Just as it seems that Willoughby and Marianne are about to announce their engagement, Willoughby departs for London, leaving Marianne bewildered and desolate.
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00:00You
00:30You
00:56She is still crying
00:59When will she ever stop?
01:01She will not talk
01:04Something more than what he owed us must have happened.
01:07Well, it was no falling away of his love Eleanor. I could see that.
01:11I know what has happened.
01:13That aunt of his suspects his regard for Marianne and has invented this business to send him away.
01:19Mama, I cannot help suspecting that there is something unpleasant.
01:23It may be proper to hide their engagement from his aunt.
01:27But they are engaged.
01:29There is no reason for hiding it from us.
01:31From us?
01:33When they've made their affections plain every day.
01:35Why not ask her whether she is engaged to Willoughby?
01:38How can we?
01:40Mama, you are so gentle. She would trust you.
01:44I would not ask her such a question for the world.
01:47Why ever not?
01:49Suppose they were not engaged.
01:51How it would pain her to admit it.
01:53But then she must have the less to grieve for.
01:56And if she and her lover had their secret who am I to pry?
01:59It would be cruel.
02:01I should never deserve her confidence again.
02:07Then there is only one physic for her.
02:10Activity.
02:17You ought to take up your music again.
02:19Yes.
02:22I'm sure we can find a good teacher in Exeter.
02:26Yes.
02:33Oh, this is lovely.
02:36I must come and sketch from here.
02:38Yes.
02:41Who are those two riders?
02:48Eleanor, it's Willoughby.
02:50It is. I know it.
02:52Marianne, it is not Willoughby.
02:54Oh, it is. It is.
02:56Oh, it is.
02:58Oh, it has.
03:00Oh, I knew it.
03:02Come on.
03:06Mr. Ferris.
03:08Miss Marianne.
03:11Miss Eleanor.
03:13And do you come from London, Edward?
03:15No, thank you.
03:18I have been spending a fortnight with friends near Plymouth.
03:23You have been two weeks in Devon and not seen us sooner.
03:27And not one letter from you. Ever.
03:30Marianne, Mr. Ferris was under no obligation to write.
03:35And have you been lately in Sussex?
03:37I was at Norland about a month ago.
03:39And how does dear, dear Norland look?
03:41Dear, dear Norland probably looks much as it always does at this time of year.
03:46And how long will you be with us?
03:48I plan to stay only the one night.
03:51Oh, my dear boy.
03:53I could not go by without at least seeing you.
03:55Seeing you all.
03:57Tell me, Edward.
03:59What are your mother's plans for you now?
04:01Are you still to be a great orator in spite of yourself?
04:05No.
04:07I hope she understands by now that I have no talent or wish for fame.
04:10Well, for your own sake you should have a profession.
04:12True.
04:14But my mother and I never could agree.
04:16I have no desire for public life or the army.
04:20I'm too old for the navy.
04:22I always wanted the church.
04:24But that is not considered smart enough.
04:28So here I am, properly idle.
04:30Then I wish you would look a little happier about it, Edward.
04:33Oh, when was I ever cheerful?
04:37I offend without meaning to. People think me negligent when I'm merely awkward.
04:41I sometimes think nature destined me to keep low company.
04:45I'm so little at my ease among strangers of gentility.
04:48Oh, come Edward. Can you call us strangers?
04:52You are too good for me.
04:54All of you.
04:56Young man, this is a melancholy that must be cured.
04:59We cannot let you go away after but one night.
05:02I thought it better so.
05:04Are you expected?
05:06No.
05:08You'll return to Norland then?
05:11I have no pleasure at Norland.
05:13I detest town but
05:15either Norland or London it must be.
05:17Why?
05:19The countryside is so beautiful here and we are your friends.
05:21Oh, if I but could.
05:23You are free?
05:25Of course you can.
05:27Unless you fear to find the life dull.
05:29Dull?
05:31My greatest happiness is in this house.
05:35Thank you. Yes, I will stay.
05:37Oh, hurrah.
05:39What is that? A lock of hair.
05:41Is it your sister's?
05:43Yes. Yes, it is my sister's.
05:45I thought her hair was darker.
05:47I suppose it
05:49changes color with the light.
05:53Mother, I have not
05:55tried on my new dress yet.
05:57I'm sure Edward will forgive the two of us
05:59if we go upstairs for a few minutes.
06:01Oh.
06:03Of course, dear.
06:09Tell Edward
06:11about your sketching.
06:15Ah.
06:17Ah.
06:19Miss Eleanor.
06:25I must go down to the village
06:27and make sure that my man is seen to the horses.
06:29Please excuse me.
06:45You are not bored, Edward?
06:47I could never be bored in this house.
06:51That lock of hair was yours.
06:53I could tell by the color.
06:55It wasn't as dark as mine.
06:57It was.
06:59He's shy.
07:01It was a message to you.
07:03I wish I had your gift of imagination.
07:05I've never given him a lock of hair.
07:07Oh, he is a mysterious man.
07:09I would not put it past him.
07:11Oh, he is a mysterious man.
07:13I would not put it past him
07:15to contrive some lover's trick.
07:17When you had your hair dressed,
07:19at Norland he could have bribed a maid.
07:21You must come with us
07:23to the south end of Barton Valley.
07:25Ah, girls.
07:27Is not the southern part of the valley the best?
07:29Oh, it's exquisite.
07:31I shall order a carriage.
07:33Then the excursion will not be too strenuous.
07:35Oh.
07:37Hello. Morning, Sir John.
07:39That is our neighbor, Sir John Middleton.
07:41He's been very kind to us.
07:43Oh.
07:47Good morning, Sir John.
07:51Good morning, ladies.
07:53Oh, thank you.
07:55We have a visitor to introduce to you.
07:57Oh, no. Came to have a look at him.
07:59We hear everything up at the park.
08:01Oh. Mr. Edward Ferrars.
08:03Sir John Middleton.
08:05A dear boy. Are you one of the Tunbridge Wells family?
08:07I have that honor, Sir.
08:09Do come into the house.
08:11There's how I was at Eaton with your uncle.
08:13He became a general, yes?
08:15Yes. Lord knows how we keep the colonies.
08:17Ha, ha, ha.
08:19Ha, ha, ha.
08:21Ah, my dears.
08:23We have more guests coming to stay
08:25and an invitation to you to meet them.
08:27That includes you, Sir.
08:29You can't let a fine young man slip.
08:31Sir John is forever entertaining.
08:33A dinner tomorrow night when the guests have arrived
08:35and this time we'll have some dancing.
08:37Who are you expecting, Sir John?
08:39My sister Charlotte Palmer and her husband.
08:41You haven't met them.
08:43It will be a great pleasure to do so.
08:45You'll like Charlotte.
08:47Two young ladies we met in Exeter
08:49that Mrs. Jennings found they were relatives
08:51and cousins are cousins, I always say,
08:53rather distant.
08:55There's two young sisters named Steele.
08:57Oh, we've never met any Miss Steeles in Exeter.
08:59No, you wouldn't.
09:01I'll tell you the truth, Lady Middleton
09:03I don't know much but never turn away
09:05a pretty face, eh, young man?
09:07I'm afraid I shall not have the pleasure of meeting you.
09:11We need you.
09:13We're sure to, young men.
09:15I regret I must leave here in the morning.
09:17Edward, Edward, don't you want to stay?
09:19I have recalled necessary matters.
09:21I'm sorry I misled you
09:23but I must go first thing.
09:25Oh, do come now. Pray come.
09:27You must come. I declare you shall come.
09:29Ha, ha, ha.
09:31I best go off down the valley
09:33and see who else I can whip up
09:35until tomorrow evening, ladies.
09:39Young man, sir.
09:41Edward.
09:43Ten minutes ago you were planning
09:45an excursion with us.
09:47I forgot
09:49something I have no right to forget.
09:51Forgive me.
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10:11Do I hear you?
10:15Oh, I'm so glad
10:17you could come early.
10:19Come along, my dears.
10:21You must meet my younger daughter
10:23and her husband.
10:25Mr. and Mrs. Palmer of Cleveland.
10:27Charlotte, my ma'am.
10:29This is Miss Ashwood and Miss Marianne Ashwood.
10:31I feel I know you both already
10:33after all that I've heard.
10:35How do you do?
10:37And behind that newspaper
10:39is Mr. Palmer.
10:41How do you do?
10:43Come and sit down, my dears.
10:47You may believe how glad
10:49I was to see Charlotte
10:51although maybe she should not have
10:53traveled in her condition.
10:55Ha, ha, ha.
10:57Is there any news
10:59in the paper?
11:01None at all.
11:03Has anyone interesting arrived in town,
11:05Mr. Palmer?
11:07Mr. Palmer doesn't hear me.
11:09He never does.
11:11Ha, ha, ha.
11:13Isn't he droll?
11:15You have yet to meet
11:17Miss Steeles.
11:19They are on the lawn.
11:21I confess I was a little anxious
11:23before they arrived.
11:25Not a genteel upbringing, I feared.
11:27But they are so fond of children
11:29and my little darlings adore them.
11:31Oh, look at little
11:33Anna Maria.
11:35Oh, William is so
11:37enjoying himself.
11:39Ha, ha, ha.
11:41Perhaps Miss Steeles
11:43would prefer to meet us a little later.
11:45True, they are not even changed for dinner.
11:47The dear children are becoming overheated.
11:49Robbins, take them upstairs.
11:55I had better go up
11:57to the nursery.
11:59Amuse yourselves.
12:01Oh, Miss Dashwood, do pray sit down.
12:03Why, thank you.
12:09Mr. Palmer,
12:11why don't you put away
12:13that newspaper and
12:15amuse us ladies.
12:17That is an ill-bred remark, madam.
12:19Ah, amuse me as much
12:21as you like.
12:23You have taken Charlotte off my hands
12:25and you cannot keep her back again.
12:27Ha, ha, ha.
12:29What the devil
12:31must John mean by not having a billiard room
12:33in his house?
12:35Ha, ha, ha.
12:37Are all merry and bright, eh?
12:39All met each other good friends?
12:41Oh, why no
12:43smile, Miss Marianne.
12:45Is it the absence
12:47of a certain young gentleman from
12:49Allenham?
12:51Oh, pray do not be shy before us.
12:53Mr. Willoughby's little estate is
12:55near ours, not more than ten miles off.
12:57That means thirty, of course.
12:59There is not much difference.
13:01Ha, ha, ha.
13:03I never was at his house,
13:05but they do say it is a pretty place.
13:07As vile a spot as ever I saw
13:09in my life.
13:11Poor Mr. Palmer,
13:13always out of humour.
13:15He has been so busy,
13:17you see, canvassing to get into Parliament
13:19and he is forced to make
13:21everybody like him.
13:23Ha, ha, ha.
13:25There was talk of me
13:27marrying Colonel Brandon at one time
13:29but my ma objected to it.
13:31Still, I am happy as I am.
13:33Mr. Palmer is just the kind of man
13:35I like.
13:37Ha, ha, ha.
13:39I never met your Mr. Willoughby
13:41but all speak well of him.
13:43Excuse me.
13:45Excuse me.
13:47She is not very well.
13:49Ha, ha, ha.
13:51Ha, ha, ha.
13:53Ha, ha, ha.
13:55Why do they keep asking us here?
13:57It is all so tedious and dull.
13:59Ha, ha, ha.
14:01Ah, Miss Dashwood, there you are.
14:03May I present the Miss Stevens.
14:05Miss Steel, Miss Lucy Steel,
14:07Miss Dashwood, Miss Marianne Dashwood.
14:09How do you do?
14:11How do you do?
14:13Well, I am sure you girls have lots to talk about.
14:17What a sweet woman
14:19Lady Middleton is.
14:21Sir John, what a charming mother.
14:23Such beautiful children they have.
14:25I quite dote upon them already.
14:27I should suppose so
14:29from what I saw upon the lawn this afternoon.
14:31I have a notion that you
14:33prefer to see children tame and quiet.
14:35I must confess
14:37that when I am at Barton Park
14:39I never think of tame and quiet children
14:41with any abhorrence.
14:47Now, do you like Devonshire, Miss Dashwood?
14:49I suppose you were very sorry to leave Sussex.
14:51I was.
14:53Northend is a prodigious, beautiful place, is it not?
14:55I think everyone
14:57who has seen it has admired it.
14:59And had you a great many smart foes there.
15:01Look, Dan.
15:03You're always talking of foes.
15:05You must not ask the Miss Dashwood that.
15:09I fear I cannot tell you
15:11for I do not perfectly understand
15:13the meaning of that word.
15:15I have not had the pleasure
15:17of visiting Norland, Miss Dashwood
15:19but I long to do so.
15:21Do you?
15:23Yes, one who most intimately has told us so much about it.
15:25But I'm aching to dance.
15:27Come on.
15:29There's something for us.
15:53I really enjoy that.
15:55You dance so nicely.
15:57At my age, that is the supreme compliment.
16:01I hope I consoled you a little
16:03for the absence of a certain young man
16:05whose name begins with F.
16:09It's not yet.
16:11Very well.
16:17Every bill in the room wants to dance with my sister and me, Miss Dashwood
16:19but one has to rest.
16:21Of course.
16:23But do tell me, I cannot bear mysteries.
16:25I've been all night guessing who is this Mr. F
16:27for whom you are pining.
16:29I am pining for nobody, Miss Still.
16:31You may remember, Miss Dashwood
16:33that my sister spoke of a friend
16:35who had told us so much about Norland.
16:39I wonder if that is the same Mr. F.
16:41Who might that be?
16:43Mr. Ferrars.
16:45You are acquainted with Mr. Ferrars?
16:47Of course.
16:49We met him at our uncle's
16:51with whom we live when we are not invited about.
16:53He was four years a scholar
16:55under my uncle's tutorage.
16:57Oh, really?
16:59What a small world!
17:05Oh, but Anne, you're looking tired.
17:07We must retire.
17:09Come, my dear.
17:11Miss Dashwood.
17:17Miss Dashwood,
17:19we have so much in common.
17:21I'm sure I found a friend in you.
17:25Would it be an impertinence to call upon you
17:27tomorrow morning?
17:29Pray do.
17:31Miss Dashwood.
17:43You may find this question surprising,
17:45but pray, are you acquainted
17:47with your sister-in-law's mother,
17:49Mrs. Ferrars?
17:51I have never seen Mrs. Ferrars.
17:53Indeed?
17:55I thought you must have met her
17:57sometimes at Norland.
17:59Then perhaps you cannot tell me
18:01what sort of a woman she really is.
18:03I know nothing of her.
18:05I'm sure you think me very strange
18:07for asking,
18:09but there are reasons.
18:11Wish I could tell you.
18:13Please believe that
18:15I do not mean to sound impertinent.
18:17I cannot bear to have you
18:19think me impertinent.
18:21There is no one whose
18:23good opinion I so much want,
18:25and I am sure I can
18:27trust you.
18:29I am surprised.
18:31Until last night, I never understood
18:33you were at all connected with that family.
18:35Mrs. Ferrars is nothing to me
18:37at present, but the time
18:39may come when we
18:41may be very intimately connected.
18:43Are you closely
18:45acquainted with Mr. Robert Ferrars?
18:47Robert Ferrars?
18:49That great Cogscombe?
18:51Although I've never met him.
18:53No.
18:55With his elder brother,
18:57Edward.
18:59Edward?
19:01I have been engaged to him
19:03these four years.
19:05Four years?
19:09When he was
19:11at my uncle's.
19:13It has been
19:15a great secret.
19:17Only my sister knows,
19:19and I rely upon your secrecy.
19:25I do not think Edward will mind
19:27you knowing, for he looks
19:29upon you and Miss Marianne as
19:31quite his own sisters.
19:37What a pretty garden.
19:39May we go out and see it?
19:44I was very young
19:46and unwilling to venture into it,
19:48but I loved him too well to be as
19:50prudent as I ought to have been.
19:52Although you do not know him
19:54as well as me, Miss Dashwood,
19:56you must be aware how capable he is
19:58of winning a woman's heart.
20:00Certainly.
20:01You must keep my secret.
20:03If it should reach his mother,
20:05she would never approve.
20:07Your secret is safe with me.
20:10I was afraid
20:12you would think I was taking
20:14a great liberty with you.
20:16I've not a soul whose advice
20:18I can ask.
20:20I only wonder that I'm alive after
20:22these four years.
20:24He hardly ever comes.
20:26Sometimes I think it would be
20:28better to break it off,
20:30but then he would be
20:32so unhappy.
20:34So would I.
20:36Sure I wonder that my heart
20:38is not quite broke.
20:41What shall I do?
20:43I'm sorry.
20:45I can give you no advice.
20:48He came to see you
20:50recently, did he not?
20:52Until then he'd been spending
20:54a fortnight with us in Plymouth.
20:56He was heartbroken to leave.
20:58Did he not seem in low spirits
21:00when he came to you?
21:02I gave him
21:04a curl
21:06set in a locket.
21:08Perhaps you saw it
21:10when he was here.
21:12I did.
21:14I must go.
21:16I am glad we've talked.
21:20I knew you would understand.
21:24Good day, Miss Dashwood.
21:26Good day.
21:32Now ladies, who is for cards?
21:34We might play a rubber of casinos.
21:36Just the thing, I said.
21:38I would be delighted.
21:40Lady Middleton,
21:42I must finish dressing the dog
21:44that I promised your angelic Anna Maria.
21:46Very well. Do not hurt your eyes.
21:48There is still
21:50much to be done.
21:52Perhaps I may be of some help to Miss Lucy.
21:54You are very kind.
21:56Sit by me, Miss Eleanor,
21:58and help me dress the dog.
22:00So good of you to organise
22:02this evening, dear.
22:04Much as we enjoy the company of the gentlemen.
22:06Miss Jenkins.
22:12Since you honoured me
22:14with your confidence,
22:16I have wanted to speak with you further.
22:18So have I.
22:20Thank you for breaking the ice.
22:22I thought I had offended you.
22:24How could you suppose?
22:26And yet I do assure you
22:28I felt sure you were angry with me.
22:30You are very unfortunate.
22:32You will have to be sure
22:34of a great mutual affection to support you.
22:36I believe
22:38Mr Ferrars is entirely dependent
22:40upon his mother.
22:42She is a headstrong woman, they say.
22:44She would leave everything
22:46to Robert.
22:48That would be terrible for Edward.
22:50And for you.
22:52Or are you unselfish
22:54beyond reason?
22:56No.
22:58I have a plan.
23:00It does concern you.
23:02How could it concern me?
23:04Edward wishes
23:06to take holy orders.
23:08As a churchman,
23:10he would have a living.
23:12Out of your friendship
23:14for him,
23:16could you not persuade your brother
23:18to give him the church living at Norland?
23:20And then
23:22he could marry without delay.
23:24My word
23:26would count for nothing
23:28with my brother.
23:30But he would listen to his wife.
23:32Edward's sister.
23:34She is against him going into the church,
23:36so Edward says.
23:38Then I can do nothing.
23:40What are you two
23:42young ladies whispering about,
23:44Miss Eleanor?
23:46Young men, I'll warrant.
23:48Mine, I think,
23:50ladies.
23:52Madam, you cannot
23:54leave the table now.
23:56Oh, well, we shall just have to continue
23:58without her.
24:00Miss Carey, won't you join us?
24:04Now, I have been
24:06wanting to talk to you about London.
24:08About London?
24:10All the family are going up for the winter
24:12and we shall have fine times.
24:14London is a
24:16wonderful place, you know.
24:18And I want you two girls
24:20to come and stay at my house after Christmas.
24:22That is
24:24very kind of you, but...
24:26No buts. You will keep me company.
24:28And if I don't get
24:30one of you well married by the time
24:32I've finished with you, it won't be
24:34my fault.
24:36Oh, I'm overjoyed
24:40to think that my girls
24:42will have a season in London.
24:44Mother, we cannot
24:46leave you on your own in the depths of winter.
24:48Well, I shall have Tom and Susan.
24:50And I have a little plan
24:52to alter your bedrooms, which I can
24:54now carry out without inconvenience to anyone.
24:56Oh, you are a good mama.
25:02There is one objection
25:04which, in my opinion, cannot be removed.
25:06Oh, the expense is it.
25:08Dear, prudent Eleanor.
25:10No. Mrs. Jennings.
25:12She's a kind-hearted woman, but not
25:14one whose company we much enjoy or whose
25:16protection will give us any standing.
25:18She's a motherly good woman.
25:20And you'll almost always appear in public
25:22with Lady Middleton.
25:24If Eleanor is frightened off by Mrs. Jennings,
25:26I have no such scruples.
25:28I would put up with any unpleasantness
25:30to go to London, and I shall.
25:32Well, of course
25:34you shall, my dear.
25:36Eleanor, I would
25:38have you both go now. No more
25:40nonsensical objections.
25:42Oh, Mother, you've made me so happy.
25:50You know very well
25:52why she is enraged to go to London.
25:54I imagine Mr. Willoughby
25:56is there.
25:58Not one word or letter
26:00has she had from him since he ran off.
26:02Not one.
26:04You would not have her pursue him.
26:06I want her happiness, Eleanor.
26:08I would not stand
26:10in her way.
26:12Excuse me.
26:16Mother.
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