In Episode 8 of The Other Bennet Sister, Mary Bennet faces increasingly personal choices as her quiet resilience is tested by the demands of society and the expectations of her family. No longer content to be ignored, Mary takes meaningful steps toward shaping her own life, even as embarrassment, insecurity, and misunderstanding follow her at every turn. Rich in character detail, humor, and emotional nuance, this episode deepens the story of a heroine who was never meant to lead but refuses to disappear.
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00:22I could not remember when I had last felt so ready for change, a new beginning.
00:37As I traveled to the lakes, I reflected on what the gardeners had taught me.
00:43They did not consider happiness a matter of chance.
00:46Instead, they did everything in their power to cultivate it.
00:53Through them, I could see another way of being.
01:04I'll be right back.
01:06You're not here ever, sir.
01:15I just want to change my legs.
01:17Be quick.
01:22Of course, Mother. I will be swigged.
01:29Anne! Mary!
01:35What are you doing here?
01:37I'm with Mr and Mrs Gardner. We're travelling to the lakes.
01:39What are you doing here?
01:42Mary, we have much to catch up on.
01:46My mother and I were just taking a rest at the inn.
01:49We're heading home to Nottingham for two weeks.
01:51But what of you and Mr Hayward? Are you engaged at last?
01:57Actually, Mary, Mr Hayward and I ended our agreement.
02:03Sorry?
02:04I'm now engaged to Mr Powell, who I met at Mr Ryder's supper.
02:09Oh, my mother's calling.
02:12Well, someone should tell you.
02:14How is Mr Hayward?
02:19He took the news as well as could be expected.
02:23I cared deeply for Mr Hayward, but we were not a match.
02:27He had, for many years, been trying to advance his career
02:31so that we might be married.
02:33He was taxing on us both.
02:37I'm sorry.
02:39You will see him at the lakes, will you not?
02:43Take care of him for me.
02:46Of course.
02:49I must go, but I will call for you on your return to London.
03:05Poor Tom.
03:08He must be heartbroken.
03:11Oh, yes, he must.
03:21Now while the birds thus sing a joyous song,
03:24And while the young lambs bound as to the tabers sound,
03:32To me alone there came a thought of grief.
03:36Timely utterance gave that thought relief.
03:40And I, again, am strong.
03:48Did you sleep well, Mary?
03:51I had a dream that mother came to fetch me.
03:54It was quite frightening.
03:56Your mother will not follow you here.
03:58Can we be sure of that?
03:59Mary, your mother hates nature.
04:02And any form of inconvenience.
04:04And the Norse more generally.
04:06Indeed.
04:07Look who I found.
04:11Tom, I'm so pleased that you were able to join us.
04:15I'm not interrupting.
04:16No, not at all.
04:17We're very pleased to see you.
04:18I thought long and hard about what you said.
04:21I said that he works too hard
04:23And should enjoy himself occasionally.
04:26How lovely that someone listens to me.
04:29We all hang on your every word.
04:32Tom, join us.
04:33I've already eaten.
04:34Oh, well, in that case,
04:36Why don't you two go out and get some fresh air?
04:38Before we head to the lake.
04:41Good idea.
04:42Um...
04:43Yes.
04:50I have this.
04:55Um...
04:59I have something for more.
05:00It's like clean air.
05:01Um...
05:02Sorry, forgive me.
05:04It was nothing.
05:05Please.
05:07Miss Bennet, I wondered if this might be of use to you.
05:12It's Mr. Worthworth's guide to the lake.
05:15Where geography meets poetry.
05:19Oh.
05:23It is most fortunate that you were able to join us.
05:33Uh...
05:35How was your time at Pemberley, Miss Bennet?
05:39Oh, Pemberley was...
05:43Very busy.
05:45I'm pleased to hear that your mother has recovered.
05:48Oh, yes.
05:49My mother was, um...
05:52Very much back to her old self.
05:54That is a good thing, is it not?
05:56Oh, well, uh...
05:57No, yes.
05:59But, um...
06:00Well, in her strengthened state...
06:04I think she may be more disappointed in me now than she has ever been.
06:08Well, I'm very surprised to hear that.
06:10Oh, you have not met my sisters, Mr. Hayward.
06:14They are, each of them, beautiful and accomplished.
06:18I do not compare well.
06:20As my mother often observes.
06:24Miss Bennet.
06:27I am so sorry that anyone has ever made you feel like a disappointment.
06:46I bumped into Anne Baxter.
06:47On the way here.
06:50At... at the coaching inn.
06:52Quite by chance.
06:55I'm sorry, Mr. Hayward.
06:57I...
06:59I understand you must be...
07:01suffering...
07:02terribly.
07:05Well, I...
07:16I heard our friend Mr. Ryder came to visit you at Pemberley.
07:20Oh, well, um, yes, uh...
07:23Mary! Tom!
07:23We should get going!
07:26Yes.
07:30We will speak again.
07:31Yes.
07:31Twice.
07:41I read in my fishing book that we need to find the creases, where the current meets calmer water.
07:46So now, no.
07:48What?
07:48You're holding the line too tightly.
07:50And you should never have an overfilled spool.
07:53No, just loosen it a little.
07:54Yes.
07:55Forgive me.
07:55Now, I can't stop.
07:57Ah.
07:58What's the name of that mountain there?
08:01I believe that is Scarfell.
08:03Mr. Wordsworth, Sister Dorothy climbed Scarfell.
08:05Did she not?
08:06She did.
08:07Said that you can see all the way out to sea from up there.
08:10Oh, how wonderful.
08:13Would you be prepared to attempt climbing it with me?
08:17Really?
08:17Do you think we could?
08:18I'd like to.
08:20Are you skilled at physical pursuits, Miss Bennet?
08:22No.
08:22Not in the least.
08:23I think I found a duck.
08:25I'm enthusiastic.
08:26I'll get the net.
08:27Well, that'll do.
08:28That and good boots.
08:33What is it?
08:35I hope I didn't speak out of turn when I mentioned Mr. Ryder's visit.
08:39Oh, no.
08:40Oh, no.
08:40Not at all.
08:41No.
08:42I really only hope that I didn't speak out of turn by mentioning Miss Baxter.
08:47Oh, no.
08:48Not at all.
08:48Not at all.
08:49Miss Baxter and I had...
08:51It was brief and it was uneventful.
08:53Something is definitely brilliant.
08:56Oh, no.
08:57It's sizeable.
08:58Bring it in slowly.
08:59No, no.
09:00Just let the rod do the work.
09:02No.
09:02So lift and reel.
09:04So lift and reel.
09:06Lift and reel.
09:07Lift and reel.
09:07Perhaps this will be your supper for the evening.
09:12I'm not eating that.
09:17It is moving.
09:20It is moving.
09:21It is moving.
09:22It is moving.
09:40Right, no.
09:41I cannot show you, Mr. Hayward.
09:42My sketches are...
09:43They're an offence to both the lake and to art itself.
09:47Oh.
09:50That is quite a feat, Miss Bennet.
09:54Well, for the sake of lifting your spirits, I'll show you my own disastrous drawings.
09:58But please tell no one of what you see.
10:01Do not show me if you're being modest.
10:02I shall feel wretched if yours are actually well drawn.
10:04No, they are not.
10:05And I have to warn you.
10:06It will be impossible for you to ever think of me as a man of feeling once you've seen these.
10:10I have no artistic talent.
10:11At all.
10:23Oh.
10:24Oh.
10:26Oh.
10:26No, these are...
10:28No, these are quite terrible.
10:30I don't...
10:31I mean, I don't even know what that is.
10:33That...
10:34That is a duck, Miss Bennet.
10:36It has too many legs.
10:39Well, could we say that it is stepping on the plank?
10:42I don't think we could.
10:43No.
10:44No.
10:45No.
10:46Perhaps we would enjoy the view more if we weren't trying to replicate it.
10:49Well, I certainly would.
10:54We could go riding.
10:56Do you ride much, Miss Bennet?
10:57No, that's another thing I possess no skill for.
10:59Yeah.
11:00At Pemberley, I went riding with Miss...
11:03Um...
11:04With, uh, Mr Ryder.
11:06Oh.
11:07Uh...
11:08Um...
11:10Um...
11:11Mr Ryder and I are not engaged.
11:14If that's what you thought.
11:17Oh.
11:18Uh...
11:19In fact, I'm trying to think of, um...
11:23A different future for myself.
11:26I was wondering whether governessing might be possible outside of my family.
11:30I think you would be an excellent governess.
11:34But, uh, Miss Bennet, do you not think that...
11:38You...
11:40Might...
11:41Perhaps...
11:43Find yourself...
11:44A match?
11:45Oh, uh...
11:46No.
11:47No.
11:48Mr Hayward, no.
11:49I...
11:50I'm at peace with that.
11:54Do you not think it might be worth you having one last look about?
11:58Just to make sure.
12:00No.
12:01I've learnt my lesson.
12:03Any looking about will only lead to disappointment.
12:08Oh.
12:10Anyway, I'm sure...
12:12I'm sure you do not wish to discuss...
12:15Engagements.
12:18Well, the truth is...
12:19Is it a lark?
12:20That sings?
12:22Mr Hayward?
12:24Well, perhaps it is a thrush.
12:26No, no.
12:27Uh, the lark is more melodic.
12:29The thrush is, um...
12:35Well, I mean, it's sort of more...
12:36It has a variety of sounds.
12:37More like...
12:40Yes.
12:42But they may sing differently up here.
12:45Mm.
12:45In London, they sound like...
12:51And I find the lark is a bit more...
12:57I think...
12:59The lark is quite a difficult one to get right.
13:02It's quite shrill.
13:02Hard on the throat.
13:03Yes, sir.
13:05In truth, the only bird call that I'm entirely confident with is that of the London fidget.
13:11Rrrr!
13:14Rrrr!
13:15Rrrr!
13:17Rrrr!
13:18Ooh!
13:22Come in!
13:27Good evening, Mary.
13:36How have you enjoyed your day?
13:39Very much so.
13:44You and Mr Hayward get along very well.
13:47Well...
13:50He must surely be quite devastated about Anne Baxter.
13:56If he is...
13:59He's concealing his heartache quite convincingly.
14:03He seems in good spirits.
14:07I always wondered if they're entirely well-suited.
14:11Really?
14:13I mean, I'm sure Mr Hayward felt that they were.
14:17Did he?
14:21Good night, Mary.
14:49Rrrr!
14:51You can't cheer...
15:02what are you reading
15:101010 Abbey
15:11that is my favourite
15:13I am quite fed up with it
15:15does not easily give up its secrets
15:19beauty is this man's name
15:21would you read it to me
15:26from where you are
15:30oh well
15:42in hours of weariness
15:45sensations sweet
15:47felt in the blood and felt along the heart
15:51and passing even into my purer mind
15:57with tranquil restoration
16:01feelings too of unremembered
16:03unremembered pleasure
16:04would you mind
16:04could you read on
16:05I'd just like to take some notes
16:07on that
16:08last bit
16:13I will read on
16:14but perhaps you could try not to worry about notes
16:16Miss Bennet
16:32for I've learned to look on nature
16:36not as in the hour of thoughtless youth
16:40but hearing oftentimes
16:44still sad music of humanity
16:47nor harsh nor grating
16:50though of ample power
16:51to chasten and subdue
16:54and I have felt
16:59presence that disturbs me
17:01with the joy
17:01with the joy
17:02of elevated thoughts
17:09what do you think
17:13yes no um
17:16mr wasworth is
17:18well he's explaining our
17:20connection to nature
17:21and
17:23to all of this
17:25and how that connection
17:29grows
17:31as
17:32we age
17:41yes
17:43yes
17:44I've read this poem
17:45a thousand times
17:48sitting here
17:49I finally feel
17:50its true power
17:56so do I
18:18I have been trying to clarify something
18:19Miss Bennet
18:21I would like you to know
18:22that it was something of a relief
18:24to end my understanding
18:25with Miss Baxter
18:26we were quite young
18:27when we made our agreement
18:29and over that time
18:30my feelings had changed
18:33recently
18:33I found that they had changed
18:34quite significantly
18:36and I hope
18:40I hope that you'd feel
18:41the same way
18:47Ahoy!
18:49Ahoy there!
18:52Ahoy!
18:54Is that Ryder?
18:57What is he doing here?
18:58Will you ride?
18:59Why is he getting into the water?
19:02Oh he's absolutely typical of that man
19:05and an impatient and ill-thought
19:06Mr Ryder please be careful
19:08Ahoy!
19:14What a beautiful day!
19:16What are you doing here?
19:21Mr Ryder please let me
19:23hold you onto the boat
19:26Mr Ryder
19:27Come on Hayward
19:27It's a bit harder
19:29Careful
19:35Mr Hayward!
19:37I'm fine
19:39How do you always manage to cause such a scene?
19:42It's quite bracing isn't it?
19:47Could you help Miss Merritt?
19:49Yes!
19:50Miss Merritt could you get an oar please?
19:52Yes of course
19:56No that's not quite what's happening
19:58Miss Merritt
20:00Could you get the other more?
20:01We've all gone to the other end
20:03Yes
20:07Thank you
20:12Let go
20:13The last thing we want is to pull Miss Merritt in
20:15No let go
20:16Let go
20:17Oh I'm sorry yes of course
20:22Right
20:24Well we'll have to swim back
20:25Yes well we can't leave Miss Merritt
20:27It's here
20:27No
20:29Sorry
20:41I'm afraid you're going to have to put in more effort than that
20:43This isn't easy
20:46Yes well
20:47We wouldn't be in this situation
20:49If you'd have waited on shore like any other gentleman
20:54I think I swallowed some water
20:56Yes I'm sure
21:19Thank you Miss Merritt
21:21Mr Ryder
21:23Mr Gardiner
21:24Mrs Gardiner
21:26Please forgive me intruding
21:29I needed legal advice and when I heard Tom was in the lakes well I could hardly resist
21:33How lovely to see you Mr Ryder
21:36What is this legal matter that simply could not wait?
21:39Oh it's not urgent
21:41No let's enjoy ourselves first
21:43I had not realised I would find such a happy party gathered here
21:48You two will catch your death
21:50Go and change
21:51On such a beautiful day I can barely feel the cold
22:07Well that was a much more adventurous day than I'd been imagining
22:11Yes it was quite unexpected all round
22:15I mean what the Hursts are here?
22:18Greetings from London
22:21Miss Burnett
22:22Mr Hurst
22:23Mr Hurst
22:25Mrs Hurst
22:25What is that smell?
22:27Is this the whole of your party?
22:29Or is...
22:30Louisa?
22:31Have you seen my silver reticule?
22:33I...
22:35Miss Bingley
22:36Miss Bingley
22:37Ryder why are you undressed?
22:43Well I have never been anywhere so wet and muddy in all my life
22:47And what is that smell?
22:48That's what I said
22:49That's oxygen Miss Bingley
22:50That is the smell of fresh air
22:53Miss Bennet
22:55No one mentioned you were going to be here
22:58And yet here I am
23:02Right well
23:03We ought to get ourselves settled in these frightfully small rooms
23:06Louisa?
23:07Mr Hurst?
23:08Right I will change and meet you all for supper
23:12By the fire to warm us up
23:17And also excuse me Miss Bennet
23:22Mary
23:27So I know what shall be forward to our climb tomorrow
23:31Other mine
23:32I've arranged for the guide to meet us here in the morning
23:35Ah yes
23:36Mr Gardiner tells us that you are climbing Scarfell tomorrow
23:39That is true
23:42Then we shall join you
23:44You would need to make proper preparations before undertaking such a climb
23:48Of course
23:49Mr Hayward would rather confine us to smooth lakes and calm views
23:52I would just be happy to make it through the day without one of your particular adventures
23:58What about you Miss Bingley?
24:00What?
24:00Mrs Hurst
24:01Will you join us?
24:02It is a difficult climb
24:04A most difficult climb
24:07I have long wished to see the place that birthed such magnificent verses
24:12A few inconveniences on the way are a small price to pay
24:17Do you read poetry?
24:18Miss Bingley
24:19I didn't know you cared for it
24:20It is a passion I share only with my friends
24:25Tell me how long will this climb take?
24:28I think I'll tell you
24:29Well it depends on our pace
24:31I think the guide will be able to give us a better estimate
24:34Mr Ryder
24:34I am a little
24:35Oh
24:36Are you sure?
24:37May I?
24:38Oh um
24:50Perhaps you and I might walk together
24:54Tomorrow
24:55Away from the crowd
24:58I'd very much like that
25:03And at the top of the mountain
25:04And we might finish that conversation that we started
25:08On the boat
25:15Tom
25:15Tom
25:16Shall we discuss provisions for the climb?
25:20Good night Miss Bennet
25:21Good night
25:24Excuse me I just
25:28Miss Bennet
25:30I have been wanting to speak to you
25:32To apologise
25:34Oh uh
25:35For my proposal at Pemberley
25:39Please think no more of it
25:41I now see a way in which
25:43It is possible for us to have all that
25:46And still conform
25:50I'd hope to see you again in London
25:52But
25:54I found you here
25:55And that must mean
25:56Something
25:59My situation has
26:01Changed somewhat
26:02And
26:03Mr Ryder
26:03We need your knowledge of the mountains
26:06To settle an argument
26:08One moment
26:09One moment
26:11Miss Bennet
26:12The top of Scarfell Pike
26:14Is
26:14The most beautiful place
26:17I have ever seen
26:20Once we get there
26:22I will make amends to you
26:32I had arrived in the lakes
26:34Determined to make my own way in the world
26:38Could it be that once I had firmly accepted
26:41I did not wish to marry at all
26:43I had somehow won the admiration
26:46Of two dear friends
26:49To be continued
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