1 00:00:00,179 --> 00:00:01,450 What have you to do in Manchester? 2 00:00:01,451 --> 00:00:02,602 I want to see some people. 3 00:00:02,603 --> 00:00:05,098 He cheats the customs men when he imports cotton. 4 00:00:05,099 --> 00:00:08,362 Tell your friend to get his money out while he still can. 5 00:00:08,363 --> 00:00:09,898 I know this is hard for you. 6 00:00:09,899 --> 00:00:12,450 All this is because your son hates his own nephew? 7 00:00:12,451 --> 00:00:14,370 He doesn't know the truth. 8 00:00:14,371 --> 00:00:15,658 It's time to acknowledge him. 9 00:00:15,659 --> 00:00:18,050 If he's acknowledged as a Bellasis, 10 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:19,690 we must give up our grandson. 11 00:00:19,691 --> 00:00:23,170 When I was packing, I found some letters of Miss Sophia's. 12 00:00:23,171 --> 00:00:24,490 We must make copies, now. 13 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:27,754 - Where are the originals? - Mr Bellasis wants the originals! 14 00:00:27,755 --> 00:00:30,442 You do not surprise me. I made the copies. I know what's in them. 15 00:00:30,443 --> 00:00:32,610 Charles Pope is my grandson. 16 00:00:32,611 --> 00:00:35,330 In the letters the girl calls the marriage a sham. 17 00:00:35,331 --> 00:00:37,162 We must find out about Bouverie. 18 00:00:37,163 --> 00:00:40,042 He was in fact the Honourable Richard Bouverie. 19 00:00:40,043 --> 00:00:43,010 So you mean the wedding in Brussels before the battle 20 00:00:43,011 --> 00:00:44,458 was, erm... was valid? 21 00:00:44,459 --> 00:00:46,142 Absolutely! 22 00:00:46,811 --> 00:00:51,102 Whomever he married were definitely husband and wife. 23 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:37,800 *CREDITS* 24 00:01:59,723 --> 00:02:03,009 These are the letters you wrote? 25 00:02:03,011 --> 00:02:04,609 They are. 26 00:02:04,611 --> 00:02:06,369 Every word is true? 27 00:02:06,371 --> 00:02:09,269 - Every word is gospel. - Hm. 28 00:02:09,571 --> 00:02:12,778 What price did you offer Mrs Girton for the factory? 29 00:02:12,779 --> 00:02:14,369 What? 30 00:02:14,371 --> 00:02:17,578 You say you agreed a deal with her which Charles then wrecked. 31 00:02:17,579 --> 00:02:20,369 I would like to know what price you offered for the factory. 32 00:02:25,391 --> 00:02:27,369 I can't remember. 33 00:02:27,371 --> 00:02:30,058 I called on Mrs Girton yesterday. 34 00:02:30,059 --> 00:02:33,029 I know you offered two thousand pounds. 35 00:02:33,731 --> 00:02:38,589 Mr Pope offered the market price - eight thousand pounds. 36 00:02:38,891 --> 00:02:39,849 He overpaid! 37 00:02:39,851 --> 00:02:40,961 I think not. 38 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:44,190 But I don't understandyou r complaint against him. 39 00:02:44,291 --> 00:02:45,801 Well, er... 40 00:02:45,803 --> 00:02:48,490 I read here that he "bullied and terrified her 41 00:02:48,491 --> 00:02:50,410 "into accepting his offer." 42 00:02:50,411 --> 00:02:52,930 Would you have to be bullied and terrified into taking an offer 43 00:02:52,931 --> 00:02:55,829 that was an increase of four hundred per cent? 44 00:02:57,131 --> 00:02:58,849 I wouldn't. 45 00:02:59,051 --> 00:03:00,970 He still cheated the customs men. 46 00:03:00,971 --> 00:03:02,890 I work with Mr Thomas Cubitt. 47 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:05,250 He has friends in Manchester. 48 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:08,074 It was a single incident where the cotton was wrongly labelled. 49 00:03:08,075 --> 00:03:10,570 When Mr Pope discovered the mistake, he paid the duty. 50 00:03:10,571 --> 00:03:11,650 Yeah, so he says. 51 00:03:11,651 --> 00:03:13,450 He says it because it is the truth! 52 00:03:13,451 --> 00:03:15,754 In other words, you gentlemen are liars and jealous cheats 53 00:03:15,755 --> 00:03:18,690 - who profit from frightening old ladies! - Now, just a minute here... 54 00:03:18,691 --> 00:03:20,746 As for you, you pathetic runt! 55 00:03:20,747 --> 00:03:22,530 Charles Pope saw you could no more be a manager 56 00:03:22,531 --> 00:03:24,450 than a Lord High Admiral! 57 00:03:24,451 --> 00:03:26,698 He gave you a job that your children might not starve 58 00:03:26,699 --> 00:03:27,810 and this is how you repay him! 59 00:03:27,811 --> 00:03:30,346 - Now, you listen... - No! You listen! 60 00:03:30,347 --> 00:03:33,090 If I hear one more word of this from any source, 61 00:03:33,091 --> 00:03:38,501 I will bring charges that will strip you of your last penny piece! 62 00:03:38,603 --> 00:03:41,289 And now good day... 63 00:03:41,291 --> 00:03:43,192 gentlemen. 64 00:03:46,091 --> 00:03:50,849 Don't move, but tell me if you've heard from your mama? 65 00:03:51,851 --> 00:03:56,650 Not yet. But she'll be along one of these days with my brother, Reggie, 66 00:03:56,651 --> 00:04:00,297 or... someone else, to drag me away. 67 00:04:00,299 --> 00:04:04,683 Then we shall take hold of the other arm and prevent it. 68 00:04:06,635 --> 00:04:10,194 Lady Templemore is in the drawing room, m'lady. 69 00:04:10,371 --> 00:04:11,709 Talk of the devil. 70 00:04:14,211 --> 00:04:15,280 Lady Templemore, 71 00:04:15,905 --> 00:04:17,889 may I offer you anything? 72 00:04:17,891 --> 00:04:20,155 Only my daughter. 73 00:04:21,611 --> 00:04:22,850 Here I am, Mama. 74 00:04:22,851 --> 00:04:24,682 I've come to take you home. 75 00:04:24,683 --> 00:04:27,809 No, Mama. 76 00:04:27,811 --> 00:04:29,481 - My dear... - No. 77 00:04:29,483 --> 00:04:34,689 Mama, I am... I am not coming home. Not yet, at any rate. 78 00:04:34,691 --> 00:04:36,949 So you defy me? 79 00:04:37,251 --> 00:04:39,465 I would not call it that. 80 00:04:39,467 --> 00:04:41,002 But what will people think? 81 00:04:41,003 --> 00:04:43,498 That I'm staying with the aunt of my fiance, 82 00:04:43,499 --> 00:04:47,338 and soon, however, we will announce the marriage will not take place 83 00:04:47,339 --> 00:04:51,969 and that I shall marry a Mr Charles Pope instead. 84 00:04:51,971 --> 00:04:55,402 This will be fascinating until there is news 85 00:04:55,403 --> 00:04:58,858 that the Queen is with child or some great man in the City fails, 86 00:04:58,859 --> 00:05:02,122 and then we shall all just get on with our lives. 87 00:05:02,123 --> 00:05:03,458 You've done this. 88 00:05:03,483 --> 00:05:06,050 You have corrupted my daughter. 89 00:05:06,051 --> 00:05:08,458 I do hope so, if this is the result. 90 00:05:08,459 --> 00:05:13,642 Mama, let us not be at odds, like ruffians fighting in the street. 91 00:05:13,643 --> 00:05:17,890 I should prefer to be attacked by ruffians than by my own child. 92 00:05:17,891 --> 00:05:18,931 Corinne... 93 00:05:20,056 --> 00:05:23,250 Charles Pope is our grandson... 94 00:05:23,651 --> 00:05:25,981 ...Peregrine's and mine. 95 00:05:27,083 --> 00:05:28,794 You mean... 96 00:05:29,771 --> 00:05:33,377 ...he is your late son's bastard. 97 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:36,297 I suppose you knew? 98 00:05:36,299 --> 00:05:39,010 And for this you have cheated Maria of a position 99 00:05:39,011 --> 00:05:41,482 that would have allowed her to do real good in the world? 100 00:05:41,483 --> 00:05:43,978 I think I could do good if I were married to Charles. 101 00:05:43,979 --> 00:05:46,666 Then you must manage it without your mother's help, my dear, 102 00:05:46,667 --> 00:05:49,821 for I will have no more of you. 103 00:05:50,123 --> 00:05:53,599 I set you adrift to sail your own barque. 104 00:05:56,291 --> 00:05:57,909 You... 105 00:05:58,211 --> 00:06:02,399 have stolen my daughter and ruined my life. 106 00:06:12,451 --> 00:06:16,709 What on Earth are you doing here? Why have you come? 107 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:20,430 Well, I'm not going to tell you on the street. 108 00:06:20,931 --> 00:06:22,572 Hm. 109 00:06:24,771 --> 00:06:27,771 I've seen a doctor and I am pregnant. 110 00:06:28,907 --> 00:06:30,442 Three months or more. 111 00:06:30,443 --> 00:06:33,850 Right, will you take care of it? Or has he done so already? 112 00:06:35,051 --> 00:06:36,778 Have you no feelings at all? 113 00:06:36,779 --> 00:06:39,169 Why would I have feelings? 114 00:06:39,171 --> 00:06:40,618 Because you are the father. 115 00:06:40,619 --> 00:06:43,329 Oh, for... What proof is there? 116 00:06:43,331 --> 00:06:46,754 You fell into bed with me easily enough! 117 00:06:50,603 --> 00:06:53,689 What's the matter, John? 118 00:06:54,691 --> 00:06:56,170 What, do you care? 119 00:06:56,171 --> 00:06:57,897 Of course. 120 00:06:57,899 --> 00:07:00,969 Tell me what's wrong. 121 00:07:00,971 --> 00:07:03,466 Only that I've lost everything. 122 00:07:03,467 --> 00:07:04,618 It can't be as bad as all that. 123 00:07:04,619 --> 00:07:06,768 Can't it? I have nothing. 124 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:10,377 I am nothing. I will always be nothing. 125 00:07:10,379 --> 00:07:11,530 What has happened? 126 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:13,450 I will not be the next Earl of Brockenhurst. 127 00:07:13,451 --> 00:07:17,569 Charles Pope is the heir - my nemesis. 128 00:07:17,571 --> 00:07:21,729 It seems he is the grandson of my uncle and aunt. 129 00:07:21,731 --> 00:07:25,090 - You said he was Mr Trenchard's son. - That's what I thought, but he's not. 130 00:07:25,091 --> 00:07:27,657 He's my cousin Edmund's son. 131 00:07:27,659 --> 00:07:31,690 I have tried to defeat him. Now he has the better of me. 132 00:07:31,691 --> 00:07:34,378 If this is true, why isn't he called Viscount Bellasis? 133 00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:37,066 He is. He just doesn't know it yet. 134 00:07:37,067 --> 00:07:39,178 Nor do they. They think he's a bastard. 135 00:07:39,179 --> 00:07:42,629 A friend of mine looked into it. 136 00:07:43,331 --> 00:07:48,754 My cousin and Sophia Trenchard were married, just before Waterloo. 137 00:07:53,003 --> 00:07:56,842 I'm impressed you haven't burned them, if they don't know yet. 138 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:59,722 Well, don't be. They're copies. The Trenchards have the originals. 139 00:07:59,723 --> 00:08:01,258 But without your friend's evidence... 140 00:08:01,259 --> 00:08:03,512 They'll find out the truth in the end. 141 00:08:03,537 --> 00:08:04,610 They're bound to. 142 00:08:04,611 --> 00:08:06,649 Why... 143 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:11,625 Why shouldn't we marry? 144 00:08:11,627 --> 00:08:15,658 You're only the son of a younger son, after all. It's not so much. 145 00:08:15,659 --> 00:08:18,730 Don't you understand? I need to make a brilliant marriage. 146 00:08:18,731 --> 00:08:19,882 Now more than ever. 147 00:08:19,883 --> 00:08:22,570 Not Maria Grey with her downcast looks and that empty purse. 148 00:08:22,571 --> 00:08:24,130 A brilliant marriage. 149 00:08:24,131 --> 00:08:26,050 I'll divorce Oliver and go to my father. 150 00:08:26,051 --> 00:08:29,097 He's rich and I'm an only child. 151 00:08:29,099 --> 00:08:31,650 There may be better-bred women on offer, 152 00:08:31,651 --> 00:08:34,951 but none who could provide so well. 153 00:08:45,343 --> 00:08:49,089 Do you seriously imagine that I, John Bellasis, 154 00:08:49,091 --> 00:08:51,370 whose ancestors fought in the Crusades, 155 00:08:51,371 --> 00:08:55,785 would ever marry the divorced daughter-in-law 156 00:08:55,787 --> 00:08:58,057 of a dirty tradesman? 157 00:08:58,859 --> 00:09:00,928 What a joke! 158 00:09:13,571 --> 00:09:17,290 I wonder if you would ask your man if he could find me a Hackney cab? 159 00:09:17,291 --> 00:09:19,609 Oh, hail one yourself! 160 00:09:20,611 --> 00:09:26,611 Please, John. There is no need for us to part badly. 161 00:09:29,771 --> 00:09:31,026 Very well. 162 00:10:01,259 --> 00:10:02,734 No! 163 00:10:13,739 --> 00:10:15,081 You're back. 164 00:10:15,083 --> 00:10:19,098 As you see. Do you know where I might find your mother? 165 00:10:19,499 --> 00:10:22,461 She wanted a rest before dinner. 166 00:10:22,763 --> 00:10:24,258 Did you give those men money? 167 00:10:24,283 --> 00:10:26,218 In Manchester, to write the letters? 168 00:10:26,219 --> 00:10:30,441 No need. They wanted him destroyed as much as I. 169 00:10:30,443 --> 00:10:35,417 Why? Why would you want to ruin a man who's done nothing to you? 170 00:10:35,819 --> 00:10:40,234 He has stolen my father and is in the process of stealing my fortune. 171 00:10:40,235 --> 00:10:43,882 Is that nothing? To watch you give him money and praise without stint. 172 00:10:43,883 --> 00:10:44,930 Is that nothing? 173 00:10:44,931 --> 00:10:46,210 I believe in him. 174 00:10:46,211 --> 00:10:48,882 But by God, you don't believe in me, sir. 175 00:10:48,907 --> 00:10:50,218 And you never have! 176 00:10:50,219 --> 00:10:52,770 I've endangered my friendship with the Cubitts, 177 00:10:52,771 --> 00:10:55,978 men I respect more than anyone living, to help your career! 178 00:10:55,979 --> 00:10:57,570 May I not be disappointed? 179 00:10:57,571 --> 00:11:01,930 I'm sorry, Father, but I cannot change places with Sophia. 180 00:11:01,931 --> 00:11:06,849 I can't place myself in the grave and set her free. 181 00:11:06,851 --> 00:11:09,395 It is out of my hands! 182 00:11:19,811 --> 00:11:21,410 I don't know what to do next. 183 00:11:21,411 --> 00:11:22,474 Well, I do, ma'am. 184 00:11:22,475 --> 00:11:25,930 Tell Mr Trenchard you were given these in the street. 185 00:11:25,931 --> 00:11:28,809 He does not know my writing. 186 00:11:29,611 --> 00:11:31,049 He will not suspect. 187 00:11:32,651 --> 00:11:34,511 I won't ask for your secrecy. 188 00:11:34,536 --> 00:11:36,909 You already have enough to hang me. 189 00:11:45,731 --> 00:11:47,433 Hello. 190 00:11:47,435 --> 00:11:49,587 How can I help? 191 00:11:53,195 --> 00:11:54,857 Thank you, Myles. That'll be all. 192 00:11:58,259 --> 00:12:00,990 This was handed to me on the street as I came towards our front door. 193 00:12:01,791 --> 00:12:02,909 Handed to you by whom? 194 00:12:03,011 --> 00:12:04,330 I don't know, a boy, he ran off. 195 00:12:04,331 --> 00:12:08,169 Well, this boy, was he a servant, a page? 196 00:12:08,171 --> 00:12:10,371 I don't know. He was just a boy. 197 00:12:15,331 --> 00:12:17,578 I must go and see Mrs Trenchard. 198 00:12:17,579 --> 00:12:20,801 There is something else I want you to know. 199 00:12:21,803 --> 00:12:25,409 I'm going to have a child. 200 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:27,009 Oh, my dear. 201 00:12:27,011 --> 00:12:29,097 Are you certain? 202 00:12:29,099 --> 00:12:30,441 Quite. 203 00:12:30,443 --> 00:12:32,745 But you must go to Mother. 204 00:12:32,747 --> 00:12:34,089 May I tell her? 205 00:12:34,091 --> 00:12:36,594 - Of course. - Come... 206 00:12:44,075 --> 00:12:45,961 Mr Trenchard? 207 00:12:46,763 --> 00:12:49,729 Hah. A happy chance brings us here. 208 00:12:49,731 --> 00:12:52,450 John Bellasis. We met at my aunt's soiree. 209 00:12:52,451 --> 00:12:56,170 Yes, I know who you are. What are you doing in this stinking hole? 210 00:12:56,171 --> 00:13:00,971 Well, I use it to meet people and, erm... well, now I've met you. 211 00:13:02,891 --> 00:13:04,689 Can I buy you a drink? 212 00:13:05,091 --> 00:13:06,729 Brandy and soda? 213 00:13:07,831 --> 00:13:10,629 Tell me, do you know the name Charles Pope? 214 00:13:11,531 --> 00:13:13,570 If I hear it one more time... 215 00:13:13,571 --> 00:13:16,049 Oh, you don't like him, then? 216 00:13:16,451 --> 00:13:18,634 I hate the very ground he walks on! 217 00:13:18,635 --> 00:13:20,382 Hm. 218 00:13:21,323 --> 00:13:24,290 I should like to teach him a lesson he'll never forget. 219 00:13:24,291 --> 00:13:25,930 And I'd certainly like to help you. 220 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:27,431 Would you? 221 00:13:28,056 --> 00:13:30,355 Because you could help me a lot... 222 00:13:32,459 --> 00:13:35,366 ...if you have a mind to. 223 00:13:38,402 --> 00:13:42,240 - But these are copies, of course. - I know. 224 00:13:42,242 --> 00:13:43,689 I have the originals. 225 00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:45,800 When did you get those? 226 00:13:45,802 --> 00:13:50,209 Jane Croft, Sophia's maid, came here when you were in Manchester. 227 00:13:50,410 --> 00:13:51,945 She brought them with her. 228 00:13:51,946 --> 00:13:55,209 She wanted me to have them before she left for America. 229 00:13:55,210 --> 00:13:58,680 They're only Sophia's false marriage papers. 230 00:13:59,982 --> 00:14:01,760 Or am I missing something? 231 00:14:01,762 --> 00:14:04,041 You won't have seen this one. 232 00:14:04,042 --> 00:14:05,769 It's in a different hand. 233 00:14:05,770 --> 00:14:08,073 Whoever wrote it was making notes 234 00:14:08,074 --> 00:14:10,569 on the validity of the marriage for someone. 235 00:14:10,570 --> 00:14:11,913 But this is not a copy? 236 00:14:12,314 --> 00:14:13,814 Not that page. 237 00:14:14,839 --> 00:14:18,438 And the writer says the wedding was not a sham. 238 00:14:19,210 --> 00:14:21,960 Sophia was Lady Bellasis when she died. 239 00:14:22,985 --> 00:14:24,934 Charles is legitimate. 240 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:28,950 Then... 241 00:14:30,175 --> 00:14:32,974 Edmund was an honourable man. 242 00:14:34,954 --> 00:14:38,450 We have defamed him wrongly for so many years. 243 00:14:38,475 --> 00:14:40,161 How cruel we've been. 244 00:14:40,162 --> 00:14:42,400 But I know this writing... 245 00:14:47,050 --> 00:14:48,201 Are you, er... 246 00:14:48,202 --> 00:14:52,092 Are you ready for me, ma'am? I was... 247 00:14:53,194 --> 00:14:56,460 Where did you get those? How did you find them! 248 00:14:58,762 --> 00:15:00,489 Will you tell us about them, Ellis? 249 00:15:00,490 --> 00:15:02,409 I don't know nothing, ma'am. 250 00:15:02,410 --> 00:15:05,481 Ellis, if there is anything you can say to diminish your guilt, 251 00:15:05,482 --> 00:15:07,768 now is the time to say it. 252 00:15:08,170 --> 00:15:10,088 It was Mr Turton, sir. 253 00:15:10,090 --> 00:15:15,361 It was him what found them in Miss Croft's bag and he made the copies. 254 00:15:15,362 --> 00:15:16,641 I said I knew the writing. 255 00:15:16,642 --> 00:15:20,321 I'm ever so sorry, ma'am. If I'd known it might hurt you, 256 00:15:20,322 --> 00:15:22,569 I'd never have gone near the whole business. 257 00:15:22,570 --> 00:15:26,601 You watched Turton make copies of Miss Sophia's letters, 258 00:15:26,602 --> 00:15:29,400 yet you never thought it might hurt me? 259 00:15:32,002 --> 00:15:36,009 I know I've lost my place, sir, but I'm not a bad woman. 260 00:15:36,010 --> 00:15:37,601 You're not a very good one. 261 00:15:37,602 --> 00:15:40,208 I've been weak. It's true. 262 00:15:41,910 --> 00:15:44,900 If I have no reference, I'll starve. 263 00:15:45,802 --> 00:15:48,380 So, if we give you a reference, 264 00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:51,825 you will tell us who asked for them to be copied. 265 00:15:52,450 --> 00:15:53,673 Is that right? 266 00:15:53,674 --> 00:15:57,100 - Very well, we accept your terms. - Do we? 267 00:15:58,402 --> 00:16:02,121 Mr Turton made the copies for Mr John Bellasis, sir. 268 00:16:02,122 --> 00:16:03,521 Course it was John Bellasis! 269 00:16:04,122 --> 00:16:06,729 And of course the first thing he would look into 270 00:16:06,730 --> 00:16:09,281 would be the clergyman that married them, Richard Bouverie. 271 00:16:09,282 --> 00:16:11,721 Which is what we should have done 20 years ago. 272 00:16:11,722 --> 00:16:13,740 How could we? We didn't know his name. 273 00:16:15,842 --> 00:16:17,289 What was your role in all of this? 274 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:20,389 Mr Turton made me take the copies round to Mr Bellasis' rooms. 275 00:16:22,090 --> 00:16:23,840 Very well. 276 00:16:23,842 --> 00:16:28,160 You may stay the night here, but you'll go tomorrow, 277 00:16:28,162 --> 00:16:30,687 with your reference. 278 00:16:36,322 --> 00:16:39,201 Stay silent till we're certain it's legal. 279 00:16:39,202 --> 00:16:42,633 I don't want to raise hopes only to dash them down. 280 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:45,321 But why did Mr Bellasis let the proof out of his care? 281 00:16:45,322 --> 00:16:49,160 Why not burn it? And who was the mystery boy? 282 00:16:49,162 --> 00:16:50,697 There's something else. 283 00:16:50,698 --> 00:16:53,441 It slipped my mind for a moment, but you'll be pleased. 284 00:16:53,442 --> 00:16:55,380 Susan is pregnant. 285 00:16:55,882 --> 00:16:57,608 Is she really? 286 00:16:57,610 --> 00:17:00,416 Hm, eleven years with Oliver and nothing. 287 00:17:01,341 --> 00:17:03,134 What could have changed? 288 00:17:09,130 --> 00:17:10,401 Has Father told you? 289 00:17:10,402 --> 00:17:12,393 He has. Congratulations. 290 00:17:12,994 --> 00:17:14,594 Go on! Give her a kiss! 291 00:17:22,378 --> 00:17:26,081 Oliver may be a while. He'd only just got home when I came down. 292 00:17:26,082 --> 00:17:28,520 - Hm. - We can wait. 293 00:17:28,522 --> 00:17:31,041 James, have you spoken to Turton? 294 00:17:31,042 --> 00:17:35,049 I thought I'd leave it till after dinner. Or is that cowardly? 295 00:17:35,050 --> 00:17:39,508 He should hear it from you and not from Ellis, if it isn't too late. 296 00:17:40,810 --> 00:17:43,521 Oh, I'll, erm... I'll look out a bottle of champagne 297 00:17:43,522 --> 00:17:45,527 while I'm down there. 298 00:17:58,474 --> 00:18:02,504 Why did John Bellasis give you those papers? 299 00:18:02,506 --> 00:18:04,808 He didn't. I took them. 300 00:18:04,810 --> 00:18:06,152 May I ask why? 301 00:18:06,154 --> 00:18:08,321 He said they contained his ruin. 302 00:18:08,322 --> 00:18:10,761 - And you want that? - Very much. 303 00:18:10,762 --> 00:18:14,092 Why did you want to harm Mr Bellasis... 304 00:18:14,794 --> 00:18:16,680 ...if you were lovers? 305 00:18:17,482 --> 00:18:22,482 I didn't at first. I wanted to divorce Oliver and marry John. 306 00:18:24,394 --> 00:18:26,120 What was his answer? 307 00:18:26,122 --> 00:18:28,232 He laughed in my face. 308 00:18:28,834 --> 00:18:30,376 I see. 309 00:18:31,882 --> 00:18:34,761 Well, at least we know you aren't barren. 310 00:18:34,762 --> 00:18:37,700 That must be a relief, albeit a complicated one. 311 00:18:40,002 --> 00:18:42,881 You want to stay with Oliver now that your escape route 312 00:18:42,882 --> 00:18:45,920 with John Bellasis has been cut off? 313 00:18:45,922 --> 00:18:48,480 Yes, I'd like to stay. 314 00:18:48,482 --> 00:18:51,680 Will Oliver know the child is not his? 315 00:18:52,282 --> 00:18:53,846 He'll know. 316 00:18:55,114 --> 00:18:57,120 But leave Oliver to me. 317 00:18:57,122 --> 00:18:58,401 James must never know. 318 00:18:58,402 --> 00:19:00,489 This baby will be his grandchild 319 00:19:00,490 --> 00:19:03,681 and he must never even suspect anything else. 320 00:19:03,682 --> 00:19:05,557 I agree. 321 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:11,521 I'll help you, on one condition. You will live at Glanville. 322 00:19:11,522 --> 00:19:12,800 Live there? 323 00:19:12,802 --> 00:19:14,561 If you agree, I will keep your secret. 324 00:19:14,562 --> 00:19:18,729 Oliver will never be happy in the career that James has mapped out 325 00:19:18,730 --> 00:19:21,033 for him, very well, let him be a country gentleman. 326 00:19:21,034 --> 00:19:23,560 Can I come back for the season? 327 00:19:24,962 --> 00:19:28,521 You will come here for two months every year. 328 00:19:28,522 --> 00:19:33,129 Although I think you will enjoy county life once you enter into it. 329 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:36,481 Oliver must not suspect you know the truth. 330 00:19:36,482 --> 00:19:40,182 Only then will he be able to salvage his dignity. 331 00:19:41,122 --> 00:19:42,241 You have my word. 332 00:19:42,242 --> 00:19:43,689 Your word on what? 333 00:19:43,690 --> 00:19:47,990 That they will have Glanville. A child must grow up in the country. 334 00:19:49,834 --> 00:19:52,961 Hurrah! My dearest boy! Many congratulations! 335 00:19:52,962 --> 00:19:54,249 Susan and I have been talking 336 00:19:54,250 --> 00:19:57,760 and you are to have Glanville as your own. 337 00:19:57,762 --> 00:20:01,161 You will give up your London work and retire to Somerset. 338 00:20:01,162 --> 00:20:03,656 - What's this? - Why not? 339 00:20:03,658 --> 00:20:07,361 Oliver is born to be a squire, not a businessman. 340 00:20:07,362 --> 00:20:11,129 Your mother is right. A child should grow up in the country. 341 00:20:11,930 --> 00:20:13,020 A child? 342 00:20:13,122 --> 00:20:16,713 We needn't keep it quiet any longer, my dearest one. 343 00:20:16,714 --> 00:20:18,560 I've told them. 344 00:20:18,562 --> 00:20:20,961 Say nothing. We'll talk later. 345 00:20:20,962 --> 00:20:23,681 If you speak now we may lose everything. 346 00:20:23,682 --> 00:20:25,352 Be silent... 347 00:20:25,954 --> 00:20:27,508 I beg you. 348 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:31,548 Here, drink up. 349 00:20:32,650 --> 00:20:35,343 Margaux. The best he's got. 350 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,874 There's more if we want it. 351 00:20:39,202 --> 00:20:41,865 Of course, Mrs Oliver's to blame. 352 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:44,801 Miss Speer said a boy just pushed the papers into her hand. 353 00:20:44,802 --> 00:20:46,281 What was she supposed to do? 354 00:20:46,282 --> 00:20:50,721 Never mind that "boy." She took them, stole them from Mr Bellasis. 355 00:20:50,722 --> 00:20:53,577 Mrs Oliver is no better than she ought to be. 356 00:20:53,578 --> 00:20:56,841 Why do you think she's pregnant after eleven years with Mr Oliver 357 00:20:56,842 --> 00:20:58,569 and nothing to show for it? 358 00:20:58,570 --> 00:20:59,913 How do you know she's pregnant? 359 00:20:59,914 --> 00:21:02,025 Oh, never question a lady's maid. 360 00:21:02,026 --> 00:21:04,642 Oh, I see. 361 00:21:05,674 --> 00:21:09,760 Is there anything there for us, Miss Ellis? 362 00:21:09,762 --> 00:21:12,640 Anything that might prove useful? 363 00:21:12,642 --> 00:21:14,241 We'll get nothing from Mr Bellasis. 364 00:21:14,242 --> 00:21:17,193 What would he care if all the world knew her for a slut? 365 00:21:17,194 --> 00:21:20,321 - But she might pay to keep it quiet. - I don't think so. 366 00:21:20,322 --> 00:21:23,201 What are you doing there, Miss Speer? Are you spying on us? 367 00:21:23,202 --> 00:21:26,025 Excuse me, Mr Turton, you are not the butler now. 368 00:21:26,026 --> 00:21:27,041 You have been sacked. 369 00:21:27,042 --> 00:21:30,081 So don't think I'll take any more of your orders, cos I won't. 370 00:21:30,082 --> 00:21:31,040 You watch your tongue! 371 00:21:31,042 --> 00:21:32,801 No! Cos I don't feel like it. 372 00:21:32,802 --> 00:21:36,481 And if you ever approach Mrs Oliver by letter or word, 373 00:21:36,482 --> 00:21:39,849 - I will report you to the Peelers... - Why? What have I done? 374 00:21:39,850 --> 00:21:42,401 Stealing and selling food with Mrs Babbage? 375 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:45,993 And with theft on your record there's no more work as servants, 376 00:21:45,994 --> 00:21:48,121 not for the rest of your lives. 377 00:21:48,322 --> 00:21:51,201 - I'm going to bed. - She'll get rid of you. You know too much. 378 00:21:51,202 --> 00:21:53,761 She won't want that hanging around her in years to come. 379 00:21:53,762 --> 00:21:54,825 Maybe you're right. 380 00:21:54,826 --> 00:21:59,049 But when I go, I'll do it with a sack of gold and a reference 381 00:21:59,050 --> 00:22:01,761 that will get me a job in Buckingham Palace. 382 00:22:01,762 --> 00:22:05,769 Rest easy, Miss Speer. You will never hear from me again. 383 00:22:05,770 --> 00:22:08,595 You win, you evil baggage. 384 00:22:14,410 --> 00:22:16,000 Whose is it? 385 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:20,001 Oliver, your wife is pregnant. Your parents are happy. 386 00:22:20,002 --> 00:22:22,281 The life you want is yours for the taking. 387 00:22:22,282 --> 00:22:24,812 You mean I'm to accept it? 388 00:22:26,314 --> 00:22:28,233 And am I to accept your lover, too? 389 00:22:28,234 --> 00:22:31,688 Who is he? Will he join us for dinner? 390 00:22:31,690 --> 00:22:36,681 I'll not say his name, now or ever, but I won't see him again. 391 00:22:36,682 --> 00:22:37,921 You have my word. 392 00:22:37,922 --> 00:22:39,602 Your word? 393 00:22:42,250 --> 00:22:44,361 Aren't you at least going to say you're sorry? 394 00:22:44,362 --> 00:22:46,054 But I'm not sorry, Oliver. 395 00:22:46,079 --> 00:22:48,201 I've done what I set out to do. 396 00:22:48,202 --> 00:22:49,601 I'm pregnant with our child. 397 00:22:49,602 --> 00:22:51,465 You're not telling me that this was deliberate? 398 00:22:51,466 --> 00:22:53,769 Have you ever known me to be impetuous? 399 00:22:55,070 --> 00:22:57,281 And it was all because I could not make you pregnant? 400 00:22:57,282 --> 00:22:59,201 You've been trying for 11 years, Oliver. 401 00:22:59,202 --> 00:23:00,681 You're about to have an heir. 402 00:23:01,182 --> 00:23:03,841 Would you really want to give your life to Glanville 403 00:23:03,842 --> 00:23:05,490 if you had no-one to hand it over to? 404 00:23:05,515 --> 00:23:07,260 I want my own child. 405 00:23:09,762 --> 00:23:12,320 Which I shall give you. 406 00:23:12,322 --> 00:23:14,121 If I hadn't done what I've done, 407 00:23:14,122 --> 00:23:17,468 you'd be childless to the end of your days. 408 00:23:17,770 --> 00:23:21,308 You'll be a gentleman now, Oliver, a real one. 409 00:23:21,610 --> 00:23:23,721 You'll have a fortune to spend 410 00:23:23,722 --> 00:23:26,581 and you won't have to soil your hands with making it. 411 00:23:26,882 --> 00:23:32,882 You can teach our child to ride, to swim, to fish. 412 00:23:35,682 --> 00:23:39,982 If you want to be a father, Oliver, this is the only way. 413 00:23:46,396 --> 00:23:50,427 So you see, Lady Brockenhurst, I believe I owe you an apology. 414 00:23:50,428 --> 00:23:53,828 Edmund was honourable after all! 415 00:23:57,148 --> 00:23:59,066 And Charles knows nothing? 416 00:23:59,668 --> 00:24:00,931 Nothing. 417 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,247 Lord Brockenhurst is coming up to London tomorrow, 418 00:24:06,748 --> 00:24:09,106 so let us have dinner here. 419 00:24:09,108 --> 00:24:11,827 And we'll tell Charles the truth together. 420 00:24:11,828 --> 00:24:14,234 And Lady Maria? 421 00:24:14,236 --> 00:24:15,387 Is with her mother. 422 00:24:15,388 --> 00:24:18,075 Lord Templemore, her brother, arrived from Ireland last night. 423 00:24:18,076 --> 00:24:19,507 She's gone to ask for his help. 424 00:24:19,508 --> 00:24:23,259 I am tempted to send a note saying no persuasion will now be necessary. 425 00:24:23,260 --> 00:24:26,066 Perhaps they must play it out. 426 00:24:26,068 --> 00:24:30,747 I won't change my mind. I'd like to walk down the aisle on your arm, 427 00:24:30,748 --> 00:24:35,187 but the truth of it is I will marry Charles Pope and no-one else. 428 00:24:35,188 --> 00:24:37,587 Maria has thrown away her chance. 429 00:24:37,588 --> 00:24:41,499 Mama, I have written to John. It is over. Let it go. 430 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:46,366 Instead, you have chosen a man who is a bastard and a tradesman. 431 00:24:47,068 --> 00:24:48,627 You'll like him immensely. 432 00:24:48,628 --> 00:24:49,755 I have a proposition. 433 00:24:49,756 --> 00:24:52,947 I'll take you with me back to Ireland for a few months 434 00:24:52,948 --> 00:24:57,548 and we will see if your decision stands the test of time. 435 00:24:59,356 --> 00:25:02,594 You can't be against me. 436 00:25:03,196 --> 00:25:05,499 Not after all we've been through... 437 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:08,187 Marrying beneath yourself is no guarantee of happiness, you know. 438 00:25:08,188 --> 00:25:12,627 And you can hardly expect us to rejoice in this stranger 439 00:25:12,628 --> 00:25:14,774 who has stolen your future. 440 00:25:15,676 --> 00:25:17,978 He hasn't stolen it. 441 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:21,680 I have given my future to him quite freely. 442 00:25:30,268 --> 00:25:31,995 Not bad news, I hope, sir. 443 00:25:31,996 --> 00:25:36,126 Oh, no. No, not news at all, since I knew it was coming. 444 00:25:36,628 --> 00:25:38,946 I'm a free man again, Roger. 445 00:25:39,848 --> 00:25:42,062 I love where I choose. 446 00:25:42,364 --> 00:25:44,761 No change there, then, sir. 447 00:25:50,868 --> 00:25:52,487 Yeah. 448 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:04,635 Fetch your coat, Roger. I've got a job for you. 449 00:26:04,636 --> 00:26:06,387 But when I dismiss you, come straight back here. 450 00:26:06,388 --> 00:26:08,835 If I am not in my bed by eight tomorrow morning, 451 00:26:09,436 --> 00:26:13,427 well, then you may start to make enquiries as to my whereabouts. 452 00:26:14,428 --> 00:26:16,331 Where must I look, sir? 453 00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:23,507 You'll like her very much, Mother. 454 00:26:23,508 --> 00:26:26,139 I'm sure I will, if you have chosen her. 455 00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:28,307 Things are not quite settled yet. 456 00:26:28,308 --> 00:26:30,387 Why not, if she's the one? 457 00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:32,147 Her mother does not approve. 458 00:26:32,148 --> 00:26:34,654 Then she's a very stupid woman. 459 00:26:35,356 --> 00:26:37,287 Lady Templemore has her reasons. 460 00:26:37,588 --> 00:26:40,787 Why is her name Templemore if the girl is called Grey? 461 00:26:40,788 --> 00:26:43,507 Her late husband's title was Templemore. 462 00:26:43,508 --> 00:26:45,338 Lord Templemore? 463 00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:48,298 The Earl of Templemore, to be exact. 464 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:54,171 Must you go to this meeting tonight? I wish you wouldn't. 465 00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:55,347 It's an odd business. 466 00:26:55,348 --> 00:26:58,971 I'm not on good terms with Oliver Trenchard, which upsets his father. 467 00:26:58,972 --> 00:27:01,467 Now I have a chance to patch things up and I must take it. 468 00:27:01,468 --> 00:27:04,155 Please don't stay any longer than you have to. 469 00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:06,547 I won't. And I'll escort you to our lodgings 470 00:27:06,548 --> 00:27:08,748 and make sure you're safe in bed before I go. 471 00:27:21,628 --> 00:27:24,534 Do you know Charles Pope's address? 472 00:27:26,236 --> 00:27:28,346 That's an odd question from you. 473 00:27:28,948 --> 00:27:30,458 Do you? 474 00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:31,826 No. 475 00:27:31,828 --> 00:27:34,707 His mother's come to live with him so he's moved to gain more space. 476 00:27:34,708 --> 00:27:36,307 Somewhere in Holborn, I think. 477 00:27:36,308 --> 00:27:37,370 Why? 478 00:27:37,372 --> 00:27:39,490 No reason. 479 00:27:41,268 --> 00:27:43,672 I think there is a reason. 480 00:27:47,188 --> 00:27:49,188 Oliver, can you please come with me? 481 00:27:55,228 --> 00:27:58,875 I don't understand. What was Mr Bellasis' intention? 482 00:27:58,876 --> 00:28:02,387 He wanted me to write a note to Pope, asking to meet him. 483 00:28:02,388 --> 00:28:05,595 Bellasis thought he'd agree to please you. 484 00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:07,131 It would please me? 485 00:28:07,132 --> 00:28:09,819 He knew you were unhappy that I'd taken against your protege. 486 00:28:09,820 --> 00:28:11,739 Why didn't he write the note? 487 00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:12,947 He thought Pope would know my hand 488 00:28:12,948 --> 00:28:14,427 after he'd spent time at your office. 489 00:28:14,428 --> 00:28:17,907 Anyway, I wrote what he wanted, had a drink and left. 490 00:28:17,908 --> 00:28:19,994 This is very serious. 491 00:28:19,996 --> 00:28:22,227 It was only a... Only a letter to lure Charles to a place 492 00:28:22,228 --> 00:28:23,835 where he might be beaten up or worse by thugs! 493 00:28:23,836 --> 00:28:25,755 I told you, I was drunk. 494 00:28:25,756 --> 00:28:28,306 But not too drunk to hold a pen, by God! 495 00:28:28,331 --> 00:28:30,171 When was this meeting to be? 496 00:28:30,172 --> 00:28:32,307 That's the thing. I think it was this evening. Late. 497 00:28:32,308 --> 00:28:33,626 You think? 498 00:28:33,628 --> 00:28:36,947 I told you I was drunk. Where was he to meet you, or rather, Bellasis? 499 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,579 - I can't remember. It was at a public house in the city. - Morris! 500 00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:41,499 The Black Bird, The Black Swan? 501 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:43,667 Tell Quirk to get the carriage and bring it round at once! 502 00:28:43,668 --> 00:28:44,787 Of course, sir! Right away, sir! 503 00:28:44,788 --> 00:28:46,875 To go where? You don't know Pope's address 504 00:28:46,876 --> 00:28:48,627 and I can't recall where the meeting was to be. 505 00:28:48,628 --> 00:28:51,483 We'll go to his office. If it's already happened and he's hurt, 506 00:28:51,484 --> 00:28:54,227 I will never forgive you. If it hasn't happened yet, we'll warn him, 507 00:28:54,228 --> 00:28:57,627 even if we have to wait all night. Meanwhile, try to remember. 508 00:28:57,628 --> 00:28:58,971 I know it was in the City. 509 00:28:58,972 --> 00:29:01,907 Bellasis said he would be able to walk there from his place of work. 510 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,027 Get your coat. 511 00:29:03,028 --> 00:29:04,155 Father, I'm sorry. 512 00:29:04,156 --> 00:29:05,060 Not sorry enough! 513 00:29:05,085 --> 00:29:07,667 You have delivered him into the hands of a man 514 00:29:07,668 --> 00:29:09,915 - who must wish him dead! - You exaggerate. 515 00:29:09,916 --> 00:29:11,853 I assure you I do not! 516 00:29:38,068 --> 00:29:39,675 Can I help you, sir? 517 00:29:39,676 --> 00:29:41,494 A jug of ale. 518 00:29:47,988 --> 00:29:50,546 Charles Pope? 519 00:29:50,548 --> 00:29:51,666 I am he. 520 00:29:51,668 --> 00:29:53,098 Come with me. 521 00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,378 Who are you, sir? 522 00:29:56,380 --> 00:30:00,027 Mr Trenchard sent me. You are here to meet him, are you not? 523 00:30:00,028 --> 00:30:03,534 - I am. - Then do as I say and come with me. 524 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,423 Here you are, sir. 525 00:30:10,588 --> 00:30:12,947 I thought Reggie would be on my side. 526 00:30:12,948 --> 00:30:14,235 He will be soon. 527 00:30:14,236 --> 00:30:16,048 But I'll always doubt his motives. 528 00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:18,547 I suppose Charles still knows nothing? 529 00:30:18,548 --> 00:30:21,147 Mr Trenchard would not allow him to be told 530 00:30:21,148 --> 00:30:24,250 until everything had been checked by lawyers. 531 00:30:24,575 --> 00:30:26,547 I dare say it's sensible. 532 00:30:26,548 --> 00:30:29,727 Charles thinks that Mr Trenchard has some fine qualities. 533 00:30:30,552 --> 00:30:31,887 He admires him. 534 00:30:31,988 --> 00:30:33,819 I will strive to do the same. 535 00:30:33,820 --> 00:30:35,738 I like his wife. 536 00:30:35,740 --> 00:30:37,467 I agree. I quite like the wife. 537 00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:40,923 I like that your son had the courage to swim against the tide 538 00:30:40,924 --> 00:30:42,267 in his choice of wife. 539 00:30:42,268 --> 00:30:44,787 Then again, was Sophia Trenchard an adventuress, 540 00:30:44,788 --> 00:30:48,795 prodded by her snobbish father to reach above her station? 541 00:30:48,796 --> 00:30:50,586 Was Edmund "caught"? 542 00:30:51,988 --> 00:30:53,190 What does it matter? 543 00:30:54,015 --> 00:30:56,475 You know I'd have married Charles anyway? 544 00:30:57,576 --> 00:30:59,255 You should have told me before now. 545 00:30:59,356 --> 00:31:01,747 When we meet Charles, you will say nothing of all this. 546 00:31:01,748 --> 00:31:05,115 I'll be silent. But whether he turns out well born or a bastard, 547 00:31:05,116 --> 00:31:07,419 he is still my nephew and you should have told me. 548 00:31:07,420 --> 00:31:09,215 We worried about Sophia's reputation. 549 00:31:09,916 --> 00:31:13,074 Do you think I could not have kept silent to protect my sister's name? 550 00:31:15,676 --> 00:31:17,554 Now I'm the one who's sorry. 551 00:31:18,556 --> 00:31:20,475 Mr Pope had an engagement this evening. 552 00:31:20,476 --> 00:31:23,355 A message came earlier. But I could not tell you where it was to be. 553 00:31:23,356 --> 00:31:25,275 This message, did he say who it was from? 554 00:31:25,276 --> 00:31:27,194 No, but he seemed glad. 555 00:31:27,196 --> 00:31:29,691 He mentioned something about mending what was broken... 556 00:31:29,692 --> 00:31:31,827 He gave no clue as to where this meeting might take place? 557 00:31:31,828 --> 00:31:33,147 We know it was near here. 558 00:31:33,148 --> 00:31:35,067 I think you're right, sir. 559 00:31:35,068 --> 00:31:36,738 He took his mother home after dinner 560 00:31:36,763 --> 00:31:38,227 and he meant to walk from there. 561 00:31:38,228 --> 00:31:40,635 He said something about its being near the river. 562 00:31:41,036 --> 00:31:42,362 My God! 563 00:31:42,364 --> 00:31:43,515 Wait-wait a minute. 564 00:31:43,516 --> 00:31:47,827 Do you know of a pub nearby called the Black Bird or something like it? 565 00:31:47,828 --> 00:31:50,547 - There's the Black Raven, sir, on All Hallows Lane. - That's it! 566 00:31:50,548 --> 00:31:51,827 All Hallows Lane. 567 00:31:51,828 --> 00:31:55,228 - Come and instruct our coachman. - It's easy enough to explain. 568 00:31:55,229 --> 00:31:56,730 Come down! 569 00:32:14,208 --> 00:32:15,966 I'm going to bed. 570 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:17,726 Good night, my dear. 571 00:32:17,728 --> 00:32:19,007 Won't you come too? 572 00:32:19,008 --> 00:32:21,808 No, I'll wait for James and Oliver to return. 573 00:32:29,928 --> 00:32:31,402 Don't feel uneasy. 574 00:32:32,027 --> 00:32:34,352 I'm sure Father will have made everything right. 575 00:32:36,128 --> 00:32:39,686 I'm afraid I am uneasy, so I would not sleep. 576 00:32:40,488 --> 00:32:42,934 I might as well wait to know the worst. 577 00:32:56,128 --> 00:32:56,874 Wait! 578 00:32:58,099 --> 00:33:00,525 I will go no further, sir, unless you tell me 579 00:33:00,550 --> 00:33:02,951 who you are and what you want with me. 580 00:33:02,952 --> 00:33:06,686 My dear fellow. I am so sorry. 581 00:33:06,688 --> 00:33:09,479 I had to get you out of that pit of iniquity. 582 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,607 I thought you wouldn't care to linger there yourself. 583 00:33:12,608 --> 00:33:14,855 Roger, thank you. You may go. 584 00:33:14,856 --> 00:33:16,606 Mr Bellasis? 585 00:33:16,608 --> 00:33:17,734 Yeah. 586 00:33:17,736 --> 00:33:20,615 What are you doing here? And where is Oliver Trenchard, 587 00:33:20,616 --> 00:33:23,007 - as you know it's him I came to see? - Yes, me, too. 588 00:33:23,008 --> 00:33:25,415 Oliver sent a message saying that I was to find you first 589 00:33:25,416 --> 00:33:28,486 and then bring you to him, but... 590 00:33:28,488 --> 00:33:32,326 ...why did he choose this godforsaken hellhole? 591 00:33:32,328 --> 00:33:34,527 He may have thought it was convenient for me. 592 00:33:34,528 --> 00:33:36,359 - Ah. - You remember my office is nearby. 593 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,663 Yes, of course. That must be it. 594 00:33:38,664 --> 00:33:40,328 I don't understand. Trenchard and I have a 595 00:33:40,353 --> 00:33:42,519 privatematter to resolve, but what is your part in it? 596 00:33:42,696 --> 00:33:45,887 I can only assume he wants us to reconcile, too. You and me. 597 00:33:45,888 --> 00:33:47,495 I was not aware we had a quarrel. 598 00:33:47,496 --> 00:33:49,087 Yes, I'm afraid we do have a quarrel. 599 00:33:49,088 --> 00:33:51,335 Then I hope we may resolve it. 600 00:33:53,036 --> 00:33:54,686 Ah. Alas, we cannot. 601 00:33:54,688 --> 00:33:59,590 Since the only resolution depends upon your... 602 00:33:59,592 --> 00:34:02,686 On my what? 603 00:34:02,688 --> 00:34:04,461 On your death. 604 00:34:43,008 --> 00:34:46,438 Where is he? What have you done? 605 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,687 Where is who? What are you talking about? What might I have done? 606 00:34:50,688 --> 00:34:52,218 Help! 607 00:35:08,768 --> 00:35:11,168 Leave them! Let them go. Let them both go! 608 00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:11,992 What? 609 00:35:14,856 --> 00:35:17,247 Your father's had a good life, but let him go now. 610 00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:20,950 Then you will have a great inheritance and so will I. 611 00:35:22,152 --> 00:35:26,952 He's an old man. You know it's for the best. It won't take long. 612 00:35:30,216 --> 00:35:32,816 You devil! Get away from me! 613 00:35:40,776 --> 00:35:43,381 What's 'appened? 614 00:35:44,808 --> 00:35:46,433 Quick, get a rope. 615 00:35:55,048 --> 00:35:56,803 Wrap it round ya! 616 00:36:00,088 --> 00:36:02,424 All right boys, heave! 617 00:36:24,168 --> 00:36:26,086 Heave! 618 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,086 Oliver... 619 00:36:50,088 --> 00:36:56,088 Don't thank me! Whatever you do... don't thank me! 620 00:36:59,496 --> 00:37:02,763 Wake up, ma'am. You must come down at once. 621 00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:04,767 There's been an accident. 622 00:37:04,768 --> 00:37:05,895 What? 623 00:37:08,136 --> 00:37:11,975 Drink this, and then you must all go straight to bed. 624 00:37:11,976 --> 00:37:13,895 We can talk about it in the morning. 625 00:37:13,896 --> 00:37:15,815 But why would John Bellasis want to kill me? 626 00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:18,527 We are nothing to each other. It makes no sense. 627 00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:22,535 We'll discuss it tomorrow. Morris, help Mr Oliver. 628 00:37:22,536 --> 00:37:25,799 And, er, Myles, take Mr Pope to the Oak Room. 629 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,300 Borrow one of Mr Trenchard's night shirts. 630 00:37:39,008 --> 00:37:40,674 Oliver saved us both. 631 00:37:42,999 --> 00:37:45,332 I was going under for the third time. 632 00:37:45,576 --> 00:37:48,376 Then God bless him for a loyal son. 633 00:37:58,848 --> 00:38:01,478 Speer woke me with the news. 634 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,606 Why didn't you look in? 635 00:38:07,008 --> 00:38:08,866 Are you all right? 636 00:38:09,768 --> 00:38:13,102 They tell me you're the hero of the hour. 637 00:38:17,832 --> 00:38:21,538 I am not. I am worthless. 638 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,421 My darling... 639 00:38:31,168 --> 00:38:33,046 What is it? 640 00:38:36,456 --> 00:38:40,767 I can't go through with it - your plan for our new life. 641 00:38:40,768 --> 00:38:42,543 Why not? 642 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,095 Because I'm not worthy. 643 00:38:45,096 --> 00:38:48,358 I am an unworthy son. 644 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,046 I do not deserve to be a father. 645 00:38:51,048 --> 00:38:55,606 Not worthy? When you saved your own father's life? 646 00:38:56,808 --> 00:38:58,726 I hesitated. 647 00:38:58,728 --> 00:39:03,527 That demon Bellasis whispered poison in my ear and I held back. 648 00:39:03,528 --> 00:39:07,174 Oliver, Christ was tempted. 649 00:39:07,176 --> 00:39:10,306 Every one of us is tempted at some point. 650 00:39:11,208 --> 00:39:15,487 What matters is not the temptation, but the fact that you conquered it. 651 00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:18,118 Do you think so? 652 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,692 I know so. 653 00:39:20,288 --> 00:39:25,088 You conquered and I am even prouder than I was before. 654 00:39:31,808 --> 00:39:33,606 But it's our secret? 655 00:39:35,208 --> 00:39:39,238 We have a box of secrets, you and I, 656 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,040 and together, we will keep it locked. 657 00:39:59,016 --> 00:40:02,526 So this is why John has left us. 658 00:40:02,528 --> 00:40:06,207 He must have known. Caroline may have written to him as well, 659 00:40:06,208 --> 00:40:08,615 to tell him first. It would be only fair. 660 00:40:08,616 --> 00:40:12,454 Fair! When did Caroline ever do anything fair? 661 00:40:12,456 --> 00:40:14,847 Well, this is the end, my dear. 662 00:40:14,848 --> 00:40:17,567 From now on, we're just a penniless side-show. 663 00:40:17,568 --> 00:40:20,326 She says they'll pay your debts. 664 00:40:20,328 --> 00:40:21,286 What? 665 00:40:21,288 --> 00:40:24,935 It will be the last time, but they will pay them. 666 00:40:24,936 --> 00:40:27,327 If you tell them the sum in its entirety. 667 00:40:27,328 --> 00:40:30,527 Please be honest with them, for my sake. 668 00:40:30,528 --> 00:40:32,615 Of course. Of course. Don't you see? 669 00:40:32,616 --> 00:40:35,007 If-if they give me the money I can keep the lenders quiet 670 00:40:35,008 --> 00:40:38,047 - with half and do what I like with the rest. - Oh, Stephen... 671 00:40:38,048 --> 00:40:41,831 No, no, that would work. And I'd be back in the game. 672 00:40:41,832 --> 00:40:43,914 Don't you see that? 673 00:40:47,592 --> 00:40:52,007 Do you think John will get in touch to tell us where he is? 674 00:40:52,008 --> 00:40:55,271 How should I know? I suppose it all makes sense at last, 675 00:40:55,272 --> 00:40:57,767 why Caroline made such a fuss of Mr Pope. 676 00:40:57,768 --> 00:41:01,415 If he is the legitimate heir, why has he been hidden away since birth? 677 00:41:01,416 --> 00:41:03,286 We know nothing. 678 00:41:04,488 --> 00:41:06,009 Nothing! 679 00:41:07,368 --> 00:41:09,382 Except that John is gone... 680 00:41:11,784 --> 00:41:14,188 ...and he won't be back. 681 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,259 I'm going up. 682 00:41:22,536 --> 00:41:26,826 Mr Bellasis has left, sir, lock, stock and barrel. 683 00:41:27,528 --> 00:41:29,447 His trunks were loaded up in the small hours 684 00:41:29,448 --> 00:41:31,175 and taken by his man to the station. 685 00:41:31,176 --> 00:41:32,519 Do you know which station? 686 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,320 I couldn't say, sir. But I got the impression he won't be coming back. 687 00:41:59,976 --> 00:42:01,054 Well... 688 00:42:01,896 --> 00:42:05,406 I hope he spends it sensibly. 689 00:42:05,408 --> 00:42:07,271 'And there you have it, ' 690 00:42:07,272 --> 00:42:09,959 Charles Pope will be the next Earl of Brockenhurst! 691 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,646 My dearest boy! We are blessed! 692 00:42:12,648 --> 00:42:16,487 I thought we were cursed, but we are blessed after all! 693 00:42:16,488 --> 00:42:17,830 We are. 694 00:42:17,832 --> 00:42:21,246 But how long have you known this? 695 00:42:21,248 --> 00:42:23,015 James felt we should not speak 696 00:42:23,016 --> 00:42:25,703 until everything had been checked by the lawyers. 697 00:42:25,704 --> 00:42:26,686 And now it has been. 698 00:42:26,688 --> 00:42:28,967 So, all our lives have changed. 699 00:42:28,968 --> 00:42:32,039 All our lives are quite changed. How do you feel, Charles? 700 00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:36,867 Foolish, mostly, that I never even guessed 701 00:42:36,892 --> 00:42:39,618 a blood connection, never mind the rest. 702 00:42:40,296 --> 00:42:43,967 I always wondered why a successful builder and a great lady 703 00:42:43,968 --> 00:42:46,007 should want to help an obscure young man 704 00:42:46,032 --> 00:42:47,399 make his way in the world, 705 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,567 but I could never fathom the reason. 706 00:42:49,568 --> 00:42:51,326 Why would you? 707 00:42:51,328 --> 00:42:54,211 And you couldn't have guessed you were the heir, none of us did. 708 00:42:54,312 --> 00:42:57,575 Maybe not, but I should have guessed something. 709 00:42:57,576 --> 00:42:59,327 So, are you Viscount Bellasis now? 710 00:42:59,328 --> 00:43:01,887 As soon as the Committee of Privileges has ratified its verdict, 711 00:43:01,888 --> 00:43:03,911 - he will be. - How astonishing! 712 00:43:03,912 --> 00:43:06,214 I can scarcely believe it. 713 00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:09,478 Mama? Have you nothing to say? 714 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,607 Only to say I was bewildered by our summons, 715 00:43:12,608 --> 00:43:16,967 but I feel now I have been rewarded for my earlier tolerance. 716 00:43:17,468 --> 00:43:21,368 And so I do not need to spend six months at Castle Grey? 717 00:43:24,264 --> 00:43:25,606 Reggie? 718 00:43:25,608 --> 00:43:30,687 Yes, Reggie. Am I no longer to pack and return to Ireland with you? 719 00:43:30,688 --> 00:43:33,287 All I can say is that I'm very glad to welcome into the family 720 00:43:33,288 --> 00:43:35,207 a man with a head for business, 721 00:43:35,208 --> 00:43:38,687 a gift the Greys have not boasted since the Middle Ages. 722 00:43:38,688 --> 00:43:40,635 You're not going to go on with your business? 723 00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:41,735 Oh, but I will, sir, 724 00:43:41,736 --> 00:43:43,486 I'm afraid to say. 725 00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:45,407 You won't get him to stop working. 726 00:43:45,408 --> 00:43:48,455 You might as well tell a fish not to swim, or a bird not to fly. 727 00:43:48,456 --> 00:43:49,530 Brava! 728 00:43:49,555 --> 00:43:51,264 Well said! 729 00:43:54,216 --> 00:43:55,940 I give you my dear mother... 730 00:43:57,165 --> 00:43:58,846 Mrs Pope. 731 00:43:58,848 --> 00:44:01,574 To Mrs Pope. 732 00:44:06,696 --> 00:44:09,575 Well, it hasn't been an entirely smooth journey, 733 00:44:09,576 --> 00:44:12,071 but we have reached a good destination. 734 00:44:12,072 --> 00:44:14,759 None of which settles the question of my nephew, John. 735 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,315 What are we to do with him? 736 00:44:16,340 --> 00:44:18,215 If he's charged, he might hang! 737 00:44:18,216 --> 00:44:19,750 He would hang! 738 00:44:19,752 --> 00:44:23,846 Charles? What do you say? You were his intended victim? 739 00:44:25,248 --> 00:44:28,046 His life was one of great expectations. 740 00:44:29,248 --> 00:44:32,423 Is it any wonder he lost his reason when they were taken from him? 741 00:44:32,424 --> 00:44:33,959 That's very generous. 742 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,914 But what should we do? 743 00:44:37,416 --> 00:44:40,103 Give him a pension, enough for him to keep alive. 744 00:44:40,104 --> 00:44:41,830 Surely not! 745 00:44:41,832 --> 00:44:43,487 And make him stay away. 746 00:44:43,488 --> 00:44:44,927 That's it! England, Scotland, 747 00:44:44,928 --> 00:44:47,487 Ireland and Wales should be free of him? 748 00:44:47,488 --> 00:44:51,007 Let him roam the Continent for a resting place. 749 00:44:51,008 --> 00:44:53,208 You gentlemen have kinder hearts than I do. 750 00:44:57,248 --> 00:45:02,548 Il pleut, Monsieur. It is... raining. 751 00:45:06,216 --> 00:45:08,215 Then I'll run. 752 00:45:34,848 --> 00:45:37,567 They make a wonderful couple, Lady Templemore. 753 00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:39,623 Or should I call you Corinne now? 754 00:45:39,624 --> 00:45:43,524 I think it is always nice to leave some treats for another time. 755 00:45:58,528 --> 00:46:00,359 Isn't it a relief to be married? 756 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,239 Now India and everything else beckons and no-one can stop us. 757 00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:04,967 Together, we are invincible. 758 00:46:04,968 --> 00:46:08,468 That's all right, then, for we will be together forever more. 759 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,518 They're so well suited. 760 00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,591 I don't know which of them wants to get more done. 761 00:46:23,592 --> 00:46:24,696 I agree. 762 00:46:25,621 --> 00:46:27,607 They're both in love with life. 763 00:46:28,008 --> 00:46:30,508 Which is just as it should be. 764 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:36,500 *CREDITS*