Elizabeth Bennet:
I have never heard of it.
Lady Catherine:
And can you declare there is no foundation for it?
Elizabeth Bennet:
I do not pretend to possess equal frankness with your Ladyship. You may ask a question which I may choose not to answer.
Lady Catherine:
This is not to be borne! Has my nephew made you an offer of marriage?
Elizabeth Bennet:
Your Ladyship has declared it to be impossible.
Lady Catherine:
Let me be understood! Mr Darcy is engaged to my daughter. Now what have you to say?
Elizabeth Bennet:
Only this: If that is the case, you can have no reason to suppose he would make an offer to me.
Lady Catherine:
You selfish girl. This union has been planned since their infancy. Do you think it can be prevented by a young woman of inferior birth whose own sister's elopement resulted in a scandalously patched-up marriage only achieved at the expense of your uncle? Heaven and Earth! Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted? Now tell me once and for all, are you engaged to him?
Elizabeth Bennet:
I am not.
Lady Catherine:
And will you promise never to enter into such an engagement?
Elizabeth Bennet:
I will not and I certainly never shall. You have insulted me in every possible way and can now have nothing further to say. I must ask you to leave immediately. Goodnight.
Lady Catherine:
I have never been thus treated in my entire life!
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A Request for Privacy Misunderstood
Mr. Collins
Mrs. Bennet I was hoping, if it would not trouble you, that I might solicit a private audience with Miss Elizabeth in the course of the morning.
Mrs. Bennet
Oh, yes. Certainly. Lizzy will be very happy indeed. Everyone, out. Mr. Collins would like a private audience with your sister.
Elizabeth Bennet
No, no, wait, please. I beg you. Mr. Collins can have nothing to say to me that anybody need not hear.
Mrs. Bennet
No nonsense, Lizzy. I desire you will stay where you are. Everyone else to the drawing room. Mr. Bennet?
Mr. Bennet
But...
Mrs. Bennet
Now.
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A Question of Dancing Preferences
Elizabeth Bennet
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?
Mr. Darcy
Not if I can help it.
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Unlikely Connections in Love and Life
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Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.
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A Request for a Dance
Mr. Darcy
May I have the next dance, Miss Elizabeth?
Elizabeth Bennet
You may.
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