Storyteller 2017 · Adaptation

Greg Fallis

waiting for darcy -- scene five

MISS BENNETT: There is to be a ball in Meryton on Tuesday fortnight, and I am to have the first dance with…
VLADIMIR: A ball?
MISS BENNETT: A ball.
(Vladimir looks at the boot in his hand.)
VLADIMIR: There will be dancing.
MISS BENNETT: There is nothing quite in the world like dancing. I consider it the first refinement of polished society.
VLADIMIR: Will he be there, do you think?
MISS BENNETT: I should think so. Everyone will be there.
VLADIMIR: I won't be there.
MISS BENNETT: You'll still be waiting, then?
(Vladimir looks as if he's about to cry.)
MISS BENNETT: How can you be so very silly?
VLADIMIR: How can it all be bones? And things that look like bones?