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Narrator: IN A TIME WHEN ONE'S TOWN WAS ONE'S WORLD,
AND THE ACTIONS AT A DANCE EXCITED GREATER INTEREST
THAN THE MOVEMENT OF ARMIES,
THERE LIVED A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO KNEW HOW THIS WORLD SHOULD BE RUN.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD
IS A MATCH WELL MADE.
AND A HAPPY MARRIAGE TO YOU BOTH.
THANK YOU, EMMA.
YOUR PAINTING GROWS MORE ACCOMPLISHED EVERY DAY.
YOU ARE VERY KIND, BUT IT WOULD BE ALL THE BETTER
IF I HAD PRACTICED MY DRAWING MORE, AS YOU URGED ME.
IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
I SHOULD NEVER TAKE SIDE AGAINST YOU, MISS WOODHOUSE,
BUT YOUR FRIEND IS RIGHT.
IT IS INDEED A JOB WELL DONE.
THE JOB WELL DONE, MR. ELTON,
WAS YOURS IN PERFORMING THE CEREMONY.
MUST THE CHURCH BE SO DRAFTY, MR. ELTON?
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SURRENDER THE SOUL
WHEN ONE IS WORRIED ABOUT ONE'S THROAT.
PERHAPS SOME TEA AND CAKE WOULD REVIVE YOU, MR. WOODHOUSE.
MISS TAYLOR, SURELY YOU ARE NOT SERVING CAKE AT YOUR WEDDING.
IT'S FAR TOO RICH. YOU'LL PUT US ALL AT PERIL.
AND I AM NOT ALONE IN FEELING SO.
WHERE IS MR. PERRY, THE APOTHECARY?
HE WILL SUPPORT ME.
HE IS OVER THERE, MR. WOODHOUSE,
HAVING SOME CAKE.
WHAT?
I MUST TAKE FATHER HOME, BUT, DEAR MISS TAYLOR...
OH, NO. YOU ARE DEAR MISS TAYLOR NO MORE.
YOU ARE DEAR MRS. WESTON NOW.
AND HOW HAPPY THIS MUST MAKE YOU.
SUCH HAPPINESS THIS BRINGS TO ALL OF US.
MY DEAR EMMA.
Mr. Woodhouse: POOR MISS TAYLOR.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY HERE.
WHY SHOULD SHE GIVE UP BEING YOUR GOVERNESS
ONLY TO BE MARRIED?
I AM GROWN NOW.
SHE CANNOT PUT UP WITH MY ILL HUMORS FOREVER.
SHE MUST WISH FOR CHILDREN OF HER OWN.
YOU HAVE NO ILL HUMORS.
YOUR OWN MOTHER, GOD REST HER,
COULD BE NO MORE REAL THAN MISS TAYLOR.
CAN SHE TRULY WISH TO GIVE LIFE TO A MEWLING INFANT
WHO WILL IMPORT DISEASE EACH TIME IT ENTERS THE HOUSE?
NO. I SAID, "POOR MISS TAYLOR."
AND POOR INDEED SHE IS.
Man: AS AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY,
I HAD TO ASK AS SOON AS I GOT BACK.
WHO CRIED THE MOST AT THE WEDDING?
AND HOW IS MY SISTER?
IS YOUR BROTHER GIVING HER THE RESPECT
WE WOODHOUSE LADIES DESERVE?
POOR ISABELLA. SHE WAS THE FIRST TO LEAVE ME.
NO DOUBT THAT IS WHERE MISS TAYLOR GOT THE NOTION TO GO.
DON'T BE TOO *** MISS TAYLOR.
MUST BE EASIER FOR HER TO HAVE ONLY ONE TO PLEASE THAN TWO.
ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF US IS SUCH A TROUBLESOME CREATURE.
YES, I AM MOST TROUBLESOME.
HA HA! DEAR PAPA, I COULD NEVER MEAN YOU.
MR. KNIGHTLEY LOVES TO FIND FAULT WITH ME, THAT'S ALL.
IT'S HIS IDEA OF A JOKE.
I'M PRACTICALLY A BROTHER TO YOU, EMMA.
IS IT NOT A BROTHER'S JOB TO FIND FAULT WITH HIS SISTER?
BUT WHERE IS THE FAULT WITH YOU?
EMMA BEARS IT WELL,
BUT SHE IS MOST SORRY TO LOSE MISS TAYLOR.
WE WOULD NOT LIKE EMMA SO WELL AS WE DO
IF SHE DID NOT MISS HER FRIEND.
THANK YOU.
I SHALL MISS HER SO.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I SHALL DO WITHOUT HER.
SHE'S NOT FAR.
ALMOST HALF A MILE.
HER OBLIGATIONS ARE THERE NOW.
SHE CANNOT SIT AND TALK WITH ME IN THE OLD WAY
OR WALK WITH ME
OR URGE ME TO BETTER MYSELF.
THAT SHOULD NOT MATTER, AS YOU ALWAYS DID JUST AS YOU PLEASED.
YES, BUT I SHALL MISS HER URGING ME.
HA HA HA!
SHE WAS AS SELFLESS A FRIEND AS I HAVE EVER HAD.
AND I HOPE TO SAY SOMEDAY I HAVE DONE HALF AS MUCH FOR SOMEONE
AS MRS. WESTON DID FOR ME.
YOU MUST BE HAPPY THAT SHE SETTLED SO WELL.
Emma: INDEED.
ONE MATTER OF JOY IN THIS IS THAT I MADE THE MATCH MYSELF.
PEOPLE SAID MR. WESTON WOULD NEVER MARRY AGAIN,
AND WHAT A TRIUMPH.
TRIUMPH? YOU MADE A LUCKY GUESS.
HAVE YOU NEVER KNOWN THE TRIUMPH OF A LUCKY GUESS?
HAD I NOT PROMOTED MR. WESTON'S VISITS
AND GIVEN ENCOURAGEMENT WHERE ENCOURAGEMENT WAS NEEDED,
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD A WEDDING TODAY.
THEN PLEASE, MY DEAR, ENCOURAGE NO ONE ELSE.
MARRIAGE IS SO DISRUPTING TO ONE'S SOCIAL CIRCLE.
ONLY ONE MORE, PAPA.
WHEN MR. ELTON JOINED THEIR HANDS TODAY,
HE LOOKED VERY MUCH AS IF HE WOULD LIKE
THE SAME KIND OFFICE PERFORMED FOR HIM.
HMM.
INVITE HIM FOR DINNER.
THAT IS KINDNESS ENOUGH.
MR. ELTON IS A MAN OF 26.
HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.
ONE DOES NOT LIKE TO GENERALIZE
ABOUT SO MANY PEOPLE ALL AT ONCE, MR. KNIGHTLEY,
BUT YOU MAY BE SURE THAT MEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEIR HEARTS
WHETHER THEY BE 6 AND 20 OR 6 AND 80--
EXCEPTING YOU, OF COURSE, FATHER.
NO, MR. ELTON WILL BE THE NEXT PERSON
TO BENEFIT FROM MY HELP.
POOR MISS TAYLOR, INDEED.
IT IS MR. ELTON WHO DESERVES OUR PITY.
[MR. WOODHOUSE CHUCKLES]
Emma: MR. ELTON!
WELCOME TO OUR PARTY.
MISS WOODHOUSE, THANK YOU, INDEED, FOR INCLUDING ME.
A PARTY IS A PARTY,
BUT A PARTY ON A SUMMER'S EVE...
IT RELIEVES MY MIND VERY MUCH THAT YOU ARE HERE,
FOR THERE IS SOMEONE NEW IN OUR GROUP.
HER NAME IS HARRIET SMITH,
AND SHE IS A FORMER PUPIL OF MRS. GODDARD'S.
I HAD NEVER MET MISS SMITH BEFORE THIS EVENING
AND AM ALREADY STRUCK BY HER CHARM.
I WONDERED IF I MIGHT ASK YOU TO MAKE CERTAIN
SHE IS AT EASE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
IF HELPING MISS SMITH WOULD HELP MISS WOODHOUSE,
THEN I'M HAPPY TO BE OF SERVICE.
COME, I WILL MAKE THE INTRODUCTION.
MISS WOODHOUSE, WE COME QUITE OVERPOWERED.
OH, MRS. BATES, MISS BATES, SO HAPPY YOU COULD COME.
NO, WE ARE THE HAPPY ONES.
HOW DO YOU DO, MR. ELTON?
WE ARE THE HAPPY ONES, NOT ONLY TO BE HERE TONIGHT,
BUT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL HINDQUARTER OF PORK YOU SENT US.
IT HAS BEEN HEAVEN ITSELF.
WHAT A HAPPY PORKER IT MUST HAVE COME FROM.
WE'RE SO OBLIGED FOR YOUR SENDING IT TO US.
PORK! WE'RE SO OBLIGED THAT YOU'RE HAVING US TONIGHT,
VERY MUCH INDEED. I WAS JUST SAYING TO MOTHER
WE SHOULD BE OBLIGED, AND INDEED WE ARE.
OH, DOESN'T YOUR HAIR LOOK PRETTY?
JUST LIKE AN ANGEL.
ANGEL, MOTHER.
SPEAKING OF ANGELS, MR. ELTON,
YOUR SERMON ON DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN WAS SO INSPIRING,
SO POWERFUL IN ALL ITS PARTICULARS,
IT LEFT US SPEECHLESS.
QUITE SPEECHLESS, I TELL YOU.
AND WE HAVE NOT STOPPED TALKING OF IT SINCE.
OH, ISN'T THIS A LOVELY PARTY?
LOVELY, LOVELY, LOVELY.
WHERE WILL YOU LIVE
NOW THAT YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR EDUCATION?
MRS. GODDARD HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME STAY ON WITH HER.
SHE'S A GREAT HELP TO ME. IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME...
MR. KNIGHTLEY.
AH, EMMA, I WONDERED WHERE YOU WERE.
BUT NOW I SEE YOU'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK
MAKING MR. ELTON COMFORTABLE.
YES, MR. KNIGHTLEY, BUT I'VE BEEN REMISS IN DOING THE ONE THING
THAT SHOULD BRING HIM THE GREATEST ENJOYMENT.
MR. ELTON, MAY I PRESENT MISS SMITH?
ANY FRIEND OF MISS WOODHOUSE IS...
MR. WESTON, HAVE YOU HAD ANY NEWS OF YOUR SON?
OH, INDEED.
MISS SMITH,
I WAS MARRIED MANY YEARS AGO
TO A WOMAN WHOSE LIFE WAS LOST TO ILLNESS
JUST 3 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF OUR SON FRANK.
AS I COULD NOT SEE TO MY BUSINESS AND CARE FOR THE INFANT,
I ALLOWED HIM TO BE BROUGHT UP
BY MY WIFE'S BROTHER AND HIS WIFE-- THE CHURCHILLS.
HE LIVES IN LONDON NOW, A YOUNG MAN,
AND HAS NEVER BEEN HERE.
HIS AUNT IS NOT WELL, AND SHE DOES NOT CARE TO BE WITHOUT HIM.
HIS COMING WOULD BE THE FINAL BLESSING FOR OUR MARRIAGE.
HOW LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN TWICE BLESSED IN MARRIAGE.
IT HAS BEEN MY BELIEF THAT ONE LOVES ONLY ONCE.
I'M HAPPY TO BE WRONG.
Mr. Weston: NOT SO HAPPY AS I, MISS SMITH.
I HAD THE MOST PLEASING LETTER FROM HIM
ON THE OCCASION OF OUR MARRIAGE.
I HAVE IT HERE, IF ANYONE WOULD CARE TO SEE IT.
A MOST CHARMING AND KINDLY LETTER.
DON'T YOU THINK SO, MOTHER?
HAVE YOU EVER READ SUCH A LETTER, MR. KNIGHTLEY?
DO YOU KNOW, THIS REMINDS ME OF JANE'S STYLE SOMEWHAT.
IT'S A VERY DELICATE STYLE,
WHICH IS MORE USUAL IN A WOMAN,
BUT A GOOD SIGN IN A MAN, I THINK.
NICELY EXPRESSED.
BUT IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH HE EATS A WORRISOME AMOUNT OF CUSTARD.
IT'S NOT MERELY THE FEELING IN IT.
THE PENMANSHIP IS SO CONFIDENT.
Mrs. Weston: ISN'T MISS SMITH DELIGHTFUL?
I WATCHED HER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITH CONTINUOUS PLEASURE.
SHE IS UNCERTAIN IN THESE SURROUNDINGS,
YET I THOUGHT PERHAPS I COULD BE OF SERVICE TO HER
AND UNDERTAKE HER INTRODUCTION INTO HIGHBURY SOCIETY.
I COULD NEVER PRESUME TO GUIDE HER AS YOU DID ME,
BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE OF WHAT I KNOW.
SHE COULD ASK FOR NOTHING BETTER.
COME, MR. WESTON. I MUST WRITE TO YOUR SON.
GOOD NIGHT, MR. WOODHOUSE.
Mr. Weston: GOOD NIGHT, MR. WOODHOUSE.
GOOD NIGHT, EMMA. THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL DINNER.
GOOD NIGHT, MISS TAYLOR.
GOOD NIGHT, MRS. WESTON, MR. WESTON.
Mr. Weston: GOOD NIGHT!
POOR MISS TAYLOR.
SHE SO OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO STAY.
HOW INTERESTING, MISS SMITH.
AND WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOUR PARENTS?
I DO NOT KNOW.
MRS. GODDARD HAS SAID THAT I CANNOT KNOW THEM,
AND SO I HAVE LEFT IT AT THAT.
BECAUSE OF HER ATTENTIONS OVER THE YEARS,
MRS. GODDARD HAS BEEN MY TRUE GUARDIAN.
HURRY ALONG, DEAR. IT'S MISS BATES COMING.
AS IT IS TUESDAY,
SHE WILL HAVE A LETTER FROM HER NIECE JANE FAIRFAX,
AND SHE WILL WANT TO READ US EVERY WORD ABOUT HER.
I DO NOT KNOW MISS FAIRFAX.
THERE'S NOT MUCH TO BE SAID FOR HER.
WHEN PRESSED, I SAY SHE IS ELEGANT.
Miss Bates: ...SEIZED! HA HA! I TELL YOU.
[CONTINUING INDISTINCTLY]
Harriet: BESIDES YOU AND MRS. GODDARD,
THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW HERE
ARE THE MARTINS OF ABBEY MILL FARM.
MRS. MARTIN HAD TWO PARLORS
AND AN UPPER MAID AND 8 COWS.
MR. MARTIN USED TO CUT FRESH FLOWERS EVERY DAY.
Emma: HOW LUCKY FOR MRS. MARTIN
TO HAVE SUCH AN AGREEABLE HUSBAND.
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE,
MR. MARTIN IS NOT HER HUSBAND.
HE IS HER SON.
AH, I SEE.
AND HE IS...
UNMARRIED?
MMM, THOUGH I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY.
HE SEEMS PERFECT IN EVERY PARTICULAR.
HE BROUGHT ME WALNUTS ONCE
AND WENT 3 MILES TO GET THEM
JUST BECAUSE HE HEARD ME SAY I LIKE THEM.
WASN'T THAT KIND?
[GASPS]
OH!
Emma: TELL ME MORE ABOUT MR. MARTIN.
IS HE A MAN OF INFORMATION?
OH, YES.
HE READS THE AGRICULTURAL REPORTS.
AND I RECOMMENDED HE READ "THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST,"
AND HE SAID HE WOULD.
AND WHAT SORT OF LOOKING MAN IS HE?
I THOUGHT HIM VERY PLAIN AT FIRST,
BUT I DO NOT THINK SO NOW.
HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE'S IN TOWN?
A FAMILY LIKE THE MARTINS ARE PRECISELY THE SORT OF PEOPLE
WITH WHOM I HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
A DEGREE OR TWO LOWER, AND I MIGHT BE USEFUL TO THEIR FAMILIES,
BUT A FARMER NEEDS NONE OF MY HELP
AND IS THEREFORE AS MUCH ABOVE MY NOTICE AS HE IS BELOW IT.
IN FACT--
MISS WOODHOUSE, THERE HE IS NOW.
HOW DO I LOOK?
FINE, DEAR.
GOOD ENOUGH, I'M SURE, FOR MR. MARTIN.
GOOD DAY.
THIS IS A BIT OF A CHANCE, ISN'T IT?
GOOD DAY, MR. MARTIN.
MISS WOODHOUSE, MAY I PRESENT MR. MARTIN?
THIS IS MISS WOODHOUSE.
GOOD DAY. HOW DO YOU DO?
OH...
WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND "THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST?"
OH, BLAST.
I FORGOT.
BUT I GO AGAIN TOMORROW,
AND I WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT
TO GET THAT THOUGHT INTO MY HEAD.
HOW IS YOUR MOTHER?
Emma, thinking: REALLY, HARRIET, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.
Emma: IF YOU PULL THIS WAY, DEAR,
YOU'LL FIND IT MAKES A NEATER STITCH.
OH, OF COURSE.
MAY I ASK WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF MY FRIEND ROBERT MARTIN?
WELL, DEAR,
I IMAGINED HIM A DEGREE NEARER GENTILITY.
TRUE, HE'S NOT SO GENTEEL AS MR. KNIGHTLEY, BUT--
NO, THERE ARE NOT ONE IN A HUNDRED MEN
HAS "GENTLEMAN" SO PLAINLY WRITTEN ACROSS HIM AS MR. KNIGHTLEY.
BUT LET US JUDGE HIM NEXT TO ANOTHER MAN--
OH, SAY...MR. ELTON?
MR. ELTON IS A FINE MAN,
THOUGHTFUL IN WAYS MR. MARTIN CAN NEVER BE.
MISS WOODHOUSE, WHATEVER HIS FAULTS,
MR. MARTIN IS THOUGHTFUL.
I SEE.
DID HE TAKE YOUR ADVICE
AND GET THE BOOK YOU ASKED HIM TO READ?
UM...
WELL...
NO.
YES.
YES.
I WONDER THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER IT.
OH, WELL.
MR. ELTON SAID SOMETHING VERY KIND ABOUT YOU THE OTHER DAY.
CAN YOU NOT TELL ME WHAT IT WAS?
OH, IT IS NOT MY PLACE TO INTRUDE IN PERSONAL MATTERS.
BUT AS YOUR FRIEND,
I COULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION IF YOU WISH.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Mr. Elton: MISS SMITH WAS ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE,
BUT THE ATTRACTIONS YOU HAVE ADDED ARE FAR SUPERIOR.
OH, I HAVE DONE VERY LITTLE.
IF IT WERE ADMISSIBLE TO CONTRADICT A LADY--
I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR HER BEAUTY NOR HER SWEETNESS.
AN IDEA HAS JUST DROPPED INTO MY MIND,
SURELY FROM HEAVEN ITSELF.
WHAT IF YOU WERE TO EXERCISE YOUR ARTISTIC TALENTS
AND DRAW A PORTRAIT OF MISS SMITH?
I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH YOU DRAW HER.
MR. ELTON, MY SKILLS ARE SLENDER INDEED,
AND WE MUST NOT FORGET HOW SHY MISS SMITH IS.
HMM.
DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HELP IF I ASKED HER TO POSE?
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE, MAY I LOOK, PLEASE?
I CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER SECOND.
INCREDIBLE.
YOU HAVE EXPRESSED HER COMPLETELY.
MR. ELTON, REALLY, YOU EXAGGERATE.
INDEED, I DO NOT, NOR CANNOT.
THE REASON I HAVE NOT DONE A PORTRAIT IN SO LONG
IS BECAUSE THE SPOUSE OF THE SUBJECT ALWAYS COMPLAINS.
AS THERE ARE NO HUSBANDS OR WIVES HERE,
I TRUST I MAY PROCEED SAFELY.
NO HUSBANDS OR WIVES AT PRESENT,
MISS WOODHOUSE.
YOU'VE MADE HER TOO TALL.
IT MAY NOT BE MISS SMITH'S HEIGHT
IN TERMS OF MEASUREMENT,
BUT IT IS SURELY THE HEIGHT OF HER CHARACTER.
MY DEAR, I WOULD PAINT A SHAWL ON HER,
AS ONE CAN'T HELP FEELING THAT SHE WILL CATCH COLD.
OTHERWISE, IT IS QUITE SPLENDID.
IT ONLY WANTS A SUITABLE FRAME.
WE WILL HAVE TO GET IT TO LONDON.
MIGHT I BE ENTRUSTED WITH SUCH A COMMISSION?
I WOULD BE GRATIFIED MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS.
HE WANTS TO MARRY ME!
WOULD YOU MIND READING--
CERTAINLY NOT!
I CANNOT BELIEVE MR. ELTON PROPOSED.
NOT MR. ELTON.
NO, MR. MARTIN, MY FRIEND.
IS IT A GOOD LETTER OR TOO...SHORT?
IT IS A GOOD LETTER.
ONE OF HIS SISTERS MUST HAVE HELPED HIM.
YET IT IS NOT IN THE STYLE OF A WOMAN.
WELL, IT IS A GOOD LETTER,
AND YOU MUST ANSWER IT IMMEDIATELY.
HE MUST HAVE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AND MOVE ON.
YOU THINK I SHOULD REFUSE HIM?
YOU DID NOT PLAN TO RETURN AN ANSWER FAVORABLE TO THIS CLAIM?
NO, I DID NOT.
THAT IS, I DID NOT MEAN...
UM...WELL, I WAS NOT SURE.
THAT IS WHY I CAME TO YOU.
IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO INTRUDE.
BUT I DEPEND SO ON WHAT YOU THINK.
I WOULD NOT ADVISE YOU FOR THE WORLD.
IF YOU PREFER MR. MARTIN
TO EVERY OTHER PERSON YOU KNOW OR MAY EVER KNOW,
IF YOU THINK HIM THE MOST AGREEABLE MAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN
OR EVER WILL BE IN COMPANY WITH,
THEN WHY SHOULD YOU HESITATE?
IF YOU'LL NOT INFLUENCE ME,
I MUST DO AS WELL AS I CAN BY MYSELF, SO...
I AM DETERMINED TO,
AND I HAVE REALLY ALMOST MADE UP MY MIND TO...
REFUSE MR. MARTIN.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S RIGHT OR WRONG? IS IT WRONG?
NOW THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED,
I WILL SHARE THE FEELINGS
I KEPT YOU IN SUSPENSE OF.
I THINK YOU ARE PERFECTLY RIGHT.
YES, BUT...
OH, DEAR.
IT WILL MAKE HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS MOST UNHAPPY.
LET US THINK OF OTHER MOTHERS AND SISTERS
WHO MAY BE MORE CHEERFULLY EMPLOYED AT THIS MOMENT.
I BELIEVE MR. ELTON IS SHOWING YOUR PICTURE
TO HIS MOTHER AND SISTERS,
TELLING THEM HOW THE SUBJECT
IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE PORTRAIT.
WELL, IF HE SHOWS IT,
I'M SURE IT IS ONLY TO PRAISE YOUR ARTISTRY.
IF YOU ARE SURE, THEN YOU ARE SURELY WRONG.
BY SHOWING IT TO THEM,
HE IS REVEALING HIS DEEPER INTENTIONS,
WHICH MAY PRODUCE A LETTER OF HIS OWN.
OHH!
Mr. Knightley: VERY WELL, I ADMIT IT.
YOU HAVE IMPROVED HARRIET SMITH.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY MAN TO HAVE NOTICED.
I'M NOT.
I BELIEVE YOUR FRIEND WILL SOON HEAR SOMETHING SERIOUS,
SOMETHING TO HER ADVANTAGE.
WHO MAKES YOU HIS CONFIDANT?
I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HARRIET SMITH
WILL SOON RECEIVE AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE
FROM A MAN DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH HER--
ROBERT MARTIN.
HE CAME HERE TWO EVENINGS AGO TO CONSULT ABOUT IT.
HE'S A TENANT, YOU KNOW, AND A GOOD FRIEND.
HE ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT OF HIM TO SETTLE SO EARLY,
WHETHER SHE WAS TOO YOUNG,
OR WHETHER HE WAS BENEATH HER.
BETTER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARTIN
I COULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN MYSELF.
I NEVER HEAR BETTER SENSE FROM ANYONE
THAN FROM ROBERT MARTIN.
HE PROVED HE COULD AFFORD TO MARRY,
AND I SAID HE COULD NOT DO BETTER.
NO, INDEED, HE COULD NOT.
COME. I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING IN RETURN.
HE WROTE TO HARRIET YESTERDAY.
OH, YES?
YES.
HE WAS REFUSED.
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
HE ASKED, AND SHE REFUSED.
THEN SHE IS A GREATER SIMPLETON THAN I BELIEVED.
THE MOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE THING IN THE WORLD TO A MAN
IS A WOMAN WHO REJECTS HIS OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
I DO NOT COMPREHEND IT BECAUSE IT IS MADNESS.
I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG.
I COULD NOT BE. I SAW HER ANSWER.
YOU SAW HER ANSWER?
EMMA...
YOU WROTE HER ANSWER, DIDN'T YOU?
IF I DID, I WOULD HAVE DONE NO WRONG.
HE IS NOT HARRIET'S EQUAL.
I AGREE HE IS NOT HER EQUAL.
GOOD.
HE IS HER SUPERIOR IN SENSE AND SITUATION.
WHAT ARE HARRIET SMITH'S CLAIMS OF BIRTH OR EDUCATION
THAT MAKE HER HIGHER THAN ROBERT MARTIN?
SHE IS THE NATURAL DAUGHTER OF NOBODY-KNOWS-WHOM.
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE MATCH WAS ENTIRELY ON HER SIDE.
WHAT? A FARMER?
EVEN WITH ALL HIS MERIT, A MATCH FOR MY DEAR FRIEND?
IT WOULD BE A DEGRADATION FOR HER TO MARRY A PERSON
WHOM I COULD NOT ADMIT AS MY OWN ACQUAINTANCE.
A DEGRADATION
FOR ILLEGITIMACY AND IGNORANCE
TO MARRY TO A RESPECTED, INTELLIGENT FARMER?
SHE IS A GENTLEMAN'S DAUGHTER.
WHOEVER HER PARENTS, THEY MADE NO PLANS
TO INTRODUCE HER INTO GOOD SOCIETY.
SHE WAS LEFT WITH MRS. GODDARD
FOR AN INDIFFERENT EDUCATION.
HER FRIENDS EVIDENTLY THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER,
AND IT WAS, AND SHE THOUGHT SO, TOO,
UNTIL YOU BEGAN TO PUFF HER UP.
VANITY WORKING ON A WEAK MIND
PRODUCES EVERY KIND OF MISCHIEF.
YOU DISMISS HER BEAUTY AND GOOD NATURE,
YET I WOULD BE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN IF YOUR SEX IN GENERAL
DOES NOT THINK THOSE CLAIMS THE HIGHEST A WOMAN COULD POSSESS.
MEN OF SENSE, WHATEVER YOU MAY SAY,
DO NOT WANT SILLY WIVES.
MY WORD, EMMA.
BETTER BE WITHOUT SENSE THAN MISAPPLY IT AS YOU DO.
[WHIMPERS]
TRY NOT TO KILL MY DOGS.
WE SEE SO DIFFERENTLY ON THIS POINT
THAT THERE CAN BE NO USE CANVASSING IT.
WE SHALL ONLY MAKE EACH OTHER ANGRY.
AH, I SEE THE TEA IS READY.
LET'S STOP AND HAVE SOME.
CLEARLY, EMMA, YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE IN MIND FOR YOUR FRIEND.
BUT IF THE GENTLEMAN YOU DREAM OF IS MR. ELTON,
YOUR LABOR IS IN VAIN.
AS VICAR, ELTON IS UNLIKELY TO MAKE AN IMPRUDENT MATCH,
ESPECIALLY TO A GIRL OF OBSCURITY
WHO MAY BRING HIM DISGRACE.
IN UNRESERVED MOMENTS WHEN ONLY MEN ARE PRESENT,
I HAVE HEARD HIM SPEAK OF A LARGE FAMILY OF YOUNG LADIES FROM BATH
WHO ALL HAVE £20,000 APIECE.
BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU
THAT HE MAY TALK SENTIMENTALLY,
BUT HE WILL ACT RATIONALLY.
IF I HAD MY HEART SET ON MR. ELTON,
THEN YOUR OPENING MY EYES WOULD HAVE BEEN A KIND SERVICE,
BUT I CARE ONLY TO WATCH HER GROW.
NO MORE, PLEASE. NO MORE.
[APPLAUSE]
BRAVO.
THANK YOU, CHARLES.
MR. ELTON.
HARRIET IS COLLECTING RIDDLES FOR A LITTLE BOOK,
AND WE KNEW YOU WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING CUNNING.
NO, NO, NO. I'M NOT NEARLY CLEVER ENOUGH.
EMMA, YOU DIDN'T ASK ME TO CONTRIBUTE A RIDDLE.
YOUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY IS A RIDDLE, MR. KNIGHTLEY.
I THOUGHT YOU OVERQUALIFIED.
WHOA. STAND.
MORNING, MISS WOODHOUSE.
MORNING, PETER.
THIS JUST CAME FROM MR. ELTON.
HE CLAIMS IT IS A RIDDLE FOR YOUR COLLECTION,
BUT I THINK IT IS MUCH BETTER.
IS IT ABOUT SHARKS?
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, WHY WOULD HE WRITE A RIDDLE ABOUT SHARKS?
PLEASE, I'M IN A TREMOR. TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS.
WE SHALL READ IT ALOUD SO THAT WE MAY DECIPHER IT.
"FOR MISS--"
I THINK WE CAN SAFELY PUT IN SMITH.
LINE ONE:
"MY FIRST DISPLAYS THE WEALTH AND POMP OF KINGS,
LORDS OF THE EARTH, THEIR LUXURY AND EASE."
A KING DISPLAYS HIS POMP IN COURT.
NEXT LINE: "ANOTHER VIEW OF MAN MY SECOND BRINGS.
"BEHOLD HIM THERE, THE MONARCH OF THE SEAS.
THAT IS...
A MERMAID. A TRIDENT?
OH, DO YOU THINK WE SHALL EVER KNOW?
SHIP, DEAR.
THE THING WHICH BRINGS THE KING OF THE SEAS IS A SHIP.
NOW FOR THE CREAM.
"BUT ARE UNITED--"
THE TWO TERMS SHOULD BE UNITED.
OH, UM, SHIP AND COURT.
COURT... COURTSHIP.
HE WRITES TO ME ABOUT COURTSHIP!
I THINK WE CAN HAVE NO DOUBT AS TO MR. ELTON'S INTENTIONS.
YOU ARE HIS DESIRE.
THE ONLY THING REMAINING IS FOR HIM TO FIND
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER PROOF.
WE MUST FIND A WAY FOR THE TWO OF YOU TO BE ALONE.
LET'S READ IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I ONLY WISH MR. KNIGHTLEY WOULD WALK BY
SO THAT HE COULD READ IT.
[GIGGLES]
GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD DAY, MISS WOODHOUSE.
MRS. CLARK.
HOW ARE YOU?
MUSTN'T GRUMBLE.
[BABY CRYING]
Girl: WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT US?
[MRS. CLARK COUGHS]
[HARRIET SIGHS]
I AM SORRY I WAS NOT MORE HELP.
I AM ALWAYS AFRAID I WILL SOMEHOW MAKE A SICK PERSON WORSE.
Emma: NOT AT ALL.
AH. LOOK, HARRIET.
MR. ELTON'S HOUSE.
OH, PITY I CANNOT CONTRIVE A REASON FOR US TO GO IN.
I DO SO WONDER, MISS WOODHOUSE, THAT YOU'RE NOT MARRIED.
I HAVE NO INDUCEMENTS TO MARRY.
I LACK NEITHER FORTUNE NOR POSITION.
AND NEVER COULD I BE SO IMPORTANT IN A MAN'S EYES
AS I AM IN MY FATHER'S.
BUT TO BE AN OLD MAID LIKE MISS BATES.
SHE IS A POOR OLD MAID,
AND IT IS ONLY POVERTY WHICH MAKES CELIBACY CONTEMPTIBLE.
A SINGLE WOMAN OF GOOD FORTUNE IS ALWAYS RESPECTABLE.
[GASP]
MR. ELTON!
MR. ELTON.
MISS WOODHOUSE! MISS SMITH!
HOW FORTUNATE. HA HA HA!
I WAS JUST ON MY WAY TO VISIT THE CLARKS.
AH! WE WERE JUST THERE.
OH.
HARRIET WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME JOIN HER.
UH, MISS WOODHOUSE--
UM, MAY I ESCORT YOU HOME?
INDEED.
HARRIET,
TELL MR. ELTON WHAT YOU DID AT THE CLARKS.
OH.
OH!
UM...
WELL...
SHE SEEMED TO HAVE THE CHILLS,
SO MISS WOODHOUSE--
WATCHED. HA.
AS HARRIET TUCKED THAT POOR LADY IN,
WARMING HER WITH A BLANKET AND HER KIND NATURE.
TELL HIM ABOUT THE SOUP, DEAR.
THE SOUP?
[CAT MEOWS]
OH! SORRY!
WELL, I COULDN'T REALLY SAY.
DON'T BE SO MODEST.
UM, WELL, I HEATED SOME, UH...
SOUP?
YES, SOUP.
OH, DEAR! OH!
MY LACE.
OH, PLEASE HAVE THE GOODNESS TO GO ON,
AND I WILL REJOIN YOU AS SOON AS I CAN.
Harriet: WELL, AFTER HAVING FED HER THE SOUP,
I LIFTED HER UP AND CARRIED HER TO THE, UH...
THE CHAIR?
FIRE.
THE FIRE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WHERE ARE YOU OFF TO?
TO TELL MUM TO GET SOME BROTH.
WOULD YOU LET ME WALK WITH YOU?
DEAR, MUST WE WALK SO QUICKLY?
MUM SAID I SHOULD HURRY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME?
Harriet: DO YOU MEAN IT?
I DO. I SWEAR I DO.
IT'S TOO WONDERFUL.
I LOVE...
Emma, thinking: CAN THIS BE? A DECLARATION?
I SIMPLY LOVE CELERY ROOT. HA HA.
AND WHAT SHOULD THEY BE SERVING BUT...
CELERY ROOT!
CELERY ROOT!
[LAUGHTER]
HA...
[COOING]
Mr. Woodhouse: EMMA, BE CAREFUL. THE BABY!
IT MIGHT HAVE AN INFECTION.
JOHN, THIS MAY BE THE FINEST KNIGHTLY YET.
THANK YOU.
YOU AND ISABELLA SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT HER SOONER.
AND SHE LOOKS SO FETCHING IN THE ARMS OF HER AUNT.
YES. DON'T THEY MAKE A SPLENDID PAIR?
Mr. Woodhouse: THE JOURNEY FROM LONDON--HOW WAS IT?
IF YOU ACCEPTED ADULTS WITH AS LITTLE WHIM AS YOU DO THESE CHILDREN,
WE MIGHT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED.
HOW FASCINATING THAT ANY DISCORDANCY BETWEEN US
MUST ALWAYS ARISE FROM MY BEING WRONG.
NOT FASCINATING, BUT TRUE.
PERHAPS IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE GAP IN OUR AGES.
I WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN YOU WERE BORN.
UNDOUBTEDLY, YOU WERE MY SUPERIOR THEN,
BUT HASN'T THE LAPSE OF 21 YEARS CLOSED THE GAP?
NARROWED IT.
HA HA HA.
COME, DEAR. LET US BE FRIENDS AND QUARREL NO MORE.
VERY WELL.
AND MIGHT I SAY THAT WE WERE BOTH RIGHT
AS FAR AS GOOD INTENTIONS WENT.
I ONLY HOPE MR. MARTIN IS NOT TOO DISAPPOINTED.
HMM. NO MAN COULD BE MORE SO.
I AM VERY SORRY.
COME. SHAKE HANDS WITH ME.
Man: DINNER IS SERVED.
GOOD. JOHN?
SISTER, DEAR, WHEN SHALL WE MEET
YOUR NEW FRIEND MISS SMITH?
SHE WILL BE WITH US ON FRIDAY
AT THE WESTONS' CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WILL BE A VERY REWARDING HOLIDAY FOR HER.
[ISABELLA GASPS]
Elton: I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENING.
A PARTY IS A PARTY. BUT A CHRISTMAS PARTY!
HA HA HA.
WHERE IS MISS SMITH?
I HAVE SOME SAD NEWS.
MISS SMITH IS ILL AND CANNOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
A SAD LOSS TO OUR PARTY.
SHE WILL BE MISSED AT EVERY MOMENT.
HOWEVER, I FEEL, AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONCUR,
THAT SMALL PARTIES ARE THE BEST.
I WOULD RATHER FALL SHORT BY TWO THAN EXCEED BY TWO.
HA HA.
AND HOW FORTUNATE THAT THE SNOW COMES NOW INSTEAD OF YESTERDAY,
WHEN IT MIGHT HAVE MADE OUR PARTY IMPOSSIBLE.
NOW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A REAL CAUSE FOR SADNESS, WOULD IT NOT? HA HA.
Miss Weston: LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIRE.
Mr. Woodhouse: THANK YOU.
YES, WOULD YOU LIKE...
NOT AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU.
OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS.
WEATHER OF THIS SEVERITY IS NO FRIEND OF MINE, I FEAR.
I KNOW THAT TOO WELL, MR. WOODHOUSE.
MY SON FRANK HAS WRITTEN AND TOLD US
SOMETHING MOST EXCITING.
MISS WOODHOUSE, ARE YOU WARM ENOUGH?
YES. THANK YOU.
THE LETTER ARRIVED TODAY,
AND ON THE OPENING, WE HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL SURPRISE.
FRANK SAID...
SOME OF THE OTHER LADIES WERE SAYING THEY WERE NOT WARM ENOUGH.
I AM QUITE COMFORTABLE. YES.
AND THEN I SAW HOW CLOSE YOU WERE TO THE FIRE
AND THOUGHT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT BE TOO WARM.
MR. ELTON, I AM IN THE PERFECT STATE OF WARMNESS.
AT FIRST I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT,
SO I ASKED MRS. WESTON TO READ THE LETTER HERSELF
TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT DREAMING.
BUT INDEED, FRANK SAID...
MISS WOODHOUSE, IS THERE ANY EFFORT I MIGHT MAKE
ON BEHALF OF YOUR FATHER'S COMFORT?
YOU ARE VERY KIND, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
THAT HE'S QUITE COMFORTABLE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THINKING I AM THOUGHTFUL.
I...
WONDERED IF PERHAPS YOU MIGHT BE SO KIND AS TO BRING ME SOME PUNCH?
I ONLY HOPE I CAN COMPLETE THE TASK QUICKLY ENOUGH.
PLEASE.
I COULD NOT ENJOY IT IF I KNEW THAT YOU HAD HURRIED.
Woman: THRILLING. SIMPLY THRILLING NEWS!
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE LETTER.
[SIGH]
CRANBERRY, MOTHER.
IT'LL SOON BE SPRING.
EMMA!
I WASN'T SURE I HAD YOUR ATTENTION EARLIER,
WITH ELTON SO DESIROUS OF YOUR COMPANY,
BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT FRANK IS COMING AT LAST.
I SO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING HIM!
THAT IS, IF YOU CAN BEAR TO SHARE HIM.
THAT IS, IF HIS AUNT WILL SHARE HIM WITH US.
THAT'S WHAT THIS DEPENDS ON.
SHE HAS SAID YES BUT HAS NOT GIVEN A DATE.
Mr. Woodhouse: VERY GOOD.
THIS WEATHER IS BY NO MEANS CLEMENT FOR THE TRAVELER ABROAD.
NO. NO, NO, NO.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I HOPE I'M NOT INTRUDING.
NO, NO.
BUT I CANNOT STOP THINKING OF MISS SMITH'S CONDITION.
SHE WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW OF YOUR CONCERN.
HOW COULD I NOT BE CONCERNED?
THE WHOLE SITUATION IS MOST ALARMING!
THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN A SORE THROAT.
MMM.
ITS EFFECTS ARE EXCEEDINGLY BLEAK.
AND THAT IS WHY I MUST,
IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR FRIEND,
ASK YOU TO STOP VISITING HER.
WHAT?
YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK,
AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT, CAN WE, KNIGHTLEY?
I MEAN, IS THIS FAIR?
[COUGHING]
Isabella: FATHER!
HAVE I NOT SOME RIGHT TO COMPLAIN?
EMMA, THE WEATHER'S DISTRESSING YOUR FATHER
AND HE WANTS TO LEAVE.
ISABELLA AND I WILL TAKE HIM HOME NOW IN OUR CARRIAGE.
WILL YOU...
NOT TO WORRY, SIR.
I WILL ENSURE THAT YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW'S SAFE.
Woman: MR. WESTON.
COME, MR. WOODHOUSE.
LET'S WRAP YOU UP WARMLY.
CERTAINLY THE WEATHER--
MISS WOODHOUSE, PLEASE!
FATE HAS LEFT US ALONE FOR A REASON!
WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU-- RELEASE MY HAND!
I DO NOT SEIZE YOUR HAND SO MUCH AS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE--
GOOD HEAVENS. GO BACK!
PLEASE!
I AM HOPING...
NO, FEARING...
READY TO DIE IF YOU REFUSE ME.
SURELY MY ARDENT ATTACHMENT TO YOU, MY LOVE AND PASSION,
CANNOT HELP BUT HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSION.
MR. ELTON!
THIS IS I, MISS WOODHOUSE!
THE PARTY SPIRIT HAS CONFUSED YOU!
I'LL BE HAPPY TO DELIVER YOUR MESSAGE TO MISS SMITH,
BUT YOU MUST DIRECT NO MORE OF IT TO ME.
MISS SMITH?
WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE WOULD I WANT TO SEND TO HER?
HA HA HA! MISS SMITH?!
MR. ELTON, THE WINE HAS WEAKENED YOU, FOR YOU TO--
IF THE WINE HAS HAD ANY EFFECT,
IT'S BEEN TO STRENGTHEN MY WILL TO TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU!
MY ASTONISHMENT IS BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN EXPRESS.
FOR YOU TO ADDRESS ME IN THIS MANNER
AFTER YOUR BEHAVIOR TO MISS SMITH IS--
I NEVER CARED WHETHER MISS SMITH WERE DEAD OR ALIVE...
EXCEPT THAT SHE WAS YOUR FRIEND.
WHO CAN THINK OF MISS SMITH WHEN MISS WOODHOUSE IS NEAR?
OH, NO!
EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID OR DONE
HAS BEEN TO PROVE MY ADORATION FOR YOU.
WHY ELSE WOULD I GO TO LONDON TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE FRAMED?
OH...
[WHISPERING] Allow me to--
Allow me to interpret the silence.
You have long understood me.
SIT BACK
AND KINDLY REFRAIN FROM THE INTIMACY OF WHISPERING.
AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEVER SOUGHT
TO RECOMMEND YOURSELF TO MISS SMITH?
HOW CAN YOU BE SURPRISED?
DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE RIDDLE I WROTE?
THAT WAS FOR HARRIET!
I MOST OBVIOUSLY DID NOT ADDRESS IT TO HER AND LEFT IT AT YOUR HOME!
BUT--OH...BUT--
SHE'S A VERY GOOD SORT OF GIRL,
AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MEN WHO WOULD NOT OBJECT TO...
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR LEVEL.
BUT I NEED NOT SO TOTALLY DESPAIR OF AN EQUAL ALLIANCE
AS TO ADDRESS MYSELF TO MISS SMITH...
SIR!
NO!
I SOUGHT TO RECOMMEND MYSELF TO YOU WITH THOSE VISITS.
SIR...I HAVE SEEN YOU ONLY AS THE ADMIRER OF MY FRIEND.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT!
IT IS WELL THAT THE MISTAKE END--
IT IS HER MISTAKE.
IT IS MINE AS WELL.
SHE WILL MANAGE HER DISAPPOINTMENT. LEAVE HER OUT OF IT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHAT I'VE SAID?
MR. ELTON, ANY HOPES I HAD WITH REGARD TO YOU
WERE FOR HARRIET AND HARRIET ALONE.
MY DEAR CHILD!
WHAT IS IT?
OH, MISS TAYLOR!
MRS. WESTON.
THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERTHROW
OF EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN WISHING FOR
FOR HARRIET AND MR. ELTON,
A DEVELOPMENT MOST UNWELCOME, MOST PAINFUL.
OH, DEAR.
YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT, BUT MR. ELTON--
NOW PREPARE YOURSELF, BUT--
MR. ELTON IS IN LOVE WITH YOU?
YOU KNEW?
I HAD MY SUSPICIONS,
BUT THE PARTY CONFIRMED IT.
[SIGH]
THE WORST OF IT IS THAT I PERSUADED HER TO CARE FOR HIM!
HAD I NOT DONE THAT, I COULD BEAR ANYTHING,
BUT IT WAS I AND I ALONE!
EVEN MR. KNIGHTLEY WARNED ME.
MR. KNIGHTLEY?
HE WAS VERY CROSS BECAUSE I HAD URGED HARRIET
TO REJECT A PROPOSAL FROM ROBERT MARTIN.
THAT NICE FARMER?
AT LEAST THERE I WAS RIGHT!
WELL DONE, EMMA!
BUT OTHERWISE I HAVE MADE A DREADFUL MISTAKE.
I SOUGHT TO BRING TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER,
AND I SHALL NEVER DO IT AGAIN!
NEVER!
THAT POOR GIRL...
SHE'LL RECOVER. SHE'S YOUNG.
I WISH I COULD EASE THE PAIN OF THIS FALL,
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHO MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR HER.
WILLIAM ***?
EMMA!
TOO PERT?
MY DEAR, YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER TRY
TO MATCH ANYONE AGAIN.
YES.
INDEED.
I JUST WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY
I COULD SOFTEN THE NEWS WHEN I TELL HER.
I'M AFRAID THE BEST WAY IS ALWAYS
THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YES.
I SUPPOSE I WILL JUST SAY, "HARRIET..."
I HAVE SOME NEWS ABOUT MR. ELTON.
HE...HE HAS HAD TO LEAVE TOWN.
WHY?
IN HIS LETTER TO FATHER,
HE WROTE THAT HE WAS GOING TO BATH
TO RELAX AND TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.
AND THIS BRINGS ME TO SOMETHING MOST UNPLEASANT.
MISS WOODHOUSE, NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY WOULD BE UNPLEASANT.
THIS IS, FOR...
I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE MYSELF GROSSLY MISTAKEN
ON THE ONE SUBJECT WHICH HAS OCCUPIED US FOR SOME TIME PAST.
MR. ELTON?
WHILE EXPRESSING HIS FERVENT ADMIRATION FOR YOU AS A PERSON,
IT IS UNHAPPILY I WHO HAVE CAPTURED HIS FANCY.
NATURALLY I DO NOT RETURN THE FEELINGS,
BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS OF AN EMBARRASSMENT,
AND I PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
DIRECTLY ON MY OWN SHOULDERS.
OH, NO!
I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT I DID NOT DESERVE MR. ELTON'S AFFECTIONS.
SO I CANNOT BLAME HIM FOR BELIEVING THE SAME.
I COULD NEVER BLAME YOU,
FOR ONLY SO KIND A FRIEND
COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED IT POSSIBLE.
HARRIET, I HAD ALWAYS HOPED THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO TEACH YOU.
NOW I SEE THAT I SHALL BE LUCKY TO RESEMBLE YOU IN ANY SMALL WAY.
THEY HAVE JUST BEEN WEANED!
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THEM.
THEY CANNOT HELP BUT LIFT THE SPIRITS.
DO YOU SUPPOSE MR. ELTON IS MEETING YOUNG LADIES
WHILE HE IS AWAY?
I DO NOT KNOW. FEEL HER PAWS.
I WOULD NOT BLAME HIM.
I WONDER WHEN HE WILL RETURN.
DEAR, YOU MUST TRY TO EMPTY YOUR MIND OF MR. ELTON.
REALLY.
OH, YES. I'M SORRY.
IT WAS KIND OF YOU TO INVITE ME!
LOOK AT HER EYES!
MR. ELTON HAD BROWN EYES TOO!
OH!
HARRIET, THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE I CAN THINK OF
WHERE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK OF MR. ELTON.
INDEED YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT ALL!
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE, WHAT A SPECIAL, SPECIAL TREAT!
IT'S SO LOVELY OF YOU TO COME AND VISIT US.
ISN'T IT, MOTHER? TREAT!
THE BEST OF IT IS--
THE BEST OF I-I-IT IS
THAT WE WERE JUST SPEAKING OF A TOPIC
THAT WOULD INTEREST YOU BOTH.
Emma, thinking: PLEASE DO NOT LET IT BE A LETTER
FROM THAT NINNY JANE FAIRFAX!
YES, HERE IT IS.
IT'S A LETTER FROM MRS. COLE...
AH!
WHO HAS NEWS OF MR. ELTON!
HA HA HA!
UM, NOW...
YES, HERE WE ARE.
"HE HAS BEEN THE TOAST OF EVERY YOUNG LADY'S EYE!"
WELL, OF COURSE, THAT CAN BE NO SURPRISE TO ANY OF US!
OH, DEAR.
MISS SMITH, YOU LOOK PALE.
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.
LET ME GET YOU SOME CAKE.
OH, ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE VISITORS, MOTHER?
HA HA! THE MOST AMUSING THING JUST HAPPENED.
MOTHER WAS ASKING ABOUT JANE FAIRFAX,
ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY NEWS FROM HER,
EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE KNEW IT WAS NOT JANE'S DAY FOR WRITING.
REMEMBER, MOTHER? NOT JANE'S DAY.
OH, NAPKINS, SORRY.
YOU SEE, WE ALWAYS HAVE A LETTER FROM JANE ON TUESDAYS,
AND TODAY, AS YOU MUST KNOW, IS THURSDAY.
[GIGGLES]
SO I SAID, "MOTHER, WE HAVE HAD
A LETTER FROM JANE THIS VERY MORNING,"
AND MAMA SAID, "BUT IT'S THURSDAY."
HA HA HA HA!
WELL, YOU SEE JANE-- JANE WRITES ON--ON TUESDAYS,
AND THIS IS THURSDAY.
AND, UM, I SAID, "UPON MY HONOR."
[LAUGHING]
HERE YOU ARE, MISS-- OOH, A NAPKIN. SORRY. THERE YOU ARE.
AHEM. AND--AND MIGHT YOU SUMMARIZE THE LETTER
IN YOUR OWN DELIGHTFUL WORDS?
OH, AND CHEAT YOU OUT OF THE PLEASURE OF HEARING IT,
MISS WOODHOUSE, AS ONLY JANE CAN PUT THINGS?
UPON MY HONOR, I WOULD NOT.
OH, WHERE'S THAT LETTER? YES, HERE IT IS.
UM, NOW...OH, YES.
NOW THE BAD NEWS IS, SHE HAS A COLD.
OH, NO.
OH, YES, BUT THE GOOD NEWS FAR OUTWEIGHS IT--
FAR, FAR, FAR.
SHE IS COMING TO VISIT,
AND YOU MUST BE HERE TO HELP US WITH HER,
MISS WOODHOUSE, WHEN SHE COMES,
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE A PROPER VISIT OTHERWISE.
YOU MUST SIT RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE,
AND--AND YOU MUST SAY...
WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO GET AWAY?
WELL, THE CAMPBELLS HAVE GONE TO IRELAND ON HOLIDAY,
SO I'VE COME HERE,
WHICH IS BETTER THAN ANY HOLIDAY.
Emma, thinking: HMM, SHE IS MORE GIVING THAN I EXPECTED.
TELL MISS WOODHOUSE WHOM YOU SAW IN WEYMOUTH.
FRANK CHURCHILL. THAT'S WHOM SHE SAW.
MR. FRANK CHURCHILL.
OH, WE HEAR MUCH OF HIM, BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM.
WAS HE HANDSOME?
MANY SAY HE IS.
WAS HE AGREEABLE?
HE WAS IN NO WAY DISAGREEABLE.
WAS HE A MAN OF INFORMATION?
ALL HIS STATEMENTS SEEMED CORRECT.
Emma, thinking: I TAKE IT BACK.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE.
SHE WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT FRANK CHURCHILL.
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT FRANK CHURCHILL?
I WAS MERELY BEING SOCIABLE, THAT'S ALL,
AND SHE WAS NOT.
PERHAPS YOU DISLIKE HER BECAUSE SHE DIVIDES OUR ATTENTIONS FROM YOU.
HA HA HA!
REALLY, MR. KNIGHTLEY, YOU ARE SO COMICAL,
YOU OUGHT TO PERFORM IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
HA HA HA!
OH, I HAVE SOME NEWS,
AND I KNOW HOW YOU LIKE NEWS.
OH, YES. I ALWAYS LIKE NEWS.
MR. ELTON IS GOING TO MARRY.
[THUNDER]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, EXCEPT THAT I AM...
Harriet: IN A STATE OF COMPLETE SHOCK.
YOU'VE HEARD?
ABOUT WHAT?
OH, NEVER MIND.
Harriet, voice-over: I WAS ON MY WAY HERE FOR OUR VISIT.
IT STARTED RAINING, SO I DUCKED INTO FORDS TO WAIT IT OUT.
MISS SMITH.
MISS SMITH.
GOOD DAY, MR. FORD, MR. FORD.
[SIGHS]
Harriet, voice-over: AS I ADMIRED SOME FABRIC, WHO SHOULD COME IN
BUT ELIZABETH MARTIN AND HER BROTHER.
OH, I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE FAINTED.
THEY SAW ME AND BEGAN WHISPERING.
AND THEN--
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE, I REALLY COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS.
SHE CAME UP TO ME AND SPOKE.
OH, SHE SAID...
I'M SORRY WE NEVER MEET NOW.
Harriet, voice-over: AND I SAID...
OH, YOU ARE TOO KIND.
Harriet, voice-over: THEN I SAW THAT HE--
MR. MARTIN, MY MR. MARTIN,
WAS COMING TOWARD ME.
GOOD DAY, MISS SMITH.
GOOD DAY, MR. MARTIN.
[CHUCKLES]
I MANAGED TO READ "THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST."
OOH!
IT--IT WAS VERY GOOD.
Harriet, voice-over: FINALLY I SAID I HAD TO GO,
BUT THEN HE FOLLOWED ME.
I WAS NOT 3 STEPS OUTSIDE, AND HE SAID...
MISS SMITH!
YOU'D BETTER GO BY MR. COLE'S STABLE.
THE NEAR WAY'S FLOODED.
THANK YOU.
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE,
DO TALK AND MAKE ME COMFORTABLE AGAIN.
Emma, thinking: I SUPPOSE THIS WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME
TO MENTION THAT MR. ELTON IS ENGAGED.
THIS WAS AWKWARD BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'VE SEEN MR. MARTIN SINCE REFUSING HIS PROPOSAL.
[GROANS]
YOU, AND I MUST SAY HE, BEHAVED VERY WELL.
NOW, THE KINDEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF
IS TO PUT MR. MARTIN OUT OF YOUR HEAD FOR GOOD.
YES, I WILL.
I SHALL DO SO IMMEDIATELY.
HE'S BEHIND ME NOW.
WONDERFUL!
I THOUGHT I MIGHT SKETCH THE PUPPIES. WOULD YOU JOIN ME?
OH, YES, PLEASE!
IT WAS AWFULLY KIND OF HIM TO WARN ME ABOUT THE FLOODING.
YES, DEAR.
HE GOT HIS COAT WET COMING OUT TO TELL ME.
THAT'S THE COAT MRS. MARTIN GAVE HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.
HMM.
I DO HOPE HE DOES NOT CATCH COLD.
[CLUNK]
OH!
OH, GOOD HEAVENS.
HA HA HA HA!
IS YOUR HORSE JUST WASHING HIS FEET,
OR ARE THE DARKER FORCES AT WORK HERE?
HA HA HA! THE LATTER, I'M AFRAID.
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THE WHEEL, AND I CANNOT MOVE.
OH, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO LIVE HERE, THEN.
BYE-BYE.
I SUPPOSE THAT WON'T DO.
I'LL HELP YOU HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISTER...
UH, CHURCHILL, FRANK CHURCHILL.
A NAME I KNOW AS WELL AS MY OWN,
SO LONG I HAVE HEARD IT SPOKEN.
YOUR FATHER'S WIFE WAS MY GOVERNESS.
THEN YOU ARE MISS WOODHOUSE.
HOW DELIGHTFUL!
I--I HEAR OF NOTHING BUT YOU.
THE LAST I HEARD FROM MRS. WESTON, YOU WERE NOT DUE TILL TOMORROW.
HMM. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME IN ON ONE'S FRIENDS
BEFORE THE LOOKOUT BEGINS.
I WOULD NOT PRESUME TO DO SO IN MOST CASES,
BUT I FELT IN COMING HOME, I MIGHT BE FORGIVEN.
THEN YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM?
WE SHALL HAVE TO GO THERE FIRST.
THEY WILL BE OVERJOYED.
OVERJOYED, I THINK, THAT WE ARE BOTH THERE TOGETHER...
AS I AM.
OH, MISS WOODHOUSE!
HAVE YOU HEARD?
FRANK CHURCHILL IS HERE!
YES! IN FACT,
I MET HIM YESTERDAY!
NO!
YES!
OH!
HE DID ME QUITE A SERVICE WHEN MY--
IS HE HANDSOME? IS HE EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS HE IS?
I HAVE NOT YET SEEN HIM MYSELF,
THOUGH, UM, JANE SAW HIM,
AND SHE SAID HE WAS NOT AT ALL
UNPLEASANT TO LOOK AT.
HMM. I SUPPOSE I SHAN'T SEE HIM UNTIL THE COLES' PARTY.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH AN AGE FROM NOW.
BUT I'M SURE, SIMPLY SURE, IT WILL BE UPON US
BEFORE, WELL, WE ARE SUFFICIENTLY PREPARED.
HA HA HA!
HAS AN INVITATION ARRIVED FOR A PARTY AT THE COLES'?
NO, THANK HEAVEN.
THE COLES ARE NICE PEOPLE,
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO GET THERE.
OF COURSE, WE SHOULD HAVE TO DECLINE AS THEY ARE BENEATH US,
BUT I DON'T WISH THEM TO HOPE FALSELY.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
HAS JAMES BROUGHT THE LETTERS YET?
I DON'T KNOW.
I NEVER PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE MAIL.
[CHUCKLES]
WHY DO THEY NOT WRITE?
PERHAPS THEY KNOW I MUST REJECT THEM.
STILL, AS CLOSE FRIENDS OF THE WESTONS,
THEY SHOULD HAVE THE COURTESY TO EXTEND THE INVITATION.
UNLESS THEY DON'T WANT ME!
BUT I CANNOT...
TELL YOU HOW DELIGHTED I AM TO HAVE BEEN INVITED, MRS. COLE.
Frank: OH, ISN'T IT HANDSOME?
Mrs. Cole: THANK YOU, BUT FROM TODAY,
THERE'S A MUCH PRETTIER ONE IN TOWN.
IT HAS BEEN SENT TO JANE FAIRFAX.
REALLY? AND WHO SENT IT TO HER?
WELL, THAT'S THE EXCITING PART!
THERE WAS NO IDENTIFICATION OF THE DONOR.
MUST BE FROM COLONEL CAMPBELL.
JANE'S PARENTS DIED,
AND THE BATES, OF COURSE,
ARE QUITE WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW.
AND COLONEL CAMPBELL WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF HER FATHER'S,
SO HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE RAISED HER.
OH, WELL, THEN THEY MUST HAVE SENT IT.
JANE HAS JUST HAD A LETTER FROM THEM,
AND NOT A WORD WAS SAID OF IT.
PERHAPS IT'S A SURPRISE.
Mr. Cole: WE EXPECT MISS FAIRFAX SOON.
PERHAPS SHE MAY KNOW MORE.
WHY DO YOU SMILE?
I'M SMILING BECAUSE I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE
WHOM WE SHOULD SUSPECT OF BEING MISS FAIRFAX'S MUSICAL PATRON.
DO YOU KNOW HER?
OH. YES, SHE'S VERY ELEGANT. YES, MM-HMM.
COLONEL CAMPBELL'S DAUGHTER MRS. DICKSON
IS MISS FAIRFAX'S DEAREST FRIEND,
SO PERHAPS MRS. DICKSON SENT THE PIANO.
MRS. DICKSON? THAT MAKES SENSE.
AS MUCH SENSE, DO YOU THINK, AS MR. DICKSON?
I CANNOT HELP SUSPECTING THAT AFTER HIS PROPOSAL TO MISS CAMPBELL--
A SWEET, BUT RATHER A PLAIN GIRL--
MR. DICKSON FELL IN LOVE WITH MISS FAIRFAX, WHO IS, AFTER ALL...
VERY ELEGANT, YES, BUT WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
WELL, SHE MUST THINK SO, TOO.
THAT IS WHY SHE DID NOT GO ON THE HOLIDAY WITH THE CAMPBELLS.
INSTEAD, SHE CAME HERE.
DO YOU SEE?
NOW THAT MR. DICKSON HAS MARRIED INTO THE CAMPBELLS,
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
I THINK THAT IN COMING HERE,
MISS FAIRFAX WAS TELLING MR. DICKSON
THAT SHE WANTED TO FORGET HIM.
AND I THINK, WITH THE PIANOFORTE,
MR. DICKSON WASN'T ALLOWING IT.
[GASPS]
Mrs. Cole: MRS. BATES, MISS BATES, DO COME IN.
WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE.
OF COURSE, IT'S JUST A THEORY,
BUT LET US SEE HOW SHE REACTS AT SOME TIME
IF WE SAY THE NAME "MR. DICKSON."
MY DEAR, DO YOU KNOW HOW MISS BATES
AND JANE FAIRFAX CAME HERE TONIGHT?
MR. KNIGHTLEY SENT HIS CARRIAGE.
WELL, YES. HE'S VERY KIND.
YOU GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR MORE DISINTERESTED BENEVOLENCE THAN I.
A SUSPICION HAS STARTED INTO MY HEAD
WHICH I SIMPLY CANNOT GET RID OF.
MR. KNIGHTLEY AND JANE FAIRFAX ARE A COUPLE.
HA HA HA!
MRS. WESTON, DO NOT TAKE TO MATCHMAKING.
YOU DO IT ILL.
JANE FAIRFAX AND MR. KNIGHTLEY?
EVERY FEELING REVOLTS.
APART FROM--
OH, MY GOODNESS!
WHAT IF THE PIANOFORTE IS FROM MR. KNIGHTLEY?
YOU HAVE TAKEN UP AN IDEA AND RUN WILD WITH IT.
HE IS NOT EVEN WITH HER.
SHE IS WITH FRANK, POOR MAN.
PERHAPS THE TWO OF THEM STAY APART PUBLICLY
TO KEEP IT A SECRET.
[GASPS] HUSH, FRIEND.
HERE COMES-- MR. COLE!
MISS WOODHOUSE, WOULD YOU DO US THE HONOR
OF TRYING OUR PIANOFORTE?
HMM.
OH.
I FEAR I LACK THE TALENT.
WELL, PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK MISS FAIRFAX.
[MUSIC BEGINS]
♪ DID YOU NOT HEAR MY LADY ♪
♪ GO DOWN THE GARDEN SINGING ♪
♪ BLACKBIRD AND THRUSH WERE SILENT ♪
♪ TO HEAR THE ALLEYS RINGING ♪
♪ OH, SAW YOU NOT MY LADY ♪
♪ OUT IN THE GARDEN THERE ♪
♪ SHAMING THE ROSE AND LILY ♪
♪ FOR SHE IS TWICE AS FAIR ♪
♪ THOUGH I AM NOTHING TO HER ♪
♪ THOUGH SHE MUST RARELY LOOK AT ME ♪
♪ AND THOUGH I COULD NEVER WOO HER ♪
♪ I'LL LOVE HER TILL I DIE ♪
♪ SURELY YOU HEARD MY LADY ♪
♪ GO DOWN THE GARDEN SINGING ♪
♪ SILENCING ALL THE SONGBIRDS ♪
♪ AND SETTING THE ALLEYS RINGING ♪
♪ BUT SURELY YOU SEE MY LADY ♪
♪ OUT IN THE GARDEN THERE ♪
♪ RIVALING THE GLITTERING SUNSHINE ♪
♪ WITH THE GLORY OF GOLDEN HAIR ♪
[SONG ENDS]
[MURMURING, CLAPPING]
EXCUSE ME.
DO YOU KNOW THAT PIECE FROM THE "BEGGARS OPERA"?
OH, YES.
[PLAYING PIANO]
♪ VIRGINS ARE LIKE THE FAIR FLOWER IN ITS LUSTRE ♪
♪ WHICH IN THE GARDEN ENAMELS THE GROUND ♪
Churchill: ♪ NEAR IT THE BEES IN PLAY FLUTTER AND CLUSTER ♪
♪ AND GAUDY BUTTERFLIES FROLIC AROUND ♪
Fairfax: ♪ BUT WHEN ONCE PLUCK'D... ♪
DOESN'T SHE PLAY MARVELOUSLY?
YES.
HOW SWEET TO HAVE LENT YOUR CARRIAGE TO HER
SO THAT HER FINGERS WOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
YOUR PLAYING WAS LOVELY.
MUCH LESS THAN THE EFFECT OF MISS FAIRFAX'S?
NO...NO, IT WAS VERY ELEGANT.
Churchill: ♪ ROTS, STINKS, AND DIES... ♪
WAS NOT THAT SWEET OF THE CAMERONS
TO GIVE HER SO GENEROUS A GIFT?
I DON'T APPROVE OF SURPRISES.
PLEASURE IS NEVER ENHANCED,
AND THE INCONVENIENCE IS CONSIDERABLE.
[APPLAUSE]
BAD JUDGMENT ON THE CAMERONS' PART.
MISS FAIRFAX, SHALL WE SING ANOTHER?
THAT FELLOW THINKS OF NOTHING BUT SHOWING OFF.
JANE WILL SING HERSELF HORSE.
MISS BATES.
YES, MISTER?
YOU MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS.
SHE'LL MAKE HERSELF ILL.
OH, DO YOU THINK SO? OH, WELL, I SHALL.
Bates: JANE.
YES, MA'AM.
Bates: DEAR, I REALLY...
MISS WOODHOUSE, YOU MUST FORGIVE MY INTRUSION,
BUT MY AUNT HAS BECOME ILL.
IT IS NOTHING SERIOUS, BUT MY PRESENCE MIGHT BRING HER SOLACE,
THEREFORE I MUST RETURN.
AND ALTHOUGH I EXPECT MY FATHER AT ANY MOMENT,
I COULD NOT LEAVE WITHOUT STOPPING HERE.
AH, NOT EVEN 5 MINUTES
TO SPARE FOR YOUR FRIENDS MISS FAIRFAX AND MISS BATES.
HOW UNLUCKY.
OH, NO, NO, NO, I STOPPED THERE ON MY WAY HERE.
AFTER ALL THEIR KINDNESS, I DON'T WISH TO SLIGHT THEM.
BUT IT IS NOT THE BATES NOR MY AUNT
THAT OCCUPIES MY THOUGHTS AS I PREPARE TO LEAVE.
THERE IS SOMETHING MUCH MORE PERSONAL
THAT I MUST SAY TO YOU.
I THINK YOU COULD HARDLY BE WITHOUT SUSPICION
THAT I HAVE DEVELOPED CERTAIN FEELINGS
FOR SOMEONE OF A MOST TENDER AND DEVOTED NATURE,
WHICH, SO FAR, I HAVE STRIVEN TO HIDE.
YET YOU HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SO WONDERFULLY AT EASE,
SUCH A FRIEND SINCE MY VERY ARRIVAL
THAT IT NO LONGER SEEMS HONORABLE TO KEEP THEM FROM YOU.
IN SHORT, MISS WOODHOUSE, I CANNOT HELP BUT SAY TO--
Servant: MR. WESTON.
MRS. WESTON HAS PROMISED TO CORRESPOND.
HUH, THE BLESSINGS OF A FEMALE CORRESPONDENT WHEN ONE WANTS NEWS.
IN HER LETTERS I SHALL BE AT HIGHBURY
AND HERE AGAIN... WITH YOU.
Emma, thinking: WELL, HE LOVES ME.
HE WAS ON THE VERGE OF TELLING ME WHEN HIS FATHER BURST IN.
I FELT LISTLESS AFTER HE LEFT AND HAD SOME SORT OF HEADACHE,
SO I MUST BE IN LOVE, AS WELL.
I MUST CONFESS,
I EXPECTED LOVE TO FEEL SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
I MAY DETERMINE HOW DEEP A LOVE I FEEL THROUGH HIS ABSENCE.
HOW I WISH HE WOULD BE HERE TOMORROW,
BECAUSE THERE IS A GRIM JOB TO BE DONE.
MR. ELTON IS BRINGING HIS NEW WIFE TO TEA.
OH, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOME REMINDS ME OF MAPLE GROVE,
WHICH IS THE SEAT OF MY BROTHER, MR. SUTLING.
SUTLING.
THE HALL, HM?
AND THE SIZE OF THE ROOMS.
I'M REALLY QUITE STRUCK BY IT.
I ALMOST FANCY MYSELF HERE.
Emma: WELL, I'M GLAD YOU CAN FEEL SO AT EASE.
YES, HARTFIELD IS A PLACE--
OH, MY BROTHER AND SISTER WILL BE ENCHANTED
WITH THIS PLACE.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE GROUNDS
ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE WITH...
EXTENSIVE GROUNDS.
I'M AFRAID YOU OVERRATE HARTFIELD.
SURREY IS FULL OF BEAUTIES.
OH, DON'T TELL ME ABOUT SURREY.
I ALWAYS SAY IT IS THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND.
YES, BUT...
MANY COUNTIES ARE CALLED THAT.
MM-HM.
OH?
I FANCY NOT.
I NEVER HEARD ANY COUNTY BUT SURREY CALLED SO.
OOH...
AH...
Emma: WELL, I KNOW LITTLE OF OTHER PLACES.
[WHISPERING] We are a quiet set of people.
More disposed to stay at home.
Yes, well, your father's health
must be a great drawback to your seeing the country.
Why does he not try Bath?
It would do him the world of good.
He has tried it before without receiving any benefit.
No. It will do him good,
if only to improve his spirits which
I understand are sometimes much depressed.
You must take him.
A line from me, and...
you would have some of the best society in the place.
And my particular friend there, Mrs. Partridge--
Thank you, but going to Bath is out of the question.
MRS. ELTON...
I HAVE NOT ASKED YOU IF YOU ARE MUSICAL,
AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOUR REPUTATION HAS PRECEDED YOU.
OH...
ALL THE TOWN KNOWS YOU ARE A SUPERIOR PERFORMER.
YES, MY WIFE--
WELL, I AM DOTINGLY FOND OF MUSIC,
AND MY FRIENDS SAY I AM NOT ENTIRELY DEVOID OF TASTE.
IN FACT, I TOLD MR. E. WHEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY,
I SAID I DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE
TWO CARRIAGES AS I DID BEFORE,
AND I COULD EVEN ACCEPT A SMALLER HOUSE.
MY HOUSE BEFORE WAS A GOOD DEAL ROOMIER, I ASSURE YOU.
BUT NO, THE WORLD IS NOT NECESSARY TO ME,
BECAUSE I AM BLESSED WITH SO MANY RESOURCES...
IN HERE.
"BUT," SAID I, "WITHOUT MUSIC MY LIFE WOULD BE A BLANK."
IN FACT, YOU AND I MUST ESTABLISH A MUSICAL CLUB!
AND WE COULD HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS
AT YOUR HOUSE OR OURS.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP MY TALENT, DO I?
MRS. ELTON, I'M CERTAIN IT WOULD TAKE SOMETHING
MORE DRAMATIC THAN A CHANGE OF TOWNS
TO DISLODGE A THING AS GREAT AS YOUR TALENT.
OH, WELL, I, MYSELF, DON'T CALL IT GREAT.
I ONLY KNOW THAT MY FRIENDS THINK IT SO.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CLEARING HIS THROAT]
OH...MM...
WE MET THE WESTONS.
MM...HE IS ALREADY A FAVORITE WITH ME.
AND I WAS ASTONISHED THAT SHE WAS SO LADYLIKE.
WAS SHE NOT YOUR GOVERNESS?
MRS. WESTON'S MODEST PROPRIETY
MAKES HER A MODEL FOR ANY WOMAN.
Mr. Elton: INDEED--
AND YOU KNOW WHO CAME IN WHILE WE WERE THERE?
I CANNOT IMAGINE.
KNIGHTLEY.
KNIGHTLEY?
KNIGHTLEY.
MR. E.'s FRIEND.
WELL, THERE'S ONE FRIEND OF WHOM YOU NEED NOT BE ASHAMED.
QUITE THE GENTLEMAN.
Emma, voice-over: KNIGHTLEY?
NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE AND SHE CALLED HIM KNIGHTLEY.
I SAW HER AT CHURCH. SHE SEEMED--
VULGAR? BASE? CONCEITED? CRASS?
HOW DO YOU DO, MRS. STARR?
GOOD MORNING, MISS WOODHOUSE.
SHE ACTUALLY SEEMED PLEASED TO DISCOVER
THAT MR. KNIGHTLEY WAS A GENTLEMAN.
I DOUBT HE'LL RETURN THE COMPLIMENT
AND FIND HER A LADY.
MR. SIMONS.
GOOD MORNING, MISS WOODHOUSE.
GOOD MORNING.
SHE PROPOSED THAT WE FORM A MUSICAL CLUB.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MR. ELTON MET HER
WHILE DOING CHARITABLE WORK IN A MENTAL INFIRMARY?
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO WITH
A PERSON AS IMPOSSIBLE AS SHE.
WHAT?
I MUST THROW A PARTY FOR HER.
OTHERWISE, EVERYONE WILL FEEL AT ONCE
HOW MUCH I DISLIKE HER.
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTY.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHO I JUST ADORE?
WHO I WANT TO WRAP UP AND PUT IN MY POCKET?
KNIGHTLEY?
JANE FAIRFAX.
OH, AH... I RAVE ABOUT HER.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I ADMIRE MOST ABOUT HER?
SHE'S TIMID.
I'M A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR TIMIDITY.
BUT I DARESAY THAT YOU KNOW THE LINES OF THE POET:
FULL MANY A FLOWER IS BORN TO BLUSH UNSEEN.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE VERIFIED BY SWEET JANE.
THERE IS NO DANGER OF THAT.
THE CAMPBELLS TAKE GREAT CARE OF HER.
WHATEVER ADVANTAGES SHE'S GOT FROM THE CAMPBELLS
HAVE PALPABLY COME TO AN END.
BUT IF YOU AND I SET THE EXAMPLE,
MANY WILL FOLLOW.
OH, WE LIVE IN A STYLE WHICH COULD NOT MAKE
THE ADDITION OF JANE FAIRFAX THE LEAST INCONVENIENT.
I AM SIMPLY GOING TO ADOPT HER.
AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD DO IT WITH ME.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I FELT SORRY FOR JANE FAIRFAX.
WHATEVER SHE MAY HAVE DONE, SHE DOES NOT DESERVE MRS. ELTON.
JANE MAY BE GLAD OF MRS. ELTON'S ATTENTIONS,
SINCE THEY'RE AVAILABLE FROM NO ONE ELSE.
SHE SEEMS TO RECEIVE AMPLE ATTENTION FROM YOU.
ANYONE MAY KNOW MY REGARD FOR HER.
OH? DO YOU KNOW HOW HIGH IT IS?
AHEM.
OH, SO, YOU TWO HAVE BEEN SETTLING
THAT I SHOULD MARRY JANE FAIRFAX.
NO.
YOU COULD NOT COME AND SIT WITH US
IF YOU WERE MARRIED.
JANE FAIRFAX IS A VERY CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN.
BUT SHE LACKS AN OPEN TEMPER,
WHICH A MAN WISHES FOR IN A WIFE.
I HAVE ADMIRATION FOR HER,
BUT NO THOUGHT BEYOND.
NOT AT ALL.
NO. HA.
AH, I SEE MR. WESTON IS AT HOME.
I'LL GO AND SEE HIM.
WELL, MRS. WESTON,
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT YOUR SUSPICIONS NOW?
HE'S SO VERY OCCUPIED WITH HIS NOT BEING IN LOVE WITH HER,
IT SEEMS CERTAIN THAT HE IS.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
IT WAS MOST KIND OF YOU TO INVITE JANE FAIRFAX THIS EVENING.
YOUR WORDS THE OTHER DAY SHAMED ME.
I HAVE NOT TRIED AS I SHOULD HAVE.
YOU'RE CAPABLE OF GREAT KINDNESS.
I FALL SHORT SO OFTEN.
AND I HIGHLY DOUBT SHE WILL FIND THIS A KINDNESS.
JANE, YOU'RE A VERY, VERY FRAGILE CREATURE,
AND YOU PAY NO REGARD
TO THE DELICACY OF YOUR CONSTITUTION.
JANE...
KNIGHTLEY, HELP US.
KNIGHTLEY!
JANE WENT TO THE POST OFFICE TODAY IN THE RAIN.
AT GREAT PERIL TO HER HEALTH.
OH, JANE, YOU SAD GIRL.
THIS IS A SIGN THAT I WAS NOT THERE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
KNIGHTLEY, TELL HER.
TELL HER.
I'M SURE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE CAN ENDURE, MRS. ELTON.
UH, BUT OF COURSE.
DO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
THANK YOU.
MR. WESTON.
OH, WE HAD QUITE GIVEN YOU UP.
I'M AFRAID WE HAD TO START WITHOUT YOU.
OH, FORGIVE ME, MR. WOODHOUSE, EMMA.
NO, PLEASE.
THE JOURNEY FROM LONDON WAS ESPECIALLY SLOW.
OR PERHAPS IT JUST SEEMED SO,
AS I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT I WAS EAGER TO SHARE.
OH...
FRANK'S AUNT IS ON THE MEND,
AND FRANK IS TAKING A HOUSE IN HIGHBURY.
OH!
Woodhouse: GOOD NEWS, INDEED.
WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, I SHALL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
WITH MR. E. TO WELCOME HIM.
HMM, MR. E.?
Mr. Elton: YES, INDEED, WE SHALL BE VERY HAPPY--
HIGHBURY'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
SINCE HE LEFT, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S BEEN AN ADDITION,
IF I MAY PRESUME TO CALL MYSELF AN ADDITION.
PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T PRESUME TO.
I'M SIMPLY QUOTING OTHER PEOPLE,
BUT I THINK MR. FRANK CHURCHILL
WILL FIND ONE OR TWO SMALL CHANGES IN THE VICINITY
SINCE HE LAST CAME TO VISIT HIS GOOD FATHER.
Emma, thinking: FRANK CHURCHILL. HMM...
I MUST OWN THAT I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH FRANK.
I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF HIM SINCE HE LEFT,
EXCEPT FOR THE MENTION HARRIET MADE OF HIM THE OTHER DAY.
HARRIET... AND FRANK.
OH, WOULDN'T THEY BE CHARMING?
Emma, thinking: IT WOULD SO RELIEVE ME
TO KNOW THAT HARRIET WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
PERHAPS I CAN BRING THEM TOGETHER AT THE BALL.
LUCKY THE MAN WHO EXCHANGES EMMA FOR HARRIET.
I CAN THINK OF NOTHING LESS APPEALING
THAN AN EVENING OF WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE DANCE.
GO ON.
[BARKING]
THEN YOU SHALL HAVE TO DANCE, YOURSELF.
I HAVE NO TASTE FOR IT. I'D RATHER FETCH THAT STICK.
I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO BRING IT TO THE BALL.
I JUST WANT TO STAY HERE, WHERE IT'S COZY.
MISS WOODHOUSE.
MR. CHURCHILL.
I CAME EARLY TO SEE IF I COULD BE OF SERVICE TO YOUR FATHER.
OH, ACTUALLY, YOU'RE LATE.
THE WHOLE PARTY IS HERE TO HELP MY FATHER
PREPARE FOR THE PARTY.
...IN HAMPSTEAD.
[LAUGHING]
ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOMEONE?
MM...UH, MRS. ELTON.
MRS. ELTON? WHY EVER FOR?
I HEAR MUCH OF HER.
SHE'S BRINGING JANE FAIRFAX IN HER CARRIAGE.
SO, PERHAPS TONIGHT WE CAN FINALLY
ASK JANE FAIRFAX ABOUT MR. DIXON.
OR DID YOU ACQUIRE THE COURAGE DURING MY ABSENCE?
OH, IS THAT THEY? DO, DO EXCUSE ME.
FRANK JUST TOLD ME THE MOST FASCINATING THING.
TELL ME.
HE'S HEARD ABOUT MRS. ELTON,
AND HE STILL WANTS TO MEET HER.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
OH, I ALWAYS SAY, ALWAYS, THERE IS NO PLACE
WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AS NICE AS IN HIGHBURY.
WE'RE NOT TWO STEPS OUT OF THE CARRIAGE, NOT TWO,
WELL, IT WAS POSSIBLY LESS,
WHEN FRANK CHURCHILL, HE CAME BOUNDING UP.
HE WAS BOUNDING, I TELL YOU,
TO SEE IF WE NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE.
HE IS SO OBLIGING.
Churchill: GOOD EVENING!
OH, MR. CHURCHILL, I WAS JUST TELLING
MISS WOODHOUSE AND MRS. WESTON HOW OBLIGING YOU ARE.
I--I SHALL NEVER FORGET YOUR KINDNESS.
NOT AS LONG AS I LIVE.
NOR, WELL, NOR SHALL MOTHER.
SINCE YOU REPLACED THE RIVET IN HER SPECTACLES,
NOT ONLY HAVE THEY BEEN AS GOOD AS NEW,
THEY HAVE BEEN BETTER.
WE ARE SO OBLIGED.
OH, LOOK, ISN'T THIS ROOM JUST LIKE A FAIRY LAND?
HOW DO YOU LIKE JANE'S HAIR?
SHE DID IT HERSELF. OH, LOOK, THERE ARE THE HUGHES.
I MUST GO AND SAY HELLO.
[VIOLINSTS WARMING UP]
[MUSIC BEGINS]
HARRIET IS ALL ALONE.
DO YOU NOT DANCE, MR. ELTON?
MOST READILY, MRS. WESTON, IF YOU WILL BE MY PARTNER.
OH, DEAR ME, I'M NO DANCER.
LET ME FIND A BETTER PARTNER FOR YOU.
THOUGH I AM AN OLD MARRIED MAN,
I SHOULD ENJOY DANCING WITH MRS. GILBERT.
UH, MRS. GILBERT TOLD ME SHE DOES NOT
MEAN TO DANCE THIS EVENING.
BUT I DO SEE A YOUNG LADY
WHOM I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE DANCING.
MISS SMITH.
MISS SMITH.
I HADN'T OBSERVED HER THERE.
WELL, YOU'RE MOST OBLIGING TO HAVE POINTED HER OUT TO ME.
AND WERE I NOT AN OLD MARRIED MAN,
I SHOULD GLADLY DO THE JOB.
BUT MY, UH, DANCING DAYS ARE OVER.
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT AT THAT MOMENT YOU TOOK HER TO THE FLOOR,
I WAS PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND.
THE ELTONS ARE UNPARDONABLE.
I MUST SAY THEY AIM AT WOUNDING MORE THAN JUST HARRIET.
THEY SEEM TO WANT TO SNUB YOU, TOO, EMMA. WHY?
CERTAINLY, MRS. ELTON HAS NO REASON TO DISLIKE YOU.
YOU CONFESS NOW, OLD FRIEND.
YOU DID WANT HIM TO MARRY HARRIET?
I DID, AND THEY CANNOT FORGIVE ME.
OH, DEAR.
HOW COULD I HAVE MADE SUCH A MISJUDGMENT?
WHAT IS THE POINT IN ME BEING ALMOST 22
IF THERE IS STILL SO MUCH FOR ME TO LEARN?
YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU REALIZE.
I KNOW THAT I MUST OWN TO YOU
TO BE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT MR. ELTON.
THERE IS A LITTLENESS TO HIM
WHICH YOU DISCOVERED AND I DID NOT.
IN RETURN FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGING SO MUCH,
I'D SAY THAT YOU CHOSE FOR HIM
BETTER THAN HE CHOSE FOR HIMSELF.
HARRIET SMITH HAS SOME FIRST-RATE QUALITIES ABOUT HER
WHICH MRS. ELTON IS ENTIRELY WITHOUT.
YOUR FRIEND SURPRISED ME MOST PLEASANTLY.
EMMA, DEAR, IT'S THE LAST DANCE.
WILL YOU COME AND SET AN EXAMPLE
FOR YOUR COMPANIONS?
GLADLY.
WHOM ARE YOU GOING TO DANCE WITH?
WITH YOU, IF YOU'LL ASK ME.
YOU'VE SHOWN YOURSELF A FINE DANCER,
DESPITE ALL YOUR PROTESTS,
AND IT WOULD NOT BE IMPROPER FOR US TO DANCE.
AFTER ALL, WE ARE NOT BROTHER AND SISTER.
BROTHER AND SISTER? NO, NO...
INDEED WE ARE NOT.
WHAT IS YOUR NEWS?
YOU MUST WAIT UNTIL WE ARE AT YOUR HOUSE,
IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE.
IT MUST HAPPEN THERE.
OH, VERY WELL.
WASN'T THE BALL LOVELY?
I HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME.
IT WAS OUT OF A DREAM--OH!
[TWIG SNAPS]
[DOGS BARKING]
IT'S ALL RIGHT, DEAR.
JUST LET'S MOVE A TOUCH MORE QUICKLY.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE BALL.
UM, I HAD SUCH...
Man: QUICK, GET HER PURSE.
AAH!
GET AROUND THEM, DAMN IT!
[YELLING]
IT'S MINE!
I WANT THAT!
Man: PULL! DAMN YOU, PULL!
STAND ASIDE!
OH, HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU?
HOW BRAVE YOU WERE.
I OWE YOU EVERYTHING.
MISS WOODHOUSE WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
IF I'M NO LONGER NEEDED,
I MUST LEAVE NOW TO MEET MY FATHER.
OF COURSE. BLESS YOU FOR YOUR HELP,
BLESS YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.
GOODNESS. AHH...
WHAT AN AFTERNOON.
ALL THIS TROUBLE TO DO SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE DONE LONG AGO.
I HAVE COME TO A DECISION ABOUT MR. ELTON.
I'M DONE WITH HIM.
I SHALL NEVER FORGET HIM OR HIS WIFE AT THE BALL.
AND TO PROVE MY SINCERITY,
I SHALL NOW DESTROY SOMETHING
WHICH I HAD THOUGHT TO TREASURE ALWAYS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, OF COURSE?
CAN YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN?
MR. ELTON CUT HIS FINGER, AND YOU URGED ME TO BIND THE WOUND.
I CUT TOO MUCH BANDAGE, SO I TRIMMED IT,
AND HE PLAYED WITH THE EXTRA LITTLE BIT
WHILE I FINISHED IT UP.
HE LEFT IT BY HIS CHAIR.
AND I, IN MY NONSENSE, MADE A TREASURE OF IT.
DEAR HARRIET.
I KNOW, THAT WAS SILLY.
BUT HERE IS SOMETHING WHICH TRULY WAS HIS.
HE LEFT IT HERE ONCE,
AND I TOOK IT.
I USED TO TAKE IT AND HOLD IT.
BUT NO MORE.
I WANT TO BE RID OF THESE THINGS WITH YOU AS MY WITNESS.
I THINK I SHOULD BURN THEM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A WISE AND RELIEVING THING TO DO.
GOOD-BYE, MR. ELTON.
HELLO, MR. CHURCHILL.
MMM... WHEN YOU GET MARRIED,
YOU MUST EAT STRAWBERRIES AT YOUR WEDDING.
I SHALL NEVER MARRY.
REALLY?
I WAS CERTAIN YOU WERE DEVELOPING FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE.
THE SERVICE HE RENDERED YOU WOULD ENDEAR HIM, NATURALLY.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW I FELT
WHEN I SAW HIM COMING TO MY RESCUE.
I WENT FROM AGONY TO UTTER HAPPINESS AT THE SIGHT OF HIM.
HA HA!
HE IS A FINE CHOICE FOR YOU.
BUT DO NOT LET YOUR FEELINGS GO UNTIL YOU'RE SURE OF HIS.
I GIVE YOU THIS CAUTION NOW BECAUSE I AM DETERMINED NEVER TO INTERFERE.
I WILL NOT EVEN SAY HIS NAME TO YOU--
ONLY THAT RAISING YOUR THOUGHTS TO HIM
IS A MARK OF YOUR VERY GOOD TASTE.
HA HA!
[DISTANT LAUGHTER]
HA HA.
I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL NEWS.
I HAVE FOUND A POSITION FOR YOU.
IT IS WITH A CHOICE FAMILY IN BATH.
AND THE POSITION IS ONE--
I'M MOST OBLIGED,
BUT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER LEAVING HIGHBURY.
AS YOUR PROTECTOR, I CANNOT ALLOW YOU TO FEEL THAT WAY.
I'M SURE EVERYONE AGREES WITH ME.
WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS?
AFTER ALL, JANE-- HMM?
THESE SANDWICHES ARE DELICIOUS, MRS. ELTON.
YOU REALLY ARE A GOURMET.
HA HA HA.
WELL, I NEVER COMPLIMENT MYSELF,
BUT MY FRIENDS TELL ME I CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE A SANDWICH.
NOW. JANE--
SHALL WE ALL PLAY A GAME?
I COMMAND THAT WE EACH TELL MISS WOODHOUSE SOMETHING ENTERTAINING.
YOU MAY OFFER ONE THING VERY CLEVER,
TWO THINGS MODERATELY CLEVER,
OR 3 THINGS VERY DULL INDEED.
OH...HA HA HA.
BUT IN RETURN,
MISS WOODHOUSE WILL LAUGH HEARTILY AT THEM ALL.
Mrs. Elton: I DO NOT PRETEND TO BE A WIT,
THOUGH I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF VIVACITY
IN MY OWN WAY, OF COURSE.
THESE DIVERSIONS ARE TOLERABLE AT CHRISTMAS
WHEN ONE IS AROUND THE FIRE,
BUT IN MY OPINION,
IT WASTES THE OUTDOORS.
MISS WOODHOUSE, YOU MUST EXCUSE ME.
Mr. Elton: AND ME.
I'M AN OLD MARRIED MAN.
AND HAVE NOTHING TO SAY THAT WOULD PLEASE MISS WOODHOUSE...
OR ANY YOUNG LADY.
OH...WELL... I NEED NOT BE UNEASY.
AS LONG AS WE'RE ALLOWED TO 3 DULL THINGS.
HEE HEE!
VERY DULL, IN FACT, I SHALL BE SURE TO SAY 3 VERY DULL THINGS
AS SOON AS I OPEN MY MOUTH, SHAN'T I? HA HA HA.
THERE MAY BE A DIFFICULTY.
Miss Bates: OH, I DOUBT THAT.
I'M SURE I NEVER FAIL TO SAY THINGS VERY DULL.
YES, DEAR, BUT YOU'LL BE LIMITED AS TO NUMBER, ONLY 3.
OH. HEE HEE!
TO BE SURE.
I'VE...I'VE...
I--I SEE. I SEE.
I SEE WHAT SHE MEANS.
I WILL TRY AND HOLD MY TONGUE.
OH, I MUST MAKE MYSELF VERY...DISAGREEABLE,
OR SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SAID SUCH A THING TO AN OLD...FRIEND.
UH...JUST 3. YES.
MISS BATES, WILL YOU GIVE ME THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY
WHILST I PICK SOME MORE STRAWBERRIES?
OH. THANK YOU, MR. KNIGHTLEY.
THAT WOULD BE CHARMING.
EMMA? HOW COULD YOU BE SO UNFEELING TO MISS BATES?
HOW COULD YOU BE SO INSOLENT TO A WOMAN OF HER AGE AND SITUATION?
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE.
HOW COULD I HELP SAYING IT?
I DARE SAY SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND ME.
I ASSURE YOU SHE FELT YOUR FULL MEANING.
SHE CANNOT STOP MENTIONING IT.
I WISH YOU COULD HAVE HEARD HER HONOR
YOUR FORBEARANCE IN PUTTING UP WITH HER
WHEN HER SOCIETY IS SO IRKSOME.
I KNOW THERE IS NO BETTER CREATURE IN ALL THE WORLD,
BUT YOU MUST ALLOW THAT BLENDED ALONGSIDE THE GOOD
THERE IS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF THE RIDICULOUS IN HER.
WERE SHE PROSPEROUS
OR A WOMAN EQUAL TO YOU IN SITUATION,
I WOULD NOT QUARREL ABOUT ANY LIBERTIES OF MANNER.
BUT SHE IS POOR!
EVEN MORESO THAN WHEN SHE WAS BORN.
AND SHOULD SHE LIVE TO BE AN OLD LADY,
SHE WILL SINK FURTHER STILL.
HER SITUATION BEING IN EVERY WAY BELOW YOU
SHOULD SECURE YOUR COMPASSION.
BADLY DONE, EMMA.
BADLY DONE.
SHE HAS WATCHED YOU GROW FROM A TIME
WHEN HER NOTICE OF YOU WAS AN HONOR.
TO THIS...
HUMBLING HER AND LAUGHING AT HER IN FRONT OF PEOPLE
WHO WILL BE GUIDED BY YOUR TREATMENT OF HER.
[SIGHS]
IT IS NOT PLEASANT FOR ME TO SAY THESE THINGS.
BUT I MUST TELL YOU THE TRUTH... WHILE I CAN...
PROVING MYSELF YOUR FRIEND BY THE MOST FAITHFUL COUNSEL.
TRUSTING THAT SOMETIME YOU WILL DO MY FAITH IN YOU
GREATER JUSTICE THAN YOU DO IT NOW.
OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS WOODHOUSE.
PLEASE COME IN.
JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE.
PLEASE TELL HER I'M UNWELL, MOTHER,
AND LAIN DOWN UPON THE BED.
Mr. Knightley: ...SAY GOOD-BYE.
Mr. Woodhouse: YOU MEAN YOU WALKED ALL THE WAY?
AND ON SUCH A COLD NIGHT?
CERTAINLY I WALKED.
OH, DEAR, HOW DID YOU FIND MY OLD FRIEND AND HER DAUGHTER?
EMMA HAS CALLED ON MRS. AND MISS BATES.
SHE ALWAYS SHOWS THEM SUCH KINDNESS.
NO, FATHER.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO FORBEAR AND SHOW ME KINDNESS.
NONSENSE, DAUGHTER.
HUH. THE CHARITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN--
I HAVE GIVEN THEM CHARITY, BUT NOT KINDNESS...
A VIRTUE WHICH SOME FRIENDS MAY DOUBT I STILL HAVE.
THE TRUEST FRIEND DOES NOT DOUBT, BUT...HOPE.
I MUST GO.
I'M LEAVING TOWN TO VISIT JOHN AND ISABELLA.
I'M SORRY I WAS NOT HERE SOONER
SO THAT WE COULD'VE TALKED.
SO AM I.
WHEN WILL YOU BE BACK?
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE IS A DELICATE AND PERPLEXING MATTER
I MUST DISCUSS WITH MY BROTHER.
WELL, THEN.
WELL, THEN.
[LAUGHING]
Emma, thinking: FRANK CHURCHILL'S AUNT HAS DIED, TAKING HIM AWAY.
THIS STRENGTHENS HARRIET'S CHANCES WITH HIM,
SINCE THE AUNT WAS SURE TO OBJECT.
I CONTINUE ON MY EFFORTS TO MAKE AMENDS WITH MISS BATES.
THOUGH MATTERS ARE NOT YET FULLY REPAIRED,
I FEEL THAT A RENEWAL OF OUR FRIENDSHIP IS AHEAD OF US.
ABOVE ALL, I AM MOST GRATIFIED TO SAY
THAT GOOD MR. KNIGHTLEY...
MR. KNIGHTLEY...
HMM...
HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO MY ATTEMPTS.
COULD HE HAVE SEEN INTO MY HEART,
I THINK HE WOULD NOT, ON THIS OCCASION,
HAVE FOUND ANYTHING TO REPROVE.
[PANTING]
FRANK...IS ENGAGED.
[GASPS]
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
SO QUICKLY?
QUICKLY? THE ENGAGEMENT
HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME.
EMMA, FRANK HAS BEEN SECRETLY ENGAGED
TO JANE FAIRFAX.
GOOD GOD!
THIS CANNOT BE THE TRUTH!
THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED SINCE OCTOBER,
FORMED AT WEYMOUTH
THROUGH THEIR FRIEND, CHARLES DICKSON.
MR. DICKSON!
HE KEPT IT SECRET
BECAUSE HE FEARED HIS AUNT'S DISAPPROVAL.
IT HAS HURT BOTH HIS FATHER AND ME,
MOST ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF WHOM ELSE IT MIGHT HURT.
I CANNOT PRETEND THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT,
BUT LET ME GIVE YOU ALL THE RELIEF IN MY POWER.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS ATTACHED TO FRANK.
FORTUNATELY, THAT CEASED, AND FOR SOME TIME,
I HAVE FELT NOTHING FOR HIM.
THIS WAS MY GREATEST WORRY!
I'M CERTAIN YOU KNEW
IT WAS OUR WISH YOU MIGHT BE ATTACHED.
IMAGINE WHAT WE FELT ON YOUR ACCOUNT.
THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
ALTHOUGH HOW COULD HE HAVE COME HERE
AND TREATED ME IN THIS FASHION?
IT IS CRUEL, TRULY CRUEL!
YES, DEAR, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU FELT NOTHING FOR HIM.
YES, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT.
HE IS BENEFITING
FROM A VERY LUCKY COINCIDENCE.
NOW, EMMA, HE'S A GOOD MAN,
HOWEVER WRONG THIS ACTION MIGHT BE.
AH...
DEAR, MIGHT I ENTREAT YOU
TO PUT MR. WESTON'S HEART AT EASE?
HE'S BEEN AS WORRIED ABOUT YOU AS I.
COULD YOU LET HIM KNOW HOW GLAD YOU ARE
FOR FRANK TO HAVE FOUND A GIRL
OF SUCH STEADY CHARACTER?
I DO NOT KNOW HOW STEADY A CHARACTER COULD BE
ENGAGING HERSELF TO A MAN WHO PRETENDS NOT TO BE ENGAGED
AND THEN DECEIVES ATTRACTIVE AND FEELING YOUNG WOMEN.
[DOOR OPENS]
HERE IS THE LUCKIEST FATHER
IN ALL OF ENGLAND!
THANK YOU.
IS THIS NOT THE ODDEST NEWS YOU'VE EVER HEARD
ABOUT MR. CHURCHILL AND MISS FAIRFAX?
HAD YOU ANY IDEA OF IT?
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT I KNEW
AND I WAS ENCOURAGING YOU
TO GIVE WAY TO YOUR OWN FEELINGS?
HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE CAUTIONED YOU!
CAUTIONED ME? WHY?
YOU DO NOT THINK THAT I CARE ABOUT FRANK CHURCHILL?
WHAT--WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU--YOU SAID THAT YOU LOVED A MAN--
I DID NOT NAME HIM,
BUT I HOPE I HAVE DEVELOPED BETTER TASTE
THAN TO CHOOSE FRANK CHURCHILL OVER HIM.
FRANK CHURCHILL....
[GIGGLES]
FURTHERMORE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF HIM
EXCEPT THAT YOU TOLD ME HE WAS WONDERFUL!
YES, BUT I--I THOUGHT YOU MEANT--
THAT RAISING MY THOUGHTS TO HIM
WAS A SIGN OF MY GOOD TASTE,
THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS.
YES, BUT I MEANT THEM IN REFERENCE TO--
AND WITHOUT HAVING HEARD THEM,
I WOULD NEVER HAVE DARED TO HOPE.
HARRIET, PLEASE!
BEFORE WE CAN GO ON,
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I MUST CLARIFY.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF...
MR. KNIGHTLEY?
TO BE SURE!
BUT YOU SPOKE OF THE SERVICE
THAT FRANK HAD DONE YOU IN RESCUING YOU
FROM THE GYPSIES!
OH, I NEVER SAID THAT!
I RECALL IT WITH PERFECT CLARITY.
IF I SPOKE OF BEING RESCUED,
I WAS THINKING OF MR. KNIGHTLEY'S ASKING ME TO DANCE
AFTER MR. ELTON SNUBBED ME.
THAT WAS WHEN I KNEW HOW SUPERIOR A MAN HE IS.
GOOD GOD! THIS IS A HORRIBLE MISTAKE!
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
MUST SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT IT?
YOU MUST THINK HIM 500 MILLION TIMES MORE ABOVE ME
THAN MR. CHURCHILL, YET YOU DID SAY--
HARRIET...
HAVE... HAVE YOU ANY IDEA
OF MR. KNIGHTLEY
RETURNING YOUR AFFECTION?
YES, I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE.
YOU TOLD ME TO LET HIS BEHAVIOR
TO BE THE RULE OF MINE, AND SO I HAVE!
AM I WRONG TO HOPE AS I DO?
HARRIET, I CAN ONLY VENTURE TO DECLARE
THAT MR. KNIGHTLEY
IS THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
WHO WOULD INTENTIONALLY GIVE ANY WOMAN
THE IDEA OF HIS FEELING MORE FOR HER
THAN HE REALLY DOES.
Emma, voice-over: THIS IS TRAGIC.
Mrs. Weston: WHY IS IT TRAGIC
THAT HARRIET SHOULD ATTACH HERSELF
TO A MAN WHO YOU ADMIRE SO MUCH?
I HAVE ASKED MYSELF MANY TIMES
WHY THIS SHOULD HAVE UNSETTLED ME,
AND I CAME TO SEE
THAT I DO NOT ADMIRE MR. KNIGHTLEY
AS I HAVE SO LONG THOUGHT.
I LOVE HIM...
SO DEARLY, SO GREATLY.
OUTSIDE OF YOU AND FATHER,
HIS IS THE OPINION WHICH MATTERS MOST.
OH, MY DEAREST CHILD!
I DID NOT KNOW IT
UNTIL POOR HARRIET SAID SHE HAD THE HOPE
OF HIM RETURNING HER FEELINGS,
AND THEN I FELT ILL THAT I COULD LOSE HIM,
AND I KNEW THAT NO ONE
MUST MARRY MR. KNIGHTLEY...
BUT ME!
OH, HEAVENLY!
BUT I AM TOO LATE.
JUST BEFORE HE LEFT TOWN, HE SAID...
THERE IS A DELICATE AND PERPLEXING MATTER
I MUST DISCUSS WITH MY BROTHER.
I HOPE HIS BROTHER ADVISES HIM
TO BE CAREFUL!
AFTER ALL, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER PARENTS!
THEY COULD BE PIRATES!
MY DEAR, I LIKE HARRIET VERY MUCH,
AS I MIGHT REMIND YOU, DO YOU!
BUT REMEMBER, HER FEELINGS ARE EVIDENCE
OF HER FEELINGS ONLY.
NOTHING CAN BE KNOWN
UNTIL MR. KNIGHTLEY RETURNS.
OH, I LONG FOR IT
AND FEAR IT AT THE SAME TIME.
I SHALL NOT KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE
WHEN I SEE HIM!
LET HIS BEHAVIOR BE YOUR GUIDE.
BUT, OH, DEAR!
IF HE SEEMS HAPPY,
I SHALL KNOW THAT HE HAS DECIDED
TO MARRY HARRIET
AND I WILL NOT, I KNOW I WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO LET HIM TELL ME.
I COULD NOT BEAR TO HEAR THE WORDS.
BUT IF HE SEEMS SAD,
I SHALL KNOW THAT JOHN HAS ADVISED HIM
NOT TO MARRY HARRIET.
I LOVE JOHN!
OR HE MAY SEEM SAD
BECAUSE HE FEARS TELLING ME
HE WILL MARRY MY FRIEND!
HOW COULD JOHN LET HIM DO THAT?
I HATE JOHN!
MY DEAR, NOTHING CAN BE DONE
UNTIL HE RETURNS, AND UNTIL HE DOES,
YOU MUST TRY TO PUT HIM OUT OF YOUR MIND.
CAN YOU?
CERTAINLY I CAN.
I MAY HAVE LOST MY HEART,
BUT NOT MY SELF-CONTROL.
Emma, thinking: DEAR DIARY,
TODAY I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT MR. KNIGHTLEY.
I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT HIM
WHEN I SPOKE ABOUT THE MENU WITH COOK.
OH, IS MR. KNIGHTLEY COMING?
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
LAMB STEW'S HIS FAVORITE.
Emma, thinking: I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT HIM IN THE GARDEN,
WHERE I THRICE PLUCKED THE PETALS OFF A DAISY
TO ASCERTAIN HIS FEELINGS FOR HARRIET.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD KEEP DAISIES IN THE GARDEN.
THEY REALLY ARE DRAB LITTLE FLOWERS.
AND I TRIED NOT TO THINK ABOUT HIM WHEN I WENT TO BED,
BUT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.
Emma, thinking: DEAR LORD, IF HE CANNOT SHARE A LIFE WITH ME,
IS IT WRONG TO ASK THAT HE NOT SHARE IT WITH ANYONE?
THAT WE GO ON AS WE GO ON NOW,
HIM STOPPING BY AT ANY HOUR,
ALWAYS THE BRIGHTEST PART OF OUR LIVES,
A NATURAL AND EASY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
I WOULD BE CONTENT IF HE WOULD JUST STAY SINGLE, LORD.
THAT'S IT!
IF HE WOULD JUST STAY SINGLE, LORD,
THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE PERFECTLY SATISFIED...
ALMOST.
AMEN.
[BELL RINGING]
EMMA!
[CLEARS THROAT]
FORGIVE ME.
UH...I WAS LOST IN MY THOUGHTS.
AND HOW ARE YOU?
HAPPY?
WELL, I'M...
HAPPY TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
AH.
I DIDN'T--I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE BACK.
JUST.
AH.
YES, JUST.
AH, YES.
I AM ON MY WAY HOME.
I WAS JUST THERE.
MAY I JOIN YOU?
OF COURSE.
OH, DEAR...
WHAT?
WHAT? OH...
OH! SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UM,
DEER WE NEED FOR THE, UH, VENISON STEW.
UH-HUH.
EMMA, THERE'S-- THERE'S SOMETHING
I HAVE TO ASK.
OH, WAIT, NOW THAT YOU ARE BACK,
THERE IS SOME NEWS THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU.
OF WHAT NATURE IS THIS NEWS?
THE VERY BEST.
IT IS A WEDDING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE--
OH, YES!
BETWEEN...JANE AND MR. CHURCHILL.
MR. WESTON WROTE ME.
UNDOUBTEDLY YOU WERE NOT SURPRISED.
WELL...
BUT I SEEM DOOMED TO BLINDNESS.
TIME WILL HEAL YOUR WOUND.
MY WOUND?
I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE BEEN
CRUELLY DISAPPOINTED BY HIS SECRET.
HE'S A SCOUNDREL.
YOU ARE KIND,
BUT I MUST TELL YOU
THAT I QUICKLY SAW THAT FRANK LACKED QUALITIES,
HONESTY BEING ONE OF THEM,
WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO ME IN ANY KIND OF FRIEND.
EMMA...
IS THAT TRUE?
HE IMPOSED ON ME,
BUT HE HAS NOT INJURED ME.
YES, HE GOT EVERYTHING HE WANTED
AT GREAT EXPENSE TO OTHERS
AND AT NO COST TO HIMSELF.
HE OFFENDS ME DEEPLY.
YET THERE IS... THERE'S SOMETHING
IN HIS SITUATION THAT I ENVY.
DID I MENTION THAT WE ARE HAVING
A NEW DRAIN INSTALLED?
YOU WILL NOT ASK ME THE POINT OF MY ENVY.
WELL, PERHAPS YOU ARE WISE...
BUT I... I CANNOT BE WISE.
EMMA, I MUST TELL YOU WHAT YOU WILL NOT ASK,
THOUGH I MAY WISH IT UNSAID THE NEXT MOMENT.
THEN DO NOT SPEAK IT.
DO NOT COMMIT YOURSELF TO SOMETHING
WHICH MAY INJURE US BOTH TO HAVE SAID.
VERY WELL.
VERY WELL.
GOOD DAY.
MR. KNIGHTLEY!
MR. KNIGHTLEY.
I STOPPED YOU UNGRACIOUSLY JUST NOW
AND GAVE YOU PAIN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY WISH TO SPEAK TO ME OPENLY
ABOUT ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE IN CONTEMPLATION,
AS YOUR FRIEND, I CANNOT REFUSE YOU.
INDEED, AS YOUR OLD FRIEND,
I WILL HEAR WHATEVER IT IS
YOU WISH TO TELL ME.
EMMA, YOU WANT OUR FRIENDSHIP
TO REMAIN THE SAME AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN...
BUT I CANNOT DESIRE THAT.
BUT WHY?
I KNOW I MAKE MISTAKES,
BUT HAD YOU BEEN HERE THE LAST FEW DAYS
YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN HOW I HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE!
PLEASE TELL ME I AM YOUR FRIEND.
I DO NOT WISH TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND,
BECAUSE... I HOPED TO CALL YOU
SOMETHING INFINITELY MORE DEAR.
HAVE YOU NOT WONDERED
WHY I NEVER BEFRIENDED FRANK CHURCHILL?
IT WAS BECAUSE I KNEW HE WAS INTENDED FOR YOU.
INDEED, WHEN YOU INSULTED MISS BATES AT THE PICNIC,
I THOUGHT THAT EVIDENCE OF HIS INFLUENCE OVER YOU...
AND I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE IT,
SO I--I WENT AWAY,
BUT I WENT TO THE WRONG PLACE.
MY BROTHER'S HOUSE
IS USUALLY A PLACE OF COMFORT TO ME,
BUT SEEING YOUR SISTER THERE KEPT YOU FRESH IN MY MIND.
AND THE TORTURE, I ASSURE YOU, WAS ACUTE.
I ONLY FELT HOPE AGAIN
WHEN I HEARD OF MR. CHURCHILL'S ENGAGEMENT...
AND I RUSHED BACK...
ANXIOUS FOR YOUR FEELINGS...
KEEN TO BE NEAR YOU.
I RODE THROUGH THE RAIN...
BUT I'D...I'D RIDE THROUGH WORSE THAN THAT
IF I COULD JUST HEAR YOUR VOICE TELLING ME
THAT I MIGHT AT LEAST HAVE SOME CHANCE TO WIN YOU.
MR. KNIGHTLEY,
IF I HAVE NOT SPOKEN,
IT IS BECAUSE I AM AFRAID
I WILL AWAKEN MYSELF FROM THIS DREAM!
IT CANNOT BE TRUE!
BUT I FEEL SO FULL OF ERROR,
SO--SO MISTAKEN IN MY MAKE-UP TO DESERVE YOU!
WHAT OF MY FLAWS?
I'VE HUMBLED YOU, AND I'VE LECTURED YOU,
AND YOU HAVE BORNE IT
AS NO ONE COULD HAVE BORNE IT.
MAYBE IT IS OUR IMPERFECTIONS
WHICH MAKE US SO PERFECT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
MARRY ME?
MARRY ME, MY WONDERFUL, DARLING FRIEND!
LET'S GO TO YOUR FATHER.
OH, DEAR!
WHAT?
I CANNOT MARRY YOU!
WHY EVER NOT?
MY FATHER! FIRST MY SISTER, THEN MRS. WESTON,
I DON'T THINK HE COULD BEAR MY LEAVING,
EVEN FOR A MAN HE REGARDS AS HIGHLY AS YOU.
I CANNOT MARRY YOU!
I CANNOT ABANDON HIM! I CANNOT!
I COULD NOT SECURE YOUR HAPPINESS
WHILE ATTACKING YOUR FATHER'S.
AS LONG AS HIS JOY
REQUIRES YOUR BEING AT HARTFIELD...
LET IT BE MY HOME, TOO.
THANK YOU!
HA HA!
THANK YOU!
NOW I NEED NOT CALL YOU MR. KNIGHTLEY!
I MAY CALL YOU MY MR. KNIGHTLEY.
Narrator: THE ELATION MR. WOODHOUSE FELT
WAS SOON SHARED BY MANY.
WHILE THESE EXCHANGES LIFTED THE HEARTS OF THE COUPLE,
THERE WAS ONE VISIT WHICH DID NOT.
EMMA KNEW THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR HARRIET'S HAPPINESS
WAS THAT SHE MIGHT MARRY AS WELL,
BUT IT SEEMED TOO MUCH TO HOPE THAT EVEN HARRIET SMITH
COULD BE IN LOVE WITH MORE THAN 3 MEN IN ONE YEAR.
MISS WOODHOUSE? MAY I COME IN?
YOU KNOW YOU NEED NEVER ASK!
PLEASE, DO, AND TELL ME HOW YOU'VE BEEN!
IT SEEMS WEEKS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE!
YES, WELL, I STAYED AWAY AT FIRST
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR ME.
AND THEN I STAYED AWAY
BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
WHICH I'M AFRAID YOU WILL NOT LIKE.
HARRIET, NOTHING YOU COULD SAY
WOULD EVER BE UNPLEASANT.
THIS IS.
THAT IS, I'M AFRAID YOU WILL THINK IT IS,
THOUGH I THINK IT AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM!
I HAVE CONSENTED TO MARRY ROBERT MARTIN!
WHATEVER HAPPENED?
WELL, AFTER I LEFT HERE THE LAST TIME,
I SAW HIS SISTER AT A PARTY.
I FELL EASILY INTO CONVERSATION WITH HER,
AND SOON ENOUGH, SHE INVITED ME TO DINNER.
MR. MARTIN WAS THERE, OF COURSE,
AND WE TALKED AS THOUGH WE HAD NEVER BEEN APART!
AND AS I LEFT,
HE ASKED IF HE COULD SEE ME THE NEXT DAY,
AND I SAID THAT HE COULD,
AND ON THE NEXT DAY,
HE ASKED IF HE COULD SEE ME THE DAY AFTER THAT,
AND ON THE DAY AFTER THAT,
HE ASKED IF HE COULD SEE ME
ALL THE DAYS EVER AFTER.
OH, HARRIET!
WELL, I KNOW THIS DISAPPOINTS YOU, BUT--
HARRIET, YOU MISTAKE ME.
THIS IS THE PERFECT END
FOR MY SAD CAREER AS A MATCHMAKER,
A ROLE I GLADLY RELINQUISH
BY BEING INSTEAD
SO HAPPILY MATCHED MYSELF.
I HOPE YOU KNOW
THAT I ONLY WANTED YOUR HAPPINESS!
NOW THAT YOU HAVE FOUND IT,
IT MAKES MY EARTH COMPLETE.
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]
Narrator: THERE WERE THOSE
WHO THOUGHT THE WEDDING A LITTLE SHABBY.
I DO NOT PROFESS TO BE AN EXPERT
IN THE FIELD OF FASHION,
THOUGH MY FRIENDS SAY I HAVE QUITE THE EYE,
BUT I CAN TELL YOU,
THERE IS A SHOCKING LACK OF SATIN.
[CHEERING]
Narrator: HOWEVER, THE WISHES, THE FAITH,
AND THE PREDICTIONS OF THE SMALL BAND OF TRUE FRIENDS
WHO WITNESSED THE CEREMONY
WERE FULLY ANSWERED
IN THE PERFECT HAPPINESS OF THE UNION.
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