1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:04,101 I regret to announce an Enys-Penvenen offshoot. A child! 2 00:00:04,162 --> 00:00:06,882 How are you, Morwenna? I cannot be seen here with you. 3 00:00:06,914 --> 00:00:10,811 It does appear now that I was not, after all, with child. 4 00:00:10,915 --> 00:00:13,202 My nephew should be preparing for the election. 5 00:00:13,227 --> 00:00:16,742 Francis Basset and I have come to an accord. He's thrown us out. 6 00:00:16,773 --> 00:00:18,655 Demelza, would you sit with me a while? 7 00:00:18,697 --> 00:00:22,777 Armitage is sick. Falmouth was obliged to choose another candidate. 8 00:00:22,824 --> 00:00:26,930 Captain Ross Poldark has nine votes. A new MP! 9 00:00:26,970 --> 00:00:29,540 It is not in my power to give you what you seek. 10 00:00:29,576 --> 00:00:31,743 My nephew died a few hours ago. 11 00:00:32,572 --> 00:00:36,438 You won. And now? Everything will change. 12 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,876 *CREDITS* 13 00:01:40,101 --> 00:01:41,815 October 5th. My dearest Demelza, though 14 00:01:41,827 --> 00:01:43,381 I must confess to some trepidation 15 00:01:43,474 --> 00:01:46,074 at my first foray into the House of Commons, 16 00:01:46,152 --> 00:01:48,960 I am resolved to begin what I came here to do. 17 00:02:01,270 --> 00:02:02,909 November 20th. 18 00:02:02,910 --> 00:02:06,349 My dearest Ross, today we ploughed the long field 19 00:02:06,350 --> 00:02:08,302 and brought in the last of the apples. 20 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:13,070 Order, gentlemen! There are, Mr Speaker... 21 00:02:13,110 --> 00:02:14,669 Order, order! 22 00:02:14,670 --> 00:02:21,732 There are, in England, 160 crimes for which a man may be hanged. 23 00:02:21,790 --> 00:02:24,110 Order! 24 00:02:26,470 --> 00:02:28,470 January 27th. 25 00:02:28,510 --> 00:02:31,910 My dearest Ross, Christmas is already behind us, 26 00:02:31,950 --> 00:02:33,949 yet the harsh winter persists, 27 00:02:33,950 --> 00:02:38,150 and all of us at home and at the mine eagerly await your return. 28 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:41,269 March 3rd. 29 00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:45,749 My dearest Demelza, the contentious anti-slavery debate rages on, 30 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:47,989 keeping me here to add my support. 31 00:02:47,990 --> 00:02:49,749 In my continued absence, 32 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:53,540 I know I can rely on you to manage affairs at home a little longer. 33 00:02:53,767 --> 00:02:56,990 Gentlemen, much as I commend the bill 34 00:02:57,030 --> 00:02:59,750 proposed by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Wilberforce 35 00:02:59,790 --> 00:03:05,884 and suggest that arguments in favour of slavery are abominable, 36 00:03:05,990 --> 00:03:11,150 I submit that there is suffering and injustice closer to home, 37 00:03:11,550 --> 00:03:15,003 which also requires our attention. 38 00:03:15,331 --> 00:03:19,469 Children employed in the mills of the North are dying 39 00:03:19,470 --> 00:03:21,270 in their thousands... 40 00:03:21,310 --> 00:03:24,789 Order! Order! Order! 41 00:03:24,790 --> 00:03:27,669 Where is our compassion for these slaves? 42 00:03:29,630 --> 00:03:33,750 Order! Order! The House must come to order! 43 00:03:59,710 --> 00:04:02,549 Good day, Rosina. Good day, mistress. 44 00:04:02,550 --> 00:04:04,910 Good day, Master Drake. 45 00:04:15,150 --> 00:04:17,110 What did Cap'n Ross say in his letter? 46 00:04:18,270 --> 00:04:20,190 Oh, just that he misses us very much 47 00:04:20,230 --> 00:04:22,070 and he'll return as soon as he can. 48 00:04:25,110 --> 00:04:26,910 Come on then, you two. 49 00:04:31,390 --> 00:04:33,390 It's so lovely to be at Trenwith again. 50 00:04:34,670 --> 00:04:36,630 My dear, this was your home before it was ours. 51 00:04:36,670 --> 00:04:39,470 You must visit whenever you choose. Mustn't she, George? 52 00:04:41,470 --> 00:04:44,469 Elizabeth will be glad of your company while I'm away in London. 53 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:47,790 And if you'll excuse me, I must prepare for my departure. 54 00:04:50,230 --> 00:04:51,989 Will you visit Nampara? 55 00:04:51,990 --> 00:04:54,910 Oh, yes, I'm so seldom here, I must make the most of my time. 56 00:04:56,670 --> 00:05:00,190 Of course, not all the family are in residence. No. 57 00:05:02,270 --> 00:05:05,310 I imagine George misses Westminster. 58 00:05:06,510 --> 00:05:09,550 And has every intention of returning. By challenging Ross? 59 00:05:10,670 --> 00:05:12,750 I believe he means to try a different approach. 60 00:05:28,270 --> 00:05:30,830 Marshmallow root, brewed with cooled water, 61 00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:32,750 thrice daily while the throat is raw. 62 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:35,989 And might I suggest a reduced consumption of rum? 63 00:05:35,990 --> 00:05:38,390 Feel free to suggest all you like. 64 00:05:40,670 --> 00:05:44,870 Do we hear aught from His Lordship, the Honourable Member for Truro? 65 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:48,309 Or be he now too grand for the likes of we? 66 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:50,470 Why not ask His Lordship's wife? 67 00:05:58,950 --> 00:06:01,430 Tholly, Mrs Crocker. 68 00:06:01,470 --> 00:06:03,790 Come on then, my handsome looking lass. 69 00:06:07,870 --> 00:06:12,149 Dr Enys, have you escaped? And Mrs Enys so near her time? 70 00:06:12,150 --> 00:06:13,549 Still refusing to rest 71 00:06:13,550 --> 00:06:16,390 and proceeding as if nothing is happening and nothing will change. 72 00:06:18,430 --> 00:06:22,270 Well, Captain, anything to report? There is, ma'am. 73 00:06:23,830 --> 00:06:25,310 And not good. 74 00:06:27,750 --> 00:06:30,030 The champion lode's wearing unexpected thin. 75 00:06:31,230 --> 00:06:34,430 It looked safe for nigh on five or more years, but now, 76 00:06:34,470 --> 00:06:36,670 if it peter out as we think it will... 77 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:38,470 We might have to close within months. 78 00:06:41,990 --> 00:06:44,390 I think I must write to Ross. 79 00:06:47,910 --> 00:06:50,710 But what can he do? And at such a distance? 80 00:06:50,750 --> 00:06:54,150 With greater matters than we to busy hisself. I'll write to him. 81 00:07:34,630 --> 00:07:37,110 Ooh! 82 00:07:55,110 --> 00:07:57,710 Uncle Ross! Geoffrey Charles. 83 00:07:57,750 --> 00:08:00,509 I hear you're quite the celebrity in Westminster. 84 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:04,110 On the contrary, I think I'm seen as thoroughgoing nuisance. 85 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,270 Papa would have enjoyed your speech. 86 00:08:06,310 --> 00:08:09,470 Your father would have graced the house with more dignity 87 00:08:09,510 --> 00:08:11,550 and less notoriety than I can muster. 88 00:08:13,390 --> 00:08:14,830 A toast then. 89 00:08:16,950 --> 00:08:19,430 To Francis Poldark. And his son. 90 00:08:29,270 --> 00:08:30,870 Fame has its rewards. 91 00:08:32,510 --> 00:08:35,070 May I offer you some refreshment? 92 00:08:38,630 --> 00:08:42,430 Mm, but we thought to offer you some, my lord. 93 00:08:52,710 --> 00:08:54,710 Another time, perhaps. 94 00:08:56,270 --> 00:08:57,670 Pity. 95 00:09:32,710 --> 00:09:34,030 Poldark. 96 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:38,709 The drawbacks of being a Cornish MP who actually lives in Cornwall. 97 00:09:38,710 --> 00:09:42,150 One cannot simply dash home when the need arises. 98 00:09:42,190 --> 00:09:44,190 I take it the need has arisen? Yes. 99 00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:49,069 Matters of state can sometimes be a useful distraction 100 00:09:49,070 --> 00:09:50,830 if one is so inclined. 101 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:57,189 My nephew... Yes? 102 00:09:57,190 --> 00:09:59,430 ..has been very much in my thoughts. 103 00:09:59,470 --> 00:10:01,830 He would have served his constituency well 104 00:10:01,870 --> 00:10:03,670 and would have urged you not to serve it 105 00:10:03,710 --> 00:10:05,510 at the expense of your wife and family. 106 00:10:14,070 --> 00:10:15,670 Your table, sir. 107 00:10:21,190 --> 00:10:23,150 Captain Monk Adderley, 108 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:25,550 Right Honourable Member for Bishop's Castle, 109 00:10:25,590 --> 00:10:28,510 a place I have never seen nor ever intend to. 110 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:33,350 How may I assist you? 111 00:10:59,590 --> 00:11:02,109 Not there! 112 00:11:02,110 --> 00:11:04,430 And how has it been without Ross? 113 00:11:04,470 --> 00:11:06,830 Ross? Ross? Do we know any Ross? 114 00:11:12,750 --> 00:11:14,909 I think I must be in hell. 115 00:11:14,910 --> 00:11:17,630 Ah... 116 00:11:17,670 --> 00:11:21,589 Ah... Not yet, my dear, but you very soon will be. 117 00:11:21,590 --> 00:11:22,990 Caroline? 118 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:24,470 The carriage? 119 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:29,550 Where is my grandson? 120 00:11:35,710 --> 00:11:37,710 Good heavens! Why is that child playing 121 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:40,790 when he could be learning his numbers? He is a Whitworth. 122 00:11:40,830 --> 00:11:43,429 Great things are required of him. 123 00:11:46,030 --> 00:11:47,950 Where is my son? 124 00:11:55,510 --> 00:11:58,189 Ha, Poldark! How is Westminster? 125 00:11:58,190 --> 00:12:02,790 Abolition of slavery, Catholic emancipation and all that nonsense! 126 00:12:02,830 --> 00:12:05,189 Why have you not engaged a governess? 127 00:12:05,190 --> 00:12:08,350 No matter, I shall find a suitable person. 128 00:12:08,390 --> 00:12:12,110 It is never too soon to shape impressionable young minds. 129 00:12:12,150 --> 00:12:15,510 He's barely two years old! And you are a child, 130 00:12:15,550 --> 00:12:18,350 and have no notion of how the world works! 131 00:12:20,150 --> 00:12:22,390 Tell my son I will arrange everything. 132 00:12:26,110 --> 00:12:29,949 By the by, perhaps you could use your good offices on my behalf. 133 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:32,469 I'm seeking the living of Luxulyan. 134 00:12:32,470 --> 00:12:35,830 You already have two livings. Ah, but they are miserably poor 135 00:12:35,870 --> 00:12:39,070 and not at all befitting a man of my station. 136 00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:41,710 And in return, I might do you a favour. 137 00:12:41,750 --> 00:12:44,350 My uncle, Conan Godolphin, 138 00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:47,669 is a personal friend of the Prince of Wales. 139 00:12:47,670 --> 00:12:52,070 Your curate in charge at St Sawle, Reverend Odgers, 140 00:12:52,110 --> 00:12:57,350 is a hard-working father of six, who earns £45 a year. 141 00:12:57,630 --> 00:12:59,390 An enormous sum! 142 00:12:59,430 --> 00:13:01,190 I cannot concede how he spends at all. 143 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:03,309 I could be willing to intercede on your behalf 144 00:13:03,310 --> 00:13:06,270 if you increase Odgers' stipend to £100 a year. 145 00:13:06,310 --> 00:13:10,189 Good God! Do you realise the total stipend from Sawle is only £200? 146 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:12,829 Why would I pay half to an uneducated curate? 147 00:13:12,830 --> 00:13:15,070 Because he does all the work. 148 00:13:19,550 --> 00:13:22,950 This is not one of our native plants. How came you buy it? 149 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:29,269 It is a magnolia that was given by a friend, Lieutenant Armitage. 150 00:13:29,270 --> 00:13:31,350 Oh, Ross's friend who sadly died. 151 00:13:32,830 --> 00:13:34,750 Yes, sadly he... 152 00:13:38,430 --> 00:13:40,390 Trenwith is very grand these days. 153 00:13:42,070 --> 00:13:45,870 Of course, you never go there now. Were you pleased with Lisbon? 154 00:13:46,950 --> 00:13:48,949 And the connection will not be improved 155 00:13:48,950 --> 00:13:50,910 by Ross taking George's seat. 156 00:13:50,950 --> 00:13:53,229 How long do you remain in Cornwall? 157 00:13:53,230 --> 00:13:55,230 I see this is a forbidden subject. 158 00:13:55,270 --> 00:13:57,270 Have you met Rosina? 159 00:13:57,310 --> 00:13:59,510 This is my cousin, Verity. Good day to you, ma'am. 160 00:13:59,550 --> 00:14:02,630 I've asked Rosina to make some caps and bonnets for the children. 161 00:14:02,670 --> 00:14:04,629 And I hope to have them ready for Sunday, ma'am. 162 00:14:04,630 --> 00:14:07,270 Shall I bring them over? That will be most convenient. 163 00:14:08,870 --> 00:14:10,750 Amiable girl. 164 00:14:10,790 --> 00:14:13,790 And my brother Drake still unwed. 165 00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:16,950 My dear, I would have thought, after your experience with me, 166 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,790 you'd have had your fill of matchmaking. 167 00:14:18,830 --> 00:14:21,390 Not at all! See how well that worked out. 168 00:14:23,750 --> 00:14:27,469 You did well to secure this property. Thank you. 169 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:32,270 Your wife is a Chynoweth. One of Cornwall's oldest families. 170 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:36,630 I, myself, am a commoner who, by dint of my own ingenuity, 171 00:14:36,670 --> 00:14:38,950 has risen to the verge of aristocracy. 172 00:14:40,390 --> 00:14:42,150 I need to know I'm dealing with a man 173 00:14:42,190 --> 00:14:44,230 who is equally serious about his own ascent. 174 00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:46,630 He is, you are. 175 00:14:50,430 --> 00:14:53,030 For, as you know, it is not WHAT one knows... 176 00:14:55,990 --> 00:15:01,190 However, any such introductions will come at a price. 177 00:15:01,270 --> 00:15:04,190 Which I am fully prepared to meet. 178 00:15:05,750 --> 00:15:08,350 And I applaud your desire for a speedy return to the House. 179 00:15:11,830 --> 00:15:14,470 But perhaps you've had enough of seeking a patron. 180 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:20,350 Perhaps you'd prefer to be a patron yourself. 181 00:15:50,830 --> 00:15:52,390 You look... 182 00:15:55,350 --> 00:15:59,150 ..thinner. Perhaps I've been pining for my husband. 183 00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:03,669 So... 184 00:16:03,670 --> 00:16:05,510 what have you been up to? 185 00:16:10,030 --> 00:16:12,989 Well, seeing to your mine, to your farm, 186 00:16:12,990 --> 00:16:15,070 your household, your children. 187 00:16:16,670 --> 00:16:18,230 That's what I've been up to. 188 00:16:23,310 --> 00:16:26,390 All the way home, I wondered how this would be. 189 00:16:29,710 --> 00:16:34,870 Would there be anger, jealousy? Would we ever laugh again... 190 00:16:36,630 --> 00:16:38,110 ..like we used to? 191 00:16:41,830 --> 00:16:43,630 I don't know, Ross. 192 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:46,750 Will we? 193 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:06,870 Get down, boy! 194 00:17:09,710 --> 00:17:11,870 There we go. 195 00:17:11,910 --> 00:17:13,510 Hm. 196 00:17:13,550 --> 00:17:16,710 Lay another place for supper. Why, who be coming? 197 00:17:17,790 --> 00:17:19,310 I am. 198 00:17:20,590 --> 00:17:22,910 Oh, Master Ross! 199 00:17:55,470 --> 00:17:57,989 What an odious journey! 200 00:17:57,990 --> 00:18:02,030 Obliged to share a coach with that impudent squireen Ross Poldark. 201 00:18:03,230 --> 00:18:06,110 Lady Whitworth called. Mama? Did I miss her? 202 00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:10,350 Did she mention a governess for John Conan? 203 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:11,950 I think it an excellent idea. 204 00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:14,069 Osborne, he is an infant! 205 00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:17,710 I'm perfectly capable of caring for him myself. I think not. 206 00:18:18,710 --> 00:18:21,550 Recollect how you made threats against his life? 207 00:18:21,590 --> 00:18:23,510 You know very well why. 208 00:18:26,030 --> 00:18:28,590 Seeking to deny me my conjugal rights, 209 00:18:28,630 --> 00:18:31,470 your fevered imagination conjured up some fantastical tale 210 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:36,030 about your sister, whom I loathe and detest with every ounce of... 211 00:18:44,510 --> 00:18:47,750 Dear Vicar, when I left your house to marry Arthur, 212 00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:50,590 I inadvertently carried away some books of yours. 213 00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:52,830 Could I ask you, at your convenience, 214 00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,830 to call and collect them? 215 00:18:54,870 --> 00:18:57,910 Arthur is at the library until five each day 216 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:00,750 but I'm always at home in the afternoons. 217 00:19:07,510 --> 00:19:11,710 Old Nat Pearce, my attorney, riddled with gout. 218 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:14,469 Will I come and pray with him? 219 00:19:14,470 --> 00:19:16,790 I'm sure you'll be a comfort. 220 00:19:25,910 --> 00:19:29,990 Good Lord, Dr Enys! Has it started already? Yes. 221 00:19:30,030 --> 00:19:33,030 SHE has started already. 222 00:19:33,070 --> 00:19:35,430 Is she as ugly as we feared? 223 00:19:35,470 --> 00:19:38,830 Quite possibly the most perfect creature I've ever seen. 224 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:44,070 Does she have blue eyes? All babies have blue eyes. 225 00:19:44,110 --> 00:19:47,670 Like her father. I'm afraid so. 226 00:19:55,150 --> 00:19:57,390 And I suppose I must learn to tolerate her. 227 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:59,030 What shall we call you? 228 00:20:00,710 --> 00:20:04,910 Miss Sarah Caroline Enys. 229 00:20:22,870 --> 00:20:27,070 Notwithstanding your generosity in enabling Arthur and I to marry, 230 00:20:27,110 --> 00:20:29,910 I'm afraid we do still struggle to make ends meet. 231 00:20:29,950 --> 00:20:34,790 If only there was something I could do to augment our meagre income. 232 00:20:36,550 --> 00:20:40,230 Something I could... turn my hand to. 233 00:20:53,270 --> 00:20:55,229 How is Captain Blamey? 234 00:20:55,230 --> 00:20:58,390 Well, thank you. He sends his regards. 235 00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:02,870 That's kind of him, considering. 236 00:21:04,670 --> 00:21:06,870 Andrew is not a vengeful man. 237 00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:11,189 But, in matters of the heart, he does not hold with interference 238 00:21:11,190 --> 00:21:13,190 from those who think they know better. 239 00:21:14,630 --> 00:21:18,390 Myself, in your case? And Morwenna's. 240 00:21:20,190 --> 00:21:22,830 Ray Penvenen and Caroline's? 241 00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:27,030 And your mother. And yours. 242 00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:32,727 How different might so many lives 243 00:21:32,739 --> 00:21:34,990 have been without such interference? 244 00:21:37,790 --> 00:21:42,870 Let us vow in future to let nature take its course. 245 00:21:43,030 --> 00:21:44,750 Agreed. 246 00:22:08,270 --> 00:22:10,110 We seem like strangers now. 247 00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:14,110 We were strangers before I left. 248 00:22:16,070 --> 00:22:17,630 And not of my... 249 00:22:19,030 --> 00:22:20,630 Doing? 250 00:22:21,790 --> 00:22:23,430 But of mine. 251 00:22:27,150 --> 00:22:29,990 And that's what you've been thinking all this time? 252 00:22:30,030 --> 00:22:32,550 That I've been grieving for Hugh? 253 00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:39,230 Have you not? 'Tis all past, Ross, done with. 254 00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:44,430 But you left for London, so I had no chance to tell you so. 255 00:22:45,630 --> 00:22:49,870 Then you kept away. It seemed easier to fight a shade from afar. 256 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:57,430 And all these months, the distance, the mistrust. 257 00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:13,030 I think you no longer know me, Ross. 258 00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:16,310 Perhaps we no longer know each other. 259 00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:57,710 Tell me of London. 260 00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:59,310 Loud. 261 00:24:00,790 --> 00:24:04,869 And hectic. And your life there? 262 00:24:04,870 --> 00:24:08,110 Pampered and decadent. 263 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:14,030 See how soft and fat I've become. On the contrary. 264 00:24:21,910 --> 00:24:25,430 Where are you going? To prove to myself how unfit I am. 265 00:24:47,150 --> 00:24:49,470 Dwight. 266 00:24:57,470 --> 00:24:59,270 This is intolerable! 267 00:25:00,590 --> 00:25:03,549 Can a man not have an ocean to himself now and then? 268 00:25:03,550 --> 00:25:07,390 Is this your custom now? Only on days when I've become a father. 269 00:25:12,310 --> 00:25:14,070 That's tremendous! 270 00:25:14,110 --> 00:25:17,550 Son or daughter? Sarah. 271 00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:22,430 So it begins. Life's greatest adventure. 272 00:25:22,470 --> 00:25:24,670 I think you need a drink. 273 00:25:44,350 --> 00:25:46,470 I must be feeling my age. 274 00:25:46,510 --> 00:25:49,269 For the first time in my life, I feel the cold. 275 00:25:49,270 --> 00:25:51,670 How is Demelza? 276 00:25:51,710 --> 00:25:55,349 Thawing. Hm, I'm relieved. 277 00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:57,910 I know there were difficult times before you left. 278 00:26:00,030 --> 00:26:01,750 Hopefully, they're now behind us. 279 00:26:08,790 --> 00:26:11,589 Well, the Crocker's got hold of his heart. 280 00:26:11,590 --> 00:26:14,430 Zachy! Paul! Whoa. Arr! 281 00:26:16,670 --> 00:26:18,430 Cap'n. 282 00:26:23,070 --> 00:26:26,190 Good day to you, sir. Good day. 283 00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:32,710 The Right Honourable Cap'n. 284 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:35,070 Right, well, you'll be wishing to go below. 285 00:26:35,110 --> 00:26:37,109 Paul, show Cap'n Ross the way. 286 00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:39,230 I think I know how to find my own mine. 287 00:26:48,670 --> 00:26:50,030 Come 'ere! 288 00:26:52,830 --> 00:26:57,710 If things are as bad as Demelza says, we must make a plan. 289 00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:59,589 Will you have time for such a thing, 290 00:26:59,590 --> 00:27:02,150 now you have London matters to attend to? 291 00:27:02,190 --> 00:27:05,630 Ross, will you tell Demelza of Caroline? 292 00:27:09,070 --> 00:27:13,349 We have a daughter. Why, that is joyful news! Thank you. 293 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:16,350 And Mrs Enys be well? Most well, thank you. 294 00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:18,390 And does the little tacker have a name? 295 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:20,830 Sarah, Sarah Caroline. Why, that is something! 296 00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:23,030 Mr Cardy has a new enterprise. 297 00:27:27,870 --> 00:27:29,829 You must rest, my friend. 298 00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:32,430 I will leave you to the able offices of Reverend Whitworth. 299 00:27:41,630 --> 00:27:45,230 Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 300 00:27:45,270 --> 00:27:48,670 Hear now the comfortable words of St James. 301 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:52,110 Blessed is the man who has resisted temptation... Ah! 302 00:27:53,230 --> 00:27:55,270 That's just it, good sir. 303 00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:57,990 I haven't... 304 00:27:58,030 --> 00:27:59,869 resisted... 305 00:27:59,870 --> 00:28:01,670 temptation. 306 00:28:01,710 --> 00:28:06,150 And is it the sins of your youth which now trouble you? No, sir. 307 00:28:06,190 --> 00:28:08,389 It's the sins of my age. 308 00:28:08,390 --> 00:28:12,469 Gluttony? Sloth? Cheating at whist? 309 00:28:12,470 --> 00:28:17,710 I have, in recent years, indulged in a little idle speculation, 310 00:28:19,070 --> 00:28:23,190 investments in some of our burgeoning industries, 311 00:28:23,230 --> 00:28:25,070 which, regrettably... 312 00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:28,470 ..have failed. 313 00:28:28,510 --> 00:28:30,350 So you lost money. What of it? 314 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:35,430 Only that the money with which I speculated... 315 00:28:36,430 --> 00:28:38,390 ..was not my own. 316 00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:47,630 When I left for Westminster, the mine was in profit. 317 00:28:47,670 --> 00:28:51,030 The lode showed no sign of petering out 318 00:28:51,070 --> 00:28:53,470 and we even considered taking on more men. 319 00:28:53,510 --> 00:28:55,310 'Twas a reasonable thought. 320 00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:57,110 Though in the end we decided against. 321 00:28:57,150 --> 00:29:00,509 Which was fortunate, since the lode began to fail, so... 322 00:29:00,510 --> 00:29:02,629 we have a choice. 323 00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:06,509 Work the lode till it's exhausted 324 00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:11,230 or drive through to the old Wheal Maiden workings. 325 00:29:15,670 --> 00:29:20,150 Begging your pardon, but what may seem simple to an outsider... 326 00:29:24,550 --> 00:29:27,829 Meaning no disrespect. It's only, we've been below all these months. 327 00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:31,630 Seen how the land lies. As opposed to thee being above grass. 328 00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:34,709 And far away in London. Not that that be a bad thing. 329 00:29:34,710 --> 00:29:36,749 Nay, it is a comfort to know we have 'ee 330 00:29:36,750 --> 00:29:38,709 to speak for we in Parliament... 331 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:41,550 Do you think me out of touch with my own mine? 332 00:29:45,190 --> 00:29:47,710 Like we said, no disrespect. 333 00:29:48,950 --> 00:29:50,350 No. 334 00:29:55,830 --> 00:29:58,910 Let's think on it then talk further. 335 00:30:17,390 --> 00:30:20,229 Ah, the venturer returns. 336 00:30:20,230 --> 00:30:25,270 Last year, because of a stupid and contrived agreement 337 00:30:25,510 --> 00:30:27,510 between two of our so-called mobility, 338 00:30:27,550 --> 00:30:29,430 I lost my seat to Ross Poldark. Mm. 339 00:30:29,470 --> 00:30:32,190 Unless we arrange to shoot him on the highway, 340 00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:34,230 I cannot now unseat him. 341 00:30:34,270 --> 00:30:36,470 But I see no reason to be excluded from the House. 342 00:30:36,510 --> 00:30:38,390 Nor need you be. 343 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:40,950 Seats are for sale, so buy one. 344 00:30:40,990 --> 00:30:43,950 But who is willing to sell so soon after an election? 345 00:30:45,230 --> 00:30:48,350 Life is short. I don't wish to wait. 346 00:30:50,350 --> 00:30:54,149 I've decided to buy a borough. You're out of your mind! 347 00:30:54,150 --> 00:30:57,829 With a borough, I have control. When I own properties, I own voters. 348 00:30:57,830 --> 00:31:00,469 And I can dispense patronage - a useful appointment here, 349 00:31:00,470 --> 00:31:02,270 a profitable contract there. 350 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:05,990 I would acquire influence of a hitherto unprecedented kind. 351 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:08,950 Assuming you can find someone willing to sell. 352 00:31:08,990 --> 00:31:11,750 Which is where Monk Adderley comes in. 353 00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:13,629 At a price? 354 00:31:13,630 --> 00:31:18,710 Which I'm willing to pay for my own benefit and that of my children. 355 00:31:18,830 --> 00:31:22,030 Oh, is Elizabeth...? No. 356 00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:25,830 But at some point, she will be. 357 00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:33,310 Mining folk are fickle. I had not thought so till now. 358 00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:37,470 Which makes me all the more appreciative of my other friends. 359 00:31:37,510 --> 00:31:39,430 One of mine is fading. 360 00:31:39,470 --> 00:31:42,950 Old Nat Pearce, poor demented old fool. 361 00:31:42,990 --> 00:31:45,550 Reverend Whitworth is praying for him. 362 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:52,790 Ah, cousin George. 363 00:31:52,830 --> 00:31:54,750 I trust you had my note. 364 00:31:54,790 --> 00:31:57,630 I have just, this instant, returned from London. 365 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,629 No matter. I was writing to inform you 366 00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:04,230 that the living of Luxulyan is vacant. 367 00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:11,070 Had you not heard? Is it likely that I would? 368 00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:16,070 Ah, but one must keep one's ear close to the ground. 369 00:32:16,110 --> 00:32:17,910 One never knows what one might pick up. 370 00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:22,029 Why, only today, I had the most extraordinary news 371 00:32:22,030 --> 00:32:25,510 from old Nat Pearce, even now at death's door. 372 00:32:25,550 --> 00:32:27,790 What manner of news? 373 00:32:27,830 --> 00:32:30,830 Oh, the old fool has squandered funds, entrusted to him 374 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:34,270 by his clients, on hopeless speculations. 375 00:32:36,430 --> 00:32:40,750 Has he? And these funds were deposited where? 376 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:43,470 I believe at Pascoe's Bank. 377 00:32:48,630 --> 00:32:52,589 I will think further about the living of Luxulyan. 378 00:32:52,590 --> 00:32:54,829 Pray, let me have time to consider. 379 00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:57,630 Of course, by all means. 380 00:33:06,790 --> 00:33:10,030 Pascoe's Bank stands guarantor for all those funds, 381 00:33:10,070 --> 00:33:13,470 and Ross Poldark's entire capital is also lodged at Pascoe's Bank. 382 00:33:13,510 --> 00:33:16,710 So, when Nat Pearce finally expires, 383 00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:20,589 the pressure which might be brought to bear 384 00:33:20,590 --> 00:33:24,030 could kill two birds with one stone. 385 00:33:36,270 --> 00:33:37,670 Well, Ross. 386 00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:43,149 Is Cornwall not tedious after the heady bustle of London? 387 00:33:43,150 --> 00:33:46,590 Personally, I find it very much to my taste. 388 00:33:47,830 --> 00:33:50,390 You? Oh, it has its attractions... 389 00:33:51,510 --> 00:33:52,830 ..and its uses. 390 00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:01,590 Excuse me, sir. Can I have these? 391 00:34:05,070 --> 00:34:07,910 It was no small feat to secure Adderley. 392 00:34:07,950 --> 00:34:11,150 But he is expert in these matters and I shall be guided by him. 393 00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:12,870 So, what does he suggest? 394 00:34:12,910 --> 00:34:17,070 A gathering, the like of which this house has never seen. 395 00:34:17,110 --> 00:34:18,870 Who would we invite? 396 00:34:18,910 --> 00:34:21,390 Guests from London, hand-picked, 397 00:34:21,430 --> 00:34:25,629 and a number of local worthies who have boroughs 398 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:28,710 and might be persuaded to part with them. 399 00:34:35,550 --> 00:34:37,990 Jibby, jibby, jibby, jibby, jibby, jibby. 400 00:34:40,190 --> 00:34:45,109 A cherub. A tiresome one, which takes up so much of my time, 401 00:34:45,110 --> 00:34:47,203 forcing me to neglect more important 402 00:34:47,215 --> 00:34:49,150 matters, such as horses and dogs. 403 00:34:52,870 --> 00:34:55,549 Beg pardon, ma'am. I've finished the caps for the children. 404 00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:58,549 I must be on my way. Oh, well, Drake was just leaving. 405 00:34:58,550 --> 00:35:00,669 Perhaps you'd walk Rosina as far as Sawle. 406 00:35:00,670 --> 00:35:02,350 Oh, no, there be no need. 407 00:35:02,390 --> 00:35:06,150 I think it would be a kindness, with night drawing in. 408 00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:12,350 We'll both go. 409 00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:26,470 A more blatant contrivance I've yet to see. And yet is it wrong? 410 00:35:26,510 --> 00:35:28,750 The life he wished was not for the taking, 411 00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:30,990 so may I not then help him choose another? 412 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:41,550 Every day, you rise early, you eat late, 413 00:35:41,590 --> 00:35:45,190 you scarce sleep, but to what end, brother? 414 00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:47,309 You've been stricken in love, 415 00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:50,470 but now I reckon, and so does sister, 416 00:35:50,510 --> 00:35:54,350 there be no better young woman than Rosina Hoblyn. 417 00:35:54,390 --> 00:35:56,270 And Morwenna? 418 00:35:56,310 --> 00:35:59,030 Morwenna is wed to another and has a child. 419 00:36:00,870 --> 00:36:04,349 What more can 'ee do? She belong to Whitworth. 420 00:36:04,350 --> 00:36:07,990 What's done cannot be undone. Maybe not. 421 00:36:10,430 --> 00:36:14,270 But I can't think of another while Morwenna lives. 422 00:36:14,310 --> 00:36:16,950 And I'd not disrespect Rosina to ask for her heart 423 00:36:16,990 --> 00:36:19,310 when I've none to give in return. 424 00:36:22,590 --> 00:36:24,510 Well, I promised her I'd try. 425 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:32,150 Come here. 426 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:04,069 So, my reasoning is this. 427 00:37:04,070 --> 00:37:07,350 Wheal Maiden was never fully worked out. 428 00:37:07,390 --> 00:37:10,469 The old miners still talk of lodes left untouched, 429 00:37:10,470 --> 00:37:13,909 since my father's day. It's true enough. 430 00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:18,269 These past six months, you've been on timbering and crosscutting. 431 00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:22,910 It is so. So, I propose to put a team to shaft sinking 432 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:25,350 and another to driving through 433 00:37:25,390 --> 00:37:28,190 to link up to the old Wheal Maiden workings. 434 00:37:30,070 --> 00:37:32,270 And who'll lead the excavation? 435 00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:34,030 I will. 436 00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:37,349 But what about London? 437 00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:40,390 Well, summer recess is about to begin. 438 00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:43,510 I could give the mine at least three months before I return. 439 00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:46,070 By that time, we'll know whether it's a good plan 440 00:37:46,110 --> 00:37:47,710 or if it was errant. 441 00:37:50,590 --> 00:37:52,230 Are we agreed? 442 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:02,150 We start today. 443 00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:37,709 Well, Mama. 444 00:38:37,710 --> 00:38:39,310 My darling! 445 00:38:43,550 --> 00:38:47,029 How tiny it seems now. London is so much grander. 446 00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:48,390 You're not disappointed? 447 00:38:49,670 --> 00:38:53,110 Not in the least. It's good to be home. 448 00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:04,710 Good day, Uncle George. 449 00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:11,990 Good day, little brother! Shall we go for a canter? 450 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:22,989 Yes, Horace, you must stay and guard Miss Sarah 451 00:39:22,990 --> 00:39:24,990 and see she does not waken until we return. 452 00:39:36,390 --> 00:39:38,350 I do believe Horace is feeling neglected. 453 00:39:38,390 --> 00:39:41,470 Nonsense! He knows he I adore him above all things. 454 00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:45,510 Whilst Sarah and I are quite aware of our own unimportance. 455 00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:09,389 You seem very attached to that child, Dr Enys. 456 00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:11,710 I hope she won't grow up to be a spoilt brat. 457 00:40:13,790 --> 00:40:15,350 No. 458 00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:19,549 A good day's work, Cap'n. 459 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:22,830 An early night and an early start tomorrow. 460 00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:29,790 How many are we tonight? We three, Drake, Tholly... 461 00:40:29,830 --> 00:40:32,830 And the widow Crocker? If Tholly's sober! 462 00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:35,150 That's enough to hang on the end of fishing line. 463 00:40:35,190 --> 00:40:39,150 Tholly and Crocker! Illogan and Sawle's great beauties! 464 00:41:03,950 --> 00:41:07,030 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 465 00:41:26,910 --> 00:41:29,110 Mr Whitworth bid me take him, ma'am. 466 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:33,910 Thank Mr Whitworth for his kindness 467 00:41:33,950 --> 00:41:36,630 and tell him John Conan will remain here with me. 468 00:42:01,750 --> 00:42:03,230 Thank you. 469 00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:04,670 Yes. 470 00:42:11,150 --> 00:42:12,550 Excuse me, gentlemen. 471 00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:20,630 My dear... Excuse me, gentlemen. 472 00:42:20,670 --> 00:42:25,150 May I introduce Captain Monk Adderley? 473 00:42:26,830 --> 00:42:28,830 I'm honoured to make your acquaintance, ma'am. 474 00:42:30,830 --> 00:42:32,630 Your beauty is legendary. 475 00:42:34,550 --> 00:42:36,150 As is your reputation, sir. 476 00:42:49,990 --> 00:42:54,629 So, Henton has large investments in the East India Company. 477 00:42:54,630 --> 00:42:57,430 Comes of common stock but has thrown off his humble beginnings 478 00:42:57,470 --> 00:42:59,430 and is everywhere accepted. 479 00:42:59,470 --> 00:43:01,550 Robinson is a close friend of Pitt. 480 00:43:02,750 --> 00:43:05,670 And that gentleman... Is Sir Christopher Hawkins, 481 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:09,669 lawyer, MP, Baronet, High Sheriff of Cornwall. 482 00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:12,070 I must make a point of dancing with him. 483 00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:15,750 This is what you were born for, my dear. 484 00:43:15,790 --> 00:43:18,150 Adderley spotted it at once. 485 00:43:18,190 --> 00:43:21,910 And when our elevation comes, as he assures me it will, 486 00:43:21,950 --> 00:43:26,110 it is our children who will benefit. 487 00:43:31,630 --> 00:43:35,270 It seems we're the only folk in Cornwall without a party to go to. 488 00:43:36,790 --> 00:43:39,109 Dwight and Caroline are at Trenwith. 489 00:43:39,110 --> 00:43:41,150 And Sam and Drake are at the beach. 490 00:43:43,710 --> 00:43:46,630 It's only line fishing, Ross. Everyone goes. 491 00:43:46,670 --> 00:43:48,670 No-one waits to be invited. You never did. 492 00:43:55,510 --> 00:44:00,430 It's your beach, Ross. You could just go. 493 00:44:05,590 --> 00:44:07,150 You be good. 494 00:44:16,710 --> 00:44:19,830 Oh! My sweet boy! 495 00:44:19,870 --> 00:44:21,750 Please do not tell me how much I've grown. 496 00:44:22,990 --> 00:44:24,630 As if I would! 497 00:44:35,830 --> 00:44:37,790 What can you be thinking, Dr Enys? 498 00:44:37,830 --> 00:44:40,630 How to make your escape and return to our odious offspring? 499 00:44:42,070 --> 00:44:43,909 Something along those lines. 500 00:44:43,910 --> 00:44:45,510 Well, not before you've danced with me. 501 00:44:47,590 --> 00:44:50,790 Oh, my school is a hellhole, but I'm used to it now. 502 00:44:50,830 --> 00:44:53,430 In the first year, my tutor was a noted flog-bottomist 503 00:44:53,470 --> 00:44:55,270 so I was in agonies. 504 00:44:55,310 --> 00:44:57,670 But this year, I'm rid of him and shall have my own fag. 505 00:45:00,310 --> 00:45:02,590 And have acquired a taste for liquor, I see. 506 00:45:04,470 --> 00:45:07,670 Of which I note your stepfather disapproves. 507 00:45:08,750 --> 00:45:13,150 My dear sir, may I introduce Sir Christopher Hawkins? 508 00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:31,709 Drake, get out! 509 00:45:40,830 --> 00:45:42,430 Cap'n Ross! 510 00:45:42,470 --> 00:45:45,069 The Crockers from Illogan are beating the life out of Tholly 511 00:45:45,070 --> 00:45:46,869 on account of the widow Crocker... Who? 512 00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:49,310 ..who Tholly did bed. It turns out she ain't no widow. 513 00:45:49,350 --> 00:45:51,789 Mr Crocker's none too pleased, nor his brothers, 514 00:45:51,790 --> 00:45:53,630 so I'm going to Sawle for help. No time! 515 00:46:10,870 --> 00:46:15,510 At dinner last week, your name was mentioned. In what context? 516 00:46:15,550 --> 00:46:18,550 That your grandfather worked a forge in Hayle 517 00:46:18,590 --> 00:46:20,470 and had not a penny to his name. 518 00:46:20,510 --> 00:46:23,469 But that his grandson, by industry and good luck, 519 00:46:23,470 --> 00:46:25,909 had amassed a fortune of £200,000. 520 00:46:25,910 --> 00:46:28,870 In one particular, that is incorrect. 521 00:46:28,910 --> 00:46:31,310 My grandfather's forge was in St Day. 522 00:46:33,430 --> 00:46:36,630 As I understand it, you wish to acquire a borough. 523 00:46:38,070 --> 00:46:40,230 Do you know of any? 524 00:46:40,270 --> 00:46:42,950 I, myself, have three. 525 00:46:44,590 --> 00:46:48,830 And one of them, the borough of St Michael, boasts not one MP... 526 00:46:49,870 --> 00:46:51,430 ..but two. 527 00:47:22,950 --> 00:47:27,269 Tholly! 528 00:47:27,270 --> 00:47:32,190 Cap'n Ross, is he breathing? Is he? I can't tell. 529 00:47:57,110 --> 00:48:00,750 Is it thee, Cap'n, come to fight Illogan's finest? 530 00:48:00,790 --> 00:48:03,109 Who else would be stupid enough? 531 00:48:03,110 --> 00:48:06,230 Though I believe we've been here before, Ross. 532 00:48:06,270 --> 00:48:08,110 I believe we have. 533 00:48:09,390 --> 00:48:11,510 Looks like they Illogan folk'll never learn. 534 00:48:11,550 --> 00:48:14,550 He's an idiot and a fornicator and he brought this on himself. 535 00:48:14,590 --> 00:48:16,070 He is an idiot, 536 00:48:16,110 --> 00:48:18,590 but still my friend. 537 00:48:20,270 --> 00:48:23,310 So all of us, Ross, so all. 538 00:48:39,750 --> 00:48:41,789 Get up, get up, get up, get up. 539 00:48:41,790 --> 00:48:45,390 'Tis time for I to seek oblivion 540 00:48:45,430 --> 00:48:48,830 in the arms of some fresher wench. 541 00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:52,310 There's nothing like a dice with death 542 00:48:52,350 --> 00:48:54,990 to sharpen a man's appetite for the living. 543 00:49:05,150 --> 00:49:10,430 You'll be glad of thy bed tonight. Strangely, I feel wide awake. 544 00:49:10,630 --> 00:49:13,510 Maybe you should call at the great house for a nightcap. 545 00:49:50,350 --> 00:49:52,069 Good evening, Elizabeth. 546 00:49:52,070 --> 00:49:53,630 Ross! 547 00:49:54,950 --> 00:49:58,069 You're trespassing. Not entirely. 548 00:49:58,070 --> 00:50:01,429 This is, after all, a Poldark house. 549 00:50:01,430 --> 00:50:04,310 And as the senior Poldark left alive... 550 00:50:05,870 --> 00:50:08,310 ..I have a fancy to see what sort of party you're giving. 551 00:50:08,350 --> 00:50:09,789 But if George should see you... 552 00:50:09,790 --> 00:50:12,710 Oh, he wouldn't risk a scandal in front of all his fine guests. 553 00:50:14,030 --> 00:50:17,950 Not that I seek confrontation... ever. Hm. 554 00:50:21,430 --> 00:50:24,949 I came out for a breath of air. Is Geoffrey Charles here? 555 00:50:24,950 --> 00:50:26,990 Yes, but do not speak to him tonight. 556 00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:33,030 I see enough of him in London. I know. It pleases him greatly. 557 00:50:34,150 --> 00:50:38,750 But he's so worldly-wise, Ross, so blase for one so young. 558 00:50:38,790 --> 00:50:40,590 He'll grow out of it. 559 00:50:40,630 --> 00:50:43,190 Francis was no different at that age. 560 00:50:44,510 --> 00:50:46,310 You think him like Francis? 561 00:50:47,830 --> 00:50:49,550 In the better ways, yes. 562 00:50:53,990 --> 00:50:55,510 And Valentine? 563 00:50:56,870 --> 00:50:58,470 He's well. 564 00:51:00,710 --> 00:51:03,350 And George? His suspicions? 565 00:51:04,390 --> 00:51:05,990 Gone. 566 00:51:06,030 --> 00:51:08,030 And will only return if he has cause, 567 00:51:08,070 --> 00:51:10,109 such as your coming here tonight. 568 00:51:10,110 --> 00:51:12,349 Madam, is this gentleman annoying you? 569 00:51:12,350 --> 00:51:16,750 No, not at all. Why would you suppose it likely? 570 00:51:17,990 --> 00:51:20,749 I have not the honour of your acquaintance, sir. 571 00:51:20,750 --> 00:51:25,070 My cousin, Captain Ross Poldark. Captain Monk Adderley. 572 00:51:25,110 --> 00:51:26,710 Your servant, sir. 573 00:51:28,110 --> 00:51:30,790 I confess, when I saw you talking to Mrs Warleggan, 574 00:51:30,830 --> 00:51:32,670 I took you for a threadbare troubadour 575 00:51:32,710 --> 00:51:34,629 who'd been dismissed without a tip. 576 00:51:34,630 --> 00:51:38,870 I sing ill and accept tips with even less grace. 577 00:51:38,910 --> 00:51:43,350 Whereas I, on principle, always accept what ladies have to offer. 578 00:51:51,470 --> 00:51:54,150 Shall we return to the party? One moment. 579 00:51:55,590 --> 00:51:57,990 The name Poldark rings a bell. 580 00:51:58,030 --> 00:52:02,270 Are you not in the House? A new member. Hm. 581 00:52:02,310 --> 00:52:05,590 I don't recollect to see you there. Nor is it likely. 582 00:52:06,830 --> 00:52:08,550 I seldom attend. 583 00:52:16,790 --> 00:52:19,550 Goodnight, Elizabeth. Goodnight, Ross. 584 00:52:31,910 --> 00:52:33,350 Excuse me. 585 00:52:35,590 --> 00:52:40,790 My dear, the borough of St Michael is mine for the asking. 586 00:52:42,510 --> 00:52:45,949 Or, should I say, the purchasing. That's pleasing news. 587 00:52:45,950 --> 00:52:49,790 And more pleasing still, is that it has two sitting members. 588 00:52:49,830 --> 00:52:52,430 Of course, I'll need to induce one of them to stand down 589 00:52:52,470 --> 00:52:55,070 but my ultimate aim is to control both seats 590 00:52:55,110 --> 00:52:57,829 because, with two seats to put at the government's disposal... 591 00:52:57,830 --> 00:53:00,909 You would be in a position to ask for favours in return. 592 00:53:00,910 --> 00:53:05,870 And that would make you... Very powerful indeed. 593 00:53:40,550 --> 00:53:42,430 Did you catch anything? 594 00:53:43,470 --> 00:53:45,069 Death of cold 595 00:53:45,070 --> 00:53:47,910 and more rough-and-tumble than I'd bargained for. 596 00:53:49,550 --> 00:53:52,790 But, yes, it was as I hoped. 597 00:53:55,190 --> 00:53:57,630 Then we went to the inn and we drank. 598 00:53:58,710 --> 00:54:01,630 And then you came home. And then I came home... 599 00:54:02,950 --> 00:54:06,589 ..by way of Trenwith. You didn't! 600 00:54:06,590 --> 00:54:09,390 Naturally, I didn't go in. But to even go near! 601 00:54:09,430 --> 00:54:11,669 And to what end? To provoke George? 602 00:54:11,670 --> 00:54:13,830 No, it was an impulse... 603 00:54:15,150 --> 00:54:16,949 ..to see the place again. 604 00:54:16,950 --> 00:54:18,909 And Elizabeth? 605 00:54:18,910 --> 00:54:22,630 I found her walking in the garden and we spoke a little. 606 00:54:23,670 --> 00:54:25,030 She was not... 607 00:54:26,310 --> 00:54:28,110 ..unwelcoming. 608 00:54:33,190 --> 00:54:35,070 You don't suspect an attachment there still. 609 00:54:37,670 --> 00:54:40,270 No more than you suspect my attachment to Hugh. 610 00:54:42,950 --> 00:54:46,829 Except you do still suspect. I cannot compete with a ghost. 611 00:54:46,830 --> 00:54:49,030 No more could I compete with an ideal. 612 00:54:52,270 --> 00:54:54,190 Is that why it happened with Hugh? 613 00:54:55,390 --> 00:54:57,110 To teach me a lesson? 614 00:54:59,030 --> 00:55:00,830 You know it was not. 615 00:55:04,710 --> 00:55:08,150 These shadows, Hugh and Elizabeth... 616 00:55:11,790 --> 00:55:14,990 Do we not have enough to grapple with without they come between us? 617 00:55:17,710 --> 00:55:20,630 Yes, we have enough. 618 00:55:23,670 --> 00:55:25,190 I have something for you. 619 00:55:40,190 --> 00:55:41,510 Ross! 620 00:55:43,510 --> 00:55:45,850 All these months, you've had nothing 621 00:55:45,862 --> 00:55:48,150 from me except doubts and mistrust. 622 00:55:49,590 --> 00:55:51,230 I thought you deserved better. 623 00:56:12,110 --> 00:56:13,390 Here, let me. 624 00:56:28,590 --> 00:56:30,350 Are we strangers still? 625 00:56:31,630 --> 00:56:33,030 Yes... 626 00:56:34,830 --> 00:56:37,590 ..but strangers who know every inch of each other's skin. 627 00:56:41,910 --> 00:56:43,990 So, perhaps we should begin again from that. 628 00:57:02,510 --> 00:57:04,149 My wife, she is beyond help 629 00:57:04,150 --> 00:57:06,190 and would be better off in an institution. 630 00:57:07,590 --> 00:57:09,790 Help! 631 00:57:09,830 --> 00:57:11,790 I want to leave you. You cannot wish that. 632 00:57:13,070 --> 00:57:14,590 Where's Ross?