Would you excuse us, Miss Price?
Good morning. I am Maria Elizabeth Bertram.
And I am Julia Frances Bertram. Pleased to make your acquaintance.
Pleased to meet you.
Mr Norris could no more tolerate the noise of a child than he could fly!
But it might not be wise to have her in the house with the boys.
If you breed her up with them, though she may have the beauty of an angel,
she'll never be more to either than a sister.
I suppose there's truth to that. It's settled.
Maria, Julia, listen...
We must prepare ourselves for gross ignorance,
some meanness of opinion and a certain vulgarity of manner.
- These aren't incurable faults. - I hope she won't tease my Pug.
I've just persuaded Julia to leave him alone.
But you girls must never be arrogant towards her.
She is not your equal.
But that must never be apparent to her.
- It is a point of great delicacy. - Great delicacy, yes.
Dining parlour through there. Conservatory there. Cellars there.
I hope you don't tend toward sulkiness. Your mother had the inclination.
Clearly marrying to disoblige her family.
That's the west wing.
Soon to be repaired if Tom could set aside his horses and dice!
The billiard room. For the men, of course.
Remember there is moderation in all things.
Yes... Tom did it of himself.
Very modern... Very modern...
Sir Thomas' extraordinary library. Come along, we haven't got all day.
And here is Sir Thomas' study.
Never disturb him here.
He's weighed down with some great cares.
This is his personal sanctuary.
The maids' rooms. Manservants' rooms down there.
You will be my assistant, you understand.
And here, what was formerly the nursery and the governor's room,
is now your very own room!
- Excuse me. - Yes?
How long am I expected to remain here?
That depends, doesn't it?
But if all goes well...for ever.
"Dear Susy, it seems that Mother has given me away. "
"And I can augur nothing but misery from all I've seen at Mansfield Park. "
Don't worry. I'm all for crying. It makes your hair grow.
Don't make fun of me.
Is it working?
- Is what working? - My behaviour.
- Is it making you feel better? - It's certainly distracting.
Good... Anyway, I'm Edmund.
So, who do you miss?
"I told Edmund about you especially, Susy. "
"He asked me if I wished to write to you. I said I had no paper. "
"And didn't he give me enough for more stories than you should ever want!"
"By the way, Eliza eloped to Paris with her lover."
"Unfortunately, she lived beyond her means"
"and was imprisoned and partially eaten by her two young sons."
"But she intends to murder the guards."
"I'll keep you abreast of any further developments."
"PS..."
"Could you please assure Mother that I am improving myself daily?"
The history of England.
Henry Vl.
It was in this reign that Joan of Arc lived
and made such a fuss among the English.
They should not have burnt her, but they did.
Henry Vlll...
I'll save you the task of hearing what you've already heard,
and myself of recounting what I do not perfectly recollect,
justice and duty...
That disgrace to humanity, that pest of society, Elizabeth,
who, murderess and wicked queen that she was,
confined her cousin, the lovely Mary, Queen of Scots, for 1 9 years,
and then brought her to an untimely, unmerited and scandalous death.
Much to the eternal shame of the monarchy and the entire kingdom.
"By a partial, prejudiced and ignorant historian."
- Fanny, you're awful! - All those wars!
The men all good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.
Very tiresome.
It's odd that history should be so dull. A great deal of it must be invention.
I shall have to bend your supple mind in more strict a fashion.
I think the situation calls for some...
...Shakespeare!
Fanny Price! Please try to act with some decorum!