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Jane Austen's Immortal Novel on the Screen
RESUME
Since marriage is a pirl's only career in the 1800's, Mrs. Bennet, mother of five marriageable daughters - Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Lydia and Kitty-campaigns like a general to capture two rick London bachelors, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bing. ley, for her two elder girls. Jane and Bingley fall in love at first sight; but Darcy's pride in his family and rank, pře judices Elizabeth against him despite the fact that they are warmly drawn to rach other. Darcy finds Elizabeth's family impossible. Her genteel father
completety Opershadowed
sisters, outside by her vulgar, scheming mother, and Jane. Mary is a pretentious bore. Lydia and Kitty are
| ↑ unmannerly boisterous. Elizabeth is completely incensed at Darcy's treatment of George Wickham whom he refuses to meet. She credits his refusal to the fact that Wickham is the son of Darcy's late sieward. Darcy, disgusted with the Bennet family influences Bingley against Jane, Jane is heartbroken. Then Darcy realises that family or no, he cannot conquer his honest love for Elizabeth. He proposes and she rejects him with contempt.
Chapter Five
FAMILY SKELETON And then tragedy overtook the entire Bennet household.
Lydia, without bothering to stop for a ranrriage licence, eluped to London with George Wickham.
Mrs. Bennet took to her bed. overwhelmed by .the
disgrace which followed in the wake of her daughter's ad exprice. Not only did the elopement set Lydin out- side the pale. Its scandal ruined forever all chance of marriage for her four other daughters.
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Jane, returning frota London, and Elizabeth, back from her visit to Charlotte, accepted this result grint silence. Since Bingley was lost to her, June had no in- terest in, husbands. Elizabeth, hav- ing flatly refused Darcy's offer of marriage, settled her mind to the fact that she'd live and die spinster,
Charlotte's husband, Mr. Collins, Darcy heard of the scandal. is unmediate reaction take the est couch to Meryton, and upon arrival, set out nt once for the Bennet home.
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Mary rushed to tell Elizabeth that Darcy In the parlour
was walling to speak to her.
Darcy rose from his chair as she entered.
"Mr. Darcy!" she greeted, her tone sharp with angry deflance. May I ask what has brought you here?"
cruciating emptiness where one's heart ought to be. Oh, Jane. love blm so much. I'm so dread- fully unhappy, With great effort she controlled herself. "How sel- 1sh I'm being," she sobbed as she drie: her eyes. "As if I were the only one to be unhappy. June, my pour darling. You never did any- thing wrong but look what hap- pened between you and Mr. Bing-
"Oh, it's not fale,“
I'm not really unhappy. Lizzy." Jane whispered. "It was worse ut the beginning when I was always expecting him to write, or even come back. But now I don't do that any more. I only dream of him. You'll have to learn to dream, too, Lizzy. Likt I do.”
And their arms
euch about other, the two sisters wept out their heartache,
Mr. Benet returned from Lon- den, his mission a failure. Lydia
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
by GERTRUDE GELBIN
"Your sister?" Elizabeth's un- just necusations against Darcy in regard to big attitude toward Wickham swept through her. Her acule distress that he should now be forced to take her into his con- dence on a matter so painful and personal to him, made her speech- less with grief and regret.
__My_shter,–Georgiana, was -unty- Afteen when she fell under Wick- ham's spell," he said heavily. “She has a considerable fortune In her own right. His plan was to clope with her and then, under the threat of publishing her disgrace, to force me lo consent to their marriage. By the mercy of Pro- vidence, 1 discovered the plot in y time. Your sister has been less fortunate."
A painful silence fell between ticen.
Darcy finally broke . "Miss Bennet, muy ask if everything possible is being done to recover your sister?"
ing
Elizabeth averted her face, try-,
to master her teurs. "My father has gone to London. He and my uncle are searching for her,"
"If there is any help I can give I should of course be only too happy-
She shook her head. "Thank. you. But l'en sure they'll find her. it will all be settled sumehow."
11e fell us if he should go, but her profound distress stayed him. He tried to Bhd some words of comfort for her, without success. "I'm afraid I've stayed too long." he faltered.
"Goodbye" "Goodbye," she
whimpered
He looked at her for kung moment. This is probably the inst time I shall over see you," he
sald slowly. "God bless you, Elizabeth Dennet."
In another moment he was gone.
"Feel no alam. Madam," herough her tears. replied coldly. "I have no inten- tion of re-opening the painful sub- Ject of marriage. After what you sold. the other day, that chapter is definitely closed. He paused, and his voice, when he again spoke, was gentle. "Bad news travels fast, Miaz Bennet. A few hours after you left the Collins' home I heard about George Wickham and your sister. 1 telt it my duty to come at once."
To triumph over us, I suppose," she answered bitterly.
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To offer my services," he said amazed stare gave kindly. him momentary pause. "Miss Ben- net," he continued, "I told you the other day that, where Wick "ham was consarted, I chose to
to has happened allent.
....What your sister has made me chalige my mind. You have a right to know the truth about Wickham. One must know the worst in order to be able to guard against it. Your sister's case was not the first, Miss Bennet."
Elizabeth paled, "Do you mean that Wickham has done this be- fore?""she cried.
"To my own sister," he said un- happily.
Elizabeth burled her face in ber hands. What a tragic mistake she had made. How could she have so misjudged the man who meant so much to her. muen
Why had she not sensed that not arrogance, nor pride, but some real and Important reason had been behind Darcy's continued contempt for Wickham.
Jane found her weeping in the darkened room.
——-— "Elizabeth!" --- she" - cried,--""What- hns happened? Did Mr. Darcy of- tend you in some way
Elizabeth shook her head. "Oh, no, Jane. You don't understand. While was vialling Charlotte, Mr. Darcy asked me to marry him
"Lizzy What did you say to him?"
What did I say?" wep! Eliza- beth. "I said I never wanted to see him again. And now, sudden- ly, it's like having a kind of ex-
and Mr. Wieldham were nowhere to be founil. Now disgrace muddled the entire family with a vengeance, They were no longer in good standing
with their neighbours. They were refused admittance to Meryton's annual celebration, the Assembly Ball. Street boys sang unedifying songs about Lydia and Wickham. It was no longer safe
•for the girls to shop in the village. deers and taunts followed tim
everywhere.
And then.. as unexpectedly as they had run away, so unexpected- ly did Lydia and George Wickham
return,
Like the silly, soltish, irrespon aible child she was, Lydia took no notice of the sorrowful straits to which she had reduced her family. All that wos unimportant. Besides, everything was now changed
For Lydia and, George Wickham were married!
into
to Let
More, George had suddenly come fortune! He was vague about its source; but Mrs. Bennet was too excited at this suddenly unexpected Happy
ending tragedy, to press the point the whole family rejoice! Her own little Lydia - Lydia, who was Just sixteen was married! The baby of the Bennet Family was the wife of a handsome, dashing, and (On! blessed thought), rich army officer.
Into the mad excitement of the family reunion, strode the dour and stern person of Lady Catherine de Brough, Darcy's munt.
She swept the Dennels with a Iteful eye, diamirsing the intro- duction to Wickham with the re- mark that his father had served 18 her family, offering ac
held
comTM ment in place of congratulations to Lydia, and in general leaving bewlidered confusion and stunned hurt at her uninvited presence and highly offensive haughtiness.
"Mrs. Bennet," she finally an- nounced, "I have come here solely to speak with your daughter." Miss Elizabeth. And I should like to talk to her alone."
MIA. Bennet, overawed by the importance of the lady addressing her, hastily shooed her family frem the room.
As the door closed, Lady Cath- erine swung about and faced Eliza beth.
"Miss Bennet," she began per- emptorily. "You can be at no loss to understand the reason for my Journey hither. "Your own con science must tell you that I have como-to-demand-that-you-retract- at once the rumeur which hos reached me.”
Elizabeth stared at her in as- tonishment.
"I have been told," Lady Cath- erine continued severely, "that. you, Miss Elizabeth Bennet are shortly to be engaged to my nephew, Mr. Darey,
And, having fired her bomb, Lady, Catherine de Brough sat
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WAR
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Problems of raid sheltere which, up to now, have been limited to cellars, are being studied. House-owners have
to reinforce their cellars and furnish them with chairs or benches and hurricane lamps."
According to the "Gazetta del Popolo," of Turin, the Fascist leader of the town inspected the shelters during a raid and found them unsatis- factory. He published a re- -port, reproduced in all the papers, and stated that fines would be imposed if shelters were not improved or if they were not kept clean,
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to them now that they have become enemies, and many were sent to gaol when war began.
Britons in Rome, mostly elderly ludics, perhaps amounting to a score, have had an easier time. One wo- mon living on the outskirts. of the city has been allowed to live in her villa, and Italiana Holdiers are billeted in her park.
But it is in the North that Late the war is most felt. nights are a thing of the past, Since the R.A.F. raids began fe shuts down at 11 p.m. Trains, buses, trams and cinemas
this close before hour, which has become a sort of unofficial curfew.
The black-out during the stifling summer montha was diféult. Appeals are still published in the Press, asking people to be more careful with their lights. When a raid is on, the matter is simpler the current is cut off at the
down in wrath.
Complaints
are published In the "Popolo di Roma, about the ex- orbitant prices for vegetables and fruit. Shopkeepers Inercane
the price set by the municipal authorities, so that grapes, which were Gd. a pound last year, are now is 6d. A list is published in the paper of. over 200 green-grocers who are now in gaol for profiteer- ing.
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Wine prices blocked because of attempts this commodity, consumption of which has soared recently. Fish, the distribution and price of which have been controlled, is now insufficient to go round.
Sugar is also scarce. The ration of a pound a month continues, but chemists have had their stocks curtailed by 25 per cent.
Soviet Army Manoeuvres
Russia's For Eastern troops are on manoeuvres near Khabarovak, con- dueling joint exercises with units of a fever "of righteous the Amur flotilla of the Soviet Fleet, according to "Red Star," the Soviet Army newspaper,
Where did Lady Catherine get this information?" Can there be any truth in 117 Read to-morrow's concluding chapter. :
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It is also revealed that Red Fleet manoeuvres aro xilli in progress in the Black Sen,
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