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00:22Dear Mother,
00:25I write to let you know that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just yet.
00:30As I am still very much needed in London.
00:33The Gardener's Governess has indeed returned, but we find ourselves quite overrun with social engagements.
00:42You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly balls.
00:48I am very much looking forward to it.
00:53I miss you all.
01:00Yours, Mary.
01:03The Gardener's Governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
01:06Yes, yes, a week ago.
01:08Well then, the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband.
01:14A husband, whatever else do you plan to do?
01:20Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or misery.
01:27What do you think?
01:29Mary, it is not too late for marriage, if that's what you're asking me.
01:33And I do believe it's the better choice, but I'm not the only one.
01:38Some marriages are miserable.
01:40I agree.
01:42I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:48My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:52Mary, that is nonsense.
01:53What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:57Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
02:02This time, you have me.
02:05Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
02:11It's all about confidence.
02:13A certain coolness.
02:15I think you care too much.
02:17Really?
02:18Hmm.
02:20Have you ever polished your skin?
02:28We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
02:32Then we spread it on your face.
02:33You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:36I'm going to smell like soup.
02:41What on earth?
02:53There.
02:54Thanks.
03:07Mary, you have stew on your face.
03:10Uh...
03:20Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
03:23Step into the room, like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:36Walk normally.
03:44I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:46New love is the most romantic thing.
03:49New love?
03:50Yes, the first throws.
03:52Oh, you must not take it for granted, because the feelings soon pass, and then everything
03:57becomes quite ordinary.
04:00It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
04:06Now walk.
04:07Shoulders back.
04:08Chin up.
04:09Chin down.
04:11Chin up a little.
04:12Don't look scared.
04:13Quite hard not to.
04:17Thinks of anything.
04:18The only thing has happened.
04:18You are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
04:21Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with and avoid the eyes of those you do
04:26not.
04:27If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy,
04:30nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:33You must look nonchalant.
04:36Carefree.
04:42Mary, think back to those times in your childhood
04:45when you had not a care in the world.
04:53Hmm.
05:11Remember, Mary,
05:13the most important thing
05:17is to be yourself.
05:37Isn't it beautiful?
05:52Do not fret.
05:53The night has only just begun.
05:58Good evening, Miss Baxter, Miss Bennet.
06:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
06:02Oh, well, as do you, Anne.
06:08Well?
06:13Mr. Haywing, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
06:17No, no, I couldn't.
06:18It will show how eligible you are.
06:23Well, I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
06:27But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
06:30Oh, well, there might be.
06:33Let me just check.
06:37Yes, yes, we could dance.
06:41Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
06:49Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:53Miss Bennet?
06:55I'm very well.
06:57How are you?
06:58Miss Bennet?
06:59Four.
07:04Two, three.
07:13Sorry, sorry, sorry.
07:15Thanks, my friends.
07:18Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
08:21Thank you, Ms. Payne.
08:23Ms. Bennett.
08:30It was a fine minuet.
08:35Oh, now you two, you must dance together.
08:38Um, I'm going to go and...
08:41Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:53Thanks.
08:58Thanks.
09:01Thanks.
09:02Thanks.
09:05Thanks.
09:16Thanks.
09:21Thanks.
09:23Excuse me.
09:26It's you.
09:27It is indeed.
09:29William Ryder.
09:30Of course, Mr. Ryder.
09:32Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon.
09:38Would you like to dance?
09:40Perhaps.
09:41Well, um, perhaps later.
09:42My feet are quiet.
09:43Ah.
09:45Then let us sit and gather your strength.
10:10I find these occasions really quite intolerable.
10:13all these poor young ladies parading about, bearing the weight of their parents' expectations.
10:19It's not in the least romantic.
10:22I think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women and, well, for good reason.
10:27None of them wants to fail.
10:31But...
10:32Doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennet, that most people give far too much weight to the idea of marriage?
10:39Because for some people, that is their only means of survival.
10:43In matters of men and women, the only thing that should guide us is the heart.
10:49Do you really believe that to be true?
10:52Well, I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish.
11:04I think you will find, Mr. Ryder, that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man.
11:11While the consequences are borne, quite literally in many cases, by the woman.
11:19Perhaps you're right.
11:21I know I am.
11:30Dance with me, Miss Bennet.
11:33Come on.
12:00It's supposed to be fun, I think.
12:05You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennet.
12:07I am breathing.
12:09I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
12:15I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
12:18Ah.
12:18But what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennet?
12:22Histories.
12:24No, no, no, no.
12:25I mean, what's your secret indulgence?
12:30When I really enjoyed reading, as a child, were the servants' pamphlets.
12:37They detail the most grisly crimes.
12:41I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennet.
12:45I had to hide them from my mother.
12:47I bet you did.
12:54Oh my gosh, look at that.
12:56I'll get you to show, Maggie.
12:58Uh.
12:58Uh.
13:01Uh.
13:02Uh.
13:05Uh.
13:06Uh.
13:07Uh.
13:08Uh.
13:10Uh.
13:15Uh.
13:16Uh.
13:20You tripped?
13:22I did not trip, it was a deliberate embellishment of the gu Workshop.
13:27Mary?
13:27Miss McStarr, I was just about to ask Miss Bennet to dance again.
13:32Um, uh, thank you Mr. Rider, but I'll sit this one out.
13:37Ah.
13:38Then allow me to fetch you both some ice's, ladies.
13:44he might be handsome mary but beware he also fancies himself above all the rules that govern
13:49the rest of us he enjoys the privileges of his class as well as good looks i cannot say i
13:55took
13:56much notice of his looks mary i did not well he certainly noticed you kind of you to say but
14:03he doesn't think of me in that way and actually that makes much more enjoyable
14:09we were just talking about mr rider yes will you rider ices oh thank you and the biggest one
14:20for miss mary ben thank you hey we don't look so downhearted here you can have mine i wouldn't
14:28dream of taking yours mr hayward i seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance
14:35i'm quite tired
14:42what i would love to dance
14:47what played with yours
14:48crunchy
14:49mr rider what on earth happened to you
14:54oh miss bingley
14:55well well miss bennett how good to see you again
15:00oh are you two ladies already acquainted i have known miss bennett for some years
15:06oh pianist singer raconteur my brother married her sister i heard you were a government in london
15:16though i didn't think it had quite come to that i i'm no longer in that position so you are
15:22in london
15:23for a husband
15:25no
15:30miss bennett is a radical thinker is she now well it makes me all the more glad to be spending
15:37the foreseeable future here
15:39where i can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts
15:42miss bennett i'm holding a small supper this thursday you should join us why thank you mr writer
15:50you must sing that is i mean to say i may not be able to i very much look forward
15:56to you joining us
15:58on thursday come mr rider
16:16oh
16:18oh
16:37How did you find the ball last night?
16:41Most pleasant, thank you.
16:45Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
16:48He left this bundle of crime pamphlets as a peculiar gift.
16:51Is this really to your taste?
16:54Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
16:57Oh, what fun!
16:58Jethro.
17:00You could wear your red dress.
17:03Uh, regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend.
17:09You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
17:16She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
17:21I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
17:24Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
17:28Mr. Darcy?
17:29She did, yes.
17:31Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
17:35Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
17:39She's better than me.
17:41I know that very well.
17:44She's always beautifully dressed, and she has extraordinary confidence.
17:49She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
17:52Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities, the same as everyone else.
17:58And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
18:03It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
18:07Blossoming?
18:09You've changed.
18:11You smile more.
18:13And you laugh.
18:15Well, I...
18:17The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
18:24We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingley's of this world.
18:32We stand our ground.
18:35For there will always be one.
18:54Miss Bennet.
18:56How wonderful to see you.
18:58Oh, um...
19:01Uh, I very much like your, um...
19:07Insects.
19:08Why, thank you.
19:10They were my late father's.
19:12He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
19:22You have an extensive book collection, Mr Ryder?
19:27Oh, yes.
19:28They are for show.
19:31Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine...
19:36Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
19:39I want to hear about the strangers' cases over dinner.
19:44Ah, yes.
19:45Miss Bennet.
19:47Inspired by you.
19:48I have been reading some of those particular works myself.
19:53And I found something that made me think of you.
19:56Of me?
19:57Mm-hmm.
19:58Allow me to find it?
19:59Uh, well, of course.
20:01Miss Bingley.
20:03I am so glad you took my advice.
20:05Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
20:08Ah!
20:08I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
20:13It made you think of Miss Bennet?
20:16Yes, exactly.
20:18Now, where is it?
20:20Mr Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table before
20:25the guests sit.
20:27Uh, very well.
20:31I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
20:39the dictates of fashion when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly
20:44can.
20:45You are an example to us all.
20:47Now, tell me this.
20:48Have you...
20:49Tell me about what...
20:51Yes, ma'am.
20:52Yes, ma'am.
20:53Yes, ma'am.
20:54Yes, ma'am.
20:55Yes, ma'am.
20:56Yes, ma'am.
20:58Yes, ma'am.
21:08Yes, ma'am.
21:38Yes, ma'am.
21:58Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine McAuley's work?
22:03No.
22:03She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
22:07No.
22:14What think you of James Hutton's theory that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
22:20I have no interest in geology.
22:23What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
22:28Horses. Horse racing.
22:30Oh. I know so little about horse racing. I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know.
22:35We won't have time for that.
22:37Let's just see how we get on.
22:40Right.
22:42Right.
22:45Four legs.
22:48Cannot vomit.
22:49Oh.
22:50Beautiful creatures.
22:52Beautiful. Almost too beautiful.
22:54More intelligent than anyone at this table.
22:58Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
23:01I appreciate that.
23:02Right. I've done this before. I'm sure I can do it again.
23:04Fascinating.
23:05These are the front legs.
23:06Here.
23:07We call these the cloppers.
23:09Hmm.
23:10Back legs.
23:10The clippers.
23:12Ah.
23:12Clip clop.
23:13Right?
23:14You see what I'm saying?
23:15You do not want to stand behind a horse.
23:17You do not want to do it.
23:18I just want to try.
23:21What can a horse do?
23:23You tell me.
23:24Well, it can run, but it can also break your heart.
23:28I can see it.
23:30That is our horse.
23:32What shall we name it?
23:33Gerald.
23:35Gerald.
23:36Gerald.
23:37Let's enter him at York.
23:40Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
23:47Thank you, sir.
23:50I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
23:55Ah.
24:02Miss Bennet.
24:03I was hoping to speak to you.
24:07Really?
24:07Well, I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
24:13It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
24:20You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
24:23I did.
24:25Only recently we were talking about your family, and she confessed herself astonished at the
24:30great difference between you and your sisters.
24:32She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking, not as beautiful as Jane, nor
24:41as willing as Kitty, and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
24:50It was very candid of her.
24:52She is known for her frankness.
24:54I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
25:02Tell me, Miss Bennet, do you intend to marry?
25:07Let's assume we all must marry in the end.
25:12Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice.
25:16If you wish.
25:17It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that
25:24can never come to anything, such as Mr. Ryder.
25:33Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
25:36Or that he is pursuing me?
25:39For both are quite without foundation.
25:41And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
25:45I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
25:49What do you mean?
25:50Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
25:54Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation, where matters of the heart are concerned.
26:05You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
26:08Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
26:12Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
26:25Oh, Miss Bingley.
26:26Miss Bingley, welcome to the gate.
26:27It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing you had at dinner, Miss Bennet.
26:38Ah, it was, yes, most interesting.
26:44I wanted to say that...
26:47I wanted to ask, or that is to say,
26:51I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied a great deal of your time.
26:55And he often acts without thinking, so I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that
27:01is what you would like.
27:06I very much enjoy his company.
27:13I see.
27:14No, I...
27:14Of course, I...
27:15No, no, no.
27:15Forgive my intrusion.
27:16No, that is to say, I'm, I'm, I'm not...
27:19Who is drawn to him?
27:21...Bennet girl.
27:22The one you said was plain.
27:23Oh, the governess.
27:25She was the only one of the five not to marry.
27:27Can you imagine?
27:28She didn't look very plain to me.
27:30She was tolerable.
27:31And you can see Ryder's interest in her.
27:33If I were him, I'd snap her up before some other fellow does.
27:37Excuse me.
27:37I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
27:42How lovely, Mary.
27:44Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
27:46Come on, Miss Bennet.
27:47You must sing.
27:48Sing.
27:49Sing.
27:51Sing.
27:53Sing.
27:54Sing.
27:56Sing.
27:58Sing.
27:58Sing.
27:59Sing.
27:59Sing.
28:00Sing.
28:02Sing.
28:02Sing.
28:03Sing.
28:05Mary.
28:06Mary.
28:06We must get you to Pemberley immediately.
28:08We have received an urgent letter.
28:10Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
28:12Oh.
28:13Take our carriage and go.
28:14Now.
28:14Oh.
28:17Oh.
28:18Careful.
28:26Come on, Mary.
28:27You must hurry.
28:28Come, dear.
28:30It's all right.
28:31Oh.
28:35Ah.
28:39Oh.
28:48Oh.
28:49Oh.
28:50Oh.
28:51Oh.
28:53Oh.
28:54Oh.
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