1 00:00:24,099 --> 00:00:27,220 The loss of my father was a leap into the unknown. 2 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,780 Longbourn was my childhood home. 3 00:00:31,420 --> 00:00:35,840 And although I had my struggles here, it was all I had ever known. 4 00:00:37,660 --> 00:00:41,700 From now on, would I be relying on the hospitality of my sister? 5 00:00:43,140 --> 00:00:46,180 Destined to spend my days as my mother's companion. 6 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,900 What other choice did I have? 7 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,240 I do not expect any of you to understand my pain. 8 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,980 The bond Mr. Bennet and I shared was a rare thing. 9 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,040 I do not know that I shall ever eat again. 10 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,580 Who is that? 11 00:01:12,180 --> 00:01:13,440 I do not know, Mama. 12 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:18,380 What sort of person would impinge upon our hour of mourning so... 13 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:19,680 Tastefully. 14 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:23,080 Charlotte. Oh, man. 15 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:28,500 I'm afraid you find us in a state of some disarray. 16 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:30,100 Understandably. 17 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:35,200 We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news, but 18 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,420 you would need time as a family to... Together your things. 19 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,400 Yourself. Together. 20 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,820 I want to make it quite clear. 21 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,500 Quite clear that there's no rush for you to leave Longbourn. 22 00:01:54,700 --> 00:01:57,500 Thank you, Mr Collins. 23 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,180 You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full two weeks. 24 00:02:01,540 --> 00:02:02,720 Two weeks? 25 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,340 Mrs Bennet, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave. 26 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:08,479 But I have arranged some help with the packing. 27 00:02:08,740 --> 00:02:14,920 So you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult task during your hour of 28 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:15,920 need? 29 00:02:27,239 --> 00:02:31,700 Mama, you must come and stay with Mr. Bingley and I at Netherfield. 30 00:02:31,980 --> 00:02:35,440 We have a number of cooks and more servants than we know what to do with. 31 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Oh, Jane. 32 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,620 I would be delighted. 33 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,840 It would bring me great comfort to be in a sizable property with a large number 34 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,000 of staff at my disposal. 35 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,320 And Mary, you of course must come too. 36 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,780 Thank you. But if you're worried about company, Caroline Bingley stays with us 37 00:02:57,780 --> 00:02:58,780 often. 38 00:02:59,020 --> 00:03:05,940 Well, yes, but I have not yet thought through my future prospects. 39 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaking of your prospects, Mary, I have received a letter from my brother and 40 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,760 his wife in London. Their governess has been called back to Norfolk. 41 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,660 And they have asked me to send you to stay with them until a suitable 42 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:20,680 replacement is found. 43 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:23,700 Mary's going to be a governor. Oh, Mary. 44 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:28,680 I would very much like to help, but you will need me, Mama. 45 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,240 I have already accepted their offer. 46 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:34,020 They're sending a carriage. 47 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,020 But, Mama... Do not worry about me, Mary. 48 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,700 I shall have Jane by my side. 49 00:03:56,110 --> 00:04:01,570 If my options in life really were marriage or misery, it looked very much 50 00:04:01,570 --> 00:04:03,070 though I was destined for misery. 51 00:04:11,030 --> 00:04:14,030 Mrs. Bennet is indisposed. 52 00:04:15,530 --> 00:04:16,529 Oh. 53 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:18,110 Of course. 54 00:04:19,209 --> 00:04:20,209 Thank you, Hill. 55 00:04:29,770 --> 00:04:31,390 What if the children don't like me? 56 00:04:32,430 --> 00:04:34,090 Why should they not like you? 57 00:04:34,530 --> 00:04:36,530 You're a perfectly likeable soul. 58 00:04:39,330 --> 00:04:41,410 I have nothing ready to teach them. 59 00:04:42,030 --> 00:04:47,150 Mary, nobody knows more facts about anything than you. 60 00:04:48,470 --> 00:04:51,350 It's time for you to get out and see the world. 61 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:55,790 Meet some other people that live in it. I think it'll do you good. 62 00:04:57,270 --> 00:04:59,250 Do not be frightened, Miss Mary. 63 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:00,649 Oh, no, I'm not. 64 00:05:00,650 --> 00:05:02,130 No, I'm just... 65 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,780 Mary, you must be hungry after your journey. Would you like some toasted 66 00:06:39,980 --> 00:06:42,500 But first, we'll show you your room. Come in, come in. 67 00:06:44,620 --> 00:06:48,100 It's right at the top of the house, so you won't be disturbed by the children. 68 00:07:10,090 --> 00:07:13,030 She's had a most trying time of late. Well, you all have. 69 00:07:15,370 --> 00:07:17,410 Mother as well. Thank you for inquiring. 70 00:07:19,510 --> 00:07:20,690 And how are you, Mary? 71 00:07:22,070 --> 00:07:23,950 It must have been a terrible shock. 72 00:07:27,410 --> 00:07:28,530 It was. 73 00:07:29,730 --> 00:07:32,650 Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice. 74 00:07:33,510 --> 00:07:36,950 We don't stand on ceremony here, especially with the children, so if you 75 00:07:36,950 --> 00:07:37,950 mind that... 76 00:07:38,590 --> 00:07:39,710 You'll do well with us. 77 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:42,810 And the rest of your belongings will be brought up any moment. 78 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:44,870 Do you have all you need? 79 00:07:45,390 --> 00:07:46,810 I do. Thank you. 80 00:08:23,050 --> 00:08:25,950 Not so good. Mary, won't you join us for breakfast? 81 00:08:26,290 --> 00:08:31,110 Oh, no, no. Thank you. I'm not so hungry this morning. I shall see the children 82 00:08:31,110 --> 00:08:32,110 upstairs. 83 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:45,530 Marianne, would you like to start? 84 00:08:47,690 --> 00:08:50,110 Miss Bennet, it's a pleasure to meet you. 85 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,220 I'm Marianne Gardner and I'm 11 years old. 86 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,840 It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne. 87 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:00,200 George! 88 00:09:02,220 --> 00:09:03,800 Yes, thank you, George. 89 00:09:04,940 --> 00:09:11,140 And this is... This is Rebecca. 90 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:13,480 Thank you, Miss Rebecca. 91 00:09:16,270 --> 00:09:21,890 And if an organised body is not, in the situation and circumstances, 92 00:09:22,510 --> 00:09:29,130 best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an 93 00:09:29,130 --> 00:09:35,810 indefinite variety among the individuals of that species, we must be assured 94 00:09:35,810 --> 00:09:40,770 that, on the one hand, those which depart most from the best adapted 95 00:09:40,770 --> 00:09:43,710 constitution will be the most liable to perish. 96 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,060 You've made him go to sleep. 97 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,180 Let us move on to history, shall we? 98 00:09:57,580 --> 00:10:03,600 Now, in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. 99 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:04,960 Now, where is America? 100 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,220 Ah, yes, America. 101 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:14,340 Where has Rebecca gone? 102 00:10:15,180 --> 00:10:18,600 There were very clearly three of you in this room when I began looking at the 103 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,080 globe, and now there are two of you. 104 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,620 She vanished. 105 00:10:22,540 --> 00:10:23,540 She's a magician. 106 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:26,320 Well, magic is nothing but illusion and trickery. 107 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:28,200 Oh. Now, where could she be? 108 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:31,420 Tom, you're here! 109 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:33,160 Tom, can we finish lessons now? 110 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:38,160 Yes. Oh, forgive the intrusion. I came to tell you that dinner is served. 111 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,340 You must be Miss Bennet. 112 00:10:41,660 --> 00:10:43,040 I must be. 113 00:10:44,170 --> 00:10:45,350 Oh, yes, I am. 114 00:10:46,110 --> 00:10:47,430 Tom Hayward. 115 00:10:48,470 --> 00:10:49,490 Friend of the family. 116 00:10:54,990 --> 00:11:00,750 Aren't there normally three of you? There were three, certainly, but I was 117 00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:05,470 looking at America, and when I looked back, it was... 118 00:11:05,470 --> 00:11:12,350 Do you have mice, Miss 119 00:11:12,350 --> 00:11:13,350 Bennett? 120 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,320 For if you do, might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunks? 121 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:25,960 Well, I wasn't sure. I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks. No, you see, in 122 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,200 there, they cannot get to their cheese. 123 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,140 Actually, it's a fallacy that mice like cheese. 124 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,440 Of course. 125 00:11:34,580 --> 00:11:37,540 They're much more partial to root vegetables and grains. 126 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:38,860 Yes, indeed. 127 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,560 Mr. Haywood? 128 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:52,500 Mr. Haywood, I am keeping a rabbit in the toy trunk because 129 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:59,420 I... Because rabbits are not at all social creatures. 130 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:00,760 Exactly. Yes, they are. 131 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,340 Now, why exactly do you have a new governor? 132 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,720 Is it that you keep eating them? 133 00:12:17,450 --> 00:12:21,670 Tom helped Edward with the legal matter some years ago, and we've been friends 134 00:12:21,670 --> 00:12:22,369 ever since. 135 00:12:22,370 --> 00:12:23,870 You're another of our former lodgers. 136 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:25,210 Oh. 137 00:12:26,150 --> 00:12:29,570 What is a revolutionary Republican? 138 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:39,770 Well, as discussed during the lesson, they're often associated with 139 00:12:40,090 --> 00:12:43,610 But my point really was... Sounds like you've had a very interesting first day, 140 00:12:43,630 --> 00:12:44,630 Miss Bennet. 141 00:12:44,780 --> 00:12:48,260 Well, have you read Catherine Macaulay, Miss Bennet? 142 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:50,360 Yes, I have. 143 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:51,500 Yes. 144 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,020 Mary told us about smallpox and I shall never sleep again. 145 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:58,480 Well, you asked me to be truthful. 146 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:00,080 What's a deadly rash? 147 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,600 She said it can leave one blind or dead. 148 00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:07,180 That is not quite how I put it. Blind or dead, she said. 149 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,400 Well, that is true. 150 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:10,900 There's a mortality rate of about... 30%. 151 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:18,580 Exactly. George cried three times. 152 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:22,640 There was something in my eye. We held hands until Mary had finished talking. 153 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:26,760 Well, you're never too young to learn about life. 154 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,040 I think our game is in order, don't you? 155 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:32,200 I think that's a very good idea. 156 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:33,359 Yes, yes. 157 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,360 I'm first. 158 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:35,740 But what shall we play? 159 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:37,240 Graces. Ah. 160 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,740 Let's show Mary how to play Graces. 161 00:13:40,740 --> 00:13:41,740 Yes. Yes. 162 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,040 Marianne. 163 00:13:43,310 --> 00:13:44,289 Well caught. 164 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:45,290 Bravo. 165 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:47,410 Yours are better. 166 00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:52,350 That counts. 167 00:13:52,630 --> 00:13:53,289 It does indeed. 168 00:13:53,290 --> 00:13:54,390 It does indeed. 169 00:13:56,050 --> 00:13:59,090 You'll need to get sound and look at that. 170 00:13:59,310 --> 00:14:01,470 Send it to Blythe. He'll fix it for you. 171 00:14:02,230 --> 00:14:03,230 Ready? 172 00:14:04,090 --> 00:14:06,550 Brilliant. Yes. Well done. 173 00:14:07,410 --> 00:14:09,190 Gladly. You look like a wizard. 174 00:14:09,930 --> 00:14:10,930 Yeah. 175 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:18,620 Are you sure you won't join in, Mary? 176 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,300 Oh, no, I'm not good at games. Oh, that doesn't matter at all. 177 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:25,920 Yeah. 178 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:30,020 Well, you couldn't possibly be as ungainly as I am. 179 00:14:30,460 --> 00:14:32,380 Really, I don't need to spoil it. 180 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:40,060 George. Ready? 181 00:14:50,420 --> 00:14:51,420 Smithy Gardner. 182 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:54,800 Yes? 183 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,440 Mary? 184 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,140 Do not look so grave, my dear. You're not in trouble. 185 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,340 With the weather getting warmer, we're about to become more sociable. Oh, oh, 186 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:27,600 please do not feel any obligation to involve me. I shall be quite content to 187 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,300 stay upstairs with the children. Mary, we want you to join us. 188 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:35,660 But I do not sparkle at dinners. 189 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,000 In our house, no one is obliged to sparkle. 190 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,720 Then, of course. 191 00:15:45,199 --> 00:15:47,120 But we need to get you properly dressed. 192 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,660 Oh. I thought perhaps tomorrow we could go to the haberdasher's and you could 193 00:15:50,660 --> 00:15:51,660 pick out some fabrics. 194 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,080 I do not really care for dressers. 195 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:56,400 Well, that's a shame, but very well. 196 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,460 Perhaps think about it, Mary. 197 00:16:01,140 --> 00:16:03,960 There is a dress allowance as part of your governor's wages. 198 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:06,760 I have thought about it. 199 00:16:07,540 --> 00:16:09,700 And I would very much like to accept your kind offer. 200 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:11,980 That's excellent news. 201 00:16:14,350 --> 00:16:15,370 Oh, good night, Mary. 202 00:16:15,930 --> 00:16:17,290 And thank you for today. 203 00:16:25,870 --> 00:16:28,150 This must be such a change for Merit. 204 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,830 It most certainly is. 205 00:16:36,090 --> 00:16:42,870 What do you think of the deep greens? 206 00:16:44,430 --> 00:16:48,950 We have a soiree coming up, and I think deep green would be perfect. 207 00:16:49,690 --> 00:16:52,690 Well, Mother has always said it's terribly difficult to get any colour to 208 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:54,370 with my complexion. Really? 209 00:16:55,450 --> 00:16:58,690 Well, perhaps your complexion's changed, because I can see many colours here 210 00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:02,770 which would work well on you. But the most important thing being is that you 211 00:17:02,770 --> 00:17:05,270 choose fabrics that you truly like. 212 00:17:06,670 --> 00:17:09,329 But Mother says that... Mother isn't here. 213 00:17:12,810 --> 00:17:13,810 Mrs Gardner? 214 00:17:15,190 --> 00:17:16,410 Miss Bennet? Tom! 215 00:17:17,690 --> 00:17:20,589 Hey, have you brought your jacket to be mended? 216 00:17:20,829 --> 00:17:24,250 I have just this minute dropped it off. Well, now that you're here, you can make 217 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:25,250 yourself useful. 218 00:17:25,569 --> 00:17:28,850 Miss Bennet needs to choose some dress fabric. 219 00:17:29,170 --> 00:17:31,650 I find myself quite overwhelmed by this choice. 220 00:17:31,870 --> 00:17:35,730 Well, I shall be honest and say that my experience of picking dress fabric is 221 00:17:35,730 --> 00:17:37,370 limited, to say the least. 222 00:17:38,070 --> 00:17:39,290 But I shall try. 223 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:46,420 Are you seeing the names of these colours? We've got Dust of Ruins, 224 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,940 Corbeau, Flam de Bonche, anyone? 225 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,900 I think I shall take the Drake's Neck with the Splash of Nunky. 226 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,320 Anyone for Gamboge? Well, I mean, that's just yellow, that one. 227 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,620 Yes. Yes. 228 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:08,600 I think my advice would be to choose the colours that make one feel most like 229 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,600 oneself. 230 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:15,040 And I am sorry not to be of more use. I should return to my desk and a 231 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,320 particularly unexciting land negotiation. 232 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:20,640 Good day. 233 00:18:20,820 --> 00:18:21,820 Good day. 234 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,680 Oh, poor Tom. 235 00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:29,300 He worked so hard. 236 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:34,100 Really? Underneath that light -hearted manner, carried the weight of the world 237 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:35,100 on his shoulders. 238 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,280 Now, have you decided? 239 00:18:41,930 --> 00:18:42,930 I have chosen. 240 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:44,330 Very well, Mary. 241 00:18:47,110 --> 00:18:49,690 The first is this crimson. 242 00:18:50,410 --> 00:18:53,590 And then I thought perhaps a spring green trim. 243 00:18:54,370 --> 00:18:57,130 Lovely. But you will need two dresses. 244 00:18:57,370 --> 00:19:01,290 So perhaps... China blue? 245 00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:03,790 Hmm. 246 00:19:05,790 --> 00:19:09,230 Do you think a dress in the spring green alone would be garish? 247 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:11,920 What do you think, Mary? 248 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,960 Some people may think it is wild, but I like it. 249 00:19:20,220 --> 00:19:23,680 Then I think you should please yourself and not worry what others may think. 250 00:19:23,860 --> 00:19:24,699 Thank you. 251 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:25,960 You've done a very good job. 252 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:04,470 The gardeners are out buying shoes for the children. 253 00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:09,070 Would you like to play, Grayson? 254 00:20:10,350 --> 00:20:11,350 Well, 255 00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:13,130 yes. Thank you. 256 00:20:19,530 --> 00:20:20,670 Ready? Yeah. 257 00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:30,350 I did it. You did? 258 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:32,760 Natural. Beginner's luck. 259 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,920 Right, um... Ready? 260 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,400 Oh, what, um... One moment. 261 00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:34,280 Oh, um, uh, yeah, um, that's probably enough for 262 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:35,280 today. 263 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:42,420 Oh, yeah, uh, I brought a book for Mrs. Barnard. Oh, of course, yeah. Ah, 264 00:21:43,540 --> 00:21:44,540 poetry. 265 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,160 Do you like poetry, Miss Bennet? I prefer facts to whimsy. 266 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:59,260 Whimsy? I've tried, uh, well, cowper, uh... Byron. Even some Dryden. But, 267 00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:03,820 um... Well, it seems to me that it's all just... words. 268 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:06,620 What were you expecting? 269 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:11,060 Are you a scholar, sir? No. 270 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,700 I'm a barrister, junior. 271 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,300 And though the law is my business, poetry is my passion. 272 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,060 What do you like to read? 273 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,800 Uh, works of non -fiction. Really? Um, histories and, uh... 274 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,040 And geology. 275 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:30,560 And what do you like to read for pleasure? 276 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,960 That is, reading for pleasure. 277 00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:37,180 There is nothing you like about poetry? 278 00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:43,200 Some poems are mercifully short. 279 00:22:45,220 --> 00:22:51,520 Well, now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will not rest until you have 280 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,480 appreciated the merit of poetry. 281 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:01,020 I believe that this is the book that will open the heart of Miss Mary Bennet. 282 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:06,660 Oh. 283 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:10,200 The gardener's home. 284 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,400 Oh, yes. 285 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:12,660 Yes. 286 00:23:13,020 --> 00:23:14,020 Well... 287 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,000 And we'll need more scallops. Mrs. Chongley will claim she couldn't 288 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,500 before helping herself to seven. 289 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,960 Must be very strange without your family here. 290 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,640 There was always at least one argument about the stolen perfume. 291 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,080 Mary, you look lovely. 292 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:06,960 I'm not sure. 293 00:24:10,730 --> 00:24:14,270 i think we should let your hair fall naturally no point trying to force it 294 00:24:14,270 --> 00:24:15,330 curls if it doesn't want to go 295 00:25:01,060 --> 00:25:06,080 I mean, that's basically it. But they're awfully fun to hunt. 296 00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:11,340 Good evening. 297 00:25:11,980 --> 00:25:13,780 I do not believe we have met. 298 00:25:14,060 --> 00:25:15,120 I'm Miss Baxter. 299 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,540 Delighted to meet you, Miss Baxter. 300 00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:19,800 I am Miss Bennet. 301 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,920 I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire. Oh. 302 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,300 Found fraud, Mr Found Fraud. 303 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,660 A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts. 304 00:25:34,940 --> 00:25:38,120 One got stuck in his throat and that was it. He was quite dead in minutes. 305 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:44,440 Oh, 306 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,380 I hope I didn't cause any offence. That was marvellous. 307 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,460 Oh, I shall keep that story in mind for when I want to be rid of someone. 308 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:52,880 Forgive me if it wasn't deliberate. 309 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,600 I hate the first 20 minutes of these evenings. 310 00:25:58,060 --> 00:25:59,060 Do I? 311 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:02,040 I never know who to talk to and I often find myself saying the wrong things. 312 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:08,320 Your dress is striking. 313 00:26:08,540 --> 00:26:09,620 It looks very well on you. 314 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000 You really think so? 315 00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:13,100 I feel a little bold in it. 316 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,260 Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet. 317 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:16,700 If you're going to be bold. 318 00:26:17,260 --> 00:26:18,320 Here is the place to do it. 319 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,260 Perhaps London will be the start of something new for you. 320 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:23,960 Perhaps it will. 321 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,060 And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you. 322 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:43,180 London, it turned out, was a place of learning, as much as teaching. 323 00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:45,940 A place of trying new things. 324 00:26:46,990 --> 00:26:52,450 And though I had never liked change, I seemed to be enjoying myself. 325 00:26:54,130 --> 00:26:57,430 Much about me felt different after just one week. 326 00:26:59,210 --> 00:27:01,270 Being here had lifted my spirit. 327 00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:04,470 I felt something long forgotten. 328 00:27:06,410 --> 00:27:09,570 Hope. Are you looking for someone? 329 00:27:10,770 --> 00:27:14,370 You must tell me all about it in a moment. 330 00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:19,110 Now, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet. 331 00:27:19,310 --> 00:27:20,710 We have something of an understanding. 332 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:24,430 Please may I introduce Mr Tom Hayward. 333 00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:31,270 We've already met. 334 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,830 Oh, of course, you must have. 335 00:27:35,630 --> 00:27:37,370 Oh, I see you went for the Pomona trip. 336 00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:42,090 Spring green is quite different to Pomona. 337 00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:44,390 Well, it suits you very well. 338 00:27:46,879 --> 00:27:48,260 Tom! Excuse us, ladies. 339 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,760 You must come and meet my colleague, Mr May. 340 00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:57,720 Mr Hayward and I met three years ago this spring. 341 00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:00,200 We are hoping to be married next year. 342 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,180 Not everything went exactly as I would have liked. 343 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:05,500 Come on, Becca. 344 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,000 Oh, please excuse us. 345 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:09,680 Come, Mary. It'll be fun. 346 00:28:10,020 --> 00:28:12,980 Of course a man such as Mr Hayward would have secured a match. 347 00:28:15,470 --> 00:28:16,530 But I had made friends. 348 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:19,250 And that was enough. 349 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:27,850 I did not know what tomorrow would bring. 350 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:33,610 But for now, at least I had someone to dance with.