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