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lost in austen e01by Luigi Ferrara

January 12, 2010

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00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,195It is a truth generally acknowledgedthat we are all longing to escape.

200:00:11,840 --> 00:00:17,233I escape always to my favourite book,Pride And Prejudice.

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00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,515I've read it so many times now

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the words just say themselves in my

head

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and it's like a window opening.

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It's like I'm actually there.

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00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,794It's become a place I knowso... intimately.

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I can see that world, I can... touch it.

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00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,231I can see Darcy.

1000:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,510

Whoa, Amanda!

1100:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,790

Now, where was I?

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I have no right

to complain about my life.

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00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,109I want this account... de-jointed,yeah?

I want her name gone.

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I mean, it's the same for everybody.

1500:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,194- And I... I do what we all do.

- Did you get a suck?

1600:01:38,240 --> 00:01:39,753

Do you want a slap?

1700:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,110

I take it on the chin,

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and patch myself up with Jane Austen.

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Ow!

20

00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,951I know I sound like this...

terrible loser.

2100:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,798

I mean, I do actually have a boyfriend.

2200:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,196

It's just... sometimes I'd rather stay inwith Elizabeth Bennet.

23

00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,109- Piranha! I thought you weren't here.- I'm not. Michael coming round?

24

00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,434No.

2500:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,948- Why isn't he coming round?

- Boys' night.

2600:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,356- He'll be round after that.

- No, he won't. I've told him not to.

2700:02:13,400 --> 00:02:18,110I have plans that involve nobody

except

me. IE, not you either. So go away.

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- How do I look?- You put your lipstick on by eating it.

2900:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,198

This is as good as it gets.

3000:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,948"You are mistaken, Mr Darcy,

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00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,788"if you suppose that the mode of your

declaration affected me in any otherway

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"than as it spared me the concern

33

00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,954"which I might have feltin refusing you...

3400:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,197".. had you behaved

in a more gentleman-like manner."

3500:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,994I've lost countof the number of passes up to now.

3600:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,998Yeah, they're really

taking charge of the midfield.

3700:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,031

I just want to read my book.

3800:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,394

What are you doing?

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- Is this you proposing to me?

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Yeah.

4100:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,358

You're drunk.

4200:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,994Marry me, babes.

4300:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,554Make an honest woman of me.

4400:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,718

You have no idea, do you,

quite how unromantic that is?
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- Piranha?

46

00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,998This is most extraordinary.

47

00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,669But I beg you, Miss Spencer,to entertain my explanation of it,

48

00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,315for it will be truthful,if a little intractable to believe.

4900:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,239

There is a door, Miss Spencer, in

the attic portion of my father's house,

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00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,398which is a place unvisited

except by servants and myself.

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Were this door to open, it would give

upon the empty air four storeys high,

52

00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,152for there is no room beyond.

53

00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,158It is a door entirely without sense.

54

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One may not pass through it,try as one might, until this day,

5500:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,077for you, Miss Spencer,

have opened this door for me.

5600:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,953You are the key.

5700:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,434What makes you thinkmy name is Spencer?

5800:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,040It is tailored in your underthings.

5900:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,798

My name is Price, Amanda Price.

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How do you do, Miss Price?

I am Elizabeth...

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00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,995- Bennet.

- Bennet. Yes, I know.

6200:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,235- Mands?- Just a minute!

6300:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,634Sweet?

6400:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,553

OK, Elizabeth Bennet in my

bathroom.

65

00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,194- Clearly I'm hallucinating.

6600:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,549Why? Too much Austen?

6700:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,955My mother would say

not enough boyfriend.

6800:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,992

He doesn't take drugs,he doesn't knock you about.

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This place is a mess.

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00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,873It's called redecorating.It's what women my age do

7100:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,478when they get divorced.

72

00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,353It's like sex, only you can stopfor a cup of tea and a biscuit.

73

00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,153- Give me a cigarette.- Mm-mm, no.

7400:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,911

You're telling me who I have to

marry.

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I'm reminding you, Amanda,that you are what you are.

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If you waste your life pretendingto be something else, you'll regret it.

7700:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,354- I don't trust him, Mum.

- He had it off with a waitress...

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- Two nights running.-.. but he's a man.

79

00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,796He has appetites.

8000:05:50,840 --> 00:05:56,278

I have this conversation with Piranhaona regular basis, and she never gets it.

81

00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,390I'm not hung up about Darcy.

8200:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,195

I do not sit at home with the pausebutton and Colin Firth in clingy pants.

8300:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,231I love...

8400:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,271the love story.

8500:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,629

I love Elizabeth.

8600:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,478I love... the manners

8700:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,988and the language...

88

00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,514and the courtesy.

89

00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,872It's become part of who I am

and what I want.

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I'm saying, Mum, that I have

standards.

91

00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,515Well, you have standards, pet.

92

00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,434I hope they help you on with yourcoatwhen you're 70.

9300:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,831"l, who have valued myself

on my abilities...

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"who have often disdainedthe generous candour of my sister... "

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".. and we are engaged. "

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"lt is settled between us already,

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"that we are to bethe happiest couple in the world. "

98

00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,472Is this not astonishing?

99

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Were such a thing at my disposal,

100

00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,668I should do little else but toy with itall day.

10100:07:19,720 --> 00:07:24,077Miss Bennet. I think I may behaving a nervous breakdown.

10200:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,792You see,

103

00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,149I am a real person

104

00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,317and you are a pretend person.

10500:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,516

- You are the creation of Jane Austen.

- I am not acquainted with this person.

10600:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,199

You are a character in a book.

10700:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,631

This one, written by her 200 yearsago.

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It grieves me, Miss Price, thatI must presume to dispute with you.

10900:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,474I have my fleshy envelope,

11000:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,351as you yours.

111

00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,312Tell me somethingI couldn't possibly know. Please.

112

00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,070A piece of information that simplydoesn't exist in my brain. Just do it.

113

00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,714- Netherfield Park is let.

- No, no, I know that.

11400:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,878

The news was fetched only this

morning.I have told no one but LadyAmbrosia.

11500:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,115

I know about Mr Darcy, everything.

11600:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,755But you don't. You haven't met him

yet.

11700:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,836OK, something else. Please.

11800:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,839The part of Russian America

that most intrudes into the Arctic Sea

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is called Point Barrow.

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I have never heard of RussianAmerica.

12100:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,396

It occupies the northernmost territoryin the west of the Americas.

12200:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,115- But that's Alaska.

- I've never heard of Alaska.

12300:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,953

Show me the door, Miss Bennet.

124

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That's not a door. I mean, it couldhavebeen a door but it's part of the wall.

125

00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,237It's got all the pipey stuffbehind there, the plumbing.

126

00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,158Yet it is the way I entered.

12700:09:14,860 --> 00:09:16,737

I don't understand.

12800:09:16,780 --> 00:09:18,850Nor I, Miss Price.

129

00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:22,051But this is assuredly my house.

13000:09:44,660 --> 00:09:47,618Sorry, Miss, but are you dining

tonight?

13100:09:47,660 --> 00:09:51,539Mr Bennet likes to know

what number to expect at table.

13200:09:51,580 --> 00:09:55,334Please advise Mr Bennet

that I will be down... directly.

13300:09:55,380 --> 00:09:58,178

I was just, um... Iooking for him.

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Yes, ma'am.


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135

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Whom shall I say has giventhe master this message, ma'am?

13600:10:07,900 --> 00:10:10,016

A friend of Miss Elizabeth.

13700:10:18,940 --> 00:10:22,933OK, this is seriously weirdand I want to go home.

13800:10:28,180 --> 00:10:30,410Elizabeth. Elizabeth!

13900:10:36,060 --> 00:10:39,211

- Oh, Lydia.

14000:10:39,260 --> 00:10:42,332

I have said if I am to bereceived at Netherfield,

14100:10:42,380 --> 00:10:45,213I shall dress in silk, so I shall!

14200:10:45,260 --> 00:10:49,651Lydia, as your father has

civilly declined to call on Mr Bingley,

14300:10:49,700 --> 00:10:53,454

the notion of such an excursionis entirely reprehensible.

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Split my windpipe! I mean, goodheavens.

14500:11:05,420 --> 00:11:07,331Forgive me.

14600:11:07,380 --> 00:11:11,214But the noise in this... palace oflunacy

is more than a reading man can bear.

14700:11:14,100 --> 00:11:16,819- So you are...

14800:11:16,860 --> 00:11:19,135.. Elizabeth's friend.

14900:11:19,180 --> 00:11:21,296

Yes. Amanda Price.

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- Sir.

15100:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,814

How marvellous to havethe society of ladies

152

00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:28,693who are not promiscuous with speech.

153

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Allow me to introduce myself acrossthe wasteland of the servants' stairs.

15400:11:34,660 --> 00:11:36,378I am Elizabeth's father, Claude

Bennet.

15500:11:36,420 --> 00:11:38,331

Claude? You're kidding.

15600:11:38,380 --> 00:11:43,090It exposed me to some comments,but it was the name my parents chose.

15700:11:54,300 --> 00:11:58,134So you are not a local person,

Miss Price?

15800:11:58,180 --> 00:12:01,570

I rent in Hammersmith.It's an area of London.

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00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:04,453

I have driven through a pleasant placethat bears the name,

16000:12:04,500 --> 00:12:07,617- but it was some miles from London.

- It would have been.

16100:12:07,660 --> 00:12:11,016And you are acquainted with Lizzy

how?

16200:12:12,100 --> 00:12:14,136Known Elizabeth for years.

16300:12:14,180 --> 00:12:16,330Until yesterday I had not heard of

you.

164

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It is possible she made manyspeeches

on the subject and I had merely

forgot.

16500:12:20,740 --> 00:12:24,050

Old age, Miss Price.I find I cannot recommend it.

166

00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:29,294- My wife.

167

00:12:29,340 --> 00:12:34,050

Lizzy has told youabout our thrilling new neighbour?

16800:12:34,100 --> 00:12:37,695- Mr Bingley?

- Pleasant enough. Not strong on

brains.

169

00:12:37,740 --> 00:12:41,415I called on Bingley this forenoon.

I haven't told my wife that.

17000:12:41,460 --> 00:12:44,338

But she enjoys the suspense.

17100:12:44,380 --> 00:12:47,497

We really are right at the beginning,aren't we?

172

00:12:47,540 --> 00:12:52,568You do make the most refreshinglyelliptical conversation, Miss Price.

173

00:12:52,620 --> 00:12:55,930So Lizzy has goneto Hammersmith to see you,

17400:12:55,980 --> 00:12:58,255

but you have come to Longbourn

to see her.

17500:12:58,300 --> 00:13:03,055

You will forgive me for observing

thatthe arrangement seems to have a flaw.

176

00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:10,218

- Oh, dear, are you quite well?- I do feel a bit... unusual.

177

00:13:10,260 --> 00:13:13,730- Might I go back upstairs?

- Of course.

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We can dissect this matter further

on the morrow.

179

00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:19,893Take Lizzy's bed.

She claims it is tolerable soft.

18000:13:19,940 --> 00:13:22,852- Sleep well in it.- Thank you.

18100:13:26,260 --> 00:13:27,852Hm.

18200:13:29,940 --> 00:13:32,170

Well, I call it perverse.

18300:13:32,220 --> 00:13:34,575

- Mr Bingham's here...- Bingley, Mama.

18400:13:34,620 --> 00:13:37,498.. and your father, what kind of...

18500:13:37,540 --> 00:13:39,735I said Bingley.

You said Bingham.

18600:13:39,780 --> 00:13:42,519

If you contradict me,you will go to your room.

187

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I'm as likely to meet a husbandthere as anywhere in this house.

18800:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,629Oh, Lydia,

sit down at once! Mr Bennet!

18900:13:49,680 --> 00:13:51,671Oh, am I here?

19000:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,716Elizabeth.

191

00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,679- Miss Price.- Oh!

19200:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,632

- I did not mean to startle you.

- No, no, no, it's, um...

193

00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:14,070

Papa sent us to see that you knewLizzy's room, but clearly you're...

19400:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,111

Yes! Thank you.

19500:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,628You're... Kitty, aren't you?

196

00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:23,390And you're... Mary. I've read so muchabout you, I feel I know you.

19700:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,795

- Read?

- Heard.

198

00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,071Talking to Elizabeth, who is my...

19900:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,190.. friend.

20000:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,995Is there anything we can get you,

Miss Price? A dish of faggots?

20100:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,952

All right for faggots, thank you.

20200:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,991

I think I'll just, um...

20300:14:42,120 --> 00:14:43,917

.. go to sleep.

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Right.

20500:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,953

Oh! Mr Bennet!

20600:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,475Lend me your handkin, Lizzy.

20700:15:40,400 --> 00:15:44,598- You're Miss Price of Hammersmith.

- Yes.

208

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I thought you felt funny. I often getinto bed with Lizzy in the night.

209

00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,672She strokes my backwhen it's time to wake.

210

00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,597Oh, I'm Lydia, by the way.

21100:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,835I know.

21200:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,839What preparation do you use

for your hair? It's most pungent.

213

00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,711

OK, look, I've had enough of this.

214

00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,752What's the deal here?

Are we live on cable or something?

21500:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,475

Is this like the Jim Carrey thing,

but period? where are the cameras?

216

00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,034Well, come on!

what are you after, guys?

21700:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,550A bit of girl-on-girl actionunder the covers?

21800:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,229What do I have to do

to get out of here? Snog her?

219

00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,396

Show you my pubes?

22000:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,474

What have you done to yourself?

22100:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,717That's called a landing strip, Lydia.

22200:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,558Standard... pubic topiary.

22300:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,509

The fit of her britches is

extraordinary.


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224

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The britches are as nothing,but an hour...

22500:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,196

- Good morning.- Good morning, Miss Price.

22600:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,829- Did you sleep?

- I did. Thank you.

22700:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,512

Please, sit here next to me.

228

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I'm Jane. My sistersI think you've already met.

22900:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,633

There is chocolateand green tea and marmalade,

230

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for which Hill makes exceptionaltoast.

23100:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,359

I'm sorry we cannot offer youanything more amusing.

23200:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,994It all sounds... heavenly.

23300:17:16,920 --> 00:17:21,516Your tunic, Miss Price,

it is what is worn in town this season?

234

00:17:22,360 --> 00:17:25,750

- I think it very fine.- Kitty, you are importunate.

235

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I am starved of fashion, is all.

23600:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,470

This is... otter-hunting kit.

23700:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,669

Goodness! Are otters

routinely hunted in Hammersmith?

238

00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,119Oh, yes.

239

00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,152The belt therefore isfor the attachment of knives?

240

00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,556Absolutely. My proper clothes

are... you know, coming.

24100:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,071

I shouldn't bother. In this house,

we may as well take the veil.

242

00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,999All Papa has to do, Jane, is callon Mr Bingley. It's not arduous.

24300:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,112Yet to punish us being

flibbertigibbets, he will not.

24400:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,549- I think you'll find that...

245

00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,956- Um...- Oh, Mr Bennet!

246

00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,558My mother, Miss Price,

is a little indisposed this morning.

24700:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,352

I'm sorry to hear that.

24800:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,073

- She suffers from her nerves.- Yes.

249

00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,271- Have you met my mother?- I've, um...

250

00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,311yet to have that pleasure.

251

00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:23,270

- Who's that?- He sits his horse well.

252

00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,151I'll tell you exactly who that is.

25300:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,997

Oh, Mr Bingley.

25400:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,673It is unutterably kind of you to call.

255

00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,837Common courtesy, madam,

neighbours... so forth.

25600:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,753

Ah, Bingley.

welcome, sir, to the asylum.

257

00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,837What, finished already?You have devoured Rousseau apace.

25800:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,916I found him eminently digestible.

259

00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,713- You gentlemen are acquainted?- we've known each other hours.

260

00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,513We lend each other books.It is practically a marriage.

261

00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,675That's Mrs Bennet!

26200:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,757- You did not say, Mr Bennet.

- I lacked the opportunity.

26300:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,633

Mr Bingley,and, yes, he's looking at Jane.

264

00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,877If you've words to sayin this house, speak 'em up sharp.

265

00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,673Now let us sort the sheepfrom the goats.

266

00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,632My daughters Jane, Mary, Kitty,Lydia.

26700:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,478

Elizabeth, the very goatiest,

is not here.


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268

00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:20,671

In her stead we have Miss AmandaPrice.

26900:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,072

Oh. Charmed.

27000:19:29,120 --> 00:19:30,348Charmed.

271

00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,597- Miss Price is of Hammersmith.- Really?

27200:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,871

- Excellent fox-hunting country, I

hear.- well furnished with otters.

27300:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,433

- Shush.- Undoubtedly.

274

00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,914

Elizabeth is presentlyto be found disporting

27500:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,350

in the otter-strewn thoroughfaresof Hammersmith.

27600:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,039Miss Price will explain.

27700:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,876Lizzy's gone to my place.

27800:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,638

She's, um...

27900:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,955as it were...

28000:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,797trying to write a book.

281

00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,353Mm, a novel.

282

00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,517She's tried to write it here,

28300:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,109

but she finds the life

of the house distracting.

28400:20:09,160 --> 00:20:14,280

My place, it seemed logical that sheshould dig in there for a day or two.

285

00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,912Get something down on paper.

286

00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,679

She intimated to meshe would be gone for weeks.

28700:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,154Did she? well...

28800:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,876anyway, we've...

289

00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,150done a sort of swap.

290

00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:32,159

She's there and I'm, um... here.

291

00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:37,354But why, Mr Bennet,

at such a time like this with...

29200:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,518Lizzy begs your forgiveness for notexplaining these plans more

thoroughly.

29300:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,835

I... I think she wanted it to be a...

294

00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,758

you know, surprise.

29500:20:47,360 --> 00:20:51,148

I call it a marvellous idea, writin'.

All in favour of that.

29600:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,270

Mr Bingley.

29700:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,074

Are you at all disposed

to join the dancing

298

00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,872tomorrow night at the assembly

rooms?

29900:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,036Royally disposed, Mrs Bennet.

300

00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,833I've summoned hordes of friends

from London. Quite a party.

30100:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,952

- He means Darcy.

- Did you hear this?

302

00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,675One that could only be enhancedshould you consent to join it.

30300:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,995All of you.

304

00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,753Too kind, sir,but I must beg to be excused.

305

00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,917Large gatherings of societybring me out in hives...

306

00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,394- Oh.

-.. as do small gatherings.

30700:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,391

Stop looking at me, Bingley.

Look at Jane.

308

00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,194It is a pity that Miss Price'sportmanteau has failed to appear.

30900:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,073We must endeavourto furnish her with clothes

31000:21:37,120 --> 00:21:40,874that are a little lessprovoking of attention.

31100:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,159It's all so exciting.

31200:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,320

Lizzy made this for herself.

313


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00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,349

It's lovely.

31400:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,114

What are you thinking, Miss Bennet?

31500:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,391

I'm thinking how pretty you shall befor Mr Bingley tomorrow.

316

00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,671

Never mind the Bingley,bring on the Darcy.

31700:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,109He's the one we want to see.

31800:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,948You know this gentleman

to be part of Mr Bingley's party?

31900:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,197I'm guessing out loud. Terrible habit.

320

00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,753I must say, Mr Bingleyseemed a very nice man.

321

00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,076- He'd be a good person to marry.

- Mm.

32200:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,953

I'd quite like to clean my teeth.

Is that possible?

323

00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,433Of course.

324

00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,239The instrumentsare all ready before you.

325

00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:35,070See, I've brought birch twigs,powderedsalt and a fresh block of chalk.

32600:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,759Right. Thank you. Mm.

32700:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,432

Splendid.

328

00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,796

Are we going to church?

32900:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,638

Does it have architectural merit?

33000:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,831

Probably not. But I doubtthat's the point of attendance.

331

00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,919

What is to be done with my brother,Mr Darcy? He has doubts.

33200:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,352A gentleman knows God believes in

him.

33300:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,790

It is his duty to return the compliment.

33400:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,118Well, I, however, desire thecompliment

of your sitting down with me.

33500:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,196

You would rather stand in church

33600:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,630

and have all of the local womanhoodfall in love with you.

337

00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,468

How we look forward to meetingthese fascinating Bennets and Prices

33800:23:27,520 --> 00:23:28,919at tomorrow's ball.

33900:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,919- Caroline.- You must play cards with your

sister.

34000:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,750Poor Charles.

34100:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,315Do you have a Psalter, Miss Price?

34200:23:45,360 --> 00:23:48,557

Er... is that like a picnic thing

for seasoning sandwiches?

343

00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,511

More for the recitation of Psalms.

344

00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,469Not on me.

345

00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,077How kind. Huh!

346

00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,555

Mm.

347

00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,273Look, you have to tell me.

348

00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,199Has there been anyone else like meturning up here?

349

00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,231Like you, Miss Price?

350

00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:15,034

Bit odd, talks funny,doesn't know how things operate.

35100:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,235

Not really.

35200:24:27,360 --> 00:24:30,830I thought for a minuteyou were wearing contact lenses.

35300:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,758How do you get those... ringlets?

35400:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,836

By the application of hot irons.

35500:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,950I'd be delighted to arrange yours

if you'd let me.

35600:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,630No. I may be losing grip on reality,

but I'm still in control of my hair.

35700:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,074

- Ow!

- Sorry. Just checking.

358

00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,030What's a sandwich?


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359

00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:57,629- Mr Collins is a parson.- Our father's cousin. He owns us.

360

00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,353Longbourn is entailed to him.

36100:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,551Were Papa to die, Mr Collins

could put us out like that.

36200:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,388

Therefore must we marryto be forearmed against the worst.

363

00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,194I should have thought Lizzymight have told you about Mr Collins.

364

00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,152She talks of little elseto that fat old sow Ambrosia.

365

00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,556- Oh...- we've never met him, of course.

366

00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,830He might be tremendously handsome.

36700:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,836I wouldn't get your hopes up.

36800:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,475Do you expect to receive

an offer of marriage, Miss Price?

369

00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,398

- Matter of fact, I just had one.- No!

370

00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,432

- what reply did you make?- I turned him down.

371

00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,279

Well, I didn't believe he loved me.

372

00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,434

- Kitty, pass me your kneeler.- why?

37300:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,995

You must forgive my accosting you

thus

but we have not been presented.

374

00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,794- You're Charlotte Lucas.

- You see you've utterly beguiled me.

37500:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,515Kitty here tells me, "That ladyis Lizzy's friend Miss Price,"

37600:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,949And I'm at once consumed with

jealousy

377

00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,959

for Lizzy has never told me of youyet you know my name before it issaid.

378

00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,514Wherefore did Lizzy neglect to tellmeabout this book?

37900:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,198I never knew her start it.

380

00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,358Well, she didn't confide in me either.

Originally.

38100:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,436

I myself got it from somebody else.

38200:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,596

Worse and worse.

383

00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,154

Wicked Lizzy offends us both.

38400:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,236

Who told you of the book?

38500:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,192Er... Lady Ambrosia.

38600:26:24,000 --> 00:26:30,314How... characteristically eccentric

of our friend to have confided in her,

387

00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:34,353

but odder still for Ambrosiato have discussed it with you.

388

00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,870Lady Ambrosia is, after all,a corpulent female pig.

389

00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,829What sort of trick

is this, Miss Lucas?

39000:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,440

What sort of trick are you, Miss

Price?

391

00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,951It vexes me exceptionally

392

00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,197that Elizabeth should chooseto be abroad at such a time as this.

393

00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,992And Hammersmith, Mr Bennet.

394

00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,157

Is... is Hammersmitha likely sort of place?

39500:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,952

I was not aware it was abroad,

39600:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,549but I salute your superiorcommand of geography.

39700:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,079Ah.

39800:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,595

We are arrived, Miss Price,

at a particularly fine prospect.

39900:27:16,220 --> 00:27:18,939

Netherfield Park.

40000:27:18,980 --> 00:27:23,815According to disposition one can

marvel

at the delicate masonry of thewindows

401

00:27:23,860 --> 00:27:26,090or thrill to the wealth of the tenant.

40200:27:26,140 --> 00:27:30,691


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I learned in church from Mrs Lucas

that chiefest among Mr Bingley's

guests

403

00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:34,335is Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, of

Pemberley.

40400:27:34,380 --> 00:27:36,052I have attended the disclosure

405

00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,854with the reverence befittingall your utterances, my dear.

40600:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,016

Now kindly explain it to me.

40700:27:42,060 --> 00:27:44,255

Darcy!

40800:27:44,300 --> 00:27:48,009- Pemberley! why, 10,000 a year!- 10,000!

40900:27:48,060 --> 00:27:51,257My joy, accordingly, is unconfined.

410

00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:55,657Jane, it appears you must now marry

Mr Darcy instead of Mr Bingley.

41100:27:55,700 --> 00:27:58,737

It is not presently my plan,

sir, to marry either gentleman.

412

00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:01,135No, but it is your mother'sso choose your hymns.

41300:28:01,180 --> 00:28:05,139What say you, Miss Price?Shall Jane be wedded to this Mr

Darcy?

41400:28:05,180 --> 00:28:07,455Oh, Kitty, you are overstimulated!

41500:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,970But Miss Price is quite Delphic,

Mother.

She prefigures all.

416

00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:15,616I have no idea. Perhaps it is

Elizabeth who shall be married.

41700:28:15,660 --> 00:28:18,174Elizabeth's not here.

418

00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,433Elizabeth. Elizabeth!

41900:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,077I am not... you.

42000:28:33,120 --> 00:28:34,997You should be here.

42100:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,312

Oh!

42200:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,396

There's going to be a ball.

42300:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,908At the ball you meet Darcy.

424

00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,430You have to meet Darcy.Do you understand?

425

00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,756You have to meet him, Elizabeth.

It's what happens.

42600:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,716

Oh, I'm so looking forward

to the prospect of Mr FitzwilliamDarcy.

42700:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,590- I hate a man with too much money.

- Mary!

42800:29:01,640 --> 00:29:06,714That's very modern, and I daresay

very clever, but you will oblige me.

42900:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,598Last-minute lippy, for luck.

43000:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,596It's all the rage in Hammersmith.

43100:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,915

This evening, Miss Bennet,

make sure you dance with MrBingley.

432

00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,598It's important.

43300:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,430

Miss Price, you... you reallyare alarming. Explain your meaning.

43400:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,552I can't. I don't know

what will happen if I do.

43500:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,229

I'm just saying tonightis supposed to be fun.

436

00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,589So have a lovely time,

43700:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,232

with Bingley.

43800:29:37,280 --> 00:29:38,679

Let's get to work.

43900:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,473

- Girls!

44000:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,432

Oh, it's a post.

44100:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,668

Ladies! How very splendid you all

look.

442

00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,836I'm so pleased you've come.

443

00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,919Will you excuse me, Mr Bingley?

444

00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,120

I think we all feelit would have been preferable

445

00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,151

had Miss Price remainedin Hammersmith

446

00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,795rather than perplexing us here

with her radical manners.

447


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00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,956

I disagree cordially, Mrs Bennet.

44800:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,639

I find your guest... refreshing.

44900:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,517

- Thank you. what is this, wine?- Punch, madam.

450

00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,551

Oh, no, don't go away.

451

00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,791Bit thirsty. Hm!

452

00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,232Miss Price, allow meto introduce Miss Bingley.

453

00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,390How do you do?

454

00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:01,513

I am not choking, which mustbe counted in one's favour.

45500:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,955

You're Charles's sister.

45600:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,752One cannot deny the accusation,

457

00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,758however unused to being definedin terms of one's brother.

45800:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,678

No accusation, Caroline.

Your brother's a gentleman.

45900:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,272

- Miss, um...

- Lucas.

46000:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,073

Lucas tells me you're come up

from town, Miss Price.

461

00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,112

- Hammersmith.- Oh.

46200:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,875

Miss Price, you are quite flushed.

46300:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,832Another refreshing glass, perhaps?

464

00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,349- Ooh.

- we're both in a dream, Miss Price.

46500:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,197

More than you know, Mr Bingley.

46600:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,073

Now we have collided so fortuitously,

467

00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,510

may I beg the honourof the next excursion?

46800:31:43,560 --> 00:31:49,078

You want to dance? Oh, er...I'm afraid that's, um... not possible.

469

00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,829

- You cannot dance a quadrille?- I cannot dance a quadrille.

47000:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,838

Then it shall be my happy dutyto educate you.

47100:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,351Alas, that unrewarding task

has been claimed by another.

47200:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,152

- Another?- Mm-hm.

473

00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,193I fear there may have to be a duel.who is to be your dancing master?

474

00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,152- Name the dog.- Don't say it.

475

00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,519Mr Darcy.

476

00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,120- Darcy?

-You said it.

477

00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,550

Are you certain you have that aright,

Miss Price?

478

00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,591Darcy!

479

00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,270Darcy!

480

00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:31,113

A most grievous slurhas been cast upon your character.

48100:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,836Miss Price says she won't dance with

me because you've already asked her.

48200:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,238

- Yes.- Yes? what fresh lunacy is this, sir?

48300:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,431You've never lifted a hoof

to dance in your life.

48400:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,596

Until this evening,I'd not had the honour

485

00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,596of being acquainted with Miss Price.

486

00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:59,236

This is an event of some significance,Miss Price. Quite unprecedented.

48700:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,796He regards forms of sudden

locomotion

as emblematic of ill breeding.

48800:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,913

Hunting, tennis,

rising precipitately from a chair.

48900:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,679

When Miss Price and I dance,

there shall be nothing sudden.

490

00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,156

I can't dance... this sort of dance.

491

00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,237Nor I. Together


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we shall make a shambles.

49200:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,068But we shall do it with such authority

they will stare at us to learn the step.

49300:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,269

Madam?

49400:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,709

- Oh, um...

- Oh.

495

00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,237I don't know what to say.

496

00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:59,717Fortunately,we are obliged only to dance.

497

00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,671Look at Miss Price dancing.

498

00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,598

Why did you say yes?

499

00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,279To spare my friend

the humiliation you contrived for him.

50000:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,197I didn't seek to humiliate Mr Bingley.

501

00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:18,949Then your refusal to dance with himwas most ill-adapted to its purpose.

50200:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,119

I'm drunk. I need a fag.

50300:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,390I've got one fag.

50400:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,788Everything I do is wrong. Everything.

505

00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,354Please, God, I want to go home.

506

00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,035You even breathe fire.

50700:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,715

Oh, gosh!

50800:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,278- Miss Price, I...

- Mr Bingley...

50900:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,311

How can I begin?

51000:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,831

You and I, we come from...

very different worlds,

511

00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,429more different thanyou could possibly imagine.

51200:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,074Miss Price...

513

00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,395In my world, Mr Bingley,

514

00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,876

all I ever do is dreamabout the loveliness of your world...

51500:35:25,240 --> 00:35:28,550

.. the stately, elegant rituals

51600:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,876and pace of courtship,

517

00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,913of lovemaking, as you call it,under the gaze of chaperones,

51800:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,396

of happiness against all odds,

51900:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,750and... and marriage.

52000:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,955Here I am,

521

00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,594I talk to you for two minutes,

522

00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,074I kiss you and you... you...

52300:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,838

So I'm a little...

52400:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,440disappointed in myself, Mr Bingley.

525

00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:02,156I feel like those guys

who discovered that Stone Age tribe,

52600:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,953

then gave them the common cold,

52700:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,752

wiped them out.

528

00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,392

Miss Price, I...

529

00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,438No doubt, Miss Bingley,

53000:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,552you and your brother find

these young provincial gentlemen

53100:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,034

lacking in metropolitan refinement?

53200:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,959

Oh, the young gentlemen we find theacmeof particularity and taste.

533

00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,350It is the ladies of the countrywhose crassness is unparalleled.

53400:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,833

As the mother of many daughters

53500:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,111you must find it wearying

to have to lead by example.

53600:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,311I do, Miss Bingley. I do!

53700:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,148Miss Price, a word.

53800:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,590

According to the laws

of Christian hospitality, Miss Price,


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539

00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,631

I may not turn you out of my house.

540

00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,877Instead, I shall favour you

with a warning.

54100:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,993I do not know how a person like youcomes to be so friend-like with Lizzy.

54200:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,508I fear your influence on her.

54300:37:09,560 --> 00:37:13,792

But as to my other daughters

who remain in my care, hear this.

544

00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,268- Do not obstruct them.

- I promise you...

54500:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,359

It is not necessary for you to speak.

Just listen.

546

00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,393Do not obstruct any one of them

in her quest for a propitious marriage.

54700:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,635If you do and my estateis lost because of it,

54800:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,071something may come over you,

Miss Price, like a thief in the night,

549

00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,237

which may not be quite so agreeable.

55000:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,159

Well, you're a real ball-breaker.

Sorry, you don't know what that...

55100:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,239

I understand the sense of your speech

well enough, Miss Price.

552

00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,077

Do you understand mine?

553

00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,198I would dance but it's impossible.

554

00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:01,676- The carriage fills with freezing air.- Shh!

555

00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:13,117Elizabeth!

55600:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,275It's all going...

55700:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,118completely... tits-up.

55800:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,118

Bingley couldn't even

see Jane under his...

559

00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:21,991Oh! Elizabeth!

56000:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,156Open this door!

56100:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,037"My dear father,

562

00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,832"l pray you, sir,

not to trouble your mind

56300:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,916

"about your most headstrong

daughter.

564

00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,428"l quite flourish in Hammersmith.

565

00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,472"l am minded to sojourn herealone a while."

566

00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,672Er..."alone" is underlined.

567

00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:56,474

"If I might be so presumptuousas to offer advice to my own father,

568

00:38:56,520 --> 00:39:01,878"then I would admonish him to pay

particular attention... to Miss Price.

569

00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,117

"She is intimately acquainted

with the doings of our family,

570

00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:10,029"and I cordially believe her to be

its most devoted and formidable ally.

57100:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,915"Trust her.Your affectionate daughter,

Elizabeth."

57200:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,396

When Lizzy was ten years old,I taught her to fly a kite.

573

00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,756She soon mastered it.

57400:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,796

She stood between my arms...

57500:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,189

in front of me,

57600:39:31,240 --> 00:39:33,231

and took the strain.

57700:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,314

I believe she has taken it ever since.

57800:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,830

But as for my trust,

57900:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,119

you have it.

580

00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:59,610

A rare thing, Miss Price,but Kitty is quite right.

581

00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:02,049

- You are oracular.- Hm-hm!

582

00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:06,696

You prophesied Mr Darcywould attend the ball and he dulycame.

58300:40:06,740 --> 00:40:09,573

Did he prove equal

to your expectations?


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584

00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:11,770

Yes. And no.

585

00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:14,732I mean, he's not Colin Firth.

586

00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:16,930But even Colin Firth isn't Colin Firth.

587

00:40:16,980 --> 00:40:20,495

They had to change the shapeof his head with make-up.

58800:40:20,540 --> 00:40:24,931But, no, Mr Darcy

was pretty spectacularly unfriendly

58900:40:24,980 --> 00:40:27,733

but that's what one would expect.

59000:40:27,780 --> 00:40:31,329Physically, he fillshis britches pretty well,

59100:40:31,380 --> 00:40:34,417but he doesn't, you know, float my

boat.

59200:40:34,460 --> 00:40:38,248

All that... aristocratic languor.

59300:40:38,300 --> 00:40:42,293

I know he can't help it, but it's really

not very attractive. To me.

594

00:40:42,340 --> 00:40:45,412He does not... float your boat?

595

00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:49,089An expression current inHammersmith,never to be used in front of Lydia.

59600:40:53,060 --> 00:40:57,736Without Lizzy, the equilibriumof this house is... fragile.

59700:40:58,820 --> 00:41:01,334It is fruitless to pretend otherwise.

59800:41:02,300 --> 00:41:05,531

However, your presence among us

affords a certain...

599

00:41:06,580 --> 00:41:09,094

reassurance.

600

00:41:09,140 --> 00:41:10,892At least to my father.

601

00:41:11,540 --> 00:41:13,610And to me.

602

00:41:13,660 --> 00:41:15,776

It's very good to have you here.

603

00:41:15,820 --> 00:41:17,617Thank you.

604

00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:21,699I'm... glad I can be of service to you,while I'm here.

605

00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:25,732It is not service, Miss Price,

606

00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:28,089

it is friendship.

607

00:41:28,140 --> 00:41:29,937Yes.

608

00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:36,018Yes, it is.

609

00:41:39,780 --> 00:41:43,614

OK, I have no ideahow to fix this book,

61000:41:43,660 --> 00:41:47,369and I cannot sew this bloody pew

thing

without stabbing myself in the hand.

61100:41:52,020 --> 00:41:54,534

Ah, Miss Lucas,

how convenient you are.

61200:41:54,580 --> 00:41:57,458

How glad I am of that, Mrs Bennet.

61300:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,570

This is all most industrious.

614

00:41:59,620 --> 00:42:03,329

Miss Price, alas, is a strangerto handiwork for the church.

615

00:42:03,380 --> 00:42:07,658I'm sure she would bless you,were you to take charge of her

kneeler.

61600:42:07,700 --> 00:42:11,613

I may need to unpick all thisand start again, Miss Price.

617

00:42:13,260 --> 00:42:17,731

- Elizabeth sends news?- She writes to her father, not to me.

61800:42:17,780 --> 00:42:22,410She clearly intends to stay

in Hammersmith indefinitely.

61900:42:22,460 --> 00:42:25,850

And how long do you planto stay here, Miss Price?

62000:42:25,900 --> 00:42:29,973I intend to trespass on the hospitality

of this household for, er...

62100:42:30,020 --> 00:42:32,614

for not much more...

62200:42:32,660 --> 00:42:34,298

time.

62300:42:35,580 --> 00:42:37,889

I hope you stay forever.

62400:42:39,540 --> 00:42:41,895

Church has had enough from me fortoday.

625

00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:43,214Let us have tea.

626

00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:50,699

Mr Bennet...

62700:42:50,740 --> 00:42:53,732

Do you show me your finger

because it is injured?

628

00:42:54,860 --> 00:42:58,773

I wish to know, Mr Bennet, how longMiss Price is to remain our guest.

62900:43:00,940 --> 00:43:04,853


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She does not materially contribute

to the running of this household.

63000:43:04,900 --> 00:43:09,132

She is unkempt and indelicate...and not at all couth!

631

00:43:10,820 --> 00:43:14,449She is upsetting the servantswith all manner of improper remarks!

632

00:43:17,740 --> 00:43:19,093Elizabeth.

63300:43:19,140 --> 00:43:22,894In the book, your mother sends Jane

to Netherfield on a horse in the rain.

63400:43:22,940 --> 00:43:24,578

She gets a coldand has to stay the night

63500:43:24,620 --> 00:43:27,088and that's how Bingley

falls in love with her.

63600:43:27,140 --> 00:43:28,812

But it's not happening.

63700:43:28,860 --> 00:43:31,135

Nothing's happening the way itshould.

638

00:43:32,140 --> 00:43:34,700

Right. I will do my best.

639

00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,571OK?

640

00:43:36,620 --> 00:43:38,099For Jane.

641

00:43:38,140 --> 00:43:42,850

Mr Bingley instructed youto invite me to visit him?

642

00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:47,530

Some men find it hard to speak theirlove, except through an intermediary.

643

00:43:47,580 --> 00:43:49,377It's not uncommon.

64400:43:49,420 --> 00:43:51,217

You must go.

64500:43:51,260 --> 00:43:54,411If I set off for Netherfield, Miss

Price, it will surely pour with rain.

64600:43:54,460 --> 00:43:56,337

Look at the sky.

64700:43:56,380 --> 00:43:59,850

The rain will be torrential,

and you will get very wet.

648

00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:02,414This is all how it should be.

649

00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:04,371Trust me.

65000:44:07,420 --> 00:44:10,253

Where has my sister gone?Netherfield.

651

00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:13,610

But there is to be heavy rain.She'll be soaked and catch the grippe.

65200:44:15,100 --> 00:44:18,376

But this is terrible. The infection goesstraight to her chest.

65300:44:18,420 --> 00:44:20,934The last time she contracted it...

65400:44:20,980 --> 00:44:22,936Oh, foolish girl! She does not know.

65500:44:22,980 --> 00:44:26,768

- Doesn't know what?

- How close she was to death! Mama!

65600:44:27,780 --> 00:44:29,054

Mama!

65700:44:30,580 --> 00:44:33,458- Miss Bennet!

65800:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,218Miss Bennet!

65900:44:36,020 --> 00:44:37,499

Jane!

660

00:44:37,540 --> 00:44:40,896

Jane has gone to Netherfield Park

in this weather

661

00:44:40,940 --> 00:44:43,500and Miss Price pursues her!

662

00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:48,738Are you so obtuse, Mr Bennet, thatyou do not see what is the matterhere?

66300:44:49,980 --> 00:44:53,177She has gone to queer Jane's pitch!

66400:44:53,220 --> 00:44:56,929

It is exciting when you bring the

language of the theatre into this house

665

00:44:56,980 --> 00:45:00,893but might this room be returned

to the purpose for which it wascreated?

666

00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:04,813

For me to sleep in undisturbed.

667

00:45:10,820 --> 00:45:13,812The weather today is uncongenial.

668

00:45:13,860 --> 00:45:15,930Is it?

669

00:45:15,980 --> 00:45:19,097- One tends not to notice

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00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:00,818Miss Bennet, you must be frozen.

2

00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:05,493Sorry. Can you let me in?

300:01:10,500 --> 00:01:12,058- Miss Price.

- Thank you.

400:01:12,100 --> 00:01:13,977

I do not understand.
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5

00:01:14,020 --> 00:01:17,330Miss Bennet came as you instructed.

600:01:18,380 --> 00:01:21,099

You invited her, yes? She came.

700:01:24,540 --> 00:01:27,259Can you give me a hand?

8

00:01:31,580 --> 00:01:33,616You must get this girl into bed.

900:01:41,380 --> 00:01:43,177Her fever does not abate.

1000:01:49,380 --> 00:01:53,055It's paracetamol. They'll bring down

her temperature. Let's just...

1100:01:53,100 --> 00:01:54,772You sit up.

12

00:01:54,820 --> 00:01:56,333Here you go.Can you pass...?

13

00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:05,373Charles, I've taken the Liberty

of ordering the phaeton

1400:02:05,420 --> 00:02:08,298

- to take Miss Price back to

Longbourn.- what?

1500:02:08,340 --> 00:02:12,379No, no, no, no. Miss Price must stay

here.

She is the best possible nurse.

1600:02:13,540 --> 00:02:16,054

She has paracetamols.

1700:02:17,060 --> 00:02:18,857Then of course she must remain.

1800:02:25,060 --> 00:02:26,778Miss Price,

1900:02:26,820 --> 00:02:29,698

the night we... spoke

20

00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:31,253

on the terrace,

2100:02:31,300 --> 00:02:34,019

I must confess,l cannot stop thinking of your lips,

of...

2200:02:34,060 --> 00:02:36,130God help me, Miss Price,your tongue...

2300:02:36,180 --> 00:02:39,138Stay there. Stay.

I never meant for that to happen.

24

00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:41,740

I'd been drinking. I was disorientated.

25

00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:43,816But I'm drawn to you.

2600:02:43,860 --> 00:02:45,088I'm a man.

2700:02:45,140 --> 00:02:48,450Well, I'm a woman and I'm drawn...

28

00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:49,899to other women.

2900:02:55,260 --> 00:02:56,249You...

3000:02:57,380 --> 00:03:00,816You mean, there really are ladies

who...

31

00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,330

steer the punt from the Cambridgeend?

32

00:03:04,380 --> 00:03:05,608

You bet.

3300:03:05,660 --> 00:03:07,855

The other night I got carried away

and I'm sorry

34

00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:11,290

but nothing like itis ever going to happen again.

3500:03:11,340 --> 00:03:13,137

With me. Ever.

3600:03:14,700 --> 00:03:17,453It might, on the other hand,

37

00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:19,138happen with her.

3800:03:22,620 --> 00:03:26,215Can't you see?

It's her you love, not me.

3900:03:26,260 --> 00:03:28,490

Open your eyes, Mr Bingley,

40

00:03:28,540 --> 00:03:29,939

and see.

41

00:03:51,380 --> 00:03:53,177Thank you. Oh.

4200:04:02,100 --> 00:04:04,216I'm not that big on seafood.

4300:04:04,260 --> 00:04:08,458Miss Price does not care for oysters.

You may bring her the next course.

4400:04:12,180 --> 00:04:14,740

I have exchanged places, Mr Darcy,

4500:04:14,780 --> 00:04:16,850

with my friend Elizabeth.

4600:04:16,900 --> 00:04:19,050

She is another sister of Miss Bennet.

47

00:04:22,020 --> 00:04:26,093

I expect you've heard great reportsof Elizabeth's sparkling wit.

48

00:04:26,140 --> 00:04:27,539

About Miss Bennet,

4900:04:27,580 --> 00:04:29,218

you lied.

5000:04:29,260 --> 00:04:30,295

Why?

51

00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:33,059

I know you're supposed to be abruptbut that's a bit stark.


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52

00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:34,419I'm always stark with liars.

5300:04:34,460 --> 00:04:37,611

Elizabeth, what can I say?

5400:04:37,660 --> 00:04:40,413You're welcome to him, miserablesod.

5500:04:44,100 --> 00:04:46,136Miss Price, you have an appetite

5600:04:46,180 --> 00:04:49,855

to be proceeding so quickly to the

larks,ahead of Mr Darcy.

5700:04:49,900 --> 00:04:53,131

Bring Miss Price another leash ofbirds.She is manifestly famished.

58

00:04:53,180 --> 00:04:54,169Oh.

5900:04:54,220 --> 00:04:55,812

Now I shall not say another word.

6000:04:55,860 --> 00:04:59,330Clearly I have interrupteda most fluid and informed

conversation.

6100:05:10,460 --> 00:05:13,133

- How does Miss Bennet, Charles?- Better.

62

00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:18,129Miss Price is most adroitin her treatment of the sick.

63

00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:24,169Mr Bingley, have you consideredgiving a ball at Netherfield?

64

00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:27,779Wouldn't it be a fun way

65

00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:30,380to bring together people who...

6600:05:31,380 --> 00:05:33,132

need to be brought together?

6700:05:33,180 --> 00:05:37,253How I envy Miss Price, to be so

inspiritedby the mere thought of music

68

00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,689that it quite sweeps away all anxietyfor her friend.

69

00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,891After dinner you must play for usat the pianoforte.

7000:05:42,940 --> 00:05:45,329

No, no, no. I insist.

7100:05:56,400 --> 00:05:57,790

I'm sorry I can't play.

7200:05:59,900 --> 00:06:00,658At this.

73

00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,390The instrument is not to yoursatisfaction?

74

00:06:06,740 --> 00:06:09,936Charles, you must send for another

immediately.She mean, she cannot play the piano.

75

00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:16,123

Any piano, is that the truth of it, MissPrice?How singular! But she can sing?

7600:06:16,162 --> 00:06:20,794

Of course, she can sing. All ladies

can sing.My sister shall accompany.No!

77

00:06:21,650 --> 00:06:28,753That won't be necessary.I sing a song, my mother used to singto me, when I was little.

7800:07:29,180 --> 00:07:30,772What an instructive evening.

7900:07:30,820 --> 00:07:35,132

If all else fails, Miss Price, you shall

notwant for supper, for you can sing.

80

00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:37,539Good night, gentlemen.

8100:07:40,740 --> 00:07:43,937

Money, the fortune to which youaspire

in the immediate instance,

8200:07:43,980 --> 00:07:45,572

may pass you by,

8300:07:45,620 --> 00:07:47,611

but I am certain you shall not starve.

84

00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:52,179

No, I don't suppose I shallon 27,000 a year.

8500:07:54,060 --> 00:07:55,618

Brava, Miss Price.

8600:07:55,660 --> 00:07:58,732

And whenever life

is gettin' me down,

87

00:07:58,780 --> 00:08:00,850I shall be sure to go downtown.

88

00:08:02,180 --> 00:08:05,456- Eh, Darcy?- With alacrity.

89

00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:07,138Do you perform, Mr Darcy?

9000:08:07,180 --> 00:08:10,616Not in your league, Miss Price.

9100:08:10,660 --> 00:08:13,128Whoa, smoulder alert!

92

00:08:15,260 --> 00:08:18,616- I am for bed.- Sleep well, madam.

93

00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:31,374Miss Price, I have found it difficult

94

00:08:31,420 --> 00:08:35,493to accommodate the knowledge of

your...

private disposition.


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95

00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:37,889

However,

96

00:08:37,940 --> 00:08:40,579I have directed my eyes as you

ordained,

9700:08:40,620 --> 00:08:42,019Miss Price.

98

00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:48,612Mm, I'm hungry.

9900:08:50,740 --> 00:08:52,253Excellent. Excellent.

10000:08:52,300 --> 00:08:55,098I shall send at once for gammon and

eggs.A brace of partridge.

10100:08:55,140 --> 00:08:57,335Nothing too substantial. You've been

ill.

10200:09:00,420 --> 00:09:02,934

It may have seemedthat I was unaware of your nursing

me.

10300:09:02,980 --> 00:09:05,096I was not.

104

00:09:05,140 --> 00:09:06,937I thank you for your kindness.

10500:09:10,180 --> 00:09:13,377Of course I am quite delirious

with anxiety for Miss Bennet.

10600:09:13,420 --> 00:09:16,332With her sister Elizabeth

being away for so long,

10700:09:16,380 --> 00:09:18,371I am all behind, like a duck's tail.

10800:09:20,780 --> 00:09:24,136I understand your daughter

is sufficiently recovered to receive...

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Behold this tea!

110

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Does music give you pleasure,Mr Darcy?

11100:09:31,980 --> 00:09:35,734

Good music played with espritcannot fall to please.

11200:09:35,780 --> 00:09:39,693My daughter Mary

is prodigiously talented at music.

11300:09:39,740 --> 00:09:43,096

Mr Darcy thinks of Miss Pricesingingwhen he speaks of esprit.

11400:09:43,140 --> 00:09:46,291The fact she has 27,000 a year

115

00:09:46,340 --> 00:09:48,456does lend sparkleto her dreariest utterance.

116

00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:51,412- what? who told you that?- She did.

117

00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:53,416Unbidden. Gleefully.

11800:09:56,140 --> 00:09:58,290Am I not ghoulishly indiscreet?

11900:10:00,620 --> 00:10:03,339- Hey.

- Oh, Jane.

120

00:10:03,380 --> 00:10:07,055

My heart has not beaten rightsince I discovered you were gone.

121

00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:09,489

Oh. Oh!

12200:10:09,540 --> 00:10:12,100

I would never have allowed you out

in such a storm.

123

00:10:12,140 --> 00:10:14,096

Mr Bingley, you are to be chided

124

00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:16,574- for drawing her here.

- Quite so, Mrs Bennet.

12500:10:16,620 --> 00:10:19,930From start to finish my brother's

every action has been unpardonable.

12600:10:19,980 --> 00:10:22,619

Mr Bingley has beenthe quiddity of kindness.

127

00:10:22,660 --> 00:10:26,289

With the permission of my hosts,l am quite ready to return home.

12800:10:28,540 --> 00:10:30,531Come on, Bingers.

12900:10:30,580 --> 00:10:33,936Oh. Right you are. Um...

130

00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:38,175I'll... bid you good day, madam.

131

00:10:41,220 --> 00:10:42,812

That was pathetic.

132

00:10:52,860 --> 00:10:55,613Do you have brothers,

Miss Price?

13300:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,890- One brother, Kevin.- Oh.

13400:10:57,940 --> 00:10:59,931How lovely.

13500:10:59,980 --> 00:11:03,370

Does Kevin share

your commodious residence?

13600:11:03,420 --> 00:11:06,651

Oh, I wouldn't share a bag of chips

with Kevif it could be avoided.

137

00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,453

He's pretty feral. He's 15.

138

00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:18,691

Why doesn't he take a horse?He cannot ride.

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Why doesn't one of you take one?

14000:11:21,700 --> 00:11:23,418They're not saddled.

141

00:11:25,380 --> 00:11:28,452To ride without a saddle

would be monstrously indelicate.

14200:11:30,260 --> 00:11:32,251

On the subject of indelicacy,

14300:11:32,300 --> 00:11:35,019

might I presume to advise youas you have advised me?

144

00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:41,054Look to Mr Darcy.

14500:11:41,100 --> 00:11:44,809

He is an insufferable, proud manbut he has qualities, he must have,

146

00:11:44,860 --> 00:11:47,215

that are not immediately apparent.

147

00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:50,775He is, after all, the bosom friend

of Mr Bingley.

14800:11:53,700 --> 00:11:57,488The formidable size of Mr Darcy'sincome

makes us silly in his eyes, I know.

14900:11:57,540 --> 00:11:59,292

But you...

150

00:11:59,340 --> 00:12:02,457

Your own wealthrenders his fortune dwarfish.

151

00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:05,695

Such a woman he could respect.

15200:12:05,740 --> 00:12:08,538

Jane, Darcy is not for me.

15300:12:08,580 --> 00:12:10,138

Darcy is for Elizabeth.

154

00:12:10,180 --> 00:12:13,570

It is her destiny to be with himand it's yours to be with Bingley.

155

00:12:14,380 --> 00:12:16,257- I'm not fitted for Bingley.- Mama!

156

00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:18,052See, we are rescued!

15700:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,056Oh, thank the Lord!

15800:12:29,580 --> 00:12:30,569Ladies.

15900:12:30,620 --> 00:12:34,249

I rather form the impression you are

satisfiedto meet his Majesty's militia.

16000:12:35,500 --> 00:12:38,856

Gentlemen, acquaint yourself withthe roof.

161

00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:42,609

We have acquired a most preciouscargothat must be stowed within.

162

00:12:42,660 --> 00:12:46,209To whom do we owe

the pleasure of this most felicitousoffer?

163

00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:48,615

Captain Wickham, madam.

164

00:12:48,660 --> 00:12:51,333All felicity is entirely mine.

165

00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:15,329You are too kind, Mr Wickham.

166

00:13:15,380 --> 00:13:17,371

Can I press you to take a dish of tea?

16700:13:17,420 --> 00:13:20,537

Alas, madam, we are indefatigable

in the defence of the realm,

168

00:13:20,580 --> 00:13:23,652

but I shall, if I may, call some otherday

to pay my respects.

169

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Back off, Wickham, I know you.

17000:13:28,500 --> 00:13:30,092

But I have not had the pleasure.

17100:13:30,140 --> 00:13:31,732

Get used to that.

17200:13:33,300 --> 00:13:36,337

The first duty of an officer is,

after all, gaiety.

173

00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:40,536- Mr Bennet...- My dear Mrs Bennet.

17400:13:40,580 --> 00:13:43,014How timely you are, at last.

175

00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:44,812Allow me to introduce my cousin,

176

00:13:44,860 --> 00:13:46,737

Mr Collins.

177

00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:52,891Ah.

178

00:13:54,940 --> 00:13:56,453I am honoured, sir.

179

00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:00,049

I saw the carriage outside

180

00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:02,056- but I did not...- Oh, no, naturally.

18100:14:02,100 --> 00:14:05,376The phaeton is one of a fleet of 15

182

00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:07,854Belonging to my patroness,

183

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Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

184

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She sent it mespecifically for the purpose.

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For the purpose, Mr Collins?

18600:14:15,620 --> 00:14:19,056Of visiting you, Mrs Bennet.

187

00:14:20,420 --> 00:14:23,651And making the acquaintance

of your famously radiant daughters.

18800:14:23,700 --> 00:14:27,978

- Is it they I see peeking, I wonder?

- It is indeed.

189

00:14:28,020 --> 00:14:31,933Lydia... Stand correctly.

190

00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:34,096This is Lydia. And...

19100:14:34,140 --> 00:14:36,449

Come girls. Come, come. This isKitty.

192

00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:39,409

And Mary.

193

00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:43,414She is prodigiously talented at music.

194

00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:44,859Oh.

195

00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,095

And...

196

00:14:47,140 --> 00:14:50,974Jane, my eldest daughter,who has not been well

19700:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,375and is not Looking her best.

198

00:14:53,420 --> 00:14:55,570Oh.

199

00:14:57,980 --> 00:15:00,255

Dearest cousins, all.

200

00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:05,135

Mr Bennet, you must exult like asultan

when you gaze upon your adorable

Ladies.

201

00:15:06,780 --> 00:15:10,489

And this, therefore, is Miss Elizabeth.

202

00:15:10,540 --> 00:15:12,849Elizabeth is presently in town.

203

00:15:12,900 --> 00:15:14,618At this time of year?

204

00:15:14,660 --> 00:15:18,096

Well, we shall not tellLady Catherine.

20500:15:19,780 --> 00:15:22,977Her Ladyship is very firm

about the season.

20600:15:26,380 --> 00:15:29,611

Er, we have in her placeMiss Amanda Price.

20700:15:32,540 --> 00:15:34,849You will stay to dinner, Mr Collins?

20800:15:34,900 --> 00:15:37,175Mr Collins will stay the fortnight.

209

00:15:37,220 --> 00:15:39,450- Is that not the plan?

- Oh, two whole weeks.

21000:15:39,500 --> 00:15:42,378

We are so fortunate, Mr Bennet.

21100:15:42,420 --> 00:15:46,379

- Indeed, the Lord has smiled upon us.- Oh.

212

00:15:46,420 --> 00:15:47,819Girls.

213

00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:52,609

Mary, your spectacles are filthy.

21400:15:52,660 --> 00:15:56,539

Lydia, do you have St Vitus Dance?

I never beheld such a fidget.

215

00:15:56,580 --> 00:16:02,098

Kitty, the drawing-up of phlegmthrough the nose is not the action of a

Lady.

216

00:16:02,140 --> 00:16:05,496

Jane, you Lent Miss Price your silken

scarf.Get it back.

21700:16:05,540 --> 00:16:10,568

For what is now afoot in thishousehold is

neither for her benefit nor herentertainment.

218

00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:14,738

I cannot impress upon you allthat sufficient...

21900:16:14,780 --> 00:16:17,419sufficiency...

22000:16:17,460 --> 00:16:20,497Mr Collins must be given cause

221

00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:22,690to bind himself to us,

222

00:16:22,740 --> 00:16:24,731

to love us, to...

223

00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:26,771to love one of us in particular.

224

00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:28,697Lord, let it be Kitty.

225

00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:30,139

Lydia.

226

00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:34,934Mama, he is not... comely.

227

00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:37,210Do you think I jest?

228

00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:39,490

I do not jest.

22900:16:39,540 --> 00:16:43,818

The woman Mr Collins marries will

be mistressof this house when your father isdead.

23000:16:45,820 --> 00:16:47,412

Now think on that

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and go about your business.

23200:16:50,740 --> 00:16:52,139

Collins,

23300:16:52,180 --> 00:16:54,933

on the page, OK, he's pretty bad.

23400:16:54,980 --> 00:16:59,371

In the flesh he's all-time

king of the mingers.

235

00:16:59,420 --> 00:17:02,890He squeezes himselfthrough his trouser pocket.

23600:17:02,940 --> 00:17:05,613You know the thing men do

when they think you can't see?

23700:17:05,660 --> 00:17:08,220And then he sniffs his fingers!

238

00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,296Elizabeth, Listen.

23900:17:10,340 --> 00:17:14,299

Collins is supposedto marry Charlotte Lucas, OK?

24000:17:14,340 --> 00:17:18,652But your mother is just taking your

sisters

and just throwing them under him.

241

00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:19,894And Jane...

242

00:17:19,940 --> 00:17:23,057Jane's got to marry Bingleyand she thinks he doesn't give a damn.

243

00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:25,330And frankly, he's not acting like hedoes.

244

00:17:25,380 --> 00:17:29,055He does but he's so bloody repressed,he can't express it.

24500:17:29,100 --> 00:17:32,615

I cannot do this without your help.

246

00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,017

Big surprise, I have to.

24700:17:37,980 --> 00:17:42,337

Lizzie has told you, then, of ourwretched

condition pertaining to our presentguest.

24800:17:43,620 --> 00:17:47,533Mrs Bennet prescribes

plenty of advantageous marriage.

24900:17:47,580 --> 00:17:49,889

It is a very sensible remedy

250

00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:52,818

and it makes me feel likea whore monger.

25100:17:52,860 --> 00:17:56,250

It's not whoremongeringto bring together people who are inlove.

252

00:17:57,340 --> 00:17:59,570To marry for moneyis merely despicable.

253

00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:02,531To marry for beauty,

25400:18:03,460 --> 00:18:05,178that is a great foolishness.

25500:18:06,020 --> 00:18:08,659But my wife was a great beauty.

25600:18:11,260 --> 00:18:14,935

Let your daughters marry for love

and everything else come right.

25700:18:14,980 --> 00:18:16,333

Everything.

25800:18:16,380 --> 00:18:20,373Just... please don't allow any of them

to marry Mr Collins.

25900:18:21,660 --> 00:18:25,414

In as much as it is in my power

to allow anything in this family,

260

00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:27,928I shall strive to that end.

261

00:18:27,980 --> 00:18:29,936Not even the silliest of my daughters

26200:18:29,980 --> 00:18:32,938

deserves the Promethean miseryof marriage to Collins.

26300:18:44,380 --> 00:18:46,848Mr Collins.

26400:18:46,900 --> 00:18:48,572Such a pretty day.

26500:18:48,620 --> 00:18:50,417

You find me picking roses.

26600:18:55,340 --> 00:18:59,128

Every rose would be this little handif it only could.

26700:19:00,620 --> 00:19:02,497Sir, you kiss my glove.

26800:19:03,260 --> 00:19:05,854I would kiss your every garment.

269

00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:10,538Charlotte... Miss Lucas.

27000:19:15,140 --> 00:19:16,573We need to talk.

27100:19:16,620 --> 00:19:20,329You and I got off on the wrong foot.

You caught me out about the pig.

272

00:19:20,380 --> 00:19:22,211

It made you think I am a liar.

27300:19:22,260 --> 00:19:24,171

But I did not lie to you about

Elizabeth.

27400:19:24,220 --> 00:19:28,008

I don't know her the way that you

knowher but I know her very well.

275

00:19:28,860 --> 00:19:31,772And she loves you, Charlotte.

You are her...

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dearest, dearest friend.

27700:19:34,500 --> 00:19:35,899

This is all of a piece.

27800:19:37,380 --> 00:19:40,178

I am plain and rebarbative.

27900:19:40,220 --> 00:19:42,734

I'm 27 years old

28000:19:42,780 --> 00:19:44,771

and I am lonely and...

281

00:19:44,820 --> 00:19:48,176

Listen, there is someone herewho's prepared to take you on.

28200:19:48,220 --> 00:19:50,575

I mean, dying to meet you.

28300:19:50,620 --> 00:19:51,609

Now move.

28400:19:55,380 --> 00:19:56,859

Oh, no.

28500:19:57,580 --> 00:20:00,731

- Mr Collins?- Miss Price.

286

00:20:00,780 --> 00:20:05,058

- You're going to ruin those trousers.- It is a possibility a man must face.

28700:20:05,100 --> 00:20:07,853- I fear, Miss Price, we intrude.

- That's exactly what we do.

28800:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,618Mr Collins, I can't help noticing

28900:20:09,660 --> 00:20:13,175that you are about to ask Miss Bennethere

to marry you.

29000:20:13,220 --> 00:20:14,699

That would be a bad mistake.

291

00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:17,732

For the sake of her family,she'd feel obliged to say yes.

292

00:20:17,780 --> 00:20:21,932But she's not the right person for you.She just... isn't.

293

00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:26,258There is someone else here

who could give you love like no other.

29400:20:26,300 --> 00:20:27,779

(Gasps)

29500:20:32,580 --> 00:20:33,854

Jane.

296

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(Sobs)

297

00:20:40,340 --> 00:20:44,174You bring Miss Lucas

to Lend you the courage to tell methis.

298

00:20:44,220 --> 00:20:47,417

I brought her because...No, no, no. what?

29900:20:47,460 --> 00:20:49,371

No! The person I'm talking about...

30000:20:49,420 --> 00:20:52,173Lady Catherineurged me to seek out spirit.

30100:20:52,220 --> 00:20:54,814"Seek out spirit, Mr Collins," she

cried.

302

00:20:54,860 --> 00:20:57,454

The person I'm talking aboutis Charlotte Lucas.

303

00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:01,778

But she is not the personof whom I speak, Miss Price.

304

00:21:13,140 --> 00:21:15,700

I wish you to instruct Miss Priceto quit this house.

305

00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:17,696At once, sir.

30600:21:17,740 --> 00:21:21,528

If you do not oblige me in this matter,

sir,

l believe I shall scream.

307

00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,491I believe you shall.

308

00:21:24,260 --> 00:21:27,218Allow me to distract youwith an observation.

309

00:21:27,260 --> 00:21:31,572Miss Price just announcedher engagement to Mr Collins.

31000:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,372

There must be a reason for this.

31100:21:33,420 --> 00:21:34,819

Though, I confess, I...

31200:21:34,860 --> 00:21:38,011The reason is to spiton the territory of this deluded family.

31300:21:38,060 --> 00:21:39,857Do you not think, Mrs Bennet,

314

00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:43,210it might be in the

interests of this "deluded family"

31500:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,728

To treat kindly the future Mrs

Collins?

316

00:21:45,780 --> 00:21:48,852Our survival,as you so assiduously remind me, my

dear,

31700:21:48,900 --> 00:21:52,575at frequent intervals, depends on

Mr Collins thinking of us with

affection.

31800:21:52,620 --> 00:21:55,373

I'm not really going to

have to marry Collins, am I?

319

00:21:56,860 --> 00:21:58,578

Oh, God, I am.

320

00:21:59,980 --> 00:22:02,972I'm bewitched.


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I no longer have possession of my

soul.

32100:22:03,020 --> 00:22:05,295

You mus

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