Sanditon (2019) s02e05 Episode Script

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[MUSIC]
Good morrow, horsey.
ARTHUR: Our ball looks set
to be a triumph.
Almost all of London joins us!
I would not have supposed it
so popular.
Come, shake off this gravity!
With so many men of consequence,
any one of tonight's company
could prove prospector.
We could even dare to dream
of escaping our debt to Eliza.
Arthur, the ball
must be cancelled.
The shopkeepers say
they will not supply us.
Not until the army's debts
have been paid.
But they are even now
delivering supplies.
No.
They are taking them away.
[BASKETS RATTLE]
[BIRDS SING]
ESTHER: It has been weeks
since your last letter,
and I cannot account
for your silence.
I beg you to put my mind at
rest
I am taking Dr Fuchs' tincture
to make me stronger.
So I can be the woman
you deserve.
please send word
that all is well.
That you have not forgotten
your loving wife.
ALISON: I cannot stay,
Charlotte.
I was willing to give him
my heart.
My life.
And in return, I almost drowned
on account of his lies.
My mind is made up,
I leave tomorrow.
What is left for me here?
Your sister,
for one thing -
My sister the governess,
who I never see!
But return with me!
You cannot wish to work a moment
longer for Mr Colbourne,
given how he spoke to you
I have a responsibility
to the girls.
At least come to the ball,
if it is to be our last night.
So the whole town
can laugh at my folly?
[CASE SLAMS]
And he will be there.
Alison
Whatever pain you feel
now - in time it will pass.
The heart is more resilient
than you think.
Indeed.
I believe your own heart
is all but healed.
That is why you wish to stay
in Sanditon.
It is not for the sake
of the job, or for the girls.
It is for him.
For whom?
You cannot hide it
from your sister.
I am not trying
to hide anything.
Unlike Captain Carter,
Colonel Lennox is a good man.
One of us deserves
to find happiness.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[DOOR KNOCK]
MISS HANKINS: Miss Lambe!
Colonel Lennox will never make
good on the shopkeepers' debts.
Not until I've repaid
mine to him.
Now is not the time
to gamble, Arthur.
Those were your words
I know! I know!
But I got caught off guard.
I questioned his character
from the start
and you made me feel foolish
for doubting him.
Does Mary know?
Then you must talk to her.
Tell her the truth.
I will speak to the shopkeepers
and see if there is anything
to be done about the ball.
[BIRDS SING]
[HORSE CLOPS]
[HORSE CANTERS]
[PIANO PLAYS]
Miss Markham.
What cheerful tune is this?
No, you're quite right,
I'll stop.
And take pause to apprehend
all the wonderful
other diversions ahead,
on what I'm sure
will be an exquisite day.
[SLAMS KEYS AT ONCE]
Whatever is the matter?
[DOOR SLAMS]
The ball.
She believes the garden party
thwarted any chances
of Mr Colbourne
letting her attend
Well, naturally.
For a man of Mr Colbourne's
disposition -
to be surrounded by
a happy company,
enjoying lively conversation -
I think nothing
could be more disagreeable.
Mind your tone, please,
Miss Heywood.
Mr Colbourne doesn't deserve
to be spoken of
with such contempt
Forgive me.
But the man I have seen
And how long have you known him?
There is more to
Alexander Colbourne
than you can possibly imagine.
LADY DENHAM: Who knew weddings
could be so extortionate?
It is a good thing
there won't be any flowers.
Or guests.
Esther,
you look uncommonly pale.
I must confess
my thoughts are wayward.
I cannot explain it.
Has the post come yet
this morning?
LADY DENHAM: Still nothing for
you, I am afraid.
Perhaps Babington simply
ran out of things to say!
It happens in every marriage.
EDWARD: I am sure
it is not that, Aunt!
Doubtless, Lord Babington
is preoccupied
with his business affairs.
I cannot believe it is
anything more than that.
It's highly unlikely that
he would have been led astray.
He's not you, Edward!
There will be a good reason
for his silence.
CLARA: Of course there will.
[SINISTER MUSIC]
[ BABY COOS]
[ESTER SIGHS]
[ARMY CHATTER]
News of Miss Heywood.
They say she plans
to return home.
Tomorrow.
I knew it was lost.
I'm quite sunk in her esteem,
Fraser.
CAPTAIN FRASER: Deservedly so.
But she should have
an explanation.
Nothing would come of it.
Oh, I have acted so foolishly.
And now your cowardice
compounds the ill.
Seek her out.
Explain yourself.
Why should she end her summer,
on account of your fictions?
Consider her contentment, Will,
not your own glib suit.
Do you really think she wants
to end her summer in Willingden?
Where?
It's the village
where she is from.
Is it?
Oh.
A frank apology
is the remedy that she needs.
That honour demands.
William?
Reconcile yourself
to her departure.
I must.
LEONORA: Augusta said Father
left Lady Denham's in a fury.
But she wouldn't say why?
I cannot claim to know
your father's mind, Leo.
Now, concentrate.
My elder son is Richard
the Lionheart?
My younger is the king
who signed the Magna Carta
Oh, far too easy.
You're Eleanor of Acquitaine.
So how many soldiers will
you dance with tonight?
[FOOTSTEPS]
You're tiring me
with all these questions.
Sir.
Leonora, will you leave us?
Miss Heywood.
I don't believe we've exchanged
a word since -
Lady Denham's.
Yes.
I wanted to say that I
regret the way we parted.
I didn't mean to cause offence.
You wish to apologise?
I cannot.
- Or explain -
- Explain what?
Your behaviour
at the garden party.
You have not one word to say?
You have no right to demand one.
Just stay away from that man.
[FOOTSTEPS]
MARY: I am sorry to leave you,
Alison,
but Lady Denham
expects me for whist.
Unless I can persuade you
to join us?
Thank you, Mary.
But I would be poor company
in my current state.
Mary, I wondered if we might
have a quick word?
Not right now, my dear.
Can it wait?
Yes. Yes, I suppose so.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
Alison, a scarlet coat.
[BELL RINGS]
Tell him I cannot see him.
[DOOR CLICKS]
[SIGHS]
It is only you.
[BIRDS SING]
Mrs Wheatley tells me
you are disappointed
not to be going to the ball?
I never harboured much hope
that I would.
But it is just another reminder
of what I have lost.
How do you mean?
When I was a child,
I used to watch my mother
get dressed
to go out in the evenings.
A feather in her hair.
Her pearl drop earrings.
Her white gloves.
Sometimes she'd let me
try them on
and I'd dance with my father -
standing on his feet.
We'd talk about when I'd be
old enough to join them.
Nothing can replace them.
But you will dance
at plenty of balls yet.
How?
I don't know why you are
bothering
to ready me for Society
since I have an uncle
who is determined to avoid it.
He took you to the garden party.
The only thing that
the garden party proved
is that my uncle is
incapable of change.
ALISON: He sends you here
to argue for his good name.
I came without his knowledge.
Then let us speak no more
of Captain Carter.
He cannot be the only reason
for you to be here.
What about your sister,
Miss Lambe?
There might even be others
willing to call themselves
your friend.
I did think so.
A friend would oblige me
with the truth,
not enjoy secret laughter
at my expense.
My counsel to Captain Carter
was to tell you the truth.
I couldn't betray
his confidence.
How foolish am I?
To give him the slightest merit
of his invented stories
of the battlefield.
They were not invented.
Merely borrowed.
From you?
What does it matter now?
The damage is done.
Anyway, Miss Heywood,
I hope you will forgive me
for my part in the deceit.
It would be rather churlish
of me not to,
since you did save me
from drowning.
And as you say, my departure
is not on your account,
so do not reproach yourself.
MISS HANKINS: I do hope
the sitting won't last too long.
With my brother conducting a
funeral in Bridport today,
I shall struggle
to make his parish rounds,
and be to all my errands.
Perhaps I shall just have to
forego my darning circle
Arthur!
The very person.
We are due at Mr Lockhart's
studio,
but poor Miss Hankins
is rushed off her feet.
I don't suppose you would mind
chaperoning me?
Alas, I have an important
meeting in an hour.
That would be time enough.
I know Mr Lockhart would be
delighted to see you
Well, I suppose I could spare
a little time.
[KNOCKS]
COLBOURNE: Miss Heywood?
On reflection
The garden party,
how I spoke to you.
I cannot regret
the intention of my words.
But I regret
the way I expressed them.
Is that an apology?
I believe so, yes.
Then I accept it.
Even if I still
do not understand -
[CHAIR CREAKS]
I wish to speak to you
on Miss Markham's behalf.
Oh?
Mr. Colbourne, every person
contends with their past.
But is it fair for yours to
constrain Miss Markham's life?
And Miss Colbourne's.
There is a ball tonight which
Augusta longs to attend
but knows she will not.
How am I to ready her
for Society
if her guardian keeps her
so confined?
It renders my position
untenable.
Then it seems you have
some thinking ahead of you.
You will inform me
once you have made a decision.
[PAPER RUSTLES]
[DOOR SLAMS]
Gracious, I fear we must be
leaving, Miss Lambe,
or I shall be late.
Could you not just leave us
to it, Arthur,
and return after your meeting?
Oh, Mary would not approve of
my leaving you unchaperoned.
Or Miss Hankins for that matter.
There is a certain alchemy
that occurs
when painter and a sitter
are alone.
As someone with such
a feeling for art,
surely you can understand that.
MARY: My congratulations, Miss
Brereton.
Have you decided
where you and Captain Denham
will live once you are married?
Not yet.
LADY DENHAM: I suppose
that rather depends
on where Edward's company
flits to next.
Flit', my lady?
It seems our Colonel Lennox
has quite the reputation.
I just heard from a friend
in Ramsgate.
Evidently when the company were
stationed there last year,
they drank the town dry, ran up
debts with every tradesman,
then vanished overnight.
Surely they cannot just
outrun their debts?
On the contrary,
these men are war heroes.
The shopkeepers looked for
legal recourse quite in vain.
And it seems that Ramsgate
is not the only town
to suffer such a fate.
So, you might wish to
communicate this to Mr Parker.
Forewarned is fore armed.
[SINISTER MUSIC]
ESTHER: I am the winner,
am I not?
No Esther, we are on
the same team.
[SINISTER MUSIC SLOWS]
Excuse me.
I am very tired
all of a sudden.
[SLOW FOOTSTEPS]
[BIRDS SING]
You changed your hair.
You asked me how I wished
to be seen.
This is the hair
my mother gave me.
And what did your father
give you?
An education.
An inheritance.
Which is both a blessing
and a curse.
Had I your inheritance,
I would travel the world.
I would do nothing but eat,
drink, paint,
and swim
and then I would spend
the rest of my time
in bed.
Then I wouldn't have to do
another miserable commission
[LAUGHS]
I am sorry this is
such an ordeal.
Not you, Miss Lambe.
You must have realised that
I am not doing this for money.
But for love
MARY: Lady Denham said she
heard it from a friend.
Apparently Colonel Lennox
and his men
simply vanished overnight,
leaving all their bills unpaid.
Overnight?
And it seems the law
cannot touch them.
But that is all the more reason
why, for the sake of the town
we must resolve this now,
before they disappear!
Mary.
There is something else
I must tell you.
Something I have been
keeping from you.
Tom?
Colonel Lennox will not repay
the shopkeepers' debts,
until I've repaid my own.
What debts?
A dice game.
He deliberately trapped me,
Mary.
How much?
A hundred pounds.
Have you learned nothing?
I am so sorry.
After everything we endured
last year.
Everything that
Sidney sacrificed!
What do you mean,
Sacrificed?'
Did you really never
work it out?
Sidney and Charlotte
were in love.
He married Eliza to save you.
But you would throw all that
away - for a game of dice!
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKS]
What do you want, Edward?
[DOOR CLOSES]
I know I'm the last person
you'd seek comfort from now.
But I know you
better than anyone.
And it frightens me
to see you like this.
I am just a little dizzy,
that is all.
You cannot see how you appear.
I fear you are in the grip
of some kind of mania.
Why is this happening to me,
Edward?
Sleep now.
You will feel much the better
for it.
[SEAGULLS SQUAWK]
[STREET NOISE]
[SOLEMN MUSIC]
[FOOTSTEPS]
It's you - making her ill.
In London, I saw unfortunates
with matching symptoms,
scratching.
Laudanum.
You have exchanged it
for her concoction.
Don't feign shock, Clara,
you agreed to this.
I didn't agree to poison her.
Then why tell me
she was taking it?
Besides, it's working.
She is unravelling.
The moment Lady Denham
believes her mad,
she will rapidly
disinherit her.
She takes that tincture
because she wants a child.
This seems especially cruel,
Edward, even for you.
It gladdens me
she cannot have one.
And if Babington believes
her mad, so much the better.
This is not just about George.
This is revenge.
She betrayed my trust, and
for that there are consequences.
She shall
attend the ball tonight.
Make sure of it.
[FOOTSTEPS]
[CLARA HUFFS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKS]
[DOOR CLICKS]
ARTHUR: There you are.
You must get changed or we'll be
late for our own ball.
It is going ahead?
How?
As luck would have it,
I was until recently
a loyal customer
of Mr Chauston's bakery.
Chauston won the others round.
They agreed to an extra
three days credit!
You are a marvel, Arthur!
A marvel!
There is something different
about you tonight.
A new brightness in your eyes.
I wonder, how is
that portrait progressing?
Faster than I had expected.
Mr Lockhart is
prodigiously talented.
How did you fare
with Mr Colbourne today?
I fear everyone's judgement
was sound.
About him, and the imprudence
of my ambition.
But what will you do if
you are no longer a governess?
I don't know.
You're not going to return
to Willingden
and marry that farmer?
Ralph?
No.
I don't understand why you won't
consider Colonel Lennox?
He is handsome, noble, you enjoy
each other's company
Georgiana.
You can't recapture
what you had with Sidney.
I will never love anyone
as I loved Otis.
But that doesn't mean I can't
find different kinds of passion.
LISON: Charlotte!
GEORGIANA: Alison!
I have not seen
that gown before.
It is my May Day dress -
from home.
What convinced you to come?
It is his shame.
Not mine.
Why should I hide away?
Well then,
your liveliest spirits.
And Charlotte, as this is
our last night as a happy trio,
you must promise
to enjoy yourself.
Fine, yes, I promise.
I think this means
she'll dance with the Colonel.
I did not say that.
No, but when you're wrapped
in his strong arms,
I shall be studying you closely.
I somehow doubt you'll maintain
your present composure.
You are both impossible.
[ALL GIGGLE]
[BACKGROUND CHATTER]
Hmmm
Wish me luck, Fraser.
With what, Sir?
Let's just say
I hope I receive a better
response from my Miss Heywood
than Captain Carter did
from his.
[CARRIAGES CLOP]
[GIGGLES]
Was this wise?
[REGAL MUSIC]
Mary tells me there will
be some highly eligible
gentlemen here.
Quite so, Georgiana.
We shall see you married by your
twenty-first birthday yet!
And you, Charlotte?
I hope that you will be
dancing this evening.
I know that Sidney would want to
see you dancing again.
As do I.
Thank you, Tom.
Yes.
Ah, Lady Denham.
Of course you know my betrothed,
Miss Brereton
Herzliche glückwünsche
to you both.
How proud you must be, my lady!
You can hardly imagine!
And Lady Babington,
I hope you are well?
So do I.
Good luck, Colonel.
Miss Heywood, permit me
the honour of the first dance.
She would be delighted.
[MUSIC PLAYS]
It doesn't seem so long ago
since the first time
we danced together.
To think how much has happened
since that night.
Is it not remarkable
how the path of one's life
can be so altered
in just a few short weeks?
No doubt, Mrs Parker told you?
The army it seems will be gone
in a puff of smoke.
You insisted they would benefit
Sanditon financially,
but it seems the opposite
is true.
I did warn you!
I do not in fact recall
any warnings.
What do you intend
to do about it?
You endorsed these
scarlet coated rogues
in the strongest possible terms.
I entrusted you with my money!
As did your brother's widow.
Maybe that trust was misplaced.
Oh, in heaven's name,
what's wrong with you?
Find a remedy!
Tom?
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
It's most agreeable
to enjoy your company
without fear of interruption
by your employer.
Quite.
Although I cannot say with
certainty
how long he shall remain
my employer.
I am glad to hear it.
Does that suggest you have been
giving some thought
to your future, Miss Heywood?
[APPLAUSE]
Excuse me, Colonel.
My sister needs me.
[CAPTAIN CARTER AND GIRLS LAUGH]
I think I preferred
the main room.
Yes. Shall we?
ALISON: No.
For my own pride,
I cannot let this stand.
[GIGGLES]
Miss Heywood!
I was sorry to hear
you're leaving Sanditon.
I am hardly inclined to
believe you,
since you have made no attempt
to explain your actions
No. You are right.
I
It fell to Captain Fraser to
beg forgiveness in your place.
It was he that asked me to stay
because he is a man of honour
and integrity
Believe me, it was only
self-reproach that prevented me.
Let us put this discord
behind us.
I beg you, do me the honour
of this next dance.
I will not dance with you.
I came only to say
I was fool enough
to indulge your falsehoods
but please consider
your behaviour.
Perhaps you may
spare the next girl.
[BALL CHATTER]
ESTHER: To watch you two
parade around
like a parody of devotion,
it's grotesque.
I can't believe you sanctioned
this sham of a wedding, Aunt.
It is called making the best
of a bad situation.
I am sorry that you can't be
happy for us, Esther.
Don't let your own marital
discord mar our joy.
Joy?
Clara is your captive.
She bears you no more love
than I do!
Here, take this.
[GLASS SMASHES AND ESTHER SIGHS]
Are you quite alright?
Yes, I didn't
Esther, what has got into you?
Perhaps we should have
left you behind!
Here, take mine.
[ESTHER SIGHS AND GASPS]
[STRUGGLED BREATHING]
Something preys on my mind,
Aunt.
Esther told me once,
on her paternal line
her grandfather once lived
thirty years in a madhouse
Oh, nonsense.
Esther is not mad, she is
just confused, that's all.
What is wrong with me?
If Babington returns
to find me like this.
If he returns
He will.
Miss Lambe, I trust you are
having a pleasant evening?
Mr Lockhart.
Passably so, thank you.
I know I am only
a humble artist,
but would it be a presumption
if I were to ask you to dance?
I hardly think my guardians
would approve.
No.
Come now.
It is only dancing.
Where is the harm?
[JOVIAL MUSIC PLAYS]
You know Mr Lockhart
better than I do, Arthur.
Can we trust him with Georgiana?
Look at how he lights her up,
Mary.
I would trust him with my life.
[JOVIAL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC SLOWS AND BLURS]
[ESTHER GASPS]
Too much wine, I think.
[FOOTSTEPS]
She did very well
to interrupt us.
I did not like that dance
at all.
[CROWD LAUGHS]
Something less jaunty please.
Come with me
I believe the cause to be Lady
Babington's unhappy condition.
How?
In essence, her brain is
impaired by nonsensical messages
from her flawed womb.
In science, we call it hysteria.
Interesting that
her symptoms began
just as she started taking
your ridiculous concoctions.
Your tincture'.
Impossible.
It is a harmless placebo -
it cannot affect her physically.
I seek only to give her hope.
Esther, come, we must go, before
you humiliate yourself further.
[CARRIAGES CLOP]
Charlotte
I don't know what kind of
a spell you've put on him.
I'm sure it wasn't just
my words -
And I am sure it was -
you must never leave us.
The next dance
is about to begin.
You know I do not dance.
It is a ball, Mr. Colbourne.
Why else are you here?
I am asking myself
that same question.
CHARLES: How long do you plan
to remain here in Sanditon?
If it were down to me,
only until I come of age.
But if the Parkers
have their way,
I will be stuck here
until I marry.
How long will you stay?
Until tomorrow.
As soon as your portrait
is finished,
I shall be leaving for Europe.
Were you going to tell me?
This is me telling you.
So this is goodbye?
It doesn't have to be.
Come with me.
As your concubine?
As my wife.
MARY: Georgiana, there you are!
I thought you had disappeared!
Come along.
[FOOTSTEPS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[CHARLES SIGHS]
[MUSIC PLAYS]
I wonder
have you given any more
consideration to your position?
A great deal.
I hope we might persuade you
to stay.
Why is that?
Augusta and Leonora have been
transformed by your influence.
I cannot explain the effect
you have had, Miss Heywood,
on all of us.
It's as if you have
restored us back to life.
We would be bereft
to lose you now.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[APPLAUSE]
Excuse me.
[APPLAUSE FADES]
[ARTHUR OUT OF BREATH]
There you are.
How could I let him lead me
to such a bind?
Because that is what he does.
He is a Colonel,
an expert in strategy
and setting ambushes.
I was casting around,
looking for someone
to endow with all the qualities
I miss in our brother
and there he was.
Sidney is irreplaceable.
But you have a quality
he never had.
You are a man of vision.
Were it not for you,
Sanditon would be little more
than a row of fishing huts.
You have a rare imagination.
The genius
for conjuring up ideas
out of nothing.
You will think of something,
Tom.
You always do.
What would I do without you,
Arthur?
Why was I looking for someone
to fill Sidney's shoes
when you've been there
all along?
My brother.
[ARTHUR LIGHTLY SOBS]
Charlotte, what is the matter?
I don't understand.
Dancing just now I felt alive
in a way I haven't since
You are allowed to have
feelings for another man.
That is not a betrayal.
But why him?
Why not him?
Speaking of whom
COLONEL LENNOX: Miss Heywood.
I shall see you downstairs.
I hoped we could conclude
our conversation at last?
[REGAL MUSIC PLAYS]
Army life defines a man.
I've never been defeated
on the field of battle -
but now I fear
I'm quite conquered.
I've never met anyone
comparable, Miss Heywood.
You surprise me, constantly.
Nothing nothing would
delight me so much
as to be constant to you.
I
There's a large estate along the
coast with very pleasant aspect.
I took the liberty
of making enquiries.
I do not understand.
Of course you do.
I believe you have understood
since our first meeting.
I humbly beg of you,
give me your hand
I wish you to be my wife!
I I thought I'd been clear.
I do not wish to marry.
The time for playing games
is over.
I play no game.
I am perfectly serious.
You worry I wouldn't suit
a domestic life.
I assure you - I've
I cannot marry you.
You can't want to continue
as a governess?
I am offering to save you
from that squalid existence.
I do not love you!
Love will grow, if you let it
[CHARLOTTE SHRIEKS]
Be sensible of my rank.
Know your own.
I know who I am!
I have never pretended
to be anyone else.
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
[CHARLOTTE SOBS]
COLBOURNE: Miss Heywood?
What is it?
[CHARLOTTE PANTS]
What did he say to you?
[CHARLOTTE PANTS]
[GENERAL LAUGHTER]
Abandoned and in want
of friends again, I see.
Captain Fraser,
how do you always find
the most perfect words
of comfort?
The entire summer wasted.
Tomorrow, when you're mucking
out your father's pigs,
you'll have time
to consider that.
Now, we're at a ball,
you are wearing the most
beautiful gown here,
and I must insist we dance.
This dress is the plainest
in the room.
You are mocking me once again
No, Miss Heywood.
Simple is not plain.
True beauty needs no adornment.
I say to you in all sincerity
that you have never looked
lovelier.
Thank you.
That is worth all the more
coming from the rudest man
I know.
[CHUCKLES]
COLBOURNE: This is what I tried
to warn you of
You didn't warn me of anything!
You ordered me to avoid him,
and gave no reason.
My only thought
was to protect you
from a man I knew
to be dangerous
Then why did you not say?
All I had was
the Colonel's account.
He said that
you were not to be trusted.
That
Go on.
That you stole the woman
he loved and destroyed her.
That is what he told you?
So what is the truth?
I have had enough of these
endless riddles and evasions.
Of trying to find meaning
in your silences
This is not the place.
I must know who you are!
AUGUSTA: Uncle?
Miss Heywood?
What is it?
We are leaving.
Miss Heywood will come with us.
[RECEDING FOOTSTEPS]
CAPTAIN FRASER: So you leave
tomorrow.
A bright new dawn for Sanditon.
They'll be celebrating
in the streets.
How I will miss
your sense of humour.
[REGAL MUSIC PLAYS]
[MUSIC FINISHES]
[APPLAUSE]
[DOOR BANGS]
MRS WHEATLEY: Miss Leonora
has been impossible
up and down from her
bed all evening!
Miss Heywood.
I was not expecting you
Did you dance, Augusta?
Miss Heywood?
MISS WHEATLEY: Come girls,
let us leave your father
and Miss Heywood in peace.
I'll tell you everything
tomorrow.
Hysteria, Aunt.
What if she begins to rave?
We may not be able to provide
care to her best advantage.
We need not consider that now.
These affairs only go one way.
Where would she go?
CLARA: Where is George?
Do you have him?
[BABY CRIES]
[ESTHER HUMMS SOFTLY]
LADY DENHAM: Esther!
What are you doing?
EDWARD: Don't hurt him!
I wished for some air
and I heard George crying.
And you brought him
back here - why?
To bring him comfort and now
Edward, you're frightening him.
Please do not harm him.
Return him to his mother.
I would never harm him!
I was comforting him!
LADY DENHAM: Esther,
give him to his mother.
Now, please.
[BABY CRIES]
[BABY CALMS]
Lucy and I married young.
I had not long
inherited this house.
She wanted to stay in London,
at the heart of Society
and I did not.
So I came back here.
She stayed for a final season.
That's where she met
Colonel Lennox?
Captain, as he then was.
I never thought what strangers
she and I had become.
She wrote,
delaying her return,
pleading illness.
Months went by without a word.
At last, my curiosity
conquered my pride.
I went to London
Only to find she was with child.
His child?
He'd abandoned her.
And she was too scared
and ashamed to face me.
I showed her no pity
No compassion.
You bear no blame.
The words I spoke
torment me to this day.
She became a ghost
of her former self.
And not long after
the child was born, she
Go on.
Lucy knew she was not strong -
when she walked out
into the rain that night,
she must have known
That's why it pains you
to be in Leo's company?
She is a living reminder.
I so wanted to tell you.
I was afraid of what you
would think of me
You should not endure such
recrimination after so long.
Forgive yourself.
I cannot
I cannot.
You must.
Else the past will thwart
the future,
a future that I imagine
to be very dear indeed.
[FIRE CRACKLES]
[SOFT MUSIC]