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00:21The anxiety I felt over my mother's sudden illness was quite overwhelming.
00:27Losing one parent had upturned my life. To lose the other was unthinkable.
00:37Though my mother's presence had always loomed large in my life, I could not imagine myself without her.
00:47Top of the stairs, Miss Bennet.
01:19You're here!
01:21Well, don't stand in the doorway. You're letting the heat out.
01:24Mother!
01:33You look...well, doesn't she?
01:36Are you a physician all of a sudden?
01:38No. I...I'm just...I'm...I'm relieved to see that you're improved.
01:47You look like you haven't slept in days. And whose dress are you wearing?
01:53My...my own.
01:55Mary! I am so pleased to see you.
01:59Oh, it has been far too long.
02:03I cannot be expected to stand.
02:06Hello, Mary.
02:07Mary, come here.
02:20I see the London air has taken a terrible toll on your complexion.
02:25Oh, and your hair!
02:27I am sure being back in the country will help.
02:30Looks beyond repair to me.
02:37I had undertaken such a long journey.
02:40And yet, here I was.
02:45Back where I started.
02:54From Mother's letter, I...I thought that she was gravely ill.
02:59I...
02:59We all did.
03:01Has she actually been ill?
03:02At all?
03:03She thought it might be influenza.
03:05Or smallpox.
03:06But she has made a miraculous recovery.
03:08Hmm.
03:09Perhaps she rallied the news that I was on my way.
03:11I, for one, am pleased we are all back together.
03:14Yes, I was thinking, perhaps we could, um, play graces.
03:16Or charades.
03:18After dinner.
03:18This evening.
03:19Nobody plays graces, Mary.
03:21Oh, on the contrary.
03:22It's quite fashionable in London.
03:23How is London, Mary?
03:25Yes.
03:25I want to hear all about it.
03:27Hmm.
03:28Yes.
03:28Um, London is, um...
03:30Katie.
03:30It's, it's, um...
03:32Katie!
03:32Katie!
03:33I cannot reach the preserves!
03:38How are the gardeners?
03:39Are you enjoying being their governess?
03:41I...
03:41Uh, yes.
03:42It's, uh, most rewarding.
03:45Have you made many new acquaintances?
03:46Uh, my sister-in-law, Caroline, is in London for the summer.
03:50Have you crossed paths?
03:53Oh, gosh.
03:53There's so many people.
03:55Um...
03:55I know she can be a little stiff at first, but...
03:58I'm sure it would be interesting company for you.
04:00I have company.
04:02There's a plethora of choice, really, for interesting company in London.
04:06Do you mean your books?
04:12That's Mama's bell.
04:13She wants you, Mary.
04:14I've only just been up there.
04:16I will send a servant to attend to her.
04:21Mrs. Bennet would like Miss Bennet to attend to her.
04:27She probably wants to hear all about London.
04:31Walk the Duchess to the edge of the fountain and no further.
04:35If you feel the wind picking up, you must bring her inside immediately and give her warm water and chopped
04:40meat.
04:40Do not let Cook give her the leftovers, only fresh chopped beef.
04:46After 30 minutes, you may return her to me, for she is the only member of this family upon whom
04:50I can depend these days.
04:55Oh, and tell Lizzie I wish to be moved to the drawing room.
05:05Do you think you'll be happier convalescing in here, Mama?
05:08Well, you might remember to visit me if I'm here.
05:12Now, where is my bell?
05:15Do not trouble yourselves waiting for me, I'm fine.
05:19Thank it, Mother.
05:21And these pillows will not do.
05:25I'll send for some others.
05:28Maybe some toasted cheese.
05:31I feel terribly weak this morning.
05:35I've never met yet.
05:37And a book.
05:38Well, perhaps Mary can choose from her.
05:40I was hoping for something readable.
05:42You're not joining us, Mr. Darcy!
05:45Mary!
06:18Miss Bennett.
06:21A letter for you.
06:32Mary!
06:37Mary, where on earth have you been all this time?
06:41I was walking the dog, Mama.
06:44Please.
07:00Who's the letter from, Mary?
07:02From one of my friends in London.
07:05What friend is that, Mary?
07:07Lydia.
07:09What friend is that, Mary?
07:14Her name is Miss Baxter. Anne Baxter.
07:17I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:18Then she surely does not exist.
07:20She most probably does not.
07:22Lydia is being most unkind.
07:26...
07:33...
07:36...
07:40...
08:11Something seems to be troubling you, Mary.
08:14You seem full of concerns every time we mention London.
08:18Do I?
08:20I thought you would be eager to return.
08:26Does Mother's dog in any way remind you of Mother?
08:37I embarrassed myself terribly when I left London.
08:41Caroline Bingley was there.
08:43She was determined to humiliate me.
08:46And I left in such a flurry.
08:49I smashed a bell jar of great sentimental value to its owner, a new friend, Mr. Ryder.
08:56And everyone stared.
08:59Mary.
08:59Mary, no one else will have given it a second thought.
09:03It will seem worse to you, I'm sure.
09:06What person has not done something regrettable in their lives?
09:09You?
09:10You, Jane, Kitty, Lydia.
09:14Lydia?
09:15Oh, no.
09:16No.
09:16Lydia has.
09:19I can assure you, we all have.
09:23Anne wrote to tell me not to worry.
09:26You see?
09:27Mm.
09:28She's become a dear friend.
09:30She has something of an understanding with another good friend of mine, Mr. Tom Haywood.
09:38Mr. Haywood is, he's, he's just the kind, kindest man.
09:45I see.
09:48And have you met any gentlemen that have taken your eye?
09:52Me?
09:53No.
09:53Oh, no.
09:54No.
09:56London, it's, it's actually entirely without any eligible men.
10:00I don't think I ever believe I'm not, I'm not really the marrying sort.
10:04Nonsense, Mary.
10:14A visitor for Miss Mary Bennet.
10:20Mr. Ryder?
10:22What are you doing here?
10:24Miss Bennet.
10:26I hope you and your family won't consider this a great imposition, but you left London with
10:31such haste.
10:32I was most worried about your mother and wanted to offer my support in your hour of
10:37need.
10:39How do you do, Mr. Ryder?
10:42Mrs. Bennet?
10:45Why, why, it's a pleasure to see you looking so well.
10:48Oh, I usually look much better than this, though my recovery has been quite extraordinary.
10:55I am.
10:56I'm glad to hear it.
11:01Miss Bennet, won't you introduce me to your sisters?
11:04Uh, uh, um, yes, uh, this is Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy.
11:08Um, this is, this is Kitty Boncock.
11:11How do you do?
11:12Mrs. Jane Bingley and Mrs. Lydia Wickham.
11:15Enchanted to meet you all.
11:16How do you know Mary?
11:18Miss Bennet and I met at a soiree in London and share a similar taste in despicable crime
11:25pamphlets.
11:26Oh!
11:29Anyway, I was en route to visit my aunt, Lady Catherine de Burr, and wanted to pay my
11:34respects.
11:36Well, let us not stand upon ceremony.
11:39Elizabeth will arrange for us to take tea in the garden.
11:43Uh, Mr. Ryder, do join us.
11:44I know, I'm, I'm sure Mr. Ryder will have more important matters to attend to.
11:49I have time.
11:52Are you well enough, Lamar?
11:54Yes, thank you, Jane.
11:55I am perfectly well enough.
11:57Uh, Mary, take Mr. Ryder to the garden.
12:01Uh, Lydia will deal with the dog.
12:04What?
12:04Mr. Ryder, if this is about the girl, I'm not.
12:06Come along, Mr. Ryder.
12:11I have always felt that what a lady puts in her garden is so terribly important.
12:17Yes.
12:18Roses, of course.
12:19Of course.
12:20Your favourite flower?
12:21Well, I must know.
12:31My turn!
12:35I see you forgot to mention Mr. Ryder in your reports from London.
12:40You also forgot to mention how handsome he is.
12:44I, I mean, I've, I've not really noticed his looks.
12:47I'm sure.
12:48He's come an awfully long way to see you.
12:51He's probably just thirsty.
12:53And nearby.
12:56What?
12:57Oh, you must stay with us, Mr. Ryder, especially with the weather turning as it may well do.
13:03Do you not agree, Lizzie?
13:04You would be most welcome, Mr. Ryder.
13:06Oh, that is very kind.
13:09Come, Miss Bennet.
13:10Show us your skills.
13:15No.
13:17That's not what I...
13:21Excellent!
13:22Well done, Mary!
13:24Yes.
13:25Bravo!
13:26Well done, Mary.
13:27I agree.
13:28Well done.
13:31I was sorry to see you leave London in such a hurry.
13:36Mr. Ryder, have...
13:39Have you come here to discuss, you know, the...
13:44Yes!
13:45Yes, Miss Bennet.
13:46I, I, I believe I have.
13:47I've, I've been wondering whether to write to you on the subject.
13:50Oh, I wouldn't expect you to lead the conversation, Miss Bennet.
13:53Mr. Ryder, are you here to talk about...
13:57I'll connect you.
13:58...the bell jar?
14:00The bell jar?
14:01What, what, what did you say?
14:03Miss Bennet!
14:05Please, do not trouble yourself over that.
14:08But it was your father's.
14:09I thought you'd be upset.
14:11Not at all.
14:11Please, think no more of it.
14:17Huh.
14:19Huh.
14:21Huh.
14:24It is a pleasure to meet your family.
14:27Yes, my, my sisters are exceptional.
14:31I know.
14:32As are you, Miss Bennet.
14:35Oh, no, I, I am much more, um...
14:40I find it most refreshing that you do not fawn over potential husbands or...
14:45Have your mind constantly set on finding a match?
14:50Well, no, no, I don't really, I don't give it much thought.
14:56You lack artifice.
14:58Your qualities shine out.
14:59They're not corrupted by the false polish of the world.
15:04She's, uh, observations of a very, very personal nature.
15:09Well, I have a very low opinion of the petty rules to which we submit ourselves in the name of
15:14good manners.
15:15Did you know that?
15:16I think you may have mentioned it once or twice.
15:19I believe, Miss Bennet, that our inability to say what we mean is one of the great curses of our
15:26age.
15:27We hide behind a thousand disguises that we like to call politeness.
15:33Hmm.
15:49Mr. Darcy sends his apologies.
15:51He has a seasonal headache.
15:53Oh.
15:54Hmm.
15:55Mr. Ryder, tell us about yourself.
15:58Mary mentioned you are an avid reader.
16:00Oh, uh, of poetry, perhaps.
16:04I find longer works are usually not for me.
16:07Really?
16:07I think the brevity of poetry is one of its principal attractions.
16:11I agree.
16:13Wholeheartedly.
16:14I only wish I had the fine mind of your sister.
16:17Miss Bennet has such an astute understanding of a wide range of literature.
16:22She does.
16:24She does.
16:25Miss Bennet, I do not know whether she gets it from me or her father.
16:29From you, Mother, I am sure.
16:32Oh.
16:33There are very few people who have the insight of Miss Bennet.
16:37I could talk to you all day.
16:40I must admit, London has been a little grey without you.
16:46Oh, no.
16:47Are you joking?
16:49No, there are many interesting minds in London, all eager for thoughtful conversation.
16:54None as interesting as yours.
17:09Hello?
17:12Mother.
17:14I came to wish you goodnight.
17:20Here.
17:34Mr. Ryder would make an excellent match.
17:45I wonder what kind of endowment he has.
17:50I do not know, Mum.
17:52A sizable one, I'm sure.
17:56Good night, Mumma.
18:03Good night, Mary.
18:33Good night, Mumma.
18:37Good night.
18:56Sorry, don't let me distract you.
19:01What are you reading, Mr. Ryder?
19:03A rather fascinating book.
19:08Um...
19:08Uh, Jesus.
19:09Right, it's upside down.
19:11Ah, so it is.
19:14What are you reading, Miss Bennet?
19:16Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
19:17Oh, insufferable, rulemaking pedant.
19:20Would you like me to put it in the fire for you?
19:24That's not quite how I remember it, I'll admit.
19:41What are they talking about?
19:46Barry sounds serious.
19:48She is boring him, I know it.
19:50I think you should read Mrs. Macaulay.
19:52She will help you to better understand the world.
19:56I am no good at all at wasting my energy
19:59on anything that does not either move or please me.
20:02I think that is a shame, sir.
20:10You know, my father was a scholar.
20:13He devoted all his time to studying insects.
20:16Winged beetles, mostly.
20:18Of course, yes, the beetle in the jar.
20:22It's fascinating stuff, really.
20:26Well, I'm not so sure,
20:28but it occupied his every waking hour.
20:32He rarely emerged from his study.
20:36We hardly ever saw him.
20:39When I was 15 years old,
20:44he...
20:47died quite suddenly.
20:50Oh.
20:52I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
20:55A few days after his death,
20:57I sat in his dark study and...
21:02I thought about all the hours he'd spent in there.
21:06Away from his family.
21:09Away from life.
21:10And for what?
21:12For your father must have derived
21:13a great deal of pleasure from his work.
21:17Perhaps.
21:18But I think I learnt more
21:19about the point of human existence in that moment
21:22than my father learnt in a lifetime of study.
21:26From then on,
21:27I devoted myself
21:29to the pursuit of joy.
21:33Tell me, Miss Bennett.
21:36What makes you happy?
21:41Sorry, um...
21:42Nobody ever asked me such a question.
21:45Then you must consider it now.
21:48Uh...
21:49Well, um...
21:52Reading.
21:53Reading.
21:54Learning.
21:55Teaching.
21:59And...
22:00What of...
22:02Friendship.
22:05Of love.
22:09Uh, yes.
22:10No, of course, that.
22:13Life is short, Miss Bennett.
22:17Everything turns to dust in the end.
22:23We might as well experience some joy
22:25before that happens.
22:33Let's go ride it.
22:37Yes!
22:38Let's!
22:45Ladies.
22:48What a waste.
22:51Well?
22:52Well, what?
22:53Are you going out walking again, Mary?
22:54No, Mr. Ryder and I are going riding.
22:56On a horse?
22:57Yes, that's generally the idea.
22:58But you hate horses.
22:59Mary, what are his intentions?
23:02To ride a horse, I think.
23:15Oh, no.
23:21Oh, dear.
23:23Oh, dear.
23:23Oh, dear.
23:33Oh, there we go.
23:35There we go.
23:37Now, I have been thinking about your argument.
23:41That, uh, that we should say more honestly what we think and feel.
23:45Oh, excellent.
23:47I knew you'd agree.
23:48Oh, I don't know that I do.
23:51I mean, surely even you must admit there may be occasions when, well, for all manner of
23:56reasons, some things are best left unsaid.
23:59I cannot concur.
24:00I intend to live my life by bolder principles.
24:03In fact, that is why I came here, to put that belief into practice.
24:08Oh, really?
24:10Yes.
24:10I came here to commit the great impropriety of telling you honestly what I think of you.
24:18Mr. Ryder, I can assure you there's no need.
24:20I attempted to scribble a few lines, but then I thought of some verses of Mr. Wordsworth
24:26that captured your spirit perfectly.
24:30May I be allowed to recite them to you?
24:35Of course, Mr. Ryder.
24:36Please.
24:41She dwelt among...
24:43Excuse me.
24:46No.
24:48Please, take your time.
24:56She dwelt among the untrodden ways, beside the springs of Dove.
25:02A maid whom there were none to praise and very few to love.
25:09A violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye.
25:15Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
25:27I think you see me as a lonely figure.
25:30I was brought up in Hertfordshire, sir.
25:32So the road to London was barely five miles away.
25:35It is possible to feel oneself alone, even in such close proximity to town?
25:39Yes, but in my village, it was quite untrue to say that there were none to praise and very few
25:45to love.
25:46There were scores of people very eager to praise my sisters.
25:50Perhaps living with your family in Meryton kept you half hidden from the eye.
25:58But now you've broken out on your own.
26:01You can be seen at last as you deserve.
26:05Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
26:19You're a natural, Miss Bennet.
26:21Oh, I'm not.
26:22I know.
26:27Our conversations may be very happy, Miss Bennet.
26:34Me too, Mr. Ryder.
26:51Walk on.
27:00Mary, there you are.
27:02Whatever's the matter?
27:03What happened on the ride?
27:05We rode horses.
27:08And mine was most unruly.
27:10And it had a taste for brambles as if it had a mine of its own, really.
27:13And my saddle was not at all comfortable.
27:15That's not a slight on the quality of the design.
27:17Mary!
27:21It appears Mr. Ryder does have some sort of affection for you.
27:25And I believe he is about to propose.
27:32Mother, I'm not completely sure that you are right.
27:35And I really would hate to cause you any further disappointment.
27:38This is an opportunity that cannot be overlooked.
27:42He's a very eligible gentleman.
27:45You will say yes, won't you?
27:51There you are!
27:52What happened?
27:52What did he say?
27:53Did he ask you?
27:54He's not going to ask her.
27:55That he is.
27:55He's not going to ask you any further.
27:56Oh, I...
27:58I...
28:02I...
28:02Miss Barrett!
28:07Are you quite all right?
28:09Oh, it's...
28:09It's nothing.
28:11Nothing at all.
28:11Oh.
28:13May I speak with you in private?
28:16I have something very important I want to discuss with you.
28:37Mother had told me to prepare myself.
28:40But nothing could prepare me for what happened next.
29:11Mother's Day
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