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?
02:40I am looking forward to meeting him.
02:46I am looking forward to meeting him.
02:46Who has got your ribbons?
02:47We have...
02:47We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:53Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect him.
02:55My goodness, no.
02:56No.
02:58Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
03:01My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible
03:05ball. Mother believes he comes looking for a wife. A wife? Apparently. What is your cousin's
03:11profession? A clergyman. Oh. A mortis income, then, I imagine. Do you know what my advice
03:19would be to you? If my father's cousin was coming to stay, and I knew he was looking
03:23for a wife, I would do everything. Within the bounds of propriety, to attract him. I
03:30have decided none of this is for me. I will live alone with knowledge. Look, Mary, I
03:36cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred. I do not think
03:42Mama has me in mind. Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low. Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:46So that leaves you. You speak nothing of love. What has love to do with anything? Of course.
03:56Of course. You're right. Of course. For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we
04:00have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage. Marriage or misery? Mary?
04:08Marriage or misery? I should know.
04:13Oh, Mr. Collin. I'm here. Leave it lost.
04:53This is Jane, our eldest. Well, I have no idea. She is soon to be engaged, but the others
05:04are not. This is Elizabeth. A pleasure. And Mary, Mrs. Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:21Ah. Well, now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:26Ha, ha, ha. Yeah. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Hmm. Hmm. The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed
05:35even the most enthusiastic of reports. Oh, no. I'm terribly sorry. I certainly didn't mean to cause any
05:46offense. Oh, you caused no offense, Mr. Collins? Of course you didn't. Allow me to show you the
05:53house. Hmm. Oh, splendid. Splendid. Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications
06:01will suffice my meek needs. Ha, ha, ha, ha. In case you think so. Ha, ha, ha.
06:07Shit. I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table. Oh, man. And yet that gives
06:20unto me the bread of life. Evermore give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die
06:29me. Hmm. Definitely. Yes, exactly. Oh, man. Mr. Bennet, hear it? What a magnificent
06:38dining table. Even with the, uh, heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can
06:43still see its quantity. How generous of you. Hmm. Shall we? Hmm. Mr. Collins?
07:04Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in
07:08marriage. Disposed? It is very good of you to say so. Oh, I am happy on every occasion
07:14to offer those delicate little compliments that are available to ladies. Thank you, Mr.
07:19Collins. Hmm. And may I commend your reading of grace? It has very much stayed with me.
07:25Thank you. It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their
07:29husbands. Please excuse me. You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate? It is a most vexing
07:37situation. If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. I could say
07:47much on the subject, but I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate. Hmm. I can assure
07:54the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:00Hmm. Hmm. Have you read Dr. Fordyce, sir? Hmm. I certainly have. Uh, Cousin Elizabeth? What make you the sermons?
08:12I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir. Hmm. So busy have I been merely being a woman,
08:17I haven't had a moment to read up on how I should go about it. I think I'm the only
08:23one who's truly
08:24interested in Fordyce's sermons. Yeah. And more wine, Mr. Collins. Hmm. I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:38Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned, with salt.
08:52This has been wonderful. But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins. Lizzie, won't you play for us?
09:06Uh...
09:09Uh...
09:28Uh...
09:49Bravo, Lizzie!
09:50Very good, Lizzie.
09:52If 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.
10:00It's a great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
10:02Quite right.
10:04Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
10:14Oh, Lord.
10:15Good night.
10:16Good night.
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, Spirit Chief.
11:18Yes, um... Yes, I... Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:34Mary.
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. Spend 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?
13:15Do you sing?
13:17There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a wide vocal range.
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.
13:48I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
13:51At Netherfield?
13:51Yes, I 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.
14:16Hey, Hill, I lost my shoes!
14:20Hey, Hill!
14:22Mmm.
14:24Mmm.
14:25Mmm-ga. Mmm-ga. Mmmmm.
14:42The earlier we arrive, the earlier we leave.
14:47Oh.
14:49Oh.
15:07Okay, as well as she does.
15:08I'm sure we just bring out.
15:10So, this is Lady Lucas, Charlotte.
15:13Please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
15:18They're down from London.
15:20Up.
15:21What?
15:21Up from London.
15:22And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
15:29Shall we do?
15:34Something of a challenge to find a husband's wife.
15:38This is a beautiful diary.
15:40But if Jane were to get a proposal...
15:42Come on.
15:44Please.
15:46Hello.
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 more distinct 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 Lombourne.
16:19The house, the estate, the income, all right.
16:23So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
16:31Oh.
16:32Perhaps I will not play tonight.
16:35Oh, Mary, you must.
16:38I had prepared a little something, but...
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.
17:09...
17:24Be gone, no cat, I pray thee be gone from me.
17:35Be gone, I'll care
17:41You and I shall never agree
17:47Be gone, I'll care
17:53He's gone, I won't
17:55Be gone, I'll care
18:04You and I shall never agree
18:10Long time has thou been tarrying me
18:19And faith thou would me kill
18:23Please, I will, I kill
18:25Faith don't care
18:29Thou never shall have thy will
18:42I, um, I have another piece, father
18:44One that's more lively
18:46Mary, you delighted us
18:49Oh, enough
18:57Oh, Miss Bennett, that was
19:00Truly unforgettable
19:01It was a beautiful rendition
19:10Of a difficult song
19:13Everybody saw
19:15There's a console
19:16Take my thing
19:19No nobody noticed but you
19:34Mary
19:38It was you that told father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
19:41I didn't want you to overexate 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
20:02Whereas I try
20:04So hard
20:08It is always for nothing
20:10Don't say that
20:11There is much you have achieved
20:19I'm sorry
20:22I'm truly sorry
20:39Mary
20:41Mary
20:41Mary
20:42You must get dressed and come downstairs
20:43There has been such an upset
20:45You won't believe it
20:45You can't imagine what's happened
20:49Well
20:49Mr. 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
21:02If she doesn't marry Collins
21:04And Papa will never see her again if she does
21:06And now everyone is so utterly cross
21:07Mr. Collins has stormed off
21:09Lizzie won't say anything at all
21:10Mama is beside herself
21:11And Papa has shut 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
21:22Even you
21:23Oh please
21:24No I have resigned
21:26At this minute
21:26I shall take my leave
21:27As you wish
21:28Oh Mr. Collins
21:30I have resigned
21:31Madam
21:31Mr. Collins
21:32This is just a mis-
21:34Mr. Collins
21:34Mr. Collins
21:39Has withdrawn his pretensions
21:41To Lizzie's favour
21:43I'm very glad to hear it
21:44I don't think I could have borne
21:46Much more of his good opinion
21:47He says he's resigned
21:49And will not renew his pursuit
21:51Oh
22:08Thank you, Hill
22:17I have been thinking
22:19Mary
22:19Since Lizzie was so selfish
22:22As to refuse Mr. Collins
22:24I have turned my mind
22:26Towards you
22:30I think you understand me
22:32Mama, less than a week ago
22:34You were adamant
22:34Mary, please
22:36He will not ask me now
22:38I need to be sure
22:40That you will accept him
22:41When he offers
22:42He will not choose me
22:44Mama
22:45Oh, Mary
22:46He will
22:48Who else will marry him?
22:53What are you reading?
22:56A theory of the earth
22:58It's about rocks
22:59Types of
23:14Rocks
23:17Yes, very new, sir
23:21One had obviously hoped for a
23:23Signable capacious dining room, however
23:27Mr. Benich?
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
23:41Thank you all
23:43Did you know he is a clergyman?
23:45Yes
23:49There you are, Mr. Collins
24:13If I had any doubts as 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
24:20I'm afraid
24:24Mr. Charlotte
24:27Come out, let me smoke
24:33Good night, Jane
24:34Good night, Lizzie
24:35Good night, Lisa
24:36Good night, my mum
24:36Good night, Kitty
24:38I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles
24:57It wouldn't be for much longer
24:59Wait
25:00That we Bennett sisters lived together
25:06As each of my sisters left home
25:10My future felt increasingly uncertain
25:17I often thought back to the events in that period of my life
25:20And wondered if I could have done anything differently
25:28But I was trapped
25:32Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents
25:35My options were limited
25:47And I found my books offered me no instruction
25:52And little comfort
25:54I searched desperately for answers
25:59I clung on
26:01To hope
26:09But in a moment
26:11My life was upturned
26:14Mr. Gennett
26:16Mr. Gennett
26:17Mr. Gennett
26:17Mr. Gennett
26:17Mr. Gennett
26:17Mr. Gennett
26:18Mr. Gennett
26:19They're running the carriage round, girl
26:21Yes, ma'am, right away
26:28Father had found a way out
26:29Leaving mother and I with nothing
26:33Except each other
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