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00:01Miss Isabella is to vacate the vicarage.
00:03I am resolved to ensure she is settled with her sisters.
00:07Beth and Mr. Lidderdale.
00:09Cassandra, there's illness here.
00:10Miss Austen, you cannot be in here.
00:12They did seem very familiar with one another.
00:14Did you find any letters from Jane?
00:17Not a single one.
00:20The Austens of Hampshire are embarking on the first of their great holiday schemes.
00:25Mr. Henry Hottage, my pleasure, ma'am.
00:28I'm quite sure I saw sparks flying between you.
00:32You have caught him in your powers.
00:45We should send for Mr. Lidderdale.
00:47Mr. Lidderdale is too busy.
00:48We'll nurse her ourselves.
00:58No.
01:03No.
01:04It's all as well, you must rest now.
01:06The letters-
01:07The Ellen.
01:08Isabella and your mother, you must alwaysenda-
01:09There are no letters, my dear.
01:11Rest now.
01:13No.
01:14No, no.
01:15Not you.
01:16Cassandra, this is dying you are?
01:17Cooling your brow.
01:18No not you...
01:20Isabel, you must ein palli-
01:21She's delirious. She doesn't know what she's saying.
01:26Where are they? You must keep them hidden.
01:29There are no letters, my dear. Rest now.
01:33Jane. I promise, Jane. You must hide the letters.
01:38You must be still. Keep them hidden.
01:42There is nothing to hide your sister.
01:45No, Cassandra. Look, I've got...
01:53Why is this Mrs. Isabella? She's going to peg it on her bed.
01:58I cannot infect Mr. Litterdale now.
02:00No. Her fever will break soon.
02:03Besides, I'm sure Mr. Litterdale and my sister are far too busy to be disturbed.
02:08Go up to the big house and beg for ice. They'll have plenty this time of year.
02:15No.
02:19Dinah? Is something the matter?
02:25Look, Cassandra.
02:28She said you meant to...
02:29No. No. No.
02:31We must help.
02:32We are helping you.
02:34We are helping you.
02:36It's all right.
02:38It's all right.
02:40It's cold. It's cold.
02:42It's cold for me. We are helping you.
02:44No.
02:45No. No.
02:46I know she's out and I am sorry to say it, but she's brought it on herself.
02:49I'm going to see Miss Beth and stir in the pot.
02:52It's enough, Dinah.
02:53No.
02:54It's okay no more.
02:55They're loading them now.
02:56No.
02:57No.
02:58No.
02:59No.
03:00We are here.
03:01No.
03:02Cassandra, we are here.
03:08Dinah.
03:09No.
03:10Your niece seems to have found even more marvellous shells for her collection, Miss Austen.
03:38I'm bewildered as to how we'll transport these multitudes back home.
03:45Forgive me if this seems intrusive. She is a charming child.
03:55But I do detect an air of melancholy. Unusual, it's been one so young.
04:02She lost her mother when she was very small.
04:05She is, I fear, still scarred by it.
04:10Yes, the loss of a parent is a heavy burden to bear, especially at such a young age.
04:17Your mother told us of your own bereavement, of which I'm very sorry.
04:21Yes, my father was an excellent man.
04:26My mother found it exceedingly hard to stay in the family home afterwards, hence our peripatetic existence.
04:35But I do hope to return there soon.
04:38Where is home?
04:40Derbyshire.
04:41The thought of Derbyshire abuses you?
04:45No, not at all. No.
04:47My sister declares it to be a place of some perfection.
04:51Alongside Hampshire, of course, though, never Shropshire.
04:56I'm enjoying your Susan.
05:02I must say, dear sister, your Mr Thorpe is the devil of a bounder.
05:07If he is an Oxford man, I'm grateful not to have gone there.
05:10I dare him to come onto my ship. We'd run him up the Ardham at once.
05:14He'd never be on your ship. Mr John Thorpe has neither the heart nor the head for it.
05:18You sailors are the best of men.
05:20Yet, not once has any of your heroines ever been blessed with a dashing sailor brother.
05:25Oh, Frank, if the heroine was fortunate enough to have a dashing sailor brother,
05:29she's spoiled for any hero I could create.
05:32No man could match him.
05:34So this is why my sisters are still unmarried.
05:37No man can match me.
05:39I fear Cassie is about to betray you, brother, with her new suitor.
05:43Suitor? A proto?
05:46Jane.
05:47Jane.
05:48Sorry, I appear to have spoken in error.
05:50Cassie has no suitor, especially no suitor by the name of Henry or Hobday.
05:56Or Henry Hobday.
05:57Papa, please.
05:59Or any suitor with those names who just so happens to be the heir to an estate in Derbyshire.
06:04An estate? In Derbyshire?
06:06Papa, I beg you.
06:07Come now, you're making your sister uncomfortable.
06:10Besides, I have seen no evidence of any such romance.
06:14That's because it's a deep secret known only to the whole of cinema.
06:18Enough!
06:19Jane's love of fiction appears to have spread from the page into our lives.
06:24I'm sad to report she now routinely spouts nonsense.
06:28We can no longer believe a single word that comes out of her mouth.
06:40Cass?
06:41Did you really mind Mr Hobday accompanying us today?
06:45Very much.
06:47It was all Frank's doing.
06:50Of which you played no part. None whatsoever.
06:53Very well, I admit it.
06:56But you cannot deny Mr Hobday is deeply enamoured of you.
07:00As he should be, it proves he is a man of excellent taste.
07:04In fact, he appears to be the model of perfection, which if I may say is most infuriating.
07:09For you know, as a woman of many faults, I abhor faultlessness in others.
07:14You are faultless in my eyes.
07:16You just bear me better than anyone else.
07:19It is you who is faultless.
07:22Which is why you deserve something better than this wretched future of ours.
07:26Jane, why must you always make such a drama out of nothing?
07:30Our future is not wretched.
07:32We still have our parents.
07:33We have good brothers who will never neglect us.
07:37And most importantly of all, we have each other.
07:40Unless you find someone good enough, and well, even then I shall not starve.
07:46Is that your ambition?
07:49Not to starve?
07:51Here lies Cassandra Austin, she did not starve.
07:55I have no crystal ball cast, but one thing I know for certain.
08:00We will be poor.
08:02And we will become objects of pity.
08:05Or worse still, derision.
08:07This must be my fate.
08:10It does not have to be yours.
08:13I love you above all, but we do not have to live as one.
08:16We are two different women.
08:20I beg you, if you are offered any means of escape, do not refuse it.
08:25I will not die on my own breath.
08:26Shh.
08:28You are not dying, Cassandra.
08:30I will not countenance you.
08:32Mother, let us...
08:33Mr. Litterdale, may I help you?
08:34Forgive me for interrupting.
08:35I will not die on my own breath.
08:36I will not die on my own breath.
08:38Shh.
08:39You are not dying, Cassandra.
08:42I will not countenance you.
08:43Mother, let us...
08:45Mother, let us...
08:46Mother, let us...
08:47Mother, let us...
08:48Mother, let us...
08:49Mother...
08:51Mr. Litterdale, may I help you?
08:52Forgive me for intruding, Miss Fowle, but I just saw your maid, and the urgency of her demeanour gave me cause for some concern.
09:08There is no need.
09:10She was merely on an errand, and I instructed her to be quick.
09:14There is nothing more to it.
09:16Then she was carrying out your instructions to the letter.
09:19I am delighted to hear it.
09:24I understand...
09:25I do hope...
09:27Please, after you.
09:31It was only to inquire if there is still a deal of sickness in the village.
09:35Some, but thankfully it is on the wane now.
09:40Good.
09:42But I am sure my sister will be eager to return to her pupils.
09:46I believe Beth has been assisting you, has she not?
09:52Indeed she has.
09:54Her presence has been most beneficial.
09:58That does not surprise me.
10:00She is a woman of great competence.
10:05Indeed she is.
10:09If you'll excuse me, I must...
10:11Of course, but, um...
10:14First, may I inquire after Miss Austen?
10:17I trust she has not suffered any ill effects after her visit to the village?
10:20No. None.
10:22But I will inform her of your kind concern.
10:25Good day.
10:27Good day.
10:28Captain Wentworth was more obviously struck and confused by the sight of her than she had ever observed before.
10:49For the first time since their renewed acquaintance, she felt she was betraying the least sensibility of the two.
10:57Good day.
10:59And I'm so capable of doing anything to think as if she listened to me.
11:02But I am unsure whether the truth waters are not satisfied with that and may look in her voice.
11:05Hmm...
11:07Rock Pacific woman Are you now speaking to your plan in jail?
11:09That's not true in vain way.
11:11Maybe happens to her but my father not fishery is feeling well.
11:12No matter what he still can I'm speaking to the asif.
11:13I don't know.
11:43I don't know.
12:13No, you are not intruding.
12:16Then I wonder if you might consider walking out with me.
12:21I'd be delighted.
12:22I don't know.
12:23I don't know.
12:24Perhaps we should sit for a moment.
12:49I don't know.
12:50I don't know.
12:51I don't know.
12:55I don't know.
12:56I don't know.
12:57I don't know.
12:58I don't know.
12:59I don't know.
13:00I don't know.
13:02I don't know.
13:03I don't know.
13:04I don't know.
13:05I don't know.
13:07I don't know.
13:08I don't know.
13:09I don't know.
13:10I don't know.
13:11I don't know.
13:12I don't know.
13:13I don't know.
13:14I don't know.
13:15I don't know.
13:16I don't know.
13:17I don't know.
13:18I don't know.
13:19I don't know.
13:20I don't know.
13:21I don't know.
13:22I don't know.
13:30Cassie.
13:31May I call you that?
13:33It's true that we've only known each other for a short time.
13:36But it has been long enough to know that you are a woman of quite remarkable character.
13:45No. Exceptional, even.
13:55The truth is, Cassie Austin,
13:59I have loved you since the moment that our hands first touched.
14:05Of your beauty?
14:07There is no doubt.
14:09But it is your intelligence and your spirit
14:13and your grace that have done for me.
14:21I am yours,
14:23if you will have me.
14:43I know I am not the most eloquent of men.
14:55There are things I must say to you before I leave.
14:59In case I do not return.
15:01No.
15:03You will come back. Let us not discuss that.
15:05And Cassie, we must.
15:09If you cannot marry me,
15:11you must feel free to marry another.
15:13If you cannot marry me,
15:15you must feel free to marry another.
15:21I promise you, Tom,
15:23faithfully here before God,
15:27that I will never marry any other man but you.
15:33He will never marry with me.
15:35In the background,
15:37there are many who are leaving love in a moment.
15:39I will never be able to marry another man.
15:41You make the best of me.
15:43I will never marry my wife without you.
15:45There will never be any other things.
15:47I am not going to marry my wife.
15:49I will never marry my wife.
15:51Do not marry her.
15:53so did he speak well what was your answer
16:08i refused him refused him i'm not here she cannot know if this change is done
16:18cassie why i i do not understand you what fault could you find with henry hobday what more could you ask for a match like this at your time of life is a story beyond fiction please my dearest one help me understand
16:41i cannot marry him i cannot marry anyone why because i promised tom tom dared ask that of you no no he begged me not to feel beholden
16:56then you must not feel
16:59i cannot go back on my word jane
17:11there's austin
17:13there's austin
17:15oh cassandra
17:17oh thank heavens
17:19what on earth are you doing in here
17:21let's get this on mum shall we
17:25you're shivering
17:26no
17:27no i am perfectly fine
17:30look at me
17:31back in the land of the living
17:33i owe you my life
17:36nonsense
17:38you owe it only to yourself
17:42it would take more than a fever
17:44to undo cassandra was
17:46oh
17:49isabella
17:50you were born
17:51to tend to the sick
17:54i hope to want
17:56that i might be able to do so
17:58that time has passed
18:00come
18:03is
18:08How is she to go?
18:14She is still in heaven.
18:15You're quite sure it's safe, is it?
18:16Quite sure, Aunt Mary.
18:18She is much in peace.
18:25Oh, my dear.
18:30I've been worried sick.
18:32You have no idea the torment
18:36that you have put me through.
18:41You must feel quite awful.
18:46Not so. I am...
18:48I am certainly on the mend.
18:50No, I mean for causing so much inconvenience
18:53at a time when the house was already at sixes and sevens.
18:57It is a maxim of mine
18:58that one should never fall ill while visiting.
19:01I am proud to say that I have never once
19:02had the misfortune to break it.
19:04Of course there was that one time in London
19:07when I was brought down by the faceache.
19:12Well, I shall take my leave of you.
19:15You seem quite worn out from resting.
19:20And Mrs Bunbury and I appear to have reconciled,
19:23so she is expecting me.
19:24Oh, and one more thing.
19:29Eliza's letters.
19:31Am I to understand you already have knowledge
19:34of their whereabouts?
19:36Me?
19:37No.
19:38Why ever would you think that?
19:41Something you said when you were delirious.
19:43It seemed you already had some in your possession.
19:50Certainly not.
19:52And if I had, I would have told you.
19:55As you say, I...
19:56I was delirious.
19:58Good.
20:20David.
20:21my dear eliza you beg to be informed of the next stage in the saga so it is with a heavy heart
20:39i comply once again we are left to be disappointed mr hobday himself was not the agent of this
20:47indeed the reverse he proved himself as good a man as those who love cassie could ever hope for
20:54their attraction was mutual they were in love eliza i'm sure of it yet cassie refused him the
21:04sheer madness of it drives me to distraction i am no advocate of marriage for the sake of it
21:10but i am all for a good match and this could have been a splendid one cassie had the offer of a
21:16comfortable future wealth stability love and respect but she chose insecurity
21:23i struggle to comprehend it it is beyond me
21:27how could you think this how could you write it
21:35bereaved fiance dutiful daughter caring aunt these are the roles cassie embraces esteemed object of
21:46worthy gentleman's heart no that she would rather reject if my sister has one fault it is a wanton
21:54appetite to deny herself the pleasures of life did you not know could you not tell that i did it i did it
22:05for you too
22:06i implore you eliza help me release cassie from this unspeakable vow to tom
22:17what are you doing with my letters please i've left everything just so forgive me i was only trying to help
22:32i'm sorry i've been unbearable these past few days even my work does not soothe me it is the prospect of mary austen's impending visit oh my dear i implore
22:50you let us both escape to kentbury at once eliza will be happy to welcome us no jane i fear i've imposed on the fowls enough
22:58then i will write to catherine and alethea bigwether at many down must you yes i must
23:03or i'll not be responsible for my outrageous behavior towards our dear sister-in-law
23:12oh
23:25oh the joy of living here in hampshire cassie it is the very king of counties
23:30thank you my dearest for what for insisting that we take this trip
23:42if it had been up to me we'd still be at home
23:44have you ever considered the possibility you do not always know what's best for you cassandra austin
24:00do you have any notion of your privilege my dear friends to have all this at your disposal is quite
24:07wondrous oh we do jane we do we've carried our blessings every day because we know it will not
24:12always be so we cannot forget that one day our brother may bring a wife here she's unlikely to want
24:19his sisters lurking about getting crosser and crosser catherine you and alethea are the least cross women
24:24i know but who could be cross here even i seem to have lost the man if i were the future mrs harris
24:33bigwether i should make room for as many sisters as possible and then take to the streets and petition
24:38for more
24:43behold the stuff of life a place for proper contentment oh is that all that you require i mean
24:50a 150 acre slice of your own rolling country i am a simple soul modest in my ambitions this place
24:57will do me very well but what about our brother what he suits you very well too
25:08so ladies how are your parents faring these days i have not seen them out and about much we've just
25:14returned from our adventures in sidmouth with them have we not cass yes indeed are you an admirer of
25:20the seaside mr bigwether
25:24the seaside good grief no that's the beauty of our neck of hampshire we cannot even see it they say
25:31the sea is of great benefit to one's health kill you as soon as look at you catherine thankfully our
25:37parents are still quite well thank you in spite of the sea our mother complains constantly of several
25:43ailments though suffers from none thankfully our our father is the patience of a saint
25:51i have often thought the rector of the small country parish to be an enviable existence without
25:56the onerous responsibilities of having too much of one's own land but imagine having no land to call
26:01your own sir what if you lived in a city like bath or london full of smoke and noise and people
26:09i wager you'd be dreaming of such onerous responsibilities then jane i hardly agree
26:14madam many a time my dear late lady wife would drag me to london but i only ever wanted to be at home
26:22that is exactly how i feel about steventon i wish to be nowhere else
26:27yes miss austin
26:37i am a great admirer of the seaside
26:39is this place not heaven it is and you may have had a little too much wine you complain
26:53me when the wine is so good besides i may require dutch courage before they might deserve
26:58what a fine instrument it's wasted on catherine and me
27:09play for us jane i fear i'm no longer the pianist i once was you may regret asking me nonsense play the
27:15prelude
27:28i did warn you miss jane
27:44do excuse me but i come bearing a message if you'd be so kind my son is requesting you join him
27:52back in the dining room
27:52i'd be delighted
28:05father sisters miss austin
28:13miss austin has consented to be my wife
28:35what have you done should you not be congratulating me on the splendor of my match i will bless you
28:41joyfully once you have told me that you are in love with mr bigwether and that you admire him
28:45above and beyond all others i cannot do that nor could he with me but when manna falls from heaven
28:50it would be foolish to squander it oh that goes against all that you believe in it makes a mockery of
28:55everything you've ever said or or written about love love jane love it does not i've always maintained
29:01that love is impossible without money so there must be some hope that with it love can grow do you
29:07truly believe that you could one day love this man i cannot predict though i admit it unlikely but
29:14someone has to do something to secure our futures he's from a good family alethia and catherine can
29:19remain here and we will be safe and together and you my best girl are free to marry your beloved hobday
29:24i can tell you now that whatever you do you will not make me marry hobday i have refused him it is over
29:41will i be happy here do you think
29:48well you love many down
29:53but you are to be its mistress now with all the duty that requires
30:01i'm sure catherine and alethia will help to shoulder that burden but you will be his wife jane
30:06and there will be children of course there are a lot of rooms to fill
30:18i shall be in pig for the rest of my years you love children you have a gift with them with other
30:23peoples i'll have no time to myself for thinking for writing i shall not write more than a letter again
30:31i shall have a husband a master an overbearing master harris bigweather is hardly overbearing more
30:40like underbearing i cannot do it my darling you have done it it is already done no it was a mistake
30:46the most hideous error i do not know what i was thinking i shall tell them in the morning jane
30:55you're quite sure you cannot go through with it we'll leave tomorrow to quote a philosopher of my
31:00acquaintance i shall not starve
31:30so
31:44so
31:50so
31:56Always Walter Scott.
32:09I should be lucky not to relapse here.
32:26Why are they here again?
32:47I do not know.
32:50And where is Anna?
32:52With some sharp featured governess, no doubt, it is most unsatisfactory.
32:58I should run straight there and insist they listen to my latest outpourings,
33:02for as soon as I begin, Mary Austin will check the weather and announce they must go.
33:07I must confess, I do have some sympathy with her.
33:10Cassie.
33:10You do not appreciate how clever you are with words and how easily you can make people laugh.
33:15It is a gift.
33:16She's been visiting us for years. I've never noticed her discomfort.
33:19Perhaps she feels the need to shine in front of her husband.
33:24Marriage. Always an excuse for failures of character. It is the root cause of poor behaviour.
33:30Though you would have been the exception to that.
33:33My own theory is the thrill of being Mrs. James Austin has quite gone to Mary Austin's head.
33:39She has become a little bumptious with it.
33:42Happiness in a married woman is irksome to witness, and yet the single lady spreads universal blood.
33:48See? Even father has need of some respite.
33:55Come. We must greet them.
33:57Come on.
34:00Come on.
34:04So, father, I am real.
34:11The fact is, father, as I enter my thirty-six years, I am a king to assume greater responsibility and perform to the full.
34:23My role as man of the church.
34:26I hope you will agree that my talents are more than equal to the task ahead.
34:31Oh, my dear boy, I have no need to assure you of that.
34:34You will make an exemplary rector to the parish.
34:37Exemplary?
34:38The house Austin, remember the house?
34:42Ah, yes.
34:44The house.
34:45I, that is, we, with our growing family.
34:50We do have a child now.
34:52You have two children.
34:55Let us not forget Anna.
34:57No, no.
34:58I meant to say as we now have a son.
34:59It is a curse to us, to me, rather, that the house may be growing a little too much for you both.
35:12A less tiring, slightly smaller accommodation might be more appropriate to the diminishing needs of your household.
35:22Now that you only have my sisters.
35:33That you will take over the parish has long been the intention.
35:38Though the question of timing is another matter.
35:44Perhaps I have caused some confusion by living too long and too well.
35:49Oh, George, my dear, please.
35:52Thank you for raising this, James.
35:56I have no desire to stand in your path.
36:00That cannot be God's will.
36:03But I must discuss this in private with your mother, that I may be led swiftly to a judgment that may benefit us all.
36:14Tea, Mrs. Austin?
36:16Yes.
36:18Yes.
36:19Of course.
36:19Now then.
36:50It is done.
37:20It is perfect.
37:23You must send it to the publisher at once.
37:31It is ready, Jane.
37:32And now, we wait.
38:00And now, we wait.
38:08Follow me.
38:09Let's leave that at the side of the wheel.
38:26No, that will travel with me.
38:43It is my writing, sir.
38:43Leave that.
38:44You cannot take that.
38:45I'm sorry.
38:50We will survive this, Jane.
38:54Promise.
38:55Yes.
39:08There, there, my dear.
39:36Think of this.
39:38As a new chapter.
39:40As if Jane had written it.
39:43Her stories always end well, don't they?
39:47Walk on.
39:50Say goodbye, Anna.
39:53Wave.
39:54Say goodbye, Anna.
39:55Say goodbye, Anna.
39:56Say goodbye, Anna.
39:56Say goodbye, Anna.
39:57Say goodbye, Anna.
39:57Say goodbye, Anna.
39:58Say goodbye, Anna.
39:59Say goodbye, Anna.
39:59Say goodbye, Anna.
40:00Say goodbye, Anna.
40:00Say goodbye, Anna.
40:01Say goodbye, Anna.
40:01Say goodbye, Anna.
40:01Say goodbye, Anna.
40:02Say goodbye, Anna.
40:03I do not understand why Isabella keeps that girl, Dinah.
40:27She is quite simply the worst servant I've ever had the misfortune to encounter.
40:31Bring it again, Anna. This time with more force, if you please.
40:37Longer, longer, longer.
40:45My dear, they've even got you answering the door now.
40:49Where was that infernal girl?
40:51Anna, what a surprise.
40:54A pleasant one, I hope.
40:55Oh, most pleasant.
40:59Should I just stand here then, waiting for you to greet me, Sandra?
41:02Forgive me, Mary, I have not seen Anna for some time.
41:06I am quite overwhelmed.
41:09Yes, I suppose we can be grateful that her last romantic interlude came to nothing.
41:13And we are once again blessed with her presence.
41:21Isabella will be equally as delighted to see you.
41:23And I, uh, I trust she's looked after you well, Aunt Cass.
41:26She has been most attentive.
41:29Anna, I'll get started upstairs.
41:32Can I leave you with the drawing room?
41:35Yes, Mama.
41:36We're here to work.
41:38So I'm told.
41:38Letters, letters.
41:51Letters.
41:51Letters.
42:05Letters.
42:09Letters.
42:10Ah, Anna
42:25You have made splendid progress today
42:27The new vicar and his wife will be most impressed by your labours
42:31Your labours, you mean? Isabella says you've been a godsend
42:33Apart from when she was at death's door
42:36And how is your leg today, my dear?
42:39It does seem to give you a great deal of inconvenience
42:42I mean, it's strange
42:43I mean, I've always been unusually lucky in the leg department
42:46Unlike Mrs Bunbury
42:47And to think I woke this morning in a pleasant anticipation
42:51Of a hard day's labour
42:53Must we endure another reading, Isabella?
43:04What would you rather do, Aunt Mary?
43:06Well, perhaps we could converse
43:08It is not often we're all together
43:10May never happen again once Cassandra returns to Chawton
43:14Very well
43:15On what subject would you like to converse?
43:18Cassandra's patchwork is most impressive
43:35Do you not think?
43:36Yes, you're so clever, Aunt Cass
43:37Yes
43:38All the Austens are clever
43:39My husband had a formidable intellect
43:42My son, James Edward, has inherited it
43:45Yes, and let us not forget Jane
43:46For what is cleverness when set beside brilliance
43:51We are all in the shade of those who shine brightest
43:54My father often said
43:59Genius comes with a difficult temperament
44:02Was this true of your Jane?
44:06Jane was a perfectionist
44:08She was so very demanding of herself
44:12And her work
44:14But to others
44:16She was not always kind
44:18At least not to me
44:26Well, she was the very best of aunts to me
44:29I lived for my visits to Aunt Jane
44:32I would show her my own stories
44:35And she would take them so seriously
44:36As if I were a proper writer
44:38She was the very opposite of difficult
44:41Was she not?
44:44Aunt Cass
44:44She was indeed
44:47If I recall, she was not so cheerful
44:53In the years after you left Steventon
44:55We have arrived in Bath, Eliza
45:06Mary Austen's keen delight
45:10To get her feet through the door
45:11Propel ours out of it
45:13And rob us of all our worldly possessions
45:15Was quite the sight to behold
45:17Oh, my God
45:47Well, I think these rooms will do us quite splendidly.
45:56Yes, husband. I believe they shall.
46:05It is of some comfort that leaving our home has not caused our beloved Cassie any particular distress.
46:11Place no longer matters to Cassie, not as it does to me.
46:19Jane, my darling, please.
46:23You cannot lie here like this all day every day.
46:27You must try to bear it.
46:29Cassie's determination that I should enjoy the delights of the metropolis is admirable.
46:43And the famous bath stone does its best to glow.
46:48But I fear I cannot be much company.
46:52Cassie tells me I must give it time.
46:55And I will.
46:57Not least because I have no choice in the matter.
47:02You must remember, my dear Mary, that we all suffered a great deal after we left Steventon.
47:08Not just Jane.
47:10That is why it is so imperative that Isabella finds one place that she can call home.
47:24Miss Austen.
47:36Jane!
47:41Mr. Crosby of London, who is the best of men, even though we have never met him,
47:45promises publication of your novel, Susan, with immediate effect, for the princely sum of ten pounds.
47:51Yes, I am to be in print.
47:53I am to be a published authoress.
47:55And we are the proudest Austen to ever live.
47:58I shall make a start on a new novel at once.
48:01I am determined I will.
48:04I am to be published.
48:07Let us thank the good Lord.
48:10Oh, my.
48:11Papa.
48:13Papa.
48:13Papa.
48:14Papa?
48:15Oh, my dearest daughter.
48:17You must take the greatest care of her.
48:26George.
48:27I will, Papa.
48:28I will.
48:30George.
48:30George.
48:47I will.
48:48I will.
49:02I will.
49:03Can I have some numbers written down here please?
49:33Beth my dear, Miss Austen, I'm delighted to see you've recovered from your cold.
49:42Children, we have a visitor. Now we must remember our manners.
49:46What do we say when people are kind enough to call on us?
49:48Good day to you.
49:51And to you. Carry on.
49:55So this is where you spend your time?
49:58Yes, I'm hardly ever at home. My days are so busy here.
50:02My chargers arrive from five in the morning.
50:05Their mothers work at the mill and do such long days.
50:07By the time they've all left, I've no energy to do more than crawl through there to bed.
50:12So you often just sleep here?
50:14I do.
50:17Shhh.
50:19Beth, as you well know, the date of Isabella's departure from the vicarage is almost upon her.
50:25So I am here once more to ask for your assistance regarding her future.
50:30Did Isabella ask you to come?
50:32No.
50:33No.
50:34No, she did not.
50:35But I cannot stand by and watch while she suffers the insecurity of her current position.
50:41I do not wish to appear rude, Cassandra, but why should it concern you?
50:47Because, since I have been here, I have become exceedingly fond of her.
50:54And I am mindful of the toll the same upheaval had on my dear sister when we had to leave our own beloved home.
51:04And I promised your dying father that I would ensure she came to live with either you or Mary Jane.
51:11My father.
51:13Even from the grave.
51:16Poor Isabella, I...
51:18I fear she's never to be able to make her own decisions about her future as I have done.
51:25Beth, I am aware your future is settled and I am delighted it is so.
51:31However, I am also hopeful that if you and Mr. Lydderdale do decide to marry, that he might be generous enough to allow her to live with you.
51:42Married?
51:43Myself and Mr. Lydderdale?
51:46Yes.
51:48Wherever did you get such a ridiculous notion?
51:52I saw you together.
51:54And so you concocted a story for yourself?
51:56Oh, Cassandra.
51:57You have the wrong sister.
51:59We did have feelings for one another once.
52:12I have refused him.
52:14He will not ask again.
52:16I do not think it was a dalliance.
52:18I believe it to have been love.
52:20Do not be ridiculous.
52:21When my mother informed me that you were a resident here, I had a pressing need to see you again.
52:29She fell on the pavement on the lower cob and was taken up lifeless.
52:34You have killed her.
52:37She must have fainted.
52:39Go. Go and fetch Mr. Lydderdale at once. Go, Isabella.
52:42Mr. Lydderdale!
52:43Mr. Lydderdale!
53:13You have the convection station?
53:14God bless you.
53:17See you soon!