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00:21Miss Fennett
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00:27You are quite unlike anyone I have ever met.
00:31You speak your mind with a refreshing directness and you do not force yourself to conform to society's ideals.
00:40I imagine it will come as no surprise when I say I have developed the greatest affection for you.
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00:53I cannot understand why a man such as Mr. Rider would propose to Mary.
00:58Oh shush, perhaps he won't.
01:00Mother may have got her hopes up for nothing.
01:02We shall never know his intentions if you two keep talking.
01:06What is happening?
01:07Mr. Rider and Mary are in the library and appear to be having a serious conversation.
01:12I suppose most women of better looks and livelier character were already taken.
01:15It cannot be a match driven by passion.
01:19Not all matches driven by passion turn out well.
01:21Lizzie, I cannot hear what they are saying.
01:23Will you all just be quiet?
01:27In these past few days I have felt a deeper understanding between us.
01:36I believe you felt it too.
01:38I took to heart the things that you said.
01:44And you must.
01:46For I believe we should be very happy together.
01:49Miss Bennett, I have a mind to go abroad.
01:52To Italy.
01:54Somewhere with a lake in front of me and a mountain behind.
01:59Lakes are usually found in mountainous areas.
02:02No, although some are found in dormant volcanic craters.
02:05I cannot imagine going to Italy without you, Miss Bennett.
02:11And therefore, I wondered whether you might do me the greatest honor of coming with me.
02:24We could read poetry all day and drink wine all evening.
02:30I do.
02:31I like poetry.
02:32And I like wine.
02:33What we have loved, others will love.
02:36And we will teach them how.
02:38Let us teach each other.
02:40I don't speak any Italian.
02:42But I suppose I could learn.
02:44That's the spirit, Miss Bennett.
02:46This is why we are such a strong match.
02:48You have the courage of my convictions.
02:53How so?
02:55You understand the appeal of living boldly.
02:58Living with freedom.
03:00Unburdened by the shackles of marriage.
03:03Sorry, just to be very clear.
03:06So you're suggesting that I live with you in Italy, but that we remain unmarried?
03:17Yes, exactly.
03:19Together.
03:21But free.
03:24For what woman wants to be owned in such a way?
03:28Oh.
03:30What do you say?
03:34I don't know what to say.
03:37Of course, of course.
03:39You must sleep on it.
03:40But if you accept, we could leave for London tomorrow and plan our trip to Italy.
03:47Oh.
04:01Oh.
04:07Well, Mary?
04:09Come, Mary dear.
04:11Who would have thought you'd make such an excellent match?
04:14No, he didn't propose, Mama.
04:18What do you mean he did not propose?
04:21I mean that he called me in there to talk about a sermon on good works.
04:32Mary, this is no time for one of your poor attempts at humour.
04:36Mama.
04:36Mr Ryder showered you with attention only to pull you aside to discuss a sermon?
04:44Well, we shall see about that.
04:47I am sure Mr Ryder will make his intentions clear in his own time.
04:52Yes.
04:53Yes, he will.
04:55Mary?
04:57I shall choose your dress for supper.
05:00Perhaps something of Liz's.
05:02Hmm.
05:03Hmm.
05:04Hmm.
05:07Uh, interestingly, I...
05:11Charlotte!
05:12Mr Collins.
05:14Looks as though you were all waiting for us.
05:16We were not.
05:18Mrs Bennet, I am pleased to see you looking so well.
05:21I see you didn't rush to pay your respects.
05:24Do not wish to impose?
05:26How are you?
05:27Um...
05:28All.
05:28I long to know everything.
05:30Well, there is something of a situation involving Mary.
05:34Thank you, Lydia.
05:35We were just getting ready for supper.
05:37Come!
05:38Ha!
05:39Yes.
05:41Ha!
05:41Ha!
05:43Ha!
05:44Hootied up straight, dear.
05:47Mary is looking very well tonight.
05:50Mr Ryder do you not agree?
05:52I do indeed.
05:54My daughters are a handsome set.
05:56They most certainly are.
05:58More wine, Mama.
06:00This is the wine you requested.
06:02And only one unmarried.
06:04Did you hear Charlotte's news of Longbourn, Mama?
06:07In the drawing room, we have opened up an orange.
06:09How did you enjoy your ride this afternoon, Mr. Ryder?
06:12Mm.
06:13It was very pleasant.
06:15Excellent company.
06:16Mother, Mr. Darcy and I are thinking of holding a dinner in honor of your recovery.
06:22Hmm.
06:23Very good idea, Lizzie.
06:25Was it your horse, Miss Bennet, that picked these blackberries where you came?
06:30Is that what she was doing this afternoon?
06:32Well, if it is, I feel quite terrible now for having dragged her away.
06:35So you should.
06:36Rather delicious.
06:37Have you always lived in London, Mr. Ryder?
06:40I have.
06:42Although, my plan is to move to Italy.
06:44Quite soon.
06:45Italy?
06:46How long for?
06:48To settle for the rest of my days.
06:50Or for as long as my fancy takes me.
06:53Well, wherever you choose, you will need a knowledgeable companion by your side.
06:59As you know, Mary reads a great deal.
07:03She has a very well-informed mind.
07:05Though do not let that put you off.
07:07Miss Bennet is an extraordinary young woman.
07:10Young?
07:11Why Italy?
07:12For its history, its beauty, to wake up each morning to a view of a mountain.
07:18Ah, in reality, mountainous regions play havoc with one's rheumatism.
07:22Well, I think that sounds quite perfect.
07:25It really does.
07:27You find Longbourn tedious with its drafts.
07:30I hardly think you would cope in mountains.
07:33I will never know, will I?
07:38I did not know you spoke Italian, Mr. Ryder.
07:42Bocco.
07:43Bless you.
07:46I am quite looking forward to the peace and stillness of a foreign lad.
07:51Yes.
07:52Yes, it would be most welcome.
08:06Mary.
08:11I remember very well being the subject of Mother's plotting.
08:15It is quite a lot to bear.
08:18Isn't it?
08:21Engagements can take time.
08:24It is no small decision.
08:25And important not to rush.
08:28If Mr. Ryder does not propose, you must not think it is a reflection on you.
08:33Mr. Ryder has already proposed.
08:38Mary!
08:40That is excellent news.
08:42Isn't it?
08:44It was a kind of proposal.
08:52Oh?
08:54Mr. Ryder proposed that I live with him in Italy, reading poetry and drinking wine.
09:03That sounds quite perfect.
09:05It does.
09:06Doesn't it?
09:06It does.
09:07I think I'd very much like to travel.
09:09I would certainly rise to the challenge of a new language.
09:13I have to give him my decision tomorrow morning.
09:16Well, what did you mean by a kind of proposal?
09:21Mr. Ryder believes that we should go to Italy.
09:27But remain unmarried.
09:32He proposed that you should be his mistress.
09:34Not in those words.
09:35I have never heard such a suggestion in my life.
09:37Oh, well, sadly, Lizzie.
09:38I think most of us will never find ourselves in a romantic situation as perfect as yours.
09:41But he insults you.
09:42He does not.
09:43No.
09:44Mr. Ryder believes that women shouldn't be owned in such a way as marriage.
09:48So he prefers a modern arrangement.
09:49I'm sure he does.
09:51One that is far more convenient for him.
09:53If he tires of this arrangement, he can easily move on whilst your reputation is ruined forever.
10:00Do you think he will tire of me?
10:01Of course not, Mary.
10:02I...
10:04Marriage is the only thing a woman has to protect herself against such difficulties.
10:08Tell me you are not seriously considering his offer.
10:13I mean, I've begun to think I'm not...
10:16I'm not much suited to conventional life.
10:22I've always been the odd one out.
10:25I...
10:26Oh, I know.
10:27I know the scandal would be huge.
10:29I know Mother would be mortified.
10:31But Mr. Ryder, he treats me well.
10:34He makes me laugh.
10:36He is...
10:36He is interested in me.
10:42And I could escape.
10:56Mr. Ryder is clearly fond of you.
11:01And it is admirable that he has his own way of seeing the world.
11:10But you deserve better than this offer.
11:16Lizzie.
11:18You have grown up with no shortage of suitors.
11:21And you're at home, too.
11:23You have...
11:23You've always been...
11:24Mary, we've had largely the same upbringing.
11:26No.
11:27We may have grown up in the same house with the same mother and father.
11:30And the same sisters.
11:31But your experience of life has been wholly different to my own.
11:36You were celebrated.
11:38And you were...
11:39You were respected.
11:41I was not.
11:43I mean, for the rest of you, even in your worst moments growing up, you could look to me and
11:47think,
11:49At least I'm not Mary.
11:51That's not true.
11:52It's absolutely true.
11:55But I always admired your strength, that you never cared what mother or any of us thought.
11:59Of course I cared.
12:01Well, you always did things your own way.
12:03That was the only way I knew.
12:10Mary, all I want is to protect you.
12:15Or protect yourself from whatever shame I might bring on the family.
12:23How could you think such a thing?
12:39Do you love Mr. Ryder?
13:11Oh, what?
13:29Good morning, Miss Bennet.
13:31Good morning.
13:32And it is a perfect morning for travelling.
13:41I have enjoyed these last few days with you enormously.
13:46You have been a beam of light in the darkness.
13:50And I do not know what I would have done without your company.
13:55I have felt the same way.
14:03But I cannot accept your interesting proposal.
14:13I thought that you and I were aligned.
14:17I appreciate how important your ideas are to you.
14:20I know how strongly you feel about freedom in love.
14:30But, well, I am still very much bound by the expectations of society.
14:38And the expectations I have.
14:41For myself.
14:46Of course.
14:49I see.
14:52Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
14:57My best wishes to your family.
15:01Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
15:19Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
15:32Good morning, Mary.
15:35Mother.
15:36I trust you slept well last night?
15:39I did, yes.
15:41You must keep up your strength.
15:43Who knows what today may bring?
15:47ah here he is oh what are you doing here oh i was do join us cousin where on earth
15:57is mr rider
15:58ah uh mr rider has left don't be ridiculous mr collins he has no plans to leave i saw him
16:06i saw him climb into his carriage and go mary yes mr rider has left he's left bemberley
16:15did he make you an offer of marriage
16:19i will not be marrying mr rider
16:25i will not be marrying anyone what did you do i'm sure mary didn't do anything why is everything
16:33with you so relentlessly disappointing beautiful morning
16:53mother i am sorry if i have disappointed you
16:58i sometimes think you delight in vexing me i do not
17:05it is not too late
17:08too late for what mother to write to mr rider and beg his forgiveness
17:15his forgiveness
17:17for whatever it is you did that drove him away
17:22oh do you really believe a man of such means will come along again for you
17:29but do you think the gardeners will have you back when they hear what you have done to mr rider
17:34mother if you will not write to him and ask him to return then i shall write to my brother
17:40and tell him
17:41you are obliged to stay here with me
17:46if you are incapable of taking advantage of the opportunities london society offers you in finding
17:52you a match then you shall remain here with me instead
18:25you shall remain here with me
18:27you shall remain here with me
18:28good luck with mother
18:30good luck with mother
18:55Oh, you make it worse.
19:07Mary, don't do that.
19:11Sorry, Mother.
19:15Endlessly try my patience.
19:38Do not leave on my account, Miss Bennet.
19:43Sorry, I cannot provide good company today.
19:48I've noticed you've been most subdued of late.
19:52If I can be of any help, do you say we men of the cloth can offer the most useful
19:56counsel?
19:58Thank you, Mr. Collins.
20:02I'm...
20:02I'm often alone myself.
20:05Mrs. Collins has so many duties and preoccupations that she has very little time left to spend with me.
20:11Oh.
20:12It seems I have the habit of frustrating her.
20:18As I tend to do everyone.
20:21No, not at all, Mr. Collins.
20:25My father often commented that I was worthless.
20:29I thought a great deal about turning myself into something different.
20:32Someone easy and obliging.
20:35But...
20:38Somehow I can't.
20:42I've always struck the wrong note with people.
20:47Even in childhood.
20:49I felt the same way, many times.
20:53I...
20:54I think you have much to offer, Mr. Collins.
21:00Ah, excuse me.
21:02I realise I'm now burdening you with my troubles.
21:04No, not at all.
21:08What are you reading?
21:10Hmm?
21:11Oh, er...
21:14Aristotle.
21:14I'm looking into the question of happiness.
21:23Happiness?
21:24Hmm.
21:26What it is.
21:28How one might find it.
21:33Do you, um...
21:34Do you have an answer?
21:37Well...
21:38I'm not quite sure.
21:41I...
21:41I've found some points of interest.
21:45Please, would you tell me what you know, Mr. Collins?
21:50Oh, er...
21:51What I've discovered seems to suggest
21:53that it is only through self-knowledge
21:56that genuine happiness is experienced.
21:58Through self-knowledge?
22:00Hmm.
22:00I think it is only when we have examined
22:03and understood our strengths and weaknesses
22:07and been honest enough about what we truly desire from life,
22:11only then do you have any chance at all
22:13of attaining happiness.
22:17So, what Aristotle is saying is that
22:21our happiness
22:25is in our own hands.
22:28Yes.
22:30Oh.
22:30I think so, yes.
22:33Interesting thought, isn't it?
22:35It's most interesting.
22:43Mary!
22:45It is him!
22:47It must be Mr. Ryder coming back to try again!
22:51Oh!
22:53Oh!
22:57Oh!
23:01I'm gone!
23:02Mary!
23:03Ha ha ha ha!
23:05Mwah!
23:06Jane!
23:07Jane!
23:08Jane!
23:16You reminded us
23:18of the importance
23:19of protecting our health
23:21and so Edward and I
23:22have decided to spend
23:23some much-needed time
23:25in the lakes.
23:25Hmm.
23:26Wonderful.
23:27Quite wonderful.
23:28All that wind
23:29would play havoc
23:30with my nerves.
23:31And we were wondering
23:33whether Mary might join us.
23:35Mary?
23:35Yes.
23:36We thought perhaps Mary
23:37could join us
23:38in the lakes
23:39and then return with us
23:40to London.
23:40Elizabeth wrote to us
23:41explaining that
23:42Mary was without much
23:44to occupy her here.
23:45She has a very good occupation.
23:47She is my companion.
23:49I think it's a very sensible idea
23:50for Mary to get some fresh air.
23:52Oh, do you now?
23:53What do you think, Mary?
23:55Mary will not leave me.
23:57She knows I do not have
23:58many years left
23:59and she wants to spend
24:01this precious time
24:02at my side.
24:03Isn't that right, Mary?
24:06Mother,
24:08Mr. Darcy and I
24:09have arranged
24:10a new companion for you.
24:12She's called Susan.
24:14Susan?
24:15Am I to be
24:16looked after
24:17by a Susan?
24:19We very much enjoy
24:21Mary's company.
24:22As do I.
24:23And knowing her passion
24:24for words were...
24:25She is forbidden
24:26to leave.
24:31Aunt.
24:33Uncle.
24:35Thank you for your invitation.
24:41I would be delighted
24:43to join you.
24:44What do you mean?
24:45I think, dear sister,
24:47she means she will be
24:48joining us
24:49in the Lake Districts.
24:50What a good idea.
24:52A good decision, Mary.
24:53Well done.
24:54A most excellent decision.
24:56Always good to challenge oneself.
24:57Oh, do be quiet,
24:58Mr. Collins.
25:00Well done, Mary.
25:02Well done.
25:03You should probably
25:04go and pack.
25:05I will help.
25:19I envy you.
25:22You envy me?
25:24The lakes,
25:26London,
25:27I never did experience
25:29much of life.
25:30It is a bold
25:31and brave decision, Mary.
25:34And for what it's worth,
25:35I think it's the right one.
25:41Forgive me, Charlotte.
25:42I don't want to speak
25:44out of turn.
25:46I mean,
25:46I often have.
25:50Only you seem
25:54quite unhappy.
26:03when my mother
26:04told me
26:04the only choice
26:05for a woman
26:05was marriage
26:06or misery,
26:07she
26:09negated
26:09to tell me
26:10it was possible
26:11to be both
26:12married
26:12and
26:14miserable.
26:17Yes, well,
26:18my father
26:19let us in
26:19on that particular
26:20secret
26:20some years ago.
26:22Yes.
26:23But I do believe
26:24that
26:26if you look
26:26a little
26:27under the surface,
26:29you will find
26:30more to Mr. Collins
26:31than you imagine.
26:38Goodbye,
26:39Mother.
26:41I will write.
26:44As you wish.
26:48Susan!
26:51Susan!
27:01Mary,
27:02I'm so sorry
27:03if you have ever felt
27:04that I was ashamed
27:05of you.
27:07For I am not.
27:09I am very proud
27:10of you.
27:19I'm scared,
27:20Lizzie.
27:23What if I made
27:24all the wrong
27:25decisions?
27:32Mary,
27:33you will
27:33flourish.
27:48I had made
27:49my escape
27:50and would not
27:51look back.
27:53I did not know
27:54what was next,
27:56but I knew
27:57that I could not
27:57return to live
27:59with my family
27:59ever again.
28:00Miss Bethead!
28:01Miss Bethead!
28:03Here.
28:05I have something
28:06for you.
28:10Thank you,
28:11Mr. Collins.
28:29could it be that I decide
28:31my future?
28:34I felt sure that the lakes
28:35would offer me a chance
28:36for peace and reflection.
28:38Oh, Mary,
28:39I ought to have told you
28:40Tom Haywood
28:41will be joining us
28:42in the lakes.
28:44I should have known
28:45that my life
28:46was never that simple.
28:48I should have known
28:50for you.
28:54I should be
28:56and I'll look
28:58for a whole
28:58Go!
28:58Go!
28:59Go!
29:00Go!
29:01Go!
29:02Go!
29:03Go!
29:04Go!
29:04Go!
29:07Go!
29:13Go!
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