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The Other Bennet Sister S01E04 (2026)
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00:09If London was to be a new start for me, I would push all sorts of poetry and love aside.
00:20Mother warned me of the dirt, disease and despair that could be found here.
00:25She failed to mention the breadth of humanity.
00:31And the anonymity of the city suited me well.
00:34I had taken to walking the city's beautiful parks.
00:38It seemed that all life was in London.
00:42And here I could be anything I wanted.
00:51And surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
00:58Where did I put it?
01:01She breaks my heart a little.
01:03She seems so awkward in herself.
01:06I worry my sister's caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:09Oh, I wonder.
01:10She's perhaps not the most natural madness.
01:13But what else could she do in life?
01:15Be her mother's companion?
01:17I thought Tom brought her out of herself.
01:19Cut and hearted man that he is.
01:20And she seemed to get on well with Anne Baxter the other evening.
01:23She has so little confidence.
01:25Yes.
01:26It can't have been easy growing up in the shadow of her sisters.
01:30Found it.
01:30Oh, there it is.
01:32Well, I'm happy she's with us.
01:34She has an interesting...
01:40Oh, it's Ben.
01:42Mr. Hayward.
01:45How are you?
01:46Are you good to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
01:48Oh, well, uh...
01:50I'm not sure I have the mind to appreciate it completely.
01:52I keep hoping Mr. Coleridge will explain himself or that Mr. Wordsworth will say what he really means.
01:58But they seem to enjoy keeping their secrets.
02:02Well, do not blame yourself.
02:04I think some poets enjoy being difficult to understand.
02:15Miss Bennett, I was so sorry to hear about you, Father.
02:19Moving to the city without your family.
02:22You not having your mother to confide in.
02:24Oh, it's a relief to be without her.
02:26In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of them.
02:34I'm sorry you're not feeling yourself.
02:39I'm afraid I'm not.
02:41I'm just not finding my place here as easily as I thought.
02:44Sorry, please excuse me.
02:45Oh, Mary!
02:46Tom, how lovely to see you!
02:49Quietly, my dear, you'll summon the children who I fear have begun to associate Tom's name with a worryingly large
02:54bag of sugar plums.
02:55Please excuse me.
02:56Sorry, I'm sorry.
02:58Sorry.
03:18My dear Mary, I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:23I have heard nothing from you at all.
03:28How are you managing your duties?
03:30You never were good with children, even when you were one yourself.
03:36I may require you to return to Pemberley, where I will be spending the summer.
03:43Lizzie has expressed a wish to see you, but more urgently, my new puppy has a nervous air and requires
03:50near constant companionship.
03:56I had come to London to see the world outside of my family, and that is what I would do.
04:06Oh, Mary, you're painting!
04:09To teach the children.
04:10Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play!
04:16It's terrible.
04:18No, no, it's...
04:20It's very neat.
04:23Did you see the letter from your mother?
04:26Is she well?
04:27Between several complaints about the damp, the unseasonable pollen, and an unpleasant exchange with a rude shopkeeper, I understand that
04:35she is.
04:36Yes.
04:36I honestly think she enjoys such encounters.
04:39It makes her feel more alive.
04:42Oh, now, speaking of encounters, I think this might be of interest to you.
04:47Tom made a strange request to Mr Gardiner and I, and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
04:52Oh?
04:53Yes, he was most mysterious.
04:55He wants us to meet him tomorrow morning, where he says he plans to break through our rational reserve and
05:02move our hearts as well as our heads.
05:05He does, yes.
05:06Whatever that might entail.
05:09I must work on my lesson plans.
05:11Mary, you must join us.
05:13For my sake?
05:15Please consider it.
05:23We...
05:30Good luck.
05:43Bye.
05:44Bye.
05:47Bye.
05:49Bye.
06:09Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Miss Bennet, thank you for humoring me.
06:14Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
06:16I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself for a morning recital unlike any other in
06:22a hidden garden.
06:23Good Lord.
06:24Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
06:26I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skillfully deploys to avoid such events.
06:31Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
06:33Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for good weather have been in vain.
06:37No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
06:42A little drizzle?
06:46Just down there.
06:53This way? Yes.
07:06How?
07:10That's magical.
07:12What?
07:18Please forgive the theatrics.
07:20I had given Miss Bennet the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how to feel it.
07:29Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
07:42Earth has not anything to show more fair.
07:47Dole would he be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.
07:54This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning, silent, bare.
08:06Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields, into the sky.
08:18All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
08:23Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendor.
08:28Valley.
08:29Valley, rock, or hill.
08:32Nurse or right, never felt a calm so deep.
08:37The river glideth at his own sweet will.
08:42Dear God, the very houses seem asleep.
08:47And all that mighty heart is lying still.
09:01Well done, Tom. A moving rendition.
09:05Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words.
09:10And what a beautiful place.
09:13Are we steering over flowers like this?
09:15Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
09:19Come, let's take a turn.
09:21Indeed.
09:23This place is magical.
09:27Yes, it is.
09:35Well, Miss Bennet, how do you feel?
09:42I...
09:45Well, for once I have nothing to say.
09:48I am sorry to hear that.
09:49No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
09:59You have such varied ways to express your feelings.
10:04Mine feel frozen or feeble or entirely unknowable.
10:13I do not know, Miss Bennet.
10:15Well, I use the words of others to puzzle through things I do not understand.
10:21But I do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions.
10:34Forgive me.
10:37Oh, um...
10:38Sorry, Miss Bennet, I...
10:39Oh.
10:40It was just a petal.
10:42Mr Hayward, I think I must leave London.
10:46Well, you have only just arrived.
10:48It is no great event.
10:49My mother needs a companion.
10:51I see.
10:52And, well, you will likely be very busy soon.
10:56What with, uh, social engagements and, uh, Miss Baxter.
11:04I'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice I'm gone.
11:08Well, I'd hoped that this would restore your spirit.
11:10Oh, indeed it did.
11:12It did.
11:14I shall never forget it.
11:29I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
11:32Good heavens!
11:33Mary, this is quite unexpected.
11:35Well, is anything the matter?
11:37My mother needs me.
11:39Is my sister bored?
11:41I know that she's more likely than anyone in England
11:44to summon the troops on account of her loneliness,
11:46but must you answer the call?
11:50I think I must.
11:52Well, we so enjoy having you here.
11:54The children will be disappointed.
11:56Yes, it's kind of you to say it is the truth.
12:04I must plan today's lessons.
12:14Dearest Mother,
12:16although my time in London has been enlightening,
12:20I will be by your side for your summer at Pemberley.
12:24As requested.
12:27I am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle,
12:31but as you rightly point out, I do not wish to burn them.
12:35And it will, of course, be an honour
12:39to look after your new pub.
12:47The people who do not know.
12:53the people who do not know.
12:58I will be leaving.
13:00Do come in.
13:17There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
13:22She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
13:27She gave them some broth, without any bread,
13:29and she whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
13:33That poem started very well and ended very badly.
13:37A good observation, Miss Marianne.
13:39Why didn't she just move into a boot when the children got too many?
13:43Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
13:44It's a glorious revolution all finished then, Miss Bennet.
13:48This week, we will write and perform a poem instead.
13:51Yes!
13:53I want to do a poem about myself because I'm quite interested.
13:57I'll do Typhoid.
13:59I'll read all frogs.
14:00Disgusting.
14:02Miss Marianne?
14:05Love.
14:16The eye, it cannot choose but see.
14:19We cannot bid the ear be still.
14:23Our bodies feel where they be.
14:26Against or with our will.
14:35A big green frog sat on a log.
14:38The frog was quite full.
14:41It had eaten ten flies, two slugs, one worm and three lily pad pies.
14:51Oh, Miss Bennet, you were obviously inspired by our morning poetry reading.
14:55Oh, I was.
14:57No, I, um, yes, I am.
15:00Oh, no.
15:01What is it, Miss Rebecca?
15:02I had a prop and I forgot to use it.
15:06Oh, uh, well, um, fear not.
15:10A prop is, is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of words.
15:14Indeed.
15:18Who's next?
15:22I would be sad to leave London.
15:25It was the first time I had ever felt a sense of belonging.
15:30Oh, there you are.
15:32I wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day.
15:36The children were being consolable about you leaving.
15:39Marianne is stitching you a cushion with an inspirational Latin phrase, I believe.
15:44Oh, yes.
15:46It's mori quam fordari.
15:48Death before dishonor.
15:50Goodness, how exciting.
15:53We shall miss you, Mary.
15:55I think we both know I'm not well-suited to London's liveliness.
16:01Oh, Mary.
16:02You've barely given it a chance.
16:06Things change.
16:08People.
16:10Situations.
16:13Over time.
16:17May I venture something on that subject?
16:21The other day,
16:24I went to buy a bonnet
16:25and in the first shop I went into
16:28found a stunning bonnet.
16:30An elegant blue.
16:31Quite lovely on me, if I dare say such a thing.
16:33When I went to purchase it,
16:37it had been reserved for someone else.
16:41I went into another shop
16:43and found not four other bonnets
16:46I liked just as much
16:47and in the end
16:50one, a shade of dusky pink
16:52that suited me even more.
16:57Do you see what I'm saying?
17:01Blue is not your colour?
17:04No, I'm saying that London has such a variety of choices
17:07and such quantity too.
17:09You may enjoy the first thing you see well enough
17:13but often
17:14something more exciting will come along.
17:18Anyway,
17:19I just thought I'd let you know.
17:21Well, um,
17:22yes, thank you for that.
17:23It was very
17:25interesting.
17:26Oh, I was meaning to tell you.
17:28We have decided to host
17:30a little entertainment tomorrow.
17:31A night of games.
17:33Oh dear.
17:34What sort of games?
17:35No catching.
17:36Word games.
17:37Riddles and such.
17:38And very pleasant company.
17:40Company I know?
17:41Or
17:42new company?
17:43All new.
17:45And very friendly.
17:47We desperately desire
17:48that you remember London fondly.
17:51This may be your final event
17:53with us before you leave.
17:58I resolved not to send
18:00the letter to Mother just yet.
18:03It would be a shame
18:04to leave before the weekend.
18:12I'm sorry for you.
18:40Sorry, I didn't realise
18:42there was a line.
18:42No, please.
18:43I wish more people
18:44had such a restrained
18:45relationship to punch.
18:48May I?
18:48Oh, yes, of course.
18:51Noble defender of the punch.
18:52I surrender my post.
18:57And what brings you here?
18:58The word games
18:59or the company?
19:00I like words.
19:02I'm not much for games.
19:04Ah, then it's the company
19:05you've come for.
19:07Miss...
19:07Bennett.
19:08Mary Bennett.
19:10William Ryder.
19:12And where have you come from,
19:13Miss Bennett?
19:14Surely I would have remembered
19:15seeing you near punch bowls
19:16across London.
19:18I am new in town.
19:21Well, I, for one,
19:23am always pleased
19:24to see a new face.
19:26Huh.
19:29Now, please gather.
19:30Pick your seats.
19:31I see the riddles
19:32are about to commence.
19:33We are wise
19:34to begin with full glasses.
19:42And now,
19:43the quickfire round.
19:45Two words,
19:46one answer.
19:48Counterfeit agony.
19:49Counterfeit agony.
19:51I mean,
19:52trick?
19:53My brain is in agony.
19:53It isn't counterfeit.
19:54It is quite real.
19:56Champagne.
19:57Right.
19:57Champagne.
19:59Champagne!
20:00Quite right, Miss Clark.
20:01Another point to you
20:02and our new leader.
20:05Fancy delivering
20:05a champagne in word
20:06and not in glass.
20:08Tease us,
20:08Mr. Gardiner.
20:09All right then,
20:10Mr. Ryder.
20:10Here's one for you.
20:13Judy's fellow.
20:15Oh.
20:18My God,
20:18I know it.
20:20Punch!
20:21Oh, well done,
20:22Mr. Ryder.
20:23Finally,
20:24you've arrived.
20:25Oh.
20:30My first word
20:32comedians
20:33dread to hear
20:34my next
20:35new life
20:36in a revolving year.
20:38I'll repeat it.
20:40My first word
20:41comedians dread to hear
20:43my next
20:44new life
20:45in a revolving year.
20:46Offspring.
20:47Yes!
20:47Oh, well done,
20:48Miss Bennet.
20:49Miss Bennet.
20:51Well done.
20:52For of us.
20:53Yes, Miss Bennet.
20:55Cheers to you.
20:56What's next?
20:58Mandarin.
20:59Delicious.
21:00Miss Bennet,
21:01how lovely to see you.
21:01too, Miss Baxter.
21:03Mr. Hayward,
21:04we're so pleased you made it.
21:05I had false intelligence.
21:07You were busy this evening.
21:08Well, we somehow managed
21:09to persuade Mr. Hayward
21:10away from his work.
21:11I have an important case.
21:13Oh, he has the terrible
21:14fortune of being the only
21:15lawyer in London
21:16who exclusively
21:16gets important cases.
21:19Do excuse us,
21:20Mrs. Drew.
21:21Excuse me?
21:24Miss Bennet?
21:25Tom!
21:26Will!
21:28Mr. Ryder
21:28and I studied
21:29law together.
21:30Yes,
21:31Mr. Hayward
21:31is responsible
21:32for my untimely
21:33retirement in the field.
21:34Is that so,
21:35Mr. Ryder?
21:36Well,
21:36he fed me so many poems
21:38I believe myself
21:38a deep romantic soul.
21:40Too sensitive
21:41for the rigours of law.
21:42Seems like a heavy charge
21:43shall lay solely
21:44at the feet of poetry.
21:46Mary,
21:47how is the night
21:47of games going?
21:48Do we have any hope
21:49for making a late
21:50charge for the prize?
21:51Not unless you wish
21:52to bribe our host.
21:53Miss Bennet here
21:54is putting us all to shame.
21:55Oh, nonsense,
21:55Mr. Ryder.
21:56You beat me to the punch.
21:57You see?
21:59Masterful words.
22:03Please gather yourselves
22:04for the penultimate round.
22:07Mr. Ryder.
22:07What?
22:09I'm glad to see
22:10you're in better spirits,
22:12Miss Bennet.
22:13This evening has been
22:14something of a tonic,
22:15Mr. Hayward.
22:19Round three.
22:21Ready?
22:23Sunday.
22:23Yes!
22:24I'm going to miss Baxter.
22:28Is it Doldrums?
22:31No, no, no.
22:32Forget I said anything.
22:33It's a mercury.
22:33Yes!
22:34Well done.
22:35Is it really?
22:37Well done.
22:38Remarkable.
22:41Come on.
22:42Anybody?
22:43Lighthouse.
22:47I've never known a lack
22:48of thinking
22:48to prevent you
22:49from speaking.
22:51That is five points
22:53apiece
22:54for Miss Clark
22:55and Miss Bennet.
22:58Well done.
23:03The final round.
23:05The two players
23:05with the most points
23:06go head to head
23:07to crack one final riddle
23:09and decide the winner.
23:10The leaders come
23:11as no surprise.
23:12Miss Clark
23:14and Miss Bennet.
23:16You mean I didn't make it?
23:17I'm astonished.
23:19Mrs. Gardiner,
23:20would you do the odds?
23:23To suffer my seconds,
23:25the doom of my first.
23:27and of all of my seconds,
23:30my whole is the worst.
23:43Heartache!
23:45Yes!
23:47Good Lord!
23:48She's Britain's flag is mine!
23:49How's that?
23:51That's great!
23:54We declare we have a winner!
23:56London's newest arrival
23:58but it's fiercest competitor,
24:00Miss Mary Bennet.
24:06I'm very glad
24:07that we arrived
24:08in time to see you grow up,
24:09Miss Bennet.
24:12I wanted to say
24:13Miss Bennet,
24:15you are a liar.
24:17Am I?
24:18You told me
24:19you were not much for games.
24:20Well, I...
24:22I can't catch.
24:24Miss Bennet,
24:25I've been meaning to invite you to tea
24:27since I hear
24:27very sadly
24:28you are leaving London.
24:29Miss Bennet, surely not.
24:31You can't deprive
24:31the game players of London
24:33your...
24:33your riddling talents.
24:35Round of applause
24:36for our winner,
24:38Miss Bennet.
24:39Oh, well done!
24:40Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo.
24:43In that moment,
24:44I think I understood
24:46what my aunt was telling me
24:48with the convoluted story
24:49about the bonnets
24:53that quantity
24:55has a quality
24:56all of its own.
25:03Thank you so much.
25:04I never doubted you.
25:05Oh, no.
25:06This way.
25:07Thank you for coming.
25:09Mr. Garland,
25:09it's a place.
25:11How about...
25:11Mary,
25:12how you shone.
25:14You even caught the attention
25:15of the most eligible bachelor
25:17in town.
25:18I've been thinking...
25:19It seems a shame
25:20to leave London
25:21before I've
25:22given it a fair chance.
25:24I think I might like
25:25to stay a little while
25:26if it's not too much burden.
25:28It's not a burden
25:29to us at all.
25:30We're delighted
25:31to have you with us.
25:35Oh, thank you so much
25:37for coming.
25:37Living in London
25:38was helping me
25:38to see that there
25:39could be more to life
25:40than just marriage
25:41or misery.
25:43Perhaps my aunt
25:44was right.
25:45Even the most hopeless
25:47of situations,
25:49the most hopeless
25:50of people,
25:51can,
25:52with kindness,
25:54change,
25:55little by little,
25:57over time.
25:59I was excited
26:01to discover
26:01who Mary Bennett
26:02might be.
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