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00:22Dear Mother,
00:25I write to let you know that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just yet.
00:30As I am still very much needed in London.
00:33The Gardener's governess has indeed returned, but we find ourselves quite overrun with social engagements.
00:42You will be excited to hear that I have been invited to one of Lady Winspear's weekly balls.
00:48I am very much looking forward to it.
00:53I miss you all.
00:54I miss you all.
00:58Yours, Mary.
01:03The Gardener's governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not?
01:06Yes, yes, a week ago.
01:08Well then, the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband.
01:14A husband?
01:15Whatever else do you plan to do?
01:20Someone who was once a friend told me that a woman has two choices in life, marriage or misery.
01:27What do you think?
01:29Mary, it's not too late for marriage, if that's what you're asking me.
01:33And I do believe it's the better choice, but I'm not the only one.
01:38Some marriages are miserable.
01:40I agree.
01:42I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful.
01:48My mother has always said no one will marry a girl in spectacles.
01:52Mary, that is nonsense.
01:53What a terrible thing for your mother to say.
01:57Well, you may not have had luck in the past, but this time it's different.
02:02This time, you have me.
02:05Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society.
02:11It's all about confidence.
02:13A certain coolness.
02:15I think you care too much.
02:17Really?
02:18Hmm.
02:20Have you ever polished your skin?
02:28We put this in the pipkin, and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts.
02:32Then we spread it on your face.
02:33You're going to look radiant, Mary.
02:36I'm going to smell like soup.
02:41What on earth?
02:53There.
02:54Thanks.
03:06Mary, you have stew on your face.
03:19Oh, now we need to work on your walk.
03:23Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself.
03:36Walk normally.
03:44I'm excited for you, Mary.
03:46New love is the most romantic thing.
03:49New love?
03:50Yes, the first throws.
03:52Oh, you must not take it for granted, because the feelings soon pass, and then everything becomes quite ordinary.
04:00It's almost impossible to remember how one felt at the beginning.
04:06Now walk.
04:07Shoulders back.
04:08Chin up.
04:09Chin down.
04:11Chin up a little.
04:12Don't look scared.
04:13Quite hard not to.
04:18Remember, you are only allowed two dancers with the same partner.
04:21Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with, and avoid the eyes of those you do
04:26not.
04:27If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy, nor too disappointed, depending on who he is.
04:33You must look nonchalant.
04:36Carefree.
04:42Mary, think back to those times in your childhood when you had not a care in the world.
04:53Hmm.
04:54Hmm.
05:11Remember, Mary, the most important thing is to be yourself.
05:29Oh, look.
05:37Isn't it beautiful?
05:39It means...
05:51Do not fret.
05:53The night has only just begun.
05:58Good evening.
05:59Mary, Miss Baxter, Miss Bennet.
06:01Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful?
06:04Well, as do you.
06:06Anne?
06:08Well.
06:13Mr. Hayward, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet?
06:17No, I know.
06:18I couldn't.
06:18It will show how eligible you are.
06:24I don't suppose you have much room for me on your card.
06:27But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you.
06:30Oh, well, um, there might, there might be.
06:33Let me just check.
06:37Yes.
06:38Yes.
06:39We could dance.
06:41Thank you, Mr. Hayward.
06:49Mr. Hayward, how are you?
06:53Miss Bennet?
06:54Miss Bennet?
06:55I'm very well.
06:57How are you?
06:59Good morning.
07:04Two, two, three.
07:05Two, three.
07:13Sorry.
07:15Sorry, sorry.
08:21Thank you, Miss Cain.
08:23Miss Bennett.
08:30What a fine minuet.
08:35Oh, now you two, you must dance together.
08:38Um, I'm going to go and...
08:41Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:45Yeah.
09:26it's you it is indeed william rider of course mr rider well it it is a pleasure to see you
09:34again
09:35so soon would you like to dance well perhaps later my feet are quiet
09:45then let us sit and gather your strength
10:10i find these occasions really quite intolerable
10:13all these poor young ladies parading about bearing the weight of their parents expectations
10:19it's not the least romantic
10:21i think these occasions mean a great deal to many young women
10:25and for good reason none of them wants to fail
10:32but doesn't it seem to you miss bennett that most people give far too much weight to the idea of
10:39marriage because for some people that is their only means of survival
10:43in matters of men and women the only thing that should guide us is the heart
10:49do you really believe that to be true
10:52well
10:55i believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish
11:04i think you will find mr rider that the liberty in such situations tends to be enjoyed by the man
11:11well the consequences are born quite literally in many cases by the woman
11:19perhaps you're right i know i am
11:30dance with me please bennett
11:32come on
12:00It's supposed to be fun, I think.
12:05You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennet.
12:07I am breathing.
12:09I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books.
12:16I'm reading Wordsworth, currently.
12:18Ah, but what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennet?
12:22Histories.
12:24No, I mean, what's your secret indulgence?
12:30Well, I really enjoyed reading as a child.
12:34We're the servants' pamphlets.
12:37They detail the most grisly crimes.
12:41I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennet.
12:45I had to hide them from my mother.
12:47I bet you did.
12:54Oh, my gosh, look at her.
12:56Good to show him, I think.
13:14It's the onions.
13:20You tripped.
13:22I did not trip.
13:24It was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte.
13:27Mary?
13:27Miss Baxter.
13:29I was just about to ask Miss Bennet to dance again.
13:33Oh, uh, thank you, Mr. Ryder, but I will sit this one out.
13:37Ah.
13:38Then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies.
13:44He might be handsome, Mary, but beware.
13:47He also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of us.
13:50He enjoys the privileges of his class, as well as good looks.
13:54I cannot say I took much notice of his looks.
13:57Mary?
13:58I did not.
13:59Well, he certainly noticed you.
14:01It's kind of you to say, but he doesn't think of me in that way.
14:05And actually, that makes us much more enjoyable.
14:09We were just talking about Mr. Ryder.
14:13Yes.
14:14We're your Ryder.
14:16Aye, sis.
14:17Oh, thank you.
14:19And the biggest one for Miss Mary Bennet.
14:24Oh, Heywood, don't look so downhearted.
14:26Here, you can have mine.
14:27I wouldn't dream of taking yours.
14:29Oh, well.
14:30Mr. Heywood, I seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance.
14:36I'm quite tired.
14:43But I would love to dance.
14:47What play with the rules?
14:48Crunchy.
14:50Mr. Ryder, what on earth happened to you?
14:54Oh, Miss Bingley.
14:56Well, well.
14:57Miss Bennet.
14:58How good to see you again.
15:01Oh, are you two ladies already acquainted?
15:03Oh, I have known Miss Bennet for some years.
15:06Oh.
15:06Pianist, singer, raconteur.
15:10My brother married her sister.
15:13I heard you were a governor in London, though I didn't think it had quite come to that.
15:18I'm no longer in that position.
15:21So, you are in London for a husband?
15:25No.
15:30Miss Bennet is a radical thinker.
15:33Is she now?
15:34Well, it makes me all the more glad to be spending the foreseeable future here, where I can be thoroughly
15:41enlightened by your thoughts.
15:43Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday.
15:46You should join us.
15:48Why, thank you, Mr. Ryder.
15:50You must sing.
15:52That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to.
15:55I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday.
16:00Come, Mr. Ryder.
16:01Come, Mr. Ryder.
16:32Ow.
16:37How did you find the ball last night?
16:41Most pleasant, thank you.
16:45Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary.
16:48He left this bundle of crime pamphlets as a peculiar gift.
16:51Is this really to your taste?
16:54Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday.
16:57Oh, what fun!
16:58Jethro.
17:00You could wear your red dress.
17:03Regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend.
17:09You have not been yourself since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night.
17:17She seems to delight in being horrible to me.
17:21I have no idea what I've done to provoke her.
17:24Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband?
17:28Mr. Darcy?
17:28She did, yes.
17:31Perhaps she feels threatened by you.
17:35Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me.
17:39She's better than me.
17:41I know that very well.
17:44She's always beautifully dressed, and she has extraordinary confidence.
17:49She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain.
17:53Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior lies doubts and insecurities, the same as everyone else.
17:59And she treats you as though you're beneath her to make herself feel good.
18:03It riles her to see you blossoming in London.
18:07Blossoming?
18:09You've changed.
18:11You smile more.
18:13And you laugh.
18:15Well, I've...
18:17The thought that you're worth less than Caroline really only exists in her mind.
18:24We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world.
18:32We stand our ground.
18:35For there will always be one.
18:54Miss Bennet?
18:56How wonderful to see you.
18:58Oh, um...
19:02I very much like your, um...
19:07insects.
19:08Why, thank you. They were my late father's.
19:12He was a very great collector of all things strange or unusual in that line.
19:22You have an extensive book collection, Mr Ryder?
19:27Ah, yes. They are for show.
19:31Although, Grimm's fairy tales proved a fine read.
19:36Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me.
19:39I want to hear about the strangers' cases over dinner.
19:44Ah, yes. Miss Pellet, inspired by you,
19:48I have been reading some of those particular works myself,
19:53and I found something that made me think of you.
19:57Of me?
19:57Mm-hm. Allow me to find it?
19:59Well, of course.
20:01Miss Bingley.
20:03I am so glad you took my advice.
20:05Lady Catherine de Burr looks magnificent there.
20:08I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet
20:11that made me think of her this morning.
20:13It made you think of Miss Bennet?
20:16Yes, exactly.
20:18Now, where is it?
20:20Mr Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me
20:22to cast my eye across the dinner table before the guests sit.
20:27Er, very well.
20:30Please excuse us.
20:33I have to say, Miss Bennet,
20:35how refreshing it is to see a young woman
20:38with the courage to defy the dictates of fashion
20:40when most of us are foolish enough
20:42to want to look as well as we possibly can.
20:45You are an example to us all.
21:05Mr Hayward, we are here.
21:07Where are you, Mary?
21:08You are a very...
21:19You're all right...
21:26...you have outdone yourself again.
21:29ugh!
21:30Ah!
21:31No!
21:35No!
21:40No!
21:43No!
21:46No!
21:47No!
21:48No!
21:48Yeah!
21:48It's like she's she's!
21:52Oh!
21:54No!
21:54No!
21:58Mr. Hurst, have you ever read Catherine Macaulay's work?
22:03No.
22:03She's most insightful on democracy, if you're interested.
22:07No.
22:14What think you of James Hutton's theory
22:17that the Earth is perpetually being formed?
22:20I have no interest in geology.
22:23What do you like?
22:25Mr. Hurst?
22:28Horses.
22:29Horse racing.
22:30Oh.
22:30I know so little about horse racing.
22:32I would be honoured if you would teach me all you know.
22:35We won't have time for that.
22:37Let's just see how we get on.
22:40Right.
22:42Right.
22:45Four legs.
22:48Cannot vomit.
22:50Beautiful creatures.
22:52Beautiful.
22:52Almost too beautiful.
22:53More intelligent than anyone at this table.
22:58Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know.
23:01I appreciate that.
23:01Right.
23:02I've done this before.
23:03I'm sure I can do it again.
23:04Fascinating.
23:05These are the front legs.
23:06Here.
23:07We call these the cloppers, back legs, the clippers.
23:12Ah.
23:12Clip-clop.
23:13Right?
23:14You see what I'm saying?
23:15You do not want to stand behind a horse.
23:17You do not want to do...
23:18I just want to try.
23:21What can a horse do?
23:23You tell me.
23:24Well, it can run, but it can also break your heart.
23:29I can see it.
23:30That is our horse.
23:32What shall we name it?
23:34Gerald.
23:35Gerald.
23:36Gerald.
23:37Huh?
23:37Let's enter him at York.
23:40Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week.
23:48Thank you, sir.
23:50I shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you first.
23:55Ah.
24:02Miss Bennet.
24:04I was hoping to speak to you.
24:07Really?
24:08I couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you properly.
24:13It's a shame, then, that you chose to seat me so far from you at dinner.
24:20You met Lady Catherine once, did you not?
24:23I did.
24:25Only recently we were talking about your family,
24:27and she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you and your sisters.
24:32She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, nor as provoking,
24:38not as beautiful as Jane or as willing as Kitty,
24:42and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's joie de vivre?
24:51It was very candid of her.
24:52She is known for her frankness.
24:54I sometimes wonder if frankness isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness.
25:02Tell me, Miss Bennet, do you intend to marry?
25:07Let's assume we all must marry in the end.
25:12Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice.
25:16If you wish.
25:17It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away
25:22in pursuit of attachments that can never come to anything,
25:26such as Mr. Ryder?
25:33Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr. Ryder?
25:36Or that he is pursuing me?
25:39For both are quite without foundation.
25:42And yet it seems you do all you can to please him.
25:45I cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does.
25:49What do you mean?
25:50Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet.
25:54Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment and humiliation,
25:58where matters of the heart are concerned.
26:04You seem to know a great deal about rejection.
26:08Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study?
26:12Or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature?
26:21Oh, Miss Bingley.
26:26Miss Bingley, welcome to the game.
26:28I fear I'm in bad news today.
26:33It was a very thorough lesson in horse racing.
26:36You had a dinner.
26:38Miss Bennet.
26:38Ah.
26:40It was, yes.
26:42Most interesting.
26:44I wanted to say that...
26:47I wanted to ask...
26:49Or that is to say,
26:51I had noticed at the ball that Mr. Ryder had occupied a great deal of your time.
26:56And he often acts without thinking.
26:57So I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that is what you would like.
27:06I very much enjoy his company.
27:08And I...
27:13I see.
27:14No, I...
27:14Of course, I...
27:15No, no, no.
27:15Forgive my intrusion.
27:16No, that is to say, I'm...
27:18I'm not drawn to him.
27:33Who is she?
27:34I'd snap her up before some other fellow does.
27:37Excuse me.
27:38I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us.
27:42How lovely, Mary.
27:44Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort.
27:46Come on, Miss Bennet.
27:47You must sing.
27:48Sing.
27:50Sing!
28:06We must get you to Pemberley.
28:08Immediately.
28:08We have received an urgent letter.
28:10Your mother's been taken gravely ill.
28:12Take our carriage and go.
28:14Now.
28:26Come on, Mary.
28:27You must hurry.
28:28Come, dear.
28:30It's all right.
28:44Come on, Mary.
28:45Come on, Mary.
28:50Come on, Mary.
28:54Come on, Mary.
28:55Come on, Mary.
28:58Come on, Mary.
29:01Come on, Mary.
29:02Come on, Mary.
29:04Come on, Mary.
29:04Come on, Mary.
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