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.
04:47Mr. Collin here.
04:49I'm here.
04:49Meet at last.
04:57This...
05:01This is Jane, our eldest.
05:05Well, I had no idea.
05:10She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:14Oh.
05:16This is Elizabeth.
05:18Whoa.
05:21A pleasure.
05:25And, uh, Mary.
05:27How do you do?
05:27This is Kitty.
05:28And our youngest, Lydia.
05:30Ah, dear.
05:32Well, now, Heather, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:35Ha, ha, ha.
05:36Yeah.
05:37Ha, ha, ha, ha.
05:38Hmm.
05:40Hmm.
05:42The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:47Oh.
05:52No, I'm terribly sorry.
05:54I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
05:57Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
06:00Of course you didn't.
06:02Allow me to show you the house.
06:04Hmm.
06:05Oh.
06:05Splendid.
06:07Splendid.
06:08Uh, much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my
06:13meek needs.
06:15In case you think so.
06:23I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:30Oh, man.
06:30And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:34Evermore give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die.
06:41Hmm.
06:43Dudley.
06:44Yes, exactly.
06:45Oh, man.
06:47Mr. Bennet.
06:49What a magnificent dining table.
06:51Even with the, uh, heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still
06:55see its quality.
06:56How generous of you.
06:57Hmm.
07:00Shall we?
07:01Hmm.
07:09Mr. Collins.
07:16Mr. Bennet.
07:17I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
07:22Disposed?
07:22It is very good of you to say so.
07:24Oh.
07:25Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable
07:29to ladies.
07:31Thank you, Mr. Collins.
07:32Hmm.
07:33And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:36It has very much stayed with me.
07:38It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
07:43Please excuse me.
07:45You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
07:49It is a most vexing situation.
07:52If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
07:57Hmm.
07:58Hmm.
07:58Hmm.
07:59Hmm.
07:59I could say much on the subject.
08:01But I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate.
08:05Hmm.
08:07I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:13Hmm.
08:16Hmm.
08:17Have you read Dr. Fordyce?
08:19Sir?
08:21Hmm.
08:21Hmm.
08:21I certainly have.
08:22Uh, cousin Elizabeth.
08:23What make you the sermons?
08:26Hmm.
08:26Hmm.
08:26I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:28Hmm.
08:29So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:33should
08:34go about it.
08:36I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's almonds.
08:41Yeah.
08:41More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:44Hmm.
08:48I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:53Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned with salt.
09:07Uh, this has been wonderful.
09:10Uh, but now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
09:14Lizzie?
09:16Won't you play for us?
09:19Ah.
09:20Is it not good?
09:22Well, let me play game, hmm.
09:44Well, we often get to theę„½ians of October.
10:06Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Very good, Lizzie.
10:09If 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.
10:17A great shame to waste the gift, that is all.
10:19Hmm, quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
10:32Oh, Lord.
11:06What are they doing?
11:21My congratulations, cousin, you play with such exactness.
11:27I imagine you practice a great deal.
11:29I practice often, which is true.
11:32Yes, it is.
11:34Is it only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved?
11:37Yes, um, yes, I, Mr. Collins, perhaps.
11:42Elizabeth 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.
12:16I have no particular feelings for him, but he and I have similar interests, and I am at least prepared
12:22to seek out the good in him.
12:24Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:31Your 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.
12:52Oh, I 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. Gardiner shall be joining us.
13:08They're coming down from London.
13:09Up.
13:12They're coming up from London.
13:14That is what I said.
13:16Splendid.
13:17Splendid!
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.
14:12Huh?
14:12I'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.
14:35I'm kind.
14:41Hey, El.
14:42I've got my shoes.
14:44Hey, El.
14:46Let's join him.
14:48Mmm!
14:49Mmm-guh!
14:50Mmm-guh!
14:52Mmm-guh!
14:54Mmm-guh-guh!
14:56Mmm!
14:56Mmm-guh!
14:59Mmm-guh!
15:01Mmm-guh!
15:03Mmm!
15:03Mmm!
15:05Yeah!
15:07The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
15:12Oh!
15:14Oh!
15:17Oh!
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?
16:31I am trying.
16:34But...
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to a match with a man of a more distant 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...
16:51My father cannot stand the man.
16:53While my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
17:00Perhaps I will not play tonight.
17:03Or Mary, you must.
17:07I had prepared a little something.
17:10But...
17:11Now 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.
17:37I beg you, do not make it long.
17:48I beg you, do not make it long.
18:00I pray thee be gone from me.
18:07Be gone, do not care.
18:12You and I shall never agree.
18:17Long time has found me.
18:18Be gone, do not care.
18:24He's here.
18:25He's coming.
18:26I will really be gone from me.
18:31Be gone, do not care.
18:32Be gone, do not care.
18:37You and I shall never agree.
18:43Long time has found me.
18:47In tarrying him.
18:50And faith, thou wouldst me kill.
18:55Please, I will.
18:57And faith, don't care.
19:02Thou never shall have thy will.
19:14I have another piece, Father.
19:17One that's more lively.
19:19Mary, you have delighted us long enough.
19:30Oh, Miss Bennet, that was truly unforgettable.
19:40It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
19:45Everybody saw him.
19:48He's a console.
19:50Take a birthday.
19:53Mary.
19:53Nobody noticed but you.
20:08Mary.
20:12It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
20:14Mary.
20:15I didn't want you to overexate yourself.
20:17You insult me.
20:19We both know that isn't true.
20:23Mary.
20:24Mary.
20:26Mary.
20:26I have had a terrible evening.
20:28And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
20:31What do you mean?
20:32You always get what you want.
20:34Without needing to try.
20:36Whereas I try so hard.
20:43It is.
20:43It is all for nothing.
20:45Don't say that.
20:47There is much you have achieved.
20:55I'm sorry.
20:57I'm truly sorry.
21:15Mary.
21:16Mary.
21:17Mary.
21:18Must get dressed and come downstairs.
21:19There has been such an upset you 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 and 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 struck himself in the library.
21:49He must come.
21:50So, so what happens now?
21:51What if Mr. Collins?
21:53Papa thinks he would choose someone else.
21:56I don't know.
21:57Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
22:01No, I have resigned.
22:03It's been it.
22:03I shall take my...
22:04As you wish.
22:06Oh, Mr. Collins!
22:07I have resigned, madam.
22:09Mr. Collins.
22:11Mr. 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.
22:29Oh!
22:45Thank you, Hill.
22:55I have been thinking, Mary.
22:58Since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I 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.
23:18I 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.
23:39Just types of...
23:41rocks.
23:55Oh, yes.
23:56Oh, yes.
23:58Plenty new, sir.
24:01One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however...
24:05I think it's quite sweet.
24:07Mr. Benich?
24:09Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
24:15And she has accepted.
24:17We wish you joy.
24:19Yes, so much joy.
24:21I wish you joy.
24:22Thank you all.
24:24You do know he is a clergyman, sir?
24:26Yes.
24:31There you are, Mr. Benich.
24:33We gave you the lira a hand so far something.
24:35I decided not to pray.
24:38No, no, no.
24:38I did not forget the purpose and after the law in the cross.
24:41Why do I pray this?
24:42What do you catch this call?
24:44He neverå¾ed.
24:46Your God!
24:47It is my fortune.
24:48I will just speak to you.
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,
25:02I'm afraid.
25:06Charlotte!
25:08Come marvel at this oak.
25:15Good night, Jane.
25:16Good night, Lizzie.
25:17Good night, Linda.
25:18Good night, Mama.
25:19Good night, Kitty.
25:20I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
25:40It wouldn't be for much longer that we Bennet sisters live together.
25:49As each of my sisters left home, my 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.
26:09Hmm.
26:12But I was trapped.
26:15Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
26:19Thank you!
26:21Thank you!
26:27My options were limited.
26:33And I found my books offered me no instruction,
26:37and little comfort.
26:39I searched desperately for answers.
26:44I clung on to hope.
26:54But in a moment, my life was upturned.
26:59Mr Bennet?
27:01Fetch the doctor!
27:04They're running the carriage round!
27:06Go!
27:06Yes, ma'am. Right away.
27:13Father had found a way out,
27:16leaving Mother and I with nothing,
27:19except each other.
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