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00:39No, Miss Betty, that is Miss Harriet's breakfast.
00:42Where are your manners?
00:46A letter for you, Miss Austin, from Kymbury.
00:50Kymbury?
00:52My dear Cassandra, I am writing to inform you that my father, Fuller,
00:57has only a short time left with us.
01:00It's the Reverend Fowle. He's dying.
01:03I know this sad news will concern you deeply,
01:06but he is in the best of hands,
01:08and there is no need to inconvenience yourself with thoughts of coming to Kymbury.
01:16Nancy?
01:17My trunk.
01:21Where are you going, Mum?
01:22To Kymbury, of course.
01:24My late mother, Eliza, spoke so fondly of the happy times
01:27you and your sister Jane spent here.
01:30I am sure you will wish to be of assistance now,
01:33but please, I must implore you,
01:34do not vex yourself by making the long and arduous journey to Kymbury.
01:38I don't like the look of the sky, Mum.
01:40Maybe you shall wait.
01:41Out of the question, Nancy,
01:43I have urgent business to attend to at Kymbury.
01:45There are certain items there of a personal nature that belong here.
01:51Now, look after the goats.
01:52Don't overfeed them.
01:54I will, of course, write again when the sad time comes.
01:58No one is.
02:16No one is.
02:17Oh, yes.
02:22There are certain things you are going to be.
02:24Let's go back.
02:24Let's do this.
02:24Let's go back.
02:25Let's go back.
02:26All right.
02:26Let's go back.
02:26Let's go back.
02:26Let's go back.
02:27Let's go back.
02:28Let's go back.
02:36I don't know.
02:58Ring again. Someone will answer eventually. Keep ringing.
03:05Mom, you'll catch your day.
03:07I shall be fine. At last.
03:09Why is all the commotion? There's a man dying in here.
03:11Please forgive the lateness of my arrival. I'm here to assist Miss Isabella Powell.
03:16Cassandra, did you not get my letter?
03:19Yes, of course. That's why I'm here.
03:21We weren't expecting you at all.
03:24Please forgive me, Isabella. Time is our enemy.
03:27Your poor father. This is my last duty to your dear mother.
03:31Oh, come inside. It's wild out there.
03:33What about her trunk?
03:34Well, leave it here in the hall. We'll take care of it.
03:40How long is she staying, Miss? I don't know, Dinah.
03:48We'll put her in the blue.
03:49God save us, Miss. As if we don't have enough on our plate.
03:53Come along then, my dear. We must take you out of these wet clothes.
03:58Oh, thank you. Thank you, thank you, my dear.
04:01I know my demeanour may not suggest it, but I hope that I'm still capable of untying a woman.
04:10If you will forgive me, I really must get back to my father.
04:13Dinah will see you to your room.
04:14If you don't mind, I would like to see Fuller now, if I may.
04:20Very well.
04:21You may look in on him.
04:22Briefly.
04:24Mr. Liddardale, our surgeon will not want my father disturbed for long.
04:54Mr. Liddardale?
04:56We have a visitor.
04:58Miss Cassandra Austin, a dear family friend.
05:00She will not linger long.
05:03Mr. Liddardale?
05:05Miss Austin.
05:07How is he?
05:09Much the same, Miss Farrell.
05:11He's been in and out of sleep.
05:13I've given him something for the pain. He should rest better now.
05:29It's Cassandra.
05:32It's Cassandra.
05:33Cassandra Austin.
05:37Cassie.
05:39Oh, my apologies.
05:43I cannot greet you as befits you.
05:45Worry not.
05:48Isabella has served you well.
05:51And I am here now to assist her.
05:55Good.
05:58Isabella.
05:59Papa.
06:00I sent this sergeant away.
06:04I have no more need of him.
06:06Then I shall take my leave for now.
06:09Try to rest, Reverend Fowle.
06:11Rest.
06:13Where I'm going, I'll get plenty of rest.
06:18I will show you out, Mr. Liddardale.
06:21There is no need, Miss Farrell.
06:22I insist.
06:35Cassie.
06:37Now you're here, you must do something for me.
06:41You promise me.
06:43What?
06:45Isabella.
06:49You must live with her sisters.
06:51You promise me.
06:54Don't worry not.
06:57There is no greater comfort in this world than a sister.
07:03Come now, Miss.
07:05The master needs rest.
07:06I'll show you to your room.
07:10I'll return tomorrow, Miss Farrell.
07:13But if your father worsens in the night,
07:16you must send for me.
07:19I will.
07:28How long?
07:32Until...
07:42Death, like birth, dictates its own cause.
07:46But it should not be much longer, is it that the home?
07:51Miss Farrell.
07:54Till tomorrow,
07:56Mr. Liddardale.
08:12If you'd let Miss Isabella know you were coming, ma'am,
08:15we'd have prepared a more welcoming room.
08:17My weary bones will rest wherever they are put, Dinah.
08:45I'll see you next time.
09:34Can I help you, ma'am?
09:39Oh, Dinah, I'm sorry. I quite lost my bearings for a moment.
09:44Were you looking for something in particular, ma'am?
09:48Do you know, I... I can't remember why I came out in the first place.
09:52I must be tired in this, ma'am.
09:55Let's get back to bed. You're down at the other end, remember?
10:27Let's get back to bed.
10:38Oh, Isabella. I am so sorry.
10:45The end was peaceful. At least.
10:53If you'll excuse me, I have the arrangements to make.
10:56Of course.
11:00If there's anything I could do.
11:02If you'll excuse me.
11:27I'll ask you again.
11:56I'm surprised your sisters could not stay longer.
12:01Surely it would have been the ideal opportunity for the three of you to converse, would it not?
12:07Isabella?
12:10It appears my sister Beth has more important business elsewhere.
12:23I for one am grateful we women were not allowed to stand by the graveside.
12:27Our grief laid bare for water witness.
12:34Miss Vow, my heartfelt condolences.
12:37Thank you, Mr. Dundas.
12:40May I introduce my aunt, Mary Austin, and our dear friend, Miss Cassandra Austin.
12:46Mr. Dundas is to be Kintpre's new vicar.
12:49A position I'm deeply honoured to fill.
12:53Austin, are you perhaps some relation to Miss Jane Austin, the great lady novelist?
12:59I am delighted to say I am. She is, was my sister, and my sister-in-law.
13:08I am her greatest admirer.
13:12You cannot imagine my despair when she was taken from us so early.
13:16Then allow me to say how sorry I am for your great personal loss.
13:20Most kind, most kind. I've read all her works.
13:25What is the one with the clergyman?
13:28Well, they all have her.
13:30Mansfield House.
13:31That's the one.
13:33It's my favourite of all.
13:35The thing about your sister, Miss Austin, and sadly so few people seem to grasp this,
13:39is that her understanding of people of a certain milieu was so profound as to be almost unique.
13:46That is indeed true.
13:48It strikes me as a great shame there's not been more public acknowledgement of her genius.
13:52In my view, she warrants a substantial biography.
13:56One, perhaps, where we might discover the real Jane Austen.
14:00Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen.
14:03There is nothing more.
14:05Oh, come, Cassandra.
14:07You know that is most certainly not true.
14:10My sister-in-law exaggerates somewhat.
14:12There is nothing more to learn.
14:14If you say so, my dear.
14:17If you'll excuse me, I must prepare my father's study for the reading of his will.
14:20Uh, before you go, Miss Fowl.
14:27I wish to inform you that my wife and I will be taking up residence in the vicarage in a
14:31fortnight.
14:32A fortnight?
14:33I trust it will be more than enough time to make arrangements for the removals?
14:37No.
14:38It...
14:39That's too soon.
14:40The retiring family are always granted two months, Mr. Dundas.
14:45That's the custom.
14:47As old as the church.
14:48That would be appropriate in the case of a family, Miss Austen.
14:52But there's no family in this instance.
14:54Only my own.
14:55And my wife is due to give birth to our fourth child within the month.
14:58It's only right she should be settled first.
15:02And besides, I'm keen to get on and do my best for the parish.
15:21I fear Isabella will need some assistance with the removals.
15:28She will be completely at sea if left to her own devices.
15:31Well, I am happy to stay for as long as she needs me.
15:34Well, that is a weight from my mind.
15:40I mean, I can supervise, of course, but I have other family commitments which take up a great deal of
15:45my time.
15:46You, on the other hand...
15:49Do not.
15:51Oh, that Mr. Dundas.
15:55He was quite insufferable.
15:58His remarks did make me ponder.
16:00Perhaps there is a biography to be written.
16:05About Jane?
16:07Not just Jane, but my late husband, James Austen, too.
16:12He was a gifted writer himself, as well you know.
16:15Jane's writing would be part of it, of course.
16:19But who would pen this great opus, Mary, now that both the Austen writers have departed this earth?
16:26I mean, my son, James Edward, springs to mind.
16:30He seems to have inherited his father's great gift.
16:33I must instruct Isabella not to remove any of my sister's private correspondence.
16:40I would take care of that.
16:41There's sure to be letters in Eliza's room that will cast up all manner of treasure.
16:45After all, Jane and Eliza corresponded vigorously.
16:52As did you and Eliza, if I recall.
16:56Surely you do not intend to do this now, my dear.
16:59But after all, the day has been trying enough.
17:03That is true.
17:04That is true.
17:04Yes, it's been something of an ordeal.
17:09I will return refreshed and tackle Eliza's correspondence tomorrow.
17:29How is Miss Isabella now, Dinah?
17:31She's going for a walk, ma'am.
17:33Says the fresh-year-old were good.
17:34She did not attend her father's will reading, then.
17:37That's men's business, ma'am.
17:39Or so they say.
20:04Jane.
23:02Um, you are the only woman I could, I can ever, um, contemplate sharing my life with, Sarah.
23:19Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
23:28Finally!
23:29I told you he would.
23:30You did.
23:31I'm always correct in these matters.
23:33You are.
23:34Well, you said yes, of course.
23:37I said yes.
23:40As much as I delight in your rejoicing, I cannot breathe.
23:47Cassie, you are abandoning me to our parents.
23:50You, my own sister, what is to become of me?
23:53I'm hardly going far.
23:55I'll be here in Berkshire and you'll be in the next little county.
23:58You'll see just as much of me.
24:00You say that now, but wait till you have a husband and children.
24:03No, Jane.
24:04She's teasing you, dearest.
24:09We'll be sisters.
24:10The three of us.
24:12Four?
24:13Eliza, how can you forget your own sister, Mary?
24:15Yes, how could you forget Mary, Eliza?
24:19Come now.
24:21Dear sisters, let us go and demonstrate how Canasta should be played.
24:25And one.
24:31Jane.
24:33We cannot play cards without you.
24:43Is Miss Isabella back yet, Dinah?
24:45Not yet, Mum, but she won't be much longer.
24:49You'll be off soon, then.
24:52There's nothing left for you here and now.
24:54Not so, Dinah.
24:56If Miss Isabella is to vacate the vicarage within a fortnight,
24:59I am needed here more than ever.
25:02I am resolved to ensure she is settled with her sisters.
25:30I believe that the interests of our landowners must be protected at all times.
25:34I am sure you are right.
25:35Thank you, dear Eliza.
25:36I've been waiting for that.
25:38The rule of the king must be defended.
25:41Tom seems rather subdued considering the news.
25:45Perhaps it's because he's with his brother and can't get a word in.
25:48You have a fine pair of sea-legged, young Frank Hostin.
25:51I'm sure you'll make your family exceedingly proud.
25:54Though I do believe you'll soon have some competition in your seafaring adventures.
25:58Is this not so, Tom?
26:00Please, but I'd rather you did not.
26:03Dear friends and family,
26:06I have some glad tidings to impart.
26:09Let's see.
26:09Let's see.
26:09Let's see.
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