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The Other веNnеT Sister S01e02
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00:00That followed the disastrous Meriton assembly.
00:04I buried myself in my books, hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation.
00:10It was all part of my plan for a new Meriton.
00:13I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion.
00:18I was working on gravitas.
00:22From now on, I would be a steady, informed, and rational woman.
00:27Books would be my guide.
00:30I would think more, and feel less.
00:36What 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.
01:18He proposes himself as a guest here at Longboard?
01:20In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:24Entirely defective?
01:25Mary, are you quite all right?
01:26I 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.
01:38Blessings of peace in this house?
01:40He must be an oddity.
01:42I cannot make him out.
01:44Can he be a sensible man, sir?
01:45He is a very sensible man.
01:47Thank you, Elizabeth.
01:49Very sensible indeed.
01:51Oh, can you not all see he is looking for a wife?
01:55Do you really think so?
01:56Lizzie, you must prepare yourself.
01:59But, Mama...
02:00We 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 alright to condemn him before we've even met him.
02:12Please, Mary.
02:14I was agreeing with you.
02:15It's the way you say things.
02:23I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:31What should you keep under your hat?
02:40Mr. Ribbons?
02:41We have...
02:42We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:47Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect...
02:49My goodness, no.
02:50No.
02:52Your sister seemed most agitated this morning.
02:55My father's cousin, Mr. Collins, is to visit Longbourn and they've all decided he's a terrible
02:59ball.
03:00Mother believes he comes looking for a wife.
03:02A wife?
03:03Apparently.
03:04What is your cousin's profession?
03:06A clergyman.
03:07Oh.
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
03:20everything, within the bounds of propriety, to attract him.
03:23Well, I have decided none of this is for me.
03:26I will live alone with knowledge.
03:28But Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:34I do not think my ma has me in mind.
03:36Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low.
03:37Well, anyway, 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.
03:49Of course, you're right.
03:50Of course.
03:50For an educated woman, raised to be genteel as we have been, the future holds no other
03:54prospect than marriage.
03:58Marriage or misery?
03:59Mary.
04:00Marriage or misery?
04:04I should know.
04:30Mr. Collins!
04:31I'm here.
04:32Meet at last.
04:33I'm here.
04:35Meet at last.
04:43This is Jane, our eldest.
04:47Well, I had no idea.
04:52She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
04:57This is Elizabeth.
04:59Well, a pleasure.
05:06And Mary, this is Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:11Ah, well, 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.
05:29Oh, um, no, I'm terribly sorry.
05:34I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
05:36Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
05:39Of course you didn't.
05:41Allow me to show you the house.
05:43Hmm.
05:44Oh, splendid.
05:46Splendid.
05:47Much smaller than one imagined, but with a few minor modifications will suffice my meek needs.
06:01I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:07Ah, man.
06:08And yet that gives unto me the bread of life.
06:12Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof and not die eternally.
06:21Yes, exactly.
06:22Oh, man.
06:24Mr. Bennet, what a magnificent dining table.
06:27Even with the, uh, heavy curtains and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality.
06:32How generous of you.
06:34Hmm.
06:37Shall we?
06:37Hmm.
06:45Mr. Collins.
06:51Mr. Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly and advantageously disposed of in marriage.
06:57Disposed?
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.
07:07Hmm.
07:07And may I commend your reading of grace?
07:10It is 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.
07:32Hmm.
07:32I could say much on the subject.
07:34But I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, precipitate.
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.
07:53Uh, Cousin Elizabeth?
07:55What make you the sermons?
07:58I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir.
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.
08:12Yeah, more wine, Mr. Collins.
08:14Hmm.
08:19I will let women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:23Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned with salt.
08:37This has been wonderful.
08:39But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
08:43Lizzie, won't you play for us?
08:46Ah.
08:51Ah.
09:26Oh.
09:32Bravo, Lizzie.
09:33Yay.
09:34Very good, Lizzie. If you were to practice properly, you really might master it.
09:37It 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.
09:45Hmm. Quite right.
09:47Why don't you show us how to start Mary?
09:56Oh, Lord.
09:58Oh, Lord.
10:04Oh, Lord.
10:06Ooh.
10:11Ooh.
10:43My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness.
10:49I imagine you practice a great deal.
10:51I practice 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.
11:13Mary.
11:15Mother.
11:18I do not want any confusion regarding Mr. Collins and future prospects.
11:25I'm not sure I understand.
11:26It is Lizzie in whom Mr. Collins has expressed an interest. Are we clear?
11:31Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzie won't accept Mr. Collins.
11:35I 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.
11:43Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.
11:50Your name has not come up.
12:00Cousins!
12:00Come on.
12:01Ready?
12:02Come on, hit it.
12:03I bring news.
12:04There is to be...
12:07There is to be a ball next week at Neverfield.
12:10Oh!
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.
12:19We are some way off that.
12:21Mr. and Mrs. Gardner 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.
12:31Splendid.
12:33Splendid!
12:34A real family affair.
12:36I will need new ribbons.
12:37Perhaps, Miss Bennet, you would take the first stance 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.
13:16Very good, Miss Mary.
13:17Your playing is coming along nicely.
13:20Thank you, Hill.
13:21Mr. Collins thinks I'm a very good player.
13:24I'm planning to play at the Assembly.
13:27At Netherfield?
13:28Yes.
13:29I was even thinking I might sing.
13:33Sing?
13:33Miss Mary?
13:35It will be a surprise to them all.
13:38Short and sweet.
13:40That would be my advice.
13:44And, er, maybe don't sing.
13:52Help!
13:53Herr?
13:54What are you doing here?
13:55Herr?
13:56Heey!
13:57Er!
13:57Er!
14:00Er!
14:01Er!
14:02Er!
14:03Er!
14:03Er!
14:04Er!
14:06Er!
14:14Er!
14:16Er!
14:17The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
14:22Oh.
14:24Oh.
14:29Oh.
14:41I think as well as she does.
14:43I should have just been 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 for five daughters.
15:13This is a beautiful dining room.
15:14But if Jane were to get a proposal...
15:17Come 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.
15:35Have you made your interest in him clear?
15:37I am trying.
15:39But...
15:40Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzie to be matched with a man of the more distinct income.
15:44I cannot think why.
15:46He is the cousin.
15:49The 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, my father cannot stand the man, while 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.
16:18Mr. Collins is sure to be impressed.
16:20I think it is time you get yourself noticed.
16:39I beg you, do not make it long.
16:54I beg you, do not care, I pray thee be gone from me.
17:07Be gone, do not care, you and I shall never agree.
17:17Be gone, do not care, I will really be gone from me.
17:29Be gone, do not care, you and I shall never agree.
17:53Be gone, do not care, you and I shall never agree.
18:11I have another piece, father, one that's more lively.
18:15Mary, you have delighted us on enough.
18:25On the spenet, that was truly unforgettable.
18:35It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song.
18:40Everybody saw him.
18:43It was a god song.
18:45Take a breath, take a breath.
18:47Nobody noticed but you.
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 isn't 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?
19:24You always care what you want, without needing to try.
19:28Whereas I try so hard.
19:34And it's always for nothing.
19:37Don't say that.
19:38There is much you have achieved.
19:45I'm sorry.
19:48I'm truly sorry.
20:03I'm truly sorry.
20:05Mary.
20:06Mary.
20:08Musket dressing come downstairs.
20:09There has been such an upset, she won't believe it.
20:11You can't imagine what's happened.
20:14Well, Mr. Collins has made Lizzie an offer.
20:18And she has refused him.
20:20Can you imagine?
20:20Mama is furious and 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.
20:36And Papa has trapped himself in the library.
20:37You must come.
20:38So what happens now?
20:40What if Mr. Collins...
20:41Papa thinks he would choose someone else.
20:44I don't know.
20:45Well, it's more likely to be me than you.
20:49No, I have resigned.
20:50Mr. Bennett, I shall take my...
20:52As you wish.
20:53Oh, Mr. Collins!
20:54I have resigned, madam.
20:56Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding.
21:02Mr. 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.
21:15Oh!
21:31Thank you, Hill.
21:40I have been thinking, Mary, since Lizzie was so selfish as to refuse Mr. Collins, I have turned my mind
21:48towards you.
21:53I think you understand me.
21:55Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant...
21:57Mary, please.
21:59You will not ask me now.
22:00I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers.
22:05He will not choose me, Mama.
22:07Oh, Mary, he will.
22:10Who else will marry him?
22:14What are you reading?
22:18A theory of the earth.
22:20It's about rocks.
22:21Just types of...
22:23rocks.
22:35Thanks.
22:39Yes, very new, sir.
22:42One had obviously hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however.
22:46I 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.
23:01I wish you joy.
23:02Thank you all.
23:03You do know he is a clergyman.
23:05Yes, I know.
23:06You can do it.
23:07I don't know.
23:08Yes, I know.
23:10They are...
23:11Mr. Collins.
23:12Although the...
23:13...suffers...
23:14...suffers...
23:15...suffers...
23:15...lustr...
23:17...lustr...
23:17...lustr...
23:20...lustr...
23:21...lustr...
23:21...lustr...
23:22...lustr...
23:23...lustr...
23:24...lustr...
23:27...lustr...
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.
23:39I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid.
23:43Charlotte!
23:46Come marvel at this oak.
23:52Good night, Jane. Good night, Lizzie.
23:54Good night, Lydia. Good night, Mama.
23:55Good night, Kitty.
23:57I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles.
24:16It wouldn't be for much longer, wait, that we Bennet sisters live 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 have done
24:40anything differently.
24:43Hmm.
24:46But I was trapped.
24:49Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents.
24:53Thank you!
24:54Thank you!
24:55I'm now dead, Mr. L.
24:57I offered you!
25:00My options were limited.
25:06And I found my books offered me no instruction, and little comfort.
25:11I searched desperately for answers.
25:16I clung on to hope.
25:25But in a moment, my life was upturned.
25:31Mr. Bennet?
25:32Mr. Bennet?
25:33Fetch 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, except...
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