1 00:00:26,867 --> 00:00:30,533 * 2 00:01:28,867 --> 00:01:31,500 Salute yer new grave digger! 3 00:01:31,533 --> 00:01:33,000 Would that not be grave robber? 4 00:01:34,067 --> 00:01:35,600 Speak no ill of the livin', 5 00:01:35,633 --> 00:01:38,833 'specially a'fore their own flesh 'n blood! 6 00:01:38,867 --> 00:01:40,333 Yes, sir, daughter of him. 7 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:41,933 But I hopefully take not after him. 8 00:01:41,967 --> 00:01:43,233 Chance'd be a fine thing! 9 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,767 Do 'ee not dance? 10 00:01:47,833 --> 00:01:50,767 The Lord do consider it sinful. 11 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,200 Oh, well, the Lord do sound a proper spoilsport. 12 00:01:55,267 --> 00:01:56,767 What's the occasion? 13 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,467 It's the first harvest of the land gifted by Cap'n Ross. 14 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,400 Givin' away yer own acreage, is ye mad? 15 00:02:03,433 --> 00:02:05,167 If so, 'tis a madness sent by the Lord, 16 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:06,900 in whom we trust. 17 00:02:08,433 --> 00:02:10,067 Trust Ross, you'll get a better return. 18 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:12,767 True. 19 00:02:31,533 --> 00:02:36,133 We must stiffen security at all our grain stores. 20 00:02:36,167 --> 00:02:37,733 These types would have no compunction about 21 00:02:37,767 --> 00:02:39,700 feeding their faces at my expense. 22 00:02:40,267 --> 00:02:43,167 Sir Francis! 23 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,133 I assume you've heard the news, 24 00:02:46,167 --> 00:02:48,200 my elevation to the rank of Burgess? 25 00:02:48,233 --> 00:02:51,633 I assume you've not heard the news. 26 00:02:51,667 --> 00:02:53,500 Sir Piers Arthur is dead. 27 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,000 Most distressing. 28 00:03:04,667 --> 00:03:07,933 And the best news I've had all year. 29 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,967 Enough, wife. 30 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,967 You must know the book of prayer by heart now. 31 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,967 Is it not my duty to set an example to your daughters? 32 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,767 You have a duty to your husband, 33 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,800 which at present is more pressing. 34 00:03:35,567 --> 00:03:37,467 Go and join your sister. 35 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:28,900 I wish Drake and Sam would find contentment. 36 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:31,500 Have you found it? 37 00:04:37,367 --> 00:04:39,833 In this moment I have. 38 00:04:49,067 --> 00:04:51,700 I wish it may last. 39 00:05:01,833 --> 00:05:03,533 A hundred years old next week! 40 00:05:03,567 --> 00:05:07,600 You call this Flemish lace? 41 00:05:07,633 --> 00:05:09,033 I look like a desiccated bat. 42 00:05:09,067 --> 00:05:11,133 Mind that pin. 43 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:13,967 I don't wish to be bled like a stuck pig. 44 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,133 Sorry, ma'am. 45 00:05:15,167 --> 00:05:16,800 Add these names to the list. 46 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:21,633 George Venables, Laurence Trevemper, 47 00:05:21,667 --> 00:05:24,200 Randolph Pentire. 48 00:05:24,233 --> 00:05:26,200 They're dead, aunt. 49 00:05:26,233 --> 00:05:27,300 Remember? 50 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:28,900 Let me see. 51 00:05:28,933 --> 00:05:29,900 Who's coming then? 52 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:35,067 Trevaunance? 53 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:37,500 Bodrugan? 54 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:38,800 Poldark, that's better! 55 00:05:38,833 --> 00:05:41,233 People I actually like. 56 00:05:45,633 --> 00:05:47,533 I will not have that man in my house. 57 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:50,567 In fairness, it's Agatha's house too. 58 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,933 Surely, on her 100th birthday, we can grant her this 59 00:05:52,967 --> 00:05:56,600 one small request. 60 00:05:56,633 --> 00:05:58,567 By hosting a frivolous event, which delivers to us 61 00:05:58,600 --> 00:05:59,900 no personal benefit? 62 00:05:59,933 --> 00:06:03,900 What benefit should we seek? 63 00:06:05,133 --> 00:06:08,233 At least the Penvenen wedding will provide opportunity. 64 00:06:08,267 --> 00:06:09,667 For what? 65 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:12,600 For me to further my acquaintance with Lord Falmouth. 66 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,233 Sir Piers Arthur is dead. 67 00:06:16,267 --> 00:06:18,367 Truro lacks an MP. 68 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,267 And the man who instructs the burgesses 69 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:22,767 to vote for his candidate of choice? 70 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,333 Lord Falmouth. 71 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,367 I fear Drake still hankers for Morwenna. 72 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:37,400 I rue the day she ever crossed his path. 73 00:07:37,433 --> 00:07:40,900 For giving George the chance to injure you through them? 74 00:07:40,933 --> 00:07:43,200 And to think I attempted to negotiate with him. 75 00:07:43,233 --> 00:07:46,667 Well, those days are over. 76 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:49,733 No more playing the game, no more seeking terms. 77 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:51,533 As for Drake, 78 00:07:51,567 --> 00:07:53,933 I've been making enquiries. 79 00:07:53,967 --> 00:07:55,833 And? 80 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:59,900 The old smith died last month. 81 00:07:59,933 --> 00:08:01,567 It has a cottage, a stable, 82 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,333 and some land besides. 83 00:08:04,367 --> 00:08:07,433 And you have some skill in smithying. 84 00:08:07,467 --> 00:08:08,867 You're a quick learner. 85 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,233 And not a farthin' to my name. 86 00:08:11,267 --> 00:08:12,767 It's yours. 87 00:08:13,533 --> 00:08:15,000 Already purchased. 88 00:08:16,067 --> 00:08:19,233 No, brother, 'tis too much. 89 00:08:19,267 --> 00:08:22,000 I like indebtedness no more than you. 90 00:08:22,033 --> 00:08:24,400 You saved my life in France. 91 00:08:24,433 --> 00:08:27,200 The obligation is now discharged. 92 00:08:47,667 --> 00:08:50,867 It's so quiet here without Geoffrey Charles. 93 00:08:53,133 --> 00:08:55,367 Happily, Valentine makes up for his absence. 94 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,167 Not happily, so it seems. 95 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:01,000 I'm not at all convinced by Dr. Choake's treatment. 96 00:09:01,033 --> 00:09:03,400 Darkened rooms, legs in splints, 97 00:09:03,433 --> 00:09:05,300 odious tinctures which make him vomit. 98 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:10,267 I confess, his recovery is taking longer than was promised. 99 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:13,433 You should dispense with Choake altogether. 100 00:09:13,467 --> 00:09:15,100 And do what? 101 00:09:20,333 --> 00:09:22,833 Elizabeth Warleggan requests me to attend on her son. 102 00:09:22,867 --> 00:09:25,200 Will you? 103 00:09:25,233 --> 00:09:26,533 Since I cannot yet return to sea, 104 00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:30,133 I can at least make myself useful on land. 105 00:09:34,367 --> 00:09:35,300 I know what I'd advise. 106 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:37,333 Get rid of the splints and the swaddling, 107 00:09:37,367 --> 00:09:39,233 put him out in the fresh air. 108 00:09:39,267 --> 00:09:40,567 Dr. Enys does not subscribe to old wives' tales. 109 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,867 In this case he does. 110 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,867 Splints and swaddling have no efficacy, 111 00:09:44,900 --> 00:09:46,533 and rickets is exacerbated by lack of light. 112 00:09:46,567 --> 00:09:48,400 Give him plenty of fresh fruit, 113 00:09:48,433 --> 00:09:50,100 vegetables, mother's milk, 114 00:09:50,133 --> 00:09:51,567 and sunlight. 115 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,100 You will see an improvement within days. 116 00:09:53,133 --> 00:09:54,633 So no tinctures, powders? 117 00:09:54,667 --> 00:09:56,467 Dr. Choake prescribed... 118 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:58,033 Dr. Choake's prescriptions often serve his purse 119 00:09:58,067 --> 00:09:59,233 rather than his patients. 120 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:01,333 So my son will not be deformed? 121 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,033 Follow my instructions and you have every reason to be hopeful. 122 00:10:12,267 --> 00:10:14,067 So your dire predictions were unfounded. 123 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:18,267 He was born under a black moon. 124 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:19,300 He may avoid rickets, 125 00:10:19,333 --> 00:10:22,167 but he cannot escape his parentage. 126 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,633 I should know-- I've been on this earth 127 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:27,200 for nigh on a century. 128 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:49,167 So, husband dear, shall we depart for our wedding? 129 00:10:51,867 --> 00:10:53,900 You've been petitioning the Admiralty again? 130 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:56,133 No, why would I? 131 00:10:56,167 --> 00:11:00,567 I'm considered unfit to resume my duties as yet. 132 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,400 For your sake, I'm sorry. 133 00:11:04,433 --> 00:11:06,167 Don't be. 134 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,200 I daresay I can bear to convalesce here awhile longer. 135 00:11:10,233 --> 00:11:12,633 May I escort you to church, Miss Penvenen? 136 00:11:12,667 --> 00:11:16,333 Finally we may end our pretense of courtship. 137 00:11:16,367 --> 00:11:18,567 Pray do, Dr. Enys. 138 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,933 I think, wife, before the reception, 139 00:11:44,967 --> 00:11:46,667 I shall avail myself. 140 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:52,600 No, I beg you, I'm not recovered from last night. 141 00:11:54,333 --> 00:11:55,767 Don't make me strike you! 142 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,200 So help me I will! 143 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:27,167 In the words of St Paul, 144 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,000 "Wives, submit yourselves 145 00:12:29,033 --> 00:12:33,533 unto your husbands as unto the Lord." 146 00:12:43,267 --> 00:12:45,933 And Lieutenant Rosewall. 147 00:12:48,433 --> 00:12:50,067 Captain Poldark 148 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:52,000 and Mistress Poldark. 149 00:12:52,033 --> 00:12:55,833 Dwight Enys, I never thought I'd see the day. 150 00:13:02,267 --> 00:13:04,033 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tragoine. 151 00:13:18,533 --> 00:13:20,800 She do bless you daily for bringin' him home. 152 00:13:22,933 --> 00:13:25,600 The Reverend Osbourne Whitworth and Mrs. Whitworth. 153 00:13:27,867 --> 00:13:29,167 Morwenna looks pale. 154 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,900 Doubtless the brat 155 00:13:30,933 --> 00:13:32,467 is making her nauseous. 156 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:33,800 Or possibly her husband. 157 00:13:33,833 --> 00:13:37,367 Lord Falmouth and Mrs. Gower. 158 00:13:43,233 --> 00:13:44,133 Congratulations, my dear. 159 00:13:44,167 --> 00:13:45,033 Thank you. 160 00:13:45,067 --> 00:13:47,000 To wield such power. 161 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:49,833 And my conduit to Parliament. 162 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,067 Come, my dear, let us not pretend 163 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,733 we would not enjoy like status. 164 00:13:56,767 --> 00:13:57,867 Mr. and Mrs. Lilycoat. 165 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:00,100 My Lord Falmouth. 166 00:14:01,733 --> 00:14:03,467 My lords, ladies and gentlemen, forgive me. 167 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,300 I promise to be brief in my words, 168 00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:07,933 but profuse in my thanks. 169 00:14:07,967 --> 00:14:12,333 To Caroline, for making me the happiest of men. 170 00:14:12,367 --> 00:14:13,900 To all of you, for joining our festivities. 171 00:14:13,933 --> 00:14:18,700 But, above all, to one man, to whom it is entirely due 172 00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:20,700 that Caroline and I stand here today as man and wife. 173 00:14:20,733 --> 00:14:22,933 May I ask you to raise your glasses 174 00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:26,900 to the noblest, bravest man 175 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,633 I've ever known, 176 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:32,000 Captain Ross Poldark. 177 00:14:32,033 --> 00:14:34,333 Captain Ross Poldark! 178 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,500 If you'll permit me, 179 00:14:38,533 --> 00:14:41,133 just a few words. 180 00:14:41,167 --> 00:14:44,600 Saving your blushes, Captain Poldark, 181 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:47,033 I too must express gratitude 182 00:14:47,067 --> 00:14:49,033 to the Hero of Quimper 183 00:14:49,067 --> 00:14:52,100 or saving my nephew, 184 00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:53,967 Lieutenant Hugh Armitage. 185 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,700 I second that. 186 00:14:58,233 --> 00:14:59,933 The Hero of Quimper! 187 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:04,033 The Hero of Quimper! 188 00:15:18,133 --> 00:15:20,033 My Lord, may I present my wife, Demelza? 189 00:15:20,067 --> 00:15:23,267 Your husband is a reluctant hero, ma'am. 190 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:26,567 Yet he cannot avoid the fame attaching to his exploit. 191 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,500 I hope it will not go to his head 192 00:15:28,533 --> 00:15:31,767 and induce him to embark on another. 193 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,133 It is a novelty to find a wife 194 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,533 so eager to keep her husband at home. 195 00:15:35,567 --> 00:15:38,633 But England may yet have need of him. 196 00:15:41,567 --> 00:15:43,633 Then, sir, I believe neither of us will be lackin'. 197 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:46,433 You must come and visit us sometime. 198 00:15:47,567 --> 00:15:49,200 Thank you. 199 00:15:52,467 --> 00:15:54,067 You see what I'm up against? 200 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,200 The man is a braggart, his wife is a trull. 201 00:15:56,233 --> 00:15:58,933 This whole event is a waste of time. 202 00:15:58,967 --> 00:16:00,067 You're no admirer of Lord Falmouth? 203 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:02,333 What man of principle could be? 204 00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:04,567 Not content with running half of Cornwall, 205 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,200 he must also be Lord of Truro. 206 00:16:06,233 --> 00:16:08,000 How can it be that the corporation 207 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:10,067 is treated as a rich man's chattel? 208 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,400 Does it not make you all a laughingstock? 209 00:16:11,433 --> 00:16:14,100 It does. 210 00:16:14,133 --> 00:16:17,200 Hence the growing discontent among the burgesses. 211 00:16:17,233 --> 00:16:19,067 And yet my experience in France has taught me 212 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:21,433 that discontent alone is no solution, 213 00:16:21,467 --> 00:16:23,600 Unless a worthy alternative is offered. 214 00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:24,800 A worthy politician? 215 00:16:24,833 --> 00:16:26,267 Is there such a thing? 216 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,300 Change will not be easy. 217 00:16:28,333 --> 00:16:30,667 Particularly while Falmouth holds sway, 218 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:32,533 nor its advocates popular. 219 00:16:32,567 --> 00:16:35,000 But you believe the right candidate exists? 220 00:16:35,033 --> 00:16:38,033 I've made it my mission to find him. 221 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,933 You not dancing, sir? 222 00:17:00,967 --> 00:17:01,933 Or do your prefer observing? 223 00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:03,200 I used to. 224 00:17:03,233 --> 00:17:06,167 But since I was in France, my eyesight has declined. 225 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:07,333 But it will mend? 226 00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:08,867 So Dr. Enys assures me. 227 00:17:09,833 --> 00:17:11,333 But where is Captain Poldark? 228 00:17:11,367 --> 00:17:14,167 Oh, he's hidin', so he may avoid dancin'. 229 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,167 With you as a partner? 230 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,167 Is he mad? 231 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,567 I've often thought so. 232 00:17:22,733 --> 00:17:26,967 Do I hear you've been gifting land to out-of-work miners? 233 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,967 I recommend it, sir. 234 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,467 Much good can be done with even the smallest effort. 235 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:36,000 My own exertions have been directed towards a higher goal-- 236 00:17:36,033 --> 00:17:39,067 overturning our old corrupt political system. 237 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:40,833 To what end? 238 00:17:40,867 --> 00:17:42,500 So that justice and equity 239 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:44,200 may filter down to those in most need. 240 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:47,733 I applaud your intentions, sir. 241 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:51,033 Without holding out much hope of their success. 242 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,667 He's not sure which one. 243 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:01,000 He's too good... 244 00:18:08,133 --> 00:18:11,200 Morwenna, how are you? 245 00:18:11,233 --> 00:18:14,000 When do you expect? 246 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,767 I do not know. 247 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,800 Mama never spoke of such things. 248 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:23,633 I did not know what to expect-- 249 00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:28,767 what the obligations of marriage would be. 250 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,700 Is he unkind to you? 251 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,133 He is a monster. 252 00:18:42,467 --> 00:18:44,967 Ah, you've escaped. 253 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,033 Excellent. 254 00:18:46,067 --> 00:18:47,967 Can we go home? 255 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,867 You noticed how Falmouth avoided me? 256 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:02,167 Did he? 257 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,033 Nothing I do seems to gratify him. 258 00:19:04,067 --> 00:19:07,933 I've tried invitations, compliments, small gifts. 259 00:19:07,967 --> 00:19:09,167 Yes. 260 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,467 I do wonder if it's wise to be seen trying so hard. 261 00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:15,933 How else would he even notice me? 262 00:19:15,967 --> 00:19:17,967 Am I so beneath him? 263 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,567 Yet the Bassets pass muster, and their wealth comes 264 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:22,833 from mining and banking. 265 00:19:22,867 --> 00:19:24,233 And is longer standing, 266 00:19:24,267 --> 00:19:26,267 so society has grown used to them. 267 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:30,400 Well, that may now be the better route. 268 00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:31,800 Basset. 269 00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:35,000 The Truro seat is vacant. 270 00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:37,533 Lord Falmouth has always dictated appointments 271 00:19:37,567 --> 00:19:40,233 by exerting pressure on the burgesses to vote his way. 272 00:19:40,267 --> 00:19:41,767 Sir Francis believes such corruption 273 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,000 must be stopped. 274 00:19:45,033 --> 00:19:46,500 He intends to spearhead a campaign of reform 275 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:49,967 and put up his own candidate to challenge Falmouth's. 276 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,067 And that candidate would be? 277 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:55,533 We'll see. 278 00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:57,367 We really will be off to hell in a hand-cart 279 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,400 if George Warleggan goes to parliament. 280 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:05,167 If a hand-cart is your preferred mode of transport, 281 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,133 it can swiftly be arranged. 282 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:35,300 I was disappointed in Killewarren. 283 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:36,800 No chintz, no gilding. 284 00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:39,133 But the scale of the establishment 285 00:20:39,167 --> 00:20:41,833 puts our humble household to shame. 286 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,700 I think you should have a companion 287 00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:51,467 to share the chores and assist you with the children. 288 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,600 I shall write to your sister. 289 00:20:53,633 --> 00:20:55,700 Your mother will be glad to have another daughter off her hands. 290 00:20:55,733 --> 00:20:58,067 And doubtless that sister 291 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,900 will come to love me as you do. 292 00:21:03,167 --> 00:21:04,133 Goodnight. 293 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,500 I don't love you. 294 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,667 I love Drake Carne. 295 00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:34,733 I love Drake Carne, I love Drake Carne. 296 00:21:37,267 --> 00:21:43,233 I love Drake Carne, I love Drake Carne. 297 00:21:53,967 --> 00:21:56,300 Shall we pretend this is our wedding night? 298 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:58,667 No pretense needed. 299 00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:00,767 Every night is our wedding night to me. 300 00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,733 Lieutenant Armitage was most attentive today. 301 00:22:16,767 --> 00:22:18,267 To whom? 302 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:19,400 Your wife. 303 00:22:19,433 --> 00:22:22,033 Perhaps overly attentive. 304 00:22:22,067 --> 00:22:24,100 Did you not notice? 305 00:22:24,133 --> 00:22:26,433 I confess I did not. 306 00:22:30,633 --> 00:22:31,700 Perhaps I imagined it. 307 00:22:31,733 --> 00:22:34,300 Quite possibly. 308 00:22:34,333 --> 00:22:38,200 Not every man in Cornwall is besotted with you. 309 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,100 See, brother? 310 00:22:54,133 --> 00:22:55,933 'Ee need fret no longer, for I've goodly work 311 00:22:55,967 --> 00:22:57,767 to keep me fed and clothed. 312 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,367 'Tidn't the body I fret for, but the soul. 313 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,800 For I think 'ee still pine 314 00:23:02,833 --> 00:23:04,233 for the girl who be lost to 'ee. 315 00:23:04,267 --> 00:23:06,600 Yet the time may come when 'ee seek elsewhere 316 00:23:06,633 --> 00:23:08,733 for a wife of the Methodist connection, 317 00:23:08,767 --> 00:23:10,267 sweet and pure. 318 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:12,133 Wheelwright Carne, 319 00:23:12,167 --> 00:23:14,000 a job for 'ee. 320 00:23:14,033 --> 00:23:15,533 Missin' a crook on the end. 321 00:23:15,567 --> 00:23:16,733 Can 'ee fettle it? 322 00:23:16,767 --> 00:23:18,800 It looks simple enough. 323 00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:19,933 Will 'ee come back tomorrow? 324 00:23:19,967 --> 00:23:22,367 If I've naught better to do. 325 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,400 Sister, how's your soul? 326 00:23:26,567 --> 00:23:27,700 Are 'ee a stranger to divine things? 327 00:23:27,733 --> 00:23:29,767 No, lug. 328 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,300 I get my fill of 'em daily! 329 00:23:32,533 --> 00:23:34,933 Will 'ee not join our meetings, 330 00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:37,133 where we read the gospel 331 00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:38,700 and open our hearts to to each other? 332 00:23:38,733 --> 00:23:40,633 Cock's life! 333 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,033 Tell yer fables to them 334 00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:46,000 who be simple as babies. 335 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:52,567 Be that the kind of maid 'ee had in mind? 336 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:57,367 G'day, sister. 337 00:23:58,433 --> 00:23:59,633 What brings 'ee here? 338 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,967 News of Morwenna. 339 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,733 Good news? 340 00:24:05,767 --> 00:24:08,800 She's with child. 341 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,333 I can only pray 342 00:24:13,367 --> 00:24:15,633 the child be a comfort to her. 343 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:20,767 In my heart I know I must now let her go. 344 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:27,400 Yes, brother, you must. 345 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:34,667 Search the attics, cellars, all store-rooms and cupboards. 346 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:37,500 The item was packed away when I first took up residence here. 347 00:24:37,533 --> 00:24:40,100 It belongs to old mistress Agatha. 348 00:24:40,133 --> 00:24:42,100 Find it. 349 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:43,733 Yes, sir. 350 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:55,400 I think he's already showing an improvement. 351 00:24:55,433 --> 00:24:58,733 No doubt your aunt will claim the credit. 352 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:05,867 But it matters not, long as he is improved. 353 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:16,600 Did Dwight mention he'd been called to Trenwith? 354 00:25:17,967 --> 00:25:21,333 No, why would he? 355 00:25:21,367 --> 00:25:23,967 The child has rickets. 356 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,267 Valentine. 357 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:29,100 'Tis said he may end up lame. 358 00:25:32,367 --> 00:25:34,567 Surely that's no concern of ours. 359 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:38,533 No, Ross. 360 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:43,467 I'm away to see Pascoe. 361 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,100 I'll be back before supper. 362 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,600 Yes, Ross. 363 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:37,167 As requested, I've had prepared the deed of gift for your land. 364 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,633 You should be aware of some news 365 00:26:38,667 --> 00:26:40,200 which has just reached me. 366 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:44,467 The Warleggans and the Bassets have formed an accommodation. 367 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:46,133 A merger? 368 00:26:46,167 --> 00:26:49,067 Not exactly, but an arrangement 369 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:50,800 with each other's banks whereby they will work together. 370 00:26:50,833 --> 00:26:53,800 I suspect this scheme has less to do 371 00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:55,700 with business ambition than political. 372 00:26:55,733 --> 00:26:58,167 Mr. Pascoe. 373 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,667 Sir Francis. 374 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:02,733 Captain Poldark, you vanished from the wedding 375 00:27:02,767 --> 00:27:04,200 before I had chance to invite you and your charming wife 376 00:27:04,233 --> 00:27:05,200 to dinner. 377 00:27:05,233 --> 00:27:07,667 We seldom stir abroad, sir. 378 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:09,633 Then I hope you will make this the exception. 379 00:27:09,667 --> 00:27:11,700 Shall we say Saturday? 380 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:16,300 Your wife will be gratified. 381 00:27:16,333 --> 00:27:19,467 I believe she enjoys high society these days. 382 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:22,800 She has no spurious fame to contend with. 383 00:27:22,833 --> 00:27:25,067 Whereas I am only too aware it's the sole reason 384 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:26,167 for my sudden popularity. 385 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:27,300 Take her. 386 00:27:27,333 --> 00:27:28,733 What harm could it do? 387 00:27:57,033 --> 00:27:58,533 I've missed you, sister! 388 00:27:58,567 --> 00:27:59,533 Rowella! 389 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,333 You're not well. 390 00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:10,533 Yes, quite well. 391 00:28:10,567 --> 00:28:12,300 I've no complaint. 392 00:28:12,333 --> 00:28:14,900 I should think not! 393 00:28:14,933 --> 00:28:18,067 Your sister is most blessed amongst women. 394 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,000 Yes, Osbourne. 395 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:25,800 In private you may call me Mr. Whitworth. 396 00:28:25,833 --> 00:28:27,867 I'm public you will address me as Vicar. 397 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,000 Yes, Vicar. 398 00:28:47,933 --> 00:28:49,433 The blessed Virgin and the Holy Child. 399 00:28:49,467 --> 00:28:52,067 Oh, brother, 400 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,000 it do gladden the heart to see 'ee turn to God again. 401 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,967 Yes, brother. 402 00:29:33,067 --> 00:29:36,400 I believe this be the item in question. 403 00:29:45,133 --> 00:29:47,133 Yes. 404 00:29:55,967 --> 00:29:57,067 You seem excited. 405 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,367 Is there good news? 406 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,200 There is. 407 00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:01,767 And soon, I hope, there will be better. 408 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,533 Am I permitted to know? 409 00:30:03,567 --> 00:30:07,933 Let us say that if my visit to Tehidy goes well... 410 00:30:07,967 --> 00:30:09,267 Tehidy? 411 00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:10,867 Did Sir Francis invite? 412 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:13,167 He did not. 413 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,433 But I know him to be at home today. 414 00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:15,833 and we are now on such terms 415 00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:19,300 as to render formal invitations unnecessary. 416 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:28,233 The key is to strike while the iron's hot. 417 00:30:28,267 --> 00:30:29,533 The door is ajar. 418 00:30:29,567 --> 00:30:30,800 Sir Francis is open to persuasion. 419 00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:32,933 All he requires is a little push. 420 00:30:32,967 --> 00:30:34,767 Take a week, Georgie. 421 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,633 I shan't be upset if you miss my party. 422 00:30:37,667 --> 00:30:39,633 Thanks for the reminder, ma'am. 423 00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:44,267 We will discuss that very subject when I return. 424 00:30:51,167 --> 00:30:52,967 I can think of a hundred more useful things I could be doing. 425 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,600 For shame, Ross-- you're becoming a misanthrope! 426 00:30:55,633 --> 00:30:57,633 I sympathize. 427 00:30:57,667 --> 00:30:59,933 I'm no lover of company these days. 428 00:30:59,967 --> 00:31:02,300 With the exception of my wife's. 429 00:31:02,333 --> 00:31:04,233 Sometimes Ross do make no exception. 430 00:31:04,267 --> 00:31:07,000 Well, if I have my way... 431 00:31:07,033 --> 00:31:08,467 Which you frequently do. 432 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,400 This will be our last excursion for the foreseeable future. 433 00:31:21,133 --> 00:31:24,100 Why, sister, would you agree to marry that man? 434 00:31:27,633 --> 00:31:29,467 To save the life of the man I loved. 435 00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:32,567 And still love? 436 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,200 Till my dying breath. 437 00:31:36,233 --> 00:31:38,367 Tell me of him. 438 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,233 Tell me everything. 439 00:31:40,267 --> 00:31:43,867 Now, we have an unexpected addition to our party. 440 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:47,233 He got wind of your invitation and insisted on joining us. 441 00:31:47,267 --> 00:31:48,400 Who can guess at his motives? 442 00:31:48,433 --> 00:31:51,467 His uncle and I cannot abide each other. 443 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:53,633 Our ways of doing business are wholly at odds. 444 00:31:55,300 --> 00:31:58,133 But I have a certain fondness for the nephew. 445 00:31:58,167 --> 00:32:02,933 So I trust you'll forgive me for inflicting him upon you. 446 00:32:05,067 --> 00:32:07,300 Armitage! 447 00:32:07,333 --> 00:32:08,767 Are we never to be rid of you? 448 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,133 You'll be sorry you ever saved me. 449 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:12,367 I regret the venture daily. 450 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:13,567 I'm sure Dwight does. 451 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,300 Now he's my prisoner instead of the Republic's. 452 00:32:16,333 --> 00:32:18,967 And from that there can be no release. 453 00:32:22,433 --> 00:32:25,100 If you knew the pains I took to get myself invited today. 454 00:32:25,133 --> 00:32:26,500 Why did you so? 455 00:32:26,533 --> 00:32:29,800 Can you not guess? 456 00:32:59,767 --> 00:33:01,433 The young general who crushed the counterrevolution 457 00:33:01,467 --> 00:33:03,400 in Paris-- I believe we'll be hearing 458 00:33:03,433 --> 00:33:05,200 a good deal of him in future. 459 00:33:05,233 --> 00:33:06,667 You mean Bonaparte? 460 00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:08,867 He's now in charge of the French army in Italy. 461 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:09,967 Cleared the streets of Paris with cannon. 462 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,133 Fired on his own countrymen. 463 00:33:11,167 --> 00:33:13,100 Such a man is to be reckoned with. 464 00:33:13,133 --> 00:33:14,333 And their Directory of Five who deposed 465 00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:15,367 the other blood-stained tyrants? 466 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:19,700 They're criminals in every sense of the word. 467 00:33:19,733 --> 00:33:21,167 My Uncle Falmouth would be relieved to hear you say so. 468 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,333 He speculated that in dining 469 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:24,400 with so prominent a Whig, I'd hear talk of peace 470 00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:26,300 and views favorable to the revolution. 471 00:33:26,333 --> 00:33:28,700 Then your uncle should know better. 472 00:33:28,733 --> 00:33:31,167 The true Whig is as patriotic as any Tory in the land. 473 00:33:32,933 --> 00:33:34,800 What form might Lord Falmouth's plans for Truro take? 474 00:33:34,833 --> 00:33:36,667 Who'll be the next MP? 475 00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:38,033 You, perhaps? 476 00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:39,433 I'm not sufficiently biddable. 477 00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:41,033 Too much of a rebel. 478 00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:43,433 I would have thought that made you the ideal candidate, 479 00:33:43,467 --> 00:33:44,933 if revolution is your aim. 480 00:33:44,967 --> 00:33:46,467 Which it is not. 481 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,867 I know my limitations. 482 00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:50,233 At sea I'm a passable navigator, 483 00:33:50,267 --> 00:33:52,700 on land an average poet 484 00:33:52,733 --> 00:33:54,567 and an indifferent artist. 485 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:55,867 You've been sketching. 486 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,533 May we see? 487 00:33:57,567 --> 00:33:58,567 By no means. 488 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,867 I've failed miserably to do justice to my subject. 489 00:34:12,533 --> 00:34:15,467 Advise him I am engaged and I may be some time. 490 00:34:17,433 --> 00:34:18,867 I have taken the liberty of providing 491 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:20,733 some small entertainments. 492 00:34:22,767 --> 00:34:24,300 Shall we adjourn? 493 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,833 I shall await his pleasure here. 494 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,300 Your turn I think. 495 00:35:03,333 --> 00:35:05,567 So navigation, I think you said, at sea? 496 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,333 At sea, yes. 497 00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:10,433 Which is where I presently find myself. 498 00:35:11,767 --> 00:35:15,267 Wholly disorientated. 499 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:16,633 Shipwrecked. 500 00:35:18,133 --> 00:35:19,467 Lost. 501 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:22,933 It must seem strange to return to the comfort 502 00:35:22,967 --> 00:35:24,767 and safety of home 503 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,133 after the horrors of prison. 504 00:35:26,167 --> 00:35:29,000 I know Dwight also struggled. 505 00:35:29,033 --> 00:35:31,433 My struggles are of a different kind. 506 00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:35,633 So different that I dare not even name them. 507 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,167 And you will not ask me to. 508 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,033 'Tis hardly my business. 509 00:35:41,067 --> 00:35:42,833 I wish that were true. 510 00:35:48,133 --> 00:35:50,233 Blooms from the Garden of Eden. 511 00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:55,333 But where lurks Eve? 512 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,867 And where the snake? 513 00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:31,600 I've taken note of your suggestion-- 514 00:36:31,633 --> 00:36:34,767 Gifting land to the deserving poor. 515 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,267 And the undeserving poor? 516 00:36:37,300 --> 00:36:40,033 Let us begin by helping those who help themselves. 517 00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:41,533 When do we begin? 518 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,800 Do you believe in equality? 519 00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:47,033 I believe in opportunity. 520 00:36:47,067 --> 00:36:49,833 I believe that industry should be rewarded 521 00:36:49,867 --> 00:36:52,233 and misuse of power punished. 522 00:36:52,267 --> 00:36:54,333 We appear to be of one mind. 523 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,767 Shall you return to the navy? 524 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,533 Once my eyes have mended. 525 00:37:03,567 --> 00:37:05,433 The fault is entirely my own, for scribbling away 526 00:37:05,467 --> 00:37:06,567 in semi-darkness. 527 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,067 Letters home? 528 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:10,333 Sketches, attempts at verse-- 529 00:37:10,367 --> 00:37:11,733 it was all that kept me sane. 530 00:37:12,733 --> 00:37:14,500 You were sketching today. 531 00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:15,967 May I show you? 532 00:37:28,533 --> 00:37:33,433 I'm no Leonardo, but you are surely Mona Lisa. 533 00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:38,933 I do not know these people. 534 00:37:38,967 --> 00:37:40,067 Forgive me. 535 00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:41,567 My attempt at a compliment. 536 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:45,700 Perhaps I should stick to verse. 537 00:37:45,733 --> 00:37:47,933 Especially with such inspiration before me. 538 00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:51,633 No one's ever written me poetry before. 539 00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:53,167 Not even your husband? 540 00:37:54,633 --> 00:37:56,533 Ross has been called many things, 541 00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:59,767 but poetic is not one of them. 542 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:02,633 May I see you again? 543 00:38:04,167 --> 00:38:07,267 And Ross too, of course. 544 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,333 I will ask him when would be convenient. 545 00:38:15,567 --> 00:38:16,933 Let us suppose 546 00:38:16,967 --> 00:38:19,567 that the burgesses are sick of being forced 547 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,467 to cast their votes 548 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,233 at Falmouth's command. 549 00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:25,067 Should we also suppose they're sick of the favors they enjoy, 550 00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:28,067 business that comes way in exchange for those votes? 551 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,433 In the coming Truro by-election, many have indicated 552 00:38:30,467 --> 00:38:34,500 their willingness to defy Falmouth. 553 00:38:34,533 --> 00:38:36,833 And instead of voting for his candidate, vote for yours? 554 00:38:36,867 --> 00:38:38,800 We both agree change is long overdue 555 00:38:38,833 --> 00:38:39,800 with the right man in place. 556 00:38:39,833 --> 00:38:41,700 The right man. 557 00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:45,267 I believe that you are the man 558 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:46,967 to lead this revolution. 559 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,200 If elected, you will serve our borough in parliament. 560 00:38:50,233 --> 00:38:52,633 And I'd be expected to vote as you directed. 561 00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:56,167 Since you and I think along similar lines, 562 00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:01,067 it can surely be no hardship to vote likewise? 563 00:39:12,167 --> 00:39:15,333 Truly, I believe that if you and I walked into a room, 564 00:39:15,367 --> 00:39:18,033 all the men would look at me, but within five minutes 565 00:39:18,067 --> 00:39:19,367 they'd all be clustered around you. 566 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,433 I'm not sure that's a compliment. 567 00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:22,367 It is. 568 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,933 Not one I think Ross would appreciate. 569 00:39:30,767 --> 00:39:32,633 If he even noticed. 570 00:39:54,233 --> 00:39:56,100 Back already, Georgie? 571 00:39:56,133 --> 00:39:59,167 I told you we could manage without ye. 572 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:11,500 Remind me, what is your age, ma'am? 573 00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:17,300 You know fine well I shall be 100 years old on Monday. 574 00:40:17,333 --> 00:40:20,300 When I was last at Sawle church, I had occasion to glance 575 00:40:20,333 --> 00:40:22,633 at the parish register. 576 00:40:22,667 --> 00:40:25,633 I could find no record of your baptism in 1695. 577 00:40:28,233 --> 00:40:29,600 Of course I was not content to leave it there, 578 00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:32,700 for baptisms do not always instantly follow births. 579 00:40:34,967 --> 00:40:38,867 So yesterday I had the servants comb the house 580 00:40:38,900 --> 00:40:42,967 until they found the old Poldark family bible. 581 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,133 And what of it? 582 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,600 Let me read you an entry. 583 00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:51,433 The ink is faded, but I suppose it to be 584 00:40:51,467 --> 00:40:53,633 your father's handwriting. 585 00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:58,233 "Born to us this autumn morn, our first child, 586 00:40:58,267 --> 00:40:59,733 a daughter, 587 00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:01,667 Agatha Mary." 588 00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:06,267 September 14, 1697. 589 00:41:07,333 --> 00:41:10,233 So you see, old crone, 590 00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:13,700 on Monday you will be but 98. 591 00:41:13,733 --> 00:41:15,067 'Tis a lie. 592 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:17,533 A scabby lie! 593 00:41:18,633 --> 00:41:21,367 My dear? 594 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:22,767 How went the visit to Tehidy? 595 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:27,000 We will discuss it another time. 596 00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:43,533 Well? 597 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:49,133 I regret I must decline. 598 00:41:49,167 --> 00:41:51,767 Your reason? 599 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,600 I cannot be another man's puppet. 600 00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:58,267 Not even one I admire, 601 00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:02,233 or whose views are so similar to my own. 602 00:42:02,267 --> 00:42:03,767 You cannot ignore the way the world works. 603 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,933 If you dislike the system, change it from within. 604 00:42:06,967 --> 00:42:08,633 There is sense in what you say. 605 00:42:08,667 --> 00:42:10,067 But? 606 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,167 But the noble impulse 607 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,267 which impels a man to enter politics 608 00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:15,633 often falls by the wayside. 609 00:42:15,667 --> 00:42:19,300 Power is pursued for its own sake, 610 00:42:19,333 --> 00:42:21,833 rather than the good it can do. 611 00:42:21,867 --> 00:42:24,867 Who am I to claim exemption from these failings? 612 00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:26,833 Will you not even try? 613 00:42:26,867 --> 00:42:29,667 I cannot believe I would emerge from this process 614 00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:31,533 with my soul intact. 615 00:42:31,567 --> 00:42:34,533 Your soul? 616 00:42:34,567 --> 00:42:36,167 Your stubbornness. 617 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,800 It will be your undoing, Poldark. 618 00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:55,633 This shoe does pinch my toes. 619 00:43:11,633 --> 00:43:14,633 See how easy it is to be rid of him? 620 00:43:14,667 --> 00:43:15,833 Shh! 621 00:43:15,867 --> 00:43:18,200 Do not jest about it. 622 00:43:18,233 --> 00:43:23,400 He is my husband, till death do us part. 623 00:43:23,433 --> 00:43:26,633 Amen, sister. 624 00:43:32,867 --> 00:43:35,600 I think it was a mistake to refuse Sir Francis. 625 00:43:37,333 --> 00:43:39,967 I never knew you had ambitions to be a political wife. 626 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,900 Nor do I. 627 00:43:41,933 --> 00:43:43,100 But you, your influence is great. 628 00:43:43,133 --> 00:43:44,267 There's much good you could do. 629 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:46,967 And is not Sir Francis a goodly man? 630 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,400 Yes. 631 00:43:48,433 --> 00:43:52,067 But he too uses his power for his own ends, 632 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:53,667 and he would use me if I would let him. 633 00:43:59,833 --> 00:44:01,100 But I will not. 634 00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:17,833 Come in, Lucy Pipe, idle girl! 635 00:44:17,867 --> 00:44:20,667 Where's my supper? 636 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:31,333 There will be no supper, old woman. 637 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,367 There will be no party. 638 00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,200 I'll have letters sent to all your guests, informing them 639 00:44:39,233 --> 00:44:42,700 that you made a mistake, that you are 97, not 99, 640 00:44:42,733 --> 00:44:45,533 and a new invitation will be issued in two years' time, 641 00:44:45,567 --> 00:44:49,433 If you're still above ground then. 642 00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:55,700 But 'tis all prepared. 643 00:44:55,733 --> 00:44:57,833 Food ordered. 644 00:44:57,867 --> 00:44:59,900 My old topaz ring altered to fit. 645 00:44:59,933 --> 00:45:01,333 Pity. 646 00:45:01,367 --> 00:45:04,133 My birthday's on Monday. 647 00:45:04,167 --> 00:45:06,867 98's a good age. 648 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:10,200 I've been looking forward to this party for so long. 649 00:45:10,233 --> 00:45:12,633 No one need know I'm not 100. 650 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,200 I'll not live two year more. 651 00:45:23,233 --> 00:45:26,567 Ye know that. 652 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,067 Who'd guess if ye'd said naught? 653 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:41,133 I'll not cross ye again, George. 654 00:45:42,733 --> 00:45:45,433 Let me have my party. 655 00:45:55,833 --> 00:46:01,367 There will be no party. 656 00:46:08,233 --> 00:46:10,600 Wait. 657 00:46:10,633 --> 00:46:12,467 You do this to me, 658 00:46:12,500 --> 00:46:15,500 may you rot in hell. 659 00:46:15,533 --> 00:46:18,067 You and your nasty uncle 660 00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:21,300 and your little twisted son, born under a black moon, 661 00:46:21,333 --> 00:46:22,700 and warped already. 662 00:46:22,733 --> 00:46:27,400 Little Valentine, the so-called Warleggan heir. 663 00:46:27,433 --> 00:46:30,333 Or is he? 664 00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:37,333 That was no eight-month baby, George. 665 00:46:37,367 --> 00:46:41,967 Early babes be weak and wrinkled-- no hair, no nails. 666 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,600 But that babe was lusty 667 00:46:44,633 --> 00:46:51,600 and smooth and strong as a full-term child! 668 00:46:51,633 --> 00:46:58,067 So maybe ye didn't wait for the wedding. 669 00:46:58,100 --> 00:47:02,600 Or maybe somebody got there before ye! 670 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,867 George? 671 00:47:53,533 --> 00:47:54,700 Are you unwell? 672 00:47:57,267 --> 00:48:00,733 That old woman... 673 00:48:04,133 --> 00:48:07,200 ...will have no party. 674 00:48:07,233 --> 00:48:08,867 What do you mean? 675 00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:11,167 Has she given orders to defer it? 676 00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:21,667 Sir Francis Basset's here, sir. 677 00:48:25,633 --> 00:48:27,133 What the devil can he want? 678 00:49:04,167 --> 00:49:06,000 You called to see me today. 679 00:49:06,033 --> 00:49:08,867 I did, sir. 680 00:49:08,900 --> 00:49:12,167 But you were otherwise engaged. 681 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,467 And now I fear the moment has passed. 682 00:49:17,533 --> 00:49:18,900 Not necessarily. 683 00:49:18,933 --> 00:49:21,000 Was there something you wanted to discuss? 684 00:49:25,967 --> 00:49:27,467 Change. 685 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:28,833 Yes? 686 00:49:28,867 --> 00:49:31,767 That is what you seek. 687 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:36,033 But it's not easy to achieve, nor its advocates popular. 688 00:49:37,267 --> 00:49:39,400 Go on. 689 00:49:39,433 --> 00:49:40,900 The right man would not need to be popular. 690 00:49:40,933 --> 00:49:43,467 He would only need to be capable. 691 00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:45,600 Of achieving the task in hand. 692 00:49:45,633 --> 00:49:47,667 By whatever means necessary. 693 00:49:50,233 --> 00:49:52,000 My party, my birthday, my birthday. 694 00:49:54,933 --> 00:49:56,567 Aunt? My party... 695 00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:57,667 What has happened? 696 00:49:57,700 --> 00:49:58,600 My party, 697 00:49:58,633 --> 00:50:00,867 my party. 698 00:50:00,900 --> 00:50:02,967 George won't allow my party. 699 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:04,667 Be calm, dearest aunt. 700 00:50:04,700 --> 00:50:07,033 Tormented me, he did. 701 00:50:07,067 --> 00:50:09,600 Took my hope, 702 00:50:09,633 --> 00:50:11,133 took my home. 703 00:50:11,167 --> 00:50:12,533 Do not exert yourself. 704 00:50:15,567 --> 00:50:20,333 Yet I should not have said what I did. 705 00:50:22,233 --> 00:50:27,367 Elizabeth will never forgive me. 706 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,967 Forgive you? 707 00:50:33,467 --> 00:50:35,533 I should not have told him. 708 00:50:35,567 --> 00:50:38,900 Told him what? 709 00:50:41,433 --> 00:50:43,133 Aunt? 710 00:50:43,167 --> 00:50:46,400 Told him what? 711 00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:51,733 Aunt? 712 00:50:51,767 --> 00:50:53,100 Told him what? 713 00:51:14,867 --> 00:51:16,200 Well, ma'am, 714 00:51:16,233 --> 00:51:18,233 I hope we can count on your support in our newest venture. 715 00:51:18,267 --> 00:51:19,800 A candidate to challenge 716 00:51:19,833 --> 00:51:22,900 Lord Falmouth in the coming by-election has been found. 717 00:51:22,933 --> 00:51:25,067 Is this true? 718 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:29,100 It is a fine thing for young Valentine 719 00:51:29,133 --> 00:51:31,033 to have an MP as a father. 720 00:51:31,067 --> 00:51:34,033 Indeed. 721 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:37,000 Forgive me. 722 00:51:37,033 --> 00:51:40,433 My great aunt is dead. 723 00:51:42,533 --> 00:51:44,633 My sincere condolences. 724 00:51:44,667 --> 00:51:46,067 I will detain you no longer. 725 00:51:49,933 --> 00:51:54,167 I trust, when you have grieved for the departed, 726 00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,633 that there will be time for celebration. 727 00:52:35,333 --> 00:52:37,933 'Ee be like unto the Lost Sheep, brother. 728 00:52:37,967 --> 00:52:40,167 Thy thoughts all pure again. 729 00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:43,667 My thoughts are not pure, brother. 730 00:52:48,833 --> 00:52:51,067 Mine neither. 731 00:52:51,100 --> 00:52:53,667 God forgive me. 732 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,367 * Every button cost a crown * 733 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:05,100 * Harvey Darvey turn around 734 00:53:05,133 --> 00:53:09,900 * Heel to heel and toe to toe, turn around and off we go. * 735 00:53:09,933 --> 00:53:12,333 Sir Francis is right-- you are stubborn. 736 00:53:12,367 --> 00:53:13,467 Pragmatic. 737 00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:15,300 Pigheaded. 738 00:53:15,333 --> 00:53:17,133 Would you prefer naive? 739 00:53:17,167 --> 00:53:18,400 Or sentimental? 740 00:53:18,433 --> 00:53:21,000 Sometimes, Ross, yes I would! 741 00:53:21,033 --> 00:53:22,633 This just come from Trenwith. 742 00:53:29,233 --> 00:53:32,633 What is it? 743 00:53:32,667 --> 00:53:35,000 Aunt Agatha's dead. 744 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,000 Ross! 745 00:53:38,033 --> 00:53:40,733 I should have been there. 746 00:53:40,767 --> 00:53:42,533 Poor ol' cooter. 747 00:53:42,567 --> 00:53:45,933 Think of her on her deathbed with no Poldark kin 748 00:53:45,967 --> 00:53:48,500 to ease her departin'. 749 00:53:51,233 --> 00:53:53,200 Shh... Prudie... 750 00:53:53,233 --> 00:53:55,067 She'd be last of the Trenwith Poldarks. 751 00:53:55,100 --> 00:53:57,800 There's still Geoffrey Charles. 752 00:53:57,833 --> 00:53:59,000 Doubtless George'll find a way to part him 753 00:53:59,033 --> 00:54:01,400 from his inheritance. 754 00:54:03,933 --> 00:54:05,567 Judas. 755 00:54:14,467 --> 00:54:17,333 There was more to George's note 756 00:54:17,367 --> 00:54:19,533 than the news of her death. 757 00:54:22,333 --> 00:54:23,267 Funeral arrangements? 758 00:54:23,300 --> 00:54:25,433 Not a word. 759 00:54:25,467 --> 00:54:27,000 What, then? 760 00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:32,700 "I hope you and Demelza will rejoice in the news 761 00:54:32,733 --> 00:54:35,267 that I have been selected by Sir Francis Basset 762 00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:37,900 to be the candidate to oppose Lord Falmouth's 763 00:54:37,933 --> 00:54:40,067 in the Truro by-election." 764 00:54:40,100 --> 00:54:42,833 Well, there it is. 765 00:54:42,867 --> 00:54:45,700 Yes, and you could've prevented it. 766 00:54:45,733 --> 00:54:48,300 No, I couldn't. Will you never learn? 767 00:54:48,333 --> 00:54:50,400 How long do you think you can do as you please, 768 00:54:50,433 --> 00:54:51,433 plough your own furrow, 769 00:54:51,467 --> 00:54:52,967 regardless of anyone else, or I? 770 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:54,600 Demelza... 771 00:54:54,633 --> 00:54:56,233 Not once have you asked my advice or harkened 772 00:54:56,267 --> 00:54:58,000 to my opinion, not once. 773 00:54:58,033 --> 00:55:01,400 What do you want, Demelza? 774 00:55:01,433 --> 00:55:04,833 A man who'll lie down, roll over, 775 00:55:04,867 --> 00:55:07,967 sit up and beg for you? 776 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,433 Well, if so, you've married the wrong man. 777 00:55:12,233 --> 00:55:14,533 'Twould appear so. 778 00:55:15,633 --> 00:55:19,433 Perhaps you should look elsewhere for a pet. 779 00:55:19,467 --> 00:55:21,267 Perhaps I should. 780 00:55:25,633 --> 00:55:27,200 Perhaps I won't have to look too far. 781 00:55:46,533 --> 00:55:50,700 * 782 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:22,167 Is that it? 783 00:56:23,967 --> 00:56:26,533 No family? 784 00:56:26,567 --> 00:56:28,267 No ceremony? 785 00:56:28,300 --> 00:56:30,433 'Twas ordered a quick, secret buryin'. 786 00:56:30,467 --> 00:56:32,433 'Tis all I could do to get word to thee. 787 00:56:34,633 --> 00:56:38,867 She was a Poldark, 788 00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:41,200 and my most beloved aunt. 789 00:56:42,833 --> 00:56:44,533 George will pay for this. 790 00:56:44,567 --> 00:56:46,667 Nay, 'tis my task. 791 00:56:46,700 --> 00:56:50,433 She was a great lady and a rare spirit. 792 00:56:50,467 --> 00:56:53,767 It's the least I can do to honor her. 793 00:57:13,933 --> 00:57:18,900 *