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00:38It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into the world
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00:43expectations, she had better do all she can to ensure that she is beautiful.
00:52To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough, but to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed.
01:03Or so my mother taught us.
01:07Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is lit at last?
01:12I have not.
01:17Do you want to know who has taken it?
01:20You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
01:23I would like to know.
01:26It has been lent to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year.
01:37I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four.
01:41From whom did you hear this?
01:43Girls, you must prepare yourselves.
01:47Mrs. Long told me he is from the north of England.
01:50He saw Netherfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away.
01:54In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, we must start at the beginning.
02:03With cake.
02:06In Meriton, England.
02:12Where a wealthy boy met beautiful girl.
02:16Father, meet mother.
02:19Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that meant only a male heir
02:25could inherit my father's estate.
02:27And what followed was girl, after girl, after girl, after girl, after girl.
02:39That's his fortune.
02:40And her beauty were worthless.
02:44Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire situation.
02:49But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause.
02:53Why should he engage?
02:54When the time comes...
02:55I'll be dead anyway.
02:59Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light.
03:04A saving grace.
03:06Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi.
03:09Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, Kitty's good humour, or Lydia's spirit.
03:23If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would be enough to save us all from
03:29destitution.
03:32Although I had not found my own best quality, I was quite sure that I would.
03:40My fault, Mary.
03:41Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed.
03:45Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion.
03:49She does not have the complexion of her sisters, that is true.
03:53And she is clumsy.
03:55Ungainly.
03:56Maladroit, as they say.
03:58Four good marriages will have to do.
04:02I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:32I only hope she does not ruin her sister's chances.
04:44If you're not the beautiful one, the quick-witted one, or the ones that are good at games and full
04:51of youthful energy, then who are you?
04:55And what can you do if you're the odd one out?
05:00Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in?
05:07Worse, I think.
05:21Worse still.
05:23Do not fret, Miss Bennet.
05:37Have we found it?
05:39I think we have, Mr. Sparrow.
05:41Oh, thank goodness for that.
05:51You see, the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays.
05:55Well, I never.
06:12You really do look very well in your spectacles.
06:16Especially when you smile.
06:20Ah, I do not think my mother will agree.
06:24But I have a great passion for reading, and I would have been sad to stop.
06:30I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meriton assembly.
06:34An assembly?
06:35Yes, in a month.
06:37I heard this morning.
06:39My sisters will be pleased.
06:43Perhaps I shall see you there.
06:51Miss Mary, you ought to get on.
06:53Of course, he'll.
06:54I'll settle affairs here.
06:58And thank you, Mrs. Sparrow.
07:07I have news.
07:11There's going to be an assembly in Meriton in a month.
07:13We know.
07:14Oh.
07:15I'm going to be the one to tell Mama.
07:17This will mark my first assembly.
07:20My first venture into society.
07:24So it will.
07:28How might I secure a partner for dancing?
07:30I've always wondered.
07:32Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance partners.
07:36Do not fret.
07:38Not?
07:38Not fretting.
07:40I'm not fretting.
07:49Yes, I got you.
07:50Yes, I got you.
07:51Yes, I got you.
07:52Yes, I got you.
07:54Yes, I got you.
08:05I'm going to fill my card with dancers.
08:08Jane, do you think I shall be allowed to dance?
08:09Mary, move.
08:11Do you hope you're not going to stand this close at the assembly?
08:14Oh, we should have taken the long route.
08:16Oh, these are my good boots.
08:19Oh, no one for you for wearing them.
08:23Oh, no one for you.
08:26Oh, no one for you.
08:27Oh, no one for you.
08:27Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion?
08:32I don't see why it should.
08:33It would match my eyes, I suppose.
08:35Your eyes are green.
08:38You are so inattentive.
08:44Mr. Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is confirmed.
08:48We were the first.
08:49We were the first.
08:49I was the first.
08:50He was stood a little behind me.
08:51It is wonderful.
08:53What will I wear?
08:54Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father?
08:57Why would we not be?
08:57I was the one that found out about it.
08:59Am I allowed?
09:01Jane, Lizzie, you will of course go.
09:04And marry.
09:04Father, I shall die if I do not go.
09:07I'll probably die too.
09:08I very much doubt that.
09:09Mr. Bennet, Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands.
09:14After Jane and Lizzie, of course.
09:19I don't see what the fuss is all about.
09:21Those horrible, sweaty affairs.
09:24Mary, you will attend.
09:27Oh.
09:29Oh, well, of course, Mother, if you wish.
09:33Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks.
09:35As long as I am not expected to attend.
09:37Mr. Bennet.
09:38What?
09:38I told you.
09:39I will not attend another of those insufferable, muddy little dancers.
09:44I wonder if Mr. Bingley will be going to the Meryton Assembly.
09:47Oh, he must be.
09:49Who would miss it?
09:50Me, apparently.
09:52You shall all go to the ball.
09:54As long as I am obliged to hear no more about it.
09:58I shall never be rid of you otherwise.
10:01Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley too.
10:03Hi, me.
10:03What's excitement over a man you've never set eyes on?
10:05Quite ridiculous.
10:06Oh, Mary, we're only indulging ourselves.
10:15Mary is wearing spectacles.
10:17What on earth?
10:20Very good.
10:21I hope you find them most useful, Mary.
10:23I do, Father.
10:25Mr. Bennet, did you know about this?
10:28We discussed this at length.
10:30Mary was to visit the optician.
10:31Yes.
10:32But I did not know that she would actually need to wear glasses.
10:36You seem to forget, my dear, that I wear spectacles myself.
10:40But she is a woman.
10:42Nevertheless, she ought to be able to see.
10:45I think they look very well.
10:50Potatoes, Mary.
10:54In case you couldn't see them.
10:57I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly.
11:00Lydia.
11:00But Papa, who is going to dance with Mary with those things on her face?
11:03Pleased to be able to read.
11:07Oh, I do hope you are to meet him.
11:09Surely we must.
11:11Spectacles, indeed.
11:13I wonder who is that.
11:15I wonder who is that.
11:15Is it a shame?
11:15I'm not really a shame.
11:17Is it a shame?
11:17Is it a shame?
11:19Is it a shame?
11:19Mama?
11:20Kitty and I will meet new dresses for the walk.
11:35Simon.
11:35I wonder who is.
11:37I don't think so.
11:37No, I don't think so.
11:37I don't think so.
11:40It's either way or whatever, to see your faces.
11:51No, I'm not sure you're not.
11:51No, I'm not sure if you're gonna have a slight smile.
11:52But, I'm not sure what's going to do.
11:52It's a lie, no.
11:54It's a lie.
11:59I'm not sure if you're not even gaming.
12:00It's a lie.
12:10Maybe I could help you pick out a dress for the Meryton Assembly, Miss Mary.
12:15Oh, hell.
12:18What am I to do at a dance?
12:21Dance?
12:23What if no one wants to dance with me?
12:28Then you'll eat lots of ices.
12:31Such fripperies are not for me.
12:33I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly.
12:36If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for years.
12:40A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much to be admired.
12:46Now I am tall and yellow.
12:49Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the world
12:56and saw yourself how other people see you, outside of your family.
13:04Well, that's decided.
13:06I am picking you out a new dress for the Assembly.
13:11And I will not hear another word on the subject.
13:25Help! I've lost my ribbon!
13:30Father!
13:38Madam, please remain still, if you can.
13:48Does the gold make me look like that?
13:53A little.
13:56Kitty!
13:56What is it?
13:58Those are my books, Lydia.
13:59I cannot treat my jewelry box.
14:01I need something to stand on.
14:03This is important, Mary.
14:05We need to start getting ready, Miss Mary.
14:15Jane is first.
14:17That's not fair, I'm always last.
14:20Mary, you're last.
14:24Do you think I'll be able to dance on it?
14:26Does it still hurt?
14:28Yes.
14:28It was two weeks ago.
14:29I know.
14:32Should we eat beforehand?
14:34Perhaps a very small meal.
14:35And don't drink too much.
14:36But what if I'm thirsty?
14:38Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself
14:40behind a screen in front of everyone.
15:19Is it too fine for me, do you think?
15:21You look very handsome in it.
15:36Katie, you have taken me part of you.
15:38I have, I have.
15:39Miss Lydia, you haven't met you, can't you?
15:41What's in that scent?
15:42Yes.
15:43Thanks.
15:47You're the lantern.
15:49Thanks.
15:56I get to him.
16:01I'm like, oh, community.
16:02You look.
16:02I don't wanna take care of you, I don't know.
16:03You look very handsome, remember?
16:04I'm so happy.
16:05Ile listen, baby.
16:05If you have a beforehand, me!
16:06And then I keep doing something over.
16:06Go from that,ね!
16:11Maybe you have a feelingogie-like movement of time.
16:55I like your dress, Mary.
16:58Oh, Charlotte.
17:01What's that about?
17:02I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season.
17:04You should limit entry to those young ladies fortunate enough with secured partners.
17:09I thought the very same thing.
17:24Oh!
17:45Mr. Bingley, welcome.
17:47These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline.
17:51This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. Darcy.
17:54And if I may present Mrs. Bennet, Miss Jane Bennet, Miss Elizabeth Bennet, Kitty and Lydia.
18:11Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet, the most accomplished girl in the whole neighborhood.
18:21That is a great achievement, to be sure.
18:24Study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind.
18:28What an example to us all.
18:38If I could be so much to ask me about something.
18:41Oh, help me.
18:41Oh, he did.
18:51Oh, it is.
18:53Oh, he did.
19:05Oh, he did.
19:22You will not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps.
19:27What has happened?
19:28I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman lent against
19:34the wall there, a Mr. Darcy, who said of me, she is tolerable, but not handsome enough
19:43to tempt me.
19:53Around we go!
19:59Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
20:03I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in such
20:07a fashion.
20:08Mr. Sparrow.
20:10Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for.
20:14I was looking for, uh, my sisters.
20:19Take his hand.
20:22I'm quite exhausted from all the dancing.
20:24I just chose to sit this one out.
20:28That is a shame.
20:30I was going to ask if you would do me the honor of standing up with me for the next
20:34dance.
20:35Actually, I'm now feeling much rested.
20:38And I would be delighted.
20:40Well then, I thank you.
20:43Oh, yes.
20:46Shall we remain here until the next set of days?
20:48Of course.
20:49Except that's exactly what I thought.
20:51Yeah.
21:00How are your spectacles?
21:02Very well.
21:03Yes, um, unable to study for hours without issue.
21:06I am delighted to hear that.
21:09It's my turn.
21:11Woo!
21:14I did this.
21:15Perhaps you could recommend a book to me.
21:17What do you read with such enjoyment?
21:22Well, Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history.
21:26It's a fascinating read.
21:27I will seek it out.
21:29Oh, are you a scholar, sir?
21:31I like to read, but science rather than history.
21:34I have a plan to study medicine in London.
21:37Baths or maybe Morpheus.
21:40What a noble ambition.
21:42But it is not a thing widely known.
21:44I have not mentioned it to anyone before you.
21:48I shall speak of it to no one.
23:01I'm regretting visiting the supper table so early.
23:04I should have had less oyster patties.
23:08It's fewer.
23:10It's fewer oyster patties.
23:15Here we go!
23:19Here we go!
23:34Here we go!
24:01Would you like a cold drink, Miss Bennet?
24:17It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary. Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he?
24:26Yes, the optician's son.
24:29And you have danced with him twice.
24:33Mary, you are very young. If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon.
24:39Two dances in succession suggest a liking. Three might imply something more.
24:47I'm very happy dancing with him.
25:02I see that you have stood up twice with the Sparrow boy.
25:06Yes, Mama.
25:09You will not dance with him again.
25:15But, Mother, he's been most attentive. He's quite the gentleman.
25:20Mary, his father owns a shop.
25:24Yes? With a bell?
25:30Mother, I have danced with him twice. I have no wish to marry him.
25:34You may not object to lowering yourself, but I will not have you ruin your sister's chances of a match.
25:54You may not object to marry him again, Miss Bennet, but I will not have you ruin your sister's chances
26:08of a match.
26:09You always are the same.
26:10You always are the same.
26:10You always are the same.
26:10I am afraid that I shall not be able to stand up with you again this evening.
26:17Oh.
26:19But I thought...
26:21I thought...
26:24I hope I have not offended you.
26:25No, no, no. Not at all, sir.
26:27I've...
26:28Oh, I've...
26:29I've very much enjoyed dancing with you.
26:33It's, um...
26:35That is to say that, um...
26:39My mother is concerned.
26:42Concerned?
26:42Uh, um, for my sisters and I, um, it's important that we make an, uh, appropriate social, um, one might
26:52say, uh, financially, um, well, a suitable match.
26:58Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation. I shall not pursue the matter.
27:02I've enjoyed, I've enjoyed my time with, um...
27:05Good evening to you.
27:09I'm sorry.
27:10I'm sorry.
27:12I'm sorry.
27:13Come on, come on.
27:43James stood up with him twice.
27:46I had little time for his friend.
27:49Please do not hold that against Mr. Bingley.
27:51Do you want me to go again soon?
27:52Yes.
27:53I danced with two soldiers.
27:55I'm not very good with faces, so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with anyone.
27:59Ew!
28:00As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I felt a terrible
28:05sense of shame.
28:07I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me.
28:14Who was I?
28:17Who was I?
28:25To look for a new version of myself, as a serious-minded woman.
28:33From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide.
28:37No more ribbons, ball gowns, or dance cards.
28:40The old Mary would be no more.
28:44I would transform into the intellectual one.
28:47That was how I would stand out, as the other Bennet sister.
28:57Not long to wait, more of Mary's story on BBC One in just a moment.
29:03On an iPlayer, sisterhood through Irish eyes.
29:06Fearless, fraught and affectionate family life with the Walsh sisters.
29:12Fearless, fraught and affectionate family life with the Walsh sisters.
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