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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 heart 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 motherness.
01:15But what else could she do in life? Be her mother's companion?
01:19I thought Tom brought her out of herself. Cunt-hearted man that he is.
01:23And 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.
01:33Oh, there it is. Well, I'm happy she's with us. She has an interesting and charming mind.
01:42Oh, Miss Bennet.
01:45Mr. Hayward.
01:48How are you?
01:49Are you good to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
01:51Oh, well, uh, 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.
02:26You not having your mother to confide in.
02:28Oh, it's a relief to be without. In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of them.
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! Tom, 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 a worryingly large
02:59bag of sugar plombs.
03:00Please excuse me. Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:23My dear Mary, I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:29I 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, you're painting!
04:16To teach the children.
04:17Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play!
04:24It's terrible.
04:25No!
04:26No!
04:26It's...
04:28It'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 Gardner and I, and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
05:01Oh?
05:01Yes.
05:02He was most mysterious.
05:04He 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.
05:15Whatever that might entail.
05:18I must work on my lesson plans.
05:20Mary, you must join us.
05:22For my sake, please consider it.
05:32No.
05:41No.
05:45No, no.
06:20Mr. and Mrs. Gardner,
06:21Ms. Bennet, thank you for humoring me.
06:24Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
06:27I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself
06:30for a morning recital unlike any other in a hidden garden.
06:34Good Lord.
06:35Will Ms. Baxter be joining us?
06:36I'm afraid Ms. 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 good weather have been in vain.
06:48No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
06:53A little drizzle?
06:57Just down there.
07:05This way?
07:06Yes.
07:22It's magical.
07:25Well...
07:30Please forgive the theatrics.
07:33I had given Ms. Bennet the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how 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, ships,
08:22towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields, into the sky, all bright
08:34and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun mourn beautifully steep in his first
08:41splendor, valley, rock, or hill. Nurse or I never felt a calm so deep. The river glideth
08:53at his own sweet will. Dear God, the very houses seem asleep, and all that mighty
09:04heart is lying still.
09:17Well done, Tom. A moving rendition.
09:21Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words. And what a beautiful
09:27place. Our wisteria never flowers like this.
09:31Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
09:35Come, let's take a turn.
09:37Indeed.
09:39But instead, this place is magical.
09:43Yes, it is.
09:51Well, Miss Bennett, how do you feel?
10:00I... Well, for once I have nothing to say.
10:04I'm sorry to hear that.
10:05No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
10:16You have such varied ways to express your feelings. Mine feel frozen or feeble or...
10:28entirely unknowable.
10:30I do not know, Miss Bennett.
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 Bennett, I...
10:57Oh.
10:58It was just a petal.
11:00Miss Daywood, I think I must leave London.
11:04Well, you've only just arrived.
11:06It's no great event. My mother needs a companion.
11:09I see.
11:10And, well, you will likely be very busy soon.
11:14What with, uh, social engagements and, uh...
11:19Miss Baxter.
11:22I'm sure we'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, thank you.
11:33I shall never forget it.
11:48I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
11:51Good heavens!
11:53Mary, this is quite unexpected.
11:55What is anything the matter?
11:57My mother needs me.
11:59It's my sister Borde.
12:01I know that she's more likely than anyone in England
12:04to summon the troops on account of her loneliness,
12:05but 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...
12:39enlightening,
12:41I will be by your side for your summer at Pemberley.
12:45As requested.
12:48I am grateful for the generosity
12:50extended by my aunt and uncle,
12:52but as you rightly point out,
12:54I do not wish to burn them.
12:56And it will, of course, be...
12:58an honour?
13:00to look after your new pup.
13:23Do come in.
13:39There was an old woman
13:40who lived in a shoe.
13:45She had so many children
13:46she didn't know what to do.
13:49She gave them some broth
13:51without any bread
13:52and she whipped them all soundly
13:54and put them to bed.
13:56That poem started very well
13:58and ended very badly.
14:00A good observation, Miss Marianne.
14:03Why didn't she just move into a boot
14:04when the children got too many?
14:06Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
14:07It's a glorious revolution
14:09all finished then, Miss Bennet.
14:11This week,
14:12we will write and perform a poem instead.
14:15Yes!
14:17I want to do a poem about myself
14:19because I'm quite interested.
14:20I'll do typhoid
14:22or frogs.
14:24Disgusting.
14:26Miss Marianne?
14:29Love.
14:40The eye cannot choose but see
14:43We cannot bid the ear be still
14:47Our bodies feel where they be
14:51Against or with our will
15:00A big green frog
15:02sat on a log
15:03The frog was quite full
15:05It had eaten
15:07ten flies
15:08two slugs
15:09one worm
15:11and three
15:11lily pad pies
15:16Miss Bennet, you were obviously
15:18inspired by our morning poetry reading
15:20Oh, I was
15:22No, I, um
15:23Yes, I
15:25Oh no!
15:27What is it, Miss Rebecca?
15:28I had a prop
15:29and I forgot to use it
15:32Oh, uh
15:33Well, um
15:35Fear not
15:36A prop is
15:37a cheap trick
15:38that diminishes
15:39the power of words
15:40Indeed
15:44Who's next?
15:48I would be sad
15:49to leave London
15:51It was the first time
15:52I'd ever felt
15:53a sense of
15:53belonging
15:57Oh, there you are
15:58I wanted to say thank you
16:00for such a wonderful day
16:02The children were being
16:03consolable about you leaving
16:06Marianne is stitching you
16:07a cushion
16:08with an inspirational
16:09Latin phrase, I believe
16:11Oh, yes
16:12It's Mori Quam Fodari
16:14Death before dishonour
16:16Goodness
16:17How exciting
16:19We shall miss you, Mary
16:21I think we both know
16:24I'm not well suited
16:25to London's liveliness
16:27Oh, Mary
16:29You've barely given it a chance
16:32Things change
16:34People
16:37Situations
16:40Over time
16:45May I venture something
16:46on that subject
16:49The other day
16:51I went to buy a bonnet
16:53And in the first shop
16:55I went into
16:56Found a stunning bonnet
16:57An elegant blue
16:59Quite lovely on me
17:00If I dare say such a thing
17:02When I went to purchase it
17:06It had been reserved
17:07for someone else
17:10I went into another shop
17:11And found not
17:12Four other bonnets
17:14I liked just as much
17:15And in the end
17:18One
17:19A shade of dusky pink
17:21That suited me
17:22Even more
17:26Do you see what I'm saying?
17:30Blue is not your colour
17:33No, I'm saying that London
17:35has such a variety of choices
17:36And such quantity too
17:38You may enjoy the first thing
17:40you see well enough
17:42But often
17:44Something more exciting
17:45will come along
17:47Anyway
17:48I just thought I'd let you know
17:50Well, um
17:51Yes, thank you for that
17:53It was very
17:55Interesting
17:55Oh, I was meaning to tell you
17:57We have decided
17:59to host a little entertainment tomorrow
18:01A night of games
18:02Oh dear
18:04What 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
18:19that you remember London fondly
18:21This may be your final event
18:23with us before you leave
18:28I resolved not to send
18:30the letter to Mother
18:31just yet
18:33It would be a shame
18:34to leave before the weekend
19:03The End
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?
19:20Oh, yes, 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.
19:33Um, I'm not much for games.
19:36Ah, then it's the company you've come for.
19:39Miss...
19:40Bennet. Mary Bennet.
19:43William Ryder.
19:44And where have you come from, Miss Bennet?
19:47Surely I would remember seeing you nip hunch bowls across London.
19:52I, um...
19:53new in town.
19:55Well, I, for one, am always pleased to see a new face.
19:59Oh.
20:02Now, please gather.
20:03I see the riddles are about to commence.
20:06We are wise to begin with full glasses.
20:16And now, the quickfire round.
20:19Two words, one answer.
20:21Counterfeit agony.
20:23Counterfeit agony.
20:24Agony.
20:25I mean...
20:26My brain is in agony.
20:27It isn't counterfeit.
20:28It is quite real.
20:30Champagne.
20:31Right.
20:32Champagne.
20:33Champagne.
20:34Right, right, Miss Clark.
20:35Another point to you and our new leader.
20:39Fancy delivering a champagne in word, not in glass?
20:42Tease us, Mr. Gardner.
20:43All right, then, Mr. Ryder.
20:44Here's one for you.
20:47Judy's fellow.
20:49Oh.
20:51Ah.
20:52My God, I know it.
20:55Punch.
20:56Oh, well done, Mr. Ryder.
20:58Finally, you've arrived.
20:59Punch.
21:04My first word, comedians dread to hear.
21:09My next new life in a revolving year.
21:13I'll repeat it.
21:15My first word, comedians dread to hear.
21:18My next new life in a revolving year.
21:21Offspring.
21:22Yes.
21:23Oh, well done, Miss Barry.
21:25Miss Barry.
21:26Well done.
21:28Forever.
21:29Yes, Miss Bennet.
21:31Cheers to you.
21:32What's next?
21:34Mandarin.
21:35Delicious.
21:35Miss Bennet.
21:36How lovely to see you.
21:37Too, Miss Pexter.
21:38Mr. Hayward.
21:40We're so pleased you made it.
21:41I had false intelligence.
21:43You were busy this evening.
21:44Well, we somehow managed to persuade Mr. Hayward away from his work.
21:48I have an important case.
21:49Oh, he has the terrible fortune of being the only lawyer in London who exclusively gets important cases.
21:56Do excuses, Mrs. Jean.
21:57Excuse me.
22:00Miss Bennet.
22:02Tom, Will.
22:04Mr. Ryder and I studied law together.
22:06Ah.
22:07Yes.
22:07Mr. Hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field.
22:11Is that so, Mr. Ryder?
22:12Well, he fed me so many poems, I believe myself a deep, romantic soul.
22:17Too sensitive for the rigors of law.
22:19Seems like a heavy charge to lay solely at the feet of poetry.
22:22What?
22:24Mary, how is the night of games going?
22:25Do we have any hope for making a late charge of the prize?
22:29Not unless you wish to bribe our host.
22:30Miss Bennet here is putting us all to shame.
22:32Oh, nonsense, Miss Ryder.
22:33You beat me to the punch.
22:35You see?
22:37Masterful words.
22:41Please gather yourselves for the penultimate round.
22:44Mr. Ryder.
22:45Why?
22:47I'm glad to see you're in better spirits, Miss Bennet.
22:52This evening has been something of a tonic, Mr. Hayward.
22:57Round three.
22:59Ready?
23:01Sunday.
23:02Yes.
23:02Appointed Miss Baxter.
23:06Big sharp.
23:07Is it doldrums?
23:09No, no, no.
23:10Forget I said anything.
23:11It's a mercury.
23:12Yes.
23:12Well done.
23:14Is it really?
23:15Well done.
23:16How remarkable.
23:20Come on.
23:21Anybody?
23:22Lighthouse.
23:23Yes.
23:26I've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking.
23:30That is five points apiece for Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
23:37Well done.
23:42The final round.
23:44The two players with the most points go head to head to crack one final riddle and decide the winner.
23:50The leaders come as no surprise.
23:52Miss Clark.
23:52Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
23:55You mean I didn't make it?
23:57I'm astonished.
23:58Mrs. Gardiner, would you do the odds?
24:03To suffer my seconds, the doom of my first, and of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst.
24:23Yes.
24:25Yes.
24:27Good Lord.
24:28Oh, she's Britain's finest mind!
24:30Huzzah!
24:35We declare we have a winner!
24:37London's newest arrival but its fiercest competitor,
24:41Miss Mary Bennett!
24:47I'm very glad that we arrived in time to see you crowned, Miss Bennett.
24:53I wanted to say this.
24:55Miss Bennett, you are a liar.
24:58Am I?
24:59You told me you were not much for games.
25:02Well, I can't catch.
25:06Miss Bennett, I've been meaning to invite you to tea since I hear,
25:09very sadly, you are leaving London.
25:11Miss Bennett, surely not?
25:12You can't deprive the game players of London your riddling talents!
25:17Round of applause for our winner, Miss Bennett!
25:21Well done!
25:22Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
25:25In that moment, I think I understood what my aunt was telling me
25:30with the convoluted story about the bonnets.
25:35That quantity has a quality all of its own.
25:45Thank you so much.
25:46I never doubted you.
25:49This way.
25:50Oh, thank you for coming.
25:52Mr. Garland.
25:55Mary, how you shone.
25:57You even caught the attention of the most eligible bachelor in town!
26:01I've been thinking, it seems a shame to leave London before I've given it a fair chance.
26:08I think I might like to stay a little while, if it's not too much burden.
26:11It's not a burden to us at all.
26:14We're delighted to have you with us.
26:20Living in London was helping me to see that there could be more to life than just marriage or misery.
26:25Perhaps my aunt was right.
26:29Even the most hopeless of situations, the most hopeless of people, can, with kindness, change, little by little, over time.
26:44I was excited to discover who Mary Bennet might be.
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