"Where there is sunlight, there must also be shadows," whispers Sarah Lancashire's narration. It's a Candleford-ism that sounds, you know, deep, yet it's really the kind of thing you see on calendars with inspirational sayings for every day of the week.
The biggest shadow is cast over salt-of-the-earth Robert Timmins. Someone pinches his tools, which destroys both his faith in human nature and his ability to "provide" for his family. As this is the nearest to a crimewave Lark Rise or Candleford is ever likely to see, there is much discussion and Dorcas, with her bulletproof condescension, steps in to help. But there's more excitement: Thomas the postman and his beloved have an erotic frisson over a tea set, and - most gripping of all - a parcel goes missing!
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