INT. HUNSFORD PARSONAGE - SITTING ROOM - EVENING
Rain on the window. ELIZABETH BENNET (20) sits alone, her sister’s letters open in her lap.
The bell. MR. DARCY (late 20s) is shown in. He asks after her health, sits, rises, and walks the length of the room.
She watches him. She does not help.
He stops in front of her chair.
DARCY
In vain have I struggled. It will not do.
She looks up. Her colour rises.
DARCY (CONT’D)
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Elizabeth folds her sister’s letter, very slowly, and sets it aside. Then she stands.
