After uncovering Mary Austen's lies, Cassandra's determination to keep Jane's letters private is stronger than ever. Her mission is accompanied by a second – to secure a home for Isabella, who, following the death of her father, is being forced to leave the vicarage.
Intimations of a past romantic rivalry between young sisters Cassandra and Jane threaten to emerge. The older Cassandra denies any such thing, but as she delves into Jane's old letters, she secretly re-lives the youthful days of her and Jane's first encounter with Henry Hobday.
