1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,145 Who was that chap in the cotton trade? 2 00:00:02,185 --> 00:00:03,465 You mean Mr Pope? 3 00:00:03,505 --> 00:00:05,825 Who is this man Pope? Where's he come from? 4 00:00:05,865 --> 00:00:08,225 And why is Father investing in his business? 5 00:00:08,265 --> 00:00:10,785 You're able to get people to put their hands in their pockets. 6 00:00:10,825 --> 00:00:11,985 If only I had your gifts. 7 00:00:12,025 --> 00:00:14,185 You say Lady Brockenhurst may pay you another visit. 8 00:00:14,225 --> 00:00:16,385 Why shouldn't I come with her and see it for myself? 9 00:00:16,425 --> 00:00:19,345 - You know her well, then? - Well, I'm engaged to her nephew. 10 00:00:19,385 --> 00:00:20,905 Ah... 11 00:00:20,945 --> 00:00:23,705 - John Bellasis will be the next... - Earl of Brockenhurst, yes. 12 00:00:25,145 --> 00:00:27,065 It seems, er, I'm in a spot of bother. 13 00:00:28,785 --> 00:00:29,985 A thousand pounds? 14 00:00:30,025 --> 00:00:31,025 Two days! 15 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:32,385 I won't give it to you. 16 00:00:32,425 --> 00:00:34,785 Do you know who I saw today at your uncle's house? 17 00:00:34,825 --> 00:00:37,105 - Charles Pope. - Trenchard's prodigy? 18 00:00:37,145 --> 00:00:39,385 How can we find out more about him? 19 00:00:39,425 --> 00:00:41,585 I need some information about the Trenchards. 20 00:00:41,625 --> 00:00:44,505 And I am led to believe, in certain circumstances, 21 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:46,345 that you might be willing to help. 22 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:33,100 *CREDITS* 23 00:01:37,745 --> 00:01:39,625 Why don't they clear these people away? 24 00:01:39,665 --> 00:01:41,225 Where would they clear them to? 25 00:01:41,265 --> 00:01:43,385 I must say, if he has the money, 26 00:01:43,425 --> 00:01:45,385 he certainly doesn't spend it on himself. 27 00:01:45,425 --> 00:01:47,105 Oh, he has the money. 28 00:01:47,145 --> 00:01:50,505 - And he's Polish? - Now, well, I would assume so. 29 00:01:50,545 --> 00:01:52,865 I cannot think he would be called Emil Tomaszewski 30 00:01:52,905 --> 00:01:54,665 - for any other reason. - Hm. 31 00:01:55,705 --> 00:01:57,345 Right, this is it. 32 00:01:58,745 --> 00:02:01,985 The debt would be honoured, Mr Tomaszewski, I assure you. 33 00:02:02,025 --> 00:02:03,785 - There's no risk. - No? 34 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,505 You have no money of your own to speak of. 35 00:02:07,545 --> 00:02:09,545 You are heir to your elder brother, 36 00:02:09,585 --> 00:02:12,745 but it will probably be your son who inherits. 37 00:02:12,785 --> 00:02:14,425 Of course there is a risk. 38 00:02:14,465 --> 00:02:17,265 Well, I will repay you, should the need arise. 39 00:02:17,305 --> 00:02:18,985 When your uncle dies. 40 00:02:19,025 --> 00:02:20,705 And when will that be? 41 00:02:20,745 --> 00:02:22,465 You seem to know a lot about us. 42 00:02:22,505 --> 00:02:24,985 I knew you were coming here to borrow money 43 00:02:25,025 --> 00:02:27,505 and it is my business to be thorough. 44 00:02:27,545 --> 00:02:30,579 - The loan would be repaid. - But when? 45 00:02:30,619 --> 00:02:33,945 At the rate of interest I charge, by the time you were in funds, 46 00:02:33,985 --> 00:02:36,385 the sum will exceed the national debt. 47 00:02:36,425 --> 00:02:37,625 No. 48 00:02:37,665 --> 00:02:38,865 Be off with you. 49 00:02:38,905 --> 00:02:41,425 You forget to whom you are speaking. 50 00:02:41,465 --> 00:02:43,345 I am speaking... 51 00:02:43,385 --> 00:02:45,705 ..to a broken-down old bankrupt, 52 00:02:45,745 --> 00:02:48,785 who is addicted to a habit which he cannot afford. 53 00:02:48,825 --> 00:02:50,985 Please, correct me if I'm wrong. 54 00:02:53,185 --> 00:02:55,825 - What will you do now? - Captain Black might lend it to me. 55 00:02:55,865 --> 00:02:58,745 - Why should he? - Because he's a snob, thank the Lord. 56 00:02:58,785 --> 00:03:00,945 - Oh. - I expect he'll want it back. 57 00:03:00,985 --> 00:03:02,425 So I would assume. And then what? 58 00:03:02,465 --> 00:03:05,825 Well, that rather depends on what you've discovered in the interim. 59 00:03:05,865 --> 00:03:08,145 What, about Aunt Caroline and Mr Pope? 60 00:03:08,185 --> 00:03:10,785 - Precisely. - Hm... 61 00:03:13,105 --> 00:03:15,225 Can I have a moment, Miss Ellis? 62 00:03:20,785 --> 00:03:22,665 I've had word from Mr Bellasis. 63 00:03:22,705 --> 00:03:24,945 He wants to meet you in Mattocks Alley at 11:00. 64 00:03:24,985 --> 00:03:26,345 Tonight? 65 00:03:26,385 --> 00:03:28,385 How do I know she'll have gone to bed by then? 66 00:03:28,425 --> 00:03:31,337 - If she hasn't, I'll go instead. - And get the tip? 67 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:34,865 I'm sure that won't be necessary, Mr Turton. 68 00:03:34,905 --> 00:03:36,425 Let's hope not, Miss Ellis. 69 00:03:37,425 --> 00:03:39,425 Why does he need to work with both of us? 70 00:03:39,465 --> 00:03:41,105 Wouldn't he be better off with just one? 71 00:03:41,145 --> 00:03:44,065 I would guess he needs me to search the master's papers 72 00:03:44,105 --> 00:03:45,694 and you to report what the mistress says. 73 00:03:45,719 --> 00:03:46,905 I don't know what to tell him! 74 00:03:46,945 --> 00:03:47,985 Tell him anything. 75 00:03:48,025 --> 00:03:51,225 As long as the information keeps coming, so will the tips. 76 00:03:51,265 --> 00:03:53,825 Say you know nothing more and the purse will snap shut. 77 00:04:03,045 --> 00:04:05,085 Mrs Trenchard... 78 00:04:05,309 --> 00:04:07,084 Mrs Trenchard... 79 00:04:07,785 --> 00:04:09,065 Come and sit down. 80 00:04:10,065 --> 00:04:13,585 - Do you remember Lady Maria Grey? - You were at the party, 81 00:04:13,625 --> 00:04:15,625 but I don't believe we were introduced. 82 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:19,825 Now... 83 00:04:19,865 --> 00:04:21,465 ..how can I help? 84 00:04:21,505 --> 00:04:24,305 I was passing the house and I wanted to talk to you about something. 85 00:04:24,345 --> 00:04:26,865 - But it can wait. - I'll go and leave you two alone. 86 00:04:26,905 --> 00:04:28,105 No need. 87 00:04:28,145 --> 00:04:29,865 Really, it doesn't matter. 88 00:04:29,905 --> 00:04:32,905 Lady Maria chanced upon my young prodigy Charles Pope 89 00:04:32,945 --> 00:04:35,505 the other day in the square. 90 00:04:35,545 --> 00:04:38,065 He must have been coming away from this house. 91 00:04:38,105 --> 00:04:39,625 Did you meet him here? 92 00:04:40,665 --> 00:04:42,105 Charles Pope? 93 00:04:42,145 --> 00:04:44,065 I think I did, yes. 94 00:04:44,105 --> 00:04:46,905 We ended up walking across Green Park together. 95 00:04:46,945 --> 00:04:49,785 Mama did not approve, but by the time she heard about it, 96 00:04:49,825 --> 00:04:51,185 it was too late. 97 00:04:52,385 --> 00:04:54,305 He suggested that... 98 00:04:54,345 --> 00:04:56,465 ..I might like to visit his office. 99 00:04:57,545 --> 00:05:00,105 - That was very forward. - Well... 100 00:05:00,145 --> 00:05:01,745 Well, it might have been my suggestion. 101 00:05:01,785 --> 00:05:05,385 - But he said nothing to put me off. - Then let us go together. 102 00:05:05,425 --> 00:05:06,625 Really? 103 00:05:06,665 --> 00:05:09,545 But it might be better if it's a sudden impulse to go, 104 00:05:09,585 --> 00:05:11,585 rather than a long-held plan. 105 00:05:11,625 --> 00:05:13,745 If I have to explain it to Mama... 106 00:05:14,665 --> 00:05:16,105 May I join you? 107 00:05:17,705 --> 00:05:19,105 Er, of course. 108 00:05:19,145 --> 00:05:20,585 If you'd like to. 109 00:05:22,425 --> 00:05:23,625 Now... 110 00:05:23,665 --> 00:05:25,105 ..what about some tea? 111 00:05:33,385 --> 00:05:36,585 - Pleasant day, ma'am? - Yes, thank you. 112 00:05:41,305 --> 00:05:43,465 You know, they don't seem to be easing at all. 113 00:05:43,505 --> 00:05:46,185 Yeah, well, I'm not sure they were made for long walks. 114 00:05:46,225 --> 00:05:48,465 Belgrave Square is only round the corner. 115 00:05:48,505 --> 00:05:50,345 Hm... 116 00:05:50,385 --> 00:05:52,305 That reminds me. 117 00:05:52,345 --> 00:05:55,585 I'm going to Bishopsgate in a day or two. 118 00:05:57,585 --> 00:06:00,025 Really, ma'am? Why ever would you want to go there? 119 00:06:00,065 --> 00:06:03,305 We're calling on a prodigy of Lady Brockenhurst's. 120 00:06:05,025 --> 00:06:08,065 You should visit the warehouses in Spitalfields if you want material. 121 00:06:09,345 --> 00:06:11,785 You pay half of what you would on Bond Street. 122 00:06:11,825 --> 00:06:14,745 That's right. I could get some black bombazine. 123 00:06:14,785 --> 00:06:18,145 One must always have wearable mourning in the wardrobe. 124 00:06:18,185 --> 00:06:20,105 Mine's very tired. 125 00:06:20,145 --> 00:06:22,065 And where are you driving? 126 00:06:22,105 --> 00:06:24,225 How should I know, Mama? 127 00:06:24,265 --> 00:06:26,425 Lady Brockenhurst just asked me to accompany her 128 00:06:26,465 --> 00:06:27,785 on a drive this Thursday. 129 00:06:27,825 --> 00:06:30,265 But if you want me to refuse, I will. 130 00:06:30,266 --> 00:06:31,985 But it may seem a little odd. 131 00:06:32,025 --> 00:06:33,785 No. Go for your drive. 132 00:06:33,825 --> 00:06:36,385 I am glad for you to be friendly. 133 00:06:36,425 --> 00:06:38,265 Very well. 134 00:06:38,305 --> 00:06:41,305 - Is John to accompany you? - I don't know. 135 00:06:41,345 --> 00:06:43,025 I don't think so. 136 00:06:43,065 --> 00:06:44,825 Have you seen John lately? 137 00:06:44,865 --> 00:06:47,385 Not lately, no. 138 00:06:47,425 --> 00:06:51,905 Shall we invite him here for dinner, perhaps? 139 00:06:52,945 --> 00:06:55,105 If you'd like to, please do. 140 00:06:56,465 --> 00:06:58,385 You're very compose. 141 00:06:59,385 --> 00:07:00,625 Am I? 142 00:07:01,905 --> 00:07:04,865 There are times where I feel like I have swallowed a furnace. 143 00:07:19,945 --> 00:07:21,905 Are you quite well, my dear? 144 00:07:21,945 --> 00:07:23,785 Yes, Mother, of course. 145 00:07:24,905 --> 00:07:26,465 You seem rather distant. 146 00:07:26,505 --> 00:07:27,865 So... 147 00:07:27,905 --> 00:07:29,283 ..did Lady Brockenhurst mind 148 00:07:29,308 --> 00:07:31,105 your suddenly arriving unannounced? 149 00:07:31,145 --> 00:07:32,973 You went to see Lady Brockenhurst? 150 00:07:32,998 --> 00:07:34,905 Was her nephew there, by any chance? 151 00:07:34,945 --> 00:07:36,665 No. 152 00:07:38,465 --> 00:07:39,705 But his fiancee was. 153 00:07:41,305 --> 00:07:43,865 - His fiancee? - Lady Maria Grey. 154 00:07:43,905 --> 00:07:46,585 - I like her. - She was at the supper. 155 00:07:46,625 --> 00:07:48,785 She didn't seem very remarkable to me. 156 00:07:50,665 --> 00:07:52,345 And did you speak to the countess? 157 00:07:53,465 --> 00:07:55,825 - We spoke. - Good. 158 00:07:55,865 --> 00:07:57,425 We'll talk about it later. 159 00:07:58,625 --> 00:08:00,785 - Very generous, I must say. - Mm. 160 00:08:00,825 --> 00:08:03,025 There's more where that came from if you do what I ask. 161 00:08:03,065 --> 00:08:04,665 I'd be glad to, I'm sure, sir. 162 00:08:04,705 --> 00:08:07,305 - So, she never mentioned him by name? - No, sir. 163 00:08:07,345 --> 00:08:10,105 Just that he was a prodigy of her ladyship's. Hm. 164 00:08:10,145 --> 00:08:11,585 The question remains, 165 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:13,625 what is the link between Mr Pope and the countess? 166 00:08:13,665 --> 00:08:15,545 That's what we have to find out. 167 00:08:15,585 --> 00:08:17,345 And when we do... 168 00:08:18,345 --> 00:08:20,265 ..I think she'll pay a fortune to keep it secret. 169 00:08:21,425 --> 00:08:22,945 A fortune? 170 00:08:22,985 --> 00:08:24,585 A fortune. 171 00:08:24,625 --> 00:08:26,785 And you can help me get it, Miss Ellis. 172 00:08:27,785 --> 00:08:30,265 Together, we can get it... 173 00:08:30,745 --> 00:08:33,145 ..with just a little courage. 174 00:08:55,865 --> 00:08:58,705 - Yes? - Erm, my name is Miss Ellis. 175 00:08:58,745 --> 00:09:00,905 I am lady's maid to Mrs James Trenchard. 176 00:09:00,945 --> 00:09:03,545 - Who? - Mrs Trenchard. 177 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:05,425 She came to the supper the other night 178 00:09:05,465 --> 00:09:07,385 and she fears she may have left her fan. 179 00:09:07,425 --> 00:09:09,385 You'd better speak to Mr Jenkins. 180 00:09:17,665 --> 00:09:18,985 Miss Ellis? 181 00:09:20,385 --> 00:09:22,585 I understand you're looking for something. 182 00:09:22,625 --> 00:09:26,345 My mistress' fan, sir, she thinks she left it here the other night. 183 00:09:26,385 --> 00:09:28,865 If I might see her ladyship's maid? 184 00:09:28,905 --> 00:09:31,745 I'm afraid nobody's found a fan of any description. 185 00:09:31,785 --> 00:09:32,905 Oh. 186 00:09:32,945 --> 00:09:34,145 Are you sure? 187 00:09:34,185 --> 00:09:35,465 Quite sure. 188 00:09:37,345 --> 00:09:40,825 She also asked if I might talk to her ladyship's maid about her hair. 189 00:09:40,865 --> 00:09:42,385 Her hair? 190 00:09:43,385 --> 00:09:45,825 She wants me to achieve a similar effect. 191 00:09:45,865 --> 00:09:47,225 Very well. 192 00:09:47,265 --> 00:09:49,505 Jane, fetch Miss Dawson. 193 00:09:49,545 --> 00:09:51,065 Yes, Mr Jenkins. 194 00:09:56,465 --> 00:10:00,105 Mrs Trenchard thought what you'd done was marvellous. A work of art. 195 00:10:00,145 --> 00:10:02,865 How did you get those very fine ringlets in front of the ears? 196 00:10:02,905 --> 00:10:06,065 Hm. Well, that is a bit of a secret. 197 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:09,545 I found a small pair of tongs in Paris 198 00:10:09,585 --> 00:10:11,065 on a visit there. 199 00:10:11,105 --> 00:10:13,225 And I've used it ever since. 200 00:10:13,265 --> 00:10:14,785 What will they think of next? 201 00:10:18,265 --> 00:10:20,385 What a beautiful room. 202 00:10:20,425 --> 00:10:22,865 Do you like the pictures? 203 00:10:22,905 --> 00:10:25,425 They were mainly painted by her ladyship. 204 00:10:26,545 --> 00:10:28,425 This is Lymington Park. 205 00:10:29,505 --> 00:10:31,945 It's been in the family since 1600. 206 00:10:31,985 --> 00:10:33,345 It doesn't look old enough. 207 00:10:33,385 --> 00:10:35,505 It's been rebuilt twice. 208 00:10:35,545 --> 00:10:39,305 The estate is more than 10,000 acres. 209 00:10:39,345 --> 00:10:42,305 How wonderful to work for such a noble family. 210 00:10:42,345 --> 00:10:44,105 I envy you. 211 00:10:44,145 --> 00:10:46,265 I can't complain. 212 00:10:46,305 --> 00:10:47,785 I've had a good life. 213 00:10:47,825 --> 00:10:48,905 Who's that? 214 00:10:50,065 --> 00:10:52,985 Poor Lord Bellasis, her ladyship's son. 215 00:10:53,985 --> 00:10:57,625 He died at Waterloo. He was her only child. 216 00:10:57,665 --> 00:11:00,345 The strange thing is, I remember Lord Bellasis. 217 00:11:00,385 --> 00:11:03,105 From our time in Brussels, before the battle. 218 00:11:03,145 --> 00:11:04,545 Did...you know him? 219 00:11:04,585 --> 00:11:05,865 How was that? 220 00:11:06,865 --> 00:11:08,825 My mistress loved the party here. 221 00:11:08,865 --> 00:11:10,985 She met ever so many nice people. 222 00:11:11,025 --> 00:11:13,745 Not everyone gets into this house. 223 00:11:13,785 --> 00:11:15,785 She liked one young man very much. 224 00:11:15,825 --> 00:11:17,665 Was his name Mr Pope? 225 00:11:17,705 --> 00:11:19,065 Oh, yes! 226 00:11:19,105 --> 00:11:21,105 A great favourite of her ladyship. 227 00:11:21,145 --> 00:11:23,425 A recent favourite, mind you. 228 00:11:23,465 --> 00:11:25,585 But he comes here often now. 229 00:11:25,625 --> 00:11:29,065 He must be charming. A very handsome man, I've heard. 230 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:31,105 I don't know what that has to do with it. 231 00:11:31,145 --> 00:11:32,945 Now, I... 232 00:11:32,985 --> 00:11:35,305 ..think it's time for you to leave, Miss Ellis. 233 00:11:36,545 --> 00:11:39,825 I'm very busy. And I'm sure you are, too. 234 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:42,305 Of course. How generous you've been, Miss Dawson. 235 00:11:42,345 --> 00:11:44,145 - Thank you. - Never mind all that. 236 00:11:44,185 --> 00:11:46,425 Now, come along. I'll take you down. 237 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,385 I'm afraid Miss Dawson wasn't really the sort of woman 238 00:11:54,425 --> 00:11:57,105 we thought she might be, so she was no use. 239 00:11:57,145 --> 00:11:58,625 Hm. 240 00:11:58,665 --> 00:12:01,185 You mean, she was loyal to her employer. 241 00:12:02,185 --> 00:12:04,865 It appears so, sir. 242 00:12:04,905 --> 00:12:08,265 Well, then, tell me more about this visit to Bishopsgate tomorrow. 243 00:12:08,305 --> 00:12:11,305 The mistress just said it was to call on a prodigy of her ladyship's, 244 00:12:11,345 --> 00:12:12,905 but it must be Mr Pope. 245 00:12:12,945 --> 00:12:14,265 Hm. 246 00:12:16,425 --> 00:12:19,265 Then I'll beard the lion cub in his den. 247 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:22,625 - Do you know the address, sir? - I know how to find it. 248 00:12:22,665 --> 00:12:24,665 And no-one will suspect you. 249 00:12:24,705 --> 00:12:27,385 - Well, that's kind, sir. - Well, not really. 250 00:12:27,425 --> 00:12:30,265 If you were sacked, you'd be of no more use to me. 251 00:12:46,925 --> 00:12:49,485 I should have my back to the horses. You both outrank me. 252 00:12:54,125 --> 00:12:55,685 Did you find your fan? 253 00:12:55,725 --> 00:12:57,165 What fan? 254 00:12:57,205 --> 00:13:00,325 That very pretty Duvelleroy you had at the supper. 255 00:13:00,365 --> 00:13:02,085 I noticed how nice it was. 256 00:13:02,125 --> 00:13:04,005 Such a shame to lose it. 257 00:13:04,045 --> 00:13:05,765 But I haven't lost it. 258 00:13:05,805 --> 00:13:08,045 But your maid came yesterday to look for it. 259 00:13:08,085 --> 00:13:09,885 So my maid told me. 260 00:13:09,925 --> 00:13:11,485 She did? Ellis? 261 00:13:12,485 --> 00:13:13,654 How odd. 262 00:13:15,445 --> 00:13:18,605 - Has she been with you for a long time? - Oh, yes, many years. 263 00:13:18,645 --> 00:13:20,325 So, you know her very well. 264 00:13:20,365 --> 00:13:21,725 Do I? 265 00:13:21,765 --> 00:13:23,325 Sometimes, I wonder. 266 00:13:25,525 --> 00:13:26,925 Jackson... 267 00:13:34,485 --> 00:13:35,925 Ah... 268 00:13:35,965 --> 00:13:38,245 This is very good of you, John. 269 00:13:38,285 --> 00:13:40,165 Yeah, well, I was looking for my aunt. 270 00:13:40,205 --> 00:13:42,365 Well, I should have known you weren't looking for me. 271 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:43,925 You've missed her, I'm afraid. 272 00:13:43,965 --> 00:13:46,885 She's paying a call on a young man we've rather taken a shine to. 273 00:13:46,925 --> 00:13:48,805 Mr Pope? The chap at the party? 274 00:13:48,845 --> 00:13:51,685 The very one. He has an office in Bishopsgate. 275 00:13:51,725 --> 00:13:53,285 Oh, how strange. 276 00:13:53,325 --> 00:13:55,245 I'm on my way to Bishopsgate now. 277 00:13:55,285 --> 00:13:57,845 Do you remember the number, by any chance? 278 00:13:57,885 --> 00:14:00,765 Er, 521, I think she said. 279 00:14:00,805 --> 00:14:03,525 She's taking Mrs Trenchard, the wife of that builder fella. 280 00:14:03,565 --> 00:14:04,765 Though, er... 281 00:14:04,805 --> 00:14:06,765 ..why, I could not tell you. 282 00:14:14,445 --> 00:14:17,405 So, why did you take an interest in Mr Pope in the first place? 283 00:14:17,445 --> 00:14:18,805 Erm... 284 00:14:18,845 --> 00:14:21,165 I don't remember, exactly. 285 00:14:21,205 --> 00:14:24,565 But we like to encourage young talent. 286 00:14:24,605 --> 00:14:27,245 And we don't have any living children, 287 00:14:27,285 --> 00:14:30,045 so we like to help the children of others. 288 00:14:30,085 --> 00:14:33,165 He plans a voyage to India. Do you know anything about India? 289 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,805 - Not much. - How I should love to go. 290 00:14:35,845 --> 00:14:37,685 All that colour, all that chaos. 291 00:14:37,725 --> 00:14:40,045 - Have you travelled a lot? - Hardly at all. 292 00:14:40,085 --> 00:14:42,965 Well, Ireland. We have an estate there. 293 00:14:43,005 --> 00:14:45,005 But that's hardly abroad, is it? 294 00:14:45,045 --> 00:14:46,605 I should like to visit Florence. 295 00:14:46,645 --> 00:14:47,885 Me, too. 296 00:14:47,925 --> 00:14:52,525 To see Michelangelo's David and to wander the galleries of the Uffizi. 297 00:14:52,565 --> 00:14:54,885 You must be fond of art, Lady Brockenhurst. 298 00:14:54,925 --> 00:14:56,685 Mama says you paint beautifully. 299 00:14:57,765 --> 00:15:00,645 - Do you? - Is it so amazing? 300 00:15:04,485 --> 00:15:07,165 This is a wonderful surprise! 301 00:15:07,205 --> 00:15:09,405 Lady Brockenhurst told me she'd be passing by 302 00:15:09,445 --> 00:15:12,045 and I thought I might invite myself to join her. 303 00:15:12,085 --> 00:15:13,325 I am happy that you did. 304 00:15:13,525 --> 00:15:17,005 We're on our way to a silk merchant's - Nicholson & Company. 305 00:15:17,045 --> 00:15:18,765 We couldn't resist the chance 306 00:15:18,805 --> 00:15:20,405 to inspect your place of work on the way. 307 00:15:21,725 --> 00:15:24,645 What can I offer you? Some tea? Some wine? 308 00:15:24,685 --> 00:15:27,285 Mrs Trenchard is the wife of your benefactor. 309 00:15:29,085 --> 00:15:31,565 We spoke at your house the other evening. 310 00:15:31,605 --> 00:15:33,005 Come into my office. 311 00:15:37,325 --> 00:15:38,805 Mr Trenchard has changed my life. 312 00:15:40,285 --> 00:15:43,645 Of course, I owe an equal debt to you, Lady Brockenhurst. 313 00:15:43,685 --> 00:15:45,925 You have thrown a bridge across the torrent 314 00:15:45,965 --> 00:15:47,605 that has kept me from my future. 315 00:15:47,645 --> 00:15:49,565 What a lathering. If I didn't know any better 316 00:15:49,605 --> 00:15:51,925 I'd think you were trying to sell us some brushes. 317 00:15:53,925 --> 00:15:56,085 - Is that a new map of India? - It is. 318 00:15:56,125 --> 00:15:57,525 The very latest. 319 00:15:59,165 --> 00:16:01,925 Such a huge country. 320 00:16:01,965 --> 00:16:04,685 Bengal, Punjab, Kashmir... 321 00:16:04,725 --> 00:16:08,565 What a wild and romantic place it must be. 322 00:16:08,605 --> 00:16:10,925 There are so many different religions and languages. 323 00:16:10,965 --> 00:16:15,434 - It is a world in itself, really. - Oh, to see a tiger in the jungle. 324 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:16,965 When you do, please ensure you're on the back of an elephant. 325 00:16:17,005 --> 00:16:18,138 Is that how they travel? 326 00:16:18,163 --> 00:16:20,405 They use elephants as we might use carriages. 327 00:16:20,445 --> 00:16:23,485 They're clever and biddable, but riding one is like a boat at sea, 328 00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:25,725 - rocking with every wave. - I can imagine. 329 00:16:25,765 --> 00:16:28,645 And now you are going there to find your cotton. 330 00:16:28,685 --> 00:16:30,925 India must come to dominate the cotton trade, in time. 331 00:16:30,965 --> 00:16:33,285 Aren't the plantations in the southern states of America 332 00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:35,485 - the leading producers now? - Maybe. 333 00:16:35,525 --> 00:16:38,205 But I will not profit from slavery. Nor do I think it can last. 334 00:16:38,245 --> 00:16:40,125 You are full of ideas, Mr Pope. 335 00:16:41,485 --> 00:16:43,485 - Ideas and principles. - Oh, he is. 336 00:16:43,525 --> 00:16:46,525 And to have managed all this at such a young age. 337 00:16:46,565 --> 00:16:50,045 - Did your father not expect you to join the church? - He did. 338 00:16:50,085 --> 00:16:52,045 But I knew I couldn't spend my life in a pulpit 339 00:16:52,085 --> 00:16:54,085 when I began to understand the age we live in. 340 00:16:54,125 --> 00:16:56,685 - Is it so very thrilling? - It is a new world! 341 00:16:57,845 --> 00:16:59,965 We have steam engines and railways. 342 00:17:00,005 --> 00:17:02,245 We have cast iron and steel. 343 00:17:02,285 --> 00:17:04,165 We make glass by new methods, and paper. 344 00:17:04,205 --> 00:17:06,725 And we have gas to light the factories while the work is done. 345 00:17:06,765 --> 00:17:09,805 We trade around the globe. Our industry is transformed. 346 00:17:09,845 --> 00:17:12,485 Wool, silk and, above all, cotton, 347 00:17:12,525 --> 00:17:14,285 are all produced in entirely new ways. 348 00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:17,405 And when I heard the mill was for sale, I knew it was my destiny. 349 00:17:17,445 --> 00:17:19,325 Bravo! 350 00:17:22,565 --> 00:17:24,405 Hear, hear. Well said, that man. 351 00:17:25,565 --> 00:17:27,485 - John! - Greetings... 352 00:17:27,525 --> 00:17:30,405 - ..oh, light of my life. - What are you doing here, John? 353 00:17:30,445 --> 00:17:33,405 Well, I called on my uncle and he told me where you'd gone and... 354 00:17:33,445 --> 00:17:35,605 Well, I was curious to see Mr Pope again. 355 00:17:35,645 --> 00:17:37,325 For what reason? 356 00:17:37,365 --> 00:17:41,405 Well, so many people have beaten a path to his modest door, 357 00:17:41,445 --> 00:17:43,005 I wanted to know why. 358 00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:45,365 I may call it modest, sir, without offence, I hope? 359 00:17:45,405 --> 00:17:46,605 By all means. 360 00:17:46,645 --> 00:17:48,885 I was out riding and I thought I might catch you up. 361 00:17:48,925 --> 00:17:51,045 Well, we haven't been here long. 362 00:17:51,085 --> 00:17:54,565 You ask why everyone has taken such an interest in my welfare 363 00:17:54,605 --> 00:17:56,445 and I can only tell you it's a mystery to me. 364 00:17:56,485 --> 00:17:58,405 Hm... 365 00:17:58,445 --> 00:18:00,605 - Do you remember Mrs Trenchard? - Erm... 366 00:18:01,525 --> 00:18:03,165 Oh, yes! 367 00:18:03,205 --> 00:18:06,845 I'm going down to Epsom on Monday. A cousin has a horse running. 368 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:10,125 I thought you and Lady Templemore might like to accompany me. 369 00:18:10,165 --> 00:18:11,925 I'll ask her, of course. 370 00:18:11,965 --> 00:18:14,165 But I'm afraid Mama is not fond of racing. 371 00:18:14,205 --> 00:18:17,645 Oh. What about you, Pope? Are you a man for the horses? 372 00:18:17,685 --> 00:18:21,525 - Not too much. - No. No, I suppose your head's too full of cotton. 373 00:18:24,685 --> 00:18:26,685 Well, it's time for us to leave you to your work. 374 00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:30,005 And we ladies have some business of our own. 375 00:18:31,605 --> 00:18:34,085 - Will you come shopping with us, John? - I don't think so, Aunt. 376 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:36,245 I've something I need to attend to. 377 00:18:36,285 --> 00:18:38,405 Oh, your mother's asked me to dine. 378 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:41,285 How nice. 379 00:18:41,325 --> 00:18:42,845 Yes, I think it will be. 380 00:18:42,885 --> 00:18:44,405 Don't you, Mr Pope? 381 00:18:45,405 --> 00:18:47,125 I can think of nothing nicer. 382 00:18:50,445 --> 00:18:52,085 Ladies... 383 00:19:06,525 --> 00:19:09,125 Am I late? I saw your maid in the hall downstairs. 384 00:19:09,165 --> 00:19:10,605 She won't say anything. 385 00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:23,085 Hm... 386 00:19:24,845 --> 00:19:26,845 I'm getting quite fond of you. 387 00:19:26,885 --> 00:19:28,725 Which means you need a favour. 388 00:19:28,765 --> 00:19:30,725 That's true. 389 00:19:32,165 --> 00:19:34,325 I need you to find out more about Charles Pope. 390 00:19:34,365 --> 00:19:35,445 Ah! 391 00:19:35,485 --> 00:19:37,165 Not you as well? 392 00:19:37,205 --> 00:19:40,085 Everyone is obsessed with that wretched man! 393 00:19:40,125 --> 00:19:41,965 He's driving Oliver mad. Mm. 394 00:19:42,005 --> 00:19:44,445 Well, Pope seems to have a hold over my aunt. 395 00:19:44,485 --> 00:19:47,325 When I called at his office, she was there 396 00:19:47,365 --> 00:19:50,045 - with your mother-in-law and Maria... - Lady Maria Grey? 397 00:19:51,165 --> 00:19:53,525 - No, you've no need to be jealous. - No? 398 00:19:53,565 --> 00:19:56,005 Aren't engagements affairs of the heart? 399 00:19:56,045 --> 00:19:58,245 Well, this one is an affair of state. 400 00:19:58,285 --> 00:20:00,445 So, why did you call at Pope's office? 401 00:20:01,725 --> 00:20:03,885 - Does he have a hold over you, too? - Hm. 402 00:20:03,925 --> 00:20:06,885 I want to know why they've all chosen to favour him. 403 00:20:06,925 --> 00:20:09,445 - Instead of you? - I'm not joking. 404 00:20:12,565 --> 00:20:14,130 Can we have dinner? 405 00:20:15,365 --> 00:20:17,885 - I could easily invent an excuse. - I'm dining with my mother. 406 00:20:19,125 --> 00:20:20,605 Very dutiful. 407 00:20:22,365 --> 00:20:23,565 So... 408 00:20:23,605 --> 00:20:25,725 ..what is this favour? 409 00:20:29,525 --> 00:20:32,245 When they next go to their country place, I want you to go with them. 410 00:20:32,285 --> 00:20:33,645 What, go to Glanville? 411 00:20:33,685 --> 00:20:35,285 Go to Glanville. 412 00:20:35,325 --> 00:20:38,885 But it takes forever to get there and it's such a bore when you do. 413 00:20:38,925 --> 00:20:41,525 She knows something about Pope that she's not telling. 414 00:20:41,565 --> 00:20:43,805 Go for walks together. 415 00:20:43,845 --> 00:20:46,125 Sit up with her at night. 416 00:20:46,165 --> 00:20:48,685 Give her your time and attention 417 00:20:50,685 --> 00:20:52,285 And then you'll find out what it is. 418 00:20:53,365 --> 00:20:54,685 All right. 419 00:20:54,725 --> 00:20:56,045 If I must. 420 00:20:57,165 --> 00:20:59,445 But I may need some more persuading. 421 00:20:59,485 --> 00:21:00,885 Oh? 422 00:22:00,885 --> 00:22:02,125 Turton. 423 00:22:02,165 --> 00:22:03,605 How was your journey? 424 00:22:03,645 --> 00:22:05,205 Long, madam. 425 00:22:05,245 --> 00:22:07,645 - Whom have you brought with you? - Just Morris the footman. 426 00:22:07,685 --> 00:22:09,325 The others have been taken on locally. 427 00:22:09,365 --> 00:22:11,765 Oh, Hooper, how nice to see you. 428 00:22:11,805 --> 00:22:13,725 Dear, won't you come inside? You must be tired. 429 00:22:13,765 --> 00:22:16,685 I want to hear what's happened in the gardens while we've been away. 430 00:22:16,725 --> 00:22:18,445 Besides, Agnes needs a walk. 431 00:22:18,485 --> 00:22:19,885 Don't wear yourself out. 432 00:22:21,085 --> 00:22:22,165 Oh! 433 00:22:22,205 --> 00:22:23,485 Ah... 434 00:22:23,525 --> 00:22:26,165 - It's good to be back. - Is it? 435 00:22:27,525 --> 00:22:30,205 Why did she have to buy somewhere so far from London? 436 00:22:30,245 --> 00:22:32,765 Well, she fell in love with the house and, er... 437 00:22:32,805 --> 00:22:35,285 ..it's a good life here, even if you refuse to see it. 438 00:22:35,325 --> 00:22:38,485 What is there to do? Apart from eating like pigs 439 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:41,085 and taking deadly walks for hours on end. 440 00:22:41,125 --> 00:22:42,725 Then why did you agree to come? 441 00:22:42,765 --> 00:22:44,925 I'm going in before I freeze to death. 442 00:22:46,485 --> 00:22:49,125 I hope Speer can manage downstairs with the yokels. 443 00:22:49,165 --> 00:22:52,045 Well, I've had to dress myself for the last three days, 444 00:22:52,085 --> 00:22:54,205 so don't look for sympathy from me. 445 00:22:59,245 --> 00:23:01,125 Gracious me, Miss Speer! 446 00:23:01,165 --> 00:23:04,085 - We don't often see you here. - It's true, Mrs Rust. 447 00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:06,645 I'm a creature more suited to London, me. 448 00:23:08,965 --> 00:23:10,605 I'm Stan, Mr Turton. 449 00:23:10,645 --> 00:23:12,965 I've been taken on as second footman. 450 00:23:13,005 --> 00:23:16,045 Have you, by all that's holy. I'll do whatever you ask of me. 451 00:23:16,085 --> 00:23:19,445 If you are able to, Stanley. If it is within your powers. 452 00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:21,405 Now, go and sort the luggage. 453 00:23:21,445 --> 00:23:22,965 Miss Ellis... 454 00:23:23,005 --> 00:23:24,275 Have you everything you want? 455 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:26,245 I have very little that I want, Mr Turton. 456 00:23:26,285 --> 00:23:28,205 But that is the life I was born to. 457 00:23:28,245 --> 00:23:29,405 Here we go. 458 00:23:29,445 --> 00:23:31,925 And there won't be a smile out of them for a fortnight. 459 00:23:31,965 --> 00:23:34,965 You will look after me... 460 00:23:35,005 --> 00:23:37,125 ..by marrying John Bellasis. 461 00:23:37,165 --> 00:23:38,325 That is all I ask. 462 00:23:38,365 --> 00:23:41,005 I am not sure how much I like him 463 00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:43,965 - or whether he likes me. - Fiddle-faddle! 464 00:23:44,005 --> 00:23:46,805 A young couple must learn to like each other. 465 00:23:46,845 --> 00:23:49,005 I didn't know your father when I married him. 466 00:23:49,045 --> 00:23:50,485 How would I, 467 00:23:50,525 --> 00:23:54,405 when we were never allowed to meet unchaperoned before the engagement? 468 00:23:54,445 --> 00:23:56,885 Even then, we might sit on a sofa, 469 00:23:57,005 --> 00:23:59,365 but never out of earshot of my companion. 470 00:23:59,405 --> 00:24:03,205 No young girl of our kind knows her husband before she marries him. 471 00:24:03,245 --> 00:24:06,245 And is your marriage to dear Papa 472 00:24:06,285 --> 00:24:09,805 to be the model that encourages me to accept a future with John? 473 00:24:09,845 --> 00:24:12,045 But you have already accepted him. 474 00:24:12,085 --> 00:24:14,565 I know. Isn't it strange? 475 00:24:14,605 --> 00:24:16,845 Sometimes, I try to remember the scene, 476 00:24:16,885 --> 00:24:19,925 but my memory has blotted it out entirely. 477 00:24:19,965 --> 00:24:22,245 Are you trying to say you've changed your mind? 478 00:24:24,085 --> 00:24:27,085 I suppose I would not be the first woman to do so. 479 00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:29,325 You won't throw away a great position. 480 00:24:29,365 --> 00:24:30,965 I won't let you. 481 00:24:32,045 --> 00:24:33,605 I am your mother... 482 00:24:33,645 --> 00:24:35,525 ..and I forbid it. 483 00:24:43,045 --> 00:24:46,565 I think he's taken a bad fall this time. 484 00:24:47,605 --> 00:24:50,405 - Has he said anything to you? - No. 485 00:24:51,885 --> 00:24:55,605 Because he gambles, he can't stop. I've always known that. 486 00:24:55,645 --> 00:24:58,925 But before, he kept within certain limits. 487 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,845 That's what's changed. 488 00:25:00,885 --> 00:25:03,285 He'll have everything under control, I promise you. 489 00:25:03,325 --> 00:25:04,965 There's nothing left to sell. 490 00:25:05,005 --> 00:25:08,125 A few bits of silver, but I've hidden those. 491 00:25:08,165 --> 00:25:10,005 Oh? Where? 492 00:25:10,045 --> 00:25:13,125 - On top of the wardrobe, in my room. - Hm. 493 00:25:13,165 --> 00:25:15,485 - But you mustn't tell him. - I won't. 494 00:25:17,645 --> 00:25:21,325 You would tell me, wouldn't you, if you knew any more about it? 495 00:25:21,365 --> 00:25:23,245 Of course I would, Mother. 496 00:25:24,765 --> 00:25:26,285 I went for a walk before dinner. 497 00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:30,085 Have they done something with old Parker's farm since he died? 498 00:25:30,125 --> 00:25:33,125 We thought we should tidy it up a bit before we find a new tenant. 499 00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:34,485 Hm. 500 00:25:34,525 --> 00:25:37,565 You'll never guess who I saw in Piccadilly the other day. 501 00:25:37,605 --> 00:25:38,925 I won't try. 502 00:25:39,965 --> 00:25:41,605 Mr Bellasis. 503 00:25:43,085 --> 00:25:45,485 - Lord Brockenhurst's nephew? - That's right. 504 00:25:45,525 --> 00:25:48,565 I was walking along with Speer, on my way to my glove-maker, 505 00:25:48,605 --> 00:25:51,565 and he suddenly appeared. Fancy that. 506 00:25:51,605 --> 00:25:54,085 He said he'd seen you and his aunt 507 00:25:54,125 --> 00:25:56,885 - at Mr Pope's offices in the city. - What? 508 00:25:58,485 --> 00:26:00,045 Oh... 509 00:26:00,085 --> 00:26:03,045 - Have I said something I shouldn't? - Of course not. 510 00:26:03,085 --> 00:26:06,365 Mr Trenchard has taken an interest in this young man. 511 00:26:06,405 --> 00:26:10,005 And so, when Lady Brockenhurst suggested we pay him a call, 512 00:26:10,045 --> 00:26:12,325 I agreed. I was curious. 513 00:26:12,365 --> 00:26:14,125 Not half so curious as I am. 514 00:26:14,165 --> 00:26:17,325 When my dear father takes twice the interest in Mr Pope 515 00:26:17,365 --> 00:26:20,005 that he does in our own work at Cubitt Town. 516 00:26:20,045 --> 00:26:22,245 Mr Pope's business plans are sensible 517 00:26:22,285 --> 00:26:23,925 and I expect to make money. 518 00:26:23,965 --> 00:26:25,805 I invest in many different areas, as you know. 519 00:26:25,845 --> 00:26:28,205 And, er, do you take all the managers of these businesses 520 00:26:28,245 --> 00:26:31,125 - out to lunch at your club? - I like and admire Mr Pope. 521 00:26:31,165 --> 00:26:33,645 I wish you could boast half his industry. 522 00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:36,965 Don't worry, Father. 523 00:26:37,005 --> 00:26:38,965 I'm well aware Mr Pope has all the virtues 524 00:26:39,005 --> 00:26:41,165 you find lacking in your own child! 525 00:26:41,205 --> 00:26:44,485 You look like an itinerant preacher at a country fair. 526 00:26:44,525 --> 00:26:46,645 I will not put up with this! 527 00:26:46,685 --> 00:26:48,045 I will not! 528 00:26:48,085 --> 00:26:50,045 Turton, have my dinner brought up to my room. 529 00:26:50,085 --> 00:26:52,965 I'd rather not stay here and disappoint my father. 530 00:27:03,285 --> 00:27:04,965 Do as Mr Oliver says. 531 00:27:05,005 --> 00:27:07,525 Please, ask Mrs Rust to make up a tray. 532 00:27:12,725 --> 00:27:14,445 I know you're awake. 533 00:27:17,365 --> 00:27:18,805 And if I am? 534 00:27:23,085 --> 00:27:25,645 Why did you visit Charles' office? 535 00:27:30,045 --> 00:27:32,245 Lady Brockenhurst was going and... 536 00:27:33,685 --> 00:27:35,485 ..I thought I'd better accompany her, 537 00:27:35,525 --> 00:27:37,725 in case she said something inappropriate. 538 00:27:42,845 --> 00:27:45,085 I do wish Susan could enjoy Glanville. 539 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:50,565 I think Oliver does, too, but you can only lead a horse to water. 540 00:27:51,645 --> 00:27:53,085 Oliver's spoiled. 541 00:27:54,085 --> 00:27:56,325 He wants it all on a silver platter. 542 00:27:57,685 --> 00:27:59,565 Does he know what he comes from? 543 00:28:00,965 --> 00:28:03,285 My father working like a navvy in the markets. 544 00:28:04,405 --> 00:28:07,285 Me slaving on building sites in every kind of weather. 545 00:28:10,405 --> 00:28:13,445 But that's what you come from. It's not what he comes from. 546 00:28:17,165 --> 00:28:19,045 Sophia would have understood. 547 00:28:31,685 --> 00:28:34,845 Apparently, you pick up the ball and run with it. 548 00:28:34,885 --> 00:28:37,085 It seems a scrappy, violent game. 549 00:28:37,125 --> 00:28:39,285 Not according to the great Dr Arnold. 550 00:28:39,325 --> 00:28:41,765 They play nothing else at Rugby these days. 551 00:28:41,805 --> 00:28:43,125 You should ask... 552 00:28:44,205 --> 00:28:45,645 Whom should I ask? 553 00:28:46,805 --> 00:28:48,165 I was going to say Charles Pope, 554 00:28:48,205 --> 00:28:50,365 but I don't want to get on to that subject again. 555 00:28:50,405 --> 00:28:52,565 So, he was at Rugby under Dr Arnold. How do you know? 556 00:28:52,605 --> 00:28:53,885 Your father told me. 557 00:28:53,925 --> 00:28:56,765 And where else did Mr Pope conduct his studies? 558 00:28:56,805 --> 00:28:59,285 - At Oxford, Lincoln College. - After that? 559 00:29:01,045 --> 00:29:03,325 - But it will only make you angry. - Well, just tell me. 560 00:29:03,365 --> 00:29:04,685 I'm interested. 561 00:29:06,765 --> 00:29:08,365 It's going to rain. 562 00:29:08,405 --> 00:29:10,565 Shall we go in? Agnes hates the rain. Really? 563 00:29:10,605 --> 00:29:12,725 All dachshunds hate rain. 564 00:29:12,765 --> 00:29:14,685 What is Pope's hold over Papa? 565 00:29:15,845 --> 00:29:17,605 Your imagination's weaving wonders. 566 00:29:17,645 --> 00:29:20,165 And Lady Brockenhurst, how has he brought her round? 567 00:29:21,525 --> 00:29:23,885 What is the secret you're not telling me? 568 00:29:26,125 --> 00:29:28,125 Lady Brockenhurst is... 569 00:29:29,285 --> 00:29:31,085 ..her own woman. 570 00:29:31,125 --> 00:29:33,285 I do not like her much, that I will say. 571 00:29:33,325 --> 00:29:34,525 Anyway... 572 00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:36,845 ..don't spoil things, Oliver. 573 00:29:37,845 --> 00:29:39,365 You seem so well when you're here. 574 00:29:39,405 --> 00:29:41,365 I'm almost sorry we have to take you back. 575 00:29:43,005 --> 00:29:44,485 You're right. 576 00:29:45,605 --> 00:29:47,445 I do feel well at Glanville. 577 00:29:48,485 --> 00:29:51,125 But I cannot separate from Susan and she does not agree. 578 00:29:52,245 --> 00:29:54,885 She seems distracted. Why is that? 579 00:29:56,245 --> 00:29:58,365 She's bored, that's all. 580 00:29:58,405 --> 00:30:01,205 She's dying to get home to London. 581 00:30:13,685 --> 00:30:15,485 Thank heavens you're still here! 582 00:30:15,525 --> 00:30:17,965 I thought you would have given up and gone. 583 00:30:18,005 --> 00:30:20,245 It was much harder to escape Ryan than I thought. 584 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:22,605 - You've come alone? - Of course. 585 00:30:22,645 --> 00:30:25,925 I can't trust Ryan. She reports every move I make. 586 00:30:25,965 --> 00:30:28,205 You are so lucky to have been born a man. 587 00:30:28,245 --> 00:30:30,525 I'm rather glad you weren't born a man. 588 00:30:30,565 --> 00:30:32,285 Perhaps. 589 00:30:32,325 --> 00:30:34,485 And I am proud of myself today. 590 00:30:34,525 --> 00:30:37,365 I lost my maid and hailed a cab for the first time in my life. 591 00:30:38,405 --> 00:30:41,845 But what good can come of it, at least, for you? 592 00:30:41,885 --> 00:30:43,165 You've taken a great risk. 593 00:30:43,205 --> 00:30:46,165 Don't you admire people who take great risks, Mr Pope? 594 00:30:46,205 --> 00:30:48,365 I would not admire a man who allowed his beloved 595 00:30:48,405 --> 00:30:50,205 to sacrifice her reputation. 596 00:30:51,205 --> 00:30:52,805 Because I'm engaged? 597 00:30:52,845 --> 00:30:54,365 Yes. 598 00:30:54,405 --> 00:30:57,775 You are engaged. But even if you weren't, I'm not the sort of man 599 00:30:57,815 --> 00:31:00,645 Lady Templemore would ever condone as a suitor for your hand. 600 00:31:01,845 --> 00:31:03,965 And are you a suitor for my hand? 601 00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:06,325 Lady Maria... 602 00:31:07,885 --> 00:31:11,205 ..I would fight dragons, I would walk over flaming coals, 603 00:31:11,245 --> 00:31:13,645 I would enter the Valley of the Dead 604 00:31:13,685 --> 00:31:16,005 if I thought I might have a chance of winning your heart. 605 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:18,445 Heavens. 606 00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:23,165 We seem to have covered quite a distance in a few short sentences. 607 00:31:24,165 --> 00:31:26,485 - Please, call me Maria. - I can't. 608 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:30,085 I have told you the truth because I believe you deserve the truth. 609 00:31:31,725 --> 00:31:33,885 But I do not think we have the power to make it happen. 610 00:31:35,405 --> 00:31:37,045 Even supposing you should want to. 611 00:31:37,085 --> 00:31:40,765 I do want to make it happen, Mr Pope. 612 00:31:40,805 --> 00:31:42,285 Charles. 613 00:31:42,325 --> 00:31:44,045 Be easy in that. 614 00:31:46,525 --> 00:31:47,925 Is that your mother? 615 00:31:51,005 --> 00:31:53,405 Ryan must have gone home and told her I'd given her the slip. 616 00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:55,285 I suppose she heard where I directed the cab. 617 00:31:55,325 --> 00:31:56,885 You must go, now. 618 00:31:56,965 --> 00:32:00,565 - I can't leave you to take the blame. - Why not? The blame is mine. 619 00:32:00,605 --> 00:32:02,485 And don't worry, she won't eat me. 620 00:32:02,525 --> 00:32:05,445 But now is not the right moment for you to be introduced as my lover. 621 00:32:05,485 --> 00:32:07,685 You know I'm right. 622 00:32:07,725 --> 00:32:08,925 So... 623 00:32:11,645 --> 00:32:13,205 Go. 624 00:32:23,965 --> 00:32:25,365 Who is that man? 625 00:32:26,365 --> 00:32:27,725 He was lost. 626 00:32:27,765 --> 00:32:29,725 He needed to find the Queen's Gate. 627 00:32:39,460 --> 00:32:42,140 As Saint Paul wrote to Saint Timothy, 628 00:32:42,180 --> 00:32:47,420 "the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. 629 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:51,260 "Some people, eager for money, have... 630 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,300 "..wandered from the faith... 631 00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:55,900 "..and... 632 00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:59,940 "..pierced themselves with many griefs." 633 00:32:59,980 --> 00:33:01,580 I leave you with that thought. 634 00:33:02,820 --> 00:33:04,340 Be neither envious nor greedy, 635 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:07,180 but be content with the life the Lord has given. 636 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:12,540 Work hard and you will sleep the sleep... 637 00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:14,100 ..of the just. 638 00:33:16,099 --> 00:33:17,530 Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee 639 00:33:17,570 --> 00:33:19,988 and feed on him in thine heart by faith with thanksgiving. Amen. 640 00:33:20,028 --> 00:33:22,100 Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee 641 00:33:22,140 --> 00:33:24,380 and feed on him in thine heart by faith with thanksgiving. Amen. 642 00:33:26,580 --> 00:33:28,340 Balderdash. 643 00:33:28,380 --> 00:33:29,980 Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee 644 00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:31,820 and feed on him in thine heart by faith with thanksgiving. Amen. 645 00:33:42,580 --> 00:33:44,940 How did you know I was giving the sermon? 646 00:33:44,980 --> 00:33:47,660 A little bird told me. Why did you? 647 00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:51,900 My wretched curate, Mr Barnsley, is ill again. 648 00:33:51,940 --> 00:33:53,420 I should dismiss him. 649 00:33:53,460 --> 00:33:56,100 One service a year does not seem too exacting. 650 00:33:56,140 --> 00:33:58,300 - Did you write it? - No! 651 00:33:58,340 --> 00:33:59,540 Barnsley did. 652 00:33:59,580 --> 00:34:02,100 Next time, you should read it beforehand. 653 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:04,260 It'll make you look less foolish. 654 00:34:06,260 --> 00:34:09,060 We were wondering if there was another reason 655 00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:10,740 why you came down here to Hampshire. 656 00:34:10,780 --> 00:34:12,660 Meaning? 657 00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:14,580 You dare not show your face in London. 658 00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:18,700 If that were the reason, you are the cause of it. 659 00:34:21,020 --> 00:34:23,140 I've got something for you. 660 00:34:23,180 --> 00:34:24,420 What? 661 00:34:25,700 --> 00:34:27,300 It's not enough to pay them off, 662 00:34:27,340 --> 00:34:29,860 but it's enough to keep them quiet for a while. 663 00:34:29,900 --> 00:34:32,860 Let it not be said that the brother of the Earl of Brockenhurst 664 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:36,460 cannot walk down Bond Street without fear of debtors' prison. 665 00:34:38,020 --> 00:34:39,460 You won't be sorry. 666 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,222 I'm sorry now. 667 00:34:42,340 --> 00:34:43,940 Mend your ways, Stephen. 668 00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,020 Mend your ways. 669 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:04,740 By the way, ma'am, I've torn some new rags for when you need them. 670 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:08,020 It's not my time, is it? 671 00:35:08,060 --> 00:35:09,700 It is, madam. 672 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:11,620 In fact, it was a few days ago. 673 00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:14,140 I'm surprised you haven't asked for them before now. 674 00:35:15,660 --> 00:35:17,260 But I can't be. 675 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:20,820 I'm not able to be. 676 00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:24,460 Can you get Mr Oliver to do the business? 677 00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:27,740 If so, I shouldn't waste any time. 678 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:30,340 Oh, I doubt it. 679 00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:32,820 Not in his present mood. 680 00:35:36,180 --> 00:35:37,900 Surely, I can't be. 681 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:41,130 Then, if you can't be, you won't be. 682 00:35:46,260 --> 00:35:47,380 God... 683 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:52,940 I hope Speer enjoys it here a little more than you do, my dear. 684 00:35:52,980 --> 00:35:55,100 What part of Ireland is she from? 685 00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:58,060 Belfast, I'm afraid. She's a city girl, like me. 686 00:35:58,100 --> 00:35:59,600 I wish I could open your eyes. 687 00:35:59,625 --> 00:36:01,500 You could have such wonderful times. 688 00:36:01,540 --> 00:36:04,580 - What would I do about Speer? - You can always get another maid. 689 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:07,660 But you'll never find another house like Glanville. 690 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:09,420 How is Oliver? 691 00:36:09,460 --> 00:36:10,980 I haven't seen him. 692 00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:14,380 I hope we don't have another evening ahead of his raging against Mr Pope. 693 00:36:14,420 --> 00:36:15,900 He's jealous. 694 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:18,300 It must be hard, 695 00:36:18,340 --> 00:36:20,780 when your father prefers to do business with a stranger, 696 00:36:20,820 --> 00:36:23,100 - rather than his own son. - It's not about business. 697 00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:24,340 And he isn't a stra... 698 00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:27,860 James was fond of Mr Pope's father. 699 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:30,660 Of course. 700 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:37,620 Maria, will you play for us? 701 00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:41,460 We have deprived John of his port, so he deserves some consolation. 702 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,500 Rest easy on that score. 703 00:36:43,540 --> 00:36:46,500 I'd always rather join the ladies. 704 00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:47,860 If you will excuse me, 705 00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:49,900 - I want to thank Mrs Shaw for our dinner. - Oh! 706 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:52,900 Maria... 707 00:36:52,940 --> 00:36:55,060 ..perhaps you'd like to play. 708 00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:00,420 Hm 709 00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:13,940 Your mother has contrived that we should be, erm... 710 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:16,820 ..left to our own devices. 711 00:37:25,780 --> 00:37:28,140 You don't seem very anxious to be alone with me. 712 00:37:29,420 --> 00:37:31,140 I might say the same. 713 00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:45,740 Did I tell you my uncle is very pleased 714 00:37:45,780 --> 00:37:47,700 by the news of our engagement? 715 00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:50,060 - Yes. 716 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,460 He prefers that I choose birth over fortune. 717 00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:57,860 And are you pleased, John? 718 00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:00,260 That is what I cannot fathom. 719 00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:05,100 Well, my parents are glad. So is your mother. 720 00:38:05,140 --> 00:38:07,580 And we must all marry someone, I suppose. 721 00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:09,660 I see. 722 00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:11,860 Oh, I dare say we'll do well enough. Why shouldn't we? 723 00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:14,100 We want the same things. 724 00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:15,460 Such as? 725 00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:18,820 Well, a proper place in society... 726 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,340 ..where we may do as we like. 727 00:38:22,380 --> 00:38:24,020 You need to have no fear about that. 728 00:38:25,020 --> 00:38:28,100 When my uncle dies, we will be king and queen... 729 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,700 ..of all we survey. 730 00:38:33,900 --> 00:38:37,660 Princess Feodora of Leiningen she was called. 731 00:38:37,700 --> 00:38:40,140 The queen's half-sister by her mother's first marriage. 732 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:43,540 Now, they pushed her into the arms of a German princeling in the end. 733 00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:46,820 That was Sir John Conroy's doing. He wanted her out of the way. 734 00:38:46,860 --> 00:38:49,460 When, if they'd only waited, she could have been a queen herself. 735 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:53,260 You talk about them as if you knew them, Miss Ellis. As if they were... 736 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:56,060 - Well, like you or me. - And so they are, Stanley! 737 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,820 Just like you and me and don't you ever think any different! 738 00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:01,140 Now, that's fighting talk, Miss Ellis. 739 00:39:01,180 --> 00:39:03,060 I'm ready for a fight, Mrs Rust, 740 00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:05,740 if you're asking me to say I'm not as good as anyone upstairs. 741 00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:07,540 Or in the palace, for that matter. 742 00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:09,900 You'll worry the young ones if you're not careful. 743 00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:13,100 - I'm not worried. I'm inspired. - Mm. 744 00:39:13,140 --> 00:39:15,020 That's what I was afraid of. 745 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:20,260 Mr Turton. 746 00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:32,380 I suppose we should let Mr Bellasis know when we get back to London. 747 00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:35,620 Have you got something for him? 748 00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,380 Not yet. 749 00:39:37,420 --> 00:39:40,140 I want to be sure he'll pay enough before I take any big risks. 750 00:39:40,540 --> 00:39:43,660 Well, I wouldn't worry too much. They'd never let us go. 751 00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:45,380 They wouldn't manage without us. 752 00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:47,620 Well, she couldn't manage without me. We have history. 753 00:39:47,660 --> 00:39:48,860 And I'm too valuable. 754 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,940 That's not what the mistress was saying to Mrs Oliver 755 00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:54,820 - as they walked along the hallway earlier. - What did she say? 756 00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:58,420 "You can always find another maid." 757 00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:00,140 Those were her words. 758 00:40:00,180 --> 00:40:02,700 So, what is your value now, Miss Ellis? 759 00:40:09,980 --> 00:40:12,300 So, how was it? 760 00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:16,140 - Draining? - As draining as death. 761 00:40:18,580 --> 00:40:20,580 So, tell me what you learned. 762 00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:22,340 Well, you were right. 763 00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:25,340 Charles Pope is very important to Mr Trenchard. 764 00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:27,380 Yes, I know that. I want to know why. 765 00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:30,860 - He talks about Mr Pope's business, which infuriates Oliver. - Ah... 766 00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:33,020 But then my mother-in-law said... 767 00:40:35,740 --> 00:40:36,980 What? 768 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:40,780 She wasn't thinking and she let it slip that it's not about business 769 00:40:40,820 --> 00:40:43,100 and Mr Pope is not a stranger. 770 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:46,100 - Make of that what you will. - Hm... 771 00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:49,500 Where does Lady Brockenhurst fit into all this? 772 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:54,660 What's the matter? 773 00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:57,980 You look preoccupied. 774 00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:59,380 Do I? 775 00:41:00,460 --> 00:41:01,660 It's nothing. 776 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,866 You know this would be very serious for me, sir, if it came out. 777 00:41:06,906 --> 00:41:09,409 They won't hang you. They've abolished the bloody Code. 778 00:41:09,449 --> 00:41:11,092 - Or hadn't you heard? - They won't hang me, no. 779 00:41:11,132 --> 00:41:12,940 But they would put me in prison. 780 00:41:12,980 --> 00:41:15,700 Petty treason by a servant against their master 781 00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:17,540 is still a serious crime. 782 00:41:17,580 --> 00:41:19,260 Hm. 783 00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:22,260 I'd have to borrow his keys, if I'm to get into his private desk. 784 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:25,260 - Have you searched his office? - The answer won't be there. 785 00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:28,340 They may work together, but the secret... 786 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:30,020 ..lies in the history of them both. 787 00:41:31,060 --> 00:41:32,180 I know it. 788 00:41:33,180 --> 00:41:34,580 Search the letters he's kept. 789 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:37,020 Look for any mention of the names Charles or Pope. 790 00:41:37,060 --> 00:41:38,980 No matter how old. The older the better. 791 00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:40,140 It'll cost you. 792 00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:41,700 I know. 793 00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:42,900 £20 at least. 794 00:41:44,220 --> 00:41:46,900 - Well, that's a bit steep. - It's the price. 795 00:41:46,940 --> 00:41:48,460 Can you get it? 796 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,380 Because I'm not breaking the law for pennies. 797 00:41:51,420 --> 00:41:53,380 Yes, I can get it. 798 00:42:20,900 --> 00:42:23,100 Ah! 799 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:26,420 - Mother not here? - She's at a committee meeting. 800 00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:27,820 Oh? 801 00:42:27,860 --> 00:42:29,580 How was Lymington? 802 00:42:29,620 --> 00:42:32,500 - I thought you were going to stay for longer. - Oh, it was bloody. 803 00:42:32,540 --> 00:42:35,740 Barnsley was ill. I had to take the service on Sunday. 804 00:42:35,780 --> 00:42:37,980 And give the sermon. 805 00:42:38,020 --> 00:42:40,140 - I'd pay to see that. - Your uncle and aunt were there, 806 00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:42,500 - making the most of my humiliation. - Mm. 807 00:42:42,540 --> 00:42:44,900 And they still won't give you a penny towards the debt? 808 00:42:47,420 --> 00:42:50,100 - Have you got Schmitt off your back? - Yes. 809 00:42:50,140 --> 00:42:52,100 In the end, Captain Black lent me the money. 810 00:42:52,140 --> 00:42:54,780 - But he wants it back. - Well, what did you think would happen? 811 00:42:54,820 --> 00:42:57,460 Oh, if I could just have some luck. 812 00:42:58,460 --> 00:43:00,340 One good hand is all I need. 813 00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:03,540 - You are incorrigible. - Do you think I should try the lenders again? 814 00:43:03,580 --> 00:43:05,980 No, you're a bad bet and they won't take it. 815 00:43:07,580 --> 00:43:09,860 It's time we approached Aunt Caroline. 816 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:12,100 Do you think so? You surprise me. 817 00:43:12,140 --> 00:43:14,860 - I thought you'd given up on that. - Well, we'll see. 818 00:43:14,900 --> 00:43:17,060 I have a man on the case, as they say. 819 00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:20,700 - Do you mean you're still looking into Mr Pope? - I am. 820 00:43:20,740 --> 00:43:23,580 And I may have solved Trenchard's role in the story, but... 821 00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:25,620 ..not Aunt Caroline's. 822 00:43:25,660 --> 00:43:28,260 If Peregrine would only pay up, we wouldn't be in this situation. 823 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:30,860 If you hadn't gambled with money you do not have, my dear father, 824 00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:32,420 we wouldn't be in this situation. 825 00:43:32,460 --> 00:43:34,620 And anyway, we're not in any situation. 826 00:43:34,660 --> 00:43:37,420 You are in the situation. 827 00:43:37,460 --> 00:43:39,260 You have to help me. It... 828 00:43:41,420 --> 00:43:42,740 John! 829 00:43:42,780 --> 00:43:45,180 How lovely! 830 00:43:45,220 --> 00:43:47,820 We've hardly seen anything of you this summer. 831 00:43:47,860 --> 00:43:49,420 Will you stay for luncheon? 832 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,340 Oh, no, I don't think I can. 833 00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:56,140 - Oh, how was your meeting? - Mm... 834 00:43:56,180 --> 00:43:57,380 Disheartening. 835 00:43:57,420 --> 00:43:59,700 We spent most of the morning talking about black Monday. 836 00:43:59,740 --> 00:44:01,260 Oh, what's that? 837 00:44:01,300 --> 00:44:03,820 - The day the rent is due. - Hm. 838 00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:09,780 I was wondering if you have any news? 839 00:44:09,820 --> 00:44:12,220 What sort of news? 840 00:44:12,260 --> 00:44:14,900 Well, not to put too fine a point on it, 841 00:44:14,901 --> 00:44:17,380 we don't understand the delay in announcing the engagement. 842 00:44:17,420 --> 00:44:19,109 Well, I don't know anything about that. 843 00:44:19,134 --> 00:44:20,484 You should ask Lady Templemore. 844 00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:23,500 Yep. 845 00:44:23,540 --> 00:44:25,340 - Are you going so soon? - Yes, I'm afraid so. 846 00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:28,100 I just need to fetch some clothes from upstairs. But, erm... 847 00:44:28,140 --> 00:44:29,780 Yes, then I must be off. 848 00:44:29,820 --> 00:44:32,780 - Do you need a suitcase? - Oh, no, no. No, I have one up there. 849 00:45:05,940 --> 00:45:08,780 You're being ridiculous! The thing is settled! 850 00:45:08,820 --> 00:45:12,020 You are ridiculous to pretend that I will marry John Bellasis, 851 00:45:12,060 --> 00:45:14,220 when you know very well I will not! 852 00:45:14,260 --> 00:45:16,420 I hope you're not suggesting you've met someone else, 853 00:45:16,460 --> 00:45:19,900 someone who is not known to me, whom you prefer? 854 00:45:19,940 --> 00:45:21,940 I'm just saying that I won't marry John Bellasis. 855 00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:23,540 That is enough for now. 856 00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:26,260 How dare you disobey me! 857 00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:29,300 I won't let you throw away your chance. 858 00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:31,580 I'd be a bad mother if I allowed it! 859 00:45:31,620 --> 00:45:34,540 - And how will you stop me? - You'll find out. 860 00:45:45,180 --> 00:45:46,500 Thank you, Mama. 861 00:45:46,924 --> 00:45:51,924 *CREDITS*