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