00:01In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly, I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the
00:09pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:12It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton. I 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. Books would be my guide. I would think
00:33more and feel less.
00:40What could possibly go wrong?
00:51Well?
01:02I hope you've ordered a good dinner this evening. We shall have a guest.
01:07I knew it would be so.
01:08Look, it's not Mr Bingley. It's my cousin.
01:14Mr Collins?
01:15The very same.
01:16The man next in the end tale? Who?
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? Mary, are you quite all right?
01:33I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long. As a clergyman, I feel it my
01:39duty 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.
01:50I cannot make him out. Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:53He is a very sensible man. Thank you, Elizabeth. Very sensible indeed.
01:59Oh, can you not all see? He 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. I have great hopes of his being
02:13extremely foolish.
02:14He sounds insufferably boring. A clergyman.
02:19It'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?
02:52We do not spark as they do, you and I.
02:58Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect her.
03:00My goodness, no. No.
03:03Your sister seemed 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.
03:12Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:13A wife?
03:14Apparently.
03:16What is your cousin's profession?
03:17A clergyman.
03:19Oh.
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 within the bounds of propriety to attract him.
03:36Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:39I will live alone with knowledge.
03:41Mary, you cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:47I do not think Mama has me in mind.
03:49Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:51Anyway, Jane has nearly taken.
03:53So that leaves you.
03:56You speak nothing of love.
03:59Love.
04:01What is love to do with anything?
04:02Of course.
04:03Of course.
04:03You'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.
04:41I should know.
04:47Mr. Collin here.
04:49Meet at last.
04:58This...
05:01This is Jane, our eldest.
05:05Well, I had no idea.
05:10she is soon to be engaged but um the others are not oh this is elizabeth
05:20a pleasure
05:25and uh mary how do you do this is kitty and our youngest lydia ah
05:31well now i don't know that i will be able to tell the difference between you two
05:41the good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports
05:49oh um no uh i'm i'm terribly sorry i i certainly didn't mean to cause any offense
05:57you caused no offense mr collins of course you didn't allow me to show you the house
06:04hmm oh splendid splendid uh much smaller than one imagined but with a few minor modifications
06:12will suffice my meek needs
06:22i am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table
06:30amen and yet that gives unto me the bread of life
06:34evermore give me that bread that that i may eat thereof and and not die
06:44deadly yes exactly
06:45amen mr bennett what a magnificent dining table even with the uh heavy curtains and the lack
06:53of natural light in here one can still see its quality how generous of you
06:57hmm
07:00shall we
07:09mr collins
07:16mr bennett i expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage
07:22disposed it is very good of you to say so
07:24oh oh i'm happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies
07:31thank you mr collins and may i commend your reading of grace it is very much stayed with me
07:38and it is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands
07:44please excuse me you allude perhaps to the entail of this estate it is a most vexing situation
07:51if only there was some satisfactory way to amend it
07:56hmm
07:58hmm
07:59i i could say much on the subject
08:01but i am cautious of appearing forward and um precipitate
08:07i can assure the young ladies that i come prepared to admire them
08:16have you read dr fordice
08:19sir
08:20hmm
08:21i certainly have a cousin elizabeth
08:23what make you the sermons
08:26i'm sure i haven't had time to read them sir
08:28so busy have i been merely being a woman
08:31i haven't had a moment to read up on how i should go about it
08:36i think i'm the only one who's
08:38truly interested in fordice sermons
08:41more wine mr collins
08:43hmm
08:48i will
08:49let women adorn themselves with sobriety
08:53let your speech be always
08:56be always
08:57with grace
08:58seasoned
09:04with salt
09:08this has been wonderful
09:10but now you must let us entertain you mr collins
09:14lizzie
09:15won't you play for us
09:17ah
09:23ah
10:06Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Very good.
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.
10:17Great shame to waste a gift, let it go.
10:20Quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
10:32Oh, Lord.
10:36Oh, Lord.
11:21My 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. Is it only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved?
11:37Yes, um... Yes, I... Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:54Mary.
11:55Mother.
11:58I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and 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.
12:15Yes, I have no particular feelings for him. But he and I have similar interests, and I am at least
12:22prepared to seek out the good in him.
12:24Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:31Mary, your name has not come up.
12:42Cousins!
12:43Come on.
12:44Ready?
12:44Come on, hit it.
12:45I bring news.
12:47There is to be...
12:49There is to be a ball next week at Neverfield.
12:53Oh!
12:54I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
12:57And 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.
14:07Thank you, Hill.
14:08Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
14:11I'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!
15:08The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
15:11Oh.
15:14Oh.
15:20Oh.
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?
15:48Up from London.
15:50And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:56Shall we do?
16:01Something 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...
16:10Come on.
16:11Please.
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?
16:32I am trying, but...
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to have matched with a man of a mortist income.
16:39I cannot think why.
16:41He is the cousin.
16:44The one from the end tale.
16:45It's Mr. Collins who stands to inherit Lombourne.
16:47The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
16:51So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
16:59Oh, 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 stomach for it.
17:13Nonsense, Mary.
17:15Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
17:17I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
17:22I don't know.
17:23I don't know.
17:24I don't know.
17:25I don't know.
17:37I beg you, do not make it long.
17:53Be gone, don't care.
17:59I pray thee be gone from me.
18:07Be gone, don't care.
18:12You and I shall never agree.
18:19Be gone, don't care.
18:24Lizzie, he's calling me.
18:26And faith thou wouldst me kill.
18:27Be gone, don't care.
18:36I don't know.
18:38You and I shall never agree.
18:43Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
18:50And faith thou wouldst me kill
18:55Please, I will
18:57Thank you
18:57And faith don't care
19:00Thou never shalt have thy will
19:13I have another piece, Father
19:17One that's more lively
19:18Mary, you have delighted us on enough
19:30Oh, Miss Bennett, that was truly unforgettable
19:34It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song
19:45Everybody saw it
19:47He's a consort
19:49Take my thing
19:51Nobody noticed but you
20:07Mary
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, I have had a terrible evening
20:27And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease
20:30What do you mean?
20:32You always care what you want
20:34Without needing to try
20:36Whereas I try
20:39So hard
20:43And it's always for nothing
20:44Don't say that
20:46There is much you have achieved
20:54I'm sorry
20:57I'm truly sorry
21:14Mary
21:15Mary!
21:16Mary!
21:18The 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
21:32And 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
21:49He must come
21:50So what happens now?
21:52What if Mr. Collins?
21:53Papa thinks he will 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
22:08Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding
22:12Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour
22:20I'm very glad to hear it
22:22I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion
22:25He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit
22:45Thank you, Hill
22:47Thank you, Hill
22:58Since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins
23:02I have turned my mind towards 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
23:21He 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
23:37It's about rocks
23:38Just types of rocks
23:53Rocks
23:55Name
23:58Yes, plainly new, sir
24:01One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however
24:05I think it's quite sweet
24:07Mr. Bennet
24:09Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage
24:15And she has accepted
24:17We wish you joy
24:19Yes
24:20So much joy
24:21I wish you joy
24:21Thank you all
24:24You do know he is a clergyman, sir?
24:26Yes
24:31Yes
24:38Yes
24:39Yes
24:55If 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
25:05Sir, 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
25:39It wouldn't be for much longer
25:42Wait
25:43That we Bennet sisters live together
25:49As each of my sisters left home
25:54My future felt increasingly uncertain
26:00I often thought back to the events in that period of my life
26:04And wondered if I could have done anything differently
26:11But I was trapped
26:15Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents
26:19My options were limited
26:32And I found my books offered me no instruction
26:36And little comfort
26:39I searched desperately for answers
26:44I clung on
26:45To hope
26:54But in a moment
26:55My life was upturned
26:59Mr Bennet
27:00Fetch the doctor
27:04They're running the carriage round
27:06Go
27:06Yes, ma'am
27:07Right away
27:13Father had found a way out
27:15Leaving Mother and I with nothing
27:19Except each other
27:20From where I was so happy with her
27:20Yes, ma'am
27:21Or a friend
27:21And there's no
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