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The Other Bennet Sister S01E06 ORGANiC
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00:20The anxiety I felt over my mother's sudden illness was quite overwhelming.
00:26Losing one parent had upturned my life.
00:28To lose the other was unthinkable.
00:36Though my mother's presence had always loomed large in my life,
00:40I could not imagine myself without her.
00:45Top of the stairs, Miss Bennet.
01:17You're here!
01:19Well, don't stand in the doorway. You're letting the heat out.
01:23Mother!
01:31You look...
01:32well, doesn't she?
01:34Are you a physician all of a sudden?
01:37No.
01:38I...
01:39I'm just...
01:41I'm relieved to see that you're improved.
01:46You look like you haven't slept in days.
01:48And whose dress are you wearing?
01:52My own.
01:54Mary! I am so pleased to see you.
01:58Oh.
01:59It has been far too long.
02:01Oh.
02:02I cannot be expected to stand.
02:05Hello, Mary.
02:06Mary, come here.
02:19I see the London air has taken a terrible toll on your complexion.
02:23Hmm.
02:24And your hair!
02:26I am sure being back in the country will help.
02:29Looks beyond repair to me.
02:36I had undertaken such a long journey.
02:39And yet, here I was.
02:43Back where I started.
02:53From Mother's letter, I...
02:55I thought that she was gravely ill.
02:58I...
02:58We all did.
03:00Has she actually been ill?
03:01At all?
03:02She thought it might be influenza.
03:04Or smallpox.
03:05But she has made a miraculous recovery.
03:07Hmm.
03:08Perhaps she rallied the news that I was on my way.
03:10I, for one, am pleased we are all back together.
03:13Yes, I was thinking, perhaps we could play graces.
03:15Or charades after dinner this evening.
03:18Nobody plays graces, Mary.
03:20Oh, on the contrary.
03:21It's quite fashionable in London.
03:22How is London, Mary?
03:23Yes.
03:24I want to hear all about it.
03:26Hmm.
03:26Yes.
03:27Um, London is, um...
03:29Katie.
03:29It's, it's, um...
03:31Katie!
03:31Katie!
03:32I cannot reach the preserves.
03:36How are the gardeners?
03:38Are you enjoying being that governess?
03:40I, uh, yes.
03:41It's, uh, most rewarding.
03:44Have you made many new acquaintances?
03:45Uh, my sister-in-law, Caroline, is in London for the summer.
03:48Have you crossed paths?
03:51Oh, gosh.
03:52There's so many people.
03:54Um...
03:54I know she can be a little stiff at first,
03:57but, um, she would be interesting company for you.
03:59I have company.
04:01We, uh, there's a plethora of choice, really,
04:03for interesting company in London.
04:05Do you mean your books?
04:11That's from Mars Bell.
04:12She wants you, Mary.
04:13I've only just been up there.
04:15I will send a servant to attend to her.
04:20Mrs. Bennet would like Miss Bennet to attend to her.
04:26She probably wants to hear all about London.
04:30Walk the Duchess to the edge of the fountain and no further.
04:34If you feel the wind picking up,
04:35you must bring her inside immediately
04:37and give her warm water and chopped meat.
04:39Do not let Cook give her the leftovers.
04:42Only fresh, chopped beef.
04:45After 30 minutes, you may return her to me,
04:47for she is the only member of this family
04:48upon whom I can depend these days.
04:57Oh, and tell Lizzie I wish to be moved to the drawing room.
05:04Do you think you'll be happier convalescing in here, Mama?
05:06Well, you might remember to visit me if I'm here.
05:10Now, where is my bell?
05:13Do not trouble yourselves waiting for me.
05:16I'm fine.
05:17Oh.
05:18Thank it, Mother.
05:20And these pillows will not do.
05:24I'll send for some others.
05:27Maybe some toasted cheese.
05:29So.
05:30I feel terribly weak this morning.
05:33I've never left yet.
05:35And a book.
05:37But perhaps Corrie can choose from me.
05:39That's hoping for something readable.
05:41You're not joining us, Mr. Darcy.
05:43Mary!
05:44Mary!
05:46Mary!
05:49Mary!
05:52Mary!
05:55Mary!
06:17Miss Bennett, a letter for you.
06:31Mary!
06:36Mary, where on earth have you been all this time?
06:40I was walking the dog, Mama.
06:43Please.
06:59Who's the letter from, Mary?
07:01From one of my friends in London.
07:04What friend is that, Mary?
07:06Lydia.
07:08What friend is that, Mary?
07:10Mary?
07:12Her name is Miss Baxter.
07:14Anne Baxter.
07:15I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:17Then she surely does not exist.
07:19She most probably does not.
07:21Lydia is being most unkind.
07:40That's it.
07:40To be honest, is she the one who thinks she loves her?
07:45Is she the son?
08:09You're not even guilty.
08:10The son of Miss Baxter.
08:10She's the son of Miss Baxter,
08:10She doesn't believe that she likes her.
08:10be troubling you Mary. You seem full of concerns every time we mention London. Do I? I thought
08:20you would be eager to return. Does mother's dog in any way remind you of mother? Oh Lizzie, oh.
08:36I embarrassed myself terribly when I left London. Caroline Bingley was there. She was determined
08:43to humiliate me and I left in such a flurry. I smashed a bell jar of great sentimental value
08:51to its owner, a new friend, Mr. Ryder and everyone stared. I was... Mary. No one else will have given
09:00it a second thought. It will seem worse to you I'm sure. What person has not done something
09:06regrettable in their lives? You? You, Jane, Kitty, Lydia. Lydia? Oh no. No, Lydia has. I can assure
09:19you we all have. Anne wrote to tell me not to worry. You see? She's become a dear friend.
09:28And she has something of an understanding with another good friend of mine. Um, Mr. Tom
09:34Haywood. Mr. Haywood is... he's just the kindest man. I see. And have you met any gentlemen
09:49that have taken your eye? Me? No. Oh no. No. London, it's actually entirely without
09:56any eligible men. I don't think I ever believe I'm not, I'm not really the marrying sort.
10:03Nonsense, Mary. A visitor for Miss Mary Bennet.
10:19Mr. Ryder? What are you doing here? Miss Bennet. I hope you and your family won't consider
10:27this a great imposition, but you left London with such haste. I was most worried about
10:32your mother and wanted to offer my support in your hour of meet.
10:38How do you do, Mr. Ryder?
10:41Mrs. Bennet? Why, it is a pleasure to see you looking so well.
10:47Oh. I usually look much better than this. Though my recovery has been quite extraordinary.
10:54I am. I'm glad to hear it. Miss Bennet, won't you introduce me to your sisters?
11:03Uh, uh, um, yes. Uh, this is Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy. Um, this is Mrs. Kitty Boncock.
11:10How do you do? Mrs. Jane Bingley and Mrs. Lydia Wickham.
11:13Enchanted to meet you all. How do you know Mary?
11:17Miss Bennet and I met at a soiree in London and share a similar taste in despicable crime pamphlets.
11:26Oh!
11:27Anyway, I was en route to visit my Aunt Lady Catherine de Burr and wanted to pay my respects.
11:34Well, let us not stand upon ceremony. Elizabeth will arrange for us to take tea in the garden.
11:41Uh, Mr. Ryder, do join us.
11:43I know. I'm sure Mr. Ryder will have more important matters to attend to.
11:48I have time.
11:51Are you well enough, Mama?
11:53Yes, thank you, Jane. I am perfectly well enough.
11:56Uh, Mary, take Mr. Ryder to the garden. Uh, Lydia will deal with the dog.
12:02What?
12:03Mr. Ryder, if this is about...
12:05Come along, Mr. Ryder.
12:10I have always felt that what a lady puts in her garden is so terribly important.
12:16Yes.
12:17Roses, of course.
12:18Of course.
12:18Your favourite flower?
12:19Well, I must say I...
12:21Well, I...
12:30My turn!
12:34I see you forgot to mention Mr. Ryder in your reports from London.
12:39You also forgot to mention how handsome he is.
12:43I mean, I've not really noticed his looks.
12:46I'm sure.
12:47He's come an awfully long way to see you.
12:50He's probably just thirsty.
12:52And nearby.
12:53Mary.
12:54What?
12:56Oh, you must stay with us, Mr. Ryder.
12:59Especially with the weather turning as it may well do.
13:02Do you not agree, Lizzie?
13:03You would be most welcome, Mr. Ryder.
13:05That is very kind.
13:08Come, Miss Bennett.
13:09Show us your skills.
13:14That's...
13:14No.
13:15That's...
13:16That's not what I...
13:19Excellent!
13:21Well done, Mary!
13:23Yes.
13:24Bravo!
13:25Well done, Mary.
13:26I agree.
13:26Well done.
13:29I was sorry to see you leave London in such a hurry.
13:35Mr. Ryder, have...
13:38Have you come here to discuss, you know, the...
13:42Yes.
13:44Yes, Miss Bennett.
13:45I believe I have.
13:46I've been wondering whether to write to you on the subject.
13:49Oh, I wouldn't expect you to lead the conversation, Miss Bennett.
13:52Mr. Ryder, are you here to talk about...
13:56I'll correct you.
13:56The bell jar?
13:59The bell jar?
14:00What...
14:00What did you say?
14:02Miss Bennett.
14:03Please.
14:04Do not trouble yourself over that.
14:06But it was your father's.
14:08I thought you'd be upset.
14:09Not at all.
14:10Please.
14:11Think.
14:12No more of it.
14:23It is a pleasure to meet your family.
14:26Yes, my sisters are exceptional.
14:30I know.
14:31As are you, Miss Bennett.
14:34Oh, no.
14:35I am much more, um...
14:38I find it most refreshing that you do not fawn over potential husbands or...
14:44Have your mind constantly set on finding a match?
14:49Well, no.
14:51No.
14:51I don't really...
14:52I don't give it much thought.
14:54No.
14:55You lack artifice.
14:56Your qualities shine out.
14:58They're not corrupted by the false polish of the world.
15:04She's, uh...
15:05Observations of a very, very personal nature.
15:08Well, I have a very low opinion of the petty rules to which we submit ourselves in the name of
15:12good manners.
15:14Did you know that?
15:15I think you may have mentioned it once or twice.
15:18I believe, Miss Bennett, that our inability to say what we mean is one of the great curses of our
15:25age.
15:26We hide behind a thousand disguises that we like to call politeness.
15:31Hmm.
15:48Mr. Darcy sends his apologies.
15:50He has a seasonal headache.
15:52Oh.
15:53Hmm.
15:54Mr. Ryder, tell us about yourself.
15:57Mary mentioned you are an avid reader.
15:59Oh, uh...
16:01Of poetry, perhaps.
16:02I find longer works are usually not for me.
16:05Really?
16:06I think the brevity of poetry is one of its principal attractions.
16:10I agree.
16:11Wholeheartedly.
16:13I only wish I had the fine mind of your sister.
16:16Miss Bennett has such an astute understanding of a wide range of literature.
16:21She does.
16:22She does.
16:24I do not know whether she gets it from me or her father.
16:28From you, mother, I am sure.
16:30Oh.
16:32There are very few people who have the insight of Miss Bennett.
16:35I could talk to you all day.
16:39I must admit, London has been a little grey without you.
16:43Oh, no.
16:46Are you joking?
16:47No.
16:48There are many interesting minds in London.
16:50All eager for thoughtful conversation.
16:53None as interesting as yours.
17:07Hello?
17:10Mother.
17:13I came to wish you goodnight.
17:18Here.
17:32Mr. Ryder would make an excellent match.
17:43I wonder what kind of endowment he has.
17:49I do not know, Mama.
17:51A sizable one, I'm sure.
17:57Goodnight, Mama.
18:02Goodnight, Mary.
18:07Bye.
18:15Ooh, bye, bye.
18:21Bye.
18:21Bye-bye.
18:21Bye.
18:54Sorry, don't let me distract you.
18:59What are you reading, Mr. Ryder?
19:02A rather fascinating book.
19:07Um...
19:07Uh, Jesus.
19:08Right, it's upside down.
19:09Ah, so it is.
19:13What are you reading, Miss Bennet?
19:14Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
19:16Oh, insufferable, rulemaking pedant.
19:19Would you like me to put it in the fire for you?
19:22It's not quite how I remember it, I'll admit.
19:39What are they talking about?
19:45Barry sounds serious.
19:47She is boring him, I know it.
19:49I think you should read Mrs. McCauley.
19:51She will help you to better understand the world.
19:54I am no good at all at wasting my energy on anything that does not either move or please me.
20:01I think that is a shame, sir.
20:08You know, my father was a scholar.
20:12He devoted all his time to studying insects.
20:15Winged beetles, mostly.
20:17Of course, yes.
20:18The beetle in the jar.
20:21It's fascinating stuff, really.
20:23Well, I'm not so sure, but it occupied his every waking hour.
20:30He rarely emerged from his study.
20:34We hardly ever saw him.
20:38When I was 15 years old, he died quite suddenly.
20:49Oh.
20:51I'm sorry.
20:52I'm sorry.
20:53A few days after his death, I sat in his dark study and I thought about all the hours
21:03he'd spent in there, away from his family, away from life, and for what?
21:10For your father must have derived a great deal of pleasure from his work.
21:15Perhaps.
21:16But I think I learned more about the point of human existence in that moment than my father
21:21learned in a lifetime of study.
21:25From then on, I devoted myself to the pursuit of joy.
21:31Tell me, Miss Bennett, what makes you happy?
21:40Sorry, um, nobody ever asked me such a question.
21:44Then you must consider it now.
21:46Uh, well, um, reading, reading, learning, teaching.
21:58And what of friendship?
22:04Of love?
22:07Uh, yes.
22:09No, of course, that.
22:12Life is short, Miss Bennett.
22:16Everything turns to dust in the end.
22:22We might as well experience some joy before that happens.
22:31Let's go ride it.
22:36Yes!
22:37Let's go!
22:39Let's go!
22:44Ladies?
22:47What a waste.
22:50Well?
22:50Well, what?
22:51Are you going out walking again, Mary?
22:53No, Mr Ryder and I are going riding.
22:54On a horse?
22:55Yes, that's generally the idea.
22:57But you hate horses.
22:58Mary?
22:58What are his intentions?
23:01To ride a horse, I think.
23:14Oh, no.
23:16Oh, no.
23:20Oh, dear.
23:21Oh, dear.
23:25Um.
23:26You're quite a while this minute.
23:27I'm perfectly fine.
23:29Yes.
23:31No.
23:32Oh.
23:33There we go.
23:34There we go.
23:35Now, I have been thinking about your argument, that, uh, that we should say more honestly
23:42what we think and feel.
23:44Oh, excellent.
23:45I knew you'd agree.
23:47Oh, I don't know that I do.
23:50I mean, surely even you must admit there may be occasions when, well, for all manner of
23:55reasons, some things are best left unsaid.
23:57I cannot concur.
23:59I intend to live my life by bolder principles.
24:02In fact, that is why I came here, to put that belief into practice.
24:07Oh, really?
24:08Yes.
24:09I came here to commit the great impropriety of telling you honestly what I think of you.
24:16Mr Ryder, I can assure you there's no need.
24:19I attempted to scribble a few lines, but then I thought of some verses of Mr Wordsworth,
24:24that captured your spirit perfectly.
24:29May I be allowed to recite them to you?
24:34Of course, Mr Ryder.
24:35Please.
24:40She dwelt among...
24:42Excuse me.
24:45No.
24:47Please, take your time.
24:55She dwelt among the untrodden ways, beside the springs of Dove, a maid whom there were none
25:04to praise and very few to love, a violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye, fair
25:14as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
25:25I think you see me as a lonely figure.
25:29I was brought up in Hertfordshire, sir, so the road to London was barely five miles away.
25:34It is possible to feel oneself alone, even in such close proximity to town?
25:38Yes, but in my village, it was quite untrue to say that there were none to praise and very few
25:44to love.
25:45There were scores of people very eager to praise my sisters.
25:49Perhaps living with your family in Meryton kept you half hidden from the eye.
25:57But now you've broken out on your own.
26:00You can be seen at last as you deserve.
26:03Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
26:13Oh!
26:14Oh!
26:18You're an actual Miss Bennet.
26:19Oh, I'm not.
26:21I know.
26:26Our conversation has made me very happy, Miss Bennet.
26:33Me too, Mr. Ryder.
26:40Yeah, yeah, yeah!
26:42Yeah, yeah, yeah!
26:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
26:50Walk on!
26:51Oh!
26:59Mary, there you are.
27:00Whatever's the matter?
27:01What happened on the ride?
27:04We rode horses?
27:06Mm-hmm.
27:07And mine was most unruly, and it had a taste for brambles as if it had a mine.
27:11It was only, really, and my saddle was not at all comfortable.
27:14Yeah, Mary.
27:14That's not a slight on the quality of the design.
27:15It's merely the design.
27:16Mary!
27:20It appears Mr. Ryder does have some sort of affection for you,
27:24and I believe he is about to propose.
27:31Mother, I'm not completely sure that you were right.
27:34And I really would hate to cause you any further disappointment.
27:36Ah, this is an opportunity that cannot be overlooked.
27:40He's a very eligible gentleman.
27:44You will say yes, won't you?
27:50There you are!
27:51What happened?
27:51What did he say?
27:52Did he ask you?
27:52He's not going to ask her.
27:54There's you, isn't he?
27:59Mr. Ryder, are you quite all right?
28:08Oh, it's nothing.
28:09Nothing at all.
28:12May I speak with you in private?
28:14I have something very important I want to discuss with you.
28:36Mother had told me to prepare myself.
28:40But nothing could prepare me for what happened next.
28:51You can watch the next episode on iPlayer.
28:54Just press red now.
28:55Step into the world of pride and prejudice
28:58in Jane Austen's stories,
29:00narrated by Julie Andrews on Sounds Now.
29:03Alex, your eyes may deceive you.
29:06Everybody's a suspect as the capture continues in just a moment.
29:17I want to see you in the back of my life.
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