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