0:00:01 > 0:00:03I wish you to return. It won't be for long.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Ross Poldark is alive.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09My boy is to be married.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Who's it to be? Elizabeth. Elizabeth?
0:00:18 > 0:00:20What's your name?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Demelza Carne.
0:00:22 > 0:00:22Ross Poldark.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27As stronger, rises...
0:00:27 > 0:00:29as the weaker falls.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32For all is fair in love and war.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Copper! Copper's been struck!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Francis staked the mine on a game on cards.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42He lost.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46To sneak away under our very noses and marry that drunkard.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Perhaps it was wrong - but I did it for love of Verity.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Will you go?!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Perhaps you prefer your guests to be ruined in silence.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Go.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Is it the putrid throat?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'll stay and look after you all.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05They both have it. The symptoms are unmistakable.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08You can pray to God I do not lose the love of my life.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Forgive me, I cannot save her.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13SHE CRIES Ross!
0:01:13 > 0:01:18I will no longer have my feelings misunderstood, or my intentions.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Anyone plundering will be guilty of theft and committing
0:01:22 > 0:01:24a capital offence.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm certain we understand each other.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Captain Poldark, I have orders to take you to Truro gaol.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30On what charge?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Wrecking. Inciting a riot. Murder.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Mr Poldark, it is alleged that you roused the neighbourhood and
0:02:12 > 0:02:15led a blood-thirsty mob down to the beach.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Incorrect. Which part?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21They were not thirsty for blood. They were starving for food.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Did you encourage the riot which broke out on the beach?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27I did not consider it a riot. Do you approve of plunder and lawlessness?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Do you approve of whole families being without sufficient food to keep them alive?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33What part did you play in the death of Matthew Sanson?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Regrettably, none whatsoever.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Enough of this insolence.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Ross Vennor Poldark, I am committing you for trial at the Bodmin Assizes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Bail will be set at ?100
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and may God have mercy upon you,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50for I most assuredly would not.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26(Julia.)
0:04:29 > 0:04:32DOOR OPENS
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Ross!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39They let you go, I knew they would.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Did they dismiss all the charges?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Not quite.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I'm to be tried by Justice Lister
0:04:47 > 0:04:50at the Bodmin Assizes in five days' time.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I must present myself at the gaol the night before.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Oh, God.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58How has it come to this?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00George?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06This entire thing is a nonsense.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I'll be back before you know I've gone.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16He should never have been charged.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18He's a gentleman and a Poldark!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19His own worst enemy.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I would speak to him, but he avoids me.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23He avoids us all.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Since they lost Julia.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Well, something must be done or he will walk his head into a noose.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Or that new contraption they have in France.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42If he's a sensible man, he will seek assistance...
0:05:44 > 0:05:46have words in the ears of those that matter.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47The Boscowens?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49St Aubyns?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Warleggans? HE SCOFFS
0:05:52 > 0:05:53When their cousin died in the wreck?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57No, George is very likely behind the accusations.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01But he could exert influence if he chose?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05His reach extends everywhere.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Why would George throw his might behind Ross?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12You're right. Why would he?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25There's a storm coming.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Julia's afeared of thunder.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35I keep thinking that she's still here and if I just call her name...
0:06:41 > 0:06:42I'll be better, by and by.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47I tell myself that every day.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50And every day I fail.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58We must think of the trial. Oh, must we?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Ross, 'tis no little thing.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03It is a proper trial, not just a magistrate.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06You must answer to judge and jury and if you're found guilty...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09They cannot hang me.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I've too much to do. Truly, Ross.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Truly, Demelza, I decline to be distracted by matters
0:07:14 > 0:07:15beyond my control.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Give me leave to attend on something I can influence.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Gentlemen!
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I leave for Bodmin in two days. What are we waiting for?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And no doubt you aim to strike a new lode before you go?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37A couple, at least. So let's get down there.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39New lode? He'll be lucky.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42The old Trebartha lode's near petered out, but he won't have it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44No more than he'll have this trial.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46To hear him, you'd think he was heading for Michaelmas Fayre.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Dwight.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He cannot just bury his head.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And will you tell him?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It's almost upon him, how will he defend himself?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Who will speak for him?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I will. But there must be others.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01And plenty of them.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03The Crown will already have assembled its case.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07And no doubt there'll be plenty who'll be glad to help it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Can I rely on you, Tankard? Of course.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Always happy to be of service.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Why is our attorney here?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24He's been assisting the Crown to strengthen its case.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Theft, riot, attacking a customs officer. Is that not enough?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29I wanted murder.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31And I told you that charge would not stick.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Cousin Matthew was dead before he washed ashore.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Poldark merely found him.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And left him lifeless on the strand.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Which is not a crime.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43But it is a personal affront to this family!
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And one which I intend to make him regret.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Prudence Paynter?
0:09:06 > 0:09:07My name's Tankard.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Acting for the Crown in the case of Rex versus Poldark.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15What do you recall the night of the shipwreck?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Shipwreck?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18See thee now, woman.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20When there's riot and robbery, like there was that night...
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The law says naught of those who follow if it can lay hold of those who lead.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27So 'tis best for all concerned
0:09:27 > 0:09:30that the right man should stand in the assizes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33The right man? Ross Poldark?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I never see'd sight nor sound of him.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Elizabeth!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Are you alone?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I was about to return to Trenwith.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Would you consider a small delay?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Are you suggesting I intervene?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42The family would be so grateful.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46The family means little to me.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49You alone are the person I care to please.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53It distresses me to think of my cousin at risk of his life.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It is I who would be indebted to you, George.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05How difficult would it be to have him come before
0:11:05 > 0:11:07a sympathetic judge?
0:11:09 > 0:11:14There are ways of encouraging such sympathy.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15But does Ross ask it of me?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18You know, you and Ross are more alike than you know.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I have said so. I said it to him.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I do not think he could fail to feel gratitude
0:11:25 > 0:11:30if he felt himself beholden, if he could see his benefactor in a new light.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42So you've made no arrangements.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43None whatsoever.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Jeffrey Clymer, KC - your defence.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48He'll meet you in Bodmin.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Will he?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Next, your finances.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57You are chief shareholder in Wheal Leisure.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Other than that, you have no income.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Your tenants regularly default on their rents.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Your house is mortgaged and you have outstanding debts of ?1,000
0:12:07 > 0:12:10at interest of 40%.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13My wife will be sorry she wed me.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Your wife deserves better.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Have you made a will? Of course not.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22I need a list of all your assets. That shouldn't take long.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36"My dear Demelza.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39"I know that recent events have caused a breach between
0:12:39 > 0:12:42"our two families, but wonder if I could persuade you and Ross
0:12:42 > 0:12:45"to visit us at Trenwith tomorrow afternoon."
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Ah, Captain Poldark.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Mr Trevaunance. How goes your campaign?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Better than yours, I imagine.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Who was that?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04No-one of any influence.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Jud Paynter?
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Never heard of him.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26You were on Hendrawna Beach the night of the shipwreck.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Was I?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Perhaps this'll jog your memory.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Ah, well, now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Get off home, you bladderwrackin' pifflin' piece of offal!
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Uncle Ray!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Caroline, my dear!
0:13:53 > 0:13:57And Mr Trevaunance, our prospective member of parliament.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I see you travel light, niece.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04How long are you intending to stay? That depends.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06If my little Horace and I get bored,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08we may be forced to return to London.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10No doubt you're much in demand there.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11An heiress is much in demand everywhere.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13An heiress is much in demand everywhere.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Especially one who is not yet of age. Why so?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's assumed she'll do the bidding of her wealthy uncle
0:14:17 > 0:14:21and marry where he chooses.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22You confident, Unwin?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Of winning his seat or my hand?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Both, I trust!
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I hope we can come to terms soon, sir.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I hope so, too.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34She runs rings round her old guardian.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38I'm sure a younger man would benefit from the exercise.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Did I mention I saw Unwin Trevaunance, our would-be MP?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46And his intended, Ray Penvenen's niece.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49No doubt she's in town for the election in Bodmin.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I've never been to Bodmin.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Be grateful you're not going now.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Why?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The elections take place the same days as the assizes.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00The town will be seething.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Will Elizabeth go?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I shouldn't think so.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16She sent us a note.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19What could she want?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21The same as I.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25You did promise me after Julia died that we would all be reconciled.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31You still want that?
0:15:34 > 0:15:38With the trial nigh upon us,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40maybe I'll be glad of the friendship.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Even though they cost us Julia?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Nay, Ross, you cannot lay it all at their door.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Why can I not?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50'Tis why I'd wish to make peace
0:15:50 > 0:15:53despite all that we lost.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Will it not mean that Julia didn't die in vain?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24It's good of you both to come.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Is Francis here? Somewhere hereabouts.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I wanted to speak with you first,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46to ask if some help might be given when you come to court.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I hope you will take the gesture
0:16:48 > 0:16:51with the kindness in which it's intended.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Gesture?
0:16:58 > 0:17:01George might know the judge who will hear your case...
0:17:01 > 0:17:05How convenient. ..and thought that perhaps he could be...
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Pointed in the right direction.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12For a price, no doubt?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Not one that you would personally need to pay.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22But I see that I would.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26And it strikes me as more than my liberty's worth.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Demelza, we're leaving.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Ross?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Elizabeth, what's the meaning of this?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I-I thought if there was something we could do to help Ross. We?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44We appreciate the thought. But not the method.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Ross!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You'll excuse us, George.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Of course.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12I thought it the least we could do for Demelza's sake.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Demelza's?
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Of course.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Could they seriously imagine I would stoop to beg favours
0:18:34 > 0:18:37from that upstart poodle?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40If I wished to prostitute myself, I'd sooner grovel to Ray Penvenen
0:18:40 > 0:18:42who's actually acquainted with Judge Lister!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Is he?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It really is the end for me and Francis.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Where are you going?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52To the mine, where it's still possible to do an honest day's work.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02'A known Jacobin and revolutionary, fomenter of unrest and affray,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06'once escaped justice by taking the king's shilling,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10'fathered numerous bastards, bedded and wedded his scullery maid
0:19:10 > 0:19:14'upon whom he got his latest brat - this creature being a notorious doxy
0:19:14 > 0:19:18'from a family of murderers and thieves'.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Our friend "Anonymous" has an engaging style.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26How many copies? Enough to paper all Truro and Bodmin?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29If he's found guilty, he could hang.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33If he hangs, he'll have only himself to blame.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Mistress Poldark to see Mr Penvenen.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Mistress Poldark?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Forgive the intrusion, sir.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I was taken queasy as I was out walking
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and yours was the first house I saw.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Ah.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33'Tis no use, Ross.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36The lode has petered out. We knew it a week ago.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41So we give up?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44We move on.
0:21:24 > 0:21:31There sits our old mine, lost in a game of cards to a Warleggan.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Oh, Ross would never gamble away his most precious asset, would he?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39He's too wise and clever(!)
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Francis, what is done is done.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Thank you for the refreshment, sir.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02I hope that you're not too downcast about your husband's coming trial?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Truly, I fear the worst.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10If only one knew who the judge would be.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Oh, that's no secret, ma'am. 'Tis Justice Wentworth Lister.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Oh? Are you acquainted with him? We know each other.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19He'll be supporting Unwin Trevaunance at the election
0:22:19 > 0:22:21tomorrow night.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24A stern fellow, though generally accounted fair.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29It'd puzzle me exceedingly how a judge can be expected to listen
0:22:29 > 0:22:32to a case and get to the bottom of it all in a few of hours.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Does he never ask for the truth in private before the trial begins?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Perhaps he should!
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Will you be in Bodmin for the assizes? For the election, yes.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Well, I hope we may meet again, sir.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Who was that, Uncle? Ross Poldark's wife.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10What did she want? She didn't appear to WANT anything.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I doubt that, sir. She looks like a dangerous woman to me.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Ross.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Well, this is well met. May I walk with you awhile?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32I'm pressed for time.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The encounter yesterday, that was not my doing.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Still, I'd hoped we could put past quarrels behind us.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43I had hoped so too, but I find now I cannot.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Ross, if something goes amiss in court, how is Demelza fixed?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54How is that your concern?
0:23:54 > 0:23:59If your sentence is prison, or worse,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03well, she would be entirely alone with no source of income.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Whereas you yourself are swimming in guineas(?) No, no, no, I've a little put by.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Why would you offer it?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12I don't forget what we owe Demelza.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26KNOCK ON DOOR Mr Warleggan, ma'am.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Elizabeth, you look ravishing today.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38And you too, of course, ma'am.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42I do not. And nor, may I say, do you. Quite pasty-faced.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Consequence of sitting too long indoors, fingering coin.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I've brought a small gift for my godson.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Oh, that's kind of you, George.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Papa!
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Look, my very own horse!
0:25:05 > 0:25:06Uncle George bought it for me.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Did he?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15George. Here again?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I hope you're taking care of our guest, Elizabeth.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I saw my cousin just now. He was not eager to exchange pleasantries.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28No doubt he's thinking of the trial.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Do you think he'll be acquitted?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I don't see how he can be.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37So many witnesses to his activities that night.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And the fact that he's treated the law with contempt
0:25:40 > 0:25:41on previous occasions.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44And the court will not be left in ignorance.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49As I came past Sawle, a villager showed me this pretty paper.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53'The true and sensational life of Captain RP.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57'Adventurer, seducer, wrecker, and suspected murderer?'
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Yes, I've seen them about. They're not important.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Except to Ross.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04But if this is believed, it will prejudice the jury.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Pay it no heed, Elizabeth.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08These scurrilous sheets are always defaming one person or another.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12But this author has gone to some trouble and expense.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17You wouldn't happen to know him, would you, George?
0:26:18 > 0:26:22I imagine he must be desperate to earn his money in such a manner.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Only a bankrupt would sell his services that way.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32DRUNKEN SINGING: # They had no tail nor bill
0:26:33 > 0:26:38# They had no tail nor...bill. #
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Jud Paynter.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45'Tis said that you and your good wife were once
0:26:45 > 0:26:47servants of Captain Poldark?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50An' his father afore 'im.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52And that, after working faithfully all those years,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54you were turned out without a word.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55Monstry ingratitude!
0:26:55 > 0:26:57So you understand that your duty under the law is to report
0:26:57 > 0:27:00what you saw the night of the wreck.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02We know you took part in the riot and pillaging.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05We know you played a part in resisting officers of the Crown.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I never 'eard such louch.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09But we're willing to overlook all that
0:27:09 > 0:27:11if you will turn King's evidence.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16You owe him no loyalty.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18It's common sense to testify against him.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22We'll make it worth your while.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I have no idea what to say in your defence
0:27:28 > 0:27:30and you leave for Bodmin tomorrow.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I was not on the beach, so I cannot refute the charges,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37but, from what I hear, they are not easily dismissed.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Salvaging spoils from a wreck?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41No jury in Cornwall would convict me of that.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Attacking a customs official? Not guilty.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50You doubt me? We both know you are capable of it.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Your situation is not good, Ross.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I've seen worse.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59We've seen worse. On the battlefields of Virginia?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03And I salute you for saving my face. Saving your neck may not be so easy.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I'll ask Demelza not to come to Bodmin tomorrow.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15So you and I will ride together?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Perhaps, as we go, some brilliant defence will occur to me.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58DISTANT HARPSICHORD MUSIC
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Who's this fine lady and what has she done with my wife?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Judas!
0:29:18 > 0:29:21There she is. For a moment I thought I'd lost her(!)
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Why? Cos she's prink'd up to the nines an' her fizzog powdered?
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Clearly I needn't worry about you when I'm gone.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31You'll be a line of suitors from here to Penzance.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32So I should hope.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25KNOCK ON DOOR
0:30:29 > 0:30:32May I join you awhile?
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Perhaps another night.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Goodnight, Francis.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Goodnight.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01SHE SIGHS
0:31:07 > 0:31:08CHOPPING SOUND
0:31:29 > 0:31:31So you leave me abed like the Queen o' Sheba
0:31:31 > 0:31:33while you see to all the chores?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Is it not my duty to cherish my wife while I'm here
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and to provide firewood for when I'm not?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49I wish we could stay like this forever.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54I wish so, too.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I'm only glad for your sake you're not seeing me in court.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00No, Ross.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05You WILL stay here?
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Yes, Ross, if that's what you wish.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Elizabeth? I'm leaving for Bodmin.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Shall I not come with you?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50A court is no place for a lady.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00It's a terrible thought, is it not,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02a world without Ross?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06I wonder how Demelza would bear it. How would any of us bear it?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09For which of us does not secretly adore him?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23How different might our lives have been...
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Had Ross not returned from the war?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Had he never gone away in the first place?
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Goodbye, my dear. God bless you.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Francis?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15No. Hey.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19You'll come home again?
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I promise.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Ross!
0:35:33 > 0:35:35You spoil him.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39How else could I persuade him to come to Bodmin with me?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Indeed he wonders why either of us must go at all.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45You tell him it is because tonight is election night
0:35:45 > 0:35:49and, as Unwin's intended, you are expected to be at his side.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Horace and I will spend an agreeable evening in our lodgings
0:35:52 > 0:35:54eating jellies. Caroline! What?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57You'd prefer I caught a cold in some draughty assembly rooms
0:35:57 > 0:35:59watching dreary men voting?
0:35:59 > 0:36:04I may venture out later if Horace can spare me.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Bodmin, Horace, I bet nothing of moment ever happens there.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21TOWN CRIER SHOUTS
0:36:21 > 0:36:24GENERAL HUBBUB
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Your room, sir.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Beg pardon, sir, be you a surgeon or suchlike? I am.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34There's someone took mortal sick at Priory House.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36I'll go at once.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Verity!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I've saved you a place, my dear. Oh, thank you.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11You did tell Ross you're coming?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Of course not.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Jeffrey Clymer, King's Counsel.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I'm here to see if we can wriggle you off the hook.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Theft. Inciting a riot.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Attacking a customs officer.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Impressive.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53I'm a physician, ma'am. May I be of service? I hope so.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57My darling little Horace has had two fits and now he's barely breathing.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Will you attend on him, please?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Your dog?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Your footman made a mistake.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It would be a farrier you sent him for.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09It is not my custom to employ a horse doctor for Horace.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11I want the best advice and I'm willing to pay for it.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14What is your fee?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16But perhaps you do not know your trade well enough?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Perhaps you should leave. We'll call someone else.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21That was what I was about to suggest.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Wait.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Have you never had a dog of your own?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Yes.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Would you let him die on a point of formality?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42How old is he? 12 months.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Fits are not uncommon at that age.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47An aunt of mine had a spaniel.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06His pulse is steady and there's no sign of fever.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Nevertheless I'd advise a lowering system of treatment.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12No more sweetmeats. Plenty of running and jumping.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Dogs do not need to be carried.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Have a druggist make up this paregoric of black cherry water
0:40:20 > 0:40:22and Theban opium.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Thank you.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30You were saying?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32About your aunt's spaniel?
0:40:32 > 0:40:38Oh, yes, he used to have fits when she played the spinet.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41One hesitates to say whether he was musical or the reverse.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45What is your name?
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Following to your arrest,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52your statement to the examining magistrate was unhelpful.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I answered truthfully. Is that not what the law requires?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58A common misconception is that truth is the same as innocence.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59It is not.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02My job is to position the truth
0:41:02 > 0:41:04so that you don't pay for it with your life.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I see.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09So now we're politicians,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12positioning the facts to suit our own ends?
0:41:12 > 0:41:13And the people on the beach that day?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Shall we pretend that they were not desperate?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Should we explain that starvation and poverty are also relative?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Let me be clear?
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Anything other than absolute contrition would be sheer folly.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26So my task is to grovel?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Play the game by bending the rules?
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Excellent(!)
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Thank you.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Oh, this town is a-boiling.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I'd forgot it was election week.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Yes, I lately met one of the candidates.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52A friend of our neighbour, Penvenen.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Indeed, later I must go out on an errand.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00With the streets full of drunkards? 'Tis for Ross I must do it.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06When are the votes to be counted? Not until this evening, sir.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Have you seen this?
0:42:16 > 0:42:20It's being an assassination of Ross Poldark's character.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22How unfortunate.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Not a single room? I am sorry sir, we're full.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30In the entire inn? I am afraid not, sir.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Enys! Are you here for the trial?
0:42:35 > 0:42:39I am indeed. And you? Er, yes, I thought I'd look in.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Look, erm, do you know where I can find a room for the night?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45This place is full and the town is fermenting with people.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46You may be unlucky.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49I trust your sister had the foresight to reserve her room
0:42:49 > 0:42:50at The Crown.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Verity's here? I saw her go in just now with Demelza.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Is your wife with you?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Um, Elizabeth prefers to remain at Trenwith.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03If, erm, you should be without a place to sleep tonight,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I'm at the London Inn, beside the church.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08You may be held to that.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Terrible.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24A man of his standing
0:43:24 > 0:43:27and that young wife of his.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Francis, are you joining us?
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Will I not be interrupting your council of war?
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Against whom?
0:43:34 > 0:43:38My cousin? As declared in your recent literary effort?
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Excuse me.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42'Tis a piece of fiction entirely worthy of you!
0:43:44 > 0:43:46Tell me,
0:43:46 > 0:43:50what could induce you to throw your weight behind Ross
0:43:50 > 0:43:52instead of against him?
0:43:52 > 0:43:54The very same question your wife asked me.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Naturally I could not now consider it.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Ross has offered me insolence once too often.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04In that case, may I offer you some advice?
0:44:04 > 0:44:05By all means.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10You may flaunt your guineas on lavish garments and fancy carriages.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12You may purchase a coat of arms
0:44:12 > 0:44:14and deck out your servants in gaudy livery.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18You may even buy your way into every club, mine
0:44:18 > 0:44:21and drawing room in the county.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24But what you will never buy
0:44:24 > 0:44:26is nobility
0:44:26 > 0:44:28or breeding
0:44:28 > 0:44:31or even common decency!
0:44:33 > 0:44:37Are you quite sure you don't wish to apologise, Francis,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39given the nature of our association?
0:44:42 > 0:44:45You own me. I acknowledge that.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48My indebtedness to you has long muddied the waters between us
0:44:48 > 0:44:52so I trust that any confusion about my feelings
0:44:52 > 0:44:55is now entirely cleared up?
0:45:27 > 0:45:29I'll visit you in jail with a list of the witnesses
0:45:29 > 0:45:31who are to appear against you.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33And those for me?
0:45:33 > 0:45:36A shorter list.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Friends' and workers' testimony, presumed biased,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41will easily be dismissed.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Meanwhile, I advise you to reconsider your attitude.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46It's no detriment to me if you choose to run your neck
0:45:46 > 0:45:47into a noose.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51But I suspect it might be to yours.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Mr Warleggan!
0:46:07 > 0:46:10I see that Unwin speaks the truth. He cannot stir an inch without you.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11He says the same of you.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15Of course! We're both indispensable to his ascent in the world.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19I, as a hunting trophy... Caroline. ..and you as...
0:46:19 > 0:46:20How to describe you?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Benefactor? Sponsor?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Paymaster?
0:46:24 > 0:46:26I'm most certainly lending my support to his campaign.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27Shall we go out and wave to the crowd?
0:46:27 > 0:46:29And I am lending mine to his arm.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33I wonder which of us stands to gain the most?
0:48:07 > 0:48:10Are you sure Ross meant you to go out alone?
0:48:10 > 0:48:12You're a lady after all.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14I was brought up a miner's daughter.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16An' there's naught that a few drunkards could do
0:48:16 > 0:48:19that I couldn't give 'em back!
0:48:24 > 0:48:27I am the voice, crying in the wilderness.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31Make you ready the ways of the Lord for the Kingdom of God is at hand!
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Judas! Father?
0:48:36 > 0:48:40So, now he be cast into the pit, daughter?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45Thy child is buried. Thy 'usband's to 'ang.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48See now the wages of sin! I know of no sin.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Turn again now, daughter.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Come 'ome an' live a pure life.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Thank you, Father.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59I appreciate the offer but I hope 'twill not be needed.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, for the day of calamity is at hand!
0:49:23 > 0:49:25KNOCK ON DOOR
0:49:25 > 0:49:27What have you forgot, Demelza?
0:49:27 > 0:49:31Oh. Have you brandy or rum?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34There's port.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Demelza's tipple.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Well, Sister...
0:49:50 > 0:49:53..how does it feel to be married to a drunken brute?
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Francis, I hope... What, that I'd come to make peace?
0:49:57 > 0:50:01With my sister, perhaps, but not with the Mistress Blamey.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04We're happy, Francis.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06And I hope the day will come when you'll be glad for me
0:50:06 > 0:50:07and allow me home to Trenwith.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09As soon as you like.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11As soon as you like...
0:50:11 > 0:50:14without him.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Oh, do I disappoint you? Well, I disappoint most people.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22Father, Elizabeth, myself!
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Why is it I amount to precisely nothing...
0:50:28 > 0:50:33..whereas Ross, Ross is considered such a threat
0:50:33 > 0:50:36that men will spend a fortune in order to get him hanged?
0:50:37 > 0:50:40And yet I envy him. You cannot.
0:50:40 > 0:50:45If I were going to meet my judges, I would give them a piece of my mind!
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Francis Poldark, Esquire, of Trenwith!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53It wouldn't be the first time today.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56I met a man handing out pamphlets defaming Ross
0:50:56 > 0:50:59in the grossest manner and I happen to know the author
0:50:59 > 0:51:00so I went and paid him a visit.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06And left him in no doubt as to my opinion.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08George.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Was that wise when he owns the very roof over your head?
0:51:10 > 0:51:14Oh, no doubt he's planning this moment how to punish me.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16But he may be defrauded.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Do not lose heart, Francis.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Tomorrow's a new day.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27A new day.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29And it may never come.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44I wonder if I shouldn't go to Bodmin?
0:51:44 > 0:51:46To what purpose?
0:51:46 > 0:51:48To be with Francis.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52And his cousin?
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Ross has Demelza.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Hmm.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Be advised, sir.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31The woman approaching is a harlot and must on no account be admitted.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Excuse me, sirs.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39Entry to the assembly rooms is for voters only.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I've come to see Mr Penvenen. He did particularly ask for me.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46I bet he did. You can't come in.
0:52:46 > 0:52:47I beg you to let me through.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49'Tis all the reason I've come to Bodmin.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51My husband's life depends on it!
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Move along now.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56Move along now!
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Are you sure Dr Enys was agreeable to ye sharin' his chamber?
0:53:01 > 0:53:05'Tis a small chamber, sir, and but a single bed.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07I shall not be needing a bed.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Oh, my dear, I was so worried. The crowds in the square.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30What is it? Did all go well?
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Not exactly.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45I'm in no mood for visitors.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Sounds ominous.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55I hope I'm not disturbing you.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00I was writing to my wife.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07I've not come to fight, Ross, but to confess.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Confess myself disarmed.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Impressed.
0:54:17 > 0:54:21Of course you might have guessed Elizabeth would ask me to intervene,
0:54:21 > 0:54:25but would you guess that Francis did, too?
0:54:26 > 0:54:29That Ray Penvenen tried to fight your corner?
0:54:29 > 0:54:34Alfred Barbery? Lord Devoran?
0:54:34 > 0:54:38How do you inspire such loyalty?
0:54:38 > 0:54:41It impresses me.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43I see its value.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47I could use it.
0:54:48 > 0:54:53I could do what they ask me to do - remove the hostile witnesses,
0:54:53 > 0:54:56drop a word in the ear of the prosecution.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I could even take the stand and give you a character reference.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00How would that sway the jury?
0:55:00 > 0:55:03The very man, whose cousin perished?
0:55:06 > 0:55:08What do you say, Ross?
0:55:09 > 0:55:12Will you meet me halfway?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Will you take the hand of friendship?
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Forgive me.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Are you truly so deluded?
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Do you think I would ever shake your hand?
0:55:47 > 0:55:50HE LAUGHS No.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53No, not for a single moment,
0:55:53 > 0:55:55but when you go to the gallows
0:55:55 > 0:55:58I'll be able to say, hand on heart, to Elizabeth,
0:55:58 > 0:56:02I offered Ross Poldark my help and he turned me down.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07So thank you
0:56:07 > 0:56:12for being every bit as predictable as I hoped you'd be.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17And thank you...
0:56:18 > 0:56:21..for reminding me what can and can not be bought.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33DOOR SLAMS
0:57:14 > 0:57:17My dear, where are you going?
0:57:17 > 0:57:20I have one last thing I must try.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00BELL TOLLS
0:58:02 > 0:58:06GUNSHOT