Pride and Prejudice: A New Musical | Music and Performances Adaptation of Jane Austen's Novel

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♫ (french horn music)
♫ (Gentle music begins)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged,
that a single man in possession of a large fortune,
must be in want of a wife.”
I don't necessarily find that to be true
♫ (Music vamps) Surely a man must be in want of
more than just a wife.
I cannot believe that marriage is
all that is meant to define us.
Or that it is the only fortune on which our happiness depends.
CHARLOTTE: Yes, of course it is.
My best friend, Charlotte Lucus.
CHARLOTTE: Lizzy, everything depends on finding the right partner.
Does it?
♫ HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
♫ IS ESSENTIAL AND DESIRED
♫ IT MUST BE ALL A WOMAN DREAM OF
♫ THE CRAVING IS REQUIRED
♫ BUT WHEN YOU MEET YOUR SUITOR
♫ KISS HIM ONCE THEN SAY ADIEU
♫ FOR THE MORE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM
♫ THE MORE HE GETS TO KNOW
♫ YOU
♫ SO IT'S BETTER TO KNOW
♫ AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ♫ AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
♫ BETTER TO WAIT
♫ UNTIL IT'S MUCH TOO
♫ LATE
♫ SECURE HIM FIRST
♫ THEN LEAVE THE REST TO
♫ FATE
Longbourne. The Bennets Country Home.
Lizzy!
Lizzy! You'll never guess what has happened!
Netherfield has been let!
My charming mother.
Netherfield?
We're all beside ourselves with excitement.
Let by whom?
Mr. Bingley! Handsome and rich as
the day is long and sure to marry Jane.
Jane Bennet, my gorgeous older sister.
It will be a refreshing change to see new faces in town,
will it not? ELIZABETH: It will, indeed.
The man has barely stepped foot in our town
and already you have him married off to Jane
Well, surely, Mr. Bennet,
Jane cannot be this beautiful for nothing.
God help me. MRS. BENNET (scoffs)
♫ HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
♫ IS THE PILLAR OF MY QUEST
♫ FIRST, I'LL MARRY OFF THE OLDEST
♫ THEN MARRY OFF THE REST
ELIZABETH: Lydia is still only just 15.
But going on 25.
Yes, in every way but wisdom.
♫ I WOULDN'T REALLY CARE IF SHE WERE
♫ STILL INSIDE THE WOMB
♫ I VOW TO FIND THEM ALL A HUSBAND
♫ DEAR LORD, THEY CAN'T COME
♫ TOO SOON.
♫ MRS. BENNET: AND IT'S BETTER TO BE ♫ JANE: AHHH.
♫ CHARLOTTE: BETTER TO BE
♫ AS PUSHY AS POSSIBLE ♫ CHARLOTTE: AHHH
♫ AS ZEALOUS AS POSSIBLE
♫ BETTER TO RUSH ♫ CHARLOTTE: AHHH
♫ BETTER TO RUSH
♫ BEFORE THERE'S TIMES TO
♫ BLUSH ♫ CHARLOTTE: BEFORE THERE'S TIME TO BLUSH
MR. BENNET: Yes, ♫ WHAT HOPES HE MAY HAVE
♫ LATER YOU CAN CRUSH
MRS. BENNET: Kitty! Kitty! Mary!
Netherfield has been let by a very fine and rich
young man who is going to marry Jane.
How do you know he's going to marry Jane?
Well, why wouldn't he?
Look at her!
Mama.
And we have all been invited to
A ball at Netherfield!
LYDIA: Mama! Kitty and I must have new dresses!!
Yes, we must!
Mr. Bennet... may the girls have new dresses?
Only if I'm allowed to remain at home
While they're out wearing them.
I hear he has a handsome rich friend with him.
And a stodgy old sister.
LYDIA: If only they were soldiers.
Yes, soldiers would make much better husbands!
They're so much taller! (Both giggle)
You two must be the silliest girls in all of England.
MARY: I don't want a husband.
I find the whole idea most unappealing.
Well of course you do.
You're going to be an old maid.
None of my five daughters will ever be old maids
if I have anything to say about it.
Even you will have a husband one day, Mary Bennet.
I suppose I'll have to.
But it will not be pleasant.
MRS BENNET: Oh... ♫ (gentle music)
ELIZABETH: I know what you're thinking.
They're mad. The lot of them.
Well, not my father.
And not Jane.
But honestly,
Why does it feel as if I don't actually belong
to this family?
Or this society?
I don't seem to be interested in a
"single man of good fortune"
any more than he would be interested in me.
I'm afraid asking for my hand in marriage would be
his misfortune.
♫ IT'S A MISBEGOTTEN WORLD
♫ WHERE I FEEL OUT OF PLACE
♫ IS IT MY AFFLICTION?
♫ OR IS IT MY SAVING GRACE?
♫ I DON'T HAVE SECRET DREAMS
♫ I DON'T WISH ON A STAR
♫ BUT I AM NOT SO CERTAIN
♫ I LIKE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE
♫ CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG
♫ CRASHING INTO WALLS
♫ SOMETIMES STARTING BRAWLS
♫ WITH JUST A WORD
♫ COULD SOCIAL MORES BE
♫ MORE ABSURD? I'M...
♫ HEADSTRONG
♫ KICKING UP THE DUST
♫ I SPEAK BECAUSE I MUST
♫ THOUGH I KNOW
♫ OTHERS FEEL THAT I SHOULD SHOW
♫ A LITTLE MORE RESTRAINT
♫ FOR NO ONE FINDS A
♫ HEADSTRONG WOMAN QUAINT
♫ BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR
♫ WHICH ROAD MY LIFE SHOULD TAKE
♫ I'M NOT DEMURE AND HUMBLE
♫ I'M NOT GOOD FOR
♫ GOODNESS SAKE
♫ CAUSE I'M HEADSTRONG
♫ FINDING MY OWN WAY
♫ NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE THINGS
♫ I FEEL
♫ AND I DON'T CARE WHAT
♫ THEY REVEAL. I'M...
♫ HEADSTRONG ♫ ATTRACTABLE AND BOLD
♫ IMPULSIVE TOO AS
♫ AS I'VE BEEN TOLD
♫ AND I DON'T SEEM TO WANT THE SAME THINGS
♫ OTHER WOMEN DO
♫ I'M THE LONGBOURN INGENUE
♫ IT'S MY UNTAMING OF THE SHREW
♫ I'M THE WOMAN YOU ONCE KNEW
♫ SOMEWHERE
♫ I'M FEARLESS AND I'M SMART
♫ EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW
♫ MY HEART
♫ I'M HEADSTRONG
♫ CRASHING INTO WALLS
♫ SOMETIMES TAKING FALLS
♫ AS PEOPLE CAN
♫ AND I FALL AS WELL AS
♫ ANY MAN. I'M WILLFUL
♫ BUT IS THAT SUCH A CRIME?
♫ I SPEAK MY CONSCIOUS EVERY TIME
♫ AND I AM NOT AS FOOLISH AS
♫ MY YOUNGER SISTERS
♫ ON THE HUNT FOR THEIR
♫ TWO MISTERS
♫ THAT IS NOT MY CARE
♫ CAUSE I'M TOO HEADSTRONG
♫ FOR ANY MAN
♫ TO BEAR
♫ (upbeat music) MARY: Netherfield. The Bingley Estate.
♫ GUESTS: WHAT A STATELY HOME
♫ WHAT A LOVELY VIEW
♫ WHAT ARE GUESTS TO DO?
♫ BUT GASP, YOU KNOW
♫ HAVE YOU SEEN HIS FACE? ♫ (MR. BINGLEY'S FACE)
♫ HANDSOME TO THE CORE ♫ (SUCH A CHARMING MAN)
♫ IF YOU NEEDED MORE
♫ HE'S RICH, YOU KNOW. OH
♫ A SINGLE MAN OF GOOD FORTUNE
♫ SHOULD NEVER GO TO WASTE
♫ FOR HE'S THE RIGHTFUL PROPERTY
♫ MRS. BENNET: OF A MOTHER WITH GOOD TASTE
I dare say Mr. Bingley is quite handsome.
And just as mother predicted
he took to Jane immediately.
Smart fellow.
♫ (waltz music)
♫ You dance, uh, extremely well...
♫ Miss Benett.
As do you, Mr. Bingley.
ELIZABETH: (giggles) This is fantastic. They're meant for each other...
If only that were not the end
of their entire conversation.
♫ I WOULD SAY SOMETHING ELSE
♫ IF I KNEW WHAT TO SAY,
♫ MILADY
♫ BUT THE WORDS NEVER FORM
♫ AND MY MOUTH'S IN THE WAY,
♫ I'M AFRAID
♫ THOUGH IT'S NOT FROM A LACK OF A
MUTUAL FEELING
♫ IT'S MORE LIKE MY JAW'S
♫ FROZEN SHUT
♫ AND I FEEL WHAT I'M FEELING
♫ YET I CAN SAY ANYTHING BUT
♫ IF YOU COULD HEAR HOW I SPEAK
♫ TO THE WORLD IN MY MIND
♫ MR. BINGLEY
♫ YOU WOULD KNOW WHY THE MIST
♫ IN THE GREEN MAKES ME CRY
♫ AND WHY
♫ I PONDER THE SONNETS
♫ OF SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON
♫ BUT CANNOT EXPRESS WHAT THEY WROTE
♫ AND I FEEL WHAT I'M FEELING
♫ BUT THOUGHTS JUST GET STUCK IN MY THROAT
BOTH: ♫ OTHER PEOPLE GET BY
♫ THEY ARE NOT QUITE AS SHY
♫ YET WE CONTINUE TO
♫ TRY TO MUDDLE THROUGH
♫ TILL WE SPEAK OUR MIND
♫ WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME
♫ BINGLEY: I WOULD TELL YOU YOU'RE GRACEFUL
♫ JANE: I WOULD TELL YOU YOU'RE VIRTUE AND KINDNESS ♫ BINGLEY: ANGELIC AND LOVELY
♫ JANE: ARE CLEAR ♫ BINGLEY: MILADY
♫ BINGLEY: I WOULD SAY THAT I'M MAN FOR THE ♫ JANE: AND WHAT'S MORE
♫ BINGLEY: LIGHT IN YOUR EYES ♫ JANE: YOU ARE STANDING HERE IN THE
♫ BINGLEY: SURPRISE ♫ WORLD WHERE WE ARE
♫ BINGLEY: BUT THE LOOK ON MY FACE ♫ JANE: TO REACH YOU
♫ BINGLEY: IS AS CLOSE AS YOU GET TO ♫ JANE: TO KNOW YOU
♫ BINGLEY: UNCOVER ME MORE THAN
BOTH: ♫ HELLO
♫ IF I START TO LOVE YOU
♫ I HAVE NO IDEA HOW
♫ YOU'LL KNOW
MISS BINGLEY: I see the little people have gathered.
Miss Caroline Bingley...
Mr. Bingley's unfortunate sister.
I find them rather pleasant and welcoming.
I'm enjoying myself immensely.
Yes, brother, and that's why you have me –
to save you from your best intentions.
And then – Mr. Darcy entered the room.
♫ (grand music)
The report that was in general circulation within the first
five minutes after his entrance was that Mr. Darcy
had ten thousand a year.
He was looked at with great admiration
for about half the evening till his manners
gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity.
Darcy, I must have you dance.
Thanks. No.
Besides, you've chosen the prettiest girl in the room
and there's no one else whom it would not be a
punishment to stand up with.
Is not her sister, Elizabeth also very pretty?
Yes, she is tolerable, I suppose
but I am in no humor to give consequence to women
who are slighted by other men.
Tolerable?
Evidently, the man is accustomed to single ladies
of good fortune but no backbone.
♫ THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
♫ IS THE WORLD THEY LONG FOR
♫ THAT'S THE COMMON LEANING
♫ OF THE CROWD
♫ SO I KEEP MY DISTANCE
♫ AND IT'S THIS RESISTANCE
♫ THAT HOLD AND MAKE OUR
♫ FAMILIES PROUD
♫ HMM
♫ AND EVEN THOUGH ONE MIGHT BE TEMPTED
♫ NEVER SHOW YOUR HAND
♫ STAY WITHIN YOUR RANKS
♫ FOR THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND
♫ YOU ARE A
♫ MAN OF STATURE
♫ WHO MIGHT WELL ENRAPTURE
♫ A LADY NOT OF
♫ EQUAL GRADE
♫ AND THOUGH SHE MAY HAVE BEAUTY
♫ IT IS STILL ONES DUTY
♫ TO LET HER KNOW HER PLANS
♫ HAVE BEEN MISLAID
♫ OHH
♫ FOR EVEN WHEN YOU LONG FOR SOMETHING
♫ YOU CAN NEVER HAVE
♫ MUSTN'T YET REVEAL THE THINGS YOU
♫ YOU FEEL YOU SHOW RESTRAIN
♫ AS YOU CONCEAL
♫ YOUR SYMPATHIES
♫ HIDE HUMANITY
♫ NEVER LETTING ON
♫ WHAT YOU'VE UNDERGONE
♫ NO ONE KNOWS YOU
♫ HOLD YOUR DIGNITY
♫ NO, DON'T BE TEMPTED
♫ TO GIVE IN
♫ FOR THEIR WORLD IS NOT THE WORLD
♫ I LIVE IN
Longbourne. The Sitting Room.
Ah, Mr. Bennet! What a delightful evening
we all had. Jane was so admired.
Oh, how splendid.
Everyone said how well she looked.
Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful
and danced with her all evening.
MR BENNETT: Hmm KITTY: That was after he made the mistake of
dancing with poor Charlotte Lucas!
(Kitty and Lydia laugh) ELIZABETH: Kitty!
Why on earth would he dance with her? (laughs)
Oh, Lizzy, you must own that
Charlotte Lucas is very plain.
Her own mother has often said so
and envied my Jane's beauty.
Mama, I'm right here.
After he danced with Miss King,
Maria Lucus and Mrs. Lucus,
he danced with my Jane again!
Again, still in the room.
Well, if he had any compassion for me,
he would not have danced half so much.
Oh, and then there was the shocking rudeness
of Mr. Darcy.
Mr. Who?
A most horrid, disagreeable young man.
I wish you had been there, my dear,
to have given him one of your set-downs.
Oh, a note for Jane!
It's from Netherfield!
What does it say? KITTY: Who is it from?
JANE: It appears to be from
Miss Caroline Bingley...
♫ (piano music)
♫ MY DEAR FRIEND
♫ IF YOU ARE NOT TOO PREOCCUPIED
♫ WITH WHATEVER IT IS
♫ THAT YOU DO
♫ I'D LIKE THE PLEASURE
♫ OF DINING TOGETHER
♫ OH PLEASE SAY YES
♫ TO THIS TETE-A-TETE
OH, DO NOT SAY NO
♫ FOR I'LL FRET, MY PET
♫ OH, PLEASE COME RIGHT AWAY
♫ DON'T DAWDLE WON'T YOU MAKE HASTE?
♫ THERE IS NO TIME
♫ TO WASTE
♫ MY BROTHER AND "THE GENTLEMAN"
♫ ARE DINING WITH THE OFFICERS
♫ SO YOU SEE IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT
♫ THAT YOU COME
♫ DON'T LEAVE ME ALL BY MYSELF
♫ IT'S SO TIRESOME
Yours, Ever... Miss Caroline Bingley.
Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy are dining
with the officers! KITTY: How Lovely! (giggles)
MRS. BENNET: How very unlucky.
♫ Mama, may I have the carriage?
Oh, certainly not. You will go on horseback.
But it is very likely to rain.
Well, yes I'm quite positive of it.
Then you will be obliged to stay the night.
and you will be sure to see Mr. Bingley the following day.
But, mama, she will catch cold!
MRS. BENNET: Oh, if we are fortunate.
Indeed, my mother's hopes were answered
and it rained for hours --
and it was not long before a letter arrived from Jane
with a report that she was unwell.
Oh, how delightful!
MR. BENNET: Well, Mrs. Bennet, if your daughter should die,
it will be of great comfort to know it was
all in pursuit of Mr. Bingley.
Well, I'm going to see her.
No, Lizzy, she does not need us.
She has Mr. Bingley and his kindly sister.
Exactly, she's surrounded.
Oh, if you must. Take the carriage.
No, thank you, I shall walk.
Walk?? But you'll be caught in the mud,
with dirt on your face, not fit to be seen when you get there.
I will be very fit to be see Jane.
Which is all I want.
(scoffs)
In the fields.
♫ (music vamps)
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SAVE YOUR SISTER
♫ FROM RIVAL FORCES
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BREAK THROUGH WALLS
♫ AND ALTER COURSES
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ACT ON IMPULSE
♫ TRUST YOUR SENSES
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK THOUGH MUD
♫ CLIMB OVER FENCES
♫ SCALE THE WALLS THAT LOCK YOU IN
♫ ESCAPE THE CONFINEMENTS
♫ OF THE SKIN YOU'RE IN
The drawing room at Netherfield.
I shall never forget her appearance this morning.
Who's appearance? MISS BINGLEY: Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
She looked almost wild.
And her petticoat six inches deep in mud.
Why would she be here at all?
She's concerned about the health of her sister.
She has nothing to recommend her,
but being an excellent walker.
This is all lost on me.
I thought Miss Bennet looked remarkably well.
Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.
Yes, but to walk three or four miles,
or whatever it is, above her ankles in dirt,
what does she mean by it?
It seems to show an abominable sort of
conceited independence.
Ah, Miss Bennet. How is your sister recovering?
I do hope she is feeling better.
Her illness is subsiding and she's resting now.
Ah! That eases me to hear it.
That is very good news indeed.
Is it not, Darcy?
Um. Yes. Indeed.
Would you like to join us for cards, Miss Bennet?
No thank you, Miss Bingley.
Miss Bennet despises cards. She is...
a great reader, and has no pleasure in anything else.
I deserve neither such praise
nor censure.
I am not a great reader, and I take
pleasure in many things.
Hmm.
Mr. Darcy. You seem quite occupied.
I am.
Writing to Miss Darcy, no doubt?
Has she grown as tall as I am?
My sister is now about
Miss Elizabeth Bennet's height I imagine.
Such manners! Such grace!
And how she must love her life at Pemberley,
What is Pemberley?
It is Mr. Darcy's estate in Derbyshire.
There is no finer estate in England as Pemberley.
And there is not a more accomplished young lady
as his sister, Miss Georgiana Darcy.
Isn't that right, dear brother?
It's amazing to me how young ladies can be
so very accomplished as they all are.
I scarcely know a woman who is not accomplished in
singing, drawing, dancing
and modern languages.
I do not agree with you, Bingley.
I cannot boast of knowing more than half-a-dozen women
who are truly accomplished.
Nor I, I am sure.
A woman must possess those skills but
she must add something more substantial
in the improvement of her mind with...
extensive reading.
Mr. Darcy, I am no longer
surprised at your knowing only six
accomplished women, I rather wonder now
at you knowing any.
Miss Bennet, let me persuade you to
to take a turn about the room with me.
I assure you it is quite refreshing after sitting.
Indeed, I will.
Would you like to join us, Mr. Darcy?
No thank you.
I'm afraid that would spoil the intention.
Whatever could he mean?
You have only but two motives for
For choose to walk up and down the room together.
I'm sure he means to be severe on us.
MR. DARCY: You either choose this method because you are
in each other's confidence, or
because you are conscious that your figures
appear to the greatest advantage in walking
In the first, I would be completely in the way,
in the second, I can admire you much better
from here.
(scoffs) Oh!
Shocking! Isn't he shocking, Miss Bennet?
Indeed, he is.
How will we punish him?
Tease him. Laugh at him.
Wound his pride. Attack his vanity.
Yes, vanity is weakness, indeed.
But pride -
where there is real superiority of mind,
will be always under good regulation.
Are you a man without defects, Mr. Darcy?
I've made no such pretension.
My temper I dare not vouch for.
My good opinion, however, once lost,
is lost forever.
That is a failing indeed.
You have chosen your fault well.
There is in everyone a natural defect, which not even
the best education can overcome.
And your defect seems to be to look down on everybody.
And yours is to willfully misunderstand them.
♫ (guitar chord)
Oh, dear God...
♫ I LIKE HER EYES
♫ OH, I'M IN SO MUCH TROUBLE
♫ NO, I CAN'T RESIST HER
♫ SHE MUSTN'T KNOW MY FEELINGS
♫ I LIKE HER WIT
♫ HER FORWARD INCLINATIONS
♫ STOP YOUR RUMINATIONS
♫ WHAT I MEAN TO SAY,
♫ MISS BENNET, IS WISHING YOU
♫ GOOD DAY AND THAT IS ALL
♫ FOR SHE WILL NEVER
♫ SEE
♫ SHE'S TAKEN THE BRAVADO
♫ OUT OF ME
♫ THOUGH I'M A FOOL
♫ BEHAVING LIKE A SCHOOLBOY
♫ WHY WOULD SHE CONSIDER
♫ A TASTE THAT SHE FINDS BITTER?
♫ WHAT CAN BE DONE?
♫ OPINIONS HAVE BEEN FASHIONED
♫ SHE CAN BARELY STAND ME
♫ THERE IS NOT A CHANCE
♫ MISS BENNET
♫ THAT I WOULD ALLOW THE WORLD
♫ TO KNOW
♫ HOW IT CAME TO BE
♫ YOU'VE TAKEN ALL THE BLUSTER
♫ OUT OF ME
♫ AND I MUST FIND THE WILL TO
♫ RESIST HER
♫ I MUST FIND THE STRENGTH TO WALK AWAY
♫ IT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO
♫ BUT THOUGHTS WILL ALWAYS LEAD ME
♫ TO YOU
♫ I LIKE YOUR EYES
♫ AND DAMN IT IT'S ALARMING
♫ I DON'T WANT TO LOVE HER
♫ I HAVE OBLIGATIONS
♫ BUT HERE I AM
♫ IN BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
♫ AT MY OWN BEHAVIOR
♫ SO JUST LET ME SAY
♫ MISS BENNET, I WILL LOCK AWAY
♫ WHAT'S IN MY HEART
♫ FOR YOU WILL NEVER SEE
♫ YOU'VE TAKEN THE BRAVADO
♫ OUT OF
♫ ME
♫ (grand music)
Longbourne. The Kitchen.
I am sorry that our dear mother
is such a foolish woman.
I'm a genius and under appreciated that's all.
I should not have listened to her.
I should have insisted on taking the carriage.
But then my scheme of having Mr. Bingley dote on you
every day would not have succeeded.
He did pay me a great deal of attention
and was always inquiring
after my health. ELIZABETH: He's growing quite attached to you.
Do you really think so?
I'm quite sure of it.
He is a fine man, isn't he, Lizzy?
A fine man indeed. (they giggle)
MR. BENNET: What are we preparing for dinner tonight, Mrs. Bennet?
I have reason to expect an addition to our party.
Well, who are you expecting, Mr. Bennet?
A person whom I have never met.
Who is it, papa?
My cousin, Mr. Collins,
who, when I am dead,
may very well turn you all out of this house
as soon as he pleases. MRS. BENNET: What a horrid man!
To take your estate away from your own children!
Well, if you listen to his letter you might be
a little softened by what he says.
(clears throat)
MR. COLLINS: Dear Sir,
The disagreement between yourself and my late honored father
always gave me much uneasiness as a clergyman
and I have frequently wished to heal the breach.
I hope that the circumstance of my being
next in line to inherit the Longbourn estate
will be kindly overlooked
and not lead you to reject
this olive branch.
But why does someone we've never even met
have the right to turn us out of our own house?
It's an entailment.
The law greatly favors men over women.
Yes. He continues -
♫ (music begins) I greatly look forward to meeting you and Mrs. Bennet --
and of course --
your five lovely daughters.
♫ JANE, LIZZY, MARY, KITTY, LYDIA
♫ FATE WILL NEVER SHOW YOU PITY
♫ LYDIA - CLOSE YOUR MOUTH
♫ YOUR COUSIN IS COMING TO OUR ESTATE
♫ NO TIME TO WASTE, ♫ NOW GIRLS MAKE HASTE
♫ WHO WILL BE THE ONE
♫ HE FANCIES?
You have so fine a family of daughters,
Mrs. Bennet. They are all
quite handsome.
♫ Even Mary? (Kitty giggles) ELIZABETH: Lydia!
♫ Jane is the most beautiful,
but Lizzy too has
something appealing about her.
MR. COLLINS: I find them all quite...
heavenly. (laughs)
As a man of the cloth. (laughs)
(Laughs) Oh. Oh. Yes. Well.
We do expect Jane to be very soon,
engaged but, uh, none of the other girls
have any attachment of which we are aware, Mr. Collins.
I shall say no more on the subject at present,
only that I have been so fortunate
as to be distinguished by the patronage
of the Right Honorable
Lady Catherine de Bourgh,
who encourages me to marry quite soon,
provided I choose with discretion.
Lady Catherine! That is indeed an honor, Mr. Collins.
She is a great woman.
I have never in my life witnessed such
behavior in a person of rank.
And what an honor for you to have her patronage.
It is with a sense of
atonement for inheriting your estate
that I thought perhaps, should your daughters
be as handsome as were represented
by common report, that I might...
marry one of them --
Oh, Mr. Collins! MR. COLLINS: -- To make amends, of course.
Of course. To make amends.
Which one would you like, Mr. Collins?
♫ (music begins) Perhaps you can place your order with me,
as I am still breathing
so far as anyone can tell.
♫ SUCH LOVELY CREATURES
♫ WHICH ONE SHALL I CHOOSE?
An abundance of riches.
♫ WHO SHALL BE BLESSED
♫ WITH THIS MOST HAPPY NEWS?
Girls?
♫ WHICH ONE OF YOU WILL SWAY ME?
♫ HONOR AND
♫ OBEY ME?
♫ THE CHOICE IS AROUSING
♫ I'M FORCED TO ADMIT...
♫ They're all so delicious.
♫ WHICH ONE OF YOU
♫ WILL BE BLESSED
♫ TO SUBMIT?
♫ WHICH OF YOU WILL CAPTURE
♫ THE VIOLENCE OF MY RAPTURE?
♫ WHO WILL BE
♫ THE LUCKY GIRL?
KITTTY: He must mean Mary.
♫ WHO WILL BE MY GENTLE FLOWER?
♫ WHOSE LOVE I'LL CHERISH AND DEVOUR?
♫ SUCH LOVELY CREATURES ♫ GIRLS: REVULSION AND DISGUST
♫ IT'S HARD TO DECIDE ♫ GIRLS: ARE THE ONLY THINGS I FEEL
♫ THAT ALONG WITH FEAR AND LOATHING
♫ WHO REAPS THE HONOR ♫ GIRLS: SUDDENLY HIS FACE
♫ OF BEING MY BRIDE ♫ GIRLS: IS REPUGNANT TO MY EYES
♫ EVERY PART OF HIM'S REVOLTING
♫ WHO'LL BE HIS SELECTION?
♫ DESPITE HER OWN OBJECTION?
♫ WE SHALL SEE
♫ WHO GIVES HER VIRTUE
♫ TO
♫ ME
♫ (horn music)
The town of Meryton.
MRS. BENNET: It was obvious Mr. Collins was disappointed
that Jane is quite nearly almost engaged,
but I'm sure Lizzy will suit him
just fine and we will not be thrown out
Into the streets upon your death.
Well, I certainly wouldn't want my death to
inconvenience you or the girls.
KITTY: Look! It's Captain Denny!
LYDIA: With a very handsome stranger!
ELIZABETH: The attentions of every lady was soon caught
by a young man whom they had never seen before.
He had a most...
gentleman like appearance.
LYDIA: My Wickham - this is my sister, Lizzy.
Elizabeth Bennet.
George Wickham. Very pleased to
make your acquaintance, Miss Bennet.
DENNY: Mr. Wickham just arrived from London yesterday
And I'm pleased to say he's accepted a commission in our regiment
This is exactly as it should be.
A young man willing to die
to serve his country and his King.
MARY: I find war to be very upsetting.
ELIZABETH: (inhales) Are you enjoying the town of Meryton, Mr. Wickham?
I intend to, Miss Bennet, for it is
your kindness that inspires me to enjoy
its hospitalities even more.
DARCY: I assure you, sir, you will find
no hospitalities in some quarters.
Darcy.
Wickham.
JANE: Mr. Bingley! How good it is to see you again.
Good afternoon, Miss Bennet. You look...
thirsty.
Ah yes, thank you. I am quite parched.
Oh, huh, and I have news.
My sister has arranged a Christmas Ball
at Netherfield this Friday next.
How exciting! LYDIA: Another ball at Netherfield!
KITTY: Most agreeable! DARCY: Come, Bingley.
We mustn't be late or your sister will be put off.
Will we see you next Friday then, Miss Bennet?
Uh, nothing could keep me away, sir.
Off we go, then. Come on.
MRS. BENNET: He's just shy, that one.
Perhaps we should walk in their general direction.
Just in case they stop in one of the shops.
A most excellent idea.
DENNY: May I accompany you?
LYDIA: Yes.
A soldier is always so useful.
MRS. BENNET: (laughs) Oh, Girls. Come along.
MRS. BENNET: No, Lizzy, you stay here and entertain Mr. Wickham.
while we plot to secure Jane's future. (laughs)
Ah... And that is my family. (Wickham laughs)
Judge me how you will, Mr. Wickham.
(Exhales) I judge myself far more harshly, Miss Bennet.
I'm afraid I showed little patience with Mr. Darcy.
It is difficult to find patience where Mr. Darcy is concerned. (Wickham laughs)
Are you much acquainted with him?
As much as I ever wish to be.
How do you know him?
The greatest part of our youth was passed together.
My father was barrister to the late Mr. Darcy
and devoted all of his time to the care of the Pemberley estate.
The late Mr. Darcy
promised my father on his deathbed
that the local parish would be provided for me
but Darcy broke his father's promise
and gave the living to another man.
But why?
Jealousy I suppose. A determined dislike of me.
Mr. Darcy should be publicly disgraced.
His own pride has made his actions abominable.
Almost all of his actions can be traced to pride.
I am sorry his bitterness has forced you ♫ (music begins)
to become a soldier instead of a clergyman.
Well, I try and mask my disappointment
(laughs) but often my true calling returns to me.
♫ MY MINISTRY
♫ IS STILL ELUDING ME
♫ I HEAR A CALL TO HEAVEN
♫ I HAVE NOT OBEYED
♫ BUT MY MINISTRY
♫ IS STILL A PART OF ME
♫ I HIDE MY DISAPPOINTMENT
♫ FOR GOD DEMANDS THAT I STILL
♫ DREAM OF
♫ SPEAKING HIS WORD
♫ KEEPING HIS FAITH
♫ HARBORING SAINTS
♫ AND ANGELS
♫ AND IF FOR NOW
♫ MY UNIFORM IS RED
♫ MY GOAL IS CLEAR
♫ MY HEART IS TRUE
♫ LET ME TRY AND SPEAK MY TRUTH
♫ TO YOU
♫ IT'S ALL THAT I LONG TO DO
♫ FOR MY MINISTRY
♫ IS WHO I'M MEANT TO BE
♫ NOTHING NOW WILL STOP ME
♫ NOT PRIDEFUL MEN WITH
♫ BITTER SOULS WHO
♫ SLANDER YOUR NAME
♫ ALTER YOUR COURSE
♫ BUT WE MUST STAY FIRM
♫ AND STEADY
♫ AND THOUGH I'VE BEEN WRONGED
♫ AND THOUGH MY COAT IS RED
♫ I STILL PRAY FOR OUR DAILY
♫ BREAD
And what of the ball at Netherfield?
Will you be there in spite of Mr. Darcy?
Oh, it is not for me to be driven away by Mr. Darcy,
but rather if he wises to avoid seeing me,
he must be the one to go.
♫ SO I'LL SEE YOU SOON
♫ AT NETHERFIELD
♫ AND WE'LL DANCE TILL THREE
♫ AND WE WILL NOT CARE IF HE
♫ SEE'S THAT WE ARE NOT IMPRESSED
♫ WITH HIS PEDIGREE
♫ WE'LL MEET AT NETHERFIELD...
♫ GUESTS: NETHERFIELD
♫ ANYONE WHO IS ANYONE WILL BE THERE
♫ LADIES IS SASHES WHO WALTZ WITH A MEASURE OF GRACE
♫ NETHERFIELD
♫ NETHERFIELD
♫ (waltz music)
MR. COLLINS: I am by no means of the opinion
that a ball of this kind, given by respectable people,
can have any evil tendency.
That's very open minded of you, cousin.
I am so far from objecting to dancing myself
that I shall hope to be honored with the hands
of all of my fair cousins in the course of the evening.
Yes, well. Oh!
I believe I see Mr. Wickham.
Excuse me, please, cousin.
Oh, Captain. My apologies.
I thought I saw Mr. Wickham.
Mr. Darcy. MR. DARCY: Miss Bennet.
I was just inquiring after Mr. Wickham.
Not here, I'm told.
He's been obliged to go to town “on business”.
But I imagine his real business is avoiding me.
Hmm. Perhaps we should all follow suit. ♫ (dance music)
Would you care to dance, Miss Bennet?
I would not.
You might find me a bit more agreeable.
Heaven forbid one should find a man agreeable
whom one is determined to dislike.
And now we're dancing.
Seemed a terrible waste for you to dislike me
while we were standing when you could
just as easily dislike me while we were dancing.
I shall be the judge of my own dislike of you;
and will inform you on any changes in my opinion
whenever necessary.
Do you talk by a rule, then, while you're dancing?
I feel some conversation ought to be engaged in
as long as we say as little as possible.
You were quite engaged in conversation the other day
as I observed, Miss Bennet.
But I warn you, Mr. Wickham is
blessed with the ability of making new friends
but has much difficulty keeping them.
Losing your friendship was a blow, I'm sure.
He is likely to suffer from it all his life.
Do not speak of what you do not understand, Miss Bennet.
You once said that you hardly ever forgave,
that your resentment once created was unappeasable.
That is true.
And you never allow yourself to be blinded by prejudice?
I hope not. ELIZABETH: It is incumbent on those
who never change their opinion to be secure of
judging properly the first time.
I wish you would not sketch my character at present
the performance, I fear, will reflect no credit on either of us.
But if I do not take your likeness now,
I may never have another opportunity.
♫ (music note)
♫ SHE RATTLES ME ♫ SHE BATTLES ME
♫ MY EYES ARE FIXED ON HER
♫ AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MUCH
♫ AS SUCH BEWITCHED BY HER
♫ SHE WANTS TO TAKE MY LIKENESS
♫ INFLICT HER STRONG OPINIONS
♫ HE BATTLES ME ♫ HE BULLIES ME
♫ BUT I AM NOT IMPRESSED
♫ SHE'S NOT IMPRESSED WITH ME ELIZABETH: ♫ A NOBLE CHIN CANNOT REPLACE
♫ WHAT HE DOES NOT POSSESS
♫ I SEE HIM STARING AT ME
♫ I WONDER WHAT HE'S THINKING?
♫ WELL, I DISMISS HIS CONTEMPLATION
♫ SHE IS COLD ELIZABETH: ♫ WHY AM I THE OBJECT
♫ OF HIS MUSINGS?
♫ AND MOST RUDE
BOTH: ♫ YES, I REJECT THIS SITUATION
♫ AND IN TIME DARCY: ♫ SHE WILL BE
♫ HE WILL BE BOTH: ♫ A DISTANT
♫ MEMORY
♫ SHE RATTLES ME, SHE BATTLES ME ELIZABETH: ♫ HE BAFFLES ME
♫ MY EYES ARE FIXED ON HER ELIZABETH: ♫ OFTEN
♫ AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MUCH, AS SUCH BEWITCHED BY HER ELIZABETH: ♫ I DON'T LIKE HIS MANNERS
BOTH: ♫ THIS REPARTEE GROWS WEARY
♫ I DON'T CARE SHE'S (HE'S) THINKING
♫ HE RATTLES ME HE BATTLES ME
♫ I DO NOT CARE FOR HIM
♫ (chord)
♫ (music vamps)
Longbourne. The Kitchen.
MRS. BENNET: He's a rude young man.
It's a wonder he has any friends at all.
But what advantage can it be for you to
offend Mr. Darcy?
No manners. So pompous.
And very proud.
KITTY: Is he proud or is he vain?
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves,
vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Well, I know what I think of him.
And being a proper lady, I will not say it out loud.
Ah! Good morning, Mr. Collins!
I trust you slept well?
Indeed, I did not.
As my excitement of the day
kept me from my rightful slumber.
And what is the origin of this excitement,
may I ask? MR. COLLINS: Madam.
May I solicit the honor of a private audience
with your daughter, Elizabeth?
(Elizabeth coughs) MRS. BENNET: Oh dear! Yes! Certainly.
I'm sure Lizzy will have no objection, will you, Lizzy?
Oh! Oh! Oh! Look how happy she is.
Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Mary, upstairs!
MARY: But - MRS. BENNET: Upstairs!
Now we will just leave you two alone then...
Miss. Bennet.
Rest assured I have your respected mother's permission
for this address. ELIZABETH: Yes, but you do not have mine.
Almost as soon as I entered this house,
I singled you out
as the companion of my future life.
That's very flattering, sir, but –
But perhaps first I should state my reasons for wanting a wife –
I don't think that will be at all necessary for you see –
First… I think it's right, as a clergyman,
that I should set an example for my parish,
do you not agree? ELIZABETH: Of course but –
and secondly -- ELIZABETH: -- No need for secondly ---
Secondly -- I am greatly
convinced it will add to
my own happiness.
Of course, why am I not surprised
that you should think a woman's purpose
is to add to a man's happiness?
And third...
which I ought to have mentioned before
it will greatly please the Right Honorable
Lady Catherine de Bough.
She wishes my happiness for me.
Question. And take your time.
Did either of you consider anyone else's happiness
in your discussion with the Right Honorable Lady?
Miss Bennet.
You would be less amiable in my eyes
would there not be this little unwillingness.
But please be persuaded that now
nothing remains for me but to assure you ---
in the most animated language --
of the violence of my affection.
Oh, dear. MR. COLLINS: Please be aware
that I shall make no monetary demands upon your family
or your father even after we are married.
You are too hasty, sir.
You forget that I have made no answer.
Please accept my thanks for the compliment you pay
but I must decline the honor of your proposal.
I have been made aware
that it is usual for young ladies
to reject the address of the man
whom they secretly mean to accept.
Yes, but I am not one of those particular ladies…
if such ladies exist.
I am perfectly serious in my refusal.
♫ (guitar music) I understand that sometimes with young ladies,
the refusal is repeated even a second or a third time.
I am not discouraged.
♫ OH MR. COLLINS, I BEG YOU
♫ LISTEN CLOSELY
♫ I AM FLATTERED MOSTLY
♫ OH MR. COLLINS, I WARN YOU
♫ I'M NOT TEASING
♫ YOU'RE IN NO WAY PLEASING
♫ OH, MR. COLLINS ♫ I KNOW, MR. COLLINS
♫ THAT LIFE IS CONFUSING ♫ A WIFE COULD BE AMUSING
♫ BUT NO SIR, ♫ THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN
♫ THERE IS NO GRADATION ♫ NO NEGOTIATION
♫ WE WILL NEVER BE TOGETHER
♫ THOUGH WE ARE OF EQUAL BIRTH
♫ I COULDN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY
♫ EVEN IF I WERE THE LAST
♫ WOMAN ON EARTH
When you say equal birth - ?
♫ PLEASE, MR. COLLINS, I CAN'T BE PLAINER
♫ COULD YOUR URGE BE ANY VAINER?
♫ OH MR. COLLINS, I BEG YOU
♫ DON'T BE STUPID
♫ YOU'RE NOT TEMPTING CUPID
MR. COLLINS: I - ELIZABETH: ♫ WAIT, MR. COLLINS
MR. COLLINS: YOU - ELIZABETH: ♫ TOO LATE, MR. COLLINS
♫ TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION
♫ YOU'VE SHOWN YOUR INDISCRETION
♫ WE WILL ♫ NEVER BE TOGETHER
♫ THERE IS NO CONDITION ♫ WHERE THIS COMES TO FRUITION
♫ NO SIR, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN
♫ I EMBRACE MY OWN SELF WORTH
(he laughs)
♫ AND I COULDN'T MAKE YOU HAPPY
♫ EVEN IF I WERE THE LAST WOMAN ON -
♫ AND I DON'T WANNA HURT YOU
♫ TRUST ME WHEN I SAY
♫ I'LL JUST MAKE YOU MISERABLE
♫ AND YOU DON'T WANT ME ANYWAY
♫ SEE, MR. COLLINS ♫ YOU'RE FREE, MR. COLLINS
♫ TO FIND A SUITOR
♫ FAR LESS SHREWDER
♫ THEN MR. COLLINS ♫ YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER
♫ WHO WON'T BE OFFENDED ♫ TO BE YOUR INTENDED
♫ OH, MR. COLLINS ♫ I KNOW, MR. COLLINS
♫ THAT THIS IS DISCONCERTING
♫ I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE HURTING
♫ BUT NO SIR, THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN
♫ AT LEAST NOT WITH ME
♫ HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS
♫ FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
♫ I AM, IN FACT, NOT THE LAST
♫ WOMAN
♫ ON EARTH
No.
Mr. Bennet! Oh, Mr. Bennet!
What is it, Mrs. Bennet?
You must make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins!
She vows she will not have him!
And what am I to do about it?
Speak to her!
Tell her you insist upon her marrying him.
Well if you think it will do any good. Have her come down;
She shall hear my opinion. MRS. BENNET: Oh, bless you, Mr. Bennet.
You are a good man!
(Dreaming) Lizzy! Get down here this moment!
Your father wishes to address you!
Lovely tone, darling. You do me proud.
MRS. BENNET: Oh. ELIZABETH: Yes, papa?
Ah, Lizzy. Lizzy, I understand that Mr. Collins has
made you an offer of marriage.
Yes, papa. MR. COLLINS: Ah.
And that this offer of marriage you have refused?
I have, sir. MR. BENNET: Ah, very well.
We now come to the point.
Now your mother insists upon you accepting it.
Is it not so, Mrs. Bennet?
Yes. Or I will never see her again.
Well, there you have it.
Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry him
And I will never see you again...
if you do.
(Inhales). Oh, thank you, papa.
Mr. Bennet! Why would you say such a thing?
♫ HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
♫ IS AN ACT RARELY ACHIEVED
♫ YOU THINK THAT ♫ YOU'RE THE BRIDEGROOM
♫ BUT YOU ARE THE
♫ BEREAVED
♫ BE CAREFUL, DEAREST LIZZY
♫ OF THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
♫ THERE'S A COST TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE
♫ HAPPINESS DOESN'T COME
♫ CHEAP
♫ MARK MY WORDS, DEAR,
♫ LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
Charlotte Lucas! You cannot be serious.
I knew you would disapprove.
You're engaged to Mr. Collins?
Why should you be surprised?
Do you think it incredible that Mr. Collins
should be able to procure my good opinion
because he did not succeed with you?
That's not what I meant -- CHARLOTTE: Oh, I'm not romantic
you know, I never was.
I ask only for a comfortable home
and situation in life. ELIZABETH: Yes but -
I am convinced that my chance of happiness
with Mr. Collins is as fair as most people can hope for.
♫ HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
♫ IS A CALCULATED GUESS
♫ I DON'T POSSESS YOUR BEAUTY
♫ SO WHEN FORTUNE CALLED I SAID
♫ YES
♫ AND IT'S BETTER TO KNOW
♫ AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ♫ AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
♫ BETTER TO WAIT
♫ UNTIL IT'S MUCH TOO
♫ LATE
♫ SECURE HIM FIRST
♫ THEN LEAVE THE REST TO
♫ FATE
MRS. BENNET: Oh, I don't believe it!
Mr. Collins has been taken in by a vixen!
Charlotte Lucus is hardly a vixen, mama.
They'll never be happy together.
The match will be broken off.
Lizzy, you're the real cause of all this mischief.
Mama, we must all accept it.
In fact, Charlotte and Mr. Collins
have invited me to dine next week at Rosings
with The Right Honorable Lady Catherine de Bough.
Ooo- How thrilling!
Jane's the one who's been wronged.
I'm right here. MRS. BENNET: (sighs)
It's my Jane who should be the
first engaged!
Mr. Bennet, do something!
Yes, I'll alert the newspapers.
It is unlucky that they should all leave Netherfield
so quickly with hardly a word.
Who has left Netherfield?
Mr. Bingley and his sister!
And that horrid, Mr. Darcy.
They have no intention of ever returning!
Miss Bingley's letter was not as dire as all that.
♫ (music begins)
“Dearest Jane, I regret to leave your society,
my dearest friend, but
we will hope, at some future period,
to enjoy many returns of that
delightful affection we have known.
Fondest, Caroline Bingley.”
It's evident by this that Mr. Bingley
comes back no more this winter.
It is only evident that Miss Bingley
does not mean that he should.
But she clearly believes he will marry Mr. Darcy's sister, Georgiana.
Nonsense. MRS. BENNET: This is terrible news!
(Inhales) Horrible!
Mr. Bennet, do something!
What? MRS. BENNET: If Lady Lucas will have a
daughter married before I have!
Woah. The horror.
Miss Bingley is my friend.
If she believed him attached to me,
She would not try to part us –
and if he were so, she would not succeed.
She is not your friend.
We are not rich enough or grand enough for her.
But dear sister, can I be happy in accepting
a man whose sister and friends
all wish him to marry elsewhere?
Should the man you love be a slave to his designing friends?
It is already done, sister. ELIZABETH: But -
♫ (music) He will be forgot
and we will go on as before.
Jane – JANE: You doubt me?
You have no reason.
♫ HE'S JUST A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ GOOD NATURED AND POLITE
♫ HE'S ALWAYS TIP HIS HAT
♫ WHEN HE WALKS BY
♫ HE'S A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ A KINDLY PASSING FRIEND...
♫ WHO MAKES THE
♫ SUN BURST
♫ WHO MAKES MY
♫ HEART --- WELL
♫ HE'S REALLY NOTHING SPECIAL
♫ JUST A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ AND IF I HAD AN ERROR OF FANCY
♫ WELL NO ONE CAN BLAME ME FOR THAT
♫ I HAD MY REASONS
♫ HIS HANDS WERE LOVELY
♫ AND HIS EYES ALWAYS FOLLOWED ME
♫ EYES ALWAYS
♫ FOLLOWED ME
♫ NOW HE'S A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ NOTHING MORE THAT IT APPEARS
♫ AND IT WILL NEVER BE
♫ MORE THAN IT IS
♫ AND WE'LL SAY HELLO IN PASSING
♫ AND I WON'T REGRET HOW IT HAS TO BE
♫ AND I'LL WISH HIM WELL IN LIFE GRACIOUSLY
♫ HE'S JUST A MAIN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ WHO MAKES THE
♫ SUN BURST
♫ WHO MAKES MY
♫ HEART --- WELL
♫ HE'S REALLY NOTHING SPECIAL
♫ JUST A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
Dear Jane, you are too good,
how did I ever deserve you?
Though I must admit I feel you are too quick
to forgive.
But -- I will banish the thought
and do whatever makes you happy.
What makes you happy, Lizzy?
Is it Mr. Wickham?
Oh, have you not heard?
He is now the admirer of someone else.
A “Miss King”.
Her uncle has died and the sudden acquisition
of ten thousand pounds was the
most remarkable charm of the young lady.
I thought Mr. Wickham had no interest in Miss King.
He's known her for quite some time.
Yes, he now finds her person
suddenly most irresistible.
Hmm. What's changed?
Oh, Lizzy. I am so sorry.
Oh, I assure you I was not in love with him.
Or I should at present detest his name
and wish evil on him.
Now he's just a man of my acquaintance.
♫ BOTH: A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ (somber music)
Rosings. The estate of the Honorable Lady Catherine De Bough.
♫ (musical chord finishes)
This girl I assume is the one you mentioned?
Lady Catherine -- It is my great honor
to introduce you to my cousin,
Elizabeth Bennet.
Well, my dear.
I have heard a great deal about you,
which is rare for a girl of such little distinction.
I am honored that you would have someone
such as myself as your guest, Lady Catherine.
This is my daughter, Anne.
ELIZABETH: Miss de Bourgh.
Anne would have been a very fine musician
had her health allowed it.
And I believe you know my nephew, Mr. Darcy.
Yes, I have been witness to Mr. Darcy's views
of the world more times than I deserved.
Miss Bennet, I'd like you to meet
a dear old friend, Colonel Fitzwilliam.
It is a pleasure, Miss Bennet. ELIZABETH: The pleasure is mine, Colonel.
Oh, I find pleasantries so dull.
Tell me, Miss Bennet. Do you have brothers and sisters?
I have four sisters.
There are five of you?
Good God.
Are any of you married?
Not as of yet though my youngest sister is only sixteen.
I hardly find that a suitable reason
for a young girl to be without an attachment.
Are any of your sisters out in society, Miss Bennet?
Yes, ma'am, all.
All at once?
How uncivil.
I do not think it right, ma'am that younger sisters
should not have their share of society
because older sisters may not have the inclination to marry.
Upon my word! You give your opinion
very decidedly for so young a person.
Pray, what is your age?
Your ladyship hardly expects a woman
to reveal her age.
Even a woman… of such little distinction.
♫ (harpsichord music)
♫ WHO IS THIS CHILD? ♫ WHO IS THIS GIRL?
♫ SHE SPEAKS WITHOUT ANY INTERMISSION
♫ IF HER WORDS DO NOT INTEREST ME
♫ WHY SHOULD I LISTEN?
That's my point exactly.
♫ WHO IS THIS CHILD? ♫ WHO IS THIS THING?
♫ SHE SPEAKS TO ME AS AN EQUAL
♫ DOES SHE NOT SEE
♫ I WROTE THE BOOK ON NOBILITY?
♫ EVERY CHAPTER AND VERSE
♫ AND WORSE, THE SEQUEL!
♫ MY JUDGMENT AND ADVICE
♫ IS SOUGHT AFTER BY KINGS
♫ MY OPINIONS ARE
♫ GLORIOUS THINGS
Honestly, I don't care for where this is going.
♫ THEY ALL NEED HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ THE DOCTORS, THE LAWYERS ♫ THE BANKERS, THE PEASANTS
♫ THEY NEED HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ AS YOU WILL DISCOVER ♫ ONE OF THESE DAYS
♫ THEY NEED HER LADYSHIP'S AIR
♫ SERVANTS: WE ARE SO GRATEFUL ♫ LADY CATHERINE: THE PRINCES, THE BARONS
♫ THE DUKES AND THE VISCOUNTS ♫ SERVANTS & GUESTS: HER LADYSHIP CALLS
♫ THEY NEED HER LADYSHIP'S FLAIR ♫ SERVANTS & GUESTS: WE ARE SO HUMBLED
♫ WHO WOULD REFUSE ME? ♫ NO, NO ONE WOULD DARE
♫ AND YES,
♫ MY LIFE IS WONDERFUL
♫ THE RANK, THE WEALTH ♫ IS WONDERFUL
♫ FEEL MY PEARLS
♫ BUT YOU MUSTN'T BE JEALOUS, GIRLS
♫ THANK YOU M'LADY ♫ YOU'RE REALLY TOO KIND
♫ AS FOR YOU PROPOSALS
♫ I'M "DISINCLINED"...
...to emulate your lifestyle in any way.
♫ WHO IS THIS CHILD ♫ WHO SHOWS NO RESERVE?
♫ AND AN ALARMING DISPLAY ♫ OF INDEPENDENCE
♫ Elizabeth Bennet. We met earlier.
♫ MARK MY WORDS
♫ YOU WILL KISS MY HAND
♫ YOU'LL BE AS DEPENDENT ON ME
♫ AS YOUR DESCENDANTS
I'm not completely sure I'm having children...
♫ YOU WILL NEED HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ MY, SHE'S SO HUMBLE CATHERINE: ♫ THEY ALL DO,
♫ THE SPINSTERS, THE COMMONS ♫ THE SERVANTS
♫ THEY NEED HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
ELIZABETH: ♫ SHE'S MY WORST NIGHTMARE
♫ I'M VERY USEFUL IN SO MANY WAYS
♫ AND YOU'D BE WISE TO SUBMIT
♫ WE ARE SO GRATEFUL CATHERINE: ♫ THERE'S NO SHAME
♫ IN SWOONING, OR BOWING, OR FAWNING SERVANTS: ♫ HER LADYSHIP CALLS
♫ FOR SOON YOU'LL HAVE TO ADMIT
♫ SERVANTS: WE ARE SO HUMBLED CATHERINE: ♫ AND YOU'RE LIFE WITHOUT ME
♫ IS NOT WORTH A WHIT! SERVANTS: ♫ AHH
♫ AND YES, MY HOME IS WONDERFUL SERVANTS: ♫ AHH
♫ THE ROOMS, THE GROUNDS ARE WONDERFUL SERVANTS: ♫ AHH
♫ AND WHAT'S MORE SERVANTS: ♫ AHH
♫ YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MOST OF THE ♫ SERVANTS: AHH
♫ ROOMS ARE FOR SERVANTS: ♫ AHH
(Darcy laughs)
♫ THE POINT IS, MISS BENNET
♫ I GIVE THE ORDERS
♫ AND SOMEONE OBEYS
♫ AND ONE OF THESE DAYS
♫ YOU'LL NEED ELIZABETH: ♫ I WON'T NEED
BOTH: ♫ HER
♫ LADYSHIP'S
♫ PRAISE! ALL: ♫ HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ WILL NEED HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ WILL NEED HER LADYSHIP'S
♫ PRAISE!
♫ (musical sting)
♫ (grand music)
ELIZABETH: Well...
That was frightening.
Lady Catherine is not accustomed
to young women so openly speaking their mind.
She seems to have no difficulty speaking hers.
Is she always so...confident?
Are you, Miss Bennet?
Oh, I can see that Mr. Darcy has given you
a pretty notion of me and the treacherous things I say
But I assure you, he provokes me to retaliate.
Pray let me hear what you have to accuse him of.
Prepare yourself for something dreadful.
You won't frighten me, I've known him far longer than you.
I do not know anyone who seems
more to enjoy the power of doing what he
likes than, Mr. Darcy.
Is that his terrible wrongdoing?
He's rich and thinks well of himself?
No, it's more than that it's --
And so do we all. It is only that he has
better means of having it than others.
And Darcy takes care of his friends.
In fact, he just saved his friend, Mr. Bingley,
from a most imprudent marriage.
Mr. Darcy did? FITZWILLIAM: Yes.
Did Mr. Darcy give you reasons for this interference?
It seems the girl's family was an embarrassment.
He didn't think the match suitable for his good friend ♫ (music begins)
and so he persuaded his friend against the attachment.
Miss Bennet – are you all right?
I - Yes, I just need a little air...
Excuse me.
♫ I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE CAVILER
♫ WITH YOUR ARROGANCE AND PRIDE
♫ BUT I NEVER THOUGHT
♫ YOU'D BE THIS CRUEL
♫ NOW, YOU'VE MANAGED TO INTERFERE
♫ AND A PRECIOUS LOVE HAS DIED
♫ ALL BECAUSE OF
♫ ONE MAN'S DISAPPROVAL
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO THOUGHTLESS?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN COULD THINK ♫ HE WOULD KNOW BETTER?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO CERTAIN?
♫ THAT EVERYONE'S WRONG BUT HIM?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN
♫ COULD HARM A LOVE SO TRUE?
♫ A MAN LIKE YOU, MR. DARCY
♫ A MAN LIKE YOU
Miss Bennet.
Mr. Darcy?
I hoped I'd find you here.
In vain I have struggled.
But my feelings must not be repressed.
You must allow me to tell you how ardently
I admire and... love you.
love you.
You love me?
I do.
In spite of myself.
You are, of course, of inferior birth and my family
will no doubt be opposed, but I am willing to
take on that burden. ELIZABETH: Are you?
In spite of my endeavors I find it impossible
to conquer my affection towards you.
I've tried with all my power but have been wholly unsuccessful.
I may be able to assist you, sir,
if you give me but a moment.
I hope I might be rewarded by your
acceptance of my hand.
Mr. Darcy – I am astonished.
I have never desired your good opinion
and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly.
I have no wish to cause you pain
but I hope the discomfort will be of short duration.
Might I ask why I am being
rejected with such little civility?
Yes, you may ask, Mr. Darcy,
♫ DO YOU DENY YOU HAVE INTERFERED?
♫ AND HAVE CAUSED MY SISTER HARM?
♫ AN ACT I FIND JUST SLIGHTLY SHORT OF
♫ TREASON
♫ NOW YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO WANT MY HAND
♫ AS IF YOU HAVEN'T ANY CHOICE
♫ AND TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
♫ AGAINST REASON
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO HEARTLESS?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN COULD HURT
♫ SOMEONE SO TENDER?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO CERTAIN?
♫ THAT EVERYONE'S WRONG BUT HIM?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN
♫ COULD HARM A LOVE SO TRUE?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN
♫ ARE YOU?
Could you expect me to rejoice at the
inferiority of your connections? ELIZABETH: I would not, sir,
as I have been informed of your character
by Mr. Wickham. DARCY: (scoffs)
You take an eager interest
in the gentleman's concerns.
In what way can you defend yourself?
You have reduced him to his present state of poverty.
And this is how you come to your opinion of me.
I'm cold. I'm going back inside.
You will not hear my end of the story?
I have listened to you long enough.
You could not have made the offer of your hand
in any possible way that would have
tempted me to accept it.
♫ WELL DONE, MISS BENNET
♫ YOU HAVE HAD YOUR SAY
♫ AND YOU'VE CUT ME DOWN
♫ AND YOU'VE BROUGHT ME TO
♫ MY SENSES
♫ WELL DONE, MISS BENNET
♫ I'M COMPLETELY WRECKED
♫ YES, YOUR WORDS HAVE STUNG
♫ AND I'M DAMNED TO MY
♫ MISFORTUNE
♫ AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
♫ THAT I LOVE YOU STILL
♫ IT'S AS IF I LOVE YOU
♫ AGAINST MY WILL
♫ CURSE YOU, MISS BENNET
♫ THIS WAS NOT MY CHOICE
♫ I WOULD RATHER NOT
♫ BE ENCHANTED BY
♫ YOUR BEAUTY
♫ BUT, SO WHAT, MISS BENNET?
♫ IT'S MY PROBLEM NOW
♫ AND I'LL SEARCH MY SOUL
♫ FOR A WAY I CAN
♫ EXTRACT YOU
♫ YOU INVADE MY THOUGHTS
♫ YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE
♫ I'M ANGUISHED NOW THAT YOU'LL
♫ NEVER CARE
♫ GOODBYE, MISS BENNET
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN COULD BE SO HEARTLESS?
♫ I'LL JUST SAY FAREWELL ELIZABETH: ♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN COULD BE SO
♫ CRUEL DARCY: ♫ CAUSE MY TIME IS UP
♫ THERE'S NO MORE TO SAY ELIZABETH: ♫ SHE'S BEEN WRONGED
♫ YOU HAVE WOUNDED ME ELIZABETH: ♫ SHE'S BEEN WRONGED
BOTH: ♫ IN SUCH AN UNKIND WAY ALL: ♫ AHH
♫ AND YET I (HE) LOVES ME STILL ALL: ♫ AHH
♫ AGAINST MY WILL ALL: ♫ AHH
♫ (music vamps)
Lady Catherine's estate, The Grounds
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE UNSWERVING
♫ AND SOMEWHAT BRITTLE
♫ SOMETIMES A PERSON'S UNDESERVING
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ACT ON IMPULSE
♫ SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH MUD
♫ CLIMB OVER FENCES
♫ SCALE THE WALLS THAT LOCK YOU IN
♫ ESCAPE THE CONFINEMENTS
♫ OF THE SKIN YOU'RE
♫ IN
Ms. Bennet. ELIZABETH: Mr. Darcy.
What a happy coincidence.
No, actually, I took an alternate path in order to avoid –
-- the awkwardness of running into me.
I would have expected nothing less.
Then you won't be offended if I beg to continue my walk.
There was a reason I was hoping I might run into you.
Was there? DARCY: Yes.
I've written you a letter
since clearly, I found “speaking” far too challenging.
I thought it might be better if I put my thoughts to paper
rather than indulge your patience any further.
That is most overly generous of you, Mr. Darcy.
I trust you will do me the honor of reading it.
Ahhh….
...Good day, Miss Bennet.
♫ SO HE WRITES HIS VERSION OF THE STORY
♫ AS IF I NEED IT
DARCY: Be not alarmed, Madam,
I won't renew an offer which cannot
too soon be forgotten.
♫ DOESN'T HE KNOW HE'S MADE HIS POINT?
♫ WELL I SUPPOSE I'LL READ IT
I know you bestow your attention
unwilling but I must demand it of your justice.
♫ DEMAND IT ALL ♫ I WILL NOT BUDGE
♫ HE HAS MY ATTENTION
♫ NOW I'LL BE HIS JUDGE
DARCY: I have been charged with two offenses
by no means of equal magnitude.
ELIZABETH: Both appear very damaging.
DARCY: The first, that I had detached your sister
from Mr. Bingley.
The second, that I had ruined the
prosperity of Mr. Wickham.
ELIZABETH: Can a man go any lower? I don't think so.
DARCY: It should also be noted that I am under the necessity
of relating feelings which might be
offensive to yours – but
these truths must be told.
Oh yes, an apology would be absurd.
DARCY: Where your sister is concerned, I found her to be quite
indifferent to Mr. Bingley--
my dearest friend on earth -
and I did not wish to see him harmed.
Were you blind? She's madly in
love with him, how could you not see that?
I could find no attachment. ELIZABETH: Because you were too busy
admiring your hair or your own judgment.
The other objection, which
must be stated briefly,
is your mother's family.
Well – there I cannot fault you –
They are...
offensive. No offense. ELIZABETH: None taken really.
But if I have wounded your sisters' feelings,
it was unknowingly done –
Unknowingly? DARCY: And though the motives which
governed me may to you appear
insufficient - ELIZABETH: I cannot believe you are still rambling on --
- I have not yet learned to condemn them.
Of course, you haven't. Because you've
learned nothing. Just apologize
and be done with it.
Why do men find that so tremendously difficult?
But with respect to your other
more injurious
accusation regarding Mr. Wickham,
your account is correct.
My father was devoted to him. But
after he died, Wickham gambled and
drank away all the money my father had
bestowed – of course he came to me asking
for more. ELIZABETH: Mr. Wickham?
I turned him away. But
he kept coming back and so finally
I refused to see him.
I must now mention a circumstance
which I would wish to forget myself...
♫ SHE WAS FIFTEEN
♫ HE KNEW HER AS A CHILD
♫ HE HAD GAINED HER AFFECTION
♫ SHE BELIEVED SHE REALLY LOVED HIM
♫ I HAVE NO DOUBT
♫ HE ONLY MEANT TO MARRY FOR HER FORTUNE
♫ BUT I STOPPED HIM ♫ AND I SAVED HER
♫ FROM A LIFE SHE WOULD REGRET
♫ MY GEORGIANA
♫ MY DEAREST SISTER
♫ I WOULD PROTECT HER WITH MY LIFE
♫ AND IF YOU DO NOT REJECT THIS AS FALSE
♫ I HOPE IT ACQUITS ME OF CRUELTY
♫ AT LEAST IN REGARDS TO MR. WICKHAM
♫ WON'T YOU, MADAM,
♫ GIVE ME THAT MUCH?
♫ SURELY, WE AGREE ON MR. WICKHAM
♫ HE'S A SCOUNDREL ELIZABETH: Oh, he is far worse
than a scoundrel, sir.
♫ BUT WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME?
♫ MADAM --
♫ WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME?
Is it possible I've been as blind
as Mr. Darcy?
I have no reason to think him a liar.
Certainly, of all his faults, I cannot call him that.
So, then what of Mr. Wickham?
♫ I DID NOT SEE THE TRUTH
DARCY: I could not bear to tell you this last night.
♫ HOW BADLY I WAS FOOLED
DARCY: I was not master enough of myself.
♫ THE PRIDE IN MY DISCERNMENT
♫ SHUT DOWN AND OVERRULED
♫ HOW WAS I SO BLIND?
DARCY: I hope you find my assertions of value.
♫ I'VE LOST ALL COMMON SENSE
DARCY: God bless you.
♫ THE TRAIT THAT I MOST TRUSTED
♫ IS NOW MY WORST OFFENSE
♫ I'M HEADSTRONG
♫ CRASHING INTO PRIDE
♫ ME -- WHO HAS RELIED ON MY RESERVE
♫ I'M RIDING BLIND AROUND THE CURVE
♫ I'M HEADSTRONG
♫ MY VANITY REVEALED
♫ WHILE MR. WICKHAM'S FATE IS SEALED
♫ WHAT A FOOL I WAS TO EVER
♫ PUT MY FAITH IN HIM
♫ BUT MR. DARCY'S NOT IN THE CLEAR
♫ HIS ACTIONS WERE SEVERE
♫ THOUGH HIS WORDS MAY BE SINCERE
♫ THEY DON'T APPEASE ME
♫ AND HE HURT MY SISTER JANE
♫ FOR THAT I HOLD COMPLETE DISDAIN
♫ HE'S HEADSTRONG DARCY: ♫ SHE'S HEADSTRONG
♫ THINKING HE KNOWS BEST DARCY: ♫ TO A FAULT
♫ A MAN WHO'S SELF-POSSESSED
♫ AND OVERBLOWN DARCY: ♫ SHE CAN'T HOLD BACK
♫ THE WORDS HE TRUSTS ARE HIS ALONE DARCY: ♫ SHE CAN'T HOLD BACK HER STUBBORN PRIDE
♫ HE'S HEADSTRONG DARCY: ♫ SHE'S HEADSTRONG
♫ I CANNOT BEAR HIS PRIDE
♫ HIS EGO IS A MILE WIDE DARCY: ♫ PUSHING THROUGH
♫ AND I CANNOT FORGIVE A MAN DARCY: ♫ BUT I SEE
♫ WHO SEES HIS ACTIONS NOT AS FAULTS DARCY: ♫ HER CONCEIT
♫ BUT MERE DISTRACTIONS DARCY: ♫ AND I MUST RETREAT
♫ ONE CAN NEVER CHART
BOTH: ♫ FOR HE (SHE'S) TOO HEADSTRONG
♫ TO EVER KNOW
♫ HIS (HER) HEART
♫ (music vamps)
Longbourne. Summertime.
LYDIA: You must tell me all about Rosings, Lizzy.
Did you see any pleasant men?
Have you had any flirting?
No flirting, I entirely forgot to flirt.
Urgh. You're useless.
Jane, what about you?
I was in great hopes that you would have a husband by now.
You are almost three and twenty.
She knows how old she is.
How ashamed I would be of not being married
before I was three and twenty.
MRS. BENNET: Lydia is right.
My Jane is in danger of becoming an old maid.
Why am I always spoken of but never spoken to?
I guarantee that will never happen to me.
MR. BENNET: Ah, yes, you are the most determined flirt t
hat has ever made herself or her family ridiculous.
MRS. BENNET: Oh, Mr. Bennet.
I am a rather good flirt, aren't I?
It was not a compliment.
Well I have news that everyone
will want to hear that concerns a person
we all like very much.
KITTY: Who is it? What is your news?
There is no danger of Mr. Wickham marrying
Mary King. She has gone to live with
her uncle in Liverpool. Wickham is safe.
You mean Mary King is safe.
Oh Lizzy, why would you say such a thing?
I hope there was no strong attachment on either side.
I'm sure not on his side.
He never cared three straws for that nasty
little freckled thing. (giggles)
But he did care a great deal for her ten-thousand pounds.
And that tells me all I need
to know about his character.
ELIZABETH: You are very wise, papa.
Lizzy, have you gone cold on Mr. Wickham?
Cold, I fear, is too tepid a word.
Good heaven! The point is --
the regiment is gone and we have no
men in town,
so mama and I have agreed
I should go to Brighton with Mrs. Forster.
We should go to Brighton.
Where I have no doubt you will expose yourself
in some public place or other.
Sorry, Kitty, but Mrs. Forster only wants me.
But that's not fair! I'm older!
In years, perhaps.... but not in maturity. (squeals)
Well let us hope that Lydia's being in Brighton
may reveal to her -- her own insignificance.
I thought they'd never leave.
Tell me everything again.
I have told you all I know.
Mr. Wickham's conduct truly be that
ghastly? It's Shocking!
I believe Mr. Darcy to be the right one
on at least that point.
But do you blame me for having spoken so warmly
of Mr. Wickham? JANE: No...
of course not. But I do wonder now what you must think of Mr. Darcy.
of course not. But I do wonder now what you must
think of Mr. Darcy.
If you mean, do I regret refusing
his proposal, no,
I do not regret it.
But it seems the poor man cannot help but love you.
Yes, apparently, I'm a force beyond
his control.
Sort of like a plague.
But consider his disappointment.
How much he suffers. ELIZABETH: Dear Jane --
Trust me.
It was not the sort of proposal a woman
dreams about.
...And was there any mention of anyone else?
Mr. Bingley perhaps? ELIZABETH: Mr. Bingley?
♫ (music begins) JANE: No...
.... No. Very little information.
JANE: Oh.
Does that still make you unhappy, Jane?
♫ HE'S JUST A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ JUST A FRIEND AND NOTHING MORE
♫ AND I WILL LET MY FEELINGS
♫ FALL AWAY
♫ AND WE'LL SAY HELLO IN PASSING
♫ AND I WON'T REGRET WHAT I
♫ DIDN'T SAY
♫ I WON'T CRY THESE TEARS
♫ FOR HIM ONE MORE DAY
♫ HE'S JUST A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ A MAN OF MY ACQUAINTANCE
♫ WHO MAKES THE
♫ SUN RISE
♫ WHO MAKES MY
♫ HEART
♫ GLOW
♫ BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER
♫ FOR HE NEED NOT EVER
♫ KNOW
♫ MY SISTER JANE IS
♫ UNAWARE OF THINGS
♫ I KNOW I
♫ SHOULD NOT KNOW
♫ AND I WON'T SHAME
♫ MY SISTER JANE
♫ MY SISTER JANE
♫ IS UNAWARE
♫ OF THOSE WHO WOULD SCHEME
♫ TO WOUND HER SOUL
♫ AND I WON'T BE THE
♫ CAUSE OF ANYMORE
♫ PAIN
♫ TO MY SISTER JANE
♫ MY SISTER JANE RECEIVES
♫ THE WORLD WITH OPEN ARMS
♫ SHE SEES THE BETTER ANGELS
♫ OF THOSE WHO'D DO HER
♫ HARM
♫ MY SISTER JANE IS
♫ BEAUTIFUL
♫ I COULD NOT LIVE
♫ WITHOUT HER NOW
♫ AND I MUST PROTECT HER
♫ AS HE PROTECTS HIM
MRS. BENNET: Mr. Bingley is a very undeserving young man.
And I don't suppose there's the least chance of his ever
coming to Netherfield again.
Jane will never get him now.
Well – my only comfort is,
I am sure Jane will die
of a broken heart; and then he'll be
sorry for what he has done.
Precisely Dear. Let our daughter's
death teach that man a lesson, eh?
♫ MY SISTER JANE IS UNAWARE
♫ OF THOSE WHO WOULD SCHEME
♫ TO BREAK HER HEART...
♫ (guitar music)
ELIZABETH: Mr. Wickham.
To what do we owe this... surprise?
It appears I have come at an inopportune
time, Miss Bennet.
Yes, I was just preparing to do a tour of the lakes
with my aunt and uncle.
And my regiment is shipping out in the morning.
It seems we must say goodbye again.
Yes. Indeed.
Goodbye.
Is that all?
Do we not part as friends?
Mr. Wickham. I have just spent
three weeks in Rosings with
Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam.
And you saw them frequently? ELIZABETH: Yes. Almost every day.
Mr. Darcy improves upon acquaintance.
That is... surprising to hear.
And we spoke of you quite a lot.
In great detail, in fact.
Surely you cannot have a better opinion
of Mr. Darcy and trust his judgment.
His manners, I assume, have not improved? ELIZABETH: No.
But his disposition is better understood.
I see.
Do you, Mr. Wickham? From where I
stand you seem to see very little.
That felt fantastic.
MRS. GARDINER: Lizzy, I'm afraid we cannot
do a tour of the lakes as planned.
There isn't time in Mr. Gardiners schedule.
MR. GARDINER: Can you forgive me, Lizzy?
Of course, uncle.
But the Northern tour will be
quite beautiful this time of year.
Yes, but it will take us no farther
north than Derbyshire. ELIZABETH: I don't mind.
I look forward to seeing the great estates of
Oxford, Warwick -- MR. GARDINER: Birmingham.
And of course, we must pay a visit
to Pemberley!
But Aunt Gardiner, we have no business in Pemberley.
Dear Elizabeth, should you not
like to see the place of which you have heard so
much? A place with which so many
of your acquaintances are connected?
Ah, dear Aunt, though it is a
lovely idea, my very limited
acquaintance with Mr. Darcy
does not afford me the privilege of such
an informal visit. MRS. GARDINER: Oh, not to worry, dear.
They are all gone for the summer.
I have already inquired. ELIZABETH: Oh.
Yes, I thought that's what you'd say. (laughs)
I hear the streams are perfect for fishing. ♫ (music bells)
Well... I do admit the great Pemberley has quite
piqued my curiosity.
Shall we explore the grounds?
SERVANTS: ♫ WELCOME TO PEMBERLEY ♫ WHERE EVERY GARDEN
♫ IS QUITE SPECTACULAR, LARGE
♫ AND MANICURED
♫ WELCOME TO PEMBERLEY ♫ PALACE OF BEAUTY
♫ NOTHING TOO GAUDY AND SLIGHT
♫ IN SPLENDOR
♫ PORTRAITS ARE HUNG ON THE WALLS
♫ OF PEOPLE
♫ LOOKING PERTURBED THAT THERE'S NOBODY THERE
♫ WHO WILL SEE THEIR NOBILITY ♫ PALACE IS EMPTY
♫ FILLED WITH EMPTY CHAIRS
♫ PEMBERLEY ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ WE LOVE YOU TENDERLY ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ YOUR ELEGANCE ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ IS KNOWN BOTH FAR AND WIDE ALL: ♫ AHH
♫ PEMBERLEY ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ A STUNNING ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ RHAPSODY ALL: ♫ OOO
♫ A GLORIOUS MANNER ♫ WITH ALL OF THE FANFARE
MRS. GARDINER: Not as cluttered as the other estates.
♫ AND I DARE SAY WITH MORE
♫ SAVOIR-FAIRE
The manor's magnificence is very
suitable to the fortune of its proprietor.
I hear your master is absent from the estate?
Yes, but we expect him tomorrow, miss.
With a large party of friends.
Pity that we will miss him.
And who is this fine looking fellow?
Oh, why that is the master
of this house, Ma'am – if you must ask.
Lizzy, is this true?
Does this look like your Mr. Darcy?
Huh? Does the young lady
know Mr. Darcy? ELIZABETH: A litte.
Oh... A respected man,
would you not agree, miss? ELIZABETH: Er. Yes.
That is, I have heard that said by others.
And such a gentleman.
Why, I have never known
a cross word from him in my life,
and I have known him since he was a child.
Are you sure you are referring to Mr. Darcy?
I have never known a kinder
or a better soul.
Of course, I have always
observed that they who are good-natured
as children, are good natured
when they grow up.
And he was always the sweetest tempered,
most generous- hearted little boy.
I'm sorry – you are referring to
MR. FITZWILLIAM DARCY –
tall, good looking fellow, very proud?
Oh, why yes, miss.
I have known some unfortunate souls to call him that.
souls who call him that. Yes.
Oh, right this way. ♫ (music begins)
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT KNOW
♫ HE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT
♫ IT ISN'T HIS WAY
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ HE'S NOT WELL-BEHAVED
♫ HE'S NEVER BEEN NICE
♫ HE'S NEVER BEEN FAIR
♫ OR HAVE I MISJUDGED HIM?
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ HE MUST BE CONFUSED
♫ HE MUST HAVE IT WRONG
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ NO SURELY NOT HIM
♫ HE'S NEVER BEEN KIND
♫ HE'S NEVER BEEN WARM
♫ OR AM I IN ERROR?
♫ IS THERE SOMETHING I'M MISSING?
♫ I DIDN'T SEE BEFORE?
♫ A PATIENCE AND HUMOR
♫ A GENTLEMEN'S RAPPORT?
♫ WHAT PRAISE COULD BE MORE VALUABLE
♫ THEN THE PRAISE OF A SERVANT?
♫ AND YET I
♫ COULD HAVE BEEN MISTRESS OF ALL ♫ THIS
♫ MISTRESS OF ALL THIS
♫ I COULD HAVE BEEN
♫ MISTRESS OF --
Mr. Darcy!
What a delightful surprise.
I was informed you were not to arrive until tomorrow –
Yes, uh, business with my
steward had occasioned me coming forward a
day earlier than the rest of my party.
Had I known as much I would not have intruded upon you.
Actually, I find the intrusion rather agreeable.
Mr. Darcy – may I introduce you to
my aunt and uncle, Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Gardiner.
Very pleased to meet you.
I hope the countryside in Derbyshire does not disappoint?
Indeed, it does not, sir.
How long were you planning to be with us?
We'll be in the area another
two days at least.
Splendid. Do you fish, Mr. Gardiner?
I do, sir.
It is a particular interest of mine.
Then you must indulge in our streams.
I can provide you with all the tackle you'll need.
That is most gracious of you, sir!
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ HE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT
♫ HE DOESN'T TALK “FISH”
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ THAT ISN'T HIS SMILE
♫ THOSE AREN'T HIS MANNERS
♫ THOSE AREN'T HIS WORDS
♫ BUT HAVE I MISJUDGED HIM?
MR. DARCY: They are delightful people, your aunt and uncle.
I did not think you cared much for “people”, Mr. Darcy.
You wound me, Miss Bennet.
But I suppose I deserve your disapproval of my person.
I'm not really sure which person you are anymore.
Well, I know someone who might
provide an answer. Would you
allow me the honor of introducing you to my
sister, Georgiana?
She arrives tomorrow from London and wishes to meet you.
I -- Yes. That is, I would be
most happy to meet her.
And among the party are
some others who will claim an acquaintance with you already –
Mr. Bingley and his sister.
Oh...
won't that be lovely. (Darcy laughs)
Well, till tomorrow then,
Miss Bennet.
He's a very well behaved
and polite young man.
He may not be as handsome as Mr. Wickham,
but I can hardly see how anyone could find him disagreeable.
Perhaps he is a little whimsical
in his civilities.
Your great men often are. (Mrs. Gardiner laughs)
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ HE'S SUDDENLY SUAVE
♫ HE'S SUDDENLY CIVIL
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW
♫ BUT WHOEVER HE IS
♫ HE'S PERFECTLY NICE
♫ UNUSUALLY FRIENDLY
♫ AND HE WANTS ME TO MEET HIS SISTER
♫ WHY DOES HE WANT ME TO MEET HER?
♫ THAT'S NOT THE MAN THAT I KNOW!
♫ (music plays)
The Bull. A lodging house.
DARCY: Miss Bennet. ELIZABETH: Mr. Darcy.
I hope you don't mind the intrusion. But there's someone
who is very anxious to meet you.
May I introduce my sister, Georgiana.
Ms. Darcy, I am so pleased to make your acquaintance.
Dear Miss Bennet. I've been longing
to meet you. My brother
speaks so very highly of you.
Does he? MR. DARCY: He does.
But he is predisposed to
overprotect me, so I am rarely permitted
to make new friends. ELIZABETH: Well, we must
change his temperament.
I shall call you a friend at once.
And here are some old ones.
BINGLEY: Miss Bennet! ELIZABETH: Mr. Bingley. How good it is to see you!
You are looking most well. ELIZABETH: It has been far too long.
Yes. It is above eight months.
We have not met since the 26th of December.
Oh. You remember.... the exact date
It was a most happy time when we were
all together at Netherfield. MISS BINGLEY: Was it?
I remember it all being so unbearably dull.
Oh God. Miss Bingley.
And how are your sisters, Miss Bennet?
Are they all still at Longbourne?
All but one....
My sister Lydia is in Brighton.
Ah. Then your other
three sisters are quite well?
Quite well indeed.
Was there any particular sister's health
you were most inclined to know about?
Pray, Miss Eliza -- Has not the
regiment been removed from Meryton?
That must be a great loss for your family. BINGLEY: Miss Bingley!
But the Bennets are so fond of soldiers.
I was merely lending my condolences.
No need, Miss Bingley. I feel a
constant bereavement whenever you enter the room.
HOUSEKEEPER: Miss Bennet. A letter.
MISS BINGLEY: Do not look so stern, Mr. Darcy.
If one cannot speak of soldiers,
what can one speak of?
Would you excuse me please for a moment?
Yes, of course.
She looks rather ill, doesn't she?
She's grown so brown and coarse.
I see no alteration in her appearance.
For my own part I must confess
I never saw any beauty in her.
I remember how amazed we all were
to find that she was considered handsome!
I believe you thought her rather pretty
yourself at one time. DARCY: Yes.
But now that I know her, I consider
her to be one of the most beautiful creatures
I have ever seen in the world.
Really? ...
I am all astonishment.
♫ WITH MY EYES WIDE OPEN
♫ I CAN SEE MY WEAKNESS
♫ WAS BELIEVING I WAS
♫ STANDING STRONG
♫ AND MY SELF IMPORTANCE
♫ AND MY WORLD OF PRIVELEGE
♫ HAS KEPT ME LONELY
♫ FOR SO LONG
♫ OHH,
♫ I NEVER KNEW MY DEVASTATION
♫ TILL I SAW HER FACE.
♫ AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION
♫ WHY SHE ALONE IS
♫ MY SALVATION
♫ DAMN HER LUSTER
♫ IT OUTSHINES MY EGO
♫ DISRUPTS MY ANGER
♫ AND MY PRIDE
♫ AND THE WORLD SHE LIVES IN
♫ IS THE WORLD I LONG FOR
♫ NOW I SIT AND WATCH TWO
♫ WORLDS COLLIDE
♫ GOD HELP ME I AM ON MY KNEES
♫ BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE TO SEE
♫ THE MAN THAT I'VE BECOME
♫ BECAUSE OF YOU
♫ BECAUSE OF YOU
♫ BECAUSE OF YOU
♫ ELIZABETH.
♫ I'M A BETTER MAN
♫ YET NO BETTER THAN
♫ ANY OTHER MAN
♫ AND THAT'S THE LAST TWIST
♫ SWEET ELIZABETH.
♫ PLEASE NOW I
♫ BEG YOU TO GIVE IN
♫ FOR YOUR WORLD MUST BE
♫ THE WORLD I LIVE IN.
Miss Bennet, is everything all right?
Bingley, please escort our sisters out. We have overstayed our welcome.
Yes, of course.
Indeed. I had no wish to come here in the first place.
Miss Bennet. You do not look well.
I beg your pardon, but I must leave you on business
that cannot be delayed. DARCY: Good God. What is the matter?
I'm afraid I have not an instant to lose.
I won't detain you a minute, but please tell me what is wrong?
Are you ill? ELIZABETH: I am not ill, Mr. Darcy,
but I have just received a letter from Jane
with dreadful news.
Our youngest sister, Lydia, has thrown herself
into the power of – Mr. Wickham.
They have gone off together to Brighton.
Lydia is convinced he will marry her –
but she has no money and no connections.
You know him too well to doubt his true intentions.
I am grieved indeed.
But is it absolutely certain? ELIZABETH: Yes.
They left Brighton together Sunday night and have been
traced to London. DARCY: (slaps table). What has been done to recover her?
My father has gone to London
and Jane has written to my uncle
to beg for his assistance.
Of course, our family will be
quite ruined now.
Miss Bennet. I am afraid you have been long desiring
my absence. I sincerely wish there was something I could
say or do that could bring relief to your distress.
Please conceal the unhappy truth for as long as possible.
I will indeed.
♫ (music begins)
And I wish for a happier conclusion that there is
present reason to hope.
♫ HE SEES MY DISGRACE
♫ IT'S UNBEARABLE
♫ HE'S MADE HIS ESCAPE
♫ AND IT'S JUST IN TIME
♫ I'M LEFT IN HIS WAKE
♫ IN A BEAUTIFUL CRUEL
♫ HE SEES MY DISGRACE
♫ AND HE'S MORTIFIED
♫ I'VE EARNED HIS CONTEMPT
♫ WHO WOULD BLAME HIM NOW?
♫ HE KNOWS I'VE BEEN SHAMED
♫ BY THE FALL OF A SISTER
♫ HE CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO THE DOOR
♫ AND HE BOWS THEN HE'S GONE
♫ IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
♫ I'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN
♫ AND IT'S DREADFUL
♫ WHY IS THAT?
♫ HE SEES MY DISGRACE
♫ AND HE HURRIES OUT
♫ HE KNOWS I'VE BEEN SCARRED
♫ AND I'M TAINTED NOW
♫ HE LEAVES WHILE HE CAN
♫ WITHOUT THOUGHTS OF RETURNING
♫ THERE'S NOTHING TO DO
♫ BUT ACCEPT THAT MY FATE
♫ HAS BEEN SEALED BY
♫ THE ACTS OF A FOOL
♫ THE FUTURE IS OVER
♫ AND NO ONE WILL HAVE US
♫ WE'RE RUINED
♫ I OWN MY DISGRACE KITTY/MARY: ♫ I HATE MY DISGRACE
♫ IT'S UNBEARABLE. JANE: ♫ I OWN MY DISGRACE
♫ HE'S MADE HIS ESCAPE AND IT'S JUST IN TIME MRS. BENNET: ♫ MY FAMILY IS NOW IN RUIN
♫ AND IT'S JUST IN TIME KITTY/MARY: ♫ SHE IS SO CRUEL. MY LIFE IS RUINED.
♫ MY LIFE HAS BEEN SET THERE'S NO TURNING BACK. JANE: ♫ THERE'S NO MORE. MY LIFE IS GONE
♫ I'LL BE WHAT I'LL BE MRS. BENNET: ♫ ANGUISH. ANGUISH. ANGUISE.
ALL: ♫ THERE'S NO FUTURE FOR
♫ ME MRS. BENNET: NO FUTURE FOR MY GIRLS
Ruined! Our entire family is ruined!
Please try to stay calm, Mama.
Calm? Who can remain calm?
My poor dear Lydia!
And now here's Mr. Bennet gone away
and I know he will fight Wickham
And then he will be killed,
and then what is to become of us all?
Mr. Collins will turn us out before he is
cold in his grave!
No one is going to be killed, Mama.
Mr. Bennet must find them!
And if they are not married already, he must make them marry!
How is he going to find them? They are quite hidden away in London.
Oh, oh, I have such trembling's,
such fluttering's, all over me –
such spasms in my side
and pains in my head.
It is a most unfortunate affair,
and will probably be much talked of.
(anguished cry)
The loss of virtue in a female
is irretrievable.
One false step provides
endless ruin. MRS. BENNET: (cries)
Thank you, Mary
♫ (music begins)
All of Meryton began to see Mr. Wickham
as the wickedest man in the world
who just a few weeks before had been seen as
almost an angel of light. And
everybody began to find realize that they had
always distrusted his appearance of goodness.
MR. COLLINS: Dear cousin, how
unhappy you must be.
I feel myself called upon
to console you on the grievous
affliction you are now suffering under.
I cannot rejoice in your ruin.
How very kind or you, sir.
The death of your sister would have been a blessing
in comparison to this. ELIZABETH: Sir?
You are to be pitied.
I am not alone in my opinion.
I am joined by Mrs. Collins,
but likewise by Lady Catherine
and her daughter,
to whom I have related the entire affair.
How very lucky we are that we have you
to relay the news of our misfortune
to both close acquaintances and
virtual strangers.
It is the least I can do.
♫ HE CHEERS MY DISGRACE
♫ IT'S HIS COUP DE GRACE
♫ HE FEASTS ON THE SHAME
♫ OF MY RECKONING
♫ MY FALL IS ASSURED
♫ AND MY FATE IS DETERMINED
THE FOUR BENNET SISTERS: ♫ NO ONE WILL WANT US
♫ WE'RE DAMAGED AND USELESS
♫ WITH NO FURTHER PROSPECTS OR
♫ HOPE
♫ JUST ONE INDISCRETION
♫ CAN LEAD TO A LIFETIME OF
♫ RUIN
JANE: Papa – what news – what news?
Well It is.... good news...
I'm nearly certain.
KITTY: But you look rather miserable.
Papa always looks miserable.
I don't suppose I know what I am.
You must tell us at once!
The truth is, I have arrived at the same time as a
letter from your uncle. JANE: Mr. Gardiner?
What does he write? KITTY: Tell us, papa!
Well, it seems that Mr. Wickham
is going to marry Lydia after all.
(girls are overjoyed) JANE: Then it is as I always hoped!
Under certain conditions. ELIZABETH: Of course.
Too easy. What's the scoundrel asking for?
Five thousand pounds upon my
death and a hundred a year.
Five thousand pounds! ..... That's...
that's exactly what Lydia would have received anyway.
That can't be all he wants.
Apparently, Mr. Wickham could be bought for a
far lower price than I'd ever imagined.
Thank goodness, the horror is over.
Oh, it is far from over, Kitty Bennet.
No officer is ever to enter
this house again, nor pass
through this village. Parties and
balls are prohibited but if you are a
very good girl for the next ten years,
I shall take under review your
return to society.
Oh, papa, you are so dramatic.
...Shouldn't we tell, Mama? JANE: She is certainly owed some relief.
I'll go with you. I want to watch her face
change color.
Dear, papa...
I admit, I am much relieved.
Especially for your sake, Lizzy.
But I can still see you are uneasy.
It just doesn't make any sense.
Nothing ever does where Lydia is concerned.
Five thousand pounds?
To marry Lydia? I think perhaps
your uncle may have had some influence over Mr. Wickham.
Do you suppose he gave him money?
Yes -- and now the only
two things I want very much to know are:
How much money your uncle has laid down
to bring this marriage about;
and the other, how am I ever to repay him?
♫ (music begins)
The Town of Meryton.
TOWNSPEOPLE: ♫ SUCH LOVELY CREATURES
♫ NOW SHE'LL TAKE HIS NAME
LYDIA: is not my husband charming
♫ HE TAKES HER YOUTH
♫ BUT WITH NO SENSE OF
♫ SHAME
LYDIA: I'm sure my sisters all envy me.
♫ ARE THEY TO BE COMMENDED?
♫ FOR CONDUCT UNATTENDED?
♫ WE SHALL SEE
WICKHAM: ♫ SHE GIVES HER VIRTUE
♫ TO ME
♫ (bells)
Longbourne. The Sitting Room.
Are you not happy for me, Lizzy?
Certainly. Probably.
I know you have had some affection for Wickham yourself
so I will understand if jealously
overcomes you. But rest
assured, I don't mind.
He is perhaps one of the better men in all the world.
How could you not be envious of me?
It is extremely difficult to fathom.
And I have not as yet given you a full accounting
of my wedding! ELIZABETH: Perhaps half an accounting will do.
Are you not curious? ELIZABETH: I think there
cannot be too little said on the subject.
You are so strange.
Well I must tell you anyway.
It was all very spectacular and splendid.
My aunt and uncle were there, of course –
oh – and your friend was there. That tall, proud man. What's his name?
That tall, proud man. What's his name?
Mr. Darcy? LYDIA: Yes. That's him.
. But gracious me! I quite forgot!
I ought not to have said a word about it. It was to be a secret!
Mr. Darcy was at your wedding?
Yes, but I promised not to tell.
Well, I'm afraid that ship has sailed.
Oh, please don't say anything, Lizzy.
Wickham will be angry with me.
♫ (music) Dear God this is all too much.
Is it not horrible enough that Wickham
will now be a relation -- but
now, I must suffer the news that Mr. Darcy,
a man whom we hardly know,
was at Lydia's wedding? MRS. GARDINER: Mr. Darcy
called on us unexpectedly
to tell us he had found out where your
sister and Mr. Wickham were,
and that he had seen and talked to them both.
Mr. Darcy had?
He blamed himself for
Mr. Wickham's treachery not being known
to the community --
and it was now his
responsibility to make things right.
♫ WHEN DID HE GET SO CONGENIAL?
♫ SO CHIVALROUS AND KIND?
♫ WHEN DID HIS CARE AND GRACE BECOME
♫ ESSENTIAL
♫ IT WAS AN ACT OF PURE BENEVOLENCE
♫ A DEED THAT'S FAIR AND JUST
♫ AND YET HE KEPT HIS ACTIONS
♫ CONFIDENTIAL
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO NOBLE?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD DO
♫ SO MUCH TO HELP US?
♫ WHAT KIND OF MAN IS SO SELFLESS?
♫ THAT HE DIDN'T WANT IT KNOWN
♫ WE'RE FREE BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIM ALONE
♫ AND HIM ALONE
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ DO I HAVE YOU WRONG?
♫ WERE YOU THOUGHTFUL ALL ALONG?
♫ IS THAT THE IRONY?
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ HAVE I BEEN TO BLAME?
♫ FOR TARNISHING YOUR NAME
♫ SO CARELESSLY?
♫ YOUR RESTITUTE REMAINS UNSURPASSED
♫ NOW AT LAST I UNDERSTAND
♫ AND
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ FEELINGS HAVE EMERGED
♫ SENTIMENTS HAVE SURGED
♫ SENTIMENTS HAVE SURGED SO SUDDENLY
♫ IS IT TOO LATE TO TELL YOU
♫ HOW I'M STARTING TO FEEL?
♫ FOR I LONG TO REVEAL
♫ HOW I ADMIRE
♫ WHAT YOU'VE DONE
♫ SO SELFLESSLY ACHIEVED
♫ IT SEEMS I'VE JUST BEGUN
♫ TO REASSESS
♫ MY PREJUDICE
♫ YOU ARE THE MAN WHO
♫ CAN SEE THROUGH
♫ THE WOMAN I'VE
♫ BECOME
WICKHAM: I hope I am not interrupting your solitary
musings, my dear sister.
Mr. Wickham. MR. WICKHAM: I merely wanted
to say that we were
always good friends, and I trust
that we can remain so.
As you are now my brother, it would appear I have
very little choice in the matter.
Oh, dear, I hope it cannot be as
difficult as that to find
affection for me. ELIZABETH: Actually, I find
the task oppressively challenging.
MRS. BENNET: Oh, my dear, Lydia!
When shall we meet again?
Oh, lord! I don't know. Not these two or three years, perhaps.
Write to me very often, my dear.
As often as I can. But
you know, married women have never much
time for writing.
No, she'll be too busy being
miserable while her husband's off
philandering and spending what's left of the
income he received for marrying her.
♫ (music begins) ELIZABETH: But they were soon enough
gone and forgotten when news
arrived that Mr. Bingley was finally
returning to Netherfield!
Yet my family insisted the event had
nothing whatsoever to do
with their future happiness in any way.
MRS. BENNET: I am through with that man forever.
What is he to us? He means nothing.
Even my sister Jane feigned disinterest.
Lizzy, you cannot believe the news affects me?
Happy I shall be when his stay at Netherfield is over.
And yet when the day arrived of
Mr. Bingley's return to Longbourne, my family's
“disinterest” was suddenly
replaced with pandemonium.
KITTY: He's here! He's here! ELIZABETH: Who's here?
Mr. Bingley of course! And he's with that
rude, tall, bothersome fellow!
(Mrs. Bennet screams)
ALL: ♫ WE ARE NOT PREPARED!
♫ IT'S ASTONISHING ♫ WE LOOK ALL A FRIGHT!
MRS. BENNET: ♫ CLEAN THE SILVERWARE
♫ CAN THERE BE LESS LIGHT? ♫ WHAT ARE WE TO WEAR?
♫ FOR THEM YOU KNOW
♫ TWO SINGLE MEN OF GOOD FORTUNE
♫ APPEARING AT OUR DOOR
♫ WHAT MORE CAN WE INFER
ELIZABETH: ♫ EXCEPT THAT HE HAS COME FOR HER?
How wonderful to see you again in Meryton,
Mr. Bingley. And how long are you
planning to be with us? BINGLEY: Um...
Well...
Three weeks is our present plan.
That's wonderful to hear, Mr. Bingley.
And has your sister accompanied you?
No.
She felt the country air too
intolerable this time of year.
Why is he speaking to me?
Mr. Bingley –
çwas there any particular reason you have honored us today with your presence?
Yes.
...and that reason.... would be?
♫ (waltz music)
♫ IT'S THE REASON I'M
♫ FEELING AWAKE AND ALIVE
♫ M'LADY
♫ IT'S THE REASON I BREATHE
♫ IT'S THE REASON I'M HERE
♫ IT'S CLEAR
♫ I STAND NOW BEFORE YOU
♫ WITH ALL OF MY FAULTS
♫ AND I ASK IF I MAY HAVE YOUR HAND
♫ AND YES, I MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT
♫ BUT THINGS DID NOT ♫ GO AS I PLANNED…
And that reason would be?
(Darcy indicates no)
By Jove's beard, I'm afraid it's time to go.
KITTY: But you've only just arrived. DARCY: Yes.
and now it appears we're leaving. Remarkably.
Come Bingley.
KITTY: If they weren't even going to speak to us, why did they come at all?
MRS. BENNET: Oh, I dare say, I hope it's the
last we ever see of either of them.
Well. Now that the
first meeting is over, we can become
common and indifferent acquaintances.
Oh, yes, very indifferent indeed.
My dear, Lizzy, you cannot think me
so weak, as to be in danger now?
I think you are in very great danger
of making him more in love with you as ever.
KITTY: He's back! MRS. BENNET: Who's back?
KITTE: Mr. Bingley. MARY: But this time he is alone.
KITTY: What in heavens name does he want this time?
MRS. BENNET: Girls. Upstairs! MARY: Must we really?
MRS. BENNET: Yes! Now! KITTTY: But you know he's only going
to sit there awkwardly in silence and not say anything.
Not if I have anything to do with it. Now go! Make haste!
Oh, Mr. Bingley. How wonderful
to see you again. And so soon after your last visit.
Thank you, Madam. I'd completely
forgotten that there was something that I wished to
say to Miss Jane Bennet.
Of course, we must leave you
two alone. Come along, Lizzy.
I want to speak with you.
Miss Bennet.
Mr. Bingley.
For a considerable period of time
I have been meaning to....
Yes?
That is, since I have known you
I have ---
Yes?
Miss Bennet. When I look at you,
I cannot speak,
I cannot - JANE: Oh. Just say it, Mr. Bingley -
--- I love you.
♫ (music) JANE: Mr. Bingley?
I LOVE YOU.
♫ I LOVE YOU JANE
♫ WITH ALL MY MIGHT
♫ I LOVE YOU JANE
♫ AS MUCH AS I HAVE
♫ EVER LOVED A CREATURE IN MY LIFE
♫ MARRY ME
♫ AND SAY YOU'LL BE
♫ MY WIFE
JANE: Sir, I - BINGLEY: ♫ I LOVE YOU JANE
♫ THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW
♫ I'LL SHOUT IT FROM
♫ THE ROOFTOPS
♫ FROM A MOUNTAIN JANE THE GODS
♫ OF LOVE REJOICE
♫ FOR THROUGH YOUR SOUL
♫ AT LAST I'VE FOUND
♫ MY VOICE
♫ I COULD NEVER SAY TO YOU
♫ WHAT I REALLY FELT AND BELIEVED
♫ I COULD NOT CONVEY TO YOU
♫ BUT HOLDING BACK NOW
♫ IS NO LONGER A CHOICE
♫ I LOVE YOU JANE
♫ WITH ALL MY MIGHT JANE: ♫ I LOVE YOU
♫ AT LAST I SAY JANE: ♫ SIR
♫ THESE WORDS OUT LOUD JANE: ♫ AND I WILL MARY YOU MR. BINGLEY
BOTH: ♫ I WANT MORE THAN ALL THE WORLD
♫ TO KNOW
♫ NOW WE'VE SAID MUCH MORE
♫ THAN JUST
♫ HELLO
ELIZABETH: He really said that? JANE: Yes.
He spoke? JANE: Poetically. (laughs)
Lyrically. ELIZABETH: Actual WORDS came out of his mouth?
(both laughing)
♫ HE LOVES ME LIZZY
♫ I CAN'T BREATHE
♫ HE LOVES ME LIZZY
♫ AND HE MEANS TO
♫ MARRY ME. I'M DREAMING
♫ IS THIS REAL?
♫ IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH
♫ HAPPINESS
♫ TO FEEL
(laughing)
MR. BENNET: Jane, I congratulate you.
You will be a very happy woman.
Oh, thank you, papa.
Jane! I am so happy!
I KNEW you could not be so beautiful
for nothing!
MARY: I hope I will have use of the library at Netherfield.
Of course, Mary.
And we must have a great ball!
At least 3 in the fall!
We are locking you in your room forever, Kitty Bennet.
Oh, Papa, you're so old fashioned.
My Dear, Lizzy.
All I want now is for you to be as happy.
Till I have your goodness, I can never have your happiness.
Don't speak that way.
Dear, Jane. Perhaps, if I'm
very lucky, I may meet another
Mr. Collins in time. (laughs)
Our family was speedily pronounced to be the
luckiest family in all the world,
though just a few weeks before we'd been generally marked out for our misfortune. And since I was no longer... ruined, I wondered what I might do with… my life.Kitty runs in. She goes to the window.
marked out for our misfortune.
And since I was no longer... ruined,
I wondered what I might do with… my life.
KITTY: There's a great carriage coming up the drive!
Who is it? MARY: We don't know anyone with a carriage
quite so grand. ELIZABETH: No, it can't be.
Could it?
THE LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH
HAS COME TO LONGBOURNE!!
Oh, God. This can't be good.
Lady Catherine.
I hope you are well, Ms. Bennet.
This woman, I suppose,
is your mother?
She is indeed.
Welcome, Lady Catherine.
May we have a moment, Miss Bennet? I wish to speak to you.
I wish to speak to you.
Certainly.
You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet,
to understand the reason of my visit.
You are mistaken, Madam. I cannot begin
to account for the honor of seeing you here.
You ought to know that I am not
to be trifled with.
A report of a most alarming
nature reached me two days ago.
And what does that have to do with me?
I was told that you are soon to be
engaged to my nephew,
Mr. Darcy. Though I know
it must be a scandalous falsehood.
If your Ladyship believes it to be impossible,
I wonder you took the trouble of coming so far.
I insist on being satisfied.
Has my nephew made you an offer of marriage?
Your ladyship has declared it impossible.
It ought to be so.
But your arts and
allurements may have
drawn him in.
If I have, I shall be the last
to confess it.
Miss Bennet,
do you know who I am?
I am his nearest relation
and am entitled to know all
his dearest concerns. ELIZABETH: Yes, but you
not entitled to know mine.
Let me be rightly understood.
Mr. Darcy is engaged
to my daughter.
And I will not have it be prevented by a
young woman of inferior birth,
no importance and wholly
unallied with the family. ELIZABETH: Whatever your
ladyship intended will have no effect on me.
Tell me once and for all! Are you engaged to him?
I am not.
And will you promise me,
never to enter into
such an engagement?
I will make no promise of the kind.
Your Ladyship has wildly misjudged
my character if you think I would agree
to something so wholly unreasonable.
Miss Bennet.
I am no stranger to the particulars
of your youngest sister's
infamous elopement.
Heaven and earth! What are you thinking?
Are the shades of Pemberley to be
thus polluted? ELIZABETH: Lady Catherine.
You have insulted me in
every possible method.
You can now have nothing further to say.
♫ I DON'T NEED HER
♫ HER LADYSHIP'S PRAISE
♫ YOUR HONOR AND DUTY
♫ HAVE NOTHING TO CLAIM ME
♫ I SPURN HER LADYSHIP'S WAYS
♫ FOR I'M NOT IMPRESSED WITH THESE
♫ POMPOUS DISPLAYS
♫ MY GRACE AND TACT ARE WITHDRAWN
♫ NOW ALL YOU HAVE LEFT ARE MY ARTS AND
♫ ALLUREMENTS ♫ AND I WILL
♫ NOT PLAY YOUR PAWN
♫ FOR RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT HER
♫ HER LADYSHIP GONE
♫ AND YES, MY FAMILY'S
♫ MISERABLE
♫ THE LOT OF US ARE
♫ MISERABLE ♫ I DON'T CARE
♫ IT'S MISERY THAT WE MOST
♫ GLADLY SHARE
♫ WE MAY BE COMMON
♫ WE MAY BE POOR
♫ BUT YOU ARE A BORE
♫ I AM LOVED
♫ AND THAT'S WHAT
♫ FAMILY'S FOR
I am most seriously
displeased.
In the fields.
Miss Bennet.
How good it is to see you again…
and after that I'm blank… maddening…
Miss Bennet…
You are too generous to trifle with me,
if you're feelings are still what they were last May…. No,
no! What the deuce am I even saying?
She despises me. This is absurd…
Calm down, man.
Try again…
Miss Elizabeth…
my affections and wishes
are unchanged but one word from you...
IS THIS REALLY THE BEST YOU CAN DO?
I'm done for. This is impossible. What am I even doing here?
ELIZABETH: Mr. Darcy?
Miss Elizabeth?
I was told you were away in London.
Yes, I have hastened my return.
I am very glad to hear it.
You are?
Mr. Darcy, I can no longer
help thanking you for the kindness you have
shown to my poor sister.
Ever since I've known, I've been anxious to tell you how grateful I am.
I am exceedingly sorry you have been informed.
It was my intention to keep the matter private.
Yes, well, nothing is ever private where
my family is concerned.
Indeed.
I'm astonished that you would go to so much
trouble on my family's behalf.
Miss Elizabeth.
It was not for your family that I have done these things.
Much as I now... am entertained by them,
it was for you
and for you alone.
For me? DARCY: Yes. ♫ (music begins)
For you see, I cherish you more than any
creature I have ever known.
♫ LOVELIEST LIZZY
♫ IF SPIRITS WOULD ALLOW
♫ THAT YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
♫ WITHOUT MY VANITY
♫ WOULD IT PERSUADE YOU
♫ PRIDE HAS BEEN CURTAILED?
♫ REASON HAS PREVAILED
♫ AT LEAST FOR ME
♫ BUT THINGS WERE SAID ♫ AND MISTAKES WERE MADE
♫ BUT I SWEAR TO YOU I VOW
♫ NOW
♫ LOVELIEST LIZZY
♫ ALL MY HEART IS YOURS
♫ PASSION IN ME POURS
♫ FROM ME TO YOU
But one word from you will silence me on t
his subject forever. So please,
Elizabeth, if you still despise me,
tell me so at once.
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ SENTIMENTS EVOLVE
♫ DIFFERENCES DISSOLVE
♫ EVENTUALLY
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ I'M TAKEN BY SURPRISE
♫ FOR I THOUGHT THAT I DESPISED YOU,
♫ I AGREE
♫ BUT FEELINGS CHANGE AND I
♫ SEE YOU NOW AS THE MAN
♫ ALWAYS WERE
♫ SIR. (they laugh)
♫ DEAR MR. DARCY
♫ LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR
♫ I'LL SHOUT IT TO THE WORLD
♫ FOR ALL TO HEAR
♫ I'M AMAZED HOW I LOVE YOU
♫ AMAZED HOW I CARE
♫ MR. DARCY, I SWEAR
♫ NO OTHER
♫ CREATURE IN THE WORLD
♫ COULD EVER LOVE THIS MUCH
♫ YET IT TOOK SO LONG
♫ FOR I CONFESS ♫ MY PREJUDICE
♫ TAINTED MY VISION
♫ BUT ON THIS ONE OCCASION
♫ I WAS RESCUED BY YOUR
♫ SWEET PERSUASION
You are joking, Lizzy! This cannot be!
I know it to be impossible.
Well if you don't believe me who will?
But I thought you hated him?
Well – perhaps I did not always
love him as I do now.
It came on so gradually, I hardly know where it began.
Are you sure you feel what you ought to?
More than I ought to. (Laughs)
Oh, Lizzy...
Well, he is rich to be sure –
Have you any other objection than your
belief in my indifference and
his being rich?
Well, we all know him to be a
proud unpleasant sort of man, but t
his would be nothing if you really liked him.
I do really like him.
I love him.
♫ (sweet music)
Well then, my dear.
If this be the case then, he deserves you.
I must confess.
I could never have parted with you,
my dearest Lizzy, for anyone less worthy.
Thank you, Papa.
This is an evening of wonders indeed!
Oh, and -- If any other young men
should come a calling for Mary or Kitty, for Heaven's sake,
send them in. I'm quite at my leisure...
♫ (music begins)
♫ I LIKE YOUR EYES
♫ AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT
♫ I'VE BEEN RESURRECTED
♫ IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
BOTH: ♫ BUT HERE WE ARE
♫ ALL DEFENSES SHATTERED
♫ WHEN IT REALLY MATTERED
♫ I AM IN YOUR DEBT
DARCY: ♫ MISS BENNET, FOUR YOU HAVE MADE A
♫ BETTER MAN OF ME ELIZABETH: ♫ YES, THAT'S TRUE
ALL: ♫ AND NOW WE ALL AGREE
♫ YOU'VE TAKEN THE BRAVADO
♫ OUT OF ME
Well, course I have.
I couldn't very well have a proud husband, could I?
ALL: ♫ HAPPINESS IN MARRIAGE
♫ TAKES A MODICUM
♫ OF LUCK
♫ YOU'RE EITHER HAPPY OR
♫ YOUR TRAGIC
♫ BUT EITHER WAY YOU'RE STUCK
♫ BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
♫ YOU MIGHT GET IT IN THE END
♫ AND THE THING ♫ THAT YOU END UP WITH
♫ MAY NOT BE THE ♫ THING YOU INTEND
ALL: ♫ BUT IT'S BETTER TO KNOW
♫ THAT LOVE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
♫ LOVE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
♫ SOMETIMES WE FAIL
♫ DON'T FIGHT IT TOOTH AND NAIL
“It is a truth universally acknowledged,
that a single man in possession of
a large fortune, must be in
want of a wife.”
Still not true
ALL: ♫ BUT TRUST YOUR HEART
♫ AND LOVE
♫ WILL STILL
♫ PREVAIL
♫ (bow music)