1 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,160 SOBBING 2 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,480 The loss of my father was a leap into the unknown. 3 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,680 Longbourn was my childhood home. 4 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,400 And although I had my struggles here, it was all I had ever known. 5 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,960 From now on, would I be relying on the hospitality of my sisters? 6 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,080 Destined to spend my days as my mother's companion? 7 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,040 BLOWS NOSE LOUDLY 8 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,840 What other choice did I have? 9 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,080 I do not expect any of you to understand my pain. 10 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,160 The bond Mr Bennet and I shared was a rare thing. 11 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,240 I do not know that I shall ever eat again! 12 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,560 KNOCK AT DOOR 13 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:12,600 Who is that? 14 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,160 I do not know, Mama. 15 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,800 What sort of person would impinge 16 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,560 upon our hour of mourning so distastefully? 17 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,400 BABY CRIES 18 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,200 Charlotte! Oh, no... 19 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,840 I am afraid you find us in a state of some disarray. 20 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,280 Let me take him. Understandably! 21 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,240 We have been wanting to see you all since we heard the terrible news, 22 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,920 but knew you would need time as a family to... 23 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,440 To gather your things! Hmm! 24 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,840 Yourselves... Together, hmm. 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,039 I...I want to make it quite clear... 26 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,560 ..quite clear that there's no rush for you to leave Longbourn. 27 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,840 Hmm! Thank you, Mr Collins. 28 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,760 You are quite welcome to stay here with us for a full...two weeks. 29 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,520 Two weeks?! 30 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,480 Mrs Bennet, there really is no hurry for you and Mary to leave... 31 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,759 But I-I have arranged some help with the packing. 32 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:12,960 Hmm! So, you are not obliged to undertake such a difficult 33 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,560 task during your hour of need! 34 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,720 Hmm. 35 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,240 Oh! 36 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,600 SHE SOBS 37 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:32,120 Mama, you must come and stay with Mr Bingley and I at Netherfield. 38 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,480 We have a number of cooks 39 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,800 and more servants than we know what to do with. 40 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,560 Oh, Jane! I would be delighted. 41 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,960 It would bring me great comfort to be in a sizeable property 42 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,400 with a large number of staff at my disposal. 43 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,800 Ha-ha! Ha-ha! 44 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,840 And, Mary, you of course, must come too. 45 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:56,480 Thank you. And if you're worried about company, 46 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,960 Caroline Bingley stays with us often. 47 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,320 Well, yes, but, erm... 48 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,440 ..I-I have not yet thought through my future prospects... 49 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,440 Hmm, speaking of your prospects, Mary. 50 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,160 I have received a letter from my brother and his wife in London. 51 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,200 Their governess has been called back to Norfolk and they have asked me 52 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,920 to send you to stay with them until a suitable replacement is found. 53 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,360 SHE SNIGGERS Mary's going to be a governess! 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,120 Oh, Mary! I-I would very much like to help, 55 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,880 but, erm, you will need me, Mama. 56 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,079 I have already accepted their offer. 57 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:34,560 They're sending a carriage. 58 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,760 But, Mama, I... Do not worry about me, Mary, 59 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,240 I shall have Jane by my side. 60 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,280 Hmm... 61 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:49,880 Hmm! 62 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,320 If my options in life really were marriage or misery, 63 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,560 it looked very much as though I was destined for misery. 64 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,400 HORSE SNORTS 65 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,240 Mrs Bennet is... 66 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,600 ..indisposed. 67 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,399 Oh. 68 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:19,440 Of course. 69 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,760 Thank you, Hill. 70 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,560 Erm... 71 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,440 What if the children don't like me? 72 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,080 Why should they not like you? You're a perfectly likeable soul. 73 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,360 I have nothing ready to teach them. 74 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,000 Mary, nobody knows more facts about... 75 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,680 ..anything, than you. 76 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:52,280 It's time for you to get out and see the world! 77 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,840 Meet some other people that live in it. 78 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:56,560 I think it'll do you good. 79 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,760 Do not be frightened, Miss Mary. 80 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,280 Oh, no, I'm not, I'm not. 81 00:05:01,280 --> 00:05:03,560 No, I'm just, erm... 82 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,560 Mary! Welcome! Oh, I am sorry! 83 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,760 You must be hungry after your journey. 84 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,120 Would you like some toasted cheese? But first, we'll show you your room. 85 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,240 Come in! Come in! 86 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,520 It's right at the top of the house, 87 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,640 so you won't be disturbed by the children. 88 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,240 How's your mother? 89 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,240 She's had a most trying time of late. Well, you all have. 90 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,840 Mother is well, thank you for enquiring. 91 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,320 And how are you, Mary? 92 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,480 It must have been a terrible shock. 93 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,040 It... It was. 94 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,800 Well, thank you for stepping in at such short notice. 95 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,280 We don't stand on ceremony here, especially with the children, 96 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:40,640 so if you don't mind that, you'll do well with us. 97 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,560 And the rest of your belongings will be brought up any moment. 98 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,720 Do you have all you need? 99 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,200 I do. Thank you. 100 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,640 Which mountain range is found at the end of your armies? 101 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,840 Oh, I know... 102 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,080 The Andes! 103 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,080 LAUGHTER 104 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,920 It's good. It's not so good. 105 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,080 Mary! Won't you join us for breakfast? 106 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:30,080 Oh, no, no, sir, thank you, sir. I am not at all hungry this morning. 107 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,080 Erm, I shall see the children upstairs. 108 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,480 Marianne, would you like to start? 109 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,640 Miss Bennet, it's a pleasure to meet you. 110 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,280 I am Marianne Gardiner and I'm 11 years old. 111 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,640 It's my pleasure to meet you too, Miss Marianne. 112 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,800 George. 113 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,320 Yes, thank you, George. 114 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,120 And this is... 115 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,720 This is Rebecca. 116 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,080 Thank you, Miss Rebecca. 117 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,040 "And if an organised body is not in the situation 118 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,680 "and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance 119 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:30,040 "and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite 120 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:34,640 "variety among the individuals of that species, 121 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:39,320 "we must be assured that on the one hand, those which depart most 122 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:44,120 "from the best adapted constitution, will be the most liable to perish." HE SNORES 123 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,360 We, er... 124 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,640 You've made him go to sleep. 125 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,200 SNORING CONTINUES 126 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,680 Let us move on to history, shall we? 127 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:04,240 Now, in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered America. 128 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,240 Now, where is America...? 129 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,000 Ah! Yes! America! Ah... 130 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,360 Where has Rebecca gone? 131 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,440 There were very clearly three of you in this room 132 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,960 when I began looking at the globe, and now there are two of you. 133 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,640 She vanished. 134 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,600 She's a magician. 135 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,640 Oh, magic is nothing but illusion and trickery. 136 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,600 Oh? Now, where could she be? 137 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,800 Tom! You're here! Tom, can we finish lessons now? 138 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,920 Yes! Now, forgive the intrusion, I came to tell you that dinner 139 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,640 is served and... 140 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,920 Well, you must be, Miss Bennet. 141 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:43,400 Well, I... I must be. 142 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,120 Oh, yes, I am. 143 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,760 Uh, Tom Hayward. 144 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,120 Friend of the family. 145 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,280 Aren't there normally three of you? 146 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,440 There were three, certainly... 147 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,880 but I was looking at America and when I looked back, there was... 148 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:06,000 SQUEALING 149 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,160 CHILDREN LAUGH 150 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,680 Do you have mice, Miss Bennet? CHILDREN GIGGLE 151 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:17,480 For if you do, might I suggest you do not keep them in the toy trunk. 152 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:25,240 Well, I... I wasn't sure. I thought perhaps mice like toy trunks. 153 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,920 No, you see, in there, they cannot get to their cheese. 154 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,720 It's actually, it's, erm... It's a fallacy, that mice like cheese. 155 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,880 Of course, they're much more partial to root vegetables and grains. 156 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,800 Yes, indeed. 157 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,080 FROM TRUNK: I'm a rabbit! 158 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Mr...Hayward? 159 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:52,160 Mr Hayward, I am keeping a rabbit in the toy trunk, 160 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,200 because I, er... 161 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,080 Because rabbits are not at all social creatures. Exactly! 162 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,560 Yes, they are! 163 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,400 Now, why exactly do you have a new governess? 164 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,040 Is it that you keep eating them? 165 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,720 CHILDREN GIGGLE 166 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,200 Tom helped Edward with a legal matter some years ago 167 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,440 and we've been friends ever since. 168 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,240 He's another of our former lodgers. 169 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:25,360 Oh! 170 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,360 Yes. Oh... 171 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,520 What is a "revolutionary republican"? 172 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,920 Well, er, as discussed during the lesson, 173 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,440 they're often associated with Jacobinism. 174 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:41,760 But my point really was... 175 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,000 It sounds like you've had a very interesting first day, Miss Bennet. 176 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,400 Well, er... Have you read Catharine Macaulay, Miss Bennet? 177 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,640 Yes, I have! Yes! 178 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,520 Mary told us about smallpox and I shall never sleep again. 179 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,040 Well, er, you asked me to be truthful. 180 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,000 What's a "deadly rash"? 181 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,360 She said it can leave one blind or dead! 182 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,480 That is not quite how I put it. Blind or dead, she said. 183 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,840 Well, that is true. 184 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,360 There's a mortality rate of about... 185 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,680 BOTH: ..30%. 186 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,440 Exactly. 187 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,080 George cried three times. 188 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,760 There was something in my eye! 189 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,240 We held hands until Mary had finished talking. 190 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,360 Well, you're never too young to learn about life. 191 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,640 I think a game is in order, don't you? 192 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,600 I think that's a very good idea! Yes! Yes! 193 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,720 I'm first! 194 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,080 But what shall we play? 195 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,080 Graces! Ah! 196 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Let's show Mary how to play Graces! 197 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,280 Yes! Yay! Marianne? 198 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,200 Well caught, Marianne! 199 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,880 Bravo! 200 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,320 Yours, Rebecca! 201 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:52,720 That counts! 202 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,040 It does indeed. Well done. 203 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,400 It does indeed. 204 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,520 Oh, no! Oh, Tom! You'll need to get someone to look at that. 205 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,080 Send it to Bly, she'll fix it for you. 206 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,200 Ready? 207 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,400 Marianne! Yes! Well done! 208 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,280 Fair play! You look like a wizard! 209 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,320 Yes! 210 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,480 Are you sure you won't join in, Mary? 211 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,040 Oh, er, no... I'm not... I'm not good at games. 212 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,720 Oh, that doesn't matter at all. 213 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,600 Yes! Well, you couldn't possibly be as ungainly as I am! 214 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,680 Really, I-I-I'd only spoil it. 215 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,520 George... Ready! 216 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:43,840 Oh... 217 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:48,720 Thank you. 218 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,160 Yes, Tom... To Mr Gardiner. 219 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,440 Ah! 220 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,480 KNOCK AT DOOR 221 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,560 Yes? 222 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:14,840 Mary? 223 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:20,560 Oh, do not look so grave, my dear, you are not in trouble! 224 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,920 With the weather getting warmer, we're about to become more sociable. 225 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,800 Oh... Oh, please do not feel any obligation to involve me. 226 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,280 I shall be quite content to stay upstairs with the children. 227 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,440 Mary! We want you to join us. 228 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,080 But I do not sparkle at dinners. 229 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,360 In our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. 230 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Then... 231 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,440 Of course. 232 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,560 But we need to get you properly dressed. 233 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,320 Oh... I thought perhaps tomorrow, we could go to the haberdasher's 234 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:51,720 and you could pick out some fabrics. 235 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,680 I do not really care for dresses. 236 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,960 Well, that's a shame. But very well. 237 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Perhaps think about it, Mary. 238 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,640 There is a dress allowance as part of your governess wages. 239 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,640 I have thought about it. 240 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,920 And I would very much like to accept your kind offer. 241 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,320 That's excellent news. 242 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,280 Well, goodnight, Mary. 243 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:17,840 And thank you for today. 244 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,400 This must be such a change from Meryton. 245 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,400 It most certainly is! Here... 246 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,440 What do you think of the deep greens? 247 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,920 We have a soiree coming up. Now I think deep green would be perfect. 248 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,200 Mother has always said it's terribly difficult to get any colour 249 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,680 to work with my complexion. Really? 250 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,560 Well, perhaps your complexion's changed 251 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,440 because I can see many colours here which would work well on you. 252 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,760 But most important thing being is that you choose fabrics 253 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,760 that you truly like. 254 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,599 But Mother says that... 255 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:10,280 Mother isn't here. 256 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,480 Mrs Gardiner! 257 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,640 Ah! Miss Bennet. Tom! 258 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,000 Mr Hayward! 259 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Have you brought your jacket to be mended? 260 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,560 I have just this minute dropped it off. 261 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,839 Well now that you're here, you can make yourself useful. 262 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:29,440 Miss Bennet needs to choose some dress fabric. 263 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,120 I, er, find myself quite overwhelmed by...by the choice. 264 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:36,720 Well, I shall be honest and say that my experience of picking dress fabric is limited... 265 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,880 Yes. ..to say the least. But I shall try... 266 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,320 Have you seen the names of these colours? 267 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,760 You've got, er, Dust of Ruins? 268 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,520 Er, Corbeau? 269 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,280 Or, erm, Flamme de Ponche, anyone? 270 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:56,600 Er, I think I shall take the Drake's Neck, with a splash of Nankeen! 271 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,600 Anyone for Gamboge? 272 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,600 Oh, well, I mean, that's just yellow, that one. 273 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,160 Yes. Yes. 274 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,960 Er, I think my advice would be to choose the colours that make 275 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,400 one feel most like oneself. 276 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,120 And I am sorry not to be of more use. 277 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:14,600 I should return to my desk. 278 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,880 And a particularly unexciting land negotiation. 279 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,080 Good day. 280 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,280 Good day. 281 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,320 Oh, poor Tom. 282 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,280 He works so hard. Really? 283 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,800 Underneath that light-hearted manner, 284 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,480 he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. 285 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,800 Now, have you decided? 286 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,360 I have chosen. 287 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:44,680 Very well, Mary. 288 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,920 The first is this crimson. 289 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,160 And then I thought perhaps a spring green trim. 290 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,600 Lovely! 291 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,000 But you will need two dresses, so perhaps... 292 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,000 ..China blue? 293 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,080 Hmm... 294 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,640 Do you think a dress in the spring green alone would be garish? 295 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,800 What do you think, Mary? 296 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,960 Some people may think it is wild. 297 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,120 But... 298 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,480 ..I like it. 299 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,560 Then, I think you should please yourself 300 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,040 and not worry what others may think. Thank you. 301 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,720 You have done a very good job. 302 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,160 Now... 303 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,760 Oh! 304 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,760 SHE GASPS 305 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,080 My gosh! 306 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,320 Ooh... 307 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,840 Uh, the Gardiners are out, buying shoes for the children. 308 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,600 Would you like to play Graces? 309 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,480 Uh... Well, erm, yes. Thank you. 310 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,200 Ready? Yes. 311 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,400 Oh! Ooh! 312 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,080 HE LAUGHS 313 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,080 I did it! You did! A natural! 314 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,840 Beginner's luck! 315 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:34,880 Right... 316 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,360 Ready? Mm... 317 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,440 Erm, one moment. 318 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,480 Oh. 319 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,760 Ready? Yes. 320 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,080 Oh... 321 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,880 Oh! Oh! Erm... 322 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,760 Er, yeah, erm... Er... 323 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,920 That's...probably enough... 324 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,880 Enough. ..Graces... Yes. ..for today. 325 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,120 Ah... Erm... 326 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,160 Oh, yes, er, I brought a book for Mrs Gardiner. 327 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,440 Oh! Of course, yes, er... 328 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,520 Ah, poetry. Hmm. 329 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,160 Do you like poetry, Miss Bennet? 330 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,560 I prefer facts to whimsy. 331 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,880 HE CHUCKLES 332 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:53,880 Whimsy?! 333 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,880 Er, I-I've tried er, well, Cowper, er, Byron, 334 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,840 even some Dryden, but, erm... 335 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,320 ..well, it seems to me that it's all just... 336 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:04,360 ..words... 337 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,280 What were you expecting? 338 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,840 Are you a scholar, sir? 339 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,200 No, I'm a barrister. 340 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,480 Junior. 341 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,720 And though the law is my business, poetry is my passion. 342 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,720 What do you like to read? 343 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,360 Er, works of nonfiction. 344 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:27,640 Histories and, er, and geology. 345 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,520 And what do you like to read for pleasure? 346 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,400 That is reading for pleasure. 347 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,560 There is nothing you like about poetry? 348 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,800 Some poems are mercifully short. 349 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,560 HE LAUGHS 350 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:50,360 Well, now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, 351 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,960 I will not rest until you have appreciated the merits of poetry. 352 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:59,560 I believe that this is the book that will open 353 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,480 the heart of Miss Mary Bennet! 354 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,280 Oh?! 355 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,000 The Gardiners are home. Oh, ah, yes. Yes. Of course. 356 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,680 Er, well... Yes. 357 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,800 Erm... Coats off. Yes, Mother. 358 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,080 Oh, Tom! 359 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,240 SHE EXHALES 360 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,320 And we'll need more scallops. 361 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,280 Mrs Cholmondeley will claim she couldn't possibly 362 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,000 before helping herself to seven! 363 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,360 Must be very strange without your family here. 364 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,360 No, there was always at least one argument about stolen perfume. 365 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,560 Mary, you look lovely. 366 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,400 I'm not sure. 367 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,120 I think we should let your hair fall naturally. 368 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:15,520 No point trying to force it into curls if it doesn't want to go. 369 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,640 Here... 370 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,840 LIVELY CHATTER 371 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,640 Erm... I mean that... That's basically it, 372 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,640 but they're awfully fun to...hunt! 373 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,600 Mm. 374 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,600 THEY CHUCKLE 375 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,480 Hmm. 376 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,280 Good evening! 377 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,600 I do not believe we have met. I am Miss Baxter. 378 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,840 D-delighted to meet you, Miss Baxter. 379 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,200 Erm, I am Miss Bennet. 380 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,680 I have not long moved to London from Hertfordshire. 381 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,000 Ah. 382 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,640 MOUTH FULL: Fanshaw. Mr Fanshaw. 383 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,800 A... A friend of my mother's died eating those nuts. 384 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,080 Er, one got stuck in his throat and that was it - 385 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,840 he was quite dead in minutes. 386 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:44,520 MISS BAXTER CHUCKLES 387 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,400 Oh, I hope I didn't cause any offence. 388 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:47,600 That was marvellous! 389 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,360 Oh, I shall keep that story in mind 390 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:50,880 for when I want to be rid of someone. 391 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,160 Forgive me, it wasn't deliberate. 392 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,200 I HATE the first 20 minutes of these evenings. 393 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,360 As do I. 394 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:00,400 I never know who to talk to 395 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,760 and I often find myself saying the wrong thing. 396 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,840 Your dress is striking. It looks very well on you. 397 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,440 Do you really think so? I feel a little bold in it. 398 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,880 Well, you're in London, Miss Bennet. 399 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,480 If you are going to be bold, here is the place to do it. 400 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,880 MISS BAXTER CHUCKLES 401 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,760 Perhaps London will be the start of something new for you. 402 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,960 Perhaps it will! 403 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:30,040 And if you want to be shown around town, I could call on you? 404 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,320 MISS BAXTER CHUCKLES 405 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,320 INTERNALLY: London, it turned out, 406 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,960 was a place of learning, as much as teaching. 407 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,160 A place of trying new things. 408 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,720 And though I had never liked change... 409 00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:52,840 ..I seemed to be enjoying myself. 410 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,400 Much about me felt different after just one week. 411 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,800 Being here had lifted my spirits. 412 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,720 I felt something long forgotten. 413 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,640 Hope. 414 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,240 Are you looking for someone? Oh, erm... No. 415 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,520 You must tell me all about it in a moment. 416 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,520 Mary, there's a gentleman I'd like you to meet. 417 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,120 We have something of an understanding. 418 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,720 Please may I introduce Mr Tom Hayward. 419 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,520 Er, we've... We've already met. 420 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,120 Miss Bennet. Oh, of course! You must have. 421 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,120 Oh, I see you went for the Pomona trim. 422 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:42,720 Er, it's, erm...spring green. It's quite different to Pomona. 423 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,720 Well, it suits you very well. 424 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,760 Tom! Excuse us, ladies. 425 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,160 You must come and meet my colleague, Mr May. 426 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,120 Mr May, allow me to present... 427 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:58,640 Mr Hayward and I met three years ago this spring. 428 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,520 We are hoping to be married next year. 429 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,440 INTERNALLY: Not everything went exactly as I would have liked. 430 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,280 Come on! 431 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,560 Oh. Please excuse us. Of course. 432 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,320 Come, Mary. It'll be fun. 433 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,080 INTERNALLY: Of course a man such as Mr Hayward 434 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:13,480 would have secured a match. 435 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,280 But I had made friends 436 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,440 and that...was enough. 437 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,880 I did not know what tomorrow would bring. 438 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,880 But for now... 439 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,840 ..at least I had someone to dance with.