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Lizzy and Mr. Darcy are hosting Christmas at their estate, Pemberley, for the first time. It has been two years since they were married, and all the Bennet sisters have not been together for a long time, so they are all meeting for Christmas. Jane, who is 7 months pregnant, arrives with her husband, Mr. Bingley, and Mary. Mary has grown and matured and is much more outspoken than she was before. Lizzy and Jane try to convince Mary to be a little less direct and awkward, but Mary will speak her
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Start: LIZZY: Mary, you have a brilliant capacity to pour the chill of accuracy on every gesture of goodwill.
MARY. It’s obviously not a fir tree, look at the needles. It’s a dedicated and uncompromising spruce.
LIZZY. You made your point but missed your tact.
JANE. Now, Lizzy, I appreciate Mary’s consummate...correctness.
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End: LIZZY. Now, come, Jane dear, you must be exhausted. Shall we find your room and rest for the afternoon?
JANE. I would like that very much. I am suddenly so tired from the trip. Mary. I am very glad you’re here with us.
LIZZY. As am I. MARY. Thank you—
LIZZY. (To Jane as they exit.) Oh, Jane, I nearly forgot to tell you! Mr. Darcy is receiving a lord to the house for Christmas.
Gunderson, Lauren and Margot Melcon, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Dramatist’s Play Service, 2017, pgs. 14-17.
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