[Next scene: at the Netherfield Assembly Hall]
Charlotte: Lizzy, Jane, I'm so happy to see you. There is he. The famous Mr. Bingley. Five thousand pounds a year!
Lizzy: You're starting to sound like my mother…
Jane: My – he's is quite handsome.
Lizzy: And who is the other gentleman standing beside him. Quite handsome too, I suppose, though rather haughty looking.
Charlotte: That's his friend, Mr. Darcy. He's even richer than Bingley. He has ten thousand a year! He hasn't spoken or danced with anyone all evening, though.
Lizzy: Probably finds country life beneath him. We can hardly expect to charm such great men. Who needs them? All men cause is heart break.
Charlotte: Right you are, but still, they are handsome.
Jane: Quite handsome indeed.
[the musicians start playing music for the next dance. The three girls link their arms as the men go about the room leading women to the dance floor]
Lizzy [singing to the dance music] I've been cheated by you since I don't know when.
Charlotte: So I made up my mind it must come to an end.
Jane: [staring at Bingley] Look at me now, will I ever learn?
Lizzy: I don't know how, but I suddenly lose control.
Charlotte: There's a fire within my soul.
Jane: [sees Bingley staring back at her] Just one look and I can hear a bell ring.
Charlotte + Lizzy: One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh.
[Bingley comes, offers his hand to Jane, who lets go of Lizzy and Charlotte and goes to the dance floor with him]
Jane: [holding Mr. Bingley's hand getting ready to dance]
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Charlotte + Lizzy: [Waving and teasing Jane from the side of the dance floor]
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go.
[the song ends and the partygoers applaud. Lizzy goes to sit down, and, nearby, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley talk]
Bingley: Oh, you must dance, Darcy!
Darcy: 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.
Bingley: There are many lovely young ladies here tonight.
Darcy: You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room.
Bingley: Yes, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. But what about her sister? She's sitting down just over there, and she's quite good looking.
Darcy: Which do you mean? Her? She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.
[the music starts playing again and Lizzy stands up and wanders away]
Lizzy: [angrily]
I've been angry and sad about things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong.
[sarcastically] Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, w-o-o-o-oh [crosses her arms and turns her back on Darcy]
Jane: [dancing with Bingley again]
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Lizzy: [heading sadly back to Charlotte]
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Charlotte: [playfully trying to cheer up Lizzy]
Mamma mia, even if I say
[imitating Darcy]Bye bye, leave me now or never
mamma mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever [winks]
[Lizzy laughs. Jane finishes her dance and runs back to her sister and friend]
All three: Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go [the three links arms again and laugh]