Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Claudie Blakley: Charlotte Lucas

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• Elizabeth Bennet : [as she writes to Jane, Darcy suddenly enters]  Mr.Darcy.

  [Darcy bows, Elizabeth stands and curtseys] 

  Elizabeth Bennet : Please, do be seated.

  [no reponse] 

  Elizabeth Bennet : [silence]  Mr and Mrs Collins have gone to the village.

  Mr. Darcy : [nods and looks around the room]  This is a charming house. I believe my aunt did a great deal to it when Mr.Collins first arrived.

  Elizabeth Bennet : I believe so. She could not have bestowed her kindness on a more grateful subject.

  [more silence, neither one of them know what to say] 

  Elizabeth Bennet : Shall I call for some tea?

  Mr. Darcy : No, thank you.

  [a few brief more moments of silence] 

  Mr. Darcy : Good day, Miss Elizabeth, it's been a pleasure.

  [rushes out, passing by Charlotte] 

  Charlotte Lucas : [to Elizabeth]  What have you done to poor Mr.Darcy?

  Elizabeth Bennet : ...I have no idea.

• Elizabeth Bennet : He looks miserable, poor soul.

  Charlotte Lucas : Miserable he may be, but poor he most certainly is not.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Tell me.

  Charlotte Lucas : 10,000 a year and he owns half of Derbyshire.

  Elizabeth Bennet : The miserable half?

• Elizabeth Bennet : Did I just agree to dance with Mr. Darcy?

  Charlotte Lucas : I dare say you will find him amiable.

  Elizabeth Bennet : It would be most inconvenient since I have sworn to loathe him for all eternity.

  [both laugh] 

• Mr. Bingley : [overheard by Charlotte and Elizabeth]  But her sister Elizabeth is very agreeable.

  Mr. Darcy : Thoroughly tolerable, I dare say, but not handsome enough to tempt *me*. You'd better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles. You're wasting your time with me.

  [the two men depart] 

  Charlotte Lucas : Count your blessings, Lizzy. If he liked you, you'd have to talk to him.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Precisely. As it is I wouldn't dance with him for all of Darbyshire, let alone the miserable half.

• Elizabeth Bennet : Charlotte!

  Charlotte Lucas : My dear Lizzy. I've come to tell you the news. Mr. Collins and I are... engaged.

  Elizabeth Bennet : To be married?

  Charlotte Lucas : Yes of course. What other kind of engaged is there?

  [Lizzy looks shocked] 

  Charlotte Lucas : Oh, for Heaven's sake! Don't look at me like that Lizzy! There is no earthly reason why I shouldn't be as happy with him as any other.

  Elizabeth Bennet : But he's ridiculous!

  Charlotte Lucas : Oh hush! Not all of us can afford to be romantic. I've been offered a comfortable home and protection. There's alot to be thankful for.

  Elizabeth Bennet : But...

  Charlotte Lucas : I'm twenty-seven years old, I've no money and no prospects. I'm already a burden to my parents and I'm frightened. So don't you judge me, Lizzy. Don't you dare judge me!

• Charlotte Lucas : Not all of us can afford to be romantic, Lizzy.

• Mr. Collins : Charlotte, come here.

  Charlotte Lucas : Has the pig escaped again?

  [looks out window] 

  Charlotte Lucas : Oh. It's Lady Catherine.

• Elizabeth Bennet : If he cannot percieve her regard, he is a fool.

  Charlotte Lucas : We are all fools in love.

• Elizabeth Bennet : So which of the painted peacocks is our Mr. Bingley?

  Charlotte Lucas : Well he's on the right and on the left is his sister.

  Elizabeth Bennet : And the person with the quizzical brow?

  Charlotte Lucas : That is his good friend, Mr. Darcy.

  Elizabeth Bennet : The miserable poor soul!

  Charlotte Lucas : Miserable, he may be, but poor he most certainly is not.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Tell me.

  Charlotte Lucas : Ten thousand a year and he owns half of Derbyshire.

  Elizabeth Bennet : The miserable half?

• Charlotte Lucas : What on earth have you done to poor Mr. Darcy?

  Elizabeth Bennet : I have no idea.

• Charlotte Lucas : Count your blessings, Lizzie. If he liked you you'd have to talk to him.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Precisely. As it is, I wouldn't dance with him for all of Derbyshire, let alone the miserable half!

• Mr. Collins : Do not make yourself uneasy, my dear cousin, about your apparel.

  Charlotte Lucas : Just put on whatever you bought that's best.

  Mr. Collins : Lady Catherine has never been averse to the truly humble.

• Charlotte Lucas : I didn't know you were coming to see me! What's the matter?