" Colin!" " Run!" "Come on!" "That way!" "Get after them!" "'Twas not but a graze, sir." "You came on Harry from behind, didn't you?" "And that keeper couldn't have seen me, I reckon." "Nor did t'other one who jumped me." "That makes everything all right?" " l am sorry." " Till the next time." "There won't be no next time." "Cap'n, you've been very good to us but I reckon Drake and me should go." "I've nothing against you." "But your preaching - your chapel's not finished." "I'm afeared of that." "But you want to be rid of us, don't you?" "I wish the Lord would guide me." "You should go back to Illogan." "You'd be out of Warleggan's way." "Cap'n, he won't leave." "Though he's eaten up with shame." "He wants to be near her." "That girl at Warleggan's has bewitched him." " You wanted to see me?" " Sit down, my dear." "I am most distressed by what Elizabeth tells me." "I had hoped this could be settled between ladies... I'm sorry." "You cannot be as sorry and as deeply hurt as I am." " After all I've done for you." " Yes, I'm grateful." "You have an unusual way of showing gratitude." "I have found you a splendid young man - a clergyman, ambitious too." "And I've provided you with a dowry." " l know." " His mother is Lady Whitworth." "Lady Whitworth." "Morwenna, I want you to be truthful." "What do you want?" "Tell me, don't be afraid. I insist." "Time." "More time." "My dear girl, I know you." "I've watched you for a year, you would daydream your life away." "Now, there's a simple, practical, businesslike matter to decide." "is it a good match or not?" "Morwenna?" " Yes, but..." " Very well, then." "It remains only to decide a date." " Drake!" " Geoffrey boy!" " Surprised?" " Yes." " l knew I'd surprise you." " You didn't ought to come here." "I wanted to surprise you." "It was you, wasn't it?" " The toads, Drake." " Leave it, boy." "It was such fun." "You can tell me." "I said leave it." "Tell me about yourself." "I'm trying to make a bow - l came to ask you." "Oh, see me standing here." "I came to give you this as well." " What is it?" " A present." " l don't want no presents." " You must." "I shall be upset if you don't." " Let's see what it is." " It's a going-away present." " Going away?" " l'm going back to school soon." " When are you going?" " After Morwenna is wed." " What's that?" " Morwenna, she's getting married." "I don't understand." "What do you mean?" "Oh, it happened while we were in Truro." "A parson named Whitworth." "I didn't like him." "About making a bow..." "Morwenna said she'd marry this man?" "Mama and my stepfather fixed it up." "You know." " What did Morwenna say?" " l don't suppose she minds." "Girls want to get married, don't they?" "Do you think I could fire a 60-pound bow?" "Geoffrey, when are they to be wed?" "Morwenna?" "Oh, I don't know." "There's a lot of talk." "They don't tell me." "If you could find me a piece of yew..." "Would you do something special for me?" "Of course." "What?" "I want you to take a message to Miss Morwenna." "Yes?" "Tell me." "I'll write it." "No one's to see it." "What fun." "Now, it'll take me a bit." "You wait outside." "Morwenna." "Morwenna, thank God you could come." "Was you prayin'?" "Morwenna, is it true that you're to marry this man?" "So they tell me." "is it your wish to wed him?" "It seems I must." "You love me." "I am told that marriage has nothing to do with love." "You're different, you can't have changed." "What we did was wrong." "We did nothing wrong." " This ain't wrong either." " Not here." " l don't mind God seeing'." " l do." " Why?" " l've been deceitful." " To whom?" " Those who took me in." " Damn 'em!" " And I've deceived you, Drake." " Me, love?" "How could you?" " l encouraged you." "Although I knew it was hopeless." " What was that?" " These old places are never quiet." " Love." " Love has to go on." "Or it has to stop." "You can't stop it no more than you can stop the tides." "Morwenna, you must not wed this man." "I'll not leave you go." "Please, Drake, don't hold me." "Please." "If you love me, let me go." "Don't follow." "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." "Is Tholly here?" " He's over there." " Thank you." "Why, young Cap'n!" " l weren't asleep." " l've been looking for you." "You were supposed to be getting me some information from France." "Ah, so I were." " l were...diverted." " In the end I went myself." " That's my young Cap'n." " l still want you." " If you're not too busy." " You knows me, always pots coming to the boil somewhere." "I'm going back again." "I want a fearless man who can navigate a boat, cross land with an entire army after him and speak French." "There be 100 such men in Cornwall." "Well?" "You ain't named a price, Cap'n." " 20 guineas." " What?" "!" "For risking my neck and all them other things?" " And the whole army..." " 25, no more." "Hey, Sally girl, 'ere!" "Whatever he's drinking, the same for me." "I tell ee...make it 15 and I'll come." "Mr Warleggan... the invitation list to my party." "Why have you struck these names out?" "Those individuals are dead, ma'am." "Ah." "Then the living must enjoy themselves more." "Send out to the rest, will you?" "There is no hurry." "But 'tis but a few weeks more to my 100th birthday." "Send out, I say." "Miss Poldark, you may command my servants but please remember, I am head of this house." "And are you not gentleman enough to remember I was lady of this house and to treat me so?" "If only for this occasion." " It shall be done." " l haven't finished with you yet." "Now, listen... I want a big cake for my birthday to cut..." "Yes, ma'am." "And a breakfast at 2pm, nothing lavish..." " That's too good of you, ma'am." " 'Tis I that am paying." "And I want brandy wine, hot chocolate, gingerbread" " and things like that." " Yes, ma'am." "I want a real good spread for the cold collation." "Enough, Miss Poldark!" "All shall be seen to, spare me the rest!" "George." "Wait." "Oh, we shall have a real good time on my birthday, eh?" "A real good time." "I am insulted in my own house, treated like a lackey by a foul old witch!" "There is someone here you must see immediately." "Come in." "Sir, er-er..." "Mr Warleggan." " What is it, Odgers?" " Sir..." " Miss Chynoweth..." " What about her?" "At my church, sir, on Sunday, I saw her." "You see her every Sunday." "It was not at the service, sir." "It was late in the day, the church was deserted." " l came out of the vestry..." " Well?" "Mr Odgers saw Morwenna in the church with a young man." "Drake Carne." "Carne?" "Poldark's brother-in-law?" " Go on." " Sir..." "Miss Chynoweth has always been high in my esteem," " a zealous helper at the church." " What did you see?" "!" " Nothing, sir." " Nothing?" "Mr Odgers was afraid of being seen, he glimpsed them together." "And heard them, sir." "They murmured in a most intimate fashion." " Are you sure it was her?" " Oh, yes, Mr Warleggan." "I left the vestry and saw her walking away from the church." "Alone, sir, but she appeared much distressed." " It was the same young man..." " You've seen them before?" "During your winter stay in Truro, I visited Miss Agatha Poldark from time to time." "I saw the young man about the premises." " One can only conclude..." " Yes, thank you, Mr Odgers." "I want to see every servant in the house." "Carne, sir?" " Drake Carne." " Drake Carne?" "Do not prevaricate, he was seen several times by servants in your company." "Did he meet Morwenna when he was here?" "Boy, I stand here as your father - answer." "My father was a man of honour, sir." " And Drake is my friend." " Be quiet!" " Drake is my friend!" " Go to your room!" "He's my friend!" "That boy leaves for school at once." "Drake Carne is my friend." "Yes, yes, he is." "Your friend?" "is that all?" "He is fond of me, and I of him." "You stand there and tell us that, a young woman engaged to be married?" "I'm sorry, I did not ask to be engaged." "Ask?" "Ask?" "!" "I took you into my house." "I entrusted you with my stepson." " You betrayed my trust." " No!" "You taught him deceit." "You introduced him to a ruffian and made him party to a base amorous intrigue." "It was not!" "We did nothing wrong." "God help me, you must believe me, I can't help loving Drake." "I know it's wrong. I love him." "But we did nothing." "And you were ready to deceive your fiancé, an upright young man of God, and go to him used, soiled, second-hand." "I don't want to go to him at all." "But I am pure." "I hoped for nothing with Drake." "I kept trying to end it." "You have ended it with Whitworth." "George!" "I could not be party to this deception." "The Warleggan name is more valuable than your future!" " George!" " Get out of my sight!" "There's the fort." "That's my plan." "Well?" "Are ee telling me that five men can do what ee just said?" "Six, including me." "You always was a joker, young Cap'n." "But ee'll grin the same as me when we're gibbet meat." " Want to back out?" " What?" "!" "Just getting interesting, young Cap'n." "Well, if ee wants me, I'll be at Sally's kiddley." "In her bed, you mean." "I likes to keep warm, young Cap'n." "I likes to keep warm!" "Look at that, now." "Enough fare for a whole ship's crew!" "I could 'ave ee for breakfast and still be hungry." "Well, tickle me fancy with your feather!" " l'll tickle ee!" " Cap'n, Cap'n!" " What is it?" " They took Drake!" " What is it, Sam?" " Go in there, calm him down." " 'Tis you I want to see." " Do as you're told." " Stay here." " Ah." "I didn't mean a whole ship's crew, my dear..." "Now... I got back to the cottage from work - Joe Nanfan was waiting." "He saw Drake took not an hour since." "He went off with Constable Vage." "Joe asked what for, Constable said stealing'." " Stealing what?" " l don't know." "I only know Drake's in jail at St Ann's." "Who brought the charge?" " Vage say it were Mr Warleggan." " So that's it." "Drake's no thief." " There must be some grounds." " Drake's not a thief." "How can you be against him?" "It's Warleggan." " l know." " Well, he's a magistrate." "What chance has Drake got?" "Cap'n, 'tis good of ee." "Tell me what happened." " The constable came..." " From the beginning." "A little while back, Geoffrey Charles came to the cottage - he's my friend, well, he says I'm his - came with a going-away present, so he said." "But when he told me Morwenna was to wed, I forgot about it." " Some parson, I know she don't..." " Forget the girl." "Well, after he'd gone I unwrapped it." "'Twas a little Bible, Geoffrey's own." "It had his name on it - well, I couldn't accept that, could I?" "So I put it under my bed." "You couldn't accept it and yet you hid it?" "'Twas not hiding it." "I couldn't take it to the door of Penrice and leave it for him." "I'd get him into trouble." "I had to wait my chance to give it back before he went away." "And Vage found it there." "You believe me, Cap'n?" "You do believe me?" "Will the magistrates?" "With Warleggan one of them?" "I wish to see your master." "Tell him I come in peace." "The matter is urgent, I will not be turned away." "Send him in." " Well?" " l come in peace. I want 10 minutes." " Do not waste them." " Drake is in prison." "You know why." "The magistrates sit tomorrow." " You are on the bench." " That is correct." "Drake says the boy brought the Bible as a gift." "And that he meant to return it." "He meant to return it?" "That is as clumsy a tale as my stepson would tell in his defence if permitted." "If permitted?" "My wife and I have agreed to call Dr Behenna to declare the boy unfit to testify." "He would gabble nonsense that would do your friend no good." " My brother-in-law." " If you claim him as such." "You hate his association with your stepson?" "Naturally." " A man of lower class." " Yes." "Others have aspired to rise above their class." "You did." " l'll have you shown out." " l haven't done." " l have." " l take back what I said." "And I ask your pardon." "I had hoped, even between you and me, for the sake of our children, there might be a settlement out of court and unwelcome notoriety avoided." "None of this can reflect on my family." "What of Miss Chynoweth's marriage to Osborne Whitworth?" "is it worth ruining that by revealing her indiscretions?" "You cannot blackmail me. I've ended it." "It was my duty to tell Mr Whitworth that Miss Chynoweth has compromised herself." " l have no interest in her." " Let him go." "The boy must face the charge." "You can't imprison him because of a feeling against me." " It's more than imprisonment." " What do you mean?" "A theft of over 40 shillings is punishable by death." "The Bible in question had a silver clasp and silver work upon the covers." "It's worth more than 40 shillings." "Let me have this clear." " You would hang this boy?" " That would be up to the jury." "But you would suppress evidence so that they would hang Drake Carne because he has the misfortune to be my brother-in-law?" "This is the declaration of war I'd been trying to avoid." "When you closed Wheal Leisure and threw hundreds out of work, you became the most hated man in the district." "You try to intimidate me." "I was always hated by the mob." "The mob were crushed." "They learnt their lesson." "But what of that man somewhere with his hungry children, so far in despair, not caring if he dies for it, that would put a bullet in your back?" " And you would incite him?" " If you kill this boy I shall not feel obliged to utter one word in your protection and I have some influence." "I shall abandon you." " Do it, that's all." "Just do it." " George!" "Neither of us are cowards." "But there is a difference between us - l am a gambler, you are not." "Ignore my words and you risk your own life in order to take that of an ignorant boy." " You act the gambler." " Have you done?" "I've done." "I hope you make the reasoned choice, for both our sakes." " Any luck?" " There's nothing I can do now." "Nothing." "We sail on Tuesday." "On the morning tide." "Drake!" "Drake!" "They've set me free." "Bless God be thanked, God be thanked." "Ee made the justices see the truth." " Thank God." " The justices have not met." "'Twas withdrawn." "Warleggan withdrew the charge." "Here's ee good stuff, boys." " Where's Sally tonight?" " Sent her to her sister's." "We don't want no women's gossip around here." "Here you are." "Have you all got your drinks?" "Now remember, this is mainly a French expedition, preparing for a royalist invasion later." "We're passengers, so we keep our heads down and mind what we say." "Tholly, get them aboard and below decks." "Stay there and I'll join you later." "I'll make no speeches now." "I know you all. I trust you." " l hope you trust me." " Aye, we do." "To Dr Enys, our friend." "We shall bring him back." " That we will." " The doctor, sir." "Here, Tholly, this'll pay the score." "Have a good drink but remember - a drunk man is soon a dead man." "Have a care." " Thank ee, Cap'n." " Oh, Tom, no..." " Good luck." " Thank you, madame." "Some day you must come and stay at my chateau." " One happy day." " Thank you." "I love you, Ross." "What you did for Drake... lt's George I worry about now." "What have I started with him?" " And I've got to leave you." " You mustn't worry about it." "You mustn't think of it." "You must think only of yourself, for my sake and the children." "God be with you, my darling." "I can't promise to bring a toy back this time." "Bring yourself back safely." "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!" " 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." "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?" " Aye, Captain, all of us." "Safe return, Captain Poldark." "I expect to find you on station." "Suivez la rivière." "Par là." "Hell of a place for an ambush." "We shall soon find out." "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." "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." "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." "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!" "Hey, you..." "Hey." "Wake up." "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." "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." "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." "Aux armes!" "Aux armes!" " Sortez!" " They're on to us!" "Run!" "Vite!" "Vite!" "Là-bas, vite!" "I said every man for himself!" "That meant me too!" "Tholly, help me, he's hurt." "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." "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?" "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." "Parlez!" "Parlez!" "Rassemblez!" "En avant, marchez." " Vite!" " Je vais." "Halt." "Comment vous êtes arrivé?" "En bateau?" "Montrez nous." "Non." "Pas de bruit." "Cherchez!" "Cherchez là-bas." "Emportez-le." "Well, when do we move?" "When I say." "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."