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Colonel Brandon organises a picnic for all at Barton but is called to London at the last moment and cancels it. Undeterred, Willoughby takes Marianne for a drive by herself.
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00:29ORGAN PLAYS
00:59Oh, Mary, such a disappointment.
01:15There was no picnic after all.
01:17So I've heard, and I'm such a shame.
01:20You knew them?
01:22Oh, yes, Miss, I had it from Miss Marianne and the young gentleman.
01:27They're here.
01:28Mr. Willoughby.
01:30Oh, yes, ma'am.
01:32They've been home here an hour or more.
01:37Would you like me to get the tea, Miss?
01:39Oh, yes, thank you, Mary, if you would.
01:43Dear, how dreadfully unwise she is.
01:46Yes, Eleanor, my dear.
01:48It was not really prudent, I grant you.
01:50But I cannot believe that dear Marianne, or Willoughby either, for that matter, would ever do anything that was not right.
01:56We have a visit, I understand.
01:57Please, ma'am.
01:59Marianne?
02:00Mother, leave her.
02:10Mr. Willoughby.
02:12What is the matter?
02:13Is she ill?
02:14I think not, Mrs. Dashwood.
02:17Merely upset and disappointed.
02:19But no more so than I am.
02:21I have to return at once to London.
02:25Oh.
02:26This morning it was Colonel Brandon and now you.
02:28This dashing to London has become quite an epidemic.
02:31Well, when the picnic party was cancelled this morning, I decided to take Marianne and show her anonym house,
02:38which, as you probably know, will one day be my property.
02:40You mean without the knowledge and consent of the present owner?
02:43Was that wise?
02:45Well, in the event, it was not.
02:48Because my elderly kinswoman who owns the property decided to exercise the privilege of riches over a poor dependent
02:53by dispatching me instantly to London on urgent business.
02:57I am to leave immediately.
02:59When do you return?
03:02Well, my invitations to Allenham are somewhat infrequent.
03:07I shall not be in this neighbourhood for another twelve months, I'm afraid.
03:11Not for a year?
03:13No, I'm afraid not, madam.
03:17But is Allenham the only house in the district where you may stay?
03:21Oh, for shame, Mr. Willoughby.
03:23You will always be more than welcome at Barton Cottage.
03:26You know that.
03:28Yes.
03:29You are too good, madam.
03:31But my engagements at the moment are of such a nature that...
03:34I think perhaps it would be unwise to commit myself.
03:42Very well, Mr. Willoughby.
03:43I will leave it entirely to your own good judgment, of course.
03:46Well, it is folly to linger in this manner.
03:52I shall not torment myself further by remaining among friends whose company I can no longer enjoy.
04:00Goodbye, madam.
04:01Right.
04:04Miss Ashwood.
04:05Poor Marianne.
04:12Poor Marianne.
04:14She looks so pale, poor darling.
04:25Yet already I fancy she is a little better, perhaps.
04:28Only yesterday she offered to help you count the washing.
04:32I hope you let her, Mama.
04:34It is simple, practical employment she most needs.
04:37The worst thing in the world for her is that she should sit there and dwell upon the past,
04:42listening for someone whom she knows in her heart will not come.
04:45How ever little she wants my company, I must go to her.
04:59Are you not cold sitting there?
05:01No, thank you.
05:06These sweet Williams have come unwell, have they not?
05:11I really must find some time to remove some of these dead blooms.
05:14Perhaps you'll be good enough to help me sometime.
05:18Yes, of course I will.
05:20There's so much tidying up to be done in the garden at this time.
05:23Just a moment.
05:24Why, what is the matter?
05:25I thought I heard a horse.
05:27Oh, Marianne.
05:27Yes, yes, can't you hear it?
05:29It's he, it must be.
05:30It's much more likely to be Sir John or someone from Barton Park.
05:33But he always comes on foot or on a dog cart.
05:36Why should...
05:44Mr. Ferris.
05:52Edward.
05:54Forgive me for calling upon you unannounced in this fashion,
05:56but I happen to be traveling in the neighborhood.
05:57Have you been away from Sussex long, Edward?
06:02Not long.
06:03I've been here in Devon this last fortnight only, to be exact.
06:07You have been in Devonshire a fortnight and have only just come to see us?
06:13Shame upon you.
06:14Marianne, the poor man is quite free to have other acquaintances, is he not?
06:17No, he is not.
06:19None that take precedence over us, anyhow.
06:21Never mind, Edward, we will forgive you.
06:24Anyhow, the main thing is that you're here now.
06:25And now that we've got you, how long may we keep you?
06:28Well, if I might beg Borden lodging for tonight.
06:30Tomorrow I have to be on my way back to Sussex again, I'm afraid.
06:33For one night only?
06:35But I thought at least a week.
06:38However, we must count ourselves lucky that we have you at all, I suppose.
06:43Well, if you will both forgive me,
06:45I will go and see to my cop.
06:57Another cup of tea, Edward?
06:59No, thank you, Mrs. Dashwood.
07:01Take Edward's cup, one of you, would you?
07:02I will.
07:05Oh, I never saw you wear a ring before, Edward.
07:07Oh, did you not?
07:08I see.
07:09Oh, Marianne, dear.
07:10Is that your sister's hair?
07:12I would have thought it was a lot darker.
07:14It depends upon the light.
07:20It's very handsome.
07:24And what are your mother's views for you at present, Edward?
07:27Are you still to be a great orator, in spite of yourself?
07:30No.
07:30I hope my mother is now convinced that I have no talent for a public life.
07:34And that I am by nature an idle, helpless sort of a fellow.
07:37Do not decry yourself, Edward.
07:39It's a form of vanity.
07:40Take no notice of her, Edward.
07:42In any case, we can never agree on a choice of profession.
07:44I would have preferred the church.
07:46But this was not smart enough for my family.
07:48Oh!
07:49They would have me enter the law, at least.
07:51And be one of those fine young men who drive around town in knowing gigs.
07:55But I have no ambition.
07:57But to be happy in my own way.
07:58You're quite right, Edward.
08:00What of wealth and grandeur to do with happiness.
08:03Grandeur has but little, I grant you.
08:06But wealth, I'm afraid, has.
08:07Oh, Eleanor, for shame.
08:08Wealth can give nothing.
08:10A mere competence is all one needs for true happiness.
08:13Perhaps your competence and my wealth are one and the same thing.
08:16Come now.
08:17What is your idea of a competence?
08:19I could manage very well, I think, on about...
08:21eighteen hundred or two thousand a year.
08:24Two thousand?
08:25Oh my darling!
08:25Two thousand is only a moderate income.
08:28And a proper establishment of servants.
08:30A carriage or two.
08:32And hunters cannot be supported unless, I fancy.
08:35Why hunters?
08:36Everyone does not hunt.
08:38No.
08:39But many do.
08:40Well, let us hope that you are both suddenly left a large fortune.
08:45Oh, yes, indeed.
08:46Though where it is to come from, I'm afraid I do not know.
08:49But then what magnificent orders would travel from Barton to London, eh?
08:53What a happy day for the booksellers and print shops, eh, Eleanor?
08:56And as for Marianne, I know her greatness of soul.
08:59She would buy up every copy of her favourite authors
09:02to prevent them falling into unworthy hands.
09:04Oh, yes.
09:05How well you know her, Edward.
09:07I'm sorry if I'm saucy, Marianne,
09:08but I wanted to show you that I had not forgot our old disputes.
09:10I love to be reminded of the past, Edward.
09:13You'll never offend me by talking of former times.
09:16Or perhaps you would
09:17bestow an award for the ableist defence of your favourite maxim
09:21that nobody can ever be in love more than once in their life.
09:25For your opinion on that point is unchanged, I presume.
09:27Most certainly.
09:28And I'm more than ever sure that nothing now will change it.
09:34Marianne, as much as before, you see.
09:36She is not at all altered.
09:38No.
09:39A little graver, more solemn, perhaps.
09:42As becomes her advancing years.
09:44Nay, Edward, you need not reproach me.
09:46When you first arrived this morning,
09:47your own manner was hardly of the gaius.
09:50Marianne, I wish you would not make such personal remarks.
09:52You need not defend me, ma'am.
09:54I can look after myself, I think.
09:56Well said, Edward.
09:58But you are right.
10:00Gaiety was never part of my character.
10:06The truth is I'm so foolishly shy
10:08that I often seem negligent
10:10when in reality I'm only kept back by a kind of awkwardness.
10:14In fact,
10:15I frequently think that I must be intended by nature for low company.
10:18I am so little at ease among people of gentility.
10:26There are times when I share your aversion.
10:30But Marianne hasn't shyness to excuse her.
10:32No, indeed.
10:33She knows her worth too well for false modesty.
10:38Shyness is the effect of a sense of inferiority.
10:41If I could only convince myself
10:42that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful,
10:46I should not be shy.
10:47Yes, but you'd still be reserved.
10:49Which is worse?
10:51I?
10:52Reserved?
10:53Marianne, you cannot mean it.
10:54You are.
10:55Very.
10:56Reserved?
10:57In what way?
10:59What am I supposed to have withheld from you?
11:02Edward!
11:03Marianne calls everyone reserved
11:05who doesn't talk as much as herself
11:07or go into fine raptures at the slightest provocation.
11:10No, indeed, I do not!
11:12Oh, Mary, my dear!
11:14One moment, my dear.
11:14Oh, my dear.
11:15Oh, my dear.
11:16Oh, my dear.
11:17Sir John Middleton, our neighbour from Baton Park.
11:21Oh, no, not Cummery here.
11:22Are the Middletons pleasant people?
11:24Oh, no, not at all.
11:26Oh, Marianne, how can you be so unjust?
11:28You're always welcome, sir.
11:30As you see, we have a visitor.
11:32Ah, as I were of that, ma'am,
11:33and that was partly the object of my call.
11:35You knew of his coming, Sir John.
11:38Then you knew more than we did.
11:39Our news travels fast in these parts, Miss Marianne.
11:42And you'd be surprised.
11:43May I introduce Mr. Edward Ferris, Sir John Middleton.
11:46Sir.
11:47Delighted, my boy, delighted.
11:49Well, ma'am, you're not the only ones to have visitors,
11:51for we have my wife's sister, Charlotte Palmer,
11:54and her husband with us,
11:55not to mention a number of other young people
11:57arriving tomorrow.
11:58And we thought it a splendid opportunity
12:01to give a little dance.
12:02Oh, just a few of our closest friends,
12:04and that means all at Barton College,
12:06including this young gentleman over here, of course.
12:08How kind, Sir John, eh, girls?
12:10I'm afraid, sir, you will have to leave me out of your reckoning.
12:12I have to move on early tomorrow morning.
12:14Oh, come, sir, this will not do.
12:15Can't you postpone your departure until another day?
12:17I'm afraid not, Sir John.
12:18I have business which makes it absolutely necessary for me to leave,
12:22much as I should prefer not to.
12:23Then have you young ladies no influence upon him?
12:25None, I'm afraid, Sir John.
12:27Oh, very well then.
12:29But we shall be confoundedly short of young men by the looks of it.
12:32Oh, I wish with all my heart young Willoughby were still here.
12:35Why, he's as good as half a dozen fellows in himself, is he not?
12:38And who is Willoughby?
12:39I think a certain young lady of my acquaintance
12:41would agree with me there, eh?
12:44Mr. Willoughby, I suspect.
12:45Hunts, am I right?
12:47You are quite right.
12:48Well, now, I hope to be on my way.
12:49I have others to call upon.
12:51And if you should change your mind, young fellow,
12:53you'll be more than welcome.
12:54Thank you, sir.
12:54Goodbye, ladies.
12:55Goodbye.
12:55Well said, Edward.
13:00I'm sure we don't want to lose you,
13:01but I was so glad to hear you stick to your guns.
13:04Really, the rent of this cottage is said to be low,
13:06but we have it on very hard terms
13:08if we have to dine at the park every time there is anybody
13:11staying either with them or with us.
13:13Delightful, delightful.
13:25And you'll meet them both tonight.
13:28Here they are.
13:30Lovely to see you here tonight.
13:31Come along, come along, my dears.
13:33That's right.
13:34Now, oh, you must meet my younger daughter and her husband,
13:38Mrs. Palmer from London.
13:40Charlotte, dear.
13:41Oh, this is Miss Dashwood.
13:44Miss Mary-Anne Dashwood.
13:46Oh, do-do.
13:47I'm so glad you've come.
13:48It's such a shocking day.
13:49I was afraid you might not.
13:51And dear Mama has been telling me so much about you both,
13:54haven't you, Mama?
13:55Dear.
13:56Charlie, dear, I really think you should not stand anymore.
14:00She expects to be confined soon after Christmas.
14:02Oh, Mama, I should hope they don't imagine
14:05my figure is usually the shape.
14:07Isn't she wonderful?
14:08Oh, well, shall we take the sofa?
14:14May I sit between you?
14:15Please do.
14:16Yes, you may.
14:18There we are, then.
14:22Oh, I'm so sorry.
14:24Now, Mr. Palmer and I were hoping we might see something of you both
14:27in London this winter.
14:29Were we not, Mr. Palmer?
14:31In London?
14:32What gave you the notion we might be going to London, Mrs. Palmer?
14:35Oh, don't call me that.
14:36Call me Charlotte.
14:37And I will call you Eleanor,
14:39and you Mary-Anne, if I may.
14:41Please do.
14:42But you must come to London.
14:44Well, everybody does.
14:45I shall be quite heartbroken if you do not,
14:48and so will Mr. Palmer, won't you, my love?
14:52Mr. Palmer is so droll, he never hears a word I say.
14:56Mr. Palmer, I was just telling the Miss Dashwoods
15:00that they positively must come to London this winter.
15:03Must they not?
15:04Must they, my life?
15:05Why?
15:06Oh, don't listen to him.
15:09He comes out with the most unexpected remarks.
15:12One cannot help but laugh.
15:15Well, Mary-Anne, my dear,
15:16you won't have been able to take your usual walk to Alamon today.
15:20What a shame!
15:20To Alamon, Mrs. Jennings.
15:22Why should I go to Alamon?
15:23Oh, you sly thing.
15:25You need not pretend before us.
15:27And I admire your taste very much, I do assure you,
15:31for the gentleman in question is a near neighbor of ours in the country.
15:34Where do you live in, son, sir?
15:36Oh, when we're not in London.
15:37Yes!
15:38Not above ten miles from the gentleman's estate, are we, my love?
15:43Thirty, it would be precise.
15:45Ten, thirty, what's the difference?
15:47The difference is twenty miles, my love.
15:51Oh, Mr. Palmer, so droll, he's always out of humor.
15:55Oh, come on, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's all this, then?
15:58All you young ladies not dancing?
16:00How's that, then, eh?
16:02Oh, we can't have this, you know, we can't have this.
16:04Well, quite content, thank you, Sir John.
16:06Miss Marianne, in the absence of a certain gentleman who shall be nameless,
16:10may I have the honor?
16:11Oh, Sir John, I was hoping perhaps I might be let off this evening.
16:15Oh!
16:16Marianne, how can you be so ill-mannered?
16:18Thank you, Sir John, my sister will be very pleased to dance, I'm sure you will.
16:21Gosh, lady, come along with you, we'll saw one thing or two.
16:24Didn't often I get the task to dig it with the prettiest girl.
16:27You know, Sir John has such a tremendous sense of fun, has he not?
16:44You know, Mr. Palmer will not allow it.
16:47But then, Mr. Palmer loves to be contrary, especially when his wife is concerned.
16:51Ah, found you at last, Miss Dashwood.
16:56May I introduce you to the Miss Steeles, who are particularly anxious to meet you?
17:00To meet me, Lady Medusa.
17:02Yes, excuse me, Charlotte.
17:05Miss Steel.
17:07Miss Lucy Steel.
17:09Miss Dashwood.
17:11How do you do?
17:12Oh, delighted to meet you, Miss Dashwood.
17:14We have heard so much about you, haven't we, Lucy?
17:16Oh, yes, to be sure.
17:18About me, Miss Steel from Hall.
17:20A certain person.
17:21Can you not guess?
17:22I'm afraid I have no idea.
17:24Miss Steeles has made the greatest impression upon my little William.
17:28Do you know, I've never seen him take quite such a liking to anyone before.
17:33Have you seen little William?
17:35Yes.
17:35Is he not the sweetest thing in the whole world?
17:39Perhaps Miss Dashwood doesn't share your partiality for children, my sister.
17:43Oh, I just don't upon them, especially little boys.
17:47Do you know, he would not go to sleep until she had been up to wish him goodnight.
17:52I thought he would quite tumble your hair with his playfulness.
17:57He's just full of mischief, a proper little boy.
18:01I declare, he quite hurt me here.
18:03Look, where he bruised my wrist.
18:05Indeed.
18:05But there, I love to see a child full of spirits, don't you?
18:09Oh, yes, I cannot bear it if they are tame and quiet.
18:13Well, to be quite honest, while I'm at Barton Park,
18:19I never think of tame and quiet children with any greater parents.
18:23Well, then, you should be dancing.
18:28To whom would you like me to introduce you?
18:30Oh, I don't know.
18:32Really, I don't.
18:33I said to Lucy as we come in,
18:35I declare I don't know when I've seen so many smart folks who have any idea.
18:39Oh, enjoy yourself.
18:40Please, please, please.
18:41Mr. Dushman, I think they have a certain acquaintance in common, have you not?
18:58Have you, Mr. Dushman?
18:59If so, I was not aware.
19:02A certain Mr. Edward Farris.
19:06Oh.
19:11You know Mr. Edward Farris?
19:18Oh, Lord, Miss Dashwood, I should do.
19:20He was for four years a pupil at my uncle's tutorial establishment near Plymouth.
19:24Did you not know?
19:25I knew that he'd been educated by a tutor, yes.
19:28Oh, Edward. He's a great favourite in our household, I can tell you, Miss Dashwood.
19:33We all delight in his company.
19:35He was with us again, as a matter of fact, quite recently.
19:39He was with you?
19:40Oh, yes.
19:40For two weeks.
19:44He comes back regularly.
19:47Has he not told you?
19:48For what?
19:49Perhaps he didn't consider it of sufficient importance.
19:52I am not aware of all those moments, of course.
19:54But did he not call upon you on his way home?
19:57Oh, but perhaps he had not sufficient time.
19:59I feel sure he would have done so otherwise.
20:03Do you know his mother, Miss Dashwood?
20:05She sounds a real tartar.
20:07He's greatly in awe of her, poor fellow.
20:10Because if you ask me, she holds the purse strings.
20:13Indeed.
20:14Now, now, now, we simply cannot allow you two young ladies to hide yourselves away like this now, can we?
20:21Eleanor, dear.
20:22Oh, Eleanor, oh, I do believe you're sulking, because a certain person is not here, eh?
20:29Is that not so?
20:30Oh, we must forgive Miss Dashwood.
20:32Her heart is engaged elsewhere.
20:35Now, come along, my dears.
20:36There are a number of very pretty young men still without pardons.
20:40We can continue our conversation tomorrow.
20:42I quite agree that if a certain type of society is totally disagreeable to one,
20:52then it is perhaps not polite to make it apparent by one's manner.
20:55But at the same time, Eleanor, I consider it dishonest to behave as though one positively enjoyed it.
21:01Then nobody could have accused you of dishonesty last night, sister.
21:04Thank you, sister.
21:06Whatever its intention, I take that remark as a compliment.
21:11Eleanor, my dear, there is a young person at the door who says you are expecting her.
21:15A Miss Thiel.
21:17Oh, dear.
21:17I shall go up to my room.
21:23I'm sorry, Mama.
21:24She's a guest from Barton Park.
21:29Miss Thiel.
21:31Do please come in.
21:34I'm so sorry.
21:35I've not introduced you to my mother.
21:38Oh.
21:40How do you do, Mom?
21:43Oh, what a pretty room.
21:45Oh, do you think so?
21:47I declare it's the prettiest room that ever I saw.
21:50I do, really.
21:52Well, I'll leave you two young people together then.
21:55I expect you'd like to have a talk.
21:59How young your mother looks, Eleanor.
22:01I may call you, Eleanor, I hope.
22:06And it's plain to see where you and your sister get your good looks.
22:13Would you care to sit down?
22:14Oh, thank you.
22:22Oh, Eleanor, I have been biting my tongue off for what I told you last night.
22:27About Mr. Ferrars, I mean.
22:30You have not told anyone else, I hope.
22:32No, of course not.
22:34What is there to tell?
22:35Oh, thank goodness.
22:37There.
22:38I knew you'd be discreet.
22:40I said to myself a hundred times in the night,
22:43Eleanor is not one to talk, I said.
22:45You see,
22:48no one in the world knows of our engagement
22:50except my sister.
22:54Your engagement?
22:56I was afraid you would think I was taking a great liberty
22:58in telling you all this.
23:00We haven't known each other long, to be sure.
23:02But I've heard so much about your family
23:04that I felt almost as though you was an old acquaintance.
23:07You say that you are engaged to Mr. Edward Ferrars?
23:11Oh, yes, and have been these four years now.
23:15My sister Nancy is the only other person besides yourself
23:18that knows of it.
23:19And I'm in constant fear
23:21that she will say something unwise up at the park.
23:24I have trusted you because
23:26Mr. Ferrars has the highest opinion of your family
23:30and looks upon yourself and Miss Marianne
23:33quite as his own sisters.
23:36Oh, I only wonder that I am alive
23:40after what I have suffered
23:41for Edward's sake all this time
23:44with everything in such suspense and uncertainty.
23:50I'm sure if it were not for his letters
23:53I could not contain myself.
23:56But he's such a faithful correspondent.
24:00I have his most recent letter here, as a matter of fact.
24:03He has a beautiful, sensitive hand, has he not?
24:07I expect you would recognize it.
24:10He writes very handsomely, certainly.
24:20Edward's love for me has been pretty well put to the test
24:23by our long absences, I must say.
24:26At first I used to worry greatly
24:28because I have to confess
24:30I'm of a rather jealous temper by nature.
24:33but I am sure that if he had felt a particular preference
24:37for any young lady of his acquaintance
24:39I should know it instantly by his manner.
24:42However, I'm quite happy on that score
24:44because I am quite certain
24:46that there is nobody for whom he has such a feeling.
24:50Quite certain.
24:52That must be a great comfort to you, I'm sure.
24:54Oh, it is, I do assure you.
24:57Oh!
24:59I had almost forgot what I had come about.
25:02Did you come about something else as well, then?
25:05Lady Middleton asked me to say
25:07that you and Miss Marianne
25:08are expected to dine up at the park tomorrow.
25:10Again? But really, we cannot.
25:11Oh, but you must.
25:13Mr and Mrs Palmer are gone home
25:15and Sir John is to dine in Exeter.
25:17So poor Lady Middleton
25:18will be all on her own.
25:20But you and your sister will be there, surely.
25:22And Mrs Jones.
25:22That's right.
25:23But there will be no gentlemen present
25:25so we ladies can chatter away
25:27to our heart's content.
25:29And you and I have plenty of private matter for gossip,
25:32have we not?
25:33Eh, Eleanor?
25:34Oh, well, I must not disturb you any longer.
25:37Please convey my kindest regards to your mother.
25:41But I hope that we shall be meeting often
25:43while we are at Barton.
25:47Oh, oh.
26:14Oh, well, now.
26:19I expect you young people
26:21would all like to play some jolly round game,
26:24would you not?
26:24What's it to be?
26:25Cards or consequences?
26:27Consequences?
26:27Oh, Mrs Jennings, consequences.
26:29In my experience,
26:30they always lead to improprieties.
26:33Improprieties?
26:34Oh, there.
26:34What have I said?
26:36A robber of casino, perhaps, Mama?
26:38Oh, well, cards, then.
26:41Now, you young ladies,
26:43who will help me with the table?
26:44If you will all excuse me,
26:45you know I detest cards, Lady Middleton.
26:48If I may play the harpsichord.
26:51Marianne cannot keep away from that instrument.
26:53It has a perfect tone.
26:55Indeed.
26:56Now, Miss Lucy,
26:57don't sit all alone over there.
26:59Come over here and join us.
27:00Excuse me, Mrs Jennings,
27:02but I promised little William
27:03that I'd finish his scarf.
27:05I couldn't bear to disappoint him,
27:07the little love.
27:08Oh, there.
27:08I told him not to expect it,
27:11but I know the lamb
27:12is secretly counting upon it.
27:15Oh, dear little...
27:15Are you sure it will not hurt your eyes?
27:18Oh, not the least little bit,
27:19I do assure you, Mom.
27:20Really?
27:21Are you quite sure?
27:23Well, then,
27:24we shall be just poor at cards.
27:27Excellent.
27:29I was about to say that...
27:34Perhaps Eleanor would be good enough
27:36to help me wind my wall.
27:37That would leave us only three at cards, Miss.
27:40If you ask me, ma'am,
27:42they wish to be together
27:43to chat about their particular bows.
27:45And we are not here, I fancy.
27:47Well, I can answer for it
27:48that Miss Dashwood's
27:49is a very fine young fellow indeed.
27:52Is that not so, Eleanor?
27:54But as for Miss Lucy there,
27:56she's such a sly little creature,
27:58I'm sure I don't know where her heart lies.
28:00Well, I do, I assure you.
28:02And I can tell you in confidence
28:04that her bow is every bit as smart as Miss Eleanor's.
28:07Is he not, Lucy?
28:09Well,
28:10if there are,
28:11and it'll be three opposite cards,
28:12let us cut to see you as to sit out.
28:14All right, dear.
28:15Eleanor,
28:16if you would be so kind.
28:22Oh, that sister of mine.
28:24Just let her wait
28:25until we're in our bedroom tonight.
28:27That's all.
28:28No, no, please.
28:31You two,
28:31may I?
28:32It is of no consequence to me,
28:34I can assure you.
28:35Oh, please, Lady Middleton.
28:39I'm glad to have this opportunity
28:41of speaking with you
28:42because since our last little talk together,
28:44my mind has formed a plan.
28:46And you, Eleanor,
28:47are to be part of it.
28:49I?
28:49What plan is this?
28:51You probably know,
28:52do you not,
28:52that if Edward has any preference
28:54for one profession above another,
28:56it is for the church.
28:57I believe that is so, yes.
28:59Well,
28:59my idea is that he should take orders
29:01as soon as possible
29:02and that,
29:04through your good offices,
29:06your brother might be persuaded
29:08to give him the living of Norland.
29:10And on the strength of that,
29:12we might marry almost at once.
29:14There.
29:15Is that not a splendid idea?
29:16I wonder I had not thought of it before.
29:18But, Lucy,
29:20surely my interest would not be necessary.
29:22Mrs Dashwood is his sister.
29:25I would naturally be only too happy
29:26to do anything I could for Mr Ferris
29:28and yourself, of course.
29:30But really,
29:31I feel my word would not make any difference.
29:34Oh, Mrs John Dashwood
29:35would never agree to his going into the church.
29:38Surely you realise that.
29:40doesn't stand nearly high enough
29:41in the social scale for her liking.
29:44Neither, I suspect, do I.
29:46Oh, look at how you get it all tangled.
29:50No, I'm asleep.
29:52I'm so sorry.
29:54Oh, dear.
29:57I sometimes think it would be the wisest thing
29:59to put an end to the whole engagement
30:01if no one at all is prepared to help us.
30:04I didn't say that.
30:05I only said that my help should not be necessary.
30:07What would you advise me to do?
30:11Carry on
30:12against all opposition
30:14and follow the dictates of our hearts
30:17or give in
30:19to the wishes of his family.
30:20I would very much like to know your opinion, Fran.
30:24Surely the opinion of a totally indifferent person such as myself
30:28is of no great value in a matter like this.
30:30It is because you are totally indifferent, as you say,
30:34that I ask you.
30:36If I thought for one moment that you had a personal interest of any kind,
30:39your opinion would not be worth having.
30:41However,
30:43I see you are unwilling to give me your advice.
30:47Please forgive me for mentioning it.
30:50I'm sorry to appear unhelpful,
30:52but I really fail to see what I can be expected to do.
30:57There you are.
31:01Really, Miss Steele,
31:02you're the luckiest creature alive.
31:04Eleanor, my dear.
31:06I'm afraid we must go home now, Mrs. Jennings.
31:08Oh, must you go so soon, dear?
31:09Yes, really, Mrs. Jennings.
31:10Oh, my dear.
31:11Look, my dear.
31:13I'm glad of this moment to speak to you on your own.
31:16I should love above all things
31:18to have you and your sister to come and stay with me
31:20for a while when I go back to London.
31:22Let me have a word with your mother about it.
31:24Oh, how exceedingly kind of you, Mrs. Jennings.
31:26Now, don't fancy you'll be any inconvenience to me,
31:28for I shan't put myself at all out of my way for you.
31:31And if, when we get to town,
31:33you do not like to go wherever I do,
31:35well and good,
31:36here's Miss Marianne.
31:37Let's see what she has to say about it.
31:39I was just telling your sister here
31:40how much I should enjoy the company of you two young ladies
31:44when I return home next week.
31:47Do you mean to go with you to London, then?
31:48That's right.
31:50Now, Sir John and my daughter Mary
31:51are returning quite soon, as you probably know,
31:53and the Mrs. Steele,
31:55and Charlotte and Mr. Palmer will be there already,
31:58so we shall be the same jolly party
31:59as we've been at Barton.
32:00But, Mrs. Jennings...
32:01Now, I know what you're going to say, Eleanor, dear.
32:04I'm sure your mother cannot possibly object to the suggestion.
32:08For I have had such good luck
32:09getting my own two gals off my hands
32:11that she will surely think me
32:12the properest person alive to take charge of.
32:15I'm sure she will not quite...
32:16Now, what does Miss Marianne say about it?
32:18Thank you, ma'am.
32:19Your invitation is exceedingly kind.
32:21On my own behalf, I'd like to accept it, if I may.
32:24Well, oh, my dear.
32:26Oh, that's excellent.
32:28Oh, splendid.
32:29Oh, we'll all have such fun together, shall we not?
32:32Now, if you can but persuade your sister here
32:34that she will be quite safe in my charge,
32:37I will at once speak to your mother
32:39and make all the necessary arrangements.
32:41Oh, you sweet things.
32:42Oh, I'm so delighted.
32:44It'll be like having my own dear daughters back with me again.
32:48And if you get tired of me,
32:51you can talk about me behind my back
32:53and laugh at me odd ways
32:54and I shan't mind a bit.
32:57I am delighted with the plan.
32:59It is exactly what I could wish.
33:01But, Mama,
33:02will you not be lonely?
33:03Me?
33:04No, of course not.
33:05Mary will look after me
33:06and keep me company.
33:07No, it is very right
33:08that you should go to town.
33:09Every young woman should
33:10learn about the manners of London
33:13at some time in her life.
33:14And besides,
33:15I have a little scheme
33:16of redecoration for your bedrooms
33:17which can now be performed
33:19without inconvenience.
33:20So go along with you.
33:21Oh, thank you, Mama.
33:23There is still one objection
33:24that in my opinion
33:25cannot be removed.
33:27Oh, and what is that, pray?
33:29Yes, prudent, Eleanor.
33:32My objection is this.
33:35Though I think very well
33:36of Mrs. Jennings' heart,
33:37she is not a woman
33:38whose constant society
33:39can afford as much pleasure
33:40or whose protection
33:42will give as consequence.
33:43That is true, my love,
33:44but you will be much
33:45in the company of Lady Middleton.
33:47Is that really so much better?
33:48If Eleanor has such fine scruples
33:51about whom her companions
33:52shall be,
33:53then I have not.
33:55I'm sure I can put up
33:56with every inconvenience
33:57with very little effort.
34:03Mama, you know why
34:05she's suddenly in favor
34:06of this trip.
34:09You mean it is in the hope
34:10of seeing Willoughby again?
34:11Yes, Mama.
34:12He has not once written
34:14to her since the day
34:15he left, not once.
34:17Poor, poor Marianne.
34:19She has such a warm,
34:20impetuous heart.
34:21Yes, and I'm afraid
34:22she will suffer for it
34:23because he will only think
34:25that she's followed him
34:26to London
34:26to force her affections upon him,
34:28which will indeed
34:29be quite true.
34:31Then you must look after her
34:32and try to prevent her
34:34behaving foolishly.
34:35you always had the wisest head
34:38in the family.
34:56Marianne,
34:57if we are truly
35:00to go on this trip
35:01to London
35:01then I think
35:02we should first
35:03discuss thoroughly.
35:05Yes?
35:07What did you want to say?
35:11No matter.
35:12I see that
35:13it is already too late.
35:14I see that.
36:58I hope you have good fires everywhere, especially in the Miss Dashwoods' room.
37:02Oh, yes, ma'am. They've been alight all day.
37:04I expect you're as eager to get in front of a fire as I am.
37:08Oh, thank you. My feet always suffer most on these occasions.
37:11No amount of wrapping will keep them warm.
37:13Good. Now let me show you to your room.
37:15Oh, we may expect callers soon, I see.
37:19Callers, Mrs Jones?
37:20Well, I'll warrant there's at least one young gentleman who won't be slow in presenting himself where the two Miss Dashwoods are staying.
37:26Oh, don't be alarmed, my dear. I can be quite deaf upon occasion.
37:30You ask my Charlotte.
37:32She will give me an excellent testimonial as a chaperone.
37:35Come along upstairs.
37:37My feet still have no feeling in them at all.
37:40He's here. He's come.
37:42I knew he would.
37:43Oh, I'm certain that's unperfectly...
37:45What is the matter?
37:47It's not he.
37:52I thought...
37:53I'll show myself.
37:54Very good, sir.
37:55Oh, I found it.
37:57Very, Alan.
38:04Colonel Brandon.
38:05What a pleasant surprise.
38:07I was told of your coming, so I hoped I will be allowed to extend to you both a very sincere welcome.
38:12How very kind of you.
38:13We've not seen you since the day you were obliged to leave Devonshire so suddenly.
38:18Would you care to sit down?
38:19No, I won't, thank you. I shall not stay long.
38:22No, that was most unfortunate, most unfortunate.
38:24It was indeed.
38:25And have you been obliged to stay in London since?
38:27Yes, ever since, unfortunately.
38:29You do not care for London then, Colonel Brandon?
38:31Your sister is not ill, I hope.
38:33No, no, merely a little fatigued after her journey.
38:36I'm glad to hear that.
38:38And when may I congratulate you on the acquisition of a new brother?
38:41What do you mean, Colonel Brandon?
38:43I mean that your sister's engagement to Willoughby is pretty generally known, Miss Dashwood.
38:48It cannot be very generally known if her own family don't know of it.
38:52Well, then I humbly beg your pardon.
38:54From whom did you hear this?
38:56From several people, Mrs. Palmer principally.
38:58Oh, Charlotte.
39:00You mean that it is not true?
39:02Oh, more probably that it is true in essence, but you are not yet free to admit it publicly.
39:07In which case, I owe you a double apology for my blundering stupidity.
39:10Pray forgive me.
39:11Colonel Brandon, don't go.
39:12Let me be quite honest with you.
39:16I know of your concern for my sister.
39:20So I will speak freely and tell you what little I can.
39:25That she has a regard for Mr. Willoughby is beyond denying.
39:29And that he returns it is equally obvious.
39:32But on what terms they stand with each other,
39:35I know no more than you do.
39:37And that is the honest truth.
39:39Thank you, Miss Dashwood, for dealing so openly with me.
39:43To your sister, then, I wish every imaginable happiness.
39:46To Willoughby, merely that he may attempt to deserve her.
39:53Oh, Colonel Brandon, I'm monstrous glad to see you.
39:57Pray forgive my not coming down before,
39:59but there are a world of little things to see to one one's return.
40:02Though I fancy I'm not the chief reason for your visit.
40:06My reason for coming, madam, I almost forgot.
40:08It was to ask you if I could be of any assistance
40:10in escorting yourself and the Miss Dashwoods on Wednesday night.
40:12Wednesday night? Oh!
40:14And where, pray, do you propose to escort us?
40:16To the ball at Lady Mallard's.
40:18Oh?
40:18You are to join Lady Middleton and Mrs. Palmer's party.
40:21Oh!
40:21Did you not know?
40:22I have not heard one word of it, but never mind.
40:26It's typical of my gals, is it not?
40:28Oh, then I beg your pardon.
40:29Mrs. Palmer will no doubt be calling upon you herself very shortly, I'm sure.
40:32Oh, you've seen my Charlotte, have you?
40:34And how was she, pray?
40:36I warrant she's a fine old size by this time.
40:40But thank you for the offer of your company, Colonel.
40:43We shall be there.
40:44You may depend upon it.
40:48Lord and Lady of Heaven.
40:52As I was saying, this fellow, he says to me,
40:55if it's a point of pitch you're after, sir, I have the very thing for you.
40:58I very much doubt it, my good fellow, says I,
41:00but if it gives you any pleasure, you may show her to me.
41:03And out he comes with our sorriest, mangy-ass brute that ever stood on four legs.
41:08Well, three in this instance.
41:09Mrs. Jennings.
41:10If that's your idea of a pointer bitch-
41:12Miss Dashwood and Miss Barry-Ann Dashwood.
41:14Miss Dashwood?
41:15Did he say Miss Dashwood?
41:16Oh, yes, indeed, sir.
41:18And two of the jolliest, most delightful girls in the world they are, are they not?
41:22Oh, indeed, I must say you surprise me.
41:25You are acquainted with them, sir, already, sir.
41:26Not I, sir, no, but my brother Edward knows them.
41:28He actually paid them a visit in their cottage, I believe.
41:31Then you are Mr. Edward Ferrer's brother.
41:36I have that doubtful honour.
41:37Oh, then let me shake you by the hand, sir.
41:39Come, let me introduce you to them.
41:41I will.
41:42Come, sir.
41:43Sister, I see Sir John bearing down upon us with a capture.
41:46Pretend to be occupied.
41:49Helena, he's here.
41:51Will it be?
41:51There, look.
41:55Gracious heavens, why does he not look this way?
41:57He must have seen us now.
41:59I must take a place yourself.
42:00I must.
42:02Willoughby?
42:07Willoughby, will you not speak to me?
42:14Miss Dashwood.
42:16Would you excuse me for one minute?
42:18I was not aware that you were to be here.
42:24Tell me what the matter is.
42:27Have you not received my letters?
42:30I did myself the honour of calling upon you at your lodgings the other day,
42:33but I was unfortunate enough to find you not at home.
42:36Well, my note was not mislead, I thought.
42:39Your note?
42:40I've had no note, nothing.
42:42Indeed, I'm sorry.
42:45But have you not received mine?
42:48I've written to you innumerable times,
42:51and no answer.
42:52Yes, Willoughby, do beg your pardon.
42:55If you would, excuse me.
42:57Some other occasion, perhaps.
43:02Eleanor, stop him!
43:04Marianne, please, I cannot.
43:06Oh, God!
43:07Do try to compose himself.
43:09Marianne!
43:10Marianne!
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