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00:00I have some glad tidings to impart.
00:03My brother Tom has found himself the most suitable wife and our dear Cassie here.
00:09They are to be married, and we fowls could not be more delighted.
00:15Not only is Cassie an accomplished and gifted young woman, she is our dearest friend.
00:21A toast to Tom and Cassie.
00:24May their union be a happy one.
00:26To Tom and Cassie.
00:29But the celebrations do not end there.
00:32For Tom has also secured himself a patron.
00:35It is the most esteemed Lord Craven.
00:38His Lordship has asked our very own curate to accompany him on a great adventure.
00:44An expedition to the Wynwood Islands.
00:48In the West Indies, no less.
00:51So another toast to Tom and all his seafaring adventures.
00:58To Tom.
00:59To Tom.
01:01To Tom.
01:11You're shivering.
01:17Yeah.
01:26My dear Cassie, I know it will be hard.
01:28For both of us.
01:31I...
01:32I am doing this for us.
01:35For our future.
01:42Lord Craven has promised me my own parish on our return.
01:48My own parish, Cassie.
01:50Our very own vicarage.
01:53It's long been our dream, so what harm is one more year?
01:57A year?
01:58Oh, well, we could not be married for at least a year.
02:00Besides, he's offered to pay me handsomely.
02:03Beyond anything I could make here.
02:07All shall be set, my love.
02:10For life.
02:12Just one year.
02:15Did you not think to discuss this with me first?
02:20Well, he...
02:21He...
02:21He pressed me.
02:24And I knew you would agree.
02:27As we agree on all things.
02:34My ship leaves from Portsmouth in a fortnight.
02:38We have till then.
02:47Oh, Jane.
02:55I was happy with my home-loving curate.
03:00I do not crave a swashbuckling hero.
03:04You and I have read enough novels to know that
03:07entitled lords, no matter how personable,
03:11cannot always be trusted.
03:13Then we must hope this lord is a man of his word.
03:19Tom is only doing this to secure your future, my dearest.
03:22You are marrying for love, and that is a joy.
03:25Love comes at a price.
03:28Neither of you has a fortune, so he must make one.
03:35All will be well.
03:37I know it.
04:05A year will be over before we know it.
04:08And you must visit Kentbury often while I'm away.
04:11This is your home now.
04:14I can make myself useful, helping Eliza with the children.
04:18It will be good preparation for when we have our own.
04:22How many children shall we have?
04:24Four. No, five.
04:26No, six. It cannot be an odd number.
04:30What shall we call them?
04:32Jane, if our firstborn is a girl.
04:34Fuller if it's a boy.
04:36Really?
04:37Seems an awfully serious name for a little boy.
04:40Well, you will be a man one day.
04:43My darling, you know I will be happy, whatever they are called.
04:49But...
04:51There are things I must say to you before I leave.
04:54In case I do not return.
04:57No.
04:59You will come back. Let us not discuss this.
05:01And Cassie, we must.
05:05I have made a will, and left you the bulk of my money.
05:11Do not say it.
05:12I want you to have it.
05:15You have pledged yourself to me, therefore you should be careful if I...
05:20If I do not...
05:22No.
05:23We are betrothed. That is my choice.
05:26I will give you a little security.
05:30Cassie, I want you to promise me that this bequest will not make you beholden to my memory.
05:36If you cannot marry me, you must feel free to marry another.
05:45I promise you, Tom.
05:48Faithfully, here before God.
05:52That I will never marry any other man but you.
06:34Today has been more difficult than I could ever have imagined.
06:39To first lose your dearest mother and now your father too.
06:44And I am sure Mr. Dundas' sudden announcement today did not help.
06:49It was quite unexpected.
06:52Well, at least now your father's will has been read and you can proceed with the removals.
06:58It would appear so.
07:00We fowls have lived in this house for three generations.
07:04Handed down.
07:06From father to son.
07:09Now I must leave the only home I have ever known.
07:14I will be on my own for the first time ever.
07:17No, Isabella, you will not be on your own.
07:21You will be with your sisters.
07:24That is not fully decided yet.
07:26Your father wanted you to live with them.
07:28He was very clear about his wishes.
07:30I know what his wishes were.
07:33His feelings were very strong on the matter but his feelings were strong on all matters.
07:41I have never once done anything to displease him but what of my own feelings?
07:48What of those?
07:50Oh, they are your sisters.
07:52There is no closer bond.
07:56For this you should be grateful.
08:00Grateful.
08:01Yes.
08:03And your comfort will be enhanced in the knowledge that you are living according to your father's dying wish.
08:14I find myself strangely tired now.
08:17Quite ready for bed.
08:28My dear Eliza, you must find it in your heart to forgive the tardiness of my reply to your letter.
08:35Aren't these pretty, Jane?
08:37Yes, Mama.
08:38We have arrived back at Steventon.
08:41But the truth is, our once peaceful rectory has been consumed by such a riot of celebration that it's hard
08:47to find a quiet place in which to write.
08:52There is so much joy and delight about as to make me feel quite sick and wicked.
09:00I cannot quite remember how we passed our time in the days before my sister's engagement.
09:10Jane!
09:12What do you think?
09:15Beautiful.
09:16Both Cassie and the veil.
09:18I can only hope it is still in fashion by the time she walks down the aisle.
09:23Come along, Mama. Let us leave Jane in peace.
09:25Of course, we always knew they were the most perfect match.
09:29We just didn't know if Tom would ever get round to asking.
09:32He's a man of caution, Mama.
09:34I wouldn't have him any other way.
09:36Well, he'd never find a better peach to pick than you.
09:39Such an accomplished young lady as my eldest daughter would be an asset to any man.
09:45But poor Jane.
09:47We're not sure what's going to become of her.
09:49Mama!
09:50Jane is in the room.
09:53I'm merely saying that while you have a surfeit of competence, my dear Cassandra,
09:58your dear sister here is less...
10:02Useful?
10:03I think that is the word you are searching for, Mama.
10:06Come, come, Mrs. Orson.
10:08We are blessed with two brilliant daughters.
10:11Even if that brilliance manifests itself differently in each,
10:16any man would be lucky to have either.
10:19Thank you for that glowing testimonial, Papa.
10:22But Mama is right.
10:23Cassie is the peach.
10:25And Tom Fowle is the luckiest man alive.
10:28Now, husband, I wish to show you something.
10:34If there is one drawback to this perfect arrangement,
10:38it's that I will somehow have to live without her.
10:42I am not ready to let my beloved sister go.
10:48She's finished.
10:52This silk is perfect, Cassie.
10:55Perhaps you should store it away, Mama, to prevent it spoiling before Cassie wears it.
10:59I am of the firm belief, Jane, that it is better to be prepared than not.
11:04Mama's right, Jane. I want everything to be ready.
11:08So, Anna, who shall we make first?
11:10The bride.
11:11Will it be me?
11:13No.
11:14Who, then?
11:16Father's bride.
11:18Would you like my son to marry again, Anna?
11:22Then it shall be so.
11:24Why have one wedding when we can have two?
11:27Yes.
11:28Your aunts and I will find him someone.
11:30That's a splendid idea.
11:32Cassie, why not?
11:34I want everyone to be as happy as I am.
11:36Even you, my darling Jane.
11:37I refuse to be involved with your matrimonial schemings.
11:40What about Eliza's sister, Mary Lloyd?
11:44For brother James.
11:45Mother.
11:46I can't think of anyone better. Can you, Cassie?
11:51No one.
11:52She would be perfect.
11:54It shall be done.
11:55We must make two brides now, Anna.
11:57You must ask your Aunt Jane for more paper.
12:00Yes, Eliza.
12:01My mother is up to her old matchmaking tricks again.
12:04She's intent to match our brother James with your sister, Mary.
12:09What do you think of this, Anna?
12:11From my mother, this kind of plotting is to be expected.
12:14But it is Cassie's part in it that's far more surprising.
12:18I can only put that down to her elevated status as an engaged woman.
12:24Luckily, no attempts have been made to match me,
12:26so I can happily pursue my fated role as an irascible spinster.
12:32If Cassie will allow it.
12:35Honestly, Cassie.
12:36You and Mother are like women possessed.
12:39What's come over you?
12:41Where is my sister?
12:42Well, nothing's come over me.
12:44I'm Cassie Austin, soon to be Cassie Fowle, the happiest woman in the world.
12:48And if I'm to be this happy, then I want everyone around me to be happy too.
12:51Happiness isn't like a cold. You can't just pass it on.
12:55Are you cross with me?
12:56Not cross.
12:59Surprised.
13:00Mary Lloyd and James?
13:01Even you must have dealt on that count.
13:03Whose eyes follow her everywhere when he's in her company?
13:06That's not love.
13:07What is it then?
13:08Polite curiosity.
13:10You're supposed to be the romantic one.
13:13No, the only problem we might have...
13:14Not we.
13:15...is that brother James is not without his admirers.
13:17Miss Harrison, for one.
13:19Well, that's a mystery too.
13:20How can a widower of such indifferent humour have so much choice?
13:23Because he's a man.
13:26I'm sorry if you disapprove, Jane, but whatever happens, James must marry again.
13:29That poor child needs a mother.
13:31Mary, though?
13:32Are you sure Miss Harrison will not be there?
13:35You know how your brother admires her, Cassie.
13:37Nonsense.
13:38She towers over him.
13:39No man wants a wife that is taller than he is.
13:42Besides, I've heard that she's out of the country.
13:44Dear sister, he will have eyes for you, and you alone.
13:48Isn't that so, Jane?
14:00The county ball is to be the setting for the advancement of this romantic plot.
14:06I must admit, I have something approaching sympathy for the single man.
14:11I wonder how my brother James would feel to know he is the object of such lively speculation.
14:18And how closely the feminine eyes of Basingstoke are soon to be trained upon him.
14:25I knew it.
14:27Your brother has not looked at me once, not since the moment we arrived.
14:30You're simply talking with friends.
14:32It's not entirely unreasonable of him to be sociable.
14:34It is, after all, a social event.
14:38I should never have got my hopes up.
14:40Why would a man like James Austin look at me?
14:44Cassie, I wish I was as elegant as you are.
14:46I have never seen you look as elegant as you do tonight, Mary.
14:50In fact, I would go so far as to say that you are positively glowing.
14:53Dear sister, that pale blue does become you, so I wish I could find a colour that suited my complexion
14:58so well.
14:59You could wear any colour, my dearest Eliza, not just blue.
15:03I, for one, do not intend to spend the whole evening staring at my brother's back.
15:06Come along, Cassie.
15:08Let's take a turn around the room.
15:12Oh, no.
15:14Miss Harrison has come.
15:15Cassie, you said she was out of the country.
15:16I'm sunk.
15:17Nonsense.
15:19We shall make sure my brother knows that you are here.
15:22Cassie?
15:22I hope you were nice in him.
15:24Do you think this is wise?
15:25James is perfectly contented dancing with Miss Harrison.
15:27He might seem it, but he does not know how much more contented he might be if he danced with
15:30Mary.
15:31You are sounding suspiciously like my mum.
15:33Would it not be better to allow James to decide his own fate?
15:36That he will do.
15:37With a helping hand from his beloved sisters.
15:39I'm not convinced Mary Lloyd is his ideal match.
15:42The Lloyd sisters are our dearest friends.
15:44Eliza, yes, but not Mary.
15:46Why must you always be so critical of her?
15:49Mary lacks confidence. Once married, she walked blue.
15:58This is a disaster.
16:02Beautiful.
16:12Cup.
16:31Brother.
16:35An enjoyable evening, is it not?
16:38Yes.
16:39It seems to be a success.
16:42I saw you dancing.
16:44You really are rather good.
16:46Do you think so?
16:47Yeah.
16:48Miss Mary Lloyd and I were remarking on that very fact.
16:51It might be polite of you to pay her some attention.
16:54Especially if she admires you so.
17:04Miss Lloyd.
17:06Mr. Austin.
17:07Would you care to have this next dance?
17:10Oh.
17:16Miss Lloyd.
17:18Mr. Austin.
17:20Would you care to have this next dance?
17:23Anna.
17:24Anna might be forgotten in all this plotting.
17:26Anna might be forgotten in all this plotting.
17:26Plotting?
17:28What?
17:29That wasn't plotting.
17:30I was thinking only of Anna.
17:32Anna.
17:45I know Mary is your sister, Eliza, but I do find it difficult to imagine her embracing motherhood.
17:53Perhaps she will surprise us all.
18:02Cassie.
18:03Would you like to hear the latest chapter?
18:05It's finished.
18:06Is it the ball?
18:07Oh, at last.
18:11Does Mary Bennett have to be called Mary?
18:14She's so perfectly dreadful.
18:16It will not go down well when our sister-in-law, Mary, discovers it.
18:19She won't discover it.
18:21She has rather limited literary taste.
18:22If it wasn't written by James, then it cannot be any good.
18:29It is a delight to see my Cassie in such high spirits.
18:34She has waited one whole year for her beloved to come home.
18:39Who are you writing to?
18:41Eliza.
18:41She must be as excited to see Tom as we are.
18:45I have such butterflies.
18:49I will admit to some butterflies of my own, Eliza.
18:52For it is at this point Cassie and I must separate.
18:56And I will take up the position of solitary daughter.
18:59I cannot welcome it.
19:01But I suppose I must bear it.
19:04Jane.
19:07You and I will always be sisters.
19:11Even when I'm Mrs. Fowl.
19:14You are saddled with me forever.
19:20It will be strange at first.
19:24But...
19:26It is something that most sisters must go through.
19:28Most sisters?
19:30Is that how you think of us?
19:32I mistakenly assumed myself of greatest significance.
19:35Jane.
19:36You know...
19:37Of course I know.
19:39We are not most sisters.
19:45We were not most sisters.
19:59Oh.
20:01Excuse me, ma'am.
20:03I was just setting the greet.
20:05There's no rest for the wicked.
20:07Leave it.
20:07It's...
20:08It's fine for now.
20:11I have started clearing Mrs. Fowl's room.
20:15There's so little time now.
20:17If you say so, ma'am.
20:23Oh.
20:25Mrs. Mary Austin is expected soon, ma'am.
20:43Mary.
20:44Mary.
20:52My dear Eliza.
20:55We left for Steventon as soon as your letter arrived.
20:59Though I did not relish the task before me,
21:02I felt compelled to undertake it with forbearance.
21:06In truth, I felt equal to it.
21:09For I am a married woman now, with a husband by my side.
21:14And I am family.
21:16And Austen, too.
21:20When we were in the hall, I could hear Cassie and Jane upstairs, laughing.
21:27They were to be found where they always are.
21:30Alone.
21:30Together.
21:31A secret sisterhood of two.
21:33Their door shut on the rest of the world.
21:36And even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional exclamation of,
21:41Lord, how tired I am.
21:43Accompanied by a violent yawn.
21:46They do seem to laugh an unusual amount.
21:49Or can be so amusing so much of the time.
21:53I used to not mind it, but lately I've found it a source of great irritation.
21:58Mama never knocks.
22:06As soon as Cassie saw my face, she knew the purpose of my visit.
22:11I judged it best to speak with her alone, without her sister.
22:15Jane, could you leave us?
22:17No, I'm going nowhere.
22:19Please, Jane.
22:29Cassandra.
22:30We have bad tidings to impart, Cassie.
22:32You must prepare yourself.
22:35I came straight to the point.
22:39Tom was dead.
22:40Of yellow fever.
22:42And these past two months had lain buried at sea.
22:55Cassie, my dear.
22:57There is something else that we must tell you.
22:59Something you must know.
23:02You must not blame Lord Craven for taking Tom from you.
23:05He had no knowledge of your engagement.
23:07Tom had kept it from him.
23:09Knowing full well he would never have taken a betrothed man abroad.
23:14His desire to go was of such intensity.
23:17Cassie, do not believe her.
23:18It is true.
23:19Tell her, James.
23:24It was Tom's own decision.
23:27Cassandra's reaction was quite desperate.
23:30She fell to the floor in a fit of the hysterics.
23:35I have never heard wailing like it.
23:38She was inconsolable.
23:41What?
23:44She could not speak a word.
23:46I'm sure that must have been very hard for you both, so...
23:53How dull and sordid is this business of grief.
23:57Is it always to be my lot to have to deal with the dramas of my new sisters?
24:01It is not a position I relish.
24:04But when bad things happen, the truth must be told.
24:32You lied.
24:34You lied.
24:54You lied.
25:08You lied.
25:10Did you find any letters from Jane?
25:15Not a single one.
25:22The children are quite wild with excitement.
25:25Beth, your sister is about to lose her home.
25:28Isabella is a grown woman.
25:29The Austens of Hampshire are embarking on the first of their great holiday schemes.
25:34Wasn't there a gentleman you both met in Sidmouth?
25:36How romantic.
25:38To fall in love by the sea.
25:39I have no idea what your Aunt Mary is talking about.
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