1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:02,480 I shan't leave you again. 2 00:00:05,357 --> 00:00:07,520 Perhaps you were drunk when you were driving that gig 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,000 when Henry Hardcastle lost his leg. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,597 Miss Lister and Miss Walker, they were... 5 00:00:11,677 --> 00:00:14,317 ...kissing, like married people kiss. 6 00:00:14,397 --> 00:00:16,800 I'll write to Elizabeth 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,237 about dividing the estate. 8 00:00:18,317 --> 00:00:20,917 It's probably something we should've done before now. 9 00:00:20,997 --> 00:00:23,437 It's all going to come to Sackville at the end of it all anyway. 10 00:00:23,517 --> 00:00:26,040 Fairly certain we're heading towards an election 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:27,837 - at abominable speed. - Mm. 12 00:00:27,917 --> 00:00:29,280 Not another one. 13 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,920 Welcoming Mr James Stuart-Wortley, 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,197 Tory Party candidate for Halifax! 15 00:00:35,277 --> 00:00:37,437 Gentlemen! 16 00:00:37,517 --> 00:00:39,637 Gentlemen! 17 00:00:39,717 --> 00:00:43,320 I have been invited by a body of your constituency 18 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,077 here in Halifax... 19 00:00:46,157 --> 00:00:51,200 ...far exceeding in number those who supported me on a former occasion. 20 00:00:52,477 --> 00:00:55,040 Down with Wortley, down with t'Tories! 21 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,917 ...for the honour of representing you in Parliament. 22 00:00:57,997 --> 00:00:59,460 Get off the stage! 23 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,040 And... 24 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,040 ...as it has been attempted by an unprincipled coalition 25 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,920 to dictate to the town... 26 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,040 - ...and to exclude... - Get off! 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,920 ...of private interest or inconvenience 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,920 would justify me from withholding my services... 29 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,717 Get off, you Tory scumbag! 30 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:29,960 Show us your arse! 31 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,320 It'll be an improvement on your face! 32 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,160 - Twat! - Sorry. 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,000 I said, "Sorry." 34 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:38,360 Posh boy. 35 00:01:44,180 --> 00:01:45,400 You'll have to keep still. 36 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,000 What did Mr Wortley actually say, Matthew, in his speech? 37 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,317 I couldn't hear him, ma'am. It were too noisy. 38 00:01:51,397 --> 00:01:53,470 And there were a band playing on, purposely, 39 00:01:53,550 --> 00:01:55,273 a Yellow band, so no-one could hear him. 40 00:01:55,353 --> 00:01:56,517 These Radicals! 41 00:01:56,597 --> 00:01:58,997 Apparently, when Mr Protheroe was speaking, though, 42 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:01,120 a band made up of Blues did exactly the same thing, though. 43 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,720 - No, they didn't. - No, they did. 44 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:03,960 No, they didn't. 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,880 The Blues wouldn't sink to such low tactics. 46 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,880 I don't want to hear that repeated. 47 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,880 - Ah, Booth. - What's happened? 48 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,069 I want you to go out to Brierley Hill and give 49 00:02:13,149 --> 00:02:14,317 John Bottomley a message. 50 00:02:14,397 --> 00:02:16,480 Tell him I've had a note from Mr Holroyd, 51 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,040 on behalf of Mr Wortley's election committee, asking him 52 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,000 to give both his votes for Mr Wortley 53 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,880 first thing tomorrow morning. 54 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,117 Now, ma'am? 55 00:02:24,197 --> 00:02:27,040 No. Next week, after the election's over. 56 00:02:28,157 --> 00:02:30,677 Yes, now. Go! 57 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,400 Mr Abbott will be here this evening, 58 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,560 for an hour or so, in the drawing room. 59 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,955 If anyone would like to join us, you'd all be more than welcome. 60 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:48,920 Father? 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,880 Right. 62 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,680 Aunt? 63 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:53,800 Yes. 64 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,560 Anne? 65 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:58,880 Miss Walker? 66 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,350 Adney and I will have a good fire in our little sitting room upstairs, 67 00:03:04,430 --> 00:03:08,326 so if anyone would like to join us, you would be, equally, 68 00:03:08,406 --> 00:03:11,320 more than welcome there, Aunt, Father. 69 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,680 Mr Abbott is a staunch Blue. 70 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,427 I would've thought that, if nothing else, would encourage 71 00:03:17,507 --> 00:03:18,800 a more favourable opinion from you. 72 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,960 I'm still reeling at the fact that he had the temerity 73 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,325 to come up and greet me the way he did at the Navigation meeting. 74 00:03:23,405 --> 00:03:24,945 He was holding out an olive branch. 75 00:03:25,025 --> 00:03:27,265 Yes, well, he needn't have bothered. It was an embarrassment. 76 00:03:27,345 --> 00:03:29,280 He's a... chump. 77 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,200 A chump who dumped you. 78 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Yes, well, that is, unfortunately, my objection to him too. 79 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,120 Sorry. Hold on... 80 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,720 He had you on. 81 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,280 You shamelessly attend a meeting full of men... 82 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,846 He left you open to humiliation. 83 00:03:44,926 --> 00:03:47,160 ...and the thing that embarrasses you is that someone politely 84 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,400 comes up and says hello? 85 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:49,640 I barely knew where to look. 86 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,120 And he didn't... dump me. 87 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,240 What Mr Rawson said about Miss Greenwood of Field House 88 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,680 was nonsense. I've already explained this about 15 times! 89 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,520 He didn't visit you for weeks on end, 90 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,160 and you were upset. 91 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:04,920 Hm? Did he ever explain that? 92 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,120 Well, only that whenever he visited he was always ignored. 93 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,640 That's not fair. 94 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,320 Your father and I had to have... 95 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,600 ...had tea with him on several occasions, 96 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,720 and his mother. 97 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,400 Oh, not ignored by you, Aunt. 98 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,560 Ma'am. 99 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:20,800 Ah, John. 100 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,560 I don't want to disturb you at table... 101 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,360 No, come in. 102 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,240 John Bottomley wasn't at home, but his wife says 103 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,160 he'll definitely be in by nine o'clock 104 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,120 and she'll send him down to speak to you 105 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,320 - the minute he gets in. - Why? 106 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,720 I... I don't know. 107 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,720 You were only delivering a message. 108 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,880 Well, that's just what she said. 109 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,640 Oh, except that he's already had two letters 110 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,960 from Mr Wortley's committee, she said. 111 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,160 One telling him to go to the Talbot first thing 112 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,920 and another to the White Swan. 113 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,160 That's clear enough, 114 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,320 if he goes to one place or the other. 115 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,320 Why's she sending him here? 116 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,120 It's just what she said. 117 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,840 Perhaps he doesn't want to vote for Mr Wortley. 118 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:01,960 Yes, thank you, John. 119 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,680 That isn't the attitude, Father. 120 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,760 We can't just let the Whigs waltz back into power unchallenged. 121 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,040 We must do what we can, whether we have a vote or not. 122 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,520 If I have to write to Lady Stuart and tell her that 123 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,480 the right-minded people of Halifax have failed 124 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,360 to secure her nephew a seat in the House of Commons, 125 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,160 I shall be sick. 126 00:05:27,397 --> 00:05:33,437 Sync and corrections by btsix www.addic7ed.com 127 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,320 Hmm. 128 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,560 Nine o'clock, and no John Bottomley. 129 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,600 Yeah... No, I'm with Robert Peel. Moderation. 130 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:16,913 Bringing people together. 131 00:06:16,993 --> 00:06:18,560 That's how you run a government. 132 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,440 It's certainly how you run a country. 133 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,540 Sometimes, I think the Ultras are as bad as the Radicals. 134 00:06:24,620 --> 00:06:28,266 Worse, in fact, because they should know better. 135 00:06:28,346 --> 00:06:30,600 Of course, I'd never say that out loud in front of anyone 136 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,240 who mattered, but... 137 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,680 No, we've a lot in common, me and Robert Peel. 138 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,068 He's a self-made man. 139 00:06:37,148 --> 00:06:39,369 Well, his father is, so he's got the common touch 140 00:06:39,449 --> 00:06:40,669 and that goes a long way. 141 00:06:40,749 --> 00:06:42,928 He's united the party, which the Whigs'll never do, 142 00:06:43,008 --> 00:06:45,320 and he'll unite the country, I've no doubt about that. 143 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,760 Is that your sister? 144 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,680 Is it? 145 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,800 Anne? 146 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,560 She's an Ultra. 147 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,904 - George. - Oh! 148 00:07:00,984 --> 00:07:03,400 No, don't get up, Elizabeth. It's gone nine. 149 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,800 Run up the hill and see where John Bottomley's got to, 150 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,040 and if he's still not at home go and tell your brother 151 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,129 to get over to him again at five o'clock in the morning 152 00:07:10,209 --> 00:07:12,752 before he sets off to work and to take care he gets down 153 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:15,520 into Halifax to give a plumper for Mr Wortley. 154 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,222 Both his votes for Mr Wortley. 155 00:07:17,302 --> 00:07:18,720 Yes, ma'am. 156 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,261 Hip bad, Elizabeth? 157 00:07:20,341 --> 00:07:21,738 It's this cold spell, ma'am. 158 00:07:21,818 --> 00:07:23,440 Always makes it worse. 159 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,251 Mr Sunderland's here tomorrow to see my aunt. 160 00:07:26,331 --> 00:07:28,017 Do you want to ask him to look in on you? 161 00:07:28,097 --> 00:07:31,113 Oh, no. No, I don't want anybody put to any trouble. 162 00:07:31,193 --> 00:07:32,280 Nonsense. 163 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,160 We can't expect a good day's work from you if you're in pain. 164 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,000 There'll be nowt he can do. 165 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,320 And then what? 166 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,280 Happen she'll take me outside and shoot me, 167 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:45,760 like she did Percy. 168 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:50,760 Don't. Don't! 169 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,320 I said don't. 170 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,120 Miss Lister! 171 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,520 Mr Abbott. We meet again. 172 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,240 Ah, yes, I was just saying to Marian... To, ah, Miss Marian... 173 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,000 Would you excuse me? A thousand things to do. 174 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,349 Yes, I was just saying I hope I didn't speak out of turn at the... 175 00:08:04,429 --> 00:08:05,569 Goodbye, Mr Abbott. 176 00:08:05,649 --> 00:08:07,600 The Navigation meeting? Oh, yes. Sorry! 177 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,840 Busy, busy. Same as me. 178 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,320 Excellent. 179 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,480 Have you, erm... 180 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,092 ...told her? 181 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:22,760 No. 182 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:23,840 No, no. 183 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,117 Not yet. 184 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,880 Ah, Joe... George. 185 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,397 - Is Miss Walker about? - Yes, sir. 186 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,440 Mr Washington, ma'am. 187 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,000 Ah. Well, Mr Washington... 188 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:05,507 Miss Lister. Miss Walker. 189 00:09:05,587 --> 00:09:08,120 Polling is under way, down in Halifax at least. 190 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:09,600 - Yes, ma'am. - And we've done our bit. 191 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:11,432 We got John Bottomley down to the White Swan 192 00:09:11,512 --> 00:09:12,899 at five o'clock this morning, 193 00:09:12,979 --> 00:09:15,800 and we've badgered the fence-sitters and the non-promisers. 194 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,000 George, fetch another cup and saucer. 195 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,720 Oh, not for me. Thank you. 196 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,441 Ah, I, erm... 197 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:23,998 Sit down, Mr Washington. 198 00:09:25,173 --> 00:09:26,280 Erm... 199 00:09:29,979 --> 00:09:33,437 Have you had a letter from your sister in Scotland at all, ma'am? 200 00:09:33,517 --> 00:09:34,558 No. 201 00:09:34,638 --> 00:09:35,960 Ah. 202 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,480 She said she'd written to you separately. 203 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,277 Happen it'll come today. 204 00:09:40,357 --> 00:09:41,800 Ah, she's... 205 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:46,920 ...sent instruction for distresses to be made on 25 of your tenants, 206 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,880 all for rent arrears. 207 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,277 Some are to claim goods to the value owed, but... 208 00:09:52,446 --> 00:09:54,524 ...more than half are evictions. 209 00:09:56,837 --> 00:09:58,277 Shall I read you the letter, ma'am? 210 00:09:59,117 --> 00:10:00,597 Yes. 211 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,320 Ah... 212 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,920 "Dear Mr Washington. 213 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,040 "Since my sister has now requested 214 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,197 "a formal division of the joint property, 215 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:13,760 "it strikes me as an opportune moment 216 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,517 "to put our house in order. 217 00:10:15,597 --> 00:10:17,720 "From the latest accounts you forwarded, 218 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,754 "it is clear that a number of tenancies 219 00:10:19,834 --> 00:10:21,997 "have fallen into significant arrears." 220 00:10:22,077 --> 00:10:23,917 Really? How? 221 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,080 Ah... 222 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,538 "I enclose a list of names, properties and actions 223 00:10:28,618 --> 00:10:31,520 "to be taken, and would be grateful if you could undertake 224 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,320 "the necessary steps to employ a bailiff 225 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,969 "who will carry out those actions." 226 00:10:36,049 --> 00:10:39,077 How have these tenancies fallen into arrears, Mr Washington? 227 00:10:40,101 --> 00:10:42,200 They do their best, ma'am, 228 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,160 and I do keep on at them, those that owe, but... 229 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,680 ...folk can't always find work, not without moving to the towns, 230 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,317 which they don't all want to do. Or can't do. 231 00:10:51,397 --> 00:10:52,920 Some of them are elderly. 232 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,880 And none of them are bad people. 233 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,120 I'd rather write 25 letters back to Scotland 234 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,032 on behalf of them all than serve any one of these distresses. 235 00:11:04,257 --> 00:11:05,557 Well... 236 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,520 ...if that's what Mrs Sutherland wants, 237 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,317 if she believes that's the best way of going about it... 238 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,437 And there will be new tenants to find, of course. 239 00:11:14,517 --> 00:11:16,320 Yes, of course. 240 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,360 And we'll have to seek references to ascertain that they can pay. 241 00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:30,056 Shall I wait till you've heard from her as well, then, ma'am? 242 00:11:30,749 --> 00:11:32,720 Or shall I speak to a bailiff? 243 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:36,960 Well, yes. 244 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,480 If... Mrs Sutherland thinks that's the right way forward, 245 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:42,680 then we should respect that and get on with it. 246 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,382 Right. 247 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:50,357 Is that everything? 248 00:11:51,180 --> 00:11:52,482 Yes, ma'am. 249 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,717 Shall I see you tomorrow at the Stag's Head, ma'am? 250 00:11:56,797 --> 00:11:57,960 Christmas rent collection. 251 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,117 I'll be there at noon. 252 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,200 Why has she done that? 253 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,360 She doesn't write to me. 254 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,590 She writes to everyone except me, and then she's done that! 255 00:12:10,670 --> 00:12:11,897 Mm. 256 00:12:11,977 --> 00:12:15,000 On the other hand, she's clearly got the message. 257 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:17,229 And perhaps that's why Washington didn't want to get involved 258 00:12:17,309 --> 00:12:19,200 - and write to Elizabeth... - Mm. 259 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,840 ...because he suspected this might follow. 260 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:24,760 Oh... 261 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,054 That's Mr Sunderland. 262 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:38,000 Very unpleasant. 263 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,640 Odious, in fact. 264 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,520 And have you heard the reports set afloat by the Whigs? 265 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,960 Of Mr Wortley singing and drinking in public houses 266 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:46,480 - late into the night? - Good Lord. 267 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:48,760 Are there no depths to which they won't plummet? 268 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:49,877 But I remain optimistic. 269 00:12:49,957 --> 00:12:52,800 Good. Well said, Mr Sunderland. So do I. 270 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,306 Don't we, Aunt? 271 00:12:54,386 --> 00:12:56,128 Not least because Mr Wortley's committee 272 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:57,618 has worked so tirelessly, 273 00:12:57,698 --> 00:13:00,320 Mr Rawson, Mr Norris, Mr Waterhouse... 274 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,880 Yes, well, we've all done our bit, one way or another. 275 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,760 I'm going to put a new dressing on this, Miss Lister, 276 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,560 and I'm going to leave you with a little more laudanum. 277 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,120 Well? 278 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,960 The sore is getting larger. 279 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,240 And her pulse... 280 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,120 ...I'm happy enough with. 281 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,665 If she gets through the rest of the winter, 282 00:13:33,745 --> 00:13:36,397 I'm confident she'll be with us a little while longer yet. 283 00:13:37,353 --> 00:13:38,800 Is Captain Lister...? 284 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,509 No... Ah, no. He's out, 285 00:13:41,589 --> 00:13:44,120 in that... britzka he bought. 286 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,280 He's going to kill Marian. 287 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,480 Oh, well. 288 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,400 Would you mind taking a look at Mrs Cordingley's hip instead? 289 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,600 Ah! The perennial hip. 290 00:13:57,582 --> 00:14:00,600 Elizabeth, Mr Sunderland's here to look at your hip. 291 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,160 Oh... 292 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,520 Oh, it's fine. I don't... I don't need... 293 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,997 Nonsense, Mrs Cordingley. We can't see you suffering. 294 00:14:08,077 --> 00:14:09,357 It's... Really, I'd rather not. 295 00:14:09,437 --> 00:14:10,515 Walk towards me. 296 00:14:10,595 --> 00:14:13,381 Well, Dr Kenny looked at it last winter and he said, 297 00:14:13,461 --> 00:14:15,172 just before you came home from Copenhagen, ma'am, 298 00:14:15,252 --> 00:14:17,320 and he said there's nothing to be done, so... 299 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,640 And it gets easier when the weather gets warmer, so... 300 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,420 Come and sit here. 301 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,760 Oh, I'd only have to stand up again. 302 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,840 Well, walk towards me, then. 303 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Hmm. 304 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,120 You see, sometimes, just a bit of manipulation 305 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,600 in exactly the right spot can... 306 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,120 No! I don't like being poked! 307 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,644 And a bad hip's a bad hip. 308 00:14:41,724 --> 00:14:43,550 I've seen it with other folks. There's nowt you can do, 309 00:14:43,630 --> 00:14:45,771 and some of us just can't lie in bed all day! 310 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,640 So... 311 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,411 ...it's better just to leave it as it is. 312 00:14:57,101 --> 00:14:59,037 Let me see you out, Mr Sunderland. 313 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,680 Castor oil, Mrs Cordingley, if you have any. 314 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,440 A teaspoonful once a day. 315 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,477 But it'll only help if taken consistently 316 00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:08,921 over a period of at least a month. 317 00:15:12,281 --> 00:15:14,720 I'll call in again on Thursday. And send for me again 318 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,120 if I'm needed sooner. 319 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,440 - Good morning, Miss Lister. - Au revoir. 320 00:15:29,706 --> 00:15:31,069 I didn't mean... 321 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:35,239 I think the world of your aunt. You know I do. 322 00:15:47,002 --> 00:15:49,866 Why don't you go and stay with your sister for a few days 323 00:15:49,946 --> 00:15:53,120 in Bingley, have a bit of a rest? 324 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,480 Who'll cook? 325 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,477 I'm sure I can find someone to step in, 326 00:15:57,319 --> 00:15:58,477 temporarily. 327 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,717 Write to her. See what she says. 328 00:16:03,220 --> 00:16:05,961 Someone can drive you over to Bingley in the britzka. 329 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,120 I'll think about it, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. 330 00:16:12,059 --> 00:16:13,539 Sorry, ma'am. 331 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,000 It came in the postbag while you were upstairs. 332 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,040 It's perfectly affectionate, in some ways, 333 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,000 and then oddly pragmatic in others. 334 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,720 She's saying that dividing the estate is something 335 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,280 we should've done long before now. 336 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,200 It's only odd that it's taken her so long to reach that conclusion. 337 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:39,840 And a letter from a lawyer. 338 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,480 Well, let's not quibble. 339 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,280 It's a step in the right direction, at least. 340 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,797 At last. 341 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,680 I wonder what time we'll hear anything about the polling today. 342 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,440 Power to the people! 343 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,757 Up with the Radicals! 344 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,880 Power to the people! 345 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,000 Mind yersen, lad! 346 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:15,160 Oh! 347 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,320 - Joseph. - Mr Whitley. 348 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,680 Do you know when they might publish the state of the poll? 349 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,320 Miss Lister's sent me to find out. 350 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,440 Anne... 351 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,240 Oh, seriously. 352 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,320 You get over one ridiculous injury and then you take 353 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,280 the damnable thing out again. 354 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,080 Well, it'll be me that has to sort out doctors and valets 355 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,400 and one thing and another when he breaks his neck. 356 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,680 Some sympathy might not go amiss... 357 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,717 ...actually, lady. 358 00:17:53,797 --> 00:17:55,560 For a self-inflicted injury? 359 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,840 When we have real illness in the house to contend with! 360 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Ma'am? 361 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,640 I bumped into Mr Whitley, ma'am, 362 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,200 and he said not to despair. 363 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,579 Read it out. 364 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,120 "Mr Wortley, Tory party, 260 votes." Mm. 365 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,560 "Mr Wood, Whig, 294 votes. 366 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:22,640 "Protheroe, the Radical party, 273." 367 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,560 He's right. We mustn't despair. 368 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,600 The poll continues all day tomorrow, 369 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,688 and we knew Wood would get back in. 370 00:18:29,768 --> 00:18:31,896 As long as Wortley can pip Protheroe to the post 371 00:18:31,976 --> 00:18:33,911 for the second borough seat, we'll be all right. Hm? 372 00:18:33,991 --> 00:18:35,920 - We must keep our nerve. - And he might well, ma'am. 373 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,400 Mr Whitley said the committee itself hasn't even voted yet, 374 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,720 they've been that busy getting people to the polling. 375 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,040 So Mr Wortley has a good number of votes still to come in. 376 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,892 Thank you, Joseph... George. 377 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,560 Are you all right, lad? 378 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,720 Yeah. Just... 379 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:51,680 There was a lot of Blue flags torn down, 380 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,556 and Halifax was all lit up and there were drunk people everywhere, 381 00:18:54,636 --> 00:18:58,680 men and women, even, singing and shouting and giving it some. 382 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,520 Go and get your dinner. 383 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,520 What tawdry times we live in. 384 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,837 Are you coming with me to collect the rents tomorrow, Father? 385 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:13,897 I can do. 386 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,240 If you can stand up. 387 00:19:28,146 --> 00:19:29,723 I worry about Elizabeth. 388 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,640 Why? 389 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,440 I'll never forget that look on her face the last time 390 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,673 I was in Scotland. 391 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,960 She was terrified. 392 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,680 I bet there were consequences after I left. 393 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,040 Hm. 394 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:47,257 And if you read the letter closely, 395 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,877 you can feel his influence right through it. 396 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,720 Little expressions I know she'd never use. 397 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,240 And the ridiculous delay in responding, 398 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,800 that's him. 399 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,760 And the distresses, 400 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,677 to not even discuss it with me before sending an order like that... 401 00:20:07,577 --> 00:20:08,617 ...it's him. 402 00:20:09,337 --> 00:20:10,740 He's trying to undermine me. 403 00:20:10,820 --> 00:20:13,960 He's trying to make me worry I've asked for something unreasonable, 404 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,310 and these are the consequences. 405 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,240 Hm. 406 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,320 Well, if it is, that puts to rest any anxiety 407 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,120 that he and Washington would collude with one another. 408 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,960 And at such a volatile time too, with the election. 409 00:20:30,877 --> 00:20:33,477 If the vote does swing Mr Wortley's way tomorrow, 410 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,577 people are saying there's going to be unrest. 411 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:40,000 And it won't be him people will point at, will it? 412 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,960 No, he's 400 miles away. 413 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,520 It'll be me. 414 00:20:45,489 --> 00:20:48,080 It's very cunning and unpleasant 415 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,560 if he's purposely done it to coincide with the election here. 416 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,257 We'll ride the storm together. 417 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,800 As long as you get what you want from it 418 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,520 at the end of it, it'll all be worth it. 419 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,560 It is still what you want, isn't it? 420 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,480 You know it is. 421 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,400 You've been so attentive since you came back from Lawton Hall. 422 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,760 Aren't I always? 423 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:25,960 What made you say, 424 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,000 "I shan't leave you again," 425 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,200 the moment you came in? 426 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,560 When? 427 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,160 When you came back from Lawton. 428 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,120 It was the first thing you said. 429 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,720 Was it? 430 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,080 Hm. 431 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,057 Only that I'd missed you. 432 00:21:45,593 --> 00:21:47,537 I didn't realise quite how much... 433 00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:49,986 ...until my eyes fell upon you. 434 00:21:52,502 --> 00:21:54,757 It just struck me when you said it, 435 00:21:55,817 --> 00:21:58,257 and then you've not talked about Mrs Lawton since. 436 00:21:58,953 --> 00:21:59,953 Not once. 437 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,240 You are the only person that matters to me now. 438 00:22:05,426 --> 00:22:07,000 You know that. 439 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,440 This is the future, 440 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:10,920 our future. 441 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,280 Here. 442 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,200 You and me. 443 00:22:22,439 --> 00:22:25,437 I'd better go and say goodnight to my aunt and my father, and... 444 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,600 ...Marian said she needs me for a few minutes. 445 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,120 Ah! 446 00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:48,038 Goodnight, Father. 447 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:50,720 Sleep tight. 448 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,120 Night-night. 449 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,797 Ah. 450 00:23:03,626 --> 00:23:05,177 I thought you'd forgotten. 451 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,480 If this is about what I think it's about... 452 00:23:11,966 --> 00:23:13,960 ...need we put one another through it? 453 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,760 Do you want to sit down? 454 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,623 I don't need to sit down. 455 00:23:28,319 --> 00:23:31,400 I shouldn't wish to deceive you any longer, 456 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,680 and of course you're free to tell Miss Walker, 457 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,760 as she is now, to all intents and purposes, 458 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,160 part of the family. 459 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,240 And Father knows too. 460 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,200 I told him this afternoon. 461 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:48,100 I have made up my mind to marry Mr Abbott. 462 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,480 He has about 2,000 a year, 463 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,058 as far as I can make out, before you ask, from... 464 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,306 ...wool, which, if we were to have children, 465 00:23:59,386 --> 00:24:02,000 which we would both very much like, 466 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,240 wouldn't be quite as much as we would hope to live on, 467 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,165 and so his intention is to continue 468 00:24:08,245 --> 00:24:11,640 to develop his businesses here, in Halifax. 469 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,800 Well... 470 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,800 You know what I think. 471 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,017 And you know what I'm going to say. I've been saying it all along. 472 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,080 I think you're making a grave mistake. 473 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,637 So I have just one request, 474 00:24:37,377 --> 00:24:39,840 that you should not marry from here, from Shibden, 475 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,680 and that you send the news yourself to the papers in Halifax, 476 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,920 Leeds and York, styling yourself as Marian, 477 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,160 daughter of Jeremy Lister Esquire of Skelfler House 478 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,800 in East Yorkshire. 479 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,497 If that's what you want. 480 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,080 He does know that you have nothing to expect from here, 481 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,437 doesn't he? You have been clear about it? 482 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,517 Yes. 483 00:25:05,597 --> 00:25:09,009 He understands that there are no circumstances 484 00:25:09,089 --> 00:25:13,250 under which you would ever inherit Shibden, doesn't he? 485 00:25:13,330 --> 00:25:14,430 Yes! 486 00:25:14,510 --> 00:25:16,280 Even if you have children, 487 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:19,666 he understands that if he has visions of himself 488 00:25:19,746 --> 00:25:21,560 being lord and master here one day, 489 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,514 then those visions are going to be sadly frustrated. 490 00:25:23,594 --> 00:25:25,684 We've not actually talked about it, but I think he... 491 00:25:25,764 --> 00:25:27,786 Then I suggest you do. 492 00:25:27,866 --> 00:25:32,357 I suggest that you are unambiguously clear to him 493 00:25:33,177 --> 00:25:35,000 that if and when I die... 494 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,720 If? 495 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,600 ...this house... 496 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:43,812 ...may go to another... 497 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,120 ...but it won't be you or him, 498 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,520 and then it's entailed to the Listers of Swansea. 499 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,560 I can make it clear to him if you think it's important. 500 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,320 It won't change anything. 501 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,441 Oh, you're naive. 502 00:25:57,521 --> 00:25:59,000 He's a good soul. 503 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,480 That's irrelevant! 504 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,760 What isn't irrelevant is the fact that you would be 505 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,830 marrying so far beneath you, Marian! 506 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,093 You are a Lister. 507 00:26:11,173 --> 00:26:14,480 Our family is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, 508 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,224 in Halifax, and if you insist on this social mismatch 509 00:26:18,304 --> 00:26:23,000 then you must understand that there can be no further 510 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,880 communication between us 511 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,360 and all ties with here must be permanently severed. 512 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,360 Miss Walker and I would not attend the wedding. 513 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,640 Indeed, you needn't tell us about it at all. 514 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,120 It would be enough for us to see it in the paper. 515 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,240 Your best friend would be that person who mentioned me 516 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:48,760 to you seldomest. 517 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,200 And as for Adney and I... 518 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,960 ...your name would never again pass our lips. 519 00:27:12,299 --> 00:27:14,059 My only fear... 520 00:27:16,514 --> 00:27:20,440 ...is that the mortification of your reduced circumstances 521 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,840 may be far greater than you anticipate. 522 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,040 The great sadness of the thing, Marian, 523 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:28,257 is that there's really no need for it. 524 00:27:29,337 --> 00:27:31,560 I've always made it abundantly clear 525 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,797 that there will always be a knife and fork for you here. 526 00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:38,460 But I want to marry him. 527 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,520 I have no wish to persuade anyone against anything 528 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,200 they have very much at heart. 529 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:55,160 All I ask is that you think long and hard 530 00:27:56,266 --> 00:27:57,906 about what you would gain... 531 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,177 ...and what you would lose. 532 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,931 Status is so hard to win... 533 00:28:07,086 --> 00:28:09,406 ...and so very easy to throw away. 534 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:12,720 And for what? 535 00:28:14,833 --> 00:28:16,433 A wool-stapler. 536 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,960 People will be amazed. 537 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,480 It's inconceivable. 538 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,960 I suppose I don't feel that I am marrying 539 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,840 so very far beneath me. 540 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,680 Oh, Marian! 541 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,240 He's in all the right societies and institutions in the town. 542 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,297 He's very well regarded... 543 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,560 Well enough regarded. 544 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,640 He's very capable and hard-working and ambitious 545 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,251 and more than likely to do extraordinarily well for himself 546 00:28:49,331 --> 00:28:51,640 - by and by. - None of which matters. 547 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,255 None of which changes the fact that you are a Lister. 548 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,840 He is... a wool-stapler. 549 00:29:03,488 --> 00:29:05,337 No-one else has ever asked me. 550 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,572 That's no reason to marry someone, Marian. 551 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,417 I like him. 552 00:29:17,226 --> 00:29:21,106 Enough to ostracise yourself from everything you've ever known? 553 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,720 I'd like to be a mother. 554 00:29:56,708 --> 00:29:58,277 Does Aunt Anne know? 555 00:29:59,017 --> 00:30:00,257 No. 556 00:30:00,977 --> 00:30:02,077 Not yet. 557 00:30:04,288 --> 00:30:05,397 Could you... 558 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,840 ...not tell her? 559 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,997 It would cause her so much hurt. 560 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,957 Lord knows, she has enough to contend with at the moment. 561 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,792 And so many things happen between the cup and the lip. 562 00:30:19,489 --> 00:30:22,040 It might all go off again... 563 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,080 ...and then she need never have been troubled with it. Hm? 564 00:30:36,399 --> 00:30:37,920 Go! 565 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,400 It won't make any difference. 566 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:42,847 It won't cure it. 567 00:30:42,927 --> 00:30:44,087 Just go. 568 00:30:45,181 --> 00:30:47,280 I'll just get used to not doing owt much 569 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:48,886 and then it'll be time to come back again. 570 00:30:48,966 --> 00:30:50,160 And? Go! 571 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,233 And then it'll be twice as hard to get back into the rhythm 572 00:30:52,313 --> 00:30:55,320 of everything here than if I'd never gone in the first place. 573 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:56,640 Shall I go? 574 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,840 I'll go. 575 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,000 I'll pretend to be you. 576 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,680 Your sister won't notice. 577 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,680 I suppose our Nancy would be pleased to see me. 578 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,840 - Mm. - And it'd be nice to have a rest. 579 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,440 There you are. 580 00:31:10,987 --> 00:31:12,974 I wish I could just find a nice fella 581 00:31:13,987 --> 00:31:15,760 and just have him to look after. 582 00:31:30,634 --> 00:31:32,474 Tory scum! 583 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,800 Tory scum! 584 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,240 Go on, have it all! 585 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,840 Come here. Give it here, give it here! 586 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,640 - Get his fucking bollocks off! - Help! 587 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,920 You Tory! 588 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,800 Thataway! 589 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,560 - Get yersen back off home. - Is that Dick? 590 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:17,720 Is he all right? 591 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,280 They were attacking Mr Atkinson, the wine merchant, 592 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,400 so we waded in. And he's an invalid, you know? 593 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,000 And his wife were there trying to shoo 'em off, so we sorted 594 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,840 the little bastards out, and they were nowt but lads. 595 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,080 And we got Mr and Mrs Atkinson safe upstairs, 596 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,040 but this lad had his hair parted. 597 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,520 What's happened? 598 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,640 Wortley! 599 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,241 He beat Protheroe by one vote, so they're smashing t'town up. 600 00:32:41,612 --> 00:32:43,800 You want to get yersen back up that hill and off home, 601 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,280 cos that's what we're doing. Come on! 602 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,040 Move yourself. Move! 603 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,000 What a hard-won race. 604 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,560 I shall write to Lady Stuart and tell her. 605 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,840 Oh, but the town, ma'am! 606 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,846 You've never seen anything like it. 607 00:33:00,672 --> 00:33:03,036 All the shop fronts smashed in and raided. 608 00:33:03,116 --> 00:33:06,160 All the inns... Well, all those identified as Blue. 609 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,330 Really? 610 00:33:07,410 --> 00:33:10,000 I didn't see it with my own eyes but, apparently, 611 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,960 both front doors of the vicarage broken down, 612 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,600 and one fella said up at Mr Norris's house 613 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,200 there was glass and furniture and paintings 614 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,144 all shattered and ripped and strewn across his garden. 615 00:33:21,224 --> 00:33:23,040 Then they'd gone over to Hope Hall, 616 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,040 where they were hellbent on smashing that up. 617 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,987 And if they'd got hold of Mr Christopher Rawson, 618 00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:29,280 they'd drag him outside by his bootstraps and... 619 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,120 And...? 620 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,440 And what? 621 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:36,720 Hang him. 622 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,560 Oh, I don't think you understand the strength of feeling 623 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,560 in the town, ma'am, against the Blues. 624 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,360 I don't think I did. 625 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,600 Do you think the mob will come up the hill? 626 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,043 Oh, I think it's unlikely, ma'am. 627 00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:57,400 They seem more focused on attacking Mr Wortley's committee 628 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:58,757 than anybody else. 629 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,497 I just thought you should know. 630 00:34:02,385 --> 00:34:05,425 I've never seen anything like it in my life. 631 00:34:07,808 --> 00:34:09,520 Did you speak to Mr Goodall? 632 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,200 Yes. Yes. 633 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,040 I gave him Mrs Sutherland's list. 634 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,360 The bailiff. 635 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,960 And he can take care of everything for you, ma'am, 636 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,360 the distresses. 637 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,744 When... will he do it? 638 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:25,601 Within the week. 639 00:35:41,797 --> 00:35:43,037 Mr Sunderland... 640 00:35:43,637 --> 00:35:44,637 What are you doing? 641 00:35:45,429 --> 00:35:47,840 - Going down into Halifax. - Why? 642 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,435 To finish paying for Staups. 643 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,120 The final payment's due today, 644 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,400 and then it'll all be part of Shibden. 645 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,240 A note. 646 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:58,840 From Mr Sunderland. 647 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,480 He can't visit Aunt Anne today because he isn't feeling himself 648 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,880 but he can ask Dr Jubb to come instead. 649 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,197 Is it wise? 650 00:36:08,116 --> 00:36:09,400 To go into Halifax? 651 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,280 - I think it would be... - Yes, I know! 652 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,000 "Unwise not to"! Of course. Silly me! 653 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,760 I'll write and tell Mr Sunderland we'll only ask Dr Jubb 654 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,160 to come if we need him. 655 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:20,880 Perhaps you can take the note, if it's no trouble. 656 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,320 If you can wait long enough for me to write it! 657 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,600 Is she one of us? 658 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,200 Are you a Yellow? 659 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,200 - Is she a Yellow? - Ask her. 660 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,960 - Are you a Yellow? - Oi, you're being spoke to. 661 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,520 Are you a Yellow? 662 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,000 She's Blue, her. 663 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,520 Are you a Yellow, mister? 664 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,640 Missus. 665 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,000 No. I'm not Yellow. 666 00:37:05,506 --> 00:37:07,081 I'm black. 667 00:37:07,161 --> 00:37:10,201 I'm in mourning for all the damage that's been done. 668 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,800 I hardly expected to see you. 669 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,960 I thought you might not have wanted to have ventured out. 670 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,320 When I saw the sad turmoil the town was in, 671 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,920 I hardly expected to find you here. 672 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,680 Well, like you, Miss Lister, 673 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,800 although people might not imagine it in the same way, 674 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,920 I'm made of stern stuff. 675 00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,680 I didn't know you had dealings with my friend, 676 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,520 Miss Walker's brother-in-law, Captain Sutherland. 677 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:28,880 Oh, yes. 678 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,480 When John Walker died... 679 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,000 ...on his honeymoon, poor fellow. 680 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,040 Mm. What do you make of him? 681 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,080 Sutherland? 682 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,280 Oh, well, it's a good few... 683 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,280 It's five years now but, erm, yes, he... 684 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:48,120 Yes. He's amiable and fastidious, 685 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,520 in matters of business. 686 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,280 Devoted to his wife. 687 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:52,520 Why? 688 00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:58,640 Miss Walker has requested a division of the estate 689 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,571 between herself and Mrs Sutherland, 690 00:39:00,651 --> 00:39:04,560 but he seems... determined to frustrate the process, 691 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,240 whilst it's clear that she, Mrs Sutherland, 692 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,520 agrees that the whole thing should have been done a while since. 693 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,120 Hm. 694 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,400 Hm. 695 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,840 I've got £525 in Bank of England notes, 696 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,593 255 in country notes and 170 in sovereigns. 697 00:39:22,673 --> 00:39:24,120 That's 950. 698 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,670 You have the 1,000 I took at 4.5% from Mr Wainhouse, 699 00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:30,701 plus the other 1,000 he's furnishing me with until Miss Walker's 700 00:39:30,781 --> 00:39:33,880 administration money comes through and I can repay him. 701 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,069 I paid a £330 deposit on 23rd May, 702 00:39:37,149 --> 00:39:41,639 so the total owed by me today stands at £3,225, five shillings 703 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:46,640 and thruppence, minus £6, 17 shillings and sixpence, 704 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,869 that being the last half-year's rent received from two tenants, 705 00:39:49,949 --> 00:39:53,520 Moore and Oates, which takes us to £3,218, eight shillings 706 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:54,960 and 11 pence. 707 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,320 Correct. 708 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,743 Well, I've had a note from the other party, the vendor, Mrs Barton. 709 00:40:00,823 --> 00:40:02,011 A vulgar set. 710 00:40:02,091 --> 00:40:04,400 They're all ready for the handover, all waiting round 711 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,240 at Messrs Stead and Dyson, 712 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,760 all very intrigued to meet you. 713 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,200 Shall we set off? 714 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:11,480 Good Lord, no. 715 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,680 I'll be over at Whitley's. 716 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,280 But I'll be back in an hour, when the thing's done. 717 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,800 Ah. 718 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:30,480 Stay there. 719 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:20,280 You all right, lad? 720 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,160 Yep. Yep. 721 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,000 I half imagined the things Washington told us last night 722 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,680 might have been exaggerated, but... 723 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:38,800 No. 724 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:43,000 People are estimating the damage to be more than £10,000. 725 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:46,040 2,000 alone at Mr Norris's house. 726 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,640 They were baying for his blood last night, 727 00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,494 chanting for him to come outside. 728 00:41:51,107 --> 00:41:52,647 Of course, he'd fled by then. 729 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,280 They broke in, and... 730 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,657 ...the lower floor was destroyed. 731 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:00,440 Defiled. 732 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,840 The same as Shay House. 733 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,960 You know, they broke down the front door, 734 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,800 smashed up the furniture. 735 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,520 Jeremiah Rawson's carriage and his gig 736 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,000 were dragged out of his carriage house and into the street 737 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:13,840 and ripped asunder. 738 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,360 The same at Hope Hall. 739 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,840 And, apparently... 740 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,640 ...they were intending to come to us next, 741 00:42:21,720 --> 00:42:23,920 - at Well Head. - No... 742 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,960 But Protheroe persuaded them against it. 743 00:42:27,552 --> 00:42:28,677 Thank the Lord. 744 00:42:29,519 --> 00:42:32,640 Well, he sent his servant to persuade them against it. 745 00:42:34,513 --> 00:42:36,537 He knows how ill Catherine is. 746 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,300 You... You know my daughter's in the final stages 747 00:42:41,380 --> 00:42:42,880 of consumption, Miss Lister? 748 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,040 Yes, I do. I'm sorry. 749 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:50,920 Can you imagine... 750 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,280 ...if they'd broken in? 751 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,680 See, I... 752 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,017 I had no idea there was such anger. 753 00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,796 And it's not just Halifax. 754 00:42:59,876 --> 00:43:02,560 It's York, Rochdale, Blackburn, 755 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,577 Stockport, Salford, Birmingham. 756 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,800 Have we been blind not to see it? 757 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,704 Nothing justifies terror. 758 00:43:17,273 --> 00:43:18,313 Hunger? 759 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,680 Poverty? 760 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,597 The misery some people must feel in this bitter weather? 761 00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:25,439 Maybe it does. 762 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,760 Perhaps the Radicals have a point when they say that 763 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,560 our time-honoured institutions and ways of doing things 764 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,240 don't suit such fast-moving times, 765 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,440 and the ravages on such a big population. 766 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:38,720 I don't know. 767 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:46,000 When you say, "The same at Hope Hall," 768 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,880 do you mean Mr Christopher Rawson's carriages were destroyed too? 769 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,120 Smashed to pieces and burnt. 770 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,560 Miss Lister. 771 00:43:58,640 --> 00:43:59,800 Miss Lister! 772 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:01,040 Mr Hinscliffe. 773 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,040 Ah, you're braver than some, coming into town on a day like today. 774 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:05,280 I have business to transact. 775 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,160 I won't be diverted from my purpose by a few ne'er-do-wells 776 00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:10,240 who don't like their own so-called democracy. 777 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:11,560 Did you know... 778 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,720 Do you know that the Rawsons have now had between 779 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,600 four and five acres of your coal? 780 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,720 Why aren't you taking care of 'em, eh? 781 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:19,360 It's robbery. It's daylight robbery. 782 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:20,702 How could you know a thing like that? 783 00:44:20,782 --> 00:44:23,880 Because people talk. People go down there regularly. 784 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:25,640 He commands no loyalty. 785 00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:28,400 Yes, well, perhaps I will take care of him, by and by. 786 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,040 Yeah? Well, why don't you? 787 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,320 Any number of men would have offered you a fair price for those beds 788 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,240 and you're just letting him pillage it off you. 789 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,040 I'm sorry, but it's... 790 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,200 Well, it's sickening for them of us 791 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,597 that are trying to make an honest living from it, and... 792 00:44:42,436 --> 00:44:44,080 Well, there it is. 793 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:45,360 I've said it. 794 00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:47,877 I will take care of him. 795 00:44:48,993 --> 00:44:50,513 Who's advising you? 796 00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:52,480 James Holt? 797 00:44:54,359 --> 00:44:58,040 A second opinion on our strategy might not be unwelcome. 798 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,360 I'll be a friend to anyone who'll be a friend to me. 799 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,000 I mean, he used us both... badly, 800 00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,120 with that business up at Willy Hill pit. 801 00:45:09,579 --> 00:45:11,577 Come and visit me at Shibden one day. 802 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:13,637 We'll discuss it. 803 00:45:28,892 --> 00:45:30,240 Ah! 804 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,400 Well, it all went off very agreeably. 805 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,160 The other party were only sorry not to see you. 806 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:37,640 Mrs Barton said how much 807 00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:39,640 she'd like to have made your acquaintance. 808 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,320 A lucky and a narrow escape. 809 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:46,280 And Staups is now part of the Shibden Hall estate. 810 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:49,760 Congratulations. I'm glad you got it. It makes sense. 811 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,560 It's a very good purchase. 812 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,040 So let's get some hand bills printed and advertise 813 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:55,997 for bids for the tenancy of the Stump Cross Inn. 814 00:45:56,077 --> 00:45:57,120 Certainly. 815 00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:58,880 There's been no shortage of enquiries 816 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,080 and it should command a good rent. I am anxious, however... 817 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,480 How can I put this? 818 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:10,960 ...in light of our narrow victory last night, 819 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:16,051 that it should go to someone of... my own persuasion. 820 00:46:17,378 --> 00:46:18,560 Your own...? 821 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:23,560 Someone who I can rely on to vote the right way 822 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,720 in a dead lift. 823 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,560 We must, after all, do what we can in these volatile times. 824 00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,120 Yes... 825 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:33,360 Er... 826 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,240 Yes. 827 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,125 Well, that would... 828 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,800 Would what? 829 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:44,800 There will be a scrutiny of the vote, with it being so close. 830 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,160 They'll send someone up from London. 831 00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:48,280 No doubt. 832 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,888 And what you're suggesting 833 00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:54,486 could be, um, thought of as... as... 834 00:46:57,514 --> 00:46:59,400 - ...corruption. - Mm. 835 00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,277 Except I wouldn't suggest it to anyone except you. 836 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,496 We understand each other. 837 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,240 And then I've got this Mr Bradley, 838 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:11,680 this architect from Elland, 839 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,511 coming to take a look at Northgate House with an eye 840 00:47:13,591 --> 00:47:15,282 to seeing what work needs to be done 841 00:47:15,362 --> 00:47:18,575 - to turn it into a good hotel. - Ah. That's still a plan? 842 00:47:18,655 --> 00:47:22,520 Oh, yes. And then, with the right tenant, 843 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,160 come the next election, 844 00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:26,631 that'd be another vote for the Blues in the borough. 845 00:47:48,706 --> 00:47:49,946 Hardcastle! 846 00:47:55,333 --> 00:47:57,120 Have you been into Halifax recently? 847 00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,600 - No, ma'am. - When was the last time you were there? 848 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:03,180 Oh, week before last, I think. Week before that. 849 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:06,977 The town's been smashed to pieces by the mob. 850 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,040 Had you heard? 851 00:48:10,439 --> 00:48:11,677 Because of the voting? 852 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:14,837 Hope Hall was broken into. 853 00:48:15,887 --> 00:48:17,694 Christopher Rawson's carriages 854 00:48:17,774 --> 00:48:20,160 were dragged from his carriage house, 855 00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:21,676 smashed to atoms and burnt. 856 00:48:21,756 --> 00:48:24,200 Jeremiah Rawson's carriages too, at the Shay. 857 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,240 Other houses were broken into, 858 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:30,178 windows smashed, paintings and furniture destroyed. 859 00:48:30,258 --> 00:48:31,399 It's a rum do. 860 00:48:32,219 --> 00:48:37,240 But only at Hope Hall and the Shay were carriages destroyed. 861 00:48:42,685 --> 00:48:45,677 Look, I didn't tell you this at the time, 862 00:48:46,659 --> 00:48:48,419 because I couldn't prove it. 863 00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:49,940 I tried... 864 00:48:52,547 --> 00:48:55,477 I didn't want to give you and Mrs Hardcastle false hope. 865 00:48:56,720 --> 00:48:57,880 But I believe... 866 00:48:59,645 --> 00:49:02,360 ...it was Christopher Rawson who was driving the gig 867 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:05,600 that caused the accident when Henry lost his leg. 868 00:49:08,642 --> 00:49:11,157 Miss Walker's footman recognised him. 869 00:49:11,921 --> 00:49:13,320 He refused to testify. 870 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:14,914 Some of his family work for the Rawsons 871 00:49:14,994 --> 00:49:16,677 and he feared repercussions. 872 00:49:18,261 --> 00:49:21,160 I had Mr Rawson at the Hall. 873 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,720 I accused him to his face, but he denied it, of course. 874 00:49:27,006 --> 00:49:28,406 But it was him. 875 00:49:29,287 --> 00:49:31,880 He got rid of the gig just after the accident. 876 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,120 Why would he do that? Hmm? 877 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,520 Anyway, the point is... 878 00:49:37,759 --> 00:49:41,719 ...I did my best, as I always will for my tenants, 879 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,920 good tenants like you. 880 00:49:45,959 --> 00:49:47,959 - But I failed you. - Er... 881 00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,280 Then... it struck me. 882 00:49:51,361 --> 00:49:52,681 Today. 883 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,080 Poetic justice of sorts. 884 00:49:57,206 --> 00:49:59,126 - The hand of God. - Mm. 885 00:50:02,907 --> 00:50:04,587 I wouldn't tell your wife. 886 00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:10,362 It won't bring Henry's leg back, and it'll upset her all over again. 887 00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:13,417 - Mm. - But I don't know. I just... 888 00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:17,600 I thought you should know. 889 00:50:18,526 --> 00:50:19,681 Thank you, ma'am. 890 00:50:26,113 --> 00:50:27,897 Apparently, it's going to snow again. 891 00:50:29,420 --> 00:50:31,020 I'm not convinced. 892 00:50:38,293 --> 00:50:39,677 Thank you, ma'am. 893 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,800 Oh... It's her. 894 00:51:30,773 --> 00:51:32,737 She took her pistols into Halifax with her. 895 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:37,209 Only me! 896 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,800 Ah! George, I need you to run down into Halifax for me 897 00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:45,120 when I've written a note. 898 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,640 Could you put this copy of the Halifax Guardian 899 00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:49,760 in the post to Lady Stuart? 900 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:51,520 Matthew... 901 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,960 ...you'll have to wait on us at dinner. 902 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,480 And wrap up. It's just started snowing! 903 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:11,357 So, Mrs Oddy will come and cook for us 904 00:52:11,437 --> 00:52:12,960 while Cordingley's at her sister's. 905 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,520 And, Father, I said you might drive her to her sister's, 906 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:17,713 - if you'd be so kind, in the britzka. - Where does she live? 907 00:52:17,793 --> 00:52:19,139 Bingley. If it's too far for you, 908 00:52:19,219 --> 00:52:21,800 one of the lads can do it. Or... or I could. 909 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,560 And then fetch her back again when she's ready. 910 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,640 We should raise our glasses. 911 00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:31,000 Ooh, yes. Mrs Oddy. I prefer her cooking. 912 00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:33,320 No, Aunt. To Staups. 913 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,200 Oh, yes. 914 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,760 - Oh, I see. - My new acquisition. 915 00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:39,480 Staups. 916 00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:41,480 - Staups. - Staups. 917 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:45,640 What's the matter, Marian? 918 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:50,120 Staups. 919 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:53,760 And to Mr Wortley 920 00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:55,760 for his hard-won victory in the polls. 921 00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:57,200 When all the results are in, 922 00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,997 let's hope there's even more reason to celebrate. 923 00:53:01,153 --> 00:53:02,357 And then... 924 00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:07,037 ...where there is discord, may we bring harmony. 925 00:53:08,037 --> 00:53:11,480 Where there is error, may we bring truth. 926 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,677 Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. 927 00:53:16,637 --> 00:53:19,516 And where there is despair, may we bring hope. 928 00:53:22,236 --> 00:53:23,890 Did you just say that? 929 00:53:23,970 --> 00:53:26,640 Well, you saw her mouth open and the words come out. 930 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,360 No, I mean... 931 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:30,026 Did she just invent it? 932 00:53:30,106 --> 00:53:31,909 No, Aunt, sadly not. 933 00:53:31,989 --> 00:53:33,556 It was St Francis of Assisi. 934 00:53:33,636 --> 00:53:35,160 Oh! 935 00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:37,203 Ma'am. Sorry, ma'am. 936 00:53:37,283 --> 00:53:38,840 Sorry to interrupt your meal. 937 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,280 I know I was expected earlier, 938 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,160 but the snow's slowed everything down. 939 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:44,112 - Shall I come back later? - No, no, no. 940 00:53:44,192 --> 00:53:46,240 I could wait half an hour if... 941 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,320 If you'd like to go through to the drawing room, 942 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,848 you could take coffee with us. But would you not rather get off home? 943 00:53:50,928 --> 00:53:53,145 Er... ideally, yes. 944 00:53:53,225 --> 00:53:58,237 I just brought your Bailey Hall rents, Miss Walker. Shall I...? 945 00:53:58,317 --> 00:54:00,760 - Yes, um, anywhere. - Here? 946 00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:02,320 Thank you. 947 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,560 You need to get yourself home, Mr Washington, 948 00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:06,680 and settle in front of a good fire. 949 00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,400 I do, ma'am. I will. 950 00:54:09,076 --> 00:54:10,920 No. There was just, um... 951 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,042 Yes? 952 00:54:12,122 --> 00:54:14,400 ...one other, er... 953 00:54:15,212 --> 00:54:16,280 What? 954 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:17,520 Did you...? 955 00:54:18,356 --> 00:54:20,490 Have you seen today's Leeds Mercury? 956 00:54:20,570 --> 00:54:22,056 No. Just the Guardian. 957 00:54:22,136 --> 00:54:23,677 - Ah. - Why? 958 00:54:24,893 --> 00:54:26,477 What's the matter? 959 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,440 It's, er... 960 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,360 ...in the marriage announcements. 961 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:35,880 Marriage announcements? 962 00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:37,160 Is it? 963 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:39,480 I thought you ought to see it. 964 00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,837 - What is it? - What's it say? 965 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:47,897 In the marriages of Wednesday last... 966 00:54:48,791 --> 00:54:51,160 "The same day at the parish church in Halifax, 967 00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:53,520 "Captain Tom Lister of Shibden Hall 968 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,880 "to Miss Ann Walker of Crow Nest, near the same place." 969 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:00,680 What? 970 00:55:02,999 --> 00:55:05,248 It's a joke, it's a skit. 971 00:55:05,329 --> 00:55:07,579 Who would have put that in the Leeds Mercury? 972 00:55:08,569 --> 00:55:09,649 I have no idea. 973 00:55:09,729 --> 00:55:11,360 What does it mean? 974 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:13,800 - It's a send-up. - Is it funny? 975 00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:17,600 Well... I... I suppose it's quite amusing. 976 00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,920 Well, who's Captain Tom Lister? 977 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,280 Surely, they don't think you've married Miss Walker, Father? 978 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:25,360 Or if they do, they've got your name wrong. 979 00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:27,440 They don't mean me. 980 00:55:34,142 --> 00:55:35,520 It's very good. 981 00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:37,285 It's very funny. 982 00:55:39,557 --> 00:55:41,680 Um, you'll have to let us have it, Mr Washington, 983 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:43,240 when you've finished with it, 984 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:45,653 - so we can laugh at it some more. - Oh! 985 00:55:45,734 --> 00:55:48,764 Well, if... if you like, just take that one, keep it. 986 00:55:50,504 --> 00:55:53,303 If only the person who'd spent good money placing it in the paper 987 00:55:53,383 --> 00:55:55,480 could see that what was meant to irritate and annoy 988 00:55:55,560 --> 00:56:00,239 is in fact taken quietly and with such mere amusement. 989 00:56:01,591 --> 00:56:04,200 Thank you, Washington, for bringing it to us. 990 00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:05,720 Ma'am. 991 00:56:06,781 --> 00:56:09,080 You'd better get off, before the roads become impassable. 992 00:56:09,160 --> 00:56:10,351 Goodnight, ma'am. 993 00:56:11,004 --> 00:56:12,440 Sir. 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