1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,556 Whoa! 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,461 - Shabby little Shibden. - She's here. 3 00:00:05,465 --> 00:00:07,796 - Is she here? - And my shabby little family. 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,076 You should marry... 5 00:00:09,081 --> 00:00:10,556 - ... a man. - Don't be absurd. 6 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,236 I thoroughly intend to live with someone I love. 7 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,236 Miss Walker. I've heard so much about you. 8 00:00:15,241 --> 00:00:17,916 It appears you have my niece quite under your spell, 9 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:18,996 Miss Lister. 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,716 - What?! - You're playing with fire. 11 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,716 I can't do this any more. It's wrong! 12 00:00:24,941 --> 00:00:26,756 - What is that? - I believe 13 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,836 she can make a full recovery, given the right sort of help. 14 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,236 - What do you know about coal? - You've a lot of it. 15 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,557 She thinks you're stealing her coal. 16 00:00:33,561 --> 00:00:35,617 I think he underestimated me, Mr. Rawson, 17 00:00:35,622 --> 00:00:37,076 with me being the gentler sex. 18 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:38,196 Uncle Ben's here. 19 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,556 Is your father in? 20 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,316 - He-he went to America. - America? 21 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,480 So you do want to come and live with me at Shibden? 22 00:00:44,485 --> 00:00:46,356 Yes, when Charles dies. 23 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,596 And what am I supposed to do? Just wait, yet again? 24 00:00:48,601 --> 00:00:50,477 I love you, Anne. 25 00:00:50,482 --> 00:00:51,956 Might we not live together? 26 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,596 Set up home together, as companions? 27 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,996 It'd be like a... marriage! 28 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,996 Quite as good, or better. 29 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,036 _ 30 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,796 Ah, there you are. 31 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:15,040 Good. 32 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,236 Ma'am. 33 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,276 Miss Lister's at the door. 34 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,800 Vulgar. 35 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,236 Miss Walker. 36 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,320 - Miss Lister. What do you want? - How are you? 37 00:01:58,325 --> 00:02:00,595 I'm going over to York later today and I was wondering 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,271 if there was anything you'd like me to take over. 39 00:02:02,275 --> 00:02:04,031 - What I would like... - A letter? 40 00:02:04,036 --> 00:02:05,792 A cake? A kind message? 41 00:02:05,797 --> 00:02:07,795 ... is to know exactly where my niece is 42 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,277 and when she's coming back to Halifax. 43 00:02:09,281 --> 00:02:12,037 - As I've explained... - You have explained nothing. 44 00:02:12,042 --> 00:02:14,758 As I have explained, 45 00:02:14,763 --> 00:02:16,719 on a number of occasions, 46 00:02:16,724 --> 00:02:18,200 Miss Walker is anxious 47 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:20,641 to follow Dr. Belcombe's advice to the letter. 48 00:02:20,646 --> 00:02:23,822 And a temporary separation from her familiar surroundings 49 00:02:23,827 --> 00:02:26,903 and routine is considered a necessary part of her treatment. 50 00:02:26,908 --> 00:02:29,424 She has been away more than a month. 51 00:02:29,429 --> 00:02:31,805 None of us know where she is or anything. 52 00:02:31,810 --> 00:02:33,495 These things take time. 53 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:35,216 And the delicate nature 54 00:02:35,220 --> 00:02:38,580 of her complaint requires discretion, that's all. 55 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,836 She's doing very well, 56 00:02:40,841 --> 00:02:43,197 and what she doesn't want, or need, 57 00:02:43,202 --> 00:02:45,695 is a constant flow of opinion 58 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:48,816 that could undermine everything Dr. Belcombe is doing for her, 59 00:02:48,820 --> 00:02:50,956 which is why, for the moment, it is right 60 00:02:50,961 --> 00:02:53,935 for the poor girl to remain quietly, 61 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:56,456 and for some time, under his care. 62 00:02:56,460 --> 00:02:59,416 You have cut her off from her family. 63 00:02:59,420 --> 00:03:01,536 You've isolated her from everyone she knows. 64 00:03:01,541 --> 00:03:03,976 Miss Walker is there entirely of her own volition. 65 00:03:03,980 --> 00:03:06,576 I've merely assisted her in the pursuit of her own scheme. 66 00:03:06,580 --> 00:03:10,056 - You... - I have been kindness itself to your niece. 67 00:03:10,060 --> 00:03:13,976 Do you understand that the merest hint of your disapproval 68 00:03:13,980 --> 00:03:15,656 for her chosen course of action 69 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:18,296 could sabotage all of the good that's been done? 70 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:19,756 One kind word, 71 00:03:19,761 --> 00:03:22,477 one cheerful sentiment, on the other hand, 72 00:03:22,482 --> 00:03:25,175 would lift her spirits no end. 73 00:03:25,180 --> 00:03:27,856 Did you know, Miss Walker, 74 00:03:27,861 --> 00:03:29,977 that when Miss Walker was in Scotland, 75 00:03:29,982 --> 00:03:32,078 and this is something I found out myself 76 00:03:32,083 --> 00:03:34,016 only a few short weeks ago, 77 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:37,656 that Captain Sutherland had £1,000 off her? 78 00:03:37,660 --> 00:03:39,994 Not content with trying to shackle her 79 00:03:39,999 --> 00:03:41,935 to his insipid cousin, 80 00:03:41,940 --> 00:03:45,456 he persuaded her to part with £1,000 of her own capital. 81 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:47,856 She wasn't there to see a doctor, 82 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:49,416 as Captain Sutherland had promised. 83 00:03:49,420 --> 00:03:51,696 She was there to be sadly used, 84 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,100 which is why she is now determined... 85 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:57,816 ... to make a new will. 86 00:03:57,820 --> 00:04:00,416 A new will? How? 87 00:04:00,420 --> 00:04:04,136 Well, Mr. Priestley was her executor 88 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:06,216 and now she's asked me to do it... 89 00:04:06,220 --> 00:04:08,216 to which, of course, I've said yes. 90 00:04:08,220 --> 00:04:10,416 She'd never be considered fit to make a new will, 91 00:04:10,420 --> 00:04:11,496 given her mental... 92 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:14,497 Dr. Belcombe considers her quite competent enough in the matter. 93 00:04:14,502 --> 00:04:16,935 Why is she discussing matters like that with you 94 00:04:16,940 --> 00:04:18,934 and not with members of her own family? 95 00:04:18,939 --> 00:04:21,775 She likes me. 96 00:04:21,780 --> 00:04:24,216 I have one aim in this matter, 97 00:04:24,220 --> 00:04:26,856 Miss Walker, which is... 98 00:04:26,860 --> 00:04:28,096 Two aims, 99 00:04:28,100 --> 00:04:30,576 both of which are transparent. 100 00:04:30,580 --> 00:04:33,616 To serve a friend as well as I can, 101 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:35,776 and to help her on the high road 102 00:04:35,780 --> 00:04:37,936 to good health and happiness. 103 00:04:37,940 --> 00:04:40,096 You, madam, 104 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:43,176 may find that by crossing swords with this family... 105 00:04:43,180 --> 00:04:44,656 because it isn't just me, 106 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:45,996 it's the Edwards, 107 00:04:46,001 --> 00:04:48,094 it's the Priestleys, it's the Rawsons... 108 00:04:48,099 --> 00:04:50,415 you may yet find, madam, 109 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:54,140 that you have bitten off more than you can chew. 110 00:04:54,145 --> 00:05:01,645 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com - 111 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:32,176 How do, ma'am? 112 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:33,300 Good morning. 113 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:37,996 Morning, ma'am. 114 00:05:38,001 --> 00:05:40,237 Ah, the new water closets. Excellent. 115 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:42,820 Argus. 116 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:47,020 - Morning. - Morning, ma'am. 117 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:52,056 Morning. 118 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:54,096 Morning, ma'am. 119 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:56,136 There's a note for you from Mr. Parker 120 00:05:56,140 --> 00:05:58,896 and another one from Mr. Holt up at the pit. 121 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:00,216 Mm... 122 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:03,200 - Morning. - Morning. 123 00:06:03,205 --> 00:06:04,589 They're sick of all this banging. 124 00:06:04,594 --> 00:06:07,095 - We're sick of all this banging! - I've just said that. 125 00:06:07,099 --> 00:06:08,695 You'll thank me in the end, Father, 126 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:11,176 when you have a fire that doesn't smoke the room out 127 00:06:11,181 --> 00:06:13,194 and your own water closet... each. 128 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:14,495 - Who? - Yes. 129 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,496 - Is Washington here? - He's in your office. 130 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,176 And I need to talk to you about... 131 00:06:19,180 --> 00:06:22,276 ... Cordingley. And then I've got to go into Halifax. 132 00:06:22,281 --> 00:06:23,477 Cordingley? 133 00:06:23,482 --> 00:06:26,758 I'll come with you, into Halifax, if you're quick. 134 00:06:26,763 --> 00:06:29,715 I have to be in York this evening. When are you going? 135 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,156 - Eh... - I have to nip up to the pit to see Holt. 136 00:06:32,161 --> 00:06:35,281 I can meet you at the top of the Old Bank in, what, ten minutes. 137 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:43,376 Morning, Washington. 138 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:44,696 You'll like this. 139 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:47,136 - Staups is up for sale. - Oh? 140 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,816 The house, the outbuildings, the Stump Cross Inn 141 00:06:49,820 --> 00:06:52,096 and Spiggs colliery, 142 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:53,816 and all on your doorstep. 143 00:06:53,820 --> 00:06:55,576 Be daft to let someone else get it. 144 00:06:55,580 --> 00:06:56,696 Who's dealing with it? 145 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,794 - Carr. - How much is he asking for it? 146 00:06:58,799 --> 00:07:00,115 3,500. 147 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,176 - He'll get it. - I'll speak to Mr. Parker. 148 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:05,215 Oh, and I've got Mr. Mitchell's evaluation of 149 00:07:05,220 --> 00:07:07,536 the Crow Nest estate that Miss Walker requested. 150 00:07:07,541 --> 00:07:09,917 I can mail that to her in York, or... 151 00:07:09,922 --> 00:07:13,182 No. I'll take it. Is that everything? 152 00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:32,516 Morning, Mr. Mann. 153 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:34,534 - Is Holt here? - He's keeping warm 154 00:07:34,539 --> 00:07:37,053 in the office, ma'am. And just to be clear, ma'am, 155 00:07:37,058 --> 00:07:38,774 I've been labouring under the impression 156 00:07:38,779 --> 00:07:40,576 that he were getting the drift dug for us separately. 157 00:07:40,580 --> 00:07:41,956 What do you mean? He is. 158 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:44,296 I mean, we've only been employed to sink the shaft. 159 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:46,260 Never been any mention of a drift being dug. 160 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,296 We're at 30 yards now, and we've hit water twice. 161 00:07:49,301 --> 00:07:52,096 And I had assumed he had it in hand, but... 162 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,776 ... apparently not. 163 00:07:53,780 --> 00:07:56,776 You know he drinks, don't you? 164 00:07:56,780 --> 00:08:00,035 - Morning, Miss Lister. - Mr. Holt, 165 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,037 Mr. Mann's just telling me we haven't built a drift 166 00:08:02,041 --> 00:08:03,500 to take the water away. 167 00:08:04,899 --> 00:08:07,673 No, ma'am, not yet, but we have it in hand. 168 00:08:07,678 --> 00:08:09,074 We discussed this weeks ago. 169 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:11,336 It should've been started t'same time as t'pit was started. 170 00:08:11,340 --> 00:08:13,374 When I told you this pit'd be delivering coal 171 00:08:13,379 --> 00:08:15,295 come July, ma'am, that was on the understanding 172 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:16,936 that Mr. Holt had the drift under way. 173 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:19,034 If you're wanting to control the water 174 00:08:19,039 --> 00:08:21,254 and use it against Mr. Rawson, 175 00:08:21,259 --> 00:08:23,035 a proper organised plan 176 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,216 under the ground is the only way you'll manage it. 177 00:08:25,221 --> 00:08:27,137 How long will it take to dig this drift? 178 00:08:27,142 --> 00:08:30,162 Down under t'colliery, come out at th'existing pond... 179 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:33,900 That's 300 yards. It's three months. 180 00:08:35,060 --> 00:08:38,176 It was an oversight, ma'am. All I can do is apologise. 181 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:41,440 I do remember the conversation, now it's been said. 182 00:08:43,340 --> 00:08:46,234 I could dig that for you at, oh, four shillings a yard. 183 00:08:46,239 --> 00:08:48,316 But there'll be a delay sinking this while we're doing it. 184 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,276 Can you provide a plan? The line of the tunnel, 185 00:08:50,281 --> 00:08:52,976 depth, quantity of stone we'll need to support it. 186 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:54,416 - Yeah. - Ma'am. 187 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:56,740 Yeah. I can do that for you. 188 00:09:00,820 --> 00:09:03,414 I don't want to make any more enemies 189 00:09:03,419 --> 00:09:05,295 than I have to, not in this business, 190 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:07,216 but I can't afford mistakes like this. 191 00:09:07,220 --> 00:09:10,234 You know that getting control of the water 192 00:09:10,239 --> 00:09:12,775 and taking care of Rawson's trespass down there 193 00:09:12,780 --> 00:09:15,420 is just as important to me as getting any coal. 194 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:19,100 Sort yourself out. 195 00:09:28,678 --> 00:09:29,914 So, Cordingley... 196 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:30,975 Keep up. 197 00:09:30,980 --> 00:09:33,816 She says she's sick of the workmen trailing dust through the house. 198 00:09:33,820 --> 00:09:35,336 Well, it won't be for ever. 199 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:37,736 She's worried you'll think standards are slipping 200 00:09:37,740 --> 00:09:39,016 and she's not on top of things. 201 00:09:39,020 --> 00:09:40,616 "It was only supposed to be two weeks. 202 00:09:40,620 --> 00:09:42,140 It's turned into two months". 203 00:09:43,340 --> 00:09:46,976 Yes, well, good craftsmanship takes time. 204 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:48,536 And one job uncovers another. 205 00:09:48,540 --> 00:09:52,616 And I... can't have Miss Walker move in and regret it, 206 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:54,616 because it's draughty and inconvenient. 207 00:09:54,620 --> 00:09:56,816 And then the other thing... she was seen, 208 00:09:56,820 --> 00:10:00,216 Cordingley, arm in arm with Thomas Beech. 209 00:10:00,220 --> 00:10:02,056 Your groom Thomas Beech. 210 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,196 By whom? 211 00:10:03,201 --> 00:10:06,015 - Where? - Me! In the barn. 212 00:10:06,020 --> 00:10:07,056 Arm in arm? 213 00:10:07,060 --> 00:10:08,336 Yes! 214 00:10:08,340 --> 00:10:09,540 As in... ? 215 00:10:11,260 --> 00:10:13,340 - Show me. - Like... 216 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:17,456 Like in a sort of romantic... ? 217 00:10:17,460 --> 00:10:19,696 Yes! Like... 218 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:21,736 They didn't know I was there. 219 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:24,176 I'd been to speak to little Hannah Booth. 220 00:10:24,180 --> 00:10:26,336 And they were just sitting there, talking, 221 00:10:26,340 --> 00:10:28,936 gazing at each other's lips like... 222 00:10:28,940 --> 00:10:31,416 ... engaged lovers. 223 00:10:31,420 --> 00:10:33,496 But he's getting married in a few weeks... 224 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:35,736 - that's why he's leaving us. - I know. 225 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:38,540 - She's old enough to be his mother. - I know! 226 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:44,260 I'll speak to her. 227 00:10:46,540 --> 00:10:50,576 Mr. Washington thinks £3,500 would be a fair price. 228 00:10:50,580 --> 00:10:52,936 You could put in an offer now, before it goes to auction. 229 00:10:52,940 --> 00:10:54,016 And pay more for it? 230 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:56,856 Mr. Stocks might fancy it, for the same reason you do... 231 00:10:56,860 --> 00:10:59,856 Staups abuts directly onto his land on the other side. 232 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:03,216 I do want it, but I won't pay over the odds for it. 233 00:11:03,220 --> 00:11:05,460 Let's take the risk at auction. 234 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:09,713 It ties in with what I wanted to talk to you about. 235 00:11:09,718 --> 00:11:11,974 Mrs. Scatcherd has given notice 236 00:11:11,979 --> 00:11:14,214 to quit Northgate House at the end of August. 237 00:11:14,219 --> 00:11:15,635 Her lease isn't up till next year. 238 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,216 Mm. But... 239 00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:19,896 I'm wondering if it mightn't be a blessing in disguise. 240 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:21,256 How? 241 00:11:21,260 --> 00:11:24,376 Well, you could sell it. 242 00:11:24,380 --> 00:11:25,860 Sell Northgate House? 243 00:11:26,980 --> 00:11:30,296 It's not 17 years since Uncle Joseph died. 244 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:32,020 It's unthinkable. 245 00:11:33,220 --> 00:11:34,860 Can I be frank? 246 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:38,376 Your, er, borrowing 247 00:11:38,380 --> 00:11:39,696 has become, well... 248 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:42,736 ... excessive might be too strong a word. 249 00:11:42,740 --> 00:11:46,256 And your new-found enthusiasm for... borrowing is... 250 00:11:46,260 --> 00:11:49,576 Well, risk-taking in business is often something to be admired, 251 00:11:49,580 --> 00:11:51,656 and we all know you've got the stomach for it. 252 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:53,536 But... 253 00:11:53,540 --> 00:11:55,816 ... if you sold Northgate House, 254 00:11:55,820 --> 00:11:58,136 you could pay off your debts 255 00:11:58,140 --> 00:12:00,160 and have capital to play with. 256 00:12:01,180 --> 00:12:02,936 Northgate's in the town. 257 00:12:02,940 --> 00:12:05,955 It'd fetch... 8,000... 258 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,660 which would allow you to buy Staups really quite easily. 259 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:26,416 We all saw her staggering out. When she was... 260 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,056 Eugenie, is my imperial packed? 261 00:12:28,060 --> 00:12:29,736 - I was just... - Thomas, I want you 262 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:31,696 to go down to the Old Cock and tell Mrs. Peacock 263 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:33,176 I want the postboy and horses here 264 00:12:33,180 --> 00:12:34,376 no later than three o'clock. 265 00:12:34,380 --> 00:12:36,296 Weren't you supposed to be helping your brother? 266 00:12:36,301 --> 00:12:37,497 - I was. I... - Rachel. 267 00:12:37,501 --> 00:12:39,435 My aunt's ready for you to do her leg. 268 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,200 She's just gone upstairs. Elizabeth... 269 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,496 You were seen, apparently, 270 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,116 - arm in arm with Thomas Beech. - Oh... 271 00:12:50,121 --> 00:12:51,236 I don't want to know why. 272 00:12:51,241 --> 00:12:54,696 It's just to say that a housekeeper seen arm in arm 273 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:57,176 with a footman, a footman 20 years her junior, 274 00:12:57,180 --> 00:12:59,376 a footman who is leaving us in a few short weeks 275 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:02,700 despite not having been with us for very long, is sadly... 276 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:06,416 ... infra dignitatem. 277 00:13:06,420 --> 00:13:08,016 - And... - W... 278 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:10,456 I don't want to hear any more about it. 279 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:12,256 Hmm? 280 00:13:12,260 --> 00:13:13,856 Yes, ma'am. Sorry, ma'am. 281 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:15,180 Thank you, ma'am. 282 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:18,776 Oh, and a letter came, ma'am. 283 00:13:18,780 --> 00:13:21,296 Miss Marian said to leave it on your desk. 284 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,740 She said she thought it was Mrs. Lawton's handwriting. 285 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:28,300 Me, infra dignitatem? 286 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:50,816 Dearest Freddy, 287 00:13:50,820 --> 00:13:53,216 my thoughts are perpetually full of you. 288 00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:55,496 I love you dearly and fondly, 289 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:57,217 and, despite all our ups and downs, 290 00:13:57,222 --> 00:13:59,854 my heart is not unfaithful, and still, 291 00:13:59,859 --> 00:14:03,575 as formerly and for ever, my joys by yours are known. 292 00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:06,176 I hope Steph sends you good accounts 293 00:14:06,180 --> 00:14:07,976 of your little friend in York. 294 00:14:07,981 --> 00:14:10,634 But the pleasures of memory still visit me 295 00:14:10,639 --> 00:14:13,695 and urge me to bid you take your time in this matter 296 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:17,376 and not fetter yourself too soon or too tightly. 297 00:14:17,380 --> 00:14:19,576 What you say on the subject of making things work 298 00:14:19,580 --> 00:14:22,394 with Miss Walker is, I doubt not, true as applied to you 299 00:14:22,399 --> 00:14:24,255 because you have energy of character 300 00:14:24,260 --> 00:14:26,216 to do with the mind what you will. 301 00:14:26,220 --> 00:14:28,454 But, nevertheless, there is no reason why 302 00:14:28,459 --> 00:14:30,995 you, with others, should not profit 303 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,960 from the maxim "look before you leap". 304 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:54,416 Er, yes? 305 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:57,300 Miss Lister's here, ma'am. 306 00:14:59,980 --> 00:15:01,896 How are you? 307 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:04,976 Thank you, Lucy. 308 00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:07,416 Would you like your dinners brought through now, ma'am? 309 00:15:07,420 --> 00:15:09,580 Are you hungry? 310 00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:13,016 Always. 311 00:15:13,020 --> 00:15:16,260 Erm, yes. Thank you, Lucy. 312 00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:35,056 Mrs. Bewley's put you in the apartment 313 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:37,016 just next door to mine for the night. 314 00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:39,420 - Mm. - Mm. 315 00:15:44,780 --> 00:15:48,296 Does my aunt... know about... 316 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,180 ... what I did to myself in Scotland? 317 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:53,380 No. 318 00:15:54,719 --> 00:15:56,375 Of course not. 319 00:15:56,380 --> 00:15:57,700 How could she? 320 00:15:59,660 --> 00:16:03,016 Just if Elizabeth had written and said anything. 321 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:04,576 I've never had that impression. 322 00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:07,580 No, I don't think Elizabeth would. Do you? 323 00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:10,296 Mrs. Priestley saw it... 324 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:12,096 I didn't tell you. 325 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:14,740 In the carriage, on the way back from Scotland. 326 00:16:15,740 --> 00:16:17,176 Was it spoken of? 327 00:16:17,180 --> 00:16:19,776 Yes, erm, 328 00:16:19,780 --> 00:16:22,816 I told her it wasn't what she thought, 329 00:16:22,820 --> 00:16:24,996 but I could see her thinking things. 330 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:26,536 And, of course, it was. 331 00:16:26,540 --> 00:16:28,780 And people talk. 332 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:32,180 My family talks. 333 00:16:36,220 --> 00:16:38,300 I've spent a good deal of time at Cliffe Hill... 334 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:40,896 ... and I never once got the idea 335 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,580 your aunt knows a single thing about it. 336 00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:47,260 It's just... 337 00:16:48,420 --> 00:16:51,376 You know they'll use it against me, if they can. 338 00:16:51,380 --> 00:16:53,300 They'll have to get past me first. 339 00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:59,340 I don't deserve you. 340 00:17:00,740 --> 00:17:02,696 Now, tell me how you've been getting on 341 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:05,016 - with Steph. - Mm. 342 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,776 Better and better. 343 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,176 He's encouraged me to take on an art master... 344 00:17:09,180 --> 00:17:12,016 - Mr. Brown. We're doing perspective. - Ah! 345 00:17:12,020 --> 00:17:15,056 Oh, and I wondered about getting a pony. 346 00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:18,196 I haven't ridden in years, 347 00:17:18,201 --> 00:17:20,736 but Dr. Belcombe thought it was an excellent idea. 348 00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:23,514 Would there be room for me to keep one at Shibden? 349 00:17:23,519 --> 00:17:25,335 Of course. 350 00:17:25,340 --> 00:17:27,696 Oh, and did you correct my letter? 351 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:29,416 Ah, yes. 352 00:17:29,420 --> 00:17:30,736 The French. 353 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:32,116 - Mm. - Oh. 354 00:17:32,121 --> 00:17:34,776 I've brought Galignani's Guide To Paris to look through. 355 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:37,136 Are we really going to go? 356 00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:38,860 Oh, yes. 357 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:43,256 And then, when we come back, 358 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:46,380 you're going to move in with me at Shibden. 359 00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:50,740 Oh, I've brought your estate accounts. 360 00:17:51,820 --> 00:17:54,060 And I could go through them with you... 361 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:56,620 ... if you like. 362 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:04,900 The great desideratum in business... I find... 363 00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:07,376 ... is steadiness. 364 00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:09,660 - Mm, is it, then? - Mm. 365 00:18:10,879 --> 00:18:12,935 Constancy. 366 00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:15,780 That, and having a firm grasp... 367 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,336 ... of the facts and figures. 368 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:23,736 The more you understand your estate 369 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:25,056 and the accounts... 370 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:28,376 ... the more you'll get out of your land. 371 00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:31,620 And, apart from anything else... 372 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:34,220 ... it's all so... 373 00:18:35,540 --> 00:18:36,656 ... fascinating. 374 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:39,140 - Ah! Is it? - Mm. 375 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:43,216 Oh. 376 00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:45,296 I've brought Mr. Mitchell's evaluation 377 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:48,616 of all your property... see how it compares to Washington's. 378 00:18:48,620 --> 00:18:51,376 And then you really ought to write to Elizabeth 379 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:53,456 about the division of the estate. 380 00:18:53,460 --> 00:18:57,635 And then we can both get on with altering our wills. 381 00:19:04,780 --> 00:19:06,020 Whoa-oa! 382 00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:08,220 Whoa. 383 00:19:09,740 --> 00:19:11,496 How would you feel about taking her 384 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:14,376 back to Halifax for a few days? Before this trip to Paris? 385 00:19:14,381 --> 00:19:15,876 Can do. Why? 386 00:19:15,881 --> 00:19:17,776 Well, put her family's mind at rest. 387 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:19,256 - The tribe. - So they can see her. 388 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:21,514 See that she's responding to her treatment 389 00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:23,053 and that everything's above board. 390 00:19:23,058 --> 00:19:24,834 Has something happened? 391 00:19:24,839 --> 00:19:27,135 A Mr. Charles Priestley was here... 392 00:19:27,140 --> 00:19:28,656 four days ago. 393 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:31,256 Sent by a Mr. Edwards, of Pye Nest. 394 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:33,296 "No-one in the family knows where she is 395 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:35,536 and she's left home without any of her servants". 396 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:38,896 I assured him that she was being very well looked after, 397 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,456 that she was in discreet, impeccable lodgings, 398 00:19:42,460 --> 00:19:45,256 and that she sought my help entirely of her own volition. 399 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,936 - Well answered. - I'm sure they think 400 00:19:47,940 --> 00:19:49,776 they're protecting her, but they're not... 401 00:19:49,780 --> 00:19:51,136 they're infantilising her. 402 00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,496 If they can see she made the choice to be here, 403 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,216 and it's having a beneficial effect, 404 00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:57,176 they'll start to see that she can make choices. 405 00:19:57,180 --> 00:19:58,376 I'll put it to her. 406 00:19:58,380 --> 00:20:00,396 And I did wonder if it might be beneficial for her 407 00:20:00,401 --> 00:20:01,616 to have some society, 408 00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:02,976 here, in York. 409 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:05,336 Build up her confidence, her conversation. 410 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:07,176 Mrs. Norcliffe's invited us to Langton, 411 00:20:07,181 --> 00:20:08,696 to dinner on Wednesday evening 412 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:11,256 - and to stay the night. I've said yes. - Oh, perfect. 413 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:13,116 And I'm taking her to Rievaulx Abbey tomorrow 414 00:20:13,121 --> 00:20:15,041 so she can sketch, and then on to Langton. 415 00:20:15,046 --> 00:20:16,116 Will Isabella be there? 416 00:20:16,121 --> 00:20:19,535 Oh! Good Lord, no! 417 00:20:19,540 --> 00:20:22,936 No, I wouldn't inflict Tib on her... not yet. 418 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:25,494 I think we might have to work up to dear old Tib. 419 00:20:25,499 --> 00:20:27,575 She's at Croft this month. 420 00:20:27,580 --> 00:20:30,216 It's just Mrs. Norcliffe, Major Norcliffe 421 00:20:30,220 --> 00:20:33,456 and Charlotte, I believe. 422 00:20:33,460 --> 00:20:38,176 I've got to go... I'm interviewing new grooms. 423 00:20:38,180 --> 00:20:39,736 Name? 424 00:20:39,740 --> 00:20:42,096 Clayton. James. 425 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:45,180 - Age? - Who wants to know? 426 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:52,476 24. Married. 427 00:20:52,481 --> 00:20:54,776 Six children, four living. Church of England. 428 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:57,536 - Madam? - Apprentice to Mr. Hepworth, 429 00:20:57,540 --> 00:20:58,856 of Hob House. 430 00:20:58,860 --> 00:21:00,396 Served there four years. 431 00:21:00,401 --> 00:21:02,494 Four very happy years. 432 00:21:02,499 --> 00:21:04,775 Then I moved on to Beningbrough. 433 00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:07,380 Oof! Nice girl. 434 00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:09,576 Name? 435 00:21:09,580 --> 00:21:11,234 Matthew Avison. 436 00:21:11,239 --> 00:21:13,215 What? 437 00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:16,820 - Name? - Samuel Fielding. 438 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:18,696 Age? 439 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,096 19! 440 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,380 25, ma'am. 441 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:26,060 27. 442 00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:29,914 I need someone who is polite, honest, 443 00:21:29,919 --> 00:21:32,495 sober, well conducted, 444 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:35,176 trustworthy, active, obliging. 445 00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:36,856 Someone who thoroughly understands 446 00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:40,016 his business as footman and will maintain a clean carriage, 447 00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:42,540 and will do housework whilst at Shibden. 448 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:59,940 Might I suggest a little more shading under the arches? 449 00:22:03,180 --> 00:22:06,800 Ah, no... observe how it follows the curve. 450 00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:32,160 Three very good kisses last night. 451 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,500 She said we had never done it so well before. 452 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:39,235 And however unreserved and however amoroso 453 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,600 at night in bed... 454 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:45,496 ... nothing escapes her lips during the day. 455 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:46,620 In fact... 456 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:51,216 ... during the day, she is so modest, 457 00:22:51,220 --> 00:22:53,540 so very nicely particular... 458 00:22:54,860 --> 00:22:56,580 ... so much so that I am... 459 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:02,180 ... really satisfied with her... 460 00:23:03,540 --> 00:23:05,900 ... and hope that we shall get on well together. 461 00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:29,616 Whoa! Whoa, whoa. 462 00:23:29,620 --> 00:23:30,696 Whoa. 463 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:34,016 Norcliffe, get the dog out. 464 00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:36,494 Oh, he's not doing anything, Ma. 465 00:23:36,499 --> 00:23:40,015 Yes. Ruff-ruff! Hands up! 466 00:23:40,020 --> 00:23:42,234 Fisher, get the dog out. 467 00:23:42,239 --> 00:23:44,454 What will Miss Walker think? 468 00:23:44,459 --> 00:23:48,215 Miss Walker doesn't mind. She likes Nero. 469 00:23:48,220 --> 00:23:50,696 She's already had a whole in-depth conversation with him 470 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:52,736 on the stairs about all manner of shiny things. 471 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:55,576 Oh, I often find I get on better with people's pets 472 00:23:55,580 --> 00:23:56,856 than I do with the people. 473 00:23:56,860 --> 00:23:59,656 Well said, Miss Walker. Well said. 474 00:23:59,660 --> 00:24:02,056 Oh, I do hope you're hungry, Miss Walker. 475 00:24:02,060 --> 00:24:05,776 Mrs. Briscoe makes slightly more than is necessary 476 00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:07,016 when we have company. 477 00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:09,936 She must've thought Tib was going to be here. 478 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:12,896 My big... bigger sister 479 00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:14,556 eats like a herd of donkeys. 480 00:24:14,561 --> 00:24:16,216 Miss Walker, have you met her? 481 00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:18,656 Oh, Isabella? No. 482 00:24:18,660 --> 00:24:22,216 Oh, well, lucky you. She's an ogre. 483 00:24:22,220 --> 00:24:24,456 I love her dearly, 484 00:24:24,460 --> 00:24:26,894 but she owes a great friend of mine 16 guineas... 485 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:28,495 - Thank you. - ... and won't pay him. 486 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,954 - Oh. - Exactly. 487 00:24:30,959 --> 00:24:32,055 Not on! 488 00:24:32,060 --> 00:24:34,456 Don't make a wager if you're not prepared to cough up. 489 00:24:34,461 --> 00:24:36,096 - Eh, Mama? - I was talking 490 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:38,416 to Miss Walker about your pony, Norcliffe. 491 00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,976 You're looking to sell the grey. 492 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,496 She's looking to buy one. 493 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:46,696 Oh, Nero? Oh, no. Too rough. Only good for a servant. 494 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:48,896 I thought the dog was Nero. 495 00:24:48,901 --> 00:24:51,696 Oh, they're all Nero... easier to remember. 496 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:53,096 Perhaps we could take 497 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:55,136 a squint at him, if you're looking to sell him. 498 00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:57,774 Her. Certainly. First thing in the morning. 499 00:24:57,779 --> 00:24:59,215 Spirited... 500 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:02,296 that's the only word for her. Spirited and stubborn. 501 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:03,856 Two words. 502 00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:06,214 And I'll let you have her for a song, 503 00:25:06,219 --> 00:25:07,535 if you do like her, Miss Walker, 504 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,896 because, stubborn as she is, I am fond of her 505 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:13,496 and I'd be only too happy to see her go to a kind home. 506 00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:16,976 Do you not like her? 507 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:20,460 I don't dislike her. I don't know her. 508 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,536 She's been ill. 509 00:25:24,540 --> 00:25:25,896 Because she's been ill, 510 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,816 her... self-confidence is depleted. 511 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:30,576 Is that why she's seeing Steph? 512 00:25:30,580 --> 00:25:32,540 Is she... 513 00:25:34,380 --> 00:25:35,695 ... maddish? 514 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:38,540 She's... had things to deal with. 515 00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:41,540 As we all do from time to time. 516 00:25:42,860 --> 00:25:44,500 Sadness, loss... 517 00:25:46,060 --> 00:25:48,255 She hasn't always had what it takes 518 00:25:48,260 --> 00:25:49,736 to cope with it very well. 519 00:25:49,741 --> 00:25:53,357 And yes, it's left her... empty, 520 00:25:53,362 --> 00:25:56,855 to the point where her family, her wider family, 521 00:25:56,860 --> 00:25:59,056 haven't always known what to do with her. 522 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:01,175 She isn't really your sort, is she? 523 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:02,700 She loves me. 524 00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:06,020 She's in love with me. 525 00:26:07,180 --> 00:26:08,380 And I... 526 00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:13,256 You're not in love with her. 527 00:26:13,260 --> 00:26:14,780 It's not that I'm not... 528 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:21,775 We none of us feel the same way at 40 as we did at 14, hmm? 529 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,420 Do we? 530 00:26:25,340 --> 00:26:26,780 I am fond of her. 531 00:26:28,460 --> 00:26:29,776 Fond enough. 532 00:26:29,780 --> 00:26:31,795 - Really? - Oh, I missed her 533 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,160 when I was in Copenhagen. 534 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:35,540 I didn't expect to, but... 535 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:40,296 I thought I'd get over her soon enough, but I didn't. 536 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:43,656 There wasn't a day that passed when I didn't think of her. 537 00:26:43,660 --> 00:26:46,496 The fairy visions of youth are gone. 538 00:26:46,500 --> 00:26:48,380 Mariana saw to that. 539 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:53,180 But with her... 540 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:56,260 ... I can be happy... 541 00:26:57,580 --> 00:26:58,620 ... at least. 542 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:01,300 And... 543 00:27:04,740 --> 00:27:06,616 ... I'll make it work. 544 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:07,780 Well... 545 00:27:09,780 --> 00:27:13,136 I'd let the thing amalgamate... 546 00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:15,096 ... gradually, if I were you. 547 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,380 Hmm. 548 00:27:17,820 --> 00:27:22,580 We've been amalgamating for the last 18 months. 549 00:27:28,540 --> 00:27:29,620 Does Tib know? 550 00:27:32,399 --> 00:27:33,855 Does Mariana know? 551 00:27:35,340 --> 00:27:36,980 Mariana knows about her. 552 00:27:40,380 --> 00:27:42,900 She doesn't know about this. 553 00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:04,416 Ah. How's it going? 554 00:28:04,420 --> 00:28:07,056 Well, we've had to pull both seats forward 555 00:28:07,060 --> 00:28:11,296 so we can get the cistern and forcing pumps in behind. 556 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:13,820 Still, it's gonna be grand when we're done. 557 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,136 It's very clever, 558 00:28:16,140 --> 00:28:18,996 the way that the water replenishes itself 559 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:21,536 and you just flush everything away. It's... 560 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:24,574 One day, every household will have one. 561 00:28:24,579 --> 00:28:26,735 Not in my lifetime, though. 562 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,456 I still have to shit in the woods. 563 00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:34,296 Here... You... you know at our lass's wedding? 564 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:35,376 Aye. 565 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:38,816 Right, you know Ben Sowden, Sam's brother that turned up? 566 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:40,296 Not really. 567 00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:43,216 Well, anyway, the thing is... 568 00:28:43,220 --> 00:28:45,456 Mary told me that he'd written to them 569 00:28:45,461 --> 00:28:46,976 to say that he'd seen Sam. 570 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:48,176 Where? 571 00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:50,136 Well, this is the thing... at the wedding, 572 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:52,976 Ben told me he can't write and that he hadn't seen Sam. 573 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:55,576 So, er, why would Mary say that he had? 574 00:28:55,580 --> 00:28:58,296 Do you know that they had him in t'pigpen? 575 00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:00,656 Who did? Who had who in t'pigpen? 576 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:01,896 Before he disappeared. 577 00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:04,456 Dick. Come here, love. 578 00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:06,936 Tell Mr. Washington about that fight you had 579 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:09,216 - over at Sowden's place. - With Sam? 580 00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:10,736 He were drunk. 581 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:12,576 This lad were black and blue. 582 00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:15,736 He hit Mary, so we all piled in and tied him to a chair 583 00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:18,376 - and put him in with t'pigs. - Why? 584 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:22,456 Cos he was behaving like a pig and he was frightening everybody. 585 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:24,736 - Nasty bastard. - And then what? 586 00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:25,776 Nothing. 587 00:29:25,780 --> 00:29:27,456 Well, did y'see him again? 588 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:28,580 No. 589 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:32,256 - Good morning. - Morning, ma'am. 590 00:29:32,260 --> 00:29:33,836 - Morning, ma'am. - Oh, Joseph. 591 00:29:33,841 --> 00:29:35,936 I've had a note from Miss Lister in York. 592 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:38,256 She wants you to get on the high flyer tomorrow 593 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:40,080 and meet her at the Black Swan, in York, 594 00:29:40,085 --> 00:29:41,536 - at three o'clock. - Me? 595 00:29:41,540 --> 00:29:44,256 Oh, and not to go in livery, just something ordinary. 596 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:52,696 Keep busy, keep occupied 597 00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:55,616 and keep cheerful. Think of nothing but the agreeable 598 00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:57,816 and write to me... in French. 599 00:29:59,140 --> 00:30:02,180 - Carriage is loaded, ma'am. - And then... 600 00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:04,616 Oh, chin up. 601 00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:06,734 And then you're going to write to your sister 602 00:30:06,739 --> 00:30:08,855 and ask for a formal division of the estate. 603 00:30:08,860 --> 00:30:10,456 - Yes? - Mm. 604 00:30:10,460 --> 00:30:13,776 And how about Crow Nest? Have you given any more thought 605 00:30:13,780 --> 00:30:15,840 to letting it out to a tenant? 606 00:30:17,860 --> 00:30:19,896 I know. It's... 607 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,420 It's a decision. It's where you grew up. 608 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:25,776 But you'll have a new home soon, 609 00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:28,096 and Crow Nest will always be there. 610 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,296 It makes no sense having it stand empty 611 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:32,176 when you could have an income from it. 612 00:30:32,180 --> 00:30:36,736 I just... I'm not sure that it's the right time to... 613 00:30:36,740 --> 00:30:39,180 - To? - To... 614 00:30:40,260 --> 00:30:41,976 Argh, to do it! 615 00:30:41,980 --> 00:30:44,260 Or to let it. Or to write to Elizabeth. 616 00:30:47,620 --> 00:30:50,576 Without a division of the estate, you can't alter your will. 617 00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:53,056 And I can only change mine 618 00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:55,380 when you change yours. 619 00:30:56,540 --> 00:30:58,976 There needs to be a formal division 620 00:30:58,980 --> 00:31:01,056 so that everything can be split thoughtfully, 621 00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:03,820 fairly... promptly... 622 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:08,795 ... so that we can both make this final commitment 623 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,840 to one another. 624 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:15,160 I just... I worry it might not be the right time to... 625 00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:19,860 ... brave people's opinions, with my aunt being so... 626 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:21,900 ... difficult. 627 00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:26,376 Our intentions need to be made clear to all concerned. 628 00:31:26,380 --> 00:31:28,816 A proper respect for public opinion is due from all, 629 00:31:28,820 --> 00:31:31,696 but we, first and foremost, 630 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:34,336 must respect ourselves, 631 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:36,656 and each other, 632 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:40,196 and... what we want. 633 00:31:40,201 --> 00:31:43,260 I just... I think, if I write to Elizabeth, I... 634 00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:46,696 I just don't believe a single line 635 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:48,816 escapes Captain Sutherland's scrutiny. 636 00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:50,816 And... 637 00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:53,336 ... she's the one who'll suffer if there's any... 638 00:31:53,340 --> 00:31:55,416 unpleasantness, so... 639 00:31:55,420 --> 00:31:58,496 I ju... I can't. I won't be rushed, 640 00:31:58,500 --> 00:31:59,900 about anything. 641 00:32:15,140 --> 00:32:18,656 It's the same equivocations... backwards and forwards. 642 00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:20,896 If only she had the courage to bind herself 643 00:32:20,900 --> 00:32:23,380 so that I could have confidence in her. 644 00:32:24,340 --> 00:32:27,216 Does this seem as if she really thought us united 645 00:32:27,220 --> 00:32:28,420 in heart and purse? 646 00:33:02,420 --> 00:33:03,936 Ah! Joseph. 647 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:06,416 Excellent. Well done. 648 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:08,776 This is Nero. 649 00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:11,176 I want you to ride him... 650 00:33:11,180 --> 00:33:13,336 her... back to Shibden. 651 00:33:13,340 --> 00:33:16,296 - What? - You can ride? 652 00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,580 Not recently. 653 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:20,856 - What's the matter? - I don't know the way. 654 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:22,856 Of course you do. You've just come that way. 655 00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:25,216 - Use your initiative. - I've never been beyond Halifax... 656 00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:26,856 except once, I went to Huddersfield. 657 00:33:26,860 --> 00:33:29,374 And now you're in York. The world just gets bigger. 658 00:33:29,379 --> 00:33:32,535 So, stay on this road. Follow the Leeds mails and stages. 659 00:33:32,540 --> 00:33:35,056 It'll take you out of York via Dringhouses and Tadcaster. 660 00:33:35,060 --> 00:33:37,016 Then, in Leeds, ask for the Halifax road. 661 00:33:37,021 --> 00:33:39,934 And, if in doubt, ask someone else. Up you get. 662 00:33:39,939 --> 00:33:42,215 I don't think this is a good idea. 663 00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:45,496 - My sister gave you a few shillings? Good. - Yeah. 664 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:46,516 Well, take your time. 665 00:33:46,521 --> 00:33:48,697 And if necessary, stay at the Old White Horse 666 00:33:48,702 --> 00:33:50,138 at Boar Lane in Leeds. 667 00:33:50,143 --> 00:33:52,815 But I want you back at Shibden by nine o'clock in the morning. 668 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:55,114 - Is that clear? - Why can't Thomas do it? 669 00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:56,256 He knows more about roads and travel... 670 00:33:56,260 --> 00:33:58,496 - Are you being impertinent? - No, ma'am. 671 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:00,896 - How old are you? - 19. 672 00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:04,976 19! Fit as a flea and bright as a button. 673 00:34:04,980 --> 00:34:06,616 Nothing is beyond you. 674 00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:07,816 On you go! 675 00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:09,300 Yes. 676 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:41,776 Do you think Miss Walker will suit me better, 677 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:45,376 as a companion, than Mrs. Lawton? 678 00:34:45,380 --> 00:34:48,976 I like Miss Walker, so does Father. 679 00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:52,656 He says there isn't anyone he'd like better moving in with us. 680 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:53,816 Really? 681 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:54,860 Mm. 682 00:34:56,020 --> 00:34:57,576 Do you not like Mrs. Lawton? 683 00:34:57,580 --> 00:35:00,674 Well, she's just upset you a lot over the years, 684 00:35:00,679 --> 00:35:01,695 hasn't she? 685 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,496 One way and another. 686 00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,700 Then always worming her way back in again. 687 00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:09,656 There you go. 688 00:35:09,660 --> 00:35:12,740 - How long have you had that cough? - Oh. 689 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,116 Apparently, Miss Catherine Waterhouse 690 00:35:17,121 --> 00:35:19,820 - is in the early stages of consumption. - I heard. 691 00:35:20,940 --> 00:35:22,620 Come here. 692 00:35:30,580 --> 00:35:31,776 Say "aah". 693 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:34,640 Aaah... 694 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:49,980 You'll live. 695 00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:51,860 Oh. 696 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:13,436 Well, it'll be a trial run for all of us 697 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,936 if she's coming to stay before you go to Paris. 698 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:18,136 She's still blowing hot and cold. 699 00:36:18,141 --> 00:36:20,934 Why? Oh, the tribe. 700 00:36:20,939 --> 00:36:24,735 Not about visiting. Not about moving in, even. 701 00:36:24,740 --> 00:36:28,616 It's more about her making a more permanent commitment. 702 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,234 She's reluctant to let Crow Nest out, 703 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,455 which I can understand... it's where she grew up. 704 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:35,935 But, good heavens, it can't just stand empty 705 00:36:35,940 --> 00:36:37,380 like a mausoleum. 706 00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:39,980 And then there's... 707 00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:45,020 Then there's the other thing. 708 00:36:48,198 --> 00:36:50,834 We intend to change our wills. 709 00:36:50,839 --> 00:36:55,895 Leave each other a life interest in our estates. 710 00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:57,780 Shibden? 711 00:36:59,060 --> 00:37:00,216 Yes. 712 00:37:00,220 --> 00:37:02,694 And Crow Nest? She's agreed to that? 713 00:37:02,699 --> 00:37:05,655 Once Crow Nest is divided into two, 714 00:37:05,660 --> 00:37:07,076 between her and Elizabeth, 715 00:37:07,081 --> 00:37:10,117 and it can all be itemised in black and white, yes. 716 00:37:10,122 --> 00:37:13,455 She's just avoiding writing to her sister 717 00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:15,020 to get the thing started. 718 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,620 Well, that's a... 719 00:37:18,660 --> 00:37:20,296 ... development. 720 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:21,660 We shall never have children... 721 00:37:23,820 --> 00:37:26,416 ... and so we need to protect one another. 722 00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:28,100 It will be as good as a marriage. 723 00:37:29,999 --> 00:37:33,855 If I die first, Shibden will still go to the Swansea Listers, 724 00:37:33,860 --> 00:37:36,220 eventually. It's just I'd rather... 725 00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,176 ... leave it in the more immediate aftermath 726 00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:41,176 of my death, if and when... 727 00:37:41,180 --> 00:37:42,976 ... when that happens, 728 00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:45,820 to someone I've had some sort of a life with. 729 00:37:53,620 --> 00:37:55,880 I've... I've been wearing it for weeks. 730 00:37:58,380 --> 00:38:01,016 She gave it to me at Easter, and I... 731 00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:03,420 ... gave her an onyx. 732 00:38:05,620 --> 00:38:08,176 I want you to be pleased for me. 733 00:38:08,180 --> 00:38:11,936 But you're saying it could still all go off? 734 00:38:11,941 --> 00:38:13,341 No. 735 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:15,540 I can't think that. 736 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,040 I must keep my nerve... 737 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:21,300 ... and have faith in her. 738 00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:26,576 She does seem... fragile. 739 00:38:26,580 --> 00:38:27,736 Oh, I don't know. 740 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:29,996 I think, deep down, she's really... 741 00:38:30,001 --> 00:38:31,441 ... really quite wilful. 742 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:46,616 She'll stay at Shibden? Why? 743 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:48,896 Doctor's orders. 744 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:50,594 She'll visit you all, of course. 745 00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:52,015 Oh, lucky us. 746 00:38:52,020 --> 00:38:55,576 And then what? Back to York? And how long for? 747 00:38:55,581 --> 00:38:57,376 Doctor's orders to stay at Shibden? 748 00:38:57,380 --> 00:39:00,736 Doctor's orders not to be at Crow Nest all on her own. 749 00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:02,735 Ah, well, those are two different things. 750 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,676 Well, yes. And she could stay here. 751 00:39:05,681 --> 00:39:08,175 - And what after that? - Here? 752 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:10,994 You perfectly astonish me, Miss Walker. 753 00:39:10,999 --> 00:39:14,454 Stay here? Miss Walker asked you if she could stay here. 754 00:39:14,459 --> 00:39:16,255 - When? When? - Two years ago. 755 00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:19,216 Before my return from Hastings. After her brother died. 756 00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:21,376 She told me all about it. You declined. 757 00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:23,696 You told her, "Young and old don't suit". 758 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:27,694 She was cut to the quick and when she was at such a low ebb, too. 759 00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:31,655 I'm afraid she wouldn't dream of coming here... not after that. 760 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:33,256 And what after that? 761 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:35,536 How long will she remain with Dr. Belcombe? 762 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:37,716 She'll have to return home to Crow Nest at some point. 763 00:39:37,721 --> 00:39:39,976 He thinks that's a bad idea... 764 00:39:39,980 --> 00:39:42,776 all alone, with such sad memories. 765 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:48,056 Which is why I've asked her to come and live with me at Shibden. 766 00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:49,300 But... 767 00:39:50,340 --> 00:39:52,896 Surely, would it not be better 768 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:55,114 to ask one of the Misses Atkinsons 769 00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:57,855 to move in with her at Crow Nest, 770 00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:01,656 if the anxiety is about her being so much on her own? 771 00:40:01,660 --> 00:40:04,136 Miss Walker does everything she can for the Atkinsons. 772 00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:06,416 The last thing she needs is them moving in with her. 773 00:40:06,420 --> 00:40:09,316 No, this is the scheme that's most likely to answer. 774 00:40:09,321 --> 00:40:11,855 I'm sure she'll discuss it with you all when she's here. 775 00:40:11,860 --> 00:40:13,500 She has nothing to hide. 776 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:16,376 Quite the opposite. 777 00:40:16,778 --> 00:40:19,654 Did you know, Miss Walker, 778 00:40:19,659 --> 00:40:22,175 that, when Miss Walker was in Scotland, 779 00:40:22,180 --> 00:40:23,940 Mr. Ainsworth visited her? 780 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:27,296 Mm. 781 00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:29,380 You see, I always liked him. 782 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,260 I got your note. 783 00:40:43,180 --> 00:40:45,336 Um... Yes. 784 00:40:45,340 --> 00:40:47,036 Please sit. 785 00:40:48,082 --> 00:40:51,296 So, George Naylor 786 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:54,896 has offered you £8,000 for Northgate. 787 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,100 But he's stipulated that that would have to include 788 00:40:57,105 --> 00:40:59,576 - the sheep croft. Right. - No. 789 00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:02,496 And then Isaac Green. 790 00:41:02,500 --> 00:41:03,656 Do you know him? 791 00:41:03,660 --> 00:41:06,576 He's also offering 8,000... 792 00:41:06,580 --> 00:41:08,956 just for the house, doesn't want the sheep croft. 793 00:41:08,961 --> 00:41:11,194 But he is asking to pay £1,000 now 794 00:41:11,199 --> 00:41:12,735 - and the rest over... - No. 795 00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:14,496 - ... the next four years... - No. 796 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:16,016 ... at 4%... 797 00:41:16,020 --> 00:41:17,940 No. Right. 798 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,496 So, we'll continue with the plan to put the place up for auction. 799 00:41:21,501 --> 00:41:25,061 With a reserve price of 9,500, including the sheep croft. 800 00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:29,656 Right... 801 00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:33,816 And the auction for Staups is Monday week 802 00:41:33,820 --> 00:41:35,856 - at the White Lion. - I mean to have it, 803 00:41:35,861 --> 00:41:37,581 whether Northgate sells or not. 804 00:42:21,078 --> 00:42:23,434 My dear Anne, please forgive me 805 00:42:23,439 --> 00:42:25,055 for not attempting this in French, 806 00:42:25,060 --> 00:42:27,536 but I am eager to catch the post bag. 807 00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:30,296 I enclose a bottle of blackberry syrup for Marian 808 00:42:30,300 --> 00:42:32,616 in the hope that it will relieve her bothersome cough, 809 00:42:32,620 --> 00:42:34,554 and Mrs. Bewley begs her respects 810 00:42:34,559 --> 00:42:37,815 and sends a bunch of asparagus to your aunt, which will do her good. 811 00:42:37,820 --> 00:42:39,816 Sweet creature. 812 00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:41,976 I count the moments to your return. 813 00:42:41,980 --> 00:42:44,576 I am still in a mine about Crow Nest 814 00:42:44,581 --> 00:42:46,896 and still have anxieties about writing to my sister 815 00:42:46,900 --> 00:42:49,716 just now, but have faith. 816 00:42:49,721 --> 00:42:52,015 I will not disappoint you. 817 00:42:52,020 --> 00:42:53,656 You know there's no-one in the world 818 00:42:53,660 --> 00:42:56,096 I would rather be guided by than you. 819 00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:59,736 Come back quickly, for I get dull without you, 820 00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:01,736 and I want you in... 821 00:43:01,740 --> 00:43:04,220 ... a thousand ways. 822 00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:09,336 Yours entirely, 823 00:43:09,340 --> 00:43:10,900 Ann Walker. 824 00:43:33,820 --> 00:43:35,496 Dear sir, 825 00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:38,896 I would like to order from you a silver wax seal, 826 00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:40,176 which I will pick up from you 827 00:43:40,181 --> 00:43:42,176 when I am next in York, on the 20th. 828 00:43:42,180 --> 00:43:44,976 I would like an ornamental banner design 829 00:43:44,980 --> 00:43:46,336 for the seal itself 830 00:43:46,340 --> 00:43:50,656 and the motto should read "foi est tout". 831 00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:53,680 Faith is all. 832 00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:56,956 Happy birthday. 833 00:43:56,961 --> 00:43:57,997 Oh! 834 00:43:58,799 --> 00:44:02,415 You're so thoughtful. You're so clever. 835 00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:05,820 You're so... kind. It's so you. It's so me. 836 00:44:11,900 --> 00:44:15,176 I had an idea... about Crow Nest. 837 00:44:15,180 --> 00:44:17,736 It's just a suggestion, 838 00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:19,856 an interim measure. 839 00:44:19,860 --> 00:44:23,936 What if, when you move into Shibden, 840 00:44:23,940 --> 00:44:27,516 Mr. Washington and his family move into Crow Nest, 841 00:44:27,521 --> 00:44:31,216 into the servants' quarters, as sort of housekeepers? 842 00:44:31,220 --> 00:44:34,720 Just to keep the place aired, lived in. 843 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,140 That way, it just nudges things in the right direction for us... 844 00:44:40,020 --> 00:44:41,300 ... for us both... 845 00:44:42,140 --> 00:44:45,540 ... without causing too much of a stir. 846 00:44:48,020 --> 00:44:49,660 Can I think about it? 847 00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:52,260 Yes, of course. 848 00:44:53,940 --> 00:44:55,100 Ah... 849 00:44:57,300 --> 00:44:59,614 The public mind has been much excited 850 00:44:59,619 --> 00:45:02,295 during the present week by the confidently asserted rumours 851 00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:05,896 of a coming change in, if not of, the Cabinet. 852 00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:08,256 It is certain that a great difference exists 853 00:45:08,260 --> 00:45:10,896 among the ministers on certain leading subjects, 854 00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:14,594 but the Irish Church question is the most prominent one that... 855 00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:16,275 Carriage has been spotted, ma'am. 856 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,780 Ooh. Come on. 857 00:45:18,860 --> 00:45:20,780 - Oh, what? - They're here. 858 00:45:31,579 --> 00:45:33,495 - Ah. Here we are. - How was your journey? 859 00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:34,696 Oh, delightful. 860 00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:36,474 Bit of a delay in Leeds, but... 861 00:45:36,479 --> 00:45:38,535 - Thank you for inviting me. - You're very welcome. 862 00:45:38,540 --> 00:45:40,653 - Captain Lister, how are you? - Not so bad. 863 00:45:40,658 --> 00:45:42,114 - Much the same. - How are you? 864 00:45:42,119 --> 00:45:43,815 Oh, I'm well. I'm very well, thank you. 865 00:45:43,820 --> 00:45:45,216 Where's Aunt? 866 00:45:45,221 --> 00:45:47,296 She's upstairs. She'll be on her way down. 867 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:49,536 Oh, and thank you for the syrup. 868 00:45:49,540 --> 00:45:51,016 Oh, did you get rid of your cough? 869 00:45:51,020 --> 00:45:52,531 I think so. They always linger 870 00:45:52,535 --> 00:45:54,095 longer than you'd like, don't they? 871 00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,056 - Dr. Belcombe has encouraged... - Oh, Joe, love. 872 00:45:56,060 --> 00:45:57,416 ... the importance of a good diet. 873 00:45:57,420 --> 00:46:00,056 - Healthy body, healthy mind. - Hear, hear. 874 00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:02,216 What else have you been doing in York? 875 00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:04,496 Reading, lots of fresh air, keeping busy... 876 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:06,776 Everything Anne's always talked about, really. 877 00:46:06,780 --> 00:46:09,016 Physical activity, mental activity... 878 00:46:09,020 --> 00:46:10,416 You do look very well. 879 00:46:10,420 --> 00:46:12,117 You must pop over and see your aunt. 880 00:46:12,121 --> 00:46:13,696 I know she's been anxious about you. 881 00:46:13,701 --> 00:46:15,577 I intend to. I will, first thing. 882 00:46:15,582 --> 00:46:18,755 Who was telling me? Who was it called in, Jeremy? 883 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:23,594 It was either Mr. Sunderland or Mr. Musgrave, or Dr. Day. 884 00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:27,615 It wouldn't be Dr. Kenny. We don't see Dr. Kenny any more, not since... 885 00:46:27,620 --> 00:46:28,936 ... Copenhagen. 886 00:46:28,940 --> 00:46:30,376 Telling you what? 887 00:46:30,380 --> 00:46:34,494 About Miss Walker, about being anxious about Miss Walker. 888 00:46:34,499 --> 00:46:36,315 I don't think they knew where you were. 889 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,736 I mean, they knew you were in York, but beyond that... 890 00:46:38,741 --> 00:46:42,015 I got Staups! The bidding ended just over half an hour ago 891 00:46:42,020 --> 00:46:43,296 down at the White Lion. 892 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:47,056 Mr. Stocks dropped out when it got too hot for him. 893 00:46:47,060 --> 00:46:48,580 I got it! 894 00:46:56,799 --> 00:46:59,095 I'm afraid the highest bid for Northgate 895 00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,296 fell rather short of your reserve price... 896 00:47:01,301 --> 00:47:04,336 just over £3,000 less, in fact, 897 00:47:04,340 --> 00:47:06,296 at 6,350. 898 00:47:06,300 --> 00:47:09,495 So, unless you want to let it go at that price... 899 00:47:09,500 --> 00:47:11,016 - No. - No. 900 00:47:11,021 --> 00:47:14,135 So, what'll you do? Look for a new tenant? 901 00:47:14,140 --> 00:47:16,496 Or I might turn it into a hotel. 902 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:17,976 Sorry? 903 00:47:17,980 --> 00:47:19,696 With the town expanding the way it is, 904 00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:22,156 surely the demand for such things will only become greater. 905 00:47:22,161 --> 00:47:24,216 Well, yes, but surely 906 00:47:24,220 --> 00:47:27,314 that would involve some significant outlay and more borrowing. 907 00:47:27,319 --> 00:47:29,274 Did you know that every minute of every hour 908 00:47:29,279 --> 00:47:30,655 of every day, around the clock, 909 00:47:30,660 --> 00:47:32,536 whilst we've been talking just now, 910 00:47:32,540 --> 00:47:36,254 Christopher Rawson is still... still stealing my coal? 911 00:47:36,259 --> 00:47:38,494 Well, all right, but what's that got to do... ? 912 00:47:38,499 --> 00:47:42,054 If he sees me spending money, he's hopefully, sooner or later, 913 00:47:42,059 --> 00:47:44,575 going to think a lot harder about mocking me like this 914 00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:46,720 without facing any consequences. 915 00:47:47,620 --> 00:47:49,100 I'm glad it didn't sell. 916 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,176 It would've looked weak. 917 00:47:52,180 --> 00:47:54,576 The ingratitude! 918 00:47:54,580 --> 00:47:56,834 That is what's so staggering. 919 00:47:56,839 --> 00:48:00,455 I promised your father, on his deathbed, 920 00:48:00,460 --> 00:48:03,616 that I would look after you and do what I could for you, 921 00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:06,616 and, my goodness me, it hasn't been easy. 922 00:48:06,620 --> 00:48:09,496 People can cease to care about people 923 00:48:09,500 --> 00:48:12,376 if people can't behave in a manner that's appropriate. 924 00:48:12,381 --> 00:48:15,696 And there comes a point, there comes a time, 925 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:19,954 when people have to say enough is enough! 926 00:48:19,959 --> 00:48:23,215 The hours I have spent worrying about you. 927 00:48:23,220 --> 00:48:25,296 And now this?! 928 00:48:25,300 --> 00:48:27,020 I have had that... 929 00:48:28,060 --> 00:48:29,576 ... whatever she is... 930 00:48:29,580 --> 00:48:31,016 ... woman... 931 00:48:31,020 --> 00:48:34,696 ... in here, in my house, in this room, 932 00:48:34,701 --> 00:48:36,855 telling me what's what. 933 00:48:36,860 --> 00:48:39,776 And what you can't see, or won't see, 934 00:48:39,780 --> 00:48:42,376 is what a laughing stock you make of yourself 935 00:48:42,380 --> 00:48:44,536 by having anything to do with her, 936 00:48:44,540 --> 00:48:47,176 by even being seen with her! 937 00:48:47,181 --> 00:48:50,935 We are respectable, landed ladies. 938 00:48:50,940 --> 00:48:54,195 Do you think anyone who knows the first thing 939 00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,200 about Anne Lister believes that? 940 00:49:04,100 --> 00:49:05,616 How was she? 941 00:49:05,621 --> 00:49:08,221 Don't you ever tell my aunt anything about me... 942 00:49:08,860 --> 00:49:10,420 ... ever again! 943 00:49:19,420 --> 00:49:24,220 Please don't speak to me like that in front of a servant ever again. 944 00:49:30,820 --> 00:49:32,100 I'm sorry. 945 00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:36,536 You're the last person in the world I want to take things out on. 946 00:49:41,580 --> 00:49:43,816 I wanted to keep her well informed. 947 00:49:43,820 --> 00:49:46,640 I shan't be accused of doing anything by stealth. 948 00:49:47,780 --> 00:49:50,856 When we're here, together, properly, 949 00:49:50,860 --> 00:49:53,336 I don't want anyone to be able to say 950 00:49:53,340 --> 00:49:55,980 that we weren't transparent about it right from the beginning. 951 00:50:03,580 --> 00:50:05,376 I've decided. 952 00:50:05,380 --> 00:50:06,540 You're right. 953 00:50:07,740 --> 00:50:09,256 I think it's a good idea 954 00:50:09,260 --> 00:50:13,216 about asking Washington and his family to house-sit at Crow Nest. 955 00:50:13,220 --> 00:50:15,016 Really? 956 00:50:15,020 --> 00:50:16,776 Mm. 957 00:50:16,780 --> 00:50:18,700 And can we fix a date? 958 00:50:19,420 --> 00:50:20,576 To go to Paris? 959 00:50:20,580 --> 00:50:23,600 Just to... just to get on with it, just to be there? 960 00:50:24,780 --> 00:50:28,296 We can be off in days, you just have to say the word. 961 00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:31,976 And when we're back, I'll write to Elizabeth 962 00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:35,200 about dividing the estate... properly. 963 00:50:36,980 --> 00:50:38,420 Will you? 964 00:50:43,060 --> 00:50:45,254 I'll order us a set of rooms at Meurice's... 965 00:50:45,259 --> 00:50:46,295 it's by far the best. 966 00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:49,736 What about your apartment? In Rue Saint-Victor? 967 00:50:49,740 --> 00:50:51,420 We can't stay there. 968 00:50:52,260 --> 00:50:55,174 It's tiny. I'll take you to see it. It's ridiculous. 969 00:50:55,179 --> 00:50:57,455 I'm very fond of it, but... 970 00:50:57,460 --> 00:51:00,280 Oh, we'll be comfortable at Meurice's. 971 00:51:02,980 --> 00:51:04,260 I love you. 972 00:51:17,540 --> 00:51:20,780 Mrs. Priestley said that, when you were in Fortrose... 973 00:51:21,940 --> 00:51:23,896 ... Mr. Ainsworth turned up. 974 00:51:23,900 --> 00:51:27,016 Oh. I refused to see him. 975 00:51:27,020 --> 00:51:29,334 And then Captain Sutherland got rid of him, 976 00:51:29,339 --> 00:51:30,794 which, I realised afterwards, 977 00:51:30,799 --> 00:51:33,215 he only did because he wanted me to marry Alexander. 978 00:51:33,220 --> 00:51:34,620 Why didn't you tell me? 979 00:51:35,500 --> 00:51:37,100 I thought it would make you angry... 980 00:51:38,180 --> 00:51:40,940 ... even angrier than it made me, and... 981 00:51:43,220 --> 00:51:46,980 ... it breaks my heart when you're angry, so I didn't. 982 00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:56,780 Oh, you are pretty. 983 00:51:57,980 --> 00:51:59,560 In a certain light? 984 00:52:00,420 --> 00:52:01,896 In a certain light. 985 00:52:07,460 --> 00:52:10,896 My dear Mary, since the past cannot be recalled, 986 00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:13,736 let us both make the best of the future. 987 00:52:13,740 --> 00:52:16,760 My days of solitude are drawing to a close. 988 00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:20,656 My father and aunt and sister are well satisfied 989 00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:24,976 by my choice, and all Shibden disagreeables are smoothed away. 990 00:52:24,980 --> 00:52:27,856 I doubt I will see you this summer. 991 00:52:27,860 --> 00:52:31,300 I am taking my "little friend" to Paris. 992 00:52:33,700 --> 00:52:38,056 When we return, she will move into Shibden with me. 993 00:52:46,100 --> 00:52:50,056 Miss Lister will say exactly the same as me, I'm certain. 994 00:52:50,061 --> 00:52:52,655 - What's the matter? - James arrived, 995 00:52:52,660 --> 00:52:54,016 just after Thomas left. 996 00:52:54,021 --> 00:52:56,537 He says he isn't accustomed to wearing second-hand livery. 997 00:52:56,542 --> 00:52:58,455 I am not wearing cast-offs. 998 00:52:58,460 --> 00:53:00,056 Mr. Lowe will be here to measure you 999 00:53:00,060 --> 00:53:02,553 and adjust everything later this afternoon. 1000 00:53:02,558 --> 00:53:03,934 Good God, man, it's clean. 1001 00:53:03,939 --> 00:53:06,735 It's perfectly customary, even in the finest houses. 1002 00:53:06,740 --> 00:53:08,096 Cheapskate. 1003 00:53:09,740 --> 00:53:12,096 You'd better gather your belongings. 1004 00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:15,656 I'll pay you for the one day you haven't worked for me 1005 00:53:15,661 --> 00:53:18,136 and then you can make your own way back to York. 1006 00:53:18,140 --> 00:53:21,816 I knew I'd made a bad decision. 1007 00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:24,256 If you're still on the premises in 20 minutes, 1008 00:53:24,260 --> 00:53:26,860 I shall shoot you for trespassing. 1009 00:53:35,780 --> 00:53:37,616 Joseph. 1010 00:53:37,620 --> 00:53:39,656 What do you know these days about carriages? 1011 00:53:39,660 --> 00:53:42,014 Well, I picked up a bit, ma'am, from Thomas. 1012 00:53:42,019 --> 00:53:43,675 - He was always showing me. - Excellent! 1013 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,416 You're coming to Paris with me and Miss Walker. 1014 00:53:46,421 --> 00:53:47,661 Carry on. 1015 00:53:50,740 --> 00:53:53,140 Anne? Anne... 1016 00:53:53,739 --> 00:53:56,735 Anne? Anne. Anne. 1017 00:53:56,740 --> 00:53:59,216 If you and Miss Walker take Joseph to Paris, 1018 00:53:59,220 --> 00:54:01,136 who will act as valet to Father? 1019 00:54:01,140 --> 00:54:04,856 I can't help dress him... I might see something I don't want to see. 1020 00:54:04,860 --> 00:54:07,976 There was this boy I saw in York. 1021 00:54:07,980 --> 00:54:09,976 Knew nothing about carriages, mumbled, 1022 00:54:09,980 --> 00:54:13,600 but otherwise presentable and honest. Matthew... 1023 00:54:15,700 --> 00:54:16,936 ... Avison. 1024 00:54:16,940 --> 00:54:19,434 I'll write to Mrs. Williamson, get her to send him over. 1025 00:54:19,439 --> 00:54:21,334 You can put him on trial for a few weeks, hmm? 1026 00:54:21,339 --> 00:54:23,175 You're not really going to shoot him, are you? 1027 00:54:23,180 --> 00:54:24,456 Only if I have to. 1028 00:54:24,460 --> 00:54:27,616 Erm... Yes. Cordingley. 1029 00:54:27,620 --> 00:54:29,120 - Mm? - Just to say, 1030 00:54:29,125 --> 00:54:30,895 I think I might've got the wrong end 1031 00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:33,500 of the stick about her and Thomas. 1032 00:54:35,140 --> 00:54:38,936 His mother died when you were in Copenhagen 1033 00:54:38,940 --> 00:54:41,296 and he didn't know about it until you got back. 1034 00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:43,994 And, when I saw them, he'd just been telling Mrs. Cordingley 1035 00:54:43,999 --> 00:54:48,095 how heart-broken he was that she'd never get to see him be married. 1036 00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:49,740 And, well, she was just... 1037 00:54:52,140 --> 00:54:53,460 ... comforting him. 1038 00:54:55,980 --> 00:54:57,256 Hello. 1039 00:54:57,261 --> 00:54:58,621 Ah. 1040 00:55:00,940 --> 00:55:03,395 Why didn't he tell me? About his mother? 1041 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,436 They're all a bit scared of you, aren't they? 1042 00:55:05,441 --> 00:55:06,521 Why? 1043 00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:09,776 I-I don't know. 1044 00:55:14,060 --> 00:55:15,900 - Excuse me. - Mm. 1045 00:55:22,060 --> 00:55:24,736 - Elizabeth. - Yes, ma'am? 1046 00:55:24,740 --> 00:55:25,860 Just... 1047 00:55:31,059 --> 00:55:33,575 ... that was a very good plum pudding 1048 00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:35,380 we had at dinner the other night. 1049 00:55:36,260 --> 00:55:37,800 Thank you, ma'am. 1050 00:55:39,340 --> 00:55:40,580 Mm. 1051 00:55:46,119 --> 00:55:49,955 Dearest Fred, I earnestly pray for your happiness. 1052 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:51,976 If I have in any way interfered with it, 1053 00:55:51,980 --> 00:55:53,656 I have no less trampled on my own, 1054 00:55:53,660 --> 00:55:55,616 for I have never loved any but you. 1055 00:55:55,620 --> 00:55:58,696 Your image alone awakens feelings 1056 00:55:58,700 --> 00:56:00,816 for which I otherwise have no use, 1057 00:56:00,820 --> 00:56:03,736 for there is a string within me that has never vibrated 1058 00:56:03,740 --> 00:56:05,696 to any other touch but yours. 1059 00:56:05,700 --> 00:56:08,916 And at this moment, I feel as little caring for the future of the world 1060 00:56:08,921 --> 00:56:11,380 as if 24 hours would close my existence. 1061 00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:16,696 The more, my dear Mary, I reflect upon the past, 1062 00:56:16,700 --> 00:56:20,394 the more I am appalled at the inconsistency of your conduct... 1063 00:56:20,399 --> 00:56:26,455 that you should grieve so deeply now is a heavy misfortune to us both. 1064 00:56:26,460 --> 00:56:29,496 Whatever you may have gone through, 1065 00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:32,376 I cannot easily believe it exceeds the misery, 1066 00:56:32,380 --> 00:56:36,056 the ruthless desolation, that fell upon myself. 1067 00:56:36,060 --> 00:56:40,140 To me, it was more sudden than the lightning's glare. 1068 00:56:41,300 --> 00:56:45,536 In pity and in common justice, Mary, remember this. 1069 00:56:45,540 --> 00:56:48,136 Dearest Fred, 1070 00:56:48,140 --> 00:56:53,180 the die is cast and Mary must abide by the throw. 1071 00:56:54,199 --> 00:56:57,295 You at least will be happy and this will teach her to be so 1072 00:56:57,300 --> 00:56:59,895 who has nothing to hope for herself. 1073 00:56:59,900 --> 00:57:03,100 Yours entirely and forever... 1074 00:57:06,860 --> 00:57:08,296 ... Mariana. 1075 00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:18,000 *CREDITS*