Chapter 50
Terms of a Shameful Wedding
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1 Mr. Bennet pauses over a blank sheet in his library, his quill suspended.
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2 Mr. Bennet pauses before answering Mr. Gardiner’s letter, troubled by the expense
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3 Mr. Bennet pauses over his consent letter, his familiar irony briefly turning upon himself.
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4 Mr. Bennet finishes his concise consent to Lydia’s marriage arrangements.
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5 Mr. Bennet sits back over his signed consent, dryly consoled by Lydia’s small cost
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6 Mr. Bennet settles into his library chair with a book, his sealed reply within reach
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7 Elderly ladies exchange news of Lydia’s impending marriage outside Meryton’s shops.
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8 Three elderly ladies on Meryton High Street exchange news of Lydia’s promised marriage.
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9 Mrs. Bennet presides over dinner, delighted by Lydia’s approaching marriage
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10 Mrs. Bennet counts possible houses for Lydia over her dinner plate, radiant with triumph.
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11 Mr. Bennet’s meal sits barely touched beneath his wife’s triumphant chatter
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12 Mr. Bennet quietly ends his wife's triumphant plans with an absolute refusal.
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13 Mrs. Bennet protests her husband’s refusal to pay for Lydia’s wedding clothes
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14 Elizabeth lowers her eyes as Mrs. Bennet laments the wedding clothes.
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15 Elizabeth withdraws to the window, regretting she told Darcy of Lydia’s elopement
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16 Elizabeth sits at her bedroom window, her fingertips resting on the sash.
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17 Elizabeth imagines Darcy’s understandable triumph at the reversal of her feelings.
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18 Elizabeth meets her reflection as she recognises how well Darcy would have suited her.
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19 Elizabeth rests her open hands on the dressing-table, resigned to her longing for Darcy
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20 Elizabeth turns toward the grey window, weighing Lydia and Wickham’s slender prospects
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21 Mr. Bennet reads Gardiner’s second letter to Mrs. Bennet, Jane and Elizabeth
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22 Mr. Bennet raises an eyebrow at Gardiner’s mention of Wickham’s former friends
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23 Mr. Bennet holds Gardiner’s signed letter above the long account of Wickham’s creditors.
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24 Jane and Elizabeth quietly acknowledge the advantages of Lydia and Wickham’s departure
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25 Mrs. Bennet complains that Lydia’s new regiment may offer less agreeable company.
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26 Jane gently urges Mr. Bennet to receive Lydia and her husband, with Elizabeth’s support
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27 Having helped secure Lydia’s welcome at Longbourn, Elizabeth turns toward the window.
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28 Gardiner’s folded letter rests among the empty seats at Longbourn
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