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