0:00:03 > 0:00:06I cannot marry Mr Whitworth. Suppose I did ask 'ee to wait?
0:00:06 > 0:00:09We have an invitation from Sir Francis Basset.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11I trust we have things in common?
0:00:11 > 0:00:12You refused the offer?
0:00:12 > 0:00:15As magistrate you could have done so much good.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17My son has rickets?!
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Crooked little mite, isn't he?
0:00:18 > 0:00:22How could I have foreseen that a month ago today I'd be a free man?
0:00:22 > 0:00:26You take full advantage of it. Believe me, ma'am, I intend to.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Drake Carne, I have orders to take you to Truro Jail.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31You mean Drake could hang?
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And what, I wonder, would you stake to see him acquitted?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25LAUGHTER AND PIPING
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Evening! Salute your new gravedigger!
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Would that not be grave robber?
0:01:52 > 0:01:53HE LAUGHS
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Speak no ill o' the living,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57'specially 'fore their own flesh 'n blood!
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Yes, sir, daughter of him. Though I hope I take not after him!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Chance'd be a fine thing!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Do 'ee not dance?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09The Lord do consider it sinful.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Oh, well, the Lord do sound a proper spoilsport!
0:02:13 > 0:02:14SHE CHUCKLES
0:02:14 > 0:02:16What's the occasion?
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It's the first harvest of the land gifted by Captain Ross.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Giving away your own acreage? Are 'ee mad?
0:02:23 > 0:02:27If so, 'tis a madness sent by the Lord in whom we trust.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Trust Ross. You'll get a better return.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32True.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34MUSIC AND LAUGHTER
0:02:47 > 0:02:49RATTLING
0:02:51 > 0:02:54We must stiffen security at all our grain stores.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57These types would have no compunction about feeding
0:02:57 > 0:02:58their faces at my expense.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Sir Francis! Ah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I assume you've heard the news?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08My elevation to the rank of Burgess?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I assume you've not heard the news? Sir Piers Arthur is dead.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Most distressing.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And the best news I've had all year.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Enough, wife. You must know the book of prayer by heart now.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Is it not my duty to set an example to your daughters?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48You have a duty to your husband
0:03:48 > 0:03:50which at present is more pressing.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Go and join your sister.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48I wish Drake and Sam would find contentment.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Have you found it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58In this moment I have.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I wish it may last.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23A hundred years old next week!
0:05:23 > 0:05:28You call this Flemish lace? I look like a desiccated bat!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Mind that pin!
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I don't wish to be bled like a stuck pig.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Sorry, ma'am. Add these names to the list.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41George Venables, Laurence Trevemper,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Randolph Pentire.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47They're dead, Aunt. Remember?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Let me see. Who's coming then?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Trevaunance? Bodrugan?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Poldark, that's better.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01People I actually like!
0:06:03 > 0:06:05AGATHA MUTTERS
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I will not have that man in my house!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11In fairness, it's Agatha's house, too.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Surely, on her 100th birthday,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15we can grant her this one small request?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19By hosting a frivolous event which delivers to us no personal benefit?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21What benefit should we seek?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27At least the Penvenen wedding will provide opportunity.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29For what?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32For me to further my acquaintance with Lord Falmouth.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Sir Piers Arthur is dead.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Truro lacks an MP.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And the man who instructs the burgesses to
0:06:40 > 0:06:42vote for his candidate of choice?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Lord Falmouth.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39INDISTINCT SERMON
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I fear Drake still hankers for Morwenna.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I rue the day she ever crossed his path.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00For giving George the chance to injure you through them?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And to think I attempted to negotiate with him!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Well, those days are over.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09No more playing the game, no more seeking terms.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13As for Drake, I've been making enquiries.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14And?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The old smith died last month.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It has a cottage, a stable,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24and some land besides.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29And you have some skill in smithying, you're a quick learner.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31An' not a farthing to my name.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34It's yours. Already purchased.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38No, brother, 'tis too much.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I like indebtedness no more than you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43You saved my life in France.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The obligation is now discharged.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10It's so quiet here without Geoffrey Charles.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12BABY CRIES
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Happily, Valentine makes up for his absence.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Not happily, so it seems.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I'm not at all convinced by Dr Choake's treatment.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Darkened rooms, legs in splints,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26odious tinctures which make him vomit...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I confess, his recovery is taking longer than was promised.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32You should dispense with Choake altogether.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34And do what?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Elizabeth Warleggan requests me to attend on her son.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Will you?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Since I cannot yet return to sea,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I can at least make myself useful on land.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I know what I'd advise - get rid of the splints
0:09:56 > 0:09:58and the swaddling and put him out in the fresh air!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Dr Enys does not subscribe to old wives' tales.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03In this case he does. Splints and swaddling have no efficacy,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and rickets is exacerbated by lack of light.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Give him plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12mother's milk and sunlight. You will see an improvement within days.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15So no tinctures, powders? Dr Choake prescribed...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Dr Choake's prescriptions
0:10:17 > 0:10:19often serve his purse rather than his patients.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21So my son will not be deformed?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Follow my instructions and you have every reason to be hopeful.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34So, your dire predictions were unfounded.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37He was born under a black moon.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42He may avoid rickets but he cannot escape his parentage!
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I should know, I've been on this Earth for nigh on a century.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08So, husband dear, shall we depart for our wedding?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14You've been petitioning the Admiralty again?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16No. Why would I?
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I'm considered unfit to resume my duties.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21As yet.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24For your sake, I'm sorry.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Don't be.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I dare say I can bear to convalesce here a while longer.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32May I escort you to church, Miss Penvenen?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Finally, we may end our pretence of courtship.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Pray do, Dr Enys.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06I think, wife, before the reception, I shall avail myself.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13No, I beg you - I'm not recovered from last night.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Don't make me strike you!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17SO HELP ME I WILL!
0:12:17 > 0:12:19SHE WHIMPERS
0:12:43 > 0:12:46In the words of St Paul,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48"Wives, submit yourselves
0:12:48 > 0:12:53"unto your husbands as unto the Lord."
0:13:03 > 0:13:05And Lieutenant Rosewall.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Captain Poldark and Mistress Poldark.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Dwight Enys. I never thought I'd see the day.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Mr and Mrs Charles Tragoine.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41She do bless you daily for bringing him home.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45The Reverend Osborne Whitworth and Mrs Whitworth.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Morwenna looks pale.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Doubtless the brat is making her nauseous.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Or possibly her husband?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Lord Falmouth and Mrs Gower.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Congratulations, my dear. Thank you.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09To wield such power... And my conduit to Parliament.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Come, my dear, let us not pretend we would not enjoy like status.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Mr and Mrs Lilycoat.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20My Lord Falmouth.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23My lords, ladies and gentlemen. Forgive me.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27I promise to be brief in my words but profuse in my thanks.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32To Caroline, for making me the happiest of men.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34To all of you, for joining our festivities.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38But, above all, to one man, to whom it is entirely due that
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Caroline and I stand here today as man and wife.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45May I ask you to raise your glasses to the noblest,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48bravest man I've ever known.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Captain Ross Poldark.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54ALL: Captain Ross Poldark!
0:14:57 > 0:14:59If you'll permit me?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Just a few words.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Saving your blushes, Captain Poldark,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09but I too must express gratitude to the Hero of Quimper
0:15:09 > 0:15:13for saving my nephew, Lieutenant Hugh Armitage.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I second that.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20The Hero of Quimper!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22ALL: The Hero of Quimper!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40My Lord, may I present my wife, Demelza?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Your husband is a reluctant hero, ma'am.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Yet he cannot avoid the fame attaching to his exploit.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I only hope it will not go to his head and induce him
0:15:50 > 0:15:52to embark on another!
0:15:52 > 0:15:56It is a novelty to find a wife so eager to keep her husband at home.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00But England may yet have need of him.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Then, sir, I believe neither of us will be lacking.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You must come and visit us some time.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Thank you.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13You see what I'm up against?
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The man is a braggart, his wife is a trull!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18This whole event is a waste of time.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20You're no admirer of Lord Falmouth?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22What man of principle could be?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Not content with running half of Cornwall,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26he must also be Lord of Truro!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29How can it be that the corporation is treated as a rich man's chattel?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Does it not make you all a laughing stock?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36It does. Hence the growing discontent among the burgesses.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And yet my experience in France has taught me
0:16:39 > 0:16:41that discontent alone is no solution.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Unless a worthy alternative is offered... A worthy politician?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Is there such a thing?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Change will not be easy,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53particularly while Falmouth holds sway, nor its advocates popular.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55But you believe the right candidate exists?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I've made it my mission to find him.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22You not dancing, sir? Or do you prefer observin'?
0:17:22 > 0:17:23I used to.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26But since I was in France, my eyesight has declined.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27But it will mend?
0:17:27 > 0:17:31So Dr Enys assures me. But where is Captain Poldark?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Oh, he's hiding so he may avoid dancing.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36With you as a partner? Is he mad?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I've often thought so.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Do I hear you've been gifting land to out-of-work miners?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I recommend it, sir.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Much good can be done with even the smallest effort.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55My own exertions have been directed towards a higher goal -
0:17:55 > 0:17:59overturning our old, corrupt political system.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01To what end?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04So that justice and equity may filter down to those in most need.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I applaud your intentions, sir...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11..without holding out much hope of their success.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Morwenna, how are you?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34When do you expect?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37I do not know.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Mama never spoke of such things.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I did not know what to expect,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48what the...obligations of marriage would be.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Is he unkind to you?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55He is a monster.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Ah, you've escaped. Excellent. Can we go home?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20You noticed how Falmouth avoided me?
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Did he?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Nothing I do seems to gratify him.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28I've tried invitations, compliments, small gifts. Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33I do wonder if it's wise to be seen...trying so hard?
0:19:33 > 0:19:38How else will he even notice me? Am I so beneath him?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Yet the Bassets pass muster,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43and their wealth comes from mining and banking.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46And is longer standing, so society has grown used to them.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Well, that may now be the better route.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Basset.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The Truro seat is vacant.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Lord Falmouth has always dictated appointments by exerting
0:19:58 > 0:20:00pressure on the burgesses to vote his way.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Sir Francis believes such corruption must be stopped.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07He intends to spearhead a campaign of reform
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and put up his own candidate to challenge Falmouth's.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And that candidate would be? We'll see.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17We really will be off to hell in a hand-cart
0:20:17 > 0:20:20if George Warleggan goes to parliament!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If a hand-cart is your preferred mode of transport,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27it can swiftly be arranged.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50HE GRUNTS
0:20:52 > 0:20:57I was disappointed in Killewarren. No chintz, no gilding.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01But the scale of the establishment puts our humble household to shame.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I think you should have a companion
0:21:08 > 0:21:11to share the chores and assist you with the children.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13I shall write to your sister.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Your mother will be glad to have another daughter off her hands.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And doubtless that sister will come to love me as you do.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24Goodnight.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I don't love you.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36HE MURMURS INCOHERENTLY
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I love Drake Carne.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47HE SNORES LOUDLY
0:21:50 > 0:21:55I love Drake Carne, I love Drake Carne.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I love Drake Carne... SHE SOBS
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I love Drake Carne...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Shall we pretend this is our wedding night?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20No pretence needed. Every night is our wedding night to me.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Lieutenant Armitage was most attentive today.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42To whom? Your wife. Perhaps overly attentive.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Did you not notice?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I confess I did not.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Perhaps I imagined it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Quite possibly.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Not every man in Cornwall is besotted with you.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15See, brother, 'ee need fret no longer,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19for I've goodly work to keep me fed an' clothed.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22'Tisn't the body I fret for, but the soul.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25For I think 'ee still pine for the girl who be lost to thee.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Yet the time may come when 'ee seek elsewhere
0:23:27 > 0:23:31for a wife o' the Methodist connection, sweet an' pure...
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Wheelwright Carne, a job for ee.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Missing a crook on the end. Can 'ee fettle it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It looks simple enough. Will 'ee come back tomorrow?
0:23:40 > 0:23:42If I've naught better to do.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Sister, how's your soul?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Are 'ee a stranger to divine things?
0:23:48 > 0:23:52No, lug. I get my fill of 'em daily!
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Will 'ee not join our meetings where
0:23:55 > 0:24:00we read the gospel an' open our hearts to each other?
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Cock's life! Tell yer fables to them who be simple as babies!
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Be that the kind of maid 'ee had in mind?
0:24:15 > 0:24:16G'day sister.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22What brings 'ee here?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24News of Morwenna.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Good news?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29She's with child.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I can only pray the child will be a comfort to her.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40In my heart I know I must now let her go.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Yes, brother, you must.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Search the attics, cellars, all store-rooms and cupboards.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58The item was packed away when I first took up residence here.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It belongs to old mistress Agatha.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Find it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yes, sir.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I think he's already showing an improvement.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18No doubt your aunt will claim the credit.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23But it matters not,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25so long as he is improved.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26SHE CHUCKLES
0:25:26 > 0:25:29BABY GURGLES
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Did Dwight mention he'd been called to Trenwith?
0:25:37 > 0:25:40No. Why would he?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45The child has rickets.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Valentine. 'Tis said he may end up lame.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Surely that's no concern of ours?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59No, Ross.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I'm away to see Pascoe. I'll be back before supper.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Yes, Ross.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36BACKGROUND CHATTER
0:26:52 > 0:26:57As requested, I've had prepared the deed of gift for your land.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01You should be aware of some news which has just reached me.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05The Warleggans and the Bassets have formed an accommodation.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10A merger? Not exactly - but an arrangement with each other's banks
0:27:10 > 0:27:11whereby they will work together.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I suspect this scheme has less
0:27:13 > 0:27:16to do with business ambition than political.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Mr Pascoe.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Sir Francis.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Captain Poldark, you vanished from the wedding before I had chance
0:27:24 > 0:27:26to invite you and your charming wife to dinner.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28We seldom stir abroad, sir.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Then I hope you will make this the exception. Shall we say Saturday?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Your wife will be gratified.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I believe she enjoys high society these days.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44She has no spurious fame to contend with. Whereas I am only too aware
0:27:44 > 0:27:47it's the sole reason for my sudden popularity!
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Take her. What harm could it do?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I've missed you, sister! Rowella!
0:28:27 > 0:28:28You're not well.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Yes! Quite well! I've no complaint.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I should think not!
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Your sister is most blessed amongst women.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Yes, Osborne.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45In private, you may call me Mr Whitworth.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49In public, you will address me as "Vicar".
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Yes, Vicar.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10The blessed Virgin an' the Holy Child?
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Oh, brother, it do gladden the heart to see 'ee turn to God again.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Yes, brother.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56I believe this be the item in question.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Yes!
0:30:06 > 0:30:07HE CHUCKLES
0:30:16 > 0:30:19You seem excited. Is there good news?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22There is. And soon, I hope, there will be better.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Am I permitted to know?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Let us say that if my visit to Tehidy goes well...
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Tehidy? Did Sir Francis invite?
0:30:32 > 0:30:35He did not, but I know him to be at home today and we are now
0:30:35 > 0:30:39on such terms as to render formal invitations unnecessary.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48The key is to strike while the iron's hot.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51The door is ajar. Sir Francis is open to persuasion.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53All he requires is a little push.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Take a week, Georgie.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58I shan't be upset if you miss my party.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Thanks for the reminder, ma'am.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03We will discuss that very subject when I return.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07SHE SCOFFS
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I can think of a hundred more useful things I could be doing.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16For shame, Ross, you're becoming a misanthrope!
0:31:16 > 0:31:20I sympathise. I'm no lover of company these days.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22With the exception of my wife's.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Sometimes Ross do make no exception.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Well, if I have my way...
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Which you frequently do!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32..this will be our last excursion for the foreseeable future.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Why, sister, would you agree to marry that man?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50To save the life of the man I loved.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And still love?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Till my dying breath.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Tell me of him. Tell me everything.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Now we have an unexpected addition to our party.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08He got wind of your invitation and insisted on joining us.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Who can guess at his motives!
0:32:10 > 0:32:12His uncle and I cannot abide each other.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Our ways of doing business are wholly at odds.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18But I have a certain fondness for the nephew.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22So I trust you'll forgive me for inflicting him upon you!
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Armitage! Are we never to be rid of you?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31You'll be sorry you ever saved me!
0:32:31 > 0:32:33I regret the venture daily!
0:32:33 > 0:32:37I'm sure Dwight does! Now he's my prisoner instead of the Republic's!
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And from that there can be no release!
0:32:43 > 0:32:46If you knew the pains I took to get myself invited today...
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Why did you so?
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Can you not guess?
0:33:16 > 0:33:19CAROLINE: ..then you are very much in the minority, my Lord.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23The young general who crushed the counter-revolution in Paris -
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I believe we'll be hearing a good deal of him in future.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28You mean Bonaparte? He's now in charge of the French army in Italy.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Cleared the streets of Paris with cannon. Fired on his own countrymen.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Such a man is to be reckoned with! And their Directory of Five,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37who deposed the other blood-stained tyrants?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39They're criminals, in every sense of the word!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42My Uncle Falmouth would be relieved to hear you say so.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45He speculated that in dining with so prominent a Whig, I'd hear talk
0:33:45 > 0:33:47of peace and views favourable to the revolution.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Then your uncle should know better.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52The true Whig is as patriotic as any Tory in the land.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56And what form might Lord Falmouth's plans for Truro take?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Who will be the next MP? You, perhaps?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02I'm not sufficiently biddable! Too much of a rebel!
0:34:02 > 0:34:04I would have thought that made you the ideal candidate -
0:34:04 > 0:34:06if revolution is your aim.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Which it is not. I know my limitations.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13At sea I'm a passable navigator, on land an average poet
0:34:13 > 0:34:15and an indifferent artist.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18You've been sketching? May we see?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21By no means. I've failed miserably to do justice to my subject.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Mr Warleggan is here to see you, sir.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Advise him I am engaged and may be some time.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41I have taken the liberty of providing some small entertainments.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Shall we adjourn?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57I shall await his pleasure here.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Your turn, I think.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26So navigation, I think you said, at sea?
0:35:26 > 0:35:31At sea. Yes. Which is where I presently find myself.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Wholly disorientated.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Shipwrecked. Lost.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44It must seem strange to return to the comfort an' safety
0:35:44 > 0:35:47of home after the horrors of prison.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I know Dwight also struggled.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53My struggles are of a different kind.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56So different that I dare not even name them.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01And you will not ask me to. 'Tis hardly my business.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I wish that were true.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Blooms from the Garden of Eden!
0:36:13 > 0:36:15But where lurks Eve?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21And where the snake?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I've taken note of your suggestion.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Gifting land to the deserving poor.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57And the undeserving poor?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Let us begin by helping those who help themselves.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02When do we begin?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Do you believe in equality?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I believe in opportunity. I believe that industry should be rewarded
0:37:10 > 0:37:13and the misuse of power punished.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We appear to be of one mind.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Shall you return to the navy?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Once my eyes have mended. The fault is entirely my own
0:37:25 > 0:37:29for scribbling away in semi-darkness. Letters home?
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Sketches. Attempts at verse. It was all that kept me sane.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36You were sketching today. May I show you?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I'm no Leonardo,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54but you are surely Mona Lisa.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I...do not know these people.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Forgive me - my attempt at a compliment.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Perhaps I should stick to verse.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Especially with such inspiration before me.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15No-one's ever written me poetry before. Not even your husband?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Ross has been called many things
0:38:18 > 0:38:20but "poetic" is not one of them!
0:38:22 > 0:38:24May I see you again?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And Ross, too, of course.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I will ask him when would be convenient.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Let us suppose that the burgesses are sick of being forced to
0:38:40 > 0:38:43cast their votes at Falmouth's command.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Should we also suppose that they're sick of the favours they enjoy,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49the business that comes their way in exchange for those votes?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51In the coming Truro by-election,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55many have indicated their willingness to defy Falmouth.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58And instead of voting for his candidate, vote for yours?
0:38:58 > 0:38:59We both agree change is long overdue.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02With the right man in place... The right man?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08I believe that you are the man to lead this revolution.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11If elected, you will serve our borough in parliament.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13And I'd be expected to vote as you directed.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Since you and I think along similar lines...
0:39:18 > 0:39:21it can surely be no hardship to vote likewise?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Truly, I believe that if you and I walked into a room,
0:39:36 > 0:39:37all the men would look at me,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40but within five minutes they'd all be clustered around you.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I'm not sure that's a compliment.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46It is! But not one I think Ross would appreciate.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53If he even noticed.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20Back already, Georgie? I told you we could manage without ye.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Remind me, what is your age, ma'am?
0:40:32 > 0:40:38You know fine well I shall be a hundred years old on Monday.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40When I was last at Sawle Church,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I had occasion to glance at the parish register.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47I could find no record of your baptism in 1695.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Of course, I was not content to leave it there,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54for baptisms do not always instantly follow births.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59So yesterday I had the servants comb the house
0:40:59 > 0:41:03until they found the old Poldark family Bible.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06And? What of it?
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Let me read you an entry.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14The ink is faded but I suppose it to be your father's handwriting.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19"Born to us this autumn morn, our first child,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22"a daughter, Agatha Mary.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27"September 14th, 1697."
0:41:28 > 0:41:31So you see, old crone,
0:41:31 > 0:41:35on Monday you will be but 98.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38'Tis a lie. A scabby lie!
0:41:40 > 0:41:43My dear? How went the visit to Tehidy?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47We will discuss it another time.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Well?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I regret I must decline.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Your reason?
0:42:13 > 0:42:17I cannot be another man's puppet - not even one I admire
0:42:17 > 0:42:21nor whose views are so similar to my own.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25You cannot ignore the way the world works.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28If you dislike the system, change it from within.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31There is sense in what you say. But?
0:42:31 > 0:42:35But the noble impulse which impels a man to enter politics
0:42:35 > 0:42:37often falls by the wayside.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42Power is pursued for its own sake rather than the good it can do.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Who am I to claim exemption from these failings?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Will you not even try?
0:42:48 > 0:42:53I cannot believe I would emerge from this process with my soul intact.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Your soul?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Your stubbornness!
0:42:57 > 0:43:00It will be your undoing, Poldark.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17This shoe does pinch my toes.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35See how easy it is to be rid of him?
0:43:35 > 0:43:39Shh! Do not jest about it.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45He is my husband till death do us part.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Amen, sister.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56I think it was a mistake to refuse Sir Francis.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I never knew you had ambitions to be a political wife.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Nor do I.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06But you, your influence is great - there's much good you could do.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08And is not Sir Francis a goodly man?
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Yes, but he too uses his power for his own ends
0:44:12 > 0:44:15and he would use me if I would let him.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22But I will not.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36KNOCKING
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Come in, Lucy Pipe, idle girl!
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Where's my supper?!
0:44:49 > 0:44:51There will be no supper, old woman.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58There will be no party.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01I'll have letters sent to all your guests informing them
0:45:01 > 0:45:04that you made a mistake, that you are 97 not 99,
0:45:04 > 0:45:08and a new invitation will be issued in two years' time.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10If you're still above ground then.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17But...'tis all prepared,
0:45:17 > 0:45:18food ordered,
0:45:18 > 0:45:21my old topaz ring altered to fit.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23A pity.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28My birthday's on Monday, 98's a good age.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31I've been looking forward to this party for so long,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34no-one need know I'm not a hundred.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I'll not live two year more. You know that.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Who'd guess if you said naught?
0:45:58 > 0:46:00I'll not cross ye again, George.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05Let me have my party.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21There will be no party.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Wait!
0:46:31 > 0:46:34You do this to me,
0:46:34 > 0:46:37may you rot in hell!
0:46:37 > 0:46:41You and your nasty uncle and your little, twisted son,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44born under a black moon, and warped already!
0:46:44 > 0:46:47Little Valentine,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49the so-called Warleggan heir.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Or is he?
0:46:54 > 0:46:58That was no eight-month baby, George.
0:46:58 > 0:47:03Early babes be weak and wrinkled - no hair, no nails.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07But that babe was lusty and smooth
0:47:07 > 0:47:12and strong as a full-term child!
0:47:14 > 0:47:17So maybe you didn't wait for the wedding?
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Or maybe somebody
0:47:21 > 0:47:23got there before ye!
0:48:11 > 0:48:13George?
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Are you unwell?
0:48:19 > 0:48:21That old woman...
0:48:25 > 0:48:28..will have no party.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32What do you mean? Has she given orders to defer it?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Sir Francis Basset is here, sir.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48What the devil can he want?
0:49:24 > 0:49:27You called to see me today.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33I did, sir. But you were otherwise engaged
0:49:33 > 0:49:36and now I fear the moment has passed.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Not necessarily.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Was there something you wanted to discuss?
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Change. Yes?
0:49:50 > 0:49:55That is what you seek. But it's not easy to achieve.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Nor its advocates popular.
0:49:58 > 0:49:59Go on.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02The right man would not need to be popular.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04He would only need to be capable
0:50:04 > 0:50:09of achieving the task in hand, by whatever means necessary.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13My party, my birthday, my birthday...
0:50:13 > 0:50:16SHE MUTTERS
0:50:16 > 0:50:17Aunt?
0:50:17 > 0:50:21My party... What has happened? My party, my party...
0:50:21 > 0:50:24George won't allow my party.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Be calm, dearest aunt.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29Tormented me, he did.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32Took my hope, took my home.
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Do not exert yourself.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41Yet...I should not have said what I did.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Elizabeth...
0:50:47 > 0:50:49will never forgive me.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50Forgive you?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I should not have told him.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00Told him what?
0:51:03 > 0:51:04Aunt?
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Told him what?
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Aunt?
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Told him what?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26BABY CRIES
0:51:36 > 0:51:40Well, ma'am, I hope we can count on your support in our newest venture?
0:51:40 > 0:51:42A candidate to challenge Lord Falmouth in the coming
0:51:42 > 0:51:45by-election has been found.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Is this true?
0:51:47 > 0:51:50It is a fine thing for young Valentine
0:51:50 > 0:51:52to have an MP as a father.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Indeed.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Forgive me. My great aunt...
0:52:00 > 0:52:01is dead.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07My sincere condolences. I will detain you no longer.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15I trust, when you have grieved for the departed,
0:52:15 > 0:52:17that there will be time for celebration.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59'Ee be like unto the lost sheep, brother,
0:52:59 > 0:53:01thy thoughts all pure again.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05My thoughts are not pure, brother.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14Mine neither. God forgive me.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26# Every button cost a crown Harvey Darvey turn around
0:53:26 > 0:53:31# Heel to heel and toe to toe Turn around and off we go. #
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Sir Francis is right. You are stubborn.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Pragmatic. Pig-headed.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39Would you prefer naive or sentimental?
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Sometimes, Ross, yes, I would.
0:53:42 > 0:53:43This just come from Trenwith.
0:53:51 > 0:53:52What is it?
0:53:55 > 0:53:56Aunt Agatha's dead.
0:53:58 > 0:53:59Ross...
0:54:01 > 0:54:02I should have been there.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Poor 'ole cooter.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06To think of 'er on 'er death-bed
0:54:06 > 0:54:08with no Poldark kin to ease 'er departing.
0:54:13 > 0:54:14Shh, shh, shh, shh...Prudie.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17She be last of the Trenwith Poldarks.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19There's still Geoffrey Charles.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Doubtless George'll find a way to part him from his inheritance.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Judas!
0:54:36 > 0:54:40There was more to George's note than the news of her death.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Funeral arrangements?
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Not a word. What, then?
0:54:52 > 0:54:54"I hope you and Demelza will rejoice in
0:54:54 > 0:54:58"the news that I have been selected by Sir Francis Basset to be
0:54:58 > 0:54:59"the candidate to oppose
0:54:59 > 0:55:03"Lord Falmouth's in the Truro by-election."
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Well, there it is.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Yes, an' you could've prevented it!
0:55:07 > 0:55:08No, I couldn't.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12Will you never learn? How long do you think you can do as you please?
0:55:12 > 0:55:15Plough your own furrow regardless of anyone else or I? Demelza...
0:55:15 > 0:55:19Not once have you asked my advice or harkened to my opinion!
0:55:19 > 0:55:22Not once! What do you want, Demelza?
0:55:23 > 0:55:26A man who will lie down, roll over,
0:55:26 > 0:55:28sit up and beg for you?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Well, if so, you've married the wrong man!
0:55:33 > 0:55:36'Twould appear so!
0:55:36 > 0:55:39Perhaps you should look elsewhere for a pet.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Perhaps I should!
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Perhaps I won't have to look too far.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44Is that it?
0:56:46 > 0:56:48No family?
0:56:48 > 0:56:50No ceremony?
0:56:50 > 0:56:52'Twas ordered a quick and secret burying.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54'Tis all I could do to get word to thee.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59She was a Poldark.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02My most beloved aunt.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06George will pay for this.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Nay, 'tis my task.
0:57:08 > 0:57:12She was a great lady and a rare spirit.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15It's the least I could do to honour her.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Basset is the new order.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41I am the old. He seeks to overthrow me.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44And? I would like you to help me prevent him.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46And how would I do that?
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Dear Lord, my wife is unsuited to this life.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51Guide thou my footsteps towards a suitable...replacement.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53The woman I love more than life
0:57:53 > 0:57:56is married to the man to whom I owe my life.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Since Aunt Agatha's death there's scarce been two words between us.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04Elizabeth is not a Poldark. She was. And so is her son.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Agatha's grave? And what did you find there?
0:58:07 > 0:58:09I met Elizabeth.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11I love her, Demelza.