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