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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.
03:43tiver.
03:46Remember.
03:47You are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
03:50Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with and avoid the eyes of those you do
03:55not.
03:55If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy, nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:01You must look nonchalant, carefree.
04:09Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:38Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
05:02Isn't it beautiful?
05:16Do not frighten. The night has only just begun.
05:22Good evening, Miss Vaxter, Miss Bennet.
05:25Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
05:27Well, as do you, Anne.
05:37Mr. Haywin, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
05:40No, I know. It will show how eligible you are.
05:46Well, I 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, yes, we could dance.
06:03Thank you, Mr. Haywood.
06:11Mr. Haywood, how are you?
06:14Miss Bennet?
06:17I'm very well.
06:19How are you?
06:21How are you?
06:22One, two, three, two, three.
06:58One, two, three, two, three.
07:22One, two, three, two, three.
07:29One, two, three, two, three.
07:59One, two, three.
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13:25One, two, three.
13:29One, two, three.
13:55One, three, three.
13:58One, two, three.
13:58again oh are you two ladies already acquainted i have known miss bennett for some years
14:05pianist singer raconteur my brother married her sister i heard you were a governess in london
14:14i didn't think it had quite come to that i i'm no longer in that position so you are in
14:20london for
14:20a husband no miss bennett is a radical thinker is she now well it makes me all the more glad
14:33to be
14:33spending the foreseeable future here where i can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts
14:39miss bennett i'm holding a small supper this thursday you should join us why thank you
14:45mr ryder you must sing that is i mean to say i may not be able to i very much
14:52look forward to you
14:53joining us on thursday come mr ryder
15:31how did you find the ball last night most pleasant thank you
15:38young william ryder called while you were asleep this morning mary
15:41you left this bundle of crime pamphlets it's a peculiar gift is this really to your taste
15:46thank you oh and he confirmed our invitation to supper on thursday oh what fun jethro
15:52you could wear your red dress uh regarding supper i fear i may not be able to attend
15:59you have not been yourself since i saw you talking to caroline bingley last night
16:08she seems to delight in being horrible to me i have no idea what i've done to provoke her did
16:16she not
16:16once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband mr darcy she did yes perhaps she feels threatened by
16:29she's better than me i know that very well she's always beautifully dressed and she has
16:37extraordinary confidence she does not appear to lack confidence that is certain perhaps underneath that
16:44brittle 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 it riles her to see you
16:54blossoming in london blossoming you've changed you smile more and you laugh well i
17:05oh the 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
17:42miss mary
17:42miss meneth how wonderful to see you
17:45Um, 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 way.
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 Pellet, inspired by you.
18:33I have been reading some of those particular works myself,
18:37and I found something when you think of you.
18:41Of me?
18:41Mm-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 Burr 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.
19:26Um, you are an example to us all.
19:45Mr. Hayward, we are here.
19:48Where are you, Mary?
19:51Oh
20:37Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
20:41No
20:41She'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, horseridge
21:06Oh, I know so little about horseridge
21:09I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know
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
21:26Beautiful creatures
21:27Beautiful, almost too beautiful
21:29More intelligent than anyone at this table
21:33Perhaps if I was to construct a horse
21:35Then we'd know
21:36Right, I've done this before
21:38I'm sure I can do it again
21:39Fascinating
21:40These are the front legs
21:41Here
21:42We call these the cloppers
21:44Back legs
21:45The clippers
21:46Ah
21:47Clip clop
21:48Right, you see what I'm saying?
21:50You do not want to stand behind a horse
21:52You do not want to
21:53What can a horse do?
21:58You tell me
21:58Well, it can run
22:00But it can also break your heart
22:02I can see it
22:04That is our horse
22:06What shall we name it?
22:08Gerald
22:09Gerald
22:10Gerald
22:10Let'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
22:35Miss 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
22:59And she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you and your sisters
23:03She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth
23:07Nor as provoking
23:09Not as beautiful as Jane
23:11Nor as willing as Kitty
23:13And, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
23:21It was very candid of her
23:22She is known for her frankness
23:24I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness
23:32Tell me, Miss Bennett
23:34Do you intend to marry?
23:37Let's assume we all must marry
23:38In the end
23:41Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice
23:45If you wish
23:46It seems to me
23:48That a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that can never come to anything
23:55Such 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
24:25Where matters of the heart are concerned
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
25:03It was, yes, most interesting
25:08I wanted to say that
25:12I wanted to ask
25:14Or that is to say
25:15I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied a 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
25:25If that is what you would like
25:30I very much enjoy his company
25:31I see
25:37Of course I figured my intrusion
25:39No, that is to say
25:41I'm not
25:42I'm not
25:42Who is drawn to him?
25:45The one you said was plain
25:46Oh, the governess
25:47She was the only one of the five not to marry
25:50Can you imagine?
25:51She didn't look very plain to me
25:52She 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 Bennett would like to sing for us
26:04How lovely, Mary
26:05Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort
26:08Come, Miss Bennett, you must sing
26:09Sing!
26:11Sing!
26:12Sing!
26:13Sing!
26:13Sing!
26:14Sing!
26:16Sing!
26:17Sing!
26:19Sing!
26:19Sing!
26:20Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:25Mary, Mary, we must get you to Pemberley immediately
26:29We have received an urgent letter.
26:31Your mother's being taken gravely ill.
26:33Take your carriage and go.
26:34Now.
26:36Careful.
26:46Come on, Mary.
26:47You must hurry.
26:48Come, dear.
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