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00:19In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meriton Assembly, I buried myself in my books,
00:25hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:30It was all part of my plan for a new Mary.
00:34I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:39I was working on gravitas.
00:43From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:49Books would be my guide.
00:51I would think more, and feel less.
01:00What could possibly go wrong?
01:11Well?
01:23I hope you've ordered a good dinner for this evening.
01:27We shall have a guest.
01:28I knew it would be so.
01:31It's not, Mr Bingley.
01:34It's my cousin.
01:36Mr Collins?
01:37The very same.
01:38The man next in the entail.
01:39Who?
01:39The man who, once I am dead, will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases.
01:45He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn?
01:48In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:52Entirely defective?
01:54Mary, are you quite all right?
01:56I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long.
02:00As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace in all families within my influence.
02:07Blessings of peace in this house?
02:10He must be an oddity.
02:13I cannot make him out.
02:14Can he be a sensible man, sir?
02:16He is a very sensible man, thank you, Elizabeth.
02:19Very sensible indeed.
02:22Oh, can you not all see?
02:24He is looking for a wife.
02:27Do you really think so?
02:28Lizzie?
02:29You must prepare yourself.
02:31But Mama...
02:32We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon.
02:35I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish.
02:39He sounds insufferably boring.
02:42A clergyman.
02:43It's a right to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:46Please, Mary.
02:48I was agreeing with you.
02:49It's the way you say things.
02:57I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
03:07What did you keep under your hat?
03:17We've got you ribbon.
03:18We have.
03:19We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
03:25Oh, I hope my honesty did not offend him.
03:27My goodness, no.
03:28No.
03:30Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
03:33My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn, and they've all decided he's a terrible bull.
03:39Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:41A wife?
03:42Apparently.
03:43What is your cousin's profession?
03:45A clergyman.
03:46Oh.
03:47A modest income, then, I imagine.
03:51Do you know what my advice would be to you?
03:54If my father's cousin was coming to stay, and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do
03:59everything.
04:01Within the bounds of propriety.
04:03To attract him.
04:05Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
04:07I will live alone with knowledge.
04:10Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
04:16I do not think my mom has me in mind.
04:19Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
04:21Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
04:22So that leaves you.
04:26You speak nothing of love.
04:31What does love to do with anything?
04:32Of course.
04:33Of course, you're right.
04:34Of course.
04:35For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other prospect than marriage.
04:43Marriage or misery.
04:44Mary.
04:46Marriage or misery.
04:50I should know.
04:52If one's for you is to leave on me.
04:53I'm понимаю.
04:56Oh, yeah.
04:58I almost zien.
04:59Oh, yeah.
04:59Huh?
05:00I almost done.
05:01Oh, yeah.
05:01Yet also been возьmified.
05:02Looks like you would run at 1.
05:04Huh?
05:09Oh, yeah.
05:15Here, Phil.
05:19Mr. Colin.
05:20I'm here.
05:21Meet at last.
05:30Ah, this...
05:34This is Jane, our eldest.
05:39Well, yeah, I had an idea.
05:43She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
05:49This is Elizabeth.
05:55A pleasure.
05:59And Mary, Mrs. Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
06:05Ah, well now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
06:16Yeah, the good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
06:26Oh, um...
06:27No, I'm terribly sorry.
06:30I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
06:33Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins.
06:36Of course you didn't.
06:38Allow me to show you the house.
06:40Hmm.
06:41Oh, splendid.
06:43Splendid.
06:44Ah, much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:51In case you think so.
07:00I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from thy table.
07:07Oh, no.
07:08And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
07:10Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof, and not die eternally.
07:23Yes, exactly.
07:24Oh, my God.
07:25Mr. Bennet, what a magnificent dining table.
07:29Even with the, uh, heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
07:35How generous of you.
07:36Hmm.
07:39Shall we?
07:40Hmm.
07:48Mr. Collins?
07:56Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
08:02Disposed?
08:02It is very good of you to say so.
08:05Oh, I am happy on every occasion to offer those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies.
08:11Thank you, Mr. Collins.
08:13Hmm.
08:13And may I commend your reading of grace?
08:16It is very much stayed with me.
08:19It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion to bring to their husbands.
08:25Please excuse me.
08:27You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate.
08:30It is a most vexing situation.
08:33If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it.
08:38Hmm.
08:39Hmm.
08:41Hmm.
08:41I, I, I could say much on the subject.
08:43But I, I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate.
08:48Hmm.
08:49I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
08:56Hmm.
08:57Come on.
08:59Have you read Dr. Fordyce?
09:02Sir.
09:03Hmm.
09:04I certainly have.
09:05Uh, cousin Elizabeth.
09:06What make you of the sermons?
09:09I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
09:12So busy have I been merely being a woman, I haven't had a moment to read up on how I
09:17should go about it.
09:19I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
09:24Yeah, uh, more wine, Mr. Collins.
09:27Hmm.
09:33I will that women adorn themselves with sobriety.
09:37Let your speech be always, be always with grace, seasoned with salt.
09:52Uh, this has been wonderful.
09:55Hmm.
09:56Uh, but now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
10:00Lizzie, won't you play for us?
10:09Uh...
10:24Uh...
10:26Uh...
10:27Uh...
10:28Uh...
10:30Uh...
10:54Bravo, Lizzie.
10:55Yeah.
10:56Very good, Lizzie.
10:57If you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
10:59It seems a great shame to bring all the pleasure out of music.
11:01A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange.
11:06Great shame to waste a gift, that is all.
11:08Quite right.
11:11Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary?
11:22Oh, Lordy.
11:23Oh, Lordy.
11:23Oh, Lordy.
11:33Oh, Lordy.
11:37Oh, Lordy.
11:39Oh, Lordy.
11:41Oh, Lordy.
11:41Oh, Lordy.
11:41Oh, Lordy.
11:41Oh, Lordy.
11:41Oh, Lordy.
11:42Oh, Lordy.
11:44Oh, Lordy.
11:45Oh, Lordy.
11:47Oh, Lordy.
12:12my congratulations cousin you play with such exactness
12:19I imagine you practice a great deal
12:22practice often it is true
12:24it is
12:26it's only through hard work that anything of any value
12:29yes um
12:31yes I
12:33Mr. Collins perhaps
12:35Elizabeth could take you
12:37on a walk around the gardens
12:47Mary
12:48mother
12:51I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and future prospects
12:59I'm not sure I understand
13:00it is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest
13:04are we clear?
13:06don't you worry
13:07Mama that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins
13:10I have no particular feelings for him
13:13but he and I have similar interests
13:16and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him
13:19Mary I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle
13:27your name has not come up
13:38cousins
13:38come on
13:39ready
13:40come on hit it
13:41I bring news
13:43there used to be
13:46there used to be a ball
13:47next week at Neverfield
13:50I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again
13:53and my brother and his wife shall be visiting
13:55they might even be here when the engagement is announced
13:59we are some way off that
14:02Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner shall be joining us
14:05they're coming down from London
14:06up
14:10they're coming up from London
14:11that is what I said
14:13splendid
14:14splendid
14:16a real family affair
14:18I will need new ribbons
14:19perhaps Miss Bennet
14:21you would take the first dance with me
14:25oh how wonderful
14:27maybe I should
14:29play a little something
14:30on the piano
14:32yeah
14:32yes
14:33you should indeed
14:35what about you Miss Elizabeth
14:36do you sing
14:39there is nothing
14:40I admire more
14:41than
14:42a woman with
14:43a
14:43wide
14:45vocal range
15:02very good Miss Mary
15:04your playing is coming along nicely
15:07thank you Hill
15:08Mr. Collins
15:09thanks
15:10I'm a very good player
15:12I'm planning to play at the assembly
15:15at Netherfield
15:16yes
15:16I was even thinking
15:19I might sing
15:21sing?
15:22Miss Mary?
15:23it will be a surprise to them all
15:28short and sweet
15:29that would be my advice
15:34and er
15:35maybe don't sing
15:43help?
15:44I lost my food
15:46help
15:47no
15:49no
15:50no
15:52no
15:53no
15:55no
15:55no
15:55no
15:56no
15:56no
15:57no
15:57no
15:58no
15:58no
15:59no
15:59no
15:59no
16:00no
16:00no
16:01no
16:01no
16:01no
16:11The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
16:16Oh.
16:21Oh.
16:23Oh.
16:42Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother and his dear wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner.
16:50They're down from London.
16:51Up.
16:52What?
16:53Up from London.
16:55And this is my very distant cousin, Mr. Collins.
17:02Shall we do?
17:07Something of a challenge to find husbands for five daughters.
17:12It's a beautiful dining room.
17:13But if Jane were to get a proposal...
17:17Come on.
17:17Please.
17:22As I say, if Jane...
17:24Lizzie seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin.
17:27She's not at all happy about his interest.
17:31What is he like?
17:34Tolerable forearms, I noticed.
17:37Have you made your interest in him clear?
17:39I am trying.
17:41But...
17:43Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to be matched with a man of a modest income.
17:47I cannot think why.
17:49He is the cousin.
17:52The one from the end tale.
17:54It's Mr. Collins who stands for an inherit long-born.
17:56The house, the estate, the income, all of it.
17:59So, my father cannot stand the man, while my mother wants Lizzie to marry him.
18:09Oh, perhaps I will not play tonight.
18:12Oh, Mary, you must.
18:16I had prepared a little something, but now the time is here, I'm not sure I have the stomach for
18:22it.
18:23Nonsense.
18:23Mary, Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
18:27I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
18:47I beg you, do not make it long.
19:05I beg you, do not care.
19:12I pray thee be gone from thee.
19:17Be gone, don't care.
19:25You and I shall never agree.
19:32Be gone, don't care.
19:37Lydia, be gone.
19:39Be gone from me.
19:43I beg you, do not care.
19:49I beg you, do not care.
19:51You and I shall never agree.
19:57Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
20:04I beg you, do not care.
20:06And faith thou must me kill.
20:10Please, I beg you.
20:13Faith don't care.
20:17Thou never shall have thy will.
20:29I have another piece, Father.
20:33One that's more lively.
20:34Mary, Mary, you have delighted us long enough.
20:46Oh, Miss Bennett, that was truly unforgettable.
20:57It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
21:03Everybody saw it.
21:05It's a kind song.
21:08Take a breath, take a breath.
21:30Mary, it was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it?
21:33Mary, I didn't want you to over-exalt yourself.
21:36You insult me.
21:38We both know that isn't true.
21:42Mary, I have had a terrible evening.
21:47And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease.
21:50What do you mean?
21:51You always care what you want, without needing to try.
21:56Whereas I try, so hard, and it's always for nothing.
22:05Don't say that.
22:07There is much you have achieved.
22:15I'm sorry.
22:18I'm truly sorry.
22:36Mary!
22:38Mary!
22:39Mary!
22:39You must get dressed and come downstairs.
22:41There has been such an upset.
22:42You won't believe it.
22:43You can't imagine what's happened.
22:47Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer, and she has refused him.
22:53Can you imagine?
22:54Mama, it's fear.
22:54She's furious, and says Lizzie will have him.
22:57But Papa told Lizzie that her choice was a sad one, because Mother will never see her
23:01again if she doesn't marry Collins.
23:03And Papa will never see her again if she does.
23:05And now everyone is so utterly cross.
23:07Mr. Collins has stormed off.
23:08Lizzie won't say anything at all.
23:09Mama is beside herself, and Papa has shut himself in the library.
23:13You must come!
23:14So what happens now?
23:15What of Mr. Collins?
23:17Papa thinks he would choose someone else.
23:20I don't know.
23:21Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
23:25No, I am resigned.
23:27Mr. Bennett, I shall take my leave.
23:29As you wish.
23:30Oh, Mr. Collins!
23:31I am resigned, madam.
23:33Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
23:40Mr. Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzie's favour.
23:45I'm very glad to hear it.
23:47I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion.
23:50He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit.
23:55Oh!
24:12Thank you, Hill.
24:22I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I have turned my mind
24:31towards you.
24:36I think you understand me.
24:39Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant that I...
24:41Mary, please.
24:43He will not ask me now.
24:45I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
24:49He will not choose me, Mama.
24:52Oh, Mary, he will.
24:55Who else will marry him?
25:00What are you reading?
25:05A theory of the earth.
25:06It's about rocks.
25:07Just types of...
25:10rocks.
25:24Yes.
25:25Who else will be on the floor?
25:27Who else will be on the floor?
25:28Yes, very new, sir.
25:29It's quite a large door-wick.
25:31One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however,
25:35I think it's quite sweet we found each other.
25:37Mr. Bennet. Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage and
25:46she has accepted. We wish you joy. Yes, so much joy. I wish you joy. Thank you all.
26:28If I had any doubts as to whether I'd done the right thing, they vanished when I told
26:32my family of his offer. I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid.
26:39To Charlotte! Come marvel at this oak.
26:49Good night, Jane. Good night, Lizzie. Good night, Lizzie. Good night, Mama. Good night, Kitty.
26:54I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
27:15It wouldn't be for much longer, wait, that we Bennet sisters live together.
27:24As each of my sisters left home, my future felt increasingly uncertain.
27:36I often thought back to the events in that period of my life and wondered if I could have done
27:42anything differently. Hmm. But I was trapped. Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
27:56Thank you! Thank you!
28:04My options were limited. And I found my books offered me no instruction and little comfort.
28:16I searched desperately for answers. I clung on to hope.
28:32But in a moment, my life was upturned. Mr Bennet?
28:40Fetch the doctor! Yes, ma'am.
28:44They're bringing the carriage round. Go! Yes, ma'am. Right away.
28:53Father had found a way out, leaving Mother and I with nothing except each other.
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