1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:00,920 - Hide. - You said we were allowed in here. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,720 - We shouldn't do this. - With Anne Lister's wit 3 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,240 and your cousin's money, she could run the whole of Halifax. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:08,920 We shouldn't do that. It's wrong. 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,040 - It's time you moved on. - I'm happy here. 6 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:12,520 I belong. I'm family. 7 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:13,600 A new will?! 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,240 You did say to remind you, when we got back, 9 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,640 - to write to your sister. - First thing in the morning. 10 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,640 Asking about the division of the estate. 11 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,040 - How should I reply, then? - Don't... yet. 12 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,600 I've asked her to come and live with me at Shibden. 13 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,760 Tell me about Mrs Lawton. 14 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,360 "A week ago, I passed within a hundred yards of Shibden. 15 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,480 "And for the first time, you knew it not. 16 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,400 "It is my duty to dote on you less." 17 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:37,000 No! 18 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,480 "Fahrenheit 51 degrees at 8:35. 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,640 "Read from page 347 to 362, Bakewell's Geology. 20 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,400 "Breakfast at 8:55, and reading the Morning Herald till 10:30. 21 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,480 "Prayers in half an hour at 12:15. 22 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,680 "Mr Sunderland came at one to see my aunt, then off to church 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,920 "with Adney at 2:15. There in 18 minutes. 24 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,600 "Mr Wilkinson did all the duty 25 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,560 "and preached 29 minutes from Peter, verse 4, chapter 18. 26 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,960 "I beguiled the time by dozing. 27 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,400 "Home at 4:40. 28 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,560 "Dined in 40 minutes at five minutes past six, 29 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,880 "having read to page 427 of Bakewell's Geology. 30 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,840 "25 minutes with my father and Marian, 31 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,600 "then coffee upstairs and read aloud 32 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,120 "to Adney the first two chapters, volume one, 33 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,640 "Gutzlaff's A Sketch Of Chinese History. 34 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,160 "Then she, on the amorosa, 35 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,840 "I happening to say I wished we were in bed, she said, 36 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,720 "'Well, let's go and take our drawers off, ' 37 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,080 "which she did, and in quarter of an hour 38 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,960 "had a pretty good kiss. 39 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,920 "Then put on my pelisse again 40 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,400 "and at 9:40 went to my aunt for 20 minutes. 41 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,800 "Fine day. Fahrenheit 53 degrees." 42 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:51,320 Good Lord, listen to this. 43 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,520 "The Leeds-Selby railway was opened yesterday 44 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,920 "with neither ceremony nor incident." 45 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,280 What do you think about that, Mr Washington? 46 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,160 They're popping up everywhere. 47 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,120 - The country'll be riddled with them. - Apparently, railways are unhealthy. 48 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,520 They cause headaches and biliousness, 49 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,360 and a cow exploded. 50 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,600 Sorry? 51 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,880 - Apparently. - Good heavens! 52 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,640 In Hereford. They won't catch on. 53 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,160 Tell me about this... cow. 54 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,960 It exploded. In Hereford. Or was it Hertford? 55 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,160 - Hampshire? - One of them. 56 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,800 It roared past at 15 miles an hour 57 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,080 and this cow must have, you know... exploded. 58 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,320 How? 59 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,520 Well, from fright. Shock. 60 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,480 - Just the one? - Is that possible? 61 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,520 - No. - So there's a whole herd of them? 62 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,440 I didn't say there was a whole herd of them. 63 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,480 And just the one explodes? 64 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,760 It might have been the only cow present. 65 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,280 I don't know, I wasn't there! 66 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,040 Well, if it was in a field on its own it's more likely 67 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,680 to have been a bull, surely? 68 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,840 Whatever the sex of the beast, however many were present, 69 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,280 this one apparently exploded. 70 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,240 You're painting a very confused picture there, Marian. 71 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,840 It must have made a mess. 72 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,240 Do you think someone's been pulling your leg? 73 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,200 No! 74 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,080 I think it's the dizzying effect 75 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,520 of a carriage with no horses pulling it, 76 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,880 travelling past at such abominable speed. 77 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,240 Well, you'd better stay indoors, Marian. 78 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,800 We don't want you exploding. 79 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,560 Who was it who told you all this tripe? 80 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:10,920 No-one. 81 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,520 Tripe all over the place, presumably. 82 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,600 What do you think of the railways, Mr...? 83 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,360 Was it Mr Abbott? 84 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,920 Erm, he... 85 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,040 No, not... 86 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,200 I think the railways will revolutionise 87 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,600 the country, ma'am. 88 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,480 The anxiety, of course, is that they'll ruin the canals, 89 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,840 because it isn't only passengers they'll carry, 90 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,720 it's goods, heavy goods, 91 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,360 at a faster rate than the canals, 92 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,200 and in bigger bulk, so... 93 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,120 at a cheaper price, too. 94 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,200 Mm. 95 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,120 Was there anything else? 96 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,160 Just to say that Thomas Pearson and Joseph Stocks 97 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,000 have both separately expressed an interest 98 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,120 in the tenancy of the Stump Cross Inn, ma'am. 99 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,680 When the time comes, 100 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,520 when the Staups purchase is signed and sealed. 101 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,080 Mm. Thank you. 102 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:57,480 Ma'am. 103 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,920 Joseph Stocks is one of us, isn't he, Father? 104 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,760 Mm? 105 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,880 A good, staunch blue. That's going to matter soon. 106 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,440 It's fairly certain we're heading towards an election 107 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,840 at abominable speed. 108 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,560 Eugh, not another one. 109 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,040 Don't we have canal shares? 110 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:11,960 We do, yes. 111 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,560 Well, shouldn't we be looking to get railway shares instead? 112 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Marian thinks they won't catch on. 113 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,360 Or someone 114 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,920 she's been talking to does. 115 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,680 What are your plans today, Miss Walker? 116 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,880 Oh, er, we're going out, 117 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,280 Anne and I. We're going to visit all my family. 118 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,000 All of them? All in one day? 119 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,760 - Well... - All of them. 120 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:43,280 Sync and corrections by btsix www.addic7ed.com 121 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,920 Oh, and then we were in Vichy. Vichy? 122 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,080 Oui. 123 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,280 Well, by this time we were racing to get back to Paris 124 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,200 and we were staying in this hotel. What was it called? 125 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:23,720 Monterrat. Monterray. Monterr... 126 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,440 It'll be in my journal. 127 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,480 Well, so, Anne had already had a spat the previous evening 128 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,120 with the woman over the price to pay for us all to stay there... 129 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,080 They all try and take advantage of English people, 130 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,640 especially if the weather's bad. 131 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,880 They're all hideously poor, of course, since the last uprising in 1831. 132 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,560 Wretched town, very sadly damaged. 133 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,440 So Miss Lister, 134 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,360 she went to order the horses, but the woman said 135 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,760 that there were none to be had, not until next week. 136 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,640 She went over to La Poste and they said the same thing... 137 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,600 You see, this is the thing with the radicals and their rhetoric. 138 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,640 If they saw the poverty in France since the troubles, 139 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,880 they'd shut up. 140 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,760 So, what did Miss Lister do? 141 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:01,080 She went out into the street and she raced after 142 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,440 the first vehicle that passed us, 143 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,600 which happened to be a sort of a hay wain, 144 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,880 and she asked the man if she could hire his horses. 145 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,520 And, of course, he said yes. 146 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,680 I had to offer him a few extra sous. 147 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,520 I wasn't about to be held captive 148 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,800 so the whole town could drain more money from us. 149 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:17,240 But it didn't stop there. 150 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,960 So, the next day he turned up, 151 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,720 but he didn't have the four horses. 152 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,880 Do you own canal shares, Mr Rawson? 153 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,680 Er, yes. Yes, we do. 154 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,720 And do you believe that the railways 155 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:28,800 will ruin the canals? 156 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,320 You'd hope there'd be room for both, 157 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:31,840 but everyone's nervous, 158 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,520 so there's no new investment. 159 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,040 And then everyone has different ideas 160 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:37,400 about the best way forward. 161 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,880 I think if we are to compete 162 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,680 with the railways, we need to build 163 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,720 lighter boats that can move faster. 164 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,040 But how can that work? 165 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,160 Even if there was more money, the bigger boats 166 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,960 - will always set the pace. - Remove them. 167 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,320 - That's easier said than done. - Our Joseph... 168 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,920 - Geo... George. - George. 169 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,920 And then you see others want to deepen the cut 170 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,880 to allow even bigger ships, a ship canal. 171 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,560 But where's the money, 172 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,200 either to construct it or to maintain it? 173 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,360 The basin at Sowerby Bridge was cut too deep 174 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,440 and now they can't maintain the sides. 175 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,000 What we need is a man of vision and energy 176 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:14,080 who can unite us all in one achievable plan. But... 177 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,600 - where is he? - She needed to find somewhere private 178 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:17,720 to clean herself up, 179 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,680 but there were no ladies' cabinets. 180 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,760 So she used the men's! 181 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,240 Honestly, George didn't know where to look! 182 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,480 There you are, my boy! 183 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,400 Good lad! 184 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,320 A whole sovereign! 185 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:21,320 Oh, get down. 186 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,640 Get... Get down. 187 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,360 From Miss Lister, I think her handwriting. 188 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,480 I just had another do. 189 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,120 You know, that giddiness in my head? 190 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,680 I was out there, by the window. 191 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,720 I had to come in here and sit down. 192 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,800 Well, I don't know. Send for a doctor. 193 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:39,400 Write to your brother about it. 194 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,640 I was thinking about inviting her over. 195 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,160 Charles? 196 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,640 Anne. 197 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,760 I might invite her over. 198 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:50,880 Charles? 199 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,560 - For a few nights, Charles. - Hmm? 200 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,120 Well, why not? 201 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,280 Come on, boys! 202 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,120 "My dear Mary, 203 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,120 "I never suspected the possibility 204 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,480 "of reproach from that quarter whence I least deserved it." 205 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:17,520 Reproach? 206 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,000 "But those of us who might be 207 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,200 "supposed to know us best are not always 208 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,440 "those who do us the most rigorous justice." 209 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:24,280 Oh! 210 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,480 "Had you believed me more often and known me better, 211 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,480 "it would have saved us both much pain. 212 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:34,280 "But if Heaven has willed it otherwise, let us not complain. 213 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,720 "You trusted me too little for happiness. 214 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,640 "Confidence was too much shaken on both sides. 215 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,400 "The last blow on mine was too severe. 216 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:43,480 "Be comforted. 217 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,560 "Be assured that you have acted wisely for us both. 218 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:48,800 "You did right 219 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,560 "not to call in at Shibden as you passed." 220 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,360 - Anne! - "The reflections to which 221 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,600 "any meeting between us would give rise 222 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:56,480 "could only be painful. 223 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:00,280 "Mary, there has ever been a film across your eyes to me, 224 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,040 "and you have feared where no fear was. 225 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,360 "You have doubted where no doubt ought to have been. 226 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,120 "And why seek farther for a reason of our present position 227 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:10,880 "with regard to each other? 228 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,920 "Our happiness together was become too difficult. 229 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,880 "With affectionate memories of times past, Anne Lister." 230 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:40,440 Goodbye! 231 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,840 We should travel to Selby 232 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,320 and take a look at this railroad ourselves. 233 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,320 Eliza? 234 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,220 Your mother says you and our Jane have been fighting. 235 00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:54,260 It isn't like you, picking on the little ones. 236 00:11:55,780 --> 00:11:57,780 I thought you were cleverer than that. 237 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,520 And then shouting at your mother. 238 00:12:01,580 --> 00:12:02,760 I wasn't. 239 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,480 She were picking on me. 240 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:07,160 Our little Jane? 241 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,520 So what was it about? 242 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,360 I told her something, 243 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,200 and then she starts making up rhymes about it, like it's funny. 244 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,000 So I had to clip her one, that's all. 245 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,760 And then I'm the one that gets shouted at. 246 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,880 - You made her cry! - And?! What do you think this is? 247 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,960 Well, then, tell me what it was about. 248 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,800 'Ey, come on. 249 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,560 We're pals, you and me. 250 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,720 We can tell each other stuff, can't we? 251 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,880 I don't like seeing you upset. 252 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,040 Henry's mother told him he hasn't to bother with me any more. 253 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,760 Little Henry Ha...? 254 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:45,720 Why? 255 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:49,300 Why? 256 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,640 Because she says I always get him into trouble, and I don't. 257 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,040 He's lucky I bother with him. 258 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,800 No-one else does, cos he can't run. 259 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,360 When have you been in trouble? 260 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,040 We haven't. I don't know what she's on about. 261 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,720 Lads are complicated. 262 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:20,640 Come on. 263 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,880 I told your mother I'd set t'table. 264 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:25,400 Six women in the house, 265 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,240 and I'm the one setting t'table! 266 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,320 Come on. 267 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,560 'Ey! Did you...? 268 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,800 - Did she apologise? - What was it about? 269 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,080 Oi! 270 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,920 I told her to apologise. 271 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,600 - Eliza! - Don't bother. 272 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:45,880 There was something else I needed to talk to you about. 273 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,880 - What? - Suzannah's been here. 274 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,240 All day. Again. 275 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,280 She'd only just gone when you came back. 276 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:53,380 She... 277 00:13:53,460 --> 00:13:54,760 She... 278 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,000 What? 279 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,560 She asked if she could come back here. 280 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,560 I know! I told her. I said, "You were warned. 281 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,680 "I begged you not to marry him." 282 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:06,280 Not him, but... them. 283 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,800 And we can't have her back, can we? 284 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,400 I mean, what would it look like? 285 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,100 No! No. No, we can't. 286 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,060 But has summat else happened? 287 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,640 Thomas said he'd tell his Uncle Ben to move on. 288 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,240 But he hasn't. And he, er... 289 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:26,760 Oh, I don't know. 290 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:29,600 She'll just have to stick it out. I've told her. 291 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,200 You should've put your foot down! 292 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,200 Yes! Well, 293 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,400 she was very persuasive, wasn't she? 294 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:39,280 She says... 295 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,320 Ben, the uncle... 296 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:44,480 he says things. 297 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,320 And he... touches her. 298 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,800 And? 299 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,320 - Does Thomas know that? - Yes. 300 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,040 And he does nothing? 301 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,160 That's what she says. 302 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,280 Oh. She's here. We can have us teas. 303 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,360 Where've you been? 304 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,760 Helping me mother over at Crow Nest. 305 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,160 I did tell you. 306 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,000 One of you go shout your Uncle Ben. Alf. 307 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:17,280 I don't know where he is. 308 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,640 Amy? 309 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,520 Look, just go shout him, see. Alf! 310 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,840 I don't know where he is. 311 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,760 I've not seen him since this morning. 312 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,280 Happen he's gone. 313 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,840 Why would he? 314 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,560 Well, I've been asking him to move on. 315 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:32,920 Happen he's finally got t'message. 316 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,280 Uncle Ben? Uncle Ben! 317 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:38,880 - Do you think he has? - Yeah. 318 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,760 Yeah. 319 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,800 I wouldn't be surprised if he'd got bored of us 320 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,080 and slung his 'ook. 321 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:45,720 Uncle Ben?! 322 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:47,360 How've you got them cuts? 323 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:50,880 And on your face? 324 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:52,320 Dunno. 325 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,200 Suzannah, what's this word? 326 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,280 Let's have a look. 327 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,280 Consequences. 328 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,120 You're our treat, Mrs Rawson. 329 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,200 We've been paying house calls all day, 330 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,720 and we've saved you till last. 331 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,080 You know everyone's talking about you, don't you? 332 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,360 Oh, they'll soon get bored of us when they realise 333 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,040 there's very little to talk about. 334 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,040 You need to be careful, Miss Walker. 335 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:26,480 They're all worried you're going to learn 336 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,360 to walk like Miss Lister. 337 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,320 And BE like her. 338 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,320 And according to my daughter, Mrs Waterhouse, 339 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,720 one Miss Lister is quite enough 340 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,200 to move in such an eccentric orbit, 341 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,600 we don't need two. 342 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,440 You look very well, Mrs Rawson. 343 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:42,920 Oh, she's changing the subject. 344 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,720 - Very well indeed. - Well, I was 81 yesterday. 345 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,440 Good heavens, you don't look a day above 50. 346 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,160 Oh, how we laughed. 347 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,800 We called in at Wellhead to see Mrs Waterhouse, 348 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,000 but she wasn't in. 349 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,200 I was hoping to speak to Mr Waterhouse 350 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,520 in his capacity as chairman of the Navigation Committee. 351 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,760 Oh, yes. Well, he's another one 352 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,160 with all his fingers in all the pies. 353 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,520 Oh, you really must come and see us up at Shibden Hall, Mrs Rawson. 354 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,520 Come and see how cosily set up 355 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,880 Miss Walker and I are in our neat little upstairs wing. 356 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,600 I'm sure you'd be perfectly satisfied and even... 357 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,200 quite charmed by our arrangement. 358 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,840 Oh, I might. 359 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,880 But it's not me that matters, is it? 360 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,920 Oh? You always matter. 361 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,640 If you're alluding to my aunt, Mrs Rawson, 362 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,120 as I imagine you are... 363 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,360 Miss Walker did all she could for her aunt, 364 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:33,440 and her reward seems to be nothing but 365 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,520 petty-minded accusations of neglect. 366 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,880 Miss Lister believes people ought to hear both sides 367 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,240 - of something... - I can't hear her. 368 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,840 Yes, and really Miss Walker's aunt 369 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,560 ought to be very happy for her. 370 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,000 Look at her, she's the picture of health and happiness 371 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,360 since our tour of the Alps. 372 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Mrs Edwards, her cousin at Pye Nest, 373 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,200 was so pleased with her this morning 374 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,800 and commented particularly on how well she looked, 375 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,640 and made the observation, entirely unprompted, 376 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,660 that people should not grow mouldy at home. 377 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:05,440 And I ask you, in all sincerity, 378 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,520 could two unmarried ladies do better? 379 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,080 You know all of this nonsense began because of 380 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,440 a harmless incident that Mrs Priestley 381 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,600 entirely misunderstood. 382 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,360 I was looking after Miss Walker at Crow Nest. 383 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:19,720 This is more than 18 months ago. 384 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,160 Oh, I heard... 385 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,760 Yes, and I know what you heard. 386 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:24,640 A fiction fuelled by, 387 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,760 dare I say it, 388 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,840 jealousy. 389 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,000 Mrs Priestley is deep, Mrs Rawson. 390 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,280 Deep. 391 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,720 But there we have it. 392 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,560 We rarely think of it. 393 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,960 Miss Walker and I have chosen to rise above it, 394 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,520 and we have a thousand better things 395 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,120 to expend our energies on. 396 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,880 I believe anything she tells me. 397 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,280 - I wish you visited me more often. - Oh? 398 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:53,080 Just looking at her makes me feel about, oh, 399 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,240 a hundred years younger. 400 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,520 I hope Christopher isn't still irritating you. 401 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,120 I rarely think of him. 402 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,360 13 house calls?! 403 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,680 You'll wear Miss Walker out. 404 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,560 Anne sometimes forgets that not everyone has her energy. 405 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:16,960 For you, my dear. 406 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,720 You've had some visitors as well, Miss Walker. 407 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,920 - Captain Sutherland. - A Miss Horsfall. 408 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,600 And then a Mr James Ingham. 409 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,800 Oh, Mr Ingham? 410 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,480 Of Blake Hall in Mirfield, yes. 411 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,320 Would you like a glass of Madeira before dinner? 412 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,440 - Who's he? - He's, erm... Yes, thank you. 413 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,440 His parents were friends of my parents. 414 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,840 We've all known one another since we were children. 415 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,560 You've never mentioned him. 416 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,560 Were you expecting him? 417 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,760 No. 418 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,440 Was his wife with him? 419 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:45,120 - No, he was on his own. - Oh, he's not married. 420 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,400 - He said he'd call again. - Did he? 421 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,480 Possibly with his brother and his brother's wife. 422 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:50,480 "Elizabeth is delivered 423 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,840 - "of a fine thumping boy." - Oh! 424 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,560 "Mother and baby are both doing well." 425 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:55,800 I'd forgotten she was pregnant. 426 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,720 He's to be christened John, after my brother. 427 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,640 Oh! 428 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,800 No mention of the division of the estate. 429 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,120 It's been how many weeks since I wrote? 430 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,320 - It's not even mentioned. - Marian? 431 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,880 Why don't you ask Matthew to go into the cellar 432 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,040 and get one of the bottles of champagne we brought over from Crow Nest, 433 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,200 and then we can drink to the baby's health at dinner. 434 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,440 And keep your eye on Matthew. 435 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,280 We don't want any more bottles disappearing into thin air. 436 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:20,480 Steady on. 437 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,720 It's been a long day. 438 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,460 Yes, and a good one. Let's not spoil it. 439 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,560 You know how silly you got in the Alps 440 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,360 with all that Roussillon wine. 441 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,160 It's not even alluded to. 442 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:32,760 I've just been ignored. 443 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,120 Well, then, you must write to them again. 444 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,880 Why do people think they can ignore me? 445 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,760 Perhaps the request was too subtly hidden 446 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,440 at the end of that third paragraph. 447 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,200 It's as if I'm invisible. 448 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:45,040 You are not invisible. 449 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,720 People need educating, that's all. 450 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,880 That's why today was a triumph. 451 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,800 Was one door shut in our face? 452 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,560 The truth is what WE show people it is, 453 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,160 not some bitter tittle-tattle from Mrs Priestley. 454 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,320 And if it becomes necessary, we shall employ Mr Parker. 455 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,200 They can't ignore a man of law, can they? Mm? 456 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,280 I was... 457 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,320 I was worried you were ignoring me today. 458 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,600 - When? - In the carriage. 459 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,600 You were so animated in company, 460 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,160 and then in the carriage, you barely spoke. 461 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,280 I'm sorry if I was like that. I... 462 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,480 I wasn't aware. 463 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,720 "Dearest Fred. 464 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,880 "I do not think you understand 465 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,480 "the misery of indecision I felt when I drove past Shibden. 466 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,680 "Now, whilst I do not yet feel able to meet your little friend, 467 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,040 "although I hope in the fullness of time that will change..." 468 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,320 "I do regret very much 469 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,040 "that I did not see you." 470 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,720 "There are things between us that need to..." 471 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,760 "There are things still to say." 472 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,920 "Some things are perhaps better left unsaid." 473 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,000 "But at the same time..." 474 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,440 "Could Miss Walker spare you for one or two nights 475 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,960 "to visit me at Lawton?" 476 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:38,920 Hello? 477 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,360 Hello? 478 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,440 - Where is everyone? - Work. 479 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,240 Your mother told me 480 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:52,200 about the conversation you had yesterday with her. 481 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,440 It's all sorted out. 482 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,440 What? 483 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,680 He's gone. Ben. He's gone. 484 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,920 Has he? When? 485 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,680 - Yesterday. - Has he? 486 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,840 Definitely? For good? 487 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,880 - Who knows? - Right. 488 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,600 All right. 489 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,000 Well, if he comes back... 490 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,240 you come and see me. 491 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:17,320 All right? 492 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,160 Yeah. 493 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,320 If Thomas can't deal with him... 494 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:24,360 I can. 495 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:25,920 Right. 496 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:29,360 Where's he gone? 497 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,760 I don't know. I don't care. Nobody does. He's just... gone. 498 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,960 And not told anyone he was going? 499 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,080 No. 500 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:39,080 Like Sam. 501 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:40,640 Yeah. 502 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,640 He comes back, you tell me. 503 00:23:47,060 --> 00:23:48,520 Straight away. 504 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:50,400 Yep. 505 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,360 Hey! 506 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:50,480 Whoa! 507 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,280 Whoa! 508 00:24:56,780 --> 00:24:57,840 Whoa! 509 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,000 After you, Miss Lister. 510 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:08,720 Right. 511 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,180 Ah, Mr Waterhouse. 512 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,400 Father. Miss Lister... 513 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,920 I bumped into your son at the library. 514 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,760 And I was saying I should like to speak to you 515 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,520 in your capacity as chairman of the Navigation Committee. 516 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,680 I did explain that you'd be busy, but... 517 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,560 But that you'd probably be happy to... To... 518 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,840 Yes, of course. 519 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,560 What can I do for you? Please. 520 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,000 I've heard certain concerns voiced lately 521 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,320 about the management of the Navigation, 522 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,440 and in light of the threat from the railways 523 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:39,680 and as shareholder, 524 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,960 I'm anxious to be as well informed in the matter as I can be. 525 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,360 Do you have a list of proprietors? 526 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,960 I do, yes. 527 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,200 Can I see it? 528 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,080 People might take a dim view 529 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,160 of me sharing a list of the proprietors with you, Miss Lister. 530 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,080 - Why? - Well, it could be considered 531 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,080 confidential information. 532 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,520 Is the number of shareholders confidential information? 533 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,880 - Off the top of my head... - Roughly. 534 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,160 - 637. - And I assume, 535 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:17,040 as shareholder, I am legally permitted to know 536 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:19,160 the present sum total of Navigation stock? 537 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,360 Just under £160,000. 538 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,920 So, if the dividends were due now, 539 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,160 there'd barely be enough to pay the shareholders their 5%. 540 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,200 Well, that's... 541 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,000 I couldn't comment on that. 542 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,360 Why? Why not, Mr Waterhouse? 543 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,360 You're the chairman of the sub-committee, so surely you know? 544 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,720 We live in a volatile climate, Miss Lister. 545 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,960 What might be true one day isn't necessarily so the next. 546 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,120 Well, I'm keen to ascertain, in this volatile climate, 547 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,680 that my money is being laid out judiciously. 548 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,320 It's always laid out judiciously. 549 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,200 It is true 550 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,680 some people think too much was spent expanding upwards 551 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:07,880 from Salter Hebble. 552 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,720 Others... don't. 553 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,120 Is it true that the canals are going to be deepened 554 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,440 for larger vessels? 555 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,400 - It's one option. - It's an expensive option. 556 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,480 Doing nothing is an expensive option in a competitive world, 557 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,400 and deepening the channels to make way 558 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,920 for bigger vessels would be very good for, well, 559 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,280 anyone in coal, for instance. 560 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,480 The stuff could be shipped to London very cheaply. 561 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,080 Any dealing in bulk commodities 562 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,360 could benefit from the introduction of bigger vessels. 563 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,680 - Is that your favoured option? - Yes. 564 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,080 When does the sub-committee meet to decide these things? 565 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,240 This afternoon. 566 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,920 Oh. Really? 567 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200 It's not law to make the concern public. 568 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,240 And, frankly, I believe it's prudent 569 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,360 to keep it that way. 570 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,800 I believe it's in the best interests of shareholders, 571 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:58,880 in the present climate, 572 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:02,480 if the sub-committee reaches a good decision quickly 573 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,000 about the best way forward. 574 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,480 As a friend, would you advise me to sell out? 575 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,280 - No. - Would you sell out? 576 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,480 No! 577 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,760 Good heavens, the extension to Halifax was only built six years ago. 578 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,640 What would it look like if I sold out? 579 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,240 Mm. 580 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,800 Would you mind letting me know 581 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,480 on what measures the sub-committee decide? 582 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,400 I'm fascinated by all of this. 583 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,040 Would you mind sending a note? 584 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:30,320 I'll... Yes, 585 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,080 I'm sure I can find time to do that. 586 00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:37,200 Would it be possible to borrow a copy of the last Navigation Act? 587 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,880 I assume you have copies for shareholders to look at? 588 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,520 Yes, I... 589 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:43,920 Yes, I'll have a copy sent up 590 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,880 - to Shibden Hall. - Hmm. 591 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,440 Actually, Miss Lister, before you go, 592 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,600 - I was just wondering whether... - And then he detained me further, 593 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,920 insisting that this new Selby-to-Leeds railway 594 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,640 was a poor concern and that it would never pay for itself. 595 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,760 So what are you going to do with that? 596 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,040 The Navigation Act? Read it, study it. 597 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,220 Here we are. 598 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,640 "My dear Miss Lister, 599 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,080 "we had a committee meeting 600 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,040 "this afternoon where, after ample discussion, 601 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,360 "the committee coincided in opinion on to what extent 602 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,600 "and upon what scale it would be prudent 603 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,080 "and desirable to undertake the improvements projected." 604 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,840 Is that it? 605 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,600 It isn't even English. 606 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,360 "On to what extent." 607 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,760 "I remain yours most truly, J Waterhouse." 608 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,800 What does this tell me? 609 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:28,720 Hmm? Nothing. 610 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,280 It tells me they had a meeting, and we knew that. 611 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,560 They're panicking. He's panicking. 612 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,760 They've spent all this money 613 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,480 and now they don't know how to protect their investment. 614 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,600 Our investment. 615 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:38,920 There's such a sad want 616 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,840 of good leadership in this town. 617 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,280 And what if you'd damaged it? 618 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:43,400 Mm? 619 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,680 Oh, we're not still talking about that? 620 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,680 It's all wear and tear. 621 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,280 I said no and I meant... Yes, we are still talking about it. 622 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,400 It needs to be run in. 623 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,200 You've only been out in it twice since you got it. 624 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,680 It does not need to be run in. It needs to be in that barn... 625 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:58,680 Coach house. 626 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,880 - We now call it a coach house. - Where I can see it. 627 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,720 You shouldn't really have taken it, Anne. 628 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,200 Not after Father said he didn't... 629 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,720 She's never had any respect for people's property, 630 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,080 even when she was tiny. 631 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,320 I was doing you a favour. 632 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,320 And it was your idea, Marian. 633 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:12,760 - What?! - I was testing it. 634 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,960 You said you were worried about how safe he was... 635 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,640 It was. 636 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,040 I meant with Father dri... 637 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,680 I mean, I didn't mean for you just to just go and take it. 638 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,520 Are you interested in hearing about these canal shares or not? 639 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:32,720 So... 640 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,480 we're going to take Charles Howarth to Hull, 641 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:37,680 Adney and I. 642 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,640 He's going to choose some good Riga oak logs 643 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,120 from one of the wholesalers at the docks 644 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,320 to replace all of our upstairs floorboards. 645 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,480 - Is he? - Yes. 646 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,880 - And then, we shall come back... - Yet more banging. 647 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,880 And... Yes, more banging. 648 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,440 And then we shall come back via Selby 649 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,800 and take a good look at this railway ourselves, hmm? 650 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,280 Oh, and there was a letter for you this afternoon 651 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,720 from Mrs Lawton as well. 652 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:06,480 Did you see it? 653 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,360 I put it on your desk. 654 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,560 She brought all of this on herself. 655 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,440 There are so many times she could've just had me. 656 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,120 Forever. 657 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:35,840 And... 658 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:52,640 Fuck it. 659 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,080 "Dear Mr Waterhouse, 660 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:57,800 "I am obliged for your note 661 00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,960 "and the copy of the Navigation Act. 662 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,120 "I should be glad to take the most proper means 663 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,120 "of gaining information respecting the nature 664 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:05,440 "and extent of the improvements 665 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,120 "which the committee will think it advisable to recommend." 666 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,120 "It would have given me enormous pleasure 667 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,160 "to derive such information from yourself, 668 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,440 "but I have no doubt you have sufficient reason 669 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,080 "for withholding it. 670 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,960 "Perhaps the committee will take into consideration 671 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,840 "whether it may be proper to draw up some report 672 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,480 "of your view of the subject 673 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,200 "so that the general proprietors may not be called upon, 674 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,640 "at the next general meeting, to come to a determination, 675 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:29,720 "the reasons for which 676 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,600 "they have had no previous opportunity of considering. 677 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,840 "Believe me very truly yours, 678 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,320 "Anne Lister." 679 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:55,800 You were quiet at dinner. 680 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,880 Are you going to tell me what's the matter? 681 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,320 I... 682 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:06,480 This afternoon, I... 683 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,920 I sent for Washington. 684 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,040 I thought it would be a good idea. 685 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,800 I thought you'd be pleased with me, 686 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,920 and I asked him to write to my sister 687 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,700 about the division of the estate. 688 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,600 I thought it would be more formal 689 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:23,680 than a letter from me, 690 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,000 but less aggressive than a letter from a lawyer. 691 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,840 But he refused. 692 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,280 He said it was a family matter 693 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,160 and he shouldn't like to get involved. 694 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,680 And then, after he'd gone, I thought... 695 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,040 Well, first of all, I thought, 696 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,840 if you'd asked him to do something like that, 697 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,480 - he wouldn't even question it. - Well, that's not necessarily... 698 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,520 So that's one thing. 699 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,800 And then I remembered that when my brother died, 700 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,160 Captain Sutherland became very efficient 701 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:51,480 at sorting things out. 702 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,720 And, at the time, I was grateful. 703 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,800 We were in such turmoil... 704 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,040 And then there was all the trouble 705 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,000 with John's widow, Fanny, which was awful. 706 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:02,960 But in the middle of it all, 707 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,440 he became very friendly with Washington, 708 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:06,560 Captain Sutherland did, 709 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,880 and with Mr Parker too. 710 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,160 And that's why I just... 711 00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:13,200 I just don't know if I could trust either of them 712 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,320 to act in my best interests. 713 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,360 That's interesting. 714 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,040 I didn't know that Captain Sutherland 715 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,800 - even knew Mr Parker. Or Washington. - Mm. 716 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,160 What happened with Fanny? 717 00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:25,980 Oh, well... 718 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,120 After she returned from Naples, where John died, 719 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,480 she believed that she was pregnant. 720 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:33,600 And if she had been, 721 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,280 the entire estate would've been the child's. 722 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,880 But there was no baby. 723 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,320 And then, 724 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,500 because they'd been married so briefly and no heir, 725 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:48,120 Captain Sutherland employed Mr Parker to expedite, 726 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,680 based on the stipulations in my father's will, 727 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,800 the estate coming to me and Elizabeth. 728 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,880 So Fanny was paid off, 729 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,720 and that was that. But, yes, 730 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,360 Captain Sutherland and Washington and Mr Parker, 731 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,480 they were as thick as thieves by the end. 732 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,480 I wouldn't worry about Washington. 733 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,720 Perhaps he has a point, 734 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,240 he perhaps feels between a rock and a hard place. 735 00:35:12,340 --> 00:35:13,920 But the legal thing... 736 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,480 Perhaps it would be better to use someone not local. 737 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,400 There's another lawyer I use from time to time in York, 738 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,680 Mr Gray. 739 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,680 Why don't we go and speak to him 740 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,240 and instruct him in the matter? 741 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,360 Hmm. 742 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,060 You know, 743 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,800 you're the only person 744 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,400 I've ever really been able to trust, since John died, 745 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:36,600 about anything. 746 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:41,960 How's Mrs Lawton? 747 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,600 - Hmm? - Her letter. 748 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,040 Oh, the usual. 749 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:50,800 Feeling sorry for herself. 750 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,880 I see they've made a good job of the drift, ma'am. 751 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,560 I were up there this morning. 752 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,080 I'm thinking of calling it Walker Pit, 753 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,440 after my... 754 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,520 In compliment to Miss Walker. 755 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,680 How are you? 756 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,720 I'm well, ma'am. Thank you. 757 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,400 And I thought you might be interested to know, 758 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,120 I got wind yesterday of a tale 759 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,280 that the Rawsons had been trying to do a deal 760 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,920 over Samuel Hall's coal, other side of Lower Brea, 761 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,960 which, if it happened, could have been catastrophic for you. 762 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,920 They could've had you surrounded, 763 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,200 only it's all fallen through. 764 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,440 - How do you know this? - Well, they're all talking about it. 765 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,984 I mean, obviously it were behind closed doors for long enough, 766 00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:41,920 but now that the deal's off, 767 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,600 tempers have got frayed and it's all out in the open. 768 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,800 Rawson found out the land was entailed. 769 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,280 And he asked Samuel Hall 770 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,000 for a bond of indemnity, apparently, for £3,000. 771 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,320 Mr Hall said no, and that were it, all off. 772 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,200 It's good of you to come and tell me this, Holt. 773 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,120 Well, here's the thing. 774 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,640 I've spoken to Mr Hall, 775 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,600 and whenever he's prepared to discuss his coal again, 776 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,680 he'll come to me. And I'll come to you. 777 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,400 Could you get me, does such a thing exist, 778 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,000 a general coal plan for the whole neighbourhood? 779 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,040 You and I should anticipate things like this. 780 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,400 Yeah, let me look into that. Erm... 781 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:24,480 Y'know, er... 782 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,680 this is bad news for Mr Rawson. 783 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,880 Without it, short of continuing to pilfer, 784 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,520 he has very few places left to go. 785 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,760 And I can't help but think that they haven't got 786 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,440 much of their own coal left to get. 787 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,520 And now you've got Spiggs, ma'am, potentially, 788 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,040 you are a bigger concern than they are. 789 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,200 Listen to this. 790 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,480 "Applications for railroads to be built from Sheffield 791 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,360 "to Rotherham, Selby to Hull, Cambridge to London, 792 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,360 "Great Yarmouth to Norwich, York to Selby and London to York 793 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,800 "for the conveyance of goods, 794 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,080 "passengers, bullion and public mail." 795 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,120 And at Doncaster, 796 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,960 "the London-to-York railroad would connect 797 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,440 "with the West Riding of Yorkshire. 798 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,160 "Railroad travel is expected to increase threefold. 799 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:10,640 "After deducting expenses, 800 00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,760 "shareholders can expect a dividend of 10%." 801 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,680 Confident, aren't they, these railway men? 802 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,400 And they'll all want coal. 803 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,720 The railway charges six shillings and eight pence 804 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:43,920 per ton from Leeds to Selby, 805 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,200 whereas the dues on the Aire and Calder canal are seven shillings, 806 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:48,880 and there's your freightage on top of that 807 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,640 at another two and six per ton, so... 808 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:52,840 Oh, and the railway's just going to get faster. 809 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,440 I mean, in ten years' time, they're talking about speeds 810 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:57,800 of up to 40 and 50 miles an hour. 811 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,760 I mean, just think, you could have breakfast at your hotel in Leeds 812 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,040 and you could be at your hotel in London in time for your tea. 813 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,320 Imagine, capacity and speed. 814 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,840 - Do you work for the railways? - No. 815 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,800 Well... not directly. 816 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,800 Edward Vickers, ma'am. 817 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,880 My family makes steel. In Sheffield. 818 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,200 Ah. 819 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,360 I had some excellent surgical blades made 820 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,160 in Sheffield in 1828. 821 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,640 Miss Lister dissected a baby once, in Paris. 822 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,320 It was dead. 823 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,320 Looking for something? 824 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:45,920 What are you looking for? 825 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,200 Nothing. 826 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,240 You won't find anything. 827 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,480 You'd better not have done anything to him. 828 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,920 He's gone. 829 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,680 All right? He's moved on. 830 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,280 And we're all better off without him, you included. 831 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:04,400 If I find out any different... 832 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:07,980 I'll tell her. 833 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,280 Suzannah. 834 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,000 See what she thinks of you then, eh? 835 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,480 There's nothing to tell her. 836 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,200 And if there's one thing you should've learned by now, 837 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,640 Mother, surely to God, 838 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:24,280 it's to know when to keep your stupid mouth shut. 839 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,040 I saw Mr Washington this morning. 840 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,320 Up at Whiskham. He was saying summat about 841 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:48,360 how you'd told our Henry 842 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,920 not to bother wi' their Eliza any more. Is that right? 843 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,560 Only he was saying she were upset about it. 844 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:54,680 Aye, well there's been 845 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,440 a couple of incidents, hasn't there? So... 846 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:57,920 Has there? I don't know. 847 00:40:58,680 --> 00:40:59,760 She's a... 848 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,640 She's a bugger, is Eliza. 849 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,200 I thought you liked her. 850 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:05,360 I did. 851 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:07,360 I liked the fact that she took him under her wing 852 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,160 when he started at that school, but... 853 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:10,840 But what? 854 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,040 They were up at Crow Nest. 855 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:17,400 Yeah. 856 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:18,800 Messing about. 857 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,160 All right. 858 00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,080 She says that she could show him round. 859 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,000 In all t'nice rooms. 860 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,160 Well, you know they only live in t'kitchen and t'servants' quarters, 861 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:27,480 they don't have run o' t'house. 862 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:28,360 - Right. - But she says, 863 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,280 "Oh, no, I'll show you round," 864 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,840 like it's all, you know, allowed. 865 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,840 Anyway, they were in one room, 866 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:41,240 a big room, with all curtains and painted wallpaper 867 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:42,560 and gold furniture, 868 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,040 and apparently... 869 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,960 they heard... 870 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,720 Miss Walker and Miss Lister... 871 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,400 Well, they must have arrived unexpectedly to look for things. 872 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:55,480 Well, I don't know. 873 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,040 And anyway, Eliza's suddenly telling him to hide, 874 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,640 they're so clearly not supposed to be there at all. 875 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:03,680 So they got shut in this room 876 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,840 with Miss Lister and Miss Walker, 877 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:11,720 hiding behind a cupboard or a chest of drawers or summat and... 878 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:12,880 It's not funny. 879 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:14,640 It's not funny because he wet himself, 880 00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:16,960 he were that frightened. All right? 881 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,560 And what if he'd have got caught? 882 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,400 What would they have thought of him? 883 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,280 She'd have stopped paying for him to go to that school, for a start. 884 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,800 So that's why. 885 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,120 And... 886 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,160 What? 887 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:33,400 What? What? 888 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,140 They were kissing. 889 00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:43,680 - What, Henry and Eliza?! - No. No, no. 890 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,480 Miss Lister... 891 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,120 and Miss Walker, they were... 892 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,680 kissing. In the room. 893 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:53,920 He described it. 894 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,720 And, well, that's what it sounded like. 895 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,320 - I don't know what else it can have been. - What? Kissing? 896 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:00,960 - Like...? - Like... 897 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,360 married people kiss. 898 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,080 Oh, I don't know. 899 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,480 I don't want to know. 900 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,160 But it's bothered him, and it's bothered me. 901 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,440 Lord knows what they were doing, Lord knows what they saw. 902 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:13,880 But the point is, 903 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,580 but for Eliza, he wouldn't have. 904 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:18,560 All right? 905 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,760 - But do you think they...? - I don't want it mentioned again. 906 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,200 I don't want anything to do with it. 907 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,320 I liked Mr Gray very much. 908 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,880 Sorry, I know I keep saying it, but... 909 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,960 I do appreciate all the things that you do for me, Anne. 910 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,880 I hope you know how much. 911 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,600 There was something I wondered if I could ask of you. 912 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:49,920 Of course. 913 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,680 It's delicate. It's... 914 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:54,680 difficult. 915 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,800 And I've been trying to ignore it, but it won't go away. 916 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,800 I hate to think of any of my friends being wretched. 917 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,280 Mrs Lawton. 918 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,280 She really is very low. 919 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,280 This, you and me... 920 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,120 it's been quite a blow for her. 921 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,760 I don't think I appreciated quite how much 922 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,680 till the last letter I got from her. 923 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,520 She's asking to see me. 924 00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,280 She's asking me to go over 925 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:28,640 and, erm... 926 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,640 I won't go if you don't want me to, but... 927 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,760 I do wonder, for my own peace of mind, 928 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:37,880 for my own... 929 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:41,920 equilibrium. 930 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,400 I think she needs to see me. 931 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,520 To see I'm happy now. 932 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:51,960 And that that's it, for me and her. 933 00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,000 So she can accept it. 934 00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,080 Do you understand? 935 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,560 Why did she not call in when you said she might? 936 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:09,640 She couldn't face it. 937 00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:13,760 She thought it better not to, and now she regrets it. 938 00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:18,920 It'd be two nights at the most. 939 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:20,920 Dwell on it, hmm? 940 00:45:22,020 --> 00:45:23,120 And as I say... 941 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,360 if you don't want me to go, then... 942 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,760 I won't. 943 00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:00,320 Miss Lister. 944 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,840 Mr Norris. Mr Hodgson. Mr Briggs. 945 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,200 Miss Lister. 946 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,840 Do you know Mr Bull, our technical adviser? 947 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,760 Sorry, are you convening? Am I interrupting? 948 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:13,960 No, ma'am, just finished. 949 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:15,880 You've come to look at the plans, Miss Lister? 950 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,080 Yes, and to borrow a copy of Mr Palmer's report, 951 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:19,920 if that's possible. 952 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:23,200 I was surprised to hear you'd settled for single locks. 953 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,160 Oh, nothing's settled, only proposed. 954 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:29,920 The thing must be decided by the majority at the general meeting. 955 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,520 I, personally, incline strongly towards the double locks. 956 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,640 It would increase the flow of traffic... 957 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:36,920 And cost another £11,000. 958 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,640 And, therefore, allow a greater volume of traffic. 959 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,000 In 20 years' time, the canals will be dead. 960 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,040 Nothing we do will halt the railways, 961 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:45,840 so there's no point throwing money at it 962 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:47,280 just to appease the shareholders. 963 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:49,320 The majority will decide. 964 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:51,320 They will. 965 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,000 So, if you'll excuse me... 966 00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:55,320 Gentlemen. 967 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,040 Captain Lister. 968 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,960 A copy of Mr Palmer's report, yes... 969 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,960 Take mine, I've read it. 970 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,280 Do you favour single locks, Mr Bull? 971 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:30,760 No, ma'am, and you'll see neither does Mr Palmer in his report. 972 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,240 And yet... 973 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,560 What has become apparent, Miss Lister, 974 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,600 and I think I can say this amongst friends, 975 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,680 is that it looks as though Mr Briggs and his father, 976 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,280 who was at the previous meeting... 977 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,200 Which is why, at present, the single locks are on the plan. 978 00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,320 I'm afraid, at the time, it was a case of 979 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,480 the loudest voice in the room prevailing. 980 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,120 It looks as though they're determined 981 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,520 to turn the whole thing into a political wrangle. 982 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:54,400 How? 983 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,360 They've characterised our position as blue. 984 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,600 "Only the Tories would vote for double locks. 985 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,640 "The Tories will involve the shareholders in unnecessary expense." 986 00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,480 There are few depths that Rawdon Briggs won't sink to 987 00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:06,840 to push the yellows. 988 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,400 Yet anyone with sense can see that single locks are pointless. 989 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,000 In the present emergency, with double locks, 990 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:17,840 we have a chance of keeping the Navigation costs competitive 991 00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,600 - for some time longer. - Surely common sense will prevail. 992 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,440 And anyway, there must be more blue shareholders 993 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,160 than there are yellow ones, 994 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:28,160 if it comes to that tawdry way of doing business. 995 00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:30,800 I'm afraid that's not something we can take for granted. 996 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,060 Not any more. Not in Halifax. 997 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:38,920 You've been very civil. 998 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,280 Gentlemen. 999 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,800 I shall study the report and I can assure you that common sense 1000 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:45,920 will guide my decision, at least. 1001 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,680 Between us, Miss Walker and I own significant shares. 1002 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,440 And if necessary, I shall make sure my voice 1003 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,800 is heard at the meeting on both our behalves. 1004 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:01,680 Miss Lister. 1005 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:09,960 - Aunt? - Oh. 1006 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,680 I'm just re-reading your letters from Copenhagen. 1007 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:14,840 You had some adventures, didn't you? 1008 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:17,480 What did Mr Sunderland say? 1009 00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,800 Oh, more laudanum, but it works. 1010 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,440 - What's that? - Er... Yes, that helps, 1011 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,600 - and it tastes better, too. - Hmm. 1012 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:28,640 Don't worry, I'm not going to get like... 1013 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:31,200 like your mother. 1014 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,160 - How was Mr Waterhouse? - Civil. 1015 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,560 Listen, how would you feel... 1016 00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:41,840 And I've got to be back for this shareholders' meeting, 1017 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:45,400 but how would you feel if I were to go away for a few days, 1018 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:46,960 leave Miss Walker here? 1019 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:48,520 Where are you going? 1020 00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:50,600 To see Mrs Lawton. 1021 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:52,480 Oh. 1022 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:54,480 Miss Walker's agreed. 1023 00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:59,680 And I've explained the situation as best I could. 1024 00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:06,040 Her only anxiety is how you'd feel about her being here without me. 1025 00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,200 Well, this is her home. 1026 00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,560 We don't want her to feel uncomfortable, whether you're here or not. 1027 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,720 Why are you going to see Mrs Lawton? 1028 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,160 I think that would come under the heading 1029 00:50:17,940 --> 00:50:19,120 "unfinished business". 1030 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,640 She's struggling to come to terms 1031 00:50:24,720 --> 00:50:26,700 with the way things are now... 1032 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,160 despite the fact that it was all her own doing. 1033 00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:32,600 Well, don't make a fool of Miss Walker. 1034 00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:34,400 She thinks the world of you. 1035 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:35,720 Aunt... 1036 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:39,480 I don't think I've ever been less in love's danger, 1037 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,400 as far as Mariana's concerned. 1038 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:43,960 I'm happy. 1039 00:50:44,660 --> 00:50:46,700 Miss Walker makes me happy. 1040 00:50:47,220 --> 00:50:49,440 I have everything I've ever wanted now, 1041 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:52,000 and it's all here. Hmm? 1042 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:55,440 Mariana needs to understand that. 1043 00:50:56,420 --> 00:50:58,160 I think she needs to hear me say it, 1044 00:50:58,700 --> 00:51:00,180 to her face. 1045 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,300 I'll write a note to let you know I've arrived safely. 1046 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:07,960 I'd like that. 1047 00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,440 I won't arrive much before nine o'clock this evening, 1048 00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:13,080 but I'll get something in the postbag first thing. 1049 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:16,280 Oh, chin up. 1050 00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,920 - Yes? - Your luggage, ma'am. 1051 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:41,920 It's kind of you to let me go. 1052 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,760 Should I send Mrs Lawton my regards? 1053 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,320 If you like. 1054 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,040 And, erm, tell her I'd be pleased to see her here sometime. 1055 00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:53,120 That's kind. 1056 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:00,460 Come back. 1057 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:05,480 I love you. 1058 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:18,440 In. 1059 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:30,120 Hup! 1060 00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,320 Mrs Lawton's upstairs, Miss Lister. 1061 00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:42,600 Where is she? 1062 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,680 She should know you've arrived, Miss Lister. 1063 00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:46,840 I'll make sure she got the message. 1064 00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:34,200 Hello, Freddy. 1065 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:47,160 Mary. 1066 00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:52,480 Have you had some dinner? 1067 00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:54,920 No. 1068 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,400 Would you like some? 1069 00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:58,960 A little something wouldn't be unwelcome. 1070 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:00,480 Thank you. 1071 00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:03,120 How are you? 1072 00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:06,000 I've kept telling you in my letters how I am. 1073 00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:09,200 But until now, it appears to have fallen on deaf ears. 1074 00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:11,240 I'm wretched. 1075 00:55:12,060 --> 00:55:14,920 I almost couldn't face coming to see you when they told me you'd arrived. 1076 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,280 Well, that would've been poor 1077 00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,360 after I'd travelled all this way and after my... 1078 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:23,040 Miss Walker so kindly let me. 1079 00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,680 You've got no idea what you've done to me, have you? 1080 00:55:26,760 --> 00:55:28,240 Between you. 1081 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:30,240 You and your... Miss Walker. 1082 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:31,440 What I've done to you? 1083 00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:32,800 You've destroyed me. 1084 00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:33,761 - Mariana... - No. 1085 00:55:33,841 --> 00:55:35,960 You've misunderstood me on your way back from Hastings, 1086 00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:37,600 after your skirmish with Miss Hobart, 1087 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,360 and you've used it as a stick to beat me with ever since. 1088 00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:41,520 And now this. 1089 00:55:42,020 --> 00:55:43,840 I can't eat, I can't sleep... 1090 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:45,320 I mean, I've got these wretched dizzy spells. 1091 00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:46,680 I mean, Lord knows what that is. 1092 00:55:47,540 --> 00:55:51,840 You know, everything I'd ever pinned any happiness or hope on is gone. 1093 00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:53,520 And all because of some... 1094 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:55,240 - insipid little... - Steady on. 1095 00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:57,720 Heiress who you're not in love with. 1096 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:01,200 I know it. 1097 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,840 I can see it, I can hear it, I can read between the lines. 1098 00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:06,280 The way you write about her in your letters. 1099 00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,720 I know when you're in love, and this, isn't it. 1100 00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,000 So you've sacrificed everything, 1101 00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:14,800 you've thrown everything away, you've destroyed me, 1102 00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,520 and you're not even in love with her. 1103 00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:21,720 You're ridiculous. 1104 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:25,120 Sync and corrections by btsix www.addic7ed.com