Ross and Demelza welcome two new arrivals: Dwight Enys, a doctor who plans to make a study of lung diseases at Wheal Leisure and their own baby daughter, Julia Grace Poldark.
At Julia’s christening, Demelza resolves to lift Verity’s spirits by reconciling her with her lost love Captain Blamey. Meanwhile, Mark Daniel has fallen in love with the capricious Keren, who demands he find her a home before they are married. Ross helps Mark renovate one of his dilapidated cottages.
Ross sets about forming an alliance with other mine owners to build their own smelting company and break the Warleggan stranglehold that is driving copper prices ever lower. However, as Francis is deeply in debt to George, he cannot join the venture. Deeply unhappy with his marriage to Elizabeth, Francis is spending what money he has left on lavish gifts for an ambitious prostitute, Margaret.
Francis also secures Ross an invitation to George’s house party, a seedy affair of drinking, gaming and whoring. With Ross at the party, Demelza lures Verity into a trap designed to reconcile her with Captain Blamey.
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