Elizabeth: Howdy. I'm just here to check...
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Jane Bennet was invited to visit Charles and Caroline Bingley in their grand home. However, after getting caught in the rain, she became sick and was forced to stay. She is now lying ill upon the ground. Her sister, Elizabeth, has come to see how Jane is, and she is forced into an awkward conversation with Caroline Bingley about the aloof Mr. Darcy.
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Elizabeth: Howdy. I'm just here to check on Jane since she got sick from the rain. Hey, that rhymed!
Mr. Bingley: Welcome! I'm so sorry she got sick. (Jane coughs in the background)
Caroline: Come walk with me. (holds her arm out to Elizabeth)
Elizabeth: Um, walk where, Caroline?
Caroline: You know, take a turn around the room. (to audience) This is what people did before television.
(Caroline and Elizabeth walk in a large circle around Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy)
Mr. Darcy: You girls are either walking because you have secret affairs to discuss, or because you want to be admired.
Mr. Bingley: I think they look nice. (calls over to Jane) How ya doing, Jane?
(Jane, still lying on the floor, gives two thumbs up and coughs some more)
Caroline: (to Elizabeth) What do you think of our Mr. Darcy?
Elizabeth: Are we talking strengths or weaknesses? Because he doesn't seem like a warm, fuzzy, or forgiving person.
Mr. Darcy: My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.
Elizabeth: (to Caroline) See? (to Mr. Darcy) So your defect is to hate everybody.
Mr. Darcy: And yours is to willfully misunderstand them. (Jane moans)
Elizabeth: Whatever. I really don't have time for this. Peace out. (she walks over to Jane and drags her offstage)
(All exit)
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