1 00:00:00,005 --> 00:00:03,285 Before she died, my daughter Sophia was delivered of a boy... 2 00:00:03,325 --> 00:00:04,725 the son of Lord Bellasis. 3 00:00:04,765 --> 00:00:07,924 - Where is he now, this boy? - The boy is a man. 4 00:00:07,965 --> 00:00:10,444 He now goes under the name of Charles Pope. 5 00:00:10,485 --> 00:00:11,684 Will you keep our secret? 6 00:00:11,725 --> 00:00:14,244 Why would I publicise my late son's degradation? 7 00:00:14,285 --> 00:00:16,564 Stephen and Grace will be here for dinner. 8 00:00:16,605 --> 00:00:19,125 - They'll be wanting money. - Why shouldn't I marry Maria Grey? 9 00:00:19,164 --> 00:00:20,285 It's a good match for her. 10 00:00:20,325 --> 00:00:23,445 She's marrying the future Earl of Brockenhurst. 11 00:00:23,485 --> 00:00:25,645 That man we were talking about the other day... 12 00:00:25,684 --> 00:00:27,445 - Charles Pope? - The very one. 13 00:00:27,485 --> 00:00:30,925 May I present a new acquaintance? Mr Pope. 14 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:32,300 Good evening, to both of you. 15 00:00:32,325 --> 00:00:34,004 Say good evening to John, dear. 16 00:00:34,044 --> 00:00:35,456 You're just the sort of man 17 00:00:35,481 --> 00:00:37,444 to make me say all manner of things. 18 00:00:37,484 --> 00:00:38,965 I'm a very ordinary sort of fellow. 19 00:00:39,004 --> 00:00:42,165 Well, Lady Brockenhurst doesn't seem to think so. 20 00:00:42,205 --> 00:00:43,444 You want them to guess. 21 00:00:43,484 --> 00:00:45,484 You want them to guess he's Edmund's child 22 00:00:45,525 --> 00:00:46,845 and you wanted us to witness it. 23 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:33,500 *CREDITS* 24 00:02:03,805 --> 00:02:06,764 - Oh! I thought you'd gone to bed. - What a terrible evening. 25 00:02:06,805 --> 00:02:08,285 It was fun! 26 00:02:08,325 --> 00:02:10,885 You can hardly complain about the other guests. 27 00:02:10,924 --> 00:02:13,885 The evening was damnable! And you made it more so! 28 00:02:13,924 --> 00:02:16,364 Staring into the eyes of that scented degenerate! 29 00:02:16,405 --> 00:02:19,125 You may go, Speer. I'll ring for you in a while. 30 00:02:27,044 --> 00:02:29,244 Now, what is this about? 31 00:02:29,285 --> 00:02:31,445 Who is this man Pope? Where did he come from? 32 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,885 And why is Father investing in his business? 33 00:02:33,924 --> 00:02:35,524 When did he ever invest in my business? 34 00:02:35,565 --> 00:02:37,150 You don't have a business. 35 00:02:37,175 --> 00:02:39,405 Then when did he ever invest in me? 36 00:02:39,445 --> 00:02:40,685 And why was Lady Brockenhurst 37 00:02:40,725 --> 00:02:43,044 guiding him around the room like a show pony? 38 00:02:43,084 --> 00:02:44,204 How did he manage that, 39 00:02:44,244 --> 00:02:47,605 when she barely spoke a civil word to either of us all evening? 40 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:51,084 My poor darling. 41 00:02:52,445 --> 00:02:55,605 What relation is Mr Bellasis to our host of this evening? 42 00:02:55,644 --> 00:02:57,804 His father, the Reverend Mr Bellasis, 43 00:02:57,845 --> 00:02:59,524 is Lord Brockenhurst's younger brother. 44 00:03:00,565 --> 00:03:02,764 He's also his heir, 45 00:03:02,804 --> 00:03:05,005 although it will be his son John who inherits, 46 00:03:05,044 --> 00:03:07,845 since the old boy is considerably healthier than his younger sibling. 47 00:03:11,005 --> 00:03:13,565 - John Bellasis will be the next... - The next Earl of Brockenhurst. 48 00:03:14,685 --> 00:03:16,924 The present Earl's only son died at Waterloo. 49 00:03:18,605 --> 00:03:19,885 There's no one else. 50 00:03:22,524 --> 00:03:25,764 - Did you enjoy yourself? - Yes. 51 00:03:25,804 --> 00:03:28,764 Although, I am sorry to learn that John is not a traveller. 52 00:03:28,804 --> 00:03:32,165 Nonsense. He likes to travel in Europe, 53 00:03:32,204 --> 00:03:35,044 just not in the blazing sun of the tropics. 54 00:03:35,084 --> 00:03:38,204 Who can blame him? I should say the same. 55 00:03:38,244 --> 00:03:40,885 - I suppose. - You and John are well suited. 56 00:03:40,924 --> 00:03:42,405 I know, you would not say so 57 00:03:42,445 --> 00:03:44,364 if you did not believe it to be true. 58 00:03:46,524 --> 00:03:48,125 Good night, Mama. 59 00:03:51,005 --> 00:03:53,725 But why was Mr Oliver so angry? 60 00:03:53,764 --> 00:03:56,924 Mr Oliver can always find a reason to be angry. 61 00:03:56,964 --> 00:04:00,165 So, it wasn't because of the gentleman you liked? 62 00:04:00,204 --> 00:04:01,565 Mr Bellasis? 63 00:04:02,605 --> 00:04:03,964 No, it wasn't that. 64 00:04:05,285 --> 00:04:06,445 But you did like him? 65 00:04:07,764 --> 00:04:09,044 Why? 66 00:04:10,964 --> 00:04:13,445 I just wondered if you planned to see him again. 67 00:04:16,084 --> 00:04:17,885 Good night, Speer. 68 00:04:28,045 --> 00:04:31,964 It sounded as if everyone was having a wonderful time, your ladyship. 69 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:35,925 - I think it did go well. - Isn't it bliss when they've gone? 70 00:04:40,325 --> 00:04:45,005 There are only so many times one can enquire after someone's health, 71 00:04:45,045 --> 00:04:47,964 or delight in the news of the Queen's pregnancy. 72 00:04:50,445 --> 00:04:52,764 Who was that chap in the cotton trade? 73 00:04:52,805 --> 00:04:56,204 - What was he doing here? - You mean Mr Pope? 74 00:04:56,245 --> 00:05:00,925 Pope? Was that the name? Yes, I thought he was a nice fellow. 75 00:05:00,964 --> 00:05:03,249 He was more amusing than those women 76 00:05:03,274 --> 00:05:05,164 you stuck me with over supper. 77 00:05:05,204 --> 00:05:08,925 - Why was he in our drawing room? - Because I like him. 78 00:05:09,964 --> 00:05:11,565 How do you know him? 79 00:05:11,604 --> 00:05:13,245 - Thank you, Dawson. - Yes, Ma'am. 80 00:05:16,964 --> 00:05:20,045 Maria Grey has grown up to be a pretty girl. 81 00:05:20,084 --> 00:05:23,045 She used to be so serious, always with her head in a book. 82 00:05:23,084 --> 00:05:26,365 Now she looks quite charming. Hmm, lucky John. 83 00:05:26,404 --> 00:05:27,724 I hope he deserves her. 84 00:05:27,764 --> 00:05:31,005 They had new dresses on tonight, mother and daughter. 85 00:05:31,045 --> 00:05:34,964 They knew John would be there it doesn't do to look impoverished. 86 00:05:35,005 --> 00:05:37,005 Certainly not in front of one's intended. 87 00:05:41,284 --> 00:05:43,604 Edmund would be forty-eight now. 88 00:05:47,445 --> 00:05:49,084 I suppose he would be. 89 00:05:54,365 --> 00:05:55,844 Anyway... 90 00:05:57,445 --> 00:06:00,565 ..I'd better turn in, busy day tomorrow. 91 00:06:06,325 --> 00:06:08,005 Good night, my dear. 92 00:06:24,325 --> 00:06:26,805 - Charles must know. - He does not. 93 00:06:28,365 --> 00:06:30,245 She placed him to her right at dinner. 94 00:06:30,284 --> 00:06:32,404 Everyone noticed. 95 00:06:32,445 --> 00:06:35,805 She might as well publish it in The Times. 96 00:06:35,844 --> 00:06:37,672 She wanted to put him at his ease. 97 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:39,604 She wanted to draw attention to him. 98 00:06:39,644 --> 00:06:42,125 And why else would she do that if she didn't want it to get out? 99 00:06:46,245 --> 00:06:49,084 How long have you been in contact with Charles? 100 00:06:52,604 --> 00:06:54,325 Do you really think she hasn't told him? 101 00:06:54,365 --> 00:06:55,604 People like him 102 00:06:55,644 --> 00:06:58,284 do not get invited to intimate suppers in Belgrave Square, 103 00:06:58,325 --> 00:07:00,084 to tear a pheasant with the peerage. 104 00:07:00,125 --> 00:07:02,844 - My dear... - Admit it! 105 00:07:02,885 --> 00:07:04,045 People like Charles Pope 106 00:07:04,084 --> 00:07:07,164 do not sit next to the Countess of Brockenhurst at dinner! 107 00:07:07,204 --> 00:07:08,885 In the ordinary way of things, 108 00:07:08,925 --> 00:07:10,604 she wouldn't give him the time of day! 109 00:07:10,644 --> 00:07:13,445 If you think I'm going to listen to one word of reproof, 110 00:07:13,485 --> 00:07:17,325 you have another think coming! You're as much to blame as I am! 111 00:07:17,365 --> 00:07:18,925 Me? What have I done? 112 00:07:23,524 --> 00:07:26,805 You have been in contact with our grandson, you know him! 113 00:07:27,844 --> 00:07:32,125 You're even working with him, but you never saw fit to tell me. 114 00:07:32,164 --> 00:07:33,885 Anne, be reasonable. 115 00:07:33,925 --> 00:07:35,724 I gave that baby boy away, 116 00:07:35,764 --> 00:07:37,724 because you were afraid it might mean 117 00:07:37,764 --> 00:07:41,485 fewer invitations to dinner if we brought him up. 118 00:07:41,524 --> 00:07:45,925 And now you deceive me in this hateful and hurtful way. 119 00:07:47,604 --> 00:07:49,565 Lady Brockenhurst's ignorance 120 00:07:49,604 --> 00:07:53,485 was no excuse for the cruelty of keeping the secret. 121 00:07:53,524 --> 00:07:56,604 It was time she knew. She had to know. 122 00:07:57,724 --> 00:08:00,445 Now go back to your own room and let me sleep. 123 00:08:10,245 --> 00:08:13,204 Your sentimentality will bring the roof down on us all. 124 00:08:14,445 --> 00:08:19,005 When Sophia is spoken of as a... as a fallen woman, 125 00:08:19,045 --> 00:08:22,844 when doors we have worked so hard to open are slammed against us, 126 00:08:22,885 --> 00:08:25,604 then you will only have yourself to blame. 127 00:09:07,364 --> 00:09:10,484 - We must invite them back. - Who? 128 00:09:10,525 --> 00:09:12,884 Lord and Lady Brockenhurst, of course. 129 00:09:12,925 --> 00:09:14,844 - Don't be silly. - Why is that silly? 130 00:09:14,884 --> 00:09:16,844 Haven't we been entertained by them? 131 00:09:16,884 --> 00:09:18,604 Isn't it only polite to ask them back? 132 00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:19,645 They wouldn't come. 133 00:09:21,244 --> 00:09:22,325 Father left early. 134 00:09:23,525 --> 00:09:25,884 He was gone by the time I came down. 135 00:09:25,925 --> 00:09:27,004 He has a busy morning 136 00:09:27,045 --> 00:09:29,525 preparing for tomorrow's meeting with Mr Cubitt. 137 00:09:29,565 --> 00:09:32,765 He intends to talk about Oliver. To see what he can do for him. 138 00:09:32,805 --> 00:09:33,844 What indeed? 139 00:09:37,565 --> 00:09:39,045 And one for you, Mrs Oliver. 140 00:09:46,925 --> 00:09:48,364 Whom is it from? 141 00:09:48,405 --> 00:09:51,045 An old school friend who's in London for a few days. 142 00:09:51,084 --> 00:09:54,364 She's going to an exhibition at the National Gallery tomorrow. 143 00:09:54,405 --> 00:09:58,204 - She'd like us to meet there. - How nice. 144 00:09:58,244 --> 00:10:01,244 - Should I accompany you? - I mustn't be a burden. 145 00:10:01,285 --> 00:10:03,805 What could be more boring than the gossip of a stranger? 146 00:10:05,165 --> 00:10:06,445 I'll take Speer. 147 00:10:14,325 --> 00:10:16,964 Mind if I join you, Miss Ellis? Only I've got to mend this 148 00:10:17,004 --> 00:10:19,004 before she gets dressed this evening. 149 00:10:23,084 --> 00:10:25,604 I was interested in what you were saying the other day 150 00:10:25,645 --> 00:10:30,364 about making the right choices and paying for the wrong ones. 151 00:10:30,405 --> 00:10:32,765 Hmm, I'm not sure how much choice we have, 152 00:10:32,805 --> 00:10:35,004 in the usual way of things. 153 00:10:35,045 --> 00:10:36,964 We're at the bottom and they're at the top. 154 00:10:37,004 --> 00:10:38,964 But you like the Mistress, don't you? 155 00:10:39,004 --> 00:10:40,405 I work for her, that's all. 156 00:10:40,445 --> 00:10:42,604 Perhaps you don't like being in service. 157 00:10:42,645 --> 00:10:45,765 - There's no perhaps about it. - Why should I? 158 00:10:47,084 --> 00:10:50,525 Grovelling and lying and pretending I'm glad to be a dog's body? 159 00:10:50,565 --> 00:10:51,724 What's to like about that? 160 00:10:51,765 --> 00:10:53,925 Well, why don't you try something else, then? 161 00:10:53,964 --> 00:10:56,084 And what might that be, Miss Speer? 162 00:10:56,124 --> 00:11:00,325 Nursing in some blood-soaked hospital, 163 00:11:00,364 --> 00:11:02,964 thick with the smell of disease? No. 164 00:11:03,004 --> 00:11:05,165 They've got us women stitched up and no mistake, 165 00:11:05,204 --> 00:11:06,805 whichever way you look at it. 166 00:11:06,844 --> 00:11:10,445 - Well, I mean to hedge my bets. - How will you do that? 167 00:11:10,484 --> 00:11:12,645 There's a situation and if it comes off, 168 00:11:12,685 --> 00:11:14,364 there may be benefits for me. 169 00:11:14,405 --> 00:11:17,204 - And what might that be? - It's too early to tell. 170 00:11:44,964 --> 00:11:49,405 What an unexpected pleasure. I was about to head off to White's. 171 00:11:49,445 --> 00:11:50,964 Oh, then I'm glad to have caught you. 172 00:11:51,004 --> 00:11:52,325 Hmm. 173 00:11:54,484 --> 00:11:56,548 What have you done to your face? 174 00:11:56,573 --> 00:11:58,829 A window broke, as I was passing. 175 00:12:00,084 --> 00:12:01,364 Did you break the window? 176 00:12:02,964 --> 00:12:04,124 No. 177 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:07,565 Three queens. 178 00:12:11,405 --> 00:12:14,084 - I might fold. - You can't. You're my partner. 179 00:12:14,124 --> 00:12:16,004 We're about to have a winning streak. 180 00:12:16,045 --> 00:12:17,484 Winning streak? 181 00:12:17,525 --> 00:12:19,045 Would you recognise one if you saw it? 182 00:12:19,084 --> 00:12:21,244 I'm sorry, Bellasis, but I really must go. 183 00:12:21,285 --> 00:12:23,484 If you're off, Barton, I may as well make tracks. 184 00:12:24,525 --> 00:12:26,832 Black, you must give a chap a chance 185 00:12:26,857 --> 00:12:28,765 to win some of his money back. 186 00:12:28,805 --> 00:12:32,204 Black! Just, just one more round, that's all I ask. 187 00:12:36,724 --> 00:12:39,045 So, your lordship... 188 00:12:40,204 --> 00:12:42,484 I'm not a lord. My brother is a lord. I am not. 189 00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:45,884 Then you may need to talk to your brother. 190 00:12:49,405 --> 00:12:51,004 So... 191 00:12:53,165 --> 00:12:54,565 ..to what do I owe this honour? 192 00:12:56,084 --> 00:12:59,565 - It seems I'm in a spot of bother. - How much bother? 193 00:13:01,724 --> 00:13:04,964 - £1,000 worth of bother. - £1,000? 194 00:13:05,004 --> 00:13:09,204 - £1,000? Is it really? - It really is. 195 00:13:10,244 --> 00:13:12,964 Now, we are both gentlemen. 196 00:13:13,004 --> 00:13:17,204 And I am also a pleasant fellow and a reasonable one. 197 00:13:17,244 --> 00:13:18,325 Yes, yes... 198 00:13:21,165 --> 00:13:24,645 You have two days, to get the money. 199 00:13:24,685 --> 00:13:27,805 Well, I... 200 00:13:27,844 --> 00:13:32,244 - I wouldn't normally ask... - The thing is you do normally ask. 201 00:13:32,285 --> 00:13:34,445 In fact, you ask habitually. 202 00:13:34,484 --> 00:13:37,565 I can't remember the last time you came to my house without asking. 203 00:13:40,004 --> 00:13:41,084 The answer is no. 204 00:13:42,565 --> 00:13:45,244 - Two days! - My God... Oh, my God... 205 00:13:50,724 --> 00:13:55,045 - What do you mean, "No"? - No. I won't give it to you. 206 00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:59,445 - Is that clear enough? Not this time. - But you have to. 207 00:13:59,484 --> 00:14:02,285 I'm your brother, and I... I need it. I must have it. 208 00:14:02,325 --> 00:14:05,165 You should have thought of that before you gambled it away. 209 00:14:05,204 --> 00:14:07,405 You played with money that you did not own. 210 00:14:07,445 --> 00:14:09,884 - And this is the result. - I didn't gamble it. 211 00:14:09,925 --> 00:14:11,697 That's not what happened at all. 212 00:14:11,722 --> 00:14:13,525 We both know that that's a lie. 213 00:14:13,565 --> 00:14:16,884 How dare you accuse me of lying. I am a man of the cloth. 214 00:14:16,925 --> 00:14:19,525 I will not pay any more of your debts. 215 00:14:19,565 --> 00:14:21,525 You have a decent income 216 00:14:21,565 --> 00:14:24,285 from your inheritance and the Church, as far as I can tell 217 00:14:24,325 --> 00:14:26,805 and your wife gives you additional funds. 218 00:14:26,844 --> 00:14:29,525 You simply must learn to live within your means. 219 00:14:29,565 --> 00:14:31,325 How dare you? 220 00:14:31,364 --> 00:14:32,805 Who do you think you are? 221 00:14:32,844 --> 00:14:34,685 Just because you're two years older than me, 222 00:14:34,724 --> 00:14:37,084 you take it all, the title, the estates, all the money! 223 00:14:37,124 --> 00:14:40,084 - No, not all the money. - Do you ever think how unfair it is? 224 00:14:41,204 --> 00:14:42,964 It isn't fair. 225 00:14:43,004 --> 00:14:46,645 But it is the system that we were born in to. 226 00:14:46,685 --> 00:14:50,484 Well, one day John will inherit. My son, not yours. 227 00:14:50,525 --> 00:14:52,445 And he will have everything. 228 00:14:52,484 --> 00:14:54,623 And when he does let me remind you, 229 00:14:54,648 --> 00:14:56,525 by definition, you will be dead 230 00:14:56,565 --> 00:15:00,484 and he will no longer have to fund his father's vices. 231 00:15:05,445 --> 00:15:07,244 Then good day to you, brother! 232 00:15:38,484 --> 00:15:40,405 My Goodness, Stephen! 233 00:15:41,724 --> 00:15:43,124 You nearly gave me a heart attack! 234 00:15:43,165 --> 00:15:45,004 What on earth were you doing down there? 235 00:15:45,045 --> 00:15:46,165 Nothing. 236 00:15:47,525 --> 00:15:49,964 Do you remember Mr Pope? He was here the other evening. 237 00:15:50,004 --> 00:15:54,405 Yes, very well. And now he's come back for some tea? 238 00:15:54,445 --> 00:15:58,124 He has. He's been telling me all about his plans. 239 00:15:58,165 --> 00:16:00,285 He has a cotton mill in Manchester. 240 00:16:00,325 --> 00:16:02,484 Are you interested in Mancunian cotton mills? 241 00:16:03,645 --> 00:16:05,604 Lady Brockenhurst has been very encouraging. 242 00:16:05,645 --> 00:16:07,765 Has she, indeed? 243 00:16:07,805 --> 00:16:10,204 Yes and I've delayed him quite long enough. 244 00:16:14,484 --> 00:16:16,844 Thank you for my tea. You're very kind. 245 00:16:16,884 --> 00:16:21,084 Nonsense. I so enjoyed our conversation, Mr Pope. 246 00:16:21,124 --> 00:16:22,925 I will write to you at once. 247 00:16:22,964 --> 00:16:25,645 Thank you for that. Whatever decision you may come to. 248 00:16:49,045 --> 00:16:52,325 Someone's looking terribly pleased with themselves. 249 00:16:52,364 --> 00:16:54,805 Lady Maria Grey, if I'm not mistaken? 250 00:16:54,844 --> 00:16:58,604 The very one. And you are Mr Pope. 251 00:16:59,645 --> 00:17:02,364 - How do you know my rank? - I asked our hostess about you. 252 00:17:02,404 --> 00:17:07,164 Goodness. Should I be flattered by your curiosity? 253 00:17:07,205 --> 00:17:08,725 And why, may I enquire, 254 00:17:08,765 --> 00:17:10,725 are you so full of the joys of spring? 255 00:17:10,765 --> 00:17:12,924 Because I am optimistic about my business. 256 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:14,485 But I'm afraid you'd find it very dull. 257 00:17:14,525 --> 00:17:16,844 You don't know that. Why do men always presume 258 00:17:16,884 --> 00:17:20,565 that women are only interested in gossip or, or fashion? 259 00:17:20,604 --> 00:17:21,684 I meant no offence. 260 00:17:21,725 --> 00:17:23,924 I simply didn't think the financing of a cotton supply 261 00:17:23,965 --> 00:17:27,005 - would be very diverting. - I'll be the judge of that, Mr Pope. 262 00:17:27,045 --> 00:17:29,364 So, you tell me about your mill and your cotton 263 00:17:29,404 --> 00:17:31,364 and if I find the subject tiresome, 264 00:17:31,404 --> 00:17:34,805 I shall stifle a yawn behind my hand, 265 00:17:34,844 --> 00:17:36,325 then you'll realise you've failed. 266 00:17:36,364 --> 00:17:38,005 I will endeavour to meet the challenge. 267 00:17:38,045 --> 00:17:39,604 Are you on your way somewhere? 268 00:17:39,644 --> 00:17:42,164 The new London Library, I think I might join. 269 00:17:42,205 --> 00:17:43,884 Mr Carlyle is a friend of Mama's 270 00:17:43,924 --> 00:17:46,124 and he waxes lyrical over its merits, 271 00:17:46,164 --> 00:17:48,965 which, according to him, are vastly superior 272 00:17:49,005 --> 00:17:50,884 to those of the library at the British Museum, 273 00:17:50,924 --> 00:17:53,285 though I find that hard to believe. 274 00:17:55,124 --> 00:17:58,884 Ryan is my mother's maid. She is accompanying me. 275 00:17:58,924 --> 00:18:02,045 She thinks Mama will disapprove of our being seen together. 276 00:18:02,084 --> 00:18:04,045 - Will she? - Probably. 277 00:18:05,124 --> 00:18:07,485 Where are you headed? I was on the way to my office. 278 00:18:07,525 --> 00:18:10,325 - I want to look in before I go home. - And, where is that? 279 00:18:10,364 --> 00:18:13,644 - Bishopsgate. In the City. - Then we'll walk with you now. 280 00:18:13,684 --> 00:18:15,285 The library is at 49 Pall Mall, 281 00:18:15,325 --> 00:18:17,604 so, we won't take you out of your way. 282 00:18:17,644 --> 00:18:19,805 And on the way, you can explain your business to me, 283 00:18:19,844 --> 00:18:22,965 but, please, be as amusing as possible. 284 00:18:30,084 --> 00:18:33,245 - Who was that? - The Duchess of Bedford. 285 00:18:34,285 --> 00:18:37,565 So, I might have greeted her too, if you'd only taken me there. 286 00:18:37,604 --> 00:18:39,884 Well, you've been received by Lady Brockenhurst now, 287 00:18:39,924 --> 00:18:41,604 so, it's not all downhill. 288 00:18:44,844 --> 00:18:46,285 What are you doing this afternoon? 289 00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:48,485 Nothing much. I have a dress fitting at three. 290 00:18:48,525 --> 00:18:51,444 - Can I have the carriage? - Of course. There's no need to ask. 291 00:18:52,444 --> 00:18:55,444 It's hard to fill your days when you have nothing to fill them with. 292 00:18:55,485 --> 00:18:57,205 That's very philosophical. 293 00:18:57,245 --> 00:19:00,444 I'm not a complete dunderhead, whatever your opinion of me. 294 00:19:01,604 --> 00:19:03,404 How would you like to fill your days? 295 00:19:03,444 --> 00:19:05,965 With my children and my position in Society, 296 00:19:06,005 --> 00:19:07,124 but since I have neither, 297 00:19:07,164 --> 00:19:08,644 I have to go to fittings and embroider 298 00:19:08,684 --> 00:19:11,364 and put clothes in the missionary barrel and try to be content. 299 00:19:14,084 --> 00:19:15,965 I do not talk about your lack of a child, 300 00:19:16,005 --> 00:19:17,765 because I do not believe you want me to, 301 00:19:17,805 --> 00:19:20,285 - but if there's anything... - Please. 302 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:23,005 I've seen everyone. I've tried everything. 303 00:19:23,045 --> 00:19:24,924 There will be no children. 304 00:19:50,124 --> 00:19:53,965 - James! Good to see you. - Mr Cubitt. 305 00:19:54,005 --> 00:19:55,725 William. This is very good of you. 306 00:19:55,765 --> 00:19:58,245 Did you see the new Reform Club on your way here? 307 00:19:58,285 --> 00:20:01,604 - Isn't it beautiful? - He's a clever chap, that Mr Barry. 308 00:20:01,644 --> 00:20:03,844 I'm not sure about the politics of the place. 309 00:20:03,884 --> 00:20:06,164 Full of liberals, all of them bent on making trouble, 310 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,924 but it's fine work none the less. 311 00:20:08,965 --> 00:20:10,645 Are you a member of this place yet? 312 00:20:10,670 --> 00:20:12,045 I put you up for it ages ago. 313 00:20:12,084 --> 00:20:14,644 I'm not sure how my application is doing. 314 00:20:14,684 --> 00:20:16,805 There's quite a list, I'm told. 315 00:20:16,844 --> 00:20:20,684 And the, er, the sons of old members leap frog over the newcomers. 316 00:20:20,725 --> 00:20:23,765 Ah, it'll be all right. Two glasses of Madeira, please. 317 00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:26,844 I wonder. I'm just a businessman, with no background whatever. 318 00:20:26,884 --> 00:20:29,045 Thomas and I are hardly Plantagenets. 319 00:20:29,084 --> 00:20:32,084 No, you are great and public figures. I am not. 320 00:20:32,124 --> 00:20:33,364 They'd be lucky to get you. 321 00:20:34,644 --> 00:20:36,205 They won't see it in that light. 322 00:20:37,485 --> 00:20:40,164 Let's talk about Cubitt Town. How much do you know? 323 00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,965 We'll expand the docks, create local businesses 324 00:20:43,005 --> 00:20:44,765 and build houses for those working nearby. 325 00:20:44,805 --> 00:20:48,725 Exactly. There's pottery, cement, brick production. 326 00:20:48,765 --> 00:20:50,884 Dirty stuff, but it has to be made, 327 00:20:50,924 --> 00:20:53,164 with homes for clerks and bookkeepers too 328 00:20:53,205 --> 00:20:56,565 and, hopefully, we can persuade some managers to settle there. 329 00:20:56,604 --> 00:20:58,245 In short, we want to reinvent the place, 330 00:20:58,285 --> 00:21:00,005 rebuild it as a whole community. 331 00:21:01,164 --> 00:21:04,444 Could there be, erm, an opening for Oliver? 332 00:21:04,485 --> 00:21:06,444 It's just the sort of thing he'd love to be part of. 333 00:21:06,485 --> 00:21:07,924 Oliver? 334 00:21:07,965 --> 00:21:08,965 My son. 335 00:21:10,045 --> 00:21:11,325 Oh, that Oliver. 336 00:21:12,565 --> 00:21:15,525 I've never thought him very taken with the business. 337 00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:17,005 I don't object to his working for us, 338 00:21:17,045 --> 00:21:19,844 but the demands of a project like this 339 00:21:19,884 --> 00:21:22,404 might be rather more than he'd be willing to undertake. 340 00:21:22,444 --> 00:21:24,404 Oliver would be very keen to be involved. 341 00:21:24,444 --> 00:21:26,005 He's tremendously interested. 342 00:21:26,045 --> 00:21:27,644 Yet he's never asked a single question 343 00:21:27,684 --> 00:21:29,844 about the development of Bloomsbury, or Belgravia, 344 00:21:29,884 --> 00:21:31,444 or any of our other contracts. 345 00:21:33,285 --> 00:21:35,525 Sometimes he's not good at, erm... 346 00:21:37,325 --> 00:21:40,364 - expressing himself. - I see. 347 00:21:45,164 --> 00:21:47,045 And now we must part. 348 00:21:47,084 --> 00:21:49,120 You go that way and I go this. 349 00:21:49,145 --> 00:21:50,884 Very well, but, you win. 350 00:21:50,924 --> 00:21:52,805 I did not have to stifle a single yawn. 351 00:21:52,844 --> 00:21:54,285 You'd better hurry, 352 00:21:54,325 --> 00:21:56,485 or the library will be closed when you get there. 353 00:21:56,525 --> 00:21:58,924 I should love to come and visit your offices one day. 354 00:21:58,965 --> 00:22:00,965 If your mama didn't think we should walk together, 355 00:22:01,005 --> 00:22:03,164 I doubt she'd find a visit to Bishopsgate quite the... 356 00:22:03,205 --> 00:22:06,644 Nonsense. You say Lady Brockenhurst may pay you another visit, 357 00:22:06,684 --> 00:22:08,884 why shouldn't I come with her and see it for myself? 358 00:22:08,924 --> 00:22:11,924 - You know her well, then? - Well, I'm engaged to her nephew. 359 00:22:13,364 --> 00:22:14,444 Ah. 360 00:22:18,164 --> 00:22:20,965 That is... she and I could come together. 361 00:22:21,005 --> 00:22:25,205 Nothing would give me more pleasure, and now I should be on my way. 362 00:22:40,084 --> 00:22:42,364 Polishing your skills, Miss Speer? 363 00:22:42,404 --> 00:22:44,924 I don't need to polish them, thank you, Morris. 364 00:22:44,965 --> 00:22:46,805 - They're bright enough. - Who's in for luncheon? 365 00:22:46,844 --> 00:22:48,124 I've to go and lay the table. 366 00:22:48,164 --> 00:22:50,765 Just the Mistress and Mrs Oliver, I think. 367 00:22:50,805 --> 00:22:53,684 The great ladies have lunch laid for 20 every day. 368 00:22:53,725 --> 00:22:55,325 Then whoever drops in during the morning 369 00:22:55,364 --> 00:22:57,045 is invited to stay and eat with them. 370 00:22:57,084 --> 00:22:59,245 No one drops in here, I'm sad to say. 371 00:22:59,285 --> 00:23:00,565 Ah. 372 00:23:00,604 --> 00:23:02,725 What's Mrs Oliver up to? 373 00:23:02,765 --> 00:23:04,725 She's gone for a drive with the Mistress 374 00:23:04,765 --> 00:23:07,765 and then she has a dress fitting this afternoon. 375 00:23:07,805 --> 00:23:10,164 - Hasn't she got enough clothes? - Maybe. 376 00:23:10,205 --> 00:23:12,404 But she doesn't have the invitations to go with them. 377 00:23:12,444 --> 00:23:13,965 What's this? 378 00:23:14,005 --> 00:23:16,525 Just saying Mrs Oliver would like to get out more. 379 00:23:16,565 --> 00:23:18,844 Then she would be advised to lower her sights a little. 380 00:23:18,884 --> 00:23:21,965 I don't see that. Her dad's as rich as Mr Trenchard. 381 00:23:22,005 --> 00:23:23,205 Or nearly. 382 00:23:23,245 --> 00:23:25,805 Money is not the sole criterion, Miss Speer, 383 00:23:25,844 --> 00:23:28,444 not in the society she aspires to. 384 00:23:28,485 --> 00:23:30,644 She went to Brockenhurst House, Mr Turton. 385 00:23:30,684 --> 00:23:31,924 You can't ask for more than that. 386 00:23:31,965 --> 00:23:34,565 We will have to wait and see if the invitation is repeated. 387 00:23:34,604 --> 00:23:37,005 She gets little enough help from the Mistress. 388 00:23:37,045 --> 00:23:40,725 Mrs Trenchard has more sense. She knows where she's not wanted. 389 00:23:40,765 --> 00:23:43,285 I don't agree, if you'll pardon me, Mr Turton. 390 00:23:43,325 --> 00:23:44,604 I'd say she goes where she likes 391 00:23:44,644 --> 00:23:46,525 and she doesn't care what people think. 392 00:23:46,565 --> 00:23:48,005 - I admire her for it. - Then I suggest 393 00:23:48,045 --> 00:23:50,604 you take your admiration up to the dining room, Morris 394 00:23:50,644 --> 00:23:52,525 - and lay the table. - Yes, Mr Turton. 395 00:23:54,525 --> 00:23:56,644 Emma says she's well. 396 00:23:59,164 --> 00:24:02,765 - My goodness, what happened? - Nothing, nothing. I, er... 397 00:24:03,844 --> 00:24:07,084 a window broke when I was standing near it. 398 00:24:07,124 --> 00:24:11,005 Does this have something to do with how you spent yesterday evening? 399 00:24:12,644 --> 00:24:15,164 It wasn't one of my best. 400 00:24:15,205 --> 00:24:18,805 You know we have nothing left to sell except this house? 401 00:24:18,844 --> 00:24:20,965 If you keep going as you are, 402 00:24:21,005 --> 00:24:23,364 we won't have enough to pay the servants. 403 00:24:23,404 --> 00:24:25,644 - Oh, you're being ridiculous. - I mean it! 404 00:24:25,684 --> 00:24:28,045 - We pay them little enough as it is. - Don't worry. 405 00:24:28,084 --> 00:24:31,325 - I'll... I'll sort it out soon. - Sort your face out first. 406 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:44,659 - Where will he be? - Near the round pond, 407 00:24:44,699 --> 00:24:48,139 - but what if I see someone I know? - What could be more innocent 408 00:24:48,179 --> 00:24:50,459 than a chance meeting in Kensington Gardens? 409 00:24:50,500 --> 00:24:52,659 Of course, I'm taking a chance on you, Speer. 410 00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:54,859 You'll have enough to hang me by the end of it. 411 00:24:54,899 --> 00:24:58,459 - You can trust me, Mrs Oliver. - I do. 412 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,219 I may be a fool, but I do. 413 00:25:02,540 --> 00:25:03,659 There he is. 414 00:25:04,939 --> 00:25:08,740 - The handsome man with the stick? - That's him. 415 00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:12,500 - He looks very confident. - Oh, he's quite in charge. 416 00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:14,139 He thinks he is here to seduce me. 417 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:16,419 So, I'll have to make him work for it. 418 00:25:16,459 --> 00:25:18,419 He'll be disappointed if it's too easy. 419 00:25:19,580 --> 00:25:21,899 Oh, Madam. You are a card. 420 00:25:34,699 --> 00:25:37,540 - I wasn't sure you'd come. - Nor was I. 421 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:42,859 - Do you mind if I sit down? - No, please. 422 00:25:44,060 --> 00:25:46,659 I'm worn out from the dust and bustle of London. 423 00:25:46,699 --> 00:25:48,859 They seem to be building everywhere. 424 00:25:48,899 --> 00:25:50,699 Yes, I was in Trafalgar Square this morning. 425 00:25:51,780 --> 00:25:54,699 Nelson's column is taking its time. 426 00:25:54,740 --> 00:25:56,020 Yes. 427 00:25:57,659 --> 00:26:00,780 I keep some rooms in Isleworth for just that reason. 428 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:02,980 To get away from all the noise and the traffic. 429 00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:04,540 - Isleworth? - Hmm. 430 00:26:04,580 --> 00:26:06,060 It's only a dining room and a bedroom, 431 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:08,340 with a servant to run things, but... 432 00:26:08,379 --> 00:26:12,580 I can escape the city when I want and breathe clean, fresh air. 433 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:15,379 How heavenly that sounds. 434 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:18,219 It's quite a secret. 435 00:26:19,580 --> 00:26:21,419 I've never been to Isleworth, 436 00:26:21,459 --> 00:26:23,379 but isn't it where people keep orchards 437 00:26:23,419 --> 00:26:25,619 and grow vegetables for their tables? 438 00:26:25,659 --> 00:26:26,859 Yes, I believe so. 439 00:26:29,260 --> 00:26:31,619 The air must be wonderful. 440 00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:35,659 I must make a pilgrimage and see it for myself. 441 00:26:37,060 --> 00:26:40,300 Well, I hope you'll let me show you my hiding place when you do. 442 00:26:40,340 --> 00:26:42,500 I don't think I could bear to miss it. 443 00:26:43,699 --> 00:26:46,740 Perhaps you could suggest a day that would suit you? 444 00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:47,980 Perhaps I will. 445 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:56,459 - Shouldn't you be in the office? - I've done enough for one day. 446 00:26:58,980 --> 00:27:01,580 May I have the carriage tomorrow? I'll need it for most of the day. 447 00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:07,699 - Or I can hire one. - No need, why do you want it? 448 00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:10,100 I've an idea of going out to Isleworth. 449 00:27:10,139 --> 00:27:12,379 There are some kitchen gardens and orchards for sale 450 00:27:12,419 --> 00:27:14,580 that I'd like to see. Why would you care? 451 00:27:14,619 --> 00:27:16,780 Oh, I thought it might be something I'd enjoy. 452 00:27:17,780 --> 00:27:21,980 - I'd accompany you if I could. - Don't worry. I'll take Speer. 453 00:27:22,020 --> 00:27:22,980 And, er... 454 00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,219 am I expected to buy one of these kitchen gardens, or orchards? 455 00:27:26,260 --> 00:27:27,859 Or my father might. 456 00:27:27,899 --> 00:27:30,340 I could ask him if you don't care for the idea. 457 00:27:30,379 --> 00:27:32,980 Well, my dear father-in-law can certainly afford it. 458 00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:35,219 Erm, would you like me to come with you? 459 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:37,379 I should love it. 460 00:27:37,419 --> 00:27:40,419 There are three for us to see before luncheon 461 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:43,298 and I have four to visit afterwards. 462 00:27:43,323 --> 00:27:45,139 Then you will go alone. 463 00:27:45,179 --> 00:27:47,699 I'm tired out by the very idea of it. 464 00:28:00,580 --> 00:28:01,859 Don't ask about my face. 465 00:28:03,540 --> 00:28:06,219 - And a good day to you too, father. - He said, "No." 466 00:28:07,939 --> 00:28:10,899 - Who? - Your uncle, of course. 467 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,020 What am I to do? 468 00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:14,540 I only have two days left, or rather, one day, now. 469 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:18,820 - How much did you ask for? - £1,000. I owe Schmitt. 470 00:28:18,859 --> 00:28:20,219 Schmitt?! 471 00:28:21,260 --> 00:28:22,780 Oof. 472 00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:24,540 - Then, you'd better pay him. - I know. 473 00:28:25,740 --> 00:28:28,300 You can't think of anyone who could help me? 474 00:28:28,340 --> 00:28:29,459 Go to a bank. 475 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,939 They know the family has money that'll come to you and then me. 476 00:28:31,980 --> 00:28:34,139 Couldn't you borrow against that? I've tried before. 477 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:36,780 They think my brother is too healthy and the wait will be too long. 478 00:28:36,820 --> 00:28:38,540 Hmm. 479 00:28:38,580 --> 00:28:42,820 Well, I do know a Polish chap, Emil Tomaszewski, in the East End. 480 00:28:42,859 --> 00:28:45,619 - He could get you the money in time. - How much does he charge? 481 00:28:45,659 --> 00:28:48,219 - 50%. - 50. That's a bit steep. 482 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,419 Yeah, well, that's the going rate in emergencies. 483 00:28:50,459 --> 00:28:51,500 They have you over a barrel. 484 00:28:51,540 --> 00:28:53,060 Is there really nothing left to sell? 485 00:28:54,540 --> 00:28:57,459 Only Harley Street and that's mortgaged to the hilt. 486 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,340 I doubt we'd walk away with a penny piece. 487 00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:04,699 Well, you must convince the bank, or visit the Pole. 488 00:29:05,980 --> 00:29:09,899 Do you know who I saw today, at your uncle's house? Charles Pope. 489 00:29:09,939 --> 00:29:12,980 Trenchard's prodigy? Was he there again? 490 00:29:13,020 --> 00:29:15,859 He and your aunt were having tea in her private sitting room. 491 00:29:15,899 --> 00:29:17,459 - Hmm. - I caught them as he came out. 492 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,939 - Something's going on. - Hmm. 493 00:29:19,980 --> 00:29:21,980 I think she means to invest in his business. 494 00:29:22,020 --> 00:29:23,060 What?! 495 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:26,939 - Aunt Caroline? Why? - Exactly. Why? 496 00:29:26,980 --> 00:29:29,980 - Do we know anything about him? - No. 497 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:33,260 I don't like the hold he has over Lady Brockenhurst. 498 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:37,540 She's making a fool of herself. How can we find out more about him? 499 00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:38,619 Well, as it happens, 500 00:29:38,659 --> 00:29:41,260 I'm quite friendly with the younger Mrs Trenchard. 501 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,740 She told me her father-in-law has known Pope for a while. 502 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:46,179 How friendly? 503 00:29:46,219 --> 00:29:49,459 Well, I bumped into her in Kensington Gardens and we talked. 504 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:52,260 - Indeed? - Do you want my help, or not? 505 00:29:54,219 --> 00:29:56,500 Talk to one of their servants. They know more than anyone. 506 00:29:56,540 --> 00:29:58,139 Yeah, that's not a bad idea. 507 00:29:58,179 --> 00:30:01,580 Mrs Trenchard's maid was with her when we met. I'll speak to her. 508 00:30:02,899 --> 00:30:07,340 There must be some history between Charles Pope and Caroline. 509 00:30:07,379 --> 00:30:09,260 If we find it out... 510 00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:12,139 maybe she'll pay to keep the information secret. 511 00:30:12,179 --> 00:30:15,740 - You mean we should blackmail her? - Certainly I do. 512 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:16,939 And you could start us off 513 00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:19,139 by finding out the secrets of the Trenchards. 514 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:21,699 Hmm. 515 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:26,219 Excuse me. Are you delivering for Mrs Trenchard? 516 00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:30,459 - Mrs Babbage, but yes. - Can you give this to Ms Speer? 517 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:33,179 - She's one of the maids. - Why don't you give it yourself? 518 00:30:40,580 --> 00:30:44,300 Turton? The butler? Hmm. 519 00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:45,899 What makes you think he'd listen to me? 520 00:30:45,939 --> 00:30:47,179 He likes money, sir. 521 00:30:47,219 --> 00:30:50,419 And you want to talk to Miss Ellis, the Mistress's maid. 522 00:30:50,459 --> 00:30:52,619 She's been with the family longer than anyone. 523 00:30:52,659 --> 00:30:55,500 - Oh, and she also likes money? - I'd say so, sir. 524 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:58,659 And how would I meet these two? 525 00:30:58,699 --> 00:31:01,020 You'll find Mr Turton in the Horse and Groom Pub, 526 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:03,500 in Groom Place, just off Belgrave Square. 527 00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:04,580 Hmm. 528 00:31:04,619 --> 00:31:07,379 He's there most days, before luncheon at noon 529 00:31:07,419 --> 00:31:10,060 - and before dinner at six. - Hmm. 530 00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:15,740 Thank you, Miss Speer. You have been very helpful. 531 00:31:18,060 --> 00:31:19,699 Now I must hurry. 532 00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:22,100 I have to dress Mrs Oliver for dinner 533 00:31:22,139 --> 00:31:24,659 and we should plan what she's wearing tomorrow. 534 00:31:26,179 --> 00:31:27,540 For her trip to Isleworth. 535 00:31:31,780 --> 00:31:33,899 Oh, I'd be very grateful 536 00:31:33,939 --> 00:31:36,300 if you said nothing to your mistress about this. 537 00:31:36,340 --> 00:31:37,780 I'm a servant, sir. 538 00:31:37,820 --> 00:31:40,020 We don't tell anything they don't need to know. 539 00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:48,100 Who's going with us to Glanville? 540 00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:51,060 I s'pose I'll be dressing Mr Oliver as well as the master. 541 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:53,419 Morris here, is coming as first footman. 542 00:31:53,459 --> 00:31:56,939 He'd do it, but I don't believe Mr and Mrs Oliver will go. 543 00:31:56,980 --> 00:31:58,980 - Don't you? - I hope not. 544 00:31:59,020 --> 00:32:01,740 Mrs Oliver hates to travel. She doesn't see the point of it. 545 00:32:01,780 --> 00:32:04,980 Not when all that's waiting is a draughty house and boredom. 546 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:07,780 I'm glad I'm going to Glanville. I enjoy myself when I'm there. 547 00:32:07,820 --> 00:32:09,139 Yeah, of course you do. 548 00:32:09,179 --> 00:32:11,179 You sit there talking to the local boobies 549 00:32:11,219 --> 00:32:13,419 about the new shops that have opened in Bond Street 550 00:32:13,459 --> 00:32:14,659 and the new fashions, 551 00:32:14,699 --> 00:32:17,340 and what the Duchess of This said to the Countess of That, 552 00:32:17,379 --> 00:32:19,659 until they think you've got the ear of the Queen herself. 553 00:32:19,699 --> 00:32:21,179 She could do worse than listen to me. 554 00:32:24,540 --> 00:32:27,139 - What are you talking about? - Miss Ellis has been regaling us 555 00:32:27,179 --> 00:32:29,179 with the delights of a stay at Glanville. 556 00:32:29,219 --> 00:32:30,619 Don't remind me. 557 00:32:30,659 --> 00:32:32,820 Three days of torture being shaken to the core, 558 00:32:32,859 --> 00:32:35,780 followed by four weeks of tedium in a muddy desert. 559 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:37,740 You've got that in common with Mrs Oliver. 560 00:32:37,780 --> 00:32:40,260 I have nothing in common with Mrs Oliver. 561 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:48,020 Mr Pope is outside, sir, 562 00:32:48,060 --> 00:32:49,619 asking for the honour of an interview. 563 00:32:49,659 --> 00:32:51,179 Then bring him in. 564 00:32:53,379 --> 00:32:55,859 I hope I don't disturb you, Mr Trenchard, but I have some news. 565 00:32:55,899 --> 00:32:57,731 Of course not. Won't you sit down? 566 00:32:57,756 --> 00:32:59,459 I... I won't, if you don't mind. 567 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:02,540 I'm too excited. Lady Brockenhurst has written. 568 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:05,379 I saw her yesterday and her letter arrived this morning at the office. 569 00:33:05,419 --> 00:33:07,139 - And it brought good news? - The best of news. 570 00:33:07,179 --> 00:33:08,980 I believe I have all the money I need. 571 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,820 Nobody has all the money they need. 572 00:33:11,859 --> 00:33:14,540 With your help and hers, it means I can pay off the mortgage, 573 00:33:14,580 --> 00:33:16,139 buy new looms and re-tool the factory. 574 00:33:16,179 --> 00:33:18,340 I can plan my visit to India, appoint an agent out there 575 00:33:18,379 --> 00:33:20,619 and then sit back and watch as our production grows. 576 00:33:20,659 --> 00:33:23,100 Not that I will sit back, of course. 577 00:33:23,139 --> 00:33:25,980 And you still have no clue as to the reason for her interest? 578 00:33:27,780 --> 00:33:30,459 She likes me. I can see that. 579 00:33:31,899 --> 00:33:32,980 But she's never explained 580 00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:35,619 how she came to hear of me in the first place. 581 00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:39,899 Well, well. One mustn't look a gift horse in the mouth. 582 00:33:42,980 --> 00:33:44,260 Is that good news too, sir? 583 00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:48,939 I'm a member of the Athenaeum. They have allowed me to join. 584 00:33:48,980 --> 00:33:52,459 I wonder if Mr Cubitt nudged them to overcome their distaste. 585 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,740 - Nonsense. - Let's test the membership. 586 00:33:54,780 --> 00:33:57,060 We will make them give us some lunch. 587 00:34:08,850 --> 00:34:11,409 Excuse me. May I help you, sir? 588 00:34:11,449 --> 00:34:14,170 My name is Trenchard. I'm a new member here. 589 00:34:19,089 --> 00:34:22,449 Ah yes, Mr Trenchard. Welcome to the club. 590 00:34:22,489 --> 00:34:24,409 Will you be taking luncheon with us today? 591 00:34:24,449 --> 00:34:26,929 - Absolutely! - With Mr Cubitt, sir? 592 00:34:26,969 --> 00:34:28,810 Mr Cubitt? No. 593 00:34:28,850 --> 00:34:31,130 It is customary for a new member's first luncheon 594 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:33,330 to be with the person who proposed them, sir. 595 00:34:34,610 --> 00:34:38,369 - Is it a rule? - Not a rule, sir, no. Just a custom. 596 00:34:38,409 --> 00:34:41,170 Well, it is a custom we must set aside for today. 597 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:44,770 I am here with my... with my guest, Mr Pope. 598 00:34:46,529 --> 00:34:47,929 Very good, sir. 599 00:34:50,369 --> 00:34:52,569 To the health of your new venture. 600 00:34:56,089 --> 00:34:58,089 I've, er... 601 00:34:58,130 --> 00:35:01,089 I've made a few calculations which I'd like to show you. 602 00:35:05,569 --> 00:35:07,409 I see a lot of myself in you. 603 00:35:08,770 --> 00:35:10,449 High praise, Mr Trenchard. 604 00:35:11,529 --> 00:35:13,489 I don't know what I've done to deserve it. 605 00:35:14,489 --> 00:35:16,810 Excuse me. I'm very sorry, Mr Trenchard, 606 00:35:16,850 --> 00:35:20,250 but business papers are not allowed in any part of the building. 607 00:35:20,290 --> 00:35:23,489 - And that is a rule, I'm afraid. - Of course. 608 00:35:25,489 --> 00:35:26,770 Thank you, sir. 609 00:35:29,449 --> 00:35:31,697 Does he remind you of Robespierre? 610 00:35:31,722 --> 00:35:34,033 They're very officious, I must say. 611 00:35:35,049 --> 00:35:37,889 They should be proud of any member with business papers to show. 612 00:35:53,409 --> 00:35:56,369 Should I be worried that you keep a secret house in Middlesex, 613 00:35:56,409 --> 00:35:59,049 with a grand bedroom and a silent servant? 614 00:35:59,089 --> 00:36:00,850 Would you rather we were at my set in Albany? 615 00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:05,730 You should probably get dressed. 616 00:36:05,770 --> 00:36:08,170 I'm dining in town and you should be home in time to change. 617 00:36:15,730 --> 00:36:17,969 I might give my horse a rest and come back with you. 618 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,529 - If only we could. - Can't we? 619 00:36:20,569 --> 00:36:21,690 My dear. 620 00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:25,009 I'm travelling with Speer in my husband's carriage. 621 00:36:27,170 --> 00:36:29,369 - Where are you meeting your maid? - The Bridge Inn. 622 00:36:29,409 --> 00:36:30,850 Hmm. 623 00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:33,089 - Can you help me with this? - Ah. 624 00:36:34,170 --> 00:36:36,330 - Do I have to lace it? - No! 625 00:36:36,369 --> 00:36:38,250 That's only for comedies in the theatre. 626 00:36:38,290 --> 00:36:41,130 The laces are tied, I just need help with the hooks down the front. 627 00:36:41,170 --> 00:36:43,049 Hmm, right. 628 00:36:44,810 --> 00:36:46,969 Yeah, well, next time, it might be an idea 629 00:36:47,009 --> 00:36:50,969 if you were to wear something a little less complicated. 630 00:36:53,850 --> 00:36:56,009 I can hardly walk down the streets in my dressing gown. 631 00:36:56,049 --> 00:36:59,130 Even for you. 632 00:36:59,170 --> 00:37:00,250 Hmm. 633 00:37:02,089 --> 00:37:03,250 Oliver? 634 00:37:04,770 --> 00:37:07,369 - How did you know where I was? - They told me at your office. 635 00:37:07,409 --> 00:37:09,690 I've been waiting for 20 minutes. 636 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:12,369 - Mr Pope and I were celebrating. - Mr Pope? 637 00:37:13,369 --> 00:37:14,690 Why is he here? 638 00:37:14,730 --> 00:37:16,409 Well, he's had good news about his company 639 00:37:16,449 --> 00:37:18,889 and I've just been accepted as a member of the club. 640 00:37:18,929 --> 00:37:21,210 Your father has been wonderfully kind and encouraging. 641 00:37:23,049 --> 00:37:24,650 What's the good news? 642 00:37:24,690 --> 00:37:27,529 Someone else is willing to join Mr Trenchard as an investor. 643 00:37:27,569 --> 00:37:29,730 You seem very adept at getting people 644 00:37:29,770 --> 00:37:32,929 to put their hands in their pockets. If only I had your gifts. 645 00:37:32,969 --> 00:37:34,610 That's enough. If Lady Brockenhurst... 646 00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:36,850 Lady Brockenhurst will put money into your company... 647 00:37:36,889 --> 00:37:38,170 I must leave you, gentlemen. 648 00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:40,210 I have been away from my desk long enough. 649 00:37:44,049 --> 00:37:45,969 Would you please enlighten me? 650 00:37:46,009 --> 00:37:48,690 Why does everyone want to give money to that bumpkin? 651 00:37:48,730 --> 00:37:50,330 What's behind it? 652 00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:55,409 There is some element to this business that you have left unsaid. 653 00:37:55,449 --> 00:37:58,409 You know his late father was an old friend of mine. 654 00:37:58,449 --> 00:38:01,369 - So old, I've never heard of him. - Have you not? 655 00:38:01,409 --> 00:38:04,369 He asked me to look after his son when Charles first came to London. 656 00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:07,650 Then you've certainly managed it. 657 00:38:07,690 --> 00:38:10,210 Here, I came to give you these. 658 00:38:17,049 --> 00:38:18,569 Mr Trenchard! 659 00:38:20,850 --> 00:38:22,130 Let me help you. 660 00:38:27,850 --> 00:38:31,210 So... where shall we hold our next tryst? 661 00:38:32,290 --> 00:38:34,049 You decide. 662 00:38:34,089 --> 00:38:36,250 But what a difference these railways will make. 663 00:38:36,290 --> 00:38:38,690 Oh, in what way? 664 00:38:38,730 --> 00:38:42,369 We could already go to Brighton and be back in time for tea. 665 00:38:42,409 --> 00:38:43,529 And soon it will be no more 666 00:38:43,569 --> 00:38:45,529 than five, or six hours to travel to York. 667 00:38:45,569 --> 00:38:47,850 The prospect makes me feel quite giddy. 668 00:38:47,889 --> 00:38:50,889 Hmm, why does everything have to change? 669 00:38:52,049 --> 00:38:54,170 I like things the way they are. 670 00:38:54,210 --> 00:38:56,730 Nothing has to change about this afternoon. 671 00:39:00,089 --> 00:39:01,810 And now I really must be gone. 672 00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:05,610 Don't make me wait too long before I see you again. 673 00:39:14,049 --> 00:39:17,489 - Is Father home? - Not yet. But he will be soon. 674 00:39:17,529 --> 00:39:20,569 Then let us enjoy a few minutes of peace before he shows his face. 675 00:39:21,690 --> 00:39:23,650 I wish you wouldn't be so harsh. 676 00:39:24,690 --> 00:39:27,969 Has he spoken to you about the Isle of Dogs? 677 00:39:28,009 --> 00:39:29,290 Yes. 678 00:39:29,330 --> 00:39:33,529 - You don't sound very excited. - Should I be? 679 00:39:33,569 --> 00:39:35,929 Normally you're angry about being left out of things. 680 00:39:35,969 --> 00:39:37,690 I am. 681 00:39:37,730 --> 00:39:39,369 I'm even angrier now. 682 00:39:39,409 --> 00:39:41,889 Your father has gone out on a limb with Mr Cubitt. 683 00:39:41,929 --> 00:39:43,130 I did not ask him to. 684 00:39:43,170 --> 00:39:45,330 Maybe not, but it was all on your behalf. 685 00:39:47,409 --> 00:39:49,810 My father has always wanted me to be something I am not. 686 00:39:49,850 --> 00:39:52,690 It is my fate to disappoint him. 687 00:39:52,730 --> 00:39:55,009 - I'm sure that's not true. - It is even more true... 688 00:39:56,049 --> 00:39:58,049 now that he's found the perfect embodiment 689 00:39:58,089 --> 00:40:00,529 - of all the virtues that I lack. - You mean? 690 00:40:00,569 --> 00:40:01,770 Mr Charles Pope. 691 00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:06,449 I found them lunching together today. 692 00:40:08,650 --> 00:40:12,290 I wish you did not dislike him so. One day you may regret it. 693 00:40:14,650 --> 00:40:18,690 You mean when my father has made Mr Pope his heir and displaced me? 694 00:40:18,730 --> 00:40:20,690 That day will never come. 695 00:40:24,130 --> 00:40:26,250 I went to see an agent. 696 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:31,290 He's given me descriptions of some gardens and orchards up for sale. 697 00:40:31,330 --> 00:40:34,409 That being why you said you were visiting Isleworth. 698 00:40:34,449 --> 00:40:37,529 - I thought they might be useful. - So, now I have an alibi? 699 00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:39,290 - Mm-hm. - Thank you. 700 00:40:40,770 --> 00:40:42,650 I'm ever deeper in your debt. 701 00:40:45,130 --> 00:40:46,969 We must go. 702 00:40:55,009 --> 00:40:56,929 - You're early. - I couldn't work. 703 00:40:58,049 --> 00:40:59,889 I had lunch with Charles today 704 00:40:59,929 --> 00:41:01,610 and he told me that Lady Brockenhurst... 705 00:41:01,650 --> 00:41:04,529 Thank you, Ellis. I won't change for dinner quite yet. 706 00:41:05,850 --> 00:41:08,529 - Very good, ma'am. - I'll ring when I need you, 707 00:41:08,569 --> 00:41:12,529 but take the pink with you now and see if you can get the mark out. 708 00:41:23,290 --> 00:41:25,610 We should have a password for when the coast is not clear. 709 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:29,130 How sad to think we have so many secrets that we need one. 710 00:41:29,170 --> 00:41:31,929 Now, tell me more about your luncheon. 711 00:41:32,969 --> 00:41:34,650 He arrived at the office, full of the news. 712 00:41:34,690 --> 00:41:37,170 - We went to the Athenaeum. - Have you been accepted? 713 00:41:37,210 --> 00:41:39,529 - Why didn't you tell me? - I only heard this morning. 714 00:41:39,569 --> 00:41:41,290 I dare say I shall be asked to leave soon. 715 00:41:41,330 --> 00:41:43,009 Why? 716 00:41:43,049 --> 00:41:46,650 Because she is giving him the money. And when people learn that, 717 00:41:46,690 --> 00:41:48,610 well, they'll guess the secret. It's over. 718 00:41:48,650 --> 00:41:50,810 Sophia will be remembered as a slut 719 00:41:50,850 --> 00:41:53,009 and we'll be down in the dirt with her! 720 00:41:53,049 --> 00:41:54,929 Why didn't I give him the full amount 721 00:41:54,969 --> 00:41:56,529 when he needed at the start? 722 00:41:56,569 --> 00:41:57,770 Why didn't you? 723 00:41:59,610 --> 00:42:01,369 Because I thought it would be too easy. 724 00:42:01,409 --> 00:42:03,929 I'll go and speak to her. 725 00:42:03,969 --> 00:42:06,489 - What good will that do? - None at all probably, 726 00:42:06,529 --> 00:42:07,969 but it can't do any harm. 727 00:42:09,969 --> 00:42:11,690 Today, at the club... 728 00:42:13,409 --> 00:42:15,850 I wanted so badly to tell him the truth. 729 00:42:17,489 --> 00:42:18,850 Oh, Anne. 730 00:42:20,770 --> 00:42:22,569 My heart kept urging me 731 00:42:22,610 --> 00:42:24,889 that he should hear it from his grandfather, 732 00:42:24,929 --> 00:42:27,770 rather than have it whispered on every street corner. 733 00:42:29,409 --> 00:42:31,569 - But you didn't tell him? - No. 734 00:42:33,369 --> 00:42:36,690 - But was I right not to? - James... 735 00:42:39,009 --> 00:42:41,889 when we put the child away from us and turned our backs, 736 00:42:41,929 --> 00:42:43,810 we chose a life of lies. 737 00:42:46,170 --> 00:42:48,690 Now those lies have returned to haunt us... 738 00:42:49,969 --> 00:42:51,730 and we must manage as best we can. 739 00:43:25,049 --> 00:43:26,969 Mr Turton, is it? 740 00:43:29,170 --> 00:43:30,170 Could be. 741 00:43:31,610 --> 00:43:34,409 - Do I know you, sir? - No. 742 00:43:34,449 --> 00:43:36,610 But I understand we might be able to do some business. 743 00:43:36,650 --> 00:43:38,130 You and me? 744 00:43:38,170 --> 00:43:40,730 I doubt you and I would have much business in common, sir. 745 00:43:40,770 --> 00:43:42,569 Oh? 746 00:43:42,610 --> 00:43:45,929 But that's where you're wrong. I'm, erm... 747 00:43:45,969 --> 00:43:50,009 well, I'm looking for some help in a private matter, 748 00:43:50,049 --> 00:43:53,690 and you could just be the right man for the job. 749 00:43:53,730 --> 00:43:55,489 Why would you think that? 750 00:43:55,529 --> 00:43:57,130 Well, I've asked among my acquaintance 751 00:43:57,170 --> 00:43:59,489 and yours was the name they suggested. 752 00:43:59,529 --> 00:44:01,650 And a Miss Ellis. 753 00:44:01,690 --> 00:44:04,889 - The mistress' lady's maid. - Just so. 754 00:44:04,929 --> 00:44:07,850 So, would it be possible for you to work with Miss Ellis on my behalf? 755 00:44:07,889 --> 00:44:10,250 I need some information about the Trenchards. 756 00:44:11,290 --> 00:44:13,449 What makes you think I would betray them? 757 00:44:13,489 --> 00:44:15,009 Oh? 758 00:44:15,049 --> 00:44:18,690 Betray is a harsh word, Mr Turton. 759 00:44:18,730 --> 00:44:20,889 I merely want to know more about the family. 760 00:44:20,929 --> 00:44:24,850 And I am led to believe, in certain circumstances, 761 00:44:24,889 --> 00:44:27,690 - that you might be willing to help. - What circumstances? 762 00:44:29,170 --> 00:44:31,730 Well, there'd be a small reward for your assistance, of course. 763 00:44:31,770 --> 00:44:33,770 How small? 764 00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:40,369 That rather depends on the results. 765 00:44:44,500 --> 00:44:47,000 *CREDITS*