1 00:00:23,220 --> 00:00:25,580 MARY: Three times I had written to Mr Hayward, 2 00:00:25,580 --> 00:00:27,900 and each time the letter was returned 3 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:31,180 marked "forwarding address unknown." 4 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,980 There was so much that I wished to say to him... 5 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:39,060 ..but it was not to be. 6 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:43,620 No matter. I would not wallow. 7 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:45,740 I had navigated difficulty before, 8 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:47,740 and I would use my experiences 9 00:00:47,740 --> 00:00:50,420 to find my place in London 10 00:00:50,420 --> 00:00:55,420 and prove I could build a life here, not only to myself, but also to... 11 00:00:57,420 --> 00:00:59,060 Mama. 12 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:02,700 Here she is. I didn't know you were... 13 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:06,100 Sorry, what are you doing here? Your mother has come to stay. 14 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,780 For a short time. 15 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:10,020 Lizzie's physician advised 16 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:12,580 I come to London to see Dr Simmons, 17 00:01:12,580 --> 00:01:14,700 who is a great authority on nervous complaints. 18 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:18,300 Well, sit! 19 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:24,220 Mr Darcy has been most insistent, 20 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:28,460 urging me to think of myself and not hurry back to Pemberley 21 00:01:28,460 --> 00:01:33,100 until I have been properly attended to. 22 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:34,900 Now, Mary, I have 23 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,940 decided to forgive your actions at Pemberley, 24 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:40,060 and to offer you my assistance one last time. 25 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:41,660 While I am here... 26 00:01:42,740 --> 00:01:46,620 ..I intend to finish what I began 27 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:50,500 and find suitable matches for all my daughters. 28 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:52,940 Oh, please, Mama, really. 29 00:01:52,940 --> 00:01:56,420 Four out of five must be considered a great triumph. 30 00:01:56,420 --> 00:01:57,900 A great triumph indeed. 31 00:01:57,900 --> 00:02:00,780 Mary has plenty in London to occupy her time. 32 00:02:00,780 --> 00:02:04,420 There is no better use of Mary's time than finding a match. 33 00:02:04,420 --> 00:02:06,140 Oh, please, Mother, really, 34 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:08,540 I'm very happy as I am. 35 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:11,500 I understand your shame, Mary, 36 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,100 in the way that you have behaved towards me. 37 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:16,580 But nevertheless, you cannot override 38 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:20,460 my natural kindness and my motherly instinct. 39 00:02:20,460 --> 00:02:21,860 I have arranged for you to 40 00:02:21,860 --> 00:02:24,820 meet several suitors. 41 00:02:21,860 --> 00:02:24,820 PLAYS PIANO 42 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:28,940 HE SNORES 43 00:02:43,740 --> 00:02:46,300 MRS BENNET LAUGHS 44 00:02:47,340 --> 00:02:49,340 Is it too much to ask you to make even 45 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:52,420 the slightest effort with just one of these gentlemen? 46 00:02:52,420 --> 00:02:54,180 Mary has made good connections. 47 00:02:54,180 --> 00:02:58,020 Oh, and do good connections provide for you for the rest of your life? 48 00:02:58,020 --> 00:02:59,620 And she is welcome here. 49 00:02:59,620 --> 00:03:02,060 Oh, yes, for now. For as long as she wants. 50 00:03:02,060 --> 00:03:04,060 KNOCK ON DOOR 51 00:03:02,060 --> 00:03:04,060 Enter! Come in. 52 00:03:07,940 --> 00:03:10,580 A visitor for Miss Bennet. 53 00:03:10,580 --> 00:03:12,660 Mr Ryder is here. 54 00:03:12,660 --> 00:03:13,740 Mr Ryder? 55 00:03:15,060 --> 00:03:18,140 Well, show him in. Please show him in. 56 00:03:18,140 --> 00:03:19,580 Thank you. 57 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:26,380 Uh... Oh! 58 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:34,140 Mr Ryder, how wonderful to see you. 59 00:03:34,140 --> 00:03:36,380 Mrs Bennet, Mrs Gardiner, 60 00:03:37,420 --> 00:03:38,500 Miss Bennet. 61 00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:43,220 And to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit? 62 00:03:43,220 --> 00:03:46,300 Yes, excuse me dropping in unannounced, I... 63 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:50,020 ..wondered whether I might speak with Miss Bennet. 64 00:03:51,100 --> 00:03:52,380 Of course. 65 00:03:54,060 --> 00:03:55,300 In private. 66 00:04:00,780 --> 00:04:05,540 Miss Bennet, I'm most relieved to see you looking so well after... 67 00:04:05,540 --> 00:04:07,140 Thank you. Yeah. 68 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:11,220 I was sorry not to be able to say goodbye to you at the Lakes. 69 00:04:12,340 --> 00:04:14,380 Once I knew you were being taken care of, 70 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:15,980 I felt it my duty to accompany 71 00:04:15,980 --> 00:04:18,060 Miss Bingley back to London to see a physician. 72 00:04:18,060 --> 00:04:22,060 I understand. But I was kept informed of your recovery. 73 00:04:29,580 --> 00:04:31,020 Miss Bennet, I... 74 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:37,820 ..I wanted to sincerely apologise for what happened. 75 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:40,140 Oh, I played my own part in proceedings. 76 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:43,020 No, no, I was entirely to blame. 77 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:46,620 I put you and Miss Bingley in grave danger. 78 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:50,180 I'm full of regret. Oh, really, think no more of it. 79 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:52,740 Though it did not end well... 80 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:57,140 ..overall, I look back at my time in the Lakes very fondly. 81 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:01,380 It was never my intention 82 00:05:01,380 --> 00:05:03,420 to intrude on your time there, 83 00:05:03,420 --> 00:05:07,100 but...I needed Mr Hayward's help. 84 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:08,580 You see... 85 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:14,380 ..Lady Catherine de Bourgh unexpectedly named me as her heir. 86 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:17,300 Oh. Yeah. 87 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:22,700 I informed Mr Hayward of my change in fortune, 88 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,140 and told him... 89 00:05:25,140 --> 00:05:28,700 ..of my intention to propose to you that very afternoon. 90 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:34,260 I see. 91 00:05:34,260 --> 00:05:37,180 He knew what I could offer you, and... 92 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:40,060 ..he gave me his blessing. 93 00:05:43,140 --> 00:05:45,580 He did? Hmm. 94 00:05:45,580 --> 00:05:46,700 Miss Bennet, I wanted 95 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:51,100 to renew our conversation from the Lakes. 96 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:55,260 Of course. 97 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:57,580 Of course, Mr Ryder, please, 98 00:05:57,580 --> 00:05:59,780 um, please sit. 99 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:02,500 HE CLEARS THROAT 100 00:06:15,540 --> 00:06:18,580 I've never met anyone that makes me think like you do. 101 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:23,700 Who makes me see the world as you do. 102 00:06:25,140 --> 00:06:26,580 I've certainly never met anyone 103 00:06:26,580 --> 00:06:31,420 who speaks as plainly as you, and I admire that greatly. 104 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:33,340 It's very kind. 105 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:35,980 Although there is something of 106 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:39,700 a gulf between my ideals and the world we live in... 107 00:06:43,260 --> 00:06:44,780 ..I like to think that... 108 00:06:45,940 --> 00:06:48,900 ..you and I could carve out an interesting existence... 109 00:06:51,260 --> 00:06:52,700 ..together. 110 00:06:55,020 --> 00:06:56,820 I shall now do what I should have 111 00:06:56,820 --> 00:07:00,820 done weeks ago and ask... 112 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:07,140 ..Miss Bennet... 113 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:14,940 ..would you consider 114 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:17,620 accepting my hand in marriage? 115 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:30,260 Mr Ryder. 116 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,100 My answer must, of course, be... 117 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,940 ..that I do not love you. 118 00:07:51,020 --> 00:07:55,300 Could it be that you...you might grow to love me? 119 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:00,020 Not in the way that you... 120 00:08:01,220 --> 00:08:03,100 ..deserve to be loved. 121 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:08,780 Your friendship has... 122 00:08:10,180 --> 00:08:12,380 ..has taught me so much about myself, 123 00:08:12,380 --> 00:08:14,820 and for that I shall always be grateful. 124 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:18,500 But I don't believe... 125 00:08:19,940 --> 00:08:22,140 ..I would ever have made you happy. 126 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:28,900 You should follow your heart. 127 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:33,940 Go to Italy and seize everything it has to offer. 128 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:36,860 I see. 129 00:08:39,340 --> 00:08:41,300 You will find happiness, Mr Ryder. 130 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:44,060 True happiness. 131 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:47,260 I do not doubt it. 132 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:01,620 It was a... 133 00:09:02,740 --> 00:09:04,740 ..pleasure to see you looking so well. 134 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:09,260 Pleasure to see you looking so... 135 00:09:10,340 --> 00:09:12,220 ..dry. 136 00:09:10,340 --> 00:09:12,220 HE CHUCKLES 137 00:09:18,020 --> 00:09:19,740 Goodbye, Miss Bennet. 138 00:09:22,820 --> 00:09:24,100 Bye. 139 00:09:30,700 --> 00:09:34,300 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Mother. 140 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:36,100 Uh, I should leave. 141 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:38,700 No. Please, stay there. Mother! 142 00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:41,660 Mr Ryder, you may go. 143 00:09:49,220 --> 00:09:51,740 What have you done? 144 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:53,180 Ugh, I need some air. 145 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,220 Mary. 146 00:09:57,140 --> 00:09:58,420 Mary! 147 00:09:59,540 --> 00:10:00,900 DOOR CLOSES 148 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:13,700 SHE SIGHS 149 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,020 Miss Bennet. 150 00:10:24,820 --> 00:10:27,420 Mr Sparrow! Uh... 151 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:30,580 Um... 152 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:32,300 Is everything quite all right? 153 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:34,460 Oh, yes. The...the city smoke 154 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:37,700 is particularly heavy today, and it just seems to have, uh... 155 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,540 SHE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY May I? 156 00:11:00,580 --> 00:11:01,660 Thank you. 157 00:11:03,820 --> 00:11:05,620 I hope they are still serving you well. 158 00:11:07,260 --> 00:11:09,660 They really are. 159 00:11:07,260 --> 00:11:09,660 SHE LAUGHS 160 00:11:09,660 --> 00:11:12,940 Tell me, what...what brings you to London? 161 00:11:12,940 --> 00:11:15,420 I graduated from Moorfields two weeks ago. 162 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:20,300 So you're a doctor. Just as you said you would be. 163 00:11:22,620 --> 00:11:24,500 Congratulations, Mr Sparrow. 164 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:29,060 I always thought you'd end up studying somewhere, somehow. 165 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:31,340 I would like to be a governess... 166 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:34,420 ..to an older girl, perhaps. 167 00:11:35,780 --> 00:11:38,060 I think I'd enjoy teaching petrology and geology and... 168 00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:39,900 Your specialisms. 169 00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:39,900 THEY LAUGH 170 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,660 Perhaps one day you could tutor my daughter. 171 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:45,020 You have a child? She is one. 172 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:47,260 Ah. 173 00:11:48,620 --> 00:11:51,100 Then perhaps I will. Yes. 174 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:55,260 No, I've not really looked too far into it as yet. 175 00:11:57,140 --> 00:11:59,700 I think my mother will not approve. 176 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:06,620 If I remember rightly, you and your mother always 177 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:09,180 had very different ideas about life, 178 00:12:09,180 --> 00:12:11,980 about reading, about the wearing of spectacles. 179 00:12:14,020 --> 00:12:15,340 And about... 180 00:12:16,780 --> 00:12:18,220 ..potential matches. 181 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:24,580 If I may be so bold. 182 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:28,020 If you have always struggled to please your mother, 183 00:12:28,020 --> 00:12:29,580 why do you keep trying? 184 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:32,980 As long as you know what you want, 185 00:12:32,980 --> 00:12:35,660 perhaps it is time to stop worrying what she thinks. 186 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:43,420 Our happiness is in our own hands. 187 00:12:43,420 --> 00:12:46,700 Absolutely. I truly believe it is. 188 00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:51,740 It has been a pleasure to see you again. 189 00:12:52,860 --> 00:12:54,420 I must be getting back. Ah. 190 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:01,700 Goodbye, Mr Sparrow. 191 00:13:01,700 --> 00:13:05,580 I'm very, very glad to have run into you today. 192 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,820 SHE SIGHS 193 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:28,500 Mary, 194 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:30,780 what on earth are you thinking? 195 00:13:30,780 --> 00:13:34,940 Mother, I'm sorry to disappoint you, again, 196 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:36,900 but I will not be marrying Mr Ryder. 197 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:40,300 Nonsense! Call him back and tell him you were mistaken. 198 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:41,620 No, I will not do that. 199 00:13:43,020 --> 00:13:46,860 Have you no consideration for my nerves? 200 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:49,020 I've never wanted to cause you any trouble. 201 00:13:49,020 --> 00:13:52,020 Oh, you have caused me nothing but trouble 202 00:13:52,020 --> 00:13:54,340 since the day you were born. 203 00:13:54,340 --> 00:13:56,100 Yes, I am aware that is so. 204 00:13:57,980 --> 00:14:01,100 I am trying to help you. 205 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:03,740 I do not want you to be looked down upon. 206 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:09,580 Looked down upon by whom? 207 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:18,020 Mary, please call Mr Ryder back 208 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:20,940 and accept his offer. I do not love him! 209 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:22,940 Mama, I've not waited all this 210 00:14:22,940 --> 00:14:25,260 time just to marry a man I do not love. 211 00:14:25,260 --> 00:14:29,620 You would have once agreed to marry Mr Collins. Did you love him? 212 00:14:29,620 --> 00:14:32,060 No, I didn't. No. 213 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:33,300 At the time I thought... 214 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:35,780 I thought I was helping our family remain at Longbourn. 215 00:14:35,780 --> 00:14:37,860 And now there is a handsome, 216 00:14:37,860 --> 00:14:40,340 wealthy man willing to overlook your shortcomings, 217 00:14:40,340 --> 00:14:41,700 and you have turned him away! 218 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:44,900 Because I have changed! Well, change back again! 219 00:14:50,060 --> 00:14:52,860 Charlotte once told me 220 00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:55,740 that my options were marriage or misery. 221 00:14:57,340 --> 00:15:01,060 But I have seen many miserable marriages. 222 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:03,780 And meanwhile, 223 00:15:03,780 --> 00:15:08,940 I've experienced much joy in life on my own. 224 00:15:08,940 --> 00:15:12,820 What will you do without a husband? How will you survive? 225 00:15:12,820 --> 00:15:16,220 I will work as a governess. Outside the family? 226 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:18,340 Yes. I will take on an older pupil 227 00:15:18,340 --> 00:15:20,140 and I will teach a more nuanced, 228 00:15:20,140 --> 00:15:22,060 detailed education, working to 229 00:15:22,060 --> 00:15:24,020 a higher level on a specific set of... 230 00:15:24,020 --> 00:15:27,100 Why do you insist on torturing me? 231 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:38,180 It has always been my intention to please you. 232 00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:42,980 I'm very sad that I have 233 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:45,060 never been able to make you proud of me. 234 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:51,500 That I was never able to match my sisters in your esteem. 235 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:55,380 I'm sorry. 236 00:15:58,020 --> 00:16:00,540 You have no idea what it has been like for me. 237 00:16:02,220 --> 00:16:05,700 I had five daughters. Five daughters. 238 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:09,300 All of whom I knew must marry well in order to survive. 239 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,980 And there was nobody to make that happen except me. 240 00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:17,460 Your father never had to think about it. 241 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:21,580 And he never raised a finger to help. 242 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:26,660 In fact, any attempts I made 243 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:29,900 to discuss your futures seemed only to rile him. 244 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:34,580 I was quite alone. 245 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:44,460 You and I always have been very different creatures. 246 00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:49,020 And it is likely we always shall be. 247 00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:54,620 It doesn't seem fair that you weren't helped in your efforts. 248 00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:58,140 But... 249 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:00,900 ..you did it. 250 00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:06,780 We are all settled in our different ways. 251 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,340 I have chosen my path 252 00:17:09,340 --> 00:17:13,020 and I am happy with it. 253 00:17:16,780 --> 00:17:19,980 I did not want you to be left behind. 254 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:32,900 Goodbye, Mother. 255 00:17:40,580 --> 00:17:43,900 MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS 256 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:54,620 Send our love to Lizzie. 257 00:17:58,460 --> 00:17:59,780 Goodbye, Jane. 258 00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:11,060 DOOR CLOSES 259 00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:13,100 SHE SIGHS 260 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:22,380 Mary, I have to say, I don't think I've ever seen anyone 261 00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:25,020 stand up to your mother as successfully as you did. 262 00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:27,140 Really? It was very impressive. 263 00:18:32,180 --> 00:18:35,940 I don't mind that I'll never marry. 264 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:37,460 Uh... 265 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:42,860 I'm only sad that, um, without a home of my own 266 00:18:42,860 --> 00:18:44,900 I shall never get to choose my own wallpaper. 267 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:46,700 THEY LAUGH 268 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,940 You can always choose some for your room, 269 00:18:48,940 --> 00:18:50,340 Mary, if you like. 270 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:54,980 Do you think I've done the wrong thing... 271 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:57,860 ..in not marrying Mr Ryder? 272 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:00,780 Not at all, Mary. 273 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,300 I've learnt a great deal from him. 274 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:07,980 He's a man that finds joy in life, 275 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,020 and there's much to be admired about him. 276 00:19:10,020 --> 00:19:11,860 But you do not love him. 277 00:19:13,580 --> 00:19:14,820 No. 278 00:19:17,420 --> 00:19:19,540 You love someone else. 279 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:26,580 Where has he gone? 280 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:31,900 I wish I knew. 281 00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:42,740 Thank you. 282 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:46,020 Miss Bennet, 283 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:48,940 there is a visitor to see you in the drawing room. 284 00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:52,420 Miss Bingley. 285 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,140 CLEARS THROAT 286 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:18,180 Miss Bennet, I...wanted to thank you 287 00:20:18,180 --> 00:20:21,700 for what you did on the mountain. 288 00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:27,780 You could have left me there, and...you didn't. 289 00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:38,900 I think it is plain to see that I... 290 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:43,700 ..have a great fondness for Mr Ryder... 291 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:48,500 ..and I have come to ask that you... 292 00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:51,500 ..leave him alone. 293 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,300 Oh, Miss Bingley, 294 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:56,740 you are much better suited to Mr Ryder than I am. 295 00:20:56,740 --> 00:20:58,580 Oh, you don't mean that. I do. 296 00:20:58,580 --> 00:21:00,980 I do, Mr Ryder is... 297 00:21:00,980 --> 00:21:02,740 He's a dear friend, 298 00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:05,580 but he and I, we were never a match. 299 00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:12,180 The truth is... 300 00:21:16,540 --> 00:21:18,940 ..it was always Mr Hayward for me. 301 00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,940 But it is not to be. 302 00:21:21,940 --> 00:21:24,820 Really? Tom Hayward? 303 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:28,380 Surely, he is attainable. 304 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:31,220 It seems not. 305 00:21:31,220 --> 00:21:33,060 He's disappeared. 306 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:36,820 Well, well. 307 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:54,340 Perhaps I shall call for you sometime, Miss Bennet. 308 00:21:54,340 --> 00:21:57,260 Yes, we could... We could read poetry together. 309 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:03,380 Goodbye, Miss Bennet. Goodbye, Miss Bingley. 310 00:22:03,380 --> 00:22:06,140 THEY CLEAR THEIR THROATS 311 00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:15,260 SHE SIGHS 312 00:22:23,660 --> 00:22:26,940 VOICEOVER: And so it was that I carved out my own path. 313 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:31,940 I stayed in London and became a governess. 314 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:34,420 Today, we're going to talk about... 315 00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:39,020 Over time, I worried a little less about the approval of others. 316 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:41,980 And though the life I had 317 00:22:41,980 --> 00:22:45,580 chosen was different to that of my sisters, 318 00:22:45,580 --> 00:22:48,580 I had a wealth of experience to be proud of. 319 00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:54,260 I had found a family I loved very much. 320 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:57,580 I was happy in the life I had chosen, 321 00:22:57,580 --> 00:23:01,300 and I knew that I was good enough. 322 00:23:05,060 --> 00:23:10,020 Though one can always be just a little happier, I suppose. 323 00:23:10,020 --> 00:23:12,060 MAN SHOUTING: Miss Bennet! 324 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:16,300 Miss Bennet! 325 00:23:18,020 --> 00:23:19,580 Miss Bennet! 326 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:30,140 Mr Hayward. 327 00:23:51,140 --> 00:23:53,220 Mrs Gardiner said I might find you here. 328 00:23:57,580 --> 00:23:59,860 Miss Bennet, I... Where have you been? 329 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:04,020 Yorkshire. 330 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:07,620 What do you mean, Yorkshire? 331 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,540 You can't just say Yorkshire! 332 00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:11,940 As if Yorkshire is an entirely reasonable explanation 333 00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:15,700 for your very sudden and somewhat lengthy disappearance! 334 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,060 After what you said... 335 00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:20,140 I'm sorry, Mary. Please, please let me explain. 336 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:24,380 Well, you're here now... 337 00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:27,980 ..Mr Hayward. Do go on. 338 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:34,860 When we were in the Lakes... 339 00:24:35,860 --> 00:24:37,860 ..the legal matter that Mr Ryder asked me 340 00:24:37,860 --> 00:24:39,820 to attend to was his inheriting 341 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:42,740 the fortune of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. 342 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:47,460 And I knew quite clearly from Ryder's incredibly 343 00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:51,380 irritating behaviour that he had a liking for you. 344 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:53,020 As I also had. 345 00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:57,700 As I also have. 346 00:25:00,140 --> 00:25:03,140 It is such a liking, in fact, that when I learned 347 00:25:03,140 --> 00:25:05,020 of Mr Ryder's good fortune and his plan 348 00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:07,340 to make you an offer of marriage, I thought... 349 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:10,300 ..I thought it in your best interest that I graciously step aside. 350 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:12,940 Nevertheless, my actions in the mountains... 351 00:25:12,940 --> 00:25:18,180 You thought it in my best interests to graciously step aside? 352 00:25:18,180 --> 00:25:23,940 So your disappearance was, in fact, you being gracious to me? 353 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,060 Ah! Ow! Miss...! 354 00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:30,420 You and Mr Ryder between you thought that you would just 355 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:33,140 decide on my fate and I would just accept it? 356 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:36,460 Like I'm a... Like I'm a...grateful cat? 357 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:38,780 If you put it like that, it does not sound good. 358 00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:41,140 Why didn't you just ask me what I thought? 359 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:43,260 I was reading between the lines. There were no lines! 360 00:25:43,260 --> 00:25:46,860 Mr Hayward, there were no lines! 361 00:25:46,860 --> 00:25:49,660 I know I will never be able to offer you what Mr Ryder can. 362 00:25:51,340 --> 00:25:53,020 I have had to work for everything 363 00:25:53,020 --> 00:25:57,140 that I have and...and I thought you deserved better than that... 364 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:01,940 ..that you deserved better than me. But now I realise... 365 00:26:03,140 --> 00:26:06,060 ..I will not know what you want unless I ask. 366 00:26:06,060 --> 00:26:07,380 So I must tell you, 367 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:09,820 I cannot offer you great wealth or Italy. 368 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:14,180 But I can offer you my love 369 00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,900 and my devotion 370 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:18,380 and my hope to build a family one day. 371 00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:24,260 Mr Hayward... 372 00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:28,900 ..if you had asked me what I wanted, 373 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:31,740 I would have told you I never wanted Mr Ryder. 374 00:26:31,740 --> 00:26:34,460 I have never loved Mr Ryder. 375 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:36,380 I love you. 376 00:26:36,380 --> 00:26:39,020 I have only ever loved you. 377 00:26:39,020 --> 00:26:40,540 I love you. 378 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,620 I have always loved you from 379 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:45,340 the very first time I caught you playing 380 00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:49,020 graces on your own when you thought no-one was at home. 381 00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,620 I have spent my life on the outside of things, 382 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:57,540 but with you I am right in the middle of it all. 383 00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:08,100 Mary Bennet, would you do 384 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,420 me the very great honour of becoming my wife? 385 00:27:17,580 --> 00:27:18,860 Yes. 386 00:27:19,820 --> 00:27:21,060 Yes. 387 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:23,180 Yeah. 388 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:31,940 LAUGHING: That was a yes, Mr Hayward, 389 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:34,460 in case...in case you didn't catch it. 390 00:27:34,460 --> 00:27:36,260 Mary, I think now that we have kissed, 391 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:39,500 you could probably call me Tom. SHE LAUGHS 392 00:27:54,380 --> 00:27:56,340 Wait, what made you come back? 393 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:58,420 Oh, I received a letter 394 00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:01,420 from Caroline Bingley. 395 00:28:01,420 --> 00:28:03,180 What? Yes. 396 00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:05,580 She wrote to me and she told me about your conversation 397 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:07,460 and I realised I was being ridiculous. 398 00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:08,940 From Caroline Bingley? 399 00:28:08,940 --> 00:28:11,220 Yes. She did something kind! 400 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:13,300 Wait, however did she find you? 401 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:17,140 She has her ways. 402 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:17,140 THEY LAUGH 403 00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:22,100 My only wish is that we could thank her, but she has left London. 404 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:24,260 Oh. She's gone to Italy 405 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:27,420 in pursuit of Mr Ryder. 406 00:28:27,420 --> 00:28:29,140 No? Yes! 407 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:31,420 SHE GASPS 408 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:31,420 No? 409 00:28:31,420 --> 00:28:32,660 Yes. 410 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:36,340 Why not? 411 00:28:38,860 --> 00:28:40,260 Oh. 412 00:28:48,940 --> 00:28:51,500 VOICEOVER: And so it was that I married him. 413 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:56,060 But on my own terms, in my own time. 414 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:01,220 And I hope you'll realise that is almost beside the point. 415 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:09,460 INDISTINCT CHATTER 416 00:29:10,420 --> 00:29:12,460 THEY LAUGH 417 00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:16,300 The point, perhaps, was just as Hill had predicted 418 00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:17,660 all that time ago... 419 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:23,620 ..that I needed to get out and see the world outside my family 420 00:29:23,620 --> 00:29:26,740 so that I could find my place in it. 421 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:32,380 Hmm. 422 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:37,540 Oh. 423 00:29:39,020 --> 00:29:42,380 That is the last of them. Really? 424 00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:43,780 Oh. 425 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,220 Oh, the indigo is splendid. 426 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:50,580 It's actually Tyrian purple. 427 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:52,300 It's Tyrian? Yes. From the Greek 428 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:55,340 myth about Hercules' dog chewing a spiny murex sea snail. 429 00:29:55,340 --> 00:29:57,220 I didn't know Hercules had a dog. 430 00:29:58,540 --> 00:29:59,900 Keep up, Thomas. 431 00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:02,900 I am trying. 432 00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:08,980 What's next? 433 00:30:10,540 --> 00:30:13,220 Spring green in the drawing room.