00:02Dear Mother, I write to let you know that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just
00:09yet, as I am still very much needed in London.
00:13The Gardener's governess has indeed returned, but we find ourselves quite overrun with social
00:19engagements.
00:21You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly
00:26balls.
00:28I am very much looking forward to it.
00:32I miss you all, yours and Mary.
00:41The Gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
00:45Yes, yes, a week ago.
00:46Well then the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband, a husband, whatever else
00:53you plan to do.
00:58Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or
01:03misery.
01:04What do you think?
01:06Mary, it's not too late for marriage if that's what you're asking me.
01:10And I do believe it's the better choice, but I'm not the only one.
01:15Some marriages are miserable.
01:17I agree.
01:19I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:25My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:28Mary, that is nonsense.
01:30What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:33Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
01:38This time, you have me.
01:41Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
01:46It's all about confidence.
01:48A certain coolness.
01:50I think you care too much.
01:52Really?
01:53Hmm.
01:55Have you ever polished your skin?
02:02We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
02:06Then we spread it on your face.
02:08You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:10I'm going to smell like soup.
02:15What on earth?
02:26There.
02:27Thanks.
02:39Mary, you have stew on your face.
02:42I know.
02:52Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
02:55Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:07Hmm.
03:08Walk normally.
03:15I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:17New love is the most romantic thing.
03:20New love?
03:21Yes.
03:22The first rose.
03:23Oh, you must not take it for granted.
03:25Because the feelings soon pass, and then everything becomes quite ordinary.
03:30It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
03:36Now walk.
03:37Shoulders back.
03:38Chin up.
03:39Chin down.
03:40Chin up a little.
03:41Don't look scared.
03:43It's quite hard not to.
03:47Remember, you are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
03:51Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with, and avoid the eyes of those you do
03:55not.
03:56If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy, nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:02You must look nonchalant.
04:05Carefree.
04:10Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:19Hmm.
04:38Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
04:55Oh, no.
04:56Oh, no.
04:57Oh, no.
04:58Oh, no.
05:03Isn't it beautiful?
05:05It is.
05:17Do not fret.
05:18The life has only just begun.
05:22Good evening, Miss Waxter.
05:25Miss Bennet.
05:25Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
05:28Well, as do you.
05:30Anne?
05:37Mr. Haywin.
05:39How would you like to dance with this Bennet?
05:41No, I'm not.
05:42It will show how eligible you are.
05:47Well, I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
05:51But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
05:53Oh, well, um, there might, there might be.
05:55Let me just check.
06:00Yes.
06:01Yes.
06:02We could dance.
06:03Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
06:11Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:15Miss Bennet?
06:17I'm very well.
06:19How are you?
06:21Here we go.
06:22Boy, you're behh.
06:25Two.
06:26Three.
06:27One, two, three.
06:33It's illegal.
06:34So, so, so, so, so.
07:10So, so, so, so.
07:40So, so, so, so, so.
08:06So, so, so.
08:17So, so, so, so.
08:53So, so, so, so.
09:05So, so, so.
09:35So, so, so.
10:16So, so, so, so.
10:39So, so, so.
11:06So, so, so, so.
11:36So, so, so.
11:36So, so, so, so.
11:50So, so, so, so, so.
12:13So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so.
12:20So, so, so, so, so, so, so.
12:22So, so, so, so, so, so.
12:39So, so, so, so, so, so, so.
12:46he might be handsome mary but beware he also fancies himself above all the rules that govern
12:51the rest of us he enjoys the privileges of his class as well as good looks i cannot say i
12:57took
12:58much notice of his looks mary i did not well he certainly noticed you that's kind of you to say
13:04but he doesn't think of me in that way and actually that makes much more enjoyable
13:11we were just talking about mr rider yes will you rider ices oh thank you and the biggest one
13:21thank you hey we don't look so down-hearted here you can have mine i wouldn't dream of taking yours
13:30mr hayward i seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance i'm quite tired
13:42but i will
13:43not very sure oh crunchy
13:49mr rider what on earth happened to you oh miss mingley well well miss bennett how good to see
13:59you again oh are you two ladies already acquainted oh i have known miss bennett for some years
14:05pionist singer raconteur my brother married her sister i heard you were a governess in london
14:14i didn't think it had quite come to that i i'm no longer in that position so you are in
14:20london for
14:21a husband no
14:27miss bennett is a radical thinker is she now well it makes me all the more glad to be spending
14:34the
14:34foreseeable future here where i can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts miss bennett i'm
14:41holding a small supper this thursday you should join us why thank you mr rider you must sing
14:48that is i mean to say i may not be able to i very much look forward to you joining
14:53us
14:54on thursday come mr rider
14:57come on mr rider
15:00come on
15:31how did you find the ball last night
15:35most pleasant thank you
15:39young william rider called while you were asleep this morning mary he left this bundle of crime
15:43pamphlets is peculiar gift is this really to your taste thank you oh and he confirmed our invitation
15:49to soccer on thursday oh what fun jethro you could wear your red dress uh regarding something i fear
15:58i may not be able to attend
16:02you have not been yourself since i saw you talking to caroline bingley last night
16:09she seems to delight in being horrible to me
16:13i have no idea what i've done to provoke her
16:15did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband mr darcy
16:21she did yes perhaps she feels threatened by you
16:27caroline bingley is not threatened by me
16:30she's better than me i know that very well
16:35she's always beautifully dressed and she has extraordinary confidence
16:40she does not appear to lack confidence that is certain
16:43perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities the same as everyone else
16:49and she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good
16:53it riles her to see you blossoming in london
16:58blossoming you've changed you smile more and you laugh
17:04well i oh the thought that you're worth less than caroline really only exists in her mind
17:13we do not run and hide from the caroline bingley's of this world
17:21we stand our ground for there will always be one
17:26yeah
17:42miss mernet how wonderful to see you
17:45Oh, um, I very much like your, um, insects.
17:55Why, thank you. They were my late father's.
17:59He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
18:08You have an extensive book collection, Mr. Ryder?
18:12Ah, yes. They are for show.
18:17Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine way.
18:21Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
18:24I want to hear about the strangest cases over dinner.
18:30Ah, yes. Miss Pellett, inspired by you,
18:33I have been reading some of those particular works myself,
18:38and I found something that made me think of you.
18:41Of me?
18:42Mm-hmm. Allow me to find it?
18:44Well, of course.
18:46Miss Bingley.
18:47I am so glad you took my advice.
18:49Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
18:53I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet
18:55that made me think of her this morning.
18:57It made you think of Miss Bennet?
19:00Yes, exactly.
19:01Now, where is it?
19:04Mr. Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me
19:06to cast my eye across the dinner table before the guests sit.
19:10Uh, very well.
19:13Please excuse us.
19:16I have to say, Miss Bennet,
19:18how refreshing it is to see a young woman
19:21with the courage to defy the dictates of fashion
19:23when most of us are foolish enough
19:25to want to look as well as we possibly can.
19:27You are an example to us all.
19:46Mr. Hayward, we are here.
19:49Where are you, Mary?
19:50Oh...
20:01You're all right.
20:04What is wrong?
20:05...
20:07You look out foránhering yourself in the kitchen.
20:09Ah!
20:11Thank you, Mary.
20:19Yay!
20:20I believe it!
20:24It's time for now!
20:37Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
20:41No.
20:42She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
20:46No.
20:52What think you of James Hutton's theory that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
20:58I have no interest in geology.
21:01What do you like, Mr. Hurst?
21:05Horses.
21:06Horses.
21:07Oh, I know so little about horses, I think I would be honoured if you would teach me all you
21:12know.
21:12We won't have time for that.
21:14Let's just see how we get on.
21:17Right.
21:19Right.
21:21Four legs.
21:25Cannot vomit.
21:27Beautiful creatures.
21:28Beautiful.
21:29Almost too beautiful.
21:30More intelligent than anyone on this table.
21:34Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
21:37I appreciate that.
21:37Right.
21:38I've done this before.
21:39I'm sure I can do it again.
21:40Fascinating.
21:40These are the front legs here.
21:42We call these the cloppers.
21:45Back legs.
21:46The clippers.
21:47Ah.
21:48Clip-clop.
21:49Right?
21:49You see what I'm saying?
21:51You do not want to stand behind a horse.
21:52You do not want to...
21:53You do not want to...
21:56You do not want to...
22:22I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
22:35Miss Bennet.
22:37I was hoping to speak to you.
22:40Really?
22:40I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
22:45It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
22:52You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
22:55I did.
22:56Only recently we were talking about your family, and she confessed herself astonished at the
23:02great difference between you and your sisters.
23:04She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking, not as beautiful as Jane, nor
23:12as willing as Kitty, and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
23:21It was very candid of her.
23:23She is known for her frankness.
23:25I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
23:33Tell me, Miss Bennet, do you intend to marry?
23:37Let's assume we all must marry in the end.
23:42Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice.
23:45If you wish.
23:47It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that
23:53can never come to anything, such as Mr. Ryder.
24:01Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
24:04Or that he is pursuing me?
24:07For both are quite without foundation.
24:10And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
24:13I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
24:17What do you mean?
24:18Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
24:21Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation, where matters of the heart are concerned.
24:32You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
24:35Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
24:39Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
24:47Oh, Miss Bingley.
24:52Miss Bingley, welcome to the gate.
24:54I fear that I think it's a bad notion of sin.
24:57It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
25:02You had a dinner, Miss Bennet.
25:04Ah, it was, yes, most interesting.
25:09I wanted to say that...
25:13I wanted to ask...
25:14Or that is to say, I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied a great deal of
25:19your time.
25:20And he often acts without thinking.
25:23I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that is what you would like.
25:30I very much enjoy his company.
25:37I see.
25:37No, I...
25:38Of course, I...
25:39No, no, no.
25:39Forgive my intrusion.
25:40No, that is to say, I'm...
25:42I'm not drawn to him.
25:44Who is she, Bennet, girl?
25:45The one you said was plain.
25:47Oh, the governess.
25:48She was the only one of the five not to marry him.
25:50Can you, and that...
25:51She didn't look very plain to me.
25:53She was tolerable.
25:55And you can see Rive is interesting.
25:56If I were you, I'd snap her up before some other fellow does.
25:59Excuse me.
26:00I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
26:05How lovely, Mary.
26:06Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
26:08Come, Miss Bennet, you must sing.
26:10Sing!
26:12Sing!
26:13Sing!
26:14Sing!
26:15Sing!
26:17Sing!
26:18Sing!
26:19Sing!
26:20Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:21Sing!
26:22Sing!
26:23Sing!
26:23Sing!
26:25Sing!
26:26Sing!
26:27Mary.
26:28We must get you to Pemberley.
26:29Immediately.
26:30We have received an urgent letter.
26:31Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
26:33Oh.
26:34Take her carriage and go.
26:35Now.
26:36Oh, oh.
26:46Come on, Mary.
26:47You must hurry.
26:48Come, dear.
26:50What's up?
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