1 00:00:00,073 --> 00:00:02,360 - Stay with us, friend. - Colonel Despard. 2 00:00:02,361 --> 00:00:05,679 - My name is Catherine Despard. - Ned's wife? 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,119 Will you take on his case? It may be the rashest thing you ever do. 4 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:09,390 When do we leave? 5 00:00:09,391 --> 00:00:13,479 Mr Ralph Hanson Of the Mosquito Shore Mahogany Company. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,399 My daughter, Cecily. 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,959 Heaven save me from upstart Irishmen. 8 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,359 In Honduras, I was plagued by a most vexatious specimen. 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,589 If you work for me, there must be trust. 10 00:00:24,590 --> 00:00:27,119 - Did you do this? - I did not. 11 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,498 - To my mother. - To Elizabeth. 12 00:00:28,499 --> 00:00:29,599 Elizabeth! 13 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,879 We should make arrangements for your investiture by the King himself. 14 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,159 I'll remind Elizabeth! It must have slipped her mind. 15 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,359 His Majesty's Government can always find a covert role 16 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:38,759 for a person of your... 17 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,119 ...talents. 18 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,159 What might the Government be willing to do in return? 19 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:43,759 What do you recommend? A quiet life? 20 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,559 My head down and my mouth shut? 21 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,960 Where would be the fun in that? 22 00:01:22,604 --> 00:01:27,604 *CREDITS* 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,520 Oi! 24 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Oi! 25 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,200 Give us a penny? 26 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,380 Look, Jeremy! 27 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,760 Mama, why are there so many soldiers? 28 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,200 'Ey! Papa! 29 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,119 Thank you, sir. 30 00:01:59,487 --> 00:02:01,167 We have guests. 31 00:02:04,926 --> 00:02:08,239 Here he is! The root of all evil! 32 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,440 Devil incarnate. 33 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:12,880 At your service, ma'am. 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:16,439 I'm afraid you have a houseful! 35 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:17,720 Yes, I see that! 36 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,919 - What's the name of this soldier? - Jeremy. 37 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:22,800 Pleased to meet you, Jeremy. 38 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,140 What are you reading? 39 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,159 Poetry? 40 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:33,400 Romance? 41 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,919 A Vindication Of The Rights of Woman? 42 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,919 What "rights" could a girl possibly want 43 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,245 that a well-connected husband could not supply? 44 00:02:45,246 --> 00:02:48,079 Mrs Wollstonecraft touches on that subject, papa. 45 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,479 Perhaps you should read her? 46 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:50,919 I have no time to waste on reading 47 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,440 the ravings of an educated woman. 48 00:02:53,466 --> 00:02:55,186 And soon, I hope, nor will you. 49 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,960 George Warleggan has been invited to call. 50 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,999 Will you join us? 51 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,399 Tomorrow he will be Sir George Warleggan. 52 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,320 May I defer that pleasure? 53 00:03:10,113 --> 00:03:11,992 There'll be a reckoning when I discover 54 00:03:12,017 --> 00:03:13,776 who's responsible for my disgrace. 55 00:03:13,973 --> 00:03:15,492 Do nothing in haste. 56 00:03:15,517 --> 00:03:18,036 - They've no evidence of treachery. - Because none exists. 57 00:03:18,061 --> 00:03:21,810 But evidence of loyalty, to present to those who can influence 58 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:24,724 the matter and restore you to your post, 59 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,479 THAT I'm keen to procure. 60 00:03:27,265 --> 00:03:29,002 Do you know anyone who could speak in your favour? 61 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,599 Bannantine, my secretary. 62 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,959 But I've no notion where he went after I was recalled. 63 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,679 I'll make enquires. 64 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,599 If he could help us discover who falsely accused you... 65 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:41,720 My money's on that bastard Hanson. 66 00:03:43,113 --> 00:03:46,032 But he alone could not have had me recalled. 67 00:03:46,057 --> 00:03:49,096 Someone here, with vested interests 68 00:03:49,121 --> 00:03:50,840 and no mean powers 69 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,531 and connections, even up to the Mad King himself, 70 00:03:53,532 --> 00:03:55,020 must have done that. 71 00:03:55,393 --> 00:03:56,953 But they'll pay for it. 72 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:04,300 These areas here, here, here and here 73 00:04:04,683 --> 00:04:08,802 have yielded riches beyond measure for upwards of 30 years. 74 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,559 But now demand outstrips supply 75 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,839 so there is a need to push to regions more remote, 76 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,500 extraction thus more difficult, 77 00:04:18,620 --> 00:04:21,920 more labour thus required... 78 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,120 Slave labour. 79 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:30,200 Would that be a concern? 80 00:04:32,173 --> 00:04:33,693 Why would it? 81 00:04:37,667 --> 00:04:42,946 Now, one is naturally reluctant to invite new investors to take 82 00:04:42,971 --> 00:04:44,780 a slice of the pie. 83 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,639 But, due investment being required 84 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,574 and the rewards being bountiful... 85 00:04:50,575 --> 00:04:52,400 All parties win. 86 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,160 I've never heard of the man. 87 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,720 Bannantine...? 88 00:05:08,226 --> 00:05:09,665 I have no idea where he might be. 89 00:05:09,690 --> 00:05:11,689 Mm, no. 90 00:05:11,714 --> 00:05:14,274 I've heard no word of Bannantine in months. 91 00:05:17,111 --> 00:05:19,679 It would appear that Bannantine has vanished. 92 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,199 What's it taking so long?! 93 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,720 Ned, you need to have patience. 94 00:05:27,767 --> 00:05:29,407 A veritable Nelson! 95 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,399 And all on credit! 96 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,740 As will be my training... 97 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,940 ...unless I can secure a wealthy benefactor. 98 00:05:40,226 --> 00:05:44,505 Perhaps you could sell your charms to an elderly duchess? 99 00:05:44,530 --> 00:05:46,569 Good thought! Do you know of any? 100 00:05:46,594 --> 00:05:48,900 Oh, Vauxhall is threshing with them! 101 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,319 You should try your luck tonight. 102 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,439 You seem quite yourself again. 103 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,079 Why would you think otherwise? 104 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,439 Because, in the days before our departure, 105 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,239 you appeared a little... 106 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:12,260 ...disordered with talk of Elizabeth. 107 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:15,559 Yes? 108 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,720 As if she was still with us. 109 00:06:20,499 --> 00:06:22,739 Are you sure it's not you who is disordered? 110 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:40,560 When will Papa return? 111 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,679 See'd Morwenna by the quay. 112 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:22,940 Is there news? 113 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,039 What manner of news? 114 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,399 She looked so delicate and pale, 115 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,359 I thought maybe there was...? 116 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:29,839 What? 117 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:31,160 A child coming? 118 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,480 Not unless it's a fairy child. 119 00:07:39,246 --> 00:07:41,366 She does keep her distance, still? 120 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:43,760 She's yet so broken... 121 00:07:46,727 --> 00:07:48,247 ...and may never mend. 122 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,039 Right, impudence! 123 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,119 Get up and whitewash yon wall ye burnt! 124 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:07,439 And wipe that smirk off, 'fore this besom do! 125 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,439 I can't help it, missus. 126 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,429 Thinking how I'd take a strap to 'ee, 127 00:08:11,430 --> 00:08:13,279 were I mistress here. 128 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,560 Thee? Mistress here? 129 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,720 Stranger things have happ'd. 130 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,761 No-one can tell me where Bannantine is, 131 00:08:31,762 --> 00:08:34,519 but there is someone I think we should meet. 132 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,960 The King declines to intervene on my behalf... 133 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:44,380 ...while I sit caged in a lodging house, twiddling my thumbs. 134 00:08:45,104 --> 00:08:46,639 Put 'em to use, then! 135 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,679 Tomorrow we have an appointment with Joseph Merceron. 136 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:49,939 Tonight we promenade. 137 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:51,609 Thank you, no. 138 00:08:51,610 --> 00:08:55,959 Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens hold few attractions for me! 139 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,039 Does Kitty not deserve a night on the town? 140 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,824 If she's anything like my wife... 141 00:08:59,825 --> 00:09:01,320 Which she is. 142 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,359 Were you not all set to marry some Irish countess after the war? 143 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,959 And you some Cornish heiress? 144 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,440 She preferred my cousin. 145 00:09:12,420 --> 00:09:13,460 Lucky for you. 146 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,459 Do you think we made the right choices? 147 00:09:17,484 --> 00:09:19,363 Yes. 148 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,040 But not the easy ones! 149 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,359 Where did he pick that up? 150 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:37,760 Tasty. 151 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,039 Why do they look at her so? 152 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,599 Do they think she's...? 153 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:53,800 - A courtesan. - What?! 154 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,260 Dear Lord, Ross, how dare they?! 155 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,520 Isn't that Despard...? 156 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,240 Shame on you! 157 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,360 Shame on you, Despard! 158 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,119 Traitor! 159 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,960 Colonel Despard. 160 00:10:26,766 --> 00:10:28,286 Mr Hanson... 161 00:10:29,327 --> 00:10:32,100 ...of the Mosquito Shore Mahogany Company. 162 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,700 Now returned to English soil. 163 00:10:35,427 --> 00:10:38,387 You remember my wife, Catherine. 164 00:10:38,655 --> 00:10:40,479 It's brave of you to venture out, ma'am, 165 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,755 in view of your husband's fall from grace. 166 00:10:42,756 --> 00:10:45,300 But then, perhaps, you're not... 167 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,860 ...unfamiliar with contempt? 168 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,359 You'll be familiar with my fist if you don't apologise to my wife. 169 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,399 Ned, I'm sure Mr Hanson meant no offence. 170 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,100 I can assure you none was taken. 171 00:11:08,867 --> 00:11:11,826 As ever, we are redeemed by the fairer sex. 172 00:11:11,851 --> 00:11:16,580 No, I think it will take a lot more than that... 173 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,840 ...to redeem you, sir. 174 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,140 Ma'am. 175 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,759 Shall we? 176 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,079 You go crawl back under your stone, Hanson! 177 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,319 Rest assured, you'll be made to pay! 178 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,559 Ned! Be calm. 179 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,999 Come away, now. 180 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,719 It's time we go. 181 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,319 She's a better woman than I. 182 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,537 - I'd have let him crown the man. - I would've helped. 183 00:11:41,538 --> 00:11:43,839 - How does that serve his cause? - Dwight... 184 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,919 In fairness, the man was to blame for his demise. 185 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:47,759 Ned's agreed to take me home now. 186 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,989 I think Kitty would feel safer indoors. 187 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:51,188 Then we'll all go. 188 00:11:51,189 --> 00:11:54,279 No, please, we'd prefer to have time by ourselves. 189 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,880 Of course, my dear. 190 00:11:59,599 --> 00:12:01,759 And this is our new century? 191 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,920 Cecily...! 192 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,314 Did I not say you'd be spoilt for choice? 193 00:12:36,315 --> 00:12:39,311 The honourable Miss DeVere? Countess Hathersage? 194 00:12:39,312 --> 00:12:41,999 The more frightful the specimen, the better your chances! 195 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,520 I'm flattered! 196 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,239 And you? Seen anyone to your liking? 197 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,079 No-one of whom Papa would approve. 198 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,233 You have no choice in the matter? 199 00:12:52,234 --> 00:12:54,300 Did your mama choose her mate? 200 00:12:54,813 --> 00:12:56,572 I expect she was somewhat directed. 201 00:12:56,886 --> 00:12:58,147 And mine. 202 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,520 And it cost her. 203 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,999 All the more reason for you to be mistress of your fate. 204 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,359 Tell that to Papa. 205 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,160 I shall, if I ever meet him. 206 00:13:08,893 --> 00:13:10,412 Now's your chance. 207 00:13:10,437 --> 00:13:11,717 He's over there. 208 00:13:14,180 --> 00:13:15,599 Go on. 209 00:13:15,913 --> 00:13:17,673 I dare you. 210 00:13:20,293 --> 00:13:21,573 Very well. 211 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:37,759 What are you doing? 212 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,639 Miss Hanson dared me 213 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,159 to tell her papa she should marry as she chooses. 214 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,039 Miss Hanson's papa is not one to take advice. 215 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,679 You know him? 216 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:48,239 I know he's a man you should avoid. 217 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:49,880 - But... - Just trust me. 218 00:13:57,153 --> 00:13:59,592 So, what's to be done for Ned? 219 00:13:59,617 --> 00:14:01,377 My hope is on Joseph Merceron. 220 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,359 - Gentlemen. - Mr Merceron. 221 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:18,536 You wished to see me... 222 00:14:18,537 --> 00:14:19,879 Please. 223 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,319 ...in my capacity as patron of our local charities...? 224 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,198 No, sir, as magistrate who presided over 225 00:14:25,199 --> 00:14:26,399 Colonel Despard's hearing. 226 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,600 And his subsequent unlawful detention. 227 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,679 At the time of the hearing, 228 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,999 was there ever mention of a man named Bannantine? 229 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:36,439 Bannantine? 230 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,399 My secretary in Honduras. 231 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,399 We believe he's been in London for some time 232 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,479 and wondered why he was not called upon 233 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,255 to give evidence in his master's defence? 234 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,399 Now, I recall. 235 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,159 The man was, indeed, sought but could not be found. 236 00:14:48,580 --> 00:14:50,439 His testimony could have made all the difference. 237 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,080 In fully restoring my reputation and enabling me to return to my post. 238 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,079 - Is that your intention? - Why, man, what else would it be?! 239 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,959 This conspiracy has robbed me of my name and my position 240 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:03,507 and I want them restored! 241 00:15:03,532 --> 00:15:04,864 - Colonel... - It is my right! 242 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,080 And I'll not rest till it's been granted. 243 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,279 Well, gentlemen, if I can be of any assistance 244 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,239 in your search for Mr Bannantine... 245 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:19,359 We'd be most grateful. 246 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,959 And should you yourself discover him, please do let me know. 247 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,000 Of course. 248 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,680 - Well, I wish you luck, colonel. - Huh! 249 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,520 I'm a little out of practice. 250 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,399 You were never up to my standard. 251 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,839 Somebody must fight you, if only to prevent you fighting all the world. 252 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,999 Joseph Merceron was trying to help. 253 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,919 I suppose I should thank you. 254 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,239 But what help can he bring? 255 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,440 I know you cannot bear inaction. 256 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,399 Or favours. 257 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,340 Or not being permitted to fight your own battles. 258 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,439 I scarce know what those battle are. 259 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,040 I'll tell you when they're won. 260 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,640 How can one win against an invisible enemy? 261 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,480 - Enough! Enough! - Sir. 262 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,440 Would you like me to do that, my dear? 263 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,940 After all... 264 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,879 ...it would not do to be late for the king 265 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,020 when one is receiving a knighthood. 266 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:21,399 Ladies, gentlemen, fellow members of the Royal College of Surgeons, 267 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,799 may I welcome you to this lecture in which I will attempt to articulate 268 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,639 my own, perhaps controversial, views 269 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,100 of the causes and treatment of insanity. 270 00:17:41,699 --> 00:17:45,698 I have come to consider insanity not as a moral failing, 271 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,780 nor an inherited one... 272 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,680 ...but an affliction which may happen to the best of us. 273 00:17:56,819 --> 00:17:58,178 I am, of course, aware of 274 00:17:58,203 --> 00:17:59,962 the plethora of conventional treatments, 275 00:17:59,987 --> 00:18:05,660 many and varied, but alike in their brutality and lack of humanity. 276 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,879 Sir, are you suggesting that the mad man, or woman, 277 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,100 does not benefit from a firm hand? 278 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,054 From my own observation and experience, I suggest that 279 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:23,280 patience and simple kindness can yield equal, if not better, results. 280 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:27,399 But what of the man who attempted to assassinate His Majesty? 281 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,359 I do not know his history, ma'am, but... 282 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,919 He is a soldier, sir, 283 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:36,399 who sustained severe sabre wounds to the head in the service of the King. 284 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,439 I'm no lawyer, but I venture to suggest that a man who has been 285 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,999 bludgeoned across the skull might not be entirely of sound mind. 286 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,159 And if he's not of sound mind, 287 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:47,954 how can he be held accountable for his actions? 288 00:18:47,955 --> 00:18:49,879 Oh, come now... 289 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,239 The man was a assassin. 290 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,279 What you say intrigues me, sir. 291 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,319 - And you are...? - Thomas Erskine. 292 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,440 Lawyer. 293 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,632 I will prove that the world isn't fit to receive the Lamb, 294 00:19:07,633 --> 00:19:08,725 I will prove it. 295 00:19:08,726 --> 00:19:10,633 Is this agitation usual for him? 296 00:19:11,236 --> 00:19:13,639 Countless testimonies say so. 297 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,400 There is no other way. I alone was chosen. 298 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,119 I alone could herald the second coming of the Lord. 299 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,580 Remind me, the legal definition of insanity...? 300 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,919 The defendant must be lost to all sense, incapable of forming 301 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,839 a judgment upon the consequences of the act he is about to commit. 302 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,399 And his careful planning of the assassination, 303 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,359 the purchasing of pistols, the lucid reasons given in advance, 304 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,519 all seem to contradict such a claim. 305 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,999 To die a martyr, for that... 306 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,119 It is too much to ask? 307 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:48,060 Would you consider taking the stand in his defence? 308 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,260 May I examine Mr Hadfield? 309 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,080 Of course. 310 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,160 Butter please, Jeremy. 311 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,646 Clumsy! 312 00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:15,839 It's so squashed in here. 313 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,159 I think perhaps we should think about other lodgings. 314 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,740 Absolutely not. 315 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:21,839 Demelza enjoys a crush. 316 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,905 When you've lived in one room with a father and six brothers, 317 00:20:23,906 --> 00:20:25,317 anything is spacious. 318 00:20:29,013 --> 00:20:30,053 Thank you, sir. 319 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:41,080 I must go out. 320 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,519 I'll come with you. I need the air. 321 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,439 No, no, it's a private matter. 322 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:48,720 I won't be long. 323 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,399 Mr Bannantine? 324 00:21:08,593 --> 00:21:09,633 Ross Poldark. 325 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,559 How did you know I was seeking you? 326 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,839 I have friends who frequent certain inns, 327 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,200 make it their business to see and not be seen. 328 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,959 As I have made it my business. 329 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:32,079 So, you know that Ned, Colonel Despard, has lately been released? 330 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,559 Will you tell him it was not indifference which kept me 331 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,958 - away from his hearing? - Of course, but... 332 00:21:36,959 --> 00:21:39,639 And if there's anything I can now do to make amends... 333 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,039 There is. 334 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,540 Ned is free, but... 335 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,119 ...there was no trial, 336 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,460 so there's still a cloud that hangs over his reputation. 337 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,199 I was hoping you could help me dispel it. 338 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,519 When Ned was governor in Honduras, 339 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,020 as his secretary, you would have observed him at close quarters. 340 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,520 These accusations against him, 341 00:22:02,545 --> 00:22:04,871 acting against the interests of the Crown, 342 00:22:04,896 --> 00:22:07,039 I'm assuming they were without foundation? 343 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,453 Utterly. 344 00:22:08,454 --> 00:22:09,979 So, what prompted them? 345 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:13,919 Well, the Colonel could be challenging, but... 346 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,034 ...his opposition to slavery? 347 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:21,799 Housing, feeding, educating, allocating land to slaves? 348 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,860 Marrying one? 349 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,439 The old colonists' and planters' worst nightmare. 350 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:32,439 Undermines the entire structure on which their fortunes are founded. 351 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,900 Would you be willing to testify to this? 352 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,079 Do you have any idea who Hanson's associates are here in London? 353 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:44,639 You must be aware, sir, that the vested interests 354 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,439 which have conspired to crucify our friend... If I, or you, 355 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,380 attempted to go against them... 356 00:22:52,113 --> 00:22:54,233 ...you've no idea what they're capable of. 357 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,300 So, a wasted journey? 358 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,540 What he told me would vindicate Ned, but... 359 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,639 ...he'll never set it down, for fear of reprisals. 360 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:07,940 Will you tell Ned? 361 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:10,560 What would be the point? 362 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,060 Perhaps it's for the best. 363 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,220 If such forces do exist... 364 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,460 ...is it not wise to avoid 'em? 365 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,700 Ross... 366 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,260 That man who bid you spy for him...? 367 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:39,839 Wickham? 368 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,320 If nought's been heard, perhaps he's forgot you. 369 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,599 I seriously doubt it, Demelza. 370 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,879 All the more reason for you to keep your head down, 371 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,799 keep clear of Ned's battles and go about your business. 372 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,340 My business is Ned. 373 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,980 I am in his debt. You know that. 374 00:23:56,866 --> 00:23:58,146 What can you do for him? 375 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,880 This is information which would clear Ned Despard's name. 376 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,251 I cannot get Bannantine to set it down, 377 00:24:07,252 --> 00:24:09,480 but what he reports points to a conspiracy, 378 00:24:09,505 --> 00:24:12,239 at the highest level, to silence and defame. 379 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,740 The highest level. 380 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:16,279 Which you would do well to avoid. 381 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,000 But when a man's reputation is at stake... 382 00:24:18,001 --> 00:24:21,239 Need I remind you, Captain, of our present crisis? 383 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,759 A populace on the verge of a revolt every bit as bloody as that of France. 384 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,273 - Mob violence. - But Ned is not... 385 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,519 Attempts on the King's life... 386 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:28,688 But Ned is not part of this violence. 387 00:24:28,689 --> 00:24:30,797 It could be argued he's part of a radical tide 388 00:24:30,798 --> 00:24:31,998 which is threatening to swamp the nation. 389 00:24:32,023 --> 00:24:33,519 Who says so? 390 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,480 Those whose greed and corruption he threatened to expose? 391 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,079 You'll forgive me, Captain. 392 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,319 The Crown and I have more pressing matters to attend to. 393 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,830 Not least of which is your friend, Doctor Enys, agreeing 394 00:24:45,831 --> 00:24:48,300 to take the stand for James Hadfield. 395 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,159 Good day. 396 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,599 See? 397 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,279 Not everyone's as vile as they were at Vauxhall. 398 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840 That's because they think I'm your maid. 399 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:34,780 I told you. 400 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,279 - I'm invincible. - Nephew? 401 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,320 Aunt Demelza! 402 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,159 May I introduce Miss Hanson? 403 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,759 Ralph Hanson's daughter? 404 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,159 My Aunt Demelza. 405 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,359 We escaped my chaperone. 406 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,599 You won't tell on us? 407 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,119 Of course not! Aunt Demelza's a regular sport. 408 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,260 In truth, I feel a little uneasy. 409 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,799 Without your parents' permission... 410 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,399 My mother's dead and I care not what my father thinks. 411 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,600 Yet I think he'd not care to have you gallivanting about together. 412 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,399 We're but common acquaintances. 413 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,380 Uncommon acquaintances. 414 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,079 Will you not be our trusted friend? 415 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,920 We'd esteem it the greatest favour. 416 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,780 Very well. But be discreet. 417 00:26:20,781 --> 00:26:23,360 - Thank you! - You're the best of aunts. 418 00:26:31,313 --> 00:26:32,353 Another game? 419 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,439 Are you sure you're not wishing we had the place to ourselves? 420 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,480 No. 421 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,120 Just... 422 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,159 I keep thinking someone's watching us. 423 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,479 I know you'll say it's just my imagination, 424 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,639 and why would anyone wish to follow us. 425 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,028 It's as if I have any proof, I just... 426 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,600 I know I'm bein' foolish. 427 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,559 Perhaps I should not have asked you here. 428 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,799 - Are you wishin' me gone already? - No! 429 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,599 I'm wishing London were not so strange and so full of shadows. 430 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,580 Is Cornwall not so, too? 431 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,940 Indeed, is anywhere truly free of those who wish us ill? 432 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,100 And we do not even know who they are. 433 00:27:46,740 --> 00:27:49,400 Then let us hold fast to those we know we can trust. 434 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,840 Then hold fast to me, my love. 435 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,540 I know who it belong to, but I think it suit me better. 436 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,860 And tis maybe not the only thing of hers sit better on me. 437 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,719 What you have in that knapsack, Samuel Carne? 438 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,374 Slice o' my heavy cake? 439 00:28:59,375 --> 00:29:01,879 Back to yer hoein', Miss Impudent! 440 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,180 Maybe we two should hoe together? 441 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,079 Get off! 442 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,120 Now! 443 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,719 ? There was an old couple and they were poor ? 444 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,319 ? They lived in a house with only one door ? 445 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,679 ? Oh, what a poor couple where they where they ? 446 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:28,920 ? What a poor couple... ? 447 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,319 Is that... 448 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,620 ...Valentine? 449 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:09,999 Valentine? 450 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,040 Morwenna. 451 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,439 Are you alone? 452 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,720 Is your maid not with you? 453 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,119 I escaped. 454 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,559 What would your papa say? 455 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,999 He's gone. 456 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,760 - Where? - To find Mama. 457 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,540 But sweetheart... 458 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,199 ...your mama, she... 459 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,220 Went away? Yes. 460 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,160 And Papa told me he'd bring her back. 461 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:39,800 I... 462 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,477 I don't think he can have meant that, my love. 463 00:30:44,502 --> 00:30:45,660 He did. 464 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,080 He promised me. He will bring her back. 465 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,640 Master Valentine! 466 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,400 Where have you been? 467 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,119 In the words of Governor Colonel Edward Despard, 468 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,559 "Man's inhumanity to man 469 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,079 "manifests in its worst form in the obscenity 470 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,470 "which is the slave trade." 471 00:31:33,805 --> 00:31:34,956 Order! 472 00:31:34,957 --> 00:31:40,279 "Arguments in favour of slavery are abominable 473 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,860 "in the ingenuity of their twisted reasoning." 474 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:49,259 Colonel Despard has been alone in his attempts to ease 475 00:31:49,284 --> 00:31:52,643 the plight of these men and women. And how long...? 476 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,679 How long will we turn a blind eye 477 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,260 to the suffering of these poor souls? 478 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,400 Order! 479 00:32:04,807 --> 00:32:06,180 This came for you. 480 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,039 "Against my better judgment, I have done as you asked. 481 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,820 "Do not entreat me further". 482 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:32,360 Bannantine? 483 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,279 Ross, it says Ned was faultless in his duty, devoted to his workers 484 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,500 fiercely loyal to the Crown. 485 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,439 Does he name Ned's accusers? 486 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:50,700 He said he dared not. 487 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,140 Then what can you do with it? 488 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,120 Take it to Joseph Merceron. 489 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,919 As presiding magistrate, he might have means to make a public 490 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,640 exoneration of Ned's character. 491 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,759 Ross... 492 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,839 ...is it wise to take up Ned's cause so publicly, 493 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,399 with magistrates and the like? 494 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,279 And Ned being so fiery, he's not a man to hold his tongue. 495 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:17,780 Perhaps... 496 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,240 - ...there is a better way. - What? 497 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,036 I will return later. 498 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,279 Are you certain? 499 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,759 I am resolved. 500 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,079 The establishment will not thank you. 501 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,479 Mr Hadfield's wellbeing is my concern, 502 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,420 not spurious notions of justice. 503 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,879 "Colonel Edward Despard, A True And Impartial Account." 504 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,319 And what will you do with them? 505 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,279 Circulate them amongst MPs I deem sympathetic to Ned's cause. 506 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,480 Not that there are many! 507 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,039 But I must begin somewhere. 508 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,839 Ned, Dwight is due to take the stand. 509 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,960 This will put the cat amongst the pigeons. 510 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,580 Dr Dwight Enys to the stand. 511 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:04,180 My Lord. 512 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,119 We have heard the defendant plead not guilty 513 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,020 on the grounds of insanity. 514 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,660 But how do we define insanity? 515 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,519 As one who has treated many such cases, I have observed 516 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,799 that the true character of insanity is not wild frenzy 517 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,839 or raving madness, 518 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:24,140 but delusion. 519 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,689 I suggest, therefore, that if a man's accountability 520 00:35:27,690 --> 00:35:29,780 rests upon his reason, 521 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:34,399 then the loss of that reason renders him not accountable. 522 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:37,560 Order! 523 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:52,359 James wrote this? 524 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,159 Ross had 'em printed. 525 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,839 He means to circulate 'em amongst a few sympathetic MPs. 526 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,580 But I have a better idea. 527 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,879 The defendant served with the Duke of York's bodyguard 528 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,719 at the Battle of Tourcoing, 529 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:08,159 where he sustained eight sabre blows to the head, 530 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:09,879 four of which are sufficient 531 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,839 to cause permanent and irreversible brain damage. 532 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,799 It cannot escape the Court that these injuries, 533 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,279 which have deprived the defendant of his reason, 534 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,780 were sustained in the service of the Crown itself. 535 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,800 Order! 536 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:36,600 Thank you, sir. 537 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:39,919 Thank you very much. 538 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,719 I have spoken with fellow officers, who attest to the bravery 539 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,479 and loyalty of the defendant prior to his injuries. 540 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,439 His sisters confirm this marked transformation. 541 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:52,559 His landlady... 542 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,439 Are there many more examples? 543 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:55,799 Yes, my Lord. 544 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,780 At least 30 more have testified in the same vein. 545 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:14,799 Since it can no longer be doubted that when the act was committed, 546 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,079 the defendant was not of sound mind, 547 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,799 the Court has no option but to halt the trial 548 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:26,079 and acquit the defendant on the grounds of insanity. 549 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,340 Thank you, My Lord. 550 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,519 He is... 551 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,199 He is, however, an extremely dangerous 552 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:41,340 member of society, who, for his own sake, must not be discharged. 553 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:44,920 All rise! 554 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:03,039 If he's not to be released, does that mean committal 555 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,559 to an institution? 556 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,239 Bedlam, I imagine. 557 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,140 Then I'm sorry I intervened. 558 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,320 Execution would have been kinder. 559 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:17,392 Bannantine came forward, sir. 560 00:38:17,417 --> 00:38:20,856 - He agreed to share his evidence. - Did he, indeed? 561 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,220 Are you convinced by its veracity? 562 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,260 Utterly. 563 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,079 Do you think I should doubt it? 564 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,100 In these uncertain times, shouldn't we doubt everyone? 565 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:39,580 Ralph Hanson and George Warleggan. 566 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,500 What could they possibly have in common? 567 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,940 Perhaps I should give them one of these. 568 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:52,260 This is tremendous! 569 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,040 Where did you...? 570 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,799 Is Bannantine in London? 571 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,519 Come with me. 572 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,600 Let's see if this has the effect I intend. 573 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,119 Gentlemen, may I beg your indulgence 574 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,519 - and ask you to read these pamphlets? - Thank you. 575 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,719 Though I say it myself... 576 00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:19,039 Mr Burdett, I believe this subject will find sympathy with you, sir. 577 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,120 Good day to you. 578 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,559 Sir George! 579 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,319 I observed you with Ralph Hanson. 580 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:27,560 A new business venture? 581 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,199 George, I wonder...? 582 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,799 Geoffrey Charles is resolved to serve his country 583 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,799 as an officer, but that he cannot do without sufficient means. 584 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,639 I believe we've exhausted this subject. 585 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,420 Why would I wish to revisit it? 586 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,720 Because we both know it's what his mother would want. 587 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,159 Oh. 588 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,840 We both know, do we? 589 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,199 What do you know of my wife? 590 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,159 You were nothing to her. 591 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,340 An irrelevance. 592 00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:02,813 And to me. 593 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,959 So, that night, when you said, 594 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,800 "See what we have brought her to..." 595 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,620 What did you mean? 596 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,940 That we had been the death of her. 597 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,559 Between your inability to let her go, 598 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:36,940 and my unfounded suspicions, we hounded her to an early grave. 599 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,340 I take my share of the blame. Take yours. 600 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,380 Ambushed! 601 00:41:37,926 --> 00:41:39,206 Tears? 602 00:41:40,167 --> 00:41:41,927 Most unbecoming in a cadet. 603 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:50,520 Your mama... 604 00:41:53,053 --> 00:41:55,013 I expect she was adorable. 605 00:41:57,233 --> 00:41:59,273 Would you like to see her picture? 606 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:11,799 A beauty! 607 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,679 Of course! 608 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,280 How else would her son be Adonis? 609 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:27,960 I'd almost forgot how to laugh. 610 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,460 For months I've had no humour. 611 00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:33,879 No company. 612 00:42:34,559 --> 00:42:36,119 No purpose. 613 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,700 What if I make it my mission to entertain you? 614 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,879 Then I should do the like for you! 615 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,740 Are we not both motherless pups, in need of diversion? 616 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,959 Lord, what are we to do? 617 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,639 Please don't tell me they've formed an attachment. 618 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,860 It will not end well, I fear. 619 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,359 So, we nip this in the bud, return to Cornwall, 620 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,119 and take Geoffrey Charles with us. 621 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:18,100 It will at least keep him away from that odious man, Ralph Hanson. 622 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:20,820 I pity his daughter. 623 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,159 A momentous day! 624 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,721 When our Empire spreads beyond these shores to the very 625 00:43:34,722 --> 00:43:36,200 edges of the New World! 626 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,420 Have you read this travesty? 627 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,359 Glanced at it. 628 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,039 It defames, without cause, 629 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:50,159 certain persons, not by name, but by implication, 630 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,759 which could endanger their interests in Honduras. 631 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:53,980 And ours? 632 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,023 Regrettably. 633 00:43:57,024 --> 00:43:58,456 Can anything be done? 634 00:43:58,457 --> 00:44:01,279 Well, the obvious route is to discredit Despard, 635 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,380 along with his friend, Poldark. 636 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:06,319 Ross? Interesting. How? 637 00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,079 In the present climate, not difficult. 638 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,440 What the Crown fears above all else is revolution. 639 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,679 Poldark was present when Hadfield tried to kill the King. 640 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,159 But intervened to prevent it. 641 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,420 Did he? 642 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,300 Or was he merely there to cover up his own involvement? 643 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:29,119 Then, note how his friend, Enys, helped to free the assassin. 644 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,399 Well, the connections are somewhat tenuous... 645 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,519 Ah, but cleverly managed, 646 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:36,620 they could create the impression... 647 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:38,879 ...of a conspiracy. 648 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:44,799 Poldark, Despard, Enys, three men with known Jacobin sympathies. 649 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,839 Could be seen as hostile to the Crown. 650 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,080 Precisely, Sir George. 651 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:51,660 But... 652 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,020 ...to more pleasant matters. 653 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:08,159 Are you sure, George? Is this really what you wish? 654 00:45:08,493 --> 00:45:09,893 Is it what I wish? 655 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,280 - What? - The investment is high, 656 00:45:13,305 --> 00:45:14,879 but so, I'm told, are the rewards. 657 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,460 Oh, the rewards! 658 00:45:17,260 --> 00:45:19,679 Rewards are never guaranteed. 659 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,799 And how well do you know this man? Can he be trusted? 660 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,599 Can he be trusted? 661 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:25,839 Nephew...? 662 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,799 My uncle will say we have proceeded with all care and due diligence. 663 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,319 Of whom are we speaking? 664 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,239 But is this something Ross would entertain? 665 00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:34,959 Do I care what Ross would entertain? Have I not a mind of my own? 666 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,759 Sir, I beg your indulgence, 667 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:41,860 but I cannot allow my nephew to sign this document. 668 00:45:41,861 --> 00:45:43,120 What...? 669 00:45:43,121 --> 00:45:47,479 Not being sufficiently confident of the merits of the deal. 670 00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:48,879 Sir, I assure you... 671 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,679 Sir George and I will confer and report our decision in due course. 672 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,260 Good day to you, sir. 673 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,119 - Do we dine at home tonight? - The Golden Hind, at Bedfont. 674 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,879 We must hurry if we're to reach Trenwith by Sunday. 675 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:14,679 We're going to Trenwith? 676 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,580 Ah! Is this not good news, my dear? 677 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,340 Thank you for your kind words. 678 00:46:29,240 --> 00:46:31,220 Well done, Colonel. True patriot. 679 00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:36,039 We seem to be very popular here today. 680 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:37,519 Mission accomplished. 681 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:38,840 Tomorrow, Honduras! 682 00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,879 Well, my dears, let the gentlemen have their small victories! 683 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,079 For today, it was we ladies who made the difference! 684 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,559 I leave tomorrow. My credit has run out. 685 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,239 Returning to Cornwall? 686 00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:53,159 How dismal! 687 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,880 - Will you miss me? - Not in the least! 688 00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:57,320 Nor I you. 689 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,519 So, the pamphlets were a triumph. 690 00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,839 And there was I, thinking you might not approve! 691 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:08,460 Well, in truth, I was not altogether convinced. 692 00:47:09,733 --> 00:47:11,220 And then I bethought me... 693 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,760 ...what is a marriage if we stand not together? 694 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,399 Must I not trust your judgment, as you must trust mine? 695 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,439 I admit, even did not dare to hope 696 00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,907 for such a rapid and widespread response. 697 00:47:24,932 --> 00:47:26,479 Yes. 698 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,820 I may have had a hand in that. 699 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:30,719 Oh? 700 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:35,799 I may have given out a few pamphlets at Hyde Park, 701 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,540 and encouraged Kitty and Caroline to do the like. 702 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:42,860 Did I do wrong? 703 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:46,719 Ross, I only thought that the more folk who know the truth, the better. 704 00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:47,760 Yes, but... 705 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:54,460 ...a discreet circulation to sympathetic colleagues is one thing. 706 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:57,239 A wholesale papering of all of London, it... 707 00:47:57,240 --> 00:47:58,639 What? 708 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,759 It does leave the Government with nowhere to hide. 709 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:04,220 Do it need to hide? Ought it to? 710 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,280 You're right, my love. 711 00:48:09,826 --> 00:48:11,466 It deserves to be exposed. 712 00:48:12,733 --> 00:48:15,572 And whatever consequences there may be... 713 00:48:15,597 --> 00:48:16,637 Will there be? 714 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:20,600 Probably not. 715 00:48:35,471 --> 00:48:36,624 - Come. 716 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:40,440 You wished to see me. 717 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:50,839 So, Ned Despard has been repositioned as the heroic victim 718 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,359 of a vile conspiracy. 719 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,648 He is the victim of a vile conspiracy! 720 00:48:54,649 --> 00:48:57,239 Take care you do not become embroiled in one. 721 00:48:57,240 --> 00:48:59,559 - I? - Since your reconnection with Despard, 722 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,719 you've begun to associate with other Jacobins, Despard's wife, 723 00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:05,015 the assassin who tried to kill the king... 724 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,067 The man I disarmed? 725 00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:09,508 And now your friend, Enys, is the scourge of the Attorney General. 726 00:49:09,509 --> 00:49:13,079 In isolation, these connections would not be troubling. 727 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,959 Put them together and a pattern emerges. 728 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,500 I've done nothing to merit mistrust of any kind. 729 00:49:22,379 --> 00:49:23,860 Except for this. 730 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,519 Had you been patient, Despard may have returned to his post. 731 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:30,799 Your intervention has done the very thing 732 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,079 the Government wished to avoid, 733 00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,279 it's drawn attention to an unfortunate situation. 734 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:35,519 A miscarriage of justice. 735 00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:37,740 Which has embarrassed the Crown and its ministers. 736 00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:41,000 Now, the Crown requires you to make amends. 737 00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:48,440 At least, they do not specifically name me. 738 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:53,959 Though anyone familiar with my methods would guess at its target. 739 00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,399 But Despard could not know for certain 740 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,900 who led the campaign for his recall. 741 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,300 Bannantine should pay for this treachery. 742 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:13,500 Spy on Ned and Kitty? 743 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:19,799 Can you refuse? 744 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,720 I can remove us from this place and take us all to Cornwall. 745 00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:26,519 Will you tell Ned what you've been asked? 746 00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:28,039 Why would I? 747 00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:29,560 I've no intention of doing it. 748 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:34,199 - Dear Lord, Ross... - We're going home. Are you not glad? 749 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,279 Of course, but like this? Under such a threat? 750 00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,600 There'll be no threat once we're in Cornwall. 751 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,639 Cecily, I have a journey to make. 752 00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,839 I'm leaving for Cornwall. 753 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:50,260 You will accompany me. 754 00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,340 Pray, do not trouble me with your objections. 755 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:57,680 I would not dream of it, Papa. 756 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,800 A few weeks of Cornish air will do us all the power of good. 757 00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,919 Ah, Valentine! 758 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:46,680 Look who I've brought home with me. 759 00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,980 When I saw you that day, 760 00:52:32,126 --> 00:52:33,486 with young Valentine... 761 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:40,180 ...seeing you comfort and talk to him... 762 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:46,799 ...made me desire to have you comfort and talk to a child of our own. 763 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:47,919 Drake... 764 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,520 And maybe that day will never come. 765 00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,879 But dare we not hope? 766 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,439 If something is broken beyond recall... 767 00:52:58,440 --> 00:52:59,480 But is it? 768 00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:03,600 Truly? 769 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:07,260 Beyond recall? 770 00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,079 Mama, I'm starving! 771 00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,679 So you've said, my love, every five minutes since we left Plymouth. 772 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:45,166 Shall we see if they have any cake 773 00:53:45,167 --> 00:53:46,488 while we wait for the horses to be changed? 774 00:53:46,513 --> 00:53:48,520 - Yes, please! - Go on, go and sit down there. 775 00:53:53,120 --> 00:53:54,540 Miss Hanson? 776 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:56,640 A welcome surprise. 777 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,159 Easy, boy. 778 00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:14,399 Let's not treat our fellow diners to displays of martial arts. 779 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:15,719 No, indeed. 780 00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:17,840 A cup of tea would be far less distractin'. 781 00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,000 Are you staying in Truro, sir? 782 00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:25,999 Yes, I am. 783 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:30,980 Well, perhaps you'd appreciate some reading matter for the evening. 784 00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,180 Cecily, go to your room. 785 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,100 Yes, Papa. 786 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,740 "A True And Honest Account by James Bannantine." 787 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:12,800 Mr Bannantine? 788 00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:25,700 Is she here? 789 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,039 She said she'd be here. She promised. 790 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:31,679 Sit, nephew, take some refreshment. 791 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,359 But where is she? 792 00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,719 She'll, er, she'll be here presently. 793 00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:38,440 - But she did say so? - Yes. She said so. 794 00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,720 Ah, there she is! 795 00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,679 My dear, would you take a little port? 796 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,679 Thank you, my dear. 797 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,820 How good it is to be home again. 798 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:39,399 Are you happy now? 799 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,160 With our feet back on Cornish soil. 800 00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:43,760 All's right in the world. 801 00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,999 London cannot touch us. 802 00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:01,479 No. 803 00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:02,520 It cannot. 804 00:57:02,521 --> 00:57:05,079 *CREDITS*