1 00:00:01,173 --> 00:00:03,693 Viewers like you make this program possible. 2 00:00:03,796 --> 00:00:05,626 Support your local PBS station. 3 00:01:06,721 --> 00:01:07,929 No, Miss Betty, 4 00:01:08,033 --> 00:01:09,621 that is Miss Harriet's breakfast. 5 00:01:09,724 --> 00:01:10,587 Where are your manners? 6 00:01:13,487 --> 00:01:16,869 A letter for you, Miss Austen, from Kintbury. 7 00:01:17,732 --> 00:01:19,355 Kintbury? 8 00:01:19,458 --> 00:01:21,253 My dear Cassandra, 9 00:01:21,357 --> 00:01:24,463 I am writing to inform you that my father, Fulwar, 10 00:01:24,567 --> 00:01:26,534 has only a short time left with us. 11 00:01:26,638 --> 00:01:29,986 It's the Reverend Fowle. He's dying. 12 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:33,300 I know this sad news will concern you deeply, 13 00:01:33,403 --> 00:01:34,922 but he is in the best of hands 14 00:01:35,025 --> 00:01:37,062 and there is no need to inconvenience yourself 15 00:01:37,166 --> 00:01:38,822 with thoughts of coming to Kintbury. 16 00:01:42,930 --> 00:01:43,862 Nancy. 17 00:01:44,690 --> 00:01:45,657 My trunk. 18 00:01:48,211 --> 00:01:49,661 Where are you going, ma'am? 19 00:01:49,764 --> 00:01:51,214 To Kintbury, of course. 20 00:01:51,318 --> 00:01:53,596 My late mother, Eliza, spoke so fondly 21 00:01:53,699 --> 00:01:56,357 of the happy times you and your sister Jane spent here. 22 00:01:57,634 --> 00:01:59,395 I am sure you will wish to be of assistance now, 23 00:01:59,498 --> 00:02:01,362 but, please, I must implore you, 24 00:02:01,466 --> 00:02:03,330 do not vex yourself by making the long 25 00:02:03,433 --> 00:02:05,539 and arduous journey to Kintbury. 26 00:02:05,642 --> 00:02:07,196 I don't like the look of this sky, ma'am. 27 00:02:07,299 --> 00:02:08,369 Maybe you should wait. 28 00:02:08,473 --> 00:02:10,130 Out of the question, Nancy, 29 00:02:10,233 --> 00:02:12,925 I have urgent business to attend to at Kintbury. 30 00:02:13,029 --> 00:02:15,514 There are certain items there 31 00:02:15,618 --> 00:02:18,310 of a personal nature that belong here. 32 00:02:18,414 --> 00:02:20,450 Now, look after the goats. Don't overfeed them. 33 00:02:21,624 --> 00:02:23,695 I will of course write again 34 00:02:23,798 --> 00:02:25,214 when the sad time comes. 35 00:03:24,997 --> 00:03:28,484 Ring again! Someone will answer eventually. 36 00:03:28,587 --> 00:03:30,244 Keep ringing! 37 00:03:32,867 --> 00:03:34,317 Ma'am, you'll catch your death. 38 00:03:34,421 --> 00:03:36,043 I shall be fine. Ah, at last! 39 00:03:36,146 --> 00:03:38,701 What is all the commotion? There's a man dying in here. 40 00:03:38,804 --> 00:03:41,082 Please forgive the lateness of my arrival. 41 00:03:41,186 --> 00:03:42,877 I am here to assist Miss Isabella Fowle. 42 00:03:42,981 --> 00:03:43,913 Cassandra? 43 00:03:44,672 --> 00:03:46,260 Did you not get my letter? 44 00:03:46,364 --> 00:03:48,366 Yes, of course. That's why I'm here. 45 00:03:48,469 --> 00:03:50,782 We weren't expecting you... at all. 46 00:03:50,885 --> 00:03:53,888 Please forgive me, Isabella. Time is our enemy. 47 00:03:53,992 --> 00:03:55,269 Your poor father. 48 00:03:55,373 --> 00:03:57,547 This is my... my last duty to your dear mother. 49 00:03:57,651 --> 00:04:00,240 Oh, come inside. It's wild out there. 50 00:04:00,343 --> 00:04:01,517 What about her trunk? 51 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:02,897 Oh, leave it here in the hall. 52 00:04:03,001 --> 00:04:03,898 We'll take care of it. 53 00:04:07,833 --> 00:04:10,250 - Where will she stay, Miss? - I don't know, Dinah. 54 00:04:15,082 --> 00:04:16,842 We'll put her in the blue room. 55 00:04:16,946 --> 00:04:19,293 God save us, Miss, as if we don't have enough on our plate. 56 00:04:20,052 --> 00:04:21,122 Come along then, my dear. 57 00:04:21,226 --> 00:04:22,917 We must take you out of these wet clothes. 58 00:04:23,746 --> 00:04:26,335 Aah! 59 00:04:26,438 --> 00:04:28,129 Thank you, thank you, my dear. 60 00:04:28,233 --> 00:04:29,993 I know my demeanour may not suggest it, 61 00:04:30,097 --> 00:04:33,238 but I... I hope that I am still capable of untying a ribbon. 62 00:04:37,622 --> 00:04:39,693 If you will forgive me, I really must get back to my father. 63 00:04:39,796 --> 00:04:41,867 Dinah will see you to your room. 64 00:04:41,971 --> 00:04:44,594 If you don't mind, I would like to see Fulwar now, 65 00:04:44,698 --> 00:04:45,630 if I may. 66 00:04:47,217 --> 00:04:48,874 Very well. You may look in on him. 67 00:04:48,978 --> 00:04:50,635 Briefly. 68 00:04:50,738 --> 00:04:52,740 Mr Lidderdale, our surgeon, 69 00:04:52,844 --> 00:04:54,570 will not want my father disturbed for long. 70 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:24,703 Mr Lidderdale. We have a visitor. 71 00:05:24,807 --> 00:05:26,809 Miss Cassandra Austen, a dear family friend. 72 00:05:27,637 --> 00:05:28,914 She will not linger long. 73 00:05:30,088 --> 00:05:31,054 Mr Lidderdale. 74 00:05:32,297 --> 00:05:33,367 Miss Austen. 75 00:05:33,954 --> 00:05:34,989 How is he? 76 00:05:36,094 --> 00:05:37,440 Much the same, Miss Fowle. 77 00:05:38,303 --> 00:05:40,374 He's been in and out of sleep. 78 00:05:40,478 --> 00:05:41,893 I've given him something for the pain. 79 00:05:41,996 --> 00:05:43,066 He should rest better now. 80 00:05:54,043 --> 00:05:54,975 Fulwar. 81 00:05:56,908 --> 00:05:57,943 It's Cassandra. 82 00:05:59,876 --> 00:06:00,877 Cassandra Austen. 83 00:06:03,121 --> 00:06:05,157 Cassy. 84 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:07,090 Yes. 85 00:06:09,265 --> 00:06:10,439 Oh, my apologies. 86 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:12,889 I cannot greet you as befits you. 87 00:06:12,993 --> 00:06:13,925 Worry not. 88 00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:17,446 Isabella has served you well. 89 00:06:18,826 --> 00:06:20,863 And I am here now to assist her. 90 00:06:22,209 --> 00:06:23,106 Good. 91 00:06:25,108 --> 00:06:26,800 - Isabella. - Papa. 92 00:06:27,732 --> 00:06:29,630 Send the surgeon away. 93 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,323 I have no more need of him. 94 00:06:33,427 --> 00:06:35,118 Then I shall take my leave, for now. 95 00:06:36,361 --> 00:06:38,052 Try to rest, Reverend Fowle. 96 00:06:38,156 --> 00:06:40,296 "Rest?" 97 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,574 Where I'm going I'll get plenty of rest. 98 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:48,373 I will show you out, Mr Lidderdale. 99 00:06:48,477 --> 00:06:50,168 - There is no need, Miss Fowle. - I insist. 100 00:07:01,524 --> 00:07:02,663 Cassy. 101 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:07,081 Now you're here you must do something for me. 102 00:07:08,393 --> 00:07:09,636 Promise me. 103 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:11,465 What? 104 00:07:12,017 --> 00:07:13,467 Isabella... 105 00:07:16,159 --> 00:07:18,230 must live with her sisters. 106 00:07:19,093 --> 00:07:19,991 You promise me? 107 00:07:21,544 --> 00:07:22,925 Worry not. 108 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,034 There is no greater comfort in this world than a sister. 109 00:07:30,311 --> 00:07:32,141 Come now, miss. 110 00:07:32,244 --> 00:07:34,661 Master needs rest. I'll show you to your room. 111 00:07:37,595 --> 00:07:40,356 I'll return tomorrow, Miss Fowle. 112 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,116 But if your father worsens in the night, 113 00:07:43,773 --> 00:07:45,050 you must send for me. 114 00:07:46,707 --> 00:07:48,847 I will. Thank you. 115 00:07:56,614 --> 00:07:57,718 How long... 116 00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:00,825 until... 117 00:08:09,247 --> 00:08:11,974 Death, like birth, dictates its own course. 118 00:08:13,872 --> 00:08:15,943 But it should not be much longer, Isabella. 119 00:08:18,325 --> 00:08:19,671 Miss Fowle. 120 00:08:21,431 --> 00:08:24,055 'Til tomorrow, Mr Lidderdale. 121 00:08:39,553 --> 00:08:41,762 If you'd let Miss Isabella know you were coming, ma'am, 122 00:08:41,866 --> 00:08:44,593 we'd have prepared a more welcoming room. 123 00:08:44,696 --> 00:08:48,079 My weary bones will rest wherever they are put, Dinah. 124 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:01,670 Shh! 125 00:10:01,773 --> 00:10:02,947 Can I help you, ma'am? 126 00:10:04,742 --> 00:10:07,089 Oh, Dinah. 127 00:10:07,192 --> 00:10:09,436 I... I... I'm sorry. 128 00:10:09,539 --> 00:10:11,093 I quite lost my bearings for a moment. 129 00:10:11,196 --> 00:10:13,026 Were you looking for something in particular, ma'am? 130 00:10:15,718 --> 00:10:17,789 Do you know, I can't remember 131 00:10:17,893 --> 00:10:18,894 why I came out in the first place. 132 00:10:19,688 --> 00:10:21,655 That must be tiredness, ma'am. 133 00:10:21,759 --> 00:10:23,139 Best get back to bed. 134 00:10:23,243 --> 00:10:24,934 You're down at the other end, remember? 135 00:11:04,905 --> 00:11:06,838 Oh, Isabella... 136 00:11:08,288 --> 00:11:09,772 I am so sorry. 137 00:11:12,741 --> 00:11:13,983 The end was peaceful... 138 00:11:15,191 --> 00:11:16,227 at least. 139 00:11:20,852 --> 00:11:23,061 If you'll excuse me, I have the arrangements to make. 140 00:11:24,131 --> 00:11:25,063 Of course. 141 00:11:27,479 --> 00:11:29,136 If there's anything I can do... 142 00:12:23,328 --> 00:12:25,745 I am surprised your sisters could not stay longer. 143 00:12:28,471 --> 00:12:30,025 Surely it would have been the ideal opportunity 144 00:12:30,128 --> 00:12:32,579 for the three of you to converse, would it not? 145 00:12:32,682 --> 00:12:33,787 Mr Lidderdale, thank you. 146 00:12:33,891 --> 00:12:35,168 Isabella? 147 00:12:35,271 --> 00:12:36,894 Of course. Your sister... 148 00:12:37,618 --> 00:12:39,897 It appears my sister Beth 149 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,037 has more important business elsewhere. 150 00:12:47,801 --> 00:12:49,251 Aah 151 00:12:50,597 --> 00:12:52,737 I for one am grateful we women were not allowed 152 00:12:52,841 --> 00:12:54,118 to stand by the graveside, 153 00:12:54,221 --> 00:12:56,845 our grief laid bare for all to witness. 154 00:13:00,434 --> 00:13:04,438 Er, Miss Fowle, my heartfelt condolences. 155 00:13:04,542 --> 00:13:06,130 Thank you, Mr Dundas. 156 00:13:07,441 --> 00:13:10,168 Er, may I introduce my aunt, Mary Austen, 157 00:13:10,272 --> 00:13:12,792 and our dear friend, Miss Cassandra Austen. 158 00:13:12,895 --> 00:13:15,760 Mr Dundas is to be Kintbury's new vicar. 159 00:13:15,864 --> 00:13:18,418 A position I am deeply honoured to fill. 160 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,112 Austen? Are you perhaps some relation 161 00:13:23,216 --> 00:13:25,390 to Miss Jane Austen, the great lady novelist? 162 00:13:26,598 --> 00:13:28,393 I am delighted to say I am. 163 00:13:29,153 --> 00:13:31,845 She's... was my sister. 164 00:13:31,949 --> 00:13:33,226 And my sister-in-law. 165 00:13:33,329 --> 00:13:38,990 I... I am her greatest admirer. 166 00:13:39,853 --> 00:13:41,303 You cannot imagine my despair 167 00:13:41,406 --> 00:13:43,201 when she was taken from us so early. 168 00:13:43,305 --> 00:13:45,928 Then allow me to say how sorry I am 169 00:13:46,032 --> 00:13:47,896 for your great personal loss. 170 00:13:47,999 --> 00:13:50,036 Most kind, most kind. 171 00:13:50,139 --> 00:13:52,107 I've read all her works. 172 00:13:52,210 --> 00:13:55,558 What is the one with the clergyman...? 173 00:13:55,662 --> 00:13:56,836 They all have-- 174 00:13:56,939 --> 00:14:00,080 Mansfield House! That's the one. 175 00:14:00,184 --> 00:14:02,082 It's my favourite of all. 176 00:14:02,186 --> 00:14:04,188 The thing about your sister, Miss Austen, 177 00:14:04,291 --> 00:14:06,535 and sadly so few people seem to grasp this, 178 00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:10,366 is that her understanding of people of a certain milieu 179 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:12,852 was so profound as to be almost unique. 180 00:14:13,507 --> 00:14:15,371 That is indeed true. 181 00:14:15,475 --> 00:14:17,132 Strikes me as a great shame there's not been 182 00:14:17,235 --> 00:14:19,859 more public acknowledgement of her genius. 183 00:14:19,962 --> 00:14:23,621 In my view she warrants a substantial biography, 184 00:14:23,724 --> 00:14:27,797 one, perhaps, where we might discover the real Jane Austen. 185 00:14:27,901 --> 00:14:30,490 Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen 186 00:14:30,593 --> 00:14:33,217 is to be found within the pages of her novels. 187 00:14:33,907 --> 00:14:35,426 There is nothing more. 188 00:14:35,529 --> 00:14:37,773 Oh, come, Cassandra. 189 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,706 You know that is most certainly not true. 190 00:14:39,809 --> 00:14:42,088 My sister-in-law exaggerates somewhat. 191 00:14:42,191 --> 00:14:44,090 There is nothing more to learn. 192 00:14:44,814 --> 00:14:47,231 If you say so, my dear. 193 00:14:47,334 --> 00:14:49,233 If you'll excuse me, I must prepare my father's study 194 00:14:49,336 --> 00:14:50,544 for the reading of his will. 195 00:14:50,648 --> 00:14:53,375 Er, before you go, Miss Fowle... 196 00:14:57,103 --> 00:14:59,139 I wish to inform you that my wife and I 197 00:14:59,243 --> 00:15:01,970 will be taking up residence in the vicarage in a fortnight. 198 00:15:02,073 --> 00:15:03,281 A fortnight? 199 00:15:03,385 --> 00:15:05,352 I trust it will be more than enough time 200 00:15:05,456 --> 00:15:07,147 to make arrangements for the removals? 201 00:15:07,251 --> 00:15:10,910 No. It... that's too soon. 202 00:15:11,013 --> 00:15:13,464 The retiring family are always granted 203 00:15:13,567 --> 00:15:15,224 two months, Mr Dundas. 204 00:15:15,328 --> 00:15:18,848 That's the custom, as old as the church. 205 00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:20,057 That would be appropriate 206 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:21,748 in the case of a family, Miss Austen, 207 00:15:21,851 --> 00:15:25,303 but there's no family in this instance, only my own, 208 00:15:25,407 --> 00:15:26,822 and my wife is due to give birth 209 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:29,238 to our fourth child within the month. 210 00:15:29,342 --> 00:15:31,482 It's only right she should be settled first. 211 00:15:32,759 --> 00:15:34,381 Besides, I'm keen to get on 212 00:15:34,485 --> 00:15:36,314 and do my best for the parish. 213 00:15:51,053 --> 00:15:52,952 I fear Isabella will need some assistance, 214 00:15:53,055 --> 00:15:54,229 with the removals. 215 00:15:58,405 --> 00:16:00,683 She will be completely at sea if left to her own devices. 216 00:16:00,787 --> 00:16:03,307 Well, I am happy to stay for as long as she needs me. 217 00:16:04,618 --> 00:16:06,379 Oh, that is a weight from my mind. 218 00:16:10,797 --> 00:16:12,799 I mean, I could supervise, of course, but, erm, 219 00:16:12,902 --> 00:16:14,214 I have other family commitments, 220 00:16:14,318 --> 00:16:15,664 which take up a great deal of my time. 221 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:17,459 You, on the other hand... 222 00:16:18,943 --> 00:16:20,048 Do not. 223 00:16:21,877 --> 00:16:23,396 Oh, that Mr Dundas... 224 00:16:25,294 --> 00:16:28,228 is quite insufferable. 225 00:16:28,332 --> 00:16:30,472 His remarks did make me ponder. 226 00:16:30,575 --> 00:16:31,991 Perhaps... 227 00:16:32,094 --> 00:16:34,338 there is a biography to be written. 228 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,271 About Jane? 229 00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:39,274 Not just Jane, 230 00:16:39,377 --> 00:16:42,449 but my late husband, James Austen, too. 231 00:16:42,553 --> 00:16:44,693 He was a gifted writer himself, as well you know. 232 00:16:44,796 --> 00:16:47,627 Jane's writing would be a part of it, of course. 233 00:16:49,525 --> 00:16:52,356 But who would pen this great opus, Mary? 234 00:16:52,459 --> 00:16:55,428 Now that both the Austen writers have departed this earth. 235 00:16:56,946 --> 00:17:00,226 My son, James Edward, springs to mind. 236 00:17:00,329 --> 00:17:03,539 He seems to have inherited his father's great gift. 237 00:17:03,643 --> 00:17:06,473 I must instruct Isabella 238 00:17:06,577 --> 00:17:10,132 not to remove any of my sister's private correspondence. 239 00:17:10,236 --> 00:17:11,513 I will take care of that. 240 00:17:11,616 --> 00:17:13,584 There are sure to be letters in Eliza's room 241 00:17:13,687 --> 00:17:15,655 that will cast up all manner of treasure. 242 00:17:15,758 --> 00:17:19,072 After all, Jane and Eliza corresponded vigorously. 243 00:17:22,972 --> 00:17:24,526 As did you and Eliza, if I recall. 244 00:17:26,597 --> 00:17:29,496 Surely you don't intend to do this now, my dear. 245 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,774 After all, the day has been trying enough. 246 00:17:33,121 --> 00:17:34,501 That is true. That is true. 247 00:17:34,605 --> 00:17:36,469 Yes, it's been something of an ordeal. 248 00:17:39,851 --> 00:17:41,577 I will return refreshed 249 00:17:41,681 --> 00:17:44,063 and tackle Eliza's correspondence tomorrow. 250 00:17:59,043 --> 00:18:01,045 How is Miss Isabella now, Dinah? 251 00:18:01,149 --> 00:18:02,874 She's gone for a walk, ma'am. 252 00:18:02,978 --> 00:18:04,531 Says the fresh air will do her good. 253 00:18:04,635 --> 00:18:07,569 She did not attend her father's will reading, then? 254 00:18:07,672 --> 00:18:10,606 That's men's business, ma'am, or so they say. 255 00:19:40,248 --> 00:19:41,559 Where are Jane's letters? 256 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:47,600 Molly, get that dog out of the master's bedroom... 257 00:20:35,441 --> 00:20:36,511 "Jane." 258 00:21:22,211 --> 00:21:24,628 My dearest Eliza, 259 00:21:24,731 --> 00:21:26,699 we will be with you in Kintbury shortly. 260 00:21:27,838 --> 00:21:29,495 You and Fulwar should prepare yourselves 261 00:21:29,598 --> 00:21:31,462 for a houseful of Austens. 262 00:21:32,152 --> 00:21:34,327 - Cassy! - Eliza! 263 00:21:34,431 --> 00:21:36,053 Mother and Father will journey with us. 264 00:21:36,156 --> 00:21:37,641 Cassy! 265 00:21:37,744 --> 00:21:39,574 Crossing the border from Hampshire into Berkshire 266 00:21:39,677 --> 00:21:41,990 can be most treacherous, as you know. 267 00:21:46,857 --> 00:21:48,030 As ever, 268 00:21:48,134 --> 00:21:50,826 Cassy is the calm at the heart of us all, 269 00:21:50,930 --> 00:21:54,554 but I know she cannot wait to see Fulwar's brother Tom. 270 00:21:58,938 --> 00:22:00,974 You look radiant, Cassy. 271 00:22:01,078 --> 00:22:01,975 Here he comes. 272 00:22:03,011 --> 00:22:04,012 Hush, Jane. 273 00:22:10,087 --> 00:22:11,122 My dear, Cassy. 274 00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:15,437 May I beg your indulgence 275 00:22:15,541 --> 00:22:17,474 and request to speak alone with you? 276 00:22:18,267 --> 00:22:20,200 "Alone", Tom Fowle? 277 00:22:20,304 --> 00:22:21,719 What conversation could be so important 278 00:22:21,823 --> 00:22:23,859 it requires a private assignation? 279 00:22:25,585 --> 00:22:28,485 - Well... - Pay my sister no heed, Tom. 280 00:22:28,588 --> 00:22:30,797 She sees drama in every encounter. 281 00:22:52,301 --> 00:22:53,613 My... my dear, Cassy. 282 00:22:57,859 --> 00:22:59,688 You... you know what I'm about to say. 283 00:22:59,792 --> 00:23:00,724 Do I? 284 00:23:01,449 --> 00:23:02,553 You must. 285 00:23:04,106 --> 00:23:08,007 Well, even so, I'd dearly love to hear you say it. 286 00:23:10,768 --> 00:23:13,771 I will do my utmost to... find the words. 287 00:23:17,361 --> 00:23:18,431 Cassandra Austen, 288 00:23:20,502 --> 00:23:23,436 I have loved you... since... 289 00:23:25,714 --> 00:23:27,682 ...since... well, I... 290 00:23:27,785 --> 00:23:30,236 I... I cannot quite remember, but... 291 00:23:33,929 --> 00:23:37,933 But you are the only woman I... I could... 292 00:23:39,176 --> 00:23:41,627 I can ever, erm... 293 00:23:43,111 --> 00:23:46,217 contemplate... sharing my life with. 294 00:23:49,013 --> 00:23:49,945 - So-- - Yes. 295 00:23:51,257 --> 00:23:52,534 Yes, yes, yes! 296 00:23:57,884 --> 00:23:59,645 Finally! I told you he would. 297 00:23:59,748 --> 00:24:00,715 You did. 298 00:24:00,818 --> 00:24:02,786 I'm always correct in these matters. 299 00:24:02,889 --> 00:24:03,856 You are. 300 00:24:03,959 --> 00:24:05,685 Well, you said yes, of course? 301 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:10,449 I said yes. 302 00:24:10,552 --> 00:24:12,554 As much as I delight in your rejoicing, 303 00:24:12,658 --> 00:24:14,522 I cannot breathe! 304 00:24:15,833 --> 00:24:17,594 - Oh! - Cassy! 305 00:24:17,697 --> 00:24:20,148 You are abandoning me to our parents. 306 00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:23,392 You, my own sister. What is to become of me? 307 00:24:23,496 --> 00:24:25,015 I'm hardly going far. 308 00:24:25,774 --> 00:24:27,017 I'll be here in Berkshire 309 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,570 and you'll be in the next-door county. 310 00:24:28,674 --> 00:24:30,158 You'll see just as much of me. 311 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:32,609 You say that now, but wait 'til you have a husband and children. 312 00:24:32,712 --> 00:24:35,646 - No, Jane. - She's teasing you, dearest. 313 00:24:38,994 --> 00:24:40,686 We'll be sisters. 314 00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:43,171 - The three of us. - Four. 315 00:24:43,274 --> 00:24:45,484 Eliza, how can you forget your own sister Mary? 316 00:24:45,587 --> 00:24:47,762 Yes, how could you forget Mary, Eliza? 317 00:24:49,798 --> 00:24:53,388 Come now, dear sisters, let us go and demonstrate 318 00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,666 how canasta should be played, and won. 319 00:25:01,983 --> 00:25:02,915 Jane. 320 00:25:03,916 --> 00:25:05,296 We cannot play cards without you. 321 00:25:13,408 --> 00:25:15,583 Is Miss Isabella back yet, Dinah? 322 00:25:15,686 --> 00:25:18,068 Not yet, ma'am, but she won't be much longer. 323 00:25:19,828 --> 00:25:21,520 You'll be off soon, then? 324 00:25:22,624 --> 00:25:23,901 There's nothing left for you here now. 325 00:25:24,488 --> 00:25:26,179 Not so, Dinah. 326 00:25:26,283 --> 00:25:29,597 If Miss Isabella is to vacate the vicarage within a fortnight, 327 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,806 I'm needed here more than ever. 328 00:25:31,909 --> 00:25:34,602 I am resolved to ensure she is settled with her sisters. 329 00:26:01,111 --> 00:26:02,906 I believe that the interests of our landowners 330 00:26:03,009 --> 00:26:03,941 must be protected at all times. 331 00:26:04,045 --> 00:26:05,356 I am sure you are right. 332 00:26:05,460 --> 00:26:07,876 Thank you, dear Eliza, I have been waiting for that. 333 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:10,638 The rule of the King must be defended, 334 00:26:10,741 --> 00:26:11,880 even if it means taking up arms... 335 00:26:11,984 --> 00:26:14,780 Tom seems rather subdued, considering your news. 336 00:26:14,883 --> 00:26:16,229 Perhaps it's because he's with his brother 337 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:17,437 and can't get a word in. 338 00:26:17,541 --> 00:26:18,784 ...as a naval man. 339 00:26:18,887 --> 00:26:21,027 You have a fine pair of sea legs, young Frank Austen. 340 00:26:21,131 --> 00:26:23,927 I'm sure you'll make your family exceedingly proud. 341 00:26:24,030 --> 00:26:25,791 Though I do believe you're soon to have some competition 342 00:26:25,894 --> 00:26:27,275 in your seafaring adventures. 343 00:26:28,517 --> 00:26:29,829 Is this not so, Tom? 344 00:26:29,933 --> 00:26:31,382 Please, Fulwar, I'd rather you did not. 345 00:26:34,109 --> 00:26:35,663 Dear friends and family. 346 00:26:36,802 --> 00:26:39,321 I have some glad tidings to impart. 347 00:26:40,633 --> 00:26:42,117 My brother Tom has found himself 348 00:26:42,221 --> 00:26:44,913 the most suitable wife, our dear Cassy here. 349 00:26:46,225 --> 00:26:47,536 They are to be married, 350 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,332 and we Fowles could not be more delighted. 351 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:54,267 Not only is Cassy an accomplished 352 00:26:54,371 --> 00:26:55,648 and gifted young woman, 353 00:26:56,545 --> 00:26:58,168 she is our dearest friend. 354 00:26:58,271 --> 00:27:00,895 A toast, to Tom and Cassy. 355 00:27:00,998 --> 00:27:02,724 May their union be a happy one. 356 00:27:03,483 --> 00:27:04,761 To Tom and Cassy. 357 00:27:06,038 --> 00:27:09,213 But the celebrations do not end there, 358 00:27:09,317 --> 00:27:12,596 for Tom has also secured himself a patron. 359 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:15,806 It is the most esteemed Lord Craven. 360 00:27:15,910 --> 00:27:18,015 His Lordship has asked our very own curate 361 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,640 to accompany him on a great adventure. 362 00:27:21,743 --> 00:27:24,366 An expedition to the Windward Islands... 363 00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:25,505 Aah. 364 00:27:25,609 --> 00:27:26,921 ...in the West Indies, no less. 365 00:27:28,819 --> 00:27:30,062 So another toast 366 00:27:30,165 --> 00:27:33,237 to Tom and all his seafaring adventures. 367 00:27:35,584 --> 00:27:37,379 - To Tom. - To Tom. 368 00:27:48,425 --> 00:27:49,288 You're shivering. 369 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,052 Here. 370 00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:04,683 My dear Cassy, I know it will be hard, 371 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:06,754 for both of us. 372 00:28:08,134 --> 00:28:10,412 I... I am doing this for us, 373 00:28:12,173 --> 00:28:13,070 for our future. 374 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:23,046 Lord Craven has promised me my own parish on our return. 375 00:28:25,013 --> 00:28:26,774 My own parish, Cassy. 376 00:28:27,464 --> 00:28:29,052 Our very own vicarage. 377 00:28:30,467 --> 00:28:33,056 It has long been our dream, so what harm is one more year? 378 00:28:33,746 --> 00:28:34,954 A year? 379 00:28:35,058 --> 00:28:36,887 We could not be married for at least a year. 380 00:28:36,991 --> 00:28:38,889 Besides, he's offered to pay me handsomely... 381 00:28:40,063 --> 00:28:41,858 beyond anything I could make here. 382 00:28:43,998 --> 00:28:45,447 We shall be set, my love. 383 00:28:47,139 --> 00:28:48,071 For life. 384 00:28:49,762 --> 00:28:50,832 Just one year. 385 00:28:53,041 --> 00:28:55,216 Did you not think to discuss this with me first? 386 00:28:56,873 --> 00:28:58,944 Well, he... he pressed me. 387 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:02,223 And I knew you would agree. 388 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,020 As we agree on all things. 389 00:29:10,265 --> 00:29:13,130 My ship leaves from Portsmouth in a fortnight. 390 00:29:15,581 --> 00:29:16,547 We have 'til then. 391 00:29:24,210 --> 00:29:25,177 Oh, Jane. 392 00:29:32,011 --> 00:29:34,496 I was happy with my home-loving curate. 393 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,088 I do not crave a swashbuckling hero. 394 00:29:41,503 --> 00:29:43,195 You and I have read enough novels to know 395 00:29:43,298 --> 00:29:47,026 that entitled lords, no matter how personable, 396 00:29:48,096 --> 00:29:50,374 cannot always be trusted. 397 00:29:50,478 --> 00:29:53,343 Then we must hope this lord is a man of his word. 398 00:29:56,173 --> 00:29:59,763 Tom is only doing this to secure your future, my dearest. 399 00:29:59,867 --> 00:30:02,317 You are marrying for love, and that is a joy. 400 00:30:02,421 --> 00:30:04,941 Love comes at a price. 401 00:30:05,044 --> 00:30:07,875 Neither of you has a fortune, so he must make one. 402 00:30:11,982 --> 00:30:13,190 All will be well. 403 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:15,365 I know it. 404 00:30:42,979 --> 00:30:45,464 The year will be over before we know it. 405 00:30:45,567 --> 00:30:47,397 You must visit Kintbury often while I'm away. 406 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:49,433 This is your home now. 407 00:30:51,056 --> 00:30:55,163 I can make myself useful, helping Eliza with the children. 408 00:30:55,267 --> 00:30:57,856 It will be good preparation for when we have our own. 409 00:30:58,822 --> 00:31:00,237 How many children shall we have? 410 00:31:00,755 --> 00:31:02,032 Four. No, five. 411 00:31:02,999 --> 00:31:04,897 No, six. It cannot be an odd number. 412 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,659 And what shall we call them? 413 00:31:08,763 --> 00:31:11,283 Jane, if our firstborn is a girl. 414 00:31:11,386 --> 00:31:14,493 - Fulwar, if it's a boy. - Really? 415 00:31:14,596 --> 00:31:17,151 Seems an awfully serious name for a little boy. 416 00:31:17,254 --> 00:31:19,153 Well, he will be a man one day. 417 00:31:19,256 --> 00:31:20,948 My darling, 418 00:31:21,051 --> 00:31:24,123 you know I will be happy whatever they are called. 419 00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:27,955 Well... 420 00:31:28,058 --> 00:31:29,991 There are things I must say to you before I leave. 421 00:31:31,199 --> 00:31:32,373 In case I do not return. 422 00:31:33,753 --> 00:31:34,685 No. 423 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:36,895 You will come back. 424 00:31:36,998 --> 00:31:38,620 - Let us not discuss this. - Cassy, we must. 425 00:31:42,072 --> 00:31:43,867 I have made a will, 426 00:31:43,971 --> 00:31:45,420 and left you the bulk of my money. 427 00:31:48,285 --> 00:31:50,149 - Do not say it. - I want you to have it. 428 00:31:52,669 --> 00:31:54,015 You have pledged yourself to me, 429 00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:55,499 therefore you should be cared for if I... 430 00:31:57,674 --> 00:31:58,813 if I do not... 431 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,642 No. 432 00:32:00,746 --> 00:32:02,921 We are betrothed. That is my choice. 433 00:32:03,024 --> 00:32:04,267 It will give you a little security. 434 00:32:07,201 --> 00:32:08,581 But Cassy, I want you to promise me 435 00:32:08,685 --> 00:32:11,930 that this bequest will not make you beholden to my memory. 436 00:32:13,793 --> 00:32:15,140 If you cannot marry me, 437 00:32:16,555 --> 00:32:18,350 you must feel free to marry another. 438 00:32:22,250 --> 00:32:23,355 I promise you, Tom, 439 00:32:25,391 --> 00:32:27,290 faithfully, here before God, 440 00:32:29,326 --> 00:32:33,192 that I will never marry any other man but you. 441 00:33:11,023 --> 00:33:13,543 Today has been more difficult than I could ever have imagined. 442 00:33:16,235 --> 00:33:18,237 To first lose your dearest mother, 443 00:33:18,341 --> 00:33:19,652 and now your father, too, 444 00:33:21,275 --> 00:33:23,415 and I'm sure Mr Dundas' 445 00:33:23,518 --> 00:33:25,106 sudden announcement today did not help. 446 00:33:26,866 --> 00:33:28,316 It was quite unexpected. 447 00:33:29,145 --> 00:33:30,318 Well, at least now 448 00:33:30,422 --> 00:33:31,733 your father's will has been read, 449 00:33:31,837 --> 00:33:34,943 and [inhales] you can proceed with the removals. 450 00:33:35,047 --> 00:33:37,118 It would appear so. 451 00:33:37,222 --> 00:33:38,809 We Fowles have lived in this house 452 00:33:38,913 --> 00:33:40,052 for three generations, 453 00:33:41,122 --> 00:33:44,367 handed down from father to son. 454 00:33:46,058 --> 00:33:48,371 Now I must leave the only home I've ever known. 455 00:33:51,443 --> 00:33:52,547 I will be on my own 456 00:33:52,651 --> 00:33:54,032 for the first time ever. 457 00:33:54,135 --> 00:33:57,173 No, Isabella, you will not be on your own. 458 00:33:58,208 --> 00:34:00,141 You will be with your sisters. 459 00:34:01,108 --> 00:34:02,937 That is not fully decided yet. 460 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,319 Your father wanted you to live with them. 461 00:34:05,422 --> 00:34:07,769 He was very clear about his wishes. 462 00:34:07,873 --> 00:34:10,186 I know what his wishes were. 463 00:34:10,289 --> 00:34:12,395 His feelings were very strong on the matter, 464 00:34:12,498 --> 00:34:14,328 but his feelings were strong on all matters. 465 00:34:18,746 --> 00:34:20,851 I have never once done anything to displease him, 466 00:34:20,955 --> 00:34:23,199 but... what of my own feelings? 467 00:34:25,097 --> 00:34:26,340 What of those? 468 00:34:27,134 --> 00:34:28,721 Oh, they are your sisters. 469 00:34:29,826 --> 00:34:31,862 There is no closer bond. 470 00:34:33,140 --> 00:34:34,762 For this you should be grateful. 471 00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:39,146 - Grateful? - Yes. 472 00:34:40,423 --> 00:34:44,047 And your comfort will be enhanced 473 00:34:44,151 --> 00:34:46,187 in the knowledge that you are living 474 00:34:46,291 --> 00:34:48,327 according to your father's dying wish. 475 00:34:51,537 --> 00:34:53,436 I find myself strangely tired now. 476 00:34:54,437 --> 00:34:55,507 Quite ready for bed. 477 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,967 My dear Eliza, you must find it in your heart 478 00:35:08,071 --> 00:35:10,798 to forgive the tardiness of my reply to your letter. 479 00:35:12,213 --> 00:35:14,526 - Aren't these pretty, Jane? - Yes, Mama. 480 00:35:15,734 --> 00:35:18,150 We have arrived back at Steventon, 481 00:35:18,254 --> 00:35:20,497 but the truth is, our once peaceful rectory 482 00:35:20,601 --> 00:35:23,466 has been consumed by such a riot of celebration 483 00:35:23,569 --> 00:35:26,607 that it's hard to find a quiet place in which to write. 484 00:35:29,334 --> 00:35:31,543 There is so much joy and delight about 485 00:35:31,646 --> 00:35:34,132 as to make me feel quite sick and wicked. 486 00:35:34,235 --> 00:35:37,342 Mama? 487 00:35:37,445 --> 00:35:39,758 I cannot quite remember how we passed our time 488 00:35:39,861 --> 00:35:41,898 in the days before my sister's engagement. 489 00:35:47,559 --> 00:35:50,769 Jane? Oh, what do you think? 490 00:35:52,564 --> 00:35:54,428 Beautiful, both Cassy and the veil. 491 00:35:54,531 --> 00:35:56,395 I can only hope it is still in fashion 492 00:35:56,499 --> 00:35:58,190 by the time she walks down the aisle. 493 00:35:59,985 --> 00:36:02,229 Come along, Mama. Let us leave Jane in peace. 494 00:36:02,332 --> 00:36:04,369 Of course, we always knew 495 00:36:04,472 --> 00:36:06,371 they were the most perfect match. 496 00:36:06,474 --> 00:36:09,270 We just didn't know if Tom would ever get round to asking. 497 00:36:09,374 --> 00:36:11,410 He's a man of caution, Mama. 498 00:36:11,514 --> 00:36:12,894 I wouldn't have him any other way. 499 00:36:12,998 --> 00:36:15,897 Well, he'd never find a better peach to pick than you. 500 00:36:16,001 --> 00:36:17,761 Such an accomplished young lady 501 00:36:17,865 --> 00:36:20,937 as my eldest daughter would be an asset to any man. 502 00:36:22,214 --> 00:36:24,389 But poor Jane. 503 00:36:24,492 --> 00:36:26,460 We're not sure what's going to become of her. 504 00:36:26,563 --> 00:36:28,462 Mama! Jane is in the room. 505 00:36:28,565 --> 00:36:31,050 Dear, I'm... I'm merely saying that 506 00:36:31,154 --> 00:36:33,915 while you have a surfeit of competence, 507 00:36:34,019 --> 00:36:35,745 my dear Cassandra, 508 00:36:35,848 --> 00:36:38,989 your dear sister here is... is less... 509 00:36:39,093 --> 00:36:42,441 Useful? I think that is the word you are searching for, Mama. 510 00:36:42,545 --> 00:36:44,823 Come, come, Mrs Austen, 511 00:36:44,926 --> 00:36:48,620 we are blessed with two brilliant daughters. 512 00:36:48,723 --> 00:36:50,829 Even if that brilliance manifests itself 513 00:36:50,932 --> 00:36:53,038 differently in each. 514 00:36:53,141 --> 00:36:55,834 Any man would be lucky to have either. 515 00:36:55,937 --> 00:36:58,664 Thank you for that glowing testimonial, Papa, 516 00:36:58,768 --> 00:37:02,392 but Mama is right. Cassy is the peach. 517 00:37:02,496 --> 00:37:05,844 And Tom Fowle is the luckiest man alive. 518 00:37:05,947 --> 00:37:07,915 Now, husband, I wish to show you something. 519 00:37:09,123 --> 00:37:11,539 Lead on, Mrs Austen. 520 00:37:11,643 --> 00:37:15,094 If there is one drawback to this perfect arrangement, 521 00:37:15,198 --> 00:37:17,856 it is that I will somehow have to live without her. 522 00:37:19,098 --> 00:37:22,032 I am not ready to let my beloved sister go. 523 00:37:25,381 --> 00:37:26,623 She's finished. 524 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:31,421 This silk is perfect, Cassy. 525 00:37:31,525 --> 00:37:33,320 Perhaps you should store it away, Mama, 526 00:37:33,423 --> 00:37:35,391 to prevent it spoiling before Cassy wears it. 527 00:37:36,219 --> 00:37:38,428 I am of the firm belief, Jane, 528 00:37:38,532 --> 00:37:41,397 that it is better to be prepared than not. 529 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,882 Mama is right, Jane. I want everything to be ready. 530 00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:46,781 So, Anna, who shall we make first? 531 00:37:46,885 --> 00:37:48,196 The bride. 532 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:51,269 - Ooh, will it be me? - No. 533 00:37:51,372 --> 00:37:53,754 - Well, who then? - Father's bride. 534 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:57,447 Would you like my son to marry again, Anna? 535 00:37:59,553 --> 00:38:01,520 Then it shall be so. 536 00:38:01,624 --> 00:38:03,246 Why have one wedding when we can have two? 537 00:38:03,350 --> 00:38:04,799 Yes! 538 00:38:04,903 --> 00:38:07,043 Your aunts and I will find him someone. 539 00:38:07,146 --> 00:38:08,665 That's a splendid idea. 540 00:38:08,769 --> 00:38:09,839 Cassy... 541 00:38:09,942 --> 00:38:12,980 Why not? I want everyone to be as happy as I am. 542 00:38:13,083 --> 00:38:14,430 Even you, my darling Jane. 543 00:38:14,533 --> 00:38:17,191 I refuse to be involved with your matrimonial schemings. 544 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:20,539 What about Eliza's sister, Mary Lloyd? 545 00:38:20,643 --> 00:38:23,473 For brother James? Mother! 546 00:38:23,577 --> 00:38:26,373 I can't think of anyone better. Can you, Cassy? 547 00:38:28,098 --> 00:38:30,377 No-one. She would be perfect. 548 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:32,344 It shall be done. 549 00:38:32,448 --> 00:38:34,381 We must make two brides now, Anna. 550 00:38:34,484 --> 00:38:36,728 You must ask your Aunt Jane for more paper. 551 00:38:36,831 --> 00:38:38,557 Yes, Eliza, my mother is up to 552 00:38:38,661 --> 00:38:39,972 her old matchmaking tricks again. 553 00:38:40,076 --> 00:38:41,526 Thank you. 554 00:38:41,629 --> 00:38:42,906 She's intent to match 555 00:38:43,010 --> 00:38:44,908 our brother James with your sister Mary. 556 00:38:46,358 --> 00:38:48,291 What do you think of this, Anna? 557 00:38:48,395 --> 00:38:49,534 From my mother 558 00:38:49,637 --> 00:38:51,915 this kind of plotting is to be expected, 559 00:38:52,019 --> 00:38:55,367 but it is Cassy's part in it that's far more surprising. 560 00:38:55,471 --> 00:38:56,886 I can only put that down 561 00:38:56,989 --> 00:39:00,752 to her elevated status as an engaged woman. 562 00:39:00,855 --> 00:39:03,479 Luckily, no attempts have been made to match me, 563 00:39:03,582 --> 00:39:05,757 so I can happily pursue my fated role 564 00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:07,414 as an irascible spinster... 565 00:39:09,139 --> 00:39:10,658 if Cassy will allow it. 566 00:39:12,108 --> 00:39:13,247 Honestly, Cassy, 567 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,456 you and mother are like women possessed. 568 00:39:16,526 --> 00:39:17,976 What's come over you? 569 00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,322 Where is my sister? 570 00:39:19,426 --> 00:39:21,324 Nothing has come over me. 571 00:39:21,428 --> 00:39:23,671 I'm Cassy Austen, soon to be Cassy Fowle, 572 00:39:23,775 --> 00:39:26,433 the happiest woman in the world, and if I'm to be this happy 573 00:39:26,536 --> 00:39:27,882 then I want everyone around me to be happy, too. 574 00:39:27,986 --> 00:39:30,954 Happiness isn't like a cold. You can't just pass it on. 575 00:39:32,335 --> 00:39:34,406 - Are you cross with me? - Not cross. 576 00:39:35,338 --> 00:39:36,443 Surprised. 577 00:39:37,133 --> 00:39:38,410 Mary Lloyd and James? 578 00:39:38,514 --> 00:39:39,963 Even you must have doubts on that count. 579 00:39:40,067 --> 00:39:42,483 His eyes follow her everywhere when he's in her company. 580 00:39:42,587 --> 00:39:44,485 - That's not love. - What is it then? 581 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:47,350 Polite curiosity. 582 00:39:47,454 --> 00:39:49,663 You're supposed to be the romantic one. 583 00:39:49,766 --> 00:39:51,009 Though the only problem we might have... 584 00:39:51,112 --> 00:39:52,459 Not "we"! 585 00:39:52,562 --> 00:39:54,184 ...is that brother James is not without his admirers. 586 00:39:54,288 --> 00:39:56,359 - Miss Harrison, for one. - Well, that's a mystery, too. 587 00:39:56,463 --> 00:39:57,740 How can a widower 588 00:39:57,843 --> 00:39:59,466 of such indifferent humour have so much choice? 589 00:39:59,569 --> 00:40:00,881 Because he's a man. 590 00:40:02,848 --> 00:40:04,160 I'm sorry if you disapprove, Jane, 591 00:40:04,263 --> 00:40:06,231 but whatever happens, James must marry again. 592 00:40:06,334 --> 00:40:07,922 That poor child needs a mother. 593 00:40:08,026 --> 00:40:09,648 Mary, though? 594 00:40:09,752 --> 00:40:11,616 Are you sure Miss Harrison will not be there? 595 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:13,376 You know how your brother admires her, Cassy. 596 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,414 Nonsense. She towers over him. 597 00:40:16,517 --> 00:40:18,864 No man wants a wife that is taller than he is. 598 00:40:18,968 --> 00:40:21,177 Besides, I've heard that she's out of the country. 599 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,594 Dear sister, he will have eyes for you and you alone. 600 00:40:24,698 --> 00:40:25,768 Isn't that so, Jane? 601 00:40:37,987 --> 00:40:39,885 The county ball is to be the setting 602 00:40:39,989 --> 00:40:42,785 for the advancement of this romantic plot. 603 00:40:43,682 --> 00:40:44,856 I must admit, 604 00:40:44,959 --> 00:40:46,685 I have something approaching sympathy 605 00:40:46,789 --> 00:40:48,722 for the single man. 606 00:40:48,825 --> 00:40:50,758 I wonder how my brother James would feel 607 00:40:50,862 --> 00:40:55,625 to know he is the object of such lively speculation, 608 00:40:55,729 --> 00:40:58,835 and how closely the feminine eyes of Basingstoke 609 00:40:58,939 --> 00:41:00,768 are soon to be trained upon him. 610 00:41:02,321 --> 00:41:05,463 I knew it. Your brother has not looked at me once. 611 00:41:05,566 --> 00:41:06,912 Not since the moment we arrived. 612 00:41:07,016 --> 00:41:08,604 He is simply talking with friends. 613 00:41:08,707 --> 00:41:10,916 It is not entirely unreasonable of him to be sociable. 614 00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,678 It is, after all, a social event. 615 00:41:14,817 --> 00:41:16,957 I should never have got my hopes up. 616 00:41:17,060 --> 00:41:19,028 Why would a man like James Austen look at me? 617 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,515 Cassy, I wish I was elegant as you are. 618 00:41:23,619 --> 00:41:25,379 I have never seen you look as elegant 619 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:26,725 as you do tonight, Mary. 620 00:41:26,829 --> 00:41:28,002 In fact, I would go so far 621 00:41:28,106 --> 00:41:29,625 as to say that you are positively glowing. 622 00:41:29,728 --> 00:41:32,800 Dear sister, that pale blue does become you so. 623 00:41:32,904 --> 00:41:34,422 I wish I could find a colour that suited 624 00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:36,148 my complexion so well. 625 00:41:36,252 --> 00:41:39,807 You can wear any colour, my dearest Eliza, not just blue. 626 00:41:39,911 --> 00:41:41,706 I for one do not intend to spend the whole evening 627 00:41:41,809 --> 00:41:43,293 staring at my brother's back. 628 00:41:43,397 --> 00:41:44,778 Come along, Cassy. 629 00:41:44,881 --> 00:41:46,089 Let's take a turn around the room. 630 00:41:49,092 --> 00:41:51,681 Oh, no! Miss Harrison has come. 631 00:41:51,785 --> 00:41:53,476 Cassy, you said she was out of the country. 632 00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,754 - I'm sunk. - Nonsense. 633 00:41:55,858 --> 00:41:57,238 We shall make sure my brother knows 634 00:41:57,342 --> 00:41:58,826 - that you are here. - No! 635 00:41:58,930 --> 00:42:00,690 Cassy, why don't you and I sit here for a moment? 636 00:42:00,794 --> 00:42:02,105 Do you think this is wise? 637 00:42:02,209 --> 00:42:03,969 James is perfectly content to dance with Miss Harrison. 638 00:42:04,073 --> 00:42:05,074 He might seem it, 639 00:42:05,177 --> 00:42:06,627 but he does not know how much more contented 640 00:42:06,731 --> 00:42:07,628 he might be if he danced with Mary. 641 00:42:07,732 --> 00:42:08,698 You are sounding suspiciously 642 00:42:08,802 --> 00:42:10,320 like Mama. 643 00:42:10,424 --> 00:42:12,599 Would it not be better to allow James to decide his own fate? 644 00:42:12,702 --> 00:42:14,014 That he will do, 645 00:42:14,117 --> 00:42:16,637 with a helping hand from his beloved sisters. 646 00:42:16,741 --> 00:42:18,950 But I am not convinced Mary Lloyd is his ideal match. 647 00:42:19,053 --> 00:42:20,710 The Lloyd sisters are our dearest friends. 648 00:42:20,814 --> 00:42:23,126 Eliza, yes, but not Mary. 649 00:42:23,230 --> 00:42:25,819 Why must you always be so critical of her? 650 00:42:25,922 --> 00:42:28,200 Mary lacks confidence. Once married she will bloom. 651 00:42:35,483 --> 00:42:36,830 Oh, this is a disaster. 652 00:42:39,246 --> 00:42:40,627 Come along. 653 00:42:45,459 --> 00:42:46,702 Beautiful. 654 00:42:49,532 --> 00:42:50,671 Ca... 655 00:43:07,101 --> 00:43:08,344 Miss Harrison. 656 00:43:09,069 --> 00:43:10,070 Brother. 657 00:43:12,762 --> 00:43:14,868 An enjoyable evening, is it not? 658 00:43:14,971 --> 00:43:17,802 Yes, seems to be a success. 659 00:43:19,700 --> 00:43:22,703 I saw you dancing. You really are rather good. 660 00:43:22,807 --> 00:43:24,809 - Do you think so? - Yes. 661 00:43:24,912 --> 00:43:28,226 Miss Mary Lloyd and I were remarking on that very fact. 662 00:43:28,329 --> 00:43:31,505 It might be polite of you to pay her some attention. 663 00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:33,231 Especially as she admires you so. 664 00:43:34,025 --> 00:43:34,957 Ah! 665 00:43:41,308 --> 00:43:42,274 Miss Lloyd. 666 00:43:43,172 --> 00:43:44,138 Mr Austen. 667 00:43:44,242 --> 00:43:46,485 Would you care to have this next dance? 668 00:43:52,319 --> 00:43:54,459 Of course, I wish Mary and James 669 00:43:54,562 --> 00:43:57,393 the greatest happiness, Eliza, 670 00:43:57,496 --> 00:44:01,052 but I cannot help but worry that our dear niece Anna 671 00:44:01,155 --> 00:44:03,364 might be forgotten in all this plotting. 672 00:44:03,468 --> 00:44:04,849 Plotting? 673 00:44:04,952 --> 00:44:07,023 Wha-- I wasn't plotting! 674 00:44:07,817 --> 00:44:09,612 I was thinking only of Anna. 675 00:44:22,798 --> 00:44:25,490 I know Mary is your sister, Eliza, 676 00:44:25,593 --> 00:44:27,009 but I do find it difficult to imagine 677 00:44:27,112 --> 00:44:28,320 her embracing motherhood. 678 00:44:29,908 --> 00:44:32,152 Perhaps, she will surprise us all. 679 00:44:39,090 --> 00:44:41,817 Cassy, would you like to hear the latest chapter? 680 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:42,887 It's finished. 681 00:44:42,990 --> 00:44:44,336 - Is it the ball? - Mmm-hmm. 682 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:45,786 Oh, at last! 683 00:44:48,375 --> 00:44:51,171 Does Mary Bennett has to be called Mary? 684 00:44:51,274 --> 00:44:53,725 She's so perfectly dreadful. It will not go down well 685 00:44:53,829 --> 00:44:56,348 when our sister-in-law Mary discovers it. 686 00:44:56,452 --> 00:44:57,556 She won't discover it. 687 00:44:57,660 --> 00:44:59,455 She has rather limited literary taste. 688 00:44:59,558 --> 00:45:02,078 If it wasn't written by James then it cannot be any good. 689 00:45:06,634 --> 00:45:09,603 It is a delight to see my Cassy in such high spirits. 690 00:45:11,570 --> 00:45:14,712 She has waited one whole year for her beloved to come home. 691 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:17,576 Who are you writing to? 692 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:21,408 Eliza. She must be as excited to see Tom as we are. 693 00:45:21,511 --> 00:45:23,479 I have such butterflies. 694 00:45:26,068 --> 00:45:29,485 I will admit to some butterflies of my own, Eliza, 695 00:45:29,588 --> 00:45:33,109 for it is at this point Cassy and I must separate, 696 00:45:33,213 --> 00:45:35,802 and I will take up the position of solitary daughter. 697 00:45:36,872 --> 00:45:38,736 I cannot welcome it, 698 00:45:38,839 --> 00:45:40,461 but I suppose I must bear it. 699 00:45:41,428 --> 00:45:42,809 Jane. 700 00:45:44,603 --> 00:45:46,916 You and I will always be sisters, 701 00:45:47,883 --> 00:45:49,160 even when I'm Mrs Fowle. 702 00:45:51,058 --> 00:45:52,439 You are saddled with me forever. 703 00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,273 It will be strange at first, 704 00:46:00,619 --> 00:46:02,138 but... 705 00:46:02,242 --> 00:46:03,622 it is something that 706 00:46:03,726 --> 00:46:04,934 most sisters must go through. 707 00:46:05,038 --> 00:46:06,280 "Most sisters?" 708 00:46:07,626 --> 00:46:09,525 Is that how you think of us? 709 00:46:09,628 --> 00:46:12,390 I mistakenly assumed myself of greater significance. 710 00:46:12,493 --> 00:46:13,529 Jane, you know-- 711 00:46:13,632 --> 00:46:15,013 Of course I know. 712 00:46:16,704 --> 00:46:18,120 We are not most sisters. 713 00:46:19,949 --> 00:46:21,088 Mmm. 714 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:24,540 We were not most sisters. 715 00:46:36,655 --> 00:46:38,450 Oh. 716 00:46:38,554 --> 00:46:41,246 Excuse me, ma'am. I... I was just setting the grate. 717 00:46:42,144 --> 00:46:43,317 No rest for the wicked. 718 00:46:43,421 --> 00:46:46,355 Leave it. It's... it's fine for now. 719 00:46:48,219 --> 00:46:51,256 I have started clearing Mrs Fowle's room. 720 00:46:52,671 --> 00:46:53,569 There's so little time now. 721 00:46:54,846 --> 00:46:56,020 If you say so, ma'am. 722 00:47:00,403 --> 00:47:02,060 Oh, 723 00:47:02,164 --> 00:47:04,856 Mrs Mary Austen is expected soon, ma'am. 724 00:47:20,561 --> 00:47:21,424 "Mary." 725 00:47:30,226 --> 00:47:31,400 My dear Eliza... 726 00:47:32,780 --> 00:47:35,231 we left for Steventon as soon as your letter arrived. 727 00:47:36,646 --> 00:47:38,614 Though I did not relish the task before me, 728 00:47:38,717 --> 00:47:41,582 I felt compelled to undertake it with forbearance. 729 00:47:43,205 --> 00:47:46,311 In truth, I felt equal to it, 730 00:47:46,415 --> 00:47:50,108 for I am a married woman now, with a husband by my side, 731 00:47:51,247 --> 00:47:54,388 and I am family, an Austen, too. 732 00:47:57,081 --> 00:47:58,289 When we were in the hall 733 00:47:58,392 --> 00:48:01,257 I could hear Cassy and Jane upstairs laughing. 734 00:48:04,605 --> 00:48:06,676 They were to be found where they always are 735 00:48:06,780 --> 00:48:08,299 alone, together, 736 00:48:08,402 --> 00:48:10,853 a secret sisterhood of two, 737 00:48:10,957 --> 00:48:13,304 their door shut on the rest of the world. 738 00:48:13,407 --> 00:48:16,031 "And even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter 739 00:48:16,134 --> 00:48:18,343 "more than the occasional exclamation of 740 00:48:18,447 --> 00:48:20,898 "'Lord, how tired I am', accompanied 741 00:48:21,001 --> 00:48:23,176 "by a violent yawn." 742 00:48:23,279 --> 00:48:26,351 They do seem to laugh an unusual amount. 743 00:48:26,455 --> 00:48:28,836 What can be so amusing so much of the time? 744 00:48:30,114 --> 00:48:31,529 I used to not mind it, 745 00:48:31,632 --> 00:48:33,772 but lately I have found it a source of great irritation. 746 00:48:35,671 --> 00:48:36,706 Mama never knocks. 747 00:48:43,161 --> 00:48:44,335 As soon as Cassy saw my face 748 00:48:44,438 --> 00:48:46,199 she knew the purpose of my visit. 749 00:48:48,201 --> 00:48:50,720 I judged it best to speak with her alone, 750 00:48:50,824 --> 00:48:52,032 without her sister. 751 00:48:52,860 --> 00:48:54,414 Jane, could you leave us? 752 00:48:54,517 --> 00:48:55,829 No, I'm going nowhere. 753 00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:57,555 Please, Jane. 754 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:07,047 Cassandra-- 755 00:49:07,151 --> 00:49:08,980 We have bad tidings to impart, Cassy. 756 00:49:09,705 --> 00:49:10,637 You must prepare yourself. 757 00:49:12,984 --> 00:49:14,468 They came straight to the point. 758 00:49:15,987 --> 00:49:19,197 Tom was dead of yellow fever, 759 00:49:19,301 --> 00:49:22,235 and these past two months had lain buried at sea. 760 00:49:31,934 --> 00:49:34,005 Cassy, my dear, 761 00:49:34,109 --> 00:49:35,765 there is something else that we must tell you. 762 00:49:36,628 --> 00:49:37,595 Something you must know. 763 00:49:39,424 --> 00:49:42,151 You must not blame Lord Craven for taking Tom from you. 764 00:49:42,255 --> 00:49:44,291 He had no knowledge of your engagement. 765 00:49:44,395 --> 00:49:46,155 Tom had kept it from him, 766 00:49:46,259 --> 00:49:47,743 knowing full well he would never have taken 767 00:49:47,846 --> 00:49:49,124 a betrothed man abroad. 768 00:49:50,918 --> 00:49:53,162 His desire to go was of such intensity-- 769 00:49:53,266 --> 00:49:55,164 Cassy, do not believe her. 770 00:49:55,268 --> 00:49:57,235 It is true. Tell her, James. 771 00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:02,758 It was Tom's own decision. 772 00:50:04,346 --> 00:50:07,211 Cassandra's reaction was quite desperate. 773 00:50:07,314 --> 00:50:10,283 She fell to the floor in a fit of the hysterics. 774 00:50:12,492 --> 00:50:14,908 I have never heard wailing like it. 775 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:16,530 She was inconsolable. 776 00:50:18,187 --> 00:50:19,223 What? 777 00:50:20,672 --> 00:50:23,744 She could not speak a word. 778 00:50:23,848 --> 00:50:25,953 I'm sure that must have been very hard for you both, 779 00:50:26,057 --> 00:50:28,094 so, thank you. 780 00:50:30,510 --> 00:50:33,961 How dull and sordid is this business of grief. 781 00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:35,618 Is it always to be my lot to have to deal 782 00:50:35,722 --> 00:50:37,275 with the dramas of my new sisters? 783 00:50:38,276 --> 00:50:40,727 It is not a position I relish, 784 00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:44,420 but when bad things happen the truth must be told. 785 00:51:09,963 --> 00:51:11,275 You lied.