1 00:02:29,314 --> 00:02:32,358 [ Narrator ] ln a time when one's town was one's world... 2 00:02:32,442 --> 00:02:35,445 and the actions at a dance excited greater interest... 3 00:02:35,487 --> 00:02:37,864 than the movement of armies, 4 00:02:37,947 --> 00:02:43,495 there lived a young woman who knew how this world should be run. 5 00:02:43,578 --> 00:02:46,873 The most beautiful thing in the world is a match well made... 6 00:02:46,956 --> 00:02:49,084 and a happy marriage to you both. 7 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:53,755 Thank you, Emma. Your painting grows more accomplished every day. 8 00:02:53,797 --> 00:02:56,132 You are very kind, but it would be all the better... 9 00:02:56,216 --> 00:02:58,968 if I practiced my drawing more as you urged me. 10 00:02:59,052 --> 00:03:00,970 It's very beautiful. 11 00:03:01,054 --> 00:03:02,722 I should never take side against you, Miss Woodhouse, 12 00:03:02,806 --> 00:03:04,724 but your friend is right. 13 00:03:04,808 --> 00:03:07,185 It is indeed a job well done. 14 00:03:07,268 --> 00:03:11,022 A job well done, Mr. Elton, was yours in performing the ceremony. 15 00:03:11,105 --> 00:03:14,192 Must the church be so drafty, Mr. Elton ? 16 00:03:14,275 --> 00:03:16,528 It is very difficult to surrender the soul... 17 00:03:16,611 --> 00:03:18,780 when one is worried about one's throat. 18 00:03:18,822 --> 00:03:21,950 Perhaps some tea and cake would revive you, Mr. Woodhouse ? 19 00:03:21,991 --> 00:03:25,829 Miss Taylor, surely you're not serving cake at your wedding ? 20 00:03:25,912 --> 00:03:30,250 Far too rich. You put us all at peril. And I am not alone in feeling so. 21 00:03:30,333 --> 00:03:33,211 Where is Mr. Perry, the apothecary ? He will support me. 22 00:03:33,294 --> 00:03:36,881 He is over there, Mr. Woodhouse, having some cake. 23 00:03:36,965 --> 00:03:40,009 What ? 24 00:03:40,093 --> 00:03:43,805 I have to take Father home. But dear Miss Taylor-- 25 00:03:43,888 --> 00:03:45,849 Oh, no ! 26 00:03:45,890 --> 00:03:50,728 You are "Dear Miss Taylor" no more ! You are dear Mrs. Weston now. 27 00:03:50,812 --> 00:03:53,815 And how happy this must make you. 28 00:03:53,857 --> 00:03:56,734 Such happiness this brings to all of us. 29 00:03:56,818 --> 00:03:58,736 My dear Emma ! 30 00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:13,418 [ Woodhouse ] Poor Miss Taylor. She was so happy here. 31 00:04:13,501 --> 00:04:17,589 Why should she give up being your governess only to be married ? 32 00:04:18,715 --> 00:04:20,717 I am grown now. 33 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,970 She cannot put up with my ill humors forever. 34 00:04:24,053 --> 00:04:27,390 - She must wish for children of her own. - You have no ill humors. 35 00:04:27,473 --> 00:04:30,602 Your own mother, God rest her, 36 00:04:30,685 --> 00:04:32,937 could be no more real than Miss Taylor. 37 00:04:33,021 --> 00:04:36,983 Can she truly wish to give life to a mewling infant... 38 00:04:37,066 --> 00:04:40,820 who will import disease each time it enters the house ? 39 00:04:40,903 --> 00:04:45,908 No ! I said poor Miss Taylor and poor, indeed, she is. 40 00:04:45,992 --> 00:04:50,621 [ Man ] As an old friend of the family I had to ask as soon as I got back: 41 00:04:50,705 --> 00:04:53,041 Who cried the most at the wedding ? 42 00:04:53,082 --> 00:04:55,293 [ Chuckling ] 43 00:04:55,376 --> 00:04:58,838 And how is my sister ? ls your brother giving her the respect... 44 00:04:58,921 --> 00:05:01,299 we Woodhouse ladies deserve ? 45 00:05:01,382 --> 00:05:05,053 Poor lsabella. She was the first to leave me. 46 00:05:05,136 --> 00:05:08,431 No doubt, that is where Miss Taylor got the notion to go. 47 00:05:08,514 --> 00:05:11,017 Don't be too hard on Miss Taylor. 48 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,895 It must be easier for her to have only one to please than two. 49 00:05:13,936 --> 00:05:16,939 Especially when one of us is such a troublesome creature. 50 00:05:16,981 --> 00:05:20,401 - Yes, I am... most troublesome. - [ Giggles ] 51 00:05:20,443 --> 00:05:24,155 Dear Papa, I could never mean you. 52 00:05:24,238 --> 00:05:27,408 Mr. Knightley loves to find fault with me, that's all. 53 00:05:27,492 --> 00:05:29,452 It's his idea of a joke. 54 00:05:29,535 --> 00:05:32,372 I'm practically a brother to you, Emma. 55 00:05:32,455 --> 00:05:35,166 Is it not a brother's job to find fault with his sister ? 56 00:05:35,249 --> 00:05:37,210 But where is the fault with you ? 57 00:05:37,293 --> 00:05:41,589 Emma bears it well. But she is most sorry to lose Miss Taylor. 58 00:05:41,631 --> 00:05:44,675 We would not like Emma so well as we do if she did not miss her friend. 59 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:46,594 Thank you. 60 00:05:46,636 --> 00:05:49,222 I shall miss her so. 61 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:51,724 I do not know what I shall do without her. 62 00:05:51,808 --> 00:05:54,227 - She's not far. - Almost half a mile ! 63 00:05:54,310 --> 00:05:56,437 Her obligations are there now. 64 00:05:56,521 --> 00:05:59,357 She cannot sit and talk with me in the old way, 65 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,069 or walk with me, or urge me to better myself. 66 00:06:03,152 --> 00:06:06,656 That should not matter as you always did just as you pleased. 67 00:06:06,739 --> 00:06:10,451 Yes. But I shall miss her urging me. 68 00:06:10,535 --> 00:06:14,247 She was as selfless a friend as I have ever had. 69 00:06:14,330 --> 00:06:16,749 I hope to say someday I have done half as much for someone... 70 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:18,751 as Mrs. Weston did for me. 71 00:06:18,835 --> 00:06:21,546 You must be happy that she settled so well. 72 00:06:21,629 --> 00:06:23,047 [ Emma ] lndeed ! 73 00:06:23,131 --> 00:06:26,384 One matter of joy in this is that I made the match myself. 74 00:06:26,467 --> 00:06:28,636 People said Mr. Weston would never marry again. 75 00:06:28,678 --> 00:06:30,930 - And what a triumph. - Triumph ? 76 00:06:31,013 --> 00:06:34,559 - You made a lucky guess. - Have you never known the triumph of a lucky guess ? 77 00:06:34,642 --> 00:06:36,561 Had I not promoted Mr. Weston's visits... 78 00:06:36,644 --> 00:06:38,813 and given encouragement where encouragement was needed, 79 00:06:38,855 --> 00:06:41,148 we might not have had a wedding today. 80 00:06:41,190 --> 00:06:44,527 Then please, my dear, encourage no one else. 81 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:47,154 Marriage is so disrupting to one's social circle. 82 00:06:47,238 --> 00:06:49,198 Only one more, Papa. 83 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,951 When Mr. Elton joined their hands today, 84 00:06:52,034 --> 00:06:56,038 he looked very much as if he would like the same kind office performed for him. 85 00:06:56,122 --> 00:06:57,623 [ Sighs ] 86 00:06:57,707 --> 00:07:01,127 Invite him for dinner. That is kindness enough. 87 00:07:01,210 --> 00:07:05,756 Mr. Elton is a man of 26. He knows how to take care of himself. 88 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:09,135 One does not like to generalize about so many people all at once, Mr. Knightley, 89 00:07:09,218 --> 00:07:12,096 but you may be sure that men know nothing about their hearts... 90 00:07:12,179 --> 00:07:15,516 whether they be six and twenty or six and eighty. 91 00:07:15,558 --> 00:07:17,560 Excepting you, of course, Father. 92 00:07:17,602 --> 00:07:20,021 [ Chuckles ] 93 00:07:20,104 --> 00:07:22,565 No. 94 00:07:22,648 --> 00:07:26,193 Mr. Elton will be the next person to benefit from my help. 95 00:07:26,277 --> 00:07:28,696 [ Knightley ] Poor Miss Taylor, indeed ! 96 00:07:28,738 --> 00:07:31,365 It is Mr. Elton who deserves our pity. 97 00:07:31,449 --> 00:07:33,576 [ Chuckling ] 98 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:39,624 [ Emma ] Mr. Elton ! 99 00:07:41,334 --> 00:07:43,294 Welcome to our party. 100 00:07:43,377 --> 00:07:45,880 Miss Woodhouse, thank you indeed for including me. 101 00:07:45,963 --> 00:07:50,092 A party is a party. But a party on a summer's eve, mmm ! 102 00:07:50,176 --> 00:07:52,928 It relieves my mind very much that you are here. 103 00:07:53,012 --> 00:07:57,016 For there is someone new in our group. Her name is Harriet Smith. 104 00:07:57,099 --> 00:07:59,935 And she is a former pupil of Mrs. Goddard's. 105 00:08:00,019 --> 00:08:02,188 I had never met Miss Smith before this evening... 106 00:08:02,271 --> 00:08:04,815 and I'm already struck by her charm. 107 00:08:04,899 --> 00:08:07,693 I wondered if I might ask you... 108 00:08:07,777 --> 00:08:11,155 to make certain she is at ease throughout the evening. 109 00:08:11,238 --> 00:08:14,367 If helping Miss Smith would help Miss Woodhouse, 110 00:08:14,450 --> 00:08:16,744 then I'm happy to be of service. 111 00:08:16,827 --> 00:08:19,080 Come. I shall make the introduction. 112 00:08:19,121 --> 00:08:21,415 Miss Woodhouse, we come quite overpowered. 113 00:08:21,499 --> 00:08:25,586 Oh, Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates. So happy you could come. 114 00:08:25,628 --> 00:08:27,671 [ Miss Bates ] No ! We are the happy ones. 115 00:08:27,755 --> 00:08:30,257 W-Well, how do you do, Mr. Elton ? 116 00:08:30,341 --> 00:08:33,344 We are the happy ones, not only to be here tonight, 117 00:08:33,427 --> 00:08:36,097 but for the beautiful hindquarter of pork you sent us. 118 00:08:36,138 --> 00:08:40,351 It has been heaven itself. What a happy porker it must have come from ! 119 00:08:40,434 --> 00:08:43,771 We're so obliged for your sending it to us. 120 00:08:43,813 --> 00:08:46,607 Pork ! And we're so obliged for your having us tonight. 121 00:08:46,690 --> 00:08:50,444 Very much indeed. I was just saying to Mother, we should be obliged and indeed we are. 122 00:08:50,528 --> 00:08:53,697 Oh, doesn't your hair look pretty ? Just like an angel. 123 00:08:53,781 --> 00:08:56,242 Angel, Mother ! 124 00:08:56,325 --> 00:08:59,620 Oh, speaking of angels, Mr. Elton, 125 00:08:59,703 --> 00:09:02,706 your sermon on Daniel in the lion's den was so inspiring. 126 00:09:02,790 --> 00:09:07,962 So powerful in all its particulars. It left us speechless. 127 00:09:08,003 --> 00:09:12,508 Quite speechless, I tell you. We have not stopped talking of it since. 128 00:09:12,591 --> 00:09:14,802 Isn't this a lovely party ? 129 00:09:14,885 --> 00:09:18,430 Lovely ! Lovely ! Lovely ! 130 00:09:18,514 --> 00:09:21,976 Where will you live now that you've completed your education ? 131 00:09:22,059 --> 00:09:24,937 Mrs. Goddard has been kind enough to let me stay on with her. 132 00:09:25,020 --> 00:09:28,816 - She's a great help to me. If you'll excuse me. - [ Woodhouse ] Mrs. Goddard. 133 00:09:28,899 --> 00:09:33,612 - Mr. Knightley. - Ah, Emma. I wondered where you were. 134 00:09:33,696 --> 00:09:38,159 But now I see you've been hard at work making Mr. Elton comfortable. 135 00:09:38,242 --> 00:09:40,286 Yes, but I've been remiss in doing the one thing... 136 00:09:40,369 --> 00:09:42,288 that shall bring him the greatest enjoyment. 137 00:09:42,371 --> 00:09:44,498 [ Emma ] Mr. Elton. 138 00:09:44,540 --> 00:09:48,127 May I present Miss Smith ? 139 00:09:52,047 --> 00:09:55,050 Any friend of Miss Woodhouse is-- 140 00:10:03,726 --> 00:10:07,187 Mr. Weston, have you had any news of your son ? 141 00:10:07,271 --> 00:10:09,106 Oh, indeed. 142 00:10:09,189 --> 00:10:12,943 Miss Smith, I was married many years ago... 143 00:10:13,027 --> 00:10:15,404 to a woman whose life was lost to illness... 144 00:10:15,487 --> 00:10:19,533 just three years after the birth of our son, Frank. 145 00:10:19,617 --> 00:10:23,037 As I could not see to my business and care for the infant, 146 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,206 I allowed him to be brought up by my wife's brother... 147 00:10:26,290 --> 00:10:28,208 and his wife, the Churchills. 148 00:10:28,292 --> 00:10:31,003 He lives in London now, a young man, 149 00:10:31,086 --> 00:10:33,005 and has never been here. 150 00:10:33,088 --> 00:10:36,800 His aunt is not well and she does not care to be without him. 151 00:10:36,884 --> 00:10:40,012 His coming would be the final blessing for our marriage. 152 00:10:40,095 --> 00:10:43,098 How lucky to have been twice blessed in marriage. 153 00:10:43,182 --> 00:10:45,851 It has been my belief that one loves only once. 154 00:10:45,934 --> 00:10:48,562 I'm happy to be wrong. 155 00:10:48,646 --> 00:10:51,231 [ Weston ] Not so happy as l, Miss Smith. 156 00:10:51,315 --> 00:10:55,235 I had the most pleasing letter from him on the occasion of our marriage. 157 00:10:55,319 --> 00:10:57,571 I have it here if anyone would care to see it. 158 00:10:57,613 --> 00:11:02,201 A most charming and kindly letter. Don't you think so, Mother ? 159 00:11:02,284 --> 00:11:05,204 Have, have you ever read such a letter, Mr. Knightley ? 160 00:11:05,287 --> 00:11:07,956 Do you know, this... this reminds me of Jane's style somewhat. 161 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,417 It's a very delicate style which is more usual in a woman, 162 00:11:10,501 --> 00:11:12,461 but a good sign in a man, I think. 163 00:11:12,503 --> 00:11:14,546 Nicely expressed. 164 00:11:16,131 --> 00:11:20,386 But it sounds as though he eats a worrisome amount of custard. 165 00:11:20,469 --> 00:11:23,514 It's not merely the feeling in it. 166 00:11:23,597 --> 00:11:26,392 The penmanship is so confident. 167 00:11:26,475 --> 00:11:29,728 -Isn't Miss Smith delightful ? -I watched her with continuous pleasure. 168 00:11:29,812 --> 00:11:34,316 She is uncertain in these surroundings, yet I thought perhaps... 169 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:39,238 I could be of service to her, undertake her introduction into Highbury society. 170 00:11:39,321 --> 00:11:41,448 I could never presume to guide her as you did me. 171 00:11:41,532 --> 00:11:42,950 Oh ! 172 00:11:43,033 --> 00:11:45,452 But I might be able to share a little of what I know. 173 00:11:45,494 --> 00:11:47,704 She could ask for nothing better. 174 00:11:47,788 --> 00:11:50,749 Come, Mr. Weston, I must write to your son. 175 00:11:52,209 --> 00:11:54,795 Good night, Mr. Woodhouse. 176 00:11:54,878 --> 00:11:56,797 [ Weston ] Good night, Mr. Woodhouse. 177 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,133 Good night, Emma. Thank you for a wonderful dinner. 178 00:11:59,216 --> 00:12:04,721 - Good night, Miss Taylor. - Good night, Mrs. Weston, Mr. Weston. 179 00:12:04,805 --> 00:12:06,849 [ Weston ] Good night. 180 00:12:06,932 --> 00:12:10,894 Poor Miss Taylor. She so obviously wanted to stay. 181 00:12:14,273 --> 00:12:18,444 How interesting, Miss Smith. And what kind of people are your parents ? 182 00:12:18,527 --> 00:12:20,487 I do not know. 183 00:12:20,529 --> 00:12:25,200 Mrs. Goddard has said that I cannot know them and so I have left it at that. 184 00:12:25,284 --> 00:12:28,662 Because of her attentions over the years, Mrs. Goddard has been my true guardian. 185 00:12:28,704 --> 00:12:31,832 [ Gasps ] Hurry along, dear. It's Miss Bates coming. 186 00:12:31,915 --> 00:12:34,126 [ Emma ] As it is Tuesday... 187 00:12:34,209 --> 00:12:36,503 she will have a letter from her niece Jane Fairfax, 188 00:12:36,587 --> 00:12:38,547 and she will want to read us every word. 189 00:12:38,589 --> 00:12:42,676 - Oh, I do not know Miss Fairfax. - There's not much to be said for her. 190 00:12:42,718 --> 00:12:45,179 When pressed, I say she is elegant. 191 00:12:45,262 --> 00:12:47,347 [ Miss Bates Giggles ] 192 00:12:47,431 --> 00:12:50,893 [ Miss Bates Chatting ] 193 00:12:50,934 --> 00:12:55,022 [ Harriet ] Besides you and Mrs. Goddard, 194 00:12:55,063 --> 00:12:59,067 the only other people I know here are the Martins of Abbey Mill Farm. 195 00:12:59,151 --> 00:13:04,364 Mrs. Martin had two parlors and an upper maid and eight cows ! 196 00:13:04,448 --> 00:13:08,619 Mr. Martin used to cut fresh flowers every day. [ Gasps ] 197 00:13:08,702 --> 00:13:12,581 [ Emma ] How lucky for Mrs. Martin to have such an agreeable husband ! 198 00:13:12,664 --> 00:13:17,419 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, Mr. Martin is not her husband. He is her son. 199 00:13:17,502 --> 00:13:20,964 Ahh ! I see. 200 00:13:21,048 --> 00:13:24,343 And he is... 201 00:13:24,426 --> 00:13:26,553 unmarried. 202 00:13:26,595 --> 00:13:29,014 Mmm. Though I cannot understand why. 203 00:13:29,097 --> 00:13:32,309 He seems perfect in every particular. 204 00:13:32,392 --> 00:13:35,562 He brought me walnuts once, and went three miles to get them... 205 00:13:35,646 --> 00:13:38,315 just because he heard me say I liked them. 206 00:13:38,398 --> 00:13:40,859 Wasn't that kind ? [ Gasps ] 207 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:47,866 [ Emma ] Tell me more about Mr. Martin. Is he a man of information ? 208 00:13:47,950 --> 00:13:51,411 [ Harriet ] Oh, yes. He reads the agricultural reports. 209 00:13:51,495 --> 00:13:55,415 And I recommended he read The Romance of the Forest, and he said he would. 210 00:13:55,499 --> 00:13:57,584 And what sort of looking man is he ? 211 00:13:57,626 --> 00:14:01,046 Mmm. I thought him very plain at first, 212 00:14:01,129 --> 00:14:03,340 but I do not think so now. 213 00:14:03,423 --> 00:14:05,342 Have you never seen him when he is in town ? 214 00:14:05,425 --> 00:14:07,052 A family like the Martins... 215 00:14:07,135 --> 00:14:09,596 are precisely the sort of people with whom I have nothing to do. 216 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,849 A degree or two lower, and I might be useful to their families. 217 00:14:12,933 --> 00:14:14,893 But a farmer needs none of my help... 218 00:14:14,976 --> 00:14:18,522 and is therefore as much above my notice as he is below it. 219 00:14:18,605 --> 00:14:21,566 - In fact-- - Miss Woodhouse, there he is now ! 220 00:14:26,071 --> 00:14:29,074 - How do I look ? - Fine, dear. 221 00:14:29,157 --> 00:14:31,451 Good enough I'm sure for Mr. Martin. 222 00:14:31,535 --> 00:14:34,204 Good day. This is a bit of a chance, isn't it ? 223 00:14:34,287 --> 00:14:37,457 Good day, Mr. Martin. Miss Woodhouse, may I present Mr. Martin ? 224 00:14:37,541 --> 00:14:41,586 - This is Miss Woodhouse. - Good day. How do you do ? 225 00:14:41,670 --> 00:14:45,799 Oh. Were you able to find The Romance of the Forest ? 226 00:14:45,882 --> 00:14:48,802 Oh, blast ! I forgot. 227 00:14:48,885 --> 00:14:51,012 But I go again tomorrow, 228 00:14:51,096 --> 00:14:54,725 and I will make every effort to get that thought into my head. 229 00:14:54,808 --> 00:14:56,726 How's your mother ? 230 00:14:56,810 --> 00:14:59,604 [ Thinking ] Really, Harriet, we can do better than this. 231 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,817 [ Emma ] lf you pull this way, dear, 232 00:15:03,859 --> 00:15:06,528 you'll find it makes a neater stitch. 233 00:15:09,156 --> 00:15:11,450 Of course ! 234 00:15:12,868 --> 00:15:17,330 May I ask what you thought of my friend, Robert Martin ? 235 00:15:17,414 --> 00:15:19,458 Well, dear, 236 00:15:19,541 --> 00:15:22,544 I imagined him a degree nearer gentility. 237 00:15:24,337 --> 00:15:28,008 True. He's not so genteel as Mr. Knightley, but-- 238 00:15:28,091 --> 00:15:29,509 No ! 239 00:15:29,593 --> 00:15:32,220 Not one in a hundred men has "gentleman"... 240 00:15:32,304 --> 00:15:35,223 so plainly written across him as Mr. Knightley. 241 00:15:35,307 --> 00:15:40,812 But let us judge him next to another man. Oh, say... Mr. Elton. 242 00:15:40,896 --> 00:15:43,064 Mr. Elton is a fine man. 243 00:15:43,148 --> 00:15:45,859 Thoughtful in ways Mr. Martin can never be. 244 00:15:45,942 --> 00:15:48,862 Miss Woodhouse, whatever his faults, Mr. Martin is thoughtful. 245 00:15:48,945 --> 00:15:50,655 I see. 246 00:15:50,739 --> 00:15:55,368 Did he take your advice and get the book you asked him to read ? 247 00:15:57,370 --> 00:15:59,706 Um-- 248 00:15:59,748 --> 00:16:03,043 Well... no. 249 00:16:03,084 --> 00:16:05,420 Yes. 250 00:16:05,503 --> 00:16:07,505 Yes ! 251 00:16:07,589 --> 00:16:10,008 I wonder that he did not remember it. 252 00:16:10,091 --> 00:16:12,469 Oh, well. 253 00:16:14,596 --> 00:16:19,226 Mr. Elton said something very kind about you the other day. 254 00:16:20,769 --> 00:16:22,896 - Can you not tell me what it was ? - Oh ! 255 00:16:22,938 --> 00:16:27,108 It is not my place to intrude in personal matters. 256 00:16:34,908 --> 00:16:39,704 But, as your friend, I could make an exception if you wish. 257 00:16:48,630 --> 00:16:51,299 [ Elton ] Miss Smith was always a beautiful creature. 258 00:16:51,383 --> 00:16:54,594 But the attractions you have added are far superior. 259 00:16:54,678 --> 00:16:57,013 Oh, I have done very little. 260 00:16:57,097 --> 00:16:59,474 If it were admissible to contradict a lady-- 261 00:16:59,557 --> 00:17:02,769 I cannot take credit for her beauty, nor her sweetness, nor-- 262 00:17:02,811 --> 00:17:07,107 An idea has just dropped into my mind, surely from heaven itself. 263 00:17:07,148 --> 00:17:09,859 What if you were to exercise your artistic talents... 264 00:17:09,943 --> 00:17:12,278 and draw a portrait of Miss Smith ? 265 00:17:12,362 --> 00:17:14,572 How I would love to watch you draw her. 266 00:17:14,656 --> 00:17:17,200 Mr. Elton, my skills are slender indeed, 267 00:17:17,283 --> 00:17:19,953 and we must not forget how shy Miss Smith is. 268 00:17:19,995 --> 00:17:21,454 Oh. 269 00:17:21,496 --> 00:17:25,458 Do you think it would help if I asked her to pose ? 270 00:17:36,845 --> 00:17:39,139 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, may I look, please ? 271 00:17:39,222 --> 00:17:41,975 I cannot wait another second. 272 00:17:46,688 --> 00:17:49,190 Incredible. 273 00:17:49,274 --> 00:17:53,027 You have expressed her completely. 274 00:17:53,111 --> 00:17:55,113 Mr. Elton, really ! 275 00:17:55,196 --> 00:17:57,365 You exaggerate. 276 00:17:57,449 --> 00:18:00,869 [ Elton ] lndeed, I do not. Nor cannot. 277 00:18:00,952 --> 00:18:03,329 The reason I have not done a portrait in so long... 278 00:18:03,413 --> 00:18:05,665 is because the spouse always complains. 279 00:18:05,749 --> 00:18:10,336 As there are no husbands or wives here, I trust I may proceed safely. 280 00:18:11,838 --> 00:18:16,801 No husbands or wives... at present, Miss Woodhouse. 281 00:18:24,392 --> 00:18:27,187 You've made her too tall. 282 00:18:29,063 --> 00:18:33,860 It... may not be Miss Smith's height in terms of measurement, 283 00:18:33,902 --> 00:18:36,654 but it is surely the height of her character. 284 00:18:42,118 --> 00:18:45,580 My dear, I would paint a shawl on her... 285 00:18:45,663 --> 00:18:50,126 as one can't help feeling that she will catch cold. 286 00:18:50,210 --> 00:18:53,421 Otherwise, it is quite splendid. 287 00:18:53,505 --> 00:18:55,882 It only wants a suitable frame. 288 00:18:55,924 --> 00:18:58,468 We will have to get it to London. 289 00:18:58,551 --> 00:19:01,846 Might I be entrusted with such a commission ? 290 00:19:01,930 --> 00:19:05,141 I would be gratified more than words can express. 291 00:19:08,102 --> 00:19:12,732 [ People Chatting, Cows Mooing, Sheep Bleating ] 292 00:19:14,859 --> 00:19:17,237 [ Tapping ] 293 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:33,878 He wants to marry me ! Would you mind reading this ? 294 00:19:33,962 --> 00:19:37,757 Certainly not ! I cannot believe Mr. Elton proposed ! 295 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,928 - He surely is-- - Not Mr. Elton. Mr. Martin, my friend ! 296 00:19:47,016 --> 00:19:51,437 Is it a good letter or too... short ? 297 00:19:51,479 --> 00:19:53,523 It is a good letter ! 298 00:19:53,606 --> 00:19:56,442 One of his sisters must have helped him. 299 00:19:56,484 --> 00:19:59,445 Yet, it is not in the style of a woman. 300 00:19:59,487 --> 00:20:03,282 Well, it is a good letter, and you must answer it immediately. 301 00:20:03,324 --> 00:20:06,119 He must have his disappointment and move on. 302 00:20:07,203 --> 00:20:10,123 Well, you think I should refuse him ? 303 00:20:10,164 --> 00:20:13,668 You did not plan to return an answer favorable to this claim ? 304 00:20:13,751 --> 00:20:16,045 No, I did not. 305 00:20:16,129 --> 00:20:19,007 That is, I did not mean-- 306 00:20:19,090 --> 00:20:23,094 Um, well... I was not sure. That is why I came to you. 307 00:20:23,177 --> 00:20:26,472 - It's not my place to intrude ! - I depend so on what you think. 308 00:20:26,514 --> 00:20:29,767 I would not advise you for the world ! 309 00:20:31,644 --> 00:20:35,523 If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person you know, or may ever know, 310 00:20:35,606 --> 00:20:38,651 if you think him the most agreeable man you have ever been... 311 00:20:38,735 --> 00:20:42,947 or ever will be in company with, then why should you hesitate ? 312 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:50,663 But if you'll not influence me, I must do as well as I can by myself. 313 00:20:50,705 --> 00:20:52,665 So-- 314 00:20:54,709 --> 00:20:57,712 Well, I am determined to. 315 00:20:57,754 --> 00:21:01,841 And I have really almost made up my mind to... 316 00:21:03,968 --> 00:21:07,472 refuse Mr. Martin ? 317 00:21:07,555 --> 00:21:09,932 Oh, do you think that's right or wrong ? ls it wrong ? 318 00:21:10,016 --> 00:21:13,978 Now that you have decided, I will share the feelings I kept you in suspense of. 319 00:21:14,061 --> 00:21:16,314 I think you are perfectly right. 320 00:21:16,397 --> 00:21:18,941 Yes. But-- 321 00:21:19,025 --> 00:21:21,819 Oh, dear, it will make his mother and sisters most unhappy. 322 00:21:21,903 --> 00:21:24,071 Let us think of other mothers and sisters... 323 00:21:24,155 --> 00:21:26,783 who may be more cheerfully employed at this moment. 324 00:21:26,866 --> 00:21:30,578 I believe Mr. Elton is showing your picture to his mother and sisters... 325 00:21:30,661 --> 00:21:35,374 telling them how the subject is more beautiful than the portrait. 326 00:21:35,458 --> 00:21:39,337 If he shows it, I am sure it is only to praise your artistry. 327 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:42,840 If you are sure, then you are surely wrong. 328 00:21:42,924 --> 00:21:46,093 By showing it to them, he is revealing his deeper intentions... 329 00:21:46,177 --> 00:21:49,847 which may produce a letter of his own. 330 00:21:51,015 --> 00:21:52,934 Oh ! 331 00:21:57,188 --> 00:21:59,357 [ Knightley ] Very well, I admit it. 332 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,735 You have improved Harriet Smith. 333 00:22:02,777 --> 00:22:06,113 I hope you're not the only man to have noticed. 334 00:22:06,197 --> 00:22:08,407 I'm not. 335 00:22:08,449 --> 00:22:11,953 I believe your friend will soon hear something serious. 336 00:22:12,036 --> 00:22:13,538 Something to her advantage. 337 00:22:13,579 --> 00:22:15,581 Who makes you his confidant ? 338 00:22:15,623 --> 00:22:17,792 I have reason to believe that Harriet Smith will soon receive... 339 00:22:17,875 --> 00:22:22,088 an offer of marriage from a man desperately in love with her. 340 00:22:22,171 --> 00:22:24,257 Robert Martin. 341 00:22:25,716 --> 00:22:28,594 He came here two evenings ago to consult about it. 342 00:22:28,636 --> 00:22:31,264 He's a tenant, you know, and a good friend. 343 00:22:31,347 --> 00:22:35,017 He asked whether it would be imprudent of him to settle so early. 344 00:22:35,101 --> 00:22:38,271 Whether she was too young or whether he was beneath her. 345 00:22:38,312 --> 00:22:41,691 Better questions for Mr. Martin I could not have chosen myself. 346 00:22:43,442 --> 00:22:47,363 I never hear better sense from anyone than from Robert Martin. 347 00:22:47,446 --> 00:22:50,574 He proved he could afford to marry, 348 00:22:50,616 --> 00:22:53,953 and I said he could not do better. 349 00:22:53,995 --> 00:22:56,706 No, indeed, he could not. 350 00:22:57,999 --> 00:23:02,461 Come. I will tell you something in return. 351 00:23:02,503 --> 00:23:05,089 - He wrote to Harriet yesterday. - Oh, yes ? 352 00:23:05,172 --> 00:23:08,801 Yes. He was refused. 353 00:23:08,843 --> 00:23:11,304 I'm not sure I understand. 354 00:23:11,345 --> 00:23:14,056 He asked and she refused. 355 00:23:15,725 --> 00:23:18,769 Then she is a greater simpleton than I believed. 356 00:23:18,853 --> 00:23:21,981 The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man... 357 00:23:22,064 --> 00:23:24,483 is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage. 358 00:23:24,525 --> 00:23:27,028 I do not comprehend it because it is madness. 359 00:23:27,111 --> 00:23:31,490 - I hope you're wrong ! - I could not be. I saw her answer. 360 00:23:31,574 --> 00:23:33,701 You saw her answer ? 361 00:23:33,784 --> 00:23:36,078 Emma. 362 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:40,374 You wrote her answer, didn't you ? 363 00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:42,835 If I did, I would have done no wrong. 364 00:23:42,918 --> 00:23:45,212 He is not Harriet's equal. 365 00:23:45,296 --> 00:23:47,506 - I agree, he is not her equal. - Good. 366 00:23:47,548 --> 00:23:51,177 He is her superior in sense and situation. 367 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:55,431 What are Harriet Smith's claims of birth or education... 368 00:23:55,514 --> 00:23:57,892 that make her higher than Robert Martin ? 369 00:23:57,975 --> 00:24:01,562 She is the natural daughter of nobody knows whom. 370 00:24:01,645 --> 00:24:05,900 The advantage of the match was entirely on her side. 371 00:24:05,983 --> 00:24:08,360 What ? A farmer ? 372 00:24:08,402 --> 00:24:11,697 Even with all his merit, a match for my dear friend ? 373 00:24:11,781 --> 00:24:14,116 It would be a degradation for her to marry a person... 374 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,410 whom I could not admit as my own acquaintance. 375 00:24:16,494 --> 00:24:19,997 A degradation ? For illegitimacy and ignorance... 376 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,500 to marry to a respected, intelligent farmer ? 377 00:24:22,583 --> 00:24:24,919 She is a gentleman's daughter. 378 00:24:25,002 --> 00:24:29,173 Whoever her parents, they made no plans to introduce her into good society. 379 00:24:29,256 --> 00:24:33,677 She was left with Mrs. Goddard for an indifferent education. 380 00:24:33,761 --> 00:24:37,181 Her friends evidently thought this was good enough for her, and it was. 381 00:24:37,264 --> 00:24:40,059 And she thought so too until you began to puff her up ! 382 00:24:41,644 --> 00:24:46,232 Vanity working on a weak mind produces every kind of mischief. 383 00:24:46,315 --> 00:24:48,234 Hmm. You dismiss her beauty and good nature. 384 00:24:48,317 --> 00:24:51,111 Yet I would be very much mistaken if your sex in general... 385 00:24:51,195 --> 00:24:54,114 does not think those claims the highest a woman could possess. 386 00:24:54,198 --> 00:24:56,867 Men of sense, whatever you may say, 387 00:24:56,909 --> 00:24:59,411 do not want silly wives. 388 00:25:02,456 --> 00:25:04,500 Upon my word, Emma, 389 00:25:04,583 --> 00:25:08,045 better be without sense than misapply it as you do. 390 00:25:10,965 --> 00:25:13,592 [ Whimpers ] 391 00:25:13,676 --> 00:25:16,720 Try not to kill my dogs. 392 00:25:16,762 --> 00:25:20,099 We see so differently on this point that there can be no use canvassing it. 393 00:25:20,182 --> 00:25:23,227 We shall only make each other angry ! 394 00:25:23,310 --> 00:25:26,105 Ah, I see the tea is ready. 395 00:25:26,146 --> 00:25:28,732 Let's stop and have some. 396 00:25:38,784 --> 00:25:42,663 Clearly, Emma, you have someone else in mind for your friend. 397 00:25:42,746 --> 00:25:46,083 But if the gentleman you dream of is Mr. Elton, 398 00:25:46,166 --> 00:25:48,794 your labor is in vain. 399 00:25:48,836 --> 00:25:52,965 As vicar, Elton is unlikely to make an imprudent match, 400 00:25:53,007 --> 00:25:56,468 especially to a girl of obscurity who may bring him disgrace. 401 00:25:58,053 --> 00:26:00,639 In unreserved moments, when only men are present, 402 00:26:00,681 --> 00:26:04,601 I have heard him speak of a large family of young ladies from Bath... 403 00:26:04,685 --> 00:26:08,856 who all have 20,000 pounds apiece. 404 00:26:08,939 --> 00:26:13,444 Believe me when I tell you that he may talk sentimentally, 405 00:26:13,527 --> 00:26:17,114 but he will act rationally. 406 00:26:17,197 --> 00:26:19,199 If I had my heart set on Mr. Elton, 407 00:26:19,283 --> 00:26:22,536 then your opening my eyes would have been a kind service. 408 00:26:22,619 --> 00:26:26,623 - But I care only to watch her grow. - No more, please ! No more. 409 00:26:32,463 --> 00:26:35,299 [ Applause ] 410 00:26:42,222 --> 00:26:44,058 Bravo. 411 00:26:44,141 --> 00:26:46,518 Thank you, Charles. 412 00:26:48,437 --> 00:26:50,397 - Mr. Elton. - Hmm ? 413 00:26:50,481 --> 00:26:52,858 Harriet is collecting riddles for a little book, 414 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:55,319 and we knew you would come up with something cunning. 415 00:26:55,402 --> 00:26:58,197 No, no, no. I'm not nearly clever enough. 416 00:26:58,238 --> 00:27:00,699 Emma, you didn't ask me to contribute a riddle. 417 00:27:00,741 --> 00:27:05,579 Your entire personality is a riddle. I thought you overqualified. 418 00:27:05,662 --> 00:27:07,706 [ Chuckling ] 419 00:27:13,712 --> 00:27:16,173 - Whoa. Stand. - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse. 420 00:27:16,215 --> 00:27:18,217 Morning, Peter. 421 00:27:23,055 --> 00:27:25,307 This just came from Mr. Elton. 422 00:27:25,390 --> 00:27:27,726 He claims it is a riddle for your collection, 423 00:27:27,768 --> 00:27:29,895 but I think it is much better ! 424 00:27:39,822 --> 00:27:43,325 - Is it about sharks ? - For heaven's sake, why would he write a riddle about sharks ? 425 00:27:43,408 --> 00:27:45,828 Oh, please, I'm in a tremor. Tell me what it means. 426 00:27:45,911 --> 00:27:48,914 We shall read it aloud so that we may decipher it. 427 00:27:48,997 --> 00:27:50,874 "For Miss--" 428 00:27:50,916 --> 00:27:54,127 I think we can safely put in Smith. 429 00:27:54,211 --> 00:27:58,549 Line one. "My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, 430 00:27:58,632 --> 00:28:01,468 Iords of the earth their luxury and ease." 431 00:28:02,761 --> 00:28:06,849 - A king displays his pomp in court. - Court. 432 00:28:06,932 --> 00:28:10,227 Next line. "Another view of man, my second brings; 433 00:28:10,269 --> 00:28:13,397 behold him there, the monarch of the seas !" 434 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,441 - That is ? - A mermaid ? A trident ? 435 00:28:16,525 --> 00:28:18,986 - Oh, do you think we shall ever know ? - Ship, dear. 436 00:28:19,069 --> 00:28:22,823 The thing which brings the "king of the sea" is a ship. 437 00:28:22,906 --> 00:28:26,868 Now for the cream. "But are united." 438 00:28:26,952 --> 00:28:30,080 - The two terms should be united ! - Um-- 439 00:28:30,122 --> 00:28:32,916 The ship and court-- 440 00:28:32,958 --> 00:28:35,586 Court-- 441 00:28:35,669 --> 00:28:38,714 Courtship. He writes to me about courtship ? 442 00:28:38,797 --> 00:28:42,009 Harriet, I think we can have no doubt as to Mr. Elton's intentions. 443 00:28:42,092 --> 00:28:44,094 You are his desire. 444 00:28:44,136 --> 00:28:47,598 The only thing remaining is for him to find the perfect opportunity to offer proof. 445 00:28:47,681 --> 00:28:49,808 We must find a way for the two of you to be alone. 446 00:28:49,850 --> 00:28:51,810 Let's read it again and again ! 447 00:28:51,852 --> 00:28:56,982 I only wish Mr. Knightley would walk by so that he could read it. 448 00:28:57,065 --> 00:28:58,984 [ Giggling ] 449 00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:05,949 - Good afternoon ! - Good day, Miss Woodhouse. 450 00:29:05,991 --> 00:29:09,703 Mrs. Clark, how are we ? 451 00:29:09,786 --> 00:29:13,498 - Mustn't grumble. - No better ? 452 00:29:16,793 --> 00:29:18,879 [ Mrs. Clark ] What have you brought us ? 453 00:29:18,962 --> 00:29:22,674 [ Baby Crying ] 454 00:29:31,725 --> 00:29:33,518 [ Coughing ] 455 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,480 [ Baby Crying Continues ] 456 00:29:43,945 --> 00:29:46,031 I am sorry I was not more help. 457 00:29:46,114 --> 00:29:48,867 I'm always afraid I will somehow make a sick person worse. 458 00:29:48,950 --> 00:29:50,369 Not at all ! 459 00:29:50,452 --> 00:29:53,080 [ Children Laughing ] 460 00:29:58,919 --> 00:30:02,464 [ Gasps ] Look, Harriet. Mr. Elton's house. 461 00:30:02,547 --> 00:30:07,344 [ Sighs ] Oh, pity I cannot contrive a reason for us to go in. 462 00:30:08,762 --> 00:30:12,724 I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you're not married. 463 00:30:12,808 --> 00:30:15,393 I have no inducements to marry. 464 00:30:15,477 --> 00:30:17,813 I lack neither fortune nor position, 465 00:30:17,896 --> 00:30:23,068 and never could I be so important in a man's eyes as I am in my father's. 466 00:30:23,151 --> 00:30:25,445 But to be an old maid like Miss Bates. 467 00:30:25,529 --> 00:30:27,531 She is a poor old maid, 468 00:30:27,572 --> 00:30:31,034 and it is only poverty which makes celibacy contemptible. 469 00:30:31,076 --> 00:30:35,038 A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. 470 00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:39,918 [ Gasps ] 471 00:30:41,253 --> 00:30:43,255 - Mr. Elton ! - Mr. Elton. 472 00:30:43,296 --> 00:30:46,258 Miss Woodhouse ! Miss Smith ! 473 00:30:46,299 --> 00:30:48,844 How fortunate ! 474 00:30:48,927 --> 00:30:51,388 I was just on my way to visit the Clarks. 475 00:30:51,471 --> 00:30:53,473 - We were just there. - Oh. 476 00:30:53,557 --> 00:30:55,976 Harriet was kind enough to let me join her. 477 00:30:56,059 --> 00:30:57,978 Ah, Miss Woodhouse-- 478 00:30:58,061 --> 00:31:00,313 Um, may I escort you home ? 479 00:31:00,397 --> 00:31:02,899 Indeed ! 480 00:31:07,445 --> 00:31:10,073 [ Sighs ] Harriet, 481 00:31:10,115 --> 00:31:14,244 tell Mr. Elton what you did at the Clarks. 482 00:31:14,286 --> 00:31:16,288 Oh. 483 00:31:21,877 --> 00:31:23,670 Um-- 484 00:31:26,131 --> 00:31:28,717 Well, she seemed to have the chills, so Miss Woodhouse-- 485 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,218 Watched... 486 00:31:30,302 --> 00:31:33,763 as Harriet tucked that poor lady in, 487 00:31:33,847 --> 00:31:37,350 warming her with a blanket and her kind nature. 488 00:31:39,144 --> 00:31:44,232 - Tell him about the soup, dear. - The soup ? 489 00:31:45,483 --> 00:31:48,153 - [ Cat Screeches ] - Oh ! Sorry. 490 00:31:48,236 --> 00:31:52,032 Oh, well, I couldn't really say. 491 00:31:52,115 --> 00:31:55,285 - [ Elton ] Don't be so modest. - [ Harriet ] Um, well, 492 00:31:55,327 --> 00:31:58,496 - I heated some-- - Soup ? 493 00:31:58,580 --> 00:32:01,708 - Yes, soup. - Oh, dear ! Oh ! 494 00:32:01,791 --> 00:32:04,711 My lace. Oh. 495 00:32:04,794 --> 00:32:08,590 Please have the goodness to go on and I will rejoin you as soon as I can. 496 00:32:11,468 --> 00:32:15,180 [ Harriet ] Well, after having fed her the soup, I lifted her up, 497 00:32:15,263 --> 00:32:18,808 - and carried her to the, uh-- - Chair ? 498 00:32:18,892 --> 00:32:21,311 - [ Harriet ] Fire. - The fire. 499 00:32:21,353 --> 00:32:24,022 Good afternoon. Where are you off to ? 500 00:32:24,064 --> 00:32:26,524 To town, ma'am, to get some broth. 501 00:32:28,068 --> 00:32:30,695 Would you let me walk with you ? 502 00:32:32,197 --> 00:32:35,283 Dear, must we walk so quickly ? 503 00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:38,495 - Mum said I should hurry. - Would you like to play a game ? 504 00:32:38,536 --> 00:32:41,373 - Do you mean it ? - I do. I swear I do. 505 00:32:41,456 --> 00:32:44,167 - Oh, it's too wonderful ! - I love-- 506 00:32:44,209 --> 00:32:47,670 [ Thinking ] Can this be ? The declaration ? 507 00:32:47,754 --> 00:32:51,674 I simply love... celery root ! 508 00:32:51,716 --> 00:32:53,927 [ Elton ] And what should they be serving but... 509 00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:56,846 [ Together Laughing ] celery root ! 510 00:33:03,061 --> 00:33:05,647 [ Woodhouse ] Emma, be careful ! The baby ! 511 00:33:05,730 --> 00:33:09,818 It might have an infection. 512 00:33:09,901 --> 00:33:12,737 - This may be the finest Knightley yet. - Thank you. 513 00:33:12,779 --> 00:33:15,281 You and lsabella should have brought her sooner. 514 00:33:15,365 --> 00:33:17,992 And she looks so fetching in the arms of her aunt. 515 00:33:18,076 --> 00:33:20,161 [ John ] Yes, don't they make a splendid pair ? 516 00:33:20,245 --> 00:33:22,705 [ Woodhouse ] The journey from London, how was it ? 517 00:33:22,747 --> 00:33:25,583 If you accepted adults with as little whim as you do these children, 518 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:27,585 we might always agree. 519 00:33:27,669 --> 00:33:29,838 How fascinating that any discordancy between us... 520 00:33:29,921 --> 00:33:32,465 must always arise from my being wrong. 521 00:33:32,549 --> 00:33:35,552 Not fascinating, but true. 522 00:33:35,593 --> 00:33:37,929 Perhaps it has something to do with the gap in our ages. 523 00:33:38,012 --> 00:33:40,473 I was 16 years old when you were born. 524 00:33:40,557 --> 00:33:42,976 Undoubtedly you're my superior then. 525 00:33:43,059 --> 00:33:46,020 But hasn't the lapse of 21 years closed the gap ? 526 00:33:46,104 --> 00:33:48,356 Narrowed it. 527 00:33:48,439 --> 00:33:50,942 [ Laughing ] 528 00:33:51,025 --> 00:33:55,238 Come, dear Emma, let us be friends and quarrel no more. 529 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,240 Very well. 530 00:33:57,282 --> 00:34:01,077 And might I say that we were both right as far as good intentions went. 531 00:34:01,161 --> 00:34:03,788 I only hope Mr. Martin was not too disappointed. 532 00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:06,916 Hmm. No man could be more so. 533 00:34:06,958 --> 00:34:09,127 I'm very sorry. 534 00:34:09,169 --> 00:34:13,131 Come... shake hands with me. 535 00:34:16,759 --> 00:34:19,095 - [ Charles ] Dinner is served. - [ Woodhouse ] Good. 536 00:34:19,179 --> 00:34:20,847 John. 537 00:34:22,932 --> 00:34:26,519 Sister, dear, when shall we meet your new friend, Miss Smith ? 538 00:34:26,603 --> 00:34:30,189 She will be with us on Friday at the Weston's Christmas Eve party. 539 00:34:30,273 --> 00:34:34,277 It looks as though it will be a very rewarding holiday for her. 540 00:34:50,835 --> 00:34:53,171 [ Elton ] I am so looking forward to this evening. 541 00:34:53,212 --> 00:34:56,841 A party is a party, but a Christmas party ! 542 00:35:01,846 --> 00:35:04,015 Where is Miss Smith ? 543 00:35:05,350 --> 00:35:07,644 I have some sad news. 544 00:35:07,685 --> 00:35:11,397 Miss Smith is ill and cannot be with us this evening. 545 00:35:12,982 --> 00:35:15,485 Sad loss to our party. 546 00:35:15,568 --> 00:35:19,155 She will be missed at every moment. 547 00:35:23,868 --> 00:35:28,665 However, I feel, and I hope you will concur... 548 00:35:28,706 --> 00:35:31,000 that small parties are the best. 549 00:35:31,042 --> 00:35:33,378 I would rather fall short by two than exceed by two. 550 00:35:33,419 --> 00:35:36,339 And how fortunate... 551 00:35:36,381 --> 00:35:39,384 that the snow comes now instead of yesterday when it might have made our party impossible. 552 00:35:39,425 --> 00:35:43,888 Now that would have been a real cause for sadness, would it not ? 553 00:35:48,184 --> 00:35:52,772 - Yes, would you like a whiskey ? - Not at the moment. 554 00:35:52,855 --> 00:35:54,857 Oh, thank you, thank you, yes. 555 00:35:54,899 --> 00:35:59,070 Weather of this severity is no friend of mine, I fear. 556 00:35:59,112 --> 00:36:01,656 I know that too well, Mr. Woodhouse. 557 00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:08,204 My son Frank has written and told us something most exciting. 558 00:36:08,246 --> 00:36:11,582 - Miss Woodhouse, are you warm enough ? - Yes, thank you. 559 00:36:11,666 --> 00:36:14,710 - When did you receive his news ? - The letter arrived today. 560 00:36:14,752 --> 00:36:19,090 And on the opening we had the most wonderful surprise. Frank said-- 561 00:36:19,173 --> 00:36:22,260 Some of the other ladies were saying they were not warm enough. 562 00:36:22,343 --> 00:36:24,637 I am quite comfortable. Yes. 563 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:28,266 I saw how close you were to the fire and thought perhaps you might be too warm. 564 00:36:28,349 --> 00:36:32,812 Mr. Elton, I am in the perfect state of warmness. 565 00:36:32,895 --> 00:36:35,189 [ Weston ] At first I could not believe it, 566 00:36:35,273 --> 00:36:38,609 so I asked Mrs. Weston to read the letter herself... 567 00:36:38,651 --> 00:36:42,780 to make sure I was not dreaming, but indeed Frank said-- 568 00:36:42,864 --> 00:36:45,658 Miss Woodhouse, is there any effort I might make... 569 00:36:45,741 --> 00:36:48,202 on behalf of your father's comfort ? 570 00:36:48,286 --> 00:36:52,248 You are very kind, but I can only imagine that he's quite comfortable. 571 00:36:52,331 --> 00:36:54,959 Thank you for being so thoughtful. 572 00:36:55,042 --> 00:36:59,714 No. Thank you for thinking I am thoughtful. 573 00:37:01,632 --> 00:37:04,010 I wondered if perhaps... 574 00:37:04,093 --> 00:37:07,597 you might be so kind as to bring me some punch ? 575 00:37:07,638 --> 00:37:10,892 I only hope I can complete the task quickly enough. 576 00:37:10,975 --> 00:37:15,438 Please... I could not enjoy it if I knew that you had hurried. 577 00:37:17,315 --> 00:37:19,483 [ Miss Bates ] Thrilling. Simply thrilling news. 578 00:37:19,525 --> 00:37:22,195 - And that was the end of the letter. - [ Sighs ] 579 00:37:22,278 --> 00:37:25,531 [ Miss Bates ] Cranberry, Mother. It will soon be spring. 580 00:37:25,615 --> 00:37:28,993 Emma, I'm not sure I had your attention earlier... 581 00:37:29,076 --> 00:37:31,037 with others so desirous of your company, 582 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,832 but I wanted to tell you that Frank is coming at last. 583 00:37:34,874 --> 00:37:37,126 I so look forward to meeting him, 584 00:37:37,168 --> 00:37:39,212 that is if you can bear to share him. 585 00:37:39,295 --> 00:37:43,174 That is if his aunt will share him with us. That's what this depends on. 586 00:37:43,215 --> 00:37:45,801 She has said yes, but has not given a date. 587 00:37:45,843 --> 00:37:49,555 Very prudent. This weather is by no means clement for the traveler abroad. 588 00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:52,516 Oh, no. No, no, no. 589 00:38:02,652 --> 00:38:05,071 - I hope I'm not intruding. - No. 590 00:38:05,154 --> 00:38:08,783 But I cannot stop thinking of Miss Smith's condition. 591 00:38:08,866 --> 00:38:11,243 She will be happy to know of your concern. 592 00:38:11,327 --> 00:38:13,287 How could I not be concerned ? 593 00:38:13,371 --> 00:38:16,958 The whole situation is most alarming. 594 00:38:17,041 --> 00:38:19,168 There is nothing worse than a sore throat. 595 00:38:19,210 --> 00:38:21,629 Its effects are exceedingly bleak. 596 00:38:21,712 --> 00:38:23,631 And that is why I must, 597 00:38:23,714 --> 00:38:25,883 in the presence of your friend, ask you to stop visiting her. 598 00:38:25,967 --> 00:38:28,302 - What ? - You are putting yourself at risk... 599 00:38:28,386 --> 00:38:30,680 and we cannot allow that, can we, Knightley ? 600 00:38:30,763 --> 00:38:34,975 - I mean, is this fair ? - [ Woodhouse Coughs ] 601 00:38:35,059 --> 00:38:37,812 Have I not some right to complain ? 602 00:38:37,895 --> 00:38:40,731 [ John ] Emma, the weather's distressing your father. 603 00:38:40,773 --> 00:38:44,151 He wants to leave. Isabella and I will take him home now in our carriage. 604 00:38:44,235 --> 00:38:46,237 - Will you-- - Not to worry, sir. 605 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,906 - I will insure that your sister-in-law is safe. - Thank you. 606 00:38:50,282 --> 00:38:52,743 [ Mrs. Weston ] Mr. Weston ? 607 00:38:52,827 --> 00:38:57,248 Come, Mr. Woodhouse. Let's wrap you up warmly. 608 00:39:12,471 --> 00:39:15,683 - Certainly the weather has-- - Miss Woodhouse, please ! 609 00:39:15,766 --> 00:39:18,602 - Fate has left us alone for a reason. - Release my hand ! 610 00:39:18,644 --> 00:39:21,772 I do not seize your hand so much as the opportunity to declare that l-- 611 00:39:21,856 --> 00:39:25,776 - Good heavens, go back ! - Please. 612 00:39:25,818 --> 00:39:28,279 I am hoping-- 613 00:39:28,362 --> 00:39:30,990 No, fearing-- 614 00:39:32,575 --> 00:39:34,577 Ready to die if you refuse me. 615 00:39:34,618 --> 00:39:36,620 Surely my ardent attachment to you, 616 00:39:36,662 --> 00:39:39,957 my love and passion cannot help but have made an impression, and now-- 617 00:39:39,999 --> 00:39:43,377 - Mr. Elton, this is l, Miss Woodhouse. - Mm-hmm. 618 00:39:43,461 --> 00:39:45,880 The party spirit has confused you. 619 00:39:45,963 --> 00:39:49,258 I am happy to deliver your message to Miss Smith. 620 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:52,887 - You must direct no more of it to me. - Miss Smith ? 621 00:39:52,970 --> 00:39:56,599 What sort of message would I want to send to her ? [ Laughing ] 622 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,477 - Miss Smith ? - Mr. Elton, the wine has weakened you. 623 00:39:59,518 --> 00:40:03,439 If the wine has had any effect, it has been to strengthen my will to tell you I love you ! 624 00:40:03,481 --> 00:40:06,317 My astonishment is beyond anything I can express. 625 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,570 For you to address me in this manner after your behavior to Miss Smith-- 626 00:40:09,653 --> 00:40:11,906 I never cared whether Miss Smith were dead or alive, 627 00:40:11,989 --> 00:40:14,116 except that she was your friend. 628 00:40:14,158 --> 00:40:17,328 Who can think of Miss Smith when Miss Woodhouse is near ? 629 00:40:17,369 --> 00:40:19,622 Oh, no. 630 00:40:19,663 --> 00:40:24,001 Everything I have said or done has been to prove my adoration for you. 631 00:40:24,043 --> 00:40:26,587 Why else would I go to London to have your picture framed ? 632 00:40:26,670 --> 00:40:28,797 [ Groans ] 633 00:40:35,262 --> 00:40:38,265 [ Whispering ] Allow me to-- 634 00:40:38,349 --> 00:40:41,727 Allow me to interpret the silence. You have long understood me. 635 00:40:41,810 --> 00:40:46,315 Sit back and kindly refrain from the intimacy of whispering ! 636 00:40:46,398 --> 00:40:49,985 Am I to understand that you never sought to recommend yourself to Miss Smith ? 637 00:40:50,027 --> 00:40:53,656 How can you be surprised ? Did you not understand the riddle I wrote ? 638 00:40:53,697 --> 00:40:55,950 That was for Harriet ! 639 00:40:56,033 --> 00:41:00,162 I most obviously did not address it to her, and left it at your home. 640 00:41:00,204 --> 00:41:01,997 But-- Oh. 641 00:41:02,039 --> 00:41:06,168 She's a very good sort of girl. I'm sure there are men who would not object to-- 642 00:41:07,711 --> 00:41:09,964 Everybody has their level. 643 00:41:10,047 --> 00:41:12,549 But I need not so totally despair of an equal alliance... 644 00:41:12,633 --> 00:41:14,760 as to address myself to Miss Smith. 645 00:41:14,843 --> 00:41:16,720 - Sir. - No ! 646 00:41:16,804 --> 00:41:19,598 I sought to recommend myself to you through those visits. 647 00:41:19,682 --> 00:41:22,142 Sir, I have seen you only as the admirer of my friend. 648 00:41:22,226 --> 00:41:24,144 I cannot believe that. 649 00:41:24,228 --> 00:41:26,355 - It is well that the mistake ends where it does. - It is her mistake. 650 00:41:26,438 --> 00:41:28,983 - It is mine as well. - She will manage her disappointment. 651 00:41:29,066 --> 00:41:31,318 Leave her out of it. 652 00:41:33,612 --> 00:41:36,490 How do you feel about what I have said ? 653 00:41:37,950 --> 00:41:39,910 Mr. Elton, 654 00:41:39,952 --> 00:41:43,789 any hopes I had with regard to you were for Harriet... 655 00:41:43,872 --> 00:41:46,083 and Harriet alone. 656 00:42:17,281 --> 00:42:20,993 - [ Door Opens, Closes ] - My dear child. 657 00:42:23,287 --> 00:42:27,124 - What is it ? - Oh, Miss Taylor-- Mrs. Weston. 658 00:42:31,795 --> 00:42:34,965 There has been an overthrow of everything I've been wishing for... 659 00:42:35,048 --> 00:42:36,967 for Harriet and Mr. Elton. 660 00:42:38,177 --> 00:42:42,055 A development most unwelcome, most painful. 661 00:42:43,098 --> 00:42:45,642 Oh, dear ! 662 00:42:45,726 --> 00:42:48,395 You will not believe it, but... 663 00:42:48,479 --> 00:42:52,733 Mr. Elton, now prepare yourself, but-- 664 00:42:52,816 --> 00:42:56,111 Mr. Elton is in love with you. 665 00:42:56,153 --> 00:42:58,155 You knew ? 666 00:42:58,197 --> 00:43:02,326 I had my suspicions, but the party confirmed it. 667 00:43:02,409 --> 00:43:05,454 The worst of it is that I persuaded her to care for him. 668 00:43:05,496 --> 00:43:10,667 Had I not done that, I could bear anything, but it was I and I alone. 669 00:43:10,751 --> 00:43:14,171 - Even Mr. Knightley warned me. - Mr. Knightley ? 670 00:43:14,213 --> 00:43:18,050 He was very cross because I had urged Harriet to reject a proposal from Robert Martin. 671 00:43:18,133 --> 00:43:21,178 - That nice farmer ? - At least there I was right. 672 00:43:21,261 --> 00:43:23,430 Well done, Emma ! 673 00:43:23,514 --> 00:43:26,683 But otherwise I have made a dreadful mistake. 674 00:43:26,767 --> 00:43:32,397 I sought to bring two people together and I shall never do it again. Never ! 675 00:43:32,481 --> 00:43:34,608 [ Sighs ] That poor girl. 676 00:43:34,691 --> 00:43:37,027 She'll recover. She's young. 677 00:43:37,110 --> 00:43:40,489 I wish I could ease the pain of this for her, but I have no idea who might be right for her. 678 00:43:40,530 --> 00:43:42,157 - William Coxe ? - Emma ! 679 00:43:42,199 --> 00:43:43,742 Too pert ? 680 00:43:43,825 --> 00:43:47,746 My dear, you said you would never try to match anyone again. 681 00:43:47,829 --> 00:43:51,291 Yes. Indeed. 682 00:43:51,375 --> 00:43:55,379 I just wish there were some way I could soften the news when I tell her. 683 00:43:55,462 --> 00:43:59,508 I'm afraid the best way is always the most straightforward. 684 00:43:59,549 --> 00:44:01,551 Yes. 685 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,556 I suppose I'll just say, "Harriet--" 686 00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,269 I have some news about Mr. Elton. 687 00:44:11,770 --> 00:44:13,814 He-- 688 00:44:15,190 --> 00:44:18,777 - He's had to leave town. - Why ? 689 00:44:18,860 --> 00:44:20,779 In his letter to Father, 690 00:44:20,862 --> 00:44:24,074 he wrote he is going to Bath to relax and meet new people. 691 00:44:26,285 --> 00:44:30,288 And this brings me to something most unpleasant. 692 00:44:30,372 --> 00:44:34,751 Miss Woodhouse, nothing you could ever say would be unpleasant. 693 00:44:34,793 --> 00:44:40,090 This is, for I must acknowledge myself grossly mistaken... 694 00:44:40,132 --> 00:44:44,511 on the one subject which has occupied us for some time past. 695 00:44:47,514 --> 00:44:49,558 Mr. Elton ? 696 00:44:54,146 --> 00:44:58,150 While expressing his fervent admiration for you as a person, 697 00:44:58,233 --> 00:45:01,862 it is unhappily I who have captured his fancy. 698 00:45:01,945 --> 00:45:04,072 Naturally I do not return the feelings, 699 00:45:04,114 --> 00:45:06,324 but that does not make it any less of an embarrassment. 700 00:45:06,408 --> 00:45:10,829 And I place the responsibility for this directly on my own shoulders. 701 00:45:10,912 --> 00:45:12,831 Oh, no ! 702 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,421 I have always felt that I did not deserve Mr. Elton's affections... 703 00:45:19,463 --> 00:45:24,217 so I cannot blame him for believing the same. 704 00:45:24,301 --> 00:45:26,595 And I could never blame you, 705 00:45:26,636 --> 00:45:30,682 for only so kind a friend would have ever dreamed it possible. 706 00:45:32,476 --> 00:45:34,644 Harriet, 707 00:45:34,686 --> 00:45:38,982 I had always hoped that I might have something to teach you. 708 00:45:39,065 --> 00:45:44,654 Now I see I should be lucky to resemble you in any small way. 709 00:45:52,287 --> 00:45:56,124 They have just been weaned. I thought you might enjoy them. 710 00:45:56,166 --> 00:45:58,418 They cannot help but lift the spirits. 711 00:45:58,502 --> 00:46:01,546 Do you suppose Mr. Elton is meeting young ladies while he is away ? 712 00:46:01,630 --> 00:46:04,341 I do not know. Feel her paws. 713 00:46:04,382 --> 00:46:06,968 I would not blame him. 714 00:46:07,010 --> 00:46:09,012 I wonder when he will return. 715 00:46:09,095 --> 00:46:13,808 Dear, you must try to empty your mind of Mr. Elton, really. 716 00:46:13,850 --> 00:46:18,605 Oh, yes, I'm sorry. It was kind of you to invite me. 717 00:46:18,688 --> 00:46:21,691 Look at her eyes ! 718 00:46:24,361 --> 00:46:27,822 Mr. Elton had brown eyes too. 719 00:46:28,907 --> 00:46:31,409 - [ Crying ] - Oh ! Harriet, 720 00:46:31,493 --> 00:46:35,497 there is only one place I can think of where you will not be able to speak of Mr. Elton. 721 00:46:35,580 --> 00:46:37,541 Indeed, you may not be able to speak at all. 722 00:46:37,582 --> 00:46:41,628 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, what a special, special treat ! 723 00:46:41,711 --> 00:46:47,217 It's so lovely of you to come and visit us. Isn't it, Mother. Treat ? 724 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:50,845 [ Miss Bates ] But the best of it is, the best of it is... 725 00:46:50,929 --> 00:46:54,391 that we were just speaking of a topic that would interest you both. 726 00:46:54,432 --> 00:46:58,436 [ Thinking ] Please do not let it be a letter from that ninny Jane Fairfax. 727 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:03,024 [ Miss Bates ] Yes, here it is, a letter from Mrs. Cole... 728 00:47:03,066 --> 00:47:05,527 who has news of Mr. Elton ! [ Giggles ] 729 00:47:05,568 --> 00:47:07,529 Um, now. 730 00:47:07,570 --> 00:47:10,573 Yes, here we are. "He has been the toast... 731 00:47:10,615 --> 00:47:13,910 of every young lady's eye." 732 00:47:13,952 --> 00:47:16,246 [ Miss Bates ] Of course that can be of no surprise to any of us. 733 00:47:16,288 --> 00:47:20,250 Oh dear, Miss Smith, you look pale. You must be hungry. 734 00:47:20,292 --> 00:47:23,586 Let me get you some cake. Isn't it nice to have visitors, Mother ? 735 00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:27,465 [ Miss Bates Laughs ] The most amusing thing just happened. 736 00:47:27,549 --> 00:47:32,178 Mother was asking about Jane Fairfax, asking if there was any news from her, 737 00:47:32,262 --> 00:47:35,098 even though she said she knew it was not Jane's day for writing. 738 00:47:35,140 --> 00:47:38,476 Remember, Mother ? Not Jane's day ! Oh, napkin. Sorry. 739 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:42,397 You see, we always have a letter from Jane on Tuesdays, 740 00:47:42,439 --> 00:47:45,942 and today, as you must know, is Thursday. 741 00:47:46,026 --> 00:47:50,739 So I said, "Mother, we have had a letter from Jane this very morning." 742 00:47:50,780 --> 00:47:54,409 And Mother said, "But it's Thursday !" [ Giggles ] 743 00:47:54,451 --> 00:47:58,038 Well, you see, Jane writes on Tuesdays and this is Thursday. 744 00:47:58,121 --> 00:48:02,208 And, um, I said, "Upon my honor !" 745 00:48:02,292 --> 00:48:04,544 [ Giggling ] 746 00:48:07,130 --> 00:48:09,799 Here you are, Miss-- Oh, napkin. Sorry. There you are. 747 00:48:09,841 --> 00:48:14,971 And might you summarize the letter in your own delightful words ? 748 00:48:15,055 --> 00:48:17,557 Oh, and cheat you out of the pleasure of hearing it, Miss Woodhouse, 749 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,559 as only Jane can put things ? 750 00:48:19,642 --> 00:48:23,271 Upon my honor, I would not. Where's that letter ? Yes, here it is. 751 00:48:23,313 --> 00:48:27,192 [ Miss Bates ] Um, and now. Oh, yes. 752 00:48:27,275 --> 00:48:30,653 The bad news is she has a cold. 753 00:48:30,737 --> 00:48:32,155 Oh, no ! 754 00:48:32,238 --> 00:48:37,285 Oh, yes. But the good news far outweighs it. Far, far, far ! 755 00:48:37,368 --> 00:48:39,329 She is coming to visit ! 756 00:48:39,370 --> 00:48:43,500 You must be here to help us with her, Miss Woodhouse, when she comes... 757 00:48:43,583 --> 00:48:45,835 because it wouldn't be a proper visit otherwise. 758 00:48:45,877 --> 00:48:50,298 You must sit right where you are. And, and you must say-- 759 00:48:50,340 --> 00:48:54,135 We are so glad to have you with us. 760 00:48:54,177 --> 00:48:56,095 How were you able to get away ? 761 00:48:56,179 --> 00:48:58,640 The Campbells have gone to lreland on a holiday. 762 00:48:58,681 --> 00:49:02,519 So I've come here, which is better than any holiday. 763 00:49:04,145 --> 00:49:06,898 [ Thinking ] Mmm. She is more giving than I expected. 764 00:49:06,981 --> 00:49:10,485 Tell Miss Woodhouse whom you saw in Weymouth. 765 00:49:10,568 --> 00:49:14,155 Frank Churchill. That's whom she saw. Mr. Frank Churchill ! 766 00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:17,826 Oh, we hear much of him, but have never seen him. Was he handsome ? 767 00:49:17,909 --> 00:49:20,328 Many say he is. 768 00:49:20,370 --> 00:49:24,040 - Was he agreeable ? - He was in no way disagreeable. 769 00:49:24,123 --> 00:49:27,168 Was he a man of information ? 770 00:49:27,252 --> 00:49:29,712 All his statements seemed correct. 771 00:49:29,754 --> 00:49:33,216 [ Thinking ] I take it back. She is-- 772 00:49:33,299 --> 00:49:35,718 Absolutely impossible ! 773 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,013 She wouldn't tell me anything about Frank Churchill. 774 00:49:40,598 --> 00:49:43,768 Why should you care so much about Frank Churchill ? 775 00:49:43,851 --> 00:49:47,564 I was merely being sociable, that's all, and she was not. 776 00:49:49,357 --> 00:49:53,069 Perhaps you dislike her because she divides our attentions from you. 777 00:49:53,111 --> 00:49:56,239 [ Laughs ] Really, Mr. Knightley, you are so comical. 778 00:49:56,322 --> 00:49:59,701 You ought to perform in the town square. 779 00:49:59,742 --> 00:50:03,162 Oh, I have some news. And I know how you like news. 780 00:50:03,246 --> 00:50:06,624 Oh, yes ! I always like news. 781 00:50:06,708 --> 00:50:09,377 Mr. Elton is going to marry. 782 00:50:13,715 --> 00:50:17,885 I don't know what to say, except that I am-- 783 00:50:17,927 --> 00:50:20,888 In a state of complete shock ! 784 00:50:20,930 --> 00:50:22,974 - You've heard ? - About what ? 785 00:50:23,057 --> 00:50:26,102 Oh ! Never mind. 786 00:50:26,185 --> 00:50:29,147 [ Harriet ] I was on my way here for our visit. 787 00:50:29,230 --> 00:50:33,609 It started raining, so I ducked into Ford's to wait it out. 788 00:50:33,651 --> 00:50:36,487 - Miss Smith. - Miss Smith. 789 00:50:36,571 --> 00:50:39,782 Good day, Mr. Ford, Mr. Ford. 790 00:50:39,824 --> 00:50:42,702 [ Harriet Continues ] As I admired some fabric, who should come in... 791 00:50:42,785 --> 00:50:46,664 but Elizabeth Martin and her brother. 792 00:50:46,748 --> 00:50:50,752 I thought I should have fainted. They saw me and began whispering. 793 00:50:50,793 --> 00:50:54,130 - [ Gasps ] - And then, oh, Miss Woodhouse, 794 00:50:54,213 --> 00:50:59,761 I really could not believe this. She came up to me and spoke ! She said-- 795 00:50:59,844 --> 00:51:03,139 I'm sorry we never meet now. 796 00:51:03,181 --> 00:51:06,517 - And I said-- - You are too kind. 797 00:51:08,478 --> 00:51:10,605 Then I saw that he, Mr. Martin, 798 00:51:10,646 --> 00:51:14,108 my Mr. Martin, was coming toward me. 799 00:51:14,150 --> 00:51:17,862 - Good day, Miss Smith. - Good day, Mr. Martin. 800 00:51:17,945 --> 00:51:21,616 I managed to read The Romance of the Forest. It was very good. 801 00:51:21,657 --> 00:51:25,828 Finally I said I had to go. But then he followed me. 802 00:51:25,912 --> 00:51:28,372 I was not three steps outside and he said-- 803 00:51:28,456 --> 00:51:30,500 Miss Smith ! 804 00:51:32,752 --> 00:51:35,797 You better go by Mr. Cole's stable. 805 00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:38,549 The near way is flooded. 806 00:51:39,759 --> 00:51:42,553 Thank you. 807 00:51:42,637 --> 00:51:46,516 [ Sighs ] Miss Woodhouse, do talk and make me comfortable again. 808 00:51:46,599 --> 00:51:49,560 [ Thinking ] I suppose this would not be the right time... 809 00:51:49,644 --> 00:51:52,313 to mention that Mr. Elton is engaged. 810 00:51:52,355 --> 00:51:55,024 This was awkward because it was the first time... 811 00:51:55,108 --> 00:51:58,361 - you've seen Mr. Martin since refusing his proposal. - No. 812 00:51:58,444 --> 00:52:03,407 You, and I must say he, behaved very well ! 813 00:52:03,491 --> 00:52:06,702 Now, the kindest thing you can do for yourself... 814 00:52:06,744 --> 00:52:11,332 is to put Mr. Martin out of your head for good. 815 00:52:12,959 --> 00:52:15,127 Yes, I will. 816 00:52:16,754 --> 00:52:20,174 I shall do so immediately. 817 00:52:20,216 --> 00:52:23,052 - He's behind me now. [ Giggles ] - Wonderful ! 818 00:52:23,094 --> 00:52:25,680 I thought I might sketch the puppies. Would you join me ? 819 00:52:25,763 --> 00:52:28,432 Oh, yes, please ! 820 00:52:28,516 --> 00:52:32,311 It was awfully kind of him to warn me about the flooding. 821 00:52:32,395 --> 00:52:35,773 - Yes, dear. - He got his coat wet coming out to tell me. 822 00:52:35,857 --> 00:52:39,986 That's the coat Mrs. Martin gave him for his birthday. 823 00:52:41,237 --> 00:52:43,906 I do hope he does not catch cold. 824 00:52:59,922 --> 00:53:02,717 [ Clanking Sound ] 825 00:53:04,927 --> 00:53:07,597 Oh, good heavens. 826 00:53:14,437 --> 00:53:16,480 [ Laughing ] 827 00:53:19,984 --> 00:53:23,279 Is your horse just washing his feet or are there darker forces at work here ? 828 00:53:23,321 --> 00:53:27,116 [ Laughing ] The latter, I'm afraid. 829 00:53:27,158 --> 00:53:29,952 Something has happened to the wheel and I cannot move. 830 00:53:29,994 --> 00:53:32,872 You'll just have to live here then. Bye, bye. 831 00:53:41,881 --> 00:53:43,841 I suppose that won't do. 832 00:53:43,924 --> 00:53:46,302 I'll help you home. 833 00:53:48,304 --> 00:53:52,224 Thank you so much, Mr.-- 834 00:53:52,308 --> 00:53:54,268 Churchill. Frank Churchill. 835 00:53:54,352 --> 00:53:58,105 A name I know as well as my own so long I have heard it spoken. 836 00:53:58,147 --> 00:54:00,524 Your father's wife was my governess. 837 00:54:00,608 --> 00:54:03,110 Then you are Miss Woodhouse ! 838 00:54:03,194 --> 00:54:06,530 How delightful. I, I hear of nothing but you. 839 00:54:06,614 --> 00:54:09,617 The last I heard from Mrs. Weston, you were not due 'til tomorrow. 840 00:54:09,700 --> 00:54:14,288 It is always a pleasure to come in on one's friends before the lookout begins. 841 00:54:14,372 --> 00:54:16,874 I would not presume to do so in most cases, 842 00:54:16,957 --> 00:54:19,418 but I felt in coming home, I might be forgiven. 843 00:54:19,502 --> 00:54:21,337 Then you have not seen them ? 844 00:54:21,420 --> 00:54:25,007 We shall have to go there first. They will be overjoyed. 845 00:54:25,091 --> 00:54:28,135 Overjoyed, I think, that we are both there together. 846 00:54:28,219 --> 00:54:30,262 As I am. 847 00:54:33,432 --> 00:54:36,143 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, have you heard ? 848 00:54:36,185 --> 00:54:39,647 - Frank Churchill is here ! - Yes ! ln fact... 849 00:54:39,688 --> 00:54:41,690 - I met him yesterday. - No ? 850 00:54:41,732 --> 00:54:43,818 Yes. He did me quite a service when my horse-- 851 00:54:43,859 --> 00:54:46,362 Is he handsome ? ls he everything everyone says he is ? 852 00:54:46,403 --> 00:54:49,907 I have not yet seen him myself, though, um, Jane saw him... 853 00:54:49,990 --> 00:54:53,536 and she said he was not at all unpleasant to look at. 854 00:54:53,619 --> 00:54:56,163 I suppose I shan't see him until the Cole's party... 855 00:54:56,247 --> 00:54:58,582 which seems like such an age from now. 856 00:54:58,666 --> 00:55:01,585 But I'm sure, simply sure, will be upon us before... 857 00:55:01,669 --> 00:55:05,214 well, we are sufficiently prepared. [ Giggles ] 858 00:55:05,297 --> 00:55:08,217 Has an invitation arrived for a party at the Cole's ? 859 00:55:08,300 --> 00:55:10,219 No, thank heaven ! 860 00:55:10,302 --> 00:55:14,348 The Coles are nice people, but we should have to go outside to get there. 861 00:55:14,431 --> 00:55:17,309 Of course we shall have to decline as they are beneath us. 862 00:55:17,393 --> 00:55:20,020 But I don't wish them to hope falsely. 863 00:55:26,193 --> 00:55:28,612 [ Footsteps ] 864 00:55:28,696 --> 00:55:31,699 - Has James brought the letters yet ? - I don't know. 865 00:55:31,740 --> 00:55:35,202 I never pay any attention to the mail. 866 00:55:48,591 --> 00:55:50,885 Why do they not write ? 867 00:55:50,926 --> 00:55:53,220 Perhaps they know I must reject them. 868 00:55:53,262 --> 00:55:55,389 Still, as close friends of the Westons, 869 00:55:55,472 --> 00:55:58,350 they should have the courtesy to extend the invitation. 870 00:55:58,434 --> 00:56:01,937 Unless they don't want me. But I cannot-- 871 00:56:02,021 --> 00:56:06,066 Tell you how delighted I am to have been invited, Mrs. Cole. 872 00:56:07,860 --> 00:56:11,155 - [ Churchill ] lsn't it handsome ? - Thank you. 873 00:56:11,238 --> 00:56:14,366 But from today there's a much prettier one in town. 874 00:56:14,450 --> 00:56:17,828 - It has been sent to Jane Fairfax. - Really ? Who sent it to her ? 875 00:56:17,911 --> 00:56:22,249 That's the exciting part ! There was no identification of the donor. 876 00:56:22,291 --> 00:56:25,628 - Must be from Colonel Campbell. - Jane's parents died. 877 00:56:25,669 --> 00:56:29,214 And the Bates, of course, are quite without the resources to, you know. 878 00:56:29,298 --> 00:56:31,550 And Colonel Campbell was a great friend of her father's, 879 00:56:31,634 --> 00:56:33,761 so he and his family have raised her. 880 00:56:33,844 --> 00:56:35,888 Well, then they must have sent it. 881 00:56:35,971 --> 00:56:39,933 Jane has just had a letter from them, and not a word was said of it. 882 00:56:39,975 --> 00:56:41,935 Perhaps it's a surprise. 883 00:56:41,977 --> 00:56:45,230 We expect Miss Fairfax soon. Perhaps she may know more. 884 00:56:47,274 --> 00:56:49,193 Why do you smile ? 885 00:56:49,276 --> 00:56:51,612 I'm smiling because I wonder if there's anyone else... 886 00:56:51,654 --> 00:56:54,823 whom we should suspect of being Miss Fairfax's musical patron ? 887 00:56:54,907 --> 00:56:58,327 - Do you know her ? - Oh, yes, she's very elegant. Yes. 888 00:56:58,369 --> 00:57:01,830 Colonel Campbell's daughter, Mrs. Dixon, is Miss Fairfax's dearest friend, 889 00:57:01,872 --> 00:57:04,375 so perhaps Mrs. Dixon sent the piano. 890 00:57:04,458 --> 00:57:06,418 Mrs. Dixon ? That makes sense. 891 00:57:06,502 --> 00:57:09,338 As much sense do you think as Mr. Dixon ? 892 00:57:09,380 --> 00:57:12,174 I cannot help suspecting that after his proposal to Miss Campbell, 893 00:57:12,216 --> 00:57:14,676 a sweet but rather a plain girl, 894 00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,721 Mr. Dixon fell in love with Miss Fairfax who is, after all-- 895 00:57:17,805 --> 00:57:20,182 Very elegant, yes. But what makes you say that ? 896 00:57:20,224 --> 00:57:22,226 Well, she must think so too. 897 00:57:22,309 --> 00:57:25,479 That is why she did not go on the holiday with the Campbells. 898 00:57:25,521 --> 00:57:28,482 Instead she came here. Do you see ? 899 00:57:28,524 --> 00:57:31,860 Now that Mr. Dixon has married into the Campbells, he would have been there. 900 00:57:31,944 --> 00:57:35,322 I think that in coming here, Miss Fairfax was telling Mr. Dixon... 901 00:57:35,364 --> 00:57:37,366 that she wanted to forget him. 902 00:57:37,408 --> 00:57:42,871 And I think with the pianoforte, Mr. Dixon wasn't allowing her to. 903 00:57:42,913 --> 00:57:48,210 [ Mrs. Cole ] Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates, do come in. Welcome to our house. 904 00:57:48,252 --> 00:57:50,212 Of course it's just a theory. 905 00:57:50,254 --> 00:57:54,341 But let us see how she reacts at some time if we say the name, Mr. Dixon. 906 00:57:56,802 --> 00:58:02,349 My dear, do you know how Miss Bates and Jane Fairfax came here tonight ? 907 00:58:02,391 --> 00:58:05,394 Mr. Knightley sent his carriage. 908 00:58:05,477 --> 00:58:07,771 Well, yes, he's very kind. 909 00:58:07,855 --> 00:58:11,358 You give him credit for more disinterested benevolence than l. 910 00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:15,028 A suspicion has darted into my head which I simply cannot get rid of. 911 00:58:15,112 --> 00:58:18,407 Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax are a couple. 912 00:58:18,448 --> 00:58:23,120 [ Laughs ] Mrs. Weston, do not take to matchmaking. You do it ill. 913 00:58:23,203 --> 00:58:26,957 Jane Fairfax and Mr. Knightley ? Every feeling revolts ! 914 00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,001 - Apart from every other-- - [ Mrs. Weston ] Oh, my goodness ! 915 00:58:29,084 --> 00:58:31,879 What if the pianoforte is from Mr. Knightley ? 916 00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:36,884 You have taken up an idea and run wild with it. He is not even with her. 917 00:58:36,967 --> 00:58:40,429 [ Emma ] She is with Frank, poor man. 918 00:58:40,512 --> 00:58:44,933 Perhaps the two of them stay apart publicly to keep it a secret. 919 00:58:45,017 --> 00:58:48,687 [ Gasps ] Hush, friend. Here comes-- Mr. Cole ! 920 00:58:48,770 --> 00:58:53,442 Miss Woodhouse, would you do us the honor of trying our pianoforte ? 921 00:58:53,483 --> 00:58:55,944 Oh. 922 00:58:56,028 --> 00:58:58,113 I fear I lack the talent. 923 00:58:58,196 --> 00:59:00,449 Perhaps I should ask Miss Fairfax ? 924 00:59:00,532 --> 00:59:05,078 *music**music* [ Piano ] 925 00:59:09,082 --> 00:59:13,629 *music* Did you not hear my lady *music* 926 00:59:13,712 --> 00:59:18,759 *music* Go down the garden singing *music* 927 00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:22,846 *music* Blackbird and thrush were silent *music* 928 00:59:22,930 --> 00:59:27,434 *music* To hear the earlies ringing *music* 929 00:59:27,517 --> 00:59:32,230 *music* Oh, saw you not my lady *music* 930 00:59:32,314 --> 00:59:37,653 *music* Out in the garden there *music* 931 00:59:37,694 --> 00:59:41,823 *music* Shaming the rose and lily *music* 932 00:59:41,907 --> 00:59:48,163 *music* For she is twice as fair *music* 933 00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:55,879 *music* Though I am nothing to her *music* 934 00:59:55,962 --> 00:59:59,966 *music* Though she must rarely look at me *music* 935 01:00:00,050 --> 01:00:05,138 *music* And though I could never woo her *music* 936 01:00:05,222 --> 01:00:10,686 *music* I'll love her 'til I die *music* 937 01:00:10,769 --> 01:00:14,898 [ Together ] *music* Surely you heard my lady *music* 938 01:00:14,981 --> 01:00:19,528 *music* Go down the garden singing *music* 939 01:00:19,611 --> 01:00:23,365 *music* Silencing all the songbirds *music* 940 01:00:23,448 --> 01:00:28,412 *music* And setting the earlies ringing *music* 941 01:00:28,495 --> 01:00:33,708 *music* But surely you see my lady *music* 942 01:00:33,750 --> 01:00:39,923 *music* Out in the garden there *music* 943 01:00:40,006 --> 01:00:44,469 *music* Rivalling the glittering sunshine *music* 944 01:00:44,553 --> 01:00:50,684 *music* With the glory of golden hair *music**music* 945 01:00:58,567 --> 01:01:03,029 [ Guests Muttering, Applauding ] 946 01:01:12,372 --> 01:01:15,083 Excuse me. 947 01:01:16,501 --> 01:01:18,587 Do you know that piece from The Beggar's Opera ? 948 01:01:18,670 --> 01:01:22,340 - [ Jane ] Oh, yes. - Shall we ? 949 01:01:22,424 --> 01:01:25,719 *music**music* [ Piano ] 950 01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:29,890 *music* Virgins are like the fair flower *music* 951 01:01:29,931 --> 01:01:32,934 *music* ln its luster *music* 952 01:01:32,976 --> 01:01:35,770 *music* Which in the garden *music* 953 01:01:35,812 --> 01:01:40,108 *music* Enamels the ground *music* 954 01:01:40,192 --> 01:01:43,153 [ Churchill ] *music* Near it the bees in play *music* 955 01:01:43,236 --> 01:01:46,823 *music* Flutter and cluster *music* 956 01:01:46,907 --> 01:01:50,744 *music* And gaudy butterflies *music* 957 01:01:50,785 --> 01:01:55,540 *music* Frolic around *music* 958 01:01:55,624 --> 01:01:58,460 - *music**music* [ Singing Continues ] - Isn't she playing marvelously ? 959 01:01:58,543 --> 01:02:00,587 Yes. 960 01:02:00,629 --> 01:02:02,672 How sweet to have lent your carriage to her... 961 01:02:02,756 --> 01:02:06,218 so that her fingers would be warm enough for the performance. 962 01:02:06,301 --> 01:02:08,845 - Your playing was lovely. - [ Sighs ] 963 01:02:08,929 --> 01:02:12,933 - Much inferior to Miss Fairfax's. - No ! 964 01:02:12,974 --> 01:02:16,102 No. It was... very elegant. 965 01:02:16,186 --> 01:02:22,317 [ Churchill ] *music* Rots, stinks and dies *music**music* 966 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:26,863 Was not that sweet of the Campbells to give her so generous a gift ? 967 01:02:26,947 --> 01:02:29,324 I don't approve of surprises. 968 01:02:29,366 --> 01:02:33,662 The pleasure is never enhanced, and the inconvenience is considerable. 969 01:02:33,703 --> 01:02:37,415 - [ Guests Applauding ] - Bad judgment on the Campbell's part. 970 01:02:37,499 --> 01:02:39,834 Miss Fairfax, shall we sing another ? 971 01:02:39,876 --> 01:02:43,546 That fellow thinks of nothing but showing off. 972 01:02:43,630 --> 01:02:46,883 Jane will sing herself hoarse. Miss Bates ? 973 01:02:46,967 --> 01:02:49,803 - Yes, Mr. Knightley ? - You must put a stop to this. 974 01:02:49,844 --> 01:02:52,472 - She'll make herself ill. - Oh, do you think so ? 975 01:02:52,555 --> 01:02:54,808 - Yes. - Well, I shall. Jane ? 976 01:02:54,849 --> 01:02:57,727 - [ Jane ] Yes, Aunt ? - Dear, I wonder if I might say a word to you... 977 01:02:57,811 --> 01:02:59,771 before you and Mr. Churchill begin another song. 978 01:02:59,854 --> 01:03:02,232 Your voice is so lovely, Jane, 979 01:03:02,315 --> 01:03:04,818 I think you should make every-- 980 01:03:08,446 --> 01:03:10,657 [ Churchill ] Miss Woodhouse, 981 01:03:10,699 --> 01:03:13,201 you must forgive my intrusion, but my aunt has become ill. 982 01:03:13,243 --> 01:03:16,746 It is nothing serious, but my presence might bring her solace. 983 01:03:16,830 --> 01:03:20,792 Therefore, I must return. And although I expect my father at any moment, 984 01:03:20,875 --> 01:03:22,836 I could not leave without stopping here. 985 01:03:22,919 --> 01:03:27,215 Not even five minutes to spare for your friends, Miss Fairfax and Miss Bates ? 986 01:03:27,257 --> 01:03:30,677 - How unlucky ! - No. I stopped there on my way here. 987 01:03:30,719 --> 01:03:34,431 After all their kindness, I don't wish to slight them. 988 01:03:34,514 --> 01:03:38,017 But it is not the Bates nor my aunt that occupies my thoughts... 989 01:03:38,059 --> 01:03:40,019 as I prepare to leave. 990 01:03:40,061 --> 01:03:43,648 There is something much more personal that I must say to you. 991 01:03:43,732 --> 01:03:46,735 I think you can hardly be without suspicion that I have developed... 992 01:03:46,818 --> 01:03:50,739 certain feelings for someone of a most tender and devoted nature, 993 01:03:50,822 --> 01:03:53,867 which so far I have striven to hide. 994 01:03:53,950 --> 01:03:56,870 Yet you have always made me feel so wonderfully at ease, 995 01:03:56,911 --> 01:03:59,539 such a friend, since my very arrival... 996 01:03:59,581 --> 01:04:03,001 that it not longer seems honorable to keep them from you. 997 01:04:03,084 --> 01:04:05,420 In short, Miss Woodhouse, I cannot help but say to you-- 998 01:04:05,503 --> 01:04:07,380 [ Charles ] Mr. Weston. 999 01:04:11,718 --> 01:04:14,220 [ Churchill ] Mrs. Weston has promised to correspond. 1000 01:04:14,262 --> 01:04:17,724 The blessings of a female correspondent when one wants news. 1001 01:04:17,765 --> 01:04:20,018 In her letters I shall be at Highbury, 1002 01:04:20,101 --> 01:04:23,438 and here again... with you. 1003 01:04:25,356 --> 01:04:29,402 [ Emma Thinking ] Well, he loves me. 1004 01:04:29,444 --> 01:04:33,656 He was on the verge of telling me when his father burst in. 1005 01:04:33,740 --> 01:04:36,618 I felt listless after he left and had some sort of headache, 1006 01:04:36,701 --> 01:04:39,913 so I must be in love as well. 1007 01:04:39,954 --> 01:04:43,708 I must confess I expected love to feel somewhat different than this. 1008 01:04:45,376 --> 01:04:49,339 I may determine how deep a love I feel through his absence. 1009 01:04:49,422 --> 01:04:53,468 How I wish he would be here tomorrow because there is a grim job to be done. 1010 01:04:54,969 --> 01:04:58,473 Mr. Elton is bringing his new wife to tea. 1011 01:05:00,558 --> 01:05:05,021 Oh, you know, your home reminds me of Maple Grove, 1012 01:05:05,104 --> 01:05:08,524 - which is the seat of my brother, Mr. Suckling. - Suckling. 1013 01:05:08,608 --> 01:05:12,403 - The hall? And the size of the rooms? - Yes. 1014 01:05:12,487 --> 01:05:14,739 I'm really quite struck by it. 1015 01:05:14,822 --> 01:05:17,742 - I almost fancy myself there. - [ Chuckles ] 1016 01:05:17,825 --> 01:05:19,911 [ Emma ] I'm glad you can feel so at ease. 1017 01:05:19,994 --> 01:05:22,956 My brother and sister will be enchanted with this place. 1018 01:05:23,039 --> 01:05:25,416 [ Chuckles ] 1019 01:05:25,500 --> 01:05:29,504 People who have extensive grounds are always pleased to meet other people... 1020 01:05:29,587 --> 01:05:32,173 with extensive grounds. 1021 01:05:32,257 --> 01:05:36,469 I'm afraid you overrate Hartfield. Surrey is full of beauties. 1022 01:05:36,511 --> 01:05:40,431 Don't tell me about Surrey ! I always say it is "the garden of England." 1023 01:05:40,515 --> 01:05:43,851 Yes, but many counties are called that. 1024 01:05:43,893 --> 01:05:47,021 Oh ? I fancy not. 1025 01:05:47,105 --> 01:05:50,149 I never heard any county but Surrey called so. 1026 01:05:50,233 --> 01:05:52,193 Mmm. Hmm. 1027 01:05:54,696 --> 01:05:57,615 Oh ! Ah. 1028 01:05:57,699 --> 01:06:02,120 Well, I know little of other places. 1029 01:06:02,203 --> 01:06:06,582 We are... a quiet set of people. 1030 01:06:06,666 --> 01:06:09,043 - More disposed to stay at home. - Yes. 1031 01:06:09,085 --> 01:06:13,923 Your father's health must be a great drawback to your seeing the country. 1032 01:06:14,007 --> 01:06:17,510 Why does he not try Bath ? It would do him the world of good ! 1033 01:06:17,552 --> 01:06:20,263 He has... tried it before without receiving any benefit. 1034 01:06:20,346 --> 01:06:23,307 Oh, it will do him good if only to improve his spirits, 1035 01:06:23,391 --> 01:06:26,769 which, I understand, are sometimes much depressed. 1036 01:06:26,853 --> 01:06:29,480 You must take him ! A line from me and... 1037 01:06:29,564 --> 01:06:32,442 you would have some of the best society in the place. 1038 01:06:32,525 --> 01:06:34,944 And my particular friend there, Mrs. Partridge-- 1039 01:06:35,027 --> 01:06:38,281 Thank you, but our going to Bath is out of the question. 1040 01:06:50,585 --> 01:06:54,589 Mrs. Elton, I have not asked you if you are musical, 1041 01:06:54,672 --> 01:06:57,508 and that is because your reputation has preceded you. 1042 01:06:57,592 --> 01:06:59,010 Oh, well-- 1043 01:06:59,093 --> 01:07:01,512 All the town knows you are a superior performer. 1044 01:07:01,596 --> 01:07:04,265 - Well, I am dotingly fond of music. - Yes, my wife-- 1045 01:07:04,348 --> 01:07:07,602 And my friends say I'm not entirely devoid of taste. 1046 01:07:07,643 --> 01:07:10,438 In fact, I told Mr. "E" when he asked me to marry, 1047 01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:13,816 I said I did not have to have two carriages as I did before, 1048 01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:16,235 and I could even accept a smaller house. 1049 01:07:16,277 --> 01:07:18,946 My house before was a good deal roomier, I assure you. 1050 01:07:19,030 --> 01:07:23,159 But, no, the world is not necessary to me... 1051 01:07:23,242 --> 01:07:27,830 because I am blessed with so many resources... in here. 1052 01:07:27,914 --> 01:07:32,585 "But," said l, "without music my life would be a blank." 1053 01:07:32,627 --> 01:07:35,254 In fact, you and I must establish a musical club ! 1054 01:07:35,338 --> 01:07:38,090 We could have regular meetings at your house or ours. 1055 01:07:38,132 --> 01:07:40,593 Because I don't want to give up my talent. 1056 01:07:40,635 --> 01:07:43,012 - Do I ? - Mrs. Elton, 1057 01:07:43,095 --> 01:07:46,224 I am certain it would take something more dramatic than a change of towns... 1058 01:07:46,307 --> 01:07:49,018 to dislodge a thing as great as your talent. 1059 01:07:49,101 --> 01:07:52,480 [ Laughing ] Oh, well, I myself don't call it great. 1060 01:07:52,563 --> 01:07:56,609 I only know that my friends think so. 1061 01:08:03,491 --> 01:08:06,535 - [ Clears Throat ] - [ Sighs ] 1062 01:08:16,003 --> 01:08:18,339 Ooh ! Mmm. 1063 01:08:18,381 --> 01:08:20,341 We met the Westons. 1064 01:08:20,383 --> 01:08:23,552 Mmm, she is already a favorite with me. 1065 01:08:23,636 --> 01:08:26,514 And I was astonished that she was so ladylike ! 1066 01:08:26,597 --> 01:08:28,641 Was she not your governess ? 1067 01:08:28,724 --> 01:08:32,603 Mrs. Weston's modest propriety makes her a model for any woman. 1068 01:08:32,687 --> 01:08:35,147 Do you know who came in while we were there ? 1069 01:08:35,189 --> 01:08:37,149 I cannot imagine. 1070 01:08:38,943 --> 01:08:41,529 Knightley. 1071 01:08:41,612 --> 01:08:43,239 Knightley ? 1072 01:08:43,322 --> 01:08:46,409 Knightley ! Mr. "E's" friend. 1073 01:08:46,492 --> 01:08:49,745 Well, there's one friend of whom he need not be ashamed. 1074 01:08:49,829 --> 01:08:51,831 Quite the gentleman. 1075 01:08:51,872 --> 01:08:54,375 [ Thinking ] Knightley ? 1076 01:08:54,417 --> 01:08:57,336 - Never seen him before and she called him Knightley ! - I saw her at church. 1077 01:08:57,378 --> 01:09:01,215 - She seemed-- - Vulgar ? Base ? Conceited ? Crass ? 1078 01:09:01,257 --> 01:09:04,802 - How do you do, Mrs. Starr ? - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse. 1079 01:09:04,885 --> 01:09:08,889 She actually seemed pleased to discover that Mr. Knightley was a gentleman. 1080 01:09:08,973 --> 01:09:12,727 I doubt he'll return the compliment and find her a lady. 1081 01:09:12,768 --> 01:09:15,980 - Mr. Simons, good morning. - Morning, Miss Woodhouse. 1082 01:09:17,189 --> 01:09:20,901 She proposed that we form a musical club. 1083 01:09:20,943 --> 01:09:23,404 Is it possible that Mr. Elton met her... 1084 01:09:23,446 --> 01:09:26,198 while doing charitable work in a mental infirmary ? 1085 01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:28,242 [ Sighs ] 1086 01:09:28,284 --> 01:09:31,370 There is only one thing to do with a person as impossible as she. 1087 01:09:31,412 --> 01:09:34,749 - What ? - I must throw a party for her, 1088 01:09:34,790 --> 01:09:39,253 otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her. 1089 01:09:39,336 --> 01:09:41,255 [ Sighs ] 1090 01:09:41,338 --> 01:09:43,257 We're so excited about the party. 1091 01:09:43,340 --> 01:09:47,428 Do you know whom I just adore ? 1092 01:09:47,511 --> 01:09:51,015 - Who I want to wrap up and put in my pocket ? - Knightley ? 1093 01:09:51,098 --> 01:09:54,143 Jane Fairfax ! Oh ! Ah ! 1094 01:09:54,226 --> 01:09:56,353 I rave about her. 1095 01:09:56,437 --> 01:09:58,856 Do you know what I admire most about her ? 1096 01:09:58,939 --> 01:10:02,777 She's timid. I'm a great advocate for timidity. 1097 01:10:02,860 --> 01:10:05,905 But I daresay you know the lines of the poet: 1098 01:10:05,946 --> 01:10:10,785 "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen." 1099 01:10:10,826 --> 01:10:14,288 We must not allow them to be verified by sweet Jane. 1100 01:10:14,371 --> 01:10:17,416 There is no danger of that. The Campbells take great care of her. 1101 01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:20,753 Whatever advantages she's got from the Campbells have palpably come to an end. 1102 01:10:20,795 --> 01:10:24,423 But if you and I set the example, many will follow. 1103 01:10:24,507 --> 01:10:28,093 Oh, we live in a style which could not make the addition of Jane Fairfax... 1104 01:10:28,135 --> 01:10:30,221 the least inconvenient. 1105 01:10:30,304 --> 01:10:32,264 I'm simply going to adopt her, 1106 01:10:32,306 --> 01:10:35,518 and I think that you should do it with me. 1107 01:10:35,601 --> 01:10:37,770 [ Emma ] For the first time in my life, 1108 01:10:37,853 --> 01:10:40,439 I felt sorry for Jane Fairfax. 1109 01:10:40,523 --> 01:10:44,652 Whatever she may have done, she does not deserve Mrs. Elton. 1110 01:10:44,735 --> 01:10:47,655 Jane may be glad of Mrs. Elton's attentions, 1111 01:10:47,738 --> 01:10:50,616 since they are available from no one else. 1112 01:10:52,493 --> 01:10:56,163 She seems to receive ample attention from you. 1113 01:10:56,247 --> 01:10:59,959 - Anyone may know my regard for her. - Oh ? 1114 01:11:00,042 --> 01:11:03,671 - Do you know how high it is ? - [ Clears Throat ] 1115 01:11:07,841 --> 01:11:11,679 Oh, so, you two have been settling... 1116 01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:15,140 - that I should marry Jane Fairfax ? - No ! 1117 01:11:15,182 --> 01:11:18,852 You could not come and sit with us if you were married. 1118 01:11:24,567 --> 01:11:29,363 Jane Fairfax is a very charming young woman. 1119 01:11:29,405 --> 01:11:33,492 But she lacks an open temper, which a man wishes for in a wife. 1120 01:11:39,957 --> 01:11:43,127 I have admiration for her, 1121 01:11:43,210 --> 01:11:46,213 but no thought beyond, not at all. 1122 01:11:49,133 --> 01:11:51,385 No. [ Chuckles ] 1123 01:11:54,722 --> 01:11:57,850 Ah, I see Mr. Weston is at home. I'll go and see him. 1124 01:12:01,478 --> 01:12:06,525 Well, Mrs. Weston, what do you say about your suspicions now ? 1125 01:12:09,570 --> 01:12:14,366 He's so very occupied with his not being in love with her, 1126 01:12:14,408 --> 01:12:17,328 it seems certain that he is. 1127 01:12:23,083 --> 01:12:25,544 - Help yourself. - Thank you. 1128 01:12:27,546 --> 01:12:31,842 It was most kind of you to invite Jane Fairfax this evening. 1129 01:12:31,925 --> 01:12:34,803 Your words the other day shamed me. 1130 01:12:34,887 --> 01:12:37,139 I have not tried as I should have. 1131 01:12:37,222 --> 01:12:40,642 You're capable of great kindness. 1132 01:12:40,726 --> 01:12:43,228 I fall short so often. 1133 01:12:44,730 --> 01:12:47,608 And I highly doubt she will find this a kindness. 1134 01:12:47,691 --> 01:12:51,111 Jane, you're a very, very fragile creature. 1135 01:12:51,195 --> 01:12:55,449 You pay no regard to the delicacy of your constitution. 1136 01:12:55,491 --> 01:12:58,077 Jane. Knightley ! 1137 01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:01,121 Help us ! Knightley ! 1138 01:13:01,163 --> 01:13:03,916 Jane went to the post office today in the rain... 1139 01:13:03,957 --> 01:13:06,585 at great peril to her health ! 1140 01:13:06,668 --> 01:13:10,547 Oh, Jane, you sad girl ! 1141 01:13:10,631 --> 01:13:13,258 This is a sign that I was not there to take care of you. 1142 01:13:13,300 --> 01:13:15,177 Knightley ! 1143 01:13:15,260 --> 01:13:18,013 Tell her. Tell her ! 1144 01:13:18,096 --> 01:13:22,935 I'm sure she knows what she can endure, Mrs. Elton. 1145 01:13:22,976 --> 01:13:25,479 But, of course. 1146 01:13:25,562 --> 01:13:27,481 Do take care of yourself. 1147 01:13:27,564 --> 01:13:29,608 Thank you. 1148 01:13:36,365 --> 01:13:38,784 Mr. Weston. 1149 01:13:38,826 --> 01:13:42,913 [ Woodhouse ] We had quite given you up. I'm afraid we had to start without you. 1150 01:13:42,996 --> 01:13:46,625 Oh, forgive me, Mr. Woodhouse, Emma. No, please. 1151 01:13:46,708 --> 01:13:51,547 The journey from London was especially slow, or perhaps it just seemed so... 1152 01:13:51,630 --> 01:13:55,008 as I had some good news that I was eager to share. 1153 01:13:55,050 --> 01:13:57,135 Frank's aunt is on the mend, 1154 01:13:57,219 --> 01:13:59,513 and Frank is taking a house in Highbury. 1155 01:13:59,555 --> 01:14:01,014 Oh ! 1156 01:14:01,098 --> 01:14:03,934 - [ Woodhouse ] Good news, indeed ! - [ Mrs. Elton ] Well, well, well. 1157 01:14:04,017 --> 01:14:06,603 I shall have to do something with Mr. "E" to welcome him. 1158 01:14:06,687 --> 01:14:08,939 - [ Chuckling ] Mr. "E" ? - Yes, indeed, we-- 1159 01:14:09,022 --> 01:14:11,483 Highbury's a little different since he left, you know. 1160 01:14:11,525 --> 01:14:13,485 There's been an addition, 1161 01:14:13,527 --> 01:14:16,697 if I may presume to call myself an addition. 1162 01:14:18,282 --> 01:14:20,534 Uh, personally I wouldn't presume to. 1163 01:14:20,617 --> 01:14:22,828 I'm simply quoting other people. 1164 01:14:22,869 --> 01:14:26,039 But I think Mr. Frank Churchill will find one or two small changes... 1165 01:14:26,123 --> 01:14:30,627 in the vicinity since he last came to visit his good father. 1166 01:14:32,379 --> 01:14:36,508 [ Thinking ] Frank Churchill. Hmm. 1167 01:14:36,550 --> 01:14:40,387 I must own that I am not in love with Frank. I have not thought of him... 1168 01:14:40,429 --> 01:14:44,641 since he left, except for the mention Harriet made of him the other day. 1169 01:14:44,725 --> 01:14:47,811 Harriet ! And Frank ! 1170 01:14:47,894 --> 01:14:50,355 Oh, wouldn't they be charming ? 1171 01:14:57,571 --> 01:15:02,075 [ Thinking ] It would so relieve me to know Harriet was well taken care of. 1172 01:15:02,159 --> 01:15:04,703 Perhaps I can bring them together at the ball. 1173 01:15:04,745 --> 01:15:07,956 Lucky the man who exchanges Emma for Harriet. 1174 01:15:08,040 --> 01:15:10,083 I can think of nothing less appealing... 1175 01:15:10,167 --> 01:15:12,711 than an evening of watching other people dance. 1176 01:15:12,794 --> 01:15:16,006 - Go on ! - Then you shall have to dance yourself. 1177 01:15:16,089 --> 01:15:19,593 I have no taste for it. I'd rather fetch that stick. 1178 01:15:19,676 --> 01:15:22,929 I'll try to remember to bring it to the ball. 1179 01:15:25,807 --> 01:15:29,478 I just want to stay here where it's cozy. 1180 01:15:29,561 --> 01:15:32,564 - Miss Woodhouse. - Mr. Churchill ! 1181 01:15:34,149 --> 01:15:37,027 I came early to see if I could be of service to your father. 1182 01:15:37,110 --> 01:15:41,365 You're late. The whole party is here to help my father prepare for the party. 1183 01:15:41,448 --> 01:15:44,910 - Even Hampstead. - [ Laughing ] 1184 01:15:47,454 --> 01:15:51,917 - Are you waiting for someone ? - Hmm, Mrs. Elton. 1185 01:15:51,958 --> 01:15:56,671 - Mrs. Elton ? Why ever for ? - I hear much of her. 1186 01:15:56,755 --> 01:15:59,633 She is bringing Jane Fairfax in the carriage. 1187 01:15:59,674 --> 01:16:04,054 Perhaps tonight we can finally ask Jane Fairfax about Mr. Dixon. 1188 01:16:04,137 --> 01:16:07,182 Or did you acquire the courage during my absence ? 1189 01:16:07,265 --> 01:16:09,226 Oh, is that they ? 1190 01:16:09,309 --> 01:16:11,728 Do, do excuse me. 1191 01:16:13,563 --> 01:16:16,483 - Frank just told me the most fascinating thing. - Tell me. 1192 01:16:16,525 --> 01:16:19,694 He's heard about Mrs. Elton and he still wants to meet her. 1193 01:16:22,656 --> 01:16:24,658 I always say, always, 1194 01:16:24,741 --> 01:16:28,370 there is no place where the people are as nice as in Highbury. 1195 01:16:28,453 --> 01:16:32,249 We were not two steps out of the carriage, not two, it was possibly less, 1196 01:16:32,332 --> 01:16:34,918 when Frank Churchill, he came bounding up. 1197 01:16:35,001 --> 01:16:37,546 He was bounding, I tell you, to see if we needed any assistance. 1198 01:16:37,629 --> 01:16:40,632 - He is so obliging. - [ Churchill ] Good evening, Mr. Cole. 1199 01:16:40,674 --> 01:16:45,512 Oh, Mr. Churchill, l, I was just telling Miss Woodhouse and Mrs. Weston... 1200 01:16:45,595 --> 01:16:47,514 how obliging you are. 1201 01:16:47,597 --> 01:16:51,977 I, I shall never forget your kindness, not as long as I live. 1202 01:16:52,018 --> 01:16:54,229 Nor, well, nor shall Mother. 1203 01:16:54,312 --> 01:16:57,858 Since you replaced the rivet in her spectacles, 1204 01:16:57,941 --> 01:17:01,069 not only have they been as good as new, they have been better. 1205 01:17:01,152 --> 01:17:04,072 [ Giggling ] We are so obliged. 1206 01:17:04,155 --> 01:17:08,243 Oh, look ! lsn't this room just like a fairyland ? 1207 01:17:08,326 --> 01:17:10,745 How do you like Jane's hair ? She did it herself. 1208 01:17:10,829 --> 01:17:14,833 Oh, look ! There are the Hugheses. I must go and say hello. 1209 01:17:22,007 --> 01:17:26,052 *music**music* [ Instruments Tuning ] 1210 01:17:31,266 --> 01:17:33,727 [ Bow Tapping ] 1211 01:17:35,770 --> 01:17:40,066 *music**music* [ Dance ] 1212 01:17:54,289 --> 01:17:57,751 Harriet is all alone. 1213 01:18:15,143 --> 01:18:17,604 Do you not dance, Mr. Elton ? 1214 01:18:17,645 --> 01:18:19,731 Most readily, Mrs. Weston, if you will be my partner. 1215 01:18:19,773 --> 01:18:23,193 Dear me, I'm no dancer. Let me find a better partner for you. 1216 01:18:23,276 --> 01:18:25,612 Though I am an old married man, 1217 01:18:25,653 --> 01:18:28,448 I should enjoy dancing with Mrs. Gilbert. 1218 01:18:28,490 --> 01:18:30,700 Mrs. Gilbert told me she does not mean to dance this evening, 1219 01:18:30,784 --> 01:18:35,580 but I do see a young lady whom I should like to see dancing: Miss Smith. 1220 01:18:35,622 --> 01:18:38,666 [ Elton ] Miss Smith. 1221 01:18:41,836 --> 01:18:44,214 I had not observed her there. 1222 01:18:45,673 --> 01:18:48,551 Well, you're most obliging to have pointed her out to me, 1223 01:18:48,635 --> 01:18:52,639 and were I not an old married man, I should gladly do the job. 1224 01:18:55,350 --> 01:18:57,435 But my dancing days are over. 1225 01:20:10,216 --> 01:20:14,554 [ Applause ] 1226 01:20:36,284 --> 01:20:38,494 I can only say that at that moment you took her to the floor... 1227 01:20:38,578 --> 01:20:41,539 I was proud to call you my friend. 1228 01:20:41,623 --> 01:20:44,918 The Eltons are unpardonable. 1229 01:20:44,959 --> 01:20:47,962 I must say, they aim at wounding more than just Harriet. 1230 01:20:48,046 --> 01:20:50,965 They seem to want to snub you, too, Emma. Why ? 1231 01:20:57,138 --> 01:21:00,975 Certainly Mrs. Elton has no reason to dislike you. 1232 01:21:04,604 --> 01:21:08,232 Confess now, old friend. 1233 01:21:08,316 --> 01:21:10,860 You did want him to marry Harriet. 1234 01:21:10,943 --> 01:21:13,696 I did, and they cannot forgive me. 1235 01:21:13,780 --> 01:21:18,451 Oh, dear. How could I have made such a misjudgment ? 1236 01:21:18,534 --> 01:21:20,787 What is the point in me being almost 22... 1237 01:21:20,870 --> 01:21:23,289 if there is still so much for me to learn ? 1238 01:21:23,373 --> 01:21:25,625 You know more than you realize. 1239 01:21:25,708 --> 01:21:30,380 I know I must own to you to be completely wrong about Mr. Elton. 1240 01:21:30,463 --> 01:21:34,801 There is a littleness to him which you discovered that I did not. 1241 01:21:34,842 --> 01:21:37,428 In return for your acknowledging so much, 1242 01:21:37,470 --> 01:21:42,016 I say that you chose for him better than he chose for himself. 1243 01:21:42,100 --> 01:21:44,435 But Harriet Smith has some first-rate qualities about her... 1244 01:21:44,477 --> 01:21:47,355 which Mrs. Elton is entirely without. 1245 01:21:47,438 --> 01:21:49,899 Your friend surprised me, most pleasantly. 1246 01:21:49,982 --> 01:21:53,444 Emma, it's the last dance. Will you come set the example for your companions ? 1247 01:21:53,486 --> 01:21:55,613 Gladly. 1248 01:21:56,823 --> 01:21:59,742 Whom are you going to dance with ? 1249 01:22:01,828 --> 01:22:04,455 With you, if you will ask me. 1250 01:22:04,497 --> 01:22:08,334 You've shown yourself a fine dancer despite all your protests, 1251 01:22:08,376 --> 01:22:11,170 and it should not be improper for us to dance. 1252 01:22:11,212 --> 01:22:14,006 After all, we are not brother and sister. 1253 01:22:14,048 --> 01:22:17,635 Brother and sister ? No, no. 1254 01:22:17,677 --> 01:22:20,388 *music**music* [ Music Begins ] 1255 01:22:20,471 --> 01:22:22,598 Indeed we're not. 1256 01:23:42,637 --> 01:23:44,597 What of your news ? 1257 01:23:44,639 --> 01:23:47,642 We must wait until we're at your house in front of the fireplace. 1258 01:23:47,725 --> 01:23:50,269 - It must happen there. - [ Sighs ] Very well. 1259 01:23:52,104 --> 01:23:54,023 Wasn't the ball lovely ? 1260 01:23:54,106 --> 01:23:56,192 I had the most wonderful time. It was out of a dream. 1261 01:23:56,275 --> 01:23:58,736 - [ Twig Snaps ] - [ Gasps ] 1262 01:24:01,155 --> 01:24:03,616 It's all right, dear. Just let's move a touch more quickly. 1263 01:24:06,118 --> 01:24:11,415 - Tell me more about the ball. - Um, I had such-- 1264 01:24:11,457 --> 01:24:13,584 - It was very-- - Quick, get her purse ! 1265 01:24:13,626 --> 01:24:15,586 - [ Screams ] - Get around them, damn it ! 1266 01:24:15,628 --> 01:24:17,630 Stop ! Stop ! 1267 01:24:17,672 --> 01:24:21,133 [ Arguing, Yelling ] 1268 01:24:22,426 --> 01:24:25,096 [ Churchill ] Stand aside ! 1269 01:24:34,063 --> 01:24:36,774 How can I ever thank you ? How brave you were ! 1270 01:24:36,857 --> 01:24:40,986 - I owe you everything ! - Miss Woodhouse will make things right. 1271 01:24:41,070 --> 01:24:43,948 If I'm no longer needed, I must leave now to meet my father. 1272 01:24:43,989 --> 01:24:48,119 Of course. Bless you for your help. Bless you again and again. 1273 01:24:54,959 --> 01:24:57,503 Goodness. [ Sighs ] 1274 01:24:57,586 --> 01:25:00,214 What an afternoon ! 1275 01:25:00,297 --> 01:25:03,926 All this trouble to do something I should have done long ago. 1276 01:25:05,428 --> 01:25:08,681 I have come to a decision about Mr. Elton. 1277 01:25:08,764 --> 01:25:11,142 I am done with him. 1278 01:25:11,183 --> 01:25:15,146 I shall never forget him or his wife at the ball. 1279 01:25:15,187 --> 01:25:18,190 To prove my sincerity, I shall now destroy something... 1280 01:25:18,274 --> 01:25:20,901 which I had thought to treasure always. 1281 01:25:23,779 --> 01:25:26,490 You know what this is, of course. 1282 01:25:28,409 --> 01:25:30,995 Can you have forgotten ? 1283 01:25:31,036 --> 01:25:35,499 Mr. Elton cut his finger, and you urged me to bind the wound. 1284 01:25:35,583 --> 01:25:38,169 I cut too much bandage, so I trimmed it... 1285 01:25:38,252 --> 01:25:42,715 and he played with the extra little bit while I finished it up. 1286 01:25:42,756 --> 01:25:45,050 He left it by his chair. 1287 01:25:45,134 --> 01:25:49,513 And l, in my nonsense, made a treasure of it. 1288 01:25:49,555 --> 01:25:53,017 - Dear Harriet. - Now that was silly. 1289 01:25:53,100 --> 01:25:56,437 But here is something which truly was his. 1290 01:25:58,814 --> 01:26:02,401 He left it here once and I took it. 1291 01:26:03,569 --> 01:26:05,779 I used to take it... 1292 01:26:05,863 --> 01:26:08,032 and hold it. 1293 01:26:08,115 --> 01:26:10,201 But no more. 1294 01:26:10,242 --> 01:26:14,079 I want to be rid of these things with you as my witness. 1295 01:26:14,121 --> 01:26:16,582 I think I should burn them. 1296 01:26:18,042 --> 01:26:22,213 I think it would be a wise and relieving thing to do. 1297 01:26:35,601 --> 01:26:37,561 Good-bye, Mr. Elton. 1298 01:26:37,603 --> 01:26:40,272 [ Thinking ] Hello, Mr. Churchill. 1299 01:26:53,452 --> 01:26:55,120 Mmm. 1300 01:26:55,204 --> 01:26:58,290 When you get married, you must eat strawberries at your wedding. 1301 01:26:58,374 --> 01:27:00,417 I shall never marry. 1302 01:27:00,501 --> 01:27:02,461 Really ? 1303 01:27:02,503 --> 01:27:06,340 I was certain you were developing feelings for someone. 1304 01:27:06,423 --> 01:27:09,093 The service he rendered you would endear him naturally. 1305 01:27:09,134 --> 01:27:12,471 Oh, I cannot tell you how I felt when I saw him coming to my rescue. 1306 01:27:12,554 --> 01:27:16,600 I went from agony to utter happiness at the sight of him ! 1307 01:27:16,684 --> 01:27:18,978 He is a fine choice for you. 1308 01:27:19,019 --> 01:27:22,481 But do not let your feelings go until you are sure of his. 1309 01:27:22,564 --> 01:27:26,819 I give you this caution now because I am determined never to interfere. 1310 01:27:26,902 --> 01:27:29,154 I will not even say his name to you. 1311 01:27:29,196 --> 01:27:32,866 Only that raising your thoughts to him is a mark of your very good taste. 1312 01:27:32,950 --> 01:27:36,620 - [ Giggling ] - [ Laughing ] 1313 01:27:36,662 --> 01:27:39,456 [ Laughing Continues ] 1314 01:27:47,798 --> 01:27:50,926 I have some wonderful news. 1315 01:27:51,009 --> 01:27:53,303 I have found a position for you. 1316 01:27:53,345 --> 01:27:55,431 It is with a choice family in Bath, 1317 01:27:55,514 --> 01:27:57,891 - and the position is one of-- - [ Jane ] I'm most obliged, 1318 01:27:57,975 --> 01:28:01,645 but I would not consider leaving Highbury. 1319 01:28:01,729 --> 01:28:04,857 As your protector, I cannot allow you to feel that way. 1320 01:28:04,940 --> 01:28:07,484 I'm sure everyone agrees with me. 1321 01:28:07,568 --> 01:28:11,071 What are your options after all, Jane, hmm ? 1322 01:28:11,155 --> 01:28:13,657 These sandwiches are delicious, Mrs. Elton. 1323 01:28:13,699 --> 01:28:17,161 - You really are a gourmet. - [ Laughs ] 1324 01:28:17,202 --> 01:28:19,788 Well, I never compliment myself, but... 1325 01:28:19,872 --> 01:28:22,583 my friends tell me I certainly know how to make a sandwich. 1326 01:28:24,126 --> 01:28:28,338 - Now, Jane-- - Shall we all play a game ? 1327 01:28:28,380 --> 01:28:32,176 I command that we each tell Miss Woodhouse something entertaining. 1328 01:28:32,217 --> 01:28:34,344 You may offer one thing very clever, 1329 01:28:34,428 --> 01:28:37,347 two things moderately clever, 1330 01:28:37,389 --> 01:28:40,100 or three things very dull indeed. 1331 01:28:40,184 --> 01:28:43,645 In return, Miss Woodhouse will laugh heartily at them all. 1332 01:28:43,729 --> 01:28:46,190 [ Mrs. Elton ] I do not pretend to be a wit, 1333 01:28:46,231 --> 01:28:49,776 though I have a great deal of vivacity in my own way, of course. 1334 01:28:49,860 --> 01:28:54,490 These diversions are tolerable at Christmas when one is around the fire. 1335 01:28:54,573 --> 01:28:58,202 But in my opinion, it wastes the outdoors. 1336 01:28:58,285 --> 01:29:00,370 Miss Woodhouse, you must excuse me. 1337 01:29:00,412 --> 01:29:02,748 [ Elton ] And me. 1338 01:29:02,831 --> 01:29:05,417 I am an old married man. 1339 01:29:05,501 --> 01:29:07,920 I have nothing to say that would please Miss Woodhouse... 1340 01:29:08,003 --> 01:29:11,048 or any young lady. 1341 01:29:11,089 --> 01:29:13,258 Oh, [ Chuckles ] well. 1342 01:29:13,342 --> 01:29:16,678 I need not be uneasy, as long as we're allowed three dull things. 1343 01:29:16,762 --> 01:29:19,473 [ Laughing ] Very dull, in fact. I shall be sure to say three very dull things... 1344 01:29:19,556 --> 01:29:22,726 as soon as I open my mouth, shan't I ? 1345 01:29:22,768 --> 01:29:25,604 There may be a difficulty. 1346 01:29:25,646 --> 01:29:28,315 [ Miss Bates ] I doubt that. I'm sure I never fail to say things very dull. 1347 01:29:28,398 --> 01:29:31,151 Yes, dear, but you'll be limited as to number. Only three. 1348 01:29:31,235 --> 01:29:34,446 Oh ! [ Giggles ] 1349 01:29:40,285 --> 01:29:42,412 To be sure. 1350 01:29:42,454 --> 01:29:44,414 [ Miss Bates ] Yes. 1351 01:29:47,167 --> 01:29:49,127 [ Miss Bates ] l, l-- 1352 01:29:49,169 --> 01:29:51,129 I, l-- 1353 01:29:52,673 --> 01:29:56,760 I, I see. I see. I see what she means. 1354 01:29:56,843 --> 01:30:00,597 Hmm. I will try and hold my tongue. 1355 01:30:00,639 --> 01:30:05,978 Oh, I must make myself very... disagreeable. 1356 01:30:06,019 --> 01:30:11,024 Or, or she would not have said such a thing to an old... friend. 1357 01:30:13,151 --> 01:30:17,614 Well, [ Giggles ] just three. 1358 01:30:17,656 --> 01:30:19,658 Yes. 1359 01:30:25,956 --> 01:30:29,501 Miss Bates, will you give me the pleasure of your company... 1360 01:30:29,584 --> 01:30:32,963 - whilst I pick some more strawberries ? - Oh, thank you, 1361 01:30:33,005 --> 01:30:34,631 Mr. Knightley. 1362 01:30:34,715 --> 01:30:37,384 That would be charming. 1363 01:30:47,561 --> 01:30:49,521 Emma ? 1364 01:30:49,563 --> 01:30:52,649 How could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates ? 1365 01:30:54,317 --> 01:30:57,696 How could you be so insolent to a woman of her age and situation ? 1366 01:30:57,738 --> 01:30:59,823 I'd not thought it possible. 1367 01:30:59,906 --> 01:31:03,702 How could I help saying it ? I daresay she did not understand me. 1368 01:31:03,744 --> 01:31:06,538 I assure you she felt your full meaning. 1369 01:31:06,580 --> 01:31:08,957 She cannot stop mentioning it. 1370 01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:12,169 I wish you could have heard her honor your forbearance in putting up with her... 1371 01:31:12,210 --> 01:31:14,171 when her society is so irksome ! 1372 01:31:14,212 --> 01:31:16,757 I know there is no better creature in all the world, but you must allow... 1373 01:31:16,840 --> 01:31:20,343 that blended alongside the good, there is an equal amount of the ridiculous in her. 1374 01:31:20,427 --> 01:31:23,346 Were she prosperous or a woman equal to you in situation, 1375 01:31:23,388 --> 01:31:26,641 I would not quarrel about any liberties of manner. 1376 01:31:26,725 --> 01:31:29,519 But she is poor ! 1377 01:31:29,561 --> 01:31:31,897 Even more so than when she was born ! 1378 01:31:31,938 --> 01:31:35,484 And should she live to be an old lady, she will sink further still. 1379 01:31:35,567 --> 01:31:40,280 Her situation being in every way below you should secure your compassion ! 1380 01:31:40,363 --> 01:31:42,657 Badly done, Emma. 1381 01:31:45,076 --> 01:31:47,078 Badly done. 1382 01:31:49,873 --> 01:31:53,960 She has watched you grow from a time when her notice of you was an honor... 1383 01:31:55,545 --> 01:31:58,256 to this. 1384 01:31:58,340 --> 01:32:01,301 Humbling her and laughing at her... 1385 01:32:01,384 --> 01:32:04,888 in front of people who would be guided by your treatment of her. 1386 01:32:11,937 --> 01:32:13,939 Ah ! 1387 01:32:17,275 --> 01:32:20,904 It is not pleasant for me to say these things. 1388 01:32:22,948 --> 01:32:26,952 But I must tell you the truth while I can. 1389 01:32:28,620 --> 01:32:32,165 Proving myself your friend by the most faithful counsel, 1390 01:32:36,086 --> 01:32:39,381 and trusting that sometime you will do my faith in you greater justice... 1391 01:32:39,464 --> 01:32:42,133 than you do it now. 1392 01:33:00,568 --> 01:33:02,696 Oh, good afternoon, Miss Woodhouse. 1393 01:33:02,779 --> 01:33:04,906 Please come in. 1394 01:33:11,121 --> 01:33:13,790 Just a moment, please. 1395 01:33:13,832 --> 01:33:17,210 Just tell her I'm unwell, Mother, and laid down upon the bed. 1396 01:33:42,444 --> 01:33:45,488 [ Knightley ] I've been planning a visit-- 1397 01:33:48,950 --> 01:33:51,161 - ...first and say good-bye. - [ Woodhouse ] You mean, you walked... 1398 01:33:51,202 --> 01:33:54,539 - all the way, and on such a cold night? - Certainly I walked. 1399 01:33:54,622 --> 01:33:59,127 My dear, how did you find my old friend and her daughter ? 1400 01:33:59,210 --> 01:34:02,213 Emma has called on Mrs. and Miss Bates. 1401 01:34:02,297 --> 01:34:06,551 - She always shows them such kindness. - No, Father. 1402 01:34:06,593 --> 01:34:09,637 They have been the ones to forebear and show me kindness. 1403 01:34:09,721 --> 01:34:13,975 Nonsense, daughter ! The charity you have given them-- 1404 01:34:14,059 --> 01:34:17,771 I have given them charity but not kindness, 1405 01:34:17,854 --> 01:34:22,150 a virtue which some friends may doubt I still have. 1406 01:34:24,152 --> 01:34:27,197 The truest friend does not doubt... 1407 01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:29,741 but hope. 1408 01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:43,880 I must go. 1409 01:34:43,922 --> 01:34:48,259 I'm leaving town to visit John and lsabella. 1410 01:34:48,343 --> 01:34:51,346 I'm sorry I was not here sooner... 1411 01:34:51,429 --> 01:34:54,432 so that we could have talked. 1412 01:34:55,767 --> 01:34:57,685 So am l. 1413 01:34:59,938 --> 01:35:02,190 When will you be back ? 1414 01:35:02,273 --> 01:35:04,734 I don't know. 1415 01:35:04,818 --> 01:35:08,112 There is a delicate and perplexing matter... 1416 01:35:08,154 --> 01:35:10,782 I must discuss with my brother. 1417 01:35:14,160 --> 01:35:16,120 Well, then-- 1418 01:35:17,413 --> 01:35:19,332 Well, then-- 1419 01:35:19,415 --> 01:35:21,417 [ Chuckles ] 1420 01:35:27,298 --> 01:35:31,302 [ Thinking ] Frank Churchill's aunt has died, taking him away. 1421 01:35:31,386 --> 01:35:35,932 This strengthens Harriet's chances with him, since the aunt was sure to object. 1422 01:35:36,015 --> 01:35:39,644 I continue in my efforts to make amends with Miss Bates. 1423 01:35:39,727 --> 01:35:42,105 Though matters are not yet fully repaired, 1424 01:35:42,146 --> 01:35:45,692 I feel that a renewal of our friendship is ahead of us. 1425 01:35:45,775 --> 01:35:48,528 Above all, I am most gratified to say... 1426 01:35:48,611 --> 01:35:50,863 that could Mr. Knightley-- 1427 01:35:55,243 --> 01:35:58,371 Mr. Knightley-- 1428 01:35:58,454 --> 01:36:00,081 Hmm. 1429 01:36:00,164 --> 01:36:03,835 Had been privy to my attempts, could he have seen into my heart, 1430 01:36:03,918 --> 01:36:08,798 I think he would not, on this occasion, have found anything to reprove. 1431 01:36:10,717 --> 01:36:13,094 [ Panting ] 1432 01:36:14,762 --> 01:36:17,890 Frank... is engaged. 1433 01:36:17,974 --> 01:36:21,978 [ Gasps ] I cannot believe it ! So quickly ? 1434 01:36:22,061 --> 01:36:25,440 Quickly ? The engagement has been in place for some time. 1435 01:36:27,025 --> 01:36:30,320 Emma, Frank has been secretly engaged... 1436 01:36:30,361 --> 01:36:32,488 to Jane Fairfax. 1437 01:36:32,572 --> 01:36:34,866 Good God ! 1438 01:36:34,907 --> 01:36:37,994 - This cannot be the truth ! - They've been engaged since October, 1439 01:36:38,036 --> 01:36:41,497 formed at Weymouth through their friend, Charles Dixon. 1440 01:36:41,539 --> 01:36:43,624 Mr. Dixon ! 1441 01:36:43,708 --> 01:36:47,045 He kept it secret because he feared his aunt's disapproval. 1442 01:36:48,755 --> 01:36:51,340 It has hurt both his father and me, 1443 01:36:51,424 --> 01:36:55,094 most especially because of whom else it might hurt. 1444 01:36:57,263 --> 01:37:02,060 I cannot pretend that I do not understand what you mean by that. 1445 01:37:02,143 --> 01:37:04,896 But let me give you all the relief in my power. 1446 01:37:04,979 --> 01:37:08,649 There was a time when I was attached to Frank. 1447 01:37:08,733 --> 01:37:13,863 Fortunately, that ceased and for some time I have felt nothing for him. 1448 01:37:13,946 --> 01:37:18,242 This was my greatest worry. 1449 01:37:18,284 --> 01:37:21,871 I'm certain you knew it was our wish you might be attached. 1450 01:37:21,913 --> 01:37:27,043 - Imagine what we felt on your account. - There is no need to worry about that. 1451 01:37:27,085 --> 01:37:30,338 Although how could he have come here and treated me in this fashion ? 1452 01:37:30,421 --> 01:37:32,381 It is cruel ! Truly cruel ! 1453 01:37:32,465 --> 01:37:36,260 Yes, dear. But I thought you said you felt nothing for him. 1454 01:37:36,344 --> 01:37:38,262 Yes, but he did not know that. 1455 01:37:38,346 --> 01:37:41,390 He is benefiting from a very lucky coincidence. 1456 01:37:41,474 --> 01:37:43,935 Now, Emma, he's a good man, 1457 01:37:43,976 --> 01:37:47,396 however wrong this action might be. 1458 01:37:50,983 --> 01:37:55,071 Dear, might I entreat you to put Mr. Weston's heart at ease ? 1459 01:37:55,112 --> 01:37:57,323 He's been as worried about you as l. 1460 01:37:57,406 --> 01:38:00,117 Could you let him know how glad you are for Frank... 1461 01:38:00,201 --> 01:38:02,995 to have found a girl of such steady character ? 1462 01:38:03,079 --> 01:38:06,040 I do not know how steady her character can be, engaging herself to a man... 1463 01:38:06,123 --> 01:38:08,042 who pretends not to be engaged, 1464 01:38:08,125 --> 01:38:10,044 and then deceives attractive and feeling young women. 1465 01:38:10,127 --> 01:38:11,963 [ Door Opens ] 1466 01:38:12,046 --> 01:38:16,217 Here is the luckiest father in all of England ! 1467 01:38:19,053 --> 01:38:21,305 Thank you. 1468 01:38:23,099 --> 01:38:26,602 - [ Door Opens ] - Is this not the oddest news you've ever heard about... 1469 01:38:26,686 --> 01:38:28,813 Mr. Churchill and Miss Fairfax ? 1470 01:38:28,896 --> 01:38:31,315 - Had you any idea of it ? - Can you imagine that I knew... 1471 01:38:31,399 --> 01:38:33,818 when I was encouraging you to give way to your own feelings ? 1472 01:38:33,859 --> 01:38:36,112 Had I known, I would have cautioned you. 1473 01:38:36,153 --> 01:38:38,114 Cautioned me ? Why ? 1474 01:38:38,155 --> 01:38:41,784 You do not think that I care about Frank Churchill ! 1475 01:38:41,867 --> 01:38:44,954 Wha-- What do you mean ? 1476 01:38:44,996 --> 01:38:48,457 - You, you said that you loved a man-- - I did not name him, 1477 01:38:48,499 --> 01:38:53,129 but I hope I have developed better taste than to choose Frank Churchill over him. 1478 01:38:53,212 --> 01:38:55,798 Frank Churchill. [ Laughs ] 1479 01:38:55,840 --> 01:38:58,050 Furthermore, I would never have even dreamed of him... 1480 01:38:58,134 --> 01:39:00,052 except that you told me he was wonderful. 1481 01:39:00,136 --> 01:39:02,138 Yes, but I thought you meant-- 1482 01:39:02,179 --> 01:39:04,765 That raising my thoughts to him was a sign of my good taste. 1483 01:39:04,849 --> 01:39:07,602 - Those were your words. - But I meant them in reference to-- 1484 01:39:07,685 --> 01:39:10,187 Without having heard them, I would never have dared to hope. 1485 01:39:10,271 --> 01:39:12,148 Harriet, please ! 1486 01:39:12,189 --> 01:39:16,652 Before we can go on, there is something that I must clarify. 1487 01:39:17,862 --> 01:39:21,741 Is it possible that you are speaking of... 1488 01:39:21,824 --> 01:39:23,743 Mr. Knightley ? 1489 01:39:23,826 --> 01:39:26,329 To be sure. 1490 01:39:26,370 --> 01:39:30,166 But, y-you spoke of the service that Frank had done you... 1491 01:39:30,207 --> 01:39:33,127 - in rescuing you from the gypsies. - I never said that. 1492 01:39:33,210 --> 01:39:35,588 I recall it with perfect clarity. 1493 01:39:35,671 --> 01:39:38,883 If I spoke of being rescued, I was thinking of Mr. Knightley's... 1494 01:39:38,966 --> 01:39:41,802 asking me to dance after Mr. Elton snubbed me. 1495 01:39:41,886 --> 01:39:44,847 That was when I knew how superior a man he was. 1496 01:39:44,889 --> 01:39:48,517 Good God ! This is a horrible mistake. 1497 01:39:48,559 --> 01:39:51,562 What is to be done ? 1498 01:39:51,604 --> 01:39:54,231 Must something be done about it ? 1499 01:40:00,321 --> 01:40:04,033 You must think him 500 million times more above me than Mr. Churchill. 1500 01:40:04,075 --> 01:40:06,035 - Yet, you did say-- - Harriet ? 1501 01:40:07,912 --> 01:40:10,206 Have-- 1502 01:40:10,247 --> 01:40:14,376 Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley's returning your affection ? 1503 01:40:14,460 --> 01:40:19,548 Yes, I must say that I have. You told me... 1504 01:40:19,632 --> 01:40:22,593 to let his behavior be the rule of mine, and so I have. 1505 01:40:22,635 --> 01:40:25,429 Am I wrong to hope as I do ? 1506 01:40:30,267 --> 01:40:32,770 Harriet, 1507 01:40:32,853 --> 01:40:37,233 I can only venture to declare that Mr. Knightley... 1508 01:40:37,274 --> 01:40:42,238 is the last man on earth who would intentionally give any woman... 1509 01:40:42,321 --> 01:40:46,283 the idea of his feeling more for her than he really does. 1510 01:40:49,787 --> 01:40:51,747 [ Emma ] This is tragic. 1511 01:40:51,831 --> 01:40:54,166 [ Mrs. Weston ] Why is it tragic that Harriet should attach herself... 1512 01:40:54,250 --> 01:40:57,294 to a man who you admire so much ? 1513 01:40:57,378 --> 01:41:00,422 I have asked myself many times why this should have unsettled me, 1514 01:41:00,506 --> 01:41:05,302 and I came to see that I do not admire Mr. Knightley as I have so long thought. 1515 01:41:08,514 --> 01:41:11,100 I love him... 1516 01:41:11,141 --> 01:41:14,186 so dearly, so greatly. 1517 01:41:14,270 --> 01:41:17,356 Outside of you and Father, his is the opinion which matters most. 1518 01:41:17,439 --> 01:41:19,400 - Oh, my dearest child ! - I did not know it... 1519 01:41:19,483 --> 01:41:22,486 until poor Harriet said she had the hope of him returning her feelings. 1520 01:41:22,570 --> 01:41:25,489 Then I felt ill that I could lose him, 1521 01:41:25,531 --> 01:41:29,952 and I knew that no one must marry Mr. Knightley... 1522 01:41:29,994 --> 01:41:34,081 - but me. - How heavenly ! 1523 01:41:34,164 --> 01:41:36,458 But I am too late. 1524 01:41:36,500 --> 01:41:38,627 Just before he left town he said-- 1525 01:41:38,669 --> 01:41:42,548 There is a delicate and perplexing matter I must discuss with my brother. 1526 01:41:42,631 --> 01:41:44,884 I hope his brother advises him to be careful. 1527 01:41:44,967 --> 01:41:47,845 After all, we know nothing about her parents. They could be pirates. 1528 01:41:47,887 --> 01:41:52,349 My dear, I like Harriet very much, as I might remind you, do you. 1529 01:41:52,433 --> 01:41:55,978 But remember, her feelings are evidence of her feelings only. 1530 01:41:56,061 --> 01:41:58,814 Nothing can be known until Mr. Knightley returns. 1531 01:41:58,856 --> 01:42:03,694 Oh, I long for it and fear it at the same time. 1532 01:42:03,736 --> 01:42:06,822 I shall not know how to behave when I see him. 1533 01:42:06,905 --> 01:42:10,618 - Let his behavior be your guide. - But, oh, dear ! 1534 01:42:10,701 --> 01:42:13,704 If he seems happy, I shall know that he has decided to marry Harriet, 1535 01:42:13,787 --> 01:42:19,168 and I will not, I know I will not be able to let him tell me. 1536 01:42:19,209 --> 01:42:22,504 I could not bear to hear the words. 1537 01:42:22,546 --> 01:42:26,300 If he seems sad, I shall know that John has advised him not to marry Harriet. 1538 01:42:26,383 --> 01:42:28,719 I love John ! 1539 01:42:28,802 --> 01:42:33,557 Or, he may seem sad because he fears telling me he will marry my friend. 1540 01:42:33,641 --> 01:42:36,560 How could John let him do that ? I hate John ! 1541 01:42:36,602 --> 01:42:39,063 My dear, nothing can be done until he returns. 1542 01:42:39,104 --> 01:42:42,483 And until he does, you must try to put him out of your mind. 1543 01:42:42,566 --> 01:42:44,234 Can you ? 1544 01:42:44,318 --> 01:42:46,445 Certainly I can. 1545 01:42:46,528 --> 01:42:50,824 I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. 1546 01:42:52,910 --> 01:42:54,912 [ Thinking ] Dear diary. 1547 01:42:54,995 --> 01:42:59,208 Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightley. 1548 01:42:59,249 --> 01:43:03,379 I tried not to think about him when I spoke about the menu with cook. 1549 01:43:03,462 --> 01:43:06,799 - Oh, is Mr. Knightley coming ? - Why do you say that ? 1550 01:43:06,882 --> 01:43:08,967 Lamb stew's his favorite. 1551 01:43:09,051 --> 01:43:11,553 I tried not to think about him in the garden... 1552 01:43:11,595 --> 01:43:14,056 where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy... 1553 01:43:14,098 --> 01:43:17,434 to ascertain his feelings for Harriet. 1554 01:43:17,476 --> 01:43:20,104 I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden. 1555 01:43:20,187 --> 01:43:23,732 They really are drab little flowers. 1556 01:43:23,774 --> 01:43:27,694 And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed. 1557 01:43:27,778 --> 01:43:30,322 But something had to be done. 1558 01:43:53,804 --> 01:43:58,267 Dear Lord, if he cannot share a life with me, 1559 01:43:58,350 --> 01:44:01,937 is it wrong to ask that he not share it with anyone ? 1560 01:44:01,979 --> 01:44:04,731 That we go on as we go on now, 1561 01:44:04,815 --> 01:44:07,359 him stopping by at any hour, 1562 01:44:07,442 --> 01:44:10,612 always the brightest part of our lives, 1563 01:44:10,654 --> 01:44:15,117 a natural and easy member of the family ? 1564 01:44:15,159 --> 01:44:18,412 I would be content if he would just stay single, Lord. 1565 01:44:18,495 --> 01:44:21,832 That's it. If he would just stay single, Lord, 1566 01:44:21,874 --> 01:44:25,127 that would be enough for me to be perfectly satisfied. 1567 01:44:27,254 --> 01:44:29,798 Almost. 1568 01:44:29,840 --> 01:44:31,800 Amen. 1569 01:44:33,385 --> 01:44:35,762 [ Bell Rings ] 1570 01:44:56,742 --> 01:44:58,911 Emma ! 1571 01:44:58,994 --> 01:45:01,997 - [ Clears Throat ] - Forgive me. 1572 01:45:02,039 --> 01:45:06,960 Uh, I was, uh-- I was lost in my thoughts. 1573 01:45:07,044 --> 01:45:09,671 And how are you ? 1574 01:45:09,755 --> 01:45:12,257 Happy ? 1575 01:45:12,341 --> 01:45:15,218 W-Well, I'm... 1576 01:45:15,260 --> 01:45:17,846 - happy to see you, as always. - Ah. 1577 01:45:19,556 --> 01:45:22,476 - I didn't, uh, know that you were back. - Just. 1578 01:45:22,559 --> 01:45:25,103 Oh. 1579 01:45:25,187 --> 01:45:27,731 - Yes, just. - Oh. Yes. 1580 01:45:30,651 --> 01:45:33,195 I'm on my way home. 1581 01:45:33,236 --> 01:45:35,238 I was just there. 1582 01:45:37,324 --> 01:45:39,785 - May I join you ? - Of course. 1583 01:45:47,376 --> 01:45:49,795 [ Sighs ] Oh, dear. 1584 01:45:49,878 --> 01:45:52,964 - What ? - What ? Oh. Oh ! 1585 01:45:53,048 --> 01:45:58,220 Something about the deer we need for the venison stew. 1586 01:45:58,261 --> 01:46:01,223 Uh-huh. 1587 01:46:03,767 --> 01:46:07,104 - There's something I have to ask you. - Oh, wait. 1588 01:46:07,187 --> 01:46:10,816 Now that you are back, there is some news that will surprise you. 1589 01:46:12,818 --> 01:46:15,320 Of what nature is this news ? 1590 01:46:15,404 --> 01:46:18,198 The very best. It is a wedding between two people-- 1591 01:46:18,281 --> 01:46:22,077 Oh, yes, between Jane and Mr. Churchill. 1592 01:46:24,663 --> 01:46:27,457 Mr. Weston wrote to me. 1593 01:46:27,541 --> 01:46:31,920 - Undoubtedly you were not surprised. - Well-- 1594 01:46:31,962 --> 01:46:35,424 But I seem doomed to blindness. 1595 01:46:36,675 --> 01:46:39,636 Time will heal your wound. 1596 01:46:42,013 --> 01:46:45,976 - My wound ? - I know you must've been... 1597 01:46:46,017 --> 01:46:48,603 cruelly disappointed by his secret. 1598 01:46:48,645 --> 01:46:52,691 [ Sighs ] He's a scoundrel. 1599 01:46:53,817 --> 01:46:56,027 You are kind. 1600 01:46:56,111 --> 01:46:58,947 But I must tell you that I quickly saw that Frank lacked qualities, 1601 01:46:58,989 --> 01:47:03,577 honesty being one of them, which are essential to me in any kind of friend. 1602 01:47:06,413 --> 01:47:10,375 Emma, uh-- Is that true ? 1603 01:47:12,502 --> 01:47:15,589 He imposed on me, but he has not injured me. 1604 01:47:15,672 --> 01:47:17,591 Yes. 1605 01:47:17,674 --> 01:47:20,927 He got everything he wanted at great expense to others... 1606 01:47:21,011 --> 01:47:23,972 and at no cost to himself. 1607 01:47:25,515 --> 01:47:27,684 He offends me deeply. 1608 01:47:29,311 --> 01:47:33,815 Yet, there is, there's something in his situation that I envy. 1609 01:47:33,857 --> 01:47:38,153 Did I mention that we are having a new drain installed ? 1610 01:47:38,195 --> 01:47:41,239 You will not ask me the point of my envy ? 1611 01:47:46,286 --> 01:47:49,831 Well, perhaps you are wise. 1612 01:47:49,915 --> 01:47:52,959 But l-- 1613 01:47:53,043 --> 01:47:58,715 I cannot be wise. Emma, I must tell you what you will not ask, 1614 01:47:58,798 --> 01:48:01,718 - though I may wish it unsaid the next moment. - Then do not speak it. 1615 01:48:01,801 --> 01:48:06,598 Do not commit yourself to something which may injure us both to have said. 1616 01:48:16,441 --> 01:48:18,401 Very well. 1617 01:48:22,238 --> 01:48:26,159 Very well... good day. 1618 01:48:53,395 --> 01:48:55,480 Mr. Knightley ? 1619 01:48:59,025 --> 01:49:01,319 Mr. Knightley, 1620 01:49:01,403 --> 01:49:05,115 I stopped you ungraciously just now and gave you pain. 1621 01:49:05,198 --> 01:49:08,910 If you have any wish to speak to me openly about anything you might have in contemplation, 1622 01:49:08,993 --> 01:49:12,747 as your friend I cannot refuse you. 1623 01:49:12,789 --> 01:49:15,875 Indeed, as your old friend, 1624 01:49:15,959 --> 01:49:19,170 I will hear whatever it is you wish to tell me. 1625 01:49:19,254 --> 01:49:20,672 Emma ! 1626 01:49:20,755 --> 01:49:24,676 You want our friendship to remain the same as it has always been. 1627 01:49:26,136 --> 01:49:30,306 - But I cannot desire that. - But why ? 1628 01:49:30,390 --> 01:49:33,226 I know I made mistakes, but had you been here the last few days... 1629 01:49:33,309 --> 01:49:35,562 you would have seen how I have tried to change. 1630 01:49:35,645 --> 01:49:38,440 Please, tell me I am your friend. 1631 01:49:38,481 --> 01:49:41,901 I do not wish to call you my friend because... 1632 01:49:41,985 --> 01:49:45,738 I hope to call you something infinitely more dear. 1633 01:49:49,159 --> 01:49:52,704 Have you not wondered why I never befriended Frank Churchill ? 1634 01:49:55,331 --> 01:49:59,669 It was because I knew he was intended for you. 1635 01:50:01,713 --> 01:50:07,135 Indeed, when you insulted Miss Bates at the picnic, 1636 01:50:07,177 --> 01:50:11,055 I thought that evidence of his influence over you. 1637 01:50:12,515 --> 01:50:15,643 And I could not bear to see it. 1638 01:50:15,727 --> 01:50:19,314 So I went away. 1639 01:50:19,397 --> 01:50:22,358 But I went to the wrong place. 1640 01:50:25,528 --> 01:50:29,115 My brother's house is usually a place of comfort to me, 1641 01:50:29,199 --> 01:50:34,329 but seeing your sister there kept you fresh in my mind. 1642 01:50:35,788 --> 01:50:38,499 And the torture, I assure you, 1643 01:50:38,583 --> 01:50:40,835 was acute. 1644 01:50:40,877 --> 01:50:43,129 I only felt hope again... 1645 01:50:43,213 --> 01:50:47,675 when I heard of Mr. Churchill's engagement. 1646 01:50:49,677 --> 01:50:51,846 And I rushed back, 1647 01:50:53,014 --> 01:50:56,476 anxious for your feelings. 1648 01:50:56,559 --> 01:50:58,686 Came to be near you. 1649 01:51:01,439 --> 01:51:03,483 I rode through the rain. 1650 01:51:08,238 --> 01:51:11,991 I-- I'd ride through worse than that... 1651 01:51:12,075 --> 01:51:15,286 if I could just hear your voice telling me... 1652 01:51:15,370 --> 01:51:18,289 that I might at least have... 1653 01:51:18,373 --> 01:51:20,959 some chance to win you. 1654 01:51:23,711 --> 01:51:26,881 Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken... 1655 01:51:26,923 --> 01:51:31,386 it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream. 1656 01:51:31,427 --> 01:51:33,721 It cannot be true. 1657 01:51:36,808 --> 01:51:41,479 But I feel so full of error, so mistaken in my makeup to deserve you. 1658 01:51:41,562 --> 01:51:43,731 What of my flaws ? 1659 01:51:43,773 --> 01:51:46,109 I've humbled you and I've lectured you, 1660 01:51:46,192 --> 01:51:49,487 and you have borne it as no one could have borne it. 1661 01:51:55,118 --> 01:51:58,746 Maybe it is our imperfections which make us so perfect for one another. 1662 01:52:08,798 --> 01:52:10,758 Marry me ? 1663 01:52:16,472 --> 01:52:21,936 Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend. 1664 01:52:49,464 --> 01:52:51,883 Let's go to your father. 1665 01:52:51,966 --> 01:52:54,844 - Oh, dear. - What ? 1666 01:52:54,886 --> 01:52:57,763 - I cannot marry you. - Why ever not ? 1667 01:52:57,847 --> 01:53:00,349 My father. First my sister, then Mrs. Weston. 1668 01:53:00,433 --> 01:53:03,686 I don't think he could bear my leaving, even for a man he regards as highly as you. 1669 01:53:03,769 --> 01:53:08,691 I cannot marry you. I cannot abandon him. I cannot ! 1670 01:53:08,733 --> 01:53:13,362 I could not secure your happiness while attacking your father's. 1671 01:53:13,446 --> 01:53:18,868 As long as his joy requires your being at Hartfield, 1672 01:53:18,951 --> 01:53:21,621 Iet it be my home too. 1673 01:53:24,123 --> 01:53:26,667 Thank you. 1674 01:53:26,709 --> 01:53:28,753 Thank you. 1675 01:53:30,796 --> 01:53:33,674 Now I need not call you Mr. Knightley. 1676 01:53:33,716 --> 01:53:37,303 I may call you my Mr. Knightley. 1677 01:54:11,712 --> 01:54:15,007 [ Mrs. Weston ] The elation Mr. Woodhouse felt was soon shared by many. 1678 01:54:21,597 --> 01:54:24,433 While these exchanges lifted the hearts of the couple, 1679 01:54:24,517 --> 01:54:28,062 there was one visit which did not. 1680 01:54:40,157 --> 01:54:42,451 Emma knew that the best chance for Harriet's happiness... 1681 01:54:42,535 --> 01:54:44,870 was that she might marry as well. 1682 01:54:44,954 --> 01:54:49,458 But it seemed too much to hope that even Harriet Smith... 1683 01:54:49,542 --> 01:54:52,920 could be in love with more than three men in one year. 1684 01:54:57,174 --> 01:55:00,761 Miss Woodhouse, may I come in ? 1685 01:55:00,845 --> 01:55:03,389 You know you need never ask. 1686 01:55:03,472 --> 01:55:07,101 Please do, and tell me how you've been. 1687 01:55:07,143 --> 01:55:09,520 It seems weeks since you've been here. 1688 01:55:09,603 --> 01:55:13,899 Yes. I stayed away at first because I thought it would be easier for me. 1689 01:55:15,317 --> 01:55:17,528 Then I stayed away because I have something to tell you... 1690 01:55:17,611 --> 01:55:19,530 which I'm afraid you will not like. 1691 01:55:19,613 --> 01:55:23,576 Harriet, nothing you could say would ever be unpleasant. 1692 01:55:23,659 --> 01:55:27,204 This is. That is, I'm afraid you'll think it is, 1693 01:55:27,288 --> 01:55:31,083 though I think it as beautiful as a dream. 1694 01:55:33,002 --> 01:55:36,964 I have consented to marry Robert Martin. 1695 01:55:38,466 --> 01:55:41,969 - Whatever happened ? - After I left here the last time, 1696 01:55:42,052 --> 01:55:44,138 I saw his sister at a party. 1697 01:55:44,221 --> 01:55:47,183 I fell easily into conversation with her, 1698 01:55:47,224 --> 01:55:49,477 and soon enough she invited me to dinner. 1699 01:55:49,560 --> 01:55:51,979 Mr. Martin was there, of course, 1700 01:55:52,021 --> 01:55:55,649 and we talked as though we had never been apart. 1701 01:55:55,691 --> 01:55:59,820 As I left, he asked if he could see me the next day. 1702 01:55:59,904 --> 01:56:03,991 I said that he could, and on the next day... 1703 01:56:04,074 --> 01:56:07,620 he asked if he could see me the day after that. 1704 01:56:07,703 --> 01:56:09,914 And on the day after that, 1705 01:56:09,997 --> 01:56:13,375 he asked if he could see me all the days ever after. 1706 01:56:13,417 --> 01:56:16,253 - Harriet. - I know this disappoints you, but-- 1707 01:56:16,337 --> 01:56:18,506 Harriet, you mistake me. 1708 01:56:18,547 --> 01:56:22,801 This is the perfect end for my sad career as a matchmaker, 1709 01:56:22,885 --> 01:56:28,390 a role I gladly relinquish by being instead so happily matched myself. 1710 01:56:29,892 --> 01:56:34,396 I hope you know that I only wanted your happiness. 1711 01:56:34,480 --> 01:56:38,984 Now that you have found it, it makes my own complete. 1712 01:56:44,490 --> 01:56:48,869 [ Cheers, Applause ] 1713 01:56:55,251 --> 01:56:59,838 [ Narrator ] There were those who thought the wedding a little shabby. 1714 01:56:59,922 --> 01:57:03,175 I do not profess to be an expert in the field of fashion, 1715 01:57:03,259 --> 01:57:05,719 though my friends say I have quite the eye. 1716 01:57:05,803 --> 01:57:09,598 But I can tell you, there is a shocking lack of satin. 1717 01:57:26,282 --> 01:57:29,451 Bravo ! Bravo ! 1718 01:57:39,878 --> 01:57:42,589 [ Narrator ] However, the wishes, the faith and the predictions... 1719 01:57:42,673 --> 01:57:46,343 of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony... 1720 01:57:46,427 --> 01:57:51,098 were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union.