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00:00I'm here to assist Miss Isabella Fowle.
00:02Cassandra, we weren't expecting you.
00:04Isabella must live with her sisters, promise me.
00:07There is no greater comfort in this world than a sister.
00:11You and I will always be sisters, even when I'm Mrs. Fowle.
00:16There are things I must say to you before I leave, in case I do not return.
00:19If you cannot marry me, you must feel free to marry another.
00:22I promise you, Tom, that I will never marry any other man but you.
00:28There are sure to be letters here that will cast up all manner of treasure.
00:31Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen is to be found within the pages of her novels.
00:37We have bad tidings to impart, Cassie.
01:23Where on earth could be, I know.
01:25Sorry, ma'am. I was in the kitchen with Miss Isabel.
01:28And what of Miss Austen?
01:29In a room, ma'am.
01:31What's she doing with her?
01:33Cassandra! There's work to be done.
01:38Mary, my dear.
01:41So there you are.
01:43So here I am.
01:45We weren't expecting you so soon.
01:47On account of tea with Mrs Bunbury.
01:50This has been a falling out to do with you, Cassandra.
01:53Me?
01:53Mrs Bunbury suggested that you arriving here without informing me first
01:57was a slur on my reputation.
01:59I mounted a most robust offence, but she was adamant.
02:02It's not the dumb thing, Cassandra.
02:05We're supposed to be sisters.
02:08I sincerely hope that relations with Mrs Bunbury
02:12return to cordiality very soon.
02:15Hmm.
02:16Dinah says you've made a start on clearing my dear sister's room.
02:18You know I wish to help?
02:19Did you find any letters from Jane?
02:22Not a single one.
02:25How odd.
02:27Considering how often Jane wrote,
02:29no matter,
02:30I find them myself.
02:32Perhaps you will be lucky where I was not.
02:37Mum,
02:38Mrs Austen,
02:39do you wish me to make up Mrs Fowle's room for you?
02:41Yes, yes, do it at once,
02:42so I may settle myself and get on with clearing.
02:45A task I do not relish,
02:47given how close Eliza and I were.
02:51Now, I said.
02:55Dad!
02:56Oh!
03:00Let me pick it up, ma'am.
03:01You'll hurt yourself.
03:02There is little point in making more work
03:04than is absolutely necessary, Isabella.
03:06It was an accident.
03:08Ah, well, I'll leave you to it.
03:09I have work to do upstairs.
03:11Dinah, Dinah,
03:13as soon as you're ready.
03:16There's too much to do.
03:18I must ask Mr Dundas for more time.
03:20I'm not ready.
03:21I won't be ready.
03:23Isabella,
03:24Isabella,
03:25I have been in your position
03:26and
03:27I know how daunting this task must appear.
03:31But I also know how
03:33uncertainty for your future
03:35can make it feel all the more onerous.
03:39That is why this question
03:40must be settled without delay.
03:43To that purpose,
03:44I wonder if we might make a visit today
03:47to see your sisters.
03:49We're still too busy here, Cassandra.
03:50Surely it can wait.
03:51Isabella,
03:52I am becoming increasingly concerned
03:54about what is to become of you.
03:56We cannot delay this decision any longer.
04:00We should do it.
04:02Of course.
04:03But,
04:05but not today.
04:07Tomorrow,
04:08perhaps.
04:10Besides,
04:11I have errands to run this morning.
04:13Very well.
04:15Well,
04:16in that case,
04:17perhaps I,
04:18I could start to clear the dining room.
04:20I,
04:21I could clear your mother's writing desk.
04:23Save your Aunt Mary the bother.
04:28I have loved this china
04:29since I was a child.
04:33Now it is all to go to my brother.
04:38All will be well,
04:40Isabella.
04:42I am sure of it.
04:56Thank you for the time.
05:22What does that say?
05:24It says Eliza.
05:41Eliza.
06:07My dearest Eliza, your happy news has lightened our spirits here in Steventon.
06:13Mother and father cannot settle on whether you are to expect a boy or a girl.
06:18I shall let you know as soon as they decide.
06:23I wish I had more cheerful news of Cassie.
06:26In all this time, her grief has not abated.
06:32It is not in my sister's nature to reveal the depth of her suffering.
06:36For fear of burdening us with her sorrow.
06:40Let's get the boys.
06:41Walk on.
06:41But I can see how much her heart still aches for Tom.
06:57Our brother Edward has invited her to stay at Godmisham Park, his estate in Kent.
07:05I will miss her dreadfully, though I am hopeful this change in surroundings might lift her from her melancholy.
07:14It may amuse you to learn that Edward's invitation did not extend to me.
07:20I fear I may be a little too eccentric for Kent society.
07:26It is regretful, as I could certainly cultivate a taste for their acres of rolling countryside, extensive library, and well
07:34-stocked wine cellar.
07:41Perhaps Edward's wife, Elizabeth, fears that I would become rather too comfortable and outstay my welcome.
07:48While she is always unfailingly polite to us lowly Austens, I admit to some surprise she is willing to play
07:56host to one of us at all.
08:06Welcome to Godmisham, my dear sister.
08:09Edward.
08:10How well you look.
08:13Considering, um, I do hope your journey was a pleasant one.
08:16If, if, if anything can be pleasant at such a, a time.
08:23Thank you, my dear brother.
08:25Come.
08:30Now, I know you'll want to gather yourselves, but the children are quite wild with excitement.
08:34If we don't go straight to see them, I fear they will burst.
08:38They are the perfect tonic to stave off sad.
08:42Cannot wait to see them.
08:43Stand still, no fidgeting.
08:44Say hello, children.
08:45Look who's here.
08:46Look who's here.
08:47Who is it?
08:47Oh, Cassie.
08:49Look how evil groan.
08:52Look who is it.
08:55Hello.
08:55There you are.
08:57Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo.
09:00Boo.
09:01Yay.
09:01I told you, Cass.
09:03Fit to burst.
09:04Ha-ha-ha.
09:07Hello.
09:08Someone of a more cynical disposition might wonder if Elizabeth has something to gain
09:13by having Aunt Cassie at Godmisham.
09:16This is not a thought that should ever cross my mind, Eliza, and certainly not one I would
09:22write down.
09:22Mum?
09:38What vote are we?
09:40Well, it would appear so.
09:44I may pay Mary Jane, Isabella's sister, a visit on my travels.
09:48Are you expected?
09:50Mrs. Mirajin Dexter is not one for a surprise visit, I suppose.
09:53I am sure she will be more than happy to see me when she knows the purpose of my visit.
09:58Time is of the essence.
10:01We must make sure Isabella is taken care of.
10:10Must we know?
10:28Mrs. Mirajin, it's me, Cassandra Austin.
10:34Mrs. Mirajin, I've come to call on you.
10:37Mrs. Mirajin, it's me, then.
10:48You can never be too careful.
10:52Come into the parlour.
11:02What interesting objects.
11:05What do you see here are the joys of the Empire.
11:10Halcyon days.
11:14Halcyon.
11:15Now,
11:18sit down.
11:25Has Isabella been looking after you, has she?
11:27Oh, yes.
11:30Impeccably.
11:33She's got the heart of an ox, Isabella.
11:36Braver than you think.
11:40Although she wouldn't survive for one single day on her own,
11:43so it's a good thing she's come to live with me.
11:45So it's settled, then?
11:48Of course it's settled.
11:49Isn't that why you're here? To make sure?
11:52Yes, it's just that Isabella doesn't seem to know this.
11:56What you have to know about my sister is this.
11:59She thinks she knows her own mind.
12:02But she doesn't.
12:07Tiffin.
12:10I...
12:23Miss Fowl.
12:24Mr. Lydderdale.
12:25I must offer you my apologies.
12:28I have been tardy in calling to inquire how you are faring since...
12:32I am perfectly well.
12:34In truth, I have been busy
12:36preparing the vicarage for the new vicar.
12:38I am sure that must be a most difficult task.
12:43Have you secured...
12:47new lodgings?
12:48Not yet.
12:50But it is all in hand.
12:53I am delighted to hear that.
12:55There is nothing more unsettling than...
12:58insecurity.
13:00Indeed.
13:04I wish you well.
13:06Truly.
13:08That is most kind.
13:10Now, if you'll forgive me, I have an errand to run.
13:21Dearest Eliza,
13:23I am happy to report that Cassie indulges
13:25my frequent demands for news from Godmersham
13:28and writes often.
13:30Though I hear suspiciously little
13:32about the delights and amusements
13:34of the Kent countryside
13:35and a great deal more about spillikins
13:38with the tiny inhabitants of the nursery.
13:48Oh, Elizabeth, there you are.
13:51I wondered if I might take a short turn
13:52around the garden
13:53while the baby's asleep.
13:54Oh, my dear, no.
13:57It's too warm outside.
13:58You're in the best place up here.
14:00Besides,
14:01I cannot play that game for my life.
14:05Oh, look how they adore you.
14:08I cannot tell you how much it suits me
14:11to have you here.
14:12Things have turned out so well, have they not?
14:17I mean...
14:19I did not mean...
14:20I know what you mean, my dear.
14:22I'm most grateful to be here.
14:24Good.
14:26Now, I think I might have a little rest
14:28before my family arrived for dinner.
14:34Oh, look.
14:35I did it.
14:36It's your turn, Anna.
14:38It's your turn.
14:46Edward?
14:47Where are you going?
14:49We have guests for dinner.
14:50Just at the stables
14:51to cast my eyes over the new filly.
14:52I won't be long.
14:53Well, I'm afraid the filly
14:54will have to wait.
14:55My mother will be here
14:56before we know it
14:57and she would not be happy
14:58if a horse has taken precedence.
15:00No.
15:01No, that would not do.
15:03Have you told Cassie
15:04what time she's expected downstairs?
15:05Oh, my dearest.
15:07I don't think it would be correct
15:08for Cassie to join us.
15:10It's a family dinner
15:11and Cassie is family after all.
15:13She is still in mourning, Edward.
15:16It would not be appropriate
15:17for her to attend a happy party.
15:20Cook will send something up on a train.
15:27I don't think it would be right.
15:27Eliza,
15:28I must prevail upon you
15:29for assistance
15:30in a matter of great urgency.
15:33Cassie is trapped
15:34in the nursery at Godmasham.
15:36My good and dutiful sister
15:38does not complain,
15:39but it is clear to me
15:40that the situation
15:41is most serious.
15:46Please do not think me indelicate
15:47if I suggest the timing
15:48is to our advantage.
15:51I beg you, Eliza.
15:53Write to Cassie
15:54and request her presence
15:55at your confinement.
15:57Elizabeth will not deny
15:58a mother in need.
16:00And as for Edward,
16:01he will do as he has bidden.
16:04We cannot allow
16:05our beloved Cassie
16:07to convince herself
16:08that her life's sole value
16:09lies in the role
16:10of dependable spinster aunt.
16:14Please write
16:15as soon as you are able.
16:16I have an inkling
16:18that our intervention
16:18will be a relief to her.
16:42the baby will be here soon.
16:44I have an infant sound.
16:45Shh.
16:46Shh.
16:47She needs laudanum.
17:03Eliza?
17:04She's sleeping, fella.
17:06She's exhausted.
17:08Do you have a girl?
17:10Her sweetest,
17:12most beloved little girl.
17:15Another girl.
17:17Another girl.
17:29My dearest Eliza,
17:31we are delighted to hear
17:33you are safely delivered
17:34and baby Isabella
17:35is thriving.
17:44Isabella
17:45is a splendid name.
17:47She can only grow up
17:48to be a heroine
17:49or a Spanish queen,
17:51though I would not wish
17:52that fate upon her.
17:54No.
17:55Her adventures
17:56will be magnificent
17:57and not solely confined
17:59to the great county
18:00of Berkshire.
18:02Look, Isabella.
18:05your dear
18:07sweet Uncle Tom's tree.
18:11His and mine's.
18:2428.
18:26Mm-hmm.
18:285 times 7 is...
18:3135.
18:32Very good.
18:34Father.
18:35Now, 6 times 7 is...
18:376 times 7 is...
18:4142.
18:42Mm-hmm.
18:437 times 7 is...
18:47Rise and shine.
18:4949.
18:50Well done.
18:52Shall we attempt
18:54the 8 times table?
18:54I can try, Miss.
18:56I can try, Miss.
18:56Very good.
19:001 times 8 is...
19:048.
19:04Indeed.
19:052 times 8 is...
19:0816.
19:11I have just seen Miss Isabella
19:13with a pupil.
19:14She is quite the teacher.
19:16I had no idea.
19:18There's a lot to Miss Isabella
19:19that people don't know.
19:21I don't want to.
19:23She must have made
19:24her father proud,
19:25looking after him
19:26as she did.
19:27Well, if he was,
19:28ma'am,
19:29he never told her.
19:30But he wasn't quiet
19:31about much else.
19:32He used to fill the house
19:33with his presence,
19:34did Reverend Phil.
19:35God rest him.
19:37Hmm.
19:38I had not seen him
19:38for some time,
19:39but I do recall
19:40he was the most
19:41exuberant of men.
19:43Well, if that's
19:43what you like to call it.
19:45There's many a day
19:46you'd have heard him
19:46shouting up in the village
19:47and he used to bellow
19:50at Miss Isabella.
19:52Bellow?
19:54What do you mean, Diana?
19:56Nothing, ma'am.
19:58It's not for me
19:58to say anything.
19:59I must go and fetch
20:00the rest of the dinner service.
20:04Dinah,
20:04is Mrs. Austin
20:06still resting?
20:07She is that, ma'am.
20:09I wish to visit
20:10Miss Isabella's
20:11other sister.
20:12Where might I find
20:14Miss Beth's school?
20:16Behind the plasterer's arms.
20:51Miss Wynnethaun's.
21:19Cassandra, there's illness here.
21:20You must leave her once.
21:21Miss Austin, you cannot be in here.
21:23What ills her?
21:25Diphtheria.
21:26It has spread through the village.
21:28But as for the rest,
21:31poverty, misfortune,
21:33nothing I can cure.
21:34Now I beg you, leave.
21:36It is not safe here.
21:37Come, Cassandra, I'll walk you to the end of the village.
21:49Beth, I must talk to you about Isabella's future.
21:52Isabella's future?
21:53That great conversation that never seems to end.
21:56Well, it has been discussed already.
21:59Endlessly.
22:00Though I try very hard to stay out of the foul family politics, as I have no appetite for meddling.
22:05Your sister is about to lose her home.
22:07Isabella is a grown woman.
22:10Surely she's more than capable of securing her own future, whatever that may be.
22:15I'm sorry, but I must get back.
22:17Miss Liddardale needs me.
22:18Come and visit again when the school reopens.
22:21I'd like to show you what I do there.
22:23Beth.
22:24Beth.
22:33Oh, where have you been?
22:36We've been so worried.
22:38It's weather.
22:39Isabella!
22:40Remove this dog from my presence of one.
22:43It appears your aunt Mary has risen from my rest.
22:46Yes.
22:47She found my mother's room a little on the chilly side.
22:57Still no letters, Mary?
22:59Er, no.
23:00Strangely.
23:02This is my sister's writing desk.
23:06Well, Freddie's away.
23:07Eliza was always prone to a great deal of sentiment.
23:11How foolish to go out in this weather, Cassandra.
23:13She'd do better at your age.
23:17That dog is feral.
23:20He'll be the death of me.
23:21He must be banned from the house at once.
23:25Tea, Dinah, in the drawing room.
23:28Come on, Peter.
23:29Come on.
23:43Come on.
23:47Is that the only tanning we have?
23:50We have packed the rest on, Mary.
23:52At your instruction.
23:53Oh, well.
23:54I suppose I must endure it.
23:56Oh, my leg is bothering me again.
24:02That tea will be going cold before any of us have a chance to taste it.
24:06Isabella, do you have any more cushions?
24:08My leg should be more raised.
24:11Er, more raised?
24:14Yes.
24:16And a blanket, perhaps.
24:26Yes.
24:27And more locks on fire.
24:34Oh, so where have you been, anyway?
24:36To visit Miss Beth.
24:38There is a sickness at the top of the village.
24:41She is up there helping Mr. Lydderdale.
24:43Ah, Beth and Mr. Lydderdale.
24:46So she's a nurse as well as a teacher.
24:49They did seem very familiar with one another.
24:51Oh, come on.
24:51That is a surprise, is it not, Isabella?
24:55You must forgive me, Aunt Mary.
24:58I have much to be getting on with.
25:00Dinah, join me's host in a hot bath.
25:02We don't want her getting sick.
25:10Beth Fowl has been nothing but a trial for this family.
25:15Fraternising with certain elements of society.
25:18Her father did not approve.
25:20She was tending to Mrs. Winterbourne.
25:23You should see the conditions that poor woman lives in.
25:26Well, let us not dwell on Miss Fortune.
25:31Go, go, go, take your bath.
25:34I'll rest some more and then I can set about taking charge.
25:38This family needs a firmer hand.
26:08He'll rest some more and then.
26:09Sopra?
26:16Sopra?
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