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00:00I
00:39It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
00:44without expectations,
00:46she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:53To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough.
00:57But to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.
01:04Or so my mother taught us.
01:08Mr. Bennet, have you heard?
01:10Netherfield Park is lit at last.
01:13I have not.
01:18Do you want to know who has taken it?
01:21You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:24I would like to know.
01:27It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year.
01:38I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:42From whom did you hear this?
01:44Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:48Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:52He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:55In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival,
02:00we must start at the beginning.
02:05With cake.
02:07In Merriton, England.
02:13Where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
02:17Father.
02:18Mm-hmm.
02:19Meet mother.
02:20Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only a male heir
02:26could inherit my father's estate.
02:28And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:40That's his fortune, and her beauty were worthless.
02:45Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:50But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:54Why should he engage?
02:55When the time comes...
02:57I'll be dead anyway.
03:00Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
03:05A saving grace.
03:07Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
03:11Be it Jane's beauty.
03:15Lizzie's wit.
03:18Kitty's good humour.
03:19Or Lydia's...
03:21Spirit.
03:23Oh!
03:24Oh, Mary!
03:25If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save us all from
03:30destitution.
03:33Although I had not found my own best quality...
03:37Oh, yes.
03:39I was quite sure that I would.
03:41My fault, Mary.
03:42Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:47Mary has an awfully...
03:49ruddy complexion.
03:50She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:54And she is clumsy.
03:56Ungainly.
03:58Maladroite, as they say.
04:00Four good marriages will have to do.
04:03I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:31I hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:36I hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:45She does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:49I'll be here for her.
04:49I'll be here for her.
04:52I'll be here for her.
04:55I'll be here for her.
04:56And what can you do if you're the odd one out?
05:01Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in?
05:08Worse, I think.
05:23Worse still.
05:25Do not fret, Miss Bennet.
05:38Have we found it?
05:40I think we have, Mr Sparrow.
05:42Oh, thank goodness for that.
05:45OK.
05:52You see, the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays.
05:56Well, I never.
05:58Hmm.
06:13You really do look very well in your spectacles.
06:18Especially when you smile.
06:22Ah, I do not think my mother will agree.
06:25But I have a great passion for reading and I, I would have been sad to stop.
06:31I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meriton assembly.
06:35An assembly?
06:36Yes.
06:37In a month.
06:38I heard this morning.
06:40My sisters will be pleased.
06:44Perhaps I shall see you there.
06:46Hmm.
06:52Miss Mary, you ought to get on.
06:54Of course he'll.
06:55Of course.
06:55I'll settle affairs here.
06:59And thank you, Mr Sparrow.
07:08I have news!
07:12There's going to be an assembly in Meriton in a month.
07:15We know.
07:15Oh.
07:16I'm going to be the one to tell Mama.
07:18This will mark my first assembly.
07:22My first venture into society.
07:25So it will?
07:29How might I secure a partner for dancing?
07:31I've always wondered.
07:33Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
07:37Do not fret.
07:39I'm not.
07:39I'm not fretting.
07:43Jane.
07:43Lizzie, can you help?
07:46Right.
07:48Trying to get upset.
07:49Oh.
07:50I thought it was me.
07:51Yes, I thought it was me.
07:52Yes, yes, I thought it was me.
07:53Yeah, I thought it was me.
07:53...to make sure I'd have some views on it, so...
07:56...it's nice to get these things that I could do.
08:00It's nice.
08:01Oh, look at the same place.
08:03Well, have fun, Lizzie.
08:05Will we?
08:07I'm going to fill my card for dances.
08:09Jane, do you think I shall be allowed to dance?
08:10Mary, move!
08:12Do you hope you're not going to stand this close at the assembly?
08:15Oh, we should have taken the long route.
08:17Oh, these are my good boots.
08:21All for you for wearing them.
08:24Dan.
08:29Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion?
08:33I don't see why it should.
08:35It would match my eyes, I suppose.
08:36Your eyes are green.
08:39You are so inattentive.
08:45Mr. Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed.
08:49We were the first?
08:50I was the first, he was stood a little behind me.
08:52It is wonderful.
08:54What will I wear?
08:55Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father?
08:58Why would we not be?
08:58I was the one that found out about it.
09:00Am I allowed?
09:03Jane, Lizzie, you will of course go.
09:05And marry.
09:05Father, I shall die if I do not go.
09:08I'll probably die too.
09:09I very much doubt that.
09:10Mr. Bennet, Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands.
09:15After Jane and Lizzie, of course.
09:20I don't see what the fuss is all about.
09:22Those horrible, sweaty affairs.
09:25Mary, you will attend.
09:28Oh.
09:30Oh, well of course, Mother, if you wish.
09:34Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks.
09:36As long as I am not expected to attend.
09:38Mr. Bennet.
09:39I told you.
09:40I will not attend another of those insufferable muddy little dancers.
09:45I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meryton Assembly.
09:48Oh, he must be.
09:50Who would miss it?
09:52Me, apparently.
09:53You shall all go to the ball.
09:55As long as I am obliged to hear no more about it.
09:59I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
10:02Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too.
10:04I'm me.
10:04This excitement over a man you've never set eyes on is quite ridiculous.
10:07Oh, Mary, we're only indulging ourselves.
10:17Mary is wearing spectacles.
10:19What on earth?
10:21Very good.
10:22I hope you find them most useful, Mary.
10:25I do, Father.
10:26Mr. Bennet, did you know about this?
10:29We discussed this at length.
10:31Mary was to visit the optician.
10:33Yes.
10:33But I did not know that you would actually need to wear glasses.
10:37You seem to forget, my dear, that I wear spectacles myself.
10:41But she is a woman.
10:43Nevertheless, she ought to be able to see.
10:46I think they look very well.
10:51Potatoes, Mary.
10:55In case you couldn't see them.
10:58I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
11:01Did you?
11:01Yeah.
11:01But, Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
11:04Well, pleased to be able to read.
11:08Oh, I do hope you are to meet him.
11:10Surely we must.
11:13Spectacles, indeed.
11:14I wonder who is that?
11:16It's a shame.
11:19Mama?
11:21Kitty and I will meet in your dresses for the walk.
11:27It's a shame.
11:35Hello, everyone.
11:41I want to explain my hair to me!
11:41Number one, I want to explain my hair.
11:44I want to do this.
11:44Let's try it.
11:45I want to explain my hair.
11:52There you are.
12:11Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Merriton Assembly, Miss Mary.
12:16Oh, hell.
12:20What am I to do at a dance?
12:22Dance?
12:24Oh, what if no one wants to dance with me?
12:29Then you'll eat lots of ices.
12:32Such fripperies are not for me.
12:34I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
12:37If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
12:41A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
12:47Now I am tall and yellow.
12:50Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world and saw
12:58yourself how other people see you outside of your family.
13:05Well, that's decided.
13:08I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
13:12And I will not hear another word on the subject.
13:27Hang on.
13:28I've lost my ribbon.
13:32Found them.
13:39Madam, please remain still if you can.
13:49Does the gold make me look like them?
13:54A little.
13:57Kitty!
13:58What is it?
13:59Those are my books, Lydia.
14:00I cannot treat my jewellery box.
14:02I need something to stand on.
14:04This is important, Mary.
14:05You need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
14:16Jane is first.
14:18That's not fair.
14:19I'm always last.
14:21Mary, no last.
14:25Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
14:28Does it still hurt?
14:28Yes.
14:29It was two weeks ago.
14:31I know.
14:33Should we eat beforehand?
14:35Perhaps a very small meal.
14:37And don't drink too much.
14:38But what if I'm thirsty?
14:39Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself behind a screen in front of everyone?
14:43Lizzie!
15:20Is it too fine for me, do you think?
15:23You look very handsome in it.
15:37Hey, Jean!
15:37You have taken my perfume.
15:39I have, I have.
15:40Miss Lydia, you haven't met your perfume.
15:42Not in that scent.
15:43Yes.
15:44T «T « T «
16:57I like your dress, Mary.
16:59Oh, Charlotte.
17:02What's that about?
17:03I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
17:05You should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough with secured partners.
17:10I thought the very same thing.
17:46Mr. Bingley.
17:48These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
17:52This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
17:55And if I may present, Mrs. Bennett, Miss Jane Bennett, Miss Elizabeth Bennett, Kitty and
18:09Lydia.
18:12Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennett, the most accomplished girl in the whole neighborhood.
18:22That is a great achievement, to be sure.
18:25The study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
18:29What?
18:29What an example to us all.
18:39If I could be so proud of us to ask for the stars.
18:42Oh, how excited.
18:42I'm so excited.
18:56Thank you, I'm so excited.
19:05We're all out of the stars.
19:07You have to be ready.
19:09Thank you, Mr. Зем.
19:10Thank you, sir.
19:12Yay!
19:23You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps.
19:28What has happened?
19:29I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against the wall there.
19:36A Mr. Darcy, who said of me, she is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
19:54Around we go!
20:00Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
20:04I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
20:08a fashion.
20:09Mr. Sparrow.
20:11Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
20:15I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
20:20Take his hand.
20:23I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
20:26I just chose to sit this one out.
20:29That is a shame.
20:32I was going to ask if you would do me the honour of standing up with me for the next
20:35dance.
20:37Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
20:39And I would be delighted.
20:41Well then, I thank you.
20:44Oh, yes.
20:47Shall we remain here until the next set is pleased?
20:50Oh, of course.
20:50Except that's exactly what I thought.
20:52Yeah.
21:01How are your spectacles?
21:03Very well.
21:04Yes, um, I'm able to study for hours without issue.
21:07I am delighted to hear that.
21:10It's my turn.
21:16Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
21:18What do you read with such enjoyment?
21:23Mrs. Catherine McCauley has written a wonderful account of British history.
21:27It's a fascinating read.
21:28I will seek it out.
21:30Oh, are you a scholar, sir?
21:32I like to read, but science rather than history.
21:35I have a plan to study medicine in London.
21:38Barts or maybe Morpheus.
21:41What a noble ambition.
21:43But it is not a thing widely known.
21:45I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
21:49I shall speak of it to no one.
21:51I shall speak of it to no one.
22:30Oh, God.
22:33I shall speak of it to no one.
23:02I'm regretting visiting the supper table so early, I should have had less moisture patterns.
23:09It's fewer.
23:12It's fewer, Oyster Patties.
23:17Here we go!
23:35Here we go!
23:39Here we go!
23:41Here we go!
23:48Here we go!
23:52Here we go!
24:02Would you like a cold drink, Miss Benes?
24:06Yes, that's an excellent idea.
24:19It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Marie.
24:23Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he?
24:27Yes, the optician's son.
24:30And you have danced with him twice.
24:35Mary, you are very young.
24:37And perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood.
24:42If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon.
24:45Two dances in succession suggest a liking.
24:47Three might imply something more.
24:53But I'm very happy dancing with him.
25:08I see that you have stood up twice with the Sparrow boy.
25:12Yes, Mama.
25:15You will not dance with him again.
25:21But, Mother, he's been most attentive.
25:24He's quite the gentleman.
25:26Mary, his father owns a shop.
25:30Yes?
25:32With a bell.
25:36Mother, I have danced with him twice.
25:39I have no wish to marry him.
25:41You may not object to lowering yourself,
25:43but I will not have you ruin your sister's chances of a match.
26:09Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet,
26:12once we have finished our ices?
26:15Mrs. Sparrow, I am afraid that I shall...
26:20I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening.
26:23Oh.
26:25But I thought...
26:27I thought...
26:30I hope I have not offended you.
26:31No, no, no.
26:32Not at all, sir.
26:33I've...
26:34Oh, I've...
26:35I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
26:39It's, um...
26:41That is to say that, um...
26:45My mother is concerned.
26:48Concerned?
26:48Uh, um, for my sisters and I.
26:51Um, it's important that we make an appropriate social, um...
26:58One might say, uh, financially, um...
27:01Well, a suitable match.
27:04Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
27:06Uh, I shall not pursue the matter.
27:08I've enjoyed.
27:09I've enjoyed my time.
27:11It, um...
27:11Good evening to you.
27:15I'm sorry.
27:16I'm sorry.
27:20Sorry.
27:21I'm sorry.
27:29Of course.
27:49James stood up with him twice.
27:52I had little time for his friend.
27:55Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
27:57I'll go again soon.
27:58Yes.
28:00I danced with two soldiers.
28:01I'm not very good with faces, so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
28:05Ew!
28:06As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible
28:12sense of shame.
28:13I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
28:21Who was I?
28:23A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclinations?
28:28It was time to find my own way.
28:31To look for a new version of myself, as a serious-minded woman.
28:38From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
28:43No more ribbons, ball gowns, or dance cards.
28:46The old Mary would be no more.
28:50I would transform into the intellectual one.
28:54That was how I would stand out, as the other Bennet sister.
28:59Yes.
28:59I would.
29:01I would.
29:15Well, I have been my brother.
29:17I love you.
29:17Well, Alex.
29:17You've been so glad I've done that.
29:17I love you.
29:17I love you.
29:19Well, you've been so glad and incredibly thankful that Mr. Bingley can be a surprise for you.
29:19Well, I love you so glad.
29:20You've been so glad.
29:20I love you.
29:21You've been so glad.
29:22I love you.
29:22I love you.
29:24It's been so glad.
29:25I love you.
29:26You
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