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