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00:03You are quite unlike anyone I have ever met.
00:07You speak your mind with a refreshing directness,
00:11and you do not force yourself to conform to society's ideals.
00:15I imagine it will come as no surprise when I say I...
00:20have developed the greatest affection for you.
00:28I cannot understand why a man such as Mr Ryder would propose to Mary.
00:31Oh shit, perhaps he won't. Mother may have got her hopes up for nothing.
00:35We shall never know his intentions if you two keep talking.
00:38What is happening?
00:39Mr Ryder and Mary are in the library and appear to be having a serious conversation.
00:44I suppose most women of better looks and life via character were already taken.
00:48It cannot be a match driven by passion.
00:50Not all matches driven by passion turn out well.
00:52Lizzy, I cannot hear what they are saying.
00:54Will you all just be quiet?
00:58In these past few days, I have felt a deeper understanding between us.
01:06I believe you've felt it too.
01:08I took to heart the things that you said.
01:13And you must, for I believe we should be very happy together.
01:17Mr Bennett, I have a mind to go abroad to Italy.
01:22Somewhere with a lake in front of me and a mountain behind.
01:26Lakes are usually found in mountainous areas.
01:29No, although some are found in dormant volcanic craters.
01:32I cannot imagine going to Italy without you, Miss Bennett.
01:37And therefore, I wondered whether you might do me the greatest honor of coming with me.
01:48Well, I...
01:49We could read poetry all day and drink wine all evening.
01:54Oh, I do.
01:55I like poetry and I like wine.
01:57What we have loved, others will love.
01:59And we will teach them how.
02:01Let us teach each other.
02:03I don't speak any Italian, but I suppose I could learn.
02:07That's the spirit, Miss Bennett.
02:09This is why we are such a strong match.
02:11You have the courage of my convictions.
02:15How so?
02:16You understand the appeal of living boldly.
02:20Living with freedom.
02:21Unburdened by the shackles of marriage.
02:24Sorry, just to be very clear.
02:27So you're suggesting that I live with you in Italy,
02:32but that we remain unmarried?
02:37Yes, exactly.
02:38Together.
02:40But free.
02:43For what woman wants to be owned in such a way?
02:47Oh.
02:49What do you say?
02:52I don't know what to say.
02:55Of course, of course.
02:56You must sleep on it.
02:58But if you accept, we could leave for London tomorrow
03:00and plan our trip to Italy.
03:21Well, Mary?
03:23Um, Mary dear, who would have thought
03:27you'd make such an excellent match?
03:29I know.
03:30He didn't propose, Mama.
03:32What do you mean he did not propose?
03:34I mean that, uh, he called me in there to talk about,
03:39um, a sermon.
03:41On, uh, good works.
03:44Mary, this is no time for one of your poor attempts at humour.
03:48Mom.
03:48Mr Ryder showered you with attention,
03:51only to pull you aside to discuss a sermon?
03:55Well, we shall see about that.
03:57I am sure Mr Ryder will make his intentions clear in his own time.
04:02Yes.
04:03Yes, he will.
04:06Mary?
04:07I shall choose your dress for supper.
04:10Perhaps something of Liz's.
04:12Hmm.
04:12Hmm.
04:13Oh.
04:17Interestingly.
04:19Charlotte!
04:20Mr Collins.
04:22Looks as though you were all waiting for us.
04:24We were not.
04:25Mrs Bennet, I am pleased to see you looking so well.
04:28I see you didn't rush to pay your respects.
04:31I do not wish to impose.
04:33How are you?
04:34Oh, I long to know everything.
04:37Well, there is something of a situation involving Mary.
04:40Thank you, Lydia.
04:41We were just getting ready for supper.
04:42Come.
04:44Ah.
04:45Yes.
04:46Ha ha ha ha.
04:49You should have a straight, dear.
04:52Mary is looking very well tonight, Mr Ryder.
04:55Do you not agree?
04:56I do indeed.
04:58My daughters are a handsome set.
05:01They most certainly are.
05:02More wine, Mama.
05:03This is the wine you've requested.
05:05And only one unmarried.
05:07Did you hear Charlotte's news of Longbourn, Mama?
05:09In the drawing room we have opened up an orange room.
05:11How did you enjoy your ride this afternoon, Mr Ryder?
05:15Hmm.
05:15It was very pleasant.
05:17Excellent company.
05:18Mother, Mr Darcy and I are thinking of holding a dinner in honour of your recovery.
05:23Hmm.
05:24Very good idea, Lizzie.
05:26Was it your horse, Mrs Bennet?
05:28That picked these blackberries wearing the king?
05:30Is that what she was doing this afternoon?
05:32Well, if it is, I feel quite terrible now, having dragged her away.
05:35You should.
05:36I'd rather do interest.
05:37Have you always lived in London, Mr Ryder?
05:39I have.
05:41Although, my plan is to move to Italy.
05:43Quite soon.
05:44Italy?
05:45How long for?
05:46To settle for the rest of my days.
05:48Or for as long as my fantasy takes me.
05:51Oh.
05:51Well, wherever you choose, you will need a knowledgeable companion by your side.
05:57As you know, Mary reads a great deal.
06:00She has a very well-informed mind.
06:02Though do not let that put you off.
06:04Miss Bennet is an extraordinary young woman.
06:07Young?
06:07Why Italy?
06:09For its history.
06:10Its beauty.
06:11To wake up each morning to a view of a mountain.
06:14Ah.
06:15In reality, mountainous regions play havoc with one's rheumatism.
06:18Well, I think that sounds quite perfect.
06:20It really does.
06:22You find Longhorn tedious with its draught.
06:25How do you think you would cope in mountains?
06:28I will never know, will I?
06:29No.
06:32I did not know you spoke Italian, Mr. Ryder.
06:35Poco.
06:36Bless you.
06:39I am quite looking forward to the peace and stillness of a foreign land.
06:44Yes.
06:45Yes, it would be most welcome.
06:57No.
07:02I remember very well being the subject of Mother's plotting.
07:06It is quite a lot to bear.
07:07Isn't it?
07:10Engagements can take time.
07:13It is no small decision.
07:15And important not to rush.
07:17If Mr. Ryder does not propose, you must not think it is a reflection on you.
07:22Mr. Ryder has already proposed.
07:26Mary!
07:27That is excellent news.
07:30Isn't it?
07:34It was a kind of proposal.
07:39Oh?
07:40Mr. Ryder proposed that I live with him in Italy, reading poetry and drinking wine.
07:49That sounds quite perfect.
07:50It does.
07:51Doesn't it?
07:51It does.
07:52I think I would very much like to travel.
07:54I would certainly rise to the challenge of a new language.
07:57I have to give him my decision tomorrow morning.
08:00What did you mean by a kind of proposal?
08:05Mr. Ryder believes that we should go to Italy, but remain unmarried.
08:14He proposed that you should be his mistress?
08:16Not in those words.
08:17I have never heard such a suggestion in my life!
08:19Well, sadly, Lizzie, I think most of us will never find ourselves in a romantic situation as perfect as yours.
08:23But he insults you.
08:24He does not!
08:25No!
08:25Mr. Ryder believes that women shouldn't be owned in such a way as marriage.
08:29So he prefers a modern arrangement.
08:30I'm sure he does, one that is far more convenient for him.
08:33If he tires of this arrangement, he can easily move on, whilst your reputation is ruined forever!
08:39Do you think he will tire of me?
08:41Of course not, Mary!
08:42I...
08:43Marriage is the only thing a woman has to protect herself against such difficulties.
08:47Tell me you are not seriously considering his offer.
08:52I mean, I've begun to think I'm not, I'm not much suited to conventional life.
08:59I've always been the old one out.
09:03Oh, I know, I know the scandal would be huge.
09:05I know Mother would be mortified.
09:07But Mr. Ryder, he treats me well.
09:10He makes me laugh.
09:12He is...
09:12He is interested in me.
09:17And I could escape.
09:30Mr. Ryder is clearly fond of you.
09:34And it is admirable that he has his own way of seeing the world.
09:43But you deserve better than this offer.
09:49Lizzy, you have grown up with no shortage of suitors.
09:53You're at home, too.
09:55You've always been...
09:56Mary, we've had largely the same upbringing.
09:58No, no.
09:58We may have grown up in the same house with the same mother and father and the same sisters,
10:02but your experience of life has been wholly different to my own.
10:06You were celebrated.
10:08And you were respected.
10:11I was not.
10:12I mean, for the rest of you, even in your worst moments growing up, you could look to me and
10:17think,
10:18at least I'm not Mary.
10:20That's not true.
10:21It's absolutely true.
10:23But I always admired your strength, that you never cared what Mother or any of us thought.
10:27Of course I cared!
10:29Well, you always did things your own way!
10:30That was the only way I knew!
10:38Mary, all I want is to protect you.
10:41Or protect yourself from whatever shame I might bring on the family.
10:48How could you think such a thing?
11:03Do you love Mr. Ryder?
11:30I love Mr. Ryder.
11:47Ah, good morning, Miss Merritt.
11:50Good morning.
11:51And it is a perfect morning for traveling.
11:59I have enjoyed these last few days with you enormously.
12:03You have been a beam of light in the darkness, and I do not know what I would have done
12:09without your company.
12:11I felt the same way.
12:19But I cannot accept your interesting proposal.
12:28I thought you and I were aligned.
12:30I appreciate how important your ideas are to you.
12:34I know how strongly you feel about freedom in love.
12:43But, well, I am still very much bound by the expectations of society.
12:50And the expectations I have.
12:53For myself.
12:58Of course.
13:00I see.
13:02Goodbye, Mr. Ryder.
13:08My best wishes to your family.
13:09My best wishes to your family.
13:28Right on.
13:39Good morning, Mary.
13:41Mother.
13:42I trust you slept well last night?
13:45I did, yes.
13:47You must keep up your strength.
13:49Who knows what today may bring?
13:52Ah, here he is.
13:55Oh, what are you doing here?
13:57Oh, I was...
13:59Do join us, cousin.
14:01Where on earth is Mr. Ryder?
14:03Ah, Mr. Ryder has left.
14:05Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Collins.
14:07He has no plans to leave.
14:09I saw him.
14:10I saw him.
14:11Climbing to his carriage and go.
14:14Mary?
14:15Yes, Mr. Ryder has left.
14:17He's left.
14:17Pemberley.
14:18Does he make you an offer of marriage?
14:22I will not be marrying Mr. Ryder.
14:27I will not be marrying anyone.
14:30What did you do?
14:31I'm sure Mary didn't do anything.
14:33Why is everything with you so relentlessly disappointing?
14:39A beautiful morning.
14:40No.
14:41Mm.
14:52Mother, I am sorry if I have disappointed you.
14:57I sometimes think you delight in vexing me.
15:00I do not.
15:03It is not too late.
15:06Too late for what, Mother?
15:08To write to Mr. Ryder and beg his forgiveness.
15:12His forgiveness?
15:14For whatever it is you did that drove him away.
15:18Oh.
15:19Do you really believe a man of such means will come along again for you?
15:24But I...
15:25Do you think the gardeners will have you back when they hear what you have done to Mr. Ryder?
15:29Mother.
15:30If you will not write to him and ask him to return, then I shall write to my brother and
15:35tell him you are obliged to stay here with me.
15:39If you are incapable of taking advantage of the opportunities London Society offers you in finding you a match,
15:47then you shall remain here with me instead.
16:13Goodbye, Dean.
16:14Goodbye.
16:15I'll be thinking of you.
16:17Goodbye.
16:17Thank you, honey.
16:18Good luck with Mother.
16:19Goodbye to you.
16:43You make it worse.
16:45You make it worse.
16:53Mary, don't do that.
16:56Sorry, Mother.
17:00Endlessly try my patience.
17:21Do not leave on my account, Miss Bennet?
17:24I'm sorry if I cannot provide good company today.
17:30I've noticed you've been most subdued of late.
17:33If I can be very helped, you say we men of the cloth can offer the most useful counsel.
17:39Thank you, Mrs. Collins.
17:42I'm often alone myself, Mrs. Collins has so many duties and preoccupations that she has very little time left to
17:50spend with me.
17:50Oh.
17:52It seems I have the habit of frustrating her, as I tend to do every one.
17:59No, not at all, Mr. Collins.
18:03My father often commented that I was worthless.
18:06I thought a great deal about turning myself into something different, someone easy and obliging, but somehow I can't.
18:18I've always struck a little note of people, even in childhood.
18:25I felt the same way many times.
18:29I think you have much to offer, Mr. Collins.
18:35Excuse me, I realise I'm now burdening you with my troubles.
18:38No, no, not at all.
18:42What are you reading?
18:44Hmm?
18:45Oh, er, Aristotle.
18:49I'm looking into the question of happiness.
18:55Happiness?
18:56Hmm.
18:58What it is.
19:00How one might find it.
19:04Do you, um, do you have an answer?
19:09I'm not quite sure.
19:11I, I, I've found some points of interest.
19:15Please, would you tell me what you know, Mr. Collins?
19:19Oh, er, what I've discovered seems to suggest that it is only through self-knowledge that genuine happiness is experienced.
19:27Through self-knowledge?
19:28Hmm, I, I think it is only when we have examined and understood our strengths and weaknesses and been honest
19:35enough about what we truly desire from life, only then do you have any chance at all of attaining happiness.
19:44So, what Aristotle is saying is that our happiness is in our own hands?
19:54Yes.
19:55Oh.
19:56I think so, yes.
19:58Interesting thought, isn't it?
20:00It's most interesting.
20:07Mary!
20:09It is him!
20:10It must be Mr. Ryder coming back to try again!
20:23Uncle...
20:24Mary!
20:26Mary!
20:28Jay!
20:37You reminded us of the importance of protecting our health, and so Edward and I have decided to spend some
20:44much-needed time in the lakes.
20:46Ah, wonderful, quite wonderful.
20:48All that wind would play havoc with my nerves, and we were wondering whether Mary might join us.
20:54Mary?
20:54Yes, we thought perhaps Mary could join us in the lakes, and then return with us to London.
20:59Elizabeth wrote to us, explaining that Mary was without much to occupy her here.
21:03She has a very good occupation.
21:05She is my companion.
21:07I think it's a very sensible idea for Mary to get some fresh air.
21:09Oh, do you now?
21:10What do you think, Mary?
21:12Mary will not leave me.
21:13She knows I do not have many years left, and she wants to spend this precious time at my side.
21:19Isn't that right, Mary?
21:22Mother, Mr. Darcy and I have arranged a new companion for you.
21:27She's called Susan.
21:29Susan?
21:30Am I to be looked after by a Susan?
21:34We very much enjoy Mary's company.
21:36As do I.
21:37And knowing her passion for words were...
21:39She is forbidden to leave.
21:45Aunt.
21:47Uncle.
21:48Thank you for your invitation.
21:54I would be delighted to join you.
21:56What do you mean?
21:58I think, dear sister, she means she will be joining us in the Lake Districts.
22:02What a good idea.
22:03A good decision, Mary.
22:05Well done.
22:05A most excellent decision.
22:07Always good to challenge oneself.
22:08Oh, do be quiet, Mr. Collins.
22:10Well done, Mary.
22:12Well done.
22:13You should probably go and pack.
22:15I will help.
22:28I envy you.
22:31You envy me?
22:33The lakes.
22:34London.
22:35I never did experience much of life.
22:37It is a bold and brave decision, Mary.
22:41And for what it's worth, I think it's the right one.
22:48Forgive me, Charlotte.
22:50I don't want to speak out of turn.
22:52I often have.
22:56Only you seem quite unhappy.
23:08When my mother told me the only choice for a woman was marriage or misery, she negated to tell me
23:14it was possible to be both married and miserable.
23:22But I do believe that if you look a little under the surface, you will find more to Mr. Collins
23:33than you imagine.
23:39Goodbye, Mother.
23:41I will write.
23:44Goodbye, Mother.
23:44As you wish.
23:47Susan!
23:50Susan!
23:54Susan!
23:56Susan!
24:00Mary, I am so sorry if you have ever felt that I was ashamed of you.
24:05For I am not.
24:07I am very proud of you.
24:16I am scared, Lizzie.
24:20What if I made all the wrong decisions?
24:27Mary, you will flourish.
24:42I had made my escape and would not look back.
24:47I did not know what was next, but I knew that I could not return to live with my family
24:52ever again.
24:53Hey, Miss Bennet!
24:54Miss Bennet!
24:55Here.
24:57I have something for you.
25:02Thank you, Mr. Collins.
25:19Could it be that I decide my future?
25:23I felt sure that the lakes would offer me a chance for peace and reflection.
25:27Oh, Mary, I ought to have told you, Tom Hayward will be joining us in the lakes.
25:33I should have known that my life was never that simple.
25:37Thank you, Tom Hayward.
25:38Maybe you could never learn to swim in theוטsoot in the moonlight.
25:39Bye.
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