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T.h.e O.t.h.e.r B.e.n.n.e.t S.i.s.t.e.r - Season 1 - Episode 06: Chapter 6
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00:21The anxiety I felt over my mother's sudden illness was quite overwhelming.
00:27Losing one parent had upturned my life. To lose the other was unthinkable.
00:37Though my mother's presence had always loomed large in my life, I could not imagine myself without her.
00:47Top of the stairs, Miss Bennet.
00:56To lose the other, Miss Bennet.
00:59To lose the other, Miss Bennet.
01:00To lose the other, Miss Bennet.
01:19Here we go from the room.
01:22way you're letting the heat out mother you look well doesn't tree are you a physician all of a
01:37sudden no i uh i'm just i'm i'm relieved to see that you're um improved you look like you haven't
01:48slept in days and who's dress are you wearing uh my my own mary i am so pleased to see
01:58you
01:59oh it has been far too long oh i cannot be expected to stand no mary come here
02:20i see the london air has taken a terrible toll on your complexion
02:26and your hair i am sure being back in the country will help looks beyond repair to me
02:37i had undertaken such a long journey and yet here i was
02:45back where i started
02:54from mother's letter i i thought that she was gravely ill i we all did
03:01has she actually been ill at all she thought it might be influenza or smallpox but she has made
03:07a miraculous recovery perhaps she rallied the news that i was on my way i for one am pleased we
03:13are
03:13all back together yes i was thinking perhaps we could um play graces or charades after dinner
03:18this evening nobody plays graces mary oh on the contrary it's quite fashionable in london how is
03:24london mary yes i want to hear all about it
03:27yes um london is um katie it's it's um katie i cannot reach the preserves
03:37how are the gardeners are you enjoying being their governess
03:40i uh uh yes it's uh most rewarding have you made many new acquaintances
03:46uh my sister-in-law caroline is in london for the summer have you crossed paths
03:52oh gosh there's so many people um i know she can be a little stiff at first but i'm sure
03:59it'd be interesting company for you
04:00i have company
04:02there's a plethora of choice really for interesting company in london
04:06do you mean your books
04:12that's from mars bell
04:13she wants you mary
04:14i've only just been up there
04:15i will send a servant to attend to her
04:21mrs bennett would like miss bennett to attend to her
04:27she probably wants to hear all about london
04:31walk the duchess to the edge of the fountain and no further
04:35if you feel the wind picking up you must bring her inside immediately and give her warm water and chopped
04:40meat
04:40do not let cook give her the leftovers only fresh chopped beef
04:46after 30 minutes you may return her to me
04:48for she is the only member of this family upon whom i can depend these days
04:59oh and tell lizzie i wish to be moved to the drawing room
05:05do you think you'll be happier convalescing in here mama
05:08well you might remember to visit me if i'm here
05:11now where is my bell
05:15do not trouble yourselves waiting for me i'm fine
05:19thank it mother
05:21and these pillows will not do
05:24i'll send for some others
05:28maybe some toasted cheese
05:31i feel terribly weak this morning
05:36and a book
05:38perhaps mary can choose one
05:40i was hoping for something readable
05:42not joining us mr darcy
05:44mary
06:14mary
06:18Ms. Bennett, a letter for you.
06:33Mary!
06:38Mary, where on earth have you been all this time?
06:41I was walking the dog, Mama.
06:44Please.
07:00Who's the letter from, Mary?
07:02From one of my friends in London.
07:05What friend is that, Mary?
07:07Lydia?
07:09What friend is that, Mary?
07:14Her name is Miss Baxter.
07:16Anne Baxter.
07:17I've never heard of Miss Baxter.
07:18Then she surely does not exist.
07:20She most probably does not.
07:22Lydia is being most unkind.
07:24No vins eigentlich many men do not want to walk away.
07:53Possibly Hunt份
08:11Something seems to be troubling you, Mary.
08:14You seem full of concerns every time we mention London.
08:18Do I?
08:20I thought you would be eager to return.
08:26Does Mother's dog in any way remind you of Mother?
08:34Oh, Lizzie, oh.
08:38I embarrassed myself terribly when I left London.
08:42Caroline Bingley was there.
08:43She was determined to humiliate me.
08:46And I left in such a flurry.
08:48I smashed a bell jar of great sentimental value to its owner, a new friend, Mr. Ryder.
08:56And everyone stared.
08:59Mary.
09:01No one else will have given it a second thought.
09:04It will seem worse to you, I'm sure.
09:06What person has not done something regrettable in their lives?
09:09You?
09:10You, Jane, Kitty, Lydia.
09:14Lydia?
09:15Oh, no.
09:16No.
09:17Lydia has.
09:19I can assure you, we all have.
09:23Anne wrote to tell me not to worry.
09:26You see?
09:27Mm.
09:28She's become a dear friend.
09:29And she has something of an understanding with another good friend of mine, um, Mr. Tom Haywood.
09:38Mr. Haywood is, he's, he's just the kind, kindest man.
09:45I see.
09:48And have you met any gentlemen that have taken your eye?
09:52Me?
09:52No.
09:53Oh, no.
09:54No.
09:56London, it's actually entirely without any eligible men.
10:00And I think I ever believe I'm not, I'm not really the marrying sort.
10:05Nonsense, Mary.
10:14A visitor for Miss Mary Bannert.
10:20Mr. Ryder!
10:22What are you doing here?
10:24Miss Bannert.
10:26I hope you and your family won't consider this a great imposition, but you left London with
10:31such haste.
10:32I was most worried about your mother and wanted to offer my support in your hour of need.
10:39How do you do, Mr. Ryder?
10:43Mrs. Bannert?
10:46Why, it is a pleasure to see you looking so well.
10:48Oh, I usually look much better than this, though my recovery has been quite extraordinary.
10:56I am.
10:56I'm glad to hear it.
11:01Miss Bannert, won't you introduce me to your sisters?
11:04Uh, uh, um, yes.
11:06Uh, this is Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy.
11:09Um, this is Mrs. Kitty Boncock.
11:11How do you do?
11:12Mrs. Jane Bingley and Mrs. Lydia Wickham.
11:15Uh, enchanted to meet you all.
11:16How do you know Mary?
11:18Miss Bannert and I met at a soiree in London and share a similar taste in despicable crime
11:26pamphlets.
11:27Oh!
11:29Anyway, I was en route to visit my Aunt Lady Catherine de Burr and wanted to pay my respects.
11:36Well, let us not stand upon ceremony.
11:39Elizabeth will arrange for us to take tea in the garden.
11:43Uh, Mr. Ryder, do join us.
11:44No, I'm, I'm sure Mr. Ryder will have more important matters to attend to.
11:49I'll have time.
11:52Are you well enough, Mama?
11:54Yes, thank you, Jane.
11:55I am perfectly well enough.
11:57Uh, Mary, take Mr. Ryder to the garden.
12:01Uh, Lydia will deal with the dog.
12:04What?
12:05Mr. Ryder, if this is about the other car, I will.
12:06Come along, Mr. Ryder.
12:11I have always felt that what a lady puts in her garden is so terribly important.
12:17Yes.
12:18Roses, of course.
12:19Of course.
12:20Your favourite flower?
12:21Well, I must have.
12:31My turn!
12:36I see you forgot to mention Mr. Ryder in your reports from London.
12:40You also forgot to mention how handsome he is.
12:44I mean, I've not really noticed his looks, I'm sure.
12:48He's come an awfully long way to see you.
12:51He's probably just thirsty.
12:53Mm-hmm.
12:54And nearby.
12:55Mary.
12:56What?
12:57Oh, you must stay with us, Mr. Ryder.
13:01Especially with the weather turning, as it may well do.
13:03Do you not agree, Lizzie?
13:04You would be most welcome, Mr. Ryder.
13:07Oh, that is very kind.
13:09Come, Miss Bennet.
13:10Show us your skills.
13:15Oh.
13:17That's not what I meant.
13:21Excellent!
13:22Well done, Mary!
13:24Yes.
13:26Bravo!
13:27Well done, Mary.
13:27I agree.
13:28Well done.
13:31I was sorry to see you leave London in such a hurry.
13:36Sir Ryder, have...
13:39Have you come here to discuss, you know, the...
13:44Yes.
13:45Yes, Miss Bennet.
13:46I believe I have.
13:47I've been wondering whether to write to you on the subject.
13:50Oh, I wouldn't expect you to lead the conversation, Miss Bennet.
13:54Mr. Ryder, are you here to talk about...
13:57I'll catch you.
14:00The bell jar?
14:01What did you say?
14:03Miss Bennet!
14:05Please, do not trouble yourself over that.
14:08But it was your father's.
14:09I thought you'd be upset.
14:11Not at all.
14:11Please, think no more of it.
14:24It is a pleasure to meet your family.
14:28Yes, my sisters are exceptional.
14:31I know.
14:33As are you, Miss Bennet.
14:35Oh, no.
14:36I am much more...
14:40I find it most refreshing that you do not fawn over
14:43potential husbands, or...
14:45Have your mind constantly set on finding a match?
14:50Well, no.
14:52No, I don't really...
14:53I don't give it much thought.
14:56You lack artifice.
14:58Your qualities shine out.
14:59They're not corrupted by the false polish of the world.
15:05She's, uh...
15:06Observations of a very, very personal nature.
15:09Well, I have a very low opinion of the petty rules
15:12to which we submit ourselves.
15:13In the name of good manners.
15:15Did you know that?
15:16I think you may have mentioned it once or twice.
15:20I believe, Miss Bennet,
15:22that our inability to say what we mean
15:24is one of the great curses of our age.
15:27We hide behind a thousand disguises
15:30that we like to call politeness.
15:33Hmm.
15:49Mr. Darcy sends his apologies.
15:52He has a seasonal headache.
15:53Oh.
15:54Hmm.
15:56Mr. Ryder, tell us about yourself.
15:58Mary mentioned you are an avid reader.
16:00Oh, uh, of poetry, perhaps.
16:04I find longer works are usually not for me.
16:07Really?
16:08I think the brevity of poetry
16:09is one of its principal attractions.
16:11I agree.
16:13Wholeheartedly.
16:14I only wish I had the fine mind of your sister.
16:18Miss Bennet has such an astute understanding
16:20of a wide range of literature.
16:22She does.
16:24She does.
16:25I do not know whether she gets it from me
16:28or her father.
16:30From you, Mother, I'm sure.
16:32Oh.
16:33There are very few people
16:34who have the insight of Miss Bennet.
16:37I could talk to you all day.
16:40I must admit, London
16:41has been a little grey without you.
16:46Oh, no.
16:47Are you joking?
16:49No, there are many interesting minds in London,
16:52all eager for thoughtful conversation.
16:54None as interesting as yours.
17:09Hello?
17:12Mother.
17:14I came to wish you goodnight.
17:20Here.
17:34Mr. Ryder
17:35would make an excellent match.
17:45I wonder what kind of endowment he has.
17:50I do not know, Mama.
17:52A sizable one, I'm sure.
17:57Goodnight, Mama.
18:03Goodnight, Mary.
18:05Yeah.
18:20Bye.
18:21God.
18:21Bye.
18:25прич verdade.
18:56Sorry, don't let me distract you.
19:01What are you reading, Mr Ryder?
19:03A rather fascinating book on...
19:08Jesus.
19:09Right, it's upside down.
19:11Ah, so it is.
19:14What are you reading, Miss Bennet?
19:16Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
19:17Oh, insufferable, rulemaking pedant.
19:20Would you like me to put it in the fire for you?
19:24It's not quite how I remember it.
19:26I'll admit.
19:41What are they talking about?
19:46Barry sounds serious.
19:48She is boring him, I know it.
19:50I think you should read Mrs Macaulay.
19:52She will help you to better understand the world.
19:56I am no good at all at wasting my energy on anything that does not either move or please me.
20:02I think that is a shame, sir.
20:10You know, my father was a scholar.
20:13He devoted all his time to studying insects.
20:16Winged beetles, mostly.
20:18Of course, yes, the beetle in the jar.
20:22It's fascinating stuff, really.
20:26Well, I'm not so sure, but it occupied his every waking hour.
20:32He rarely emerged from his study.
20:36We hardly ever saw him.
20:40When I was 15 years old, he died quite suddenly.
20:50Oh, I'm sorry.
20:53I'm sorry.
20:55A few days after his death, I sat in his dark study and I thought about all the hours he'd
21:05spent in there, away from his family, away from life, and for what?
21:12For your father must have derived a great deal of pleasure from his work.
21:17Perhaps.
21:18But I think I learnt more about the point of human existence in that moment than my father
21:23learnt in a lifetime of study.
21:26From then on, I devoted myself to the pursuit of joy.
21:33Tell me, Miss Bennet, what makes you happy?
21:41Sorry, um, nobody ever asked me such a question.
21:45Then you must consider it now.
21:48Uh, well, um, reading, reading, learning, teaching.
21:59And what of friendship?
22:05Of love?
22:09Uh, yes.
22:11No, of course, that.
22:13Life is short, Miss Bennet.
22:17Everything turns to dust in the end.
22:23We might as well experience some joy before that happens.
22:33Let's go riding.
22:37Yes!
22:38Let's!
22:40Let's go!
22:45Ladies?
22:49What a waste.
22:51Well?
22:52Well, what?
22:53Are you going out walking again, Mary?
22:54No, Mr Ryder and I are going riding.
22:56On a horse?
22:57Yes, that's generally the idea.
22:58But you hate horses.
22:59Mary, what are his intentions?
23:02To ride a horse, I think.
23:15Oh, no.
23:22Oh, dear.
23:23Oh, dear.
23:27Um.
23:27You're quite all right, Miss Bennet?
23:29I'm perfectly fine.
23:30Yes.
23:32No.
23:34There we go.
23:35There we go.
23:37Now, I have been thinking about your argument.
23:41That, uh, that we should say more honestly what we think and feel.
23:45Ah, excellent.
23:47I knew you'd agree.
23:48Oh, I don't know that I do.
23:51I mean, surely even you must admit there may be occasions when, well, for all manner of reasons,
23:57some things are best left unsaid.
23:59I cannot concur.
24:00Sir, I intend to live my life by bolder principles.
24:03In fact, that is why I came here, to put that belief into practice.
24:09Oh, really?
24:10Yes.
24:11I came here to commit the great impropriety of telling you honestly what I think of you.
24:18Mr Ryder, I can assure you there's no need.
24:20I attempted to scribble a few lines, but then I thought of some verses of Mr Wordsworth that captured your
24:27spirit perfectly.
24:30May I be allowed to recite them to you?
24:35Of course, Mr Ryder.
24:37Please.
24:56She dwelt among the untrodden ways, beside the springs of Dub.
25:02A maid, whom there were none to praise, and very few to love.
25:09A violet, by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye.
25:15Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
25:27I think you see me as a lonely figure.
25:30I was brought up in Hertfordshire, sir.
25:32So the road to London was barely five miles away.
25:35It is possible to feel oneself alone, even in such close proximity to town.
25:39Yes, but in my village, it was quite untrue to say that there were none to praise and very few
25:45to love.
25:46There were scores of people very eager to praise my sisters.
25:50Perhaps living with your family in Meryton kept you half hidden from the eye.
25:58But now you've broken out on your own.
26:01You can be seen at last as you deserve.
26:05Fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky.
26:19You're an actual Miss Bennet.
26:21Oh, I'm not.
26:22I know.
26:27Our conversation has made me very happy, Miss Bennet.
26:34Me too, Mr. Ryder.
26:51Walk on.
26:53Oh.
26:55Oh.
26:56Oh.
26:57Oh.
27:00Mary, there you are.
27:02Whatever's the matter?
27:03What happened on the ride?
27:06We rode horses.
27:07Mm-hmm.
27:08And mine was most unruly, and it had a taste for brambles, as if it had a mine.
27:12It was only, really, and my saddle was not at all comfortable.
27:15Yeah, Mary.
27:15That's not a slight on the quality.
27:16Mary.
27:17It's really the design.
27:17Mary!
27:21It appears Mr. Ryder does have some sort of affection for you, and I believe he is about
27:28to propose.
27:32Mother, I'm not completely sure that you are right, and I really would hate to cause you
27:37any further disappointment.
27:38This is an opportunity that cannot be overlooked.
27:42He's a very eligible gentleman.
27:45You will say yes, won't you?
27:51There you are.
27:52What happened?
27:52What did he say?
27:53Did he ask you?
27:54He's not going to ask her.
27:55There's years, isn't he?
28:01Mr. Ryder, are you quite all right?
28:09Oh, it's nothing.
28:11Nothing at all.
28:13May I speak with you in private?
28:16I have something very important I want to discuss with you.
28:37Mother had told me to prepare myself, but nothing could prepare me for what happened next.
28:56Mother, I have something very important.
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