Sanditon

Sidney, my younger brother.

I've underestimated you, Miss Heywood.

I never cared about your fortune.

What difference does it make now?

Charlotte...

Yes?

Fire!

My situation is very grave indeed, Sidney.

I have been obliged to engage myself

to Mrs. Eliza Campion.

I wish you every happiness-- excuse me.

This had better be worth it, child,

or I shall have you strangled!

You see? I told you.

Thank you, Lord Kingsley.

Oh!

As for your proposal,

I would sooner be boiled alive.

Although, I do admire your carriage.

Lord Kingsley was greatly offended.

I was candid.

And that is a virtue.

Is it not, Miss Hankins?

Quite so.

Brother?

Um, yes, uh, but...

But there is much to be said for tact.

I showed him as much respect as any fortune hunter deserves.

I'm not a natural guardian, Mary.

She is quite indifferent to my counsel.

Give her time, dearest.

It has only been three months since Sidney's death.

It has affected her far more than she would admit.

Hm.

I believe what she needs,

more than anything, is another friend.

Happily, one is on the way.

It was so kind of the Parkers to lend us their carriage.

When I am married, I shall have one just like this.

And four footmen!

Only the four?

I cannot decide who I am most excited to meet.

They were all so vivid in your letters!

I know Miss Lambe and I are destined

to be the greatest of friends.

Look, Charlotte!

The sea!

Are you not excited to be returning?

Welcome!

Oh, hello!

How you've grown!

I shall be as tall as Mama soon!

Tom, you are so generous to invite us both!

This is my sister, Alison. Pleasure.

Come on.

I had hoped when I returned home

to be able to make you a proposal of marriage,

but that cannot be.

The fact is, I have been obliged

to engage myself to Mrs. Eliza Campion.

Please believe me that if there was any other way

to resolve Tom's situation, I would.

We'll take you to your bedroom.

I do hope Mary passed on my sympathies.

Yes, yes, thank you.

I was surprised to learn Sidney was in Antigua.

Uh, we were as surprised as you.

We cannot account for it.

We instructed an agent in Antigua

with repatriating his possessions.

We hope he might be able to find some kind of explanation.

If only

he'd never gone,

he'd have been spared the yellow fever and still be with us.

It, it is some comfort to know

that he found such happiness with Eliza before he,

before we lost him.

What a beautiful house!

I cannot wait to see the town!

Once you're both settled,

you shall meet Georgiana for some tea

in the new Assembly Room.

But first I must

show you the promenade!

Oh, I should love to see it.

Georgiana will be so pleased to see you.

Mr. Hankins and his sister have kindly offered

to become her chaperones.

But the arrangement could not be called ideal.

You must sing up, my dear!

How is the Lord to hear you

unless you raise your sweet voice to His ear?

I have long since concluded that the Lord is deaf.

The Lord is not deaf, Miss Lambe.

Then why does He persist in ignoring my prayers?

Brother...

Uh, Miss Lambe, the Lord does not ignore...

I'm going to be late for Miss Charlotte!

Miss Lambe?

As you can see, my dears, Sanditon is fast becoming

the most desirable destination on the south coast.

And now I'm Tom's right hand,

I've been planning some schemes of my own.

A pagoda, and even a theater!

How exciting!

I gather Mr. Stringer is doing well in London.

Yes, by all accounts, he is well on his way

to becoming a master architect.

Ah, Lord Cramond, good morning!

Morning. I trust we shall see you at the parade?

A parade?

Your timing could hardly be better.

We await the arrival of Colonel Lennox and his company.

They are to remain the whole summer.

A colonel and his company? How thrilling!

Yes, decorated for his bravery at Waterloo.

And, as if you required any further proof

that Sanditon has arrived,

we have even attracted our own artist.

Charles Lockhart.

I daresay you've heard of him-- he's a portraitist!

Good morning, Mr. Lockhart. It is,

Mr. Parker.

I've just braved the waves and I feel quite reborn!

Nothing like the sting...

...of salt on skin

to rouse the senses.

Ladies.

I fear we look hopelessly parochial.

We must ask Papa to send us money for clothes at once.

We have little enough to spare.

It would be an investment.

How are we to attract rich husbands

unless we look the part?

I came here to avoid all that!

You came here to avoid a certain man.

Not marriage altogether.

Why would you wish to do that?

What say you, Colonel?

We've certainly faced harsher battlefields.

Around a hundred men, I'm told.

And they march on Sanditon tomorrow afternoon.

Don't you think it rather peculiar?

To the best of my knowledge, we're not at risk of invasion.

No, we're not from without, perhaps,

but sedition is sweeping the country.

And as landed gentry, it would be our necks at the guillotine.

I welcome a military presence.

A hundred drunk, unshaven libertines.

Quite a civilizing influence.

Not every soldier is a rascal.

I've always had a certain fondness for a red coat.

My favorite brother was a cavalryman.

Maximilian.

As long as they do not outstay their welcome.

I've been here less than a week, Aunt.

Yes, and I'm still not clear

as to what purpose your stay in the first place.

A new husband should retain his luster for a year, at least.

Occasionally two.

You've not tired of him already?

Quite the opposite.

While he's away, it's the perfect opportunity

to visit my favorite aunt.

Hmm, how thoughtful of you.

Thank you. Thank you-- thank you.

Georgiana!

I've been counting the hours!

My sister, Alison.

She and her brother are well-meaning.

Painfully so.

And Tom Parker is a woefully ineffective guardian,

though he is determined to see me married

before my 21st birthday.

I think he is just keen to be rid of me,

like his brother before him.

Sidney was fonder of you than you allow.

Perhaps.

Though now we shall never know.

Is there any sugar?

We are leading a boycott,

in the hopes those plantation owners

who persist in keeping slaves

will be forced to follow my father's example.

Forgive me, I thought we'd abolished slavery.

The law only prohibits the buying and selling of slaves.

As yet, there is no law against owning them.

Then I shall never have sugar again.

Good day to you, Miss Lambe.

An admirer?

I am besieged by fortune hunters.

Each day brings a fresh proposal.

That man in the corner proposed

just this morning.

You've not been tempted to accept any of them?

Why?

I have never possessed such power.

The moment I marry,

that will vanish.

You are not the only one who's been trying to evade a proposal.