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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 05: Chapter 5
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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.
00:34The 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.
00:49I am very much looking forward to it.
00:53I miss you all.
00:56I 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?
01:15Whatever 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.
01:58Well, 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.
02:34You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:36I'm going to smell like soup.
02:40Oh, what on earth?
02:53There.
02:54Thanks.
03:06Mary, you have stew on your face.
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 becomes 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.
04:18Remember, you are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
04:22Make 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, nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:33You must look nonchalant.
04:36Carefree.
04:43Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:53Hmm.
05:11Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
05:37Isn't it beautiful?
05:39Isn't it beautiful?
05:52Do not fret.
05:53The night has only just begun.
05:58Good evening.
05:59Miss Baxter.
06:00Miss Bennet.
06:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
06:04Well, as do you.
06:06Anne.
06:08Well.
06:14Mr. Hayward, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
06:17No, no, I didn't.
06:18It will show how eligible you are.
06:23Well, I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
06:28But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
06:30Oh, well, there might be.
06:33Let me just check.
06:36Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
06:43Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:47Miss Bennet.
06:49I'm very well.
06:52How are you?
06:53Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:55Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:57Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:01Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:06Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:07Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:07Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:08Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:08Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:08Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:09Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:09Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:12Mr. Hayward, how are you?
07:14Mr. Hayward, how are you?
08:15Thank you, Mr. Hayes.
08:17Miss Bennett.
08:24It was a fine minuet.
08:29Oh, now you two, you must dance together.
08:32Um, I'm going to go and...
08:35Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:36Oh, I like it.
08:38Yeah.
08:53Oh, my God.
08:58Oh.
09:00Oh.
09:21It's you.
09:22It is indeed.
09:23William Ryder.
09:24Of course, Mr. Ryder.
09:26Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon.
09:32Would you like to dance?
09:35Well, perhaps later.
09:36My feet are quiet.
09:39Then let us sit and gather your strength.
09:56Good.
10:04I find these occasions really quite intolerable.
10:07All these poor young ladies parading about, bearing the weight of their parents' expectations.
10:13It's not the least romantic.
10:15I think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women, and for good reason.
10:22None of them wants to fail.
10:26But doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennett, that most people give far too much weight to the
10:32idea of marriage?
10:33Because for some people, that is their only means of survival.
10:37In matters of men and women, the only thing that should guide us is the heart.
10:43Do you really believe that to be true?
10:47Well, I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish.
10:58I think you will find, Mr. Ryder, that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man.
11:06Well, the consequences are borne, quite literally in many cases, by the woman.
11:13Perhaps you're right.
11:15I know I am.
11:24Dance with me, Miss Bennett.
11:27Come on.
11:54It's supposed to be fun, I think.
11:59You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennett.
12:01I am breathing.
12:03I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
12:10I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
12:12Ah, but what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennett?
12:16Histories.
12:18No, no, no, I mean, what's your secret indulgence?
12:24Well, I really enjoyed reading, as a child.
12:28We're the servants' pamphlets.
12:31They detail the most grisly crimes.
12:35I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennett.
12:39I had to hide them from my mother.
12:41I bet you did.
12:49Oh, my gosh, look at that.
12:50It's a show, Maggie.
13:08It was a deliberate embellishment of the gavot.
13:17Mary?
13:18Miss Baxter, I was just about to ask Miss Bennett to dance again.
13:24Oh, uh, thank you, Mr. Ryder, but I will sit this one out.
13:28Ah, then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies.
13:35He might be handsome, Mary, but beware.
13:38He also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us.
13:41He enjoys the privileges of his class, as well as good looks.
13:45I cannot say I took much notice of his looks.
13:49Mary?
13:50I did not.
13:51Well, he certainly noticed you.
13:53It's kind of you to say, but he doesn't think of me in that way.
13:56And actually, that makes us much more enjoyable.
14:01We were just talking about Mr. Ryder.
14:04Yes.
14:05William Ryder.
14:07Aye, sis.
14:08Oh, thank you.
14:10And the biggest one for Miss Mary Bell.
14:16Heywood, don't look so downhearted here.
14:17You can have mine.
14:18I wouldn't dream of taking yours.
14:20Oh, well.
14:22Mr. Heywood, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
14:27I'm quite tired.
14:28I'm in.
14:34But I would love to dance.
14:36Mm-hmm.
14:38What play with yours?
14:40Crunchy.
14:41Crunchy?
14:41Ryder, what on earth happened to you?
14:45Oh, Miss Bingley.
14:47Well, well.
14:48Miss Bennet.
14:50How good to see you again.
14:52Ah, are you two ladies already acquainted?
14:55Oh, I have known Miss Bennet for some years.
14:57Oh.
14:58Pianist, singer, raconteur.
15:01My brother married her sister.
15:04I heard you were a governess in London, though I didn't think it had quite come to that.
15:09But I'm no longer in that position.
15:12So you are in London for a husband?
15:16No.
15:21Miss Bennet is a radical thinker.
15:24Is she now?
15:25Well, it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here, where I can be thoroughly
15:32enlightened by your thoughts.
15:34Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday.
15:37You should join us.
15:39Why, thank you, Mr. Ryder.
15:41You must sing.
15:43That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to.
15:46I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday.
15:51Come, Mr. Ryder.
15:52Come, Mr. Ryder.
16:23Ow.
16:25Ah.
16:29How did you find the ball last night?
16:33Most pleasant, thank you.
16:36Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
16:39He left this bundle of crime pamphlets as a peculiar gift.
16:42Is this really to your taste?
16:45Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
16:48Oh, what fun!
16:49Jethro.
16:50You could wear your red dress.
16:54Regarding supper I fear, I'm walking to Caroline Bingley last night.
17:02She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
17:06I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
17:09Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
17:13Mr. Darcy?
17:13She did, yes.
17:16Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
17:20She's beautifully dressed, and she has extraordinary confidence.
17:25She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
17:28Perhaps under insecurities, the same as everyone else.
17:32And she treats you as though you're beneath her, to make herself feel...
17:37...blossoming.
17:39You've changed.
17:41You smile more.
17:43And you laugh.
17:45Well, I...
17:46Oh, the thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
17:54We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingley's of this world.
18:02We stand our ground.
18:05For there will always be one.
18:24Miss Bennet.
18:26How wonderful to see you.
18:28Oh, um...
18:32Um...
18:32I very much like your, um...
18:37Insects.
18:38Why, thank you.
18:39Uh, they were my late father's.
18:42He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
18:52You have an extensive book collection, Mr. Ryder?
18:57Ah, yes.
18:58They are for show.
19:01Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved fine.
19:06Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
19:09I want to hear about the strangers' cases over dinner.
19:14Ah, yes.
19:15Miss Bennet.
19:17Inspired by you.
19:18I have been reading some of those...
19:21Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
19:24I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet that made me think of her this morning.
19:28It made you think of Miss Bennet?
19:32Yes, exactly.
19:33Now, where is it?
19:35Mr. Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my eye across the dinner table before
19:40the guests sit.
19:42Er, very well.
19:45Please excuse us.
19:48I have to say, Miss Bennet, how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
19:54the dictates of fashion
19:55when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can.
20:00You are an example to us all.
20:20Mr. Hayward, we are here.
20:22Where are you, Mary?
20:34Are you all right?
20:41You have outdone yourself.
20:44Ah!
20:49Guys, wait a minute, Mom.
20:57I believe you.
20:59God.
21:01Jeez.
21:04Hey, don't they?
21:08Oh.
21:13Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
21:18No.
21:19She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
21:22No.
21:29What think you of James Hutton's theory that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
21:35I have no interest in geology.
21:38What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
21:43Horses. Horse racing.
21:45Oh. I know so little about horse racing.
21:47I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know.
21:50We won't have time for that.
21:52Let's just see how we get on.
21:55Right.
21:57Right.
22:00Four legs.
22:03Cannot vomit.
22:05Beautiful creatures. Beautiful.
22:07Almost too beautiful.
22:09More intelligent than anyone at this table.
22:13Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
22:16I appreciate that.
22:17Right. I've done this before. I'm sure I can do it again.
22:19Fascinating.
22:20These are the front legs here. We call these the cloppers. Back legs, the clippers.
22:27Clip-clop.
22:28Clip-clop.
22:29Right? You see what I'm saying?
22:31You do not want to stand behind a horse.
22:32You do not want to do...
22:33I just want to try.
22:36What can a horse do?
22:38You tell me.
22:39Well, it can run, but it can also break your heart.
22:44I can see it.
22:45That is our horse. What shall we name it?
22:49Gerald.
22:50Jerome at York.
22:52Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
22:59Thank you, sir.
23:02I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
23:07Ah.
23:14Miss Bennet.
23:16I was hoping to speak to you.
23:19Really?
23:20Well, I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
23:25It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
23:32You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
23:35I did.
23:37But only recently we were talking about your family,
23:39and she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you and your sisters.
23:45She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking,
23:51not as beautiful as Jane, nor as willing as Kitty,
23:55and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
24:02It was very candid of her.
24:04She is known for her frankness.
24:06I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
24:15Tell me, Miss Bennet,
24:17do you intend to marry?
24:19Let's assume we all must marry in the end.
24:24Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice, if you wish.
24:30It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that can never
24:37come to anything,
24:39such as Mr. Ryder.
24:45Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
24:48Or that he is pursuing me?
24:51For both are quite without foundation.
24:53And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
24:57I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
25:01What do you mean?
25:02Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
25:06Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation,
25:10where matters of the heart are concerned.
25:17You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
25:20Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
25:24Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
25:37Oh, Miss Bingley.
25:38Miss Bingley, welcome to the gate.
25:40It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
25:48You had a dinner, Miss Bennet.
25:50Ah, it was, yes, most interesting.
25:56I wanted to say that...
25:59I wanted to ask, or that is to say,
26:03I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied a great deal of your time.
26:08And he often acts without thinking,
26:10so I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained
26:13if that is what you would like.
26:18I very much enjoy his company.
26:25I see.
26:26No, I...
26:26Of course, I...
26:27No, no, no.
26:28Forgive my intrusion.
26:28No, that is to say, I'm...
26:31I'm not drawn to him.
26:33...Bennet girl.
26:34The one you said was plain.
26:35Oh, the governess.
26:37She was the only one of the five not to marry.
26:39Can you imagine?
26:40She didn't look very plain to me.
26:42She was tolerant.
26:43And you can see Ryder's interest in her.
26:45If I were him, I'd snap her up before some other fellow guy.
26:49Excuse me.
26:50I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
26:54How lovely, Mary.
26:56Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
26:58Oh, come on, Miss Bennet.
26:59You must sing.
27:00Sing!
27:02Sing!
27:18We must get you to Pemberley immediately.
27:21We have received an urgent letter.
27:22Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
27:24Take your carriage and go.
27:26Now.
27:38Come on, Mary. You must hurry.
27:40Come, dear.
27:56Come, dear.
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