"Mrs. Darcy.....Mrs. Darcy..."???

(Kathy's gonna wig over this.)

Apparently, the awful new version of Pride and Prejudice has been tarted up with a sickly-sweet ending just for Amurica audiences:

An eight-minute segment has been added for US audiences who love ultra-happy endings. Happy ending: Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightley, kisses Mr Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen) "in a moonlit haze of post-nuptial bliss" as he repeatedly sighs her name.

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The embrace upset the 450 members of the Jane Austen Society of North America, who ridiculed it at a preview screening.

Elsa Solender, a member and former president of the society, said: "It has nothing at all of Jane Austen in it, is inconsistent with the first two thirds of the film, insults the audience with its banality and ought to be cut before release."

However, USA Today quoted cinemagoers yesterday as being delighted with the new ending. Gail Hunt, from Washington, said: "It wouldn't have been a movie without it."

Francine Zawatsky of Potomac, Maryland, said that she "loved" the kiss: "I was waiting for it. It was such a touching moment."

Lor lumme, stone the crows. I expect the next version will feature the pair in bed together.

Yips! to Rachel, who has jumped firmly into the midst of the Studliest Darcy Debate.