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00:01:00That's interesting. You see I'm reading Austen and you assume I'm a romantic? Why?
00:01:05Jane Austen writes romance novels.
00:01:07Can I ask if you've ever read any of her books?
00:01:10Pretty sure I saw a movie.
00:01:12Right. Heaving bosoms and declarations of passion.
00:01:15And men in wet shirts.
00:01:16All very pleasant, but it doesn't make Austen a romance author.
00:01:19A comic genius, a social realist, a prose assassin taking down the powerful and fatuous with a well-aimed dagger
00:01:26of a sentence.
00:01:28Anything but a romance author.
00:01:30You're a teacher, aren't you?
00:01:33Professor, Austen's my specialty.
00:01:35You can specialize in Jane Austen?
00:01:37You can have a whole conference on it. That's why I'm on this plane.
00:01:43Jane Austen, League of America Annual Conference and Ball.
00:01:47I'm the keynote speaker.
00:01:48Wow. Must go over a year.
00:01:51Once, when I was 15.
00:01:53But let's not relive that.
00:01:56The Jala people can be a little romantic.
00:01:59They have balls and, and dancing and some of them even dress up.
00:02:04Not really my thing.
00:02:06And why accept the gig?
00:02:10Victoria Jennings.
00:02:12She's on the Princeton hiring committee.
00:02:14And I'm up for the job.
00:02:15Plus, my little sister lives in town.
00:02:17So, should I come hear the big speech?
00:02:20Definitely.
00:02:22But you should do some prep work first.
00:02:25Hmm.
00:02:34Oh, um, I wanted to give you this before I go, if you don't mind.
00:02:42A reading list.
00:02:44Enjoy.
00:02:45Oh, and I need this back.
00:02:47Excuse me.
00:02:56Hello?
00:02:56Hey, big sister.
00:02:58Where are you?
00:02:59Just to eat plain.
00:03:00Did Rob propose yet?
00:03:01No.
00:03:02But it's soon.
00:03:03He visited his mom last weekend.
00:03:05Perfect time to get the ring.
00:03:07I can't wait to see what he has planned.
00:03:09He is a planner.
00:03:11Hmm.
00:03:11And sweet and handsome and absolutely the best guy you've ever dated.
00:03:15I agree.
00:03:16And now, spend my time finding you a husband.
00:03:19Don't do that.
00:03:20You leave me no choice.
00:03:21You're guy blind.
00:03:22You ignore everyone who isn't fictional.
00:03:24That's not true.
00:03:26Hi.
00:03:27I just never meet anyone who's interested in me.
00:03:29What about this weekend?
00:03:30It's a whole group of people who love literature.
00:03:33You could meet your own personal Mr. Darcy.
00:03:36Ugh.
00:03:36Spot him across a crowded ballroom.
00:03:38He's in a top hat.
00:03:39You're in your Elizabeth Bennett costume from 10th grade.
00:03:42Professor Jennings is one of America's foremost scholars.
00:03:45I'm not here to flirt.
00:03:46I'm here to give an amazing keynote and show her that I take Austin seriously.
00:03:50Ugh.
00:03:50Even if I wanted to, which I do not, it's very unlikely I would meet any man at a conference
00:03:56that is 75% women, let alone my own personal Mr. Darcy.
00:04:06Eloise?
00:04:06I gotta go.
00:04:08Someone's here for me.
00:04:14Eloise Cavendish?
00:04:17Yes?
00:04:18I'm your guest of honor liaison.
00:04:20Oh, that isn't necessary.
00:04:23I'm here to take you over to the venue and to make sure that you have everything that
00:04:27you need.
00:04:28And the outfit and the accent?
00:04:31Oh, I'm the official Mr. Darcy at the conference.
00:04:34The accent is real.
00:04:36Mr. Darcy!
00:04:36Miss Cavendish, your carriage awaits.
00:04:38Oh, please don't bow again.
00:04:39Look, I'm sorry.
00:04:40I don't mean to be rude, but a lot of people are staring.
00:04:45I really don't need any of this.
00:04:46You don't need a ride?
00:04:47I have ride share.
00:04:48Thanks.
00:04:49Wait, Miss Cavendish.
00:04:50It's not Miss.
00:04:51Madam?
00:04:52Technically, it's doctor.
00:04:53I'm sorry.
00:04:54I just, I don't need anything.
00:04:56Goodbye.
00:05:08Dr. Darcy Cavendish?
00:05:10Uh, please just call me Eloise.
00:05:12No, I'm sorry.
00:05:13I didn't introduce myself properly.
00:05:15I'm Sam Lee.
00:05:18You having a little trouble with ride share?
00:05:22Yeah.
00:05:22The conference location is a little remote, which is why Jala, in its infinite wisdom, opted
00:05:27to provide you with a guest of honor liaison.
00:05:30It was, uh, my own smart idea to come and dress like this.
00:05:34Honestly, you look great.
00:05:35It's just that I don't like...
00:05:37Fun?
00:05:37Dress up.
00:05:39It's fine for people who enjoy it, but I don't like being a spectacle.
00:05:42Those are pictures.
00:05:43Hi, do you see me?
00:05:44Oh, my God.
00:05:46Well, then we should probably get out of here, then.
00:05:49Oh, dear.
00:05:49Here.
00:05:50Bye.
00:05:51Oh, please.
00:05:57So, tonight, you have the speaker's reception.
00:05:59There's a dance lesson and a chocolate tasting.
00:06:05What's so funny?
00:06:06Mr. Darcy in a compact.
00:06:09Well, they're very reliable cars.
00:06:26This is the Duchess Square Resort and Gardens.
00:06:29It's where we will be spending the weekend.
00:06:32Tolerable?
00:06:32I think I can tolerate it.
00:06:33Oh, good.
00:06:34Well, let me walk you in.
00:06:35Oh, that won't be necessary.
00:06:36I'd rather go in on my own.
00:06:38Okay.
00:06:38Well, as you wish.
00:06:39But if you need anything, then I'm...
00:06:40I'll let you know.
00:06:49Thank you very much.
00:06:57Enjoy the conference.
00:06:58Hello.
00:06:58Cavendish, please.
00:07:00Dr. Cavendish, our keynote speaker.
00:07:02Here is your goodie bag.
00:07:04Oh.
00:07:05Did you meet up with your liaison?
00:07:09Mr. Lee?
00:07:10Isn't he something?
00:07:12Ooh.
00:07:13Oh, I'm getting a call.
00:07:19Mia?
00:07:21I can't.
00:07:21Mia!
00:07:22I can't.
00:07:23Take it.
00:07:25Rob, what's going on?
00:07:27Hi, Eloise.
00:07:28Are you okay?
00:07:29Why is Mia crying?
00:07:30Oh, you should probably ask her, because I don't understand her, and I never will.
00:07:34Rob.
00:07:35She forgot this.
00:07:37Have a nice weekend.
00:07:38Rob!
00:07:43Mia?
00:07:45Is he gone?
00:07:47He asked me to give you these.
00:07:50Do you want to talk in my hotel room?
00:07:52People are staring.
00:07:54What do they care?
00:07:55Well, a pretty woman in tears is always a subject of interest.
00:08:10I take it you are not engaged.
00:08:12We broke up.
00:08:14Mia, why?
00:08:15What did you do?
00:08:17What did I do?
00:08:18Why do you always think it's me?
00:08:20Sorry.
00:08:20You thought he was going to propose.
00:08:22I can't talk about it right now.
00:08:24I just can't go home.
00:08:28Do you want to stay with me?
00:08:30You got your speech.
00:08:31You have to network.
00:08:33Yeah, whatever this is, I'm not letting you face it on your own.
00:08:37I promise I won't be any trouble.
00:08:39I'll just lie in bed watching cable.
00:08:42Sobbing into room service.
00:08:43Warning the destruction of my life.
00:08:45You won't even see me.
00:08:49You want some water?
00:08:51No.
00:08:53A hot bath?
00:08:54No.
00:08:55Ice cream?
00:08:58No.
00:09:04Professor.
00:09:05Professor Cavendish.
00:09:07Professor Cavendish.
00:09:10Jenny.
00:09:11What are you doing here?
00:09:13Remember how in your class I wrote a play instead of a final paper?
00:09:17Vividly.
00:09:18Guess what?
00:09:19The complete works of Jane Austen, A Bridge, is about to become a reality.
00:09:23I'm producing it at the conference.
00:09:25This conference?
00:09:26The Jala people were really into my PowerPoint presentation.
00:09:29I told them how much you inspired me.
00:09:31That's wonderful, but that play was completely your idea.
00:09:35You know what you tell us in class.
00:09:37Women have to go above and beyond to get what they want.
00:09:41This play is my beyond.
00:09:44You'll come see it, won't you?
00:09:45I'm going to be casting it with members at the conference,
00:09:47and we're going to be rehearsing it all weekend.
00:09:50Like in Mansfield part.
00:09:51Of course, that didn't work out well for them,
00:09:53so that scene is cut from the third act.
00:09:56Also, the Jala people didn't like those more than an hour,
00:09:59so it's just three minutes.
00:10:00And then I decided to cut Sense and Sensibility
00:10:02because your note was just absolutely influential in the making of this play.
00:10:06Oh, and then I did a major rewrite to Finn Lady Susan.
00:10:09I'll be directing, and I'll be playing the role of Jane Austen.
00:10:14You're gonna come, right?
00:10:16I mean, you don't have to, but I'll, like, die if you don't.
00:10:21Oh, excuse me, miss.
00:10:22Wow.
00:10:24Um, Mr. Lee, this is my student, Jenny.
00:10:28I'm sorry, but I need to speak to Professor Cavendish
00:10:31on some very important guest of honor business.
00:10:36Right.
00:10:37Uh, if you'll excuse us, Jenny, I'll see you at your theatrical.
00:10:40Okay.
00:10:41Bye.
00:10:43Goodbye.
00:10:46What is it?
00:10:47Oh, nothing, Arjun.
00:10:48I thought you needed rescuing.
00:10:51Yeah, you gave me a pleading look.
00:10:55Oh, that wasn't a pleading look.
00:10:58My eyes rested on you for a second,
00:11:00and then I immediately looked away.
00:11:02Yes.
00:11:03Well, anyway, there's a special lesson
00:11:06to learn all the country dances for the ball.
00:11:08Oh, thank you, but no, I don't dance.
00:11:09You don't dance?
00:11:11Well, that can't be true.
00:11:13If you don't dance, then you're not a dancer.
00:11:14And if you're not a dancer, then how do I reserve your first dance?
00:11:18Adorable, aren't they?
00:11:19They're handing them out at registration.
00:11:21Please stop.
00:11:22Stop what?
00:11:23Mr. Lee, there will be no first dance or second dance
00:11:26or any other number.
00:11:28I will not be dancing, dressing up,
00:11:30or pretending to be a teenage heroine husband
00:11:32hunting in a dead century.
00:11:34I'm a scholar, not some Fitzwilliam Darcy fangirl.
00:11:38Fangirl?
00:11:39I'm not one of these women who hang off your every word
00:11:42just because you're wearing breeches and a hat.
00:11:46You like attention, Mr. Lee.
00:11:48There's nothing wrong with that,
00:11:50but you won't be getting any of it from me.
00:11:55You know, you can be a scholar and still have a little fun.
00:11:58Dr. Victoria Jennings?
00:12:01Hmm?
00:12:02Excuse me.
00:12:04I need to network.
00:12:05Enjoy the rest of the conference.
00:12:30So many choices.
00:12:32Oh, if you'd like a recommendation,
00:12:34I am a bit of an expert.
00:12:36Well, I'm a complete beginner,
00:12:38so I'll take any tea tips you have.
00:12:41I'm Eloise Cavendish.
00:12:42Oh, hello.
00:12:44Victoria Jennings.
00:12:45Pleasure.
00:12:46Oh, is that my addition?
00:12:48Yes.
00:12:49Please join me.
00:12:52My personal favorite is the rose congao.
00:12:55It's a bit of an acquired taste,
00:12:58so we'll start you in on the Lady Grey.
00:13:01Two minutes.
00:13:03Eloise, I'm so glad I ran into you.
00:13:05I am looking forward to your keynote.
00:13:07It's quite an honor.
00:13:08I just hope I do it justice.
00:13:09Well, these events can be challenging.
00:13:12Not your traditional academic conference.
00:13:15The attendees can be so, uh, passionate.
00:13:17I've noticed all the costumes, the balls.
00:13:19It's like Comic-Con for Jane Austen fans.
00:13:23Yes, I know.
00:13:25Isn't it marvelous?
00:13:27I look forward to it every year.
00:13:30I spend all my time studying Austen,
00:13:32and then I finally get a chance to live it.
00:13:34Uh-huh.
00:13:34Yeah, of course.
00:13:36I mean, you've got to be able to enjoy yourself, don't you?
00:13:39I mean, otherwise, how can you instill that joy,
00:13:42that love of literature to your students?
00:13:44That's such a good point.
00:13:47I know some scholars who look down on Jala
00:13:49as something, oh, I don't know, unserious,
00:13:52as if you had to take Austen seriously
00:13:55in order to understand her.
00:13:57Snobs.
00:13:58Dismal, boring snobs.
00:14:02Oh, Samuel.
00:14:04Samuel, come over here and meet my new friend.
00:14:06Oh, you don't have to.
00:14:07He's clearly busy.
00:14:08Samuel.
00:14:08Uh, Professor Cavendish, I'd like to introduce
00:14:12my nephew.
00:14:13He plays Mr. Darcy at the conference.
00:14:16Oh, we've met.
00:14:17Uh, Sam was kind enough to get me from the airport.
00:14:20He's my guest of honor liaison.
00:14:22He's been great.
00:14:24Well, of course.
00:14:25The official Jala, Mr. Darcy,
00:14:26shouldn't be anything less
00:14:28than a perfect gentleman.
00:14:30That works in startups.
00:14:32Single.
00:14:33Um, we were just saying
00:14:35how much fun the ball will be.
00:14:37Oh.
00:14:38Really?
00:14:39Mm-hmm.
00:14:40Oh, Samuel, she's a delightful woman.
00:14:42Not one of those stuff-shirt academics
00:14:44who doesn't know how to cut loose
00:14:46and party like it's 1810.
00:14:48Speaking of which,
00:14:50you didn't invite her to the special dance lesson.
00:14:52She's missing it.
00:14:53He did.
00:14:53I told him that I already know all the dancers.
00:14:56Really?
00:14:57Oh, yes.
00:14:57Dr. Cavendish is a huge fan
00:14:59of English country dancing.
00:15:01Oh, apparently she belongs
00:15:02to an association back home.
00:15:04No.
00:15:04Oh, don't be modest.
00:15:05No, she knows them all.
00:15:07The Arlington Assembly,
00:15:09the Ashford Anniversary,
00:15:11even Mr. Beveridge's After Dinner Maggot.
00:15:13Oh, which is your favorite?
00:15:17The After Dinner Maggot?
00:15:19Oh, I knew it.
00:15:20Oh, Samuel, I hope you reserved a dance.
00:15:22Oh, the very first one.
00:15:24Now, has Eloise told you about the outfit
00:15:26that she has planned?
00:15:28Oh, Mr. Lee, can I steal you for a moment?
00:15:31Just, I have a few guest of honor questions.
00:15:34Oh, but of course.
00:15:35Take a turn about the room.
00:15:39Please, you've made your point.
00:15:41Really?
00:15:41Or perhaps I was just asking for attention?
00:15:44Mr. Lee, I am so sorry for what I said.
00:15:46I can be controlling when I feel stressed.
00:15:50I?
00:15:50Stressed you?
00:15:51No, not you.
00:15:52The whole conference.
00:15:54Look, I'm on the edge of something
00:15:55I've worked for my entire life.
00:15:57My sister's up in my hotel room crying
00:15:59with her heart broken.
00:16:00I took it out on you.
00:16:01There was no way to treat someone
00:16:03who's been nothing but kind.
00:16:08You won't tell your aunt, will you?
00:16:10You're up for that new professorship
00:16:12at Princeton, aren't you?
00:16:14So if there's anything I can do
00:16:16to make it up to you...
00:16:17Then you'll do it
00:16:18as long as I keep my mouth shut?
00:16:20Yes.
00:16:21Hmm.
00:16:22All right.
00:16:25Actually, I'll do you one better.
00:16:26I'll help you get the job.
00:16:29Now, my aunt may seem easygoing,
00:16:31but she is not when it comes
00:16:32to the Princeton English department,
00:16:34and she is definitely not
00:16:35when it comes to a Jane Austen scholar.
00:16:38But I've had a lifetime to learn
00:16:40what she likes and what she doesn't.
00:16:41So, I can advise you.
00:16:45Why would you do that for me?
00:16:47Oh, I'm not doing it for you.
00:16:49Look.
00:16:53That is Crespin Crane.
00:16:57Actor-turned-academic.
00:16:59He played Mr. Willoughby
00:17:00for British television in 1986.
00:17:03He's been hovering around my aunt
00:17:04like a fruit fly on a banana.
00:17:07My aunt practically blushed
00:17:09when she told me that she was interviewing him
00:17:11at the conference.
00:17:12He's flirting his way into the job.
00:17:15You want me to block him?
00:17:16Yes.
00:17:18My aunt has suffered enough heartbreak.
00:17:22I don't want her to get hurt
00:17:24by some warmed-up,
00:17:25Willoughby wannabe cad.
00:17:27So, do we have a deal?
00:17:30What exactly am I agreeing to?
00:17:32Well, there's the dancing.
00:17:33You missed the special dance lesson,
00:17:35so there's a lot of catching up to do.
00:17:37And the outfit.
00:17:38The outfit?
00:17:39Kelsey can probably help us with that.
00:17:40Oh, and I need a partner
00:17:42for the lawn games tournament.
00:17:45My aunt respects a killer instinct.
00:17:48Well, beyond that,
00:17:49just agree with her
00:17:50on all matters of taste
00:17:51and, well,
00:17:53be the fantastic scholar
00:17:54that Jala says you are.
00:17:59Deal.
00:18:02No bowing.
00:18:03Oh, now that, you see,
00:18:05that is the sort of
00:18:06stuffed-shirt attitude
00:18:07that you're going to have to work on.
00:18:11Text me your room number
00:18:13and I'll pick you up
00:18:13at 9 a.m. shop.
00:18:23Hi!
00:18:24Oh, it's adorable!
00:18:27Miss Scott,
00:18:28you're surprised.
00:18:31Hugh.
00:18:34Mr. Darcy,
00:18:35I don't understand.
00:18:36What are you doing here?
00:18:37You have to sit five
00:18:39and fade in your chair.
00:18:40Holly, Mel,
00:18:41what happened?
00:18:42Are you okay?
00:18:42I'm fine.
00:18:43Just academic job search stuff.
00:18:46I've got a lot to do tomorrow.
00:18:48Wait, should I go?
00:18:49No.
00:18:49Because I can go.
00:18:51No, I'm not kicking you out
00:18:52in the middle of the night.
00:18:55A rom-com
00:18:56is now really the time?
00:18:58Nothing else was on
00:18:59except that wedding dress show.
00:19:01Do you have my ice cream?
00:19:05Uh,
00:19:06Praline and Prejudice
00:19:07or a Mansfield Chunk?
00:19:08What's Mansfield Chunk?
00:19:10Basically,
00:19:11Rocky Road,
00:19:12but with coffee.
00:19:13Yeah.
00:19:22What does that mean,
00:19:24exactly?
00:19:25What's wrong with men?
00:19:27Why didn't Rob propose?
00:19:29It's not that he didn't propose.
00:19:31He proposed?
00:19:32He's in the kitchen
00:19:33over take-out coffee
00:19:35like it was an afterthought.
00:19:36He didn't even kneel.
00:19:38He just handed me the mocha
00:19:39and said,
00:19:40so,
00:19:41there's something
00:19:41I want to talk to you about.
00:19:43Oh.
00:19:44And then he went right
00:19:45into talking about finances
00:19:46and house down payments
00:19:47and timelines.
00:19:49I'm surprised
00:19:49he didn't have a PowerPoint
00:19:50about why it was a good decision.
00:19:53Well, isn't it a good decision?
00:19:54I mean,
00:19:54you two just
00:19:55worked together.
00:19:56Well,
00:19:57there was something about love
00:19:58in that proposal.
00:20:00No passion,
00:20:01no romance,
00:20:01and I just thought,
00:20:02this is going to be
00:20:03the rest of my life.
00:20:05This is the most important moment
00:20:06of our love story,
00:20:07and all he gave me
00:20:07was a mocha
00:20:08from the kiosk
00:20:09in the grocery store.
00:20:10I could have at least
00:20:11grabbed roses.
00:20:11They're right there.
00:20:12Did you tell him
00:20:13how you feel?
00:20:14I just think it's valid.
00:20:16I can talk to him for you.
00:20:18Just,
00:20:19I think you have
00:20:19a communication issue.
00:20:22There's no fixing this,
00:20:23Eloise.
00:20:25I'm a romantic.
00:20:28He's an accountant.
00:20:30All this time,
00:20:31he supposedly loved me,
00:20:32and he was just
00:20:33putting up with my nonsense.
00:20:35Did he say that?
00:20:36I don't want to be
00:20:37put up with, Eloise.
00:20:38I want to be loved.
00:20:42I love you, Mimi.
00:20:45And I put up
00:20:46with your nonsense.
00:20:49But for what it's worth,
00:20:50I do think Rob loves you, too.
00:20:54Love is about
00:20:56putting yourself out there,
00:20:57risking it all.
00:20:59Rob isn't willing
00:21:00to risk anything.
00:21:12It's just the housekeeper.
00:21:14Go back to sleep.
00:21:20Hey, this is Tristel sleeping.
00:21:25Oh my gosh,
00:21:26you're wearing it again.
00:21:27Actually,
00:21:28this is my hunting suit.
00:21:29You're really trying
00:21:30to embarrass me
00:21:30as much as possible,
00:21:31aren't you?
00:21:32Oh, it's not all about you.
00:21:33After all,
00:21:34I am the conference
00:21:35Mr. Darcy.
00:21:36I have a responsibility
00:21:37to learn this good.
00:21:40Shall we?
00:21:41We shall.
00:21:52Is that a first edition
00:21:53cowper?
00:21:54Focus, Eloise.
00:21:55I want you to meet someone.
00:21:58Kelsey?
00:22:00Kelsey?
00:22:00Kelsey?
00:22:02Ah, you have a client.
00:22:04This is Eloise Cavendish,
00:22:06my guest of honor.
00:22:07Eloise, this is Kelsey Shelton,
00:22:09genius costumier.
00:22:11Hi.
00:22:11You have excellent posture.
00:22:13Hmm.
00:22:16Kelsey and I have been friends
00:22:17since high school.
00:22:18Ever since we were in tech crew together
00:22:19for Much Ado About Nothing.
00:22:20He was chasing a girl playing hero,
00:22:22knew nothing about theater,
00:22:23and kept breaking things.
00:22:25You weren't in the cast?
00:22:26In high school, I was, you know,
00:22:29quiet and...
00:22:29Huge nerd.
00:22:30But it paid off with this Craftsy thing.
00:22:33Craftsy?
00:22:33It's that website for independent crafts people
00:22:36who sell handmade goods.
00:22:38Uh, yeah, I know it.
00:22:39My sister loves it.
00:22:40You sold stuff on Craftsy?
00:22:42No, I built the start-up company
00:22:45that provides billing and compliance
00:22:46software services
00:22:47for independent artisans
00:22:49who sell things on Craftsy.
00:22:52Huh.
00:22:52And then Craftsy bought it.
00:22:53You're welcome.
00:22:54I was his inspiration.
00:22:56Interstate tax compliance
00:22:57is really cutting into my sewing time.
00:22:59Arms up, please.
00:23:00Uh, I don't know if I, um...
00:23:02Don't most people just wear an evening gown?
00:23:04Oh, we don't mean most people, no.
00:23:06You want to stand out.
00:23:08So Sam was telling me
00:23:10that this is a rush job,
00:23:11but I have a couple of
00:23:12half-finished pieces I can adapt.
00:23:14White Baptiste with...
00:23:16pink accents.
00:23:17Did you bring your period-appropriate undergarments?
00:23:19Okay, no, I can't do this.
00:23:20I-I can't wear a costume.
00:23:22You're not gonna tell on me
00:23:23for not wearing a period-appropriate undergarment,
00:23:25are you?
00:23:26Well, when you put it like that.
00:23:28Kelsey, change your plan?
00:23:29Rush job's off.
00:23:30What?
00:23:31I'll tell you what.
00:23:32You can wear an evening gown
00:23:33if you wear these.
00:23:35Completely inaccurate.
00:23:36There's no period fabrics at all.
00:23:39They're $30.
00:23:41A bargain.
00:23:45Pleasure doing business with you.
00:23:47You would have looked so authentic.
00:23:49I'm sorry, Kelsey.
00:23:50Thank you for trying.
00:23:51Okay, I need coffee and food in that order.
00:23:54Okay, well, the buffet's open to 10.30.
00:23:56I'll take you.
00:23:57Oh, you don't have to do that.
00:23:59Uh, yes, I do.
00:24:00Uh, my aunt eats late.
00:24:02Right.
00:24:07Oh, see?
00:24:08What did I tell you?
00:24:10Ow, what?
00:24:11It's Crane.
00:24:14Oh, look at him primping into his baked beans.
00:24:18Distract him.
00:24:19Me?
00:24:20Yes, delay him as long as you can
00:24:21and meet me in the craft hall.
00:24:22The craft hall?
00:24:23Mm-hmm.
00:24:25Um, Dr. Crane.
00:24:26Crispin Crane?
00:24:28Uh, yes.
00:24:29From the 1986 British television production
00:24:31of Sense and Sensibility?
00:24:33Yes, in fact.
00:24:34And you are?
00:24:35Eloise Cavendish.
00:24:36I'm actually giving the keynote speech.
00:24:38How impressive.
00:24:40I was just...
00:24:41I'm a big fan.
00:24:42Really?
00:24:43I would have thought you were a bit young
00:24:45for that particular version.
00:24:47It's been so outshone by subsequent,
00:24:49you know, adaptations.
00:24:51Oh, well, a classic can never be outshone.
00:24:54I abandoned that life long ago,
00:24:56but it's nice to be remembered.
00:24:57Now, if you don't mind...
00:24:59Uh, can I ask?
00:25:01There's a talk later today on Wiccan
00:25:03on whether he can really be considered a villain
00:25:06as someone who played one of Austen's villains
00:25:08in a major television production.
00:25:11Oh, hardly major, my dear.
00:25:13Well, still, wouldn't you say that, um,
00:25:15playing Willoughby gave you an unusual insight
00:25:17into his character?
00:25:19Of course.
00:25:20But it's not always useful.
00:25:22Oh, really?
00:25:23I retain a certain partiality towards the character
00:25:27that makes it very hard for me to this day
00:25:30to see him as a villain.
00:25:32Oh.
00:25:32As I was just saying to my friend, Victoria.
00:25:36Victoria?
00:25:38Would you please...
00:25:48That is stunning.
00:25:50You really have an eye.
00:25:53Look, Samuel, Professor Cavendish is here.
00:25:55Oh, fantastic. I need a model.
00:25:58Oh, no.
00:25:59Did you get rid of Crane?
00:26:00Mm-hmm.
00:26:01Chin up.
00:26:02You really have the bone structure of the bonnets.
00:26:04Why don't you make one with my arm?
00:26:06Oh, I'm not very crafty.
00:26:09Oh, it's just gluing to taste.
00:26:11You can change it if you like.
00:26:31I do not think it is very pretty, but I shall pull it to pieces as soon as I get
00:26:35home and see if I can make it up any better.
00:26:37Lydia Bennet.
00:26:38I think that's one of the most telling passages in the novel.
00:26:42It shows us how Lydia views men.
00:26:44As interchangeable?
00:26:45Exactly.
00:26:46One bonnet is just as good as another if you pretty it up with a nice piece of satin.
00:26:50And one man is just as good as the next if he's wearing the right uniform.
00:26:54Uh, excuse me.
00:26:55Oh, Samuel, not you, dear.
00:26:57You're unique and perfect all the way through.
00:27:00Well, I don't know.
00:27:01For most people around here, I'm just a pair of breeches and a hat.
00:27:13I don't know what I'm going to do with this thing, but am I crazy to think that that went
00:27:16well?
00:27:17Are you kidding?
00:27:19You nailed it.
00:27:20I mean, you busted out that Lydia Bennet quote.
00:27:22I mean, anyone can quote Elizabeth, but Lydia.
00:27:26I have to admit, I thought that crafts project would be silly, but that was a fascinating conversation.
00:27:34Hey, I'm sorry for what I said earlier.
00:27:37What do you mean?
00:27:38The whole thing about you being just a pair of breeches and a hat.
00:27:42If I made you feel in any way...
00:27:44Uh, no.
00:27:45That was a joke.
00:27:46Uh, I don't know if you've noticed, but I make a lot of those.
00:27:51Is that a defense mechanism?
00:27:53The hat or the jokes?
00:27:57We are not psychoanalyzing me.
00:28:00We are here to get you that job.
00:28:02I thought I nailed it.
00:28:03Uh, Professor, it is only Thursday.
00:28:05We have a long weekend ahead of us, and you still don't know how to dance.
00:28:09Uh, uh, uh, don't make that face.
00:28:11You told my aunt that you know all the dances.
00:28:14I didn't.
00:28:14You did.
00:28:15Let's not throw blame around.
00:28:16We have work to do.
00:28:18I have an idea.
00:28:19I'll break my ankle.
00:28:20Oh, no.
00:28:21Good idea.
00:28:22Break it while learning to dance.
00:28:23Uh, this part of the hotel doesn't look open to guests.
00:28:27Are you always such a rule follower?
00:28:28Oh, well, I guess that's a great way to avoid being noticed.
00:28:32Now you're psychoanalyzing me?
00:28:35Where are we going?
00:28:36Somewhere private.
00:28:37Well, you'd get embarrassed otherwise.
00:28:39That's surprisingly considerate.
00:28:40Plus, we can't risk revealing your dark secret.
00:28:43That I can't dance?
00:28:44You're no fun.
00:28:45Now, it's just a little bit closed for renovations, but that means that no one will wander.
00:28:50Unless they're willing to ignore all the signs.
00:28:53What can I say?
00:28:54I like exploring.
00:28:56I found this place yesterday, and I thought to myself, there must be some earthly use for it.
00:29:02It's lovely.
00:29:04And I'm sure any pretty young Jane Austen fan you brought here will be swept off her feet.
00:29:13So, first things first.
00:29:18The after-dinner maggot.
00:29:22Come on.
00:29:23Come, come, come, come, come.
00:29:26Men on this side, women on that side.
00:29:28Although we never have enough men, so you'll probably have to learn both sides.
00:29:31Right, we split and return.
00:29:33May I?
00:29:33And here we go.
00:29:34And one, two, three, three, three, three.
00:29:37Round the other dancers.
00:29:39What dancers?
00:29:40The imaginary dancers.
00:29:42That's it.
00:29:44And...
00:29:45And right, left, right, and right.
00:29:47And left, right, left, and left.
00:29:49And left, uh...
00:29:52The other left.
00:29:53Okay.
00:29:54Now, you are the man on the fourth corner on the second count, and it's the second corner on the
00:29:58third.
00:29:58But remember, we have to end up where we started so that we can switch again.
00:30:01What?
00:30:06Down.
00:30:07Down.
00:30:09Down.
00:30:11Down.
00:30:14Down.
00:30:15Down.
00:30:16Down.
00:30:16Down.
00:30:16Down.
00:30:16Good.
00:30:17Much better.
00:30:18Now, you made it through the whole figure without making any mistakes.
00:30:21Now, you may venture, uh, with your remark.
00:30:23I can't.
00:30:23My brain's processing power is tied up in my feet.
00:30:26Well, ignore your feet.
00:30:28You're licking your feet so much that I'm starting to get jealous.
00:30:31Look at me.
00:30:33Remember?
00:30:34I like attention.
00:30:35You're so annoying.
00:30:36And you are so graceful.
00:30:41See?
00:30:42It wasn't that bad, was it?
00:30:45Now, the next step is to do it all again, but without counting under your breath and without
00:30:50stomping around like you're wearing moon boots.
00:30:54Now, just relax.
00:30:55Shoulders back.
00:30:56Eyes up.
00:30:57And remember, you are graceful.
00:30:59You are elegant.
00:31:00You are the most beautiful girl in the ballroom.
00:31:02You must...
00:31:03This isn't going to work.
00:31:05It's fine here by myself, but out there in front of everyone, I can't do this.
00:31:10Sorry if I went too far if I, um...
00:31:12No, no, it's not you.
00:31:13It's just...
00:31:14I don't dance.
00:31:15I don't like being the center of attention.
00:31:18But aren't you about to give a speech in front of a room full of people?
00:31:21That's being an academic.
00:31:22That's what I'm used to.
00:31:23I'm used to being the girl off to the side in the corner reading a book.
00:31:27Not the girl on the dance floor.
00:31:29That's Mia.
00:31:30My sister.
00:31:31The one in your hotel room.
00:31:33She's very comfortable being the center of attention.
00:31:36And sometimes will create situations where that can happen.
00:31:38Everyone has a role in their family.
00:31:40I'm the smart one.
00:31:41The practical one.
00:31:43Mia's pretty and reckless and charming and...
00:31:47Unlike me, a great dancer.
00:31:49What's the worst that can happen?
00:31:51I'll mess up.
00:31:52I'll look like a fool.
00:31:54I'll look like a woman pretending to be...
00:31:56Pretending to be what?
00:31:57A heroine in a romance novel, all right?
00:32:00I'll look like an unmarried woman in her 30s pretending to be Elizabeth Bennet looking for Mr. Darcy.
00:32:15I did pretend to be Elizabeth Bennet once.
00:32:18For a homecoming dance when I was 15.
00:32:21I bought the dress from here.
00:32:23Well, not here, actually.
00:32:24Another dialogue conference.
00:32:25You went to a Jala conference when you were 15.
00:32:28My parents like to encourage my interests.
00:32:31It's kind of a curse.
00:32:35But it was a train ride away.
00:32:37And it was Pride and Prejudice themed.
00:32:40And I...
00:32:41I just loved the book so much.
00:32:43It was the first book I read that I really loved.
00:32:46And everyone there loved it, too.
00:32:50And they treated me like I was sophisticated and interesting and like a real-life Austin Ingenue.
00:33:00Anyway, I got carried away and I bought this dress.
00:33:03And you wore it to homecoming?
00:33:06I thought that if Cody Anderson could see me across the dance floor, he'd realize how sophisticated and interesting I
00:33:12was.
00:33:13Oh.
00:33:13So what happened?
00:33:14He saw me across the dance floor.
00:33:16And, uh, he laughed.
00:33:18And then everyone saw me and they all laughed.
00:33:20And then I ran and hid in the library.
00:33:22Janitor let me in.
00:33:23Nice man.
00:33:25Oh.
00:33:31I bet there was a boy at that dance who wondered where you went all night.
00:33:37A huge nerd who was into computers and classic literature.
00:33:46Hey, it's not as if I was tearing up the dance floor at 15.
00:33:52Look, I know that it's embarrassing to wear this outfit.
00:33:56You know what the most embarrassing part is?
00:33:58No.
00:34:00I like it.
00:34:04Come on.
00:34:09For the first few years, it was like a favor to my aunt.
00:34:13But the truth is that I don't get to be the romantic hero in my normal life.
00:34:19Well, my normal life is dealing with start-up bros and enduring their jokes.
00:34:25But everywhere I go, as Mr. Darcy, I make women happy.
00:34:29Must be fun.
00:34:30Oh, it is.
00:34:31Until my aunt points out all the single women at the conference who clearly only like me for my frock
00:34:36coat.
00:34:37That's why it's so nice to meet someone who sees beyond the hat and the breeches and doesn't like me
00:34:43at all.
00:34:44Was that another defense mechanism?
00:34:46You mean a joke?
00:34:47Well, I hate to disappoint you, but you're growing on me.
00:34:54Huh.
00:34:55Well, maybe there is something to be said for the confidence-boosting effects of a costume.
00:35:00Here, put this on.
00:35:02Why?
00:35:03Well, you may have learned the steps, but now I need you to get into the spirit of the thing.
00:35:07I need you to dance like everyone is watching, and I need you to wear this hat.
00:35:11Oh, good lord.
00:35:15Okay.
00:35:17And five, six, seven, eight.
00:35:20Repeat after me.
00:35:21I am beautiful.
00:35:22What?
00:35:23Come on, say it.
00:35:25I am beautiful.
00:35:27No.
00:35:28I am beautiful.
00:35:29I am, oh my gosh, I am beautiful.
00:35:32Yes, I am worthy.
00:35:34I am also worthy.
00:35:37Uh, no editorializing, no jokes, mean it.
00:35:40Look at me.
00:35:41Look at me.
00:35:42Look at me.
00:35:46Samuel!
00:35:47Samuel!
00:35:48Professor Cavendish!
00:35:49What on earth are you doing out here?
00:35:51I've been looking everywhere for you.
00:35:53It's been a disaster.
00:35:54Annabelle has biffed the refreshments for the lawn games.
00:35:57What?
00:35:58I don't know what kind of caterer she engaged, but they claim it is for next weekend, and they will
00:36:03not budge.
00:36:04Somebody needs to make a picnic for tomorrow that won't draw shame onto the head of Jala.
00:36:08Oh, why can't the hotel handle it?
00:36:09Oh, no, they're overbooked and very unhelpful.
00:36:13So, Samuel, I was hoping you could drive into town and see if you could find something suitably authentic.
00:36:18I can help.
00:36:20You can?
00:36:21I taught a seminar in Regency cuisine.
00:36:23My students were thoroughly engaged.
00:36:26Huh.
00:36:26That sounds suspiciously like fun.
00:36:29Oh, well, come along then.
00:36:31No time to waste.
00:36:36Okay, yeah, thank you.
00:36:38Bye.
00:36:40Any luck?
00:36:41For an order this big, it's not luck we need.
00:36:43It's a miracle.
00:36:44Oh.
00:36:45Well, maybe we need to think beyond catering.
00:36:47Well, an authentic Regency nunchen would be cold meat, salad, and fruit.
00:36:52What Kitty and Lydia buy their sisters at the inn.
00:36:54Cold meat and salad.
00:36:56For how many?
00:36:57120.
00:36:57That's going to present a significant difficulty.
00:37:08I have an idea.
00:37:28Now, welcome to Supero Subs.
00:37:29We serve sandwiches and a snap.
00:37:30How may we delight you today?
00:37:32Your giant party subs, that serve 20?
00:37:34Mm-hmm.
00:37:34And can you deliver to the middle of the Dutchess Square Gorkhus?
00:37:37We're happy to delight you anywhere within a five-mile radius.
00:37:39Great.
00:37:40Well, I'll take 10 for 12.30 tomorrow.
00:37:42Oh, and can you make them carb-free?
00:37:4610 submarine party subs with no bread?
00:37:49And the toppings on the side.
00:37:50We'll also take 60 of your fruit medley cups.
00:37:54Okay.
00:37:56Uh, and would you like to add chips, our ultimate chocolate peanut butter brownies, or rainbow
00:38:01sprinkle cookies, too?
00:38:02Yeah.
00:38:02Mm, not very authentic.
00:38:04Inauthentic, made it press me on.
00:38:06If I had a kitchen, there's this recipe I make every Christmas, but...
00:38:09Well, there's a perfectly good kitchen at the hotel.
00:38:12Well, we can't use it.
00:38:14We'll go to the market on the way.
00:38:17Oh, I just don't think that we can.
00:38:19The hotel has all these regulations, and the managers are so picky.
00:38:23We won't take up too much time, and they hold cooking classes here, so...
00:38:26So, those are planned with instructors, and notice.
00:38:29There's no time to arrange some last-minute...
00:38:31Sam?
00:38:32Hi, Annabelle.
00:38:32I'm here for the cooking class.
00:38:34The cooking class?
00:38:35I'm an expert in Georgian and Regency cuisines.
00:38:37I was hoping to demonstrate syllabubs and shrewsbury cakes.
00:38:40Mm, if only someone could help us with the hotel management.
00:38:44You know that we're not supposed...
00:38:48I'll distract them.
00:38:50Come on.
00:38:56I'm gonna do the dry ingredients.
00:38:58A cup of sugar.
00:39:00Not the whole thing.
00:39:05Just that much.
00:39:10Whiskey business.
00:39:12You need to roll this.
00:39:13Just like that.
00:39:14Mm-hmm.
00:39:14And then...
00:39:17Okay.
00:39:19We don't want to run.
00:39:20Press down.
00:39:22So that...
00:39:23That looks nice.
00:39:25Check.
00:39:27Oh, there we go.
00:39:28Oh, there we go.
00:39:30Oh, there we go.
00:39:31Oh, there we go.
00:39:35Ha, ha, ha.
00:39:36Check.
00:39:39Check.
00:39:39Check.
00:39:39Check.
00:39:39Wow.
00:39:40Nice.
00:39:40Check.
00:39:41Wow.
00:39:43Wow.
00:39:52So we just chill these overnight, and we are done.
00:40:04Am I hallucinating?
00:40:06You looked hungry.
00:40:12Mm.
00:40:13I can't remember the last time a man cooked for me.
00:40:15Where'd you learn to do this?
00:40:17The library.
00:40:19No, seriously.
00:40:21It has cookbooks.
00:40:23And my auntie did so much for me growing up, and she didn't have much time when she
00:40:26was getting her tenure that, well, cooking was a way of helping her out.
00:40:32You two were close?
00:40:34Still are.
00:40:36So after my parents' divorce, my mom was really struggling.
00:40:39So we moved here to the States, and my auntie took us in.
00:40:42She didn't have much money or much room, but once she made it work, without her, we wouldn't
00:40:49have made it through.
00:40:52That's why you're so protective.
00:40:55Well, that's what happens when you grow up in a household with two single women.
00:41:01Too many Wickhams in the world.
00:41:02Not enough Darcy.
00:41:04Exactly.
00:41:08I'll dry.
00:41:10I don't think I could live with my sister.
00:41:13Well, my mom did get her own place as soon as I got out of college, but she still lives
00:41:18in Princeton.
00:41:19In fact, I'm actually trying to set up my incubator there.
00:41:22I spend way too much time on the train from New York.
00:41:25Incubator?
00:41:26Yes, it's a non-profit to help people set up a socially responsible startup.
00:41:33A do-gooder tech guy.
00:41:34Interesting.
00:41:35Well, after I sold my company, I didn't really need to make any more money.
00:41:39And, well, I just, I wanted to do something to give back.
00:41:45So you move there?
00:41:47Yeah, I'm thinking about buying a house there.
00:41:49Just need to get more people excited about the non-profit.
00:41:54I think you will.
00:42:00I don't know.
00:42:01It's her decision, but Rob's the best guy she's dated by miles.
00:42:04Like, miles and country miles.
00:42:07I'm talking unsuccessful bands, wannabe influencers,
00:42:10and some guy who said he was going to get rich by day trading something called chiro-currency.
00:42:15Oh, it's a type of cryptocurrency.
00:42:17Well, it certainly isn't a job.
00:42:18It's just been a lot of...
00:42:19A lot of Wickhams.
00:42:22You know, Rob drove her here after they broke up so she wouldn't be alone.
00:42:28That's love.
00:42:29Is a fancy proposal that big a deal?
00:42:31I don't know.
00:42:32Is it to you?
00:42:33I'd prefer something substantive.
00:42:35Something that would show that he really cared about what was important to me.
00:42:37Well, a fancy proposal is important to me.
00:42:42I didn't give you permission to be right.
00:42:44Elise!
00:42:45Mia!
00:42:46I was just getting some...
00:42:48Ace.
00:42:49You've made a friend.
00:42:51This is Sam, my guest of honor liaison.
00:42:54I also play Mrs. Darcy at the conference.
00:42:56Yes, I see.
00:42:58They give you your own personal, Mr. Darcy.
00:43:00Okay, let's go back inside.
00:43:01Oh, my eyes!
00:43:02It's been a long day. Bye, Sam!
00:43:04Later, Sam! Hope to see you at the ball!
00:43:07Bye!
00:43:12Who was that?
00:43:14I told you, my guest of honor liaison.
00:43:17We had some problems to solve.
00:43:20Yeah, solving problems with a handsome man.
00:43:23With an accent.
00:43:25Well, the accent's real.
00:43:26He moved here from...
00:43:28Why are there flowers in here?
00:43:30I sent them to myself.
00:43:32Because I suffered a great heartbreak, and mindless spending helps.
00:43:36It's rude of you to remind me when I was so well distracted with Mr. Dolph.
00:43:40First of all, Sam's personality is nothing like Darcy's.
00:43:43Okay, so what is he like?
00:43:48Actually, the exact opposite.
00:43:50He's funny and open and makes a lot of jokes, but he's kind.
00:43:58Do you like him?
00:44:00Absolutely not.
00:44:02Okay, but I haven't heard you say that many nice things about a non-fictional man in years.
00:44:06I like him as a person.
00:44:08We're not very compatible.
00:44:10I don't think I could ever be serious about a man who enjoys wearing a Mr. Darcy costume.
00:44:14You're a loss.
00:44:15He seems like the kind of guy who'd make a fool of himself for love.
00:44:30You've been spending a lot of time with Professor Cavendish?
00:44:33Well, I'm her liaison.
00:44:35She's a very interesting woman.
00:44:37Hmm.
00:44:38May I offer a word of advice, Samuel?
00:44:40Really?
00:44:41Just the one?
00:44:42Oh, don't make a joke of it like you always do.
00:44:45If you like this young woman, be honest about what you want.
00:44:49You don't want to wake up at my age realizing you've deflected every chance of happiness with a joke.
00:44:54It's one of the greatest dangers in life.
00:44:56Missed opportunities.
00:44:58Hmm.
00:44:58There are dangers in being honest.
00:45:01Like what?
00:45:04Heartbreak.
00:45:06You see, that was honest.
00:45:33Rob, you have every reason to be upset.
00:45:36I'm upset.
00:45:37But if only you could see how much she's hurting.
00:45:39She's hurting.
00:45:41Rob, she's devastated.
00:45:43That's surprising because she said that I make her miserable.
00:45:48You don't.
00:45:49You make her happy.
00:45:50Not the crazy highs and lows that she used to chase, but actually happy the majority of the time I
00:45:54talk to her.
00:45:55That hasn't happened before.
00:45:57I can't let you throw that away.
00:45:58It was a perfectly good proposal.
00:46:02I bought her her favorite drink, and I asked if she was interested in marriage.
00:46:08Now, what's wrong with that?
00:46:09You might have bought her some roses.
00:46:11Okay, so what?
00:46:12I gotta make a fool out of myself with some big romantic gesture before I even know if she wants
00:46:17to get married.
00:46:18Let alone to me.
00:46:20We didn't even talk about it yet.
00:46:21See, this is what you should tell her.
00:46:23If you could just come to the hotel, you two could communicate and actually figure this out.
00:46:28No big gestures.
00:46:29Just a conversation.
00:46:35I have to go, but please just think about what I said, okay?
00:46:40Hi.
00:46:40You're out of uniform.
00:46:42I thought, since things are going so well, that I could take you on a field trip.
00:46:46Oh, please.
00:46:47My ego can't take any more crafting or dancing.
00:46:50Don't worry.
00:46:50This should be something that you're very good at.
00:46:53What am I good at?
00:46:54Yeah, you got it.
00:47:10What do you think?
00:47:11Sam, it's wonderful.
00:47:13Sam, it's wonderful.
00:47:32The day has come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lafroy.
00:47:36And when you receive this, it will be over.
00:47:39My tears flow as I write at the melancholy idea.
00:47:43Can you believe how many people are convinced that Tom Lafroy was Austin's lost true love on the basis of
00:47:48these two short letters?
00:47:49It's absurd.
00:47:50What's absurd about it?
00:47:52Well, she's joking.
00:47:53She's obviously joking.
00:47:54My tears flow as I write this.
00:47:56Come on.
00:47:57Oh, just because someone's joking doesn't mean they're not feeling.
00:48:00Good point.
00:48:02Still, I wish people would just admit that she was a fantastic writer without needing some romantic backstory that started
00:48:08at all.
00:48:10Was he the Wickham that jilted her or the Darcy that got away?
00:48:15Maybe he was the Collins that annoyed her.
00:48:24She did turn down a proposal once.
00:48:26Not from Lafroy, but another guy.
00:48:30She went to bed in the morning, changed her mind.
00:48:34That's strange.
00:48:36You think his proposal lacked romance?
00:48:40No, I think she said yes for practical reasons, and then no because she'd just be doing it to be
00:48:45married.
00:48:46And that wasn't enough.
00:48:48I mean, could any of the men she'd met have possibly have known who she really was, the same way
00:48:53her readers do?
00:48:54Men can read.
00:48:58With a little help.
00:49:03So is that what you're looking for?
00:49:05Someone who really knows who you are?
00:49:07Well, it certainly isn't a big romantic proposal.
00:49:10I don't like being the center of attention, I know.
00:49:13But if you can't get through the proposal, then how are you going to get through the wedding?
00:49:16Oh, no.
00:49:18My literal nightmare.
00:49:19Why do they make women do that?
00:49:21Stand up there in front of everyone in a big ridiculous dress?
00:49:23Oh, the man is there too.
00:49:25It's such an ordeal.
00:49:26Why can't I just skip to the good part?
00:49:27Oh, the good part.
00:49:31You know what I mean.
00:49:34Have you ever turned down a proposal?
00:49:36Yes.
00:49:37I get at least one per Jala conference.
00:49:40Right.
00:49:41Breaches and a hat.
00:49:43Yeah.
00:49:44Doesn't count, though.
00:49:46Well, you look pretty good in a jacket, too.
00:49:48Huh?
00:49:49Miss Heloise.
00:49:50It's doctor.
00:49:51Oh, okay.
00:49:52Doctor.
00:50:02You're like an undergraduate.
00:50:04I know.
00:50:04I should probably get you out of here before you expose yourself to public censure on account
00:50:08of your behavior.
00:50:16What?
00:50:17Nothing.
00:50:18It's just...
00:50:19I'm having fun.
00:50:21Oh.
00:50:21Are you going to be unbearably smug about it?
00:50:25Definitely.
00:50:35Oh, I'm sorry.
00:50:41We reserved this.
00:50:45Hey.
00:50:48Hi, Tanner.
00:50:52Yeah, I remember you.
00:50:54Hey, guys, it's Sam.
00:50:56Yeah, the guy that washed up at V.C. Pitch Blast in November.
00:51:00Hey, sir, you didn't get funding for that no profit, then.
00:51:02Yeah, non-profit.
00:51:04Maybe you should have worn your top hat.
00:51:09So, uh, what's all this?
00:51:11This?
00:51:11Oh, this is the Jane Austen League of America conference, and we have reserved this area of
00:51:17the golf course for period-appropriate lawn games.
00:51:21Tanner, just pick up your ball.
00:51:23Let's go.
00:51:24This is the driving range.
00:51:25Yeah.
00:51:25Uh, wow.
00:51:28Sam Lee, blast from the past.
00:51:31Hey, you know, we were in the Stanford Startup Incubator together.
00:51:34First one of us to sell settled for that 50 mil exit, but, uh, people thought you'd do big
00:51:39things.
00:51:42What happened to you, man?
00:51:44Hey, I guess the future's not for everybody.
00:51:46Uh, so where's your costume?
00:51:49At the cleaners.
00:51:51Are all you Jane Austen fangirls this funny?
00:51:53Finish your round and join us for bowling.
00:51:55You can judge for yourself.
00:51:57Uh, yeah.
00:51:58Okay.
00:51:59Uh, maybe.
00:52:00Good seeing you, Sam.
00:52:02Nice to meet you.
00:52:03And good luck with, uh, this.
00:52:09What was that all about?
00:52:11Are you hiding from them?
00:52:12Uh, no.
00:52:13No, no, no, no.
00:52:13It's just, you know, I don't like to, uh, mix my Jala life with my professional life.
00:52:21Thanks for stepping in, though.
00:52:22I appreciate that.
00:52:24I owed it to you, after everything I put you through.
00:52:27You?
00:52:28No, no, no.
00:52:29You're, you're, you're an angel.
00:52:31Is that the word you wanted to use?
00:52:33Challenge.
00:52:35You're a challenge.
00:52:37I like challenges.
00:52:41Maybe I could start to like attention.
00:52:45Ellie?
00:52:46Ellie, bro.
00:52:48Stop everything.
00:52:49No more fun.
00:52:51No more fun than me.
00:52:53Oh, look, Ellie Bell.
00:52:54Your sister's here.
00:52:57I'm done.
00:52:58Done.
00:52:59With the ice cream and the cable and the crying, I'm ready for distractions.
00:53:04Also, Ellie, I hope you don't mind.
00:53:05I borrowed your bonnet.
00:53:06Where'd you get that?
00:53:08Oh, I got this little marketing in the hotel.
00:53:11I didn't want to commit to the whole dress, but I wanted to get in the spirit of the thing
00:53:15and out of the spirit of the other thing.
00:53:17You know, being dumped.
00:53:19Well, you are just in time for lawn games.
00:53:23Oh, yeah.
00:53:24I play games.
00:53:25Good.
00:53:26You can be my partner.
00:53:27Go sign up at the table.
00:53:28I'll be right over.
00:53:30Oh, I thought we were going to do that.
00:53:33Oh, no, no.
00:53:34It's much better this way.
00:53:36You can partner up with my aunt.
00:53:39Oh, that makes perfect sense.
00:53:43So much sense.
00:53:45Oh, no.
00:53:58You can do it.
00:53:59Deep breaths.
00:54:01Victoria.
00:54:02Oh, Crispin, where have you been?
00:54:03Looking for you, mostly.
00:54:05I was hoping it's not too late to engage you as my partner for the tournament.
00:54:09Oh, I'd be delighted.
00:54:11But I'm afraid Professor Cavendish and I are well into our first round of lawn bowling.
00:54:24No, uh, turning back now.
00:54:27Mia!
00:54:29Oh, my turn again already?
00:54:32Oh, this please?
00:54:49Oh, well done.
00:54:52We are in the lead.
00:54:53Oh, we can do better than that.
00:54:56If we do this.
00:54:58Your sister has quite the killer instinct.
00:55:00I'm just glad she's having a good time.
00:55:02She just broke up with her boyfriend.
00:55:04Oh, I'll tell you about her song.
00:55:07One and two.
00:55:08Ooh, we should incorporate a bow and a courtesy in here somewhere.
00:55:10Really?
00:55:12Mia!
00:55:14Rob!
00:55:15What are you doing here?
00:55:17What am I doing?
00:55:18What are you doing here?
00:55:20Victorian lawn games.
00:55:22Regency.
00:55:22Regency lawn games.
00:55:24Yeah, looks like an absolute blast.
00:55:25Who is your friend here?
00:55:27That's none of your business.
00:55:29Sam.
00:55:30I'm Sam Lee.
00:55:31I wasn't actually speaking to you.
00:55:34Sir, are you on a date with this romance novel cover model reject?
00:55:38Sort of I am, Rob.
00:55:40We broke up.
00:55:41Less than two days ago, I asked you to marry me.
00:55:44Actually, you should know this.
00:55:45I asked her to marry me two days ago.
00:55:47I'm just here for the lawn games.
00:55:49You dumped me.
00:55:50Because I asked you to marry me.
00:55:51You said the question was depressing.
00:55:53Not because of you, Rob.
00:55:55Because of the way that you asked it.
00:55:56What did you want?
00:55:58You want me to make a fool out of myself in front of everybody to prove how much I love
00:56:02you?
00:56:02Rob, maybe we can go back to my hotel room to talk about this.
00:56:05No, Eloise, I don't need any more of your help.
00:56:06I came because you said Mia was devastated.
00:56:08And she doesn't look very devastated.
00:56:10You told him what?
00:56:11I just wanted to help you to communicate.
00:56:14Well, we're communicating now, Eloise.
00:56:16Are you happy?
00:56:17And for the record, Rob, I was devastated.
00:56:20I completely, completely love you.
00:56:24But you don't like me.
00:56:26Because something that is as important to me as a romantic wedding proposal is just like a big joke to
00:56:32you.
00:56:34Look, I don't want it to end this way, all right?
00:56:36I don't want it to end because I'm...
00:56:40What can I do, all right?
00:56:41What's it going to do?
00:56:45A lot more than this.
00:56:50Fine.
00:56:52I'm leaving.
00:56:54And I'm taking these perfectly good plans.
00:57:00Mia, Eloise.
00:57:02I appreciate the thought, but this has nothing to do with you.
00:57:06Uh, well, I think it's high time for Pall Mall.
00:57:10I'll get the clubs.
00:57:12I'll help.
00:57:19Eloise, I'm sorry.
00:57:20Look, I honestly only wanted to cheer her up.
00:57:23I had no idea her ex would be here, and I certainly didn't think that he would interpret...
00:57:27There's no need to apologize.
00:57:29It has nothing to do with me.
00:57:31I'm sure your sister didn't mean...
00:57:32My sister was right.
00:57:33I've been sticking my nose in where it's not wanted.
00:57:35And I have enough to worry about this weekend with the keynote and everything else.
00:57:40Let's exert ourselves.
00:57:41Let's have fun.
00:57:43Ah!
00:57:45Let's get it!
00:57:48Let's get it!
00:57:54Professor Cavendish?
00:57:55Jenny?
00:57:56I need your help.
00:57:57This show is about to be ruined.
00:57:59Ruined?
00:58:00Two of our actors dropped out.
00:58:03The play's tomorrow, right?
00:58:04It's tonight.
00:58:06Oh.
00:58:06We got four hours.
00:58:08I just need two actors to play Darcy and Elizabeth,
00:58:12and I was thinking maybe, since your friend already has the costume...
00:58:15I'd be happy to help.
00:58:17In fact, I think I can get you some tech credit.
00:58:20And then, for Elizabeth?
00:58:21I was thinking maybe someone who's a really good public speaker.
00:58:25Someone who knows the novels and kind of struggles with vivacity and charisma.
00:58:31Well, I'm not sure if I... I don't know if I could...
00:58:33Well, do it.
00:58:34Bea Cavendish, former star of every high school and one-and-a-half college musicals.
00:58:38Uh, you are the right size for the costume.
00:58:43You are cast.
00:58:44You are all cast.
00:58:46Except you, Professor Cavendish.
00:58:48Oh, well, I can help out with the set.
00:58:50That's where I really shine in the theater.
00:58:52Offstage.
00:58:53That's only just like high school.
00:58:56And then come back around here.
00:58:59And bow.
00:59:01Lift up the quill.
00:59:02Everyone hands up towards the quill.
00:59:05Hey.
00:59:08You are terrible at sewing.
00:59:11I'm so glad you're here.
00:59:12I'm never going to get through this.
00:59:14Give it.
00:59:16Sam texted me for help with a play.
00:59:18Just like in high school.
00:59:19Guess I'll paint.
00:59:22Who's that that Sam's talking to?
00:59:24My sister.
00:59:26Oh.
00:59:27She's comfortable in the spotlight.
00:59:29Like Sam.
00:59:32Are you kidding?
00:59:34Sam's the shyest man I've ever known.
00:59:36When we first met, he can hardly speak in front of a girl.
00:59:39You're kidding.
00:59:41He's been bowing and kissing hands all weekend.
00:59:43No, no, no.
00:59:44That's the thing.
00:59:45It's because he's wearing a costume.
00:59:47Girl, girl, watch your brush.
00:59:49I'm sorry.
00:59:50It started in high school when he stepped in for Benedict in That Much Ado.
00:59:55Sam was a weird nerd.
00:59:57Like he'd like computers better than people.
00:59:59But once you gave him a script and put a little outfit on him, bam.
01:00:04He was the leading man.
01:00:07So it's all a front?
01:00:09No.
01:00:10Some people just do better with a script.
01:00:12That's why he dated so many drama queens.
01:00:16Men like drama.
01:00:18I guess.
01:00:27You look pensive, Cavendish.
01:00:29Why aren't you sitting with your young people over there?
01:00:31I just wanted some space to think about tomorrow.
01:00:34Of course, my presentation is all prepared and rehearsed.
01:00:36But still, I like to go above and beyond.
01:00:38Oh, women always have to to get what they want.
01:00:43That's what I tell my students.
01:00:45I hope it's easier for them than it was for me.
01:00:48I had to make a lot of difficult choices.
01:00:50There were many things I might have wanted in an ideal world
01:00:54that just weren't compatible with an academic career at the time.
01:00:57I'm sorry.
01:00:59Oh, no.
01:01:00I like to look forward.
01:01:01It is my dearest hope for you, Professor Cavendish,
01:01:04in whom I see so very much of myself,
01:01:07that you get every single thing that you want.
01:01:09A career, the acclaim, perhaps some fun on the weekends,
01:01:13and a partner.
01:01:15Why not?
01:01:16That is, if you care to have one.
01:01:17I care to.
01:01:19He just has to be the right one.
01:01:21Isn't that the truth?
01:01:23A world full of Wickhams and Collinses.
01:01:26If you stumble upon a Darcy, grab him.
01:01:29That's what Jane would have wanted.
01:01:32And I know it's silly to think of a dead rider as a friend,
01:01:36or someone who would wish you well,
01:01:38but I think she would have wished us all a Darcy.
01:01:46What if you're not an Elizabeth?
01:01:48Hmm?
01:01:50Nothing.
01:01:51Um, I should head back up to my room.
01:01:53Um, they don't need me here,
01:01:54and I could use the mental space to prep for tomorrow.
01:01:57I'll see you at the play?
01:01:58Yes, of course.
01:02:12The set looks better.
01:02:15I think it has an excellent chance of making it through the show.
01:02:17Really?
01:02:18It's only 40 minutes long.
01:02:28It is a truth, universally acknowledged,
01:02:31that a writer of genius must be in want of a topic to inspire her pen.
01:02:37Come away from that desk.
01:02:39There is a ball in Steventon tonight.
01:02:41I care not for balls.
01:02:47I must dance with my quill tonight.
01:02:51I see her before me.
01:02:54Elizabeth Bennet.
01:03:05Not handsome enough to tempt me.
01:03:11In vain I have struggled.
01:03:15This will not do.
01:03:18You must allow me to tell you how ardently I love and admire.
01:03:59Bye.
01:04:00Really?
01:04:02No.
01:04:18the key for me was bringing austin's text to life through rudeness the quill floating in the air was
01:04:24an inspiration and just put the whole piece into it for instance ellie where have you been was any good
01:04:31i know he was fabulous i'm starting to understand this whole mr darcy obsession oh dr cavendish what a performance
01:04:40you really must be an inspirational teacher and here here is the star of the show i believe i saw
01:04:47you at the long games tournament i don't believe we were properly introduced this is my sister mia mia
01:04:53this is professor jennings the professor jennings from princeton well i suppose there must be others oh my sister's told
01:05:00me all about you really well i hope all good things well i hope you're gonna hire her
01:05:06mia she's the smartest person i've ever met she knows everything about literature she's an awesome teacher and she lives
01:05:14for austin mia i don't know
01:05:16eloise just stop selling yourself short my sister would be an incredible professor at princeton no one takes austin more
01:05:22seriously than her everyone at this conference is here to have fun i mean i love fake balls and funny
01:05:28hats but not eloise she thinks this is all ridiculous she's here to be a scholar not some austin fangirl
01:05:34interesting i would have never guessed considering how enthusiastically you participated in all of the events for some reason i
01:05:41i thought you held a different opinion entirely i don't know why
01:05:45professor jennings uh for the record i believe a serious scholar can still on occasion wear a funny hat uh
01:05:52what that scholar wears in their head has no power to diminish what she has inside it
01:05:58well i uh i'd better get back to the party uh again mia congratulations professor cavendish goodbye
01:06:08did i just
01:06:10did i just
01:06:11do you ever
01:06:12think
01:06:13before you speak
01:06:14you just ruined my chance at the princeton job
01:06:17i didn't mean to i was just trying to tell her how good you'd be
01:06:21i had everything under control until you blew in here like a force of nature my hotel room my chance
01:06:27with professor jennings my peace of mind gone
01:06:29i'm sorry i'm sorry too mia i'm sorry that i tried to stop you from making the biggest mistake of
01:06:34your life because you are unstoppable and the more i try to put your life in order the more you
01:06:40ruin mine
01:06:41it's not your job to put my life in order
01:06:43then why do you turn to me the second anything goes wrong i have to be the big sister i
01:06:47have to be the strong one i can never just
01:06:49eloise please just leave me alone
01:06:59eloise
01:07:02hey um
01:07:06you all right
01:07:08just tired
01:07:08thought i'd sneak up to my room while everyone was congratulating my sister
01:07:13why wouldn't i be all right
01:07:16i saw you with mia
01:07:17and i just
01:07:18wondered if you were disappointed about the play
01:07:20you know because um
01:07:22jenny had asked you first and
01:07:24while in the garden you said that mia has a
01:07:26why would i want to be in the play
01:07:29well
01:07:29i mean it was
01:07:31well it was
01:07:32really good fun
01:07:33i'm sure you had a great time but believe me there's nothing i would like less than being up on
01:07:36that stage in front of everyone kissing you
01:07:40oh
01:07:40i don't know how many times i have to say this i'm not like you
01:07:43i'm not like mia i don't like being the center of attention
01:07:47i'm not trying to set myself at the center of some romantic fantasy for everyone to gawk at
01:07:53i just want to be left alone and for some reason that hasn't happened since i got here
01:07:59you don't have to dance with me
01:08:02tomorrow at the ball really
01:08:04you don't have to
01:08:05well my aunt victoria does love the ball but well
01:08:08she already likes you a lot and
01:08:10i promise that i won't tell her what you said i should
01:08:12i should never have held that over you
01:08:14well my aunt
01:08:17see honestly
01:08:20the truth is that you hurt my feelings
01:08:22and
01:08:24i had to make a joke of it
01:08:25and
01:08:26devote
01:08:27the past few days to
01:08:29pulling your pigtails and
01:08:31or making you do things that you disliked
01:08:36i
01:08:37i
01:08:37would like
01:08:38to
01:08:39um
01:08:41officially
01:08:43relieve you of any and all obligations that you have
01:08:46towards me
01:08:47and
01:08:48whatever happens
01:08:52your secret's safe
01:08:53sam
01:08:53i don't want to dance with someone who doesn't want to dance with me
01:09:02saved by the bell
01:09:15i guess this is goodnight
01:09:16yeah
01:09:19i guess so
01:09:25yeah
01:09:26i guess so
01:09:58hey
01:09:59i know
01:10:01i know you are awake
01:10:01i heard y stop breathing when i keep going
01:10:06i want to talk to you
01:10:08or at you
01:10:09at you is fine too
01:10:12i am so sorry
01:10:14tomorrow might be one of the biggest days of your start
01:10:16life you always support me and the one time you need my support I've been a
01:10:24terrible sister and everything that happened today is my fault what's not
01:10:31there was this whole thing with professor Jennings that I didn't tell
01:10:34you about because I didn't let you I just emote it all over your hotel room
01:10:38and I didn't leave space for anything else I could have noticed the strain
01:10:42you're under and actually tried to help I could have done what you would have
01:10:47done in my place Mia I like helping you and you hate being helped because too
01:10:54bad sister from now on there's got to be a little give-and-take why didn't Rob just
01:10:59buy the stupid flowers I don't know what's done is done we said what we said
01:11:07and now we have to deal with it can you I don't know but I have hope there are
01:11:17Darcy's in the world after all
01:11:30Mia
01:11:49hey big sis I'd wish you luck today but you don't need it what I thought you
01:11:53could use is a little alone time to prepare you've got caffeine you've got
01:11:57carbs and you've got this love Mimi
01:12:13I would like to thank the Jane Austen League of America for inviting me here
01:12:19today to speak to you about the inimitable Jane Austen and novelist
01:12:24you see what Darcy sees in Elizabeth we can deduce then that for Austen the
01:12:30property not only becomes an indication of social standing but ultimately
01:12:34symbolic of the characters themselves leading us back to the exquisite detail
01:12:38captured the moment Elizabeth Bennett first saw Pemberley thank you
01:12:52oh you're on fire you're so good thank you thank you so much let's hit the ball
01:12:57okay Ellie you were fantastic got your note it's the sweetest thing anyone's ever written me
01:13:05I appreciated it almost as much as a latte
01:13:12professor
01:13:17yeah I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your talk I was a little short
01:13:22yesterday mostly out of surprise but I've been thinking and I wanted to
01:13:26reassure you that I admired your behavior during this conference before our
01:13:31conversation yesterday and I admire it now you do yes of course your quick wit
01:13:36your willingness to help your positive attitude all the more impressive given
01:13:40your initial doubts it's true I wasn't on board with any of this at first but I've
01:13:46changed my mind and the ability to do so is the greatest talent a scholar can have
01:13:51as for your wish to make a good impression well when we're colleagues you'll
01:13:57learn that I am the last person in the world to think ill of a woman for her
01:14:00ambition did you say when
01:14:02shh shh shh shh I don't want to tell it's official
01:14:09am I hallucinating or did you just get hired at Princeton I think I just got hired at Princeton
01:14:14now we can go celebrate at the ball
01:14:16uh I need to do something first okay
01:14:22healthy I I made a huge mistake I know it's probably too late but it's never too
01:14:28late it isn't for what to dress up for the ball I had to finish the white
01:14:33Baptiste anyway and I already have your measurements so what come with me
01:14:47professor Jennings have you seen Sam dr. Cavendish you look lovely thank you
01:14:56mr. Darcy always arrives late just like in the book
01:15:00Victoria it's time to start the ball
01:15:03oh well I think our keynote speaker should do the honors
01:15:06what say you professor it would be an honor thank you
01:15:21excuse me everyone if I could have your attention for a moment
01:15:44where
01:15:48Mia Cavendish
01:16:00Mia you are the wildest most maddening woman that I know but you are also the kindest and the most
01:16:12lovable
01:16:14if you want a big romantic gesture if you want me to make a fool out of myself in front
01:16:20of everybody
01:16:21I will do that because I want to spend the rest of my life making sure that you get everything
01:16:28you want
01:16:31so
01:16:40will you
01:16:52is that a yes do I need to ask you again yes yes yes yes
01:16:59this is not at all period appropriate
01:17:06I can't help
01:17:07I think you might be needing this
01:17:10oh
01:17:11and congratulations
01:17:12I can't apologize to you or Rob enough this is all thanks to you and Sam of course Sam yeah
01:17:27didn't you know
01:17:29he spent all today talking with Rob and getting him ready
01:17:33where did you think Rob got the outfit
01:17:36well it's just yesterday you were talking to Sam constantly and I
01:17:40yeah about Rob
01:17:42Eloise
01:17:42you didn't think
01:17:44let's not rehash what I thought
01:17:45I'm just so happy for you
01:17:47I'm happy for me too
01:17:48you're getting ready
01:17:50you're getting ready
01:17:55and now we actually will hear from our keynote speaker Dr. Eloise Cavendish who will commence the dancing
01:18:08thank you I am sorry I'm so sorry it's just my sister just got engaged
01:18:22but I do want to say one thing before we officially begin the evening
01:18:31I have loved these novels and these characters since I was 13
01:18:38back when Pride and Prejudice was the most romantic book I had ever read
01:18:44since then I've learned so much more about Austin
01:18:46her world and the compromises she had to make
01:18:51and it's still the most romantic book I have ever read
01:18:56and that scares me
01:18:59I'm scared of emotion
01:19:02scared of being swept away
01:19:04I'm even scared of dancing
01:19:06scared of looking like a fool
01:19:08and that's what can happen on the dance floor right
01:19:11missing a step and making a fool of yourself
01:19:14but if there's one thing I learned this weekend
01:19:17one thing I've learned from reading and rereading these books that we all love so much
01:19:24it's that fools and heroines are not separate categories
01:19:29you have to risk being one in order to become the other
01:19:32so as we proceed to the dance floor
01:19:34there's
01:19:35someone here
01:19:36with a place on my dance card
01:19:40if he wants it
01:19:53Elwes
01:19:54Professor Cavendish
01:19:56I understand congratulations are in order
01:19:59Victoria told me about Princeton
01:20:02couldn't be more deserved
01:20:03that's very kind of you
01:20:05I heard you're up for the same job
01:20:06me?
01:20:07whatever gave you that idea
01:20:09I'm wildly underqualified
01:20:12but my aunt told me that you were interviewing with her at the conference
01:20:15I can't imagine why she'd say that
01:20:18unless she didn't want you to know the real reason we're spending so much time together
01:20:22the real reason?
01:20:24I'm retiring Mr. Lee
01:20:26it's high time I think about more important things than career
01:20:31more important things like on Victoria?
01:20:34we were post-doctorate sweethearts
01:20:36can you believe it?
01:20:39but I'd already been bitten by the acting bug
01:20:41so I left academia
01:20:43and her
01:20:45I was an idiot
01:20:48luckily she's very forgiving
01:20:52ahem
01:20:53this weekend
01:20:56miracles indeed
01:20:59well
01:21:00I suppose you young people are done listening to me snivel
01:21:03go! dance!
01:21:06excuse me
01:21:07Victoria
01:21:09Victoria, might I reserve your first maggot?
01:21:12of course
01:21:14huh
01:21:16he didn't even apply
01:21:18I've just spent the last few days trying to separate my aunt from her one true love
01:21:24I think we've all learned a few lessons this weekend
01:21:27me especially
01:21:30so
01:21:31are you ready?
01:21:33ready for what?
01:21:36ready to dance
01:21:38oh pleasure
01:21:41really, you don't have any
01:21:42Pam, if you try to weasel out of this dance again
01:21:43I'm going to lose my temper
01:21:45and I wouldn't want to give you that satisfaction with back in time
01:21:48was that a witty remark?
01:21:52while dancing
01:21:53while dancing, yes
01:21:59I have you to thank for my sister's happiness
01:22:01oh that was all Rob
01:22:03turns out all he needed was a little push
01:22:06aren't we all?
01:22:08did you hear I'm moving to Princeton?
01:22:10you are?
01:22:11when?
01:22:12next fall
01:22:21by the way, I didn't do it for Rob
01:22:23I didn't do it for Mia
01:22:24either
01:22:26why then?
01:22:29turns out that some women can't be charmed
01:22:32some women can only be won by doing something substantive
01:22:37oh I was charmed
01:22:39I just didn't want to admit it
01:22:41hmm
01:22:49for the record, I wasn't weaseling out of dancing with you last night
01:22:53I've always wanted to dance with you
01:22:55I just meant that
01:22:56well you didn't have to dance with me in order to
01:22:59in order to what?
01:23:02no
01:23:04Eloise Cavendish, you can do anything you want with me
01:23:09I'm thinking of something
01:23:11really
01:23:13really inauthentic to the period
01:23:17lying?
01:23:58all the time
01:23:59shooting
01:24:00glitches
01:24:00and spoila
01:24:01we got good
01:24:01all the time
01:24:02used to keep playing
01:24:03who are선
01:24:03the Christopher
01:24:03is happily on
01:24:03how to do
01:24:03thestä fiercer
01:24:04and
01:24:04we
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