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00:01Miss Isabella is to vacate the vicarage.
00:03I am resolved to ensure she is settled with her sisters.
00:07Beth and Mr. Lidderdale.
00:09Cassandra, there's illness here.
00:10Miss Austen, you cannot be in here.
00:12They did seem very familiar with one another.
00:14Did you find any letters from Jane?
00:17Not a single one.
00:20The Austens of Hampshire are embarking on the first of their great holiday schemes.
00:25Mr. Henry Hobday, it's my pleasure, Martha.
00:27I'm quite sure I saw sparks flying between you.
00:32You have caught him in your powers.
00:45Is she in for Mr. Lidderdale?
00:46Mr. Lidderdale is too busy.
00:48We'll nurse her ourselves.
01:02No.
01:03No.
01:04No.
01:04All is well.
01:05You must rest now.
01:06No.
01:06The letters.
01:08Isabella, you must...
01:09There are no letters, my dear.
01:11Rest now.
01:14No.
01:15No.
01:15Not you.
01:16Cassandra, this is dying, huh?
01:17Cooling your brow.
01:19No.
01:19Not you.
01:20Isabella, you must die.
01:21She's delirious.
01:22She doesn't know what she's saying.
01:25No.
01:26Where are they?
01:27You must...
01:27You must keep them hidden.
01:28There are no letters, my dear.
01:30Rest now.
01:32Jane.
01:33I promised Jane.
01:35You must...
01:36You must hide the letters.
01:37You must be still.
01:40Keep them hidden.
01:40Keep them hidden.
01:50No, Cassandra.
01:52No, I've got...
01:52Give her.
01:53No.
01:53No.
01:53She's getting worse.
01:54Mrs. Isabella, she's gonna peg it on us.
01:56God forbid.
01:58I cannot infect Mr. Lidderdale now.
02:00No.
02:01Her fever will break soon.
02:04Besides, I'm sure Mr. Lidderdale and my sister are far too busy to be disturbed.
02:08Go up to the big house and beg for ice.
02:10You'll have plenty this time of year.
02:12No.
02:13No.
02:19Dinah?
02:20Is something the matter?
02:25Look, Cassandra.
02:27No.
02:28She said you meant...
02:29No.
02:30No.
02:30No.
02:31We must help.
02:33We are helping you.
02:34We must help.
02:34We are helping you.
02:36It's alright.
02:37It's alright.
02:38It's cold.
02:40It's cold.
02:41It's cold.
02:42Help me.
02:43We are helping you.
02:45No.
02:45I know she's out and I am sorry to say it but she's brought it on herself.
02:49Going to see Miss Beth and stir in the pot.
02:52No.
02:52It's enough, Dinah.
02:53No.
02:53It's okay no more.
02:54They're loading them now.
02:55No.
02:58No.
02:59No.
02:59NoWe'll heal.,
03:01Kuzuna. We
03:02are here. Dinah?
03:12What the hell
03:13is this? No. No.
03:33Your niece seems to have found even more marvellous shells for her collection, Miss Austen.
03:38So it appears, Mr. Hoptay, I'm bewildered as to how we'll transport these multitudes back.
03:50Forgive me if this seems intrusive, she is a charming child, but I do detect an air of melancholy, unusual,
04:02it's been one so young.
04:03She lost her mother when she was very small. She is, I fear, still scarred by it.
04:10Yes, the loss of a parent is a heavy burden to bear, especially at such a young age.
04:16Your mother told us of your own bereavement, of which I'm very sorry.
04:21Yes, my father was an excellent man.
04:26My mother found it exceedingly hard to stay in the family home afterwards, hence our peripatetic existence.
04:35But I do hope to return there soon.
04:39Where is home?
04:40Derbyshire.
04:43The thought of Derbyshire abuses you?
04:45No, not at all.
04:47My sister declares it to be a place of some perfection.
04:51Alongside Hampshire, of course, though, never Shropshire.
05:00I'm enjoying your Susan.
05:02I must say, dear sister, your Mr Thorpe is the devil of a bounder.
05:07If he is an Oxford man, I'm grateful not to have gone there.
05:10I dare him to come onto my ship.
05:12We'd run him up the Ardham at once.
05:14He'd never be on your ship.
05:15Mr John Thorpe has neither the heart nor the head for it.
05:18You sailors are the best of men.
05:20Yet not once has any of your heroines ever been blessed with a dashing sailor brother.
05:25Oh, Frank, if the heroine was fortunate enough to have a dashing sailor brother,
05:29she's spoiled for any hero I could create.
05:32No man could match him.
05:34So this is why my sisters are still unmarried.
05:37No man can match me.
05:38I fear Cassie is about to betray you, brother, with her new suitor.
05:44Suitor?
05:45A proto?
05:46Jane.
05:48Sorry, I appear to have spoken in error.
05:50Cassie has no suitor, especially no suitor by the name of Henry or Hobday.
05:56Or Henry Hobday.
05:57Papa, please.
05:58Or any suitor with those names who just so happens to be the heir to an estate in Derbyshire.
06:04An estate in Derbyshire?
06:06Papa, I beg you.
06:07Come now, you're making your sister uncomfortable.
06:10Besides, I have seen no evidence of any such romance.
06:14That's because it's a deep secret, and only to the whole of Sid Smith.
06:18Enough!
06:20Jane's love of fiction appears to have spread from the page into our lives.
06:25I'm sad to report she now routinely spouts nonsense.
06:28We can no longer believe a single word that comes out of her mouth.
06:40Cassie, did you really mind Mr. Hobday accompanying us today?
06:45Very much.
06:46It was all Frank's doing.
06:49Of which you played no part.
06:52None whatsoever.
06:53Very well, I admit it.
06:56But you cannot deny Mr. Hobday is deeply enamoured of you.
06:59As he should be, it proves he is a man of excellent taste.
07:04In fact, he appears to be the model of perfection, which, if I may say, is most infuriating.
07:09For you know, as a woman of many faults, I abhor faultlessness in others.
07:14You are faultless in my eyes.
07:17You just bear me better than anyone else.
07:19It is you who is faultless.
07:22Which is why you deserve something better than this wretched future of ours.
07:26Jane, why must you always make such a drama out of nothing?
07:30Our future is not wretched.
07:32We still have our parents.
07:33We have good brothers who will never neglect us.
07:37And most importantly of all, we have each other.
07:41Unless you find someone good enough, and, well, even then I shall not starve.
07:46Is that your ambition?
07:49Not to starve?
07:51Here lies Cassandra Austin.
07:53She did not starve.
07:56I have no crystal ball cast, but one thing I know for certain.
08:00We will be poor.
08:02And we will become objects of pity.
08:05Or worse still, derision.
08:08This must be my fate.
08:10It does not have to be yours.
08:13I love you above all, but we do not have to live as one.
08:16We are two different women.
08:20I beg you, if you are offered any means of escape, do not refuse it.
08:34You are not dying, Cassandra.
08:42I will not countenance you.
08:45Father, let us...
08:59Mr. Litterdale, may I help you?
09:02Forgive me for intruding, Miss Fowle, but I just saw your maid, and the urgency of her demeanour gave me
09:07cause for some concern.
09:08There is no need.
09:09She was merely on an errand, and I instructed her to be quick.
09:13There is nothing more to it.
09:15Then she was carrying out your instructions to the letter.
09:19I'm delighted to hear it.
09:24I understand.
09:27Please, after you.
09:31It was only to inquire if there is still a deal of sickness in the village.
09:36Some.
09:37But thankfully, it is on the wane now.
09:39Good.
09:41But I am sure my sister will be eager to return to her pupils.
09:46I believe Beth has been assisting you, has she not?
09:51Indeed, she has.
09:53Her presence has been most beneficial.
09:57That does not surprise me.
10:00She is a woman of great competence.
10:04Indeed, she is.
10:09If you'll excuse me, I must...
10:11Of course, but, um...
10:13First, may I inquire after Miss Austen?
10:16I trust she has not suffered any ill effects after her visit to the village?
10:20No.
10:21None.
10:22But I will inform her of your kind concern.
10:25Good day.
10:27Good day.
10:28Good day.
10:42Captain Wentworth was more obviously struck and confused by the sight of her than she had ever observed before.
10:50For the first time since their renewed acquaintance, she felt she was betraying the least sensibility of the two.
10:56Good day.
11:35Good day.
11:35Good day.
11:36Good day.
11:42Good day.
11:45Good day.
11:46Good day.
11:47Good day.
11:48Good day.
11:49Good day.
11:50Good day.
11:51Good day.
11:52Good day.
11:52Good day.
11:53Good day.
11:54Good day.
11:54Good day.
11:55Good day.
11:55Good day.
11:56Good day.
11:56Good day.
12:00It's our day.
12:01Miss Austen.
12:02A beautiful day, is it not?
12:04Yes.
12:05Quite beautiful.
12:07Forgive me if I'm intruding.
12:11You will not forgive me.
12:13No, you are not intruding.
12:16Then I wonder if you might consider walking out with me.
12:21I'd be delighted.
12:47Perhaps we should sit for a moment.
13:07Mr. Hoverday.
13:08Please, I...
13:09I must speak if I'm unable to say a single word.
13:15Miss Austen.
13:25Cassie.
13:27May I call you that?
13:35It's true that we've only known each other for a short time, but it has been long enough
13:40to know that you are a woman of quite remarkable character.
13:47Exceptional, even.
13:55The truth is, Cassie Austen, I have loved you since the moment that our hands first touched.
14:06Of your beauty, there is no doubt, but it is your intelligence and your spirit and your grace
14:15that have done for me.
14:21I am yours, if you will have me.
14:53I know I'm not the most eloquent of men.
14:55Miss Austen, there are things I must say to you before I leave.
15:01In case I do not return.
15:04No.
15:06You will come back.
15:07Let us not discuss this.
15:08Cassie, we must.
15:12If you cannot marry me, you must feel free to marry another.
15:20I promise you, Tom, faithfully here before God, that I will never marry any other man but you.
15:32No.
15:43Yes, ma'am.
15:52Good.
15:53No.
16:01No.
16:02so did he speak well what was your answer
16:10i refused him refused him my mother will hear she cannot know if this change is done
16:18cassie why i i do not understand you what fault could you find with henry hobday what
16:22more could you ask for a match like this at your time of life is a story beyond fiction
16:31please my dearest one help me understand
16:40i i cannot marry him
16:45i cannot marry anyone why because i promised tom tom dared ask that of you no no he begged me
16:54not
16:54to feel beholden well then then you must not feel i cannot go back on my word jane
17:12there's austin oh cassandra oh thank heavens what on earth are you doing in here let's get this on
17:22mom shall we you're shivering no no i am perfectly fine look at me back in the land of the
17:32living
17:34i owe you my life nonsense you owe it only to yourself
17:42it would take more than a fever to undo cassandra was
17:45oh isabella you were born to tend to the sick
17:55i hoped once that i might be able to do so that time has passed
18:01it would take more than a fever to be able to do so that time has to be able to
18:08do so
18:12how is she to go she is still in heaven you're quite sure it's safe is it quite sure i'm
18:18married
18:26oh my dear i've been worried sick you have you have no idea the the torment that you have put
18:38me through
18:44you must feel quite awful not so i am i am certainly on the mend no i mean for causing
18:52so much inconvenience
18:53at a time when the house was already at sixes and sevens
18:57it is a maxim of mine that one should never fall ill while visiting i'm proud to say that i've
19:02never
19:02once had the misfortune to break it of course there was that one time in london when i was brought
19:08down
19:08by the face ache well i shall take my leave of you you seem quite worn out from resting
19:20and mrs bunbury and i appear to have reconciled so she is expecting me
19:26oh one more thing eliza's letters am i to understand you already have knowledge of their
19:34whereabouts me no why ever would you think that something you said when you were delirious
19:46it seemed you already had some in your possession certainly not and if i had i would have told you
19:54as you say i i was delirious
20:33my dear eliza you beg to be informed of the next stage in the saga so it is with a
20:39heavy heart i
20:40comply once again we are left to be disappointed mr hobday himself was not the agent of this indeed the
20:48reverse he proved himself as good a man as those who love cassie could ever hope for
20:55their attraction was mutual they were in love eliza i'm sure of it yet cassie refused him the sheer
21:04madness of it drives me to distraction i am no advocate of marriage for the sake of it but i
21:10am all
21:11for a good match and this could have been a splendid one cassie had the offer of a comfortable future
21:17wealth stability love and respect but she chose insecurity
21:23i struggle to comprehend it it is beyond me
21:32how could you think this how could you write it
21:37bereaved fiancee dutiful daughter caring aunt these are the roles cassie embraces esteemed object of a
21:46worthy gentleman's heart no that she would rather reject if my sister has one fault it is a wanton
21:54she has an appetite to deny herself the pleasures of life did you not know could you not tell that
22:04i did it i did it for you too
22:09i implore you eliza help me release cassie from this unspeakable vow to tom
22:41i'm sorry i've been unbearable these past few days even my work does not soothe me it is the prospect
22:47of mary austen's impending visit oh my dear i implore you let us both escape to kimbury at
22:52once eliza will be happy to welcome us no jane i fear i've imposed on the fowls enough
22:58then i will write to catherine and alithia bigwether at many down must you yes i must
23:03or i'll not be responsible for my outrageous behavior towards our dear sister-in-law
23:25oh the joy of living here in hampshire cassie is the very king of counties
23:34thank you my dearest for what for insisting that we take this trip
23:41if it had been up to me we'd still be at home have you ever considered the possibility you do
23:46not
23:47always know what's best for you cassandra austin
24:00do you have any notion of your privilege my dear friends
24:04to have all this at your disposal is quite wondrous
24:07oh we do jane we do we've carried our blessings every day because we know it will not always be
24:12so
24:13we cannot forget that one day our brother may bring a wife here
24:17she's unlikely to want his sisters lurking about getting crosser and crosser
24:21catherine you and alithia are the least cross women i know
24:26but who could be cross here even i seem to have lost the man
24:31if i were the future mrs harris bigwether i should make room for as many sisters as possible
24:36and then take to the streets and petition for more
24:43behold the stuff of life a place for proper contentment well is that all that you require
24:49i may have 150 acre slice of your own rolling country i am a simple soul modest in my ambitions
24:56this place will do me very well but what about our brother what he suits you very well too
25:08so ladies how are your parents faring these days i have not seen them out and about much
25:14we've just returned from our adventures in sydmyth with them have we not cass yes indeed
25:19are you an admirer of the seaside mr bigwether
25:24the seaside good grief no that's the beauty of our neck of hampshire we cannot even see it
25:30they say the sea is of great benefit to one's health
25:34kill you as soon as look at you catherine
25:36thankfully our parents are still quite well thank you in spite of the sea
25:40our mother complains constantly of several ailments though suffers from none
25:46thankfully our our father is the patience of a saint i have often thought the rector of a small
25:53country parish to be an enviable existence without the onerous responsibilities of having too much
25:59of one's own land but imagine having no land to call your own sir what if you lived in a
26:04city like
26:05bath or london full of smoke and noise and people i wager you'd be dreaming of such onerous
26:12responsibilities then jane i hardly agree madam many a time my dear late lady wife would drag me to
26:18london but i only ever wanted to be at home that is exactly how i feel about steventon i wish
26:26to be
26:26nowhere else
26:30yes miss austin
26:36i am a great admirer of the seaside
26:48is this place not heaven it is and you may have had a little too much wine you complain
26:53me when the wine is so good besides i may require dutch courage before the night is up
27:02what a fine instrument it's wasted on catherine and me play for us jane i fear i'm no longer the
27:11pianist i once was you may regret asking me nonsense play the prelude
27:41i did warn you miss jane do excuse me but i come bearing a message if you'd be so kind
27:50my son is
27:51requesting you join him back in the dining room i'd be delighted
28:11father sisters miss austin
28:16miss austin has consented to be my wife
28:35what have you done should you not be congratulating me on the splendor of my match i will bless you
28:41joyfully once you have told me that you are in love with mr bigwether and that you admire him
28:45above and beyond all others i cannot do that nor could he with me but when manna falls from heaven
28:50it would be foolish to squander it oh that goes against all that you believe in it it makes a
28:55mockery of everything you've ever said or or written about love love jane love it does not i've always
29:01maintained that love is impossible without money so there must be some hope that with it love can grow
29:06do you truly believe that you could one day love this man i cannot predict though i admit it unlikely
29:13but someone has to do something to secure our futures he's from a good family alethia and catherine
29:19can remain here and we will be safe and together and you my best girl are free to marry your
29:24beloved hobday
29:27i can tell you now that whatever you do you will not make me marry hobday
29:31i have refused him it is over
29:43will i be happy here do you think
29:48well you love many down
29:53but you are to be its mistress now with all the duty that requires
30:01i'm sure catherine and alethia will help to shoulder that burden but you will be his wife jane
30:09and there will be children of course there are a lot of rooms to fill
30:18i shall be in pig for the rest of my years you love children you have a gift with them
30:22with other peoples
30:25i'll have no time to myself for thinking for writing i shall not write more than a letter again
30:32i shall have a husband a master an overbearing master
30:38harris bigwether is hardly overbearing more like underbearing i cannot do it my darling you have done
30:45it it is already done no it was a mistake the most hideous error i do not know what i
30:49was thinking
30:50i shall tell them in the morning jane
30:55you're quite sure you cannot go through with it we'll leave tomorrow
30:58to quote a philosopher of my acquaintance i shall not starve
31:08i hold you in extreme regard
31:10i have no idea
31:11i have no idea
31:12i have no idea
31:31i have no idea
31:38i have no idea
32:09I should be lucky not to relapse here.
32:45Why are they here again?
32:47I do not know.
32:50And where is Anna?
32:52With some sharp, featured governess, no doubt, it is most unsatisfactory.
32:58I should run straight there and insist they listen to my latest outpourings,
33:02for as soon as I begin, Mary Austin will check the weather and announce they must go.
33:06I must confess, I do have some sympathy with her.
33:10Cassie?
33:10But you do not appreciate how clever you are with words and how easily you can make people laugh.
33:15It is a gift, Jane.
33:16She's been visiting us for years, I've never noticed her discomfort.
33:19Perhaps she feels the need to shine in front of her husband.
33:24Marriage, always an excuse for failures of character, it is the root cause of poor behaviour.
33:30Though you would have been the exception to that.
33:32My own theory is the thrill of being, Mrs. James Austin has quite gone to Mary Austin's head.
33:38She has become a little bumptious with it.
33:42Happiness in a married woman is irksome to witness, and yet the single lady spreads universal blood.
33:49You see?
33:50Even father has need of some respite.
33:55Come.
33:56We must greet them.
33:57Give me a little.
34:05So, Father.
34:07I am, we are the king to remember.
34:11I am, we are...
34:13MR.
34:13The fact is, Father, as I enter my 136 year I am the king to assume greater responsibility and perform
34:22to the full...
34:23my role as man of the church.
34:26I hope you will agree that my talents
34:28are more than equal to the task ahead.
34:31Oh, my dear boy, I have no need to assure you of that.
34:34You will make an exemplary rector to the parish.
34:37Exemplary?
34:40The house, Austin, remember the house?
34:42Ah, yes, the house.
34:45I, that is, we, with our growing family.
34:50We do have a child now.
34:51You have two children.
34:55Let us not forget Anna.
34:57No, no, I meant to say as we now have a son.
35:01It occurs to us, to me, rather,
35:07that the house may be growing a little too much for you both.
35:12A less tiring, slightly smaller accommodation
35:17might be more appropriate
35:19to the diminishing needs of your household.
35:23Now that you only have my sisters.
35:33That you will take over the parish
35:35has long been the intention.
35:38The question of timing is another matter.
35:44Perhaps I have caused some confusion
35:46by living too long and too well.
35:49Oh, George, my dear, please.
35:52Thank you for raising this, James.
35:56I have no desire to stand in your path.
36:00That cannot be God's will.
36:03But I must discuss this in private with your mother
36:06that I may be led swiftly to a judgment
36:09that may benefit us all.
36:14Tea, Mrs. Austen?
36:17Yes, of course.
36:20Now, now.
36:20No.
36:22No.
36:33No.
36:35No.
36:36No.
36:39No.
36:40No.
37:06It is done.
37:20It is perfect.
37:23You must send it to the publisher at once.
37:31It is ready, Jane.
37:56And now, we wait.
38:07Follow me.
38:15That's it.
38:24Just leave that at the side of the wheel.
38:41No, that will travel with me.
38:42It is my right, sir.
38:43Leave that.
38:44You cannot take that.
38:50We will survive this, Jane.
38:52I promise.
38:57I promise.
39:01I promise.
39:04I promise.
39:05I promise.
39:05I promise.
39:06I promise.
39:07I promise.
39:37I promise.
39:39I promise.
39:40I promise.
39:49I promise.
39:53I promise.
39:58I promise you.
40:24I do not understand why Isabella keeps that girl, Dinah.
40:27She is quite simply the worst servant I've ever had the misfortune to encounter.
40:32Ring it again, Anna. This time with more force, if you please.
40:37Longer, longer, longer.
40:46My dear, they've even got you answering the door now.
40:49Where was that infernal girl?
40:51Anna, what a surprise.
40:53A pleasant one, I hope.
40:55Oh, most pleasant.
40:59Should I just stand here then, waiting for you to greet me, Sandra?
41:02Forgive me, Mary, I have not seen Anna for some time.
41:05I am quite overwhelmed.
41:09Yes, I suppose we can be grateful that her last romantic interlude came to nothing.
41:13And we are once again blessed with her presence.
41:21Isabella will be equally as delighted to see you.
41:24And I, uh, I trust she's looked after you well, Aunt Cass.
41:26She has been most attentive.
41:29Anna, I'll get started upstairs.
41:32Can I leave you with the drawing room?
41:34Yes, Mama?
41:36We're here to work.
41:37So I'm told.
41:50Letters, letters.
41:51Let's go.
42:23Ah, Anna. You have made splendid progress today.
42:28The new vicar and his wife will be most impressed by your labours.
42:31Your labours, you mean? Isabella says you've been a godsend.
42:34Apart from when she was at death's door.
42:36And how is your leg today, my dear?
42:39It does seem to give you a great deal of inconvenience.
42:42I mean, it's strange. I mean, I've always been unusually lucky in the leg department, unlike Mrs Bunbury.
42:47And to think I woke this morning in a pleasant anticipation of a hard day's labour.
42:59Must we endure another reading, Isabella?
43:04What would you rather do, Aunt Mary?
43:06Well, perhaps we could converse. It is not often we're all together.
43:10It may never happen again once Cassandra returns to Chawton.
43:14Very well.
43:16On what subject would you like to converse?
43:32Cassandra's patchwork is most impressive, do you not think?
43:36Yes, you're so clever, Aunt Cass.
43:38Yes.
43:38All the Austens are clever.
43:39My husband had a formidable intellect.
43:42My son, James Edward, has inherited it.
43:45Yes, and let us not forget Jane.
43:47For what is cleverness when set beside brilliance?
43:51We are all in the shade of those who shine brightest.
43:58My father often said, genius comes with a difficult temperament.
44:03Was this true of your Jane?
44:05Jane was a perfectionist.
44:10She was so very demanding of herself and her work.
44:15But to others, she was not always kind.
44:25At least not to me.
44:27Well, she was the very best of aunts to me.
44:31I lived for my visits to Aunt Jane.
44:33I would show her my own stories,
44:35and she would take them so seriously,
44:37as if I were a proper writer.
44:39She was the very opposite of difficult.
44:42Was she not, Aunt Cass?
44:45She was indeed.
44:51If I recall, she was not so cheerful
44:53in the years after you left Steventon.
45:04We have arrived in Bath, Eliza.
45:08Mary Austin's keen delight to get her feet through the door,
45:11propel ours out of it,
45:13and rob us of all our worldly possessions
45:15was quite the sight to behold.
45:17I'm looking for her to come for her.
45:17I can go, too.
45:47and see my wife.
45:50Well, I think these rooms will do us quite splendidly.
45:56Yes, husband. I believe they shall.
46:05It is of some comfort that leaving our home has not caused our beloved Cassie any particular distress.
46:13Place no longer matters to Cassie, not as it does to me.
46:19Jane, my darling, please. You cannot lie here like this all day every day. You must try to bear it.
46:36Cassie's determination that I should enjoy the delights of the metropolis
46:40is admirable.
46:43And the famous bath stone does its best to glow.
46:47But I fear I cannot be much company.
46:52Cassie tells me I must give it time.
46:55And I will.
46:57Not least because I have no choice in the matter.
47:02You must remember, my dear Mary, that we all suffered a great deal after we left Steventon.
47:08Not just Jane.
47:10That is why it is so imperative that Isabella finds one place that she can call home.
47:30Miss Austen.
47:35Jane!
47:40Jane.
47:41Jane.
47:41Jane.
47:42Mr. Crosby of London, who is the best of men, even though we have never met him,
47:45promises publication of your novel, Susan, with immediate effect for the princely sum of ten pounds.
47:51Ten pounds.
47:52I am to be in print.
47:53I want to be a published authoress.
47:55And we are the proudest four sins who ever lived.
47:58I shall make a start on a new novel at once.
48:00I am determined.
48:01I will.
48:04I am to be published.
48:07Let us thank the good Lord.
48:10Oh, my.
48:11Papa.
48:13Papa.
48:14Papa.
48:15Oh, my dearest daughter.
48:18Your sister.
48:20She is.
48:22You must take the greatest care of her.
48:25George.
48:27I will, Papa.
48:28I will.
48:30George.
48:48Ah.
48:49Oh, my.
48:52Huh...
48:54No...
48:54Ah...
48:56Ah...
48:59Ah...
49:00Huh...
49:00Yeah.
49:14Uh...
49:28Can I have some numbers written down here, please?
49:33This is excellent.
49:36Beth, my dear.
49:38Miss Austin, I'm delighted to see you've recovered from your cold.
49:42Children, we have a visitor.
49:44Now, we must remember our manners.
49:45What do we say when people are kind enough to call on us?
49:48Good day to you.
49:51And to you.
49:53Carry on.
49:55So, this is where you spend your time?
49:58Yes.
49:59I'm hardly ever at home.
50:00My days are so busy here.
50:02My chargers arrive from five in the morning.
50:05Their mothers work at the mill and do such long days.
50:07By the time they've all left, I've no energy to do more than crawl through there to bed.
50:12Oh, so you often just sleep here?
50:15I do.
50:16Oh, shh, shh, shh.
50:19Beth, as you well know, the date of Isabella's departure from the vicarage is almost upon her.
50:25So I am here once more to ask for your assistance regarding her future.
50:30Did Isabella ask you to come?
50:32Um, no.
50:33No, she did not.
50:34But I cannot stand by and watch while she suffers the insecurity of her current position.
50:40I do not wish to appear rude, Cassandra, but why should it concern you?
50:49Because, since I have been here, I have become exceedingly fond of her.
50:54And I am mindful of the toll the same upheaval had on my dear sister when we had to leave
51:01our own beloved home.
51:05And I promised your dying father that I would ensure she came to live with either you or Mary Jane.
51:10My father.
51:12Even from the grave.
51:16Poor Isabella.
51:17I...
51:18I fear she's never to be able to make her own decisions about her future as I have done.
51:25Beth, I am aware your future is settled and I am delighted it is so.
51:32However, I am also hopeful that if you and Mr. Lidderdale do decide to marry, that he might be generous
51:40enough to allow her to live with you.
51:41Married?
51:43Myself and Mr. Lidderdale?
51:46Yes.
51:48Wherever did you get such a ridiculous notion?
51:51I saw you together.
51:53And so you concocted a story for yourself?
51:58Oh, Cassandra.
52:00You have the wrong sister.
52:09We did have feelings for one another once.
52:12I have refused him.
52:14He will not ask again.
52:15I do not think it was a dalliance.
52:18I believe it to have been love.
52:19Do not be ridiculous.
52:23When my mother informed me that you were a resident here, I had a pressing need to see you again.
52:29She fell on the pavement on the lower cob and was taken up lifeless.
52:34You have killed her.
52:37She must have fainted.
52:38Go.
52:39Go and fetch Mr. Lidderdale at once.
52:41Go, Isabella.
52:42Mr. Lidderdale!
52:43Go!
52:43Go!
52:43No, no, no, no.
53:13No, no, no.
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