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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 01: Chapter 1
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00:11Piano music
00:39It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:44without expectations,
00:46she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:53To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough.
00:57But to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.
01:04Or so my mother taught us.
01:08Mr. Bennet, have you heard?
01:10Netherfield Park is lit at last.
01:13I have not.
01:18Do you want to know who has taken it?
01:21You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:24I would like to know.
01:27It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year.
01:38I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:42From whom did you hear this?
01:44Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:48Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:52He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:55In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival,
02:00we must start at the beginning.
02:05With cake.
02:07In Meryton, England.
02:13Where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
02:18Father, meet mother.
02:20Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail
02:25that meant only a male heir could inherit my father's estate.
02:28And what followed was girl after girl.
02:32After girl, after girl, after girl.
02:40That's his fortune.
02:42And her beauty were worthless.
02:45Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:50But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:54Why should he engage?
02:55When the time comes...
02:57I'll be dead anyway.
03:00Our mother, not known for giving up easily,
03:04found a chink of light.
03:06A saving grace.
03:07Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
03:11Be it Jane's beauty,
03:15Lizzie's wit,
03:18Kitty's good humour,
03:19or Lydia's spirit.
03:24If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls,
03:29it would be enough to save us all from destitution.
03:34Although I had not found my own best quality,
03:38I was quite sure that I would.
03:41My fault, Mary.
03:43Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:47Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:50She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:54And she is clumsy.
03:56Ungainly.
03:58Maladroite, as they say.
04:00Four good marriages will have to do.
04:03I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:06I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:09I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:12I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:15I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:22I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:24I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:28I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:28I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:29I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:29I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:30I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:34I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:45if you're not the beautiful one the quick-witted one or the ones that are good at games and full
04:52of youthful energy then who are you and what can you do if you're the odd one out
05:01is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in
05:08worse i think
05:23worse still do not fret miss bennett
05:38have we found it
05:40i think we have mr sparrow oh thank goodness for that
05:52you see the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays
05:56well i never
06:13you really do look very well in your spectacles
06:18especially when you smile
06:22ah i do not think my mother will agree but i have a great passion for reading and i i
06:28would have been sad to stop
06:32i hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming merit and assembly
06:35an assembly yes in a month i heard this morning
06:40my sisters will be pleased
06:44perhaps i shall see you there
06:52miss mary you ought to get on of course he'll i'll settle affairs here
06:56thank you thank you thank you and thank you mr sparrow
07:09i have news
07:12there's going to be an assembly in maryton in a month
07:14we know oh i'm going to be the one to tell mama
07:19this will mark my first assembly my first venture into society
07:25so it will
07:29how might i secure a partner for dancing i've i've always wondered
07:32oh mary i'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners
07:37do not fret
07:38i'm not i'm not fretting
08:06i'm going to fill my card for dances
08:09jane do you think i shall be allowed to dance
08:10mary move
08:12do you hope you're not going to stand this close at the assembly
08:15oh we should have taken the long route
08:17oh these are my good boots
08:20oh all for you for wearing them
08:25dang
08:26what are you going to wear
08:27i'm going to wear the green dress
08:28the green
08:29do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion
08:33i don't see why it should
08:34it would match my eyes i suppose
08:37your eyes are green
08:39you are so inattentive
08:45mr thompson told me himself
08:47i was the first to know that the ball is confirmed
08:49we were the first
08:50i was the first you were stood a little behind me
08:52it is wonderful
08:54what will i wear
08:55are kitty and lydia allowed to attend the ball father
08:58why would we not be
08:58i was the one that found out about it
09:00am i allowed
09:02jane
09:03lizzie
09:03you will of course go
09:05and mary
09:05father
09:06i shall die if i do not go
09:08i'll probably die too
09:09i very much doubt that
09:10mr bennett
09:11kitty and lydia will also need to find husbands
09:15after jane and lizzie
09:17of course
09:20i don't see what the fuss is all about
09:22those horrible sweaty affairs
09:25mary
09:26you will attend
09:28oh
09:30oh well of course mother if you
09:33wish
09:34lady lucas and i will need someone to fetch us our drinks
09:36as long as i am not expected to attend
09:38mr bennett
09:39i told you
09:40i will not attend another of those insufferable muddy little dancers
09:45i wonder if mr bingley will be going to the meritan assembly
09:48oh he must be
09:50who would miss it
09:51me apparently
09:53you shall all go to the ball
09:55as long as i am obliged to hear no more about it
09:59i shall never be rid of you otherwise
10:02perhaps i shall dance with bingley too
10:04i'm me
10:04this excitement over a man you've never set eyes on
10:07is quite ridiculous
10:07oh mary we're only indulging ourselves
10:17mary is wearing spectacles
10:19what on earth
10:21very good
10:22i hope you find them most useful mary
10:24i do father
10:25thank you
10:26mr bennett
10:27did you know about this
10:29we discussed this at length
10:31mary was to visit the optician
10:33yes
10:33but i did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses
10:37you seem to forget
10:38my dear
10:38that i wear spectacles myself
10:40but she is a woman
10:43nevertheless
10:44she ought to be able to see
10:46i think they look very well
10:50potatoes mary
10:55in case she couldn't see them
10:58i think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly
11:01did you
11:01but papa who is going to dance with mary with those things on her face
11:04pleased to be able to read
11:08oh i do hope you are to meet him
11:10surely we must
11:12spectacles indeed
11:14spectacles indeed
11:15i wonder
11:15is that
11:18mama
11:21kitty and i will meet you dressed at the hall
11:23and i will meet you
11:53and i will meet you
12:12Maybe I could help you pick out a dress for the Merriton Assembly, Miss Mary.
12:16Oh, hell.
12:20What am I to do at a dance?
12:22Dance?
12:24Oh, what if no one wants to dance with me?
12:29Then you'll eat lots of ices.
12:32Such fripperies are not for me.
12:34I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
12:37If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
12:41A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
12:47Now I am tall and yellow.
12:49Hello.
12:50Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world and saw
12:58yourself how other people see you outside of your family.
13:05Well, that's decided.
13:08I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
13:12And I will not hear another word on the subject.
13:27Hang on!
13:28I've lost my ribbon!
13:32Found her!
13:39Madam, please remain still if you can.
13:49Does the gold make me look like them?
13:54A little.
13:57Kitty!
13:58What is it?
13:59Those are my books, Lydia.
14:00I cannot treat my jewellery box.
14:02I need something to stand on.
14:04This is important, Mary.
14:06You need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
14:16Jane is first.
14:18That's not fair.
14:19I'm always last.
14:21Mary, no last.
14:25Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
14:27Is it still hurt?
14:29Yes.
14:30It was two weeks ago.
14:31I know.
14:33Should we eat beforehand?
14:35Perhaps a very small meal.
14:37And don't drink too much.
14:38But what if I'm thirsty?
14:39Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself behind a screen in front of everyone?
14:44Lizzie!
15:20Is it too fine for me, do you think?
15:23You look very handsome in it.
15:37Hey, Dean!
15:38We have tea.
15:38We have a party.
15:39We have a party.aban,
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15:42It won't be in that sense.
16:21It won't be in it.
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23:02I'm regretting visiting the supper table so early, I should have had less oyster patterns.
23:09It's fewer.
23:11It's fewer oyster patties.
23:17Here we go!
23:35Here we go!
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26:55Here we go!
27:08Here we go!
27:09Here we go!
27:20Here we go!
27:48James!
27:49James stood up with him twice!
27:51I had little time for his friend.
27:55Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
27:57She's not here to go again, Miss Dooley.
27:58Yes.
28:00I dance with tea soldiers.
28:01I'm not very good with faces,
28:03so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
28:05Ew!
28:06As my mother and sisters happily dissected
28:09every moment of the ball,
28:10I felt a terrible sense of shame.
28:14I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
28:21Who was I?
28:23A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations?
28:28It was time to find my own way.
28:32To look for a new version of myself,
28:35as a serious-minded woman.
28:39From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
28:43No more ribbons, ball gowns, or dance cards.
28:47The Old Mary would be no more.
28:49I would transform into the intellectual one.
28:54That was how I would stand out,
28:56as the other Bennet sister.
28:59Mom.
29:00With the love,
29:03the odd one were born in the lab.
29:04Or little bird.
29:11The platform where the came toが be found.
29:11Mom.
29:14Its eye.
29:24The horror of a mob.
29:24The six-and-a-bogg.
29:24The life of a house.
29:25The living room.
29:26The living room.
29:27The living room.
29:27The living room.
29:28The living room.
29:29The living room.
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