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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?
06:52Miss Bennet?
06:54Miss Bennet?
06:55I'm very well.
06:58How are you?
07:00What?
07:05Two, two, three!
07:06Two, three!
07:13Sorry. Sorry, sorry.
07:15Good DÃ¥x!
07:30Two, two, three!
08:21Thank you, Miss Payne.
08:23Miss Bennet.
08:30What a fine minuet.
08:35Oh, now you two.
08:36You must dance together.
08:39Um, I'm going to go and...
08:41Oh, Mary, do you mind?
08:48Oh, I can't...
09:26it's you it is indeed william rider of course mr rider oh well it it is a pleasure to see
09:34you
09:34again so soon would you like to dance well perhaps later my feet are quite ah then let us sit
09:47and gather
09:48your strength
10:10i find these occasions really quite intolerable all these poor young ladies parading about bearing
10:17the weight of their parents expectations and it's not the least romantic i think these occasions
10:22mean a great deal to many young women and for good reason none of them wants to fail but
10:32doesn'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 in matters of men and women
10:45the only thing that should guide us is the heart do you really believe that to be true well
10:55i believe we should sweep away these tired old rules and follow our inclinations as we wish
11:03i 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
11:19well perhaps you're right i know i am
11:30dance with me
11:31come on
12:00you're supposed to be fun i think
12:05you are allowed to breathe while you dance miss bennett i heard that you are a great reader of
12:12very serious books i'm reading wordsworth currently ah but what do you really enjoy reading miss bennett
12:22histories no no i mean what's your secret indulgence
12:29which i really enjoyed reading as a child
12:34with a servant's pamphlets they detail the most grisly cries
12:41i knew there was a bold and curious side to you miss bennett
12:45i had to hide them from my mother
12:47i bet you did
12:54oh my gosh look at her
13:21i did not trip it was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte
13:27mary
13:27miss baxter i was just about to ask miss bennett to dance again
13:33oh uh thank you mr rider but i will sit this one out
13:37ah then allow me to fetch you both some ices ladies
13:44he might be handsome mary but beware he also fancies himself above all the rules that govern the rest of
13:50us he enjoys the privileges of his class as well as good looks i i cannot say i took much
13:56notice of his looks mary
13:59i did not well he certainly noticed you
14:01it's kind of you to say but he doesn't think of me in that way and actually that makes much
14:07more enjoyable
14:09we were just talking about mr rider
14:13yes will you rider
14:16yes
14:16i says
14:17oh thank you and the biggest one for miss mary ben thank you
14:24hey we don't look so downhearted here you can have mine
14:27i i wouldn't dream of taking yours
14:30mr hayward i seem to have found myself without a partner for the next dance
14:36i'm quite tired
14:42what i would love to dance
14:47not play with swords
14:48um crunchy
14:50mr rider what on earth happened to you oh miss bingley
14:56well well miss bennett how good to see you again
15:00oh are you two ladies already acquainted oh i have known miss bennett for some years
15:06oh pianist singer raconteur my 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 i'm no longer in that position so you are in london for a husband
15:25no
15:30miss bennett is a radical thinker is she now well it makes me all the more glad to be spending
15:37the
15:37foreseeable future here where i can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts
15:43miss bennett i'm holding a small supper this thursday you should join us why thank you mr
15:49rider you must sing that is i mean to say i may not be able to i very much look
15:56forward to you
15:57thank you for joining us on thursday come mr rider
16:10no
16:37how did you find the ball last night
16:41most pleasant thank you
16:45young william rider called while you were asleep this morning mary he left this bundle of crime
16:50pamphlets as peculiar gift is this really to your taste thank you oh and he confirmed our invitation
16:55to supper on thursday oh what fun jethro you could wear your red dress
17:03uh regarding stuff 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
17:16she seems to delight in being horrible to me
17:21i have no idea what i've done to provoke her did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's
17:27husband mr darcy she did yes perhaps she feels threatened by you
17:35caroline bingley is not threatened by me she's better than me i know that very well she's always
17:44beautifully dressed and she has extraordinary confidence she does not appear to lack confidence that is
17:52perhaps 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 it riles her to see you
18:05blossoming in london
18:08blossoming you've changed you smile more and you laugh well i've oh the thought that you're worth less
18:19than caroline really only exists in her mind
18:24we do not run and hide from the caroline bingley's of this world
18:32we stand our ground for there will always be one
18:49we could possibly speak to him
18:53miss bernet how wonderful to see you oh um
19:01uh i very much like your um
19:07insects why thank you they were my late father's he was a very great collector of all things strange or
19:17unusual in that line
19:22you have an extensive book collection mr rider
19:27oh yes they are for show although grim's fairy tales proved a fine
19:35not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent to me i want to hear about the strangers cases over
19:41dinner
19:44ah yes miss pennett inspired by you i have been reading some of those particular works myself and i found
19:54something made me think of you of me allow me to find it well of course
20:01miss bingley i am so glad you took my advice lady catherine de burr looks magnificent there
20:07i was just about to read something to miss bennett that made me think of her this morning
20:13it made you think of miss bennett
20:16yes exactly now where is it mr rider i wondered if it might be helpful for me to cast my
20:23eye across
20:24the dinner table before the guests sit
20:27uh very well please excuse us
20:33i have to say miss bennett how refreshing it is to see a young woman with the courage to defy
20:39the
20:39dictates of fashion when most of us are foolish enough to want to look as well as we possibly can
20:44um you are an example to us all
21:01i'm sure i'm more of a drama mr hayward we are here where are you mary
21:08uh
21:25you have outdone yourself
21:43yes
21:58mr hurst have you ever read catherine mccauley's work
22:02no she's most insightful on democracy if you're interested
22:07no
22:14what think you of james hudden's theory that the earth is perpetually being formed
22:20i have no interest in geology
22:23what do you like mr hurst
22:28horses horses horses oh i know so little about horse racing i would be honored if you would teach
22:34me all you know we won't have time for that let's just see how we get on right
22:42right uh four legs
22:48cannot vomit beautiful creatures beautiful almost too beautiful more intelligent than
22:54anyone on this table
22:58perhaps if i was to construct a horse then we'd know appreciate that right i've done this before
23:03i'm sure i can do it again fascinating these are the front legs here we call these the cloppers
23:09back legs back legs the clippers
23:11ah clip clop right you see what i'm saying you do not want to stand behind a horse
23:17do you do not want to do what can a horse do you tell me well um it can run
23:26but it can also break
23:27your heart i can see it that is uh our horse what shall we name it gerald gerald gerald
23:37let's enter him at york probably faster than the horse i bet on last week
23:47thank you thank you sir i shall never wager any significant amount of money without consulting you
23:55first
23:55uh
24:02miss bennett i was hoping to speak to you
24:07really well i couldn't let this evening pass without having the privilege of talking to you
24:11properly it'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 i did only recently we were talking about your family
24:27and she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you and your sisters
24:33she felt that you were not as handsome as elizabeth nor as provoking not as beautiful as jane or as
24:41willing as kitty and well who could measure up to lydia's joie de vivre
24:50it was very candid of her she is known for her frankness i sometimes wonder if frankness
24:56isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness
25:02tell me miss bennett do you intend to marry let's assume we all must marry in the end
25:12perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice if you wish it seems to me
25:20that a great deal of time is thrown away in pursuit of attachments that can never come to anything
25:27such as mr rider
25:33do you mean to suggest that i'm pursuing mr rider
25:36or that he is pursuing me for both are quite without foundation and yet it seems you do all
25:43you can to please him i cannot imagine why else he would speak of you as he does
25:49what do you mean confine yourself to your proper sphere miss bennett presumptions of this kind only lead
25:56to disappointment and humiliation where matters of the heart are concerned
26:05you seem to know a great deal about rejection is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study
26:12or do you perhaps owe it to experience of a more personal nature
26:20oh
26:25miss bingley
26:26it was a very thorough lesson in horse racing you had at dinner miss bennett
26:40it was yes um most interesting well i wanted to say that i wanted to ask
26:49or that is to say i had noticed at the ball that mr rider had occupied a great deal of
26:54your time
26:55and he often acts without thinking so i'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained if that
27:01is
27:02what you would like
27:06i very much enjoy his company
27:12i see no i of course i no no no forgive my intrusion no that is to say i'm i'm
27:18i'm not
27:19who is drawn to him bennett girl the one you said was plain oh the governess she was the only
27:26one of
27:26the five not to marry can you imagine she didn't look very plain to me she was tolerable and you
27:32can
27:32see riders interested in her if i were him i'd snap her up before some other fellow does excuse me
27:38i believe miss bennett would like to sing for us how lovely mary oh i have no wish to do
27:45anything
27:45of the sort come miss bennett you must sing sing
28:05mary mary we must get you to pemberley immediately we have received an urgent letter your mother's
28:11been taken gravely ill oh take our carriage and go now
28:25come on mary you must hurry
28:48have you
28:53do
28:54do
29:01so
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