Sep 9, 1812
Darcy persuades Bingley to return to Netherfield
BINGLEY
What? Return to Netherfield? Who will run it for me? Caroline won't come.
DARCY
Netherfield will run itself. As long as you don't try to throw a ball, you'll do fine.
BINGLEY
Oh, so now Netherfield will run itself. Look, Darcy, if you want to go back to Netherfield, then by all means go. You don't need me. What's in Hertfordshire that you need so badly?
DARCY
I need you there. Wouldn't you like to see Miss Bennet again?
BINGLEY
What?! Now you're allowing me to see Miss Bennet? Has her mother just died?
DARCY
Well, no, but for some time now I've had reason to believe that Miss Bennet does indeed love you.
BINGLEY
For some time? She loves me? Explain.
DARCY
Well, I've learned from an impeccable source --
BINGLEY
When was this?
DARCY
Um, last April.
BINGLEY
April? And what if I had asked that ridiculous Susan Hawley for her hand last month? I came pretty close, you know.
DARCY
Well, no worry on that account. I had just discovered a few things about Miss Hawley --
BINGLEY
Well thank you for meddling in my life once again, Darcy. So who's this impeccable source from April?
DARCY
Miss Bennet's sister.
BINGLEY
Which sister?
DARCY
Miss, um, Elizabeth.
BINGLEY
Miss Elizabeth?! You yank me away from Jane Bennet last November and then you frolic with her sister in April?!
DARCY
Well, not exactly.
BINGLEY
So, Darcy, you were at Longbourn last spring.
DARCY
No, they weren't at Longbourn. I saw Number Two at Rosings on my annual visit there.
BINGLEY
They? They weren't at Longbourn? Where was Jane?
DARCY
Oh, in, um, London.
BINGLEY
London?!
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