1 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,900 *CREDITS* 2 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:37,555 My dear, I think we're going the wrong way. 3 00:00:37,556 --> 00:00:40,195 Oh. Nonsense, my dear, this is the way. 4 00:00:40,196 --> 00:00:41,785 You'll see I'm right. 5 00:00:44,506 --> 00:00:46,785 Hold tight, dear. That's the way. 6 00:00:55,915 --> 00:00:57,915 Look, Charlotte. 7 00:01:00,506 --> 00:01:02,506 Who can that be? 8 00:01:05,326 --> 00:01:06,210 They need to slow down. 9 00:01:06,235 --> 00:01:07,809 They're going too fast for that track. 10 00:01:18,715 --> 00:01:21,116 Quick, Alison. Quickly, boys! 11 00:01:31,886 --> 00:01:33,914 Are you all right? 12 00:01:33,915 --> 00:01:36,116 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 13 00:01:38,146 --> 00:01:39,784 Good boy. 14 00:01:39,785 --> 00:01:41,785 Is anybody hurt? 15 00:01:45,506 --> 00:01:47,555 Here we are. 16 00:01:47,556 --> 00:01:49,686 No harm done. 17 00:01:51,756 --> 00:01:53,635 Careful, Charlotte. 18 00:01:53,636 --> 00:01:56,145 Steady. Here, let me help. 19 00:01:56,146 --> 00:01:58,245 Thank you, miss. 20 00:01:58,246 --> 00:02:00,995 - Very kind of you to risk yourself. - Not at all, ma'am. 21 00:02:00,996 --> 00:02:03,714 This is the most exciting thing to happen in Wellington for years. 22 00:02:03,715 --> 00:02:05,756 I'm fine, thank you, miss. 23 00:02:07,795 --> 00:02:10,356 There we are. Neat as ninepence. 24 00:02:16,476 --> 00:02:18,555 Oh, it's nothing. Nothing at all. 25 00:02:18,556 --> 00:02:21,115 Give me your arm, sir. Our house is close by. 26 00:02:21,116 --> 00:02:23,195 Well, thank you, miss. 27 00:02:23,196 --> 00:02:25,835 What kindness. I see we have fallen amongst friends. 28 00:02:26,996 --> 00:02:29,195 This really is so kind of you. 29 00:02:29,196 --> 00:02:33,195 We were in search of a physician, you know, sir. 30 00:02:33,196 --> 00:02:34,755 For Sanditon. 31 00:02:34,756 --> 00:02:36,794 Is Sanditon a relative, sir? 32 00:02:36,795 --> 00:02:38,605 No, no, a place. 33 00:02:38,606 --> 00:02:40,325 And what a place. 34 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,605 Sanditon is, or very soon will be, 35 00:02:42,606 --> 00:02:44,300 the finest seaside resort 36 00:02:44,325 --> 00:02:46,605 on the whole of the south coast. 37 00:02:46,606 --> 00:02:48,755 Then I should very much like to see it, sir. 38 00:02:48,756 --> 00:02:50,755 And so you shall. I just... 39 00:02:52,795 --> 00:02:54,834 Thank you. 40 00:02:54,835 --> 00:02:57,475 What a glorious sight it is. 41 00:02:57,476 --> 00:03:00,834 You see, Miss Heywood, 42 00:03:00,835 --> 00:03:03,325 hotel here, shops, 43 00:03:03,326 --> 00:03:05,405 new terraces here. 44 00:03:05,406 --> 00:03:08,765 Cliff walk and the assembly rooms... here. 45 00:03:08,766 --> 00:03:10,794 Do you plan to have dancing there, sir? 46 00:03:10,795 --> 00:03:13,914 We are holding our first ball next week. 47 00:03:13,915 --> 00:03:15,914 - You're really building all this? - I am. 48 00:03:15,915 --> 00:03:18,045 Well, causing it to be built. 49 00:03:19,996 --> 00:03:21,995 Mr Heywood, our carriage is quite repaired now, 50 00:03:21,996 --> 00:03:23,325 and I insist you must come 51 00:03:23,326 --> 00:03:26,044 and sample the delights of Sanditon without delay. 52 00:03:26,045 --> 00:03:27,995 Forgive me, sir, I make it a principle 53 00:03:27,996 --> 00:03:30,155 never to go more than five miles away from home. 54 00:03:30,156 --> 00:03:32,195 Ah, but for Sanditon, sir. 55 00:03:32,196 --> 00:03:35,044 For Sanditon, with all its charms, you must make an exception. 56 00:03:35,045 --> 00:03:37,044 My husband is ever the enthusiast. 57 00:03:37,045 --> 00:03:40,044 Nothing wrong with that, madam, but he cannot tempt me. 58 00:03:40,045 --> 00:03:43,044 Then one of your daughters perhaps, in return for your kindness. 59 00:03:43,045 --> 00:03:45,995 - Papa, might I go? - Really, Charlotte. 60 00:03:45,996 --> 00:03:48,714 Forgivemy el dest daughter's presumption, 61 00:03:48,715 --> 00:03:50,635 - Mr Parker. - Not at all. 62 00:03:50,636 --> 00:03:53,275 Nothing could delight us more. Of course she can come. 63 00:03:53,276 --> 00:03:55,325 Stay as long as she likes. Can she not, Mary? 64 00:03:55,326 --> 00:03:57,436 If you permit, we will be very happy, sir. 65 00:04:06,795 --> 00:04:08,875 Charlotte. 66 00:04:08,876 --> 00:04:11,795 - Yes, Papa. - Just a word, my dear. Just a word. 67 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:18,275 Now, these seaside resorts can be odd places. 68 00:04:18,276 --> 00:04:21,605 No-one quite knows who anyone else is, 69 00:04:21,606 --> 00:04:23,635 where they come from 70 00:04:23,636 --> 00:04:25,555 and what they're up to. 71 00:04:25,556 --> 00:04:28,276 That sounds... stimulating. 72 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:31,235 Yes, well, I suppose it is. 73 00:04:31,236 --> 00:04:33,075 But... 74 00:04:33,076 --> 00:04:35,875 the normal rules of conduct tend to be relaxed 75 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:38,406 and sometimes altogether flouted. 76 00:04:39,715 --> 00:04:41,350 But if I'm with Mr and Mrs Parker, 77 00:04:41,375 --> 00:04:42,869 nothing bad can happen, can it? 78 00:04:44,236 --> 00:04:46,275 Just... 79 00:04:46,276 --> 00:04:48,075 Just be careful. 80 00:04:48,076 --> 00:04:50,125 That's all. 81 00:04:50,126 --> 00:04:51,635 Careful of what, Papa? 82 00:04:51,636 --> 00:04:53,714 Everything. 83 00:04:53,715 --> 00:04:55,765 - Bye, Charlotte. - Bye-bye, Charlotte. 84 00:04:55,766 --> 00:04:57,766 - Be good. - Bye! 85 00:05:17,436 --> 00:05:20,076 Bye, Charlotte, bye! 86 00:05:37,126 --> 00:05:39,325 Now we are coming near. 87 00:05:39,326 --> 00:05:41,235 Do you feel a difference in the air, Miss Heywood? 88 00:05:41,236 --> 00:05:43,275 Sea air. 89 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:45,555 Better than any medicine or tonic. 90 00:05:45,556 --> 00:05:48,155 And there, there is the sea itself. 91 00:05:48,156 --> 00:05:51,206 Oh, yes. I see it. 92 00:06:00,045 --> 00:06:02,325 Doesn't it make your spirits soar? 93 00:06:02,326 --> 00:06:04,714 Tom, you can't expect Charlotte 94 00:06:04,715 --> 00:06:07,125 to be as excited by a glimpse of salt water as you are. 95 00:06:07,126 --> 00:06:09,275 Stuff and nonsense. I'll wager that within a few clays 96 00:06:09,276 --> 00:06:11,275 she'll be as keen as mustard on it. 97 00:06:11,276 --> 00:06:13,875 Indeed, Mrs Parker. I needed to see everything. 98 00:06:13,876 --> 00:06:17,044 Ah, now we are just coming up to Sanditon House. 99 00:06:17,045 --> 00:06:18,081 Lady Denham's place. 100 00:06:18,106 --> 00:06:20,205 Now, she is the great lady of the town. 101 00:06:20,206 --> 00:06:21,924 Very rich. 102 00:06:21,925 --> 00:06:25,155 And very much involved, as I am, in the future of Sanditon 103 00:06:25,156 --> 00:06:27,276 as a first-class bathing resort. 104 00:06:28,845 --> 00:06:30,845 You see, just coming into view now. 105 00:06:35,276 --> 00:06:37,635 Shall we call upon her this very minute, my dear? 106 00:06:37,636 --> 00:06:39,594 I should like Miss Heywood to meet her 107 00:06:39,595 --> 00:06:42,565 and I have business matters to discuss with her. 108 00:06:42,566 --> 00:06:44,606 Before we see our own children, Tom? 109 00:06:46,486 --> 00:06:48,205 Well, perhaps you're right. 110 00:06:48,206 --> 00:06:50,485 Indeed you are right, always. 111 00:06:50,486 --> 00:06:53,486 Trafalgar House and the children it is. 112 00:07:35,945 --> 00:07:38,945 This is civilisation indeed. 113 00:07:57,702 --> 00:07:59,152 Here we are! 114 00:08:02,562 --> 00:08:04,562 - Have you been good? - Yeah. 115 00:08:07,591 --> 00:08:09,681 Children! 116 00:08:09,682 --> 00:08:12,231 - Ha-ha-ha. Papa's home! - Papa, so glad you're home. 117 00:08:12,232 --> 00:08:13,951 Miss Heywood, 118 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:17,281 allow me to introduce you to Alicia, Jenny, Henry 119 00:08:17,282 --> 00:08:18,951 and baby James. 120 00:08:18,952 --> 00:08:20,920 - Say how do you do to Miss Heywood. - How do you do? 121 00:08:20,921 --> 00:08:22,591 Well, in we go. 122 00:08:25,562 --> 00:08:27,590 After you, Miss Heywood. 123 00:08:27,591 --> 00:08:30,152 Come in, Mum. Come in, come in. 124 00:08:32,202 --> 00:08:35,001 That is a portrait of Sidney, my younger brother. 125 00:08:35,002 --> 00:08:37,562 We're expecting him down from London for the ball. 126 00:08:37,563 --> 00:08:40,494 We're counting on his help to make Sanditon fashionable. 127 00:08:40,495 --> 00:08:42,464 - What is his occupation? - Good question. 128 00:08:42,465 --> 00:08:45,134 He's a man of affairs, a man of business, 129 00:08:45,135 --> 00:08:47,464 importing, exporting. He's here, there and everywhere. 130 00:08:47,465 --> 00:08:49,744 You can ask him yourself when you meet. 131 00:08:49,745 --> 00:08:51,624 Let me show you to your room, Charlotte. 132 00:09:06,465 --> 00:09:08,394 I hope you'll be comfortable here. 133 00:09:08,495 --> 00:09:10,544 Thank you. 134 00:09:10,545 --> 00:09:12,224 I'm sure I shall. 135 00:09:12,265 --> 00:09:15,135 I've never had a room of my own before. 136 00:09:16,625 --> 00:09:19,135 Come down for tea as soon as you've settled in. 137 00:09:45,065 --> 00:09:46,797 A governess and her school, is 138 00:09:46,822 --> 00:09:48,934 that really the best we can muster? 139 00:09:48,935 --> 00:09:51,464 What about the rest of our empty houses? 140 00:09:51,465 --> 00:09:54,414 They will be taken up soon enough, Lady Denham. Mark my words. 141 00:09:54,415 --> 00:09:56,464 So you keep saying, but by whom? 142 00:09:56,465 --> 00:09:58,744 You promised me a quick return 143 00:09:58,745 --> 00:10:00,773 on my investment. 144 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:02,823 I can assure you the ball will change everything. 145 00:10:02,824 --> 00:10:05,384 My brother Sidney is bringing a crowd 146 00:10:05,385 --> 00:10:07,023 of his most well-connected friends. 147 00:10:07,024 --> 00:10:09,464 Once they start spreading the word of Sanditon's delights, 148 00:10:09,465 --> 00:10:10,653 we shall be overrun. 149 00:10:10,654 --> 00:10:13,464 From what I know of your brother, I won't hold my breath. 150 00:10:13,465 --> 00:10:15,544 And if this ball is so vital, 151 00:10:15,545 --> 00:10:18,424 why have you not been here to arrange it? 152 00:10:18,425 --> 00:10:20,264 Instead you hare off 153 00:10:20,265 --> 00:10:22,573 in pursuit of a doctor we have no need of 154 00:10:22,574 --> 00:10:25,424 and return with nothing more than a sprained ankle 155 00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:28,494 and another young lady. What is the use of that? 156 00:10:28,495 --> 00:10:30,214 We have enough young ladies here, 157 00:10:30,215 --> 00:10:32,023 unless she brings a fortune with her. 158 00:10:32,024 --> 00:10:33,823 Does she? 159 00:10:33,824 --> 00:10:35,774 - Miss Heywood is a very charm... - Tom. 160 00:10:43,574 --> 00:10:45,773 So, this is the young lady. 161 00:10:45,774 --> 00:10:49,344 Lady Denham, may I present Miss Charlotte Heywood. 162 00:10:49,345 --> 00:10:51,344 How do you do? 163 00:10:51,345 --> 00:10:53,424 Very prettily done, my dear. 164 00:10:53,425 --> 00:10:56,034 Lady Denham's ward, Miss Clara Brereton. 165 00:10:57,345 --> 00:11:00,033 - Good day. - Well, she's a fine, healthy-looking girl. 166 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:02,184 Though nothing remarkable as to looks. 167 00:11:02,185 --> 00:11:04,745 What is your father, Miss Heywood? 168 00:11:06,265 --> 00:11:09,934 He has a small estate in Willingden, ma'am. 169 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,703 And farms it, I suppose? 170 00:11:11,704 --> 00:11:14,314 That won't do any more. Land is not what it used to be. 171 00:11:14,315 --> 00:11:17,264 Industry and enterprise, that is the future. 172 00:11:17,265 --> 00:11:18,984 Indeed it is. 173 00:11:19,185 --> 00:11:20,934 How many brothers and sisters have you? 174 00:11:20,935 --> 00:11:22,823 11, ma'am. 175 00:11:22,824 --> 00:11:24,294 Eleven? 176 00:11:24,295 --> 00:11:26,264 Oh, you will need to marry well. 177 00:11:26,265 --> 00:11:28,314 And no doubt they've sent you 178 00:11:28,315 --> 00:11:30,934 to Sanditon to find yourself a fortune. 179 00:11:30,935 --> 00:11:32,624 - Not at all, ma'am. - Lady Denham... 180 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:34,703 Nonsense. Of course they have. 181 00:11:34,704 --> 00:11:37,265 There is no shame in that. I married very well myself. 182 00:11:38,495 --> 00:11:40,544 Any children, ma'am? 183 00:11:40,545 --> 00:11:43,214 No, we were not blessed. 184 00:11:43,215 --> 00:11:46,573 Sir Harry Denham was elderly and in poor health. 185 00:11:46,574 --> 00:11:48,674 And now, do you see, 186 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:50,776 everybody is waiting for me 187 00:11:50,801 --> 00:11:53,344 to shuffle off this mortal coil 188 00:11:53,345 --> 00:11:55,394 so they can have my money. 189 00:11:55,395 --> 00:11:58,214 What do you say to that, Miss Heywood? 190 00:11:58,215 --> 00:12:00,624 If you have no direct heirs, Lady Denham, 191 00:12:00,625 --> 00:12:02,984 I suppose you can leave it where you please. 192 00:12:02,985 --> 00:12:05,545 Quite right. You're a sharp one, Miss Heywood. 193 00:12:07,395 --> 00:12:10,854 But my relations all think they have a claim on it. 194 00:12:10,855 --> 00:12:13,984 The Breretons, as I was a Miss Brereton. 195 00:12:13,985 --> 00:12:16,903 Clara there is one of many Breretons. 196 00:12:16,904 --> 00:12:18,984 Poor as church mice. 197 00:12:18,985 --> 00:12:20,984 And then there's Sir Harry's nephew and niece, 198 00:12:20,985 --> 00:12:22,754 Sir Edward Denham and Miss Esther, 199 00:12:22,755 --> 00:12:26,524 all of them hoping to do well by my demise. 200 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:29,424 There's one thing they all forget. 201 00:12:29,425 --> 00:12:34,064 And that is that I have no intention at all of dying. 202 00:12:34,065 --> 00:12:38,574 So my advice to them all is they can fend for themselves. 203 00:12:40,425 --> 00:12:42,624 You go and sit down with Miss Clara. 204 00:12:42,625 --> 00:12:46,065 Mr Parker and I have matters of business to discuss. 205 00:12:57,065 --> 00:12:59,823 I'm afraid you must have found Lady Denham rather rude. 206 00:12:59,824 --> 00:13:01,824 She does seem very... 207 00:13:02,904 --> 00:13:04,394 - direct. - She is. 208 00:13:04,395 --> 00:13:07,294 I'm very grateful to her for taking me in. 209 00:13:07,295 --> 00:13:10,903 I'm the very poorest of poor relations, Miss Heywood. 210 00:13:10,904 --> 00:13:12,934 Charlotte, please. 211 00:13:12,935 --> 00:13:14,984 And may I call you Clara? 212 00:13:14,985 --> 00:13:17,703 Of course. How do you like Sanditon? 213 00:13:17,704 --> 00:13:19,424 Very much. 214 00:13:19,425 --> 00:13:21,783 Though I've seen very little of it. 215 00:13:21,784 --> 00:13:23,754 Do you plan to try sea bathing? 216 00:13:23,755 --> 00:13:26,144 I want to try everything there is to try. 217 00:13:26,145 --> 00:13:28,474 Do you care for it yourself? 218 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,703 I confess I haven't been in the sea yet. 219 00:13:30,704 --> 00:13:32,703 Although Sir Edward has been extolling 220 00:13:32,704 --> 00:13:34,754 its health-giving properties to me. 221 00:13:34,755 --> 00:13:36,783 Perhaps we could enjoy it 222 00:13:36,784 --> 00:13:39,264 or endure it together? 223 00:13:39,265 --> 00:13:41,344 I should like that very much. 224 00:13:41,345 --> 00:13:43,394 What are you talking about over there? 225 00:13:43,395 --> 00:13:46,224 Sea bathing, Lady Denham. 226 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:47,754 Oh, excellent. 227 00:13:47,755 --> 00:13:50,064 Our bathing machines at Sanditon 228 00:13:50,065 --> 00:13:52,544 are the best on the whole of the south coast. 229 00:13:52,545 --> 00:13:55,425 Sir Edward Denham and Miss Denham. 230 00:13:57,625 --> 00:14:00,754 I thought we might find you here, Aunt. 231 00:14:00,755 --> 00:14:02,833 We've been taking the air 232 00:14:02,834 --> 00:14:05,754 and I thought to tempt you all out onto the cliff walk to admire... 233 00:14:05,755 --> 00:14:07,903 I beg your pardon. 234 00:14:07,904 --> 00:14:09,864 Let me introduce you to our guest, 235 00:14:09,865 --> 00:14:11,505 Miss Heywood. 236 00:14:15,015 --> 00:14:17,014 Enchanted... 237 00:14:17,015 --> 00:14:19,625 to make your acquaintance, Miss Heywood. 238 00:14:32,905 --> 00:14:34,954 So, Miss Heywood, 239 00:14:34,955 --> 00:14:37,024 what do you say to the prospect? 240 00:14:37,025 --> 00:14:39,954 Very picturesque, sir. 241 00:14:39,955 --> 00:14:41,954 I hear you're an advocate for sea bathing? 242 00:14:41,955 --> 00:14:43,984 I am, Miss Heywood. 243 00:14:43,985 --> 00:14:45,874 You must experience it. 244 00:14:45,875 --> 00:14:48,383 The bracing shock of the first plunge. 245 00:14:48,384 --> 00:14:50,674 The incomparable feeling of freedom 246 00:14:50,675 --> 00:14:52,544 and lightness. 247 00:14:52,545 --> 00:14:54,383 The ocean bearing you up 248 00:14:54,384 --> 00:14:57,263 as you give yourself to it fearlessly. 249 00:14:57,364 --> 00:14:59,674 The gentle play of the currents 250 00:14:59,675 --> 00:15:01,744 over your naked limbs. 251 00:15:01,745 --> 00:15:04,263 Nothing can give one such a sense of well-being. 252 00:15:04,264 --> 00:15:08,235 Miss Heywood, come and walk with me. 253 00:15:18,465 --> 00:15:21,184 I see you're enjoying yourself. 254 00:15:23,035 --> 00:15:25,954 Just making a newcomer feel at home, sister. 255 00:15:25,955 --> 00:15:28,745 Perhaps you could find the time to focus on the task in hand. 256 00:15:29,825 --> 00:15:31,624 I'll speak to her now. 257 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:33,984 Sir Edward, you know, he's a good young man. 258 00:15:33,985 --> 00:15:36,433 How do you find him? 259 00:15:36,434 --> 00:15:38,464 I find him very elegant 260 00:15:38,465 --> 00:15:40,564 and very... 261 00:15:40,565 --> 00:15:42,564 spirited. 262 00:15:42,565 --> 00:15:45,124 And very well to look at. 263 00:15:45,125 --> 00:15:47,125 That as well. 264 00:15:48,255 --> 00:15:50,255 Yes, he is very well to look at. 265 00:15:51,365 --> 00:15:54,284 Very pleasing to the young ladies. 266 00:15:55,485 --> 00:15:58,283 And no doubt he'll sow some wild oats, 267 00:15:58,284 --> 00:16:01,974 but he must marry money. 268 00:16:01,975 --> 00:16:04,004 A handsome young fellow like that 269 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,054 will go about smirking 270 00:16:06,055 --> 00:16:08,055 and paying girls compliments. 271 00:16:09,334 --> 00:16:11,695 But he has to marry a fortune. 272 00:16:14,565 --> 00:16:16,533 You do understand me? 273 00:16:16,534 --> 00:16:19,894 I understand you perfectly, ma'am. 274 00:16:19,895 --> 00:16:22,895 Yes, I think you do. You're a good, sensible sort of girl. 275 00:16:24,175 --> 00:16:26,254 Hello, hello! 276 00:16:26,255 --> 00:16:29,125 There you are! Are you surprised to see us? 277 00:16:31,775 --> 00:16:33,175 How do you do? 278 00:16:34,615 --> 00:16:36,694 How do you do? 279 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,254 What a pleasant surprise. 280 00:16:38,255 --> 00:16:40,054 Edward. Esther. 281 00:16:40,055 --> 00:16:43,203 Miss Heywood, my sister, Miss Diana Parker 282 00:16:43,204 --> 00:16:45,413 and my brother, Arthur. 283 00:16:45,414 --> 00:16:48,254 We've all been very ill. Almost at death's door. 284 00:16:48,255 --> 00:16:51,094 - Haven't we, Arthur? - thought I'd never leave my bed. 285 00:16:51,095 --> 00:16:53,413 But we have rallied, as you can see. 286 00:16:53,414 --> 00:16:55,774 And we came to call on you as soon as we arrived 287 00:16:55,775 --> 00:16:57,814 only to learn you're on a cliff walk. 288 00:16:57,815 --> 00:16:59,814 So we thought we'd be brave and surprise you. 289 00:16:59,815 --> 00:17:01,564 Our lodgings are closest. Come. 290 00:17:01,565 --> 00:17:03,203 Take tea with us. 291 00:17:03,204 --> 00:17:04,860 And let's all of us, for God's sake, 292 00:17:04,885 --> 00:17:06,203 get out of this howling gale. 293 00:17:06,204 --> 00:17:08,534 Come, come. 294 00:17:12,775 --> 00:17:14,695 - Come in, come in. - Miss Heywood. 295 00:17:18,775 --> 00:17:20,564 You see, we were sure of a good fire. 296 00:17:20,565 --> 00:17:23,283 Poor Arthur feels the cold so. 297 00:17:23,284 --> 00:17:25,494 Oh, and we have seen Miss Lambe, 298 00:17:25,495 --> 00:17:27,085 who's said to be a great heiress 299 00:17:27,110 --> 00:17:28,974 with a fortune from the sugar trade. 300 00:17:28,975 --> 00:17:31,174 Her party arrived in two hack chaises, 301 00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:33,254 Miss Lambe, her maid, 302 00:17:33,255 --> 00:17:35,533 her governess, Miss Griffiths, and two Miss Beauforts. 303 00:17:35,534 --> 00:17:38,174 - What's she like? ls she pretty? - We only caught a glimpse of her back 304 00:17:38,175 --> 00:17:40,254 as she went inside the house, 305 00:17:40,255 --> 00:17:42,283 but the whole party was very fine and respectable. 306 00:17:42,284 --> 00:17:45,364 But to travel with her own maid, that speaks of riches, does it not? 307 00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:47,413 It does, sister, and I hope she sets a fashion 308 00:17:47,414 --> 00:17:49,564 and all the rich, young heiresses flock into Sanditon 309 00:17:49,565 --> 00:17:51,614 to spend, spend, spend. 310 00:17:51,615 --> 00:17:53,364 Come, sit by me, Miss Heywood. 311 00:17:53,365 --> 00:17:56,084 Warm yourself. You must be as chilled to the bone as I am. 312 00:17:58,005 --> 00:18:00,104 Thank you. But I... 313 00:18:00,105 --> 00:18:02,134 I don't find the weather chilly at all. 314 00:18:02,135 --> 00:18:04,674 Oh, what a constitution you must have. 315 00:18:04,675 --> 00:18:06,674 I like the air, you know, as much as anyone, 316 00:18:06,675 --> 00:18:08,513 but it doesn't like me. 317 00:18:08,514 --> 00:18:10,904 My sister thinks me bilious, but I doubt it. 318 00:18:10,905 --> 00:18:12,954 If I were bilious, wine would disagree with me, 319 00:18:12,955 --> 00:18:14,984 when I've always found it does my nerves good. 320 00:18:14,985 --> 00:18:17,034 Do you know, the more I drink, the better I feel. 321 00:18:17,035 --> 00:18:19,063 Often I wake up in the morning feeling very groggy, 322 00:18:19,064 --> 00:18:21,313 but then after a few glasses of wine I feel right as rain. 323 00:18:21,314 --> 00:18:23,704 That's quite remarkable, don't you think? 324 00:18:23,705 --> 00:18:25,754 Though I can take a little toast with butter on it. 325 00:18:25,755 --> 00:18:27,544 No more than six or seven slices, though. 326 00:18:27,545 --> 00:18:30,594 Will you let me toast you a slice or two? 327 00:18:30,595 --> 00:18:32,595 Please do. 328 00:18:34,064 --> 00:18:35,954 The barometer is set fair. 329 00:18:35,955 --> 00:18:38,114 I propose a sea bathing party... 330 00:18:38,115 --> 00:18:40,115 tomorrow. 331 00:18:41,475 --> 00:18:43,705 Oh, madness. 332 00:18:52,625 --> 00:18:54,625 This is taking too long. 333 00:18:56,264 --> 00:18:59,263 You have never been reluctant to charm the ladies, Edward. 334 00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:00,954 More's the pity. 335 00:19:00,955 --> 00:19:04,064 Oh, getting closer to Clara Brereton is proving harder than expected. 336 00:19:07,394 --> 00:19:09,755 What a tangled mess. 337 00:19:12,514 --> 00:19:15,804 Don't you wish you still had Nanny to tease out the cotters? 338 00:19:15,805 --> 00:19:18,755 I prefer your gentle touch, brother, dear. 339 00:19:22,425 --> 00:19:25,263 Perhaps you could use your charms at sea bathing today. 340 00:19:53,135 --> 00:19:55,184 Here we are. 341 00:19:55,185 --> 00:19:57,054 The perfect day, as I promised you. 342 00:19:57,055 --> 00:19:59,614 And this is where we must part company. 343 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:02,054 Ladies, you see the bathing machine awaits you. 344 00:20:02,055 --> 00:20:04,365 We, gentlemen, must further down the beach. 345 00:20:05,575 --> 00:20:07,575 Try not to observe us, ladies. 346 00:20:10,575 --> 00:20:12,894 Two of these should be enough to accommodate us, 347 00:20:12,895 --> 00:20:14,895 unless anyone prefers to be private. 348 00:20:16,775 --> 00:20:20,333 - For myself, I should be glad of the company. - And I. 349 00:20:20,334 --> 00:20:22,294 I shall just watch and look after the clothes. 350 00:20:24,445 --> 00:20:26,445 I'm disappointed in you, Arthur. 351 00:20:27,575 --> 00:20:29,614 We swim almost every day in the season. 352 00:20:29,615 --> 00:20:31,935 It really is what makes Sanditon so special. 353 00:20:33,935 --> 00:20:36,083 They're quite private. 354 00:20:36,084 --> 00:20:37,775 We can change without being seen. 355 00:20:39,005 --> 00:20:41,054 Come on. 356 00:20:41,055 --> 00:20:43,055 Thank you. 357 00:20:44,855 --> 00:20:46,855 Thank you. 358 00:20:51,445 --> 00:20:53,445 Well. 359 00:21:05,265 --> 00:21:07,365 Oh, damn it! 360 00:21:16,495 --> 00:21:18,214 Hold on, boys. 361 00:21:34,975 --> 00:21:37,285 Wait! Wait for me! 362 00:21:46,486 --> 00:21:48,645 This is delightful, isn't it? 363 00:21:48,646 --> 00:21:50,125 Yes. It's... 364 00:21:50,126 --> 00:21:51,486 wonderful. 365 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:55,534 Are those the men over there? 366 00:21:55,535 --> 00:21:57,766 Yes, I think so. 367 00:21:59,436 --> 00:22:02,204 Are they... Are they really wearing no clothes at all? 368 00:22:02,205 --> 00:22:04,205 None whatsoever. 369 00:22:21,075 --> 00:22:23,075 Well done, Arthur! 370 00:22:24,366 --> 00:22:26,366 Look at him go. 371 00:22:29,075 --> 00:22:31,125 My brother is a very... 372 00:22:31,126 --> 00:22:33,126 unexpected man. 373 00:22:35,325 --> 00:22:37,815 It's too bad, it really is too bad! 374 00:22:37,816 --> 00:22:40,534 - It's nothing to worry about, really. - Nothing to worry about? 375 00:22:40,535 --> 00:22:42,565 No word from him 376 00:22:42,566 --> 00:22:44,645 and the ball only a day away. 377 00:22:44,646 --> 00:22:47,725 You know Sidney Parker always leaves everything to the last minute. 378 00:22:47,726 --> 00:22:50,845 But does he realise the paramount importance of the occasion? 379 00:22:50,846 --> 00:22:53,255 - Is it really so very important? - Of course it is. 380 00:22:53,256 --> 00:22:56,334 Of course it is. If Sanditon's first ball is not a triumph, 381 00:22:56,335 --> 00:22:58,895 I fear Lady Denham will withdraw her investment. 382 00:22:58,896 --> 00:23:00,895 Sit down and have some breakfast, Tom. 383 00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:03,486 I can't. I am too... 384 00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:10,005 My husband has two wives, Charlotte. 385 00:23:10,006 --> 00:23:12,565 Myself and Sanditon. 386 00:23:12,566 --> 00:23:14,976 I'd hesitate to say which of us he cares for the most. 387 00:23:17,366 --> 00:23:19,204 Marriage is... 388 00:23:19,205 --> 00:23:21,645 very much about making allowances for the other person. 389 00:23:21,646 --> 00:23:23,485 As I'm sure you'll find out for yourself. 390 00:23:23,486 --> 00:23:25,925 I had no idea what I was letting myself in for 391 00:23:25,926 --> 00:23:27,795 when I fell in love with Tom. 392 00:23:27,796 --> 00:23:29,600 There's something thrilling about that. 393 00:23:29,624 --> 00:23:31,976 Thrilling, but exhausting. 394 00:23:34,006 --> 00:23:35,535 Oh. 395 00:23:37,205 --> 00:23:39,205 Now, what do you think of those? 396 00:23:49,696 --> 00:23:51,334 They're lovely. 397 00:23:51,335 --> 00:23:54,445 I think you'd look very well in them at the ball. 398 00:23:54,446 --> 00:23:56,446 Shall we go in? 399 00:24:11,787 --> 00:24:13,596 You wouldn't be too proud to dance 400 00:24:13,597 --> 00:24:15,315 with a clerk or a shopkeeper, would you? 401 00:24:15,316 --> 00:24:17,106 Indeed I would not. I love to dance 402 00:24:17,107 --> 00:24:19,315 and I'll stand with anyone who will partner me. 403 00:24:19,316 --> 00:24:22,265 Excellent. Let's hope the mysterious Miss Lambe and her friends 404 00:24:22,266 --> 00:24:24,107 are of the same agreeable frame of mind. 405 00:24:25,516 --> 00:24:27,115 Oh, look, here's Miss Denham. 406 00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:29,156 Mrs Parker, Miss Heywood, well met. 407 00:24:29,157 --> 00:24:31,395 I was growing sick of my own company. 408 00:24:31,396 --> 00:24:33,956 Could I persuade you to walk a few steps with me? 409 00:24:33,957 --> 00:24:36,346 I have things to see to at home, but Charlotte? 410 00:24:36,347 --> 00:24:38,347 Gladly. 411 00:24:48,747 --> 00:24:51,746 So, what do you make of us all so far? 412 00:24:51,747 --> 00:24:54,347 It's always pleasant to make new acquaintances. 413 00:24:56,037 --> 00:24:58,956 Very prettily said. You don't mean a word of it. 414 00:24:58,957 --> 00:25:01,786 I saw Lady D haranguing you the other day. 415 00:25:01,787 --> 00:25:03,826 What was she talking about? 416 00:25:03,827 --> 00:25:06,036 Oh, her money mostly. 417 00:25:06,037 --> 00:25:08,676 And how we are scheming to get it, no doubt? 418 00:25:08,677 --> 00:25:10,706 She talks of little else. 419 00:25:10,707 --> 00:25:12,906 She's a mean, miserly old monster. 420 00:25:12,907 --> 00:25:15,265 Did she mention her niece, Clara Brereton? 421 00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:17,066 She told me she was very poor indeed. 422 00:25:18,396 --> 00:25:20,426 Oh, she's in no need of your sympathy. 423 00:25:20,427 --> 00:25:22,241 She does well enough basking in the 424 00:25:22,266 --> 00:25:24,106 warmth and luxury of Sanditon House, 425 00:25:24,107 --> 00:25:26,106 while Edward and I shiver in the damp and cold 426 00:25:26,107 --> 00:25:28,145 of Denham Place. 427 00:25:28,146 --> 00:25:30,346 No, if she succeeds in her object, 428 00:25:30,347 --> 00:25:32,546 which is, of course, to have everything for herself, 429 00:25:32,547 --> 00:25:35,186 I swear I will poison her. 430 00:25:36,787 --> 00:25:38,787 I'm sure you don't mean that. 431 00:25:44,237 --> 00:25:46,265 And your hosts? 432 00:25:46,266 --> 00:25:48,236 I'm very fond of them already. 433 00:25:48,237 --> 00:25:51,036 Mr Tom Parker is a monomaniac who is well on the way 434 00:25:51,037 --> 00:25:53,395 to ruining himself and his family with his crazy schemes. 435 00:25:53,396 --> 00:25:55,426 You don't really think that. 436 00:25:55,427 --> 00:25:57,185 I think his ideas are admirable. 437 00:25:57,186 --> 00:25:59,515 You wait till he bankrupts himself. 438 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:01,546 I've nothing against his wife. 439 00:26:01,547 --> 00:26:03,426 Indeed, I feel very sorry for her. 440 00:26:03,427 --> 00:26:05,676 His brother Arthur is a buffoon, 441 00:26:05,677 --> 00:26:07,676 as you've no doubt discovered for yourself. 442 00:26:07,677 --> 00:26:10,145 - And Sidney... - I've not yet had the pleasure. 443 00:26:10,146 --> 00:26:12,507 Very unstable and unreliable. 444 00:26:13,957 --> 00:26:16,236 I advise you to be on your guard. 445 00:26:16,237 --> 00:26:18,237 Thank you. 446 00:26:19,787 --> 00:26:21,476 All in all, 447 00:26:21,477 --> 00:26:24,315 I think you will come to regret ever setting foot in Sanditon. 448 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:26,146 I know I do. 449 00:26:28,427 --> 00:26:30,427 Look at that view. 450 00:26:32,037 --> 00:26:33,786 The sea. 451 00:26:33,787 --> 00:26:35,826 The sky. 452 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:38,438 Isn't it all unutterably dreary? 453 00:26:45,497 --> 00:26:47,576 Lady Denham has been asking 454 00:26:47,577 --> 00:26:49,746 why you haven't been to call on her yet, Charlotte? 455 00:26:49,747 --> 00:26:51,746 The reason is she's a mean old woman 456 00:26:51,747 --> 00:26:53,706 who prefers to take her tea here. 457 00:26:53,707 --> 00:26:55,707 I've been thinking of sending her a bill. 458 00:26:57,427 --> 00:26:59,466 Well, I promised we'd call on her this afternoon. 459 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:02,497 - I hope that suits you, Charlotte? - It suits me very well. 460 00:27:09,106 --> 00:27:10,657 What sort of carriage is that? 461 00:27:12,627 --> 00:27:14,185 It's hard to make out. 462 00:27:14,186 --> 00:27:16,756 Charlotte, I do believe it might be... 463 00:27:16,757 --> 00:27:18,786 Yes, it is. 464 00:27:18,787 --> 00:27:21,427 It's Tom's brother, Sidney. 465 00:27:30,827 --> 00:27:32,827 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 466 00:27:34,017 --> 00:27:36,017 Mary. 467 00:27:37,397 --> 00:27:39,466 Well met. 468 00:27:39,467 --> 00:27:41,756 - A new maid? - Sidney! 469 00:27:41,757 --> 00:27:45,185 This is Miss Charlotte Heywood, our guest at Trafalgar House. 470 00:27:45,186 --> 00:27:48,065 - Miss...? - Heywood. 471 00:27:48,066 --> 00:27:49,706 Heywood. 472 00:27:49,707 --> 00:27:52,065 Are you on your way to Trafalgar House? You'll stay with us? 473 00:27:52,066 --> 00:27:53,466 No, I've taken rooms at the hotel. 474 00:27:53,491 --> 00:27:54,865 Some friends are joining me there. 475 00:27:54,866 --> 00:27:57,576 And tomorrow evening is the famous ball, is it not? 476 00:27:57,577 --> 00:27:59,656 Tom's been in such a state about it. 477 00:27:59,657 --> 00:28:02,346 You will do all you can to help him, won't you? 478 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,506 Tell him he has nothing to worry about. All is in hand. 479 00:28:04,507 --> 00:28:06,506 You off to Lady D's? 480 00:28:06,507 --> 00:28:08,506 - We are. - Then I won't keep you. 481 00:28:08,507 --> 00:28:10,885 Miss Heywood. 482 00:28:10,886 --> 00:28:12,597 Until later. 483 00:28:16,317 --> 00:28:18,886 He is so good. 484 00:28:21,447 --> 00:28:23,526 He can be abrupt and... 485 00:28:23,527 --> 00:28:25,526 inattentive like he was just now with you. 486 00:28:25,527 --> 00:28:27,527 But he has a good heart. 487 00:28:28,777 --> 00:28:30,596 I'm glad to hear it. 488 00:28:30,597 --> 00:28:32,596 I worry about his own happiness. 489 00:28:32,597 --> 00:28:35,676 He's inclined not to think very highly of our sex. 490 00:28:35,677 --> 00:28:38,566 He's had some bruising experiences in the past. 491 00:28:38,567 --> 00:28:40,596 I should like to see him settled. 492 00:28:40,597 --> 00:28:43,037 But I fear it's not in his nature. 493 00:28:51,677 --> 00:28:54,606 All this land belongs to Sanditon House. 494 00:28:54,607 --> 00:28:57,806 It's a fine park. It complements the house very well. 495 00:28:57,807 --> 00:29:00,135 Lady Denham is very proud of it. 496 00:29:00,136 --> 00:29:01,776 There are deer here. 497 00:29:01,777 --> 00:29:03,496 Though they're very shy. 498 00:29:03,497 --> 00:29:06,287 You can sometimes see them on the other side of the estate. 499 00:29:40,727 --> 00:29:42,247 Did you see any? 500 00:29:44,037 --> 00:29:46,036 For a moment, I thought I did, but... 501 00:29:46,037 --> 00:29:48,037 As I say, they're very shy. 502 00:30:01,647 --> 00:30:04,006 You seem concerned, Tom. Anything I can help with? 503 00:30:05,397 --> 00:30:07,397 Sidney. 504 00:30:13,805 --> 00:30:16,364 I've never been so glad to see anyone. 505 00:30:16,365 --> 00:30:18,364 - You didn't doubt I'd come, did you? - No. 506 00:30:18,365 --> 00:30:20,854 No, no, not for a moment. 507 00:30:20,855 --> 00:30:23,034 Never mind, you're here now, that's all that matters. 508 00:30:23,035 --> 00:30:24,164 But you are not alone? 509 00:30:24,165 --> 00:30:26,604 I had hoped you might bring some friends with you. 510 00:30:26,605 --> 00:30:29,083 Never fear, brother, I've done exactly as you've asked of me. 511 00:30:29,084 --> 00:30:32,083 As we speak, Mr Crowe and Lord Babington 512 00:30:32,084 --> 00:30:33,342 are habituating themselves 513 00:30:33,367 --> 00:30:35,133 in the delights of the Crown Hotel. 514 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:37,213 Splendid. Splendid. 515 00:30:37,214 --> 00:30:39,364 I knew I could depend on you, brother. 516 00:30:39,365 --> 00:30:42,324 With them and our heiress, 517 00:30:42,325 --> 00:30:44,644 even Lady Denham must concede that we are well on our way 518 00:30:44,645 --> 00:30:46,684 to becoming a fashionable destination. 519 00:30:46,685 --> 00:30:48,284 By "heiress", I take it you mean 520 00:30:48,309 --> 00:30:50,133 Miss Lambe has arrived in Sanditon? 521 00:30:50,134 --> 00:30:52,644 What do you know of Miss Lambe? 522 00:30:52,645 --> 00:30:55,084 A great deal more than I'd like to. 523 00:31:04,004 --> 00:31:06,044 How beautiful. 524 00:31:06,045 --> 00:31:08,045 I've never seen anything like it. 525 00:31:12,165 --> 00:31:14,574 Mrs Parker and Miss Heywood, 526 00:31:14,575 --> 00:31:16,575 Lady Denham. 527 00:31:24,004 --> 00:31:26,044 Sit down, sit down. 528 00:31:26,045 --> 00:31:28,045 Higgs will bring us tea. 529 00:31:33,495 --> 00:31:35,524 So, Miss Heywood, 530 00:31:35,525 --> 00:31:38,294 I hear you've had your swim. 531 00:31:38,295 --> 00:31:40,494 - How did you find it? - Very... 532 00:31:40,495 --> 00:31:42,684 invigorating, ma'am. 533 00:31:42,685 --> 00:31:45,295 Good. And you drink the sea water as well. 534 00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:48,164 Not on purpose. 535 00:31:48,165 --> 00:31:50,495 I take half a tumbler of it every morning. 536 00:31:52,084 --> 00:31:54,604 Where is Clara? 537 00:31:54,605 --> 00:31:56,605 Oh, well, never mind her. 538 00:31:59,575 --> 00:32:01,883 Are you looking forward to tomorrow's ball? 539 00:32:01,884 --> 00:32:04,133 Very much, ma'am. 540 00:32:04,134 --> 00:32:06,724 Here she comes, the rascal. 541 00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:08,804 Where have you been? 542 00:32:08,805 --> 00:32:11,494 I've had the servants all over the house looking for you. 543 00:32:11,495 --> 00:32:14,324 Forgive me, Aunt, I was walking in the park. 544 00:32:14,325 --> 00:32:17,404 Well, you can play for us as penance. 545 00:32:17,405 --> 00:32:20,883 I've had the instrument brought over from Denham Place 546 00:32:20,884 --> 00:32:22,934 as Miss Esther has neither the taste 547 00:32:22,935 --> 00:32:24,963 nor any talent for music. 548 00:32:24,964 --> 00:32:26,654 Miss Clara, on the other hand, 549 00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:29,654 plays tolerably well. 550 00:32:29,655 --> 00:32:32,213 Well, sit down, girl, sit down. 551 00:32:32,214 --> 00:32:34,495 And demonstrate your talent. 552 00:33:36,375 --> 00:33:38,375 Allow me. 553 00:34:05,405 --> 00:34:07,444 Lady Denham! 554 00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:09,484 Ladies and gentlemen, 555 00:34:09,485 --> 00:34:11,524 let me welcome you 556 00:34:11,525 --> 00:34:13,844 to our first ball of the season. 557 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:20,294 Let good fellowship prevail. 558 00:34:20,295 --> 00:34:22,935 And I hope you've all come prepared to dance. 559 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:26,505 Mr Cromarty. 560 00:34:36,465 --> 00:34:38,504 Sidney, there you are. 561 00:34:38,505 --> 00:34:40,274 Well met, well met. 562 00:34:40,275 --> 00:34:42,274 Make yourselves known to these ladies over here. 563 00:34:42,275 --> 00:34:44,354 Of course. 564 00:34:44,355 --> 00:34:47,434 Miss Denham, Miss Heywood, Miss Brereton, 565 00:34:47,435 --> 00:34:49,024 I'd like to introduce my friends. 566 00:34:49,025 --> 00:34:51,554 This is Lord Babington and Mr Crowe. 567 00:34:51,555 --> 00:34:53,714 Our friend assures us of good sport here. 568 00:34:53,715 --> 00:34:55,384 Shall we find any? 569 00:34:55,385 --> 00:34:58,993 I believe there is very little shooting in the neighbourhood, sir. 570 00:34:58,994 --> 00:35:01,073 I wasn't thinking of shooting. 571 00:35:01,074 --> 00:35:04,354 My friend was thinking of dancing, I'm sure. 572 00:35:04,355 --> 00:35:08,305 Could we persuade any of you young ladies to dance with us? 573 00:35:09,715 --> 00:35:11,305 I'm sure you could, sir. 574 00:35:53,355 --> 00:35:55,823 Your brother will be very pleased with you, Mr Parker. 575 00:35:55,824 --> 00:35:57,863 Yes, I hope so. 576 00:35:57,864 --> 00:35:59,943 Babington's a good fellow. 577 00:35:59,944 --> 00:36:02,154 What's more, he's a good friend of the Prince Regent. 578 00:36:02,155 --> 00:36:05,073 Now, if he could be convinced into coming to Sanditon, then... 579 00:36:05,074 --> 00:36:08,024 The general rejoicing would be unconfined, I imagine. 580 00:36:08,025 --> 00:36:09,584 Yes. 581 00:36:09,585 --> 00:36:12,384 Sanditon's reputation would be firmly established. 582 00:36:12,385 --> 00:36:14,434 And you care about such things? 583 00:36:14,435 --> 00:36:16,435 For my brother's sake, I do, yes. 584 00:36:19,225 --> 00:36:21,304 Mrs Griffiths! 585 00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:24,943 Miss Beaufort. Miss Phillida Beaufort. 586 00:36:24,944 --> 00:36:26,944 And Miss Lambe. 587 00:36:30,194 --> 00:36:32,354 What a scandal. 588 00:36:32,355 --> 00:36:35,105 Good God, a Negress. 589 00:36:39,074 --> 00:36:41,104 Ladies. 590 00:36:41,105 --> 00:36:43,824 Delighted you could join us. 591 00:36:57,774 --> 00:36:59,774 May I have the pleasure? 592 00:37:03,055 --> 00:37:05,054 You're looking very lovely this evening. 593 00:37:05,055 --> 00:37:07,055 Thank you, sir. 594 00:37:09,024 --> 00:37:11,054 I would like to say, 595 00:37:11,055 --> 00:37:13,124 what you saw yesterday afternoon, 596 00:37:13,125 --> 00:37:15,814 - what you thought you saw... - Was none of my business. 597 00:37:15,815 --> 00:37:18,485 But I'm anxious that you should not get the wrong impression. 598 00:37:19,945 --> 00:37:22,734 Miss Brereton was... distressed. 599 00:37:22,735 --> 00:37:24,614 And I was endeavouring 600 00:37:24,615 --> 00:37:26,334 to comfort her. 601 00:37:26,335 --> 00:37:28,337 You have no need to explain yourself to me. 602 00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:32,593 You promise you won't speak of it to others? 603 00:37:32,594 --> 00:37:34,643 Do you really think I would? 604 00:37:34,644 --> 00:37:36,673 No. 605 00:37:36,674 --> 00:37:38,713 Of course. You're altogether too... 606 00:37:38,714 --> 00:37:40,752 Good, 607 00:37:40,753 --> 00:37:43,823 too pure in heart to gossip. 608 00:38:02,873 --> 00:38:04,823 - Mr Parker. - How do you like Sanditon? 609 00:38:06,154 --> 00:38:08,183 - Do you really care? - You mistake me. 610 00:38:08,184 --> 00:38:10,473 I have your interests very much at heart. 611 00:38:10,474 --> 00:38:13,153 Then you should have left me, when you found me. 612 00:38:13,154 --> 00:38:15,183 Believe me, I wish I could have. 613 00:38:15,184 --> 00:38:16,793 Duty dictated otherwise. 614 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,434 Damn your duty. 615 00:38:50,873 --> 00:38:52,873 Mrs Griffiths. 616 00:38:54,114 --> 00:38:56,114 Lady Denham. 617 00:38:57,873 --> 00:39:00,083 Tell me about your young charges. 618 00:39:01,474 --> 00:39:04,593 Miss Lambe is from a very wealthy family in Antigua. 619 00:39:04,594 --> 00:39:07,832 She's very wealthy indeed, and she would have been even more so 620 00:39:07,833 --> 00:39:09,872 had her father not ended his business there 621 00:39:09,873 --> 00:39:12,313 and set his slaves free before his death. 622 00:39:12,314 --> 00:39:15,473 She came to England to complete her education 623 00:39:15,474 --> 00:39:18,263 and she's been in London for some time. 624 00:39:18,364 --> 00:39:20,872 Between you and me, Lady Denham, 625 00:39:20,873 --> 00:39:23,113 I understand there was another reason 626 00:39:23,114 --> 00:39:25,393 for removing Miss Lambe from London. 627 00:39:25,394 --> 00:39:28,113 An unsuitable romance. 628 00:39:28,114 --> 00:39:30,113 That doesn't surprise me in the least. 629 00:39:30,114 --> 00:39:32,153 What's her fortune? 630 00:39:32,154 --> 00:39:34,264 £100,000. 631 00:39:43,444 --> 00:39:45,473 Arthur! 632 00:39:45,474 --> 00:39:47,153 Arthur, do be careful. 633 00:39:47,154 --> 00:39:49,514 Miss Lambe, may I? 634 00:40:06,594 --> 00:40:08,554 - Can we speak? - Of course we can. 635 00:40:09,644 --> 00:40:11,623 I saw Sir Edward talking with you. 636 00:40:13,083 --> 00:40:15,163 Was he... 637 00:40:15,164 --> 00:40:17,643 Did he speak about yesterday afternoon? 638 00:40:17,644 --> 00:40:19,673 Yes, he did. 639 00:40:19,674 --> 00:40:21,474 And what did he say? 640 00:40:22,953 --> 00:40:25,033 He said... 641 00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:28,752 you were distressed and he was doing his best to comfort you. 642 00:40:28,753 --> 00:40:30,803 He was... 643 00:40:30,804 --> 00:40:33,674 forcing his attentions on me. 644 00:40:35,083 --> 00:40:37,113 He is not to be trusted. 645 00:40:37,114 --> 00:40:39,752 And you should be on your guard against him, too. 646 00:40:39,753 --> 00:40:41,623 I say this as your friend. 647 00:40:42,953 --> 00:40:46,314 He has no conscience and no sense of what is proper or decent. 648 00:40:47,753 --> 00:40:50,833 I believe he intends to ruin me in Lady Denham's eyes. 649 00:40:52,554 --> 00:40:54,233 How shocking. 650 00:40:54,234 --> 00:40:56,082 But why should he do that? 651 00:40:56,083 --> 00:40:58,723 Because she favours me, of course. 652 00:40:58,724 --> 00:41:01,393 He fears she will favour me over him in her will. 653 00:41:01,394 --> 00:41:05,443 But he sees every girl he encounters as fair game. 654 00:41:05,444 --> 00:41:07,394 - I've heard there are men like that. - There are. 655 00:41:09,234 --> 00:41:11,753 It has been my fate to meet with more than one of his kind. 656 00:41:15,003 --> 00:41:17,364 What you saw yesterday afternoon... 657 00:41:18,674 --> 00:41:20,833 | was obliged to... 658 00:41:23,674 --> 00:41:25,832 do something I didn't want to do. 659 00:41:25,833 --> 00:41:28,633 To avoid something even worse. 660 00:41:30,314 --> 00:41:32,314 I don't understand. 661 00:41:33,914 --> 00:41:35,952 No, of course. 662 00:41:35,953 --> 00:41:38,234 I shouldn't have... 663 00:41:40,674 --> 00:41:42,723 You won't say anything to Lady Denham? 664 00:41:42,724 --> 00:41:44,723 - Of course not. - Miss Brereton. 665 00:41:44,724 --> 00:41:46,752 Can I... 666 00:41:46,753 --> 00:41:48,803 tempt you back onto the floor? 667 00:41:48,804 --> 00:41:50,234 Very happily, sir. 668 00:42:42,077 --> 00:42:44,107 Oh, I beg your pardon. 669 00:42:44,108 --> 00:42:45,827 Not necessary. 670 00:42:49,077 --> 00:42:51,188 A penny for your thoughts, Miss Heywood. 671 00:42:52,308 --> 00:42:54,387 I was thinking 672 00:42:54,388 --> 00:42:56,358 how very hard it is to make people out. 673 00:42:57,668 --> 00:42:59,627 Did anyone in particular provoke that thought? 674 00:43:01,108 --> 00:43:02,876 People in general. 675 00:43:02,877 --> 00:43:04,956 I like to amuse myself 676 00:43:04,957 --> 00:43:06,956 by observing and trying to make conclusions. 677 00:43:06,957 --> 00:43:08,987 But in a place like Sanditon 678 00:43:08,988 --> 00:43:11,357 where strangers mingle freely, 679 00:43:11,358 --> 00:43:13,827 it's hard to form a reliable judgement. 680 00:43:14,957 --> 00:43:16,956 People can be so difficult to interpret. 681 00:43:16,957 --> 00:43:19,157 Don't you find? 682 00:43:19,158 --> 00:43:21,484 And what have you observed about me 683 00:43:21,509 --> 00:43:23,382 upon our small acquaintance? 684 00:43:26,798 --> 00:43:29,907 I think that you must be the sensible brother of the three. 685 00:43:29,908 --> 00:43:31,956 Oh, the sensible brother? 686 00:43:31,957 --> 00:43:34,267 And what makes you say that? 687 00:43:34,268 --> 00:43:37,028 Well I... I may be mistaken... 688 00:43:38,518 --> 00:43:40,956 but it seems to me that your younger brother, Arthur, 689 00:43:40,957 --> 00:43:43,387 has a very contrary nature. 690 00:43:43,388 --> 00:43:45,987 Alternately over-lethargic 691 00:43:45,988 --> 00:43:47,826 and over-energetic. 692 00:43:47,827 --> 00:43:51,076 While your elder brother, Tom, could be called over... enthusiastic. 693 00:43:51,077 --> 00:43:53,107 I'm afraid that, despite his good nature, 694 00:43:53,108 --> 00:43:55,317 he neglects his own happiness and his family's 695 00:43:55,318 --> 00:43:57,747 in his passionate devotion to Sanditon. 696 00:43:59,268 --> 00:44:01,627 Don't you agree? 697 00:44:05,108 --> 00:44:08,268 Upon my word, Miss Heywood, you are very free with your opinions. 698 00:44:10,358 --> 00:44:12,267 I beg your pardon, I didn't... 699 00:44:12,268 --> 00:44:15,876 And upon what experience of the world do you form your judgements? 700 00:44:15,877 --> 00:44:18,027 - I... - Where have you been? 701 00:44:18,028 --> 00:44:19,956 Nowhere. What have you learnt? 702 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:21,717 Nothing, it would seem, 703 00:44:21,718 --> 00:44:23,746 and yet you take it upon yourself to criticise. 704 00:44:23,747 --> 00:44:25,437 Let me put it to you, Miss Heywood, 705 00:44:25,462 --> 00:44:26,987 which is the better way to live? 706 00:44:26,988 --> 00:44:30,267 To sit in your father's house with your piano and your embroidery? 707 00:44:30,268 --> 00:44:33,357 Waiting for someone to come and take you off your parents' hands? 708 00:44:33,358 --> 00:44:36,717 Or to expend your energy in trying to make a difference? 709 00:44:36,718 --> 00:44:38,437 To leave your mark. 710 00:44:38,438 --> 00:44:40,956 To leave the world in a better place than you found it. 711 00:44:40,957 --> 00:44:43,626 That is what my brother Tom is trying to do. 712 00:44:43,627 --> 00:44:46,517 At the expense of a great deal of effort and anxiety, 713 00:44:46,518 --> 00:44:48,517 in a good cause for which I do my best 714 00:44:48,518 --> 00:44:49,956 to help and support him. 715 00:44:49,957 --> 00:44:52,387 And you see fit to criticise him, 716 00:44:52,388 --> 00:44:55,037 to amuse yourself at his expense. 717 00:44:55,038 --> 00:44:57,038 I beg your pardon. 718 00:44:58,158 --> 00:45:00,158 I have offended you. 719 00:45:01,877 --> 00:45:03,387 Please, forgive me. 720 00:45:03,388 --> 00:45:05,038 No, you haven't offended me. 721 00:45:06,358 --> 00:45:08,108 I'm the one at fault. 722 00:45:09,268 --> 00:45:11,037 I shouldn't have expected so much 723 00:45:11,038 --> 00:45:13,717 from a girl with so little experience and understanding. 724 00:45:13,918 --> 00:45:15,418 Excuse me. 725 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:35,000 *CREDITS*