00:24The
00:25loss of my father was a leap into the unknown.
00:29Longbourn was my childhood home, and although I had my struggles here, it was all I had
00:35ever known.
00:37From now on, would I be relying on the hospitality of my sisters, destined to spend my days as
00:45my mother's companion?
00:48What other choice did I have?
00:54I do not expect any of you to understand my pain.
00:59The bond Mr. Bennett and I shared was a rare thing.
01:04I do not know that I shall ever eat again.
01:10Who is that?
01:12I do not know, Mama.
01:14What sort of person would impinge upon our hour of mourning so distastefully?
01:21Charlotte!
01:24I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray.
01:29Understandably.
01:30We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news, but knew you would
01:35need time as a family to-
01:37To gather your things.
01:38Yourselves.
01:39Together.
01:43I want to make it quite clear that there is no rush for you to leave Longbourn.
01:56Thank you, Mr. Collins.
01:57You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full two weeks.
02:01Two weeks?
02:03Mrs. Bennett, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave.
02:06But I have arranged you some help with the packing.
02:09So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of need?
02:15Hmm.
02:28Mama, you must come and stay with Mr. Bingley and I at Netherfield.
02:32We have a number of cooks and more servants than we know what to do with.
02:37Oh, Jane.
02:39I would be delighted.
02:41It would bring me great comfort to be in a sightable property with a large number
02:46of staff at my disposal.
02:47Ha ha!
02:49Ha ha!
02:50And Mary, you of course must come too.
02:54But if you are worried about company, Caroline Bingley stays with us often.
03:00Well, yes, but I have not yet thought through my future prospects.
03:07Speaking of your prospects, Mary, I have received a letter from my brother and his wife in London.
03:13Their governess has been called back to Norfolk and they have asked me to send you to stay
03:18with them until a suitable replacement is found.
03:21There is going to be a governess.
03:23Oh, Mary.
03:24I would very much like to help, but you will need me, Mama.
03:28I have already accepted their offer.
03:32They are sending a carriage.
03:35But, Mama, I...
03:36Do not worry about me, Mary.
03:38I shall have Jane by my side.
03:55If my options in life really were marriage or misery, it looked very much as though I was
04:02destined for misery.
04:11Mrs. Bennet is indisposed.
04:15Oh.
04:17Of course.
04:19Thank you, Hill.
04:28Um...
04:29What if the children don't like me?
04:32Why should they not like you?
04:34You are a perfectly likeable soul.
04:39I have nothing ready to teach them.
04:42Mary, nobody knows more facts about anything than you.
04:48It's time for you to get out and see the world.
04:52Meet some other people that live in it.
04:54I think it'll do you good.
04:57Do not be frightened, Miss Mary.
04:59Oh, no, I'm not.
05:00I'm not...
05:01No, I'm just, um...
05:18No...
05:25No...
05:31No.
05:33No.
05:34No...
05:34No.
05:37No.
05:40No.
06:41Come in, come in.
06:44It's right at the top of the house, so you won't be disturbed by the children.
07:10It's right at the top of the house.
07:12Well, you all have.
07:15Mother as well. Thank you for inquiring.
07:19And how are you, Mary?
07:22It must have been a terrible shock.
07:27It was.
07:29Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice.
07:33We don't stand on ceremony here, especially with the children, so if you don't mind that, you'll do well with
07:39us.
07:40And the rest of your belongings will be brought up any moment.
07:43Do you have all you need?
07:45I do. Thank you.
08:00Which mountain range is found at the end of your army's?
08:04Oh, my God.
08:06The Andes.
08:08Ha, ha, ha.
08:16Ha, ha, ha.
08:18Ha, ha, ha.
08:18Ha, ha, ha.
08:20Oh, not so good.
08:24Mary, won't you join us for breakfast?
08:26Oh, no, no, no, sir. Thank you, sir. I'm not so hungry this morning. I shall see the children upstairs.
08:44Marianne, would you like to start?
08:47Miss Bennett, it's a pleasure to meet you.
08:50I'm Marianne Gardner, and I'm 11 years old.
08:54It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne.
08:59George!
09:02Yes, thank you, George.
09:05And this is...
09:10This is Rebecca.
09:12Thank you, Miss Rebecca.
09:15And if an organised body is not, in the situation and circumstances, best adapted to its sustenance
09:25and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species,
09:34we must be assured that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted constitution
09:41will be the most liable to perish.
09:47You've made him go to sleep.
09:55Let us move on to history, shall we?
09:57Now, in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America.
10:04Now, where is America?
10:06Ah, yes, America.
10:09Uh...
10:13Where has Rebecca gone?
10:15There were very clearly three of you in this room when I began looking at the globe,
10:19and now there are two of you.
10:20She vanished.
10:22She's a magician.
10:24Well, magic is nothing but illusion and trickery.
10:26Oh.
10:27Now, where could she be?
10:30Tom, you're here!
10:31Tom, can we finish lessons now?
10:33Yes.
10:34Oh, forgive the intrusion.
10:36I, er, came to tell you that dinner is served, and...
10:39You must be Miss Bennet.
10:41I... I must be.
10:44Oh, yes, I... I am.
10:46Uh, uh, Tom Hayward.
10:47Oh.
10:48Friend of the family.
10:55Aren't there normally three of you?
10:57There were three, certainly,
10:59but I was looking at America.
11:03And when I looked back, it was...
11:11Do you have mice, Miss Bennet?
11:13For if you do, might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk?
11:20Well, I... I wasn't sure.
11:22I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks.
11:25No, you see, in there, they cannot get to their cheese.
11:28Actually, it's, um, it's a fallacy.
11:30They're mice like cheese.
11:33Of course.
11:34They're much more partial to root vegetables and grains.
11:38Yes.
11:38Indeed.
11:39I'm a rabbit.
11:44Mr...
11:44Hayward?
11:47Mr. Hayward, I am keeping a rabbit in the toy trunk
11:52because...
11:54I...
11:56Because rabbits are not at all social creatures.
11:59Exactly.
12:00Yes, they are.
12:01Oh.
12:05Now, why exactly do you have a new governess?
12:09Is it that you keep eating them?
12:14Um...
12:17Tom helped Edward with the legal matter some years ago,
12:20and we've been friends ever since.
12:22You're another of our former lodgers.
12:24Oh.
12:25Yes.
12:26Oh.
12:27What is a revolutionary Republican?
12:34Well, uh, as discussed during the lesson,
12:38um, they're often associated with Jacobinism.
12:40But my point really was...
12:41Sounds like you had a very interesting first day, Miss Bennet.
12:44Well, uh...
12:46Have you read Catherine Macaulay, Miss Bennet?
12:49Yes, I have.
12:50Yes.
12:52Mary told us about smallpox,
12:54and I shall never sleep again.
12:56Well, I...
12:57You asked me to be truthful.
12:59What's a deadly rash?
13:01She said it can leave one blind or dead.
13:04That is not quite how I put it.
13:06Blind or dead, she said.
13:07Well, that is true.
13:08There's a mortality rate of about...
13:1030%.
13:14Exactly.
13:15George cried three times.
13:19There was something in my eye.
13:20We held hands until Mary had finished talking.
13:24Well, you're never too young to learn about life.
13:28I think a game is in order, don't you?
13:30I think that's a very good idea.
13:32Yes!
13:33Yes!
13:33I'm first!
13:34But what should we play?
13:36Graces!
13:38Let's show Mary how to play graces.
13:40Yes!
13:41Yay!
13:42Marianne?
13:43Well called, Marianne.
13:45Bravo!
13:45Bravo!
13:46Yours, Rebecca!
13:48Woo!
13:49Oh!
13:50Oh!
13:51That counts!
13:52It does indeed.
13:53Well done.
13:54It does indeed.
13:55Oh!
13:56Oh, no, Tom!
13:57You'll need to get someone to look at that.
13:59Send it to Blythe, he'll fix it for you.
14:02Ready?
14:03Yay!
14:04Brilliant.
14:05Yes!
14:05Yes!
14:06Well done!
14:07Flare play.
14:08You look like a wizard.
14:10Yes.
14:17Are you sure you won't join in, Mary?
14:19Oh, uh, no.
14:20I'm not good at games.
14:22Oh, that doesn't matter at all.
14:25Yes.
14:27Well, you couldn't possibly be as ungainly as I am.
14:30Really, I'd only spoil it.
14:38George.
14:39Ready?
14:41Oh.
14:42Oh.
14:49Yes, Tom.
14:50Mr. Gardner.
14:52Oh!
14:53Oh!
14:54Oh!
14:54Oh!
14:54Oh!
14:54Oh!
14:55Oh!
14:55Oh!
14:56Oh!
14:58Oh!
15:11yes
15:13mary
15:16oh do not look so grave my dear you're not in trouble
15:20with the weather getting warmer we're about to become more sociable
15:23oh oh please do not feel any obligation to involve me i should be quite content to stay upstairs
15:28with the children mary we want you to join us but i do not sparkle at dinners
15:37in our house no one is obliged to sparkle then of course but we need to get you properly dressed
15:47oh i thought perhaps tomorrow we could go to the haberdashers and you could pick out some fabrics
15:51i do not really care for dresses well that's a shame but very well
15:59perhaps think about it mary there is a dress allowance as part of your governess wages
16:05i have thought about it and i would very much like to accept your kind offer
16:10that's excellent news
16:14oh good night mary and thank you for today
16:26this must be such a chain for mary
16:41what do you think of the deep greens
16:44we have a soiree coming up now i think deep green would be perfect
16:49well mother has always said it's terribly difficult to get any color to work with my complexion
16:54really well perhaps your complexions change because i can see many colors here which would
16:59work well on you but most important thing being is that you choose fabrics that you truly like
17:07but mother says that mother isn't here
17:12mrs gardner
17:14oh
17:15miss bennett
17:16tome
17:17mr hayward
17:18have you brought your jacket to be mended
17:20i have just this minute dropped it off
17:22well now that you're here
17:23you can make yourself useful
17:25miss bennett
17:26needs to choose some dress fabric
17:29i find myself quite overwhelmed by the choice
17:31well i shall be honest and say that my experience of picking dress fabric is limited
17:36to say the least
17:38but i shall try
17:41have you seen the names of these colors we've got uh
17:44dust of ruins
17:46uh
17:48corbeau
17:49or um
17:49flam de bonche
17:50anyone
17:51um
17:51i think i shall take the drake's neck
17:54with a splash of none key
17:56anyone for
17:57gaboge
17:58well i mean that's just yellow
18:00that one
18:01yes
18:02yes
18:04i think my advice would be to choose the colors that make one feel most like oneself
18:10and i am sorry not to be of more use
18:12i should return to my desk
18:14and a particularly unexciting land negotiation
18:19good day
18:20good day
18:26oh
18:26poor tom
18:27he worked so hard
18:29really
18:29underneath that light-hearted manor
18:32carries the weight of the world on his shoulders
18:36now
18:37have you decided
18:41i have chosen
18:42very well mary
18:47the first
18:48is this crimson
18:49and then i thought perhaps a spring green trim
18:53lovely
18:55yes
18:55but you will need two dresses
18:57so perhaps
19:00china blue
19:02hmm
19:06do you think addressing the spring green alone would be garish
19:10what do you think mary
19:14some people may think it is wild
19:16but
19:18i like it
19:20then i think you should please yourself and not worry what others may think
19:23thank you
19:24you've done a very good job
19:27now
19:28good
19:38um
19:51no
19:53no
19:53no
19:56yeah
19:58Oh, my gosh.
20:01The gardeners are out.
20:03They're buying shoes for the children.
20:06Would you like to play graces?
20:11Well, yes.
20:19Ready?
20:20Yes.
20:24Oh.
20:25Oh.
20:28I did it.
20:30You did.
20:31Natural.
20:32Beginner's luck.
20:34Right.
20:36Ready?
20:37Mm.
20:38Oh.
20:40Oh.
20:41One moment.
20:41Oh.
20:41Oh.
20:50Oh.
20:55Oh.
20:57Oh.
21:00Oh.
21:02Oh.
21:07Oh.
21:13Oh.
21:20Ready?
21:22Yes.
21:24Oh!
21:26Oh!
21:27Oh!
21:27Oh!
21:28Oh!
21:29Er.
21:30Er.
21:30Er.
21:31That's probably enough, Grace, for today.
21:36Er.
21:37Er.
21:38Oh, yes.
21:38Er.
21:39I brought a book for Mrs Byron.
21:41Oh, of course.
21:42Yes.
21:42Er.
21:43Ah.
21:43Poetry.
21:45Do you like poetry, Miss Bennet?
21:47I prefer facts to whimsy.
21:52Whimsy?
21:53I've tried, er.
21:55Well, Cowper.
21:56Er.
21:57Byron.
21:57Even some Dryden.
21:59But, um.
22:00Well, it seems to me that it's all just words.
22:05What were you expecting?
22:08Are you a scholar, sir?
22:10Er.
22:11No.
22:12I'm a barrister.
22:13Junior.
22:14And though the law is my business, poetry is my passion.
22:19What do you like to read?
22:21Er.
22:22Works of non-fiction.
22:23Er.
22:24Histories and, er.
22:26And geology.
22:27And what do you like to read for pleasure?
22:31That is reading for pleasure.
22:34There is nothing you like about poetry.
22:40Well.
22:41Just some poems are mercifully short.
22:45Well.
22:46Now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will not rest until you have appreciated the merits of poetry.
22:56I believe that this is the book that will open the heart of Miss Mary Bennet.
23:05Oh.
23:09The garden is at home.
23:10Oh.
23:10Is it?
23:11Yes.
23:12Yes.
23:12Er.
23:13Well.
23:14Yes.
23:14Yes.
23:15Er.
23:15Well.
23:16Well done.
23:17Thanks, mother.
23:18Oh, Tom.
23:42And we'll need more scallops.
23:44Mrs. Shonley will claim she could have possibly
23:46before helping herself to seven.
23:49It must be very strange without your family here.
23:54There was always at least one argument about stolen perfume.
24:02Mary, you look lovely.
24:06I'm not sure.
24:10I think we should let your hair fall naturally.
24:13No point trying to force it into curls if it doesn't want to go.
24:20Here.
24:21Here we go.
24:37Here we go.
25:01I mean, that's basically it.
25:03But they're awfully fun.
25:04day. Good evening. I do not believe we have met. I'm Miss Baxter. Delighted to meet you,
25:17Miss Baxter. I am Miss Bennet. I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire.
25:24Fenshaw, Mr Fenshaw.
25:30A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts.
25:35One got stuck in his throat and that was it. He was quite dead in minutes.
25:44I hope I didn't cause any offence. That was marvellous. Oh, I shall keep that story in
25:49mind for when I want to be rid of someone. Forgive me, it wasn't deliberate.
25:55I hate the first 20 minutes of these evenings. As do I. I never know who to talk to and
26:00I often
26:00find myself saying the wrong things. Your dress is striking. It looks very well on you.
26:10You really think so? I feel a little bold in it. Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet. If you're going
26:16to be bold, here is the place to do it. Perhaps London will be the start of something new for
26:22you.
26:23Perhaps it will. And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you.
26:37London, it turned out, was a place of learning as much as teaching. A place of trying new things.
26:46And though I had never liked change, I seemed to be enjoying myself. Much about me felt different after
26:56just one week. Being here had lifted my spirits. I felt something long forgotten.
27:06Hope. Are you looking for someone? You must tell me all about it in a moment.
27:16Next, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet. We have something of an understanding.
27:22Please may I introduce Mr. Tom Hayward.
27:30We've already met. Miss Bennet? Oh, of course. You must have.
27:35Oh, I see you went for the Pomona trim. It's spring green. It's quite different to Pomona.
27:42Well, it suits you very well. Tom! Excuse us, ladies. You must come and meet my colleague, Mr. May.
27:52Mr. May. Mr. May. Mr. May. Mr. May and I met three years ago this spring.
27:58We are hoping to be married next year. Not everything went exactly as I would have liked.
28:04Come on. Oh, please excuse us. Come, Mary. It will be fun.
28:10Of course a man such as Mr. Hayward would have secured a match.
28:15But I had made friends, and that was enough.
28:25I did not know what tomorrow would bring.
28:29But for now, at least I had someone to dance with.
28:37Have a good night.
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