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00:01In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly,
00:05I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:11It was all part of my plan for a new Mary.
00:15I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:20I was working on gravitas.
00:24From now on, I would be a steady, informed and rational woman.
00:29Books would be my guide.
00:32I would think more and feel less.
00:40What could possibly go wrong?
00:51Well...
01:01I hope you've ordered a good dinner for this evening.
01:05We shall have a guest.
01:07I knew it would be so.
01:09It's not, Mr Bingley.
01:12It's my cousin.
01:14Mr Collins?
01:15The very same.
01:16The man next in the end tale.
01:17Who?
01:18The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:23He proposes himself as a guest here at Longboard?
01:26In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:30Entirely defective?
01:31Mary, are you quite all right?
01:32I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
01:37As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
01:44Blessings of peace in this house?
01:47He must be an oddity.
01:49I cannot make him out.
01:51Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:52He is a very sensible man, thank you, Elizabeth.
01:56Very sensible indeed.
01:58Oh, can you not all see?
02:00He is looking for a wife.
02:03Do you really think so?
02:04Lizzie, you must prepare yourself.
02:07But, Mama...
02:08We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:10I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:15He sounds insufferably boring.
02:17A clergyman.
02:18It's a right to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:21Oh, please, Mary.
02:23I was agreeing with you.
02:24It's the way you say things.
02:32I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:41What do you keep under your hat?
02:51We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:58Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect him.
03:00My goodness, no.
03:01No.
03:03Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
03:06My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible bull.
03:11Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:14A wife?
03:14Apparently.
03:16What is your cousin's profession?
03:17A clergyman.
03:18Oh.
03:19A modest income, then, I imagine.
03:23Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:26If my father's cousin was coming to stay and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do
03:31everything within the bounds of propriety to attract him.
03:36Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:38I will live alone with knowledge.
03:41Look, Mary, I cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:47I do not think my ma has me in mind.
03:49Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:51Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:53So that leaves you.
03:56You speak nothing of love.
04:00What is love to do with anything?
04:02Of course.
04:03Of course, you're right.
04:04Of course.
04:05For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:13Marriage or misery?
04:13Mary, Mary.
04:15Marriage or misery?
04:19I should know.
04:47Mr. Collins!
04:48I'm here.
04:49Read it, Lord.
04:57This...
05:01This is Jane, our eldest.
05:06Well, I had no idea.
05:10She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:14Oh.
05:15This is Elizabeth.
05:17Whoa.
05:20A pleasure.
05:25And Mary.
05:26How do you do?
05:27This is Kitty.
05:28And our youngest, Lydia.
05:30Ah.
05:31Well, now.
05:32I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:36Hmm.
05:40Hmm.
05:42The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:46Yes.
05:49Oh.
05:51No.
05:53I'm terribly sorry.
05:54I certainly did not mean to cause any offence.
05:57Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
06:00Of course you didn't.
06:02Allow me to show you the house.
06:04Hmm.
06:04Oh.
06:05Splendid.
06:07Splendid.
06:08Ah.
06:08Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:15I'm pleased to think so.
06:23I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:29Oh, no.
06:30And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:34Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof, and not die eternally.
06:44Yes, exactly.
06:45Amen.
06:47Mr. Bennet, what a magnificent dining table.
06:51Even with the heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quantity.
06:56How generous of you.
06:57Hmm.
07:00Shall we?
07:01Hmm.
07:09Mr. Collins?
07:16Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
07:21Disposed?
07:22It is very good of you to say so.
07:24Oh, I'm happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
07:30Thank you, Mr. Collins.
07:32Hmm.
07:33And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:36It has very much stayed with me.
07:38It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
07:43Please excuse me.
07:45You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
07:49It is a most vexing situation.
07:51If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
07:57Hmm.
07:58Hmm.
07:59Hmm.
07:59I could say much on the subject.
08:01But I am cautious of appearing forward and precipitate.
08:05Hmm.
08:07I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:16Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
08:20Hmm.
08:21I certainly have.
08:22Uh, cousin Elizabeth.
08:23What make you of the sermons?
08:26I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:29So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:33should go about it.
08:35I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's almonds.
08:41More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:43Hmm.
08:48I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:53Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned.
09:04With salt.
09:07This has been wonderful.
09:10But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
09:14Lizzie?
09:16Won't you play for us?
09:19Ah.
09:46We'll let you work in the studio.
09:49We'll see you soon.
09:54This is the last time we'll see you again.
09:55And we'll see you soon.
09:56We'll see you soon.
10:00You'll see you soon.
10:02I'm coming to the studio.
10:03Hey, we'll see you soon.
10:06Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Yeah.
10:07Very good.
10:08Lizzie, if you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
10:11It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
10:13A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
10:17Great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
10:19Quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
10:32Oh, Lord.
11:20My congratulations, cousin.
11:22Why don't you play with such exactness?
11:27I imagine you practice a great deal.
11:29I practice often, it is true.
11:32Yes, it is.
11:34It's only through hard work that anything of any value is to be achieved.
11:37Yes, um, yes, I, Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:54Mary.
11:55Mother.
11:57I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and, uh, future prospects.
12:05I'm not sure I understand.
12:06It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest.
12:10Are we clear?
12:11Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins.
12:15I have no particular feelings for him.
12:18But he and I have similar interests.
12:21And I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
12:24Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:31Well, your name has not come up.
12:42Cousins!
12:43Come on.
12:44Ready?
12:44Come on, hit it.
12:45I bring news.
12:47There used to be...
12:49There used to be a ball next week at Neverfield.
12:52Oh!
12:53I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
12:56And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
12:59They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
13:02We are some way off that.
13:05Mr. and Mrs. Gardner shall be joining us.
13:07They're coming down from London.
13:09Up.
13:12They're coming up from London.
13:14That is what I said.
13:16Spend it.
13:17Spend it!
13:18A real family affair.
13:20I will need new ribbons.
13:21Perhaps, Miss Bennet, you would take the first dance with me.
13:27Oh, how wonderful.
13:29Maybe I should play a little something on the piano?
13:33Yes, you should indeed.
13:36What about you, Miss Elizabeth?
13:38Do you sing?
13:40There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
14:02Very good, Miss Mary.
14:04Your playing is coming along nicely.
14:07Thank you, Hill.
14:08Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
14:11What?
14:12I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
14:14At Netherfield?
14:15Yes.
14:16I was even thinking I might sing.
14:20Sing?
14:21Miss Mary?
14:22It will be a surprise to them all.
14:26Short and sweet.
14:28That would be my advice.
14:32And, er, maybe don't sing.
14:35Oh, gosh.
14:41Hey, Hill?
14:42I lost my tooth.
14:44Hey, Hill.
14:45Oh, Gott.
14:49Hmm.
14:52Hmm.
14:56Hmmmm...
15:04Hmmmmmm...
15:07The earlier we arrive, the earlier we leave.
15:12Oh!
15:14Oh!
15:17Oh!
15:19Oh!
15:25Oh!
15:37Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
15:44They're down from London.
15:46Up.
15:47What?
15:47Up from London.
15:49And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:56Shall we do?
16:01Something of a challenge to find husbands, five daughters.
16:05This is a beautiful dining room.
16:07But if Jane were to get a proposal...
16:10Come on.
16:11Please.
16:13Ha!
16:15As I say, if Jane...
16:17Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
16:20She's not at all happy about his interest.
16:24What is he like?
16:27Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
16:29Have you made your interest in him clear?
16:31I am trying.
16:34But...
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to be matched with a man of a more distinct
16:39cum.
16:39I cannot think why.
16:41He is THE cousin.
16:44The one from the end tale.
16:45It's Mr. Collins who stands to inherit Longbourn.
16:47The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
16:50So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
16:59Oh.
17:00Perhaps I will not play tonight.
17:03Oh, Mary, you must.
17:06I had prepared a little something, but...
17:11Now this time it's here, I'm not sure I have the summer crit.
17:13Nonsense, Mary.
17:14Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
17:17I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
17:37I beg you, do not make it long.
17:53Be gone, don't care.
18:00I pray thee be gone from thee.
18:05Be gone, don't care.
18:12Be gone, don't care.
18:13You and I shall never agree.
18:18Mr. Collins.
18:19Be gone, don't care.
18:24Lydia, he's calling me.
18:26Are they really be gone from me?
18:30Be gone, don't care.
18:35Be gone, don't care.
18:36You and I shall never agree.
18:41No, I'm not.
18:43Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
18:50And faith thou wouldst me kill.
18:55Please, I will thank you.
18:57Faith don't care.
19:02Thou never shall have thy will.
19:13Thou never shall have thy will.
19:14I have another piece, Father.
19:17One that's more lively.
19:18Mary.
19:20Mary.
19:20You have delighted us on enough.
19:30Oh, Miss Bennett.
19:31That was truly unforgettable.
19:40It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
19:46Everybody saw it.
19:48It's a god song.
19:50Take a breath.
19:51Nothing.
19:52Nobody noticed but you.
20:07Mary.
20:08Mary.
20:12It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
20:15I didn't want you to overexcite yourself.
20:17You insult me.
20:19We both know that is not true.
20:23Mary.
20:25I have had a terrible evening.
20:27And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
20:31What do you mean?
20:31You always kill what you want.
20:33Without needing to try.
20:36Whereas I try.
20:39So hard.
20:43And it's always for nothing.
20:45Don't say that.
20:47There is much you have achieved.
20:54I'm sorry.
20:57I'm truly sorry.
21:15Mary!
21:16Mary!
21:17The musket dressing come downstairs.
21:19There has been such an upset you won't believe it.
21:21You can't imagine what's happened.
21:25Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer.
21:29And she has refused him.
21:31Can you imagine?
21:31Mama is furious and says Lizzie will have him.
21:34But Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a sad one.
21:36Because Mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins.
21:40And Papa will never see her again if she does.
21:42And now everyone is so utterly cross.
21:44Mr. Collins has stormed off.
21:45Lizzie won't say anything at all.
21:46Mama is beside herself.
21:47And Papa has shut himself in the library.
21:49You must come!
21:50So what happens now?
21:51What if Mr. Collins...
21:53Papa thinks you're due to someone else?
21:56No, no.
21:57Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
22:01No, I have resigned.
22:03Mr. Benedict, I shall take my...
22:04As you wish.
22:05Oh, Mr. Collins!
22:07I have resigned, madam.
22:09Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
22:15Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
22:20I'm very glad to hear it.
22:22I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
22:25He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
22:28Oh!
22:46Thank you, Hill.
22:55I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I have turned my mind
23:04towards you.
23:06Well...
23:09I think you understand me.
23:11Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant...
23:13Mary, please.
23:15He will not ask me now.
23:18I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
23:21He will not choose me, Mama.
23:24Oh, Mary, he will.
23:27Who else will marry him?
23:32What are you reading?
23:36A theory of the Earth. It's about rocks.
23:38Just types of...
23:40rocks.
23:54Thanks.
23:58Plenty new, sir.
24:01One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however...
24:07Mr. Bennet?
24:09Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
24:15And she has accepted.
24:17We wish you joy.
24:19Yes, so much joy.
24:21I wish you joy.
24:22Thank you all.
24:24You do know he is a clergyman?
24:25Yes.
24:26Mr. Bennet?
24:28Mr. Bennet?
24:30Mr. Bennet.
24:32Mr. Bennet.
24:33Mr. Bennet.
24:33Mr. Bennet.
24:37Mr. Bennet.
24:39Mr. Bennet.
24:41Mr. Bennet.
24:42Mr. Bennet.
24:45Mr. Bennet.
24:49Mr. Bennet.
24:51Mr. Bennet.
24:53Mr. Bennet.
24:55If I had any doubts as to whether I'd done the right thing...
24:57Mr. Bennet.
24:59Mr. Bennet.
25:06Charlotte, come marvel at this oak.
25:15Good night, Jane. Good night, Lizzie.
25:17Good night, Lydia. Good night, Mama.
25:18Good night, Kitty.
25:20I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
25:40It wouldn't be for much longer that we Bennet sisters lived together.
25:49As each of my sisters left home, my future felt increasingly uncertain.
26:00I often thought back to the events in that period of my life
26:04and wondered if I could have done anything differently.
26:11But I was trapped.
26:15Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
26:21Thank you. I'm now set in my end.
26:24My options were limited.
26:33And I found my books offered me no instruction
26:36and little comfort.
26:39I searched desperately for answers.
26:43I clung on to hope.
26:54But in a moment, my life was upturned.
26:59Mr Bennet?
27:01Petch the doctor!
27:04They're ringing the carriage round.
27:06Go!
27:06Yes, ma'am. Right away.
27:13Father had found a way out,
27:15leaving Mother and I with nothing
27:19except each other.
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