00:20the anxiety i felt over my mother's sudden illness was quite overwhelming losing one parent had
00:27turned my life to lose the other was unthinkable though my mother's presence had always loomed
00:38large in my life i could not imagine myself without her top of the stairs miss bennett
01:18you're here well don't stand in the doorway you're letting the heat out
01:22mother
01:29you look
01:33well doesn't she are you a physician all of a sudden no i uh i'm just i'm i'm relieved
01:42to see that you're um improved you look like you haven't slept in days and whose dress are you wearing
01:51uh my my own mary i am so pleased to see you
01:58oh it has been far too long oh i cannot be expected to stand
02:05hello mary come here
02:19i see the london air has taken a terrible toll on your complexion
02:24and your hair i am sure being back in the country will help looks beyond repair to me
02:36i had undertaken such a long journey and yet here i was back where i started
02:53from mother's letter i i thought that she was gravely ill i we all did
02:59oh has she actually been ill at all she thought it might be influenza or smallpox
03:05but she has made a miraculous recovery perhaps she rallied at the news that i was on my way
03:10i for one am pleased we are all back together
03:12yes i was thinking perhaps we could um play graces or charades after dinner this evening
03:18nobody plays graces mary
03:19oh on the contrary it's quite fashionable in london how is london mary yes i want to hear all about
03:25it
03:26yes um london is um kitty it's it's um kitty i cannot reach the preserves
03:36how are the gardeners are you enjoying being their governess
03:39i uh yes it's uh most rewarding have you made many new acquaintances
03:45uh my sister-in-law caroline is in london for the summer
03:48have you crossed paths
03:51oh gosh there's so many people
03:53um i know she can be a little stiff at first but
03:57i'm sure it'd be interesting company for you
03:59i have company
04:01there's a plethora of choice really for interesting company in london
04:04do you mean your books
04:11that's from our bell
04:12she wants you mary
04:13i've only just been up there
04:14i will send a servant to attend to her
04:20mrs bennett would like miss bennett to attend to her
04:26she probably wants to hear all about london
04:30walk the duchess to the edge of the fountain and no further
04:33if you feel the wind picking up you must bring her inside immediately and give her warm water and
04:38chopped meat
04:39do not let cook give her the leftovers
04:42only fresh chopped beef
04:44after 30 minutes you may return her to me
04:47for she is the only member of this family upon whom i can depend these days
04:57oh and tell lizzie i wish to be moved to the drawing room
05:04do you think you'll be happier convalescing in here mama
05:06well you might remember to visit me if i'm here
05:10now where is my bell
05:13do not trouble yourselves waiting for me i'm fine
05:17thank it mother
05:20and these pillows will not do
05:23you uh... us and us mothers
05:27maybe... some toasted cheese
05:30i don't know... terribly weak this morning
05:33i don't know yet
05:35and a book
05:36you'll perhaps worry that you won't move
05:39i was hoping for something readable
05:41not joining us mr darcy
05:43mary
05:44okay
05:44okay
05:46okay
05:47okay
05:49okay
05:51okay
05:56okay
06:16Miss Bennett, a letter for you.
06:31Mary!
06:36Mary, where on earth have you been all this time?
06:40I was walking the dog, Mama.
06:43Please.
06:59Who's the letter from, Mary?
07:01From one of my friends in London.
07:04What friend is that, Mary?
07:06Lydia.
07:08What friend is that, Mary?
07:10Mary?
07:12Her name is Miss Baxter.
07:14Anne Baxter.
07:15I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:17Then she surely does not exist.
07:19She most probably does not.
07:21Lydia is being most unkind.
08:07I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
08:07Jessica.
08:09Something seems to be troubling you, Mary.
08:13You seem full of concerns every time we mention London.
08:17Do I?
08:19I thought you would be eager to return.
08:25Does Mother's dog in any way remind you of Mother?
08:33Oh, Lizzie, I...
08:34Oh.
08:36I embarrassed myself terribly when I left London.
08:40Caroline Bingley was there.
08:42She was determined to humiliate me.
08:44And I left in such a flurry.
08:47I smashed a bell jar of great sentimental value to its owner,
08:52a new friend, Mr Ryder.
08:55And everyone stared.
08:58Mary.
08:59No-one else will have given it a second thought.
09:02It will seem worse to you, I'm sure.
09:05What person has not done something regrettable in their lives?
09:08You.
09:09You, Jane, Kitty, Lydia.
09:12Lydia?
09:14Oh, no.
09:15No, no.
09:16Lydia has.
09:17I can assure you, we all have.
09:22Anne wrote to tell me not to worry.
09:25You see?
09:27She's become a dear friend.
09:28She has something of an understanding with another good friend of mine,
09:32Mr. Tom Haywood.
09:37Mr. Haywood.
09:38Mr. Haywood is...
09:39He's just the kindest man.
09:44I see.
09:46And have you met any gentlemen that have taken your eye?
09:51Me?
09:51No.
09:52Oh, no.
09:53No.
09:54London, it's actually entirely without any eligible men.
09:58And I think I have to believe I'm not...
10:00I'm not really the marrying sort.
10:03Nonsense, Mary.
10:12A visitor for Miss Mary Bennet.
10:19Mr. Ryder?
10:21What are you doing here?
10:23Miss Bennet.
10:25I hope you and your family won't consider this a great imposition,
10:28but you left London with such haste.
10:31I was most worried about your mother
10:32and wanted to offer my support in your hour of meet.
10:38How do you do, Mr. Ryder?
10:41Mrs. Bennet?
10:44Why, it is a pleasure to see you looking so well.
10:48I usually look much better than this.
10:50Though my recovery has been quite extraordinary.
10:54Well, I'm glad to hear it.
10:59Miss Bennet, won't you introduce me to your sisters?
11:03Uh, uh, um, yes.
11:05Uh, this is Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy.
11:08Um, this is Mrs. Kitty Boncock.
11:10How do you do?
11:11Mrs. Jane Bingley and Mrs. Lydia Wickham.
11:14Enchanted to meet you all.
11:15How do you know Mary?
11:17Miss Bennet and I met at a soiree in London
11:20and share a similar taste in despicable crime pamphlets.
11:25Oh!
11:27Anyway, I was en route to visit my Aunt Lady Catherine de Burr
11:31and wanted to pay my respects.
11:34Well, let us not stand upon ceremony.
11:38Elizabeth will arrange for us to take tea in the garden.
11:41Uh, Mr. Ryder, do join us.
11:43No, I'm, I'm sure Mr. Ryder
11:45will have more important matters to attend to.
11:48I have time.
11:51Are you well enough, Mama?
11:53Yes, thank you, Jane.
11:54I am perfectly well enough.
11:56Uh, Mary, take Mr. Ryder to the garden.
12:00Uh, Lydia will deal with the dog.
12:02What?
12:03Mr. Ryder, if this is about the real jar...
12:05Come along, Mr. Ryder.
12:10I have always felt that what a lady puts in her garden
12:13is so terribly important.
12:16Yes.
12:17Roses, of course.
12:18Of course.
12:18Your favourite flower?
12:20Well, I must say...
12:30My turn!
12:34I see you forgot to mention Mr. Ryder in your reports from London.
12:39You also forgot to mention how handsome he is.
12:43I mean, I've not really noticed his looks, I'm sure.
12:47He's come an awfully long way to see you.
12:50He's probably just thirsty.
12:52Mm-hmm.
12:53And nearby.
12:53Mary.
12:54What?
12:56Oh, you must stay with us, Mr. Ryder.
12:59Especially with the weather turning, as it may well do.
13:02Do you not agree, Lizzie?
13:03You would be most welcome, Mr. Ryder.
13:05Oh, that is very kind.
13:08Come, Miss Bennett.
13:09Show us your skills.
13:14No.
13:16That's not what I...
13:19Excellent!
13:21Well done, Mary!
13:23Yes.
13:24Bravo!
13:25Well done, Mary.
13:26I agree.
13:26Well done.
13:29I was sorry to see you leave London in such a hurry.
13:35Mr. Ryder, have you come here to discuss, you know, the...
13:42Yes.
13:44Yes, Miss Bennett.
13:45I believe I have.
13:46I've been wondering whether to write to you on the subject.
13:49Oh, I wouldn't expect you to lead the conversation, Miss Bennett.
13:52Mr. Ryder, are you here to talk about...
13:56I'll correct you.
13:56...the bell jar?
13:59The bell jar?
14:00What did you say?
14:02Miss Bennett, please, do not trouble yourself over that.
14:06But it was your father's.
14:08I thought you'd be upset.
14:09Not at all.
14:10Please, think no more of it.
14:23It is a pleasure to meet your family.
14:26Yes, my sisters are exceptional, I know.
14:31As are you, Miss Bennett.
14:34Oh, no.
14:35I am much more, um...
14:38I find it most refreshing that you do not fall over potential husbands or...
14:44Have your mind constantly set on finding a match?
14:49Well, no, no, I don't really...
14:52I don't give it much thought.
14:55You lack artifice.
14:56Your qualities shine out.
14:58They're not corrupted by the false polish of the world.
15:04She's, uh...
15:05Observations of a very, very personal nature.
15:07Well, I have a very low opinion of the petty rules to which we submit ourselves in the name of
15:12good manners.
15:14Did you know that?
15:15I think you may have mentioned it once or twice.
15:18I believe, Miss Bennett, that our inability to say what we mean is one of the great curses of our
15:25age.
15:26We hide behind a thousand disguises that we like to call politeness.
15:32Hmm.
15:48Mr. Darcy sends his apologies.
15:50He has a seasonal headache.
15:52Oh.
15:53Hmm.
15:54Mr. Ryder, tell us about yourself.
15:57Mary mentioned you are an avid reader.
15:59Oh, uh, of poetry, perhaps.
16:03I find longer works are usually not for me.
16:05Really?
16:06I think the brevity of poetry is one of its principal attractions.
16:10I agree.
16:11Wholeheartedly.
16:13I only wish I had the fine mind of your sister.
16:16Miss Bennett has such an astute understanding of a wide range of literature.
16:21She does.
16:22She does.
16:24I do not know whether she gets it from me or her father.
16:28From you, Mother, I'm sure.
16:30Oh.
16:32There are very few people who have the insight of Miss Bennett.
16:35I could talk to you all day.
16:39I must admit, London has been a little grey without you.
16:46Are you joking?
16:47No, there are many interesting minds in London, all eager for thoughtful conversation.
16:53None as interesting as yours.
17:07Hello?
17:10Mother.
17:13I came to wish you goodnight.
17:19Here.
17:32Mr. Ryder would make an excellent match.
17:43I wonder what kind of endowment he has.
17:49I do not know, Mama.
17:51A sizable one, I'm sure.
17:56Goodnight, Mama.
18:02Goodnight, Mary.
18:03Goodnight, Mary.
18:54Sorry, don't let me distract you.
18:59What are you reading, Mr. Ryder?
19:01A rather fascinating book on...
19:07Jesus.
19:08Right, it's upside down.
19:09Ah, so it is.
19:12What are you reading, Miss Bennet?
19:14Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
19:16Oh, insufferable, rulemaking pedant.
19:19Would you like me to put it in the fire for you?
19:22It's not quite how I remember it, I'll admit.
19:40What are they talking about?
19:45Barry sounds serious.
19:47She is boring him, I know it.
19:49I think you should read Mrs. McCauley.
19:51She will help you to better understand the world.
19:54I am no good at all at wasting my energy on anything that does not either move or please me.
20:01I think that is a shame, sir.
20:09You know, my father was a scholar.
20:12He devoted all his time to studying insects.
20:15Winged beetles, mostly.
20:17Of course.
20:18Yes, the beetle in the jar.
20:21It's fascinating stuff, really.
20:23Well, I'm not so sure, but it occupied his every waking hour.
20:31He rarely emerged from his study.
20:35We hardly ever saw him.
20:39When I was 15 years old, he died quite suddenly.
20:49Oh.
20:51I'm sorry.
20:52I'm sorry.
20:54A few days after his death, I sat in his dark study and I thought about all the hours
21:03he had spent in there, away from his family, away from life.
21:09And for what?
21:10Your father must have derived a great deal of pleasure from his work.
21:15Perhaps.
21:16But I think I learnt more about the point of human existence in that moment than my father
21:21learnt in a lifetime of study.
21:25From then on, I devoted myself to the pursuit of joy.
21:31Tell me, Miss Bennett, what makes you happy?
21:40Sorry, um, nobody ever asked me such a question.
21:43Then you must consider it now.
21:47Uh, well, um, reading.
21:52Reading.
21:53Learning.
21:54Teaching.
21:57And what of friendship?
22:04Of love?
22:08Uh, yes.
22:09Of course.
22:10No, of course.
22:11That.
22:12Life is short, Miss Bennett.
22:16Everything turns to dust in the end.
22:22We might as well experience some joy before that happens.
22:32Let's go riding.
22:36Yes.
22:37Let's.
22:44Ladies.
22:47What a waste.
22:50Well?
22:51Well, what?
22:51Are you going out walking again, Mary?
22:53No, Mr. Rider and I are going riding.
22:54On a horse?
22:55Yes, that's generally the idea.
22:57But you hate horses.
22:58Mary?
22:59What are his intentions?
23:01To ride a horse, I think.
23:14Oh, no.
23:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
23:20Ha, ha, ha, ha.
23:21Oh, dear.
23:21Oh, dear.
23:22Oh, dear.
23:25Um.
23:26You're quite all right, Miss Bennett.
23:27I'm perfectly fine.
23:29Yes.
23:30Mm.
23:31No.
23:31What are you...
23:32Oh.
23:33There we go.
23:34There we go.
23:35Ha, ha, ha.
23:36Now, I've been thinking about your argument.
23:39That, er, that we should say more honestly what we think and feel.
23:44Oh.
23:44Excellent.
23:45I knew you'd agree.
23:47Oh.
23:48Don't know that I do.
23:50I mean, surely, even you must admit, there may be occasions when, well, for all manner
23:55of reasons, some things are best left unsaid.
23:57I cannot concur.
23:59I intend to live my life by bolder principles.
24:02In fact, that is why I came here.
24:05To put that belief into practice.
24:07Oh, really?
24:09Yes.
24:09I came here to commit the great impropriety of telling you honestly what I think of you.
24:15Ha.
24:17Mr. Ryder, I can assure you there's no need.
24:19I attempted to scribble a few lines, but, but then I thought of some verses of Mr. Wordsworth
24:24that captured your spirit perfectly.
24:29May I be allowed to recite them to you?
24:34Of course, Mr. Ryder. Please.
24:40She dwelt among...
24:42Excuse me.
24:45No.
24:47Please take your time.
24:54She dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of Dove.
25:01a maid
25:02whom there were none to praise
25:04and very few to love
25:07a violet
25:08by a mossy stone
25:10half hidden from the eye
25:14fair as a star
25:15when only one
25:17is shining in the sky
25:25I think you see me
25:26as a lonely figure
25:29I was brought up in Hertfordshire
25:30so the road to London
25:32was barely five miles away
25:34it is possible to feel oneself alone
25:36even in such close proximity to town
25:38yes but in my village
25:40it was quite untrue to say
25:42that there were none to praise
25:43and very few to love
25:44there were scores of people
25:46very eager to praise my sisters
25:49perhaps living with your family
25:50in Meryton
25:52kept you
25:54half hidden from the eye
25:57but now you've broken out
25:58on your own
26:00you can be seen at last
26:01as you deserve
26:03fair as a star
26:04when only one
26:06is shining in the sky
26:13oh
26:18you're a natural Miss Bennett
26:19oh I'm not
26:21I know
26:26our conversation has made me very happy
26:28Miss Bennett
26:33me too
26:34Mr. Ryder
26:50walk on
26:59Mary there you are
27:00whatever is the matter
27:01what happened on the ride
27:04we rode horses
27:07and mine was most unruly
27:09and it had a taste for brambles
27:10as if it had a mine
27:11it was only really
27:12and my saddle was not at all comfortable
27:13that's not a slight on the quality
27:15Mary
27:15merely the design
27:16Mary
27:20it appears
27:21Mr. Ryder
27:22does have some sort of affection for you
27:23and
27:24I believe
27:25he is about to propose
27:30Mother
27:31I'm not completely sure
27:33that you were right
27:34and I
27:34I really would hate to cause you
27:36any further disappointment
27:36this is an opportunity
27:38that cannot be overlooked
27:40he's a very eligible gentleman
27:44you will say yes
27:45won't you
27:50there you are
27:50what happened
27:51what did he say
27:52did he ask you
27:52he's not going to ask her
27:54that he is he
28:01Miss Ferry
28:05are you
28:06quite all right
28:07oh it's
28:08it's
28:09nothing
28:09nothing at all
28:11may I speak with you
28:13in private
28:14I have something
28:15very important
28:16I want to discuss with you
28:35mother had told me
28:38to prepare myself
28:40but nothing
28:42could prepare me
28:43for what
28:45happened
28:45next
28:50you can watch the next episode
28:53on iClayer
28:54just press red now
28:55step into the world
28:57of pride and prejudice
28:58in Jane Austen stories
29:00narrated by Julie Andrews
29:01on sounds now
29:03it makes
29:04your eyes may deceive you
29:05everybody's a suspect
29:07as the capture
29:08continues in just a moment
29:09you
29:11you
29:14you
29:16you
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