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The Other веNnеT Sister S01e04
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00:08If London was to be a new start for me, I would push all sorts of poetry and love aside.
00:19Mother warned me of the dirt, disease and despair that could be found here.
00:25She failed to mention the breadth of humanity.
00:30And the anonymity of the city suited me well.
00:33I had taken to walking the city's beautiful parks.
00:37It seemed that all life was in London.
00:41And here I could be anything I wanted.
00:50Surely I would find something I could succeed at in this vast, inspiring city.
00:57Where is it? I've got to say that.
00:59Oh, she breaks my heart a little.
01:02She seems so awkward in herself.
01:04I worry my sisters caused some harm to poor Mary.
01:07Oh, I wonder.
01:08She's perhaps not the most natural governess.
01:11But what else could she do with life?
01:13Be her mother's companion?
01:15I thought Tom brought her out of herself.
01:17Cunt-hearted man that he is.
01:18And she seemed to get on well with Anne Baxter the other evening.
01:21She has so much confidence.
01:24It can't have been easy growing up in the shadow of her sisters.
01:27Found it.
01:28Ah, there it is.
01:30Well, I'm happy she's with us.
01:32She has an interesting...
01:37Oh, it's Bennett.
01:40Mr. Hayward.
01:42How are you?
01:43Eager to hear how you've been getting on with the poetry?
01:45Oh, well, uh...
01:47I'm not sure I have the mind to appreciate it completely.
01:49I keep hoping Mr. Coleridge will explain himself,
01:52or that Mr. Wordsworth will say what he really means.
01:55But they seem to enjoy keeping their secrets.
01:59Well, do not blame yourself.
02:00I think...
02:01I think some poets enjoy being difficult to understand.
02:12Miss Bennett, I was so sorry to hear about your father.
02:15Moving to the city without your family here.
02:18You not having your mother to confide in.
02:20Your sister...
02:21Oh, it's a relief to be without her.
02:22In fact, it's something of a relief to be without any of them.
02:30I'm sorry you're not feeling yourself.
02:34I'm afraid I'm not.
02:36I'm just not finding my place here as easily as I thought.
02:40Sorry, please excuse me.
02:41Oh, Mary!
02:42Tom, how lovely to see you!
02:44Quietly, my dear, you'll summon the children
02:46who I fear have begun to associate Tom's name
02:48with a worryingly large bag of sugar plums.
02:51Please excuse me.
02:51Sorry, I'm sorry.
03:13My dear Mary,
03:14I fear your correspondence has not been reaching me.
03:18I have heard nothing from you at all.
03:22How are you managing your duties?
03:25You never were good with children,
03:27even when you were one yourself.
03:30I may require you to return to Pemberley,
03:33where I will be spending the summer.
03:37Lizzie has expressed a wish to see you,
03:39but more urgently, my new puppy has a nervous air
03:43and requires near-constant companionship.
03:49I had come to London to see the world outside of my family,
03:53and that is what I would do.
04:00Oh, Mary, you're painting!
04:02To teach the children.
04:04Oh, how marvellous to see your imagination at play!
04:10It's terrible.
04:11No, no, it's...
04:13It's very neat.
04:16Did you see the letter from your mother?
04:19Is she well?
04:20Between several complaints about the damp,
04:23the unseasonable pollen,
04:24and an unpleasant exchange with a rude shopkeeper,
04:27I understand that she is.
04:28Yes.
04:29I honestly think she enjoys such encounters.
04:31It makes her feel more alive.
04:34Oh, now, speaking of encounters,
04:37I think this might be of interest to you.
04:39Tom made a strange request to Mr Gardiner and I
04:42and extended the invitation to you too, Mary.
04:44Oh?
04:45Yes.
04:46He was most mysterious.
04:47He wants us to meet him tomorrow morning,
04:50where he says he plans to break through our rational reserve
04:53and move our hearts as well as our heads.
04:57He does?
04:57Yes.
04:58Whatever that might entail.
05:01I must work on my lesson plans.
05:03Mary, you must join us.
05:04For my sake?
05:07Please consider it.
05:35Please consider it.
05:59Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Miss Bennet, thank you for humoring me.
06:04Are we allowed to know the purpose of our visit?
06:06I have conspired with the City of London and William Wordsworth himself for a morning recital unlike any other, in
06:12a hidden garden.
06:13Good Lord.
06:14Will Miss Baxter be joining us?
06:15I'm afraid Miss Baxter has a variety of excuses that she skillfully deploys to avoid such events.
06:20Well, remind me to ask her what they are.
06:23Yes, I am afraid that my petitions for good weather have been in vain.
06:27No matter. We will not be dissuaded by a little drizzle.
06:31A little drizzle?
06:36Just some of that.
06:42This way?
06:43Yes.
06:58It's magical.
07:00Well.
07:06Please forgive the theatrics.
07:09I had given Miss Bennet the impossible task of understanding poetry without any real sense of how to feel it.
07:17Sometimes, with poetry, the more I think, the less I understand.
07:30Earth has not anything to show more fair.
07:35Dole would he be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.
07:42This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning, silent, bare.
07:53Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie open unto the fields, into the sky.
08:05All bright and glittering in the smokeless air, never did sun more beautifully steep in its first splendor.
08:14Valley, valley, rock, or hill, nurse or I'd never felt a calm soul deep.
08:23The river glideth at his own sweet will.
08:28Dear God, the very houses seem asleep.
08:33And all that mighty heart is lying still.
08:47Well done, Tom.
08:49A moving rendition.
08:51Tom, I confess, I felt entirely transported by the force of your words.
08:56And what a beautiful place.
08:58Our wisteria never flowers like this.
09:00Yes, your ability to kill our plants seems to be second to none.
09:04Come, let's take a turn.
09:06Indeed.
09:08This place is magical.
09:11It's a good garden.
09:12Yes, it is.
09:17Well, Miss Bennett.
09:24How do you feel?
09:29Well, for once I have nothing to say.
09:32I'm sorry to hear that.
09:33No, I wish to say something inspiring, but I do not know how.
09:43You have such varied ways to express your feelings.
09:47Mine feel frozen, or feeble, or entirely unknowable.
09:56I do not know, Miss Bennett.
09:59Well, I use the words of others to puzzle through things I do not understand.
10:04Well, I do not believe that you are truly a stranger to strong emotions.
10:17Forgive me.
10:20Oh, um...
10:21Sorry, Miss Bennett, I...
10:22Oh.
10:23It was just a petal.
10:24Miss Hayward, I think I must leave London.
10:28Well, you've only just arrived.
10:30It's no great event.
10:31My mother needs a companion.
10:33I see.
10:34And, well, you will likely be very busy soon, what with, uh, social engagements and, uh, Miss Baxter.
10:46I'm sure you'll scarcely have time to notice I'm gone.
10:50Well, I'd hoped that this would restore your spirit.
10:52Oh, indeed, it did.
10:54It did, thank you.
10:56I shall never forget it.
11:10I shall travel to Pemberley on the 18th.
11:13Good heavens!
11:15Mary, this is quite unexpected.
11:16Well, is anything the matter?
11:18My mother needs me.
11:20Is my sister bored?
11:22I know that she's more likely than anyone in England to summon the troops on account of her loneliness.
11:27But must you answer the call?
11:31I think I must.
11:32Well, we so enjoy having you here.
11:35The children will be disappointed.
11:37Yes, it's kind of you to say.
11:40It is the truth.
11:44I must plan today's lessons.
11:54Dearest mother, although my time in London has been enlightening, I will be by your side for your summer at
12:03Pemberley.
12:04As requested.
12:07I am grateful for the generosity extended by my aunt and uncle.
12:10But as you rightly point out, I do not wish to burn them.
12:15And it will, of course, be an honour to look after your new pup.
12:32Do you come in?
12:33Do you come in?
12:55There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
13:01She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
13:05She gave them some broth, without any bread.
13:08And she whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
13:11That poem started very well, and ended very badly.
13:15A good observation, Miss Marianne.
13:17Why didn't she just move into a boot when the children got too many?
13:21Fine suggestion, Miss Rebecca.
13:22It's a glorious revolution all finished then, Miss Bennet.
13:25This week, we will write and perform a poem instead.
13:29Yes!
13:31I want to do a poem about myself, because I'm quite interested.
13:35I'll do typhoid.
13:36Or frogs.
13:38Disgusting.
13:40Miss Marianne?
13:42Love.
13:53The eye cannot choose but see.
13:56We cannot bid the ear be still.
13:59Our bodies feel where they be.
14:03Against or with our will.
14:11A big green frog sat on a log.
14:14The frog was quite full.
14:17It had eaten ten flies, two slugs, one worm and three lily pad pies.
14:27Miss Bennet, you were obviously inspired by our morning poetry reading.
14:31Oh, I was.
14:33No, I, um, yes, I am.
14:35Oh, no.
14:37What is it, Miss Rebecca?
14:38I had a prop and I forgot to use it.
14:42Oh.
14:43Uh, well, um, fear not.
14:45A prop is a cheap trick that diminishes the power of words.
14:50Indeed.
14:53Who's next?
14:56Who's next?
14:57I would be sad to leave London.
15:00It was the first time I had ever felt a sense of belonging.
15:05Oh, there you are.
15:07I wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful day.
15:11The children will be inconsolable about you leaving.
15:14Marianne is stitching you a cushion with an inspirational Latin phrase, I believe.
15:19Oh, yes.
15:20It's mori quam fordari.
15:22Death before dishonour.
15:24Goodness, how exciting.
15:27We shall miss you, Mary.
15:29I think we both know I'm not well suited to London's liveliness.
15:36Mary, you've barely given it a chance.
15:40Things change.
15:42People.
15:44Situations.
15:46Over time.
15:51May I venture something on that subject?
15:55The other day, I went to buy a bonnet.
15:59And in the first shop I went into, found a stunning bonnet.
16:03An elegant blue.
16:04Quite lovely on me, if I dare say such a thing.
16:07When I went to purchase it, it had been reserved for someone else.
16:14I went into another shop and found not four other bonnets I liked just as much.
16:20And in the end, one, a shade of dusky pink that suited me even more.
16:29Do you see what I'm saying?
16:33Blue is not your colour?
16:37No, I'm saying that London has such a variety of choices and such quantity, too.
16:42You may enjoy the first thing you see well enough.
16:45But often, something more exciting will come along.
16:50Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know.
16:53Well, um, yes, thank you for that.
16:55It was very interesting.
16:58Oh, I was meaning to tell you.
17:00We have decided to host a little entertainment tomorrow.
17:03A night of games.
17:04Oh, dear.
17:05What sort of games?
17:07No catching.
17:07Word games.
17:09Riddles and such.
17:10And very pleasant company.
17:11Company I know?
17:12Or new company?
17:15All new.
17:16And very friendly.
17:18We desperately desire that you remember London fondly.
17:22This may be your final event with us before you leave.
17:29I resolved not to send the letter to Mother just yet.
17:33It would be a shame to leave before the weekend.
18:00It would be a shame to leave before the weekend.
18:10Sorry, I didn't realise there was a line.
18:12No, please.
18:13I wish more people had such a restrained relationship to punch.
18:17May I?
18:18Oh, yes, of course.
18:20Noble defender of the punch.
18:22I surrender my post.
18:26And what brings you here?
18:27The word games or the company?
18:29I like words.
18:31I'm not much for games.
18:33Ah.
18:34Then it's the company you've come for.
18:36Miss...
18:36Bennett.
18:37Mary Bennett.
18:39William Ryder.
18:41And where have you come from, Miss Bennett?
18:43Surely I would have remembered seeing you near punch holes across London.
18:46I, um...
18:49New in town.
18:51Well, I for one am always pleased to see a new face.
18:57Now, please gather.
18:59I see the riddles are about to commence.
19:01We are wise to begin with full glasses.
19:10And now, the quickfire round.
19:13Two words, one answer.
19:16Counterfeit agony.
19:17Counterfeit agony.
19:19I mean, trick?
19:20My brain is in agony.
19:21It isn't counterfeit.
19:22It is quite real.
19:23Champagne.
19:24Right.
19:25Champagne.
19:26Champagne!
19:27Right, Miss Clark.
19:29Another point to you and our new leader.
19:32Fancy delivering a champagne in word, not in glass.
19:35Tease us, Mr. Gardiner.
19:36All right then, Mr. Ryder.
19:37Here's one for you.
19:40Judy's fellow.
19:42Oh.
19:45My God, I know it.
19:47Punch!
19:48Oh, well done, Mr. Ryder.
19:50Finally, you've arrived at school.
19:56My first word comedians dread to hear.
20:01My next new life in a revolving year.
20:05I'll repeat it.
20:06My first word comedians dread to hear.
20:09My next new life in a revolving year.
20:12Oh, offspring.
20:13Yes!
20:14Oh, well done, Miss Bennet.
20:16Miss Bennet.
20:17Well done.
20:18Forever.
20:19Yes, Miss Bennet.
20:21Cheers to you.
20:22What's next?
20:24Mandarin.
20:25Delicious.
20:26Miss Bennet.
20:26How lovely to see you.
20:27Too, Miss Bexter.
20:28Mr. Hayward, we're so pleased you made it.
20:31I had false intelligence.
20:32You were busy this evening.
20:34Well, we somehow managed to persuade Mr. Hayward away from his work.
20:37I have an important case.
20:39Oh, he has the terrible fortune of being the only lawyer in London who exclusively gets important cases.
20:45Do excuses, Mrs. Dream.
20:46Excuse me.
20:49Miss Bennet.
20:50Tom, Will.
20:53Mr. Ryder and I studied law together.
20:55Ah.
20:55Yes.
20:56Mr. Hayward is responsible for my untimely retirement in the field.
20:59Is that so, Mr. Ryder?
21:01Well, he fed me so many poems, I believe myself a deep romantic soul.
21:05Too sensitive for the rigors of law.
21:07Seems like a heavy charge to lay solely at the feet of poetry.
21:09What?
21:11Mary, how is the night of games going?
21:13Do we have any hope for making a late charge for the prize?
21:16Not unless you wish to bribe our host.
21:17Miss Bennet here is putting us all to shame.
21:19Oh, nonsense, Miss Bennet.
21:20You beat me to the punch.
21:22You see?
21:23Masterful words.
21:27Please gather yourselves for the penultimate round.
21:31Mr. Ryder.
21:31What?
21:33I'm glad to see you're in better spirits, Miss Bennet.
21:38This evening has been something of a tonic.
21:39Mr. Hayward.
21:42Round three.
21:44Ready?
21:46Sunday.
21:47Yes.
21:48Appoint your base master.
21:51Are you sharp?
21:52Is it Dole Troops?
21:54Oh, God.
21:54No, no, no, forget it.
21:55Is there anything?
21:56Mercury.
21:57Yes.
21:57Well done.
21:59Is it really?
22:00Well done.
22:01Remarkable.
22:04Come on.
22:06Anybody?
22:06Lighthouse.
22:07Yes.
22:08I've never had a chance to think and don't speak.
22:10I've never known a lack of thinking to prevent you from speaking.
22:14That is five points apiece for Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
22:21Well done.
22:26The final round.
22:27The two players with the most points go head to head to crack one final riddle and decide
22:32the winner.
22:33The leaders come as no surprise.
22:35Miss Clark and Miss Bennet.
22:38You mean I didn't make it?
22:40I'm astonished.
22:41Mrs. Gardner, would you do the odds?
22:45To suffer my seconds, the doom of my first.
22:49And of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst.
23:04First.
23:05Partake!
23:07Yes.
23:08Good Lord!
23:09She's Britain's finest mind!
23:15We declare we have a winner, London's newest arrival, but its fiercest competitor, Miss Mary Bennett.
23:27I'm very glad that we arrived in time to see you crowned, Miss Bennett.
23:33I wanted to say, Miss Bennett, you are a liar.
23:37Am I?
23:38You told me you were not much for games.
23:40Well, I can't catch.
23:45Miss Bennett, I've been meaning to invite you to tea since I hear, very sadly, you are leaving London.
23:49Miss Bennett, surely not.
23:51You can't deprive the game players of London your riddling talents.
23:55Round of applause for our winner, Miss Bennett.
23:59Well done.
24:03In that moment, I think I understood what my aunt was telling me with the convoluted story
24:09about the bonnets.
24:13That quantity has a quality all of its own.
24:29Thank you so much.
24:36I think it seems a shame to leave London before I've given it a fair chance.
24:43I think I might like to stay a little while, if it's not too much burden.
24:46It's not a burden to us at all.
24:49We're delighted to have you with us.
24:54Oh, thank you so much for coming.
24:55Living in London was helping me to see that there could be more to life than just marriage
24:59or misery.
25:00Perhaps my aunt was right.
25:03Even the most hopeless of situations, the most hopeless of people, can, with kindness,
25:12change, little by little, over time.
25:17I was excited to discover who Mary Bennett might be.
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