Becoming Jane

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00:00:53 "Boundaries of...
00:00:59 "propriety...
00:01:04 "vigorously assaulted...
00:01:16 "...propriety were..."
00:02:11 "The boundaries of propriety were
00:02:16 "The boundaries of propriety were
00:02:20 "but not quite breached, as was also right.
00:02:22 "Nevertheless,
00:02:26 "she was not pleased."
00:02:48 - What is it?
00:02:51 Oh.
00:03:03 Jane!
00:03:10 Oh, dear me.
00:03:12 That girl needs a husband.
00:03:16 And who's good enough? Nobody.
00:03:20 I blame you for that.
00:03:23 Being too much the model of perfection.
00:03:27 I've shared your bed for 32 years
00:03:29 and perfection is something
00:03:33 Yet.
00:03:38 No. Stop it. Mr Austen, it's Sunday!
00:03:47 The utmost of a woman's character
00:03:53 sister and, eventually, wife and mother.
00:03:59 It is secured by soft attraction, virtuous love
00:04:07 If a woman happens
00:04:10 for example, a profound mind,
00:04:15 Humour is liked more, but wit? No.
00:04:20 It is the most treacherous talent of them all.
00:04:23 Now, George, old fellow,
00:04:27 - Jenny!
00:04:36 Hurry along, Jane! We'll be late!
00:04:40 When Her Ladyship calls, we must obey.
00:05:12 Come along, Jane.
00:05:24 Lady Gresham,
00:05:30 and Mr Fowle, Cassandra's fiancé.
00:05:33 - Comtesse? Then you presume to be French?
00:05:39 Monsieur le Comte is not here
00:05:41 A prior engagement, ma'am,
00:05:44 Monsieur le Comte was obliged
00:05:47 Oh!
00:05:51 I see your nephew is with us again.
00:05:55 Mr Wisley.
00:05:57 Wisley is indispensable to my happiness.
00:06:04 Well, do sit down.
00:06:12 Mr Fowle and Cassandra
00:06:17 When shall you marry?
00:06:19 - Not for some time, Your Ladyship.
00:06:21 I'm also engaged to go to the West Indies
00:06:23 with Lord Craven's expedition
00:06:27 - What has Craven offered you?
00:06:32 How much is it worth?
00:06:35 Enough to marry on, in a modest way.
00:06:43 Mr Wisley, did you know
00:06:48 Very soon, I believe.
00:06:51 - Jane does enjoy a ball.
00:07:00 But, sir,
00:07:02 a ball is an indispensable blessing
00:07:07 Everything agreeable in the way of talking
00:07:10 all managed with the utmost decorum.
00:07:13 An amiable man could not object.
00:07:20 Then I find I'm converted.
00:07:24 Displayed like a brood mare.
00:07:26 - Mr Wisley is a highly eligible young gentleman.
00:07:31 - You know our situation, Jane.
00:07:34 And he is Lady Gresham's
00:07:38 One day, he shall inherit this.
00:07:42 Excellent prospects!
00:07:50 - His small fortune will not buy me.
00:08:01 More wary in the world, Mr Lefroy.
00:08:11 You can pay me for that later.
00:08:13 - Huzzah! Huzzah!
00:08:23 Come on, man, hit him!
00:08:26 Lefroy!
00:08:40 Glass of wine with you, sir?
00:08:50 - Displaying to advantage, I see, Lefroy.
00:08:56 How long before you have
00:08:58 A day.
00:08:59 So soon?
00:09:01 Doghouse, debts, but one must cut
00:09:04 Especially when condemned to a parsonage,
00:09:07 Yes.
00:09:09 Still, who is this sour-faced little virgin?
00:09:14 Your pardon, ma'am.
00:09:17 Mr Tom Lefroy, may I present Mr John Warren?
00:09:20 Joining me in Hampshire,
00:09:25 I understand you've visited Hampshire, Mr Lefroy.
00:09:28 Last year.
00:09:31 - Long visit, was it?
00:09:35 Mr Austen, you're devilishly handsome.
00:09:38 Oops!
00:09:41 So, Tom, where should we go? Vauxhall Gardens?
00:09:43 Been there.
00:09:45 Lefroy, there's a Tahitian Love Fest on at White's.
00:09:47 Seen it.
00:09:48 - Crockford's?
00:09:51 Or did it do me?
00:09:52 Wh-wh-wh-what is a Tahitian Love Fest?
00:10:06 Warren!
00:10:19 I humbly beg your pardon, sir.
00:10:22 Theft of one pig is a crime, heinous to be sure,
00:10:30 Two pigs is a violent assault
00:10:40 Excuse me.
00:10:41 You and your kind
00:10:49 And cankers are cut out.
00:10:53 Transportation for life. Next.
00:10:57 - Why are you here in London, sir?
00:11:01 - Which has no other end but what?
00:11:05 - Against?
00:11:08 Therefore, order is kept because we have...
00:11:13 - A standing army?
00:11:17 - Do you know that word? Prudence?
00:11:21 Consider myself.
00:11:23 I was born rich, certainly, but I remain rich
00:11:29 I have shown restraint.
00:11:34 Your mother, my sister, became poor
00:11:36 She married my father because she loved him.
00:11:38 Yes, and that's why you have so many
00:11:42 - Limerick.
00:11:47 If you hope, I say hope...
00:11:50 If you aspire to inherit my property,
00:11:56 you must prove yourself more worthy.
00:11:59 But what do we find? We find dissipation
00:12:02 wild enough to glut the imaginings
00:12:07 Wild companions, gambling,
00:12:11 running around St James's
00:12:16 - What kind of lawyer will that make?
00:12:26 Humour?
00:12:29 Well, you're going to need that
00:12:36 I'm sending you to stay with your other relations,
00:12:43 - Uncle, they live in the country.
00:13:06 - Jane?
00:13:08 Can you?
00:13:12 Thank you.
00:13:15 I think you two
00:13:20 Mr Fowle will be enchanted.
00:13:23 San Domingo is half a world away.
00:13:27 He'll forget me.
00:13:29 Impossible.
00:13:34 Cassie.
00:13:35 His heart will stop at the very sight of you
00:13:41 And, yes, I'm aware of the contradiction
00:13:46 Is it?
00:13:51 - Jane!
00:13:58 You look wonderful.
00:14:00 Well, hello, John. It's very good to see you.
00:14:02 - Nice to see you.
00:14:07 George!
00:14:10 Leave your brother alone.
00:14:15 Jane! Jane? Have you heard?
00:14:19 From London.
00:14:21 - He is a...
00:14:22 - Lucy, please.
00:14:24 For lateness?
00:14:28 Hat off, George.
00:14:32 - Thank you, John.
00:14:34 The family is always moving
00:14:38 Firstly, the small.
00:14:44 - thank goodness.
00:14:46 And our friend John, my new student.
00:14:50 Cassandra, who is forsaking us for her
00:14:55 whilst Robert voyages to the West Indies
00:14:59 And then, together, they can embark on
00:15:06 Miss Austen, I understand
00:15:09 - Do, Jane.
00:15:11 Oh, please, Miss Jane.
00:15:13 Please, Jane.
00:15:22 "Advice from a young lady on the engagement
00:15:28 "to a Fowle."
00:15:34 "His addresses were offered in a manner
00:15:39 "The boundaries of propriety
00:15:43 "but not quite breached, as was also right.
00:15:46 "Nevertheless, she was..."
00:15:58 And may I introduce my young nephew
00:16:03 Oh.
00:16:05 And he's more than welcome.
00:16:10 Green velvet coat. Vastly fashionable.
00:16:16 You'll find this vastly amusing.
00:16:21 "His addresses were...
00:16:26 "The boundaries of propriety
00:16:29 "as was only right, but not quite breached,
00:16:34 "Nevertheless, she was not pleased.
00:16:36 "Her taste was refined, her sentiments noble,
00:16:44 Good God, there's writing
00:16:47 Shh. Damn it, man.
00:16:50 "'It was only yesterday I repelled Lord Graham
00:16:53 "'which would have lasted me
00:16:56 "'with economies... '
00:17:02 "'... a treasure
00:17:03 "'greater than all the jewels in India,
00:17:07 God!
00:17:08 "'A nd pray, madam,
00:17:11 "'Expect? Well, you may expect
00:17:15 Is this who I am?
00:17:17 "And a sweet, gentle, pleading, innocent,
00:17:22 "delicate, sympathetic, loyal, untutored,
00:17:34 The end.
00:17:36 - Bravo, Jane.
00:17:41 Bravo.
00:17:43 Well done.
00:17:50 She speaks so well.
00:17:55 Well, excessively charming, I thought.
00:17:59 Well, accomplished enough, perhaps,
00:18:02 but a metropolitan mind may be
00:18:10 Well, thank you.
00:18:27 # In airy dreams
00:18:37 #... absent love to see
00:18:54 # Dear you, oh, to think
00:18:58 # On thee #
00:19:37 Careful there, old fellow.
00:19:41 Fine piece, Mr Lefroy.
00:19:44 Handled a gun before, have you, Tom?
00:19:45 Mmm.
00:19:48 Jesus!
00:19:57 - Tom.
00:20:00 Why not try a walk?
00:20:03 There's some very fine country round about.
00:20:08 A walk.
00:21:01 Miss!
00:21:03 Miss! Miss!
00:21:05 Miss! Miss, I...
00:21:10 Miss?
00:21:14 Miss?
00:21:15 - Miss...
00:21:18 Mr Lefroy.
00:21:21 Yes, I know, but I am alone.
00:21:24 - Except for me.
00:21:26 Oh, come!
00:21:28 What rules of conduct apply
00:21:31 We have been introduced, have we not?
00:21:35 What value is there in an introduction
00:21:40 Indeed, can barely stay awake in my presence.
00:21:45 Madam.
00:21:46 These scruples must seem very provincial
00:21:49 but I do not devise these rules.
00:21:55 I have been told
00:21:58 but all I've detected so far is a general
00:22:03 Yes, well, others have detected more.
00:22:06 - There's even a book about Selborne Wood.
00:22:11 A novel, perhaps?
00:22:15 Novels?
00:22:18 Being poor, insipid things, read by mere women,
00:22:23 I see, we're talking of your reading.
00:22:25 As if the writing of women did not display
00:22:29 knowledge of human nature,
00:22:32 and the best-chosen language imaginable?
00:22:35 - Was I deficient in rapture?
00:22:39 It was...
00:22:44 It was accomplished.
00:22:53 It was ironic.
00:23:00 - And you're sure I've not offended you?
00:23:14 My lords, ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:23 - May I have the honour?
00:23:33 - Miss Austen.
00:23:37 May I have the pleasure of this next dance?
00:23:45 Oh, no, we're so late.
00:23:48 Oh, thank you, Tom.
00:23:50 Hurry.
00:24:10 Oh!
00:24:16 I am mortified.
00:24:19 I practised, but it won't stick.
00:24:32 What a lovely pair they make.
00:24:35 Ah, Sister.
00:24:37 What do you make of Mr Lefroy?
00:24:40 You think?
00:24:42 He does, with his preening, prancing,
00:24:44 Jane.
00:24:45 Well, I call it very high indeed, refusing
00:24:49 - Henry, are all your friends so disagreeable?
00:24:52 Where exactly in Ireland
00:24:54 Limerick, Miss Austen.
00:25:03 I would regard it as a mark of extreme favour
00:25:06 if you would stoop
00:25:15 Being the first to dance with me, madam,
00:25:19 that you carry the standard
00:25:22 Ah, then your country reputation
00:25:25 This, by the way, is called a country dance,
00:25:33 Not because it is exhibited
00:25:37 with glutinous pies,
00:25:41 execrable Madeira
00:25:44 and truly anarchic dancing.
00:25:46 You judge the company severely, madam.
00:25:49 - I was describing what you'd be thinking.
00:25:52 Gives me leave to do the same, sir,
00:25:55 - Will you give so much to a woman?
00:25:59 and what she thinks of me.
00:26:02 But you are above being pleased.
00:26:08 And I think that you, miss, what was it?
00:26:10 - Austen. Mr...?
00:26:15 I think that you, Miss Austen,
00:26:22 Me?
00:26:25 You, ma'am,
00:26:28 secretly.
00:26:39 How many times did you stand up
00:26:43 Was it twice?
00:26:45 - Thrice would have been absolutely...
00:26:48 Careful, Jane, Lucy is right.
00:26:52 Presumably as the most disagreeable...
00:26:54 "...insolent, arrogant, impudent,
00:26:59 "insufferable, impertinent of men."
00:27:11 Too many adjectives.
00:27:26 What is she trying to say?
00:27:28 On your toes, gentlemen. No singles.
00:27:36 Bowler's end, bowler's end.
00:27:41 Again!
00:27:43 I never feel more French
00:27:48 - Out.
00:27:49 - No?
00:27:50 Is he out?
00:27:57 I begin to suspect
00:28:00 Flirting is a woman's trade.
00:28:06 You're gone.
00:28:08 Well played, Tom.
00:28:12 We're depending on you.
00:28:16 Oh, it's Mr Warren's... turn.
00:28:19 Best of luck!
00:28:20 John Warren!
00:28:23 Good luck, Mr Warren.
00:28:25 John never was very good, though.
00:28:39 Easy!
00:28:42 Run, Warren, run!
00:28:44 Quickly, hurry!
00:28:45 Jolly good show!
00:28:48 Watch.
00:28:51 You're out.
00:28:52 You're gone, Mr Warren.
00:28:54 Prodigious, Tom, prodigious.
00:28:59 Thank you, Warren. On your way.
00:29:01 Same again, Tom.
00:29:05 Well done, Mr Warren.
00:29:09 I hope you're not too disappointed, Miss Austen.
00:29:13 Four more to win, Wisley.
00:29:17 Who's next?
00:29:20 She can't...
00:29:22 What on earth are you going to do?
00:29:24 Irrepressible.
00:29:39 Move in!
00:29:41 Go easy, Tom.
00:29:47 Be gentle, Lefroy!
00:30:10 Run, Jane, run!
00:30:12 - Move!
00:30:16 Only four more to win.
00:30:18 Bowler's end! Move yourself, you lout!
00:30:24 One more!
00:30:26 Go, go, go!
00:30:27 Not out.
00:30:32 Bad luck, Lefroy.
00:30:38 See?
00:30:43 She was so good.
00:30:49 - You've played this game before?
00:30:53 Time for a swim, I think.
00:30:59 Well played, Henry.
00:31:01 I dedicate our victory to La Comtesse de Feuillide.
00:31:07 - Now, there's a decent bit of river over the hill.
00:31:16 Careful!
00:31:34 Come on, let's go!
00:31:38 Wait!
00:31:43 - Not this time, Lefroy.
00:31:45 You think not?
00:32:12 Down, boy.
00:32:16 - Father, have you seen Tom?
00:32:24 Besotted. Natural enough at 15.
00:32:29 Love and sense are enemies at any age.
00:32:31 - Mrs Lefroy, may I explore your library?
00:32:37 Lucy would marry him tomorrow,
00:32:41 I suppose you mean his reputation.
00:33:24 - Miss Austen.
00:33:29 - And reading.
00:33:32 I've been looking through your book of the wood.
00:33:36 Oh.
00:33:37 - Well, how do you like it?
00:33:41 - Disturbing?
00:33:44 Take this observation.
00:33:47 "Swifts on a fine morning in May,
00:33:52 "sailing around at a great height
00:33:57 "Then one leaps onto the back of another,
00:34:02 "and forgetting to fly, they both sink
00:34:09 "fathom after fathom, until the female utters..."
00:34:18 Yes?
00:34:23 "...the female utters a loud, piercing cry
00:34:31 "of ecstasy."
00:34:37 Is this conduct commonplace
00:34:46 Your ignorance is understandable
00:34:53 The history?
00:34:56 Propriety commands me to ignorance.
00:35:00 Condemns you to it and your writing
00:35:05 If you wish to practise the art of fiction,
00:35:10 experience is vital.
00:35:16 I see.
00:35:18 And what qualifies you to offer this advice?
00:35:23 I know more of the world.
00:35:26 A great deal more, I gather.
00:35:30 Enough to know
00:35:37 by an extraordinary young man.
00:35:40 By a very dangerous young man,
00:35:42 one who has, no doubt,
00:35:45 - Young woman with the soft corruption...
00:35:50 and you will understand.
00:35:59 "When the philosopher heard that the fortress
00:36:04 "he began to give a large scope to his desires.
00:36:07 "His appetite was not of that squeamish kind
00:36:11 - "because another..."
00:36:13 - He's not tasting this dainty.
00:36:17 "...nor had her face
00:36:20 "But her clothes being torn
00:36:23 "...her breasts, which were well formed
00:36:28 "attracted the eyes of her deliverer,
00:36:33 "...and gazing at each other."
00:36:58 I have read your book.
00:37:02 - I have read your book and disapprove.
00:37:06 - But of what? The scenes? Characters? The prose?
00:37:13 - The morality?
00:37:16 Well, of course, it is. But why?
00:37:19 Vice leads to difficulty, virtue to reward.
00:37:23 Exactly. But in life, bad characters often thrive.
00:37:30 And a novel must show how the world truly is,
00:37:34 how characters genuinely think,
00:37:38 A novel should somehow reveal
00:37:46 What of my hero's feelings?
00:37:48 Well, it seems to me, sir,
00:37:52 caused him and everyone connected with him
00:37:56 Ah, well, if the book has troubled you...
00:37:58 - Oh, but an orphan must know trouble.
00:38:02 All sorts of trouble.
00:38:13 Laverton Fair. Vastly entertaining.
00:38:17 Yes, Miss Austen, not exactly
00:38:20 Show a little imagination, Mr Lefroy.
00:38:51 Trouble here enough.
00:38:53 And freedom, the freedom of men.
00:38:57 Do not you envy it?
00:38:58 But I have the intense pleasure
00:39:06 Ah.
00:39:07 Now, there's a fool,
00:39:11 - You know about this, of course.
00:39:14 Yes, a vastly fashionable pastime in London.
00:39:25 Beating a man to a pulp. What are you doing?
00:39:30 Mr Lefroy, stop!
00:39:33 Make way!
00:39:38 - Stop!
00:39:43 Coming through.
00:39:48 Five shillings on the gent. Who will take it?
00:39:54 Have that.
00:39:57 Thank you.
00:39:58 Go on, hit him!
00:40:03 Come on, Lefroy, hit him, man!
00:40:06 Tom, you must stop.
00:40:12 Come on, Lefroy!
00:40:17 Up, sir.
00:40:21 Tom!
00:40:25 Lucy.
00:40:31 - That's twice he's done that to me.
00:40:36 I'm afraid it's damn low water with me.
00:40:39 - I'm afraid I'm short, sir.
00:40:43 How embarrassing.
00:40:46 Yeh!
00:40:48 Mr Lefroy? Mr Lefroy? Mr Lefroy?
00:40:57 Was I deficient in propriety?
00:41:01 Why did you do that?
00:41:04 Couldn't waste
00:41:10 Forgive me if I suspect in you a sense of justice.
00:41:17 I am a lawyer. Justice plays no part in the law.
00:41:23 Is that what you believe?
00:41:27 I believe it. I must.
00:41:32 I beg your leave.
00:41:42 - Her heart is stirred.
00:41:46 Mr Lefroy will soon be gone.
00:41:53 - The man's a booby.
00:41:56 And she could fix him with very little trouble.
00:41:59 You could persuade her.
00:42:02 To sacrifice her happiness?
00:42:04 Jane should have not the man
00:42:09 Oh, Mr Austen.
00:42:11 Must we have this conversation
00:42:15 We'll end up in the gutter if we carry on like this.
00:42:35 Jenny! Mr Austen!
00:42:40 Where are you?
00:43:05 So kind of you to return the call.
00:43:12 - Will you take a dish of tea, ma'am?
00:43:16 - Brown, Your Ladyship.
00:43:25 Where is your youngest daughter?
00:43:28 She's visiting the poor, ma'am.
00:43:42 Jane? Jane!
00:43:48 At last. Lady Gresham and Mr Wisley
00:43:56 Ma'am. Sir.
00:43:59 Well, perhaps... Perhaps the young people
00:44:04 I see there's a pretty little wilderness
00:44:09 Excuse me.
00:44:15 Jane?
00:44:19 - What is she doing?
00:44:23 Can anything be done about it?
00:44:31 Miss Austen, you may know
00:44:34 that I have known you
00:44:37 for some considerable time
00:44:41 The garden is so affecting in this season.
00:44:46 Indeed.
00:44:48 - The impression you have given me has always...
00:44:53 What I'm trying to say is that I...
00:44:57 I have a respectable property of 2,000 a year
00:44:59 in addition to even greater expectations
00:45:02 - to which it may be indelicate to refer.
00:45:05 It's yours. If we marry, all of it, yours.
00:45:13 Mr Wisley...
00:45:19 Your offer is most sincere, I can see,
00:45:27 But for all you are, and all you offer, I...
00:45:34 Yes.
00:45:45 Sometimes affection is a shy flower
00:45:56 Lying to tradesmen,
00:46:00 Endlessly, endlessly making do!
00:46:04 I understand
00:46:06 - There is no money for you.
00:46:10 What we can put by must go to your brothers.
00:46:15 Well, then, I will have nothing. For I will not
00:46:19 And now I have to dig my own damn potatoes!
00:46:31 Would you rather be a poor old maid?
00:46:37 The legitimate sport of any village lout
00:46:47 Affection is desirable.
00:46:52 Money is absolutely indispensable.
00:47:03 I could live by my...
00:47:08 Your what?
00:47:11 - I could live by my...
00:47:14 Let's knock that notion on the head
00:47:17 What's this?
00:47:19 Trouble amongst my women?
00:47:23 Come,
00:47:25 take hands and there's an end.
00:47:27 - Where are you going? Miss!
00:47:47 He could give you a splendid home.
00:47:51 - A comfortable life.
00:47:55 Consider.
00:47:57 This is likely to be your best offer.
00:48:00 Wisley?
00:48:03 It is true, so far he has not impressed...
00:48:05 - A booby.
00:48:21 Nothing destroys spirit
00:48:26 like poverty.
00:48:38 I saw Queen Marie Antoinette
00:48:43 Am I making a show? I am, I know.
00:48:50 What trouble we take to make them like us
00:48:56 Henry?
00:49:00 - Eliza, my brother is much younger than you.
00:49:07 He knows that I care for him sincerely.
00:49:11 I know that he is handsome...
00:49:12 And the handsome young men must have
00:49:15 You encourage him to take you for money?
00:49:18 - Men do.
00:49:20 Well, I'm a sensible woman.
00:49:23 I thank God I am not, by your description.
00:49:27 If you were, you might have ascertained
00:49:31 and could not be expected to marry without it.
00:49:34 Consider that at the ball tonight.
00:49:38 In any event, he'll be gone tomorrow back
00:00:48 Yes, yes.
00:03:55 Miss Jane Austen.
00:03:58 Pleasure.
00:03:59 We're very honoured
00:04:03 You dance with passion.
00:04:06 No sensible woman would demonstrate passion
00:04:14 - As opposed to a lover?
00:04:21 Rest easy, Mr Lefroy.
00:04:23 - I have no expectation on either account.
00:04:26 Oh, no, no, of course not.
00:04:31 Pardon me.
00:04:43 - Ah, Miss Austen.
00:05:19 This is unbearable.
00:05:24 while my own inclination is to the scarlet of
00:05:29 But I do not have the money to purchase one.
00:05:34 I do.
00:05:37 - Well, that, of course is impossible.
00:05:47 The scarlet will suit you very well.
00:05:52 Miss Austen? There you are.
00:06:05 Miss Austen, I cannot believe I am obliged
00:06:11 Your Ladyship?
00:06:14 Mr Wisley's mother,
00:06:19 I have no children of my own.
00:06:22 I hope you never come to understand
00:06:27 Let us simply say my nephew's wishes
00:06:34 however extraordinary they may be.
00:06:40 Well,
00:06:42 your health seems robust.
00:06:45 You have the usual accomplishments.
00:06:49 Your person is agreeable.
00:06:54 But when a young woman such as yourself
00:06:59 from a gentleman such as my nephew,
00:07:05 But what do we find?
00:07:09 - Independent thought?
00:07:12 My nephew, Miss Austen, condescends far indeed
00:07:17 in offering to the daughter of an obscure
00:07:22 Impecunious? Your Ladyship is mistaken.
00:07:26 I am never mistaken.
00:07:29 Your father is in grave financial difficulties.
00:07:34 But all is not lost.
00:07:37 He has a daughter
00:07:56 Mr Wisley is a good opportunity for Jane.
00:08:01 She should accept him at once.
00:08:05 Do not you think?
00:08:08 - Lucy, let us take some refreshments.
00:08:37 I have learned of Mr Wisley's marriage proposal.
00:08:41 My congratulations.
00:08:43 Is there an alternative for
00:08:50 How can you have him?
00:08:53 Even with his thousands and his houses,
00:08:55 how can you, of all people,
00:09:03 How can I dispose of myself with it?
00:09:08 You are leaving tomorrow.
00:09:46 - Did I do that well?
00:09:50 I wanted, just once, to do it well.
00:10:00 I have no money, no property,
00:10:03 I am entirely dependent
00:10:07 I cannot yet offer marriage.
00:10:13 Jane, I'm yours.
00:10:15 Gah, I'm yours. I'm yours, heart and soul.
00:10:22 Much good that is.
00:10:25 Let me decide that.
00:10:32 What will we do?
00:10:36 What we must.
00:10:45 "My dearest Cassandra,
00:10:49 "Doubts and deliberations are ended.
00:10:52 "Soon I shall escape the attentions
00:10:57 "Eliza, Henry and I will join you at the coast,
00:11:00 "but we are obliged
00:11:03 "Tom has cleverly secured an invitation
00:11:07 "Let us hope
00:11:10 "Please destroy this disgraceful letter
00:11:12 "the moment you have recovered
00:11:14 "Yours affectionately, and in haste, Jane."
00:11:22 Tom! Our guests have arrived.
00:11:33 Decorum.
00:11:34 Countess.
00:11:36 Sir.
00:11:38 - Welcome...
00:11:39 Madame le Comtesse. Seldom, too seldom,
00:11:46 And, of course, its friends. Please.
00:11:49 Your stay is short. There's not a moment to lose.
00:11:53 My nephew has devised a plan
00:11:59 Pleasure is, as you would say, Madame, his forte.
00:12:03 Ah, is it?
00:12:07 Which battle was it, Tom?
00:12:09 Villers-en-Cauchies.
00:12:10 Very good.
00:12:15 Oh. Saving your presence, ma'am.
00:12:19 Be not afraid of abusing
00:12:22 - They guillotined my husband.
00:12:26 - And his property?
00:12:29 A disaster.
00:12:30 Of course, by then,
00:12:35 Yes, portable property
00:12:41 Do I detect you in irony?
00:12:48 It is my considered opinion
00:12:53 Indeed.
00:12:56 No.
00:13:00 No?
00:13:02 No, irony is the bringing together
00:13:07 to make out of the contradiction a new truth
00:13:10 and I confess that a truth
00:13:14 or I account it as false and a denial
00:13:27 My cousin is a writer.
00:13:31 - Of what?
00:13:36 Novels.
00:13:39 A young woman of family?
00:13:44 Yes, uncle, and tomorrow
00:13:49 She keeps herself to herself, almost a recluse,
00:13:52 - Who?
00:13:56 - As writing is her profession.
00:13:59 £500, uncle, for the last novel,
00:14:01 - And £800, I believe, for her next.
00:14:04 Above £1,000?
00:14:09 The times, the times.
00:14:25 You live so quietly.
00:14:28 And yet your novels are filled
00:14:34 Everything my life is not.
00:14:38 Apparently.
00:14:40 Of what do you wish to write?
00:14:45 Of the heart.
00:14:47 Do you know it?
00:14:50 Not all of it.
00:14:52 In time, you will.
00:14:55 But even if that fails,
00:15:03 Your imagination has brought you independence.
00:15:08 At a cost to myself and to my husband.
00:15:13 Poor William.
00:15:15 To have a wife who has a mind
00:15:18 To have a wife with a literary reputation
00:15:27 But it must be possible?
00:15:30 - To live as both wife and author?
00:15:34 I think so.
00:15:37 Though never easy.
00:16:15 Could I really have this?
00:16:18 What, precisely?
00:16:20 You.
00:16:22 Me, how?
00:16:25 - This life with you.
00:16:29 Lefroy.
00:16:31 - Hush. The judge.
00:16:36 He will be generous. I'm sure of it.
00:16:40 - You'll speak with him?
00:16:43 I really must say good night.
00:16:46 - Good night.
00:16:50 - Miss Austen?
00:16:53 Good night.
00:17:00 You know, I think my mother is right.
00:17:48 Five girls of little fortune.
00:18:01 "...sensibly and as warmly as a man
00:18:08 "Mr Wickham was the happy man towards
00:18:19 "...partial, prejudiced, absurd.
00:18:23 "Watch for the first appearance
00:18:28 "The happiness which this reply produced...
00:18:30 "It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed."
00:19:23 - Good morning, sir.
00:19:31 - Has the world turned topsy?
00:19:35 I trust the countess is enjoying her visit?
00:19:39 - I gather she is, sir. I...
00:19:44 Indeed.
00:19:46 - I'd hoped to discuss a certain matter.
00:19:56 Now that you have had the opportunity
00:20:01 I am sure you will find, as I do,
00:20:09 - This is an outrage!
00:20:11 There is no need.
00:20:15 Letter?
00:20:16 Now I know what you were at down in Hampshire.
00:20:20 - It is from Steventon.
00:20:21 that you have practiced upon me with this chit?
00:20:24 I wished you to know the young lady.
00:20:26 I wished to introduce her
00:20:28 Aye! Blind me with the rich widow and then
00:20:34 - Moderation, sir, I beg you!
00:20:38 I wished you to know her for yourself.
00:20:41 I was certain her merit would speak for her.
00:20:44 - Consider, sir, my happiness is in your hands.
00:20:50 Damn it, nephew,
00:20:52 I had rather you were a whore-mongering
00:20:55 than a love-sick whelp sunk in a bad marriage.
00:21:14 My uncle has refused to give his consent.
00:21:18 - The letter has done its work.
00:21:24 Lady Gresham?
00:21:27 Or her nephew.
00:21:37 They think that they can do what they like
00:21:41 We have no choice.
00:21:43 Of course we do.
00:21:48 I...
00:21:56 I depend entirely upon...
00:22:05 Upon your uncle.
00:22:08 Mmm.
00:22:11 And I depend on you.
00:22:19 So what will you do?
00:22:24 What I must.
00:22:26 I have a duty to my family, Jane.
00:22:31 Tom...
00:22:35 Is that... Is that all you have to say to me?
00:22:54 Goodbye, Mr Lefroy.
00:23:49 The sentence of this court is that you be taken
00:23:52 and thence to a place of execution,
00:23:56 and that you be there hanged by the neck
00:24:02 May the Lord have mercy on your soul.
00:24:13 Next.
00:24:27 He has behaved so ill to you, Jane.
00:24:35 Perhaps soon we can return home to Steventon.
00:24:40 Is there any news of Robert?
00:24:48 He has arrived in San Domingo at last.
00:24:50 Good.
00:24:54 Good.
00:25:19 Glass of wine with you, sir?
00:25:22 Yes.
00:25:24 Yes, a toast from one member
00:26:40 I'm sorry to have been so disobliging in the past.
00:26:49 Mr Wisley?
00:26:56 So, the infamous Mrs Radcliffe.
00:27:00 Was she really as gothic as her novels?
00:27:05 Not in externals,
00:27:07 but her inner landscape is quite picturesque,
00:27:10 True of us all.
00:28:08 There's a message
00:28:15 - Message for Reverend Austen.
00:28:43 Uncle?
00:29:00 What is it?
00:30:00 It seemed he died very soon
00:30:04 My God, he was hardly there.
00:30:07 What was the disease?
00:30:10 Yellow fever. Lord Craven, he wrote.
00:30:14 He said that if he had known
00:30:18 he would never have taken him.
00:30:27 Jane, there's something else.
00:30:31 Mr Lefroy, Tom.
00:30:35 What?
00:30:37 I would keep this from you if I could.
00:30:40 He's here visiting Mrs Lefroy and I...
00:30:43 He is engaged.
00:30:55 So soon?
00:31:28 A letter?
00:31:31 No.
00:31:33 It's something I began in London.
00:31:40 It is the tale of a young woman.
00:31:43 Two young women.
00:31:47 Better than their circumstances.
00:31:50 So many are.
00:31:51 And two young gentlemen who receive
00:31:54 much better than their deserts
00:32:00 Mmm.
00:32:05 How does the story begin?
00:32:07 - Badly.
00:32:09 It gets worse.
00:32:12 With, I hope, some humour.
00:32:20 How does it end?
00:32:27 They both make triumphant, happy endings.
00:32:32 Brilliant marriages?
00:32:34 Incandescent marriages
00:32:38 to very rich men.
00:32:52 You asked me a question.
00:32:56 I am ready to give you an answer.
00:33:05 I cannot make you out, Mr Wisley.
00:33:09 At times, you are
00:33:11 the most gentlemanlike man I know
00:33:14 "Yet". What a sad word.
00:33:18 And yet, you write yourself
00:33:24 - I'm speaking, of course, of your letter.
00:33:27 Was your aunt the correspondent on your behalf?
00:33:32 What matter?
00:33:35 One way or another,
00:33:37 I hope, in time,
00:33:40 The emotion is absurd.
00:33:42 When you consider
00:33:45 indistinguishable from folly.
00:33:49 I thank you for the honour of your proposal.
00:34:19 George, George.
00:34:21 Mr Wisley is... He's an honourable man.
00:34:25 You'll always have a place with me.
00:34:32 Miss Austen.
00:34:36 Mr Lefroy.
00:34:46 Sir.
00:34:51 I believe I must congratulate you, Mr Lefroy.
00:34:56 And you've come to visit an old friend
00:35:06 I have come
00:35:09 to offer an explanation, belatedly,
00:35:13 for my conduct. I cannot think how to describe it.
00:35:17 Tell me about your lady, Mr Lefroy.
00:35:21 From where does she come?
00:35:25 She's from County Wexford.
00:35:27 Your own country. Excellent.
00:35:32 What was it that won her?
00:35:43 No, no, not at all.
00:35:46 No, had I really experienced that emotion,
00:35:53 And you are mistaken.
00:35:55 I'm even impartial towards
00:35:59 I cannot do this.
00:36:10 And so you would marry Wisley?
00:36:18 Please?
00:36:22 If there is a shred of truth
00:36:26 - you cannot marry him.
00:36:28 Justice, by your own admission,
00:36:31 Jane, I have tried.
00:36:37 Can you?
00:36:39 Jane, can you?
00:36:45 What value will there be in life
00:36:56 Run away with me.
00:37:00 An elopement?
00:37:03 That is exactly what I propose.
00:37:06 We'll post to London,
00:37:13 - Leave everything?
00:37:16 It is the only way we can be together.
00:37:38 You'll lose everything.
00:37:40 Family, place. For what?
00:37:45 A lifetime of drudgery on a pittance?
00:37:48 A child every year
00:37:52 - How will you write, Jane?
00:37:55 But happiness is within my grasp
00:37:58 There is no sense in this.
00:38:04 If you could have your Robert back, even like this,
00:38:09 would you do it?
00:38:18 - Please conceal my departure as long as possible.
00:38:24 Here.
00:38:27 Take these. Now go, quickly.
00:39:04 Come. If we hurry,
00:39:08 You are sure?
00:39:16 Be careful.
00:39:19 - Is it coming?
00:39:24 Take my hand. All right?
00:39:28 Hurry. I can hear it approaching.
00:39:35 Here it is.
00:39:43 Whoa.
00:39:46 Two to London. We'll settle at first rest.
00:39:48 - Yes?
00:40:20 Hampshire, your home county.
00:40:24 It was.
00:40:34 Stuck. Everybody out,
00:40:40 - We need to lighten the load.
00:40:42 I shall require you gentlemen
00:40:49 Now, sir, if you can push on the coach itself.
00:40:55 - Yes, yes.
00:40:58 - Young gentleman, please come along.
00:41:00 Mind helping us? Thank you.
00:41:03 Right, all together now then, sirs, please?
00:41:10 One, two,
00:41:13 and a three and push!
00:41:15 Come on.
00:41:18 "Dear Tom.
00:41:20 "How timely was the arrival
00:41:25 One, two and three!
00:41:32 "It was so very much appreciated
00:41:36 " You're so kind to share your uncle's allowance.
00:41:39 "Indeed, I do not dare think
00:41:48 Well done. Thank you, sirs.
00:41:51 All right, ladies and gentlemen, back on
00:42:04 We are ready.
00:42:12 - Worried?
00:42:16 - Is it the loss of your reputation?
00:42:21 The loss of yours.
00:42:23 - I do not...
00:42:27 Come.
00:43:03 Changing horses.
00:43:05 House of office at the back of the inn.
00:43:31 How many brothers and sisters
00:43:35 Enough. Why?
00:43:40 What are the names of your brothers and sisters?
00:43:43 They...
00:43:48 On whom do they depend?
00:43:55 Your reputation is destroyed.
00:43:59 Your profligacy is a beautiful sham.
00:44:14 - I can earn money.
00:44:19 I will rise.
00:44:21 With a High Court Judge as your enemy?
00:44:26 God knows how many mouths depending on you?
00:44:30 My sweet, sweet friend,
00:44:35 - I will...
00:44:37 Hampshire Flyer's leaving in five minutes.
00:44:44 No! No, Jane.
00:44:49 I will never give you up.
00:44:50 - Tom...
00:44:55 Just love me. Do you love me?
00:45:01 Yes.
00:45:03 But if our love destroys your family,
00:45:07 - No.
00:45:10 In a long, slow degradation
00:45:14 That is nonsense.
00:45:18 Truth.
00:45:21 Made from contradiction.
00:45:26 But it must come with a smile.
00:45:29 Or else I shall count it as false
00:45:38 Please.
00:45:47 Goodbye.
00:46:05 Typical bloody runaway. "Will I, won't I?"
00:46:27 Miss. Miss.
00:46:34 All right, off you go.
00:47:53 Hello?
00:47:58 - Where is everyone?
00:48:03 - Thank you, Jenny.
00:48:09 Your family tried to keep the matter
00:48:14 Where is that blackguard Lefroy?
00:48:18 He won't find him.
00:48:21 If he does, he won't kill him.
00:48:24 There's no need.
00:48:28 What happened?
00:48:33 Nothing happened.
00:48:37 I see. I see.
00:48:50 Jane,
00:48:54 I may have less personal charm than Lefroy.
00:48:58 Superficial charm to some eyes.
00:49:04 - I have no hopes.
00:49:08 You cannot begin to imagine.
00:49:11 Thank you for the great honour of your offer,
00:49:16 but are there no other women in Hampshire?
00:49:38 It was you who wrote the judge.
00:49:45 You must consider
00:50:35 Well?
00:50:41 You came back to us.
00:51:10 Leave it.
00:51:15 Mr Austen, I must inform you
00:51:19 - Not in the presence of this young woman.
00:51:22 - lf I must speak plainly...
00:51:24 I believe your youngest daughter
00:51:28 - Her Ladyship considers travel a crime?
00:51:32 Furthermore, be aware that my nephew
00:51:36 to someone without family, fortune, importance
00:51:41 and fatally tainted by suspicion.
00:51:44 - Oh, she has family, madam.
00:51:51 Importance may depend upon other matters
00:51:56 As to fortune, a young woman
00:52:02 An interesting notion, Miss Austen.
00:52:11 Oblige me a walk along the river
00:52:17 Wisley?
00:52:26 I am sorry if my conduct
00:52:32 It seems you cannot bring yourself
00:52:36 Or even with it.
00:52:39 I respect you for that
00:52:45 I'd always hoped to win your love in time,
00:52:48 but I am vain enough to want to be loved
00:52:52 Do we part as friends?
00:52:56 We do.
00:53:00 - So, you will live...
00:53:07 Will all your stories have happy endings?
00:53:11 My characters will have,
00:53:13 after a little bit of trouble,
00:53:17 all that they desire.
00:53:21 The good do not always come to good ends.
00:53:26 It is a truth universally acknowledged.
00:53:30 "...that a single man
00:53:33 "must be in want of a wife."
00:53:38 "However little known the feelings
00:53:41 "on his first entering a neighbourhood,
00:53:43 "this truth is so well fixed
00:53:49 "that he is considered as the rightful property
00:53:53 " 'My dear Mr Bennet, '
00:53:57 " 'Have you heard
00:54:00 "Mr Bennet replied that he had not.
00:54:02 "'But it is, ' returned she..."
00:55:52 Is it Miss Austen? The Miss Austen?
00:55:55 No, Madam. That courtesy,
00:55:59 belongs to my elder sister.
00:56:01 Miss Jane Austen,
00:56:04 My sister wishes to remain anonymous,
00:56:08 - Thank you.
00:56:43 Please, come through.
00:56:46 I shall never forgive Henry for this.
00:56:47 Yes, you will.
00:56:55 Jane, an old friend.
00:56:58 Late as ever.
00:57:01 Madame le Comtesse, Miss Austen.
00:57:06 Mr Lefroy.
00:57:15 Please allow me to introduce to you
00:57:17 your most avid of admirers,
00:57:23 Miss Austen, what a pleasure to meet you.
00:57:28 Will you read for us this evening?
00:57:31 Ah, well, you see, my sister never reads.
00:57:33 Otherwise, how else is she
00:57:36 - But...
00:57:45 I will make an exception
00:57:48 if my new friend wishes it.
00:57:52 Come, sit by me.
00:58:05 She is lovely, Tom.
00:58:09 "She began now to comprehend
00:58:12 "that he was exactly the man who,
00:58:16 "would most suit her.
00:58:19 "His understanding and temper,
00:58:22 "would have answered all her wishes.
00:58:27 "It was an union that must have been
00:58:30 "By her ease and liveliness,
00:58:33 "his mind might have been softened,
00:58:37 "and from his judgment,
00:58:43 "she must have received benefit
00:58:47 "But no such happy marriage
00:58:53 "what connubial felicity really was."