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