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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
00:05fortnight.
00:06Oh, and one more thing. Eliza's letters.
00:08Am I to understand you already have knowledge of their whereabouts?
00:11Why ever would you think that?
00:13I am to be in print. I want to be a published authorette.
00:19I beg you, if you are offered any means of escape, do not refuse it.
00:24Cassie Austin, I have loved you since the moment that our hands first touched.
00:29What was your answer?
00:30I cannot marry him.
00:32If you and Mr. Litterdale do decide to marry, Beth has been assisting you.
00:36Has she not?
00:37Indeed she has.
00:39Married? Myself and Mr. Litterdale.
00:43Oh, Cassandra, you have the wrong sister.
00:48Oh, my dear.
00:50Oh, my dear.
00:52It's gorgeous.
00:54Nice.
00:59Look how splendid it is.
01:02Just a gentleman, please, please, have him go.
01:09Thank you, please.
01:10Thank you, sweetie.
01:27It really is much smaller than I imagined, Dundas.
01:30I fear we have too much furniture.
01:32That's nonsense, my dear.
01:34The sideboard will look splendid against this wall,
01:36under the portrait of my late dear father.
01:39But where should we place the pedestal table?
01:41And those windows so out of proportion for the room.
01:45I confess I've always been of that opinion myself.
01:47How strange you never mentioned it before, Mama.
01:49Well, you must have forgotten, Anna.
01:51Now, Mama, if I recall, you always remarked
01:53how fortunate your sister Eliza was
01:54to have the benefit of such a beautiful room.
01:56My dear mother spent many happy hours sitting in the window.
01:59I have far too many children to sit anywhere for hours.
02:03Isabella, I've just seen your sister Beth.
02:06Oh, Beth, forgive me, I was not aware you were all present.
02:10Miss Austen, what a pleasure to make your acquaintance once more.
02:13It is almost as good as being in the presence
02:15of your dear departed sister.
02:17My dear, Miss Austen here was fortunate enough
02:21to be sister to the great lady novelist, Miss Jane Austen.
02:26Imagine!
02:27How splendid for you.
02:30Now, dundas to the curtains,
02:32I am concerned ours will not fit those rather large windows.
02:36Now, Mama, we must take our leave.
02:38Mrs. Bunbury's not a woman to be kept waiting.
02:41My dear, I'm sure something could be arranged.
02:43I think we just changed the upholstery.
02:45It's too plain for my taste.
02:47I prefer something busier.
02:50I am deeply sorry, Isabella.
02:52I was not aware of all the facts surrounding your situation.
02:55If I gave you the impression
02:57that your sister Beth and Mr. Litterdale were...
02:59You gave me no such impression, Cassandra.
03:02And even if you had done so, it had no consequence.
03:06It is true.
03:09We did have feelings for one another once.
03:13He proposed, and I refused him.
03:17And that is an end to it.
03:19Oh, Isabella, forgive me, but I must ask you something.
03:22Did you refuse him of your own volition,
03:25or were you instructed to do so?
03:27My father would not give his permission.
03:32He considered Mr. Litterdale to be beneath us.
03:40Mr. Litterdale's mother was a servant at the big house.
03:46Do you see?
03:48Yes, I see.
03:52Mr. Litterdale has no inheritance to speak of.
03:56He works in the service of the poor.
04:00He is a good man.
04:03Yes, I see that too.
04:05But he is also a proud man.
04:09I have refused him.
04:13He will not ask again.
04:16I take heart from your example, Cassandra.
04:20You have shown me that a single life lived in the service of others can bring contentment.
04:29Is that not so?
04:31Indeed, my dear.
04:34What is duty but a kind of love?
04:39I would very much appreciate it if you would pay Mary Jane a visit to settle the matter of our
04:44future lodgings.
05:06Isabel and I will live together as our dear departed father so wished.
05:11I would prefer to remain in my house where I would prefer to remain in my house where I am
05:14safe.
05:15Isabella will move in here.
05:16While your home is undoubtedly charming, I fear it cannot accommodate both of you.
05:24Neither of you will be comfortable, sadly.
05:32New lodgings it is then.
05:34Though we must be mindful not to burden Isabella with an opinion on this matter.
05:39She is at her best when given guidance.
05:41Come now.
05:43Isabella organised the Kintbury move with great efficiency.
05:46Only because you are here.
05:48Well, I sincerely hope you both find comfort and companionship.
05:53I care not for companionship.
05:55That is not the purpose of us living together.
05:58It is to ensure that Isabella does not return to the behaviour that caused our dear father such great upset.
06:07I take it you mean the business with Mr Lidderdale?
06:11Do not mention that man.
06:12His deliance with my sister threatened to bring shame upon my father's good name.
06:17I must continue his legacy and protect it still.
06:21I do not think it was a dalliance, Mary Jane.
06:25I believe it to have been love.
06:28Do not be ridiculous.
06:31Isabella's head was turned because he paid her a little attention.
06:35I will begin preparations for removals immediately.
06:39All my possessions must come with me.
06:41All of them?
06:42Yes, all of them.
06:44They are my late husband's treasures.
06:47I brought them back from India.
06:49And they are a reminder of my happiest times.
06:53Let it be known.
06:54I am only doing this for my father.
06:57Out of duty.
07:11Mum.
07:12Hmm.
07:13Dinah, it seems Miss Isabella is to be settled with Mrs Mary Jane Dexter.
07:19So there is no further need for me to remain here.
07:22It seems I have outstayed my welcome long enough.
07:25I'll pack your belongings at once, Mum.
07:27No, thank you.
07:28I will pack my own trunk.
07:30Very well, Mum, if you insist.
07:32Yes, Dinah.
07:32I do.
07:36You know what to say.
08:35Eliza, my mother, Jane, and I thank you for your heartfelt condolences.
08:41Mama is bearing our father's loss, which is immeasurable, with great courage.
08:46But as for Jane, it is as if she is sinking away from me.
08:51I cannot persuade her to pick up a pen, even to a letter.
08:56And I am fearful she may never write again.
09:06Mama, the time has come for us to discuss our business.
09:09Oh, yes. Our business.
09:13Your sister?
09:17Thank you for getting up, my darling. I promise this will not take long.
09:36So, now that we can no longer rely on father's income and annuity, that has left a little deficit in
09:41our finances.
09:43But, Mother, I am pleased to say that your sons have risen to the occasion.
09:49Frank has insisted on offering us £100 per annum.
09:53Oh, that magnificent boy.
09:56But I'm sorry, we cannot accept.
09:59He will be married soon and he cannot afford to waste that on us.
10:04It's enough to know that he offered.
10:06How proud your father would be.
10:09I agree, Mama.
10:11But his generosity has been matched by James and Edward.
10:14It has now been arranged that Frank and James will give £50 each and Edward another £100.
10:21Mercy me.
10:23Was there ever such excellent sons?
10:25Wait.
10:27Am I to understand that Frank, the hard-working sailor with no home of his own, fast offered £100,
10:33but Edward Austen of the Godmisham estate in Kent offered the same amount and no more?
10:38Yes, they are also generous.
10:41We will have to take smaller and cheaper lodgings, of course,
10:44but if we are to visit friends and family in the summer months, that will not be so bad.
10:48So that gives us a total of £200, to which we can add to the yield of our own money.
10:53Which I contribute nothing.
10:56What a farthing.
10:57What a wretched creature I am.
11:04You are our great strength, Cassie, as your father knew you would be.
11:11We will manage quite handsomely, I'm sure.
11:30What can I do for you?
11:32Nothing.
11:35There is nothing anyone can do to help a woman who has been on this earth for 30 years
11:40and has nothing to show for it.
11:42Any writer has known disappointment at some stage, Jane.
11:47You sold Susan to Mr. Crosby.
11:50Those £10 were earned, my dearest.
11:52They were not the profit of some legacy.
11:54And we both know that same Mr. Crosby never published it.
11:58I must face the fact that nothing will ever come of my writing now.
12:02Oh, Jane.
12:03You've protected me for so long.
12:05You've allowed me to be alone in my head, and I thank you for that.
12:10I had opportunities.
12:12I squandered them.
12:15Allow me to grieve for that on Papa both.
12:25Isabella, if I may, there is no garden.
12:28We have no need of a garden.
12:30I never go outside.
12:31If I could help it.
12:33You may not marry Jane, but I do.
12:36And if we are to live together, we must both be satisfied.
12:40Cassandra is correct.
12:41There must be a garden.
12:46You are here to assist me, Cassandra.
12:56Our search for affordable accommodation has brought us back to the county of Hampshire, Eliza.
13:02Southampton seems an agreeable enough place.
13:05And we will make the best of it.
13:12My only real concern is for Jane.
13:15She finds change very difficult, which is unfortunate, as change comes at us so often and without the courtesy of
13:22warning.
13:23I fear she may be on the brink of another bout of melancholy.
13:29Are we not blessed to have this on our doorstep?
13:32We are indeed blessed.
13:38We shall find better lodgings, Jane.
13:42And in a few months, when our sister-in-law is out of her latest confinement, we shall pay a
13:46visit to Godmisham.
13:48The grounds alone shall cheer you.
13:51You are my Lizzie Bennet to the root.
13:53One glimpse of beautiful grounds and everything changes.
13:56You've forgotten me comparing me to Lizzie Bennet, my dear.
14:02Perhaps you will write something when you are there.
14:09All of that is behind me now.
14:16I suppose I could make something of the garden.
14:19Perhaps.
14:21But do you not think it might be a little small for two people, Isabella?
14:26Where would you teach?
14:27Teach?
14:28Why would you want to teach?
14:30Isabella must continue her teaching, Mary Jane.
14:33It would be a misfortune for her pupils to be denied her.
14:37You are right, Cassandra.
14:39I must do that, if nothing else.
14:45You are right.
14:46You are right.
14:46Be a injured man.
14:57Be a man, aren't you?
15:09Be a man.
15:10Be a man.
15:11of the pages out loud so you can hear how good they are i'm desperate to know if colonel brandon
15:16and marianne are to be married i'm afraid their fate must remain unknown to the entire world
15:21i will never see it published cassie what is the miss mama
15:31it's from mr hobday how does he know where we live um his mother and i have been corresponding
15:40in sidmouth she was most kind when your papa died mother
16:04are you sure you will not take tea mr hobday no thank you i i can't stay for long i
16:09have more
16:09business in town how do you find southampton it is pleasant enough it's most unlike derbyshire
16:21or sidmouth even
16:25when my mother informed me that you were a resident here
16:29i had a pressing need to see you again
16:34for what reason
16:39i wish to inform you in person
16:45of my position
16:49i'm to be married miss austin
16:55cassie
16:57then i must wish you and your intended my heartfelt congratulations
17:03thank you um if you'll forgive me i'm not quite sure what this has to do with me
17:12uh we were friends once
17:14yes we were for a short while yes more than friends if i may say
17:20and i i wish to know to
17:24to see for myself if that was still the case please don't ask me that why
17:33because you aren't sure or or because look around mr hobday
17:40this is where my beloved family now find themselves
17:48our circumstances have changed they need me now more than ever yes but i i could be party to helping
17:52him could i not
17:57you are the kindest of men
18:03but the truth is is
18:07my sister would not survive without my constant care
18:11my duty is here with her
18:18ah then i shall not ask again
18:23thank you
18:25and i wish you both all the happiness that there is
18:28and
18:44and
18:45and
18:59The most dreadful news reached us last night, Eliza.
19:04Our brother Edward's wife, Elizabeth Austin, died from a seizure during her latest confinement.
19:11Gobmisham has been plunged into darkness.
19:14Cassie is travelling there as I write.
19:17Those poor children and dear, dear Edward, their loss is unimaginable.
19:32Brother.
19:36Can I get you anything?
19:38No, thank you.
19:40Nothing.
19:42I will see to the children, then.
19:47Cassie.
19:51The children and I would like it very much...
19:57if you were to come and live with us.
20:00Oh, Edward.
20:04I feel for you all so deeply.
20:07And I will do anything in my power to help you, but...
20:12I cannot live with you.
20:15My place is with Jane and our mother.
20:18My first duty is to them.
20:21Of course.
20:23I... I do see that.
20:40Do you still plan to visit children from time to time?
20:43I do.
20:45I think it'll be good for the children.
20:48And, as Mama has always said, Hampshire is the king of counties.
20:51Well, then perhaps I could make a suggestion that... that might help all of us.
20:55You, the children, Mama and Jane.
20:58Pray tell?
21:00That...
21:01small cottage in Chawton.
21:03The one opposite the duck pond.
21:04It is close to the great house, is it not?
21:07If we were to live there...
21:09Well, then when you and the children are in residence there, we...
21:11we would see much of you.
21:15What a clever Cassie.
21:18That is, by far, the best solution for all of us.
21:25What a generous brother you are.
21:53It is perfection.
21:58Jane.
22:07That little desk is just...
22:09sitting there, waiting for you to use it.
22:12All those manuscripts you've been carrying around for so long could finally come out of hiding.
22:22What is there to stop you now?
22:25It is over.
22:27The worst is behind us.
22:37The house is quite charming, is it not?
22:39And the garden is a perfect size to manage.
22:42I thought the house to be far too bright.
22:44We would need extremely heavy drapes.
22:47The sun is very damaging, both to your person and to your belongings.
22:51As I know this, having lived under it for so long.
22:53I am sure the drapes would be no hardship.
22:55And we would not need them in all rooms.
22:58Particularly not in that delightful little room, which would be perfect for teaching my pupils.
23:02Isabella, we are yet to agree on this matter.
23:04I do not like the idea of strangers coming to our house.
23:07They are not strangers, Mary Jane.
23:09Not me.
23:11Well then, we'll need stronger bolts.
23:15We'll finalize a lease tomorrow.
23:21Isabella, are you sure you are quite happy about all of this?
23:26It will be fine, Cassandra.
23:29As long as I have my teaching and my garden.
23:33And as long as I cannot see the vicarage from any window.
23:49Ladies.
23:50Mr. Lidderdale.
23:52How are you both?
23:54Well, I trust?
23:55Quite well, thank you.
24:00We have been to view a cottage, have we not, Isabella?
24:03Yes, we have.
24:05For yourself, Miss Fowle?
24:07Yes, for me and my sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Dexter.
24:12Then I sincerely hope this arrangement will suit you well.
24:17I hope so too.
24:20It is quite the prettiest of cottages, is it not, Isabella?
24:24It is. Very pretty.
24:27I have a new situation also.
24:30I have been offered the position of surgeon at Schulber.
24:35I will be leaving within the month.
24:46I wish you well.
24:50And I you.
24:55Come, Cassandra.
24:56We still have a great deal to do at the vicarage.
24:59Goodbye, Mr. Lidderdale.
25:01I have found a house.
25:18I will see to us well.
25:20Well, you also do something.
25:24You know my sister?
25:28It will suit you well.
25:30Wow!
25:31Sandra, I would like it very much in need if we could finish reading persuasion now.
25:36It would be a fitting end to your visit.
25:50There was too much wind to make the high part of the new cob pleasant for the ladies,
25:55and they agreed to get down the steps to the lower.
25:58All were content to pass quietly and carefully down the steep flight, excepting Louisa.
26:04She must be jumped down them by Captain Wentworth.
26:08The hardness of the pavement on her feet made him less willing upon the present occasion.
26:13He did it, however.
26:14She was safely down and instantly ran up the steps to be jumped down again.
26:20He advised her against it.
26:23Thought the jar too great, but he reasoned and talked in vain.
26:26She smiled and said,
26:28I am determined I will.
26:31I am determined I will.
26:33He put out his hands.
26:36Louisa was too precipitate.
26:39She fell on the pavement on the lower cob and was taken up, lifeless.
26:44No.
26:45You have killed her.
26:47There was no wound, no blood, no visible bruise.
26:53But her eyes were closed and she breathed not.
26:57Her face was like death.
26:59The horror of the moment to all who stood around.
27:03She is dead!
27:05She is dead!
27:06Screamed Mary.
27:07How could Jane have done this to her?
27:09To us?
27:10Read on, I beg you.
27:11Is there no one to help me?
27:13Were the first words which burst from Captain Wentworth in a tone of despair, as if all his
27:20strength were gone.
27:21Would somebody help him, please?
27:23Rub her hands.
27:25Rub her temples, cried Anne.
27:27Here.
27:28Here are the salts.
27:29Take them.
27:29Yes, the salts.
27:31Take the salts.
27:32Take the salts.
27:33Take the salts.
27:34Captain Benwick obeyed.
27:36Captain Wentworth, staggering against the wall for his support, exclaimed in the bitterest
27:41agony,
27:42Oh, God.
27:44Her father and her mother.
27:46A surgeon, said Anne.
27:48A surgeon this instant.
27:51A surgeon.
27:52A surgeon.
27:54A surgeon.
27:57A surgeon.
27:57A surgeon.
28:03I can't.
28:05She falls.
28:09She falls.
28:28She must have fainted.
28:30Oh, tripped.
28:32There's barely a pulse.
28:34Dinah?
28:35Dinah, stay with us.
28:36Dinah?
28:37Isabel.
28:38I fear she may have sustained serious injuries.
28:40Go.
28:40Go and fetch Mr. Lidderton.
28:42Go, Isabella.
28:48Mr. Lidderton.
28:51Mr. Lidderton.
28:54Mr. Lidderton.
28:55Mr. Lidderton.
28:57Mr. Lidderton.
29:15Hello.
29:17Hello.
29:19Hello.
29:32Hello.
29:38Mr. Lidderton.
29:39Nothing broken.
29:39I'm pleased to say.
29:43A concussion then?
29:44As far as I can tell.
29:46Would you open my bag and pass me the witch hazel and lint?
29:49Miss Austen, some water please.
29:50Yes, of course.
29:56She'll have a good bump coming.
29:59Salts, do you think?
30:01Most definitely.
30:20For coming.
30:23I will always come.
30:25If you require it of me.
30:27After all that has gone on between us, you could be forgiven for refusing.
30:32I could never turn my back on a patient.
30:36Or on you.
30:38Miss Isabel.
30:47She is back with us.
30:52He came then.
31:31In obtained a little cold, Maynard.
31:32Happy correspond T mittens.
31:32Like Emmett.使蜇雀ор
31:33Be having to take to the spring
31:33soon. Then you won't be checked if
31:48s stories. Please, die.
32:22Oh.
32:24Dinah, try not to move.
32:27I hate ours, ma'am.
32:29You had a nasty fall.
32:31You were very lucky.
32:33I've made you some tea.
32:36The good china, ma'am.
32:38Yes, I found it hidden away.
32:41It seems you hadn't got around to packing it yet.
32:44Miss Isabella loves it, so...
32:47She couldn't wish for a better friend.
32:50You mean me, ma'am?
32:52Because of you and your escapade,
32:56Miss Isabella and Mr Lidderdale have been reconciled.
33:01I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.
33:04It's a peculiar coincidence,
33:06but there's a very similar event in my sister's novel, Persuasion.
33:09In fact, I was reading that very passage just before you fell.
33:14That is a peculiar thing, ma'am.
33:17Hmm.
33:21I applaud your bravery and your presence of mind.
33:26I, on the other hand, have been extremely slow
33:29to understand precisely what was going on right under my nose.
33:33He got there in the end, though.
33:35Hmm.
33:37They love each other, ma'am.
33:39It's always been that way.
33:41But the master would have none of it
33:43on account of Mr Lidderdale's background, see?
33:47Did Isabella's mother know anything of this?
33:50Well, if she did, she never let on.
33:53She wasn't one for meddling,
33:55even when meddling was what was needed.
33:57No.
33:58Not like us.
33:59The difference between you and me, ma'am,
34:02is that my meddling's done to the good.
34:05Hmm.
34:14I cannot write.
34:15I have nothing but a drag on the household.
34:18This should come with me.
34:20I cannot shake this feeling of fear.
34:22It is as if a monster is stalking our threshold,
34:24and I am desperate to keep it at bay.
34:26With me?
34:28I enjoy this present weather from top to toe,
34:31from right to left, longitude in the lee,
34:34perpendicularly, diagonally...
34:35Good one for Mary.
34:37Walter Scott has no business to write novels,
34:40especially good ones.
34:41He has fame and profit enough as a poet,
34:43and should not be taking...
34:45That can stay here.
34:46Were there a way out of my gloom,
34:48I should find it.
34:49All these potions and recipes...
34:50Coming with me.
34:52I have sold a novel, Eliza.
34:54Mary.
34:55This time, I am certain to be published.
35:18For now, the world is to know me only as a lady.
35:21It is well that I have always enjoyed being a woman of mystery.
35:25Dearest Eliza, I am quite delighted with your letter.
35:29Your liking Darcy and Elizabeth is enough to satisfy my vanity.
35:33You will be glad to hear that the first edition of Mansfield Park is all sold.
35:38I shall not plague you with any sordid meticulars about money.
35:41Oh, Eliza.
35:43I am most gratified you enjoyed Emma,
35:46though her passage into the world has not gone as smoothly as I had hoped.
35:53The quarterly review feels the novel lacks incident.
36:01How dare they.
36:03I hurried to finish it on account of the pain I am suffering in my bag.
36:07Cassie says it is the strain of sitting over my work for so many hours every day.
36:12But I am not sure it isn't something more.
36:16I confess I would swap all hope of wealth and success to feel well again.
36:24We have seen an army of doctors, but none of them can name what ails me.
36:31All right.
36:33It's fine.
36:37Cassie will not be deterred, however.
36:44She is taking me to Cheltenham, where she is convinced the waters will bring a miracle.
36:56I try very hard to convince myself that my symptoms are lifting.
37:02But they are not, Eliza.
37:05This poor, stubborn body of mine seems quite set on decline.
37:12But we will soon be back with you in Kintbury.
37:16And that alone raises my spirits.
37:25How is she, do you think, Eliza?
37:29She's very thin.
37:32I'm a little alarmed by these strange black patches on her arms.
37:39I'm sure they're nothing, Cassie.
37:41There's a doctor in Winchester who thinks he might be able to help.
37:45I'm taking her there next.
37:46I'm just...
37:48Liza.
37:48Cass, I...
37:50Liza, my dear.
37:51I hope you've remembered I'm out this evening.
37:53The Tory dinner in Newbury.
37:57How is your sister doing today?
37:59We were just saying she...
38:02She seems better.
38:03Really?
38:04I detect a great sadness.
38:07It's a pity those books of hers have come to nothing.
38:10Jane has had four novels published.
38:12And all to great acclaim.
38:14No profit in them, though.
38:15So Mary tells us.
38:17We did try the new one, um, some lady's name.
38:19What was it again?
38:20Um...
38:20Emma.
38:21Yes.
38:22Afraid we read the first chapter, then skip to the end.
38:24I did not.
38:26I read to the end.
38:28And I enjoyed it very much.
38:32Perhaps you might find Jane's new novel, Persuasion, more to your liking, Fuller.
38:37It is to be her best one yet.
38:40Hmm.
39:00Wynchester seems quite a pretty town.
39:07You must try to rest, my darling.
39:10I have the doctor's address.
39:12I will hurry there now.
39:13No, I do not want him.
39:15He promises an improvement.
39:17We must try everything.
39:18No more, Cass.
39:19I'm tired.
39:21I want to go home to Chawton.
39:26But it's too late, is it not?
39:37Cass.
39:40What is it?
39:41What do you need?
39:42You're exhausted.
39:44I'm fine.
39:49Do not be upset, but...
39:52Mary Austin is on her way.
39:56So be it.
40:12I came as soon as I could.
40:14I'll sit with her now.
40:16You must rest.
40:19Go.
40:19If anything changes, I will call for you.
40:22At once.
40:25I will not go without you.
40:34Mary, come sit with me.
40:37Yes.
40:54Oh, we can never beat you at cards.
40:56You were always too clever.
40:58Too clever by half.
40:59And then you would play the preludes for us.
41:02You were gifted in so many ways, Jane.
41:07But then my beloved James would delight us with his poetry.
41:12Yes, he would.
41:16Jane.
41:21It's the Chappie Times.
41:41Has she gone?
41:42She has.
41:48It was touching to see you both so cheerful together.
41:52Disaster often brings out the best in Mary.
41:55It's success that disturbs her good nature.
42:00She pities me now even more than she wants it.
42:05And there I was, the happiest woman in England.
42:09But she could only see tragedy.
42:14Do you think others saw me the way Mary did?
42:19As a joyless creature?
42:25It doesn't matter what other people think.
42:27It matters.
42:30It matters to me.
42:33I do not want the world to know of my sadness.
42:37Only of the joy in my stories.
42:47Tell me what it is that you want.
42:51Nothing but death.
42:56It will not be long now.
43:00My darling.
43:04Till you will be at peace.
43:13Oh.
43:16Oh.
43:18Oh.
43:18Oh.
43:23Jane Austen.
43:29You have been the best.
43:34Most loyal, most...
43:38Most loving, most...
43:41Most gifted sister.
43:47And I, Cassie Austen.
43:52I've been the most blessed sister to have loved you.
44:09I've been the most blessed sister to have loved you.
44:16I've been the most blessed be a month.
44:33Do you know our relatives?
44:35Oh, my goodness.
45:05BIRDS CHIRP
45:35BIRDS CHIRP
45:37BIRDS CHIRP
45:38BIRDS CHIRP
45:39I trust I am not intruding, my dear. I am delighted to see you so overjoyed. I assume Mr. Litterdale
45:49has proposed.
45:51Yes. Yes, he has. And I have accepted, gratefully and with my whole heart. Thank you for insisting I fetch
46:01him.
46:01Thank Dinah for giving me calls. And dear Jane for the inspiration.
46:12I think we have sufficient calls for celebration, do we not? Besides, I am sure the new vicar and his
46:20wife will have no use for these.
46:23Yes. Well, I shall miss you both. But I will also be pleased to sleep in my own bed.
46:37BIRDS CHIRP
46:38Ma'am, I found this lying around. I wouldn't want it falling into the wrong hands, so you might as
46:44well have it. I can't read anyway, so it's no use to me.
46:49Thank you, dear Dinah.
46:51Well, here's the thing. Once again you intend to travel without the courtesy of informing your only remaining sister.
46:59What on earth? Get up at once.
47:03Isabella, what a good thing I came back. We'd never be ready by tomorrow.
47:06A blessing indeed, Aunt Mary.
47:09Aunt Mary, on the matter of Eliza's letters, perhaps you could look in the settle in her room.
47:16It was the only place I didn't manage to search.
47:20If I recall, Eliza tied Jane's letters in a blue ribbon.
47:27Very well, I shall do that now.
47:30Right, come along, Isabella. That unspeakable man Dundas will be upon us before we know it.
47:36And Cassandra will forgive us for leaving her to wait for her coach alone.
47:41You are forgiven.
47:46Goodbye, my dear.
47:48Staying here once more has meant a great deal.
47:54Be sure to take two of the very best sets of China to your new room.
47:59No one will ever notice.
48:01There, there, there, there. Let's not fuss too much.
48:05The best farewells are the short ones. Dinah.
48:10Ma'am.
48:12Look after yourself.
48:13And don't be going out in the rain.
48:19So, this will be the last time you and I meet in this house.
48:23We've had so much history here and now it will be lost.
48:27Our history will be safe in our memories.
48:31All we can do is pass them on to those who come after us.
48:35With as much honesty as we can muster.
48:39As if anyone is interested in us women.
48:45I will then.
48:47I will then.
48:51Sister.
49:28Lord.
49:29Oh, okay.
49:30Oh.
49:33Boy.
49:41Oh.
49:47This will be my last letter.
49:50I do not have the strength to write to you again, Eliza.
49:53But I thank you now for your friendship.
49:56Wish you long health and happiness.
50:00I beg you to look after my dear darling Cass.
50:07An attack of my sad complaint has seized me again.
50:12And reduced me so low that I now feel recovery unlikely.
50:18You must not pity me though.
50:20For if I am to die now, I am convinced I will die as the luckiest of women.
50:27Words fail me when I think of the kindness of my family during this illness.
50:33As for Cassandra, she has been the most tender, watchful sister throughout my life.
50:42She has protected me always, and I know she will protect my legacy after I have gone.
50:48As to what I owe her, I can only cry over and hope her life will be blessed more, and
50:56yet more.
50:58These next years will be hard.
51:01We have never borne separation easily.
51:05But as I approach this final departure,
51:09I am selfishly grateful that it was never my fate to be the one who survived.
51:16For how could I?
51:19What sort of life would it have been if I did not have her by my side?
51:26With my fondest affection...
51:31Jane
51:33Amen.
52:03Amen.
52:33Amen.
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