(light dramatic music) (hooves clopping) - [Isabella] I am writing to inform you that my Father has only a short time left with us.
- My trunk.
- Where are you going, Mum?
- I have urgent business to attend to at Kintbury.
There are certain items there, that belong here.
- [Isabella] Cassandra!
We weren't expecting you.
May I introduce Cassandra Austen?
- [Mr. Dundas] Austen.
Are you perhaps some relation to Ms. Jane Austen?
- [Cassandra] She was my sister.
Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen is found within the pages of her novels.
- You know that is most certainly not true.
There's sure to be letters that will cast up all manner of treasure.
(mischievous music) - [Jane] My dearest Eliza, (dramatic rousing music) prepare yourselves for a house full of Austens.
My beloved sister, Cassie, is in love.
Well, you said yes of course?
- I said yes.
- Yes!
(Jane laughs) - My eldest daughter would be an asset to any man.
But poor Jane, we're not sure what's going to become of her.
- Happiness isn't like a cold, you can't just pass it on.
(Jane laughs) - [Isabella] We have bad tidings to impart, Cassie.
You must prepare yourself.
- [Mrs. Austen] Wasn't there a gentleman you both met?
And wasn't there even rivalry?
- I'm something of an expert in romantic matters and I'm quite sure I saw sparks flying between you.
I think one even caught in my bonnet.
(tense music) - Miss Isabella, is to vacate the vicarage within a fortnight.
- [Isabella] Now I must leave the only home I've ever known.
What of my own feelings?
- [Mr. Lidderdale] I could never turn my back on you, Miss Isabella.
- [Cassandra] Love comes at a price.
- [Cassy] I will somehow have to live without her.
It is something that most sisters must go through.
- We are not most sisters.
(dramatic music) - [Cassy] Will she have her happy ending?
(dramatic music) - Did you find any letters from Jane?
- Not a single one.
(lips smooch) (singers harmonizing)
