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00:20In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly,
00:24I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:31It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton.
00:36I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:40I was working on gravitas.
00:45From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:51Books would be my guide.
00:52I would think more and feel less.
01:01What could possibly go wrong?
01:12Well?
01:24I hope you have ordered a good dinner for this evening.
01:28We shall have a guest.
01:29I knew it would be so.
01:32It's not Mr Bingley.
01:35It's my cousin.
01:37Mr Collins?
01:38The very same.
01:39The man next in the end tale.
01:41Who?
01:41The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:46He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn?
01:49In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:53Entirely defective?
01:55Mary, are you quite all right?
01:56I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
02:02As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
02:08Blessings of peace in this house.
02:12He must be an oddity.
02:14I cannot make him out.
02:16Can he be a sensible man, sir?
02:17He is a very sensible man, thank you, Elizabeth.
02:21Very sensible indeed.
02:24Oh, can you not all see he is looking for a wife?
02:28Do you really think so?
02:30Lizzie?
02:31You must prepare yourself.
02:32But Mama!
02:33We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:36I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:41He sounds insufferably boring.
02:43A clergyman.
02:44Ugh.
02:45Is it right to condemn him before we've even met him?
02:48Oh, please, Mary.
02:50I was agreeing with you.
02:51It's the way you say things.
02:59I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
03:09What do you keep under your hat?
03:21Oh, I hope my honesty did not offend her.
03:28My goodness.
03:29No.
03:30No.
03:31Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
03:34My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible ball.
03:40Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:43A wife?
03:43Apparently.
03:45What is your cousin's profession?
03:46A clergyman.
03:48Oh.
03:49A modest income then, I imagine.
03:53Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:56If my father's cousin was coming to stay and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do
04:01everything within the bounds of propriety to attract him.
04:06Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
04:09I will live alone with knowledge.
04:11Look, Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
04:18I do not think my ma has me in mind.
04:20Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
04:22Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
04:24So that leaves you.
04:27You speak nothing of love.
04:32What is love to do with anything?
04:34Of course.
04:34Of course, you're right.
04:35Of course.
04:36For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:44Marriage or misery, Mary.
04:47Marriage or misery.
04:51I should know.
05:20Mr. Collins.
05:22I'm here.
05:22Meet at last.
05:30Ah.
05:31This.
05:35This is Jane, our eldest.
05:40Well, I had an idea.
05:44She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:50This is Elizabeth.
05:56A pleasure.
06:01And Mary.
06:02How are you doing?
06:03This is Kitty.
06:04And our youngest, Lydia.
06:06Ah.
06:07Well, now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
06:18The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
06:23Of course.
06:25Oh.
06:28No.
06:29I'm terribly sorry.
06:31I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
06:34You caused no offence, Mr. Collins.
06:37Of course you didn't.
06:39Allow me to show you the house.
06:42Oh.
06:43Splendid.
06:44Splendid.
06:45Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:53I wish you think so.
07:01I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from thy table.
07:08Amen.
07:09And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
07:13Evermore give me that bread that I may eat thereof,
07:18and not die...
07:22...eternally.
07:24Yes, exactly.
07:25Amen.
07:26Mr. Bennet.
07:28What a magnificent dining table.
07:30Even with the heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
07:36How generous of you.
07:37Hmm.
07:41Shall we?
07:42Hmm.
07:50Mr. Collins.
07:57Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
08:03Disposed?
08:04It is very good of you to say so.
08:05Hmm.
08:06Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
08:12Thank you, Mr. Collins.
08:14Hmm.
08:15And may I commend your reading of grace?
08:17Hmm.
08:18It has very much stayed with me.
08:20It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
08:26Please excuse me.
08:28You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate?
08:32It is a most vexing situation.
08:34If only there was some...
08:37...satisfactory way to amend it.
08:40Hmm.
08:41Hmm.
08:42I could say much on the subject.
08:44But I am cautious of appearing forward and...
08:48...precipited.
08:50I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:57Hmm.
09:00Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
09:05Hmm.
09:05I certainly have.
09:06Cousin Elizabeth.
09:08What make you of the sermons?
09:10I am sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
09:13So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
09:18should go about it.
09:21I think I am the only one who is truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
09:26More wine, Mr. Collins.
09:29Hmm.
09:34I will that women adorn themselves with sobriety.
09:39Let your speech be always...
09:42...be always, with grace, seasoned.
09:46And...
09:50...with salt.
09:54This has been wonderful.
09:57But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
10:02Lizzie, won't you play for us?
10:06Ah.
10:27Well done!
10:28Ugh...
10:29It's very nice, Mr. Collins.
10:32It's very nice to see you all.
10:33It's very nice to see you in the air.
10:35I think it's the coolest person!
10:55Bravo, Lizzie.
10:56Very good, Lizzie.
10:58If you were to practise properly, you really might master it.
11:01It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
11:03A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
11:07It's a great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
11:10Quite right.
11:12Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
11:23Oh, Lord.
12:05Thanks, Grace.
12:14My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness.
12:20I imagine you practice a great deal.
12:23I practice often, which is true.
12:26Yes, it is.
12:28It's only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved.
12:31Yes. Yes, I...
12:34Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
12:49Mary.
12:50Mother.
12:53I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and future prospects.
13:00I'm not sure I understand.
13:02It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest. Are we clear?
13:07Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins.
13:12I have no particular feelings for him.
13:15But he and I have similar interests, and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
13:21Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
13:28Your name has not come up.
13:39Cousins!
13:40Come on.
13:41Ready?
13:42Come on, hit it.
13:43I bring news.
13:44There used to be...
13:47There used to be a ball next week at Netherfield.
13:50Oh, I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
13:55And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
13:57They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
14:00We are some way off that.
14:03Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner shall be joining us.
14:06They're coming down from London.
14:07Up.
14:11They're coming up from London.
14:13That is what I said.
14:15Splendid.
14:16Splendid!
14:17A real family affair.
14:19I will need new ribbons.
14:21Perhaps, Miss Bennet, you would take the first dance with me?
14:27Oh, how wonderful.
14:29Maybe I should play a little something on the piano?
14:33Yes, yes.
14:34You should indeed.
14:36What about you, Miss Elizabeth?
14:38Do you sing?
14:40There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
15:03Very good, Miss Mary.
15:06Your playing is coming along nicely.
15:08Thank you, Hill.
15:10Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
15:14I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
15:16At Netherfield?
15:17Yes.
15:18I was even thinking I might sing.
15:22Sing?
15:23Miss Mary?
15:25It will be a surprise to them all.
15:29Short and sweet.
15:31That would be my advice.
15:35And, er, maybe don't sing.
15:39Huh.
15:43Help!
15:46Help!
15:46I lost my shirt!
15:48Help!
15:51Mm-ga!
15:54Mm-ga!
15:56Mm!
15:57Mmm.
16:03Mmm.
16:12The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
16:17Oh.
16:19No.
16:22Oh.
16:25Oh.
16:39as well as she does
16:43lady lucas charlotte please meet my brother and his dear wife mr and mrs gardner
16:51they're down from london up what up from london and
16:56this is my very distant cousin mr collins
17:03shall we do
17:08something of a challenge to find husbands for five daughters
17:13this is a beautiful dining room but if jane were to get a proposal
17:17come on please
17:23as i say if jane
17:25lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin
17:28she's not at all happy about his interest
17:33what is he like
17:35tolerable forearms i noticed
17:38have you made your interest in him clear
17:40i am trying but your mother seems terribly keen for lizzie to match with a man of a modest income
17:48i cannot think why
17:50he is the cousin
17:53the one from the entail
17:55it's mr collins who stands to inherit longbourn
17:57the house the estate the income all of it
18:01so my father cannot stand the man
18:03while my mother wants lizzie to marry him
18:11perhaps i will not play tonight
18:13oh mary you must
18:17i had prepared
18:18a little something
18:19but
18:22now the time is here i'm not sure i have the stomach for it
18:24nonsense mary
18:25mr collins is sure to be impressed
18:28i think it is time you get yourself noticed
18:49i beg you do not make it long
19:06be gone
19:09i pray they be gone from me
19:19be gone
19:22dull care
19:26you and i shall never agree
19:31be gone
19:35dull care
19:38video
19:39he's calling it
19:41i really be gone
19:43from me
19:45be gone
19:51you and i shall never agree
19:58long time has thou been tarrying here
20:05and faith thou wouldst me kill
20:11please
20:12i will thank you
20:13faith don't
20:16care
20:17thou never
20:20shalt have
20:22thy will
20:27i um i have another piece
20:33father
20:34one that's
20:34more lively
20:35mary
20:37you have delighted us
20:39on enough
20:47oh miss bennett that was
20:51truly unforgettable
20:59it was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song
21:04everybody saw
21:05what do you think
21:07it's a good song
21:09take a breath
21:10take a breath
21:12nobody noticed but you
21:27mary
21:32it was you that told father to stop me playing
21:34wasn't
21:35i didn't want you to overexcite yourself
21:37you insult me
21:39we both know that isn't true
21:44mary
21:46i have had a terrible evening
21:48and yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease
21:51what do you mean
21:52you always care what you want
21:55without needing to try
21:57whereas i try
22:00so hard
22:04and it's always for nothing
22:07don't say that
22:08there is much you have achieved
22:16i'm sorry
22:17i'm truly sorry
22:37mary
22:39mary
22:40mary
22:41you must get dressed and come downstairs
22:42there has been such an upset
22:44you won't believe it
22:44you can't imagine what's happened
22:48well
22:49mr collins
22:50has made lizzie an offer
22:53and she has refused him
22:54can you imagine
22:55mama is furious
22:56and says lizzie will have him
22:58but papa told lizzie that her choice was a sad one
23:00because mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry collins
23:04and papa will never see her again if she does
23:06and now everyone is so utterly cross
23:08mr collins has stormed off
23:09lizzie won't say anything at all
23:11mama is beside herself
23:12and papa has shut himself in the library
23:14you must come
23:15so so what happens now what if mr collins
23:18papa thinks he would choose someone else
23:21i don't know
23:22well it's more likely to be me than you
23:26no i am resigned
23:28mr collins has withdrawn his pretensions to lizzie's favour
23:47i'm very glad to hear it
23:48i don't think i could have borne much more of his good opinion
23:51he says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit
23:55oh
24:13thank you hill
24:23i have been thinking
24:25mary
24:26since lizzie was so selfish as to refuse mr collins
24:31i have turned my mind towards you
24:37i think you understand me
24:39mama less than a week ago you were adamant
24:42mary please
24:44he will not ask me now
24:46i need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers
24:50he will not choose me mama
24:53oh mary he will
24:56who else will marry him
25:02what are you reading
25:06a theory of the earth it's about rocks
25:08just types of rocks
25:32one had uh obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room however
25:41mr collins has made miss charlotte lucas an offer of marriage
25:47and she has accepted
25:50we wish you joy
25:51yes so much joy
25:53i wish you joy
25:54thank you all
25:56you do
25:57you do know he is a clergyman
25:58yes
25:58you do know he is a clergyman
26:01yes
26:01he is a good man
26:03they are
26:04mr kennedy
26:05although they're
26:07sons
26:13yes
26:29if i had any doubts as to whether i'd done the right thing
26:32they vanished when i told my family of his offer
26:35i am too old to be generous
26:37i'm afraid
26:37i don't know
26:38i don't know
26:40charlotte
26:43come marvel at this oak
26:50good night jane
26:51good night lizzie
26:52good night
26:53good night mama
26:54good night kitty
26:55i told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles
27:16it wouldn't be for much longer
27:18wait
27:20that we bennett sisters live together
27:26as each of my sisters left home
27:30my future felt increasingly uncertain
27:38i often thought back to the events in that period of my life
27:41and wondered if i could have done anything differently
27:49but i was trapped
27:53unable to escape the loveless world of my parents
27:57thank you
28:00thank you
28:01my options were limited
28:12and i found my books offered me no instruction
28:15and little comfort
28:18i searched desperately for answers
28:23i clung on
28:25to hope
28:33but in a moment
28:35my life
28:37my life
28:37was upturned
28:40mr bennett
28:41fetch the doctor
28:42yes ma'am
28:45they're bringing the carriage round
28:46go
28:46yes ma'am
28:47right away
28:54father had found a way out
28:56leaving mother and i
28:58with nothing
28:59except each other
29:02except each other
29:29her
29:29you
29:30you
29:31you
29:31you
29:32you
29:32you
29:32you
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