[Bridget enters party, spies Mark and walks towards him.  He sees her and turns around]

Mark: "Sorry. One moment."

Bridget: "Thank you for inviting me."

Mark: "I didn't.  It must've been my parents."

Bridget: "So...."

Mark: "So."

Natasha: "Hello Bridget.  Didn't know you were coming."

                "Mark,  your father wants to begin A.S.A.P."

Mark: "Oh, does he?  Right."

           "Well, uh...."

Natasha: "Come on Mark.  Be helpful, please. The caterers have totally screwed up.

                Does nothing work outside of London? Hmm? Apparently not."

Mark: "Well, I'd better....."

Bridget: "Listen, uh I, owe you an apology (pause) about Daniel."

               "He said you ran off with his fiancée and left him brokenhearted, (pause)

               he said."

Mark: "Ah."

          "No, it was the other way around.  It was my...wife....my..heart."

Bridget: "Sorry."

              "That's why you always acted so strangely around him.....and beat him to a

               pulp, quite rightly.  Well done."

Mark: "Well, um...."

Bridget: "Can, can we just, um...pop out there...for a moment?"

[scene changes to foyer]

Man: "Quite delightful, isn't it my dear?"

Bridget: "OK.  I just have something that I want to say."

               "Um.....You once said that you liked me just as I am......and I just wanted to

               say...likewise."

               "I mean there are stupid things your mum buys you.  Tonight's another

               classic.  You're haughty, and you always say the wrong thing.....in every

               situation.  And I seriously believe that you should..reconsider the length of

               your sideburns."

               "But you're a nice man......and....I like you.  If you wanted to pop by

               sometime...that might be nice.  More than nice."

Mark: "Right."

         "Crickey."

[Father taps glass with silverware (from other room)]

Father: "Ladies and gentlemen......could I have your attention for a moment,

              please?"

Mark: [oh, he does that deep long sigh] "Excuse me."

[Mark turns and goes back to the main party]

Bridget: "Of course."

Mr. Darcy: "....wife and companion, Geraldine.  A toast to her, my--my wonderful

                   wife Geraldine."

ALL: "To Geraldine."

Father: "And we, in turn..have been blessed with our son, Mark.  He's

              always made us proud...and we couldn't be prouder of him..than on

              this particular day..because I'm thrilled to announce..he has just been

              invited to be a senior partner....in the firm of Abbott and Abbott in

              New York."

[Light applause]

[Bridget looks at Mark, brokenhearted and questioningly]

[Mark turns and looks at Bridget]

Father: "He also, incidentally....takes with him his brilliant partner in law...

              Natasha.  And, well, I don't think they'll mind...since we're amongst

             friends...if I say that someday this remarkably clever girl...is going to

             be something-else-in-law as well."

["Here Comes The Bride" plays]

[Mark and Bridget both stunned]

Natasha: "I begged him not to say anything."

Father: "So I ask you now....to charge you glasses once again...to Mark

              and his Natasha."

ALL: "To Mark and his Natasha."

Bridget: "No! No!"

               "It's just that....it's such a terrible pity..f--for England...to lose..

               such a great legal brain."

Geoffrey: "Is she pissed?"

Una: "What?"

Bridget: "F--for the people of England.....like me and you.....to lose one of

               our top people.  Uh, just top person, really."

[Mark stares at Bridget]

Woman: "Ahem."

Bridget: "Well...better dash.  I've got another party to go to.  It's single

               people.  Mainly....poufs.  [pause] Bye."

[Crowd murmurs]

[Bridget turns and leaves, Mark follows her out with his eyes.]