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The Other Bennet Sister S01E03 (2026)
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00:04The loss of my father was a leap into the unknown.
00:09Longborn was my childhood home, and although I had my struggles here, it was all I had
00:15ever known.
00:17From now on, would I be relying on the hospitality of my sisters, destined to spend my days as
00:24my mother's companion?
00:27What other choice did I have?
00:32I do not expect any of you to understand my pain.
00:37The bond Mr. Bennett and I shared was a rare thing.
00:42I do not know that I shall ever eat again.
00:47Who is that?
00:49I do not know, Mama.
00:50What sort of person would impinge upon our hour of mourning so distastefully?
00:58Charlotte, I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray.
01:03Disarray.
01:04Understandably.
01:06We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news, but knew you would
01:10need time as a family to...
01:12better your things.
01:12Huh?
01:13Yourselves?
01:14Together.
01:18I want to make it quite clear that there is no rush for you to leave Longborn.
01:29Thank you, Mr. Collins.
01:31You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full two weeks.
01:35Two weeks?
01:36Mrs. Bennett, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave.
01:39But I have arranged some help with the packing.
01:42So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of need?
01:48Hmm.
01:50Oh!
01:59Mama, you must come and stay with Mr. Greenlee and I in Everfield.
02:03We have a number of cooks and more servants than we know what to do with.
02:07Oh, Jane.
02:09I would be delighted.
02:11It would bring me great comfort to be in a sightable property with a large number of
02:16staff at my disposal.
02:19And Mary, you of course must come too.
02:24But if you are worried about company, Caroline Bingley stays with us often.
02:28Well, yes, but I have not yet thought through my future prospects.
02:35Speaking of your prospects, Mary, I have received a letter from my brother and his wife in London.
02:41Their governess has been called back to Norfolk and they have asked me to send you to stay
02:46with them until a suitable replacement is found.
02:49There is going to be a governess.
02:50Oh, Mary.
02:51I would very much like to help, but you will need me, Mama.
02:56I have already accepted their offer.
02:59They are sending a carriage.
03:01But, Mama, do not worry about me, Mary.
03:04I shall have Jane by my side.
03:20If my options in life really were marriage or misery, it looked very much as though I
03:26was destined for misery.
03:34Mrs. Bennet is indisposed.
03:38Oh.
03:40Of course.
03:42Thank you, Hill.
03:51What if the children don't like me?
03:54Why should they not like you?
03:56You are a perfectly likeable soul.
04:00I have nothing ready to teach them.
04:03Mary, nobody knows more facts about anything than you.
04:09It's time for you to get out and see the world.
04:12Meet some other people that live in it.
04:15I think it'll do you good.
04:17Do not be frightened, Miss Mary.
04:19Oh, no, I'm not.
04:21No, I'm just...
04:57Don't be frightened.
05:01Oh, my God.
05:47Mary, you're welcome.
05:49I am sorry, you must be hungry after the journey.
05:51You'd like some toasted cheese.
05:52But first, we'll show you your room.
05:54Come in, come in.
05:57It's right at the top of the house, so you won't be disturbed by the children.
06:18How's your mother?
06:20She's had a most trying time of late.
06:22Well, you all have.
06:25Mother is well.
06:26Thank you for inquiring.
06:29And how are you, Mary?
06:31It must have been a terrible shock.
06:36It was.
06:38Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice.
06:42We don't stand on ceremony here, especially with the children, so if you don't mind that, you'll do well with
06:47us.
06:48And the rest of your belongings will be brought up any moment.
06:51Do you have all you need?
06:53I do.
07:04I do.
07:05And...
07:06Which malls aren't the greatest family here?
07:09Would you?
07:10I do?
07:11I do.
07:11I do.
07:12I do.
07:14I do.
07:15I do.
07:18I do.
07:21I do.
07:29Mary, won't you join us for breakfast?
07:31Oh, no, no, no, sir, thank you, sir.
07:32I'm not at all hungry this morning.
07:34I shall see the children upstairs.
07:47Mary, would you like to start?
07:50Miss Bennet, it's a pleasure to meet you.
07:53I'm Marianne Gardner, and I'm 11 years old.
07:56It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne.
08:01George!
08:04Yes, thank you, George.
08:07And this is...
08:11This is Rebecca.
08:13Thank you, Miss Rebecca.
08:16And if an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance
08:25and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species,
08:34we must be assured that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted constitution
08:40will be the most liable to perish.
08:46You've made him go to sleep.
08:53Let us move on to history, shall we?
08:55Now, in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America.
09:01Where is America?
09:03Ah, yes, America.
09:06Uh...
09:10Where has Rebecca gone?
09:12There were very clearly three of you in this room when I began looking at the globe,
09:15and now there are two of you.
09:17She vanished.
09:18She's a magician.
09:20What magic is nothing but illusion and trickery?
09:22Oh.
09:23Now where could she be?
09:26Tom, we're here!
09:27Tom, can we finish lessons now?
09:28Yes.
09:29Oh, forgive the intrusion.
09:31I, uh, came to tell you that dinner is served.
09:34You must be Miss Bennett.
09:36I, I must be.
09:38Oh, yes, I am.
09:40Uh, Tom Haywood.
09:42Oh.
09:43Friend of the family.
09:48Aren't there normally three of you?
09:50There were three, certainly, but I was looking at America, and when I looked back, it was...
10:03Do you have mice, Miss Bennett?
10:06For if you do, might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk?
10:11Well, I, I wasn't sure.
10:13I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks.
10:16Oh, you see, in there, they cannot get to their cheese.
10:20Actually, it's a fallacy that mice like cheese.
10:24Of course.
10:25They're much more partial to root vegetables and grains.
10:28Yes, indeed.
10:30I'm a rabbit.
10:34Mr. Haywood?
10:36Mr. Haywood, I am keeping a rabbit in the toy trunk because I, uh...
10:45Because rabbits are not at all social creatures.
10:48Exactly.
10:49Yes, they are.
10:54Now, why exactly do you have a new governess?
10:57Is it that you keep eating them?
11:01Oh.
11:05Tom helped Edward with the legal matters some years ago, and we've been friends ever since.
11:09You know, there are four of my lodges.
11:11Oh.
11:12Yes.
11:13Oh.
11:14What is a revolutionary Republican?
11:20Well, as discussed during the lesson, they're often associated with Jacobinism.
11:26But my point really was...
11:27Sounds like you had a very interesting first day, Miss Bennett.
11:30Well, uh...
11:31Have you read Catherine Cawley, Miss Bennett?
11:34Yes, I have.
11:36Yes.
11:37Mary told us about smallpox.
11:39I shall never sleep again.
11:41Well, you asked me to be truthful.
11:43What's a deadly rash?
11:45She said it can leave one blind or dead.
11:48That is not quite how I put it.
11:50Blind or dead, she said.
11:51Well, that is true.
11:52There's a mortality rate of about...
11:54Thirty percent.
11:57Exactly.
11:59George cried three times.
12:02There was something in my eye.
12:03We held hands until Mary had finished talking.
12:07Well, you're never too young to learn about life.
12:10I think our game is in order, don't you?
12:12I think that's a very good idea.
12:14Yes.
12:15Yes.
12:15I'm first.
12:16But what should we play?
12:18Graces.
12:18Graces.
12:19Ah.
12:19Let's show Mary how to play graces.
12:22Yes.
12:23Mary-Anne.
12:24Welcome.
12:26Bravo.
12:27Bravo.
12:28You have to back up.
12:29Woo-oh.
12:31Oh.
12:32Oh.
12:32It doesn't need it.
12:34It doesn't need it.
12:34It doesn't need it.
12:35It doesn't need it.
12:36It doesn't need it.
12:36Oh, you told me.
12:37You'll need to get someone to look at that.
12:39Send it to Blyde.
12:40He'll fix it for you.
12:42Ready?
12:43Go.
12:44Yes.
12:44Yes.
12:45Oh, well done.
12:46Flare play.
12:47You look like a wizard.
12:49Yes.
12:55Are you sure you won't join in, Mary?
12:58Oh, uh, no.
12:59I'm not good at games.
13:00Oh, that doesn't matter at all.
13:03Yes.
13:05Well, you couldn't possibly be as ungainly as I am.
13:08Really, I'd only spoil it.
13:16George.
13:16Ready?
13:18Oh.
13:19Oh, well done.
13:26Yes, Tom?
13:26Mr. Gordon.
13:28Oh!
13:29Oh!
13:45Yes?
13:47Mary?
13:50Oh, do not look so grave, my dear.
13:52You're not in trouble.
13:54With the weather getting warmer, we're about to become more sociable.
13:57Oh!
13:58Oh, please, do not feel any obligation to involve me.
14:00I shall be quite content to stay upstairs with the children.
14:02Mary, we want you to join us.
14:06But I do not sparkle at dinners.
14:08But I do not sparkle at dinners.
14:10In our house, no one is obliged to sparkle.
14:15Then, of course.
14:17But we need to get you properly dressed.
14:19Oh.
14:20I thought perhaps tomorrow we could go to the haberdashers and you could pick out some fabrics.
14:23I do not really care for dressers.
14:26That's a shame.
14:27But very well.
14:30Perhaps think about it, Mary.
14:32There is a dress allowance as part of your governess wages.
14:36I have thought about it.
14:38And I would very much like to accept your kind offer.
14:41That's excellent news.
14:44Well, good night, Mary.
14:46And thank you for today.
14:55This must be such a change for Meriton.
14:58It most certainly is.
15:09What do you think of the deep greens?
15:12We have a soiree coming up.
15:13Now, I think deep green would be perfect.
15:17Mother has always said it's terribly difficult to get any colour to work with my complexion.
15:21Really?
15:22Well, perhaps your complexions change because I can see many colours here which would work well on you.
15:27But the most important thing being is that you choose fabrics that you truly like.
15:33But Mother says that Mother isn't here.
15:38Mrs. Garner?
15:40Oh.
15:41Miss Bennet?
15:41Tom!
15:43Mr. Hayward, have you brought your jacket to be mended?
15:45I have just this minute chopped it off.
15:47Well, now that you're here, you can make yourself useful.
15:50Miss Bennet needs to choose some dress fabric.
15:53I find myself quite overwhelmed by the voice.
15:56Well, I shall be honest and say that my experience of picking dress fabric is limited.
16:00To say the least.
16:02But I shall try.
16:05Have you seen the names of these colours?
16:07We've got Dust of Ruins, Corbeau, or Flamme de Bonche, anyone?
16:14Oh, I think I shall take the Drake's neck with a splash of none key.
16:19Anyone for gumboes?
16:21Well, I mean, that's just yellow, that one.
16:24Yes.
16:24Yes.
16:26I think my advice would be to choose the colours that make one feel more like oneself.
16:32And I am sorry not to be of more use.
16:34I should return to my desk.
16:35And a particularly unexciting land negotiation.
16:40Good day.
16:41Good day.
16:46Oh, poor Tom, you work so hard.
16:49Really?
16:50Underneath that light-hearted manner, carries the weight of the world on his shoulders.
16:57Now, have you decided?
17:00I have chosen.
17:02Very well, Mary.
17:05The first is this crimson, and then I thought perhaps a spring green trim.
17:12Lovely.
17:13Yes.
17:14But you will need two dresses.
17:15So perhaps...
17:18China blue?
17:20Hmm.
17:23Do you think a dress in the spring green alone would be garish?
17:27What do you think, Mary?
17:30Some people may think it is wild, but...
17:34I like it.
17:36Then I think you should please yourself and not worry what others may think.
17:41You've done a very good job.
17:42No.
17:46No.
17:50No.
18:14the gardeners are out
18:16buying shoes for the children
18:19would you like to
18:21play graces
18:21well yes
18:24thank you
18:30ready
18:32yes
18:39I did it
18:41you did
18:41natural
18:42beginner's luck
18:46ready
18:47all right
18:49one moment
18:58you
19:04you
19:05you
19:05you
19:05you
19:05you
19:20you
19:28Ready?
19:29Yes
19:31Oh
19:32Oh
19:33Oh
19:34Oh
19:34Oh
19:34Oh
19:35Oh
19:36Yeah
19:38That's
19:39That's probably
19:39Enough
19:40For today
19:41Oh yes
19:44I brought a book
19:46For Mr. Tyler
19:47Oh of course
19:47Yes
19:48Ah
19:49Poetry
19:50Do you like
19:51Poetry
19:52Mr. Vernon?
19:52I prefer facts
19:53To whimsy
19:57Whimsy?
19:58I've tried
19:59Will, Cowper
20:01Byron
20:02Even some Dryden
20:03But um
20:05Well it seems to me
20:06That it's all just
20:07Words
20:09What were you expecting?
20:12Are you a scholar
20:13Sir?
20:14No
20:15I'm a barrister
20:16Junior
20:17And though the law
20:18Is my business
20:19Poetry is my passion
20:22What do you
20:23Like to read?
20:24Uh
20:25Works of non-fiction
20:26Um
20:27Histories
20:27And uh
20:28And geology
20:29And what
20:31Do you like to read
20:32For pleasure?
20:33That is
20:34Reading for pleasure
20:36There is
20:36Nothing
20:37You like
20:38About poetry
20:43Some poems
20:43Some poems are
20:44Mercifully short
20:46Well
20:48Now that you have
20:49Thrown down the gauntlet
20:50I will not rest
20:51Until you have appreciated
20:52The merits of poetry
20:56I believe
20:57That this is the book
20:59That will open the heart
21:00Of Miss Mary Bennett
21:05Oh
21:08The gardener's home
21:09Oh
21:09Is it
21:10Yes
21:10Yes
21:11Uh
21:12Well
21:13I
21:14I
21:14I
21:15I
21:16I
21:17I
21:17I
21:17I
21:18I
21:19I
21:20I
21:30I
21:39And we'll need more scallops
21:40Mrs. Sholly will claim
21:42She could possibly
21:42Before helping herself
21:43To seven
21:45Must be very strange
21:47Without your family here
21:49There was always at least
21:51One argument about
21:52Stolen perfume
21:57Mary you look lovely
22:01I'm not sure
22:05I think we should let your hair fall naturally
22:07No point trying to force it into curls
22:09If it doesn't want to go
22:15Here
22:31No point trying to force it into curls
22:35No point trying to force it into curls
22:48No point trying to force it into curls
22:48No point trying to force it into curls
22:52No point trying to force it into curls
22:53No point trying to force it into curls
22:53That's basically it, but they're awfully fun there.
23:00Good evening.
23:02I do not believe we have met.
23:04I'm Miss Baxter.
23:06Delighted to meet you, Miss Baxter.
23:07I am Miss Bennet.
23:09I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire.
23:13Fanchor, Mr Fanchor.
23:18A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts.
23:23One got stuck in his throat and that was it.
23:25He was quite dead in minutes.
23:32I hope I didn't cause any offence.
23:34That was marvellous.
23:35Oh, I shall keep that story in mind for when I want to be rid of someone.
23:38But for me, it wasn't deliberate.
23:42I hate the first 20 minutes of these evenings.
23:45As do I.
23:46I never know who to talk to and I often find myself saying the wrong things.
23:53Your dress is striking.
23:54It looks very well on you.
23:56You really think so?
23:57I feel a little bold in it.
23:59Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet.
24:01If you're going to be bold, here is the place to do it.
24:05Perhaps London will be the start of something new for you.
24:08Perhaps it will.
24:09And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you.
24:21London, it turned out, was a place of learning as much as teaching.
24:27A place of trying new things.
24:30And though I had never liked to change, I seemed to be enjoying myself.
24:37Much about me felt different after just one week.
24:41Being here had lifted my spirits.
24:44I felt something long forgotten.
24:48Hope.
24:50Are you looking for someone?
24:51Are you looking for someone?
24:53You must tell me all about it in a moment.
24:57Now, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet.
25:00We have something of an understanding.
25:02Please may I introduce Mr. Tom Hayward.
25:10We've already met.
25:12Is that it?
25:12Oh, of course, you must have.
25:15Oh, I see you went for the promoter train.
25:17Uh, it's, um, spring green.
25:19It's quite different to Ramona.
25:22Well, it suits you very well.
25:24Tom!
25:26Excuse us, ladies.
25:27You must come and meet my colleague, Mr. May.
25:33Mr. Hayward and I met three years ago this spring.
25:36We are hoping to be married next year.
25:39Not everything went exactly as I would have liked.
25:42Come on.
25:43Oh, please excuse us.
25:45Come, Mary, it will be fun.
25:47Of course a man such as Mr. Hayward would have secured a match.
25:52But I had made friends.
25:53And that was enough.
26:01I did not know what tomorrow would bring.
26:05But for now, at least I had someone to dance with.
26:09He said Ń
Š»op!
26:09Oh, my God.
26:10Melissa, he said he deles are
26:10You
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