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The Other Bennet Sister Episode 2
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00:20In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly,
00:24I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:31It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton.
00:36I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:40I was working on gravitas.
00:45From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:51Books would be my guide.
00:53I would think more, and feel less.
01:01What could possibly go wrong?
01:13Well...
01:24I hope you have ordered a good dinner for this evening.
01:28We shall have a guest.
01:29I knew it would be so.
01:32It's not Mr Bingley.
01:36It's my cousin.
01:37Mr Collins?
01:38The very same.
01:39The man next in the end tale.
01:41Who?
01:41The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:46He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn?
01:49In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:54Entirely defective?
01:55Mary, are you quite all right?
01:57I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
02:02As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
02:09Blessings of peace in this house?
02:12He must be an oddity.
02:14I cannot make him out.
02:16Can he be a sensible man, sir?
02:18He is a very sensible man, thank you, Elizabeth.
02:21Very sensible indeed.
02:24Oh, can you not all see he is looking for a wife?
02:28Do you really think so?
02:30Lizzie?
02:31You must prepare yourself.
02:33But, Mama...
02:33We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:36I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:41He sounds insufferably boring.
02:43A clergyman.
02:45Ugh.
02:45Is it right to condemn him before we've even met him?
02:48Oh, please, Mary.
02:50I was agreeing with you.
02:51It's the way you say things.
02:59I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
03:09What did you keep under your hat?
03:18We've got your ribbons.
03:20We have.
03:20We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
03:26Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect her.
03:28Oh, my goodness, no.
03:30No.
03:32Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
03:34My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn
03:38and they've all decided he's a terrible bull.
03:41Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:43A wife?
03:43Apparently.
03:45What is your cousin's profession?
03:47A clergyman.
03:48Oh.
03:49A modest income, then, I imagine.
03:53Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:56If my father's cousin was coming to stay
03:58and I knew he was looking for a wife,
04:00I would do everything within the bounds of propriety
04:05to attract him.
04:06Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
04:09I will live alone with knowledge.
04:11Look, Mary, I cannot seriously believe
04:13the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
04:18I do not think Mama has me in mind.
04:20Jane and Lizzie won't settle solo.
04:22Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
04:24So that leaves you.
04:28You speak nothing of love.
04:32What does love to do with anything?
04:34Of course.
04:34Of course, you're right.
04:35Of course.
04:36For an educated woman,
04:38raised to be genteel as we have been,
04:39the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:44Marriage or misery, Mary?
04:47Marriage or misery?
04:51I should know.
05:20Mr. Collins.
05:22I'm here.
05:23Meet at last.
05:29Ah.
05:32This...
05:36is Jane,
05:38our eldest.
05:40Well,
05:41I had no idea.
05:44She is soon to be engaged,
05:47but the others are not.
05:50This...
05:51is Elizabeth.
05:56A pleasure.
05:59Oh.
06:01And, uh, Mary.
06:02How do you do?
06:03This is Kitty.
06:04And our youngest, Lydia.
06:06Ah.
06:07Well now,
06:09I don't know that I will be able
06:10to tell the difference between you two.
06:12Yeah.
06:14Hmm.
06:16Hmm.
06:18The good looks of my fair cousins
06:20far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
06:23Yes.
06:27Oh, um...
06:28No, uh,
06:29I'm...
06:30I'm terribly sorry.
06:31I...
06:31I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
06:34Oh, you caused no offence,
06:35Mr. Collins?
06:37Of course you didn't.
06:40Allow me to show you the house.
06:42Hmm.
06:42Oh, splendid.
06:45Splendid.
06:46Much smaller than one imagined,
06:47but with a few minor modifications
06:50will suffice my meek needs.
06:53I'm pleased you think so.
07:01I...
07:02am not worthy
07:04of the crumbs
07:06which fall from thy table.
07:09Amen.
07:09And yet thou gives unto me the bread of life.
07:12Evermore
07:14give me that bread that I may eat
07:17thereof
07:18and not die.
07:20Ooh.
07:22Eternally.
07:24Yes, exactly.
07:25Amen.
07:27Mr. Bennet,
07:29what a magnificent dining table.
07:31Even with the, uh,
07:32heavy curtains
07:33and the lack of natural light in here,
07:35one can still see its quality.
07:36How generous of you.
07:37Hmm.
07:41Shall we?
07:42Mm.
07:50Mr. Collins?
07:57Mr. Bennet,
07:58I expect your daughters will be quickly
08:00and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
08:03Disposed?
08:03It is very good of you to say so.
08:06Oh.
08:07Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those
08:08delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
08:13Thank you, Mr. Collins.
08:14Mm.
08:15And may I commend your reading of grace?
08:18It has very much stayed with me.
08:21It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
08:26Please excuse me.
08:28You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate?
08:32It is a most vexing situation.
08:35If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
08:39Hmm.
08:41Hmm.
08:42Hmm.
08:43I could say much on the subject.
08:44But I am cautious of appearing forward and precipitate.
08:51I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
09:00Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
09:05Hmm.
09:05I certainly have.
09:06Cousin Elizabeth?
09:08What make you of the sermons?
09:11I am sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
09:13Hmm.
09:14So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
09:18should go about it.
09:21I think I am the only one who is truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
09:27More wine, Mr. Collins.
09:29Hmm.
09:34I will that women adorn themselves with sobriety.
09:39Let your speech be always, be always with grace, seasoned...
09:50with salt.
09:55This has been wonderful.
09:57Hmm.
09:57But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
10:02Lizzie?
10:03Won't you play for us?
10:05Ah.
10:13Ah.
10:14Ah.
10:16Ah.
10:22What the times?
10:28Ah.
10:30Ah.
10:35That's true.
10:36Huh.
10:38That's true.
10:39Um.
10:41Uh.
10:42Ah.
10:43Ah.
10:55Bravo, Lizzie.
10:57Yay.
10:57Very good, Lizzie.
10:58If you were to practise properly, you really might master it.
11:01It seems a great shame to wring all the pleasure out of music.
11:03A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
11:07Great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
11:10Hmm, quite right.
11:12Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
11:23Oh, Lord.
11:48Oh, Lord.
11:50Oh, Lord.
11:55Oh, Lord.
12:14My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness.
12:21I imagine you practice a great deal.
12:23I practice often, which is true.
12:25Yes, it is. It's only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved.
12:31Yes, um, yes, I, I...
12:35Mr Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
12:49Mary.
12:50Mother.
12:53I do not want any confusion regarding Mr Collins and, uh, future prospects.
13:00I'm not sure I understand.
13:02It is Lizzie in whom Mr Collins has expressed an interest. Are we clear?
13:07Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr Collins. I have no particular feelings for him, but he and
13:16I have similar interests, and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
13:20Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
13:28Your name has not come up.
13:39Cousins!
13:40Come on.
13:41Er...
13:42Ready?
13:42Come on, hit it!
13:43I bring news.
13:44There, um, there is to be...
13:46Hmm.
13:47There is to be a ball...
13:49Next week at Neverfield.
13:51Oh!
13:51I knew Mr Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
13:55And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
13:57Mm-hmm.
13:58They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
14:00We are some way off that.
14:03Mr and Mrs Gardner shall be joining us.
14:06They're coming down from London.
14:08Up.
14:11They're coming up from London.
14:13That is what I said.
14:15Splendid.
14:16Splendid!
14:17Ha!
14:17A real family affair.
14:19I will need new ribbons.
14:21Perhaps, Miss Bennet, um, you, uh, would take the first dance with me?
14:27Oh, how wonderful.
14:29Maybe I should play a little something on the piano?
14:33Yeah, yes.
14:34You should indeed.
14:36Yeah.
14:36What about you, Miss Elizabeth?
14:38Do you sing?
14:41There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
15:04Very good, Miss Mary.
15:06Your playing is coming along nicely.
15:08Thank you, Hill.
15:10Mr Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
15:14I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
15:17At Netherfield?
15:18Yes.
15:18I was even thinking I might sing.
15:23Sing?
15:24Miss Mary?
15:25It will be a surprise to them all.
15:29Short and sweet.
15:31That would be my advice.
15:35And, er...
15:36Maybe don't sing.
15:44Help!
15:46Help!
15:46I lost my shoes.
15:48Help!
15:51Um...
15:53Um...
15:54Um...
15:56Um...
16:00Um...
16:12The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
16:17Oh.
16:22Oh.
16:25Oh.
16:39Okay, as well as she does.
16:40I'm sure you've just been honest.
16:42Oh.
16:44Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
16:51They're down from London.
16:53Up.
16:54What?
16:54Up from London.
16:56And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
17:03Shall we do?
17:08Something for a challenge to find husbands for five daughters.
17:13This is a beautiful dining room.
17:15But if Jane were to get a proposal...
17:18Come on.
17:19Please.
17:23As I say, if Jane...
17:25Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
17:29She's not at all happy about his interest.
17:33What is he like?
17:35Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
17:38Have you made your interest in him clear?
17:40I am trying.
17:43But...
17:44Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to be matched with a man of a more distinct income.
17:49I cannot think why.
17:51He is the cousin.
17:54The one from the end tale.
17:55It's Mr. Collins who stands to inherit Longbourn.
17:57The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
18:01So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
18:11Oh, perhaps I will not play tonight.
18:14Oh, Mary, you must.
18:17I had prepared a little something, but...
18:21Now the time is here, I'm not sure I have the stomach for it.
18:24Nonsense, Mary.
18:26Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
18:28I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
18:32Oh.
18:49I beg you, do not make it long.
19:02I beg you, do not make it long.
19:06Be gone, don't care.
19:13I pray thee be gone from me.
19:20Be gone, don't care.
19:27You and I shall never agree.
19:31Be gone, don't care.
19:38Lydia.
19:40Lydia.
19:40He's calling me.
19:41I will be gone from me.
19:45Be gone, don't care.
19:53You and I shall never agree.
19:59Long time hast thou been tarrying here.
20:05And faith thou wouldst me kill.
20:12Please.
20:13I will.
20:14My faith don't care.
20:19Thou never shall have thy will.
20:32I have another piece, Father.
20:34One that's more lively.
20:36Mary, you have denied us long enough.
20:48Oh, Miss Bennet, that was truly unforgettable.
20:59It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
21:05Everybody saw it.
21:07It's a god.
21:08It's a god.
21:09Take a breath.
21:10Take a breath.
21:12Nobody noticed but you.
21:28Mary.
21:32It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
21:35I didn't want you to overexate yourself.
21:38You insult me.
21:40We both know that isn't true.
21:44Mary, I have had a terrible evening.
21:48And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
21:52What do you mean?
21:53You always get what you want.
21:55Without needing to try.
21:57Whereas I try.
22:00So hard.
22:04And it's always for nothing.
22:07Don't say that.
22:08There is much you have achieved.
22:16I'm sorry.
22:19I'm truly sorry.
22:35I'm sorry.
22:38Mary!
22:40Mary!
22:41You must get dressed and come downstairs.
22:42There has been such an upset, you won't believe it.
22:44You can't imagine what's happened.
22:48Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer.
22:53And she has refused him.
22:55Can you imagine?
22:55Mama is furious and says Lizzie will have him.
22:58But Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a sad one.
23:01Because Mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins.
23:04And Papa will never see her again if she does.
23:06And now everyone is so utterly cross.
23:08Mr. Collins has stormed off.
23:10Lizzie won't say anything at all.
23:11Mama is beside herself.
23:12And Papa has shut himself in the library.
23:14You must come!
23:15So what happens now?
23:16What of Mr. Collins?
23:19Papa thinks he would choose someone else.
23:21I don't know.
23:22Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
23:31Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
23:47I'm very glad to hear it.
23:49I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
23:51He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
23:56Oh!
24:14Thank you, Hill.
24:24I have been thinking, Mary.
24:26Since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins,
24:31I have turned my mind towards you.
24:38I think you understand me.
24:40Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant that I...
24:42Mary, please.
24:44He will not ask me now.
24:46I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
24:51He will not choose me, Mama.
24:54Oh, Mary, he will.
24:56Who else will marry him?
25:02What are you reading?
25:06A theory of the earth.
25:08It's about rocks.
25:09Just types of...
25:11rocks.
25:17I...
25:18I...
25:19I...
25:26I...
25:27I...
25:27I...
25:27I...
25:28I...
25:28I...
25:28I...
25:28I...
25:29I...
25:30I...
25:30I...
25:31I...
25:32One had, uh, obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room,
25:36however...
25:37I think it's quite sweet we found each other.
25:39Mr. Bennet?
25:41Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
25:47And she has accepted.
25:50We wish you joy!
25:52Yes, so much joy.
25:53I wish you joy.
25:54Thank you all.
25:56You do know he is a clergyman, sir?
25:58Yes, I am.
25:59You've learned to bring the welcome man.
26:01They took us to have you, sir.
26:04They are...
26:05Mr. Bennet?
26:06Mm-hmm.
26:06Although they're...
26:07Sarves.
26:08Jake Corbett.
26:11I don't need your fingerprints.
26:13Mud of me.
26:14Oh, my goodness.
26:15Mud of me.
26:16I don't think she's close.
26:17I don't know.
26:18I don't know.
26:19I don't know.
26:20I don't know.
26:21I don't know.
26:22I just speak to you.
26:23Jake Corbett.
26:24I don't know.
26:29Have I had any doubts as to whether I'd done the right thing?
26:32They vanished when I told my family of his offer.
26:35I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid.
26:40Charlotte!
26:41He's in the plastic.
26:43Charlotte, come marvel at this oak.
26:50Goodnight, Jane.
26:52Goodnight, Lizzie.
26:52Goodnight, Lily.
26:53Goodnight, Mama.
26:54Goodnight, Kitty.
26:56I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
27:14Look at me.
27:16It wouldn't be for much longer...
27:18wait.
27:20...that we Bennet sisters lived together.
27:26As each of my sisters left home,
27:31my future felt increasingly uncertain.
27:38I often thought back to the events in that period of my life,
27:41and wondered if I could have done anything differently.
27:47Hmm.
27:50But I was trapped.
27:54Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
27:58Thank you!
27:59Thank you!
28:00I'm not yet to be clear.
28:02But offer me!
28:04Thank you!
28:06Thank you!
28:07My friends were limited.
28:12And I found my books offered me no instruction,
28:16and little comfort.
28:19I searched desperately for answers.
28:23I clung on...
28:25to hope.
28:34But in a moment, my life was upturned.
28:40Mr Bennett? Fetch the doctor!
28:45They're bringing the carriage round, go!
28:47Yes ma'am, right away!
28:54Father had found a way out, leaving mother and I with nothing, except each other.
29:23Yes ma'am, right away!
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