#mrs hurst

[jaeausten]

Jane Bennet is a sweet girl. But the mother!

[besotted-with-austen]

Jane Austen: Darcy, you see an older jolly-looking fellow coming in your direction-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: another one? Miss Bingley, please dance with me-again.

Caroline Bingley: *fake-swooning* oooh, Mr Darcy~again? what would the other guests say?

Charles Bingley: *heh* probably that he is kind of a prick? Or that you guys are an item.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: I have danced with Mrs Hurst too-I am still not romancing anyone.

Caroline Bingley: *sing-song voice* we will see about that!

Jane Austen: the poor guy remains in the middle of the room awkwardly, and then walks away; the older ladies that have introduced themselves as Mrs Bennet and Lady Lucas look at the scene and start whispering furiously-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *rolling his eyes* I can only imagine what they are saying.

Charles Bingley: hey, can I guess what is the general opinion of us at this ball?

Jane Austen: sure, roll a Perception Check.

Charles Bingley: hah, I rolled a twelve!

Jane Austen: you are the man of the hour, and the ladies are very jealous that Miss Bennet has captivated your attention for so much time-

Charles Bingley: what can I say, she is a delight! Who could resist?

Jane Austen: you also feel that Caroline is very much admired for her elegance and style, as is Mrs Louisa Hurst-

Caroline Bingley: *fake hair toss* is anyone surprised?

Jane Austen: you see people looking in the direction of Mr Hurst at the buffet with a general air of ‘eh, he looks like a rich gentleman, I guess he is all right”.

Mr Hurst: hey, I am a gentleman and I am married-I won at this game already, let me eat the imaginary Regency fancy food.

Jane Austen: as for Darcy-you are the rudest, most entitled gentleman they have ever met. You barely spoke and only danced only with the ladies in your party-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: so they hate me because I did not care for making introductions? I do not want to dance with someone else.

Caroline Bingley: *waggling her eyebrows* do you?

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *exaggerated disgust* someone else I don’t know.

Caroline Bingley: la-aame. Okay, we are stopping dancing.

Charles Bingley: I mean, you could dance with someone else, it would not kill you-I come near them and say to Darcy, but in, you know, flowery language pertinent to the time period.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *smiling* you sure do. But, I say, “I certainly shall not. You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. At such an assembly as this it would be insupportable. Your sisters are engaged, and there is not another woman in the room whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with.”

Charles Bingley: *stage whisper* show-off.

Charles Bingley: DM, is there any cute lady I could introduce to Darcy?

Jane Austen: near you there are several young ladies seated, just waiting for a partner-you recognise one of them, a cheerful-looking girl that has been introduced to you as one of the beauties of Longbourn.

Charles Bingley: oh, Jane’s sister, Elizabeth! Darcy! My buddy, my man, look at her! What of it?

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *pfeh* what of it indeed-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: I look at her, I make eye contact just enough to make her realise I have noticed her, and I say to Bingley, “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me”. Then, I walk away.

Caroline Bingley: *silently mouths “tolerable”*

Charles Bingley: *sighs* Heavens.

Mr Hurst: I was standing over my dessert and did not hear that, but I let go an “ooof” anyway. I felt it.

Caroline Bingley: how is Eliza doing?

Charles Bingley: Elizabeth-

Caroline Bingley: I like Eliza better.

Jane Austen: Elizabeth looks a little longer in your direction, then she stands up and goes to her friends on the other side of the room-she is smiling, but the smile is not reaching her eyes.

Caroline Bingley: *eagerly* tell me this action will have consequences, please tell me it will-

Jane Austen: what do you think?

[jaybennet]

@janeuary-month

[firawren]

Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst, and Mr. Darcy watching Mary Bennet sing at the Netherfield ball:

[aftermyownart]

MORE CROTCH MISTER HURST

[didanagy]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995)

dir. simon langton

[divineandmajesticinone]

BBC Pride and Prejudice (1995) | Caroline Bingley and Louisa Hurst being judgmental while both looking fabulous

[miss-jane-bennet]

Sweet Jane

Jane Bennet is noted for her sweetness.

Mrs Bennet declares her eldest daughter the sweetest:

“She [Jane] has, without exception, the sweetest temper I ever met with.” - Mrs Bennet. Volume I, Chapter IX

The Bingley sisters pronounce Jane to be “sweet”:

“Mrs Hurst and her sister... pronounced her [Jane] to be a sweet girl” - Volume I, Chapter IV

“Miss [Jane] Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl [by the Bingley siblings]" - Volume I, Chapter IV

“She [Jane] is really a very sweet girl” - Mrs Hurst. Volume I, Chapter VIII

Elizabeth admires her elder sister’s sweetness. She says to Jane:

“Your sweetness... [is] really angelic” - Elizabeth Bennet. Volume II, Chapter I

Jane’s sweetness, combined with her steady sense, makes her a good caregiver to her young cousins, the Gardiner children:

“[Jane’s] steady sense and sweetness of temper exactly adapted her for attending to them [the Gardiner children] in every way - teaching them, playing with them, and loving them.” - Volume II, Chapter XIX

Sweetness may also be observed in Jane’s facial expressions:

"Jane met her [Elizabeth] with a smile of such sweet complacency” - Volume I, Chapter XVIII

“The satisfaction of Miss [Jane] Bennet’s mind gave such a glow of sweet animation to her face” - Volume III, Chapter XIII