"I'll make no speeches now." "I know you all." "I trust you. I hope you trust me." " (All) Aye." " To Dr Enys, our friend." "We shall bring him back." " That we will." " The doctor!" "We have a fair wind for France, Captain Poldark." "It's a fair wind back I want, Mr Trencrom." "And you there to meet us." "I'll be there." "Your...your men are still below." "I'll let them sleep it off." "Ross!" "Yours is a bold plan, you are a brave man but I wish you'd wait." " What for?" " For our invasion." "We'll free Brittany and your friend." " Qu'est-ce que vous faites?" "!" " What?" "!" " Tu veux une bagarre?" " Stop this!" "Put that away, monsieur." "Keep it for your enemies." "This dog, he splashed water on my boots." "I ordered him to wipe them clean." "Monsieur, British seamen are often worked like dogs but on my ship we treat 'em as men." "Turn to, lads." "Come on, now, lively!" "About your work!" "I daresay you have your duties, monsieur. I have mine." "Petit crétin." "Go and inspect the weapons." "Vas-y!" "Vite!" "So the peasants will flock to men like that?" "We have many officers like him." "You're the brave one, Charles, knowing that and still going in." "This is why I go in, Ross." "Guillotined last month, as were all my family." "I can't gamble on your success, that's why I'm going in." "Morning, young captain!" "Morning, Tholly!" "All safely aboard?" "Aye!" "Ah, but it's good to feel the deck beneath your feet!" " It is!" "Rouse the others." " Aye aye." "Come on, you lazy little land crabs!" "Come on up on deck!" "Come on, now!" "Jump to it, all of ye!" "Come on!" "(Laughs)" " Morning, Tom." " Morning, sir." " Morning, Joe." " Er, morning, Cap'n." "Come on, hurry it up!" " Zacky." " Morning, sir." "What the devil are you doing here?" "I took him, young cap'n." "John Bowen was hurt, sir." "He's a strong lad and quick on his feet, I hear tell." " Go over there and join the others." " Come on." "(Chuckling)" "Be glad to get my feet back on the land again." "It's all the same to me." "Right, lads, for those who didn't meet him last night this is Comte Charles de Sombreuil." "It's thanks to him we're here at all." "What sort of a boat are you expecting?" "I don't know." "Whatever kind my people can find." "Now... I said that we would be here... near sundown today." "Why so far out?" "Because the patrols are very heavy along this coast." "For Mr Trencrom by himself it would be all right but with us..." "So we'll have a long sail or it may be a long pull ahead of us." "We hope to get through the patrols tonight and be here by tomorrow morning." " We'll be catching the flood." " That's the idea." "Which will take us all the way up to here." "Fort Baton is here so we'll cut back across land and won't hit the coast again until about here." "I will join my people when we go ashore so after that you are by yourselves." "Any questions?" "When will we be there?" "Well, I'm pinning all my hopes... on one fact that I discovered when I was there last time." "The fort is heavily guarded in the daytime, with patrols outside and inside the walls." "But at night, I never saw more than two men outside at any one time." "Now, look here." "Keep, outer walls, courtyards in-between." "We'll discuss them when we've all had a closer look." "And look here on the seaward side - cannon emplacements." "And here - that is a tunnel that runs underneath the walls and comes up God knows where inside." "There is no other exit on this side and it provides cover to get to the cannon in a hurry." "They use it all day but at night, when the wind is in, I never saw more than two men posted, and them huddling in here for warmth." " That is our way in." " And what's this, Cap'n?" "A climb of no more than 30 feet up from the sea." " Ah." " And one more thing - we don't take prisoners, you understand me?" "Any questions?" "You lead us, Cap'n, we'll be there." " All of you?" " (Joe) Aye, Captain, all of us." "Safe return, Captain Poldark." "I expect to find you on station." "(Bird crying)" "Suivez la rivière." "Par là." "Hell of a place for an ambush." "We shall soon find out." "(Whistles twice)" "(Two distant whistles)" "Ah, là-bas." " Good luck, my friend." " And you, Charles." " We shall meet again." " l am content that we have met once." " Allons-y." " Time to go." " Joe." " Right, take cover." "Remember this bridge." "It's our landmark for the return." "All right, Joe." "We made it." "(Ross) Each of you have a good look." "If anyone wants to turn back, say so now." "Right, we fall back into the woods until nightfall." "And pray there's no moon." " Il fait froid." " Dix minutes." "Ooh, les pieds." "C'est mieux de marcher." "(Water dripping slowly)" "(Coughing)" "Get some sleep, Doctor." "Dr Enys!" "Er..." "I shall stay here with Jones." "I know what to do." "Go on." "Or else it's you I'll have to nurse." "(Man groaning)" "(Coughing)" "(Whistles)" "Cap'n." "Bougez pas!" "Pas un bruit, ou vous êtes morts." "Les clés!" "Et vite!" "Vous!" "Très bien." "Et maintenant, tous à plat." "À plat!" "Vite!" "(Lock creaks)" "(Coughing)" "(Whispering) Hey, you..." "Hey." "Wake up." "(Grunts)" "(Man) For God's sake, don't wake anyone up!" "Which one is Dr Dwight Enys?" "These men are mad with despair." "If they smell escape, they'll...stampede." "Armitage, Lieutenant, Royal Navy." "Follow me." "Dear God." "(Quietly) Wake up." "Dwight." "Wake up!" "Dwight, wake up." "Wake up, Dwight!" "Not a word." "Look at me." "It's Ross." "We've come for you." "For me?" "I..." "Let me help you up." " Quickly, now." " No." "No, er..." "No." "No." "In heaven's name, every second counts!" "I can't..." "leave these men." " Some of them will die." " And so will we." "All of us, if you don't move." "(Armitage) Dr Enys, you've trained several good men." "You must go." "If these men wake up and panic, you'll be responsible for a massacre." "Now, go on!" "Good luck. I'll make sure you're not betrayed." "Thank you, Mr Armitage." "Through the tunnel and lock the door behind us." " Back over t'cliff again?" " Then we head for the woods." "From now on, it's every man for himself." "Come on." "(Distant shouting)" "Aux armes!" "Aux armes!" " Sortez!" " (Ross) They're on to us!" "Run!" "Vite!" "Vite!" "Là-bas, vite!" "(Gunfire)" "I said every man for himself!" "That meant me too!" "Tholly, help me, he's hurt." "(Yells)" "(Gunfire continues)" "It's all right, Tom, it's my turn." "Thanks, Joe." "The ball went in under the armpit... came out below the shoulder blade." "I would judge from the exit wound that the ball... took some splintered bone with it." "Will he be all right?" "He will be... if he gets to a warm bed with some good food soon." " (Coughs)" " The same applies to you." " How is it with you?" " Not too bad, sir." " You have to walk at nightfall." " l'll manage, sir." " Can't spare anyone to help." " l don't expect that." "Last night, what made you do it?" "(Sighs) I'm thirsty." "Listen, boy, when I want heroics pe_ormed on my behalf I'll ask for them." "Cap'n, it might've saved both our problems." "You don't know your sister." "(Groaning)" "(Screams)" "Parlez!" "Parlez!" "Rassemblez!" "En avant, marchez." " Vite!" " Je vais." "Halt." "Comment vous êtes arrivé?" "En bateau?" "Montrez nous." "Non." "Pas de bruit." "(Grunts)" "Cherchez!" "Cherchez là-bas." "Emportez-le." "Well, when do we move?" " When I say." " (Footsteps)" "Shh." "Steady." "It might be a civilian." "My God." "Let him go." " Lieutenant Armitage, isn't it?" " The same, sir." "You're all here, I see." "There was an infernal hullabaloo." "I considered myself free to slip out." " Mind if I join you?" " By all means." " We're waiting for the tide." " Most prudent." "Then we go down to the river." "And swim home, I presume?" "Oh, no." "Every convenience is provided." "We have a boat." "Holà!" "Les copains!" "J'ai trouvé un bateau." "Rest." " Zacky." " Sir?" " You scout down to the boat." " Right, sir." "Cap'n." "It's all clear, Cap'n." "The boat's there." "I've never seen a more beautiful sight." "On your feet, lads, it's England for us." "Let's leave France to itself." "Easy." "Blood." " Fresh." " Yeah." "Too fresh for my liking." " And there's more of it there." " Look around." " Hey, Captain!" " What is it?" "And there's blood on it." "I think I know whose blood it was." "Tholly, we need an Indian scout." "You've got one, Captain." "(Yells)" "(Groans)" "(Grunts)" " That's all of 'em." " You're sure?" " There's no more on the boat." " Then it's time we moved out." " Clear the boat." " Wait there, Drake." "Come down, get him down." "Pull!" "Pull!" " How is he?" " Nasty flush in his cheeks." "I don't like it." "You're not pulling!" "You'll get this!" "(Gunfire)" "Pull!" "(Yells)" " No necrosis yet." " You think it imminent?" "The ball may have carried some clothing into the wound." " How can I tell without instruments?" " God save we don't lose another." "If the wound goes putrid...he's done for." "How much further till we reach the sea?" "Two miles." "And your ship?" "There were French guard ships." "If one became suspicious, Trencrom would've gone." "Then either we'll get recaptured by a Frenchman or we'll drift out into the Atlantic." "The men are exhausted." "Hey." "Hey!" "A ship's lantern, not more than a mile off." "is it a Frenchman?" "Tell the truth, Cap'n..." "I don't care much." " Morning." " All right?" "(Knocking)" "(Caroline) Ross?" "(Sighs) Ross!" "We brought him back for you." "I haven't stopped since I got your message." " Where is he?" " Sit down, Caroline." "Oh, Ross, don't make me wait any longer!" "Do what I say, sit down." "And, er...drink this." " l don't want a drink." " Yes, you do and so do I." "Sit down." "Trencrom's brandy." "We'd all about given up hope before he found us." "We'd been two days on that small boat." "Dwight's wounded, isn't he?" "No, he's not." "But he is angry with me for having sent for you." "He's been through hell, Caroline." "He's been starved, he's worked 24 hours a day keeping men alive." "His heart and his conscience are still in Fort Baton." "What are you trying to tell me?" "You know we lost Joe Nanfan?" "And Drake is fighting for his life." "God knows how it'll go." "At least it's keeping Dwight busy." "But if the boy dies, Dwight may very well go with him, mentally if not physically." "What should I do?" "You've helped him before, help him now." "Make no personal demands." "Give him time, Caroline." "How is it?" "Still clean." "But the fever is worse." "I don't understand it." "The wound keeps weeping." "Maybe I am changing the dressing too often but... if suppuration is allowed to congeal... lt's so hot down here." " We could move him." " No." "No, if we move him, we wake him." "He must be kept still." "Caroline's here." "You're going to have to see her sometime." "Not now." "Not like this." "How do you know now isn't the best time?" "I'm not the same man who went away." "I'm not the same woman who saw you go." "I made promises, I..." "They were two other people, Dwight." "Perhaps they're still there, somewhere." "Perhaps not." "They need time." "To meet again... to fall in love again." "It may happen." "I want you to know... I shall not blame you if it doesn't happen again." "Dwight?" "Oh, Dwight!" "(Doorbell)" " Miss Poldark..." " Hold your tongue, woman." " Now..." " May I go now, Miss Poldark?" "You know exactly what I want?" " Six yards black Flemish lace." " The best, mind you." "I have all the measurements for your gown and you want a new cap." "And a fitting in 14 days from now." "I'll have no shilly-shallying, I want all ready for my party." "Miss Poldark, I have a distinguished clientele and am not accustomed..." "Don't come high and mighty with me, Mrs Trelask." "You may be a fine dressmaker now but I mind you when you came out mending stockings for a penny or two. (Laughs)" "Will you send the wig-maker to me?" "One of my young ladies shall call on him." "Oh! "One of my young ladies shall call on him."" "And will you do me the kindness to deliver this on your way home, Mrs Trelask?" "It's a little out of my way." "You may put it on your bill." "I daresay you will anyway - and more!" "Ah, Mrs Trelask, have you hit upon something pretty?" " See my sketch, Mrs Warleggan." " Oh, yes!" "See the pelisse falling to the waist?" "And the two white roses - don't you forget 'em." "Er, I do not forget, Miss Poldark." "And now I have other calls." "Lady Pentire is expecting me." "Well, good day to you." "I shall deliver your letter en route." "A very good day, Mrs Warleggan." "Hah!" "Tradespeople." "A miner's wife has more courtesy." "Oh, Elizabeth, I'm so excited." "I shall have such a birthday." "Such a birthday!" "Have you ordered my new choker?" " l have." " And my silver shoe buckles?" "Yes, Aunt, I really have." "And your topaz ring is being mended." "Oh, I shall look beautiful, girl!" "Beautiful!" "Like a bride." "And now to have this wonde_ul news about Ross." "Ross?" "The servants are full of it." "It must be all over the county." "He's in Falmouth - he's back from France." "He plucked this young man out of a French jail and fought his way through all those Frenchies and sailed right home." "Now, ain't that just like Ross?" "So he'll be able to come now to my birthday party." "We must think about George." "George?" "!" "Oh, fiddle-faddle George!" "(Coughs) I'll say no more cos you're married to the man but I've just sent Trelask with a letter to await Ross at Nampara." ""Welcome home, Ross," it says." ""Welcome home, dear boy!" ""And you must come and tell me everything and kiss me at my party."" "(Sighs) At my party." "So, I can go back with good news for Demelza?" "I'm feeling a lot better, sir." "At 19 if a man doesn't die, he quickly recovers." " Dr Enys says three days." " Dr Enys says a week or two." "We'll have you ashore before then." "Whatever you do say, sir, but I shall keep my word." " Your word?" " To go away." " Drake, I've got something to tell you." " Sir?" "George Warleggan said there was to be no marriage between Miss Chynoweth and Osborne Whitworth." "Keep still or your wound will open!" "Are you sure she's not to be wed, sir?" "George told me." "And don't call me sir, my name is Ross." "I'll call you Ross when I'm 21, Cap'n Poldark." " Where is she now?" " At Penrice, I imagine." " l don't hope for anything..." " Why not?" "!" " Why not, sir?" " You two boys are my kin." "Damn it, any kinsman of mine can marry any girl." " You mean...?" " l shall do all I can for you and her." "Me and Morwenna, m-marry?" "First we must get her away from Warleggan's house." "Wah-hey, Demelza!" "Oh, I never thought I'd see ee again!" "Never thought she'd see ee again!" "I never been so happy." "She's right, Cap'n, I've never seen her so happy." "Back in your own house with your own head." "(Laughs)" "Stupid woman, he wouldn't be here with any other 'ead!" " You do know what I do mean." " l know what you mean, Prudie." " Where are the children?" " l'll send for 'em." " If I'd known you were..." " No matter, send for them." "Will..." "W-Will I get some of that there brandy wine from the cellar, eh?" " 'Tis the time for a drink now." " Are you ever going to send?" "Yes to everything - the children and the brandy." "I'm back again, Prudie, with my own head." " And it's the happiest day of the year." " You should have sent us warning." " Why?" " Oh!" "Oh, I never been so happy!" "I can scarce believe my eyes!" "Would...would you like the brandy first or the children?" " Er, brandy." " Ahh!" " And you, too, Prudie." " Oh!" "Yes." " (Clears throat)" " Oh, dear God!" "This came for ee, sir." "A letter." "I was bringing it in for the missus." " Thank you, Jud." " Come on, you old fool!" " From Penrice." " Oh?" "An invitation for the 10th of August." "Aunt Agatha." "A party for her 100th birthday." "Are we invited to Penrice?" " This is signed by her only." " What's that mean?" "It means she got this out without them knowing." " (Demelza laughs)" " Oh, my darling." "I can't tell you what it means to be home again." " And Drake?" " He was wounded." "Wounded?" "How?" "Sit down. I've a lot to tell you." "George." "I want to tell you about Aunt Agatha's party." "One would think Ross Poldark had won the war for us." "They're bound to make a fuss over a Cornishman." "Aunt..." "Since his escapade, an invasion of France has been defeated." "That is clear in spite of the half-truths." "The only course now is to go on with this war." "Dear bread and empty bellies." "That is more important than Poldark's antics so must you talk of Agatha Poldark's party?" "She's written to remind Ross she expects him to come." " l should have been informed." " l didn't know until now." "By the servants." "How dare they carry a letter without informing me?" "I'll have no more intrigues like Morwenna's." " She sent it by the dressmaker." " By premeditated deception." "I think not. I just did not want you to be taken by surprise." "Nothing surprises me from that old hag." "I wondered if we might look the other way, reconcile ourselves..." "To Ross Poldark entering as a welcome guest?" "It'll only be for a few hours." "But a short while ago he stood there and declared war on me." "He called it a declaration of war." "Was it not rather a kind of appeal?" "It is something I shall never forgive." "He shall not set foot in this house." "But the old lady will have her way." "Perhaps she will not." "Now, excuse me. I have work to do." "If Drake hadn't pulled me down, it would've been me lying on that ship." " And he knew what he was doing?" " He knew." "It was as though he wanted to end his life." " He wanted it to be him instead of me." " Oh, Ross." "Oh, why did Joe Nanfan have to die?" "As soon as I've seen the children I must see his father." "Oh, Ross." "Don't torture yourself." "You saved two men - Dwight and that Lieutenant Armitage." "Joe Nanfan knew the risks he was taking, everybody did." " l need you." " Oh..." "Children'll be here soon." "Demelza, can you think of any reason why, if we set him up in a respectable position, say in two or three years, why Drake should not marry Morwenna Chynoweth?" " Ross!" " What have I said?" " Darling, you don't know." " What?" "Last week in Sawle church," "Morwenna Chynoweth married the Reverend Osborne Whitworth." "Don't tell me any more!" "I don't want to hear any more!" "I knew it were too good to be true." " l reckon I'll go outside for a bit." " Drake." "I went through the same thing - there's no hell worse." " Can I go now?" " No, listen." "You don't want to but it may help later." "I loved a woman to such excess it drove me out of my mind." " Excuse me." " l said wait!" "I didn't get her." "And after..." "I fell in love with your sister." " Good thing for you." " The best." "It was meant to be." " l know nothing about that." " Who does?" " You've yet to find why you survived." " l'm not thankful I did." " Nonsense." " l've nothing to do with my life now." "Some can be happy in God, I can't." "Come home." "Talk things over with Demelza." " l'll not go back there." " It helps to talk." "Time helps." "I don't want to see those woods!" "You're talking like a coward." "Stop pitying yourself." "Act like a man." "You knows well l can act like a man!" "I'm not under your command any more, Cap'n Poldark." " (Screeching)" " Vomiting, diarrhoea, excessive sweating." "The maid can't keep her blanket on, she's up all night with him." "(Behenna) A morbid tenderness of the bones, wrists swollen...ankles swollen." "is it serious?" "It's a common enough ailment amongst children - rickets." "Rickets?" "My child?" "I can't believe it." "Perhaps a second opinion, at your discretion." "If you wish." "But the diagnosis is beyond doubt." "My son?" "You mean he may grow up handicapped?" "Not pe_ect?" "It will be my aim to minimise the deformation." " Deformation!" " This ailment is rife among the poor." "My boy has had the best of everything." "Rich and poor alike." "The disease respects no social position." "What is to be done?" "Spare no expense." "Retain whatever assistance you desire." "I shall need none." "I shall call daily at six in the evening." "I shall open a vein in both ears between the junctures." "I shall mix the blood obtained with twice the amount of aqua vitae and rub this into the child's body." "To the affected bones, I shall apply a green ointment of my own preparation which must be applied as hot as may be endured." " Oh, no!" " It must be done." "The child must at no time be taken out of his bed and there must be no change of garments." "But he soils them almost hourly." " l must be obeyed in this." " You shall be, Doctor." "When ready, I shall apply splints - bound tight - to both arms and both legs." "Doctor, I pray that this torture will serve." "It must." "Doctor, we are talking of my son." "My heir." "He must not be deformed." "Let him suffer now but make him pe_ect." "Hold it still, girl." "No, higher." "Oh, Lucy Pipe, what's the matter with you?" "It's the baby." "Have you never heard a baby with the wind?" " It do go on and on." " Maybe he's ailing." " (Valentine screeching)" " No one tells me." "They told me nothing about Morwenna till she went." "Hm." "What shall I wear?" "This...or this one?" "Never mind the child, he's crying himself to sleep." " Well?" " The second one's lovely, ma'am." "You're quite right." "And I've not worn it for years." "I shall wear it to my party." "(Valentine's crying stops)" "There, I said he'd tire himself out." "Where's his mother?" "Did ee tell her I wanted to see her?" "If Polly give her the message." "I weren't let into the sick room." "Well, go down again." "Go on, be sharp." "Three times that'll make." " You wanted me, Aunt?" "What is it?" " Oh." "Come in, then." "I can't hear you well from there." "(Sighs) I am very busy." "What ails the child?" "He gives me no peace." "I'm sorry but he's not well." "I have no time for conversation." "It be nothing serious?" "No." "But I..." "Well, I just wanted to know..." " l have told you!" " Oh, Elizabeth." "Go outside, girl." "Elizabeth, if it were nothing, you wouldn't talk to me like that, not you." "I made out to the maid it was nothing but the child has been screaming dreadful." "You must tell me." "He has rickets." "Dr Behenna has been." "The treatment makes him scream." "Aye, the rickets." "So I were right." "I said he had a bad inheritance." "I cannot discuss your prophecies." "Oh, wait." "It is bad when they come with the leeches, with their swaddling and binding and choking." "I've seen many a child die that might have lived." " It is my party so..." " l have no time for your party now." "I want to tell you about my party..." "Oh!" "Dress up in your jewels and leave me alone." "To tell you that it cannot be!" "If so be when August the 10th comes near your little one is still bad, then I must do without my party." "We can have no drinking, laughing and chattering at such a time." "Go." "Whatever did you want to say that for?" "I said what I had to say." "And God forgive me, it was not from the heart." "When you're my age, your own life seems more precious than a babe's." "I want my party." "I..." "I want my party." "I want my party." "My dear Whitworth." "Morwenna." "This is a pleasure." "Whitworth, how is it to be a married man once more?" " It was timely, sir." " You have no reason for regret?" "I do not regret it." "(George) And Morwenna, you find marriage to your liking?" "I trust you are all well?" "My son's condition gives us cause for concern." "We didn't call at an awkward time?" " In fact..." " Possibly so." "But life must go on." "I am much grieved." "Well, to lose a little one is to give a soul to heaven." "But we shall pray for his recovery." "You are always welcome here but it's so soon after the marriage." "lndeed. I would have waited until Miss Poldark's party." " That may not now take place." " Oh?" "The child. I shall not hesitate to cancel it at the last moment if the boy's condition necessitates it." "Of course." "Not knowing of this illness I would not have wished to come to a party with business matters." " Business matters?" " Not pressing but requiring discussion." "Come. I imagine the ladies will take tea in their own good time." "How are you, Morwenna?" "Well." "Do you not now think you did the right thing?" "I did not see Miss Agatha before I left, may I go to her now?" " Of course." " (Valentine wailing)" "George, I'm going up to Valentine." "Now... lt concerns the repairs to the vicarage, sir." " Ah, yes." " You may recall..." "We dealt with it in the marriage settlement." "The sum was... f250, sir." "That was the estimated cost of repairs." "Not an estimate, an agreed sum." "As I look at the settlement, I say it was an estimate." "And now the dilapidations appear to involve a far greater sum." "How unfortunate." "It would be most imprudent to spend the capital you so kindly settled upon us." "I cannot accept any further responsibility." "If I did, it might go on indefinitely." "Heavens, sir!" "What do you take me for?" "My dear mother is bringing a cousin to stay with us shortly." " Indeed?" " Sir George Fenton." " A great man in the county." " The same, sir." "Since we are now related, I will entrust with you a family secret." "He is much embarrassed - gambling debts." "is he?" "And might be persuaded to sell some of his acres cheaply." " Would you care to meet him?" " If we are free at the time." "Splendid." "Then you can see the dry rot for yourself and we could agree upon a figure." "Come, you deserve another drink." " (Valentine wailing)" " Poor Elizabeth." "And all she can do to get the baby to sleep is to give it some laudanum." "Well?" "Well, girl?" "You haven't got much to say, have you?" "Tell me about yourself." "No, it's you we're talking about." "And it's, "Yes." "No." "Not too badly."" "What kind of answer is that?" "I have nothing of interest to tell." "Nothing?" "A girl just wed?" "Are you pleased with yourself?" "is the man to your liking?" "You got tired of being Miss Nobody, living on charity." "You wanted to be the parson's wife with a carriage." "Was that it?" "Eh?" "Well, is it worth it?" "Girl...why did you do it?" "Why did you wed that man?" "I saw the boy." " The boy?" " Yes." "It was young Drake Carne, wasn't it?" "I saw him once from my window - a fine lad." "Not of your class... but you'd no need to take the other." "Drake went away." "They said he wouldn't come back." "At first, cousin George said the marriage would not take place but he never wrote to Mr Whitworth as he said." "He said he and Elizabeth had talked it over." "They now believed I had done nothing wrong." "They would not wreck my future for an infatuation that was best forgotten." "They said I was too young to know my own mind, to be grateful to George for setting Drake free," " did you know about that?" " Aye, servants talk." "I was grateful but I was frightened as well." "I felt I had brought that trouble upon Drake and they'd do something worse to him if I did not forget him." "But you've not put him out of your mind." "I have married Osborne Whitworth." "I accept my lot." "You should not have wed." "What else could I do?" "It was all so quick, they were all at me." "My mind was in a whirl." "And my poor mother came, she begged me on the memory of my father's grave." "They rushed it through in three days." "'Twas wicked!" "Wicked." "(Valentine wailing)" "(Wailing continues)" "Shh." "There, there, my love." "Mama's going to make it all better." "Mama's going to make it all better." " l heard you come in." " Where's the child?" "Just a minute." "Get rid of those sheets." "Scrub out the cot and make it up with fresh linen." "Open all the windows, I want fresh air in here." "Yes, ma'am." " George, come." " Where is the child?" " You will see." " But this!" "How dare you?" "Come and see Valentine." "But you must not wake him." "We can talk downstairs." "I am stunned. I cannot believe this." " What if he wakes up?" " We'll be called when he does." " l cannot believe it." " Believe your eyes." "You have just seen him asleep and not drugged." "This is the first time we have not drugged him into silence." " Do you know what you've done?" " l have bathed him, put him in a clean gown and made him comfortable in our bed." " You've undone Behenna's work." " He was being tortured!" " For his own good." " To death!" "You challenge the knowledge of a medical man?" "Because I am his mother!" "You've been stampeded by fear, by womanish instincts." "Yes, George, instincts." "To a woman they are knowledge." " l shall send for Behenna." " No." " This is my child." " Our child." "You don't know what he means to me." "You cannot love him more than I do." "He had to suffer so that he should not grow up to take my place with twisted limbs." "George, are you thinking of him or yourself?" "I shall send for Behenna." "That man will not touch our child again." "Before all the servants, you will have to tear me away from that door before he passes." "I do not... I do not know you." "Perhaps it is only such a moment that reveals us to each other." "l-l do not know what to do." "Let him sleep." "Give him a day." "Then we can see what to do." "Very well." "I shall wait for 24 hours only." "Bravo!" "Dwight, are you all right?" "I'm sorry." " It's nothing." " Some Madeira?" "Thank you." "I'm very pleased with myself." "After all, I travelled from Falmouth to Kilwarren, came visiting here, I'm eating well." "Yesterday I rode a horse." " Yes." " Thank you." "He rode one of my eldest mares." "I held Dwight and a groom held the reins." " But I kept my seat." " Yes." "And my taste for good wine has returned." "That's the main thing." "Will it be a big wedding or a quiet one?" " A quiet one." " A big and splendid one." "You shall be lord and master afterwards." "Was Drake well when you left Falmouth?" "He had started to take exercise." "That's what he needs." "Yes. I'm glad Sam went to stay with him." "Made me sad thinking of him all alone pining his heart out." "It'll do him good to have Sam." " A groom just come..." " You must bring them on a tray." "My hands ain't dirty." "Leastways." "And 'tain't for ee." "'Tis for ee, Doctor." "Thank you, Prudie." "A professional call." "That's ridiculous." "You can't practise for months yet." "I shall answer this one." "Well, I won't let you." "I heard Dwight Enys was visiting at Nampara today, so I sent there." "You sent to Nampara?" "I would send to hell for Valentine's sake." "I believe Enys is a sick man." "But he is the best doctor in the county." " Our opinion is divided." " Will you take his word?" " About Valentine?" " l shall abide by what he says if you will." "(Dwight) Mrs Warleggan is expecting me." " That is Enys." " We will take him straight upstairs." "Whose idea was it to remove the dressings?" "It was mine, Doctor." "I congratulate you, Mrs Warleggan." "Now, there's a good little man." "Now, let me look at this leg." "(George) Will he be well?" "If treated properly." "Keep him quiet and warm." "Glad to see you're letting some air into the room." "Don't let him stand up but let him move in his cot." "Play with him, make him laugh, that's the best medicine." "He must have as much milk as you can persuade him to drink." "Will he be straight of limb?" "A slight curvature of the right leg but scarcely visible." "Be thankful for him, Mr Warleggan, and be thankful to your wife." "I'll have another look at him when I call for Miss Agatha's party." "Ross, look." "The clothes Rosina Hoblyn made for the children, for Aunt Agatha's party." "Still no official invitation." "It'll come." "It must." "Even he couldn't be that petty." " Couldn't he?" " For Jeremy." " Oh..." " l measured him for it." "But he's growing so fast I'm wondering." " Looks good." " Hmm." "Now..." " for Clowance." " Pretty." " She's coming on amazingly." " She's rising one." "It's frightening how our time passes." "So much has happened." "The real business of life - watching your children grow, cutting hay, quenching your thirst with home-brewed ale, seeing the smoke from your mine chimneys, your toil coming to something." "Not killing." "Not killing." "I pray God there'll be no more of that for me." "Amen to that." "And now, what do you think of Aunt Agatha's present?" "It's coral and it's strange and beautifully made." " All the way from the Pacific." " Hard to know what she wants." " It'll tickle her vanity." " Vanity!" "At her age?" "You don't know so much about women." " (Prudie, indistinct)" " Are you expecting someone?" " It could be Zacky." " Oh." "(Demelza) Sam!" "Oh, Sam, how good to see you." " Sam?" " Er...no, Cap'n." " It's only ale." " l've had some water." "Why are you back so soon?" "Didn't you like Falmouth?" " You didn't bring Drake back?" " He weren't there." " Not at the ship?" " Nor anywhere. I searched the town." " He went away the day afore I got there." " Without a word?" "He told the bosun he wished be on his own." " Mayhap he's gone to Illogan." " Mayhap." "Mayhap he's took to the road and been murdered." " Sam!" " Or pressed into the fleet." "I knows Drake." "Despair can make him wild." "And he's in black despair." "Demelza, I'm feared for him." "My shoes are tight." "Can't you find something to stretch them with?" "I like the buckles but I can't wear tight shoes at my party." "I am glad Elizabeth's child is better." "I was sorry for the little spud but he very nearly spoiled my party." "Girl?" "Girl?" "George Warleggan." "What brings you?" "You've never seen fit to come to my room before." " Your party." " Oh!" "That is kind of you." "Of course, it is but five days' time." "I'm glad for your little boy." "Thank you." "How many have accepted?" " 38." " 38!" "Oh, it will be a grand party." "There will be no party." "What's that you say?" "It's my hearing." "Your party will not now take place." "Oh!" "Why ever not?" "What has happened?" "The child is better, is there smallpox or plague or..." "In God's name..." "None of these things." "It is my decision." "No, you can't." "You cannot do it." "I must stop it, Miss Poldark, I cannot have you shown up as a liar." "A liar?" "Liar!" "This must be some trick." "Can you hear me, Miss Poldark?" "I should not like your bad hearing to prevent you." "When Morwenna married Osborne Whitworth, I observed the register in Sawle church." "I saw that its records went back a century and a half." "Something moved me to return later and examine them." "It was a history of the Poldarks and Trenwiths, all in faded ink." "I looked for your baptism 100 years ago in 1695." " It was not there." " What's that?" "It was not there." "Can you hear me?" "Oh, you were baptised, I found the entry - but it was for September 1697." " Well?" " It is a lie!" "It's a scabby lie." "Hark, then, dear lady." "I was not content with that for l know that baptisms do not always instantly follow births so I have been searching." "In the dusty attics of this house, in the papers we rescued from Trenwith - hard work, dusty work and all done by myself, for l could hardly risk exposing you to servants, could I?" "And finally I found...this." " What is it?" " l think you recognise it." "Your family Bible." "Would you like to read it?" "Then let me read it to you." "I dare suppose this is your father's handwriting?" "The ink is faded but it's clear, very clear." "It says..." ""Ye 10th day of August, 1697." ""Born to us this wet summer morn 1 1 o'clock in the aforenoon," ""our first child, a daughter," ""Agatha Mary." ""Praise be to God."" "Shall I read it again?" "In the margin is written," ""Christened 3rd September."" "So, Miss Poldark, on Monday next you will be but 98." "I'm going to instruct that letters be written to the guests." "I shall inform them you made a mistake as to your age and new invitations will be issued in two years." "You would not dare!" " Oh, it is my duty." " Elizabeth would not allow it." "Where's Elizabeth?" "Send Elizabeth." "Birthday on Monday whether or no." "98!" "It's a good old age." " There shall be no party." " Wait!" "I'll not live two years more." "You know that." "Who'd know if you said naught?" "I..." "I'll n-never cross you again, George, but I've been looking forward to this for so long." "I'll not cross you again, eh?" "Eh?" "It'll do you no hurt because I'll make a new will and I'll leave you the money I have in consols." "No one need ever know." "I don't want your money." "Let us be frank, old woman." "We hate each other." "I could feel sorry for you but I'll see you rot in this room sooner than lie." "If you do this to me, may ee rot too... and rot ee will." "And your twisted little son." " Rave, you witch." " Little Valentine, born under a black moon and twisted already." "He'll eat the worms of this world afore his father." "I'll not listen to this!" "The last of the Warleggans." "Or be he a Warleggan at all?" "That wasn't no eighth-month baby, George." "I seen 'em seven months, eight months many times in my life." "No nails they have, see?" "And their skin wrinkled like an apple that's been kept too long." "And...no cry." "Well, a poor, wee cry." "And no hair." "That were a full-term child." "Your precious, twisted Valentine were a full-term child, I lay my oath." "So maybe you and Elizabeth didn't wait for the wedding ceremony, was that it, eh?" "Eh?" "Or maybe someone else was riding she afore ever you was wed." "Madwoman!" "What are you saying?" " Who put this in your mind?" " Maybe someone else was the father." "Spit it out!" "Come on, spit it out!" "Spit out your filth!" "Spit it out!" "Spit it out!" "Spit it out, damn you!" "Spit it out." "Woman?" "Woman?" "Isn't he beautiful?" "Such a good boy." "He drank all his milk today." "Oh, isn't he beautiful?" "Our child." "George." "What's the matter?" "is the doctor still upstairs?" "As I believe, sir." "I just be going up if there be anything." "No, no, no, no." "There can be no doubt, ma'am, he is much recovered." "Oh, not to mention his appetite." "Are you not a magnificent recovery?" "It's been so long." "There were times..." "Nature cannot be hurried, ma'am." "Festina lente, as they say." "The next thing is to bring you back to health." "Oh, I am well enough, just a simple chill." "I cannot think why my husband would summon you." "(Knock at door) lf it please, ma'am, it is time Master Valentine was abed." " Yes." " So good nights be said." "There." "Come, young sir." "Walk to the door." " (Elizabeth) Good night." " Good night." "He's growing into a splendid young gentleman." "And as for you, ma'am, 'tis time for a rest." " Doctor." " Ma'am?" "No, nothing." "Good night, Doctor." "Dr Behenna, how do you find my wife?" "Her condition causes me no concern." "'Tis but a summer chill." "I am relieved to hear it." "However, it is not of that I wish to talk." "Sit, please." "This is personal and what I have to say is confidential." "Everything between doctor and patient is confidential." " This must be more so." " l don't follow you." "I mean that only you and I will know of this conversation." "If it comes to another's ears, I'll know I've not spoken." "If you wish to speak, Mr Warleggan, you may do so." "I can offer you no greater assurance than I have already done." "So be it." "You attended my wife at the birth of our son." "Because of my wife's fall, he was an eight-month child, am I right?" "You are." "You have seen many premature infants?" "Yes, a considerable number." "And those born prematurely are physically different from those born in the full time?" "There are differences - weight, chiefly." "Seldom the same loud cry." "Nails." "An eight-month child has no nails." "That's not correct." "They're small and soft." "The skin is wrinkled and red." "So is that of many born full-term." " l'm told they have no hair." " Sometimes they do." "Which leads me to my final question, Dr Behenna." "Was my son a premature child?" "On many physical questions it's not easy to say yes or no." "It's now 18 months since the child was born." "But you must remember the baby you delivered." " Did he have hard nails?" " l believe so but..." " And hair?" " A little dark hair, as I recall." "And the skin was wrinkled." "I saw it and remember only slight wrinkling." "I cannot say." " So, you will not tell me." " l cannot tell you!" "Had you asked me at the time..." "You remember the day the child arrived?" "Yes." "In the evening, as I recall." "And there was nothing that appeared strange." "It did not occur to me to wonder." "To pronounce on the mere matter of a month?" "In view of your wife's fall, I was only too happy to deliver her of a live child." "Hardly a mere matter to me, that month." "Indeed." "And yet I cannot say after all this time." "You have heard, of course, that Dr Enys is back." "I understand he will soon be riding his rounds." "Really?" "It was my information he was still ailing." " Some people think well of him." " As a doctor?" "As a doctor." "That is their concern and not mine." "Mr Warleggan, much as I should like to help you, you must realise that an ill-considered reply to so profound a question could impugn the honour of a virtuous woman and your wife has not... I await your reply." " Sir, I cannot make one." " You're saying?" "I am saying that to make reply I would need a certainty of mind, sir, which I do not possess." "Oh, George!" "I didn't hear..." " Why did you not speak?" " l had nothing to say." "Mary says that Valentine was asking for you at bedtime." " For me?" "Are you sure?" " Oh, my dear." "Why do you never see him now?" "He misses you so much." "Perhaps tomorrow." "I saw Behenna downstairs." " l trust he did not bore you." " On the contrary." "Oh, forgive me." "That was unkind." "For all that he is unimaginative, he is a loyal friend." "Hardly a testimonial." "Would you rather have him as your doctor?" " Who?" " Dwight Enys." "Oh!" "That wedding invitation." "We must reply." " Would you?" " As my doctor?" "Of course not." "Although he supported you when Valentine was so ill?" "We shall always be grateful but as for him being my doctor..." " Why not?" " l know you don't like him." "Nevertheless, we should go to the wedding." "Half the county will be there and Caroline will expect it." "Dwight is quite the hero since his rescue." "No doubt his rescuer will also be there, receiving plaudits for an expedition which cost more lives than it saved." "What is that?" "A birthday present for Geoffrey Charles." "I had not forgotten." "You may include these buttons from me." "Oh, George!" "Let me see." "Oh!" "They're beautiful, George." "How good of you to remember." "Sometimes it seems that other men's sons receive more than one's own." "As for this, you may reply any way you wish." "(Bells ringing)" "Excuse me." " Oh, Demelza!" " Caroline!" "Oh, we've got so much to thank you both for." "Who talks of thanks?" "You're our dearest friends." " Congratulations." " Ross." "A shade different from France." "Though no more comfortable in this coat." "It sits splendidly on you, Ross." "Oh, excuse me." "Elizabeth!" "How beautiful you look." "And such a lovely service." " Thank you." " l think I should cry at weddings..." " Lady Basset." " ..but somehow never can." "One couldn't cry with such a vision to admire." "Sir Francis!" "It is being reminded, dear Francis, that one feels the need to weep." "Oh, Ross, I do hope they'll be happy, they deserve it so." "For pity's sake, can you not stand upright and lift your head?" "(Laughing) Hello!" "How are you?" "It's nice to see you." "Captain Poldark!" "What a great pleasure to see you." "I had hoped you'd be here." "You haven't met Lieutenant Armitage." "My wife." "Mrs Poldark." "I am under a great obligation to your husband." "I am very happy it turned out so well." "Do you know my uncle?" "Lord Falmouth." "And his sister Mrs Gower." "Sir, may I present Mrs Ross Poldark, Captain Poldark." "Your husband has been much in the news." "I have yet to congratulate him on his exploit." "(Demelza) I only hope all these congratulations will not go to his head and send him off on another." "And when is the baby due to arrive, Morwenna?" "Not for another five months." "Take better care of yourself, you're looking very pale." "We are expecting my youngest sister tomorrow." " Rowella?" " She's to help me in the house." " Goodbye." "Bye." " Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Bye, Mrs Enys." "(All shouting farewells)" "Good luck!" "I liked Hugh Armitage." "He seemed a really spirited young man." "So he is." "Why have you said so little of him before?" "What more should I have said?" "He spoke most gratefully of you." "Then his gratitude was misplaced." "I went to France to help Dwight." "Armitage made his own escape and joined up with us afterwards." "And he is related to Lord Falmouth." "Apparently through his mother." "Why?" "Is it important?" "It seems that the Falmouths and the Bassets don't care for each other much." "Falmouth openly considers Basset an upstart." "Yet Hugh seemed friendly enough with the Bassets at the wedding." "A feud doesn't touch everybody." "Anyway, he's a naval officer and no doubt will be off soon." "We're to dine with the Bassets next month." " Oh, what did you do to Drake?" " Gave him a scolding of course." "Disappearing like that, worrying us all." "He's no longer a child." "I realised that when talking to him." "Morwenna's wedding near sent him out of his mind." "I've, er, I've asked him to call here in the morning." "Why?" "Perhaps you'd care to be here when he comes." "What are you about, Ross?" "Tomorrow morning, I said." "Thank you, George, for giving me such a happy day." "Did you notice how Lord Falmouth avoided us?" "That's hardly fair since we spent most of the day talking to the Bassets." "My lord of Truro." "Well, he may be due for an unpleasant surprise soon." "What do you mean?" "There are fewer people pleased with his stewardship than he thinks." "Much of the criticism stems from Francis Basset." "He does not intend to challenge Falmouth's position?" "There is a by-election approaching." "Falmouth has always told the burgesses who to vote for." "How does that affect Francis?" "Well, of late, he has acquired more property in the town and since his bank is flourishing, I think at the next election he may put up his own nominee." " Are you involved?" " Basset has hinted I may be included." "I've heard nothing of this." "I do not always trouble you with my thoughts." "But why?" "That's what I'm here for." "Sometimes it is best to keep one's feelings to oneself." "(Groans)" "(Laboured breathing)" "What troubles you now?" "I cannot sleep." "My mind will not be still." "Osborne?" "Osborne." "(Sighs) Yes." "When my sister arrives tomorrow, please, for my sake, you will treat her gently?" "Well, why should I not?" "You have a tendency towards impatience and you are not always tolerant of other people's mistakes." "Rowella is not yet 16 and her first time away from home." "I shall treat her firmly but with forbearance as befits a master in his own home." "How beautiful the bride looked today." "She'll be a handful I'll warrant with that mettlesome look." "They say Dr Enys is still weakened from his imprisonment." "And Caroline remembered me." "Although we have met only twice." "(Sighs) God... let them be happy." "(Osborne snoring)" "Drake..." "Oh, Drake." ""To be sold by auction" ""on Wednesday 9th October at the King's Arms in Chasewater," ""that blacksmith shop, house and land in the parish of St Ann's" ""consisting of house of four rooms, brew house, bake house, barn," ""blacksmith's shop with contents:" "one anvil, one pair bellows, hammers," ""tongs, two dozen new horseshoes, stable." ""Six acres, including one and a half of winter wheat," ""two and a half ploughed, six sheep." " "Debts f21 ." - l don't see..." "Since returning from France, you've said you'd like to move away." "This is - six miles away." "It's nearer the Warleggans but St Ann's is the most important coastal village" " and trade is improving." " Ross, does this..." " Well?" " l have two pound and two shillin'." "I could buy the horseshoes but naught else." "I intend to buy it for you, if you want it." "In France you almost died attempting to save my life." " l don't like being in debt." " Did she put you up to this?" " It's the first she's heard of it." " It's a big property." "Drake Carne, blacksmith." "Does that not appeal?" "I don't know what to say." "Well, you are only 20, it may be too much for you to tackle." "It will not be too much, Cap'n Poldark." " Good." " Oh, Ross!" "Thank you!" "Can we ride over and see it?" "Today, this minute?" "Why not?" "I'm glad she hasn't got 20 brothers." " Oh." " (Panting) Good ride." "He says little but I know what he feels." "It'll need work." "I'll work." "(Coachman) Whoa." "Oh, Rowella, my dear." "What a joy to see you." "Hello, Wenna." "I've missed you all so much." "Dear Mama and Garlander." "You must tell me all the news." "You'll never know how much I've missed you." "Oh, my dear, we will have such fun." "You will meet Osborne at tea and Cousin Elizabeth is also coming to welcome you." "Moral and religious decay, there are your worst enemies." "All this talk of Armageddon, Morwenna, is put about by fools and gossips." "A decay of willpower, an unwillingness to observe one's proper place in society, these should be of more moment to us." "I remember..." "Nevertheless, matters in France are on the point of collapse." "Morwenna simply remarked that these fears are unsettling." "There I must disagree with you." "Moral rectitude cannot be shaken." "Proceed with righteousness and your enemies must fall." "I'm afraid it's time I was leaving." "I'm so glad you're here." "You'll be a great help to your sister." " l shall write to your mother." " Thank you, Mrs Warleggan." "You must call me Elizabeth, we are related." "There, Rowella." "Names are important in establishing a true relationship between people." "With regard to myself, for example, to my face you may call me Mr Whitworth whereas in public, you should refer to me as "Vicar", for it is of my cloth you speak and not the mere man." "How clever of you, Osborne, to express it so neatly." "Don't come out, there's a chill wind for this time of the year." "Osborne, give my love to your two little girls." "Indeed I will and do give my regards to George." "Well?" "Do you think you will like it here?" "Thank you, sister, I shall be near you." "You must not be afraid of Osborne." "He's not at all like Papa, is he?" "No." "No, he's not." "We have such fun, the children and I." "Just up the river there is an island where we pretend we are marooned." "There are four swans - we've given them names " "Leda has a damaged wing and then there's..." "Oh!" "You must be tired." "Would you like to go to your room?" "Thank you." "My shoes are pinching and I long to change them." "Of course. I'll help you unpack." " (George) When?" " Not ten minutes since." " l thought you should know." " l shall summon Dr Behenna." "Er, I took the liberty already, sir." "Of all the careless damned actions." "In fairness to Tom Harry, sir, we laid so many extra traps, things being as they have, to tread on one unexpected, well, it might happen to anyone." " And the ankle is broken?" " Smashed, more like." "Well, you shall take over as head keeper, understand?" "Until he's fit enough to return." "Yes, sir." "I shall expect the same standards of vigilance." "Don't ee worry, sir." "These eyes are younger than Tom's." "And this fist has done as much good work in its time." "Very well." "Oh, Rowse?" "Sir?" "You were employed at Trenwith before I married the mistress?" "Aye, sir, I was." "Can you recall who else worked within the household?" "Well, now, there were, er, George Tabb." "Him and his wife stayed till the end." "George Tabb?" "Long-faced and shifty-looking?" "(Chuckles) That be him." "Would he remember the people who called at Trenwith before I married the mistress?" " Depends how much you pays him." " l want facts, not lies." "If it be goings-on inside you want, he'd be the man to ask." " Do you know where to find him?" " Horse keeper he be, and porter down at the Fighting Cocks Inn." "I wish to speak to him, in private." "I shall meet him out riding." "Can you arrange it?" " Whatever you say, sir." " That will be all." "Thank you." " Good night." " Good night, sir." "I went to bid Morwenna's sister welcome." "I haven't seen the child since she was eight." "A quiet creature but I expect she'll settle." "is anything wrong?" "Tom Harry has had an accident." "With typical intelligence, he walked onto his own trap." " Oh, how horrible." " Sid Rowse bought me the news." "He also made mention of an old servant of yours " "George Tabb." "Tabb?" "Why should he mention him?" "It seems he wants to talk to me." "What about?" " Old times." " Old times?" "But George..." "Did we agree a date when the Bassets should come and dine?" "Not knowing your commitments, I said I would write." "Why?" "Events, it would seem, have a way of overtaking one if one is not careful." "The talk in London is all of France." "News has it that the days of the Directory are over and with it, the whole Republic." "Nor should we be surprised." "Well, in 1790 you ladies could buy a hat in Paris - a good one, mind you - for 14 livres, now, five years later, the same object will cost you nigh on 600." "(Laughter)" "They are themselves to blame." "A country should not wage war without a sound financial basis." "This young general, er, Bonaparte, has he not now been put in charge of the French army in Italy?" "Indeed, yes!" "There's a whole group of young generals, of whom Hoche is by far the most gifted." "It's hard to believe the dynamic of the revolution is altogether dead." "This Bonaparte cleared the streets of Paris with grapeshot, killing hundreds of his own people." "What is your view of the French, Lieutenant Armitage?" "Although nine months in France, Mrs Enys, I saw no more than in the first few days, when I was moved from prison to prison." " And you, Dr Enys?" " Unfortunately, Lady Basset." "Once inside Baton you could have been in purgatory for all you saw of France." "I, for one, regret it very much." "If our young men could not bring us hats from Paris they should at least have brought us news of them." "Be content they did not, Mrs Enys, because a hat designed by a revolutionary and costing 600 livres would surely not be an object of beauty to an English eye." "I'm relieved to hear it." "My uncle speculated that in dining with a Whig I might hear talk favourable only to the revolution." "Lord Falmouth should have known better." "A true Whig is as patriotic as any man." " Quite so, I..." " Though some may have applauded the principles of this revolution, few now support its excesses." "Your uncle need have no fear of what you will hear in this house." "Whereas it seems the wind has dropped, the sky cleared and we'd all be the better for a walk in the garden." "(Muttered agreement)" "Mrs Poldark?" "Ah, I'm sure you'll enjoy the garden." " Shall we?" " Yes indeed." "Poldark, may I deprive you of your exercise and ask you to remain behind?" "There's something I wish to discuss." "Sir, if you wish me to apologise I will gladly do so." "Oh, never." "Never." " The fault was mine for being so touchy." " Thank you." "The gardens are beautiful." " Oh." " Forgive me." " Since my imprisonment my eyes..." " The light is very bright." "Dazzling." "Will you return to the navy, Lieutenant Armitage?" "When the surgeons are finished with me." "They say the trouble came from reading and writing in semi-darkness." "Oh." "Were you able to write home?" "Caroline received only one letter from Dwight in a year." "No, no, no, I was writing for my own satisfaction." " Poetry." " Poetry?" " l've never met a poet before." " It's not to be taken seriously." "Verse would be a more modest estimate." "Captain Poldark has conferred two great favours upon me." " Oh?" " My liberty and the opportunity of meeting his wife." "I am not skilled in such courtesies... I was not trying to be courteous..." "but truthful." "When may I see you again?" "And Ross, of course." "Oh, I..." "Perhaps I may call on you both?" "You are but a few miles away." "I think we should join the others." "They will wonder what has become of us." "You know, of course, Mr William Hick, the new mayor of Truro?" " Not personally." " You should." "I could effect an introduction for you." "But is he not Lord Falmouth's man?" "Mr Hick is ambitious." "He allows himself to take a broad view." "Not that I doubt his protestations of loyalty but there is a difference between wishing a man well and allowing him to ride roughshod over you." "Hick is a sensitive man." "Sir Francis, I've been aware of a certain subtlety in your conversation." " Could we not come to the point?" " Hm." "Voting in the parliamentary borough of Truro rests with 25 aldermen and capital burgesses, most of whom are heartily sick of always being told by Lord Falmouth" " who should represent them in London." " Go on." "Well, quite simply, in this by-election we propose to put up a nomination of our own." "You are suggesting something in the nature of a palace revolution?" "I am assisted in my thinking by Mr Hick." "How convenient." "And your nominee, if elected, would be expected to vote in Parliament as directed by you?" "No, but there may be occasions when we wish to strike our own line." " Against Pitt?" " No, mainly I support Pitt." "But we believe that only we know what is right for Cornwall and should be allowed a voice accordingly." " l wish you well." " And I you." " Me?" " You will allow me, I trust, to put your name forward as candidate for the seat?" "Do you fancy yourself as the wife of a Member of Parliament?" "That's no concern at the moment, all I'm asking is why you're turning it down." " But your answer is not definite?" " It's freezing." "Prudie, build up the fire." "But there's naught amiss with the fire." "Are you sure refusal would be the right course?" " How could it be anything else?" " It offers great opportunities." " For self advancement?" " For exercising influence." "Could he do that?" "If I could call my soul my own." " Hasn't Basset said..." " l place no weight on that." "I don't fancy being elected just because the burgesses resent Falmouth." "Ross is right, there's little to choose between them." "Both will plant a foot on your neck." " That's not what he's saying." " He ought to be." "Basset is one of the most enlightened gentry." " But only for his own ends, it's obvious." " Caroline!" "I put the broth by the fire." "I agree." "If I turn this invitation down... lt would be for the wrong reasons!" "Ain't nobody 'ere got ears no more?" "is it because you don't want to offend Lord Falmouth?" "No, but I would owe Basset and he could drive a hard bargain." "I think it would be a mistake." "Then let me put your name forward." " You go instead of me." " No." "No, he's not strong enough." "Besides, I haven't brought him to matrimony to lose him immediately to Westminster." " Prudie, where's that broth?" " l told ee." " Ah." " l thought you'd lost your stomach." " Children asleep?" " Faster than two birds." "Thank you, Prudie." "I'm sorry. I shouted at you." "And I at you." "(Ross) Dwight?" "You're worried about him." "I knew there was more than a joke in your words." "Ohh..." "His recovery is taking so long." "The slightest effort leaves him breathless." " But your marriage." " What marriage?" "Oh." "That was a cruel thing to say, I shouldn't have said it." "We knew it would take time." "We love each other, I know that." "Well, that's more important than the other, so they say." "An old maid's tale put about by those who never had either." "Anyway, you're a fine one to console me." "What do you mean?" "If you and I walked into a room full of men, they would first look at me but soon be clustered around you." "What nonsense!" "Whatever put that into your mind?" "Hugh Armitage." "Hugh?" "Whatever made you think...?" "Oh, Caroline." "Anyway...we shall probably never see each other again." "I wish you'd change your mind, Sam." "Come and work with me here." "Nothing'd please me more than to see the Carne brothers as partners." " l prayed on that." " What was the answer?" "Later, maybe." "Who's to say in a year or more, when you're established, you might not be wedded?" "Would you want me then?" " Those thoughts are all over." " For Morwenna maybe." " There'll be others." " l said no, didn't I?" "!" "It would be bad enough if she had passed away and I should never see her the more." "But to think of her wedded to that man chills the heart in me." "No, there'll be no wife for me while he and she be together." "I prays for you, Drake." "And have done ever since this happened." "Pray for Morwenna." "She needs it more than me." "God's life, be it a praying' fest?" "But a wheelwright I wants." "Which be the smith?" "Me, I reckon." "Carne by name." "Surgeon Behenna wants this mended." "Do it, can ee?" " l reckon." " Tomorrow." "He needs it to hold down his patients." " His patients?" " Yes." "When he pulls out their teeth, see!" "What's up with ee?" "Catch flies with your clapbox." "Oh..." "Forgive me, sister." "How be your soul?" "What do you mean, lug?" "Of a sudden I got a deep concern for your salvation." "Dear, I was right - it is a praying' fest!" "Shoot me if I ever seen the equal." "Sister, we have meetings thrice weekly at Reath Cottage, over Tremellan way." "You'd be welcome." "We pray together." "Do you really think you can get me to a praying' fest?" " Stranger things have happened." " Hmph!" "Not to me." "'Mellan, you said?" "Me and my brother have a cottage there." "Leastways he has." "I'm to stay here now." "I'm walkin' that way myself, preacher." "You can walk along with me." " Mind, there's a condition." " What's that?" "That ee don't talk God to me all the way!" "(Laughs)" "Go on, Sam. I'll see you next week." "God bless you. I'll keep prayin', brother." "Coming, Preacher?" "Oh, chain'll be fixed by the mornin'!" "All right." "I'll confess I'm a little concerned, Vicar." "But not serious?" "No, not serious." " Does it concern the baby?" " Indirectly." "Vicar, it's my duty to speak frankly." "It concerns the question of marital relations with your wife." "Forgive me, I know how embarrassing this is." "The aspects to which you refer are between a man and his maker." " And his wife." " Naturally." "And sometimes they must also concern his medical advisor." "You're a heavy man, Vicar." ""Heayy"?" "Well set, perhaps." "I do justice to my meals but I am not a glutton!" " l fail to see how..." " It's about the baby's health." "Your wife is not strong, Vicar." "Not strong at all." "And so each time..." " Each time..." " Yes, yes, I understand." " Then what is the remedy?" " Remedy?" " What can you do about it?" " l?" "There's nothing I can do." "But you must cease forthwith to have marital relations." " "Forthwith"?" " It is not unknown to you." " Your first wife..." " That was different." "Esther was always so very..." "understanding" "Understanding has nothing to do with it." "This is a medical necessity concerning your wife and child." "If these are closer to your heart..." "Of course they are!" "But I'm a full-blooded man, Doctor!" "Since Esther died, life for me was...was... lt's the common lot of man to be borne with fortitude." "Fortitude." "Oh, no, Dr Behenna." "Don't you talk to me about fortitude." "I have only to look at my own parish to see it expressed, yet I am expected to embrace abstinence." "Great heavens, man!" "I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do." "Follow my instructions or I'll not be responsible for the baby or your wife." "Good day to you, Vicar." "Oh, God." "How can You ask this of me again?" "What do you want?" "How long have you been there?" "A moment, Mr Whitworth, no longer." "I wanted to ask about my sister." " She's well enough." " Seeing you lost in prayer... I was not. I am suffering from an acute headache." "If there's anything, any way in which I can be of help, you have only to ask." "You're most kind." "Should you need me, I will be with the children." "(Panting)" " Do you know my name?" " Emma, you said." "Get along, you lug - my other name!" "It's Tregirls." "I've heard talk of Tholly Tregirls." "My father." "A rare, liquorish old devil he be." "Damn him." " It is a virtue to forgive." " l do now." "Despite he deserted us when we was no taller than that grass stalk." "Hey!" "Where do you think you're goin'?" "Where have you brought me?" "This be Warleggan land!" "Be off with ee, Sam Carne, or I'll give ee a coating." "Time's finished when worms could come crawlin' on this land!" "He's with me, Sid Rowse!" "Lay a hand on him and I'll never speak to you again." "Off, the both of you." "The master's comin' this way." "You - don't you come back here again." "(Laughing)" "You know Sid Rowse well, then?" " He want to wed me." " Will you?" "I say that depend, don't it?" "You still there, George Tabb?" "You wait here now." "Master be ridin' along any moment." "He got some questions to ask ee." "Mind you answer 'em." "That seems to me a very sour view of marriage." "Because I see so many of my friends bound in unions they find tedious and restricting." "I don't take a sour view of love." "For the overwhelming love of an Isolde, I'd jettison everything." "Even life." " Ross, look who's here!" " Why, Ross!" "I hoped to see you but feared I'd miss you. I must leave soon." "I wondered who the horse belonged to." "Lieutenant Armitage brought this plant from his uncle's garden." "It's a new rare plant." "It's called..." "What did you say?" "A magnolia." "But not from my uncle's garden." "He had three brought over from the Carolinas." "I persuaded him to part with one as a gift to the wife of the man who saved his nephew from the French." "How has Lord Falmouth been since the Enys wedding?" "As well as can be expected." "Since his wife died his sister runs the house but he lacks friends of his own." "It seems to me he grows more morose by the day." "Hardly pleasant for you." "Will you be staying long?" "In these parts, I mean." "Until I am given a clean bill of health." "It could be a week or a month." "For your sake we must hope it's as soon as possible." "There is something I wish to discuss concerning my uncle." " Uh-huh?" " This feud with the Bassets." "It places me in a most uncertain position." "Sir Francis and his wife have been most kind and treated me with no less hospitality than my uncle." " For that reason I..." " Yes?" "I find myself torn between them." " My first loyalty is to my family." " Of course." "Now with this by-election there is talk of opposition led by Sir Francis against my uncle." "I wondered, have you heard of it?" "Opposition led by Sir Francis Basset?" "To put up their own candidate for election." "I know nothing about it." "George Tabb?" "Mr Warleggan." "I want to ask you some questions." "These questions I'll put to you in confidence." " l expect you to treat them as such." " Sir?" "They're concerned with the period two years ago when you were in the service of Mistress Warleggan, do you understand?" "Who called at Trenwith before I married her?" "What called, sir?" "To see Mistress Elizabeth, you mean?" "There'll be money in it." "Sir?" "Two guineas." "But you'll have to earn them." "(Door closes)" "(Horse gallops away)" "Magnolia, he called it." "And rare." "We must cherish it." "Did you see Sir Francis?" "He had his answer at midday." " Who will he ask now?" " There are plenty of other men." "None as good as you." "Are you...disappointed?" "Not for me, that's not what I mean." "But each year as other men grow more content you grow less so." "I just want you to be happy, that's what I mean." "And... you, Demelza?" " Are you happy?" " Of course I'm happy." " Are you angry?" " Angry?" "With Hugh Armitage?" "No." "Does he move you?" "His eyes light up when they look at you." "I know." "Oh, Ross, I..." "You have a wonde_ul common sense." "I rely on that." "George, why will you not trust me?" "Why will you not tell me what troubles you?" " l have no idea..." " You think I cannot see?" "You imagine things." "No, you speak barely a word to me for days and none at all to your son, a child not two years old!" " What have we done?" " My dear Elizabeth..." "You cannot mean that phrase and behave to us as you do!" "Oh, George... lf you but knew what it costs me to watch you torment yourself like this." " l do not mean to..." " l know you don't." "You are very dear to me." "Then show me!" "You must not blame me for being jealous." "Jealous?" "Of what, for heaven's sake?" "!" "If I were to say Ross Poldark." "Well, is it so strange?" "After all, you were, to say the least, his friend." "That was a long time ago." "Another world." "Once you would defend him against all criticism." " Then my feelings have changed." " Have they?" "Are you accusing me of hypocrisy?" "Or what then?" "Infidelity?" "How can I convince you that Ross means nothing to me in the manner you intend?" " Yet your feelings have changed." " l wouldn't care if I never saw him again!" " l am writing to Sir Francis." " George!" "Accepting an invitation to dine with him next week." " Next week?" "You did not tell me!" " l shall be going alone." "He has a matter of importance to discuss with me, he says." "It may involve our residing part of the year in London." ""..sanctify yourselves, therefore," ""and be holy."" "No, no, there must be more fire in it." "Ah, that's better." "Leviticus 20." ""And if a man shall take his brother's wife," ""it is an unclean thing."" "(Chuckles) Yes, yes." "Good, good." ""Nakedness..." "Bare their sin."" "Good, good." ""They...shall be children."" "That is most profound." "(Humming distractedly)" " George?" " Mm-hm?" "You mentioned some weeks ago our going to London." "How very strange of you to mention that now." "Well, it has been on my mind." "May I ask when we are likely to know?" "If all goes well, perhaps within hours." " Mr Nicholas Warleggan, my lord." " Come in, Warleggan, come in." " My lord." " My nephew has chided me for keeping you waiting." "You know Lieutenant Armitage?" "Business delayed my departure and I had no time to dine." "Sit down." "Take a glass of wine." "Thank you, my lord." "Now, the matter is settled for you." "You'll find young Salter's an admirable choice." " Salter, my lord?" " Jeremy Salter of Exeter." "You'll want his particulars, I've got them here somewhere." "What of Mr Arthur Carmichael, my lord?" "Oh, no good." "No good at all." "More pie!" "No, young Salter's more suitable in every way." "The burgesses will not care for that." " Uncle, if you'll..." " They made a special recommendation..." ""The burgesses'll not care for it"?" "!" "Sit down, sit down." "The burgesses will do as they're told." " Do not depend on that." " They don't and they'll regret it!" "The burgesses feel they can no longer be treated as chattels to be disposed of at Your Lordship's will." "For that is the sum of this matter, my lord." "Are you defying me?" "It is you, sir, who defies the will of the town." "As you know, for many years" "Truro has placed unreserved confidence in your family." "Rhetoric!" "What are you telling me?" "I will tell you, my lord, that being the purpose for which I was sent here." "A meeting was convened last night at the house of Mr Hick, mayor of Truro, at which it was unanimously resolved that should you yet again ignore our nominee, we would have no choice but to take matters into our own hands." " Did you know of this?" " l had heard something." " You did not tell me?" "!" " l knew nothing definite." "Why question your nephew?" "I am deputised to answer your questions." "I seem to know who is behind it." "Your friend, Basset - am I right?" "!" " Uncle!" " There is no one person." " The corporation decided..." " Corporation?" "!" " You've not a majority on your side." " We have that." "And with due respect, only your high-handed treatment of the borough has caused this change in our loyalties." " Hawke!" " Surely we can discuss this?" "There is nothing further to discuss." "Cheese." "lnsinuations against the honour of my family!" "Your family!" "I've said nothing against Your Lordship's family." "Then where is your argument?" "When a nomination is sold to the highest bidder and we are not informed until just before the election..." "So venality is your complaint?" "!" "There are many not 20 miles away who have cause to be grateful for favours!" "But we have heard how when you sell these seats to your friends you complain of the money it costs to maintain the borough." "And yet you have contributed nothing to the building of the workhouse." "Whereas Mr Hick has scrimped and saved to give his 60 guineas and I likewise, and many more such." "That is why we shall reject your candidate and propose our own." "Ohh." "So, you have a candidate ready to oppose mine?" " We have." " May I know his name?" "My son, Mr George Warleggan, has been persuaded to stand." "Ah." "Now we have the worm in the bud." "I did not put my son's name forward, sir, nor did he." "It was a choice made by others and I resent your implication." "Basset, eh?" "We'll see tomorrow who are my enemies." "Hawke!" "Talk of enemies is a ridiculous exaggeration." "is it?" "If Your Lordship wishes to see it on that level..." "As for Mr Hick, mayor of Truro, remind him of the contract he received for furnishing the naval building!" "There's a letter l have that makes illuminating reading." "I have done as I was instructed." "No good can be served by remaining." "Lieutenant Armitage." "My lord." "Commend me to your friends." "Many of them have received favours from me!" "I'll remind them of that when I see them in the morning." "George?" "!" "George has it?" "!" "He has the nomination." "He has still to win the election." "Oh, for pity's sake, Ross, I anticipated your reaction in many ways - but not laughter." "When the burgesses roar like elephants and produce a mouse like George what would you have me do?" "Jud, where the devil are you?" "You would not have me weep?" "If only you'd accepted Basset's offer." "You were expecting me to weep." "Should I be the mouse?" "With you, Basset would have won." "If that's what concerns you then dry your tears, George will win." "Jud!" " What's amiss?" " You were shouting." "I am waiting for my other boot!" "Dwight!" "No one said you were here." "Half of him is weeping at Westminster." "I've heard the news." "They're even talking of it in the village." "I'll warrant even the hens are laying to it." "Jud!" "Do you think he'll win?" "Jud!" "For God's sake, where's my boot?" "Out of the way, sheep!" " Easy now." " (Barking)" "(Barking)" "(Ross) Jud!" "The devil take you!" "Jud!" "(Jud) All right, all right, I hear ee!" "What's all the to-do?" "He's not off to Truro for the elections?" "Ross?" "No." "He's been called to a meeting of the volunteers at Pendennis Castle." " Ahh." " Your master's after you with a whip!" "Fetchin' this. 'Tain't right being blamed when he takes it all the time!" " Who?" " Sheepman's new cur!" "Loves this boot better'n his own mother." "Else he hates me!" " Who can blame him?" " Ah, Cap'n." "That mad dog - thievin' everywhere!" "What in God's name are those things in the hall?" " They be your boxes, Cap'n." " l want the military ones!" "I can't see the governor carrying my wife's hatboxes!" "Military ones?" "Ain't seen 'em since ee come home." " Then look for them!" " Ow!" "Such a huffing' and a puffin', you'd think it was the invasion." "Imagine if I'd won the election and taken him to Westminster." "Jud's no worse than those great bullies George employs." "George hasn't won yet." " Do you think he will?" " We must wait and see." "That remark - all I wanted was Basset's victory - it's not true." "I know." "They do say we get the politicians we deserve." "I just think we deserve better." "(Sighs)" "When do you expect to know the result?" "By midday at the latest." "Have you met this Mr Salter of Exeter?" "He did not impress me." "I have not said this before... but I want you to know how very proud I am of you." "I wish you to win with all my heart." "If I do, it will mean a great change in our lives." "It is likely we shall spend much of our time in London." " l am content." " With leaving your friends behind?" "The prospect does not confound me." "(Carriage approaching) I'll be calling on the Whitworths during the day." "Morwenna is in labour and it's proving difficult." "Then I shall see you this evening." "There's nothing for it but to open the jugular and bleed her." "Fetch basins from the kitchen." "(Muffled screaming)" "What is it?" "Will she die?" "God forbid!" "Morwenna is my wife!" "It is inconceivable that she will be taken from me!" " l feel sure that..." " You would do better to pray!" " Indeed, I have tried." " This is no time for thinking of oneself!" "I thought if I sewed these buttons on your shirts... the act would...would help me, help concentrate my faith on poor Morwenna's behalf!" "(Sobs)" "You-you must forgive me, I was overwrought." "It is appropriate you should feel concern for your sister." "My concern is also for you." "You've been married so short a time and your first wife..." "Can you speak of nothing but dying?" " Forgive me." " No, no, you are right." "Indeed, when I think of the black periods in my life, the loneliness, the Almighty does impose a hard burden on his workers." "However, be sure that your presence here has served to provide a certain solace." "I mean that." "I am glad." "I was afraid that in your eyes I may have appeared no more than a girl but I am woman enough to know that even if my sister is not able to look after you, then someone..." "You must have... I must see to the children." " Rowella." " l hope I've not offended you." " You have not offended me." " l would not dream of... I'm trying to say, sir... whatever your needs, you have only to ask." " (Bell rings)" " No, no, you are not to disturb yourself." "(Door opens and closes)" "Dear God, why do You torture me so?" "There is movement, it be still alive." "Courage, dear lady." "Faith and courage is what we need now." "(Screaming)" "When Morwenna recovers, she may care to spend a few days with us." "The change will do her good, I'm sure." " When or if." "Who is to say?" " Osborne." "No." "Dr Behenna is very experienced in these matters." "He's attended me twice and I've not had cause to complain." "It is good of you and George to show such sympathy." " (Bell rings) - (Rowella) I will see to it." "You can perceive the state I'm in." "My... my nerves are like frayed ends of rope." "I cannot sleep, I cannot think." "I try to compose a sermon and either the words won't come or... they're like wild horses, I cannot control them." "All because you're about to become a father for the third time?" "Yes." "Yes." "Mr Whitworth, I'm happy to tell you, you have a son." " (Elizabeth) A son?" " A son!" "Alive?" "Alive and well." "Of six and a half pounds." "Oh, Osborne, what did I tell you?" "And Morwenna?" " Sleeping." "It has been a great ordeal." " But she will recover?" " In time, with care and patience." " The girls were both bigger." "Girls frequently are." "Oh, thank you, Doctor." "I'm sorry, the relief is more than I can bear." " A son!" "Oh, George will be pleased!" " Indeed." "I'd half a mind to call the boy after him but I changed my mind." "He shall be called John Conan Osborne Whitworth to mark our blood connection with the Godolphins." " George will not be offended?" " He will be pleased." "(Elizabeth) Rowella, have you heard?" "Morwenna had a son!" "Dr Behenna has pe_ormed a miracle!" "It is a time for... rejoicing!" "This is Mr Arthur Solway from the library." "He brought me some books." "He has just come from Truro and has news." " Of the election?" " Bless my soul, it must be decided." "Oh, yes, sir." "About two hours agone." "Great excitement there was for it was a very close shave." "In whose favour?" "13 votes to 12." "Close as a whisker." " Did Mr Warleggan win or not?" " By one vote." " What?" " That was the result." " What was the result?" " 13 votes to 12." "For whom?" "For who?" "For which candidate?" "But I said it, Vicar." "For Mr Warleggan." "Carried the day by one vote." "Thank God for that!" "(Osborne) So we have a new Member of Parliament for Truro." "Mr George Warleggan, MP." "I should have called the boy George after all." "(Chuckles)" "(Thunder crashing)" "(Animated chatter)" "Oh!" "Poldark!" "Poldark, come and join us." "Forgive the circumstances." "We were hoping for a private room but it's so crowded..." "You know Lord Devoran?" "Captain Ross Poldark." " Captain." " Lord Devoran." "Er, Mr George Warleggan, our new member for Truro." "All Cornwall is ringing with the news." "Well done." " Of course, you know each other." " We went to school together." "Well, please, sit down and help us to celebrate." "I was on my way to Falmouth but came by way of Truro." "In view of the storm, it was a wise decision." " We were drinking Geneva but if you...?" " No, no, no." "Just the thing." "We were talking of the hospital we hope to site near Truro." "Which you hope to site near Truro." "Mr Warleggan and I think one thing but Lord Devoran has other ideas." "I'm glad our new MP wastes no time in exerting his influence." "And you, Sir Francis?" "I'm all against this centralisation." "Six smaller infirmaries across the district would better serve." "But that's my point, they won't." " When do you take your seat?" " Next week." "Will you rent a house in London?" " Possibly." " So we'll not be neighbours this year?" "We shall be down in August and September." "I assume you do not intend to sell Penrice?" " l do not." " If you ever did I might be interested." "It shall not come on the market to you ever." "With the good will in the county we can't fail to succeed." "A place at St Austell and one at Redruth would serve us better." "What about Aunt Agatha's grave, by the way?" "What about it?" "I assume you've instructed a mason regarding a stone?" " No." " You may have resented her existence but you cannot deny her some record of having lived." "That is for Elizabeth to decide." " l could discuss it with her." " You'd be less than welcome." " You answer for her?" " She is my wife." "She was also a Poldark and this is a family concern." "Damn you and God damn your family to all eternity!" "Gentlemen!" "This does not become either of you!" "(Ross) It does not become us but we do it all the time." "Not in the presence of gentlemen, sir." "We're to discuss matters of charity." "And, er, since charity, they say, begins at home, it is for me to leave." "This is, after all, your celebration." " Mr Poldark." " Sir Francis, Lord Devoran." " Good night, landlord." " Good night, sir." "And then out he walked, having had the effrontery to offer to buy this place from under us as if we were hard up for money." "Buy Penrice?" "How dare he!" "Dear Elizabeth, the man is so blown-up with public acclaim for his escapades he will dare anything." "He's the same as when he returned from America." "I warned him not to set foot in this house." "He sees your former connection with the Poldarks as justification, no doubt." "Nevertheless, he is right about the headstone." "And all this, you say, took place before Sir Francis?" "And Lord Devoran." "It did his reputation little good." "Ross never cared much for that." "Nevertheless he'll reap the harvest." "(Church bells tolling in distance)" ""My dear George, with my felicitations" ""may I remind you of the matter of my advancement" ""as Sawle has recently become vacant."" "Oh, God... (Whimpers)" " Osborne, what is it?" " Morwenna..." "Are you unwell?" "Have you been drinking?" "These months have been a trying time for us both, I know you still need care, Dr Behenna has warned me but now you are much recovered!" "I do not understand you." "I am a strong man but even the strongest may falter if too great a burden is placed on his shoulder." "Cleric I may be, but first of all I am a man." "It cannot go on, Morwenna, it cannot go on." "It's only been four weeks since the baby was born." " Please, I cannot bear it..." " What about me?" "is it not a husband's right to demand his wife?" "Isn't a wife's duty to submit?" "Oh, Morwenna, do you wish me to be untrue?" "Stop it, you don't know what you are doing!" "I know, I know." "Don't distress yourself." "I will say a prayer for us both and it will soon be over!" " Oh, Morwenna!" "Morwenna!" " Ow!" " (Demelza) Oh, Ross..." " l'll not go." "Not go?" "But Ross, we must!" "Lord Falmouth's sister wrote to us herself!" " We'll plead a prior engagement." " Three weeks away?" "Oh." "Ross, it'd be nice to sup and dine and spend the night." "Look what Mrs Gower says " ""l should so enjoy the opportunity of renewing our acquaintance" ""and of thanking dear Captain Poldark once again" ""for bringing my nephew safely away" ""from the camp where he was imprisoned."" "It's to bid farewell to Hugh." "The next day he rejoins his ship." " Oh, I see." " No, that is not the reason I want to go!" "And did he ride over with the invitation himself, your Hugh?" "No, it came on the ship Orna." "And he's not my Hugh!" "Well, he's not mine!" "Can you not see?" "Falmouth is bitter at his election defeat." "Basset rides high." "I don't want to get caught in their political crossfire." "But Sir Francis won't be there." "And conversation will be of nothing but the weather." "Oh, Ross, please?" "Say we can go." " Do whatever you like." " Oh..." "You know you will anyway." "l-l don't know what to say, Osborne." "I'm touched that you should ask me but I've no experience in these matters." " What does Dr Behenna say?" " Simply that she has the fever." "He too is perplexed." " Then get another doctor." " Who?" " Dr Enys." " George doesn't like..." "Oh, Osborne!" "You have asked my opinion and I have given it." "Summon Dr Enys immediately." "If you do not I shall do it for you." "I am as yet not sure what is amiss with your wife, Mr Whitworth, but I will say this - l do not believe it is any infection of the womb." "Had that been the case I'd have expected other symptoms by now." "However, of one thing I am convinced - she is still suffering from the loss of blood incurred at the birth of your son." "She needs building up, not lowering now." "My advice is no blood-letting." "No blood-letting at all." "Dr Behenna is a great believer in blooding." "Then you may return to him." "I say she must have six raw eggs a day and two pints of porter." "Two..." "Two pints of...?" "Great heavens, you'll turn her into a toper." "Yes." "Yes, that is what she said." "But I assure you it won't happen." "There is...one other thing." "I gather you have resumed marital relations with your wife." " What is it to you?" " Sir, if I am to be your medical advisor..." " Did my wife tell you?" " She could hardly lie." " Well?" " It must stop." "For at least a month." "By what right?" "By what right?" "!" "By the right of the love you bear your wife." "She must be allowed time for her body to heal." "Who can ever tell when she will be well enough again?" "!" "If my treatment has brought no improvement within a month, you may dispense with my services and look elsewhere." "Good day, Mr Whitworth." "Rowella." "I did not mean to listen, Vicar." " Rowella..." " l did not mean to." "You..." "You...you may... call me Osborne, Rowella." "What is it you want, Osborne?" "(Breathing heavily)" "I had no idea yours was such a very warlike family, Mrs Gower." "All these ancient banners and weapons." "My brother keeps everything relating to our family history." "I am indebted to you, Captain Poldark." "I'm unaware of it, my lord." "You saved my sister's son from languishing in prison in Brittany." "Well, that's past history now." "No matter, it was bravely done." "My soldiering days are not so far behind me that I underestimate your feat." "Pray, indulge my curiosity." "Your approach overland to Fort Baton must have been desperately perilous." "Was it in daylight?" "Most of it belonged to Hugh's grandfather, the admiral." " Yes, I've heard of him." " l see little virtue in wars." "Sometimes they're necessary, Mrs Gower." "I don't wish to repeat my experiences with the French." "They must've been terrible." "Have a look at the view from the window." "And the poem I wrote, did you read it?" "You should not have written it." " No, it was wholly improper." " (Giggles)" "Ross is looking at me with less charity than he used to." "I see no reason for it." "He talks of you with..." " Affection?" " You could call it that." "I'm glad." "But it's your affection I'd welcome more." "Lieutenant Armitage, you must not talk to me like that." "Oh?" "Why?" "Was Ross angry to hear I delivered the invitation by hand?" " Oh, I didn't tell him that." " You did not?" "I said it came by the ship Orna." "Then you are prepared to lie for me." "It is such a joy having my nephew here." "He is always in good spirits." " If only..." " (Caroline) If only?" "His health has suffered so from his imprisonment." "Dr Enys, I hope you do not think I'm being tactless?" "He told me that his vision had become increasingly blurred." "It worries me." "I should like to write about many things." "Life, love, nature." "I heard a beautiful poem about a seal once." "A seal?" "Can one write beautifully about..." " Indeed one can!" " l've never seen a seal." "We have them near us, a whole colony." " We see them all the time." " l should like to see them." "I should like to be included." "Why not all of us?" "We could all write poems about seals and judge which is best." "Do say yes." "I must say, it would be agreeable to have an adventure." "As long as there was no danger in it." "By the by, Poldark, I'm under a further obligation to you." "Oh?" "You refused the nomination to oppose my candidate" " in the by-election." " How did you hear that?" "The information reached me." "The means were irrelevant." "Do you know why I turned it down?" "Not out of friendship toward me." "That is correct. I'm sorry to be so blunt." "Parliamentary life itself did not attract you?" "And all the humbug attached to it." "Whereas for Warleggan it has a definite fascination." "Does it?" "I have not discussed the matter with him." "Nor I." "But it would give me pleasure one day to obstruct Mr George Warleggan's parliamentary life." "Does that surprise you?" "# l do pluck a fair rose for my love # l do pluck a red rose blowing" "# Love in my heart" "# A-trying so to prove" "# What your heart" "# Your heart's knowing #" "Geoffrey!" "If you was a local lad I'd have taken the skin off your back!" "You'd have had to have caught me first." " Is it really all yours?" " All." " Do you really make wheels?" " l'm mending one now, look." "It's good to see you again, Geoffrey boy." "When I own our estate, you shall live there as my factor." "Can I help you?" "And here." "That's it." "Proper job." "By the platform." "I saw Morwenna last week." "Oh?" " How is she?" " All right." "You've not spoken of her." "I haven't forgotten her, if that's what you mean." "She has a baby, did you know?" "No, I didn't know that." " When was this?" " Last month. I've seen him." "It's a boy." "She'll..." "She'll be happy about that." "She asked after you." "You better go back now." "I wish I hadn't told you now." "Don't say that." "I'd rather it was you than anyone else." " Better go now anyway." " Come on, then." "Will you take a message to Morwenna for me?" "Anything." "Just say..." "Just say as one day I hope to bring her some primroses... again." "I'll tell her, Drake." "I'll tell her."