00:01In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly, I buried myself in my books,
00:07hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:11It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton.
00:15I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:19I was working on gravitas.
00:23From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:28Books would be my guide.
00:31I would think more and feel less.
00:39What could possibly go wrong?
00:49Well?
01:00I hope you've ordered a good dinner this evening. We shall have a guest.
01:05I knew it would be so.
01:07It's not Mr Bingley.
01:11It's my cousin.
01:12Mr Collins?
01:13So very same.
01:14The man next in the entail.
01:15Who?
01:16The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:21He proposes himself as a guest here at Longboard.
01:23In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:27Entirely defective?
01:29Mary, are you quite all right?
01:30I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
01:35As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
01:41Blessings of peace in this house?
01:44He must be an oddity.
01:46I cannot make him out.
01:48Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:49He is a very sensible man.
01:51Thank you, Elizabeth.
01:53Very sensible indeed.
01:55Oh, can you not all see?
01:57He is looking for a wife.
01:59Do you really think so?
02:01Lizzie, you must prepare yourself.
02:03But, Mama...
02:04We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:07I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:11He sounds insufferably boring.
02:13A clergyman.
02:15It's a right to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:17Oh, please, Mary.
02:19I was agreeing with you.
02:20It's the way you say things.
02:28I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:37What should he keep under your hat?
02:45Hmm...
02:45What should I do?
02:47What should I do?
02:47What should I do?
02:47We have...
02:47We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:53Oh, I hope my honesty did not offend her.
02:55My goodness.
02:55No.
02:56No.
02:58Your sisters seem most agitated this morning.
03:01My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn, and they've all decided he's a terrible ball.
03:06Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:08A wife, apparently.
03:10What is your cousin's profession?
03:12A clergyman.
03:13Oh.
03:14A more disincombe, then, I imagine.
03:18Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:20If my father's cousin was coming to stay, and I knew he was looking for a wife,
03:24I would do everything, within the bounds of propriety, to attract him.
03:30Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:32I will live alone with knowledge.
03:35But Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:41I do not think my wife has me in mind.
03:43Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:45Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:46So that leaves you.
03:50You speak nothing of love.
03:54What has love to do with anything?
03:56Of course, of course, you're right, of course.
03:58For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been,
04:01the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:05Marriage or misery, Mary?
04:08Marriage or misery?
04:12I should know.
04:39Mr. Collin!
04:40I'm here!
04:41Leave it lost.
04:53This is Jane, our eldest.
04:57Well, I have no idea.
05:01She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:05Oh, this is Elizabeth.
05:09Oh.
05:11A pleasure.
05:16And Mary, Mrs. Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:21Ah.
05:22Well now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:25Ha ha ha.
05:27Yeah.
05:28Ha ha ha ha.
05:29Hmm.
05:30Hmm.
05:32The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:39Oh.
05:41No.
05:43I'm terribly sorry.
05:44I certainly did not mean to cause any offence.
05:47Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
05:50Of course you didn't.
05:52Allow me to show you the house.
05:54Hmm.
05:55Oh.
05:55Splendid.
05:57Splendid.
05:57Ah.
05:58Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my main
06:03needs.
06:04Ha ha ha.
06:04In case you think so.
06:07Ha ha ha.
06:07Shit.
06:12I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:19Oh, man.
06:19And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:23Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die deadly.
06:33Yes, exactly.
06:34Oh, man.
06:36Mr. Benny, hear it?
06:37What a magnificent dining table.
06:39Even with the heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its
06:44quantity.
06:44How generous of you.
06:45Hmm.
06:49Shall we?
06:50Hmm.
06:57Mr. Collins?
07:04Mr. Benny, it?
07:05I expect the daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
07:09Disposed?
07:10It is very good of you to say so.
07:12Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are
07:16available to ladies.
07:18Thank you, Mr. Collins.
07:20Hmm.
07:20And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:23It has very much stayed with me.
07:26It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
07:31Please excuse me.
07:32You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
07:36It is a most vexing situation.
07:38If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
07:43Hmm.
07:45Hmm.
07:46Hmm.
07:46I could say much on the subject.
07:48But I am cautious of appearing forward and precipitate.
07:53I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:02Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir?
08:07Hmm.
08:07I certainly have.
08:08Uh, Cousin Elizabeth?
08:09What make you of the sermons?
08:12I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
08:14So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
08:19should go about it.
08:20Ha, ha, ha.
08:22I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
08:26Yeah.
08:27More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:29Hmm.
08:34I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:38Let your speech be always, be always, with grace.
08:43Once, seasoned, with salt.
08:52This has been wonderful.
08:55But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
08:59Lizzie, won't you play for us?
09:03Ah.
09:13How are you?
09:14How are you?
09:16How are you?
09:18How are you?
09:19Oh.
09:24How are you?
09:25How are you?
09:26How are you?
09:41Really.
09:42You sneaky, I'm so happy.
09:43It was soopecus.
09:43So are you in your eyes?
09:43Oh.
09:49Bravo, Lizzie!
09:50Yeah.
09:51Very good, Lizzie. If you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
09:54It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
09:56A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
10:00Great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
10:02Hmm. Quite right.
10:04Why don't you show us how she's done, Mary?
10:14Oh, Lord.
10:22No.
10:25No.
11:02My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness. I imagine you practice a great deal.
11:10I practice often, which is true.
11:12Yes, it is. It's only through hard work that anything of any value has been achieved.
11:18Yes, um, yes, I, I, Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:27Hmm.
11:33Mary.
11:35Mother.
11:38I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and future prospects.
11:45I'm not sure I understand.
11:46It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest. Are we clear?
11:51Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins. I have no particular feelings for him, but he and
11:59I have similar interests, and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him.
12:04Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
12:10Mary, your name has not come up.
12:21Cousins?
12:22Come on.
12:23Ready?
12:23Come on, hit it.
12:24I'll bring yous.
12:26There is to me.
12:28There is to your ball next week at Neverfield.
12:31Oh, then you, Mr. Bingley, would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again, and my brother and his wife
12:36shall be visiting.
12:37They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
12:40We have some way off that.
12:43Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner shall be joining us. They're coming down from London.
12:47Up.
12:50They're coming up from London.
12:52That is what I said.
12:54Spend it.
12:55Spend it.
12:56A real family affair.
12:58I will need new ribbons.
12:59Perhaps, Miss Bennet, you would take the first dance with me?
13:05Oh, how wonderful.
13:07Maybe I should play a little something on the piano?
13:11Yes, yes, you should indeed.
13:13What about you, Miss Elizabeth?
13:16Do you sing?
13:17There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal ring.
13:39Very good, Miss Mary.
13:41Your playing is coming along nicely.
13:43Thank you, Hill.
13:45Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
13:48What?
13:48I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
13:51At Netherfield?
13:52Yes.
13:52I was even thinking I might sing.
13:56Sing?
13:57Miss Mary?
13:58It will be a surprise to them all.
14:02Short and sweet.
14:04That would be my advice.
14:08And, uh, maybe don't sing.
14:12Huh.
14:16Help!
14:18Help!
14:18I don't like you!
14:20Help!
14:21Run!
14:23Run!
14:23Mm-hmm!
14:24Mm-hmm!
14:25Mm-hmm!
14:27Mm-hmm!
14:27Mm-hmm!
14:28Mm-hmm!
14:29Mm-hmm!
14:42The earlier we arrive, the earlier we leave.
15:11Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
15:18They're down from London.
15:20Up.
15:20What?
15:21Up from London.
15:23And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:30Shall we do?
15:34Something of a challenge to find husbands with five daughters.
15:38This is a beautiful diary, but if Jane were to get a proposal...
15:43Come on.
15:44Please.
15:48As I say, if Jane...
15:50Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
15:53She's not at all happy about his interest.
15:57What is he like?
15:59Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
16:02Have you made your interest in him clearly?
16:04I am trying.
16:06But...
16:08Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to match with a man of a modest income.
16:12I cannot think why.
16:13He is THE cousin.
16:16The one from the Entail.
16:17It's Mr. Collins who stands to inherit Longbourn.
16:19The house.
16:20The estate.
16:21The income.
16:21All right.
16:23So...
16:23My father cannot stand the man.
16:25While my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
16:32Perhaps I will not play tonight.
16:35Mary, you must.
16:38I had prepared a little something.
16:42But...
16:42Now this time it's here, I'm not sure I have the stomach grit.
16:44Nonsense, Mary.
16:46Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
16:48I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
17:07I beg you, do not make it long.
17:23I beg you, do not care.
17:30I pray thee be gone from me.
17:35Be gone, dull care.
17:42You and I shall never agree.
17:48Be gone, dull care.
17:53Where's he at?
17:54He's got my words.
17:55Be gone from me.
18:00Be gone, dull care.
18:04You and I shall never agree.
18:12Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
18:19And faith thou would me kill.
18:23Please, I can't.
18:25Faith don't care.
18:30Thou never shall have thy will.
18:42I have another piece, Father.
18:45One that's more lively.
18:46Mary.
18:47Mary.
18:48You have delighted us.
18:49Long enough.
18:57Oh, Miss Bennet.
18:59That was...
19:00truly unforgettable.
19:08It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
19:13Everybody saw me.
19:15There's a console.
19:17Take a breath in.
19:22Mary.
19:34Mary.
19:38It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
19:41Mary.
19:41I didn't want you to overexcite yourself.
19:43You insult me.
19:45We both know that isn't true.
19:49Mary.
19:52I have had a terrible evening.
19:53And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
19:56What do you mean?
19:57You always get what you want.
19:59Without needing to try.
20:01Whereas I try.
20:04So hard.
20:08It is always for nothing.
20:10Don't say that.
20:12There is much you have achieved.
20:19I'm sorry.
20:22I'm truly sorry.
20:36Mary.
20:40Mary!
20:41Mary!
20:42You must get dressed and come downstairs.
20:44There has been such an upset you won't believe it.
20:45You can't imagine what's happened.
20:49Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer.
20:53And she has refused him.
20:55Can you imagine?
20:56Mama is furious.
20:56And says Lizzie will have him.
20:58But Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a sad one.
21:00Because Mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins.
21:04And Papa will never see her again if she does.
21:06And now everyone is so utterly cross.
21:08Mr. Collins has stormed off.
21:09Lizzie won't say anything at all.
21:10Mama is beside herself.
21:11And Papa has struck himself in the library.
21:13You must come.
21:14So what happens now?
21:15What if Mr. Collins...
21:17Papa thinks he will choose someone else.
21:19I don't know.
21:20Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
21:23Oh, please!
21:25No, I have resigned.
21:26Mr. Collins, I shall take my...
21:27As you wish.
21:29Oh, Mr. Collins!
21:30I have resigned, madam.
21:31Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
21:35Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
21:43I'm very glad to hear it.
21:45I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
21:48He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
21:52Oh!
21:52Oh!
22:08Thank you, Hill.
22:16I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish...
22:22as to refuse, Mr. Collins.
22:25I have turned my mind
22:26towards you.
22:30I think you understand me.
22:32Mama, less than a week ago
22:34you were adamant that... Mary, please.
22:36He will not ask
22:38me now. I need to
22:40be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
22:42He will not choose
22:44me, Mama. Oh, Mary,
22:46he will.
22:48Who else will marry him?
22:53What are you reading?
22:57A theory of the earth.
22:58It's about rocks.
22:59Types of rocks.
23:15Yes, many do, sir.
23:22Hoped for a sign of a capacious
23:24dining room, however.
23:27Mr. Benet?
23:29Mr. Collins
23:30has made Miss Charlotte Lucas
23:32an offer of marriage.
23:34And she has accepted.
23:37We wish you joy.
23:39Yes, so much joy.
23:40I wish you joy. Thank you all.
23:43Did you know he is a clergyman?
23:45Yes.
23:46Yes.
23:50There you are, Mr. Benet.
24:13If I had any doubts
24:14as to whether I'd done the right thing,
24:16they vanished when I told my family of his offer.
24:19I am too old to be generous
24:20and afraid.
24:24Charlotte!
24:26Come out, let me smoke.
24:33Good night, Jane.
24:34Good night, Lizzie.
24:35Good night, Lisa.
24:36Good night, Mama.
24:36Good night, Kitty.
24:38I told you no one would marry you
24:39if you wore spectacles.
24:57It wouldn't be for much longer
24:59that we
25:01and my Bennet sisters
25:02lived together.
25:06As each of my sisters
25:08left home,
25:10my future felt
25:13increasingly uncertain.
25:17I often thought back
25:18to the events
25:19in that period of my life
25:20and wondered
25:22if I could have done
25:22anything
25:24differently.
25:28But I was trapped.
25:32Unable to escape
25:33the loveless world
25:34of my parents.
25:38I'm not yet, Mr. Benet.
25:40I'm not yet.
25:41I'm not yet.
25:41I'm not yet.
25:41I'm not yet.
25:43My options were
25:45limited.
25:49And I found
25:50my books
25:50offered me
25:51no instruction
25:52and little comfort.
25:55I searched
25:56desperately
25:57for answers.
25:59I clung on
26:00to hope.
26:09But in a moment,
26:11my life
26:12was upturned.
26:28Father had found
26:29a way out,
26:30leaving Mother
26:31and I
26:31with nothing
26:33except
26:34each
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