Hmm - there must be somewhere you can go to find out which fictional characters share your day!

And I was thinking of the same question - besides the fact that it wouldn't fit the plot, that's about the only reason. And the next time you watch it, watch them at the ball - it's rather sweet. But I wonder if any of the people who do post P&P novels have taken on Mary. Evidently, in one of those novels, Mr. Collins meets an imaginative death.