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