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Oh, Ross.

I waited and waited.

Oh.

I was dreaming about the first time you brought me here and I was afraid.

Oh, Ross.

I don't want to leave Nampara.

It's all right for you. You can go away.

You can go back the regiment.

What about me and Jeremy?

What's happened?

Ross?

Ross, what's happened? Something's happened.

If you don't tell me, I won't...

Well, I won't.

Cap'n went out early and missus isn't up yet.

She's ruined him. Lying abed this hour!

No matter, won't take long to pick out what we want.

Tell your mistress that Sir Hugh's come to make his bid.

Hughie.

- What do you think about this? - Nothing.

- Won't have it, then. - 'Tis a fine table, me lady.

Might do for the stableboy to sleep under. Mark it down.

Mark down the firedogs.

- Chair any good to you, Hughie? - What?

- Chair. - Got a chair.

- Don't mark down the chair. - That's a settle.

- It's bigger than the chair. - There's nothing here.

- We've burnt better. - Then what are we here for?

The livestock. Go look at the horses.

- Thinking about the gelding? - No, the little mare.

I'll look at both. Where's your stables?

- Oh, erm, this way, my lady. - Coming, Hughie?

Sir Hugh. What are you doing here?

- Come to see if you've decided. - At this hour?

- Connie couldn't wait. Neither can I. - Ah, that's all over.

- Haven't started yet. - Ross ain't ruined no more.

If a man's ruined, he's ruined...like a woman.

- Well, Ross ain't. - Then why is he selling up?

- We're not selling up. - I've just bought a table.

- Who from? - That woman, what-d'you-call?

She's selling Connie your horses at this minute.

- Ooh, let me down. - Let me up.

- She mustn't sell them. - Let's talk upstairs.

The parlour's the place for talking.

All right. Kiss first, talk after.

Oh, all right. Close your eyes.

Morning, Mistress Poldark.

Here, missus, sold both the horses and the cow.

Oh, you silly fool. Why didn't you sell yourself?

Well, I tried.

I don't know what she's been saying but we ain't selling up.

Neither the house, the horses nor nothing. Ross ain't ruined no more.

- Hughie? - Well, they were yesterday.

Some people don't know their proper place.

In my day, when you were ruined, you stayed ruined.

Good day to you, ma'am.

Never you mind her. You just remember, you're still in debt.

- What for? - You owe me a kiss...

- ..with interest. - Hughie!

Missus, what's going on?

It's no concern o' yourn and you just put everything back.

Selling the horses!

First we be going, now we be...

Oh, Prudie. Prudie, look.

- What is it? - I don't know.

Don't look proper to me.

- You have it. - Doesn't fit me.

- No, it's...for a man, I do reckon. - Mm.

- Maybe Master bought 'em for himself. - Or Jud. Can you see him in it?

He'd look like a radish.

- Was that the Bodrugans? - Aye. Come to look us over.

- Demelza, what are you doing? - I don't know. Are they yours?

They're for you. They're the latest fashion from France.

- Ooh. - You wear them underneath.

What, where no one can see 'em?

Trencrom sent word Mark Daniel's been found.

He's in Ireland but he'll come to the Scilly Isles to meet me.

- Trencrom's cutter sails there tonight. - How long will you be gone?

A week. She'll land her cargo at the cove and we'll store it here.

That ain't safe, Ross.

It's perfectly safe.

Kempthorne says there hasn't been an excise man for months.

'Tis right, ma'am, be safe enough.

Must you go tonight?

I have to see Mark Daniel.

You won't see me in my thing.

Bad weather, bad times.

You can't change the weather.

All else be of our own making and marring.

Been put upon us by providence.

So we be fools enough to believe.

I expect it's providence makes the laws

that puts poor men in prison and lets the rich go free.

Providence made my brother Mark Daniel a murderer, not Enys.

- No, not him. - Don't say a word against him.

- Hold tha tongue, girl. - Well, they were good to me.

She said I might go to her house.

- You'll marry Charlie Kempthorne. - Don't want to.

Ee be my daughter and ee'll do what I tell ee.

Old Noah hisself never saw such rain.

What news?

They'll be landing at Nampara Cove Saturday night.

We carry the goods and hide them in the house.

Tell Zacky. And watch yourselves.

There's soldiers in Illogan. Someone must have been talking.

Was a mistake to carry Poldark.

Ah, he's safe enough. 'Tis his skin as well as ours.

He helped your brother escape.

I do trust none of 'em.

Phew. This cold gets into me.

I should see the doctor.

Thee wants a wife to keep thee warm.

- Hear that? Charlie be cold. - Let him jump in the fire.

I'll have the hide off ee!

I'll show ee what goes in fire.

Nay! Nay, she gave 'un me!

- Aye. And I burn 'un. - My baby doll!

Burn.

Let's burn 'em all.

You'll have to marry me now.

I'd have married you five minutes after I met you.

What? You were on your high horse

because I asked you to look at poor Horace.

I don't think I would have married poor Horace.

Caroline, are you sure? It won't be an easy life.

But it will be a life with you, Dwight.

I've had what you call an easy life.

And what I call an empty life.

When there's no one to please but yourself

you become very hard to please.

Are you sure?

My love for you now and always is as fixed as fate.

I have accepted that when we are married

and gone away from here, I shall be dependent on you.

We've been over that.

I must be honest. I don't want to run away like a thief.

- The slightest deception... - I hate deception.

Deceive others, you deceive yourself.

And what will they say? That I married you for money.

What? When I give up f40,OOO by marrying you?

Dwight. It's all arranged.

On Saturday night, we leave together in my coach.

We are married in London. I write to my uncle...

- Let me speak to him now. - And he'll say no.

And I'll be watched.

And if I defy him openly, he'll never speak to me again.

- Whereas if we... - If we elope,

in time, he will come round and leave you all his money.

It may seem strange to you,

but I care for the old gentleman.

I don't want to hurt him.

I will for you...but no more than I possibly can.

Poor Dwight.

You want everyone to think well of you and they won't.

You want everyone to be happy and they're not.

You want to be good but you can't be.

I don't want to be good now.

Then it's time I was going.

You may kiss me once, very passionately,

then you must be patient, Doctor.

# A wind doth blow this way, my love

# To fill thee from the main

# I never had but one true love

# In cold grave she was lain

# In cold grave she was lain, my love

# A thousand miles away

# I never had but one true love

# She was by my hand slain

# She was by my hand slain, my love

# Now lonely I remain

# Till I go to my one true love

# And Christ shall make us twain #

# Our boots and clothes are all in pawn

# Go down! Ye blood red roses, go down!

Mark Daniel.

I never thought to see you again.

I should have been dead by now. God have mercy on me.

- You paid for what you did. - Not in a thousand years.

Your brother sends his greetings and the Paynters,

Zacky Martin, my wife.

I have a son now, Mark.

Come, man, will you take a drink?

Tell me what you've been doing.

I've killed her every moment since that moment.

Every hour since that hour.

I've killed her over and over again.

Whether 'twas one country or another, 'twas always the same.

Don't tell me of yourself or them others, tell me of her.

- Did ee put a stone on her? - Yes.

With her name, nothing else.

Ee should have put "Killed by Mark Daniel".

- For God's sake, man. - For God's sake?

What do ee want of me?

Whatever a dead man can do, I'll do for ee.

I must take you back to that day you hid down Wheal Grace.

You said you saw copper. You remember?

Mark, I've re-opened the mine.

Henshawe and I, Zacky and the others, we've been all over it and found nothing.

Now, I've money

but it'll soon be gone.

I must strike copper or there'll be no mine, no work.

You know what that means.

I'm relying on you to tell me what you saw and where.

- Do you understand? - 'Tis over four year ago.

- I were half out of my mind. - Well, think back.

You went down the main shaft.

I went down the main shaft.

There were a tunnel leading to the east, ground looked good.

That's where we sunk the new shaft.

There was copper but it was poor and barely worth working.

- Was that all? - Nay.

- There were the big 'un. - Where?

I had other things to think on. I had just...

I went back to the main shaft.

And along her as far as she'd go.

'I had nothing to do but wait#

'Then I heard soldiers.

'So I...I opened up the entrance to a gunnis.

'I had a bit of candle with me.

'I climbed through her. Come out in a tunnel.

It was wide enough for a man and deep.

It were right under the old lode, I reckon.

It were dripping wet and winders was full of water.

'It was dangerous ground and at the end..#

Ee've been there.

Mr Francis found the same place.

He died there - drowned.

God rest him.

Did he strike copper?

There are signs. Good signs.

Ee opened up the mine cos of me and it killed your cousin.

I've been cursing all them that know me.

I'm as much to blame as anyone.

If we could see the consequences of our actions...

Mark, you can't go on living under this burden of guilt.

I pray God, no.

Leave me now by myself, I'll be no company for ee.

Do you need anything? Money?

I shall be sailing on Saturday.

Do you have a message for anyone?

Go to her - her as I killed.

Tell her...Soon.

Dwight.

Thank you, Prudie.

- I came to see Ross. - Oh, he's not here.

He'll be back tomorrow, though. Was it something important?

We've known each other a long time, I can trust you.

There are no secrets between us.

Ross has gone to St Mary's, in the Scillies.

He's gone to see Mark Daniel.

It's about Wheal Grace, I'm sorry.

But he'll be coming back on Trencrom's boat tomorrow.

- They land at midnight. - That's dangerous.

- I've seen that officer there. - He's harmless enough.

Ross'll be back here on Sunday.

I shall be gone by then.

You see, I have a secret, too.

Demelza, I've come to say goodbye. Tomorrow...

You're going to marry Caroline Penvenen.

- You know? - There's not a rabbit

pops its head out and somebody knows.

Two people on horseback, well.

Oh, Dwight, I'm so happy for you. For both of you.

Well, I only hope your secret is safer than mine.

We meet at midnight at Kilwarren.

We travel to London and are married. I'll write to you.

You'll be back, though.

I'd like to, Demelza, but how can I?

How can I ask her to live on the edge of her uncle's estate,

the very man we're about to deceive?

- It's unthinkable. - Where will you go?

I'll set up a practice in London or Bath.

I expect they'll have different illnesses there.

They suffer from too much instead of too little

but I'll do my best to relieve them.

Will you tell Ross and all the people here who trust me?

And we do trust you. You've done so much to help us all.

You belong here and we love you.

I'll always remember that.

But you know I shan't come back.

Tomorrow, my life will change.

Nothing will be the same after tomorrow.

Thank you, Charlie.

You been here long, have ee?

Came to see Rosina, didn't I?

Been looking after him, have ee, girl?

Got a good man there. You don't want to lose him.

She won't lose me.

Be a cold night tonight. Cold and dark, eh, Charlie?

- Too cold for me. - Too cold for the excise.

- I reckon we'll have a clear run. - Aye.

You all right? You see the surgeon, did ee?

- I saw him. - What he say?

Said I should stay in bed. Said I had the fever coming on me.

- The fever? - Aye.

Ee shouldn't be coming out with us, man.

Ee should be home in a bed like ee told ee.

But Jacka, I lose my share if I ain't there.

Ee don't want to worry about that.

We look after ee, Charlie, ee do know that.

As I'd look after ee.

'Tis kind of you, Jacka.

Goodbye, Rosina, dear.

- Ain't you gonna say goodbye? - Goodbye.

I'll call and see you tomorrow, if I be well.

Take care of yourself.

Poor old Charlie.

He did ought to keep his fever to hisself.

He's a loving man, coming to see ee. Give him that.

- I'll give him nothing. - I've told ee.

- I don't care. - You'll care what I tell ee.

- I don't love him! - You'll love who I tell ee to!

- I won't! - You will!///

Uncle, why did you never marry?

Well, my dear, not all pretty women have pretty fortunes.

Besides, I've had you to take care of these last 20 years.

- Had I accepted Mr Trevaunance... - No, no.

You were right to turn him down. You deserve a better man.

If I should meet a better man and marry him,

we should always want to come and see you and stay with you,

- if you want. - Of course you will, my dear.

Nothing'll make me happier than to have you here.

And bring all my grandnephews and nieces with you.

Dear Uncle Pen.

You haven't called me that since you were a little girl.

I'm selfish, keeping you down here,

out of the way of the things that young people enjoy.

Plays at the theatre, dances, riding in the park.

Oh, I don't want those things.

We'll go up to London and stay with your Uncle William.

I owe him a visit. And you'll have the town at your feet.

I have several old friends who'll be only too glad

to receive Miss Caroline Penvenen.

Uncle, don't make any plans for me.

- Why ever not, my dear? - Please, Uncle.

I know how you hate London.

You stay here and be happy and healthy by your own fireside.

And you, Caroline?

I'll stay with you while I can.

And then forget whatever promises I've made

and whatever hopes you've had of me

and whatever comfort I might have been to you.

Remember Caroline, who loves her Uncle Pen.

What's this? I've made my will, my dear.

I'm not gonna change it now.

It'll all be yours.

I wasn't thinking of your will, I was making mine.

Rosina.

Rosina, what has happened?

Come in.

Sit there, put your head forward.

Come on. Sit up.

Who has done this to you?

Hm? Rosina, you must tell me.

- My father. - Why?

Cos I said I wouldn't marry Charlie Kempthorne.

And he beat you like this. Where is he now?

Gone down to the beach. 'Tis the night the boat comes in.

Of course.

As soon as he'd gone, I slipped out. And I ran all the way.

I would have gone to Kilwarren but 'tis too far.

- Why there? - Cos the lady said I could.

Isn't there somewhere else you could go, somewhere in Sawle?

Rosina, Miss Penvenen and I are going away this evening.

I must leave soon. What about Zacky Martin?

He's a good man.

He be with t'others.

Well, who is in Sawle tonight?

The women.

They won't take me in for fear of their menfolk.

There's none. None but Kempthorne hisself.

Why isn't he down on the beach?

He be sick with the fever, you do know that.

No, I don't know it.

He said ee told him to stay indoor,

else he'd have been down to meet the captain.

Captain Poldark? Rosina, are you sure?

That he said that, that he'd seen me?

I heard him say so hisself.

Why? Why should he lie to keep out of the way tonight?

Rosina, what are they going to do?

They be taking goods to Nampara. Let me come.

Was there talk of soldiers?

Charlie says he'd seen some at Illogan.

- Let me come with ee. - You'll come as far as Sawle.

There is just time. Go back to your father's.

- Oh, no, I don't... - Hurry. Rosina, you must.

Come with me, come on.

Kempthorne!

Kempthorne, open the door!

Let me in, Kempthorne.

Ee cannot come in. I've got the fever.

This is Dr Enys, Kempthorne. Open the door.

Or I'll wake the village. They can hear what I have to say.

I be coming.

Did someone send ee cos I be sick?

You're not sick, not of a fever, anyway.

You lied as an excuse not to go with the other men. Why?

What is going to happen?

- I be sweating with the fever. - Sweating with fear.

You've been found out. What is going to happen tonight?

Come on, I've no time to waste on you.

It's the soldiers, isn't it?

They're not at Illogan, they're at Nampara.

- How should I know? - You told them to be there.

I be Trencrom's man.

I didn't ought to set a trap for him.

You would if you were paid enough. Answer me!

Ee be mad.

Mad, cos ee fancies Rosina Hoblyn.

Like t'other girl, Keren Daniel. And I'd taken Rosina.

If I did earn a bit o' gold on the side, who's gonna know?

I isn't gonna talk.

And you'll find it hard with your throat cut.

There be soldiers at Nampara. They'll take the lot of them.

- Your friends, too. - More for them that's left.

There's no way, Doctor.

I've killed a man afore and it ain't such a terrible thing.

When they find the body,

I'll tell them it was ee that told the soldiers.

All round, 'tis lucky you came.

Oh!

Oh, my leg. I've broke my leg, Doctor.

Doctor!

- She be late. - Anchored round the point.

Can't see aught.

Should have a man on the cliff.

That be Charlie's post. He be sick.

He bain't the only one is sick tonight.

Here she comes.

Soldiers!

Soldiers!

Soldiers! Soldiers!

Pull, damn you, pull.

Get down, man.

Heave away. Heave away.

Heave.

- Betrayed. - We be done for.

God be with you.

Ah, curse the man that lit that fire.

- We'll pick him up. - I wanted the smugglers,

- not a handful of wretches. - One man came ashore, sir.

I think he's the last man I want to see behind bars.

They're foreigners, sir. These Cornishers are all foreigners.

Has it occurred to you that here, you're the foreigner?

Come on!

- Damn you, let go! - Shut up!

You don't understand, what time is it?

- Time? - Yes!

It's near six o'clock.

You won't need to know the time for the next two years.

- Shall we move the prisoners? - Not yet.

- You've not taken...? - Not your Captain Poldark but we shall.

I know where he means to go to earth.

Right, Sergeant, assemble your men.

She be standing out to sea. I reckon the Captain's still aboard.

- Who else did you see? - Soldiers.

- Where? - Most of 'em coming this way.

I wouldn't give the back end of a dog for his chances.

Missus.

Ross. Oh, you're home. You're soaking.

There be soldiers coming here.

- I must hide. - The cache.

- Jud, come and help. - Aye.

- Get it up. - Prudie.

- The floor. - Oh.

Dear Lord, protect us.

Oh, we be only... only be little sinners.

- You've no right... - I've every right.

- Your husband is a criminal. - My husband's in Truro

- and he'll make you answer... - Search the house.

- Put a guard in every room. - Upstairs.

- You will not go into my child's room! - Every room.

- Bring the injured prisoners in here. - Come with me.

- Injured? - Aye.

If you want to make yourself useful, you can tend to them.

What have you done? Shot down poor, innocent men?

One of my soldiers has been killed. Seven or eight wounded.

My plan has been wrecked by one misguided gentleman

and I've been up all night, and so have you it seems.

So I'm in no mood for your protestations of innocence.

- I know Poldark is here. - I tell you, he's in Truro.

I've seen him within this last hour and so have you.

Come, ma'am, be sensible.

Tell me where he is and save trouble and bloodshed.

All right, I'll be sensible.

You're only doing your duty and I was doing mine by my husband.

Captain Poldark is not in Truro.

- Missus. - Ah, that's better.

Och, he's not a bad man but he has a disregard for the law.

Well, let's be done with it - where is he?

St Ives.

Devil take you, ma'am.

The devil's a Cornishman and he'll take you first.

You there! Come back here.

- What's your name? - I'll mind it in a minute.

- My men will mind it for you. - Jud Paynter.

Where is Captain Poldark?

The young one or the old one?

More tricks.. The old one

The young one is sleeping like a baby.

Where is Captain Poldark?

He be one place or t'other.

Neither above ground nor below it.

Aye, you've told me enough, you old fool.

Hey, you can't treat my house as if you own it.

Aye, can I not, mistress? Well, you see, I do.

And I make this my headquarters. You there, bring me a chair.

Nah, put it...there.

You cannot make a fool of a Scotsman.

Here I am and here I stay, until I've got my man.

Aye, well, I'll have my wine now, ma'am, if you please.

Dwight. Are you all right?

Ross?

- He's all right. - Thank God.

- What about you and Caroline? - Sh...she'll understand.

- I pray God she'll understand. - Missus.

We were betrayed. They knew all there was to know.

Sit still.

The captain - do they know that, too?

I don't know. Maybe not.

There was Jud, Zacky, myself...

- and Charlie Kempthorne. - Shh.

Prudie, bring me a basin of cold water.

What has to be done will be done.

There be soldiers all about Nampara.

They've took Paul Daniel,

Will Nanfan, Ned Bottrill

Scobey Whitehead,

Ted Garkick, Pally Rogers...

- Dr Enys. - Oh, no.

'Twas he that lit the fire that give us the warning.

And the captain?

I don't know. But 'tis bad enough.

I spoke with one of the soldiers.

He told me they knowed all they wanted from an informer.

Has he said aught?

Not a word. But this says all.

Do we leave him for Trencrom or deal with him ourselves?

Trencrom's men got away. Ours was took.

It is for us to try him.

- The old way? - Aye. The old way.

To mark the time and to give him a fair trial.

Them that wishes to speak against Kempthorne

has till the candle be half gone.

Them that wishes to speak for him, has the other half.

For judgment, if the candle burn down to the water,

he be innocent.

If it burn down afore that

he be guilty.

God be the judge.

Who speaks first?

Rosina. Nay, girl, be not afeared.

I did wrong to ee. Tell 'em what you told me.

Charlie said he were sick of fever but 'tweren't true.

My father beat me and I ran to the doctor's.

He said he hadn't seen Charlie and he'd come to Sawle with me.//

Cap'n, the man shot in the leg must be taken to hospital.

- Oh, he will be, ma'am. - But what if it's too late?

- What if it has to be cut off? - That's not my responsibility.

Captain Poldark is here.

You tell me where and I'll be on my way.

If you're so sure, why don't you take him?

- You show me where he is. - You mean betray me husband.

You tried to make a fool of me,

Mademoiselle Demelza, and I don't forgive you that.

Now I'll show you which of us is the fool.

- That is your duty, I suppose. - No, that's my pleasure.

- Well, a pox on your pleasure! - Not the language of a lady.

It was not for the ears of a gentleman.

Never. Never!

The soldiers was all round us.

They knowed the time, they knowed the place.

They knowed to go to Nampara after.

Now, who coulda told 'em that, eh? None but Kempthorne.

- Aye. - And who had a bag o' gold?

None but Kempthorne. Kempthorne!

I beat this girl o' mine because she would not wed him.

The rat.

Is there anyone else to speak?

The time be nearly gone.

Who speaks for him?

Then let he speak for hisself. Bring him to the table.

Man, 'tis thy life.

I done naught. I be innocent.

Speak up, man. Where'd ee get the gold?

Innocent.

Have ee naught else to say?

I be innocent.

I be innocent.

'Tis so. 'Tis so. I did it.

So be it.

- Curse on ee, traitor! - Aye.

Curse ee for my man taken prisoner.

You Judas!

Leave him be!

'Tis enough, what will be done.

Be the old way.

When Zacky marked it,

he cut right through the wick.

Come, daughter.

- Sir. - What do you want?

The wounded men are in the wagon.

- To reach camp we should leave now. - We'll leave when I say so.

- Yes, sir. Only... - Only nothing, Sergeant.

Prudie, the Captain will be hungry when he gets back.

- Go and prepare his dinner. - Stay where you are.

You may think you're clever but I know you're not.

You think you're saving Poldark. You're as likely killing him.

He may be in his grave already.

You think you've been fooling me,

the only ones you've been fooling are yourselves.

Prudie, when you can go to the kitchen,

prepare a warming pan for the master's bed.

It's a cold, long ride from St Ives.

Sergeant!

- Sir? - Bring two men

and two guards for a prisoner and prepare to march.

Sir.

You two men, upstairs!

Take it up.

Take up the floorboards.

Captain Poldark, you must come up now!