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- Stay with us, friend. - Colonel Despard.

- My name is Catherine Despard. - Ned's wife?

Will you take on his case? It may be the rashest thing you ever do.

When do we leave?

Mr Ralph Hanson Of the Mosquito Shore Mahogany Company.

My daughter, Cecily.

Heaven save me from upstart Irishmen.

In Honduras, I was plagued by a most vexatious specimen.

If you work for me, there must be trust.

- Did you do this? - I did not.

- To my mother. - To Elizabeth.

GUESTS: Elizabeth!

We should make arrangements for your investiture by the King himself.

I'll remind Elizabeth! It must have slipped her mind.

His Majesty's Government can always find a covert role

for a person of your...

...talents.

What might the Government be willing to do in return?

What do you recommend? A quiet life?

My head down and my mouth shut?

Where would be the fun in that?

Oi!

Oi!

Give us a penny?

Look, Jeremy!

Mama, why are there so many soldiers?

'Ey! Papa!

Thank you, sir.

We have guests.

Here he is! The root of all evil!

Devil incarnate.

At your service, ma'am.

I'm afraid you have a houseful!

Yes, I see that!

- What's the name of this soldier? - Jeremy.

Pleased to meet you, Jeremy.

What are you reading?

Poetry?

Romance?

A Vindication Of The Rights of Woman?

What "rights" could a girl possibly want

that a well-connected husband could not supply?

Mrs Wollstonecraft touches on that subject, papa.

Perhaps you should read her?

I have no time to waste on reading

the ravings of an educated woman.

And soon, I hope, nor will you.

George Warleggan has been invited to call.

Will you join us?

Tomorrow he will be Sir George Warleggan.

May I defer that pleasure?

There'll be a reckoning when I discover

who's responsible for my disgrace.

Do nothing in haste.

- They've no evidence of treachery. - Because none exists.

But evidence of loyalty, to present to those who can influence

the matter and restore you to your post,

THAT I'm keen to procure.

Do you know anyone who could speak in your favour?

Bannantine, my secretary.

But I've no notion where he went after I was recalled.

I'll make enquires.

If he could help us discover who falsely accused you...

My money's on that bastard Hanson.

But he alone could not have had me recalled.

Someone here, with vested interests

and no mean powers

and connections, even up to the Mad King himself,

must have done that.

But they'll pay for it.

These areas here, here, here and here

have yielded riches beyond measure for upwards of 30 years.

But now demand outstrips supply

so there is a need to push to regions more remote,

extraction thus more difficult,

more labour thus required...

Slave labour.

Would that be a concern?

Why would it?

Now, one is naturally reluctant to invite new investors to take

a slice of the pie.

But, due investment being required

and the rewards being bountiful...

All parties win.

I've never heard of the man.

Bannantine...?

I have no idea where he might be.

Mm, no.

I've heard no word of Bannantine in months.

It would appear that Bannantine has vanished.

What's it taking so long?!

Ned, you need to have patience.

A veritable Nelson!

And all on credit!

As will be my training...

...unless I can secure a wealthy benefactor.

Perhaps you could sell your charms to an elderly duchess?

Good thought! Do you know of any?

Oh, Vauxhall is threshing with them!

You should try your luck tonight.

[SERVANT CLEARS HER THROAT]

You seem quite yourself again.

Why would you think otherwise?

Because, in the days before our departure,

you appeared a little...

...disordered with talk of Elizabeth.

Yes?

As if she was still with us.

Are you sure it's not you who is disordered?

[BABY CRIES]

When will Papa return?

See'd Morwenna by the quay.

Is there news?

What manner of news?

She looked so delicate and pale,

I thought maybe there was...?

What?

A child coming?

Not unless it's a fairy child.

She does keep her distance, still?

She's yet so broken...

...and may never mend.

[MERRY HUMMING]

Right, impudence!

Get up and whitewash yon wall ye burnt!

And wipe that smirk off, 'fore this besom do!

I can't help it, missus.

Thinking how I'd take a strap to 'ee,

were I mistress here.

Thee? Mistress here?

Stranger things have happ'd.

[SHE HUMS AGAIN]

No-one can tell me where Bannantine is,

but there is someone I think we should meet.

The King declines to intervene on my behalf...

...while I sit caged in a lodging house, twiddling my thumbs.

Put 'em to use, then!

Tomorrow we have an appointment with Joseph Merceron.

Tonight we promenade.

Thank you, no.

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens hold few attractions for me!

Does Kitty not deserve a night on the town?

If she's anything like my wife...

Which she is.

Were you not all set to marry some Irish countess after the war?

And you some Cornish heiress?

She preferred my cousin.

Lucky for you.

Do you think we made the right choices?

Yes.

But not the easy ones!

[MUSIC AND LAUGHTER]

BYSTANDER: Where did he pick that up?

Tasty.

Why do they look at her so?

Do they think she's...?

- A courtesan. - What?!

Dear Lord, Ross, how dare they?!

Isn't that Despard...?

Shame on you!

Shame on you, Despard!

Traitor!

[A SLOW CLAP BEGINS]

Colonel Despard.

Mr Hanson...

...of the Mosquito Shore Mahogany Company.

Now returned to English soil.

You remember my wife, Catherine.

It's brave of you to venture out, ma'am,

in view of your husband's fall from grace.

But then, perhaps, you're not...

...unfamiliar with contempt?

You'll be familiar with my fist if you don't apologise to my wife.

Ned, I'm sure Mr Hanson meant no offence.

I can assure you none was taken.

As ever, we are redeemed by the fairer sex.

No, I think it will take a lot more than that...

...to redeem you, sir.

Ma'am.

Shall we?

You go crawl back under your stone, Hanson!

Rest assured, you'll be made to pay!

Ned! Be calm.

Come away, now.

It's time we go.

She's a better woman than I.

- I'd have let him crown the man. - I would've helped.

- How does that serve his cause? - Dwight...

In fairness, the man was to blame for his demise.

KITTY: Ned's agreed to take me home now.

I think Kitty would feel safer indoors.

CAROLINE: Then we'll all go.

No, please, we'd prefer to have time by ourselves.

Of course, my dear.

And this is our new century?

Cecily...!

Did I not say you'd be spoilt for choice?

The honourable Miss DeVere? Countess Hathersage?

The more frightful the specimen, the better your chances!

I'm flattered!

And you? Seen anyone to your liking?

No-one of whom Papa would approve.

You have no choice in the matter?

Did your mama choose her mate?

I expect she was somewhat directed.

And mine.

And it cost her.

All the more reason for you to be mistress of your fate.

Tell that to Papa.

I shall, if I ever meet him.

Now's your chance.

He's over there.

Go on.

I dare you.

Very well.

What are you doing?

Miss Hanson dared me

to tell her papa she should marry as she chooses.

Miss Hanson's papa is not one to take advice.

You know him?

I know he's a man you should avoid.

- But... - Just trust me.

So, what's to be done for Ned?

My hope is on Joseph Merceron.

[ROSS BANGS HIS HEAD]

[THEY BOTH GIGGLE]

- Gentlemen. - Mr Merceron.

You wished to see me...

Please.

...in my capacity as patron of our local charities...?

No, sir, as magistrate who presided over

Colonel Despard's hearing.

And his subsequent unlawful detention.

At the time of the hearing,

was there ever mention of a man named Bannantine?

Bannantine?

My secretary in Honduras.

We believe he's been in London for some time

and wondered why he was not called upon

to give evidence in his master's defence?

Now, I recall.

The man was, indeed, sought but could not be found.

His testimony could have made all the difference.

In fully restoring my reputation and enabling me to return to my post.

- Is that your intention? - Why, man, what else would it be?!

This conspiracy has robbed me of my name and my position

and I want them restored!

- Colonel... - It is my right!

And I'll not rest till it's been granted.

Well, gentlemen, if I can be of any assistance

in your search for Mr Bannantine...

We'd be most grateful.

And should you yourself discover him, please do let me know.

Of course.

- Well, I wish you luck, colonel. - Huh!

I'm a little out of practice.

You were never up to my standard.

Somebody must fight you, if only to prevent you fighting all the world.

Joseph Merceron was trying to help.

I suppose I should thank you.

But what help can he bring?

I know you cannot bear inaction.

Or favours.

Or not being permitted to fight your own battles.

I scarce know what those battle are.

I'll tell you when they're won.

How can one win against an invisible enemy?

- Enough! Enough! - Sir.

Would you like me to do that, my dear?

After all...

...it would not do to be late for the king

when one is receiving a knighthood.

Ladies, gentlemen, fellow members of the Royal College of Surgeons,

may I welcome you to this lecture in which I will attempt to articulate

my own, perhaps controversial, views

of the causes and treatment of insanity.

I have come to consider insanity not as a moral failing,

nor an inherited one...

...but an affliction which may happen to the best of us.

I am, of course, aware of

the plethora of conventional treatments,

many and varied, but alike in their brutality and lack of humanity.

Sir, are you suggesting that the mad man, or woman,

does not benefit from a firm hand?

From my own observation and experience, I suggest that

patience and simple kindness can yield equal, if not better, results.

But what of the man who attempted to assassinate His Majesty?

I do not know his history, ma'am, but...

He is a soldier, sir,

who sustained severe sabre wounds to the head in the service of the King.

I'm no lawyer, but I venture to suggest that a man who has been

bludgeoned across the skull might not be entirely of sound mind.

And if he's not of sound mind,

how can he be held accountable for his actions?

Oh, come now...

The man was a assassin.

What you say intrigues me, sir.

- And you are...? - Thomas Erskine.

Lawyer.

I will prove that the world isn't fit to receive the Lamb,

I will prove it.

Is this agitation usual for him?

Countless testimonies say so.

There is no other way. I alone was chosen.

I alone could herald the second coming of the Lord.

Remind me, the legal definition of insanity...?

The defendant must be lost to all sense, incapable of forming

a judgment upon the consequences of the act he is about to commit.

And his careful planning of the assassination,

the purchasing of pistols, the lucid reasons given in advance,

all seem to contradict such a claim.

To die a martyr, for that...

It is too much to ask?

Would you consider taking the stand in his defence?

May I examine Mr Hadfield?

Of course.

Butter please, Jeremy.

Clumsy!

It's so squashed in here.

I think perhaps we should think about other lodgings.

Absolutely not.

Demelza enjoys a crush.

When you've lived in one room with a father and six brothers,

anything is spacious.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Thank you, sir.

I must go out.

I'll come with you. I need the air.

No, no, it's a private matter.

I won't be long.

Mr Bannantine?

Ross Poldark.

How did you know I was seeking you?

I have friends who frequent certain inns,

make it their business to see and not be seen.

As I have made it my business.

So, you know that Ned, Colonel Despard, has lately been released?

Will you tell him it was not indifference which kept me

- away from his hearing? - Of course, but...

And if there's anything I can now do to make amends...

There is.

Ned is free, but...

...there was no trial,

so there's still a cloud that hangs over his reputation.

I was hoping you could help me dispel it.

When Ned was governor in Honduras,

as his secretary, you would have observed him at close quarters.

These accusations against him,

acting against the interests of the Crown,

I'm assuming they were without foundation?

Utterly.

So, what prompted them?

Well, the Colonel could be challenging, but...

...his opposition to slavery?

Housing, feeding, educating, allocating land to slaves?

Marrying one?

The old colonists' and planters' worst nightmare.

Undermines the entire structure on which their fortunes are founded.

Would you be willing to testify to this?

Do you have any idea who Hanson's associates are here in London?

You must be aware, sir, that the vested interests

which have conspired to crucify our friend... If I, or you,

attempted to go against them...

...you've no idea what they're capable of.

So, a wasted journey?

What he told me would vindicate Ned, but...

...he'll never set it down, for fear of reprisals.

Will you tell Ned?

What would be the point?

Perhaps it's for the best.

If such forces do exist...

...is it not wise to avoid 'em?

Ross...

That man who bid you spy for him...?

Wickham?

If nought's been heard, perhaps he's forgot you.

I seriously doubt it, Demelza.

All the more reason for you to keep your head down,

keep clear of Ned's battles and go about your business.

My business is Ned.

I am in his debt. You know that.

What can you do for him?

This is information which would clear Ned Despard's name.

I cannot get Bannantine to set it down,

but what he reports points to a conspiracy,

at the highest level, to silence and defame.

The highest level.

Which you would do well to avoid.

But when a man's reputation is at stake...

Need I remind you, Captain, of our present crisis?

A populace on the verge of a revolt every bit as bloody as that of France.

- Mob violence. - But Ned is not...

Attempts on the King's life...

But Ned is not part of this violence.

It could be argued he's part of a radical tide

which is threatening to swamp the nation.

Who says so?

Those whose greed and corruption he threatened to expose?

You'll forgive me, Captain.

The Crown and I have more pressing matters to attend to.

Not least of which is your friend, Doctor Enys, agreeing

to take the stand for James Hadfield.

Good day.

See?

Not everyone's as vile as they were at Vauxhall.

That's because they think I'm your maid.

I told you.

- I'm invincible. - Nephew?

Aunt Demelza!

May I introduce Miss Hanson?

Ralph Hanson's daughter?

My Aunt Demelza.

We escaped my chaperone.

You won't tell on us?

Of course not! Aunt Demelza's a regular sport.

In truth, I feel a little uneasy.

Without your parents' permission...

My mother's dead and I care not what my father thinks.

Yet I think he'd not care to have you gallivanting about together.

We're but common acquaintances.

Uncommon acquaintances.

Will you not be our trusted friend?

We'd esteem it the greatest favour.

Very well. But be discreet.

- Thank you! - You're the best of aunts.

Another game?

[RUSTLING]

- [TWIG SNAPS] - [BIRD TAKES FLIGHT]

Are you sure you're not wishing we had the place to ourselves?

No.

Just...

I keep thinking someone's watching us.

I know you'll say it's just my imagination,

and why would anyone wish to follow us.

It's as if I have any proof, I just...

I know I'm bein' foolish.

Perhaps I should not have asked you here.

- Are you wishin' me gone already? - No!

I'm wishing London were not so strange and so full of shadows.

Is Cornwall not so, too?

Indeed, is anywhere truly free of those who wish us ill?

And we do not even know who they are.

Then let us hold fast to those we know we can trust.

Then hold fast to me, my love.

[DOG GROWLS]

I know who it belong to, but I think it suit me better.

And tis maybe not the only thing of hers sit better on me.

What you have in that knapsack, Samuel Carne?

Slice o' my heavy cake?

Back to yer hoein', Miss Impudent!

Maybe we two should hoe together?

Get off!

Now!

♪ There was an old couple and they were poor ♪

♪ They lived in a house with only one door ♪

♪ Oh, what a poor couple where they where they ♪

♪ What a poor couple... ♪

Is that...

...Valentine?

Valentine?

Morwenna.

Are you alone?

Is your maid not with you?

I escaped.

What would your papa say?

He's gone.

- Where? - To find Mama.

But sweetheart...

...your mama, she...

Went away? Yes.

And Papa told me he'd bring her back.

I...

I don't think he can have meant that, my love.

He did.

He promised me. He will bring her back.

Master Valentine!

Where have you been?

In the words of Governor Colonel Edward Despard,

"Man's inhumanity to man

"manifests in its worst form in the obscenity

"which is the slave trade."

[ALL SHOUTING]

Order!

"Arguments in favour of slavery are abominable

"in the ingenuity of their twisted reasoning."

Colonel Despard has been alone in his attempts to ease

the plight of these men and women. And how long...?

How long will we turn a blind eye

to the suffering of these poor souls?

Order!

This came for you.

"Against my better judgment, I have done as you asked.

"Do not entreat me further".

Bannantine?

Ross, it says Ned was faultless in his duty, devoted to his workers

fiercely loyal to the Crown.

Does he name Ned's accusers?

He said he dared not.

Then what can you do with it?

Take it to Joseph Merceron.

As presiding magistrate, he might have means to make a public

exoneration of Ned's character.

Ross...

...is it wise to take up Ned's cause so publicly,

with magistrates and the like?

And Ned being so fiery, he's not a man to hold his tongue.

Perhaps...

- ...there is a better way. - What?

I will return later.

Are you certain?

I am resolved.

The establishment will not thank you.

Mr Hadfield's wellbeing is my concern,

not spurious notions of justice.

"Colonel Edward Despard, A True And Impartial Account."

And what will you do with them?

Circulate them amongst MPs I deem sympathetic to Ned's cause.

Not that there are many!

But I must begin somewhere.

Ned, Dwight is due to take the stand.

This will put the cat amongst the pigeons.

Dr Dwight Enys to the stand.

My Lord.

We have heard the defendant plead not guilty

on the grounds of insanity.

But how do we define insanity?

As one who has treated many such cases, I have observed

that the true character of insanity is not wild frenzy

or raving madness,

but delusion.

I suggest, therefore, that if a man's accountability

rests upon his reason,

then the loss of that reason renders him not accountable.

[CROWD MURMURS]

Order!

James wrote this?

Ross had 'em printed.

He means to circulate 'em amongst a few sympathetic MPs.

But I have a better idea.

The defendant served with the Duke of York's bodyguard

at the Battle of Tourcoing,

where he sustained eight sabre blows to the head,

four of which are sufficient

to cause permanent and irreversible brain damage.

It cannot escape the Court that these injuries,

which have deprived the defendant of his reason,

were sustained in the service of the Crown itself.

Order!

Thank you, sir.

Thank you very much.

I have spoken with fellow officers, who attest to the bravery

and loyalty of the defendant prior to his injuries.

His sisters confirm this marked transformation.

His landlady...

Are there many more examples?

Yes, my Lord.

At least 30 more have testified in the same vein.

Since it can no longer be doubted that when the act was committed,

the defendant was not of sound mind,

the Court has no option but to halt the trial

and acquit the defendant on the grounds of insanity.

Thank you, My Lord.

He is...

He is, however, an extremely dangerous

member of society, who, for his own sake, must not be discharged.

All rise!

If he's not to be released, does that mean committal

to an institution?

Bedlam, I imagine.

Then I'm sorry I intervened.

Execution would have been kinder.

Bannantine came forward, sir.

- He agreed to share his evidence. - Did he, indeed?

Are you convinced by its veracity?

Utterly.

Do you think I should doubt it?

In these uncertain times, shouldn't we doubt everyone?

Ralph Hanson and George Warleggan.

What could they possibly have in common?

Perhaps I should give them one of these.

This is tremendous!

Where did you...?

Is Bannantine in London?

Come with me.

Let's see if this has the effect I intend.

Gentlemen, may I beg your indulgence

- and ask you to read these pamphlets? - Thank you.

Though I say it myself...

Mr Burdett, I believe this subject will find sympathy with you, sir.

Good day to you.

Sir George!

I observed you with Ralph Hanson.

A new business venture?

George, I wonder...?

Geoffrey Charles is resolved to serve his country

as an officer, but that he cannot do without sufficient means.

I believe we've exhausted this subject.

Why would I wish to revisit it?

Because we both know it's what his mother would want.

Oh.

We both know, do we?

What do you know of my wife?

You were nothing to her.

An irrelevance.

And to me.

So, that night, when you said,

"See what we have brought her to..."

What did you mean?

That we had been the death of her.

Between your inability to let her go,

and my unfounded suspicions, we hounded her to an early grave.

I take my share of the blame. Take yours.

Ambushed!

Tears?

Most unbecoming in a cadet.

Your mama...

I expect she was adorable.

Would you like to see her picture?

A beauty!

Of course!

How else would her son be Adonis?

I'd almost forgot how to laugh.

For months I've had no humour.

No company.

No purpose.

What if I make it my mission to entertain you?

Then I should do the like for you!

Are we not both motherless pups, in need of diversion?

Lord, what are we to do?

Please don't tell me they've formed an attachment.

It will not end well, I fear.

So, we nip this in the bud, return to Cornwall,

and take Geoffrey Charles with us.

It will at least keep him away from that odious man, Ralph Hanson.

I pity his daughter.

A momentous day!

When our Empire spreads beyond these shores to the very

edges of the New World!

Have you read this travesty?

Glanced at it.

It defames, without cause,

certain persons, not by name, but by implication,

which could endanger their interests in Honduras.

And ours?

Regrettably.

Can anything be done?

Well, the obvious route is to discredit Despard,

along with his friend, Poldark.

Ross? Interesting. How?

In the present climate, not difficult.

What the Crown fears above all else is revolution.

Poldark was present when Hadfield tried to kill the King.

But intervened to prevent it.

Did he?

Or was he merely there to cover up his own involvement?

Then, note how his friend, Enys, helped to free the assassin.

Well, the connections are somewhat tenuous...

Ah, but cleverly managed,

they could create the impression...

...of a conspiracy.

Poldark, Despard, Enys, three men with known Jacobin sympathies.

Could be seen as hostile to the Crown.

Precisely, Sir George.

But...

...to more pleasant matters.

ELIZABETH: Are you sure, George? Is this really what you wish?

Is it what I wish?

- What? - The investment is high,

but so, I'm told, are the rewards.

Oh, the rewards!

Rewards are never guaranteed.

And how well do you know this man? Can he be trusted?

Can he be trusted?

Nephew...?

My uncle will say we have proceeded with all care and due diligence.

Of whom are we speaking?

But is this something Ross would entertain?

Do I care what Ross would entertain? Have I not a mind of my own?

Sir, I beg your indulgence,

but I cannot allow my nephew to sign this document.

What...?

Not being sufficiently confident of the merits of the deal.

Sir, I assure you...

Sir George and I will confer and report our decision in due course.

Good day to you, sir.

- Do we dine at home tonight? - The Golden Hind, at Bedfont.

We must hurry if we're to reach Trenwith by Sunday.

We're going to Trenwith?

Ah! Is this not good news, my dear?

Thank you for your kind words.

Well done, Colonel. True patriot.

We seem to be very popular here today.

Mission accomplished.

Tomorrow, Honduras!

Well, my dears, let the gentlemen have their small victories!

For today, it was we ladies who made the difference!

I leave tomorrow. My credit has run out.

Returning to Cornwall?

How dismal!

- Will you miss me? - Not in the least!

Nor I you.

So, the pamphlets were a triumph.

And there was I, thinking you might not approve!

Well, in truth, I was not altogether convinced.

And then I bethought me...

...what is a marriage if we stand not together?

Must I not trust your judgment, as you must trust mine?

I admit, even did not dare to hope

for such a rapid and widespread response.

Yes.

I may have had a hand in that.

Oh?

I may have given out a few pamphlets at Hyde Park,

and encouraged Kitty and Caroline to do the like.

Did I do wrong?

Ross, I only thought that the more folk who know the truth, the better.

Yes, but...

...a discreet circulation to sympathetic colleagues is one thing.

A wholesale papering of all of London, it...

What?

It does leave the Government with nowhere to hide.

Do it need to hide? Ought it to?

You're right, my love.

It deserves to be exposed.

And whatever consequences there may be...

Will there be?

Probably not.

- [KNOCK AT DOOR]

- Come.

You wished to see me.

So, Ned Despard has been repositioned as the heroic victim

of a vile conspiracy.

He is the victim of a vile conspiracy!

Take care you do not become embroiled in one.

- I? - Since your reconnection with Despard,

you've begun to associate with other Jacobins, Despard's wife,

the assassin who tried to kill the king...

The man I disarmed?

And now your friend, Enys, is the scourge of the Attorney General.

In isolation, these connections would not be troubling.

Put them together and a pattern emerges.

I've done nothing to merit mistrust of any kind.

Except for this.

Had you been patient, Despard may have returned to his post.

Your intervention has done the very thing

the Government wished to avoid,

it's drawn attention to an unfortunate situation.

A miscarriage of justice.

Which has embarrassed the Crown and its ministers.

Now, the Crown requires you to make amends.

At least, they do not specifically name me.

Though anyone familiar with my methods would guess at its target.

But Despard could not know for certain

who led the campaign for his recall.

Bannantine should pay for this treachery.

Spy on Ned and Kitty?

Can you refuse?

I can remove us from this place and take us all to Cornwall.

Will you tell Ned what you've been asked?

Why would I?

I've no intention of doing it.

- Dear Lord, Ross... - We're going home. Are you not glad?

Of course, but like this? Under such a threat?

There'll be no threat once we're in Cornwall.

Cecily, I have a journey to make.

I'm leaving for Cornwall.

You will accompany me.

Pray, do not trouble me with your objections.

I would not dream of it, Papa.

A few weeks of Cornish air will do us all the power of good.

Ah, Valentine!

Look who I've brought home with me.

When I saw you that day,

with young Valentine...

...seeing you comfort and talk to him...

...made me desire to have you comfort and talk to a child of our own.

Drake...

And maybe that day will never come.

But dare we not hope?

If something is broken beyond recall...

But is it?

Truly?

Beyond recall?

Mama, I'm starving!

So you've said, my love, every five minutes since we left Plymouth.

Shall we see if they have any cake

while we wait for the horses to be changed?

- Yes, please! - Go on, go and sit down there.

Miss Hanson?

A welcome surprise.

Easy, boy.

Let's not treat our fellow diners to displays of martial arts.

No, indeed.

A cup of tea would be far less distractin'.

Are you staying in Truro, sir?

Yes, I am.

Well, perhaps you'd appreciate some reading matter for the evening.

Cecily, go to your room.

Yes, Papa.

"A True And Honest Account by James Bannantine."

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

Mr Bannantine?

Is she here?

She said she'd be here. She promised.

Sit, nephew, take some refreshment.

But where is she?

She'll, er, she'll be here presently.

- But she did say so? - Yes. She said so.

Ah, there she is!

My dear, would you take a little port?

Thank you, my dear.

How good it is to be home again.

Are you happy now?

With our feet back on Cornish soil.

All's right in the world.

London cannot touch us.

No.

It cannot.

Accident! Accident at Wheal Plenty!

Up to 20 miners missing, some of them children.

For a man of Sir George's stubbornness,

a more robust approach is required.

I see no reason to account to you for the welfare of my grandson.

- Clear the way! - No! No! Ned!

Is it not a slave's duty to perform as directed?

Where did you get that?