DARCY
Georgiana, you're finally here. Come quick. I have some wonderful
news.
GEORGIANA
I'm not speaking to you, brother. Do you have any idea what Miss
Bingley was like today?
DARCY
Oh, never mind that. Guess who is visiting.
GEORGIANA
Visiting? Here? Now?
DARCY
No, in Lambton.
GEORGIANA
Can this wait until I've bathed for a few hours? Look at the mud in
my hair.
DARCY
You'll never guess.
GEORGIANA
Well, you certainly look excited. If it's the King then tell him
I'll be down as soon as my hair is washed.
DARCY
I think we should invite them to dinner tomorrow.
GEORGIANA
Well, anything that will divert Miss Bingley's attention is fine
with me. So who is it?
DARCY
It's Miss Elizabeth Bennet!
GEORGIANA
Who?
DARCY
You know, that girl from Hertfordshire.
GEORGIANA
Oh my god. I don't believe it. This is wonderful! ...Did she come
to marry you?
DARCY
No, no. She was touring the area with her aunt and uncle and fate
landed her in my lap yesterday.
GEORGIANA
You spent yesterday with her? I hope you proposed marriage to her.
DARCY
Well, no, dearest. I couldn't --
GEORGIANA
We must go see her immediately. Invite her to dinner. Then you can
propose afterwards.
DARCY
But the mud in your hair.
GEORGIANA
Why don't you propose to her right in front of Miss Bingley? I want
to see the look on her face.
DARCY
Well, Georgiana, that's not how these things are done --
GEORGIANA
Let me find a bonnet to cover up the mud.
I'll be right back.