1 00:00:39,887 --> 00:00:42,451 Are we here? 2 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:44,062 Is this London? 3 00:00:49,746 --> 00:00:51,427 Are you all right there, miss? 4 00:00:51,587 --> 00:00:53,846 I say, excuse me. 5 00:00:56,305 --> 00:00:59,143 Excuse me, do you know where I might find Honey Lane...? 6 00:01:06,932 --> 00:01:09,224 Courage, Charlotte. 7 00:01:31,713 --> 00:01:33,776 Excuse me, I need... 8 00:02:02,633 --> 00:02:04,772 I shan't warn you again, Mulligan. 9 00:02:06,546 --> 00:02:09,459 This ain't that kind of establishment! 10 00:02:09,614 --> 00:02:10,780 What're you gawping at, Duchess? 11 00:02:10,804 --> 00:02:12,376 I, I... 12 00:02:12,530 --> 00:02:14,593 If it's a drink you're after, you can come inside. 13 00:02:14,793 --> 00:02:16,016 This ain't no pleasure garden. 14 00:02:16,174 --> 00:02:17,975 Wait. I'm not here for... 15 00:02:18,131 --> 00:02:21,044 I need to speak with a Mr. Otis Molyneux. 16 00:02:21,238 --> 00:02:22,537 This is where he resides? 17 00:02:22,696 --> 00:02:26,145 Ain't no one resides here except me, Sam Sidaway. 18 00:02:26,302 --> 00:02:27,544 But I have been sending letters to this address 19 00:02:27,568 --> 00:02:28,910 and he's been answering! 20 00:02:29,064 --> 00:02:31,104 So he come by to fetch his post every now and then. 21 00:02:31,212 --> 00:02:32,707 Doesn't mean he lives here. 22 00:02:32,862 --> 00:02:35,062 - When do you expect to see him next? - Couldn't guess. 23 00:02:35,163 --> 00:02:37,772 Sent some other cove to fetch his post last week. 24 00:02:37,925 --> 00:02:38,925 But I must see him. 25 00:02:40,189 --> 00:02:41,716 It is a matter of great urgency. 26 00:02:41,915 --> 00:02:43,310 I've traveled a good many miles to get here. 27 00:02:43,334 --> 00:02:45,899 Well then you've had a wasted journey, ain't ya, duchess? 28 00:03:27,911 --> 00:03:31,392 - Mr. Parker? - Miss Heywood? 29 00:03:31,593 --> 00:03:33,219 As if this situation were not insufferable enough, 30 00:03:33,243 --> 00:03:35,022 I now have the added burden of protecting you. 31 00:03:35,046 --> 00:03:36,403 I have no need of your protection. 32 00:03:36,427 --> 00:03:38,413 - I had the situation in hand. - Excuse me! 33 00:03:38,575 --> 00:03:39,779 What do you suppose would have happened 34 00:03:39,803 --> 00:03:41,985 had I not arrived at that moment? 35 00:03:42,143 --> 00:03:44,382 What possessed Mary to let you come in the first place, 36 00:03:44,406 --> 00:03:45,432 I have no idea. 37 00:03:45,634 --> 00:03:47,544 She doesn't know I'm here. 38 00:03:47,705 --> 00:03:49,430 In fact, she expressly forbade it. 39 00:03:49,585 --> 00:03:53,186 But you stole away on the London coach regardless? 40 00:03:53,344 --> 00:03:55,985 I left a note, explaining that I had come to help. 41 00:03:56,009 --> 00:03:56,367 Help? 42 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:58,499 How exactly do you think your presence here would help? 43 00:03:58,523 --> 00:04:00,204 For one thing, I did not think 44 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,805 that you had Mr. Molyneux's address. 45 00:04:01,937 --> 00:04:04,120 It's hardly taken me long to find it, as you can see. 46 00:04:04,316 --> 00:04:06,226 It is of no use anyway. 47 00:04:06,387 --> 00:04:07,915 He has not been seen in over a week. 48 00:04:08,114 --> 00:04:10,084 - Apparently, he has all but vanished. - Yes, of course he has. 49 00:04:10,108 --> 00:04:12,139 With Georgiana. 50 00:04:12,295 --> 00:04:14,555 What more proof do you need? 51 00:04:16,438 --> 00:04:18,621 Mercifully, Tom is in our London house. 52 00:04:18,778 --> 00:04:20,841 He'll see that you're kept out of harm's way. 53 00:04:21,003 --> 00:04:22,727 No! 54 00:04:22,883 --> 00:04:24,946 I'm in large part to blame for what has happened. 55 00:04:25,108 --> 00:04:27,109 You must allow me the chance to help put it right. 56 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:30,665 Please. 57 00:04:35,542 --> 00:04:36,841 You've done enough. 58 00:04:44,902 --> 00:04:47,118 Bedford Place. 59 00:04:58,137 --> 00:05:00,091 My dearest Mary. 60 00:05:00,247 --> 00:05:03,881 I can scarcely express the guilt I have felt 61 00:05:04,045 --> 00:05:09,184 since that humiliating episode at the cricket, 62 00:05:09,339 --> 00:05:11,947 but you must trust that I will do whatever I can 63 00:05:12,101 --> 00:05:14,284 to remedy... 64 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,578 To restore our fortunes. 65 00:05:21,691 --> 00:05:25,752 I beg you not to lose faith in me. 66 00:05:33,775 --> 00:05:35,456 If you'd been honest with me. 67 00:05:35,616 --> 00:05:37,395 If you'd only told me that you feared for her safety, 68 00:05:37,419 --> 00:05:39,007 - then I would have thought twice... - I could not 69 00:05:39,031 --> 00:05:42,828 have been any clearer about my feelings for Mr. Molyneux. 70 00:05:42,982 --> 00:05:45,394 You spoke only in the vaguest of terms. 71 00:05:45,552 --> 00:05:47,309 You gave no reason for your antipathy. 72 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:49,556 - No explanation... - Oh, so you supplied your own. 73 00:05:49,580 --> 00:05:51,091 You baselessly accused me prejudice. 74 00:05:51,115 --> 00:05:52,395 Hardly baseless given how you made your fortune. 75 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:54,220 Oh for God's sake, I...! 76 00:05:56,792 --> 00:05:59,967 I despise slavery. 77 00:06:00,130 --> 00:06:01,678 I've long since renounced the sugar trade 78 00:06:01,702 --> 00:06:04,158 for that very reason. 79 00:06:04,311 --> 00:06:05,839 The man's race played no part in it. 80 00:06:06,037 --> 00:06:07,663 I can think of no other reason for your enmity. 81 00:06:07,687 --> 00:06:09,062 Are you really that naive? 82 00:06:09,221 --> 00:06:11,676 Why do you think he was so desperate to marry her? 83 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:13,072 Because the moment they are wed, 84 00:06:13,096 --> 00:06:14,668 everything she owns belongs to him. 85 00:06:21,727 --> 00:06:23,561 Are we not wasting time? 86 00:06:23,722 --> 00:06:25,371 Instead of taking me back to Tom, 87 00:06:25,525 --> 00:06:26,844 we could be searching for Georgiana. 88 00:06:26,868 --> 00:06:28,898 And where do you suggest we look, Miss Heywood? 89 00:06:29,054 --> 00:06:30,411 This is a city of a million people! 90 00:06:30,435 --> 00:06:32,771 The Sons of Africa. 91 00:06:32,929 --> 00:06:34,915 What? 92 00:06:35,115 --> 00:06:36,720 It's the movement he belongs to. 93 00:06:36,918 --> 00:06:38,398 If we can find out where they meet... 94 00:06:39,642 --> 00:06:40,712 Driver! 95 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:41,940 Whoa! 96 00:06:47,775 --> 00:06:51,528 Now is not the time to be disheartened, my friends. 97 00:06:51,688 --> 00:06:52,910 We owe it to our brothers 98 00:06:53,069 --> 00:06:55,404 and sisters who remain in shackles. 99 00:06:55,562 --> 00:06:57,854 All we ask is a world 100 00:06:58,017 --> 00:07:00,963 in which all men, and women, are considered equal. 101 00:07:02,544 --> 00:07:04,454 In which every child, 102 00:07:04,615 --> 00:07:06,220 is not only born in freedom, 103 00:07:06,380 --> 00:07:09,981 but knows that they will live and die in freedom! 104 00:07:10,140 --> 00:07:11,405 Mr. Molyneux? 105 00:07:13,017 --> 00:07:14,970 I played no part in it. I swear! 106 00:07:15,127 --> 00:07:17,750 - I would sooner die than dishonor her! - And what of Miss Lambe's letter? 107 00:07:17,774 --> 00:07:21,299 In which she proposed a tryst at the exact same time and place 108 00:07:21,456 --> 00:07:23,580 from where she was taken... a mere coincidence, I suppose? 109 00:07:23,604 --> 00:07:25,897 - I never received such a letter! - Do not insult me! 110 00:07:26,060 --> 00:07:28,548 Sam Sidaway said you'd sent someone to fetch your mail? 111 00:07:28,707 --> 00:07:30,431 No. I did not! 112 00:07:30,586 --> 00:07:32,427 But why should anyone wish to steal your post? 113 00:07:34,538 --> 00:07:36,339 What? 114 00:07:36,494 --> 00:07:38,524 There is a... particular gentleman 115 00:07:38,719 --> 00:07:41,862 to whom I owe a certain debt. 116 00:07:42,018 --> 00:07:44,310 Which gentleman? 117 00:07:44,473 --> 00:07:45,544 Beecroft. 118 00:07:47,696 --> 00:07:49,300 What? What is it? 119 00:07:49,460 --> 00:07:50,803 Who's Mr. Beecroft? 120 00:07:50,995 --> 00:07:52,065 He owns a gambling house. 121 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,827 Come with me. 122 00:07:59,971 --> 00:08:02,460 Are you sure you won't take a refreshment, Mr. Parker? 123 00:08:02,618 --> 00:08:04,223 - No, thank you. - Where is she? 124 00:08:04,383 --> 00:08:05,681 Watch your tone, young man. 125 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:07,909 A little decorum, if you don't mind. 126 00:08:08,066 --> 00:08:10,248 I thought you kept better company, Mr. Parker. 127 00:08:10,406 --> 00:08:12,621 This man is no friend. We are compelled here 128 00:08:12,784 --> 00:08:14,601 by the disappearance of my ward, Miss Lambe. 129 00:08:14,625 --> 00:08:18,303 Oh, yes, the famous Miss Lambe. 130 00:08:18,462 --> 00:08:20,372 Mr. Molyneux speaks of little else. 131 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:22,487 Miss Lambe this, Miss Lambe that! 132 00:08:22,643 --> 00:08:24,367 That is a lie! If I mentioned her, 133 00:08:24,523 --> 00:08:26,302 - it was only in passing. - I'm not the liar here. 134 00:08:26,326 --> 00:08:28,159 You told me a wedding was imminent. 135 00:08:29,855 --> 00:08:31,383 That her fortune was as good as yours. 136 00:08:31,543 --> 00:08:33,169 I'd never have let him run up such a debt otherwise. 137 00:08:33,193 --> 00:08:34,665 All I wanted was to buy a little time. 138 00:08:34,689 --> 00:08:36,141 If I'd known for even a moment... 139 00:08:36,300 --> 00:08:37,542 Whatever this man has told you, 140 00:08:37,566 --> 00:08:38,769 he and my ward are barely acquainted. 141 00:08:38,793 --> 00:08:40,194 He has no right to invoke her name. 142 00:08:41,517 --> 00:08:42,936 An impertinence indeed, sir. 143 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:44,738 So I would ask you 144 00:08:44,893 --> 00:08:46,803 to share her whereabouts with me at once. 145 00:08:46,964 --> 00:08:48,646 Whatever debts Mr. Molyneux owes, 146 00:08:48,806 --> 00:08:49,984 they are not her concern. 147 00:08:50,148 --> 00:08:52,637 They're no longer his neither. 148 00:08:52,834 --> 00:08:56,937 A gentleman has agreed to pay the debt in full, with interest. 149 00:08:57,092 --> 00:08:58,467 Which gentleman? 150 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,335 He has sold her. 151 00:09:03,498 --> 00:09:05,833 - The villain has sold her! - What? 152 00:09:05,992 --> 00:09:07,793 In return for a promise to buy his debt, 153 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:11,931 she has been handed to some dissolute named Howard. 154 00:09:12,091 --> 00:09:14,045 Even now he'll be dragging her to an altar. 155 00:09:14,239 --> 00:09:15,735 An altar? But... 156 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:17,745 But that cannot be allowed without your permission. 157 00:09:17,769 --> 00:09:19,394 No, there have no such laws across the border. 158 00:09:19,418 --> 00:09:20,967 There they will marry you with impunity. 159 00:09:20,991 --> 00:09:23,097 Had you only allowed us to marry... 160 00:09:23,254 --> 00:09:25,622 You would blame me? 161 00:09:25,786 --> 00:09:27,085 It is you that has ruined her! 162 00:09:27,244 --> 00:09:29,154 I should avenge her honor right here and now! 163 00:09:29,354 --> 00:09:32,683 Stop! 164 00:09:32,845 --> 00:09:35,791 What good will that do? 165 00:09:42,474 --> 00:09:45,038 Get out of my sight. 166 00:09:45,236 --> 00:09:48,684 Now! 167 00:09:48,842 --> 00:09:50,369 We cannot give up. 168 00:09:50,530 --> 00:09:52,134 I cannot accept that she is lost to us. 169 00:09:53,522 --> 00:09:54,974 And what do you suggest we do? 170 00:09:55,133 --> 00:09:57,588 They'll be halfway to Scotland by now. 171 00:09:57,742 --> 00:09:59,728 But what if they're not? 172 00:09:59,890 --> 00:10:02,283 You said Mr. Beecroft had only received a promise of payment. 173 00:10:02,307 --> 00:10:03,453 He doesn't sound like 174 00:10:03,611 --> 00:10:05,215 the kind of man that would give her up 175 00:10:05,376 --> 00:10:07,406 unless he was already in receipt of the money. 176 00:10:07,562 --> 00:10:09,134 Well... is there not a chance at least 177 00:10:09,288 --> 00:10:10,631 that he is still holding her? 178 00:10:10,785 --> 00:10:13,120 Somewhere in London even? 179 00:10:16,424 --> 00:10:17,690 Perhaps you're right. 180 00:10:17,843 --> 00:10:20,178 Mr. Beecroft owns a boarding house near Drury Lane. 181 00:10:20,337 --> 00:10:21,559 Come on. 182 00:10:24,978 --> 00:10:26,855 I confess 183 00:10:27,011 --> 00:10:30,689 I gave no thought to how you might look. 184 00:10:30,848 --> 00:10:31,928 It seemed beside the point. 185 00:10:32,075 --> 00:10:34,215 But I am pleasantly surprised. 186 00:10:34,377 --> 00:10:39,047 You have a... youthful, exotic charm about you. 187 00:10:39,210 --> 00:10:40,389 You are a disgusting pig. 188 00:10:40,553 --> 00:10:41,896 Upon my word! 189 00:10:42,049 --> 00:10:44,309 I fear she is somewhat spirited, Mr. Howard. 190 00:10:44,466 --> 00:10:45,885 She will require a firm hand. 191 00:10:46,077 --> 00:10:47,256 No matter. 192 00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:49,909 I have broken enough horses before now. 193 00:10:50,067 --> 00:10:52,828 I suspect a wife is not so different. 194 00:10:52,982 --> 00:10:55,820 Mr. Beecroft will find this in order. 195 00:10:55,975 --> 00:10:58,387 There is a gentleman named Otis Molyneux. 196 00:10:58,545 --> 00:10:59,723 Remember his name. 197 00:10:59,887 --> 00:11:01,383 Because when he hears of this, 198 00:11:01,537 --> 00:11:03,414 he will find you and he will kill you. 199 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:07,204 I am not too afeared! 200 00:11:07,368 --> 00:11:09,474 Given it was Mr. Molyneux who offered you up 201 00:11:09,631 --> 00:11:12,392 to pay his debts. 202 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:14,380 Feckless gambler by the sounds of it. 203 00:11:15,616 --> 00:11:16,958 No matter. 204 00:11:17,112 --> 00:11:19,251 You are mine now. 205 00:11:33,573 --> 00:11:35,988 Look at you. 206 00:11:36,012 --> 00:11:40,867 Clustered round the bed like bloodhounds. 207 00:11:40,891 --> 00:11:43,307 Ears cocked for my death rattle! 208 00:11:43,331 --> 00:11:44,986 Oh, good Lord, Aunt. 209 00:11:45,010 --> 00:11:47,307 How could you even think such a thing? 210 00:11:47,331 --> 00:11:50,505 Well, you'll be waiting in vain. 211 00:11:50,529 --> 00:11:51,887 I won't give you the... 212 00:11:53,049 --> 00:11:54,744 the satisfaction! 213 00:11:54,768 --> 00:11:56,905 Don't fuss, child! 214 00:11:56,929 --> 00:11:58,544 I am perfectly well. 215 00:11:58,568 --> 00:12:01,806 It is a head cold, that is all. 216 00:12:01,908 --> 00:12:03,904 More seawater! 217 00:12:10,405 --> 00:12:13,901 Well, I feel my strength returning already... 218 00:12:13,925 --> 00:12:15,501 I do not doubt your resolve, Aunt, 219 00:12:15,525 --> 00:12:17,780 but Dr Fuchs believes you are gravely ill. 220 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:19,660 Well, he would, wouldn't he? 221 00:12:19,684 --> 00:12:23,781 It's entirely in his interest to say so. 222 00:12:27,083 --> 00:12:31,457 We have every faith that you'll make a full recovery, Aunt. 223 00:12:31,481 --> 00:12:33,616 But, just for your peace of mind, 224 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:39,095 will you allow us to fetch you a priest, or a solicitor? 225 00:12:39,119 --> 00:12:41,936 I have no use for either. 226 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,494 I have as much faith in religion as I do in medicine. 227 00:12:45,518 --> 00:12:49,814 Which is to say none! 228 00:12:49,838 --> 00:12:54,893 And my solicitor has been instructed. 229 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:58,451 He knows exactly where I keep my will. 230 00:12:58,475 --> 00:13:02,250 Not that it will be needed... 231 00:13:02,274 --> 00:13:06,153 for decades to come. 232 00:13:17,152 --> 00:13:19,928 As I see it, he is a good man who made one terrible mistake. 233 00:13:19,952 --> 00:13:21,566 He is an inveterate gambler. 234 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:25,407 He has several debtors beside Beecroft. 235 00:13:25,431 --> 00:13:29,126 Otis never meant to place Georgiana in harm's way. 236 00:13:29,150 --> 00:13:31,986 - Any more than I did. - And yet you both did. 237 00:13:37,987 --> 00:13:40,164 All I ever cared about was Georgiana's happiness. 238 00:13:40,188 --> 00:13:44,683 What do you think I care about? That is anyone's guess! 239 00:13:44,707 --> 00:13:46,882 I have done the best I can by Georgiana. 240 00:13:46,906 --> 00:13:50,321 No. At every turn you've abdicated responsibility. 241 00:13:50,345 --> 00:13:52,240 If you truly cared for her welfare, 242 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:53,960 you would have watched over her yourself. 243 00:13:53,984 --> 00:13:55,761 It's a role I neither sought nor asked for. 244 00:13:55,785 --> 00:13:57,120 Of course not! 245 00:13:57,144 --> 00:13:59,599 Because you are determined to remain an outlier. 246 00:13:59,623 --> 00:14:01,639 God forbid you give something of yourself. 247 00:14:01,663 --> 00:14:03,919 Please, do not presume to know my mind, Miss Heywood... 248 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:05,798 How can anyone know your mind? 249 00:14:05,822 --> 00:14:09,278 You take pains to be unknowable. 250 00:14:09,302 --> 00:14:11,637 All I know is that you cannot bear the idea of two people 251 00:14:11,661 --> 00:14:15,476 being in love. 252 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:20,257 And what do you know of love, apart from what you have read? 253 00:14:21,858 --> 00:14:27,553 I would sooner be naive than insensible of feeling. 254 00:14:27,577 --> 00:14:32,552 Is that really what you think of me? 255 00:14:32,576 --> 00:14:36,471 I am sorry that you think that. 256 00:14:36,495 --> 00:14:39,456 How much easier my life would have been if I were. 257 00:15:00,131 --> 00:15:02,667 Edward, what are you doing? You heard her. 258 00:15:02,691 --> 00:15:04,507 Her solicitor knows where she keeps the will. 259 00:15:04,531 --> 00:15:06,266 And so should we. 260 00:15:06,290 --> 00:15:07,866 Well, if the will is already written, 261 00:15:07,890 --> 00:15:09,506 then surely there's nothing to be done? 262 00:15:09,530 --> 00:15:10,745 Of course there is. 263 00:15:10,769 --> 00:15:13,025 While she still yet breathes, there's time to alter it. 264 00:15:13,049 --> 00:15:15,423 Even if I have to put the pen in her hand myself. 265 00:15:15,447 --> 00:15:17,583 Our aunt is grievously ill, 266 00:15:17,607 --> 00:15:19,985 and all you can think about is her fortune. 267 00:15:25,286 --> 00:15:31,024 I need to know that our future happiness is assured. 268 00:15:48,642 --> 00:15:52,159 Under no circumstances are you to set foot outside this carriage. 269 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:01,855 Good evening, Mr Parker. 270 00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:03,495 I've not seen you in a while. 271 00:16:03,519 --> 00:16:06,233 I have some new ladies who'll be delighted to make your acquaintance. 272 00:16:06,257 --> 00:16:08,573 Thank you, Mrs Harries, but I am not here for that. 273 00:16:08,597 --> 00:16:10,133 Mr Parker, what is this place? 274 00:16:10,157 --> 00:16:11,932 I thought I told you to wait. 275 00:16:11,956 --> 00:16:15,132 I decided against it. 276 00:16:15,156 --> 00:16:16,892 And who is this? 277 00:16:16,916 --> 00:16:20,971 You haven't made an honest man of our Mr Parker, have you? 278 00:16:20,995 --> 00:16:22,731 Gracious, no. 279 00:16:22,755 --> 00:16:25,329 I am a friend of Miss Georgiana Lambe's. 280 00:16:25,353 --> 00:16:28,049 Is she here? 281 00:16:28,073 --> 00:16:32,568 I don't believe I am acquainted with anyone of that name. 282 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:35,447 Wait, wait, wait. You know something. 283 00:16:35,471 --> 00:16:39,967 Miss Lambe is my ward, you must tell me what you know. 284 00:16:39,991 --> 00:16:41,887 You missed them by half an hour. 285 00:16:41,911 --> 00:16:44,408 If you're quick you might catch them on the road to Scotland. 286 00:16:53,908 --> 00:16:55,484 A boarding house, you said. 287 00:16:55,508 --> 00:16:56,923 Is this your idea of love? 288 00:16:56,947 --> 00:16:59,282 Something to be paid for? That will do! 289 00:16:59,306 --> 00:17:01,563 If we are to stand any chance of catching them up, 290 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:03,562 we should make haste. 291 00:17:03,586 --> 00:17:05,201 I don't suppose there's any point 292 00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:07,103 in telling you to stay behind, is there? 293 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,359 Edward? 294 00:17:19,383 --> 00:17:23,358 Edward! 295 00:17:23,382 --> 00:17:26,038 You have not been searching all night? 296 00:17:26,062 --> 00:17:28,996 I will not rest easy until I lay my hands on the damned thing. 297 00:17:29,020 --> 00:17:30,476 Very well. Where shall I start? 298 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:32,995 Well, there's no point in both of us looking. 299 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:34,955 People want to know about our aunt's condition. 300 00:17:34,979 --> 00:17:37,316 You go, spread the word. And I'll follow close behind. 301 00:17:37,340 --> 00:17:42,735 Just as soon as I've found this wretched document. 302 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:58,430 I know we didn't meet in the most auspicious of circumstances, 303 00:17:58,454 --> 00:18:03,512 but in time I trust you will come to regard me with affection. 304 00:18:04,614 --> 00:18:07,309 I would sooner cut my own throat. 305 00:18:07,333 --> 00:18:08,708 That would be a shame. 306 00:18:08,732 --> 00:18:11,109 It's rather a pretty throat. 307 00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:13,951 At least wait until after we are married. 308 00:18:24,769 --> 00:18:27,265 Come on, boys. 309 00:18:27,289 --> 00:18:28,946 Stop your carriage! 310 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:35,943 Yarr! 311 00:18:35,967 --> 00:18:37,343 Yarr! 312 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:41,741 Come on. 313 00:18:41,765 --> 00:18:47,061 Yarr! 314 00:18:47,085 --> 00:18:49,061 Yarr! 315 00:18:49,085 --> 00:18:52,060 Take the reins. 316 00:18:52,084 --> 00:18:55,820 Pull alongside. 317 00:18:55,844 --> 00:18:58,779 Move! 318 00:18:58,803 --> 00:19:03,937 Let go! 319 00:19:03,961 --> 00:19:06,900 Come on! Stop the coach! 320 00:19:29,837 --> 00:19:31,492 We have nothing worth stealing. Sidney? 321 00:19:31,516 --> 00:19:33,092 I beg to differ. Oh, no, you don't. 322 00:19:33,116 --> 00:19:34,371 She is my property! 323 00:19:34,395 --> 00:19:35,650 I am no man's property. 324 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:41,129 Least of all yours! 325 00:19:41,153 --> 00:19:45,050 Last I heard, the penalty for kidnap was hanging. 326 00:19:45,074 --> 00:19:47,529 Is that a price you're willing to pay? 327 00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:49,329 Step aside! 328 00:19:49,353 --> 00:19:52,367 NOW! 329 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:55,251 You owe me ã1,800! 330 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:16,535 Looking for this? 331 00:20:28,784 --> 00:20:32,179 "I, Lady Denham, being of full age and sound mind, 332 00:20:32,203 --> 00:20:34,959 "shall impart and bequeath the entirety of my fortune 333 00:20:34,983 --> 00:20:37,758 "to be left for the development of Sanditon town. 334 00:20:37,782 --> 00:20:40,438 "And the foundation of a donkey stud in my name." 335 00:20:40,462 --> 00:20:42,076 This cannot be the end of it? 336 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,757 I assure you it is. 337 00:20:44,781 --> 00:20:49,155 Even in death, she has found fresh ways to torment us. 338 00:20:49,179 --> 00:20:54,675 It were better for us both if this were never found. 339 00:20:54,699 --> 00:20:56,414 What are you suggesting? That we hide it? 340 00:20:56,438 --> 00:20:59,316 We will need to be a good deal more thorough than that. 341 00:21:03,817 --> 00:21:05,352 Ha! Yes. Yes! 342 00:21:05,376 --> 00:21:08,551 I'll be damned if I'm going to be pauperised by a drove of donkeys! 343 00:21:08,575 --> 00:21:10,391 We haven't agreed our terms. 344 00:21:10,415 --> 00:21:12,031 What terms? 345 00:21:12,055 --> 00:21:13,791 If she dies intestate, 346 00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:16,549 her fortune reverts back to the holder of the Denham title. 347 00:21:16,573 --> 00:21:18,990 I'm sorry. It's that simple. 348 00:21:19,014 --> 00:21:20,829 There's nothing simple about it. 349 00:21:20,853 --> 00:21:23,029 I need to know what my silence is worth. 350 00:21:23,053 --> 00:21:25,308 It's your word against mine. 351 00:21:25,332 --> 00:21:28,228 I could go to Lady Denham right now and confess to everything, 352 00:21:28,252 --> 00:21:30,468 with four or five servants and a doctor to witness it. 353 00:21:30,492 --> 00:21:31,787 You wouldn't dare! 354 00:21:31,811 --> 00:21:33,906 What have I to lose? 355 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:36,065 Wait! 356 00:21:36,089 --> 00:21:38,545 - A thousand pounds. - And leave you with the rest? 357 00:21:38,569 --> 00:21:40,165 I would sooner let the asses have it. 358 00:21:40,189 --> 00:21:41,445 - A tenth. - Half. 359 00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:43,707 A fifth. And no more. 360 00:21:55,326 --> 00:21:57,861 Thank you. Sidney! 361 00:21:57,885 --> 00:22:00,141 Miss Lambe and Miss Heywood! 362 00:22:00,165 --> 00:22:03,421 To what do I owe such a delightful... 363 00:22:03,445 --> 00:22:04,900 Good grief! I... 364 00:22:04,924 --> 00:22:07,859 Let's get the lady settled upstairs shall we, then I'll explain. 365 00:22:07,883 --> 00:22:13,538 Yes. Yes. Of course. Please. 366 00:22:13,562 --> 00:22:18,658 Jenkins. 367 00:22:18,682 --> 00:22:24,536 Prepare a bath for Miss Lambe. Thank you. 368 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,575 What will happen to Otis now? 369 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:30,415 The debtor's prison? 370 00:22:30,439 --> 00:22:31,614 Worse? 371 00:22:31,638 --> 00:22:34,374 He is no longer your concern. 372 00:22:34,398 --> 00:22:37,694 Whatever he's done, I cannot just cauterise my heart. 373 00:22:37,718 --> 00:22:41,892 I am not you. 374 00:22:41,916 --> 00:22:45,412 At this moment, your world feels undone. 375 00:22:45,436 --> 00:22:48,652 I know that. 376 00:22:48,676 --> 00:22:52,011 But you must put him from your mind... 377 00:22:52,035 --> 00:22:53,491 or you'll go mad. 378 00:22:53,515 --> 00:22:54,572 Excuse me. 379 00:23:00,072 --> 00:23:01,368 Good heavens, Sidney. 380 00:23:01,392 --> 00:23:03,649 You have had quite the drama. 381 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:06,768 But all is well now! 382 00:23:06,792 --> 00:23:09,008 Is it? 383 00:23:09,032 --> 00:23:11,927 I fear Georgiana's spirit is broken. 384 00:23:11,951 --> 00:23:15,486 You have no idea how close to ruination she came, Tom. 385 00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:20,844 That's hardly your fault. 386 00:23:20,868 --> 00:23:24,284 Her father entrusted her to my care. 387 00:23:24,308 --> 00:23:25,764 The man saved my life, 388 00:23:25,788 --> 00:23:30,003 and in return I failed to honour the one thing that he asked of me. 389 00:23:30,027 --> 00:23:32,562 Still. There's no use dwelling on it. 390 00:23:32,586 --> 00:23:34,682 What's done is done. 391 00:23:34,706 --> 00:23:37,402 How can a man begin to make amends... 392 00:23:37,426 --> 00:23:40,800 until he's willing to face his own faults? 393 00:23:40,824 --> 00:23:45,000 That's why you came to London, is it not, Tom? 394 00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:46,200 To make amends? 395 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:47,960 Well, er, no. 396 00:23:47,984 --> 00:23:50,399 I mean, I came mainly to raise interest in the regatta. I... 397 00:23:50,423 --> 00:23:53,518 Tom. 398 00:23:53,542 --> 00:23:56,117 I was present at the cricket. 399 00:23:56,141 --> 00:23:58,317 Be honest with me. TOM SIGHS 400 00:23:58,341 --> 00:23:59,839 Be honest with yourself. 401 00:24:08,939 --> 00:24:12,635 The truth is my situation is very grave indeed, Sidney. 402 00:24:12,659 --> 00:24:14,833 I've knocked on half the doors of London 403 00:24:14,857 --> 00:24:20,832 and no-one cares a damn about Sanditon or the regatta. 404 00:24:20,856 --> 00:24:26,351 I have no means whatsoever of paying my labourers. 405 00:24:26,375 --> 00:24:31,191 And worst of all... 406 00:24:31,215 --> 00:24:34,211 I have lost the trust of my own dear wife, perhaps forever. 407 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:43,587 Well... we will raise interest in the regatta yet. 408 00:24:43,611 --> 00:24:45,908 Babington will know where best to knock. 409 00:24:45,932 --> 00:24:48,346 And as for the labourers, I shall lend you the money... 410 00:24:48,370 --> 00:24:49,506 Sidney, I cannot ask... 411 00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:52,627 ã3,000. That was the amount, was it not? 412 00:24:52,651 --> 00:24:55,065 My dear brother, it is too much. 413 00:24:55,089 --> 00:24:59,905 How... I will find a way. 414 00:24:59,929 --> 00:25:02,304 But when it comes to Mary... 415 00:25:02,328 --> 00:25:04,583 I'm of no use. 416 00:25:04,607 --> 00:25:09,822 I cannot pretend to understand the workings of a marriage. 417 00:25:09,846 --> 00:25:11,223 And what I do know, 418 00:25:11,247 --> 00:25:14,064 is I would do anything to be blessed with a wife such as yours. 419 00:25:17,865 --> 00:25:19,663 So, you must do whatever it takes. 420 00:25:26,164 --> 00:25:29,899 Look at that. 421 00:25:29,923 --> 00:25:33,042 You've just become shockingly wealthy. 422 00:26:04,676 --> 00:26:07,451 It's all been so overwhelming. 423 00:26:07,475 --> 00:26:09,250 I hardly know what to think any more. 424 00:26:09,274 --> 00:26:12,009 About what, my dear? 425 00:26:12,033 --> 00:26:15,450 About anything! 426 00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:19,808 I have always felt so certain of my judgment... 427 00:26:19,832 --> 00:26:25,487 but now I see that I have been blinded by sentiment and naivety. 428 00:26:25,511 --> 00:26:28,486 I've got it all so wrong. 429 00:26:28,510 --> 00:26:30,868 No wonder your brother has such a poor opinion of me. 430 00:26:34,029 --> 00:26:36,045 I am certain that is not the case. 431 00:26:36,069 --> 00:26:39,004 Sidney can be... 432 00:26:39,028 --> 00:26:42,523 hard to read, that is all. He is a conundrum. 433 00:26:42,547 --> 00:26:45,724 But a conundrum can be solved. 434 00:26:45,748 --> 00:26:48,963 He seems so determined to keep the world at arm's length. 435 00:26:48,987 --> 00:26:51,882 That wasn't always the case. 436 00:26:51,906 --> 00:26:56,881 In his younger days, he was a very different man. 437 00:26:56,905 --> 00:27:01,279 Mary has spoken of a broken engagement? 438 00:27:01,303 --> 00:27:04,440 Yes. 439 00:27:04,464 --> 00:27:05,720 Eliza. 440 00:27:05,744 --> 00:27:08,599 They were very much in love. 441 00:27:08,623 --> 00:27:10,878 But at the last moment, she passed him over 442 00:27:10,902 --> 00:27:14,797 in favour of an older, and wealthier man. 443 00:27:14,821 --> 00:27:17,756 He set out on a rather self-destructive path. 444 00:27:17,780 --> 00:27:19,397 We were all greatly concerned. 445 00:27:19,421 --> 00:27:22,116 In the end, I paid his debts 446 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:25,635 and he sailed to Antigua in a bid to forget her. 447 00:27:25,659 --> 00:27:29,697 I fear the man he was... never quite returned. 448 00:27:34,798 --> 00:27:36,014 Mr Molyneux? 449 00:27:41,015 --> 00:27:44,791 I thought they at least deserved a proper parting. 450 00:27:44,815 --> 00:27:46,734 This way, please. 451 00:28:07,090 --> 00:28:12,186 I have gambled... that is true. 452 00:28:12,210 --> 00:28:15,064 But whatever they tell you... 453 00:28:15,088 --> 00:28:16,665 I never gambled with your name. 454 00:28:16,689 --> 00:28:18,865 I never boasted of your wealth. 455 00:28:18,889 --> 00:28:20,823 I boasted of you. 456 00:28:20,847 --> 00:28:22,664 Of your wit. 457 00:28:22,688 --> 00:28:26,583 Of your beauty. 458 00:28:26,607 --> 00:28:28,943 Because I couldn't believe that a man of my birth 459 00:28:28,967 --> 00:28:32,221 could win the heart of a woman like you. 460 00:28:32,245 --> 00:28:35,941 It was pride, that was all. 461 00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:39,060 And Lord knows, I have paid for it. 462 00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:43,100 We have both paid for it. 463 00:28:43,124 --> 00:28:48,738 I will never forgive myself for putting you in harm's way. 464 00:28:48,762 --> 00:28:52,618 But please know this... 465 00:28:52,642 --> 00:28:56,419 I never cared a damn about your fortune. 466 00:28:58,721 --> 00:29:00,978 I fell in love with your soul. 467 00:29:06,479 --> 00:29:07,936 Tell me you believe me. 468 00:29:14,036 --> 00:29:16,136 What difference does it make now? 469 00:29:41,672 --> 00:29:44,327 Otis! 470 00:29:44,351 --> 00:29:46,567 Will you not say goodbye? 471 00:29:46,591 --> 00:29:48,406 Miss Heywood. 472 00:29:48,430 --> 00:29:53,524 I hardly thought you'd want to speak to me. 473 00:29:53,548 --> 00:29:56,325 What will you do now? 474 00:29:56,349 --> 00:29:58,125 How will you settle your other debts? 475 00:29:58,149 --> 00:30:02,124 My debts have all been paid. 476 00:30:02,148 --> 00:30:06,024 I have been shown a kindness... I do not deserve. 477 00:30:20,384 --> 00:30:23,319 I hope I can trust you to honour our deal. 478 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:25,159 A quarter of all you inherit. 479 00:30:25,183 --> 00:30:26,438 We agreed on a fifth. 480 00:30:26,462 --> 00:30:29,878 It's a lady's prerogative to change her mind. 481 00:30:29,902 --> 00:30:33,677 You have proved quite conclusively that you are no lady. 482 00:30:33,701 --> 00:30:36,996 And what about Esther? 483 00:30:37,020 --> 00:30:40,475 Is she a lady? 484 00:30:40,499 --> 00:30:41,755 It's all right. 485 00:30:41,779 --> 00:30:44,274 I haven't breathed a word to anyone. 486 00:30:44,298 --> 00:30:46,474 I know how judgmental people would be 487 00:30:46,498 --> 00:30:48,676 if they knew how intimate you really are. 488 00:30:52,577 --> 00:30:53,852 I have no idea what you mean. 489 00:30:53,876 --> 00:30:55,115 Yes, you do. 490 00:30:57,416 --> 00:30:59,912 It would break her heart into little tiny pieces 491 00:30:59,936 --> 00:31:02,252 if she were to learn of this, would it not? 492 00:31:07,253 --> 00:31:09,132 A quarter share will suffice. 493 00:31:24,611 --> 00:31:26,786 - Babington. - Miss Heywood. 494 00:31:26,810 --> 00:31:29,826 Well, I've asked around, and, as luck would have it, 495 00:31:29,850 --> 00:31:32,145 Mrs Maudsley's hosting a masked rout 496 00:31:32,169 --> 00:31:34,464 this very evening in Grosvenor Square. 497 00:31:34,488 --> 00:31:36,983 And this is your invitation. 498 00:31:37,007 --> 00:31:40,503 My dear Lord Babington, you are a wonder! 499 00:31:40,527 --> 00:31:43,583 It sounds as if London's entire beau monde will be there, 500 00:31:43,607 --> 00:31:46,582 all of them eager to hear about our regatta. 501 00:31:46,606 --> 00:31:50,421 And you must come as well, of course, Miss Heywood. 502 00:31:50,445 --> 00:31:55,460 Thank you, Lord Babington, but I am really not in a mood to be sociable. 503 00:31:55,484 --> 00:31:56,962 Excuse me. 504 00:32:03,133 --> 00:32:05,813 - A drink, gentlemen? - Mm. 505 00:32:17,249 --> 00:32:18,346 How is she? 506 00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:20,586 Worse by the hour. 507 00:32:20,610 --> 00:32:24,025 You were gone a long while. The will must have been hidden well. 508 00:32:24,049 --> 00:32:26,463 As a matter of fact, it was nowhere to be seen. 509 00:32:26,487 --> 00:32:28,663 I turned the entire house upside down 510 00:32:28,687 --> 00:32:30,863 and I've come to the conclusion it cannot exist. 511 00:32:30,887 --> 00:32:32,182 But then, why would she say...? 512 00:32:32,206 --> 00:32:34,583 Oh, her fever has plainly left her confused. 513 00:32:34,607 --> 00:32:36,062 She barely knows her own mind. 514 00:32:36,086 --> 00:32:39,421 We are Denhams. 515 00:32:39,445 --> 00:32:41,900 If there's no will, then surely that works in our favour? 516 00:32:41,924 --> 00:32:44,341 You'd think so. 517 00:32:44,365 --> 00:32:47,100 Thank God this is almost done. 518 00:32:47,124 --> 00:32:49,300 I shall be glad if I never hear another word 519 00:32:49,324 --> 00:32:52,661 of that wretched will or Clara Brereton for as long as I live. 520 00:32:55,363 --> 00:32:56,662 You and me both. 521 00:33:11,398 --> 00:33:13,775 Tom sent me up in the hope that you might reconsider 522 00:33:13,799 --> 00:33:16,614 and come to the party tonight. 523 00:33:16,638 --> 00:33:21,613 The regatta was your idea after all. 524 00:33:21,637 --> 00:33:24,172 Why did you pay off Otis's debts? 525 00:33:24,196 --> 00:33:26,891 I came to the realisation that a good man shouldn't be condemned 526 00:33:26,915 --> 00:33:29,074 for one terrible mistake. 527 00:33:33,075 --> 00:33:36,850 Mr Parker, I owe you an apology. 528 00:33:36,874 --> 00:33:39,369 I accused you of the worst kind of prejudice when it came... 529 00:33:39,393 --> 00:33:41,329 I do not accept your apology. 530 00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:45,248 Why not? 531 00:33:45,272 --> 00:33:49,607 Because I'm the one that should apologise. 532 00:33:49,631 --> 00:33:53,487 I have done you a great discourtesy, Miss Heywood. 533 00:33:53,511 --> 00:33:55,309 I've underestimated you. 534 00:34:30,283 --> 00:34:33,617 Does it not suit me? 535 00:34:33,641 --> 00:34:35,380 Will it not do? 536 00:34:38,681 --> 00:34:40,221 It'll do very well. 537 00:35:01,995 --> 00:35:05,732 Upon my word, there can hardly be a person worth a fig left in London 538 00:35:05,756 --> 00:35:07,090 who is not here. 539 00:35:07,114 --> 00:35:11,050 You don't need to see their faces to know these are people of influence. 540 00:35:11,074 --> 00:35:12,730 The brothers Parker! 541 00:35:12,754 --> 00:35:14,969 Well, most people. 542 00:35:14,993 --> 00:35:16,928 And who is this spellbinding creature? 543 00:35:16,952 --> 00:35:19,408 I demand you introduce us at once, Sidney. 544 00:35:19,432 --> 00:35:21,567 This is Miss Heywood, you fool! 545 00:35:21,591 --> 00:35:24,208 Oh, Miss Heywood? I would not have known you. 546 00:35:24,232 --> 00:35:26,006 A mask becomes you! 547 00:35:26,030 --> 00:35:27,526 Thank you, Mr Crowe. 548 00:35:27,550 --> 00:35:29,446 If that was indeed a compliment. 549 00:35:29,470 --> 00:35:31,366 Now, we must all remember why we are here! 550 00:35:31,390 --> 00:35:34,405 To spread the word of the Sanditon Regatta! 551 00:35:34,429 --> 00:35:37,004 Like Nelson, I expect every man to do his duty. 552 00:35:37,028 --> 00:35:38,325 Aye, and woman! 553 00:35:38,349 --> 00:35:39,964 I did not come here to work! 554 00:35:39,988 --> 00:35:45,563 I came to imbibe, carouse and generally make an ass of myself. 555 00:35:45,587 --> 00:35:50,642 Good luck! 556 00:35:50,666 --> 00:35:52,282 Well, Miss Heywood. 557 00:35:52,306 --> 00:35:54,521 Are you not glad you came, after all? 558 00:35:54,545 --> 00:35:56,480 I cannot say that I am. 559 00:35:56,504 --> 00:36:00,479 I feel dreadful leaving Georgiana. 560 00:36:00,503 --> 00:36:02,320 At least I'm glad of the mask. 561 00:36:02,344 --> 00:36:05,558 I am certain I don't belong in this company. 562 00:36:05,582 --> 00:36:06,679 I don't think I do either. 563 00:36:06,703 --> 00:36:12,397 But this is your natural habitat, is it not? 564 00:36:12,421 --> 00:36:15,158 Perhaps I don't truly belong anywhere. 565 00:36:15,182 --> 00:36:18,079 As you said, I am an outlier. 566 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,435 May I? 567 00:36:23,459 --> 00:36:28,074 Better than Brighton, sir, the most refreshing of sea breezes, 568 00:36:28,098 --> 00:36:32,513 a coastline unequalled in beauty, and apartments. 569 00:36:32,537 --> 00:36:35,592 Thomas Parker, delighted, that are the envy of the continent! 570 00:36:35,616 --> 00:36:39,315 To which we now add a grand regatta! 571 00:36:44,815 --> 00:36:50,270 Thomas Parker, Sanditon. Charming. 572 00:36:50,294 --> 00:36:52,509 I cannot see how conversation is even possible 573 00:36:52,533 --> 00:36:55,908 when the room is so loud and everyone is on the move. 574 00:36:55,932 --> 00:36:57,829 No-one's here for conversation. 575 00:36:57,853 --> 00:36:59,189 They're here to be seen. 576 00:36:59,213 --> 00:37:00,748 Once their presence is acknowledged, 577 00:37:00,772 --> 00:37:05,267 they'll move on to the next gathering. 578 00:37:05,291 --> 00:37:08,906 I think I would like to leave now too, with your permission. 579 00:37:08,930 --> 00:37:10,025 With my permission? 580 00:37:10,049 --> 00:37:13,507 Since when have you required my permission to do anything? 581 00:37:16,408 --> 00:37:18,825 I know. 582 00:37:18,849 --> 00:37:21,184 I'm too headstrong. 583 00:37:21,208 --> 00:37:22,824 Too opinionated. And too... No. 584 00:37:22,848 --> 00:37:25,942 You're not "too" anything. 585 00:37:25,966 --> 00:37:28,863 Don't doubt yourself. 586 00:37:28,887 --> 00:37:32,421 You're more than equal to any woman here. 587 00:37:32,445 --> 00:37:34,341 I hate to admit defeat, but the word "regatta" 588 00:37:34,365 --> 00:37:35,741 seems to be falling on deaf ears. 589 00:37:35,765 --> 00:37:37,301 Sidney! 590 00:37:37,325 --> 00:37:38,861 Sidney! 591 00:37:38,885 --> 00:37:40,868 Right... SIDNEY! 592 00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:42,021 Excuse me. 593 00:37:48,522 --> 00:37:52,298 I noticed you and Miss Denham were enjoying each other's company 594 00:37:52,322 --> 00:37:55,576 at the cricket match. 595 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:59,776 Hm, yes. I had thought so too, Miss Heywood. 596 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,917 But apparently I was mistaken. 597 00:38:04,068 --> 00:38:06,004 You're a... you're a woman, Miss Heywood. 598 00:38:06,028 --> 00:38:10,523 Tell me this. Is it possible for your affections towards a man 599 00:38:10,547 --> 00:38:14,526 to alter entirely within the space of a single day? 600 00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:28,439 Er, forgive me, Lord Babington. 601 00:38:28,463 --> 00:38:33,119 This room is rather too crowded, I'm finding it hard to breathe. 602 00:38:33,143 --> 00:38:38,700 Of course. Of course. 603 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,356 My sentiments exactly. 604 00:38:45,380 --> 00:38:47,835 Oh, I, I'm sorry. I thought I was... 605 00:38:47,859 --> 00:38:49,515 That's quite all right. 606 00:38:49,539 --> 00:38:52,596 I cannot blame you for seeking a safe harbour. 607 00:38:52,620 --> 00:38:56,434 It is an altogether tedious gathering. 608 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:59,154 And now you are going to tell me that Mrs Maudsley is your mother 609 00:38:59,178 --> 00:39:02,074 and I have just committed an unspeakable solecism. 610 00:39:02,098 --> 00:39:06,073 No! No. I do not know her in the slightest. 611 00:39:06,097 --> 00:39:08,272 Indeed, I barely know a soul in London. 612 00:39:08,296 --> 00:39:11,391 But from what I have seen of the place, that is no great hardship. 613 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:15,030 If you dislike London so much, then why are you here? 614 00:39:15,054 --> 00:39:17,191 My friend, Georgiana, was abducted. 615 00:39:17,215 --> 00:39:18,949 She's an heiress, you see, 616 00:39:18,973 --> 00:39:22,190 and her suitor, Mr Molyneux, had accrued gambling debts 617 00:39:22,214 --> 00:39:25,189 he could not pay, so she was sold into a forced marriage... 618 00:39:25,213 --> 00:39:26,348 How simply shocking! 619 00:39:26,372 --> 00:39:28,228 It was. 620 00:39:28,252 --> 00:39:32,027 Anyway, thank God, we found her in time and now she's safe, 621 00:39:32,051 --> 00:39:34,346 but Mr Tom insisted we come here tonight 622 00:39:34,370 --> 00:39:36,627 to spread word of the Sanditon Regatta, 623 00:39:36,651 --> 00:39:41,786 but as you can see, I am singularly failing in that task. 624 00:39:41,810 --> 00:39:45,464 Forgive me. I am... I am inclined to talk too much, Mrs...? 625 00:39:45,488 --> 00:39:47,664 Susan. And who might you be? 626 00:39:47,688 --> 00:39:50,423 Charlotte Heywood. 627 00:39:50,447 --> 00:39:56,183 Forgive me for asking, Charlotte, but you seem somewhat befuddled. 628 00:39:56,207 --> 00:39:58,164 - Do I? - Mm! 629 00:40:02,715 --> 00:40:05,491 There is a certain gentleman... 630 00:40:05,515 --> 00:40:08,010 Mr Sidney Parker. 631 00:40:08,034 --> 00:40:11,808 Mr Tom Parker's brother. 632 00:40:11,832 --> 00:40:17,609 He... He inspires an anger in me, I did not know I possessed. 633 00:40:18,111 --> 00:40:21,088 And yet I find that his good opinion means more to me 634 00:40:21,112 --> 00:40:22,966 than anybody else's. 635 00:40:22,990 --> 00:40:25,487 How can that be? 636 00:40:25,511 --> 00:40:27,885 It sounds to me as if you are in love with him. 637 00:40:27,909 --> 00:40:29,566 What? 638 00:40:29,590 --> 00:40:31,725 No! 639 00:40:31,749 --> 00:40:35,165 I assure you, that could not be further from the truth. 640 00:40:35,189 --> 00:40:38,724 I... If I should ever fall in love, it would not be with a man like him. 641 00:40:38,748 --> 00:40:42,962 My dear girl, you cannot determine who you fall in love with. 642 00:40:42,986 --> 00:40:45,362 It is an affliction. 643 00:40:45,386 --> 00:40:47,002 Like the measles. 644 00:40:47,026 --> 00:40:49,161 Ah. There you are! 645 00:40:49,185 --> 00:40:51,120 I was beginning to think you'd made your escape. 646 00:40:51,144 --> 00:40:53,081 Might I presume you are Mr Sidney Parker? 647 00:40:53,105 --> 00:40:56,000 We were just discussing you. 648 00:40:56,024 --> 00:40:57,040 Right. 649 00:40:57,064 --> 00:40:58,839 Well, erm... 650 00:40:58,863 --> 00:41:01,278 I was wondering if Miss Heywood might like to dance? 651 00:41:01,302 --> 00:41:03,318 If I'm not interrupting that is? 652 00:41:03,342 --> 00:41:04,640 Not in the least. 653 00:41:10,341 --> 00:41:11,341 Excuse us. 654 00:41:28,658 --> 00:41:32,272 You did not have to ask me, you know, out of politeness. 655 00:41:32,296 --> 00:41:34,752 It is what people do at dances, is it not? Dance? 656 00:41:34,776 --> 00:41:36,231 Unless you'd rather not? 657 00:41:36,255 --> 00:41:37,951 No. 658 00:41:37,975 --> 00:41:42,051 It's only, there are so many other ladies here that you could ask. 659 00:41:42,075 --> 00:41:44,235 But I don't want to dance with them. 660 00:43:41,671 --> 00:43:42,926 Thank you, Miss Heywood. 661 00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:44,285 Thank you, Mr Parker. 662 00:43:44,309 --> 00:43:46,885 Might I have the pleasure of the next dance, Charlotte? 663 00:43:46,909 --> 00:43:48,125 Or has Sidney worn you out? 664 00:43:48,149 --> 00:43:50,389 Not at all. It would be my pleasure. 665 00:44:02,866 --> 00:44:05,962 Mrs Campion? 666 00:44:05,986 --> 00:44:07,626 Sidney. 667 00:44:27,062 --> 00:44:30,396 How happy I am to see the light return to your eyes, Charlotte. 668 00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:32,755 There is nothing like dancing to restore one's spirits! 669 00:44:32,779 --> 00:44:35,235 Quite so, my dear, quite so. 670 00:44:35,259 --> 00:44:37,914 It seems to have had a similar effect upon Sidney. 671 00:44:37,938 --> 00:44:40,194 Do you think so? It's undeniable. 672 00:44:40,218 --> 00:44:43,075 He is positively revivified. 673 00:44:47,776 --> 00:44:50,073 But then perhaps that is not so much due to the dancing, 674 00:44:50,097 --> 00:44:54,072 as to the presence of a certain young lady. 675 00:44:54,096 --> 00:44:56,871 Which young lady do you have in mind, sir? 676 00:44:56,895 --> 00:44:58,511 He's talking to her now. 677 00:44:58,535 --> 00:45:00,190 Mrs Campion. 678 00:45:00,214 --> 00:45:03,110 It's unmistakably her. 679 00:45:03,134 --> 00:45:06,332 How strange that we were just discussing her only this afternoon. 680 00:45:10,233 --> 00:45:14,730 I heard she'd been widowed, I had no idea she was in London. 681 00:45:23,130 --> 00:45:25,946 I do not recall discussing a Mrs Campion. 682 00:45:25,970 --> 00:45:29,025 Ah! I daresay I referred to her by her Christian name. 683 00:45:29,049 --> 00:45:31,344 Eliza. 684 00:45:31,368 --> 00:45:36,343 Perhaps they will have their chance of happiness after all. 685 00:45:36,367 --> 00:45:42,022 Tom, a moment. Excuse us. 686 00:45:42,046 --> 00:45:43,805 Mrs Campion.