Chapter 25 of 27 · 2'05"
At Barton, the party gossips about Willoughby's marriage to Miss Grey, and Mrs. Jennings declares she has never disliked anyone so much. Marianne, tired of it all, wants a walk; Elinor warns of rain, and Marianne answers, "It will not rain." Guests arrive and the house turns to tea and small talk.
Mrs. Jennings Rails Against Willoughby
Marianne Goes Out Before the Rain
At Barton, Mrs. Jennings treats Lucy and Edward's new parish as wonderful news and says she has never disliked anyone as much as Willoughby. Marianne, restless, wants to walk alone; Elinor warns that it will rain, but Marianne insists it will not. Meanwhile Mrs. Bunting and her party arrive from a hard journey, and the house settles into tea and talk.
The scene is the calm before the storm — literally. Everyone is talking about marriage, and the talk is all about other people: Lucy and Edward's luck, Willoughby's wedding to Miss Grey, a baby, a long journey, the tea. Mrs. Jennings supplies the judgment — 'Insufferable man!' — while Marianne supplies the warning the others ignore. Her wish to walk alone and her flat reply, 'It will not rain,' are the film's quiet signal that she is heading straight into the danger everyone else has already moved past. The social comedy and the coming catastrophe sit side by side, which is exactly the film's method.
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“I have never disliked a person so much as Mr. Willoughby. Insufferable man!”
She ranks her dislike as the worst she has ever felt, then caps it with a blunt verdict.
Informal
“To think we can see his insufferable house from our hill!”
She turns her dislike onto the mere sight of his house, and the pettiness is funny and human.
Informal
“But I will take a stroll. A moment's peace, Elinor.”
The calm request for peace sounds harmless, and that is exactly what makes it ominous.
Neutral
“- It will not rain. - You always say that, and then it does.”
A worn back-and-forth catches how long they have known each other and how the warning is ignored.
Informal
“What a journey we've had. My bones are rattling still.”
The exaggerated complaint about rattling bones makes the travel weariness vivid and comic.
Informal
“I have seldom seen a father take to a child so. Do not fear, Mrs. Bunting.”
He praises the father and reassures the mother in one breath, with effortless grace.
Formal
Up next · 26does it follow thatThe scene: Marianne Revisits Where She FellBecause he abandoned Marianne and married Miss Grey for her money. Mrs. Jennings says she has never disliked anyone so much and calls him insufferable.
The talk about Willoughby's marriage is painful, and she wants a moment's peace. Even when Elinor warns of rain, she insists on going out.
Guests who arrive at Barton after a hard journey. They complain about the travel and settle in for tea, bringing the house back to cheerful small talk.
It means to need something urgently. The guests use it when they ask for tea as soon as they arrive.
Elinor's warning and Marianne's flat 'It will not rain' repeat an earlier exchange, and it hints that Marianne is about to put herself in danger again.
