1 00:01:07,939 --> 00:01:09,719 (CLOCC TICCING) 2 00:01:10,223 --> 00:01:12,183 boundaries of... 3 00:01:15,829 --> 00:01:17,549 propriety... 4 00:01:21,868 --> 00:01:24,248 vigorously assaulted... 5 00:01:34,380 --> 00:01:36,580 ...propriety were... 6 00:01:39,763 --> 00:01:41,243 (EXCLAIMS) 7 00:01:52,776 --> 00:01:54,976 (PLAYING PIANO SOFTLY) 8 00:02:31,271 --> 00:02:35,511 The boundaries of propriety were vigorously assaulted. 9 00:02:36,943 --> 00:02:40,646 The boundaries of propriety were vigorously assaulted, as was only right, 10 00:02:40,647 --> 00:02:43,315 but not quite breached, as was also right. 11 00:02:43,316 --> 00:02:45,096 Nevertheless, 12 00:02:47,253 --> 00:02:49,453 she was not pleased. 13 00:02:52,419 --> 00:02:54,619 (PIANO PLAYING LOUDLY) 14 00:03:10,143 --> 00:03:12,283 -What is it? -Jane. 15 00:03:12,879 --> 00:03:14,059 Oh. 16 00:03:25,525 --> 00:03:26,825 Jane! 17 00:03:32,865 --> 00:03:34,585 Oh, dear me. 18 00:03:35,201 --> 00:03:37,761 That girl needs a husband. 19 00:03:38,838 --> 00:03:41,638 And who's good enough? Nobody. 20 00:03:43,610 --> 00:03:45,870 I blame you for that. 21 00:03:46,045 --> 00:03:49,385 Being too much the model of perfection. 22 00:03:48,641 --> 00:03:50,841 (LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) 23 00:03:50,783 --> 00:03:52,951 I've shared your bed for 32 years 24 00:03:52,952 --> 00:03:57,012 and perfection is something I have not encountered. 25 00:03:57,256 --> 00:03:58,496 Yet. 26 00:04:01,828 --> 00:04:06,068 No. Stop it. Mr Austen, it's Sunday! Stop, no, it's... 27 00:04:08,411 --> 00:04:09,891 (CHUCCLES) 28 00:04:11,104 --> 00:04:16,484 The utmost of a woman's character is expressed in the duties of daughter, 29 00:04:17,610 --> 00:04:21,010 sister and, eventually, wife and mother. 30 00:04:23,549 --> 00:04:29,289 It is secured by soft attraction, virtuous love and quiet in the early morning. 31 00:04:32,492 --> 00:04:35,794 lf a woman happens to have a particular superiority, 32 00:04:35,795 --> 00:04:40,635 for example, a profound mind, it is best kept a profound secret. 33 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,740 Humour is liked more, but wit? No. 34 00:04:45,905 --> 00:04:49,041 lt is the most treacherous talent of them all. 35 00:04:49,042 --> 00:04:53,102 Now, George, old fellow, you know you have to stay. 36 00:04:53,312 --> 00:04:55,752 -Jenny! -George, George. 37 00:05:02,088 --> 00:05:05,068 hurry along, jane! we'll be late! 38 00:05:06,225 --> 00:05:09,505 when her ladyship calls, we must obey. 39 00:05:40,159 --> 00:05:42,179 come along, jane. 40 00:05:52,972 --> 00:05:57,572 Lady Gresham, may I introduce my niece Comtesse De Feuillide 41 00:05:58,978 --> 00:06:01,958 and Mr Fowle, Cassandra's fiance. 42 00:06:02,014 --> 00:06:06,314 -Comtesse? Then you presume to be French? -By marriage. 43 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,689 Monsieur le Comte is notheee to pay his respects? 44 00:06:10,690 --> 00:06:12,891 A prior engagement, ma'am, 45 00:06:12,892 --> 00:06:16,695 Monsieur Ie Comtewas obliged to pay his eespectsto Madame Ie GuiIIotine. 46 00:06:16,696 --> 00:06:17,876 Oh! 47 00:06:21,167 --> 00:06:24,267 I see your nephew is with us again. 48 00:06:24,437 --> 00:06:26,037 Mr Wisley. 49 00:06:26,906 --> 00:06:30,306 Wisley is indispensable to my happiness. 50 00:06:34,380 --> 00:06:36,460 Well, do sit down. 51 00:06:42,688 --> 00:06:46,628 Mr Fowle and Cassandra are only recently engaged. 52 00:06:47,894 --> 00:06:49,761 When shall you marry? 53 00:06:49,762 --> 00:06:52,264 -Not for some time, Your Ladyship. -Why not? 54 00:06:52,265 --> 00:06:54,466 I'm also engaged to go to the West Indies 55 00:06:54,467 --> 00:06:57,903 with Lord Craven's expedition against the French, as chaplain. 56 00:06:57,904 --> 00:07:02,924 -What has Craven offered you? -I've hopes of a parish on my return. 57 00:07:03,242 --> 00:07:05,502 How much is it worth? 58 00:07:06,846 --> 00:07:10,006 Enough to marry on, in a modest way. 59 00:07:15,288 --> 00:07:19,768 Mr Wisley, did you know the Basingstoke assemblies resume? 60 00:07:19,826 --> 00:07:22,086 Very soon, I believe. 61 00:07:22,795 --> 00:07:26,795 -Jane does enjoy a ball. -Wisley can't abide them. 62 00:07:32,805 --> 00:07:34,345 But, sir, 63 00:07:34,707 --> 00:07:39,411 a ball is an indispensable blessing to the juvenile part of the neighbourhood. 64 00:07:39,412 --> 00:07:42,714 Everything agreeable in the way oftalking and sitting down together 65 00:07:42,715 --> 00:07:45,875 all managed with the utmost decorum. 66 00:07:46,185 --> 00:07:49,105 An amiable man could not object. 67 00:07:53,860 --> 00:07:56,420 Then I find I'm converted. 68 00:07:57,730 --> 00:07:59,831 displayed like a brood mare. 69 00:07:59,832 --> 00:08:04,492 -Mr Wisley is a highly eligible young gentleman. -Oh, Mother! 70 00:08:04,570 --> 00:08:07,670 -You know our situation, Jane. -Oh! 71 00:08:08,241 --> 00:08:12,077 And he is Lady Gresham's favourite nephew and heir. 72 00:08:12,078 --> 00:08:14,938 One day, he shall inherit this. 73 00:08:16,115 --> 00:08:18,315 Excellent prospects! 74 00:08:25,091 --> 00:08:29,871 -His small fortune will not buy me. -What will buy you, cousin? 75 00:08:36,502 --> 00:08:39,542 more wary in the world, mr lefroy. 76 00:08:44,396 --> 00:08:45,876 (LAUGHING) 77 00:08:46,646 --> 00:08:48,613 You can pay me for that later. 78 00:08:48,614 --> 00:08:52,134 -Huzzah! Huzzah! -MAN: Come on, Mr Lefroy. 79 00:08:59,191 --> 00:09:01,511 Come on, man, hit him! 80 00:09:01,961 --> 00:09:03,381 Lefroy! 81 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:20,015 -WOMAN: Glass of wine with you, sir? -Madam. 82 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:23,830 (GROANING) 83 00:09:27,219 --> 00:09:32,119 -Displaying to advantage, I see, Lefroy. -Like the sword, Austen. 84 00:09:33,526 --> 00:09:35,493 How long before you have to get back to the sticks? 85 00:09:35,494 --> 00:09:36,854 A day. 86 00:09:37,163 --> 00:09:38,530 So soon? 87 00:09:38,531 --> 00:09:42,267 Doghouse, debts, but one must cut some sort of a figure even in the militia. 88 00:09:42,268 --> 00:09:45,403 Especially when condemned to a parsonage, my friend. 89 00:09:45,404 --> 00:09:46,604 Yes. 90 00:09:46,605 --> 00:09:50,245 Still, who is this sour-faced little virgin? 91 00:09:52,011 --> 00:09:54,151 Your pardon, ma'am. 92 00:09:55,514 --> 00:09:59,084 Mr Tom Lefroy, may I present Mr John Warren? 93 00:09:59,085 --> 00:10:03,621 Joining me in Hampshire, my father is preparing us both for holy orders. 94 00:10:03,622 --> 00:10:07,392 I understand you've visited Hampshire, Mr Lefroy. 95 00:10:07,393 --> 00:10:08,993 Last year. 96 00:10:10,262 --> 00:10:13,765 -Long visit, was it? -Very long, Mr Warren. Almost three hours. 97 00:10:13,766 --> 00:10:17,302 Mr Austen, you're devilishly handsome. A kiss, a kiss. 98 00:10:17,303 --> 00:10:18,603 Oops! 99 00:10:20,606 --> 00:10:22,774 So, Tom, where should we go? Vauxhall Gardens? 100 00:10:22,775 --> 00:10:24,376 Been there. 101 00:10:24,377 --> 00:10:27,112 Lefroy, there's a Tahitian Love Fest on at White's. 102 00:10:27,113 --> 00:10:28,279 Seen it. 103 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,548 -Crockford's? -Crockford's? Done that. 104 00:10:30,549 --> 00:10:32,450 Or did it do me? 105 00:10:32,451 --> 00:10:35,551 Wh-wh-what is a Tahitian Love Fest? 106 00:10:46,432 --> 00:10:47,852 Warren! 107 00:11:00,146 --> 00:11:02,946 i humbly beg your pardon, sir. 108 00:11:03,349 --> 00:11:08,189 Theft of one pig is a crime, heinous to be sure, but two pigs... 109 00:11:11,690 --> 00:11:17,370 Two pigs is a violent assault on the very sanctity of private property itself. 110 00:11:21,867 --> 00:11:23,034 (WHISPERING) excuse me. 111 00:11:23,035 --> 00:11:27,035 You and your kind are a canker on the body social. 112 00:11:30,976 --> 00:11:33,416 And cankers are cut out. 113 00:11:35,214 --> 00:11:38,014 Transportation for life. Next. 114 00:11:38,361 --> 00:11:40,021 (GAVEL BANGS) 115 00:11:39,518 --> 00:11:43,621 -Why are you here in London, sir? -To learn the law. 116 00:11:43,622 --> 00:11:48,059 -Which has no other end but what? -The preservation ofthe rights of property. 117 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:50,200 -Against? -The mob. 118 00:11:50,863 --> 00:11:54,443 Therefore, order is kept because we have... 119 00:11:56,368 --> 00:12:00,405 -A standing army? -Good manners, sir, and prudence. 120 00:12:00,406 --> 00:12:03,746 -Do you know that word? Prudence? -Yes. 121 00:12:05,211 --> 00:12:07,171 Consider myself. 122 00:12:07,346 --> 00:12:13,086 I was born rich, certainly, but I remain rich by virtue of exceptional conduct. 123 00:12:13,219 --> 00:12:15,599 I have shown restraint. 124 00:12:18,090 --> 00:12:20,725 Your mother, my sister, became poor because she did not... 125 00:12:20,726 --> 00:12:22,360 She married my father because she loved him. 126 00:12:22,361 --> 00:12:26,498 Yes, and that's why you have so many brothers and sisters back there in... 127 00:12:26,499 --> 00:12:28,459 -Limerick. -Mmm. 128 00:12:32,071 --> 00:12:34,631 If you hope, I say hope... 129 00:12:35,274 --> 00:12:38,494 If you aspire to inherit my property, 130 00:12:41,347 --> 00:12:44,415 you must prove yourself more worthy. 131 00:12:44,416 --> 00:12:47,418 But what do we find? We find dissipation 132 00:12:47,419 --> 00:12:52,139 wild enough to glut the imaginings of a Hottentot braggadocio. 133 00:12:53,125 --> 00:12:55,685 Wild companions, gambling, 134 00:12:56,929 --> 00:13:01,733 running around St James's like a neck-or-nothing young blood of the fancy. 135 00:13:01,734 --> 00:13:05,494 -What kind of lawyer will that make? -Typical. 136 00:13:12,611 --> 00:13:14,031 Humour? 137 00:13:15,614 --> 00:13:20,574 Well, you're going to need that because I'm teaching you a lesson. 138 00:13:23,122 --> 00:13:27,902 I'm sending you to stay with your other relations, the Lefroys. 139 00:13:29,828 --> 00:13:34,128 -Uncle, they live in the country. -Deep in the country. 140 00:13:35,645 --> 00:13:37,725 (LANGLOIS CHUCCLING) 141 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,040 -Jane? -Mmm? 142 00:13:56,755 --> 00:13:58,235 Can you? 143 00:14:00,626 --> 00:14:02,226 Thank you. 144 00:14:03,195 --> 00:14:07,495 I think you two quite the prettiest sisters in England. 145 00:14:08,767 --> 00:14:11,387 Mr Fowle will be enchanted. 146 00:14:12,304 --> 00:14:15,284 San Domingo is half a world away. 147 00:14:16,508 --> 00:14:18,468 He'll forget me. 148 00:14:18,477 --> 00:14:22,897 Impossible. Look at the memory you're giving him tonight. 149 00:14:22,067 --> 00:14:23,547 (CHUCCLES) 150 00:14:23,215 --> 00:14:24,635 Cassie. 151 00:14:24,883 --> 00:14:30,383 His heart will stop at the very sight of you or he doesn't deserve to live. 152 00:14:30,623 --> 00:14:35,643 And, yes, I'm aware of the contradiction embodied in that sentence. 153 00:14:34,287 --> 00:14:36,487 (CARRIAGE APPROACHING) 154 00:14:35,894 --> 00:14:37,254 Is it? 155 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,840 -Jane! -Henry! 156 00:14:48,073 --> 00:14:50,213 You look wonderful. 157 00:14:50,376 --> 00:14:52,543 Well, hello, John. It's very good to see you. 158 00:14:52,544 --> 00:14:55,224 -Nice to see you. -Oh, John! 159 00:14:57,483 --> 00:14:58,903 (EXCLAIMING) George! 160 00:15:00,519 --> 00:15:03,019 leave your brother alone. 161 00:15:05,824 --> 00:15:10,762 Jane! Jane? Have you heard? My father's nephew is staying with us. 162 00:15:10,763 --> 00:15:12,030 From London. 163 00:15:12,031 --> 00:15:13,698 -He is a... -A brilliant young lawyer. 164 00:15:13,699 --> 00:15:15,867 -Lucy, please. -With a reputation. 165 00:15:15,868 --> 00:15:17,648 (CLINCING) For lateness? 166 00:15:19,271 --> 00:15:22,731 hat off, george. hat off, father's ready. 167 00:15:24,209 --> 00:15:26,077 -Thank you, John. -Please. 168 00:15:26,078 --> 00:15:29,714 the family is always moving in great ways and small. 169 00:15:29,715 --> 00:15:34,435 Firstly, the small. Henry is back from Oxford with his degree, 170 00:15:36,388 --> 00:15:38,089 -Thank goodness. -Well done. 171 00:15:38,090 --> 00:15:42,210 And our friend John, my new student. Then the great. 172 00:15:42,461 --> 00:15:47,932 Cassandra, who is forsaking us for her brother Edward and his family at the coast 173 00:15:47,933 --> 00:15:51,903 whilst Robert voyages to the West Indies with Lord Craven's expedition. 174 00:15:51,904 --> 00:15:58,184 And then, together, they can embark on that most great and most serious journey of life. 175 00:15:59,078 --> 00:16:02,980 Miss Austen, I understand you will be favouring us with a reading? 176 00:16:02,981 --> 00:16:04,816 -Do, Jane. -WOMAN: Do. 177 00:16:04,817 --> 00:16:06,918 oh, please, miss jane. woman: oh, yes, jane, do. 178 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:08,699 Please, Jane. 179 00:16:16,128 --> 00:16:21,568 Advice from a young lady on the engagement of her beloved sister Cassandra 180 00:16:22,601 --> 00:16:24,261 (ALL LAUGHING) to a Fowle. 181 00:16:28,907 --> 00:16:33,478 His addresses were offered in a manner violent enough to be flattering. 182 00:16:33,479 --> 00:16:38,082 The boundaries of propriety were vigorously assaulted, as was only right, 183 00:16:38,083 --> 00:16:41,252 but not quite breached, as was also right. 184 00:16:41,253 --> 00:16:43,693 Nevertheless, she was... 185 00:16:53,332 --> 00:16:57,512 And may I introduce my young nephew Mr Thomas Lefroy? 186 00:16:59,171 --> 00:17:00,351 oh. 187 00:17:00,873 --> 00:17:04,873 and he's more than welcome. join us, sir, join us. 188 00:17:06,378 --> 00:17:09,658 Green velvet coat. Vastly fashionable. 189 00:17:12,151 --> 00:17:15,071 You'll find this vastly amusing. 190 00:17:17,990 --> 00:17:20,250 His addresses were... 191 00:17:22,895 --> 00:17:26,397 The boundaries of propriety were vigorously assaulted, 192 00:17:26,398 --> 00:17:31,058 as was only right, but not quite breached, as was also right. 193 00:17:31,203 --> 00:17:33,204 Nevertheless, she was not pleased. 194 00:17:33,205 --> 00:17:39,185 Her taste was refined, her sentiments noble, her person lovely, her figure elegant. 195 00:17:38,179 --> 00:17:39,659 (LAUGHING) 196 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,649 Good God, there's writing on both sides of those pages. 197 00:17:44,650 --> 00:17:46,730 Shh. Damn it, man. 198 00:17:47,719 --> 00:17:50,888 'It was only yesterday I repelled Lord Graham and his six million, 199 00:17:50,889 --> 00:17:54,425 'which would have lasted me almost a twelve month, 200 00:17:54,426 --> 00:17:56,566 'with economies...' 201 00:17:59,865 --> 00:18:01,499 '...a treasure 202 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:05,036 'greater than all the jewels in India, an adoring heart.' 203 00:18:05,037 --> 00:18:06,237 God! 204 00:18:06,238 --> 00:18:09,874 'And pray, madam, what am I to expect in return?' 205 00:18:09,875 --> 00:18:13,544 'Expect? Well, you may expect to have me pleased from time to time.' 206 00:18:13,545 --> 00:18:15,565 Is this who I am? 207 00:18:16,381 --> 00:18:19,781 And a sweet, gentle, pleading, innocent, 208 00:18:21,687 --> 00:18:26,407 delicate, sympathetic, loyal, untutored, adoring female heart. 209 00:18:33,532 --> 00:18:35,012 (ALL LAUGH) The end. 210 00:18:36,134 --> 00:18:39,414 -Bravo, Jane. -WOMAN: Well done, Jane. 211 00:18:38,948 --> 00:18:40,788 (ALL APPLAUDING) 212 00:18:40,806 --> 00:18:42,166 bravo. 213 00:18:43,075 --> 00:18:44,675 Well done. 214 00:18:50,115 --> 00:18:52,255 she speaks so well. 215 00:18:55,821 --> 00:18:59,101 Well, excessively charming, I thought. 216 00:18:59,892 --> 00:19:02,760 Well, accomplished enough, perhaps, 217 00:19:02,761 --> 00:19:08,681 but a metropolitan mind may be less susceptible to extended, juvenile self-regard. 218 00:19:10,936 --> 00:19:14,276 well, thank you. we're both very proud. 219 00:19:29,021 --> 00:19:30,981 # In airy dreams 220 00:19:37,716 --> 00:19:39,196 (EXCLAIMS) 221 00:19:39,698 --> 00:19:42,078 # ...absent Iove to see 222 00:19:57,316 --> 00:19:59,756 # Dear you, oh, to think 223 00:20:01,653 --> 00:20:03,313 # On thee # 224 00:20:41,893 --> 00:20:44,453 careful there, old fellow. 225 00:20:45,697 --> 00:20:48,017 fine piece, mr lefroy. 226 00:20:48,734 --> 00:20:50,101 Handled a gun before, have you, Tom? 227 00:20:50,102 --> 00:20:52,062 (LUCY SCREAMS) -TOM: Mmm. -Tom! 228 00:20:53,672 --> 00:20:55,032 jesus! 229 00:21:02,614 --> 00:21:04,394 -Tom. -Uncle? 230 00:21:05,851 --> 00:21:07,991 Why not try a walk? 231 00:21:09,121 --> 00:21:13,361 There's some very fine country round about. Very fine. 232 00:21:14,526 --> 00:21:15,946 A walk. 233 00:22:09,748 --> 00:22:11,048 Miss! 234 00:22:11,683 --> 00:22:13,343 Miss! Miss! 235 00:22:13,652 --> 00:22:15,612 Miss! Miss, I... 236 00:22:19,157 --> 00:22:20,457 Miss? 237 00:22:24,129 --> 00:22:26,149 -Miss... -Austen. 238 00:22:27,632 --> 00:22:29,232 Mr Lefroy. 239 00:22:30,202 --> 00:22:32,882 Yes, I know, but I am alone. 240 00:22:33,438 --> 00:22:35,473 -Except for me. -Exactly. 241 00:22:35,474 --> 00:22:37,014 Oh, come! 242 00:22:37,275 --> 00:22:41,145 What rules of conduct apply in this rural situation? 243 00:22:41,146 --> 00:22:44,366 We have been introduced, have we not? 244 00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:49,787 What value is there in an introduction when you cannot even remember my name? 245 00:22:49,788 --> 00:22:53,488 Indeed, can barely stay awake in my presence. 246 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,160 Madam. 247 00:22:56,161 --> 00:22:59,897 These scruples must seem very provincial to a gentleman with such elevated airs, 248 00:22:59,898 --> 00:23:04,858 but I do not devise these rules. I am merely obliged to obey them. 249 00:23:05,871 --> 00:23:09,373 I have been told there is much to see upon a walk 250 00:23:09,374 --> 00:23:13,878 but all I've detected so far is a general tendency to green above and brown below. 251 00:23:13,879 --> 00:23:17,815 Yes, well, others have detected more. It is celebrated. 252 00:23:17,816 --> 00:23:21,576 -There's even a book about Selborne Wood. -Oh. 253 00:23:22,354 --> 00:23:24,374 A novel, perhaps? 254 00:23:26,825 --> 00:23:28,245 Novels? 255 00:23:29,828 --> 00:23:35,166 Being poor, insipid things, read by mere women, even, God forbid, written by mere women? 256 00:23:35,167 --> 00:23:36,834 I see, we're talking of your reading. 257 00:23:36,835 --> 00:23:40,938 As if the writing ofwomen did not display the greatest powers of mind, 258 00:23:40,939 --> 00:23:44,408 knowledge of human nature, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour 259 00:23:44,409 --> 00:23:47,378 and the best-chosen language imaginable? 260 00:23:47,379 --> 00:23:51,199 -Was I deficient in rapture? -In consciousness. 261 00:23:51,683 --> 00:23:53,223 It was... 262 00:23:56,588 --> 00:23:58,788 It was accomplished. 263 00:24:06,765 --> 00:24:08,605 It was ironic. 264 00:24:13,538 --> 00:24:17,658 -And you're sure I've not offended you? -Not at all. 265 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,200 My lords, ladies and gentlemen, the Grand Vizier's Flight. 266 00:24:37,095 --> 00:24:40,615 -May I have the honour? -How kind, cousin. 267 00:24:48,139 --> 00:24:50,639 -Miss Austen. -Mr Wisley. 268 00:24:51,743 --> 00:24:55,323 May I have the pleasure of this next dance? 269 00:24:56,868 --> 00:24:58,468 (CHATTERING) 270 00:25:00,852 --> 00:25:03,988 oh, no, we're so late. mrs lefroy: take care. 271 00:25:03,989 --> 00:25:05,756 Oh, thank you, Tom. 272 00:25:05,757 --> 00:25:08,197 hurry. mrs lefroy: lucy. 273 00:25:25,772 --> 00:25:27,252 (EXCLAIMS) 274 00:25:26,978 --> 00:25:28,158 oh! 275 00:25:32,984 --> 00:25:34,884 I am mortified. 276 00:25:36,054 --> 00:25:38,974 I practised, but it won't stick. 277 00:25:49,167 --> 00:25:51,907 what a lovely pair they make. 278 00:25:53,038 --> 00:25:54,672 Ah, Sister. 279 00:25:54,673 --> 00:25:58,375 what do you make of mr lefroy? jane: we're honoured by his presence. 280 00:25:58,376 --> 00:25:59,510 You think? 281 00:25:59,511 --> 00:26:02,212 He does, with his preening, prancing, Irish-cum-Bond-Street airs. 282 00:26:02,213 --> 00:26:03,414 Jane. 283 00:26:03,415 --> 00:26:07,384 Well, I call it very high indeed, refusing to dance when there are so few gentleman. 284 00:26:07,385 --> 00:26:10,054 -Henry, are all your friends so disagreeable? -Jane. 285 00:26:10,055 --> 00:26:12,222 Where exactly in Ireland does he come from, anyway? 286 00:26:12,223 --> 00:26:14,543 Limerick, Miss Austen. 287 00:26:21,733 --> 00:26:24,935 I would regard it as a mark of extreme favour 288 00:26:24,936 --> 00:26:29,116 if you would stoop to honour me with this next dance. 289 00:26:29,878 --> 00:26:32,498 (COUNTRY DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) 290 00:26:34,079 --> 00:26:38,215 Being the first to dance with me, madam, I feel it only fair to inform you 291 00:26:38,216 --> 00:26:41,719 that you carry the standard for Hampshire hospitality. 292 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,089 Ah, then your country reputation depends on my report. 293 00:26:45,090 --> 00:26:50,590 This, by the way, is called a country dance, after the French, contredanse. 294 00:26:53,365 --> 00:26:57,101 Not because it is exhibited at an uncouth rural assembly 295 00:26:57,102 --> 00:26:59,302 with glutinous pies, 296 00:27:01,606 --> 00:27:03,626 execrable Madeira 297 00:27:04,876 --> 00:27:06,577 and truly anarchic dancing. 298 00:27:06,578 --> 00:27:09,380 You judge the company severely, madam. 299 00:27:09,381 --> 00:27:12,716 -I was describing what you'd be thinking. -Allow me to think for myself. 300 00:27:12,717 --> 00:27:16,053 Gives me leave to do the same, sir, and come to a different conclusion. 301 00:27:16,054 --> 00:27:19,823 -Will you give so much to a woman? -It must depend on the woman 302 00:27:19,824 --> 00:27:22,384 and what she thinks of me. 303 00:27:23,161 --> 00:27:26,081 But you are above being pleased. 304 00:27:29,768 --> 00:27:32,136 And I think that you, miss, what was it? 305 00:27:32,137 --> 00:27:34,577 -Austen. Mr...? -Lefroy. 306 00:27:36,508 --> 00:27:41,888 I think that you, Miss Austen, consider yourself a cut above the company. 307 00:27:44,115 --> 00:27:45,295 Me? 308 00:27:47,452 --> 00:27:49,112 You, ma'am, 309 00:27:50,088 --> 00:27:51,628 secretly. 310 00:27:54,212 --> 00:27:56,052 (ALL APPLAUDING) 311 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,170 How many times did you stand up with that gentleman, Jane? 312 00:28:06,171 --> 00:28:08,205 -LUCY: Was it twice? -Twice would have been partial. 313 00:28:08,206 --> 00:28:10,974 -Thrice would have been absolutely... -LUCY: Flagrant. 314 00:28:10,975 --> 00:28:15,446 Careful, Jane, Lucy is right. Mr Lefroy does have a reputation. 315 00:28:15,447 --> 00:28:18,015 Presumably as the most disagreeable... 316 00:28:18,016 --> 00:28:20,936 ...insoIent, arrogant, impudent, 317 00:28:22,987 --> 00:28:25,967 insufferabIe, impertinent of men. 318 00:28:35,500 --> 00:28:37,700 Too many adjectives. 319 00:28:50,815 --> 00:28:53,375 What is she trying to say? 320 00:28:53,518 --> 00:28:56,678 On your toes, gentlemen. No singles. 321 00:28:58,443 --> 00:28:59,610 (GRUNTS) 322 00:28:59,611 --> 00:29:01,331 (ALL CHEERING) 323 00:29:01,192 --> 00:29:03,812 Bowler's end, bowler's end. 324 00:29:07,098 --> 00:29:09,099 MAN 1 : Again! MAN 2: Run for more. 325 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:13,160 I never feel more French than when I watch cricket. 326 00:29:13,938 --> 00:29:15,105 -Out. -Not out. 327 00:29:15,106 --> 00:29:16,273 -No? -No. 328 00:29:16,274 --> 00:29:17,874 is he out? 329 00:29:23,348 --> 00:29:26,583 I begin to suspect you're flirting with my brother, cousin. 330 00:29:26,584 --> 00:29:30,884 Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice. 331 00:29:31,768 --> 00:29:33,248 (EXCLAIMS) 332 00:29:32,924 --> 00:29:34,644 You're gone. 333 00:29:34,759 --> 00:29:36,779 well played, tom. 334 00:29:38,596 --> 00:29:40,976 We're depending on you. 335 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:45,380 oh, it's mr warren's...turn. 336 00:29:46,037 --> 00:29:47,471 best of luck! 337 00:29:47,472 --> 00:29:49,192 John Warren! 338 00:29:50,475 --> 00:29:52,735 good luck, mr warren. 339 00:29:52,777 --> 00:29:55,757 John never was very good, though. 340 00:30:06,991 --> 00:30:08,291 easy! 341 00:30:10,728 --> 00:30:12,262 run, warren, run! 342 00:30:12,263 --> 00:30:13,664 MAN 1 : Quickly, hurry! MAN 2: Run! 343 00:30:13,665 --> 00:30:15,625 Jolly good show! 344 00:30:16,134 --> 00:30:17,494 Watch. 345 00:30:19,103 --> 00:30:20,771 -UMPIRE: You're out. -Yah! 346 00:30:20,772 --> 00:30:22,439 -UMPIRE: You're gone, Mr Warren. -Oh, dear. 347 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,120 Prodigious, Tom, prodigious. 348 00:30:25,071 --> 00:30:26,551 (LAUGHING) 349 00:30:27,946 --> 00:30:29,980 Thank you, Warren. On your way. 350 00:30:29,981 --> 00:30:31,941 same again, tom. 351 00:30:33,952 --> 00:30:37,854 -MRS AUSTEN: Well done, Mr Warren. -Bad ball. It's a terrible wicket. 352 00:30:37,855 --> 00:30:41,735 I hope you're not too disappointed, Miss Austen. 353 00:30:42,427 --> 00:30:44,927 Four more to win, Wisley. 354 00:30:46,331 --> 00:30:49,431 MAN 1 : Who's next? MAN 2: Come on! 355 00:30:49,867 --> 00:30:51,501 -LUCY: She can't... -Jane! 356 00:30:51,502 --> 00:30:54,104 What on earth are you going to do? 357 00:30:54,105 --> 00:30:57,805 WOMAN 1 : Irrepressible. WOMAN 2: ...she can. 358 00:30:56,478 --> 00:30:58,438 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 359 00:31:09,387 --> 00:31:11,347 MAN 1 : Move in! 360 00:31:11,689 --> 00:31:13,889 MAN 2: Go easy, Tom. 361 00:31:18,229 --> 00:31:20,729 MAN 3: Be gentle, Lefroy! 362 00:31:37,394 --> 00:31:38,754 (GRUNTS) 363 00:31:40,689 --> 00:31:42,349 (ALL EXCLAIM) 364 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,220 Run, Jane, run! 365 00:31:44,489 --> 00:31:46,209 -Move! -Run! 366 00:31:47,992 --> 00:31:50,160 Only four more to win. 367 00:31:50,161 --> 00:31:53,441 bowler's end! move yourself, you lout! 368 00:31:56,167 --> 00:31:58,667 one more! woman: quickly! 369 00:31:58,670 --> 00:32:00,170 Go, go, go! 370 00:32:00,171 --> 00:32:01,651 not out. 371 00:32:04,542 --> 00:32:06,562 Bad luck, Lefroy. 372 00:32:11,049 --> 00:32:12,289 See? 373 00:32:16,587 --> 00:32:18,547 she was so good. 374 00:32:23,061 --> 00:32:27,197 -You've played this game before? -No choice, you see. She was raised by brothers. 375 00:32:27,198 --> 00:32:29,698 Time for a swim, I think. 376 00:32:33,438 --> 00:32:34,938 well played, henry. 377 00:32:34,939 --> 00:32:38,999 I dedicate our victory to La Comtesse de Feuillide. 378 00:32:41,913 --> 00:32:46,513 -Now, there's a decent bit of river over the hill. -Oh, yes? 379 00:32:46,588 --> 00:32:48,188 (EXCLAIMING) 380 00:32:50,788 --> 00:32:52,268 Careful! 381 00:33:09,841 --> 00:33:11,921 Come on, let's go! 382 00:33:13,311 --> 00:33:14,611 Wait! 383 00:33:19,016 --> 00:33:21,518 -Not this time, Lefroy. -Huh? 384 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:23,359 You think not? 385 00:33:28,922 --> 00:33:30,402 (WHOOPING) 386 00:33:48,024 --> 00:33:49,564 (DOG BARCS) 387 00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:50,780 Down, boy. 388 00:33:53,017 --> 00:33:56,897 -Father, have you seen Tom? -No, Lucy, I've not. 389 00:34:01,359 --> 00:34:04,219 Besotted. Natural enough at 15. 390 00:34:06,631 --> 00:34:09,166 Love and sense are enemies at any age. 391 00:34:09,167 --> 00:34:13,287 -Mrs Lefroy, may I explore your library? -Of course. 392 00:34:14,839 --> 00:34:19,075 Lucy would marry him tomorrow, and what a terrible husband he would make. 393 00:34:19,076 --> 00:34:24,036 I suppose you mean his reputation. Experience can recommend a man. 394 00:34:43,747 --> 00:34:45,527 (MAN CHUCCLING) 395 00:35:04,088 --> 00:35:06,828 -Miss Austen. -Oh, Mr Lefroy. 396 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,500 -And reading. -Yes. 397 00:35:12,697 --> 00:35:16,433 I've been looking through your book of the wood. Miss White's NaturaI History. 398 00:35:16,434 --> 00:35:17,614 Oh. 399 00:35:18,035 --> 00:35:22,205 -Well, how do you like it? -I cannot get on. It is too disturbing. 400 00:35:22,206 --> 00:35:24,286 -Disturbing? -Mmm. 401 00:35:24,976 --> 00:35:27,296 Take this observation. 402 00:35:27,374 --> 00:35:29,154 (CLEARS THROAT) 403 00:35:28,579 --> 00:35:33,119 Swifts on a fine morning in May, flying this way, that way, 404 00:35:33,417 --> 00:35:37,957 sailing around at a great height perfectly happily. Then... 405 00:35:38,289 --> 00:35:42,649 Then one leaps onto the back of another, grasps tightly, 406 00:35:43,628 --> 00:35:49,128 and forgetting to fly, they both sink down and down in a great, dying fall, 407 00:35:51,135 --> 00:35:54,955 fathom after fathom, until the female utters... 408 00:36:00,912 --> 00:36:02,152 Yes? 409 00:36:06,083 --> 00:36:09,543 ...the female utters a loud, piercing cry 410 00:36:13,624 --> 00:36:15,284 of ecstasy. 411 00:36:20,264 --> 00:36:25,104 Is this conduct commonplace in the natural history of Hampshire? 412 00:36:26,599 --> 00:36:28,079 (STUTTERS) 413 00:36:29,373 --> 00:36:34,753 Your ignorance is understandable since you lack... What shall we call it? 414 00:36:36,948 --> 00:36:38,668 The history? 415 00:36:40,651 --> 00:36:43,751 Propriety commands me to ignorance. 416 00:36:43,988 --> 00:36:49,488 Condemns you to it and your writing to the status of female accomplishment. 417 00:36:49,660 --> 00:36:55,198 If you wish to practise the art offiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, 418 00:36:55,199 --> 00:36:57,399 experience is vital. 419 00:37:00,705 --> 00:37:02,065 I see. 420 00:37:03,407 --> 00:37:07,047 And what qualifies you to offer this advice? 421 00:37:08,713 --> 00:37:11,213 (LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY) I know more of the world. 422 00:37:11,682 --> 00:37:14,362 A great deal more, I gather. 423 00:37:15,586 --> 00:37:19,646 Enough to know that your horizons must be...widened 424 00:37:22,994 --> 00:37:25,729 by an extraordinary young man. 425 00:37:25,730 --> 00:37:28,530 By a very dangerous young man, 426 00:37:28,566 --> 00:37:31,534 one who has, no doubt, infected the hearts of many a young... 427 00:37:31,535 --> 00:37:35,595 -Young woman with the soft corruption... -Read this 428 00:37:36,607 --> 00:37:39,047 and you will understand. 429 00:37:45,683 --> 00:37:50,887 When the phiIosopher heard that the fortress of virtue had aIready been subdued, 430 00:37:50,888 --> 00:37:54,224 he began to give a Iarge scope to his desires. 431 00:37:54,225 --> 00:37:58,194 His appetite was not of that squeamish kind which cannot feed on a dainty 432 00:37:58,195 --> 00:38:00,030 -because another... -TOM: Another has tasted it. 433 00:38:00,031 --> 00:38:03,611 -He's not tasting this dainty. -What, dear? 434 00:38:04,869 --> 00:38:07,737 ...nor had her face much appearance of beauty. 435 00:38:07,738 --> 00:38:11,274 But her cIothes being torn from aII the upper part of her body... 436 00:38:11,275 --> 00:38:15,815 ...her breasts, which were well formed and extremeiy white, 437 00:38:16,447 --> 00:38:21,251 attracted the eyes of her deIiverer, and for a few moments they stood siIent... 438 00:38:21,252 --> 00:38:23,932 ...and gazing at each other. 439 00:38:35,895 --> 00:38:38,035 (CHURCH BELL TOLLING) 440 00:38:47,778 --> 00:38:50,098 I have read your book. 441 00:38:51,582 --> 00:38:55,518 -I have read your book and disapprove. -Of course you do. 442 00:38:55,519 --> 00:39:00,299 -But of what? The scenes? Characters? The prose? -No, all good. 443 00:39:03,294 --> 00:39:05,674 -The morality? -Flawed. 444 00:39:06,297 --> 00:39:09,217 (LAUGHING) well, of course, it is. but why? 445 00:39:09,467 --> 00:39:13,803 Vice leads to difficulty, virtue to reward. Bad characters come to bad ends. 446 00:39:13,804 --> 00:39:18,704 Exactly. But in life, bad characters often thrive. Take yourself. 447 00:39:19,439 --> 00:39:21,159 (TOM LAUGHING) 448 00:39:20,611 --> 00:39:24,311 And a novel must show how the world truly is, 449 00:39:25,015 --> 00:39:29,119 how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. 450 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,780 A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions. 451 00:39:37,061 --> 00:39:39,329 What of my hero's feelings? 452 00:39:39,330 --> 00:39:44,134 Well, it seems to me, sir, that your hero's very vigorous feelings 453 00:39:44,135 --> 00:39:47,470 caused him and everyone connected with him a great deal of trouble. 454 00:39:47,471 --> 00:39:50,340 Ah, well, if the book has troubled you... 455 00:39:50,341 --> 00:39:54,644 -Oh, but an orphan must know trouble. -What sort of trouble? 456 00:39:54,645 --> 00:39:56,905 All sorts of trouble. 457 00:40:05,923 --> 00:40:09,592 Laverton Fair. Vastly entertaining. Monstrous good idea, Jane. 458 00:40:09,593 --> 00:40:12,996 Yes, Miss Austen, not exactly your usual society, I'd say. 459 00:40:12,997 --> 00:40:16,217 Show a little imagination, Mr Lefroy. 460 00:40:45,129 --> 00:40:47,329 Trouble here enough. 461 00:40:47,832 --> 00:40:50,752 And freedom, the freedom of men. 462 00:40:51,202 --> 00:40:53,036 Do not you envy it? 463 00:40:53,037 --> 00:40:57,577 But I have the intense pleasure of observing it so closely. 464 00:41:00,578 --> 00:41:01,744 Ah. 465 00:41:01,745 --> 00:41:05,925 Now, there's a fool, to go to it with a professional. 466 00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:06,525 (GRUNTING) 467 00:41:06,483 --> 00:41:09,719 -You know about this, of course. -Of course. 468 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,360 Yes, a vastly fashionable pastime in London. 469 00:41:20,664 --> 00:41:24,304 Beating a man to a pulp. What are you doing? 470 00:41:26,203 --> 00:41:28,163 Mr Lefroy, stop! 471 00:41:28,939 --> 00:41:30,479 make way! 472 00:41:31,488 --> 00:41:32,968 (GRUNTING) 473 00:41:34,745 --> 00:41:38,625 -Stop! -Let us see how you fare against me, sir. 474 00:41:38,949 --> 00:41:40,849 Coming through. 475 00:41:44,588 --> 00:41:50,028 Five shillings on the gent. Who will take it? You, sir? That's the ticket. 476 00:41:51,061 --> 00:41:52,661 Have that. 477 00:41:54,131 --> 00:41:55,565 Thank you. 478 00:41:55,566 --> 00:41:57,466 Go on, hit him! 479 00:41:59,803 --> 00:42:02,603 Come on, Lefroy, hit him, man! 480 00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:05,080 Tom, you must stop. 481 00:42:10,147 --> 00:42:12,107 Come on, Lefroy! 482 00:42:14,718 --> 00:42:16,198 Up, sir. 483 00:42:19,056 --> 00:42:20,296 Tom! 484 00:42:21,246 --> 00:42:22,726 (EXCLAIMS) 485 00:42:22,826 --> 00:42:24,126 Lucy. 486 00:42:25,834 --> 00:42:27,434 (EXCLAIMING) 487 00:42:29,967 --> 00:42:34,807 -That's twice he's done that to me. -You spend money like water. 488 00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,907 I'm afraid it's damn low waterwith me. 489 00:42:37,908 --> 00:42:41,128 -I'm afraid I'm short, sir. -Take it. 490 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:43,832 How embarrassing. 491 00:42:45,282 --> 00:42:46,522 Yeh! 492 00:42:46,984 --> 00:42:49,904 Mr Lefroy? Mr Lefroy? Mr Lefroy? 493 00:42:56,193 --> 00:42:58,933 Was I deficient in propriety? 494 00:43:01,131 --> 00:43:03,331 Why did you do that? 495 00:43:04,034 --> 00:43:08,034 Couldn't waste all those expensive boxing lessons. 496 00:43:10,374 --> 00:43:14,374 Forgive me if I suspect in you a sense of justice. 497 00:43:12,922 --> 00:43:14,462 (CHUCCLING) 498 00:43:17,648 --> 00:43:21,528 I am a lawyer. Justice plays no part in the law. 499 00:43:23,220 --> 00:43:25,720 Is that what you believe? 500 00:43:27,958 --> 00:43:30,218 I believe it. I must. 501 00:43:33,530 --> 00:43:35,550 I beg your leave. 502 00:43:43,907 --> 00:43:47,607 -Her heart is stirred. -It's a summer squall. 503 00:43:48,212 --> 00:43:53,592 Mr Lefroy will soon be gone. And Mr Wisley will still be waiting, I hope. 504 00:43:55,052 --> 00:43:58,388 -The man's a booby. -Oh, he will grow out of that. 505 00:43:58,389 --> 00:44:01,324 And she could fix him with very little trouble. 506 00:44:01,325 --> 00:44:03,705 You could persuade her. 507 00:44:04,161 --> 00:44:06,262 To sacrifice her happiness? 508 00:44:06,263 --> 00:44:11,367 Jane should have not the man who offers the best price, but the man she wants. 509 00:44:11,368 --> 00:44:13,208 Oh, Mr Austen. 510 00:44:13,604 --> 00:44:17,604 Must we have this conversation day in and day out? 511 00:44:17,674 --> 00:44:21,794 We'll end up in the gutter if we carry on like this. 512 00:44:38,295 --> 00:44:40,315 jenny! mr austen! 513 00:44:43,967 --> 00:44:45,807 Where are you? 514 00:44:53,940 --> 00:44:55,780 (DOORBELL DINGS) 515 00:45:10,461 --> 00:45:13,501 So kind of you to return the call. 516 00:45:17,167 --> 00:45:21,047 -Will you take a dish of tea, ma'am? -Green tea? 517 00:45:21,271 --> 00:45:24,191 -Brown, Your Ladyship. -Then no. 518 00:45:30,581 --> 00:45:33,501 Where is your youngest daughter? 519 00:45:34,184 --> 00:45:37,044 She's visiting the poor, ma'am. 520 00:45:48,999 --> 00:45:50,659 Jane? Jane! 521 00:45:54,805 --> 00:46:00,305 At last. Lady Gresham and Mr Wisley have come to call. Where have you been? 522 00:46:03,447 --> 00:46:05,107 Ma'am. Sir. 523 00:46:06,617 --> 00:46:11,220 Well, perhaps... Perhaps the young people would like to take a walk? 524 00:46:11,221 --> 00:46:16,181 I see there's a pretty little wilderness at the side of the house. 525 00:46:16,727 --> 00:46:18,327 Excuse me. 526 00:46:22,633 --> 00:46:23,933 Jane? 527 00:46:27,504 --> 00:46:30,244 -What is she doing? -Writing. 528 00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:34,675 Can anything be done about it? 529 00:46:39,349 --> 00:46:41,849 Miss Austen, you may know 530 00:46:42,753 --> 00:46:45,013 that I have known you 531 00:46:45,756 --> 00:46:49,825 for some considerable time during my visits to Steventon. 532 00:46:49,826 --> 00:46:53,346 The garden is so affecting in this season. 533 00:46:55,499 --> 00:46:56,919 Indeed. 534 00:46:57,234 --> 00:47:02,674 -The impression you have given me has always... -The flowers particularly. 535 00:47:03,173 --> 00:47:06,273 What I'm trying to say is that I... 536 00:47:06,443 --> 00:47:08,878 I have a respectable property of 2,000 a year 537 00:47:08,879 --> 00:47:11,781 in addition to even greater expectations as Lady Gresham's heir, 538 00:47:11,782 --> 00:47:15,685 -to which it may be indelicate to refer. -Oh, indelicate, yes. 539 00:47:15,686 --> 00:47:19,206 It's yours. If we marry, all of it, yours. 540 00:47:23,427 --> 00:47:25,147 Mr Wisley... 541 00:47:29,866 --> 00:47:35,906 Your offer is most sincere, I can see, and gentleman-like, and it honours me, truly. 542 00:47:38,075 --> 00:47:41,715 But for all you are, and all you offer, I... 543 00:47:45,048 --> 00:47:46,288 Yes. 544 00:47:49,574 --> 00:47:51,354 (CLEARS THROAT) 545 00:47:57,294 --> 00:48:02,074 Sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom. 546 00:48:07,971 --> 00:48:11,971 Lying to tradesmen, mending, scratching, scraping. 547 00:48:12,909 --> 00:48:15,769 Endlessly, endlessly making do! 548 00:48:16,413 --> 00:48:19,015 I understand that our circumstances are difficult, ma'am. 549 00:48:19,016 --> 00:48:23,286 -There is no money for you. -Surely something could be done. 550 00:48:23,287 --> 00:48:28,157 What we can put by must go to your brothers. You will have nothing, unless you marry. 551 00:48:28,158 --> 00:48:31,861 Well, then, I will have nothing. For I will not marry without affection, like my mother! 552 00:48:31,862 --> 00:48:35,442 And now I have to dig my own damn potatoes! 553 00:48:44,374 --> 00:48:49,994 Would you rather be a poor old maid? Ridiculous, despised, the butt of jokes? 554 00:48:50,681 --> 00:48:56,301 The legitimate sport of any village lout with a stone and an impudent tongue? 555 00:49:01,491 --> 00:49:03,871 Affection is desirable. 556 00:49:06,463 --> 00:49:09,503 Money is absolutely indispensable. 557 00:49:18,241 --> 00:49:20,501 I could live by my... 558 00:49:23,847 --> 00:49:25,447 Your what? 559 00:49:26,883 --> 00:49:29,563 -I could live by my... -Pen? 560 00:49:30,020 --> 00:49:32,755 Let's knock that notion on the head once and for all. 561 00:49:32,756 --> 00:49:34,476 What's this? 562 00:49:34,725 --> 00:49:37,225 Trouble amongst my women? 563 00:49:38,729 --> 00:49:40,029 Come, 564 00:49:41,064 --> 00:49:43,199 take hands and there's an end. 565 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,380 -Where are you going? Miss! -To feed the pigs, ma'am. 566 00:50:04,554 --> 00:50:07,594 He could give you a splendid home. 567 00:50:08,458 --> 00:50:11,198 -A comfortable life. -Father. 568 00:50:12,396 --> 00:50:13,936 Consider. 569 00:50:14,765 --> 00:50:17,985 This is likely to be your best offer. 570 00:50:18,101 --> 00:50:19,521 Wisley? 571 00:50:20,937 --> 00:50:22,972 It is true, so far he has not impressed... 572 00:50:22,973 --> 00:50:26,253 -A booby. -He should grow out of that. 573 00:50:39,756 --> 00:50:42,136 Nothing destroys spirit 574 00:50:44,294 --> 00:50:46,074 like poverty. 575 00:50:56,807 --> 00:51:01,887 I saw Queen Marie Antoinette wear something the same at a ball once. 576 00:51:02,579 --> 00:51:05,559 Am I making a show? I am, I know. 577 00:51:09,653 --> 00:51:14,253 What trouble we take to make them like us when we like them. 578 00:51:16,092 --> 00:51:17,452 Henry? 579 00:51:20,330 --> 00:51:24,750 -Eliza, my brother is much younger than you. -And poorer. 580 00:51:27,804 --> 00:51:31,144 He knows that I care for him sincerely. 581 00:51:31,441 --> 00:51:33,175 I know that he is handsome... 582 00:51:33,176 --> 00:51:36,278 And the handsome young men must have something to live on as well as the plain. 583 00:51:36,279 --> 00:51:38,614 You encourage him to take you for money? 584 00:51:38,615 --> 00:51:41,050 -Men do. -That does not make it honourable. 585 00:51:41,051 --> 00:51:43,671 Well, I'm a sensible woman. 586 00:51:43,887 --> 00:51:47,407 I thank God I am not, by your description. 587 00:51:48,558 --> 00:51:52,228 If you were, you might have ascertained that your Irish friend has no money, not a penny 588 00:51:52,229 --> 00:51:55,798 and could not be expected to marry without it. 589 00:51:55,799 --> 00:51:58,839 Consider that at the ball tonight. 590 00:51:59,503 --> 00:52:05,663 In any event, he'll be gone tomorrow back to Bond Street where he can do no more harm. 591 00:53:57,554 --> 00:54:00,114 Good evening, Miss Austen. 592 00:54:01,791 --> 00:54:03,331 Yes, yes. 593 00:54:43,697 --> 00:54:45,777 (SLOW MUSIC PLAYING) 594 00:57:15,985 --> 00:57:18,005 Miss Jane Austen. 595 00:57:19,022 --> 00:57:20,562 Pleasure. 596 00:57:21,057 --> 00:57:24,493 we're very honoured to be here at your aunt's ball. 597 00:57:24,494 --> 00:57:26,874 you dance with passion. 598 00:57:27,864 --> 00:57:33,964 No sensible woman would demonstrate passion if the purpose were to attract a husband. 599 00:57:36,539 --> 00:57:39,279 -As opposed to a lover? -Hmm. 600 00:57:43,713 --> 00:57:45,973 Rest easy, Mr Lefroy. 601 00:57:46,049 --> 00:57:48,584 -I have no expectation on either account. -I did not mean to offend or hurt... 602 00:57:48,585 --> 00:57:52,945 Oh, no, no, of course not. Excuse me, I'm just overwarm. 603 00:57:53,890 --> 00:57:55,490 Pardon me. 604 00:58:06,636 --> 00:58:09,376 -Ah, Miss Austen. -Excuse me. 605 00:58:44,073 --> 00:58:48,944 this is unbearable. my father is pressing for an early ordination, 606 00:58:48,945 --> 00:58:54,583 while my own inclination is to the scarlet of a captaincy in His Majesty's regulars. 607 00:58:54,584 --> 00:58:58,224 But I do not have the money to purchase one. 608 00:58:59,622 --> 00:59:00,922 I do. 609 00:59:02,825 --> 00:59:08,985 -Well, that, of course is impossible. -Oh, Henry, do not disguise yourself, not to me. 610 00:59:12,669 --> 00:59:15,829 The scarlet will suit you very well. 611 00:59:18,374 --> 00:59:20,994 Miss Austen? There you are. 612 00:59:32,455 --> 00:59:37,595 Miss Austen, I cannot believe I am obliged to have this conversation. 613 00:59:38,394 --> 00:59:40,234 Your Ladyship? 614 00:59:41,064 --> 00:59:45,124 Mr Wisley's mother, my own dear sister, died young. 615 00:59:46,469 --> 00:59:49,209 I have no children of my own. 616 00:59:49,505 --> 00:59:54,285 I hope you never come to understand the pain of that condition. 617 00:59:54,978 --> 00:59:59,518 Let us simply say my nephew's wishes are close to my heart, 618 01:00:02,185 --> 01:00:05,225 however extraordinary they may be. 619 01:00:07,924 --> 01:00:09,224 Well, 620 01:00:10,326 --> 01:00:12,826 your health seems robust. 621 01:00:13,663 --> 01:00:16,763 You have the usual accomplishments. 622 01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:19,900 Your person is agreeable. 623 01:00:22,572 --> 01:00:27,292 But when a young woman such as yourself receives the addresses 624 01:00:27,944 --> 01:00:33,084 from a gentleman such as my nephew, it is her duty to accept at once. 625 01:00:34,584 --> 01:00:36,784 But what do we find? 626 01:00:38,187 --> 01:00:41,047 -Independent thought? -Exactly. 627 01:00:41,524 --> 01:00:45,284 My nephew, Miss Austen, condescends far indeed 628 01:00:47,296 --> 01:00:52,134 in offering to the daughter of an obscure and impecunious clergyman. 629 01:00:52,135 --> 01:00:55,475 Impecunious? Your Ladyship is mistaken. 630 01:00:56,539 --> 01:00:58,739 I am never mistaken. 631 01:00:59,776 --> 01:01:03,596 Your father is in grave financial difficulties. 632 01:01:04,814 --> 01:01:07,014 But all is not lost. 633 01:01:08,251 --> 01:01:12,071 He has a daughter upon whom fortune has smiled. 634 01:01:27,670 --> 01:01:31,130 Mr Wisley is a good opportunity for Jane. 635 01:01:32,575 --> 01:01:35,375 She should accept him at once. 636 01:01:36,979 --> 01:01:38,999 Do not you think? 637 01:01:40,516 --> 01:01:44,636 -Lucy, let us take some refreshments. -What? Mother. 638 01:02:10,213 --> 01:02:14,093 I have learned of Mr Wisley's marriage proposal. 639 01:02:15,051 --> 01:02:17,152 My congratulations. 640 01:02:17,153 --> 01:02:22,533 Is there an alternative for a well-educated young woman of small fortune? 641 01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,220 How can you have him? 642 01:02:26,996 --> 01:02:29,131 Even with his thousands and his houses, 643 01:02:29,132 --> 01:02:34,092 how can you, of all people, dispose of yourself without affection? 644 01:02:37,173 --> 01:02:40,333 How can I dispose of myself with it? 645 01:02:42,812 --> 01:02:45,312 You are leaving tomorrow. 646 01:03:22,285 --> 01:03:25,565 -Did I do that well? -Very, very well. 647 01:03:26,422 --> 01:03:29,522 I wanted, just once, to do it well. 648 01:03:31,725 --> 01:03:33,565 (MEN CHATTERING) 649 01:03:37,233 --> 01:03:39,973 I have no money, no property, 650 01:03:40,469 --> 01:03:44,272 I am entirely dependent upon that bizarre old lunatic, my uncle. 651 01:03:44,273 --> 01:03:48,813 I cannot yet offer marriage. But you must know what I feel. 652 01:03:50,046 --> 01:03:52,006 Jane, I'm yours. 653 01:03:52,615 --> 01:03:56,135 Gah, I'm yours. I'm yours, heart and soul. 654 01:03:59,555 --> 01:04:01,635 Much good that is. 655 01:04:02,592 --> 01:04:04,732 Let me decide that. 656 01:04:04,716 --> 01:04:06,436 (MEN LAUGHING) 657 01:04:10,333 --> 01:04:12,293 What will we do? 658 01:04:14,937 --> 01:04:16,717 What we must. 659 01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:27,740 my dearest cassandra, my heart has wings. 660 01:04:28,217 --> 01:04:31,019 Doubts and deIiberations are ended. 661 01:04:31,020 --> 01:04:36,825 Soon I shaII escape the attentions of that great Iady and her scintiIIating nephew. 662 01:04:36,826 --> 01:04:39,995 EIiza, Henry and I wiII join you at the coast, 663 01:04:39,996 --> 01:04:42,864 but we are obIiged to break our journey in London. 664 01:04:42,865 --> 01:04:46,668 Tom has cIeverIy secured an invitation to stay with his uncIe, the judge. 665 01:04:46,669 --> 01:04:49,638 Let us hope we can convince him of my eIigibiIity. 666 01:04:49,639 --> 01:04:51,573 PIease destroy this disgracefuI Ietter 667 01:04:51,574 --> 01:04:54,142 the moment you have recovered from your astonishment. 668 01:04:54,143 --> 01:04:57,603 Yours affectionateIy, and in haste, Jane. 669 01:05:01,984 --> 01:05:04,724 Tom! Our guests have arrived. 670 01:05:13,696 --> 01:05:15,176 Decorum. 671 01:05:15,498 --> 01:05:17,038 Countess. 672 01:05:17,433 --> 01:05:18,673 Sir. 673 01:05:18,701 --> 01:05:20,402 -Welcome... -Madame Ie Comtesse. 674 01:05:20,403 --> 01:05:26,383 Madame le Comtesse. Seldom, too seldom, my house receives the presence of nobility. 675 01:05:27,410 --> 01:05:30,570 And, of course, its friends. Please. 676 01:05:30,946 --> 01:05:34,282 Your stay is short. There's not a moment to lose. 677 01:05:34,283 --> 01:05:38,583 My nephew has devised a plan of metropolitan amusement. 678 01:05:40,623 --> 01:05:44,563 Pleasure is, as you would say, Madame, his forte. 679 01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:46,560 ah, is it? 680 01:05:49,031 --> 01:05:51,299 Which battle was it, Tom? 681 01:05:51,300 --> 01:05:52,600 ViIIers-en-Cauchies. 682 01:05:52,601 --> 01:05:56,901 Very good. Thousands slain. Served those Frenchies out. 683 01:05:57,473 --> 01:06:00,393 Oh. Saving your presence, ma'am. 684 01:06:01,911 --> 01:06:05,080 Be not afraid of abusing the Jacobins on my account, Judge. 685 01:06:05,081 --> 01:06:09,084 -They guillotined my husband. -Oh, savages. Beasts. 686 01:06:09,085 --> 01:06:12,005 -And his property? -Confiscated. 687 01:06:12,054 --> 01:06:13,621 A disaster. 688 01:06:13,622 --> 01:06:18,042 Of course, by then, much of my wealth was portable, so... 689 01:06:17,057 --> 01:06:18,597 (CHUCCLING) 690 01:06:18,961 --> 01:06:23,081 Yes, portable property is happiness in a pocketbook. 691 01:06:21,519 --> 01:06:22,999 (LAUGHING) 692 01:06:25,267 --> 01:06:27,767 Do I detect you in irony? 693 01:06:32,074 --> 01:06:37,214 It is my considered opinion that irony is insult with a smiling face. 694 01:06:37,780 --> 01:06:39,200 (LAUGHING) indeed. 695 01:06:40,950 --> 01:06:42,130 No. 696 01:06:44,153 --> 01:06:45,333 No? 697 01:06:46,756 --> 01:06:51,236 No, irony is the bringing together of contradictory truths 698 01:06:51,494 --> 01:06:55,330 to make out of the contradiction a new truth with a laugh or a smile, 699 01:06:55,331 --> 01:06:59,334 and I confess that a truth must come with one or the other, 700 01:06:59,335 --> 01:07:04,835 or I account it as false and a denial ofthe very nature of humanity itself. 701 01:07:07,607 --> 01:07:09,087 (CHUCCLES) 702 01:07:12,715 --> 01:07:15,035 My cousin is a writer. 703 01:07:16,786 --> 01:07:18,746 -Of what? -Jane? 704 01:07:22,691 --> 01:07:24,111 Novels. 705 01:07:25,828 --> 01:07:28,268 A young woman of family? 706 01:07:30,065 --> 01:07:34,905 Yes, uncle, and tomorrow we go and visit another, Mrs Radcliffe. 707 01:07:35,538 --> 01:07:39,174 She keeps herselfto herself, almost a recluse, but I know her husband through the law. 708 01:07:39,175 --> 01:07:42,335 -Who? -The authoress, Mrs Radcliffe. 709 01:07:43,012 --> 01:07:45,814 -As writing is her profession. -Her what? 710 01:07:45,815 --> 01:07:48,583 (pound) - 500 pounds, uncle, for the last novel, The Mysteries of UdoIpho. 711 01:07:48,584 --> 01:07:51,352 (pound) -And £800, I believe, for her next. -The ItaIian. 712 01:07:51,353 --> 01:07:53,193 (pound) Above £1 ,000? 713 01:07:56,091 --> 01:07:58,351 The times, the times. 714 01:08:13,342 --> 01:08:15,542 You live so quietly. 715 01:08:16,045 --> 01:08:20,645 And yet your novels are filled with romance, danger, terror. 716 01:08:22,751 --> 01:08:25,311 Everything my life is not. 717 01:08:27,056 --> 01:08:28,716 Apparently. 718 01:08:29,024 --> 01:08:31,764 Of what do you wish to write? 719 01:08:33,629 --> 01:08:35,409 Of the heart. 720 01:08:36,232 --> 01:08:38,132 Do you know it? 721 01:08:39,068 --> 01:08:40,908 Not all of it. 722 01:08:41,704 --> 01:08:43,784 In time, you will. 723 01:08:44,373 --> 01:08:48,913 But even if that fails, that's what the imagination is for. 724 01:08:52,982 --> 01:08:56,742 Your imagination has brought you independence. 725 01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:01,400 At a cost to myself and to my husband. 726 01:09:03,425 --> 01:09:05,205 Poor William. 727 01:09:05,661 --> 01:09:08,563 To have a wife who has a mind is considered not quite proper. 728 01:09:08,564 --> 01:09:13,764 To have a wife with a literary reputation nothing short of scandalous. 729 01:09:18,073 --> 01:09:20,513 But it must be possible? 730 01:09:21,143 --> 01:09:24,423 -To live as both wife and author? -Oh. 731 01:09:24,847 --> 01:09:26,507 I think so. 732 01:09:28,117 --> 01:09:30,197 Though never easy. 733 01:09:50,353 --> 01:09:51,773 (SNORING) 734 01:10:08,123 --> 01:10:10,623 Could I really have this? 735 01:10:10,659 --> 01:10:12,619 What, precisely? 736 01:10:13,195 --> 01:10:14,435 (LAUGHS) you. 737 01:10:15,531 --> 01:10:17,011 Me, how? 738 01:10:18,734 --> 01:10:21,294 -This life with you. -Yes. 739 01:10:22,905 --> 01:10:24,238 lefroy. 740 01:10:24,239 --> 01:10:28,119 -Hush. The judge. -The man's like a rampant dog. 741 01:10:26,598 --> 01:10:27,898 (SIGHS) 742 01:10:30,312 --> 01:10:33,472 He will be generous. I'm sure of it. 743 01:10:34,216 --> 01:10:36,751 -You'll speak with him? -Tomorrow, I promise. 744 01:10:36,752 --> 01:10:39,492 I really must say good night. 745 01:10:39,822 --> 01:10:42,322 -Good night. -Good night. 746 01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:46,500 -Miss Austen? -Yes? 747 01:10:47,763 --> 01:10:49,423 Good night. 748 01:10:55,404 --> 01:11:00,964 You know, I think my mother is right. A husband, and the sooner, the better. 749 01:11:39,379 --> 01:11:41,099 (BELL TOLLING) 750 01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:48,060 Five girls of little fortune. 751 01:11:58,300 --> 01:12:03,800 ...sensibiy and as warmiy as a man vioientiy in iove can be supposed to do. 752 01:12:06,075 --> 01:12:11,695 Mr Wickham was the happy man towards whom aImost every femaIe eye was turned. 753 01:12:17,086 --> 01:12:19,946 ...partiaI, prejudiced, absurd. 754 01:12:21,323 --> 01:12:25,323 Watch for the first appearance of PemberIey Woods. 755 01:12:27,162 --> 01:12:29,263 The happiness which this repIy produced... 756 01:12:29,264 --> 01:12:33,264 It wiII not do. My feeIings wiII not be repressed. 757 01:13:14,557 --> 01:13:16,337 (CLOCC CHIMING) 758 01:13:24,153 --> 01:13:27,193 -Good morning, sir. -Good morning? 759 01:13:31,994 --> 01:13:35,034 -Has the world turned topsy? -Sir? 760 01:13:36,932 --> 01:13:40,268 I trust the countess is enjoying her visit? 761 01:13:40,269 --> 01:13:44,509 (STAMMERING) i gather she is, sir. i...fine woman, very fine woman. 762 01:13:46,241 --> 01:13:47,661 indeed. 763 01:13:47,876 --> 01:13:53,556 -I'd hoped to discuss a certain matter. -Your allowance is beyond negotiation. 764 01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:03,758 Now that you have had the opportunity to become acquainted with Miss Austen yourself, 765 01:14:03,759 --> 01:14:09,019 I am sure you will find, as I do, that she is a remarkable young woman. 766 01:14:08,445 --> 01:14:09,925 (EXCLAIMS) 767 01:14:11,533 --> 01:14:14,235 -This is an outrage! -If you will allow me to speak, sir. 768 01:14:14,236 --> 01:14:18,039 There is no need. This letter makes it absolutely clear. 769 01:14:18,040 --> 01:14:19,207 Letter? 770 01:14:19,208 --> 01:14:22,968 Now I know what you were at down in Hampshire. 771 01:14:22,978 --> 01:14:24,812 -It is from Steventon. -Is it true 772 01:14:24,813 --> 01:14:27,281 that you have practiced upon me with this chit? 773 01:14:27,282 --> 01:14:29,217 I wished you to know the young lady. 774 01:14:29,218 --> 01:14:31,319 I wished to introduce her to your affections discreetly. 775 01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:37,720 Aye! Blind me with the rich widow and then insinuate that penniless little husband-hunter! 776 01:14:38,227 --> 01:14:42,129 -Moderation, sir, I beg you! -That ironical little authoress. 777 01:14:42,130 --> 01:14:45,266 I wished you to know her for yourself. 778 01:14:45,267 --> 01:14:48,336 I was certain her merit would speak for her. 779 01:14:48,337 --> 01:14:52,817 -Consider, sir, my happiness is in your hands. -Happiness? 780 01:14:55,177 --> 01:14:56,310 Damn it, nephew, 781 01:14:56,311 --> 01:15:00,248 I had rather you were a whore-mongering blackguard with a chance of reform 782 01:15:00,249 --> 01:15:04,009 than a love-sick whelp sunk in a bad marriage. 783 01:15:19,801 --> 01:15:23,261 My uncle has refused to give his consent. 784 01:15:23,805 --> 01:15:27,445 -The letter has done its work. -Who sent it? 785 01:15:30,045 --> 01:15:31,825 Lady Gresham? 786 01:15:33,181 --> 01:15:35,021 Or her nephew. 787 01:15:43,225 --> 01:15:47,395 They think that they can do what they like with us, but I will not accept this. 788 01:15:47,396 --> 01:15:49,476 We have no choice. 789 01:15:50,299 --> 01:15:52,259 Of course we do. 790 01:15:55,671 --> 01:15:56,911 I... 791 01:16:03,912 --> 01:16:06,412 I depend entirely upon... 792 01:16:13,322 --> 01:16:15,282 Upon your uncle. 793 01:16:16,191 --> 01:16:17,431 Mmm. 794 01:16:19,328 --> 01:16:21,528 And I depend on you. 795 01:16:27,769 --> 01:16:29,969 So what will you do? 796 01:16:32,708 --> 01:16:34,428 What I must. 797 01:16:35,077 --> 01:16:39,613 I have a duty to my family, Jane. I must think of them as well as... 798 01:16:39,614 --> 01:16:40,974 Tom... 799 01:16:44,586 --> 01:16:48,286 Is that... Is that all you have to say to me? 800 01:17:04,306 --> 01:17:06,446 Goodbye, Mr Lefroy. 801 01:18:00,996 --> 01:18:04,965 The sentence of this court is that you be taken to the place whence you came 802 01:18:04,966 --> 01:18:08,066 and thence to a place of execution, 803 01:18:08,870 --> 01:18:13,470 and that you be there hanged by the neck until you are dead. 804 01:18:14,609 --> 01:18:17,829 May the Lord have mercy on your soul. 805 01:18:26,721 --> 01:18:28,021 Next. 806 01:18:40,669 --> 01:18:43,769 He has behaved so ill to you, Jane. 807 01:18:48,910 --> 01:18:52,610 Perhaps soon we can return home to Steventon. 808 01:18:54,316 --> 01:18:56,996 Is there any news of Robert? 809 01:19:03,091 --> 01:19:05,459 He has arrived in San Domingo at last. 810 01:19:05,460 --> 01:19:06,760 Good. 811 01:19:34,723 --> 01:19:37,403 Glass of wine with you, sir? 812 01:19:38,827 --> 01:19:40,067 Yes. 813 01:19:40,495 --> 01:19:44,975 Yes, a toast from one member of the profession to another. 814 01:20:59,407 --> 01:21:03,407 I'm sorry to have been so disobliging in the past. 815 01:21:08,750 --> 01:21:10,350 Mr Wisley? 816 01:21:15,991 --> 01:21:18,851 So, the infamous Mrs Radcliffe. 817 01:21:20,095 --> 01:21:23,435 Was she really as gothic as her novels? 818 01:21:25,834 --> 01:21:27,854 Not in externals, 819 01:21:28,136 --> 01:21:31,171 but her inner landscape is quite picturesque, I suspect. 820 01:21:31,172 --> 01:21:33,072 True of us all. 821 01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:35,080 (WHISPERING) there's a message for reverend austen. 822 01:22:38,807 --> 01:22:42,087 (WHISPERING) message for reverend austen.thank you. 823 01:23:08,169 --> 01:23:09,529 uncle? 824 01:23:25,854 --> 01:23:27,514 What is it? 825 01:23:32,717 --> 01:23:34,137 (SOBBING) 826 01:24:02,914 --> 01:24:04,334 (GASPING) 827 01:24:28,516 --> 01:24:32,486 It seemed he died very soon after landing in San Domingo. 828 01:24:32,487 --> 01:24:35,167 My God, he was hardly there. 829 01:24:35,690 --> 01:24:37,950 What was the disease? 830 01:24:38,927 --> 01:24:42,087 Yellow fever. Lord Craven, he wrote. 831 01:24:43,131 --> 01:24:46,500 He said that if he had known he was engaged to be married, 832 01:24:46,501 --> 01:24:49,301 he would never have taken him. 833 01:24:55,877 --> 01:24:58,617 Jane, there's something else. 834 01:25:00,381 --> 01:25:02,281 Mr Lefroy, Tom. 835 01:25:04,853 --> 01:25:06,153 What? 836 01:25:06,721 --> 01:25:09,890 I would keep this from you if I could. 837 01:25:09,891 --> 01:25:12,993 He's here visiting Mrs Lefroy and I... 838 01:25:12,994 --> 01:25:14,834 He is engaged. 839 01:25:25,173 --> 01:25:26,653 So soon? 840 01:26:00,008 --> 01:26:01,548 A letter? 841 01:26:03,578 --> 01:26:04,758 No. 842 01:26:05,313 --> 01:26:08,293 It's something I began in London. 843 01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:15,240 It is the tale of a young woman. 844 01:26:16,057 --> 01:26:18,017 Two young women. 845 01:26:20,061 --> 01:26:22,529 Better than their circumstances. 846 01:26:22,530 --> 01:26:24,097 So many are. 847 01:26:24,098 --> 01:26:27,198 And two young gentlemen who receive 848 01:26:27,569 --> 01:26:31,569 much better than their deserts as so very many do. 849 01:26:33,007 --> 01:26:34,247 Mmm. 850 01:26:38,613 --> 01:26:41,014 How does the story begin? 851 01:26:41,015 --> 01:26:42,583 -Badly. -And then? 852 01:26:42,584 --> 01:26:44,424 It gets worse. 853 01:26:46,020 --> 01:26:48,580 With, I hope, some humour. 854 01:26:53,795 --> 01:26:55,755 How does it end? 855 01:27:01,469 --> 01:27:04,929 They both make triumphant, happy endings. 856 01:27:06,240 --> 01:27:08,440 Brilliant marriages? 857 01:27:09,043 --> 01:27:11,363 Incandescent marriages 858 01:27:12,981 --> 01:27:15,001 to very rich men. 859 01:27:27,729 --> 01:27:30,169 You asked me a question. 860 01:27:32,233 --> 01:27:37,553 I am ready to give you an answer. But there is one matter to be settled. 861 01:27:40,642 --> 01:27:43,622 I cannot make you out, Mr Wisley. 862 01:27:44,946 --> 01:27:46,966 At times, you are 863 01:27:47,615 --> 01:27:50,817 the most gentleman-like man I know and yet you would... 864 01:27:50,818 --> 01:27:53,078 Yet. What a sad word. 865 01:27:54,656 --> 01:27:59,196 And yet, you write yourself most tellingly to great effect. 866 01:28:00,962 --> 01:28:04,364 -I'm speaking, of course, ofyour letter. -What letter? 867 01:28:04,365 --> 01:28:08,185 Was your aunt the correspondent on your behalf? 868 01:28:09,671 --> 01:28:11,391 What matter? 869 01:28:12,140 --> 01:28:14,675 One way or another, passion makes fools of us all. 870 01:28:14,676 --> 01:28:17,177 I hope, in time, passion may regain your better opinion. 871 01:28:17,178 --> 01:28:19,498 The emotion is absurd. 872 01:28:20,114 --> 01:28:23,050 When you consider the sex to whom it is often directed, 873 01:28:23,051 --> 01:28:25,791 indistinguishable from folly. 874 01:28:27,455 --> 01:28:32,295 I thank you for the honour of your proposal. I accept. Good day. 875 01:28:58,586 --> 01:29:00,486 George, George. 876 01:29:00,822 --> 01:29:04,162 Mr Wisley is... He's an honourable man. 877 01:29:04,425 --> 01:29:07,525 You'll always have a place with me. 878 01:29:07,093 --> 01:29:08,453 (GRUNTS) 879 01:29:12,233 --> 01:29:13,953 Miss Austen. 880 01:29:15,870 --> 01:29:17,470 Mr Lefroy. 881 01:29:26,414 --> 01:29:27,654 Sir. 882 01:29:31,886 --> 01:29:35,586 I believe I must congratulate you, Mr Lefroy. 883 01:29:37,058 --> 01:29:42,318 And you've come to visit an old friend at such a time. How considerate. 884 01:29:47,568 --> 01:29:49,228 I have come 885 01:29:50,805 --> 01:29:53,905 to offer an explanation, belatedly, 886 01:29:54,876 --> 01:29:58,876 for my conduct. I cannot think how to describe it. 887 01:29:58,913 --> 01:30:02,013 Tell me about your lady, Mr Lefroy. 888 01:30:02,784 --> 01:30:05,284 From where does she come? 889 01:30:06,921 --> 01:30:09,456 She's from County Wexford. 890 01:30:09,457 --> 01:30:12,137 Your own country. Excellent. 891 01:30:14,862 --> 01:30:19,882 What was it that won her? Your manner, smiles and pleasing address? 892 01:30:26,207 --> 01:30:28,347 No, no, not at all. 893 01:30:29,343 --> 01:30:35,982 No, had I really experienced that emotion, I should, at present, detest the very sight of him. 894 01:30:35,983 --> 01:30:37,951 And you are mistaken. 895 01:30:37,952 --> 01:30:42,522 I'm even impartial towards the gloriously endowed Miss Wexford... 896 01:30:42,523 --> 01:30:44,543 I cannot do this. 897 01:30:54,168 --> 01:30:56,968 And so you would marry Wisley? 898 01:31:01,876 --> 01:31:03,296 (WHISPERS) please? 899 01:31:06,814 --> 01:31:10,917 If there is a shred of truth or justice inside ofyou, 900 01:31:10,918 --> 01:31:13,220 -you cannot marry him. -Oh no, Mr Lefroy. 901 01:31:13,221 --> 01:31:16,256 Justice, by your own admission, you know little of, truth even less. 902 01:31:16,257 --> 01:31:20,857 Jane, I have tried. I have tried and I cannot live this lie. 903 01:31:21,863 --> 01:31:23,343 Can you? 904 01:31:24,265 --> 01:31:26,105 Jane, can you? 905 01:31:30,738 --> 01:31:35,098 What value will there be in life if we are not together? 906 01:31:41,849 --> 01:31:43,869 Run away with me. 907 01:31:46,254 --> 01:31:48,034 An elopement? 908 01:31:48,923 --> 01:31:51,783 That is exactly what I propose. 909 01:31:52,360 --> 01:31:57,260 We'll post to London, by Friday be in Scotland, and man and wife. 910 01:31:59,467 --> 01:32:02,327 -Leave everything? -Everything. 911 01:32:02,803 --> 01:32:06,083 It is the only way we can be together. 912 01:32:25,326 --> 01:32:27,706 You'll lose everything. 913 01:32:28,062 --> 01:32:30,502 Family, place. For what? 914 01:32:32,934 --> 01:32:36,154 A lifetime of drudgery on a pittance? 915 01:32:36,404 --> 01:32:40,073 A child every year and no means to lighten the load? 916 01:32:40,074 --> 01:32:43,510 -How will you write, Jane? -I do not know. 917 01:32:43,511 --> 01:32:46,513 But happiness is within my grasp and I cannot help myself. 918 01:32:46,514 --> 01:32:49,074 There is no sense in this. 919 01:32:52,987 --> 01:32:57,047 If you could have your Robert back, even like this, 920 01:32:58,592 --> 01:33:00,552 would you do it? 921 01:33:04,956 --> 01:33:06,436 (EXCLAIMS) 922 01:33:07,335 --> 01:33:11,695 -Please conceal my departure as long as possible. -Wait. 923 01:33:14,041 --> 01:33:15,341 Here. 924 01:33:17,311 --> 01:33:19,991 Take these. Now go, quickly. 925 01:33:55,483 --> 01:33:59,586 Come. Ifwe hurry, we can still make the morning coach. 926 01:33:59,587 --> 01:34:01,367 You are sure? 927 01:34:07,661 --> 01:34:09,321 Be careful. 928 01:34:11,165 --> 01:34:13,605 -Is it coming? -Not yet. 929 01:34:16,604 --> 01:34:19,044 Take my hand. All right? 930 01:34:20,274 --> 01:34:23,254 Hurry. I can hear it approaching. 931 01:34:27,948 --> 01:34:29,608 Here it is. 932 01:34:36,624 --> 01:34:37,924 Whoa. 933 01:34:39,126 --> 01:34:41,394 Two to London. We'll settle the first rest. 934 01:34:41,395 --> 01:34:43,955 -Yes? -Right you are, sir. 935 01:35:14,962 --> 01:35:17,642 Hampshire, your home county. 936 01:35:18,833 --> 01:35:20,253 It was. 937 01:35:23,970 --> 01:35:25,450 (LAUGHING) 938 01:35:26,348 --> 01:35:27,828 (RUMBLING) 939 01:35:29,743 --> 01:35:33,803 Stuck. Everybody out, ladies and gentlemen, please. 940 01:35:35,349 --> 01:35:37,951 -We need to lighten the load. -No, let me, let me. 941 01:35:37,952 --> 01:35:43,512 i shall require you gentlemen to give me a hand, put your shoulders into it. 942 01:35:45,326 --> 01:35:50,763 Now, sir, if you can push on the coach itself. Excuse me, sir. Young gentleman? 943 01:35:50,764 --> 01:35:54,134 -Yes, yes. -You on the other side, sir, thank you. 944 01:35:54,135 --> 01:35:56,603 -Young gentleman, please come along. -All right. 945 01:35:56,604 --> 01:35:59,224 mind helping us? thank you. 946 01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:03,020 Right, all together now then, sirs, please? 947 01:36:03,468 --> 01:36:05,188 (MEN GRUNTING) 948 01:36:07,281 --> 01:36:08,821 One, two, 949 01:36:09,617 --> 01:36:11,877 and a three and push! 950 01:36:12,486 --> 01:36:13,966 Come on. 951 01:36:15,156 --> 01:36:16,696 dear tom. 952 01:36:17,191 --> 01:36:21,131 How timeIy was the arrivaI of the money you sent. 953 01:36:21,996 --> 01:36:24,136 one, two and three! 954 01:36:29,737 --> 01:36:33,806 It was so very much appreciated by your father and I. 955 01:36:33,807 --> 01:36:37,143 You're so kind to share your uncIe's aIIowance. 956 01:36:37,144 --> 01:36:41,744 Indeed, I do not dare think how we wouId survive without it. 957 01:36:39,754 --> 01:36:41,114 (GRUNTS) 958 01:36:46,720 --> 01:36:49,340 Well done. Thank you, sirs. 959 01:36:49,356 --> 01:36:55,216 All right, ladies and gentlemen, back on the coach as soon as you can, thank you. 960 01:37:03,604 --> 01:37:05,384 We are ready. 961 01:37:11,545 --> 01:37:13,385 -Worried? -No. 962 01:37:15,316 --> 01:37:18,656 -Is it the loss ofyour reputation? -No. 963 01:37:21,388 --> 01:37:22,922 The loss ofyours. 964 01:37:22,923 --> 01:37:26,926 -I do not... -Please, sir, come along, the coach is departing. 965 01:37:26,927 --> 01:37:28,227 Come. 966 01:38:04,331 --> 01:38:07,000 changing horses. twenty minutes only. 967 01:38:07,001 --> 01:38:12,081 House of office at the back of the inn. All down, quick as you like. 968 01:38:33,794 --> 01:38:37,530 How many brothers and sisters do you have in Limerick, Tom? 969 01:38:37,531 --> 01:38:39,251 Enough. Why? 970 01:38:43,304 --> 01:38:46,139 What are the names ofyour brothers and sisters? 971 01:38:46,140 --> 01:38:47,560 They... 972 01:38:51,145 --> 01:38:53,525 On whom do they depend? 973 01:38:57,392 --> 01:38:58,692 (SIGHS) 974 01:38:58,652 --> 01:39:01,392 Your reputation is destroyed. 975 01:39:03,390 --> 01:39:06,550 Your profligacy is a beautiful sham. 976 01:39:18,672 --> 01:39:22,192 -I can earn money. -It will not be enough. 977 01:39:24,078 --> 01:39:25,798 I will rise. 978 01:39:26,447 --> 01:39:31,047 With a High Court Judge as your enemy? And a penniless wife? 979 01:39:31,418 --> 01:39:34,998 God knows how many mouths depending on you? 980 01:39:35,789 --> 01:39:40,693 My sweet, sweet friend, you will sink, and we will all sink with you. 981 01:39:40,694 --> 01:39:42,929 -I will... -COACHMAN: Hampshire Flyer. 982 01:39:42,930 --> 01:39:46,450 Hampshire Flyer's leaving in five minutes. 983 01:39:50,204 --> 01:39:51,984 No! No, Jane. 984 01:39:54,708 --> 01:39:56,376 I will never give you up. 985 01:39:56,377 --> 01:39:59,177 -Tom... -Don't speak or think. 986 01:40:01,749 --> 01:40:04,489 Just love me. Do you love me? 987 01:40:07,254 --> 01:40:08,494 Yes. 988 01:40:10,290 --> 01:40:14,427 But if our love destroys your family, it will destroy itself. 989 01:40:14,428 --> 01:40:16,028 -No. -Yes. 990 01:40:16,730 --> 01:40:21,067 In a long, slow degradation of guilt and regret and blame. 991 01:40:21,068 --> 01:40:23,088 That is nonsense. 992 01:40:25,839 --> 01:40:27,199 Truth. 993 01:40:28,308 --> 01:40:30,748 Made from contradiction. 994 01:40:33,647 --> 01:40:36,447 But it must come with a smile. 995 01:40:37,117 --> 01:40:42,377 Or else I shall count it as false and we shall have had no love at all. 996 01:40:46,627 --> 01:40:48,047 Please. 997 01:40:55,869 --> 01:40:57,349 Goodbye. 998 01:41:14,188 --> 01:41:17,588 Typical bloody runaway. Will I, won't I? 999 01:41:37,377 --> 01:41:39,037 Miss. Miss. 1000 01:41:44,585 --> 01:41:46,845 All right, offyou go. 1001 01:42:49,708 --> 01:42:51,488 (CLOCC TICCING) 1002 01:43:07,100 --> 01:43:08,460 Hello? 1003 01:43:12,773 --> 01:43:17,553 -Where is everyone? -Looking for you, Miss. Looking everywhere. 1004 01:43:17,778 --> 01:43:20,578 -Thank you, Jenny. -Mr Warren. 1005 01:43:24,084 --> 01:43:28,804 Your family tried to keep the matter from the servants, but... 1006 01:43:29,423 --> 01:43:33,159 Where is that blackguard Lefroy? My God, if Henry finds him, he'll kill him. 1007 01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:35,240 He won't find him. 1008 01:43:35,829 --> 01:43:38,629 If he does, he won't kill him. 1009 01:43:39,499 --> 01:43:41,459 There's no need. 1010 01:43:43,303 --> 01:43:45,143 What happened? 1011 01:43:48,842 --> 01:43:50,862 Nothing happened. 1012 01:43:52,646 --> 01:43:54,426 I see. I see. 1013 01:44:06,026 --> 01:44:07,326 Jane, 1014 01:44:10,197 --> 01:44:13,777 I may have less personal charm than Lefroy. 1015 01:44:14,735 --> 01:44:20,235 Superficial charm to some eyes. To others, it is mere affectation, but I... 1016 01:44:21,108 --> 01:44:23,608 -I have no hopes. -Hopes? 1017 01:44:25,579 --> 01:44:28,259 You cannot begin to imagine. 1018 01:44:28,782 --> 01:44:32,482 Thank you for the great honour of your offer, 1019 01:44:33,353 --> 01:44:36,873 but are there no other women in Hampshire? 1020 01:44:56,877 --> 01:44:59,737 It was you who wrote the judge. 1021 01:45:03,984 --> 01:45:08,044 You must consider how much I have always loved you. 1022 01:45:28,992 --> 01:45:31,552 (PLAYING SLOW SONG ON PIANO) 1023 01:45:55,936 --> 01:45:57,236 Well? 1024 01:46:02,175 --> 01:46:04,375 You came back to us. 1025 01:46:32,339 --> 01:46:33,879 Leave it. 1026 01:46:37,477 --> 01:46:41,647 Mr Austen, I must inform you that I shall not attend service today. 1027 01:46:41,648 --> 01:46:44,517 -Not in the presence ofthis young woman. -Indeed... 1028 01:46:44,518 --> 01:46:46,719 -If I must speak plainly... -Aunt. 1029 01:46:46,720 --> 01:46:50,923 I believe your youngest daughter has been on a journey. 1030 01:46:50,924 --> 01:46:55,584 -Her Ladyship considers travel a crime? -Unsanctioned travel. 1031 01:46:55,729 --> 01:46:59,932 Furthermore, be aware that my nephew has withdrawn his addresses 1032 01:46:59,933 --> 01:47:03,693 to someone without family, fortune, importance 1033 01:47:04,771 --> 01:47:07,751 and fatally tainted by suspicion. 1034 01:47:08,275 --> 01:47:12,935 -Oh, she has family, madam. -REVEREND AUSTEN: Indeed she has. 1035 01:47:14,748 --> 01:47:20,128 Importance may depend upon other matters than Your Ladyship can conceive. 1036 01:47:20,253 --> 01:47:24,553 As to fortune, a young woman might depend upon herself. 1037 01:47:26,359 --> 01:47:29,459 An interesting notion, Miss Austen. 1038 01:47:30,363 --> 01:47:31,963 (EXCLAIMING) 1039 01:47:36,069 --> 01:47:40,609 Oblige me a walk along the river to enlarge upon the topic. 1040 01:47:42,409 --> 01:47:43,829 Wisley? 1041 01:47:51,451 --> 01:47:55,871 I am sorry if my conduct has disappointed you, Mr Wisley. 1042 01:47:57,624 --> 01:48:01,727 It seems you cannot bring yourself to marry without affection. 1043 01:48:01,728 --> 01:48:03,688 Or even with it. 1044 01:48:04,965 --> 01:48:09,625 I respect you for that and share your opinion. Neither can I. 1045 01:48:11,805 --> 01:48:14,974 I'd always hoped to win your love in time, 1046 01:48:14,975 --> 01:48:18,844 but I am vain enough to want to be loved for myself rather than my money. 1047 01:48:18,845 --> 01:48:21,165 Do we part as friends? 1048 01:48:22,849 --> 01:48:24,209 We do. 1049 01:48:27,520 --> 01:48:30,800 -So, you will live... -By my pen. Yes. 1050 01:48:34,628 --> 01:48:38,088 Will all your stories have happy endings? 1051 01:48:38,431 --> 01:48:40,871 My characters will have, 1052 01:48:40,967 --> 01:48:43,767 after a little bit of trouble, 1053 01:48:44,671 --> 01:48:46,931 all that they desire. 1054 01:48:49,209 --> 01:48:52,669 The good do not always come to good ends. 1055 01:48:54,648 --> 01:48:57,988 It is a truth universally acknowledged. 1056 01:48:58,785 --> 01:49:01,787 ...that a singie man in possession of a good fortune 1057 01:49:01,788 --> 01:49:04,348 (ALL CHEERING) must be in want of a wife. 1058 01:49:06,826 --> 01:49:09,995 However IittIe known the feeIings or views of such a man may be 1059 01:49:09,996 --> 01:49:12,464 on his first entering a neighbourhood, 1060 01:49:12,465 --> 01:49:17,605 this truth is so weII fixed in the minds of the surrounding famiIies, 1061 01:49:18,238 --> 01:49:22,808 that he is considered as the rightfuI property of some one or other of their daughters. 1062 01:49:22,809 --> 01:49:26,078 'My dear Mr Bennet,' said his Iady to him, one day, 1063 01:49:26,079 --> 01:49:29,214 'Have you heard that NetherfieId Park is Iet at Iast?' 1064 01:49:29,215 --> 01:49:31,684 Mr Bennet repIied that he had not. 1065 01:49:31,685 --> 01:49:34,365 'But it is,' returned she... 1066 01:49:35,905 --> 01:49:38,045 (WOMAN SINGING OPERA) 1067 01:51:26,733 --> 01:51:29,802 Is it Miss Austen? The Miss Austen? 1068 01:51:29,803 --> 01:51:33,338 No, Madam. That courtesy, according to the customs of precedence, 1069 01:51:33,339 --> 01:51:35,407 belongs to my elder sister. 1070 01:51:35,408 --> 01:51:39,244 Miss Jane Austen, the authoeess of Pride and Prejudice? 1071 01:51:39,245 --> 01:51:43,515 My sister wishes to remain anonymous, but your kind regard is much appreciated. 1072 01:51:43,516 --> 01:51:45,896 -Thank you. -Thank you. 1073 01:52:19,252 --> 01:52:21,512 Please, come through. 1074 01:52:22,288 --> 01:52:23,856 I shall never forgive Henry for this. 1075 01:52:23,857 --> 01:52:27,977 Yes, you will. We always forgive him for everything. 1076 01:52:31,764 --> 01:52:33,964 Jane, an old friend. 1077 01:52:35,101 --> 01:52:36,881 Late as ever. 1078 01:52:38,605 --> 01:52:41,525 Madame le Comtesse, Miss Austen. 1079 01:52:43,543 --> 01:52:45,143 Mr Lefroy. 1080 01:52:52,752 --> 01:52:54,786 Please allow me to introduce to you 1081 01:52:54,787 --> 01:52:58,967 your most avid of admirers, my daughter, Miss Lefroy. 1082 01:53:01,327 --> 01:53:04,787 Miss Austen, what a pleasure to meet you. 1083 01:53:06,900 --> 01:53:09,401 Will you read for us this evening? 1084 01:53:09,402 --> 01:53:12,070 Ah, well, you see, my sister never reads. 1085 01:53:12,071 --> 01:53:15,240 Otherwise, how else is she supposed to remain anonymous? 1086 01:53:15,241 --> 01:53:17,081 -But... -Jane. 1087 01:53:24,751 --> 01:53:27,191 I will make an exception 1088 01:53:27,620 --> 01:53:30,240 if my new friend wishes it. 1089 01:53:32,091 --> 01:53:34,051 Come, sit by me. 1090 01:53:45,538 --> 01:53:47,678 She is lovely, Tom. 1091 01:53:49,409 --> 01:53:52,029 She began now to comprehend 1092 01:53:52,545 --> 01:53:56,715 that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, 1093 01:53:56,716 --> 01:53:58,916 would most suit her. 1094 01:53:59,385 --> 01:54:03,222 His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, 1095 01:54:03,223 --> 01:54:06,263 would have answered all herwishes. 1096 01:54:07,927 --> 01:54:11,763 It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both. 1097 01:54:11,764 --> 01:54:13,966 By her ease and liveliness, 1098 01:54:13,967 --> 01:54:18,203 his mind might have been softened, his manners improved, 1099 01:54:18,204 --> 01:54:22,864 and from his judgment, information and knowledge ofthe world, 1100 01:54:24,444 --> 01:54:28,624 she must have received benefit of greater importance. 1101 01:54:29,382 --> 01:54:34,282 But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude 1102 01:54:35,255 --> 01:54:38,355 what connubial felicity really was.