"What are you saying to me?" "That you're going to marry this girl?" "Yes." "Because she's bearing your child?" "Yes." "I don't understand you." "You say you're not in love, yet you feel something for her." " l must marry her." " But why?" "What of me?" "You said you loved me." "Only yesterday, you... lt was you who pressed me to break with Francis." "Do you now turn around and tell me it was all a mistake?" "Am I to be picked up and dropped so easily?" "Do you owe nothing to your promise to me?" " Do I mean so little to you?" " You mean everything to me." "What is she to you, then?" "Hard to explain. I... I feel responsible for her." "When I brought her here..." "Oh, yes, I'm aware of how and when you brought her here." "There was gossip enough about it." "Gossip l chose to ignore." " l can see now I was mistaken." " You were right to ignore it." "There was no foundation for it." "None?" "It happened once, Elizabeth." "She left the day after." " You asked her to leave." " Yes." "You saw what she'd become." "She became nothing she was not before." "I thought it wiser, that's all." "Naturally, you were protecting your reputation." "I was protecting hers." "Did you seduce her, then?" "In a way, I suppose I did." "Well, did you or did you not?" "I gave her the impression that I needed her." "I perhaps played on her feelings." "And she, being generous, responded." "You draw a very fine picture, Ross." "Your sensibilities do you credit, for you avoid saying the one thing about her that's plain to any woman, that she is a trollop!" "You have an unshakeable conviction that she has only herself to blame and deserves all she gets." "Try to understand it differently." "I feel an obligation to her." "Why?" "Perhaps because she was so young when I brought her here." "Haven't you more than met your obligations?" "If you'd asked me that a week ago I would have said yes." "But now..." "How do you know the child is yours?" "I believe it to be mine." "There's no way I can prove it to you." "There is no way she can prove it to you either." "No." "Ross..." "Listen to me." "Even granting her child is yours, you're not required to marry her." "She doesn't expect it." "You can support her and the child but why must you take it upon yourself to marry her?" "Have you thought of the barriers between you of class and culture, of manners and taste?" "How can she cross them?" "You'd be forever leaving her behind." "Only yesterday, you said you loved me." " Has that changed?" " No." "Oh, give up this folly, Ross." "For it is a folly." "As mine was four years ago, this is now." "Give it up, I beg you." "(Door closing)" "(Baby crying)" "You have a daughter." " Ross?" " Mm-hm?" " Disappointed, are you?" " What about?" "I know it's not the son you wanted." "We cannot dictate to Nature what children we have." "I know but 'twould be nicer." "I'm happy with a daughter." "Let me hear no more of this." "She's pretty, though, isn't she?" " She's beautiful." " And she's healthy." "Dr Choake says there's no worry on that score." "He also tells me the mother is doing well." "Have we settled on a name?" "I thought..." "Julia?" "Julia." " 'Tis up to you, though, Ross." " Julia it is." " We must have a party." " A party?" "For the christening." " Who's to be there?" " The family." " Your family?" " And yours." "Together?" "Oh, no, Ross." "'Twould be disaster." "Hardly that." "Please, Ross." "There's your folk and there's mine." "They're nice enough but 'twouldn't do to mix 'em." "Grouse don't go with pilchards." "All right, all right." "Then we shall have two parties." "One for your people and another for mine." "'Tis only fair, for them as well as for us." "Very well." "Who shall we receive first?" " l think gentlefolk." " As you wish." "I will see to it." " Ross?" " Now what is it?" " What about Elizabeth?" " What about her?" " Will she be coming, then?" " Everyone shall be invited." "(Lively chatter)" "We have known barbarians." "Now tell me, what was it you were saying...?" "Well, the ball is officially held in honour of the mayor." "But it's great fun." "We're all there." "(2nd woman) The mayor!" "In his honour, of all people." "Do you believe it?" "Never heard such a thing in my life." "I want Cornwall to prosper, not act as slave to the rest of England." "With respect, Captain Poldark, I do not see myself as a slave." "With equal respect, Mr Pascoe, I don't refer to bankers." " To whom were you referring?" " Our miners die young working ore which is sold upcountry." "The wealth lies there, in smelting and refining, not digging." " What do you suggest, my boy?" " A change." "A what?" " A change." " Oh." "But Wheal Leisure is doing well." "Why talk of change when your mine is prospering?" "Might one inquire what type of change you envisage, Captain?" "I don't know yet, sir." "Mr Pearce, will you listen to some like-minded people?" "Yes, if they speak up, my boy!" "I'll arrange a meeting, then." "Demelza. I'm talking to our guests." " Ross." " Excuse me." "Ross, don't leave me alone with these folk." "Please, Ross!" "I must circulate." "It will not do to ignore our guests." "Teach me how to behave." "I know nothing of their ways." "What they do say don't mean a thing to me." " You will learn, have no fear." " Have no fear?" "I'm already terrified!" " And where be the others?" " What others?" "You know what I mean." "Francis and Elizabeth." " The party's nearly over." " We invited them." "If they choose not to come then that is their affair." "Hello, cousin." "(Man) That's a surprise." "Ross." " Verity." " Congratulations, Ross." "Elizabeth." " What name have you chosen?" " For whom?" " Why, the baby, of course!" " Oh, er..." "Julia." "Julia." "How pretty." "Do you not think it a pretty name, Elizabeth?" "Indeed it is." "Demelza." "This must be a wonde_ul day for you." " Ah, 'tis that." " May I see the baby?" "Why, of course." "She's through in the kitchen." "We're going to see Julia." "Would you like to come?" "Later, perhaps." "You've chosen my favourite name." "I had a friend called Julia." "The times will grow worse before they improve." " If they ever do improve." " There were riots in Bodmin." "A sorry business." "There will be others closer to home before long." "Miners are out of work but must feed their families." "What else can they do?" "Copper is fickle." "One day it's up, next day you can't throw it away." " It is the same for everyone." " No, cousin, it is not the same." "(Pearce) It has always been thus." "In your father's time..." "How is it different for you, Francis?" "Inasmuch as the lodes of Grambler have thinned to nothing." " Then look for new ones." " Easy when you have capital." "Finding new lodes costs a great deal of money." "Bankers being what they are, that's a commodity scarcer than copper." "A bank is only as prosperous as its clients make it." "So explain to me why the Warleggans mean to foreclose on Grambler mine and in the process render its clients," " including myself, bankrupt." " Who says?" " l'm neither blind nor deaf." " Idle rumour." "All rumours have some substance." " Will you come to a meeting?" " What about?" "The future of mining in Cornwall." "Francis." "Future?" "What future?" "Excuse me." " Why should we remain here?" " You should not have agreed to come." "I did not, if you recall." "You set such store by family duty." "We shall leave presently." "But for now, try and behave in a proper fashion." "Ah, Captain Poldark." "We were just speaking of your adventures in the Americas." "is it true that the savages there take more than one wife?" "To which savages do you refer, the red ones or the white ones?" "Ah, my niece has brought her house guest." "Uncle." " Good day, sir." " This is Dr Enys." "He's come directly from London." " Where?" " London." "We're back to stay." "Captain Poldark, Dr Enys." " Did I overhear you were from here?" " l was born and raised in Truro." " Dr Enys is newly qualified." " But as yet unemployed." "Did you not find employment in London?" " l did not seek it there, sir." " No?" "Well, you shall not make your fortune here." "Nor did I come back to make my fortune, Captain." "Strange words for a doctor." "I have paid my own physician a fortune over the years." "What have I got to show for it?" "A useless ear and stiff bones from head to foot." "Then why did you return, Doctor?" "I have some knowledge of the lungs." "I thought I might work in that area." "As a boy I heard men cough themselves into the cemetery." " You wish to tend to miners?" " Yes, I do." "They get scant attention at present." "For the simple reason, as Dr Choake will tell you, there's little money to be had there." "Oh, Francis." "My cousin, Francis Poldark." "Dr Enys wants to work in these parts." " Does he, indeed?" " Among the miners." "Digging for copper?" "I thought it possible to offer treatment." "And do you think it possible to live on air?" "Oh, I need little enough to stay alive." "I'm sorry, forgive me, but you don't sound like a doctor." "You must be new to the profession." "Pay no attention to his mocking, Dr Enys." "We have no surgeon yet for Wheal Leisure." "Perhaps we could offer you a small retainer?" "Why, sir, I should consider myself most fortunate." " Oh, I do envy you, Demelza." " Me?" "You envy me?" "You have a beautiful child and a loving husband." "Well, it 'tain't that good." "Better'n it were, aye, but well, there's still problems." " Which I'm sure you surmount." " Sur-what?" " Solve." " Oh." "One is talkin' to gentlefolk." "Me tongue does stick to the top of my mouth." " So did mine, once." " You?" "But you be a lady." "You don't have no trouble talkin' rightly." "I could talk rightly, Demelza." "But I rarely knew what to say." "We must go." "Thank you for the invitation." "I was pleased you could come." "I do remind when I first saw you." "And I you." "You were with that handsome Captain Blamey." "Do you think about him?" "I don't consider it worthwhile to dwell on the past." "Not with a past like mine but with yours..." "You loved him, didn't you?" "Demelza, it is difficult for me to speak of Captain Blamey." "Why?" "Oh, I do know of all that trouble and all that." "It wasn't his fault." "Well, was it?" "Please." "Please don't talk of it." "The money will be a pittance." "We're a small mine." "Yes, I realise that." "There is a lodge vacant on the Nampara estate." "We could waive the rent awhile." " Come and see me." " Very well, I shall." "I was taught to get things out in the open, not bottle them up inside." " 'Tis less hurtful that way." " Alas, I was taught differently." "You're still fond of Captain Blamey." "'Tis true, isn't it?" "(Man, yelling) Daughter!" "Demelza!" "Oh, ma'am, I couldn't stop him." "Where is that daughter of mine?" "Ah." "There she is." " What are you doing here?" " Come to see my grandchild." " What do you think?" " But your day's tomorrow!" "Keeping us separate, eh?" "What do you think I be?" "A dog with dropsy?" "So, we aren't good enough to mix with your dandified friends?" "Drink!" "A fine celebration for a babe!" "Satan's brew!" "The breath of corruption already blowing over the innocent child." "Father, what've you come today for?" "I am shocked and mortified!" "The goings-on here!" "The lewdness and degradation!" "Oh, Lord, strike down these sinners and blasphemers!" "And I wonder why you try to keep us from this den of sin!" "Daughter, you do shame me." "Shame us all!" "Think how you was raised." "God-fearing!" "Pure!" "God-fearing?" "Have you forgotten the 15 years you were falling-down drunk?" "And beat me with anything you could lay your drunken hands on!" "Have you forgotten, now you're waving that Bible and babbling on about God-fearing and purity?" "Oh, I wish you were in hell!" "What a way to speak to your father!" "I never..." "And you're no better, neither!" "(Silence)" "(Baby crying)" "(Demelza sobbing)" "They've all gone." "Oh, Ross!" "I'm so ashamed." "It doesn't matter." "Oh, but it does matter!" "I wanted them so much to think I was a fit wife for you." "Now they'll think Captain Poldark's wife is a common slut." " It's my fault." " No, mine." " l should never have put you..." " Oh, that dreadful man!" "I could kill him!" "He come on the wrong day on purpose!" " It doesn't matter." " Talking like that!" " Insulting all our guests!" " It does not matter!" "Our friends, and I mean our true friends, all like you." " Verity does, I know she does." " There, you see?" "She's often spoken about the regard she has for you." "She was the only one today asked to see the baby." " Said she envied me." " l'm sure that's true." "Oh, me!" "Who can't even spend an hour in decent people's company without screaming and shouting like a wildcat." "Verity needs marriage and children." "She was denied both." "That is where her envy lies." "Oh, yes, I'm lucky." "Do you think I don't know that?" "Luckier than most." "Oh." "Oh, Ross, can't you do something?" "To help Verity, I mean." "She still loves that Captain Blamey." "She as much as said." "I inte_ered once before." "I'll never do that again." "No, Verity has no choice, I'm afraid." "It seems she's destined to die an old maid." "(Demelza) I've never seen a play." "Would you like to?" "Oh, Ross, could we?" ""Private engagements undertaken."" " What's that mean?" " They can come to the house." "You mean do their plays at Nampara?" "Well, one of their plays." " Could they do that, Ross?" " l'll make inquiries. I cannot promise." "We could invite the villagers to come see our play!" " If you'd like that." " Mm!" "Well, I must hurry." "Meet me at Pearce's office at noon." " We'll ride home together." " All right, Ross." "Bye!" "Gentlemen, we're all in the copper trade and we have all experienced how precarious this business can be." "Have you brought us here to remind us of our troubles?" "No, Francis, I've asked you here to talk of ways to end them." "The reason why the Cornish copper industry is sick is plain." " It has escaped my notice." " We have the mines, we dig the ore from the ground." "But where's the profit?" "In the pockets of the men who send it to smelting companies." " Exactly." " Good God." "Become merchants against the Warleggans?" " Of course not." " Then..." "Can we not hear out Captain Poldark?" "The real profit is not in mining but in the smelting and refining." "Those who enjoy it are in Bristol or Wales." "is your suggestion to build our own smelting works?" "Yes." " Captain Blamey?" " Yes." "You don't remember me." " Forgive me, madam." " l'm Demelza Poldark." "Poldark?" "That name I certainly know." "Madam... I be wed to Captain Ross Poldark." " Did you say Demelza?" " Aye." "The same Demelza that scrubbed the floors and cleaned the chimneys." "Please, come in." "Come in." " The bankers discourage the notion." " Mr Blewitt." "Let us be more specific." "The Warleggans have discouraged it as it would intrude on their interests." "The result is the same." "The cost is too high." "Suppose that we could raise the capital" " to build an ore refinery..." " Parlour games!" "..then formed a company to run these works?" "Once Warleggan found out we'd all have our credit withdrawn." "You bank with Pascoe." "You have an advantage we don't." "And suppose... we kept the names of the company shareholders secret?" " It's impossible!" " No!" "Wait." "Go on, Cap'n." "It's pe_ectly legal." "We've all attended auctions." "When have you heard a bidder reveal who is behind him?" "That's true." "The Warleggans are powe_ul enough to uncover a secret." "I'd like to hear more and I say we listen." "It can do no harm." "I'll listen to one item only - how much would it cost?" "I have a fond regard for Captain Pol... for your husband." "He was both kind and generous to me when I needed a friend." "He's a good man." "I wish that my memories of the other Poldarks were as happy." "No matter." "That was some time ago now." " Captain Blamey." " Ma'am?" "Are you willing to see Miss Verity again?" "She's that unhappy and she still thinks so fondly of you." "Please don't be angry." "Someone had to tell you." " Does she know you're here?" " Course she don't!" "Why have you?" "What right do you have to meddle in my affairs?" "Verity's been very good to me." "She treats me well, like a real friend." "I don't want to see her unhappy for the rest of her days." "Next Wednesday, we're coming into town together." "We could be at the calico shop in the high street at about 1 1 ." "You could, by chance, just happen to come in." " Captain Blamey..." " Ma'am, please." "You are the most extraordinary young woman." "Thirty thousand pounds?" "The sum to be shared among us and others we can trust." " Who?" " Sir John Trevaunance, Lord Devoran." "Men of means sympathetic to this." "That's a deal of money to find." "Whether you raise the money or no is immaterial." "I have not the means to fight the Warleggans and I admit it!" " But I wish you well." "Good day." " Francis, please stay." "I am sorry, ma'am." "I cannot do what you ask." "Reopen old wounds that are yet barely healed." "Reawaken the pain again." "Verity would thank you for it no more than I." " How do you know that?" " l prefer not to discuss it." "Very well." "You must do as you think best." " l shall." " But we will be at that shop on Wednesday at 1 1 ." "You're forthright, ma'am." "Indeed you are." "At most, I could find a thousand pounds." " That is all I am asking." " What?" "If I can raise f27,OOO, I would ask you only for the last three." "But you ask so little." "Your experience and judgement is needed more." "How can you find f27,OOO?" " You've spoken to these men of means?" " Yes." "They're willing to invest if men of your ability will join the company." " By heavens, it could work." " Of course it could." "It will." "Now, gentlemen." "Do I have your hands?" "Aye." "You have mine." "Mr Tonkin?" "On the terms you state..." "Very well." " Mr Aukett?" " With the same conditions but I repeat, my limit is a thousand." " You won't regret this!" " Let us hope not." "We must prove that Cornwall does not have to be slave to England." "If we can do that, we've won." " Aye." " And if we lose?" "Let us drink." " To anonymity." " (All) Anonymity." "I am what I made myself." "Madam, reluctant I lead you to the dismal scene." "This is the entrance to shameful death." "(Woman) To this sad place the abandoned, lost Maria brings despair, and sees the cause and the subject of all this world of woe." "Oh, fly, abhor and leave me to my fate." "Then what is our misery and despair who sees the first, last object of her love expiring in her arms?" "The officers attend you, sir." "Tell them I am ready." " (Sobbing)" " Not before time." "(All) Shh!" "Would you, right Excellence, permit me the honour of a chaste embrace, the last happiness this world could give were mine?" "(Audience) Ahh." "Exalted goodness, oh, turn your eye from earth and me to heaven, where virtue like yours is ever heard." "Pray for the peace of my departing soul." "(Audience sobbing)" " You filthy varmint!" " Varmint is it, missy?" "We shall see who works in my theatre!" "(Audience) More!" "Oh, too lovely!" "'Twas so sad!" "Aye, it fair tore at your heart." "Cheers." " l really liked the play." " Oh, thank you." "It is the truth." " Which part did you like the best?" " Well...all, really." "No, to be honest, I thought you were the best." " Why aren't you dancing?" " l don't know how." "Oh, get away with you." "Anyone can dance." "I'll show you." "Come on." "(Drunken singing)" " Jinny?" " Yes, sir?" " Have you been to visit Jim?" " Not since afore Christmas." " l be not allowed." " Well, it won't be long before he's home." " No, sir." " Come and dance." " Oh, sir..." " Come and dance." "Easy when you try, isn't it?" "I've words to say to you, missy." "We shall talk in my caravan." "My arm." "You're hurting my arm." "Let go." "Beg pardon, sir, but you were paining the young lady." "Mr CrayFord!" "A word in your ear!" "Thank you." "My name is Keren." " Oh?" " Well?" "Well, what?" "What's yours?" "Or is it a secret?" "Oh, no." "Mark." "Mark Daniel." "Mark Daniel?" "Well, good night, Mark Daniel." "(Mark) Miss Keren, can I..." "Can you what?" "Walk you home?" "I'd like that, Mark Daniel." "Where are you staying?" "These linens are the very latest from France." "Ooh, and this arrived from Florence only last week." "Feel the workmanship there." "You'll agree it's the very finest there is." "Yes, it's very nice." "Very nice." "Do you have any lace, Mrs Ritallack?" "Lace?" "Let me see." "Oh, yes, of course." "It's in the back room." "Would you excuse me for just one moment?" "I don't think there's anything I particularly care for." " Do you, Demelza?" " Mm?" "Sorry?" "We should go along to the other shop." "Oh!" "I do have an errand to run." "I'll meet you at the stables in an hour." "Please allow me to pass." "May I walk with you a step, ma'am?" "(Mrs Ritallack) I'm sorry to have been so long." "Here we are." "Please excuse me, Mrs Ritallack, but I must leave." "Perhaps another day." "Miss Poldark!" "No good can come of our meeting, Andrew." "I challenge that, ma'am." "You cannot know the shame I still feel remembering how Francis behaved towards you." " The duel." " It's finished with." "But it is not!" "My brother is adamant." "He will not have your name mentioned." "His views do not interest me." "It's you I'm concerned about." "The past can be reopened and the pain can be felt once again." "I do not want that." "What about the pleasure?" "Yes." "There was that too." "I remember only the happiness." "I tried to block out the pain." " But Andrew..." " l have stewed in my own self-pity for the past four years, my dear." "Nothing we renew could ever be as bad as that." "Andrew, I think we should reconsider." "I have." "I've done nothing else for the past week." "As citizen magistrate, I order you to disperse and go about your business." "Feeding our children is our business!" "(Shouting)" "Give us corn at prices we can afford!" "Lower your prices, miller!" "(Angry shouting)" "Quiet, men!" "Quiet!" "Sir." "We do have no work." " The mines are closing, more every day." " (All) Aye." "We beg you, lower your prices and there'll be no trouble." "All we want to do is feed our families." "Trouble." "Hear that, magistrate?" "This fella utters threats!" "I do no such thing!" "But we do beg you." "Be reasonable." "Lower your prices." "(All) Aye." "The price remains at 15 shillings a bushel." "Now, for the last time, I warn you, disperse and go about your business." "Right!" "We'll take it for nothing!" "Aye, lads, let's help ourselves!" "Get out of the way!" "Soldiers!" "(Shouting)" "(Soldier) You can't get away with this!" "(Man groaning in pain)" "What'll happen to those poor men?" "Away from here." "There'll be more trouble today." "(Demelza) He could've been a bit more generous." "I'll take you both to your horses." "(Screaming)" " It's nice here." " Aye. 'Tis that." "I wouldn't mind settling down here." " Settle down?" " Hm." "Be better than travellin' all over in them caravans." "Anything be better than that." "You talk about settling." "'Tis what I say and what I mean, Mark Daniel." "Find a nice place like this." "Find a man I could love." "And who could provide me with a house." "Keren... I do earn good money." "I do work hard, I'm fit and..." "Well, a house." "I could build a house... if... if you truly do want to leave the acting." "I have in mind to do just that..." "Mark Daniel." "Gentlemen, the time is 12 noon and as from this moment, Grambler mine is closed." "I'm afraid the times have beaten us." "Perhaps one day it will be reopened and we'll all meet here again." "Meanwhile, my cousin's mine is still in operation and has need of lode workers." "Elsewhere other pits may be seeking labour." "l-l bid you all...farewell." "And good fortune." " You want to work at Wheal Leisure?" " Mr Francis said you needed men." "True but you'd fare better upcountry." "Aye, but it's not for me to go leaving Cornwall just now." " Why not?" " Well, truth is..." "I'm set to be wed, Cap'n." " To the actress?" " Keren, aye, that's right." "I'm very happy for you, Mark." "See Mr Blewitt, he'll set you to work." "Thank you, sir." " Was there something else?" " Well, you see..." "Out with it, Mark." "Well, fact is, Cap'n... I can't be wed afore we have a place to live and my brother, Paul, he took my father's old cottage, I can't take Keren there, so... fact is, I've a mind to build my own place." " The men said they'd help." " Yes." "How does this concern me?" "Keren and me thought we'd like to build down by the woods, in Nampara land, live there." "That is if you'll let us." "Well, I see no reason why not." "Parson said he can marry us Friday." "Friday?" "But that's the day after tomorrow." "Well, my brother, Paul, told me that if a man builds his house inside one full day, he can claim freehold possession." "'Tis so...isn't it, Cap'n?" "Yes." "Yes, it is." "Well, if you're to be married and housed all within one day, you'd better make a start." "Don't you think?" "'Tis a proper job." "Aye...it is that." "And I'm..." "Well, I'm beholden to you all." "You great lubber, you're getting wed today - in an hour." "Don't stand here gawping, get changed." "She won't wait for you if you be late." "Aye, 'tis true." "I was beginning to think you'd changed your mind." "Sorry. I've just...finished...building..." "Come on, then, or the parson will have gone home." "Come on!" "Husband?" "Mark, I'm ready." " Mark?" " (Light snoring)" "Mark!" " You'll be our agent." " l understand." "Do you?" " No." "No, I don't." " l shall explain." "The identity of our shareholders is secret, correct?" "Yes." "Someone must enter our bids at the auctions, that is the task of an agent." " Me?" " It's simple if you follow my instructions." " Morning, ma'am." " What are you doing with those?" "We got more than enough clothes." "These be old shawls." " l don't need all of them." " l liked you in this." "Ross, I had that since I was a child!" "Such an age ago." "Where are you taking them?" "I thought Keren Daniel might use them." "Aye." "Away with you then, Lady Bountiful." " Bye, Zacky." " Ma'am." "Zacky, take heed." "Our first ticketing is next month." " How should I know what to spend?" " Don't worry." "You'll be fully instructed." " For me?" " We thought you might use them." "I had a shawl like this once." "It was given to me by such a nice man, an admirer, after I'd pe_ormed in a play." "I do believe 'twas in London." "If you have no use for them, I can give them to Jinny Carter." "I'll take them." "Can't be no chooser living here, can I?" "I'm grateful." "So, Mark works at Wheal Leisure now?" "I hardly see him." "When he do come home, he's exhausted." "I wish they'd built this house to face west." "They set it all wrong." "The sun never gets inside." "'Tis always so cold." "Like winter in here." "Ha!" "And the dirt." "Look how it collects." "Don't wish you were back with Mr Otway, do you?" "Suppose not." "Ooh!" "Ahh!" "(Dr Enys) What's happened?" "This is Mrs Daniel, Doctor." "She's hurt her wrist." "You'd best come in and sit down." "Why, you were in the play, weren't you?" "Yes." "How did you, er..." "How did you do it?" "Ooh. I was cleaning in the house." "Ooh, it hurts." "Yes, I'm afraid it will hurt for some little while." "What have I done?" "You were fortunate in that your wrist is not broken." "However, you do have a bad sprain." "I'll leave you in good hands, then." " Bye, Doctor." " Bye, Demelza." "Well, no more housework for a while." "Still, I expect you won't be brokenhearted to hear that." "How are you settling down here?" "Apart from falling over at your cleaning?" "'Tis a change from caravan life, that's certain." " (Gasps)" " Sorry." "'Tis all right." "You got a gentle touch." "Banging miner's chests with my fists has made me forget the more delicate duties of medicine." "You got such nice things here." "Bits and pieces." " All those books!" " Medical volumes." "Extremely tedious." "Still, I've never seen so many." "They say you can tell a man by the things he owns." "Do they?" "(Clock striking, chatter)" "Gentlemen, this ticket auction is now open." "Let the minutes show that I, Richard Tonkin, have taken the chair." "The first dole of ore is 40 tons from Wheal Busy." "It's sold for f6l17s a ton to the Carnmore Copper Company." " Carn who?" " It's new to me." "Tresavine are next, 60 tons." "Sold for f6l7s a ton to the Carnmore Copper Company." " Carnmore?" "Who are they?" " Never heard of 'em!" "The chair recognises Mr Blight, South Wales Smelting Company." " What name did you say?" " Tresavine." "No, no, no." "The name of the buyers, if you please." "Carnmore Copper Company." "I don't wish to intervene but I've never heard of any such firm." "Oh?" "I'm assured that it exists." "What proof do you have of their bona fides?" " None." " None at all?" "They will be tested when payment is due." "Well, who's their agent?" "Here." " Your name, sir?" " Zacky Martin." "At your service." "What is your purpose bidding for these large quantities of copper?" "Same as you." "To smelt and sell on the open market." " The prices you pay are high." " l'm only following my orders." "Aye." "Who is in control of your company?" "Mr White!" "You know our rules." "Mr Martin need not reveal the name of his employers." "In the five years you have been here, your company has become one of our largest buyers yet no one has asked you for the name of your shareholders." "Twopenny villains upsetting everyone." "Wheal Leisure." "Parcel of red copper, 45 tons, sold for f8l2s a ton to the Carnmore Copper Company." "Who bids f8 a ton in times like these?" "Imbeciles, sir." "United Mines, three doles of ore, 50 tons in each." "The first parcel is sold for f5l9sl9d to the South Wales Smelting Company." "Second parcel sold for f7l2s a ton to the Carnmore Copper Company." "The third parcel sold for f6l19s a ton to the... (Both) Carnmore Copper Company." " This is a conspiracy." " Kindly resume your seat." "You have schemed to hoist prices and put us legitimate dealers into a false box." " You are out of order." " It's been tried before." "You shall need a new contrivance to catch us old hands." "Let's see you pay for it all, I'll warrant you cannot." "Can't you see what is happening?" "We're being swindled into paying higher prices." "On today's market you cannot get more than f57 for refined copper." " Gentlemen!" " They're holding us to ransom." "What's happening here?" "Who is this Carnmore?" "Now, if you'll all sit... I do my duty, obey my orders." "That's all." "(All shouting)" "(Sniffling)" "(Door closes)" " Where's the mistress?" " Upstairs with the baby." "It's Prudie's chore to do that." "Yes, sir, but Jud's been taken sick and she's minding him." "Taken sick or taken drunk?" "You are weeping." "(Tea_ully) It is nothing, sir." "What's the matter, girl?" "Stop that." "You are not a woman who weeps for no reason." "'Tis Jim, sir." " You've seem him?" " Last week." "His sentence is almost finished." "Yes, sir, a few more months but..." " Sir..." " Well, what's the matter, Jinny?" "Tell me." "'Tis his arm, sir." "Here." "What has happened to his arm?" "'Tis a wound, sir." "A cut that has festered." "It's gone mortal bad and there's no one there tending it." " Did you tell the authorities?" " Who, sir?" "The jailer, the man in charge." "Yes, I said I thought the arm looked poisoned." "Well, what did he say?" "He said maybe Jim'll think twice before he come back." "He laughed." "He said what did I think it was, a gentlemen's club?" " And this was last week?" " Yes, sir." " Why did you not tell me?" " You've been busy, sir." " It was my problem." " And mine." "I should always want to know if he were ill." "Come now, stop this weeping." " l'm sorry, sir." " l'll do what I can." "Oh, sir... lf you promise not to keep such matters from me." "Now, leave this and attend to the child." "Jim Carter has a festered arm." "Did you know?" " No, I didn't." " She says he's taken bad." "Then 'tis true." "Jinny don't spin no tales." "I've heard grim stories about Launceston jail." " Will you go see him?" " Yes." "Well?" "Well, what?" "Now, don't tease me." "What happened at the ticketing?" "Go on, tell me." "We bought enough ore to smelt for four months." "Four months?" "But that must have cost a..." " f5,OOO." " What?" "5,OOO spent at your first auction?" "You will have drafts of f4,800 to pay into the Carnmore account next month." "Oh, have no fear, the bank will honour your debts." "And collect the proper interest for doing so." "I seek for nothing more nor less." "Doubtless there were questions asked about Carnmore?" "There were." "The next ticketing will be your biggest test." "You won't get an open protest again." "They'll try more subtle methods." "It's essential we keep them mystified." "Essential, yes." "It surprises me you kept the smelting works a secret so long." "The parts were shipped direct and housed around Wheal Leisure." "The story put out was of a new engine for the mine." "Here is the final list of all our shareholders." "Lord Devoran?" "Sir John Trevaunance." "Impressive, sire." "Impressive." "The Warleggans would give a great deal to see those names." "You're speaking to your banker!" "I noticed most of these gentlemen accept substantial accommodation from the Warleggan Bank." "I'm fully aware of the need for confidentiality." "Fully aware." "Your secret shall reside quite safely in here." "We were reckless at the auction - it won't occur again." "You have made a bold move on behalf of the copper mining industry." "Those of us who love Cornwall are behind you." "There are others who only seek to turn a profit and they can be uncommonly powe_ul when they have a mind." "I best be going." "Mark?" "Lose money if I'm late." "Mark?" "What be the matter, my love?" "I'm so cold in here." "I'll build up the fire." "It's not that, not just the cold." "Then what?" "Do you think I like being here on my own?" "You off working all the hours God sends." "A man's got to work." " But so much?" " We be lucky l got work at all." "Miners are starving all over." "So, I've got to put summat by." "Maybe it's my turn next." "I am not gonna have you go without." "I swore to look after you when we be wed." "I know." "But why does it have to be the mines?" "What do you mean?" "There must be other work you can do." "Like what?" "I don't know." "There's..." "Well, farming." " Work on the land?" "Me?" " Lots of people do." " Mining's all I know." " Well, you can learn." "I ain't never done nothing but the mine." "What do I know about crops and that?" "All right, Mark, then stay mining." "But can't you..." "Well, I don't know, talk to Captain Poldark." "What about?" "Do you always have to be stuck at the bottom?" "Why can't you go on top?" "There's plenty who do and they come home regular times." "Ain't nothing for me up there." "All I know is to use the pick." "Shall I make up the fire?" "Well..." "Well, I'll be away, then." "(Knocking)" "Did anyone see you?" "No." "Oh... don't you fret so." "Would you rather I didn't come no more?" "Keren..." "Even if you do send me away, I won't stay with Mark." "He loves you very much." "I know." "I don't want to hurt him, honest I don't, but it isn't enough, Dwight." "I know he's kind and gentle and only thinks to look after me but I can't help it, our life together is misery." " Don't talk of leaving him!" " If you weren't here, I'd be gone." " You've had no time to settle here." " l know what I want." "It isn't a house that feels like a graveyard and a man who's never there." "I wonder if you do." " What?" " Know what you want." "Yes." "You married Mark to get out of the travelling theatre." "That was what you wanted a few months ago." "Well, now it's changed." "That's right, it has." "Aye, and it could change again and again." "No." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure." "I know what I want now." "What?" "I want you." "And I want to get away from here." "I was born and bred in the city." "Country life's dull." " l want to go back to Bristol." " You want a great deal." "What's wrong with that?" "Sometimes people have to settle for less." " Dwight?" " Yes." "Do you love me?" "I... have a great affection for you, Keren." "Affection?" "I think of Mark and I curse myself." "I tell myself we should stop before it's too late." "But God help me, I can't." "I have a need for you, Keren... and it is stronger than my conscience." "But it isn't love, is it?" "Well..." "I must be glad for what I got." "Not pine for what's out of reach." "There, I'm learning." " What?" " To settle for less." " (Knocking)" " Dwight?" " Who is it?" " Ross." "One moment." "(Whispers) Go up there, quickly." "Ross." "Am I disturbing you?" "No, no." "I, er, spoke to Jinny Carter yesterday." " Who?" " Her husband's in Launceston jail." "Oh, yes." "The poacher." "Aye." "He received savage treatment - two years." "is he not to be released soon?" "If he is able, yes." " If he is able?" " Jinny says he has a festered arm." " You know Launceston's reputation." " Yes." "Dwight... I'm here seeking a favour." "You want me to examine him?" " Will you come with me?" " Yes, of course." " It must be soon." " Whenever you say." "If he is truly sick, I shall bring him out." "That you cannot do." "The law will not allow it." "I'm aware of the law." "I want to be sure you know what you may be a party to." " When shall we leave?" " Friday?" " We shall make an early start." " Thank you." "(Creaking above)" " Good night." " Good night, Ross." "(Footsteps)" "You must go." "Dwight..." "Mark'll be away until morning." "(Baby gurgling)" "Hello, my love." "Hello, then." "There." "(Jud groaning)" "Hey, what you at?" "Shut your...mouth, woman, and tend to your work." "Oh, no, Jud, 'tis a mortal mess you're making." "Now, stop it." "Oh, no, mustn't upset the Poldarks, eh?" "No." "Make a mess for them to work in." "No, Jud, he'll whip us." "Now, stop it, do you hear me?" "I'd like to see him." "He wouldn't do that, not our brave master." "Our gallant Cap'n, that's ploughed every slut from here to Bodmin." "You mind what you say." "Don't, now, come on." "You stop it now, you hear me?" " Come on." " (Both grunting)" "Strike me like that again, woman, and so help me I'll... I'll paste you!" "Will you stop this?" "!" "You suckle that brat and stay out of my way." "You better get away quick before the master sees you." "'Tain't me that's afraid of Poldark." "You tend that brat and learn from it." "'Tis certain he'll hand you a bastard soon enough." "Don't you say that!" "(Shouting, slurred) By God, it's true!" "(Jud) Bet she has already, eh?" "It's true, eh?" "You and him." "You've been in his bed like her that walks about the place like the queen, her that come from the gutters of..." " Out." " Eh?" "No!" " Out!" " No, I live here." "Out!" "I'll not have talk like that in my house!" "Master... I..." "I...never..." "Argh!" "No." "No!" " Oh, sir..." " You, pack your things." "Don't set foot in this house again, either of you." "(Sobbing) Oh, no..." "You've been here a long time and I don't dismiss you lightly" " but I'll not have this." " He meant no harm, sir!" "'Twas the drink in him speaking." "I'll not have anyone frighten the life out of my child!" "(Baby crying)" "Do you know him?" "Oh, yes." "George Warleggan." "The banker's son?" "(Horse approaching)" " Miss Poldark." " Mr Warleggan." " l trust you're keeping well." " Thank you." "Have you met Captain Blamey?" "Sir, my pleasure." "What a splendid day for a ride." "You do not care for Mr Warleggan?" " Is it apparent?" " To me." "But then, I have made a close study of you." " Why do you dislike him?" " l have no specific reason... but I think I'm apprehensive of people who continually smile." "Ross!" "Ross." "We've been invited to the Truro ball." " That's a Warleggan affair." " 'Tis signed by George Warleggan." "Oh, Ross, can we go?" "'Tis the biggest event in Cornwall." " We cannot accept." " Why not?" "Warleggan and I have not spoken since he sent Jim to prison." "That was Nicholas, this be from George." "They're tarred with the same brush." "It's no secret I despise everything they stand for." " We cannot go." " But they want to make peace." "He's made the first move, least you can act likewise." "George a peacemaker?" "Ha!" "Oh, Ross!" "Everyone we know'll be there." "Do you want them all to say Ross Poldark is nothing but a stubborn mule?" "He wants part of Carnmore." "He's making an overture." "It must be that." "Then think of the fun you can have teasing him." "You mean think of the fun you shall have dancing with those young Truro bucks." "Then I can tell Mr Warleggan we accept?" "Mr George Warleggan be here, ma'am, to see the master." "Did you not tell him he wasn't at home?" "Aye, but he said he'd like to have words with you instead." "With me?" "I told him you didn't wish to be disturbed." " Elizabeth." "How are you?" " Mr Warleggan." "If you wish to see Francis, he's in Truro on business." "Yes, I know." "Thank you, Mrs Tabb." "Please sit down." "Thank you." "Mrs Tabb said you wanted Francis." "Must I always come here to see Francis?" "Can I not visit my godchild?" " Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." " Or even, can it not be you that I come to visit?" " Mr Warleggan..." " Francis and I are old friends." "I would like to be so with you." "Could you not begin to call me something a little less formal?" "George, perhaps?" "I have been greatly distressed about the extraordinary bad luck he has suffered of late." "I sincerely wish to help your husband." "You could help him, Mr Warleggan, by discouraging his urge to gamble." " l have no influence there." " Have you tried?" "What chance have I had?" "He spends most of his time in the company of men who are part of your circle." "But I do not gamble so we do not meet." "You are a gentleman with a great deal of power." "No, no, no." "What power I have is greatly exaggerated." "Ask your friends not to gamble with him." "They would not heed me." "It's their affair." "They only wish to relieve him of capital, which is now provided at high interest rates by your father's bank." "I shall do my best." "Indeed I shall." "I hope so because each day I expect the debtors to arrive and remove what little property we have left." "Elizabeth, please." "I give you my word as a gentleman that no debtor will ever set foot in this house." "There." "Now, let us talk of more congenial matters." "An invitation to our forthcoming ball." "You will note that I deliver it personally." " Will you come?" " Yes, thank you." "Then the evening is, for me, already a complete success if you promise me a dance." "I shall be honoured." "Mr Warleggan, you spoke of wanting to help my husband." " Indeed." " May I ask in what way?" "Oh, I occasionally hear of vacant business partnerships." "I thought Francis might profitably go after one." "I could perhaps influence the final choice." "Oh!" "If you could." "What are relations like between Francis and his cousin?" "Well, they meet from time to time but that is all." "is he connected with this new business venture, the smelting company - what is it called?" "Carnmore?" "Oh, yes." "Yes." "No, Ross invited him to join..." " Oh, I see." " Why do you ask?" "Just to make sure he wasn't committed to another company." "Indeed he is not, Mr Warleggan, none at all." "Good." "Splendid." " You know my sister-in-law." " Oh, yes, indeed." "Miss Verity. I trust you are well?" "Thank you." "It must be those bracing canters across the moor." "Miss Verity rides exceeding well." " So she does." " That road is a favourite ride of mine." "Mine also, Mr Warleggan." "Likely we shall meet again." "Will you not take tea with us?" "Oh." "Thank you." "How delightful." "(Man) Who are you looking for, did you say?" "(Ross) His name is Carter, Jim Carter." "Once they've been here a while you can't tell them apart." "He has a badly festered arm." "Dr Enys intends to treat him." " Treat him?" " (Ross) Yes." " Have a warrant?" " No." "With no warrant you don't touch him." " Is he in there?" " Now, look." "Get a warrant, then you can see him." "'Tis not you that'll catch trouble if I let you in, 'tis me!" "Wh-What are you doing?" "The key." "Give me the key." "(Men groaning)" "God in heaven." "Jim Carter?" "Jim, it's Captain Poldark." "Are you in here?" " Over here!" " Who spoke?" "I, sir. I gather you're seeking Mr Carter?" "Jim?" "A touch of fever, poor fellow." "How did he do this?" "I attempted to check his fever by letting blood." " You did this?" " Yes." "In less troublesome days I would not have induced this result." " We must get him out of here!" " Take his legs." "Unfortunately when one has not the benefit of regular employment one is impelled to eke out a meagre existence in ways not sanctioned by the medical profession." "Perhaps we could meet again..." "We must act quickly." "He won't survive the journey home." "Jim!" "Oh, Captain, you've brought him home!" "Oh, Jim!" "Put this on him." "Jim." "Jim." "(Dr Enys) He'd not be alive now if he'd kept it." "(Ross) Dr Enys worked all night to save him, Jinny." "Thank you, Doctor." "Thank you, sir." " You brought him home." " Keep him warm and covered." "And avoid his breath, he still has the fever." " l'll see him tomorrow." " He be home again." "(Ross) Aye." "And he shan't go back." "I promise you, no one shall take him back to jail." "(Fire crackling)" "Ain't you coming to bed, Ross?" "I wish Warleggan had been there." "I wish he could have seen the filth, smelt the stench... he sentences human beings into." "You brought Jim home." "Ain't no more you can do." "I feel ashamed, Demelza." "I've felt it ever since I entered that... terrible place." "Ain't your fault." "No cause for you to feel ashamed." "There is." "But why?" "The judges who put men into those conditions, the gentry screaming for revenge over a poached rabbit, all these people come from my own class." "It comes hard to realise you despise your own kind." "You have cause to but you don't." "But your kind don't produce systems which include abominations like Launceston jail." "I wish the king and all his ministers could see what is done in the name of justice." "And Wilbe_orce." "He weeps over black slaves but forgets the people at his own door." "(Sighs)" "Heaven knows, I've..." "lost the understanding of men." "Perhaps they would look...and laugh." "Perhaps they would be entertained." "(Music and laughter)" " Francis!" "How are you?" " Margaret, I must see you." " Here I am." " No, you know what I mean." "Why, no, I don't think I do." " Please, not so loud." " l'm respectably married now." "What?" "You, respectable?" "(Laughs)" "Too respectable to talk to a drunken bankrupt like you." "Margaret!" "I'm sorry." "What is you want to say to me?" "You and I have enjoyed each other's company in the past." "Oh, no, my dear." "What?" "You might have. I didn't." "Yes, of course." "In your profession you are obliged to put up with it as long as there is payment." "Francis, I've had a great deal of experience of men telling me their troubles." "Yes, I received a reward for listening." "Some of them told me before, some of them told me later, but you, dear Francis, you would tell me during... and that is my definition of a bore." " May I?" " Yes, sir." "Elizabeth?" " Mr Warleggan." " At your service." " l was waiting for my husband." " Put him aside for one moment." " Very well." " l've come to collect a debt from you." " A debt?" " You promised me a dance." " Oh, yes." " l regret to inform you I am unable to extend the period and must ask for repayment." "Havin' any luck, then, Poldark?" "No." "Oh, dear." "It isn't your game then, is it?" "(Chuckles)" " Make your bets, please." " Then tell me what is." "Oh, come now, I've seen you win at French ruff many times." "Are you wagering, then, sir?" " Er, no, thank you." " Very good, sir." "(inaudible over music)" "Damn me eyes, who's that filly with young Poldark?" "That, my dear Sir Hugh, is his wife." "What?" "!" "You mean that kitchen wench he married?" "(Laughs) Gad, I can't say I blame him." "They do say, Sir Hugh, that a monkey dressed in silk is still a monkey." "Do they, indeed?" "Come on." "Poldark?" "(Chuckling)" "Will you not introduce me to your charming young wife?" "Of course." "Demelza, Lady Bodrugan, Sir Hugh Bodrugan." "Charmed, my dear." "An honour." "Such a pretty thing." "Don't look to me." "My stepson can't resist a pretty face." " Stepson?" " Strange but true." "Strange but true." "Don't stare, dear, it's impolite." "I've never seen a girl who can stare and keep her beauty." "Will you honour me with this dance?" "You don't mind, Poldark?" "Come along, my dear." " Hello, Captain." " Margaret." " Found your pebble, then." " Pebble?" "Prettiest pebble on the whole beach." " Oh, yes." "Thank you." " Will you stick to her?" "I reckon so. I always said when you found yours you would." "You'd be fool not to, Cap'n, even if it means I've lost you." " Poldark!" " Mr Warleggan." "I'm informed you still treat the law with contempt." "If you refer to Jim Carter then you are correct." "That could prove unfortunate." "Not as unfortunate had I left him in that hellhole." " He would have died." " That is irrelevant." "Just as mercy is irrelevant to you." "Look here, Poldark, the law is not mocked." "It is mocked when you condemn poor devils to a living death." " You are offensive, sir." " You're a disgrace to humanity." "I do wish Ross'd learn a little prudence." "He's hardly made things easier for himself." "Indeed he has not." "Indeed not!" "Elizabeth." "Good evening." "Good evening." "(Woman) Mistress Poldark!" "Evening, Mistress Teague." "I have not had the pleasure of meeting your father again." "Not since the christening." "Indeed you haven't." "Truth is he's far more particular about the company he keeps these days." "(Laughter)" "Ooh, that woman!" "You will hear no more from her." "Oh, Ross, look!" "Did you know about this?" "Miss Poldark, Captain Blamey, delighted you could come." " Good evening." " Mr Warleggan." " Good evening, Elizabeth." " How could you?" "Because I love him." "That is the simple answer." "Welcome." "After all these years." "It has been a long time." "Verity." " Hello, Ross." " How are you?" "Captain Blamey, remember you scolded me for being forward?" "How glad I am you were, ma'am." "Well, Captain Blamey, will you dance with me?" "Go on, Captain." "I should be delighted, ma'am." "Does, er, Francis know?" "No." "Course not." "It's absolutely none of his business." "(Cards being dealt)" "I propose one card." " l lay..." " How much?" "It seems two guineas is the limit, doesn't it?" "I accept." "What's happening?" "Ross?" "Francis is about to lose his last two guineas." "Will you...take my signature?" "No." "Oh, damnable luck, Poldark." "Still, no matter, there's always another evening." "May I take my cousin's place?" " Ross!" " Why, yes, with pleasure." "The game's French ruff, Captain." "Alternate dealers." " Very well." " You're first deal, Captain." " l lay, er..." " How much?" " Five guineas." " l accept." "Why, Ross, why?" " l lay..." " How much?" "20 guineas." "I accept." "30 guineas." "I accept." "40 guineas." "I accept." "Ross... 50 guineas." "I accept." "Do you wish to leave now, Captain Poldark?" "No, let us continue the game." "Oh?" "For a single guinea?" "I'll put up my shares in Wheal Leisure." " (All) Oh..." " Might one inquire as to their value?" "A little over a thousand." "Enough to let us see the dawn in." "I accept." "In that case, would you care to raise the level of the stakes?" "To what?" "50 guineas minimum." "Certainly." "Do you wish to lay your last 50, Captain Poldark?" "Yes." " Very well." "My deal, I think." " No, mine." "(Man) Cheat!" "(Woman) A card in his hand!" " My God!" " Wait a minute, Poldark... (Gasping)" "(Warleggan senior) Let me handle this matter." " What happened?" " Look at him!" " (Man) Cheating!" " Take your money, it was a jest!" "I demand satisfaction." " (Man) Challenge him, Poldark!" " (Crowd muttering agreement)" " Well, Sanson, what's it to be?" " l beg you..." "No, no!" "Let's be reasonable now, Poldark!" " (All talking excitedly)" " Poldark, for God's sake!" "Oh!" "Ah!" "Poldark, let me explain!" "(Warleggan senior) He'd never kill a Warleggan." "He'd have every right to." "Wait!" "Wait, I can explain!" "I can explain!" "Explain!" "I can explain!" "Let me go, will you?" "!" "Don't be hasty!" "Don't be hasty!" "(Yells)" "(Sniggering)" "(Man) That should cool him off!" "Well done, Poldark!" "(2nd man) He won't show his face here again!" " Francis?" " So much for your cousin." "Orchestra!" "Please let me know how much Sanson has taken from you, not merely tonight but altogether." " What?" " You shall be repaid in full." "Oh, and Francis, we must soon have a talk, I would very much like to discuss your future." "Good night." "My invitation was a gesture of friendship." "I hope my cousin's disgrace will not cancel it?" "I thank you for your gesture, George." "I also am anxious to let old bones lie buried." "Good night." " Ross." " Yes?" "You knew Sanson was cheating from the start, didn't you?" "Even when he was playing with Francis." " Aye." " You near stopped my heart tonight!" "All them shares and the money." "I had a suspicion." "It took rather longer to prove than I anticipated." "Well, I wish you said!" "You near drove me mad, I was that scared." " Father." " Well?" "Do you know, apart from Ross Poldark, all the shareholders of the Carnmore Copper Company bank with us?" "(Carriage approaching)" "Right." "That seems to be everything." "Not quite." "This bottle has been a silent watchdog these last years." "It shall be my legacy for the next tenants." "Now." "What about your belongings?" "Everything is ready." "I don't know how you're going to leave without being seen." " Andrew, don't fuss so." " Let me come for you." "No." "No, my dear." "That would serve no good purpose at all." "The opposite, with Francis in the mood he's in." "I would be happier there to protect you." "I know the time and the manner in which to leave without being noticed." "Andrew, I have had enough time to make the arrangements." "They will not fail." "Believe me." "Why go back to Trenwith at all?" "The Falmouth house is ready." "The devil with your wardrobe." "After five years can you not wait another 24 hours?" " No." " Ooh!" "I intend to leave a letter and I should like to see little Geoffrey once more." "It will be some time before I see him again." "24 hours." "This time tomorrow we shall be married." " You have no regrets?" " Regrets?" "I regard myself the most fortunate woman in the world." "Who else is given a second chance as I have been?" "Please, my dear." "Please be careful." "It's a month since he had the fever, since we took him out of prison." "'Twas not the fever killed him." "Poor man lost the will to live long before we brought him home." "Jinny." "There's always a place for you at Nampara." "Thank you, sir." "Here." "Go on." "Take 'em." "Got more than enough for us." "Give, give, give." "I'm always accepting gifts from you." "God made the blackberries and Jinny turned them into preserves." "I had no hand in them at all." "But if you've no mind to take them, no matter." "Oh, no. I shall have 'em." "We always have a need of food." "I thank you." " Demelza..." " Mm-hm?" "You don't mind if I call you Demelza, do you?" "'Tis what I want, Keren." "You and I could be friends." "Do you remember the first time I came into this house?" "With Mr Otway and his travelling theatre." ""To this sad place the abandoned," ""lost Maria brings despair."" "That seems an age ago." "Don't you never regret leaving the actors and that life?" "You mean living in them filthy caravans?" "Having to beg for food and finding Otway in my bed?" "Every day I wish I was back(!" ")" "Didn't you have no family?" "My mother died when I was a babe." "I joined Mr Otway's company to get away from my father." "Never had a minute's peace from that man." "Not since I got to be ten." "We've had the same problems, you and me." "Running away from hateful parents." "But since then, why, we be nowhere near similar." " Both be wed to good men." " (Laughing)" "Oh, aye." "We be that." "'Tis not often you find men that work as hard as Mark." "But you found your way here, Demelza... while I'm alone, shivering in that hovel." "Someday you have to make up your mind what it is you want." "I want a bit of luck, same as what you found." " Luck?" " 'Tis not enough to wed good men." "You need one who can sniff out where the money lies and where to look for his fortune - you got one like that." "Mark works day and night and we're a crust from starvation." " Keren." " What?" "You do know there's gossip about you?" "Gossip?" "About me?" "Ooh, how exciting." " Where have you been?" " What is the matter?" "It's Geoffrey." "What's happened to him?" "He's sick." "Oh, Verity." "He's dreadfully ill." "Dr Enys, what is wrong?" " He has the morbid sore throat." " What's that?" "Acute ulceration, with swelling and fever." " Is it serious?" " l fear so." "With care and if there is no invasion of the larynx, the child should recover." "But there have been epidemics in Europe recently and a great number have died." "It relieves me that you are here." "What?" "Why?" "The child will need constant attention." "I cannot say with confidence your sister-in-law will manage." " But there is Francis." " He is resting." "He's pe_ormed an arduous task with a brandy bottle all day." "I have left medicine with Mrs Tabb and I will call each day but remember... the illness is most contagious, particularly to other children." "Keep the boy as warm as possible, and isolated." "Dr Enys, wait a moment." "How long does the illness last?" "It depends on several factors." "But you must know when to expect the crisis." "Tomorrow or the next day." "Sometime then." "Miss Verity." "You will keep constant vigilance?" "Yes." " Elizabeth, I..." " Oh, Verity." "My poor boy." "(Tea_ully) My poor baby." "(Knock at door)" "Captain Blamey, sir?" "A message for you." "I feel so helpless." "Shall I sit with him?" "Verity is there." "Well, is there anything that I can do?" "There is nothing anyone can do." "It's in the hands of God." "Elizabeth, please. I must speak with you." "What about?" "Well, we've not spoken, not properly, not in any serious manner, for a long time." " l was wondering if we could..." " Beg pardon, sir." " Mr George Warleggan." " The devil he is!" "Sorry, sir." "Please, show him in, Mrs Tabb." "Aye, ma'am." " Perhaps later." " It was of no importance." " How is my godson?" " As well as we can expect." " l came as soon as I heard." " That was most considerate." "May I see the boy?" "The doctor has advised against all but essential contact." "Sorry." "May we offer you some refreshment?" "Most kind of you, Elizabeth, but no." "I wonder if I might have a few words with you, Francis?" "Do you have pressing matters to discuss?" "Not pressing." "I can call again if you wish." "You'll do no such thing, Mr Warleggan." "I'm sure my husband can spare a few moments of his time." " Excuse me." " Of course." "You might be comforted a little by this." " What is it?" " A draft for f600." "Well, take it." "We have also cancelled all your personal debts to the bank." "I don't want payment." "Here." "Payment?" "Have you forgotten?" " Forgotten?" " These...arrangements are based on the amount Matthew Sanson cheated from you." "Why should you think that we were paying you?" "My family will be offended if you don't allow us to right that disgraceful business." "Who can tell?" "Perhaps one day you'll reopen Grambler." " Oh, unlikely." " Why?" "The popular theory is that Grambler failed due to my inefficiency but the truth is the mine ran out of copper." "New lodes can be found." "Hunting for them costs more than I'll ever find." "If you continue at the card tables, I agree." "Or at the brandy." "What more do you want from me?" "Nothing. I'm merely concerned for your welfare." "I wish to give, not to receive." "You have given nothing that did not bring in a handsome profit." "You have made pious noises about my future, about my welfare." "Your only purpose was to prompt me into betraying my cousin, an act which I now find damnably hard to live with!" "He is understandably distraught." " Your son's illness." " l'm sorry." "There's no need to apologise." "If I can be of any assistance, just ask." " Thank you." " May I call again?" "Of course." " Verity, has..." " Geoffrey is sleeping." " His breathing..." " It is easier." " The doctor will be here soon." " Elizabeth..." " l think he is on the road to recovery." " But he has not reached his crisis point." "He sleeps peacefully." "The coughing has subsided greatly and he is swallowing more easily." "The doctor will tell us." "With God's grace, I think he is on the road to recovery." " l shall go up." " No, leave him a while." "Mrs Tabb has instructions to find me should he awake." "If I am asleep, she is to rouse me." "Oh, dear." "Verity, you have been of immeasurable help." "We've all worked as hard as we could. I am no exception." "You are, as Dr Enys divined when he asked you to take charge." "He merely asked me to help." " Because he had no faith in me." " That isn't true!" "However, I would prefer from this moment, Verity, to tend to the child myself." "Whatever you wish, of course." "You are exhausted." "And I am capable." "I shall ask Francis to help." "He will. I know he will." "My dear Elizabeth." "Sister?" "If only you had said this yesterday." "Yesterday?" "Why?" "No matter." "Verity!" "They're not coming." " What?" " They're not coming, Ross." "Why?" "They know it's pe_ectly safe." "They've withdrawn, Captain." " Withdrawn?" " All of them." " Trevaunance?" "Devoran?" " All our gentlemen of means." " But why?" " The one thing we feared." "The Warleggans discovered they were behind Carnmore." " Impossible." " It has occurred." "We've all had the same ultimatum." "Our credit and mortgages will be stopped unless we abandon this at once." " All of you?" " Aye." "And the loss of Trevaunance and Devoran has rendered this company quite insolvent." "Not even men of substance can stand up to the Warleggans." "How?" "How did they find out?" "The list of our shareholders lies in Pascoe's safe." "We all have too much to lose to betray ourselves or the others." " More than Trevaunance." " You're not accusing him." "I can't believe it of him or Lord Devoran." "They would not betray us." "I agree but who does that leave us to consider?" "We'll expire because the Warleggans wish it." "What can we do?" "They have us." "Here." "Who told them?" "Who?" "Captain Poldark, there was one other person besides ourselves who knew the composition of that list." " Who?" " Your cousin." "Francis?" "He was here when they were mentioned." " He's right, my boy." " No." "He's in favour with the Warleggans." "He knew our need for secrecy." "It's a slander!" "The culprit is an academic point." "We are finished." "It has to be him." "I shall find the truth in my own way." "For the present, I would be grateful if we keep our suspicions private." "There is no proof yet that my cousin played Judas." "(Hacking cough)" " You best get that tended." " Get what tended?" " Why, that coughing." " Who's gonna pay heed to me?" "'Tis a matter for our doctor." "We have a surgeon now to see we don't catch nothing nasty." "Dr Enys?" "Oh, aye." "Catch him getting out of his bed at night to tend to me." "Not his bed, what I've heard." "More like someone else's bed." "That someone wouldn't be the name of Keren?" "Be a right Daniel in the lion's den." "Daniel in the doctor's den, more like." "I heard tell she be an actress once." "You know what they say about them." " l..." " We didn't see you, Mark." "Where are you working?" "Lode yonder?" "It's time someone shut your foul mouth." " Wait!" " What are you doing?" "We didn't mean no harm." " We was only joshing." " But I'm not, see?" "What are you going to do with that?" "He's gonna kill me!" "Watch out!" "Look what you've done!" "Saints alive." "He'n buried!" "Dig him out, man." "Dig him out." " See that wound to his head?" " Mark!" "Hey Mark, lad!" "Can you hear me?" "Mark!" "Suppose..." "Suppose he's dead!" " Was his fault." "Mark!" " (Groaning)" " He be all right." " Pull him out." " 'Tis a bad cut." " Here, you great ox." "You nearly did for us all." "Mind your tongue, talking dirty about my wife." "It was tomfoolery, Mark." "Pay us no heed." "You've got a bad cut to your head there, lad." "You best get it seen to quick." "There'll be no one there." "Best go home." "Wash it clean." "You go up top and get away home." " l can't afford to miss half a shift." " Never you pay no heed to that." "You go up top." "Home's for you." "And wash that cut good, mind." "Keren, it's only me." "Keren?" "It's nearly daylight. I must get back." " My dearest Keren." " What's that mean?" "It means I don't want to be parted from you." " Don't you?" " Surely you know." "All I know is you will not leave Cornwall." "How can I?" "There are people here that need help that I can give." "Do they need you more than you need me?" "I don't know." "I do." "And I can't spend the rest of my life with Mark, living there." "I shall go mad." "So I must leave and leave soon, go back to Bristol." "Why?" "I don't want you to leave." " l must!" " No!" "What choice do I have, Dwight?" "I would stay if only I thought... well, if I thought that there was some hope for us, that you could truly love me and we could find some way to be together but... it isn't so." "You've been fair and honest." "It's affection you feel for me." "You've never lied." "But affection isn't enough." "Not to build hopes for the future on it." "It has to be love, Dwight." "I have never said I didn't love you." "But no more you said you did, either." "'Tis what you meant, wasn't it?" "That was six months ago." " You mean it's changed now?" " Yes!" "How?" "Keren, I cannot bear to lose you." " You needn't." " Neither can I leave." "Not yet." "I'd wait for you if only I thought that one day..." "And how am I able to say when that might be?" " Look for me in Bristol." " Don't say that." "What else do I have?" "You're all I have." "I cannot have you." " It's better that I should go." " Keren!" "I love you!" "Believe me, I love you!" "Trust me to find a way somehow for l can't live without you." "Oh!" "Oh, my darling!" "I swear we shall be together." "I..." "I don't mind now." "I don't mind however long." "Oh, Dwight, I'll be so happy." "I love you." "Mark." "I..." "I been down to the beach." "'Tis so pretty." "Oh, what's happened?" "is it so bad you can't tell me about it?" "The Carnmore Copper Company is dead." " What?" " Finished." " But it was doing so well." " Aye." "Too well." "Not dead, Ross." "That ain't possible." "You've overspent some." "You'll have to slow down a little." "That's it." "That's what it is." "Warleggan found out the names of our shareholders." "He's forced them to withdraw." "But why would he do that to you?" "It's the way of business." "There's more to it than that." "That's the nub of the matter." "Profits." "They never wanted a smelting works here." "They profit as middlemen between the mines and the refiners upcountry." "But George Warleggan invited you to the ball." " So?" " l thought you were friends." "Sentimentality in these affairs does not exist." "Oh, yes, it does, Ross." " What do you mean?" " l know what caused this." "'Tis sentiment right enough." "That of the Warleggan family." "In their ambition to have no peers in matters of wealth." "I know the real cause." "You showed up their cousin to be a cheat." "At the ball, when all Cornwall was looking on." "That's what's hurt 'em." "I cannot believe the reason is so trivial." "Family honour ain't trivial, Ross, at least not to them that never had none before." "I poured every penny into the venture." "We are done." " We may have to lose Nampara." " How?" "To pay our debts." "'Tis but bricks and mortar." "You worked hard to make this a home l'm proud of." "Otherwise leaving it would be easy." "If it has to go then 'tis done." "We'll start again somewhere else, that's all." "Saying what I feel does not come easily to me." "But I think without you I should be a sorry mess." "I shall see Pascoe." "I will mortgage my own bones before I get rid of Nampara." " Ross." " Hm?" "You were so careful to keep everything secret." "How did Warleggan find out the names?" " l have no proof." " Of what?" "It may have been Francis." "Francis?" "But why?" " What is done is done." " (Loud knocking)" "Somebody wants to break down our door." "A gentleman officer to see you, sir." " Captain Poldark?" " Yes." "My name is McNeil, Captain McNeil of the Scots Greys." "Well?" "Ma'am." " l have grave news." " (Demelza) What's happened?" "My troop has been detailed to help stamp out smuggling in these parts." "A detachment of my men were patrolling towards Nampara Cove when they found her." " In this very spot?" " Aye." "Why do you ask?" "We've tried to find the husband, Mark Daniel." "But he seems to have disappeared." "What can you tell me about him, Captain?" "He works in my mine, Wheal Leisure." "He's 22... I think you know what I mean, sir." "He and his wife were not long married." "They were happily suited." "Keren!" "Keren!" "Oh, God, Ross." "Your name, sir?" "This is Dr Enys." " It was my fault." " l don't think so." "I'll never forget her face when I saw her lying there." "Two hours before, I'd been kissing it." "I'd just told her I loved her." "And I did, Ross. I loved her." "Keren was the kind of woman who demanded a great deal from life." "I cannot continue to live here now." "That much is certain." "(Demelza) Why?" "(Dr Enys) Is it not obvious?" "The village was full of rumour about us." "Everyone knew of it." "Everyone knew and yet I let it go on!" "Oh, I could have stopped it. I could have told her no but... I didn't." "I tried but I..." "I didn't have the courage." "And now she's dead." "(Ross) Is what people think of you so important?" "I am Cornish. I know our ways." "We don't forgive easily." "It took time to win the trust of the people here but I did." "Today I lost that trust forever, it won't return!" "Since you are leaving you will have no way of knowing." " Ross." " Dwight..." "You blame yourself." "Certainly you were involved." "But you did not kill her." "It was because of me." "When you first came to us, you said you wanted to help the miners." "You had no thought of a fortune." "You wanted to stop the disease caused by medical neglect." "When I heard those words they sounded brave and admirable." "I meant every word of them." " And now?" " Oh, God!" "How can I continue to live here now?" "How can you not?" "What is it?" "I found it next to Geoffrey's pillow." "The hand is Verity's." "What does she say?" ""My dear brother and Elizabeth," ""l do not know if you will ever forgive me for leaving..."" " Leaving?" " "..without speaking to you." ""Now it is for me to discover a life for myself." ""A few days ago, Andrew and I were to have been married."" "Blamey." "(Verity) "But I could not leave with Geoffrey so ill." ""l'll try to make amends but should that not be possible" ""l still intend to find my own lodgings" ""and my own salvation, God willing." ""l beg you, do not look too harshly on my actions." ""My fondest love to Geoffrey." ""Your ever affectionate, Verity."" "Andrew, I..." " Sorry to have kept you." " l got this letter..." "Elizabeth regrets she cannot come down." "Did you get one?" "About their marriage." "I do trust the ride here wasn't too unpleasant..." "Oh, Francis, stop all this nonsense!" "It wasn't easy coming here after what's happened." "It is about Verity that I come to speak." "I refuse to discuss the affairs of my sister with the likes of you." "I came to try and make friends, Francis." "Let us not waste each other's time, madam." "You have come here to plead my sister's case, perhaps to suggest that I take tea with her and that wife-murderer one afternoon, to pretend all is now amiable and to say that the years when you allowed them to meet at your house were of no account." "Well, I do not forget and I do not forgive." "Neither have I the slightest inclination to come to terms through an intermediary such as you." "Or Ross for that matter." "Now that he is ruined, perhaps he will understand what I have had to endure of late." "How do you know we are ruined, Francis?" "Who told you that?" "I bid you good day." "Mrs Tabb will show you out." "(Bell rings)" "So it was you." "What did you expect, hm?" "Tell me." "Did you expect Francis to beg forgiveness?" "There was nothing like that in my mind." "Then what was?" "To compare letters from Verity?" "I swear you two like being at each other's throats." "I thought it was a way to end all this fighting," " all this hatred in the family." " How would you do it with this?" "I thought, now that Verity's wed, now that 'tis a fact," "Francis might see reason." "How little you know the man." "I thought he might look more kindly on her." "Oh, Ross, I know 'tis madness." "But I tried. I really tried." "I said that Verity was happy and she deserved a bit of happiness." "And we should help her now that she's married Captain Blamey." " And Francis tossed you out." " He didn't." " He asked you to leave." " Yes." "Without discussing one word of it." "The world is not as you read in storybooks." "I want no lectures." "You shall not go to Trenwith again without telling me." "Suppose." "It is Mark!" "Mark Daniel!" " What?" " Mark?" "Let him in, let him in!" " (Rain pouring)" " Come in." " Put him over by the fire." " He be soaked through!" "Come on, Mark." "Food, quickly." "Bring some of that broth over." "Sorry, sir, worrying you like this." "I'm just so cold." "I'll give it to him." "Hold his head, Ross." "Here you are now." "This'll thaw thee out." "Careful now." "That's the way." "W-W-Won't be a minute, sir." "I'll go soon enough." "It's just so cold." "I can't feel my fingers." " Where have you been hiding?" " Down Wheal Grace." " The soldiers searched it." " l heard 'em." "Half the mine's flooded." "I went under water till they passed." " Half near drowned." " Froze to death, more like." "Have some more." "Come on." "Thank you, ma'am." "'Tis warming my belly now." "I can feel it spreading." " l killed her, Cap'n." " Drink your broth, Mark." " No." "No, thank you, ma'am." " 'Tis no more than she deserved, Mark." "I..." "I didn't mean to kill her." "But when I saw her, when she come out of his house, I couldn't...couldn't stop myself." "It's done." "She's dead and the soldiers are looking for you." "If they catch you, you'll hang." "I don't hold with murder but you were hard-pressed by Keren." "The courts aren't interested in pleas for mercy." "Can't go on hiding forever." "Best give myself up." "Jinny, go upstairs and bring down all of my warmest clothes." "He can't give himself up to the soldiers, Ross." " He isn't going to." " 'Tain't nothing but trouble." "They could arrest you for feeding me." "(Ross) You worry about yourself." "Where's he to go?" "My boat." "It's small but it's your only chance." "Get out to sea and across to France." " Mark, do you heed me?" " l do, sir." "The tide's on the ebb around midnight." " You can wait here." " No, go back to Wheal Grace." "Wait for me there, I'll call you." "Mark!" " Cap'n..." " What?" "There's money in my cottage, under the mattress." "See she's not put in a pauper's grave." "Give her a headstone." " l will." " And the name." "Will you put Keren Daniel?" "Daniel." "She was your wife, Mark." "She will be buried as such." " Thank you, Cap'n." " l'll bring you food." "I don't want you to get in no trouble." "You won't find it easy over there." "The country's up in arms." "But it's not the likes of you they're looking for." "The clothes, sir." "And take this blanket." "'Twas Jim's and mine." "'Tis warm enough." " Jinny, I'm..." "Thank you." " Just take good care." "Put these on." "You can change in the library." "When will you open Wheal Grace?" "Never." "It closed because it ran dry." "Why do you ask?" "Kingly lode of copper down there." " What?" " No one's seen it, I swear." "No one but me. I found it trying to escape the soldiers." " It's the biggest lode I ever saw, Cap'n." " Are you sure?" "Where is it?" "Bring me a pen and paper. I'll draw it." "(Loud knocking)" "McNeil!" "Hold a while before letting him in, Jinny." "Yes, sir." " Through the library." " l'll show you the way." " Wheal Grace tonight." " Let's go." "(Knocking continues)" "(McNeil) I wish to speak with your master." " Captain Poldark." " McNeil." "What brings you here?" "I fancy you can guess." "I fear I cannot." " Have you found Mark Daniel?" " No." " Some wine?" " Thank you, no." "Of course we cannot be certain he's the culprit." " Do you suspect anyone else?" " This young doctor." "Dr Enys?" "Why should he kill the girl?" "He was bedding her." "Love and hate quite often run together." "Ah, McNeil, you're a philosopher." "It's less dangerous than being a Jacobite." " Ma'am." " Captain, what a nice surprise." "It's kind of you, ma'am." "But I fear I interrupted you at supper." "The broth's still warm if you've a mind to have some." " l thank you again but I won't." " Oh." "One day I should be honoured to look over your house." "It's well planned, is it not?" "Thank you." "That's the library." "Please go through." "Another time, perhaps, when I'm not so pressed with duties." "'Tis duties that brought you here?" "Alas, ma'am, yes." "Though now I'm minded what a lucky man your husband is I wish it were not." "And there I was thinking it was a social call." "The captain still investigates young Keren Daniel's death." "Murder." "Her murder, Captain Poldark." "Aye." "That fact is becoming overlooked." "I am trying to persuade him that Dr Enys is not a suspect." "No, not Dwight." "'Tis out of the question." "Dr Enys saves lives, not takes them." "You think the husband murdered her?" " l didn't say that." " l do." "I also say there's a plot afoot to keep him from the law." "She was playing him false." "Her lover wasn't looked on as a local man." "There's powe_ul ties in these villages to protect their own." "No doubt it's the same in Scotland." "You will do yourself no good by harbouring Daniel." " l am not." " Then you'll help me." " To do what?" " Find him." " How?" " You know the country." "Which way would you head?" "Out to sea or inland?" " l would go inland, Captain." " Why so?" "First, the Channel is treacherous this time of year." "Second, France is blood-red with revolution." "Third, and I am Mark, remember..." " Aye." " l'm a miner." "I don't know boats. I don't know the sea. I don't know French." "No, I would try my luck inland." " Would you agree with him?" " Oh, indeed I would." "'Tis only common sense." "Aye." "You're right." " l'll not trouble you further." " Jinny." "I am employed to catch him, Poldark." "We all have duties that give us no pleasure." " Sir?" " Show Captain McNeil out." "Yes, sir." "Ma'am." "Captain." " Do you think he realises?" " l'm not sure." "But I don't underestimate him." "He's a Scotsman." "Ross..." " Ross." " Hm?" "Must you take Mark to the cove tonight?" "I must." "There aren't any rowlocks in the boat." "Without them, he'd find it hard rowing." " Oh, do have a care." " Sound advice." "But a little unnecessary." "The tide will turn soon." "That will get you off the coast." "Come on." "Careful now." "Keep your eyes open." "Sorry it had to be like this, Mark." "Thank you for your kindness, Cap'n." "I'll never forget it." "Not as long as I live." "I don't deserve it. I know that." "Don't deserve anything." "Just row, man, and keep on rowing." "Forget the rest." " Halt there!" " Come on!" "Come on!" " Row, man!" "Row like the devil!" " Get away fast, Cap'n!" "Good luck!" "Fire!" "And over there." "After him!" "Ah, he's out of your range, men." "We can take the other one if we're quick." "Follow me." "Ross!" "Quickly!" "Quickly!" "Boots!" "Get them off me." "McNeil." "He's coming here. I know it." "McNeil?" "Did Mark get away or was he caught?" "I don't know." "McNeil was clever." "I knew it. I knew he didn't believe me." " He was waiting on the beach." " Oh, God!" "He'll be here in a minute." "Tell him..." "Say I'm in bed." " Oh, Ross." "Did he see you?" " l'm not sure." " If he did..." " We shall soon know." "You said he was coming." "He must have some proof it were you." "Pay heed, Demelza." "A great deal depends on how we act." "If I'm arrested, that's one thing." "But if all he does is ask questions, he has no evidence." "Jinny!" "Courage!" "Ross, suppose he suspects." "You can spin as pretty a yarn as anyone." "Captain McNeil is about to beat down our door again." " Did Mark get away?" " l don't know." "Throw these in the darkest closet." "I haven't left all night." "I retired to bed an hour ago." "You had a nasty headache." "I do recall you saying so." "(Loud knocking)" "Hide the boots and take a minute to open the door." " Right." " But Ross!" "I be fully dressed!" "Here." "You're improving your mind." "(Knocking continues)" " Sir?" " l must see your master." " He be in bed, sir." " Sorry. I must speak to him." "Go through, sir, and I'll see if he be awake." "Why, Captain McNeil." "I regret the intrusion at this late hour." " Nothing wrong, I hope." " Well, ma'am, that's not up to me to say." "I'd be obliged if I could speak to your husband." "Ross?" "Oh, he went to bed an hour since." " He complained of a headache." " Oh, did he, now?" "He did indeed." "He went to bed before ten." "I'm sorry to hear he's not well." " But I'd still like a word." " Demelza, what's the commotion?" "Oh, McNeil." "What brings you back?" " My apologies, Captain Poldark." " No matter." " What do you want?" " Just a matter of Mark Daniel." "Oh, yes?" "Any news of him?" "I think he stole a boat tonight and rowed out to sea." " Did you not catch him?" " No." "But we shall." "Make no mistake." "As you have often said, Captain, you have your duty." " Indeed I have." " Forgive me. I have a sore head." "is there something we can do for you, Captain?" " Do you have a rowboat?" " l have." " Beached in Nampara Cove?" " Yes." "You'll not find it there tomorrow, Captain Poldark." "Are you saying Daniel used my boat to escape tonight?" "He left from the cove." "There's no other boat moored there." " Blast the man!" " Oh!" "Captain, can you think of any man who would risk his neck" " to help Daniel escape?" " Risk his neck?" "Aye." "It is a hanging offence to help murderers evade the law." "No!" "Oh, indeed it is, ma'am." "Well, then it was a brave act of someone to help Mark away." "But I did not say anyone did." "I just asked your husband if there was any man who might." "I appreciate your need to resolve this matter..." "Do you, Captain Poldark?" "Are you implying I helped Daniel tonight?" "If you are, then out with it." "Make a charge." "If you are not then I bid you good night." "You'll inform me if your boat has been taken?" "Of course." "Captain, will you allow me to offer you a word of advice?" "What is it?" "Be careful of the law." "It's a twisty, cranky old thing." "You may flout it a dozen times, but once it has you in its grip, you'll find it never lets go." " Good night, ma'am." " Good night, Captain." " Jinny, the Captain is leaving." " Very good, sir." "Good night, McNeil." "Oh, Ross." "He knows, he does." "But he has no evidence." "Not yet but he's a clever man." "And he spoke of hanging." "Your debts amount to f3,400." " What have I left to sell?" " Huh?" " What's left to sell?" " Only your shares in Wheal Leisure." "What will they make?" "The market's doing well." "Pascoe could tell you." "Leave him out of this." "An estimate?" "Eh?" "Oh, well, erm... f2,500, perhaps f3,OOO." "But they're doing well, my boy." "You'd be unwise to get rid of 'em now." "Everything else I own is fully mortgaged." "Have you no friends who could advance you?" "You've built up a deal of goodwill." "Not for the kind of money I need." "Besides, I never borrow from friends." " Put the shares on the market." " It's a mistake, my boy." "Oh, very well." "Good day, Ross." "is she yours?" "Yes." "The Queen Charlotte." "Bound for Jamaica in the new year." "My cousin Sanson feels the West Indies might benefit from his experience." "He's arranging for a cabin on her now." "He is arranging it?" "Or the family?" "I hear your shares in Wheal Leisure are for sale." "Perhaps." "Perhaps I can help you to make up your mind." "I'm offering 13 pounds, 15 shillings each for them." "I think you'll agree that's an extremely good price." "It is." "You have indeed helped me make up my mind." " Splendid." " My answer is the same as when your father tried to buy the mine." "The shares are not for sale." "The offer nevertheless remains open." " Put your glasses there." " l'll show you out." " Come along." "Thank you." " Merry Christmas." "(Boy) Merry Christmas, all!" "(All) Merry Christmas." "Wrap up warm." "It's cold out." "You're too lenient." "I'll teach you how to deal with them." "Christmas be all the worse without songs to give it cheer." "I don't understand why." "Never understood singing." "If I want to say anything I say it, I don't warble like a chicken." " How much did you give them?" " Same as last year." "Last year we could afford it." " Sir Hugh?" " My dear." " Do you invest in copper?" " l believe I do." "I leave all that to bankers." "I haven't got a head for figures." "Be it not true the price of copper has gone up this year?" " So they tell me." " So you've had a good year." " That's logical, all right." " Good." "For I should like to ask thee for a loan of f3,400." "is this a party game?" "A riddle?" "No, Ross. I be asking someone with a great deal of money to lend to someone who's lost his." " Will you lend it to us?" " That is enough!" " l should like to..." " There, Ross." "But the estate's been damnably expensive this year." "New fences, all sorts of problems." "My wife has a bizarre sense of humour." " Time we left." " You'd better fetch the horses." " l'll bring them round." " Leave it to Connie." "She has a way with them." " The Warleggans own you, too." " Jinny!" "Ross tried to do something for Cornwall but was made to fail." "Now we have nothing but debts." "The compliments of the season to you, my dear." "In gentle society people may not be bothered by such matters." "I was brought up in the gutter" " but we didn't let folk starve." " Wouldn't know about that." "Never been in the gutter, my dear." "Show Sir Hugh and Lady Bodrugan to the stable, Jinny." " Good night, Ross." " Good night." "Happy Christmas." " Well might you weep." " The tears are for you." "I will not borrow from friends!" "I hope you don't follow Francis and try to drink yourself out of ruin." "Francis." "Yes." "He's behind all this." "Why in God's name does he hate us so?" "Because his wife has never stopped loving you." " Father?" " What is it?" "Why hasn't Aunt Verity come to see us?" "After all, it's Christmas Day." "Don't worry your father, dear." " The boy should know." " Let us enjoy our dinner." "You Aunt Verity will not be coming this Christmas or any other." "Your aunt has disgraced our family." "She has rejected the affections of her nearest relations to marry a drunken murderer." " You are talking to a child!" " l know I am!" "The fact that he is a child has no relevance." "The boy must know." "I have a duty to prepare my son for the brutalities of life." " Geoffrey, go and play." " Stay where you are!" "I am speaking!" "Your aunt is an ungrateful, selfish woman who is deliberately causing me pain and humiliation..." " You'll frighten him!" " ..my cousin and his slattern wife." "They have conspired against me." "They seek my disgrace." "I tell you, sir, they will not succeed." "They speak every kind of slander." "They say that I betrayed them, that I sold my soul to Warleggan." "That I..." "I am a disgrace to Cornwall!" "You would not believe the lies and insults I've had to endure." "Francis." "Francis!" "Mrs Tabb!" "Mrs Tabb!" "Happy Christmas." "No sense in brooding on Christmas Day." "Indeed, no." "One year up, one year down." "I reckon that makes us Iuckier than most." "When I came back to Nampara, the house had half a roof and the rats had eaten through the furniture." "And I was a clutch of rags stealing at Redruth market." " Aye. I cleaned you both up, didn't I?" " Do you regret it, Ross?" "Why do women ask if men regret knowing them?" "So pessimistic." "They want reassurance." "Ross do always find a way of not answering a question." " That's true." " Well, do you?" "Only when you ask hugely stupid questions." " Ross, I'm serious!" " l'll leave if there's to be a quarrel." "No, you can bear witness to the way my wife mistreats me." "There's a Mrs Tabb outside come from Trenwith." " What does she want?" " She be looking for you." " Says 'tis urgent." " Show her in, Jinny." "Someone ill?" "When I am sought out that is usually the reason why." "Not Geoffrey Charles, I hope." " Pardon, sir." "Ma'am." " What is it, Mrs Tabb?" "'Tis the doctor that's needed." " Up at Trenwith." " What's the trouble, Mrs Tabb?" "Oh, sir." "We've been looking all over for you." " 'Tis Master Francis." " What's the matter with him?" "I think just what Geoffrey Charles had last summer, sir, coughing and choking and the like." " Oh, sir, he be in a mortal bad way." " Oh, Ross!" "I've treated a dozen such cases this month." "Very well, Mrs Tabb." "I shall ride back with you." "Aye, sir." "Thank you for your Christmas hospitality, Ross." " l'm sorry it must end." " Dwight, I shall come with you." " No, you shall not." " Ross, please!" " Nothing you can do." " There is a lot I can do." "I forbid you to go." "Our differences with Francis are business." "This be family." "They've never acknowledged you as a member of the family." " Francis might die." " Who says he will die?" "A great number have already." " Is it better that he should, Ross?" " Elizabeth is with him." "Verity was there when the boy fell ill." "Now there is no one but Elizabeth." "It's not enough, Ross. I shall go." "I'd rather you said it was all right but I shall go anyway." "Very well." "Oh, Doctor, thank heaven. I..." "What are you doing here?" "I thought you might need some help." " Where is Mr Francis?" " He's upstairs." "Doctor, he can scarcely breathe." "(Hacking wheeze)" "is it what Geoffrey suffered?" "Yes." "Your husband is gravely ill." "But with good nursing and good fortune there is no reason why he should not recover." " Do you hear me?" " Yes." "Yes, I hear you." "There should be someone with him day and night." "When he suffers a coughing fit it is imperative to place this into his throat." "One of you may need to hold his mouth open while the other applies the liniment." "It is the only way." "The treatment is new but it has proved beneficial." "We'll manage." "Remember, whenever the coughing starts, apply it." "If he is left unattended for any time, he may choke." "We'll take it in turns to sit." "Yes, I shall sit first." "I'll call you when I need you." "There." "(Demelza) Is it in his throat?" "(Elizabeth) I think so." "He is sleeping." "Thank you for coming." "I could not have managed on my own." " How is Ross?" " He is well." "I'm sorry to hear about his business affairs, I truly am." "We'll come through it all right." " l'm sure you will." " 'Tain't in Ross to give up." "I think he's only content when we're struggling." "Demelza...what has come between Ross and Francis?" "Oh, you know how cousins fall out." " Ain't nothing to fret on." " There's more to it than that." "I think it be men and their pride." "I haven't met one who could own up to being wrong or say sorry." "I've heard rumours." "Francis is drawn in upon himself but will not tell me why!" "When I ask people like George Warleggan, they turn away." "What has happened?" "A matter of business has made them enemies." "Please, Demelza, if you know, I beg you, tell me." "I don't know, Elizabeth." "Ross don't speak to me on business matters." "I never thought we two would sit and talk like this." "You had no cause to like me." "I know that right enough." "I didn't expect no less from you." "If we'd switched places, 'twould have been the same." "No, it would not." "I would not have come to your aid had Ross been taken ill." " There's the difference." " But I know how I spoilt things for you." "For you and Ross, that is." "It was my fault we did not marry, not yours." "What do you mean?" "Ross wanted us to wed the day he returned from America." "We were engaged before he went off to the war and we would be married when he came back." "But it was I who was reluctant." "We had heard Ross was dead." "By the time we learned our mistake, I had fallen in love with Francis." "Or thought that I had." "And when a second chance occurred, well...it was no chance at all." "To have left Francis and gone to Ross... lt would never have been successful." "We can't live contented lives at odds with the laws of society." "But you loved Ross!" "Yes." "How could you bear to marry someone else?" "That is a question I've debated at considerable leisure ever since." "There are some people who attack life." "And there are others who defend themselves from it." "I am of the latter." "I was taught to be cautious, prudent." "Ross was none of these." "Francis, on the other hand, was." "So finally I chose to marry someone who was unlikely to cause any disruption to my life, any... heartache." "It didn't take me long to comprehend how mistaken I was." "You have a nice house." "A lovely son." "And Francis do need you." "Yet I envy you, Demelza." "I have no more than you." "You can count your assets." "I was brought up to expect them." "The only times I've ever given any conscious thought to... comfort or love are when I am deprived of them." "It can be a great advantage to start with nothing." "I hope we can agree to forget the past." "I want to very much." "(Francis coughing)" " What can he expect from his holdings?" " l'd say no more than f3,OOO." "Your debts to the bank amount to f3,40O and I understand you wish to settle Mr Blewitt's account." " l'll find the rest." " Might I ask how?" "And when?" "The sale of the shares will realise most of the money owing." "Surely I can expect a few weeks' grace on the rest." "Grace?" "You?" "Ask for favours?" " Only that which is customary." " Now, let's remain calm." "You want our business and social relationships to be clearly distinguished." "Very well, then." "As your banker, I cannot permit you to sell your shares in a commodity that is rising in value." "Not when you still have outstanding moneys to repay." "Therefore I must insist, Mr Pearce, that your client sell only half his shares, is that understood?" " Only half." " l can sell as much as I choose." "No, no, my boy." "That's not true." "Mr Pascoe can demand that you retain a negotiable asset as long as you remain in debt to him." "You conniving pair." "A banker cannot afford to be sentimental." "Please, spare me your homilies." " Sell half." " Good." "Good." "Now, having verified that my interests are protected," " l wish you a good afternoon." " Good day, Pascoe." "Goodbye." "And thank you." "Give my regards to your pretty wife, Captain." "I will." " When I next see her." " Still at Trenwith, is she?" "Mm-hm." "You're more forgiving than your father was." "He'd not have let your mother go if Charles had done what Francis has." " l don't know about that." " No?" "Oh, well." "Anyway." " Let me give you some good tidings." " Overdue." "What are they?" "We've already received an offer." "A very good one." "Even selling only half will realise more than f1 ,500." " That is worth hearing." " l'd not expected a response so quickly." " Put it in hand at once." " Very well." "What is the bid?" "The offer?" "Oh, 13 pounds, 15 shillings each." "Thirteen fifteen?" "I've heard that figure before." "It sounds extravagant even in today's market." " What's the bidder's name?" " It was a man named Cook." " It was a man named Warleggan." " No, Cook." "George Warleggan is behind it." "It's his money." " No, he shall not have them." " Oh, dear, dear me." "It may take weeks to find a similar offer." " Perhaps not at all." " So be it." "Well, my boy, I'm at a loss to know what to suggest." "I want a loan of f1 ,OOO without security." " Huh?" " You heard me." "Without security?" "Do you know what interest you'd pay?" " l know." " 40 at the least." " Can you arrange it?" " l could manage something but consider for a moment what you're getting into." "At least Blewitt won't go to prison." "As for the rest..." "Damn it, Pascoe will just have to wait." "(Thunder)" "She's hardly slept in three days." " How's Francis?" " He'll live." "Come, my love." "We must get you to bed." "(Baby crying)" "Julia's crying." "Oh, Ross. 'Tis her teeth." "They're giving her amul pain." "There, there, my love." " There, there." " There's nothing you can do?" "No." "Aah." "It'll soon be over, my love." "It'll soon be over." "(Coughs)" "(Demelza continues coughing)" "Storm brews outside but it's hot in here." " Oh." " You're on fire!" "It's so hot." "Poor Julia." "She can't sleep." "Oh, Ross." "Oh, Ross..." "Demelza!" "They both have it." " Badly?" " Demelza is more advanced." " The child is in the early stages." " And the crisis?" "Perhaps in a day, maybe less." "I have left instructions and the liniment with Jinny." "Francis recovered." "So did his son." "I'll call again tomorrow." "(Demelza moaning)" "(Speaks softly)" "Sir." "Demelza is safe now." "The danger has passed." "There is nothing more to be done tonight." "I'm finished." "No." " No, you're not." " Aye." "There's a limit for any man." "And I have reached mine." "If it's any consolation to you, I also have known this road." "I have known utter despair." "I am still trying to find a way to live with that." "But I do know one thing." "Giving up doesn't solve anything." "Good night." "We can't hold her!" "We're heading for the shore!" " We have to abandon her." " Don't leave me!" " Let go, you fool." " Save me, for God's mercy." " Come on." " No, I can't!" " Come on!" " l'll report this to my uncle." "Jud!" "Jud!" "Shipwreck!" "Jud!" "(Slurred shouting from inside)" "What be all the bloody hollerin' out there?" " What is it?" " Shipwreck!" "Quick!" " Get help." " Wreck, eh?" "Nampara Cove." "Rouse the village." "Shipwreck, eh?" "That'll mean pickings for all, eh?" "Aye." "Pickings for all." "Now, raise the alarm or lives shall be lost." "(Cackling gleefully)" "Shipwreck!" "Shipwreck!" "Nampara Cove!" "Rouse yourselves!" "Shipwre-e-eck!" "There she be!" " What is she?" " Brigantine, looks like." "Come on, lads." "(Cheering and shouting)" "Look for the crew!" "is anybody here?" " (Cheering) - (Jud) Brandy!" "Heave it up, lads!" "Hey, there." "Grab that up." "Stand off, damn you!" "Have him, lads!" "Stop fighting!" "Help the crew!" "There are men drowning!" "Will you stop fighting?" "Stop fighting each other!" "Leave it!" "Put that down!" "That's my cargo!" "(Shouts in pain) lt's mine now." "(Groaning)" "You'll hang for this." " Are you all right?" " Yes." "Help them." "(Ross) Come with me." "Just leave everything." " On the beach." " Who are you, sir?" "If you don't want a broken skull, follow me." " Get down after them." " McNeil!" "McNeil, don't!" " l have my duty." " They're fighting drunk." " There are too many of them." " l have no choice." "Soldiers!" "(Groaning)" "My cargo!" "There's nothing more I can do." "Come." "No, thank you." "We are obliged to you, sir." "You're master of the Queen Charlotte?" "Aye." "You know her?" "The owners and I are acquainted." "We were heading for the West Indies." "Taking a Mr Sanson, cousin to the Warleggans." "Transporting him, I'd say." "Pardon if he was your friend." "He was a friend to very few and now to none at all" " save perhaps almighty God." " He's dead?" "I'll not sleep till I know of my crew." "(Demelza wailing)" "Jinny will show you to your quarters." "Thank you again, sir." "(Wailing continues)" "(Sobbing)" "Ross..." "(Sobbing)" "Oh, Ross." "What are we to do?" " Do?" " It was me." "My dear?" "I killed her." " It was the sickness." " l brought it." " No." " Why didn't it take me?" "There's nothing left in living." "There's us." "Julia was the only reason for us marrying." "Now she's gone... the only reason for you taking me has gone, too." "If not for Julia, it would have been Elizabeth living here." "That was two years ago." " It's still the same." " How can it be?" "For two years we have shared good times and bad." "That's what binds people together, Demelza." "You and I." "We are bound." "Like this." "And that is how we shall stay." "Bound, aye, but not loving." "You're kind, considerate, good and true." "But you do feel no love for me, you love Elizabeth." "That's not true." "God knows, Demelza." "When we married I was in love with Elizabeth but that ended a long time ago." "If what I feel for you now, what I have felt increasingly over the last two years, if that is not love, I don't know what love is." "Oh, Ross." "If I have not told you, shown it in our life together, forgive me." "You are my strength, Demelza, and I need you, now more than ever." "You must not let me down." "I love you and I need your love or I'm lost." "My dearest wife."