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