Mrs.

Bennet
Lydia! Kitty!

Mrs. Bennet
My dear Mr Bennet, have you heard?

Mrs.Bennet
Netherfield Park is let at last. Do you
not want to know who has taken it?

Mr.Bennet
As you wish to tell me, my dear,
I doubt I have any choice in the matter.

Elizabeth
Kitty, what have I told you
about listening at the door?

Kitty
There's a Mr Bingley
arrived from the North.

Lidia
- Five thousand a year!

Elizabeth
- Really?

Kitty
- He's single!

Jane
- Who's single?

Elizabeth
A Mr Bingley, apparently. Kitty!

Mr. Bennet
How can that possibly affect them?

Mrs.Bennet
Mr Bennet,
how can you be so tiresome?
You know he must marry one of them.

Mr.Bennet
That is his design in settling here?
Mrs. Bennet
You must go and visit him at once.

Mr.Bennet
Good heavens. People.

Mrs.Bennet
For we may not visit if you do not,
as you well know, Mr Bennet.

Kitty
- Are you listening? You never listen.

Lidia
- You must, Papa! At once!

Mr.Bennet
There's no need. I already have.

Mrs.Bennet
- You have?
- When?
Oh, Mr Bennet,
how can you tease me so?
Have you no compassion
for my poor nerves?

Mr.Bennet
You mistake me, my dear.
I have the highest respect for them.
They've been my constant companions
these twenty years.

Lidia
Papa!

Mrs.Bennet
- Is he amiable?

Mary
- Who?

Lidia
- Is he handsome?

Kitty
- He's sure to be.
Elizabeth
With 5,000 a year,
it would not matter if he had warts.

Mary
Who's got warts?

Mr.Bennet
I will consent to
his marrying whichever girl he chooses.

Kitty
- So will he come to the ball tomorrow papa?

Mr.Bennet
- I believe so.

(laughing)

Mrs.Bennet
- Mr Bennet!
- I have to have your muslin!

Lidia
- I'll lend you my green slippers!

Jane
- They were mine.

Lidia
- I'll do your mending for a week.

Kitty
- I'll retrim your new bonnet.

Lidia
Two weeks I'll do it for.

Mary
It's not the same!
It's not the same.
I can't breathe.
I think one of
my toes just came off.
(Dancing)

Elizabeth
If every man does not end the evening
in love with you,
then I'm no judge of beauty.

Mary
- Or men.

Elizabeth
- No, they are far too easy to judge.

Mary
They're not all bad.

Elizabeth
Humourless poppycocks,
in my limited experience.

Mary
One day,
someone will catch your eye,
and then you'll have
to watch your tongue.

(Dancing)
(in the hall enter Mr. Charles Bingley and his
sister Miss Caroline Bingley and his friendMr, Darcy Fittsuilyam)

Sharlotta’s father
How good of you to come.

(silence)

Elizabeth
Which of the painted peacocks
is our Mr Bingley?

Sharlotta Lucas
He's on the right.
On the left is his sister.

Elizabeth
- The person with the quizzical brow?
Sharlotta
- That is his good friend, Mr Darcy.

Elizabeth- He looks miserable, poor soul.

Sharlotta
- He may be, but poor he is not.

10,000 a year,
and he owns half of Derbyshire.

Elizabeth
The miserable half.

(dancing)

Mrs.Bennet
Mr Bennet, you must introduce him
to the girls immediately.

Elizabeth
Smile at Mr Bingley. Smile.
Mary.

Sharlotta’s father
Mr Bingley, my eldest daughter you know.

Mrs Bennet, Miss Jane Bennet,

Elizabeth and Miss Mary Bennet.

Mrs.Bennent
It is a pleasure. I have two others,
but they're already dancing.

Charles Bingley
I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

Sharlotta’s father
And may I introduce Mr Darcy
of Pemberley in Derbyshire.

(dancing)

Mary
How do you like it
here in Hertfordshire?
Charles
Very much.

Elizabeth
The library at Netherfield,
I've heard, is one of the finest.

Charles
Yes
It fills me with guilt. I'm not a good
reader. I prefer being out of doors.
Oh, I mean, I can read, of course.
And I'm not suggesting
you can't read out of doors.

Mary
I wish I read more, but there
seem to be so many other things to do.

Charles
That's exactly what I meant.

Kitty
Mama, Mama! You will never, ever believe
what we're about to tell you.

Mr.Bennet
- She's going to take the veil.

Kitty and Lidia

- The regiment are coming!

Mrs.Bennet
- Officers?

Lidia
They're going to be stationed
the whole winter, right here.

Mrs.Bennet
- Officers?

Kitty
- As far as the eye can see.

Mrs.Bennet
Oh, look.
Jane's dancing with Mr Bingley.
Mr Bennet.

Elizabeth
- Do you dance, Mr Darcy?

Mr.Darcy
- Not if I can help it.

Sharlotta
I didn't know you were coming
to see me. What's the matter?

Mrs.Kerolaine
We are a long way from Grosvenor Square,
are we not, Mr Darcy?

Mr.Bingley
I've never seen so many pretty girls.

Mr.Darcy
You were dancing
with the only handsome girl.

Mr. Bingley
She is the most beautiful creature
I have ever beheld.
- But her sister Elizabeth is agreeable.
- Perfectly tolerable.

Mr.Darcy
Not handsome enough to tempt me. Return
to your partner and enjoy her smiles.
You're wasting your time with me.

Sharlotta
Count your blessings, Lizzie. If he
liked you, you'd have to talk to him.

Elizabeth
Precisely.
I wouldn't dance with him
for all of Derbyshire,

let alone the miserable half.

Wait!

(dancing)
Mr.Bingley
- I enjoyed that so much, Miss Lucas.

Mrs. Bennet
- How well you dance, Mr Bingley.

Mr.Bingley
I've never enjoyed a dance so much.

Mrs. Bennet
My daughter Jane
is a splendid dancer, is she not?
She is indeed.

Mr.Bingley
Your friend Miss Lucas
is a most amusing young woman.

Elzabeth
Oh, yes, I adore her.

Mrs. Bennet
- It is a pity she's not more handsome.

Elizabeth
- Mama!

Mrs. Bennet
Oh, but Lizzie
would never admit that she's plain.
Of course, it's my Jane who's considered
the beauty of the county.

Jane
Mama, please!

Mrs. Bennet
When she was 15, a gentleman
was so much in love with her,
I was sure he would make her an offer.
However, he did write her
some very pretty verses.

Elazabeth
And that put paid to it.
I wonder who discovered the power
of poetry in driving away love.
Mr.Darcy
- I thought poetry was the food of love.

Elizabeth
- Of a fine, stout love.
But if it is only a vague inclination,
one poor sonnet will kill it.

Mr. Darcy
So, what do you recommend
to encourage affection?

Elizabeth
Dancing. Even if one's partner
is barely tolerable.

(she goes away)

(dancing)
(conversation under a blanket)

Jane
Mr Bingley is just what
a young man ought to be.
- Sensible, good-humoured...

Elizabeth
- Handsome, conveniently rich...

Jane
Marriage should not be driven
by thoughts of money.

Elizabeth
Only deep love
will persuade me to marry.
- Which is why I'll end up an old maid.

Jane
- Do you really believe he liked me Lizzie?

Elizabeth
Jane, he danced with you most of the night,
and stared at you the rest.
I give you leave to like him.
You've liked many stupider.
You're a great deal too apt
to like people in general.
All the world
is good in your eyes.

Jane
Not his friend. I still can't believe
what he said about you.

Elizabeth
Mr Darcy?

I'd more easily forgive his vanity

had he not wounded mine.
But no matter.
I doubt we shall ever speak again.

Kitty
He danced with Miss Lucas.

Mr.Bennet
We were all there, dear.

Mrs.Bennet
It is a shame she's not more handsome.
There's a spinster
in the making and no mistake.
The fourth with a Miss King
of little standing,
and the fifth again with Jane.

Mr.Bennet
If he had any compassion,
he would've sprained his ankle.

Mrs.Mennet
Oh, Mr.Bennet The way you carry on,

Mr.Bennet
you'd think our girls look forward
to a grand inheritance.

Mrs. Bennet
When you die,
which may be very soon,
they will be left without a roof over
their head nor a penny to their name.

Elizabeth
- Please, it's ten in the morning.
(a servant brought a letter)
- A letter to Miss Bennet,
From Netherfield Hall.

Mrs. Bennet
Praise the Lord. We are saved!
Make haste, Jane,
make haste. Oh, happy day!

Jane
It is from Caroline Bingley.
She has invited me to dine with her.
- Her brother will be dining out.

Mrs.Bennet
- Dining out?

Jane
- Can I take the carriage?

Mrs. Bennet
- Let me see.

Jane
- It is too far to walk.

Jane
- This is unaccountable of him.

Elizabeth
Mama, the carriage for Jane?

Mrs.Bannet
Certainly not. She'll go on horseback.

Jane
Horseback!

(Thunder)

Mr.Bennet
Lizzie.

Mrs.Bennet
Now she'll have to stay the night,
exactly as I predicted.
Mr.Bennet
Good grief, woman,
your skills in the art of matchmaking
are positively occult.

Elizabeth
Though I don't think, Mama,
you can take credit for making it rain.

(She arrived. Openes the door. She sneezes)

(Elizabeth reads the letter)

"My friends will not hear of me
returning home until I am better.
Excepting a sore throat, a fever and
a headache, nothing is wrong with me."

Mr. Bennet
If Jane does die it will be a comfort
to know it was in pursuit of Mr Bingley.

Mrs. Bennet
People do not die of colds.

Elizabeth
But she may perish with the
shame of having such a mother.
I must go to Netherfield at once.

Caroline
Lady Bathurst is redecorating
her ballroom in the French style.
A little unpatriotic, don't you think?

Butler
Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

Caroline
Good Lord, did you walk here?

Elizabeth
I did.
- I'm so sorry. How is my sister?

Mr. Darcy
- She's upstairs.
Elizabeth
Thank you.

Caroline
My goodness, did you
see her hem? Six inches deep in mud.
She looked positively mediaeval.

Jane
I feel such a terrible imposition.
They're being so kind to me.

Elizabeth
I don't know who is more pleased at your
being here, Mama or Mr Bingley.
Thank you for tending
to my sister so diligently.
She's in far better comfort
than at home.

MrBingley
It's a pleasure.
I mean, it's not a pleasure
that she's ill. Of course not.
It's a pleasure that she's here,
being ill.

Mr.Bennet
Not going to be famous, our pig.
Black on the back, but not related
to the learned pig of Norwich.
- Now that pig is...

Mrs.Bennet
- Mr Bennet.
It's all going to plan.
He's half in love with her already.

Mr.Bennet
- Who is, blossom?

Mrs.Bennet
-Mr Bingley.
He doesn't mind
that she hasn't a penny.
He has more than enough
for the two of them.
Lidia
- How will we meet them?

Kitty
- Easy!

Lidia
Wait for me!

(March of officers)
Kitty
You drop something. They
pick it up. And then you're introduced.

Officers!

(At home of Bingley)

Caroline
You write uncommonly fast, Mr Darcy.

Mr.Darcy
You're mistaken. I write slowly.

Caroline
How many letters you must have occasion
to write, Mr Darcy.
Letters of business.
How odious I should think them.

Mr.Darcy
It is fortunate, then,
they fall to me and not you.

Caroline
Tell your sister I long to see her.

Mr.Darcy
- I've already told her once.

Caroline
- I do dote on her.

Caroline
I was quite in raptures
at her beautiful design for a table.
Mr.Darcy
Perhaps you will give me leave
to defer your raptures.

Mr.Bingley
Well, I have not room enough
to do them justice.
You young ladies are so accomplished.

Caroline
- What do you mean?

Mr.Bingley
- You paint tables, play the piano

and embroider cushions.

Mr.Darcy
I never heard of a lady,
but people say she's accomplished.
The word is applied too liberally.
I do not know more than
half a dozen women
- that are truly accomplished.

Caroline
- Nor I.

Elizabeth
Goodness, you must comprehend
a great deal in the idea.

Mr.Darcy
- I do.

Caroline
- Absolutely.
She must have a knowledge of music,
singing, drawing, dancing
and the modern languages
to deserve the word.
And something in her air
and manner of walking.

Mr.Darcy
And she must improve her mind
by extensive reading.
Elizabeth
I'm no longer surprised at your knowing
only six accomplished women.
- I wonder at you knowing any.

Mr.Darcy
- Are you so severe on your own sex?

Elizabeth
I never saw such a woman. She would
certainly be a fearsome thing to behold.

Caroline
Miss Elizabeth,
let us take a turn about the room.

It's refreshing, is it not,

after sitting so long in one attitude?

Elizabeth
It is a small kind of accomplishment,
I suppose.

Caroline
Will you not join us, Mr Darcy?

Mr.Darcy
You can only have two motives,
and I would interfere with either.

Caroline
What can he mean?

Elizabeth
The surest way to disappoint him
would be to ask him nothing.

Caroline
Do tell us, Mr Darcy.

Mr.Darcy
Either you are
in each other's confidence
and you have
secret affairs to discuss,
or you are conscious
that your figures
appear to the greatest
advantage by walking.
If the first,
I should get in your way.
If the second,
I can admire you much better from here.

Caroline
How shall we punish him
for such a speech?

Elizabeth
- We could laugh at him.

Caroline
- oh, No. Mr Darcy is not to be teased.

Elizabeth
Are you too proud, Mr Darcy? And would
you consider pride a fault or a virtue?

Mr.Darcy
- I couldn't say.

Elizabeth
- We're trying to find a fault in you.

Mr.Darcy
I find it hard to forgive
the follies and vices of others,
or their offences against me.
My good opinion,
once lost, is lost forever.

Elizabeth
Oh, dear.
I cannot tease you about that.
What a shame,
for I dearly love to laugh.

Caroline
A family trait, I think.

Butler
A Mrs Bennet, a Miss Bennet,
a Miss Bennet and a Miss Bennet, sir.

Caroline
Are we to receive every
Bennet in the country?

What an excellent room you have, sir.

Such expensive furnishings.

I do hope
you intend to stay here, Mr Bingley.

Absolutely, I find the country

very diverting. Don't you agree, Darcy?

I find it perfectly adequate.

Even if society
is a little less varied than in town.

Less varied? Not at all.

We dine with four and 20 families

of all shapes and sizes.

Sir William Lucas, for instance,

is a very agreeable man.

And a good deal less self-important

than some people half his rank.

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Mr Bingley,
is it true you will hold a ball here?

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00:24:28,257 --> 00:24:29,800
A ball?

247
00:24:29,967 --> 00:24:34,680
It would be an excellent way to meet new
friends. You could invite the militia.

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00:24:34,889 --> 00:24:36,849
- Oh, do hold a ball!
- Kitty!

249
00:24:37,183 --> 00:24:39,894
When your sister recovers,
you shall name the day.

250
00:24:40,102 --> 00:24:44,607
I think a ball is an irrational way
to gain new acquaintance.

251
00:24:44,815 --> 00:24:48,945
It would be better if conversation,
not dancing, were the order of the day.

252
00:24:49,111 --> 00:24:53,241
Indeed, much more rational,
but rather less like a ball.

253
00:24:53,407 --> 00:24:55,034
Thank you, Mary.

254
00:24:56,118 --> 00:25:00,456
What a fine imposing place to be sure,
is it not, my dears?

255
00:25:00,581 --> 00:25:03,918
There's no house
to equal it in the county.

256
00:25:04,126 --> 00:25:05,836
- Mr Darcy.
- Miss Bennet.

257
00:25:06,003 --> 00:25:08,839
- There she is.
- I don't know how to thank you.
258
00:25:09,006 --> 00:25:11,842
You're welcome any time
you feel the least bit poorly.

259
00:25:12,009 --> 00:25:15,179
Thank you for your stimulating company.
Most instructive.

260
00:25:15,346 --> 00:25:18,933
Not at all. The pleasure is all mine.

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00:25:21,602 --> 00:25:23,562
- Mr Darcy.
- Miss Elizabeth.

262
00:25:35,992 --> 00:25:40,955
And then there was one
with great long lashes, like a cow.

263
00:25:41,122 --> 00:25:43,874
Ask Mrs Hill
to order us a sirloin, Betsy.

264
00:25:44,041 --> 00:25:47,461
Just the one, mind.
We're not made of money.

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00:25:49,922 --> 00:25:53,843
I hope, my dear,
you've ordered a good dinner today.

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00:25:54,051 --> 00:25:57,888
I've reason to expect
an addition to our family party.

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00:25:58,097 --> 00:26:00,850
His name's Mr Collins,
the dreaded cousin.
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- Who is to inherit?
- Everything.

269
00:26:03,686 --> 00:26:06,522
Even my piano stool
belongs to Mr Collins.

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00:26:06,689 --> 00:26:07,690
When?

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00:26:07,898 --> 00:26:10,901
He may turn us out of the house
as soon as he pleases.

272
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:14,363
The estate passes directly to him
and not to us poor females.

273
00:26:19,785 --> 00:26:21,996
Mr Collins, at your service.

274
00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:35,301
What a superbly featured room
and what excellent potatoes.

275
00:26:36,385 --> 00:26:40,473
It's many years since
I've had such an exemplary vegetable.

276
00:26:40,639 --> 00:26:44,935
To which fair cousin should I compliment
the excellence of the cooking?

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00:26:45,144 --> 00:26:47,605
We are perfectly able to keep a cook.
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Excellent.

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00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:53,319
I'm very pleased
the estate can afford such a living.

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00:26:56,864 --> 00:27:00,284
I'm honoured to have as my patroness
Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

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00:27:00,451 --> 00:27:03,078
You've heard of her, I presume?

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00:27:03,245 --> 00:27:07,249
My small rectory abuts her estate,

283
00:27:07,416 --> 00:27:10,085
Rosings Park,
and she often condescends

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00:27:10,252 --> 00:27:16,091
to drive by my humble dwelling
in her little phaeton and ponies.

285
00:27:16,258 --> 00:27:17,927
Does she have any family?

286
00:27:18,093 --> 00:27:22,556
One daughter, the heiress of Rosings
and very extensive property.

287
00:27:22,765 --> 00:27:24,892
I've often observed to Lady Catherine

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00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:28,145
that her daughter
seemed born to be a duchess,

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00:27:28,354 --> 00:27:34,109
for she has all the superior graces
of elevated rank.

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00:27:34,318 --> 00:27:38,072
These kind of compliments
are always acceptable to the ladies,

291
00:27:38,322 --> 00:27:42,576
and which I conceive myself
particularly bound to pay.

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00:27:42,743 --> 00:27:45,287
How happy for you, Mr Collins,

293
00:27:45,454 --> 00:27:49,041
to possess the talent for flattering
with such delicacy.

294
00:27:51,126 --> 00:27:54,630
Do these attentions proceed
from the impulse of the moment

295
00:27:54,797 --> 00:27:57,258
or are they
the result of previous study?

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00:27:57,466 --> 00:28:00,010
They arise
from what is passing at the time.

297
00:28:00,219 --> 00:28:04,598
And though I do sometimes amuse myself
with arranging such little compliments,

298
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I always wish to give them
as unstudied an air as possible.

299
00:28:08,602 --> 00:28:12,690
Oh, believe me, no one would suspect
your manners to be rehearsed.

300
00:28:19,405 --> 00:28:22,908
After dinner, I thought
I might read to you for an hour or two.

301
00:28:23,117 --> 00:28:26,120
<i>I have with me Fordyce's Sermons</i>

302
00:28:26,245 --> 00:28:30,708
which speak very eloquently
on all matters moral.

303
00:28:30,916 --> 00:28:35,337
<i>Are you familiar with Fordyce's Sermons,
Miss Bennet?</i>

304
00:28:40,259 --> 00:28:45,222
Mrs Bennet, I have been bestowed by the
good grace of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

305
00:28:45,389 --> 00:28:47,850
a parsonage of no mean size.

306
00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:50,144
I have become aware of the fact.

307
00:28:50,352 --> 00:28:54,273
It is my avowed hope
that soon I may find a mistress for it.

308
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,860
And I have to inform you
that the eldest Miss Bennet

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has captured my special attention.

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Oh, Mr Collins.

311
00:29:04,950 --> 00:29:09,079
Unfortunately, it is incumbent upon me

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00:29:09,246 --> 00:29:15,502
to hint that the eldest Miss Bennet
is very soon to be engaged.

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Engaged.

314
00:29:17,171 --> 00:29:19,631
But Miss Lizzie,
next to her in age and beauty,

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00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,260
would make anyone an excellent partner.

316
00:29:23,427 --> 00:29:27,473
Do not you agree? Mr Collins?

317
00:29:27,639 --> 00:29:32,019
Indeed. Indeed.

318
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A very agreeable alternative.

319
00:29:56,710 --> 00:30:00,297
Mr Collins is a man who
makes you despair at the entire sex.
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- Yours, I believe.
- Oh, Mr Wickham, how perfect you are.

321
00:30:04,968 --> 00:30:08,138
He picked up my handkerchief.
Did you drop yours on purpose?

322
00:30:08,305 --> 00:30:09,765
Mr Wickham is a lieutenant.

323
00:30:09,932 --> 00:30:12,768
- An enchanted lieutenant.
- What are you up to, Liddy?

324
00:30:12,935 --> 00:30:16,021
- We happened to be looking for ribbon.
- White, for the ball.

325
00:30:16,230 --> 00:30:18,774
Shall we all look
for some ribbon together?

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00:30:21,902 --> 00:30:25,322
- Good afternoon, Mr James.
- Miss Lydia, Miss Bennet.

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00:30:25,531 --> 00:30:27,032
I shan't even browse.

328
00:30:27,199 --> 00:30:29,952
I can't be trusted.
I have poor taste in ribbons.

329
00:30:30,118 --> 00:30:32,663
Only a truly confident man
would admit that.
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No, it's true.

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00:30:34,498 --> 00:30:37,626
And buckles.
When it comes to buckles, I'm lost.

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00:30:37,793 --> 00:30:41,213
- You must be the shame of the regiment.
- The laughing stock.

333
00:30:41,421 --> 00:30:44,508
What do your superiors do with you?

334
00:30:45,968 --> 00:30:50,180
Ignore me. I'm of next to no importance,
so it's easily done.

335
00:30:51,348 --> 00:30:54,518
- Lizzie, lend me some money.
- You already owe me a fortune.

336
00:30:55,394 --> 00:30:58,981
- Allow me to oblige.
- No, Mr Wickham, please...

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00:31:04,444 --> 00:31:06,738
I insist.

338
00:31:09,908 --> 00:31:12,995
- I pity the French.
- So do I.

339
00:31:13,203 --> 00:31:15,831
- Look, Mr Bingley.
- Mr Bingley!
340
00:31:15,998 --> 00:31:18,166
I was just on my way to your house.

341
00:31:18,417 --> 00:31:21,503
How do you like
my ribbons for your ball?

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00:31:21,712 --> 00:31:25,132
- Very beautiful.
- She is. Look, she's blooming.

343
00:31:25,340 --> 00:31:26,925
Oh, Lydia.

344
00:31:27,134 --> 00:31:30,721
Be sure to invite Mr Wickham.
He is a credit to his profession.

345
00:31:30,887 --> 00:31:34,224
You can't invite people
to other people's balls.

346
00:31:34,808 --> 00:31:37,019
Of course, you must come, Mr Wickham.

347
00:31:37,185 --> 00:31:41,690
If you'll excuse me,
ladies, enjoy the day.

348
00:31:44,318 --> 00:31:47,571
Do you plan to go
to the Netherfield ball, Mr Wickham?

349
00:31:47,779 --> 00:31:53,285
Perhaps. How long
has Mr Darcy been a guest there?

350
00:31:53,452 --> 00:31:55,329
About a month.

351
00:31:55,495 --> 00:32:01,043
Forgive me, but are you
acquainted with him, with Mr Darcy?

352
00:32:01,209 --> 00:32:05,505
Indeed, I've been connected
with his family since infancy.

353
00:32:05,714 --> 00:32:10,594
You may well be surprised,
given our cold greeting this afternoon.

354
00:32:13,388 --> 00:32:16,892
I hope your plans in favour
of Meryton will not be affected

355
00:32:17,059 --> 00:32:21,104
- by your relations with the gentleman.
- It is not for me to be driven away.

356
00:32:21,271 --> 00:32:26,234
If he wishes to avoid seeing me,
he must go, not I.

357
00:32:26,485 --> 00:32:31,073
I must ask, what is the manner
of your disapproval of Mr Darcy?

358
00:32:34,284 --> 00:32:37,454
My father managed his estate.

359
00:32:37,704 --> 00:32:40,832
We grew up together, Darcy and I.

360
00:32:40,999 --> 00:32:47,005
His father treated me like a second son,
loved me like a son.

361
00:32:47,214 --> 00:32:49,674
We were both with him the day he died.

362
00:32:51,676 --> 00:32:53,553
With his last breath,

363
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,890
his father bequeathed me
the rectory in his estate.

364
00:32:57,099 --> 00:33:00,685
He knew I had my heart set
on joining the Church.

365
00:33:00,852 --> 00:33:04,189
But Darcy ignored his wishes
and gave the living to another man.

366
00:33:04,397 --> 00:33:07,192
- But why?
- Jealousy.

367
00:33:09,236 --> 00:33:11,822
His father...

368
00:33:11,988 --> 00:33:15,075
Well, he loved me better
and Darcy couldn't stand it.

369
00:33:16,159 --> 00:33:18,829
- How cruel.
- So now I'm a poor foot-soldier.

370
00:33:18,995 --> 00:33:22,749
Too lowly even to be noticed.
371
00:33:34,386 --> 00:33:38,765
- Breathe in!
- I can't anymore. You're hurting.

372
00:33:42,018 --> 00:33:43,186
Betsy.

373
00:33:44,312 --> 00:33:45,939
Betsy!

374
00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:01,621
- There must've been a misunderstanding.
- Jane, you never think ill of anybody.

375
00:34:01,788 --> 00:34:05,375
How could Mr Darcy do such a thing?

376
00:34:05,542 --> 00:34:08,879
I will discover the truth
from Mr Bingley this evening.

377
00:34:09,087 --> 00:34:11,381
Let Mr Darcy contradict it himself.

378
00:34:11,548 --> 00:34:13,842
Till he does,
I hope never to encounter him.

379
00:34:14,009 --> 00:34:16,303
Poor, unfortunate, Mr Wickham.

380
00:34:16,511 --> 00:34:18,638
Wickham is twice the man Darcy is.

381
00:34:18,805 --> 00:34:22,559
And, let us hope,
a rather more willing dancer.

382
00:34:27,814 --> 00:34:29,608
There they are, look.

383
00:34:29,774 --> 00:34:32,944
- Oh, yes.
- Billy.

384
00:34:38,617 --> 00:34:40,660
Jane Martin is here.

385
00:35:08,521 --> 00:35:12,108
May I say what an immense pleasure
it is to see you again.

386
00:35:12,317 --> 00:35:14,361
- Mrs Bennet.
- Miss Bingley.

387
00:35:14,569 --> 00:35:15,570
Charming.

388
00:35:18,365 --> 00:35:20,325
I'm so pleased you're here.

389
00:35:20,492 --> 00:35:22,702
So am I.

390
00:35:22,911 --> 00:35:27,874
And how are you? Miss Elizabeth?
Are you looking for someone?

391
00:35:28,083 --> 00:35:32,545
No, not at all, I was just admiring
the general splendour.

392
00:35:32,712 --> 00:35:36,466
- It is breathtaking, Mr Bingley.
- Good.

393
00:35:44,391 --> 00:35:49,104
You might have passed
a few pleasantries with Mr Bingley.

394
00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:53,024
I've never met a
more pleasant gentleman in all my years.

395
00:35:53,233 --> 00:35:55,693
Did you see how he dotes on her?

396
00:35:55,860 --> 00:36:00,573
Dear Jane,
always doing what's best for her family.

397
00:36:18,091 --> 00:36:20,051
- Charlotte!
- Lizzie!

398
00:36:20,218 --> 00:36:25,014
- Have you seen Mr Wickham?
- No. Perhaps he's through here.

399
00:36:37,277 --> 00:36:41,573
Lizzie, Mr Wickham is not here.
Apparently, he's been detained.

400
00:36:41,781 --> 00:36:45,034
Detained where? He must be here.

401
00:36:45,243 --> 00:36:49,455
- There you are.
- Mr Collins.

402
00:36:49,622 --> 00:36:53,126
Perhaps you will do me the honour,
Miss Elizabeth.

403
00:36:53,334 --> 00:36:57,422
Oh, I did not think you danced,
Mr Collins.

404
00:36:57,589 --> 00:37:02,135
I do not think it incompatible
with the office of a clergyman.

405
00:37:02,302 --> 00:37:05,722
Several people, her Ladyship
included, have complimented me

406
00:37:05,889 --> 00:37:09,559
on my lightness of foot.

407
00:37:34,208 --> 00:37:38,922
Apparently, your Mr Wickham has
been called on some business to town.

408
00:37:42,258 --> 00:37:46,304
Dancing is of little consequence
to me, but it does...

409
00:37:46,471 --> 00:37:50,058
...but it does afford
the opportunity to lavish...

410
00:37:54,020 --> 00:37:58,441
...upon one's partner attentions...
- My informer tells me...

411
00:37:58,608 --> 00:38:03,655
...that he would be less inclined
to be engaged, were it not for...
412
00:38:03,863 --> 00:38:06,074
...the presence
of a certain gentleman.

413
00:38:06,282 --> 00:38:08,326
Which is my primary object.

414
00:38:08,534 --> 00:38:11,329
That gentleman barely warrants the name.

415
00:38:11,496 --> 00:38:14,415
It is my intention, if I may be so bold,

416
00:38:14,582 --> 00:38:17,126
to remain close to you
throughout the evening.

417
00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:33,976
May I have the next dance,
Miss Elizabeth?

418
00:38:34,185 --> 00:38:36,104
You may.

419
00:38:46,197 --> 00:38:50,368
- Did I agree to dance with Mr Darcy?
- I dare say you will find him amiable.

420
00:38:50,493 --> 00:38:55,540
It would be most inconvenient since I've
sworn to loathe him for all eternity.

421
00:39:10,513 --> 00:39:14,350
- I love this dance.
- Indeed. Most invigorating.

422
00:39:18,479 --> 00:39:20,940
It is your turn to say something,
Mr Darcy.

423
00:39:22,442 --> 00:39:23,901
I talked about the dance.

424
00:39:24,068 --> 00:39:28,948
Now you ought to remark on the size
of the room or the number of couples.

425
00:39:29,115 --> 00:39:33,202
I'm perfectly happy to oblige.
What would you like most to hear?

426
00:39:33,369 --> 00:39:35,663
That reply will do for present.

427
00:39:38,916 --> 00:39:41,043
Perhaps by and by I may observe

428
00:39:41,294 --> 00:39:44,422
that private balls
are much pleasanter than public ones.

429
00:39:47,008 --> 00:39:50,178
For now, we may remain silent.

430
00:39:57,894 --> 00:40:00,980
Do you talk as a rule while dancing?

431
00:40:01,189 --> 00:40:05,026
No. No, I prefer to be
unsociable and taciturn.

432
00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:12,450
Makes it all so much more enjoyable,
don't you think?
433
00:40:14,869 --> 00:40:18,748
Tell me, do you and your sisters
very often walk to Meryton?

434
00:40:21,459 --> 00:40:24,879
Yes, we often walk to Meryton.

435
00:40:25,087 --> 00:40:27,965
It's a great opportunity
to meet new people.

436
00:40:29,884 --> 00:40:33,804
When you met us, we'd just had the
pleasure of forming a new acquaintance.

437
00:40:35,681 --> 00:40:39,894
Mr Wickham's blessed with such happy
manners, he's sure of making friends.

438
00:40:40,061 --> 00:40:42,813
Whether he's capable
of retaining them is less so.

439
00:40:42,980 --> 00:40:48,736
He's been so unfortunate as to lose
your friendship. That is irreversible?

440
00:40:48,945 --> 00:40:53,074
- It is. Why do you ask such a question?
- To make out your character.

441
00:40:53,240 --> 00:40:55,701
- What have you discovered?
- Very little.

442
00:40:55,952 --> 00:40:59,455
I hear such different accounts
of you as puzzle me exceedingly.
443
00:41:00,831 --> 00:41:03,376
I hope to afford you more clarity
in the future.

444
00:41:50,047 --> 00:41:52,925
- Is that Mr Darcy of Pemberley?
- I believe so.

445
00:41:53,092 --> 00:41:54,885
I must make myself known to him.

446
00:41:55,052 --> 00:41:57,972
He's a nephew of my patroness,
Lady Catherine.

447
00:41:58,139 --> 00:42:01,100
He will consider it an impertinence.

448
00:42:01,267 --> 00:42:03,769
Mr Darcy.

449
00:42:03,978 --> 00:42:06,105
Mr Darcy.

450
00:42:07,189 --> 00:42:11,986
Mr Darcy. Good evening...

451
00:42:12,194 --> 00:42:15,114
What interesting relatives you have.

452
00:42:32,506 --> 00:42:36,385
Mary, dear,
you've delighted us long enough.

453
00:42:36,552 --> 00:42:39,889
Let the other young ladies have a turn.
454
00:42:42,892 --> 00:42:45,603
... since I was a child,
and then she died.

455
00:42:45,769 --> 00:42:47,480
I have a beautiful grey.

456
00:42:47,688 --> 00:42:51,525
Of course, Caroline's
a much better rider than I, of course.

457
00:42:55,488 --> 00:42:59,867
Oh, yes. We fully expect
a most advantageous marriage.

458
00:43:01,035 --> 00:43:05,164
And my Jane, marrying so grand,
must throw her sisters in the way.

459
00:43:27,353 --> 00:43:32,316
Clearly my family are seeing who can
expose themselves to the most ridicule.

460
00:43:32,566 --> 00:43:36,487
- At least Bingley has not noticed.
- No.

461
00:43:36,654 --> 00:43:40,157
- I think he likes her very much.
- But does she like him?

462
00:43:40,324 --> 00:43:44,453
Few of us are secure enough to be
in love without proper encouragement.

463
00:43:44,662 --> 00:43:46,997
Bingley likes her enormously,
464
00:43:47,206 --> 00:43:49,917
but might not do more
if she does not help him on.

465
00:43:50,084 --> 00:43:53,837
She's just shy. If he cannot
perceive her regard, he is a fool.

466
00:43:54,004 --> 00:43:56,465
We are all fools in love.

467
00:43:56,632 --> 00:43:59,635
He does not know
her character as we do.

468
00:43:59,885 --> 00:44:02,221
She should move fast
and snap him up.

469
00:44:02,388 --> 00:44:05,808
There is plenty of time
for us to get to know him afterwards.

470
00:44:07,142 --> 00:44:10,938
I can't help feeling
that someone's going to produce a piglet

471
00:44:11,146 --> 00:44:13,065
and make us chase it.

472
00:44:20,322 --> 00:44:23,534
- Oh, dear!
- I do apologise, sir.

473
00:44:23,742 --> 00:44:27,663
I'm awfully sorry. Do forgive me.
474
00:44:47,224 --> 00:44:49,435
Emily, please!

475
00:44:50,894 --> 00:44:55,315
Mary, my dear Mary.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

476
00:44:55,482 --> 00:44:58,652
- I've been practising all week.
- I know, my dear.

477
00:44:58,861 --> 00:45:01,238
I hate balls.

478
00:45:20,215 --> 00:45:22,509
Mr Bennet, wake up.

479
00:45:22,676 --> 00:45:27,389
Oh, I've never had such a good time!

480
00:45:29,767 --> 00:45:32,144
Charles, you cannot be serious.

481
00:45:39,234 --> 00:45:44,782
We'll have a wedding here in less than
three months if you ask me, Mr Bennet.

482
00:45:47,493 --> 00:45:49,077
Mr Bennet!

483
00:45:54,792 --> 00:45:57,503
Mary, please.

484
00:46:05,594 --> 00:46:07,888
Thank you, Mr Hill.

485
00:46:25,614 --> 00:46:28,659
Mrs Bennet, I was hoping,
if it would not trouble you,

486
00:46:28,867 --> 00:46:33,497
that I might solicit
a private audience with Miss Elizabeth.

487
00:46:33,747 --> 00:46:39,378
Oh, certainly,
Lizzie would be very happy indeed.

488
00:46:39,545 --> 00:46:43,924
Everyone, out. Mr Collins would like
a private audience with your sister.

489
00:46:44,132 --> 00:46:48,512
Wait, Mr Collins can have nothing
to say to me that anybody need not hear.

490
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:52,641
I desire you will stay where you are.
Everyone else to the drawing room.

491
00:46:52,808 --> 00:46:54,351
- Mr Bennet.
- But...

492
00:46:54,518 --> 00:46:56,895
Now.

493
00:46:57,896 --> 00:47:02,693
- Jane. Jane, don't... Jane!
- Jane.

494
00:47:05,362 --> 00:47:08,448
Papa, stay.

495
00:47:34,891 --> 00:47:36,601
Dear Miss Elizabeth,

496
00:47:36,852 --> 00:47:40,397
My attentions have been
too marked to be mistaken.

497
00:47:40,605 --> 00:47:42,983
Almost as soon
as I entered the house,

498
00:47:43,191 --> 00:47:48,321
I singled you out
as the companion of my future life.

499
00:47:48,530 --> 00:47:51,199
But before I am run away
with my feelings,

500
00:47:51,366 --> 00:47:54,161
perhaps I may state
my reasons for marrying.

501
00:47:54,286 --> 00:47:56,747
Firstly, that it is
the duty of a clergyman

502
00:47:56,913 --> 00:47:59,583
to set the example
of matrimony in his parish.

503
00:47:59,750 --> 00:48:03,754
Secondly, I am convinced
it will add greatly to my happiness.

504
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,840
And thirdly,
that it is at the urging
505
00:48:07,007 --> 00:48:10,594
of my esteemed patroness,
Lady Catherine,

506
00:48:10,761 --> 00:48:13,138
that I select a wife.

507
00:48:13,346 --> 00:48:16,433
My object in coming to Longbourn
was to choose such a one

508
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:18,643
from among Mr Bennet's daughters,

509
00:48:18,810 --> 00:48:21,730
for I am to inherit the estate

510
00:48:21,897 --> 00:48:25,067
and such an alliance will surely...

511
00:48:26,276 --> 00:48:28,153
...suit everyone.

512
00:48:30,322 --> 00:48:34,868
And now nothing remains but for me to
assure you in the most animated language

513
00:48:35,035 --> 00:48:37,579
- of the violence of my affections.
- Mr Collins!

514
00:48:37,788 --> 00:48:39,915
And no reproach
on the subject of fortune

515
00:48:40,123 --> 00:48:44,753
- will cross my lips once we're married.
- You forget I have given no answer.

516
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,507
Lady Catherine will
thoroughly approve when I speak to her

517
00:48:48,673 --> 00:48:53,804
of your modesty, economy
and other amiable qualities.

518
00:48:53,970 --> 00:48:58,683
Sir, I am honoured by your proposal,
but I regret that I must decline it.

519
00:48:59,851 --> 00:49:03,772
I know ladies
don't seek to seem too eager...

520
00:49:03,980 --> 00:49:07,651
Mr Collins, I am perfectly serious.
You could not make me happy.

521
00:49:07,818 --> 00:49:11,488
And I'm the last woman
in the world who could make you happy.

522
00:49:11,696 --> 00:49:16,243
I flatter myself that your refusal
is merely a natural delicacy.

523
00:49:16,409 --> 00:49:19,246
Besides, despite manifold attractions,

524
00:49:19,412 --> 00:49:23,750
it is by no means certain another offer
of marriage will ever be made to you.

525
00:49:23,917 --> 00:49:27,504
I must conclude that you simply seek
to increase my love by suspense,

526
00:49:27,712 --> 00:49:32,092
according to the usual practice
of elegant females.

527
00:49:32,259 --> 00:49:35,845
I am not the sort of female
to torment a respectable man.

528
00:49:36,054 --> 00:49:38,557
Please understand me,
I cannot accept you.

529
00:49:45,814 --> 00:49:48,984
Headstrong, foolish child.

530
00:49:56,950 --> 00:50:02,872
Don't worry, Mr Collins. We'll have this
little hiccup dealt with immediately.

531
00:50:03,999 --> 00:50:07,502
Lizzie. Lizzie!

532
00:50:11,673 --> 00:50:15,927
Mr Bennet, we're all in an uproar!

533
00:50:16,136 --> 00:50:19,806
You must come
and make Lizzie marry Mr Collins.

534
00:50:19,973 --> 00:50:22,434
Mr Collins has proposed to Lizzie,

535
00:50:22,642 --> 00:50:26,229
but she vowed she will not have him,
and now the danger is
536
00:50:26,396 --> 00:50:29,232
Mr Collins may not have Lizzie.

537
00:50:29,399 --> 00:50:34,029
- What am I to do?
- Well, come and talk to her.

538
00:50:34,195 --> 00:50:35,363
Now!

539
00:50:48,043 --> 00:50:51,129
- Tell her you insist they marry.
- Papa, please.

540
00:50:51,338 --> 00:50:55,383
You will have this house
and save your sisters from destitution.

541
00:50:55,550 --> 00:50:58,511
- I can't marry him.
- Go and say you've changed your mind.

542
00:50:58,678 --> 00:51:01,222
- Think of your family.
- You cannot make me.

543
00:51:01,389 --> 00:51:03,933
Mr Bennet, say something.

544
00:51:07,854 --> 00:51:11,191
Your mother insists
upon you marrying Mr Collins.

545
00:51:11,399 --> 00:51:14,110
Yes, or I shall never see her again.

546
00:51:14,277 --> 00:51:18,281
From this day onward, you must be
a stranger to one of your parents.

547
00:51:18,448 --> 00:51:20,909
Who will maintain you
when your father is dead?

548
00:51:21,117 --> 00:51:24,954
Your mother will never see you again
if you do not marry Mr Collins,

549
00:51:25,121 --> 00:51:28,291
and I will never see you again
if you do.

550
00:51:28,458 --> 00:51:30,085
Thank you, Papa.

551
00:51:33,838 --> 00:51:38,468
Ungrateful child!
I shall never speak to you again.

552
00:51:38,676 --> 00:51:41,346
Not that I take
much pleasure in talking.

553
00:51:42,347 --> 00:51:45,100
People who suffer as I do
from nervous complaints

554
00:51:45,308 --> 00:51:48,311
can have no pleasure
in talking to anybody.

555
00:51:48,478 --> 00:51:50,188
Jane!

556
00:51:53,525 --> 00:51:57,612
What's the matter? Jane?

557
00:52:52,125 --> 00:52:55,545
I don't understand
what would take him from Netherfield.

558
00:52:55,712 --> 00:52:58,006
Why does he not know when he'll return?

559
00:52:58,172 --> 00:52:59,340
Read it.

560
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:13,229
"Mr Darcy is impatient to see his sister
and we are scarcely less eager.

561
00:53:13,438 --> 00:53:16,357
I do not think Georgiana Darcy
has her equal for beauty,

562
00:53:16,524 --> 00:53:20,445
elegance and accomplishment.
I hope to call her hereafter my sister."

563
00:53:20,612 --> 00:53:23,323
Is that not clear enough?

564
00:53:23,489 --> 00:53:26,200
Caroline sees her brother
in love with you

565
00:53:26,367 --> 00:53:29,037
and has taken him off
to persuade him otherwise.

566
00:53:29,245 --> 00:53:34,208
But I know her to be incapable
of wilfully deceiving anyone.

567
00:53:34,375 --> 00:53:39,005
- It's more likely he does not love me.
- He loves you. Do not give up.

568
00:53:41,215 --> 00:53:43,259
Go to our aunt and uncle's in London,

569
00:53:43,468 --> 00:53:47,055
let it be known you are there
and I am sure he will come to you.

570
00:53:56,689 --> 00:54:01,277
Give my love to my sister
and try not to be a burden, dear.

571
00:54:01,444 --> 00:54:03,905
Poor Jane.

572
00:54:04,113 --> 00:54:08,493
Still, a girl likes to be
crossed in love now and then.

573
00:54:08,659 --> 00:54:10,703
It gives her something to think of

574
00:54:10,912 --> 00:54:14,040
and a sort of distinction
amongst her companions.

575
00:54:14,248 --> 00:54:18,086
- I'm sure that will cheer her up, Papa.
- It's your turn now, Lizzie.

576
00:54:18,294 --> 00:54:20,171
You've turned down Collins.
577
00:54:20,338 --> 00:54:24,634
You're free to go off
and be jilted yourself.

578
00:54:24,801 --> 00:54:26,677
What about Mr Wickham?

579
00:54:26,844 --> 00:54:29,639
He's a pleasant fellow
and he'd do the job credibly.

580
00:54:29,806 --> 00:54:33,476
- Father...
- And you have an affectionate mother

581
00:54:33,684 --> 00:54:37,271
who would make the most of it.

582
00:54:56,749 --> 00:54:58,835
- Charlotte!
- My dear Lizzie.

583
00:54:59,043 --> 00:55:04,549
I've come her to tell you the news.
Mr Collins and I are... engaged.

584
00:55:04,715 --> 00:55:07,009
- Engaged?
- Yes.

585
00:55:11,639 --> 00:55:16,519
- To be married?
- What other kind of engaged is there?

586
00:55:17,895 --> 00:55:21,315
For heaven's sake, Lizzie,
don't look at me like that.
587
00:55:21,482 --> 00:55:24,485
I should be
as happy with him as any other.

588
00:55:24,694 --> 00:55:27,488
- But he's ridiculous.
- Oh, hush.

589
00:55:27,655 --> 00:55:31,409
Not all of us can afford to be romantic.

590
00:55:31,576 --> 00:55:35,413
I've been offered
a comfortable home and protection.

591
00:55:35,580 --> 00:55:37,290
There's a lot to be thankful for.

592
00:55:37,540 --> 00:55:42,920
I'm 27 years old.
I've no money and no prospects.

593
00:55:43,087 --> 00:55:46,674
I'm already a burden to my parents.

594
00:55:46,841 --> 00:55:49,302
And I'm frightened.

595
00:55:49,468 --> 00:55:54,015
So don’t judge me, Lizzie.
Don't you dare judge me.

596
00:56:46,525 --> 00:56:49,362
<i>Dear Charlotte,
thank you for your letter.</i>