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Netherfield, the cool glass mansion on the hill, has finally been rented — and Mrs. Bennet has already decided one of her five daughters will marry whoever moved in. She corners her unbothered husband to demand he go make friends with the new arrival: a young, single, very rich man named Bingley. Mr. Bennet needles her with dry affection, offers to put in a good word for Lizzie, and gives his verdict that Lizzie has a bit more going on than her sisters. The chapter ends by revealing the household the whole scheme is about — the five Bennet daughters — as Mrs. Bennet announces the house has a new project.
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Panel 1: A large aerial view of an affluent town at golden hour — leafy streets, handsome houses, warm amber tones. Caption: "Everybody knows the rule." Panel 2: A sleek modern glass mansion sits on a distant hill, cool-toned and conspicuously larger than everything around it, catching the last light. Caption: "A single man with serious money must be looking for a wife." Panel 3: The mansion's gate, with a small moving truck just visible — the first sign of life at the empty house. Panel 4: Closer detail of the glass mansion's clean, cold facade, empty and waiting under steel-blue light. Caption: "Whether he knows it yet or not." Panel 5: A quiet wide shot of the town at dusk, lights coming on in the windows. Caption: "And the neighbors always decide first." Panel 6: The view pushes in toward one warm, lived-in house — cozier and less polished than its neighbors, a bike on the porch, potted plants, a slightly crooked wreath.