1 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,600 It is a sad fact of life that if a young woman is unlucky enough to come into 2 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,540 the world without expectations, she had better do all she can to ensure that she 3 00:00:49,540 --> 00:00:50,540 is beautiful. 4 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,880 To be poor and handsome is misfortune enough. 5 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:02,580 But to be penniless and plain is a hard fate indeed. 6 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:06,620 Or so my mother taught us. 7 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:12,640 Mr. Bennet, have you heard Netherfield Park is let at last? 8 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:14,020 I have not. 9 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:23,180 Do you want to know who has taken it? You want to tell me, and I have no 10 00:01:23,180 --> 00:01:25,640 objection to hearing it. I would like to know. 11 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,920 It has been let to a Mr. Bingley, a single man of large fortune, 12 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:37,140 four or five thousand a year. 13 00:01:38,460 --> 00:01:41,600 I heard someone came down on Monday in a chaise and four. 14 00:01:42,740 --> 00:01:47,040 From whom did you hear this? Girl, you must prepare yourself. 15 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,340 Mrs Long told me he is from the north of England. 16 00:01:51,580 --> 00:01:55,500 He saw Natterfield Park, fell in love with it and snapped it up straight away. 17 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:01,220 In order to understand my mother's enthusiasm for this stranger's arrival, 18 00:02:01,220 --> 00:02:03,460 must start at the beginning. 19 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:06,100 Where's Kate? 20 00:02:07,790 --> 00:02:14,430 in Meryton, England, where a wealthy boy 21 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:16,550 met beautiful girls. 22 00:02:17,450 --> 00:02:19,370 Father, meet mother. 23 00:02:20,210 --> 00:02:24,950 Sadly, the happiness of this union was to be undone by an archaic entail that 24 00:02:24,950 --> 00:02:28,070 meant only a male heir could inherit my father's estate. 25 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:34,830 And what followed was girl after girl after girl after 26 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:35,850 girl. 27 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,280 After... girl. 28 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,260 That his fortune and her beauty were worthless. 29 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:49,600 Mother spent her days trying to involve father in how to overcome their dire 30 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:53,740 situation. But father hid in his newspaper, indifferent to the cause. 31 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,840 Why should he engage when the time comes? I'll be dead anyway. 32 00:02:59,660 --> 00:03:06,500 Our mother, not known for giving up easily, found a chink of light, a saving 33 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:07,500 grace. 34 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,780 Each of her children possessed a certain je ne sais quoi. 35 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:16,580 Be it Jane's beauty, Lizzie's wit, 36 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,080 Kitty's good humour, or Lydia's spirit. 37 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:29,300 If she could secure advantageous marriages for each of us girls, it would 38 00:03:29,300 --> 00:03:31,300 enough to save us all from destitution. 39 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,380 Although I had not found my own best quality, 40 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,820 Oh, I was quite sure that I would. 41 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,020 My fault, Mary. 42 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:46,600 Until the day my mother's true opinion of me was confirmed. 43 00:03:46,900 --> 00:03:52,340 Mary has an awfully ruddy complexion. She does not have the complexion of a 44 00:03:52,340 --> 00:03:53,620 sister, that is true. 45 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:59,560 And she is clumsy, ungainly, maladroit, as they say. 46 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:05,840 Four good marriages will have to do. I only hope she does not ruin her sister's 47 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:06,840 chances. 48 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:51,120 If you're not the beautiful one, the quick -witted one, or the one that's 49 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,720 at games and full of youthful energy, then who are you? 50 00:04:56,300 --> 00:04:58,680 And what can you do if you're the odd one out? 51 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,060 Is it possible you'll ever find a way to fit in? 52 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:09,360 Worth, I think. 53 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:23,950 Worse still. 54 00:05:24,970 --> 00:05:26,530 Do not fret, Miss Bennet. 55 00:05:36,390 --> 00:05:39,210 Have we found it? 56 00:05:40,750 --> 00:05:44,050 I think we have, Mr Sparrow. Oh, thank goodness for that. 57 00:05:52,460 --> 00:05:55,620 You see, the lenses here correct your vision by bending light rays. 58 00:05:56,220 --> 00:05:57,220 Well, I never. 59 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:03,740 You 60 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:14,240 really 61 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,880 do look very well in your spectacles. 62 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:18,880 Especially when you smile. 63 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,300 I do not think my mother will agree, but I have a great passion for reading, and 64 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:29,260 I would have been sad to stop. 65 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,980 I hope they will help you better enjoy the upcoming Meritan assembly. 66 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:36,279 An assembly? 67 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:37,420 Yes, in a month. 68 00:06:38,140 --> 00:06:39,180 I heard this morning. 69 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:41,700 My sisters will be pleased. 70 00:06:44,540 --> 00:06:45,800 Perhaps I shall see you there. 71 00:06:53,290 --> 00:06:56,710 Mary, you ought to get on. Of course he'll. I'll settle affairs here. 72 00:06:57,210 --> 00:06:58,129 Thank you. 73 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:00,430 Thank you. And thank you, Mrs. Barrett. 74 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:09,510 I have news. 75 00:07:12,230 --> 00:07:14,550 There's going to be an assembly in Mariton in a month. 76 00:07:14,770 --> 00:07:15,770 We know. 77 00:07:16,070 --> 00:07:17,430 I'm going to be the one to tell Mama. 78 00:07:18,910 --> 00:07:20,830 Mr. Mark, my first assembly. 79 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,340 My first venture into society. 80 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,520 So it will. 81 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,580 How is it that you're a partner for dancing? I've always wondered. 82 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,020 Oh, Mary, I'm sure your clever mind can work out something as simple as dance 83 00:07:37,020 --> 00:07:38,500 partners. Do not fret. 84 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,240 I'm not fretting. 85 00:08:05,020 --> 00:08:08,380 I'm going to fill my car with dancers. 86 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,500 Jane, do you think I shall be allowed to dance? Mary, move! 87 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,420 I hope you're not going to stand this close to the assembly. 88 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,300 Oh, we should have taken the long route. 89 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:19,900 Oh, these are my good boots. 90 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:22,840 I'm all for you for wearing them. 91 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,600 Stand. 92 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:26,980 What are you going to wear? 93 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,240 The green dress. 94 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:32,880 The green... Do you think russet would be too harsh for my complexion? 95 00:08:33,260 --> 00:08:34,419 I don't see why it should. 96 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:36,059 It would match my eyes, I suppose. 97 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:37,820 Your eyes are green. 98 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:41,240 You are so inattentive. 99 00:08:45,140 --> 00:08:49,280 Mr Thompson told me himself I was the first to know that the ball is 100 00:08:49,790 --> 00:08:53,050 We were the first. I was the first. You were stood a little behind me. It is 101 00:08:53,050 --> 00:08:54,049 wonderful. 102 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:55,250 What will I wear? 103 00:08:55,630 --> 00:08:58,950 Are Kitty and Lydia allowed to attend the ball, Father? Why would we not be? I 104 00:08:58,950 --> 00:09:00,590 was the one that found out about it. Am I allowed? 105 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:05,550 Jane, Lily, you will of course go and marry. 106 00:09:05,890 --> 00:09:08,250 Father, I shall die if I do not go. 107 00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:10,490 I'll probably die too. I very much doubt that. 108 00:09:10,690 --> 00:09:14,550 Mr. Bennet, Kitty and Lydia will also need to find husbands. 109 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:17,430 After Jane and Lizzie, of course. 110 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:21,820 I don't see what the fuss is all about. 111 00:09:22,140 --> 00:09:24,020 Those horrible, sweaty affairs. 112 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,900 Mary, you will attend. 113 00:09:28,540 --> 00:09:29,540 Oh. 114 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,020 Oh, well, of course, Mother, if you wish. 115 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,340 Lady Lucas and I will need someone to fetch us our drinks. 116 00:09:36,740 --> 00:09:38,580 As long as I am not expected to attend. 117 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:43,240 Mr. Bennet. I told you, I will not attend another of those insufferable, 118 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,099 little dancers. 119 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:46,020 I wonder if Mr. 120 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,240 Bingley will be going to Samaritan Assembly. 121 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,520 Oh, he must. 122 00:09:49,670 --> 00:09:51,610 be. Who would miss it? 123 00:09:51,910 --> 00:09:52,910 Me, apparently. 124 00:09:53,410 --> 00:09:58,270 You shall all go to the ball, as long as I am obliged to hear no more about it. 125 00:09:58,850 --> 00:10:00,910 I shall never be rid of you otherwise. 126 00:10:02,550 --> 00:10:05,910 Perhaps I shall dance with Bingley, too. And me. This excitement over a man 127 00:10:05,910 --> 00:10:07,470 you've never set eyes on is quite ridiculous. 128 00:10:07,750 --> 00:10:09,510 Oh, Mary, we're only indulging ourselves. 129 00:10:16,930 --> 00:10:18,250 Mary is wearing spectacles. 130 00:10:21,770 --> 00:10:24,510 Very good. I hope you find them most useful, Mary. 131 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:26,150 Thank you, Father. Thank you. 132 00:10:26,450 --> 00:10:30,810 Mr. Bennet, did you know about this? We discussed this at length. 133 00:10:31,310 --> 00:10:35,450 Mary was to visit the optician. Yes, but I did not know that she would actually 134 00:10:35,450 --> 00:10:40,190 need to wear glasses. You seem to forget, my dear, that I wear spectacles 135 00:10:40,190 --> 00:10:46,010 myself. But she is a woman. Nevertheless, she ought to be able to 136 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:47,430 I think they look very well. 137 00:10:50,990 --> 00:10:51,990 Any pose, Mary. 138 00:10:56,850 --> 00:11:01,010 I think you're very brave to be prepared to look so ugly. 139 00:11:01,290 --> 00:11:04,010 Lydia. But, Papa, who was going to dance with Mary with those things on her 140 00:11:04,010 --> 00:11:05,850 face? Pleased to be able to read. 141 00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:11,190 Oh, I do hope you are to meet him. Surely we must. 142 00:11:12,270 --> 00:11:13,290 Yes, of course, indeed. 143 00:11:14,670 --> 00:11:15,670 I want you to see him. 144 00:11:21,370 --> 00:11:23,290 Mama, Kitty and I will need new dresses for the ball. 145 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:16,000 Maybe I could help you pick out a dress at the Merriton Assembly, Miss Mary. 146 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:17,380 Oh, hell. 147 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:21,640 What am I to do at a dance? 148 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Dance? 149 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:27,980 What if no one wants to dance with me? 150 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:30,920 Then you'll eat lots of ices. 151 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,580 Such fripperies are not for me. 152 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,080 I wonder, Miss Mary, if you don't see yourself clearly. 153 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,240 If you're saying I don't bear comparison to my sisters, I've known that for 154 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:46,180 years. A daffodil might look plain next to a lily, but on its own there is much 155 00:12:46,180 --> 00:12:47,180 to be admired. 156 00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:48,680 Now I am tall and yellow. 157 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:56,760 Miss Mary, I wonder if you wouldn't be a little happier if you went out in the 158 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:02,980 world and saw yourself how other people see you, outside of your family. 159 00:13:06,220 --> 00:13:07,220 that's decided. 160 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,380 I am picking you out a new dress for the assembly. 161 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,220 And I will not hear another word on the subject. 162 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,360 Madam, please remain still, if you can. 163 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:50,400 What does the gold make me look like? 164 00:13:54,060 --> 00:13:55,060 A little. 165 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,620 Kitty! What is it? 166 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:00,200 Those are my books, Lydia. 167 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,940 I cannot reach my jewellery box. 168 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,200 I need something to stand on. This is important, Mary. 169 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 You need to start getting ready, Miss Mary. 170 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,200 think I'll be able to dance on it. 171 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:28,660 It still hurts. 172 00:14:29,060 --> 00:14:30,680 Yes, two weeks ago. 173 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:31,900 I know. 174 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,080 Should we eat beforehand? 175 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,700 Perhaps a very small meal and don't drink too much. 176 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:38,940 But what if I'm thirsty? 177 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,960 Lydia, I don't suppose you want to relieve yourself behind a screen in 178 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:43,960 everyone? 179 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,200 Is it too fine for me, do you think? 180 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,560 You look very handsome in it. 181 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,120 Yes, Mary. 182 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:00,540 Oh, Charlotte! 183 00:17:02,180 --> 00:17:03,180 What's going on? 184 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,460 I swear, the crowd gets bigger every season. 185 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,280 Limit entry to those young ladies. Fortunate enough, we're secured 186 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:11,920 thought the very same thing. 187 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,320 Mr. Bingley, welcome. 188 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:51,960 These are my sisters, Louisa, and this is Caroline. 189 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,320 This is Mr. Hurst and Mr. 190 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,260 Darcy. And if I may present, Mrs. Bennet. 191 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,900 This is Jane Bennet. 192 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:05,180 This is Elizabeth Bennet. 193 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,380 Kitty and Lydia. 194 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:15,740 Oh, and this is Miss Mary Bennet. 195 00:18:19,110 --> 00:18:20,790 Most accomplished girl in the whole neighborhood. 196 00:18:22,270 --> 00:18:24,350 That is a great achievement, to be sure. 197 00:18:25,710 --> 00:18:28,910 Study clearly trumps all other considerations in your mind. 198 00:18:29,610 --> 00:18:31,190 What an example to us all. 199 00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:28,220 I do not believe the insufferable company that Mr. Bingley keeps. 200 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,060 What has happened? I overheard, quite accidentally, Mr. 201 00:19:32,260 --> 00:19:36,820 Bingley talking to that conceited gentleman running against the wall 202 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:37,840 Mr. Darcy. 203 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:40,580 Instead of me. 204 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:45,820 She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me. 205 00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:02,940 Excuse me, Miss Bennet. 206 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:08,320 I do not mean to intrude, but it is very bad for your eyes to screw them up in 207 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,320 such a fashion. 208 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:14,540 Perhaps I may be permitted to help you find what you're looking for. 209 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:18,640 I was looking for... I'm 210 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:25,460 quite exhausted from all the dancing. 211 00:20:25,620 --> 00:20:28,220 I just chose to sit this one out. 212 00:20:29,380 --> 00:20:30,380 That is a shame. 213 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,600 I was going to ask if you'd do me the honour of standing up with me for the 214 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:36,600 dump. 215 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:38,620 I'm now feeling much rested. 216 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,720 And I would be delighted. 217 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,380 Well then, I thank you. 218 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:50,160 Shall we remain here until the next estimate? Of course. 219 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,220 That's exactly what I thought. 220 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:03,540 How are your spectacles? Very well. 221 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:06,920 Yes, I'm able to study for hours without this gift. 222 00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:08,840 I am delighted to hear that. 223 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:18,080 Perhaps you could recommend a book to me. 224 00:21:18,620 --> 00:21:20,400 What do you read with such enjoyment? 225 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,860 Mrs. Catherine Macaulay has written a wonderful account of British history. 226 00:21:27,860 --> 00:21:29,580 fascinating. I will seek it out. 227 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:30,920 Are you... 228 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:35,260 I like to read, but science rather than history. 229 00:21:35,660 --> 00:21:39,720 I have a plan to study medicine in London, baths or maybe mortgages. 230 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:42,480 What a noble ambition. 231 00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:47,100 But it is not a thing widely known. I have not mentioned it to anyone before 232 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:48,100 you. 233 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,520 I shall speak of it to no one. 234 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,580 I'm regretting visiting the supper table so early. 235 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,780 I should have had less oyster patties. 236 00:23:09,460 --> 00:23:10,520 It's fewer. 237 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:13,220 It's fewer oyster patties. 238 00:24:02,890 --> 00:24:04,690 Would you like a cold drink, Miss Bennet? 239 00:24:06,050 --> 00:24:08,130 Yes, that's an excellent idea. Thank you. 240 00:24:17,530 --> 00:24:22,030 It looks as though you are enjoying yourself, Mary. 241 00:24:23,770 --> 00:24:28,630 Your partner is the young John Sparrow, isn't he? Yes, the optician's son. 242 00:24:30,250 --> 00:24:31,830 And you have danced with him. 243 00:24:34,350 --> 00:24:36,590 Twice. Mary, you are very young. 244 00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:41,170 And perhaps do not fully appreciate how things are understood. 245 00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:44,390 If you are to dance with him again, it will be remarked upon. 246 00:24:44,730 --> 00:24:46,870 Two dancers in succession suggest a liking. 247 00:24:47,090 --> 00:24:49,230 Three might imply something more. 248 00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:55,830 I'm very happy dancing with him. 249 00:25:08,810 --> 00:25:12,390 I see that you have stood up twice with the sparrow boy. 250 00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:13,870 Yes, Mama. 251 00:25:15,490 --> 00:25:17,510 You will not dance with him again. 252 00:25:21,150 --> 00:25:25,250 But, Mother, he's been most attentive. He's quite the gentleman. 253 00:25:26,530 --> 00:25:28,570 Mary, his father owns a shop. 254 00:25:30,370 --> 00:25:31,370 Yes? 255 00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:32,990 With a bell. 256 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:38,130 Mother, I have danced with him. 257 00:25:38,540 --> 00:25:43,340 Twice. I have no wish to marry him. You may not object to lowering yourself, but 258 00:25:43,340 --> 00:25:46,760 I will not have you ruin your sister's chances of a match. 259 00:26:09,770 --> 00:26:13,990 Would you care to dance again, Miss Bennet, once we have finished our ices? 260 00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:22,310 Mrs. Barrow, I am afraid that I shall... I shall not be able to stand up with 261 00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:23,310 you again this evening. 262 00:26:23,510 --> 00:26:24,510 Oh. 263 00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:31,830 But I thought... I thought... I hope I have not offended you. No, 264 00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:37,330 no, not at all, sir. I've... Oh, I've... I've very much enjoyed... 265 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:39,060 Dancing with you. 266 00:26:40,580 --> 00:26:47,560 That is to say that my mother is concerned. 267 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:48,940 Concerned? 268 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,540 For my sisters and I. 269 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:59,800 It's important that we make an appropriate social, one might say 270 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:06,480 well, a suitable match. Miss Bennet, there is no need for an explanation. 271 00:27:07,150 --> 00:27:08,230 I shall not pursue the matter. 272 00:27:08,430 --> 00:27:10,770 I've enjoyed my time. 273 00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:12,670 Good evening to you. 274 00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:16,430 I'm sorry. 275 00:27:17,130 --> 00:27:18,130 Sorry. 276 00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:53,930 Why? I had little time for his friend. 277 00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:57,850 Please do not hold that against Mr Bingley. Okay, go again. 278 00:27:59,810 --> 00:28:01,210 I danced with two soldiers. 279 00:28:01,630 --> 00:28:04,430 They're not very good with faces, so I'm not sure how many times I stood up with 280 00:28:04,430 --> 00:28:05,570 anyone. Ew! 281 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:11,370 As my mother and sisters happily dissected every moment of the ball, I 282 00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:13,030 terrible sense of shame. 283 00:28:13,770 --> 00:28:17,330 I had caused hurt to a man whose only crime was being kind to me. 284 00:28:21,580 --> 00:28:22,580 Who was I? 285 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,840 A coward who lacked the courage to follow her own inclination? 286 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,100 It was time to find my own way. 287 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,380 To look for a new version of myself. 288 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:36,980 As a serious -minded woman. 289 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,380 From now on, knowledge and reason would be my guide. 290 00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:46,560 No more ribbons, ball gowns or dance cards. 291 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,440 The old Mary would be no more. 292 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:53,400 I would transform into the intellectual one. 293 00:28:53,820 --> 00:28:57,700 That was how I would stand out as the other Benedict.