Laurence Olivier credited as playing...
Mr. Darcy
- Mr. Darcy: Yes, she looks tolerable enough, but I am in no humor tonight to give consequence to the middle classes at play.
- Caroline Bingley: ...and her sisters Jane and Elizabeth were seen running down Market Street in an attempt to escape their disgrace. Isn't that exquisitely funny, Mr. Darcy?
- Mr. Darcy: Exquisitely. Just think how you would roar with laughter if it happened to yourself.
- Mr. Darcy: I have made the mistake of being honest with you.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Honesty is a greatly overrated virtue. Silence in this case would have been more agreeable.
- Mr. Darcy: I rather admired what you did this afternoon Miss Elizabeth. Your resentment of what you believe to be an injustice showed courage and loyalty. I could wish i might possess a friend who would defend me as ably as Mr. Wickham was defended today.
- Elizabeth Bennet: At this moment it's difficult to believe that you're so proud.
- Mr. Darcy: At this moment it's difficult to believe that you're so prejudiced.
- Caroline Bingley: A waltz, Mr. Darcy.
- Mr. Darcy: Yes.
- Caroline Bingley: How modern.
- Mr. Darcy: Yes, indeed.
- Mr. Bingley: The place is full of pretty girls!
- Mr. Darcy: I have noticed only one and you seemed to have monopolized her.
- Mr. Bingley: Yes, isn't she lovely? But, there's that sister of hers, Miss Elizabeth. They say she has quite a lively wit.
- Mr. Darcy: Ugh! A provincial young lady with a lively wit. Heaven preserve us!
- Sir William Lucas: Dancing is a charming amusement for young people. In my opinion, it's one of the first refinements of a polite society.
- Mr. Darcy: It has the added advantage, sir, of being one of the first refinements of savages. Every Huttentot can dance.
- Sir William Lucas: Oh, yes. Yes. Quite so.
- Caroline Bingley: I must know. Pray explain what the two motives might be, Mr. Darcy.
- Mr. Darcy: I've not the smallest objection to explaining.
- [explaining Caroline's motives on why she asked Mr. Darcy to walk with her and Elizabeth]
- Mr. Darcy: Either you have secret affairs to discuss, or, you are conscious that your figures show to the greatest advantage while walking. In the first case, I should be completely in your way. And, in the second, I can admire you much better from where I am.
- Caroline Bingley: Perfectly abominable! What shall we do to punish him, Miss Eliza?
- Elizabeth Bennet: As you know him so well, I shall leave his punishment to you.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Are you a good shot with the bow and arrow, Mr. Darcy?
- Mr. Darcy: Tolerable.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Only - tolerable?
- Mr. Darcy: Well, it's a fine old sport. And one in which even a young lady can become proficient.
- Elizabeth Bennet: So I've heard.
- Mr. Darcy: At a short range, of course. And, with a light bow.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Thank you, Mr. Darcy. You saved me from one of the most dangerous bores in the country.
- Mr. Darcy: If the dragon returns, Saint George will know how to deal with him.
- Mr. Darcy: Miss Elizabeth thinks I do not laugh enough.
- Caroline Bingley: I should be sorry to see you laugh more than you do. To me, there's something so unrefined about excessive laughter.
- Mr. Darcy: A gentleman does not have to explain his action. He expects people to give him credit for being a man of honor and integrity.
- Mr. Darcy: Miss Elizabeth, I have thought a great deal of what you said to me at Netherfield that day - thank you - about laughing more. I've tried to follow your advice.
- Elizabeth Bennet: I hope it worked. Do you feel happier now?
- Mr. Darcy: I've never felt more miserable in my life.
- Elizabeth Bennet: It's doubtless the lack of exercise. You'll feel happier when the hunting season begins.
- Mr. Darcy: Oh, don't stop, Miss Elizabeth. That was charming!
- Elizabeth Bennet: Isn't that the right time to stop when people still think you're charming? If I went on, you might change your mind.
- Mr. Darcy: This last week, since I left Netherfield, had been empty, meaningless days and nights. I thought that I could put you out of my mind. That inclination would give way to judgment. I've walked the streets of London reminding myself of the unsuitability of such a marriage. Ah, the obstacles between us. But, it won't do. I can struggle against you no longer.
- Mr. Darcy: Whatever I did, I thought only of you.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Oh, Mr. Darcy! When I think of how I've misjudged you!
- Mr. Darcy: Well?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: A blank refusal.
- Mr. Darcy: She refused to see me?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: She refused not to see you.
- Mr. Darcy: Did she?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Most emphatically! But that's not the worst, Darcy. I told her that I could strip you of your fortune if I chose to. But she refused to be the least impressed.
- Mr. Darcy: You see?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Yes, I see, Darcy. I grant I was wrong about that. But there's one thing I can't agree with. You told me at Rosings she was nothing if not decided. That's not true. The young woman is positively obstinate.
- Mr. Darcy: What? Did she refuse anything else?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Well, she... she merely refused to refuse to marry you.
- Mr. Darcy: How can I ever thank you, Aunt Catherine?
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Upon my word, I'm not accustomed to so much gratitude. Everybody seems to be thanking me today.