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00:01In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly, I buried myself in my books,
00:07hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:11It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton.
00:15I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:20I was working on gravitas.
00:24From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:30Books would be my guide.
00:32I would think more and feel less.
00:40What could possibly go wrong?
00:51Well?
01:02I hope you've ordered a good dinner this evening.
01:05We shall have a guest.
01:07I knew it would be so.
01:09It's not Mr Bingley.
01:12It's my cousin.
01:14Mr Collins?
01:15The very same.
01:16The man next in the entail.
01:17Who?
01:18The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:23He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn.
01:26In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:30Entirely defective?
01:31Mary, are you quite all right?
01:33I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
01:37As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
01:44Blessings of peace in this house?
01:47He must be an oddity.
01:49I cannot make him out.
01:51Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:53He is a very sensible man.
01:54Thank you, Elizabeth.
01:56Very sensible indeed.
01:59Oh, can you not all see?
02:00He is looking for a wife.
02:03Do you really think so?
02:04Lizzie, you must prepare yourself.
02:07But Mama...
02:08We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:10I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:14He sounds insufferably boring.
02:17A clergyman.
02:18It's a right to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:21Please, Mary.
02:23I was agreeing with you.
02:24It's the way you say things.
02:32I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:41What do you keep under your hat?
02:51We do not spark as they do, you and I.
02:58Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect him.
03:00My goodness, no.
03:01No.
03:03Your sisters seem most agitated this morning.
03:06My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible ball.
03:11Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:14A wife?
03:14Apparently.
03:16What is your cousin's profession?
03:17A clergyman.
03:18Oh.
03:19A modest income, then, I imagine.
03:23Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:26If my father's cousin was coming to stay and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do
03:31everything.
03:32Within the bounds of propriety.
03:34To attract him.
03:36Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:38I will live alone with knowledge.
03:41Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:47I do not think my mother has me in mind.
03:49Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:51Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:53So that leaves you.
03:56You speak nothing of love.
04:01What is love to do with anything?
04:02Of course.
04:03Of course, you're right.
04:04Of course.
04:05For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:12Marriage or misery, Mary?
04:15Marriage or misery?
04:19I should know.
04:47Mr. Collins.
04:48I'm here.
04:49Meet at last.
04:56This?
05:01This is Jane, our eldest.
05:05Well, I had no idea.
05:10She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:16This is Elizabeth.
05:21A pleasure.
05:25And Mary.
05:26How do you do?
05:27This is Kitty.
05:28And our youngest, Lydia.
05:30Ah, dear.
05:31Well, now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:35Ha, ha, ha.
05:36Yes.
05:42The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:49Oh, um.
05:52No, I'm terribly sorry.
05:54I suddenly did not mean to cause any offence.
05:57Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
06:00Of course you didn't.
06:02Allow me to show you the house.
06:04Hmm.
06:05Oh, splendid.
06:07Splendid.
06:08Ah, much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:23I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:29Oh, no.
06:30And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:34Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die.
06:41Hmm?
06:43Dudley.
06:44Yes, exactly.
06:45Oh, man.
06:47Mr. Bennet?
06:49What a magnificent dining table.
06:51Even with the, uh, heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
06:56How generous of you.
06:57Hmm.
07:00Shall we?
07:09Mr. Collins?
07:16Mr. Bennet?
07:17I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
07:21Disposed?
07:22It is very good of you to say so.
07:24Oh.
07:25Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
07:30Thank you, Mr. Collins.
07:32Hmm.
07:33And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:36It is very much stayed with me.
07:38It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
07:43Please excuse me.
07:45You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate?
07:49It is a most vexing situation.
07:51If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
07:57Hmm.
07:58Hmm.
07:59I, I, I could say much on the subject.
08:01But I, I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate.
08:05Hmm.
08:07I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:16Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
08:21Hmm.
08:21I certainly have.
08:22Uh, cousin Elizabeth.
08:23What make you the sermons?
08:26I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:29So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:33should go about it.
08:36I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
08:40Yeah, uh, more wine, Mr. Collins.
08:43Hmm.
08:48I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:53Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned with salt.
09:08This has been wonderful, but now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
09:14Lizzie, won't you play for us?
09:17Oh, my God.
10:06Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Yeah.
10:07Very good, Lizzie.
10:08If you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
10:11It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
10:13A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
10:17A great shame to waste the gift, that is all.
10:20Quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
10:32Oh, Lord.
10:33Oh, Lord.
10:33Oh, Lord.
10:45Oh, Lord.
11:20My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness. I imagine you practice a great deal.
11:29I practice often, which is true.
11:32Yes, it is. It's only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved.
11:37Yes, um, yes, I, I, Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:48Hmm.
11:54Mary.
11:55Mother.
11:57I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and, uh, future prospects.
12:05I'm not sure I understand.
12:06It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest. Are we clear?
12:11Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins. I have no particular feelings for him.
12:18But he and I have similar interests, and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
12:24Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:28Well, your name has not come up.
12:42Cousins!
12:43Come on.
12:44Ready?
12:44Come on, hit it.
12:45I bring news. There is to be a ball next week at Neverfield.
12:52Oh, I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
12:56And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
12:59They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
13:02We have some way off that.
13:05Mr. and Mrs. Gardner shall be joining us. They're coming down from London.
13:09Up.
13:12They're coming up from London.
13:14That is what I said.
13:16Spend it.
13:17Spend it!
13:18A real family affair.
13:20I will need new ribbons.
13:22Perhaps, Miss Bennet, you would take the first dance with me?
13:27Oh, how wonderful.
13:29Maybe I should play a little something on the piano?
13:33Yes, yes. You should indeed.
13:36What about you, Miss Elizabeth?
13:38Do you sing?
13:40There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
14:02Very good, Miss Mary.
14:04Your playing is coming along nicely.
14:06Thank you, Hill.
14:08Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
14:11Huh?
14:12I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
14:14At Netherfield?
14:15Yes.
14:16I was even thinking I might sing.
14:20Sing?
14:21Miss Mary?
14:22It will be a surprise to them all.
14:26Short and sweet.
14:28That would be my advice.
14:32And, er, maybe don't sing.
14:41Help!
14:42I lost my shoes!
14:44Help!
15:07The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
15:11I lost my shoes.
15:14Oh!
15:24Oh!
15:32As well as she does.
15:34I'm sure you've just been honest.
15:37Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
15:45They're down from London.
15:46Up.
15:47What?
15:47Up from London.
15:49And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:56Shall we do?
15:57Well, something of a challenge to find husbands for five daughters.
16:05This is a beautiful dining room.
16:07But if Jane were to get a proposal...
16:10Ma, please.
16:15As I say, if Jane...
16:17Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
16:20She's not at all happy about his interest.
16:24What is he like?
16:27Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
16:29Have you made your interest in him clear?
16:31I am trying.
16:34But...
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to match with a man of a more distinct income.
16:39I cannot think why.
16:41He is the cousin.
16:44The one from the Entail.
16:45It's Mr. Collins who stands to inherit Lombourne.
16:47The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
16:50So, my father cannot stand the man?
16:53Well, my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
17:00Oh, perhaps I will not play tonight.
17:03Oh, Mary, you must.
17:06I had prepared a little something, but...
17:10Now the time is here, I'm not sure I have the summer crit.
17:13Nonsense, Mary.
17:14Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
17:17I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
17:37I beg you to not make it long.
17:53Be gone, don't care.
17:59I pray thee be gone from me.
18:06Be gone, don't care.
18:12You and I shall never agree.
18:19Be gone, don't care.
18:23I pray thee be gone.
18:26I really be gone from me.
18:31Be gone, don't care.
18:36You and I shall never agree.
18:43Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
18:50And faith thou wouldst me kill.
18:55Please, I will.
19:14I have another piece, Father.
19:17One that's more lively.
19:18Mary, you have delighted us on enough.
19:30Oh, Miss Bennet, that was truly unforgettable.
19:40It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
19:45Everybody saw him.
19:48He's a console.
19:50Take a birthday.
19:52Nobody noticed but you.
20:08Mary.
20:12It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
20:15I didn't want you to overexate yourself.
20:17You insult me.
20:19We both know that isn't true.
20:23Mary.
20:26I have had a terrible evening.
20:27And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
20:31What do you mean?
20:31You always get what you want.
20:34Without needing to try.
20:36Whereas I try.
20:39So hard.
20:43It is always for nothing.
20:45Don't say that.
20:47There is much you have achieved.
20:54I'm sorry.
20:57I'm truly sorry.
21:11Mary.
21:15Mary!
21:16Mary!
21:17The musket dressing come downstairs.
21:19There has been such an upset.
21:20You won't believe it.
21:21You can't imagine what's happened.
21:25Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer.
21:29And she has refused him.
21:31Can you imagine?
21:31Mama is furious and says Lizzie will have him.
21:34But Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a sad one.
21:36Because Mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins.
21:40And Papa will never see her again if she does.
21:42And now everyone is so utterly cross.
21:44Mr. Collins has stormed off.
21:45Lizzie won't say anything at all.
21:46Mama is beside herself.
21:47And Papa has shut himself in the library.
21:49You must come.
21:50So what happens now?
21:51What if Mr. Collins...
21:53Papa thinks he would choose someone else.
21:56I don't know.
21:57Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
22:01No, I am resigned.
22:03Mr. Bennett, I shall take my...
22:04As you wish.
22:05Oh, Mr. Collins!
22:07I am resigned, madam.
22:09Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
22:12Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
22:20I am very glad to hear it.
22:22I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
22:25He says he has resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
22:46Thank you, Hill.
22:55I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I have turned my mind
23:04towards you.
23:09I think you understand me.
23:11Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant...
23:13Mary, please.
23:15He will not ask me now.
23:17I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
23:22He will not choose me, Mama.
23:24Oh, Mary, he will.
23:27Who else will marry him?
23:32What are you reading?
23:36A theory of the earth. It's about rocks.
23:38Just types of...
23:41rocks.
23:53Thanks.
23:55Thanks.
24:00One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however...
24:05I think it's quite sweet.
24:07Mr. Benich?
24:09Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
24:15And she has accepted.
24:17We wish you joy.
24:19Yes, so much joy.
24:21I wish you joy.
24:22Thank you all.
24:23You do know he is a clergyman.
24:25Yes.
24:38Yes.
24:55Have I had any doubts as to whether I'd done the right thing?
24:58They vanished when I told my family of his offer.
25:01I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid.
25:06So, Charlotte?
25:08Come marvel at this oak.
25:15Good night, Jane.
25:16Good night, Lizzie.
25:17Good night, Lydia.
25:18Good night, Mama.
25:18Good night, Kitty.
25:20I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
25:40It wouldn't be for much longer...
25:42Wait.
25:43...that we Bennet sisters live together.
25:49As each of my sisters left home...
25:53...my future felt increasingly uncertain.
26:00I often thought back to the events in that period of my life...
26:04...and wondered if I could have done anything...
26:07...differently.
26:09Hmm.
26:11But I was trapped.
26:16Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
26:19Thank you!
26:21Thank you!
26:22I cannot get this man.
26:23But all of these things...
26:27My options were limited.
26:33And I found my books offered me no instruction...
26:37...and little comfort.
26:39I searched desperately for answers.
26:43I clung on...
26:45...to hope.
26:54But in a moment...
26:56...my life was upturned.
26:59Mr Bennet!
27:04I'm running the carriage round! Go!
27:06Yes, ma'am!
27:07Right away!
27:08I...
27:13Father had found a way out...
27:15...leaving mother and I...
27:17...with nothing...
27:19...except each other.