Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Claudie Blakley: Charlotte Lucas
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Quotes
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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.
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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?
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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]
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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.
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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!
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Charlotte Lucas : Not all of us can afford to be romantic, Lizzy.
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Mr. Collins : Charlotte, come here.
Charlotte Lucas : Has the pig escaped again?
[looks out window]
Charlotte Lucas : Oh. It's Lady Catherine.
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Elizabeth Bennet : If he cannot percieve her regard, he is a fool.
Charlotte Lucas : We are all fools in love.
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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?
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Charlotte Lucas : What on earth have you done to poor Mr. Darcy?
Elizabeth Bennet : I have no idea.
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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!
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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.
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Charlotte Lucas : I didn't know you were coming to see me! What's the matter?