1 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:24,940 In the weeks that followed the disastrous Meryton Assembly, 2 00:00:24,940 --> 00:00:27,060 I buried myself in my books, 3 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:31,940 hoping to stave off the pangs of shame and humiliation. 4 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:35,820 It was all part of my plan for a new Mary. 5 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:40,540 I needed a clear mind, unclouded by strong emotion. 6 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:44,060 I was working on gravitas. 7 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:50,380 From now on, I would be a steady, informed and rational woman. 8 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:53,700 Books would be my guide. 9 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:57,780 I would think more and feel less. 10 00:00:57,780 --> 00:00:59,540 CHICKEN CLUCKS 11 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,300 What could possibly go wrong? 12 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:14,420 Well? 13 00:01:24,540 --> 00:01:27,620 I hope you have ordered a good dinner this evening. 14 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:31,740 We shall have a guest. I knew it would be so! 15 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:34,060 JANE SNEEZES 16 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:34,060 It's not Mr Bingley. 17 00:01:35,540 --> 00:01:37,380 It's my cousin. 18 00:01:37,380 --> 00:01:39,300 Mr Collins? The very same. 19 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:41,540 The man next in the entail? Who?! 20 00:01:41,540 --> 00:01:43,540 The man who, once I am dead, 21 00:01:43,540 --> 00:01:46,700 will turn you out of the house as soon as he pleases. 22 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:49,380 He proposes himself as a guest here at Longbourn? 23 00:01:49,380 --> 00:01:53,300 In point of composition, his letter does not seem entirely defective. 24 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:55,220 Entirely defective?! 25 00:01:55,220 --> 00:01:57,300 Mary, are you quite all right? 26 00:01:57,300 --> 00:02:01,780 "I regret deeply the breach which has existed between us for so long. 27 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:06,300 "As a clergyman, I feel it my duty to promote the blessings of peace 28 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:09,340 "in all families within my influence." 29 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:11,980 Blessings of peace in this house? HE LAUGHS 30 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:14,620 He must be an oddity. 31 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:17,940 I cannot make him out. Can he be a sensible man, sir? 32 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:20,860 He is a very sensible man, thank you, Elizabeth. 33 00:02:20,860 --> 00:02:22,780 Very sensible indeed. 34 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:28,180 Oh, can you not all see? He is looking for a wife. 35 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:29,780 Do you really think so? 36 00:02:29,780 --> 00:02:32,460 Lizzy, you must prepare yourself. 37 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:33,860 But, Mama...! 38 00:02:33,860 --> 00:02:36,900 We shall find out just what kind of man he is this afternoon. 39 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:40,780 I have great hopes of his being extremely foolish. 40 00:02:40,780 --> 00:02:43,300 He sounds insufferably boring. 41 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,380 A clergyman... BOTH: Urgh! 42 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:48,180 Is it right to condemn him before we've even met him? 43 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:49,940 Oh, please, Mary! 44 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:53,100 I was agreeing with you. It's the way you say things! 45 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:04,340 I am looking forward to meeting Mr Collins this afternoon. 46 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:10,980 What do you keep under your hat? 47 00:03:18,380 --> 00:03:20,140 We've got new ribbons. 48 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:22,940 We do not sparkle as they do, you and I. 49 00:03:25,980 --> 00:03:28,500 Oh, I hope my honesty did not offend. 50 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,820 My goodness, no... No. 51 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:34,580 Your sisters seem most agitated this morning. 52 00:03:34,580 --> 00:03:37,940 My father's cousin, Mr Collins, is to visit Longbourn 53 00:03:37,940 --> 00:03:40,980 and they've all decided he's a terrible bore. 54 00:03:40,980 --> 00:03:44,540 Mother believes he comes looking for a wife. A wife? Apparently. 55 00:03:45,540 --> 00:03:48,620 What is your cousin's profession? A clergyman. Oh. 56 00:03:48,620 --> 00:03:51,300 A modest income, then, I imagine. 57 00:03:53,140 --> 00:03:55,940 Do you know what my advice would be to you? 58 00:03:55,940 --> 00:03:58,300 If my father's cousin was coming to stay 59 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:02,620 and I knew he was looking for a wife, I would do everything, 60 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:06,300 within the bounds of propriety, to attract him. 61 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,460 Well, I have decided none of this is for me. 62 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,460 I will live alone, with knowledge... 63 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:13,780 Look, Mary, you cannot seriously believe 64 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:17,100 the life of an old maid is to be preferred. 65 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:20,460 I do not think Mama has me in mind. 66 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:24,060 Jane and Lizzy won't settle so low. Anyway, Jane is nearly taken. 67 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:26,660 So that leaves you. 68 00:04:27,780 --> 00:04:29,780 You speak nothing of... 69 00:04:29,780 --> 00:04:31,220 ..love. 70 00:04:31,220 --> 00:04:34,220 CHARLOTTE LAUGHS What has love to do with anything? 71 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:36,060 Of course. Of course, you are right. 72 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:39,660 For an educated woman, raised to be genteel, as we have been, 73 00:04:39,660 --> 00:04:43,020 the future holds no other prospect than marriage. 74 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:47,620 Marriage or misery, Mary. 75 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,380 Marriage or misery. 76 00:04:51,780 --> 00:04:53,460 I should know. 77 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,380 MR COLLINS GROANS 78 00:05:20,660 --> 00:05:23,700 Mr Collins! I'm here. We meet at last. 79 00:05:30,020 --> 00:05:32,060 Erm, this... 80 00:05:35,820 --> 00:05:39,140 This is Jane, our eldest. 81 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:42,780 Well, I had no idea. 82 00:05:44,780 --> 00:05:48,740 She is soon to be engaged but, erm, the others are not. 83 00:05:48,740 --> 00:05:50,260 Oh... 84 00:05:50,260 --> 00:05:52,860 This is Elizabeth. 85 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:54,460 Whoa... 86 00:05:54,460 --> 00:05:56,060 Hmm... 87 00:05:56,060 --> 00:05:57,660 A pleasure. 88 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:03,340 And, erm, Mary... How do you do? 89 00:06:03,340 --> 00:06:06,060 Oh... This is Kitty. And our youngest, Lydia. 90 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:08,020 Ah! Ha-ha! 91 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:11,220 Well, now, I don't know that I will be able to tell the difference 92 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:14,100 between you two! Yes. 93 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:14,100 HE LAUGHS 94 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,460 Mm. 95 00:06:16,460 --> 00:06:18,060 Hmm... 96 00:06:18,060 --> 00:06:21,140 The good looks of my fair cousins far exceed 97 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:23,820 even the most enthusiastic of reports. 98 00:06:23,820 --> 00:06:25,820 THEY SNIGGER 99 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:27,700 Oh, erm... 100 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:31,460 No, I'm... I'm terribly sorry. 101 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:34,260 I... I certainly did not mean to cause any offence. 102 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:36,580 Oh, you caused no offence, Mr Collins. 103 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:39,220 Of course you didn't. 104 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:42,460 Allow me to show you the house. Hmm... 105 00:06:42,460 --> 00:06:45,620 Oh, splendid. Splendid. 106 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:50,300 Erm, much smaller than one imagined but, with a few minor modifications, 107 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:52,620 will suffice my meagre needs! 108 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:54,300 I'm pleased you think so. 109 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:56,060 LAUGHTER 110 00:07:01,060 --> 00:07:03,060 I am not worthy... 111 00:07:04,060 --> 00:07:05,860 ..of the crumbs... 112 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:09,380 ..which fall from thy table... Amen. 113 00:07:09,380 --> 00:07:11,980 ..and yet Thou gives unto me the bread of life. 114 00:07:11,980 --> 00:07:17,580 Evermore give me that bread that I may eat thereof... 115 00:07:18,580 --> 00:07:20,620 ..and...and not die... 116 00:07:21,860 --> 00:07:23,940 ..eternally. 117 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:26,620 Yes, exactly. ALL: Amen. 118 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:28,860 Mr Bennet! 119 00:07:28,860 --> 00:07:32,860 What a magnificent dining table. Even with the heavy curtains 120 00:07:32,860 --> 00:07:36,300 and the lack of natural light in here, one can still see its quality. 121 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:38,660 How generous of you. Mm. 122 00:07:40,540 --> 00:07:41,940 Shall we? 123 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:43,540 Hmm! 124 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,300 Mr Collins? 125 00:07:57,620 --> 00:08:00,220 Mr Bennet, I expect your daughters will be quickly 126 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:02,860 and advantageously disposed of in marriage. 127 00:08:02,860 --> 00:08:04,340 Disposed?! 128 00:08:04,340 --> 00:08:07,300 It is very good of you to say so. MR COLLINS BREAKS WIND 129 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:09,020 I am happy on every occasion to offer 130 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:12,060 those delicate little compliments that are agreeable to ladies. 131 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:15,060 Thank you, Mr Collins. Mm. 132 00:08:15,060 --> 00:08:18,060 And may I commend your reading of grace. Oh! 133 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:21,100 It has very much stayed with me. 134 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,940 It is most unfortunate that our girls have no proper portion 135 00:08:23,940 --> 00:08:26,340 to bring to their husbands... MR BENNET COUGHS 136 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,300 Please excuse me. 137 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,900 You allude perhaps to the entail of this estate? 138 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:34,180 It is a most vexing situation. 139 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:40,100 If only there was some satisfactory way to amend it. 140 00:08:40,100 --> 00:08:42,140 Hmm... Mm... 141 00:08:42,140 --> 00:08:44,700 I... I could say much on the subject. 142 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:47,900 But I am cautious of appearing forward and, erm... 143 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:49,820 ..precipitate. 144 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:54,020 I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them. 145 00:09:00,820 --> 00:09:05,020 Have you read Dr Fordyce, sir? 146 00:09:05,020 --> 00:09:06,620 Mm, I certainly have. 147 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:09,540 Cousin Elizabeth, what make you of the sermons? 148 00:09:10,540 --> 00:09:14,180 I'm sure I haven't had time to read them, sir. 149 00:09:14,180 --> 00:09:16,780 So busy have I been merely being a woman, 150 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:19,820 I haven't had a moment to read up on how I should go about it. 151 00:09:19,820 --> 00:09:21,460 MR BENNET LAUGHS 152 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:23,540 I think I'm the only one who is 153 00:09:23,540 --> 00:09:26,100 truly interested in Fordyce's sermons. 154 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:29,460 Yes... More wine, Mr Collins? 155 00:09:34,220 --> 00:09:35,780 I will... 156 00:09:35,780 --> 00:09:38,740 ..that women adorn themselves with sobriety. 157 00:09:38,740 --> 00:09:41,700 Let your speech be always... 158 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:46,220 Be always with grace, seasoned... 159 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:52,780 ..with salt. 160 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:52,780 ELIZABETH SNIGGERS 161 00:09:54,780 --> 00:09:57,700 This has been wonderful... Ooh... 162 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:00,940 ..but now you must let us entertain you, Mr Collins. 163 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,420 Lizzy, won't you play for us? 164 00:10:06,620 --> 00:10:08,060 Ah. 165 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:16,060 LIZZY PLAYS 'PIANO SONATINA' BY CLEMENTI 166 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:22,060 HE HUMS ALONG 167 00:10:24,380 --> 00:10:26,020 SHE PLAYS A WRONG NOTE 168 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:29,860 Ah! 169 00:10:34,540 --> 00:10:36,540 'PIANO SONATINA' CONTINUES 170 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:49,860 WRONG NOTES 171 00:10:48,060 --> 00:10:49,860 Oh. 172 00:10:54,740 --> 00:10:56,580 Bravo, Lizzy. 173 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:58,140 Yes. Very good, Lizzy. 174 00:10:58,140 --> 00:11:01,020 If you were to practise properly, you really might master it. 175 00:11:01,020 --> 00:11:03,940 It seems a great shame to wring all the pleasure out of music. 176 00:11:03,940 --> 00:11:07,060 A few false notes seems a small price to pay in exchange. 177 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:09,660 A great shame to waste a gift, that is all. 178 00:11:09,660 --> 00:11:11,140 Hmm, quite right. 179 00:11:12,140 --> 00:11:15,100 Why don't you show us how it is done, Mary? 180 00:11:16,180 --> 00:11:17,940 LOUD SIGH 181 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:23,060 MARY PLAYS 'SARABANDE' BY HANDEL 182 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:25,060 Oh, lord. 183 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:33,580 MRS BENNET EXHALES LOUDLY 184 00:12:00,060 --> 00:12:01,940 SNORING 185 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:06,780 MRS BENNET SIGHS 186 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:18,060 My congratulations, cousin. You play with such exactness. 187 00:12:19,780 --> 00:12:21,300 I, hmm... 188 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:23,540 I imagine you practise a great deal. 189 00:12:23,540 --> 00:12:25,980 I practise often, it is true. MARY CHUCKLES 190 00:12:25,980 --> 00:12:28,060 Yes, it is... 191 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:31,060 It is only through hard work that anything of any value 192 00:12:31,060 --> 00:12:32,940 is to be achieved. Yes. Erm... 193 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:34,700 Yes! I... I... 194 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:38,060 Mr Collins, perhaps Elizabeth 195 00:12:38,060 --> 00:12:40,940 could take you on a walk around the gardens. 196 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:44,620 Ooh! 197 00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:48,620 DOOR OPENS 198 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:50,100 Mary. 199 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:51,700 Mother! 200 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:58,060 I do not want any confusion regarding Mr Collins and, erm... 201 00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:00,500 ..future prospects. 202 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:02,300 I'm not sure I understand. 203 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:06,060 It is Lizzy in whom Mr Collins has expressed an interest. 204 00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:07,860 Are we clear? 205 00:13:07,860 --> 00:13:11,940 Don't you worry, Mama, that Lizzy won't accept Mr Collins? 206 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:15,060 I have no particular feelings for him, 207 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,900 but he and I have similar interests 208 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:20,820 and I am at least prepared to seek out the good in him. 209 00:13:20,820 --> 00:13:25,300 Mary, I cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle! 210 00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:30,500 Your name has not come up. 211 00:13:32,540 --> 00:13:34,140 DOOR CLOSES 212 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,060 MARY SIGHS 213 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:40,620 Cousins! 214 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:43,060 Come on. Ready? Come on, hit it. 215 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:46,140 I bring news! There... There is to be... 216 00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:47,540 Ahem. 217 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:51,500 There is to be a ball next week at Netherfield. Oh! 218 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:55,340 I knew Mr Bingley would find the perfect excuse to see Jane again. 219 00:13:55,340 --> 00:13:57,620 And my brother and his wife shall be visiting. 220 00:13:57,620 --> 00:14:00,540 They might even be here when the engagement is announced. 221 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:03,020 We are some way off that! 222 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:03,020 LAUGHTER 223 00:14:03,020 --> 00:14:06,580 And Mr and Mrs Gardiner shall be joining us. 224 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:08,980 They're coming down from London. BOTH: Up! 225 00:14:11,820 --> 00:14:15,740 They're coming up from London. That is what I said. 226 00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:17,900 Splendid. Splendid! Ha! 227 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,900 A real family affair. 228 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:23,020 I will need new ribbons. Ah! Perhaps, Miss Bennet, erm... 229 00:14:23,020 --> 00:14:26,860 ..you would...would take the first dance with me? 230 00:14:26,860 --> 00:14:28,620 Oh, how wonderful! 231 00:14:29,860 --> 00:14:33,500 Maybe I should play a little something on the piano. 232 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:36,460 Yes... Yes, yes, you should indeed! 233 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:38,860 What about you, Miss Elizabeth? 234 00:14:38,860 --> 00:14:40,700 Do you sing? 235 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:45,780 There is nothing I admire more than a woman with a... 236 00:14:45,780 --> 00:14:47,980 ..wide vocal range. 237 00:14:47,980 --> 00:14:49,460 LYDIA SNORTS 238 00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:55,060 MARY PLAYS 'BEGONE, DULL CARE' 239 00:15:04,060 --> 00:15:06,060 Very good, Miss Mary. 240 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:08,540 Your playing is coming along nicely. 241 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:10,180 Thank you, Hill. 242 00:15:10,180 --> 00:15:13,380 Mr Collins thinks I'm a very good player. 243 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:16,820 Oh. I'm planning to play at the assembly. 244 00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:18,780 At Netherfield? Yes. 245 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:22,060 I was even thinking I might sing. 246 00:15:23,060 --> 00:15:25,100 Sing, Miss Mary? 247 00:15:25,100 --> 00:15:27,460 It will be a surprise to them all. 248 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,620 Short and sweet. That would be my advice. 249 00:15:35,540 --> 00:15:38,540 And, erm, maybe don't sing. 250 00:15:42,540 --> 00:15:44,180 MARY SIGHS 251 00:15:44,180 --> 00:15:47,780 Hill! I've lost my shoes! 252 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,740 Hill! 253 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:52,540 Found them! 254 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:52,540 MARY DOES VOCAL EXERCISES 255 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:09,980 CONTINUES VOCAL EXERCISES 256 00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:16,060 The earlier we arrive, the earlier we can leave. 257 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:19,340 Oh! 258 00:16:19,340 --> 00:16:20,900 MRS BENNET GASPS 259 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:24,060 Oh! 260 00:16:25,380 --> 00:16:26,780 Ah! 261 00:16:39,220 --> 00:16:42,900 I don't play as well as she does. I'm sure you're just being modest. 262 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:47,060 Lady Lucas, Charlotte, please meet my brother 263 00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:50,060 and his dear wife, Mr and Mrs Gardiner. 264 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,140 They're down from London. Up. 265 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:56,060 What? Up from London. 266 00:16:56,060 --> 00:17:02,060 And this is my very distant cousin, Mr Collins. 267 00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:05,540 Shall we, dear? 268 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:13,300 Something of a challenge to find husbands for five daughters... 269 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,540 This is a beautiful dining room. 270 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:18,060 ..but if Jane were to get a proposal... 271 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:20,060 Mama, please! 272 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:25,900 As I say, if Jane... 273 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:29,020 Lizzy seems very keen to distance herself from your cousin. 274 00:17:29,020 --> 00:17:31,540 She's not at all happy about his interest. 275 00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:33,260 LIZZY PLAYS PIANO 276 00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:34,900 What is he like? 277 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:38,060 Tolerable forearms, I noticed. 278 00:17:38,060 --> 00:17:40,980 Have you made your interest in him clear? 279 00:17:40,980 --> 00:17:43,540 I am trying, but... 280 00:17:44,540 --> 00:17:47,380 Your mother seems terribly keen for Lizzy to be matched 281 00:17:47,380 --> 00:17:49,980 with a man of a modest income. I cannot think why. 282 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:53,300 He is THE cousin. 283 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:55,340 The one from the entail. 284 00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:57,860 It's Mr Collins who stands to inherit Longbourn - 285 00:17:57,860 --> 00:18:00,500 the house, the estate, the income, all of it. 286 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:03,260 So my father cannot stand the man, 287 00:18:03,260 --> 00:18:05,740 while my mother wants Lizzy to marry him. 288 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,020 Oh. 289 00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:13,420 Perhaps I will not play tonight. 290 00:18:13,420 --> 00:18:15,500 Oh, Mary, you must. 291 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:19,940 I had prepared a little something, 292 00:18:19,940 --> 00:18:24,100 but now the time is here, I'm not sure I have the stomach for it. 293 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:25,780 Nonsense, Mary. 294 00:18:25,780 --> 00:18:28,140 Mr Collins is sure to be impressed. 295 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:31,060 I think it is time you get yourself noticed. 296 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:33,900 MR COLLINS GROANS 297 00:18:37,540 --> 00:18:39,620 APPLAUSE 298 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:51,460 I beg you, do not make it long. 299 00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:58,780 MARY EXHALES LOUDLY 300 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:13,060 301 00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:19,300 302 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:26,100 303 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:30,300 Mr Collins. 304 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,820 305 00:19:33,820 --> 00:19:39,140 306 00:19:39,140 --> 00:19:41,180 Lydia! Be kind. 307 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:45,460 308 00:19:46,460 --> 00:19:51,500 309 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:56,340 310 00:19:56,340 --> 00:19:58,060 LAUGHTER 311 00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:02,860 312 00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:06,060 313 00:20:06,060 --> 00:20:10,060 Papa, this is gone too far, and if you don't step in, I will. 314 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:11,820 315 00:20:11,820 --> 00:20:13,780 Please. I will. Thank you. 316 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:17,900 317 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:24,780 318 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:30,660 APPLAUSE 319 00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:34,300 I, erm... I have another piece, Father. 320 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:36,060 One that's more lively. 321 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:40,060 Mary, you have delighted us long enough. 322 00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:50,780 Oh, Miss Bennet, that was... 323 00:20:50,780 --> 00:20:53,060 ..truly unforgettable. 324 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:03,300 That was a beautiful rendition of a difficult song. 325 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,700 Everybody saw. 326 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:06,700 SHE SOBS 327 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,060 Mr Collins saw. 328 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:11,300 Take a breath, take a breath. 329 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,860 Nobody noticed but you. 330 00:21:17,300 --> 00:21:19,060 Sh. 331 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:21,700 It's OK. 332 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:29,140 Mary. 333 00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:35,180 It was you that told Father to stop me playing, wasn't it? 334 00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:37,700 I didn't want you to over-exert yourself. 335 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,620 You insult me. 336 00:21:39,620 --> 00:21:42,060 We both know that isn't true. 337 00:21:43,540 --> 00:21:45,060 Mary... 338 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:48,700 ..I have had a terrible evening. 339 00:21:48,700 --> 00:21:51,820 And yet you always appear to handle everything with such ease. 340 00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:54,540 What do you mean? You always get what you want. 341 00:21:54,540 --> 00:21:56,700 Without needing to try. 342 00:21:57,700 --> 00:21:59,340 Whereas I try... 343 00:22:00,340 --> 00:22:02,060 ..so hard... 344 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,940 ..and it's always for nothing. 345 00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:10,460 Don't say that. There is much you have achieved. 346 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:18,140 I'm sorry. 347 00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:21,540 I am truly sorry. 348 00:22:34,540 --> 00:22:36,420 LAUGHTER 349 00:22:38,380 --> 00:22:40,020 Mary! 350 00:22:40,020 --> 00:22:42,700 Mary, you must get dressed and come downstairs. 351 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:45,260 There has been such an upset you won't believe it. 352 00:22:45,260 --> 00:22:47,460 You can't imagine what's happened. 353 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:51,940 Well? Mr Collins has made Lizzy an offer. 354 00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:55,540 And she has refused him. Can you imagine? 355 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:58,060 Mama is furious and says Lizzy will have him. 356 00:22:58,060 --> 00:23:01,140 But Papa told Lizzy that her choice was a sad one because 357 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:04,500 mother will never see her again if she doesn't marry Collins... 358 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:07,060 ..and Papa will never see her again if she does! 359 00:23:07,060 --> 00:23:10,060 And now everyone is so utterly cross. Mr Collins has stormed off, 360 00:23:10,060 --> 00:23:12,700 Lizzy won't say anything at all, Mama is beside herself 361 00:23:12,700 --> 00:23:15,340 and Papa has shut himself in the library. You must come! 362 00:23:15,340 --> 00:23:18,340 So... So what happens now? What of Mr Collins? 363 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:21,100 Papa thinks he will choose someone else. 364 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:22,780 Oh, no! 365 00:23:22,780 --> 00:23:25,460 Well, it's more likely to be me than you. 366 00:23:25,460 --> 00:23:27,300 Mr Collins, please... 367 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:30,060 No, I am resigned. Mr Bennet, I shall take my leave. 368 00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:31,580 As you wish. 369 00:23:31,580 --> 00:23:34,900 Oh, Mr Collins! I am resigned, Madam. 370 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:37,780 Oh, Mr Collins, this is just a misunderstanding. 371 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:40,460 No, it is not. 372 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:40,460 MARY EXHALES LOUDLY 373 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:46,460 Mr Collins has withdrawn his pretensions to Lizzy's favour. 374 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:49,220 MRS BENNET GASPS 375 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:49,220 I'm very glad to hear it. 376 00:23:49,220 --> 00:23:52,420 I don't think I could have borne much more of his good opinion. 377 00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:55,940 He says he's resigned and will not renew his pursuit. 378 00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:57,540 Argh! 379 00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:16,060 Thank you, Hill. 380 00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:26,540 I have been thinking, Mary. 381 00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:31,420 Since Lizzy was so selfish as to refuse Mr Collins, 382 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:34,540 I have turned my mind towards you. 383 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:40,060 I think you understand me. 384 00:24:40,060 --> 00:24:42,780 Mama, less than a week ago you were adamant that I... 385 00:24:42,780 --> 00:24:44,540 Mary, please. 386 00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:46,780 He will not ask me now. 387 00:24:46,780 --> 00:24:50,900 I need to be sure that you will accept him when he offers. 388 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:53,860 He will not choose me, Mama. 389 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:55,860 Oh, Mary, he will. 390 00:24:57,260 --> 00:24:59,220 Who else will marry him? 391 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,860 What are you reading? 392 00:25:06,380 --> 00:25:09,060 Erm, Theory of the Earth. It's about rocks. 393 00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:11,060 Just types of... 394 00:25:11,060 --> 00:25:13,020 ..rocks. 395 00:25:13,020 --> 00:25:14,340 MARY SIGHS 396 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:15,700 Ah! 397 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,540 Yes, splendid news, sir. Splendid. 398 00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:35,500 One had obviously hoped for a slightly more 399 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,380 capacious dining room, however. 400 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:39,540 I think it's quite sweet they found each other. 401 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:41,300 Mr Bennet. 402 00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:46,100 Mr Collins has made Miss Charlotte Lucas an offer of marriage... 403 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:49,420 ..and she has accepted. 404 00:25:49,420 --> 00:25:51,820 We wish you joy! 405 00:25:51,820 --> 00:25:54,620 Yes, so much joy. I wish you joy. 406 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:56,020 Thank you all. 407 00:25:56,020 --> 00:25:58,820 You do know he's a clergyman? Yes. 408 00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:02,460 FEINT CHATTER 409 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:32,380 If I had any doubts as to whether I had done the right thing, 410 00:26:32,380 --> 00:26:35,060 they vanished when I told my family of his offer. 411 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:38,060 I am too old to be generous, I'm afraid. 412 00:26:40,540 --> 00:26:42,940 Charlotte! 413 00:26:40,540 --> 00:26:42,940 SISTERS GIGGLE 414 00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:45,580 Charlotte, come marvel at this oak. 415 00:26:50,780 --> 00:26:52,860 Good night, Jane. Good night, Lizzy. 416 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:54,580 Good night, Mama. 417 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,740 I told you no-one would marry you if you wore spectacles. 418 00:27:02,340 --> 00:27:04,060 DOOR SLAMS 419 00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:12,060 CHURCH BELLS RING 420 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:18,860 It wouldn't be for much longer... 421 00:27:18,860 --> 00:27:20,300 Wave! 422 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:23,060 ..that we Bennet sisters lived together. 423 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:28,940 As each of my sisters left home... 424 00:27:31,060 --> 00:27:34,940 ..my future felt increasingly uncertain. 425 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:42,300 I often thought back to the events in that period of my life 426 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:44,940 and wondered if I could have done anything... 427 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:47,300 MRS BENNET SIGHS 428 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:47,300 ..differently. 429 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:51,940 But I was trapped. 430 00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:57,780 Unable to escape the loveless world of my parents... 431 00:27:57,780 --> 00:27:59,460 Hill! 432 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:02,460 Thank you! I am now deaf in one ear! 433 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:04,300 MARY SIGHS 434 00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:09,060 ..my options were limited. 435 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:15,940 And I found my books offered me no instruction... 436 00:28:16,940 --> 00:28:19,500 ..and little comfort. 437 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:22,540 I searched desperately for answers. 438 00:28:23,580 --> 00:28:26,780 I clung on to hope. 439 00:28:34,060 --> 00:28:38,460 But, in a moment, my life was upturned. 440 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:40,540 Urgh! 441 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:40,540 LOUD THUD 442 00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:42,060 Mr Bennet? 443 00:28:42,060 --> 00:28:43,780 Fetch the doctor! 444 00:28:44,980 --> 00:28:48,700 They're bringing the carriage 'round. Go! Yes, Ma'am. Right away. 445 00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:51,780 MRS BENNET SOBS 446 00:28:54,540 --> 00:28:56,940 Father had found a way out, 447 00:28:56,940 --> 00:29:00,060 leaving mother and I with nothing 448 00:29:00,060 --> 00:29:02,340 except each other.