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Since marriage is a girl's only career in the 1800's, Afra Bennet, mother of five marriageable daughters-Elisabeth,

Jane, Mary, Lydia and Kbachpaigns like a general to

capture two rich London

Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, for her two elder girls. Jane and Bingley fall in love at first sight; but Darcy's arrogant pride prejudices Elizabeth against him. Bingley's sister invites Jane to call. Mrs. Bennet is ecstatic; she forces Jane to make the trip on horseback despite pouring rain, praying that the

weather will delay her return home. Jane catches cold and remains

weck. at the Bingley's for a

Charlee Bingley is enchanted with her. He gives a garden party celebrating her recovery. Elizabeth again meets Darcy. Despite his charms and evident interest, his arrogance enrages her, particularly his refusa! to meet Mr. Wickham, her sister Lydia's friend. Elizabeth is further infuriated by Miss Bingley's supercilions con- descension.

Chapter Three

PRIDE BECOMES PREJUDICE

At dusk, the guests gathered in the drawing room for music and. refreshments, Elizabelh hod avoid. ed Darcy and Miss Bingley since their encounter on the archery deld. Yet, she found no comfort

We

remained on the....

with her father, her heart with embarrassment for and him

herself. Nothing could stop Mrs. Bennet's repented cries of delight at the splendour of Mr. Bingley's hospitality, nor could anyone hush her whispered yet distinct remarks anent that gentle- man's pre-occupation with Jane.

Elizabeth seized her father's arm in despair. Her sister Mary, whose vocalizing set the Bennet family on edge at home, was succumbing to her mother's insistence that she sing. Mr. Bennet groaned aloud as Mary, with much simpering and curtseying, took her place at the plano and began her dismal wur- bling.

Song followed song, until, prod- ded by Elizabeth, Mr. Bennet for- bade Mary to sing any longer.

Elizabeth, her checks hot, made for the refreshment room. At one giance she took in the picture of her

Lydia and Kitty, at the -Punchbowl, surrounded by flashy

young, officera.

left her two weeks ago, your gracl-

ous Aunt was enjoying the beat of health"

Disdaining to reply, Durcy bow- ed to Elizabeth and atrode off,

"Oh, Mr. Collins," cried Elizu- beth-in anguish. "Why did you give the opportunity to snub you like that. You should never have Introduced yourself.

him

the

"Snub me?" demanded Collins. "Why he received me with heartiest condescension. He's very like his Aunt" and thus pro- testing, he followed her into the drawing room.

Darey returned to

the terrace

in an effort to enim his thoughts. Miss Bingley found him there.

"Goodness, Mr. Darcy," she ex- claimed, simulating surprise. "What

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

by

GERTRUDE GELBIN

the columns and sobbed out her heart.

Darcy found her there.

"Is there something I can do?" he asked with deep concern.

"You can allow me to make a

she fool of myself alone,"

sald tersely. "Isn't that what I did this afternoon when I defended Mr. Wicklum at the archery

feld?"

did rather admire what ་་ཝཱ

you this afternoon." be answered quiet- ly. "Your resentment at what you -believed an-injustice showed cour

age and loyalty. I wish I might possess a friend who defended me as ably as Mr. Wickham was de- fended to-day."

Elizabeth stared at him through: her tears. There was no question- ing the man's sincerity.

"You're very puzzling. Mr. Dar cy," she said, nt length. "At this mement it is difficult to 'belleve

a start you gave me. I had no idea you were out here,"

"I was just just seeing if every- thing was all right, you know."

"How thoughtful of you," she murmured.

silence.

"Mr. Darcy-l'd 10 you about that

the.

inf

There ensued several seconds of like to talk Bennet girl, I thought Charics was hav- a litle flirtation-but he only

seriously. seems to be taking it Can you beileve it? He actually said something to me about mar riage. Marriagel"

"I take it that Darcy started. you would regard such a match as unsuitable?"

с

"Unsuitable? But, Mr. Darcy, it's inpossible. Absolutely impos- sible!"

He was lost in thought. Finally, he raised unhappy eyes to her face. You're right," he said slow- "It's mad-but-all the same

you are so urrogant and proud. Ya question of deep feel-

He

He smiled tenderly. "And, at the moment, it is difficult to be-

leve you are so prejudiced,"

hand impulsively. put out his "What do you say we wipe the slate elean and start again. Miss Eliza- beth?'*

her answer, Before she could mother's voice ffonted out to the terrace.

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"I must insist on your looking

Jane

Mrs. and Mr. Bingley." Bennet was exclaiming. "That week she was at Netherfield completed the conquest. Wasn't it clover of me to send her over in the rain

Elizabeth flushed in an agony of shame.

The gay, sensitive smile which had been warming Darcy's visuge faded.

She rushed back to the drawing room in despair. Her mother's voice sounded clear, and distinct. Mrs. Bennett was holding court at one side of the room, repeating for the benent of all and sundry, that Mr. Bingley had not, oven for the briefest moment, relaxed his de- vated attentions to her Janc.

Mrs. Bennet's voice salled out to Elizabeth wheeled about at the sound of another strident voice. them again, but before elther could fler cousin,

Mr. Collins, was seated discern her words, Elizabeth col-

lected herself. her dearest

she "If you'll axcuse Lucus. But It was a one-sided discussion, with

brokenly. bepermit me to take you Inside," the clergyman booming away about the marvellous condescension of

replied coldly.

the As they turned to

door. Lady. de Bourgh, patroncas of his

stumbled drunkenly out of parish. She was so condescend- Kitty fagly charming, she even permitted the house, Lydia, screaming hilari him to greet her, he erlid.

followed, a veritable parade ously, of roaring officers at ber heels.

stepped back in utter

in

onarlotte

friend,

with.

Elizabeth made for the terrace na and trying to awaken from a bad dream Miss Higley, Intercepted her:

"Let me congratuláją' you, Miss Caroline, ancered venom-

dusly.

hön what?!; faltered Eilzabeth. "On your family...A talented young singer. A cousin, disun- gulshed, for his wit and important connections. Two young sisters who are the tourt of the officers' mess. A mather who is a most diverting conversationalist;; to Bay nothing of your own dexterity with the bow and arrow,~Such an Ins teresting and accomplished family

and family red and

isao important!".. Elizabeth

nderun, * her. cyds smarting, with tears of chose Finn Ouuide on the terrace, she fauned her head against one of

he

me"

Through the open door came Mr. Bingley's voice calling partners ip dance the Highland recl.

"Such a gay dance, the reel-" she pleaded desperately to Darcy. He nodded frigidly, "Allow me to take you to the drawing room, Miss Elizabeth. There must be many young men there wishing to dance with you."

She held back her tears, And with bend high, preceded him into the house. They had advanced but a few, stops, when her cousin, Mr. Collins, rushed up to them. "Mr. Darcy he cried. Do you know that your aunt, Lady do Brough is my patroness?”

well, let him have his deep

feelings," she cried. "But let him have them about someone he can marry."

Darcy stored ahead of him, bis eyes dork and brooding. "Such quick, spirit, such life, such a flame-like quality," he said, speak- ing aloud his thoughts of Ellzo- beth.

Miss Bingley looked at him in astonishment. "Jane Bennet flame- Ilke?"

Her tone and question brought Durcy to himself and shook off the claim of his inner thoughts. "Well ineon-1 mcon Miss Jane's a very beautiful girl." Joh, 1

I agree," she answered Quickly. "Pretty as you can make them. But after all, there are preity plenty of pretty girls

vulgar girls who don't have mothers and uncles in trade; and row of unprésentable sisters. Hap piness doesn't depend on choosing a wife with low connections. On the contrary."

J

The painful details of the eve- ning came sharply to mind, at her words. Darcy straightened up sud- denly and when he spoke, his voice was harsh and cold. "You're right. A man has no right to play with fire. One has his duty to his family his rank his position."

"And I'm sure it's not a case of love on her part," Miss Bingley cried. "Oh, Mr. Darcy. Do go and save Charles at once. Tell him he must be sensible. Your word With him will have more inbuence

Irißuence than anything

He nodded. We're like a pair

he

concluded plotting the mur grimly,

a man's feelings, "Well," der of a he sighed, "seeing it has to be done, let's do it quickly."

of

And with firm steps, they re- entered the house.

Will. Darcy convince Bingley "Indeed?""." Darcy's Lone

wan

to relinquish Jane? What deadly

about his own feelings for to-morrow's Filzabeth? Read. "You will be, happy, to learn," Callins rushed on, that when I chapter

(WALT DISNEY.

YESTERDAY'S HISTORY

TO-DAY

FOR

Often

the complaint is heard that too many of our public leaders appeal to the records of history for inspira- tion, comforting parallel, and guidance in these stressful days. People object that it is. uscless now to recall the deeds of Drake, Frobisher. Welling- ton, Nelson, or to recount the failures of Napoleon or of Wilhelm. Weapons are dif- ferent, they say, the charac- ter of warfare is different, and so historical parallels do nothing but confuse and de- lude the public.

There is some reason in these complaints. The ten- dency to look backward In- stead of forward has long been a weakness of, western democracies, in comparison with the practice of the dicta- torship. Too much reliance on the tactics and military thought of the past has some- times proved tragic--it played its part in France's collapse- but it has, in spite of all this, been demonstrated again and again that there are two un- shakeable reasons why the. appeal to history should not always play us false. One of these reasons is geography: the other is heredity. The in- fluence of these things cannot be shattered by blitzkrieg, tank or bomber.

✩ The

The great man of the past, the Nelsons-and-the-Welling-- tons, and those who served under them, bequeathed us not only a great, tradition, but their own qualities of

courage

and determination. Other peoples within the British Commonwealth have their own heroes, their own honoured ancestors, and their deeds still inspire, their blood lives on. Indeed, the nation that forgets its heroes is in danger of losing its life.

History repeats itself, be

grandsons

like because grandfathers, and climate and physical geo- graphy are unchangeable cen-

cause

are

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tury by century. No matter how powers wax and wane, islands and seas and con. tinents remain the same.

So it is that the English Channel still separates England and France, whether it is Hitler or Napoleon who is at Calais; The British Isles still stand sentinel over Europe's northern coast, and Gibraltar over the entrance to the Mediterranean. as they did when Pitt's blockade broke the Continental system.

the

Sen power is just as vital to-day 1x was when Napoleon dreamed of a world empire. These are facts now; even as they are facts in History.

of countries The Briisli Empire are

scattered through seven continents, This is their handicap in massing for a concentrated blow, or keeping the self-sufficient members

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fed

und furnished when DB enemy besets thein. At the same time it foe Is their strength against a who relles on a sudden smashing effort to destroy a national fortress immediate sur- and compel an render.

There is no single Empire Maginot Line to be penetrated, no ono solitary fortress to be over- thrown. Ita defences are miles in depth, and skies and the oceans are the Its alles, even us they are symbols of its freedom, Thus it is to-day. So it was in history.

These are the truths of "blood and earth" that have made the Empire great, and that will make It greater.

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was scr-

Passing sentence, Mr. Justice Hal- Jett said to

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