From Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel by Steele, Mrs. MacKaye

(Walking up and down the room with quick steps.) And this is your opinion of me? This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully. (Stopping and looking at her.) Perhaps if I were to divulge the truth regarding Mr. Wickham, I might give you as great a surprise as you have given me. (After a slight pause.) I do not care to go into particulars, but in justice to myself, I must tell you that the man whom you consider a martyr is a profligate with the most vicious propensities. A man who should never have entered your home, for his presence there is a constant source of danger. (ELIZABETH: Mr. Darcy!) (With dignity.) I am ready to give you the full proofs of all I have said, Miss Bennet, whenever you may so desire, although I would gladly forget all the miserable circumstances myself, and no obligation less than the present should induce me to unfold them to any human being.

Darcy Monologue from Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel

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