1 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,390 Make me the happiest man in the world. 2 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,290 You never preferred Miss Smith? 3 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,640 No, my hopes were all entirely for you. 4 00:00:23,650 --> 00:00:26,040 Have you heard the news? Mr. Elton is to be married. 5 00:00:27,860 --> 00:00:28,860 Miss Fairfax! 6 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,690 Mr. Dixon saved her life! 7 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:36,100 He was of course, standing very close to her. 8 00:00:36,810 --> 00:00:38,540 It is a very elegant instrument. 9 00:00:38,550 --> 00:00:40,350 Jane was quite at a loss as to who 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,350 might have sent her this magnificent gift. 11 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:43,730 Our Mr. Knightley 12 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,290 might just have turned his mind to matrimony. 13 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,410 No, no, I will not be drawn in. 14 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:03,490 As I have said, I am done with predictions of the matrimonial kind. 15 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:08,570 I am merely telling you, as you have been so kind to bring the subject up again. 16 00:02:08,990 --> 00:02:12,310 That I believe my nephew Henry is safe when it comes to inheriting Donwell. 17 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:18,080 I do not believe that Mr. Knightley is the mysterious present giver, 18 00:02:18,090 --> 00:02:19,790 it is not in his nature to be secretive. 19 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,060 He is so discreet. 20 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:24,520 And so is she. 21 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:27,520 They are very well matched. 22 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,650 I think Jane would make a very good mistress of Donwell. 23 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,330 Nonsense! Anyhow... 24 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,820 my career in match-making - such as it was - is over. 25 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:50,790 Miss Woodhouse. Are you coming to view the instrument? 26 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,710 We would be so happy to have your opinion, Miss Woodhouse! 27 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:54,970 We were on our way. 28 00:02:56,470 --> 00:02:58,260 Mr. Frank Churchill is already here. 29 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,330 Do be careful, ladies. 30 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,770 What do you think? Mrs. Weston, Miss Woodhouse, er, Miss Smith? 31 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,620 We have had to make room for it, but 32 00:03:12,630 --> 00:03:15,070 it is no inconvenience whatsoever... 33 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,800 so very kind of the Colonel. 34 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,790 What do you say to Mr. Dixon? 35 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,360 Goodness me...are you still mending mother's glasses? 36 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:25,980 You have been here so very long. 37 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,570 - Done. - Thank you, Mr. Churchill. 38 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,000 Look, Mother...there. 39 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:35,990 - Now you can see again. - It is a beatiful... 40 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Mr. Knightley, 41 00:03:40,210 --> 00:03:41,390 oh, Mr. Knightley! 42 00:03:41,420 --> 00:03:44,090 Won't you come and view Jane's surprise gift! 43 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,980 - A surprise visit? - Nothing untoward at all. 44 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,990 What do you think, Mr. Knightley? 45 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,950 Well, it is a very fine instrument indeed. 46 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,260 A very fine gift. We're all agreed. 47 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Yes. 48 00:04:13,490 --> 00:04:16,900 I'm so delighted that Mr. Knightley likes the piano. 49 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:18,700 - He has... - It is a reckless gift... 50 00:04:18,710 --> 00:04:20,650 thoughtless... look at the size of it. 51 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:22,390 Jane is to become a governess... 52 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,300 is it to stay here forever in her aunt's home? 53 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,750 The girl is in ill health... it is a sorry thing indeed. 54 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:35,290 Morning, Miss Fairfax. 55 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,450 Well, he may not have given her the piano but 56 00:04:38,550 --> 00:04:41,270 he is very concerned for her welfare... 57 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,230 I wouldn't say Donwell is entirely safe. 58 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Mr. Knightley, I must thank you for the apples. 59 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:50,640 It was nothing. 60 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,510 But a whole barrel, 61 00:04:52,790 --> 00:04:54,550 of your special variety, 62 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,480 your cook told ours that there are none left for your favourite pie... 63 00:04:57,490 --> 00:04:58,790 so very generous. 64 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:02,180 They are Jane's favourite as well, isn't that a coincidence? 65 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,240 I have been here in Highbury two weeks, 66 00:05:10,650 --> 00:05:11,720 yet I feel I have always lived here. 67 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:13,970 Thank goodness your aunt's health allowed you to visit 68 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,540 and realise how much better we are than you thought. 69 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:19,590 Nonsense. I had always the best of anticipation, but... 70 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,930 please forgive me for this, 71 00:05:20,940 --> 00:05:24,240 I think if there is one criticism I would make about this wonderful place, 72 00:05:24,250 --> 00:05:26,520 it is... that there's just simply... 73 00:05:26,530 --> 00:05:28,720 not enough opportunity to dance. 74 00:05:28,750 --> 00:05:29,800 Now, tell me that I am wrong? 75 00:05:29,901 --> 00:05:33,410 I do believe you have hit upon our single defect, Mr. Churchill. 76 00:05:33,850 --> 00:05:34,920 What do you propose? 77 00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:37,430 A ball, Miss Woodhouse, what say you to a ball? 78 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,350 I say yes. 79 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,390 Yes, indeed! 80 00:05:42,020 --> 00:05:44,500 I am so happy to have any opportunity to dance. 81 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:49,190 I am fairly sure that that is one talent in which I am equal of Jane Fairfax. 82 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,720 Equal? You must be far her superior... 83 00:05:51,730 --> 00:05:53,750 she dances like a cold fish! 84 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,610 Now, let's have a ball here, hmm? 85 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:01,240 No, no, there's not room. 86 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,900 Well, you were right, as always, how much better it is 87 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:11,510 that we should be here in town, with plenty of space to dance! 88 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,070 Come on, let's test the floor space! 89 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:27,770 Where will we dine? 90 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,950 I think this room might be too small and the corridor is very draughty. 91 00:06:32,540 --> 00:06:34,200 Nothing must stop our momentum! 92 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,080 Let's ask our neighbours, Miss Bates, what she thinks. 93 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,420 Ladies, come up here and give us a hand, will you? 94 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,520 Miss Bates? You won't get any sensible advice from her! 95 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Miss Bates! 96 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:48,790 Miss Bates. Miss Fairfax? 97 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,240 Would you join us, please? 98 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,850 It's a capital idea! 99 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,100 Miss Bates is a woman who is predisposed to be happy, 100 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,130 and Jane could be one of our principal dancers. 101 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:00,170 I think I would rather the aunt than the niece. 102 00:07:01,820 --> 00:07:03,820 I must have the first dance with you. 103 00:07:04,610 --> 00:07:06,250 We two will lead the ball! 104 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,080 Miss Bates, 105 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 I must show you this. What do you think of this space... 106 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:14,940 for a ball? 107 00:07:14,950 --> 00:07:16,560 - A ball? - A ball. 108 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,660 What a marvellous idea, Mr. Churchill, 109 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:20,020 what a very splendid thing. 110 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,160 Oh, a ball! What a marvellous idea! 111 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,410 I hope nothing will prevent it. I am so looking forward to it! 112 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:46,060 Are you sure, Emma, that Mrs. Weston has discounted the draughts in the corridor? 113 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:48,950 Absolutely, she has been most scrupulous in her checking. 114 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,790 Do you think you might come, Father? 115 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,880 There is nothing to stop the ball being a great occasion. 116 00:07:55,150 --> 00:07:59,340 Frank Churchill and I have made a list, and he will design the invitations. 117 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,440 I don't know why you have to be so unenthusiastic. 118 00:08:04,010 --> 00:08:07,250 Only young people can be expected to enjoy dancing. 119 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:09,110 But he is not so ancient. 120 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,230 Are you saying you are not coming? 121 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,520 I will accept Mr. Weston's kind invitation when it arrives... 122 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:17,550 if it is not too long in the design. 123 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:19,820 But I will not dance. 124 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,790 I do not enjoy dancing and I am not good at it. 125 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,790 You must wrap up warm, Emma, 126 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,360 in case some of the young dancers 127 00:08:26,370 --> 00:08:31,160 do something remarkably reprehensible, like opening a window. 128 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,940 I think you would be more enthusiastic if Mr. Frank Churchill were not so keen. 129 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,340 However, I have some information for you. 130 00:08:41,050 --> 00:08:43,390 Miss Jane Fairfax is looking forward to the ball. 131 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,100 I have never seen her so animated! About anything! 132 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:53,400 I assure you, my dear Emma, that Mr. Churchill will be indifferent to my indifference. 133 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,700 I hardly think I am already marked down on your dance card, now am I? 134 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,420 Though we may guess who is. 135 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,470 His aunt is extremely ill. 136 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,190 Frank is so low, but... 137 00:09:38,150 --> 00:09:41,110 he has said he is not leaving without seeing you. 138 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,080 He was very particular. 139 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:46,990 I shall leave you alone. 140 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,950 I am sure he cannot be about to say anything that you could not hear also. 141 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,130 I am sure he can. 142 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,650 What can he have to say? 143 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,200 To me alone? 144 00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:09,580 Must I really believe he is in love with me? 145 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:12,760 How should one look? 146 00:10:14,170 --> 00:10:16,460 If one were supposed to be in love in return? 147 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:21,930 I don't think so... 148 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,730 How does it feel to be in love? 149 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,110 Of all the horrid things... saying goodbye is the worst. 150 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,010 This will not be your only visit to Highbury? 151 00:11:06,590 --> 00:11:10,220 Now you have reacquainted yourself with where we are? 152 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,990 I don't know when I might return. 153 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,800 But it will be the only thing I think about. 154 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,260 Our poor ball must be abandoned. 155 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,020 Why did we wait? Why didn't we seize the moment! 156 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:26,540 You said we should not wait. 157 00:11:28,140 --> 00:11:29,550 Why are you always right? 158 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,300 I am sorry to be right this time. 159 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,360 I would much rather be merry than right. 160 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:49,840 So you must be off this morning? 161 00:11:50,350 --> 00:11:51,350 Er, yes. 162 00:11:53,030 --> 00:11:54,390 You will come back... 163 00:11:57,670 --> 00:11:59,700 I think we have impressed you, 164 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,280 though you were not expecting to like us, admit it! 165 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,160 What a pity you have no time to visit your other friends before you leave. 166 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:20,100 Miss Bates' steadiness and clarity of thought might have calmed your anxiety. 167 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:21,650 I have been there... 168 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,200 I, er, I thought it right... 169 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,960 my duty to tell them I must go. 170 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,630 In short...perhaps, Miss Woodhouse, as you know everything... 171 00:12:44,940 --> 00:12:47,060 ... you could hardly be without suspicion. 172 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:55,490 I thought I would be able to stay here forever. 173 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,820 My, erm, 174 00:13:00,530 --> 00:13:01,530 well, my... 175 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:03,950 my regard for... 176 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,160 this place is, erm... 177 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:09,870 is very warm. 178 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:18,640 I must go. 179 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,240 The sensation of listlessness, 180 00:13:47,860 --> 00:13:49,080 weariness, 181 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,400 stupidity, this inability to sit down and do anything. 182 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:04,240 This feeling that everything around the house is dull and insipid... 183 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,200 when it never was before... 184 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,920 It can only mean one thing. 185 00:14:20,380 --> 00:14:22,430 I must be in love! 186 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,400 Mrs. Elton, 187 00:14:53,580 --> 00:14:56,270 your castle awaits. 188 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,730 Harriet, please... 189 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,100 ... for my sake, oh, no, I do not mean that... 190 00:15:23,540 --> 00:15:24,630 for your sake... 191 00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:29,130 this terrible misery over the Eltons. 192 00:15:29,150 --> 00:15:32,990 That there could not be any greater reproof for my mistake, 193 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:36,150 it was all my doing, do not think I have forgotten it... 194 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,230 do not think I make light of it! 195 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,730 But you are the best friend that I ever had! 196 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:44,100 Nobody is equal to you... 197 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,160 Miss Woodhouse, I have been so ungrateful. 198 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:52,080 I will try my hardest. 199 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,320 For my own sake... 200 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,310 to be tranquil. 201 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,300 As always, I would like to begin today with some of the most 202 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,340 spiritually uplifting words from the Old Testament. 203 00:17:04,340 --> 00:17:07,890 Words that I have found most comforting. 204 00:17:08,860 --> 00:17:13,150 "Let deceitful lips be made dumb..." 205 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,110 I declare this reminds me of Maple Grove. 206 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,250 My sister will love this house! 207 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:23,800 She delights to travel. 208 00:17:24,180 --> 00:17:27,580 She has the latest carriage, large and comfortable enough for four 209 00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:29,740 and high enough that one can see for miles 210 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:32,410 when one is travelling into the countryside for summer parties! 211 00:17:32,420 --> 00:17:33,970 Parties in the countryside! 212 00:17:34,410 --> 00:17:37,880 We are a very quiet set of people - we like to stay in the home. 213 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,910 I understand your situation, Miss Woodhouse... 214 00:17:46,180 --> 00:17:47,800 why does he not try Bath? 215 00:17:47,810 --> 00:17:50,550 - Where the waters, I find, are so agreeable. - My father... 216 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,640 It would cheer many an elderly gentleman up! 217 00:17:53,650 --> 00:17:55,240 And for you, of course, 218 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:58,520 who have lived such a secluded life, out of the best society... 219 00:17:58,550 --> 00:18:01,760 well, just a line from me would open up a host of new acquaintances. 220 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,510 Oh, we have heard that you are very musical, Mrs. Elton. 221 00:18:17,550 --> 00:18:19,450 I dote on it! Dote! 222 00:18:19,780 --> 00:18:21,590 As I said to Mr. E, don't give me two carriages, 223 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:26,490 don't give me enormous houses but I could not live without music. No. 224 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,280 Life would be a blank to me. 225 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,040 We should establish a musical club. 226 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,400 Have regular meetings at yours or mine? 227 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,000 As leaders of society we should show the way. 228 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:40,440 Who else have we visited? Oh, the Westons, of course. 229 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,980 I was rather astonished to find her so ladylike, as I believe she was your governess? 230 00:18:45,860 --> 00:18:48,100 And who do you think we met while we were at Randalls? 231 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:53,140 Knightley! Knightley himself. He's so particular a friend of Mr. E. 232 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,880 So often mentioned, I was impatient to meet him. 233 00:18:56,330 --> 00:18:59,380 And... I must do my caro sposo the justice of saying, 234 00:18:59,390 --> 00:19:01,240 he need not be ashamed of his friend! 235 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,460 Knightley is quite the gentleman! 236 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:07,350 Biscuits, darling! 237 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,280 Absolutely. 238 00:19:10,270 --> 00:19:11,470 Knightley indeed... 239 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,030 never seen him in her life and she calls him "Knightley"! 240 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:15,740 Insufferable woman! 241 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:20,200 Horrible, upstart, vulgar being with her "Mr. E" and her "caro sposo" 242 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,400 and her carriages and air of pert pretention and under-bred finery. 243 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,000 Actually to discover that Mr. Knightley is a gentleman 244 00:19:26,020 --> 00:19:29,240 and that the woman who brought me up should be ladylike! 245 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:31,070 I've never met her equal! 246 00:19:32,150 --> 00:19:33,740 "Knightley" indeed! 247 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,000 I have known him all my life 248 00:19:36,570 --> 00:19:38,380 and even I don't call him that! 249 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:44,070 She's everywhere I go! 250 00:19:44,090 --> 00:19:48,480 The guest of honour, droning on about her sister's brand new barouche... 251 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,300 you'd think we were all poor little pygmy people, who never travelled from our fire! 252 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,870 Though in my case of course, she's right. 253 00:19:55,090 --> 00:19:56,180 She had the cheek to say 254 00:19:56,190 --> 00:19:58,420 that maybe it was a good thing the ball had to be cancelled, 255 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,770 because she didn't know whether the Westons 256 00:20:00,780 --> 00:20:03,900 could organise such an event without her experience in social occasions! 257 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,250 And you don't need to pretend to be disappointed the ball was cancelled. 258 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,400 I'm not going to pretend, 259 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,720 but it really was very bad luck for you, Emma. 260 00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:17,270 You don't get many opportunities to dance. Or to get out at all. 261 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,280 I've brought you a book from the Donwell library. 262 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,580 Box Hill! 263 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,860 I hear you can see for miles! 264 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:45,310 There is no reason you shouldn't see for yourself. 265 00:20:46,780 --> 00:20:48,840 We are in the same county, it's not the moon. 266 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,260 Come on, stay under the umbrella, you'll get soaked 267 00:21:09,270 --> 00:21:10,520 if you get outside. 268 00:21:10,550 --> 00:21:12,880 There's only one umbrella and there's two of us. 269 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,710 One of us will get wet. 270 00:21:18,860 --> 00:21:20,520 Good morning, Miss Fairfax. 271 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:25,550 Oh! Good morning, Mr. Knightley. I didn't realise you were visiting Hartfield. 272 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,110 Yes, just for a few days. 273 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,220 You're out early? 274 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:32,760 I like a walk before breakfast. It does me good. 275 00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:34,870 Not in the rain, surely? 276 00:21:35,570 --> 00:21:38,300 I am going to the post office, it is not far. 277 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:41,070 I should turn back, if I were you. You'll get drenched. 278 00:21:43,790 --> 00:21:45,880 Boys! Henry, James, come along. 279 00:21:47,020 --> 00:21:49,830 Unlike you, Miss Fairfax, my wife and father-in-law 280 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,310 are far from indifferent to the rain, 281 00:21:51,850 --> 00:21:53,650 so I must get the boys home. 282 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:58,870 Will I see you tonight? 283 00:21:59,690 --> 00:22:01,680 Emma's party for the new Mrs. Elton. 284 00:22:02,130 --> 00:22:03,880 We must be on our best behaviour! 285 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:04,890 Of course. 286 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,110 - Is that a letter from Ireland? - Yes. But, er... 287 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:30,570 I would love to read it. 288 00:22:30,580 --> 00:22:32,550 No, I will read it to you later. 289 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,460 Well, the children are in bed. 290 00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:46,200 - Now, John, please. - What? 291 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,280 - Please, be agreeable. - Me? When am I not? 292 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,950 Mr. Weston is not here yet, 293 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,150 he is usually all benevolence and friendship. 294 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,130 Why on earth did you invite her if you can't stand the woman? 295 00:22:58,150 --> 00:22:59,710 Because it is my duty, of course, 296 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,450 we are the foremost family in the neighbourhood. 297 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:03,310 Now, please, be pleasant. 298 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,660 I hope you did not get wet on the way to the post office this morning? 299 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:18,960 And the letters? 300 00:23:19,270 --> 00:23:21,700 Not the, er, curse they often are? 301 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,510 Yours are of business. 302 00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:26,200 Mine of...friendship. 303 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:27,760 Oh, they're the worst of the two. 304 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,800 Business may bring money, friendship hardly ever does. 305 00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:34,190 - You are not serious. - He is not serious, Miss Fairfax. 306 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,500 May we take it that you did receive a letter 307 00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:44,150 from a loved one this morning, despite the weather? 308 00:23:45,210 --> 00:23:46,520 Perhaps from Ireland? 309 00:23:46,940 --> 00:23:52,080 I'm sorry to hear, Miss Fairfax, of you being out in the rain at the post office this morning. 310 00:23:52,090 --> 00:23:54,180 Young ladies are delicate plants, 311 00:23:54,790 --> 00:23:57,230 you must take good care of your health. 312 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,040 I am much obliged by your concern, sir. 313 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,170 Going to the post office in the rain. 314 00:24:02,660 --> 00:24:03,950 You sad girl! 315 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,950 We shall have to do something about this! 316 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,660 Well, the man who collects our letters 317 00:24:07,670 --> 00:24:10,160 every morning shall enquire after yours and bring them to you. 318 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,720 You are very kind. 319 00:24:12,420 --> 00:24:13,650 But I will not give up my walk. 320 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:15,500 No, my dear, I'm afraid it's settled. 321 00:24:15,510 --> 00:24:16,600 Excuse me! 322 00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:20,780 I will not consent to your servant being troubled! 323 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:30,080 I, I, I think that it can be a verygood idea to take a morning walk if possible, 324 00:24:30,090 --> 00:24:32,240 and you are not so far from the post office, 325 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,400 and then, of course, there is the issue of privacy. 326 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,420 Well, I obviously have to accustom myself to the ways of the countryside. 327 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,650 Naturally, those of us from the city with modern manners would never dream of any indiscretion. 328 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,780 - Of course not, my dear. - Thank you. 329 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:56,740 But remember the people ofHighbury are quite... unsophisticated. 330 00:24:56,750 --> 00:25:00,530 They do not have your experience of life. 331 00:25:00,550 --> 00:25:01,550 Quite so, 332 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,190 and in Bath we would certainly have announced dinner by now. 333 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,270 Dinner is served. 334 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,460 Now, Jane, it's time we found you a position as a governess. 335 00:25:17,870 --> 00:25:20,960 The very best positions are snapped up as soon as they become known. 336 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:25,280 Colonel and Mrs. Campbell are in town by mid summer. 337 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,430 I must spend time with them. Please do not trouble yourself. 338 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,950 Oh, trouble! What nonsense. 339 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:33,090 No, I shall write to Mrs. Partridge and tell her to be on the lookout. 340 00:25:33,100 --> 00:25:35,080 Thank you, but I would rather you didn't. 341 00:25:35,290 --> 00:25:38,140 We'll find you a marvellous position. 342 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,440 I am sure that... 343 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,240 when the time comes... 344 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,090 I am not afraid of being unemployed for long. 345 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:47,800 Here comes my old beau! 346 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,700 I like him excessively. 347 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,820 He is full of old-fashioned politeness. 348 00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:54,060 He's always praising my dresses. 349 00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:56,290 See how he leads the way to talk to me. 350 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:00,630 What do you think of this one? 351 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,560 Rather handsome, I think, not sure if it's over-trimmed? 352 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,490 I have the greatest dislike of the idea of being over-trimmed, 353 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,530 quite a horror of finery. 354 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,160 Mr. Weston, at last! 355 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:16,720 We were expecting you a little earlier. 356 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,100 - Good evening, Mr. Weston. - Miss Woodhouse. 357 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,160 I was late home from London and found this. 358 00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:24,830 Read it, my dear, it's for you. 359 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:26,540 You have opened it! 360 00:26:26,550 --> 00:26:28,590 Then you know full well what it says. 361 00:26:29,180 --> 00:26:32,580 Mrs. Churchill has taken a house in Richmond for her health! 362 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,440 Frank may now come and go as he pleases. 363 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,230 His aunt cannot keep him from us. 364 00:26:37,510 --> 00:26:38,400 He can always be home. 365 00:26:38,410 --> 00:26:41,260 I confess I have been longing to see Mr. Churchill. 366 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,190 We are very much missing young and elegant company. 367 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,160 You'll be dancing again before long, Miss Woodhouse. 368 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,000 We shall have our ball after all. 369 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:14,640 Miss Woodhouse. 370 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,640 You have arrived just in time to give your advice, will it do? 371 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,670 Will it do? It's beautiful! It's magical! 372 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,190 How wonderful you look tonight, Emma. 373 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,320 Doesn't she, my dear? 374 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,570 I thought I had come early to help. 375 00:28:00,580 --> 00:28:03,530 He has asked everyone to come early to give their advice. 376 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:05,480 The dancing will have started before we know it. 377 00:28:05,490 --> 00:28:08,280 Frank will be here somewhere, I'll fetch him. 378 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,590 Is this how it should be? 379 00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:17,990 Is he still in love with me? 380 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:23,980 Is Mrs. Elton here? 381 00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:26,150 I have a great curiosity to meet her! 382 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,920 He is not still in love with me. 383 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,660 But I do not seem to mind. 384 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,500 Oh, my heavens, it's fairyland, it's nothing less than fairyland. 385 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,860 Aren't we lucky, Jane, to have such friends? Look, so many friends. 386 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,720 Look, Mr. Churchill, come let me introduce you to Mrs. Cole... 387 00:28:51,180 --> 00:28:53,230 Miss Woodhouse, isn't it lovely? 388 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,120 It's like a dream. 389 00:28:55,330 --> 00:28:56,890 It is magical, isn't it? 390 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,720 This is how they do things in Bath. 391 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,200 Mrs. Elton will be disappointed. 392 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:09,950 - Yes. - What's the matter? 393 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,120 She will expect it. 394 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,130 Dear, Emma, what shall we do? 395 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,750 We fear that, erm, Mrs. Elton expects to lead the dance. 396 00:29:17,860 --> 00:29:19,230 Frank must dance with her. 397 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,360 Er, no, no. 398 00:29:21,370 --> 00:29:25,020 Miss Woodhouse is my partner for the first two dances, lead or not. 399 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,870 Well, why do you not lead her out? 400 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:29,650 Remember, I am not dancing in my condition. 401 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,960 How do you like our Mrs. Elton? 402 00:29:38,170 --> 00:29:39,610 I don't like her at all. 403 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,410 Ladies and gentlemen, the town square. 404 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,150 The room is most excellently contrived, is it not? 405 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,250 Miss Woodhouse looks so brilliant tonight. 406 00:30:38,260 --> 00:30:39,500 - So beautiful. - Yes. 407 00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:41,750 Yes.She and Mr. Churchill are made for each other. 408 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,500 What are you doing over here with the old men and the card players? 409 00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:05,620 I told you, I don't dance. 410 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:06,940 Miss Woodhouse, the second dance. 411 00:31:10,580 --> 00:31:11,700 The Ship's Cook. 412 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,590 I see you are watching MissFairfax, 413 00:31:19,220 --> 00:31:21,600 have you picked up any clues as to her mystery? 414 00:31:21,610 --> 00:31:24,300 Miss Bates told me she had received a letter from Ireland 415 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,720 that made her very happy. 416 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,770 Perhaps from her friend, Mr. Dixon! 417 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,810 No, I was merely thinking how awful her hair looks. 418 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,210 So unbecoming, 419 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:36,150 I can't think what would possess anyone to look that way. 420 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,210 Shall I go over and say something? 421 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,130 Goodness me, no, the music is starting, we must dance. 422 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,350 Do you care for another? 423 00:32:11,750 --> 00:32:13,780 No, Mr. E, I am sitting this one out. 424 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,970 I cannot dance every dance with the same degree of accomplishment. 425 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,980 I do not put myself at the front for all to admire, 426 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,020 unlike some I could mention. 427 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:27,970 Quite so. 428 00:32:35,050 --> 00:32:36,940 Do you not dance, Mr. Elton? 429 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,050 Most certainly, Mrs. Weston, 430 00:32:39,580 --> 00:32:40,870 if you will dance with me. 431 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,800 I am not dancing tonight, sir. 432 00:32:45,150 --> 00:32:46,570 Mrs. Goddard, then? 433 00:32:46,580 --> 00:32:50,160 Though I am an old married man, it would give me great pleasure. 434 00:32:50,260 --> 00:32:54,770 You must excuse me, Mr. Elton, I have danced my last reel, I'm afraid. 435 00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:59,260 I see a young lady who I should very much like to see dancing. 436 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:01,940 Miss Smith? 437 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:06,840 Ah, erm, Mrs. Weston, you must excuse me, 438 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:13,750 but I am an old married man and my dancing days are quite over. 439 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:29,760 No. 440 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,120 Hey! 441 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,030 Wait, wait, wait a minute. 442 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,760 How happy Miss Smith looks, she is such a pretty girl. 443 00:34:15,770 --> 00:34:17,180 How well she dances. 444 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,160 Oh, such food, it is the best I've ever tasted. 445 00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:43,280 No coffee, thank you, for me. I never take coffee. 446 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:46,650 A little tea, please. Oh, here it is already, thank you. 447 00:34:46,860 --> 00:34:47,860 Thank you. 448 00:34:59,210 --> 00:35:00,210 Thank you. 449 00:35:01,180 --> 00:35:02,350 For what? 450 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,480 Your secret is out. 451 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,370 You dance better than anyone. 452 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,090 I was completely mistaken in Mr. Elton. 453 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:22,090 There is a littleness about him which you saw and I did not. 454 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:25,020 He always was a small man, 455 00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:28,390 made smaller by his wife. 456 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,800 I was convinced he was in love with Harriet, 457 00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:38,030 how could I have been so stupid! 458 00:35:38,820 --> 00:35:40,630 I will do you the justice of saying 459 00:35:41,410 --> 00:35:44,210 that you would have chosen better for him than he did for himself. 460 00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:47,880 Miss Smith has some first rate qualities, 461 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:52,250 infinitely preferable to a sensible man than Mrs. Elton. 462 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,080 I was surprised by our conversation. 463 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,260 Come on, young ladies, supper's over, time to start dancing again! 464 00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,860 I am ready, sir! 465 00:35:59,870 --> 00:36:02,370 - Gilley's Market. - Who will you dance with? 466 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,520 Why, you, 467 00:36:06,220 --> 00:36:07,460 if you will ask me? 468 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,110 Will you dance, dear Emma? 469 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,130 I danced so much I had sore feet. 470 00:38:45,140 --> 00:38:46,140 Wonderful. 471 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,530 I know, it was so charming. 472 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,770 It was probably the best dance. 473 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:15,520 Harriet? 474 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:21,640 HARRIET! 475 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,010 Harriet! What on earth happened? 476 00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:30,800 Miss Woodhouse, it was awful. 477 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:34,440 I was walking back to school with my friend Miss Bickerton, 478 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:39,250 when we were set upon by some villainous evil gypsies. 479 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,010 Dozens of them. They wanted my money. 480 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,630 Then, just in time, who should arrive... 481 00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:48,370 What's going on! 482 00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:52,290 ... but Mr. Churchill. On his horse. 483 00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,870 Such a thing has never happened before! 484 00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:03,760 We have always been able to walk safely inthe lanes around Highbury. 485 00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:08,030 How very fortuitous it was that you just happened along when 486 00:40:08,050 --> 00:40:10,720 poor Harriet was so desperately in need of your help. 487 00:40:11,290 --> 00:40:14,380 - It was nothing. - Oh, no indeed. 488 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,740 You are too modest, Mr. Churchill. 489 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,780 I owe you my life! 490 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,040 I am sure of it! 491 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:30,520 Miss Smith. 492 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,400 Everything will be fine. 493 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,160 I would not be surprised 494 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:51,250 if Harriet were about to fall in love for the third time this year. 495 00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:54,880 - You look much brighter. - Thank you. 496 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:08,140 You have captured Miss Smith to perfection. 497 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,890 What a fool I was. 498 00:41:25,540 --> 00:41:26,590 Harriet, 499 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,640 when you are happily married, in years to come, we will laugh about this. 500 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,220 Oh, no, 501 00:41:32,730 --> 00:41:34,030 Miss Woodhouse. 502 00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:37,090 I will never marry. 503 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,210 This is a new philosophy. 504 00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:43,920 Please, tell me this is not because of Mr. Elton. 505 00:41:43,930 --> 00:41:44,930 Him! 506 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:46,460 Oh, no. 507 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,240 If it were to do with anyone, 508 00:41:49,850 --> 00:41:54,630 that someone would be a man so superior to Mr. Elton, 509 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,870 on a much higher plane entirely. 510 00:41:59,540 --> 00:42:00,540 Harriet, 511 00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:05,921 I know I promised and I fully intend never to interfere, 512 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,430 but do I gather that your resolution never to marry 513 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,790 is because you feel the person that you might prefer, 514 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,890 and remember my match-making days are strictly over, 515 00:42:16,290 --> 00:42:20,150 is too superior to you to ever think of you? 516 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:21,160 Oh, believe me, 517 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,760 I have not the presumption. 518 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:25,730 I am not so mad. 519 00:42:27,220 --> 00:42:31,390 But it pleases me to admire him from a distance. 520 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,300 To think of his infinite superiority to all the rest of the world. 521 00:42:37,060 --> 00:42:40,990 With gratitude, wonder and respect. 522 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,100 Oh, Harriet, 523 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:45,110 I am not surprised that his service to you was enough to melt your heart. 524 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,440 Oh, yes! The very recollection of it! 525 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,540 And all that I felt at the time, when I saw him coming to my rescue, 526 00:42:55,420 --> 00:42:57,230 how very noble he looked! 527 00:42:57,810 --> 00:43:01,320 How everything changed from perfect misery 528 00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:04,180 to perfect happiness. 529 00:43:04,750 --> 00:43:07,230 It is very natural that you should be so grateful. 530 00:43:10,340 --> 00:43:14,390 But, Harriet, beware. 531 00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:19,000 I think you should check your feelings. 532 00:43:19,890 --> 00:43:22,400 Do not get carried away. 533 00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,490 Be observant of him, let his behaviour to you be your guide. 534 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,100 More wonderful things have happened, 535 00:43:28,110 --> 00:43:31,710 there have been many happy and unequal marriages, but... no more. 536 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,750 I am telling you this for we will never talk about this again. 537 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,610 No names shall pass between us and there will be no possibility of a mistake this time. 538 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,060 But you should know, I do approve of the man in question, 539 00:43:44,070 --> 00:43:46,080 though we will never mention his name again. 540 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,820 Mrs. Elton, the ball seems... 541 00:43:55,830 --> 00:43:59,490 Now, Jane, time is rushing by. 542 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,060 We must find you a good position. 543 00:44:03,380 --> 00:44:05,030 Come, come. 544 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,120 All the best places will be snapped up. 545 00:44:08,130 --> 00:44:10,880 As I have told you before, I must wait until the summer. 546 00:44:10,900 --> 00:44:13,720 There are plenty of places which deal in the governess trade. 547 00:44:13,750 --> 00:44:15,860 Dear! You make it sound like slavery. 548 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:18,500 Yes, your music will help you. 549 00:44:18,510 --> 00:44:19,890 I am sorry, Emma, 550 00:44:21,010 --> 00:44:23,110 I really don't know what you've done for Mrs. Elton 551 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:24,930 to behave towards you in this way. 552 00:44:24,940 --> 00:44:28,770 I cannot say that Mrs. Elton's friendship is much of a loss to me. 553 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:36,500 I am astonished, however, at how JaneFairfax encourages her confidence. 554 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:41,040 Maybe she lacks the sensible comfort of an equal friendship, 555 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:44,200 little wonder she has to make do with the Mrs. Eltons of the world. 556 00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:47,100 We know how highly you think of Jane Fairfax. 557 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,720 Anyone may know high highly I think of Miss Fairfax. 558 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,540 And yet, you may not be aware how highly? 559 00:44:56,500 --> 00:45:00,060 The extent of your admiration may take you by surprise one day. 560 00:45:02,170 --> 00:45:03,890 You've finally heard the gossip, have you? 561 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,100 Hmm, Mr. Cole told me of his suspicions weeks ago. 562 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:12,800 And what did you say to Mr. Cole? 563 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,650 I told him I was not about to turn Miss Fairfax into Mrs. Knightley. 564 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,640 She would not have me if I asked her. 565 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,480 I like Jane and admire her. 566 00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:28,700 She's a charming young woman but she has a fault. 567 00:45:28,750 --> 00:45:30,910 She is reserved, she's more reserved than she used to be 568 00:45:31,580 --> 00:45:33,160 and I like an open temperament. 569 00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:38,820 Until Cole mentioned it, the thought hadn't entered my head. 570 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:40,440 Go and get it. 571 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,000 Well, then, 572 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,490 what do you have to say to that? 573 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:57,700 I say, I never saw a man so occupied with not being in love 574 00:45:58,140 --> 00:46:01,430 that I should not be surprised if we were yet to hear wedding bells. 575 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,760 Isabella has had five children. 576 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,020 This is true. 577 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,820 Do you think it strange that I, 578 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,150 her only sister, did not go to London for any of their births? 579 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:27,190 Do you think it strange? 580 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,600 I was there, after all. 581 00:47:30,620 --> 00:47:32,040 That's what I mean. 582 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:36,720 I do love Highbury 583 00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:39,740 and I have never felt like leaving. 584 00:47:39,750 --> 00:47:42,190 And I could never leave Father, but... 585 00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,780 the fact that I have no desire to travel 586 00:47:46,790 --> 00:47:49,000 might look strange to other people. 587 00:47:50,740 --> 00:47:51,760 To Frank Churchill? 588 00:47:51,770 --> 00:47:53,700 Oh, no, he doesn't think badly of me. 589 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:56,010 Mrs. Elton, then? 590 00:47:59,670 --> 00:48:02,040 You've never bothered about what people thought before. 591 00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,830 Even Jane Fairfax has friends 592 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:11,980 and the desire to be with them in Ireland and Weymouth. 593 00:48:16,780 --> 00:48:17,970 If you were to ask me, 594 00:48:19,060 --> 00:48:21,290 I would say that you were in need of a project. 595 00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:24,830 Box Hill! 596 00:48:25,690 --> 00:48:27,890 It will be a very small and intimate party, 597 00:48:27,900 --> 00:48:30,260 and we will only invite the people we like. 598 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:32,960 Box Hill?! 599 00:48:33,270 --> 00:48:35,880 Oh, yes! Well, I will arrange everything. 600 00:48:35,890 --> 00:48:40,430 I am so experienced in organising the carriages, leave the whole expedition in my hands! 601 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,790 I know Mr. Weston is the friendliest man in the world. 602 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,300 I just wish he wasn't so friendly. 603 00:48:46,340 --> 00:48:48,340 Now I will have to suffer the Eltons, 604 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,900 and I was so looking forward to our trip to Box Hill! 605 00:48:51,940 --> 00:48:57,880 I don't know, dear Emma, it seems to me always best never to contemplate eating outside. 606 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:03,570 Mrs. Elton's carriage horse is injured, which means we all cannot go to Box Hill. 607 00:49:05,220 --> 00:49:07,790 That woman ruins everything. 608 00:49:07,940 --> 00:49:09,460 We are only to postpone. 609 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,930 We will go, Emma. 610 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:13,920 In the meantime, why don't you all come to Donwell? 611 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:19,330 The strawberries are ripe, and those who wish to sit indoors may do so. 612 00:49:20,020 --> 00:49:21,380 Oh, what a delightful idea! 613 00:49:21,390 --> 00:49:22,690 I should like that best of all. 614 00:49:22,700 --> 00:49:26,490 I shall wear a large bonnet and put a pink ribbon on my basket! 615 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,060 But how on earth will we all get to Donwell? 616 00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:32,260 We could all go on donkeys! 617 00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:34,680 A necessity, I think, for dusty country life! 618 00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:38,920 Donwell Lane is never dusty, but you may come on a donkey if you wish. 619 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,660 - Look, here comes Dr. Perry. - Good afternoon, Dr. Perry. 620 00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:43,510 Good afternoon, everybody. 621 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,020 What happened to Dr. Perry's plan of setting up a carriage? 622 00:49:47,130 --> 00:49:49,230 Couldn't he help us out for Box Hill? 623 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,420 I didn't know he had such a plan? 624 00:49:51,430 --> 00:49:54,170 Ah, but you wrote about it to me, two months ago. 625 00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,680 You did! In your letters! 626 00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:00,050 Mrs. Perry was very keen on it, 627 00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:02,140 had been trying to persuade him for ages. 628 00:50:04,180 --> 00:50:05,180 Are you all right? 629 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:13,080 It was a mistake, a mistake not to take a glass of water before stepping out into this heat. 630 00:50:13,850 --> 00:50:15,820 You should be more careful, Miss Fairfax. 631 00:50:16,460 --> 00:50:19,230 You know, Mr. Churchill, I think Dr. Perry was thinking about a carriage 632 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:20,810 but decided he couldn't afford it. 633 00:50:20,820 --> 00:50:22,630 Mrs. Perry told my mother about it. Jane, 634 00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:23,890 do you remember her telling us? 635 00:50:23,900 --> 00:50:29,000 Er, Miss Woodhouse, have your nephews taken away your box of alphabet letters? 636 00:50:29,010 --> 00:50:31,890 I think, well I think Miss Fairfax needs a rest. 637 00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:35,210 We all need to relax with a simple game. 638 00:50:35,740 --> 00:50:38,350 How good it is to be reminded of the child in us all. 639 00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:40,810 Some of us don't need to look that far. 640 00:50:43,950 --> 00:50:46,850 How exciting. I do love a good game of alphabet squares. 641 00:50:46,860 --> 00:50:49,420 You are so very good at the letters. 642 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,360 Let's see what we have here. 643 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:54,360 I am sure we will... 644 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,690 I will take care of the invitations to your little strawberry party. 645 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:03,900 What invitations? Oh, I hope I can come? 646 00:51:04,390 --> 00:51:06,850 As you can see, quite a few of the possible guests are here. 647 00:51:06,860 --> 00:51:08,830 Yes, but as to the rest, leave it to me. 648 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:11,910 No, thank you, but I will manage myself. 649 00:51:11,950 --> 00:51:14,750 Married women are the best organisers, leave it to me. 650 00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:17,940 No, there is but one married woman in the world 651 00:51:17,980 --> 00:51:20,810 who I could ever allow to invite what guests she please to Donwell. 652 00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:22,610 Mrs. Weston, I suppose. 653 00:51:23,220 --> 00:51:25,000 No, Mrs. Knightley. 654 00:51:28,020 --> 00:51:31,050 And until she is in being, I will manage matters myself. 655 00:51:31,970 --> 00:51:33,910 Oh, yes... 656 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,390 What have you got, Jane? Have you any others we can add to? 657 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:40,340 Miss Fairfax? 658 00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:50,040 Do let me try. 659 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:52,380 I am so hopeless at games. 660 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:54,620 Mr. Knightley, will you help me? 661 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:01,920 Blunder! 662 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:05,790 Well done, Harriet. 663 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,550 No, no! For shame! 664 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:16,120 I shall give it to her, shall I? 665 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:18,400 No, you mustn't. 666 00:52:18,900 --> 00:52:19,900 No. 667 00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:33,080 I did... I did not know that proper words were allowed. 668 00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:40,180 Oh, yes, Jane, let's go. 669 00:52:41,010 --> 00:52:42,500 I will call the carriages. 670 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,710 Well I hope the invitations will arrive in time for the strawberry picking. 671 00:53:16,580 --> 00:53:19,220 I am so glad you told Mrs. Elton you would not need her help, 672 00:53:19,980 --> 00:53:21,700 she really is insufferable! 673 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:27,870 And as for Mrs. Knightley, 674 00:53:28,980 --> 00:53:30,740 we all wonder who she may ever be! 675 00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,040 Emma. 676 00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:38,490 May I ask, 677 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,460 what the great amusement, or rather the poignant sting of the 678 00:53:41,470 --> 00:53:46,000 last word, "Dixon", that was given to you and Miss Fairfax? 679 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,680 It seemed to give you entertainment and was very distressing to Jane. 680 00:53:51,380 --> 00:53:52,580 I could tell you, 681 00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:54,780 but you would not approve 682 00:53:55,550 --> 00:53:57,230 and would call me a gossip. 683 00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:04,880 Dear Emma, 684 00:54:06,250 --> 00:54:09,430 do you think that you perfectly understand 685 00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:14,630 the degree of acquaintance between the gentleman and the lady with whom you shared this joke? 686 00:54:15,540 --> 00:54:18,130 Between Frank Churchill and Miss Fairfax? 687 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,070 Of course! Perfectly! 688 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:29,690 It's just that lately I have imagined that I saw a certain attachment, 689 00:54:31,020 --> 00:54:32,600 certain secret looks. 690 00:54:34,380 --> 00:54:36,480 Secret looks? 691 00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,530 Goodness me. Erm...no. 692 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:54,240 The joke was, I admit, a little... indiscreet, 693 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,040 but it was harmless 694 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,530 and I promise you, nothing to do with any kind of attachment between them. 695 00:54:59,650 --> 00:55:02,070 It is more that Miss Fairfax has an admirer 696 00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,120 and Frank and I are trying to work out who it is. 697 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:06,840 There. 698 00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:11,300 A childish pursuit we young people like to indulge in, I'm sure you would say. 699 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:26,070 Mr. Knightley, 700 00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:31,760 I do not know why, but you do not like Frank Churchill. 701 00:55:32,890 --> 00:55:33,890 I am sorry for that, 702 00:55:34,490 --> 00:55:36,590 but it does not mean that you should start to imagine 703 00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:41,120 all sorts of things about him and his behaviour that are mere fancy. 704 00:55:41,740 --> 00:55:44,850 I know you are keen to protect me as an older brother would, 705 00:55:44,860 --> 00:55:49,010 and I know you think I should behave as I should, and I promise you, 706 00:55:49,460 --> 00:55:53,480 I would never do anything to truly injure Miss Fairfax ever again. 707 00:55:54,230 --> 00:55:57,190 But if Frank Churchill were in any way 708 00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:00,220 attached to Miss Fairfax, and I assure you he is not, 709 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,690 then he wouldn't, he would never... 710 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,510 He would never share a little joke with you? 711 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,940 You surprise me! I have never known you so unjust! 712 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,640 Or your judgement so inaccurate. 713 00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,280 Frank Churchill is an amiable young man 714 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,290 and I can vouch for his indifference to Miss Fairfax, believe me. 715 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,950 Are you... Are you staying for supper? It is almost time and... 716 00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:38,870 Oh, er, no, thank you. 717 00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:39,890 But I... 718 00:56:41,780 --> 00:56:44,460 I just find the fire a little too warm for me tonight. 719 00:57:29,340 --> 00:57:32,470 I was thinking how at home you look. You might be mistress of this house! 720 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:33,740 I blame you entirely. 721 00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:36,480 I cannot resist you, from the very first day I met you! 722 00:57:36,490 --> 00:57:40,520 We shouldn't be talking such nonsense in front of seven silent people. 723 00:57:40,730 --> 00:57:44,180 I'm going to leave this country just as soon as I can book a ticket. 724 00:57:44,190 --> 00:57:45,610 Frank will be free. 725 00:57:45,650 --> 00:57:48,080 Though, of course, we are all very sad that Mrs. Churchill has died. 726 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:52,280 He will be able to marry. You know the Westons have always intended Emma... 727 00:57:52,380 --> 00:57:54,900 I have felt exhausted for so long. 728 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,940 The greatest kindness you could do me would be to let me go. 729 00:57:57,950 --> 00:58:00,350 - Badly done, Emma! - I dare say she didn't understand. 730 00:58:00,460 --> 00:58:03,270 I assure you she did! She has spoken of nothing else since. 731 00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:05,350 Mr. Knightley is going to London. 732 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:08,820 This is a sudden idea, isn't it? It is to be a substantial trip. 733 00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:13,080 Goodbye. 734 00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:32,320 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd