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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.
02:59No.
03:00No.
03:12No.
03:14No.
03:18No.
03:20No.
03:20No.
03:21No.
03:21No.
03:22No.
03:22No.
03:23No.
03:24No.
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 home.
03:50Forgive me if this seems intrusive.
03:54She is a charming child.
03:57But I do detect an air of melancholy.
04:01Unusual. It's been one so young.
04:03She lost her mother when she was very small.
04:06She 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.
04:17Your 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.
11:28Good day.
11:29Good day.
12:00it's our day miss austin a beautiful day is it not yes quite beautiful forgive me if i'm intruding
12:11you will not forgive me no 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 hovday please i i must speak if i'm unable to say a single word
13:15miss austin
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 to know
13:41that you are a woman of quite remarkable character
13:52the truth is cassie austin i have loved you since the moment that our hands first touched
14:06of your beauty
14:08there is no doubt but it is your intelligence and your spirit and your grace that have done for me
14:21i am yours
14:24if you will have me
14:53i know i'm not the most eloquent of men
14:57there are things i must say to you before i leave
15:01in case i do not return no you will come back let us not discuss
15:08and cassie we must
15:12if you cannot marry me you must feel free to marry another
15:20i promise you tom faithfully here before god
15:28that i will never marry any other man but you
16:01so did he speak well what was your answer
16:10i refused him
16:13refused him i'm not here she cannot know if this change is done
16:18cassie why i i do not understand you what fault could you find with henry
16:21hobday what more could you ask for a match like this at your time of life is
16:25a story beyond fiction
16:29please
16:32my dearest one help me understand
16:40i cannot marry him
16:44i cannot marry anyone
16:46why
16:46because i promised tom
16:49tom dared ask that of you
16:51no
16:52no he begged me not to feel beholden
16:55well then you must not feel
16:59i cannot go back on my word jane
17:12there's austin
17:13there's austin
17:14oh cassandra
17:17oh thank heavens
17:18what on earth are you doing in here
17:21let's get this on mum shall we
17:24you're shivering
17:25no
17:27no i am perfectly fine
17:30look at me
17:31back in the land of the living
17:34i owe you my life
17:37nonsense
17:38you owe it only to yourself
17:42it would take more than a fever
17:44to undo cassandra was
17:45oh
17:48isabella
17:49you were born
17:51to tend to the sick
17:55i hoped once
17:56that i might be able to do so
17:59that time has passed
18:01come
18:12how is she today
18:13she is still in heaven
18:15you're quite sure it's safe
18:16is it
18:16quite sure
18:17aunt mary
18:18she is much
18:19in peace
18:27oh my dear
18:30i've been worried sick
18:31you have
18:32you have no idea the
18:35torment that you have
18:37put me through
18:44you must feel quite awful
18:46not so
18:47i am
18:48i am certainly on the mend
18:50no i mean
18:51for causing so much inconvenience
18:53at a time when the house
18:54was already at sixes and sevens
18:57it is a maxim of mine
18:58that one should never fall ill
19:00while visiting
19:00and i am proud to say
19:01that i have never once
19:02had the misfortune
19:03to break it
19:05of course there was
19:06that one time in london
19:07when i was brought down
19:08by the face ache
19:12well
19:13i shall
19:13take my leave of you
19:15you seem
19:16quite worn out
19:17from resting
19:20and mrs bunbury and i
19:22appear to have reconciled
19:23so she is expecting me
19:26oh
19:26and one more thing
19:29eliza's letters
19:31am i to understand
19:32you already have knowledge
19:34of their whereabouts
19:35me
19:37no
19:38why ever would you think that
19:41something you said
19:42when you were delirious
19:46it seemed you already had
19:48some in your possession
19:50certainly not
19:51and if i had
19:53i would have told you
19:54as you say
19:55i
19:56i was
19:57delirious
20:24delirious
20:33my dear eliza you beg to be informed of the next stage in the saga so it is with a
20:39heavy heart
20:39i comply once again we are left to be disappointed mr hobday himself was not the agent of this
20:47indeed the reverse 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
21:04sheer madness of it drives me to distraction i am no advocate of marriage for the sake of it
21:10but i'm all for a good match and this could have been a splendid one cassie had the offer of
21:16a
21:16comfortable future wealth stability love and respect but she chose insecurity i struggle
21:25to comprehend it it is beyond me
21:31how 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
21:54appetite to deny herself the pleasures of life did you not know could you not tell
22:03that i did it i did it for you too
22:09i implore you eliza help me release cassie from this unspeakable vow to tom
22:34cassie what are you doing with my letters please i've left everything just so forgive me i was only
22:41trying to help i'm sorry i've been unbearable these past few days even my work does not soothe me it
22:47is
22:47the prospect of 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 then i
22:58will
22:58write to catherine and alithia bigwether at many down must you yes i must or i will not be responsible
23:04for my outrageous behavior towards our dear sister-in-law
23:25for the joy of living here in hampshire cassie it is the very king of counties
23:34thank you my dearest for what for insisting that we take this trip if it had been up to
23:42me we'd still be at home have you ever considered the possibility you do not always know what's best
23:47for you cassandra austin do you have any notion of your privilege my dear friends
24:04to have all this at your disposal is quite wondrous oh we do jane we do we've carried our blessings
24:10every
24:11day because we know it will not always be so we cannot forget that one day our brother may bring
24:16a wife here she's unlikely to want his sisters lurking about getting grosser and grosser catherine
24:22you and alithia are the least cross women i know but who could be cross here even i seem to
24:28have lost
24:29the night if 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 mean a 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 we've just
25:14returned from our adventures in sydmyth with them have we not cass yes indeed are you an admirer of the
25:20seaside mr bigwether the seaside good grief no that's the beauty of our neck of hampshire we cannot
25:30even see it they say the sea is of great benefit to one's health kill you as soon as look
25:35at you
25:35catherine thankfully our parents are still quite well thank you in spite of the sea our mother complains
25:42constantly of several ailments though suffers from none thankfully our our father is the patience of
25:48a saint i have often thought the rector of a small country parish to be an enviable existence without
25:56the onerous responsibilities of having too much of one's own land but imagine having no land to call
26:01your own sir what if you lived in a city like bath or london full of smoke and noise and
26:08people
26:09i wager you'd be dreaming of such onerous responsibilities then jane i hardly agree
26:14madam many a time my dear late lady wife would drag me to london but i only ever wanted to
26:21be at home
26:22that is exactly how i feel about steventon i wish to be nowhere else
26:31yes miss austin
26:37i am a great admirer of the seaside
26:48is this place not heaven it is and you may have had a little too much
26:52wine you can play me when the wine is so good besides i may require dutch courage before they
26:58might deserve
27:02what a fine instrument it's wasted on catherine and me
27:08play for us jane i fear i'm no longer the pianist i once was you may regret asking me nonsense
27:15play
27:44the prelude
27:46do excuse me but i come bearing a message
27:49if you'd be so kind my son is requesting you join him back in the dining room
27:55i'd be delighted
28:10father 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 above
28:45and beyond all others i cannot do that nor could he with me but when manna falls from heaven it
28:50would
28:50be foolish to squander it oh that goes against all that you believe in it it makes a mockery of
28:55everything you've ever said or or written about love love jane love it does not i've always maintained
29:01that love is impossible without money so there must be some hope that with it love can grow do you
29:07truly
29:07believe that you could one day love this man i cannot predict though i admit it unlikely but
29:14someone has to do something to secure our futures he's from a good family alethia and katherine
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
29:44will i be happy here do you think
29:48well you love many down
29:53but you are to be its mistress now
29:57with all the duty that requires
30:01i'm sure katherine 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
30:23peoples i'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 harris bigweather is hardly overbearing
30:40more like underbearing i cannot do it my darling you have done it it is already done no it was
30:46a
30:46mistake the most hideous error i do not know what i was thinking i shall tell them in the morning
30:51jane
30:55you're quite sure you cannot go through with it we'll leave tomorrow to quote a philosopher of my
31:00acquaintance i shall not starve
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35:53thank you
35:53for raising
35:54this james
35:56i have no desire
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36:00that cannot be god's will
36:03but i must discuss this in private with your mother that i may be led swiftly to a judgment that
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36:14tea
36:15tea mrs austin
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38:45Take that!
38:45I'm sorry.
38:50We will survive this, Jane.
38:54Promise.
39:34There, there, my dear.
39:36Think of this as a new chapter, as if Jane had written it.
39:43Her stories always end well, don't they?
39:47Walk on!
39:50Say goodbye, Anna.
39:53Wave.
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.
40:32Bring it again, Anna. This time with more force, if you please.
40:37Longer, longer, longer.
40:47My dear, they've even got you answering the door now.
40:49Where was that infernal girl?
40:51Anna! What a surprise!
40:54A 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.
41:06I 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?
41:30I'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.
42:13Letters, letters.
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.
42:33Apart from when she was at death's door.
42:36And how is your leg today, my dear?
42:39Does seem to give you a great deal of inconvenience.
42:42I mean, it's strange.
42:43I mean, I've always been unusually lucky in the leg department,
42:46unlike Mrs Bunbury.
42:48And to think I woke this morning in a pleasant anticipation
42:51of 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.
43:08It 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?
43:35Yes, you're so clever, Aunt Cass.
43:38Yes, all 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.
43:57My father often said, genius comes with a difficult temperament.
44:03Was this true of your Jane?
44:05Jane was a perfectionist.
44:09She 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 and she would take them so seriously as if I were a proper
44:38writer.
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 in 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, propel ours out of it,
45:13and rob us of all our worldly possessions, was quite the sight to behold.
45:50Well, I think these rooms will do us quite splendidly.
45:56Yes, husband.
45:58I 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.
46:16Not as it does to me.
46:19Jane, my darling, please.
46:23You cannot lie here like this all day, every day.
46:27You must try to bear it.
46:36Cassie's determination that I should enjoy the delights of the metropolis is 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.
47:01You 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!
47:41Mr. Crosby of London, who is the best of men, even though we have never met him, promises publication of
47:47your novel, Susan, with immediate effect for the princely sum of ten pounds.
47:51Ten pounds!
47:52I am to be in print.
47:53I am to be a published authoress.
47:55And we are the proudest Austen to ever live.
47:58I shall make a start on a new novel at once.
48:00I am determined I 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.
48:17Your sister.
48:20She is...
48:21You must take the greatest care of her.
48:25George.
48:27I will, Papa.
48:28I will.
48:30George.
48:32George.
48:54George.
48:55George.
48:55George.
48:59George.
49:02George.
49:05George.
49:06George.
49:07George.
49:07George.
49:07George.
49:09George.
49:13George.
49:27I 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. I'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?
50:32No. No, 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, even from the grave.
51:16Poor Isabella, I fear she's never to be able to make her own decisions about her future as I have
51:21done.
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. Lydderdale do decide to marry, that he might be generous
51:40enough to allow her to live with you.
51:41Married?
51:43Myself and Mr. Lydderdale?
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. Lydderdale at once.
52:41Go, Isabella.
52:42Mr. Lydderdale!
52:43No!
52:43No!
52:43No!
52:46No!
52:47No!
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