00:24The
00:25loss of my father was a leap into the unknown.
00:29Longbourn was my childhood home, and although I had my struggles here, it was all I had
00:35ever known.
00:37From now on, would I be relying on the hospitality of my sisters, destined to spend my days as
00:45my mother's companion?
00:48What other choice did I have?
00:54I do not expect any of you to understand my pain.
00:59The bond Mr. Bennett and I shared was a rare thing.
01:04I do not know that I shall ever eat again.
01:10Who is that?
01:12I do not know, Mama.
01:14What sort of person would impinge upon our hour of mourning so distastefully?
01:21Charlotte!
01:24I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray.
01:29Understandably.
01:30We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news, but knew you would
01:35need time as a family to-
01:37To gather your things.
01:38Yourselves.
01:39Together.
01:43I want to make it quite clear that there is no rush for you to leave Longbourn.
01:56Thank you, Mr. Collins.
01:57You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full two weeks.
02:01Two weeks?
02:03Mrs. Bennett, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave.
02:06But I have arranged you some help with the packing.
02:09So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of need?
02:15Hmm.
02:28Mama, you must come and stay with Mr. Bingley and I at Netherfield.
02:32We have a number of cooks and more servants than we know what to do with.
02:37Oh, Jane.
02:39I would be delighted.
02:41It would bring me great comfort to be in a sightable property with a large number
02:46of staff at my disposal.
02:47Ha ha!
02:49Ha ha!
02:50And Mary, you of course must come too.
02:54But if you are worried about company, Caroline Bingley stays with us often.
03:00Well, yes, but I have not yet thought through my future prospects.
03:07Speaking of your prospects, Mary, I have received a letter from my brother and his wife in London.
03:13Their governess has been called back to Norfolk and they have asked me to send you to stay
03:18with them until a suitable replacement is found.
03:21There is going to be a governess.
03:23Oh, Mary.
03:24I would very much like to help, but you will need me, Mama.
03:28I have already accepted their offer.
03:32They are sending a carriage.
03:35But, Mama, I...
03:36Do not worry about me, Mary.
03:38I shall have Jane by my side.
03:55If my options in life really were marriage or misery, it looked very much as though I was
04:02destined for misery.
04:11Mrs. Bennet is indisposed.
04:15Oh.
04:17Of course.
04:19Thank you, Hill.
04:28Um...
04:29What if the children don't like me?
04:32Why should they not like you?
04:34You are a perfectly likeable soul.
04:39I have nothing ready to teach them.
04:42Mary, nobody knows more facts about anything than you.
04:48It's time for you to get out and see the world.
04:52Meet some other people that live in it.
04:54I think it'll do you good.
04:57Do not be frightened, Miss Mary.
04:59Oh, no, I'm not.
05:00I'm not...
05:01No, I'm just, um...
05:19I'm not.
05:35I'm not.
05:36Don't be.
05:37I'm not.
05:38I've got to.
05:42But I have a...
05:44... of the home, too.
05:45He's out of the home, too.
05:45But, I'm a baby who fell.
05:45I'm like, oh, no, I'm not.
05:46I'm not going to kill her.
05:46Oh, no, I'm not going to kill her.
05:47Oh, yes.
06:34Oh, Mary! Welcome!
06:36I am sorry.
06:36Mary, you must be hungry after your journey.
06:38You'd be like some toasted cheese.
06:40But first, we'll show you your room.
06:41Come in, come in!
06:44It's right at the top of the house,
06:46so you won't be disturbed by the children.
07:07How's your mother?
07:10Mother, she's had a most trying time of late.
07:12Well, you all have.
07:15Mother as well.
07:16Thank you for inquiring.
07:19And how are you, Mary?
07:22It must have been a terrible shock.
07:27It was.
07:29Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice.
07:33We don't stand on ceremony here,
07:35especially with the children,
07:36so if you don't mind that,
07:38you'll do well with us.
07:40And the rest of your belongings
07:41will be brought up any moment.
07:43Do you have all you need?
07:45I do.
08:00Which mountain range is found
08:02at the end of your own armies?
08:05Oh, my God.
08:06The Andes.
08:23Mary, won't you join us for breakfast?
08:26Oh, no, no.
08:27Thank you, sir.
08:28I'm not at all hungry this morning.
08:30I shall see the children upstairs.
08:44Marianne, would you like to start?
08:47Miss Bennet, it's a pleasure to meet you.
08:50I am Marianne Gardner,
08:52and I'm 11 years old.
08:54It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne.
08:59George!
09:02Yes, thank you, George.
09:05And this is...
09:09This is Rebecca.
09:12Thank you, Miss Rebecca.
09:15And if an organised body
09:18is not in the situation and circumstances
09:22best adapted to its sustenance and propagation,
09:27then, in conceiving an indefinite variety
09:30among the individuals of that species,
09:33we must be assured that, on the one hand,
09:38those which depart most from the best adapted constitution
09:41will be the most liable to perish.
09:47You've made him go to sleep.
09:55Let us move on to history, shall we?
09:57Now, in 1492,
10:01Christopher Columbus discovered America.
10:04Now, where is America?
10:06Ah, yes, America.
10:09Uh...
10:13Where has Rebecca gone?
10:15There were very clearly
10:16three of you in this room
10:17when I began looking at the globe,
10:19and now there are two of you.
10:20She vanished.
10:22She's a magician.
10:24Well, magic is nothing but illusion and trickery.
10:26Oh.
10:27Now, where could she be?
10:30Oh!
10:30Tom!
10:31You're here!
10:31Tom!
10:32Can we finish lessons now?
10:33Yes.
10:34Oh, forgive the intrusion.
10:36I, er, came to tell you that dinner is served,
10:38and...
10:39You must be Miss Bennet.
10:42I...
10:42I must be.
10:44Oh, yes, I am.
10:45Er, er, Tom, Hayward.
10:47Oh.
10:48Friend of the family.
10:51Hmm.
10:55Aren't there normally three of you?
10:57There were three, certainly,
10:59but I was looking at America,
11:03and when I looked back, it was...
11:10Do you have mice, Miss Bennet?
11:13For if you do,
11:14might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk?
11:19Well, I...
11:20I wasn't sure.
11:22I thought, perhaps,
11:23mice like toy trunks.
11:25No, you see, in there,
11:26they cannot get to their cheese.
11:28Actually, it's a fallacy.
11:30They're mice like cheese.
11:33Of course.
11:34They're much more partial to root vegetables and grains.
11:38Yes.
11:38Indeed.
11:39I'm a rabbit.
11:43Mr. Hayward?
11:47Mr. Hayward,
11:48I am keeping a rabbit
11:50in the toy trunk
11:53because...
11:54I...
11:56Because rabbits are not at all social creatures.
11:59Exactly.
12:00Yes, they are.
12:01Oh.
12:05Now,
12:06why exactly do you have a new governess?
12:09Is it that you keep eating them?
12:13Oh.
12:17Tom helped Edward with the legal matter some years ago,
12:20and we've been friends ever since.
12:22You're another of our former lodgers.
12:24Oh.
12:25Yes.
12:26Oh.
12:27What is a revolutionary Republican?
12:33Well,
12:34as discussed
12:36during the lesson,
12:38they're often associated with Jacobinism.
12:40But my point really was...
12:41Sounds like you had a very interesting first day,
12:43Miss Bennet.
12:44Well, uh...
12:46Have you read Catherine Macaulay,
12:48Miss Bennet?
12:49Yes, I have.
12:50Yes.
12:52Mary told us about smallpox,
12:54and I shall never sleep again.
12:56Well,
12:57you asked me to be truthful.
12:59What's a deadly rash?
13:01She said it can leave one blind
13:02or dead.
13:04That is not quite how I put it.
13:06Blind or dead, she said.
13:07Well, that is true.
13:08There's a mortality rate of about...
13:1030%.
13:14Exactly.
13:15George cried
13:16three times.
13:19There was something in my eye.
13:20We held hands
13:21until Mary had finished talking.
13:24Well,
13:25you're never too young
13:26to learn about life.
13:28I think a game is in order,
13:29don't you?
13:30I think that's a very good idea.
13:32Yes!
13:33Yes!
13:33I'm first!
13:34But what should we play?
13:36Graces!
13:37Ah!
13:38Let's show Mary
13:39how to play Graces.
13:40Yes!
13:42Mary-Anne?
13:43Well called, Mary-Anne.
13:45Well done.
13:45Bravo.
13:46You're the backer.
13:48Woo!
13:49Oh!
13:50Oh!
13:51Look!
13:51That counts!
13:52It does indeed.
13:53Well done.
13:54It does indeed.
13:55Oh!
13:56Oh, no, Tom!
13:57You'll need to get someone
13:58to look at that.
13:59Send it to Blythe,
14:00she'll fix it for you.
14:02Ready?
14:03Yay!
14:04Mary-Anne.
14:05Yes!
14:05Yes!
14:06Well done!
14:07Flare play.
14:08You look like a wizard.
14:10Yes.
14:17Are you sure you won't join in, Mary?
14:19Oh, uh, no.
14:20I'm not good at games.
14:22Oh, that doesn't matter at all.
14:25Yes.
14:27Well,
14:27you couldn't possibly be
14:29as ungainly as I am.
14:30Really,
14:31I'd only spoil it.
14:38George.
14:39Ready?
14:42Oh!
14:43Oh!
14:49Yes, Tom?
14:50Mr. Gardner.
14:52Oh!
14:52Mr. Gardner.
14:53Mr. Gardner.
15:13Mary?
15:16Oh, do not look so grave,
15:18my dear.
15:18You're not in trouble.
15:20With the weather getting warmer,
15:22we're about to become
15:23more sociable.
15:23Oh!
15:24Oh, please,
15:25do not feel any obligation
15:25to involve me.
15:26I shall be quite content
15:27to stay upstairs
15:28with the children.
15:29Mary,
15:29we want you to join us.
15:33But I do not sparkle
15:34at dinners.
15:37In our house,
15:38no-one is obliged
15:39to sparkle.
15:41Then,
15:43of course.
15:45But we need to get you
15:46properly dressed.
15:47Oh.
15:48I thought perhaps tomorrow
15:48we could go to the haberdashers
15:50and you could pick out
15:51some fabrics.
15:51I do not really care
15:53for dresses.
15:54Well, that's a shame,
15:55but very well.
15:59Perhaps think about it, Mary.
16:01There is a dress allowance
16:02as part of your
16:03governess wages.
16:05I have thought about it
16:07and I would very much like
16:08to accept your kind offer.
16:10That's excellent news.
16:14Well, good night, Mary.
16:16And thank you for today.
16:26This must be stuck
16:27to change from Meredith.
16:29It most certainly is.
16:41What do you think
16:42of the deep greens?
16:44We have a soiree coming up.
16:46Now, I think
16:47deep green
16:48would be perfect.
16:50Mother has always said
16:51it's terribly difficult
16:51to get any colour
16:52to work with my complexion.
16:54Really?
16:55Well, perhaps
16:56your complexions change
16:57because I can see
16:57many colours here
16:58which would work well on you.
17:00But the most important thing being
17:01is that you choose fabrics
17:03that you truly like.
17:07But Mother says
17:08that Mother isn't here.
17:13Mrs. Gardiner?
17:14Oh.
17:15Miss Bennet?
17:16Tom!
17:17Mr. Hayward,
17:18have you brought
17:19your jacket to be mended?
17:21I have just this minute
17:21dropped it off.
17:22Well, now that you're here,
17:23you can make yourself useful.
17:25Miss Bennet
17:26needs to choose
17:28some dress fabric.
17:29I find myself
17:30quite overwhelmed
17:30by the choice.
17:32Well, I shall be honest
17:33and say that my experience
17:34of picking dress fabric
17:35is limited,
17:36to say the least.
17:38But I shall try.
17:41Have you seen
17:42the names of these colours?
17:44We've got
17:45Dust of Ruins,
17:48Corbeau,
17:49or Flamme de Bonge,
17:50anyone?
17:52I think I shall take
17:53the Drake's neck
17:54with a splash of none key.
17:56Anyone for Gabboge?
17:58Well, I mean,
17:59that's just yellow,
18:00that one.
18:01Yes.
18:02Yes.
18:05I think my advice would be
18:06to choose the colours
18:07that make one feel
18:08most like oneself.
18:10And I am sorry
18:11not to be of more use.
18:13I should return to my desk
18:14and a particularly
18:15unexciting land negotiation.
18:19Good day.
18:21Good day.
18:26Oh, poor Tom.
18:28He works so hard.
18:29Really?
18:30Underneath that
18:31light-hearted manor,
18:33carries the weight
18:33of the world
18:34on his shoulders.
18:36Now,
18:38have you decided?
18:41I have chosen.
18:43Very well, Mary.
18:47The first
18:48is this crimson
18:49and then I thought
18:51perhaps
18:52a spring green trim.
18:54Lovely.
18:55Yes.
18:56But you will need
18:56two dresses.
18:57So perhaps
19:00shine a blue.
19:03Hmm.
19:06Do you think
19:06a dress in the
19:07spring green alone
19:08would be garish?
19:10What do you think,
19:11Mary?
19:14Some people may think
19:15it is wild,
19:16but
19:18I like it.
19:20Then I think
19:21you should please yourself
19:22and not worry
19:22what others may think.
19:24You've done a very good job.
19:27Now.
19:28Come on.
19:31Let's go.
19:55Oh! Oh! Oh!
19:57Oh, gosh!
19:59Ooh!
20:01The gardeners are out. They're buying shoes for the children.
20:05Oh.
20:06Would you like to play graces?
20:11Well, um, yes. Thank you.
20:19Ready?
20:20Yes.
20:28I did it.
20:30You did. Natural.
20:32Beginner's luck.
20:34Right, um...
20:36Ready?
20:37Uh, um...
20:40One moment.
20:41Oh.
20:41Oh.
20:50Oh.
20:55Oh.
21:12Oh.
21:20Ready?
21:21Yes.
21:24Oh.
21:25Oh, oh, oh.
21:27Oh, oh, oh.
21:28Um.
21:29Uh.
21:30Uh.
21:30Yeah, um.
21:32That's probably enough.
21:34Enough.
21:34Graces for today.
21:36Um.
21:38Oh, yes.
21:38Uh.
21:39I brought a book for Mrs. Barnard.
21:41Oh, of course.
21:42Yes.
21:42Ah.
21:44Poetry.
21:45Do you like poetry, Miss Bennet?
21:47I prefer facts to Wednesday.
21:52Whimsy?
21:53I've tried, uh, well, Cowper.
21:56Uh, Byron.
21:57Even some Dryden.
21:59But, um, well, it seems to me that it's all just words.
22:05What were you expecting?
22:08Are you a scholar, sir?
22:10Uh, no.
22:12I'm a barrister.
22:13Junior.
22:14And though the law is my business, poetry is my passion.
22:19What do you like to read?
22:21Uh, works of non-fiction.
22:23Yeah, um, histories and, uh, and geology.
22:27And what do you like to read for pleasure?
22:31That is reading for pleasure.
22:34There is nothing you like about poetry.
22:40Well, just some poems are mercifully short.
22:46Well, now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will not rest until you have appreciated the merits of
22:53poetry.
22:56I believe that this is the book that will open the heart of Miss Mary Bennet.
23:06Oh.
23:09The garden is at home.
23:10Oh, is it?
23:11Ah, yes.
23:12Yes.
23:12Uh, well, yes.
23:14That is not good.
23:14It's not bad.
23:15Um, I had a coat on.
23:17Oh, Tom.
23:19Oh, Tom.
23:20Oh, Tom.
23:43but Mrs. Chomley will claim she couldn't possibly
23:46before helping herself to seven.
23:49Must be very strange without your family here.
23:53There was always at least one argument about stolen perfume.
24:02Mary, you look lovely.
24:06I'm not sure.
24:10I think we should let your hair fall naturally.
24:12Mary, no point trying to force it into curls
24:14if it doesn't want to go.
24:21Here.
24:39Yes, yes, yes.
24:41Yes.
25:01Um, I mean, that's basically it, but they're awfully fun to hunt.
25:10Good evening. I do not believe we have met. I'm Miss Baxter.
25:16Delighted to meet you, Miss Baxter. I am Miss Bennet. I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire.
25:24Fenshaw, Mr Fenshaw.
25:30A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts. One got stuck in his throat and that was it.
25:37He was quite dead in minutes.
25:44Oh, I hope I didn't cause any offence.
25:46That was marvellous.
25:48Oh, I shall keep that story in mind for when I want to be rid of someone.
25:50Forgive me, it wasn't deliberate.
25:55I hate the first 20 minutes of these evenings.
25:58As do I.
25:59I never know who to talk to and I often find myself saying the wrong things.
26:07Your dress is striking. It looks very well on you.
26:10You really think so? I feel a little bold in it.
26:13Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet. If you're going to be bold, here is the place to do it.
26:20Perhaps London will be the start of something new for you.
26:23Perhaps it will.
26:25And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you.
26:38London, it turned out, was a place of learning as much as teaching.
26:43A place of trying new things.
26:47And though I had never liked change, I seemed to be enjoying myself.
26:54Much about me felt different after just one week.
26:59Being here had lifted my spirits.
27:02I felt something long forgotten.
27:06Hope.
27:07Are you looking for someone?
27:09I don't know.
27:12You must tell me all about it in a moment.
27:16Next, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet.
27:19We have something of an understanding.
27:22Please may I introduce Mr. Tom Hayward.
27:29Uh, we've, we've already met.
27:32Oh, Miss Bennet?
27:32Oh, of course, you must have.
27:35Oh, I see you went for the Pomona trim.
27:38Uh, it's, um, spring green.
27:40It's quite different to Pomona.
27:42Well, it suits you very well.
27:46Tom!
27:47Excuse us, ladies.
27:48You must come and meet my colleague, Mr. May.
27:52Mr. May.
27:55Mr. Hayward and I met three years ago this spring.
27:58We are hoping to be married next year.
28:01Not everything went exactly as I would have liked.
28:04Come on.
28:06Oh, please excuse us.
28:08Come marry, it will be fun.
28:10Of course a man such as Mr. Hayward would have secured a match.
28:15But I had made friends.
28:17And that was enough.
28:25I did not know what tomorrow would bring.
28:29But for now, at least I had someone to dance with.
28:37Take care.
28:44Take care.
28:50Himalyn.
29:02I'll see you at the end.
29:02Have a fantastic day.
29:03You've been watching today.
29:03Have a great day.
29:03You
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