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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.
03:28It's fine.
03:29It looks.
03:29You know she's cold you don't die.
03:29They're here.
03:33Your niece seems to have found even more marvellous shells for her collection, Miss Austen.
03:38So it appears, Mr. Huptey, I'm bewildered as to how we'll transport these multitudes back home.
03:49Forgive me if this seems intrusive. She is a charming child.
03:57But I do detect an air of melancholy. Unusual. It'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.
04:17Your 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.
04:31Hence our peripatetic existence.
04:35But I do hope to return there soon.
04:38Where is home?
04:40Derbyshire.
04:43The thought of Derbyshire amuses 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.
05:26If 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.
05:39I 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...
05:54or 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?
06:05In 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 cinema.
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.
06:39Cass?
06:41Did 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.
07:00As 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, we 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.
08:45I will not countenance you.
08:47I will not countenance you.
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.
09:09There is no need.
09:10She 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 am delighted to hear it.
09:24I understand.
09:25You hope?
09:27Please.
09:28After 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 will excuse me, I must.
10:11Of course, but first 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.
10:42Captain 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.
10:56And that I am likely to mourn her as a divorce.
10:57What is that?
10:57Well, I do not believe in her.
10:58Actuality.
11:12It is.
11:14I believe in her.
11:14I believe in her.
11:16It is in her.
11:16It is out.
11:17I believe.
11:17You are.
11:18But my friend, her
11:18My friend, her friend, is a teacher.
11:18It is being a teacher.
11:18A teacher can't wait.
11:22You are looking for her.
11:22I don't know.
12:00I don't know.
12:22I don't know.
12:53I don't know.
13:07I don't know.
13:10I don't know.
13:25I don't know.
13:25Cassie.
13:27May I call you that?
13:35It's true that we've only known each other for a short time.
13:39But it has been long enough to know that you are a woman of quite remarkable character.
13:47Exceptional, even.
13:55The 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.
14:10But it is your intelligence and your spirit and your grace that have done for me.
14:21I am yours, if you will have me.
14:33I am yours, if you will.
14:33I am yours, if you will.
14:37I am yours.
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.
15:04No.
15:06You will come back.
15:07Let us not discuss it.
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, that I will never marry any other man but you.
15:32Do you want to marry me?
16:00Do you want me to marry anyone?
16:01I'll never return.
16:02so did he speak well what was your answer
16:10i refused him refused him my mother 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 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
17:40love it 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 come
18:01what's next to me
18:12how is your to go she is still in heaven you're quite sure it's safe quite sure
18:25Oh, my dear. I've been worried sick. You have, you have no idea the torment that you have put me
18:38through. You must feel quite awful. Not so. I am, I am certainly on the mend. No, I mean for
18:51causing so
18:52much inconvenience at a time when the house was already at sixes and sevens. It is a maxim of mine
18:58that one should never fall ill while visiting. I'm proud to say that I've never once had the
19:03misfortune to break it. Of course, there was that one time in London when I was brought down by the
19:08faceache. Well, I shall take my leave of you. You seem quite worn out from resting. And Mrs. Bunbury
19:21and I appear to have reconciled, so she is expecting me. Oh, and one more thing. Eliza's letters.
19:31Am I to understand you already have knowledge of their whereabouts? Me? No. Why ever would you think
19:39that? Something you said when you were delirious? It seemed you already had some in your possession.
19:50Certainly not. And if I had, I would have told you. As 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,
20:39I comply. Once again, we are left to be disappointed. Mr. Hobday himself was not the agent
20:46of this. Indeed, the reverse. He proved himself as good a man as those who love Cassie could ever hope
20:54for. Their attraction was mutual. They were in love, Eliza. I'm sure of it. Yet Cassie refused him.
21:03The sheer madness of it drives me to distraction. I am no advocate of marriage for the sake of it,
21:10but I am all for a good match, and this could have been a splendid one. Cassie had the offer
21:16of a
21:16comfortable future, wealth, stability, love, and respect, but she chose insecurity. I struggle to
21:25comprehend it. It is beyond me. How could you think this? How could you write it?
21:37Bereaved fiancĂŠ, 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? I did it. I
22:04did
22:05it for you too. I 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.
22:39Forgive me. I was only trying to help. I'm sorry. I've been unbearable these past few days. Even my work
22:46does not soothe me. It is the prospect of Mary Austin's impending visit. Oh, my dear, I implore you,
22:51let us both escape to Kempbury at once. Eliza will be happy to welcome us. No, Jane. I fear I've
22:56imposed
22:56on the fowls enough. Then I will write to Catherine and Alethea Bigwither at Manydown. Must you?
23:01Yes, I must. Or I will not be responsible for my outrageous behaviour towards our dear sister-in-law.
23:25Oh, 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 me,
23:43we'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? To have all this
24:05at your disposal is quite wondrous. Oh, we do, Jane. We do. We've carried our blessings every day because
24:11we know it will not always be so. We cannot forget that one day our brother may bring a wife
24:16here.
24:17She's unlikely to want his sisters lurking about, getting crosser and crosser. Catherine,
24:22you and Alethea are the least cross women I know. But who could be cross here? Even I seem to
24:28have
24:28lost the night. If I were the future Mrs. Harris Bigwither, I should make room for as many sisters as
24:36possible and then take to the streets and petition for more. Behold the stuff of life, a place for proper
24:47contentment. Oh, is that all that you require? I may have 150 acre slice of your own rolling country.
24:53I am a simple soul, modest in my ambitions. This place will do me very well.
24:59But what about our brother? Well, 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 Sidmouth with them, have we not, Cass?
25:17Yes, indeed. Are you an admirer of the seaside, Mr. Bigwither?
25:24The seaside? Good grief, no. That's the beauty of our neck of Hampshire. We cannot even see it.
25:31They say the sea is of great benefit to one's health.
25:33Ha! Kill you as soon as look at you, Catherine. Thankfully, our parents are still quite well, thank you.
25:39In spite of the sea. Our mother complains constantly of several ailments, though suffers from none.
25:46Thankfully, our father is the patience of a saint.
25:50I have often thought the rector of a small country parish to be an enviable existence,
25:56without the onerous responsibilities of having too much of one's own land.
26:00But imagine having no land to call your own, sir. What if you lived in a city like Bath or
26:05London,
26:06full of smoke and noise and people? I wager you'd be dreaming of such onerous responsibilities then.
26:13Jane. I heartily agree, madam. Many a time my dear late lady wife would drag me to London,
26:19but I only ever wanted to be at home. That is exactly how I feel about Steventon.
26:25I wish to be nowhere else. Yes, 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 wine.
26:53You can blame me when the wine is so good. Besides, I may require Dutch courage before the night is
26:58up.
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.
27:13You may regret asking me. Nonsense. Play the prelude.
27:41Oh, I did warn you. Miss Jane. Do 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.
27:56I'd be delighted.
28:10Father, sisters, Miss Austin.
28:16Miss Austin has consented to be my wife.
28:29What have you done?
28:37Should you not be congratulating me on the splendour of my match?
28:40I will bless you joyfully once you have told me that you are in love with Mr. Bigweather and that
28:44you admire him above and beyond all others.
28:46I cannot do that. Nor could he with me.
28:48But when manna falls from heaven, it would be foolish to squander it.
28:52That goes against all that you believe in it. It makes a mockery of everything you've ever said or written
28:57about love. Love, Jane. Love.
28:59It does not. I've always maintained that love is impossible without money. So there must be some hope that with
29:05it, love can grow.
29:07Do you truly believe that you could one day love this man?
29:10I cannot predict, though I admit it, unlikely. But someone has to do something to secure our futures.
29:16He's from a good family. Alethia and Catherine can remain here and we will be safe and together.
29:21And you, my best girl, are free to marry your beloved Hobday.
29:27I can tell you now that whatever you do, you will not make me marry Hobday.
29:30I 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.
29:57With 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.
30:12There are a lot of rooms to fill.
30:18I shall be in pig for the rest of my years.
30:21You love children, you have a gift with them.
30:22With other peoples. I'll have no time to myself for thinking, for writing.
30:29I shall not write more than a letter again.
30:32I shall have a husband, a master, an overbearing master.
30:38A Paris Bigweather is hardly overbearing.
30:40More like underbearing.
30:42I cannot do it.
30:44My darling, you have done it. It is already done.
30:46No, it was a mistake. The most hideous error.
30:48I do not know what I was thinking.
30:50I shall tell them in the morning.
30:51Jane!
30:55You're quite sure you cannot go through with it?
30:57We'll leave tomorrow.
30:58To quote a philosopher of my acquaintance, I shall not starve.
31:08I hold you in extreme regard, I will not be the one.
31:12I will not be the one.
31:13I will not be the one.
32:05I'm always so old as Scott.
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, for as soon
33:02as 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
33:13people laugh.
33:15It is a gift, Jane.
33:16She's been visiting us for years.
33:18I've never noticed her discomfort.
33:19Perhaps she feels the need to shine in front of her husband.
33:24Marriage.
33:24Always an excuse for failures of character.
33:27It 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.
33:34Mrs. 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
33:48blood.
33:49See?
33:50Even father has need of some respite.
33:55Come.
33:56We must greet them.
33:57Come.
34:11The fact is, father, as I enter my 36th year, I am keen to assume greater responsibility
34:22and perform to the full my role as man of the church.
34:26I hope you will agree that my talents are 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.
34:43The house.
34:45I, that is, we, with our growing family.
34:50We do have a child now.
34:52You have two children.
34:55Let us not forget Anna.
34:57No, no, I meant to say as we now have a son.
35:01It is a curse to us, to me, rather, that the house may be growing a little too much for
35:11you both.
35:12A less tiring, slightly smaller accommodation might be more appropriate to the diminishing
35:20needs of your household.
35:23Now that you only have my sisters.
35:33That you will take over the parish has long been the intention.
35:37Though the question of timing is another matter.
35:44Perhaps I have caused some confusion by living too long and too well.
35:48Oh, 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, that I may be led swiftly to a judgment
36:09that may benefit us all.
36:12Well, tea, Mrs. Austen?
36:17Yes, of course.
36:20No, no, no, no, no, no.
36:22No, no, no.
36:40You're allowing me.
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.
38:08Follow me.
38:23Just leave that at the side of the wheel.
38:25Oh, thank you.
38:41No, that will travel with me.
38:43It is my right, sir.
38:43Leave that.
38:44You cannot take that.
38:45I'm sorry.
38:50We will survive this, Jane.
38:52I promise.
39:01I promise.
39:04I promise.
39:05I promise.
39:05I promise.
39:08I promise.
39:08I promise.
39:10I promise.
39:33I promise.
39:36I promise.
39:42I promise.
39:46I promise.
39:50I promise.
39:54I promise.
40:06I promise.
40:09I promise.
40:10I promise.
40:23I promise.
40:25You cannot understand why Isabella keeps that girl, Dinah.
40:27She is quite simply the worst servant I have ever had the misfortune to encounter.
40:32I promise.
40:33Bring it again, Anna.
40:33This time, with more force, if you please.
40:37Longer.
40:38Longer.
40:38Longer.
41:01Longer.
41:02Forgive me, Mary.
41:03I 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, 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.
42:05Oh, Anna.
42:25You 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,
42:46unlike Mrs Bunbury.
42:48And 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.
43:10May never happen again once Cassandra returns to Chawton.
43:14Very well. On 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, all the Austens are clever. My 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.
44:10She 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, and she would take them so seriously,
44:37as if I were a proper writer.
44:39She was the very opposite of difficult.
44:43Was she not, Aunt Cass?
44:46Yes, she was indeed.
44:52If 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,
45:11propel ours out of it, and rob us of all our worldly possessions,
45:15was quite the sight to behold.
45:29No, no, no, no.
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.
46:13The place 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 is admirable.
46:43And the famous bath stone does its best to glow. But I fear I cannot be much company.
46:52Cassie tells me I must give it time. And I will. Not least because I have no choice in the
47:00matter.
47:02You must remember, my dear Mary, that we all suffered a great deal after we left Steventon. Not 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.
47:40Jane.
47:41Jane.
47:42Mr. 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.
47:51Jane.
47:52Jane.
47:52I am to be in print.
47:53Jane.
47:53I am to be a published authoress.
47:55And we are the proudest Austen to ever live.
47:58Jane.
47:58Jane.
47:59To make a start on a new novel at once, I 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.
48:18Your sister.
48:20She's.
48:22You must take the greatest care of her.
48:25George.
48:27I will.
48:27Papa.
48:28I will.
48:30George.
48:31I will.
49:28Can I have some numbers written down here, please?
49:33This is excellent.
49:36Beth, my dear.
49:38Miss Austen, 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 charges 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,
50:09I've no energy to do more than crawl through there to bed.
50:12So you often just sleep here?
50:14I do.
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. Liddardale do decide to marry, that he might be generous
51:40enough to allow her to live with you.
51:41Married?
51:43Myself and Mr. Liddardale?
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. Liddardale at once.
52:41Go, Isabella.
52:42Mr. Liddardale!
52:43Go!
52:43Go!
52:45Go!
52:47Go!
52:48Go!
52:51Go!
52:56Go!
53:02Go!
53:13You
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