1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,800 'Emma Woodhouse was born with the sun shining. 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,680 'To a father who always expected the worst. 3 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,480 'And a carefree mother 4 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,960 'whose smile Emma was not to remember. 5 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,360 'One day the worst did happen. 6 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,600 'And as he watched his wife leave home for the last time, 7 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,360 'Mr Woodhouse resolved never to let his daughters out of sight again, 8 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,960 'except under the careful eye of their governess. 9 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:14,080 'Ann Taylor. 10 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,120 'And so the sun continued to shine brightly on Emma.' 11 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,520 We must hurry, Dr Perry, she has taken a turn for the worse. 12 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,160 Come along, Emma. 13 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,880 'But other children in Highbury were not so fortunate. 14 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,720 'Young Frank Weston's world was turned upside down.' 15 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,000 I will take the child, Mr Weston, for the sake of my foolish sister. 16 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,800 'But he will live with me always 17 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,160 'and his name will be Frank Churchill.' 18 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,600 'And little Jane Fairfax's life was never to be the same when her aunt fell on hard times.' 19 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,960 WOMAN SOBS It's for the best, we must let Jane go. 20 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,120 Captain Campbell is very well set up, he will give her the education we cannot. 21 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,920 But we can't let the child go. Our lovely little girl... 22 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,640 We will have to leave this house soon, for one smaller. 23 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,560 We promised that we would do our best for Jane. 24 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,560 Now remember, Jane, you write to us as often as you can. 25 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,200 You will become wonderfully accomplished at everything. 26 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,960 Captain Campbell is not frightening. 27 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,680 Be a good girl, Jane. 28 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,840 'And so Jane and Frank were forced to leave Highbury and trust their fortune to strangers. 29 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,240 Look! 'While Emma stayed comfortably at home. 30 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,040 'With very little to distress or vex her...' 31 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,680 Where she going, Miss Taylor? '..for many years to come.' 32 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:14,640 Miss Campbell was afraid that perhaps, they were too young, but Jane's very keen, 33 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,960 when she applies herself. She always excels, always has done. 34 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:22,400 And then Jane says they are to go to the seaside. Isn't that splendid, Miss Taylor? 35 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,760 Shh, Emma doesn't know anything about the seaside, it's best the children don't. 36 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,120 Oh. Jane's handwriting is so very accomplished. 37 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,480 There is nothing she cannot do. 38 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,720 She excels at everything, everything. 39 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:37,320 I'm so glad, there was never a moment's doubt that Colonel Campbell 40 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,600 would look after her as his own daughter. 41 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,520 Going away was the best thing that happened to her. 42 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,840 Wasn't it, Mother? 43 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,360 And then Jane says that she and Miss Campbell... EMMA SIGHS 44 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,720 ..have begun learning the pianoforte. 45 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,880 Colonel Campbell has a very large piano. SHE SIGHS 46 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,200 She played to the guests. 47 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,280 Did I tell you how well Jane plays, Miss Taylor? 48 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:06,160 And she speaks French like a native though I'm not sure that's such a sensible thing. 49 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,800 I'm going to ask Mr Knightley to teach me Chinese. 50 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,440 Do you think Jane could read Chinese? 51 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,560 Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure she could. 52 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,800 I thought it was backwards, I'm sure Jane is equal to anything. 53 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:25,960 Did I tell you she is halfway through her reading list of at least 100 titles. 54 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,400 100. 55 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,960 SHE YAWNS 56 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,040 I suppose you've come to tell me off about the Chinese. 57 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,200 Yes, I heard about that. 58 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,200 I'm sure Miss Bates wasn't upset, but you should... Be kind to her. 59 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,960 Yes, yes, I know! That's just what Miss Taylor keeps telling me. 60 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,840 Jane is an orphan and Miss Bates has come down in the world and I do try. 61 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,640 It's just that Jane seems to write to her aunt every week 62 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,360 and she seems to gain at least eight accomplishments between one and the next. 63 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,680 And Miss Bates comes here every week to tell us about them. Emma! 64 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,120 What are you doing? 65 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,840 I've compiled a list of books to read. 66 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:16,480 101 titles. 67 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,480 So that I might not be so uneducated compared to Jane Fairfax. 68 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,840 Oh, see I have started. Milton. Impressive. Mmm. 69 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:25,480 It is the first on the list. 70 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,600 WOMAN SHRIEKS 71 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,640 There are John and Isabella again. 72 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,160 They are impossible. 73 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,920 I'm sure Jane Fairfax is not remotely good at things I do well. 74 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:51,040 She may excel at words and music but, er, but people, 75 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,400 their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations, 76 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,400 there I am the expert. 77 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:03,000 Really? I don't imagine you could even tell us if we've got any hopes and dreams? Not you, silly. 78 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,720 You're not the romantic sort... but, er... 79 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,760 but my sister and your brother. 80 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,120 John and Isabella?! Surely not. 81 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,840 Surely yes. It's been my express wish and intent for six months now. 82 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,720 But they have known each other all their lives, as long as you and I. In fact, longer. 83 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,200 Indeed, so a little careful prodding was necessary. 84 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:32,440 If, if they like each other enough to marry 85 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,560 it will be because they themselves wish it, not because you do. 86 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,160 But I think there's nothing in it. 87 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,920 You are mistaken, as always. 88 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:51,440 I, Isabella Woodhouse take thee, John Knightley, to be my wedded husband. 89 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,760 London. 90 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,000 London, all the way to London. 91 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,120 Might as well be the moon. 92 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,920 I will look after you. 93 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,240 All will be as before. 94 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,960 (Lucky guess.) 95 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,800 Nothing lucky about it. 96 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,320 Just talent and intuition. 97 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,600 Right, who will be next? 98 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,720 I wonder. 99 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,560 And so the years passed 100 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,160 and the seasons change... 101 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:40,800 ..and we give thanks to the Lord for his mercy. 102 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:49,280 And in the Lord's own book we find the words to voice our thanks for these 103 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,480 natural wonders. 104 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,080 God of salvation... 105 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,880 You who are the hope of all the ends of the Earth, 106 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,520 by whose power... 107 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,400 Good morning, Mr Elton. 108 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,280 Good morning, Miss Woodhouse. I trust you are in good health. 109 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,640 Very well, thank you. 110 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,560 Good morning, Mr Weston. Yes, my dear. Mr Weston. 111 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:22,480 And the more so for this very morning I have finally secured the purchase of Randalls estate. 112 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,040 Oh, congratulations! It is such a fine house and so close to us at Hartfield. 113 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,120 We will be neighbours. What does Mr Frank Churchill think about this? 114 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,880 Surely he must come home, at long last, to visit us and to see your new house? 115 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:37,400 I have written to him already. 116 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,080 THUNDER RUMBLES 117 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,520 Don't worry, ladies, I always bring a spare umbrella with me for spring walks. 118 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,240 We are in your debt, Mr Weston. 119 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,240 But a man with two umbrellas cannot get wet. 120 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,480 I'm sure there's room under the large one, for both of you. 121 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,880 Miss Taylor, it would be an honour to receive you one day, at Randalls... 122 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,000 I would be delighted, Mr Weston. Splendid. 123 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,160 Oh, dear, oh, dear! 124 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,720 Poor Miss Taylor! 125 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,560 You must stop this at once, Emma, this matchmaking. 126 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,280 It is of the greatest misfortune for poor Miss Taylor. 127 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,880 Just think, she's been with us and our family for 17 years. 128 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,160 She might have stayed here till she died! If you'd left well alone. 129 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,560 Misfortune!? But now she has the greatest future ahead, 130 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:35,080 a husband she loves, a house and maybe even a family. 131 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,280 A family! Surely not? 132 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:42,160 Surely you would not deny her that, she's looked after us so well and for so long? 133 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,200 Mothers die and that is a fact. 134 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,880 Miss Taylor is not young. 135 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:53,160 Oh, dear, you should not make matches or predictions. 136 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Unfortunately they all come true. 137 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,480 Everybody said that Mr Weston would never remarry. 138 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:06,720 Yet I knew from that day with the umbrellas that he would marry Miss Taylor. It is my greatest success! 139 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,360 HE SCOFFS 140 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,280 Success?! And how do you reckon that? 141 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,840 Success implies endeavour. 142 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:19,240 Just saying to yourself, "I think it would be a fine thing if Miss Taylor and Mr Weston were to marry," 143 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,880 and then repeating it to yourself every so often is not the same as bringing it about. 144 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:28,080 Just at the moment when Mr Weston bought Randalls and was considering how to fill it, 145 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,640 I was there to smooth the way. DOOR OPENS 146 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,760 Ah, just in time. 147 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,840 Emma was in the process of likening you to some new drapes or a sofa. 148 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,120 I believe congratulations are in order. 149 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,600 Oh, we have so much to plan for, of course, as Hartfield 150 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,440 is as much your home as mine, we will have the wedding here. 151 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,520 Then there is the guest list to compile. 152 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,280 Will Frank Churchill be coming? 153 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,680 Well, he has written to congratulate us and assures us he will be here. 154 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:02,720 You would think so. It would be the least he could do for his father. 155 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,120 Oh, then there is the cake to think about. 156 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:06,760 Oh, no, no, no cake, surely not! 157 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,720 Well, yes, Father. 158 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,640 You would not wish to appear ungenerous. Ungenerous? I am the soul of generosity! 159 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,080 Yes, of course you are, so there must be cake! 160 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,760 No, no cake is bad for you, especially the young. 161 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,400 No cake. 162 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,000 CHILDREN SHOUT 163 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,200 James, Henry, out! 164 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,240 CHILDREN LAUGH 165 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,480 Hey, come back here. Never! 166 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,160 I've no wonder Father is concerned for Miss Taylor. 167 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,160 After all she's not young and uprooting to Randalls, 168 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:56,120 though it is but half a mile, will be an upheaval for all. 169 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:00,120 You moved here, my love, all the way to Brunswick Square, London. 170 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,520 Oh, yes, of course, but I would never have done so unless there was Emma 171 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,800 to leave in charge of Hartfield and Father. 172 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,960 So Emma must never be allowed to marry? 173 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,200 Well, she has no wish to. She does not need to. 174 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:18,160 Anyway, a husband might expect to tell her what to do and she won't like that at all. 175 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:23,320 She is busy marrying off the whole of Highbury to each other. You will return to find Miss Bates engaged! 176 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,600 BOYS: Uncle George, Uncle George! 177 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,720 Yes, I know, I know, I promised. 178 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,160 Put me down, Uncle George. 179 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,680 Put me down! 180 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Oh, Dr Perry, I do so wish I could have prevented the cake. 181 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,840 I know how strongly you disapprove. 182 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,960 I'm so sorry that Frank was not able to come after all. 183 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,320 Yes, my dear. He was very sorry to miss the occasion. 184 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,400 His aunt could not spare him. 185 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,160 She is so very ill. 186 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,200 I think he does it to increase his mysteriousness. 187 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:10,080 He deliberately has not come back to Highbury all these years, since he was a little boy. 188 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,880 We ladies can only be more intrigued and savour our anticipation, 189 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,400 until he does visit, which will be very soon, I'm sure. 190 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,240 < Mr Weston. 191 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,600 'Though she would never have admitted it to anyone, 192 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:37,080 'Emma felt, just for one moment, 193 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,720 'a strange sensation, 194 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,360 'that maybe, 195 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:47,200 'through her own endeavours, she was about to lose something that might never be recovered.' 196 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,240 CHILDREN: Can we have some. Please! No, cake, no cake, go away. 197 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,880 But, Father! What? The children are allowed to eat the cake. 198 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,880 It's not good for them, makes them too excited. Then they run around. 199 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,000 Now, Emma, enough is enough. 200 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:32,120 No more match-making. This house cannot stand another departure. 201 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,080 Oh, certainly, your father is right, Miss Woodhouse. 202 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,880 This is a poor empty old house now there's just you and your father here. 203 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,960 A ghost house. I wonder you'll be able to sleep at night. 204 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,480 I am sure my mother and I are so very pleased that our little home is so very cosy. 205 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:53,400 We have no time to feel lonely or as if the world has left us behind. 206 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,360 Well, then, what a happy day that we've had. 207 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,680 I'm sure, Mother. Don't you think? 208 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,080 We really had a wonderful time. 209 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,000 I feel quite exhausted, I'm sure you must, too. 210 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,400 We'll have a very happy journey home. 211 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,120 With the sun on our faces. 212 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,200 SHE CONTINUES CHATTERING 213 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,000 Emma, let me give him some food. 214 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,760 Ann said I could feed him, then I'm going to put him to bed. 215 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,760 It's my turn, Isabella. He's not tired yet. 216 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,600 He wants something to eat. 217 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,680 He wants some toast. 218 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,800 Here look, he wants to kiss... 219 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:10,960 Emma, Isabella, it's time to go. Come and get your hats on. 220 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,440 Come on, let's go find Miss Taylor. 221 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,480 So, how was the wedding? Who cried most? 222 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,640 Cook told me the Perry children took all the cake. 223 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,600 I don't believe her. 224 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,640 It's good of you to exert yourself this evening, to visit us here after your journey. 225 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,160 It is a short walk and I am fond of it. 226 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,640 I think we are part of his exercise regime. 227 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:06,080 A mile's walk and a daily scolding of Emma is just what Dr Perry prescribes! 228 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,880 Randalls is only half a mile away. 229 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:22,600 It's an easy walk, and by carriage you might visit the Westons several times a day, if you chose. True. 230 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,480 I have already had the coach man measure the journey. 231 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:32,080 And now that I have returned from London, 232 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,560 I thought you might like to hear more about the new addition to our family. 233 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,520 Baby Emma... 234 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,920 is already looking every bit as lively and mischievous as her aunt. 235 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,600 BELL RINGS 236 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,120 Mrs Goddard, you have such a lovely school! 237 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,880 If Jane had not had the good fortune to stay with the Campbells, I always say that this school with its 238 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,600 wonderful gardens and so much...fresh air. 239 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,080 Don't I always say? 240 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,240 Well, we see you all at church on Sundays. 241 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,240 You and a long line of little ones walking after you. 242 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,040 It's a lovely sight. 243 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,560 Oh, my goodness! 244 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,440 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, walking alone! 245 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,320 Why, yes. 246 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,800 It is not safe and now Miss Taylor has become Mrs Weston you must find a walking companion. 247 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,400 What if you'd met the gypsies! 248 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,320 Oh, but they are on the west fields and Mr Knightley says they are not 249 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,160 bad sorts of travellers, indeed they travel here every year. 250 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,520 All the other paths are safe. 251 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,480 I have walked here all my life. 252 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:58,560 I am not going to stay inside just because Miss Taylor is married. 253 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,880 Is she settled at Randalls? 254 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,080 Oh, you must miss her very much, Miss Woodhouse. 255 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,920 Are we always to expect you without her company on your future visits? 256 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,680 Alone, that is? 257 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,560 Oh... I hope not. 258 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,160 I mean, 259 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,640 naturally, we will not be so much together, 260 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,840 out and about as we used to be, but then we were always inseparable and 261 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:31,000 it is natural that things will be...different. 262 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,240 To be sure. 263 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,040 I'm sure you'll find another companion. 264 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,160 Who is that young woman? 265 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,360 Wait! 266 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:52,800 That is Harriet Smith, one of our most popular boarders. 267 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,800 Harriet has been with us since she was a very pretty young girl. 268 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,480 She will remain here to help with the little ones. 269 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,560 She has been to stay at her friends, the Martins, for the holidays. 270 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:09,400 She likes them so much she cannot say goodbye. 271 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,320 What a pretty girl! Where does she come from? 272 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:13,840 Who are her family? 273 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:20,680 Oh, she is the, er, the, the natural daughter of... 274 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:25,440 Well, we don't really know who, but they are very generous. 275 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:32,640 She has wanted for no comfort all these years and everything is extremely regular and paid up front. 276 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:38,320 She is obviously the daughter of someone very refined. 277 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,360 Nobility, probably, since money is no object. 278 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,960 Do come for supper at Hartfield next Tuesday, Mrs Goddard. 279 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,480 And bring Harriet Smith, 280 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,640 if you would be so kind. 281 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:23,600 Just for a moment there, I imagined that nothing had changed. 282 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:28,440 Miss Taylor in her usual place and nothing unpleasant occurred. 283 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,080 Yes. Mrs Weston, Father! 284 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,880 And we have a delightful new addition to our party. 285 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,680 DOOR OPENS 286 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,200 Excuse me, Miss Woodhouse. 287 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,120 I have been delayed in the village on the errand of one whose business 288 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:52,000 I hold only just in higher regard than yours. 289 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,840 On whose business? 290 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,400 The Almighty's. God's? 291 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,080 Oh! Of course. 292 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,720 God's business, just a little more regard than Miss Woodhouse. 293 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,000 Yes. I see, how very civil. 294 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:15,360 You are most welcome, Mr Elton, as always. I think I only have one introduction to make. 295 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,080 My special friend, Miss Harriet Smith. 296 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:24,120 Well, Miss Woodhouse's special friend, can be one, no less to me. 297 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:28,400 Harriet will be joining me this week when I go to visit the poor. 298 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,520 Bravo. 299 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,560 PEOPLE CHATTER AROUND DINNER TABLE 300 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,920 I don't know what you think of this new intimacy between 301 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,200 Emma and Harriet Smith, but I think it could be a bad thing. 302 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,800 Oh, do you really? 303 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,680 How very differently we feel. 304 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,520 Are we going to have one of our quarrels about Emma, Mr Knightley? 305 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:38,280 Well, perhaps you think I came down here on purpose to quarrel with you, knowing Mr Weston to be out 306 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,040 and you must argue your own case. 307 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,080 Well, Mr Weston would certainly support me if he were here. 308 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,360 You live alone, Mr Knightley, 309 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:51,320 and I do not think it possible for a man to appreciate how much 310 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,080 a woman needs the companionship of another woman. 311 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,480 And though I am but half a mile away, 312 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,720 I know that in all modesty, Emma will miss my company dreadfully. 313 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,680 It was the one drawback to my accepting my husband's proposal. 314 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,600 How we are all drawn to Hartfield like magnets and cannot leave. 315 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,440 I've heard Emma say a dozen times she will never marry. 316 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,080 If you find it difficult to leave her, imagine how she will ever leave her father! 317 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:26,120 Well, we will see. I'm sure that obstacle can be surmounted in the event of a happy liaison. 318 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,440 But not just yet. 319 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,760 Did she not look well last night? 320 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,640 Have you ever seen such loveliness! 321 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,760 Such good health and bloom! 322 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,680 I have never had any fault to find in Emma's person. 323 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,760 She's always been the cleverest and the prettiest of the family. 324 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,120 Emma has always been of special regard. 325 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,280 I love to look at her and she's not vain about her looks. 326 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:57,400 No, her vanity lies in another direction and you have cleverly put me off its discussion. 327 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,120 I am not to be talked out of my dislike of her intimacy with 328 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:05,600 Harriet Smith and my fear it will do them both harm. 329 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,200 It will play to Emma's vanity. 330 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,200 And I see no harm at all. 331 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,560 Harriet will benefit from Emma's superior position. 332 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:19,200 Of course she is not the ideal companion for her but then, who is her equal, in Highbury? 333 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,960 And Harriet can, in return, she... 334 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,320 Well, they can read together. 335 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,640 You are always telling Emma she should read more. 336 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,800 Emma's been meaning to read more since she was ten years old. 337 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,520 She makes a good list, I'll concede, but I don't see how Harriet Smith 338 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,560 could get her to read any of the books on it any more than you could. 339 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:51,160 Don't worry, Harriet, you are doing well indeed, for a beginner. 340 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,760 Good morning, Miss Smith. Good morning, Mr Martin. 341 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,360 I hope I find you well? Very well indeed, thank you. 342 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,600 I do hope that your mother and sisters are in good health? 343 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,600 Very good health, thank you. 344 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:14,400 I wonder, did you manage to find the book I recommended? The Romance Of The Forest. 345 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,520 No, I'm afraid I didn't. But I've asked my sisters to look out for it. 346 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,600 And will read it as soon as I can manage. 347 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,920 Well, good day. 348 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,720 Harriet, who was that young man? 349 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,560 Oh, that was my Mr Martin. 350 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,760 You know, my friend that I spent such a happy summer with. 351 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,720 But I thought the Martins were a middle aged couple with two daughters? Oh, no! 352 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,600 There is no older Mr Martin. 353 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,760 Young Mr Martin runs the farm. 354 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,600 I'm surprised you do not know him. 355 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:54,360 He often visits Mr Knightley and I am sure he knows you. Three apples, please. 356 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:55,920 It would be that way around. 357 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,520 He would know me but I'm not sure why I would know a farmer. 358 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,200 Thank you. 359 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:08,400 Harriet, is there any reason why you would call that young man "your Mr Martin"? 360 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,440 I meant my friend Mr Martin. 361 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,680 Tell me, what do you think of him? 362 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,760 Is he so very plain? Do you think? He is remarkably plain. 363 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:24,040 I suppose one would not expect very much of a farmer but I had no notion he would be so very clownish. 364 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:30,080 To be sure. He is not so genteel as a real gentleman. 365 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,720 Oh, I mean no offence, I'm sure. 366 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,840 A farmer has no need to be genteel, 367 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:40,040 but I would have thought that now you have been exposed to some very good specimens of well bred, 368 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,720 well educated men at Hartfield, you would be struck by 369 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:48,120 how unfavourable a companion your Robert Martin presents. 370 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,280 Miss Woodhouse. Another letter from Jane! 371 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,560 Won't you and Miss Smith step inside for tea while I read it to you? 372 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,840 Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Bates. Harriet and I are going to visit the poor. 373 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,640 We will come and listen tomorrow on our usual visit. 374 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,040 Ah well, good then. Well, till tomorrow. 375 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,160 That was a very lucky escape. 376 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,080 I hope I never bore people a tenth as much about all 377 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,280 the little Knightleys as Miss Bates does about Jane Fairfax. 378 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,440 I am sick of the very name Jane Fairfax. 379 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,040 Every letter must be read 40 times over. She bores me to death! 380 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:29,960 Which is a pity, because Jane, Frank Churchill and I are bound together in a mysterious sort of way. 381 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,920 Frank is like a lost boy, never to return home. 382 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,800 Not even for his father's wedding. 383 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,320 How sad. 384 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,760 A letter from Jane, Mother, to warm us. 385 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:49,440 I asked Miss Woodhouse if she would like to hear it, but she cannot. 386 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:54,640 She is so very busy on vicarage business, but never mind. 387 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,320 She will hear it tomorrow, on Wednesday, as usual. 388 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,760 Now what did I do with my... Oh, yes, here we are. 389 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:15,120 I did wonder Mr Martin didn't remember to read the book I suggested. 390 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,880 It was a romance. 391 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,040 He thinks too much of business for The Romance Of The Forest? 392 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,640 What kind of man is that? 393 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,520 If he is like that at... Four and twenty. 394 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,520 Four and twenty, just think what he'll be like when he's older. 395 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,640 He will be a totally gross, vulgar, inattentive farmer who thinks of nothing but profit and loss. 396 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,800 I do wonder he did not remember the book. 397 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,160 Oh, don't be upset, Harriet. 398 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,800 Let's cheer ourselves up. 399 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,680 Let us think of superior men. 400 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,240 There are plenty more suitable suitors around. 401 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,520 That is a very good tree. 402 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,200 Ah! 403 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,800 How accomplished young women are in all areas these days. 404 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,640 You flatter us, Mr Elton. 405 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,960 Oh, yes, I see how you have tried to capture the, 406 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,360 er, the light and the, the atmosphere... 407 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,800 So delicate yet so... 408 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,920 eloquent. 409 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:12,040 I remember you and Emma painting in exactly that way. 410 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,880 Easels just so. 411 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,800 I suppose things must change. 412 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,560 I think her friendship with Harriet is a very good thing. 413 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,680 Emma is an excellent teacher, 414 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,960 and you would not want her to be so lonely without me that she wished to be elsewhere? 415 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,880 Elsewhere? Emma? No, not possible. Who would run the house? 416 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,520 Emma is no longer a child but a mature young woman. 417 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,200 My work as governess is done, 418 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,880 but I will always be a friend to her 419 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,760 and to you. 420 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,160 ..This truly is, 421 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,280 with no exaggeration... I have seen lesser works in... 422 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,160 Mr Elton? 423 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,720 Do you not think what an excellent subject the human form would be? 424 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,440 A watercolour of Miss Smith. What do you say to that? 425 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,440 Oh, yes, indeed. 426 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,480 A depiction by your fair hand of Miss Smith. 427 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,280 That, that would be perfection. 428 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,160 I think I should like that more than anything. 429 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:21,360 Now, I must be going, just a short visit to thank you and, of course, 430 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,920 Miss Smith for your sterling work in the parish. 431 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,320 What did I tell you? I knew there would be suitors soon enough. 432 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,560 Whose portrait do you think Mr Elton has commissioned me to paint? 433 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,360 Whose? 434 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,960 Why, yours of course. Oh, no, Miss Woodhouse. Are you sure? 435 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,560 Absolutely! What did he say to you before he left? 436 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,480 Oh, that my painting is coming along splendidly. 437 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:14,560 Oh, he really must be in love. Oh, Miss Woodhouse, what shall I do? 438 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,760 How should I ever behave towards him? 439 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,600 Oh, do not worry, Harriet. 440 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,200 I will be your guide. 441 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,400 You will be married by the New Year. 442 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,480 Robert Martin! 443 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,000 Is that you? 444 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,160 No, no, Miss Smith. 445 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,040 You must keep your pose, like a statue. 446 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,480 The, er, the great artist must be allowed time to create. 447 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,760 Not a fraction, Miss Smith. 448 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,280 The painting must be perfect. 449 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,400 You're quite sure this is a prudent course of action? 450 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,920 Yes, Sir. 451 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,960 Hmm, the plan seems sound. 452 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,560 I've known you how long now? 453 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,600 And I've never known you put the farm at risk in any way. 454 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:07,760 Are you sure you wouldn't be more sensible to consider this development in a few years? How old are you? 455 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,760 About four and twenty? I am 24. 456 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,560 I do not want to waste my life. 457 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,120 I see no reason to delay something I have set my mind on. 458 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:26,440 Then I'm surprised that you wish to hear my thoughts on your expansion project. 459 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,080 You don't strictly need my permission. 460 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,840 Good luck, Robert. 461 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,520 Thank you, Sir. 462 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,040 Miss Smith? Yes. 463 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,920 There's too many pies, Amy... 464 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,040 Excuse me. 465 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,000 KNOCKING ON DOOR 466 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,920 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, Miss Woodhouse. 467 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,440 You will never guess. 468 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,920 Calm down, Harriet. Whatever is the matter? What should I do? 469 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,960 It is such a surprise. This was sent to me this morning. 470 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,960 It is a proposal from Robert Martin. 471 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,400 Well, at least I thought it was when I read it. 472 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,520 It is a very good letter, is it not? 473 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,560 I'm sure, I do not know. 474 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,840 It is a delightful surprise. 475 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,360 Or is it unwelcome? 476 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,880 But, well, he writes as though he loves me very much. 477 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,200 Well...? 478 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,280 Well, is it a good letter? 479 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,800 Or is it... 480 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,560 ..too short? 481 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,800 It is a good letter. 482 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,640 So much so I think it likely one of his sisters wrote it for him. 483 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,040 But it is a better written letter than I expected. 484 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,040 I hope I am honest enough to say that. 485 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,600 Well, what should I do? 486 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,960 What should you do? What do you mean? 487 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,520 Oh, in regards to the letter? 488 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,120 Well, you must answer it, and straight away. Yes. 489 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,120 Yes, I knew you'd know. 490 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,800 But, oh dear, what should I say? 491 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,400 Oh, Harriet, no. The wording of the letter must be all your own. 492 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,600 I'm sure you can manage. 493 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:34,240 You must be very clear and properly conscious of the pain you will inflict. Oh. 494 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:37,880 So you think I ought to refuse him, then? 495 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,400 Ought to refuse...? 496 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,760 Oh, pardon me! 497 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,600 I imagined you asked me merely to advise you as to the phrasing. 498 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:56,280 So you actually want to accept Robert Martin? 499 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,120 I don't know. 500 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,800 I, I do. 501 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,480 I don't. 502 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,400 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, please help me. 503 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,200 I can have nothing to do with your decision, Harriet. 504 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,160 It is up to you to know your own feelings. 505 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,080 I really had no idea he liked me so very much. 506 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,240 I think as a general rule, 507 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:41,120 if a woman doubts whether to accept a man or not, 508 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,600 she really ought to refuse him. 509 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,160 Although, of course, I... I do not want to influence you. 510 00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,720 But please, please do. 511 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:52,440 Do influence me, 512 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,760 if you would be so kind? 513 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,040 Miss Woodhouse, I am determined. 514 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:08,640 I, I really am...almost. 515 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:14,960 I have made up my mind to... 516 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,400 refuse Mr Martin? 517 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,920 Do you think I'm right? 518 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,320 Perfectly. Perfectly right. Oh, oh! 519 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:35,280 When you were all in suspense I kept my feelings to myself, but now you are decided, I congratulate you! 520 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:39,120 Oh, oh, thank goodness I am in no danger of losing your company forever. 521 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:44,600 Oh, no, I could never have visited Mrs Robert Martin of Abbey Mill Farm. 522 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,480 Oh, now I am secure of my little friend forever. 523 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:53,040 Oh, dear Miss Woodhouse, I would not give up the pleasure of your friendship for anything in the world. 524 00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:02,000 However I really do think Mr Martin an amiable young man, 525 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,240 and so very attracted to me. 526 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,920 Come, sit. You must write immediately. 527 00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:11,680 It would be unfeeling and discourteous to delay your refusal. 528 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:27,960 SHE CLEARS HER THROAT 529 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,560 What artistry, 530 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:46,160 what perfection. 531 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:51,800 How cleverly you have suggested the, uh, the Greek atmosphere and 532 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,480 the landscape, in only a few deft strokes. 533 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,200 What do you think, Mr Woodhouse? 534 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,680 Has Miss Woodhouse not surpassed herself on this occasion? 535 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,400 It's charming, extremely charming. 536 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:10,520 But don't you think Miss Smith should be wearing a more substantial shawl? 537 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,560 Er, no. It is a summer scene, Father. 538 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,840 Young girls can get a chill even in sunny weather. 539 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:21,000 No, Father, Miss Smith posed in this very room without the slightest fear of draught. 540 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,280 Well, we don't want to encourage people to take unnecessary risks now. 541 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,440 Well, I do not see how it could be bettered. 542 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:32,920 You have captured Miss Smith to perfection. 543 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:35,960 We must get it properly framed. 544 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:42,640 Next time John and Isabella come, we'll get them to take it to London, have it framed for you. 545 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,480 But that may be some weeks away. 546 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,520 Might I offer my services? 547 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:53,880 I could ride to town and back in a day on such a precious errand. 548 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:42,600 Emma, my dear. 549 00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:49,520 I have done one of my three turns. 550 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:51,160 Could I ask you for some help? 551 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,520 Could you tie my scarf, make it a bit more secure? 552 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,920 Do you think I should finish my walk? 553 00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,480 Of course, we must keep to routine. 554 00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:05,960 Ah, Mr Knightley. Do forgive me, I have to walk and when I've started, I can't stop. 555 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:09,400 Will you be all right with just Emma for company? Because I can always... 556 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,040 Oh, I think Emma and I can manage by ourselves for now. 557 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:21,240 No Miss Smith today, looking fetching amongst the roses? 558 00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:23,480 I thought she was becoming a fixture? 559 00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:25,720 No, no, I'm not teasing you. 560 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:30,440 Miss Smith is a pretty little creature and I am inclined to think her character improved. 561 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,880 And I think she has improved due to your influence. 562 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:37,800 Thank you. And as you never praise me unless you can possibly help it that must be a compliment. 563 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:44,480 She will be here soon if she can extricate herself from the Highbury gossips. Tiresome wretches. 564 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,280 Huh, it's possible that she is more tolerant of tiresome wretches than you are. 565 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,640 But maybe she is delayed on far more pleasant business? 566 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:56,760 Really? I have good reason to believe that your friend will soon receive good news. 567 00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,640 And it is news that will appeal to you. 568 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,640 Any of your brides and bridegrooms still live under there? 569 00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:07,000 No. I am quite grown out of dolls. 570 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,160 So, let me tell you. 571 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:16,040 Mr Robert Martin is desperately in love with your Miss Smith and means to marry her. 572 00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,920 There. I have surprised you for once. 573 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,160 He came to speak to me about it, and despite my doubts about the match 574 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,040 I gave my blessing. This was the day before yesterday. 575 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:30,440 I'm surprised your friend has been able to keep the good news to herself. 576 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,000 I thought he would have spoken yesterday. 577 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,120 How do you know that Mr Martin did not voice his thoughts yesterday? 578 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:39,640 I do not know it absolutely. I thought she spent the whole day with you. 579 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,840 Now I will tell you something. 580 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:46,440 Mr Martin did speak yesterday. That is, he wrote and he was refused. 581 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,760 Then she is an even greater simpleton than I thought! 582 00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:55,680 Oh, of course, it's incomprehensible that a woman would ever refuse an offer of marriage. 583 00:47:55,680 --> 00:48:00,200 A man imagines a woman ready for anyone who asks her. A man does not imagine any such thing. 584 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,160 Harriet Smith refuse Robert Martin? 585 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:05,080 It's madness. Maybe you are mistaken. 586 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:08,320 I saw her answer. Nothing could be clearer. 587 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,240 You saw her answer? 588 00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:13,760 Hello. 589 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,280 You wrote it. 590 00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:19,560 You persuaded her to refuse him. Emma, look at me! 591 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,320 This is your doing. I am sure of it. 592 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,600 You could never lie to me with any success. 593 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,000 Mr Martin is a very respectable young man, I am sure. 594 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,840 But I will not agree that he is Harriet's equal. 595 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:34,040 No, he is not her equal. He is far her superior. Ha! 596 00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,760 Harriet Smith is the natural daughter of nobody knows whom. 597 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,680 She's not a sensible girl and has been taught nothing useful. 598 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,680 She has no experience and little wit. 599 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:43,720 She is pretty, good tempered, maybe. 600 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:47,160 But that is all. I felt that in all respects he could do no worse. 601 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:52,000 But he was so in love with her, he IS so in love with her that he would not be reasoned with. 602 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,240 I even thought, "Even Emma will think that this is a good match." 603 00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:59,560 I can't believe you know so little of Emma as to say such a thing. 604 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,680 A farmer, a good match for MY intimate friend? It would be a degradation. 605 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:09,880 A degradation? For illegitimacy and ignorance to be married to a respectable, intelligent farmer? 606 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:14,360 There can scarcely be any doubt that her father WAS a gentleman, and a gentleman of fortune. 607 00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:18,240 Nothing has been begrudged her. Why should the child pay for the offences of others? 608 00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:22,200 Harriet IS a gentleman's daughter, she associates with gentlemen's daughters. 609 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,760 She is therefore superior to your Robert Martin. 610 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:31,400 Emma, Emma, we live in the real world, where children do pay for the offence of their parents, 611 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:36,400 and it does not appear to be in their plans to introduce Harriet into their society, whoever they may be. 612 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:41,280 But we live here in Highbury, where we treat people with the respect and courtesy they deserve. 613 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:46,040 Harriet's friends, whoever they may be, thought Mrs Goddard's boarding school and company 614 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:47,560 good enough for Harriet. 615 00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:52,280 And Harriet also thought it good enough until you encouraged her to think above her station. 616 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:56,520 She was as happy as possible with the Martins in the summer. And Robert has no vanity. 617 00:49:56,520 --> 00:50:01,120 He would not have proposed if he thought that she did not favour him. She must have encouraged him. 618 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,560 Well then, let us, as you say, live in the real world, 619 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:08,160 where men of course always reject a girl with a pretty face in favour of one with a well informed mind. 620 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:14,480 What? Oh, no, no, no. I bow to your superior knowledge, your 16 years more experience. You must know best. 621 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:19,240 Harriet, with her good looks and easy temperament will be right at the back of the queue with your sex 622 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:23,560 when it comes to choosing a mate. Now we have both made our argument, let us not quarrel. 623 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:28,120 Hmm! Really, it is better to be without wits than apply them as you do, Emma. 624 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,680 There. Don't you see how you add force to my argument? 625 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:35,080 Men don't like girls who argue. 626 00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,160 Harriet is just the sort of girl every man wants. 627 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,560 She bewitches his senses and satisfies him that he is always right. 628 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:45,000 Were you ever to marry, she'll be just the sort of woman for you. Ha! 629 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,280 Mark my words - Harriet can pick and choose. 630 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,320 Here she is, right at the beginning of her life. 631 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:54,920 Why should she accept the first offer she receives? 632 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:04,520 Excuse me. 633 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,720 Thank you so much, Mr Elton. 634 00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:19,320 Harriet will be so very grateful. 635 00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:25,720 How can we wait a moment longer than necessary to see this painting framed and hung for all to see? 636 00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:31,480 Well then, goodbye, Mr Elton. 637 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,000 Safe journey. 638 00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,280 That man is so full of himself I'm surprised he can stay on that horse. 639 00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:03,880 SHE GIGGLES 640 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,840 HE SIGHS 641 00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:12,480 I've always thought it a bad friendship for you, Emma. 642 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,560 But now that I think of it, I think it is worse for Miss Smith. 643 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:26,120 Men of sense do not want silly wives. 644 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:31,240 And most men of family will be afraid of the disgrace that they get caught up in 645 00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:34,080 if and when the mystery of her parentage is revealed. 646 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,920 You let her marry Robert Martin, she's respectable and happy forever. 647 00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,640 Set her sights higher, and she may end up at Mrs Goddard's for the rest of her life. 648 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:45,280 We think so differently about this I think we should stop talking about it. 649 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:55,400 And as for my letting her marry Robert Martin, it is impossible. Harriet has refused him. 650 00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,880 She must abide by her decision. 651 00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:11,360 I do not pretend to have that much influence, just a little. 652 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:16,000 But really, his appearance was so much against him and his manner 653 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,560 so bad that if she ever were disposed to favour him, she certainly doesn't now. 654 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,200 What nonsense. 655 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:26,200 I really think it is time for tea and yet it has not appeared. Do you think I should call Father in? 656 00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:38,760 Well, I suppose it is no great loss - for Mr Martin, that is. 657 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,960 He'll get over her soon, I hope. 658 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,560 But I know that your love of matchmaking means that you 659 00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:48,920 are more to do with this than you so modestly deny. 660 00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:53,360 That is the real reason you are annoyed. 661 00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,800 I gave my advice and you gave yours, 662 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:07,720 but it was mine that prevailed and you do not want to admit it. 663 00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:30,320 I am so pleased you have come back, for we will always be friends. 664 00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:32,880 No, I came back to say this, Emma. 665 00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,280 As you make no secret of your matchmaking, 666 00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:40,120 I assume that you would not have taken this drastic step unless you had another suitor in mind. 667 00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:45,800 And as a friend, I will just hint to you that if Elton is the chosen man, Elton will not do. 668 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:49,840 He knows he is a very handsome young man and will never marry cheaply. 669 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:57,800 I have heard him speak with great animation of a large family of young ladies who all have 20,000 apiece. 670 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:01,920 Harriet and Robert are not your playthings, your dolls, 671 00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:05,440 to be told what to do and to marry under the table at your bidding. 672 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:06,960 They're flesh and blood! 673 00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:14,520 And one day you will bitterly regret your meddling. 674 00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,880 Mr Knightley? 675 00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:29,120 I didn't realise Mr Knightley would be leaving so soon. 676 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,600 I knew I shouldn't have taken that last turn. 677 00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:47,360 THUNDER RUMBLES 678 00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:05,160 Miss Fairfax. I'm so pleased to see you again. 679 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:06,560 You seem lost, Sir. 680 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,080 I'm not lost. 681 00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:09,880 Mr Frank Churchill. 682 00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:12,720 I've heard so much about you, it is almost as if we had already met. 683 00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:18,640 It's, it's just a small verse of a romantic nature. 684 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:22,480 I would like to know that Mr Martin is not so very bitterly disappointed. 685 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,800 I've never seen a man more disappointed. 686 00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:27,600 Mr Dixon saved her life. 687 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,840 It was nothing. 688 00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:33,200 Why would she move home to Miss Bates' tiny little cottage when she 689 00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:37,360 could go to Ireland to Mr Dixon's, no doubt, boundlessly beautiful estate? 690 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,880 I'm ashamed to arrive with you. Oh, don't be ridiculous, Emma. 691 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:48,120 It is all my fault? 692 00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,440 I blame myself. 693 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,120 Oh! 694 00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,360 I adore you. 695 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:57,680 I think that I might die if you refuse me. 696 00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,960 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd 697 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,000 Email: subtitling@bbc.co.uk