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00:17It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:22without expectations,
00:23she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:31To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.
00:41Or so my mother taught us.
00:44Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is lit at last?
00:49I have not.
00:54Do you want to know who has taken it?
00:57You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:00I would like to know.
01:03It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year.
01:14I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:18From whom did you hear this?
01:19Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:23Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:26He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:30In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, we must start at the beginning.
01:39With cake in Meriton, England.
01:46Where a wealthy boy met a beautiful girl.
01:51Father, meet mother.
01:53Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only a male heir
01:59could inherit my father's estate.
02:01And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:12That's his fortune, and her beauty were worthless.
02:17Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:22But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:26Why should he engage?
02:27When the time comes...
02:28I'll be dead anyway.
02:31Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
02:36A saving grace.
02:38Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:42Be it Jane's beauty.
02:46Lizzie's wit.
02:48Kitty's good humour.
02:50Or Lydia's...
02:51Spirit.
02:55If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save us all from
03:00destitution.
03:03Although I had not found my own best quality...
03:08Oh...
03:08I was quite sure that I would.
03:10My fault, Mary.
03:11Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:16Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:19She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:23And she is clumsy.
03:25Ungainly.
03:26Maladroite, as they say.
03:29Four good marriages will have to do.
03:31I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:01I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:11If you're not the beautiful one, the quick-witted one, or the ones that are good at games and full
04:18of youthful energy, then who are you?
04:22And what can you do if you're the odd one out?
04:27Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in?
04:33Worse, I think.
04:47Worse, still.
04:49Do not fret, Miss Bennet.
05:01Have we found it?
05:04I think we have, Mr. Sparrow.
05:06Oh, thank goodness for that.
05:15You see, the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays.
05:18Well, I never.
05:21Hm?
05:35You really do look very well in your spectacles.
05:39Especially when you smile.
05:44Ah, I do not think my mother will agree.
05:46But I have a great passion for reading, and I would have been sad to stop.
05:53I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meriton Assembly.
05:56An Assembly?
05:57Yes.
05:58In a month.
05:59I heard this morning.
06:01My sisters will be pleased.
06:05Perhaps I shall see you there.
06:07Hm.
06:13Miss Mary, you ought to get on.
06:15Oh, of course.
06:15I'll settle affairs here.
06:19And thank you, Mrs. Sparrow.
06:28I have news.
06:31There's going to be an Assembly in Meriton in a month.
06:34We know.
06:35Oh.
06:35I'm going to be the one to tell Mama.
06:38This will mark my first Assembly.
06:40My first venture into society.
06:44So it will.
06:48How am I to secure a partner for dancing?
06:50I've always wondered.
06:51Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
06:56Do not fret.
06:57Not.
06:57Not fretting.
07:01Not fretting.
07:08Yes, I thought it was.
07:20Well, have fun, Lizzie.
07:23I'm going to fill my card for dances.
07:25Jane, do you think I shall be allowed to dance?
07:27Mary, move.
07:28Do you hope you're not going to span this close at the Assembly?
07:31Oh, we should have taken the long route.
07:34Oh, these are my good boots.
07:37Oh.
07:37All for you for wearing them.
07:39Oh.
07:40Jane.
07:42What do we get to wear?
07:43My green dress.
07:44The green dress.
07:45Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion?
07:48I don't see why it should.
07:50It would match my eyes, I suppose.
07:52Your eyes are green.
07:54You are so inattentive.
08:00Mr. Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed.
08:04We were the first.
08:05I was the first.
08:06You were stood a little behind me.
08:07It is wonderful.
08:08What will I wear?
08:10Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father?
08:12Why would we not be?
08:13I was the one that found out about it.
08:14Am I allowed?
08:16Jane, Lizzie, you will of course go.
08:19And Mary.
08:20Father, I shall die if I do not go.
08:22I'll probably die too.
08:23I very much doubt that.
08:24Mr. Bennet, Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands.
08:29After Jane and Lizzie, of course.
08:33I don't see what the fuss is all about.
08:35Those horrible, sweaty affairs.
08:38Mary, you will attend.
08:41Oh.
08:43Oh, well, of course, Mother, if you wish.
08:46Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks.
08:49As long as I am not expected to attend.
08:51Mr. Bennet.
08:51I told you, I will not attend another of those insufferable muddy little dancers.
08:56Oh.
08:57I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meriton Assembly.
09:00Oh, he must be.
09:02Who would miss it?
09:03Me, apparently.
09:04You shall all go to the ball.
09:06As long as I am obliged to hear no more about you.
09:10I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
09:14Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too.
09:15I'm me.
09:16This excitement over a man you've never set eyes on is quite ridiculous.
09:18Oh, Mary, we're only indulging ourselves.
09:27Mary is wearing spectacles.
09:30What on earth?
09:32Very good.
09:32I hope you find them most useful, Mary.
09:35I do, Father.
09:36Mr. Bennet, did you know about this?
09:39We discussed this at length.
09:41Mary was to visit the optician.
09:42Yes, but I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses.
09:46You seem to forget, my dear, that I wear spectacles myself.
09:50But she is a woman.
09:53Nevertheless, she ought to be able to see.
09:55I think they look very well.
10:00Potatoes, Mary.
10:03In case she couldn't see them.
10:07I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
10:09Lydia.
10:10But Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
10:13Pleased to be able to read.
10:16Oh, I do hope you are to meet him.
10:18Surely we must.
10:20Spectacles indeed.
10:22I wonder if it is a classic restaurant.
10:24Is it a shame that I'm not being a junior?
10:25Yes, it is a shame.
10:26I don't know.
10:27Is it a big...
10:28Mama, Kitty and I will need new desks for pork.
10:33Thanks for listening.
10:41Bye.
10:45Bye.
10:49Bye.
10:51Bye.
10:53Bye.
11:17Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Meryton Assembly, Miss Mary.
11:21Oh, hell.
11:24What am I to do at a dance?
11:27Dance?
11:29But what if no one wants to dance with me?
11:33Then you'll eat lots of ices.
11:36Such fripperies are not for me.
11:38I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
11:41If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
11:45A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
11:50Now I am tall and yellow.
11:53Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world and saw
12:01yourself how other people see you outside of your family.
12:08Well, that's decided.
12:10I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
12:14And I will not hear another word on the subject.
12:28Help!
12:29I've lost my ribbons!
12:33Found us!
12:40Madam, please remain still if you can.
12:49Does the gold make me look like...
12:54a little.
12:57Kitty!
12:58What is it?
12:59Those are my books, Lydia.
13:00I cannot reach my jewels box.
13:02I need something to stand on.
13:03This is important, Mary.
13:05We need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
13:15Jane is first.
13:17That's not fair.
13:18I'm always last.
13:20Mary, we're last.
13:24Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
13:26Is this not hurt?
13:27Yes.
13:28It was two weeks ago.
13:29I know.
13:31Should we eat beforehand?
13:33Perhaps a very small meal.
13:35And don't drink too much.
13:36But what if I'm thirsty?
13:37Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself behind a screen in front of everyone?
13:41Miss me!
13:57apple must beå·¡aring.
13:58No jumping!
13:59No.
14:05Right.
14:07That was very small.
14:07Oh man, hor farther.
14:08You can see it now.
14:12This is Jill.
14:16Is it too fine for me, do you think?
14:19You look very handsome in it.
14:32Katie, you haven't taken my party.
14:34I have, I have.
14:35Miss Lydia, you haven't taken your party.
14:37What in that scent?
15:02No, no, no, no, it's okay.
15:12I don't know.
15:48I like your dress, Mary.
15:51Oh, Charlotte.
15:53What's that about?
15:54I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:57I should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough to have secured partners.
16:01I thought the very same thing.
16:35Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:37These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
16:41This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
16:44And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet.
16:49Miss Jane Bennet.
16:52Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:56Kitty and Lydia.
17:00Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
17:06Mr. Compass girl in the whole neighborhood.
17:09That is a great achievement, to be sure.
17:13Study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
17:16What an example to us all.
17:26If I could be so good with Mr. Compass.
17:28Oh, God, it's a great hit.
18:08You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps.
18:13What has happened?
18:13I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against
18:19the wall there, a Mr. Darcy, who said of me, she is tolerable, but not handsome enough
18:28to tempt me.
18:37Around we go!
18:43Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
18:46I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
18:51a fashion.
18:52Mr. Sparrow?
18:53Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
18:57I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
19:02Take his hand.
19:05I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
19:07I just chose to sit this one out.
19:10That is a shame.
19:13I was going to ask if you would do me the honour of standing up with me for the next
19:16dance.
19:18Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
19:20And I would be delighted.
19:22Well then, I thank you.
19:25Oh, yes.
19:28Shall we remain here until the next second, please?
19:30Of course.
19:31That's exactly what I thought.
19:41How are your spectacles?
19:43Very well.
19:44Yes, I'm unable to study for hours without this year.
19:47I am delighted to hear that.
19:50It's my turn.
19:55Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
19:57What do you read with such enjoyment?
20:02Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
20:06It's a fascinating read.
20:07I will seek it out.
20:08Are you a scholar, sir?
20:10I like to read, but science rather than history.
20:14I have a plan to study medicine in London, baths or maybe morphine's.
20:19What a noble ambition.
20:21But it is not a thing widely known.
20:23I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
20:27I should speak of it to no one.
21:07I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
21:36I'm regressing visiting the supper table so early
21:38I should have had less oyster patties
21:43It's fewer
21:45It's fewer oyster patties
21:50Here we go!
22:08Here we go!
22:10Here we go!
22:34Would you like a cold drink, Miss Bennet?
22:36Oh, yes, that's an excellent idea, thank you
22:49It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary
22:54Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he?
22:57Yes, the optician's son
23:00And you have danced with him twice
23:04Mary, you are very young
23:07And perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood
23:11If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon
23:13Two dances in succession suggest a liking
23:16Three might imply something more
23:22I'm very happy dancing with him
23:36I see that you have stood up twice with the sparrow boy
23:40Yes, Mama
23:43You will not dance with him again?
23:48But, Mother, he's been most attentive
23:51He's quite the gentleman
23:53Mary, his father owns a shop
23:57Yes?
23:59With a bell
24:01Mother, I have danced with him twice
24:05I have no wish to marry him
24:07You may not object to lowering yourself
24:09But I will not have you ruin your sister's chances of a match
24:26You always have to say
24:34Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet?
24:37Once we have finished our ices
24:40Mr. Sparrow, I am afraid that I shall
24:45I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening
24:48Oh
24:49But I thought
24:51I thought
24:54I hope I have not offended you
24:55No, no, no, not at all, sir
24:57I've
24:58Oh, I've
24:58I've
24:59Very much
25:01Enjoyed
25:02Dancing with you
25:02It's, um
25:05That is to say
25:06That, um
25:08My mother is
25:10Concerned
25:11Concerned?
25:12Uh, for my sisters
25:13And I
25:14Um
25:15It's important that we make an
25:18Appropriate
25:18Social
25:19Um
25:20One might say
25:21Financially
25:23Um
25:23Well
25:24A suitable match
25:26Miss Bennet
25:27There is no need for an explanation
25:29I shall not pursue the matter
25:30I've
25:31Enjoyed
25:32I've enjoyed my time
25:33Um
25:33Good evening to you
25:37I'm sorry
25:38I'm
25:38Sorry
25:39Uh
25:40I'm
25:41I'm
25:43I'm
25:44I'm
25:56I'm
25:57I'm
26:08Jane. Jane stood up with him twice. I had little time for his friend. Please do not hold that
26:16against Mr. Bingley. She's not going to go again soon. Yes. I danced with two soldiers. I'm not very
26:22good with faces so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone. Ew! As my mother and
26:27sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible sense of shame.
26:33I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
26:40Who was I? A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations. It was time to find
26:48my own way. To look for a new version of myself as a serious-minded woman.
26:57From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide. No more ribbons, ball gowns or dance
27:04cards. The old Mary would be no more. I would transform into the intellectual one. That was
27:12how I would stand out. As the other Bennet sister.
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