Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Simon Woods: Mr. Bingley

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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.

• Mr. Bingley : [Practicing proposing, with Mr. Darcy as Jane]  Miss Bennett.

  Mr. Darcy : [Bows]  Mr. Bingley.

• Mr. Bingley : I've never seen so many pretty girls in my life!

  Mr. Darcy : You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room.

  Mr. Bingley : She is the most beautiful creature I have ever beheld. But her sister Elizabeth is very agreeable.

  Mr. Darcy : Thoroughly tolerable, I daresay, 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.

• Mr. Bingley : [to Jane, about to propose to her]  First, I must tell you I've been the most unmitigated and comprehensive ass.

• Jane Bennet : How do you like it here in Hertfordshire, Mr. Bingley?

  Mr. Bingley : Very much.

  Elizabeth Bennet : The library at Netherfield, I've heard, is one of the finest in the country.

  Mr. Bingley : Yes, fills me with guilt. Not a very good reader, you see. Prefer being out of doors. Oh, I mean I can read, of course. And I'm not suggesting you can't read out of doors, of course. Um...

  Jane Bennet : I wish I read more but there always seems to be so many other things to do.

  Mr. Bingley : Yes, that's exactly what I meant!

• Mr. Bingley : [Flustered after visiting with the Bennett's had not gone as hoped]  She was going to say "sit down", and...

• Mr. Bingley : Your friend, Miss Lucas, is a most amusing young woman.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Oh, yes, I adore her!

  Mrs. Bennet : It is a pity she's not more handsome.

  Elizabeth Bennet : Mama!

  Mrs. Bennet : Oh, but Lizzie would never admit that she's plain. Of course, it's my Jane that's considered the beauty of the county.

  Jane Bennet : No, Mama, please...

  Mrs. Bennet : When she was only fifteen there was a gentleman that was so much in love with her that I was sure he would make her an offer. However, he did write her some very pretty verses.

• Mr. Bingley : This is a disaster isn't it!

• Sir William Lucas : Mr. Bingley, my eldest daughter you know. Mrs. Bennet, Miss Jane Bennet, Elizabeth, and Miss Mary Bennet.

  Mrs. Bennet : It is a pleasure. I have two others, but they are already dancing.

  Mr. Bingley : I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

  Sir William Lucas : And may I introduce Mr. Darcy of Pemberley and Derbyshire.