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.
04:17Remember.
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
04:26you do not.
04:27If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy, nor too disappointed, depending on who
04:32he is.
04:33You must look nonchalant.
04:36Carefree.
04:42Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:55Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
05:17Is to be yourself.
05:37Isn't it beautiful?
05:39Oh.
05:40I don't know.
05:41Oh.
05:41Yeah.
05:43Yeah.
05:52Do not fret, the night has only just begun.
05:58Good evening, Miss Baxter, Miss Bennet.
06:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
06:03Well, as do you, Anne.
06:13Mr. Hayward, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
06:17No, I know, I didn't.
06:18It will show how eligible you are.
06:24I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
06:28But 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?
06:59One.
07:04Two, three.
07:05One, two, three.
07:06One, two, three.
07:09Two, three.
07:14One, two, three.
07:15Two, three.
07:18Two, three.
08:21Thank you, Miss Diane.
08:23Miss 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?
08:42Oh, my goodness.
08:42Oh, my goodness.
08:48Oh, my goodness.
09:09Oh, my goodness.
09:16Oh, my goodness.
09:20Oh, my goodness.
09:23Oh, my goodness.
09:34to see you again so soon would you like to dance well perhaps later my feet are quite
09:43stop then let us sit and gather your strength
10:10i find these occasions really quite intolerable all these poor young ladies
10:15parading about bearing the weight of their parents expectations it's not in the least romantic
10:21i think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women and for good reason none of them
10:28wants to fail but doesn't it seem to you miss bennett that most people give far too much weight
10:38to the idea of marriage because 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 well
10:55i believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish
11:04i think you will find mr rider that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man
11:11while the consequences are born quite literally in many cases by the woman
11:19perhaps you're right i know i am
11:30dance with me miss bennett
12:00it's supposed to be fun i think
12:05you are allowed to breathe while you dance miss bennett
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 but what do you really enjoy reading miss bennett
12:21histories
12:23no i mean what's your secret indulgence
12:30but i really enjoyed reading as a child
12:34with a servant's pamphlets
12:37they detail the most grisly crimes
12:41i knew there was a bold and curious side to you miss bennett
12:45i had to hide them from my mother
12:47i bet you did
12:54oh my gosh look at that
12:56did you show him working
12:58what
13:00ah
13:01yeah
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13:15it's the onions
13:20you tripped
13:21i did not trip
13:23it was a deliberate embellishment
13:25of the gavotte
13:27mary
13:27miss baxter
13:29i was just about to ask miss bennett to dance again
13:33oh
13:34uh
13:35thank you mr rider
13:36but i will sit this one out
13:37ah
13:38then allow me
13:39me to fetch you both some ices ladies
13:44he might be handsome mary but beware
13:46he also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us
13:50he enjoys the privileges of his class as well as good looks
13:54i cannot say i took much notice of his looks
13:57mary
13:58i did not
13:59i did not
14:00well he certainly noticed you
14:01i was kind of you to say but
14:03he doesn't think of me in that way and actually that makes this much more enjoyable
14:09we we were just talking about mr rider
14:13we were just talking about mr rider
14:42what i would play with mr rider
14:51what on earth happened to you
14:54oh miss bingley
14:55oh miss bingley
14:56well well miss bennett
14:58how good to see you again
15:00oh are you two ladies already acquainted
15:03oh i have known miss bennett for some years
15:06oh pianist
15:07singer
15:09raconteur
15:10my brother married her
15:12sister
15:13i heard you were a government in london
15:16though i didn't think it had quite come to that
15:18i i'm no longer in that position
15:21so you are in london for a husband
15:25no
15:30miss bennett is a radical thinker
15:33is she now
15:34well it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here
15:39where i can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts
15:42miss bennett
15:44i'm holding a small supper this thursday
15:46you should join us
15:48why thank you mr rider
15:50you must sing
15:52that is i mean to say
15:54i may not be able to
15:55i very much look forward to you joining us
15:58on thursday
16:00come mr rider
16:31i may not be able to
16:32ow
16:37how did you find the ball last night
16:41most pleasant thank you
16:45young william rider 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
16:53thank you
16:54oh and he confirmed our invitation to supper on thursday
16:56oh 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
17:17she seems to delight in being horrible to me
17:21i have no idea what i've done to provoke her
17:23did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband
17:27mr darcy
17:28she did
17:29yes perhaps she feels threatened by you
17:35caroline bingley is not threatened by me
17:39she's better than me
17:40i know that very well
17:43she's always beautifully dressed
17:46and she has extraordinary confidence
17:48she does not appear to lack confidence
17:51that is certain
17:52perhaps underneath that brittle exterior
17:55lies doubts and insecurities the same as everyone else
17:59and 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
18:10you smile more
18:12and you laugh
18:14well i'm
18:16ah the 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 bennett
18:56how wonderful to see you
18:58oh um
19:02i very much like your um
19:06insects
19:07why thank you
19:09they were my late father's
19:12he was a very great collector of all things
19:14strange or
19:16or unusual
19:17in that line
19:22you have an extensive book collection
19:25mr rider
19:26oh yes
19:27they are for show
19:30although
19:31grimm's fairy tales proved a fine
19:35not 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 bennett
19:46inspired by you
19:48i have been reading some of those particular works
19:51myself
19:52and i found something
19:55made me think of you
19:56of me
19:58allow me to find it
19:59well of course
20:01miss bingley
20:03i am so glad you took my advice
20:05lady catherine de burr looks magnificent there
20:08i was just about to read something to miss bennett
20:11that made me think of her this morning
20:12it made you think of miss bennett
20:16yes exactly
20:17now
20:18where
20:19is it
20:20mr rider
20:21i wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table
20:24before the guests sit
20:27uh very well
20:30please excuse us
20:33i have to say miss bennett
20:35how refreshing it is
20:37to see a young woman with the courage to defy the dictates of fashion
20:40when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can
20:45you are an example to us all
21:04mr hayward we are here
21:07where are you mary
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25:28rider do you mean to suggest that i'm pursuing mr rider or that he is pursuing me for both are
25:40quite
25:40without foundation and yet it seems you do all you can to please him i cannot imagine why else he
25:46would speak of you as he does what do you mean confine yourself to your proper sphere miss
25:53bennett presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation where matters
25:59of the heart are concerned you seem to know a great deal about rejection is this a lesson
26:09you've learned from extensive study or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature
26:33it was a very thorough lesson in horse racing you had a dinner miss bennett
26:38ah it was yes um most interesting i wanted to say that
26:47i wanted to ask or that is to say i had noticed at the ball that mr rider had occupied
26:53a great deal
26:54of your time and he often acts without thinking so i'd be very glad to ask him to be more
27:00restrained
27:01if that is what you would like
27:06i very much enjoy his company
27:08i see no i of course i no no no forgive my intrusion no that is to say i'm i'm
27:18i'm not
27:20drawn to him bennett girl the one you said was plain oh the governess she was the only one of
27:26the five
27:26not to marry can you she didn't look very plain today she was tall and you can see riders interested
27:33in her if i were him i'd snap her up before some other fellow does excuse me i believe miss
27:39bennett
27:40would like to sing for us how lovely mary oh i have no wish to do anything of the sort
27:46come miss bennett you must sing sing
28:05mary mary we must get you to pemberley immediately we have received an urgent letter your mother's
28:11been taken gravely ill oh take our carriage and go
28:26come on mary you must hurry
28:28come dear
28:30it's all right
28:57it's all right
29:00so
29:00you
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