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