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