The Making of a Lady Page #4

Was it the post?

No. No post.

Why is he not replying to my

letters?

He asked me to write to him.

Emily, I've been thinking...

You shouldn't be on your own at

night.

What if you were taken ill and nobody

heard you call out?

You haven't been yourself.

I am quite myself.

No, Emily, you're not.

We should move into the room next to

yours.

I won't allow it. That is Lord

Walderhurst's room.

It's what he would want.

I know my cousin.

He would do anything to ensure that

the baby and you keep well.

It's just an Indian dish.

Oh, Emily...

I shouldn't have let them go next

door.

I can hardly breathe as it is.

Everywhere I am, they are.

All of them, always, watching me.

No, Miss. They're looking after you.

It's sensible.

He makes everyone do what he wants.

You're not well, madam. Come on,

let's get into bed. Take this. Go on.

He's in control now that Mr

Litton...

I don't know why you don't trust

him. He's a good man.

Oh, no. No...

Jane... Jane...

I'm on my own in this big old house,

stuck in the middle of nowhere!

There was a telegram for her in the

village.

Who's it from?

Who do you think?

"My ship has docked in Southampton.

Returning all speed. Walderhurst."

But why?

I don't know, but he is.

Emily suspects. I'm sure she does.

Ameerah thinks she's stopped drinking the

tonic, otherwise the baby would be gone by now.

We'll make our excuses and leave.

I'm not leaving this house.

It's mine.

It's not.

We tried...

We failed.

There's two of them and three of us.

Go around Jane. She'll do what I say.

What are you talking about?

We must do it now.

No.

I won't do this.

You won't help me?

Let me go!

No! Please! Please, Alec!

Now, you listen to me! I've given up

everything for you.

If we don't see this through, we will

hang for Litton's death.

Hang! You understand me?

We need to put an end to her tonight.

You understand?!

Yes!

Alec, wait. Alec, wait!

Why are we stopping? The mare's lame,

sir. There's a coach-house a mile back.

We could stay the night, find a

change of horses.

Will that be all, Your Ladyship?

I need to talk to you.

Lord Walderhurst is back in the

country.

Captain Osborn tried to burn it.

I retrieved it.

Burn it?

Why?

He wants to be master here.

He will do anything to achieve it.

I believe he killed Mr Litton.

They are planning something...

terrible against me.

Tonight.

We must go, leave, now.

He'll follow us.

Then, what are we going to do?

Let me go to the village, and I'll

get help.

What is it?

Rabbit.

You're not eating?

I don't feel well.

What did she say?

What?

She says that Jane is not helping in

the kitchen.

Jane's ill.

She's in bed.

Your maid is not in her bedroom.

How strange!

She must have left the house under

some delusion.

She must have.

Don't worry. She's on foot. She can't

have gone far.

I'll bring her back.

Ameerah will stay in the house to

look after you and Hester.

I think I shall go to bed.

Come out!

Come out. Come out. It will be better

for you if you come out.

Stop her!

Jane!

Jane!

Hester!

Help me!

I can't.

I know you're in here, Jane.

You don't need to be afraid of me.

Keep away from me!

Away or I'll shoot.

I mean it.

I will.

You will feel nothing.

It is a good death.

Lord Walderhurst!

Where's Emily? Why are you here?

She's...

Who's that?

My servant.

We have all been looking after Emily.

Is she ill?

Tell me.

I'm sorry, Your Lordship, but the

memsahib is dead.

She had a fever of the blood.

We tried everything to make her

better, but today, she passed.

What the hell happened to you?

You're bleeding, for God's sake.

I fell.

Alec's gone to Ashbourne to make the

funeral arrangements.

Come into the drawing room.

It's my fault.

It's all my fault.

Where is she?

I want to... I need to...

I need to see her. Where is she?

I'm so sorry.

There's nothing to be sorry for.

You were a friend to her.

What?

What is it?

She's upstairs.

You could still save her.

Get away from her! Get away!

Emily? Oh, my God!

No, don't look.

No! No!

Alec is dead. I've sent Hester and

her servant back to India.

No-one will harm you ever again.

I shouldn't have left you.

I shouldn't have left.

Emily... Emily, I need you to understand

why I couldn't take you with me.

I lost everyone I've ever loved out

there.

My wife, Elizabeth, died in

childbirth.

The baby lived for a month.

We did everything we could to take

care of him, but...

One morning, I found him in his cot.

It was unbearable.

I'd only just found you. I couldn't

bear to lose you too.

I am so, so sorry.

But I am most sorry that I never told

you how I felt about you.

I felt it always,

from the moment I first saw you in my

aunt's house and I brought you here.

I loved you.

I loved you, but still,

I didn't tell you.

I don't know why.

Emily? Emily?

You came back.

Emily...

Oh, my darling!

I've got them. What shall I do with

them?

Eat them up!

One!

Two! Three!

Four!

Five!

Six. Seven.

Eight.

Nine. Ten.

Coming!

We're coming!

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