Page 1 1.1 1. Caption It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 2. Mrs. Bennet My dear Mr. Bennet, 3. Mrs. Bennet have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last? 4. Mr. Bennet I had not. 5. Mrs. Bennet But it is, 6. Mrs. Bennet for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it. 1.2 7. Mr. Bennet What is his name? 8. Mrs. Bennet Bingley. 9. Mr. Bennet Is he married or single? 10. Mrs. Bennet A single man of large fortune—four or five thousand a year. 11. Aside What a fine thing for our girls! ☆ 12. Mr. Bennet How so? how can it affect them? Page 2 2.1 1. Mrs. Bennet You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them. 2. Aside You have no compassion on my poor nerves. 3. Mr. Bennet You mistake me, my dear. 4. Mr. Bennet I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. 5. Mr. Bennet I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least. 6. Mr. Bennet But I hope you will get over it, and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the neighbourhood. 2.2 7. Mrs. Bennet It will be no use to us, if twenty such should come since you will not visit them. 8. Mr. Bennet Depend upon it, my dear, that when there are twenty, I will visit them all. Convert