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Friday,

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Jane Austen's Immortal Novel on the Screen

FUNNY SIDE UP

RESUME

evershadowed

Since marriage is a girl's only carcer in the 1800's, Mrs. Bennet, mother of five marriageable daughters Elizabeth, June, Mary, Lydia and Kitty - campaigns like a general to capture two rich London bachelora, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Ding- ley, for her two elder girls. Jane and Bingley fall in love at first sight; but judices Elizabeth Darcy's pride in his family and rank, pre- eth against him despite the fact that they are Farmly af

drawn to each other, Darcy finds Elizabeth's

family by her vul. Her genteel father is completel

feming mother, and scheming

ters, outside of her

sisters, Jane. Mary is pretentious bore.

Lydia and Kitty Bre unmannerly boisterous. Elizabeth is completely incensed at Darcy's treatment of George Wickham whom he refuses to his refusal to the fact that Wickham is meet. She credlis the son of Darcy's late steward. Darcy, disgusted with the Deanet

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

rejects him with contempt.

Chapter Five

:

FAMILY SKELETON

the

And then tragedy overlook the entire Bennet household.

Lydia, without bothering-to-giop for a marriage legnce, eloped to London with George Wickham.

Mrs. Bennet took to her bed, overwhelmed by the disgrace which followed in the wake of her mad caprice. Not only daughter's did the elopement set Tydia out- le, its scandal ruined side the pale, forever all chance of marriage fur her four other daughters.

Jane, returning from London, and Elizabeth, back from her visit to Charlotte, accepted this result with grim silence. Since Dingley was lost to her, Jane had no in- terest in husbands. Elizabeth, hav- ing flatly refused Darey's offer of marriage, settled her mind to the fact that she'd live and die n spinster,

Through Charlotte's husband, Mr. Collins, Darcy heard of the scandal. His unmediul reaction to take the first couch to Meryton, and upon arrival, set out at once for the Bunnet home.

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Mary rushed to tell Elizabeth that Darcy. wos In the parlour writing to speak to her.

Darcy rose from his chair as she

entered.

"Mr. Darcy!" she greeted, her tone alurp with angry deñarice. I ask what has brought you

"MRY

here?"

"Feel no alam, Madam," he replied coldly, "I have no inten- tion of re-opening the painful sub- lect of marringe. After what you said the other day, that chapter is definitely closed." He paused, and his volce, when he again spoke, was gentle. "Bad news travels fast, Miss Bennet. A few hours after-you-left-the-Collins home 1 heard about George Wickham-and your sister. I felt it my duty to come at once,"

To triumph over us, I suppo

suppose," answered bitterly

she

To offer my services," he said kindly. Her "amazed· staro...· gavo' him momentary pauze. "Miss Ben- net he, continued, "I told you the other day that, where Wick- ham was concerned, I chose to be allent. What has happened to your sister has made que change 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 IL Your sister's core was not the first, Miss Bonnet.”

Elizabeth paled, "Do you mean that Wickham has done this be- fore?" she cried.

"cruciating emptiness where one's beart ought to bi. Oh, Jaho, I love him so much. I'm so dread-

fully unhappy." With great effort she controlled herself. "Ilow sel Tisli I'm being," she subbed ng she dried her eyes. "As if I were the anly one to be unhappy. June, my poor darling. You never did any- thing wrong but look what hap- punes

and Mr. Bing- Ter Oh, you

not fair."

"I'm not

tot really unhappy, Lizzy," June whispered, "It wa

was worse at the beginning when 1 was always expecting him to write, or even meme back. But now I don't do that

any more. I only dream of rim. You'l have to learn to freum, too. Lizzy. Like, I do."

And, their arms about each other, the two sisters wept out their heartache.

»Mr. Bennet returned from Lon- dan, his misslon a fallure. Lydia

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

by

GERTRUDE GELBIN

"Your sister?" Elizabeth's un just accusations against Darcy in repard____ to his attitude toward Wickham swept through her. Her acute distress that he should now be forced to take her into his con- Adence on a matter no painful and personal to him, made her speech- less with grief and regret.

"Aly_sister...Georgiana, waz_only. Afteen when she fell under Wick he's spell," he said heavily. "She has a considerable fortune in her own right. His plan was to elope with her and then, under the threat of publishing her disgrace, to force me to consent to their marriage. By the mercy of Tro- vidence, discovered the plot in time. Your sister has been less fortunute."

A painful silence fell between then.

Darcy finally broke it. #Miss Bennet, may ask if everything possible is being done to recover your sister?'

and Mr. Wildham were nowhere to be found. 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

& sungs about Lydin. and It was no longer safe for the girls to shop in the village. Jeers and hunts followed them everywhere.

And then, as unexpectedly as they had run away, so unexpected- ly did Lydia and George Wickham return.

Like the silly, selfish, irrespon- sible child she was, Lydia took no notice of the sorrowful straits to. which she had reduced her family. All that was unimportant. Besides, everything was now changed.

For Lydlu and George Wickham were married!

to

More, George had suddenly come into n fortune! Ile was vague about its source; but Mrs. Rennet was too excited at this suddenly

ending unexpected "happy

press the point. Let tragedy, to, the whole Incally rejoice! Her "yawn little Lydla - Lydia, who was Just sixteen was married The unby of the Bennet Family was the wife of a handsome, aushing, and (On! blessed thought), rich army ofeer.

Elizabeth averted her face, try- Ing to master her tears.

father has gone to London. lie 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 I'm sure they'll find her. It will all be settled somehow."

He felt as if he should-go, but her profound distress stayed him, He tried to find some words of ecenfart for her, without success. "I'm afraid I've stayed too long." he faltered. Goodbye."

"Goodbye," she whispered

through her tears.

Ile looked at her for a long- moment. Thin is probably the last time I shall ever see you,” he nid slowly. God bless you, Elizabeth Bennet."

In another moment he was gone.

Elizabeth buried her foco in her hards. What a tragic mistake she had made. How.could she have so mtajudged the man who meant so much to her. Why had she not sensed that not arrogance, nor pride, but some real and knportant reason had been behind Darcy's continued contempt for Wickham.

Jane found her weeping in the darkened room.

"Elizabeth!" she cried. "What har happened? Did Mr. Darcy of fend you in some way?”

Elizabeth shook her head. "Dií, no, Jane. You don't understand. Whlie I was vialling Charlotte, Mr. Darcy naked mo to marry him

"Lizzy) What did you say to "What did I say?" wept Eliz- beth. "I said I never wanted to "To my own sister," he said unsee bim bgülp. And now, sudden- kind of ox- J. It's like havlig.

happily.

"

Into the mnd exciternent, of the family reunion, strode the dour and stern person of Lady Catherine de Brough, Darcy's aunt.

She swept the Behnels with a baleful eye. dismissing the intro- duction to Wickham with the re- mark that his father had served in her family, offering aeld com- ment In place congratulations to Lydia, and In general leaving bewildered confusion and stunned hurt at han uninvited presence

highly offensive haughtiness. and

"Mrs. Bennet," she finally at- "Į have 'come here solely

noak with your daughter, Miss

to

Elizabeth. And I should like to talk to her alone."

Mrs. Bennet, overnwed by the importance of the lady addressing her, hastily shooed her family from the

ruben:

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 con- journey hither. Your own science must tell you that I have come to demand that you retract at once-the- rumour-which has reached me." :

Elizabeth stored at her in as- tonishment.

December 13, 1940.

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and the sprtcomings of Fascism inbeacetime with its restrictins on personal liberty hav, now that the nation is egaged in a ma- jor conflictmerged into a struggle fo existence.

Foreigner: Italy's invisible export are rare as flies in the winterme-except for Germans whcome to get and not to give. A few n-utrals with busind interests find life difficult id the odd hun- dred Britishvho stayed on have been sit, to the moun- tains to spel a lonely time for the durION,

S trangy enough, F enco, the y used b that thrive on R vi English tors, has ba unkil most.

Problems of raid' shelters 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 lender of the town inspected the shelters during n 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.

By Elisabeth

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to them nosthat they have become ences, and many were sent tgaol when war began.

Britons Rome, mostly elderly Iles, perhaps amounting ta score, have had an casidime. One wo- man living the outskirts, of the city is been allowed to live in hetilla, and Italians soldiers arbilleted in her park

But it in, the North that the war is ost felt Late nights are ang of the past.. Since the RF. raids began life shutan at 11 p.m. Trains, but trams and cinemas ele bofore this hour, which become a sort of unofficial Flow."

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Complaints are published in the "Popola di Roma, about the ex-, orbitant prices for vegetables and fruit.. Shopkeepers incrcttsé the price set by the municipal authorities, so that

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necbrding to "Red Star," the Soviet Army newspaper.

I have been told," Lady Cath-down in aer of righteous the Amur flotilla of the Soviet Flear erine

"that coniinued severely, you, Miss Elizabeth Bennet are shortly to be engaged to my nephew, Mr. Darcy

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