1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,207 imagine you're a child again. 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,886 A child who has never been away from home before. 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,042 Not for one single day. 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,960 When I was ten years old, my mother decided she could no longer afford to keep me. 5 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:26,562 I was sent away from the little house in Portsmouth where I had been born. 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,087 Far away to live with my wealthy aunts 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,641 Lady Bertram and Aunt Norris at Mansfield Park. 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,041 I had already been taught to be good. 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,445 Now I was told I must never forget to be grateful. 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,689 But for a long time, I was only timid and unhappy. 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:48,244 We should no doubt prepare ourselves for an ignorant child, with vulgar manners... 12 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,122 These are not incurable faults. 13 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,443 I trust she will prove well-disposed, with more sense than our sister. 14 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,525 Our sister has enough sense to send her daughter to us. 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,001 Being with her cousins will be an education in itself. 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,811 I only hope she'll not tease poor Pug. 17 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,043 I have but just got Julia to leave it alone. 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,482 Was. 19 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,202 Come, ny, meet your cousins. 20 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:45,087 This is Maria, and if I were to teach you nothing, you would learn to be good and clever from her. 21 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,720 Julia, Tom and Edmund. 22 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,450 How do you do? 23 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,528 MRS Come meet your uncle Sir Thomas and your aunt Lady Bertram. 24 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,409 The child must be tired after so long a journey. Sit here, beside your aunt. 25 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,482 Edmund, give your cousin a slice of gooseberry tan'. 26 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,122 This is not a very promising beginning. 27 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,562 I missed my noisy brothers and sisters and the rough and tumble of my own home. 28 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:43,481 No-one meant to be unkind, but I was the poor relation and I was often made to feel it. 29 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,166 Only Edmund put himself out to secure my happiness. 30 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,561 He became my one true friend. 31 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,964 And, as the years passed, I came to love him as more than a cousin. 32 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,602 Edmund! ny! 33 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,087 ♪ The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba 34 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,367 - Excuse me, Aunt Norris, 35 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,443 Sir Thomas wishes to see us. 36 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,122 I'm not at all happy at having to leave Mansfield for so long, but it cannot be avoided. 37 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,771 Our affairs in the West Indies do not prosper. 38 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,924 I expect you to behave with proper decorum while I'm away. 39 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,764 Of you, Maria, 40 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,209 I ask only that your marriage to Mr Rushworth should not take place before my return. 41 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,364 Then your return cannot be too soon for me, Sir Thomas. 42 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,365 Julia...l give you over to your Aunt Norris' care. 43 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,241 Edmund, I believe I may trust you to your own judgment. 44 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,289 Yes, sir. 45 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,249 Tom. 46 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,044 Here is a chance to prove yourself. 47 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,168 I hope so, sir. 48 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,921 Ah, ny, there was something I meant to say to you. 49 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,766 Should your brother's ship be in England, I hope you will invite him to Mansfield. 50 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,922 Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. 51 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,051 I had hoped William would find his sister at 18 much changed from his sister at ten, 52 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,089 but I fear he will not. 53 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,803 With Sir Thomas's departure, it was as if a cloud had been lifted from Mansfield Park. 54 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,645 Even for me, there was a spirit of newfound freedom. 55 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,283 I was 18, it was summer... and I had never been happier. 56 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,607 I thought Aunt Norris was never going to let me out. 57 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,250 How did you get away? 58 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,244 I told her I had a very tedious errand to run for my cousin. 59 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,769 I forgot... 60 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,802 I picked this for you. 61 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:24,091 If Rushworth didn't have 12,000 a year, what a very stupid fellow he'd be. 62 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,242 Luckily for him, he has. 63 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,485 I've had a letter from my brother Tom. 64 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,529 He's staying on in town. 65 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,682 Just what my father was afraid of. 66 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,971 Tom's whole life has turned into one long party. 67 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:40,644 I'm left to deal with everything. 68 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,689 Oh, I think it suits you very well. 69 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,842 Besides, it's not all work. 70 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,085 And I know this doesn't count, but I was never happier. 71 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,447 I'll race you. Come on! 72 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,250 In my innocence, I imagined I would be happy always. 73 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,482 Then, with the sudden brilliance of lightning, 74 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,484 fresh from the pleasures of London's fashionable society, 75 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,962 Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrived in our lives. 76 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,850 Life at Mansfield Park would never be the same again. 77 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,927 What fine neighbours we have. This is where we shall begin, with the Bertrams. 78 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,243 Accounted with such a house, and it cannot be all deadly dull. 79 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,880 That will depend on the deadliness of its occupants. 80 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,930 - There are four children. - Oh, no children, please. 81 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,651 All now grown-up and highly eligible. 82 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,650 There is a younger son, but for myself I have chosen the elder. 83 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,928 The heir? You always do. 84 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,210 Even I couldn't think myself thrown away on the eldest son of a baronet. 85 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,365 So, dearest minx, what is your strategy? 86 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:48,650 Tut-tut. No strategy. Only the use of our natural powers. 87 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,689 Then they are doomed. 88 00:06:50,840 --> 00:06:54,242 And you, Henry? You shall marry the younger Miss Bertram. 89 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,084 The beautiful and eligible Julia. 90 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,811 We've been in a bad school for matrimony. 91 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,727 That I will allow. Marriage as we've seen it is all deceit and disappointment. 92 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,009 Then there's at least one advantage to bad schooling. 93 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,128 Are we not more likely to deceive than to be disappointed? 94 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:25,846 Here they are. One can always rely on fashionable people to be half an hour late. 95 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,889 Well, they don't have far to come. 96 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,441 I can't imagine a cottage will amuse them for long. 97 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,366 Indeed. Their mother, dear creature, could not endure it above a week. 98 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,490 They were pretty as children. How do they look now? 99 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:43,568 Well, Miss Crawford may have the London style, but her prettiness does our girls no disservice. 100 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,285 She's altogether too small and too brown. 101 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:54,369 And her brother, my dear, his income may be satisfactory, but he is plain, very plain. 102 00:07:54,520 --> 00:08:00,243 On the subject of Mr Crawford's plainness, it'll be best to let Julia be the judge. 103 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,323 I'm sorry the rest of my family are not here to greet you. 104 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,721 Your eldest son is not with you, Lady Bertram? 105 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:15,767 Since his father has been gone, Tom prefers London or Newmarket to Mansfield. 106 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,490 I do feel for you, Lady Bertram. 107 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,963 Has Sir Thomas encountered difficulties in Antigua? 108 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,010 It is, I believe, extremely hot. 109 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,768 Circumstances in the West Indies are much less favourable than before, Mr Crawford. 110 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,571 I did not at all like to have Sir Thomas leave me, 111 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,009 but I have been astonished at how well Edmund supplies his place in carving, 112 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,323 in settling with the servants... I take his advice in everything. 113 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,767 Oh, then perhaps Mr Bertram may advise me. 114 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:47,608 How might I advise you, Miss Crawford? 115 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,923 I'm assured that my harp has arrived safe in Northampton, 116 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,926 but do you think I can hire a cart to convey it here? No, I cannot. 117 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,642 You would find it difficult, Miss Crawford, 118 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,963 to hire a horse and cart just now, in the middle of harvest. 119 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,690 I expect I should understand you in time, 120 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,242 but coming from London where everything can be got with money, 121 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,528 I am quite put out by your country ways. 122 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,647 You could not be expected to have thought of it before, Miss Crawford, 123 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,486 but once you do, you must see the importance of getting in the grass. 124 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,402 MRS Anyone for more lemonade? 125 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:27,847 Our one disadvantage, Miss Crawford, 126 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,085 is that Maria's wedding has to wait until after Christmas, for our father's return. 127 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,170 January is a disagreeable month in which to marry. 128 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,530 It is surely the most difficult month in which to make such a long sea voyage, 129 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:44,162 though I have taken certain measures to spare Lady Bertram the worst, 130 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,167 by ensuring that I am the first person to be acquainted with any fatal catastrophe. 131 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,804 My stepfather, the Admiral, ma'am, once made a winter crossing 132 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,089 in such mild weather the voyage took a month longer than expected. 133 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:02,041 In Sir Thomas's case, we will hope for a happy compromise between speed and safety. 134 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,931 How very well you put it, Mr Crawford. 135 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,524 MRS Indeed. And if it is Sir Thomas's fate never to return, 136 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:18,246 it shall be particularly consoling to see our darling Maria settled in such a great match. 137 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,447 Maria is without her parasol. 138 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,170 ny. 139 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,608 If Maria catches a headache, we shall all suffer. 140 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,289 This is perfect. 141 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,011 I'm tempted to call it too perfect. 142 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:54,128 If this were mine, I would introduce an element of the unexpected - of romance. 143 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,162 A ruined castle, perhaps. 144 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,962 We have no castle to ruin, sir. 145 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,929 But it's only pretence, Miss Julia. 146 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,526 One builds and ruins at the same time. 147 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,685 Allow me. Er...allow me. 148 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:21,050 Oh, my ankle. 149 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,202 - Here. - Thank you. 150 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,687 If Mansfield were mine, I should add a folly. 151 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:37,249 Now that I look at it objectively, Miss Crawford, I like what I see too much to want to change it. 152 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:41,166 Come, Edmund. You must surely cy a little chapel. 153 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,641 Why in heaven would Mr Bertram want a chapel? 154 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,202 Does he enjoy forcing ladies out of their bed early in order to kneel on a stone floor? 155 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,251 Especially unpleasant if the poor chaplain isn't worth looking at. 156 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,324 I am shortly to be ordained as a clergyman, Miss Crawford. 157 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,210 Well, then, you must forgive my pleasantries, Mr Bertram. I did not know. 158 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:14,807 Miss Crawford has been telling me why they're here. My dear, they're not here for the view. 159 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,760 The fact is, she cannot possibly go back to the London house with her stepfather. 160 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,527 A week ago, the Admiral installed his mistress under his own family roof. 161 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,445 Well, I'm not at all surprised. 162 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:31,164 Well, I have the highest regard for the navy, but, well, one has only to think of Lord Nelson. 163 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,286 I rather think Julia's ready to be fallen in love with. 164 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,883 I like your Miss Bertrams exceedingly. 165 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,883 They give themselves no airs. 166 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:25,250 No. Their vanity is in such good order they seem quite free of it. 167 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,610 Last year's style, of course, but they're not hurt by what they don't know. 168 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,609 And you like Julia best? 169 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,762 Oh, yes. 170 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:41,848 You know when we arrived, I mistook little Miss Price for a servant and gave her my hat. 171 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,842 Do you really like Julia best? 172 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,287 Maria is generally thought the handsomer. 173 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,363 So I should suppose. 174 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,288 Poor Julia couldn't choose her nose. 175 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,410 And, if she could, I doubt her taste would improve on it... 176 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,124 ...but she is charming. 177 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,726 The sisters are different, but equally charming. 178 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,089 - They are. - And charmed. 179 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,411 I think you might have popped them both under your arm and run off with them. 180 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:10,891 Both? 181 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,485 Either. 182 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,811 ny, what's your opinion of Miss Crawford? 183 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:45,126 She has every virtue, a fortune and a pretty face. 184 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,209 She does. And? 185 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,362 I've got a stone in my shoe. 186 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,851 But, Edmund, does she truly hate to pray? 187 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,123 Does she really believe everything can be got with money? 188 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,887 I think Miss Crawford talks to amuse, rather than anything else. 189 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,807 And, ny, are you riding tomorrow? 190 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,849 Yes. 191 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,970 Then I'll have the mare saddled up half an hour early. 192 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,886 Miss Crawford wants to learn and Jenny is much our quietest horse. 193 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,965 You won't be inconvenienced, I'll make sure we're no more than half an hour. 194 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,722 So you are to be a clergyman? 195 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,002 - I am, yes. - I'm surprised. 196 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,009 Come, do change your mind. 197 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,322 You really are fit for something better. 198 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,960 It's not too late. You could go into the law. 199 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,969 Go into the law? 200 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,361 With as much ease as I might go for a ride? 201 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:14,648 Well, usually, there's an uncle or a grandfather to leave a fortune to the second son. 202 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:18,771 An admirable practice, but I'm an exception and must shift for myself. 203 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,885 Besides, even with a fortune, I would make the same choice. 204 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,089 But men like to distinguish themselves, don%they? 205 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,083 You might be a soldier, or a sailor. 206 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,129 I might. 207 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,408 But I am not. 208 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,488 You're a natural rider, Miss Crawford. - Well, I have a very good teacher. 209 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,888 - ny, we're late. I'm so sorry. - Really, it's of no importance. 210 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,771 Oh, I'm sure it is. I do apologise. 211 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,644 Your cousin and I had so much to talk about, we quite forgot you. 212 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,883 But selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, 213 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,327 because there's never any hope of a cure. 214 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,370 It was only a little play. Lovers' Vows. We were just putting it on for a few friends. 215 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,444 We were well into rehearsals. it would all have gone brilliantly, 216 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,285 when the Dowager Duchess died and our scheme was destroyed. 217 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,363 Good gracious. 218 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,807 It's not worth complaining about, of course. 219 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,563 Still, the poor old lady could not have chosen a worse time. 220 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,167 If only the news could've been suppressed for the three days we needed... 221 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,522 Well, she was a grandmother after all, and she did die 100 miles off. 222 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,161 I'm sure you're very much to be pitied, my dear. 223 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,961 But all is well, ma'am, for now Mr Bertram is to take the Baron, 224 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:46,441 and I am to be Count Cassel, ma'am, 225 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:52,801 and come in three times and have two and 40 speeches, which is no trifle. 226 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,280 Ah, Miss Crawford... 227 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:58,849 - Delighted. - Mr Bertram. 228 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:07,768 What do you say, Edmund? Small, dark and bright. We have our Amelia. 229 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,848 I'm engaged and dismissed in one breath. 230 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,163 It's been a great while since I trod the boards. 231 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,403 Today I feel as if I could be anything and everything. 232 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:23,561 I am of some use, I hope, in preventing any unnecessary expense. 233 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,601 Come, ny. It is a shocking trick for a young person to always be lolling upon a sofa. 234 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,161 You really must learn to think of other people. 235 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,403 MRS I'll never have these curtains finished in time for the performance. 236 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,481 You're not seriously putting on the play here? 237 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,961 Well, certainly we are. Why not? 238 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,362 Look, it's a slight piece, I know, but... 239 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:49,010 Do you think this is too modern? 240 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,168 Where's Mr Crawford? I want his opinion. 241 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,282 For one thing, we know Father's on the return journey now and in constant danger. 242 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:58,930 - For another... - Yes. 243 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,766 And if we can keep my mother's spirits up, I shall think our time well spent. 244 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,126 It's a very anxious time for her. 245 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,487 - What is it? What? 246 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,165 I was not asleep. 247 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,847 For another, you have asked Maria to play the mother of an illegitimate child. 248 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,889 Do not act in anything improper, my dear. 249 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,122 Sir Thomas would not like it. 250 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,124 Father wouldn't like his grown-up daughters to be acting. 251 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,011 - I know my father as well as you do. 252 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,162 Don't imagine no-one can see or judge but you. 253 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,449 Perhaps Edmund doesn't realise how much I'm relying on him. 254 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,685 You see, I'm to be Amelia, but there's no-one for Anhalt, my tutor. 255 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,128 If anyone should play it, it's you. He is a clergyman, you know. 256 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,806 Then I'd be sorry to make him ridiculous with bad acting. 257 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,442 We can manage perfectly well without you. There's no need for you to take part. 258 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,924 - I have no intention of taking part. - Only don't expect to govern everyone else. 259 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,123 No doubt you will decide in time. 260 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,285 When you do, pray let me know which of you gentlemen I have the pleasure of making love to. 261 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,325 You have wilfully ignored my request. 262 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,689 I asked you to raise this curtain by an inch. Come down here. 263 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,571 - Come down here. Such insolence! 264 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,688 He who forms my mind... 265 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,844 That he who forms my mind... 266 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,086 - Do you mind not taking part, ny? - No. 267 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:34,284 Besides, your father would not approve and I can't afford to displease him. 268 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,442 Do stand still, Julia. 269 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,970 Do I not look every inch the tyrannical father? 270 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:49,567 ny, I want your opinion. 271 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,166 - Yes? - Edmund! 272 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,888 This acting scheme gets worse and worse. 273 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,522 They're going to ask an outsider, a complete stranger, to play Anhalt. 274 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,286 Well, what can you do? Tom's so determined. 275 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,442 There's only one thing. 276 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,969 I must play Anhalt myself. 277 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,128 Well? Can you think of an alternative? 278 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,282 You said nothing would induce you. 279 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,922 I know. Do you imagine I like being driven to be so inconsistent? 280 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:33,881 But it can't be right to let Tom go trawling the countryside for anyone who can be persuaded. 281 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,485 No, it can't. 282 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,248 Then give me your blessing, ny. 283 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,882 If you're not with me, I mistrust my own judgment. 284 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,450 I do see it's not right for Miss Crawford to act with a stranger. 285 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,524 Right. You're right. She must be spared. 286 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,851 Dear ny, I couldn't be easy until I'd spoken to you. 287 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:16,045 Psst! Maria! 288 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,442 Are we not made for one another? 289 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,331 Tonight I can be only one thing, Maria. 290 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:46,160 Tonight I am your lover, or I am nothing. 291 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,962 Do you think it's too short? 292 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,644 Let me ask Henry. 293 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,926 Why blush, dear girl? Pray tell me why. You need not. I can prove it. 294 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:21,130 For though your garter met my eye, my thoughts were far above it. 295 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,486 - I say, steady on there, Rushworth. 296 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,446 He is still acting, isn't he? 297 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,090 YOU cannot refuse me. 298 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,971 I must at long last hold you to my heart. 299 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:39,203 Now you've made me mistake my lines, Mr Crawford. 300 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,250 Then, we must rehearse again until you choose to remember them. 301 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,006 Get Maria in shape will you, Henry? Or we'll never be ready. 302 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,401 My pleasure, sir. 303 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:57,082 Now what have you done, ny? If all you can do is make mischief, we're better off without you. 304 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,242 To see such a short, mean-looking man set up for a fine actor is ridiculous. 305 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:06,367 Here. 306 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,887 Would you like me to hear you, Mr Rushworth? 307 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,287 Oh, yes. If you'd be so kind. 308 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,360 What does the Baron accuse me of? Nothing he himself is not guilty of. 309 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,411 - But I shall make short work... - No, no. Er...light. 310 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:35,125 What does the Baron accuse me of? 311 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,681 We can't put it off any longer, Miss Crawford. 312 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,128 And really, you haven't so very much to fear. 313 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:42,964 It is only me. 314 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,771 Perhaps we could find a private corner. 315 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,688 You see how it is, Miss Price. I cannot for the life of me remember it. 316 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,127 You have the first line perfectly, Mr Rushworth. 317 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,601 But, Miss Price, I have two and 40 of them. 318 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,251 When Julia speaks, I cannot recognise my cue. 319 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,209 Miss Price? 320 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,647 I do not wish to blame you, yet I can hardly call it ladylike of you 321 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,646 to visit me here, alone, at night. 322 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:21,921 Mr dear Mr Anhalt, allow me to speak my heart, to tell you that I love you. 323 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,970 That I have loved you since first I set eyes on you. 324 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,651 The er...stage directions say, 325 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:35,124 "Amelia takes Anhalt by the hand and looks into his face." 326 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,565 Ah, ny. Excellent. 327 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,848 Julia won't do it. 328 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,281 Come on. This is your big moment. 329 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,329 You are to be the cottager's wife. 330 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,051 Me? No. I cannot play a part. 331 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,966 - Yes, yes. You can do it well enough for us. - You mustn't let us down, ny. 332 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:07,804 When do we ever ask anything of you? 333 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,248 You cannot be so ungrateful as to not do your cousin's wish. 334 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,527 Yes, do help us out, ny. 335 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:33,441 You'll soon get the hang of it, Miss Price. 336 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,644 Now... 337 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,690 We'll try the moment when you interrupt my scene with Agatha. 338 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,888 You'll find us very well rehearsed. 339 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,046 We've been hard at it, practising by ourselves. 340 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:07,771 If you imagine, sir, I can be shamed into a confession, yours is a... a vain conceit. 341 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,003 Your accusations are enough to make my blood boil. 342 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,763 Father. 343 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,283 When you arrived, sir, we were going through the first three acts. 344 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,204 Not unsuccessfully, upon the whole. 345 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,602 How dare Henry go like that, laughing, and not a word to me! 346 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,845 My dear girl, a man like Henry isn't so easily roped. 347 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,526 Don't suppose I was the one doing the chasing. 348 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,246 We had hoped, sir, to beg your indulgence... 349 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,004 ...as inexperienced players. 350 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,970 My indulgence shall be given, but without the play acting. 351 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:34,010 Do you find Mr and Miss Crawford agreeable acquaintances? 352 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,207 Indeed. 353 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:41,521 Mr Crawford is very pleasant and Miss Crawford is...a lively, pretty girl. 354 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,126 I do not say he's not a gentleman...considering. 355 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:56,242 As your father cannot fail to have noticed, he's too short to be considered a well-looking man. 356 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,931 Father, you've not told us the outcome of your stay in Antigua. 357 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,970 I'm happy to say our affairs in Antigua do now prosper. 358 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:11,760 I hope you won't mind my asking, sir, but now that you've lived amongst it, 359 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,444 do you believe slavery can continue in the same way? 360 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,451 Our little cousin is a friend to abolition. 361 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,241 I think, my dear, we may very well do without slavery. 362 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,362 But without order, we are lost. 363 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,167 YOU must EXCUSE me. 364 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,731 I am unwell. 365 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:58,007 Since I've been home, it has occurred to me that Mr Rushworth... 366 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,451 was perhaps accepted on too short an acquaintance. 367 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,722 I'm well aware what an advantageous alliance it would be for you and for the family. 368 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,964 But you must not sacrifice your happiness to it. 369 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,010 Marriage is a serious undertaking. 370 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,448 You have no particular reason to repent your engagement. 371 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:26,805 Over dinner I wondered if, perhaps, some new acquaintance had made you regret it. 372 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,405 Not at all. 373 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,325 If it is your wish, I may still act to release you. 374 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,683 It's not too late. 375 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,927 You must be perfectly open and sincere with me. 376 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,169 I thank you, sir, for your most generous attention, 377 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,288 but I assure you, you are mistaken. 378 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,240 I have the highest regard for Mr Rushworth's character and disposition. 379 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,925 I am honoured by his status and his fortune. 380 00:30:57,960 --> 00:30:59,564 What more could I wish for? 381 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,802 Oh, how wonderful. 382 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,041 Congratulations. Bravo. 383 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,487 WO Congratulations. Well done. 384 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,201 It is my greatest glory, Miss Crawford, to take a little of the credit 385 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:41,366 for bringing the admiration of Mr Rushworth for our dearest angel Maria into effect. 386 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,410 Thank you, Edmund. 387 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:47,971 Maria. 388 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,921 You must write to me every day from London and tell me all about it. 389 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,082 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 390 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,166 - Walk on! Have a safe journey. 391 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,526 - Look after your sister, Julia. - I'll write from London. 392 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,409 Weddings are such a bore. 393 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,206 Thank God the racing season's started, so I can escape. 394 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,082 Even Father wouldn't insist I'm here through Cheltenham. 395 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,082 I need another drink. 396 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,170 You sighed, Miss Crawford. 397 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,210 Waving goodbye to your sister has made me wonder 398 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,362 what there is to keep me at Mansfield. 399 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,522 Will you not stay for my sake? 400 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,489 I confess, I can imagine it being pleasant enough to spend half the year at Mansfield, 401 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,680 but...in a country cottage, no. 402 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,727 Might you not feel differently in time? 403 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,042 You think I should be the one to change? 404 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,089 I doubt it, Mr Bertram. 405 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,129 I'm stubborn, you know. 406 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,282 And I always get my way in the end. 407 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,490 Miss Price? 408 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,211 - I am come to visit the scene of the crime. - Shhh! 409 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,565 I shall always look back on our theatricals with such pleasure. 410 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,405 We were alive. I was never happier. 411 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,482 Don't you think we're unlucky, Miss Price? 412 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,610 Don't you think fate might have indulged us with another week? 413 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,529 No, I don't. 414 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,286 I think everyone indulged themselves enough. 415 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,968 Well, that was a very proper wedding. 416 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,009 The bride was beautiful. 417 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,640 The bridesmaids suitably inferior. 418 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:19,801 Mm. 419 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,841 - Mary? "Mm? 420 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,891 How was young Bertram? I scarcely spoke a word to him all day. 421 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,249 Edmund is as ever Edmund was. Determined on obscurity. 422 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,410 He will not change his mind. He's soon to be ordained. 423 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,881 His living will be 700 a year. 424 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,849 Oh, well, I'm glad he'll be so well off. 425 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,247 A very pretty income to make ducks and drakes with. 426 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,324 You would look rather blank, if you were limited to 700 a year. 427 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,165 - Perhaps, but all that is comparative. - Exactly. 428 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,884 And then...until we came here, 429 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:04,841 I never imagined a country cottage could have so much the air of a gentleman's residence. 430 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,891 In fact...I've made up my mind to stay longer. 431 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,930 Henry, what are you up to? 432 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,208 I cy having Miss Price fall in love with me. 433 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,011 ny? Oh, what nonsense. 434 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,050 Haven't you noticed the wonderful improvement in her looks? 435 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,524 The truth is there's no-one else for you to notice and you have to have someone. 436 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,409 Well... 437 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,801 Perhaps a little bit of love might do her good. 438 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,205 She's very sweet and I will not have you make her unhappy. 439 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,648 Really, I couldn't bear it if you were to turn out like our stepfather. 440 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,246 - All I'm asking... 441 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,770 ...is to make a small hole in ny Price's heart. 442 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,327 ♪ Exercise-style variations 443 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,729 William! 444 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,769 ny! 445 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,922 My dear sister. 446 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,367 I chose it for you in Sicily. 447 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:06,965 Thank you. 448 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:13,247 Oh, William, you can't imagine how much I've missed you. 449 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,370 Have you? But you are happy in Mansfield aren't you, ny? 450 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,000 - They are kind to you? - Yes, they are kind. 451 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,600 And, of course, I love them all as I should... 452 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,921 ...but my only real friend is Edmund. 453 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,082 Edmund? Yes. 454 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:31,926 In your letters, you spoke so often of Edmund, I was quite jealous. 455 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,289 - I thought he'd taken my place. - No-one could ever do that. 456 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,284 Besides, what I feel for Edmund is... 457 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,209 It's different. 458 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,124 He isn't my brother. 459 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,960 Just off Trieste, we chased the enemy sail until we were close enough to fire on her, 460 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:59,081 at which she returned our salute with a broadside that came scouring along the decks, 461 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:04,690 tore through the foresail, made a large dent in a brass gun, rebounded away into the open sea. 462 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,683 Good heavens! - Amazing. 463 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,970 Luckily, we were all on the contrary side, or it would have killed and wounded a good many. 464 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,841 Dear me. How very disagreeable. I wonder anyone can ever go to sea. 465 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,048 I couldn't feel more differently. 466 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,562 Listening to Mr Price, I envy him every danger. 467 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:24,246 To have gone through such hardships... 468 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,482 And the glory of such heroism puts me to shame. 469 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,008 There is nothing heroic about what I do, Mr Crawford. 470 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,083 I'm just an ordinary midshipman. 471 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:36,928 It's still a remarkable thing, to have given such proof of character so young. 472 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:43,122 I do wish to distinguish myself, sir, but the truth is I have no commission as yet. 473 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,886 Sometimes I think I'll never be made lieutenant. 474 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,560 - Ah, William. - Good morning, sir. 475 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,803 How are you enjoying your stay at Mansfield Park, young man? 476 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:05,648 Very much indeed, sir, but I only have two days left, and tomorrow is ny's birthday. 477 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,689 Of course. 478 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,569 Well, then we must celebrate. 479 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,923 I have not seen ny dance since she was a little girl. 480 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:19,363 What say we throw our niece a ball before her brother goes back to sea? 481 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,249 It's high time she came out. 482 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,482 - Surely not. - Must I? 483 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,642 Indeed you must. It's your birthday. 484 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,928 Then may I not have my own way? 485 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:33,723 No, my dear, you may not, because it is your day, it is your duty to consider everyone else. 486 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,890 We need only make a small party. 487 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,122 But may I not choose the occasion? 488 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:45,246 I should like it to be the same as the last birthday I had with William. 489 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,004 A picnic. 490 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,162 A picnic? 491 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,724 I see nothing against that. 492 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,882 Thank you, Sir Thomas. 493 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,529 A picnic indeed. 494 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,205 A picnic for half the county. 495 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,364 The nonsense and folly of people stepping out of their rank. 496 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,081 Now that you are to move into company, ny, you must never forget, 497 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:16,325 whatever the occasion, you must always be the lowest, the last. 498 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,369 Oh, I shall never forget that. 499 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,002 Unless, of course, I'm enjoying myself too much to remember. 500 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,566 I thought it might look well with William's cross. 501 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:33,722 This is beautiful. 502 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:40,041 - How can I ever thank you? - Oh...by accepting it for what it is. 503 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,560 A token of love from one of your oldest friends. 504 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,770 What can I do? Miss Crawford has also sent me a necklace. 505 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,127 Miss Crawford has given you a necklace? 506 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,448 Then, my dear, ny, you must wear it. 507 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,489 Well, I don't want to. 508 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,167 And anyway, yours is far more suited to my cross. 509 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,004 How extraordinary that she and I should have had the same thought. 510 00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,209 She shows her affection for you, whereas to me, she um... 511 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,009 ...she seems determined to torment me. 512 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,611 I'm sure she doesn't mean half the things she says, but... 513 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,445 you know the kind of life Mary wants. 514 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,443 Hectic. 515 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,807 Fashionable life in London. 516 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,008 Could I ever live as she wants? 517 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,168 Well, what about the life you want to live? 518 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:51,210 Haven't you always said that being a clergyman isn't about having a comfortable parish, 519 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,806 or even preaching a good sermon, 520 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,281 it's about living a good life? 521 00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:58,811 Yes. 522 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,689 And so it is. 523 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,161 But enough of my problems. 524 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,322 Tomorrow is your day. 525 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,289 Then you must indulge me, Edmund. 526 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,442 See it first as I prefer. 527 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,569 There. 528 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,042 It could not look better. 529 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:55,283 - One...two...three. Off you go! 530 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,168 - It's Mary. Miss Crawford. - You are mistaken, Mr Bertram. 531 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:17,890 Erm... 532 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,247 I cannot guess. 533 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,449 - It's ny. 534 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,003 Well, I should have known you, Miss Price. May I? 535 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,251 One, two, three. 536 00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:09,049 James... It's Master James. 537 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,562 ♪ Hornpipe 538 00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,206 WO Well done! Quite entertaining. 539 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:52,483 Dear ny, with your cousins gone, you are quite the centre of attention. 540 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,688 I think I prefer being overlooked. 541 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:56,729 Oh, no, you must learn to enjoy it. 542 00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,601 It serves no purpose to blush unseen. Not that you do. 543 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,008 Did you know that Henry's taking William to London tomorrow? 544 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,650 - No. - He is. 545 00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,644 They're going to dine with our stepfather, the Admiral. 546 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:14,441 I've never seen my brother take so much trouble over anyone before. 547 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,165 Miss Price, might I engage you for this dance? 548 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,926 I've asked the musician to give us Portsmouth. 549 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,407 It's your place to open the dancing, my dear. 550 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,767 Please, sir. Must I? 551 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,406 It's your day, ny. 552 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,602 Take your places for a dance. 553 00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:49,928 What a pity this is the last time I shall dance with you, Mr Bertram. 554 00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,570 Why is that? 555 00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:54,724 Because the next time we meet, you shall be a clergyman. 556 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,405 Yes, I go to York tomorrow. 557 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,961 I've never yet danced with a clergyman and I never will. 558 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,727 You are especially playful this afternoon, Miss Crawford. 559 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,009 You think if you shake me hard enough, something serious will drop out, 560 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,162 but I assure you, I am profoundly shallow. 561 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:12,086 A large income is the best recipe I ever heard of for happiness. 562 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,646 Then your happiness is forever beyond my power. 563 00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:29,444 Come, Mr Bertram. It's not too late. Do change your mind. 564 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,442 For me? 565 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:29,802 Here you are. 566 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,167 My uncle has advised me to go to bed. 567 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,130 I'm sure you've never been up so late in your life. 568 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,882 I am worn out with civility. 569 00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,167 Talking all evening with nothing to say. 570 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,050 Look, Edmund. 571 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,089 How lovely it is. 572 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,129 Yes. 573 00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,207 And how lovely you are tonight, ny. 574 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:02,808 You've always disliked praise, the way other women dislike neglect, 575 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:07,841 but tonight I think you don't mind being told you've grown up into a pretty woman. 576 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:15,764 It must be Henry's doing. Don't think I didn't notice how much you enjoyed dancing with him. 577 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:20,565 Yes. I've been obliged to enjoy myself quite shockingly. 578 00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:33,607 There's Arcturus, looking very bright. 579 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,524 It's been a great while since we did any stargazing. 580 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:51,930 I don't know how it's happened but...yes, it is a very great while. 581 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,447 I will be back soon. 582 00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:11,131 - At last, a letter from Mrs Rushworth. 583 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,886 - From Maria. Our darling Maria. - Oh. 584 00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,042 MY dear? 585 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,965 My dearest Mama. Last night, I gave my first party. 586 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,122 It was a sensation. 587 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:33,560 I cannot tell you, Mama, how very tippy it is to be queen of the fashionable world. 588 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:38,282 I have everything my heart desires and my comfort as a wife is complete. 589 00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,766 Mr Rushworth is presently in Bath visiting his mother. 590 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:45,446 And he sh... 591 00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,767 Here is something I can't quite read. 592 00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:55,642 Mr Rushworth is in Bath? Maria is alone in London. Edmund is ordained. 593 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:59,850 Tom's absence, I'm resigned to, but I wish they would not all leave us. 594 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,729 I'm glad we took ny in as we did. 595 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,201 Now the others are away, we feel the good of it 596 00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,011 and it is such a comfort to know we shall always have her. 597 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,051 Excuse me, miss, but Sir Thomas would like to see you. 598 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:17,364 Surely Sir Thomas has asked to see me, not ny? 599 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,524 No, madam. Sir Thomas asked for Miss Price. 600 00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:49,088 He is made. I have the infinite satisfaction of congratulating you on your brother's promotion. 601 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,442 Your brother is a lieutenant. 602 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:04,281 Here are the letters that confirm it. Would you like to see them? 603 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:05,930 Yes. 604 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,689 And has all this been your doing? 605 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:22,122 Good heavens. Was it at your request? 606 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,003 I am astonished. 607 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,527 Well, I went to London, so as to introduce your brother to my stepfather. 608 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,682 Yes, that was very kind of you. 609 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:38,083 I wanted the Admiral to exert whatever influence he might have for getting him on. 610 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:40,811 That was my purpose. My chief purpose. 611 00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,202 Although I confess... 612 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,371 - Miss Price. - You are so generous. 613 00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:56,241 We are infinitely obliged to you, Mr Crawford. 614 00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,323 - I must go to my aunt immediately. - Please. 615 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:00,164 Please. 616 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:06,041 Please. 617 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,726 You must allow me to say what I feel, Miss Price. 618 00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:20,088 Feelings that...you cannot have been completely unaware of. 619 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:22,481 I beg you, Mr Crawford. Pray don't... 620 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,362 At first, I saw only your sweetness. Your grace. 621 00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,602 - Your beauty. - No, this talk, it... 622 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:34,167 - Really, I cannot bear it. - Because you think I'm only playing? 623 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,603 I love you with all my heart. 624 00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:45,924 I shall never, never cease loving you. 625 00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:47,844 I give you myself. 626 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:50,367 My hand. My fortune. 627 00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,808 Are we not made for one another? Tell me. 628 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,964 You must tell me you feel something for me in return. 629 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:03,768 No. No. 630 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,127 I can't believe a word you say. 631 00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,521 I've seen you do all this before. 632 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,966 Am I to understand that you mean to refuse Mr Crawford? 633 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,043 Yes, sir. 634 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:47,043 What is your reason? 635 00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,721 I cannot like him well enough to marry him. 636 00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,882 Here is a man with everything to recommend him. 637 00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:01,164 I'm half inclined to think, ny, that you do not know your own feelings. 638 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:03,004 No, but I do, sir. 639 00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:06,243 As soon as I was aware of them, I disliked Mr Crawford's attentions. 640 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,323 Did you indeed? 641 00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:11,846 You're so young, you've scarcely met anyone. 642 00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,162 It's surely not possible that your affections are already...? 643 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:22,564 No. No, you think only of yourself. 644 00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:27,002 The advantage to your family - to William - holds no weight with you. 645 00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,367 I am very disappointed in you. 646 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,569 You show yourself very, very different from what I had imagined. 647 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:34,563 You are by no means free of that... 648 00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:38,725 that self-regard which, in a young woman, is disagreeable beyond all else. 649 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:43,169 Must I remind you that the luxury to pick and choose is beyond your means? 650 00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,800 You may live another 18 years in the world 651 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:50,124 before being addressed by a man of half Mr Crawford's estate and character. 652 00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:56,603 I do not claim that you owe me the duty of a daughter, 653 00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:02,164 - but if your heart can acquit you of ingratitude... - I'm very sorry to make you angry, sir. 654 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,607 But I know I could never make him happy. 655 00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:08,842 And I'd be miserable myself. 656 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,051 Now, child... 657 00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:15,522 ...dry up your tears. 658 00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,724 As you know, Mr Crawford is soon to leave Mansfield. 659 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:28,360 He has but a short time to convince you that you might not be so very miserable after all. 660 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:48,010 The moon shines bright in such a night as this, 661 00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:51,243 When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees. 662 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:57,842 And they did make no noise, in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Trojan walls 663 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,971 And sighed his soul towards the Grecian tents... 664 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,364 ...where Cressid lay that night. 665 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,682 Oh, so very well read, really. 666 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,684 It was like being at a play, was it not, Sir Thomas? 667 00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:14,127 Indeed, the play must be a favourite of yours. 668 00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:16,362 Well, after tonight, sir, it will be. 669 00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:19,209 But to tell the truth, I like an audience. 670 00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:23,565 Did you speak? 671 00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:25,841 No. 672 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:30,050 I don't think you've told Miss Price anything she does not know, Henry. 673 00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,405 Miss Crawford, will you join us for cards? 674 00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:38,131 Why don't I deal? Yes, you deal. 675 00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:42,080 I've often resolved to make good my neglect of Shakespeare. 676 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,409 But it would take regular study and I am not constant in my habits. 677 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:51,523 - What did that shake of the head mean? - Nothing. 678 00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,968 You shook your head when I said I am not constant. 679 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:02,886 Perhaps I thought it a pity you don't always know yourself as well as you did in that moment. 680 00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,770 - You have spoken. - Hardly to please you. 681 00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:08,922 But it does please me. 682 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:13,324 If I don't understand your opinion of me, then how can I improve on it? 683 00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,808 You know I'm going back to London. 684 00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:20,009 And you expect by the end of the week I shall have forgotten you. 685 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:21,889 Believe me, you're quite wrong. 686 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:26,411 You are cold. 687 00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,526 MRS I intend to be quiet. 688 00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,127 Four for you. 689 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:38,604 - ny. There. My game. 690 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:40,410 Oh, very well read. 691 00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:42,210 Well done. 692 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,002 My dear Miss Price. 693 00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,244 Now the moment has come, I hate to leave Mansfield. 694 00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:02,168 Good, gentle ny. 695 00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,049 I don't know how it is, 696 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,841 but you have so much more heart than one usually finds in the world at large. 697 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,209 And, I confess, I would like to have seen Edmund once more. 698 00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,249 Ordained or no. 699 00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:19,486 There were things I said to Edmund that I wish unsaid with all my heart. 700 00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:23,166 - Would you tell him so, ny, from me? - Me? 701 00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,051 No, you must not leave me with such an errand, Miss Crawford. 702 00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:28,806 Well, at least you will give him my compliments, lhope. 703 00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:33,049 Is there not a word missing in our language, Miss Price? 704 00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:36,247 Something between compliments and love? 705 00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,210 Edmund, how was the ordination? 706 00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:47,206 it was all absolutely splendid. Thank you. 707 00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,489 Baddeley told me you had something of great import to discuss. 708 00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:54,564 I have an unusual request to make to you. 709 00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:09,402 The Reverend Bertram. 710 00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:11,765 How well it sounds. 711 00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:13,809 Congratulations. 712 00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:15,564 Thank you. 713 00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:21,288 You stayed away so long, I thought you were never coming back. 714 00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:23,647 Did Sir Thomas send for you? 715 00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:27,850 No. The reason I stayed away so long was to avoid Mary... 716 00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,761 ...only to run into the Crawfords just as they were quitting the village. 717 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:38,041 You know, if I hadn't, I might never have seen Mary again. 718 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:43,005 I'd quite decided to forget her during the whole torturous business. 719 00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:47,808 But seeing her just now... Her manner to me was so very sweet. 720 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:50,804 Her...words so simple. Her looks... 721 00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:57,522 I cannot give her up. 722 00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:03,281 She's the only woman in the world whom I can ever think of as my wife. 723 01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:08,441 She's invited me to visit her in London. 724 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:11,721 And I must waste no time in doing so quickly, 725 01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:14,963 before the habits of wealth and fashion scupper my chances. 726 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,331 So now I am to go away again. 727 01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:22,368 I'm sorry, ny. 728 01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,966 I promise I'll write as soon as I have any news. 729 01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:29,682 And, anyway, I gather it's you I have to thank for their delayed departure. 730 01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:34,201 ny? 731 01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:38,568 What can I say? I'm sure we'll think very differently. 732 01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:44,568 It's true, I think Crawford's proposal a highly desirable one... 733 01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:50,727 ...if you can return his affection but, ny, if you can't, of course you mustn't accept him. 734 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,087 - I was afraid you'd blame me. - Blame you? 735 01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,686 Your conduct has been faultless. 736 01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:59,481 But I can see you might wish to love him. 737 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,320 The natural wish of gratitude, if nothing else. 738 01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:10,088 And, you know, my father thought he detected some little thaw in your feelings. 739 01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:13,881 No, he was mistaken. I promise you, he was mistaken. 740 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,091 Oh, well. 741 01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:21,371 Nothing Edmund could say had any influence over her. 742 01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:24,489 She will not have him. 743 01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:26,642 I am not surprised. 744 01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,530 There's something about ny I've often observed. 745 01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:33,445 She does not like to be dictated to. 746 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,569 ny is very young. 747 01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:40,883 A period of reflection may be all that's required to bring ny 748 01:01:41,040 --> 01:01:43,407 to a more sober appreciation of Mr Crawford's offer. 749 01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:47,565 I propose we leave ny behind when we visit your mother. 750 01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:51,251 It will involve a small sacrifice on your part, my dear. 751 01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:52,765 For three weeks? 752 01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,082 But I presume on your goodness to allow it. 753 01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:59,882 Of course, if ny were to marry Mr Crawford, I should not dream of missing her, 754 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:02,042 never mind the loss to me. 755 01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:07,362 And I tell you what, if she does, and this is more than I did for Maria, 756 01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,880 next time Pug has a litter, I shall give her one of the puppies. 757 01:03:40,280 --> 01:03:42,282 My dear cousin... 758 01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,122 Dearest Edmund... 759 01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:56,411 Perhaps it is because of my present solitude that I cannot stop thinking of our last meeting. 760 01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,202 And I so wish... 761 01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:03,962 I wish... 762 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:07,082 I wish... 763 01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:14,046 I did not mean to say you should not hope. 764 01:04:16,240 --> 01:04:18,481 Life without hope is intolerable 765 01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,644 and even I, in my secret heart... 766 01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:25,042 ...dare hope that... 767 01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:06,329 Forgive me for calling like this, unannounced, but I had such a desire to see you. 768 01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:09,602 And here you are. 769 01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:18,082 You are tired, Mr Crawford. 770 01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:21,930 Oh. I have been too much in society. 771 01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:23,969 And I too little. 772 01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,521 Then we are equally in character, Miss Price. 773 01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:31,689 Shall we walk? 774 01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:39,922 Have you news from London, Mr Crawford? 775 01:05:40,080 --> 01:05:41,764 Nothing of any interest. 776 01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:44,161 No war. No fire. 777 01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:46,163 No revolution. 778 01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:50,403 But Maria and Julia are tireless followers of fashion. 779 01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:53,805 And even Edmund has dined several times at Maria's 780 01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:58,170 where, as you may know, my sister is living at present. 781 01:06:00,200 --> 01:06:02,806 Mary's appetite for society remains undimmed. 782 01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:06,769 And Tom? 783 01:06:06,920 --> 01:06:09,082 We see no more of Tom than you do. 784 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,361 The last I heard, he was at Newmarket, 785 01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:17,127 continuing his giddy career of drinking and gambling. 786 01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:21,882 Whereas I... 787 01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:27,811 Mansfield has spoiled me for anywhere else. 788 01:06:32,800 --> 01:06:37,169 Or perhaps, living with this all the time, you no longer see its beauty. 789 01:06:38,120 --> 01:06:41,647 But to me, on a day like this... 790 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:45,486 ...it is an uncommonly lovely sight. 791 01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:47,688 Oh, I think so too. 792 01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:52,365 I can imagine nowhere lovelier than Mansfield Park. 793 01:06:52,520 --> 01:06:55,046 You see, I hadn't forgotten about you, ny. 794 01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,089 Not for a moment. 795 01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:59,527 I've been thinking of you constantly. 796 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:02,725 Have I not proved myself? 797 01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:08,366 I just don't know how to answer you. 798 01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:10,807 No, you know how to answer me. 799 01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:14,764 Just give me some sign, ny, no matter how small. 800 01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,282 Tell me I may look forward to being happy. 801 01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:20,329 Help me, ny. 802 01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:21,970 Guide me. 803 01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:24,248 I can't guide you. 804 01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:28,687 We all have our best guides within us... 805 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:32,004 ...if only we would listen. 806 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:47,209 Well, leave me to my own judgment, then, 807 01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:50,603 but my better self, as you well know... 808 01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:53,682 ...is in your keeping. 809 01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,962 Please be gentle with him. 810 01:08:30,800 --> 01:08:32,564 Carefully, now. 811 01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:34,609 Poor Tom. 812 01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:38,367 - Tom, my dearest boy. Get him inside and straight up to his room. 813 01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:40,329 Gently. Gently. 814 01:08:40,480 --> 01:08:42,403 Careful. 815 01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:50,927 Thank God we have you, ny. 816 01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:53,208 Go to my mother. She needs you. 817 01:08:53,360 --> 01:08:55,362 Tom is extremely ill. 818 01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:02,649 Oh, ny. 819 01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:04,689 Dear ny. 820 01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:06,729 Now I shall be comforted. 821 01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:13,570 He had been drinking a good deal, ny. 822 01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:16,847 But, after he fell, he neglected himself 823 01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:21,722 until he brought on such a fever that he hardly knew who or where he was. 824 01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:26,886 Finally, his physician insisted on calling us to him. And now... 825 01:09:27,040 --> 01:09:29,884 They...fear for his lungs... 826 01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:35,089 I'm... I am so very, very frightened, ny. 827 01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:39,928 I'm sure I daren't go near him. With my weak chest, it could prove fatal. 828 01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:42,287 I'm sure we have more reason to hope than to fear. 829 01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:47,684 Dear ny, pray God you are right. 830 01:09:48,840 --> 01:09:50,444 But now... 831 01:09:51,480 --> 01:09:54,404 I am guided by Sir Thomas in everything. 832 01:09:55,400 --> 01:09:58,927 But can it be right for him to go away again at such a time? 833 01:09:59,080 --> 01:10:02,084 Sir Thomas is leaving us...now? 834 01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:20,441 ny. 835 01:10:21,480 --> 01:10:23,369 Yes, Uncle? 836 01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,402 Come in a moment. 837 01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:32,930 Are you unwell, sir? 838 01:10:33,080 --> 01:10:35,082 No, no, I'm not unwell. 839 01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:40,162 But certain... 840 01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:43,481 ...business affairs take me to London. 841 01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:49,610 Edmund knows I'm going, but not why, and I will not add to my wife's unhappiness, 842 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,967 unless it becomes absolutely necessary to do so. 843 01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:54,088 I rely on you, ny, to take care of her. 844 01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:02,207 I may be disappointed elsewhere... 845 01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:07,250 ...but in you, my dear, I'm blessed. 846 01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:18,486 As for Tom, we can only hope and pray. 847 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:33,001 My first task is to bring the patient's temperature down. 848 01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:44,763 Once...these little handmaidens have done their work, we may be more optimistic. 849 01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:17,928 You saw Miss Crawford in London? 850 01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:23,082 Yes, every day. 851 01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:28,449 But not once alone. 852 01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:30,602 She was in a pack all the time. 853 01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,322 She danced a great deal. 854 01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:39,922 She spoke a great deal. 855 01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:43,202 Said nothing sensible or even kind. 856 01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:48,166 She was, I suppose, her London self. 857 01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:52,562 Like a stranger with whom I had to argue every little point. 858 01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,048 Can I do anything? 859 01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:43,562 Let ny read to me. 860 01:13:44,520 --> 01:13:46,522 You're bored with me, are you? 861 01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:49,481 I could do with a pretty face to look at. 862 01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:52,123 Our patient is improving. 863 01:13:55,840 --> 01:14:00,004 - Let me guess The Racing News? - Every word. 864 01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:02,322 And no objections, please. 865 01:14:02,480 --> 01:14:08,169 I warn you, ny, the illness has brought out Tom's true nature in all its wonderful ugliness. 866 01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:11,644 He is a tyrant. 867 01:14:12,480 --> 01:14:14,642 Well, I shan't let him tyrannise me. 868 01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:18,405 We'll see about that. You'll give way. 869 01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:21,328 You're too kind to quarrel. 870 01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:23,968 You should not rely on it, cousin. 871 01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:34,765 ny is the best girl alive. 872 01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:40,288 It's 4-1 on Little Scott. 873 01:14:40,440 --> 01:14:46,083 And Remnant beat Swallow by two lengths in the second meeting at Newmarket on Monday. 874 01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:49,442 3-1 on Robinson... 875 01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:03,001 Ah, my dear. Yes... Where's Edmund? 876 01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:05,288 - In the breakfast room, sir. - With your aunt? 877 01:15:05,440 --> 01:15:07,010 Yes. 878 01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:10,002 I shall be with you in a moment. 879 01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:18,325 Thank you. 880 01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:22,280 These are sad circumstances in which to meet again, Miss Price. 881 01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:28,289 It surprises me that Tom's sisters are happy to stay in London but you are here... 882 01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:31,760 ...and I will do anything I can to help and comfort. 883 01:15:32,920 --> 01:15:34,410 Poor young man. 884 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:39,168 If he were to be cut off now, in the flower of his days, it would be most tragic. 885 01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:42,324 None of us are troubling to be quite so pessimistic, Miss Crawford. 886 01:15:42,480 --> 01:15:46,451 I am justly reprimanded but, pray, don't misunderstand me. 887 01:15:47,480 --> 01:15:50,689 By my honour, I never bribed a physician in my life. 888 01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:53,927 However, should Tom die... 889 01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:59,363 ...then wealth and consequence could fall into no hands more deserving of them. 890 01:16:00,360 --> 01:16:02,362 Is Edmund home? 891 01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:07,809 Am I come too late? 892 01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:14,126 I need to talk to you all. Miss Crawford, this concerns you too. 893 01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:23,488 My dear, I have to ask you to be brave. I'm very sorry for it. 894 01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:24,687 Julia...? 895 01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:27,650 Julia is safe with our cousins at Richmond. 896 01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:35,122 Last week, I received a letter from an old friend in London. 897 01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:39,443 It contained a good deal to concern me about our daughter Maria. 898 01:16:41,560 --> 01:16:44,530 I had no choice but to act immediately. 899 01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:48,651 I went to town in the faint hope that my informant might be mistaken 900 01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:52,805 or, failing that, that I might at least reverse a desperate situation. 901 01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:57,529 I need hardly say that I have been disappointed. 902 01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:02,641 Maria has left her home and her husband. 903 01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:04,290 Oh, no. 904 01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:07,205 No. 905 01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:10,842 - No, this cannot be. Flagrantly, publicly... 906 01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,128 in utter contempt for her family's honour. 907 01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:16,045 With complete disregard for each and every one of us... 908 01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:20,161 ...she has run away with Mr Crawford. 909 01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:31,886 I'm become aware of my errors too late. 910 01:17:32,040 --> 01:17:35,601 I had hoped my daughters would grow up to be good... 911 01:17:36,600 --> 01:17:39,729 ...but I succeeded only in them being good mannered. 912 01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:45,443 I knew my daughter...no more than a stranger. 913 01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:49,767 A woman whose shoulder I might brush against 914 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,685 without any inkling of her fears, hopes or passions. 915 01:17:55,880 --> 01:17:57,882 And now it's too late. 916 01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:01,642 Her character is destroyed. 917 01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:05,169 Did you notice nothing at the time? 918 01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:07,209 Were they so very discreet? 919 01:18:07,360 --> 01:18:11,490 Discreet? If only they had been. One ounce of common discretion would have saved us. 920 01:18:11,640 --> 01:18:12,527 Saved us? 921 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:16,401 You don't think Henry set out to destroy the Rushworths' marriage? 922 01:18:16,560 --> 01:18:21,726 I don't mean to defend Henry at your sister's expense, but I could knock their heads together. 923 01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:25,161 I never imagined that they would really do it. 924 01:18:25,320 --> 01:18:28,608 And I'm sure we both thought Maria knew she'd had her penny's worth, 925 01:18:28,760 --> 01:18:31,730 to use the vulgar phrase, and would be content. 926 01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:36,966 For one moment's stupidity, Maria has thrown away everything she gained by her marriage. 927 01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:39,850 Is that all you have to say? 928 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:43,810 Please don't think that I've forgotten ny. 929 01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:46,689 But foolish girl! 930 01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:49,411 If ny had accepted him, they might now even be married. 931 01:18:49,560 --> 01:18:53,884 And Henry's relationship with Mrs Rushworth would be no more than a harmless flirtation... 932 01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:56,646 Enough! You've said enough. 933 01:18:56,800 --> 01:18:59,246 Forgive me, but I have not yet made my point. 934 01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:01,641 Edmund, I beg you. 935 01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:04,041 Advise your father not to interfere. 936 01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:09,845 My father should collude in this business in the hope that Henry will marry Maria? 937 01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:15,040 Well, think, Edmund, think. Maria would recover some footing in society. 938 01:19:15,200 --> 01:19:17,089 Not all, of course, but... 939 01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:22,563 ...should the worst happen with your brother, then we, I mean you and I, Edmund, 940 01:19:22,720 --> 01:19:26,725 would be in a position to help Maria and accept her back here at Mansfield. 941 01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:28,882 I cannot believe what I'm hearing. 942 01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:33,322 Have you no sense of what this means? 943 01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:36,529 All you see is folly. 944 01:19:36,680 --> 01:19:41,971 A little embarrassment we can overcome, if only we're sensible and think straight for five minutes. 945 01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:46,125 Society will forgive us! What do I care about society? 946 01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:49,561 My father's shame will last for ever. 947 01:19:49,720 --> 01:19:52,200 And my mother's grief and I... 948 01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:00,201 The woman I thought I loved doesn't exist. 949 01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:05,284 She was a... a figment of my imagination. 950 01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:11,441 So much the better, you may say. I have less to lose. 951 01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:16,808 But I'd have lost you a thousand times rather than see you for what you really are. 952 01:20:21,160 --> 01:20:23,322 A pretty lecture, I must say. 953 01:20:23,480 --> 01:20:25,562 Will it be one of your sermons? 954 01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:29,923 Love is supposed to endure disappointment, is it not? 955 01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:31,650 Or so I am told. 956 01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:36,802 Goodbye, Miss Crawford. 957 01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:44,728 I wish you well with all my heart. 958 01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:54,885 Edmund! 959 01:21:02,440 --> 01:21:05,330 Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 960 01:21:06,520 --> 01:21:08,761 Apt emblem of a virtuous maid. 961 01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:13,729 Silent and chaste she steals along, 962 01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:17,486 Far from the world's gay busy throng. 963 01:21:18,720 --> 01:21:20,768 With gentle yet prevailing... 964 01:21:47,840 --> 01:21:49,251 Edmund. 965 01:21:58,160 --> 01:22:00,162 How I was deceived. 966 01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:07,408 How I deceived myself. 967 01:22:22,840 --> 01:22:24,729 This is all your doing. 968 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:27,611 You think of nothing and no-one but yourself. 969 01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:32,371 If you'd have accepted Mr Crawford, none of this would have happened. 970 01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:35,410 Maria's letter shows her to be deeply unhappy, Sir Thomas. 971 01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:38,890 So unhappy...l cannot but hope that if you were to go to her, 972 01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:42,761 she might be persuaded to leave Mr Crawford and return home. 973 01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:44,649 Mr Rushworth would not have her, ma'am. 974 01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:47,121 I mean to say she might return here. 975 01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:49,123 That, I fear, is impossible. 976 01:22:49,280 --> 01:22:53,808 As a daughter, Maria may count on me always, to secure her comfort and protection. 977 01:22:54,800 --> 01:22:56,404 Further than that, I cannot go. 978 01:22:58,360 --> 01:23:00,089 Even her mother doesn't expect... 979 01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:02,963 You mean... 980 01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:07,681 ...Maria is to be sacrificed for the sake of ny's niceness? 981 01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:11,082 I mean nothing of the sort. 982 01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:15,288 If you feel it is your duty, Mrs Norris, 983 01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:18,762 to be Maria's companion in her grievous situation... 984 01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:21,848 ...then you may feel free to go. 985 01:23:51,720 --> 01:23:53,324 Poor Maria. 986 01:23:54,040 --> 01:23:58,284 I don't know who I feel more sorry for - Maria or Aunt Norris. 987 01:23:59,400 --> 01:24:01,402 That's better. 988 01:24:02,120 --> 01:24:04,122 A frown doesn't suit you. 989 01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:10,965 ny! ny, my dear, where are you? I need you! 990 01:24:23,880 --> 01:24:25,689 Which should I use here, ny? 991 01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:29,640 - The purple wool or the maroon? - The purple, Aunt. 992 01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:52,481 Damn it if Fennimore didn't come in last again at Newmarket. 993 01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:08,287 - It's only me. Edmund, come in. 994 01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:11,569 Oh, er...sorry. 995 01:25:11,720 --> 01:25:13,882 - I didn't realise... - No, no, really. Come in. 996 01:25:21,120 --> 01:25:23,248 I only wanted to say... 997 01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:29,401 What was it I wanted to say? 998 01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:33,566 It wasn't about us going riding tomorrow, was it? 999 01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:37,441 Yes. That was it. I... That was it. I just er... 1000 01:25:38,440 --> 01:25:40,647 I wanted to be sure you hadn't forgotten. 1001 01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:42,882 - I hadn't. - Good. 1002 01:25:43,040 --> 01:25:44,769 I'm glad. 1003 01:25:52,120 --> 01:25:54,009 And now, Edmund, I really must go to bed. 1004 01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:56,162 Yes, of course. Sorry. 1005 01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:00,522 Well, then... 1006 01:26:04,640 --> 01:26:06,244 Good night, ny. 1007 01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:10,321 Good night, Edmund. 1008 01:26:16,600 --> 01:26:18,602 You know... 1009 01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:21,524 ...I've always loved... 1010 01:26:22,520 --> 01:26:24,124 ...this room. 1011 01:26:55,080 --> 01:26:58,402 ny, I really do need to talk to you. 1012 01:27:51,080 --> 01:27:55,642 Um...ny, my dear... I've quite run out of lavender. 1013 01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:58,451 Pick some, won't you, before the sun gets too hot? 1014 01:27:58,600 --> 01:27:59,931 Yes, Aunt, of course. 1015 01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:04,487 And, Edmund, find the scissors and go with her. 1016 01:28:04,640 --> 01:28:06,688 - Yes of course. Edmund... 1017 01:28:07,720 --> 01:28:10,724 If you remember, I need you to come into town with me this morning. 1018 01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:14,441 - I have several affairs that need... - Not this morning, Sir Thomas. 1019 01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:16,409 I'm sure your business can wait. 1020 01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:38,962 Edmund! 1021 01:28:40,240 --> 01:28:41,651 ny. 1022 01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:46,602 Your father... 1023 01:28:47,640 --> 01:28:49,369 It was nothing. 1024 01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:55,211 Lavender. 1025 01:29:10,520 --> 01:29:12,124 I love you. 1026 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:17,449 I was blind. Forgive me. 1027 01:29:42,240 --> 01:29:43,844 Look, Sir Thomas. 1028 01:29:58,080 --> 01:30:02,130 Now perhaps Edmund will at last think to ask ny to marry him. 1029 01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:05,162 Ask ny to marry him? 1030 01:30:07,280 --> 01:30:08,884 But surely...? 1031 01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:14,448 Oh, my dear. ny has been in love with Edmund since she was a little girl. 1032 01:30:20,800 --> 01:30:23,531 How is it the poet describes a wife, Sir Thomas? 1033 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:27,883 She's heaven's last best gift, my dear. 1034 01:30:45,520 --> 01:30:46,931 - Hussar! - Hooray! 1035 01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:52,402 Hussar! WO Congratulations! 1036 01:30:52,560 --> 01:30:54,164 Hussar! 1037 01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:57,962 Hussar! 1038 01:31:01,520 --> 01:31:03,966 WO Congratulations! Blessings on you! 1039 01:31:29,040 --> 01:31:31,805 Edmund and ny have learned a new dance. 1040 01:31:47,840 --> 01:31:50,047 Is it possible to be so happy? 1041 01:31:51,080 --> 01:31:52,969 Yes. 1042 01:31:53,120 --> 01:31:57,091 Let's make it our business, Mrs Bertram, to be happy ever after.