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The Other веNnеT Sister S01e02
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00:00...that 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 Mary.
00:14I 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.
00:26Books would be my guide.
00:29I would think more, and feel less.
00:37What could possibly go wrong?
00:48Well...
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.
01:08It's my cousin.
01:09Mr Collins?
01:10The very same.
01:11The man next in the entail.
01:12Who?
01:13The 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 Longbourn?
01:20In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective.
01:24Entirely 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.
01:38Blessings of peace in this house?
01:40He must be an oddity.
01:43I 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, 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 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.
02:23I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Collins this afternoon.
02:31What should you keep under your hat?
02:40We have...
02:41We do not sparkle as they do, you and I.
02:47Oh, I hope my honesty did not affect him.
02:49My goodness, no.
02:51No.
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 boy.
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.
03:08A 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 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.
03:28Mary cannot seriously believe the life of an old maid is to be preferred.
03:34How do you not think my ma has me in mind?
03:36Jane and Lizzie won't settle so low. Anyway, Jane is nearly taken.
03:39So that leaves you.
03:43You speak nothing of love.
03:47What does love to do with anything?
03:48Of course, of course, you're right, of course.
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?
04:01Marriage or misery?
04:04I should know.
04:30Mr. Collins.
04:31I'm here.
04:32Meet at last.
04:39This?
04:44This is Jane, our eldest.
04:48Well, I had no idea.
04:52She is soon to be engaged, but the others are not.
04:57This is Elizabeth.
05:02A pleasure.
05:07And Mary, this is Kitty, and our youngest, Lydia.
05:11Ah.
05:12Well, now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference between you two.
05:19Hmm.
05:20Hmm.
05:22The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed even the most enthusiastic of reports.
05:27True.
05:29Oh, um, no, I'm terribly sorry. I certainly didn't mean to cause any offence.
05:36Oh, you caused no offence, Mr. Collins?
05:39Of course you didn't.
05:42Allow 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.
05:53I'm pleased to think so.
06:01I am not worthy of the crumbs which fall from my table.
06:07Ah, man.
06:08And yet thou gives unto me the bread of life.
06:12Evermore, give me that bread that I may eat thereof, and not die...
06:20...internally.
06:22Yes, 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 quantity.
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.
07:07And 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.
07:32Hmm.
07:32I could say much on the subject.
07:34But I am cautious of appearing forward and, um, 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.
07:54Cousin Elizabeth.
07:55What make you of 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
08:05should go about it.
08:07I think I'm the only one who's truly interested in Fordyce's sermons.
08:12More wine, Mr. Collins.
08:14Hmm.
08:19I will that women adorn themselves with sobriety.
08:23Let your speech be always, be always, with grace, seasoned...
08:34...with salt.
08:37This has been wonderful.
08:39But now you must let us entertain you, Mr. Collins.
08:44Lizzie, won't you play for us?
08:48Ah.
09:05Oh, good.
09:07Ah.
09:09Ah.
09:12Ah.
09:15Ah.
09:32Bravo, Lizzie.
09:33Yeah.
09:34Very good, Lizzie.
09:35If you were to practise 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.
09:45Quite right.
09:47Why don't you show us how she's done, Mary?
09:57Oh, Lord.
09:58Oh, Lord.
10:43My 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 has to be achieved.
10:58Yes.
11:00Yes, I...
11:01Mr. Collins, perhaps Elizabeth could take you on a walk around the gardens.
11:15I 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.
11:30Are 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.
11:46Well, your 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!
12:11I knew Mr. Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again.
12:13And my brother and his wife shall be visiting.
12:15They might even be here when the engagement is announced.
12:19We 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.
12:33Splendid!
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.
13:18Your 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.
13:33Sing?
13:34Miss 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.
13:51Help!
13:53I love my shoes!
13:56Help!
13:58Mmm-ga!
14:01Mmm-ga!
14:03Mmm!
14:07Mmm!
14:13Mmm!
14:14Hmm.
14:17The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave.
14:45Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother
14:49and 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?
15:08Something of a challenge to find husbands, five daughters.
15:12This is a beautiful dining room.
15:14But if Jane were to get a proposal...
15:17Am I?
15:17Please.
15:20Ha!
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 match with a man of a modest income.
15:44I cannot think why.
15:46He is the cousin.
15:49No, I'm 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, perhaps 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.
17:01I pray thee be gone from thee.
17:05Be gone, dull care.
17:12You and I shall never agree.
17:18Be gone, dull care.
17:22Lydia, it is coming.
17:25I will really be gone from me.
17:30Be gone, dull care.
17:36You and I shall never agree.
17:42Long time hast thou been tarrying me.
17:47And faith, thou wouldst me kill
17:52Please, I will thank you
17:55And faith, thou care
17:59Thou never shalt have thy will
18:10I have another piece, Father, one that's more lively
18:15Mary, you have delighted us on enough
18:25On the planet, that was truly unforgettable
18:35It was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song
18:40Everybody saw it
18:43It's 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
19:26Without needing to try
19:28Whereas I try
19:31So hard
19:35And it's always for nothing
19:37Don't say that
19:38There is much you have achieved
19:45I'm sorry
19:48I'm sorry
19:49I'm truly sorry
20:04Mary
20:05Mary
20:07Mary
20:07You must get dressed and come downstairs
20:09There has been such an upset
20:10You won't believe it
20:11You 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?
20:21Mama 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
20:29And 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 shut 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
20:43I don't know
20:45Well, it's more likely to be me than you
20:49No, I am resigned
20:50Mr. Bennett, I shall take my leave
20:51How do you wish?
20:53Oh, Mr. Collins!
20:54I am resigned, madam
20:55Mr. Collins, this is just a misunderstanding
20:59Mr. 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
21:47I have turned my mind towards you
21:53I think you understand me
21:54Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant that I saw
21:57Mary, please
21:59He will not ask me now
22:01I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers
22:04He 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
22:19It's about rocks
22:21Just types of...
22:23Rocks
22:36Blacks
22:42One had, obviously, hoped for a slightly more capacious dining room, however
22:46I think it's quite sweet, you've heard, John
22:48Mr. Bennet?
22:50Mr. Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage.
22:55And she has accepted.
22:57We wish you joy.
22:59Yes, so much joy.
23:01I wish you joy.
23:02Thank you all.
23:04You do know he is a clergyman, sir?
23:05Yes, I do.
23:06He is a clergyman.
23:08He is a clergyman.
23:10He is a clergyman.
23:11He is a clergyman.
23:12He is a clergyman.
23:14He is a clergyman.
23:17He is a clergyman.
23:19He is a clergyman.
23:19He is a clergyman.
23:21He is a clergyman.
23:21I do take this course.
23:23I do take this course.
23:23I do take this course.
23:23I do take this course.
23:25I do take this course.
23:33Have I had any doubts as to whether I have done the right thing?
23:36They vanished when I told my family of his offer.
23:39I am too old to be generous, I am afraid.
23:43He is a clergyman.
23:45Charles, come marvel at this oak
23:52Good night, Jane
23:53Good night, Lizzie
23:54Good night, Lydia
23:55Good night, Mama
23:55Good night, Kitty
23:57I told you no one would marry you if you wore spectacles
24:15It wouldn't be for much longer
24:17Wait
24:19That we Bennet sisters live together
24:24As each of my sisters left home
24:28My future felt increasingly uncertain
24:35I often thought back to the events in that period of my life
24:38And wondered if I could have done anything differently
24:46But I was trapped
24:49Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents
24:52My options were limited
25:05And I found my books offered me no instruction
25:09And little comfort
25:11I searched desperately for answers
25:16I clung on to hope
25:25But in a moment
25:27My life was upturned
25:31Mr Bennet
25:32Fetch the doctor
25:35They're bringing the carriage round, go
25:37Yes, ma'am, right away
25:44Father had found a way out
25:45Leaving Mother and I with nothing
25:49Except
25:50Except
25:50Except
25:50Except
25:50Except
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