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you must go and see Mr. Bingley!

If you don't,

Sir William and Lady Lucas

will get there before us!

You should have seen her

galloping her horses

to beat me from the village

just now.

Did she win?

Hah! Indeed, she did not!

But, she'd stop at nothing

to get Mr. Bingley

interested in her Charlotte.

Well, I'll tell you

what I'll do, my dear.

I'll write to assure him

of my hearty consent

to his marrying whichever

he chooses of the girls.

Though I must saw in a good word

for my Lizzie.

Elizabeth is not one wit

better than the others.

But you always

give her the preference!

Oh! They're all silly

and ignorant like most girls.

Ahh!

But Lizzie has some

glimmering of success.

Mr. Bennet! How could you

abuse your own children

in such a way?

You think of ways of vexing me!

You've no compassion!

And, my poor nerves!

Oh! You mistake me, my dear.

I have the highest respect

for your nerves.

I have heard you

mention them with consideration

for the last twenty years.

How can you be so resigned

to your daughters

growing up to be

penniless old maids?

Leaving everything

to that cousin of yours!

That - that odious Mr. Collins!

Mrs. Bennet,

for the thousandth time!

This estate was entailed

when I inherited it.

It must, by law,

go to a male heir.

A male heir, Mrs. Bennet!

And, it's possible you remember,

we have no son!

All the more reason why you

should take some responsibility

by getting husbands for them!

No! You escape

into your intelligible books!

And leave everything to me!

Look at them!

Five of them without dowries!

What's to become of them?

Yes, what is to become

of the wretched creatures?

Perhaps we should have drowned

some of them at birth.

Mr. Bennet!

I'm glad

you didn't drown me, Papa!

It's much too nice

just being alive!

Even if I never have a husband.

Well, I hope Mr. Bingley

likes the hat.

We are not in the way of knowing

what Mr. Bingley likes

since we're not to meet him!

Mary, stop playing!

Don't keep on coughing, Kitty!

Good heavens!

Have a little compassion

on my poor nerves!

Well, Kitty

has no discretion in her cough.

She times them ill.

I don't cough

for my own amusement, Mama.

Mama, why aren't we

to meet Mr. Bingley?

Don't speak about Mr. Bingley!

I'm sick of him!

Eh? Oh, I'm sorry

to hear that, my dear.

If I'd known

that you'll feel like this,

I shouldn't have

gone out of my way

to make

his acquaintance last week.

Oh! Oh! It's very unlucky!

I even gave him tickets

to the Assembly Ball.

And I believe, he intends to

make himself known to you there.

Mr. Bennet, you could be wicked

and bold at times!

Since he signed his lease

at Netherfield, my dear.

Ohh!

Did you tell him that

you had five daughters, Papa?

Well, I told him

if he ran into five of the

silliest girls in England,

they would be my daughters.

Do you suppose the tenants

at Netherfield are not coming?

Very discourteous if they don't

considering Mr. Bennet

gave them tickets.

Don't you think we dance

beautifully together, Mr. Wickham?

I suspect you dance beautifully

with anyone, Miss Lydia.

And I know I do.

Tell me, who is the lovely

creature in the blue dress?

That lovely creature

is my sister, Elizabeth.

Ahh! Then, I'm in luck!

Please present me

when the dance is over.

Lizzie! This is Mr. Wickham.

He wants to meet you.

He thinks

you're a lovely creature.

Someday, I'll tell you

what sort of a creature you are.

After that introduction,

I hardly know how to begin,

Miss Elizabeth.

Shall I offer a remark

on the weather?

If you can make it fit

for a young lady's ears.

You are right. The weather

is too dangerous a subject.

To be quite safe,

I shall ask you

how you like it here in Meryton.

Ahh! That's anything but safe!

I'm just discovering

that I like it prodigiously!

I hope you'll ask me

when I began to like it

so prodigiously, Miss Elizabeth.

I will.

When did you?

Ahh...

The moment I saw you.

Very pretty, sir.

Shall I tell you what I thought

the moment I saw you?

Only if it's pleasant!

Oh, it is! I thought...

You were

going to say, Miss Elizabeth?

Oh, yes! I'm sorry, I forget!

Ladies and gentlemen,

Miss Bingley, Mr. Bingley

and Mr. Darcy!

This is indeed an honor!

Very distinguished!

Ah, Kitty, Kitty!

Your dress is too de... (French).

Put it up a little.

Lydia! Lydia, there's

perspiration on your nose.

Don't look so hot.

It's very unladylike.

Oh, Jane. Jane, dear.

Yes, Mama?

Of course, you are

quite perfect, my dear!

Lizzie, Lizzie! Do try

to make a good impression.

You can be so appealing

when you want to be!

Oh, ah, Mary.

Try to sparkle a little.

Just a little!

A waltz, Mr. Darcy.

Yes.

How modern.

Yes indeed.

Shall we have our dance now?

It's a pleasure.

Oh! What a handsome young man

Mr. Darcy is!

And so rich, too!

His mother was a daughter of the

Marquis of Scarlingford.

Did you hear that, Jane?

The Marquis of Scarlingford?

And doesn't he know it!

I like Mr. Bingley better.

Mr. Darcy is so so supercilious.

My goodness!

He does have an air about him.

Pray, Sir William! Who is that

uncommonly handsome girl?

Who?

Over there, next to the pillar.

Oh, ah, that's Miss Bennet.

This is our dance,

Miss Elizabeth.

Mrs. Bennet,

may I present Mr. Bingley?

Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Philips.

Miss Jane Bennet.

Miss Mary Bennet.

Mr. Bingley,

we're all so delighted

that you've taken Netherfield.

Having it standing empty was

a lost to the whole neighborhood.

Like an oyster shell

without an oyster in it.

Well, here is the oyster, Madame.

But, if I may be permitted

to say so,

it is you who have the pearl!

Charming! Charming!

Oh, ah, Jane dear, why don't you

say something to Mr. Bingley?

Good evening, sir.

May I have the honor

of this dance, Miss Bennet?

A pleasure.

Think of having a daughter

happily settled at Netherfield.

She'll be pricing

wedding garments tomorrow.

Mind your manners!

Stop scratching yourself!

Yes, Mama.

Well! Is Miss Bingley

engaged to Mr. Darcy?

If she is,

she ought to break it.

Why?

No man can be in love

and look so bored!

Did you ever see such people,

Mr. Darcy?

Really! I think my brother

ought to apologize

for bringing us

to a place like this!

He is so dreadful

and undiscriminating.

He seems to be able

to enjoy himself in any society.

I'm not surprised that he is

able to enjoy himself

in that society.

You know, Miss Bennet, you've

done a very extraordinary thing.

What?

You have talked to me

about all your friends in Meryton

without saying

one malicious word.

Oh, but, they are all

such agreeable people.

They're kind and pleasant.

That never prevented anyone

from talking maliciously.

Ohh!

To your health!

Your health!

Now here you

and Kitty down in one gulp!

Don't giggle!

Now raise your hands!

Oh, look at that. Let's go!

Yes!

My goodness! What a hullabaloo!

Well, they're only young ones!

That odious Mr. Darcy!

Looking down his nose

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