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00:22Dear Mother,
00:25I write to let you know that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just yet.
00:30As I am still very much needed in London.
00:33The Gardener's Governess has indeed returned, but we find ourselves quite overrun with social engagements.
00:42You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly balls.
00:48I am very much looking forward to it.
00:53I miss you all.
01:00Yours, Mary.
01:03The Gardener's Governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
01:06Yes, yes, a week ago.
01:08Well then, the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband.
01:14A husband, whatever else do you plan to do?
01:20Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or misery.
01:27What do you think?
01:29Mary, it is not too late for marriage, if that's what you're asking me.
01:33And I do believe it's the better choice, but I'm not the only one.
01:38Some marriages are miserable.
01:40I agree.
01:42I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:48My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:52Mary, that is nonsense.
01:53What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:57Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
02:02This time, you have me.
02:05Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
02:11It's all about confidence.
02:13A certain coolness.
02:15I think you care too much.
02:17Really?
02:18Hmm.
02:20Have you ever polished your skin?
02:28We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
02:32Then we spread it on your face.
02:33You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:36I'm going to smell like soup.
02:41What on earth?
02:53There.
02:54Thanks.
03:07Mary, you have stew on your face.
03:10Uh...
03:20Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
03:23Step into the room, like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:36Walk normally.
03:44I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:46New love is the most romantic thing.
03:49New love?
03:50Yes, the first throws.
03:52Oh, you must not take it for granted, because the feelings soon pass, and then everything
03:57becomes quite ordinary.
04:00It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
04:06Now walk.
04:07Shoulders back.
04:08Chin up.
04:09Chin down.
04:11Chin up a little.
04:12Don't look scared.
04:13Quite hard not to.
04:17You must look.
04:18You are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
04:21Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with, and avoid the eyes of those you do
04:26not.
04:26If a man asks you to dance, do not, if a man asks you to dance, do not look too
04:29happy, nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:33You must look nonchalant.
04:36Carefree.
04:43Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:53Hmm.
05:11Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
05:37Isn't it beautiful?
05:39Isn't it beautiful?
05:40Isn't it beautiful?
05:46Isn't it beautiful?
05:51Isn't it beautiful?
05:52Do not fret.
05:53The night has only just begun.
05:55The night has only just begun.
05:58Good evening.
05:59Miss Baxter.
06:00Miss Bennet.
06:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
06:03Well, as do you.
06:05Anne?
06:06Mm-hmm.
06:07Mm-hmm.
06:09Will?
06:13Mr. Haywing, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
06:17No, I know.
06:18It will show how eligible you are.
06:23Well, I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
06:28But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
06:30Oh, well, um, there might, there might be.
06:33Let me just...
06:35Check.
06:37Yes.
06:38Yes.
06:39We could dance.
06:41Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
06:49Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:52Miss Bennet?
06:55I'm very well.
06:57How are you?
06:59One.
07:01One, two, three.
07:05Two, two, three.
07:13Sorry.
07:14Sorry, sorry, sorry.
08:21Thank you, Miss Payne.
08:23Miss Bennet.
08:30What a fine minuet.
08:35Oh, now you two, you must dance together.
08:38Um, I'm going to go and...
08:41Oh, Mary, do you mind?
09:07I'm going to go.
09:26it's you
09:27it is indeed
09:29William Ryder
09:30of course
09:31Mr Ryder
09:32well it is a pleasure to see you again so soon
09:38would you like to dance
09:41well perhaps later
09:42my feet are quiet
09:43then let us sit
09:47and gather your strength
10:09I find these occasions
10:12really quiet and tolerable
10:13all these poor young ladies
10:15parading about
10:16bearing the weight of their parents' expectations
10:19it's not in the least romantic
10:21I think these occasions mean a great deal
10:24to many young women
10:25and for good reason
10:27none of them wants to fail
10:32but doesn't it seem to you Miss Bennet
10:34that most people give far too much weight to the idea of marriage
10:39because for some people that is their only means of survival
10:43in matters of men and women
10:45the only thing that should guide us is the heart
10:49do you really believe that to be true
10:52well
10:55I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules
10:59and follow our inclinations as we wish
11:04I think you will find
11:05Mr Ryder
11:06that the liberty
11:07in such situations
11:09tends to be enjoyed by the man
11:11while the consequences
11:13are born
11:14quite literally in many cases
11:16by the woman
11:19perhaps you're right
11:20I know I am
11:30dance with me Miss Bennet
11:33come on
12:00it's supposed to be fun I think
12:04you are allowed to breathe while you dance Miss Bennet
12:07I am breathing
12:09I heard that you are a great reader
12:11of very serious books
12:15I'm reading Wordsworth
12:17currently
12:18ah
12:18but what do you really enjoy reading Miss Bennet
12:22histories
12:24no no no
12:25I mean
12:25what's your
12:26secret indulgence
12:29because I really enjoyed reading
12:31as a child
12:34with a servant's pamphlets
12:37they detail the most grisly crimes
12:41I knew there was a bold and curious side to you Miss Bennet
12:45I had to hide them from my mother
12:47I bet you did
12:54oh my gosh
12:55look at that
12:56did you show him working
12:58what?
13:00oh my gosh
13:15it's the onions
13:20you tripped
13:21I did not trip
13:23it was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte
13:27Mary?
13:28Miss Baxter
13:28I was just about to ask Miss Bennet to dance again
13:33oh uh
13:35thank you Mr Ryder
13:36but I will sit this one out
13:37ah
13:38then allow me to fetch you both some ices ladies
13:44he might be handsome Mary
13:45but beware
13:46he also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us
13:50he enjoys the privileges of his class
13:53as well as good looks
13:54I cannot say I took much notice of his looks
13:57Mary
13:58I did not
13:59well he certainly noticed you
14:01that's kind of you to say
14:03but he doesn't think of me in that way
14:05and actually that makes this much more enjoyable
14:09we were just talking about Mr Ryder
14:13yes
14:13well you Ryder
14:16ices
14:17oh thank you
14:18and the biggest one for Miss Mary Bennet
14:21thank you
14:24hey we don't look so downhearted here you can have mine
14:27I wouldn't dream of taking yours
14:28oh
14:30Mr Hayward
14:31I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance
14:36I'm quite tired
14:42but I would love to dance
14:47not play with yours
14:48hmm crunchy
14:49Mr Ryder
14:51what on earth happened to you
14:54oh Miss Bingley
14:55well well
14:57Miss Bennet
14:58how good to see you again
15:00are you two ladies already acquainted
15:03I have known Miss Bennet for some years
15:07pianist
15:07singer
15:09raconteur
15:10my brother married her
15:12sister
15:13I heard you were a government in London
15:16though I didn't think it had quite come to that
15:18I'm no longer in that position
15:21so you are in London for a husband
15:25no
15:30Miss Bennet
15:31is a radical thinker
15:33is she now
15:34well
15:35it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here
15:39where I can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts
15:42Miss Bennet
15:44I'm holding a small supper this Thursday
15:46you should join us
15:48why
15:48thank you
15:49Mr Ryder
15:50you must sing
15:52that is
15:53I mean to say
15:54I may not be able to
15:55I very much look forward to you joining us
15:58on Thursday
16:00come Mr Ryder
16:13no
16:13no
16:14no
16:14no
16:14no
16:15no
16:15no
16:37How did you find the ball last night?
16:41Most pleasant, thank you.
16:45Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
16:48He left this bundle of crime pamphlets as a peculiar gift.
16:51Is this really to your taste?
16:54Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
16:57Oh, what fun!
16:58Jethro.
17:00You could wear your red dress.
17:03Uh, regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend.
17:09You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
17:16She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
17:21I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
17:23Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
17:28Mr. Darcy.
17:29She did.
17:30Yes.
17:31Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
17:35Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
17:39She's better than me.
17:41I know that very well.
17:44She's always beautifully dressed and she has extraordinary confidence.
17:49She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
17:52Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities the same as everyone else.
17:59And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
18:03It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
18:07Blossoming?
18:09You've changed.
18:11You smile more.
18:13And you laugh.
18:15Well, I...
18:16Oh, the thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
18:24We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingley's of this world.
18:33We stand our ground.
18:35For there will always be one.
18:54Miss Bennet.
18:56How wonderful to see you.
18:58Oh, um, I very much like your, um, insects.
19:08Why, thank you.
19:10They were my late father's.
19:12He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
19:22You have an extensive book collection, Mr Ryder?
19:26Oh, yes.
19:28They are for show.
19:31Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine name.
19:36Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
19:39I want to hear about the strangers' cases over dinner.
19:44Ah, yes.
19:45Miss Bennet.
19:47Inspired by you, I have been reading some of those particular works myself.
19:53And I found something that made me think of you.
19:56Of me?
19:57Mm-hmm.
19:58Allow me to find it?
19:59Well, of course.
20:01Miss Bingley.
20:03I am so glad you took my advice.
20:05Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
20:09I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
20:13It made you think of Miss Bennet?
20:16Yes, exactly.
20:18Now, where is it?
20:20Mr Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table
20:24before the guests sit.
20:27Er, very well.
20:30Please excuse us.
20:33I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage
20:39to defy the dictates of fashion when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as
20:43well as we possibly can.
20:45You are an example to us all.
21:05Mr Hayward, we are here.
21:07Where are you, Mary?
21:12I am all right.
21:17Mr Hayward.
21:20Mr Hayward.
21:22Mr Hayward.
21:25Mr Hayward.
21:27Mr Hayward.
21:58Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine McAuley's work?
22:03No.
22:03She's most insightful on democracy.
22:05If you're interested.
22:07No.
22:14What think you of James Hutton's theory that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
22:20I have no interest in geology.
22:23What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
22:28Horses.
22:29Horse racing.
22:30Oh.
22:30I know so little about horse racing.
22:32I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know.
22:35We won't have time for that.
22:37Let's just see how we get on.
22:40Right.
22:42Right.
22:45Four legs.
22:48Can not vomit.
22:50Beautiful creatures.
22:52Beautiful.
22:52Almost too beautiful.
22:54More intelligent than anyone at this table.
22:58Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
23:01I appreciate that.
23:02Right.
23:02I've done this before.
23:03I'm sure I can do it again.
23:04Fascinating.
23:05These are the front legs.
23:06Here.
23:07We call these the cloppers.
23:10Back legs.
23:11The clippers.
23:12Ah.
23:12Clip clop.
23:14Right?
23:14You see what I'm saying?
23:15You do not want to stand behind a horse.
23:17You do not want to do.
23:18I just want to try.
23:21What can a horse do?
23:23You tell me.
23:24Well, it can run, but it can also break your heart.
23:28I can see it.
23:30That is our horse.
23:32What shall we name it?
23:34Gerald.
23:35Gerald.
23:36Gerald.
23:37Let's enter him at York.
23:40Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
23:48Thank you, sir.
23:50I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
23:55Ah.
24:02Miss Bennet.
24:04I was hoping to speak to you.
24:07Really?
24:08Well, I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
24:13It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
24:20You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
24:23I did.
24:25Only recently we were talking about your family, and she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you and
24:31your sisters.
24:32She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking, not as beautiful as Jane, nor as
24:41willing as Kitty, and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
24:50I thought it was very candid of her.
24:52She is known for her frankness.
24:54I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
25:02Tell me, Miss Bennet, do you intend to marry?
25:07Let's assume we all must marry in the end.
25:12Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice, if you wish.
25:17It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that can never
25:25come to anything, such as Mr. Ryder.
25:33Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
25:36Or that he is pursuing me?
25:39For both are quite without foundation.
25:41And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
25:45I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
25:49What do you mean?
25:50Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
25:53But presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation, where matters of the heart are concerned.
26:04You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
26:08Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
26:12Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
26:25Oh, Miss Bingley.
26:26Miss Bingley, welcome to the gate.
26:28I fear I make a bad nose to say.
26:31It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
26:36You had a dinner.
26:37Miss Bennet.
26:38Ah.
26:40It was, yes.
26:41Most interesting.
26:43I wanted to say that...
26:47I wanted to ask...
26:49Or that is to say, I had noticed at the ball that Mr Ryder had occupied a great deal of
26:54your time.
26:56And he often acts without thinking, so...
26:58I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that is what you would like.
27:06I very much enjoy his company.
27:13I see.
27:14No, I...
27:14Of course, I...
27:15No, no, no.
27:15Forgive my intrusion.
27:16No, that is to say, I'm...
27:18I'm not...
27:19Who is drawn to him?
27:21Who is she, Miss Bennet, girl?
27:22The one you said was plain.
27:23Oh, the governess.
27:25She was the only one of the five not to marry.
27:27Can you imagine?
27:28She didn't look very plain to me.
27:30She was tolerable.
27:31And you can see Ryder's interest in her.
27:33If I were him, I'd snap her up before some other fellow does.
27:37Excuse me.
27:38I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
27:42How lovely, Mary.
27:44Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
27:46Come, Miss Bennet, you must sing.
27:48Sing!
27:50Sing!
27:51Sing!
27:52Sing!
27:53Sing!
27:54Sing!
27:55Sing!
27:56Sing!
27:58Sing!
27:58Sing!
27:59Sing!
27:59Sing!
28:00Sing!
28:00Sing!
28:02Sing!
28:02Sing!
28:05Mary, Mary, we must get you to Pemberley immediately.
28:08We have received an urgent letter.
28:10Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
28:12Oh!
28:13Take her carriage and go.
28:14Now!
28:14Oh!
28:15Oh!
28:17Oh!
28:18Oh!
28:19Ah!
28:26Come on, Mary.
28:27You must hurry.
28:28Come, Dan.
28:58Come, Dan.
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