【正文】 dier and they say he is as rich as the other two. So you girls, get ready. Lydia: Who do you think is more goodlooking?. Jane: I don39。t know。 I think they are all handsome to me. Elizabeth: Don39。t ask me. I am just too nervous to think of anything. Bingley: Hi, Mrs. Ban. Hi, girls. I39。d like to introduce a very good friend of mine, Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy, this is Mrs. Ban. This is Jane, Elizabeth and Lydia. Darcy: Good day, ladies. Elizabeth: Hi good day. Jane: Hi good day. 18 Lydia: Hi good day. Bingley: Darcy, look around you. There are so many extremely pretty girls in the room. I have never seen so many pretty girls in my life. Go, dance with will bee an unfettable experience. Darcy: She is tolerable, I suppose, but not really beautiful enough to tempt me. I don39。t want to pay attention to the ladies no other man wants. Go, dance with your girls. Elizabeth: What a proud man he is. Mrs. Ben: Mr. Darcy is such a horrible, disagreeable man, and not at all worth pleasing. He was so rude and proud. He walked here and there, thinking himself very great. He thinks my Elizabeth is not pretty enough to dance with him. How could he say so? Elizabeth: Anyway, I don39。t like him at all. (Darcy walked by Wicknam ,showing his great contempt for him.) Wickham: Miss, may I ask you if I have the honor to introduce myself? Elizabeth: Yes, please. Wickham: My name is Wickliam. It39。s my pleasure to be here with you. Shall I offer a remark on the weather? Elizabeth: If you can make it fit for a young lady39。s ears. Honestly speaking, I want to know if you know Mr. Darcy well? Because ........ Wickham: Yes, indeed., I have known Mr. Darcy39。s family all my life. Do you know Mr. Darcy well yourself may I ask? Elizabeth: I find him very disagreeable. I don39。t like the way he walks and talks. I find him bad tempered and proud. Wickham: I should not give my opinion of him. I have known him too well and too long. But I can39。t pretend to be sorry that you do not like him. His behavior towards me has been most unfair in the past. Even though his father was always very good to me. His father wanted to leave me some money when he died, but this Mr. Darcy, his son, made sure that the money did not all e to me. And his father39。s wishes were never put in writing, so I have had to join the army to survive. It39。s very sad but I cannot think well of Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth: I am surprised that Mr. Darcy39。s pride has not made him behave more fairly to you. Wickham: It39。s surprising, for pride is the reason behind most of the actions. He is really good at pretending to be a generous person sometimes. But believe me, his pride has made him an intolerable man. 19 Elizabeth: I am ashamed at his friendship with Mr. Bingley, who seems a sweettempered, charming man. Bingley can not know what Mr. Darcy is .1 am glad that you can relate Darcy39。s pride to me. Now I know he is such an arrogant, abominable man. Scene II In the Ban Garden Darcy: Hey, Elizabeth. Elizabeth: Hello, Mr. Darcy Darcy: I39。d like to have a few words with you. Can I talk to you? Elizabeth: What is it, Mr. Darcy? Darcy: In private, please .1 have struggled in vain against my feelings. You must allow me to tell you how much I admire and love you. You know, since I saw you, I have found you so attractive. And I find I like you so much. Elizabeth: Why didn39。t you tell me at that time? Darcy: :I didn39。t tell you because I didn39。t have the courage to do so. Please, Elizabeth, I find I love you so, and I can39。t help it. Elizabeth: Are you proposing to me? Darcy: Yes, Elizabeth. I am asking you to marry me. Elizabeth: Well. If I could feel any gratitude, I would thank you. But I can39。t. I didn39。t ask for your love and you certainly don39。t have to give it. I am sorry if I have caused you pain. But I hope and believe it won39。t last long. Darcy: So, this is your answer! My proposal has been turned down. I would like to know why you39。re refusing me so rudely? Elizabeth: I might also ask you why took the trouble to tell me that it is so much against your will power, your reason and your character to like me, in spite of my family39。s low position. You know I have. Do you think anything would tempt me to accept a man who had ruined his best friend? Darcy: What do you mean by my best friend? Elizabeth: Wicknam, of course. When Mr. Wicknam told me about your evil behavior towards him, I know what kind of person you are. How do you explain your evil deeds toward Mr. Wicknam? Darcy: You sound very interested in Wicknam. Elizabeth: No one who knows his misfortune could help being interested in him. Darcy: His misfortune! Elizabeth: It39。s you who made Mr. Wicknam poor. You did it, and you treat the subject 20 with scorn. Darcy: So, this is your opinion of me. Thank you for explaining me so fully. You39。ve said quite enough, madam, I understand your feeling perfectly. Five me for taking up so much of your time, and accept my best wishes for your health and happiness. SCENE II ~ Ban39。s House Aside: Elizabeth declined Mr. Darcy39。s proposal. Several days passed. (Elizabeth walked out to see Jane and Mrs. Ben strolling back and forth.) Jane: Elizabeth! Elizabeth: Jane! What happened? Jane: It39。s poor little Lydia. She39。s eloped away with Mr. Wickham. Elizabeth: Mr. Wicknam!? Jane: And.. .They are not married! Elizabeth: Not married? Jane: And we can39。t find them anywhere. Mrs. Ben: Oh! Beware of officers, I have kept on telling her! They39。re fickle and unprincipled! Oh! My little Lydia!! Elizabeth: Mama... Mrs. Ben: Elizabeth Oh! Elizabeth! You don39。t know how I have suffered! Such... Such spasms, such palpitations, such... fragileness! Find your sister! Elizabeth: Yes, Yes, Mama. I know. Oh! Jane, what should we do? Jane: Oh! Aunt Philips said that it seems they39。re hidin