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Mrs Dashwood and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are faced with the prospect of Mrs Dashwood's stepson and his wife moving into their home at Norland
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01:42No, no, I cannot stand it.
01:48Don't look, Mama. Turn your head away.
01:50I may be reduced to being mere visitors on sufferance in one's own house.
01:54No, indeed, I cannot endure it.
01:56Oh, poor beloved Norland.
01:59Look at them.
02:01Like the hordes of an invading army.
02:03But you must remember the house is now theirs by rights.
02:06Oh, don't talk to me of rights.
02:08What are they compared with feelings and the concerns of the human heart?
02:12Oh, believe me, I do understand your attitude.
02:15But alas, strong feelings alone are of no great value in a court of law.
02:20Now come, Mama.
02:21Oh, they could be so insensitive as to force their way in and dispossess us
02:29for the ink scarcely dry upon the will I do not know.
02:33Well, one thing is certain.
02:34I cannot bring myself to be civil to that young woman.
02:37No, nor I.
02:38But, Mother.
02:38I'm sure it is all her doing.
02:42Oh, well.
02:44My mind is quite made up.
02:46I shall seek some other place for us to live.
02:49I cannot remain here on sufferance.
02:51What? And leave Norland?
02:55I think I should die.
02:59Fanny, my love, I have been thinking.
03:03I feel it is an obligation that we should make some additional provision
03:06for the girls and their mother.
03:09After all, Norland has been their home all their lives.
03:11Remember, John, dear, they are only your half-sisters
03:15and their mother, excellent woman though no doubt she may be,
03:18is no blood relation at all.
03:20Oh, yes, quite.
03:22But it was my father's last request to me
03:25that I should assist his widow and daughters.
03:27So you say, dear,
03:29by ten to one he was light-headed at the time.
03:31He must have been to persuade you
03:33to give half your fortune away from your own child.
03:36But do exactly as you wish, of course.
03:39The money is yours.
03:41In that case, we will settle the matter immediately.
03:44Very well, John, dear.
03:48But it was not my intention
03:49to give away half this legacy, my love.
03:52Although I suppose it could be said
03:54that we were already reasonably provided for ourselves.
03:57No, I was thinking in terms of an annuity of some sort.
04:01An annuity?
04:04Oh, John, dear, is that wise?
04:06I have not seen Mrs. Dashwood closely,
04:09but if you observe, people always seem to live forever
04:11once an annuity has been settled upon them.
04:13And no, I cannot agree to that.
04:17But the decision is entirely yours, of course.
04:23Please ask Mrs. Dashwood and the Miss Dashwoods
04:25if they would be kind enough to join us.
04:30No, you are probably quite right, my love.
04:33On second thoughts, it would be wiser, possibly,
04:36to make it a fixed amount.
04:39And no doubt they would greatly prefer it that way.
04:43What sum had you in mind?
04:46Well,
04:48would you think a thousand pounds
04:49to be an adequate amount?
04:51A thousand pounds?
04:54I should think they were considered
04:56a prodigious increase to their fortunes.
04:58What brother on earth would do half as much
05:00for his sisters I'd like to know,
05:02even if they were his real sisters?
05:04You think it is too much, then?
05:05Oh no, indeed, not in the least.
05:08If that is the sum you are settled upon.
05:11I was really thinking
05:13that three women alone
05:14with no man to guide them,
05:17one would like to feel
05:18they might become the prey of fortune hunters.
05:22Oh, that is true.
05:24That is very true.
05:26A smaller sum,
05:27prudently invested,
05:29would not prove a temptation to the unscrupulous.
05:32While in addition to what they already have,
05:34should secure their independence.
05:35if they are careful.
05:37To be sure it would.
05:40Indeed,
05:41I'm certain your father had no thought
05:43of anything near so generous
05:45in his mind.
05:47You are probably quite right, my love.
05:50Goodness.
05:51Three women alone,
05:52with no carriage,
05:53and scarcely any servants,
05:55their housekeeping will be nothing at all.
05:57Indeed, you can depend upon it.
05:59they will be far better off than we are
06:02in this great house
06:04with twenty servants
06:05and so much entertaining to be done.
06:09As to your giving them more,
06:12it's quite absurd.
06:14If you ask me,
06:15they will be much more able
06:16to give you something.
06:17Ah, here they are.
06:20Come in.
06:23Well, now,
06:23there is no need to extend to you
06:25a welcome to what is...
06:27Oh.
06:28My mother and Marianne
06:29ask me to apologise,
06:31but they're very busy sewing at the moment.
06:33They hope to be down shortly.
06:35Indeed.
06:36I trust that you're quite comfortably settled, Fanny.
06:39I always think moving house is so fatiguing.
06:43We are getting straight by degrees.
06:45Good.
06:46I'm so glad.
06:47Well, now,
06:48we wish to make it quite clear,
06:51do we not, my love,
06:53that though by the terms
06:54of my father's bequest,
06:55Norland has now passed into my possession,
06:58we naturally wish to extend
06:59a very sincere welcome.
07:01Yes, what is it?
07:02Oh, beg your pardon.
07:03I was not aware.
07:05Oh, do please come in.
07:07Ah, Edward.
07:08May I present my wife's brother,
07:10Mr. Edward Ferrars,
07:12Miss Dashwood.
07:13How do you do, Mr. Ferrars?
07:14How do you do, ma'am?
07:17Fanny and Edward's dear mother
07:18has a very fine place
07:20not far from Tunbridge Wells.
07:21Is that so?
07:22Yes, a very fine place indeed.
07:25Edward, be seated.
07:26Oh, sit down.
07:28I do beg your pardon.
07:30Yes, as I was saying.
07:33The, uh,
07:33the timber alone
07:36is considered to be
07:37some of the most valuable
07:38in the
07:38south of England.
07:41You say he's handsome,
07:42but has he what I call
07:43an expressive face?
07:45Oh, yes, I think so.
07:47One can hardly credit such a thing
07:49somehow in one of that family.
07:51At least he bears no resemblance
07:52at all to Fanny.
07:54Oh, then that is enough for me.
07:55It implies everything that is amiable.
07:57I'm sure you will both like him
07:59when you get to know him.
08:00Like him?
08:01I almost love him already.
08:03Oh, dearest Mama,
08:04you are incorrigible.
08:05Oh, Eleanor, my love.
08:07I do apologize
08:08for my outburst just now
08:10and for my childish refusal
08:11to meet her.
08:12From henceforth,
08:13I promise you
08:14I will mend my ways.
08:16Oh, what should we do
08:18without our wise,
08:19our prudent, Eleanor?
08:20Well, what are his interests, Eleanor,
08:23and his powers of conversation?
08:25Rather limited, I fear.
08:26As I say,
08:27he scarcely spoke a word.
08:29And yet you liked him, eh?
08:30For you did like him
08:31a little, my love, I think.
08:33Did you not?
08:34What I was permitted
08:35to see and hear,
08:36while Brother John
08:37was holding forth
08:38about the great wealth
08:39and perfection
08:40of the Ferris family in general,
08:41I liked well enough, certainly.
08:48Ah, Miss Dashwell.
08:49Oh, am I the first down?
08:53I was just admiring
08:54this view of the house.
08:56Were you the artist?
08:57I was, yes.
08:59Oh, I don't profess
09:00to be a great judge
09:00of these matters,
09:02but it seems
09:02most excellent to me.
09:05From where exactly
09:06did you take it?
09:07The viewpoint is most novel.
09:08Ah, well, I'm afraid
09:09my sister must take the credit
09:11for that, Mr. Ferris.
09:12She has a great eye
09:13for the picturesque.
09:15I merely record
09:16what is before me
09:16as best I can.
09:18I'm sure you
09:20underestimate yourself.
09:21Eleanor!
09:22But here she is
09:22so you can ask her yourself.
09:25For heaven's sake,
09:25save me from Brother John
09:27and that awful...
09:29Oh!
09:31I beg your pardon.
09:32Mr. Edward Ferris,
09:34my sister Marianne.
09:35How do you do, Miss...
09:36Marianne?
09:37Mr. Ferris was intrigued
09:43to know from which point
09:44the sketch was taken.
09:45I was about to tell him
09:46that we could show him
09:47many others equally fine,
09:48could we not?
09:49You could, Eleanor,
09:49but I'm afraid I could not.
09:51Marianne!
09:52Mr. Ferris,
09:53wise and discerning man,
09:56has paid you the compliment
09:57of admiring your work.
09:58Please don't embarrass him
09:59by dragging me into it.
10:00But I thought I heard the gong.
10:05Ah, well in that case...
10:06I might well have been mistaken.
10:08Please excuse me.
10:10Um, there are several other
10:11sketches of my sisters
10:12which I'm sure you'd like
10:13to see on that wall.
10:18Over here.
10:20I'm sorry, Mr. Ferris,
10:21but you cannot possibly
10:22wish to see them.
10:24But I do.
10:25Ah, good.
10:30Then we may all go in for dinner.
10:43My fugitive years
10:44are all hasting away
10:46and I must ere long
10:47lie as lowly as they.
10:49With a turf on my breast
10:51and a stone up my head
10:52ere another such grove
10:54shall arise
10:54in its stead.
10:57Tis a sight to engage me
10:59if anything can
11:00to muse on the perishing
11:01pleasures of man.
11:03Though his life be a dream,
11:04his enjoyments I see
11:06have a being less durable
11:08even than he.
11:10Bravo!
11:11Bravo!
11:12You chose well, Edward.
11:14It's a particular favourite
11:15of Marianne's, isn't it, my love?
11:17Yes, Mama.
11:18Well now,
11:19who else will entertain us?
11:22Eleanor,
11:23may we be permitted
11:24the pleasure
11:24of hearing you sing?
11:25I doubt very much
11:27whether you would have
11:27counted a pleasure,
11:28brother, if I did.
11:29No, Marianne is the musician
11:31of the family.
11:32She's an accomplished singer.
11:33Ah.
11:34Marianne?
11:35I'm sorry.
11:36I'm afraid I have a sore throat.
11:38Dearest, you never told me.
11:41Well then,
11:42perhaps the young people
11:43would like a hand at cards.
11:45John, dear?
11:47Oh, yes, dear.
11:47And what is your opinion
11:54of the novels of Mrs. Radcliffe,
11:56Cousin Edward?
11:57Well,
11:58if it's just an opinion
11:59you want, Cousin,
12:00I will give it readily.
12:01But I have to admit,
12:02in all honesty,
12:04that I haven't read them.
12:06Do you mean you actually
12:06haven't read
12:07The Castle of Otranto?
12:08I have to confess it.
12:09I have not.
12:10There.
12:11Now I suppose
12:12you will never speak to me again.
12:13Oh, Marianne,
12:14one cannot possibly expect
12:16gentlemen to read such things.
12:17Why not?
12:18What the intent
12:19Brother John is trying
12:20intended for the consumption
12:21of our sex, eh?
12:22Oh, nonsense.
12:24The differentiation of sex
12:25has nothing whatever
12:26to do with it.
12:29Yes, Mama?
12:31Well, now.
12:33Who would care
12:33for a game of whist?
12:35Eleanor?
12:36If you wish it,
12:37Cousin Fanny,
12:38but I'm quite happy as I am.
12:40Marianne.
12:40I will not play, thank you.
12:42I always find cards
12:43rather a poor substitute
12:45for intelligent conversation.
12:47Edward.
12:48Oh, I'm no good
12:49at intelligent conversation.
12:51I'm for cards every time.
12:53Good.
12:54Splendid.
12:55Well, now,
12:56perhaps Edward and Eleanor
12:57would be content
12:58to play two-handed, eh?
13:01Eleanor, dear?
13:02If Mr. Ferris
13:03would not find that too tedious.
13:05Yes, of course, Mama.
13:06Tedious?
13:07Indeed, no.
13:08I should like it, of all things.
13:11Now,
13:12shall we play whist
13:13or shall we play something else?
13:15Well, then,
13:15we shall leave them
13:16to the game, shall we?
13:19John, dear,
13:20be so good
13:21as to ring for a lamp.
13:22Yes, yes.
13:25How dark
13:26it is getting
13:26in the evenings,
13:27is it not?
13:29We shall have to have
13:30a fire very soon,
13:31no doubt.
13:35I see he's quite
13:36made you his confidant,
13:37sister.
13:37I do not
13:39attempt to deny
13:40that I've come
13:41to think very highly
13:42of him,
13:43that I like
13:44and indeed
13:45greatly esteem him.
13:47Like?
13:48Esteem him?
13:49Oh,
13:50cold-hearted,
13:51Eleanor,
13:51nay,
13:51worse than cold-hearted,
13:53ashamed of being
13:54otherwise.
13:56Use such language
13:57again,
13:57and I shall
13:58leave the room
13:59immediately.
13:59Dear Marianne,
14:01I meant no offence
14:03to you
14:03in speaking so
14:04quietly of my feelings.
14:07Well, believe me,
14:07they are stronger
14:08than I have stated.
14:10But I feel at this stage
14:12that it would be
14:12premature,
14:14even a little immodest,
14:16to disclose them too fully
14:17even to myself.
14:18Well, if you're not
14:19already engaged,
14:20I'm pretty certain
14:21you soon will be.
14:22Dear Marianne,
14:23I really must ask you
14:25to curb that eager
14:26imagination of yours.
14:27Oh, fie, Eleanor,
14:28he's at least as partial
14:29to you as you are to him.
14:32Go on, Eleanor,
14:33admit it.
14:39Well, sometimes
14:39I think so, yes.
14:42Then at others,
14:44there's a kind of coolness.
14:47No, not a coolness,
14:48a reserve,
14:49a want of candour
14:50almost,
14:51that disturbs me a little.
14:53It is not like him.
14:56No,
14:57perhaps I do him
14:58an injustice.
14:59It is my imagination,
15:00no doubt.
15:01But how can you bear
15:02the thought of leaving
15:03Norland now?
15:04I almost hope
15:05Mama's letter
15:06remains unanswered.
15:07Why?
15:08The situation is unaltered.
15:10Oh, Eleanor,
15:12how can you pretend
15:13such a thing?
15:15What I mean
15:15is that if Edward's feelings
15:17will not survive
15:19my mere removal
15:20to another district,
15:21then the sooner
15:22that I'm acquainted
15:22with the fact,
15:23the better.
15:23A cottage,
15:27you say?
15:29And where is it situated?
15:31Near Exeter,
15:32on the estate
15:32of a kinsman of mine,
15:33Sir John Middleton.
15:34Sir John Middleton?
15:36Eh, now he is a man
15:37of considerable substance,
15:38I believe.
15:39So I believe.
15:41I was not aware
15:41that he was a kinsman
15:42of yours.
15:44Now you would do well
15:44to place yourself
15:45under his protection,
15:46I would say.
15:47Very well indeed.
15:49But Devonshire is a great way off.
15:51Must you really go so far?
15:53I'm afraid so.
15:54Oh, dear.
15:56If you are thinking
15:56of the expense
15:57of the removal, my love,
15:59I'm sure a man
16:00in Sir John Middleton's position
16:01would be prepared to assist.
16:04We have no spare transport
16:05or labour here
16:06as I expect you realise.
16:08Oh, of course,
16:08I wouldn't hear of such a thing.
16:10But I hope once we're
16:11properly settled at Barton,
16:13we could persuade you
16:14to pay us a visit.
16:15That's very civil of you,
16:16I'm sure.
16:17though I'm afraid
16:19we shall not be in a position
16:20to make such long
16:21and costly journeys ourselves
16:23for a considerable time to come.
16:27Yes, we shall have to measure
16:28our expenses very carefully.
16:31Very carefully indeed.
16:32Edward, then.
16:34I'm sure that the girls
16:35will be quite heartbroken
16:36if you are not our very first guest.
16:38Thank you, Mrs Dashwood.
16:39I'm only sorry that you're going so far.
16:42However, I should be very glad...
16:43Edward, I'm afraid,
16:44is not free, ma'am.
16:45He has his career to think of.
16:48Indeed.
16:50This is news.
16:51I was not aware that I had one.
16:55Mother and Fanny are obsessed
16:56with the notion
16:57that I should enter Parliament,
16:58Mrs Dashwood,
16:59regardless of the fact
17:00that I am quite incapable
17:01of making a speech
17:02to save my life.
17:04They would make me
17:05a man of consequence,
17:06or at least have me drive
17:07around London in a barouche
17:08with the appearance of one.
17:09I hope, Edward,
17:10your poor mother
17:12never gets to hear
17:13of such a statement.
17:14She will not, Fanny dear,
17:16unless someone repeats it to her.
17:19Well then,
17:20it only remains for me
17:21to say once again
17:22that we shall expect you
17:23at Barton
17:24in the very near future, Edward.
17:26And to thank you, my dears,
17:28for putting up with us
17:28at Norland for so long.
17:30When he comes,
17:39I shall leave you.
17:40Why, he will want to say
17:42goodbye to you
17:42as well as to me.
17:46Oh, just these two, please, Charles.
17:48We'll have them inside,
17:49I think, of this room.
17:53Ah, here you are.
17:54Good.
17:55Now I can say
17:56my farewells to you both.
17:58I do, dear Edward.
17:59But I shall not say farewell.
18:01Oh, don't run away.
18:02No, please.
18:03I'm sorry, there's something.
18:04I think perhaps we should all go.
18:06Edward and I will come with you.
18:07It's time we were in the carriage
18:08if we were to reach Midhurst
18:09by midday.
18:10Then I shall follow you in a moment.
18:12Oh, will you not come too?
18:14Please, Edward.
18:15Can you not see
18:16that I wish to be alone?
18:29Dear Norland,
18:30Farewell.
18:37Sweet garden.
18:46Goodbye, curtains.
18:51Oh, happy, happy house.
18:54Marianne?
18:55The horse is out of the coffin.
19:04Marianne?
19:05All right.
19:35All right.
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21:01All right.
21:03All right.
21:05oh goodness what a welcome sight I'm quite frozen well now there's nothing
21:14like a good fire that's what I always say you'd like some nice tea I expect
21:22thank you thank you and I've taken the liberty of making you one of my lardy
21:28cakes indeed how can sir John he always says Mary says there isn't anyone could
21:35make a lardy like what you can that's what he says look well you'd like to take
21:43your things off I expect
21:53thank you
21:58what in heaven's name is a lardy cake Marianne you're very silent poor dear the
22:15motion of traveling never did agree with you never mind a hot cup of tea will soon
22:21settle you no doubt it's all right mama I'm not distressed in body merely in spirit
22:25Marianne you shouldn't think so much of what we've left behind as what lies ahead
22:29Elena how can you say that when we've left all that is most dear if I do not weep it
22:34is merely for the good reason that weeping will not help our case besides we have
22:41much to be thankful for mama have we not oh yes indeed my love a new life new
22:46surroundings new acquaintances new acquaintances in Devonshire why not Devonshire is people surely much in the same
22:54manner as Sussex and the Middletons have been most cordial in their letters
22:58well they've lived here for generations I'm sure they have quite a numerous circle
23:03in the sitting room well well cousin Dashwood eh welcome to Devonshire my dears well now do I get a kiss
23:19John dear mrs. Dashwood is probably fatigued after her long journey oh nonsense you ain't fatigued I my dear oh I should have introduced you this is my wife lady Middletown how do you do
23:33oh how do you do my dears how do you do well gracious me I was hardly expecting to see two such fine young creatures no indeed not oh you see all the gentlemen are going to be set by the ears now eh my love eh
23:40just a moment I thought I heard something there I knew it he's in the yard he will get his feet wet oh leave the boy alone my dear he'll come to no harm
23:47oh John how can you say that when you know how delicate the boy is well we must conclude our business briefly in B & B off home then
23:54oh you see all the gentlemen are going to be set by the ears now eh my love eh
23:56oh you see all the gentlemen are going to be set by the ears now eh my love eh
23:59just one moment I thought I heard something there I knew it he's in the yard he will get his feet wet oh leave the boy alone my dear he'll come to no harm
24:07Oh, leave the boy alone, my dear. He'll come to no harm.
24:10John, how can you say that when you know how delicate the boy is?
24:14Well, we must conclude our business briefly and be off home, then.
24:18Now, our object in greeting you, cousins,
24:20was to extend a most hearty welcome
24:22to come and dine with us at the hall
24:24every day until you're well settled in.
24:27There, how's that, then, eh?
24:28Oh, Sir John, you're too generous, really.
24:30Oh, nonsense, nonsense.
24:31We won't take no for an answer, will we, dear?
24:34Well, now, that's all arranged.
24:35The carriage will call for you at 330.
24:36Oh, you will excuse the smallness of the company
24:41at such short notice.
24:42Merely my old friend, Colonel Brandon,
24:45and me wife's mother.
24:47No younger Lance, I'm afraid, my dears,
24:49but we old'uns will do our best
24:51to give you a jolly evening in our own style.
24:54Oh, yeah, well, come on, dear.
24:55Mustn't keep these good people about any longer.
24:57I think you fret about that boy a little too much, my dear.
25:00Bye-bye, ladies, then.
25:04Oh, lovely.
25:05Oh, lovely, simply lovely.
25:09Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
25:12Brandon, another glass of Clara.
25:14Oh, come on, Colonel, come on.
25:16You've only had but the one, surely.
25:17What?
25:19Oh, is it?
25:20Oh, righty-ah, then.
25:22Righty-ah.
25:23Oh, lovely.
25:26Thanks.
25:28A pop-seal, though I falter, he die.
25:37And his ancient voice are his spirit so strong.
25:49Mountains and valleys
25:55All I call his heart
26:02They may not see you
26:07Mrs Dashwood, may I come and sit by you?
26:11Mrs Jennings.
26:13You certainly have two fine girls, Mrs Dashwood.
26:18Ain't you proud, eh?
26:20That's very kind of you, Mrs Jennings.
26:22Mama.
26:25Two lovely girls.
26:28And I should know because I have two fine girls myself.
26:32There's Mary here.
26:34And another, younger but also married.
26:38Thank goodness, all the relief.
26:40And they both have done remarkable well for themselves, I do assure you.
26:46Oh, the anxiety we poor mothers have to undergo, eh, Mrs Dashwood?
26:55Thank you, Mrs Dashwood.
26:56Oh, bravo, my dear.
26:57On core, on core, on core.
26:59Now, may we have the one about the fellow with the harp?
27:01Oh, it's a lovely piece.
27:03You know what I mean?
27:04A lovely song.
27:05That's what I've just sung, Sir John.
27:07Is it, my dear?
27:08Well, sing him again, then.
27:10Sing him again.
27:11I have yet to hear that song.
27:12Look, Colonel Brandon.
27:14Oh!
27:15I declare he's quite taken a fancy to your Miss Marianne already.
27:18Oh, I always know.
27:20You ask either of my gals.
27:22You can't deceive me.
27:24And I can assure you, Mrs Dashwood,
27:26you'd do very well to get the Colonel as a son-in-law.
27:30Oh, really, Mrs Jenny?
27:31He's a very fine honourable man.
27:33Shade too solemn for my taste, of course,
27:36and hardly what you could call a young man these days.
27:39But there's property there, Mrs Dashwood.
27:41Oh!
27:42There's property there, all right.
27:44Please, Mama.
27:45Very well, dear.
27:46Oh, my dear.
27:47If you would excuse us, Lady Midtine.
27:49You'll not go in so soon.
27:51Oh, we cannot allow this, can we, Brandon?
27:53I'm looking for a wonderful turn.
27:55Oh, very well.
27:57If you must.
27:58They must be exhausted.
27:59Now, tomorrow night,
28:01I think I can promise you some real young company.
28:04Oh, tomorrow night,
28:05we'll have a right home to do with all the neighbourhood, eh?
28:08Your singing was lovely.
28:10I'm sorry, yeah.
28:11Wonderful good night.
28:12A little bird tells me that someone's left her heart in Sussex.
28:15Is that not so, eh?
28:17I think I see someone colouring up a little, do I not?
28:21Do you, Mrs Jennings?
28:22I think not, madam.
28:24Blushing is not one of my sister's many accomplishments.
28:27Oh, there, now.
28:29That's me thoroughly put in me place, is it not?
28:32Well said, my dear.
28:34Oh, well, I suppose we must let them go.
28:36Till tomorrow, then.
28:37And come early, mind.
28:39Oh, lovely girl.
28:41Simply wonderful to have young people in the house.
28:44My darling, are you going out?
28:46Yes.
28:47Soon as the rain eases a little.
28:49You know, do you not, my love,
28:51that Sir John spoke of walking down later with Colonel Brandon?
28:54Yes, I do.
28:56And that, to be quite honest, is one of the reasons for my walk.
28:59Oh, Marianne, how unkind you sometimes are in your judgements.
29:04I know Sir John may be a little overpowering,
29:07but even you must admit he has a kind heart.
29:09Oh, Mama!
29:11Well, if that's not damning with faint praise.
29:14Well, Colonel Brandon, then.
29:16He seems a genuine sort of man.
29:18And serious enough even for you, my love.
29:20Mrs Jennings likes to laugh at him.
29:23Now, that's what I call really unkind to make sport of a man of his age.
29:26He can't help his years, poor fellow.
29:28My dear girl, you speak of him as though you're an old man.
29:31Well, so he is.
29:33Oh, my dearest girl, he cannot be more than 35 or 36 at the most.
29:37Oh, I'm not so concerned with mere years.
29:40But did you not notice that he spoke of nothing but rheumatism
29:44and flannel nine whiskers?
29:45Well, I mean, that to me is old age.
29:48But let us not speak of the Colonel.
29:50It's Edward's strange behavior that fills me so with apprehension.
29:55Still no letter this morning.
29:57It's not so very long since we were at Norland.
30:00Not long.
30:01You called two whole weeks not long.
30:04Really, much as I like Edward, there's a dreadful want of ardor about him
30:07that would not suit me at all, I'm afraid.
30:09Poor Eleanor.
30:13She puts a brave face on it but I can see that underneath it she suffers.
30:21Come Marianne.
30:22If we're to go walking then I think we should do so before it rains again.
30:25Yes, let us by all means.
30:39Oh, Eleanor.
30:43What a subject for your pencil.
30:46Eleanor?
30:48Oh, I think I felt a spot of rain.
30:50If only there was something picturesque here in the foreground.
30:54An ivy clad ruin or something.
30:57There.
30:58Do you not see it in your mind's eye?
31:00I felt another.
31:01It is.
31:02It's raining.
31:03Oh, poo.
31:04It's nothing.
31:05It'll pass.
31:06Yes, and in the meantime this dress will be ruined.
31:09All right.
31:10Let's shelter for a moment under that tree.
31:12Come on.
31:15Marianne?
31:16Oh, is there a sensation more splendid?
31:20Marianne, be careful.
31:21Come on.
31:22Oh!
31:23What have you done?
31:25Are you all right?
31:26My ankle.
31:28I've twisted my ankle.
31:31Keep still.
31:32Let me take your...
31:33Is she much hurt?
31:34Sir.
31:35I saw you running down the hill then I heard a cry.
31:37No, really.
31:38I'm quite all right, thank you.
31:40It's no good, Marianne.
31:41You cannot possibly walk.
31:42I won't do at all.
31:43Come along now.
31:44Allow me, please.
31:45Oh, sir.
31:46Can you?
31:47Is she not too heavy?
31:48Heavy?
31:49No.
31:50She's as light as a feather.
31:51Oh, your gun.
31:52I'll leave that.
31:53It'll come to no harm.
31:55But won't it get rusty?
31:59In here.
32:00On the sofa, if you please.
32:01Here?
32:08I'm sorry.
32:09It's all right.
32:10Well, there we are then.
32:11Safe at last.
32:12Oh, poor soul.
32:14She might have dashed her brains out.
32:16Some water, please, Mary.
32:17And some strips of rag for a cold compress.
32:20Very well, ma'am.
32:21Oh, sir.
32:22I don't know how to thank you enough.
32:23Oh, yes.
32:25And a thousand apologies for my foolishness.
32:27No apologies required, I can assure you.
32:29But please, no more running down hills
32:31unless you're certain that I'm in attendance.
32:35Oh, but you cannot go like this, sir,
32:36without I having thanked you properly.
32:38Well, I must.
32:39Besides, I'm in no fit state to be amongst ladies.
32:42Oh, thank you.
32:43His name, Mama?
32:45Yes, dear.
32:46At least, sir,
32:47perhaps you will tell us to whom we are so much indebted.
32:50Of course, I'm sorry.
32:51My name is Willoughby, ma'am.
32:53And you may find me for the next few weeks at least
32:55down at Allenham House, which is a mile or so along the road.
32:59But I hope you will permit me to call again tomorrow
33:01to make my inquiries after the invalid.
33:04You will always be more than welcome here, sir.
33:06I can assure you.
33:18Mr Willoughby.
33:19Good day.
33:20I came merely to make my inquiries after the invalid.
33:23The invalid, as you see, is an invalid no longer.
33:27No, no, no, no, no, please.
33:29Not too rapid a recovery, I beg of you.
33:31I've made it my intention to ride by every day with your permission.
33:35So long as your health is a matter of anxieties,
33:38so permit me a few more aches and pains, please.
33:41Oh, well as you wish.
33:43If you will excuse me, there are several things I promised to do for my mother.
33:47Eleanor, don't go.
33:48Just when Mr Willoughby has come.
33:50Oh, your sister will have many opportunities to see me again, I'm afraid.
33:56Never fear.
33:58Willoughby, oh, yeah, to be sure I know him.
34:02So he's at Allenham, is he?
34:04Oh, this is capital news.
34:06I must ride over and ask him to join our picnic.
34:08What sort of a young man is he, cousin?
34:10Oh, as good a fellow as ever lived, I can assure you, ma'am.
34:14He's a very decent shot, and you won't find a bolder rider in England.
34:18But what are his pursuits, his talents, his genius?
34:21Well, upon my soul, I don't know about his genius, as you call it.
34:24I only know he has the nicest little pointer bitch as ever lived.
34:29But who is he, and where does he come from?
34:31Ah, now as to that, I can soon tell you.
34:34Allenham is not his, but he will inherit when the present owner dies, so they say.
34:39And he already has a pretty little estate up Somerset, way I'm told.
34:42So I can assure you, young ladies, he's quite a catch.
34:46Oh, Mr Willoughby, need have no fears of my girl's cousin.
34:48Catching young men, as you call it, be they never so rich,
34:51is not an employment to which they have been brought up.
34:54Thank you, ma'am.
34:56Oh, but they couldn't do better than catch young Willoughby, ma'am.
35:00Why, he's one of the best fellas alive, I can assure you.
35:03Well, last Christmas, at a little hop we had at the park,
35:07he danced from eight o'clock till four in the morning without once sitting down.
35:12Did he? And with spirit, with elegance?
35:15Oh, yeah, and at eight next morning he was up again and in the saddle.
35:18So that'll show you the sort of fellow he is, ma'am.
35:20That is how a man should be.
35:22Whatever his occupation, he should pursue it to the uttermost without thought of fatigue.
35:27Oh, so that's how it is, eh? That's how it is.
35:31Poor old Brandon. His nose is quite out of joint already, eh?
35:35I'm sure I don't know what you mean, Sir John.
35:38Isn't Miss Eleanor here gonna be allowed a chance?
35:42Must you set your cap at all the mad, eh?
35:45That is an expression I particularly dislike, Sir John.
35:48If its use could ever have been deemed at all witty,
35:51that time has long since passed, dear.
35:54Oh, so that's it, is it? Touch the honour a little, have I, my dear?
35:59Ha ha ha ha!
36:08Miss Marianne?
36:10Oh, I didn't hear you come.
36:13I've come as usual to make my inquiries.
36:15Well you can see for yourself how greatly improved I am.
36:19See, I no longer need support.
36:22I see nothing of the sort.
36:24But please let your walking stick be me.
36:27Thank you. Thank you indeed.
36:29It seems I... I was a little too sanguine in my hopes.
36:32That is a very excellent thought.
36:41Colonel Brant!
36:43You've come to inquire after my sister no doubt.
36:46How kind.
36:47I have but I gather that I am forestalled.
36:49She has another visitor yes.
36:51But let me go and tell her that you're here.
36:53No no please. Do not disturb her.
36:55But after you've walked over here especially...
36:56That is no great matter.
36:57Besides I had a second purpose in calling
36:59which is to know if you and your sister would care to join the excursions
37:02that John and I have arranged to my brother-in-law's house,
37:04Whitwell on Friday.
37:05I'm sure we should both be delighted Colonel Brant.
37:08Fred I can't promise you much young and lively society Miss Dashwood.
37:11However if you or your sister would care to extend the invitation
37:15to Willoughby please feel free to do so.
37:17To Willoughby?
37:19You know him then?
37:20Yes I know him.
37:21In that case why not ask him yourself?
37:23I know I should greatly prefer that either you or your sister should do so.
37:27Very well Colonel Brandon if that is your feeling.
37:30Thank you I'm greatly obliged to you.
37:31Not at all.
37:34Well I uh...
37:35If you will not join my sister in the garden
37:37will you not sit here for a moment?
37:40That's very kind but I mustn't detain you.
37:43However I must confess that I did hope for the opportunity to speak to you Miss Dashwood.
37:47To me?
37:49Your sister is a person of very strong and fixed ideas I think.
37:54Oh dear what has she been saying now?
37:57She doesn't approve of such things as second attachments I believe.
38:02No her opinions are all romantic.
38:04So in her eyes all such attachments are equally false.
38:17She makes no distinction for those unfortunate people who may have been
38:22disappointed in their first choice.
38:24It isn't so much that she doesn't approve of such attachments.
38:28She doesn't admit that they can exist.
38:30Well to her love is something which comes only once in a lifetime.
38:34If you will instruct me in the art of horsemanship
38:39then I will return the compliment if I may
38:42by educating you in your taste for literature.
38:44Well Miss Marianne I am an open book.
38:49Write upon it what you will.
38:54You must not take too much notice of her Colonel Brandon.
38:57Her ideas are extremely romantic and she is of course very young.
39:01There is something very affecting about the prejudices of a young mind I always think.
39:07My sister's enthusiasms are indeed rather strong.
39:10I fear they sometimes have the unfortunate appearance of setting propriety at naught.
39:15But a better acquaintance with the world at large will I hope bring about some modification.
39:20In the meantime one can only hope and pray that they do not receive too sudden
39:23and too cruel a setback.
39:24Indeed.
39:26But when the romantic refinements of a young mind at last are obliged to give way
39:31then is the danger.
39:34No no no I insist.
39:35Nobody who is unfamiliar with the poems of Cooper
39:38can possibly claim to have a properly educated mind.
39:41Oh come come Miss Marianne you're very hard on a fella.
39:43I have his complete works.
39:45I shall lend them to you volume by volume and insist that you read them every line from cover to cover.
39:50Well it'll be a labor of love I can assure you.
39:54Pray don't move.
39:55I came merely to tell you that Colonel Brandon
39:58has invited us all to a picnic at Whitwell on Friday.
40:01Is it not kind of him?
40:02Brandon has he been here?
40:03Invited us all? Does that include Willoughby?
40:06Oh he particularly mentioned Mr Willoughby yes if he would care to come.
40:09Oh you will come won't you?
40:11Well since you asked me Miss Marianne indeed I will.
40:15I think it extremely civil of the Colonel.
40:18He inquired particularly after you Marianne.
40:21He's a good-hearted man.
40:23Poor old Brandon that's what everyone says of him.
40:26He has everybody's good word and nobody's notice.
40:29He's the kind of man whom everybody is delighted to see and nobody remembers to talk to.
40:33That is exactly what I think.
40:35On the contrary I particularly enjoy talking to him.
40:39He's seen much of the world and he has a thinking mind.
40:43That must always be an attraction to me.
40:46Well yes Marianne even in a manner between 30 and 40.
40:51Miss Marianne I see your sister is in a saucy mood and spoiling for a fight.
40:56So I shall retire while I get married.
40:59Well goodbye then ladies until Friday.
41:01Goodbye.
41:07Goodbye Mr Willoughby.
41:13Well Marianne you've tried him on Pope, Cooper and Sir Walter Scott.
41:17I think for one morning you've done pretty well.
41:19You must admit that he has great enthusiasm.
41:21Oh yes and that he's very handsome.
41:23Oh Eleanor he's promised to give me a horse so that we may ride together.
41:27A horse?
41:29You didn't say you would accept it I hope.
41:31Why not?
41:32Oh the added expense of a groom would be a mere trifle.
41:36Oh Eleanor think of it galloping over those splendid downs.
41:40You shall share it with me.
41:43But I must say I seriously question the propriety of such a present from a man you hardly know.
41:49You're mistaken Eleanor dear in thinking I know little of Willoughby.
41:52Our acquaintance has not been long I grant you but days and hours have nothing to do with it.
42:00Oh Eleanor if only you could hear a word of Edward my cup of happiness would indeed be full.
42:07Are we all ready then?
42:08The horses will be around in a moment.
42:10Where is little William?
42:13Have you seen him?
42:14Oh I expect he'll be all right my dear.
42:16Now then who's coming with us?
42:17Oh dear I only hope that girl didn't give him too rich a breakfast.
42:21A long carriage journey always makes him so unwell poor lad.
42:24Miss Dashwood you will come in with us I hope.
42:27Wouldn't you rather have one of your own family madam?
42:30Certainly not we did.
42:32Mr Willoughby has been most adroit I see.
42:34He's brought along his faken with room for one passenger only.
42:39I think we need not ask who that will be.
42:42Come along.
42:43Oh yeah come the horses.
42:45Come along Brandon I didn't see you over there.
42:50Come on.
42:50I'm very sorry I'm afraid our excursion will have to be cancelled.
42:53Oh why no.
42:54Colonel Brandon.
42:55I have to return to London immediately.
42:56What today?
42:57Yes today I'm afraid excuse me.
42:59I never survived the disappointment dear.
43:01That is typical of the man.
43:03I mean there are some people who are going to bear the prospect of a day's pleasure.
43:06I mean no doubt he's fearful of catching cold or something.
43:09But this is infuriating.
43:12He won't spoil our day together.
43:14I've got a plan of my own.
43:20I wager I know what the Colonel's business is.
43:24It concerns a certain young lady in London.
43:26A very near relative.
43:28In fact they do say she's his natural daughter.
43:31Oh what's this then?
43:36Oh my young friends have gone off without waiting for their starters gone.
43:42Oh that's capital.
43:44That's the spirit I like to see.
43:46Yikes yikes.
43:48Tally ho.
43:49Tally ho.
43:50Sense and Sensibility continues next on BBC Four.
44:10Watch all episodes on BBC iPlayer.
44:13On June 3rd.
44:15On June 4th.
44:15There is a great.
44:17I will watch the movie again next on BBC Four.
44:19Here we go.
44:20There is a great idea.
44:21Here we go.
44:22You could see the leader on this next time.
44:22I know.
44:23They have been reading the book.
44:24I know.
44:24I know.
44:24I'm sure.
44:25I know.
44:26You could see them.
44:27I know.
44:28I know.
44:29Deux of the configurator.
44:29It's a great idea.
44:30I know.
44:31There is a great idea.
44:32Well, I know.
44:32It's a great idea, and we'll see you in this moment.
44:33Oh yeah.
44:34I know.
44:35You could see you.
44:36Oh yeah.
44:36All right.
44:37I know.
44:37You could see you.
44:38I know.
44:38I know.
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