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Having secured a month's work at the manor house, Laura's father takes in a homeless family. It's only meant to be for one night but when they wake the next morning, they find the family has gone on having left their little girl, Polly, behind. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
Having secured a month's work at the manor house, Laura's father takes in a homeless family. It's only meant to be for one night but when they wake the next morning, they find the family has gone on having left their little girl, Polly, behind. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
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00:00On summer evening, my father came upon a family by the roadside.
00:25Once he'd set his eyes on them, there could only be one outcome.
00:30Come on.
00:31Because my father was well known to have peculiar ideas of hospitality and the Brotherhood of Man.
00:39Emmy.
00:40It's only ever Emmy when you want something.
00:43With the work at the manor, money coming in, we're enjoying our blessings, aren't we?
00:49Now you're making me nervous.
00:51And we know what we should do with blessings, don't we?
00:53We share them. Robert Timmons, don't you dare tell me you've bought homes.
00:57One night.
00:58A meal.
00:59We can afford it.
01:00No.
01:05One night.
01:06I promise.
01:07I promise.
01:08I promise.
01:09I promise.
01:10I promise.
01:11No, I promise.
01:13I promise.
01:15It doesn't have to be.
01:16I promise.
01:17It doesn't matter.
01:18THE END
01:47Give me this, my dear.
01:50Why did God put dirt on this earth
01:52if in that it ain't meant to keep our skins warm?
01:55I calls it undergarments free of charge.
01:58Don't you bring God into bath time.
02:01As has got us cursing with no clothes on.
02:04Who made soap and water if God didn't?
02:07I'll happily give my face a wipe.
02:09There's sense in that we all need to see.
02:11But why does a man need clean legs when he's got trousers?
02:14Would you come here?
02:15I'll give you an edge of time.
02:16I, I'm too old for it.
02:20I did all the washing I needed when I was younger.
02:22Twister Turrell, if you don't let me give you a good scrub down,
02:25then you can sleep in the pig's toy,
02:27and that's all that you deserve.
02:29Who's that, Piri?
02:31I know all your tricks to avoid a wash, and I ain't falling for none of them.
02:34A child, a little girl, just like my sister.
02:43Little Amelia?
02:44It was her.
02:46I've seen her eyes.
02:47I'd know her face, even after all these years.
02:50What's my sister... ghosting?
02:56Not so long ago, no more than a year, they were a family just like us. A home, work, stove to cook upon.
03:01Bit of bad luck's what I'm done with this.
03:04Annie, Emma, wouldn't you want someone to reach out the hand of togetherness if we fell on hard times?
03:07What is that right now, Polly?
03:08Here.
03:09One night.
03:10I'll bank up the fire and they can sleep here.
03:12What's that right now, Polly?
03:13One night.
03:14I'll bank up the fire and they can sleep here.
03:15One night.
03:16I'll bank up the fire and they can sleep here now.
03:18No... no more than a year.
03:19No more than a year.
03:20They were a family just like us.
03:21A home, work, stove to cook upon.
03:22A home, work, stove to cook upon.
03:24A bit of bad luck's what I'm done with this.
03:25Annie, Emma, wouldn't you want someone to reach out the hand of togetherness if we fell on hard times?
03:28Who's that right now, Polly?
03:30One night.
03:34I'll bank up the fire and they can sleep here on the floor.
03:41The little one doesn't seem to speak at all.
03:45I think she has no voice.
03:47I close my eyes well enough, but then it's like something prods me stark awake.
04:07It must be these hot nights, that's all.
04:11It's like there's something on my mind unsettlingly.
04:15Just get something to eat and then you'll be sleeping like a lark.
04:21That's the mystery of it.
04:28This is a merry kettle of fish.
04:32I can't take any more of it.
04:34Eleven nights, Thomas has kept us awake now.
04:37Twelve, if I may.
04:40He and Zilla will be down there pretending it's an impenetrable riddle,
04:44but it's all too clear what's keeping Thomas from his slumbers.
04:48Miss Ellison.
04:50Our problem, Laura, is that Thomas could never admit to himself that such feelings might exist inside of him.
04:56And we are unlikely to get any sleep until he does.
04:59We've seen how good you are with numbers, Laura.
05:04How are you with rhymes?
05:08There must be something going on for the post office lights to be burning. Twelve nights running.
05:17Nothing ever seems to happen.
05:21There must be something brewing or else why would they be up at this hour?
05:27We'll wait five more minutes.
05:31We must write something that's convincingly in Thomas's own voice. Otherwise, Miss Ellison might not grasp who this anonymous love poem is from.
05:45If I slight or spite you in any form or fashion, it is not you I am denying. It is my own passion.
05:55Ay, Laura, you are every inch the poet. Write it, write it. Our hopes of a decent night's sleep are resting on your poeticism.
06:04What was your mind, child?
06:17What about your pa? Did he say he would be back?
06:24Did they say anything at all?
06:28Go on. Left the child behind. Don't you worry. You'll find them.
06:42Come on.
06:56Hello?
06:58Come on.
07:18Twister, there's nothing out there but the sunshine and your neighbours.
07:23I ain't afraid. I'm just bone tired.
07:26Well, you stay where you are, my dear.
07:39Bees? Bees, I'll be with you in a minute.
07:41Now, if Amelia was out there, I'd tell you, wouldn't I?
07:48I'd welcome that little girl in.
07:54Sit her down and talk about those lovely long ago days.
08:01All summer long in the fields and the hedgerows.
08:06I remember her as well as you do.
08:10Oh, she could skip like she had fire in her toes, you know what I mean?
08:16I'd sit her by the fire, and I'd be more glad she'd come back.
08:28But she isn't.
08:29But she isn't.
08:31She's long gone from us.
08:37So if you see her again, you tell her she's just one of your imaginants.
08:44She ain't there.
08:49You tell her you don't believe her.
08:53Can you do that for me?
08:55She ain't true.
08:59Don't believe her.
09:00Don't believe her.
09:03Don't.
09:06No, you're the best thing.
09:09Nothing.
09:10I'm not going to end the peace.
09:25Focus.
09:27I'm sorry to barge in on you like this, but...
09:30Well, this child here, Polly, her family rested the night with us,
09:35and the simple truth of it is they're gone and left her behind.
09:40Now, I heard they were travelling this way,
09:43and I wondered if they'd been sighted on one of the early morning postal deliveries.
09:46Thomas, did you see anything?
09:48Well, I did notice a rather dishevelled bunch.
09:52Just a mother, a father, a couple of lads.
09:54They were headed Bister way, in a top speed.
09:57I think I know who you mean.
09:58A family.
09:59They were hurrying out on their cart.
10:01It was heading towards Banbury.
10:03Well, they can't be headed in two directions at once.
10:06I'm clear what I saw.
10:07And I'm certain my eyes have not deceived me.
10:09I'm afraid we have all been without any proper sleep for some nights now,
10:13and it's taking its toll on us.
10:15Either way, the family are three hours ahead of you.
10:18What about the child?
10:19Does she have any idea where they might be headed?
10:22The girl doesn't speak. She's a mute.
10:24Why would they go and leave her behind?
10:27I can't help thinking I'm to blame.
10:29I took them in, they saw how our children lived,
10:32and they must have wanted her for Polly.
10:34What will you do, Pa?
10:35I'm the maker of this calamity.
10:38I'll find a way out of it.
10:41Don't you worry too much.
10:43My Pa will take good care of you.
10:46He'll take good care.
10:57Now, I have to go to work.
10:59You wait here,
11:01and I'll check on you as often as I can, all right?
11:03Good girl. You wait here.
11:30You all right, Zeller?
11:31A woman can have a touch of backache, can't she?
11:37Without some meddling girl spying on her.
11:42Oof.
12:01Wait.
12:02Please, stop.
12:04Wait.
12:09Please, stop.
12:11Wait.
12:12Hello?
12:13What are you doing here?
12:14What are you doing here?
12:15What are you doing here?
12:16What are you doing here?
12:17Are you going to speak to me?
12:18I...
12:19I won't bite you.
12:20What are you doing here?
12:21Are you going to speak to me?
12:22I...
12:23I...
12:24I won't bite you, I promise.
12:25You like the flowers, yes?
12:26What are you doing here?
12:28What are you doing here?
12:29What are you doing here?
12:31What are you doing here?
12:32Are you going to speak to me?
12:33I...
12:34I won't bite you, I promise.
12:35You like the flowers, yes?
12:36You see?
12:37Do you have a name?
12:38You're going to tell me.
12:39You're going to tell me.
12:40Oh, what are you doing here?
12:41What are you doing here?
12:42What are you doing here?
12:43What are you doing here?
12:44What are you going to speak to me?
12:45I...
12:46I won't bite you, I promise.
12:47You like the flowers, yes?
12:48You see?
12:50you see
12:55do you have a name
13:00oh you're gonna tell me
13:04you can't tell me
13:08would you like to come for a walk
13:14you're in mind
13:18I'm like that, you're a little like me
13:20you're kind of
13:24lasted out of nowhere
13:25well perhaps you can
13:28what should we do with you
13:32why didn't you come with me into the kitchen
13:40and we can get you some lemonade
13:42but you liked the sound of lemonade
13:46though didn't you
13:47you stay here
13:50and pick some more flowers
13:52I'll be back in a minute
13:55a letter for Thomas
14:14Miss Ellison left it
14:16Zilla
14:25perhaps you would like to take the rest of the day off
14:29I don't know why you're all getting on at me
14:33I just wondered if seeing Polly has upset you
14:37I just got a bit of a backache
14:43that's all
14:44did you hall knock on some change
14:48it's not enough?
14:57you know what he's doing with you
15:02well she's probably the best person
15:02I don't have to think about it
15:05until then it's up here
15:06I never thought there was a good thing
15:08You meant there?
15:38I know you ain't there.
15:42So go away.
15:46You're not wanted here.
15:48So get away and don't come back.
16:08Are you unwell, Lady Adelaide?
16:19I do feel quite strange.
16:26Laura, this place is well known for its ghost stories, isn't it?
16:31Well, there are tales in the hamlet of folks seeing a whole regiment of soldiers marching
16:36in the sky, complete with a drum and a fife band.
16:40Because the mind can play terrible tricks, can't it?
16:47But if a person wanted something badly, and then out of nowhere it appears, I mean, that
16:52has to be a trick of the mind, doesn't it?
16:55A dream.
16:56Let's suppose there were evidence.
17:02The truth of it is, Laura, I had a strange encounter here in this garden.
17:08I met a child.
17:11It's back to her, though.
17:14She didn't speak to me.
17:17That must have been Polly.
17:20Polly?
17:21This is Timmins.
17:26I'm sorry to arrive unannounced at your door.
17:30Do you think I might come in?
17:37Hello, Polly.
17:42Polly and I met today at the manor.
17:45Polly, it's the reason I've called upon you.
17:49I believe that she's been left with you.
17:51Her family have vanished.
17:53That's right, ma'am.
17:55And is it your wish to keep her, Mrs. Timmins?
17:58That's not possible, your ladyship.
18:01Do you think it is likely that the family will ever return?
18:06My husband says they have left her here in the hope of a better life.
18:13Holly, you like the gardens, don't you?
18:16The flowers?
18:17Would you like to come back and do this some more?
18:23I have a proposal.
18:25When I met Polly today, it felt like fate or providence had brought us together.
18:30This girl has been living on the road for more than a year, ma'am.
18:33She's had no schooling, can barely eat at a table.
18:36She's a child in need of love.
18:40Isn't that so?
18:41It is.
18:42Isn't this what we hoped for, Robert?
18:45Someone to take Polly in?
18:48I appreciate your kindness, your ladyship.
18:50This is not my sentiment, Mr. Timmins.
18:53I can guarantee you my overriding concern will be Polly's well-being.
19:00She doesn't speak.
19:03We must hope that it's because of the distress she must be feeling.
19:07If it isn't, we will have the best doctor's look at her.
19:10I would like to take care of Polly.
19:19We will have a postal order.
19:20Three pounds.
19:26Ladies.
19:27Ma'am?
19:31This arrived for you, Thomas.
19:33Delivered by a hand.
19:35I recognise the scent.
19:37Lilith the Valley.
19:57Oh!
20:11Such a hot day.
20:13The only relief is to close one's eyes for a moment.
20:17Your ladyship!
20:19Always such a delight to be at your service.
20:24This is Polly.
20:25Perhaps you could furnish her with the prettiest dress you can offer.
20:29Is one of your ladyships charitable?
20:32Um, not quite.
20:34Perhaps your ladyship is extending a kindness to one of your staff.
20:39Not quite.
20:41So we'll take this dress.
20:43Seems to suit Polly's hair.
20:45She has such lovely hair, don't you think?
20:48It might be.
20:50With a wash or two.
20:52Your ladyship seems in...
20:55Very good spirits today.
20:57And not that your ladyship spirits aren't good at other days.
21:01Just today your ladyship has a certain lightness.
21:04More than your usual lightness.
21:07Glad you've noticed.
21:09Is there a course?
21:11Yes.
21:12Uh, we'll take these dresses and this hat.
21:18Um, some socks.
21:20Mm-hm.
21:21Gloves.
21:23Perhaps you'd be so kind as to put together a selection of your own choice of other necessities.
21:27Oh.
21:28Yeah.
21:31When actually curious to know who the child is.
21:35Perhaps you'd like to tell us?
21:36Would you like to tell us?
21:39I don't think so.
21:41Hm.
21:42Hm.
21:43Hm.
21:44Hm.
21:45Hm.
21:46Hm.
21:47Hm.
21:48Hm.
21:49Hm.
21:50Hm.
21:51Hm.
21:52Hm.
21:53Hm.
21:55Hm.
21:57Hm.
21:58Timothy.
22:00This is Polly.
22:01Hello.
22:04Was there ever a prettier little girl?
22:06Polly, come and sit on my lap and meet Tim.
22:11I found this lovely creature in our garden.
22:15You landed here amongst us, didn't you, Polly?
22:18Like a wish.
22:21Polly, there are some sweet peas at the bottom of the garden there.
22:24Would you run along and pick me a nice big bunch, please?
22:27Please.
22:34So she's the child that was left behind.
22:36I heard Mr. Timmons came into Candleford with the tail.
22:39She's a mute and frightened little thing.
22:42And now she's in need of her home.
22:47Adelaide, I would do anything to make you happy,
22:48but you can see that this is simply not possible.
22:50Last night, I lay awake and I wished for this.
22:55For something like this.
22:57No amount of signs or portents could convince me
22:59that such a course would not be doomed.
23:04I have much to give.
23:08I would like the opportunity to give it.
23:11Would you deny me that, Timothy?
23:16Look, our parents left her in...
23:17Yes, they left her in Larkrise.
23:19She has a chance there to belong, but not here, Adelaide.
23:22Not here.
23:28Polly.
23:30Shall we put you in the bath?
23:32You could try on your new nightdress.
23:47You have just me two words in a week.
23:50And I can hardly keep up with the cooking for you.
23:52And do you ever say thank you?
23:54Yes.
23:55And I will say it again more often than more feelingly from now.
23:59And as for you, keeping us all awake night after night just because of that, Miss Ellison.
24:14You're behaving just like a cot in youth.
24:17Do you know that the last postie used to bring me flowers from his round?
24:22I will look out for some flowers for you tomorrow, Zilla.
24:28And as for that scheming, Miss, I've seen her put a letter in the sorting office for you to take out.
24:35What letter?
24:36How can you be so spiteful?
24:38I'm just taken for granted.
24:40Oh, Zilla, I'm sorry we've taken you for granted.
24:42The whole town knows this post office would collapse without your spirit to drive us on.
24:48Do you think it might help ease your burden if I were to get you an assistant?
24:53An assistant? An assistant?
24:56Some harridan who makes me feel old and useless.
25:00It was a silly idea.
25:02Sorry, I'm a little overwrought.
25:04I think perhaps I need a sweet sherry to calm me down. Would you like to join me?
25:07You know, I could get a little cottage and put my feet up. I can see by your face.
25:14Zilla, there is no look on my face, I promise you, other than sheer exhaustion from too many sleepless nights.
25:21I know what you think. You think it's just idle threats, but it's not. It's not. I'm not having it.
25:30I'll fetch my coke. I ain't staying in this post office one more night.
25:35How can you all be so indulgent of Zilla when she...
25:38Sometimes we must simply forbear.
25:41Why?
25:43There are some things that are not for you to know, Laura, and certainly not for me to tell you.
25:52I know you're not sleeping.
25:55If you know I'm not sleeping, then you're not sleeping.
26:00I'm coming down.
26:01I'll have a bit of a tune, then.
26:02I'll have a bit of a tune, then.
26:04I'll have a bit of a tune, then.
26:05What?
26:06I'll have a bit of a tune.
26:07I'll have a bit of a tune, then.
26:13Darling, I am growing old.
26:14We'll have a bit of a tune then.
26:20Darling I am growing old
26:31Silver threads among the gold
26:37Shine upon my brow today
26:44Life is fading fast away
26:50But my darling you will be, will be
26:58Always young and fair to me, fair to me
27:05You haven't seen her again, have you?
27:08I ain't
27:11And it's like my mind's had a good cottage bath
27:15There's nothing in there but you, my dear
27:19On a pretty tune
27:22When your hair is silver white
27:27And your cheeks no longer bright
27:32As the roses of the May
27:37I will kiss your lips and say
27:43You won't tell me if you see her again
27:46I ain't heard nothing neither
27:49But my darling mine alone
27:55You are never older grown
27:58Older grown
28:01Matthew, would you let Silo in?
28:13And we must all wear our most convincingly relieved smiles
28:18Are we ready?
28:21Miss Lane, forgive me for all rooms
28:35For turning up on your door like this
28:37But I need your assistance
28:40Oh, um, Laura
28:44Perhaps you would be kind enough to let this poor child sleep in your bed tonight
28:49Polly, you go with Laura
28:52She'll take good care of you
28:54Taking Polly in like this
29:08It's panic
29:09It's understandable, yes
29:12But dangerous
29:12For Polly, I mean
29:14Adelaide is infatuated, of course
29:18The girl is delightful
29:20Attractive
29:21But what will happen if
29:24When Adelaide falls pregnant
29:26What will become of Polly then?
29:33Adelaide is a little lost, Dorcas
29:37And that is why I need your help
29:41Let Polly stay here until I can
29:46I can talk with Adelaide
29:49Stay here without Adelaide's knowledge
29:51That is what I'm asking, yes
29:54And if she finds out
29:55She must not
29:57Please
29:59She is going to feel that you have betrayed her
30:04Well, yes, at first
30:05But that will pass with time and experience, I hope
30:09I believe
30:10And I will be left with the knowledge that I have betrayed her
30:14Even if Adelaide never finds out, I will know
30:17Dorcas, I came to you
30:19Because I
30:19Because you trust me, I know
30:24But perhaps also because you imagined that my first thought might not be for Adelaide
30:30Now, I can see why bringing Polly here might allow you to resolve the situation between yourself and Adelaide
30:39But what about the child?
30:41Well, child abandonment is a serious offence
30:45And as Magistrate, I should intervene
30:47And Polly herself should go without hesitation to the workhouse
30:50But we're not going to let that happen
30:52And, um, um, now it might prove difficult where she'd to remain
30:58In Cantelford, so we will find a place for her
31:03Oxford, perhaps
31:05I am going to say yes to your request
31:21Though I will admit I want to say no
31:26However, I cannot deny you in your hour of need
31:29I never could and you know that
31:37But I have to tell you I fear for us all in this
31:43What are we to make of this?
31:45The squire bringing a child to Miss Lane in the dead of night?
31:50What we are to make of it that Sir Timothy is in dire straits
31:53And it is not in our business to turn him away
31:56That was my meaning, ma'am
31:59If somebody could bring us up some port, Sir Timothy is quite shaken
32:02I will, ma'am
32:04If you think I'm coming back because I'm sorry, I can soon go away again
32:22Celia, we don't have time for any more of your hysterics
32:25Hysterics? Me?
32:29I've seen her weeping and wailing in this kitchen
32:33Tears and kisses
32:35I've seen it with my own eyes, so there's no denying it
32:39No
32:40I can't deny it
32:42But that was a very long time ago and you know it
32:48Miriam, you're ready if you could bring us up some port
32:55There is something going on at the post office, I'm certain of it
33:05Dorcas Lane presents herself as the paragon of Candleford
33:09Without blemish, without stain
33:11Well, perhaps there is something to hide
33:15Which is why there are all these goings on after dark
33:20She has been, in a manner of speaking, kind to us of late
33:24That is merely tactical
33:26Oh look, another light
33:29Ruby, we are going to discover just what it is that post office has started
33:46Yeah?
33:47My sister has an ache
33:48Laura, tell Miss Lane that Ruth and Prudence are here from the store
34:00What calls themselves Ruby and Poe?
34:10Ma'am, Ruby and Pearl Pratt are downstairs
34:13Oh, thank you, Laura
34:18Do you think they might have seen you bringing Polly here?
34:21No, that's impossible
34:23They must have seen our lights on
34:25I will have to invite them in and sit with them to let them see that there is nothing untoward going on here
34:29Well, I must get back before Adelaide wakes
34:31Let me see what I can do
34:39Oh
34:40Ma'am, we are sorry to trouble you at the darkest of hours
34:46But my sister's suffering such severe stomachache and we are without medicine
34:51We noticed how your lights were on
34:54and have been on for several nights now
34:57We seem to have an infectious case of insomnia
35:02started by Thomas
35:05Now it appears to have spread across the street
35:08If we have been keeping you awake, I do apologise
35:12Now, the ache
35:13Zilla, I'm sure we have some medicine that Ruby might take
35:17I do hope there is nothing wrong to keep you all so awake
35:25It is said that nocturnal wakefulness is due to mental disturbance
35:32Is something
35:35As you have so wisely fathomed
35:39Thomas Brown has an admirer
35:43Oh
35:47Isn't that so, Thomas?
35:49And we don't know who it is
35:52Only an anonymous poem
35:55A poem?
35:56It's the mystery of it
35:57It's been keeping us all awake
36:02And that is all
36:08We must go
36:09No
36:10You're a medicine
36:14Of course, yes
36:16Zilla, could you fetch the medicine?
36:19Zilla
36:29We were wondering if the poem came from someone close by
36:34Close by?
36:36Why on earth would you think that?
36:40It was so beautifully crafted
36:44And
36:45These sentiments were so fine
36:50Well, it
36:51Off we go
36:53Good night
36:54Good night
37:01Ruby
37:06Thank you
37:06Thank you
37:09Come along
37:16Ma'am, I am a tad mystified
37:19How did you know that I had received a poem?
37:24Because it had Miss Ellison's scent on it
37:36Oh, Laura
37:50What am I to do?
37:52I've broken Miss Lane's heart
37:55Oh, Zilla
37:56Please don't torment yourself, sir
37:57I never had a family except for this, this post office
38:08You have no family
38:10Miss Lane's grandfather took me in when I was just a babe
38:18I was found in the lane
38:20In a basket
38:21Not even a name
38:24Oh, Zilla
38:27So, seeing Polly
38:30That's upset you
38:34I had as much love as any child would need but
38:38I thanked them with my spite and my temper
38:45No, Zilla
38:48You thanked them with your tenderness
38:50And your Bambury cakes
38:53There's no mistress in Candleford
38:56No mistress for miles on end could be more lovingly cared for than Miss Lane
39:00She knows it
39:04How can I let her see how sorry I am?
39:08Miss Lane will show you
39:11I'm sure of it
39:15Zilla
39:16I want you to put aside all of your other duties and take care of Polly for me
39:22I'm entrusting you with this girl's welfare, Zilla, because
39:26I think at this time of difficulty she will need special care
39:30Do you understand what it is I'm asking you?
39:33Yes, ma'am, I do
39:35Then I feel certain that we're in safe hands
39:39Laura, you and I will run the post office
39:43We will smile and chat as though we have slept like babes
39:47Matthew, you will tell anyone who asks for Zilla that she has a stack of ironing up to her chin
39:52I will say a prayer, ma'am
39:55Today we will need your prayers, Thomas Brown
39:58But you must go about your rounds as if all is well at the Candleford post office
40:02Thomas, a note for Sir Timothy's private post bag
40:16We will have a family, I'm sure of it, but not like this
40:40You didn't even discuss it with me
40:48You sneak away in the night
40:52Why?
40:52Because you know you are wrong
40:58You can't face me with your decision
41:01Your decision
41:02I'm facing you now
41:03Yes, when it is done
41:06I'm supposed to simply accept it
41:11Where did you take her?
41:12She's not my safe
41:16Not Christ
41:18You've decided she belongs there
41:25Lordship
41:26Lordship
41:30All is well at the post office
41:32But I don't understand
41:44I'm sure I saw you put the letter into Sir Timothy's private post bag
41:48Well, ma'am, I did put something into the bag
41:52Well, what did you put in there?
41:54The poem, ma'am
41:57The poem?
41:58Those few lines of verse of a romantic nature which were in my possession
42:05And this poem has now been delivered to Sir Timothy?
42:08From the post office
42:10Just thought you should know, ma'am
42:11And perhaps explain to the squire how I was reading the poem when you handed me this letter
42:16And the accident which hadn't changed places
42:22What's the title of this poem, Thomas?
42:24The definition of love, ma'am
42:36My love is of a birth as rare as tis for objects strange and high
42:42It was begotten by despair upon impossibility
42:48Magnanimous despair alone could show me so divine a thing
42:52But fate does iron wedges drive and always crowds itself betwixt
43:00For fate with jealous eye does see two perfect loves
43:05Nor lets them close
43:07Their union would her ruin be and her tyrannic power depose
43:14And therefore her decree of steel us as the distant poles have placed
43:19As lines so love's oblique may well themselves in every angle greet
43:28But ours so truly parallel, though infinite, can never meet
43:35Therefore the love which us doth bind
43:45But fate so enviously debars
43:49Is the conjunction of the mind
43:55And opposition of the stars
43:59What does it mean, ma'am?
44:11It talks of true lovers
44:16Kept apart by fate
44:17They go about their lives in parallel lines
44:27Never to touch
44:30Never to join
44:33If I were to receive such a poem
44:36I would take it as a message of refusal to accept such a fate
44:44It is a poem of such longing
44:48It's almost as though
44:50To send it is an act of defiance against circumstances
44:54No doubt Miss Ellison has her rather forbidding father in mind
45:03When the poem refers to tyrannic power
45:09What has brought Miss Ellison to send such a poem to me?
45:13What's happened to the light?
45:22Mr. Taro, look at me
45:27Not my chin, my eyes
45:34I've seen her
45:36Twist her
45:39I'm losing you to your own mind
45:41Was I bad to her, Queenie? Was I?
45:44Why is my own sister after me? What did I ever do?
45:48I'm tormented
45:50Trying to remember
45:51But you were a child too
45:53I just can't escape her
45:56The worst of it is
45:59Other people have seen her now
46:02What do you mean?
46:03Robert and Emma have seen her
46:05How have they?
46:06She was in their cottage
46:08And the lady's seen her
46:09She took Amelia with her
46:17You old duffer
46:19What?
46:19That wasn't Amelia you saw
46:24That was Polly
46:27The last child
46:29The left-behind girl
46:31And she's as real as you or me
46:42I didn't see Amelia
46:44Of course not
46:47I'm not lost to my own mind
46:50No more than you ever were
46:52Thomas
47:10Thomas
47:13I owe you an apology
47:14This business with Miss Ellison
47:21The poem landing in Sir Timothy's private postbag
47:26It's all of my making
47:31I tried to engineer
47:32A
47:36Coming together of yourself
47:38And the reverend's daughter
47:43Oh
47:44I thought it might be
47:47Conducive
47:51Oh
47:53But I seem only to have
47:55Succeeded in creating misunderstanding and suffering
47:58I will apologise to Miss Ellison
48:02And tell her that you sent her no endearing missives
48:06Perhaps it's best if we don't tell her
48:09And let her believe
48:10That I have feelings for her
48:15That put you into a problematical position Thomas
48:18No more problematical than I already find myself ma'am
48:23The truth of it is
48:25I know why I can't sleep
48:28I do
48:29Hold feelings for her Miss Ellison
48:32You've played your part
48:35Now I suppose
48:37I must play mine
48:45Isn't she pretty
48:48My hair like this
48:50Come along
48:51Come on everybody
48:52Come on
48:54We have bought
48:55Yes
48:57You have indeed Emma
48:59Ma
49:00Oh I thought it was an occasion to boil a kettle
49:05I have much to thank my grandfather for Zilla
49:08But mostly I am grateful for his love of walking country lanes
49:12Oh no
49:14Your pa has such ideas about the brotherhood of man
49:19Your ma has a fondness for telling me about
49:26Sir
49:26Um I owe you an apology
49:29In my negligence due to my lack of sleep
49:32I delivered a poem to you
49:34Which belonged to me
49:37Rather fine poem but not one that belongs in your private postbag sir
49:41Yes I gather there must have been some kind of mistake
49:44A very interesting poem it was too sir
49:46Concerning parallel lines
49:50And fate
49:51The Dexter's left Polly behind because they thought that was best for their daughter
50:01But they came back
50:04Because they realized they were wrong
50:05For all the dramas that came over the horizon
50:11There were more wonders of humanity right here amongst us
50:14You will be
50:16Always young
50:18And fair to me
50:21So fair
50:23For some of us the world turned
50:26For others it stopped
50:35There seem to be no lights on tonight feral
50:54Nope
50:58Perhaps we've all gone to bed
51:00Perhaps
51:01We should go to bed.
51:06Yes, we will.
51:12They might stir. Something might occur.
51:20Five more minutes.
51:31Five more minutes.
51:55Five more minutes.