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[clock ticking]

-Oh, fiddlesticks.

[uplifting music]

I am sorry.

-Oh.

I was going to buy this.

-Sorry. This one has already been purchased.

-How could it have been purchased?

I just found it on the shelf.

-It was bought online exactly... one minute ago.

-Wait a second. Wait a second.

You're saying that someone who bought it on the internet

trumps a real-life human

who wants to buy it in the bookstore?

-I'm afraid so.

But I can order you another one,

it'll be here in... two days.

-I need it now!

-You're so desperate for Jane Austen, you can't wait two days?

-Yes. I left my copy at home.

-Wait. You already have a copy?

Oh, okay. Have you read Northanger Abbey?

We have that one. It's Jane Austen as well...

-You cannot just trade out one Jane Austen novel for another.

[quiet whispering]

They are all unique.

-Right.

Well, I can't sell you this one

because it's already been bought.

But I can order you one and it will be here in two days.

-This is preposterous.

I am outraged!

I cannot believe this. The audacity.

I hate the internet.

-Okay.

[soft background pub music]

-No rush Lilly, they've all got their drinks.

-Oh, thank you Mr. Whitcomb.

[indistinct background conversations]

-Oh.

-I was afraid you weren't going to make it.

-I encountered the most disagreeable man on my way here.

-Wait... isn't that...

-What?

-Isn't that what Elizabeth calls Mr. Darcy

when she first meets him.

-Trust me, Alisha, this fellow was no Mr. Darcy.

-Tell me, dear.

Have you booked your trip to England yet?

-No. Not yet, but soon.

-I heard that there's a National Jane Austen Society Conference.

I mean, maybe... we should all plan a trip there.

-Could be fun. I'll do some research.

But in the meantime,

I think we should get tonight's meeting underway.

Welcome everyone to our third Jane Society meeting

of the year.

And since this is the first time some of you are joining us,

I thought we could start with having you share something

you love about Jane before we get to tonight's topic.

No one?

No one at all?

Alejandro, welcome.

You don't have to raise your hand.

-Oh.

-What do you love about Jane.

-I... I love the characters.

-Is there one character in particular

that you especially adore?

-Emma.

From the novel Emma.

-[laugh]

Of course.

So um, why do you enjoy Emma so much?

-Oh, um, it's hard to explain.

-Couldn't you just try? A little.

-I just...

I think...I just like the way she wants to help the people

around her find love,

like even if it kind of goes wrong sometimes.

That goes right to my heart.

-Well I for one could read that novel a dozen times...

and I have!

-[all laugh]

-Well, I know that I'm new here

and haven't read as widely as some of you...

but when I finished Pride a couple of days ago,

I immediately thought about my sisters

and how much I love them.

-How many sisters do you have?

-Four! -Oh.

-Just like Elizabeth!

-Wow.

-I mean who would have thought Regency England

would be so similar to a Punjabi household.

-[laugh]

-Well, Jane definitely has a lot to say about families,

that's for sure.

-Yeah.

-Anyone else?

Barry?

-I work trucking and I just enjoy listening

to the audio books when I'm on a long haul.

There's nothing like losing yourself in the tribulations

of the Dashwood sisters to make the miles pass by.

-Do you have a favorite one?

-Do you have a favorite sister?

-Uh, no I mean they all drive me crazy.

-[laugh]

-Lilly, since you're president,

I think you should tell us what you especially love about Jane.

-If I had to say one thing that I love the most about Jane...

it's the romance.

Seeing the passion grow between the characters,

seeing them come together.

Feeling the inevitability of that.

Just seems very far away from today.

-It's a lot more romantic than hoping the perfect guy

is going to swipe right.

-Yeah, well...

when it comes to the lack of romance that's nothing.

Believe me.

-Every Jane book ends in the perfect marriage of two minds,

and I think that's what everyone wants.

-[Barry] Mmhmm.

Okay [chuckles] Let's get to tonight's topic.

Surprise proposals and secret engagements.

-Ooh.

-Muriel, you start.

Alright everyone, our topic for the next meeting:

“Wickham, Willoughby and William Elliott -

"Austen's dastardly rakes”

Don't forget, do your reading. [laughs]

Thank you.

-Thanks again for your suggestion of which audiobook

of Pride to listen to.

There were so many to choose from.

-My pleasure.

Are we going to see you at the next meeting?

-For sure.

I arrange all my long hauls around our club meetings now.

-Wonderful!

-I never would have thought Jane would be for him.

-Oh Alisha, you'll learn Jane is for everyone.

-[laugh]

Where is the lie?

-Exactly.

-Lilly? Could I have a word?

-Of course.

-I'll meet you outside. -Here, I'll take this.

-Okay.

-Mr. Whitcomb, thank you so much for hosting us.

Can I please pay you something?

-Noooo.

Having you Jane lovers around elevates the place.

So, there's no need.

Plus, you all don't mind a glass of wine.

-[laugh]

Your very sweet.

-Well, I hope you still think that after I give you

some bad news.

I've decided to...to sell off this old place.

-What!?

-I'm afraid it's time for me to retire.

-Congratulations Mr. Whitcomb!

Why would I think that's bad news?

-Well, it's just that there's very little chance of this place

remaining as is.

You know, with all the tech money

flowing into the neighborhood.

I'm almost positive you'll have to find somewhere new

for your meetings, dear.

-Don't you worry about that.

How long before you close your doors?

-It's all happening terribly fast.

We'll be shuttered by the end of the month, I'm afraid.

Thought I make take up one of those Jane novels

you lot all love so much, give it a try.

-We'll make a Jane-ite of you yet.

Goodnight Mr. Whitcomb.

-Goodnight dear.

-So, what are you going to do?

-I don't know, when I first started looking

for locations for our meetings everywhere was so expensive.

Mr. Whitcomb never charged us a dime.

-Okay well, couldn't we all chip in a little?

I'm sure we could come up with enough.

-It's not just about the money. It's about the location.

An old English pub was so perfect.

-And you can't find another pub in all of Boston?

-Of course, I'm sure we can,

but they're filed with Celtics fans watching the game

and that is not exactly...

[cellphone beeps]

...the atmosphere for what we're up to.

Oh Martin.

-Boyfriend check-in? -[chuckle]

-But you know what?

He might have an idea for us,

he's got plenty of suggestions for how I should live my life.

-Ah, that type.

-I always wanted to have a relationship

where we didn't just finish each other's sentences,

we could begin them.

“There could have been no two hearts so open,

"no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison”

-Wait, is that Jane?

-Of course.

She has the perfect quote for every occasion.

[classy instrumental music]

[indistinct background conversation]

-Hey. -Hey.

-Sorry I'm late.

-Oh. You look wonderful.

-Awe. -Mwah.

-Thank you. -[chuckle]

-Hi. Tom Collins please.

-I don't think anyone works here by that name.

-Oh, um, that's just a really old-fashioned drink.

She'll make do with a Negroni, thanks.

Oh, and I'll have one more.

-[Server] Right on the way. -Okay.

You're really not of this century, are you?

-Well, who wants to be.

Tik Tok is something a clock does.

Everything that's wrong with the world

started with that first website.

-Yes honey, you have made that point before.

-It's still true.

-Mm.

-I got some bad news at group tonight.

Mr. Whitcomb is retiring and he's going to sell his pub.

-Huh, that's interesting.

-It's not interesting. It's a predicament.

We'll have to find a new place for our meetings.

I mean, it could mean the end of the group

and we just got some new members.

-Well, that is bad news.

But I... have some really great news.

I got a promotion!

-Oh, really? That's great!

-Yeah.

I am the new counsel for securities litigation,

active immediately.

-Congratulations.

-But...um, the job's based in Chicago.

-So, you're moving?

-But now that your group has ended,

you're free to come with, right?

-Wait. Wait.

I didn't say the group was ending, who said that?

-Uh... you did.

Just now.

-No, I...

I just said that it might have to end, not that it would end.

And I can't just move, I have a job.

-You hate your job.

-Well, I don't hate it. I actively... dislike it.

-Look, Lilly.

With my new job, you won't have to work.

I mean you could go back to writing.

We could even take that trip to England

that you've been talking about for so long. Hmm?

Think about it.

[slow instrumental music]

Let's get married.

-[sigh]

Martin, remember how we talked about

how I don't want to be rescued from my own life.

-But Lilly, this is everything you ever wanted.

-[sigh]

Your so Mr. Collins right now.

-I don't know what that means.

-I know. It...it doesn't matter.

It's just...it's that I do have goals, okay?

But I want to get there on my own.

-Not by marrying me.

[scoff]

What are you going to do instead then?

It's not like you've been writing anymore.

-I'm figuring it out.

-I mean, what would Jane Austen say?

Would she not have some kind of quote

about ‘it's time to make a change'?

-Most of Jane's writing...

is about how you shouldn't be forced to do something

that you don't want.

I'm sorry, Martin.

[Lilly] Maybe Martin is right.

I'm definitely not a real writer.

[melancholy instrumental music]

Certainly, no Jane Austen.

[sigh]

Oh, Jane. If only I could talk to you.

Just get some of your wisdom.

[sigh]

If only for a few minutes.

[melancholy instrumental music]

[scream]

-Who are you?! -Good heavens!

-What are you doing here!?

-I think you know.

-How did you get in here? What to do you want?

-It is what you want, Lilly.

-How do you know my name?

-Well, it's on your embossed stationary for one thing.

-You broke into my house and your reading my stationary?!

Without my permission!?

-It seemed as if you required some assistance.

-I don't want help. I didn't ask for help.

-Didn't you?

-Why are you dressed like that?

What is this, some kind of cosplay thing?

-This? My sister made this for me.

Quite stylish, I thought.

-Okay. This is enough.

You have to leave. You better leave right now.

Or I'm going to call...

I'm going to call somebody I'm...

I'm...I'm going to call the police.

Or I'll call my boyfriend.

No, I'm definitely not calling him.

-Perhaps this is not the right moment.

-You better get out of here right now, because I am going...

[mysterious music]

Hey. Hey!

What?

What the...

[exciting music]

That's not possible.

[cheerful music]

Oh hey. I have a question for you. Do you...

Oh. Are you alright?

-Yeah. Yeah.

I was just talking to my parents on the phone

if I'm not in tears by the end of the conversation

it hasn't lasted very long.

-Do you want to talk about it?

-No. No. It's not important.

So...what did you want to ask me.

-I did want to ask if you think that I have been exhibiting

any delusional thinking lately.

Like, anything that would make you say, “hey girl.

"don't you think you should undergo some cognitive tests?”

Anything like that?

-No, I've...never thought that.

[curious music]

-Okay. Okay. Well, that's good.

-Lil, what are you trying to ask me?

[sighs]

-Martin proposed last night.

-Oh my gosh, Lilly, that's...

Too..too bad.

-I refused his proposal.

-Okay, well that must have been hard.

-And then I went home and had a drink.

-Understandable.

-And then I fell asleep, and...

Well...

-You saw something crazy.

-Yes! Yes!

-Something that made you doubt your sanity.

-Precisely.

-Was it Matt Damon telling you to sell your car,

take the proceeds, move to Marrakesh

and open an artisanal carpet shop in the market.

-No.

-Huh. That's what happened with my last breakup.

But don't worry, you're not nuts.

-Are you sure?

-Yes, I'm sure.

I mean you're under a lot of stress and odd things happen.

Plus, it seemed like that proposal came out of nowhere.

-No. No.

Martin got a job promotion and he's moving to Chicago

and he wanted me to come with him.

and then he offered to take me to England.

-Sounds awful.

[chuckle]

You have been planning that trip for ages.

-I know, but I don't want to go if it's some sort of bribe.

-Yeah, I get that.

[soft music]

-The thing is, I don't love him like that.

Lish, and I don't think that I ever will.

-[knock knock] -[gasp]

Oh hey.

-Hey. Hey! Sorry to interrupt.

Apparently, we're all wanted in the board room. Pronto.

Can you believe it?

Trevor Fitzsimmons is in the house!

-Who is he?

-Are you joking? He started the favs website.

-What is that?

-It's where you share all of your favorite stuff

with other favorists.

-Favorists?

-Mmhmm. It's what they call themselves.

And what they really like gets ‘favoritism'.

-Okay, so what kind of things?

-Anything.

People make lists of their favorite music,

places they've traveled. Whatever they like.

And they write about and share photos, it's brilliant.

Anyway, he's here today about some kind of

smaller acquisition he's made, but hey foot in the door, right?

-Oh, yeah.

I've never seen someone so excited about an account we don't have.

-He has a thing for you, you know.

-What!?

-Don't you see the way he looks at you.

-Oh, you are imagining that.

-I'm just saying... if you and Martin are done...

-Okay.

-Here we go...

Lilly and Alisha are our top copywriting and design team.

They will handle the account.

This is Trevor Fitzsimmons. He just bought Scribbler's,

that great old bookstore down on West Street.

-Hi.

-Aren't you the...

-Yes?

-Hi. Alisha.

-Great to meet you. -Mmhmm.

-I'm sorry, is everything okay?

-Uh...yeah. It's nice to meet you.

[serious music]

-I mean I found the site with the intent

of bringing people together in the commonality of purpose.

Kind of...metaverse formed

out the most ineffable human quality: passion.

-It's really phenomenal

what you've accomplished with the site.

-We're just huge fans of your genius.

-I just can't believe this entrepreneur

has bought the best bookstore in the city,

he's going to ruin it.

-Maybe it won't be as bad as you think.

-Are you kidding?

He was awful when I met him before the Jane Society meeting.

-I remember.

-And what's he doing playing and being a clerk,

it's very peculiar.

-Um, does our creative team

have some thoughts they want to share.

-Yes. -No.

-No. -Yes.

-She... Um...

-We were just discussing our place in the metaverse.

-Exactly. -Mmhmm.

-Please continue, Trevor.

-Yes, so I was saying that um I did something

I thought I would never do: I... bought a bookstore.

To give people a place to come together

over their love of literature...

[sentimental music]

And the worlds you just become immersed in.

[clears throat]

Anyway, if you open the document in front of you,

you'll see some ideas that have been produced

by our Strategic Outreach team.

What we need to do is drive traffic through the website...

So that we can harvest their metadata

for further optimization.

-So, extend the Favs brand right into people's houses

through the books they buy. It's brilliant.

-[chuckle]

-Thanks.

-There is our mission. Let's get our best people on it.

Give us a week.

-Great.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

-My pleasure. We'll get to work.

-Now we know why he wouldn't let you buy that book.

The point is to draw people to his website.

-I feel like we're in the Trojan horse being smuggled in

to end bookstores altogether.

-Lilly.

Can I speak to you alone for a moment?

-Of course.

-You have been doing a great job as a copywriter.

This is your chance to move up in the agency.

This is a chance for the agency to not be in the basement.

-It is?

Why?

-Don't you run some kind of a... book club?

[upbeat music]

-Oh, uh yeah.

-You should always look for projects that speak to you.

You love books.

Translate that into great concepts for the account.

-I'll try.

-Help us win.

And then we can truly compete with the larger agencies.

You'll benefit. I promise.

-That would be great.

-Terrific.

Uh, concepts on my desk no later than Friday 9:00am.

-Okay. You've got it.

No problem.

[peaceful music]

[sigh]

[mysterious music]

This isn't working.

Codswallop.

[sigh]

[doorbell]

I don't think apparitions ring doorbells.

Martin!?

-I... I just... I didn't want to leave things

the way they were last night. Could I come in?

I brought all the ingredients for Tom Collins.

-[clears throat]

-Um. No.

-Do you have someone here?

-No. Yes.

A roommate.

-Oh. You got a roommate in the last 24 hours?

-Well I didn't have a chance to tell you about it last night.

-Right. Okay, well um...

I'll let you get back to work then.

-Great. Actually um, wait!

I... think it would be great.

-Oh okay.

I would love for you to uh... meet her.

-Sure.

[mysterious music]

Where is she?

-I don't know.

Well maybe she just... had to go out.

-Okay.

I can see you're rereading Jane again.

-No. Actually, that's her. That's my roommate.

-Recruited another to the cause.

-Uh, well actually she's a pretty big

Jane Austen fan herself.

-Oh, surely, you're the biggest.

-No, I'm pretty sure she loves Jane more than I do.

-Well look um...since your roommate's not here,

I would love to talk.

-Martin...

I'm not going to change my mind.

-What if you think about it like a...

like an opportunity.

-I'm sorry.

[mischievous music]

-Or... maybe I can go.

-Yeah. I think that's for the best.

-Look, I really think that we should talk about...

-You know, why don't you write me a letter.

-No one writes letters anymore.

-Exactly. Don't we think that's part of the problem.

-Okay, yeah. I'll try that then.

-Also, thank you so much for this.

That is very thoughtful.

[sigh]

Alright.

[sigh]

-I do say

we have a considerable amount of work to do.

-[sigh]

-That gentleman is one of your suitors?

-Martin? No.

Well...yes, I guess. I guess he is.

Are you who I think you are?

-Who do you think I am?

-Jane...Austen.

But how is that possible? You've been dead 200 years.

-Two hundred six.

-Two hundred and six years...

-No, no. Just two hundred six.

It's important to get such things correct.

What is his annual emolument?

-Who?

-This Martin gentleman.

-Well I guess he does okay. I mean, he's a corporate lawyer.

-And cattle?

-What? Excuse me?

-Does he have any head of cattle?

It is important for a gentleman to own cattle.

That way he will never be lacking in resources.

At the very least there will always be milk for the children.

-No, I don't think he has any cattle.

-Pity.

-I think I'm going insane.

-It cannot be ruled out.

-What do you want?

-It is not what I want, dear thing.

It is what you want. You called me, so I came.

-Like Mary Poppins?

-Who?

-Mary Poppins.

You know. There was a book about her.

Well uh... I guess that was later.

And then... and then they made a movie.

-A what?

-She's famous for always showing up

right when people need her the most.

-Oh. Well if she cannot be seen by others.

If she cannot affect others, if she can only appear

when at the time and place of the appropriate invocation,

then...yes, I suppose

I am very much alike this Mary Popping lady.

-And she only wanted every second Tuesday off.

-A most reasonable request.

Now, I'm afraid I must be bracingly truthful.

It is evident from my observation

that you are completely lacking in the skills required

to make your way in the world.

-Well that seems very... harsh.

-Would you say you have discovered your own happiness.

-Well...sometimes I have moments.

But that's... that's true of everyone, I mean...

-No, no. You have not.

-Well. How do you...

-However, I can rectify this.

-You can?

-I can.

-Please join me.

[sigh]

Let us begin with a cup of tea.

-Oh, I don't drink tea or any caffeine after 4:00.

I would love some tea.

-Anyone who has any ambition to impress in good society

must know how to pour a proper tea service.

-Hm. Well, I mean I do know how to pour tea.

-No! No!

-[cups clinking] -Oh, good heavens. Please.

You must always pour from the right.

Otherwise you will be reaching across your guest

which is simply intolerable.

Not to mention a complete disaster

should any split tea mar your gentleman's waistcoat.

-Hm. Well, waistcoats aren't really a thing anymore anyway.

-Truly?

-Afraid not.

-Pity.

-Indeed.

[slurp]

-Oh dear.

[cheerful music]

Now we shall review a talent that any lady should possess:

dancing.

-Oh, cool.

Okay, great. Kimi, play some dance music.

-[Kimi] Playing dance music.

[hip-hop dance music]

-Stop. No. Kimi, stop playing music.

-What was that horrible sound.

-I'm so sorry. I have no idea what it was.

-Who is this Kimi?

-Oh, uh. It's a computer.

-What is a computer?

-It doesn't matter.

The point is you could just ask it to play

whatever music you want.

-Kimi dearest, uh wherever you are,

please play us something exquisite

so we may dance to it.

-[Kimi] Playing exquisite dance music.

[classical music playing]

-Much better.

Now, I shall take on the role of the gentleman suitor.

-Seriously.

-This is how my sister taught me.

-Okay.

-Simply make the same movements I do.

-Right.

*

This is so great!

-Please, please, your countenance must remain...

calm and composed at all times.

-Really? How do you do that?

-Practice.

Manners are what keep a society together.

*

Thank you, my dear.

Perhaps we shall make a lady of you, after all.

[mysterious music]

-Oh, hey! Thank you, sir!

-Oh. Any luck last night?

-How do you mean?

-The concept for the campaign,

I mean did you come up with anything?

-Ugh, no, I didn't have a chance to work on it because I was...

-Hoping this conversation is about the new account!

-Of course, it is. -Yes, absolutely.

-Many, many ideas. -Totally.

-They're spinning.

-Listen, I really need to talk to you.

-Of course, yeah.

-Um... not here.

-Oh, okay.

So, you've seen her... twice?

-Yes.

And that blows your whole “everybody hallucinates

"once in a blue moon theory” out of the water.

-I mean she didn't tell you to do anything sketchy, right?

Like wear a pinafore to work?

Or invest a lot of money in cryptocurrency?

-No, definitely not.

No, she's only giving me advice on how to deal with men.

Actually, more than that she's giving me advice on life.

-Okay. Well, in that case I say...

put her to work.

-What does that mean? Put her to work how?

-Well, aren't we looking for new ideas

and ways on how to get people back into the bookstore.

Who better than Jane Austen to answer that question?

-Yeah, maybe.

-How do we get out

without seeming like we're completely insane.

[whispers] Okay, go, go.

[bell on door rings]

-Oh! Mr. Whitcomb.

Hi.

-Lilly, thanks for coming in so quickly.

-Yes. Of course. What's so important?

-I believe I've found a solution to our problem.

-Our problem?

-Where to host your meetings obviously.

I've found the perfect place, if I do say so myself.

-You did? That's such a relief.

Thank you, Mr. Whitcomb.

-Even better, it's run by somebody

who really cares about...

[bell on door rings]

Oh! Here he is....

-Albert.

[mischievous music]

-Mr. Fitzsimmons.

You do turn up at the most unexpected places.

-Please, just call me Trevor.

-I'm... I'm Lilly Thorpe.

-Right.

-Is that a tech industry thing? Going first names only?

Elon. Mark. Trevor.

-I never thought of that but I like it.

-I prefer a bit of formality.

-Right.

Yes, Albert was telling me you host a Jane Austen book club.

It's interesting that Ellen wouldn't have mentioned that

when I came by the agency.

-I don't really talk about Jane much at work.

-It's just kind of a relevant detail to leave out,

I mean you're exactly the type of person

I'm trying to reach with this app.

-Oh, I don't really do apps.

-Perfect.

That's exactly why I want you for this job.

-I didn't realize you two knew each other.

I thought you could hold your meetings at Trevor's bookshop.

It's nearby and he says he'd be happy to do it for nothing.

-I couldn't possibly.

I wouldn't want to intrude in your operation.

-No, no, no, no.

It dovetails with my initiative

to get more people into bookstores.

I mean a reading club for Jane Austen,

it's the perfect fit.

-Right. Right.

Well, I'll just have to check with the others.

Make sure it's okay with them.

-Okay, when's your next meeting?

-Sunday.

But Mr. Whitcomb is still open so we could still come here...

-No time like the present, why don't we just do it on Sunday.

-Because...

-I'll make sure there's lots of tea on hand.

And crumpets.

-I'm not interested in your crumpets.

[playful music]

I mean, I don't even know what crumpets are.

I mean, I do. Of course, I do.

They're delicious. But I'm just going to go.

I'll check with them and I'll... I'll let you know.

Thank you, Mr. Whitcomb, you're so sweet.

-And um thank you... -[stumbles]

-Oh watch...

-Mr. Fitzsimmons.

-Trevor.

-That didn't go quite the way I expected it would.

-[Alisha] Are you sure Brendan invited us both over?

-[Lilly] Of course, he did.

You know what?

-What?

-This is just a professional meeting, okay?

Don't try to make something out of this.

-Yes boss.

-Okay, here's are a few snacks.

-Great.

Thanks.

-Mmm. Yum.

-Anyway, I was saying I wondered whether we should just

maybe discard the idea of books altogether.

-Uh, wait, you want to take books

out of the bookstore account?

-Just temporarily.

The goal is to use the bookstore as a loss leader

to lure people to the app. What do you think?

[mysterious music]

-I think...I think we should concentrate on getting people

to buy books.

-Yeah. Absolutely.

That's my perspective too.

-Well, you just said the complete opposite.

-I was just floating a trial balloon.

-[sigh]

-Okay, I think we need to deal with the facts.

We don't have a single pitch idea

and the presentation is coming up fast.

-[sigh]

-Lilly, this account should be perfect for you.

-Everyone keeps saying that.

-Well not everybody has won the Coleberry Award.

-Oh, what's that?

-Nothing.

-It's the award for most promising new writer.

Lilly won it six or seven years ago.

-What!?

-I had some short stories published that's all.

-But you haven't written anything since then, have you?

-No. No.

I guess I just got caught up in revision mode.

And then I started really focusing on my career

which is what I think we should all be doing right now.

-Yup. Yup.

We should really get back to work.

-[sigh]

-Don't tell me you didn't see him looking at you

from the corner of his eye the whole night.

-Maybe he just has an astigmatism.

-[chuckle]

You should let him know that you're interested.

-How?

By dropping my kerchief right in front of him?

-No.

You could, you know, tell him you want to catch a movie

or a concert you might want to see

or a restaurant you might want to try.

Our car is here.

-I think based on the amount of action figures he had on display

in his apartment, he's probably not into fine dining.

-He's a really nice guy Lill, and smart.

And you should appreciate that he's interested in you.

You know, I haven't been on a date in a year.

You could easily be in a situation

where you don't have a choice, you know?

-Is there something you're not telling me?

-Nope.

[emotional music]

-What are these exactly? -[gasp]

Um, they're mock ups for work; for this bookstore campaign.

-You're still working? It's so late at night.

There's a reason they call it beauty sleep, dear.

-Are you seriously suggesting

I'm not attractive because I don't get enough sleep?

-I'm suggesting nothing good comes of exhaustion.

-Well welcome to a modern working girl's life.

Half the work I do is after hours.

-Did you create this?

-Oh, this? No, no. It's computer-generated.

The agency has an algorithm that chooses high yield key words

and optimized metas for the file

and then the ad copy is generated from there.

It doesn't even really have to make any sense.

-Was that...what you just said,

was that in the English language?

-[laugh] Sort of.

-Would it not be better to simply assert the pleasures

of visiting a bookstore and trusting that will win the day?

-Yes!

Maybe that's why you're here,

you could help me come up with a good idea!

-No one can work that way.

Ideas must come of their own accord.

Even when Prinny suggested plots for my next composition

I could not comply.

One must find one's own inspiration.

-Prinny? The Prince Regent?

-Yes.

Believe me it was very awkward to refuse him.

-I can imagine.

-And then to make matters worse,

he suggested I dedicate a book to him.

-Oh, that's right. Emma.

-That dedication was the most difficult writing of my life.

Are you quite sure you have no suitable notions at all?

-Well, okay, so I did come up with the idea for creating

a campaign around people bringing books they really love

back into the bookstore

and exchanging them for something else.

-Is that not called a library?

-Fine.

What about if we did a campaign encouraging people

to start book clubs - like the Jane Society -

but about all different types of books,

and it would be called ‘bookworms'

-But is that term not a pejorative.

Will people want to be known as worms for reading books?

-Alright, I'm still working on it.

-I think you should strive for something unique.

What, pray tell, is this?

-Nothing!

Nothing. I threw this away.

It's a manuscript.

For a novel I was working on, but I never finished it.

What?

-I think we have discovered

what you should be doing with your evenings.

You must get this to a publisher.

-In my evenings I have to work.

I have to do stuff for the agency or I'll get fired.

-Is the sacrifice worth betraying your own work?

-That's easy for you to say, you're you.

-I think if you know my story, you'll know none of it was easy.

-What if I...what if I do, what if I sacrifice everything

and I....and I still never get published.

-What if you never make the effort?

And have no idea whether success is within your grasp.

-What if you keep your opinions to yourself.

-Perhaps I shall.

-[sigh]

I don't want to... fight.

[emotional music]

-Oh, bejabbers. She did it again.

-Now it's a wonderful collection of poems...

[indistinct conversation]

-Hello.

-Hi!

-I didn't know how else to reach you,

to let you know that our group held a vote

in favor of having our meetings in your store.

-Great. Wow. You don't say.

A vote?

-Mm. Nine-to-one.

[clears throat]

So, we, uh, are okay?

The Jane Society will be meeting here Sunday night at 7:00?

-Yes. That's great.

-Wonderful.

And we just need a little bit of space, if you don't mind,

so we can all sit in a circle.

[clears throat]

-Perfect.

-And I had arranged to provide refreshments

so that you don't have to do that

since you're providing the space.

-No. I can take care of that.

I've got somebody who does it for me.

-Ah.

Well, if perhaps then, you can also make sure

to have plenty of copies of Jane Austen around,

just in case somebody forgets theirs.

-Are you done?

-Well. Then I'll see you then.

-See you then.

*

-[exhales]

[distant sobbing]

Alisha? Awe sweetheart. What's the matter?

-Nothing.

-Awe, you have some... never mind.

-I have some personal problems. [sobbing hysterically]

-Everyone can hear you so let me get you out of here.

-No.

-Give it. -No.

-Just give it. -Okay.

-Yeah, let's go. Okay? C'mon honey, c'mon.

[sobbing hysterically]

[soft cheerful music]

-Alisha, why were you crying in a broom closet?

-Because the last time I cried in my office someone saw me.

-Someone besides me?

-No.

Anyway, why isn't Jane helping us with our presentation?

-Oh well, she doesn't approve of modern advertising.

-Yeah, but we need to make a living.

-I don't think that that is a top priority to a novelist

who has been dead two hundred six years.

-Mm. You mean two hundred and six.

-Trust me, I've been corrected by the best.

-Here we are ladies.

-Oh.

-Thank you so much Mr. Whitcomb.

-How are things with the boyfriend?

-Well, actually we... we broke up.

-I'm sorry.

-Mm, yeah, but she has a new admirer.

-Please.

-Well, it's all a bit too much for me.

I'll go back to fly-fishing.

-[both laugh]

-I don't know.

Your problems with Jane make mine seem puny in comparison.

-No.

No. I'm sure you have terrible problems.

Wait, that didn't come out the way I intended.

I'm sorry.

Just tell me why you were weeping.

-Because of my parents and because I'm getting old!

They found a guy that they want me to marry

and he's coming here on Tuesday and if I don't dinner with him,

they're never going to speak to me again. Ever!

-Sorry, can we go back to the part where you're getting old?

Aren't you 27?

-Yeah. Where did the time go?

-It must be such a burden for you.

-What am I going to do?

I mean the dinner is on Tuesday night.

-Do anything, rather than marry without affection.

-[sigh]

-P and P.

[renaissance music]

-Oh, hi!

-This place is so amazing!

Might just put me off audiobooks for good.

-[chuckle]

-Although it might make it hard to drive at the same time.

-[laugh] I think it would.

-I haven't been inside a bookstore for years.

I do all of my reading online.

-Well, come on in have a seat. Make yourself comfortable.

-Oh look... crumpets. So Jane.

-You are too smug by half.

-I didn't say a word.

-Alright everyone, time to start the meeting.

Please sit.

-I was outside of Barstow when Marianne learns

of Willoughby's marriage to Sophia Grey

and takes to her bed totally distraught.

I understood.

I was distraught, too.

I had to pull over to the shoulder until I could compose myself.

-Anyway, I couldn't stop listening.

And I owe it all to Lilly.

She told me I'd love Sense as much as I did P and P.

She was absolutely right.

-Lilly, do you want to move on to the next testimonial?

-Sorry. Thanks Barry.

I'm so happy that you enjoyed the book.

-Is everything alright?

-Yes, you seem upset Lilly.

-[sigh]

I guess, um, I just have something going on

that is distracting me a little bit.

-You should tell us what's troubling you.

-Not about Jane, unfortunately.

-Well, that doesn't matter.

I mean, Jane's important but she's not everything.

-Yeah, doesn't mean we can't discuss other topics.

-Right.

Uh, well it's about my friend

who's having some trouble with her parents.

They want her to settle down and she just doesn't feel ready.

-That's terrible.

-I don't agree that this has nothing to do with Jane.

-You have to support her. Be there for her.

-I want to be there for her. I should be there for her.

I will be there for her.

That's exactly right. Thank you.

What a great meeting!

Okay, well I think that's enough for one evening.

Our topic for next time is why the movie Clueless

is such an under-appreciated Austen adaptation.

Please feel free to take the rest of the treats

before you go [laugh].

Alright.

[sigh]

-Okay. -Let's...

-Yeah. Yeah. Come with me.

No, I mean I actually want to be here for you.

So, like actually at the restaurant.

You tell me the name of the place and I will show up there.

And I'll sit at a place where you can see me

and then you give me a sign and I'll intervene.

-Yes, yes, you could tell them I'm a terrible workaholic.

I mean that will probably scare him off.

-Yeah. That could work.

I think Jane Austen would love this plan.

-Really?

-I don't know. But I could ask.

-Yeah?

-[whispering] Jane. Jane.

Are you here?

-Surely, you've read all of her books by now,

more than once, I presume.

-Of course, I have, it never hurts to look.

You never know when you might find a new addition

or a biography that I haven't read before.

-Right.

Hey, are you sure it's healthy

to be so obsessed with just one author?

What about a little Chekov?

“Perhaps man has more than a hundred senses”.

-The Cherry Orchard is, of course,

a work of great literature.

-Maybe you're more of Toni Morrison:

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined”.

-She's right.

‘Thin love' is no love at all.

-“If two people love each other there can be no happy end”

-I don't think Jane Austen would agree

with Hemmingway on that one.

-Okay. You win.

Tell me, why do you love Jane so much?

-Well, the real question is why do you hate Jane so much?

-I never said that.

I read Pride and Prejudice and it's perfectly fine.

-Fine? -Yeah.

-Fine? It's brilliant.

-I just found the plot a little tidy

and the characters a little predictable.

It's just...

-[scoff]

-I mean it's not for me.

-Uh.

-That fellow understands nothing of my writing!

Who is he?!

-Where have you been anyway?

We were in the middle of a conversation

and then you just... vanished.

-Never mind that.

You cannot let this man get away with saying my work is simple.

-You leave him to me. But you just...stay here.

So, you think Sense and Sensibilityis simplistic

with its three intertwined plot lines?

-Well, no.

-Or maybe Pride and Prejudice

is a little one dimensional for you.

“I cannot fix on the hour or the spot,

"or the look or the words which laid the foundation.

"It is too long ago.

I was in the middle before I knew it had begun”.

-I haven't read that one in a while.

-Not to mention Northanger Abbey

was celebrated as a brilliant dissection of gothic novels

in its time.

-I didn't know that.

-Well, I guess Emma said it best:

“It's difficult for the prosperous to be humble”

-Indeed.

-Yes.

Excellent.

-Inspired. -Stop it.

-Oh, sorry.

Sometimes I get a little carried away defending Jane.

-No, no, that's totally fine, uh...

“Reserving judgment is a matter of infinite hope”.

-Shakespeare?

-No!

[playful music]

-What are you doing here anyway?

Acting like a clerk in the shop that you own?

-I don't know.

I just find that this is where my good ideas come from.

There's just something about being around all of these books.

I find it kind of uplifting and inspiring,

like I can somehow absorb all of their knowledge.

Or maybe it's just because my mom was a librarian.

-Your mom was a librarian?

-Yeah.

-C.S Lewis.

-No.

[phone beeps]

-Oh, excuse me, yeah, I have to take this.

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

-[both] Gatsby!

-Right.

-I was brought up in my family to respect someone

who could make the most excellent argument.

-Why does he have to be so difficult about everything.

-So, you would not consider him as a suitor?

-Absolutely not!

He is the most insufferable man

I have ever met in my entire life.

Jane, what do you think of an ad -

[sigh]

[inspirational music]

[typewriter clacking]

[upbeat music]

-Presentation coming up, are we ready folks?

-Huh. Yeah. Yeah.

-I know I don't have to tell any of you how important this client

is to this agency.

This little bookstore account is our way,

not only to impress Trevor Fitzsimmons,

but to make ourselves essential to the Favs site.

This is our chance! To blow it all open!

Okay.

-We're toast.

-Do you have something?

-Don't look at me, she hasn't told me squat.

-[sigh]

Woah!

What are you doing here?

-How could I resist coming to see where you worked.

-Did the receptionist see you?

No. That...that's not how this works, right?

I mean she can't see you, can she?

[knock knock]

[suspicious music]

Um...

[gasp] Ah!

-Hi!

-Hi.

-Sorry, am I interrupting?

-No. Of course not.

-Oh. Um, yeah just wanted to swing by

and say I'm looking forward to the meeting.

-Yeah, I'm so glad.

-Are you?

-Am I what?

-Looking forward to the presentation?

-Oh. Yeah, of course, of course, just slipped my mind.

-Slipped your mind?

-No, I mean....

I say it slipped my mind I don't mean it slipped my mind,

you know, just totally forgot about it.

-Oh. Okay, well um...

[sigh]

I guess I'll let you go.

Bye.

-I'm sure you must be so busy.

Billion-dollar acquisitions to pull off.

-Not really, no.

I'm kind of just concentrating on the bookstore, you know,

developing the digital components.

-Yeah, those digits, the ones and zeros.

-I know, I just think they can really connect people.

You know, bring them together.

-Except that they really don't ever have contact

with each other.

-Right.

I don't know, I guess that's why I bought the bookstore.

-Anyway, uh okay, um...

I will go and.... Yeah, don't want to interrupt.

-Oh right.

-Bye.

-Bye.

[sigh]

-That gentleman is as disagreeable

as the first time we met him.

-I thought the same thing too,

but this time there was... something.

[sigh]

-Consider him a suitor if you must.

There are better candidates surely.

-He's not my suitor.

-On the off chance that you change your mind,

I have but one question.

Does he have any head of....

-He doesn't have a head of cattle. Okay?

He's involved in the technology industry.

So, he definitely doesn't have any bovine interests.

-It's your decision.

-But it isn't my decision.

He's never even asked me out on a date.

And anyway he's a client.

I can't get involved with clients.

-As you wish.

-What are you doing?

-Taking promenade.

-No, get back here!

Wait! Stop! No, you can't go...

Um...

Hi. Sorry, sorry everybody.

Carry on with everything you're doing....

That looks amazing.

Sorry. Sorry.

[keyboard clacking]

[knock knock knock]

Come in.

Oh, Hi Brendan.

Brendan! Hi!

Is everything alright?

-Yeah, nothing.

Just I... have something and...

[clears throat] I think I have to say it.

It's uh...something I think you should know about

because it affects your deeply.

-I don't think you should say it.

-No. No. I have to say it.

Brendan please don't.

It'll just make things awkward...

-I don't care! I'm in love with Alisha!

-Oh.

-[sigh]

I've been wanting to tell you for so long.

-[sigh]

-Well it's definitely unexpected.

Don't you think you should be telling Alisha?

-No. No.

I overheard her say her parents set her up with someone.

I didn't want to complicate her life.

-You wouldn't be complicating her life.

I mean, she doesn't want to end up with some guy

she doesn't even know.

-It's just... I can't just tell her how I feel

What if she says she wants nothing to do with me?

-She's not...

-That would be a disaster!

You have to help me.

You have to make her fall in love with me.

-What?

It doesn't work that way.

-Yes, that's the only answer. Please.

You have to help me, Lilly.

-How am I supposed to do that?

-Make her see me in a new way. As someone who cares for her.

Someone who's passionate, attractive, smart.

Someone who'd make a great boyfriend.

-Okay. You know what, yeah.

I have no idea how I'm going to do it

but I'm definitely going to help you out, okay?

-Thank you!

-Woah! Okay. Yeah, you're welcome.

Awe.

Anytime!

[sigh]

Well, what do you think of this color?

I'm not sure it's bright enough.

-Yeah, brighter is better.

If you look at the site actually, it's very bright.

It's probably why people like it so much.

-So that one's brighter.

-Yeah, this one.

-Oh, sorry. -It's okay.

-Hey.

-White wine spritzes please. -[laughs]

*

*

-[chuckle]

*

[keyboard clacking]

-[sigh]

-[Lilly] This is amazing! Mr. Whitcomb, congratulations!

What a party!

-Yes, almost makes me regret selling.

Almost.

Here's your drink.

-Thank you very much. For everything.

[sigh]

[indistinct background conversation]

Oh! I'm so sorry!

Hello.

-Wow, you look...

-What's that?

-Yeah, so uh....

Someone told me I should reread this.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I mean, it's crazy though because it's really just a book

about people trying to be happy.

-[laugh]

-Beautiful out tonight.

You wanna go for a walk?

-I would enjoy that.

Is it strange how we keep

running into each other like this?

-Not really.

-Not really?

-We both like old things, books, Mr. Whitcomb.

-[laugh]

-Though I guess we are going to have to take up fly-fishing

if we want to see him again.

I mean we keep running into each other

within the same few blocks,

so I think what it actually proves

is that we're just a little bit lazy.

-Oh. Now I want to go to the gym.

-[chuckle]

-Maybe I should run to the gym.

Wow.

-This is beautiful.

Hm. Are you cold?

-Oh. No, I mean...a little.

Thank you.

-You're welcome.

I love these little markets.

One time I found this special edition volume

in a market like this, I guess it was.

But it was this old Wizard of Oz,

it must have been like one of the first editions,

you know it had this little kid writing in it that owned it.

-It said, "Little David."

-Sweet. But I'm sure that was good for resale, right?

-Yeah.

-What?

-Uh, it's just that if I find something I really love

I usually keep it for myself,

which I guess doesn't make me very business-minded, does it?

-I get it.

Sometimes I find things that are Jane related

and I think about how fun it will be

to share it with the group

but then I kind of want to keep it for myself

for a few days first.

-I guess that's the thing about being a reader

is you kind of get lost in the imaginary life

that helps you discover what you love about the real world.

[emotional music]

That was a bit much, yeah.

-Not at all. I get it.

It's funny when that happens.

-When you finish the thoughts that someone else was thinking.

-Exactly.

So, do you do anything besides work?

-Pfft, I can ask you the same question.

-I do lots of other things.

-Yeah? Oh right of course, the Jane Society.

-Other things besides Jane.

-Oh. You're a 12-pin bowling champion?

Skydiving aficionado?

-Oh sure.

-High line enthusiast?

-[laugh]

I just finished my first novel.

-Wow. Really?

Congratulations.

-Thanks, but hold the applause

'cause I'm not sure I'm going to do anything with it.

-That's a huge accomplished. Do you have a publisher?

-No.

I'd have to take the risk of being rejected.

-You know, that's the thing about risks.

It's only a risk if it doesn't work out.

[emotional music]

I had a really nice time tonight.

Well, I should probably get home, I have kind of a...

crazy week ahead.

-Right.

Oh, don't forget about that presentation.

-Oh, no of course not. I....

Goodnight.

Oh.

-I was just going to give it to you.

-[both laugh]

-That's very gallant of you.

[hopeful music]

-Is it just you this evening?

-No. I'm waiting for someone.

[gasp]

-Tell me again, what exactly is our ambition here?

-Alisha wants to have someone here just in case

the guy that she's with is sort of a loser

and she needs to escape.

-Can she not simply do what women have done

since time immemorial to escape an overly-ardent suitor?

-What's that?

-Faint, of course. Not that I would approve.

-Oh. No, no.

If she did that, they would have to call a doctor.

-Oh, even better.

Then she would have an excuse to retire home.

[light cheery music]

-Oh. Shh. Here they come.

Stop looking! I don't want them to see you.

Well, neither of should look.

[playful music]

-Thank you.

-Wow.

-Hm, he seems to be acquitting himself as a gentleman should,

at the very least.

-[laugh]

-She's laughing.

-Yes.

-It's beautiful. -Right?

-Mmhmm.

-Oh, she seems to be enjoying his company.

Perhaps our purpose here is for naught.

-[laugh] I know.

[dramatic music]

-[gasp] That's it. That's the signal.

-Are you quite certain?

I'm sure she's simply...

-Yeah.

-What did I say?

-Oh! -[crash]

-I'm so sorry!

Oh, my goodness! Sorry.

-Oh heavens.

-Sorry, sorry.

Would you stop doing that!

-Doing what exactly?

-Transporting. Transmor....

Whatever it is that you do.

-It seems as if they are well-matched.

-Yeah, well I didn't realize that.

I thought she was giving me the signal.

-If one is going to intervene with matters of the heart

it must be with the most delicate of touch.

It is the theme of my novel....

-[both] Emma.

-I know.

I didn't realize even famous authors like to say,

“I told you so”.

-Where to now?

[light cheery music]

-[Jane] Oh dear.

This device of yours has gone dark again.

I hope I have not injured it.

-Oh no. No worries.

[movie noises]

-Is this not remarkable?

To see the characters of your imagination come to life.

-Mmhmm.

-Oh my.

-Oh. My.

-That is what I had in mind when I wrote Mr. Darcy.

-Right [clears throat].

-Is there any way I could meet this thespian.

I believe it is well within my rights

as the published author after all.

-[laugh]

-What!

[playful music]

Good heavens. Manners.

-Oh, sorry.

-Oh whatever.

-[shriek]

-[both laugh]

[peaceful music]

-Jane.

[sigh]

-Oh, Vishal?

Well he's actually seeing someone,

but he told me he's just as appalled

at our parent's behavior as I am,

we're going to keep in touch though

so that we can vent about our parents.

-Are we ready?

-Indubitably.

-Alright. Let's get in there.

-Right.

-Hi Alish.

-Oh, hey Bren [giggles].

What?

What? We're just friends.

-[sigh]

The thing about a great bookstore like Scribblers,

is that we don't have to explain what it is.

[basic music]

When Mr. Fitzsimmons, Trevor, first brought us this account

I had the same thought I'm sure all of you had.

That we're going to need a new approach.

Fresh ideas to sell books to a twenty-first century public

that's addicted to their phones and the only reading they do

is refreshing their timeline.

But, um, then someone helped me see

that there's a stronger choice than pretending something is new

when everyone can see that it isn't.

Trevor, I don't think you want to turn your bookstore

into a digital hub.

Or an optimized information processing center.

Because Scribblers is a time machine

and it takes us to the past.

Or the future.

It's also a spaceship that transports us

to far away places.

Both real and imagined.

To distant shores or help us see what's happening

right around the corner.

So, Scribblers doesn't need AI generated slogans

or glitzy logos, because it has the energy you feel

when you walk into the store.

The weight of a hard cover in your hand.

The crack of the spine and the smell of new paper

when you thumb through it for the very first time.

And an app can't do that.

The algorithm doesn't stand next to you when you're standing

in front of a book display and tell you that they cried

when they got to the end of that story you're about to buy.

Scribblers...

It's where your next adventure awaits.

Come explore.

[cheerful music]

[applause]

[Lilly] Thank you.

-I have to ask, you won the Coleberry seven years ago,

but nothing in the interim.

Why not?

-I guess I got busy and maybe I lost a little confidence.

-What brought you back to writing?

-My friend. She read my manuscript and...

She wouldn't let me drop it.

-Well, I've tried to lay out why I'm convinced

we're the right house for you.

Especially with the recent acquisition.

-Acquisition?

-Didn't you know?

We've been acquired by that Favs website everyone loves so much.

It'll give us all kinds of resources we didn't have before,

particularly on the promotional side.

-I didn't know.

[determined music]

-This is great, I love the presentation of this,

but I'm going to also need to keep

at least these books for here....

-Trevor.

Hi.

-Hey, how are you?

I haven't seen you since that presentation

which I have to tell you was so good, you should've seen her....

-Did you buy Pegasus Press?

-I did.

-Did you know that they were making an offer on my book?

-They did disclose that to me, yes.

-Did you do it because...

[clears throat] We've been...

-Talking?

Spending time together?

Flirting?

-Yes.

-No, I did not.

-[sigh]

-I mean, maybe I did.

-Well, thank you but I can't accept that.

I need for my work to be recognized

on its own merit not because...

Because you're doing me a favor.

-I didn't do it just to do you a favor.

They would not have signed you

if your writing didn't have merit

and I could not pass up this business opportunity.

I mean being able to take on a publishing house

allows me to track the ancillary markets is a lot better

because I find especially...

-Trevor, stop. Please stop.

You think so fast.

One second, you're 10 moves ahead of everyone else,

you're definitely 100 moves ahead of me.

The next minute you're what? You're here.

You're living this fantasy life

where you expect people to treat you

like you're some sort of perfectly ordinary

bookstore clerk, who are you?

-Uh...

-I have to get back to the office.

-[sigh]

-Don't worry.

I have no problem treating you as perfectly ordinary.

[renaissance music]

-And thanks to you, I told my parents that I'm taking

my dating life back into my own hands, thank you very much.

I'm not going to give into their pressure

no matter how over the hill I get.

-Good for you.

-And you know what, it's worked.

I mean, I haven't heard a word from them since.

-Well, that's good news.

-Hey Lill, you're okay that Brendan's into me?

I mean I know that you had your eyes set on him.

-I think he was looking at you the entire time.

-You know its always sisters before misters with me.

You know that right, Lill?

-It means so much to me that you think of me that way.

-Well, I don't think you'd be as happy once you realize

how much I fight with my sisters.

-[laugh]

I look forward to that too.

-[laugh]

-Let's start the meeting.

-Okay.

-Alright everyone, welcome back.

-So, which one is the good one, I guess is my question.

It's so confusing.

-Lilly?

You drifted away again my dear.

-Oh, I...

-Clara was just saying that she was confused

by the difference between Sense and Sensibility

and was wondering whether you could help explain.

-Yes, of course.

I think...

[emotional music]

I think we can't only look to novels for life lessons.

I think the novelists were trying to tell us

that we have to figure it out on our own.

Since I have the floor,

I have an announcement to make.

I've decided to take a leave of absence

from president of the Jane Society.

-[all gasp]

-Dios Mio.

-What are we going to do without you.

You are the society.

-Are you certain that you are not suffering

from some type of very obscure ailment?

And because of this you are giving up

everything you love and cherish.

-I wondered that myself for a while, but no, I'm okay.

I'm fine.

I've just made a decision.

I'm taking that trip. I'm going to England.

I'm going to see Jane's home.

-Oh! I'm so happy for you Lilly!

-Imagine, being able to see the place where Jane

actually wrote her sentences.

[indistinct conversations]

-Yeah, I for one, don't buy it.

-You don't buy what?

-Well, it's just that...

You've been different the last few days.

I mean you're more confident, happier...

I personally think it's something else.

I think she has a new fellow in her life.

-[all] Ooh.

-No. No. Nothing like that.

Not at all.

Let's get back to tonight's topic, shall we?

Are you a Lizzie, an Emma, or a Marianne?

-No, I don't think we're interested

in tonight's topic, Lilly.

-So, there's no new guy?

-Maybe I can answer that one.

[romantic music]

-Your answering whether Lilly has a new boyfriend?

-Yes.

I would like to apply for the job.

-Well, that's just not possible.

-Well, I don't accept that.

-It's not your decision to make.

-No. It's not.

But I think I deserve a second chance.

And after all, isn't that the lesson of Persuasion?

-[sigh]

-Yeah, I read it.

I've read all the novels.

-That is what it's about.

I know 'cause it's up next for my trip to Shreveport.

I read the synopsis.

-Didn't Jane write that because she regretted her own choice

in turning down her suitor, Mr. Bridges.

-We don't know that for sure.

She might not have regretted it at all.

-Look you're right.

I do tend to charge forward to the result that I want

without considering the feelings of the people around me.

But I can learn.

And change.

Although, it would help a lot to have you in my life

to remind me.

And “Then I examined my own heart.

"And there you were.

"Never, I fear, to be removed”.

-Jane.

-Yes.

-I think...

-Yes Alejandro?

-I think...

Lilly! You should give him a chance.

-[romantic music]

-I've been meaning to do this for a long time.

-I've been ready for a long time.

[romantic music heightens]

-This is just like the ending of Emma

where Mr. Knightly rushes off to win over Emma.

-By the way, I changed the store policy.

-What?

-Buying in person will always trump online purchases.

-[laugh]

I think that's a great policy.

[romantic music]

[sighs]

[uplifting music]

Jane.

Jane.

Jane, are you here?

[children laughing outside]

[cheerful music]

[small laugh]

-We don't have sunshine like this back home, I must say.

-[sigh]

-Is this lucky gentleman Trevor?

-Yes, how did you know?

-It was quite evident, my dear.

You just needed time to arrive at that conclusion yourself.

Just as Lizzie did.

-Right.

Well, we stayed up all night talking about writing,

and you were right... inspiration struck.

I have an idea for my next novel.

-What is it?

-Well, I thought I could tell the story of Pride,

but from Mr. Darcy's point of view.

-That is a clever idea.

Well done.

-Thank you.

Awe look at what that little girl is reading.

She can see you?

-As can you, my dear.

-Do you know how hard I tried to summon you?

I said your name three times.

I fell asleep reading your books.

I tried a lot of crazy things but it's just simple, isn't it?

You come when inspiration is needed.

Every time I saw you; I was lost.

And then you appeared, and I figured out what I needed.

That's it, isn't it?

-Yet you found inspiration for your next work all on your own.

-Does that mean I'm not going to see you again?

-Oh, I'll still be here with you.

And you'll still have my novels after all.

-Yes.

I will always have your novels.

Ah, I did want to get home because I had some ideas

that I wanted to jot down,

and Trevor said he would come by in a little bit.

-Then we mustn't dawdle.

-Okay.

[uplifting music]

You go on ahead.

-Don't you want to meet him?

Oh. I guess that's not possible.

Thank you for everything.

-Thank you for loving my writing.

-Hello.

-Hey. Sorry to pop by so early

but I came across this investment opportunity,

and I want to run it past you.

Eco-friendly live stocking. Now the idea of it...

-Wait a second.

Wait a second.

Are you thinking about buying a herd of cattle?

-Sort of.

So, eco-friendly live stocking...

-[laugh]

-has exponential growth. Why are you laughing?

-No reason.

It just it means your clearly the man I was meant to be with.

-I think Jane has a perfect quote for a moment like this...

-Of course, she does.

But I want to say it in my own words.

What?

That you...this...us...

is better than a novel.

It's real. Exciting and romantic.

Complicated and fun.

It's better than anything I ever imagined.

-I think this is the moment where they kiss.

And they live happily ever after.

-I think you're right.

[romantic music heightens]

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