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.
00:41I 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?
00:57Charlotte!
01:00I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray.
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-
01:12To gather 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.
01:28Hm.
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.
01:41Hm.
01:42So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of need?
01:48Hm.
01:58Mama.
01:59You must come and stay with Mr. Beanley 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.
02:23But 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
02:43and they have asked me to send you to stay with 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...
03:02Do not worry about me, Mary.
03:04I shall have Jane by my side.
03:07Oh!
03:20If my options in life really were marriage or misery,
03:23it looked very much as though I was destined for misery.
03:34Mrs. Bennet is...
03:36indisposed.
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're a perfectly likable 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.
04:14I think it'll do you good.
04:17Do not be frightened, Miss Mary.
04:19Oh, no, I'm not...
04:21No, I'm just...
04:22But, when see...
04:22I have no clue, too, to either.
04:23And I'm to sleep in the morning.
04:35I'm to sleep in the night.
04:37I'm to sleep in the morning.
04:46And I'm to sleep in the afternoon.
04:58I don't know.
05:21I don't know.
05:52But first we'll show you your room.
05:54Come in, come in.
05:56It's right at the top of the house so you won't be disturbed by the children.
06:17How's your mother?
06:20Mother, she'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. Thank you.
07:27Oh, not so good.
07:29Mary, won't you join us for breakfast?
07:31Oh, no, no, no, I'm not at all hungry this morning.
07:34I shall see the children upstairs.
07:47Marianne, would you like to start?
07:51Miss 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.
08:06And this is...
08:11This is Rebecca.
08:13Thank you, Miss Rebecca.
08:17And if an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances,
08:23best adapted to its sustenance and propagation,
08:27then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among the individuals of that species,
08:33we must be assured that, on the one hand,
08:37those 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,
08:59Christopher Columbus discovered America.
09:01Now, where is America?
09:03Ah, yes, America.
09:06Uh...
09:10Where has Rebecca gone?
09:11There were very clearly three of you in this room
09:13when 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, you're here!
09:27Tom!
09:27Can we finish lessons now?
09:29Yes.
09:30Oh, forgive the intrusion.
09:31I came to tell you that dinner is served.
09:34You must be Miss Bennett.
09:36I... I must be.
09:38Yes, I am.
09:40Tom Hayward.
09:42Friend of the family.
09:48Aren't there normally three of you?
09:50There were three, certainly,
09:52but I was looking at America,
09:56and when I looked back, it was...
10:03Do you have mice, Miss Bennett?
10:06For if you do,
10:07might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk?
10:11Well, I...
10:12I wasn't sure.
10:13I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks.
10:16No, you see, in there,
10:18they cannot get to their cheese.
10:20Actually, it's a fallacy.
10:21The mice like cheese.
10:24Of course.
10:25They're much more partial
10:26to root vegetables and grains.
10:28Yes, indeed.
10:30I'm a rabbit.
10:34Mr. Hayward?
10:36Mr. Hayward,
10:38I am keeping a rabbit
10:39in the toy trunk
10:42because...
10:44I...
10:46Because...
10:46rabbits are not at all social creatures.
10:48Exactly.
10:48Yes, they are.
10:50Yes, they are.
10:54Oh.
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,
11:07and we've been friends ever since.
11:09You're neither of our former lodgers.
11:11Oh.
11:12Yes.
11:13Oh.
11:13What is a revolutionary Republican?
11:20Well,
11:21as discussed
11:22during the lesson,
11:23they're often associated with Jacobinism.
11:26But my point really was...
11:27Sounds like you had a very interesting first day,
11:29Ms. Bennett.
11:30Well,
11:31have you read Catherine Cawley,
11:33Ms. Bennett?
11:34Yes, I have.
11:36Yes.
11:37Mary told us about smallpox.
11:39I shall never sleep again.
11:41Well,
11:41you asked me to be truthful.
11:43Was it deadly rash?
11:45She said it can leave one blind
11:47or dead.
11:48That is not quite how I put it.
11:50Blinds or dead, she said.
11:51Well, that is true.
11:52There's a mortality rate of about...
11:5430%.
11:57Exactly.
11:59George cried
12:00three times.
12:02There was something in my eye.
12:03We held hands
12:04until Mary had finished talking.
12:07Well,
12:07you're never too young
12:08to learn about life.
12:10I think our game is in order,
12:12don'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
12:20how to play Graces!
12:22Yes!
12:23Marianne?
12:24Well called.
12:25No!
12:26No problem.
12:27You're the record.
12:29Woo!
12:30Oh!
12:31Oh!
12:32That counts.
12:33It does need.
12:33It does need.
12:35Oh!
12:37You'll need to get someone
12:38to look at that.
12:39Send it to Blige,
12:40he'll fix it for you.
12:42Ready?
12:43Ooh!
12:44Turn the edge.
12:44Yes!
12:45Oh!
12:45Well done!
12:46Flare play.
12:47You look like a wizard.
12:49Yes.
12:55Are you sure you won't join in,
12:57Mary?
12:58Oh, uh, no.
12:59I'm not good at games.
13:00Oh, that doesn't matter at all.
13:03Yes.
13:05Well,
13:05you couldn't possibly be
13:06as ungainly as I am.
13:08Really,
13:08I'd only spoil it.
13:16George.
13:16Ready?
13:18Oh,
13:19oh,
13:20thank you.
13:25Yes,
13:26don't.
13:26It's Mr. God.
13:28Oh!
13:29Oh!
13:31Oh!
13:46Yes?
13:48Mary?
13:50Oh,
13:51do not look so grave,
13:52my dear.
13:52You're not in trouble.
13:54With the weather
13:55getting warmer,
13:56we're about to become
13:56more sociable.
13:57Oh!
13:58Oh, please,
13:58do not feel any obligation
13:59to involve me.
14:00I shall be quite content
14:01to stay upstairs
14:01with the children.
14:02Mary,
14:03we want you to join us.
14:06But I do not
14:07sparkle
14:07at dinners.
14:10In our house,
14:11no one is obliged
14:12to sparkle.
14:14Then,
14:15of course,
14:17but we need
14:18to get you
14:18properly dressed.
14:19Oh,
14:20I thought perhaps
14:20tomorrow we could go
14:21to the haberdashers
14:22and you could pick
14:22out some fabrics.
14:23I do not really
14:24care for dresses.
14:26That's a shame,
14:27but very well.
14:30Perhaps think about it,
14:31Mary.
14:32there is a dress allowance
14:33as part of your
14:34governess wages.
14:36I have thought about it
14:38and I would very much
14:39like to accept
14:39your kind offer.
14:41That's excellent news.
14:44Well,
14:45good night,
14:45Mary,
14:46and thank you
14:46for today.
14:55This must be
14:56such a change
14:56for Meriton.
14:58It most certainly is.
15:06What do you think
15:10of the deep greens?
15:12We have a soiree
15:13coming up.
15:13I think
15:14deep green
15:15would be perfect.
15:17Mother has always
15:18said it's terribly
15:18difficult to get
15:19any colour to work
15:20with my complexion.
15:21Really?
15:22Well,
15:23perhaps your complexion
15:23has changed
15:24because I can see
15:24many colours here
15:25which would work
15:26well on you,
15:26but the most important
15:27thing being
15:28is that you choose
15:29fabrics that you
15:30truly like.
15:33But Mother says
15:34that Mother
15:35isn't here.
15:38Mr. Gardner?
15:40Oh.
15:41Miss Bennet?
15:41Tom!
15:43Mr. Hayward,
15:44have you brought
15:44your jacket
15:45to be mounted?
15:46I have just
15:46this minute,
15:47Dr. North.
15:47Well,
15:47now that you're here,
15:48you can make
15:49yourself useful.
15:50Miss Bennet
15:51needs to choose
15:52some dress fabric.
15:53I find myself
15:54quite overwhelmed
15:55by the voice.
15:56Well,
15:56I shall be honest
15:57and say that
15:58my experience
15:58of picking dress fabric
15:59is limited,
16:00to say the least.
16:02But I shall try.
16:05Have you seen
16:06the names
16:06of these colours?
16:07We've got
16:08Dust of Ruins,
16:11Corbeau,
16:12or Flamme de Bonche,
16:13anyone?
16:14Oh,
16:15I think I shall
16:16take the Drake's
16:17Neck
16:17with a splash
16:18of none key.
16:19Anyone for
16:20Gamboge?
16:21Well,
16:21I mean,
16:21that's just yellow.
16:23Yes.
16:24Yes.
16:26I think my advice
16:27would be
16:28to choose the colours
16:29that make one feel
16:29more like oneself.
16:31And I am sorry,
16:32not to be of more use.
16:34I should return to my desk
16:35and a particularly
16:36unexciting land negotiation.
16:40Good day.
16:41Good day.
16:46Oh,
16:47poor Tom,
16:48you work so hard.
16:49Really?
16:50Underneath that
16:50light-hearted manor
16:52carries the weight
16:53of the world
16:53on his shoulders.
16:56Now,
16:57have you decided?
17:00I have to.
17:01very well,
17:03Mary.
17:05The first
17:07is this crimson
17:08and then I thought
17:10perhaps
17:10a spring green trim.
17:12Lovely.
17:13Yes.
17:14But you will need
17:14two dresses,
17:15so perhaps
17:18shine a blue?
17:22Do you think
17:24addressing the
17:24spring green
17:25alone
17:25would be garish?
17:27What do you think,
17:28Mary?
17:30Some people may
17:31think it is wild,
17:32but
17:34I like it.
17:36Then I think
17:37you should please
17:37yourself
17:38and not worry
17:38what others may think.
17:41You've done a very good job.
17:43Now,
17:43good job.
18:09Let's go.
18:11gosh.
18:12Oh,
18:13gosh.
18:13Oh,
18:14the gardeners are out
18:16buying shoes for the children
18:19would you like to
18:21play graces
18:23well um yes
18:24thank you
18:31ready? yes
18:40I did it
18:40you did? natural
18:42beginner's luck
18:46ready?
18:48alright um
18:49for a moment
19:27ready? yes
19:38that's
19:39probably enough
19:40for today
19:43oh yes
19:44I brought a book for
19:46Mrs. Farmer
19:47of course yes
19:49poetry
19:50do you like poetry?
19:52I prefer facts
19:53to whimsy
19:57whimsy?
19:58I've tried
19:59well cowper
20:00byron
20:02even some dryden
20:03but um
20:04well it seems to me
20:06that it's all just
20:06words
20:09what were you expecting
20:11are 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
20:21what do you like to read?
20:25works of non-fiction
20:26histories and
20:28and geology
20:29and what do you like to read
20:32for pleasure?
20:33that is reading for pleasure
20:36there is nothing
20:37you like
20:38about poetry
20:42some 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
20:53of poetry
20:56I believe
20:57that this is the book
20:58that will open the heart
21:00of Miss Mary Bennett
21:05oh
21:08the garden is at home
21:09oh is it
21:10yes
21:10yes
21:11uh
21:12well
21:14I
21:14I
21:14I
21:14I
21:17I
21:17I
21:18I
21:19I
21:20I
21:26I
21:28I
21:28I
21:46I
21:50I
21:50I
21:50I
21:50There was at least one argument about stolen 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 if it doesn't want to go.
22:15Here.
22:29No, here is a little general.
22:32I just want to go back.
22:33I look at you.
22:34I look at you.
22:36I look at you.
22:36Look at you.
22:42This is a cobra, but you know what?
22:45Yes.
22:45I can't be very scared to tell you about someone.
22:47I have been I will!
22:52Um, I mean, that's basically it, but they're awfully fun, they're...
22:56Sweet.
23:01Good 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.
23:13Thank you, Mr. Fanchor.
23:19A 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 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, it 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.
24:26A place of trying new things.
24:30And though I had never liked change, I seemed to be enjoying myself.
24:36Much 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?
24:53You must tell me all about it in a moment.
24:57Ned, 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.
25:09Uh, we've, we've already met.
25:12Oh, of course, you must have.
25:15Oh, I see you went for the Pomona train.
25:17Uh, it's, um, Spring Green is quite different to Pomona.
25:21Well, it suits you very well.
25:24Tom!
25:26Excuse us ladies.
25:27You must come and meet my colleague, Mr. May.
25:30Mr. May.
25:31Mr. 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.
25:44Please 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,
26:07at least I had someone to danse with.
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