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From their first moment of acquaintance, Lizzy Bennet did not like
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START: Lizzy: Behold the earnest strivings of a young lady attempting to be thought “accomplished.”
Darcy: You are… joking.
Lizzy: You have such a satirical eye, Mr. Darcy, I must start out by being impertinent, or I will be afraid of you.
He still doesn’t laugh. She does, ruefully.
Darcy: Is something amusing, Miss Bennet?
[... … ..]
END: Lizzy: You have chosen your flaws well - for they are truly not funny.
Darcy: There is perhaps a particular evil in every character.
Lizzy: May I sum up yours, Mr. Darcy? (The dance stops.) Your defect is, I’m afraid, a propensity to hate everybody. (He starts a little.)
Darcy: And yours is to willfully misunderstand them.
Hamill, Kate, Pride and Prejudice, Dramatists Play Service, 2017.
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