1 00:02:38,966 --> 00:02:41,900 [ Narrator ] ln a time when one's town was one's world... 2 00:02:41,974 --> 00:02:44,822 and the actions at a dance excited greater interest... 3 00:02:44,886 --> 00:02:47,155 than the movement of armies, 4 00:02:47,222 --> 00:02:52,557 there lived a young woman who knew how this world should be run. 5 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:55,794 The most beautiful thing in the world is a match well made... 6 00:02:55,862 --> 00:02:57,902 and a happy marriage to you both. 7 00:02:57,974 --> 00:03:02,382 Thank you, Emma. Your painting grows more accomplished every day. 8 00:03:02,454 --> 00:03:04,690 You are very kind, but it would be all the better... 9 00:03:04,758 --> 00:03:07,409 if I practiced my drawing more as you urged me. 10 00:03:07,478 --> 00:03:09,333 It's very beautiful. 11 00:03:09,398 --> 00:03:10,991 I should never take side against you, Miss Woodhouse, 12 00:03:11,062 --> 00:03:12,917 but your friend is right. 13 00:03:12,982 --> 00:03:15,284 It is indeed a job well done. 14 00:03:15,350 --> 00:03:18,961 A job well done, Mr. Elton, was yours in performing the ceremony. 15 00:03:19,030 --> 00:03:21,997 Must the church be so drafty, Mr. Elton ? 16 00:03:22,070 --> 00:03:24,241 It is very difficult to surrender the soul... 17 00:03:24,310 --> 00:03:26,383 when one is worried about one's throat. 18 00:03:26,453 --> 00:03:29,421 Perhaps some tea and cake would revive you, Mr. Woodhouse ? 19 00:03:29,494 --> 00:03:33,171 Miss Taylor, surely you're not serving cake at your wedding ? 20 00:03:33,238 --> 00:03:37,394 Far too rich. You put us all at peril. And I am not alone in feeling so. 21 00:03:37,462 --> 00:03:40,244 Where is Mr. Perry, the apothecary ? He will support me. 22 00:03:40,310 --> 00:03:43,757 He is over there, Mr. Woodhouse, having some cake. 23 00:03:43,830 --> 00:03:46,765 What ? 24 00:03:46,838 --> 00:03:50,416 I have to take Father home. But dear Miss Taylor-- 25 00:03:50,486 --> 00:03:52,341 Oh, no ! 26 00:03:52,406 --> 00:03:57,043 You are "Dear Miss Taylor" no more ! You are dear Mrs. Weston now. 27 00:03:57,110 --> 00:03:59,980 And how happy this must make you. 28 00:04:00,053 --> 00:04:02,803 Such happiness this brings to all of us. 29 00:04:02,870 --> 00:04:04,725 My dear Emma ! 30 00:04:15,734 --> 00:04:18,800 [ Woodhouse ] Poor Miss Taylor. She was so happy here. 31 00:04:18,870 --> 00:04:22,798 Why should she give up being your governess only to be married ? 32 00:04:23,862 --> 00:04:25,804 I am grown now. 33 00:04:25,878 --> 00:04:28,911 She cannot put up with my ill humors forever. 34 00:04:28,982 --> 00:04:32,211 - She must wish for children of her own. - You have no ill humors. 35 00:04:32,278 --> 00:04:35,278 Your own mother, God rest her, 36 00:04:35,350 --> 00:04:37,521 could be no more real than Miss Taylor. 37 00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:41,387 Can she truly wish to give life to a mewling infant... 38 00:04:41,462 --> 00:04:45,074 who will import disease each time it enters the house ? 39 00:04:45,142 --> 00:04:49,964 No ! I said poor Miss Taylor and poor, indeed, she is. 40 00:04:50,038 --> 00:04:54,478 [ Man ] As an old friend of the family I had to ask as soon as I got back: 41 00:04:54,550 --> 00:04:56,786 Who cried the most at the wedding ? 42 00:04:56,854 --> 00:04:58,959 [ Chuckling ] 43 00:04:59,030 --> 00:05:02,379 And how is my sister ? ls your brother giving her the respect... 44 00:05:02,453 --> 00:05:04,722 we Woodhouse ladies deserve ? 45 00:05:04,790 --> 00:05:08,335 Poor lsabella. She was the first to leave me. 46 00:05:08,406 --> 00:05:11,570 No doubt, that is where Miss Taylor got the notion to go. 47 00:05:11,638 --> 00:05:14,027 Don't be too hard on Miss Taylor. 48 00:05:14,102 --> 00:05:16,785 It must be easier for her to have only one to please than two. 49 00:05:16,853 --> 00:05:19,701 Especially when one of us is such a troublesome creature. 50 00:05:19,766 --> 00:05:23,028 - Yes, I am... most troublesome. - [ Giggles ] 51 00:05:23,094 --> 00:05:26,639 Dear Papa, I could never mean you. 52 00:05:26,709 --> 00:05:29,775 Mr. Knightley loves to find fault with me, that's all. 53 00:05:29,846 --> 00:05:31,733 It's his idea of a joke. 54 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:34,515 I'm practically a brother to you, Emma. 55 00:05:34,582 --> 00:05:37,200 Is it not a brother's job to find fault with his sister ? 56 00:05:37,269 --> 00:05:39,157 But where is the fault with you ? 57 00:05:39,222 --> 00:05:43,346 Emma bears it well. But she is most sorry to lose Miss Taylor. 58 00:05:43,414 --> 00:05:46,316 We would not like Emma so well as we do if she did not miss her friend. 59 00:05:46,390 --> 00:05:48,146 Thank you. 60 00:05:48,214 --> 00:05:50,669 I shall miss her so. 61 00:05:50,742 --> 00:05:53,076 I do not know what I shall do without her. 62 00:05:53,142 --> 00:05:55,476 - She's not far. - Almost half a mile ! 63 00:05:55,542 --> 00:05:57,615 Her obligations are there now. 64 00:05:57,685 --> 00:06:00,402 She cannot sit and talk with me in the old way, 65 00:06:00,470 --> 00:06:03,950 or walk with me, or urge me to better myself. 66 00:06:04,022 --> 00:06:07,404 That should not matter as you always did just as you pleased. 67 00:06:07,477 --> 00:06:11,055 Yes. But I shall miss her urging me. 68 00:06:11,125 --> 00:06:14,671 She was as selfless a friend as I have ever had. 69 00:06:14,742 --> 00:06:17,076 I hope to say someday I have done half as much for someone... 70 00:06:17,142 --> 00:06:18,996 as Mrs. Weston did for me. 71 00:06:19,062 --> 00:06:21,680 You must be happy that she settled so well. 72 00:06:21,750 --> 00:06:23,124 [ Emma ] lndeed ! 73 00:06:23,190 --> 00:06:26,321 One matter of joy in this is that I made the match myself. 74 00:06:26,390 --> 00:06:28,462 People said Mr. Weston would never marry again. 75 00:06:28,534 --> 00:06:30,673 - And what a triumph. - Triumph ? 76 00:06:30,742 --> 00:06:34,157 - You made a lucky guess. - Have you never known the triumph of a lucky guess ? 77 00:06:34,230 --> 00:06:36,084 Had I not promoted Mr. Weston's visits... 78 00:06:36,150 --> 00:06:38,222 and given encouragement where encouragement was needed, 79 00:06:38,294 --> 00:06:40,465 we might not have had a wedding today. 80 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:43,730 Then please, my dear, encourage no one else. 81 00:06:43,798 --> 00:06:46,253 Marriage is so disrupting to one's social circle. 82 00:06:46,326 --> 00:06:48,181 Only one more, Papa. 83 00:06:48,246 --> 00:06:50,832 When Mr. Elton joined their hands today, 84 00:06:50,902 --> 00:06:54,764 he looked very much as if he would like the same kind office performed for him. 85 00:06:54,838 --> 00:06:56,267 [ Sighs ] 86 00:06:56,341 --> 00:06:59,637 Invite him for dinner. That is kindness enough. 87 00:06:59,702 --> 00:07:04,077 Mr. Elton is a man of 26. He knows how to take care of himself. 88 00:07:04,150 --> 00:07:07,314 One does not like to generalize about so many people all at once, Mr. Knightley, 89 00:07:07,382 --> 00:07:10,164 but you may be sure that men know nothing about their hearts... 90 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:13,427 whether they be six and twenty or six and eighty. 91 00:07:13,494 --> 00:07:15,381 Excepting you, of course, Father. 92 00:07:15,445 --> 00:07:17,780 [ Chuckles ] 93 00:07:17,846 --> 00:07:20,213 No. 94 00:07:20,278 --> 00:07:23,693 Mr. Elton will be the next person to benefit from my help. 95 00:07:23,766 --> 00:07:26,068 [ Knightley ] Poor Miss Taylor, indeed ! 96 00:07:26,134 --> 00:07:28,654 It is Mr. Elton who deserves our pity. 97 00:07:28,725 --> 00:07:30,765 [ Chuckling ] 98 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,559 [ Emma ] Mr. Elton ! 99 00:07:38,198 --> 00:07:40,085 Welcome to our party. 100 00:07:40,149 --> 00:07:42,571 Miss Woodhouse, thank you indeed for including me. 101 00:07:42,646 --> 00:07:46,607 A party is a party. But a party on a summer's eve, mmm ! 102 00:07:46,677 --> 00:07:49,328 It relieves my mind very much that you are here. 103 00:07:49,397 --> 00:07:53,259 For there is someone new in our group. Her name is Harriet Smith. 104 00:07:53,333 --> 00:07:56,050 And she is a former pupil of Mrs. Goddard's. 105 00:07:56,117 --> 00:07:58,190 I had never met Miss Smith before this evening... 106 00:07:58,262 --> 00:08:00,717 and I'm already struck by her charm. 107 00:08:00,790 --> 00:08:03,473 I wondered if I might ask you... 108 00:08:03,541 --> 00:08:06,803 to make certain she is at ease throughout the evening. 109 00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:09,870 If helping Miss Smith would help Miss Woodhouse, 110 00:08:09,942 --> 00:08:12,178 then I'm happy to be of service. 111 00:08:12,246 --> 00:08:14,384 Come. I shall make the introduction. 112 00:08:14,453 --> 00:08:16,657 Miss Woodhouse, we come quite overpowered. 113 00:08:16,725 --> 00:08:20,620 Oh, Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates. So happy you could come. 114 00:08:20,694 --> 00:08:22,636 [ Miss Bates ] No ! We are the happy ones. 115 00:08:22,710 --> 00:08:25,131 W-Well, how do you do, Mr. Elton ? 116 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:28,075 We are the happy ones, not only to be here tonight, 117 00:08:28,149 --> 00:08:30,702 but for the beautiful hindquarter of pork you sent us. 118 00:08:30,773 --> 00:08:34,799 It has been heaven itself. What a happy porker it must have come from ! 119 00:08:34,869 --> 00:08:38,066 We're so obliged for your sending it to us. 120 00:08:38,134 --> 00:08:40,817 Pork ! And we're so obliged for your having us tonight. 121 00:08:40,885 --> 00:08:44,497 Very much indeed. I was just saying to Mother, we should be obliged and indeed we are. 122 00:08:44,565 --> 00:08:47,599 Oh, doesn't your hair look pretty ? Just like an angel. 123 00:08:47,670 --> 00:08:50,059 Angel, Mother ! 124 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:53,297 Oh, speaking of angels, Mr. Elton, 125 00:08:53,365 --> 00:08:56,235 your sermon on Daniel in the lion's den was so inspiring. 126 00:08:56,310 --> 00:09:01,263 So powerful in all its particulars. It left us speechless. 127 00:09:01,334 --> 00:09:05,644 Quite speechless, I tell you. We have not stopped talking of it since. 128 00:09:05,718 --> 00:09:07,856 Isn't this a lovely party ? 129 00:09:07,925 --> 00:09:11,308 Lovely ! Lovely ! Lovely ! 130 00:09:11,382 --> 00:09:14,731 Where will you live now that you've completed your education ? 131 00:09:14,806 --> 00:09:17,555 Mrs. Goddard has been kind enough to let me stay on with her. 132 00:09:17,621 --> 00:09:21,298 - She's a great help to me. If you'll excuse me. - [ Woodhouse ] Mrs. Goddard. 133 00:09:21,365 --> 00:09:25,872 - Mr. Knightley. - Ah, Emma. I wondered where you were. 134 00:09:25,942 --> 00:09:30,252 But now I see you've been hard at work making Mr. Elton comfortable. 135 00:09:30,326 --> 00:09:32,268 Yes, but I've been remiss in doing the one thing... 136 00:09:32,342 --> 00:09:34,196 that shall bring him the greatest enjoyment. 137 00:09:34,262 --> 00:09:36,302 [ Emma ] Mr. Elton. 138 00:09:36,373 --> 00:09:39,789 May I present Miss Smith ? 139 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:46,443 Any friend of Miss Woodhouse is-- 140 00:09:54,774 --> 00:09:58,090 Mr. Weston, have you had any news of your son ? 141 00:09:58,166 --> 00:09:59,922 Oh, indeed. 142 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:03,602 Miss Smith, I was married many years ago... 143 00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:05,971 to a woman whose life was lost to illness... 144 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:09,932 just three years after the birth of our son, Frank. 145 00:10:10,005 --> 00:10:13,300 As I could not see to my business and care for the infant, 146 00:10:13,366 --> 00:10:16,333 I allowed him to be brought up by my wife's brother... 147 00:10:16,406 --> 00:10:18,260 and his wife, the Churchills. 148 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:20,911 He lives in London now, a young man, 149 00:10:20,981 --> 00:10:22,836 and has never been here. 150 00:10:22,901 --> 00:10:26,479 His aunt is not well and she does not care to be without him. 151 00:10:26,549 --> 00:10:29,549 His coming would be the final blessing for our marriage. 152 00:10:29,621 --> 00:10:32,523 How lucky to have been twice blessed in marriage. 153 00:10:32,597 --> 00:10:35,150 It has been my belief that one loves only once. 154 00:10:35,221 --> 00:10:37,774 I'm happy to be wrong. 155 00:10:37,845 --> 00:10:40,333 [ Weston ] Not so happy as l, Miss Smith. 156 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:44,180 I had the most pleasing letter from him on the occasion of our marriage. 157 00:10:44,246 --> 00:10:46,384 I have it here if anyone would care to see it. 158 00:10:46,453 --> 00:10:50,829 A most charming and kindly letter. Don't you think so, Mother ? 159 00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:53,716 Have, have you ever read such a letter, Mr. Knightley ? 160 00:10:53,781 --> 00:10:56,367 Do you know, this... this reminds me of Jane's style somewhat. 161 00:10:56,437 --> 00:10:58,739 It's a very delicate style which is more usual in a woman, 162 00:10:58,806 --> 00:11:00,661 but a good sign in a man, I think. 163 00:11:00,726 --> 00:11:02,668 Nicely expressed. 164 00:11:04,181 --> 00:11:08,272 But it sounds as though he eats a worrisome amount of custard. 165 00:11:08,342 --> 00:11:11,276 It's not merely the feeling in it. 166 00:11:11,349 --> 00:11:14,032 The penmanship is so confident. 167 00:11:14,102 --> 00:11:17,233 -Isn't Miss Smith delightful ? -I watched her with continuous pleasure. 168 00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:21,644 She is uncertain in these surroundings, yet I thought perhaps... 169 00:11:21,717 --> 00:11:26,354 I could be of service to her, undertake her introduction into Highbury society. 170 00:11:26,421 --> 00:11:28,494 I could never presume to guide her as you did me. 171 00:11:28,566 --> 00:11:29,940 Oh ! 172 00:11:30,005 --> 00:11:32,307 But I might be able to share a little of what I know. 173 00:11:32,373 --> 00:11:34,478 She could ask for nothing better. 174 00:11:34,549 --> 00:11:37,397 Come, Mr. Weston, I must write to your son. 175 00:11:38,805 --> 00:11:41,293 Good night, Mr. Woodhouse. 176 00:11:41,365 --> 00:11:43,220 [ Weston ] Good night, Mr. Woodhouse. 177 00:11:43,285 --> 00:11:45,456 Good night, Emma. Thank you for a wonderful dinner. 178 00:11:45,525 --> 00:11:50,795 - Good night, Miss Taylor. - Good night, Mrs. Weston, Mr. Weston. 179 00:11:50,869 --> 00:11:52,844 [ Weston ] Good night. 180 00:11:52,918 --> 00:11:56,715 Poor Miss Taylor. She so obviously wanted to stay. 181 00:11:59,957 --> 00:12:03,951 How interesting, Miss Smith. And what kind of people are your parents ? 182 00:12:04,021 --> 00:12:05,909 I do not know. 183 00:12:05,973 --> 00:12:10,446 Mrs. Goddard has said that I cannot know them and so I have left it at that. 184 00:12:10,517 --> 00:12:13,746 Because of her attentions over the years, Mrs. Goddard has been my true guardian. 185 00:12:13,813 --> 00:12:16,813 [ Gasps ] Hurry along, dear. It's Miss Bates coming. 186 00:12:16,885 --> 00:12:18,990 [ Emma ] As it is Tuesday... 187 00:12:19,061 --> 00:12:21,298 she will have a letter from her niece Jane Fairfax, 188 00:12:21,366 --> 00:12:23,221 and she will want to read us every word. 189 00:12:23,286 --> 00:12:27,180 - Oh, I do not know Miss Fairfax. - There's not much to be said for her. 190 00:12:27,253 --> 00:12:29,620 When pressed, I say she is elegant. 191 00:12:29,685 --> 00:12:31,693 [ Miss Bates Giggles ] 192 00:12:31,766 --> 00:12:35,061 [ Miss Bates Chatting ] 193 00:12:35,125 --> 00:12:39,020 [ Harriet ] Besides you and Mrs. Goddard, 194 00:12:39,094 --> 00:12:42,923 the only other people I know here are the Martins of Abbey Mill Farm. 195 00:12:42,997 --> 00:12:48,016 Mrs. Martin had two parlors and an upper maid and eight cows ! 196 00:12:48,086 --> 00:12:52,079 Mr. Martin used to cut fresh flowers every day. [ Gasps ] 197 00:12:52,149 --> 00:12:55,891 [ Emma ] How lucky for Mrs. Martin to have such an agreeable husband ! 198 00:12:55,957 --> 00:13:00,529 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, Mr. Martin is not her husband. He is her son. 199 00:13:00,597 --> 00:13:03,914 Ahh ! I see. 200 00:13:03,989 --> 00:13:07,153 And he is... 201 00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:09,261 unmarried. 202 00:13:09,333 --> 00:13:11,635 Mmm. Though I cannot understand why. 203 00:13:11,701 --> 00:13:14,800 He seems perfect in every particular. 204 00:13:14,870 --> 00:13:17,936 He brought me walnuts once, and went three miles to get them... 205 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:20,559 just because he heard me say I liked them. 206 00:13:20,630 --> 00:13:23,019 Wasn't that kind ? [ Gasps ] 207 00:13:26,773 --> 00:13:29,708 [ Emma ] Tell me more about Mr. Martin. Is he a man of information ? 208 00:13:29,782 --> 00:13:33,131 [ Harriet ] Oh, yes. He reads the agricultural reports. 209 00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:36,980 And I recommended he read The Romance of the Forest, and he said he would. 210 00:13:37,045 --> 00:13:39,020 And what sort of looking man is he ? 211 00:13:39,093 --> 00:13:42,355 Mmm. I thought him very plain at first, 212 00:13:42,421 --> 00:13:44,560 but I do not think so now. 213 00:13:44,630 --> 00:13:46,484 Have you never seen him when he is in town ? 214 00:13:46,550 --> 00:13:48,110 A family like the Martins... 215 00:13:48,181 --> 00:13:50,570 are precisely the sort of people with whom I have nothing to do. 216 00:13:50,646 --> 00:13:53,679 A degree or two lower, and I might be useful to their families. 217 00:13:53,749 --> 00:13:55,636 But a farmer needs none of my help... 218 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:59,117 and is therefore as much above my notice as he is below it. 219 00:13:59,190 --> 00:14:02,059 - In fact-- - Miss Woodhouse, there he is now ! 220 00:14:06,358 --> 00:14:09,227 - How do I look ? - Fine, dear. 221 00:14:09,301 --> 00:14:11,537 Good enough I'm sure for Mr. Martin. 222 00:14:11,605 --> 00:14:14,158 Good day. This is a bit of a chance, isn't it ? 223 00:14:14,229 --> 00:14:17,295 Good day, Mr. Martin. Miss Woodhouse, may I present Mr. Martin ? 224 00:14:17,365 --> 00:14:21,228 - This is Miss Woodhouse. - Good day. How do you do ? 225 00:14:21,301 --> 00:14:25,295 Oh. Were you able to find The Romance of the Forest ? 226 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:28,180 Oh, blast ! I forgot. 227 00:14:28,245 --> 00:14:30,285 But I go again tomorrow, 228 00:14:30,358 --> 00:14:33,838 and I will make every effort to get that thought into my head. 229 00:14:33,909 --> 00:14:35,764 How's your mother ? 230 00:14:35,829 --> 00:14:38,512 [ Thinking ] Really, Harriet, we can do better than this. 231 00:14:40,277 --> 00:14:42,546 [ Emma ] lf you pull this way, dear, 232 00:14:42,613 --> 00:14:45,166 you'll find it makes a neater stitch. 233 00:14:47,669 --> 00:14:49,873 Of course ! 234 00:14:51,253 --> 00:14:55,530 May I ask what you thought of my friend, Robert Martin ? 235 00:14:55,605 --> 00:14:57,547 Well, dear, 236 00:14:57,621 --> 00:15:00,523 I imagined him a degree nearer gentility. 237 00:15:02,229 --> 00:15:05,775 True. He's not so genteel as Mr. Knightley, but-- 238 00:15:05,845 --> 00:15:07,219 No ! 239 00:15:07,285 --> 00:15:09,806 Not one in a hundred men has "gentleman"... 240 00:15:09,877 --> 00:15:12,692 so plainly written across him as Mr. Knightley. 241 00:15:12,757 --> 00:15:18,059 But let us judge him next to another man. Oh, say... Mr. Elton. 242 00:15:18,133 --> 00:15:20,206 Mr. Elton is a fine man. 243 00:15:20,278 --> 00:15:22,896 Thoughtful in ways Mr. Martin can never be. 244 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:25,780 Miss Woodhouse, whatever his faults, Mr. Martin is thoughtful. 245 00:15:25,845 --> 00:15:27,470 I see. 246 00:15:27,541 --> 00:15:32,014 Did he take your advice and get the book you asked him to read ? 247 00:15:33,909 --> 00:15:36,146 Um-- 248 00:15:36,213 --> 00:15:39,344 Well... no. 249 00:15:39,413 --> 00:15:41,650 Yes. 250 00:15:41,717 --> 00:15:43,659 Yes ! 251 00:15:43,733 --> 00:15:46,034 I wonder that he did not remember it. 252 00:15:46,102 --> 00:15:48,403 Oh, well. 253 00:15:50,453 --> 00:15:54,893 Mr. Elton said something very kind about you the other day. 254 00:15:56,341 --> 00:15:58,381 - Can you not tell me what it was ? - Oh ! 255 00:15:58,453 --> 00:16:02,447 It is not my place to intrude in personal matters. 256 00:16:09,909 --> 00:16:14,513 But, as your friend, I could make an exception if you wish. 257 00:16:23,093 --> 00:16:25,646 [ Elton ] Miss Smith was always a beautiful creature. 258 00:16:25,717 --> 00:16:28,815 But the attractions you have added are far superior. 259 00:16:28,885 --> 00:16:31,122 Oh, I have done very little. 260 00:16:31,189 --> 00:16:33,491 If it were admissible to contradict a lady-- 261 00:16:33,557 --> 00:16:36,623 I cannot take credit for her beauty, nor her sweetness, nor-- 262 00:16:36,693 --> 00:16:40,784 An idea has just dropped into my mind, surely from heaven itself. 263 00:16:40,853 --> 00:16:43,439 What if you were to exercise your artistic talents... 264 00:16:43,509 --> 00:16:45,778 and draw a portrait of Miss Smith ? 265 00:16:45,845 --> 00:16:47,950 How I would love to watch you draw her. 266 00:16:48,021 --> 00:16:50,476 Mr. Elton, my skills are slender indeed, 267 00:16:50,549 --> 00:16:53,102 and we must not forget how shy Miss Smith is. 268 00:16:53,173 --> 00:16:54,547 Oh. 269 00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:58,388 Do you think it would help if I asked her to pose ? 270 00:17:09,333 --> 00:17:11,537 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, may I look, please ? 271 00:17:11,605 --> 00:17:14,256 I cannot wait another second. 272 00:17:18,773 --> 00:17:21,162 Incredible. 273 00:17:21,237 --> 00:17:24,849 You have expressed her completely. 274 00:17:24,917 --> 00:17:26,859 Mr. Elton, really ! 275 00:17:26,933 --> 00:17:29,006 You exaggerate. 276 00:17:29,077 --> 00:17:32,372 [ Elton ] lndeed, I do not. Nor cannot. 277 00:17:32,437 --> 00:17:34,739 The reason I have not done a portrait in so long... 278 00:17:34,805 --> 00:17:36,976 is because the spouse always complains. 279 00:17:37,045 --> 00:17:41,453 As there are no husbands or wives here, I trust I may proceed safely. 280 00:17:42,870 --> 00:17:47,659 No husbands or wives... at present, Miss Woodhouse. 281 00:17:54,933 --> 00:17:57,584 You've made her too tall. 282 00:17:59,381 --> 00:18:03,986 It... may not be Miss Smith's height in terms of measurement, 283 00:18:04,053 --> 00:18:06,671 but it is surely the height of her character. 284 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:15,241 My dear, I would paint a shawl on her... 285 00:18:15,317 --> 00:18:19,594 as one can't help feeling that she will catch cold. 286 00:18:19,669 --> 00:18:22,767 Otherwise, it is quite splendid. 287 00:18:22,837 --> 00:18:25,106 It only wants a suitable frame. 288 00:18:25,173 --> 00:18:27,594 We will have to get it to London. 289 00:18:27,669 --> 00:18:30,833 Might I be entrusted with such a commission ? 290 00:18:30,901 --> 00:18:34,000 I would be gratified more than words can express. 291 00:18:36,853 --> 00:18:41,293 [ People Chatting, Cows Mooing, Sheep Bleating ] 292 00:18:43,317 --> 00:18:45,619 [ Tapping ] 293 00:18:58,197 --> 00:19:01,580 He wants to marry me ! Would you mind reading this ? 294 00:19:01,653 --> 00:19:05,297 Certainly not ! I cannot believe Mr. Elton proposed ! 295 00:19:05,365 --> 00:19:09,293 - He surely is-- - Not Mr. Elton. Mr. Martin, my friend ! 296 00:19:14,165 --> 00:19:18,388 Is it a good letter or too... short ? 297 00:19:18,453 --> 00:19:20,395 It is a good letter ! 298 00:19:20,469 --> 00:19:23,186 One of his sisters must have helped him. 299 00:19:23,253 --> 00:19:26,068 Yet, it is not in the style of a woman. 300 00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:29,745 Well, it is a good letter, and you must answer it immediately. 301 00:19:29,813 --> 00:19:32,496 He must have his disappointment and move on. 302 00:19:33,525 --> 00:19:36,307 Well, you think I should refuse him ? 303 00:19:36,373 --> 00:19:39,722 You did not plan to return an answer favorable to this claim ? 304 00:19:39,797 --> 00:19:42,000 No, I did not. 305 00:19:42,069 --> 00:19:44,851 That is, I did not mean-- 306 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:48,746 Um, well... I was not sure. That is why I came to you. 307 00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:51,985 - It's not my place to intrude ! - I depend so on what you think. 308 00:19:52,053 --> 00:19:55,152 I would not advise you for the world ! 309 00:19:56,949 --> 00:20:00,691 If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person you know, or may ever know, 310 00:20:00,756 --> 00:20:03,691 if you think him the most agreeable man you have ever been... 311 00:20:03,765 --> 00:20:07,791 or ever will be in company with, then why should you hesitate ? 312 00:20:10,453 --> 00:20:15,188 But if you'll not influence me, I must do as well as I can by myself. 313 00:20:15,253 --> 00:20:17,108 So-- 314 00:20:19,093 --> 00:20:21,941 Well, I am determined to. 315 00:20:22,005 --> 00:20:25,933 And I have really almost made up my mind to... 316 00:20:27,957 --> 00:20:31,306 refuse Mr. Martin ? 317 00:20:31,381 --> 00:20:33,682 Oh, do you think that's right or wrong ? ls it wrong ? 318 00:20:33,749 --> 00:20:37,579 Now that you have decided, I will share the feelings I kept you in suspense of. 319 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:39,791 I think you are perfectly right. 320 00:20:39,861 --> 00:20:42,316 Yes. But-- 321 00:20:42,389 --> 00:20:45,073 Oh, dear, it will make his mother and sisters most unhappy. 322 00:20:45,141 --> 00:20:47,246 Let us think of other mothers and sisters... 323 00:20:47,317 --> 00:20:49,837 who may be more cheerfully employed at this moment. 324 00:20:49,909 --> 00:20:53,487 I believe Mr. Elton is showing your picture to his mother and sisters... 325 00:20:53,556 --> 00:20:58,096 telling them how the subject is more beautiful than the portrait. 326 00:20:58,165 --> 00:21:01,874 If he shows it, I am sure it is only to praise your artistry. 327 00:21:01,941 --> 00:21:05,237 If you are sure, then you are surely wrong. 328 00:21:05,301 --> 00:21:08,367 By showing it to them, he is revealing his deeper intentions... 329 00:21:08,437 --> 00:21:11,950 which may produce a letter of his own. 330 00:21:13,077 --> 00:21:14,931 Oh ! 331 00:21:18,997 --> 00:21:21,069 [ Knightley ] Very well, I admit it. 332 00:21:21,141 --> 00:21:24,305 You have improved Harriet Smith. 333 00:21:24,373 --> 00:21:27,570 I hope you're not the only man to have noticed. 334 00:21:27,637 --> 00:21:29,742 I'm not. 335 00:21:29,813 --> 00:21:33,162 I believe your friend will soon hear something serious. 336 00:21:33,237 --> 00:21:34,666 Something to her advantage. 337 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:36,628 Who makes you his confidant ? 338 00:21:36,693 --> 00:21:38,766 I have reason to believe that Harriet Smith will soon receive... 339 00:21:38,837 --> 00:21:42,895 an offer of marriage from a man desperately in love with her. 340 00:21:42,965 --> 00:21:44,972 Robert Martin. 341 00:21:46,356 --> 00:21:49,106 He came here two evenings ago to consult about it. 342 00:21:49,173 --> 00:21:51,693 He's a tenant, you know, and a good friend. 343 00:21:51,764 --> 00:21:55,277 He asked whether it would be imprudent of him to settle so early. 344 00:21:55,349 --> 00:21:58,383 Whether she was too young or whether he was beneath her. 345 00:21:58,453 --> 00:22:01,682 Better questions for Mr. Martin I could not have chosen myself. 346 00:22:03,349 --> 00:22:07,123 I never hear better sense from anyone than from Robert Martin. 347 00:22:07,189 --> 00:22:10,188 He proved he could afford to marry, 348 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:13,424 and I said he could not do better. 349 00:22:13,492 --> 00:22:16,078 No, indeed, he could not. 350 00:22:17,332 --> 00:22:21,588 Come. I will tell you something in return. 351 00:22:21,653 --> 00:22:24,108 - He wrote to Harriet yesterday. - Oh, yes ? 352 00:22:24,181 --> 00:22:27,661 Yes. He was refused. 353 00:22:27,733 --> 00:22:30,067 I'm not sure I understand. 354 00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:32,718 He asked and she refused. 355 00:22:34,325 --> 00:22:37,259 Then she is a greater simpleton than I believed. 356 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:40,333 The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man... 357 00:22:40,405 --> 00:22:42,707 is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage. 358 00:22:42,773 --> 00:22:45,162 I do not comprehend it because it is madness. 359 00:22:45,237 --> 00:22:49,459 - I hope you're wrong ! - I could not be. I saw her answer. 360 00:22:49,524 --> 00:22:51,564 You saw her answer ? 361 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:53,840 Emma. 362 00:22:55,509 --> 00:22:57,964 You wrote her answer, didn't you ? 363 00:22:58,037 --> 00:23:00,339 If I did, I would have done no wrong. 364 00:23:00,405 --> 00:23:02,609 He is not Harriet's equal. 365 00:23:02,677 --> 00:23:04,782 - I agree, he is not her equal. - Good. 366 00:23:04,853 --> 00:23:08,333 He is her superior in sense and situation. 367 00:23:08,405 --> 00:23:12,399 What are Harriet Smith's claims of birth or education... 368 00:23:12,469 --> 00:23:14,770 that make her higher than Robert Martin ? 369 00:23:14,836 --> 00:23:18,284 She is the natural daughter of nobody knows whom. 370 00:23:18,357 --> 00:23:22,448 The advantage of the match was entirely on her side. 371 00:23:22,516 --> 00:23:24,785 What ? A farmer ? 372 00:23:24,853 --> 00:23:28,016 Even with all his merit, a match for my dear friend ? 373 00:23:28,085 --> 00:23:30,321 It would be a degradation for her to marry a person... 374 00:23:30,389 --> 00:23:32,528 whom I could not admit as my own acquaintance. 375 00:23:32,597 --> 00:23:35,979 A degradation ? For illegitimacy and ignorance... 376 00:23:36,052 --> 00:23:38,354 to marry to a respected, intelligent farmer ? 377 00:23:38,421 --> 00:23:40,690 She is a gentleman's daughter. 378 00:23:40,756 --> 00:23:44,750 Whoever her parents, they made no plans to introduce her into good society. 379 00:23:44,821 --> 00:23:49,098 She was left with Mrs. Goddard for an indifferent education. 380 00:23:49,173 --> 00:23:52,435 Her friends evidently thought this was good enough for her, and it was. 381 00:23:52,501 --> 00:23:55,218 And she thought so too until you began to puff her up ! 382 00:23:56,724 --> 00:24:01,132 Vanity working on a weak mind produces every kind of mischief. 383 00:24:01,205 --> 00:24:03,060 Hmm. You dismiss her beauty and good nature. 384 00:24:03,125 --> 00:24:05,808 Yet I would be very much mistaken if your sex in general... 385 00:24:05,877 --> 00:24:08,691 does not think those claims the highest a woman could possess. 386 00:24:08,757 --> 00:24:11,309 Men of sense, whatever you may say, 387 00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:13,747 do not want silly wives. 388 00:24:16,693 --> 00:24:18,635 Upon my word, Emma, 389 00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:22,025 better be without sense than misapply it as you do. 390 00:24:24,853 --> 00:24:27,373 [ Whimpers ] 391 00:24:27,444 --> 00:24:30,346 Try not to kill my dogs. 392 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:33,617 We see so differently on this point that there can be no use canvassing it. 393 00:24:33,685 --> 00:24:36,587 We shall only make each other angry ! 394 00:24:36,661 --> 00:24:39,344 Ah, I see the tea is ready. 395 00:24:39,412 --> 00:24:41,867 Let's stop and have some. 396 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:55,250 Clearly, Emma, you have someone else in mind for your friend. 397 00:24:55,317 --> 00:24:58,513 But if the gentleman you dream of is Mr. Elton, 398 00:24:58,581 --> 00:25:01,101 your labor is in vain. 399 00:25:01,173 --> 00:25:05,101 As vicar, Elton is unlikely to make an imprudent match, 400 00:25:05,173 --> 00:25:08,489 especially to a girl of obscurity who may bring him disgrace. 401 00:25:10,005 --> 00:25:12,460 In unreserved moments, when only men are present, 402 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:16,275 I have heard him speak of a large family of young ladies from Bath... 403 00:25:16,341 --> 00:25:20,367 who all have 20,000 pounds apiece. 404 00:25:20,436 --> 00:25:24,779 Believe me when I tell you that he may talk sentimentally, 405 00:25:24,853 --> 00:25:28,268 but he will act rationally. 406 00:25:28,341 --> 00:25:30,283 If I had my heart set on Mr. Elton, 407 00:25:30,356 --> 00:25:33,488 then your opening my eyes would have been a kind service. 408 00:25:33,557 --> 00:25:37,419 - But I care only to watch her grow. - No more, please ! No more. 409 00:25:42,997 --> 00:25:45,714 [ Applause ] 410 00:25:52,341 --> 00:25:54,129 Bravo. 411 00:25:54,196 --> 00:25:56,498 Thank you, Charles. 412 00:25:58,325 --> 00:26:00,212 - Mr. Elton. - Hmm ? 413 00:26:00,277 --> 00:26:02,546 Harriet is collecting riddles for a little book, 414 00:26:02,613 --> 00:26:04,914 and we knew you would come up with something cunning. 415 00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:07,664 No, no, no. I'm not nearly clever enough. 416 00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:10,066 Emma, you didn't ask me to contribute a riddle. 417 00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:14,770 Your entire personality is a riddle. I thought you overqualified. 418 00:26:14,837 --> 00:26:16,811 [ Chuckling ] 419 00:26:22,548 --> 00:26:24,915 - Whoa. Stand. - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse. 420 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:26,868 Morning, Peter. 421 00:26:31,540 --> 00:26:33,679 This just came from Mr. Elton. 422 00:26:33,749 --> 00:26:35,985 He claims it is a riddle for your collection, 423 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:38,060 but I think it is much better ! 424 00:26:47,604 --> 00:26:50,953 - Is it about sharks ? - For heaven's sake, why would he write a riddle about sharks ? 425 00:26:51,029 --> 00:26:53,363 Oh, please, I'm in a tremor. Tell me what it means. 426 00:26:53,428 --> 00:26:56,331 We shall read it aloud so that we may decipher it. 427 00:26:56,404 --> 00:26:58,193 "For Miss--" 428 00:26:58,260 --> 00:27:01,326 I think we can safely put in Smith. 429 00:27:01,396 --> 00:27:05,553 Line one. "My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, 430 00:27:05,621 --> 00:27:08,370 Iords of the earth their luxury and ease." 431 00:27:09,588 --> 00:27:13,517 - A king displays his pomp in court. - Court. 432 00:27:13,588 --> 00:27:16,752 Next line. "Another view of man, my second brings; 433 00:27:16,820 --> 00:27:19,788 behold him there, the monarch of the seas !" 434 00:27:19,861 --> 00:27:22,730 - That is ? - A mermaid ? A trident ? 435 00:27:22,805 --> 00:27:25,172 - Oh, do you think we shall ever know ? - Ship, dear. 436 00:27:25,236 --> 00:27:28,848 The thing which brings the "king of the sea" is a ship. 437 00:27:28,917 --> 00:27:32,714 Now for the cream. "But are united." 438 00:27:32,788 --> 00:27:35,788 - The two terms should be united ! - Um-- 439 00:27:35,860 --> 00:27:38,511 The ship and court-- 440 00:27:38,580 --> 00:27:41,068 Court-- 441 00:27:41,141 --> 00:27:44,075 Courtship. He writes to me about courtship ? 442 00:27:44,148 --> 00:27:47,247 Harriet, I think we can have no doubt as to Mr. Elton's intentions. 443 00:27:47,316 --> 00:27:49,225 You are his desire. 444 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:52,595 The only thing remaining is for him to find the perfect opportunity to offer proof. 445 00:27:52,661 --> 00:27:54,701 We must find a way for the two of you to be alone. 446 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:56,627 Let's read it again and again ! 447 00:27:56,693 --> 00:28:01,613 I only wish Mr. Knightley would walk by so that he could read it. 448 00:28:01,684 --> 00:28:03,539 [ Giggling ] 449 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:10,194 - Good afternoon ! - Good day, Miss Woodhouse. 450 00:28:10,260 --> 00:28:13,806 Mrs. Clark, how are we ? 451 00:28:13,877 --> 00:28:17,422 - Mustn't grumble. - No better ? 452 00:28:20,597 --> 00:28:22,604 [ Mrs. Clark ] What have you brought us ? 453 00:28:22,677 --> 00:28:26,222 [ Baby Crying ] 454 00:28:34,901 --> 00:28:36,624 [ Coughing ] 455 00:28:36,692 --> 00:28:39,474 [ Baby Crying Continues ] 456 00:28:46,644 --> 00:28:48,651 I am sorry I was not more help. 457 00:28:48,724 --> 00:28:51,375 I'm always afraid I will somehow make a sick person worse. 458 00:28:51,444 --> 00:28:52,818 Not at all ! 459 00:28:52,885 --> 00:28:55,405 [ Children Laughing ] 460 00:29:00,981 --> 00:29:04,396 [ Gasps ] Look, Harriet. Mr. Elton's house. 461 00:29:04,469 --> 00:29:09,073 [ Sighs ] Oh, pity I cannot contrive a reason for us to go in. 462 00:29:10,421 --> 00:29:14,250 I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you're not married. 463 00:29:14,324 --> 00:29:16,812 I have no inducements to marry. 464 00:29:16,885 --> 00:29:19,121 I lack neither fortune nor position, 465 00:29:19,188 --> 00:29:24,174 and never could I be so important in a man's eyes as I am in my father's. 466 00:29:24,244 --> 00:29:26,448 But to be an old maid like Miss Bates. 467 00:29:26,516 --> 00:29:28,426 She is a poor old maid, 468 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:31,796 and it is only poverty which makes celibacy contemptible. 469 00:29:31,860 --> 00:29:35,657 A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. 470 00:29:38,708 --> 00:29:40,334 [ Gasps ] 471 00:29:41,620 --> 00:29:43,508 - Mr. Elton ! - Mr. Elton. 472 00:29:43,573 --> 00:29:46,388 Miss Woodhouse ! Miss Smith ! 473 00:29:46,453 --> 00:29:48,874 How fortunate ! 474 00:29:48,948 --> 00:29:51,337 I was just on my way to visit the Clarks. 475 00:29:51,412 --> 00:29:53,321 - We were just there. - Oh. 476 00:29:53,396 --> 00:29:55,730 Harriet was kind enough to let me join her. 477 00:29:55,797 --> 00:29:57,651 Ah, Miss Woodhouse-- 478 00:29:57,717 --> 00:29:59,888 Um, may I escort you home ? 479 00:29:59,956 --> 00:30:02,345 Indeed ! 480 00:30:06,709 --> 00:30:09,229 [ Sighs ] Harriet, 481 00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:13,228 tell Mr. Elton what you did at the Clarks. 482 00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:15,187 Oh. 483 00:30:20,564 --> 00:30:22,287 Um-- 484 00:30:24,660 --> 00:30:27,115 Well, she seemed to have the chills, so Miss Woodhouse-- 485 00:30:27,188 --> 00:30:28,562 Watched... 486 00:30:28,628 --> 00:30:31,945 as Harriet tucked that poor lady in, 487 00:30:32,021 --> 00:30:35,403 warming her with a blanket and her kind nature. 488 00:30:37,140 --> 00:30:41,996 - Tell him about the soup, dear. - The soup ? 489 00:30:43,189 --> 00:30:45,774 - [ Cat Screeches ] - Oh ! Sorry. 490 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:49,489 Oh, well, I couldn't really say. 491 00:30:49,557 --> 00:30:52,590 - [ Elton ] Don't be so modest. - [ Harriet ] Um, well, 492 00:30:52,660 --> 00:30:55,693 - I heated some-- - Soup ? 493 00:30:55,764 --> 00:30:58,764 - Yes, soup. - Oh, dear ! Oh ! 494 00:30:58,836 --> 00:31:01,651 My lace. Oh. 495 00:31:01,716 --> 00:31:05,361 Please have the goodness to go on and I will rejoin you as soon as I can. 496 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:11,694 [ Harriet ] Well, after having fed her the soup, I lifted her up, 497 00:31:11,764 --> 00:31:15,179 - and carried her to the, uh-- - Chair ? 498 00:31:15,252 --> 00:31:17,554 - [ Harriet ] Fire. - The fire. 499 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:20,140 Good afternoon. Where are you off to ? 500 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:22,579 To town, ma'am, to get some broth. 501 00:31:24,021 --> 00:31:26,574 Would you let me walk with you ? 502 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:30,955 Dear, must we walk so quickly ? 503 00:31:31,028 --> 00:31:34,028 - Mum said I should hurry. - Would you like to play a game ? 504 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:36,817 - Do you mean it ? - I do. I swear I do. 505 00:31:36,884 --> 00:31:39,470 - Oh, it's too wonderful ! - I love-- 506 00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:42,856 [ Thinking ] Can this be ? The declaration ? 507 00:31:42,932 --> 00:31:46,674 I simply love... celery root ! 508 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,845 [ Elton ] And what should they be serving but... 509 00:31:48,916 --> 00:31:51,633 [ Together Laughing ] celery root ! 510 00:31:57,588 --> 00:32:00,076 [ Woodhouse ] Emma, be careful ! The baby ! 511 00:32:00,149 --> 00:32:04,077 It might have an infection. 512 00:32:04,148 --> 00:32:06,865 - This may be the finest Knightley yet. - Thank you. 513 00:32:06,932 --> 00:32:09,321 You and lsabella should have brought her sooner. 514 00:32:09,396 --> 00:32:11,916 And she looks so fetching in the arms of her aunt. 515 00:32:11,988 --> 00:32:13,995 [ John ] Yes, don't they make a splendid pair ? 516 00:32:14,068 --> 00:32:16,435 [ Woodhouse ] The journey from London, how was it ? 517 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:19,217 If you accepted adults with as little whim as you do these children, 518 00:32:19,284 --> 00:32:21,139 we might always agree. 519 00:32:21,204 --> 00:32:23,277 How fascinating that any discordancy between us... 520 00:32:23,348 --> 00:32:25,803 must always arise from my being wrong. 521 00:32:25,876 --> 00:32:28,745 Not fascinating, but true. 522 00:32:28,820 --> 00:32:31,057 Perhaps it has something to do with the gap in our ages. 523 00:32:31,124 --> 00:32:33,491 I was 16 years old when you were born. 524 00:32:33,556 --> 00:32:35,890 Undoubtedly you're my superior then. 525 00:32:35,956 --> 00:32:38,804 But hasn't the lapse of 21 years closed the gap ? 526 00:32:38,868 --> 00:32:41,039 Narrowed it. 527 00:32:41,108 --> 00:32:43,530 [ Laughing ] 528 00:32:43,604 --> 00:32:47,630 Come, dear Emma, let us be friends and quarrel no more. 529 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,555 Very well. 530 00:32:49,620 --> 00:32:53,232 And might I say that we were both right as far as good intentions went. 531 00:32:53,301 --> 00:32:55,821 I only hope Mr. Martin was not too disappointed. 532 00:32:55,892 --> 00:32:58,827 Hmm. No man could be more so. 533 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:00,940 I'm very sorry. 534 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:04,787 Come... shake hands with me. 535 00:33:08,276 --> 00:33:10,512 - [ Charles ] Dinner is served. - [ Woodhouse ] Good. 536 00:33:10,581 --> 00:33:12,206 John. 537 00:33:14,196 --> 00:33:17,644 Sister, dear, when shall we meet your new friend, Miss Smith ? 538 00:33:17,716 --> 00:33:21,164 She will be with us on Friday at the Weston's Christmas Eve party. 539 00:33:21,236 --> 00:33:25,098 It looks as though it will be a very rewarding holiday for her. 540 00:33:40,949 --> 00:33:43,185 [ Elton ] I am so looking forward to this evening. 541 00:33:43,252 --> 00:33:46,700 A party is a party, but a Christmas party ! 542 00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:53,614 Where is Miss Smith ? 543 00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:57,072 I have some sad news. 544 00:33:57,140 --> 00:34:00,686 Miss Smith is ill and cannot be with us this evening. 545 00:34:02,196 --> 00:34:04,618 Sad loss to our party. 546 00:34:04,692 --> 00:34:08,140 She will be missed at every moment. 547 00:34:12,660 --> 00:34:17,232 However, I feel, and I hope you will concur... 548 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,471 that small parties are the best. 549 00:34:19,540 --> 00:34:21,744 I would rather fall short by two than exceed by two. 550 00:34:21,812 --> 00:34:24,594 And how fortunate... 551 00:34:24,660 --> 00:34:27,507 that the snow comes now instead of yesterday when it might have made our party impossible. 552 00:34:27,572 --> 00:34:31,850 Now that would have been a real cause for sadness, would it not ? 553 00:34:35,956 --> 00:34:40,364 - Yes, would you like a whiskey ? - Not at the moment. 554 00:34:40,436 --> 00:34:42,345 Oh, thank you, thank you, yes. 555 00:34:42,420 --> 00:34:46,381 Weather of this severity is no friend of mine, I fear. 556 00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:48,874 I know that too well, Mr. Woodhouse. 557 00:34:50,356 --> 00:34:55,146 My son Frank has written and told us something most exciting. 558 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:58,417 - Miss Woodhouse, are you warm enough ? - Yes, thank you. 559 00:34:58,484 --> 00:35:01,386 - When did you receive his news ? - The letter arrived today. 560 00:35:01,460 --> 00:35:05,616 And on the opening we had the most wonderful surprise. Frank said-- 561 00:35:05,684 --> 00:35:08,651 Some of the other ladies were saying they were not warm enough. 562 00:35:08,724 --> 00:35:10,928 I am quite comfortable. Yes. 563 00:35:10,996 --> 00:35:14,411 I saw how close you were to the fire and thought perhaps you might be too warm. 564 00:35:14,484 --> 00:35:18,761 Mr. Elton, I am in the perfect state of warmness. 565 00:35:18,836 --> 00:35:21,040 [ Weston ] At first I could not believe it, 566 00:35:21,108 --> 00:35:24,304 so I asked Mrs. Weston to read the letter herself... 567 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:28,333 to make sure I was not dreaming, but indeed Frank said-- 568 00:35:28,404 --> 00:35:31,088 Miss Woodhouse, is there any effort I might make... 569 00:35:31,156 --> 00:35:33,523 on behalf of your father's comfort ? 570 00:35:33,588 --> 00:35:37,417 You are very kind, but I can only imagine that he's quite comfortable. 571 00:35:37,492 --> 00:35:40,012 Thank you for being so thoughtful. 572 00:35:40,084 --> 00:35:44,557 No. Thank you for thinking I am thoughtful. 573 00:35:46,388 --> 00:35:48,690 I wondered if perhaps... 574 00:35:48,756 --> 00:35:52,105 you might be so kind as to bring me some punch ? 575 00:35:52,180 --> 00:35:55,278 I only hope I can complete the task quickly enough. 576 00:35:55,348 --> 00:35:59,626 Please... I could not enjoy it if I knew that you had hurried. 577 00:36:01,428 --> 00:36:03,500 [ Miss Bates ] Thrilling. Simply thrilling news. 578 00:36:03,572 --> 00:36:06,125 - And that was the end of the letter. - [ Sighs ] 579 00:36:06,196 --> 00:36:09,327 [ Miss Bates ] Cranberry, Mother. It will soon be spring. 580 00:36:09,395 --> 00:36:12,657 Emma, I'm not sure I had your attention earlier... 581 00:36:12,724 --> 00:36:14,612 with others so desirous of your company, 582 00:36:14,676 --> 00:36:18,222 but I wanted to tell you that Frank is coming at last. 583 00:36:18,292 --> 00:36:20,430 I so look forward to meeting him, 584 00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:22,442 that is if you can bear to share him. 585 00:36:22,516 --> 00:36:26,226 That is if his aunt will share him with us. That's what this depends on. 586 00:36:26,292 --> 00:36:28,747 She has said yes, but has not given a date. 587 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:32,365 Very prudent. This weather is by no means clement for the traveler abroad. 588 00:36:32,435 --> 00:36:35,218 Oh, no. No, no, no. 589 00:36:44,915 --> 00:36:47,250 - I hope I'm not intruding. - No. 590 00:36:47,316 --> 00:36:50,796 But I cannot stop thinking of Miss Smith's condition. 591 00:36:50,868 --> 00:36:53,170 She will be happy to know of your concern. 592 00:36:53,236 --> 00:36:55,123 How could I not be concerned ? 593 00:36:55,188 --> 00:36:58,635 The whole situation is most alarming. 594 00:36:58,708 --> 00:37:00,748 There is nothing worse than a sore throat. 595 00:37:00,820 --> 00:37:03,122 Its effects are exceedingly bleak. 596 00:37:03,188 --> 00:37:05,043 And that is why I must, 597 00:37:05,108 --> 00:37:07,213 in the presence of your friend, ask you to stop visiting her. 598 00:37:07,284 --> 00:37:09,521 - What ? - You are putting yourself at risk... 599 00:37:09,588 --> 00:37:11,792 and we cannot allow that, can we, Knightley ? 600 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:15,918 - I mean, is this fair ? - [ Woodhouse Coughs ] 601 00:37:15,988 --> 00:37:18,639 Have I not some right to complain ? 602 00:37:18,708 --> 00:37:21,425 [ John ] Emma, the weather's distressing your father. 603 00:37:21,492 --> 00:37:24,721 He wants to leave. Isabella and I will take him home now in our carriage. 604 00:37:24,788 --> 00:37:26,730 - Will you-- - Not to worry, sir. 605 00:37:26,803 --> 00:37:29,291 - I will insure that your sister-in-law is safe. - Thank you. 606 00:37:30,612 --> 00:37:32,979 [ Mrs. Weston ] Mr. Weston ? 607 00:37:33,044 --> 00:37:37,267 Come, Mr. Woodhouse. Let's wrap you up warmly. 608 00:37:51,892 --> 00:37:54,958 - Certainly the weather has-- - Miss Woodhouse, please ! 609 00:37:55,028 --> 00:37:57,745 - Fate has left us alone for a reason. - Release my hand ! 610 00:37:57,812 --> 00:38:00,812 I do not seize your hand so much as the opportunity to declare that l-- 611 00:38:00,884 --> 00:38:04,626 - Good heavens, go back ! - Please. 612 00:38:04,692 --> 00:38:07,059 I am hoping-- 613 00:38:07,123 --> 00:38:09,644 No, fearing-- 614 00:38:11,156 --> 00:38:13,066 Ready to die if you refuse me. 615 00:38:13,139 --> 00:38:15,027 Surely my ardent attachment to you, 616 00:38:15,092 --> 00:38:18,223 my love and passion cannot help but have made an impression, and now-- 617 00:38:18,291 --> 00:38:21,520 - Mr. Elton, this is l, Miss Woodhouse. - Mm-hmm. 618 00:38:21,588 --> 00:38:23,922 The party spirit has confused you. 619 00:38:23,988 --> 00:38:27,152 I am happy to deliver your message to Miss Smith. 620 00:38:27,220 --> 00:38:30,635 - You must direct no more of it to me. - Miss Smith ? 621 00:38:30,708 --> 00:38:34,188 What sort of message would I want to send to her ? [ Laughing ] 622 00:38:34,259 --> 00:38:36,943 - Miss Smith ? - Mr. Elton, the wine has weakened you. 623 00:38:37,012 --> 00:38:40,754 If the wine has had any effect, it has been to strengthen my will to tell you I love you ! 624 00:38:40,820 --> 00:38:43,537 My astonishment is beyond anything I can express. 625 00:38:43,603 --> 00:38:46,637 For you to address me in this manner after your behavior to Miss Smith-- 626 00:38:46,708 --> 00:38:48,879 I never cared whether Miss Smith were dead or alive, 627 00:38:48,948 --> 00:38:50,988 except that she was your friend. 628 00:38:51,060 --> 00:38:54,060 Who can think of Miss Smith when Miss Woodhouse is near ? 629 00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:56,270 Oh, no. 630 00:38:56,339 --> 00:39:00,463 Everything I have said or done has been to prove my adoration for you. 631 00:39:00,531 --> 00:39:02,953 Why else would I go to London to have your picture framed ? 632 00:39:03,028 --> 00:39:05,068 [ Groans ] 633 00:39:11,284 --> 00:39:14,154 [ Whispering ] Allow me to-- 634 00:39:14,227 --> 00:39:17,489 Allow me to interpret the silence. You have long understood me. 635 00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:21,898 Sit back and kindly refrain from the intimacy of whispering ! 636 00:39:21,972 --> 00:39:25,387 Am I to understand that you never sought to recommend yourself to Miss Smith ? 637 00:39:25,460 --> 00:39:28,907 How can you be surprised ? Did you not understand the riddle I wrote ? 638 00:39:28,979 --> 00:39:31,118 That was for Harriet ! 639 00:39:31,188 --> 00:39:35,149 I most obviously did not address it to her, and left it at your home. 640 00:39:35,220 --> 00:39:36,911 But-- Oh. 641 00:39:36,980 --> 00:39:40,908 She's a very good sort of girl. I'm sure there are men who would not object to-- 642 00:39:42,388 --> 00:39:44,559 Everybody has their level. 643 00:39:44,628 --> 00:39:47,050 But I need not so totally despair of an equal alliance... 644 00:39:47,123 --> 00:39:49,163 as to address myself to Miss Smith. 645 00:39:49,235 --> 00:39:51,057 - Sir. - No ! 646 00:39:51,124 --> 00:39:53,807 I sought to recommend myself to you through those visits. 647 00:39:53,876 --> 00:39:56,243 Sir, I have seen you only as the admirer of my friend. 648 00:39:56,308 --> 00:39:58,163 I cannot believe that. 649 00:39:58,228 --> 00:40:00,268 - It is well that the mistake ends where it does. - It is her mistake. 650 00:40:00,340 --> 00:40:02,795 - It is mine as well. - She will manage her disappointment. 651 00:40:02,868 --> 00:40:05,039 Leave her out of it. 652 00:40:07,252 --> 00:40:10,001 How do you feel about what I have said ? 653 00:40:11,412 --> 00:40:13,267 Mr. Elton, 654 00:40:13,332 --> 00:40:17,009 any hopes I had with regard to you were for Harriet... 655 00:40:17,075 --> 00:40:19,180 and Harriet alone. 656 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:52,685 - [ Door Opens, Closes ] - My dear child. 657 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:58,544 - What is it ? - Oh, Miss Taylor-- Mrs. Weston. 658 00:41:03,059 --> 00:41:06,093 There has been an overthrow of everything I've been wishing for... 659 00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:08,018 for Harriet and Mr. Elton. 660 00:41:09,171 --> 00:41:12,881 A development most unwelcome, most painful. 661 00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:16,330 Oh, dear ! 662 00:41:16,403 --> 00:41:18,956 You will not believe it, but... 663 00:41:19,027 --> 00:41:23,119 Mr. Elton, now prepare yourself, but-- 664 00:41:23,188 --> 00:41:26,351 Mr. Elton is in love with you. 665 00:41:26,420 --> 00:41:28,307 You knew ? 666 00:41:28,371 --> 00:41:32,332 I had my suspicions, but the party confirmed it. 667 00:41:32,404 --> 00:41:35,306 The worst of it is that I persuaded her to care for him. 668 00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:40,333 Had I not done that, I could bear anything, but it was I and I alone. 669 00:41:40,403 --> 00:41:43,665 - Even Mr. Knightley warned me. - Mr. Knightley ? 670 00:41:43,731 --> 00:41:47,408 He was very cross because I had urged Harriet to reject a proposal from Robert Martin. 671 00:41:47,475 --> 00:41:50,410 - That nice farmer ? - At least there I was right. 672 00:41:50,484 --> 00:41:52,556 Well done, Emma ! 673 00:41:52,627 --> 00:41:55,693 But otherwise I have made a dreadful mistake. 674 00:41:55,763 --> 00:42:01,165 I sought to bring two people together and I shall never do it again. Never ! 675 00:42:01,236 --> 00:42:03,275 [ Sighs ] That poor girl. 676 00:42:03,347 --> 00:42:05,616 She'll recover. She's young. 677 00:42:05,684 --> 00:42:08,913 I wish I could ease the pain of this for her, but I have no idea who might be right for her. 678 00:42:08,980 --> 00:42:10,507 - William Coxe ? - Emma ! 679 00:42:10,580 --> 00:42:12,041 Too pert ? 680 00:42:12,116 --> 00:42:15,891 My dear, you said you would never try to match anyone again. 681 00:42:15,956 --> 00:42:19,272 Yes. Indeed. 682 00:42:19,348 --> 00:42:23,210 I just wish there were some way I could soften the news when I tell her. 683 00:42:23,284 --> 00:42:27,146 I'm afraid the best way is always the most straightforward. 684 00:42:27,220 --> 00:42:29,129 Yes. 685 00:42:30,227 --> 00:42:33,937 I suppose I'll just say, "Harriet--" 686 00:42:34,003 --> 00:42:37,483 I have some news about Mr. Elton. 687 00:42:38,932 --> 00:42:40,874 He-- 688 00:42:42,195 --> 00:42:45,643 - He's had to leave town. - Why ? 689 00:42:45,716 --> 00:42:47,571 In his letter to Father, 690 00:42:47,636 --> 00:42:50,702 he wrote he is going to Bath to relax and meet new people. 691 00:42:52,851 --> 00:42:56,681 And this brings me to something most unpleasant. 692 00:42:56,755 --> 00:43:00,945 Miss Woodhouse, nothing you could ever say would be unpleasant. 693 00:43:01,012 --> 00:43:06,063 This is, for I must acknowledge myself grossly mistaken... 694 00:43:06,132 --> 00:43:10,322 on the one subject which has occupied us for some time past. 695 00:43:13,204 --> 00:43:15,146 Mr. Elton ? 696 00:43:19,572 --> 00:43:23,401 While expressing his fervent admiration for you as a person, 697 00:43:23,475 --> 00:43:26,956 it is unhappily I who have captured his fancy. 698 00:43:27,027 --> 00:43:29,067 Naturally I do not return the feelings, 699 00:43:29,139 --> 00:43:31,244 but that does not make it any less of an embarrassment. 700 00:43:31,315 --> 00:43:35,571 And I place the responsibility for this directly on my own shoulders. 701 00:43:35,636 --> 00:43:37,491 Oh, no ! 702 00:43:39,572 --> 00:43:43,794 I have always felt that I did not deserve Mr. Elton's affections... 703 00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:48,399 so I cannot blame him for believing the same. 704 00:43:48,468 --> 00:43:50,672 And I could never blame you, 705 00:43:50,740 --> 00:43:54,602 for only so kind a friend would have ever dreamed it possible. 706 00:43:56,308 --> 00:43:58,380 Harriet, 707 00:43:58,451 --> 00:44:02,575 I had always hoped that I might have something to teach you. 708 00:44:02,643 --> 00:44:08,011 Now I see I should be lucky to resemble you in any small way. 709 00:44:15,315 --> 00:44:18,992 They have just been weaned. I thought you might enjoy them. 710 00:44:19,059 --> 00:44:21,198 They cannot help but lift the spirits. 711 00:44:21,268 --> 00:44:24,203 Do you suppose Mr. Elton is meeting young ladies while he is away ? 712 00:44:24,275 --> 00:44:26,861 I do not know. Feel her paws. 713 00:44:26,931 --> 00:44:29,386 I would not blame him. 714 00:44:29,459 --> 00:44:31,369 I wonder when he will return. 715 00:44:31,443 --> 00:44:35,950 Dear, you must try to empty your mind of Mr. Elton, really. 716 00:44:36,020 --> 00:44:40,559 Oh, yes, I'm sorry. It was kind of you to invite me. 717 00:44:40,627 --> 00:44:43,529 Look at her eyes ! 718 00:44:46,068 --> 00:44:49,384 Mr. Elton had brown eyes too. 719 00:44:50,451 --> 00:44:52,840 - [ Crying ] - Oh ! Harriet, 720 00:44:52,915 --> 00:44:56,777 there is only one place I can think of where you will not be able to speak of Mr. Elton. 721 00:44:56,851 --> 00:44:58,706 Indeed, you may not be able to speak at all. 722 00:44:58,771 --> 00:45:02,633 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, what a special, special treat ! 723 00:45:02,707 --> 00:45:08,010 It's so lovely of you to come and visit us. Isn't it, Mother. Treat ? 724 00:45:08,083 --> 00:45:11,499 [ Miss Bates ] But the best of it is, the best of it is... 725 00:45:11,571 --> 00:45:14,867 that we were just speaking of a topic that would interest you both. 726 00:45:14,931 --> 00:45:18,760 [ Thinking ] Please do not let it be a letter from that ninny Jane Fairfax. 727 00:45:18,835 --> 00:45:23,145 [ Miss Bates ] Yes, here it is, a letter from Mrs. Cole... 728 00:45:23,219 --> 00:45:25,553 who has news of Mr. Elton ! [ Giggles ] 729 00:45:25,619 --> 00:45:27,474 Um, now. 730 00:45:27,539 --> 00:45:30,387 Yes, here we are. "He has been the toast... 731 00:45:30,451 --> 00:45:33,582 of every young lady's eye." 732 00:45:33,651 --> 00:45:35,823 [ Miss Bates ] Of course that can be of no surprise to any of us. 733 00:45:35,892 --> 00:45:39,667 Oh dear, Miss Smith, you look pale. You must be hungry. 734 00:45:39,732 --> 00:45:42,896 Let me get you some cake. Isn't it nice to have visitors, Mother ? 735 00:45:42,964 --> 00:45:46,608 [ Miss Bates Laughs ] The most amusing thing just happened. 736 00:45:46,675 --> 00:45:51,116 Mother was asking about Jane Fairfax, asking if there was any news from her, 737 00:45:51,187 --> 00:45:53,904 even though she said she knew it was not Jane's day for writing. 738 00:45:53,972 --> 00:45:57,168 Remember, Mother ? Not Jane's day ! Oh, napkin. Sorry. 739 00:45:57,235 --> 00:46:00,912 You see, we always have a letter from Jane on Tuesdays, 740 00:46:00,979 --> 00:46:04,328 and today, as you must know, is Thursday. 741 00:46:04,403 --> 00:46:08,910 So I said, "Mother, we have had a letter from Jane this very morning." 742 00:46:08,980 --> 00:46:12,427 And Mother said, "But it's Thursday !" [ Giggles ] 743 00:46:12,499 --> 00:46:15,914 Well, you see, Jane writes on Tuesdays and this is Thursday. 744 00:46:15,987 --> 00:46:19,916 And, um, I said, "Upon my honor !" 745 00:46:19,987 --> 00:46:22,159 [ Giggling ] 746 00:46:24,627 --> 00:46:27,180 Here you are, Miss-- Oh, napkin. Sorry. There you are. 747 00:46:27,251 --> 00:46:32,172 And might you summarize the letter in your own delightful words ? 748 00:46:32,243 --> 00:46:34,632 Oh, and cheat you out of the pleasure of hearing it, Miss Woodhouse, 749 00:46:34,708 --> 00:46:36,563 as only Jane can put things ? 750 00:46:36,628 --> 00:46:40,108 Upon my honor, I would not. Where's that letter ? Yes, here it is. 751 00:46:40,179 --> 00:46:43,889 [ Miss Bates ] Um, and now. Oh, yes. 752 00:46:43,955 --> 00:46:47,217 The bad news is she has a cold. 753 00:46:47,284 --> 00:46:48,658 Oh, no ! 754 00:46:48,723 --> 00:46:53,579 Oh, yes. But the good news far outweighs it. Far, far, far ! 755 00:46:53,652 --> 00:46:55,506 She is coming to visit ! 756 00:46:55,572 --> 00:46:59,533 You must be here to help us with her, Miss Woodhouse, when she comes... 757 00:46:59,603 --> 00:47:01,742 because it wouldn't be a proper visit otherwise. 758 00:47:01,811 --> 00:47:06,034 You must sit right where you are. And, and you must say-- 759 00:47:06,099 --> 00:47:09,711 We are so glad to have you with us. 760 00:47:09,779 --> 00:47:11,601 How were you able to get away ? 761 00:47:11,667 --> 00:47:14,034 The Campbells have gone to lreland on a holiday. 762 00:47:14,099 --> 00:47:17,776 So I've come here, which is better than any holiday. 763 00:47:19,316 --> 00:47:21,966 [ Thinking ] Mmm. She is more giving than I expected. 764 00:47:22,035 --> 00:47:25,418 Tell Miss Woodhouse whom you saw in Weymouth. 765 00:47:25,491 --> 00:47:28,939 Frank Churchill. That's whom she saw. Mr. Frank Churchill ! 766 00:47:29,011 --> 00:47:32,459 Oh, we hear much of him, but have never seen him. Was he handsome ? 767 00:47:32,531 --> 00:47:34,833 Many say he is. 768 00:47:34,899 --> 00:47:38,412 - Was he agreeable ? - He was in no way disagreeable. 769 00:47:38,483 --> 00:47:41,418 Was he a man of information ? 770 00:47:41,491 --> 00:47:43,826 All his statements seemed correct. 771 00:47:43,891 --> 00:47:47,207 [ Thinking ] I take it back. She is-- 772 00:47:47,283 --> 00:47:49,585 Absolutely impossible ! 773 00:47:49,651 --> 00:47:52,750 She wouldn't tell me anything about Frank Churchill. 774 00:47:54,291 --> 00:47:57,324 Why should you care so much about Frank Churchill ? 775 00:47:57,395 --> 00:48:00,941 I was merely being sociable, that's all, and she was not. 776 00:48:02,675 --> 00:48:06,220 Perhaps you dislike her because she divides our attentions from you. 777 00:48:06,291 --> 00:48:09,291 [ Laughs ] Really, Mr. Knightley, you are so comical. 778 00:48:09,363 --> 00:48:12,592 You ought to perform in the town square. 779 00:48:12,659 --> 00:48:15,921 Oh, I have some news. And I know how you like news. 780 00:48:15,987 --> 00:48:19,249 Oh, yes ! I always like news. 781 00:48:19,315 --> 00:48:21,868 Mr. Elton is going to marry. 782 00:48:26,035 --> 00:48:30,028 I don't know what to say, except that I am-- 783 00:48:30,099 --> 00:48:32,914 In a state of complete shock ! 784 00:48:32,979 --> 00:48:34,922 - You've heard ? - About what ? 785 00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:37,930 Oh ! Never mind. 786 00:48:38,003 --> 00:48:40,850 [ Harriet ] I was on my way here for our visit. 787 00:48:40,916 --> 00:48:45,106 It started raining, so I ducked into Ford's to wait it out. 788 00:48:45,171 --> 00:48:47,888 - Miss Smith. - Miss Smith. 789 00:48:47,955 --> 00:48:51,021 Good day, Mr. Ford, Mr. Ford. 790 00:48:51,091 --> 00:48:53,841 [ Harriet Continues ] As I admired some fabric, who should come in... 791 00:48:53,908 --> 00:48:57,650 but Elizabeth Martin and her brother. 792 00:48:57,715 --> 00:49:01,544 I thought I should have fainted. They saw me and began whispering. 793 00:49:01,619 --> 00:49:04,816 - [ Gasps ] - And then, oh, Miss Woodhouse, 794 00:49:04,883 --> 00:49:10,218 I really could not believe this. She came up to me and spoke ! She said-- 795 00:49:10,291 --> 00:49:13,422 I'm sorry we never meet now. 796 00:49:13,491 --> 00:49:16,688 - And I said-- - You are too kind. 797 00:49:18,547 --> 00:49:20,587 Then I saw that he, Mr. Martin, 798 00:49:20,659 --> 00:49:23,954 my Mr. Martin, was coming toward me. 799 00:49:24,020 --> 00:49:27,565 - Good day, Miss Smith. - Good day, Mr. Martin. 800 00:49:27,635 --> 00:49:31,148 I managed to read The Romance of the Forest. It was very good. 801 00:49:31,219 --> 00:49:35,213 Finally I said I had to go. But then he followed me. 802 00:49:35,283 --> 00:49:37,650 I was not three steps outside and he said-- 803 00:49:37,715 --> 00:49:39,689 Miss Smith ! 804 00:49:41,843 --> 00:49:44,778 You better go by Mr. Cole's stable. 805 00:49:44,851 --> 00:49:47,404 The near way is flooded. 806 00:49:48,563 --> 00:49:51,247 Thank you. 807 00:49:51,315 --> 00:49:55,057 [ Sighs ] Miss Woodhouse, do talk and make me comfortable again. 808 00:49:55,123 --> 00:49:57,971 [ Thinking ] I suppose this would not be the right time... 809 00:49:58,035 --> 00:50:00,588 to mention that Mr. Elton is engaged. 810 00:50:00,659 --> 00:50:03,212 This was awkward because it was the first time... 811 00:50:03,283 --> 00:50:06,414 - you've seen Mr. Martin since refusing his proposal. - No. 812 00:50:06,483 --> 00:50:11,240 You, and I must say he, behaved very well ! 813 00:50:11,315 --> 00:50:14,381 Now, the kindest thing you can do for yourself... 814 00:50:14,451 --> 00:50:18,826 is to put Mr. Martin out of your head for good. 815 00:50:20,403 --> 00:50:22,476 Yes, I will. 816 00:50:24,051 --> 00:50:27,312 I shall do so immediately. 817 00:50:27,380 --> 00:50:30,063 - He's behind me now. [ Giggles ] - Wonderful ! 818 00:50:30,131 --> 00:50:32,619 I thought I might sketch the puppies. Would you join me ? 819 00:50:32,691 --> 00:50:35,244 Oh, yes, please ! 820 00:50:35,315 --> 00:50:38,959 It was awfully kind of him to warn me about the flooding. 821 00:50:39,027 --> 00:50:42,289 - Yes, dear. - He got his coat wet coming out to tell me. 822 00:50:42,355 --> 00:50:46,316 That's the coat Mrs. Martin gave him for his birthday. 823 00:50:47,507 --> 00:50:50,092 I do hope he does not catch cold. 824 00:51:05,459 --> 00:51:08,110 [ Clanking Sound ] 825 00:51:10,227 --> 00:51:12,780 Oh, good heavens. 826 00:51:19,379 --> 00:51:21,321 [ Laughing ] 827 00:51:24,691 --> 00:51:27,822 Is your horse just washing his feet or are there darker forces at work here ? 828 00:51:27,891 --> 00:51:31,503 [ Laughing ] The latter, I'm afraid. 829 00:51:31,571 --> 00:51:34,222 Something has happened to the wheel and I cannot move. 830 00:51:34,291 --> 00:51:37,040 You'll just have to live here then. Bye, bye. 831 00:51:45,683 --> 00:51:47,571 I suppose that won't do. 832 00:51:47,635 --> 00:51:49,937 I'll help you home. 833 00:51:51,827 --> 00:51:55,602 Thank you so much, Mr.-- 834 00:51:55,667 --> 00:51:57,576 Churchill. Frank Churchill. 835 00:51:57,651 --> 00:52:01,229 A name I know as well as my own so long I have heard it spoken. 836 00:52:01,299 --> 00:52:03,568 Your father's wife was my governess. 837 00:52:03,635 --> 00:52:06,056 Then you are Miss Woodhouse ! 838 00:52:06,131 --> 00:52:09,327 How delightful. I, I hear of nothing but you. 839 00:52:09,395 --> 00:52:12,297 The last I heard from Mrs. Weston, you were not due 'til tomorrow. 840 00:52:12,371 --> 00:52:16,779 It is always a pleasure to come in on one's friends before the lookout begins. 841 00:52:16,851 --> 00:52:19,240 I would not presume to do so in most cases, 842 00:52:19,315 --> 00:52:21,682 but I felt in coming home, I might be forgiven. 843 00:52:21,747 --> 00:52:23,536 Then you have not seen them ? 844 00:52:23,603 --> 00:52:27,050 We shall have to go there first. They will be overjoyed. 845 00:52:27,123 --> 00:52:30,058 Overjoyed, I think, that we are both there together. 846 00:52:30,131 --> 00:52:32,073 As I am. 847 00:52:35,123 --> 00:52:37,708 Oh, Miss Woodhouse, have you heard ? 848 00:52:37,779 --> 00:52:41,074 - Frank Churchill is here ! - Yes ! ln fact... 849 00:52:41,139 --> 00:52:43,026 - I met him yesterday. - No ? 850 00:52:43,091 --> 00:52:45,066 Yes. He did me quite a service when my horse-- 851 00:52:45,139 --> 00:52:47,506 Is he handsome ? ls he everything everyone says he is ? 852 00:52:47,571 --> 00:52:50,920 I have not yet seen him myself, though, um, Jane saw him... 853 00:52:50,995 --> 00:52:54,410 and she said he was not at all unpleasant to look at. 854 00:52:54,483 --> 00:52:56,938 I suppose I shan't see him until the Cole's party... 855 00:52:57,011 --> 00:52:59,247 which seems like such an age from now. 856 00:52:59,314 --> 00:53:02,129 But I'm sure, simply sure, will be upon us before... 857 00:53:02,194 --> 00:53:05,610 well, we are sufficiently prepared. [ Giggles ] 858 00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:08,497 Has an invitation arrived for a party at the Cole's ? 859 00:53:08,562 --> 00:53:10,417 No, thank heaven ! 860 00:53:10,482 --> 00:53:14,377 The Coles are nice people, but we should have to go outside to get there. 861 00:53:14,451 --> 00:53:17,201 Of course we shall have to decline as they are beneath us. 862 00:53:17,267 --> 00:53:19,787 But I don't wish them to hope falsely. 863 00:53:25,715 --> 00:53:28,049 [ Footsteps ] 864 00:53:28,114 --> 00:53:30,984 - Has James brought the letters yet ? - I don't know. 865 00:53:31,059 --> 00:53:34,354 I never pay any attention to the mail. 866 00:53:47,187 --> 00:53:49,391 Why do they not write ? 867 00:53:49,459 --> 00:53:51,630 Perhaps they know I must reject them. 868 00:53:51,699 --> 00:53:53,739 Still, as close friends of the Westons, 869 00:53:53,811 --> 00:53:56,561 they should have the courtesy to extend the invitation. 870 00:53:56,627 --> 00:54:00,009 Unless they don't want me. But I cannot-- 871 00:54:00,083 --> 00:54:03,978 Tell you how delighted I am to have been invited, Mrs. Cole. 872 00:54:05,683 --> 00:54:08,847 - [ Churchill ] lsn't it handsome ? - Thank you. 873 00:54:08,915 --> 00:54:11,915 But from today there's a much prettier one in town. 874 00:54:11,987 --> 00:54:15,248 - It has been sent to Jane Fairfax. - Really ? Who sent it to her ? 875 00:54:15,315 --> 00:54:19,471 That's the exciting part ! There was no identification of the donor. 876 00:54:19,539 --> 00:54:22,703 - Must be from Colonel Campbell. - Jane's parents died. 877 00:54:22,771 --> 00:54:26,154 And the Bates, of course, are quite without the resources to, you know. 878 00:54:26,227 --> 00:54:28,398 And Colonel Campbell was a great friend of her father's, 879 00:54:28,467 --> 00:54:30,539 so he and his family have raised her. 880 00:54:30,611 --> 00:54:32,553 Well, then they must have sent it. 881 00:54:32,627 --> 00:54:36,424 Jane has just had a letter from them, and not a word was said of it. 882 00:54:36,499 --> 00:54:38,354 Perhaps it's a surprise. 883 00:54:38,419 --> 00:54:41,517 We expect Miss Fairfax soon. Perhaps she may know more. 884 00:54:43,475 --> 00:54:45,330 Why do you smile ? 885 00:54:45,395 --> 00:54:47,631 I'm smiling because I wonder if there's anyone else... 886 00:54:47,698 --> 00:54:50,732 whom we should suspect of being Miss Fairfax's musical patron ? 887 00:54:50,803 --> 00:54:54,065 - Do you know her ? - Oh, yes, she's very elegant. Yes. 888 00:54:54,131 --> 00:54:57,426 Colonel Campbell's daughter, Mrs. Dixon, is Miss Fairfax's dearest friend, 889 00:54:57,491 --> 00:54:59,880 so perhaps Mrs. Dixon sent the piano. 890 00:54:59,955 --> 00:55:01,842 Mrs. Dixon ? That makes sense. 891 00:55:01,907 --> 00:55:04,624 As much sense do you think as Mr. Dixon ? 892 00:55:04,691 --> 00:55:07,342 I cannot help suspecting that after his proposal to Miss Campbell, 893 00:55:07,411 --> 00:55:09,777 a sweet but rather a plain girl, 894 00:55:09,843 --> 00:55:12,690 Mr. Dixon fell in love with Miss Fairfax who is, after all-- 895 00:55:12,754 --> 00:55:15,023 Very elegant, yes. But what makes you say that ? 896 00:55:15,091 --> 00:55:17,000 Well, she must think so too. 897 00:55:17,075 --> 00:55:20,108 That is why she did not go on the holiday with the Campbells. 898 00:55:20,179 --> 00:55:22,994 Instead she came here. Do you see ? 899 00:55:23,059 --> 00:55:26,256 Now that Mr. Dixon has married into the Campbells, he would have been there. 900 00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:29,552 I think that in coming here, Miss Fairfax was telling Mr. Dixon... 901 00:55:29,619 --> 00:55:31,506 that she wanted to forget him. 902 00:55:31,571 --> 00:55:36,786 And I think with the pianoforte, Mr. Dixon wasn't allowing her to. 903 00:55:36,851 --> 00:55:41,902 [ Mrs. Cole ] Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates, do come in. Welcome to our house. 904 00:55:41,971 --> 00:55:43,825 Of course it's just a theory. 905 00:55:43,891 --> 00:55:47,819 But let us see how she reacts at some time if we say the name, Mr. Dixon. 906 00:55:50,163 --> 00:55:55,465 My dear, do you know how Miss Bates and Jane Fairfax came here tonight ? 907 00:55:55,539 --> 00:55:58,408 Mr. Knightley sent his carriage. 908 00:55:58,482 --> 00:56:00,686 Well, yes, he's very kind. 909 00:56:00,754 --> 00:56:04,103 You give him credit for more disinterested benevolence than l. 910 00:56:04,179 --> 00:56:07,659 A suspicion has darted into my head which I simply cannot get rid of. 911 00:56:07,730 --> 00:56:10,862 Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax are a couple. 912 00:56:10,931 --> 00:56:15,404 [ Laughs ] Mrs. Weston, do not take to matchmaking. You do it ill. 913 00:56:15,475 --> 00:56:19,086 Jane Fairfax and Mr. Knightley ? Every feeling revolts ! 914 00:56:19,154 --> 00:56:21,042 - Apart from every other-- - [ Mrs. Weston ] Oh, my goodness ! 915 00:56:21,107 --> 00:56:23,790 What if the pianoforte is from Mr. Knightley ? 916 00:56:23,859 --> 00:56:28,615 You have taken up an idea and run wild with it. He is not even with her. 917 00:56:28,691 --> 00:56:32,007 [ Emma ] She is with Frank, poor man. 918 00:56:32,082 --> 00:56:36,338 Perhaps the two of them stay apart publicly to keep it a secret. 919 00:56:36,403 --> 00:56:39,916 [ Gasps ] Hush, friend. Here comes-- Mr. Cole ! 920 00:56:39,987 --> 00:56:44,460 Miss Woodhouse, would you do us the honor of trying our pianoforte ? 921 00:56:44,531 --> 00:56:46,898 Oh. 922 00:56:46,963 --> 00:56:48,970 I fear I lack the talent. 923 00:56:49,043 --> 00:56:51,214 Perhaps I should ask Miss Fairfax ? 924 00:56:51,282 --> 00:56:55,657 *music**music* [ Piano ] 925 00:56:59,474 --> 00:57:03,850 *music* Did you not hear my lady *music* 926 00:57:03,922 --> 00:57:08,744 *music* Go down the garden singing *music* 927 00:57:08,818 --> 00:57:12,680 *music* Blackbird and thrush were silent *music* 928 00:57:12,754 --> 00:57:17,097 *music* To hear the earlies ringing *music* 929 00:57:17,171 --> 00:57:21,677 *music* Oh, saw you not my lady *music* 930 00:57:21,747 --> 00:57:26,865 *music* Out in the garden there *music* 931 00:57:26,931 --> 00:57:30,892 *music* Shaming the rose and lily *music* 932 00:57:30,963 --> 00:57:36,942 *music* For she is twice as fair *music* 933 00:57:40,402 --> 00:57:44,363 *music* Though I am nothing to her *music* 934 00:57:44,434 --> 00:57:48,296 *music* Though she must rarely look at me *music* 935 00:57:48,371 --> 00:57:53,259 *music* And though I could never woo her *music* 936 00:57:53,330 --> 00:57:58,568 *music* I'll love her 'til I die *music* 937 00:57:58,642 --> 00:58:02,603 [ Together ] *music* Surely you heard my lady *music* 938 00:58:02,674 --> 00:58:07,049 *music* Go down the garden singing *music* 939 00:58:07,122 --> 00:58:10,734 *music* Silencing all the songbirds *music* 940 00:58:10,803 --> 00:58:15,560 *music* And setting the earlies ringing *music* 941 00:58:15,635 --> 00:58:20,621 *music* But surely you see my lady *music* 942 00:58:20,691 --> 00:58:26,604 *music* Out in the garden there *music* 943 00:58:26,674 --> 00:58:30,951 *music* Rivalling the glittering sunshine *music* 944 00:58:31,026 --> 00:58:36,907 *music* With the glory of golden hair *music**music* 945 00:58:44,499 --> 00:58:48,754 [ Guests Muttering, Applauding ] 946 00:58:57,714 --> 00:59:00,333 Excuse me. 947 00:59:01,683 --> 00:59:03,690 Do you know that piece from The Beggar's Opera ? 948 00:59:03,762 --> 00:59:07,275 - [ Jane ] Oh, yes. - Shall we ? 949 00:59:07,347 --> 00:59:10,511 *music**music* [ Piano ] 950 00:59:10,579 --> 00:59:14,507 *music* Virgins are like the fair flower *music* 951 00:59:14,578 --> 00:59:17,426 *music* ln its luster *music* 952 00:59:17,491 --> 00:59:20,142 *music* Which in the garden *music* 953 00:59:20,211 --> 00:59:24,334 *music* Enamels the ground *music* 954 00:59:24,403 --> 00:59:27,250 [ Churchill ] *music* Near it the bees in play *music* 955 00:59:27,314 --> 00:59:30,762 *music* Flutter and cluster *music* 956 00:59:30,835 --> 00:59:34,512 *music* And gaudy butterflies *music* 957 00:59:34,579 --> 00:59:39,118 *music* Frolic around *music* 958 00:59:39,186 --> 00:59:41,936 - *music**music* [ Singing Continues ] - Isn't she playing marvelously ? 959 00:59:42,003 --> 00:59:43,945 Yes. 960 00:59:44,019 --> 00:59:45,961 How sweet to have lent your carriage to her... 961 00:59:46,035 --> 00:59:49,351 so that her fingers would be warm enough for the performance. 962 00:59:49,427 --> 00:59:51,882 - Your playing was lovely. - [ Sighs ] 963 00:59:51,955 --> 00:59:55,784 - Much inferior to Miss Fairfax's. - No ! 964 00:59:55,858 --> 00:59:58,858 No. It was... very elegant. 965 00:59:58,931 --> 01:00:04,812 [ Churchill ] *music* Rots, stinks and dies *music**music* 966 01:00:04,883 --> 01:00:09,160 Was not that sweet of the Campbells to give her so generous a gift ? 967 01:00:09,235 --> 01:00:11,504 I don't approve of surprises. 968 01:00:11,570 --> 01:00:15,661 The pleasure is never enhanced, and the inconvenience is considerable. 969 01:00:15,730 --> 01:00:19,276 - [ Guests Applauding ] - Bad judgment on the Campbell's part. 970 01:00:19,347 --> 01:00:21,583 Miss Fairfax, shall we sing another ? 971 01:00:21,651 --> 01:00:25,164 That fellow thinks of nothing but showing off. 972 01:00:25,234 --> 01:00:28,366 Jane will sing herself hoarse. Miss Bates ? 973 01:00:28,435 --> 01:00:31,152 - Yes, Mr. Knightley ? - You must put a stop to this. 974 01:00:31,219 --> 01:00:33,739 - She'll make herself ill. - Oh, do you think so ? 975 01:00:33,810 --> 01:00:35,949 - Yes. - Well, I shall. Jane ? 976 01:00:36,019 --> 01:00:38,768 - [ Jane ] Yes, Aunt ? - Dear, I wonder if I might say a word to you... 977 01:00:38,835 --> 01:00:40,722 before you and Mr. Churchill begin another song. 978 01:00:40,786 --> 01:00:43,088 Your voice is so lovely, Jane, 979 01:00:43,154 --> 01:00:45,543 I think you should make every-- 980 01:00:49,043 --> 01:00:51,148 [ Churchill ] Miss Woodhouse, 981 01:00:51,219 --> 01:00:53,586 you must forgive my intrusion, but my aunt has become ill. 982 01:00:53,651 --> 01:00:57,000 It is nothing serious, but my presence might bring her solace. 983 01:00:57,075 --> 01:01:00,871 Therefore, I must return. And although I expect my father at any moment, 984 01:01:00,946 --> 01:01:02,856 I could not leave without stopping here. 985 01:01:02,931 --> 01:01:07,022 Not even five minutes to spare for your friends, Miss Fairfax and Miss Bates ? 986 01:01:07,091 --> 01:01:10,353 - How unlucky ! - No. I stopped there on my way here. 987 01:01:10,419 --> 01:01:13,964 After all their kindness, I don't wish to slight them. 988 01:01:14,034 --> 01:01:17,383 But it is not the Bates nor my aunt that occupies my thoughts... 989 01:01:17,458 --> 01:01:19,313 as I prepare to leave. 990 01:01:19,378 --> 01:01:22,793 There is something much more personal that I must say to you. 991 01:01:22,866 --> 01:01:25,768 I think you can hardly be without suspicion that I have developed... 992 01:01:25,842 --> 01:01:29,617 certain feelings for someone of a most tender and devoted nature, 993 01:01:29,682 --> 01:01:32,617 which so far I have striven to hide. 994 01:01:32,690 --> 01:01:35,473 Yet you have always made me feel so wonderfully at ease, 995 01:01:35,539 --> 01:01:38,027 such a friend, since my very arrival... 996 01:01:38,099 --> 01:01:41,360 that it not longer seems honorable to keep them from you. 997 01:01:41,426 --> 01:01:43,695 In short, Miss Woodhouse, I cannot help but say to you-- 998 01:01:43,763 --> 01:01:45,551 [ Charles ] Mr. Weston. 999 01:01:49,714 --> 01:01:52,103 [ Churchill ] Mrs. Weston has promised to correspond. 1000 01:01:52,178 --> 01:01:55,473 The blessings of a female correspondent when one wants news. 1001 01:01:55,539 --> 01:01:57,677 In her letters I shall be at Highbury, 1002 01:01:57,746 --> 01:02:00,975 and here again... with you. 1003 01:02:02,802 --> 01:02:06,664 [ Emma Thinking ] Well, he loves me. 1004 01:02:06,738 --> 01:02:10,764 He was on the verge of telling me when his father burst in. 1005 01:02:10,834 --> 01:02:13,617 I felt listless after he left and had some sort of headache, 1006 01:02:13,683 --> 01:02:16,749 so I must be in love as well. 1007 01:02:16,819 --> 01:02:20,397 I must confess I expected love to feel somewhat different than this. 1008 01:02:22,002 --> 01:02:25,799 I may determine how deep a love I feel through his absence. 1009 01:02:25,874 --> 01:02:29,769 How I wish he would be here tomorrow because there is a grim job to be done. 1010 01:02:31,186 --> 01:02:34,569 Mr. Elton is bringing his new wife to tea. 1011 01:02:36,563 --> 01:02:40,840 Oh, you know, your home reminds me of Maple Grove, 1012 01:02:40,915 --> 01:02:44,210 - which is the seat of my brother, Mr. Suckling. - Suckling. 1013 01:02:44,274 --> 01:02:47,919 - The hall? And the size of the rooms? - Yes. 1014 01:02:47,987 --> 01:02:50,158 I'm really quite struck by it. 1015 01:02:50,226 --> 01:02:53,041 - I almost fancy myself there. - [ Chuckles ] 1016 01:02:53,106 --> 01:02:55,113 [ Emma ] I'm glad you can feel so at ease. 1017 01:02:55,186 --> 01:02:58,056 My brother and sister will be enchanted with this place. 1018 01:02:58,130 --> 01:03:00,399 [ Chuckles ] 1019 01:03:00,467 --> 01:03:04,329 People who have extensive grounds are always pleased to meet other people... 1020 01:03:04,403 --> 01:03:06,890 with extensive grounds. 1021 01:03:06,962 --> 01:03:10,988 I'm afraid you overrate Hartfield. Surrey is full of beauties. 1022 01:03:11,058 --> 01:03:14,800 Don't tell me about Surrey ! I always say it is "the garden of England." 1023 01:03:14,867 --> 01:03:18,063 Yes, but many counties are called that. 1024 01:03:18,130 --> 01:03:21,130 Oh ? I fancy not. 1025 01:03:21,202 --> 01:03:24,137 I never heard any county but Surrey called so. 1026 01:03:24,211 --> 01:03:26,098 Mmm. Hmm. 1027 01:03:28,498 --> 01:03:31,281 Oh ! Ah. 1028 01:03:31,347 --> 01:03:35,602 Well, I know little of other places. 1029 01:03:35,666 --> 01:03:39,889 We are... a quiet set of people. 1030 01:03:39,954 --> 01:03:42,223 - More disposed to stay at home. - Yes. 1031 01:03:42,290 --> 01:03:46,927 Your father's health must be a great drawback to your seeing the country. 1032 01:03:46,994 --> 01:03:50,343 Why does he not try Bath ? It would do him the world of good ! 1033 01:03:50,418 --> 01:03:53,004 He has... tried it before without receiving any benefit. 1034 01:03:53,074 --> 01:03:55,921 Oh, it will do him good if only to improve his spirits, 1035 01:03:55,986 --> 01:03:59,248 which, I understand, are sometimes much depressed. 1036 01:03:59,314 --> 01:04:01,835 You must take him ! A line from me and... 1037 01:04:01,907 --> 01:04:04,689 you would have some of the best society in the place. 1038 01:04:04,754 --> 01:04:07,088 And my particular friend there, Mrs. Partridge-- 1039 01:04:07,154 --> 01:04:10,286 Thank you, but our going to Bath is out of the question. 1040 01:04:22,098 --> 01:04:25,928 Mrs. Elton, I have not asked you if you are musical, 1041 01:04:26,002 --> 01:04:28,719 and that is because your reputation has preceded you. 1042 01:04:28,787 --> 01:04:30,161 Oh, well-- 1043 01:04:30,226 --> 01:04:32,560 All the town knows you are a superior performer. 1044 01:04:32,627 --> 01:04:35,212 - Well, I am dotingly fond of music. - Yes, my wife-- 1045 01:04:35,282 --> 01:04:38,381 And my friends say I'm not entirely devoid of taste. 1046 01:04:38,450 --> 01:04:41,101 In fact, I told Mr. "E" when he asked me to marry, 1047 01:04:41,171 --> 01:04:44,367 I said I did not have to have two carriages as I did before, 1048 01:04:44,434 --> 01:04:46,671 and I could even accept a smaller house. 1049 01:04:46,738 --> 01:04:49,291 My house before was a good deal roomier, I assure you. 1050 01:04:49,362 --> 01:04:53,323 But, no, the world is not necessary to me... 1051 01:04:53,395 --> 01:04:57,802 because I am blessed with so many resources... in here. 1052 01:04:57,874 --> 01:05:02,347 "But," said l, "without music my life would be a blank." 1053 01:05:02,418 --> 01:05:04,939 In fact, you and I must establish a musical club ! 1054 01:05:05,010 --> 01:05:07,629 We could have regular meetings at your house or ours. 1055 01:05:07,699 --> 01:05:10,033 Because I don't want to give up my talent. 1056 01:05:10,098 --> 01:05:12,367 - Do I ? - Mrs. Elton, 1057 01:05:12,434 --> 01:05:15,434 I am certain it would take something more dramatic than a change of towns... 1058 01:05:15,506 --> 01:05:18,124 to dislodge a thing as great as your talent. 1059 01:05:18,194 --> 01:05:21,456 [ Laughing ] Oh, well, I myself don't call it great. 1060 01:05:21,522 --> 01:05:25,384 I only know that my friends think so. 1061 01:05:31,986 --> 01:05:34,921 - [ Clears Throat ] - [ Sighs ] 1062 01:05:44,018 --> 01:05:46,222 Ooh ! Mmm. 1063 01:05:46,290 --> 01:05:48,145 We met the Westons. 1064 01:05:48,210 --> 01:05:51,244 Mmm, she is already a favorite with me. 1065 01:05:51,314 --> 01:05:54,096 And I was astonished that she was so ladylike ! 1066 01:05:54,162 --> 01:05:56,137 Was she not your governess ? 1067 01:05:56,210 --> 01:05:59,919 Mrs. Weston's modest propriety makes her a model for any woman. 1068 01:05:59,986 --> 01:06:02,353 Do you know who came in while we were there ? 1069 01:06:02,419 --> 01:06:04,273 I cannot imagine. 1070 01:06:06,003 --> 01:06:08,490 Knightley. 1071 01:06:08,562 --> 01:06:10,123 Knightley ? 1072 01:06:10,194 --> 01:06:13,162 Knightley ! Mr. "E's" friend. 1073 01:06:13,234 --> 01:06:16,365 Well, there's one friend of whom he need not be ashamed. 1074 01:06:16,434 --> 01:06:18,343 Quite the gentleman. 1075 01:06:18,418 --> 01:06:20,785 [ Thinking ] Knightley ? 1076 01:06:20,850 --> 01:06:23,633 - Never seen him before and she called him Knightley ! - I saw her at church. 1077 01:06:23,698 --> 01:06:27,342 - She seemed-- - Vulgar ? Base ? Conceited ? Crass ? 1078 01:06:27,410 --> 01:06:30,793 - How do you do, Mrs. Starr ? - Good morning, Miss Woodhouse. 1079 01:06:30,867 --> 01:06:34,729 She actually seemed pleased to discover that Mr. Knightley was a gentleman. 1080 01:06:34,802 --> 01:06:38,381 I doubt he'll return the compliment and find her a lady. 1081 01:06:38,450 --> 01:06:41,516 - Mr. Simons, good morning. - Morning, Miss Woodhouse. 1082 01:06:42,674 --> 01:06:46,220 She proposed that we form a musical club. 1083 01:06:46,290 --> 01:06:48,624 Is it possible that Mr. Elton met her... 1084 01:06:48,690 --> 01:06:51,309 while doing charitable work in a mental infirmary ? 1085 01:06:51,379 --> 01:06:53,266 [ Sighs ] 1086 01:06:53,330 --> 01:06:56,265 There is only one thing to do with a person as impossible as she. 1087 01:06:56,338 --> 01:06:59,502 - What ? - I must throw a party for her, 1088 01:06:59,570 --> 01:07:03,847 otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her. 1089 01:07:03,922 --> 01:07:05,777 [ Sighs ] 1090 01:07:05,842 --> 01:07:07,697 We're so excited about the party. 1091 01:07:07,762 --> 01:07:11,690 Do you know whom I just adore ? 1092 01:07:11,762 --> 01:07:15,111 - Who I want to wrap up and put in my pocket ? - Knightley ? 1093 01:07:15,186 --> 01:07:18,120 Jane Fairfax ! Oh ! Ah ! 1094 01:07:18,194 --> 01:07:20,234 I rave about her. 1095 01:07:20,306 --> 01:07:22,640 Do you know what I admire most about her ? 1096 01:07:22,707 --> 01:07:26,416 She's timid. I'm a great advocate for timidity. 1097 01:07:26,482 --> 01:07:29,384 But I daresay you know the lines of the poet: 1098 01:07:29,458 --> 01:07:34,063 "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen." 1099 01:07:34,130 --> 01:07:37,446 We must not allow them to be verified by sweet Jane. 1100 01:07:37,522 --> 01:07:40,456 There is no danger of that. The Campbells take great care of her. 1101 01:07:40,530 --> 01:07:43,629 Whatever advantages she's got from the Campbells have palpably come to an end. 1102 01:07:43,698 --> 01:07:47,178 But if you and I set the example, many will follow. 1103 01:07:47,250 --> 01:07:50,665 Oh, we live in a style which could not make the addition of Jane Fairfax... 1104 01:07:50,738 --> 01:07:52,713 the least inconvenient. 1105 01:07:52,786 --> 01:07:54,673 I'm simply going to adopt her, 1106 01:07:54,738 --> 01:07:57,805 and I think that you should do it with me. 1107 01:07:57,874 --> 01:07:59,979 [ Emma ] For the first time in my life, 1108 01:08:00,050 --> 01:08:02,537 I felt sorry for Jane Fairfax. 1109 01:08:02,610 --> 01:08:06,571 Whatever she may have done, she does not deserve Mrs. Elton. 1110 01:08:06,642 --> 01:08:09,457 Jane may be glad of Mrs. Elton's attentions, 1111 01:08:09,522 --> 01:08:12,272 since they are available from no one else. 1112 01:08:14,066 --> 01:08:17,612 She seems to receive ample attention from you. 1113 01:08:17,682 --> 01:08:21,260 - Anyone may know my regard for her. - Oh ? 1114 01:08:21,330 --> 01:08:24,810 - Do you know how high it is ? - [ Clears Throat ] 1115 01:08:28,818 --> 01:08:32,462 Oh, so, you two have been settling... 1116 01:08:32,530 --> 01:08:35,792 - that I should marry Jane Fairfax ? - No ! 1117 01:08:35,858 --> 01:08:39,371 You could not come and sit with us if you were married. 1118 01:08:44,850 --> 01:08:49,422 Jane Fairfax is a very charming young woman. 1119 01:08:49,490 --> 01:08:53,385 But she lacks an open temper, which a man wishes for in a wife. 1120 01:08:59,602 --> 01:09:02,636 I have admiration for her, 1121 01:09:02,706 --> 01:09:05,608 but no thought beyond, not at all. 1122 01:09:08,402 --> 01:09:10,574 No. [ Chuckles ] 1123 01:09:13,778 --> 01:09:16,745 Ah, I see Mr. Weston is at home. I'll go and see him. 1124 01:09:20,242 --> 01:09:25,064 Well, Mrs. Weston, what do you say about your suspicions now ? 1125 01:09:28,018 --> 01:09:32,589 He's so very occupied with his not being in love with her, 1126 01:09:32,658 --> 01:09:35,441 it seems certain that he is. 1127 01:09:40,978 --> 01:09:43,312 - Help yourself. - Thank you. 1128 01:09:45,234 --> 01:09:49,358 It was most kind of you to invite Jane Fairfax this evening. 1129 01:09:49,426 --> 01:09:52,208 Your words the other day shamed me. 1130 01:09:52,274 --> 01:09:54,445 I have not tried as I should have. 1131 01:09:54,514 --> 01:09:57,809 You're capable of great kindness. 1132 01:09:57,873 --> 01:10:00,295 I fall short so often. 1133 01:10:01,713 --> 01:10:04,496 And I highly doubt she will find this a kindness. 1134 01:10:04,562 --> 01:10:07,857 Jane, you're a very, very fragile creature. 1135 01:10:07,922 --> 01:10:11,981 You pay no regard to the delicacy of your constitution. 1136 01:10:12,050 --> 01:10:14,538 Jane. Knightley ! 1137 01:10:14,610 --> 01:10:17,424 Help us ! Knightley ! 1138 01:10:17,490 --> 01:10:20,108 Jane went to the post office today in the rain... 1139 01:10:20,178 --> 01:10:22,698 at great peril to her health ! 1140 01:10:22,770 --> 01:10:26,480 Oh, Jane, you sad girl ! 1141 01:10:26,546 --> 01:10:29,066 This is a sign that I was not there to take care of you. 1142 01:10:29,138 --> 01:10:30,927 Knightley ! 1143 01:10:30,994 --> 01:10:33,645 Tell her. Tell her ! 1144 01:10:33,714 --> 01:10:38,351 I'm sure she knows what she can endure, Mrs. Elton. 1145 01:10:38,418 --> 01:10:40,807 But, of course. 1146 01:10:40,882 --> 01:10:42,736 Do take care of yourself. 1147 01:10:42,802 --> 01:10:44,776 Thank you. 1148 01:10:51,250 --> 01:10:53,551 Mr. Weston. 1149 01:10:53,618 --> 01:10:57,512 [ Woodhouse ] We had quite given you up. I'm afraid we had to start without you. 1150 01:10:57,586 --> 01:11:01,099 Oh, forgive me, Mr. Woodhouse, Emma. No, please. 1151 01:11:01,170 --> 01:11:05,807 The journey from London was especially slow, or perhaps it just seemed so... 1152 01:11:05,874 --> 01:11:09,103 as I had some good news that I was eager to share. 1153 01:11:09,169 --> 01:11:11,177 Frank's aunt is on the mend, 1154 01:11:11,250 --> 01:11:13,421 and Frank is taking a house in Highbury. 1155 01:11:13,490 --> 01:11:14,897 Oh ! 1156 01:11:14,962 --> 01:11:17,679 - [ Woodhouse ] Good news, indeed ! - [ Mrs. Elton ] Well, well, well. 1157 01:11:17,746 --> 01:11:20,234 I shall have to do something with Mr. "E" to welcome him. 1158 01:11:20,306 --> 01:11:22,477 - [ Chuckling ] Mr. "E" ? - Yes, indeed, we-- 1159 01:11:22,546 --> 01:11:24,913 Highbury's a little different since he left, you know. 1160 01:11:24,978 --> 01:11:26,833 There's been an addition, 1161 01:11:26,898 --> 01:11:29,932 if I may presume to call myself an addition. 1162 01:11:31,442 --> 01:11:33,613 Uh, personally I wouldn't presume to. 1163 01:11:33,682 --> 01:11:35,787 I'm simply quoting other people. 1164 01:11:35,858 --> 01:11:38,891 But I think Mr. Frank Churchill will find one or two small changes... 1165 01:11:38,962 --> 01:11:43,272 in the vicinity since he last came to visit his good father. 1166 01:11:44,945 --> 01:11:48,906 [ Thinking ] Frank Churchill. Hmm. 1167 01:11:48,978 --> 01:11:52,623 I must own that I am not in love with Frank. I have not thought of him... 1168 01:11:52,690 --> 01:11:56,716 since he left, except for the mention Harriet made of him the other day. 1169 01:11:56,786 --> 01:11:59,753 Harriet ! And Frank ! 1170 01:11:59,826 --> 01:12:02,193 Oh, wouldn't they be charming ? 1171 01:12:09,106 --> 01:12:13,448 [ Thinking ] It would so relieve me to know Harriet was well taken care of. 1172 01:12:13,522 --> 01:12:15,944 Perhaps I can bring them together at the ball. 1173 01:12:16,017 --> 01:12:19,083 Lucky the man who exchanges Emma for Harriet. 1174 01:12:19,153 --> 01:12:21,128 I can think of nothing less appealing... 1175 01:12:21,202 --> 01:12:23,657 than an evening of watching other people dance. 1176 01:12:23,730 --> 01:12:26,796 - Go on ! - Then you shall have to dance yourself. 1177 01:12:26,866 --> 01:12:30,249 I have no taste for it. I'd rather fetch that stick. 1178 01:12:30,321 --> 01:12:33,420 I'll try to remember to bring it to the ball. 1179 01:12:36,210 --> 01:12:39,723 I just want to stay here where it's cozy. 1180 01:12:39,794 --> 01:12:42,696 - Miss Woodhouse. - Mr. Churchill ! 1181 01:12:44,209 --> 01:12:46,959 I came early to see if I could be of service to your father. 1182 01:12:47,026 --> 01:12:51,117 You're late. The whole party is here to help my father prepare for the party. 1183 01:12:51,185 --> 01:12:54,502 - Even Hampstead. - [ Laughing ] 1184 01:12:56,945 --> 01:13:01,223 - Are you waiting for someone ? - Hmm, Mrs. Elton. 1185 01:13:01,298 --> 01:13:05,804 - Mrs. Elton ? Why ever for ? - I hear much of her. 1186 01:13:05,874 --> 01:13:08,624 She is bringing Jane Fairfax in the carriage. 1187 01:13:08,690 --> 01:13:12,880 Perhaps tonight we can finally ask Jane Fairfax about Mr. Dixon. 1188 01:13:12,946 --> 01:13:15,881 Or did you acquire the courage during my absence ? 1189 01:13:15,954 --> 01:13:17,841 Oh, is that they ? 1190 01:13:17,906 --> 01:13:20,240 Do, do excuse me. 1191 01:13:22,001 --> 01:13:24,783 - Frank just told me the most fascinating thing. - Tell me. 1192 01:13:24,850 --> 01:13:27,883 He's heard about Mrs. Elton and he still wants to meet her. 1193 01:13:30,706 --> 01:13:32,648 I always say, always, 1194 01:13:32,721 --> 01:13:36,202 there is no place where the people are as nice as in Highbury. 1195 01:13:36,274 --> 01:13:39,918 We were not two steps out of the carriage, not two, it was possibly less, 1196 01:13:39,986 --> 01:13:42,474 when Frank Churchill, he came bounding up. 1197 01:13:42,546 --> 01:13:45,001 He was bounding, I tell you, to see if we needed any assistance. 1198 01:13:45,074 --> 01:13:47,943 - He is so obliging. - [ Churchill ] Good evening, Mr. Cole. 1199 01:13:48,018 --> 01:13:52,655 Oh, Mr. Churchill, l, I was just telling Miss Woodhouse and Mrs. Weston... 1200 01:13:52,721 --> 01:13:54,576 how obliging you are. 1201 01:13:54,641 --> 01:13:58,831 I, I shall never forget your kindness, not as long as I live. 1202 01:13:58,897 --> 01:14:01,003 Nor, well, nor shall Mother. 1203 01:14:01,074 --> 01:14:04,489 Since you replaced the rivet in her spectacles, 1204 01:14:04,562 --> 01:14:07,561 not only have they been as good as new, they have been better. 1205 01:14:07,633 --> 01:14:10,448 [ Giggling ] We are so obliged. 1206 01:14:10,513 --> 01:14:14,442 Oh, look ! lsn't this room just like a fairyland ? 1207 01:14:14,514 --> 01:14:16,848 How do you like Jane's hair ? She did it herself. 1208 01:14:16,914 --> 01:14:20,776 Oh, look ! There are the Hugheses. I must go and say hello. 1209 01:14:27,633 --> 01:14:31,528 *music**music* [ Instruments Tuning ] 1210 01:14:36,529 --> 01:14:38,864 [ Bow Tapping ] 1211 01:14:40,850 --> 01:14:44,974 *music**music* [ Dance ] 1212 01:14:58,609 --> 01:15:01,904 Harriet is all alone. 1213 01:15:18,610 --> 01:15:20,944 Do you not dance, Mr. Elton ? 1214 01:15:21,010 --> 01:15:22,984 Most readily, Mrs. Weston, if you will be my partner. 1215 01:15:23,058 --> 01:15:26,320 Dear me, I'm no dancer. Let me find a better partner for you. 1216 01:15:26,386 --> 01:15:28,622 Though I am an old married man, 1217 01:15:28,689 --> 01:15:31,340 I should enjoy dancing with Mrs. Gilbert. 1218 01:15:31,409 --> 01:15:33,514 Mrs. Gilbert told me she does not mean to dance this evening, 1219 01:15:33,585 --> 01:15:38,190 but I do see a young lady whom I should like to see dancing: Miss Smith. 1220 01:15:38,258 --> 01:15:41,160 [ Elton ] Miss Smith. 1221 01:15:44,210 --> 01:15:46,479 I had not observed her there. 1222 01:15:47,889 --> 01:15:50,639 Well, you're most obliging to have pointed her out to me, 1223 01:15:50,705 --> 01:15:54,567 and were I not an old married man, I should gladly do the job. 1224 01:15:57,169 --> 01:15:59,176 But my dancing days are over. 1225 01:17:08,946 --> 01:17:13,102 [ Applause ] 1226 01:17:33,970 --> 01:17:36,075 I can only say that at that moment you took her to the floor... 1227 01:17:36,146 --> 01:17:39,015 I was proud to call you my friend. 1228 01:17:39,089 --> 01:17:42,220 The Eltons are unpardonable. 1229 01:17:42,290 --> 01:17:45,159 I must say, they aim at wounding more than just Harriet. 1230 01:17:45,234 --> 01:17:48,049 They seem to want to snub you, too, Emma. Why ? 1231 01:17:53,970 --> 01:17:57,647 Certainly Mrs. Elton has no reason to dislike you. 1232 01:18:01,106 --> 01:18:04,619 Confess now, old friend. 1233 01:18:04,690 --> 01:18:07,111 You did want him to marry Harriet. 1234 01:18:07,185 --> 01:18:09,836 I did, and they cannot forgive me. 1235 01:18:09,905 --> 01:18:14,412 Oh, dear. How could I have made such a misjudgment ? 1236 01:18:14,482 --> 01:18:16,653 What is the point in me being almost 22... 1237 01:18:16,721 --> 01:18:19,055 if there is still so much for me to learn ? 1238 01:18:19,121 --> 01:18:21,293 You know more than you realize. 1239 01:18:21,362 --> 01:18:25,835 I know I must own to you to be completely wrong about Mr. Elton. 1240 01:18:25,906 --> 01:18:30,062 There is a littleness to him which you discovered that I did not. 1241 01:18:30,129 --> 01:18:32,584 In return for your acknowledging so much, 1242 01:18:32,657 --> 01:18:37,000 I say that you chose for him better than he chose for himself. 1243 01:18:37,074 --> 01:18:39,310 But Harriet Smith has some first-rate qualities about her... 1244 01:18:39,377 --> 01:18:42,127 which Mrs. Elton is entirely without. 1245 01:18:42,193 --> 01:18:44,560 Your friend surprised me, most pleasantly. 1246 01:18:44,625 --> 01:18:47,942 Emma, it's the last dance. Will you come set the example for your companions ? 1247 01:18:48,017 --> 01:18:50,025 Gladly. 1248 01:18:51,185 --> 01:18:54,000 Whom are you going to dance with ? 1249 01:18:55,985 --> 01:18:58,505 With you, if you will ask me. 1250 01:18:58,577 --> 01:19:02,222 You've shown yourself a fine dancer despite all your protests, 1251 01:19:02,290 --> 01:19:04,941 and it should not be improper for us to dance. 1252 01:19:05,010 --> 01:19:07,660 After all, we are not brother and sister. 1253 01:19:07,729 --> 01:19:11,145 Brother and sister ? No, no. 1254 01:19:11,217 --> 01:19:13,803 *music**music* [ Music Begins ] 1255 01:19:13,873 --> 01:19:15,913 Indeed we're not. 1256 01:20:32,689 --> 01:20:34,544 What of your news ? 1257 01:20:34,609 --> 01:20:37,478 We must wait until we're at your house in front of the fireplace. 1258 01:20:37,553 --> 01:20:40,008 - It must happen there. - [ Sighs ] Very well. 1259 01:20:41,745 --> 01:20:43,600 Wasn't the ball lovely ? 1260 01:20:43,665 --> 01:20:45,672 I had the most wonderful time. It was out of a dream. 1261 01:20:45,745 --> 01:20:48,112 - [ Twig Snaps ] - [ Gasps ] 1262 01:20:50,449 --> 01:20:52,784 It's all right, dear. Just let's move a touch more quickly. 1263 01:20:55,218 --> 01:21:00,269 - Tell me more about the ball. - Um, I had such-- 1264 01:21:00,337 --> 01:21:02,344 - It was very-- - Quick, get her purse ! 1265 01:21:02,417 --> 01:21:04,272 - [ Screams ] - Get around them, damn it ! 1266 01:21:04,337 --> 01:21:06,225 Stop ! Stop ! 1267 01:21:06,289 --> 01:21:09,584 [ Arguing, Yelling ] 1268 01:21:10,833 --> 01:21:13,386 [ Churchill ] Stand aside ! 1269 01:21:22,001 --> 01:21:24,619 How can I ever thank you ? How brave you were ! 1270 01:21:24,689 --> 01:21:28,650 - I owe you everything ! - Miss Woodhouse will make things right. 1271 01:21:28,721 --> 01:21:31,470 If I'm no longer needed, I must leave now to meet my father. 1272 01:21:31,537 --> 01:21:35,466 Of course. Bless you for your help. Bless you again and again. 1273 01:21:42,033 --> 01:21:44,488 Goodness. [ Sighs ] 1274 01:21:44,561 --> 01:21:47,082 What an afternoon ! 1275 01:21:47,154 --> 01:21:50,634 All this trouble to do something I should have done long ago. 1276 01:21:52,081 --> 01:21:55,212 I have come to a decision about Mr. Elton. 1277 01:21:55,281 --> 01:21:57,550 I am done with him. 1278 01:21:57,618 --> 01:22:01,392 I shall never forget him or his wife at the ball. 1279 01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:04,327 To prove my sincerity, I shall now destroy something... 1280 01:22:04,401 --> 01:22:06,921 which I had thought to treasure always. 1281 01:22:09,681 --> 01:22:12,267 You know what this is, of course. 1282 01:22:14,129 --> 01:22:16,585 Can you have forgotten ? 1283 01:22:16,657 --> 01:22:20,935 Mr. Elton cut his finger, and you urged me to bind the wound. 1284 01:22:21,010 --> 01:22:23,497 I cut too much bandage, so I trimmed it... 1285 01:22:23,569 --> 01:22:27,825 and he played with the extra little bit while I finished it up. 1286 01:22:27,889 --> 01:22:30,093 He left it by his chair. 1287 01:22:30,161 --> 01:22:34,351 And l, in my nonsense, made a treasure of it. 1288 01:22:34,417 --> 01:22:37,733 - Dear Harriet. - Now that was silly. 1289 01:22:37,809 --> 01:22:41,006 But here is something which truly was his. 1290 01:22:43,281 --> 01:22:46,729 He left it here once and I took it. 1291 01:22:47,825 --> 01:22:49,964 I used to take it... 1292 01:22:50,033 --> 01:22:52,138 and hold it. 1293 01:22:52,209 --> 01:22:54,184 But no more. 1294 01:22:54,258 --> 01:22:57,902 I want to be rid of these things with you as my witness. 1295 01:22:57,969 --> 01:23:00,303 I think I should burn them. 1296 01:23:01,713 --> 01:23:05,707 I think it would be a wise and relieving thing to do. 1297 01:23:18,577 --> 01:23:20,432 Good-bye, Mr. Elton. 1298 01:23:20,497 --> 01:23:23,050 [ Thinking ] Hello, Mr. Churchill. 1299 01:23:35,665 --> 01:23:37,291 Mmm. 1300 01:23:37,361 --> 01:23:40,328 When you get married, you must eat strawberries at your wedding. 1301 01:23:40,401 --> 01:23:42,375 I shall never marry. 1302 01:23:42,449 --> 01:23:44,304 Really ? 1303 01:23:44,369 --> 01:23:48,046 I was certain you were developing feelings for someone. 1304 01:23:48,113 --> 01:23:50,666 The service he rendered you would endear him naturally. 1305 01:23:50,737 --> 01:23:53,934 Oh, I cannot tell you how I felt when I saw him coming to my rescue. 1306 01:23:54,001 --> 01:23:57,896 I went from agony to utter happiness at the sight of him ! 1307 01:23:57,969 --> 01:24:00,141 He is a fine choice for you. 1308 01:24:00,209 --> 01:24:03,525 But do not let your feelings go until you are sure of his. 1309 01:24:03,601 --> 01:24:07,692 I give you this caution now because I am determined never to interfere. 1310 01:24:07,761 --> 01:24:09,900 I will not even say his name to you. 1311 01:24:09,969 --> 01:24:13,482 Only that raising your thoughts to him is a mark of your very good taste. 1312 01:24:13,553 --> 01:24:17,066 - [ Giggling ] - [ Laughing ] 1313 01:24:17,137 --> 01:24:19,820 [ Laughing Continues ] 1314 01:24:27,793 --> 01:24:30,793 I have some wonderful news. 1315 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:33,069 I have found a position for you. 1316 01:24:33,137 --> 01:24:35,112 It is with a choice family in Bath, 1317 01:24:35,185 --> 01:24:37,487 - and the position is one of-- - [ Jane ] I'm most obliged, 1318 01:24:37,553 --> 01:24:41,098 but I would not consider leaving Highbury. 1319 01:24:41,169 --> 01:24:44,169 As your protector, I cannot allow you to feel that way. 1320 01:24:44,241 --> 01:24:46,696 I'm sure everyone agrees with me. 1321 01:24:46,769 --> 01:24:50,118 What are your options after all, Jane, hmm ? 1322 01:24:50,193 --> 01:24:52,582 These sandwiches are delicious, Mrs. Elton. 1323 01:24:52,657 --> 01:24:55,952 - You really are a gourmet. - [ Laughs ] 1324 01:24:56,017 --> 01:24:58,472 Well, I never compliment myself, but... 1325 01:24:58,545 --> 01:25:01,163 my friends tell me I certainly know how to make a sandwich. 1326 01:25:02,641 --> 01:25:06,667 - Now, Jane-- - Shall we all play a game ? 1327 01:25:06,737 --> 01:25:10,349 I command that we each tell Miss Woodhouse something entertaining. 1328 01:25:10,417 --> 01:25:12,457 You may offer one thing very clever, 1329 01:25:12,529 --> 01:25:15,311 two things moderately clever, 1330 01:25:15,377 --> 01:25:17,963 or three things very dull indeed. 1331 01:25:18,033 --> 01:25:21,349 In return, Miss Woodhouse will laugh heartily at them all. 1332 01:25:21,425 --> 01:25:23,792 [ Mrs. Elton ] I do not pretend to be a wit, 1333 01:25:23,857 --> 01:25:27,240 though I have a great deal of vivacity in my own way, of course. 1334 01:25:27,313 --> 01:25:31,753 These diversions are tolerable at Christmas when one is around the fire. 1335 01:25:31,825 --> 01:25:35,338 But in my opinion, it wastes the outdoors. 1336 01:25:35,409 --> 01:25:37,384 Miss Woodhouse, you must excuse me. 1337 01:25:37,457 --> 01:25:39,694 [ Elton ] And me. 1338 01:25:39,761 --> 01:25:42,249 I am an old married man. 1339 01:25:42,321 --> 01:25:44,655 I have nothing to say that would please Miss Woodhouse... 1340 01:25:44,721 --> 01:25:47,623 or any young lady. 1341 01:25:47,697 --> 01:25:49,770 Oh, [ Chuckles ] well. 1342 01:25:49,841 --> 01:25:53,037 I need not be uneasy, as long as we're allowed three dull things. 1343 01:25:53,105 --> 01:25:55,723 [ Laughing ] Very dull, in fact. I shall be sure to say three very dull things... 1344 01:25:55,793 --> 01:25:58,827 as soon as I open my mouth, shan't I ? 1345 01:25:58,897 --> 01:26:01,580 There may be a difficulty. 1346 01:26:01,649 --> 01:26:04,202 [ Miss Bates ] I doubt that. I'm sure I never fail to say things very dull. 1347 01:26:04,273 --> 01:26:06,924 Yes, dear, but you'll be limited as to number. Only three. 1348 01:26:06,993 --> 01:26:10,092 Oh ! [ Giggles ] 1349 01:26:15,697 --> 01:26:17,704 To be sure. 1350 01:26:17,777 --> 01:26:19,632 [ Miss Bates ] Yes. 1351 01:26:22,289 --> 01:26:24,143 [ Miss Bates ] l, l-- 1352 01:26:24,209 --> 01:26:26,096 I, l-- 1353 01:26:27,569 --> 01:26:31,497 I, I see. I see. I see what she means. 1354 01:26:31,569 --> 01:26:35,147 Hmm. I will try and hold my tongue. 1355 01:26:35,217 --> 01:26:40,301 Oh, I must make myself very... disagreeable. 1356 01:26:40,369 --> 01:26:45,158 Or, or she would not have said such a thing to an old... friend. 1357 01:26:47,185 --> 01:26:51,463 Well, [ Giggles ] just three. 1358 01:26:51,537 --> 01:26:53,424 Yes. 1359 01:26:59,473 --> 01:27:02,888 Miss Bates, will you give me the pleasure of your company... 1360 01:27:02,961 --> 01:27:06,190 - whilst I pick some more strawberries ? - Oh, thank you, 1361 01:27:06,257 --> 01:27:07,817 Mr. Knightley. 1362 01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:10,442 That would be charming. 1363 01:27:20,209 --> 01:27:22,064 Emma ? 1364 01:27:22,129 --> 01:27:25,096 How could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates ? 1365 01:27:26,673 --> 01:27:29,902 How could you be so insolent to a woman of her age and situation ? 1366 01:27:29,969 --> 01:27:31,976 I'd not thought it possible. 1367 01:27:32,049 --> 01:27:35,661 How could I help saying it ? I daresay she did not understand me. 1368 01:27:35,729 --> 01:27:38,380 I assure you she felt your full meaning. 1369 01:27:38,449 --> 01:27:40,718 She cannot stop mentioning it. 1370 01:27:40,785 --> 01:27:43,785 I wish you could have heard her honor your forbearance in putting up with her... 1371 01:27:43,857 --> 01:27:45,712 when her society is so irksome ! 1372 01:27:45,777 --> 01:27:48,199 I know there is no better creature in all the world, but you must allow... 1373 01:27:48,272 --> 01:27:51,655 that blended alongside the good, there is an equal amount of the ridiculous in her. 1374 01:27:51,729 --> 01:27:54,511 Were she prosperous or a woman equal to you in situation, 1375 01:27:54,577 --> 01:27:57,676 I would not quarrel about any liberties of manner. 1376 01:27:57,745 --> 01:28:00,428 But she is poor ! 1377 01:28:00,497 --> 01:28:02,701 Even more so than when she was born ! 1378 01:28:02,769 --> 01:28:06,152 And should she live to be an old lady, she will sink further still. 1379 01:28:06,225 --> 01:28:10,764 Her situation being in every way below you should secure your compassion ! 1380 01:28:10,833 --> 01:28:13,037 Badly done, Emma. 1381 01:28:15,377 --> 01:28:17,264 Badly done. 1382 01:28:19,952 --> 01:28:23,881 She has watched you grow from a time when her notice of you was an honor... 1383 01:28:25,393 --> 01:28:28,011 to this. 1384 01:28:28,081 --> 01:28:30,929 Humbling her and laughing at her... 1385 01:28:30,993 --> 01:28:34,375 in front of people who would be guided by your treatment of her. 1386 01:28:41,137 --> 01:28:43,024 Ah ! 1387 01:28:46,225 --> 01:28:49,738 It is not pleasant for me to say these things. 1388 01:28:51,665 --> 01:28:55,527 But I must tell you the truth while I can. 1389 01:28:57,137 --> 01:29:00,520 Proving myself your friend by the most faithful counsel, 1390 01:29:04,272 --> 01:29:07,436 and trusting that sometime you will do my faith in you greater justice... 1391 01:29:07,504 --> 01:29:10,090 than you do it now. 1392 01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:29,800 Oh, good afternoon, Miss Woodhouse. 1393 01:29:29,873 --> 01:29:31,913 Please come in. 1394 01:29:37,872 --> 01:29:40,425 Just a moment, please. 1395 01:29:40,496 --> 01:29:43,725 Just tell her I'm unwell, Mother, and laid down upon the bed. 1396 01:30:07,921 --> 01:30:10,823 [ Knightley ] I've been planning a visit-- 1397 01:30:14,161 --> 01:30:16,266 - ...first and say good-bye. - [ Woodhouse ] You mean, you walked... 1398 01:30:16,337 --> 01:30:19,533 - all the way, and on such a cold night? - Certainly I walked. 1399 01:30:19,600 --> 01:30:23,910 My dear, how did you find my old friend and her daughter ? 1400 01:30:23,985 --> 01:30:26,887 Emma has called on Mrs. and Miss Bates. 1401 01:30:26,961 --> 01:30:31,020 - She always shows them such kindness. - No, Father. 1402 01:30:31,089 --> 01:30:33,991 They have been the ones to forebear and show me kindness. 1403 01:30:34,064 --> 01:30:38,156 Nonsense, daughter ! The charity you have given them-- 1404 01:30:38,225 --> 01:30:41,803 I have given them charity but not kindness, 1405 01:30:41,873 --> 01:30:45,997 a virtue which some friends may doubt I still have. 1406 01:30:47,921 --> 01:30:50,855 The truest friend does not doubt... 1407 01:30:50,928 --> 01:30:53,295 but hope. 1408 01:31:04,976 --> 01:31:06,831 I must go. 1409 01:31:06,896 --> 01:31:11,053 I'm leaving town to visit John and lsabella. 1410 01:31:11,121 --> 01:31:13,990 I'm sorry I was not here sooner... 1411 01:31:14,065 --> 01:31:16,967 so that we could have talked. 1412 01:31:18,224 --> 01:31:20,079 So am l. 1413 01:31:22,256 --> 01:31:24,395 When will you be back ? 1414 01:31:24,465 --> 01:31:26,854 I don't know. 1415 01:31:26,929 --> 01:31:30,060 There is a delicate and perplexing matter... 1416 01:31:30,129 --> 01:31:32,649 I must discuss with my brother. 1417 01:31:35,889 --> 01:31:37,744 Well, then-- 1418 01:31:38,992 --> 01:31:40,847 Well, then-- 1419 01:31:40,912 --> 01:31:42,855 [ Chuckles ] 1420 01:31:48,497 --> 01:31:52,326 [ Thinking ] Frank Churchill's aunt has died, taking him away. 1421 01:31:52,401 --> 01:31:56,776 This strengthens Harriet's chances with him, since the aunt was sure to object. 1422 01:31:56,849 --> 01:32:00,329 I continue in my efforts to make amends with Miss Bates. 1423 01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:02,669 Though matters are not yet fully repaired, 1424 01:32:02,736 --> 01:32:06,119 I feel that a renewal of our friendship is ahead of us. 1425 01:32:06,193 --> 01:32:08,844 Above all, I am most gratified to say... 1426 01:32:08,913 --> 01:32:11,084 that could Mr. Knightley-- 1427 01:32:15,281 --> 01:32:18,280 Mr. Knightley-- 1428 01:32:18,352 --> 01:32:19,913 Hmm. 1429 01:32:19,985 --> 01:32:23,530 Had been privy to my attempts, could he have seen into my heart, 1430 01:32:23,600 --> 01:32:28,270 I think he would not, on this occasion, have found anything to reprove. 1431 01:32:30,128 --> 01:32:32,398 [ Panting ] 1432 01:32:34,000 --> 01:32:37,000 Frank... is engaged. 1433 01:32:37,073 --> 01:32:40,935 [ Gasps ] I cannot believe it ! So quickly ? 1434 01:32:41,009 --> 01:32:44,238 Quickly ? The engagement has been in place for some time. 1435 01:32:45,776 --> 01:32:48,907 Emma, Frank has been secretly engaged... 1436 01:32:48,976 --> 01:32:51,016 to Jane Fairfax. 1437 01:32:51,088 --> 01:32:53,260 Good God ! 1438 01:32:53,329 --> 01:32:56,263 - This cannot be the truth ! - They've been engaged since October, 1439 01:32:56,336 --> 01:32:59,631 formed at Weymouth through their friend, Charles Dixon. 1440 01:32:59,697 --> 01:33:01,671 Mr. Dixon ! 1441 01:33:01,744 --> 01:33:04,973 He kept it secret because he feared his aunt's disapproval. 1442 01:33:06,608 --> 01:33:09,096 It has hurt both his father and me, 1443 01:33:09,168 --> 01:33:12,681 most especially because of whom else it might hurt. 1444 01:33:14,769 --> 01:33:19,373 I cannot pretend that I do not understand what you mean by that. 1445 01:33:19,440 --> 01:33:22,091 But let me give you all the relief in my power. 1446 01:33:22,160 --> 01:33:25,673 There was a time when I was attached to Frank. 1447 01:33:25,744 --> 01:33:30,698 Fortunately, that ceased and for some time I have felt nothing for him. 1448 01:33:30,769 --> 01:33:34,860 This was my greatest worry. 1449 01:33:34,929 --> 01:33:38,344 I'm certain you knew it was our wish you might be attached. 1450 01:33:38,417 --> 01:33:43,305 - Imagine what we felt on your account. - There is no need to worry about that. 1451 01:33:43,376 --> 01:33:46,475 Although how could he have come here and treated me in this fashion ? 1452 01:33:46,545 --> 01:33:48,454 It is cruel ! Truly cruel ! 1453 01:33:48,528 --> 01:33:52,172 Yes, dear. But I thought you said you felt nothing for him. 1454 01:33:52,241 --> 01:33:54,095 Yes, but he did not know that. 1455 01:33:54,161 --> 01:33:57,095 He is benefiting from a very lucky coincidence. 1456 01:33:57,168 --> 01:33:59,502 Now, Emma, he's a good man, 1457 01:33:59,569 --> 01:34:02,830 however wrong this action might be. 1458 01:34:06,289 --> 01:34:10,183 Dear, might I entreat you to put Mr. Weston's heart at ease ? 1459 01:34:10,256 --> 01:34:12,361 He's been as worried about you as l. 1460 01:34:12,432 --> 01:34:15,050 Could you let him know how glad you are for Frank... 1461 01:34:15,120 --> 01:34:17,804 to have found a girl of such steady character ? 1462 01:34:17,873 --> 01:34:20,720 I do not know how steady her character can be, engaging herself to a man... 1463 01:34:20,784 --> 01:34:22,639 who pretends not to be engaged, 1464 01:34:22,704 --> 01:34:24,559 and then deceives attractive and feeling young women. 1465 01:34:24,624 --> 01:34:26,413 [ Door Opens ] 1466 01:34:26,480 --> 01:34:30,474 Here is the luckiest father in all of England ! 1467 01:34:33,200 --> 01:34:35,371 Thank you. 1468 01:34:37,073 --> 01:34:40,455 - [ Door Opens ] - Is this not the oddest news you've ever heard about... 1469 01:34:40,528 --> 01:34:42,568 Mr. Churchill and Miss Fairfax ? 1470 01:34:42,640 --> 01:34:44,974 - Had you any idea of it ? - Can you imagine that I knew... 1471 01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:47,342 when I was encouraging you to give way to your own feelings ? 1472 01:34:47,408 --> 01:34:49,547 Had I known, I would have cautioned you. 1473 01:34:49,616 --> 01:34:51,471 Cautioned me ? Why ? 1474 01:34:51,536 --> 01:34:55,016 You do not think that I care about Frank Churchill ! 1475 01:34:55,088 --> 01:34:58,023 Wha-- What do you mean ? 1476 01:34:58,097 --> 01:35:01,392 - You, you said that you loved a man-- - I did not name him, 1477 01:35:01,456 --> 01:35:05,897 but I hope I have developed better taste than to choose Frank Churchill over him. 1478 01:35:05,969 --> 01:35:08,424 Frank Churchill. [ Laughs ] 1479 01:35:08,497 --> 01:35:10,602 Furthermore, I would never have even dreamed of him... 1480 01:35:10,673 --> 01:35:12,528 except that you told me he was wonderful. 1481 01:35:12,593 --> 01:35:14,502 Yes, but I thought you meant-- 1482 01:35:14,576 --> 01:35:17,031 That raising my thoughts to him was a sign of my good taste. 1483 01:35:17,104 --> 01:35:19,755 - Those were your words. - But I meant them in reference to-- 1484 01:35:19,825 --> 01:35:22,246 Without having heard them, I would never have dared to hope. 1485 01:35:22,320 --> 01:35:24,109 Harriet, please ! 1486 01:35:24,176 --> 01:35:28,453 Before we can go on, there is something that I must clarify. 1487 01:35:29,584 --> 01:35:33,326 Is it possible that you are speaking of... 1488 01:35:33,392 --> 01:35:35,247 Mr. Knightley ? 1489 01:35:35,312 --> 01:35:37,701 To be sure. 1490 01:35:37,776 --> 01:35:41,388 But, y-you spoke of the service that Frank had done you... 1491 01:35:41,456 --> 01:35:44,238 - in rescuing you from the gypsies. - I never said that. 1492 01:35:44,304 --> 01:35:46,606 I recall it with perfect clarity. 1493 01:35:46,672 --> 01:35:49,771 If I spoke of being rescued, I was thinking of Mr. Knightley's... 1494 01:35:49,840 --> 01:35:52,557 asking me to dance after Mr. Elton snubbed me. 1495 01:35:52,624 --> 01:35:55,471 That was when I knew how superior a man he was. 1496 01:35:55,537 --> 01:35:58,984 Good God ! This is a horrible mistake. 1497 01:35:59,056 --> 01:36:01,904 What is to be done ? 1498 01:36:01,968 --> 01:36:04,488 Must something be done about it ? 1499 01:36:10,320 --> 01:36:13,866 You must think him 500 million times more above me than Mr. Churchill. 1500 01:36:13,937 --> 01:36:15,792 - Yet, you did say-- - Harriet ? 1501 01:36:17,584 --> 01:36:19,788 Have-- 1502 01:36:19,856 --> 01:36:23,817 Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley's returning your affection ? 1503 01:36:23,889 --> 01:36:28,777 Yes, I must say that I have. You told me... 1504 01:36:28,848 --> 01:36:31,663 to let his behavior be the rule of mine, and so I have. 1505 01:36:31,728 --> 01:36:34,411 Am I wrong to hope as I do ? 1506 01:36:39,024 --> 01:36:41,446 Harriet, 1507 01:36:41,521 --> 01:36:45,711 I can only venture to declare that Mr. Knightley... 1508 01:36:45,776 --> 01:36:50,533 is the last man on earth who would intentionally give any woman... 1509 01:36:50,609 --> 01:36:54,405 the idea of his feeling more for her than he really does. 1510 01:36:57,745 --> 01:36:59,654 [ Emma ] This is tragic. 1511 01:36:59,728 --> 01:37:01,965 [ Mrs. Weston ] Why is it tragic that Harriet should attach herself... 1512 01:37:02,033 --> 01:37:04,967 to a man who you admire so much ? 1513 01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:07,975 I have asked myself many times why this should have unsettled me, 1514 01:37:08,049 --> 01:37:12,620 and I came to see that I do not admire Mr. Knightley as I have so long thought. 1515 01:37:15,729 --> 01:37:18,184 I love him... 1516 01:37:18,257 --> 01:37:21,159 so dearly, so greatly. 1517 01:37:21,233 --> 01:37:24,200 Outside of you and Father, his is the opinion which matters most. 1518 01:37:24,272 --> 01:37:26,159 - Oh, my dearest child ! - I did not know it... 1519 01:37:26,224 --> 01:37:29,126 until poor Harriet said she had the hope of him returning her feelings. 1520 01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:31,982 Then I felt ill that I could lose him, 1521 01:37:32,049 --> 01:37:36,271 and I knew that no one must marry Mr. Knightley... 1522 01:37:36,337 --> 01:37:40,231 - but me. - How heavenly ! 1523 01:37:40,304 --> 01:37:42,508 But I am too late. 1524 01:37:42,576 --> 01:37:44,583 Just before he left town he said-- 1525 01:37:44,656 --> 01:37:48,366 There is a delicate and perplexing matter I must discuss with my brother. 1526 01:37:48,432 --> 01:37:50,603 I hope his brother advises him to be careful. 1527 01:37:50,672 --> 01:37:53,422 After all, we know nothing about her parents. They could be pirates. 1528 01:37:53,488 --> 01:37:57,765 My dear, I like Harriet very much, as I might remind you, do you. 1529 01:37:57,840 --> 01:38:01,255 But remember, her feelings are evidence of her feelings only. 1530 01:38:01,328 --> 01:38:03,946 Nothing can be known until Mr. Knightley returns. 1531 01:38:04,016 --> 01:38:08,621 Oh, I long for it and fear it at the same time. 1532 01:38:08,688 --> 01:38:11,655 I shall not know how to behave when I see him. 1533 01:38:11,728 --> 01:38:15,274 - Let his behavior be your guide. - But, oh, dear ! 1534 01:38:15,345 --> 01:38:18,247 If he seems happy, I shall know that he has decided to marry Harriet, 1535 01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:23,470 and I will not, I know I will not be able to let him tell me. 1536 01:38:23,537 --> 01:38:26,668 I could not bear to hear the words. 1537 01:38:26,736 --> 01:38:30,314 If he seems sad, I shall know that John has advised him not to marry Harriet. 1538 01:38:30,384 --> 01:38:32,653 I love John ! 1539 01:38:32,720 --> 01:38:37,292 Or, he may seem sad because he fears telling me he will marry my friend. 1540 01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:40,142 How could John let him do that ? I hate John ! 1541 01:38:40,209 --> 01:38:42,543 My dear, nothing can be done until he returns. 1542 01:38:42,608 --> 01:38:45,837 And until he does, you must try to put him out of your mind. 1543 01:38:45,904 --> 01:38:47,530 Can you ? 1544 01:38:47,600 --> 01:38:49,640 Certainly I can. 1545 01:38:49,712 --> 01:38:53,836 I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. 1546 01:38:55,825 --> 01:38:57,767 [ Thinking ] Dear diary. 1547 01:38:57,841 --> 01:39:01,867 Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightley. 1548 01:39:01,937 --> 01:39:05,897 I tried not to think about him when I spoke about the menu with cook. 1549 01:39:05,968 --> 01:39:09,165 - Oh, is Mr. Knightley coming ? - Why do you say that ? 1550 01:39:09,232 --> 01:39:11,239 Lamb stew's his favorite. 1551 01:39:11,312 --> 01:39:13,701 I tried not to think about him in the garden... 1552 01:39:13,776 --> 01:39:16,110 where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy... 1553 01:39:16,176 --> 01:39:19,340 to ascertain his feelings for Harriet. 1554 01:39:19,408 --> 01:39:21,929 I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden. 1555 01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:25,382 They really are drab little flowers. 1556 01:39:25,456 --> 01:39:29,198 And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed. 1557 01:39:29,264 --> 01:39:31,720 But something had to be done. 1558 01:39:54,256 --> 01:39:58,533 Dear Lord, if he cannot share a life with me, 1559 01:39:58,608 --> 01:40:02,023 is it wrong to ask that he not share it with anyone ? 1560 01:40:02,096 --> 01:40:04,714 That we go on as we go on now, 1561 01:40:04,784 --> 01:40:07,240 him stopping by at any hour, 1562 01:40:07,312 --> 01:40:10,346 always the brightest part of our lives, 1563 01:40:10,416 --> 01:40:14,671 a natural and easy member of the family ? 1564 01:40:14,736 --> 01:40:17,835 I would be content if he would just stay single, Lord. 1565 01:40:17,904 --> 01:40:21,101 That's it. If he would just stay single, Lord, 1566 01:40:21,168 --> 01:40:24,266 that would be enough for me to be perfectly satisfied. 1567 01:40:26,320 --> 01:40:28,741 Almost. 1568 01:40:28,816 --> 01:40:30,671 Amen. 1569 01:40:32,208 --> 01:40:34,477 [ Bell Rings ] 1570 01:40:54,608 --> 01:40:56,681 Emma ! 1571 01:40:56,752 --> 01:40:59,621 - [ Clears Throat ] - Forgive me. 1572 01:40:59,696 --> 01:41:04,398 Uh, I was, uh-- I was lost in my thoughts. 1573 01:41:04,465 --> 01:41:07,017 And how are you ? 1574 01:41:07,088 --> 01:41:09,477 Happy ? 1575 01:41:09,552 --> 01:41:12,302 W-Well, I'm... 1576 01:41:12,368 --> 01:41:14,823 - happy to see you, as always. - Ah. 1577 01:41:16,496 --> 01:41:19,278 - I didn't, uh, know that you were back. - Just. 1578 01:41:19,344 --> 01:41:21,799 Oh. 1579 01:41:21,872 --> 01:41:24,327 - Yes, just. - Oh. Yes. 1580 01:41:27,120 --> 01:41:29,541 I'm on my way home. 1581 01:41:29,616 --> 01:41:31,526 I was just there. 1582 01:41:33,520 --> 01:41:35,886 - May I join you ? - Of course. 1583 01:41:43,152 --> 01:41:45,486 [ Sighs ] Oh, dear. 1584 01:41:45,552 --> 01:41:48,519 - What ? - What ? Oh. Oh ! 1585 01:41:48,592 --> 01:41:53,545 Something about the deer we need for the venison stew. 1586 01:41:53,616 --> 01:41:56,431 Uh-huh. 1587 01:41:58,864 --> 01:42:02,093 - There's something I have to ask you. - Oh, wait. 1588 01:42:02,160 --> 01:42:05,641 Now that you are back, there is some news that will surprise you. 1589 01:42:07,568 --> 01:42:09,957 Of what nature is this news ? 1590 01:42:10,032 --> 01:42:12,716 The very best. It is a wedding between two people-- 1591 01:42:12,784 --> 01:42:16,428 Oh, yes, between Jane and Mr. Churchill. 1592 01:42:18,928 --> 01:42:21,612 Mr. Weston wrote to me. 1593 01:42:21,680 --> 01:42:25,870 - Undoubtedly you were not surprised. - Well-- 1594 01:42:25,936 --> 01:42:29,231 But I seem doomed to blindness. 1595 01:42:30,448 --> 01:42:33,296 Time will heal your wound. 1596 01:42:35,568 --> 01:42:39,342 - My wound ? - I know you must've been... 1597 01:42:39,408 --> 01:42:41,863 cruelly disappointed by his secret. 1598 01:42:41,936 --> 01:42:45,798 [ Sighs ] He's a scoundrel. 1599 01:42:46,864 --> 01:42:49,003 You are kind. 1600 01:42:49,072 --> 01:42:51,789 But I must tell you that I quickly saw that Frank lacked qualities, 1601 01:42:51,856 --> 01:42:56,231 honesty being one of them, which are essential to me in any kind of friend. 1602 01:42:58,959 --> 01:43:02,756 Emma, uh-- Is that true ? 1603 01:43:04,816 --> 01:43:07,751 He imposed on me, but he has not injured me. 1604 01:43:07,824 --> 01:43:09,679 Yes. 1605 01:43:09,744 --> 01:43:12,875 He got everything he wanted at great expense to others... 1606 01:43:12,944 --> 01:43:15,792 and at no cost to himself. 1607 01:43:17,264 --> 01:43:19,369 He offends me deeply. 1608 01:43:20,912 --> 01:43:25,222 Yet, there is, there's something in his situation that I envy. 1609 01:43:25,296 --> 01:43:29,387 Did I mention that we are having a new drain installed ? 1610 01:43:29,456 --> 01:43:32,358 You will not ask me the point of my envy ? 1611 01:43:37,200 --> 01:43:40,615 Well, perhaps you are wise. 1612 01:43:40,688 --> 01:43:43,590 But l-- 1613 01:43:43,664 --> 01:43:49,131 I cannot be wise. Emma, I must tell you what you will not ask, 1614 01:43:49,200 --> 01:43:52,015 - though I may wish it unsaid the next moment. - Then do not speak it. 1615 01:43:52,080 --> 01:43:56,684 Do not commit yourself to something which may injure us both to have said. 1616 01:44:06,128 --> 01:44:07,983 Very well. 1617 01:44:11,664 --> 01:44:15,439 Very well... good day. 1618 01:44:41,552 --> 01:44:43,559 Mr. Knightley ? 1619 01:44:46,960 --> 01:44:49,164 Mr. Knightley, 1620 01:44:49,232 --> 01:44:52,810 I stopped you ungraciously just now and gave you pain. 1621 01:44:52,880 --> 01:44:56,458 If you have any wish to speak to me openly about anything you might have in contemplation, 1622 01:44:56,528 --> 01:45:00,106 as your friend I cannot refuse you. 1623 01:45:00,175 --> 01:45:03,110 Indeed, as your old friend, 1624 01:45:03,184 --> 01:45:06,283 I will hear whatever it is you wish to tell me. 1625 01:45:06,352 --> 01:45:07,726 Emma ! 1626 01:45:07,792 --> 01:45:11,567 You want our friendship to remain the same as it has always been. 1627 01:45:12,944 --> 01:45:16,970 - But I cannot desire that. - But why ? 1628 01:45:17,040 --> 01:45:19,757 I know I made mistakes, but had you been here the last few days... 1629 01:45:19,824 --> 01:45:21,996 you would have seen how I have tried to change. 1630 01:45:22,064 --> 01:45:24,747 Please, tell me I am your friend. 1631 01:45:24,816 --> 01:45:28,078 I do not wish to call you my friend because... 1632 01:45:28,144 --> 01:45:31,756 I hope to call you something infinitely more dear. 1633 01:45:35,024 --> 01:45:38,439 Have you not wondered why I never befriended Frank Churchill ? 1634 01:45:40,976 --> 01:45:45,132 It was because I knew he was intended for you. 1635 01:45:47,088 --> 01:45:52,270 Indeed, when you insulted Miss Bates at the picnic, 1636 01:45:52,336 --> 01:45:56,045 I thought that evidence of his influence over you. 1637 01:45:57,423 --> 01:46:00,457 And I could not bear to see it. 1638 01:46:00,528 --> 01:46:03,976 So I went away. 1639 01:46:04,048 --> 01:46:06,862 But I went to the wrong place. 1640 01:46:09,936 --> 01:46:13,351 My brother's house is usually a place of comfort to me, 1641 01:46:13,424 --> 01:46:18,377 but seeing your sister there kept you fresh in my mind. 1642 01:46:19,759 --> 01:46:22,378 And the torture, I assure you, 1643 01:46:22,448 --> 01:46:24,586 was acute. 1644 01:46:24,655 --> 01:46:26,794 I only felt hope again... 1645 01:46:26,864 --> 01:46:31,141 when I heard of Mr. Churchill's engagement. 1646 01:46:33,072 --> 01:46:35,177 And I rushed back, 1647 01:46:36,271 --> 01:46:39,588 anxious for your feelings. 1648 01:46:39,663 --> 01:46:41,703 Came to be near you. 1649 01:46:44,367 --> 01:46:46,310 I rode through the rain. 1650 01:46:50,896 --> 01:46:54,474 I-- I'd ride through worse than that... 1651 01:46:54,544 --> 01:46:57,642 if I could just hear your voice telling me... 1652 01:46:57,712 --> 01:47:00,526 that I might at least have... 1653 01:47:00,592 --> 01:47:03,079 some chance to win you. 1654 01:47:05,712 --> 01:47:08,745 Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken... 1655 01:47:08,815 --> 01:47:13,071 it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream. 1656 01:47:13,136 --> 01:47:15,307 It cannot be true. 1657 01:47:18,288 --> 01:47:22,761 But I feel so full of error, so mistaken in my makeup to deserve you. 1658 01:47:22,832 --> 01:47:24,904 What of my flaws ? 1659 01:47:24,976 --> 01:47:27,213 I've humbled you and I've lectured you, 1660 01:47:27,280 --> 01:47:30,444 and you have borne it as no one could have borne it. 1661 01:47:35,855 --> 01:47:39,336 Maybe it is our imperfections which make us so perfect for one another. 1662 01:47:48,943 --> 01:47:50,831 Marry me ? 1663 01:47:56,336 --> 01:48:01,551 Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend. 1664 01:48:27,951 --> 01:48:30,286 Let's go to your father. 1665 01:48:30,352 --> 01:48:33,101 - Oh, dear. - What ? 1666 01:48:33,168 --> 01:48:35,917 - I cannot marry you. - Why ever not ? 1667 01:48:35,983 --> 01:48:38,405 My father. First my sister, then Mrs. Weston. 1668 01:48:38,480 --> 01:48:41,611 I don't think he could bear my leaving, even for a man he regards as highly as you. 1669 01:48:41,679 --> 01:48:46,381 I cannot marry you. I cannot abandon him. I cannot ! 1670 01:48:46,447 --> 01:48:50,888 I could not secure your happiness while attacking your father's. 1671 01:48:50,960 --> 01:48:56,175 As long as his joy requires your being at Hartfield, 1672 01:48:56,239 --> 01:48:58,792 Iet it be my home too. 1673 01:49:01,199 --> 01:49:03,621 Thank you. 1674 01:49:03,696 --> 01:49:05,638 Thank you. 1675 01:49:07,599 --> 01:49:10,349 Now I need not call you Mr. Knightley. 1676 01:49:10,416 --> 01:49:13,831 I may call you my Mr. Knightley. 1677 01:49:46,832 --> 01:49:49,995 [ Mrs. Weston ] The elation Mr. Woodhouse felt was soon shared by many. 1678 01:49:56,336 --> 01:49:59,053 While these exchanges lifted the hearts of the couple, 1679 01:49:59,120 --> 01:50:02,502 there was one visit which did not. 1680 01:50:14,128 --> 01:50:16,332 Emma knew that the best chance for Harriet's happiness... 1681 01:50:16,400 --> 01:50:18,636 was that she might marry as well. 1682 01:50:18,703 --> 01:50:23,046 But it seemed too much to hope that even Harriet Smith... 1683 01:50:23,120 --> 01:50:26,349 could be in love with more than three men in one year. 1684 01:50:30,448 --> 01:50:33,895 Miss Woodhouse, may I come in ? 1685 01:50:33,967 --> 01:50:36,389 You know you need never ask. 1686 01:50:36,464 --> 01:50:39,944 Please do, and tell me how you've been. 1687 01:50:40,015 --> 01:50:42,284 It seems weeks since you've been here. 1688 01:50:42,351 --> 01:50:46,475 Yes. I stayed away at first because I thought it would be easier for me. 1689 01:50:47,824 --> 01:50:49,962 Then I stayed away because I have something to tell you... 1690 01:50:50,031 --> 01:50:51,886 which I'm afraid you will not like. 1691 01:50:51,951 --> 01:50:55,748 Harriet, nothing you could say would ever be unpleasant. 1692 01:50:55,824 --> 01:50:59,239 This is. That is, I'm afraid you'll think it is, 1693 01:50:59,311 --> 01:51:02,955 though I think it as beautiful as a dream. 1694 01:51:04,816 --> 01:51:08,591 I have consented to marry Robert Martin. 1695 01:51:10,031 --> 01:51:13,414 - Whatever happened ? - After I left here the last time, 1696 01:51:13,488 --> 01:51:15,495 I saw his sister at a party. 1697 01:51:15,568 --> 01:51:18,382 I fell easily into conversation with her, 1698 01:51:18,448 --> 01:51:20,619 and soon enough she invited me to dinner. 1699 01:51:20,687 --> 01:51:22,989 Mr. Martin was there, of course, 1700 01:51:23,056 --> 01:51:26,504 and we talked as though we had never been apart. 1701 01:51:26,576 --> 01:51:30,536 As I left, he asked if he could see me the next day. 1702 01:51:30,607 --> 01:51:34,536 I said that he could, and on the next day... 1703 01:51:34,607 --> 01:51:37,990 he asked if he could see me the day after that. 1704 01:51:38,064 --> 01:51:40,203 And on the day after that, 1705 01:51:40,272 --> 01:51:43,501 he asked if he could see me all the days ever after. 1706 01:51:43,568 --> 01:51:46,285 - Harriet. - I know this disappoints you, but-- 1707 01:51:46,351 --> 01:51:48,423 Harriet, you mistake me. 1708 01:51:48,495 --> 01:51:52,554 This is the perfect end for my sad career as a matchmaker, 1709 01:51:52,623 --> 01:51:57,926 a role I gladly relinquish by being instead so happily matched myself. 1710 01:51:59,343 --> 01:52:03,686 I hope you know that I only wanted your happiness. 1711 01:52:03,759 --> 01:52:08,069 Now that you have found it, it makes my own complete. 1712 01:52:13,359 --> 01:52:17,549 [ Cheers, Applause ] 1713 01:52:23,695 --> 01:52:28,070 [ Narrator ] There were those who thought the wedding a little shabby. 1714 01:52:28,143 --> 01:52:31,274 I do not profess to be an expert in the field of fashion, 1715 01:52:31,343 --> 01:52:33,732 though my friends say I have quite the eye. 1716 01:52:33,807 --> 01:52:37,451 But I can tell you, there is a shocking lack of satin. 1717 01:52:53,423 --> 01:52:56,489 Bravo ! Bravo ! 1718 01:53:06,480 --> 01:53:09,098 [ Narrator ] However, the wishes, the faith and the predictions... 1719 01:53:09,167 --> 01:53:12,680 of the small band of true friends who witnessed the ceremony... 1720 01:53:12,751 --> 01:53:17,257 were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union.