1 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,559 Three times I had written to Mr Hayward, 2 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,879 and each time the letter was returned 3 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,160 marked "forwarding address unknown." 4 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,960 There was so much that I wished to say to him... 5 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,040 ...but it was not to be. 6 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,599 No matter. I would not wallow. 7 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:45,719 I had navigated difficulty before, 8 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,719 and I would use my experiences 9 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,399 to find my place in London 10 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:55,400 and prove I could build a life here, not only to myself, but also to... 11 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,039 Mama. 12 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,679 Here she is. I didn't know you were... 13 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,079 Sorry, what are you doing here? Your mother has come to stay. 14 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,759 For a short time. 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,999 Lizzie's physician advised 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,559 I come to London to see Dr Simmons, 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,680 who is a great authority on nervous complaints. 18 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,280 Well, sit! 19 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,199 Mr Darcy has been most insistent, 20 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,439 urging me to think of myself and not hurry back to Pemberley 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:33,079 until I have been properly attended to. 22 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,879 Now, Mary, I have 23 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:36,919 decided to forgive your actions at Pemberley, 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,039 and to offer you my assistance one last time. 25 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,640 While I am here... 26 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,599 ...I intend to finish what I began 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,479 and find suitable matches for all my daughters. 28 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,919 Oh, please, Mama, really. 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,399 Four out of five must be considered a great triumph. 30 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:57,879 A great triumph indeed. 31 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,759 Mary has plenty in London to occupy her time. 32 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,399 There is no better use of Mary's time than finding a match. 33 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,119 Oh, please, Mother, really, 34 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,519 I'm very happy as I am. 35 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,479 I understand your shame, Mary, 36 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,079 in the way that you have behaved towards me. 37 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,559 But nevertheless, you cannot override 38 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,439 my natural kindness and my motherly instinct. 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,839 I have arranged for you to 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,800 meet several suitors. PLAYS PIANO 41 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,920 HE SNORES 42 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,280 MRS BENNET LAUGHS 43 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,319 Is it too much to ask you to make even 44 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,399 the slightest effort with just one of these gentlemen? 45 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,159 Mary has made good connections. 46 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,999 Oh, and do good connections provide for you for the rest of your life? 47 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,599 And she is welcome here. 48 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,039 Oh, yes, for now. For as long as she wants. 49 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,040 KNOCK ON DOOR Enter! Come in. 50 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,559 A visitor for Miss Bennet. 51 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,639 Mr Ryder is here. 52 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:13,720 Mr Ryder? 53 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,119 Well, show him in. Please show him in. 54 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:19,560 Thank you. 55 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,360 Uh... Oh! 56 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,119 Mr Ryder, how wonderful to see you. 57 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,360 Mrs Bennet, Mrs Gardiner, 58 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:38,480 Miss Bennet. 59 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,199 And to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit? 60 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,280 Yes, excuse me dropping in unannounced, I... 61 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,000 ...wondered whether I might speak with Miss Bennet. 62 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,360 Of course. 63 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,280 In private. 64 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,519 Miss Bennet, I'm most relieved to see you looking so well after... 65 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,120 Thank you. Yeah. 66 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,200 I was sorry not to be able to say goodbye to you at the Lakes. 67 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,359 Once I knew you were being taken care of, 68 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:15,959 I felt it my duty to accompany 69 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,039 Miss Bingley back to London to see a physician. 70 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,040 I understand. But I was kept informed of your recovery. 71 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,000 Miss Bennet, I... 72 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:37,799 ...I wanted to sincerely apologise for what happened. 73 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,119 Oh, I played my own part in proceedings. 74 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,999 No, no, I was entirely to blame. 75 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,599 I put you and Miss Bingley in grave danger. 76 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,160 I'm full of regret. Oh, really, think no more of it. 77 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:52,720 Though it did not end well... 78 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,120 ...overall, I look back at my time in the Lakes very fondly. 79 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,359 It was never my intention 80 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,399 to intrude on your time there, 81 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:07,079 but... I needed Mr Hayward's help. 82 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,560 You see... 83 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:14,360 ...Lady Catherine de Bourgh unexpectedly named me as her heir. 84 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,280 Oh. Yeah. 85 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,679 I informed Mr Hayward of my change in fortune, 86 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,120 and told him... 87 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,680 ...of my intention to propose to you that very afternoon. 88 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,239 I see. 89 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,160 He knew what I could offer you, and... 90 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,040 ...he gave me his blessing. 91 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,559 He did? Hmm. 92 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:46,679 Miss Bennet, I wanted 93 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,080 to renew our conversation from the Lakes. 94 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,239 Of course. 95 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,559 Of course, Mr Ryder, please, 96 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,760 um, please sit. 97 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,480 HE CLEARS THROAT 98 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,560 I've never met anyone that makes me think like you do. 99 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:23,680 Who makes me see the world as you do. 100 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,559 I've certainly never met anyone 101 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,399 who speaks as plainly as you, and I admire that greatly. 102 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,320 It's very kind. 103 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,959 Although there is something of 104 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:39,680 a gulf between my ideals and the world we live in... 105 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,760 ...I like to think that... 106 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,880 ...you and I could carve out an interesting existence... 107 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,680 ...together. 108 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,799 I shall now do what I should have 109 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,800 done weeks ago and ask... 110 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,120 ...Miss Bennet... 111 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,919 ...would you consider 112 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,600 accepting my hand in marriage? 113 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,240 Mr Ryder. 114 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,080 My answer must, of course, be... 115 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,920 ...that I do not love you. 116 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,280 Could it be that you... you might grow to love me? 117 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,000 Not in the way that you... 118 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,080 ...deserve to be loved. 119 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,760 Your friendship has... 120 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,359 ...has taught me so much about myself, 121 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,800 and for that I shall always be grateful. 122 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,480 But I don't believe... 123 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,120 ...I would ever have made you happy. 124 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,879 You should follow your heart. 125 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,920 Go to Italy and seize everything it has to offer. 126 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,840 I see. 127 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,280 You will find happiness, Mr Ryder. 128 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,040 True happiness. 129 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,240 I do not doubt it. 130 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,600 It was a... 131 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,720 ...pleasure to see you looking so well. 132 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,240 Pleasure to see you looking so... 133 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,200 ...dry. HE CHUCKLES 134 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,720 Goodbye, Miss Bennet. 135 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,080 Bye. 136 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:34,279 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Mother. 137 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,079 Uh, I should leave. 138 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,680 No. Please, stay there. Mother! 139 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,640 Mr Ryder, you may go. 140 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,719 What have you done? 141 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,160 Ugh, I need some air. 142 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:56,200 Mary. 143 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,400 Mary! 144 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:00,880 DOOR CLOSES 145 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,680 SHE SIGHS 146 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:22,000 Miss Bennet. 147 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,400 Mr Sparrow! Uh... 148 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:30,559 Um... 149 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:32,279 Is everything quite all right? 150 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,439 Oh, yes. The... the city smoke 151 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,679 is particularly heavy today, and it just seems to have, uh... 152 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:40,520 SHE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY May I? 153 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:01,640 Thank you. 154 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,600 I hope they are still serving you well. 155 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,639 They really are. SHE LAUGHS 156 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,919 Tell me, what... what brings you to London? 157 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,400 I graduated from Moorfields two weeks ago. 158 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,280 So you're a doctor. Just as you said you would be. 159 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,480 Congratulations, Mr Sparrow. 160 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,040 I always thought you'd end up studying somewhere, somehow. 161 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,320 I would like to be a governess... 162 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,400 ...to an older girl, perhaps. 163 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,039 I think I'd enjoy teaching petrology and geology and... 164 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,879 Your specialisms. THEY LAUGH 165 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,640 Perhaps one day you could tutor my daughter. 166 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,000 You have a child? She is one. 167 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,240 Ah. 168 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,079 Then perhaps I will. Yes. 169 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,240 No, I've not really looked too far into it as yet. 170 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,680 I think my mother will not approve. 171 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,599 If I remember rightly, you and your mother always 172 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,159 had very different ideas about life, 173 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,960 about reading, about the wearing of spectacles. 174 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,320 And about... 175 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,200 ...potential matches. 176 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,559 If I may be so bold. 177 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:27,999 If you have always struggled to please your mother, 178 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,560 why do you keep trying? 179 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:32,959 As long as you know what you want, 180 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,640 perhaps it is time to stop worrying what she thinks. 181 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,399 Our happiness is in our own hands. 182 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,680 Absolutely. I truly believe it is. 183 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,720 It has been a pleasure to see you again. 184 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,400 I must be getting back. Ah. 185 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,679 Goodbye, Mr Sparrow. 186 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:05,560 I'm very, very glad to have run into you today. 187 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,800 SHE SIGHS 188 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,479 Mary, 189 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:30,759 what on earth are you thinking? 190 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,919 Mother, I'm sorry to disappoint you, again, 191 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,879 but I will not be marrying Mr Ryder. 192 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,279 Nonsense! Call him back and tell him you were mistaken. 193 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,600 No, I will not do that. 194 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,839 Have you no consideration for my nerves? 195 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,999 I've never wanted to cause you any trouble. 196 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,999 Oh, you have caused me nothing but trouble 197 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,319 since the day you were born. 198 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,080 Yes, I am aware that is so. 199 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,079 I am trying to help you. 200 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,720 I do not want you to be looked down upon. 201 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,560 Looked down upon by whom? 202 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,999 Mary, please call Mr Ryder back 203 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,919 and accept his offer. I do not love him! 204 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,919 Mama, I've not waited all this 205 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,239 time just to marry a man I do not love. 206 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,599 You would have once agreed to marry Mr Collins. Did you love him? 207 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,039 No, I didn't. No. 208 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:33,279 At the time I thought... 209 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,759 I thought I was helping our family remain at Longbourn. 210 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,839 And now there is a handsome, 211 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,319 wealthy man willing to overlook your shortcomings, 212 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,679 and you have turned him away! 213 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,880 Because I have changed! Well, change back again! 214 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,839 Charlotte once told me 215 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,720 that my options were marriage or misery. 216 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,040 But I have seen many miserable marriages. 217 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,759 And meanwhile, 218 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:08,919 I've experienced much joy in life on my own. 219 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,799 What will you do without a husband? How will you survive? 220 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,199 I will work as a governess. Outside the family? 221 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,319 Yes. I will take on an older pupil 222 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,119 and I will teach a more nuanced, 223 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,039 detailed education, working to 224 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:23,999 a higher level on a specific set of... 225 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,080 Why do you insist on torturing me? 226 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,160 It has always been my intention to please you. 227 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,959 I'm very sad that I have 228 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,040 never been able to make you proud of me. 229 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:51,480 That I was never able to match my sisters in your esteem. 230 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:55,360 I'm sorry. 231 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,520 You have no idea what it has been like for me. 232 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,679 I had five daughters. Five daughters. 233 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,279 All of whom I knew must marry well in order to survive. 234 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,960 And there was nobody to make that happen except me. 235 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,440 Your father never had to think about it. 236 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,560 And he never raised a finger to help. 237 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,639 In fact, any attempts I made 238 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,880 to discuss your futures seemed only to rile him. 239 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,560 I was quite alone. 240 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:44,440 You and I always have been very different creatures. 241 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,000 And it is likely we always shall be. 242 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,600 It doesn't seem fair that you weren't helped in your efforts. 243 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,120 But... 244 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,880 ...you did it. 245 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,759 We are all settled in our different ways. 246 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,319 I have chosen my path 247 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,000 and I am happy with it. 248 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,960 I did not want you to be left behind. 249 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,880 Goodbye, Mother. 250 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,880 MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS 251 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:54,600 Send our love to Lizzie. 252 00:17:58,440 --> 00:17:59,760 Goodbye, Jane. 253 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,039 DOOR CLOSES 254 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,080 SHE SIGHS 255 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,359 Mary, I have to say, I don't think I've ever seen anyone 256 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,999 stand up to your mother as successfully as you did. 257 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,120 Really? It was very impressive. 258 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,919 I don't mind that I'll never marry. 259 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,440 Uh... 260 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,839 I'm only sad that, um, without a home of my own 261 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:44,879 I shall never get to choose my own wallpaper. 262 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,679 THEY LAUGH 263 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,919 You can always choose some for your room, 264 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,320 Mary, if you like. 265 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,960 Do you think I've done the wrong thing... 266 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,840 ...in not marrying Mr Ryder? 267 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,760 Not at all, Mary. 268 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,280 I've learnt a great deal from him. 269 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,959 He's a man that finds joy in life, 270 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,999 and there's much to be admired about him. 271 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,840 But you do not love him. 272 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,800 No. 273 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,520 You love someone else. 274 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,560 Where has he gone? 275 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,880 I wish I knew. 276 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:42,720 Thank you. 277 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,999 Miss Bennet, 278 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,920 there is a visitor to see you in the drawing room. 279 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,400 Miss Bingley. 280 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,120 CLEARS THROAT 281 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:18,159 Miss Bennet, I...wanted to thank you 282 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,680 for what you did on the mountain. 283 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,760 You could have left me there, and... you didn't. 284 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,880 I think it is plain to see that I... 285 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,680 ...have a great fondness for Mr Ryder... 286 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,480 ...and I have come to ask that you... 287 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,479 ...leave him alone. 288 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,279 Oh, Miss Bingley, 289 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,719 you are much better suited to Mr Ryder than I am. 290 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,559 Oh, you don't mean that. I do. 291 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,959 I do, Mr Ryder is... 292 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,719 He's a dear friend, 293 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,560 but he and I, we were never a match. 294 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,160 The truth is... 295 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,920 ...it was always Mr Hayward for me. 296 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,919 But it is not to be. 297 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,800 Really? Tom Hayward? 298 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,360 Surely, he is attainable. 299 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,199 It seems not. 300 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,040 He's disappeared. 301 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,800 Well, well. 302 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:54,319 Perhaps I shall call for you sometime, Miss Bennet. 303 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,240 Yes, we could... We could read poetry together. 304 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,359 Goodbye, Miss Bennet. Goodbye, Miss Bingley. 305 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,120 THEY CLEAR THEIR THROATS 306 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,240 SHE SIGHS 307 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,920 And so it was that I carved out my own path. 308 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,919 I stayed in London and became a governess. 309 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,399 Today, we're going to talk about... 310 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,000 Over time, I worried a little less about the approval of others. 311 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:41,959 And though the life I had 312 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,559 chosen was different to that of my sisters, 313 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,560 I had a wealth of experience to be proud of. 314 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,239 I had found a family I loved very much. 315 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,559 I was happy in the life I had chosen, 316 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,280 and I knew that I was good enough. 317 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,999 Though one can always be just a little happier, I suppose. 318 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,040 Miss Bennet! 319 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,280 Miss Bennet! 320 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,560 Miss Bennet! 321 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,120 Mr Hayward. 322 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,200 Mrs Gardiner said I might find you here. 323 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,840 Miss Bennet, I... Where have you been? 324 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,000 Yorkshire. 325 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,599 What do you mean, Yorkshire? 326 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,519 You can't just say Yorkshire! 327 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,919 As if Yorkshire is an entirely reasonable explanation 328 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,679 for your very sudden and somewhat lengthy disappearance! 329 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,039 After what you said... 330 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,120 I'm sorry, Mary. Please, please let me explain. 331 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,360 Well, you're here now... 332 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,960 ...Mr Hayward. Do go on. 333 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,840 When we were in the Lakes... 334 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,839 ...the legal matter that Mr Ryder asked me 335 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,799 to attend to was his inheriting 336 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,720 the fortune of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. 337 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,439 And I knew quite clearly from Ryder's incredibly 338 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,359 irritating behaviour that he had a liking for you. 339 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:53,000 As I also had. 340 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,680 As I also have. 341 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,119 It is such a liking, in fact, that when I learned 342 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,999 of Mr Ryder's good fortune and his plan 343 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,319 to make you an offer of marriage, I thought... 344 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,279 ...I thought it in your best interest that I graciously step aside. 345 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,919 Nevertheless, my actions in the mountains... 346 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:18,159 You thought it in my best interests to graciously step aside? 347 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:23,920 So your disappearance was, in fact, you being gracious to me? 348 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,039 Ah! Ow! Miss...! 349 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,399 You and Mr Ryder between you thought that you would just 350 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,119 decide on my fate and I would just accept it? 351 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:36,439 Like I'm a... Like I'm a... grateful cat? 352 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,759 If you put it like that, it does not sound good. 353 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,119 Why didn't you just ask me what I thought? 354 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,239 I was reading between the lines. There were no lines! 355 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,839 Mr Hayward, there were no lines! 356 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,640 I know I will never be able to offer you what Mr Ryder can. 357 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:52,999 I have had to work for everything 358 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,120 that I have and... and I thought you deserved better than that... 359 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,920 ...that you deserved better than me. But now I realise... 360 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:06,039 ...I will not know what you want unless I ask. 361 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,359 So I must tell you, 362 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,800 I cannot offer you great wealth or Italy. 363 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:14,159 But I can offer you my love 364 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,879 and my devotion 365 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,360 and my hope to build a family one day. 366 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,240 Mr Hayward... 367 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,879 ...if you had asked me what I wanted, 368 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,719 I would have told you I never wanted Mr Ryder. 369 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,439 I have never loved Mr Ryder. 370 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,359 I love you. 371 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,999 I have only ever loved you. 372 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,520 I love you. 373 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,599 I have always loved you from 374 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,319 the very first time I caught you playing 375 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,000 graces on your own when you thought no-one was at home. 376 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,599 I have spent my life on the outside of things, 377 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,520 but with you I am right in the middle of it all. 378 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,079 Mary Bennet, would you do 379 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,400 me the very great honour of becoming my wife? 380 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,840 Yes. 381 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,040 Yes. 382 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,160 Yeah. 383 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,919 That was a yes, Mr Hayward, 384 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,439 in case... in case you didn't catch it. 385 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,239 Mary, I think now that we have kissed, 386 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,480 you could probably call me Tom. SHE LAUGHS 387 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,319 Wait, what made you come back? 388 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,399 Oh, I received a letter 389 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,399 from Caroline Bingley. 390 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,159 What? Yes. 391 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,559 She wrote to me and she told me about your conversation 392 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,439 and I realised I was being ridiculous. 393 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:08,919 From Caroline Bingley? 394 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,199 Yes. She did something kind! 395 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,279 Wait, however did she find you? 396 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,120 She has her ways. THEY LAUGH 397 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,079 My only wish is that we could thank her, but she has left London. 398 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,239 Oh. She's gone to Italy 399 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,399 in pursuit of Mr Ryder. 400 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,119 No? Yes! 401 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:31,399 SHE GASPS No? 402 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,640 Yes. 403 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,320 Why not? 404 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,240 Oh. 405 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,480 And so it was that I married him. 406 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,040 But on my own terms, in my own time. 407 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,200 And I hope you'll realise that is almost beside the point. 408 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,440 INDISTINCT CHATTER 409 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,439 THEY LAUGH 410 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,279 The point, perhaps, was just as Hill had predicted 411 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,640 all that time ago... 412 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,599 ...that I needed to get out and see the world outside my family 413 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,720 so that I could find my place in it. 414 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,360 Hmm. 415 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:37,520 Oh. 416 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,359 That is the last of them. Really? 417 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:43,760 Oh. 418 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,199 Oh, the indigo is splendid. 419 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,559 It's actually Tyrian purple. 420 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,279 It's Tyrian? Yes. From the Greek 421 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,319 myth about Hercules' dog chewing a spiny murex sea snail. 422 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,200 I didn't know Hercules had a dog. 423 00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,880 Keep up, Thomas. 424 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:02,880 I am trying. 425 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:08,960 What's next? 426 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,200 Spring green in the drawing room.