00:28If London
00:29was to be a new start for me
00:31I would push all sorts
00:33of poetry
00:35and love aside
00:40Mother warned me
00:42of the dirt, disease
00:43and despair that could be found
00:45here
00:47She failed to mention
00:48the breadth of humanity
00:52and the anonymity
00:53of the city suited me well
00:56I had taken to walking
00:57the city's beautiful parks
01:00It seemed that all life was in London
01:05and here
01:06I could be anything I wanted
01:14Surely I would find
01:15something I could succeed at
01:17in this vast, inspiring city
01:22Where did I put it?
01:24How should I know?
01:25Oh, she breaks my heart a little
01:27She seems so awkward in herself
01:30I worry my sister's caused some harm
01:32to poor Mary
01:33Oh, I wonder
01:35She's perhaps not the most natural
01:37motherness
01:37But what else can she do with life?
01:40Be her mother's companion?
01:41I thought Tom brought her out of herself
01:44Kind-hearted man that he is
01:46And she seemed to get on well
01:47with Anne Baxter the other evening
01:49But she has so little confidence
01:51Yes
01:51It can't have been easy
01:53growing up in the shadow of her sisters
01:56Found it
01:57Ah, there it is
01:59Well, I'm happy she's with us
02:00She has an interesting
02:07Oh, Miss Bennett
02:10Mr. Haywood
02:12How are you?
02:13Are you good to hear
02:14how you've been getting on with the poetry?
02:16Oh, well
02:18I'm not sure I have the mind
02:19to appreciate it completely
02:20I keep hoping Mr. Coleridge
02:22will explain himself
02:23or that Mr. Wordsworth
02:25will say what he really means
02:26but
02:27they seem to enjoy
02:28keeping their secrets
02:31Well, do not blame yourself
02:32I think
02:33I think some poets
02:34enjoy being difficult to understand
02:45Miss Bennett
02:46I was so sorry
02:47to hear about your father
02:49moving to the city
02:51without your family
02:52you not having your mother
02:54to confide in
02:54or your sisters
02:55Oh, it's a relief
02:56to be without her
02:57in fact, it's something
02:57of a relief
02:58to be without any of them
03:06I'm sorry
03:06you're not feeling yourself
03:10I'm afraid I'm not
03:12I'm just not finding
03:13my place here
03:14as easily as I thought
03:16sorry, please excuse me
03:18Oh, Mary
03:18Tom, how lovely to see you
03:21Quietly, my dear
03:22you'll summon the children
03:23who I fear
03:24have begun to associate
03:25Tom's name
03:26with a worryingly large
03:27bag of sugar plums
03:28Please excuse me
03:29sorry, I'm sorry
03:53my dear Mary
03:54I fear your correspondence
03:57has not been reaching me
03:59I have heard nothing
04:00I have heard nothing from you
04:01at all
04:04How are you managing
04:05your duties?
04:06You never were good
04:08with children
04:08even when you were
04:10one yourself
04:12I may require you
04:14to return to Pemberley
04:15where I will be spending
04:17the summer
04:20Lizzie has expressed
04:21a wish to see you
04:22but more urgently
04:24my new puppy
04:25has a nervous air
04:26and requires
04:27near constant
04:28companionship
04:33I had come to London
04:35to see the world
04:36outside of my family
04:37and that
04:38is what I would do
04:45Oh, Mary, you're painting
04:48To teach the children
04:49Oh, how marvellous
04:51to see your imagination
04:52at play
04:56It's terrible
04:58No, no, it is
05:00It's very neat
05:03Did you see the letter
05:05from your mother?
05:07Is she well?
05:08Between several complaints
05:10about the damp
05:11the unseasonable pollen
05:12and
05:13an unpleasant exchange
05:15with a rude shopkeeper
05:15I understand that she is
05:17Yes
05:17I honestly think
05:18she enjoys such encounters
05:20It makes her feel more alive
05:24Oh, now
05:24speaking of encounters
05:26I think this might be
05:28of interest to you
05:29Tom made a strange request
05:31to Mr. Gardiner and I
05:33and extended the invitation
05:34to you too, Mary
05:35Oh?
05:35Yes
05:36He was most mysterious
05:38He wants us
05:39to meet him tomorrow morning
05:41where he says he plans
05:43to break through
05:43our rational reserve
05:45and move our hearts
05:47as well as our heads
05:48He does?
05:49Yes
05:49Whatever that might entail
05:53I must work on my lesson plans
05:55Mary, you must join us
05:57For my sake
05:58Please consider it
06:01Please consider it
06:28Thank you sir
06:30Thank you
06:43Thank you
06:46Thank you
06:55Thank you
06:58Mr. and Mrs. Gardner, Miss Bennet, thank you for humoring me.
07:03Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
07:05I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself
07:09for a morning recital unlike any other in a hidden garden.
07:13Good Lord.
07:14Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
07:16I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skillfully deploys to avoid such events.
07:21Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
07:24Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for good weather have been in vain.
07:28No matter.
07:29We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
07:33A little drizzle?
07:38Just down there.
07:45This way?
07:47Yes.
08:03That's magical.
08:06Wow.
08:12Please forgive the theatrics.
08:15I had given Miss Bennet the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how to feel it.
08:24Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
08:39Earth has not anything to show more fair.
08:44Dole would he be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.
08:52This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning, silent, bare.
09:05Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky.
09:17All bright and glittering in the smokeless air, never did sun more beautifully steep in its first splendor.
09:27Valley, rock, or hill, nurse or I, never felt a calm so deep.
09:37The river glideth at his own sweet will.
09:43Dear God, the very houses seem asleep.
09:49And all that mighty heart is lying still.
10:04Well done, Tom.
10:06A moving rendition.
10:08Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words.
10:13And what a beautiful place.
10:17Our wisteria never flowers like this.
10:19Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
10:23Come, let's take a turn.
10:25Indeed.
10:27Goodness, Edward, this place is magical.
10:30It's a good garden.
10:32Yes, it is.
10:37Well, Miss Bennett.
10:45How do you feel?
10:51Well, for once I have nothing to say.
10:54I am sorry to hear that.
10:55No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
11:06You have such varied ways to express your feelings.
11:11Mine feel frozen or feeble or entirely unknowable.
11:21I do not know how, Miss Bennett.
11:24Well, I use the words of others to puzzle through things I do not understand.
11:30Well, I do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions.
11:51I do not know how, Miss Bennett.
11:59My mother needs a companion.
12:02I see.
12:03And, well, you will likely be very busy soon,
12:07what with social engagements and Miss Baxter.
12:16I'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice I'm gone.
12:20Well, I'd hoped that this would restore your spirit.
12:23Oh, indeed, it did.
12:25It did, thank you.
12:27I shall never forget it.
12:43I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
12:46Good heavens.
12:48Mary, this is quite unexpected.
12:50Well, is anything the matter?
12:52My mother needs me.
12:54Is my sister bored?
12:57I know that she's more likely than anyone in England
12:59to summon the troops on account of her loneliness,
13:01but must you answer the call?
13:06I think I must.
13:08Well, we so enjoy having you here.
13:10The children will be disappointed.
13:13Yes, it's kind of you to say.
13:16It is the truth.
13:21I must plan today's lessons.
13:28I must plan today's lessons.
13:31I must plan today's lessons.
13:32Dearest mother,
13:34although my time in London
13:35has been enlightening,
13:38I will be by your side
13:40for your summer at Pemberley.
13:43As requested.
13:46I am grateful for the generosity
13:48extended by my aunt and uncle,
13:50but as you rightly point out,
13:52I do not wish to burn them and it will of course be an honor to look after your
14:00new pup
14:39there was an old woman who lived in a shoe she had so many children she didn't
14:48know what to do she gave them some broth without any bread and she whipped them
14:55all soundly and put them to bed that poem started very well and ended very badly a
15:02good observation was Marianne why didn't you just move into a boot when the
15:06children got too many fine suggestion Miss Rebecca it's a glorious revolution
15:10all finished then Miss Bennett this week we will write and perform a poem instead
15:17yes I want to do a poem about myself because I'm quite interesting I'll do
15:24typhoid or frogs
15:26disgusting
15:29Miss Marianne love
15:43the eye cannot choose but see we cannot bid the air be still our bodies feel where they be
15:53a big green frog sat on a log the frog was quite full it had eaten ten flies two slugs
16:14one worm and
16:16three lily pad pie oh Miss Bennett you're obviously inspired by our morning poetry
16:25reading oh I was I know I am yes I am oh no what is it's Miss Rebecca I had
16:35a prop and I forgot to use
16:36that's it oh uh well um fear not a prop is is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of
16:46words
16:50who's next I would be sad to leave London it was the first time I'd ever felt a sense of
17:01belonging
17:04oh there you are I wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day the children will be inconsolable
17:11about you leaving Marianne is stitching you a cushion with an inspirational Latin phrase I believe
17:19oh yes it's mori quam fordari death before dishonor goodness how exciting
17:28we shall miss you Mary I think we both know I'm not well suited to London's liveliness
17:37oh Mary you've barely given it a chance things change people situations
17:50over time
17:55may I venture something on that subject
17:59the other day I went to buy a bonnet and in the first shop I went into
18:06found a stunning bonnet an elegant blue quite lovely on me if I dare say such a thing
18:12when I went to purchase it
18:16it had been reserved for someone else
18:21I went into another shop and found not four other bonnets I like just as much and in the end
18:30one a shade of dusky pink that suited me even more
18:37do you do you see what I'm saying
18:42blue is not your color
18:45no I'm saying that London has such a variety of choices and such quantity too
18:50you may enjoy the first thing you see well enough but often something more exciting will come along
19:00anyway I just thought I'd let you know
19:03well um yes thank you for that it was very interesting
19:09oh I was meaning to tell you we have decided to host a little entertainment tomorrow
19:14a night of games
19:16oh dear
19:17what sort of games
19:18no catching
19:19word games
19:21riddles and such
19:22and very pleasant company
19:24company I know
19:25or
19:26new company
19:27all new
19:28and very friendly
19:31we desperately desire that you remember London fondly
19:36this may be your final event with us before you leave
19:43I resolved not to send the letter to mother just yet
19:48it would be a shame to leave before the weekend
19:53I don't know
19:55I don't know
19:56I don't know
20:19I'm too sorry
20:29sorry I didn't realize there was a line
20:31no please
20:32I wish more people had such a restrained relationship to punch
20:37may I?
20:38yes of course
20:40noble defender of the punch
20:42I surrender my post
20:47and what brings you here?
20:48the word games or the company?
20:50I like words
20:52um
20:52I'm not
20:53much for games
20:54ah
20:55and it is the company you've come for
20:57Miss
20:58Bennett
20:59Mary Bennett
21:01William Ryder
21:03and where have you come from
21:04Miss Bennett?
21:06surely I would have remembered seeing you near punch bowls across London
21:09I am
21:12new in town
21:13well
21:15I for one am always pleased to see a new face
21:23I see the riddles are about to commence
21:25we are wise to begin with full glasses
21:35and now the quickfire round
21:39two words
21:40one answer
21:41counterfeit agony
21:44counterfeit agony
21:45I mean
21:46my brain is in agony
21:48it isn't counterfeit
21:49it is quite real
21:50champagne
21:53champagne
21:54champagne
21:54champagne
21:54champagne
21:55why right Miss Clark
21:56another point to you
21:58and our new leader
22:00fancy delivering a champagne in word
22:02not in glass
22:03tease us Mr. Gardner
22:05all right then Mr. Ryder
22:06here's one for you
22:09Judy's fellow
22:11oh
22:14my god I know it
22:17punch
22:17oh well done Mr. Ryder
22:20finally you've arrived on the score
22:27my first word
22:28comedians dread to hear
22:32my next
22:33new life
22:34in a revolving year
22:36I'll repeat it
22:38my first word
22:39comedians dread to hear
22:41my next
22:42new life
22:43in a revolving year
22:45offspring
22:45yes
22:46oh well done Miss Bennet
22:48Miss Bennet
22:50well done
22:51brother
22:52yes Miss Bennet
22:54cheers to you
22:56what's next
22:57Mandarin
22:58delicious
22:59Miss Bennet
23:00how lovely to see you
23:01too Miss Baxter
23:02Mr. Hayward
23:04we're so pleased you made it
23:05I had false intelligence
23:07you were busy this evening
23:08well we somehow managed to persuade Mr. Hayward
23:11away from his work
23:12I have an important case
23:14oh he has a terrible fortune of being the only lawyer in London
23:17who exclusively gets important cases
23:21do excuse us
23:22Mrs. G
23:22excuse me
23:25Miss Bennet
23:27Tom
23:28Will
23:30Mr. Ryder and I studied law together
23:32ah
23:32yes
23:33Mr. Hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field
23:37is that so Mr. Ryder
23:38well
23:38he fed me so many poems
23:40I believe myself a deep romantic soul
23:43too sensitive for the rigors of law
23:45seems like a heavy charge shall lay solely at the feet of poetry
23:48what
23:50Mary how is the night of games going
23:52do we have any hope for making a late charge for the prize
23:55not unless you wish to bribe our host
23:57Miss Bennet here is putting us all to shame
23:59oh nonsense Miss Ryder
24:00you beat me to the punch
24:02you see
24:04masterful words
24:08please gather yourselves for the penultimate round
24:11Mr. Ryder
24:12what
24:14I'm glad to see you're in better spirits
24:17Miss Bennet
24:19this evening has been something of a tonic
24:21Mr. Hayward
24:25round three
24:27ready
24:29Sunday
24:30yes
24:30I'm going to make a master
24:35think sharp
24:36is it doldrums
24:37oh
24:37no no no forget
24:39is there anything
24:40is it mercury
24:40yes
24:41well done
24:42is it really
24:44well done
24:45remarkable
24:49come on
24:51anybody
24:51like house
24:52yes
24:53I've never had a chance to think
24:55let alone speak
24:55I've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking
25:00that is five points apiece
25:03for Miss Clark
25:04and Miss Bennet
25:07well done
25:13the final round
25:14the two players with the most points
25:16go head to head
25:17to crack one final riddle
25:19and decide the winner
25:20the leaders come as no surprise
25:22Miss Clark
25:24and Miss Bennet
25:26you mean I didn't make it
25:28I'm astonished
25:29Mrs. Gardiner
25:31would you do the odds
25:34to suffer my seconds
25:36the doom of my first
25:39and of all of my seconds
25:41my whole is the worst
25:56heartache
25:58yes
25:59good lord
26:01she's Britain's mind
26:02it's fine
26:07we declare we have a winner
26:10London's newest arrival
26:12but it's fiercest competitor
26:14Miss Mary Bennet
26:21I'm very glad that we arrived
26:23in time to see you crown Miss Bennet
26:25thank you
26:27I wanted to say
26:28Miss Bennet
26:30you are a liar
26:32am I?
26:33you told me you were not much for games
26:36well I
26:37I can't catch
26:41Miss Bennet
26:41I've been meaning to invite you to tea
26:43since I hear
26:44very sadly you are leaving London
26:46Miss Bennet
26:46surely not
26:47you can't deprive the game players of London
26:49your
26:50your riddling talents
26:51round of applause for our winner
26:54Miss Bennet
26:56well done
27:00in that moment
27:02I think I understood
27:04what my aunt was telling me
27:06with the convoluted story about the bonnets
27:11that quantity
27:13has a quality
27:15all of its own
27:16thanks
27:22thank you so much
27:23I never doubted you
27:25this way
27:27thank you for coming
27:28Miss Bennet
27:31Mary
27:32how you shone
27:34you even caught the attention
27:36of the most eligible bachelor in town
27:38I
27:38I've been thinking
27:40it seems a shame
27:41to leave London
27:42before I've
27:43given it a fair chance
27:45I think I might like to stay
27:47a little while
27:47if it's not too much burden
27:49it's not a burden to us at all
27:52we're delighted to have you with us
27:57oh thank you so much for coming
27:59living in London was helping me
28:01to see that there could be more to life
28:02than just marriage or misery
28:05perhaps my aunt was right
28:08even the most hopeless of situations
28:12the most hopeless of people
28:14can
28:15with kindness
28:17change
28:18little by little
28:20over time
28:23I was excited to discover
28:25who Mary Bennet might be
28:52goodาง
28:53he to be
28:53good
28:53to be
28:54good
28:56to be
28:57You
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