1 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:58,513 This had best be worth it, child, 2 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,223 or I shall have you strangled! 3 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:07,687 You see? 4 00:03:07,689 --> 00:03:08,981 I told you. 5 00:03:49,731 --> 00:03:51,315 Thank you, Lord Kingsley. 6 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:59,073 Oh, as for your proposal... 7 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,033 I would sooner be boiled alive. 8 00:04:04,662 --> 00:04:06,330 Although, I do admire your carriage. 9 00:04:12,587 --> 00:04:15,131 Lord Kingsley was greatly offended... 10 00:04:15,298 --> 00:04:16,716 I was candid. 11 00:04:16,883 --> 00:04:18,968 And that is a virtue. 12 00:04:19,135 --> 00:04:20,970 Is it not, Ms Hankins. 13 00:04:21,137 --> 00:04:23,139 Quite so. Brother? 14 00:04:24,140 --> 00:04:25,141 Uh... yes... 15 00:04:25,308 --> 00:04:27,852 Although there is much to be said for tact. 16 00:04:28,019 --> 00:04:31,355 I showed him as much respect as any fortune hunter deserves. 17 00:04:33,775 --> 00:04:36,319 I am not a natural guardian, Mary. 18 00:04:36,486 --> 00:04:39,113 She is quite indifferent to my counsel... 19 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:40,948 Give her time, dearest. 20 00:04:41,115 --> 00:04:44,744 It has only been three months since Sidney's death. 21 00:04:44,911 --> 00:04:47,246 It has affected her far more than she would admit. 22 00:04:49,248 --> 00:04:51,334 I believe what she needs, 23 00:04:51,501 --> 00:04:53,294 more than anything, is another friend. 24 00:04:54,754 --> 00:04:57,089 Happily, one is on the way. 25 00:05:00,551 --> 00:05:01,653 It was so kind of the Parkers 26 00:05:01,677 --> 00:05:03,679 to lend us their carriage. 27 00:05:03,846 --> 00:05:06,599 When I am married, I shall have one just like this. 28 00:05:06,766 --> 00:05:08,309 And four footmen! 29 00:05:08,476 --> 00:05:09,727 Only the four? 30 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:13,898 I cannot decide who I am most excited to meet. 31 00:05:14,065 --> 00:05:15,585 They were all so vivid in your letters! 32 00:05:17,485 --> 00:05:18,587 I know Miss Lambe and I are destined 33 00:05:18,611 --> 00:05:20,196 to be the greatest of friends. 34 00:05:23,491 --> 00:05:27,036 Look, Charlotte! The sea! 35 00:05:27,203 --> 00:05:29,497 Are you not excited to be returning? 36 00:06:05,992 --> 00:06:07,410 Welcome. 37 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:13,499 Oh, hello. How you have grown! 38 00:06:13,666 --> 00:06:15,543 I shall be as tall as mama soon. 39 00:06:17,795 --> 00:06:20,506 Tom, you are so generous to invite us both. 40 00:06:20,673 --> 00:06:22,341 This is my sister, Alison. 41 00:06:23,301 --> 00:06:24,427 Come on. 42 00:06:32,977 --> 00:06:34,896 I had hoped that when I returned, 43 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:38,357 I would be able to make you a proposal of marriage. 44 00:06:38,524 --> 00:06:40,776 But it cannot be. 45 00:06:40,943 --> 00:06:42,945 The fact is, I have been obliged to engage myself 46 00:06:43,112 --> 00:06:44,780 to Mrs Eliza Campion. 47 00:06:47,992 --> 00:06:49,952 Please believe me that if there was any other way, 48 00:06:50,036 --> 00:06:52,622 to resolve Tom's situation, I would... 49 00:06:52,788 --> 00:06:54,415 We'll take you to your bedroom? 50 00:07:06,928 --> 00:07:09,221 I do hope Mary passed on my sympathies. 51 00:07:10,514 --> 00:07:13,267 Yes, yes. Thank you. 52 00:07:39,752 --> 00:07:41,629 I'm surprised to learn Sidney was in Antigua. 53 00:07:41,796 --> 00:07:44,423 We were as surprised as you, we cannot account for it. 54 00:07:44,590 --> 00:07:46,092 We instructed an agent in Antigua 55 00:07:46,258 --> 00:07:48,678 with repatriating his possessions. 56 00:07:48,844 --> 00:07:51,764 We hope he might be able to find some kind of explanation. 57 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,559 If only he'd never gone, 58 00:07:55,726 --> 00:07:56,870 he would have been spared the yellow fever 59 00:07:56,894 --> 00:07:58,604 and still be with us. 60 00:07:59,772 --> 00:08:00,772 It is some comfort 61 00:08:00,898 --> 00:08:03,442 to know that he found such happiness with Eliza 62 00:08:03,609 --> 00:08:06,737 before he... before we lost him. 63 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:08,406 What a beautiful house. 64 00:08:08,572 --> 00:08:10,574 I cannot wait to see the town. 65 00:08:10,741 --> 00:08:12,910 Once you are both settled, you shall meet Georgiana 66 00:08:13,077 --> 00:08:14,557 for some tea in the new assembly room. 67 00:08:14,662 --> 00:08:17,331 But first, I must show you the promenade. 68 00:08:17,498 --> 00:08:18,582 I'd love to see it. 69 00:08:18,749 --> 00:08:20,309 Georgiana will be so pleased to see you. 70 00:08:20,418 --> 00:08:21,961 Mr Hankins and his sister 71 00:08:22,128 --> 00:08:24,171 have kindly offered to become her chaperones. 72 00:08:24,338 --> 00:08:29,301 But the arrangement could not be called... ideal. 73 00:08:36,392 --> 00:08:40,021 ♪ Feed me till I want no more ♪ 74 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:42,815 ♪ Want no more ♪ 75 00:08:44,316 --> 00:08:51,316 ♪ Feed me till I want no more ♪ 76 00:08:54,118 --> 00:08:56,203 You must sing up, my dear. 77 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:59,123 How is the lord to hear you, unless you raise your sweet 78 00:08:59,290 --> 00:09:00,916 voice to his ear. 79 00:09:01,083 --> 00:09:05,171 I have long since concluded that the lord is deaf. 80 00:09:05,337 --> 00:09:08,215 The lord is not deaf, Miss Lambe. 81 00:09:08,382 --> 00:09:10,801 Then why does He persist in ignoring my prayers? 82 00:09:16,015 --> 00:09:19,977 Er. Miss Lambe... The lord does not ignore... 83 00:09:20,144 --> 00:09:21,788 I'm going to be late for Charlotte. 84 00:09:21,812 --> 00:09:22,812 Miss Lambe? 85 00:09:49,090 --> 00:09:51,967 As you can see, my dears, Sanditon is fast becoming 86 00:09:52,134 --> 00:09:54,136 the most desirable destination on the south coast! 87 00:09:54,303 --> 00:09:55,823 Now that I am Tom's right hand, 88 00:09:55,888 --> 00:09:57,807 I've been planning some schemes of my own. 89 00:09:57,973 --> 00:10:00,434 A pagoda and even a theatre. 90 00:10:00,601 --> 00:10:01,727 How exciting! 91 00:10:01,894 --> 00:10:03,654 I gather Mr Stringer is doing well in London? 92 00:10:03,813 --> 00:10:04,939 Yes! By all accounts, 93 00:10:05,106 --> 00:10:07,942 he is well on his way to becoming a MasterArchitect! 94 00:10:08,109 --> 00:10:09,753 - Lord Cramond, good morning! - Good morning. 95 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:11,529 I trust we shall see you at the parade? 96 00:10:12,196 --> 00:10:13,239 Parade? 97 00:10:13,405 --> 00:10:15,199 Your timing could hardly be better! 98 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:17,660 We await the arrival of Colonel Lennox and his company. 99 00:10:17,827 --> 00:10:19,221 They are to remain the whole Summer! 100 00:10:19,245 --> 00:10:20,663 A colonel and his company! 101 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:22,039 How thrilling! 102 00:10:22,206 --> 00:10:24,166 Yes. Decorated for his bravery at Waterloo. 103 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:27,086 And, as if you required any further proof that Sanditon 104 00:10:27,253 --> 00:10:30,005 has arrived, we have even attracted our own Artist, 105 00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:31,691 Charles Lockhart. I dare say you've heard of him. 106 00:10:31,715 --> 00:10:33,342 He is a portraitist. 107 00:10:33,509 --> 00:10:34,549 Good morning, Mr Lockhart. 108 00:10:34,677 --> 00:10:36,679 It is, Mr Parker. 109 00:10:36,846 --> 00:10:39,265 I have just braved the waves and I feel quite reborn! 110 00:10:39,431 --> 00:10:43,811 Nothing like the sting of salt on skin to rouse the senses. 111 00:10:45,020 --> 00:10:46,105 Ladies. 112 00:10:53,070 --> 00:10:55,197 I fear we look hopelessly parochial. 113 00:10:55,364 --> 00:10:57,825 We must ask Papa to send us money for clothes at once. 114 00:10:57,992 --> 00:10:59,660 He hasn't enough to spare. 115 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:00,971 But it would be an investment. 116 00:11:00,995 --> 00:11:02,355 How are we to attract rich husbands 117 00:11:02,454 --> 00:11:03,581 unless we look the part? 118 00:11:03,747 --> 00:11:05,249 I came here to avoid all that. 119 00:11:05,416 --> 00:11:07,501 You came here to avoid a certain man, 120 00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:09,086 not marriage altogether. 121 00:11:09,253 --> 00:11:10,713 Why would you wish to do that? 122 00:11:31,984 --> 00:11:34,028 What say you, Colonel? 123 00:11:34,195 --> 00:11:36,555 We have certainly faced harsher battlefields. 124 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:44,246 Around a hundred men, I am told. 125 00:11:44,413 --> 00:11:48,125 They march on Sanditon tomorrow afternoon... 126 00:11:48,292 --> 00:11:50,878 Don't you think it rather peculiar? 127 00:11:51,045 --> 00:11:53,023 To the best of my knowledge, we are not at risk of invasion... 128 00:11:53,047 --> 00:11:54,441 Not from without, perhaps 129 00:11:54,465 --> 00:11:57,718 but sedition is sweeping the country! 130 00:11:57,885 --> 00:12:01,639 As landed gentry, it would be our necks in the guillotine! 131 00:12:01,805 --> 00:12:04,892 I welcome a military presence. 132 00:12:05,059 --> 00:12:07,311 A hundred drunk, unshaven libertines. 133 00:12:07,478 --> 00:12:08,812 Quite the civilising influence. 134 00:12:08,979 --> 00:12:11,398 Not every soldier is a rascal. 135 00:12:11,565 --> 00:12:14,360 I have always had a certain fondness for a redcoat. 136 00:12:14,526 --> 00:12:19,406 My favourite brother was a cavalryman. Maximilian. 137 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:23,410 As long as they do not outstay their welcome... 138 00:12:23,577 --> 00:12:25,913 I have been here less than a week, Aunt. 139 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:27,140 Yes. And yet I am still not clear 140 00:12:27,164 --> 00:12:30,209 as to what purpose your stay in the first place. 141 00:12:30,376 --> 00:12:34,421 A new husband should retain his lustre for a year at least. 142 00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:36,799 Occasionally two. 143 00:12:36,966 --> 00:12:38,550 You have not tired of him already? 144 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:40,135 Quite the opposite. 145 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:42,030 But while he is away, it's the perfect opportunity 146 00:12:42,054 --> 00:12:43,597 to visit my favourite aunt. 147 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:45,933 How thoughtful of you. 148 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,360 - Thank you. - Thank you. 149 00:12:59,363 --> 00:13:00,363 Georgiana. 150 00:13:00,406 --> 00:13:02,658 I have been counting the hours. 151 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:06,870 My sister, Alison. 152 00:13:11,041 --> 00:13:13,294 She and her brother are well-meaning. 153 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,254 Painfully so. 154 00:13:15,421 --> 00:13:18,841 And Tom Parker is a woefully ineffective guardian, 155 00:13:19,008 --> 00:13:20,801 though he is determined to see me married 156 00:13:20,968 --> 00:13:23,095 before my twenty-first birthday. 157 00:13:23,262 --> 00:13:24,930 I think he is just keen to be rid of me, 158 00:13:25,097 --> 00:13:26,432 like his brother before him. 159 00:13:26,598 --> 00:13:28,851 Sidney was fonder of you than you allow. 160 00:13:29,018 --> 00:13:33,105 Perhaps. Though now, we shall never know. 161 00:13:33,272 --> 00:13:34,857 Is there any sugar? 162 00:13:35,024 --> 00:13:36,384 We are leading a boycott 163 00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,444 in the hopes that those plantation owners 164 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,487 who persist in keeping slaves 165 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:43,115 will be forced to follow my father's example. 166 00:13:43,282 --> 00:13:45,826 Forgive me, I thought we had abolished slavery. 167 00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:46,993 The law only prohibits the buying 168 00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:48,162 and selling of slaves. 169 00:13:48,329 --> 00:13:50,956 As yet there is no law against owning them. 170 00:13:51,123 --> 00:13:52,708 Then I shall never have sugar again. 171 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:55,364 Good day to you, Miss Lambe. 172 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:57,546 An admirer? 173 00:13:57,713 --> 00:14:00,966 am besieged by fortune hunters. 174 00:14:01,133 --> 00:14:03,302 Each day brings a fresh proposal. 175 00:14:03,469 --> 00:14:05,846 That man in the corner proposed just this morning. 176 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:10,187 You have not been tempted to accept any of them? 177 00:14:10,267 --> 00:14:11,643 Why? 178 00:14:11,810 --> 00:14:13,979 I've never possessed such power. 179 00:14:14,146 --> 00:14:17,399 The moment I marry, that will vanish. 180 00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:18,566 You are not the only one 181 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:20,127 who has been trying to evade a proposal. 182 00:14:21,445 --> 00:14:23,030 Charlotte? 183 00:14:23,197 --> 00:14:25,407 You made no mention in your letters. 184 00:14:25,574 --> 00:14:27,284 Ralph Starling. 185 00:14:27,451 --> 00:14:29,161 He keeps a farm in Willingden. 186 00:14:29,328 --> 00:14:31,705 Our father is... keen. 187 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:32,998 More than keen. 188 00:14:33,165 --> 00:14:35,417 A proposal is a foregone conclusion. 189 00:14:35,584 --> 00:14:38,921 But I have no desire to see Charlotte marry sensible Ralph. 190 00:14:39,088 --> 00:14:40,297 Neither do I. 191 00:14:40,464 --> 00:14:42,049 So, I have a plan, 192 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:44,468 for us both to find husbands here in Sanditon. 193 00:14:44,635 --> 00:14:47,137 Perhaps you could help us, Miss Lambe. 194 00:14:47,304 --> 00:14:50,099 I would like nothing more than to see your sister find love, 195 00:14:50,265 --> 00:14:51,266 Miss Heywood. 196 00:15:02,653 --> 00:15:04,071 Who do you suppose that man is? 197 00:15:04,238 --> 00:15:05,739 Charles Lockhart. 198 00:15:05,906 --> 00:15:07,199 He is an artist. 199 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:11,161 He looks rather pleased with himself. 200 00:15:24,049 --> 00:15:25,175 Business is booming. 201 00:15:25,342 --> 00:15:28,053 Almost all of our properties are let! 202 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,347 That is no reason to rest on our laurels. 203 00:15:30,514 --> 00:15:32,182 What is next? 204 00:15:32,349 --> 00:15:34,351 Your grand plan seems to have ground to a halt. 205 00:15:34,518 --> 00:15:36,353 By no means. 206 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,665 But I will not proceed until all the investment is secured. 207 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:41,442 I have learned my lesson from flying too close to the sun. 208 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:45,112 I should hope so, given half the town burnt down! 209 00:15:45,279 --> 00:15:47,573 Hence the regrettable fact that your brother's widow 210 00:15:47,739 --> 00:15:50,659 now owns a large share of Sanditon. 211 00:15:50,826 --> 00:15:53,162 That was a loan, my lady. One I fully intend to pay back. 212 00:15:53,328 --> 00:15:55,622 Good! 213 00:15:55,789 --> 00:16:01,003 I am supposed to be the primary investor, not some interloper! 214 00:16:01,170 --> 00:16:03,610 Although I should like to know how you intend to pay her back, 215 00:16:03,755 --> 00:16:05,716 given the size of the debt! 216 00:16:05,883 --> 00:16:08,552 We shall find a way, my lady! 217 00:16:08,719 --> 00:16:11,472 Indeed. And I do believe the first part of the solution 218 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:14,099 is marching into town this afternoon. 219 00:16:14,266 --> 00:16:15,266 Forgive me, Mr Parker, 220 00:16:15,267 --> 00:16:18,145 but how will the army help your situation? 221 00:16:18,312 --> 00:16:20,981 What is an army, my ladies, but a ready made population, 222 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:23,233 all looking to spend, spend, spend? 223 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:29,340 I can't say I have ever understood the appeal 224 00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:31,283 that soldiers are meant to hold for our sex. 225 00:16:31,450 --> 00:16:33,595 It is because they are brave and noble and heroic. 226 00:16:33,619 --> 00:16:35,120 And frequently handsome. 227 00:16:35,287 --> 00:16:36,287 Doubtless some are. 228 00:16:36,288 --> 00:16:37,582 Yet I cannot help thinking 229 00:16:37,748 --> 00:16:40,375 those qualities are conferred on anyone in a red coat, 230 00:16:40,542 --> 00:16:43,420 regardless of what true character might lies beneath. 231 00:16:43,587 --> 00:16:45,422 Fraser! 232 00:16:45,589 --> 00:16:47,716 It appears we have been ambushed. 233 00:16:47,883 --> 00:16:50,177 Have mercy, Ladies. We are unarmed and outnumbered. 234 00:16:50,344 --> 00:16:53,514 - Forgive us, Sir. - It is I who should apologise. 235 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,934 A gentleman at his ablutions is not a sight for fair eyes. 236 00:16:58,769 --> 00:17:01,313 Colonel Francis Lennox at your service. 237 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,398 And my Aide, Captain Fraser. 238 00:17:03,565 --> 00:17:04,481 Ladies. 239 00:17:04,483 --> 00:17:06,151 Charlotte Heywood. 240 00:17:06,318 --> 00:17:08,296 My sister, Miss Alison Heywood. Miss Georgiana Lambe. 241 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:09,696 How do you do. 242 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:12,199 We need to strengthen our fortifications, Colonel. 243 00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:15,077 We cannot leave ourselves so open to intruders... 244 00:17:15,244 --> 00:17:17,246 Should we be concerned by your arrival, Sir? 245 00:17:17,412 --> 00:17:19,456 Does it suggest that Sanditon requires defending? 246 00:17:19,623 --> 00:17:21,041 By no means. 247 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:22,519 But should you receive intelligence 248 00:17:22,543 --> 00:17:24,419 of an imminent invasion, Miss Heywood, 249 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:26,421 I hope you will be good enough to share it. 250 00:17:26,588 --> 00:17:28,465 I shall keep my ear to the ground. 251 00:17:28,632 --> 00:17:31,134 And will your family be joining you, Colonel? 252 00:17:31,301 --> 00:17:33,470 I have no such attachments. 253 00:17:33,637 --> 00:17:35,931 Ladies, perhaps I might escort you out? 254 00:17:36,098 --> 00:17:37,641 Good day. 255 00:17:37,808 --> 00:17:38,640 We are quite capable of finding our own way out. 256 00:17:38,642 --> 00:17:39,642 Thank you, Sir. 257 00:17:47,818 --> 00:17:50,862 Saints alive, Fraser. Who was that? 258 00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:53,949 I didn't get her name. 259 00:17:55,701 --> 00:17:57,452 What is to be done with you, man? 260 00:17:59,621 --> 00:18:01,456 I do not suppose you have had any word 261 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:02,743 from your reprobate brother? 262 00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:04,751 Step brother. Mercifully not. 263 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:07,379 I neither know nor care about his whereabouts. 264 00:18:17,389 --> 00:18:19,349 I imagine Lord Babington must be growing impatient 265 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:21,018 for an heir by now? 266 00:18:21,184 --> 00:18:22,384 It has not been so very long - 267 00:18:22,436 --> 00:18:26,106 Eight and a half months should be ample. 268 00:18:26,273 --> 00:18:28,442 I assume you know what is required? 269 00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:29,609 The mechanics - 270 00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:30,944 Yes, thank you, Aunt. 271 00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:33,280 Well then? What is your excuse? 272 00:18:35,365 --> 00:18:36,365 Oh. 273 00:18:39,703 --> 00:18:42,539 Lord Babington and I agreed that... 274 00:18:42,706 --> 00:18:45,751 I should come here while he is away. 275 00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:49,171 Perhaps the sea air might... 276 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:53,175 that it might help me recover and... 277 00:18:53,342 --> 00:18:55,469 Perhaps Dr Fuchs... 278 00:18:58,597 --> 00:19:00,074 Well, it is no use feeling sorry for yourself. 279 00:19:00,098 --> 00:19:02,726 That will achieve nothing. 280 00:19:02,893 --> 00:19:05,646 But the sea air alone will not do the trick. 281 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:06,938 And nor will Fuchs! 282 00:19:07,105 --> 00:19:08,607 The man is a charlatan. 283 00:19:08,774 --> 00:19:09,983 He saved your life. 284 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:12,069 Oh, poppycock! 285 00:19:12,235 --> 00:19:14,780 I survived despite him! 286 00:19:14,946 --> 00:19:16,657 The man is a complete menace. 287 00:19:47,479 --> 00:19:52,025 So, you have been married for nine months now, 288 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:53,193 Lady Babington? 289 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:54,820 Yes. 290 00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:57,614 And yet, regrettably, you have not yet succeeded 291 00:19:57,781 --> 00:20:02,369 in becoming schwanger... that is to say, with child. 292 00:20:03,745 --> 00:20:06,289 No, Dr Fuchs. 293 00:20:06,456 --> 00:20:10,252 I succeeded perfectly well at conceiving. 294 00:20:10,419 --> 00:20:13,046 But I was unable to... carry her. 295 00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:17,592 How long ago did you lose the infant? 296 00:20:18,927 --> 00:20:19,927 About a month. 297 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:21,388 And how far along? 298 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:29,104 Five and a half months. 299 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,620 The doctors told me I came perilously close 300 00:20:33,734 --> 00:20:35,277 to losing my own life. 301 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:41,700 They said it would be dangerous, fatal even, to try again. 302 00:20:44,536 --> 00:20:47,330 Which only made me more determined to prove them wrong. 303 00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:49,624 Well, what do you suggest? 304 00:20:49,791 --> 00:20:51,231 I've suggested the milk from my asses 305 00:20:51,376 --> 00:20:52,753 will replenish her strength, 306 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:58,592 but no doubt you have some miraculous elixir to sell - 307 00:20:58,759 --> 00:21:01,428 Certainly, there are remedies I can prepare 308 00:21:01,595 --> 00:21:03,638 for a woman in your position, Lady Babington. 309 00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:07,893 But I must be honest, 310 00:21:08,059 --> 00:21:11,855 I cannot say how efficacious they may be. 311 00:21:12,022 --> 00:21:14,649 It grieves me to say it, 312 00:21:14,816 --> 00:21:18,028 but perhaps God does not intend for you to be a mother. 313 00:21:19,196 --> 00:21:21,448 I told you he would be no use. 314 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:27,370 I will swallow any pill, subject myself to any treatment. 315 00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:31,625 Please... 316 00:21:31,792 --> 00:21:33,668 I want to give my husband a child. 317 00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:46,640 This May Day dress is far too plain. 318 00:21:46,807 --> 00:21:48,600 Perhaps I could borrow one of yours? 319 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:50,769 Mary's shoes are a perfect fit. 320 00:21:50,936 --> 00:21:53,355 Although I did have to stuff a little paper in the toes. 321 00:21:53,522 --> 00:21:55,774 It is a parade, Alison, not a ball. 322 00:21:55,941 --> 00:21:57,668 We are not the ones who are to be on display. 323 00:21:57,692 --> 00:21:59,027 Are we not? 324 00:21:59,194 --> 00:22:00,737 A hundred soldiers, Charlotte! 325 00:22:00,904 --> 00:22:02,948 And I have read one cannot overstate the importance 326 00:22:03,114 --> 00:22:04,741 of a first impression. 327 00:22:04,908 --> 00:22:08,161 But then you have already made quite an impression. 328 00:22:08,328 --> 00:22:10,413 I speak of Colonel Lennox. 329 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:11,873 We barely exchanged five words. 330 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,291 Sometimes that is all it takes. 331 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:16,378 Alison, can a man and a woman not exchange a passing glance 332 00:22:16,545 --> 00:22:18,797 without you supposing them to be in love. 333 00:22:18,964 --> 00:22:21,800 I want to see you happy again, Charlotte, is that so wrong? 334 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,223 I fear all those books have warped your view of the world. 335 00:22:31,518 --> 00:22:33,520 Love is not as simple as you seem to think. 336 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:35,397 Why should it not be? 337 00:22:42,864 --> 00:22:44,090 I fear my shoes are hurting you? 338 00:22:44,114 --> 00:22:46,092 By no means. They are far too pretty to be painful. 339 00:22:46,116 --> 00:22:49,786 It is a curious thing, but since I returned without Diana, 340 00:22:49,953 --> 00:22:52,998 all my former ailments have vanished. 341 00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,083 Having an occupation agrees with me. 342 00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:59,421 A sense of purpose is altogether galvanising. 343 00:22:59,588 --> 00:23:02,632 You give me hope that I may soon discover my life's purpose. 344 00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,759 I am no substitute for Sidney, 345 00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:08,346 but I make myself useful to Tom. 346 00:23:08,513 --> 00:23:10,849 Although I worry for him. 347 00:23:11,016 --> 00:23:13,810 He can hardly bring himself to speak Sidney's name. 348 00:23:13,977 --> 00:23:16,271 It is unwise to keep grief bottled up. 349 00:23:17,814 --> 00:23:19,733 True. 350 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,902 Since we have no grave to mark him, 351 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:25,572 I often light a candle in the church and weep like a baby. 352 00:23:28,199 --> 00:23:31,036 I always feel much the better for it! 353 00:23:32,871 --> 00:23:33,829 Enjoy the parade! 354 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:35,750 You are not coming? 355 00:23:35,916 --> 00:23:38,877 I am not as excited about the army's arrival as some. 356 00:23:39,044 --> 00:23:41,421 I shall be taking tea with Miss Lambe instead. 357 00:23:58,647 --> 00:24:00,899 What is this nonsense, Ms Hankins? 358 00:24:01,066 --> 00:24:03,818 'Tis a movement of women, who hope to bring about 359 00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:07,614 the total abolition of slavery, Lady Denham. 360 00:24:07,781 --> 00:24:09,616 Radical nonsense! 361 00:24:09,783 --> 00:24:13,495 What good will denying ourselves sugar do? 362 00:24:13,662 --> 00:24:15,622 Do you really think slavery will be stopped 363 00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:18,833 by a few do-gooding ladies at the seaside? 364 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,503 It is Miss Lambe who started the boycott 365 00:24:21,670 --> 00:24:23,588 in Sanditon, my lady... 366 00:24:23,755 --> 00:24:25,507 Quelle surprise! 367 00:24:31,805 --> 00:24:32,889 There's the Colonel. 368 00:25:05,338 --> 00:25:07,841 Lady Denham, Lady Babington. 369 00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:09,092 You remember Miss Heywood, 370 00:25:09,259 --> 00:25:12,554 and may I introduce her sister, Miss Alison Heywood. 371 00:25:13,972 --> 00:25:14,972 Lady Denham. 372 00:25:14,973 --> 00:25:15,889 Lady Babington. 373 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:17,100 Oh. 374 00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:19,602 I rather thought we had seen the last of you. 375 00:25:19,769 --> 00:25:20,769 Sit down. 376 00:25:25,817 --> 00:25:27,235 I believe you met your husband here 377 00:25:27,402 --> 00:25:28,903 last Summer, Lady Babington. 378 00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:30,070 Have you any advice 379 00:25:30,155 --> 00:25:31,995 for one hoping to find a good match of her own? 380 00:25:33,491 --> 00:25:35,618 Disdain his every word. 381 00:25:35,785 --> 00:25:38,788 If he persists, marry him. 382 00:25:50,842 --> 00:25:53,595 And you remain stubbornly unwed, I see? 383 00:25:53,762 --> 00:25:54,888 Yes, Lady Denham. 384 00:25:55,055 --> 00:25:57,807 You had better hurry up or you will miss your chance. 385 00:25:57,974 --> 00:25:59,869 There are some women who choose not to marry at all. 386 00:25:59,893 --> 00:26:01,936 Oh, don't be absurd! 387 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:04,773 An unmarried woman is a worthless pariah 388 00:26:04,939 --> 00:26:08,485 who brings shame and ruin upon her family. 389 00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:10,987 Regard the unfortunate Miss Hankins. 390 00:26:11,154 --> 00:26:13,323 No-one chooses to be a spinster! 391 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:16,826 Ah, here they come now. 392 00:26:16,993 --> 00:26:18,703 Don't they look magnificent! 393 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:32,550 How commanding the colonel looks! 394 00:26:41,226 --> 00:26:42,226 What is it? 395 00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:43,603 Edward. 396 00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:02,497 Leo, come back here! 397 00:27:14,342 --> 00:27:15,468 Leo, stop! 398 00:27:37,615 --> 00:27:38,908 Are you alright? 399 00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:48,084 I do wish you'd marry me, Arthur. 400 00:27:49,752 --> 00:27:50,980 Then I wouldn't have to consider 401 00:27:51,004 --> 00:27:53,089 any more of these tedious suitors. 402 00:27:53,256 --> 00:27:55,091 Should I be forced to marry, 403 00:27:55,258 --> 00:27:58,678 you would be right at the top of my list, but it is not for me. 404 00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:01,723 I am certain Tom will find someone worthy yet. 405 00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:03,183 How? 406 00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:06,811 These men do not care who I am, they care only for my fortune. 407 00:28:08,271 --> 00:28:10,148 Whereas you, Arthur... 408 00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:13,693 you treat me with kindness and respect and good humour. 409 00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:16,738 But I fear you are one of a kind... 410 00:28:16,905 --> 00:28:19,407 Oh, I doubt that, Miss Lambe. 411 00:28:19,574 --> 00:28:21,367 I shall keep an eye out for a kindred spirit 412 00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:22,869 in search of a wife! 413 00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:28,791 I don't suppose you could turn a blind eye 414 00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:32,212 to just one teeny tiny little bun? 415 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:33,938 You couldn't live with yourself, Arthur. 416 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:45,558 It doesn't hurt. 417 00:28:47,227 --> 00:28:48,811 It's only a scratch. 418 00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:51,731 Put him down here. 419 00:28:53,316 --> 00:28:55,777 There we go. 420 00:28:55,944 --> 00:28:57,304 Alison, could you fetch some water? 421 00:28:59,155 --> 00:29:00,949 - What's your name? - Leo. 422 00:29:02,951 --> 00:29:04,827 Here. Thank you. 423 00:29:06,537 --> 00:29:08,039 Your little brother is very brave. 424 00:29:08,206 --> 00:29:10,126 She is not my brother, she is my cousin. 425 00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:12,460 - She? - Leo-nora. 426 00:29:12,627 --> 00:29:14,796 And she is not brave, she is reckless. 427 00:29:14,963 --> 00:29:17,465 Jumping in front of a horse is an act of rank stupidity. 428 00:29:17,632 --> 00:29:20,260 Her leg needs tending to, do you live close by? 429 00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:21,746 You can take the carriage... 430 00:29:31,562 --> 00:29:33,481 You have not yet told me your name. 431 00:29:33,648 --> 00:29:35,358 Miss Augusta Markham. 432 00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:37,068 I am Charlotte Heywood. 433 00:29:37,235 --> 00:29:38,820 This is quite unnecessary. 434 00:29:38,987 --> 00:29:41,698 We could easily have walked. It is not such a distance. 435 00:29:41,864 --> 00:29:44,409 I have to ask... Your cousin is injured 436 00:29:44,575 --> 00:29:47,203 but you do not seem the least troubled by it. 437 00:29:47,370 --> 00:29:49,306 Or by the fact she came within an inch of being trampled 438 00:29:49,330 --> 00:29:50,873 by a horse... 439 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,834 Yet she did not. 440 00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:54,961 So I see little point in vexing myself 441 00:29:55,128 --> 00:29:57,255 over something which did not happen. 442 00:29:57,422 --> 00:30:00,967 I wasn't in danger and you ruined my mission. 443 00:30:01,134 --> 00:30:02,385 Your mission? 444 00:30:02,552 --> 00:30:06,472 I'm a spy for the Spanish Army and you ruined it. 445 00:30:06,639 --> 00:30:09,392 Well, then Leo, I must apologise. 446 00:30:09,559 --> 00:30:10,643 All the same, I am sure 447 00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:12,788 your mother would rather see you returned in one piece... 448 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:13,813 Our mothers are dead. 449 00:30:15,273 --> 00:30:16,063 Both of them? 450 00:30:16,065 --> 00:30:17,317 What of it? 451 00:30:39,255 --> 00:30:42,258 Mr Parker. Did you enjoy the parade? 452 00:30:42,425 --> 00:30:43,509 Mr Lockhart! 453 00:30:43,676 --> 00:30:46,012 As a matter of fact, we chose to avoid it. 454 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:47,859 I fail to see why we should be so enamoured 455 00:30:47,889 --> 00:30:49,182 of those swaggering brutes. 456 00:30:49,349 --> 00:30:51,309 Just because they polished off a lot of Frenchmen. 457 00:30:51,434 --> 00:30:53,269 I quite agree. 458 00:30:53,436 --> 00:30:55,205 I happen to be enormously fond of the French myself. 459 00:30:55,229 --> 00:30:59,359 Although I know it is blasphemy to say so. 460 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:03,488 Oh, may I introduce my dear friend Miss Lambe? 461 00:31:03,654 --> 00:31:05,281 Miss Lambe, I must confess I noticed you 462 00:31:05,448 --> 00:31:06,824 in the Assembly Rooms yesterday. 463 00:31:06,991 --> 00:31:08,368 How observant. 464 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:10,495 I wonder what it was that caught your attention? 465 00:31:10,661 --> 00:31:14,082 It was your expression. Haughty yet inscrutable. 466 00:31:14,248 --> 00:31:15,917 Interesting. 467 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:18,127 Because I thought you looked arrogant and affected. 468 00:31:18,294 --> 00:31:22,423 Oh, I am both of those things, I fear I am an open book. 469 00:31:22,590 --> 00:31:25,385 And with you, I find your true character harder to ascertain. 470 00:31:27,095 --> 00:31:28,596 But perhaps that's by design. 471 00:31:28,763 --> 00:31:31,849 Perhaps it's simply that I do not wish to be known by you. 472 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:35,770 Come, Arthur. 473 00:31:35,937 --> 00:31:37,355 A pleasure, Sir! 474 00:31:37,522 --> 00:31:39,065 A bientot! 475 00:31:51,327 --> 00:31:53,204 Heyrick Park. 476 00:31:53,371 --> 00:31:54,705 Is that where you live? 477 00:31:54,872 --> 00:31:55,873 I do not live here. 478 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,417 I am a prisoner. 479 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:59,143 To date I have been held against my will 480 00:31:59,252 --> 00:32:01,129 for 16 months and 11 days... 481 00:32:01,295 --> 00:32:03,923 If you hate it so much, you can leave! 482 00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:06,843 Had I anywhere else to go, you horrible child, 483 00:32:07,009 --> 00:32:08,928 do you not think I would? 484 00:32:09,095 --> 00:32:11,175 Stop. Please. There is no need to argue... 485 00:32:46,215 --> 00:32:48,050 MRS WHEATLEY May I help you, Miss...? 486 00:32:48,217 --> 00:32:49,677 Miss Heywood. 487 00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:51,721 I just returned Miss Colbourne and Miss Markham 488 00:32:51,888 --> 00:32:53,431 from the parade, but... 489 00:32:54,932 --> 00:32:56,034 Miss Colbourne has hurt her leg 490 00:32:56,058 --> 00:32:57,560 and it really does need seeing to. 491 00:32:57,727 --> 00:33:00,855 Mr Colbourne told them expressly not to go near those soldiers. 492 00:33:01,022 --> 00:33:02,398 He will not be best pleased. 493 00:33:02,565 --> 00:33:05,193 This is why we are looking for a governess. 494 00:33:05,359 --> 00:33:06,986 Thank you, Miss Heywood. 495 00:33:16,329 --> 00:33:20,082 Mary tells me those girls belonged to Alexander Colbourne. 496 00:33:20,249 --> 00:33:21,959 Small wonder they were so objectionable. 497 00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:23,544 Tom! 498 00:33:23,711 --> 00:33:27,256 Well. You cannot deny that the man is a miser and a recluse 499 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:30,510 and owns not one quality I could call admirable. 500 00:33:30,676 --> 00:33:33,095 What has this Mr Colbourne done to cause you such offence? 501 00:33:33,262 --> 00:33:34,472 He has tried at every turn 502 00:33:34,639 --> 00:33:37,600 to obstruct my improvements, Charlotte! 503 00:33:37,767 --> 00:33:38,767 If he had his way, 504 00:33:38,809 --> 00:33:40,078 Sanditon would still be a fishing village. 505 00:33:40,102 --> 00:33:42,271 I have never heard you mention him before. 506 00:33:42,438 --> 00:33:45,024 That is because I prefer not to think of him. 507 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:48,486 And in truth, he is rarely seen outside of his estate. 508 00:33:48,653 --> 00:33:51,072 After the death of his wife some years ago, 509 00:33:51,239 --> 00:33:54,200 Mr Colbourne largely withdrew from society. 510 00:33:54,367 --> 00:33:56,220 They say the precise circumstances of her death 511 00:33:56,244 --> 00:33:58,037 have never been explained... 512 00:33:58,204 --> 00:33:59,288 Arthur! 513 00:34:00,998 --> 00:34:02,625 Thank you. 514 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,293 I am sorry to call unannounced, 515 00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:08,422 please, but I must know - the child that fell...? 516 00:34:08,589 --> 00:34:10,508 Quite unharmed, I assure you, Sir. 517 00:34:10,675 --> 00:34:12,510 Besides a small cut to her leg. 518 00:34:12,677 --> 00:34:15,096 I am heartily relieved to hear it, Miss Heywood. 519 00:34:15,263 --> 00:34:17,223 That she was spared a far graver outcome 520 00:34:17,390 --> 00:34:19,850 is thanks only to your quick thinking and courage... 521 00:34:20,017 --> 00:34:21,143 Those are just two 522 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:23,030 of my sister's many fine qualities, colonel! 523 00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:24,605 Would you join us for tea, Colonel? 524 00:34:24,772 --> 00:34:26,524 I would be honoured. 525 00:34:26,691 --> 00:34:29,235 - I will get another cup. - I'll go. 526 00:34:29,402 --> 00:34:32,154 What a spectacle your company gave us, Colonel! 527 00:34:47,878 --> 00:34:49,255 ...I am dying to hear 528 00:34:49,422 --> 00:34:50,941 your first impressions of Sanditon, Colonel? 529 00:34:50,965 --> 00:34:55,344 I was struck at once by its natural beauty... 530 00:34:55,511 --> 00:34:57,555 It is fair to say all who set foot in Sanditon 531 00:34:57,722 --> 00:34:59,223 fall in love on the spot. 532 00:35:01,392 --> 00:35:03,603 Was that your experience, Miss Heywood? 533 00:35:05,688 --> 00:35:07,982 I am exceedingly fond of Sanditon. 534 00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:10,401 And the people in it. 535 00:35:10,568 --> 00:35:12,612 I shouldn't be surprised if by the Summer's end, 536 00:35:12,778 --> 00:35:15,239 you decide to build a permanent barracks here! 537 00:35:15,406 --> 00:35:18,618 Let us not get ahead of ourselves, Tom. 538 00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:20,077 The colonel has barely arrived... 539 00:35:20,244 --> 00:35:21,684 Quite so, Mrs Parker. 540 00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:24,165 And in truth, our company does not tend to stay 541 00:35:24,332 --> 00:35:25,392 in any one place for long... 542 00:35:25,416 --> 00:35:26,584 I must say, Colonel, 543 00:35:26,751 --> 00:35:29,170 it does sound a rather lonely sort of life. 544 00:35:29,337 --> 00:35:31,737 Do you never long to put down roots of a more permanent sort? 545 00:35:31,839 --> 00:35:34,967 I cannot deny the thought has crossed my mind. 546 00:35:35,134 --> 00:35:36,414 But to be an army officer's wife 547 00:35:36,552 --> 00:35:39,722 requires a particular kind of forbearance... 548 00:35:39,889 --> 00:35:42,642 Yes, I imagine it would require quick thinking and courage. 549 00:35:44,935 --> 00:35:46,495 Knowing your husband might at any moment 550 00:35:46,604 --> 00:35:50,399 be shipped across the ocean... perhaps never to return. 551 00:35:50,566 --> 00:35:51,835 That seems a price worth paying, 552 00:35:51,859 --> 00:35:53,402 given the life of an officer's wife 553 00:35:53,569 --> 00:35:55,696 is surely a great deal more exciting than that of, 554 00:35:55,863 --> 00:35:58,032 say, a farmer's wife. 555 00:35:58,199 --> 00:35:59,909 Would you not agree Charlotte? 556 00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:01,410 That is beside the point, 557 00:36:01,577 --> 00:36:05,456 given I have no intention of becoming either. 558 00:36:05,623 --> 00:36:07,541 I shall take that as a sign of sound judgment. 559 00:36:09,543 --> 00:36:11,003 Excuse me a moment. 560 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:20,680 Believe me, Aunt, this was not by design. 561 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:22,139 When I joined the regiment, 562 00:36:22,306 --> 00:36:24,534 I never dreamt the colonel would bring us here, of all places... 563 00:36:24,558 --> 00:36:27,395 A remarkable coincidence. 564 00:36:27,561 --> 00:36:29,689 I would never presume to ask your forgiveness. 565 00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,399 I do not deserve it. 566 00:36:31,565 --> 00:36:32,805 But I am hoping I may yet prove 567 00:36:32,942 --> 00:36:34,610 I have seen the error of my ways. 568 00:36:34,777 --> 00:36:36,904 That I am not the Edward Denham that I once was. 569 00:36:37,071 --> 00:36:39,824 I find that extremely difficult to believe. 570 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:43,411 While you are here, you will keep your distance. 571 00:36:43,577 --> 00:36:45,663 Especially from Esther. 572 00:36:45,830 --> 00:36:47,331 She has enough to worry about. 573 00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:50,626 You have my word. 574 00:37:11,981 --> 00:37:15,401 My apologies once again for Miss Heywood's abrupt departure. 575 00:37:15,568 --> 00:37:17,319 I hope you will not think too poorly of her. 576 00:37:17,486 --> 00:37:20,030 On the contrary, she has only risen in my estimation. 577 00:37:23,117 --> 00:37:24,803 What was the meaning of Charlotte's behaviour, 578 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:25,827 do you suppose? 579 00:37:26,996 --> 00:37:28,456 I can only guess... 580 00:38:08,954 --> 00:38:11,123 I believe I am my best self... 581 00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:14,418 my truest self... 582 00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:17,546 when I'm with you. 583 00:38:30,851 --> 00:38:31,851 Esther. 584 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:36,732 I have nothing to say to you. 585 00:38:36,899 --> 00:38:40,528 My life has been quite empty without you in it. 586 00:38:40,694 --> 00:38:41,922 I know that is not what you want to hear but it's the truth... 587 00:38:41,946 --> 00:38:45,533 All I want to hear is the door closing behind you. 588 00:38:45,699 --> 00:38:47,619 Is there no part of you that has felt my absence? 589 00:38:49,036 --> 00:38:50,746 Can you honestly say that? 590 00:38:50,913 --> 00:38:54,500 Poor, tragic, deluded Edward. 591 00:38:54,667 --> 00:38:57,419 I have not spared you a second's thought. 592 00:38:57,586 --> 00:38:58,980 Would Lord Babington be joining you? 593 00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:00,422 He has business to attend to. 594 00:39:00,589 --> 00:39:01,589 Shame. 595 00:39:04,718 --> 00:39:06,220 I do hope he is treating you kindly? 596 00:39:08,889 --> 00:39:13,602 He brings me more joy than you could possibly imagine. 597 00:39:21,569 --> 00:39:23,362 You look well, Esther. 598 00:39:23,529 --> 00:39:26,490 Radiant with health and happiness... 599 00:39:26,657 --> 00:39:30,452 I have no desire to cause you further pain or embarrassment. 600 00:39:30,619 --> 00:39:33,789 From now on, I will keep my distance. 601 00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:26,508 Please do not be angry with me. 602 00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:28,469 I am not... 603 00:40:28,636 --> 00:40:31,221 It was badly done but I meant no harm by it... 604 00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:34,516 There are things you do not understand. 605 00:40:46,028 --> 00:40:47,780 I understand perfectly. 606 00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:52,451 You are still in love with him. 607 00:40:52,618 --> 00:40:53,786 Despite everything. 608 00:40:57,206 --> 00:40:58,874 I am not as naive as you think. 609 00:41:01,251 --> 00:41:02,331 I hoped, coming back here - 610 00:41:02,378 --> 00:41:04,713 that you could somehow lay your memories to rest. 611 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,883 But instead I fear it has stirred them up again. 612 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:09,468 No. 613 00:41:11,512 --> 00:41:12,888 It has given me clarity. 614 00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:21,522 I've realised I can never again put myself in a man's power. 615 00:41:23,941 --> 00:41:24,941 It is not Ralph. 616 00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:27,569 Or Colonel Lennox. 617 00:41:28,821 --> 00:41:30,531 It is marriage itself. 618 00:41:32,658 --> 00:41:35,536 But how will we live if we do not marry? 619 00:41:37,997 --> 00:41:40,624 We do not have the freedom of Georgiana's fortune. 620 00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:44,670 We are poor, Charlotte. 621 00:41:45,462 --> 00:41:46,714 Wretchedly so. 622 00:41:48,424 --> 00:41:51,218 Three bad harvests in a row. 623 00:41:51,385 --> 00:41:52,803 Papa cannot afford to keep us... 624 00:41:52,970 --> 00:41:54,471 Nor would I expect him to. 625 00:41:55,889 --> 00:41:57,725 I will keep myself. 626 00:41:57,891 --> 00:41:58,934 How? 627 00:42:00,561 --> 00:42:01,854 A governess! 628 00:42:02,021 --> 00:42:04,273 And for Mr Colbourne, of all people? 629 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:05,524 My dear Charlotte. 630 00:42:05,691 --> 00:42:07,011 I appreciate your concern, Mary... 631 00:42:07,151 --> 00:42:08,819 Think of our poor family! 632 00:42:08,986 --> 00:42:10,529 The shame you will bring to them! 633 00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:12,156 I see no shame in earning a living. 634 00:42:12,322 --> 00:42:15,909 A governess position is a last resort for a young woman. 635 00:42:16,076 --> 00:42:18,829 When circumstances leave you no alternative. 636 00:42:18,996 --> 00:42:22,207 If I am resolved not to marry, I will need an income. 637 00:42:22,374 --> 00:42:23,893 And as a young woman of three and twenty, 638 00:42:23,917 --> 00:42:26,253 what other professions are available to me? 639 00:42:26,420 --> 00:42:28,881 I cannot have my sister be a spinster! 640 00:42:29,048 --> 00:42:30,507 This will not do, Charlotte! 641 00:42:33,010 --> 00:42:34,010 Charlotte. 642 00:42:36,764 --> 00:42:38,599 You are allowed to grieve him. 643 00:42:39,892 --> 00:42:41,852 He has a widow. 644 00:42:42,019 --> 00:42:43,520 It is not my place. 645 00:43:00,871 --> 00:43:03,082 I think perhaps I should extend my stay. 646 00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:06,001 If you can bear my company for a few more weeks? 647 00:43:06,168 --> 00:43:11,590 I suppose it serves me right for being such an indulgent hostess. 648 00:43:13,133 --> 00:43:16,595 Babington will be away for a while yet. 649 00:43:16,762 --> 00:43:18,722 I am not yet ready to accept the doctor's opinion. 650 00:43:19,264 --> 00:43:20,891 And in all conscience, 651 00:43:21,058 --> 00:43:23,727 I cannot leave you to the mercy of my stepbrother. 652 00:43:23,894 --> 00:43:26,772 I hardly need your protection from Edward! 653 00:43:26,939 --> 00:43:28,732 I have never been the least susceptible 654 00:43:28,899 --> 00:43:31,276 to his unctuous charms. 655 00:43:31,443 --> 00:43:34,988 Although it must be said, the shock of disinheritance 656 00:43:35,155 --> 00:43:38,617 does seem to have provoked some genuine stirrings of remorse. 657 00:43:40,119 --> 00:43:41,161 Do not be fooled, Aunt. 658 00:43:41,328 --> 00:43:42,663 There is nothing genuine about it. 659 00:43:48,961 --> 00:43:50,838 Denham! 660 00:43:51,004 --> 00:43:52,524 I must thank you for recommending Sanditon 661 00:43:52,548 --> 00:43:53,632 as a company outpost. 662 00:43:53,799 --> 00:43:55,467 Honoured to be of service, Colonel. 663 00:43:55,634 --> 00:43:56,634 And your aunt? 664 00:43:56,677 --> 00:43:58,053 Was she pleased to see you? 665 00:43:58,220 --> 00:43:59,304 Exceptionally, Sir. 666 00:43:59,471 --> 00:44:00,681 And to my great delight, 667 00:44:00,848 --> 00:44:02,158 my stepsister is currently her guest. 668 00:44:02,182 --> 00:44:04,935 So it has been the happiest of reunions. 669 00:44:05,102 --> 00:44:07,229 Captain Fraser tells me you lost another two guineas 670 00:44:07,396 --> 00:44:09,064 at cards last night. 671 00:44:09,231 --> 00:44:10,399 Was that wise? 672 00:44:10,566 --> 00:44:12,442 Given you have yet to pay for your commission? 673 00:44:12,609 --> 00:44:13,735 Rest assured, Colonel. 674 00:44:13,902 --> 00:44:15,213 You will have your money within weeks. 675 00:44:15,237 --> 00:44:16,797 - I have everything in hand. - Good man. 676 00:44:26,373 --> 00:44:27,517 There is much excitement 677 00:44:27,541 --> 00:44:30,711 at the arrival of a company of soldiers... 678 00:44:30,878 --> 00:44:32,880 but I am altogether indifferent, 679 00:44:33,046 --> 00:44:36,091 since my thoughts are only of you, my husband, 680 00:44:36,258 --> 00:44:37,718 and our life to come. 681 00:44:42,389 --> 00:44:46,018 I do believe the sea air is doing me the power of good. 682 00:44:46,185 --> 00:44:48,312 The doctor assures me there is every reason to believe 683 00:44:48,478 --> 00:44:50,189 our prayers may yet be answered... 684 00:44:58,488 --> 00:45:01,116 I thought you were coming here to spend time with me. 685 00:45:01,283 --> 00:45:02,868 To be my friend. 686 00:45:03,035 --> 00:45:05,162 I am your friend, Georgiana. 687 00:45:05,329 --> 00:45:06,914 I will forever be your friend. 688 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,125 This does nothing to change that. 689 00:45:10,292 --> 00:45:12,920 I do not suppose it would help if I were to pay you? 690 00:45:13,086 --> 00:45:14,880 I could match whatever he offers... 691 00:45:15,047 --> 00:45:17,883 You know I could never accept. 692 00:45:18,050 --> 00:45:20,510 I don't want to be beholden to anyone. 693 00:45:20,677 --> 00:45:21,929 Not even you. 694 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,184 I do understand, you know? 695 00:45:27,351 --> 00:45:29,311 Sidney and I were hardly friends. 696 00:45:29,478 --> 00:45:31,063 Yet even I feel unmoored. 697 00:45:32,856 --> 00:45:34,691 I can only imagine how you must feel. 698 00:45:36,944 --> 00:45:39,780 Thank you for travelling with me, Georgiana. 699 00:45:39,947 --> 00:45:41,740 But from this point on, I can journey alone. 700 00:46:46,513 --> 00:46:48,181 Mr Colbourne, Miss Heywood is here 701 00:46:48,348 --> 00:46:50,142 about the governess position. 702 00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:52,029 She is the young lady who returned the girls 703 00:46:52,144 --> 00:46:53,144 from the parade. 704 00:46:56,398 --> 00:46:57,398 Thank you. 705 00:47:01,403 --> 00:47:02,821 One moment, Mrs Wheatley. 706 00:47:04,948 --> 00:47:06,158 Seven fifteens? 707 00:47:06,325 --> 00:47:08,702 - I beg your pardon? - What are seven fifteens? 708 00:47:08,869 --> 00:47:09,911 A hundred and five. 709 00:47:10,078 --> 00:47:11,913 - The capital of Argentina? - Buenos Aires. 710 00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:14,330 Do you play an instrument? 711 00:47:14,416 --> 00:47:16,877 The pianoforte, a little. 712 00:47:17,044 --> 00:47:19,588 Mrs Wheatley. Will you see this is delivered today please. 713 00:47:19,755 --> 00:47:20,755 - Sir. - Thank you. 714 00:47:24,634 --> 00:47:26,553 Pouvez-vous tenir une conversation en français? 715 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:28,889 Oui monsieur. Je parpier en Francais. 716 00:47:30,766 --> 00:47:31,766 Please. 717 00:47:35,395 --> 00:47:37,195 You have already met my daughter and my niece? 718 00:47:38,523 --> 00:47:40,192 Yes, Sir. 719 00:47:40,359 --> 00:47:42,399 And that experience was not sufficient to deter you? 720 00:47:42,444 --> 00:47:44,154 On the contrary. 721 00:47:44,321 --> 00:47:46,031 What did you make of them? 722 00:47:46,198 --> 00:47:48,825 Miss Colbourne has a keen imagination, 723 00:47:48,992 --> 00:47:51,244 and Miss Markham a sharp wit... 724 00:47:51,411 --> 00:47:54,915 By which you mean they are respectively feral and insolent. 725 00:47:55,082 --> 00:47:57,250 If I had meant that, Sir, I would have said so. 726 00:47:57,417 --> 00:48:01,380 What those children require... is discipline. 727 00:48:01,546 --> 00:48:03,256 Someone who will take them in hand... 728 00:48:04,966 --> 00:48:06,093 Leonora is nine years old, 729 00:48:06,259 --> 00:48:08,470 and despite what she seems to think, a girl. 730 00:48:08,637 --> 00:48:10,222 Augusta, on the other hand is... 731 00:48:12,099 --> 00:48:13,141 well, you've met her. 732 00:48:13,308 --> 00:48:14,628 Her attempt to assert her maturity 733 00:48:14,684 --> 00:48:17,479 only proves the fact that she is still a child. 734 00:48:17,646 --> 00:48:20,148 I believe independence of spirit is something to be encouraged. 735 00:48:20,315 --> 00:48:22,484 Really? 736 00:48:22,651 --> 00:48:24,796 My brother and I had a governess who met independence of spirit 737 00:48:24,820 --> 00:48:26,530 with a leather belt. 738 00:48:26,696 --> 00:48:28,240 That's how I learnt to behave... 739 00:48:28,407 --> 00:48:30,700 Then I feel very sorry for you and your brother, Sir. 740 00:48:33,453 --> 00:48:35,205 I assume you have a letter of recommendation 741 00:48:35,372 --> 00:48:36,915 from your previous employer? 742 00:48:37,082 --> 00:48:39,918 No, but I have brought some work to show you. 743 00:48:40,085 --> 00:48:42,129 I have eleven younger brothers and sisters 744 00:48:42,295 --> 00:48:43,689 and I have been helping our father with their education 745 00:48:43,713 --> 00:48:44,965 for the past year. 746 00:48:45,132 --> 00:48:47,342 Then you are not a governess at all? 747 00:48:47,509 --> 00:48:49,094 You are here under false pretences? 748 00:48:50,387 --> 00:48:52,055 I have some classical learning. 749 00:48:52,222 --> 00:48:54,224 Homer, Heraclitus. 750 00:48:54,391 --> 00:48:56,143 The English poets of course. 751 00:48:56,309 --> 00:48:57,519 A deal of Shakespeare. 752 00:48:57,686 --> 00:48:58,687 Mathematics... 753 00:48:58,854 --> 00:49:02,232 What use are poetry and mathematics to Augusta? 754 00:49:02,399 --> 00:49:04,901 Society asks that a woman be accomplished, not learned. 755 00:49:05,068 --> 00:49:06,528 Trust me, Miss Heywood, 756 00:49:06,695 --> 00:49:08,339 I know what happens when a woman falls short 757 00:49:08,363 --> 00:49:11,158 of society's expectations. 758 00:49:11,324 --> 00:49:13,410 Then, society is wrong, Sir! 759 00:49:15,537 --> 00:49:17,457 Why should your girls be deprived of an education 760 00:49:17,581 --> 00:49:20,292 on account of their sex? 761 00:49:20,459 --> 00:49:23,253 I would seek to open their minds to the world around them, 762 00:49:23,420 --> 00:49:26,298 not encourage them to be meekly submissive. 763 00:49:26,465 --> 00:49:28,341 So if that is what you are looking for, 764 00:49:28,508 --> 00:49:30,760 I apologise for wasting your time. 765 00:50:30,570 --> 00:50:31,905 What are we to do? 766 00:50:32,072 --> 00:50:33,341 If I had thought for even a moment 767 00:50:33,365 --> 00:50:35,408 that returning here would lead to this... 768 00:50:35,575 --> 00:50:37,762 Be patient with Charlotte. In time, she will reconsider. 769 00:50:37,786 --> 00:50:41,206 Something will change her mind... or someone. 770 00:50:41,373 --> 00:50:43,667 In the meantime, we must enjoy the summer while we can. 771 00:50:43,833 --> 00:50:45,168 Is this your carriage? 772 00:50:45,335 --> 00:50:49,714 No. But I am sure Lord Kingsley would not mind us borrowing it. 773 00:50:49,881 --> 00:50:52,968 Did you not speak of a desire to meet a soldier? 774 00:50:55,345 --> 00:50:57,389 You are wicked, Miss Lambe. 775 00:51:16,491 --> 00:51:18,034 Look, look! 776 00:52:15,133 --> 00:52:16,134 You are alive. 777 00:52:17,302 --> 00:52:18,346 Thank God. 778 00:52:26,102 --> 00:52:27,395 Mary! 779 00:52:27,562 --> 00:52:29,147 Mary! 780 00:52:34,152 --> 00:52:35,320 What is it, my dear? 781 00:52:35,487 --> 00:52:37,447 A letter arrived from our agent in Antigua. 782 00:52:37,614 --> 00:52:40,158 It seems that Sidney was not there to settle his own affairs. 783 00:52:45,330 --> 00:52:47,123 He was there for Georgiana. 784 00:53:11,523 --> 00:53:13,316 Miss Heywood. 785 00:53:13,483 --> 00:53:15,193 You did not wait to hear my decision. 786 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:17,171 - There hardly seemed much point. - The position is yours. 787 00:53:17,195 --> 00:53:18,530 Presuming you still want it? 788 00:53:20,031 --> 00:53:21,282 You start on Monday.