1 00:00:01,518 --> 00:00:03,382 Viewers like you make this program possible. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,557 Support your local PBS station. 3 00:00:39,453 --> 00:00:40,799 Look how splendid it is! 4 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,240 It really is much 5 00:01:08,378 --> 00:01:10,311 smaller than I imagined, Dundas. 6 00:01:10,449 --> 00:01:12,417 I fear we have too much furniture. 7 00:01:12,555 --> 00:01:14,039 Nonsense, my dear. 8 00:01:14,177 --> 00:01:15,799 The sideboard will look splendid against 9 00:01:15,937 --> 00:01:19,113 this wall, under the portrait of my late dear father. 10 00:01:19,251 --> 00:01:21,184 But where shall we place the pedestal table? 11 00:01:21,322 --> 00:01:22,496 And those windows. 12 00:01:22,634 --> 00:01:25,085 So out of proportion for the room. 13 00:01:25,223 --> 00:01:27,363 I confess, I've always been of that opinion myself. 14 00:01:27,501 --> 00:01:29,503 How strange you've never mentioned it before, Mama. 15 00:01:29,641 --> 00:01:31,229 Well, you must have forgotten, Anna. 16 00:01:31,367 --> 00:01:33,093 No Mama. If I recall, you always remarked 17 00:01:33,231 --> 00:01:34,646 how fortunate your sister Eliza was 18 00:01:34,784 --> 00:01:36,648 the benefit of such a beautiful room. 19 00:01:36,786 --> 00:01:37,959 My dear mother spent many happy hours 20 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:39,616 sitting in the window. 21 00:01:39,754 --> 00:01:42,481 I have far too many children to sit anywhere for hours. 22 00:01:42,619 --> 00:01:44,759 Isabella. I've just seen your sister Beth. 23 00:01:45,553 --> 00:01:46,589 Oh! 24 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:49,868 Forgive me, I was not aware you were all present. 25 00:01:50,006 --> 00:01:50,903 Miss Austen! 26 00:01:51,041 --> 00:01:52,077 What a pleasure to make 27 00:01:52,215 --> 00:01:54,044 your acquaintance once more. 28 00:01:54,183 --> 00:01:55,908 It is almost as good as being in the presence 29 00:01:56,046 --> 00:01:57,531 of your dear departed sister. 30 00:01:57,669 --> 00:01:58,635 My dear. 31 00:01:58,773 --> 00:02:00,810 Miss Austen here was fortunate enough 32 00:02:00,948 --> 00:02:03,916 to be sister to the great lady novelist 33 00:02:04,054 --> 00:02:06,195 Miss Jane Austen. 34 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,886 Imagine! 35 00:02:08,024 --> 00:02:09,439 How splendid for you. 36 00:02:10,578 --> 00:02:11,821 Now, Dundas, to the curtains. 37 00:02:11,959 --> 00:02:13,340 I am concerned 38 00:02:13,478 --> 00:02:16,550 ours will not fit those rather large windows. 39 00:02:16,688 --> 00:02:18,655 Now, Mama, we must take our leave. 40 00:02:18,793 --> 00:02:21,831 Mrs Bunbury is not a woman to be kept waiting. 41 00:02:21,969 --> 00:02:23,557 I'm sure something could be arranged. 42 00:02:23,695 --> 00:02:25,386 We could just change the upholstery. 43 00:02:25,524 --> 00:02:27,595 It is too plain for my taste. 44 00:02:27,733 --> 00:02:29,321 I prefer something busier. 45 00:02:30,564 --> 00:02:32,082 I am deeply sorry, Isabella. 46 00:02:32,221 --> 00:02:33,498 I was not aware 47 00:02:33,636 --> 00:02:34,706 of all the facts surrounding your situation. 48 00:02:36,259 --> 00:02:37,571 If I gave you the impression 49 00:02:37,709 --> 00:02:38,882 that your sister Beth and Mr Lidderdale... 50 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,953 You gave no such impression, Cassandra. 51 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:44,681 And even if you had done so, it had no consequence. 52 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:48,513 It is true. 53 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:52,379 We did have feelings for one another once. 54 00:02:54,070 --> 00:02:56,935 He proposed and I refused him, 55 00:02:57,660 --> 00:02:59,903 and that is an end to it. 56 00:03:00,041 --> 00:03:02,734 Oh, Isabella, forgive me, but I must ask you something. 57 00:03:02,872 --> 00:03:05,012 Did you refuse him of your own volition, 58 00:03:05,150 --> 00:03:07,946 or were you instructed to do so? 59 00:03:08,084 --> 00:03:10,673 My father would not give his permission. 60 00:03:12,882 --> 00:03:17,473 He considered Mr Lidderdale to be beneath us. 61 00:03:20,303 --> 00:03:23,789 Mr Lidderdale's mother was a servant at the big house. 62 00:03:26,516 --> 00:03:27,621 Do you see? 63 00:03:28,829 --> 00:03:29,864 Yes, I see. 64 00:03:32,522 --> 00:03:35,284 Mr Lidderdale has no inheritance to speak of. 65 00:03:36,664 --> 00:03:38,632 He works in the service of the poor. 66 00:03:40,358 --> 00:03:41,669 He is a good man. 67 00:03:43,637 --> 00:03:45,363 Yes, I see that too. 68 00:03:45,501 --> 00:03:47,296 But he is also a proud man. 69 00:03:50,126 --> 00:03:51,472 I have refused him. 70 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,544 He will not ask again. 71 00:03:57,478 --> 00:04:00,654 I take heart from your example, Cassandra. 72 00:04:00,792 --> 00:04:04,589 You have shown me that the single life, 73 00:04:04,727 --> 00:04:08,731 lived in the service of others, can bring contentment. 74 00:04:09,904 --> 00:04:11,147 Is that not so? 75 00:04:11,285 --> 00:04:12,459 Indeed, my dear. 76 00:04:14,219 --> 00:04:16,601 What is duty but a kind of love? 77 00:04:20,156 --> 00:04:23,539 I would very much appreciate it if you would pay Mary Jane visit 78 00:04:23,677 --> 00:04:25,575 to settle the matter of our future lodgings. 79 00:04:38,416 --> 00:04:39,486 In, in! 80 00:04:44,076 --> 00:04:44,974 So it is settled, then. 81 00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:49,081 Isabella and I will live together 82 00:04:49,219 --> 00:04:51,636 as our dear departed father so wished. 83 00:04:51,774 --> 00:04:54,673 I would prefer to remain in my house, where I am safe. 84 00:04:55,536 --> 00:04:56,813 Isabella will move in here... 85 00:04:56,951 --> 00:05:00,783 While... while your home is undoubtedly charming, 86 00:05:00,921 --> 00:05:03,648 I fear it cannot accommodate both of you. 87 00:05:05,201 --> 00:05:09,067 Neither of you will be comfortable, sadly. 88 00:05:09,930 --> 00:05:12,242 Hmm. 89 00:05:12,381 --> 00:05:14,659 New lodgings it is, then, 90 00:05:14,797 --> 00:05:16,316 though, we must be mindful 91 00:05:16,454 --> 00:05:19,595 not to burden Isabella with an opinion on this matter. 92 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:21,631 She is at her best when given guidance. 93 00:05:21,769 --> 00:05:22,908 Come now. 94 00:05:23,046 --> 00:05:24,945 Isabella organised the Kintbury move 95 00:05:25,083 --> 00:05:26,118 with great efficiency, 96 00:05:26,256 --> 00:05:27,499 Only because you were here. 97 00:05:28,949 --> 00:05:31,054 Well, I sincerely hope you both find 98 00:05:31,192 --> 00:05:33,574 comfort and companionship... 99 00:05:33,712 --> 00:05:35,714 I care not for companionship. 100 00:05:35,852 --> 00:05:38,476 That is not the purpose of us living together. 101 00:05:38,614 --> 00:05:40,961 It is to ensure that Isabella does not return to the behaviour 102 00:05:41,099 --> 00:05:43,515 that caused our dear father such great upset. 103 00:05:47,623 --> 00:05:50,936 I take it you mean the business with Mr Lidderdale? 104 00:05:51,074 --> 00:05:53,007 Do not mention that man. 105 00:05:53,145 --> 00:05:54,906 His dalliance with my sister threatened to bring 106 00:05:55,044 --> 00:05:56,839 shame upon my father's good name. 107 00:05:57,874 --> 00:05:59,151 I must continue his legacy 108 00:05:59,289 --> 00:06:00,360 and protect it still. 109 00:06:01,982 --> 00:06:04,640 I do not think it was a dalliance, Mary Jane. 110 00:06:05,951 --> 00:06:07,608 I believe it to have been love. 111 00:06:08,575 --> 00:06:09,852 Do not be ridiculous. 112 00:06:10,922 --> 00:06:12,199 Isabella's head was turned 113 00:06:12,337 --> 00:06:13,683 because he paid her a little attention. 114 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:18,101 I will begin preparations for removals immediately. 115 00:06:19,655 --> 00:06:21,588 All my possessions must come with me. 116 00:06:21,726 --> 00:06:23,452 - All of them? - Yes, all of them. 117 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:26,455 They are my late husband's treasures. 118 00:06:27,559 --> 00:06:29,181 Brought them back from India. 119 00:06:29,319 --> 00:06:32,012 And they are a reminder of my happiest times. 120 00:06:33,289 --> 00:06:34,670 Let it be known. 121 00:06:34,808 --> 00:06:36,188 I'm only doing this for my father. 122 00:06:37,155 --> 00:06:38,121 Out of duty. 123 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:52,791 - Ma'am. - Mmm? 124 00:06:53,792 --> 00:06:55,898 Dinah, it seems 125 00:06:56,036 --> 00:06:59,867 Miss Isabella is to be settled with Mrs Mary Jane Dexter, 126 00:07:00,005 --> 00:07:02,560 so there is no further need for me to remain here. 127 00:07:02,698 --> 00:07:05,425 It seems I have outstayed my welcome long enough. 128 00:07:05,563 --> 00:07:06,943 I'll pack your belongings at once, ma'am. 129 00:07:07,081 --> 00:07:09,187 No, thank you. I will pack my own trunk. 130 00:07:10,326 --> 00:07:11,914 Very well, ma'am, if you insist. 131 00:07:12,052 --> 00:07:13,156 Yes, Dinah, I do. 132 00:08:15,460 --> 00:08:18,532 Eliza, my mother, Jane and I thank you 133 00:08:18,670 --> 00:08:20,776 for your heartfelt condolences. 134 00:08:20,914 --> 00:08:22,812 Mama is bearing our father's loss, 135 00:08:22,950 --> 00:08:24,434 which is immeasurable, 136 00:08:24,573 --> 00:08:26,540 with great courage. 137 00:08:26,678 --> 00:08:31,959 But as for Jane, it is as if she is sinking away from me. 138 00:08:32,097 --> 00:08:34,134 I cannot persuade her to pick up a pen, 139 00:08:34,928 --> 00:08:36,999 even to a letter, 140 00:08:37,137 --> 00:08:39,553 and I am fearful she may never write again. 141 00:08:44,316 --> 00:08:45,248 Mama. 142 00:08:46,836 --> 00:08:48,769 The time has come for us to discuss our business. 143 00:08:49,252 --> 00:08:50,564 Yes. 144 00:08:51,427 --> 00:08:52,532 Our business. 145 00:08:54,119 --> 00:08:55,224 Your sister? 146 00:09:01,299 --> 00:09:02,611 Thank you for getting up, my darling. 147 00:09:02,749 --> 00:09:04,026 I promise this will not take long. 148 00:09:15,693 --> 00:09:17,349 So, 149 00:09:17,487 --> 00:09:20,111 now that we can no longer rely on Father's income and annuity, 150 00:09:20,249 --> 00:09:22,734 that has left a little deficit in our finances. 151 00:09:23,632 --> 00:09:25,012 But, Mother, I am pleased to say 152 00:09:25,150 --> 00:09:26,738 that your sons have risen to the occasion. 153 00:09:30,121 --> 00:09:31,916 Frank has insisted on offering us 154 00:09:32,054 --> 00:09:33,711 100 pounds per annum. 155 00:09:33,849 --> 00:09:36,645 Oh, that magnificent boy. 156 00:09:36,783 --> 00:09:39,613 But I'm sorry, we cannot accept. 157 00:09:39,751 --> 00:09:41,028 He will be married soon 158 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:44,273 and he cannot afford to waste that on us. 159 00:09:44,411 --> 00:09:46,102 It's enough to know that he offered. 160 00:09:47,103 --> 00:09:48,898 How proud your father would be. 161 00:09:49,623 --> 00:09:51,349 I agree, Mama. 162 00:09:51,487 --> 00:09:54,214 But his generosity has been matched by James and Edward. 163 00:09:55,353 --> 00:09:56,665 It has now been arranged 164 00:09:56,803 --> 00:09:59,391 that Frank and James will give 50 pounds each, 165 00:09:59,529 --> 00:10:01,359 and Edward another 100. 166 00:10:01,497 --> 00:10:02,394 Mercy me. 167 00:10:03,706 --> 00:10:05,674 Was there ever such excellent sons? 168 00:10:06,053 --> 00:10:07,365 Wait. 169 00:10:07,503 --> 00:10:09,298 Am I to understand that Frank, 170 00:10:09,436 --> 00:10:11,887 the hard-working sailor with no home of his own, 171 00:10:12,025 --> 00:10:13,992 first offered one hundred pounds, 172 00:10:14,130 --> 00:10:16,374 but Edward Austen of the Godmersham estate in Kent 173 00:10:16,512 --> 00:10:18,928 offered the same amount and no more? 174 00:10:19,066 --> 00:10:21,310 Yes, they are all so generous. 175 00:10:21,448 --> 00:10:23,899 We will have to take smaller and cheaper lodgings, of course, 176 00:10:24,037 --> 00:10:26,004 but if we are to visit friends and family 177 00:10:26,142 --> 00:10:28,731 in the summer months that will not be so bad. 178 00:10:28,869 --> 00:10:31,803 So that gives us a total of 200 pounds, 179 00:10:31,941 --> 00:10:33,874 to which we can add to the yield of our own money. 180 00:10:34,012 --> 00:10:35,669 To which I contribute nothing. 181 00:10:36,290 --> 00:10:37,222 Not a farthing. 182 00:10:38,085 --> 00:10:39,880 What a wretched creature I am. 183 00:10:45,127 --> 00:10:48,648 You are our great strength, Cassy, 184 00:10:48,786 --> 00:10:50,339 as your father knew you would be. 185 00:10:51,547 --> 00:10:54,412 We will manage quite handsomely, I'm sure. 186 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:12,050 What can I do for you? 187 00:11:12,810 --> 00:11:13,914 Nothing. 188 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:18,229 There is nothing anyone can do to help a woman who has been 189 00:11:18,367 --> 00:11:22,060 on this earth for 30 years and has nothing to show for it. 190 00:11:22,198 --> 00:11:24,269 Many a writer has known disappointment 191 00:11:24,407 --> 00:11:25,408 at some stage, Jane. 192 00:11:27,617 --> 00:11:30,034 You sold "Susan" to Mr Crosby. 193 00:11:30,172 --> 00:11:32,312 Those ten pounds were earned, my dearest. 194 00:11:32,450 --> 00:11:34,314 They were not the profit of some legacy. 195 00:11:34,452 --> 00:11:36,557 And we both know that same Mr Crosby 196 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:37,731 never published it. 197 00:11:39,250 --> 00:11:40,872 I must face the fact that nothing will ever come 198 00:11:41,010 --> 00:11:42,115 of my writing now. 199 00:11:42,253 --> 00:11:43,081 No, Jane. 200 00:11:43,219 --> 00:11:44,842 You've protected me for so long. 201 00:11:46,084 --> 00:11:47,776 You allowed me to be alone in my head 202 00:11:47,914 --> 00:11:49,225 and I thank you for that. 203 00:11:50,468 --> 00:11:51,987 I had opportunities. 204 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:53,920 I squandered them. 205 00:11:55,369 --> 00:11:57,786 Allow me to grieve for that and Papa both. 206 00:12:05,379 --> 00:12:08,451 Isabella, if I may, there is no garden. 207 00:12:08,589 --> 00:12:10,350 We have no need of a garden. 208 00:12:10,488 --> 00:12:13,215 I never go outside, If I can help it. 209 00:12:13,353 --> 00:12:16,287 You may not, Mary Jane, but I do. 210 00:12:16,425 --> 00:12:18,772 And if we are to live together we must both be satisfied. 211 00:12:19,911 --> 00:12:21,188 Cassandra is correct. 212 00:12:21,948 --> 00:12:22,983 There must be a garden. 213 00:12:26,953 --> 00:12:28,886 You are here to assist me, Cassandra. 214 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,619 Our search for affordable accommodation 215 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,069 has brought us back 216 00:12:40,207 --> 00:12:42,175 to the county of Hampshire, Eliza. 217 00:12:42,313 --> 00:12:44,902 Southampton seems an agreeable enough place, 218 00:12:45,730 --> 00:12:46,973 and we will make the best of it. 219 00:12:52,979 --> 00:12:55,533 My only real concern is for Jane. 220 00:12:55,671 --> 00:12:57,811 She finds change very difficult, 221 00:12:57,949 --> 00:13:01,263 which is unfortunate as change comes at us so often 222 00:13:01,401 --> 00:13:03,783 and without the courtesy of warning. 223 00:13:03,921 --> 00:13:06,924 I fear she may be on the brink of another bout of melancholy. 224 00:13:10,237 --> 00:13:12,757 Are we not blessed to have this on our doorstep? 225 00:13:12,895 --> 00:13:14,103 We are indeed blessed. 226 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,385 We shall find better lodgings, Jane. 227 00:13:22,146 --> 00:13:24,010 And in a few months when our sister-in-law 228 00:13:24,148 --> 00:13:25,321 is out of her latest confinement, 229 00:13:25,459 --> 00:13:27,979 we shall pay a visit to Godmersham. 230 00:13:28,911 --> 00:13:31,086 The grounds alone shall cheer you. 231 00:13:31,224 --> 00:13:33,433 You are my Lizzie Bennet to the root. 232 00:13:33,571 --> 00:13:36,608 One glimpse of beautiful grounds and everything changes. 233 00:13:36,746 --> 00:13:39,232 You flatter me, comparing me to Lizzie Bennet, my dear. 234 00:13:41,613 --> 00:13:44,616 Perhaps you will write something when you are there. 235 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:47,965 No. 236 00:13:49,276 --> 00:13:50,553 All of that behind me now. 237 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:59,873 I suppose I could make something of the garden, perhaps. 238 00:14:01,944 --> 00:14:03,497 Do you not think it might be 239 00:14:03,635 --> 00:14:06,017 a little small for two people, Isabella? 240 00:14:06,155 --> 00:14:07,708 Where, where would you teach? 241 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:10,297 Teach? Why would you want to teach? 242 00:14:10,435 --> 00:14:13,783 Isabella must continue her teaching, Mary Jane. 243 00:14:13,922 --> 00:14:17,201 It would be a misfortune for her pupils to be denied her. 244 00:14:17,339 --> 00:14:19,030 You are right, Cassandra. 245 00:14:19,928 --> 00:14:21,481 I must do that, if nothing else. 246 00:14:50,303 --> 00:14:52,029 Would it help if I read some of the pages out loud, 247 00:14:52,167 --> 00:14:53,582 so you can hear how good they are? 248 00:14:54,307 --> 00:14:55,756 I'm desperate to know 249 00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:58,138 if Colonel Brandon and Marianne are to be married. 250 00:14:58,276 --> 00:14:59,899 I'm afraid their fate must remain unknown 251 00:15:00,037 --> 00:15:01,072 to the entire world. 252 00:15:02,004 --> 00:15:03,247 I will never see it published. 253 00:15:04,973 --> 00:15:05,905 Cassy. 254 00:15:06,043 --> 00:15:07,320 What is amiss, Mama? 255 00:15:12,083 --> 00:15:13,982 It's from Mr Hobday. 256 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,742 How does he know where we live? 257 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:21,748 Um, his mother and I have been corresponding since Sidmouth. 258 00:15:21,886 --> 00:15:24,371 And she was most kind when your papa died. 259 00:15:24,509 --> 00:15:25,441 Mother... 260 00:15:45,358 --> 00:15:46,842 Are you sure you will not take tea, Mr Hobday? 261 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,913 No, thank you. I can't stay for long. 262 00:15:49,051 --> 00:15:50,225 I have more business in town. 263 00:15:51,467 --> 00:15:52,917 How do you find Southampton? 264 00:15:54,677 --> 00:15:56,196 It is pleasant enough. 265 00:15:57,922 --> 00:16:00,131 It's most unlike Derbyshire... 266 00:16:01,270 --> 00:16:02,962 or Sidmouth, even. 267 00:16:05,412 --> 00:16:08,001 When my mother informed me that you were a resident here, 268 00:16:10,314 --> 00:16:12,143 I had a pressing need to see you again. 269 00:16:14,318 --> 00:16:16,009 For what reason? 270 00:16:20,186 --> 00:16:21,463 I wished to inform you, 271 00:16:22,740 --> 00:16:27,434 in person... of my position. 272 00:16:29,712 --> 00:16:30,886 I am to be married, 273 00:16:31,024 --> 00:16:32,543 Miss Austen. 274 00:16:35,201 --> 00:16:36,305 Cassy. 275 00:16:37,341 --> 00:16:39,067 Then I must wish you and your 276 00:16:39,205 --> 00:16:41,517 intended my heartfelt congratulations. 277 00:16:43,623 --> 00:16:44,555 Thank you. Um... 278 00:16:46,419 --> 00:16:47,730 If you'll forgive me, I'm not quite sure 279 00:16:47,868 --> 00:16:48,766 what this has to do with me. 280 00:16:51,907 --> 00:16:53,667 Uh, we were friends once. 281 00:16:54,565 --> 00:16:55,807 Yes, we were, for a short while. 282 00:16:55,945 --> 00:16:57,430 Yes, more than friends, if I may say. 283 00:16:59,984 --> 00:17:02,711 And I, I wish to know, to... 284 00:17:04,609 --> 00:17:07,750 to see for myself if that was still the case. 285 00:17:07,888 --> 00:17:09,028 Please don't ask me that. 286 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:10,270 Why? 287 00:17:11,616 --> 00:17:12,548 Why? 288 00:17:13,618 --> 00:17:15,448 Because you are unsure? Or ... 289 00:17:15,586 --> 00:17:18,037 - or because... - Look around, Mr Hobday. 290 00:17:20,142 --> 00:17:22,041 This is where my beloved family 291 00:17:22,179 --> 00:17:23,249 now find themselves. 292 00:17:28,357 --> 00:17:29,876 Our circumstances have changed. 293 00:17:30,014 --> 00:17:31,498 They need me now more than ever. 294 00:17:31,636 --> 00:17:34,191 Yes, but I could be party to helping them, could I not? 295 00:17:37,470 --> 00:17:39,092 You are the kindest of men. 296 00:17:44,201 --> 00:17:45,374 But the truth is, 297 00:17:47,169 --> 00:17:49,792 my sister would not survive without my constant care. 298 00:17:51,863 --> 00:17:53,555 My duty is here with her. 299 00:17:58,732 --> 00:18:00,769 Er, than I shall not ask again. 300 00:18:03,358 --> 00:18:04,393 Thank you. 301 00:18:06,188 --> 00:18:08,294 And I wish you both all the happiness that there is. 302 00:18:40,395 --> 00:18:41,913 The most dreadful news reached us 303 00:18:42,051 --> 00:18:43,122 last night, Eliza. 304 00:18:45,193 --> 00:18:47,574 Our brother Edward's wife, Elizabeth Austen, 305 00:18:47,712 --> 00:18:51,578 died from a seizure during her latest confinement. 306 00:18:51,716 --> 00:18:54,443 Godmersham has been plunged into darkness. 307 00:18:54,581 --> 00:18:56,652 Cassy is travelling there as I write. 308 00:18:57,998 --> 00:19:01,070 Those poor children and dear, dear Edward. 309 00:19:01,209 --> 00:19:03,314 Their loss is unimaginable. 310 00:19:12,737 --> 00:19:13,773 Brother. 311 00:19:16,396 --> 00:19:18,018 Can I get you anything? 312 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:19,227 No, thank you. 313 00:19:20,297 --> 00:19:21,401 Nothing. 314 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:24,611 I will see to the children, then. 315 00:19:26,993 --> 00:19:27,925 Cassy. 316 00:19:31,446 --> 00:19:33,655 The children and I would like it, 317 00:19:35,104 --> 00:19:39,557 very much, if you were to come and live with us. 318 00:19:41,214 --> 00:19:42,284 Oh, Edward... 319 00:19:44,493 --> 00:19:47,565 I feel for you all so deeply. 320 00:19:47,703 --> 00:19:49,947 And I will do anything in my power to help you, but... 321 00:19:52,398 --> 00:19:53,537 I cannot live with you. 322 00:19:55,987 --> 00:19:57,851 My place is with Jane and our mother. 323 00:19:57,989 --> 00:19:59,750 My first duty is to them. 324 00:20:01,752 --> 00:20:02,753 Of course. 325 00:20:03,823 --> 00:20:05,307 I do see that. 326 00:20:20,598 --> 00:20:22,876 Do you still plan to visit Chawton from time to time? 327 00:20:23,256 --> 00:20:24,361 I do. 328 00:20:25,741 --> 00:20:27,536 I think it'll be good for the children. 329 00:20:27,674 --> 00:20:29,538 And as Mama has always said, 330 00:20:29,676 --> 00:20:31,920 Hampshire is the king of counties. 331 00:20:32,058 --> 00:20:33,922 Well then perhaps I could make a suggestion 332 00:20:34,060 --> 00:20:35,579 that might help all of us. 333 00:20:35,717 --> 00:20:37,684 You, the children, Mama and Jane. 334 00:20:38,858 --> 00:20:40,411 Pray tell. 335 00:20:40,549 --> 00:20:43,034 That small cottage in Chawton, 336 00:20:43,172 --> 00:20:44,484 the one opposite the duck pond. 337 00:20:44,622 --> 00:20:46,417 It is close to the Great House, is it not? 338 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,902 If we were to live there, 339 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,697 well then when you and the children 340 00:20:50,835 --> 00:20:53,528 are in residence there, we... we would see much of you. 341 00:20:55,392 --> 00:20:56,462 Clever Cassy. 342 00:20:58,360 --> 00:20:59,741 That is by far the best solution, 343 00:21:01,018 --> 00:21:01,915 for all of us. 344 00:21:03,710 --> 00:21:04,642 Oh... 345 00:21:05,885 --> 00:21:07,783 What a generous brother you are. 346 00:21:34,154 --> 00:21:35,294 It is perfection. 347 00:21:38,435 --> 00:21:39,539 Jane. 348 00:21:47,582 --> 00:21:48,824 That little desk is just 349 00:21:49,998 --> 00:21:52,759 sitting there waiting for you to use it. 350 00:21:52,897 --> 00:21:55,106 All those manuscripts you've been carrying around 351 00:21:55,244 --> 00:21:57,661 for so long could finally come out of hiding. 352 00:22:02,286 --> 00:22:03,494 What is there to stop you now? 353 00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:06,325 It is over. 354 00:22:08,188 --> 00:22:09,569 The worst is behind us. 355 00:22:17,128 --> 00:22:19,579 The house is quite charming, is it not? 356 00:22:19,717 --> 00:22:21,961 And the garden is a perfect size to manage. 357 00:22:22,099 --> 00:22:24,688 I thought the house to be far too bright. 358 00:22:24,826 --> 00:22:26,586 We'd need extremely heavy drapes. 359 00:22:27,691 --> 00:22:29,037 The sun is very damaging, 360 00:22:29,175 --> 00:22:31,591 both to your person and to your belongings. 361 00:22:31,729 --> 00:22:33,075 I know this having lived under it for so long. 362 00:22:33,213 --> 00:22:35,112 I am sure the drapes would be no hardship. 363 00:22:35,250 --> 00:22:37,839 And we would not need them in all rooms. 364 00:22:37,977 --> 00:22:39,599 Particularly not in that delightful little room 365 00:22:39,737 --> 00:22:41,843 which would be perfect for teaching my pupils. 366 00:22:41,981 --> 00:22:44,328 Isabella, we are yet to agree on this matter. 367 00:22:44,466 --> 00:22:46,054 I do not like the idea of strangers coming 368 00:22:46,192 --> 00:22:47,366 to our house. 369 00:22:47,504 --> 00:22:48,988 They are not strangers, Mary Jane. 370 00:22:49,989 --> 00:22:51,577 Not to me. 371 00:22:51,715 --> 00:22:53,786 But then we'll need stronger bolts. 372 00:22:55,650 --> 00:22:57,134 We'll finalise the lease tomorrow. 373 00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:04,141 Isabella, are you sure you're quite happy about... 374 00:23:05,142 --> 00:23:06,074 all of this. 375 00:23:07,006 --> 00:23:09,284 It will be fine, Cassandra, 376 00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:12,149 as long as I have my teaching and my garden, 377 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:14,358 and as long as I cannot see 378 00:23:14,496 --> 00:23:15,601 the vicarage from any window. 379 00:23:29,477 --> 00:23:30,547 Ladies. 380 00:23:31,133 --> 00:23:32,341 Mr Lidderdale. 381 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,550 How are you both? 382 00:23:34,309 --> 00:23:35,724 Well, I trust? 383 00:23:35,862 --> 00:23:37,416 Quite well, thank you. 384 00:23:40,902 --> 00:23:43,525 We have been to view a cottage, have we not, Isabella? 385 00:23:43,870 --> 00:23:44,802 Yes. 386 00:23:44,940 --> 00:23:45,769 We have. 387 00:23:45,907 --> 00:23:47,771 For yourself, Miss Fowle? 388 00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:49,117 Yes, for me, 389 00:23:49,255 --> 00:23:51,982 and my sister, Mrs Mary Jane Dexter. 390 00:23:52,845 --> 00:23:53,984 And I sincerely hope 391 00:23:54,122 --> 00:23:55,606 this arrangement will suit you well. 392 00:23:57,401 --> 00:23:58,609 I hope so too. 393 00:24:01,060 --> 00:24:03,303 It is quite the prettiest of cottages, 394 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:04,373 is it not, Isabella? 395 00:24:04,512 --> 00:24:06,065 It is, very pretty. 396 00:24:07,376 --> 00:24:08,964 I have a new situation also. 397 00:24:10,932 --> 00:24:14,004 I have been offered the position of surgeon at Shalbourne. 398 00:24:16,144 --> 00:24:17,456 I will be leaving within the month. 399 00:24:26,361 --> 00:24:27,258 I wish you well. 400 00:24:30,434 --> 00:24:31,539 And I you. 401 00:24:35,370 --> 00:24:36,785 Come, Cassandra. 402 00:24:36,923 --> 00:24:38,511 We still have a great deal to do at the vicarage. 403 00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:41,272 Goodbye, Mr Lidderdale. 404 00:24:56,702 --> 00:24:58,289 Dinah, my sister and I have found a house. 405 00:24:58,945 --> 00:25:00,429 It will suit us well. 406 00:25:00,568 --> 00:25:04,295 There is a room for you, so your future is also assured. 407 00:25:04,433 --> 00:25:06,781 though you are not beholden to us, 408 00:25:06,919 --> 00:25:09,128 so if by any chance a young gentleman should... 409 00:25:10,854 --> 00:25:12,476 Cassandra, I would like it very much indeed 410 00:25:12,614 --> 00:25:14,064 if we could finish reading Persuasionnow. 411 00:25:17,136 --> 00:25:18,827 It would be a fitting end to your visit. 412 00:25:30,701 --> 00:25:32,047 "There was too much 413 00:25:32,185 --> 00:25:33,877 "wind to make the high part of the new Cobb 414 00:25:34,015 --> 00:25:35,499 "pleasant for the ladies, 415 00:25:35,637 --> 00:25:37,881 "and they agreed to get down the steps to the lower. 416 00:25:38,606 --> 00:25:40,090 "All were content 417 00:25:40,228 --> 00:25:42,748 "to pass quietly and carefully down the steep flight, 418 00:25:42,886 --> 00:25:44,715 "excepting Louisa. 419 00:25:44,853 --> 00:25:48,236 "She must be jumped down by Captain Wentworth..." 420 00:25:48,374 --> 00:25:50,238 "The hardness of the pavement on her feet 421 00:25:50,376 --> 00:25:53,275 "made him less willing upon the present occasion, 422 00:25:53,413 --> 00:25:54,760 "he did it, however..." 423 00:25:54,898 --> 00:25:56,382 "She was safely down 424 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,316 "and instantly ran up the steps to be jumped down again. 425 00:26:00,869 --> 00:26:02,561 "He advised her against it..." 426 00:26:03,527 --> 00:26:04,770 "...thought the jar too great, 427 00:26:04,908 --> 00:26:07,324 "but he reasoned and talked in vain. 428 00:26:07,462 --> 00:26:08,636 "She smiled and said..." 429 00:26:08,774 --> 00:26:10,603 "I am determined I will." 430 00:26:11,639 --> 00:26:13,502 "I am determined I will." 431 00:26:13,641 --> 00:26:15,125 "He put out his hands. 432 00:26:16,057 --> 00:26:19,129 "Louisa was too precipitate. 433 00:26:19,267 --> 00:26:21,580 "She fell on the pavement on the lower Cobb 434 00:26:22,235 --> 00:26:23,064 "and was taken up 435 00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:24,548 "lifeless!" 436 00:26:26,032 --> 00:26:27,378 You have killed her! 437 00:26:28,345 --> 00:26:29,760 "There was no wound, 438 00:26:29,898 --> 00:26:32,936 "no blood, no visible bruise, 439 00:26:33,074 --> 00:26:35,455 "but her eyes were closed 440 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,354 "and she breathed not..." 441 00:26:37,492 --> 00:26:39,494 "Her face was like death, 442 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:40,771 "the horror of the moment 443 00:26:40,909 --> 00:26:41,979 "to all who stood around." 444 00:26:43,774 --> 00:26:45,086 "'She is dead!' 445 00:26:45,224 --> 00:26:47,364 "'She is dead!' screamed Mary." 446 00:26:47,502 --> 00:26:49,884 How could Jane have done this to her, to us? 447 00:26:50,022 --> 00:26:51,575 Read on, I beg you. 448 00:26:51,713 --> 00:26:53,473 "'Is there no one to help me?' 449 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:54,820 "Were the first words 450 00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:56,511 "which burst from Captain Wentworth, 451 00:26:56,649 --> 00:26:58,858 "in a tone of despair, 452 00:26:58,996 --> 00:27:01,378 "as if all his strength were gone." 453 00:27:01,516 --> 00:27:03,483 Won't somebody help him, please? 454 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,349 "'Rub her hands, rub her temples,' cried Anne. 455 00:27:07,487 --> 00:27:08,937 "'Here, here are the salts.' 456 00:27:09,075 --> 00:27:10,836 - "'Take them.'" - Yes, the salts! 457 00:27:10,974 --> 00:27:12,320 Take the salts! 458 00:27:12,458 --> 00:27:13,977 Take the salts, take the salts. 459 00:27:14,115 --> 00:27:15,772 "Captain Benwick obeyed. 460 00:27:16,531 --> 00:27:17,808 "Captain Wentworth, 461 00:27:17,946 --> 00:27:19,879 "staggering against the wall for his support, 462 00:27:20,017 --> 00:27:22,054 "exclaimed in the bitterest agony, 463 00:27:22,917 --> 00:27:23,952 "'Oh God!' 464 00:27:24,090 --> 00:27:26,575 "'Her father and her mother!' 465 00:27:26,714 --> 00:27:28,577 "'A surgeon!' said Anne. 466 00:27:28,716 --> 00:27:30,683 "'A surgeon this instant!'" 467 00:27:31,408 --> 00:27:32,374 A surgeon... 468 00:27:32,512 --> 00:27:33,997 A surgeon... 469 00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:36,171 A surgeon. 470 00:27:43,731 --> 00:27:44,835 I can't. 471 00:27:46,285 --> 00:27:47,217 She falls. 472 00:27:49,978 --> 00:27:51,083 She falls. 473 00:27:54,949 --> 00:27:56,053 She falls. 474 00:28:09,135 --> 00:28:11,448 She must have fainted, or tripped. 475 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,071 There's barely a pulse. 476 00:28:14,209 --> 00:28:16,315 Dinah? Dinah, stay with us. 477 00:28:16,453 --> 00:28:18,041 Dinah. 478 00:28:18,179 --> 00:28:20,250 Isabella. I fear she may have sustained serious injuries. 479 00:28:20,388 --> 00:28:22,424 Go, go and fetch Mr Lidderdale at once. 480 00:28:22,562 --> 00:28:23,460 Go, Isabella! 481 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:30,985 Mr Lidderdale! 482 00:28:32,572 --> 00:28:33,470 Mr Lidderdale! 483 00:28:35,334 --> 00:28:37,336 Mr Lidderdale! 484 00:28:37,474 --> 00:28:39,165 There has been the most terrible accident. 485 00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:57,459 Allow me. 486 00:29:18,687 --> 00:29:19,758 Nothing broken, 487 00:29:19,896 --> 00:29:21,449 I'm pleased to say. 488 00:29:23,485 --> 00:29:24,659 A concussion, then? 489 00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,488 As far as I can tell. 490 00:29:26,626 --> 00:29:27,696 Would you open my bag and pass me 491 00:29:27,835 --> 00:29:29,112 the witch hazel and lint? 492 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:30,320 Miss Austen, some water, please. 493 00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:31,493 Yes, of course. 494 00:29:36,395 --> 00:29:37,914 She'll have a good bump coming. 495 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,400 Salts, do you think? 496 00:29:41,538 --> 00:29:42,539 Most definitely. 497 00:29:59,694 --> 00:30:01,903 Thank you, for coming. 498 00:30:03,629 --> 00:30:06,805 I will always come, if you require it of me. 499 00:30:07,944 --> 00:30:09,359 After all that has gone on between us, 500 00:30:09,497 --> 00:30:11,533 you could be forgiven for refusing. 501 00:30:12,638 --> 00:30:14,329 I could never turn my back on a patient. 502 00:30:16,159 --> 00:30:19,818 Or on you, Miss Isabella. 503 00:30:27,895 --> 00:30:28,930 She's back with us. 504 00:30:33,003 --> 00:30:34,073 He came then... 505 00:32:02,506 --> 00:32:03,542 Oh... 506 00:32:04,992 --> 00:32:06,545 Dinah, try not to move. 507 00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:09,686 My head hurts, ma'am. 508 00:32:09,824 --> 00:32:11,653 You had a nasty fall. 509 00:32:11,791 --> 00:32:12,689 You were very lucky. 510 00:32:13,379 --> 00:32:14,415 I've made you some tea. 511 00:32:15,588 --> 00:32:18,005 The good China, ma'am. 512 00:32:18,729 --> 00:32:19,730 Yes. 513 00:32:19,868 --> 00:32:21,353 I found it hidden away. 514 00:32:21,491 --> 00:32:23,148 It seems you hadn't got round to packing it yet. 515 00:32:24,321 --> 00:32:26,737 Miss Isabella loves it, so... 516 00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:29,982 She couldn't wish for a better friend. 517 00:32:30,672 --> 00:32:32,191 You mean me, ma'am? 518 00:32:32,329 --> 00:32:35,712 Because of you and your escapade, 519 00:32:35,850 --> 00:32:38,957 Miss Isabella and Mr Lidderdale have been reconciled. 520 00:32:41,683 --> 00:32:43,478 I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. 521 00:32:44,514 --> 00:32:46,171 It's a peculiar coincidence, 522 00:32:46,309 --> 00:32:47,758 but there's a very similar event 523 00:32:47,896 --> 00:32:50,071 in my sister's novel, Persuasion. 524 00:32:50,209 --> 00:32:53,143 In fact, I was reading that very passage 525 00:32:53,281 --> 00:32:54,662 just before you fell. 526 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:56,319 That is a peculiar thing, ma'am. 527 00:32:56,905 --> 00:32:58,010 Mmm. 528 00:33:01,945 --> 00:33:06,398 I applaud your bravery and your presence of mind. 529 00:33:06,536 --> 00:33:09,297 I, on the other hand, have been extremely slow 530 00:33:09,435 --> 00:33:10,609 to understand precisely 531 00:33:10,747 --> 00:33:12,266 what was going on right under my nose. 532 00:33:13,577 --> 00:33:15,200 You got there in the end, though. 533 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,444 They love each other, ma'am. 534 00:33:19,307 --> 00:33:20,308 It's always been that way. 535 00:33:21,689 --> 00:33:23,691 But the master would have none of it on account of 536 00:33:23,829 --> 00:33:25,279 Mr Lidderdale's background, see. 537 00:33:26,832 --> 00:33:29,317 Did Isabella's mother know anything of this? 538 00:33:31,078 --> 00:33:32,424 If she did, she never let on. 539 00:33:33,494 --> 00:33:34,736 She wasn't one for meddling, 540 00:33:34,874 --> 00:33:36,600 even when meddling was what was needed. 541 00:33:37,222 --> 00:33:39,707 No, not like us. 542 00:33:39,845 --> 00:33:41,812 The difference between you and me, ma'am, 543 00:33:41,950 --> 00:33:43,814 is that my meddling has done to the good. 544 00:33:54,446 --> 00:33:55,826 I cannot write. 545 00:33:55,964 --> 00:33:58,588 I am nothing but a drag on the household. 546 00:33:58,726 --> 00:34:00,348 This shall come with me. 547 00:34:00,486 --> 00:34:02,523 I cannot shake this feeling of fear. 548 00:34:02,661 --> 00:34:04,663 It is as if a monster is stalking our threshold 549 00:34:04,801 --> 00:34:06,458 and I am desperate to keep it at bay. 550 00:34:06,596 --> 00:34:08,046 With me. 551 00:34:08,184 --> 00:34:11,187 I enjoy this present weather from top to toe, 552 00:34:11,325 --> 00:34:13,258 from right to left, longitudinally, 553 00:34:13,396 --> 00:34:15,363 perpendicularly, diagonally... 554 00:34:15,501 --> 00:34:17,055 Good one for Mary. 555 00:34:17,193 --> 00:34:19,816 Walter Scott has no business to write novels, 556 00:34:19,954 --> 00:34:21,335 especially good ones. 557 00:34:21,473 --> 00:34:23,820 He has fame and profit enough as a poet 558 00:34:23,958 --> 00:34:25,028 and should not be taking... 559 00:34:25,166 --> 00:34:26,271 That can stay here. 560 00:34:26,409 --> 00:34:27,375 Were there a way out of 561 00:34:27,513 --> 00:34:29,205 my gloom I should find it. 562 00:34:29,343 --> 00:34:32,070 - All these potions and... - Coming with me. 563 00:34:32,208 --> 00:34:34,106 I have sold a novel, Eliza. 564 00:34:34,244 --> 00:34:35,659 Mary. 565 00:34:35,797 --> 00:34:37,523 This time I am certain to be published. 566 00:34:58,510 --> 00:35:01,651 For now, the world is to know me only as "a lady." 567 00:35:01,789 --> 00:35:03,480 It is well that I have always enjoyed 568 00:35:03,618 --> 00:35:05,275 being a woman of mystery. 569 00:35:05,413 --> 00:35:08,968 Dearest Eliza, I am quite delighted with your letter. 570 00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:13,766 Your liking Darcy and Elizabeth is enough to satisfy my vanity. 571 00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:15,354 You'll be glad to hear 572 00:35:15,492 --> 00:35:16,838 that the first edition ofMansfield Park 573 00:35:16,976 --> 00:35:18,668 is all sold. 574 00:35:18,806 --> 00:35:22,154 I shall not plague you with any sordid particulars about money. 575 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:26,745 Oh Eliza, I am most gratified you enjoyedEmma, 576 00:35:26,883 --> 00:35:28,678 though her passage into the world 577 00:35:28,816 --> 00:35:30,749 has not gone as smoothly as I'd hoped. 578 00:35:33,821 --> 00:35:37,204 The Quarterly Review feels the novel lacks incident. 579 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:42,795 How dare they? 580 00:35:42,933 --> 00:35:45,350 I hurry to finish it on account of the pain 581 00:35:45,488 --> 00:35:47,628 I am suffering in my back. 582 00:35:47,766 --> 00:35:50,458 Cassy says it is the strain of sitting over my work 583 00:35:50,596 --> 00:35:52,978 for so many hours every day, 584 00:35:53,116 --> 00:35:55,325 But I am not sure it isn't something more. 585 00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:59,571 I confess, I would swap all hope 586 00:35:59,709 --> 00:36:02,574 of wealth and success to feel well again. 587 00:36:04,748 --> 00:36:06,681 We have seen an army of doctors, 588 00:36:06,819 --> 00:36:08,821 but none of them can name what ails me. 589 00:36:11,238 --> 00:36:12,204 Alright? 590 00:36:12,342 --> 00:36:14,689 Mmm. Yes, fine. 591 00:36:17,830 --> 00:36:20,212 Cassy will not be deterred, however. 592 00:36:24,699 --> 00:36:27,357 She has taken me to Cheltenham, where she is convinced 593 00:36:27,495 --> 00:36:29,325 the waters will bring a miracle. 594 00:36:36,953 --> 00:36:39,266 I try very hard to convince myself 595 00:36:39,404 --> 00:36:40,991 that my symptoms are lifting, 596 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:44,581 but they are not, Eliza. 597 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:49,793 This poor, stubborn body of mine seems quite set on decline. 598 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,592 But we will soon be back with you in Kintbury, 599 00:36:56,697 --> 00:36:59,217 and that alone raises my spirits. 600 00:37:05,464 --> 00:37:06,914 How is she, do you think, Eliza? 601 00:37:09,951 --> 00:37:11,263 She's very thin. 602 00:37:12,747 --> 00:37:15,267 I'm a little alarmed by these strange 603 00:37:15,405 --> 00:37:16,751 black patches on her arms. 604 00:37:19,306 --> 00:37:21,169 I'm sure they are nothing, Cassy. 605 00:37:21,308 --> 00:37:22,481 There's a doctor in Winchester 606 00:37:22,619 --> 00:37:23,827 who thinks he might be able to help. 607 00:37:25,346 --> 00:37:27,279 I'm taking her there next. 608 00:37:27,417 --> 00:37:28,660 - Er... - Eliza? 609 00:37:28,798 --> 00:37:29,695 Cass, I... 610 00:37:30,696 --> 00:37:32,008 Eliza, my dear, 611 00:37:32,146 --> 00:37:33,734 I hope you've remembered I'm out this evening. 612 00:37:33,872 --> 00:37:35,460 A Tory dinner in Newbury. 613 00:37:37,358 --> 00:37:38,739 How is your sister doing today? 614 00:37:40,188 --> 00:37:41,362 We were just saying she... 615 00:37:42,294 --> 00:37:43,399 she seems better. 616 00:37:43,537 --> 00:37:44,848 Really? 617 00:37:44,986 --> 00:37:47,368 I detect a great sadness. 618 00:37:47,506 --> 00:37:49,267 It's a pity those books of hers come to nothing. 619 00:37:50,544 --> 00:37:52,062 Jane has had four novels published, 620 00:37:53,029 --> 00:37:54,306 and all to great acclaim. 621 00:37:54,444 --> 00:37:57,033 No profit in them, though, so Mary tells us. 622 00:37:57,171 --> 00:37:59,035 We did try the new one, um, some lady's name. 623 00:37:59,173 --> 00:38:00,139 What was it again? Um... 624 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:02,072 - Emma. - Yes. 625 00:38:02,210 --> 00:38:04,592 Afraid we read the first chapter then skipped to the end. 626 00:38:05,041 --> 00:38:06,422 I did not. 627 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,942 I read to the end, and I enjoyed it very much. 628 00:38:12,359 --> 00:38:15,120 Perhaps you might find Jane's new novel Persuasion 629 00:38:15,258 --> 00:38:16,363 more to your liking, Fulwar. 630 00:38:17,329 --> 00:38:18,848 It is to be her best one yet. 631 00:38:20,194 --> 00:38:21,091 Hmm! 632 00:38:40,801 --> 00:38:42,665 Winchester seems quite a pretty town. 633 00:38:48,153 --> 00:38:50,845 You must try to rest, my darling. 634 00:38:50,983 --> 00:38:53,365 I have the doctor's address. I will hurry there now. 635 00:38:53,503 --> 00:38:55,885 No, I do not want him. 636 00:38:56,023 --> 00:38:58,128 He promises an improvement. We must try everything. 637 00:38:58,266 --> 00:38:59,889 No more, Cass. I'm tired. 638 00:39:02,236 --> 00:39:03,651 I want to go home to Chawton. 639 00:39:07,241 --> 00:39:08,725 But it's too late, is it not? 640 00:39:17,285 --> 00:39:18,390 Cass. 641 00:39:20,668 --> 00:39:22,187 What is it? What do you need? 642 00:39:22,325 --> 00:39:23,464 You're exhausted. 643 00:39:24,569 --> 00:39:25,673 I'm fine. 644 00:39:30,229 --> 00:39:34,579 Do not be upset, but Mary Austen is on her way. 645 00:39:36,304 --> 00:39:37,444 So be it. 646 00:39:52,735 --> 00:39:54,046 I came as soon as I could. 647 00:39:55,185 --> 00:39:56,117 I'll sit with her now. 648 00:39:56,255 --> 00:39:57,153 You must rest. 649 00:39:59,327 --> 00:40:01,847 Go. If anything changes, I will call for you. 650 00:40:02,330 --> 00:40:03,401 At once. 651 00:40:06,196 --> 00:40:07,646 I will not go without you. 652 00:40:14,688 --> 00:40:16,793 Mary. Come sit with me. 653 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:18,485 Yes. 654 00:40:34,984 --> 00:40:36,537 Oh, we could never beat you at cards. 655 00:40:36,675 --> 00:40:39,989 - You were always too clever. - Too clever by half. 656 00:40:40,127 --> 00:40:42,060 And then you would play the Preludes for us. 657 00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:44,925 You were gifted in so many ways, Jane. 658 00:40:47,065 --> 00:40:48,515 And then my beloved James would 659 00:40:48,653 --> 00:40:50,068 would delight us with his poetry. 660 00:40:52,691 --> 00:40:53,761 Yes, he would. 661 00:40:56,488 --> 00:40:57,593 Oh, Jane. 662 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,840 Such happy times. 663 00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,790 Has she gone? 664 00:41:23,688 --> 00:41:24,792 She has. 665 00:41:29,245 --> 00:41:32,110 It was touching to see you both so cheerful together. 666 00:41:32,248 --> 00:41:35,734 Disaster often brings out the best in Mary. 667 00:41:35,872 --> 00:41:39,497 It's success that disturbs her good nature. 668 00:41:41,326 --> 00:41:44,122 She pities me now even more than she once did. 669 00:41:46,055 --> 00:41:48,678 And there I was, the happiest woman in England, 670 00:41:50,093 --> 00:41:51,819 but she could only see tragedy. 671 00:41:55,167 --> 00:41:57,584 Do you think others saw me the way Mary did? 672 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:01,001 As a joyless creature? 673 00:42:05,764 --> 00:42:07,594 What does it matter what other people think? 674 00:42:08,077 --> 00:42:09,078 It matters. 675 00:42:10,562 --> 00:42:11,701 It matters to me. 676 00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:16,603 I do not want the world to know of my sadness, 677 00:42:18,052 --> 00:42:19,985 only of the joy in my stories. 678 00:42:27,924 --> 00:42:29,581 Tell me what it is that you want. 679 00:42:31,341 --> 00:42:33,205 Nothing but death. 680 00:42:36,761 --> 00:42:41,662 It will not be long now, my darling, 681 00:42:44,803 --> 00:42:46,149 until you will be at peace. 682 00:43:04,167 --> 00:43:05,099 Jane Austen, 683 00:43:09,448 --> 00:43:11,002 you have been the best, 684 00:43:15,075 --> 00:43:16,801 the most loyal, most... 685 00:43:20,045 --> 00:43:24,153 most loving, most gifted sister. 686 00:43:28,053 --> 00:43:29,710 And I, Cassy Austen, 687 00:43:33,334 --> 00:43:36,855 have been the most blessed sister to have loved you. 688 00:45:20,545 --> 00:45:23,962 I trust I am not intruding, my dear. 689 00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:28,001 I am delighted to see you so overjoyed. 690 00:45:28,139 --> 00:45:31,280 - I assume Mr Lidderdale has... - Proposed. 691 00:45:31,418 --> 00:45:33,869 Yes! Yes, he has, 692 00:45:34,628 --> 00:45:35,974 and I have accepted, 693 00:45:36,112 --> 00:45:37,976 gratefully and with my whole heart. 694 00:45:39,150 --> 00:45:41,635 Thank you for insisting I fetch him. 695 00:45:41,773 --> 00:45:44,017 Thank Dinah for giving me cause. 696 00:45:44,155 --> 00:45:46,433 And dear Jane, for the inspiration. 697 00:45:52,577 --> 00:45:55,787 I think we have sufficient cause for celebration, do we not? 698 00:45:57,513 --> 00:46:01,068 Besides, I am sure the new vicar and his wife 699 00:46:01,206 --> 00:46:03,761 will have no use for these. 700 00:46:09,836 --> 00:46:11,078 Well... 701 00:46:11,216 --> 00:46:13,149 I shall miss you both, 702 00:46:13,287 --> 00:46:15,393 but I will also be pleased to sleep in my own bed. 703 00:46:16,843 --> 00:46:18,258 It's me! Where are you all? 704 00:46:18,637 --> 00:46:19,707 Ma'am. 705 00:46:19,846 --> 00:46:22,124 I, er, found this lying around. 706 00:46:22,262 --> 00:46:24,229 Wouldn't want it falling into the wrong hands, 707 00:46:24,367 --> 00:46:25,990 so you might as well have it. 708 00:46:26,128 --> 00:46:27,785 I can't read it anyway so it's no use to me. 709 00:46:29,821 --> 00:46:31,133 Thank you, dear Dinah. 710 00:46:31,858 --> 00:46:32,928 Well, 711 00:46:33,066 --> 00:46:34,481 here's a thing. 712 00:46:34,619 --> 00:46:36,483 Once again, you intend to travel without the courtesy 713 00:46:36,621 --> 00:46:38,588 of informing your only remaining sister. 714 00:46:40,107 --> 00:46:41,902 What on earth? Get up at once. 715 00:46:43,214 --> 00:46:44,871 Isabella, what a good thing I came back. 716 00:46:45,009 --> 00:46:46,113 We'd never be ready by tomorrow. 717 00:46:46,251 --> 00:46:47,977 A blessing indeed, Aunt Mary. 718 00:46:49,565 --> 00:46:50,738 Er, Mary, 719 00:46:50,877 --> 00:46:52,430 on the matter of Eliza's letters, 720 00:46:54,225 --> 00:46:57,055 perhaps you could look in the settle in her room. 721 00:46:57,193 --> 00:46:59,851 It was the only place I didn't manage to search. 722 00:46:59,989 --> 00:47:03,441 If I recall, Eliza 723 00:47:03,579 --> 00:47:05,892 tied Jane's letters in a blue ribbon. 724 00:47:07,652 --> 00:47:08,687 Very well. 725 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:09,999 I shall do that now. 726 00:47:10,862 --> 00:47:12,277 Come along, Isabella. 727 00:47:12,415 --> 00:47:14,141 That unspeakable man Dundas 728 00:47:14,279 --> 00:47:16,074 will be upon us before we know it. 729 00:47:16,212 --> 00:47:18,697 Cassandra will forgive us for leaving her 730 00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:20,147 to wait for her coach alone. 731 00:47:21,217 --> 00:47:22,287 You are forgiven. 732 00:47:26,222 --> 00:47:27,292 Goodbye, my dear. 733 00:47:28,638 --> 00:47:31,124 Staying here once more has meant a great deal. 734 00:47:34,921 --> 00:47:37,095 Be sure to take two of the very best sets of China 735 00:47:37,233 --> 00:47:38,303 to your new home. 736 00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:40,202 No one will ever notice. 737 00:47:41,686 --> 00:47:42,998 There, there, there, there. 738 00:47:43,136 --> 00:47:45,241 Let's not fuss too much. 739 00:47:45,379 --> 00:47:47,071 The best farewells are the short ones. 740 00:47:47,450 --> 00:47:48,382 Dinah. 741 00:47:50,557 --> 00:47:51,903 Ma'am. 742 00:47:52,041 --> 00:47:53,560 Look after yourself, 743 00:47:53,698 --> 00:47:55,217 and don't be going out in the rain. 744 00:47:59,566 --> 00:48:02,465 So, this will be the last time you and I meet in this house. 745 00:48:03,984 --> 00:48:06,366 We've had so much history here, and now it will be lost. 746 00:48:07,712 --> 00:48:10,680 Our history will be safe in our memories. 747 00:48:11,543 --> 00:48:12,786 All we can do is pass them on 748 00:48:12,924 --> 00:48:14,132 to those who come after us, 749 00:48:15,306 --> 00:48:18,999 with us much honesty as we can muster. 750 00:48:19,137 --> 00:48:21,622 As if anyone is interested in us women. 751 00:48:25,972 --> 00:48:27,042 Farewell, then. 752 00:48:31,494 --> 00:48:32,426 Sister. 753 00:49:08,946 --> 00:49:10,016 Walk on. 754 00:49:28,172 --> 00:49:30,657 This will be my last letter. 755 00:49:30,795 --> 00:49:33,901 I do not have the strength to write to you again, Eliza, 756 00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,318 but I thank you now for your friendship, 757 00:49:36,456 --> 00:49:38,665 wish you long health and happiness. 758 00:49:40,805 --> 00:49:43,497 I beg you to look after my dear darling Cass. 759 00:49:48,157 --> 00:49:51,436 An attack of my sad complaint has seized me again, 760 00:49:52,472 --> 00:49:54,267 and reduced me so low 761 00:49:54,405 --> 00:49:57,339 that I now feel recovery unlikely. 762 00:49:58,478 --> 00:50:00,031 You must not pity me, though. 763 00:50:00,859 --> 00:50:02,482 For if I am to die now, 764 00:50:02,620 --> 00:50:06,210 I am convinced I will die as the luckiest of women. 765 00:50:08,143 --> 00:50:10,938 Words fail me when I think of the kindness of my family 766 00:50:11,077 --> 00:50:12,181 during this illness. 767 00:50:13,286 --> 00:50:15,357 As for Cassandra, 768 00:50:15,495 --> 00:50:19,085 she has been the most tender, 769 00:50:19,223 --> 00:50:21,639 watchful sister throughout my life. 770 00:50:22,536 --> 00:50:24,504 She has protected me always, 771 00:50:24,642 --> 00:50:28,335 and I know she will protect my legacy after I have gone. 772 00:50:28,473 --> 00:50:30,234 As to what I owe her, 773 00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:33,202 I can only cry over, 774 00:50:33,340 --> 00:50:37,103 and hope her life will be blessed more and yet more. 775 00:50:39,243 --> 00:50:41,935 These next years will be hard. 776 00:50:42,073 --> 00:50:44,731 We have never borne separation easily. 777 00:50:46,112 --> 00:50:49,149 But as I approach this final departure, 778 00:50:50,047 --> 00:50:51,703 I am selfishly grateful 779 00:50:51,841 --> 00:50:54,499 that it was never my fate to be the one who survived. 780 00:50:56,743 --> 00:50:57,744 For how could I? 781 00:50:59,849 --> 00:51:01,886 What sort of life would it have been 782 00:51:02,024 --> 00:51:04,130 if I did not have her by my side? 783 00:51:07,995 --> 00:51:09,687 With my fondest affection, 784 00:51:12,828 --> 00:51:13,760 Jane.