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00:21The anxiety I felt over my mother's sudden illness was quite overwhelming.
00:27Losing one parent had upturned my life. To lose the other was unthinkable.
00:37Though my mother's presence had always loomed large in my life, I could not imagine myself without her.
00:47Top of the stairs, Miss Bennet.
01:19You're here!
01:21Well, don't stand in the doorway. You're letting the heat out.
01:25Mother!
01:33You look...well, doesn't she?
01:36Are you a physician all of a sudden?
01:39No.
01:42I...I'm just...I'm relieved to see that you're improved.
01:47You look like you haven't slept in days. And whose dress are you wearing?
01:54Uh...my...my own.
01:55Mary!
01:56I am so pleased to see you.
02:00Oh, it has been far too long.
02:03I cannot be expected to stand.
02:06Hello, Mary.
02:07Mary, come here.
02:20I see the London air has taken a terrible toll on your complexion.
02:26And your hair!
02:27I am sure being back in the country will help.
02:30Looks beyond repair to me.
02:37I had undertaken such a long journey.
02:40And yet, here I was.
02:45Back where I started.
02:54From Mother's letter, I...I thought that she was gravely ill.
02:59I...
02:59We all did.
03:01Has she actually been ill?
03:02At all?
03:03She thought it might be influenza.
03:05Or smallpox.
03:06But she has made a miraculous recovery.
03:08Hmm.
03:09Perhaps she rallied the news that I was on my way.
03:11I, for one, am pleased we are all back together.
03:14Yes, I was thinking.
03:15Perhaps we could, um, play graces.
03:17Or charades.
03:18Or charades.
03:18After dinner.
03:18This evening.
03:19Nobody plays graces, Mary.
03:21Oh, on the contrary.
03:22It's quite fashionable in London.
03:24How is London, Mary?
03:25Yes.
03:25I want to hear all about it.
03:27Hmm.
03:28Yes.
03:28Um, London is, um...
03:30Katie.
03:30It's, it's, um...
03:32Katie!
03:33Katie!
03:33I cannot reach the preserves.
03:38How are the gardeners?
03:39Are you enjoying being their governess?
03:41I...
03:42Uh, yes.
03:42It's, uh, most rewarding.
03:45Have you made many new acquaintances?
03:47Uh, my sister-in-law, Caroline, is in London for the summer.
03:50Have you crossed paths?
03:53Oh, gosh.
03:54There's so many people.
03:55Um...
03:55I know she can be a little stiff at first, but...
03:58I'm sure it would be interesting company for you.
04:00I have company.
04:02There's a plethora of choice, really, for interesting company in London.
04:06Do you mean your books?
04:08Do you know your books?
04:10Uh...
04:12That's Mama's bell.
04:13She wants you, Mary.
04:14I've only just been up there.
04:16I will send a servant to attend to her.
04:21Mrs. Bennet would like Miss Bennet to attend to her.
04:27She probably wants to hear all about London.
04:31Walk the Duchess to the edge of the fountain and no further.
04:35If you feel the wind picking up, you must bring her inside immediately
04:38and give her warm water and chopped meat.
04:40Do not let Cook give her the leftovers.
04:43Only fresh, chopped beef.
04:46After 30 minutes, you may return her to me,
04:48for she is the only member of this family upon whom I can depend these days.
04:57SIGHS
04:59Oh, and tell Lizzie I wish to be moved to the drawing room.
05:05Do you think you'll be happier convalescing in here, Mama?
05:07Well, you might remember to visit me if I'm here.
05:12Now, where is my bell?
05:15Do not trouble yourselves waiting for me.
05:17I'm fine.
05:19Thank it, Mother.
05:21And these pillows will not do.
05:25I'll send for some others.
05:28Maybe some toasted cheese.
05:31I feel terribly weak this morning.
05:34Now, if you've never liked it.
05:37And a book.
05:38Well, perhaps Mary can choose one for you.
05:40Let's hoping for something readable.
05:42You're not joining us, Mr. Darcy!
05:45Mary!
05:45Hey!
05:46Eh!
05:47buddy!
05:49Ugh!
05:50Ugh!
05:52Woof!
05:56Ugh!
05:57Um!
06:00Uh.
06:03Uh!
06:12Uh!
06:18Miss Bennett, I have a letter for you.
06:33Mary!
06:38Mary, where on earth have you been all this time?
06:40I was walking the dog.
06:43Mama.
06:44Please.
07:00Who's the letter from, Mary?
07:02From one of my friends in London.
07:05What friend is that, Mary?
07:07Lydia.
07:09What friend is that, Mary?
07:14Her name is Miss Baxter.
07:16Anne Baxter.
07:17I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:19Then she surely does not exist.
07:20She most probably does not.
07:22Lydia is being most unkind.
07:25I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:28I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:28I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:30She is missing her hand.
07:32Yes, she is mejor.
07:39You should never know about Miss Baxter.
07:46To be honest with you, we're not going to get to go with her.
07:46So, let's meet them at the end.
08:11Something seems to be troubling you, Mary.
08:14You seem full of concerns every time we mention London.
08:18Do I?
08:20I thought you would be eager to return.
08:26Does Mother's dog in any way remind you of Mother?
08:34Oh, Lizzie, oh.
08:38I embarrassed myself terribly when I left London.
08:42Caroline Bingley was there.
08:43She was determined to humiliate me.
08:45And I left in such a flurry.
08:49I smashed a bell jar of great sentimental value to its owner, a new friend, Mr Ryder.
08:56And everyone stared.
08:59I was...
08:59Mary!
09:01No-one else will have given it a second thought.
09:04It will seem worse to you, I'm sure.
09:06What person has not done something regrettable in their lives?
09:08You?
09:10You, Jane, Kitty, Lydia.
09:14Lydia?
09:15Oh no.
09:16No.
09:17Lydia has.
09:18I can assure you, we all have.
09:24Anne wrote to tell me not to worry.
09:26You see?
09:27Mm.
09:28She's become a dear friend.
09:30She has something of an understanding with another good friend of mine, um, Mr. Tom Haywood.
09:38Mr. Haywood is, he's, uh, he's just the kind, kindest man.
09:46I see.
09:48And have you met any gentlemen that have taken your eye?
09:52Me?
09:53No.
09:53Oh no.
09:54No.
09:56London is, it's actually entirely without any eligible men.
10:00And I think I believe I'm not, I'm not really the marrying sort.
10:05Nonsense, Mary.
10:14A visitor for Miss Mary Bennet.
10:20Mr. Ryder!
10:22What are you doing here?
10:24Miss Bennet.
10:26I hope you and your family won't consider this a great imposition,
10:29but you left London with such haste.
10:32I was most worried about your mother and wanted to offer my support in your hour of need.
10:39How do you do, Mr. Ryder?
10:42Mrs. Bennet?
10:45Why, it is a pleasure to see you looking so well.
10:49I usually look much better than this.
10:52Though my recovery has been quite extraordinary.
10:55I am.
10:56I'm glad to hear it.
11:01Miss Bennet, won't you introduce me to your sisters?
11:04Uh, uh, um, yes, uh, this is Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy.
11:09Um, this is Mrs. Kitty Boncock.
11:11How do you do?
11:12Mrs. Jane Bingley and Mrs. Lydia Wickham.
11:15Enchanted to meet you all.
11:16How do you know Mary?
11:19Mrs. Bennet and I met at a soiree in London and share a similar taste in despicable crime pamphlets.
11:27Oh!
11:29Anyway, I was en route to visit my Aunt Lady Catherine de Burr and wanted to pay my respects.
11:36Well, let us not stand upon ceremony.
11:39Elizabeth will arrange for us to take tea in the garden.
11:43Uh, Mr. Ryder, do join us.
11:45No, I'm, I'm sure Mr. Ryder will have more important matters to attend to.
11:49I have time.
11:52Are you well enough, Mama?
11:54Yes, thank you, Jane. I am perfectly well enough.
11:57Uh, Mary, take Mr. Ryder to the garden.
12:01Uh, Lydia will deal with the dog.
12:03What?
12:04Mr. Ryder, if this is about...
12:06Come along, Mr. Ryder.
12:11I have always felt that what a lady puts in her garden is so terribly important.
12:17Yes.
12:18Roses, of course.
12:19Of course.
12:20Your favourite flower?
12:31My turn!
12:36I see you forgot to mention Mr. Ryder in your reports from London.
12:40You also forgot to mention how handsome he is.
12:44I mean, I've not really noticed his looks, I'm sure.
12:49He's come an awfully long way to see you.
12:51He's probably just thirsty.
12:53And nearby.
12:56What?
12:57Oh, you must stay with us, Mr. Ryder.
13:01Especially with the weather turning as it may well do.
13:03Do you not agree, Lizzie?
13:04You would be most welcome, Mr. Ryder.
13:07Oh, that is very kind.
13:09Come, Miss Bennet.
13:10Show us your skills.
13:15No.
13:17That's not what I...
13:21Excellent!
13:22Well done, Mary!
13:24Yes.
13:26Bravo!
13:26Well done, Mary.
13:27I agree.
13:28Well done.
13:31I was sorry to see you leave London in such a hurry.
13:37Mr. Ryder, have...
13:39Have you come here to discuss, you know, the...
13:44Yes.
13:45Yes, Miss Bennet.
13:46I believe I have.
13:47I've been wondering whether to write to you on the subject.
13:50Oh, I wouldn't expect you to lead the conversation, Miss Bennet.
13:53Mr. Ryder, are you here to talk about...
13:57The bell jar?
14:00The bell jar?
14:01What did you say?
14:03Miss Bennet!
14:05Please, do not trouble yourself over that.
14:08But it was your father's.
14:09I thought you'd be upset.
14:11Not at all.
14:12Please, think no more of it.
14:24It is a pleasure to meet your family.
14:28Yes, my sisters are exceptional.
14:31I know.
14:33As are you, Miss Bennet.
14:35Oh, no.
14:36I am much more...
14:40I find it most refreshing that you do not fawn over potential husbands or...
14:46Have your mind constantly set on finding a match?
14:51Well...
14:51No.
14:52No.
14:53I don't really...
14:54I don't give it much thought.
14:56You lack artifice.
14:58Your qualities shine out.
14:59They're not corrupted by the false polish of the world.
15:04Gosh, these are observations of a very, very personal nature.
15:09Well, I have a very low opinion of the petty rules to which we submit ourselves in the name of
15:14good manners.
15:15Did you know that?
15:16I think you may have mentioned it once or twice.
15:20I believe, Miss Bennet, that our inability to say what we mean is one of the great curses of our
15:27age.
15:28We hide behind a thousand disguises that we like to call politeness.
15:33Hmm.
15:49Mr. Darcy sends his apologies. He has a seasonal headache.
15:53Oh.
15:54Hmm.
15:55Mr. Ryder, tell us about yourself.
15:58Mary mentioned you are an avid reader.
16:01Oh.
16:02Of poetry, perhaps.
16:04I find longer works are usually not for me.
16:07Really?
16:08I think the brevity of poetry is one of its principal attractions.
16:11I agree.
16:13Wholeheartedly.
16:14I only wish I had the fine mind of your sister.
16:18Miss Bennet has such an astute understanding of a wide range of literature.
16:22She does. She does.
16:24Yes.
16:25I do not know whether she gets it from me or her father.
16:30From you, Mother, I am sure.
16:32Oh.
16:33There are very few people who have the insight of Miss Bennet.
16:37I could talk to you all day.
16:40I must admit London has been a little grey without you.
16:47Are you joking?
16:49No, there are many interesting minds in London.
16:52All eager for thoughtful conversation.
16:54None as interesting as yours.
17:09Hello.
17:12Mother.
17:14I came to wish you good night.
17:20Here.
17:34Mr. Ryder.
17:35To make an excellent match.
17:45I wonder what kind of endowment he has.
17:50I do not know, Mama.
17:52A sizeable one, I'm sure.
17:57Good night, Mama.
18:03Good night, Mary.
18:22I saw the first day.
18:22I went to my daughter.
18:22And I was waiting for her.
18:23He is a observer.
18:24I want to die.
18:56Sorry, don't let me distract you.
19:01What are you reading, Mr. Ryder?
19:03A rather fascinating book on...
19:08Jesus.
19:09Right, it's upside down.
19:11Ah, so it is.
19:14What are you reading, Miss Bennet?
19:16Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
19:17Oh, insufferable, rulemaking pedant.
19:20Would you like me to put it in the fire for you?
19:24It's not quite how I remember it, I'll admit.
19:41What are they talking about?
19:46Barry sounds serious.
19:48She is boring him, I know it.
19:50I think you should read Mrs. McCauley.
19:52She will help you to better understand the world.
19:56I am no good at all at wasting my energy on anything that does not either move or please me.
20:02I think that is a shame, sir.
20:10You know, my father was a scholar.
20:13He devoted all his time to studying insects.
20:16Winged beetles, mostly.
20:18Of course, yes.
20:19The beetle in the jar.
20:22It's fascinating stuff, really.
20:24Well, I'm not so sure, but it occupied his every waking hour.
20:32He rarely emerged from his study.
20:36We hardly ever saw him.
20:40When I was 15 years old,
20:47he died quite suddenly.
20:50Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
20:55A few days after his death,
20:58I sat in his dark study and
21:02I thought about all the hours he'd spent in there.
21:07Away from his family,
21:09away from life,
21:10and for what?
21:12For your father must have derived
21:13a great deal of pleasure from his work.
21:16Perhaps.
21:18But I think I learnt more about the point of human existence
21:21in that moment
21:22than my father learnt in a lifetime of study.
21:26From then on,
21:27I devoted myself
21:29to the pursuit of joy.
21:33Tell me, Miss Bennett,
21:36what makes you happy?
21:41Sorry, um,
21:42nobody ever asked me such a question.
21:45Um...
21:45Then you must consider it now.
21:48Uh,
21:49well, um,
21:53reading.
21:53Reading.
21:54Learning.
21:55Teaching.
21:58And
22:00what of
22:01friendship?
22:05Of love?
22:09Ah, yes.
22:11No, of course, that.
22:13Life is short,
22:15Miss Bennett.
22:17Everything turns to dust
22:19in the end.
22:23We might as well experience some joy
22:25before that happens.
22:33Let's go ride it.
22:38Yes.
22:39Let's.
22:45Ladies.
22:49What a waste.
22:51Well?
22:52Well, what?
22:53Are you going out walking again, Mary?
22:54No, Mr. Ryder and I are going riding.
22:56On a horse?
22:57Yes, that's generally the idea.
22:58But you hate horses.
22:59Mary,
23:00what are his intentions?
23:02To ride a horse,
23:03I think.
23:15Oh, no.
23:17Oh, no.
23:22Oh, dear.
23:23Oh, dear.
23:27You're quite all right, Miss Bennett.
23:29I'm perfectly fine.
23:30Yes.
23:32No.
23:33Oh.
23:34There we go.
23:35There we go.
23:37Now,
23:37I have been thinking
23:39about your argument.
23:41That, uh,
23:42that we should say
23:43more honestly
23:44what we think and feel.
23:45Oh, excellent.
23:47I knew you'd agree.
23:49Oh,
23:49I don't know that I do.
23:51I mean,
23:52surely even you must admit
23:53there may be occasions
23:54when,
23:55well,
23:55for all manner of reasons,
23:57some things are best left unsaid.
23:59I cannot concur.
24:00I intend to live my life
24:02by bolder principles.
24:03In fact,
24:04that is why I came here,
24:06to put that belief into practice.
24:09Oh, really?
24:10Yes.
24:10I came here
24:12to commit the great impropriety
24:13of telling you honestly
24:14what I think of you.
24:17Ah.
24:18Mr. Ryder,
24:19I can assure you
24:19there's no need.
24:20I attempted to scribble
24:21a few lines,
24:22but then I thought of
24:23some verses
24:25of Mr. Wordsworth
24:26that captured
24:27your spirit perfectly.
24:30May I be allowed
24:31to recite them to you?
24:35Of course,
24:36Mr. Ryder.
24:37Please.
24:41She dwelt among...
24:43Excuse me.
24:46No.
24:48Please,
24:49take your time.
24:56She dwelt
24:57among the untrodden ways,
25:00beside the springs of Dove.
25:02A maid
25:03whom there were none to praise
25:06and very few to love.
25:09A violet
25:10by a mossy stone
25:11half hidden from the eye.
25:15Fair as a star
25:16when only one
25:18is shining in the sky.
25:26I think you see me
25:28as a lonely figure.
25:30I was brought up
25:31in Hertfordshire, sir,
25:32so the road to London
25:33was barely five miles away.
25:35It is possible
25:36to feel oneself alone
25:37even in such
25:38close proximity to town?
25:40Yes, but
25:40in my village
25:41it was quite untrue
25:42to say
25:43that there were none
25:44to praise
25:44and very few to love.
25:46There were scores
25:47of people
25:48very eager
25:49to praise my sisters.
25:50Perhaps living
25:51with your family
25:52in Meryton
25:53kept you
25:55half hidden
25:56from the eye.
25:58But now you've
25:59broken out
25:59on your own.
26:01You can be seen
26:02at last
26:03as you deserve.
26:05fair as a star
26:06when only one
26:07is shining
26:08in the sky.
26:14Oh!
26:19You are an actual
26:20Miss Bennet.
26:21Oh, I'm not.
26:22I know.
26:27Our conversation
26:28has made me
26:28very happy,
26:29Miss Bennet.
26:34Me too,
26:35Miss Ryder.
26:51Walk on!
27:00Mary, there you are.
27:02Whatever's the matter?
27:03What happened
27:03on the ride?
27:06We rode horses?
27:07Hmm.
27:08And mine
27:09was most unruly
27:10and it had a taste
27:11for brambles
27:12as if it had a mine
27:12it was only really
27:13and my saddle
27:14was not at all
27:14comfortable.
27:15Yeah, Mary.
27:15That's not a
27:16slight on the quality
27:16of the design.
27:17Mary!
27:21It appears
27:22Mr. Ryder
27:23does have
27:24some sort
27:24of affection
27:24for you
27:25and
27:26I believe
27:27he is about
27:28to propose.
27:32Mother,
27:33I'm not
27:33completely sure
27:34that you are right
27:35and I really
27:36would hate
27:37to cause you
27:37any further
27:37disappointment.
27:38This is an
27:39opportunity
27:40that cannot
27:40be overlooked.
27:41He's a very
27:43eligible gentleman.
27:45You will say
27:46yes,
27:47won't you?
27:51There you are!
27:52What happened?
27:52What did he say?
27:53Did he ask you?
27:54He's not going
27:54to ask her.
27:55There's yet
27:56he's not.
28:03Miss Bennet!
28:07Are you
28:08quite alright?
28:09Oh, it's
28:10nothing.
28:11Nothing at all.
28:13May I speak
28:14with you
28:14in private?
28:16I have
28:16something
28:17very important
28:17I want
28:18to discuss
28:18with you.
28:37Mother had
28:38told me
28:39to prepare
28:40myself.
28:41But nothing
28:43could prepare
28:44me
28:45for what
28:46happened
28:47next.
28:47next.
28:49Yeah,
29:15to be
29:17Amen.
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