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00:00I wish to inform you that my wife and I will be taking up residence in the Vicarage in a
00:04fortnight.
00:05Oh, and one more thing. Eliza's letters.
00:07Am I to understand you already have knowledge of their whereabouts?
00:10Why ever would you think that?
00:12I am to be in print! I am to be a published authorette!
00:18I beg you, if you are offered any means of escape, do not refuse it.
00:23Cassie Austin, I have loved you since the moment that our hands first touched.
00:28What was your answer?
00:29I cannot marry him.
00:31If you and Mr. Litterdale do decide to marry, Beth has been assisting you.
00:35Has she not?
00:36Indeed she has.
00:40Married? Myself and Mr. Litterdale.
00:42Oh, Cassandra, you have the wrong sister.
01:01Dundas, please, please come and get me, please.
01:26It really is much smaller than I imagined, Dundas. I fear we have too much furniture.
01:31Nonsense, my dear. The sideboard will look splendid against this wall, under the portrait of my late dear father.
01:38But where should we place the pedestal table?
01:40And those windows, so out of proportion for the room.
01:43I confess I have always been of that opinion myself.
01:46How strange, you never mentioned it before, Mama.
01:48Well, you must have forgotten, Anna.
01:50Now, Mama, if I recall, you always remarked how fortunate your sister Eliza was to have the benefit of such
01:54a beautiful room.
01:55My dear mother spent many happy hours sitting in the window.
01:58I have far too many children to sit anywhere for hours.
02:02Isabella, I've just seen your sister Beth.
02:04Oh!
02:06Forgive me, I was not aware you were all present.
02:08Miss Austin, what a pleasure to make your acquaintance once more.
02:12It is almost as good as being in the presence of your dear departed sister.
02:16My dear, Miss Austin here was fortunate enough to be sister to the great lady novelist, Miss Jane Austin.
02:25Imagine!
02:26How splendid for you.
02:29Now, dundas to the curtains.
02:31I am concerned ours will not fit those rather large windows.
02:35Now, Mama, we must take our leave.
02:37Mrs. Bunbury is not a woman to be kept waiting.
02:40I'm sure something could be arranged.
02:42We must change the upholstery.
02:44It's too plain for my taste.
02:46I prefer something busier.
02:49I am deeply sorry, Isabella.
02:51I was not aware of all the facts surrounding your situation.
02:55If I gave you the impression that your sister Beth and Mr. Lydderdale were...
02:58You gave me no such impression, Cassandra.
03:01And even if you had done so, it had no consequence.
03:05It is true.
03:08We did have feelings for one another once.
03:12He proposed, and I refused him.
03:16And that is an end to it.
03:18Oh, Isabella, forgive me, but I must ask you something.
03:21Did you refuse him of your own volition, or were you instructed to do so?
03:26My father would not give his permission.
03:31He considered Mr. Lydderdale to be beneath us.
03:38Mr. Lydderdale's mother was a servant at the big house.
03:44Do you see?
03:47Yes, I see.
03:51Mr. Lydderdale has no inheritance to speak of.
03:55He works in the service of the poor.
03:59He is a good man.
04:02Yes, I see that too.
04:04But he is also a proud man.
04:08I have refused him.
04:12He will not ask again.
04:15I take heart from your example, Cassandra.
04:19You have shown me that a single life lived in the service of others can bring contentment.
04:28Is that not so?
04:30Indeed, my dear.
04:33What is duty but a kind of love?
04:38I would very much appreciate it if you would pay Mary Jane a visit to settle the matter of our
04:43future lodgings.
04:57In! In!
05:02So it is settled then.
05:06Isabella and I will live together as our dear departed father so wished.
05:10I would prefer to remain in my house where I am safe.
05:14Isabella will move in here.
05:15While your home is undoubtedly charming, I fear it cannot accommodate both of you.
05:24Neither of you will be comfortable, sadly.
05:28Hmm.
05:31New lodgings it is then.
05:33Though we must be mindful not to burden Isabella with an opinion on this matter.
05:38She is at her best when given guidance.
05:40Come now. Isabella organised the Kintbury move with great efficiency.
05:45Only because you are here.
05:47Well, I sincerely hope you both find comfort and companionship.
05:52I care not for companionship.
05:54That is not the purpose of us living together.
05:57It is to ensure that Isabella does not return to the behaviour that caused our dear father such great upset.
06:06I take it you mean the business with Mr. Lidderton?
06:10Do not mention that man.
06:11His dalliance with my sister threatened to bring shame upon my father's good name.
06:16I must continue his legacy and protect it still.
06:20I do not think it was a dalliance, Mary Jane.
06:24I believe it to have been love.
06:27Do not be ridiculous.
06:30Isabella's head was turned because he paid her a little attention.
06:34I will begin preparations for removals immediately.
06:38All my possessions must come with me.
06:40All of them?
06:41Yes, all of them.
06:43They are my late husband's treasures.
06:46I brought them back from India.
06:48And they are a reminder of my happiest times.
06:52Let it be known.
06:53I am only doing this for my father.
06:56Out of duty.
07:10Mum.
07:12Dinah, it seems Miss Isabella is to be settled with Mrs. Mary Jane Dexter.
07:18So there is no further need for me to remain here.
07:21It seems I have outstayed my welcome long enough.
07:24I'll pack your belongings at once, ma'am.
07:26No, thank you.
07:27I will pack my own trunk.
07:29Very well, ma'am, if you insist.
07:30Yes, Dinah, I do.
07:51Meet my friend at the house at the house like here.
08:09I have been working inside.
08:11Oh, I have played.
08:34Eliza, my mother, Jane, and I thank you for your heartfelt condolences.
08:40Mama is bearing our father's loss, which is immeasurable, with great courage.
08:45But, as for Jane, it is as if she is sinking away from me.
08:50I cannot persuade her to pick up a pen, even to a letter, and I am fearful she may never
08:57write again.
09:04Mama, the time has come for us to discuss our business.
09:07Oh, yes, our business.
09:12Your sister?
09:16Thank you for getting up, my darling, I promise this will not take long.
09:35So, now that we can no longer rely on father's income and annuity, that has left a little
09:40deficit in our finances.
09:42But, Mother, I am pleased to say that your sons have risen to the occasion.
09:48Frank has insisted on offering us £100 per annum.
09:52Oh, that magnificent boy.
09:55But I'm sorry, we cannot accept.
09:58He will be married soon, and he cannot afford to waste that on us.
10:03It's enough to know that he offered.
10:05How proud your father would be.
10:08I agree, Mama.
10:10But his generosity has been matched by James and Edward.
10:13It has now been arranged that Frank and James will give £50 each, and Edward another £100.
10:20Now see me, was there ever such excellent sons?
10:24Wait, am I to understand that Frank, the hard-working sailor with no home of his own, fast offered
10:31£100, but Edward Austen of the Godmisham estate in Kent offered the same amount and no more?
10:37Yes, they are all so generous.
10:40We will have to take smaller and cheaper lodgings, of course, but if we are to visit friends and
10:44family in the summer months, that will not be so bad.
10:47So that gives us a total of £200, to which we can add to the yield of our own money.
10:52Which I contribute.
10:53Nothing.
10:54Not a farthing.
10:57What a wretched creature I am.
11:03You are our great strength, Cassie, as your father knew you would be.
11:09We will manage quite handsomely, I'm sure.
11:29What can I do for you?
11:31Nothing.
11:34There is nothing anyone can do to help a woman who has been on this earth for 30 years and
11:39has nothing to show for it.
11:41Any writer has known disappointment at some stage, Jane.
11:46You sold Susan to Mr. Crosby.
11:48Those £10 were earned, my dearest.
11:51They were not the profit of some legacy.
11:53And we both know that same Mr. Crosby never published it.
11:57I must face the fact that nothing will ever come of my writing now.
12:01Oh, Jane.
12:02You protected me for so long.
12:04You allowed me to be alone in my head, and I thank you for that.
12:09I had opportunities.
12:11I squandered them.
12:14Allow me to grieve for that, and Papa both.
12:24Isabella, if I may, there is no garden.
12:27We have no need of a garden.
12:29I never go outside.
12:30If I could help it.
12:32You may not marry Jane, but I do.
12:35And if we are to live together, we must both be satisfied.
12:39Cassandra is correct.
12:40There must be a garden.
12:45You are here to assist me, Cassandra.
12:55Our search for affordable accommodation has brought us back to the county of Hampshire, Eliza.
13:01Southampton seems an agreeable enough place.
13:04And we will make the best of it.
13:11My only real concern is for Jane.
13:14She finds change very difficult, which is unfortunate, as change comes at us so often and without the courtesy of
13:21warning.
13:22I fear she may be on the brink of another bout of melancholy.
13:28Are we not blessed to have this on our doorstep?
13:31We are indeed blessed.
13:37We shall find better lodgings, Jane.
13:40And in a few months, when our sister-in-law is out of her latest confinement, we shall pay a
13:45visit to Godmisham.
13:47The grounds alone shall cheer you.
13:50You are my Lizzie Bennet to the root.
13:52One glimpse of beautiful grounds and everything changes.
13:55You've forgotten me comparing me to Lizzie Bennet, my dear.
14:01Perhaps you will write something when you are there.
14:08All of that is behind me now.
14:15I suppose I could make something of the garden.
14:18Perhaps.
14:20But do you not think it might be a little small for two people, Isabella?
14:25Where would you teach?
14:26Teach?
14:27Why would you want to teach?
14:29Isabella must continue her teaching, Mary Jane.
14:32It would be a misfortune for her pupils to be denied her.
14:36You are right, Cassandra.
14:38I must do that, if nothing else.
15:09But it would help if I read something else.
15:10of the pages out loud so you can hear how good they are i'm desperate to know if colonel brandon
15:15and marianne are to be married i'm afraid their fate must remain unknown to the entire world
15:20i will never see it published cassie what is the miss mama
15:30it's from mr hobday how does he know where we live um his mother and i have been corresponding
15:39in sidmouth she was most kind when your papa died mother
16:03are you sure you will not take tea mr hobday no thank you i i can't stay for long i
16:08have more
16:08business in town how do you find southampton it is pleasant enough it's most unlike derbyshire
16:20or sidmouth even
16:24when my mother informed me that you were a resident here
16:28i had a pressing need to see you again
16:33for what reason
16:38i wish to inform you
16:41in person
16:44of my position
16:48i'm to be married miss austin
16:54cassie
16:56then i must wish you and your intended my heartfelt congratulations
17:02thank you um
17:05if you'll forgive me i'm not quite sure what this has to do with me
17:11uh we were friends once yes we were for a short while yes more than friends if i may say
17:19and i i wish to know to
17:23to see for myself if that was still the case please do not ask me that why
17:30why
17:32because you aren't sure or because look around mr hobday
17:39this is where my beloved family now find themselves
17:47our circumstances have changed they need me now more than ever yes but i i could be party to helping
17:51you could i not
17:56you are the kindest of men
18:02but the truth is is
18:04yes
18:05my sister would not survive without my constant care
18:10my duty is here with her
18:17ah then i shall not ask again
18:21thank you
18:24thank you
18:25and i wish you both all the happiness that there is
18:28so
18:32so
18:58the most dreadful news reached us last night eliza
19:03our brother edward's wife elizabeth austin died from a seizure during her latest confinement
19:10gobmasham has been plunged into darkness cassie is traveling there as i write
19:16those poor children and dear dear edward their loss is unimaginable
19:22so
19:31brother
19:35can i get you anything
19:36No, thank you.
19:39Nothing.
19:41I will see to the children, then.
19:46Cassie.
19:50The children and I would like it very much
19:56if you were to come and live with us.
19:59Oh, Edward.
20:03I feel for you all so deeply.
20:06And I will do anything in my power to help you,
20:08but I cannot live with you.
20:14My place is with Jane and our mother.
20:17My first duty is to them.
20:20Of course.
20:22I do see that.
20:39Do you still plan to visit Chaltern from time to time?
20:42I do.
20:44I think it'll be good for the children.
20:46And as Mama has always said, Hampshire is the king of counties.
20:50Well, then perhaps I could make a suggestion that might help all of us.
20:54You, the children, Mama and Jane.
20:57Pray tell.
21:00That small cottage in Chaltern,
21:02the one opposite the duck pond,
21:03it is close to the great house, is it not?
21:06If we were to live there,
21:08well, then when you and the children are in residence there,
21:10we would see much of you.
21:14What a clever Cassie.
21:17That is by far the best solution
21:19for all of us.
21:24What a generous brother you are.
21:52It is perfection.
22:06That little desk is just
22:09sitting there, waiting for you to use it.
22:11All those manuscripts you've been
22:13carrying around for so long
22:14could finally come out of hiding.
22:21What is there to stop you now?
22:24It is over.
22:26The worst is behind us.
22:36The house is quite charming, is it not?
22:38And the garden is a perfect size to manage.
22:41I thought the house to be far too bright.
22:43We'd need extremely heavy drapes.
22:46The sun is very damaging,
22:48both to your person and to your belongings.
22:50I know this, having lived under it for so long.
22:52I am sure the drapes would be no hardship
22:54and we would not need them in all rooms.
22:56Particularly not in that delightful little room
22:58which would be perfect for teaching my pupils.
23:01Isabella, we are yet to agree on this matter.
23:03I do not like the idea of strangers coming to our house.
23:06They are not strangers, Mary Jane.
23:08Not me.
23:10Well then, we'll need stronger bolts.
23:14We'll finalise a lease tomorrow.
23:19Isabella,
23:20are you sure you are quite happy about me?
23:24All of this.
23:25It will be fine, Cassandra.
23:28As long as I have my teaching
23:29and my garden
23:32and as long as I cannot see the vicarage from any window.
23:48Ladies.
23:49Mr. Liddardale.
23:51How are you both?
23:53Well, I trust?
23:54Quite well, thank you.
23:59We have been to view a cottage,
24:01have we not, Isabella?
24:02Yes, we have.
24:04For yourself, Miss Fowl?
24:06Yes, for me.
24:08And my sister,
24:09Mrs. Mary Jane Dexter.
24:11Then I sincerely hope this arrangement
24:13will suit you well.
24:16I hope so too.
24:19It is quite the prettiest of cottages,
24:22is it not, Isabella?
24:23It is.
24:24Very pretty.
24:26I have a new situation also.
24:29I have been offered the position
24:31of surgeon at Shulburn.
24:34I will be leaving within the month.
24:45I wish you well.
24:49I wish you well.
24:53Come, Cassandra.
24:55We still have a great deal to do at the vicarage.
24:58Goodbye, Mr. Liddardale.
25:15Down there, my sister and I have found a house.
25:17It will suit us well.
25:19There is a room for you,
25:21so your future is also assured,
25:23though you are not beholden to us.
25:25So if by any chance a young gentleman should...
25:29Cassandra, I would like it very much in need
25:31if we could finish with your persuasion now.
25:35It would be a fitting end to your visit.
25:49There was too much...
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