1 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:23,660 "Dear Mother... 2 00:00:25,620 --> 00:00:26,980 "..I write to let you know 3 00:00:26,980 --> 00:00:30,460 "that I will not be joining you at Pemberley just yet, 4 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:33,740 "as I am still very much needed in London. 5 00:00:33,740 --> 00:00:36,180 "The Gardiners' governess has indeed returned, 6 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:40,660 "but we find ourselves quite overrun with social engagements. 7 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:43,860 "You will be excited to hear 8 00:00:43,860 --> 00:00:45,180 "that I have been invited to 9 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:47,700 "one of Lady Winspear's weekly balls. 10 00:00:49,540 --> 00:00:51,980 "I am very much looking forward to it. 11 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:55,340 "I miss you all..." 12 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:57,060 CLEARS THROAT 13 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,500 "..Yours, Mary." 14 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:06,580 The Gardiners' governess has returned from Norfolk, has she not? 15 00:01:06,580 --> 00:01:08,460 Yes, yes, a week ago. 16 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:12,100 Well, then, the ball is perfectly timed for you to find a husband! 17 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:13,700 SHE LAUGHS 18 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,020 A husband? 19 00:01:15,020 --> 00:01:16,620 Whatever else do you plan to do? 20 00:01:19,220 --> 00:01:20,740 Someone who was once a friend 21 00:01:20,740 --> 00:01:24,940 told me that a woman has two choices in life - 22 00:01:24,940 --> 00:01:27,100 marriage or misery. 23 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:28,180 What do you think? 24 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,780 Oh, Mary! 25 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:33,420 It is not too late for marriage if that's what you're asking me. 26 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:37,580 And I do believe it's the better choice, but not the only one. 27 00:01:37,580 --> 00:01:40,500 Some marriages are miserable. 28 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,380 I agree. 29 00:01:42,380 --> 00:01:45,540 I mean, I did once try to find a husband, but it was unsuccessful. 30 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:51,860 My mother has always said no-one will marry a girl in spectacles. 31 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:54,100 Mary, that is nonsense. 32 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,340 What a terrible thing for your mother to say. 33 00:01:57,860 --> 00:02:00,500 Well, you may not have had luck in the past, 34 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:02,460 but this time is different. 35 00:02:02,460 --> 00:02:05,420 This time, you have me. 36 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:11,260 Under my tutelage, you will become the star of London society. 37 00:02:11,260 --> 00:02:13,220 It's all about confidence. 38 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,580 A certain coolness. 39 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:17,540 I think you care too much. 40 00:02:17,540 --> 00:02:20,420 Really? Hmm. 41 00:02:20,420 --> 00:02:22,380 Have you ever polished your skin? 42 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:29,820 We put this in the pipkin 43 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:32,140 and the pipkin in the fire until the wax melts. 44 00:02:32,140 --> 00:02:33,820 Then we spread it on your face. 45 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:36,060 You're going to look radiant, Mary. 46 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:39,260 Oh, I, um, I'm going to smell like soup. 47 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:44,060 What on earth?! 48 00:02:53,060 --> 00:02:55,900 There. Thanks. 49 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:09,140 Mary, you have stew on your face. 50 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:10,540 I know. 51 00:03:19,780 --> 00:03:21,900 Oh, now we need to work on your walk. 52 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:26,300 Step into the room like you are Lady Winspear herself. 53 00:03:35,380 --> 00:03:36,860 Hmm. 54 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:38,380 Walk normally. 55 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:46,740 I am excited for you, Mary. 56 00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:49,660 New love is the most romantic thing. 57 00:03:49,660 --> 00:03:52,820 New love? Yes! The first throes. 58 00:03:52,820 --> 00:03:54,500 Oh, you must not take it for granted 59 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:58,700 because the feelings soon pass and then everything becomes... 60 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:01,300 ..quite ordinary and it's almost impossible to remember 61 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:02,820 how one felt at the beginning. 62 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:07,460 Now walk. 63 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:08,500 Shoulders back. 64 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:09,620 Chin up. 65 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:10,780 Chin down. 66 00:04:10,780 --> 00:04:12,180 Chin up a little. 67 00:04:12,180 --> 00:04:14,460 Don't look scared. It's quite hard not to. 68 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:21,580 Remember, you are only allowed two dances with the same partner. 69 00:04:21,580 --> 00:04:24,740 Make eye contact fleetingly with the men you want to dance with 70 00:04:24,740 --> 00:04:27,020 and avoid the eyes of those you do not. 71 00:04:27,020 --> 00:04:30,780 If a man asks you to dance, do not look too happy, 72 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:33,780 nor too disappointed - depending on who he is. 73 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:37,500 You must look nonchalant, carefree. 74 00:04:41,540 --> 00:04:45,140 Mary, think back to those times in your childhood 75 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:47,460 when you had not a care in the world. 76 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:14,100 Remember, Mary, 77 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:15,780 the most important thing... 78 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:19,180 ..is to be yourself. 79 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:24,940 ORCHESTRA PLAYS 80 00:05:29,180 --> 00:05:30,740 Oh, look! 81 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:39,540 Isn't it beautiful? 82 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:41,020 It really is! 83 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:55,460 Do not fret! The night has only just begun. 84 00:05:58,260 --> 00:06:00,580 Good evening, Miss Baxter. 85 00:06:00,580 --> 00:06:03,260 Miss Bennet. Doesn't Miss Bennet look beautiful? 86 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:06,740 Oh, um, well, as do you, Ann. 87 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:16,820 Mr Hayward, how would you like to dance with Miss Bennet? 88 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:18,860 No. Oh, no, I couldn't. 89 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:20,580 It will show how eligible you are. 90 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:27,940 Well, I don't suppose you have much room for me...on your card. 91 00:06:27,940 --> 00:06:30,340 But if there is, I would be very glad to dance with you. 92 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:33,500 Oh, oh, um, there might, there might be. 93 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:35,420 Let me just check. 94 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:39,900 Yes, yes. 95 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,820 We could dance. 96 00:06:41,820 --> 00:06:43,940 Thank you, Mr Hayward. 97 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:53,140 Mr Hayward, how are you? 98 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:55,340 Miss Bennet. 99 00:06:55,340 --> 00:06:56,620 I am very well. 100 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:59,860 How are y...? 101 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:06,660 WHISPERS: One, two, three, one, two, three... 102 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,420 APPLAUSE 103 00:08:21,420 --> 00:08:23,540 Thank you, Mr Hayward. 104 00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:24,740 Miss Bennet. 105 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:33,100 What a fine minuet. Mm. 106 00:08:34,940 --> 00:08:37,740 Oh, now you two, you must dance together. 107 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:41,100 Um, I'm going to go and... 108 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:42,900 Oh, oh, Mary, do you mind? 109 00:08:49,220 --> 00:08:51,500 SHE EXHALES 110 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:25,820 Excuse me one moment 111 00:09:25,820 --> 00:09:27,660 Ah. It's you. 112 00:09:27,660 --> 00:09:29,660 It is indeed. 113 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:32,460 William Ryder. Of course. Mr Ryder. 114 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:35,860 Well, it is a pleasure to see you again so soon. 115 00:09:38,740 --> 00:09:39,980 Would you like to dance? 116 00:09:40,900 --> 00:09:43,660 Well, um, perhaps later. My feet are quite... Ah. 117 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:48,980 Then let us sit and gather your strength. 118 00:10:02,260 --> 00:10:04,420 Mm. Ah! 119 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:07,100 THEY LAUGH AWKWARDLY 120 00:10:10,580 --> 00:10:13,380 I find these occasions really quite intolerable. 121 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:17,300 All these poor young ladies parading about, 122 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:19,700 bearing the weight of their parents' expectations. 123 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:21,740 It's not in the least romantic. 124 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:25,540 I think these occasions mean a great to deal to many young women, 125 00:10:25,540 --> 00:10:27,500 and for good reason. 126 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:29,420 None of them wants to fail. 127 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:32,620 But... 128 00:10:32,620 --> 00:10:35,100 ..doesn't it seem to you, Miss Bennet, 129 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,380 that most people give far too much weight 130 00:10:38,380 --> 00:10:40,020 to the idea of marriage? 131 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:43,340 Because for some people, that is their only means of survival. 132 00:10:43,340 --> 00:10:45,340 In matters of men and women, 133 00:10:45,340 --> 00:10:48,180 the only thing that should guide us is the heart. 134 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:53,020 Do you really believe that to be true? 135 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:54,340 Well... 136 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:59,700 ..I believe we should sweep away these tired old rules 137 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,340 and follow our inclinations as we wish. 138 00:11:04,300 --> 00:11:06,740 I think you will find, Mr Ryder, 139 00:11:06,740 --> 00:11:09,460 that the liberty in such situations 140 00:11:09,460 --> 00:11:12,140 tends to be enjoyed by the man. 141 00:11:12,140 --> 00:11:16,420 While the consequences are borne - quite literally in many cases - 142 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:17,900 by the woman. 143 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:22,380 Perhaps you're right. I know I am! 144 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,020 HE LAUGHS 145 00:11:27,740 --> 00:11:29,620 APPLAUSE 146 00:11:30,580 --> 00:11:33,220 Dance with me, Miss Bennet! 147 00:11:33,220 --> 00:11:34,860 Come on. 148 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,620 It is supposed to be fun, I think. 149 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:07,460 You are allowed to breathe while you dance, Miss Bennet. 150 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,300 I am breathing! 151 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:13,620 I heard that you are a great reader of very serious books. 152 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:18,500 I am reading Wordsworth currently. 153 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:22,420 Ah! But what do you really enjoy reading, Miss Bennet? 154 00:12:22,420 --> 00:12:23,780 Histories. 155 00:12:23,780 --> 00:12:27,700 No. I mean, what's your secret indulgence? 156 00:12:30,580 --> 00:12:33,060 What I really enjoyed reading, as a child... 157 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:37,580 ..were the servants' pamphlets. HE LAUGHS 158 00:12:37,580 --> 00:12:39,660 They detailed the most grisly crimes! 159 00:12:41,740 --> 00:12:45,780 I knew there was a bold and curious side to you, Miss Bennet. 160 00:12:45,780 --> 00:12:47,420 I had to hide them from my mother! 161 00:12:47,420 --> 00:12:49,660 Ha-ha! I bet you did! 162 00:12:54,060 --> 00:12:56,700 Oh, my gosh, look at her. 163 00:12:56,700 --> 00:12:58,420 A bit of a showman, I think. 164 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:03,860 SHE LAUGHS 165 00:13:03,860 --> 00:13:07,980 Da! Da! Oh! Oh! Oh! 166 00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:15,260 APPLAUSE 167 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:16,900 It's the onions. 168 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,300 You tripped. 169 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,740 I did not trip, it was a deliberate embellishment of the gavotte. 170 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:29,300 Mary. Miss Baxter. 171 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:33,340 I was just about to ask Miss Bennet to dance again. 172 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:35,940 Oh, um, thank you, Mr Ryder, 173 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:37,500 but I will sit this one out. 174 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,980 Ah, then allow me to fetch you both some ices, ladies. 175 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:46,060 Hmm, he might be handsome, Mary, 176 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:49,100 but beware, he also fancies himself above all the rules 177 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:53,220 that govern the rest of us. He enjoys the privileges of his class, 178 00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:54,620 as well as good looks. 179 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:57,540 I cannot say I took much notice of his looks. 180 00:13:57,540 --> 00:13:58,940 Mary. 181 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:01,140 I did not. Well, he certainly noticed you! 182 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:04,340 That is kind of you to say, 183 00:14:04,340 --> 00:14:06,140 but he doesn't think of me in that way, 184 00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:08,820 and, actually, that makes this much more enjoyable. 185 00:14:10,060 --> 00:14:12,940 We were just talking about Mr Ryder. 186 00:14:12,940 --> 00:14:14,300 Yes. 187 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:16,260 William Ryder. 188 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:17,860 Ices! 189 00:14:17,860 --> 00:14:19,300 Oh, thank you. 190 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:22,140 And, the biggest one for Miss Mary Bennet. 191 00:14:22,140 --> 00:14:23,580 Thank you. 192 00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:26,620 Oh, Hayward, don't look so downhearted. 193 00:14:26,620 --> 00:14:30,660 Here, you can have mine. I-I wouldn't dream of taking yours. 194 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:33,740 Mr Hayward, I seem to have found myself 195 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:36,060 without a partner for the next dance. 196 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:37,500 I'm quite tired. 197 00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:45,260 But I would love to dance. 198 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:49,020 What flavour's yours? 199 00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:51,420 Um, crunchy. Crunchy? 200 00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:54,460 Mr Ryder! What on earth happened to you? 201 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:55,940 Oh, Miss Bingley. 202 00:14:55,940 --> 00:14:58,820 Well, well, Miss Bennet. 203 00:14:58,820 --> 00:15:00,820 How good to see you again. 204 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:03,860 Ah, are you two ladies already acquainted? 205 00:15:03,860 --> 00:15:06,460 Oh, I have known Miss Bennet for some years. 206 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:08,260 Ah. 207 00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:10,860 Pianist. Singer. Raconteur. 208 00:15:10,860 --> 00:15:13,700 My brother married her sister. 209 00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:16,220 I heard you were a governess in London, 210 00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:18,860 though I didn't think it had quite come to that. 211 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:21,340 I am no longer in that position. 212 00:15:21,340 --> 00:15:24,220 So you are in London for a husband? 213 00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:27,100 No. 214 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:33,780 Miss Bennet is a radical thinker! 215 00:15:33,780 --> 00:15:36,780 Is she now? Well, it makes me all the more glad 216 00:15:36,780 --> 00:15:39,260 to be spending the foreseeable future here, 217 00:15:39,260 --> 00:15:43,060 where I can be thoroughly enlightened by your thoughts. 218 00:15:43,060 --> 00:15:46,820 Miss Bennet, I'm holding a small supper this Thursday. 219 00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:48,140 You should join us. 220 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:50,340 Why, thank you, Mr Ryder. 221 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:52,780 You must sing. 222 00:15:52,780 --> 00:15:55,660 That is, I mean to say, I may not be able to. 223 00:15:55,660 --> 00:16:00,340 I very much look forward to you joining us on Thursday. 224 00:16:00,340 --> 00:16:01,860 Come, Mr Ryder. 225 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:23,420 SHE SIGHS 226 00:16:27,740 --> 00:16:29,620 SHE BLOWS THE CANDLE 227 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:33,260 THUD! 228 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:33,260 Ow. 229 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,420 SHE SIGHS 230 00:16:38,140 --> 00:16:40,300 How did you find the ball last night? 231 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,540 Most pleasant. Thank you. 232 00:16:45,540 --> 00:16:48,860 Young William Ryder called while you were asleep this morning, Mary. 233 00:16:48,860 --> 00:16:51,620 He left this bundle of crime pamphlets, it's peculiar. 234 00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:53,380 Is this really to your taste? 235 00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:54,580 Thank you. 236 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,900 Oh, and he confirmed our invitation to supper on Thursday. 237 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:58,660 Oh, what fun! Jethro. 238 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,900 You could wear your red dress. 239 00:17:03,340 --> 00:17:07,500 Um, regarding supper, I fear I may not be able to attend. 240 00:17:09,820 --> 00:17:11,260 You have not been yourself 241 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:14,100 since I saw you talking to Caroline Bingley last night. 242 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:19,980 She seems to delight in being horrible to me. 243 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:24,260 I have no idea what I've done to provoke her. 244 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:27,900 Did she not once fancy herself as marrying your sister's husband? 245 00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:29,420 Mr Darcy? 246 00:17:29,420 --> 00:17:31,540 She did, yes. 247 00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:33,620 Perhaps she feels threatened by you. 248 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:38,500 Caroline Bingley is not threatened by me. 249 00:17:39,780 --> 00:17:41,460 She's better than me. 250 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:44,020 I know that - very well. 251 00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:46,340 She's always beautifully dressed 252 00:17:46,340 --> 00:17:49,100 and she has extraordinary confidence. 253 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:52,780 She does not appear to lack confidence, that is certain. 254 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:55,580 Perhaps underneath that brittle exterior 255 00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:59,620 lies doubts and insecurities, the same as everyone else. 256 00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:01,900 And she treats you as though you're beneath her 257 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:03,620 to make herself feel good. 258 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:06,180 It riles her to see you blossoming in London. 259 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,620 Blossoming? 260 00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:11,500 You've changed! 261 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,300 You smile more. 262 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:15,060 And you laugh. 263 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:16,740 Well, I... 264 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:17,940 Oh... 265 00:18:17,940 --> 00:18:20,260 The thought that you're worth less than Caroline 266 00:18:20,260 --> 00:18:22,540 really only exists in her mind. 267 00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:30,340 We do not run and hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world. 268 00:18:32,780 --> 00:18:34,580 We stand our ground. 269 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:37,900 For there will always be one. 270 00:18:54,860 --> 00:18:58,300 Miss Bennet. How wonderful to see you. 271 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,100 Oh, um... 272 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:04,900 Um, I-I very much like your, um... 273 00:19:07,140 --> 00:19:08,620 ..insects. 274 00:19:08,620 --> 00:19:10,140 Why, thank you! 275 00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:12,140 They were my late father's. 276 00:19:12,140 --> 00:19:16,180 He was a very great collector of all things strange or, 277 00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:18,700 or unusual in that line. 278 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:26,940 You have an extensive book collection, Mr Ryder. 279 00:19:26,940 --> 00:19:29,820 Ah, yes. They are for show. 280 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:34,620 Although Grimms' Fairy Tales proved a fine read. 281 00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:39,340 Not as fine as those brilliant pamphlets you sent me. 282 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:42,740 I want to hear about the strangest cases over dinner. 283 00:19:45,060 --> 00:19:48,900 Ah, yes, Miss Bennet, inspired by you, 284 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:53,060 I have been reading some of those particular works myself. 285 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:56,860 And I found something that made me think of you. 286 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:58,100 Of me? 287 00:19:58,100 --> 00:19:59,300 Hm-mm. 288 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:01,860 Allow me to find it? Well, of course. 289 00:20:01,860 --> 00:20:03,340 Miss Bingley. 290 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:05,580 I am so glad you took my advice. 291 00:20:05,580 --> 00:20:09,260 Lady Catherine De Bourgh looks magnificent there. 292 00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:11,500 I was just about to read something to Miss Bennet 293 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,420 that made me think of her this morning. 294 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:15,260 Made you think of... 295 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,900 ..Miss Bennet? 296 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:18,300 Yes. Exactly. 297 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,260 Now, where is it? 298 00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:22,900 Mr Ryder, I wondered if it might be helpful for me 299 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:26,260 to cast my eye across the dinner table before the guests sit. 300 00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:28,980 Um, very well. 301 00:20:30,420 --> 00:20:31,940 Please excuse us. 302 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:35,700 I have to say, Miss Bennet, 303 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:38,580 how refreshing it is to see a young woman 304 00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:40,860 with the courage to defy the dictates of fashion, 305 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:42,420 when most of us are foolish enough 306 00:20:42,420 --> 00:20:45,540 to want to look as well as we possibly can. 307 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:47,740 You are an example to us all. 308 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,500 Mr Hayward, we are here. 309 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:08,740 Where are you, Mary? 310 00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:10,420 Um... 311 00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:12,820 COUGHING 312 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,100 CONTINUES COUGHING LOUDLY 313 00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:21,900 Are you all right? 314 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:26,820 CONTINUES COUGHING 315 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,980 LAUGHTER 316 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:41,740 CHIT—CHAT 317 00:21:58,940 --> 00:22:02,300 Mr Hurst, have you ever read Catharine Macaulay's work? 318 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:07,380 No. She's most insightful on democracy, if you are interested. 319 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:08,820 No. 320 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:12,700 CLEARS THROAT LOUDLY 321 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:17,460 What think you of James Hutton's theory 322 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,980 that the Earth is perpetually being formed? 323 00:22:20,980 --> 00:22:22,900 I have no interest in geology. 324 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:26,100 What DO you like, Mr Hurst? 325 00:22:28,020 --> 00:22:29,340 Horses. 326 00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:30,540 Horse racing. 327 00:22:30,540 --> 00:22:31,900 Oh! 328 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:33,940 I know so little about horse racing, I would be honoured 329 00:22:33,940 --> 00:22:35,500 if you would teach me all you know. 330 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:37,140 We won't have time for that. 331 00:22:37,140 --> 00:22:39,900 Well, let's just see how we get on. 332 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,820 Right, um... 333 00:22:42,940 --> 00:22:45,380 Right, um... 334 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:46,500 ..four legs. 335 00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:49,780 Cannot vomit! 336 00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:50,980 Ah. 337 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:54,020 Beautiful creatures, beautiful - almost too beautiful. 338 00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:57,900 More intelligent than anyone at this table. 339 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,300 Perhaps if I was to construct a horse, then we'd know... 340 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,700 I'd appreciate that. 341 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:04,900 Right, I've done this before, I'm sure I can do it again. 342 00:23:04,900 --> 00:23:07,340 Fascinating. These are the front legs here. 343 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:10,100 We call these the cloppers. Mm. 344 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:11,900 Back legs - the clippers. 345 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:13,060 Ah. 346 00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:15,420 Clip-clop! Right? You see what I'm saying? 347 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,580 I see. 348 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:17,980 You do not want to stand behind a horse! 349 00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:19,940 You do not want... I do not want to try! 350 00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:23,900 What can a horse do? 351 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:24,980 You tell me. 352 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:28,660 Well, um, it can run, but it can also break your heart. 353 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:30,380 I can see it. 354 00:23:30,380 --> 00:23:32,540 That is our horse. 355 00:23:32,540 --> 00:23:33,940 What shall we name him? 356 00:23:33,940 --> 00:23:35,460 Gerald... 357 00:23:35,460 --> 00:23:36,780 Gerald... 358 00:23:36,780 --> 00:23:40,220 Gerald! Let's enter him at York. 359 00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:43,460 Probably faster than the horse I bet on last week. 360 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:46,060 SHE LAUGHS 361 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,780 Thank you. Thank you, sir. 362 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:53,980 I shall never wager any significant amount of money 363 00:23:53,980 --> 00:23:55,700 without consulting you first. 364 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,100 Ah! 365 00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:05,940 Miss Bennet, I was hoping to speak to you. 366 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:08,380 Really? 367 00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:10,460 I couldn't let this evening pass without having 368 00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:13,540 the privilege of talking to you properly. 369 00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:14,900 It's a shame, then, that you chose 370 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:17,180 to seat me so far from you at dinner. 371 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:23,700 You met Lady Catherine once, did you not? 372 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,140 I did. 373 00:24:25,140 --> 00:24:27,900 Only recently we were talking about your family. 374 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:32,060 And she confessed herself astonished at the great difference between you 375 00:24:32,060 --> 00:24:37,020 and your sisters. She felt that you were not as handsome as Elizabeth, 376 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:39,500 nor as provoking. 377 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:43,620 Not as beautiful as Jane or as willing as Kitty, 378 00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:47,860 and, well, who could measure up to Lydia's...joie de vivre? 379 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:52,740 That was very candid of her. 380 00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:54,700 She is known for her frankness. 381 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:56,500 I sometimes wonder if "frankness" 382 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:58,900 isn't just a poor excuse for unkindness. 383 00:25:00,060 --> 00:25:01,140 Hm. 384 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:05,020 Tell me, Miss Bennet, 385 00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:07,220 do you intend to marry? 386 00:25:07,220 --> 00:25:10,940 Let's assume we all must marry, in the end. 387 00:25:12,740 --> 00:25:15,140 Perhaps you might allow me to offer you a little advice? 388 00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:18,020 If you wish. 389 00:25:18,020 --> 00:25:22,300 It seems to me that a great deal of time is thrown away 390 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:27,220 in pursuit of attachments that can never come to anything. 391 00:25:27,220 --> 00:25:29,260 Such as Mr Ryder. 392 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:36,100 Do you mean to suggest that I am pursuing Mr Ryder? 393 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,660 Or that he is pursuing me? 394 00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:41,820 For both are quite without foundation. 395 00:25:41,820 --> 00:25:45,060 And yet it seems you do all you can to please him. 396 00:25:45,060 --> 00:25:47,540 I cannot imagine why else he would... 397 00:25:47,540 --> 00:25:49,620 ..speak of you as he does. 398 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,020 What do you mean? 399 00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:53,860 Confine yourself to your proper sphere, Miss Bennet. 400 00:25:53,860 --> 00:25:56,980 Presumptions of this kind only lead to disappointment 401 00:25:56,980 --> 00:26:00,900 and humiliation where matters of the heart are concerned. 402 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:08,260 You seem to know a great deal about rejection. 403 00:26:08,260 --> 00:26:10,940 Is this a lesson you've learned from extensive study? 404 00:26:12,620 --> 00:26:14,740 Or do you perhaps owe it to experience 405 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,260 of a more personal nature? 406 00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:26,820 Ah, Miss Bingley. 407 00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:28,660 Miss Bingley, welcome to the game. 408 00:26:28,660 --> 00:26:30,300 EXHALES 409 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:31,900 I fear I've been a bad host... 410 00:26:34,340 --> 00:26:36,660 That was a very thorough lesson in horse racing 411 00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:38,620 you had at dinner, Miss Bennet. 412 00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:40,260 Uh, it was. 413 00:26:40,260 --> 00:26:42,780 Yes, um, most interesting. 414 00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:45,820 Well, I wanted to say that... 415 00:26:47,860 --> 00:26:49,740 I wanted to ask... 416 00:26:49,740 --> 00:26:53,060 ..or that is, to say, I noticed at the ball that Mr Ryder 417 00:26:53,060 --> 00:26:56,140 had occupied a great deal of your time. 418 00:26:56,140 --> 00:26:58,340 And he often acts without thinking, 419 00:26:58,340 --> 00:27:00,940 so I'd be very glad to ask him to be more restrained, 420 00:27:00,940 --> 00:27:03,380 if that is what you would like. 421 00:27:06,580 --> 00:27:08,420 I very much enjoy his company. 422 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:09,500 I don't... 423 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,820 Ah. 424 00:27:12,820 --> 00:27:14,140 I see. 425 00:27:14,140 --> 00:27:17,220 Um, no, I... Of course, I... No, no, no... Forgive my intrusion. 426 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,980 No, that is to say I, um, I'm not drawn to him... 427 00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:21,340 Who is she again? 428 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:23,420 That Bennet girl. The one you said was plain. 429 00:27:23,420 --> 00:27:25,020 Oh, the governess! 430 00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:28,900 She was the only one of the five not to marry. Can you imagine? 431 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:31,700 She didn't look very plain to me. She was tolerable. 432 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,020 And you can see Ryder's interested in her. 433 00:27:34,020 --> 00:27:36,860 If I were him, I'd snap her up before some other fellow does. 434 00:27:36,860 --> 00:27:38,260 Excuse me. 435 00:27:38,260 --> 00:27:42,580 I believe Miss Bennet would like to sing for us. 436 00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:44,140 How lovely, Mary! 437 00:27:44,140 --> 00:27:46,620 Oh, I have no wish to do anything of the sort. 438 00:27:46,620 --> 00:27:48,620 Oh, come, Miss Bennet, you must sing! 439 00:27:48,620 --> 00:27:51,020 Sing! Sing! 440 00:27:51,020 --> 00:27:54,900 THEY CHANT: Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing! 441 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:58,460 Sing! Sing! 442 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:02,060 SING! 443 00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:08,700 Mary, Mary, we must get you to Pemberley immediately. 444 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:10,340 We have received an urgent letter. 445 00:28:10,340 --> 00:28:12,780 Your mother's been taken gravely ill. 446 00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:15,220 Oh! Oh! Take the carriage and go now... 447 00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:17,340 GLASS SMASHES 448 00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:17,340 What happened? 449 00:28:26,340 --> 00:28:28,100 Come on, Mary, you must hurry. 450 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,260 Come, dear.