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00:09If London was to be a new start for me, I would push all sorts of poetry and love aside.
00:20Mother warned me of the dirt, disease and despair that could be found here. She failed
00:27not to mention the breadth of humanity and the anonymity of the city suited me well.
00:35I had taken to walking the city's beautiful parks. It seemed that all life was in London
00:43and here I could be anything I wanted.
00:52Surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
01:00Where did I put it?
01:03She breaks my arms a little. She seems so awkward in herself.
01:07I worry my sisters caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:11Oh, I wonder. She's perhaps not the most natural motherness.
01:14But what else could she do in life? Be her mother's companion?
01:18I thought Tom brought her out of herself. Cunt-hearted man that he is.
01:22And she seemed to get on well with Anne Baxter the other evening. She has so little confidence.
01:27Yes. It can't have been easy growing up in the shadow of her sisters.
01:32Found it.
01:33Oh, there it is. Well, I'm happy she's with us. She has an interesting...
01:42Oh, Miss Bennet.
01:45Mr. Hayward.
01:48How are you?
01:49Are you good to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
01:51Oh, well, I'm not sure I have the mind to appreciate it completely.
01:55I keep hoping Mr. Coleridge will explain himself or that Mr. Wordsworth will say what he really means,
02:01but they seem to enjoy keeping their secrets.
02:05Well, do not blame yourself. I think some poets enjoy being difficult to understand.
02:19Miss Bennet, I was so sorry to hear about your father.
02:23Moving to the city without your family. You not having your mother to confide in.
02:28What is this, dear?
02:29Oh, it's a relief to be without her. In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of
02:32them.
02:38I'm sorry you're not feeling yourself.
02:43I'm afraid I'm not.
02:45I'm just not finding my place here as easily as I thought.
02:49Sorry, please excuse me.
02:50Oh, Mary!
02:51Tom, how lovely to see you!
02:53Quietly, my dear, you'll summon the children who I fear have begun to associate Tom's name with a worryingly large
02:59bag of sugar plombs.
03:00Please excuse me. Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:23My dear Mary, I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:29I have heard nothing from you at all.
03:34How are you managing your duties?
03:36You never were good with children, even when you were one yourself.
03:41I may require you to return to Pemberley, where I will be spending the summer.
03:49Lizzie has expressed a wish to see you, but more urgently, my new puppy has a nervous air and requires
03:56near constant companionship.
04:02I had come to London to see the world outside of my family, and that is what I would do.
04:13Oh, Mary, you're painting!
04:16To teach the children?
04:17Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play!
04:23It's terrible.
04:25No, no, it's...
04:27It's very neat.
04:30Did you see the letter from your mother?
04:33Is she well?
04:35Between several complaints about the damp, the unseasonable pollen, and an unpleasant exchange with a rude shopkeeper.
04:42I understand that she is.
04:43Yes.
04:44I honestly think she enjoys such encounters.
04:46It makes her feel more alive.
04:50Oh, now, speaking of encounters, I think this might be of interest to you.
04:55Tom made a strange request to Mr Gardiner and I, and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
05:01Oh?
05:01Yes.
05:02He was most mysterious.
05:04He wants us to meet him tomorrow morning, where he says he plans to break through our rational reserve and
05:10move our hearts as well as our heads.
05:13He does?
05:14Yes.
05:14Whatever that might entail.
05:18I must work on my lesson plans.
05:20Mary, you must join us.
05:22For my sake?
05:24Please consider it.
05:53No, no, no, no.
06:19Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Miss Bennett, thank you for humoring me.
06:24Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
06:26I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself for a morning recital unlike any other in
06:33a hidden garden.
06:34Good Lord.
06:35Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
06:36I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skillfully deploys to avoid such events.
06:42Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
06:44Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for Goodwether have been in vain.
06:48No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
06:53A little drizzle?
06:57Just down there.
07:04This way?
07:06Yes.
07:18Oh!
07:22That's magical.
07:24What?
07:30Please forgive the theatrics.
07:33I had given Miss Bennett the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how to feel it.
07:42Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
07:56Earth has not anything to show more fair.
08:00Dull would it be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.
08:08This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning.
08:14The city.
08:15Silent.
08:17There.
08:20Ships.
08:22Towers.
08:23Towers.
08:24Domes.
08:25Towers.
08:26Towers.
08:26Towers.
08:32Towers.
08:39Towers.
08:45Towers.
08:55Towers.
08:56Towers.
08:58Towers.
08:59Towers.
09:02Towers.
09:16Towers.
09:25Towers.
09:28Towers.
09:31Towers.
09:31Towers.
09:31Towers.
09:32Towers.
09:32Towers.
09:34Towers.
09:35Towers.
09:39Towers.
09:41Towers.
09:42Towers.
09:43Towers.
09:45Towers.
09:47Towers.
09:50Towers.
09:52Towers.
09:55Towers.
09:56How do you feel?
09:58I...
10:01Well, for once I have nothing to say.
10:04I'm sorry to hear that.
10:05No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
10:16You have such varied ways to express your feelings.
10:20Does the mind feel frozen, or feeble, or entirely unknowable?
10:30I do not know, Miss Bennet.
10:33Well, I use the words of others to puzzle through things I do not understand.
10:39But I do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions.
10:52Forgive me.
10:55Oh, um...
10:56Sorry, Miss Bennet, I...
10:57Oh...
10:58It was just a petal.
11:00Miss Daywood, I think I must leave London.
11:04Well, you've only just arrived.
11:06It's no great event.
11:07My mother needs a companion.
11:09I see.
11:10And, well, you will likely be very busy soon,
11:14and what with, uh, social engagements and, uh,
11:19Miss Baxter.
11:22I'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice I'm gone.
11:27Well, I'd hoped that this would restore your spirit.
11:29Oh, indeed it did.
11:31It did, thank you.
11:33I shall never forget it.
11:48I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
11:51Good heavens!
11:53Mary, this is quite unexpected.
11:55Well, is anything the matter?
11:56My mother needs me.
11:59Is my sister bored?
12:01I know that she's more likely than anyone in England
12:03to summon the troops on account of her loneliness,
12:05but must you answer the call?
12:10I think I must.
12:12Well, we so enjoy having you here.
12:14The children will be disappointed.
12:16Yes, it's kind of you to say.
12:20It is the truth.
12:24I must plan today's lessons.
12:35Dearest Mother,
12:36although my time in London has been enlightening,
12:41I will be by your side for your summer at Pemberley.
12:46As requested.
12:48I am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle,
12:52but as you rightly point out,
12:54I do not wish to burn them.
12:56And it will, of course, be an honour
13:00to look after your new pup.
13:22Do come in.
13:39There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
13:45She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
13:49She gave them some broth without any bread,
13:52and she whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
13:56That poem started very well and ended very badly.
14:00A good observation, Miss Marianne.
14:03Why didn't she just move into a boot when the children got too many?
14:06Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
14:07It's a glorious revolution all finished then, Miss Bennet.
14:11This week, we will write and perform a poem instead.
14:15Yes!
14:17I want to do a poem about myself because I'm quite interesting.
14:21I'll do typhoid.
14:23Or frogs.
14:24Disgusting.
14:27Miss Marianne?
14:29Love.
14:40The eye it cannot choose but see.
14:44We cannot bid the ear be still.
14:47Our bodies feel where they be.
14:51Against or with our will.
15:00A big green frog sat on a log.
15:03The frog was quite full.
15:05It had eaten ten flies, two slugs, one worm and three lily pad pies.
15:16Oh, Miss Bennet, you were obviously inspired by our morning poetry reading.
15:20Oh, I was.
15:22No, I, um, yes, I am.
15:25Oh, no!
15:26What is it, Miss Rebecca?
15:28I had a prop and I forgot to use it.
15:32Oh, uh, well, um, fear not.
15:36A prop is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of words.
15:40Indeed.
15:44Who's next?
15:48I would be sad to leave London.
15:50It was the first time I had ever felt a sense of belonging.
15:57Oh, there you are.
15:58I wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day.
16:02The children were being consolable about you leaving.
16:06Marianne is stitching you a cushion.
16:08With an inspirational Latin phrase, I believe.
16:11Oh, yes.
16:12It's mori quam fordari.
16:15Death before dishonor.
16:16Goodness, how exciting.
16:19We shall miss you, Mary.
16:22I think we both know I'm not well suited to London's liveliness.
16:28Oh, Mary.
16:30You've barely given it a chance.
16:33Things change.
16:35People.
16:37Situations.
16:40Over time.
16:45May I venture something on that subject?
16:49The other day, I went to buy a bonnet.
16:53And in the first shop I went into, found a stunning bonnet.
16:58An elegant blue.
16:59Quite lovely on me, if I dare say such a thing.
17:01When I went to purchase it, it had been reserved for someone else.
17:10I went into another shop and found not four other bonnets I liked just as much.
17:15And in the end, one a shade of dusky pink that suited me even more.
17:26Do you see what I'm saying?
17:30Blue is not your colour?
17:33No, I'm saying that London has such a variety of choices, and such quantity too.
17:39You may enjoy the first thing you see well enough, but often something more exciting will come along.
17:48Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know.
17:50Well, um, yes, thank you for that.
17:53It was very interesting.
17:56Oh, I was meaning to tell you.
17:58We have decided to host a little entertainment tomorrow.
18:01A night of games.
18:02Oh, dear.
18:04What sort of games?
18:05No catching.
18:06Word games.
18:07Riddles and such.
18:08And very pleasant company.
18:10Company I know, or new company?
18:13All new.
18:15And very friendly.
18:17We desperately desire that you remember London fondly.
18:21This may be your final event with us before you leave.
18:28I resolved not to send the letter to Mother just yet.
18:33It would be a shame to leave before the weekend.
18:42I'm sorry.
18:44I'm sorry.
19:12Sorry, I didn't realise it was a line.
19:14No, please. I wish more people had such a restrained relationship to Punch.
19:20May I?
19:20Yes, of course.
19:23Noble defender of the Punch.
19:24I surrender my post.
19:29And what brings you here? The word games or the company?
19:33I like words. I'm not much for games.
19:36Ah, then it's the company you've come for. Miss...
19:40Bennett. Mary Bennett.
19:42William Ryder. Where have you come from, Miss Bennett?
19:47Surely I would have remembered seeing you near Punchbowls across London.
19:51I am... new in town.
19:55Well, I for one am always pleased to see a new face.
20:03I see the riddles are about to commence. We are wise to begin with full glasses.
20:15And now, the quickfire round. Two words, one answer. Counterfeit agony.
20:23Counterfeit agony? I mean... train?
20:26My brain is in agony. It isn't counterfeit. It is quite real.
20:32Champagne.
20:33Champagne.
20:34Right, right, Miss Clark. Another point to you and our new leader.
20:39Fancy delivering us champagne in word, not in glass. Tease us, Mr. Gardiner.
20:43All right then, Mr. Ryder. Here's one for you. Judy's fellow.
20:52My God, I know it. Punch!
20:56Oh, well done, Mr. Ryder. Finally, you've arrived.
21:04My first word. Comedians dread to hear. My next new life in a revolving year.
21:13I'll repeat it. My first word. Comedians dread to hear. My next new life in a revolving year.
21:22Offspring. Yes!
21:23Oh, well done, Miss Barry.
21:25Miss Barry. Well done. Bravo.
21:28Yes, Miss Bennet. Cheers to you. What's next?
21:34Mandarin. Delicious.
21:35Miss Bennet, how lovely to see you. Too, Miss Pexter.
21:38Mr. Hayward, we're so pleased you made it. I had false intelligence. You were busy this evening.
21:44Well, we somehow managed to persuade Mr. Hayward away from his work.
21:47I have an important case.
21:49Oh, he has the terrible fortune of being the only lawyer in London who exclusively gets important cases.
21:55Do excuses, Mrs. James.
21:57Excuse me.
22:00Miss Merritt.
22:02Tom. Will.
22:04Mr. Ryder and I studied law together.
22:06Ah.
22:07Yes. Mr. Hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field.
22:11Is that so, Mr. Ryder?
22:12Well, he fed me so many poems, I believe myself a deep, romantic soul.
22:17Too sensitive for the rigors of law.
22:19Seems like a heavy charge shall lay solely at the feet of poetry.
22:23Mary, how is the night of games going? Do we have any hope for making a late charge for the
22:28prize?
22:28Not unless you wish to bribe our host.
22:30Miss Bennet here is putting us all to shame.
22:32Oh, nonsense, Miss Ryder. You beat me to the punch.
22:35You see? Masterful words.
22:41Please gather yourselves for the penultimate round.
22:44Mr. Ryder.
22:45What?
22:47I'm glad to see you're in better spirits, Miss Bennet.
22:51This evening has been something of a tonic, Mr. Hayward.
22:56Round three.
22:59Ready?
23:01Sunday.
23:02Yes.
23:02Appointed Miss Baxter.
23:06Big charm.
23:07Is it Doldrums?
23:09No, no, no, forget I said anything.
23:11Is it Marjorie?
23:12Yes.
23:12Well done.
23:14Is it really?
23:15Well done.
23:16Remarkable.
23:19Come on.
23:21Anybody?
23:22Lighthouse.
23:23Yes.
23:24You've only had a chance to think and alone speak.
23:26I've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking.
23:30That is five points apiece for Miss Clarke and Miss Bennet.
23:37Well done.
23:42The final round.
23:44The two players with the most points go head to head to crack one final riddle and decide the winner.
23:50The leaders come as no surprise.
23:52Miss Clarke.
23:54And Miss Bennet.
23:55You mean I didn't make it?
23:57I'm astonished.
23:58Mrs. Gardner, would you do the odds?
24:03To suffer my seconds, the doom of my first, and of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst.
24:24Heartache!
24:26Yes!
24:27Good lord!
24:28She's Britain's finest mind!
24:35We declare we have a winner, London's newest arrival, but its fiercest competitor, Miss Mary Bennet.
24:42Come on!
24:47I'm very glad that we arrived in time to see you crowned Miss Bennet.
24:53I wanted to say...
24:55Miss Bennet!
24:56You are a liar.
24:58Am I?
24:59You told me you were not much for games.
25:02Well, I...
25:03I can't catch.
25:06Miss Bennet, I've been meaning to invite you to tea since I hear, very sadly, you are leaving London.
25:11Miss Bennet, surely not.
25:12You can't deprive the game players of London your riddling talents.
25:17Round of applause for our winner, Miss Bennet.
25:21Well done!
25:22Round of applause!
25:24Round of applause!
25:25Round of applause!
25:26In that moment, I think I understood what my aunt was telling me with the convoluted story about the bonnets.
25:36That quantity has a quality all of its own.
25:46I never doubted you.
25:48This way.
25:50Thank you for coming.
25:51Mr. God.
25:54Mary, how you shone.
25:57You even caught the attention of the most eligible bachelor in town!
26:01I've been thinking...
26:02Um, it seems a shame to leave London before I've, you know, given it a fair chance.
26:07I think I might like to stay a little while, if it's not too much burden.
26:11It's not a burden to us at all.
26:14We're delighted to have you with us.
26:19Oh, thank you so much for coming.
26:21Oh, thank you so much for coming.
26:21Living in London was helping me to see that there could be more to life than just marriage or misery.
26:26Perhaps my aunt was right.
26:29Even the most hopeless of situations, the most hopeless of people, can, with kindness, change, little by little, over time.
26:43I was excited to discover who Mary Bennet might be.
26:48Thank you very much.
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