00:04The loss of my father was a leap into the unknown. Longbourn was my childhood home,
00:11and although I had my struggles here, it was all I had ever known. From now on,
00:18would I be relying on the hospitality of my sisters, destined to spend my days as my mother's
00:25companion? What other choice did I have? I do not expect any of you to understand my pain.
00:38The bond Mr. Bennett and I shared was a rare thing. I do not know that I shall ever eat
00:45again.
00:49Who is that? I do not know, Mama. What sort of person would
00:54impinge upon our hour of mourning so distastefully?
00:59Charlotte!
01:02I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray.
01:06Let me tell you, understandably.
01:07We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news,
01:11but knew you would need time as a family to-
01:14Together your things.
01:15Yourselves.
01:16Together.
01:20I want to make it quite clear.
01:24No.
01:27Quite clear that there's no rush for you to leave Longbourn.
01:31Hm.
01:32Thank you, Mr. Collins.
01:34You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full two weeks.
01:37Two weeks?
01:39Mrs. Bennett, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave.
01:42But I have arranged some help with the packing.
01:44So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of need?
01:50Mm.
01:52Oh!
02:01Mama.
02:02You must come and stay with Mr. Beanley and Knight Netherfield.
02:06Well, we have a number of cooks and more servants than we know what to do with.
02:11Oh, Jane.
02:13I would be delighted.
02:15It would bring me great comfort to be in a citable property with a large number of staff at my
02:20disposal.
02:21Ha ha.
02:22Ha ha.
02:23Ha ha.
02:23And Mary, you of course must come too.
02:28And if you're worried about company, Caroline Bingley stays with us often.
02:33Well, yes, but, um, I have not yet thought through my future prospects.
02:39Hm.
02:39Speaking of your prospects, Mary, I have received a letter from my brother and his wife in London.
02:45Their governess has been called back to Norfolk, and they have asked me to send you to stay with them
02:51until a suitable replacement is found.
02:53Ha ha ha.
02:54There is going to be a governess.
02:55Oh, Mary.
02:55Mary, I would very much like to help, but, um, you will need me, Mama.
03:01I have already accepted their offer.
03:04They're sending a carriage.
03:06But, Mama, do not worry about me, Mary.
03:09I shall have Jane by my side.
03:12Ha ha ha.
03:19Hm.
03:20Hm.
03:23Hm.
03:25Hm.
03:25Hm.
03:25If my options in life really were marriage or misery, it looked very much as though I was destined for
03:33misery.
03:40Mrs. Bennet is indisposed.
03:45Oh.
03:46Of course.
03:48Thank you, Hill.
03:50Hm.
03:57Um, what if the children don't like me?
04:01Why should they not like you?
04:03You're a perfectly likable soul.
04:07I have nothing ready to teach them.
04:10Mary, nobody knows more facts about anything than you.
04:16It's time for you to get out and see the world.
04:19Meet some other people that live in it.
04:22I think it'll do you good.
04:25Do not be frightened, Miss Mary.
04:27Oh, no, I'm not, I'm not, no, I'm just, um...
04:54It can't be, um, not discuss nutritionally.
05:00Come on.
05:05I've got fun, Becky.
05:09AARIT
05:09AARIT
05:14YouTube
05:57Oh, Mary! Welcome!
05:59You must be hungry after your journey. Would you like some toasted cheese?
06:02But first, we'll show you your room. Come in, come in!
06:07It's right at the top of the house, so you won't be disturbed by the children.
06:29How's your mother?
06:31She's had a most trying time of late. Well, you all have.
06:36Mother is well. Thank you for inquiring.
06:40And how are you, Mary? It must have been a terrible shock.
06:48It was. Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice.
06:53We don't stand on ceremony here, especially with the children, so if you don't mind that, you'll do well with
06:59us.
07:00And the rest of your belongings will be brought up any moment.
07:03Do you have all you need?
07:05I do. Thank you.
07:18Which mountain range is found here?
07:21Oh, yes.
07:23Oh, my God.
07:25The Anish.
07:40Oh, not so good.
07:41Mary, won't you join us for breakfast?
07:44Oh, no, no, sir, thank you, sir.
07:45I'm not at all hungry this morning.
07:47I shall see the children upstairs.
08:01Marianne, would you like to start?
08:04Miss Bennet, it's a pleasure to meet you.
08:07I'm Marianne Gardner, and I'm 11 years old.
08:10It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne.
08:15George!
08:18Yes, thank you, George.
08:20And this is...
08:25This is Rebecca.
08:27Thank you, Miss Rebecca.
08:30And if an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances
08:37best adapted to its sustenance and propagation,
08:41then, in conceiving an indefinite variety
08:45among the individuals of that species,
08:48we must be assured that, on the one hand,
08:51those which depart most from the best adapted constitution
08:55will be the most liable to perish.
09:01You've made him go to sleep.
09:08Let us move on to history, shall we?
09:11Now, in 1492,
09:14Christopher Columbus discovered America.
09:17Now, where is America?
09:18Ah, yes, America.
09:25Where has Rebecca gone?
09:27There were very clearly three of you in this room
09:29when I began looking at the globe,
09:31and now there are two of you.
09:33She vanished.
09:34She's a magician.
09:36Oh, magic is nothing but illusion and trickery.
09:38Oh.
09:39Now, where could she be?
09:42Tom, you're here!
09:43Tom, can we finish lessons now?
09:44Yes.
09:46Oh, forgive the intrusion.
09:47I came to tell you that dinner is served.
09:50You must be Miss Bennet.
09:53I... I must be.
09:55Oh, yes, I am.
09:56Oh, Tom Hayward.
09:58Oh.
09:59Friend of the family.
10:05Aren't there normally three of you?
10:07There were three, certainly,
10:09but I was looking at America,
10:13and when I looked back, it was...
10:20Do you have mice, Miss Bennet?
10:23For if you do,
10:24might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk?
10:28Well, I...
10:30I wasn't sure.
10:31I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks.
10:34No, you see, in there,
10:35they cannot get to their cheese.
10:37Actually, it's a fallacy that mice like cheese.
10:42Of course.
10:43They're much more partial to root vegetables and grains.
10:46Yes, indeed.
10:48I'm a rabbit.
10:52Mr Hayward?
10:55Mr Hayward,
10:56I am keeping a rabbit in the toy trunk
11:00because...
11:02I...
11:04Because rabbits are not at all social creatures.
11:07Exactly.
11:07Yes, they are.
11:12Now, why exactly do you have a new governess?
11:16Is it that you keep eating them?
11:20Oh.
11:24Tom helped Edward with the legal matter,
11:26some years ago,
11:26and we've been friends ever since.
11:28You're another of our former lodgers.
11:30Oh.
11:31Yes.
11:32Oh.
11:33What is a revolutionary Republican?
11:39Well,
11:40as discussed
11:41during the lesson,
11:43they're often associated with Jacobinism.
11:45But my point really was...
11:47It sounds like you had a very interesting first day,
11:49Miss Burnett.
11:50Well,
11:50have you read Catherine Corley,
11:53Miss Burnett?
11:54Yes, I have.
11:55Yes.
11:57Mary told us about smallpox.
11:59I shall never sleep again.
12:01Well,
12:01you asked me to be truthful.
12:03What's a deadly rash?
12:05She said it can leave one blind
12:07or dead.
12:08That is not quite how I put it.
12:10Blinds or dead,
12:11she said.
12:11Well,
12:12that is true.
12:12There's a mortality rate of about...
12:1430%.
12:17Exactly.
12:19George cried
12:20three times.
12:22There was something in my eye.
12:24We held hands
12:25until Mary had finished talking.
12:28Well,
12:28you're never to youn't
12:29to learn about life.
12:31I think our game is in order,
12:33don't you?
12:33I think that's a very good idea.
12:35Yes.
12:36Yes.
12:36I'm first.
12:37But what should we play?
12:39Graces.
12:40Ah.
12:40Let's show Mary
12:41how to play Graces.
12:43Yes.
12:44Marianne?
12:45Well called.
12:47Bravo.
12:48Bravo.
12:49Yours are better.
12:51Woo!
12:51Oh!
12:52Oh!
12:53That counts.
12:54It doesn't need it.
12:55Well done.
12:56It doesn't need it.
12:57Oh!
12:58You'll need to get someone
13:00to look at that.
13:01Send it to Blythe,
13:02she'll fix it for you.
13:04Ready?
13:05Hey!
13:05Yes!
13:06Yes!
13:07Oh!
13:07Well done.
13:08Flare play.
13:09You look like a wizard.
13:11Yes.
13:18Are you sure you won't join in, Mary?
13:20Oh, uh, no.
13:21I'm not good at games.
13:22Oh, that doesn't matter at all.
13:25Yes.
13:27Well,
13:28you couldn't possibly be
13:29as ungainly as I am.
13:30Really,
13:31I'd only spoil it.
13:38George.
13:39Ready?
13:41Oh!
13:42Oh!
13:48Yes, Tom.
13:49It's Mr. Gardner.
13:51Mr. Gardner.
13:52Oh!
14:09Yes?
14:11Mary?
14:14Oh,
14:14do not look so grave,
14:16my dear.
14:16You're not in trouble.
14:18With the weather getting warmer,
14:19we're about to become
14:20more sociable.
14:21Oh!
14:21Oh, please,
14:22do not feel any obligation
14:23to involve me.
14:24I shall be quite content
14:25to stay upstairs
14:25with the children.
14:26Mary,
14:27we want you to join us.
14:30But I do not
14:31sparkle
14:31at dinners.
14:34In our house,
14:35no one is obliged
14:36to sparkle.
14:38Then,
14:39of course.
14:42But,
14:42we need to get you
14:43properly dressed.
14:44Oh.
14:44I thought perhaps
14:45tomorrow we could go
14:45to the haberdashers
14:46and you could pick out
14:47some fabrics.
14:48I do not really
14:49care for dressers.
14:50Well,
14:51that's a shame,
14:51but very well.
14:55Perhaps think about it,
14:56Mary.
14:57There is a dress allowance
14:58as part of your
14:59governess' wages.
15:01I have thought about it
15:03and I would very much
15:04like to accept
15:04your kind offer.
15:06That's excellent news.
15:09Well,
15:10good night,
15:10Mary,
15:11and thank you for today.
15:20this must be such a change
15:22for marriage.
15:23It most certainly is.
15:35What do you think
15:36of the Deep Greens?
15:38We have a soiree coming up.
15:39I think Deep Green
15:41would be perfect.
15:43Mother has always said
15:44it's terribly difficult
15:45to get any colour
15:45to work with my complexion.
15:47Really?
15:48Well,
15:49perhaps your complexion's
15:50changed because I can see
15:51many colours here
15:52which would work well on you.
15:53But the most important
15:54thing being
15:54is that you choose
15:56fabrics that you
15:57truly like.
15:59But,
16:00Mother says that
16:01Mother isn't here.
16:05Mrs Gardiner?
16:07Miss Bennet?
16:08Tom!
16:10It's the Hayward.
16:10Have you brought
16:11your jacket to be mounted?
16:13I have just this minute
16:13dropped it off.
16:14Well,
16:14now that you're here
16:15you can make yourself useful.
16:17Miss Bennet
16:18needs to choose
16:19some dress fabric.
16:21I find myself
16:21quite overwhelmed
16:22by the choice.
16:23Well,
16:24I shall be honest
16:24and say that
16:25my experience
16:25of picking dress fabric
16:27is limited
16:27to say the least.
16:29But I shall try.
16:32Have you seen
16:33the names
16:34of these colours?
16:34We've got
16:36Dust of Ruins,
16:39Corbeau
16:39or Flamme de Bonche?
16:41Anyone?
16:42I think
16:43I shall take
16:44the Drake's Neck
16:45with a splash
16:46of Nunkey.
16:47Anyone for
16:48Gamboge?
16:49Well,
16:49I mean,
16:49that's just yellow.
16:51Yes.
16:52Yes.
16:54I think
16:55my advice
16:56would be
16:56to choose
16:56the colours
16:57that make
16:57one feel
16:58more like oneself.
17:00And I am sorry
17:01not to be
17:01of more use.
17:02I should return
17:03to my desk
17:03and a particularly
17:05unexciting land
17:06negotiation.
17:08Good day.
17:10Good day.
17:15Oh,
17:16poor Tom.
17:17You work so hard.
17:18Really?
17:19Underneath that
17:19light-hearted manor
17:21carries the weight
17:22of the world
17:22on his shoulders.
17:25Now,
17:26have you decided?
17:29I have chosen.
17:30very well,
17:32Mary.
17:35The first
17:36is this crimson
17:37and then I thought
17:39perhaps a spring
17:40green trim.
17:42Lovely.
17:43Yes.
17:43But you will need
17:44two dresses.
17:45So perhaps
17:47China blue?
17:50Hmm.
17:52Do you think
17:53a dress in the
17:54spring green alone
17:55would be garish?
17:57What do you think,
17:58Mary?
18:00Some people may
18:01think it is wild,
18:02but
18:04I like it.
18:06Then I think
18:07you should please
18:07yourself and not
18:08worry what others
18:09may think.
18:11You've done a very
18:11good job.
18:13Now.
18:14good job.
18:46The gardeners are out. They're buying shoes for the children.
18:51Would you like to play graces?
18:55Well, yes. Thank you.
19:03Ready?
19:04Yes.
19:11I did it.
19:13You did. Natural.
19:15Beginner's luck.
19:18Ready?
19:20Oh.
19:23Oh.
19:37Oh.
19:37Oh.
19:38Oh.
20:00Ready?
20:02Yes.
20:11Oh, that's probably enough, Grace, for today.
20:17Oh, yes, I brought a book for Mrs. Barnard.
20:21Oh, of course, yes.
20:23Poetry.
20:24Do you like poetry, Miss Bennet?
20:26I prefer facts to whimsy.
20:31Whimsy?
20:32I've tried, uh, well, Cowper, uh, Byron, even some Dryden, but, um, well, it seems to
20:40me that it's all just words.
20:44What were you expecting?
20:46Are you a scholar, sir?
20:49No.
20:50I'm a barrister, junior, and though the law is my business, poetry is my passion.
20:56What do you like to read?
20:59Uh, works of non-fiction.
21:01Um, histories and, uh, and geology.
21:05And what do you like to read for pleasure?
21:08That is reading for pleasure.
21:11There is nothing you like about poetry?
21:16Well, some poems are mercifully short.
21:22Well, now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will not rest until you have appreciated
21:28the merits of poetry.
21:32I believe that this is the book that will open the heart of Miss Mary Bennet.
21:41Oh?
21:44The gardener's home.
21:45Oh, is it?
21:46Ah, yes.
21:47Yes.
21:48Uh, well, yes.
22:16And we'll need more scallops.
22:18Mrs. Shonley will claim she couldn't possibly before helping herself to seven.
22:23Must be very strange without your family here.
22:27There was always at least one argument about stolen perfume.
22:35Mary, you look lovely.
22:39I'm not sure.
22:43I think we should let your hair fall naturally.
22:45No point trying to force it into curls if it doesn't want to go.
22:53Here.
23:08Here.
23:09Here.
23:11Here.
23:31I mean, that's basically it.
23:33But they're awfully fun.
23:40Good evening.
23:41I do not believe we have met.
23:43I'm Miss Baxter.
23:45Delighted to meet you, Miss Baxter.
23:47I am Miss Bennet.
23:49I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire.
23:53Fanshawe, Mr Fanshawe.
23:58A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts.
24:03One got stuck in his throat and that was it.
24:05He was quite dead in minutes.
24:12Oh, I hope I didn't cause any offence.
24:14That was marvellous.
24:15Oh, I shall keep that story in mind for when I want to be rid of someone.
24:18But forgive me, it wasn't deliberate.
24:22I hate the first 20 minutes of these evenings.
24:25How do I?
24:26I never know who to talk to and I often find myself saying the wrong things.
24:34Your dress is striking.
24:35It looks very well on you.
24:37You really think so?
24:38I feel a little bold in it.
24:40Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet.
24:42If you're going to be bold, here is the place to do it.
24:46Perhaps London will be the start of something new for you.
24:49Perhaps it will.
24:51And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you.
25:03London, it turned out, was a place of learning as much as teaching.
25:09A place of trying new things.
25:12And though I had never liked change, I seemed to be enjoying myself.
25:19Much about me felt different after just one week.
25:24Being here had lifted my spirits.
25:27I felt something long forgotten.
25:30Hope.
25:32Are you looking for someone?
25:36You must tell me all about it in a moment.
25:40Nick, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet.
25:43We have something of an understanding.
25:45Please may I introduce Mr. Tom Hayward.
25:53We've already met.
25:55What's that?
25:55Oh, of course, you must have.
25:58Oh, I see you went for the Pomona trim.
26:01It's spring green.
26:03It's quite different to Pomona.
26:05Well, it suits you very well.
26:08Tom!
26:09Excuse us, ladies.
26:11You must come and meet my colleague, Mr. May.
26:14Mr. May.
26:16Mr. Hayward and I met three years ago this spring.
26:20We are hoping to be married next year.
26:23Not everything went exactly as I would have liked.
26:26Come on.
26:27Oh, please excuse us.
26:29Come, Mary. It'll be fun.
26:31Of course, a man such as Mr. Hayward would have secured a match.
26:36But I had made friends.
26:38And that was enough.
26:46I did not know what tomorrow would bring.
26:49But for now, at least I had someone to dance with.
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