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Lizzy Bennet is embarrassed when she begins to receive attentions
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START: Lizzy: ...please do excuse me!
She scrambles for the doors; in response, an audible click of a lock being turned. She scrabbles for a moment, then turns, trapped.
Mr. Collins: Your modesty, dear cousin, only adds to your advantages - merits - PERFECTIONS. Such delicacy is most desired in a lady - and indeed, in a -
Lizzy: Mr. Collins, please do not say it.
[... … …]
END: Lizzy: MR. COLLINS! (Last effort.) I have awful flaws, terrible defects! Indeed, were your friend Lady Catherine to know me, she would find me in every respect ill-qualified!
Mr. Collins: Fears upon fears, my lamb! Your vivacity shall only charm Her Ladyship, especially when tempered with the silence which her rank will excite - awaken - AROUSE!
Hamill, Kate, Pride and Prejudice, Dramatists Play Service, 2017.
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