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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 04: Chapter 4
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00:28If
00:29London was to be a new start for me, I would push all sorts of poetry and love aside.
00:40Mother warned me of the dirt, disease and despair that could be found here.
00:47She failed to mention the breadth of humanity, and the anonymity of the city suited me well.
00:56I had taken to walking the city's beautiful parks.
01:01It seemed that all life was in London, and here I could be anything I wanted.
01:14Surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
01:22Oh, where did I put it?
01:24How should I know?
01:25Oh, she breaks my heart a little.
01:28She seems so awkward in herself.
01:30I worry my sister's caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:34Oh, I wonder.
01:35She's perhaps not the most natural motherness.
01:38But what else can she do with life?
01:40Be her mother's companion?
01:42I thought Tom brought her out of herself.
01:44Kind-hearted man that he is.
01:46And she seemed to get on well with Anne Baxter the other evening, but she has so little confidence.
01:51Yes.
01:52It can't have been easy growing up in the shadow of her sisters.
01:56Found it.
01:57Ah, there it is.
01:59Well, I'm happy she's with us.
02:01She has an interesting and lovely mind.
02:07Oh, it's Bennett.
02:10Mr Haywood.
02:12How are you?
02:14Eager to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
02:16Oh, well, er...
02:18I'm not sure I have the mind to appreciate it completely.
02:21I keep hoping Mr Coleridge will explain himself or that Mr Wordsworth will say what he really means.
02:27But they seem to enjoy keeping their secrets.
02:31Well, do not blame yourself.
02:33I think some poets enjoy being difficult to understand.
02:45Miss Bennett, I was so sorry to hear about your father.
02:49Moving to the city without your family, you not having your mother to confide in, or your sister's...
02:56Oh, it's a relief to be without her.
02:57In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of them.
03:06I'm sorry you're not feeling yourself.
03:10I'm afraid I'm not.
03:13I'm just not finding my place here as easily as I thought.
03:16Sorry, please excuse me.
03:18Oh, Mary!
03:19Tom, how lovely to see you!
03:21Quietly, my dear, you'll summon the children who I fear have begun to associate Tom's name
03:26with a worryingly large bag of sugar plums.
03:29Please excuse me.
03:29Sorry.
03:30I'm sorry.
03:31Ah!
03:53My dear Mary, I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:59I have heard nothing from you at all.
04:04How are you managing your duties?
04:06You never were good with children, even when you were one yourself.
04:12I may require you to return to Pemberley, where I will be spending the summer.
04:20Lizzie has expressed a wish to see you, but more urgently, my new puppy has a nervous air
04:26and requires near-constant companionship.
04:34I had come to London to see the world outside of my family, and that is what I would do.
04:45Oh, Mary, you're painting!
04:48To teach the children.
04:50Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play.
04:56It's terrible.
04:58No, no, it's...
05:00It's very neat.
05:03Did you see the letter from your mother?
05:07Is she well?
05:08Between several complaints about the damp, the unseasonable pollen,
05:13and an unpleasant exchange with a rude shopkeeper, I understand that she is.
05:17Yes.
05:17I honestly think she enjoys such encounters.
05:20It makes her feel more alive.
05:24Oh, now, speaking of encounters, I think this might be of interest to you.
05:29Tom made a strange request to Mr. Gardiner and I, and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
05:35Oh?
05:35Yes.
05:36He was most mysterious.
05:38He wants us to meet him tomorrow morning,
05:41where he says he plans to break through our rational reserve
05:45and move our hearts as well as our heads.
05:48He does?
05:49Yes.
05:50Whatever that might entail.
05:53I must work on my lesson plans.
05:55Oh, Mary, you must join us.
05:57For my sake?
06:00Please consider it.
06:29Please consider it.
06:58Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Miss Bennet.
07:01Thank you for humouring me.
07:03Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
07:05I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself for a morning recital unlike any other in
07:12a hidden garden.
07:13Good Lord.
07:14Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
07:16I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skilfully deploys to avoid such events.
07:21Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
07:24Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for good weather have been in vain.
07:28No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
07:33A little drizzle?
07:38Just down there.
07:45This way?
07:47Yes.
07:49Yes.
08:03That's magical.
08:07Well...
08:12Please forgive the theatrics.
08:15I had given Miss Bennet the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how to feel it.
08:24Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
08:39Earth has not anything to show more fair.
08:44Dull would he be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.
08:52This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning, silent, bare.
09:05Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky.
09:17All bright and glittering in the smokeless air, never did sun more beautifully steep in its first splendor.
09:28Valley, rock, or hill, nurse or I, never felt a calm so deep.
09:38The river glideth at his own sweet will.
09:43Dear God, the very houses seem asleep.
09:49And all that mighty heart is lying still.
10:04Well done, Tom.
10:06A moving rendition.
10:08Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words.
10:13And what a beautiful place.
10:17Our Wisteria never flowers like this.
10:19Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
10:23Come, let's take a turn.
10:25Indeed.
10:27But instead, this place is magical.
10:30It's like the garden.
10:32Yes, it is.
10:40Well, Miss Bennet.
10:45How do you feel?
10:47I...
10:51Well, uh...
10:52For once, I have nothing to say.
10:54I am sorry to hear that.
10:55No, I, um...
10:57No, I wish to say something...
11:00Inspiring, but I...
11:03Do not know how.
11:06You have such...
11:08Such varied ways to express your feelings.
11:11Mine feel...
11:13Frozen, or...
11:16Feeble, or...
11:19Entirely unknowable.
11:21I do not know, Miss Bennet.
11:24Well, I use the words of others to...
11:27Puzzle through things I do not understand.
11:30But I, I, I do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions.
11:44Forgive me.
11:46Oh, I, um...
11:48Sorry, Miss Bennet, I...
11:50Oh.
11:51It was just a petal.
11:52Miss Daywood, I, I think I must leave London.
11:57Well, you've only just arrived.
11:59It's no great event.
12:00My, my mother needs a companion.
12:02I see.
12:03And, well, you will likely be...
12:06Very busy...
12:07Soon, what with, uh...
12:09Social engagements and, uh...
12:12Miss Baxter.
12:16I'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice I'm gone.
12:20Well, I'd hoped that this would restore your spirit.
12:23Oh, indeed, it did.
12:25Oh, indeed, thank you.
12:27I shall never forget it.
12:43I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
12:46Good heavens.
12:48Mary, this is quite unexpected.
12:50Well, is anything the matter?
12:52My mother needs me.
12:54Is my sister bored?
12:57I know that she's more likely than anyone in England
12:59to summon the troops on account of her loneliness,
13:01but must you answer the call?
13:06I think I must.
13:08Well, we so enjoy having you here.
13:10The children will be disappointed.
13:13Yes, it's kind of you to say.
13:21I must plan today's lessons.
13:23I must plan today's lessons.
13:39I will be by your side for your summer at Pemberley.
13:43As requested.
13:46I am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle,
13:50but as you rightly point out,
13:52I do not wish to burn them.
13:55And it will, of course,
13:56and it will, of course, be an honour
13:59to look after your new pup.
14:22Do come in.
14:40There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
14:46She had so many children,
14:47she didn't know what to do.
14:50She gave them some broth without any bread,
14:53and she whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
14:57That poem started very well and ended very badly.
15:02A good observation, Miss Marianne.
15:04Why didn't she just move into a boot
15:06when the children got too many?
15:08Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
15:09Is the Glorious Revolution all finished, then, Miss Bennet?
15:13This week, we will write and perform a poem instead.
15:17Yes!
15:19I want to do a poem about myself
15:21because I'm quite interested.
15:23I'll do typhoid.
15:25Or frogs.
15:27Disgusting.
15:30Miss Marianne?
15:32Love.
15:43The eye cannot choose but see.
15:47We cannot bid the ear be still.
15:51Our bodies feel where they be.
15:55Against or with our will.
16:04A big green frog sat on a log.
16:08The frog was quite full.
16:10It had eaten ten flies,
16:13two slugs,
16:15one worm,
16:16and three lily pad pies.
16:21Oh, Miss Bennet,
16:23you were obviously inspired
16:24by our morning poetry reading.
16:26Oh.
16:27I was.
16:28No, I, um...
16:30Yes, I am.
16:31Oh, no!
16:32What is it, Miss Rebecca?
16:34I had a prop and I forgot to use it.
16:38Oh.
16:39Uh, well, um,
16:41fear not.
16:42A prop is a cheap trick
16:44that diminishes the power of words.
16:46Indeed.
16:51Who's next?
16:55I would be sad to leave London.
16:58It was the first time
16:59I had ever felt a sense of belonging.
17:04Oh, there you are.
17:06I wanted to say thank you
17:07for such a wonderful day.
17:10The children will be inconsolable
17:12about you leaving.
17:14Marianne is stitching you a cushion
17:16with an inspirational Latin phrase,
17:19I believe.
17:19Oh, yes.
17:20It's mori quam fudari.
17:23Death before dishonor.
17:25Goodness.
17:25How exciting.
17:28We shall miss you, Mary.
17:31I think we both know
17:32I'm not well-suited
17:34to London's liveliness.
17:36Oh, Mary.
17:39Oh, Mary.
17:39You've barely given it a chance.
17:42Things change.
17:44People.
17:47Situations.
17:49Over time.
17:54May I venture something on that subject?
17:59The other day,
18:01I went to buy a bonnet.
18:03And in the first shop I went into,
18:06found a stunning bonnet.
18:08An elegant blue.
18:09Quite lovely on me,
18:10if I dare say such a thing.
18:12When I went to purchase it,
18:17it had been reserved for someone else.
18:21I went into another shop
18:22and found not four other bonnets
18:25I liked just as much.
18:27And in the end,
18:30one a shade of dusky pink
18:32that suited me even more.
18:37Do you see what I'm saying?
18:42Blue is not your colour?
18:46No, I'm saying that London
18:47has such a variety of choices
18:49and such quantity, too.
18:51You may enjoy the first thing
18:53you see well enough,
18:54but often,
18:56something more exciting
18:58will come along.
19:00Anyway,
19:01I just thought I'd let you know.
19:03Well, um,
19:05yes, thank you for that.
19:06It was very...
19:08interesting.
19:09Oh, I was meaning to tell you,
19:11we have decided
19:12to host a little entertainment
19:13tomorrow.
19:14A night of games.
19:16Oh, dear.
19:17What sort of games?
19:19No catching.
19:20Word games.
19:21Riddles and such.
19:22And very pleasant company.
19:24Company I know?
19:26Or...
19:26new company?
19:28All new.
19:29And very friendly.
19:31We desperately desire
19:33that you remember London fondly.
19:36This may be your final event
19:38with us before you leave.
19:43I resolved not to send
19:45the letter to Mother
19:46just yet.
19:48It would be a shame
19:50to leave before the weekend.
19:58It would be a shame
20:03to leave before the weekend.
20:04this may be a short evening.
20:29sorry i didn't realize it was a line no please i wish more people had such a restrained relationship
20:34to punch may i oh yes of course noble defender of the punch i surrender my post
20:47and what brings you here the word games or the company i like words um i'm not much for games
20:54ah and it is the company you've come for miss bennett mary bennett william rider and where
21:04have you come from miss bennett surely i would remember seeing you near punch bowls across
21:08london i am new in town well i for one am always pleased to see a new face
21:23i see the riddles are about to commence we are wise to begin with full glasses
21:36and now the quickfire owl agony a mean trick my brain is in agony it isn't counterfeit it is quite
21:43real
21:47champagne champagne champagne why right miss clark another point to you and our new leader
21:54fancy delivering a champagne in word not in glass
21:57tease us mr gardner all right then mr rider here's one for you
22:03judy's fellow
22:04oh my god i know it punch oh well done mr rider finally you've arrived on the school
22:21my first word comedians dread to hear my next new life in a revolving year i'll repeat it
22:32my first word comedians dread to hear my next new life in a revolving year offspring yes
22:40oh well done miss bennett
22:44well done
22:45yes miss bennett cheers to you what's next
22:51mandarin delicious miss bennett how lovely to see you too miss baxter
22:56mr hayward we're so pleased you made it i had false intelligence you were busy this evening
23:02well we somehow managed to persuade mr hayward away from his work
23:06i have an important case
23:08oh he has a terrible fortune of being the only law in london who exclusively gets important cases
23:15do excuse us mrs james
23:17excuse me
23:19miss bennett tom will
23:24mr rider and i studied law together
23:26ah yes mr hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field
23:31is that so mr rider
23:32well he fed me so many poems i believe myself a deep romantic soul too sensitive for the rigors of
23:39law
23:39seems a heavy charge to lay solely at the feet of poetry
23:44mary how is the night of games going do we have any hope for making a late charge for the
23:49prize
23:49not unless you wish to bribe our host miss bennett here is putting us all to shame
23:53oh nonsense mr rider you beat me to the punch
23:56you see masterful words
24:02please gather yourselves for the penultimate round
24:06mr rider
24:06what i'm glad to see you're in better spirits
24:11this evening has been something of a tonic
24:15mr hayward
24:19round three
24:21ready
24:23sunday
24:24yes
24:24appointment master
24:29drink charles
24:30is it don'tro
24:31no no no forget i said anything
24:34mercury
24:35yes
24:35well done
24:36is it really
24:38well done
24:39remarkable
24:42oh
24:43come on
24:45anybody
24:45light house
24:46yeah
24:47you've barely had a chance to think let alone speak
24:49i've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking
24:54that is five points a piece for miss clark and miss bennett
25:01well done
25:03well done
25:07the final round the two players with the most points go head to head to crack one final riddle
25:13and decide the winner
25:14the leaders come as no surprise miss clark
25:19and miss bennett
25:20you mean i didn't make it
25:22i'm astonished
25:24mrs gardiner would you do the odds
25:28to suffer my seconds
25:30the doom of my first
25:33and of all of my seconds
25:35my whole is the worst
25:50heartache
25:51yes
25:53good lord she's british spider's mind
25:57which command
25:57and today
25:58uh...
25:58uh...
25:59love men
26:00ms
26:02we declare we have a winner
26:05but its fiercest competitor
26:08miss ms bennett
26:15I'm very glad that we arrived in time to see you crowned, Miss Bennet.
26:21I wanted to say...
26:23Miss Bennet, you are a liar.
26:26Am I?
26:27You told me you were not much for games.
26:30Well, I...
26:32I can't catch.
26:35Miss Bennet, I've been meaning to invite you to tea
26:37since I hear, very sadly, you are leaving London.
26:40Miss Bennet, surely not?
26:41You can't deprive the game players of London your...
26:44your riddling talents.
26:46Round of applause for our winner, Miss Bennet.
26:50Well done.
26:52Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo.
26:55In that moment, I think I understood what my aunt was telling me
27:00with the convoluted story about the bonnets.
27:06That quantity has a quality.
27:10It's all of its own.
27:17I never doubted you.
27:18Oh, no.
27:20This way.
27:21Thank you for coming.
27:22Miss DeGarne.
27:26Mary, how you shone.
27:29You even caught the attention of the most eligible bachelor in town.
27:32I've been thinking.
27:34It seems a shame to leave London before I've given it a fair chance.
27:39I think I might like to stay a little while, if it's not too much burden.
27:43It's not a burden to us at all.
27:46We're delighted to have you with us.
27:53Living in London was helping me to see that there could be more to life than just marriage
27:57or misery, perhaps my aunt was right.
28:02Even the most hopeless of situations, the most hopeless of people, can, with kindness,
28:12change, little by little, over time.
28:17I was excited to discover who Mary Bennet might be.
28:21I was excited to see that there could be more to life than just marriage.
28:51you
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