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The Other Bennet Sister S01E04 (2026)
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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.
00:26She failed 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.
00:39It seemed that all life was in London and here I could be anything I wanted.
00:52Surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
01:00Where is it? I've got it.
01:03She breaks my arms a little. She seems so awkward in herself.
01:07I worry my sister's caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:10Oh, I wonder. She's perhaps not the most natural governess.
01:15But 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.
01:33Ah, there it is.
01:35Well, I'm happy she's with us. She has an interesting and lovely mind.
01:42Oh, it's Bennet.
01:45Mr. Hayward.
01:48How are you?
01:49Eager 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?
02:28Oh, 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.
02:58With a worryingly large bag of sugar plums.
03:00Please excuse me. Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:02Please excuse me. Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:24My dear Mary, I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me. I 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, your 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?
04:34Is she well?
04:35Between several complaints about the damp, the unseasonable pollen, and an unpleasant exchange with a rude shopkeeper, I understand that
04:43she 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, he was most mysterious.
05:03He 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, whatever 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.
05:42I'm not sure.
05:46I am not sure.
05:50I'm not sure in this situation.
05:51I must go.
05:52I must go.
05:52Let's go.
05:57No, I am sure.
05:57Bye-bye.
05:58Bye-bye.
05:59I have no idea.
05:59Bye-bye.
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.
06:54A little drizzle?
06:57Just something.
07:04This way?
07:06Yes.
07:18Oh!
07:22That's magical.
07:24What?
07:30Please forgive the theatrics. I had given Miss Bennett the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of
07:39how to feel it.
07:42Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
07:56Earth has not anything to show more fair.
08:01Dole would he 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, silent, bare.
08:18There.
08:20Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields, into the sky.
08:32All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
08:37All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
08:52The river blideth at his own sweet will.
08:56Dear God, the very houses seem asleep, and all that mighty heart is lying still.
09:17Well done, Tom.
09:19A moving rendition.
09:21Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words.
09:26And what a beautiful place.
09:29Our wisteria never flowers like this.
09:31Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
09:34Come, let's take a turn.
09:36Indeed.
09:39But instead, this place is magical.
09:42It's like a secret garden.
09:43Yes, it is.
09:45The wood being, the wood being, the wood being, the wood being.
09:51Well, Miss Bennet.
09:56How do you feel?
09:58I...
10:01Well, for once I have nothing to say.
10:04I am sorry to hear that.
10:05I am sorry to hear that.
10:05No, I am...
10:07No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
10:16You have such, such varied ways to express your feelings.
10:21Mine 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.
10:57I...
10:58It was just a petal.
11:00Mr. Hayward, 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, what with, uh, social engagements and, uh, Miss 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.
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.
11:59It's my sister Borde.
12:01I know that she's more likely than anyone in England to summon the troops on account of her loneliness.
12:06But must you answer the call?
12:10I think I must.
12:12Well, we so enjoy having you here.
12:14The children will be disappointed.
12:17Yes, 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.
12:45As requested.
12:48I am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle,
12:52but as you rightly point out, I do not wish to burn them.
12:56And it will, of course, be an honour to look after your new pup.
13:14Do come in.
13:15Thank you, sir.
13:15Yes, sir.
13:16He's not alone.
13:22Do come in.
13:24Yes.
13:25Yes, sir.
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 and she whipped them all soundly
13:54and put them to bed that poem started very well and ended
13:59very badly a good observation miss marianne why didn't she just move into a boot when the children
14:05got too many fine suggestion miss rebecca it's a glorious revolution all finished then miss bennett
14:11this week we will write and perform a poem instead yes i want to do a poem about myself
14:19because i'm quite interested i'll do typhoid or frogs
14:28miss marianne love
14:40the eye it cannot choose but see
14:44we cannot bid the ear be still our bodies feel where they be against or with our will
15:00a big green frog sat on a log the frog was quite full
15:05it had eaten ten flies two slugs one worm and three lily pad pies
15:15oh miss bennett you're obviously inspired by our morning poetry reading
15:20oh i was i know i am yes i am
15:25oh no what is it miss rebecca i had a prop and i forgot to use it
15:32oh uh well um fear not a prop is is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of words
15:40indeed
15:44who's next
15:48i would be sad to leave london it was the first time i'd ever felt a sense of belonging
15:56oh there you are i wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day the children will be inconsolable
16:04about you leaving marianne is stitching you a cushion with an inspirational latin phrase i believe
16:11oh yes it's mori quam fordari death before dishonor goodness how exciting
16:19we shall miss you mary i think we both know i'm not well suited to london's liveliness
16:28oh mary you've barely given it a chance things change people situations over time
16:45may i venture something on that subject
16:49the other day i went to buy a bonnet and in the first shop i went into found a stunning
16:57bonnet
16:57an elegant blue quite lovely on me if i dare say such a thing when i went to purchase it
17:06it had been reserved for someone else
17:10i went into another shop and found not four other bonnets i like just as much and in the end
17:18one a shade of dusky pink that suited me even more
17:26do you do you see what i'm saying
17:30blue is not your color
17:33no i'm saying that london has such a variety of choices and such quantity too
17:38you may enjoy the first thing you see well enough
17:42but 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 it was very interesting
17:55oh i was meaning to tell you we have decided to host a little entertainment tomorrow
18:01a night of games
18:02oh dear
18:03what sort of games
18:05no catching
18:06word games
18:07riddles and such
18:08and very pleasant company
18:10company i know
18:11or
18:12new company
18:13all new
18:14and very friendly
18:17we desperately desire that you remember london fondly
18:22this may be your final event with us before you leave
18:29i resolved not to send the letter to mother just yet
18:33it would be a shame to leave before the weekend
18:41I'm sorry
18:43thank you
18:44thank you
19:12Sorry, I didn't realise there was a line.
19:14No, please.
19:15I 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?
19:30The World Games or the company?
19:33I like words.
19:34I'm not much for games.
19:36Ah.
19:37Then it's the company you've come for.
19:39Miss...
19:40Bennett.
19:41Mary Bennett.
19:43William Ryder.
19:44Where have you come from, Miss Bennett?
19:47Surely I would remember seeing you near Punchbowls across London.
19:51I am...
19:53New in town.
19:54Well, I for one am always pleased to see a new face.
19:58Huh.
20:02Now, please gather.
20:04I see the riddles are about to commence.
20:06We are wise to begin with full glasses.
20:11What do we have to do?
20:12I love you.
20:13I hope you're lost.
20:14I love you.
20:15Oh, oh, oh!
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