Episode 3 Death Comes to Pemberley


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Mrs Reilly's ghost! In the woods!

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Will, there is nothing I can do about what's happening to you now.

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Denny! Don't be a bloody fool!

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I killed him! My only friend and I killed him.

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We both have reasons to keep quiet, don't we, Colonel, eh?

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So, Wickham's attempted seduction of Georgiana has remained a secret?

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We can hardly bear to think of it, let alone mention his name! Of course.

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Colonel Fitzwilliam has asked to seek Georgiana's hand on his return,

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I cannot receive you anymore.

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This isn't what you want! It's bigger than you or I!

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Our one suspect is yourself.

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I didn't do it, you know. I believe you.

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Freddie Delancy. He's my sweetheart.

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Has the jury reached a verdict?

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Captain Denny was murdered by George Wickham.

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You will be committed for trial at the next Derby Assize!

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I didn't do it! Freddie!

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FOOTSTEPS

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BABY CRIES

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BABY CRIES

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I'm sorry!

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'Darcy!'

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Darcy!

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Sir Selwyn asked you a question.

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Forgive me.

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I was asking about the Bidwell girl, Louisa.

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She's in some distress.

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It is a personal matter. Nothing to do with the case.

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Come now, you can give me more credit than that.

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It was Wickham she was looking at, wasn't it?

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Or should I say, Freddie?

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Were they lovers? She bore his child.

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He called himself Freddie Delancy, he told her he was a soldier.

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SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

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How did they become acquainted?

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It seems when his wife was staying with Mr and Mrs Bingley

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at Highmarten, Wickham would ride over here

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and spend his days roaming Pemberley Woods.

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I see.

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In search of fruit ripe enough to pluck.

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Yet again, Wickham proves his superior character.

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It won't look good for him if this comes up in court.

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That's the kind of conduct that can prejudice a jury

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quite, quite severely.

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Open the gate!

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America, the New World.

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I've decided to go there when this nightmare is over.

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It's a long voyage.

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With little prospect of return.

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But then, my alternative offers me a strictly one-way journey too.

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You should at least move the desk over to the light.

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Clearly you haven't noticed the view.

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How is Louisa?

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You honestly expect me to believe you care?!

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What about my son? Georgie?

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He'll be fine.

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I loved her, you know?

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After a fashion. You wanted to see me. Yes.

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Yes, to ask that you don't mention this... situation at the trial.

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I'll be under oath.

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Damn it, Darcy, I could hang!

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Don't you think I'm aware of that?!

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I'm doing everything I can to preserve your life,

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but I will not perjure myself for you!

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It wasn't enough that you are unwelcome at Highmarten,

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you had to ride to Pemberley and deliberately ruin an innocent girl?!

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I did nothing of the sort! I came to Pemberley,

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because it's the place I've been happiest in my life! Damn you!

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Please, Fitzwilliam, at LEAST keep my wife away from the trial.

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Is there any connection between your affair

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with Louisa Bidwell and Captain Denny's death?

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None!

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'She didn't know'

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it was George Wickham, Madam, I swear on the baby's life!

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Please don't worry, we hold Wickham entirely responsible.

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If Mr Bidwell ever finds out! This'll kill him!

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Mr Darcy will keep him busy up at the house for a few days,

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to give you all some time.

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Louisa, when we last spoke,

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you mentioned there was a lady with Wickham.

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Do you know her name? Eleanor?

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That's all I know. When did you last see her?

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Louisa? It's very important that you tell me the whole truth now.

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The morning of the murder.

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I was to meet her in the cellars of the old abbey

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to hand over Georgie.

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I was worried about Freddie, I'd not seen or heard from him,

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I hoped he'd be there too!

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Instead, there was another man. Who?

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Captain Denny.

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You're sure it was him?

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Please, Madam, I know nothing about his death!

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Can you remember anything about this lady? Anything at all?

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What she was wearing?

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She had on a long, dark-coloured coat

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'and a bonnet with green ribbons.'

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Miss Bidwell!

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When I got there, I didn't trust her.

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Where's Freddie?

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This is Captain Denny, he's a friend of Freddie's.

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'She was going to look after the baby

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'until we got ourselves back on our feet.

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'And?

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'I agreed at first.

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'But there was something about her.

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'She loved Georgie far too much.'

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You beautiful little thing!

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Miss Bidwell, here is the 30 pounds,

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I trust that will be satisfactory...

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Miss Bidwell!

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Miss Bidwell! 'She was furious.'

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MISS BIDWELL!

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She thought that it was money I was after for my own child.

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We can't keep him, Madam. Not George Wickham's bastard son.

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(Will!)

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You mustn't get up, William! The doctor forbade it!

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My mother wishes to protect me from all things, Mrs Darcy.

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She thinks just cos my body's failing, my mind must be, too!

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Mrs Darcy wants to know the truth, Louisa!

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You should tell her there was a third person in the abbey that morning.

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Who?

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A gentleman.

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Louisa?

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Colonel Fitzwilliam.

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LAUGHTER

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You asked to see me, Madam?

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Yes. Mrs Reynolds.

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There have been developments with Louisa Bidwell.

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Her baby's going to need a new home. Oh!

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Could you make some discreet enquiries?

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My brother's widow runs a boarding school near Highbury.

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She may be able to help. Good.

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LAUGHTER

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Why is it children must always pay for the sins of their fathers?

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And then they got into the coach and left.

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And you're quite sure that's what you heard?

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I'm not a woman to misremember things,

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especially when it comes to disputes, you can ask Mr Piggott!

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Would Mr Piggott be good enough to spare you for a trip to Derby?

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Derby?! You'll probably be called to give evidence at the trial.

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I'll be needing a new hat! Did you hear that, Mr Piggott?! Derby!

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Thank you, Mrs Piggott. Not at all.

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Wickham must have given the 30 pounds to Denny

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as an inducement for Louisa to give up her baby.

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So, Denny was acting as Wickham's messenger boy?

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Too much of a coward to face Louisa himself.

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It appears so.

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What a mess!

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Wickham asked we keep Lydia away from the trial.

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Well, I'll write and invite her here,

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Jane will be grateful for the respite and I can keep an eye on her.

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Darcy...

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There was someone else at the abbey that morning.

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Colonel Fitzwilliam.

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That's impossible! Louisa saw him there!

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I'm not listening to this! Don't! Don't!

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Don't blind yourself to this! Why was he there?!

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What was that loan of 30 pounds to Wickham really about?!

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Why must you persist in blackening his name?!

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What next, that he's the killer?! Do you have so little faith in me

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you think I'd deliver my sister to such a man?!

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If Wickham is condemned, Pemberley would be engulfed in scandal.

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Darcy would be unlikely to be received in London

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and his credit might be lost.

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Bad indeed.

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I mention this only to reassure you, cousin,

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of my full and constant support, Yes. Thank you.

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I shall speak to Darcy about it. If...

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help of any kind is needed, including financial...

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Please don't mention it to him!

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We are grateful for your kindness, but he'd be most upset.

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You know him!

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In times of trouble, family must stick together.

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Yes, of course.

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Georgiana... Cousin, don't! Please get up.

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Is this not the correct form? It's not necessary!

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Forgive me, Georgiana. I'm...

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I am a soldier,

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my words fall unpolished,

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but, please believe, the feelings behind them are most sincere.

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My pride and brotherly feelings,

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changing, to true affection

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and love.

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Would you do me the very great honour of joining your life to mine?

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Yes!

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What is it? Nothing, I am fine! Really, I am fine.

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Excuse me.

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Stop here, please.

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Whoa!

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Sir Selwyn. Darcy, forgive the intrusion.

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I rarely sleep the night before a trial.

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You were right about one thing.

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These initials are the work of mischief.

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Frederick Delancy, Fitzwilliam Darcy.

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Wickham chose his false name with deliberate intent.

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Other than the Bidwells,

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does anyone else live in this part of the woods? No.

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I've long believed Denny jumped out of the carriage

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and ran into these trees out of fear of George Wickham.

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But now I wonder... Was he going to see the Bidwells?

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Wickham's affair with Louisa Bidwell has nothing to do with this trial.

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You're a man of conscience, Darcy.

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Are you absolutely sure of what you say?

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(INAUDIBLE)

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The wicked Mr Wickham, read it here, only a penny.

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Only a penny, read it here.

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Darcy. Morning, cousin.

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Alveston.

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Good news!

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The stone found in the woods won't be admissible evidence in court,

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it's too inconclusive.

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So, we begin with no murder weapon, and no motive. Good. Good.

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It's Mr Darcy.

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Mr Cartwright, counsel for the prosecution. One of the best.

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Darcy. Sir Selwyn. Colonel. Sir Selwyn.

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Why you had to hire that radical to defend Wickham, I don't know!

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It's high risk, if you ask me.

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JEERING

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George Wickham, hold up your hand.

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You stand indicted for the murder of Captain Martin Denny.

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How say you, George Wickham?

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Not guilty, Your Honour!

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JEERING

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Mr Cartwright, if you'd like to begin.

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Gentlemen of the jury,

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the evidence going to be presented to you today

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will leave you with little doubt in your minds,

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that the death of Captain Denny was indeed murder

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most malicious and foul.

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JEERING

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This was a particularly vicious and cowardly crime...

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You wish to know the whereabouts of a certain couple.

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George Wickham and my sister, Georgiana. Where are they?

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How much are you prepared to pay?

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Your maximum price, if you'd be so kind.

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I'm confident that you, members of the jury,

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will deliver the right, the only

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possible verdict in this case, guilty!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Lady Catherine.

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I thought it would be a quick detour,

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getting here took much longer than I expected!

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You really shouldn't have troubled yourself.

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I must go where I'm needed! I have long been a martyr to that fact.

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It has been said my presence can act as the most extraordinary tonic,

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especially to the poor and needy. How intriguing.

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The term "miraculous" has been used, but it's not for me to judge.

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Indeed. I come straight from a cousin's bedside.

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The poor wretch has been ill for over a year.

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Far too much fuss and bother. I told him he needed to decide

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whether to live or die, and then get on with it

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with as little possible inconvenience to others.

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I'm sure he appreciated the clarification. Where's Darcy?

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He's in Derby, at the trial. Then we need to talk!

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Mr Wickham, did Captain Denny serve alongside you

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in the Irish campaign of 1798? He did.

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You became something of a national hero in the aftermath,

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I understand, for your courageous role in fighting the French?

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I did my duty for King and country, and nothing more.

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GALLERY MURMURS

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To the night in question, June 14th.

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'You, Mrs Wickham and Captain Denny journeyed together

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'through Pemberley woods?'

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Yes, about half way through,

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Captain Denny shouted for the carriage to stop.

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Driver!

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'He jumped out.'

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You're on your own Wickham, I am finished.

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He was angry with my plan to deliver my wife uninvited to the ball.

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Denny always put a premium on honourable behaviour

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and to him, this was dishonourable.

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Denny, don't be a bloody fool.

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Wickham! Wickham! Come back here this instant!

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'I pursued him,'

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by the time that I found him,

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he had been attacked and was close to death.

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Denny? Denny?

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I saw someone fleeing through the trees.

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So, I grabbed Denny's pistol and fired.

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But they were gone. I fired again for help.

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HELP!

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Then I realised I had to get Denny to safety

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as fast as I could. I tried, but...

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it was... it was to no avail.

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Mr Wickham, is there any reason at all

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for you to have been filled with such hatred

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for your dearest friend, that you would've pursued him

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into those woods and battered him to death?

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No! No! The very idea is insanity!

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I loved Captain Denny as a brother!

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And I would defend him with my life.

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GALLERY MURMURS

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You must know that the whole of society is asking about this case?

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We've been positively under siege on my tour!

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I trust you answered all questions

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with the appropriate blend of fiction and fact.

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You seem very calm about this!

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I do not like gossip any more than you do.

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But I'm afraid we make sport for our neighbours,

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and they, in turn, entertain us. It was ever thus.

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Darcy must publicly disown George Wickham

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and have nothing further to do with this sordid trial!

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I trust he will not be giving evidence in court?

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Oh, yes, he will.

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A Darcy can't be seen in the dock, it's disgraceful!

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He's called as a witness, Lady Catherine, he has no choice.

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What nonsense! Think of your good name!

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If a good name depends on turning one's back on duty and justice,

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then I hardly think it worth preserving at all.

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What would your mother have to say about this?!

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I fear, a great deal.

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Lizzy, Lizzy, where are you?

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Lizzy? You'll never guess what just happened in town!

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I bumped into some ladies.

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I stopped at that lovely milliners we have in Lambton

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and we were having the most civil conversation

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until I mentioned I was Mrs Darcy's sister,

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at which point they turned their backs on me and walked away!

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I marched straight up to them and I said

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I wasn't in the slightest bit ashamed of you!

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I truly defended you, Lizzy, you see?

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Lady Catherine, I don't believe you've had the pleasure.

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Mrs George Wickham.

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I will not be staying after all.

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You'll think about what I said, Elizabeth. You'll decide I'm right!

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Come now, Lady Catherine! Surely you know me better than that?

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Well!

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Mr Wickham, I have here

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a list of unpaid debts from your Army days.

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Eight pounds to one Colonel Forster, unpaid.

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Five pounds to the innkeeper of the Cross and Sceptre in Bath, unpaid.

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I mean, the list goes on... Do you acknowledge these debts?

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What if I do?

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It doesn't explain why I would kill my best friend!

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Only the perpetrator of a crime can truly understand his reasons,

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and they seldom make sense to the truth-telling, peace-loving man.

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And therefore I put it to you, Mr Wickham,

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that you are neither truth-telling nor peace-loving!

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Mr Wickham, am I correct that the precise location

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where you first came across Captain Denny in the woods

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has never been discovered?

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One patch of woods looks very much like another in the dark.

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'And I dragged Denny quite some distance before we stopped.'

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Yes, quite, a man who is clearly severely wounded and close to death.

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It could hardly have been a soothing experience for him.

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I was trying to get him to help!

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And yet, as events subsequently proved, help was on its way.

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Wickham? Wickham?

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I killed him! My only friend and I killed him!

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I put it to you, Mr Wickham, that it was less Captain Denny's well-being

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that was on your mind, than saving yourself!

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You wanted to get him as far as possible from the scene

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of the crime, to make sure it was never found again!

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Your Honour, I must object! I beg your pardon!

0:24:290:24:32

The prosecution is indulging in hypothesis, nothing more!

0:24:320:24:35

Mr Alveston, await your turn to speak. Sit down!

0:24:350:24:39

Please show some restraint!

0:24:390:24:42

Mr Wickham, I'd like to bring your attention

0:24:450:24:47

to the argument between Captain Denny and yourself

0:24:470:24:50

at the King's Arms, before you left for the ball.

0:24:500:24:52

What exactly happened between you? As I have said,

0:24:520:24:56

he didn't like my plan regarding my wife.

0:24:560:24:59

And that's the full extent of your discussion at that point? YES!

0:24:590:25:03

No further questions, Your Honour.

0:25:050:25:08

(What's he playing at?)

0:25:080:25:10

I don't know.

0:25:100:25:12

Call your next witness.

0:25:120:25:14

Mrs Piggott of Lambton, please!

0:25:140:25:17

GALLERY GASPS

0:25:170:25:21

She wasn't at the inquest, is this something new?

0:25:210:25:24

Yes, and I am afraid it could be dangerous.

0:25:240:25:28

Mrs Piggott, you were at work in the Kings Arms

0:25:280:25:31

the evening Mr and Mrs Wickham and Captain Denny

0:25:310:25:33

set off in a coach for Pemberley, is that correct? It is.

0:25:330:25:37

And would you say they were a happy party?

0:25:370:25:40

I would not, Sir! No! Did you hear a quarrel between them?

0:25:400:25:43

Your Honour, the prosecution is assuming a quarrel. Good point!

0:25:430:25:47

He's blatantly leading the witness! Will you sit back down!

0:25:470:25:51

JEERING AND FAINT APPLAUSE

0:25:510:25:55

Did you hear what they were saying? I did.

0:25:550:25:58

They were no more than a few feet below me

0:25:580:26:01

and I saw Captain Denny hand a large sum of money to Mr Wickham.

0:26:010:26:04

I want no part in this. Denny. Please.

0:26:040:26:07

This one last thing and I promise I will be done with it.

0:26:070:26:10

I am not playing this game.

0:26:100:26:12

He said he no longer wanted anything to do with it or with him.

0:26:120:26:17

He told him it had been deceit from start to finish

0:26:170:26:20

You are selfish. Utterly selfish!

0:26:200:26:23

You know nothing, do you, of...

0:26:230:26:25

Women and what they truly feel.

0:26:250:26:27

GALLERY GASPS IN SHOCK

0:26:270:26:30

Mrs Piggott. You're sure these are the exact words you heard?

0:26:320:26:36

As sure as night turns to day.

0:26:360:26:39

"Deceit from start to finish".

0:26:390:26:42

A damning description from his dearest friend.

0:26:420:26:46

Thank you, Mrs Piggott. No further questions, Your Honour.

0:26:460:26:49

Mrs Piggott, did you see either of the men

0:26:520:26:56

lay a hand on one another during this conversation you overheard?

0:26:560:27:01

No, Sir. Mr Wickham would be foolish to challenge Captain Denny,

0:27:010:27:04

as he was armed and all. Ah!

0:27:040:27:07

So, the fact that they were to travel together was no occasion for anxiety?

0:27:070:27:12

They had Mrs Wickham with them!

0:27:120:27:14

They wouldn't be starting a fight in front of a lady now, would they?

0:27:140:27:18

Indeed. Mrs Piggott, why did you not give this evidence at the inquest?

0:27:180:27:23

I didn't want the whole town laughing behind my back!

0:27:240:27:27

I don't quite follow. Can't hear you, woman.

0:27:270:27:31

Speak up! Mrs. Piggott...

0:27:310:27:33

Please will you speak up for the sake of the jury?

0:27:330:27:37

I was visiting the privy when I heard 'em.

0:27:370:27:39

LAUGHTER

0:27:390:27:42

It's a proper disgrace if a lady can't go about her business

0:27:420:27:45

without having to talk in public about it!

0:27:450:27:47

Er, quite.

0:27:470:27:50

Well, that's quite enough for one day.

0:27:500:27:53

Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning.

0:27:530:27:56

Darcy! Darcy!

0:28:040:28:06

Mrs Younge!

0:28:090:28:10

Mrs Younge! I had hoped never to see you again!

0:28:140:28:19

Then allow me to oblige by leaving your presence!

0:28:190:28:22

This time I want the truth!

0:28:220:28:24

What's the connection between Wickham and yourself?

0:28:240:28:27

George Wickham is my brother, Mr Darcy!

0:28:270:28:32

I grew up ignorant of Wickham's existence,

0:28:320:28:35

but when he came to find me, we discovered a connection

0:28:350:28:38

purer and stronger than anything else in our lives!

0:28:380:28:42

When I found out he had a son...

0:28:420:28:44

..I had to meet him.

0:28:460:28:49

May I?

0:28:490:28:51

'And he was beautiful.'

0:28:510:28:52

I'll take good care of him, Louisa, I promise.

0:28:550:28:59

He'll want for nothing. 'Wickham wanted me to have him!'

0:29:010:29:04

You beautiful little thing!

0:29:040:29:07

'If it wasn't for that idiot mother and Denny getting in the way!'

0:29:070:29:09

The 30 pounds, I trust it will be satisfactory.

0:29:090:29:12

Miss Bidwell! Miss Bidwell!

0:29:120:29:16

You idiot!

0:29:160:29:19

'I could still be a good mother to him, Mr Darcy.'

0:29:190:29:22

Please?!

0:29:240:29:26

Please?! You're asking for my help?

0:29:260:29:30

To trust you with the wellbeing of an innocent child

0:29:320:29:35

after what you did to Georgiana?!

0:29:350:29:37

You posed as a respectable governess,

0:29:370:29:40

so that I would place her in your care,

0:29:400:29:43

then you took her to Ramsgate and you threw her to Wickham!

0:29:430:29:46

He'd make a fine husband to any woman!

0:29:460:29:49

Oh, your sister's no victim, Mr Darcy!

0:29:490:29:52

Not with men such as you to guard her,

0:29:520:29:56

and women such as me,

0:29:560:29:58

who sacrifice their lives to protect the sanctity of high rank!

0:29:580:30:04

And I suppose it was you extorting money from Colonel Fitzwilliam?

0:30:040:30:08

Extorting?

0:30:080:30:10

He came to me of his own free will.

0:30:100:30:13

He's a reasonable man.

0:30:130:30:15

...adequate compensation for a girl of her type... (INAUDIBLE).

0:30:150:30:19

Wake up.

0:30:340:30:36

I spoke to Mrs Younge today, in court.

0:30:380:30:42

It seems you two have been seeing quite a bit of one another!

0:30:420:30:45

I saw no point in troubling you with it.

0:30:450:30:47

Really? You're in this up to your neck!

0:30:470:30:50

I had no idea events would take the course they have!

0:30:500:30:53

Every decision I have made, Darcy, was to protect you,

0:30:530:30:56

you'll just have to take my word for it!

0:30:560:30:57

I'll take your word on nothing until you explain yourself.

0:30:570:31:00

When Wickham first told me of the mess he was in,

0:31:000:31:03

I saw the danger immediately.

0:31:030:31:05

A bastard child of his growing up at Pemberley?!

0:31:050:31:07

You'd never be rid of the man!

0:31:070:31:09

I thought it best to deal with it, quickly and simply.

0:31:090:31:11

I don't have some of your qualms.

0:31:110:31:13

You refer to putting yourself at the mercy of a blackmailer?!

0:31:130:31:16

She's a woman one can do business with.

0:31:160:31:18

She wanted to take the child, I was prepared to pay her to do so.

0:31:180:31:20

It seemed simple enough!

0:31:200:31:22

You acted on my behalf without consulting me,

0:31:220:31:24

yet you dare to suggest you were motivated by concern?!

0:31:240:31:26

I think your reasons were a little more self-interested!

0:31:260:31:29

If you mean Georgiana, then yes, of course she was on my mind!

0:31:290:31:32

If she's to be my wife, I must protect her from further taint!

0:31:320:31:34

Further taint?! I'm not quite sure I follow!

0:31:340:31:38

I refer to her history with Wickham, of course!

0:31:380:31:42

Darcy! Darcy!

0:31:440:31:47

I must ask you not to see or speak to Georgiana again on any account!

0:31:470:31:50

Don't be a bloody fool! Things are looking bad for Wickham,

0:31:500:31:53

this could be her only chance of a good match!

0:31:530:31:55

Look, I will take her even if he hangs!

0:31:550:31:59

HOW DARE YOU?!

0:31:590:32:01

STOUGHTON! Darcy.

0:32:020:32:06

Colonel Fitzwilliam is leaving immediately,

0:32:060:32:08

please prepare his horse!

0:32:080:32:10

Georgiana.... What is it? What is wrong?

0:32:240:32:27

I have done you a terrible wrong.

0:32:270:32:29

No. You've only ever done what's right for me, brother, always!

0:32:290:32:32

I encouraged you to accept the hand of a man you didn't love,

0:32:320:32:35

and perhaps never would.

0:32:350:32:38

I accepted his offer of my own free will.

0:32:380:32:40

Yes. But I didn't stop you.

0:32:400:32:43

I didn't stop you!

0:32:430:32:45

Colonel Fitzwilliam is not the man that I thought he was.

0:32:470:32:50

Elizabeth tried to warn me, but I wouldn't listen, I would not listen.

0:32:500:32:54

I was stubborn and blind to the truth.

0:32:540:32:57

Can you please...

0:33:000:33:01

Can you please forgive me?

0:33:010:33:04

There's nothing to forgive.

0:33:070:33:10

Marry for love, Georgiana.

0:33:100:33:12

Marry... Marry the person your heart cries out for!

0:33:120:33:16

And when you have that person, do not doubt them,

0:33:160:33:19

not for a single moment!

0:33:190:33:22

I'm so sorry.

0:33:480:33:50

Darcy?

0:34:520:34:54

I believe George Wickham to be guilty of this crime.

0:34:570:35:00

Why?

0:35:000:35:02

Captain Denny knew of his affair with Louisa Bidwell.

0:35:070:35:10

Their argument wasn't about bringing Lydia to the ball,

0:35:100:35:14

it was about Louisa and the baby.

0:35:140:35:16

And when Denny jumped from that carriage...

0:35:200:35:23

..he plunged into those woods to warn her

0:35:240:35:26

that she'd been abandoned by her lover

0:35:260:35:28

and he would try and take her baby -

0:35:280:35:31

possibly even reveal Wickham's true identity, who knows?

0:35:310:35:34

But Wickham had to stop him and he did...

0:35:360:35:39

..once and for all!

0:35:420:35:44

And if this is revealed...

0:35:440:35:47

Poor Lydia!

0:35:480:35:49

I think it's time she learnt of the affair.

0:35:510:35:53

And probably best it came from you first.

0:35:570:36:00

Darcy?

0:36:150:36:16

'But that's the motive that's always been missing.'

0:36:180:36:20

And that is still no proof.

0:36:200:36:22

It all adds up!

0:36:220:36:24

All we know for sure is that Wickham fathered a child out of wedlock.

0:36:240:36:28

That's still not yet a reason for a man to hang.

0:36:280:36:30

Supposition or not, you know how it'll look when it comes out.

0:36:300:36:34

The jury would be prejudiced against him beyond repair, yes.

0:36:360:36:38

But, Darcy, we must believe in justice!

0:36:380:36:41

Wickham has to be judged on the evidence alone.

0:36:410:36:45

Your duty is to answer the questions put to you as simply

0:36:450:36:48

and directly as you can.

0:36:480:36:50

Mine is to do everything to ensure a fair trial.

0:36:500:36:53

Beyond that, it is out of our control.

0:36:540:36:57

What about Hardcastle?

0:36:570:36:59

I don't know him as well as you do.

0:36:590:37:02

Is he a man to let prejudice cloud his judgment?

0:37:020:37:05

DOOR OPENS

0:37:050:37:06

"My best friend is dead, I killed him, it's my fault."

0:37:150:37:19

That might not be the precise order, but those were the words.

0:37:190:37:23

And what did you take those words to mean?

0:37:230:37:27

I was looking at a man in the greatest distress,

0:37:270:37:29

kneeling over the body of his friend.

0:37:290:37:32

I took him to mean that if there hadn't been a disagreement

0:37:320:37:35

that had caused his friend to run into the woods,

0:37:350:37:37

then he wouldn't have met his death.

0:37:370:37:39

MURMURING

0:37:390:37:39

No further questions, Your Honour.

0:37:430:37:44

I must congratulate you, Mr Darcy, on your remarkable presence of mind.

0:37:460:37:52

Here before you was a man leaning over the body

0:37:520:37:56

of his murdered friend, sobbing that he killed him,

0:37:560:38:00

it was his fault,

0:38:000:38:03

yet somehow you deduced that this was not a confession,

0:38:030:38:07

but regret for an earlier argument

0:38:070:38:09

that led to the victim's flight towards an aggressor

0:38:090:38:11

whose existence to this day remains pure hypothesis,

0:38:110:38:14

and who for some reason took it into his head

0:38:140:38:16

to murder a complete stranger!

0:38:160:38:18

Poaching is a serious crime.

0:38:200:38:23

Hear, hear!

0:38:230:38:24

If he had stumbled across a poacher red-handed,

0:38:240:38:27

the man may have panicked and lashed out!

0:38:270:38:29

If you believed so strongly in the existence of this poacher,

0:38:290:38:32

why didn't you send out a search party the night of the crime?

0:38:320:38:35

MURMURING

0:38:350:38:35

The woods were vast and dark,

0:38:370:38:39

and my first duty was to inform a magistrate.

0:38:390:38:43

You didn't order a search, Mr Darcy,

0:38:430:38:46

because you knew full well that you already had the guilty man,

0:38:460:38:49

under guard and in your house!

0:38:490:38:51

No further questions.

0:38:540:38:56

Thank you, Mr Darcy.

0:38:580:39:01

Sir Selwyn Hardcastle, please.

0:39:010:39:03

We know two shots were fired in the woods that night.

0:39:120:39:16

Sir Selwyn, could you give us your view on who fired them and why?

0:39:160:39:20

As the pistol in question belonged to Captain Denny,

0:39:200:39:23

it seems to me entirely plausible he fired...

0:39:230:39:26

in self-defence.

0:39:260:39:28

At George Wickham?

0:39:280:39:30

That's correct. Because he felt under threat?

0:39:300:39:33

That's pure conjecture, Your Honour!

0:39:330:39:35

Mr Alveston, I am tired of these unconventional objections of yours.

0:39:350:39:40

I'm merely trying to establish an alternative explanation

0:39:400:39:42

for the gunshots.

0:39:420:39:44

Sir Selwyn, do you believe Captain Denny fired the gun

0:39:440:39:46

at Mr Wickham in self-defence? I do.

0:39:460:39:48

At which point, Mr Wickham dealt him the blow that killed him!

0:39:480:39:52

Your Honour, please!

0:39:520:39:54

Facts, Mr Cartwright. For all our sakes - stick to the facts!

0:39:540:39:57

I believe it to be the case - it's the only logical explanation.

0:39:570:40:00

Sir Selwyn, throughout the course of your investigation,

0:40:000:40:03

have you come across any reason why Mr Wickham

0:40:030:40:06

might want Captain Denny dead?

0:40:060:40:08

I must defend my client, Your Honour,

0:40:080:40:10

and ask Mr Cartwright to desist from his constant attempts

0:40:100:40:13

to prejudice the jury's minds! Well said, that man!

0:40:130:40:16

Enough!

0:40:160:40:18

Have you come across any possible motive for this crime?

0:40:180:40:22

Answer the question, Sir Selwyn.

0:40:240:40:26

Sir Selwyn.

0:40:300:40:31

I have not.

0:40:370:40:38

No further questions, Your Honour.

0:40:440:40:46

Mr Alveston.

0:40:470:40:49

I have no questions, Your Honour.

0:40:500:40:52

Lizzy!

0:40:580:40:59

Could you leave us?

0:41:020:41:03

Do you want for anything, Lydia?

0:41:070:41:09

No.

0:41:100:41:11

You slept well, I trust?

0:41:110:41:14

Goodness! Now I'm nervous.

0:41:140:41:16

There's something I feel I must tell you concerning the case.

0:41:180:41:21

Did I tell you Wickham and I are going to America?

0:41:210:41:23

It's going to be the most wonderful fun! We've had our fill of England

0:41:230:41:26

and we'll need a fresh start once this business is done.

0:41:260:41:28

Wickham did something foolish which I fear may come out in court. He's always been a rascal!

0:41:280:41:32

Involving a girl... No, don't!

0:41:320:41:34

Lizzy...

0:41:360:41:38

Lizzy, I know you mean well, but I'm not like you.

0:41:380:41:42

Surely better to hear it first from someone who cares, Lydia? No.

0:41:430:41:46

I'd far rather hear it from the gossips,

0:41:480:41:50

and then I can bat them away with the contempt they deserve.

0:41:500:41:53

Wickham and I...

0:41:560:41:58

..we find our way through, you know?

0:41:590:42:02

We always have.

0:42:020:42:04

Alveston.

0:42:270:42:30

Colonel.

0:42:300:42:32

You should know,

0:42:320:42:33

the engagement between Georgiana and myself is over.

0:42:330:42:36

I believe she is waiting for you.

0:42:370:42:40

She was always yours, really.

0:42:400:42:41

She knew it, and...

0:42:430:42:45

so did I.

0:42:450:42:46

Alveston. Alveston.

0:42:510:42:53

The jury are returning.

0:42:560:42:58

It's far too soon.

0:42:580:43:00

Have you arrived at a verdict?

0:43:130:43:15

We have.

0:43:170:43:18

Do you find the prisoner guilty, or not guilty?

0:43:180:43:21

Guilty!

0:43:300:43:32

CLAPPING

0:43:320:43:32

Silence! Silence!

0:43:340:43:36

Is this the verdict of you all? It is.

0:43:380:43:41

I swear before God almighty, I am not guilty!

0:43:410:43:45

Prisoner at the bar,

0:44:010:44:03

you have been convicted of one of the most atrocious crimes

0:44:030:44:07

it is in the power of human nature to commit.

0:44:070:44:10

It remains only for me to pass the dreadful sentence of the law -

0:44:110:44:17

that you be taken at the appointed time to a place of execution

0:44:170:44:24

where you shall be hanged by the neck until you be dead!

0:44:240:44:28

No!

0:44:370:44:39

HORSES WHINNY

0:44:390:44:39

'My dearest love...

0:45:270:45:29

'..George Wickham will hang at dawn the day after tomorrow.

0:45:300:45:33

'I can find no words to embroider that single, desolating fact.

0:45:350:45:38

'I had to break the news about his sister.'

0:45:410:45:43

George, I am so sorry.

0:45:430:45:45

'She's cast a dark shadow over our lives throughout this sorry affair.

0:45:450:45:49

'But there's no denying Wickham's love for her.

0:45:500:45:54

'There's much to be arranged.

0:45:540:45:55

'I will stay close to the prison to provide what succour I can.

0:45:570:46:01

'I'll be home to you soon. Darcy.'

0:46:010:46:04

Mrs Darcy. I heard the news about George Wickham.

0:46:130:46:18

I shall pray for him when his time comes.

0:46:180:46:20

Thank you, Reverend.

0:46:200:46:21

Have you heard Will Bidwell is near the end?

0:46:210:46:25

No.

0:46:250:46:26

According to Dr McFee, it's a matter of a day or two.

0:46:260:46:29

I did so want to see him one last time.

0:46:290:46:31

We were once close.

0:46:320:46:33

He's kept you away, too, has he?

0:46:330:46:36

I haven't gained admittance to his room since the murder.

0:46:360:46:39

You are right, it did start then.

0:46:390:46:41

Perhaps it affected him.

0:46:410:46:44

He's surely too young to have a conscience much burdened,

0:46:440:46:47

but still...

0:46:470:46:49

KNOCKING ON DOOR

0:46:490:46:49

Madam. I need to see Will.

0:46:520:46:54

Not today, he's not very well.

0:46:540:46:56

You mustn't. I am so sorry.

0:46:560:46:58

No, you mustn't. Mrs Bidwell, it's important, we must speak to Will. Please, he's extremely ill. Will.

0:46:580:47:02

Mrs Darcy, Madam, he needs to rest.

0:47:030:47:06

It's all right. Will, we've have bad news from the trial.

0:47:060:47:10

Wickham has been found guilty and is to hang.

0:47:100:47:13

I'm sorry, Madam... Will, please! ..you'd better go now! I would do anything to save you!

0:47:130:47:17

But do you have it in your power to save another man's life?

0:47:170:47:20

Spare him, Mrs Darcy, please spare my child!

0:47:200:47:23

Mother!

0:47:230:47:24

I think I do.

0:47:260:47:27

A man came here the night of the murder.

0:47:290:47:33

It was Captain Denny, but I didn't know that at the time!

0:47:370:47:40

I thought it was the soldier who'd assaulted Louisa's virtue,

0:47:400:47:43

'I thought he'd come back for more!'

0:47:430:47:45

Open up, open up! I need to speak to Miss Bidwell.

0:47:450:47:47

I, I felt such rage - it was an insult to me,

0:47:480:47:53

as though I couldn't protect my womenfolk.

0:47:530:47:56

And I wanted to teach him a lesson.

0:47:570:47:59

I need to speak to...

0:48:010:48:03

'I hit him with my stick'

0:48:030:48:05

and he fell back and staggered off.

0:48:050:48:08

I tried to follow him, he was heading towards the gully

0:48:090:48:14

where old Darcy's grave was and I tried,

0:48:140:48:16

I tried to call out a warning, but...I couldn't.

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By the time I caught up, there was another man with him.

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Denny?

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Oh, God, no!

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He had a gun and he shot at me.

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Stop!

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And I fled.

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When Mr Wickham got arrested,

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I didn't think it would come to this.

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I'm going to write this down, I need you to sign it for me.

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Father...

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..I'm sorry.

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I should've been here.

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Forgive me.

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William, forgive me!

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THEY SOB

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I've led you a merry dance, haven't I?

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I've loved every minute of it!

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But I've done you wrong, Lydia.

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None of that.

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It was the best day of my life - when I met you, Wickham.

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And look at all the fun we've had. Hmm.

0:50:050:50:09

I didn't do it.

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I didn't kill Denny.

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I know.

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No-one can say we didn't live it to the full.

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Choose the brightest, best memory of me, will you?

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Hold on to that.

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Shh. (It's all right.)

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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

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He leadeth me beside the still waters.

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He restoreth my soul...

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Will is at peace.

0:51:380:51:40

Wickham hangs at dawn. I must get this to Derby!

0:51:430:51:45

It's night, Elizabeth, the journey is too treacherous!

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Even if you try, you'll never make it on time.

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I will take you.

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I know the roads, Madam, every twist and turn.

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My condolences, Darcy.

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It gives me no pleasure to see this sad day dawn.

0:53:030:53:06

May I ask why you didn't reveal Wickham's affair

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with Louisa Bidwell at the trial?

0:53:100:53:12

I knew by that point he'd almost certainly hang.

0:53:140:53:17

What good would it do to drag your name further through the mud?

0:53:180:53:22

Whatever others may say...

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..I'm not my father.

0:53:280:53:29

Soldiers...arms!

0:53:420:53:45

FURIOUS KNOCKING ON DOOR

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Madam? I need to see the Judge. Can I help you, Madam?

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What's going on down here. Judge Moberley.

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What's all this noise?

0:53:550:53:56

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

0:54:150:54:17

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

0:54:180:54:21

He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.

0:54:210:54:26

He leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

0:54:300:54:33

I will fear no evil for thou art with me...

0:54:330:54:38

Wait! Stop. Wait!

0:54:380:54:41

Stop the hanging!

0:54:410:54:42

George Wickham is innocent!

0:54:420:54:44

By order of the court, stop the hanging.

0:54:440:54:46

I have a signed confession!

0:54:460:54:48

Take the noose from his neck. Well, hurry, take the noose!

0:54:480:54:51

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

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I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen.

0:55:040:55:08

Mrs Reynolds has found a new home for Louisa Bidwell's baby.

0:55:330:55:36

Why does she have to give up her child?

0:55:390:55:42

It's time Pemberley began to look after its own.

0:55:440:55:47

'Dearest Jane, I'm pleased to report that both Lydia

0:55:530:55:56

'and Wickham made remarkable recoveries.'

0:55:560:55:59

Thank you.

0:55:590:56:01

Thank you, thank you very much.

0:56:010:56:03

I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank my wife.

0:56:030:56:06

'Within a matter of hours, Lydia's spirits were restored

0:56:060:56:09

'and her energies consumed with flaunting her dear Wickham

0:56:090:56:12

'all over town.' Bye!

0:56:120:56:15

'I do wonder what America will make of them'

0:56:150:56:19

'Louisa christened her son George William Bidwell,

0:56:190:56:22

'in memory of her brother.

0:56:220:56:24

'Darcy says he will make a fine head coachman to Master Fitzwilliam.

0:56:260:56:30

'As for Georgiana, well...it couldn't be better news.'

0:56:310:56:37

Georgiana, I can wait no longer.

0:56:490:56:53

Will you be my wife?

0:56:550:56:56

Yes, Henry, yes!

0:56:580:57:01

Yes!

0:57:010:57:02

Oh, those early moments of love.

0:57:190:57:21

We had so little time for ours.

0:57:210:57:23

Yes, thanks to my best efforts to kill my feelings for you.

0:57:250:57:28

I very nearly destroyed the most precious thing in the world to me.

0:57:290:57:32

Let's look to the past only as it gives us pleasure...

0:57:320:57:34

..and to the future...

0:57:360:57:38

..only as it gives us hope.

0:57:390:57:41

Truly? I can't promise it'll be a girl!

0:57:450:57:48

I must be careful! Oh, Darcy...

0:57:530:57:56

..I'm so happy!

0:57:570:57:58

I know a million others have said it before,

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but none with such justice.

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