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The Truelove

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A stowaway splits the crew of the Surprise

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Leaving the penal colony, Jack finds a stowaway aboard: the convict Clarissa Harvill, hidden by midshipman William Oakes. With a government ship possibly on their trail, Jack lets the two marry aboard. On a walk, she tells Stephen about the abuse she suffered and the Piccadilly brothel where she worked, and she recognized an aristocrat there. Stephen realizes this is the highly placed traitor they've been after and sends a coded letter to Blaine. Oakes and Clarissa leave on the whaler Truelove, and the Surprise sets off after the privateer Franklin.

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What changed in the film

  1. Behind the scenesToo Austen for America

    In the US the book became The Truelove, after a whaler in the plot. Per Dick Adler, American editors felt Clarissa Oakes sounded too much like Jane Austen.

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  2. Behind the scenesThe red dress

    Clarissa's wedding dress is made from the red silk Jack had bought for Sophie.

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