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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.
00:32I miss you all, yours, Mary.
00:41The gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
00:44Yes, yes, a week ago.
00:46Well then the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband, a husband, whatever else
00:53you plan to do.
00:57Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or
01:02misery.
01:04What do you think?
01:06Mary, it's 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 is different.
01:37Mary, this 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.
01:50I 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.
02:05Then 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.
02:41Uh.
02:51Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
02:55Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:07Walk normally.
03:15I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:17New love is the most romantic thing.
03:20New love?
03:20Yes.
03:21The first throws.
03:23Oh, 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.
03:43Chin up a little.
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,
03:53and avoid the eyes of those you do not.
03:55If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy,
03:58nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:02You must look nonchalant, carefree.
04:10Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:19Hmm.
04:22Hmm.
04:22Hmm.
04:25Hmm.
04:25Hmm.
04:27Hmm.
04:27Hmm.
04:28Hmm.
04:29Hmm.
04:33Hmm.
04:34Hmm.
04:38Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
05:02Isn't it beautiful?
05:03Hmm, yeah, I'm sorry.
05:10Oh my God, I'm sorry.
05:12Ah.
05:14Oh my God.
05:16Oh.
05:17Oh my God.
05:18Oh my God, there.
05:19Oh my God, yes, yes.
05:29No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
05:32Is there a way to go?
05:37Mr. Haywin, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
05:40No, no, it 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, 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?
06:24One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three.
06:33Yes, yes, yes, yes.
07:47What a fine minuet.
07:51Oh, now you two.
07:52You must dance together.
07:54Um, I'm going to go and...
07:57Oh, Mary, do you mind?
07:58I'm going to go.
07:59I'm going to go.
08:01I'm going to go.
08:36Excuse me.
08:38Excuse me.
08:40It's you.
08:41It is indeed.
08:44William 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 quite...
08:59Then let us sit and grab 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.
09:43But, 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.
09:54In 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 born, quite literally in many cases, by the woman.
10:28Perhaps you're right.
10:29I know I am.
10:38Dance with Mrs. Baker.
10:41Come on.
10:43Hold on.
11:07You're supposed to be fun, I think.
11:11You're 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.
11:30No, 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 side to you, Miss Bennet.
11:50I had to hide them from my mother.
11:52Yeah, you did.
11:59Oh, my gosh, look at that.
12:00I'm sure I'm having you.
12:03What?
12:04Ah, yeah.
12:18It's the onions.
12:21It's the onions.
12:24You tripped.
12:25I did not trip.
12:27It was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte.
12:30Mary?
12:30Miss Baxter.
12:32I 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.
12:56I 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 much more enjoyable.
13:08Oh, well, we were just talking about Mr. Ryder.
13:13Yes.
13:15Well, you're Ryder.
13:16Ice is.
13:18Oh, thank you.
13:19And the biggest one for Miss Mary Ben.
13:24Hey, don't look so downhearted.
13:26Here, you can have mine.
13:27I wouldn't dream of taking yours.
13:30Mr. Hayward, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
13:35I'm quite tired.
13:42But I would love to dance.
13:46Not very short.
13:47I'm a little crunchy.
13:48Mr. Ryder, what on earth happened to 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.
14:16I'm no longer in that position.
14:18So, you are in London for a husband?
14:23No.
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.
14:56Come, Mr. Ryder.
14:57Look, Mr. Ryder.
15:11Ow.
15:31How did you find the ball last night?
15:35Most pleasant.
15:38Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
15:41You left this bundle of crime pamphlets.
15:44It'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.
15:56Regarding 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?
16:19Mrs. 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.
16:32I 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.
16:53It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
16:57Blossoming?
16:58You've changed.
17:00You smile more.
17:02And you laugh.
17:04Well, I...
17:06The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
17:13We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world.
17:21We stand our ground.
17:24For there will always be one.
17:41Miss Merritt.
17:43How wonderful to see you.
17:45Oh, um...
17:48Uh, I very much like your, um...
17:53Insects.
17:55Why, thank you.
17:56They 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.
18:13They are for sure.
18:17Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine read.
18:21Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
18:24I want to hear about the strangest cases over dinner.
18:29Ah, yes.
18:30Miss Merritt.
18:31Inspired 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?
18:42Mm-hmm.
18:42Allow me to find it.
18:43Well, of course.
18:45Miss Bingley.
18:47I am so glad you took my advice.
18:49Lady 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.
19:12Please 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.
19:45Mr. Hayward, we are here.
19:48Where are you, Mary?
19:50Uh...
19:50Hum...
19:59Look your eyes, hey darling.
20:04Grrr
20:04Ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha.
20:07He ha ha ha ha.
20:37Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
20:41No.
20:42She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
20:46No.
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.
21:26Beautiful 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, I'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 just want to drop.
21:56What can a horse do?
21:58You tell me.
21:59Well, 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.
22:14Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
22:20Well, thank you.
22:22Thank you, sir.
22:24I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
22:28Ah.
22:34Miss Bennett.
22:36I was hoping to speak to you.
22:39Really?
22:40I 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, not as beautiful
23:11as Jane, nor as willing as Kitty, and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre.
23:21It was very candid of her.
23:23She is known for her frankness.
23:24I 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, if you wish.
23:46It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that
23:53can never come 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,
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?
24:58That was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
25:01You had a dinner, Miss Bennett.
25:04Ah, it was, yes, most interesting.
25:08I wanted to say that...
25:12I wanted to ask, or that is to say,
25:15I have 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.
25:32I don't...
25:36I see.
25:37No, I...
25:38Of course, I...
25:38No, no, no.
25:39No, that is to say, I'm...
25:42I'm not drawn to him.
25:44Who is she, a Bennet girl?
25:45The one you said was plain.
25:46Oh, the governess.
25:48She was the only one of the five not to marry, can 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 to, I'd snap her up before some other fellow.
25:59Excuse me.
26:00I believe Miss Bennett would like to sing for us.
26:04How lovely, Mary.
26:06Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
26:08Come on, Miss Bennett, you must sing.
26:10Sing!
26:11Sing!
26:12Sing!
26:14Sing!
26:14Sing!
26:16Sing!
26:18Sing!
26:19Sing!
26:20Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:24Sing!
26:26Mary, Mary, we must get you to Pemberley immediately.
26:29We have received an urgent letter.
26:31Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
26:33Oh, oh, oh.
26:33Take your carriage and go now.
26:35Oh!
26:36Oh!
26:37Oh!
26:38Oh, careful.
26:45Come on, Mary, you must hurry.
26:48aren't you?
26:50Sorry.
26:51Oh, oh.
26:53Oh.
26:53Oh, oh.
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