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The Other Bennet Sister - Season 1 - Episode 07: Chapter 7
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00:00MUSIC
00:22Miss Bennet...
00:26You are quite unlike anyone I have ever met.
00:31You speak your mind with a refreshing directness,
00:35and you do not force yourself to conform to society's ideals.
00:40I imagine it will come as no surprise when I say I...
00:45have developed the greatest affection for you.
00:54I cannot understand why a man such as Mr. Ryder would propose to Mary.
00:58Oh, shush. Perhaps he won't.
01:00Mother may have got her hopes up for nothing.
01:02We shall never know his intentions if you two keep talking.
01:06What is happening?
01:07Mr. Ryder and Mary are in the library
01:08and appear to be having a serious conversation.
01:12I suppose most women of better looks and livelier character were already taken.
01:16It cannot be a match driven by passion.
01:19Not all matches driven by passion turn out well.
01:21Lizzie, I cannot hear what they are saying.
01:23Will you all just be quiet?
01:27In these past few days, I have felt a deeper understanding between us.
01:36I believe you felt it too.
01:39I took to heart the things that you said.
01:44And you must.
01:46For I believe we should be very happy together.
01:49Miss Bennett, I have a mind to go abroad to Italy.
01:54Somewhere with a lake in front of me and a mountain behind.
01:59Lakes are usually found in mountainous areas.
02:02No, although some are found in dormant volcanic craters.
02:05I cannot imagine going to Italy without you, Miss Bennett.
02:11And therefore, I wondered whether you might do me the greatest honour of coming with me.
02:23Well, I...
02:24We could read poetry all day and drink wine all evening.
02:29Oh, I do.
02:31I like poetry.
02:31And I like wine.
02:33What we have loved, others will love.
02:36And we will teach them how.
02:37Let us teach each other.
02:40I don't speak any Italian.
02:42But I suppose I could learn.
02:44That's the spirit, Miss Bennett.
02:46This is why we are such a strong match.
02:48You have the courage of my convictions.
02:53How so?
02:53You understand the appeal of living boldly, living with freedom, unburdened by the shackles of marriage.
03:03Sorry, just to be very clear.
03:06So you're suggesting that I live with you in Italy, but that we remain unmarried?
03:17Yes, exactly.
03:19Together, but free.
03:24For what woman wants to be owned in such a way?
03:28Oh.
03:30What do you say?
03:34I don't know what to say.
03:37Of course, of course.
03:39You must sleep on it.
03:40But if you accept, we could leave for London tomorrow and plan our trip to Italy.
04:06Well, Mary?
04:09Come, Mary dear.
04:11Who would have thought you'd make such an excellent match?
04:14No, he didn't propose, Mama.
04:18What do you mean he did not propose?
04:21I mean that he called me in there to talk about a sermon on good works.
04:32Mary, this is no time for one of your poor attempts at humour.
04:36Mama.
04:36Mr. Ryder showered you with attention, only to pull you aside to discuss a sermon?
04:44Well, we shall see about that.
04:47I am sure Mr. Ryder will make his intentions clear in his own time.
04:52Yes.
04:53Yes, he will.
04:55Mary?
04:56Well, I shall choose your dress for supper.
05:00Perhaps something of Liz's.
05:02Hmm.
05:03Hmm.
05:04Oh.
05:07Uh, interestingly, I...
05:11Charlotte!
05:12Oh.
05:12Mr. Collins.
05:14Looks as though you were all waiting for us.
05:16We were not.
05:18Mrs. Bennet, I am pleased to see you looking so well.
05:21I see you didn't rush to pay your respects.
05:24I do not wish to impose.
05:26How are you?
05:27Um.
05:28Oh.
05:28I long to know everything.
05:30Well, there is something of a situation involving Mary.
05:34Thank you, Lydia.
05:35We were just getting ready for supper.
05:37Come.
05:38Ha.
05:39Yes.
05:41Oh, he's good.
05:44Oot it up straight, dear.
05:47Mary is looking very well tonight.
05:50Mr. Ryder, do you not agree?
05:51I do indeed.
05:54My daughters are a handsome set.
05:56They most certainly are.
05:58More wine, Mama.
06:00This is the wine you requested.
06:01And only one unmarried.
06:04Did you hear Charlotte's news of Longbourn, Mama?
06:07In the drawing room, we have opened up an orange room.
06:09How did you enjoy your ride this afternoon, Mr. Ryder?
06:12Hmm.
06:13It was very pleasant.
06:15Excellent company.
06:16Mother, Mr. Darcy and I are thinking of holding a dinner in honour of your recovery.
06:22Hmm.
06:23Very good idea, Lizzie.
06:25Was it your horse, Miss Bennet, that picked these blackberries with her?
06:30Is that what she was doing this afternoon?
06:32Well, if it is, I feel quite terrible now for having dragged her away.
06:35So you should.
06:36Rather delicious.
06:37Have you always lived in London, Mr. Ryder?
06:40I have.
06:42Although, my plan is to move to Italy.
06:44Quite soon.
06:45Italy?
06:46How long for?
06:48To settle for the rest of my days.
06:50Or for as long as my fancy takes me.
06:53Well, wherever you choose, you will need a knowledgeable companion by your side.
06:59As you know, Mary reads a great deal.
07:03She has a very well-informed mind, though do not let that put you off.
07:07Miss Bennet is an extraordinary young woman.
07:10Young?
07:11Why Italy?
07:12For its history, its beauty, to wake up each morning to a view of a mountain.
07:18Ah, in reality, mountainous regions play havoc with one's rheumatism.
07:23Well, I think that sounds quite perfect.
07:25It really does.
07:27You find Longbourn tedious with its drafts.
07:30I hardly think you would cope in mountains.
07:33I will never know, will I?
07:38I did not know you spoke Italian, Mr. Ryder.
07:42Bocco.
07:43Bless you.
07:46I am quite looking forward to the peace and stillness of a foreign lad.
07:51Yes.
07:52Yes, it would be most welcome.
08:06Mary?
08:11I remember very well being the subject of Mother's plotting.
08:15It is quite a lot to bear.
08:17It is indeed.
08:21Engagements can take time.
08:24It is no small decision.
08:26And important not to rush.
08:28If Mr. Ryder does not propose, you must not think it is a reflection on you.
08:33Mr. Ryder has already proposed.
08:47It was a kind of proposal.
08:52Oh?
08:54Mr. Ryder proposed that I live with him in Italy, reading poetry and drinking wine.
09:03That sounds quite perfect.
09:05It does.
09:05Doesn't it?
09:06It does.
09:07I think I'd very much like to travel.
09:09I would certainly rise to the challenge of a new language.
09:13I have to give him my decision tomorrow morning.
09:16Well, what did you mean by a kind of proposal?
09:21Mr. Ryder believes that we should go to Italy.
09:27But remain unmarried.
09:32He proposed that you should be his mistress.
09:34Not in those words.
09:35I have never heard such a suggestion in my life.
09:37Oh, well, sadly, Lizzie.
09:38I think most of us will never find ourselves in a romantic situation as perfect as yours.
09:41But he insults you.
09:42He does not.
09:43Oh.
09:44Mr. Ryder believes that women shouldn't be owned in such a way as marriage.
09:48So he prefers a modern arrangement.
09:49I'm sure he does.
09:51One that is far more convenient for him.
09:53If he tires of this arrangement, he can easily move on whilst your reputation is ruined forever.
10:00Do you think he will tire of me?
10:01Of course not, Mary.
10:03I...
10:03Marriage is the only thing a woman has to protect herself against such difficulties.
10:08Tell me you are not seriously considering his offer.
10:13I mean, I've begun to think I'm not...
10:16I'm not much suited to conventional life.
10:21I've always been the odd one out.
10:24I...
10:26Oh, I know.
10:27I know the scandal would be huge.
10:29I know Mother would be mortified.
10:31But Mr. Ryder, he treats me well.
10:34He makes me laugh.
10:35He is...
10:36He is interested in me.
10:42And I could escape.
10:56Mr. Ryder is clearly fond of you.
11:01And it is admirable that he has his own way of seeing the world.
11:10But you deserve better than this offer.
11:16Lizzie.
11:18You have grown up with no shortage of suitors.
11:21And you're at home, too.
11:23You have always been like...
11:24Mary, we've had largely the same upbringing.
11:26No, no.
11:27We may have grown up in the same house with the same mother and father and the same sisters.
11:31But your experience of life has been wholly different to my own.
11:36You were celebrated.
11:38And you were...
11:39You were respected.
11:41I was not.
11:43I mean, for the rest of you, even in your worst moments growing up, you could look to me and
11:47think,
11:49at least I'm not Mary.
11:51That's not true.
11:52It's absolutely true.
11:55But I always admired your strength, that you never cared what Mother or any of us thought.
11:59Of course I cared.
12:01Well, you always did things your own way.
12:03That was the only way I knew.
12:11Mary, all I want is to protect you.
12:15Or protect yourself from whatever shame I might bring on the family.
12:22How could you think such a thing?
12:39Do you love Mr. Ryder?
12:54Do you love Mr. Ryder?
13:11Oh.
13:12What?
13:14Thank you, sir.
13:20There you are, sir.
13:24Yes, sir.
13:28Ah!
13:29Good morning, Miss Bennet.
13:31Good morning.
13:32And it is a perfect morning for travelling.
13:41I have enjoyed these last few days with you enormously.
13:46You have been a beam of light in the darkness.
13:50And I do not know what I would have done without your company.
13:53I have felt the same way.
14:03But I cannot accept your interesting proposal.
14:13I thought that you and I were aligned.
14:17I appreciate how important your ideas are to you.
14:20I know how strongly you feel about freedom in love.
14:30But, well, I am, I am still very much bound by the expectations of society.
14:38And the expectations I have.
14:41For myself.
14:46Of course.
14:49I see.
14:52Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
14:57My best wishes to your family.
15:19Right off.
15:32Good morning, Mary.
15:34Mother.
15:36I trust you slept well last night?
15:39I did, yes. Thank you.
15:41You must keep up your strength.
15:43Who knows what today may bring?
15:47Ah, here he is.
15:50Oh, what are you doing here?
15:52Oh, I was...
15:54Do join us, cousin.
15:56Where on earth is Mr. Ryder?
15:58Ah, Mr. Ryder has left.
16:01Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Collins. He has no plans to leave.
16:05I saw him. I saw him climb into his carriage and go.
16:11Mary?
16:12Yes, Mr. Ryder has left. He's left.
16:15Bemberley.
16:16Did he make you an offer of marriage?
16:20I will not be marrying Mr. Ryder.
16:25I will not be marrying anyone.
16:28What did you do?
16:30I'm sure Mary didn't do anything.
16:32Why is everything with you so relentlessly disappointing?
16:39Beautiful morning.
16:53Mother, I am sorry if I have disappointed you.
16:58I sometimes think you delight in vexing me.
17:02I do not.
17:05It is not too late.
17:08Too late for what, Mother?
17:11To write to Mr. Ryder and beg his forgiveness.
17:15His forgiveness?
17:17For whatever it is you did that drove him away.
17:22Oh, do you really believe a man of such means will come along again for you?
17:29But I...
17:30Do you think the gardeners will have you back when they hear what you have done to Mr. Ryder?
17:35Mother...
17:36If you will not write to him and ask him to return, then I shall write to my brother and
17:41tell him you are obliged to stay here with me.
17:46If you are incapable of taking advantage of the opportunities London Society offers you in finding you a match,
17:54then you shall remain here with me instead.
18:23Goodbye, Jane.
18:25Goodbye.
18:26I'll be thinking of you.
18:27Goodbye.
18:27Good luck.
18:28Thank you, Mummy.
18:29Good luck with Mother.
18:30Bye to you, Mummy.
18:56You make it worse.
19:07Mary don't do that
19:09sorry mother
19:13you endlessly
19:16try my patience
19:38do not leave on my account Miss Bennet
19:43sorry I cannot provide good company today
19:48I've noticed you've been most subdued of late
19:52if I can be better help do you say
19:53we men of the cloth can offer the most useful counsel
19:58thank you Mr. Collins
20:01I am
20:02I'm often alone myself
20:05Mrs. Collins has
20:06so many duties and preoccupations
20:09that she has very little time left to spend with me
20:11oh
20:12it seems I
20:14have the habit of frustrating her
20:18as I tend to do everyone
20:20no not at all
20:22Mr. Collins
20:25my father often commented that I was worthless
20:29I thought a great deal about turning myself into something different
20:32someone easy and obliging but
20:37somehow I can't
20:42I've always
20:44struck the wrong note
20:45with people
20:47even in childhood
20:49I felt the same way
20:51many times
20:52um
20:53I
20:54I think you
20:55you have
20:56much to offer
20:57Mr. Collins
21:01excuse me
21:02excuse me
21:02I realise I'm now burdening you with my troubles
21:04no
21:05not
21:05not at all
21:06hmm
21:08what are you reading
21:09hmm
21:11oh
21:12er
21:14Aristotle
21:15I'm
21:17looking into
21:18the question of
21:19happiness
21:23happiness
21:26what it is
21:28how one might
21:30find it
21:33do you um
21:34do you have an answer
21:36well
21:39I'm not quite sure
21:40I
21:41I've
21:42found some points of interest
21:45please would you
21:46tell me what you know
21:47Mr. Collins
21:50what I've discovered
21:52seems to suggest
21:53that
21:54it is only
21:55through self-knowledge
21:56that genuine happiness is experienced
21:58through self-knowledge
22:00hmm
22:00I
22:01I think it is only when
22:02we have
22:02examined
22:03and
22:04understood
22:05our strengths
22:06and weaknesses
22:06and been
22:07honest enough
22:08about what we truly desire
22:09from life
22:11only then
22:12do you have any chance at all
22:13of retaining happiness
22:17so
22:17what Aristotle is saying
22:19is that
22:21our happiness
22:25is in our own hands
22:28yes
22:29oh
22:30I think so
22:30yes
22:32interesting thought
22:34isn't it
22:35it's most interesting
22:43Mary
22:44it is him
22:47it must be
22:48Mr. Ryder
22:48coming back
22:49to try again
23:01uncle
23:02Mary
23:05Jane
23:16you reminded us
23:18of the importance
23:19of protecting our health
23:21and so
23:22Edward and I
23:22have decided
23:23to spend
23:23some much needed
23:24time in the lakes
23:25hmm
23:26wonderful
23:27quite wonderful
23:27all that wind
23:29would play havoc
23:30with my nerves
23:31and we were wondering
23:33whether Mary
23:34might join us
23:34Mary
23:35yes
23:36we thought
23:36perhaps Mary
23:37could join us
23:38in the lakes
23:39and then return
23:39with us to London
23:40Elizabeth wrote to us
23:41explaining that
23:42Mary was without much
23:44to occupy her here
23:45she has a very good
23:47occupation
23:47she is my companion
23:49I think it's a very
23:50sensible idea
23:50for Mary
23:51to get some fresh air
23:52oh do you now
23:53what do you think
23:54Mary
23:55Mary will not leave me
23:57she knows I do not
23:58have many years left
23:59and she wants to spend
24:01this precious time
24:02at my side
24:03isn't that right
24:04Mary
24:06mother
24:08Mr. Darcy and I
24:09have arranged
24:10a new companion
24:11for you
24:12she's called Susan
24:13Susan
24:15am I to be
24:16looked after
24:17by a Susan
24:19we very much
24:20enjoy Mary's company
24:21as do I
24:23and knowing
24:23her passion
24:24for words
24:25she is forbidden
24:25to leave
24:31aunt
24:33uncle
24:35thank you
24:35for your invitation
24:41I would be delighted
24:43to join you
24:44what do you mean
24:45I think
24:46dear sister
24:47she means
24:48she will be joining us
24:49in the lake districts
24:50what a good idea
24:51a good decision
24:52Mary
24:53well done
24:54a most excellent decision
24:55always good to challenge oneself
24:57oh do be quiet
24:58Mr. Collins
25:00well done Mary
25:02well done
25:03you should probably
25:04go and pack
25:04I will help
25:19I envy you
25:23you envy me
25:24the lakes
25:26London
25:27I never did experience
25:29much of life
25:30it is a bold
25:31and brave decision
25:32Mary
25:33and for what it's worth
25:35I think it's the right one
25:41forgive me Charlotte
25:42I don't want to speak
25:44out of turn
25:46I mean
25:46I often have
25:50only you seem
25:54quite unhappy
26:03when my mother told me
26:04the only choice
26:05for a woman
26:05was marriage
26:06or misery
26:07she
26:09negated to tell me
26:10it was possible
26:11to be both
26:11married
26:12and
26:13miserable
26:17yes well my father
26:18let us in on that
26:19particular secret
26:20some years ago
26:22yes
26:23but I do believe
26:24that
26:26if you look
26:26a little under
26:27the surface
26:29you will find
26:30more to Mr. Collins
26:31than you imagine
26:38goodbye mother
26:41I will write
26:44as you wish
26:48Susan
26:51Susan
27:01Mary I am so sorry
27:03if you have ever felt
27:04that I was ashamed of you
27:07for I am not
27:09I am very proud of you
27:19I am scared
27:20Lizzy
27:23what if I made
27:24all the wrong decisions
27:31Mary
27:32you will
27:33flourish
27:48I had made my escape
27:50and would not look back
27:53I did not know
27:54what was next
27:55but I knew
27:57that I could not return
27:58to live with my family
27:59ever again
28:00Miss Bennet
28:01Miss Bennet
28:02I have something
28:06for you
28:10thank you Mr. Collins
28:30could it be that
28:31I decide my future
28:34I felt sure
28:35that the lakes
28:35would offer me a chance
28:36for peace and reflection
28:38oh Mary
28:39I ought to have told you
28:40Tom Haywood
28:41will be joining us
28:42in the lakes
28:44I should have known
28:45that my life
28:46was never that simple
28:48who said
28:49I may have been
28:50but I could not
28:51be a good one
28:51if I need to
28:57I could not
29:17let them
29:17I could not
29:17but I could not
29:17I could not
29:17I could not
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