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Bennet Sister Episode 1 #S
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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 Netherfield 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.
02:08In Meriton, England.
02:13Where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
02:18Father, meet 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,
03:04found 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.
03:24If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls,
03:29it would be enough to save us all from destitution.
03:34Although I had not found my own best quality,
03:38I was quite sure that I would.
03:41My fault, Mary.
03:43Until 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.
04:27I hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:33She does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:35I hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:45If you are not the beautiful one, the quick-witted one, or the ones that are good at games and
04:52full of youthful energy, then who are you?
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.
05:43Oh, thank goodness for that.
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, but I have a great passion for reading and I would
06:28have been sad to stop.
06:31I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meriton assembly.
06:35An assembly?
06:36Yes. In a month. I 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.
06:56Little 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.
07:19This will mark my first assembly.
07:22My first venture into society.
07:25So it will.
07:29How might I secure a partner for dancing? I'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.
07:39Do not.
07:39I'm not fretting.
07:43Lizzie, I've always wondered what I meant.
07:46What's he looking for?
07:47Right, I know.
07:48Right, I know.
07:48Right, what are you saying?
07:50It's a brilliant idea of a man.
07:51Yes, I thought it was a brilliant idea, man.
07:52Do you think it's a brilliant idea?
07:53Thank you, sir, it's a brilliant idea.
07:55Thank you, sir.
08:00Yay!
08:01I've all looked up for the same thing.
08:03Well, have fun, Lizzie!
08:05Well, 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.
08:20Oh, no more for you for wearing them.
08:25Damn.
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.
08:37Your 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, you were 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. And Mary.
09:06Father, I shall die if I do not go.
09:08I'll probably die too.
09:09I very much doubt that.
09:10Mr Bennett.
09:11Kitty 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.
09:26Mary.
09:26You 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.
09:39Mr Bennett.
09:39I told you.
09:40I will not attend another of those insufferable, muddy little dancers.
09:44Oh.
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, as 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.
10:05What's excitement over a man you've never set eyes on?
10:07Quite ridiculous.
10:08Oh, 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 Bennett.
10:28Did 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 she couldn't see them.
10:58I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
11:01Lydia.
11:01But, Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
11:05Pleased to be able to read.
11:08Oh, I do hope we are to meet him.
11:10Surely we must.
11:12Spectacles indeed.
11:14I wonder if it is.
11:16I wonder if it is.
11:16I wonder if it is.
11:16It is a shame.
11:17It is a shame.
11:18It is a shame.
11:19Oh, Lizzie.
11:20Mama!
11:21Kitty and I will meet new dresses for the ball.
11:27So, let's take another one at night.
11:31It is a shame.
11:32No one do not turn.
11:37No one do not turn.
11:39Me, she thinks I'd be able to dress up, but not an eye.
11:39Yes, we won't be able to do that.
11:39I am going to touch on my bed.
11:40Yes, I will.
11:40It is not so easy.
11:40Yes, maybe.
11:41She was going to be able to do nothing.
11:41Yes!
11:44No one do not turn my bed.
11:53It is a shame.
12:10Oh, that's...
12:11Maybe I could help you pick out a dress for 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.
12:49Oh, Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world
12:57and saw yourself 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.
13:26Help! I've lost my ribbon!
13:31Found us!
13:39Madam, please remain still, if you can.
13:49Does the gold make me look like...
13:54A little.
13:57Kitty!
13:57What 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.
14:06We need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
14:16Jane is first.
14:18That's not fair. I'm always last.
14:21Mary, no last.
14:25Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
14:28Does it still hurt?
14:29Yes.
14:29It was two weeks ago.
14:31I know.
14:33Should we eat beforehand?
14:35Perhaps a very small wheel.
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?
14:44This way.
14:44Yeah!
14:48We'll talk a bit before you think.
14:54Bye!
14:55Bye!
14:57Bye!
14:58Bye!
15:00Bye!
15:02Bye!
15:03Is it enough for you?
15:08Bye!
15:20Is it too fine for me, do you think?
15:23You look very handsome in it.
15:37Katie, you have taken my perfume.
15:39Miss Lydia, you have plenty of perfume.
15:42Not in that scent.
16:23I'm not going to be in it.
16:28I'm not going to be in it.
16:28I'm not going to be in it.
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
17:07fortunate enough with secured partners.
17:10I thought the very same thing.
17:46Mr. Bingley, welcome.
17:49These are my sisters, Louisa,
17:50and this is Caroline.
17:52This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
17:55And if I may present,
17:57Mrs. Bennet.
18:01Miss Jane Bennet.
18:03Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
18:05I said...
18:08Kitty and Lydia.
18:12Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet.
18:19Most accomplished girl in the whole neighbourhood.
18:22That is a great achievement, to be sure.
18:25The study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
18:29What an example to us all.
18:39If I can be so wrong, it's the last minute.
18:42I'll help me to write it.
18:53Me please, if I can be so wrong...
18:54Look!
18:57Good to watch!
18:58You think we're looking for someæ¼” ì–»?
19:04You're ready!
19:07Good to meet you!
19:10Good to see you.
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, a Mr. Darcy, who
19:40said of me...
19:42...she is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
19:54And round we go!
20:01Excuse 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.
20:09Mrs. Barrow!
20:10Uh, perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
20:15I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
20:21Take his hat!
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 honor 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 session?
20:49Of course.
20:50That's exactly what I thought.
20:52Yeah.
21:01How are your spectacles?
21:03Very well.
21:03Yes.
21:04Um, unable to study for hours without dissing.
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?
21:23Well, Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
21:27It's a fascinating read.
21:29I will seek it out.
21:30Oh!
21:30Are you a scholar, sir?
21:32I like to read.
21:33But science rather than history.
21:35I have a plan to study medicine in London.
21:38Barts or maybe Norfields.
21:41What a noble ambition.
21:43But it is not a thing widely known.
21:45I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
21:50I shall speak of it to no one.
23:02I'm regretting visiting the supper table so early, I should have had less oyster patties.
23:09It's fewer. It's fewer oyster patties.
23:17Here we go!
23:19Oh!
23:19Oh!
23:20Oh!
23:35Here we go!
24:02If you'd like a cold drink, Miss Bennett.
24:04Oh, yes, that's an excellent idea. Thank you.
24:19It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary.
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.
24:54I'm very happy dancing with him.
25:08I see that you have stood up twice with the Sparrow boy.
25:13Yes, Mama.
25:15And you will not dance with him again.
25:21But, Mother, he's been most attentive. He'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.
25:40You 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...
26:21I 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...
26:34I've...
26:35I've...
26:35I've...
26:36I've...
26:36I've...
26:36very 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...
26:49For my sisters and I.
26:52Um...
26:53It's important that we make an...
26:54Uh, appropriate social, um...
26:58Well, I might say, uh, financially, um...
27:01Well...
27:02A suitable match.
27:04Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation.
27:07I shall not pursue the matter.
27:08I've...
27:09Enjoyed.
27:10I've enjoyed my time.
27:11Um...
27:11Good evening to you.
27:15I'm sorry.
27:16I'm...
27:17Sorry.
27:20I'm sorry.
27:30Hello.
27:32Meet me.
27:48Jane.
27:49Jane.
27:49Jane.
27:50Jane stood up with him twice.
27:52I had little time for his friend.
27:55Please do not hold that against Mr Bingley.
27:57Do you want me to go again soon?
27:58Yes.
28:00I dance 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,
28:10I felt a terrible sense 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.
28:35As a serious-minded woman.
28:38From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
28:42No more ribbons, ball gowns or dance cards.
28:47The old Mary would be no more.
28:50I would transform into the intellectual one.
28:53That was how I would stand out.
28:56As the other Bennet sister.
28:59Well, the into her person.
29:02Now with a scoffer.
29:19I loved it.
29:25Then she had a relaxer.
29:26Then she did that on man's the road.
29:26I have to String-D lug.
29:26Then she said,
29:28she issued a subsidiary.ichean
29:28-ttrnem's shame.
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