Emma

0:02:22 > 0:02:25'In a time when one's town was one's world...

0:02:25 > 0:02:30'and a dance excited greater interest than the movement of armies...

0:02:30 > 0:02:32'there lived a young woman

0:02:32 > 0:02:35'who knew how this world should be run.'

0:02:35 > 0:02:39The most beautiful thing in the world is a match well made.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43- A happy marriage to you both. - Thank you, Emma.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Your painting is most accomplished. - You're very kind.

0:02:47 > 0:02:51It would be better if I practised my drawing, as you urged me.

0:02:51 > 0:02:55- It's beautiful. - I should never side against you,

0:02:55 > 0:02:57but it is indeed a job well done.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00The job well done, Mr Elton, was yours,

0:03:00 > 0:03:02in performing the ceremony.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05Must the church be so draughty?

0:03:05 > 0:03:09It is hard to surrender the soul when worrying about one's throat.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12Tea and cake may revive you, Mr Woodhouse.

0:03:12 > 0:03:16Miss Taylor, you're not serving cake at your wedding?

0:03:16 > 0:03:21Too rich. You put us all at peril. Where is Perry, the apothecary?

0:03:21 > 0:03:23He will support me.

0:03:23 > 0:03:27He is over there, having some cake.

0:03:27 > 0:03:29What?

0:03:29 > 0:03:31I ought to take Father home.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34But, dear Miss Taylor...

0:03:34 > 0:03:37Oh, no! You are "dear Miss Taylor" no more.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40You are dear Mrs Weston now.

0:03:40 > 0:03:42How happy this must make you.

0:03:42 > 0:03:45Such happiness this brings to all of us.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48My dear Emma.

0:03:59 > 0:04:02Poor Miss Taylor. She was so happy here.

0:04:02 > 0:04:07Why give up being your governess ONLY to be married?

0:04:07 > 0:04:09I am grown now.

0:04:09 > 0:04:12She cannot put up with my ill humours for ever.

0:04:12 > 0:04:16- She must wish for her own children. - You have no ill humours.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Your own mother, God rest her,

0:04:18 > 0:04:21could be no more real than Miss Taylor.

0:04:21 > 0:04:25Can she truly wish to give life to a mewling infant,

0:04:25 > 0:04:28who will import disease each time it enters the house?

0:04:28 > 0:04:30No.

0:04:30 > 0:04:34I said poor Miss Taylor, and poor indeed she is.

0:04:34 > 0:04:37As an old family friend I had to ask upon my return,

0:04:37 > 0:04:42- who cried the most at the wedding? - THEY BOTH LAUGH

0:04:42 > 0:04:44How is my sister?

0:04:44 > 0:04:48Your brother gives her the respect we Woodhouse ladies deserve?

0:04:48 > 0:04:51Poor Isabella. She was the first to leave me.

0:04:51 > 0:04:55No doubt where Miss Taylor got the notion to go.

0:04:55 > 0:04:57Don't be too hard on Miss Taylor.

0:04:57 > 0:05:00It is easier to have only ONE to please.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03Especially when ONE of us is so troublesome.

0:05:03 > 0:05:05Yes, I am. Most troublesome.

0:05:05 > 0:05:06EMMA LAUGHS

0:05:06 > 0:05:10Dear Papa, I could never mean you.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13Mr Knightley loves to find fault with me.

0:05:13 > 0:05:17- It's his idea of a joke. - I'm practically your brother.

0:05:17 > 0:05:20A brother finds fault with his sister.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22But where is the fault?

0:05:22 > 0:05:27Emma bears it well, but is sorry to lose Miss Taylor.

0:05:27 > 0:05:31And we would not like Emma so well if she did not miss her friend.

0:05:31 > 0:05:35I shall miss her so. What shall I do without her?

0:05:35 > 0:05:39- She's not far. - Half a mile!

0:05:39 > 0:05:41Her obligations are there.

0:05:41 > 0:05:45She cannot sit and talk with me in the old way. Or walk with me.

0:05:45 > 0:05:47Or urge me to better myself.

0:05:47 > 0:05:51That will not matter - you always did as you pleased.

0:05:51 > 0:05:52Yes.

0:05:52 > 0:05:54But I shall miss her urging me.

0:05:54 > 0:05:58She was as selfless a friend as I have ever had.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00I hope I may do half as much for someone,

0:06:00 > 0:06:04as Mrs Weston did for me.

0:06:04 > 0:06:06You are happy she settled so well?

0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Indeed. One matter of joy is that- I- made the match.

0:06:09 > 0:06:13People said Mr Weston would never marry again. What a triumph!

0:06:13 > 0:06:17- Triumph?! Lucky guess. - The triumph of a lucky guess.

0:06:17 > 0:06:20Had I not promoted Mr Weston's visits,

0:06:20 > 0:06:23and given encouragement, we may have had no wedding.

0:06:23 > 0:06:27Then, please, my dear, encourage no-one else.

0:06:27 > 0:06:30Marriage disrupts one's social circle.

0:06:30 > 0:06:34Only one more. When Mr Elton joined their hands,

0:06:34 > 0:06:39he looked as if he would like the same office performed for him.

0:06:39 > 0:06:43Invite him for dinner. That is kindness enough.

0:06:43 > 0:06:48Mr Elton is a man of 26. He can take care of himself.

0:06:48 > 0:06:50One does not like to generalise,

0:06:50 > 0:06:53but men know nothing about their hearts,

0:06:53 > 0:06:56be they six and twenty or six and eighty.

0:06:56 > 0:06:58Excepting you, of course, Father.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01HE CHUCKLES

0:07:02 > 0:07:07No, Mr Elton will be the next person to benefit from my help.

0:07:07 > 0:07:12Poor Miss Taylor? It is Mr Elton who deserves our pity.

0:07:12 > 0:07:14FATHER CHUCKLES

0:07:17 > 0:07:20Mr Elton!

0:07:20 > 0:07:23Welcome to our party.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26Thank you indeed for including me.

0:07:26 > 0:07:30A party is a party, but a party on a summer's eve, hmm!

0:07:30 > 0:07:34It relieves me that you are here - there is someone new in our group.

0:07:34 > 0:07:39Her name is Harriet Smith. A former pupil of Mrs Goddard's.

0:07:39 > 0:07:44I had never met her before now, and am already struck by her charm.

0:07:44 > 0:07:50May I ask you to make certain she is at ease this evening?

0:07:50 > 0:07:53If helping Miss Smith helps Miss Woodhouse,

0:07:53 > 0:07:55I am happy to be of service.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58Come, I shall make the introduction.

0:07:58 > 0:08:00Oh, Miss Woodhouse, we are overpowered.

0:08:00 > 0:08:04Mrs Bates, Miss Bates, so happy you could come.

0:08:04 > 0:08:07No, we are the happy ones... W-well, how do you do, Mr Elton?

0:08:07 > 0:08:09We are the happy ones.

0:08:09 > 0:08:14To be here and for the beautiful piece of pork you sent us.

0:08:14 > 0:08:18It has been heaven. What a happy porker it must have come from!

0:08:18 > 0:08:21We're so obliged for your sending it to us.

0:08:21 > 0:08:22PORK!

0:08:22 > 0:08:27And so obliged to be here - I was just saying to Mother.

0:08:27 > 0:08:32Oh, doesn't your hair look pretty? Just like an angel.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34ANGEL, Mother!

0:08:34 > 0:08:37Speaking of angels, Mr Elton,

0:08:37 > 0:08:41your sermon on Daniel in the lion's den was inspiring.

0:08:41 > 0:08:44So powerful. It left us speechless.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46Speechless.

0:08:46 > 0:08:49We have not stopped talking of it since.

0:08:49 > 0:08:54- Oh, isn't this a lovely party? Lovely. Lovely. - SHE GIGGLES NERVOUSLY

0:08:54 > 0:08:58Where will you live now your education is over?

0:08:58 > 0:09:01Mrs Goddard is kind enough to let me stay.

0:09:01 > 0:09:04- She's a great help to me. Excuse me. - Mrs Goddard!

0:09:04 > 0:09:05Mr Knightley.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08Ah, Emma, there you are.

0:09:08 > 0:09:13I see you've been hard at work - making Mr Elton comfortable.

0:09:13 > 0:09:18Yes, but remiss in doing what will bring him the greatest enjoyment.

0:09:18 > 0:09:23Mr Elton, may I present Miss Smith.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30Any friend of Miss Woodhouse's...

0:09:38 > 0:09:41Mr Weston, have you had any news of your son?

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Oh, indeed.

0:09:43 > 0:09:47Miss Smith, I was married many years ago to a woman

0:09:47 > 0:09:53whose life was lost just three years after the birth of our son, Frank.

0:09:53 > 0:09:56As I could not see to my business and care for him,

0:09:56 > 0:09:59he was brought up by my wife's brother and his wife,

0:09:59 > 0:10:01the Churchills.

0:10:01 > 0:10:06He lives in London now, a young man, and has never been here.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09His aunt is ill and does not care to be without him.

0:10:09 > 0:10:13His visit would be the final blessing for our marriage.

0:10:13 > 0:10:16How lucky to be twice blessed in marriage.

0:10:16 > 0:10:21I thought one loved only once. I am happy to be wrong.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Not so happy as I.

0:10:23 > 0:10:27He sent a most pleasing letter upon our marriage.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29Would anyone care to see it?

0:10:29 > 0:10:33A charming and kindly letter. Don't you think, Mother?

0:10:33 > 0:10:37Have you ever read such a letter, Mr Knightley?

0:10:37 > 0:10:39This reminds me of Jane's style.

0:10:39 > 0:10:44A delicate style, more usual in women, but a good sign in a man.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46Nicely expressed.

0:10:46 > 0:10:51But it sounds as though he eats a worrisome amount of custard.

0:10:51 > 0:10:54It's not merely the feeling,

0:10:54 > 0:10:57the penmanship is so confident.

0:10:57 > 0:11:02- Isn't Miss Smith delightful? - I have watched her with pleasure.

0:11:02 > 0:11:06She is uncertain here, yet I wish to be of service to her,

0:11:06 > 0:11:09and introduce her to Highbury society.

0:11:09 > 0:11:13I could never presume to guide her as you did me,

0:11:13 > 0:11:15but I may share some of what I know.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18She could ask for nothing better.

0:11:18 > 0:11:22Come, Mr Weston, I must write to your son.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24Good night, Mr Woodhouse.

0:11:24 > 0:11:28Good night, Mr Woodhouse. Thank you for a wonderful dinner.

0:11:28 > 0:11:34- Good night, Miss Taylor. - Good night, Mrs Weston, Mr Weston.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36Good night.

0:11:36 > 0:11:40Poor Miss Taylor, she so obviously wanted to stay.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43CARRIAGE TRUNDLES INTO DISTANCE

0:11:43 > 0:11:47How interesting. What kind of people are your parents?

0:11:47 > 0:11:51I do not know. Mrs Goddard has said I cannot know them.

0:11:51 > 0:11:54So I have left it at that.

0:11:54 > 0:11:58Because of her care, Mrs Goddard is my true guardian.

0:11:58 > 0:12:00Hurry along, it's Miss Bates coming.

0:12:00 > 0:12:05As it is Tuesday she will have a letter from her niece, Jane Fairfax.

0:12:05 > 0:12:09- She will want to read us every word. - I do not know Miss Fairfax.

0:12:09 > 0:12:14There's not much to be said. When pressed, I say she is elegant.

0:12:14 > 0:12:18- EXCITEDLY:- As soon as we got two new cups of tea...

0:12:18 > 0:12:21Besides you and Mrs Goddard,

0:12:21 > 0:12:26the only people I know here are the Martins of Abbey Mill Farm.

0:12:26 > 0:12:30Mrs Martin had two parlours and an upper maid and eight cows!

0:12:30 > 0:12:35Mr Martin used to cut fresh flowers every day.

0:12:35 > 0:12:39How lucky to have such an agreeable husband.

0:12:39 > 0:12:44Oh, Mr Martin is not her husband, he's her son.

0:12:44 > 0:12:47Ah! I see.

0:12:47 > 0:12:50Then he is...

0:12:51 > 0:12:52..unmarried?

0:12:52 > 0:12:57Mm, but I cannot understand why. He seems perfect.

0:12:57 > 0:13:01He brought me walnuts once, and went three miles to get them

0:13:01 > 0:13:07- because he heard me say I like them. Wasn't that kind? - SHE GASPS

0:13:09 > 0:13:13Tell me more about Mr Martin. Is he a man of information?

0:13:13 > 0:13:16Oh, yes! He reads the Agricultural Reports.

0:13:16 > 0:13:21I recommended he read The Romance Of The Forest. He said he would.

0:13:21 > 0:13:23What sort of looking man is he?

0:13:23 > 0:13:26I thought him very plain at first.

0:13:26 > 0:13:28But I do not think so now.

0:13:28 > 0:13:30Have you never seen him in town?

0:13:30 > 0:13:34The Martins are the sort of people with whom I have nothing to do.

0:13:34 > 0:13:37A degree lower and I might be useful to them.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39But a farmer needs none of my help,

0:13:39 > 0:13:43and so is as much above my notice as he is below it. In fact...

0:13:43 > 0:13:45There he is now!

0:13:45 > 0:13:49GEESE HONK

0:13:49 > 0:13:52- How do I look? - Fine, dear.

0:13:52 > 0:13:55Good enough, I'm sure, for Mr Martin.

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Good day. This is a bit of a chance.

0:13:57 > 0:14:01Good day, Mr Martin. Miss Woodhouse, Mr Martin.

0:14:01 > 0:14:03Good day. How do you do?

0:14:04 > 0:14:06Oh...

0:14:06 > 0:14:09Were you able to find The Romance Of The Forest?

0:14:09 > 0:14:11Blast, I forgot.

0:14:11 > 0:14:13- SHE GIGGLES - But I go again tomorrow

0:14:13 > 0:14:17and will make every effort to get that thought into my head.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19How's your mother?

0:14:19 > 0:14:21'You can do better than this.'

0:14:24 > 0:14:28If you pull this way, it makes a neater stitch.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33Of course!

0:14:34 > 0:14:38May I ask what you thought of my friend, Robert Martin?

0:14:39 > 0:14:43Well, I imagined him a degree nearer gentility.

0:14:45 > 0:14:49True, he's not so genteel as Mr Knightley...

0:14:49 > 0:14:54Not one in a 100 men has "gentleman" so plainly written across him

0:14:54 > 0:14:56as Mr Knightley.

0:14:56 > 0:14:58But let us judge him next to another man.

0:14:58 > 0:15:03Say...Mr Elton. Mr Elton is a fine man.

0:15:03 > 0:15:06Thoughtful in ways Mr Martin can never be.

0:15:06 > 0:15:09Whatever his faults, Mr Martin is thoughtful.

0:15:09 > 0:15:10I see.

0:15:10 > 0:15:15Did he take your advice and get the book you asked him to?

0:15:17 > 0:15:20Um... Well...

0:15:21 > 0:15:22No.

0:15:23 > 0:15:25Yes?

0:15:25 > 0:15:29Yes. I wonder that he did not remember it.

0:15:29 > 0:15:31Oh, well.

0:15:33 > 0:15:38Mr Elton said something very kind about you the other day.

0:15:38 > 0:15:40Can you not tell me what it was?

0:15:40 > 0:15:45Oh, it is not my place to intrude in personal matters.

0:15:52 > 0:15:54But, as your friend,

0:15:54 > 0:15:57I-I could make an exception if you wish.

0:16:00 > 0:16:03I happened to see him in town and I mentioned...

0:16:06 > 0:16:09Miss Smith was always beautiful.

0:16:09 > 0:16:12But the attractions YOU have added are superior.

0:16:12 > 0:16:14Oh, I have done very little.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16If I could contradict a lady.

0:16:16 > 0:16:20I cannot take credit for her beauty.

0:16:20 > 0:16:22An idea has dropped into my mind.

0:16:22 > 0:16:27What if you were to exercise your artistic talents,

0:16:27 > 0:16:29and draw a portrait of Miss Smith?

0:16:29 > 0:16:31I would love to watch you draw her.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33Mr Elton, my skills are slender,

0:16:33 > 0:16:37and we must not forget how shy Miss Smith is.

0:16:38 > 0:16:43- Do you think it would help her if- I- asked her to pose?

0:16:52 > 0:16:54Oh, Miss Woodhouse, may I look?

0:16:54 > 0:16:58I cannot wait another second.

0:17:02 > 0:17:06Incredible, you have expressed her completely.

0:17:08 > 0:17:12Mr Elton, really, you exaggerate.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15Indeed, I do not, nor cannot.

0:17:15 > 0:17:17The reason I do not do portraits

0:17:17 > 0:17:20is because the spouse always complains.

0:17:20 > 0:17:26There are no wives or husbands here, so I trust I may proceed safely.

0:17:26 > 0:17:30No husbands or wives at present, Miss Woodhouse.

0:17:38 > 0:17:40You've made her too tall.

0:17:42 > 0:17:47It may not be Miss Smith's height in terms of measurement,

0:17:47 > 0:17:50but it is surely the height of her character.

0:17:55 > 0:17:59My dear, I would paint a shawl on her.

0:17:59 > 0:18:03- One can't help feeling she will catch cold. - HE CHUCKLES

0:18:03 > 0:18:06Otherwise it is quite splendid.

0:18:06 > 0:18:08It only wants a suitable frame.

0:18:08 > 0:18:11We will have to get it to London.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14Might I be entrusted with such a commission?

0:18:14 > 0:18:18I would be gratified more than words can express.

0:18:20 > 0:18:22SHEEP BLEAT

0:18:41 > 0:18:44He wants to marry me. Would you mind reading...

0:18:44 > 0:18:48Certainly not! I cannot believe Mr Elton proposed.

0:18:48 > 0:18:52Not Mr Elton, Mr Martin, my friend.

0:18:57 > 0:19:00Is it a good letter or too...

0:19:00 > 0:19:02short?

0:19:02 > 0:19:04It IS a good letter.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06One of his sisters must've helped him.

0:19:06 > 0:19:10Yet it is not the style of a woman.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13A good letter. You must answer immediately.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16He must have his disappointment and move on.

0:19:16 > 0:19:19You think I should refuse him?

0:19:19 > 0:19:23You did not plan to return a favourable answer?

0:19:23 > 0:19:25No, I did not.

0:19:25 > 0:19:29That is... I did not mean... Um, well...

0:19:29 > 0:19:32I was not sure. That is why I came to you.

0:19:32 > 0:19:35- It's not my place to intrude. - But I depend so on you.

0:19:35 > 0:19:38I would not advise you for the world.

0:19:39 > 0:19:41If you prefer Mr Martin

0:19:41 > 0:19:44to every person you may ever know,

0:19:44 > 0:19:49if he is the most agreeable man you may ever be in company with,

0:19:49 > 0:19:51then why do you hesitate?

0:19:53 > 0:19:55If you'll not influence me,

0:19:55 > 0:19:58I must do as well as I can alone.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00So...

0:20:02 > 0:20:05I am determined to...

0:20:05 > 0:20:09I have really almost made up my mind to...

0:20:11 > 0:20:14..refuse Mr Martin?

0:20:14 > 0:20:17Do you think that's right? Or wrong?

0:20:17 > 0:20:21Now that YOU have decided, I will share MY feelings.

0:20:21 > 0:20:23I think you are perfectly right.

0:20:23 > 0:20:28Yes, but, it will make his mother and sisters most unhappy.

0:20:28 > 0:20:33Think of other mothers and sisters. At this moment I believe Mr Elton

0:20:33 > 0:20:36is showing your picture to his mother and sisters,

0:20:36 > 0:20:41telling them how the subject is more beautiful than the portrait.

0:20:41 > 0:20:45I am sure it is only to praise your artistry.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48If you are sure, then you are surely wrong.

0:20:48 > 0:20:52By showing it to them he is revealing his deeper intentions,

0:20:52 > 0:20:55which may produce a letter of his own.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58Oh...

0:21:02 > 0:21:07Very well, I admit it. You have improved Harriet Smith.

0:21:07 > 0:21:10I hope you're not the only man to have noticed.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13I'm not.

0:21:13 > 0:21:18I believe your friend will soon hear something to her advantage.

0:21:18 > 0:21:20Who makes you his confidant?

0:21:20 > 0:21:23I believe she will receive an offer of marriage,

0:21:23 > 0:21:26from a man desperately in love with her.

0:21:26 > 0:21:28Robert Martin.

0:21:29 > 0:21:32He came here to consult about it.

0:21:32 > 0:21:35He's a tenant and a good friend.

0:21:35 > 0:21:38He asked if it was imprudent of him to settle so early,

0:21:38 > 0:21:41if she was too young, or he was beneath her.

0:21:41 > 0:21:46Better questions for Mr Martin I could not have chosen myself.

0:21:46 > 0:21:50I never hear better sense from anyone than Robert Martin.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53He proved he could afford to marry.

0:21:53 > 0:21:57And I said he could not do better.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00No, indeed, HE could not.

0:22:00 > 0:22:04Come, I will tell you something in return.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06He wrote to Harriet yesterday.

0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Yes? - Yes. He was refused.

0:22:11 > 0:22:13I'm not sure I understand.

0:22:13 > 0:22:15He asked and she refused.

0:22:17 > 0:22:20Then she is a greater simpleton than I believed.

0:22:20 > 0:22:23The most incomprehensible thing to a man

0:22:23 > 0:22:26is a woman who rejects marriage.

0:22:26 > 0:22:28I do not comprehend its madness.

0:22:28 > 0:22:33- I hope you are wrong. - I could not be. I saw her answer.

0:22:33 > 0:22:34You saw her answer?

0:22:36 > 0:22:38Emma?

0:22:38 > 0:22:41You wrote her answer, didn't you?

0:22:41 > 0:22:45If I did, I did no wrong. He is not Harriet's equal.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48- I agree. - Good.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51He is her superior in sense and situation.

0:22:51 > 0:22:55What are Harriet Smith's claims of birth or education

0:22:55 > 0:22:59that make her higher than Robert Martin?

0:22:59 > 0:23:01She is the daughter of nobody knows whom.

0:23:01 > 0:23:05The advantage of the match was entirely on her side.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08What?! A farmer?

0:23:08 > 0:23:11Even with all his merit, a match for my friend?!

0:23:11 > 0:23:14It would be a degradation to marry him

0:23:14 > 0:23:17whom I could not admit as my acquaintance.

0:23:17 > 0:23:21A degradation? For illegitimacy to marry a respected farmer?

0:23:21 > 0:23:24She is a gentleman's daughter.

0:23:24 > 0:23:28Her parents made no plans to introduce her to good society.

0:23:28 > 0:23:32She was left with Mrs Goddard for an indifferent education.

0:23:32 > 0:23:36Her friends thought this was good enough for her.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40She thought so, too, until you began to puff her up.

0:23:40 > 0:23:44Vanity working on a weak mind produces every kind of mischief.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47You dismiss her beauty and nature.

0:23:47 > 0:23:52Does your sex not think those claims the highest a woman can possess?

0:23:52 > 0:23:57Men of sense, whatever you may say, do not want silly wives.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02Upon my word, Emma,

0:24:02 > 0:24:05better be without sense than misapply it as you do.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10DOG WHIMPERS

0:24:10 > 0:24:13Try not to kill my dogs.

0:24:13 > 0:24:18We see so differently on this, there is no use canvassing it.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20We shall make each other angry.

0:24:20 > 0:24:25Ah, I see the tea is ready. Let's stop and have some.

0:24:34 > 0:24:39Clearly, you have someone else in mind for your friend.

0:24:39 > 0:24:44But if the gentleman you dream of is Mr Elton, your labour is in vain.

0:24:44 > 0:24:48As vicar, Elton is unlikely to make an imprudent match.

0:24:48 > 0:24:53Especially to a girl of obscurity who may bring him disgrace.

0:24:53 > 0:24:56In moments when only men are present,

0:24:56 > 0:24:59I have heard him speak of a family of ladies from Bath,

0:24:59 > 0:25:02who all have £20,000 apiece.

0:25:04 > 0:25:08Believe me when I say that he may talk sentimentally,

0:25:08 > 0:25:10but he will act rationally.

0:25:11 > 0:25:13If I had my heart set on Mr Elton,

0:25:13 > 0:25:16your opening my eyes would have been kind.

0:25:16 > 0:25:21- But I care only to watch her grow. - No more, please. No more.

0:25:27 > 0:25:28APPLAUSE

0:25:36 > 0:25:37Bravo.

0:25:37 > 0:25:39Thank you, Charles.

0:25:41 > 0:25:45Harriet is collecting riddles for a little book.

0:25:45 > 0:25:48We knew you'd come up with something cunning.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51Oh, no, I'm not nearly clever enough.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53You didn't ask me to contribute.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56Your personality is a riddle.

0:25:56 > 0:25:58I thought you over-qualified.

0:25:58 > 0:26:00HE SNIGGERS

0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Whoa... Stand. - Morning, Miss Woodhouse.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10Morning, Peter.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17This just came from Mr Elton.

0:26:17 > 0:26:21He claims it is a riddle for you, but I think it is much better.

0:26:30 > 0:26:34- Is it about sharks? - Why write a riddle about sharks?

0:26:34 > 0:26:36I'm in a tremor. What does it mean?

0:26:36 > 0:26:39We shall read it aloud so that we may decipher it.

0:26:39 > 0:26:44"For Miss..."? I think we can safely put in Smith.

0:26:44 > 0:26:48Line one. "My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings,

0:26:48 > 0:26:53"lords of the earth, their luxury and ease."

0:26:53 > 0:26:56- A king displays his pomp in court. - Court.

0:26:56 > 0:27:00Next line. "Another view of man, my second brings."

0:27:00 > 0:27:03"Behold him there, the monarch of the seas." That is?

0:27:03 > 0:27:07Er, a mermaid? Trident? Shall we ever know?

0:27:07 > 0:27:09Ship, dear.

0:27:09 > 0:27:12- The things which brings the king of the sea is a ship.- Ship.

0:27:12 > 0:27:17Now for the cream. "But are united." The two terms should be united.

0:27:17 > 0:27:21Oh, um, ship and court...

0:27:22 > 0:27:24Court...

0:27:24 > 0:27:27Courtship? He writes to me about courtship?!

0:27:27 > 0:27:32There is no doubt to his intentions. YOU are his desire.

0:27:32 > 0:27:36We must find an opportunity for him to offer proof,

0:27:36 > 0:27:38a way for you to be alone.

0:27:38 > 0:27:41Oh, let's read it again and again.

0:27:41 > 0:27:44I only wish Mr Knightley were here to read it.

0:27:44 > 0:27:46HARRIET GIGGLES

0:27:49 > 0:27:51Good afternoon.

0:27:51 > 0:27:57- Good day, Miss Woodhouse. - Mrs Clark, how are we?

0:27:57 > 0:27:59- Mustn't grumble. - No better?

0:27:59 > 0:28:01BABY WAILS

0:28:04 > 0:28:07What have you brought us?

0:28:09 > 0:28:14RACKED COUGH BABY WAILS

0:28:29 > 0:28:31I am sorry I was not more help.

0:28:31 > 0:28:34I am always afraid I will make a sick person worse.

0:28:34 > 0:28:36Not at all.

0:28:36 > 0:28:38CHILDREN PLAY GLEEFULLY

0:28:44 > 0:28:47Ah, look, Harriet, Mr Elton's house.

0:28:49 > 0:28:53Pity I cannot contrive a reason for us to go in.

0:28:53 > 0:28:57I do so wonder that you're not married.

0:28:57 > 0:28:59I have no inducements to marry.

0:29:00 > 0:29:03I lack neither fortune nor position.

0:29:03 > 0:29:05Never could I be so important in a man's eyes

0:29:05 > 0:29:07as I am in my father's.

0:29:07 > 0:29:09But to be an old maid like Miss Bates.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12She is a POOR old maid.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15It is only poverty which makes celibacy contemptible.

0:29:15 > 0:29:20A single women of good fortune is always respectable.

0:29:22 > 0:29:24EMMA GASPS

0:29:24 > 0:29:29- Mr Elton!- Mr Elton! - Miss Woodhouse, Miss Smith.

0:29:29 > 0:29:32How fortunate.

0:29:32 > 0:29:36- I was on my way to the Clarks'. - Ah! We were just there.

0:29:36 > 0:29:39Harriet was kind enough to let me join her.

0:29:39 > 0:29:41Miss Woodhouse...

0:29:41 > 0:29:43Um, may I escort you home?

0:29:43 > 0:29:45Indeed.

0:29:51 > 0:29:55Harriet, tell Mr Elton what you did at the Clarks'.

0:29:56 > 0:29:58Oh...

0:30:01 > 0:30:03Oh...

0:30:03 > 0:30:05Um...

0:30:06 > 0:30:10Well, she seemed to have the chill, so Miss Woodhouse...

0:30:10 > 0:30:15..Watched! As Harriet tucked that poor lady in.

0:30:15 > 0:30:19Warming her with a blanket and her kind nature.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23Tell him about the soup, dear.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25The soup?!

0:30:26 > 0:30:29- CAT SCREECHES - Sorry...

0:30:29 > 0:30:34- Well, I couldn't really say. - Don't be so modest.

0:30:34 > 0:30:37Um, well, I heated some, er...

0:30:37 > 0:30:39- Soup? - Yes, soup.

0:30:39 > 0:30:41Oh, dear! Oh...

0:30:42 > 0:30:45My lace. Oh...

0:30:45 > 0:30:49Please have the goodness to go on. I will rejoin you as soon as I can.

0:30:51 > 0:30:53Well, after having fed her the soup,

0:30:53 > 0:30:57I lifted her up and carried her to the, er...

0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Chair? - Fire.

0:31:00 > 0:31:03Good afternoon. Where are you off to?

0:31:03 > 0:31:06To town, ma'am, to get some broth.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09Would you let me walk with you?

0:31:11 > 0:31:14Dear, must we walk so quickly?

0:31:14 > 0:31:17- Mum said I should hurry. - Let's play a game.

0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Do you mean it? - I do. I swear I do.

0:31:20 > 0:31:22- It's too wonderful. - I love...

0:31:22 > 0:31:26'Can this be the declaration?'

0:31:26 > 0:31:32I simply love celery root. What should they be serving but...

0:31:32 > 0:31:35BOTH: Celery root! THEY LAUGH

0:31:40 > 0:31:43Emma, be careful, the baby.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47It might have an infection.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50John, this may be the finest Knightley yet.

0:31:50 > 0:31:52You should have brought her sooner.

0:31:52 > 0:31:55She looks so fetching with her aunt.

0:31:55 > 0:31:59- A splendid pair. - The journey, how was it?

0:31:59 > 0:32:04If you accepted adults so easily we might always agree.

0:32:04 > 0:32:09How fascinating that any discordancy arises from MY being wrong.

0:32:09 > 0:32:11Not fascinating, but true.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14Perhaps it is to do with the gap in our ages.

0:32:14 > 0:32:16I was 16 when you were born.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18You were my superior then.

0:32:18 > 0:32:22But hasn't the lapse of 21 years closed the gap?

0:32:22 > 0:32:24Narrowed it.

0:32:24 > 0:32:26EMMA LAUGHS

0:32:26 > 0:32:31Come, dear Emma, let us be friends and quarrel no more.

0:32:31 > 0:32:36Very well. And we were both right as far as good intentions went.

0:32:36 > 0:32:40I only hope Mr Martin was not too disappointed.

0:32:40 > 0:32:42No man could be more so.

0:32:42 > 0:32:44I am very sorry.

0:32:44 > 0:32:47Come, shake hands with me.

0:32:51 > 0:32:56- Dinner is served. - Good. John!

0:32:57 > 0:33:01Sister, when shall we meet your new friend, Miss Smith?

0:33:01 > 0:33:04On Friday at the Weston's Christmas Eve party.

0:33:04 > 0:33:08It looks as though it will be a very rewarding holiday for her.

0:33:23 > 0:33:26I am so looking forward to this evening.

0:33:26 > 0:33:30A party is a party, but a Christmas party... Hmm!

0:33:35 > 0:33:38Where is Miss Smith?

0:33:38 > 0:33:40I have some sad news.

0:33:40 > 0:33:44Miss Smith is ill and cannot be with us this evening.

0:33:45 > 0:33:51A sad loss to our party. She will be missed at every moment.

0:33:55 > 0:33:58However, I feel,

0:33:58 > 0:34:02and I hope you will concur that small parties are the best.

0:34:02 > 0:34:06I would rather fall short by two than exceed by two.

0:34:06 > 0:34:09Lucky the snow did not come yesterday.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11Our party may have been impossible.

0:34:11 > 0:34:15That would have been a real cause for sadness, would it not?

0:34:20 > 0:34:25- A whisky?- Not for the moment. - Punch?- Oh, thank you, yes.

0:34:25 > 0:34:29Weather of this severity is no friend of mine.

0:34:29 > 0:34:32I know that too well, Mr Woodhouse.

0:34:33 > 0:34:38My son, Frank, has written and told us something most exciting.

0:34:38 > 0:34:43- Miss Woodhouse, are you warm enough? - Yes, thank you.

0:34:43 > 0:34:48On the opening of the letter, we had the most wonderful surprise...

0:34:48 > 0:34:51Some of the ladies said they were not warm enough.

0:34:51 > 0:34:53I am quite comfortable.

0:34:53 > 0:34:55Then I saw how close you were to the fire

0:34:55 > 0:34:58and thought you might be too warm.

0:34:58 > 0:35:02Mr Elton! I am in the perfect state of...warmness.

0:35:03 > 0:35:05I could not believe it.

0:35:05 > 0:35:10I made Mrs Weston read the letter to make sure I was not dreaming.

0:35:10 > 0:35:11But indeed...

0:35:11 > 0:35:16Is there any effort I might make on behalf of your father's comfort?

0:35:16 > 0:35:21You are kind. But I can only imagine he's quite comfortable.

0:35:21 > 0:35:26- Thank you for being so thoughtful. - No, thank YOU,

0:35:26 > 0:35:28for thinking I am thoughtful.

0:35:29 > 0:35:34I wondered if you might be so kind as to bring me some punch?

0:35:34 > 0:35:38I only hope I can complete the task quickly enough.

0:35:38 > 0:35:40Please!

0:35:40 > 0:35:44I could not enjoy it if I knew that you had hurried.

0:35:44 > 0:35:49- Thrilling... Simply thrilling news. - And that was the end of the letter.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52Cranberry, Mother?

0:35:52 > 0:35:55I'm not sure I had your attention earlier.

0:35:55 > 0:35:58Elton was so desirous of your company.

0:35:58 > 0:36:01But I wanted to tell you that Frank is coming at last.

0:36:01 > 0:36:06I so look forward to meeting him - if you can bear to share him.

0:36:06 > 0:36:09If his AUNT will share him. That's what this depends on.

0:36:09 > 0:36:12She has said yes, but given no date.

0:36:12 > 0:36:14Very prudent.

0:36:14 > 0:36:18This weather is not clement for the traveller abroad. No, no.

0:36:18 > 0:36:21THEY ALL CHATTER

0:36:27 > 0:36:30- I hope I'm not intruding. - No.

0:36:30 > 0:36:34But I cannot stop thinking of Miss Smith's condition.

0:36:34 > 0:36:36She will be happy you are concerned.

0:36:36 > 0:36:42How could I not be concerned? The situation is alarming.

0:36:42 > 0:36:44Nothing is worse than a sore throat.

0:36:44 > 0:36:46Its effects are exceedingly bleak.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50So, in the presence of your friend, I ask you to stop visiting her.

0:36:50 > 0:36:52- What?! - You put yourself at risk.

0:36:52 > 0:36:55We cannot allow that, can we?

0:36:55 > 0:36:59Is this fair?

0:36:59 > 0:37:02Have I not some right to complain?

0:37:02 > 0:37:06The weather's distressing your father. He wants to go.

0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Isabella and I will take him home. Will you...?- Not to worry.

0:37:10 > 0:37:14- I will ensure your sister-in-law is safe.- Thank you.

0:37:16 > 0:37:20Come, Mr Woodhouse, let's wrap you up warmly.

0:37:35 > 0:37:40- Certainly the weather has... - Fate has left us alone for a reason.

0:37:40 > 0:37:44- Release my hand.- I seize not your hand, but the opportunity...

0:37:44 > 0:37:48- Good heavens, go back! - Please! I am hoping...

0:37:50 > 0:37:52No, fearing...

0:37:53 > 0:37:56Ready to die if you refuse me.

0:37:56 > 0:37:58Surely my ardent attachment to you

0:37:58 > 0:38:01cannot help but have made an impression...

0:38:01 > 0:38:04Mr Elton! This is I, Miss Woodhouse.

0:38:04 > 0:38:07- Mmm? - The party spirit has confused you.

0:38:07 > 0:38:10I will give your message to Miss Smith,

0:38:10 > 0:38:12but direct no more of it to me.

0:38:12 > 0:38:14Miss Smith?

0:38:14 > 0:38:17What sort of message would I send to her?

0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Miss Smith?! - The wine has weakened you...

0:38:19 > 0:38:24If the wine strengthened my will to tell you that I love you...

0:38:24 > 0:38:26I cannot express my astonishment.

0:38:26 > 0:38:30To address me like this, after your behaviour to Miss Smith...

0:38:30 > 0:38:34I would not care if she was dead - except that she was your friend.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37Who can think of Miss Smith when Miss Woodhouse is near?

0:38:37 > 0:38:39Oh, no...

0:38:39 > 0:38:43Everything I have said or done has been to prove my adoration.

0:38:43 > 0:38:48Why else would I go to London to have your picture framed?

0:38:54 > 0:38:56(Allow me to...)

0:38:56 > 0:39:01Allow me to interpret the silence. You have long understood me.

0:39:01 > 0:39:05Sit back. And kindly refrain from the intimacy of whispering.

0:39:05 > 0:39:09Did you never seek to recommend yourself to Miss Smith?

0:39:09 > 0:39:12Why are you surprised? You understood the riddle?

0:39:12 > 0:39:14That was for Harriet!

0:39:14 > 0:39:18I did not address it to her and left it at YOUR home.

0:39:18 > 0:39:22- But... But... - She's a good sort of girl.

0:39:22 > 0:39:25There are men who would not object to...

0:39:25 > 0:39:28Everybody has their level.

0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Do- I- despair of an equal alliance as to address myself to her?!

0:39:32 > 0:39:36- Sir...- No! I sought to recommend myself to YOU.

0:39:36 > 0:39:39Sir, I saw you only as her admirer.

0:39:39 > 0:39:41I cannot believe that.

0:39:41 > 0:39:45- It is well the mistake ends here. - Her mistake.- Mine, too.

0:39:45 > 0:39:49She will manage her disappointment. Leave her out of it.

0:39:50 > 0:39:53How do you feel about what I have said?

0:39:54 > 0:39:56Mr Elton,

0:39:56 > 0:40:00any hopes I had with regard to you were for Harriet,

0:40:00 > 0:40:02and Harriet alone.

0:40:32 > 0:40:34DOOR SHUTS

0:40:34 > 0:40:36My dear child.

0:40:38 > 0:40:41- What is it? - Oh, Miss Taylor... Mrs Weston.

0:40:46 > 0:40:52There has been an overthrow of all I wished for Harriet and Mr Elton.

0:40:52 > 0:40:56A development most unwelcome. Most painful.

0:40:57 > 0:40:59Oh, dear.

0:40:59 > 0:41:02You will not believe it, but...

0:41:02 > 0:41:06Mr Elton... Prepare yourself.

0:41:06 > 0:41:09- But Mr Elton... - Mr Elton is in love with you?

0:41:10 > 0:41:11You knew?

0:41:11 > 0:41:15I had my suspicions. The party confirmed it.

0:41:15 > 0:41:18The worst of it is I persuaded her to care for him.

0:41:18 > 0:41:23Had I not done that I could bear anything, but it was I!

0:41:23 > 0:41:26- Even Mr Knightley warned me. - Mr Knightley?

0:41:26 > 0:41:30He was cross that I urged Harriet to reject Martin's proposal.

0:41:30 > 0:41:32That nice farmer?

0:41:32 > 0:41:36At least there I was right. Well done, Emma.

0:41:36 > 0:41:39But otherwise I have made a dreadful mistake.

0:41:39 > 0:41:44I sought to bring people together. I shall never do it again. Never!

0:41:45 > 0:41:49- That poor girl. - She'll recover. She's young.

0:41:49 > 0:41:52I wish I could ease her pain - but who may be right for her?

0:41:52 > 0:41:55- William Coxe?- Emma!- Too pert?

0:41:55 > 0:41:59My dear, you said you would never try to match anyone again.

0:41:59 > 0:42:01Yes. Indeed.

0:42:02 > 0:42:06I just wish there were some way I could soften the news.

0:42:06 > 0:42:10I'm afraid the best way is the most straightforward.

0:42:10 > 0:42:12Yes.

0:42:13 > 0:42:15I suppose I'll just say...

0:42:15 > 0:42:19Harriet... I have some news about Mr Elton.

0:42:22 > 0:42:24He...

0:42:25 > 0:42:27He has had to leave town.

0:42:27 > 0:42:29Why?

0:42:29 > 0:42:34He told Father he was going to Bath to relax and to meet new people.

0:42:36 > 0:42:40And this brings me to something most unpleasant.

0:42:40 > 0:42:44Miss Woodhouse, nothing you could ever say would be unpleasant.

0:42:44 > 0:42:49This is, for... I must acknowledge myself grossly mistaken

0:42:49 > 0:42:54on the one subject which has occupied us for some time past.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58Mr Elton?

0:43:03 > 0:43:06While expressing his fervent admiration for you,

0:43:06 > 0:43:10- it is unhappily- I - who have captured his fancy.

0:43:10 > 0:43:14I do not return the feelings, but it is no less embarrassing.

0:43:14 > 0:43:19I place the responsibility for this on my own shoulders.

0:43:19 > 0:43:21Oh, no.

0:43:23 > 0:43:27I have always felt I did not deserve Mr Elton's affections.

0:43:27 > 0:43:32So I cannot blame him for believing the same.

0:43:32 > 0:43:34And I could never blame you,

0:43:34 > 0:43:38for only so kind a friend would have dreamed it possible.

0:43:39 > 0:43:46Harriet, I had always hoped I might have something to teach you.

0:43:46 > 0:43:50Now I see I should be lucky to resemble you in any small way.

0:43:58 > 0:44:02They have just been weaned. I thought you might enjoy them.

0:44:02 > 0:44:04They cannot help but lift the spirits.

0:44:04 > 0:44:07Is Mr Elton meeting young ladies?

0:44:07 > 0:44:10I do not know. Feel her paws.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12I would not blame him.

0:44:12 > 0:44:14I wonder when he will return.

0:44:14 > 0:44:18Dear, you must empty your mind of Mr Elton.

0:44:18 > 0:44:21Yes, I'm sorry.

0:44:21 > 0:44:24It was kind of you to invite me.

0:44:24 > 0:44:26Look at her eyes.

0:44:29 > 0:44:31Mr Elton had brown eyes, too.

0:44:34 > 0:44:38Oh, there is only one place where you will not be able

0:44:38 > 0:44:42to speak of Mr Elton. You may not be able to speak at all.

0:44:42 > 0:44:46Oh, Miss Woodhouse, what a special, special treat.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49It's so lovely...of you t-to come and visit us.

0:44:49 > 0:44:52Isn't it, Mother, TREAT?

0:44:52 > 0:44:57The b-best of it-it is that we were just speaking of a topic

0:44:57 > 0:44:59that would interest you.

0:44:59 > 0:45:02'Please, not a letter from that ninny Jane Fairfax.'

0:45:02 > 0:45:04Yes, here, a letter from Mrs Cole.

0:45:04 > 0:45:06Ah!

0:45:06 > 0:45:09- ..Who has news of Mr Elton. - SHE SQUEALS & GIGGLES

0:45:09 > 0:45:12Um, now, here we are.

0:45:12 > 0:45:16"He has been the toast of every young lady's eye."

0:45:16 > 0:45:19That's no surprise!

0:45:19 > 0:45:23Oh, dear. Miss Smith, you look pale. You must be hungry.

0:45:23 > 0:45:25Let me get you some cake.

0:45:25 > 0:45:28Isn't it nice to have visitors, Mother?

0:45:28 > 0:45:33The most amusing thing happened. Mother was asking about Jane.

0:45:33 > 0:45:37Even though she said she knew it was not Jane's day for writing.

0:45:37 > 0:45:40Remember, Mother, not Jane's day. Oh, napkin, sorry.

0:45:40 > 0:45:44You see, we always have a letter from Jane on Tuesdays.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47- And today, as you know, is Thursday. - SHE GIGGLES

0:45:47 > 0:45:52So I said, "Mother, we have a letter from Jane this very morning."

0:45:52 > 0:45:56- And Mother said, "But it's Thursday." - SHE GIGGLES

0:45:56 > 0:45:59You see Jane writes on Tuesdays and it's Thursday.

0:45:59 > 0:46:03And I said, "Upon my honour."

0:46:03 > 0:46:06SHE LAUGHS

0:46:07 > 0:46:10Here you are, Miss... Oh, napkin, sorry.

0:46:10 > 0:46:14Might you summarise the letter in your own delightful words?

0:46:14 > 0:46:18And cheat you out of the pleasure of hearing it,

0:46:18 > 0:46:22as only Jane can put things? Upon my honour, I would not.

0:46:22 > 0:46:24Oh, where's the letter? Yes, here it is.

0:46:24 > 0:46:26Um, and now...

0:46:26 > 0:46:30Oh, yes, now the bad news is she has a cold.

0:46:30 > 0:46:32Oh, no.

0:46:32 > 0:46:33Oh, yes.

0:46:33 > 0:46:36But the good news far outweighs it. Far, far, far!

0:46:36 > 0:46:38She is coming to visit!

0:46:38 > 0:46:42And you must be here to help us with her.

0:46:42 > 0:46:47Or it wouldn't be a proper visit. You must sit right where you are.

0:46:47 > 0:46:49And... And you must say...

0:46:49 > 0:46:55We are so glad to have you with us. How were you able to get away?

0:46:55 > 0:46:58The Campbells have gone to Ireland on holiday.

0:46:58 > 0:47:02So I've come here - which is better than any holiday.

0:47:02 > 0:47:05'Hmm. She is more giving than I expected.'

0:47:05 > 0:47:08Tell Miss Woodhouse whom you saw in Weymouth.

0:47:08 > 0:47:12Frank Churchill, that's who she saw.

0:47:12 > 0:47:15Oh, we hear much of him! Was he handsome?

0:47:15 > 0:47:18Many say he is.

0:47:18 > 0:47:21- Was he agreeable? - In no way disagreeable.

0:47:21 > 0:47:24Was he a man of information?

0:47:24 > 0:47:27All his statements seemed correct.

0:47:27 > 0:47:30'I take it back. She is...'

0:47:30 > 0:47:32..Absolutely impossible.

0:47:32 > 0:47:35She wouldn't say anything about Frank Churchill.

0:47:35 > 0:47:37THUNDER RUMBLES

0:47:37 > 0:47:41Why should you care so much about Frank Churchill?

0:47:41 > 0:47:45I was merely being sociable, that's all, and she was not.

0:47:45 > 0:47:50Perhaps you dislike her for dividing our attentions from you.

0:47:50 > 0:47:52You are so comical,

0:47:52 > 0:47:55you should perform in the town square.

0:47:55 > 0:47:56HE LAUGHS

0:47:56 > 0:47:59Oh, I have some news! And I know how you like news.

0:47:59 > 0:48:02Oh, yes, I always like news.

0:48:02 > 0:48:05Mr Elton is going to marry.

0:48:05 > 0:48:07THUNDER ROLLS

0:48:09 > 0:48:13I don't know what to say. Except that I am...

0:48:13 > 0:48:16In a state of complete shock.

0:48:16 > 0:48:21- You've heard?- About what? - Oh! Never mind.

0:48:22 > 0:48:25'I was on my way here for our visit.

0:48:25 > 0:48:29'It started raining, so I ducked into Ford's to wait it out.'

0:48:29 > 0:48:34- Miss Smith.- Miss Smith. - Good day, Mr Ford, Mr Ford.

0:48:34 > 0:48:39'As I admired some fabric, who should come in but Elizabeth Martin

0:48:39 > 0:48:40'and her brother?

0:48:40 > 0:48:43'I thought I should have fainted.

0:48:43 > 0:48:46'They saw me and began whispering. And then...

0:48:46 > 0:48:49'Oh, Miss Woodhouse, I could not believe this.

0:48:49 > 0:48:53'She came up to me and spoke. Oh, she said...'

0:48:53 > 0:48:56I'm sorry we never meet now.

0:48:56 > 0:48:58'And I said...'

0:48:58 > 0:49:00You're too kind.

0:49:01 > 0:49:07'Then, I saw that he, Mr Martin, my Mr Martin was coming toward me.'

0:49:07 > 0:49:11- Good day, Miss Smith. - Good day, Mr Martin.

0:49:11 > 0:49:14I read The Romance Of The Forest. It was very good.

0:49:14 > 0:49:17'Finally I said I had to go.

0:49:17 > 0:49:18'But then he followed me.

0:49:18 > 0:49:21'I was not three steps outside and he said...'

0:49:21 > 0:49:23Miss Smith!

0:49:25 > 0:49:28You'd better go by Mr Cole's stable.

0:49:28 > 0:49:31The near way is flooded.

0:49:31 > 0:49:33Thank you.

0:49:35 > 0:49:39Oh, do talk and make me comfortable again.

0:49:39 > 0:49:41'This would not be the right time

0:49:41 > 0:49:43'to mention Mr Elton is engaged.'

0:49:43 > 0:49:47This was awkward as it was the first time you've seen Mr Martin

0:49:47 > 0:49:49since refusing his proposal.

0:49:49 > 0:49:53You, and I must say he, behaved very well.

0:49:54 > 0:49:57Now, the kindest thing you can do for yourself

0:49:57 > 0:50:01is to put Mr Martin out of your head for good.

0:50:03 > 0:50:05Yes, I will.

0:50:07 > 0:50:10I shall do so immediately.

0:50:10 > 0:50:12- He's behind me now. - Wonderful!

0:50:13 > 0:50:18- I thought I may sketch the puppies. Would you join me?- Yes, please!

0:50:18 > 0:50:22It was kind of him to warn me about the flooding.

0:50:22 > 0:50:23Yes, dear.

0:50:23 > 0:50:29- He got his coat wet, his birthday coat from Mrs Martin.- Hmm.

0:50:30 > 0:50:33I do hope he does not catch cold.

0:50:49 > 0:50:51Oh!

0:50:54 > 0:50:56Oh, good heavens!

0:51:02 > 0:51:04HE CHUCKLES

0:51:08 > 0:51:13Is your horse washing his feet or are there darker forces at work?

0:51:13 > 0:51:17The latter. Something has happened to the wheel and I cannot move.

0:51:17 > 0:51:20You'll have to live here then. Bye-bye.

0:51:29 > 0:51:33I suppose that won't do. I'll help you home.

0:51:36 > 0:51:38Thank you so much, Mr...?

0:51:38 > 0:51:40Churchill, Frank Churchill.

0:51:40 > 0:51:44A name I know as well as my own, so long I've heard it spoken.

0:51:44 > 0:51:46Your father's wife was my governess.

0:51:46 > 0:51:49Then you are Miss Woodhouse?

0:51:49 > 0:51:52How delightful, I hear of nothing but you.

0:51:52 > 0:51:55The last I heard you are not due till tomorrow.

0:51:55 > 0:51:59It is best to come in on friends before the look-out begins.

0:51:59 > 0:52:01I would not do so in most cases,

0:52:01 > 0:52:05but I felt in coming home I might be forgiven.

0:52:05 > 0:52:06Then you have not seen them?

0:52:06 > 0:52:10We shall have to go there first. They will be overjoyed.

0:52:10 > 0:52:15Overjoyed that we are both there together. As I am.

0:52:19 > 0:52:22Miss Woodhouse, have you heard? Frank Churchill is here.

0:52:22 > 0:52:25Yes. In fact, I met him yesterday.

0:52:25 > 0:52:26No! Oh!

0:52:26 > 0:52:30- He did me a service when my horse... - Is he handsome?

0:52:30 > 0:52:34Everything everyone says? I have not seen him, but Jane has.

0:52:34 > 0:52:37She said he was not unpleasant to look at.

0:52:37 > 0:52:40I shan't see him until the Coles' party.

0:52:40 > 0:52:42It seems an age from now.

0:52:42 > 0:52:49- But I'm sure it will be upon us before we are prepared. - SHE GIGGLES

0:52:49 > 0:52:52Has an invitation arrived from the Coles'?

0:52:52 > 0:52:54No, thank heaven.

0:52:54 > 0:52:57They are nice, but we'd have to go outside to get there.

0:52:57 > 0:53:00We must decline if they are beneath us.

0:53:00 > 0:53:03But I don't wish them to hope falsely.

0:53:09 > 0:53:13- FOOTSTEPS - Has James brought the letters yet?

0:53:13 > 0:53:16I don't know. I never pay attention to the mail.

0:53:30 > 0:53:32Why do they not write?

0:53:32 > 0:53:35Do they know I must reject them?

0:53:35 > 0:53:40As close friends of the Westons they should extend the invitation.

0:53:40 > 0:53:43Unless they don't want me... But I cannot...

0:53:43 > 0:53:48..tell you how delighted I am to have been invited, Mrs Cole.

0:53:48 > 0:53:51Isn't it handsome?

0:53:51 > 0:53:55Thank you. But there's a much prettier one in town.

0:53:55 > 0:53:58- It was sent to Jane Fairfax. - Who sent it?

0:53:58 > 0:54:02That's the exciting part. There was no identification.

0:54:02 > 0:54:06- Must be from Colonel Campbell. - Jane's parents died.

0:54:06 > 0:54:09The Bates are without the resources to...

0:54:09 > 0:54:14The Colonel was her father's friend. He and his family have raised her.

0:54:14 > 0:54:16Then they sent it.

0:54:16 > 0:54:19Jane just had a letter from them. Not a word was said of it.

0:54:19 > 0:54:21Perhaps it's a surprise.

0:54:21 > 0:54:24We expect Miss Fairfax soon. She may know more.

0:54:24 > 0:54:26It's nice to have a mystery.

0:54:26 > 0:54:28Why do you smile?

0:54:28 > 0:54:31I'm wondering if there's anyone else

0:54:31 > 0:54:35to suspect of being Miss Fairfax's musical patron. You know her?

0:54:35 > 0:54:37Oh, yes, she's very elegant, yes.

0:54:37 > 0:54:41The Colonel's daughter, Mrs Dixon, is Miss Fairfax's dearest friend.

0:54:41 > 0:54:45- Perhaps she sent it. - Mrs Dixon? That makes sense.

0:54:45 > 0:54:48As much sense do you think as Mr Dixon?

0:54:48 > 0:54:52I suspect that after proposing to Miss Campbell, a sweet, PLAIN girl,

0:54:52 > 0:54:56Mr Dixon fell in love with Miss Fairfax, who is, after all...

0:54:56 > 0:55:00- Elegant. But why say that? - She must think so, too.

0:55:00 > 0:55:03For she did not go on holiday with the Campbells.

0:55:03 > 0:55:06Instead she came here. Do you see?

0:55:06 > 0:55:09Mr Dixon would have been there.

0:55:09 > 0:55:13I think, in coming here, Miss Fairfax was telling him

0:55:13 > 0:55:15she wanted to forget him.

0:55:15 > 0:55:20And I think, with the pianoforte, Mr Dixon wasn't allowing her to.

0:55:21 > 0:55:24Oh, Mrs Bates, Miss Bates, welcome.

0:55:25 > 0:55:30It's just a theory, but let us see how she reacts if we say the name...

0:55:30 > 0:55:32Mr Dixon.

0:55:33 > 0:55:38My dear, do you know how Miss Bates and Jane Fairfax came here tonight?

0:55:38 > 0:55:41Mr Knightley sent his carriage.

0:55:41 > 0:55:43Yes, he's very kind.

0:55:43 > 0:55:47You give him more credit for disinterested benevolence than I.

0:55:47 > 0:55:50A suspicion has darted into my head.

0:55:50 > 0:55:55Mr Knightley and Jane Fairfax are a couple.

0:55:55 > 0:55:58Do not take to matchmaking. You do it ill.

0:55:58 > 0:56:00Jane Fairfax and Mr Knightley?

0:56:00 > 0:56:04- Every feeling revolts. Apart from... - Oh, my goodness!

0:56:04 > 0:56:07What if the pianoforte is from Mr Knightley?

0:56:07 > 0:56:10You have taken up an idea and run wild with it.

0:56:10 > 0:56:14He is not even with her. She is with Frank, poor man.

0:56:16 > 0:56:20(Perhaps the two of them stay apart publicly to keep it a secret.)

0:56:20 > 0:56:23Hush, here comes... Mr Cole!

0:56:23 > 0:56:24Miss Woodhouse,

0:56:24 > 0:56:27would you do us the honour of trying our pianoforte?

0:56:27 > 0:56:30Oh...

0:56:30 > 0:56:32I fear I lack the talent.

0:56:32 > 0:56:34Perhaps I should ask Miss Fairfax.

0:56:34 > 0:56:37SHE PLAYS FALTERINGLY

0:56:42 > 0:56:47SWEETLY: # Did you not hear my lady

0:56:47 > 0:56:52# Go down the garden singing

0:56:52 > 0:56:55# Blackbird and thrush were silent

0:56:55 > 0:57:00# To hear the earlies ringing

0:57:00 > 0:57:05# Oh, saw you not my lady

0:57:05 > 0:57:10# Out in the garden there

0:57:10 > 0:57:14# Shaming the rose and lily

0:57:14 > 0:57:19# For she is twice as fair?

0:57:23 > 0:57:28# Though I am nothing to her

0:57:28 > 0:57:32# Though she must rarely look at me

0:57:32 > 0:57:36# And though I could never woo her

0:57:36 > 0:57:41# I love her till I die

0:57:41 > 0:57:45- BOTH HARMONISE: - # Surely you heard my lady

0:57:45 > 0:57:51# Go down the garden singing

0:57:51 > 0:57:55# Silencing all the songbirds

0:57:55 > 0:57:59# And setting the earlies ringing

0:57:59 > 0:58:05# But surely you see my lady

0:58:05 > 0:58:09# Out in the garden there

0:58:09 > 0:58:14# Rivalling the glittering sunshine

0:58:14 > 0:58:19# With the glory of golden hair. #

0:58:26 > 0:58:30APPLAUSE

0:58:41 > 0:58:43Excuse me.

0:58:45 > 0:58:48Do you know that piece from the Beggar's Opera?

0:58:48 > 0:58:51- Oh, yes. - Shall we?

0:58:53 > 0:59:00- VIRTUOSO: - # Virgins are like The fair flower in its lustre

0:59:00 > 0:59:07# Which in the garden enamels The ground

0:59:07 > 0:59:14# Near it the bees in play Flutter and cluster

0:59:14 > 0:59:21# And gaudy butterflies Frolic around

0:59:21 > 0:59:23# But when... #

0:59:23 > 0:59:25Doesn't she play marvellously?

0:59:25 > 0:59:27Yes.

0:59:27 > 0:59:31Sweet to lend her your carriage so her fingers would be warm

0:59:31 > 0:59:34- for the performance. - Your playing was lovely.

0:59:34 > 0:59:37Much inferior to Miss Fairfax's.

0:59:37 > 0:59:39No.

0:59:39 > 0:59:42Very elegant.

0:59:42 > 0:59:48- CHURCHILL: - # Rots, stinks and dies... #

0:59:48 > 0:59:52Was not that sweet of the Campbells to give her so generous a gift?

0:59:52 > 0:59:55I don't approve of surprises.

0:59:55 > 0:59:59The pleasure is not enhanced and it is inconvenient.

0:59:59 > 1:00:02- APPLAUSE - Bad judgment from the Campbells.

1:00:02 > 1:00:06Miss Fairfax, shall we sing another?

1:00:06 > 1:00:10He thinks only of showing off. Jane will sing herself hoarse.

1:00:10 > 1:00:13- Miss Bates? - Yes, Mr Knightley?

1:00:13 > 1:00:15You must stop this. She'll be ill.

1:00:15 > 1:00:19- Oh, do you think so? - Yes.- Well, I shall.

1:00:19 > 1:00:22- Jane?- Yes, Aunt? - I wonder if you...

1:00:33 > 1:00:37Please forgive my intrusion, but my aunt has become ill.

1:00:37 > 1:00:41It is not serious but I might bring her solace. So I must return.

1:00:41 > 1:00:46I expect my father at any moment, but could not go without visiting.

1:00:46 > 1:00:50Ah! Not even five minutes to spare for Miss Fairfax and Miss Bates?

1:00:50 > 1:00:53- How unlucky. - No, I stopped there on my way here.

1:00:53 > 1:00:57After their kindness, I don't wish to slight them.

1:00:57 > 1:01:02But it is not the Bates that occupy my thoughts as I prepare to leave.

1:01:02 > 1:01:06There is something more personal that I must say to you.

1:01:06 > 1:01:09You must suspect that I have developed feelings

1:01:09 > 1:01:13for someone of a most tender and devoted nature,

1:01:13 > 1:01:16which so far I have striven to hide.

1:01:16 > 1:01:18Yet you have always made me feel so at ease,

1:01:18 > 1:01:20such a friend since my arrival,

1:01:20 > 1:01:24that it is no longer honourable to keep them from you.

1:01:24 > 1:01:27In short, I cannot help but say...

1:01:27 > 1:01:29Mr Weston.

1:01:33 > 1:01:35Mrs Weston has promised to correspond.

1:01:35 > 1:01:38The blessings of a female when one wants news.

1:01:38 > 1:01:44In her letters I may be at Highbury, and here again...with you.

1:01:46 > 1:01:48'Well, he loves me.'

1:01:50 > 1:01:54'He was on the verge of telling me when his father burst in.

1:01:54 > 1:01:57'I felt listless after he left and had a headache.

1:01:57 > 1:02:00'So I must be in love, too.

1:02:00 > 1:02:05'I must confess I expected love to feel different than this.

1:02:05 > 1:02:09'I may determine how deep the love I feel through his absence.

1:02:09 > 1:02:14'I wish he would be here tomorrow. There is a grim job to be done.

1:02:14 > 1:02:18'Mr Elton is bringing his new wife to tea.'

1:02:19 > 1:02:24Oh, you know, your home reminds me of Maple Grove,

1:02:24 > 1:02:27which is the seat of my brother, Mr Suckling.

1:02:27 > 1:02:31- Suckling... - The hall, the size of the rooms.

1:02:31 > 1:02:35- I'm quite struck by it. I almost fancy myself here. - HE LAUGHS

1:02:35 > 1:02:38I'm glad you can feel so at ease.

1:02:38 > 1:02:41- Hartfield...- My brother and sister will be enchanted.

1:02:41 > 1:02:47People who have extensive grounds love to meet other people with...

1:02:47 > 1:02:50extensive grounds.

1:02:50 > 1:02:53You overrate Hartfield. Surrey is full of beauties.

1:02:53 > 1:02:56- We are... - Don't tell ME about Surrey.

1:02:56 > 1:02:58I say it is the garden of England.

1:02:58 > 1:03:01But many counties are called that.

1:03:01 > 1:03:04Oh? I fancy not.

1:03:04 > 1:03:07I never heard any country but Surrey called so.

1:03:07 > 1:03:09Ooh.

1:03:11 > 1:03:13Oh...

1:03:14 > 1:03:18Well, I know little of other places.

1:03:19 > 1:03:22(We are...a quiet set of people.)

1:03:22 > 1:03:24More disposed to stay at home.

1:03:24 > 1:03:29- SOFTLY: - Your father's health is a drawback to your travelling.

1:03:29 > 1:03:33Why does he not try Bath? It would do him the world of good.

1:03:33 > 1:03:36He has tried it before without any benefit.

1:03:36 > 1:03:40No, it will do him good, if only to improve his spirits,

1:03:40 > 1:03:44which, I understand, can be much depressed. You must take him.

1:03:44 > 1:03:48A line from me and you would have some of the best society there.

1:03:48 > 1:03:50And my friend, Mrs Partridge...

1:03:50 > 1:03:54Thank you, but our going to Bath is out of the question.

1:04:05 > 1:04:09Mrs Elton, I have not asked if you are musical.

1:04:09 > 1:04:11- Your reputation has preceded you. - Oh...!

1:04:11 > 1:04:15All the town knows you are a superior performer.

1:04:15 > 1:04:17- My wife... - I am dotingly fond of music.

1:04:17 > 1:04:21And, my friends say, not entirely devoid of taste.

1:04:21 > 1:04:24I told Mr E, when he asked me to marry,

1:04:24 > 1:04:27I said I did not have to have two carriages, as I did before,

1:04:27 > 1:04:30and I could accept a smaller house.

1:04:30 > 1:04:32My house before was a good deal roomier.

1:04:32 > 1:04:35But no, the world is not necessary to me,

1:04:35 > 1:04:41because I am blessed with so many resources...in here.

1:04:41 > 1:04:44But, said I, without music, my life would be a blank.

1:04:44 > 1:04:48You and I must establish a musical club.

1:04:48 > 1:04:51We could have regular meetings at your house or ours.

1:04:51 > 1:04:54I don't want to give up my talent, do I?

1:04:54 > 1:04:58It would take something more dramatic than a change of towns

1:04:58 > 1:05:01to dislodge a thing as great as your talent.

1:05:01 > 1:05:04Oh, well! I myself don't call it great.

1:05:04 > 1:05:08I only know that my friends think so.

1:05:14 > 1:05:17HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

1:05:28 > 1:05:34Ooh! We met the Westons. She is already a favourite with me.

1:05:34 > 1:05:37I was astonished she was so ladylike.

1:05:37 > 1:05:39Was she not your governess?

1:05:39 > 1:05:43Mrs Weston's modest propriety makes her a model for any woman.

1:05:43 > 1:05:45- Indeed...- Do you know who was there?

1:05:45 > 1:05:47I cannot imagine.

1:05:49 > 1:05:51Knightley.

1:05:51 > 1:05:53Knightley?

1:05:53 > 1:05:56Knightley. Mr E's friend.

1:05:56 > 1:05:59There's one friend of whom you need NOT be ashamed.

1:05:59 > 1:06:01Quite the gentleman.

1:06:02 > 1:06:05Knightley! She called him Knightley!

1:06:05 > 1:06:10- I saw her at church. She seemed... - Vulgar? Base? Crass?

1:06:10 > 1:06:14- How do you do, Mrs Starr? - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse.

1:06:14 > 1:06:18She seemed please to discover Mr Knightley was a gentleman.

1:06:18 > 1:06:21I doubt he'll return the compliment and find her a lady.

1:06:21 > 1:06:26- Mr Simons! Good morning. - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse.

1:06:26 > 1:06:29She proposed we form a musical club.

1:06:29 > 1:06:34Did Mr Elton meet her while doing charity work in a mental infirmary?

1:06:36 > 1:06:40- There is only one thing to do when a person is so impossible.- What?

1:06:40 > 1:06:43I must throw a party for her.

1:06:43 > 1:06:47Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.

1:06:49 > 1:06:55We're so excited about the party. And do you know whom I just adore?

1:06:55 > 1:06:58- Who I want to wrap up and put in my pocket?- Knightley?

1:06:58 > 1:07:03Jane Fairfax. Oh, I rave about her.

1:07:03 > 1:07:07Do you know what I admire most about her? She's timid.

1:07:07 > 1:07:09I'm a great advocate for timidity.

1:07:09 > 1:07:12But I daresay you know the lines of the poet:

1:07:12 > 1:07:16"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen."

1:07:17 > 1:07:20We must not allow them to be verified by sweet Jane.

1:07:20 > 1:07:24No danger of that. The Campbells take care of her.

1:07:24 > 1:07:27Whatever she has got from them has come to an end.

1:07:27 > 1:07:30But, if you and I set the example, many will follow.

1:07:30 > 1:07:36We live in a way which cannot make the addition of Jane inconvenient.

1:07:36 > 1:07:41I'm simply going to adopt her. I think you should do it with me.

1:07:41 > 1:07:46For the first time in my life I felt sorry for Jane Fairfax.

1:07:46 > 1:07:49Whatever she may have done, she does not deserve Mrs Elton.

1:07:49 > 1:07:52Jane may be glad of Mrs Elton's attentions,

1:07:52 > 1:07:56since they are available from no-one else.

1:07:57 > 1:08:01She seems to receive ample attention from you.

1:08:01 > 1:08:04- Anyone may know my regard for her. - Oh?

1:08:04 > 1:08:06Do you know how high it is?

1:08:06 > 1:08:08MRS WESTON CLEARS HER THROAT

1:08:12 > 1:08:17Oh, so, you two have been settling that I should marry Jane Fairfax?

1:08:17 > 1:08:19No!

1:08:19 > 1:08:22You could not come and sit with us if you were married.

1:08:28 > 1:08:32Jane Fairfax is a very charming young woman.

1:08:32 > 1:08:38But she lacks an open temper which a man wishes for in a wife.

1:08:43 > 1:08:45I have admiration for her,

1:08:45 > 1:08:48but no thought beyond, not at all.

1:08:51 > 1:08:53No.

1:08:57 > 1:09:01Ah, I see Mr Weston is at home. I'll go and see him.

1:09:03 > 1:09:09Well, Mrs Weston, what do you say about your suspicions now?

1:09:11 > 1:09:15He is so very occupied with his NOT being in love with her,

1:09:15 > 1:09:19it seems certain that he is.

1:09:24 > 1:09:26PARTY CHATTER

1:09:28 > 1:09:32It was most kind of you to invite Jane Fairfax this evening.

1:09:32 > 1:09:35Your words the other day shamed me.

1:09:35 > 1:09:37I have not tried as I should have.

1:09:37 > 1:09:40You're capable of great kindness.

1:09:40 > 1:09:43I fall short so often.

1:09:45 > 1:09:47And I doubt she will find THIS kind.

1:09:47 > 1:09:51Jane, you're a very fragile creature.

1:09:51 > 1:09:55You pay no regard to the delicacy of your constitution.

1:09:55 > 1:09:56Jane...

1:09:56 > 1:09:59Knightley, help us.

1:09:59 > 1:10:00Knightley!

1:10:00 > 1:10:03Jane went to the post office in the rain.

1:10:03 > 1:10:06At great peril to her health.

1:10:06 > 1:10:09Oh, Jane, you sad girl.

1:10:09 > 1:10:14This is a sign that I was not there to take care of you.

1:10:14 > 1:10:17Knightley, tell her. Tell her!

1:10:17 > 1:10:20I'm sure she knows what she can endure.

1:10:21 > 1:10:26But, of course. Do take care of yourself.

1:10:26 > 1:10:28Thank you.

1:10:34 > 1:10:37Mr Weston!

1:10:37 > 1:10:41Ha, we had quite given you up. I'm afraid we started without you.

1:10:41 > 1:10:44Forgive me, Mr Woodhouse, Emma. No, please.

1:10:44 > 1:10:47The journey from London was especially slow.

1:10:47 > 1:10:52Or perhaps it just seemed so, as I had news I was eager to share.

1:10:52 > 1:10:56Frank's aunt is on the mend and Frank is taking a house in Highbury.

1:10:56 > 1:11:01- Oooh!- Good news indeed. - How exciting. Well, well, well.

1:11:01 > 1:11:04I shall have to do something with Mr E to welcome him. Mr E?

1:11:04 > 1:11:07- Yes, we shall... - Highbury's different since he left.

1:11:07 > 1:11:09There's been an addition,

1:11:09 > 1:11:12if I may presume to call myself that.

1:11:14 > 1:11:18I wouldn't presume to, I'm simply quoting other people.

1:11:18 > 1:11:22But I think Mr Churchill will find one or two small changes

1:11:22 > 1:11:26in the vicinity since he last came to visit his good father.

1:11:28 > 1:11:31'Frank Churchill. Hmm.'

1:11:32 > 1:11:35'I must own that I am not in love with Frank.

1:11:35 > 1:11:40'I have not thought of him, except when Harriet mentioned him.'

1:11:40 > 1:11:44Harriet! And Frank! Oh, wouldn't they be charming?

1:11:52 > 1:11:56'It would relieve me to know Harriet was well taken care of.

1:11:56 > 1:11:59'I could bring them together at the ball.

1:11:59 > 1:12:02'Lucky the man who exchanges Emma for Harriet.'

1:12:02 > 1:12:07What can be less appealing than an evening watching others dance?

1:12:07 > 1:12:08Go on.

1:12:08 > 1:12:12- Then YOU shall have to dance. - I've no taste for it.

1:12:12 > 1:12:14I'd rather fetch that stick.

1:12:14 > 1:12:17I'll try to remember to bring it to the ball.

1:12:19 > 1:12:23I just want to stay here where it's cosy.

1:12:23 > 1:12:26- Miss Woodhouse. - Mr Churchill!

1:12:26 > 1:12:30I came early to see if I could be of service to your father.

1:12:30 > 1:12:34You're late. The whole party is here to help my father prepare.

1:12:34 > 1:12:37- ..New hamster. - LAUGHTER

1:12:39 > 1:12:41Are you waiting for someone?

1:12:41 > 1:12:44Mmm. Er, Mrs Elton.

1:12:44 > 1:12:47Mrs Elton? Why ever for?

1:12:47 > 1:12:51I hear much of her. She is bringing Jane Fairfax in her carriage.

1:12:51 > 1:12:56Perhaps tonight we can finally ask Jane about Mr Dixon.

1:12:56 > 1:12:59Or did you acquire the courage during my absence?

1:12:59 > 1:13:03- HORSE & CARRIAGE ROLLS UP - Is that they? Do, do excuse me.

1:13:05 > 1:13:07Frank told me a fascinating thing.

1:13:07 > 1:13:11He's heard about Mrs Elton and still wants to meet her.

1:13:11 > 1:13:13CHORUS OF "GOOD EVENINGS"

1:13:13 > 1:13:15Oh, I always say, always,

1:13:15 > 1:13:19there is no place where the people are as nice as in Highbury.

1:13:19 > 1:13:23We were two steps out of the carriage, possibly less,

1:13:23 > 1:13:25when Frank Churchill came bounding up.

1:13:25 > 1:13:28Bounding to see if we needed help.

1:13:28 > 1:13:29He is so obliging.

1:13:29 > 1:13:31Good evening, Mr Cole!

1:13:31 > 1:13:36Mr Churchill, I was just telling Miss Woodhouse and Mrs Weston

1:13:36 > 1:13:38how obliging you are.

1:13:38 > 1:13:41I shall never forget your kindness, not as long as I live.

1:13:41 > 1:13:44Nor, well, nor shall Mother.

1:13:44 > 1:13:48Since you replaced the rivet in her spectacles,

1:13:48 > 1:13:52- they have not been as good as new, they have been better! - THEY LAUGH

1:13:52 > 1:13:57We are so obliged. Isn't this room just like a fairy land?

1:13:57 > 1:14:00Do you like Jane's hair? She did it herself.

1:14:00 > 1:14:03Ooh, there are the Hughes's. I must go and say hello.

1:14:11 > 1:14:14BAND TUNES UP

1:14:24 > 1:14:26CHEERFUL DANCE MUSIC

1:14:41 > 1:14:44Harriet is all alone.

1:15:02 > 1:15:06- Do you not dance, Mr Elton? - Readily, if you will be my partner.

1:15:06 > 1:15:09Oh, I'm no dancer. Let me find a better partner.

1:15:09 > 1:15:12Though I am an old married man,

1:15:12 > 1:15:14I should enjoy dancing with Mrs Gilbert.

1:15:14 > 1:15:16Mrs Gilbert does not dance.

1:15:16 > 1:15:20But I do see a young lady whom I should like to see dancing.

1:15:20 > 1:15:22Miss Smith.

1:15:22 > 1:15:24Miss Smith?

1:15:27 > 1:15:30I hadn't observed her there.

1:15:31 > 1:15:34You're most obliging to have pointed her out.

1:15:34 > 1:15:39Were I not an old married man, I should gladly do the job.

1:15:39 > 1:15:42But my, er, dancing days are over.

1:16:07 > 1:16:10MUSIC DROWNS CONVERSATION

1:17:09 > 1:17:12INAUDIBLE

1:17:17 > 1:17:20I can only say that as you took her to the floor,

1:17:20 > 1:17:22I was proud to call you my friend.

1:17:22 > 1:17:25The Eltons are unpardonable.

1:17:25 > 1:17:28I must say, they aim at wounding more than just Harriet.

1:17:28 > 1:17:31They seem to want to snub you, too. Why?

1:17:37 > 1:17:40Certainly Mrs Elton has no reason to dislike you.

1:17:44 > 1:17:48Confess now, old friend.

1:17:48 > 1:17:50You did want him to marry Harriet?

1:17:50 > 1:17:53I did and they cannot forgive me.

1:17:53 > 1:17:58Oh, dear. How could I have made such a misjudgment?

1:17:58 > 1:18:02What is the point being almost 22 if there's still so much to learn?

1:18:02 > 1:18:04You know more than you realise.

1:18:04 > 1:18:09I know that I must own to be completely wrong about Mr Elton.

1:18:09 > 1:18:13There is a littleness to him that you discovered and I did not.

1:18:13 > 1:18:16In return for your acknowledging so much,

1:18:16 > 1:18:20I say that you chose for him better than he chose for himself.

1:18:20 > 1:18:25Harriet has qualities about her which Mrs Elton is entirely without.

1:18:25 > 1:18:28Your friend surprised me, most pleasantly.

1:18:28 > 1:18:31Emma, the last dance. Will you come and set an example?

1:18:31 > 1:18:33Gladly.

1:18:34 > 1:18:37Whom are you going to dance with?

1:18:39 > 1:18:41With you, if you will ask me.

1:18:41 > 1:18:44You have shown yourself a fine dancer,

1:18:44 > 1:18:45despite your protests.

1:18:45 > 1:18:48It should not be improper for us to dance.

1:18:48 > 1:18:51After all, we are not brother and sister.

1:18:51 > 1:18:52Brother and sister?!

1:18:52 > 1:18:54No, no.

1:18:57 > 1:18:59Indeed we are not.

1:20:15 > 1:20:18What is your news?

1:20:18 > 1:20:21Wait until we are in front of the fireplace.

1:20:21 > 1:20:25- It must happen there. - Very well.

1:20:25 > 1:20:26Wasn't the ball lovely?

1:20:26 > 1:20:29- Wonderful! Out of a dream. - SHE GASPS

1:20:29 > 1:20:32DOGS BARK BABY WAILS

1:20:33 > 1:20:37QUIETLY: It's all right. Let's move quickly.

1:20:38 > 1:20:43- Tell me more about the ball. - Um, I had such...

1:20:44 > 1:20:48- Quick, get her purse. Get around them. - THEY SHRIEK

1:20:48 > 1:20:51Give me your hand!

1:20:54 > 1:20:56Stand aside!

1:21:04 > 1:21:08Oh, how can I ever thank you? How brave you were.

1:21:08 > 1:21:09I owe you everything.

1:21:09 > 1:21:12Miss Woodhouse will make things right.

1:21:12 > 1:21:14If I am no longer needed I must meet my father.

1:21:14 > 1:21:18Of course. Bless you again and again.

1:21:25 > 1:21:27Goodness!

1:21:27 > 1:21:30What an afternoon.

1:21:30 > 1:21:35All this trouble to do something I should have done long ago.

1:21:35 > 1:21:38I have come to a decision about Mr Elton.

1:21:38 > 1:21:41I am done with him.

1:21:41 > 1:21:44I shall never forget him or his wife at the ball.

1:21:44 > 1:21:48To prove my sincerity I shall destroy something

1:21:48 > 1:21:51which I had thought to treasure always.

1:21:54 > 1:21:57You know what this is, of course?

1:21:57 > 1:22:00Can you have forgotten?

1:22:00 > 1:22:04Mr Elton cut his finger and you urged me to bind the wound.

1:22:04 > 1:22:07I cut too much bandage, so I trimmed it.

1:22:07 > 1:22:11He played with the extra bit while I finished it up.

1:22:11 > 1:22:13He left it by his chair.

1:22:13 > 1:22:18I, in my nonsense, made a treasure of it.

1:22:18 > 1:22:20Dear Harriet.

1:22:20 > 1:22:26That was silly, but here is something which truly was his.

1:22:26 > 1:22:31He left it here once and I took it.

1:22:31 > 1:22:35I used to take it and hold it.

1:22:35 > 1:22:37But no more.

1:22:37 > 1:22:41I want to be rid of these things with you as my witness.

1:22:41 > 1:22:45I think I should burn them.

1:22:45 > 1:22:49I think it would be a wise and relieving thing to do.

1:23:02 > 1:23:06- Goodbye, Mr Elton. - 'Hello, Mr Churchill.'

1:23:19 > 1:23:23Mmm. When you marry you must eat strawberries at your wedding.

1:23:23 > 1:23:25I shall never marry.

1:23:25 > 1:23:27Really?

1:23:27 > 1:23:31I was certain you were developing feelings for someone.

1:23:31 > 1:23:34The service he rendered you would endear him.

1:23:34 > 1:23:37I cannot tell you how I felt when he rescued me.

1:23:37 > 1:23:41I went from agony to happiness at the sight of him.

1:23:41 > 1:23:43He is a fine choice for you.

1:23:43 > 1:23:46But do not let your feelings go until you are sure of his.

1:23:46 > 1:23:51I give you this caution because I am determined never to interfere.

1:23:51 > 1:23:53I will not even speak his name.

1:23:53 > 1:23:58But raising your thoughts to him is a mark of your good taste.

1:23:58 > 1:24:03LAUGHTER

1:24:11 > 1:24:14I have some wonderful news.

1:24:14 > 1:24:16I have found a position for you.

1:24:16 > 1:24:19It is with a choice family in Bath...

1:24:19 > 1:24:24I'm most obliged, but I would not consider leaving Highbury.

1:24:24 > 1:24:27As your protector, I cannot allow you to feel that way.

1:24:27 > 1:24:32I'm sure everyone agrees with me. What are your options, after all?

1:24:33 > 1:24:38These sandwiches are delicious. You really are a gourmet.

1:24:38 > 1:24:41- SHE LAUGHS - Well, I never compliment myself,

1:24:41 > 1:24:45- but my friends tell me I know how to make a sandwich. - THEY CHUCKLE

1:24:45 > 1:24:50- Now, Jane... - Shall we all play a game?

1:24:50 > 1:24:53I command you to tell Miss Woodhouse something entertaining.

1:24:53 > 1:24:57It may be one thing very clever, two things moderately clever,

1:24:57 > 1:25:00- or three things very dull indeed. - MISS BATES GIGGLES

1:25:00 > 1:25:04And in return, Miss Woodhouse will laugh heartily at them all.

1:25:04 > 1:25:07I do not pretend to be a wit,

1:25:07 > 1:25:10though I have a great deal of vivacity in my own way.

1:25:10 > 1:25:15These diversions are tolerable at Christmas, around the fire,

1:25:15 > 1:25:18but in my opinion it wastes the outdoors.

1:25:18 > 1:25:22Miss Woodhouse, you must excuse me.

1:25:22 > 1:25:25And me. I'm an old married man

1:25:25 > 1:25:28and have nothing to say that would please Miss Woodhouse.

1:25:28 > 1:25:30Or any young lady.

1:25:30 > 1:25:34Oh, well, I need not be uneasy.

1:25:34 > 1:25:37As long as we're allowed three dull things.

1:25:37 > 1:25:42I shall say three VERY dull things as soon as I open my mouth!

1:25:43 > 1:25:47- There may be a difficulty. - No, I never fail to say dull things.

1:25:47 > 1:25:51Yes, dear, but you'll be limited as to number only three.

1:25:51 > 1:25:55- SHE GIGGLES - Oh...

1:25:57 > 1:25:59To be sure...

1:26:02 > 1:26:04Yes...

1:26:06 > 1:26:08I...

1:26:08 > 1:26:10I-I...

1:26:10 > 1:26:12I see, I see.

1:26:12 > 1:26:16I see what she means.

1:26:16 > 1:26:18I will try and hold my tongue.

1:26:18 > 1:26:23Oh, I must make myself very...disagreeable,

1:26:23 > 1:26:27or she would not have said such a thing to an old...

1:26:27 > 1:26:29friend.

1:26:29 > 1:26:31Um, well.

1:26:32 > 1:26:35- SHE GIGGLES - Just three.

1:26:35 > 1:26:37Yes.

1:26:42 > 1:26:48Give me the pleasure of your company whilst I pick more strawberries.

1:26:48 > 1:26:52Oh, thank you, Mr Knightley, that would be charming.

1:27:05 > 1:27:09Emma, how could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates?

1:27:09 > 1:27:13How could you be so insolent to a woman of her age and situation?

1:27:13 > 1:27:15I'd not thought it possible.

1:27:15 > 1:27:19How could I help it? I daresay she did not understand.

1:27:19 > 1:27:21I assure you she felt your full meaning.

1:27:21 > 1:27:24She cannot stop mentioning it.

1:27:24 > 1:27:28I wish you had heard her honour your enduring her being so irksome.

1:27:28 > 1:27:31I know there is no better creature, but you must allow

1:27:31 > 1:27:35that there is an equal amount of the ridiculous in her.

1:27:35 > 1:27:37Were she equal to you,

1:27:37 > 1:27:41I would not quarrel about her manner.

1:27:41 > 1:27:43But she is poor!

1:27:43 > 1:27:45Even more so than when she was born.

1:27:45 > 1:27:49Should she live to be an old lady, she will sink further.

1:27:49 > 1:27:54Her situation being below you, should secure your compassion.

1:27:54 > 1:27:56Badly done, Emma.

1:27:58 > 1:28:00(Badly done.)

1:28:02 > 1:28:06She has watched you grow from a time when her notice of you

1:28:06 > 1:28:08was an honour,

1:28:08 > 1:28:14to this - humbling her, laughing at her in front of people

1:28:14 > 1:28:18who would be guided by your treatment of her.

1:28:24 > 1:28:26HE SIGHS

1:28:30 > 1:28:34It is not pleasant for me to say these things.

1:28:35 > 1:28:37But I must tell you the truth...

1:28:37 > 1:28:39while I can.

1:28:40 > 1:28:45Proving myself your friend by the most faithful counsel.

1:28:47 > 1:28:51And trusting that you will do my faith in you greater justice

1:28:51 > 1:28:53than you do it know.

1:29:10 > 1:29:14Oh, good afternoon, Miss Woodhouse. Please come in.

1:29:20 > 1:29:23Just a moment, please.

1:29:23 > 1:29:28Just tell her I'm unwell, Mother, and laid down upon the bed.

1:29:56 > 1:29:58..to say goodbye.

1:29:58 > 1:30:03- You mean you walked on such a cold night?- Certainly.

1:30:03 > 1:30:07My dear, how did you find my old friend and her daughter?

1:30:07 > 1:30:10Emma has called on Mrs and Miss Bates.

1:30:10 > 1:30:14- She always shows them such kindness. - No, Father.

1:30:14 > 1:30:17They have been the ones to show me kindness.

1:30:17 > 1:30:19Nonsense, daughter!

1:30:19 > 1:30:21The charity you have given them...

1:30:21 > 1:30:25I have given them charity but not kindness.

1:30:25 > 1:30:29A virtue which some friends may doubt I still have.

1:30:31 > 1:30:35The truest friend does not doubt, but hope.

1:30:48 > 1:30:51I must go.

1:30:51 > 1:30:54I am leaving town to visit John and Isabella.

1:30:54 > 1:31:00I'm sorry I was not here sooner so that we could have talked.

1:31:01 > 1:31:03So am I.

1:31:05 > 1:31:07When will you be back?

1:31:07 > 1:31:10I don't know.

1:31:10 > 1:31:13There is a delicate and perplexing matter

1:31:13 > 1:31:16I must discuss with my brother.

1:31:19 > 1:31:21Well, then.

1:31:22 > 1:31:24Well, then.

1:31:24 > 1:31:26HE CHUCKLES

1:31:32 > 1:31:35'Frank Churchill's aunt has died, taking him away.

1:31:35 > 1:31:40'This strengthens Harriet's chances as the aunt was sure to object.

1:31:40 > 1:31:43'I continue to try to make amends with Miss Bates.

1:31:43 > 1:31:46'Though matters are not repaired,

1:31:46 > 1:31:49'I feel a renewal of our friendship is ahead of us.

1:31:49 > 1:31:53'And I am gratified to say that could Mr Knightley...'

1:31:58 > 1:32:00'..Mr Knightley...

1:32:00 > 1:32:02'Mmm...

1:32:02 > 1:32:07'..have been privy to my attempts and seen into my heart,

1:32:07 > 1:32:12'I think he would not have found anything to reprove.'

1:32:12 > 1:32:14HE PANTS

1:32:17 > 1:32:20Frank...is engaged.

1:32:20 > 1:32:24EMMA GASPS I cannot believe it! So quickly?

1:32:24 > 1:32:29The engagement has been in place for some time.

1:32:29 > 1:32:30Emma,

1:32:30 > 1:32:34Frank has been secretly engaged to Jane Fairfax.

1:32:34 > 1:32:37Good God, it cannot be true.

1:32:37 > 1:32:39They've been engaged since October.

1:32:39 > 1:32:43Formed at Weymouth through their friend Charles Dixon.

1:32:43 > 1:32:45Mr Dixon?

1:32:45 > 1:32:49He kept it secret because he feared his aunt's disapproval.

1:32:49 > 1:32:52It has hurt his father and me.

1:32:52 > 1:32:56Especially because of whom else it might hurt.

1:32:58 > 1:33:02I cannot pretend that I do not know what you mean by that.

1:33:02 > 1:33:05But let me give you all the relief in my power.

1:33:05 > 1:33:09There was a time when I was attached to Frank.

1:33:09 > 1:33:12Fortunately that ceased, and for some time

1:33:12 > 1:33:14I have felt nothing for him.

1:33:14 > 1:33:18This was my greatest worry.

1:33:18 > 1:33:21I'm sure you knew it was our wish you might be attached.

1:33:21 > 1:33:24Imagine how we felt.

1:33:24 > 1:33:26There is no need to worry.

1:33:26 > 1:33:29Yet how could he have treated me in this fashion?

1:33:29 > 1:33:31It is cruel, truly cruel.

1:33:31 > 1:33:35Yes, dear, but I thought you felt nothing for him.

1:33:35 > 1:33:37Yes, but he did not know that.

1:33:37 > 1:33:40He is benefiting from a very lucky coincidence.

1:33:40 > 1:33:46Emma, he's a good man, however wrong this action might be.

1:33:49 > 1:33:53Dear, might I entreat you to put Mr Weston's heart at ease?

1:33:53 > 1:33:58He's been so worried about you. Let him know how glad you are

1:33:58 > 1:34:00Frank has found a girl of steady character.

1:34:00 > 1:34:03How steady is her character?

1:34:03 > 1:34:06She is engaged to a man who pretends not to be

1:34:06 > 1:34:09and deceives feeling young women.

1:34:09 > 1:34:14Here is the luckiest father in England.

1:34:16 > 1:34:18(Thank you.)

1:34:21 > 1:34:23Is this not the oddest news

1:34:23 > 1:34:25about Mr Churchill and Miss Fairfax?

1:34:25 > 1:34:27Had you any idea of it?

1:34:27 > 1:34:30I?! I encouraged you to allow your feelings?

1:34:30 > 1:34:34- Had I known I would have cautioned you.- Why?

1:34:34 > 1:34:38You do not think that I care about Frank Churchill?

1:34:38 > 1:34:41What? What do you mean?

1:34:41 > 1:34:43You-You said you loved a man.

1:34:43 > 1:34:46I did not name him, but I have better taste

1:34:46 > 1:34:51than to choose Frank Churchill over him. Frank Churchill?!

1:34:51 > 1:34:55I would never have dreamed of him, but you said he was wonderful.

1:34:55 > 1:34:58Yes, but I thought you meant...

1:34:58 > 1:35:01Raising my thoughts to him was a sign of my taste. Your words.

1:35:01 > 1:35:03Yes, but...

1:35:03 > 1:35:05Without them I'd never have hoped.

1:35:05 > 1:35:08Harriet, please!

1:35:08 > 1:35:12Before we can go on there is something that I must clarify.

1:35:12 > 1:35:15Is it possible that...

1:35:15 > 1:35:18you are speaking of Mr Knightley?

1:35:18 > 1:35:21To be sure.

1:35:21 > 1:35:24But you-you spoke of the service Frank had done

1:35:24 > 1:35:27- in rescuing you from the gypsies. - I never said that.

1:35:27 > 1:35:29I recall it with perfect clarity.

1:35:29 > 1:35:31If I spoke of being rescued,

1:35:31 > 1:35:35it was when Mr Knightley asked me to dance, after Mr Elton snubbed me.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38That was when I knew he was a superior man.

1:35:38 > 1:35:42Good God, this is a deplorable mistake.

1:35:42 > 1:35:45What is to be done?

1:35:45 > 1:35:48Must something be done about it?

1:35:53 > 1:35:57You must think him 500 million times above me than Mr Churchill.

1:35:57 > 1:36:00- Yet you did say... - Harriet.

1:36:00 > 1:36:03Ha...

1:36:03 > 1:36:07Have you any idea of Mr Knightley's returning your affection?

1:36:07 > 1:36:10Yes. I must say that I have.

1:36:10 > 1:36:14You told me to let his behaviour be the rule of mine and so I have.

1:36:14 > 1:36:18Am I wrong to hope as I do?

1:36:22 > 1:36:24Harriet,

1:36:24 > 1:36:29I can only venture to declare that Mr Knightley

1:36:29 > 1:36:33is the last man on earth who would intentionally give any woman

1:36:33 > 1:36:38the idea of his feeling more for her than he really does.

1:36:41 > 1:36:43'This is tragic.'

1:36:43 > 1:36:48Why is it tragic for Harriet to attach herself to a man you admire?

1:36:48 > 1:36:51I have asked myself many times why this unsettled me.

1:36:51 > 1:36:55I came to see that I do not admire Mr Knightley, as I have thought.

1:36:58 > 1:37:00I love him.

1:37:00 > 1:37:03So dearly, so greatly.

1:37:03 > 1:37:07Outside of you and Father, his opinion matters most.

1:37:07 > 1:37:08Dearest.

1:37:08 > 1:37:12I only knew when Harriet said she sensed he returning her feelings.

1:37:12 > 1:37:15Then I felt ill, that I could lose him,

1:37:15 > 1:37:21and I knew that no-one must marry Mr Knightley...but me.

1:37:21 > 1:37:23How heavenly!

1:37:23 > 1:37:27But I am too late. Before he left town he said...

1:37:27 > 1:37:31A delicate matter I must discuss with my brother.

1:37:31 > 1:37:34I hope his brother advises him to be careful.

1:37:34 > 1:37:36Her parents could be pirates!

1:37:36 > 1:37:40My dear, I like Harriet very much, as do you!

1:37:40 > 1:37:44But her feelings are evidence of her feelings only.

1:37:44 > 1:37:47Nothing is sure until Mr Knightley returns.

1:37:47 > 1:37:52I long for it and fear it at the same time.

1:37:52 > 1:37:55I shall not know how to behave when I see him.

1:37:55 > 1:37:58- Let his behaviour be your guide. - But, oh dear!

1:37:58 > 1:38:03If he is happy I shall know he has decided to marry Harriet,

1:38:03 > 1:38:07and I know I will not be able to let him tell me.

1:38:07 > 1:38:10I could not bear to hear the words.

1:38:10 > 1:38:13If he seems sad I shall know John has advised him against.

1:38:13 > 1:38:16I love John!

1:38:16 > 1:38:20Or he may seem sad because he fears telling me he will marry Harriet.

1:38:20 > 1:38:23How could John let him do that? I hate John!

1:38:23 > 1:38:26Nothing can be done till he returns.

1:38:26 > 1:38:29You must put him out of your mind.

1:38:29 > 1:38:33- Can you? - Certainly I can.

1:38:33 > 1:38:37I may have lost my heart but not my self-control.

1:38:38 > 1:38:45'Dear Diary, today I tried not to think about Mr Knightley.

1:38:45 > 1:38:49'I tried not to when I spoke about the menu with Cook.'

1:38:49 > 1:38:51Oh, is Mr Knightley coming?

1:38:51 > 1:38:54- Why do you say that? - Lamb stew is his favourite.

1:38:54 > 1:38:57'I tried not to think about him in the garden,

1:38:57 > 1:38:59'where I plucked three daisies

1:38:59 > 1:39:02'to ascertain his feelings for Harriet.

1:39:02 > 1:39:04'We should not keep daisies.

1:39:04 > 1:39:07'They really are drab little flowers.'

1:39:08 > 1:39:12'And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed,

1:39:12 > 1:39:15'but something had to be done.'

1:39:37 > 1:39:42'Dear Lord, if he cannot share a life with me, is it wrong to ask

1:39:42 > 1:39:45'that he not share it with anyone?

1:39:45 > 1:39:48'That we go on as we go on now,

1:39:48 > 1:39:50'him stopping by at any hour.

1:39:50 > 1:39:53'Always the brightest part of our lives.

1:39:53 > 1:39:58'A natural and easy member of the family.

1:39:58 > 1:40:02'I would be content if he would just stay single, Lord. That's it.

1:40:02 > 1:40:09'If he would just stay single, Lord, I would be perfectly satisfied.'

1:40:09 > 1:40:12Almost.

1:40:12 > 1:40:14Amen.

1:40:15 > 1:40:19CHURCH BELL TOLLS

1:40:37 > 1:40:39Emma!

1:40:41 > 1:40:47Forgive me. Er, I was, um, lost in my thoughts.

1:40:47 > 1:40:50And how are you?

1:40:50 > 1:40:52Happy?

1:40:52 > 1:40:55Well, I'm...

1:40:55 > 1:40:58happy to see you, as always.

1:40:59 > 1:41:02I didn't know that you were back.

1:41:02 > 1:41:04Just.

1:41:05 > 1:41:08- Yes, just. - Ah, yes.

1:41:10 > 1:41:13I am on my way home.

1:41:13 > 1:41:15I was just there.

1:41:16 > 1:41:19- May I join you? - Of course.

1:41:27 > 1:41:30- Oh, dear.- What?- What?

1:41:30 > 1:41:36Oh, something about the deer we need for the venison stew.

1:41:36 > 1:41:38Uh-huh.

1:41:42 > 1:41:45- There's something I must ask you. - Wait!

1:41:45 > 1:41:50Now you are back, there is some news that will surprise you.

1:41:50 > 1:41:53Of what nature is this news?

1:41:53 > 1:41:56The best. A wedding between two people.

1:41:56 > 1:42:02Oh, yes, between Jane and Mr Churchill.

1:42:02 > 1:42:05Mr Weston wrote to me.

1:42:05 > 1:42:08- Undoubtedly you were not surprised. - Well...

1:42:08 > 1:42:12But...I seem doomed to blindness.

1:42:13 > 1:42:16Time will heal your wound.

1:42:18 > 1:42:21My wound?

1:42:21 > 1:42:26I know you must have been cruelly disappointed by his secret.

1:42:26 > 1:42:29He's a scoundrel.

1:42:30 > 1:42:32You are kind.

1:42:32 > 1:42:36But I must say I quickly saw Frank lacked qualities, honesty being one,

1:42:36 > 1:42:42which are essential to me in any kind of friend.

1:42:42 > 1:42:46Emma...is that true?

1:42:48 > 1:42:50He imposed on me,

1:42:50 > 1:42:53but he has not injured me.

1:42:53 > 1:42:56Yes. He got all he wanted at great expense to others

1:42:56 > 1:42:59and at no cost to himself.

1:43:00 > 1:43:04He offends me deeply.

1:43:04 > 1:43:08Yet there is something in his situation that I envy.

1:43:08 > 1:43:12Did I mention we are having a new drain installed?

1:43:12 > 1:43:16You will not ask me the point of my envy?

1:43:20 > 1:43:24Well, perhaps you are wise.

1:43:24 > 1:43:26But I...

1:43:26 > 1:43:28I cannot be wise.

1:43:28 > 1:43:32Emma, I must tell you what you will not ask.

1:43:32 > 1:43:34Thought I may wish it unsaid soon.

1:43:34 > 1:43:40Then do not commit yourself to something which may injure us both.

1:43:49 > 1:43:51Very well.

1:43:55 > 1:43:57Very well.

1:43:58 > 1:44:00Good day.

1:44:24 > 1:44:27Mr Knightley...

1:44:30 > 1:44:32Mr Knightley,

1:44:32 > 1:44:36I stopped you ungraciously just now and gave you pain.

1:44:36 > 1:44:39If you wish to speak about anything you are contemplating,

1:44:39 > 1:44:43as your friend I cannot refuse you.

1:44:43 > 1:44:46Indeed, as your old friend,

1:44:46 > 1:44:49I will hear whatever it is you wish to tell me.

1:44:49 > 1:44:55Emma, you want our friendship to remain the same as always.

1:44:56 > 1:44:58But I cannot desire that.

1:44:58 > 1:45:00But why?!

1:45:00 > 1:45:03I made mistakes, but had you been here you would have seen

1:45:03 > 1:45:08how I tried to change. Please, tell me I am your friend.

1:45:08 > 1:45:11I do not wish to call you my friend because...

1:45:11 > 1:45:16I hope to call you something infinitely more dear.

1:45:18 > 1:45:24Have you not wondered why I never befriended Frank Churchill?

1:45:24 > 1:45:28It was because I knew he was intended for you.

1:45:30 > 1:45:35Indeed, when you insulted Miss Bates at the picnic,

1:45:35 > 1:45:40I thought that evidence of his influence over you.

1:45:40 > 1:45:43And I could not bear to see it.

1:45:43 > 1:45:47So I...went away.

1:45:48 > 1:45:50But I went to the wrong place.

1:45:53 > 1:45:56My brother's house is usually a place of comfort to me,

1:45:56 > 1:45:59but seeing your sister there

1:45:59 > 1:46:01kept you fresh in my mind.

1:46:03 > 1:46:07And the torture, I assure you, was acute.

1:46:09 > 1:46:14I only felt hope again when I heard of Mr Churchill's engagement.

1:46:14 > 1:46:21And I rushed back, anxious for your feelings.

1:46:23 > 1:46:26I came to be near you.

1:46:27 > 1:46:30I rode through the rain.

1:46:34 > 1:46:39And I'd... I'd ride through worse if I could just hear your voice

1:46:39 > 1:46:46telling me that I might at least have some chance to win you.

1:46:49 > 1:46:52Mr Knightley, if I have not spoken

1:46:52 > 1:46:56it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.

1:46:56 > 1:46:58It cannot be true.

1:47:01 > 1:47:03But I feel so full of error,

1:47:03 > 1:47:06so mistaken in my make-up to deserve you.

1:47:06 > 1:47:08What of my flaws?

1:47:08 > 1:47:10I've humbled you and lectured you.

1:47:10 > 1:47:14You have born it as no-one could have.

1:47:19 > 1:47:22Maybe our imperfections make us so perfect for one another.

1:47:32 > 1:47:35Marry me.

1:47:39 > 1:47:44Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.

1:48:12 > 1:48:15- Let's go to your father. - Oh, dear...- What?

1:48:15 > 1:48:18I cannot marry you.

1:48:18 > 1:48:22- Why ever not?- My father. First my sister, then Mrs Weston.

1:48:22 > 1:48:24He could not bear my leaving,

1:48:24 > 1:48:30even for one he regards so highly. I cannot abandon him!

1:48:30 > 1:48:34I could not secure your happiness while attacking your father's.

1:48:34 > 1:48:39As long as his joy requires your being at Hartfield,

1:48:39 > 1:48:41let it be my home, too.

1:48:44 > 1:48:48Thank you. Thank you.

1:48:50 > 1:48:53Now I need not call you MR Knightley.

1:48:53 > 1:48:56I may call you MY Mr Knightley.

1:49:30 > 1:49:34- MRS WESTON:- 'Mr Woodhouse's elation was soon shared by many.'

1:49:38 > 1:49:42'While these exchanges lifted the hearts of the couple,

1:49:42 > 1:49:46'there was one visit which did not.'

1:49:57 > 1:50:00'Emma knew Harriet's best chance for happiness

1:50:00 > 1:50:02'was that she might marry, too.

1:50:02 > 1:50:06'But it seemed too much to hope that even Harriet Smith

1:50:06 > 1:50:09'could be in love with more than three men in one year.'

1:50:14 > 1:50:17Miss Woodhouse? May I come in?

1:50:17 > 1:50:19You need never ask.

1:50:19 > 1:50:23Please, do, and tell me how you've been.

1:50:23 > 1:50:25It seems weeks since you've been.

1:50:25 > 1:50:31Yes. I stayed away at first because I thought it would be easier for me.

1:50:31 > 1:50:35And then because I have something to tell you which you will not like.

1:50:35 > 1:50:39Nothing you could say would ever be unpleasant.

1:50:39 > 1:50:42This is... I'm afraid YOU'LL think it is.

1:50:42 > 1:50:46I think it as beautiful as a dream.

1:50:48 > 1:50:51I have consented to marry Robert Martin.

1:50:52 > 1:50:54Whatever happened?

1:50:54 > 1:50:58After I left here last time, I saw his sister at a party.

1:50:58 > 1:51:01We fell easily into conversation.

1:51:01 > 1:51:04Soon enough she invited me to dinner.

1:51:04 > 1:51:09Mr Martin was there, and we talked as if we had never been apart.

1:51:10 > 1:51:13As I left he asked if he could see me the next day.

1:51:13 > 1:51:20On the next day, he asked if he could see me the day after that.

1:51:21 > 1:51:23And on the day after that...

1:51:23 > 1:51:26he asked if he could see me all the days ever after.

1:51:26 > 1:51:30- Harriet... - I know this disappoints you...

1:51:30 > 1:51:32You mistake me.

1:51:32 > 1:51:36This is the perfect end for my sad career as a matchmaker.

1:51:36 > 1:51:41A role I gladly relinquish, in being so happily matched myself.

1:51:42 > 1:51:47I hope you know that I only wanted your happiness.

1:51:47 > 1:51:51Now that you have found it, it makes my own complete.

1:51:56 > 1:51:58FESTIVE CHEERS

1:52:07 > 1:52:11'There were those who thought the wedding a little shabby.'

1:52:11 > 1:52:14I do not profess to be an expert in fashion,

1:52:14 > 1:52:17though my friends say I have quite the eye,

1:52:17 > 1:52:20but I can tell you, there is a shocking lack of satin.

1:52:22 > 1:52:24CHEERS

1:52:49 > 1:52:52'However, the wishes, the faith and the predictions

1:52:52 > 1:52:56'of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony

1:52:56 > 1:53:01'were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union.'

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