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00:01I'm here to assist Miss Isabella Fowle.
00:03Cassandra, we weren't expecting you.
00:05Isabella must live with her sisters, promise me.
00:08There is no greater comfort in this world than a sister.
00:12You and I will always be sisters, even when I'm Mrs. Fowle.
00:17There are things I must say to you before I leave, in case I do not return.
00:20If you cannot marry me, you must feel free to marry another.
00:23I promise you, Tom, that I will never marry any other man but you.
00:29There are sure to be letters here that will cast up all manner of treasure.
00:32Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen is to be found within the pages of her novels.
00:38We have bad tidings to impart, Cassie.
00:58...
01:24Where on earth I could be in the night home?
01:26Sorry, ma. I was in the kitchen with Mrs. Isabel.
01:29And what of Miss Austen?
01:31Inner room, ma.
01:32What's she doing in there?
01:34Cassandra! There's work to be done.
01:40Mary, my dear.
01:42So there you are.
01:44So here I am.
01:46We weren't expecting you so soon.
01:48On account of tea with Mrs. Bunbury.
01:51This has been a falling out to do with you, Cassandra.
01:54Me?
01:54Mrs. Bunbury suggested that you arriving here without informing me first was a slur on my reputation.
02:00I mounted a most robust offence, but she was adamant.
02:03It's not the dumb thing, Cassandra.
02:06We're supposed to be sisters.
02:08Well, I sincerely hope that relations with Mrs. Bunbury return to cordiality very soon.
02:15Hmm. Dinah says you've made a start on clearing my dear sister's room.
02:19You know I wish to help.
02:20Did you find any letters from Jane?
02:23Not a single one.
02:26How odd.
02:28Considering how often Jane wrote.
02:30No matter.
02:31I find them myself.
02:33Perhaps you will be lucky where I was not.
02:38Mum, Mrs. Austen, do you wish me to make up Mrs. Fell's room for you?
02:42Yes, yes, do it at once.
02:43So I may settle myself and get on with clearing.
02:46A task I do not relish given how close Eliza and I were.
02:52Now, I said.
03:01Let me pick it up, ma'am. You'll hurt yourself.
03:03There is little point in making more work than is absolutely necessary, Isabella.
03:07It was an accident.
03:09Ah, well, I'll leave you to it. I have work to do upstairs.
03:13Dinah, Dinah. As soon as you're ready.
03:17There's too much to do.
03:19I must ask Mr. Dundas for more time.
03:21I'm not ready.
03:22I won't be ready.
03:24Isabella.
03:25Isabella, I have been in your position and I know how daunting this task must appear.
03:32But I also know how uncertainty for your future can make it feel all the more onerous.
03:40That is why this question must be settled without delay.
03:44To that purpose, I wonder if we might make a visit today to see your sisters.
03:50We're still too busy here, Cassandra.
03:51Surely it can wait.
03:52Isabella, I am becoming increasingly concerned about what is to become of you.
03:57We cannot delay this decision any longer.
04:01We should do it. Of course.
04:04But...
04:06But not today.
04:09Tomorrow, perhaps.
04:11Besides, I have errands to run this morning.
04:15Very well.
04:16Well, in that case, perhaps I could start to clear the dining room.
04:21I could clear your mother's writing desk.
04:24Save your Aunt Mary the bother.
04:29I have loved this china since I was a child.
04:34Now it is all to go to my brother.
04:39All will be well, Isabella.
04:43I am sure of it.
05:03All will be well, Isabella.
05:05I am sure of it.
05:19Hi Mom.
05:23C'mere.
05:24What does that say?
05:25It says, Eliza.
05:41My Liza.
06:08My dearest Eliza, your happy news has lightened our spirits here in Steventon.
06:14Mother and father cannot settle on whether you are to expect a boy or a girl.
06:19I shall let you know as soon as they decide.
06:24I wish I had more cheerful news of Cassie.
06:27In all this time, her grief has not abated.
06:33It is not in my sister's nature to reveal the depth of her suffering,
06:37for fear of burdening us with her sorrow.
06:41Together, boys. Walk on.
06:43But I can see how much her heart still aches for Tom.
06:58Our brother Edward has invited her to stay at Godmisham Park, his estate in Kent.
07:06I will miss her dreadfully, though I am hopeful this change in surroundings might lift her from her melancholy.
07:15It may amuse you to learn that Edward's invitation did not extend to me.
07:22I fear I may be a little too eccentric for Kent society.
07:27It is regretful, as I could certainly cultivate a taste for their acres of rolling countryside,
07:32extensive library, and well-stocked wine cellar.
07:42Perhaps Edward's wife, Elizabeth, fears that I would become rather too comfortable and outstay my welcome.
07:49While she is always unfailingly polite to us lonely Austens,
07:54I admit to some surprise she is willing to play host to one of us at all.
08:07Welcome to Godmisham, my dear sister.
08:10Edward.
08:11How well you look.
08:14Considering, um, I do hope your journey was a pleasant one.
08:17If, if, if anything can be pleasant at such a, a time.
08:24Thank you, my dear brother.
08:26Come.
08:31Now, I know you'll want to gather yourselves, but the children are quite wild with excitement.
08:36If we don't go straight to see them, I fear they will burst.
08:39They are the perfect tonic to stave off sad.
08:43Cannot wait to see them.
08:44Stand still, no fidgeting.
08:45Say hello, children.
08:46Look who's here.
08:47Look who's here.
08:48Who is it?
08:48Oh, Cassie.
08:50Look how you've all grown.
08:53Look.
08:54Is it going?
08:55Yes.
08:56Hello.
08:57There you are.
08:57Hello.
09:02I told you, Cass.
09:04Fit to burst.
09:09Someone of a more cynical disposition might wonder if Elizabeth has something to gain by
09:14having Aunt Cassie at Godmisham.
09:17This is not a thought that should ever cross my mind, Eliza, and certainly not one I would
09:23write down.
09:24Mum?
09:39Well, it would appear so.
09:45I may pay Mary Jane, Isabella's sister, a visit on my travels.
09:50Are you expected?
09:51Mrs. Mirajin Dexter is not one for a surprise visit.
09:54I am sure she will be more than happy to see me when she knows the purpose of my visit.
09:59Time is of the essence.
10:02We must make sure Isabella is taken care of.
10:10Must be now.
10:29Who is it?
10:31Mrs. Dexter?
10:32Mary Jane, it's me, Cassandra Austen.
10:36I've come to call on you.
10:42It's him, then.
10:49You can never be too careful.
10:53Come in to the parlour.
11:03What interesting objects.
11:07What you see here are the joys of the empire.
11:11Halcyon days.
11:15Halcyon.
11:18Now, sit down.
11:26Isabella's been looking after you, has she?
11:28Oh, yes.
11:31Impeccably.
11:34She's got the heart of an ox, Isabella.
11:37Braver than you think.
11:41Although she wouldn't survive for one single day on her own, so it's a good thing she's
11:45come to live with me.
11:46So it's settled, then?
11:49Of course it's settled.
11:50Isn't that why you're here, to make sure?
11:53Yes, it's just that Isabella doesn't seem to know this.
11:57What you have to know about my sister is this.
12:00She thinks she knows her own mind.
12:03But she doesn't.
12:08Tiffin?
12:24Miss Fowl.
12:25Mr. Liddardale.
12:26I must offer you my apologies.
12:29I have been tardy in calling to inquire how you are faring since.
12:32I am perfectly well, thank you.
12:35In truth, I have been busy preparing the vicarage for the new vicar.
12:40I am sure that must be a most difficult task.
12:44Have you secured...
12:48new lodgings?
12:49Not yet.
12:52But it is all in hand.
12:54I am delighted to hear that.
12:57There is nothing more unsettling than insecurity.
13:01Indeed.
13:05I wish you well.
13:07Truly.
13:09That is most kind.
13:11Now, if you'll forgive me, I have an errand to run.
13:22Dearest Eliza,
13:24I am happy to report that Cassie indulges
13:26my frequent demands for news from Godmersham
13:29and writes often.
13:31Though I hear suspiciously little
13:33about the delights and amusements of the Kent countryside
13:36and a great deal more about spillikins
13:39with the tiny inhabitants of the nursery.
13:42Oh.
13:50Elizabeth, there you are.
13:52I wondered if I might take a short turn around the garden
13:54while the baby's asleep.
13:56Oh, my dear, no.
13:58It's too warm outside.
13:59You're in the best place up here.
14:02Besides, I cannot play that game for my life.
14:06Oh.
14:07Look how they adore you.
14:09I cannot tell you how much it suits me to have you here.
14:13Things have turned out so well, have they not?
14:18I mean...
14:20I did not mean...
14:21I know what you mean, my dear.
14:23I'm most grateful to be here.
14:25Good.
14:27Now, I think I might have a little rest
14:29before my family arrive for dinner.
14:35Oh, look.
14:36I did it.
14:37It's your turn, I'm a taxi.
14:47Edward?
14:48Where are you going?
14:50We have guests for dinner.
14:51Just the stables to cast my eyes over the new filly.
14:53I won't be long.
14:54Well, I'm afraid the filly will have to wait.
14:56My mother will be here before we know it,
14:58and she would not be happy if a horse has taken precedence.
15:01No.
15:02No, that would not do.
15:04Have you told Cassie what time she's expected downstairs?
15:06Oh, my dearest.
15:08I don't think it would be correct for Cassie to join us.
15:11It's a family dinner, and Cassie is family after all.
15:14She is still in mourning, Edward.
15:17It would not be appropriate for her to attend a happy party.
15:21Cook will send something up on a train.
15:28Eliza, I must prevail upon you for assistance
15:31in a matter of great urgency.
15:34Cassie is trapped in the nursery at Godmisham.
15:37My good and dutiful sister does not complain,
15:40but it is clear to me that the situation is most serious.
15:47Please do not think the indelicate
15:48if I suggest the timing is to our advantage.
15:52I beg you, Eliza.
15:54Write to Cassie and request her presence at your confinement.
15:58Elizabeth will not deny a mother in need.
16:01And as for Edward, he will do as he is bidden.
16:05We cannot allow our beloved Cassie to convince herself
16:09that her life's sole value lies in the role
16:11of dependable spinster aunt.
16:15Please write as soon as you are able.
16:17I have an inkling that our intervention
16:19will be a relief to her.
16:42Shush now.
16:43The baby will be here soon.
16:45It's an infant sound.
16:46Shush.
16:47Shush.
16:48She needs laudanum.
17:04Eliza?
17:05She's sleeping, fella.
17:07She's exhausted.
17:08Do you have a girl?
17:11A sweetest, most beloved little girl.
17:16Another girl.
17:30My dearest Eliza,
17:32we are delighted to hear you are safely delivered
17:35and baby Isabella is thriving.
17:45Isabella is a splendid name.
17:48She can only grow up to be a heroine
17:50or a Spanish queen,
17:52though I would not wish that fate upon her.
17:55No.
17:56Her adventures will be magnificent
17:58and not solely confined to the great county of Berkshire.
18:03Look, Isabella.
18:06Your dear, sweet Uncle Tom's tree.
18:12His and mine's.
18:2528.
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:295 times 7 is...
18:3235.
18:33Very good, Arthur.
18:36Now, 6 times 7 is...
18:386 times 7 is...
18:4242.
18:43Mm-hmm.
18:447 times 7 is...
18:49Rise and shine.
18:5049.
18:51Well done.
18:53Shall we attempt the 8 times table?
18:55I can try, Miss.
18:57Very good.
19:011 times 8 is...
19:058.
19:05Indeed.
19:062 times 8 is...
19:0916.
19:12I have just seen Miss Isabella with a pupil.
19:15She is quite the teacher.
19:17I had no idea.
19:19There's a lot to Miss Isabella that people don't know.
19:22I don't want to.
19:24She must have made her father proud, looking after him, as she did.
19:29Well, if he was, Mum, he never told her.
19:31Though he wasn't quiet about much else.
19:33He used to fill the house with his presents, did Reverend Phil?
19:36God rest him.
19:38Hmm.
19:38I had not seen him for some time, but I do recall he was the most exuberant of men.
19:44Well, if that's what you like to call it.
19:46There's many a day you'd have heard him shouting up in the village, and he...
19:50Used to bellow at Miss Isabella.
19:54Bellow?
19:55What do you mean, Dinah?
19:57Not a thing, ma'am.
19:59It's not for me to say anything.
20:00I must go and fetch the rest of the dinner service.
20:05Dinah, is Mrs. Austin still resting?
20:08She is that, ma'am.
20:10I wish to visit Miss Isabella's other sister.
20:13Where might I find Miss Beth's school?
20:17Behind the plasterer's arms.
20:18Tell us.
20:43Music.
20:51Excuse me, could you tell me where I might find Miss Fowle?
20:54Miss Winner-Borne's.
21:20Cassandra, there's illness here. You must leave at once.
21:22Miss Austin, you cannot be in here.
21:24What ails her?
21:26Diphtheria.
21:27It has spread through the village.
21:29But as for the rest, poverty, misfortune, nothing I can cure.
21:35Now I beg you, leave.
21:37It is not safe here.
21:38Come, Cassandra, I'll walk you to the end of the village.
21:50Beth, I must talk to you about Isabella's future.
21:53Isabella's future, that great conversation that never seems to end.
21:58Well, it has been discussed already.
21:59Endlessly.
22:01Though I try very hard to stay out of the Fowle family politics, as I have no appetite for meddling.
22:06Your sister is about to lose her home.
22:08Isabella is a grown woman.
22:11Surely she's more than capable of securing her own future.
22:14or whatever that may be.
22:16I'm sorry, but I must get back.
22:18Miss Liddardale needs me.
22:20Come visit again when the school reopens.
22:22I'd like to show you what I do there.
22:24Beth.
22:25Beth.
22:34Oh, where have you been?
22:37We've been so worried.
22:39It's weather.
22:40Isabella!
22:41Remove this dog from my presence at once.
22:43Oh, it appears your Aunt Mary has wasn't from her rest.
22:47Yes.
22:48She found my mother's room a little on the chilly side.
22:58Still no letters, Mary?
23:00Er, no.
23:01Strangely.
23:03This is my sister's writing desk.
23:07Well, throw these away.
23:08Eliza was always prone to a great deal of sentiment.
23:12How foolish to go out in this weather, Cassandra.
23:14She'd know better at your age.
23:18That dog is feral.
23:21He'll be the death of me.
23:22He must be banned from the house at once.
23:26Tea.
23:27Dinah.
23:28In the drawing room.
23:29Come on, Peter.
23:30Come on.
23:44Come on.
23:48Is that the only timing we have?
23:51We have packed the rest on, Mary.
23:53At your instruction.
23:54Oh, well.
23:55Then I suppose I must endure it.
23:57Oh, my leg is bothering me again.
24:03That tea will be going cold before any of us have a chance to taste it.
24:07Isabella, do you have any more cushions?
24:09My legs should be more raised.
24:13Er, more raised?
24:15Yes.
24:17And a blanket, perhaps.
24:27Yes.
24:28And more locks on fire.
24:35Oh, so where have you been, anyway?
24:37To visit Miss Beth.
24:39There is sickness at the top of the village.
24:42She is up there helping Mr. Liddardale.
24:44Ah, Beth and Mr. Liddardale.
24:47So she's a nurse as well as a teacher.
24:50They did seem very familiar with one another.
24:52Oh.
24:52That is a surprise, is it not, Isabella?
24:56You must forgive me, Aunt Mary.
24:59I have much to be getting on with.
25:01Dinah.
25:02I'm Miss Austen in a hot bath.
25:03We don't want her getting sick.
25:11Beth Fowl has been nothing but a trial for this family.
25:16Fraternising with certain elements of society.
25:19Her father did not approve.
25:21She was tending to Mrs. Winterbourne.
25:25You should see the conditions that poor woman lives in.
25:27Well, let us not dwell on Miss Fortune.
25:32Go, go, go.
25:33Take your bath.
25:35I'll rest some more and then I can set about taking charge.
25:39This family needs a firmer hand.
25:40I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest
25:43some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more
25:45and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then
25:55I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest
25:59some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more
26:00and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then
26:01I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest
26:03some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more
26:04and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then I'll rest some more and then
26:07I'll rest some more and I'll rest some more
26:11Sandra!
26:18Sandra!
26:26So you're in here now?
26:28I thought I heard a noise.
26:30I thought you were resting your leg.
26:32Oh, the fire in the drawing room is a misery.
26:36Have you found something?
26:39No.
26:40No.
26:42I just wanted to see if I could still hear the sea.
26:47Stories for children, Cassandra.
26:49You could never hear the sea.
26:53The sea sounds so calm today.
26:57I cannot wait to stand beside it in Sidmouth.
26:59I'll miss you when you're gone.
27:01It is only for a season.
27:03The Austens of Hampshire are embarking on the first of their great holiday schemes.
27:07You'll hardly recognize us when we return.
27:10Isabella will have grown so much by then.
27:14It is Brother James.
27:16And Sister Mary.
27:18They've arrived.
27:19How lovely.
27:30Where's Anna?
27:34Anna.
27:38Anna.
27:41Anna.
27:41Hi, Jane.
27:44We've missed you.
27:46Let's go upstairs.
27:48You've grown, Miss Anna.
27:50I've grown two whole shoe sizes.
27:52Two?
27:53Let's hope you stop growing soon or there will be no shoes left in the country to fit you.
27:57Save giant shoes.
28:01Hold it to your ear and listen.
28:04Can you hear the sea?
28:07I can hear it.
28:08I can hear it.
28:09I can hear it.
28:10What does the sea look like?
28:14Well, you will soon know.
28:17Because we three are going to the seaside.
28:21What a wonderful idea.
28:24What a splendid idea.
28:27I'm sure your father and I will manage without you, Anna.
28:39My dear Isabella, please try to pull yourself together.
28:43Mary.
28:45Mary, she has just lost her father.
28:46I am aware.
28:47And it is sad.
28:49But he was elderly and that is the natural order of things.
28:53It should be easier to bear.
28:55But there is nothing written to tell each one of us how we must endure grief.
29:05Isabella, perhaps a few chapters from your Aunt Jane's novel may make a welcome distraction.
29:11Have you been reading aloud from Jane's novels?
29:15I thought your father had expressly forbidden that practice.
29:18As you have reminded me, Aunt Mary, my father is no longer here.
29:22Perhaps I could recite some of your Uncle James's poetry.
29:27That is kind.
29:29But I find myself pleasantly surprised by how much I am enjoying persuasion.
29:34Anne Elliot is a most interesting character.
29:38A pleasant sort of person.
29:41Sensible.
29:43With not much drama about her.
29:46And I am most keen to hear the ending of her story before I am evicted from this house.
29:52Will she have her happy ending?
29:54Well, we must read on then and find out.
29:58Oh, I must know if she is to be married.
30:02Is that the only outcome that would be happy?
30:06It is.
30:07Oh, Isabella.
30:08There are so many other ways for women like us to find happiness.
30:15Are there?
30:16Read on.
30:18Please, Cassandra.
30:20From this time, Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot were repeatedly in the same circle.
30:29They had no conversation together.
30:31No intercourse but what the commonest civility required.
30:36Once so much to each other.
30:39And now, nothing.
30:42Now they were as strangers.
30:44Nay, worse than strangers.
30:48For they could never become acquainted.
30:51Oh, Cassandra.
30:52Your sister understood affairs of the heart better than anyone.
30:57Please tell me.
30:59Did she ever know love?
31:02Writing was Jane's greatest love.
31:06She took great comfort from the heroes in her books.
31:10But in life, no man was ever worthy.
31:15Forgive me, my dear, but I think your memory fails here.
31:19Wasn't there a gentleman you both met in Sidmouth?
31:22The season you spent there, remember?
31:25And wasn't there even rivalry between you?
31:29Rivalry?
31:31In love?
31:35I have no idea what your Aunt Mary is talking about.
31:38If I recall, this gentleman seems greatly attracted to Jane.
31:49Do excuse me, madam.
32:00How romantic.
32:02To fall in love by the sea.
32:09What a lovely confection.
32:12Your Aunt Jane would be very amused to find herself the heroine of a romantic triangle.
32:23I am afraid I find myself exceedingly tired and my head hurts.
32:29I do hope I have not caught a chill from today's wanderings.
32:35No, no, I can manage.
32:41Good night.
32:45Good night.
32:56Good night.
32:58Good night.
33:00Good night.
33:00Good night.
33:00Good night.
33:00Good night.
33:00Good night.
33:01Good night.
33:03Good night.
33:06Good night.
33:08Good night.
33:19come along now jane jane shall we go
33:28here let me tie it for you
33:34why do you only wear black aunt cassie because it becomes me
33:41your aunt jane is happy here let's just go shopping
33:45yes please
34:03oh look at the yellow one aunt cassie do you see it
34:07you look so pretty in that far better than boring or black
34:12it is very lovely my dear
34:18oh look at the blue auntie cassie it's the color of the sea
34:22oh it's like the yellow best because it's like the sun
34:27it is indeed let's come back for some ribbons tomorrow
34:32what a charming child thank you
34:37do excuse me madam
34:39do excuse me madam
34:46give my impertinence miss but that is the most excellent shell
34:52yes it is
34:55mama are you ready
34:57thank you my dear
35:02good day to you
35:16oh i do like it here oh i like it very much so what have you been up to since
35:21the beach
35:21my darlings i hope you haven't been sitting in here when outside there's all manner of magnificence
35:26look aunt jane i found this for my collection
35:29oh that's a beauty
35:32cassie
35:33i think the sea is beginning to work its magic
35:35i spy some color in this land lover's face
35:38we'll make a pirate out of her yet
35:41i think aunt cass is recovering some of her bloom too in spite of her best efforts
35:47you look better
35:49the nice man we met in the dress shop said it was a most excellent shell
35:54nice man
35:55what nice man is this pray tell
35:59i'll go and check on mother
36:01and then we can make plans for the rest of the day
36:05is grandmamma poorly
36:07no my dear your grandmamma likes to take to her bed whenever we arrive anywhere new
36:12she can test the mattress meet the doctors sample the wares of the local apothecary
36:17it's her way of feeling at home
36:18like all the best invalids she will outlive us all
36:21jane that's not fair mama has been quite bilious since we arrived
36:26travel affects her
36:32oh they're beautiful
36:35my bowels feel much steadier cassie
36:38after what was the most frightful evacuation
36:42thanks be to the lord
36:43i think i will like this apothecary he has a good feel for my system
36:52beautiful evening
36:53yes quite beautiful
36:57mrs george austen
36:59mr henry hobday it's my pleasure ma'am
37:02this is my eldest daughter
37:04miss austen
37:07yes i do believe i've made your daughter's acquaintance before
37:12miss austen
37:14past the encounter in a shop is all
37:16indeed
37:20and this is my other daughter miss jane
37:24austen
37:24delighted
37:25likewise
37:27have a lovely evening
37:32come
37:34father and anna will be waiting
37:36impatiently no doubt
38:01i don't want to go all the way up there grandpa park
38:04you don't have to my pet
38:05we have every chance of discovering treasures amongst these rocks
38:09good morning sir
38:11splendid day for fossil hunting is it not
38:13indeed it is sir
38:16now my granddaughter has declared it the perfect day to
38:19unearth hidden treasures from the past
38:21well she has come to the right place
38:24ladies
38:25i'm not a lady of bar too young
38:27my apologies
38:30now you are a serious fossil hunter
38:32are you not
38:33i am
38:34well i've already found some excellent specimens that you might be interested in
38:37let me furnish you with the tools of the trade
38:40thank you
38:41we are blessed to have such an expert with us
38:44ah no expert
38:45more of an enthusiastic amateur
38:58do you think i'll find a sea monster mr hobday
39:03perhaps not a monster but a sea creature
39:06certainly
39:07some sea creatures fossils are found at the top of mountains
39:10isn't that so
39:11you see many years ago
39:12the earth was almost completely covered by water
39:15and then over time those waters receded
39:18to reveal the land beneath
39:28do you think i can't find a sea creature in it
39:30you may well do
39:54what am i looking at
39:56it's the shape of a worm mr hobday says it must be thousands of years old
39:59many thousand even
40:01that is evidence of a creature that lived on earth even before man
40:06what are you drawing my dear
40:07my daughter is an artist of considerable talent
40:10papa
40:11oh look she's captured your likeness brilliantly
40:14may i see
40:16it is but a sketch
40:19now young lady
40:21let us leave mr hobday in peace
40:27mr hobday is so clever aunt jane
40:29is he now
40:30he knows everything
40:32does he know
40:33aunt cassie drew a sketch of him
40:36did she now
40:37she did and it was quite the likeness
40:40not just of him
40:42i drew all three of them
40:43while i was bored waiting for them to finish
40:45and what was your opinion of mr hobday husband
40:50well given we hardly know him
40:52he struck me as unusually gifted in all that is agreeable
40:58and now cassie pray tell me
41:01do you share your father's opinion
41:05i must say i do
41:08so much so that i believe he would be an ideal suitor for jane
41:13for me
41:14yes you
41:15he's intelligent
41:16he
41:17he reads
41:19he knows a great deal about the history of mankind
41:23you must think of your future jane
41:25it matters not a jot which of you as long as it's one of you
41:37i have no intention of taking tea with mrs hobday or anyone for that matter
41:42far too busy i have a chapter i must finish
41:47well what if he's there
41:49what if he was there
41:50mr hobday
41:53you
41:55you might find him to your liking
41:57i won't find him to my liking
42:19one moment
42:23how is your headache
42:25you retired rather abruptly and i thought i'd look in on you
42:31was it something i said
42:33no
42:33no not at all
42:35i can't even remember what we were talking about
42:38how is eliza's room
42:40cold
42:41this house is like the grave now
42:46well good night good night
42:47sleep well my dear
43:01oh mrs austin i do sympathize
43:04i'm here for the sea air
43:05but this wretched body of mine has not let me outdoors all week
43:09how awful
43:10well i was struck down by biliousness the minute we arrived
43:16it'll be her evacuations next
43:18perhaps the floor will open up and swallow us
43:21it would be a blessed relief
43:23and what of mr hobday
43:25we lost my husband
43:27four years ago
43:29i'm sorry to hear that
43:32what did he ail from
43:35a tumour
43:36a tumour
43:37we saw the best of men
43:39but there was nothing to be done
43:43i see you are studying our books
43:45do novels interest you both
43:47very much so
43:48you have some of our favourites here
43:50my sister and i never go anywhere without sir charles granderson by our side
43:54these are my son's books
43:55and he reads to me every night
43:57perhaps that shall be our next book
43:59your son enjoys the works of the madame bernie and hedgeworth
44:03cassie seemed to think he was of the more scientific persuasion
44:07he's a scientist and an artist
44:09a philosopher and a lover of the novel
44:12i do believe he could take over the world
44:15if he were not so insistent on looking after his poor infirm mother
44:20would you like some cake
44:21well you did say he was perfect
44:24i'm not sure how my constitution would take
44:26that curate was
44:32he was handsome enough and single from what i hear
44:35but his sermon was a touch
44:38terrifying mamma
44:40mrs austin
44:42oh well this is a coincidence
44:44and i must say the happiest one
44:48mr hobday mrs hobday mrs hobday
44:51mrs austin
44:52how did you find the sermon today sir
44:54oh i thought the young lad did well enough
44:58considering his church was hardly full to brimming
45:00that must explain his histrionics in the pulpit
45:03perhaps he's hoping his reputation for hysteria
45:06will travel and drum up more gullible trade from out of town
45:08my dear jane is entitled to preach in his own manner
45:12my father is being polite that sermon was not to our taste
45:16it was vulgar and excessive
45:17what did you think mr hobday
45:19jane
45:19you cannot ask mr hobday of his opinion when you've been so sure of your own
45:24do forgive my sister mr hobday
45:27she's not usually quite so outspoken
45:30i can assure you she certainly is mr hobday
45:32well luckily i agree most comprehensively with miss austin
45:36it was not to my taste either
45:37how will you all find these signals
45:39oh
45:40i like it very much
45:41we are of the exact same opinion once again it was seen
45:44we must pick up the pace girls
45:46our son frank isn't drowning tonight
45:48did you know our brother has fought napoleon single-handed mr hobday
45:53i rather approve of your mr hobday
45:57he's not my mr hobday
46:00in fact i thought you made rather the impression
46:02was i delightful
46:03no you were frightful
46:05as frightful as i was to mr blackhall
46:08nobody in the history of social intercourse has been as frightful to anyone as you were to mr blackhall
46:13so would you estimate this morning it's a half a blackhall
46:17i think i'd say more of a third
46:22and he's certainly not my mr hobday
46:23really then you have not noticed the way he looks at you
46:26nonsense he ignores me at every opportunity
46:29he pays everyone else far more attention papa anna you
46:33precisely and that is the evidence
46:36i'm something of an expert in romantic matters
46:38and i'm quite sure i saw sparks flying between you
46:42i think one even caught in my bonnet
46:44because of your charms i might have gone up in smoke
46:48cass
46:49how can you be so blind
46:51you have caught him in your powers
46:53i have no powers
46:54oh you do my darling and that you are unaware of them makes you more powerful still
47:01mr hobday has fallen for you cassie
47:05well then i'm sorry for him
47:08i've lost the only man i could ever marry i have no possible interest in mr hobday
47:16where are you going to write
47:35jane what more have you said
47:38eliza
47:39eliza
47:40our sidmouth adventure is proving far more entertaining than even i could have imagined
47:44a secret plan is afoot
47:46and i am to be my young niece anna's willing accomplice
47:50the beneficiary of our surprise is to be cassie no less
48:05please don't like it
48:07please don't like it
48:18thank you for going
48:19thank you friend
48:38you see your power now
48:58what is it
49:00just waiting for someone
49:13miss austin
49:15what's the hobday
49:19yellow suits you
49:40i may have neglected to say how sorry i was to hear of your tragic loss
49:46that is most kind mr hobday
49:51i confess i
49:53i was overwhelmed by grief at first
49:57and now
50:00now
50:01it is not so sharp
50:12my dear eliza
50:14this comes to you with great urgency
50:17i must share it with you
50:19though it is not my secret to tell
50:22my sister
50:23my beloved sister cassie
50:27is in love
50:42cassandra
50:44what are you doing down here at this hour
50:48i heard a noise it frightened the life out of me
50:51i don't know how i got here
50:53are you ill
50:54you must be ill
50:55now don't come here
50:56if you're ill
50:57please
50:58please just leave me here
51:00if you're sure
51:04no
51:05no
51:11no
51:12you
51:14no
51:14no
51:15no
51:15no
51:16no
51:17no
51:18no
51:41Miss Austen?
51:43Miss Austen?
51:44God save us, don't tell us she's gone and died on this.
51:47Cassandra?
51:48Isabella?
51:49Cassandra, it's me.
51:50Isabella?
51:50Is she all right?
51:51She's burning up.
51:53Is she saying for Mr. Litterdale?
51:56Mrs. Isabella?
51:57Mrs. Litterdale is too busy.
51:59We'll nurse her ourselves.
52:01Mrs. Isabella?
52:01I know what I am doing, Dinah.
52:09A beautiful day, is it not?
52:10Quite beautiful.
52:12Then I wonder if you might consider walking out for me.
52:20Eliza's letters, am I to understand you already have knowledge of their whereabouts?
52:25Why ever would you think that?
52:27If I were the future Mrs. Harris Bigwither, I should make room for as many sisters as possible.
52:33Are you an admirer of the seaside, Mr. Bigwither?
52:37Do you truly believe that you could one day love this man?
52:39When manna falls from heaven, it would be foolish to squander it.
52:44I am to be in print.
52:46I am to be a published authorette.
52:52I am to be a published authorette.
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