(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)