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The Other Bennet Sister S01E05 (2026)
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00:02Dear Mother, I write to let you know that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just
00:09yet, as I am still very much needed in London.
00:13The Gardener's governess has indeed returned, but we find ourselves quite overrun with social
00:18engagements.
00:21You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly
00:26balls.
00:27I am very much looking forward to it.
00:31I miss you all.
00:38Yours, Mary.
00:41The Gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
00:44Yes.
00:45Yes, a week ago.
00:46Well then, the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband.
00:51A husband?
00:52Whatever else do you plan to do?
00:57Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage
01:02or misery.
01:04What do you think?
01:06Mary, it is not too late for marriage, if that's what you're asking me.
01:10And I do believe it's the better choice, but I'm not the only one.
01:14Some marriages are miserable.
01:16I agree.
01:18I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:24My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:27Mary, that is nonsense.
01:29What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:33Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
01:37This time, you have me.
01:40Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
01:46It's all about confidence.
01:47A certain coolness.
01:49I think you care too much.
01:52Really?
01:53Hmm.
01:55Have you ever polished your skin?
02:02We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
02:06Then we spread it on your face.
02:07You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:10I'm going to smell like soup.
02:15What on earth?
02:26There.
02:27Thanks.
02:39Mary, you have stew on your face.
02:43Er...
02:51Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
02:54Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:06Hmm.
03:07Walk normally.
03:14I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:16New love is the most romantic thing.
03:20New love?
03:20Yes.
03:21The first rose.
03:22Oh, you must not take it for granted.
03:24Because the feelings soon pass, and then everything becomes quite ordinary.
03:29It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
03:35Now walk.
03:37Shoulders back.
03:38Chin up.
03:39Chin down.
03:40Chin up a little.
03:41Don't look scared.
03:42Quite hard not to.
03:54Don't look happy.
04:00Ha ha ha ha.
04:13when you had not a care in the world.
04:38Remember, Mary,
04:40the most important thing
04:43is to be yourself.
05:02Isn't it beautiful?
05:04I've never known myself.
05:10I've never known myself.
05:16I've never known myself.
05:17Do not break.
05:18The night has only just begun.
05:22Good evening,
05:23Miss Vaxter,
05:24Miss Bennet.
05:25Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
05:27Uh, well,
05:28as do you.
05:29Anne?
05:31Mm-hmm.
05:32Oh.
05:37Mr. Haywin, how would you like to dance with this bellet?
05:40No, I know.
05:41It will show how eligible you are.
05:47I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
05:50But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
05:53Oh, well, there might be.
05:56Let me just check.
06:00Yes.
06:00Yes.
06:01We could dance.
06:03Thank you, Mr. Haywood.
06:11Mr. Haywood, how are you?
06:14Miss Bennett.
06:17I'm very well.
06:19How are you?
06:241, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2,
06:323, 2, 3.
06:33Jesus.
06:34Sorry.
06:35I'm sorry.
06:36I'm sorry.
06:36I think is turning in.
06:38Jesus.
06:39Jesus.
06:40Yes.
06:40Yes.
06:48Jesus.
07:38Thank you, Mr. Hayden.
07:41It was a fine minuet.
07:51Oh, now you two.
07:52You must dance together.
07:56I'm going to go.
07:57Oh, Mary, do you mind?
07:58I'm going to go.
08:00Oh, my God.
08:02That's amazing.
08:14Oh, my God.
08:41It's you.
08:42It's indeed.
08:43William Ryder.
08:44Of course, Mr. Ryder.
08:46Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon.
08:52Would you like to dance?
08:54Well, perhaps later.
08:56My feet are quiet.
08:59Then let us sit and gather your strength.
09:22I find these occasions really quite intolerable.
09:25All these poor young ladies parading about, bearing the weight of their parents' expectations.
09:31It's not the least romantic.
09:33I think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women.
09:37And for good reason.
09:39None of them wants to fail.
09:43Well, doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennett, that most people give far too much weight to the idea of
09:49marriage?
09:50Because for some people, that is their only means of survival.
09:53In matters of men and women, the only thing that should guide us is the heart.
10:00Do you really believe that to be true?
10:02Well, I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish.
10:13I think you will find, Mr. Ryder, that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man.
10:21While the consequences are borne, quite literally in many cases, by the woman.
10:28Perhaps you're right.
10:29I know I am.
10:30Come on.
10:39Dance with me, Miss Bennett.
10:41Come on.
11:07It's supposed to be fun, I think.
11:11You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennet.
11:14I am breathing.
11:15I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
11:22I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
11:24Ah, but what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennet?
11:28Histories.
11:29No, I mean, what's your secret intelligence?
11:35What I really enjoyed reading, as a child, were the servants' pamphlets.
11:42They detail the most grisly crimes.
11:46I knew there was a bold and curious sigh to you, Miss Bennet.
11:50I had to hide them from my mother.
11:52Yeah, you did.
11:59Oh, my gosh, look at that.
12:05It's the onions.
12:18It's the onions.
12:23You tripped.
12:25I did not trip.
12:26It was a deliberate embellishment of the glock.
12:29Mary?
12:30Miss Baxter, I was just about to ask Miss Bennet to dance again.
12:36Oh, uh, thank you, Mr. Ryder, but I will sit this one out.
12:40Ah, then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies.
12:46He might be handsome, Mary, but beware.
12:48He also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us.
12:52He enjoys the privileges of his class, as well as good looks.
12:55I cannot say I took much notice of his looks.
12:59Mary?
13:00I did not.
13:01Well, he certainly noticed you.
13:03That's kind of you to say, but he doesn't think of me in that way.
13:06And actually, that makes it much more enjoyable.
13:10We were just talking about Mr. Ryder.
13:14Yes.
13:14Well, you're Ryder.
13:16I, sis.
13:18Oh, thank you.
13:19And the biggest one for Miss Mary, Bennet.
13:24Hey, well, don't look so downhearted.
13:26Here, you can have mine.
13:27I wouldn't dream of taking yours.
13:29Oh, well.
13:30Mr. Heywood, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
13:35I'm quite tired.
13:42But I will love to dance.
13:46Not play with the rules.
13:47Oh, crunchy.
13:49Mr. Ryder, what on earth happened?
13:52Good to see you.
13:53Oh, Miss Bingley.
13:54Well, well.
13:56Miss Bennet.
13:57How good to see you again.
13:59Oh, are you two ladies already acquainted?
14:02I have known Miss Bennet for some years.
14:05Pianist, singer, raconteur.
14:08My brother married her sister.
14:11I heard you were a governess in London, though I didn't think it had quite come to that.
14:15But I'm no longer in that position.
14:18So, you are in London for a husband?
14:22No.
14:27Miss Bennet is a radical thinker.
14:30Is she now?
14:31Well, it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here, where I can be thoroughly
14:37enlightened by your thoughts.
14:39Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday.
14:42You should join us.
14:44Why, thank you, Mr. Ryder.
14:46You must sing.
14:48That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to.
14:51I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday.
14:55Come, Mr. Ryder.
14:57Please, please, please, please.
15:31How did you find the ball last night?
15:35Most pleasant, thank you.
15:38Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
15:41He left a spondyl of crime pamphlets.
15:43It's a peculiar gift.
15:44Is this really to your taste?
15:47Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
15:49Oh, what fun!
15:51Jethro.
15:52You could wear your red dress.
15:55Uh, regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend.
16:01You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
16:08She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
16:13I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
16:15Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
16:19Mr. Darcy.
16:20She did?
16:21Yes.
16:22Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
16:26Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
16:30She's better than me.
16:31I know that very well.
16:34She's always beautifully dressed, and she has extraordinary confidence.
16:39She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
16:43Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities, the same as everyone else.
16:49And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
16:52It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
16:56Blossoming?
16:58You've changed.
17:00You smile more.
17:02You laugh.
17:04Well, I...
17:05The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
17:13We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingley's of this world.
17:20We stand our ground, for there will always be one.
17:41Miss Merritt, how wonderful to see you.
17:45Oh, um, I very much like your, um, insects.
17:55Why, thank you. They were my late father's.
17:58He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
18:08You have an extensive book collection, Mr Ryder?
18:12Ah, yes. They are for show.
18:16Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine name.
18:21Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent me.
18:24I want to hear about the strangest cases over dinner.
18:29Ah, yes. Miss Merritt, inspired by you.
18:33I have been reading some of those particular works myself, and I found something, when you think of you.
18:41Of me?
18:42Mm-hmm. Allow me to find it?
18:43Well, of course.
18:45Miss Bingley.
18:47I am so glad you took my advice. Lady Catherine de Boer looks magnificent there.
18:52I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
18:56It made you think of... Miss Bennet?
19:00Yes, exactly.
19:01Now, where is it?
19:03Mr Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table before
19:08the guests sit.
19:10Uh, very well. Please excuse us.
19:16I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
19:21the dictates of fashion,
19:23when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can.
19:27You are an example to us all.
19:46Mr Hayward, we are here.
19:48Where are you, Mary?
19:49Ahhhh.
19:51Uh, sure.
20:00You're so sorry.
20:04Uh, can you tell me I can't look it up?
20:08I don't know how someone feels relevant.
20:09I don't care.
20:14Like I thought to myself that I can't do it, maybe they can't do it.
20:37Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
20:41No.
20:42She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
20:45No.
20:52What think you of James Hutton's theory that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
20:58I have no interest in geology.
21:01What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
21:05Horses. Horses.
21:06Oh, I know so little about horses, you think I would be honoured if you would teach me all you
21:11know.
21:12We won't have time for that.
21:14Let's just see how we get on.
21:16Right.
21:19Right.
21:21Four legs.
21:24Cannot vomit.
21:26Oh.
21:26Beautiful creatures.
21:28Beautiful.
21:28Almost too beautiful.
21:29More intelligent than anyone at this table.
21:33Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
21:36I appreciate that.
21:37Right.
21:37I've done this before.
21:38I'm sure I can do it again.
21:39That's amazing.
21:40These are the front legs here.
21:42We call these the cloppers.
21:45Back legs.
21:46The clippers.
21:47Ah.
21:47Clip clop.
21:48Right?
21:49You see what I'm saying?
21:50You do not want to stand behind a horse.
21:52You do not want to.
21:53I don't want to.
21:56What can a horse do?
21:58You tell me.
21:58Well, it can run, but it can also break your heart.
22:03I can see it.
22:04That is our horse.
22:06What shall we name it?
22:07Gerald.
22:09Gerald.
22:10Gerald.
22:11Let's enter him at York.
22:13Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
22:20Well, thank you.
22:22Thank you, sir.
22:23I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
22:34Miss Bennett.
22:36I was hoping to speak to you.
22:39Really?
22:40Well, I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
22:45It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
22:52You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
22:55I did.
22:56Only recently we were talking about your family, and she confessed herself astonished at the
23:01great difference between you and your sisters.
23:04She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking.
23:10Not as beautiful as Jane, nor as willing as Kitty, and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's
23:16joie de vivre?
23:21It was very candid of her.
23:22I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
23:32Tell me, Miss Bennett, do you intend to marry?
23:37Let's assume we all must marry, in the end.
23:41Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice.
23:45If you wish.
23:46It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that can never
23:54come to anything, such as Mr. Ryder.
24:01Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
24:04Or that he is pursuing me?
24:07For both are quite without foundation.
24:09And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
24:12I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
24:17What do you mean?
24:18Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennett.
24:21Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation, where matters of the heart are
24:27concerned.
24:31You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
24:34Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
24:38Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
24:58It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
25:01You had a dinner, Miss Bennett.
25:05It was, yes, most interesting.
25:08I wanted to say that...
25:12I wanted to ask, or that is to say, I have noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied
25:18a great deal of your time.
25:20And he often acts without thinking.
25:22I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that is what you would like.
25:30I very much enjoy his company.
25:36I see.
25:37No, I...
25:38Of course, I...
25:38No, no, no.
25:39Forgive my intrusion.
25:39No, that is to say, I'm, I'm, I'm not drawn to him.
25:44Who is she, Bennett girl?
25:45The one you said was plain.
25:46Oh, the governess.
25:48She was the only one of the five not to marry.
25:50Can you imagine?
25:51She didn't look very plain to me.
25:53She was tolerant.
25:54And you can see Ryder's interest in her.
25:56If I were you, I'd snap her up before some other fellow does.
25:59Excuse me?
26:00I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
26:04How lovely, Mary.
26:06Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
26:08Come, Miss Bennet, you must sing.
26:10Sing!
26:11Sing!
26:12Sing!
26:13Sing!
26:14Sing!
26:16Sing!
26:26Mary, Mary, we must get you to Pemberley immediately.
26:29We have received an urgent letter.
26:31Your mother is being taken gravely ill.
26:33Take your carriage and go. Now.
26:35Oh!
26:37Oh!
26:38Careful!
26:45Come on, Mary. You must hurry.
26:48Oh, dear.
26:50Sorry.
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