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The Other Bennet Sister S01E05 (2026)
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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.
00:28I am very much looking forward to it.
00:32I miss you all.
00:38Yours, Mary.
00:41The Gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
00:45Yes, yes 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'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 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.
01:48A 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.
02:06Then we spread it on your face.
02:07You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:10I don't 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.
03:15I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:17New love is the most romantic thing.
03:20New love?
03:21Yes!
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.
03:30It'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.
03:46Don't look.
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.
04:02You must look nonchalant.
04:04Carefree.
04:10Mary, 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?
05:16The night has only just begun.
05:22Good evening, Miss Baxter, Miss Bennet.
05:25Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
05:27Well, as do you, Anne.
05:37Mr. Hayward, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
05:40No, I know.
05:41I think we'll 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. Hayward.
06:11Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:15Miss Bennet?
06:16I'm very well.
06:19How are you?
06:21How are you?
06:32Jesus.
06:34Thank you, Jesus.
06:34I'm sorry.
06:35I'm sorry.
06:36I'm sorry.
06:36I think so.
06:37Jesus.
06:39Thank you, Jesus.
06:44Oh, God.
06:52Oh.
07:38Thank you, Mr. Hayden.
07:46It was a fine minuet.
07:51Oh, now you two.
07:52You must dance together.
07:56I'm going to go.
07:57Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:34Excuse me.
08:37It's you.
08:38It's indeed.
08:41William Ryder.
08:41Of course, Mr. Ryder.
08:43Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon.
08:49Would you like to dance?
08:52Well, perhaps later.
08:53My feet are quiet.
08:56Well, let us sit and gather your strength.
09:19I find these occasions really quite intolerable.
09:22All these poor young ladies parading about, bearing the weight of their parents' expectations.
09:28It's not the least romantic.
09:30I think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women.
09:34And for good reason.
09:36None of them wants to fail.
09:40But doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennett, that most people give far too much weight to the idea of
09:47marriage?
09:47Because for some people, that is their only means of survival.
09:51In matters of men and women, the only thing that should guide us is the heart.
09:57Do you really believe that to be true?
10:00Well, I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish.
10:10I think you will find, Mr. Ryder, that the liberty in such situations, really in many cases, by the woman.
10:19Perhaps you're right.
10:20I know I am.
10:27I know I am.
10:58You're supposed to be fun, I think.
11:02You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennett.
11:05I am breathing.
11:07I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
11:13I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
11:15Ah, but what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennett?
11:19Histories.
11:20No, no, no, no, I mean, what's your secret intelligence?
11:26What I really enjoyed reading, as a child, were the servants' pamphlets.
11:33They detail the most grisly crimes.
11:38I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennett.
11:41I had to hide them from my books.
11:42Haha, I bet you did.
11:50Oh my gosh, look at that.
11:51I'm going to show him, I think.
11:54What?
11:55Ah, yeah.
12:09It's the onions.
12:14You tripped.
12:16I did not trip.
12:18It was a deliberate embellishment of the glock.
12:21Mary?
12:21Miss Baxter, I was just about to ask Miss Bennett to dance again.
12:27Oh, uh, thank you, Mr Ryder, but I will sit this one out.
12:31Ah, then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies.
12:37He might be handsome, Mary, but beware.
12:39He also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us.
12:43He enjoys the privileges of his class, as well as good looks.
12:47I cannot say I took much notice of his looks.
12:50Mary?
12:51I did not.
12:52Well, he certainly noticed you.
12:53That's kind of you to say, but he doesn't think of me in that way.
12:57And actually, that makes it much more enjoyable.
13:01We were just talking about Mr Ryder.
13:04Yes.
13:06William Ryder.
13:07I, sis.
13:09Oh, thank you.
13:10And the biggest one for Miss Mary Ben.
13:15Hey, don't look so downhearted.
13:17You can have mine.
13:18I mean, I wouldn't dream of taking your...
13:21Mr Hayward, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
13:26I'm quite tired.
13:31Mr Ryder, what on earth happened to you?
13:35Oh, Miss Bingley.
13:36Well, well, Miss Bennet, how good to see you again.
13:41Oh, are you two ladies already acquainted?
13:44I have known Miss Bennet for some years.
13:47Pianist, singer, raconteur.
13:50My brother married her sister.
13:53I heard you were a governess in London, though I didn't think it had quite come to that.
13:58I'm no longer in that position.
14:00So, you are in London for a husband?
14:05No.
14:09Miss Bennet is a radical thinker.
14:12Is she now?
14:13Well, it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here,
14:17where I can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts.
14:21Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday.
14:24You should join us.
14:26Why, thank you, Mr Ryder.
14:28You must sing.
14:30That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to.
14:33I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday.
14:38Come, Mr Ryder.
14:54No.
15:06Soccer on Thursday.
15:08Oh, what fun!
15:08Hmm.
15:09Jethro.
15:10You could wear your red dress.
15:14Regarding something I fear, I may not be able to attend.
15:19You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
15:26She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
15:31I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
15:33Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
15:37Mr Darcy.
15:38She did?
15:39Yes.
15:40Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
15:44Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
15:48She's better than me.
15:50She's better than me.
15:50I know that very well.
15:52She's always beautifully dressed.
15:54And she has extraordinary confidence.
15:57She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
16:01Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities the same as everyone else.
16:07And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
16:11It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
16:15Blossoming?
16:16You've changed.
16:18You smile more.
16:20And you laugh.
16:22Well, I...
16:24The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
16:31We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world.
16:39We stand our ground.
16:42For there will always be one.
16:59Miss Bennet.
17:01How wonderful to see you.
17:03Oh, um...
17:06Uh, I very much like your, um...
17:11Insects.
17:13Why, thank you.
17:14They were my late fathers.
17:16He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
17:26You have an extensive book collection, Mr. Ryder?
17:30Ah, yes.
17:31They are for show.
17:35Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine way.
17:39Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
17:42I want to hear about the strangest cases over dinner.
17:47Ah, yes.
17:48Miss Bennet.
17:49Inspired by you.
17:51I have been reading some of those particular works myself.
17:55And I found something, when you think of you.
17:59Of me?
18:00Mm-hmm.
18:00Allow me to find it.
18:01Well, of course.
18:03Miss Bingley.
18:05I am so glad you took my advice.
18:07Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
18:10I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
18:14It made you think of Miss Bennet?
18:18Yes, exactly.
18:19Now, where is it?
18:21Mr. Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table before
18:26the guests sit.
18:28Uh, very well.
18:31Please excuse us.
18:34I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
18:39the dictates of fashion,
18:41when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can.
18:45You are an example to us all.
19:03Mr. Hayward, we are here.
19:06Where are you, Mary?
19:08Uh...
19:08You're aestrah.
19:14You are my son.
19:25You have outdone yourself in this way.
19:54Mr. Hurst,
19:56Have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
19:59No.
20:00She's most insightful on...
20:04What think you of James Hutton's theory
20:07that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
20:10I have no interest in geology.
20:13What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
20:17Horses.
20:18Horses.
20:19Oh!
20:19I know so little about horses,
20:21you think I would be honoured
20:22if you would teach me all you know.
20:24We won't have time for that.
20:26Let's just see how we get on.
20:28Right.
20:31Right.
20:33Four legs.
20:36Cannot vomit.
20:38Beautiful creatures.
20:40Beautiful.
20:40Almost too beautiful.
20:41More intelligent than anyone at this table.
20:45Perhaps if I was to construct a horse,
20:47then we'd know...
20:48I appreciate that.
20:49Right, I've done this before.
20:50I'm sure I can do it again.
20:51Fascinating.
20:52These are the front legs here.
20:54We call these the cloppers.
20:57Back legs.
20:58The clippers.
20:59Ah.
20:59Clip-clop.
21:00Right?
21:01You see what I'm saying?
21:02You do not want to stand behind a horse.
21:04You do not want to...
21:05I don't want to jump.
21:08What can a horse do?
21:10You tell me.
21:11Well, it can run,
21:12but it can also break your heart.
21:15I can see it.
21:16That is our horse.
21:18What shall we name it?
21:19Gerald.
21:21Gerald.
21:22Gerald.
21:23Let's enter him at York.
21:26Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
21:32Well, thank you.
21:34Thank you, sir.
21:35I shall never wager any significant amount of money
21:39without consulting you first.
21:40Ah.
21:47Miss Bennet.
21:48I was hoping to speak to you.
21:51Really?
21:52Well, I couldn't let this evening pass
21:54without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
21:57It's a shame, then,
21:58that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
22:04You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
22:07I did.
22:08Only recently we were talking about your family,
22:11and she confessed herself astonished
22:13at the great difference between you and your sisters.
22:16She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth,
22:20nor as provoking,
22:22not as beautiful as Jane,
22:24nor as willing as Kitty,
22:25and, well,
22:26who could measure up to Lydia's
22:29joie de vivre?
22:33It was very candid of her.
22:34She is known for her frankness.
22:36I sometimes wonder if frankness
22:38isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
22:44Tell me, Miss Bennet.
22:46Do you intend to marry?
22:49Let's assume we all must marry.
22:50Maybe, in the end.
22:53Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice.
22:57If you wish.
22:58It seems to me
23:00that a great deal of time is thrown away
23:03in pursuit of attachments
23:04that can never come to anything.
23:07Such as Mr. Ryder?
23:13Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
23:16Or that he is pursuing me?
23:19For both are quite without foundation.
23:21And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
23:24I cannot imagine why else he would
23:27speak of you as he does.
23:29What do you mean?
23:30Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
23:33Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment
23:36and humiliation
23:37where matters of the heart are concerned.
23:43You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
23:47Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
23:50Or do you perhaps have it to experience
23:52of a more personal nature?
24:10It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
24:14You had a dinner, Miss Bennet.
24:17It was, yes, most interesting.
24:20I wanted to say that
24:24I wanted to ask
24:26or that is to say
24:27I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder
24:29had occupied a great deal of your time
24:32and he often acts without thinking
24:33so I'd be very glad to ask him
24:36to be more restrained
24:37if that is what you would like.
24:42I very much enjoy his company.
24:48I see.
24:49No, I...
24:50Of course, I...
24:50No, no, no.
24:51Forgive my intrusion.
24:52No, that is to say
24:53I'm not drawn to him.
24:56Who is she?
24:56Bennet, girl.
24:57The one you said was plain.
24:58Oh, the governess.
25:00She was the only one of the five
25:01not to marry.
25:02Can you imagine?
25:03She didn't look very plain to me.
25:05She was tolerant.
25:06And you can see Ryder's interest in her.
25:08If I were him,
25:08I'd snap her up
25:09before some other fellow does.
25:11Excuse me?
25:12I believe Miss Bennet
25:14would like to sing for us.
25:16How lovely, Mary.
25:18Oh, I have no wish
25:19to do anything of the sort.
25:20Come, Miss Bennet.
25:21You must sing.
25:22Sing!
25:23Sing!
25:24Sing!
25:26Sing!
25:26Sing!
25:28Sing!
25:29Sing!
25:30Sing!
25:31Sing!
25:32Sing!
25:33Sing!
25:33Sing!
25:33Sing!
25:35Sing!
25:35Sing!
25:36Sing!
25:38Mary, Mary,
25:39we must get you to Pemberley
25:40immediately.
25:41We have received an urgent letter.
25:43Your mother's being taken gravely ill.
25:45Oh.
25:45Take her carriage and go.
25:46Now.
25:48Oh.
25:49Oh.
25:49Oh.
25:50Careful.
25:55Ah.
25:58Come on, Mary.
25:59You must hurry.
26:00Come, dear.
26:02Sorry.
26:04Oh.
26:05Oh.
26:06Oh.
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