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.
00:21No matter, I would not wallow.
00:23I had navigated difficulty before, and I would use my experiences to find my place in London.
00:30And prove I could build a life here.
00:31Not only to myself, but also to Mama.
00:37Here she is.
00:39I didn't know you were...
00:41Sorry, what are you doing here?
00:43Your 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 until I
01:06have 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.
01:34Mary 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.
01:42I'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.
02:33For 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.
03:02Mr. Ryder, how 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.
03:30Miss 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.
04:16Oh, really?
04:16No more of it.
04:19Though it did not end well.
04:21Overall, I look back at my time in the Lakes very fondly.
04:26It was never my intention to intrude on your time there.
04:30But I needed Mr. Hayward's help.
04:34You see, Lady Catherine de Bourre unexpectedly named me as her heir.
04:42Oh.
04:45I informed Mr. Hayward of my change in fortune and told him
04:51of my intention to propose to you that very afternoon.
04:58I see.
05:00He knew what I could offer you.
05:02And he gave me his blessing.
05:08He did?
05:10Miss Bennet, I wanted to renew our conversation from the Lakes.
05:18Of course.
05:20Of course, Mr. Ryder.
05:21Please, please sit.
05:39I've never met anyone that makes me think like you do, who 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.
06:13Together.
06:17I shall now do what I should have done weeks ago.
06:20And ask...
06:27Miss 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.
07:09Could it be that you might grow to love me?
07:17Not in the way that you...
07:20Deserve to be loved.
07:25Your friendship has...
07:28It's taught me so much about myself.
07:30And for that I shall always be grateful.
07:34But I don't believe...
07:37I would ever have made you happy.
07:43You should follow your heart.
07:46Go to Italy.
07:47And seize everything it has to offer.
07:52I see.
07:55You will find happiness, Mr. Ryder.
07:59True happiness.
08:02I do not doubt it.
08:03I do not doubt it.
08:04I do not doubt it.
08:12No.
08:16It was a pleasure to see you looking so well.
08:24Dry.
08:32Goodbye, Miss Bennet.
08:37Goodbye.
08:40Goodbye.
08:45Bye.
08:46No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
08:47Mother.
08:48Mother.
08:49I should leave.
08:50Oh, please.
08:51Stay there.
08:52Mother!
08:54Mr. Ryder, you may go.
09:02what have you done oh i need some air mary mary
09:32miss bennett mr sparrow is everything quite all right no yes the city smoke is particularly
09:46heavy today may i thank you i hope they are still serving you well
10:17they really are tell me what what brings you to london i graduated from moorfields two
10:24weeks ago you're a doctor just as you said you would be congratulations mr sparrow
10:35i always thought you'd end up studying somewhere somehow i would like to be a governess
10:41to an older girl perhaps i think i'd enjoy teaching petrology and geology and your specialism
10:48perhaps one day you could tutor my daughter you have a child she is one
10:56then perhaps i will yes no i've 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 about the wearing of spectacles
11:20and about potential matches
11:28if i may be so bold if 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
11:45our happiness is in our own hands absolutely i truly believe it is
11:54it has been a pleasure to see you again must be getting back
12:03goodbye mr sparrow i'm i'm very very glad to have run into you today
12:30mary what on earth are you thinking mother i'm sorry to disappoint you
12:37again but i will not be marrying mr rider nonsense call him back and tell him you were mistaken
12:43no i will not do that have you no consideration for my nerves
12:49i've never wanted to cause you any trouble
12:50oh you have caused me nothing but trouble since the day you were born
12:56yes i'm aware that is so
12:59i am trying to help you i do not want you to be looked down upon
13:08looked down upon
13:09by whom
13:15mary please call mr rider back and accept his offer
13:20i do not love him mama i've not waited all this time just to marry a man i do not
13:25love
13:25you would have once agreed to marry mr collins did you love him
13:29no i didn't know at the time i thought i thought i was helping our family remain at longhorn
13:35and now there is a handsome wealthy man willing to overlook your shortcomings and you have turned him away
13:41i have changed we'll change back again
13:49charlotte once told me that my options were marriage or misery
13:55but i have seen many miserable marriages
13:59and meanwhile i've experienced much joy in life
14:05on my own
14:06what will you do without a husband
14:09how will you survive
14:11i will work
14:12as 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
14:37i am very sad
14:39that i have never been able to make you proud of me
14:43yet i was never able to match my sisters
14:46in your esteem
14:50i am sorry
14:54you 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
15:19any attempts i made to discuss your future seemed only to rile him
15:26i was quite
15:27alone
15:33you and i
15:35always have been
15:36very different creatures
15:40and it is likely we all shall be
15:45it doesn't seem fair that you weren't helped in your efforts
15:49but
15:52you did it
15:55we are all settled
15:57in our different ways
15:59i have chosen my path
16:01and
16:02i am happy with it
16:08i did not want you to be left behind
16:22goodbye mother
16:24goodbye mother
16:47jane
16:49goodbye jane
17:08mary
17:09mary i have to say
17:10i don't think i've ever seen anyone stand up to your mother as successfully as you did
17:14really
17:14it looks very impressive
17:20i don't mind
17:22that i'll never marry
17:27i'm only sad that um
17:29without a home of my own i'll
17:31i 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 rider
17:46not at all mary
17:49i've learned a great deal from him
17:52he's a man that finds joy in life
17:55and 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
18:15i wish i knew
18:27thank you
18:29miss bennett there is a visitor
18:32to see you in the drawing room
18:35miss bingley
18:57miss bennett i wanted to thank you for what you did on the mountain
19:06you could have left me there
19:07and
19:10you didn't
19:18i think it is
19:19plain to see that i
19:22have a great fondness for
19:24mr rider
19:28and i have come to ask that you
19:31leave him alone
19:33oh miss bingley
19:35you are much better suited to mr rider than i am
19:38you don't mean that
19:39i do
19:40i do
19:40mr rider is
19:42he's a dear friend
19:44but he and i
19:45we were never a match
19:51the truth is
19:56it was always mr hayward
19:58for me
20:00but it is not to be
20:02really
20:03tom hayward
20:06surely
20:07he is attainable
20:09it seems not
20:10he is
20:12disappeared
20:14well well
20:27perhaps i shall
20:29call for you
20:31sometime
20:31miss bennett
20:33yes we could
20:34we could read poetry together
20:39goodbye miss bennett
20:40goodbye miss bingley
21:00and so it was that i
21:02carved out
21:03my own path
21:05i stayed in london
21:07and became a governess
21:11over time
21:12i worried a little less
21:14about the approval of others
21:17and though the life i had chosen
21:19was different to that of my sisters
21:22i had a wealth of experience
21:24to be proud of
21:26i had found a family
21:28i loved
21:29very much
21:30i was happy
21:31in the life i had chosen
21:33and i knew that i was
21:35good enough
21:40though one can always be
21:42just a little happier
21:44i suppose
21:49miss bennett
21:51miss bennett
21:54miss bennett
22:02mr hayward
22:25mrs gordoner said i might find you here
22:30where have you been
22:35yorkshire
22:38what do you mean yorkshire
22:39you can't just say yorkshire
22:41as if yorkshire's an entirely reasonable explanation
22:44for your very sudden
22:45and somewhat lengthy disappearance
22:47after what you said
22:49i'm sorry mary please please let me explain
22:54well you're here now
22:57mr hayward
22:58do go on
23:05where we were in the lakes
23:07the illegal matter that mr rider asked me to attend to
23:10was his inheriting the fortune of lady catherine burr
23:15and i knew quite clearly from riders incredibly irritating behaviour
23:20that he had a liking for you
23:22as i also had
23:26as i also have
23:30it is such a liking
23:31in fact
23:32that when i learned of mr rider's good fortune
23:34and his plan to make you an offer of marriage
23:36i thought
23:37i thought it in your best interest
23:38that i graciously step aside
23:40nevertheless
23:40my actions
23:41in the mountains
23:42you thought it in my best interests
23:45to graciously step aside
23:47so your disappearance
23:49was in fact
23:51you being gracious
23:52to me
23:53you
23:54ah
23:55ah
23:56you and mr rider
23:57between you
23:58thought that you would just decide on my fate
24:00and i would just accept it
24:01like i'm a
24:02like i'm a
24:03a great little cat
24:05if you put it like that
24:05it does not sound good
24:07why didn't you just ask me
24:08what i thought
24:09i was reading between the lines
24:10there were no lines
24:11mr hayward
24:12there were no lines
24:14i know i will never be able to offer you what mr rider can
24:19i have had to work for everything that i have
24:21and
24:22and i thought you deserved better than that
24:26that you deserve better than me
24:28but now i realize
24:30i will not know what you want
24:32unless i ask
24:33so i must tell you
24:34i cannot offer you great wealth
24:35or italy
24:38but i can offer you my love
24:41and my devotion
24:42and my hope to build a family
24:43one day
24:49mr hayward
24:52if you had asked me what i wanted
24:55i would have told you
24:56i would have told you
24:56i never wanted mr rider
24:57i have never loved mr rider
25:00i love you
25:01i have only ever loved you
25:04i love you
25:07i have always loved you
25:08from the very first time i caught you playing graces
25:11on your own
25:12when you thought no one was at home
25:16i have spent my life
25:18on the outside of things
25:19but with you
25:20i am right in the middle of it all
25:31mary bennett
25:32would you do me the very great honor
25:33of becoming my wife
25:41yes
25:43yes
25:45yes
25:45yes
25:46yes
25:48yes
25:53yes
25:53yes
25:53yes
25:54yes
25:54yes
25:54yes
25:57mary i think now that we've kissed
25:59you could probably recall me
26:00stop
26:16wait what made you come back
26:18oh i received a letter
26:21from caroline bingley
26:23what
26:23yes
26:24she wrote to me and she told me about your conversation
26:27and i realized 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
26:42oh
26:43she's gone to italy
26:44in pursuit of mr rider
26:48no
26:48yes
26:50no
27:07and so it was that i married him
27:11but on my own terms in my own time
27:16and i hope you'll realize that is almost beside the point
27:30the point perhaps
27:32was 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
27:55that is the last of them
27:58really
27:59oh
28:03the indigo is splendid
28:05it's actually tyrian purple
28:07it's tyrian
28:07yes from the greek myth about hercules's dog
28:10chewing a spiny murex sea snail
28:11i didn't know hercules had a dog
28:14peter bark thomas
28:17i am trying
28:23what's next
28:25spring green
28:27in the drawing room
28:28in the drawing room
28:33in the drawing room
28:35in the drawing room
28:35in the drawing room
28:35in the drawing room
28:36in the drawing room
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