1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,590 So what am I supposed to do? Just wait, yet again, 2 00:00:01,670 --> 00:00:03,310 for this maybe-sometime-never event? 3 00:00:03,390 --> 00:00:06,350 My days of solitude are drawing to a close. 4 00:00:06,430 --> 00:00:08,110 She's in love with me. 5 00:00:08,190 --> 00:00:10,870 And with her, I could be happy. 6 00:00:10,950 --> 00:00:12,990 - She needs a husband. - Who? 7 00:00:13,070 --> 00:00:16,470 I'm taking my "little friend" to Paris. 8 00:00:16,550 --> 00:00:20,470 When we return, she will move into Shibden with me. 9 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:22,634 Could Miss Walker spare you for one or two nights 10 00:00:22,714 --> 00:00:23,790 to visit me at Lawton? 11 00:00:24,316 --> 00:00:25,476 Come back. 12 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:29,550 Everything I'd ever pinned any happiness 13 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:31,430 or hope on is gone. 14 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:34,150 And all because of some insipid little... 15 00:00:34,230 --> 00:00:36,950 - Steady on. - Heiress, who you're not in love with. 16 00:00:37,030 --> 00:00:39,350 I know. I can see it, I can hear it. 17 00:00:39,430 --> 00:00:41,110 I can read between the lines. 18 00:00:41,190 --> 00:00:43,670 I know when you're in love, and this isn't it. 19 00:00:43,750 --> 00:00:45,870 So you've sacrificed everything, 20 00:00:45,950 --> 00:00:49,110 you've thrown everything away, you've destroyed me, 21 00:00:49,190 --> 00:00:51,570 and you're not even in love with her. 22 00:00:52,876 --> 00:00:54,796 You're ridiculous. 23 00:00:57,450 --> 00:00:59,230 And I'm even more ridiculous 24 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:01,250 for still being in love with you. 25 00:01:04,305 --> 00:01:06,896 Well, good heavens, what a reception! 26 00:01:06,976 --> 00:01:09,310 You do know I could walk into Halifax and get spoken to like that? 27 00:01:09,390 --> 00:01:11,190 I needn't cross the Pennines for it. 28 00:01:11,270 --> 00:01:15,310 - Stop being glib. - Well, it's one antidote to melodrama. 29 00:01:15,390 --> 00:01:16,790 Melodr... 30 00:01:17,495 --> 00:01:20,110 Do you know, I think I needed to see you because a part of me 31 00:01:20,190 --> 00:01:24,148 just still thinks the whole thing can't really be true. 32 00:01:24,816 --> 00:01:29,010 I mean, has she really... moved in with you at Shibden? 33 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:37,470 Good Lord. 34 00:01:37,550 --> 00:01:39,350 Have you taken oaths with her? 35 00:01:39,430 --> 00:01:41,790 Have you taken the sacrament with her? 36 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:44,790 Eight months ago in York. 37 00:01:52,470 --> 00:01:54,310 I might as well be dead. 38 00:01:54,390 --> 00:01:55,990 Mary. 39 00:01:56,709 --> 00:01:59,830 I waited for you for nearly 20 years. 40 00:01:59,910 --> 00:02:02,150 I always had to dance to your tune. 41 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:03,710 For 20 years. 42 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,478 When I came back from Hastings, 43 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:07,310 and I'm not using this as a stick to beat you with, 44 00:02:07,390 --> 00:02:09,470 I'm merely stating a fact, 45 00:02:09,550 --> 00:02:12,230 - you put an end to everything. - I didn't! 46 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:13,750 It's how I heard it. 47 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:15,478 It's unequivocally how I heard it. 48 00:02:15,558 --> 00:02:17,190 - Oh! - Which is good, 49 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:18,470 and we should thank God for it. 50 00:02:18,550 --> 00:02:21,390 It's just perhaps a conversation we should have had sooner, 51 00:02:21,470 --> 00:02:23,999 but did you really think I wouldn't move on? 52 00:02:24,079 --> 00:02:26,323 Yes, yes, but... 53 00:02:26,403 --> 00:02:27,476 her? 54 00:02:27,556 --> 00:02:29,293 What is she, even? 55 00:02:29,373 --> 00:02:31,664 I mean, we all know she's got problems, but Charlotte Norcliffe 56 00:02:31,744 --> 00:02:33,421 - says she isn't ladylike. - Charlotte would never say that. 57 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:34,910 And Mrs Milne said if I saw my successor 58 00:02:34,990 --> 00:02:36,750 - I'd be far from flattered. - Oh, I know she did. 59 00:02:36,830 --> 00:02:38,750 "But Miss Lister won't be without money." 60 00:02:38,830 --> 00:02:41,230 I know she did, because she said it in Adney's hearing, 61 00:02:41,310 --> 00:02:43,550 knowingly in Adney's hearing, when we were in Paris. 62 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:44,710 - Adney? - But Adney... 63 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:47,671 Yes, Adney, being nothing but ladylike... 64 00:02:47,751 --> 00:02:49,055 What does she call you? 65 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:52,587 Never even named it to me until nearly three weeks later, 66 00:02:52,667 --> 00:02:54,310 when we were halfway up Mont Blanc! 67 00:02:54,390 --> 00:02:57,910 And whatever you, or anyone, thinks about it, 68 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:00,890 money had nothing to do with it. 69 00:03:02,230 --> 00:03:04,990 But it is true that she has 3,000 a year? 70 00:03:06,870 --> 00:03:08,790 Our fortunes, ultimately, 71 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:11,830 will be about equal. 72 00:03:11,910 --> 00:03:14,630 And between us, we should have 5,000 a year, yes. 73 00:03:17,050 --> 00:03:19,530 You're fooling yourself, Freddy. 74 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:22,030 No-one else. 75 00:03:33,150 --> 00:03:39,190 Sync and corrections by btsix www.addic7ed.com 76 00:04:15,030 --> 00:04:18,150 Your little Martha Booth isn't doing very well in the kitchens. 77 00:04:18,230 --> 00:04:19,230 Really? 78 00:04:19,310 --> 00:04:20,390 Not entirely her fault. 79 00:04:20,470 --> 00:04:22,990 Our new housekeeper, Mrs Duff, who we're very pleased with, 80 00:04:23,070 --> 00:04:25,390 had to get rid of two cooks in succession. 81 00:04:25,470 --> 00:04:27,950 So we think she may have been damaged by their bad example 82 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:30,030 in the way of laziness and deceit. 83 00:04:30,110 --> 00:04:31,550 Oh, good Lord. 84 00:04:31,630 --> 00:04:33,630 But then her head was rather full of novels, 85 00:04:33,710 --> 00:04:36,324 apparently, when she came to us, which hasn't helped. 86 00:04:37,170 --> 00:04:39,270 Let me speak to this Mrs... 87 00:04:39,350 --> 00:04:41,070 - Duff. - In the morning, 88 00:04:41,150 --> 00:04:44,110 and try and get to the bottom of things. 89 00:04:44,636 --> 00:04:45,836 By all means. 90 00:04:47,543 --> 00:04:49,863 How often are you and Miss Walker connected? 91 00:04:53,910 --> 00:04:56,558 Well, you asked me the same question about me 92 00:04:56,638 --> 00:04:58,131 and Charles all those years ago. 93 00:04:58,211 --> 00:04:59,830 I can't imagine why you think it's any different 94 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:01,430 me asking you the same thing. 95 00:05:04,830 --> 00:05:07,002 How much does she know about you and me? 96 00:05:08,070 --> 00:05:09,910 I told her all that was necessary. 97 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:12,830 Does she know of our... 98 00:05:14,310 --> 00:05:15,430 connection? 99 00:05:15,510 --> 00:05:16,821 Not explicitly, no. 100 00:05:16,901 --> 00:05:18,990 Nor will she. Nor will anyone, ever. 101 00:05:19,070 --> 00:05:20,390 Not from me. 102 00:05:23,430 --> 00:05:25,470 What if you fell out with her? 103 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:27,162 I mean, with her... 104 00:05:28,270 --> 00:05:30,190 problems. 105 00:05:30,270 --> 00:05:32,750 You don't know who she might just blurt things out to. 106 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:38,270 - Miss Lister. - Ah, Charles. 107 00:05:38,350 --> 00:05:39,550 How was your journey? 108 00:05:39,630 --> 00:05:41,442 - Excellent. - Good, good. 109 00:05:41,522 --> 00:05:43,846 Well, I've already eaten and had coffee, so... 110 00:05:43,926 --> 00:05:45,590 Yes. Sorry I couldn't set off from Halifax 111 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:47,605 - any sooner than I did. - Oh, not at all. 112 00:05:47,685 --> 00:05:48,950 A lot of business on hand at the moment, 113 00:05:49,030 --> 00:05:51,967 one way or another, in the town and on my estate. 114 00:05:52,047 --> 00:05:54,710 I was just popping in to say hello, and I dare say I will see you 115 00:05:54,790 --> 00:05:56,062 in the morning at breakfast. 116 00:05:56,142 --> 00:05:57,236 Perfect. 117 00:05:57,316 --> 00:05:59,750 - Mariana. - Charles. 118 00:05:59,830 --> 00:06:01,550 Fergus, Captain, Teddy! 119 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:03,550 Come on, boys! 120 00:06:05,391 --> 00:06:06,890 Is everything all right? 121 00:06:07,470 --> 00:06:08,790 With him? 122 00:06:08,870 --> 00:06:09,990 We're ecstatic. 123 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:11,350 The fun never stops. 124 00:06:13,150 --> 00:06:15,390 I don't want to be too late to bed. 125 00:06:15,470 --> 00:06:17,670 And I promised everyone at home I'd write 126 00:06:17,750 --> 00:06:19,430 to let them know I arrived safely. 127 00:06:19,510 --> 00:06:22,470 But you take my point, about Miss Walker? 128 00:06:22,550 --> 00:06:24,475 If she's not all there... 129 00:06:26,613 --> 00:06:29,670 Miss Walker is the soul of discretion. 130 00:06:29,750 --> 00:06:32,710 She's very nicely particular on all matters of etiquette, 131 00:06:32,790 --> 00:06:36,110 spoken... and unspoken. 132 00:06:36,712 --> 00:06:38,390 And you know, if you met her, 133 00:06:38,470 --> 00:06:40,870 if you could just bring yourself to meet her, 134 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:44,030 you'd see she's really very sweet and very kind 135 00:06:44,110 --> 00:06:46,750 and really very, very normal. 136 00:06:47,710 --> 00:06:48,790 And... 137 00:06:49,990 --> 00:06:52,295 I'd like to think that, in the fullness of time... 138 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:55,350 the three of us could become 139 00:06:55,430 --> 00:06:59,710 perfectly good, kind friends. 140 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:03,935 I was perfectly happy. 141 00:07:04,015 --> 00:07:05,880 Well, she dragged her all the way to Paris. 142 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:06,990 I wanted to go. 143 00:07:07,070 --> 00:07:09,470 Then, as soon as the militia start shooting students, 144 00:07:09,550 --> 00:07:11,710 she's off to the Pyrenees with the Stuart de Rothesays. 145 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:13,950 Her poor Aunt Anne's stuck there on her own. 146 00:07:14,030 --> 00:07:15,361 That wasn't it at all! 147 00:07:15,441 --> 00:07:17,630 Well, she'd never have left me if she'd thought the whole thing 148 00:07:17,710 --> 00:07:20,150 - was going to erupt. - It's exactly what she did. 149 00:07:20,230 --> 00:07:21,270 Are we playing this game? 150 00:07:21,350 --> 00:07:23,190 - Oh, is it me? - It's you. 151 00:07:23,270 --> 00:07:25,990 You're giving Miss Walker completely the wrong idea. 152 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:29,150 She knows Anne would never do something like that. 153 00:07:29,230 --> 00:07:31,070 I had a letter from her. 154 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:33,270 "I've left Aunt Anne in Paris, and, oh, by the way, 155 00:07:33,350 --> 00:07:35,674 "it's a seething hot-bed of insurrection." 156 00:07:35,754 --> 00:07:37,190 I did hear the cannons. 157 00:07:37,270 --> 00:07:39,691 I contemplated hiding under a bed, briefly. 158 00:07:39,771 --> 00:07:40,790 Whose? 159 00:07:40,870 --> 00:07:42,790 But then I realised that was an overreaction. 160 00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:45,230 We were on the fifth floor. Nobody was interested in us. 161 00:07:45,310 --> 00:07:47,630 People think I haven't lived, you know, Miss Walker. 162 00:07:47,710 --> 00:07:49,430 - But I have. - Hmm. 163 00:07:49,510 --> 00:07:51,712 Have you told Miss Walker about tomorrow? 164 00:07:51,792 --> 00:07:53,990 Oh, tomorrow, Miss Walker, 165 00:07:54,070 --> 00:07:56,790 my father was thinking of taking the britzka over to Cliffhill 166 00:07:56,870 --> 00:07:58,510 to pay a call on your aunt. 167 00:07:58,590 --> 00:07:59,790 Why? 168 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:01,510 Would you like to come with us? 169 00:08:01,590 --> 00:08:03,430 - I... - You be careful, Marian. 170 00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:05,550 You know she upset you last time you were there. 171 00:08:05,630 --> 00:08:08,310 - My aunt? Did she? - Oh, briefly. 172 00:08:08,390 --> 00:08:09,990 She was just being difficult. 173 00:08:10,070 --> 00:08:12,150 - Because of...? - Oh, no. 174 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:13,870 Well... no. 175 00:08:13,950 --> 00:08:16,350 Anyway, Anne suggested it before she left, 176 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:17,950 and I don't do everything she tells me 177 00:08:18,030 --> 00:08:21,510 but I do agree with her that we should make every effort we can 178 00:08:21,590 --> 00:08:23,470 to be on good terms with our neighbours, 179 00:08:23,550 --> 00:08:25,110 even when... 180 00:08:25,190 --> 00:08:27,590 Well, she's just old, isn't she? 181 00:08:27,670 --> 00:08:29,990 - And I do wonder... - Well, I'm old. 182 00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:31,870 It isn't a licence to be unpleasant. 183 00:08:31,950 --> 00:08:33,470 Whose turn is it now? 184 00:08:33,550 --> 00:08:34,590 It's yours. 185 00:08:34,670 --> 00:08:35,790 Is it? 186 00:08:38,310 --> 00:08:40,910 And I agree, but there it is. 187 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:44,070 And I do wonder how poor Mary Rawson's getting on with her. 188 00:08:44,150 --> 00:08:45,350 I can't fathom that at all. 189 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:46,630 Neither can I. 190 00:08:46,710 --> 00:08:48,950 I can't imagine it's anything other than excruciating 191 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:50,190 for both of them. 192 00:08:50,270 --> 00:08:53,030 You don't have to come, Miss Walker. 193 00:08:53,110 --> 00:08:55,870 I know it's awkward. Anne did explain. 194 00:08:55,950 --> 00:08:59,430 I just didn't want you to think you hadn't been asked. 195 00:08:59,510 --> 00:09:00,870 Oh. 196 00:09:02,630 --> 00:09:04,150 - Oh! - Oh... 197 00:09:05,310 --> 00:09:07,550 Well, at least that was yours. 198 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:10,630 My dearest Adney, 199 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:13,270 we reached the Roebuck in Rochdale at 2:38, 200 00:09:13,350 --> 00:09:16,110 changed horses and were off again in 14 minutes. 201 00:09:16,190 --> 00:09:18,750 We stopped again at the Manchester Royal Hotel 202 00:09:18,830 --> 00:09:22,590 at 4:20, and were at Wilmslow at two minutes past six. 203 00:09:22,670 --> 00:09:24,830 We reached Congleton at five past eight, 204 00:09:24,910 --> 00:09:27,030 stopped for six minutes, then arrived here at Lawton 205 00:09:27,110 --> 00:09:28,990 at quarter to nine by their clocks 206 00:09:29,070 --> 00:09:31,510 and gone nine by my pocket watch. 207 00:09:31,590 --> 00:09:34,750 I am now happily ensconced for the night in my own room 208 00:09:34,830 --> 00:09:35,910 with a good fire 209 00:09:35,990 --> 00:09:37,910 and thinking of you, 210 00:09:37,990 --> 00:09:40,150 all cosily tucked up at Shibden. 211 00:10:07,270 --> 00:10:08,958 Will you welcome a visitor? 212 00:10:09,630 --> 00:10:12,070 Or will the door be closed against me? 213 00:10:13,190 --> 00:10:14,790 You know I'd never do that. 214 00:10:24,110 --> 00:10:25,630 I couldn't sleep. 215 00:10:27,990 --> 00:10:29,470 All I can think about 216 00:10:29,550 --> 00:10:31,710 is what a wretched mess I'm in here. 217 00:10:32,390 --> 00:10:33,430 With him. 218 00:10:35,110 --> 00:10:36,790 Oh! 219 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,390 Mary... 220 00:10:41,270 --> 00:10:43,310 Shh, shh. 221 00:10:43,390 --> 00:10:45,190 How did we end up like this? 222 00:10:46,976 --> 00:10:49,137 I mean, how could we let it happen? 223 00:10:49,217 --> 00:10:53,110 Have any two people ever loved each other more than you and I? 224 00:10:53,190 --> 00:10:55,190 And how could it all have come to this? 225 00:10:55,270 --> 00:10:56,670 Shh. 226 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:59,710 My life's over. 227 00:10:59,790 --> 00:11:01,150 Don't say that. 228 00:11:01,230 --> 00:11:04,670 I can't stand it. It's impossible. 229 00:11:04,750 --> 00:11:06,430 Mary... 230 00:11:06,510 --> 00:11:07,790 We'll always be friends. 231 00:11:07,870 --> 00:11:09,710 Oh... 232 00:11:09,790 --> 00:11:12,910 The heart that's truly loved never forgets. 233 00:11:12,990 --> 00:11:15,510 If you go home the day after tomorrow, I'll... 234 00:11:17,430 --> 00:11:20,270 I don't know what I'll do, but... 235 00:11:20,350 --> 00:11:22,510 you might never see me again. 236 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:24,150 Mariana, that's... 237 00:11:27,710 --> 00:11:30,790 Mary, I don't want to hear that. 238 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:31,990 Hm? 239 00:11:36,190 --> 00:11:39,790 It's very hard to only be a friend 240 00:11:39,870 --> 00:11:41,910 for one who has been a wife. 241 00:11:43,912 --> 00:11:45,150 Have faith. 242 00:11:46,190 --> 00:11:48,190 Have hope. 243 00:11:48,270 --> 00:11:50,710 I believe your happiest days are yet to come. 244 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:53,510 How? 245 00:11:53,590 --> 00:11:55,870 Because I trust providence. 246 00:12:01,270 --> 00:12:02,670 Do you still love me? 247 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:08,950 Anne? 248 00:12:11,750 --> 00:12:14,790 Do you remember in Leamington, 249 00:12:14,870 --> 00:12:16,550 before we went up to London, 250 00:12:16,630 --> 00:12:18,430 before you went off to Copenhagen, 251 00:12:18,510 --> 00:12:20,430 you said to me, you said, 252 00:12:20,510 --> 00:12:22,350 "She was never one of my grand passions." 253 00:12:23,950 --> 00:12:27,430 And it only ever really started just because you were lonely 254 00:12:27,510 --> 00:12:29,270 and she was there. 255 00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:33,350 And I worry that... that won't be enough. 256 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:36,350 For you. 257 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:44,827 No, don't. 258 00:12:45,790 --> 00:12:47,630 Kiss me. 259 00:12:47,710 --> 00:12:49,190 No. 260 00:12:49,270 --> 00:12:51,110 - Kiss me. - I can't. 261 00:12:52,510 --> 00:12:54,750 I won't do that to Adney. 262 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:56,670 She deserves better, cos she trusts me. 263 00:12:56,750 --> 00:12:58,470 It's why she let me come here. 264 00:12:58,550 --> 00:13:01,110 She won't know. No-one'll know. Only us. 265 00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:05,658 I took an oath, and I shan't break it. 266 00:13:07,356 --> 00:13:09,396 I did. For you. 267 00:13:11,122 --> 00:13:12,242 Yes, well... 268 00:13:14,630 --> 00:13:15,630 I can't. 269 00:13:17,873 --> 00:13:20,150 You married for convenience, for money. 270 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:21,790 Don't pretend otherwise. 271 00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:23,430 You're wrong, Mary. 272 00:13:24,823 --> 00:13:27,303 I'm happy with my choice. 273 00:13:28,310 --> 00:13:31,190 She touches something deep inside me. 274 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:34,449 And the biggest thing of all... 275 00:13:35,990 --> 00:13:37,770 she's moved in with me. 276 00:13:38,470 --> 00:13:40,510 She committed to me. 277 00:13:41,470 --> 00:13:44,986 She braved the world's opinion just to be with me. 278 00:13:46,057 --> 00:13:49,550 And I shall respect that above all things... 279 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:52,703 until the day I die. 280 00:14:01,270 --> 00:14:02,670 Well... 281 00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:05,270 I'll leave you to your journal. 282 00:14:06,950 --> 00:14:08,230 Your crypt hand. 283 00:14:09,670 --> 00:14:11,350 Whatever it is you're putting there. 284 00:14:14,489 --> 00:14:15,609 Goodnight. 285 00:15:06,896 --> 00:15:11,316 And I know she came from a good, hard-working family at Shibden. 286 00:15:11,396 --> 00:15:14,756 But there have been a few incidents that have indicated 287 00:15:14,836 --> 00:15:17,670 that she's inclined towards the easiest route 288 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,950 in completing any given task. 289 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:23,830 And then she'll make something up about why she hasn't had time 290 00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:25,630 to make a better job of it. 291 00:15:25,710 --> 00:15:27,950 But you'll find her with her nose in a book... 292 00:15:28,977 --> 00:15:30,270 reading... 293 00:15:30,350 --> 00:15:33,270 novels, full of ideas. 294 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:35,406 Well, I'm sorry to hear it. 295 00:15:35,486 --> 00:15:38,350 Carelessness and deceit are two bad faults. 296 00:15:38,430 --> 00:15:40,070 Make it known to her, Mrs Duff, 297 00:15:40,150 --> 00:15:42,590 that she has nothing more to expect from me at Shibden 298 00:15:42,670 --> 00:15:44,590 if she disappoints you here. 299 00:15:44,670 --> 00:15:47,190 Yes, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. 300 00:15:47,270 --> 00:15:48,734 Thank you, Mrs Duff. 301 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:54,750 How careless of you, Freddy, 302 00:15:54,830 --> 00:15:56,750 letting a dairyhand learn her letters. 303 00:15:58,150 --> 00:15:59,270 Did you sleep well? 304 00:16:00,430 --> 00:16:02,550 Yes, very. 305 00:16:03,790 --> 00:16:06,070 But you didn't come and wake me up this morning. 306 00:16:07,470 --> 00:16:08,630 Did you expect me to? 307 00:16:08,710 --> 00:16:10,750 You always come and wake me up. 308 00:16:10,830 --> 00:16:11,870 Seriously? 309 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:13,670 You thought I'd come to you this morning? 310 00:16:14,270 --> 00:16:15,907 No, not for anything... 311 00:16:16,621 --> 00:16:18,630 Just, you know... 312 00:16:18,710 --> 00:16:19,830 What? 313 00:16:20,575 --> 00:16:21,910 A bit of chit-chat, 314 00:16:21,990 --> 00:16:24,350 before the day starts, as we always do. 315 00:16:25,245 --> 00:16:26,190 What? 316 00:16:27,110 --> 00:16:29,110 Well, after last night's rejection, 317 00:16:29,190 --> 00:16:30,870 I didn't think you'd like it. 318 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:33,250 I'd like us to remain friends. 319 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:37,990 Good, kind, close friends. 320 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:39,470 Just not that close. 321 00:16:43,150 --> 00:16:45,750 Where does Martha get these novels from? 322 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:47,271 Oh, I don't know. 323 00:16:47,351 --> 00:16:49,590 She probably pilfers the odd little volume from the library 324 00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:51,470 and then puts it back before anyone's noticed, 325 00:16:51,550 --> 00:16:53,150 because Charles would never notice. 326 00:16:53,230 --> 00:16:54,904 He only uses the library to smoke in. 327 00:16:54,984 --> 00:16:57,070 Mm. Well, I'll have a word with her myself 328 00:16:57,150 --> 00:16:58,830 at some point before I leave. 329 00:17:02,110 --> 00:17:03,530 Did you sleep well? 330 00:17:04,431 --> 00:17:05,931 I never sleep well. 331 00:17:07,150 --> 00:17:08,470 I told you that yesterday. 332 00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:11,550 I've been telling you the same thing in my letters for months. 333 00:17:14,070 --> 00:17:16,631 Well, what does Steph say about these dizzy spells? 334 00:17:16,711 --> 00:17:19,775 Oh, that it's some sort of inner-ear thing 335 00:17:19,855 --> 00:17:22,070 or that I'm not eating properly. 336 00:17:22,150 --> 00:17:23,630 Which I'm not. 337 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,150 Again, not for months. 338 00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:29,170 It's just... 339 00:17:30,110 --> 00:17:31,750 when one's low, 340 00:17:31,830 --> 00:17:34,350 it's always hard to resist that niggling anxiety 341 00:17:34,430 --> 00:17:36,230 that it could be something worse. 342 00:17:38,270 --> 00:17:39,671 You need fresh air. 343 00:17:39,751 --> 00:17:42,230 Oh, I have more fresh air than I know what to do with. 344 00:17:42,310 --> 00:17:44,295 Fresh air and exercise. 345 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:46,030 That's your answer to everything. 346 00:17:46,110 --> 00:17:48,110 Well, there's a good reason for that. 347 00:17:48,190 --> 00:17:49,350 It works. 348 00:18:00,110 --> 00:18:02,630 It's all been very unfortunate. 349 00:18:02,710 --> 00:18:04,550 But when did this happen, Miss Walker? 350 00:18:04,630 --> 00:18:06,350 Just this morning. 351 00:18:06,430 --> 00:18:08,499 Well, she left just this morning. 352 00:18:08,579 --> 00:18:10,790 - It's been brewing for a while. - Oh, no. 353 00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:13,110 And where has Miss Rawson gone? 354 00:18:13,190 --> 00:18:14,470 Back to her parents'? 355 00:18:14,550 --> 00:18:17,031 Back to Mill House. Yes, back to her parents. 356 00:18:17,111 --> 00:18:19,575 I've said it before and I should've stuck to it, 357 00:18:19,655 --> 00:18:22,031 young and old don't suit. 358 00:18:23,710 --> 00:18:26,790 - Anyway, the good news... - Oh, good news! 359 00:18:26,870 --> 00:18:30,246 Is that Miss Rogers is coming to be with me. 360 00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:32,898 - Miss Rogers? - Oh, yeah, well, you won't know her. 361 00:18:32,978 --> 00:18:35,311 Miss soon to be Mrs Rogers. 362 00:18:35,391 --> 00:18:36,830 Oh, is she... That's... 363 00:18:36,910 --> 00:18:40,511 - Is she... - Oh, she's a lady of more senior years, 364 00:18:40,591 --> 00:18:44,039 assuming the brevet "Mrs" through seniority of years, 365 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,796 not because she's marrying someone of the same name, no. 366 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:50,942 - No. - I have met her several times and, yes, 367 00:18:51,022 --> 00:18:53,934 yes, I think we'll be better suited. 368 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:57,658 It was elderly Mrs Rawson's idea. 369 00:18:57,738 --> 00:18:59,071 She's, erm... 370 00:18:59,151 --> 00:19:02,150 She's very taken up with your sister, isn't she, 371 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:04,110 Mrs Rawson? 372 00:19:04,190 --> 00:19:05,870 Oh, yes. Yes. 373 00:19:05,950 --> 00:19:08,550 She's always been fond of Anne's company. 374 00:19:09,030 --> 00:19:10,311 It's mutual. 375 00:19:10,391 --> 00:19:14,550 Anne's always enjoyed the company of more senior ladies. 376 00:19:15,143 --> 00:19:18,444 She says they're so much wiser than younger ladies. 377 00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:21,070 Of course, she does like younger ladies as well. 378 00:19:22,163 --> 00:19:24,947 But in a different way, obviously. 379 00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:28,530 And, ah... 380 00:19:29,110 --> 00:19:30,470 How is my niece? 381 00:19:31,510 --> 00:19:32,930 Oh, she's very well. 382 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:34,751 Very well indeed. 383 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:42,151 Is it a good idea, Captain Lister, a britzka? 384 00:19:42,231 --> 00:19:44,350 At his age? 385 00:20:03,070 --> 00:20:04,590 Look. 386 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:05,910 What? 387 00:20:05,990 --> 00:20:07,150 There. 388 00:20:07,230 --> 00:20:08,550 What am I looking at? 389 00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:10,790 In the tan-coloured waistcoat. 390 00:20:10,870 --> 00:20:12,302 It's the Grantham boy. 391 00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:15,197 Good Lord, he's grown. 392 00:20:16,030 --> 00:20:17,710 He has the same build as Charles. 393 00:20:18,191 --> 00:20:19,831 Oh, good heavens, he walks like him. 394 00:20:20,296 --> 00:20:22,106 All the other servants know. 395 00:20:22,673 --> 00:20:24,150 How? 396 00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:27,030 Well, apart from the fact that he looks so like him, 397 00:20:27,110 --> 00:20:29,110 he makes such a conspicuous fuss of him. 398 00:20:30,812 --> 00:20:32,430 The other day I saw them laughing together 399 00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:34,310 and then he gave him a sovereign, 400 00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:36,030 right in front of Grantham. 401 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:37,510 He didn't know I'd seen. 402 00:20:37,590 --> 00:20:39,147 I was watching at an upstairs window. 403 00:20:40,911 --> 00:20:42,314 Secrets and lies. 404 00:20:43,963 --> 00:20:46,243 Isn't life sordid and banal? 405 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:49,550 It's a good job we get harder as we get older, 406 00:20:49,630 --> 00:20:51,311 or Lord knows how we'd get to the end of each day. 407 00:20:54,590 --> 00:20:55,830 I'm sorry. 408 00:21:00,863 --> 00:21:02,750 I wish you could stay longer. 409 00:21:02,830 --> 00:21:04,870 I can't. 410 00:21:04,950 --> 00:21:06,870 I have to attend this meeting 411 00:21:06,950 --> 00:21:08,990 with the shareholders of the navigation. 412 00:21:10,990 --> 00:21:11,990 Listen. 413 00:21:13,310 --> 00:21:15,895 I know it doesn't always sound like it, 414 00:21:16,701 --> 00:21:19,910 but in my more equitable moments... 415 00:21:21,791 --> 00:21:23,671 if it really is what you want... 416 00:21:24,790 --> 00:21:28,170 if she really does make you feel settled and content... 417 00:21:29,310 --> 00:21:32,030 well, then, how can I be anything other than thankful for it? 418 00:21:34,830 --> 00:21:37,230 It's just there are so few things in this world 419 00:21:37,310 --> 00:21:39,630 more important to me than your happiness. 420 00:21:39,710 --> 00:21:41,524 So if I've been unable to make you happy 421 00:21:41,604 --> 00:21:43,991 then should I not rejoice that there lives one who can? 422 00:21:45,130 --> 00:21:46,410 Mary. 423 00:21:55,870 --> 00:21:57,442 You know, this whole thing... 424 00:21:59,150 --> 00:22:02,910 need cause no interruption to our friendship. 425 00:22:02,990 --> 00:22:04,550 No. 426 00:22:04,630 --> 00:22:06,390 No, but, erm... 427 00:22:07,550 --> 00:22:09,390 I think if I did come to stay with you, 428 00:22:09,470 --> 00:22:11,630 that it would all be... 429 00:22:11,710 --> 00:22:13,230 pleasant enough during the day 430 00:22:13,310 --> 00:22:15,430 and we'd all get along perfectly civilly 431 00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:16,910 with one another, but I... 432 00:22:18,990 --> 00:22:21,150 don't think I could bear to see her go off 433 00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:22,630 to bed with you at night. 434 00:22:28,049 --> 00:22:29,049 Well... 435 00:22:30,370 --> 00:22:31,810 we are where we are. 436 00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:36,950 And it is all your own doing. 437 00:22:37,030 --> 00:22:40,606 - There's no other human influence... - No, look, stop saying that. 438 00:22:40,686 --> 00:22:41,493 - But yours. - Stop it. 439 00:22:41,573 --> 00:22:43,110 We're going around in circles. 440 00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:50,150 It's... I just hope that you don't forget the nights 441 00:22:50,230 --> 00:22:51,458 that we had together. 442 00:22:55,103 --> 00:22:56,383 I'm not likely to. 443 00:23:00,270 --> 00:23:03,110 Do you remember that night in Scarborough, 444 00:23:03,190 --> 00:23:04,870 in the thunderstorm? 445 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,870 And you made love to me all night. 446 00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:11,910 By the sea, and the sun came up, 447 00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:15,110 and we hadn't slept all night, not for a moment. Do you... 448 00:23:19,270 --> 00:23:22,550 I think that was the most blissful few hours of my life. 449 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:32,070 Scarborough, sadly, for me, 450 00:23:32,150 --> 00:23:35,151 is marred by other memories too. 451 00:23:35,231 --> 00:23:36,431 Oh... 452 00:23:37,838 --> 00:23:40,270 You know, one of the things about Miss Walker is 453 00:23:40,350 --> 00:23:42,750 I never once, not ever, got the impression 454 00:23:42,830 --> 00:23:45,510 that she was embarrassed by the way I look. 455 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,813 Well, if she'd seen you in Scarborough in 1823 456 00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:49,111 you might have got a different response. 457 00:23:49,191 --> 00:23:52,148 No, not just what I wear, but my manner, 458 00:23:52,228 --> 00:23:53,671 the way I walk, everything. 459 00:23:53,751 --> 00:23:54,950 I've never once heard her say, 460 00:23:55,030 --> 00:23:56,951 "Oh, why can't you be more ladylike?" 461 00:23:57,031 --> 00:23:58,870 Do you remember that first time that you came to 462 00:23:58,950 --> 00:24:00,670 my father's house in Petergate? 463 00:24:00,750 --> 00:24:03,215 Yeah, what was it? 1814. 464 00:24:03,295 --> 00:24:04,751 Oh, good Lord, 20 years ago. 465 00:24:04,831 --> 00:24:07,910 I had to cry myself hoarse before he'd let you 466 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:09,550 in the house, you had such a... 467 00:24:10,431 --> 00:24:12,751 you know, reputation in York. 468 00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:16,603 And I made myself ill, properly ill, 469 00:24:16,683 --> 00:24:17,951 just so they'd let you in. 470 00:24:18,031 --> 00:24:20,013 - I just... - I resent the fact that you always 471 00:24:20,093 --> 00:24:21,870 imply that I just went along with everything, 472 00:24:21,950 --> 00:24:23,110 that I never defended you, 473 00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:24,830 and that I showed no courage, 474 00:24:24,910 --> 00:24:26,871 because it's just not true. 475 00:24:26,951 --> 00:24:29,350 And the way that you imply that I had any choice 476 00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:30,790 in marrying Charles... 477 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:33,460 I mean, what young woman in her right mind 478 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,630 - would choose that? - You had a choice. 479 00:24:35,710 --> 00:24:37,910 - You see? - We always have a choice. 480 00:24:37,990 --> 00:24:39,950 I had no choice! 481 00:24:40,030 --> 00:24:41,500 You could've run away with me. 482 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,530 My family would have disowned me. 483 00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:45,307 Well, perhaps you should have disowned them, 484 00:24:45,387 --> 00:24:47,070 for shackling you to that... 485 00:24:47,150 --> 00:24:48,630 fat idiot. 486 00:24:48,710 --> 00:24:50,590 We'd have been penniless. 487 00:24:50,670 --> 00:24:52,550 Only until I inherited Shibden. 488 00:24:52,630 --> 00:24:55,111 Which, what, would have been another ten years? 489 00:24:55,191 --> 00:24:56,179 Could well have been more for all we knew. 490 00:24:56,259 --> 00:24:57,733 I would've conquered empires for you. 491 00:24:57,813 --> 00:24:59,390 I would've made it answer. 492 00:24:59,470 --> 00:25:01,510 We wouldn't have starved, not even remotely. 493 00:25:01,590 --> 00:25:02,670 But you doubted me. 494 00:25:05,223 --> 00:25:06,743 You always doubted me. 495 00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:12,510 Perhaps if I'd had the benefit of a few more years, 496 00:25:12,590 --> 00:25:15,390 I'd have been less cowed by them. 497 00:25:16,550 --> 00:25:17,830 Well... 498 00:25:19,670 --> 00:25:22,470 Certainly, neither of us have got anything to thank them for. 499 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:23,710 They... 500 00:25:25,350 --> 00:25:27,710 They treated me abysmally, your parents. 501 00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:31,550 I didn't think at the time, but looking back 502 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:34,110 they must've been terrified of you, to make me marry him. 503 00:25:34,190 --> 00:25:35,630 Terrified of me? 504 00:25:35,710 --> 00:25:37,906 Good Lord, I was 25. 505 00:25:38,753 --> 00:25:41,080 I even wonder if they didn't like him any more than I did. 506 00:25:41,896 --> 00:25:43,736 But he was just there. 507 00:25:45,390 --> 00:25:48,460 Rich, available, hideous and willing. 508 00:26:17,548 --> 00:26:20,550 Ma'am, there's a Mr James Ingham downstairs, 509 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:21,870 asking if you're at home. 510 00:26:21,950 --> 00:26:23,630 Oh. Is... 511 00:26:23,710 --> 00:26:26,750 Where's... Is Miss Marian still out with Captain Lister? 512 00:26:26,830 --> 00:26:27,991 Yes, ma'am. 513 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:29,782 Oh. Erm... 514 00:26:30,648 --> 00:26:33,710 Ah, well, show him into the drawing room. 515 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:42,270 Mr Ingham. 516 00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:43,470 Miss Walker. 517 00:26:43,550 --> 00:26:45,470 How... How are you? 518 00:26:45,550 --> 00:26:49,350 Well... enough, I think. 519 00:26:49,430 --> 00:26:50,790 You look well. 520 00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:52,510 I am. 521 00:26:55,130 --> 00:26:56,690 Would you like to sit down? 522 00:26:57,990 --> 00:26:59,990 Are you... alone? 523 00:27:00,070 --> 00:27:02,110 Oh, well, Aunt Anne... 524 00:27:02,190 --> 00:27:05,070 Erm, Miss Lister and Miss Marian's Aunt Anne, 525 00:27:05,150 --> 00:27:07,510 is upstairs. She has ulcers on her... 526 00:27:09,484 --> 00:27:12,710 She's expecting Mr Sunderland, her doctor, 527 00:27:12,790 --> 00:27:14,470 - at any moment. - Ah. 528 00:27:14,550 --> 00:27:16,510 And Miss Lister is in Cheshire. 529 00:27:16,590 --> 00:27:19,110 She's gone to spend two nights with her friend Mrs Lawton, 530 00:27:19,190 --> 00:27:20,670 of Lawton Hall. 531 00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:23,390 So... 532 00:27:23,470 --> 00:27:24,871 how long have you been here? 533 00:27:24,951 --> 00:27:26,750 Since September. 534 00:27:26,830 --> 00:27:28,871 After we returned from travelling. 535 00:27:28,951 --> 00:27:32,153 Miss Lister and I, we went to the Alps, via Paris! 536 00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:37,190 And any number of other small towns and villages. 537 00:27:37,270 --> 00:27:39,870 It was the most extraordinary thing I've ever done. 538 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:41,550 How wonderful. 539 00:27:41,630 --> 00:27:43,150 It was. 540 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:44,670 Oh, it really was. 541 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:47,670 I-I... I'm trying to paint paintings, 542 00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,790 from preliminary sketches I made. 543 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,230 Miss Lister's really clever. 544 00:27:51,310 --> 00:27:54,070 She knows all the best things to see and to do. 545 00:27:54,150 --> 00:27:55,631 We hope to travel more. 546 00:27:55,711 --> 00:27:57,110 It's one of her passions. 547 00:27:57,190 --> 00:27:58,962 I don't know a lot about Miss Lister. 548 00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:00,590 I know she's... 549 00:28:01,550 --> 00:28:04,550 Isn't she meant to be, erm... 550 00:28:04,630 --> 00:28:06,950 sort of eccentric? 551 00:28:09,390 --> 00:28:10,990 Yes, I've never found her so. 552 00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:14,190 I've always just found her to be very clever 553 00:28:14,830 --> 00:28:16,071 and very interesting. 554 00:28:16,151 --> 00:28:19,035 No, you should come by when she's here and say hello. 555 00:28:19,550 --> 00:28:21,750 Oh, it is nice to see you, James. 556 00:28:21,830 --> 00:28:22,910 Oh. 557 00:28:22,990 --> 00:28:24,510 And my brother got married. 558 00:28:24,590 --> 00:28:26,030 Yes, I think I knew that. 559 00:28:26,110 --> 00:28:28,110 Why weren't you there, you and Elizabeth? 560 00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:29,750 I don't... 561 00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:32,670 You were in mourning. 562 00:28:33,647 --> 00:28:35,270 It was just after John died. 563 00:28:36,296 --> 00:28:37,376 Was it? 564 00:28:37,946 --> 00:28:39,710 Four years ago, good heavens. 565 00:28:39,790 --> 00:28:41,650 What a tragedy. Poor fellow. 566 00:28:42,350 --> 00:28:43,550 I am sorry. 567 00:28:44,670 --> 00:28:46,210 I think it was after that I... 568 00:28:48,110 --> 00:28:50,111 I got so low in spirits... 569 00:28:50,191 --> 00:28:52,410 But you do look very, very happy now. 570 00:28:53,550 --> 00:28:55,510 Oh, well, Miss Lister's been... 571 00:28:57,589 --> 00:29:00,471 ridiculously kind to me. 572 00:29:00,551 --> 00:29:01,591 Oh. 573 00:29:02,990 --> 00:29:04,670 Well, I had come... 574 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,390 What, James? 575 00:29:14,316 --> 00:29:16,670 People keep telling me I ought to get married. 576 00:29:19,351 --> 00:29:21,311 Your name was mentioned. 577 00:29:26,231 --> 00:29:27,551 By who? 578 00:29:29,470 --> 00:29:31,310 Your cousin, Mr Priestly. 579 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:34,763 He visited us in Mirfield a few weeks ago. 580 00:29:36,436 --> 00:29:37,556 Did he? 581 00:29:46,030 --> 00:29:48,830 It would be a no, I'm afraid. 582 00:29:48,910 --> 00:29:49,910 I... 583 00:29:50,550 --> 00:29:52,630 I'm really very happy where I am. 584 00:29:57,899 --> 00:30:00,591 What else did my cousin Mr Priestly say? 585 00:30:04,786 --> 00:30:08,430 That you didn't quite know what you'd got yourself into... 586 00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:10,190 here. 587 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,030 I'm really very happy... here. 588 00:30:16,591 --> 00:30:20,391 And my cousin Mr Priestly needs to understand that. 589 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:34,270 Look at it. It's like the Bastille. 590 00:30:45,230 --> 00:30:46,750 Ah, there you are. 591 00:30:46,830 --> 00:30:49,317 There was a letter for you in the postbag, Miss Lister. 592 00:30:49,397 --> 00:30:49,850 Ah. 593 00:30:49,930 --> 00:30:52,230 I've left it on the table in the drawing room. 594 00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:54,550 I'm just popping into the village. 595 00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:57,870 Oh, don't forget we have the Reverend Ford and 596 00:30:57,950 --> 00:31:02,670 Captain Mainwaring coming for dinner tonight, Mariana. 597 00:31:02,750 --> 00:31:06,110 Ah, not the most rewarding company, I'm afraid, Miss Lister. 598 00:31:06,190 --> 00:31:08,590 Mainwaring's a radical, bit of a firebrand. 599 00:31:08,670 --> 00:31:10,470 - Oh, dear. - And Ford's just the usual 600 00:31:10,550 --> 00:31:12,590 sort of irritating little clergyman 601 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:14,830 they tend to inflict on us around here. 602 00:31:14,910 --> 00:31:18,230 So we'll be relying on your abundant wit and charisma 603 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:20,030 to keep us entertained. 604 00:31:20,110 --> 00:31:21,950 Fergus, Captain, Teddy... 605 00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:23,590 come on! 606 00:31:23,670 --> 00:31:25,390 Good boys. Off we go. 607 00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:26,670 Here, boy. 608 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:35,662 Is it from her? 609 00:31:37,050 --> 00:31:38,050 Yes. 610 00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:40,150 Can I see the handwriting? 611 00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:44,670 You can read it to me if you like. 612 00:31:48,670 --> 00:31:49,790 Oh, good Lord... 613 00:31:54,625 --> 00:31:55,898 "My..." 614 00:31:56,471 --> 00:31:57,871 What is it? "Dearest..." 615 00:31:59,309 --> 00:32:00,647 What does that say? 616 00:32:01,556 --> 00:32:02,693 Anne. 617 00:32:04,830 --> 00:32:06,390 "I..." 618 00:32:07,630 --> 00:32:09,630 Oh, I'm sorry, you're going to have to read this to me. 619 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:16,150 "My dearest Anne... 620 00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:20,729 "I hope you've arrived safely and not too late in the evening 621 00:32:20,809 --> 00:32:23,150 "and that you find all at Lawton well 622 00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:25,030 "and in cheerful spirits." 623 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:26,630 Aw. 624 00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:28,550 "I hope the weather was kind to you 625 00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:30,270 "as you crossed the Pennines." 626 00:32:30,350 --> 00:32:31,711 It was. 627 00:32:31,791 --> 00:32:34,230 "It has been rather indifferent here, 628 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:36,230 "with persistent showers 629 00:32:36,310 --> 00:32:38,590 "which persuaded me against venturing outdoors 630 00:32:38,670 --> 00:32:42,230 "this afternoon for more than five or six minutes." 631 00:32:44,866 --> 00:32:49,029 "Your aunt suffered a slight spasm just before luncheon today, 632 00:32:49,109 --> 00:32:52,590 "but since Mr Sunderland is due to visit tomorrow, 633 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:56,270 "she insisted Marian not trouble him any sooner." 634 00:32:56,350 --> 00:32:57,910 Mm. 635 00:32:57,990 --> 00:33:01,575 "She was quite low during the day following this, 636 00:33:01,655 --> 00:33:03,590 "but rallied towards the evening 637 00:33:03,670 --> 00:33:06,230 "when she played four rounds of hearts 638 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:09,790 "in which your father trumped..." 639 00:33:09,870 --> 00:33:12,150 Trumped? Triumphed! 640 00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:14,590 "Much to his delight." 641 00:33:14,670 --> 00:33:17,532 "I think, on the quiet, he is as..." 642 00:33:18,270 --> 00:33:21,360 "competitive as you are." 643 00:33:23,150 --> 00:33:24,550 No, he isn't. 644 00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:29,470 "All else is well here and if the rain stay off..." 645 00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:33,880 I think she means, "if the rain stays off". 646 00:33:34,514 --> 00:33:36,950 Or "if the rains stay off". 647 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:38,035 Who knows? 648 00:33:38,115 --> 00:33:40,790 "I shall venture out tomorrow." 649 00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:43,550 "Please remember to give Mrs Lawton 650 00:33:43,630 --> 00:33:45,724 "my very best regards 651 00:33:45,804 --> 00:33:48,670 "and tell her I look forward to a time 652 00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:51,230 "when I can welcome her at Shibden 653 00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:54,006 "in the, I hope, not too distant future." 654 00:33:55,436 --> 00:33:56,676 Oh. 655 00:34:00,710 --> 00:34:03,930 She writes to you like a dutiful schoolgirl. 656 00:34:05,550 --> 00:34:07,910 And you with your towering intellect. 657 00:34:16,817 --> 00:34:18,383 She always surprises me. 658 00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:21,609 When we were travelling through France, 659 00:34:22,292 --> 00:34:25,590 a lot of it was difficult and the weather was bad, 660 00:34:25,670 --> 00:34:28,910 and she complained, and we did fight. 661 00:34:28,990 --> 00:34:30,390 A little. 662 00:34:31,372 --> 00:34:33,510 But when we were up in the mountains 663 00:34:33,590 --> 00:34:37,230 and we were really battling with the elements... 664 00:34:38,187 --> 00:34:41,110 she became so alive. 665 00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:43,350 It was such a delight to see... 666 00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:46,661 after she'd led such a sheltered life. 667 00:34:48,030 --> 00:34:51,430 I think there's a lot more to her 668 00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:54,630 than anyone's yet seen. 669 00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:56,435 Even me. 670 00:34:56,515 --> 00:34:59,470 Well, let's hope that you're right. 671 00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:05,190 And you say she asked after me? 672 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:06,470 Mm. 673 00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:08,990 And I think if you were gracious enough 674 00:35:09,070 --> 00:35:11,390 to venture over there and offer the olive branch again 675 00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:13,790 you might meet with a very different reception 676 00:35:13,870 --> 00:35:15,230 to the last. 677 00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:18,470 And how did you get on with the britzka? 678 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:21,310 Oh, Aunt, you've... 679 00:35:21,390 --> 00:35:22,631 We've got to stop him. 680 00:35:22,711 --> 00:35:24,831 If Anne had been with him on that journey today 681 00:35:24,911 --> 00:35:25,990 she'd have been livid. 682 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:27,191 May I...? 683 00:35:27,271 --> 00:35:30,110 Would you mind if I took my tea upstairs, 684 00:35:30,190 --> 00:35:31,630 to my little sitting room? 685 00:35:31,710 --> 00:35:33,830 I'd like to paint a little more before the light goes. 686 00:35:33,910 --> 00:35:36,510 Yes, yes, of course. You must do whatever you like. 687 00:35:36,590 --> 00:35:38,030 No need to ask permission. 688 00:35:38,110 --> 00:35:39,190 No, you go up, Miss Walker. 689 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:40,871 I'll ask Mrs Cordingley to bring you a tray. 690 00:35:40,951 --> 00:35:42,350 Thank you. 691 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:47,950 He's bruised his spine. 692 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:50,390 That's why he's lying down. 693 00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:52,590 He's going to cause himself a mischief. 694 00:35:52,670 --> 00:35:56,390 Well, I think if he can't learn a lesson from a bruised spine, 695 00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:59,190 there's very little I can say to alter the situation. 696 00:36:01,590 --> 00:36:02,750 Is... 697 00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:08,630 Is Miss Walker comfortable with us, do you think? 698 00:36:08,710 --> 00:36:11,590 Oh, I think she's fitting in very well, don't you? 699 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,310 It's odd of Anne 700 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:17,750 to leave her alone with us and go off to Mrs Lawton's. 701 00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:19,590 I don't... 702 00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:22,910 I've never liked Mrs Lawton. 703 00:36:22,990 --> 00:36:26,430 She's used Anne so much over the years. 704 00:36:26,510 --> 00:36:29,146 And Miss Walker is so devoted to her, 705 00:36:29,226 --> 00:36:30,511 and I just... 706 00:36:30,591 --> 00:36:32,080 I know, I know, I know. 707 00:36:34,036 --> 00:36:35,956 I just hope Miss Walker is... 708 00:36:37,550 --> 00:36:39,023 enough for her. 709 00:36:41,230 --> 00:36:42,070 Well, then! 710 00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:44,310 Well, no, there are references in scripture 711 00:36:44,390 --> 00:36:46,831 that point to the origins of the sign of the cross. 712 00:36:46,911 --> 00:36:48,940 - No, no, no, there really aren't... - Oblique references, perhaps, 713 00:36:49,020 --> 00:36:51,651 but there they are, for all to see, if you know how to look. 714 00:36:51,731 --> 00:36:53,510 Tertullian in the year 200 715 00:36:53,590 --> 00:36:54,950 - was the first person to say... - Who? 716 00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:57,550 "We wear our foreheads out with the sign of the cross." 717 00:36:57,630 --> 00:36:59,990 Good old Tertullian, absolutely. 718 00:37:00,070 --> 00:37:02,830 Bear with me, and consider Ezekiel, 719 00:37:02,910 --> 00:37:05,510 who tells us that the Lord said unto him, 720 00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:08,630 "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and set a mark 721 00:37:08,710 --> 00:37:11,470 "upon the foreheads of the men that sigh for all the abominations that 722 00:37:11,550 --> 00:37:14,470 - "have been done in the midst thereof." - Well, yes, that's... 723 00:37:14,550 --> 00:37:16,070 - But... - Revelations. 724 00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:17,350 "They were told not to harm 725 00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:19,230 "the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, 726 00:37:19,310 --> 00:37:21,790 "but only those people who did not have the seal of God 727 00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:24,590 "on their foreheads. And then I looked, and behold. 728 00:37:24,670 --> 00:37:28,670 "On Mount Zion, stood the Lamb, and with him, 144,000, 729 00:37:28,750 --> 00:37:31,030 "and they had his name, and his father's name, 730 00:37:31,110 --> 00:37:32,590 "written on their foreheads... 731 00:37:32,670 --> 00:37:35,110 "Surely, this is all part and parcel of the origins 732 00:37:35,190 --> 00:37:39,190 of the sign of the cross. The place on the body, not just the symbol..." 733 00:37:50,750 --> 00:37:52,270 Can I come in for a minute? 734 00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:11,910 That would have been a very dull evening without you. 735 00:38:15,190 --> 00:38:18,550 Do you know, I often think I can trace all nobility of mind 736 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:21,590 that I've ever felt back to your influence. 737 00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:22,870 You're flattering me. 738 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:26,990 What time has Joseph ordered your horses tomorrow? 739 00:38:27,070 --> 00:38:29,277 George. 12 noon. 740 00:38:29,357 --> 00:38:31,430 So you can come to church with me, then, in the morning, 741 00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:33,230 - before you leave? - Of course. 742 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:37,070 And then, I could come with you as far as Middlewich, if you like. 743 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:39,790 - To keep you company. - If you'd like to. 744 00:38:41,830 --> 00:38:43,682 I wasn't flattering you. 745 00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:47,230 Well, I was, but only because it's true. 746 00:38:47,310 --> 00:38:50,310 When I think of the tawdry day-to-day here, 747 00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:53,350 in contrast, it's your influence that I... 748 00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:54,750 hold on to in here. 749 00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:59,110 It's your image that stops me giving in to despair. 750 00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:00,310 Mary... 751 00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:03,750 You must put your faith in God. 752 00:39:03,830 --> 00:39:06,990 Yes, I know that. And I do. And I will. 753 00:39:07,070 --> 00:39:08,070 I... 754 00:39:10,150 --> 00:39:14,510 I didn't tell you everything this morning about Charles. 755 00:39:14,590 --> 00:39:16,510 And if I don't tell you now, 756 00:39:16,590 --> 00:39:19,350 it's... it's not the sort of thing you can put in a letter. 757 00:39:20,470 --> 00:39:21,750 He's been... 758 00:39:23,790 --> 00:39:24,830 His niece. 759 00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:28,070 His brother's youngest. 760 00:39:28,150 --> 00:39:31,430 Will... Poor William's sister. He's... been... pestering her. 761 00:39:31,510 --> 00:39:32,670 Touching her. 762 00:39:32,750 --> 00:39:35,671 Cornering her and inflicting himself upon her. 763 00:39:35,751 --> 00:39:37,790 She's 18. Just gone 18. 764 00:39:37,870 --> 00:39:39,430 No. 765 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:41,461 They live on the other side of the village. 766 00:39:41,541 --> 00:39:42,190 No. 767 00:39:42,270 --> 00:39:44,470 She came to me. She and her mother, 768 00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:47,550 who I never really got on with, but it seems, yes, 769 00:39:48,076 --> 00:39:50,756 he's been saying things, lewd things. 770 00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:52,670 And... 771 00:39:53,623 --> 00:39:54,995 he's had his tongue in her mouth. 772 00:39:55,075 --> 00:39:56,696 We all know that's the next thing before... 773 00:39:56,776 --> 00:39:57,871 Has he debauched her? 774 00:39:57,951 --> 00:39:59,999 We don't think so, no, but the poor girl was in tears 775 00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:02,390 and could barely articulate it, so who knows? 776 00:40:02,470 --> 00:40:03,710 Lord, I hope not. 777 00:40:05,190 --> 00:40:06,540 So I spoke to Charles, 778 00:40:06,620 --> 00:40:08,729 and of course he denies it, says it's nonsense. 779 00:40:08,809 --> 00:40:10,990 But why would she make that up? 780 00:40:11,070 --> 00:40:14,310 And then, the stupidest thing is... 781 00:40:15,063 --> 00:40:18,310 he's talked about moving her in, here. 782 00:40:18,390 --> 00:40:20,190 - What? - He's deluded 783 00:40:20,270 --> 00:40:22,231 because he's infatuated with her, so all common sense 784 00:40:22,311 --> 00:40:24,407 has flown out the window and he doesn't realise how... 785 00:40:24,487 --> 00:40:27,471 blatant and sordid it all looks to everyone else. 786 00:40:27,551 --> 00:40:28,372 Good God. 787 00:40:28,452 --> 00:40:30,670 So when he said he was going to the village this morning, 788 00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:31,905 that's where he goes. 789 00:40:31,985 --> 00:40:35,591 You see, she has no father and now no brother to protect her. 790 00:40:35,671 --> 00:40:38,870 And Charles is the big fish and thinks he can do what he likes. 791 00:40:38,950 --> 00:40:41,778 And he can do what he likes, more or less. 792 00:40:42,530 --> 00:40:45,230 And here I am, his wife. 793 00:40:46,442 --> 00:40:48,350 Redundant and ridiculous. 794 00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:50,310 And trapped here. 795 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:53,230 Come here. 796 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:02,911 If he does insist on bringing the girl here, in whatever guise, 797 00:41:02,991 --> 00:41:05,590 or if anything comes out about him and her, 798 00:41:05,670 --> 00:41:08,830 then you must leave. Immediately. You must go to Steph. 799 00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:10,510 Or come to me at Shibden. 800 00:41:11,590 --> 00:41:13,390 Good Lord, Mary. I am... 801 00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:18,110 I am so... so sorry. 802 00:41:19,390 --> 00:41:21,990 It's been so nice having you here. 803 00:41:26,383 --> 00:41:28,423 You do still love me, don't you? 804 00:41:29,990 --> 00:41:31,390 You know I do. 805 00:41:54,256 --> 00:41:55,336 Don't... 806 00:41:56,550 --> 00:41:58,350 I-I... I can't. 807 00:41:59,430 --> 00:42:00,430 Why not? 808 00:42:01,390 --> 00:42:05,110 Why not? Can we not have one last kiss in this life 809 00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:06,670 before we turn to dust? 810 00:42:22,590 --> 00:42:25,470 The King had no right to ask for Melbourne's resignation 811 00:42:25,550 --> 00:42:26,910 - in the first place. - Nonsense. 812 00:42:26,990 --> 00:42:28,870 Within the constitution, he had every... 813 00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:31,470 No, no, no. The constitution depends upon the compliance 814 00:42:31,550 --> 00:42:32,750 of the body politic. 815 00:42:32,830 --> 00:42:34,510 All very well and good for those in power 816 00:42:34,590 --> 00:42:36,790 when the people had no voice, but now... 817 00:42:36,870 --> 00:42:40,190 The King has every right to protect the institutions, 818 00:42:40,270 --> 00:42:42,910 within government, that offer the country its stability, 819 00:42:42,990 --> 00:42:44,750 but the country isn't stable. 820 00:42:44,830 --> 00:42:47,870 It isn't stable, precisely because of those institutions of state 821 00:42:47,950 --> 00:42:51,590 that the working man now knows don't protect his interests at all... 822 00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:55,190 The people will roar in this election, Mr Lawton. 823 00:42:55,270 --> 00:42:57,430 - They will roar. - Rubbish! 824 00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:07,110 Oh, Anne... 825 00:43:28,150 --> 00:43:31,570 She says the work's too hard and it doesn't suit her. 826 00:43:32,270 --> 00:43:34,850 Work is hard, Martha. 827 00:43:35,831 --> 00:43:38,352 Whatever station in life we're born into. 828 00:43:38,432 --> 00:43:40,513 Everyone is met with challenges, 829 00:43:40,593 --> 00:43:45,354 but it's our duty, all of us, to accept our allotted tasks, 830 00:43:45,434 --> 00:43:49,750 desirable or otherwise, and perform them to the best of our abilities. 831 00:43:49,830 --> 00:43:52,470 She keeps saying she just wants to go home. 832 00:43:52,550 --> 00:43:55,591 There's no place for you at Shibden, if you don't do well here. 833 00:43:56,110 --> 00:43:58,150 All of this crying... 834 00:43:59,158 --> 00:44:01,030 it's a bit too clever for my liking. 835 00:44:01,110 --> 00:44:02,590 I'm not falling for it. 836 00:44:02,670 --> 00:44:05,071 Someone like you needs to impress 837 00:44:05,151 --> 00:44:07,790 the people you work for, so you can take away good references. 838 00:44:07,870 --> 00:44:09,870 If Mrs Lawton was asked for a reference now, 839 00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:12,540 she'd have to say you didn't like to work, 840 00:44:12,620 --> 00:44:14,270 complained a lot and were sulky. 841 00:44:15,390 --> 00:44:16,870 Then where would you be? 842 00:44:16,950 --> 00:44:20,310 What sort of work would suit you, do you think, Martha? 843 00:44:20,390 --> 00:44:24,630 Milking cows, cooking... Like at home. 844 00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:26,470 Well, the reverend, Mr Wood, 845 00:44:26,550 --> 00:44:28,161 in Middlewich is looking for a kitchen hand, 846 00:44:28,241 --> 00:44:30,350 - I'm sure that he'd be... - Well, if not that, 847 00:44:30,430 --> 00:44:33,670 then you must stay here, promise to work hard, 848 00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:35,470 and endeavour to make a good impression 849 00:44:35,550 --> 00:44:39,310 on Mrs Duff and Mrs Lawton. And promise me that, in future, 850 00:44:39,390 --> 00:44:42,070 you will take influence only from those people 851 00:44:42,150 --> 00:44:44,550 who you know to be of good character. 852 00:44:44,630 --> 00:44:45,951 And then, when you come home 853 00:44:46,031 --> 00:44:48,670 and visit your father and your sisters, 854 00:44:48,750 --> 00:44:51,070 and my aunt and my father and Miss Marian 855 00:44:51,150 --> 00:44:54,430 and me and Miss Walker, we needn't be ashamed of you. 856 00:44:55,271 --> 00:44:56,631 Go on. 857 00:45:01,110 --> 00:45:03,191 Oh, we'll sort her out. 858 00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:07,110 Are you still coming to church? 859 00:45:07,190 --> 00:45:12,310 Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins 860 00:45:12,390 --> 00:45:15,750 and are in love and charity of your neighbours... 861 00:45:16,751 --> 00:45:19,430 and intend to lead a new life, 862 00:45:19,510 --> 00:45:24,110 following the commandments of God and walking, from henceforth, 863 00:45:24,190 --> 00:45:28,550 in his holy ways, meekly kneeling on your knees. 864 00:46:27,230 --> 00:46:29,511 I don't know why you're being so hard on yourself, Fred. 865 00:46:29,591 --> 00:46:31,510 Nothing's changed. 866 00:46:31,590 --> 00:46:33,470 And I haven't slept so well for months. 867 00:46:35,870 --> 00:46:38,910 Be aware that I show Adney all my letters. 868 00:46:42,076 --> 00:46:43,790 So be careful what you put. 869 00:46:47,609 --> 00:46:49,369 I'm not the other woman. 870 00:46:50,426 --> 00:46:51,591 She is. 871 00:46:59,870 --> 00:47:02,670 What time do you expect to arrive back at Shibden? 872 00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:07,350 At 11. Half past. Hopefully no later than midnight. 873 00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:08,630 Well... 874 00:47:09,750 --> 00:47:13,236 Goodbye, then. Give my regards to your aunt and to your father 875 00:47:13,316 --> 00:47:14,351 and to your sister. 876 00:47:15,291 --> 00:47:16,311 And Miss Walker. 877 00:47:17,414 --> 00:47:21,470 Oh, and for Miss Walker, it's a little something. 878 00:47:21,550 --> 00:47:25,270 It's nothing particular, just a rather pretty little pocket book 879 00:47:25,350 --> 00:47:27,070 I saw in Chester a few weeks ago. 880 00:47:29,670 --> 00:47:31,031 What's the matter? 881 00:47:31,111 --> 00:47:33,431 I don't... think it's quite the thing. 882 00:47:35,410 --> 00:47:38,370 I thought you wanted me and Miss Walker to be friends. 883 00:47:44,736 --> 00:47:48,456 - Well, safe journey. - Mm. 884 00:47:49,310 --> 00:47:50,310 Hm... 885 00:47:58,182 --> 00:47:59,183 Hup, hup! 886 00:48:33,859 --> 00:48:35,990 Oh! 887 00:48:36,070 --> 00:48:38,790 Oh, John... John! They're 'ere. 888 00:48:51,209 --> 00:48:52,950 - Ma'am. - Ma'am. 889 00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:54,342 Yes. Hello. 890 00:48:54,422 --> 00:48:57,262 How's our little Martha getting on at Lawton Hall? 891 00:48:57,342 --> 00:49:00,342 We'll discuss that. Help your brother with the carriage. 892 00:49:09,350 --> 00:49:10,350 God. 893 00:49:12,703 --> 00:49:14,983 - I missed you. - Have you? 894 00:49:16,150 --> 00:49:17,990 Um, how was Mrs Lawton? 895 00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:21,590 I've astonished myself with how little I've thought of her, 896 00:49:21,670 --> 00:49:23,150 either going or returning. 897 00:49:23,230 --> 00:49:24,870 Hmm... 898 00:49:30,123 --> 00:49:31,923 I shan't leave you again. 899 00:49:41,875 --> 00:49:43,110 Would you like some tea, ma'am? 900 00:49:43,190 --> 00:49:46,503 Tea, splendid. And then bed. 901 00:50:33,556 --> 00:50:34,836 I love you. 902 00:51:37,602 --> 00:51:39,631 13 to 11, carried... 903 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:43,218 in favour of the new part of the canal being 50 feet 904 00:51:43,298 --> 00:51:45,150 rather than 60 feet wide. 905 00:51:45,230 --> 00:51:46,990 For the sake of £2,000... 906 00:51:47,070 --> 00:51:50,150 Say something, madam. I'm sure they'll listen to you. 907 00:51:51,279 --> 00:51:54,351 May we move on to the second resolution, Mr Chairman? 908 00:51:54,431 --> 00:51:56,951 We may. Order. 909 00:51:57,031 --> 00:51:59,231 Order! 910 00:52:00,190 --> 00:52:03,912 The second resolution is that double and parallel locks, 911 00:52:03,992 --> 00:52:06,511 to act as side ponds, be adopted. 912 00:52:07,950 --> 00:52:09,270 Mr Rawdon Briggs? 913 00:52:09,350 --> 00:52:12,950 I would like to propose an amendment to that 914 00:52:13,030 --> 00:52:15,230 and suggest that single locks, 915 00:52:15,310 --> 00:52:18,350 similar to those we already have, be adopted. 916 00:52:18,430 --> 00:52:20,791 I'll second that. 917 00:52:20,871 --> 00:52:23,113 And I'd like to call on Mr Bull 918 00:52:23,193 --> 00:52:27,670 to account for why he seems determined to mire us 919 00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:31,956 in unnecessary debt and expense at such a difficult time. 920 00:52:35,003 --> 00:52:37,123 I have... 921 00:52:38,671 --> 00:52:41,112 I've written answers 922 00:52:41,192 --> 00:52:45,671 to this and other... anticipated objections. 923 00:52:45,751 --> 00:52:48,630 If-if-if anyone would like to, um... 924 00:52:51,183 --> 00:52:53,583 - Mr Briggs. - Mr Bull. 925 00:53:03,009 --> 00:53:06,150 Parsimony, Mr Briggs, is not always economy. 926 00:53:06,230 --> 00:53:08,550 And I fear in this case, 927 00:53:08,630 --> 00:53:11,150 you are advocating the former and not the latter. 928 00:53:13,630 --> 00:53:17,670 Mr Palmer, who we've employed at considerable expense 929 00:53:17,750 --> 00:53:20,830 to draw up this plan, is a man of great ability and credit, 930 00:53:20,910 --> 00:53:22,710 and I for one, who, by the way, 931 00:53:22,790 --> 00:53:25,030 has read his report, all of it, 932 00:53:25,110 --> 00:53:27,590 cannot help agreeing with him that whatever we do 933 00:53:27,670 --> 00:53:29,511 should be done in the best manner possible, 934 00:53:29,591 --> 00:53:31,751 and that only the quantity of our work 935 00:53:31,831 --> 00:53:34,631 should be limited by our means, not the quality. 936 00:53:34,711 --> 00:53:36,111 - Hear, hear. - Well said. 937 00:53:36,191 --> 00:53:40,511 Well, then, madam, you'd have us involved in idiotic expense. 938 00:53:41,350 --> 00:53:45,110 The trade in the town does not require it, nor will it ever. 939 00:53:45,190 --> 00:53:48,630 Oh! Oh, so you mean to limit the progress of improvement 940 00:53:48,710 --> 00:53:51,510 within the town by hindering its capacity to transport 941 00:53:51,590 --> 00:53:53,271 the goods it produces? 942 00:53:53,351 --> 00:53:57,271 We all know what the town is at present. 943 00:53:57,351 --> 00:54:00,013 But who amongst us dares venture to say he knows 944 00:54:00,093 --> 00:54:02,150 how great the town may become? 945 00:54:05,230 --> 00:54:07,390 Let's put it to the vote, gentlemen. 946 00:54:07,470 --> 00:54:09,311 And Miss Lister. 947 00:54:09,391 --> 00:54:12,274 Those in favour of double and parallel locks 948 00:54:12,354 --> 00:54:15,670 to act as side ponds, show of hands. 949 00:54:20,630 --> 00:54:22,470 And for single locks? 950 00:54:25,591 --> 00:54:28,711 Double and parallel locks, carried. 951 00:54:30,551 --> 00:54:33,471 According to the Act of Parliament, 952 00:54:33,551 --> 00:54:35,950 we have a right to ascertain 953 00:54:36,030 --> 00:54:39,831 whether the majority is against us not just in a show of hands, 954 00:54:39,911 --> 00:54:43,030 but in the number of shares owned. 955 00:54:43,110 --> 00:54:45,838 - Scrutiny! - Scrutiny! 956 00:54:45,918 --> 00:54:48,990 The committee will retire and look at which side has it 957 00:54:49,070 --> 00:54:50,350 by number of shares. 958 00:54:56,116 --> 00:54:57,636 Well said, madam. 959 00:54:58,870 --> 00:55:00,110 Mr Rawson. 960 00:55:01,190 --> 00:55:04,350 Could I ask, with the election almost upon us, 961 00:55:04,430 --> 00:55:06,590 on behalf of Mr Wortley's committee 962 00:55:06,670 --> 00:55:09,870 if we may rely, as we usually do, 963 00:55:09,950 --> 00:55:13,310 on the support of everyone at Shibden Hall? 964 00:55:13,390 --> 00:55:16,311 Of course. Us Blues must stick together, 965 00:55:16,391 --> 00:55:19,479 put our differences aside, briefly... 966 00:55:20,510 --> 00:55:22,431 in such... challenging times. 967 00:55:22,511 --> 00:55:25,791 Good. My brother feels the same 968 00:55:25,871 --> 00:55:28,470 and will be gratified to hear it. 969 00:55:28,550 --> 00:55:32,566 Mm. Is this generally the way with public meetings in Halifax? 970 00:55:32,646 --> 00:55:33,790 Well, it's not... 971 00:55:33,870 --> 00:55:36,156 We treat a great concern like a little one, 972 00:55:36,236 --> 00:55:38,750 - we prate like a parcel of children. - Well... 973 00:55:39,890 --> 00:55:41,191 Thank goodness you're here. 974 00:55:42,003 --> 00:55:44,342 Oh, I know my being here, and speaking, 975 00:55:44,422 --> 00:55:45,631 will be talked of, but... 976 00:55:46,344 --> 00:55:47,470 _ 977 00:55:48,630 --> 00:55:50,790 If such be public meetings in Halifax, 978 00:55:50,870 --> 00:55:53,630 I can see there is a sad want for some mastermind 979 00:55:53,710 --> 00:55:55,110 to lead the multitude. 980 00:55:55,190 --> 00:55:57,310 Miss Lister, how do you do? John Abbott. 981 00:55:57,390 --> 00:56:00,950 We meet at last, and I'm so delighted to make your acquaintance. 982 00:56:01,030 --> 00:56:03,230 And well said, madam. 983 00:56:03,310 --> 00:56:06,230 - Mr Rawson, how d'you do? - Mr Abbott. 984 00:56:07,472 --> 00:56:09,430 Absolutely. Hear, hear. 985 00:56:09,510 --> 00:56:11,790 Why spend £40,000 on an indifferent job 986 00:56:11,870 --> 00:56:14,710 when another £10,000 would secure a good one? 987 00:56:22,110 --> 00:56:26,550 Order. Can we call the meeting to order? 988 00:56:28,710 --> 00:56:32,658 For single locks, 176. 989 00:56:33,265 --> 00:56:34,910 And for double locks... 990 00:56:36,070 --> 00:56:37,951 188. 991 00:56:38,390 --> 00:56:42,895 Double and parallel locks to act as side ponds, carried. 992 00:56:43,735 --> 00:56:44,815 Well... 993 00:56:45,310 --> 00:56:48,190 We'd best move a motion to empower the committee 994 00:56:48,270 --> 00:56:51,750 to borrow another £60,000 from the government. 995 00:56:52,561 --> 00:56:55,190 Ridiculous. Short-sighted. 996 00:56:55,270 --> 00:56:56,830 You will regret this. 997 00:56:56,910 --> 00:57:00,190 In less than five years, you will regret this. 998 00:57:02,727 --> 00:57:04,910 Madam. Well done. 999 00:57:04,990 --> 00:57:08,270 - Very well done. - Thank you, sir. Thank you. 1000 00:57:08,350 --> 00:57:09,670 - Well done. - Thank you. 1001 00:57:15,889 --> 00:57:16,949 Miss Lister. 1002 00:57:17,963 --> 00:57:19,003 Mr Briggs. 1003 00:57:19,990 --> 00:57:23,510 An exciting choice, to brave public opinion, 1004 00:57:23,590 --> 00:57:26,430 attending a meeting like this at such a volatile time, 1005 00:57:26,510 --> 00:57:29,510 with the country on the brink of civil unrest, 1006 00:57:29,590 --> 00:57:31,590 no doubt, come the election. 1007 00:57:33,190 --> 00:57:34,230 And you with your... 1008 00:57:35,430 --> 00:57:37,310 unusual arrangement... 1009 00:57:38,063 --> 00:57:39,383 up at Shibden Hall... 1010 00:57:40,303 --> 00:57:43,030 - with Miss Walker. - I beg your pardon? 1011 00:57:48,909 --> 00:57:50,350 You should be more careful... 1012 00:57:55,103 --> 00:57:56,550 Gentleman Jack. 1013 00:57:58,150 --> 00:57:59,750 That's her, that's... 1014 00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:23,000 *CREDITS*