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.
05:16This is Elizabeth.
05:21A pleasure.
05:25And Mary, this is Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:31Well now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:35Ha, ha, ha.
05:38Hmm.
05:40Hmm.
05:42The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:47Oh.
05:51No.
05:53I'm terribly sorry.
05:54I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
05:57You caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
06:00Of course you didn't.
06:02Allow me to show you the house.
06:04Hmm.
06:05Oh.
06:06Splendid.
06:07Splendid.
06:08Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications, will suffice my
06:13meek needs.
06:15In case you think so.
06:22I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:29Amen.
06:30And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:33Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof, and not die.
06:43Eternally.
06:45Yes, exactly.
06:45Amen.
06:47Mr. Bennet.
06:48Mr. Bennet.
06:49What a magnificent dining table.
06:51Even with the heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
06:56How generous of you.
06:57Hmm.
07:00Shall we?
07:09Mr. Collins.
07:16Mr. Bennet, I 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 to 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.
07:44Please 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.
07:59I could say much on the subject.
08:01But I am cautious of appearing forward and precipitate.
08:07I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:16Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
08:21Hmm. I certainly have.
08:22Uh, cousin Elizabeth.
08:23What make you the sermons?
08:26I am sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:29So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:33should go about it.
08:36I think I am the only one who is truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
08:41More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:43Hmm.
08:48I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:53Let your speech be always, be always with grace, seasoned...
09:03...with salt.
09:08This has been wonderful.
09:10Yes.
09:10But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
09:14Lizzie, won't you play for us?
09:17Ah.
09:22Ah!
09:25...
10:06Bravo, Lizzie.
10:07Very good.
10:08Lizzie, if 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.
10:17Great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
10:20Quite right.
10:22Why don't you show us how she's done, Mary?
10:31Oh, Lord.
10:33Oh, Lord.
10:35Oh, Lord.
11:05Oh, Lord.
11:20My congratulations, cousin.
11:22You play with such exactness.
11:27I imagine you practice a great deal
11:29I practice often, it is true
11:32Yes, it is
11:34It's only through hard work that anything of any value has to be achieved
11:37Yes, um
11:39Yes, I, I
11:40Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens
11:54Mary
11:54Mother
11:58I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and, uh, 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
12:15I have no particular feelings for him
12:18But he and I have similar interests
12:21And I am at least prepared to 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
12:43Ready?
12:44Come on, hit it
12:45I bring news
12:47There is to be
12:49There is to be a ball
12:50Next week at Neverfield
12:52Oh
12:53I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again
12:56And 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. Gardner shall be joining us
13:07They'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
13:21Perhaps, 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
13:34You 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 ring
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
14:12I'm planning to play at the Assembly
14:14At Netherfield?
14:15Yes
14:16I was even thinking
14:18I 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
14:41Hey, Elf, I lost my shoes
14:44Hey, Elf, I lost my shoes
14:48Hey, Elf!
15:07The earlier we arrive
15:09The earlier we can leave
15:11The earlier we can leave
15:12Oh
15:13No
15:17No
15:19No
15:20No
15:21No
15:21No
15:32Oh
15:37Lady Lucas, Charlotte
15:39Please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
15:45They're down from London
15:46Up
15:46What up from London
15:49And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins
15:56Shall we do?
16:01Something of a challenge to find husbands or five daughters
16:05This is a beautiful dining room
16:07But if Jane were to get a proposal
16:10Come on
16:10Please
16:14As 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?
16:32I am trying
16:33But
16:35Your mother seems terribly keen
16:37Phyllisie to a match with a man of a mortist 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
17:01Perhaps I will not play tonight
17:03Mary, you must
17:06I had prepared
17:07A little something
17:09But
17:11Now the time is here
17:12I'm not sure I have the stomach for it
17:13Nonsense, Mary
17:14Mr. 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
17:53Be gone, don't care
17:59I pray thee be gone from me
18:05Be gone, don't care
18:09Be gone, don care
18:11Be gone, don't care
18:13You and I shall never agree
18:17Mr. Collins
18:19Be gone, don care
18:23Be gone, don care
18:25Del Rey, don't care
18:26Be gone, don care
18:36It is not
18:38And I shall never be free
18:44Long time hast thou been tarrying me
18:50And faith thou wouldst me kill
18:55Please, I will, thank you
18:57And faith don't care
19:02Thou never shalt have thy will
19:14I have another piece, Father, one that's more lively
19:18Mary, you have delighted us on enough
19:30Oh, Miss Bennett, that was truly unforgettable
19:34It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song
19:45Everybody saw it
19:48He's a consort
19:50Take a birthday
19:53Nobody noticed but you
20:08Mary
20:12It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
20:15I didn't want you to overexate yourself
20:17You insult me
20:19We both know that isn't true
20:25Mary, I have had a terrible evening
20:27And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease
20:30What do you mean?
20:32You always care what you want
20:34Without needing to try
20:36Whereas I try
20:39So hard
20:43It is always for nothing
20:44It is always 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
21:15Mary!
21:16Mary!
21:18You must get dressed and come downstairs
21:19There has been such an upset
21:20You won't believe it
21:21You can't imagine what's happened
21:24Well
21:25Mr. 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 shut himself in the library
21:49You must come!
21:50So what happens now?
21:52What 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 am resigned
22:03Mr. Bennett, I shall take my...
22:04As you wish
22:05Oh, Mr. Collins!
22:07I am resigned, madam
22:08Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding
22:12Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour
22:20I am very glad to hear it
22:22I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion
22:25He says he has resigned and will not renew his pursuit
22:29Oh!
22:34Mr. Collins
22:47Thank you, Hill
22:55I have been thinking, Mary
22:58Since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins
23:02I have turned my mind towards you
23:09I think you understand me
23:11Amart, 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?
23:36Ah, Theory of the Earth, it's about rocks
23:39Just types of... rocks
23:48Ah...
23:51Ah...
23:54Ah...
23:54Thanks
23:56Oh, sorry
23:57Yes, plenty new, sir
24:01One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however
24:05I think it's quite sweet
24:07Mr. Bennet
24:09Mr. Collins
24:10Mr. 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
24:21Thank you all
24:24You do know he is a clergyman, sir
24:26Yes, I am
24:30Thank you
24:31They are Mr. Collins
24:34We are...
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, I'm afraid.
25:08Charlotte, come marvel at this oak.
25:15Good night Jane, good night Lizzie, good night Lydia, good night Kitty.
25:20I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
25:40It wouldn't be for much longer.
25:42Wait.
25:44That we Bennet sisters lived together.
25:49As each of my sisters left home, my future felt increasingly uncertain.
26:01I often thought back to the events in that period of my life,
26:04and wondered if I could have done anything differently.
26:12But I was trapped.
26:15Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
26:22I cannot get it clear.
26:24Open me.
26:25open me.
26:27Blue, your mind, hello Joff.
26:28My options were limited.
26:33And I found my books offered me no instruction.
26:37And little comfort.
26:39But I searched desperately for answers.
26:44I clung on to hope.
26:54But in a moment, my life was upturned.
26:59Mr Bennett, fetch the doctor!
27:04They're running the carriage round, go!
27:06Yes, ma'am, right away.
27:13Father had found a way out, leaving mother and I with nothing, except each other.
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