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