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00:17It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:21without expectations,
00:23she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:30To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed, or
00:41so my mother taught us.
00:44Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is lit at last?
00:49I have not.
00:54Do you want to know who has taken it?
00:57You want to tell me and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:00I would like to know.
01:03It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year.
01:13I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:17From whom did you hear this?
01:19Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:23Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:26He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:30In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, we must start at the beginning.
01:38With cake.
01:41In Meriton, England.
01:46Where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
01:51Father, meet mother.
01:53Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only a male heir
01:59could inherit my father's estate.
02:01And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:12That's his fortune.
02:14And her beauty were worthless.
02:17Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:22But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:26Why should he engage?
02:27When the time comes...
02:28I'll be dead anyway.
02:31Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
02:36A saving grace.
02:38Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:42Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humour, or Lydia's spirit.
02:54Mary!
02:55Mary!
02:55If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save us all from
03:00destitution.
03:03Although I had not found my own best quality, I was quite sure that I would.
03:10My fault, Mary.
03:12Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:15Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:19She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:23And she is clumsy.
03:25Ungainly.
03:26Maladroite, as they say.
03:28Four good marriages will have to do.
03:31I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:55I'll do this once.
04:00She's not heard of this.
04:02I'll do this.
04:11if you're not the beautiful one the quick-witted one or the ones that are good at games and full
04:18of youthful energy then who are you and what can you do if you're the odd one out
04:27is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in
04:33worse I think
04:47worse still do not fret miss Bennett
05:01have we found it I think we have mr. sparrow oh thank goodness for that
05:15you see the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays well I never
05:35you really do look very well in your spectacles especially when you smile
05:44ah I do not think my mother will agree but I have a great passion for reading and I
05:49I would have been sad to stop
05:53I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meriton assembly
05:56an assembly yes in a month I heard this morning my sisters will be pleased
06:05perhaps I shall see you there
06:12miss Mary you ought to get on of course he'll I'll settle affairs here
06:16thank you thank you and thank you mr. sparrow
06:28I have news there's going to be an assembly in Meriton in a month we know oh I'm going to
06:35be the
06:36one to tell mama this will mark my first assembly my first venture into society so it's will
06:47how might I secure a partner for dancing I've always wondered oh Mary I'm sure your clever mind
06:53can work out something as simple as dance partners do not fret not not fretting
07:23I'm going to fill my card for dances Jane do you think I shall be allowed to dance Mary move
07:28do you hope you're not going to span this close at the assembly oh we should have taken the long
07:33route oh these are my good boots oh all for you for wearing them
07:45do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion I don't see why it should
07:50would match my eyes I suppose your eyes are green you are so inattentive
08:00mr. Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed
08:04we were the first I was the first you were stood a little behind me
08:07it is wonderful what will I wear are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball
08:11father why would we not be I was the one that found out about it am I allowed
08:16Jane Lizzie will of course go and Mary father I shall die if I do not go
08:22I'll probably die too I very much doubt that
08:24mr. Bennett Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands after Jane and Lizzie of course
08:33I don't see what the fuss is all about those horrible sweaty affairs Mary you will attend oh
08:42oh well of course mother if you wish lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks
08:48as
08:49long as I am not expected to attend mr. Bennett I told you I will not attend another of those
08:54insufferable muddy little dancers oh I wonder if mr. Bingley will be going to the
08:59Meriton assembly oh he must be who would miss it me apparently you should all go to the ball as
09:07long as I am obliged to hear no more about it
09:10I shall never be rid of you otherwise perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too
09:15I'm me what's excitement over a man you've never set eyes on quite ridiculous
09:18oh Mary we're only indulging ourselves
09:27Mary is wearing spectacles
09:29what on earth
09:31very good I hope you find the most useful Mary
09:34I do father thank you
09:36mr. Bennett did you know about this we discussed this at length Mary was to visit the optician yes
09:42but I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses you seem to forget my dear that
09:48I wear
09:49spectacles myself but she is a woman nevertheless she ought to be able to see I think they look very
09:56well
09:59potatoes Mary
10:03in case she couldn't see them
10:06I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly
10:09Lydia
10:09but Papa who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face
10:12pleased to be able to read
10:16oh I do hope you are to meet him
10:18surely we must
10:20spectacles indeed
10:22I wonder if it is that
10:23it is a shame that I will not be in a jane
10:25yes it is a shame
10:26I am Lizzie
10:28Mama
10:29Kitty and I will need your desks for Paul
10:35so
10:40and
10:54can you see
10:56oh
11:16Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Meryton Assembly, Miss Mary.
11:21Oh, hell.
11:24What am I to do at a dance?
11:27Dance?
11:29But what if no one wants to dance with me?
11:33Then you'll eat lots of ices.
11:36Such fripperies are not for me.
11:38I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
11:41If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
11:44A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
11:50Now I am tall and yellow.
11:53Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world and saw
12:01yourself how other people see you, outside of your family.
12:08Well, that's decided.
12:10I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
12:14And I will not hear another word on the subject.
12:28Help! I've lost my ribbons!
12:33Found us!
12:40Madam, please remain still if you can.
12:49What does the gold make me look like?
12:54A little.
12:57Kitty!
12:58What is it?
12:59Those are my books, Lydia.
13:00I cannot reach my jewel's box.
13:02I need something to stand on.
13:03This is important, Mary.
13:05We need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
13:08Miss Mary.
13:15Jane is first.
13:17That's not fair.
13:18I'm always last.
13:19Mary, you're last.
13:24Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
13:26Is it still hurt?
13:27Yes.
13:28It was two weeks ago.
13:29I know.
13:31Should we eat beforehand?
13:33Perhaps a very small meal.
13:35And don't drink too much.
13:36But what if I'm thirsty?
13:37Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself
13:39behind a screen in front of everyone?
13:41Miss Mary.
13:43Miss Mary.
13:43Miss Mary.
13:46Miss Mary.
13:49Miss Mary.
13:52Miss Mary.
13:56Miss Mary.
13:58Miss Mary.
13:59Miss Mary.
14:00Miss Mary.
14:02Miss Mary.
14:03Miss Mary.
14:03Miss Mary.
14:04Miss Mary.
14:04Miss Mary.
14:05Miss Mary.
14:16Is it too fine for me, do you think?
14:19You look very handsome in it.
14:32Katie!
14:33I've taken my part of you!
14:34I have, my heart!
14:35Miss Lydia, you haven't kept me in parking.
14:37What in that scent?
15:05I have to go.
15:07What?
15:14I have to go.
15:16I have to go.
15:17I have to go.
15:24What in the car?
15:48I like your dress, Mary.
15:50Oh, Charlotte.
15:53What's that about?
15:54I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:56I should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough to have secured partners.
16:00I thought the very same thing.
16:02I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
16:18I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
16:35Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:38These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
16:41This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
16:44And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet.
16:49Miss Jane Bennet.
16:52Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:53Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:56Kitty and Miss Lydia.
17:00Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
17:06Mr. Compass girl in the whole neighbourhood.
17:09That is a great achievement, to be sure.
17:13The study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
17:16What an example to us all.
17:28Oh, my God, it's a great achievement.
17:55It's a great achievement.
18:08You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr Bingley keeps.
18:13What has happened?
18:13I also heard, quite accidentally, Mr Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against the wall there.
18:20A Mr Darcy, who said of me,
18:25She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
18:37Around we go!
18:43Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
18:46I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
18:50a fashion.
18:51Mr Sparrow!
18:53Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
18:57I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
19:02Take his hand!
19:04I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
19:07I just chose to sit this one out.
19:10That is a shame.
19:13I was going to ask if you would do me the honour of standing up with me for the next
19:16dance.
19:17Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
19:20And I would be delighted.
19:22Well then.
19:23Yes.
19:23I thank you.
19:25Oh, yes.
19:28Shall we remain here until the next second, please?
19:30Oh, for quite.
19:31That's exactly what I thought.
19:32Yes.
19:41How are your spectacles?
19:42Very well.
19:43Yes.
19:44I'm unable to study for hours without issue.
19:47I am delighted to hear that.
19:50It's my turn.
19:54It's my turn.
19:55Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
19:57What do you read with such enjoyment?
20:02Oh, Mrs Catherine McCauley has written a wonderful account of British history.
20:06It's a fascinating read.
20:07I will seek it out.
20:08Oh.
20:08Are you a scholar, sir?
20:10I like to read.
20:11But science rather than history.
20:13I have a plan to study medicine in London.
20:16Barts or maybe morphine's.
20:19What a noble ambition.
20:20But it is not a thing widely known.
20:23I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
20:27I should speak of it to no one.
20:37But it is about.
20:38Professor King, welcome back to uno steatoranst !!
20:43Ah!
21:36I'm regressing visiting the supple table so early, I should have had less words to pass it.
21:43It's fewer oyster patties.
21:49Here we go!
21:51Oh my god!
21:54Oh my god!
22:02Oh my god!
22:06Oh my god!
22:16Oh my god!
22:18Oh my god!
22:33Would you like a cold drink, Ms. Benes?
22:37Yes, that's an excellent idea. Thank you.
22:49It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary.
22:54Your partner is the young John Sparrow.
22:56Isn't he?
22:57Yes, the optician's son.
23:00And you have danced with him twice.
23:04Mary, you are very young.
23:06And perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood.
23:11If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon.
23:14Two dances in succession suggest a liking.
23:16Three might imply something more.
23:22I'm very happy dancing with him.
23:36I see that you have stood up twice with the Sparrow boy.
23:40Yes, Mama.
23:43You will not dance with him again.
23:48But, Mother, he's been most attentive.
23:51He's quite the gentleman.
23:53Mary, his father owns a shop.
23:57Yes?
23:59With a bell.
24:02Mother, I have danced with him twice.
24:05I have no wish to marry him.
24:07You may not object to lowering yourself, but I will not have you ruin your sister's chances of a match.
24:34Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet, once we have finished our ices?
24:40Mrs. Sparrow, I am afraid that I shall...
24:45I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening.
24:48Oh.
24:49But I thought...
24:51I thought...
24:54I hope I have not offended you.
24:55No, no, no.
24:56Not at all, sir.
24:57I've...
24:58Oh, I've...
24:58I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
25:02It's, um...
25:04That is to say that, um...
25:08My mother is concerned.
25:11Concerned?
25:12Um, for my sisters and I.
25:15Um, it's important that we make an appropriate social, um...
25:20One might say, uh, financially, um...
25:24Well, a suitable match.
25:26Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
25:29I shall not pursue the matter.
25:30I've enjoyed...
25:32I've enjoyed my time with...
25:33Um...
25:34Good evening to you.
25:37I'm sorry.
25:38I'm sorry.
25:41I'm sorry.
25:43I'm sorry.
25:43I'm sorry.
26:13for his friend.
26:15Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
26:17She's not going to go again soon.
26:18Yes.
26:19I danced for two soldiers.
26:21I'm not very good with faces, so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
26:25Ew!
26:26As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible sense
26:31of shame.
26:33I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
26:40Who was I, a coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations?
26:46It was time to find my own way, to look for a new version of myself, as a serious-minded
26:54woman.
26:56From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
27:00No more ribbons, ballgowns, or dance cards.
27:04The old Mary would be no more.
27:07I would transform into the intellectual one.
27:10That was how I would stand out, as the other Bennet sister.
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