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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 04: Chapter 4
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00:28If
00:29London was to be a new start for me, I would push all sorts of poetry and love aside.
00:40Mother warned me of the dirt, disease and despair that could be found here.
00:47She failed to mention the breadth of humanity, and the anonymity of the city suited me well.
00:56I had taken to walking the city's beautiful parks.
01:01It seemed that all life was in London, and here I could be anything I wanted.
01:14Surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
01:22Oh, where did I put it?
01:24How should I know?
01:25Oh, she breaks my heart a little.
01:28She seems so awkward in herself.
01:30I worry my sister's caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:34Oh, I wonder.
01:35She's perhaps not the most natural motherness.
01:38But what else could she do with life?
01:40Be her mother's companion?
01:42I thought Tom brought her out of herself.
01:44Kind-hearted man that he is.
01:46And she seemed to get on well with Anne Baxter the other evening, but she has so little confidence.
01:51Yes.
01:52It can't have been easy growing up in the shadow of her sisters.
01:56Found it.
01:57Ah, there it is.
01:59Well, I'm happy she's with us.
02:01She has an interesting and rewarding mind.
02:07Oh, it's Bennet.
02:10Mr Haywood.
02:12How are you?
02:14Eager to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
02:16Oh, well, er...
02:18I'm not sure I have the mind to appreciate it completely.
02:21I keep hoping Mr Coleridge will explain himself or that Mr Wordsworth will say what he really means.
02:26But they seem to enjoy keeping their secrets.
02:31Well, do not blame yourself.
02:33I think some poets enjoy being difficult to understand.
02:45Miss Bennet, I was so sorry to hear about your father moving to the city without your family.
02:52You not having your mother to confide in, or your sister's...
02:55Oh, it's a relief to be without her.
02:57In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of them.
03:06I'm sorry you're not feeling yourself.
03:10I'm afraid I'm not.
03:13I'm just not finding my place here as easily as I thought.
03:16Sorry, please excuse me.
03:18Oh, Mary!
03:19Tom, how lovely to see you!
03:21Quietly, my dear, you'll summon the children who, I fear, have begun to associate Tom's name
03:26with a worryingly large bag of sugar plums.
03:28Please, please excuse me.
03:29Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:31Bye.
03:53My dear Mary,
03:55I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:59I have heard nothing from you at all.
04:04How are you managing your duties?
04:06You never were good with children, even when you were one yourself.
04:12I may require you to return to Pemberley, where I will be spending the summer.
04:20Lizzie has expressed a wish to see you, but more urgently, my new puppy has a nervous air
04:26and requires near-constant companionship.
04:34I had come to London to see the world outside of my family, and that is what I would do.
04:45Oh, Mary, you're painting!
04:48To teach the children.
04:50Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play.
04:56It's terrible.
04:58No, no, it's...
05:00It's very neat.
05:03Did you see the letter from your mother?
05:07Is she well?
05:08Between several complaints about the damp, the unseasonable pollen, and an unpleasant exchange
05:15with a rude shopkeeper, I understand that she is.
05:17Yes.
05:17I honestly think she enjoys such encounters.
05:20It makes her feel more alive.
05:24Oh, now, speaking of encounters, I think this might be of interest to you.
05:29Tom made a strange request to Mr. Gardiner and I, and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
05:35Oh?
05:35Yes.
05:36He was most mysterious.
05:38He wants us to meet him tomorrow morning, where he says he plans to break through our rational
05:44reserve and move our hearts as well as our heads.
05:48He does?
05:49Yes.
05:50Whatever that might entail.
05:53I must work on my lesson plans.
05:55Oh, Mary, you must join us.
05:57For my sake.
06:00Please consider it.
06:28Please consider it.
06:58Mr. and Mrs. Gardner, Miss Bennet.
07:01Thank you for humouring me.
07:03Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
07:05I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself for a morning recital unlike any other in
07:12a hidden garden.
07:13Good Lord.
07:14Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
07:16I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skilfully deploys to avoid such events.
07:21Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
07:24Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for good weather have been in vain.
07:28No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
07:33A little drizzle?
07:38Just down there.
07:45This way?
07:47Yes.
08:00Wow.
08:03That's magical.
08:06Wow.
08:09Wow.
08:12please forgive the theatrics i had given miss bennett the impossible task of understanding
08:19poetry without any real sense of how to feel it sometimes with poetry the more i think the less
08:31i understand earth has not anything to show more fair dull would he be of soul who could pass by
08:47a sight so touching in its majesty this city now doth like a garment wear the beauty of the morning
09:00silent bare ships towers domes theatres and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky
09:18all bright and glittering in the smokeless air never did sun more beautifully steep in his first
09:26splendor valley rock or hill nurse or i never felt a calm so deep
09:38the river glideth at his own sweet will
09:43dear god the very houses seem asleep
09:49and all that mighty heart is lying still
10:04well done tom a moving rendition tom i confess i felt entirely transported by the force of your words
10:13and what a beautiful place our wisteria never flowers like this yes your ability to kill our plants
10:21seems to be second to none come let's take a turn indeed
10:41well miss bennett
10:45how do you feel
10:49well uh for once i have nothing to say i'm sorry to hear that no i am no i wish
10:58to say something
11:00inspiring but i do not know how you have such such varied ways to express your feelings mine feel
11:13well frozen or feeble or
11:19entirely unknowable i do not know miss bennett
11:24well i use the words of others to puzzle through things i do not understand
11:30but i i do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions
11:44forgive me
11:46oh um sorry miss bennett i oh it was just a petal mr hayward i i think i must leave
11:54london
11:56well you've only just arrived it's no great event my my mother needs a companion i see and
12:03well you will likely be very busy soon what with uh social engagements and uh
12:12miss baxter
12:16i'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice i'm gone
12:20well i'd hoped that this would restore your spirit oh indeed it did
12:25i did it thank you i shall never forget it
12:43i shall travel to pemberley on the 18th good heavens mary this is quite unexpected
12:50well is anything the matter my mother needs me is my sister bored i know that she's more likely than
12:58anyone in england to summon the troops on account of her loneliness but must you answer the call
13:06i think i must well we so enjoy having you here and the children will be disappointed
13:12yes it is kind of you to say
13:16it is the truth
13:21i must plan today's lessons
13:32dearest mother
13:34although my time in london has been
13:37enlightening
13:38enlightening
13:38i will be by your side for your summer at pemberley
13:43as requested
13:46i am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle
13:50but as you rightly point out i do not wish to burn them
13:54and it will of course be
13:57an honor
13:59to look after your new pup
14:00thank you
14:22do come in
14:40There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
14:46She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
14:50She gave them some broth, without any bread, and she whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
14:57That poem started very well, and ended very badly.
15:02A good observation, Miss Marianne.
15:04Why didn't she just move into a boot when the children got too many?
15:08Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
15:09It's a glorious revolution all finished then, Miss Bennet.
15:13This week, we will write and perform a poem instead.
15:17Yes!
15:18I want to do a poem about myself, because I'm quite interested.
15:23I'll do typhoid.
15:25Or frogs.
15:27Disgusting.
15:29Miss Marianne?
15:32Love.
15:43The eye, it cannot choose but see.
15:47We cannot bid the ear be still.
15:51Our bodies feel where they be.
15:55Against or with our will.
16:04A big green frog sat on a log.
16:08The frog was quite full.
16:10It had eaten ten flies, two slugs, one worm, and three lily pad pies.
16:21Oh, Miss Bennet, you were obviously inspired by our morning poetry reading.
16:26Oh.
16:27I was.
16:28No, I, um, yes, I am.
16:31Oh, no.
16:32What is it, Miss Rebecca?
16:34I had a prop and I forgot to use it.
16:38Oh, uh, well, um, fear not.
16:42A prop is, is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of words.
16:47Indeed.
16:50Who's next?
16:55I would be sad to leave London.
16:58It was the first time I had ever felt a sense of belonging.
17:04Oh, there you are.
17:06I wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day.
17:10The children will be inconsolable about you leaving.
17:14Marianne is stitching you a cushion with an inspirational Latin phrase, I believe.
17:19Oh, yes, it's Mori Quam Fodari, Death Before Dishonour.
17:25Goodness, how exciting.
17:28We shall miss you, Mary.
17:30I think we both know I'm not well suited to London's liveliness.
17:37Oh, Mary, you've barely given it a chance.
17:42Things change.
17:46People, situations.
17:50Over time.
17:54May I venture something on that subject?
17:59The other day, I went to buy a bonnet.
18:03And in the first shop I went into, found a stunning bonnet.
18:08An elegant blue.
18:09Quite lovely on me, if I dare say such a thing.
18:12When I went to purchase it,
18:16it had been reserved for someone else.
18:20I went into another shop and found not four other bonnets I like just as much.
18:27And in the end,
18:30one a shade of dusky pink that suited me even more.
18:37Do you, do you see what I'm saying?
18:42Blue is not your colour?
18:46No, I'm saying that London has such a variety of choices and such quantity too.
18:51You may enjoy the first thing you see well enough, but often something more exciting will come along.
19:00Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know.
19:03Well, um, yes, thank you for that.
19:06It was very interesting.
19:08Oh, I was meaning to tell you, we have decided to host a little entertainment tomorrow.
19:14A night of games.
19:16Oh dear.
19:17What sort of games?
19:19No catching.
19:20Word games.
19:21Riddles and such.
19:22And very pleasant company.
19:24Company I know, or new company?
19:27All new.
19:29And very friendly.
19:31We desperately desire that you remember London fondly.
19:36This may be your final event with us before you leave.
19:43I resolved not to send the letter to Mother just yet.
19:48It would be a shame to leave before the weekend.
20:14It would be a shame to leave before the end.
20:29Sorry, I didn't realise there was a line.
20:31No, please.
20:32I wish more people had such a restrained relationship to punch.
20:37May I?
20:38Oh, yes, of course.
20:40Noble defender of the punch.
20:42I surrender my post.
20:47And what brings you here?
20:48The word games or the company?
20:50I like words.
20:52Um, I'm not much for games.
20:55Ah.
20:55And it is the company you've come for.
20:57Miss?
20:58Bennett.
20:59Mary Bennett.
21:01William Ryder.
21:03And where have you come from, Miss Bennett?
21:06Surely I would have remembered seeing you near punchbowls across London.
21:09I am new in town.
21:14Well, I, for one, am always pleased to see a new face.
21:18So.
21:21Now, please gather.
21:23Take your seats.
21:24I see the riddles are about to commence.
21:26We are wise to begin with full glasses.
21:36And now, the quickfire round.
21:39Two words, one answer.
21:42Counterfeit agony.
21:44Counterfeit agony.
21:46A mean trick?
21:47My brain is in agony.
21:48It isn't counterfeit.
21:49It is quite real.
21:50Champagne.
21:52Right.
21:52Champagne.
21:54Champagne!
21:55Why, right, Miss Clark.
21:56Another point to you.
21:58And our new leader.
22:00Fancy delivering a champagne in word, not in glass.
22:03Tease us, Mr. Gardiner.
22:05All right then, Mr. Ryder.
22:06Here's one for you.
22:09Judy's fellow.
22:11Oh.
22:14My God, I know it.
22:17Punch!
22:18Oh, well done, Mr. Ryder.
22:20Finally, you've arrived on the scoreboard.
22:27My first to word, comedians dread to hear, my next new life in a revolving year.
22:37I'll repeat it.
22:38My first to word, comedians dread to hear, my next new life in a revolving year.
22:45Offspring.
22:46Yes!
22:46Oh, well done, Miss Bennet!
22:49Very.
22:50Well done.
22:51Poor Robert.
22:52Yes, Miss Bennet.
22:55Cheers to you.
22:56What's next?
22:58Mandarin.
22:59Delicious.
22:59Miss Bennet.
23:00How lovely to see you.
23:02You too, Miss Bexter.
23:03Mr. Hayward.
23:04We're so pleased you made it.
23:05I had false intelligence.
23:07You were busy this evening.
23:09Well, we somehow managed to persuade Mr. Hayward away from his work.
23:12I have an important case.
23:14Oh, he has the trouble fortune of being the only lawyer in London who exclusively gets important cases.
23:21Do excuse us, Mrs. G.
23:23Excuse me?
23:26Miss Bennet?
23:27Tom, Will!
23:30Mr. Ryder and I studied law together.
23:32Yes, Mr. Hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field.
23:37Is that so, Mr. Ryder?
23:38Well, he fed me so many poems, I believe myself a deep, romantic soul.
23:43Too sensitive for the rigours of law.
23:45Seems like a heavy charge shall lay solely at the feet of poetry.
23:50Mary, how is the night of games going?
23:52Do we have any hope for making a late charge for the prize?
23:55Not unless you wish to bribe our host.
23:57Miss Bennet here is putting us all to shame.
23:59Oh, nonsense, Miss Ryder.
24:00You beat me to the punch.
24:02You see?
24:03Masterful with words.
24:08Please gather yourselves for the penultimate round.
24:12Mr. Ryder.
24:13What?
24:14I'm glad to see you're in better spirits, Miss Bennet.
24:19This evening has been something of a tonic, Mr. Hayward.
24:25Round three.
24:27Ready?
24:29Sunday.
24:30Sunday.
24:30Yes.
24:31I'm going to miss Master.
24:35Think sharp.
24:36Is it don'troos?
24:38No, no, no.
24:39Forget I said anything.
24:40Mercury.
24:41Yes.
24:42Well done.
24:43Is it really?
24:44Well done.
24:45How remarkable.
24:49Come on.
24:51Anybody?
24:52Uh, Lighthouse.
24:53Yes.
24:53I've definitely had a chance to think, let alone speak.
24:56I've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking.
25:00That is five points apiece for Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
25:07Well done.
25:13The final round.
25:15The two players with the most points go head to head to crack one final riddle and decide
25:20the winner.
25:21The leaders come as no surprise.
25:23Miss Clark.
25:23Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
25:27You mean I didn't make it?
25:28Well, I'm astonished on that.
25:30Mrs. Gardiner, would you do the odds?
25:34To suffer my seconds, the doom of my first.
25:39And of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst.
25:56Oh, take!
25:58Yes!
26:00Good Lord!
26:01She's pretty spied his mind!
26:03Huzzah!
26:05I don't get it!
26:06I don't get it!
26:07We declare we have a winner!
26:10London's newest arrival, but its fiercest competitor, Miss Mary Bennet!
26:21I'm very glad that we arrived in time to see you crowned, Miss Bennet.
26:27I wanted to say...
26:29Miss Bennet!
26:30You are a liar.
26:32Am I?
26:33You told me you were not much for games.
26:36Well, I...
26:38I can't catch.
26:41Miss Bennet, I've been meaning to invite you to tea since I hear, very sadly, you are
26:45leaving London.
26:46Miss Bennet, surely not?
26:47You can't deprive the game players of London your... your riddling talents?
26:52A round of applause for our winner, Miss Bennet!
26:56Well done!
27:01In that moment, I think I understood what my aunt was telling me.
27:06With the convoluted story about the bonnets...
27:11that quantity has a quality...
27:15all of its own.
27:22Thank you so much!
27:23I never doubted you.
27:24Oh, goodness.
27:26This way.
27:27Thank you for coming.
27:28Mr. Garland, it's a place.
27:31Have a wonderful day.
27:31Mary, how you shone.
27:35You even caught the attention of the most eligible bachelor in town.
27:38I... I've been thinking...
27:39Um, it seems a shame to leave London before I've, you know, given it a fair chance.
27:45I think I might like to stay a little while, if it's not too much burden.
27:49It's not a burden to us at all.
27:52We're delighted to have you with us.
27:57Oh, thank you so much for coming.
27:59Living in London was helping me to see that there could be more to life than just marriage or misery.
28:05Perhaps my aunt was right.
28:07Even the most hopeless of situations, the most hopeless of people, can, with kindness, change, little by little, over time.
28:23I was excited to discover who Mary Bennett might be.
28:34The End
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