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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 10: Chapter 10
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00:23Three times I had written to Mr. Hayward, and each time the letter was returned,
00:27marked forwarding address unknown. There was so much that I wished to say to him, but it
00:38was not to be. No matter, I would not wallow. I had navigated difficulty before, and I would
00:46use my experiences to find my place in London, and prove I could build a life here. Not only
00:53to myself, but also to... Mama. Here she is. I didn't know you were... Sorry, what are
01:03you doing here? Your mother has come to stay. For a short time. Lizzie's physician advised
01:09I come to London to see Dr. Simmons, who is a great authority on nervous complaints. Well,
01:17sit. Mr. Darcy has been most insistent, urging me to think of myself and not hurry back to
01:27Pemberley until I have been properly attended to. Now, Mary, I have decided to forgive your
01:36actions at Pemberley and to offer you my assistance one last time. While I am here, I intend to
01:44finish what I began and find suitable matches for all my daughters. Oh, please, Mama, really.
01:52Four out of five must be considered a great triumph. A great triumph, indeed. Yes. But
01:58Mary has plenty in London to occupy her time. There is no better use of Mary's time than
02:03finding a match. Oh, please, Mother, really. I'm very happy as I am.
02:08I understand your shame, Mary, in the way that you have behaved towards me. But nevertheless,
02:15you cannot override my natural kindness and my motherly instinct. I have arranged for you
02:21to meet several suitors.
02:23Yes. Is it too much to ask you to make even the slightest effort with just one of these
02:51gentlemen? Mary has made good connections. Oh, and do good connections provide for you
02:57for the rest of your life? And she is welcome here. Oh, yes. For now. For as long as she
03:01wants. Enter. Enter. A visitor for Miss Bennet. Mr. Ryder is here. Mr. Ryder? Well, show him in.
03:16Please show him in. Thank you.
03:24Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Mr. Ryder. How wonderful to see you.
03:34Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Gardiner. Miss Bennet.
03:40and to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit yes excuse me dropping in unannounced i
03:47wondered whether i might speak with miss bennett of course
03:54in private
04:00miss bennett i'm most relieved to see you looking so well after
04:05thank you yeah i was sorry not to be able to say goodbye to you at the lakes once i
04:12knew you were
04:13being taken care of i felt it my duty to accompany miss bingley back to london to see a physician
04:17i understand but i i was kept informed of your recovery
04:29miss bennett i i wanted to sincerely
04:36apologize for what happened oh i played my own part in proceedings no no i was entirely to blame i
04:43i
04:43put you and miss bingley in grave danger i'm full of regret oh really think no more of it
04:51though it did not end well overall i i look back at my time in the lakes very fondly
04:58it was it was never my intention to intrude on your time there but i needed mr hayward's help
05:07you see lady catherine de burr unexpectedly named me as her heir oh
05:19i informed mr hayward of my change in fortune and told him of my intention to propose to you that
05:27very afternoon
05:32i see he knew what i could offer you and
05:38he gave me his blessing
05:43he did
05:45miss bennett i wanted to renew our conversation
05:50miss bennett i know all the other measures
05:51you know he said
05:51hmm
05:53Of course, of course, of course, Mr. Ryder, please, um, please sit.
06:15I've never met anyone that makes me think like you do.
06:20Who makes me see the world as you do.
06:25I've certainly never met anyone who speaks as plainly as you.
06:28And I admire that greatly.
06:31It's very kind.
06:34Although there is something of a gulf between my ideals and the world we live in.
06:43I like to think that you and I could carve out an interesting existence.
06:51Together.
06:52Together.
06:55I shall now do what I should have done weeks ago.
06:58And ask.
07:05Miss Bennet.
07:11Would you consider accepting my hand in marriage?
07:18Miss Bennet.
07:29Mr. Ryder.
07:32My answer must, of course, be...
07:41...that I do not love you.
07:50Could it be that you might grow to love me?
07:58Not in the way that you deserve to be loved.
08:07Your friendship has taught me so much about myself, and for that I should always be grateful.
08:16But I don't believe I would ever have made you happy.
08:26You should follow your heart, go to Italy and seize everything it has to offer.
08:35I see.
08:39You will find happiness, Mr. Ryder.
08:42True happiness.
08:45I do not doubt it.
08:56No.
09:00It was a pleasure to see you looking so well.
09:07It was a pleasure to see you looking so... dry.
09:18Goodbye, Miss Bennett.
09:23Why?
09:31No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
09:33Mother.
09:33Mother.
09:34I should leave.
09:36Oh, please.
09:37Stay there.
09:38Mother!
09:39Mr. Audiomago.
09:49What have you done?
09:51Oh, I need some air.
09:55Mary.
09:57Mary!
10:20Miss Bennett.
10:24Mr. Sparrow.
10:30Is everything quite all right?
10:32No, yes.
10:33The city smoke is particularly heavy today, and it just seems to have a...
10:39May I?
11:03I hope they are still serving you well.
11:07They really are.
11:09Tell me, what brings you to London?
11:12I graduated from Moorfields two weeks ago.
11:16You're a doctor.
11:18Just as you said you would be.
11:22Congratulations, Mr. Sparrow.
11:26I always thought you'd end up studying somewhere, somehow.
11:29I would like to be a governess.
11:32To an older girl, perhaps.
11:35I think I'd enjoy teaching petrology and geology and...
11:38Your specialisms.
11:39Perhaps one day you could tutor my daughter.
11:42You have a child.
11:44She is one.
11:48Then perhaps I will, yes.
11:51No, I've not really looked too far into it as yet.
11:56I think my mother will not approve.
12:03If I remember rightly, you and your mother always had very different ideas about life.
12:08About reading.
12:10About the wearing of spectacles.
12:14And about...
12:16Potential matches.
12:22If I may be so bold.
12:24If you have always struggled to please your mother.
12:28Why do you keep trying?
12:31As long as you know what you want, perhaps it is time to stop worrying what she thinks.
12:39That our happiness is in our own hands.
12:43Absolutely.
12:45I truly believe it is.
12:49It has been a pleasure to see you again.
12:52I must be getting back.
12:59Goodbye, Mr. Sparrow.
13:02I'm very, very glad to have run into you today.
13:20I'm sorry.
13:26Mary.
13:28What on earth are you thinking?
13:30Mother.
13:31I'm sorry to disappoint you.
13:34Again.
13:34But I will not be marrying Mr. Ryder.
13:37Nonsense.
13:38Call him back and tell him you were mistaken.
13:40No, I will not do that.
13:42Have you no consideration for my nerves?
13:46I've never wanted to cause you any trouble.
13:49You have caused me nothing but trouble since the day you were born.
13:54Yes, I'm aware that is so.
13:57I am trying to help you.
14:00I do not want you to be looked down upon.
14:06Looked down upon by whom?
14:14Mary, please call Mr. Ryder back and accept his offer.
14:19I do not love him.
14:21Mama, I've not waited all this time just to marry a man I do not love.
14:25You would have once agreed to marry Mr. Collins.
14:28Did you love him?
14:29No, I didn't.
14:31No.
14:32At the time I thought I was helping our family remain at Longbourn.
14:35And now there is a handsome, wealthy man willing to overlook your shortcomings and you have turned him away.
14:41Because I have changed.
14:43We'll change back again.
14:49Charlotte once told me that my options were marriage or misery.
14:56But I have seen many miserable marriages.
15:01And meanwhile, I've experienced much joy in life.
15:07On my own.
15:08What will you do without a husband?
15:11How will you survive?
15:13I will work.
15:14As a governess.
15:15Outside the families?
15:16I will take on an older pupil.
15:18And I will teach a more nuanced, detailed education.
15:21Working to a higher level on a specific set of-
15:24Why do you insist on torturing me?
15:35It has always been my intention to please you.
15:39I am very sad that I have never been able to make you proud of me.
15:46Yet I was never able to match my sisters in your esteem.
15:54I am sorry.
15:57You have no idea what it has been like for me.
16:02I had five daughters. Five daughters.
16:05All of whom I knew must marry well in order to survive.
16:09And there was nobody to make that happen except me.
16:13Your father never had to think about it.
16:18And he never raised a finger to help.
16:23In fact, any attempts I made to discuss your futures seemed only to rile him.
16:31I was quite alone.
16:39You and I always have been very different creatures.
16:46And it is likely we all shall be.
16:51It doesn't seem fair that you weren't helped in your efforts.
16:57But you did it.
17:02We are all settled in our different ways.
17:06I have chosen my path.
17:09And I am happy with it.
17:16I did not want you to be left behind.
17:31Goodbye, mother.
17:33Jane.
17:33I am happy with it.
17:34I am happy with it.
17:39I am happy with it.
17:40I am happy with it.
17:50I am happy with it.
17:52Send our love to Lizzie.
17:58Goodbye, Jane.
18:19Mary, I have to say
18:21I don't think I've ever seen anyone stand up to your mother
18:23as successfully as you did
18:25Really?
18:25It was very impressive
18:32I don't mind that I'll never marry
18:38I'm only sad that without a home of my own
18:41I shall never get to choose my own wallpaper
18:46You can always choose some for your room, Mary, if you like
18:52Do you think I've done the wrong thing?
18:56In not marrying Mr. Ryder
18:59Not at all, Mary
19:02I've learnt a great deal from him
19:05He's a man that finds joy in life
19:08And there's much to be admired about him
19:09But you do not love him
19:13No
19:17You love someone else?
19:24Where has he gone?
19:30I wish I knew
19:41Thank you
19:44Miss Bennet, there is a visitor to see you in the drawing room
19:50Miss Bingley
20:13Miss Bennet, I wanted to thank you for what you did on the mountain
20:22You could have left me there
20:24And you didn't
20:35I think it is plain to see that I have a great fondness for Mr. Ryder
20:45And I have come to ask that you
20:49Leave him alone
20:51Oh, Miss Bingley
20:53You are much better suited to Mr. Ryder than I am
20:56You don't mean that
20:57I do, I do
20:59Mr. Ryder is a dear friend
21:02But he and I, we were never a match
21:10The truth is
21:15It was always Mr. Hayward for me
21:19But it is not to be
21:21Really?
21:23Tom Hayward?
21:26Surely he is attainable
21:29It seems not
21:31He has disappeared
21:35Well, well
21:48Perhaps I shall call for you sometime, Miss Bennet
21:53Yes, we could read poetry together
22:00Goodbye, Miss Bennet
22:01Goodbye, Miss Bingley
22:23And so it was that I carved out my own path
22:27I stayed in London
22:29And became a governess
22:34Over time, I worried a little less about the approval of others
22:40And though the life I had chosen was different to that of my sisters
22:45I had a wealth of experience
22:47I had a wealth of experience to be proud of
22:50I had found a family I loved very much
22:53I was happy in the life I had chosen
22:57And I knew that I was good enough
23:04Though one can always be just a little happier, I suppose
23:14Miss Bennet
23:15Miss Bennet
23:19Miss Bennet
23:19Miss Bennet
23:20Miss Bennet
23:28Mr. Hayward
23:51Mrs. Gardner said I might find you here
23:54Mrs. Bennet, I...
23:58Where have you been?
23:59Mr. Bennet.
24:02I don't know.
24:03Mr. Bennet.
24:03I don't know.
24:05What do you mean, Yorkshire?
24:07You can't just say Yorkshire, as if Yorkshire's an entirely reasonable explanation for your
24:12very sudden and somewhat lengthy disappearance.
24:16After what you said...
24:17I'm sorry, Mary.
24:18Please, please, let me explain.
24:22Well, you're here now, Mr. Haywood.
24:26Do go on.
24:33where we were in the lakes.
24:35The legal matter that Mr Ryder asked me to attend to
24:38was his inheriting the fortune of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
24:44And I knew quite clearly from Ryder's incredibly irritating behaviour
24:49that he had a liking for you, as I also had.
24:56As I also have.
24:59It is such a liking, in fact,
25:02that when I learned of Mr Ryder's good fortune
25:04and his plan to make you an offer of marriage,
25:06I thought it in your best interest that I graciously step aside.
25:10Nevertheless, my actions in the mountain...
25:12You thought it in my best interests to graciously step aside.
25:18So your disappearance was, in fact, you being gracious to me.
25:27You and Mr Ryder, between you, thought that you would just decide on my fate
25:31and I would just accept it, like I'm a great old cat.
25:36If you put it like that, it does not sound good.
25:38I don't... Why didn't you just ask me what I thought?
25:40I was reading between the lines.
25:42There were no lines, Mr Hayward.
25:44There were no lines.
25:46I know I will never be able to offer you what Mr Ryder can.
25:51I have had to work for everything that I have
25:53and I thought you deserved better than that.
25:59That you deserved better than me, but now I realise
26:03I will not know what you want unless I ask.
26:06So I must tell you I cannot offer you great wealth or Italy,
26:11but I can offer you my love
26:14and my devotion and my hope to build a family one day.
26:23Mr Hayward,
26:25if you had asked me what I wanted, I would have told you
26:29I never wanted Mr Ryder.
26:31I have never loved Mr Ryder.
26:34I love you.
26:36I have only ever loved you.
26:41I have always loved you
26:43from the very first time I caught you playing graces
26:45on your own, when you thought no one was at home.
26:51I have spent my life on the outside of things,
26:54but with you, I am right in the middle of it all.
27:07Mary Bennet, would you do me the very great honour
27:09of becoming my wife?
27:17Yes.
27:20Yes.
27:21Yes.
27:29That was a yes right away, Mr. Hayward,
27:32in case you didn't catch it.
27:34Mary, I think now that we've kissed you,
27:36you could probably call me Tom.
27:38Stop!
27:54Wait, what made you come back?
27:56Oh, I received a letter from Caroline Bingley.
28:01What?
28:02Yes.
28:03She wrote to me and she told me about your conversation
28:05and I realised I was being ridiculous.
28:07From Caroline Bingley?
28:08Yes.
28:09She did something kind.
28:11Wait, however did she find you?
28:13She has a ways.
28:18My only wish is that we could thank her,
28:20but she has left London.
28:22Oh.
28:22She's gone to Italy in pursuit of Mr. Ryder.
28:27Now?
28:28Yes.
28:30Now?
28:31Yes.
28:34My love.
28:48And so it was that I married him.
28:52But on my own terms, in my own time.
28:57And I hope you'll realise that is almost beside the point.
29:11The point, perhaps, was just as Hill had predicted all that time ago.
29:18That I needed to get out and see the world outside my family.
29:23So that I could find my place in it.
29:38And that is the last of them.
29:41Really?
29:42No.
29:47The indigo is splendid.
29:49It's actually Tyrion purple.
29:50It's Tyrion?
29:51Yes, from the Greek myth about Hercules' dog
29:53trying a spiny Murex sea snail.
29:55I didn't know Hercules had a dog.
29:58Keep up, Thomas.
30:01I am trying.
30:07What's next?
30:10Spring green.
30:12In your drawing room.
30:22I am asking you to keep planting games jungles.
30:24Come here I am.
30:28I am shaking home again.
30:42But I am enjoying it.
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