Robert is working in Oxford and sending money home whilst Ruby Pratt has returned from Pontefract after splitting with her gentleman friend. Gabriel Cochrane, whose wife has died and whose foundry has been repossessed by the bank, comes to Candleford, penniless, and Dorcas employs him in her forge where the work interests Sydney. After Edmund has collected money from Robert at the post office, he arrives home saying he has been robbed. The whole village rallies round Emma.
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故事发作在19世纪末一座位于牛津郡的小小村庄里。劳拉（奥莉薇娅·哈琳安 Olivia Hallinan 饰）的母亲行将临盆，为了给重生儿挪中央，家人们决议将劳拉送到隔壁镇的邮局任务，由寓居在那里的表姐道卡斯（茱莉亚·萨瓦哈 Julia Sawalha 饰）照顾。初来乍到的劳拉由于洋气的打扮和外向的特性，在新环境里处处遭到排斥，好在温顺的道卡斯不断都坚决的支持着她。
邮局昂贵的邮寄费用让小镇居民们心生怨气，直到有一天，一位名叫奎尼（琳达·巴塞特 Linda Bassett 饰）由于领取不起邮费，而错过了见本人弟弟最初一面的时机。这件喜剧激化了居民们和邮局之间的矛盾。
