Swipe Left on Mr. Darcy — A Single Man With Serious Money, Page 3
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Panel 1: Close on Mrs. Bennet leaning in, delighted, name-dropping her source with a knowing tilt of the head. Mrs. Bennet: "Well it is. Mrs. Long told me everything." Panel 2: Two-shot — Mr. Bennet turns another page on the tablet and says nothing. Mrs. Bennet's smile holds, waiting for him to bite. Panel 3: A beat, close on Mr. Bennet's face, mild and unreadable, eyes on the screen. He will not ask. Panel 4: Close on Mrs. Bennet, the smile straining now, still waiting, nothing coming back. Panel 5: Close on Mrs. Bennet cracking, impatient, the excitement curdling into exasperation. Mrs. Bennet: "Don't you want to know who's taken it?" Panel 6: Close on Mr. Bennet with a faint dry half-smile, glancing up over his glasses at last, having won the round. Mr. Bennet: "You want to tell me. I've no objection to hearing it."
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Mrs. Bennet leans in with her gossip while Mr. Bennet refuses to take the bait, reading on in silence. Her patience finally cracks and she demands he ask who has taken the house — at which point he looks up with a dry smile.
About this chapter
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.