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00:18It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:22without expectations,
00:24she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:31To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate
00:40indeed.
00:42Or so my mother taught us.
00:45Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is lit at last?
00:50I have not.
00:55Do you want to know who has taken it?
00:58You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:01I would like to know.
01:04It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune.
01:10Four or five thousand a year.
01:14I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:18From whom did you hear this?
01:20Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:24Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:27He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:31In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, we must start
01:37at the beginning.
01:40With cake in Meriton, England, where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
01:52Father, meet mother.
01:54Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only
01:59a male heir could inherit my father's estate.
02:02And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:13That's his fortune.
02:15And her beauty were worthless.
02:18Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:23But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:26Why should he engage?
02:28When the time comes, I'll be dead anyway.
02:32Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light, a saving grace.
02:39Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
02:43Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humor, or Lydia's spirit.
02:55If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save
03:01us all from destitution.
03:04Although I had not found my own best quality, I was quite sure that I would.
03:11My fault, Mary.
03:13Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:16Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:20She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:24And she is clumsy, ungainly, maladroite, as they say.
03:29Four good marriages will have to do.
03:32I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
03:59Thank you so much.
04:12if you're not the beautiful one the quick-witted one or the ones that are good at games and full
04:19of youthful energy then who are you and what can you do if you're the odd one out
04:27is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in
04:34worse I think
04:48worse still
04:50do not fret miss bennett
05:03have we found it I think we have mr. sparrow oh thank goodness for that
05:16you see the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays
05:19oh I never
05:36you really do look very well in your spectacles
05:40especially when you smile
05:45ah I do not think my mother will agree but I have a great passion for reading and I
05:50I would have been sad to stop
05:54I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming merriton assembly
05:57an assembly
05:58yes in a month I heard this morning my sisters will be pleased
06:06perhaps I shall see you there
06:07hmm
06:13miss mary you ought to get on
06:15of course he'll
06:16I'll settle affairs here
06:17thank you
06:19thank you
06:19and thank you mr. sparrow
06:29I have news
06:32there's going to be an assembly in merriton in month
06:34we know
06:35oh
06:36I'm going to be the one to tell mama
06:38this will mark my first assembly
06:41my first venture into society
06:45so it will
06:49how am I to secure a partner for dancing I've always wondered
06:52oh mary I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners
06:56do not fret
06:57do not
06:58we're not fretting
07:24I'm going to fill my card with dances
07:26Jane do you think I shall be allowed to dance
07:28mary move
07:29do you hope you're not going to stand this close at the assembly
07:32oh we should have taken the long route
07:34oh
07:35these are my good boots
07:37oh
07:38all for you for wearing them
07:41dang
07:46do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion
07:49I don't see why it should
07:51it would match my eyes I suppose
07:53your eyes are green
07:55you are so inattentive
08:01Mr. Thompson told me himself
08:03I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed
08:05we were the first
08:06I was the first he was stood a little behind me
08:08it is wonderful
08:09what will I wear
08:10are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball father
08:13why would we not be
08:13I was the one that found out about it
08:15am I allowed
08:17Jane
08:17Lizzie
08:18you will of course go
08:19and mary
08:20father
08:21I shall die if I do not go
08:23I'll probably die too
08:24I very much doubt that
08:25Mr. Bennett
08:26Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands
08:30after Jane and Lizzie of course
08:34I don't see what the fuss is all about
08:36those horrible sweaty affairs
08:38mary
08:39you will attend
08:42oh
08:43oh well of course mother
08:44if you wish
08:47Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks
08:49as long as I am not expected to attend
08:52Mr. Bennett
08:52I told you
08:53I will not attend another of those insufferable muddy little dancers
08:57I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meryton Assembly
09:01oh he must be
09:02who would miss it
09:04me apparently
09:05you shall all go to the ball
09:07as long as I am obliged to hear no more about it
09:11I shall never be rid of you otherwise
09:14perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too
09:16I'm me
09:16this excitement over a man you've never set eyes on
09:18quite ridiculous
09:19oh mary we're only indulging ourselves
09:28mary is wearing spectacles
09:29what on earth
09:32very good
09:33I hope you find them most useful mary
09:35oh do father
09:36thank you
09:37Mr. Bennett
09:38did you know about this
09:39we discussed this
09:41at length
09:41mary was to visit the optician
09:43yes
09:43but I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses
09:47you seem to forget
09:48my dear
09:49that I wear spectacles myself
09:51but she is a woman
09:53nevertheless
09:55she ought to be able to see
09:56I think they look very well
10:01potatoes mary
10:04in case you couldn't see them
10:07I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly
10:10did you
10:10but papa who is going to dance with mary with those things on her face
10:13pleased to be able to read
10:17oh I do hope you are to meet him
10:19surely we must
10:21expectacles indeed
10:23I wonder
10:24is that
10:24just a shame
10:25no not really a shame
10:26yes
10:26is that just a shame
10:27I'm busy
10:29Mama
10:30Githy and I will need new dresses for the walk
11:14oh that's fine
11:17maybe I could help you pick out a dress
11:20for the meritan assembly
11:21miss mary
11:22oh hell
11:25what am I to do at a dance
11:28dance
11:29but what if
11:31no one wants to dance with me
11:34then you'll eat lots of ices
11:37such fripparees are not for me
11:39I wonder
11:40I wonder miss mary
11:40if you don't see yourself clearly
11:42if you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters
11:44I've known that for years
11:45a daffodil might look plain next to a lily
11:49but on its own there is much to be admired
11:51now I am tall and yellow
11:54miss mary
11:56I wonder
11:57if you wouldn't be a little happier
11:58if you went out in the world
12:01and saw yourself how other people see you
12:04outside of your family
12:09well that's decided
12:11I am picking you out a new dress for the assembly
12:15and I will not hear another word on the subject
12:29help! I've lost my ribbons!
12:34found us!
12:41madam please remain still if you can
12:50what does the gold make me look like?
12:55a little
12:58pity
12:58what is it?
13:00those are my books Lydia
13:01I cannot treat my children's box
13:02I need something to stand on
13:04this is important mary
13:06you need to start getting ready miss mary
13:16Jane is first
13:18that's not fair I'm always last
13:20mary for last
13:25do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
13:27does it still hurt?
13:28yes
13:29two weeks ago
13:30I know
13:32should we eat beforehand?
13:34perhaps a very small meal
13:35and don't drink too much
13:36but what if I'm thirsty?
13:38Lydia I don't suppose you want to
13:39relieve yourself behind a screen
13:41in front of everyone
13:42listen
13:47I don't know
13:47OK
13:48I don't know
13:49I don't know
13:50how could I know
13:50but if I could
14:02help ourselves
14:03how could I mean
14:09anything
14:09every other
14:09function
14:09I want to怎么
14:09and answer
14:09hang on
14:09you
14:12please
14:12Raim
14:12watch
14:17Is it too fine for me, do you think?
14:20You look very handsome in it.
14:33Katie, we have taken my perfume.
14:35I have, I have.
14:36I have taken my perfume.
14:38What in that scent?
14:45Oh, my God.
14:49I don't know.
15:27I don't know.
15:49I don't need to arrest, Mary.
15:51Oh, Charlotte!
15:54What's it about?
15:55I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
15:57I should limit entry to those young ladies, fortunate enough, with secured partners.
16:01I thought the very same thing.
16:36Mr. Bingley, welcome.
16:38These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
16:42This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
16:45And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet.
16:50Miss Jane Bennet.
16:53Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
16:57Kitty and Lydia.
17:01Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
17:07Who's the compass girl in the whole neighbourhood.
17:10That is a great achievement, to be sure.
17:13The study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
17:17What an example to us all.
17:28Oh, God.
17:31Oh, God.
18:08You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps.
18:13What has happened?
18:14I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against
18:20the war there, a Mr. Darcy, who said of me,
18:26she is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
18:33Oh, my goodness.
18:44Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
18:47I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
18:51a fashion.
18:53Mrs. Farrow.
18:54Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
18:58I was looking for, uh...
19:01My sisters.
19:03Take his hand.
19:05I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
19:08I just chose to sit this one out.
19:11That is a shame.
19:14I was going to ask if you would do me the honour of standing up with me for the next
19:17dance.
19:18Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
19:21And I would be delighted.
19:23Well then, I thank you.
19:29Shall we remain here until the next second?
19:31Of course.
19:32That's exactly what I thought.
19:42How are your spectators?
19:43Very well.
19:44Yes, I'm unable to study for hours without issue.
19:48I am delighted to hear that.
19:51It's my turn.
19:56Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
19:58What do you read with such enjoyment?
20:03Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
20:07It's a fascinating read.
20:08I will seek it out.
20:09Are you a scholar, sir?
20:11I like to read.
20:12But science rather than history.
20:14I have a plan to study medicine in London.
20:17Baths or maybe morphine.
20:20What a noble ambition.
20:21But it is not a thing widely known.
20:24I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
20:28I should speak of it to no one.
20:30I should speak of it.
20:33Yeah.
20:51Let's do it.
21:37I'm regressing visiting the supple table so early, I should have had less oyster patties.
21:44It's fewer.
21:46It's fewer oyster patties.
21:50Here we go!
21:52Oh my God!
22:02Oh my God!
22:16Oh my God!
22:29Oh my God!
22:33Oh my God!
22:34Would you like a cold drink, Miss Bellis?
22:38Yes, that's an excellent idea.
22:50It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary.
22:55Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he?
22:58Yes, the optician's son.
23:01And you have danced with him twice.
23:05Mary, you are very young, and perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood.
23:12If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon.
23:15Two dances in succession suggest a liking.
23:17Three might imply something more.
23:23I'm very happy dancing with him.
23:36I see that you have stood up twice with the sparrow boy.
23:41Yes, Mama.
23:44You will not dance with him again.
23:49But, Mother, he's been most attentive.
23:52He's quite a gentleman.
23:54Mary, his father owns a shop.
23:58Yes?
23:59With a bell.
24:03Mother, I have danced with him twice.
24:06I have no wish to marry him.
24:08You may not object to lowering yourself, but I will not have you ruin your sister's tenses of a match.
24:35Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet, once we have finished our ices?
24:41Mr. Sparrow, I am afraid that I shall...
24:46I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening.
24:49Oh.
24:50But I thought...
24:52I thought...
24:55I hope I have not offended you.
24:56No, no, no, not at all, sir.
24:58I've...
24:58Oh, I've...
24:59I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
25:03It's, um...
25:06That is to say that, um...
25:09My mother is...
25:11Concerned.
25:12Concerned?
25:13Um...
25:14For my sisters...
25:15And I.
25:16Um...
25:17It's important that we make an...
25:18Uh...
25:19Appropriate...
25:20Social...
25:20Um...
25:21One might say, uh...
25:23Financially, um...
25:25Well...
25:26A suitable matter.
25:27Mrs. Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
25:30I shall not pursue the matter.
25:31I've...
25:32Enjoyed...
25:33I've enjoyed my time.
25:34Um...
25:35Good evening...
25:35To you...
25:37I'm sorry, I...
25:42Sorry...
25:43Hey!
25:47Help!
25:51Oh...
25:52Please.
25:53Hey!
25:54Hey!
25:56Hey.
25:58Hey!
25:59Hey!
26:09James! James stood up with him twice. I had little time for his friend. Please do not
26:16hold that against Mr. Bingley. I danced with two soldiers. I'm not very good with faces,
26:23so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
26:27As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible
26:32sense of shame. I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
26:41Who was I? A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations? It was time to find
26:49my own way. To look for a new version of myself as a serious-minded woman. From now on, knowledge
26:59and reason would be my guide. No more weapons, ball gowns, or dance cards. The Old Mary would be
27:07no more. I would transform into the intellectual one. That was how I would stand out as the other
27:15Bennett's sister.
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