1 00:00:00,547 --> 00:00:03,921 _ 2 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,058 Alec? 3 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,812 Alec. Please, someone help me! Someone help me! 4 00:00:31,233 --> 00:00:33,974 www.subtitulamos.tv 5 00:00:34,095 --> 00:00:35,320 Who are you? 6 00:00:35,926 --> 00:00:37,194 Gladys Wilson. 7 00:00:39,255 --> 00:00:40,804 I'm Alec's wife. 8 00:00:40,831 --> 00:00:43,210 You must have vetted him, before he joined the service. 9 00:00:43,237 --> 00:00:44,179 Of course. 10 00:00:44,375 --> 00:00:46,333 So you looked into who he was. 11 00:00:46,335 --> 00:00:47,773 A writer. 12 00:00:47,775 --> 00:00:50,293 Top-drawer family. Married. 13 00:00:50,295 --> 00:00:51,398 And then divorced. 14 00:00:51,425 --> 00:00:53,703 Look, as I tried to tell your mother, 15 00:00:53,815 --> 00:00:56,653 I married Alec in 1941. 16 00:00:56,655 --> 00:01:01,053 You do know I'm entirely unsuitable for a young lady like you. 17 00:01:01,055 --> 00:01:03,253 He showed me his decree absolute. 18 00:01:03,255 --> 00:01:06,734 It wouldn't have been difficult for him to forge a couple of documents. 19 00:01:07,023 --> 00:01:09,812 I was wondering if I might say a few words about my father's work? 20 00:01:09,839 --> 00:01:11,726 Well, he worked at the Foreign Office, 21 00:01:11,753 --> 00:01:13,585 as well as his writing, of course. 22 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:16,133 The department's going to fire me. 23 00:01:16,135 --> 00:01:18,062 It'll be very public. 24 00:01:18,089 --> 00:01:19,687 No. No. Alec. 25 00:01:19,703 --> 00:01:22,156 - Major Wilson. - You know how it works. 26 00:01:22,663 --> 00:01:24,941 They want me to stay undercover. 27 00:01:24,943 --> 00:01:27,501 So you'll be the disgraced officer forever. 28 00:01:27,503 --> 00:01:29,787 We need his body, Mrs Wilson. 29 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:31,717 For the funeral. 30 00:01:31,783 --> 00:01:34,428 My mother has arranged a burial service in Southsea. 31 00:01:34,463 --> 00:01:36,676 - But I am his wife. - And so is my mother. 32 00:01:36,703 --> 00:01:39,404 No. No, she is not, she is deluding herself. 33 00:01:39,503 --> 00:01:42,381 She'd know if she'd signed her own divorce papers, wouldn't she? 34 00:01:42,423 --> 00:01:44,795 Yes, yes, well, she did. I have proof. 35 00:01:45,678 --> 00:01:48,170 Few people realise what our country owes 36 00:01:48,223 --> 00:01:50,576 to the gallant men of the silent service. 37 00:01:51,023 --> 00:01:53,879 To them fame and glory seldom comes, 38 00:01:53,906 --> 00:01:55,341 riches never. 39 00:01:55,343 --> 00:01:56,756 Who's Dorothy? 40 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,762 Your husband was a good man. 41 00:01:58,996 --> 00:02:01,396 Alec wouldn't lie to me, not like that. 42 00:02:01,423 --> 00:02:03,184 Not for 20 years. 43 00:02:03,855 --> 00:02:05,362 But you know who I am. 44 00:03:17,943 --> 00:03:18,974 Mum? 45 00:03:22,863 --> 00:03:23,937 Blimey. 46 00:03:24,143 --> 00:03:26,825 Who's she? Is that in India? 47 00:03:26,852 --> 00:03:29,054 - Was she a friend of Dad's? - Look, I'll be down in a minute. 48 00:03:29,081 --> 00:03:31,404 - What are you doing? - I said I'll be down in a minute. 49 00:03:31,703 --> 00:03:34,966 I'm going back to sea tomorrow, if you're interested. 50 00:03:41,790 --> 00:03:43,120 Who's Dorothy? 51 00:03:49,021 --> 00:03:50,370 She came to the funeral. 52 00:03:52,263 --> 00:03:54,238 You'll have to do better than that. 53 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:57,703 I don't know her surname. 54 00:03:57,730 --> 00:04:00,249 An actress, maybe, someone Alec... 55 00:04:00,374 --> 00:04:03,065 You want a list of all the women he went to bed with? 56 00:04:05,063 --> 00:04:06,925 An Indian man turned up at the burial, 57 00:04:06,952 --> 00:04:09,352 said he was a friend of Alec's from before the war. 58 00:04:10,983 --> 00:04:12,949 That's his handler in Lahore. 59 00:04:13,245 --> 00:04:14,654 Shahbaz Karim. 60 00:04:15,023 --> 00:04:16,507 What did he want? 61 00:04:16,534 --> 00:04:18,129 He said I should speak to you. 62 00:04:18,504 --> 00:04:19,472 Right. 63 00:04:19,499 --> 00:04:20,861 Apparently there are things I don't know about. 64 00:04:20,888 --> 00:04:23,705 Things about Alec's work during the war, 65 00:04:23,732 --> 00:04:26,494 his relationship with this Dorothy. 66 00:04:27,995 --> 00:04:29,808 But, Alec was with Gladys when he met me 67 00:04:29,835 --> 00:04:32,042 so that's just not possible, is it? 68 00:04:32,392 --> 00:04:36,150 Well, we gave our agents new identities. 69 00:04:36,183 --> 00:04:39,050 Created wives for them, if necessary. 70 00:04:40,703 --> 00:04:43,956 Oh, so it was a marriage of convenience, it was an arrangement. 71 00:04:44,113 --> 00:04:46,381 When Alec was working out in India. 72 00:04:46,429 --> 00:04:47,824 It could have been. 73 00:04:50,491 --> 00:04:51,768 Can you say for sure? 74 00:04:56,943 --> 00:04:59,777 You married, had two healthy sons. 75 00:04:59,997 --> 00:05:01,662 Why isn't that enough for you? 76 00:05:02,263 --> 00:05:04,409 I just need to know who he was. 77 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:09,035 You know all you need to know. 78 00:05:09,223 --> 00:05:11,622 You met him every week. 79 00:05:11,649 --> 00:05:13,821 He confided in you. What did you talk about? 80 00:05:13,848 --> 00:05:15,602 You signed the Official Secrets Act. 81 00:05:15,629 --> 00:05:17,141 You know I can't disclose that. 82 00:05:17,143 --> 00:05:19,004 Please! Just tell me. 83 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:20,605 What lies... 84 00:05:21,543 --> 00:05:23,581 did he tell? 85 00:05:23,608 --> 00:05:26,847 One son in the Navy, the other off to university. 86 00:05:27,222 --> 00:05:30,846 - What are you saying? - Don't jeopardise their futures. 87 00:05:33,103 --> 00:05:35,441 Stop digging, Alison. 88 00:05:49,224 --> 00:05:50,984 What are you two doing? 89 00:05:51,903 --> 00:05:53,215 We didn't know where you'd gone. 90 00:05:53,242 --> 00:05:54,830 Well, I'm back now. 91 00:05:54,857 --> 00:05:56,501 What are you doing with that? 92 00:05:56,503 --> 00:05:58,717 We were just talking about Blakefield. 93 00:06:00,863 --> 00:06:03,590 Dad always said if something happened to him I should step up. 94 00:06:05,303 --> 00:06:07,934 - I've written to the Government. - What? Why? 95 00:06:07,983 --> 00:06:10,361 The Ministry of Works. Asking them to return Blakefield. 96 00:06:10,388 --> 00:06:12,970 But Dad's house was requisitioned during the war, you know that. 97 00:06:12,997 --> 00:06:15,637 The war ended 18 years ago, and yet here we are. 98 00:06:15,664 --> 00:06:17,381 It's been tied up in a legal wrangle. 99 00:06:17,408 --> 00:06:20,200 - Dad's been writing for years... - We think Dad was too patient. 100 00:06:20,345 --> 00:06:22,549 All these years we've talked about it. 101 00:06:26,194 --> 00:06:27,143 Fine. 102 00:06:28,317 --> 00:06:31,232 Best coming from me, though. I'll sign it. 103 00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:34,700 - You should get going, shouldn't you now? -Yeah. 104 00:06:37,086 --> 00:06:39,459 Nigel, give your brother a hand, will you? 105 00:06:51,984 --> 00:06:53,177 Right. 106 00:07:30,343 --> 00:07:32,363 - Close your eyes. - Why? 107 00:07:32,390 --> 00:07:33,840 - Go on, please. Close your eyes. - No! 108 00:07:33,869 --> 00:07:36,718 Go on. Close them. Please? 109 00:07:38,783 --> 00:07:41,851 All right. They're closed. Closed. 110 00:07:42,543 --> 00:07:44,819 Now, open them. 111 00:07:49,943 --> 00:07:52,546 Well, it's all right, I suppose. 112 00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:56,061 Come on. I can't wait to introduce you to Nanny B. 113 00:07:56,063 --> 00:07:58,781 - Your old nanny? - Yes, they kept her on as matron. 114 00:07:58,783 --> 00:08:01,397 We lent the house to the Government as a military hospital. 115 00:08:01,424 --> 00:08:04,757 Excuse me, Nurse, is Matron in? I called ahead. 116 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:07,819 She apologises, Major Wilson, but she had to pop into town. 117 00:08:09,103 --> 00:08:10,858 Come on then, picnic. 118 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:23,706 Alec, I'm pregnant. 119 00:08:28,743 --> 00:08:30,463 That's wonderful news. 120 00:08:32,543 --> 00:08:35,691 Unless you can't bear to spend the rest of your life with me. 121 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:40,035 I'm asking you to marry me. 122 00:08:43,496 --> 00:08:46,023 One day we'll move back here as a family. 123 00:08:47,363 --> 00:08:50,542 Safe journey, take care of yourself, OK? 124 00:08:51,547 --> 00:08:53,428 Things don't seem to add up. 125 00:08:54,291 --> 00:08:56,086 Blakefield, Dad's job, 126 00:08:56,113 --> 00:08:58,021 - those strange cousins at the funeral. - Gordon... 127 00:08:58,048 --> 00:08:59,956 I'm going to make some calls, look into Dad's work. 128 00:08:59,983 --> 00:09:02,253 - No. Don't. - Why? 129 00:09:03,303 --> 00:09:05,699 I've got the time. I'll do it. 130 00:09:06,743 --> 00:09:09,101 Nigel. Get a wiggle on. 131 00:09:09,377 --> 00:09:11,222 He's got a train to catch. 132 00:09:14,472 --> 00:09:16,440 Mum, I don't know what you're up to, 133 00:09:17,283 --> 00:09:19,527 but don't forget about Nige, will you? 134 00:09:23,722 --> 00:09:24,738 Thanks. 135 00:09:39,832 --> 00:09:41,866 Let's go away for a few days. 136 00:09:42,034 --> 00:09:43,901 Get some sun on the coast. 137 00:09:43,903 --> 00:09:46,253 I'm going camping with my friends 138 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,081 once I've heard from Oxford. 139 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:49,466 Right. 140 00:09:50,383 --> 00:09:54,323 - When will you hear? - Any day now, fingers crossed. 141 00:09:54,863 --> 00:09:56,573 You'll be fine, Nigel. 142 00:09:56,776 --> 00:09:58,909 They'd be mad to turn you down. 143 00:10:25,107 --> 00:10:27,052 _ 144 00:10:38,743 --> 00:10:40,419 Who is it? 145 00:10:40,823 --> 00:10:43,529 It's Mrs Wilson. I lived here during the war. 146 00:10:44,143 --> 00:10:45,943 I'm trying to track down the landlord. 147 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:53,818 You owe me rent, Mrs Wilson. 148 00:10:56,572 --> 00:10:59,021 I moved up here a few years back. 149 00:10:59,343 --> 00:11:02,103 The damp in the basement bad for me chest. 150 00:11:04,413 --> 00:11:05,451 I see. 151 00:11:05,783 --> 00:11:07,821 What brings you back here? 152 00:11:07,823 --> 00:11:11,221 Not come to collect his books after all these years? 153 00:11:11,958 --> 00:11:14,581 Oh, yeah, I've read them all. 154 00:11:14,872 --> 00:11:17,287 Could spin a good yarn, your Alec. 155 00:11:19,463 --> 00:11:23,013 You can't stop turning the pages trying to work out... 156 00:11:30,463 --> 00:11:32,791 That's all I've got. 157 00:11:33,223 --> 00:11:35,501 I'll give it to you the day after tomorrow. 158 00:11:35,503 --> 00:11:37,621 The day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow. 159 00:11:37,623 --> 00:11:39,111 The day after that! 160 00:11:44,223 --> 00:11:47,900 I'm looking for someone, a colleague of Alec's. 161 00:11:48,383 --> 00:11:50,501 She used to come here. 162 00:11:53,223 --> 00:11:54,523 Come here. 163 00:11:55,363 --> 00:11:56,662 Sit down. 164 00:12:10,037 --> 00:12:11,411 Do you remember her? 165 00:12:13,428 --> 00:12:14,904 Did you see her? 166 00:12:20,066 --> 00:12:21,365 And my rent? 167 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:25,263 How much do you want? 168 00:12:25,290 --> 00:12:27,709 Ten shillings, and I'll let it go. 169 00:12:48,987 --> 00:12:50,153 So... 170 00:12:51,463 --> 00:12:53,809 you want to know about Dorothy? 171 00:12:56,827 --> 00:12:58,036 You knew her? 172 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,621 Yeah. She lived here during the war. 173 00:13:00,623 --> 00:13:03,101 No, that was me, I lived here during the war. 174 00:13:03,103 --> 00:13:05,161 First her, then you. 175 00:13:07,063 --> 00:13:10,771 She and Alec moved in just before the war. 176 00:13:10,798 --> 00:13:12,980 Straight back from India. 177 00:13:14,628 --> 00:13:15,636 Together? 178 00:13:17,855 --> 00:13:21,341 Her and Alec, and the little boy. 179 00:13:21,694 --> 00:13:23,974 Brown as berries, they were. 180 00:13:27,615 --> 00:13:28,615 A boy? 181 00:13:29,525 --> 00:13:30,417 Yeah. 182 00:13:31,776 --> 00:13:32,976 There you are. 183 00:13:48,564 --> 00:13:49,642 Yeah. 184 00:13:50,103 --> 00:13:53,781 May, 1939. Alec and Dorothy Wilson. 185 00:13:53,783 --> 00:13:55,767 Michael, aged six. 186 00:13:57,056 --> 00:13:59,634 That was her forwarding address, there. 187 00:13:59,987 --> 00:14:01,705 Wensleydale, I think. 188 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:07,381 But where am I? I moved here in '40, 189 00:14:07,383 --> 00:14:09,701 I'm not marked. I'm not even here. 190 00:14:09,703 --> 00:14:13,621 Yeah, well, Alec never told me about you. 191 00:14:13,623 --> 00:14:18,021 You just came down one day with the rent money, and baby on your arm. 192 00:14:18,166 --> 00:14:19,791 No, but this boy, 193 00:14:19,818 --> 00:14:23,653 this Michael, he doesn't have Alec's surname? 194 00:14:24,265 --> 00:14:26,857 Maybe he was Dorothy's son and they just lived here as colleagues? 195 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:29,800 Could be. 196 00:14:31,063 --> 00:14:33,101 They had terrible rows. 197 00:14:33,103 --> 00:14:34,781 She gave as good as she got. 198 00:14:34,783 --> 00:14:37,591 She was a strong woman, really took him on. 199 00:14:39,484 --> 00:14:42,146 How is dear old Alec anyway? 200 00:14:44,794 --> 00:14:45,876 He's dead. 201 00:15:02,913 --> 00:15:04,671 How are you, Alison? 202 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:14,448 Mum? 203 00:15:15,823 --> 00:15:18,933 - Didn't you see the letter? - What letter? 204 00:15:26,183 --> 00:15:29,894 An offer to read history at St Catherine's College, Oxford. 205 00:15:30,383 --> 00:15:32,086 Oh, Nigel... 206 00:15:33,176 --> 00:15:34,392 I'm thrilled. 207 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:37,526 I'm over the moon. I really am. 208 00:15:38,503 --> 00:15:41,245 - When are you back? - I already told you. Monday. 209 00:15:44,063 --> 00:15:46,602 - You will be OK on your own? - Yes, of course I will. 210 00:15:47,172 --> 00:15:48,522 Have some fun. 211 00:15:50,223 --> 00:15:51,541 What will you do? 212 00:15:51,543 --> 00:15:54,503 Plenty to get on with. Have you seen the state of the windows? 213 00:16:41,743 --> 00:16:43,871 Our next station will be Wensleydale. 214 00:16:43,898 --> 00:16:45,743 Wensleydale in five minutes. 215 00:17:37,863 --> 00:17:39,804 - I'm Mrs... - I know who you are. 216 00:17:40,463 --> 00:17:42,941 - I want to talk to you. - I've got absolutely nothing to say to you. 217 00:17:42,968 --> 00:17:44,821 No, no. Please, I've just come from London. 218 00:17:44,823 --> 00:17:46,414 You turned up uninvited to my husband's funeral. 219 00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:48,625 The least you could do is answer my questions. 220 00:17:52,103 --> 00:17:53,781 My son's coming over later. 221 00:17:53,783 --> 00:17:55,863 We can talk out here if you like. 222 00:18:25,423 --> 00:18:27,221 I was expecting to see photos of your plays. 223 00:18:27,223 --> 00:18:30,621 - Oh, no, I gave up acting a long time ago. -I see. 224 00:18:30,623 --> 00:18:31,823 Do you? 225 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:34,703 So what do you want to know? 226 00:18:37,223 --> 00:18:39,899 Did the service pair you up with Alec out in India? 227 00:18:40,223 --> 00:18:43,221 - I guess you've talked to Karim. - No, not really, I... 228 00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:46,688 Well, don't. Drinking his life away at the Empire Club. 229 00:18:47,063 --> 00:18:48,305 So he was your handler? 230 00:18:48,498 --> 00:18:50,307 You were in the service, though. 231 00:18:50,334 --> 00:18:52,522 I don't know what you've been told, but there's no great mystery. 232 00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,647 I was just an actress in rep living in Lahore. 233 00:18:54,674 --> 00:18:56,131 You're not allowed to reveal it to me, 234 00:18:56,158 --> 00:18:58,289 - confirm your status... - I wasn't a spy, all right? 235 00:19:05,579 --> 00:19:07,764 Alec came to see me in a play. 236 00:19:08,815 --> 00:19:10,725 I was young, I was naive. 237 00:19:11,543 --> 00:19:12,741 We ended up in bed. 238 00:19:12,743 --> 00:19:16,241 And then a few months later we were married at Lahore Cathedral. 239 00:19:16,773 --> 00:19:19,131 So it wasn't a professional relationship? 240 00:19:20,063 --> 00:19:22,788 No, I wouldn't call it that. 241 00:19:28,269 --> 00:19:29,800 Is there anything else? 242 00:19:34,038 --> 00:19:35,829 Is Mike Alec's son? 243 00:19:36,343 --> 00:19:37,697 Of course he is. 244 00:19:45,342 --> 00:19:47,157 Alec visited, did he? 245 00:19:48,138 --> 00:19:49,430 Sent cards, 246 00:19:49,832 --> 00:19:51,957 never missed a birthday, a wonderful father 247 00:19:51,984 --> 00:19:53,861 - for little Mike. - I'm not talking about Mike. 248 00:19:53,863 --> 00:19:56,199 If that's what you're after, you'd better leave. 249 00:19:57,399 --> 00:19:59,464 I said you'd better bloody leave! 250 00:20:02,303 --> 00:20:03,792 Did he lie to you too? 251 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:20,925 Take a seat. 252 00:20:27,077 --> 00:20:28,079 No. 253 00:20:30,543 --> 00:20:32,030 Not back then. 254 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:37,541 When we first met he was honest, kind. 255 00:20:37,999 --> 00:20:40,021 Even looked out for his sister back home. 256 00:20:40,048 --> 00:20:40,983 His sister? 257 00:20:41,414 --> 00:20:42,518 Gladys. 258 00:20:43,995 --> 00:20:45,131 Gladys? 259 00:20:45,663 --> 00:20:48,561 Her husband had just died so she used to write to Alec, 260 00:20:48,587 --> 00:20:49,917 asking for money. 261 00:20:50,112 --> 00:20:52,581 We rowed about that, we weren't exactly rolling in it. 262 00:20:52,583 --> 00:20:54,938 Mrs... I don't even know what to call you. 263 00:20:54,965 --> 00:20:56,503 - Dorothy. - Dorothy. 264 00:20:57,876 --> 00:20:59,840 There's things I could tell you. 265 00:20:59,951 --> 00:21:00,723 What? 266 00:21:00,983 --> 00:21:04,559 - About your marriage. - We were happy, Alison. 267 00:21:05,863 --> 00:21:08,381 In India, before we came home, before he met you, 268 00:21:08,383 --> 00:21:10,461 we were just a normal, happy family. 269 00:21:10,463 --> 00:21:12,020 That's the point. You weren't. 270 00:21:12,047 --> 00:21:13,926 Did he say he wasn't happy? 271 00:21:14,903 --> 00:21:16,778 Did he say he didn't love me? 272 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:20,757 He didn't talk about you at all. 273 00:21:24,210 --> 00:21:25,061 Well, 274 00:21:25,802 --> 00:21:27,990 he told me all about you. 275 00:21:28,383 --> 00:21:30,501 Miss McKelvie, the new secretary. 276 00:21:30,921 --> 00:21:33,343 Out of her depth, struggling with the workload. 277 00:21:33,663 --> 00:21:37,901 Coleman soon whipped you into shape and you learned fast. Oh, yeah, 278 00:21:38,144 --> 00:21:40,116 I knew all about you, 279 00:21:41,089 --> 00:21:43,525 your first few weeks at the listening service. 280 00:21:44,143 --> 00:21:45,421 You were still together then. 281 00:21:45,423 --> 00:21:47,956 And then he took you out for lunch at the Author's Club. 282 00:21:47,983 --> 00:21:49,307 We bumped into each other. 283 00:21:49,334 --> 00:21:51,705 Bumped into each other. You think that was a coincidence? 284 00:21:52,103 --> 00:21:55,014 - I don't know, I don't know. - I was watching him, Alison. 285 00:21:55,041 --> 00:21:56,741 - Spying on him? - Yes. 286 00:21:56,743 --> 00:21:58,877 I was following him to work, I was waiting for him at lunch, 287 00:21:58,904 --> 00:22:00,822 I was tracking his every move. 288 00:22:18,463 --> 00:22:20,117 Excuse me. Excuse me. 289 00:22:31,295 --> 00:22:33,639 Major Wilson, can I ask you about your book? 290 00:22:34,024 --> 00:22:35,342 You could. 291 00:22:35,423 --> 00:22:36,459 It's not very interesting, 292 00:22:36,486 --> 00:22:39,389 I just sit at my typewriter and make things up... 293 00:22:42,023 --> 00:22:45,522 - Are you all right? - I'm just going to the bathroom. 294 00:22:48,382 --> 00:22:49,756 Are you all right? 295 00:22:49,783 --> 00:22:52,475 Just made a fool of myself in front of my boss. 296 00:22:52,610 --> 00:22:54,318 No, nothing like that. 297 00:22:54,831 --> 00:22:57,912 Just a clumsy idiot. Spilled my drink. 298 00:23:18,404 --> 00:23:19,762 Do... 299 00:23:20,183 --> 00:23:21,348 Hello, you. 300 00:23:23,623 --> 00:23:25,183 Standing in the dark? 301 00:23:28,223 --> 00:23:30,544 How are you? Busy day? 302 00:23:34,715 --> 00:23:36,035 Time for lunch? 303 00:23:37,863 --> 00:23:38,943 Author's Club. 304 00:23:40,663 --> 00:23:42,177 I saw you, Dorothy. 305 00:23:43,743 --> 00:23:44,966 Who is she? 306 00:23:45,423 --> 00:23:47,585 My new secretary, Miss McKelvie. 307 00:23:48,345 --> 00:23:49,723 I told you about her. 308 00:24:21,583 --> 00:24:23,301 I think you should go up to Wensleydale. 309 00:24:24,561 --> 00:24:26,495 Stay with your mum. 310 00:24:27,623 --> 00:24:30,261 The bombs can't go on forever, can they? 311 00:24:30,714 --> 00:24:33,161 We're happy in the shelter, aren't we, Mike? 312 00:24:33,188 --> 00:24:34,563 - Yeah. - Yeah. 313 00:24:34,743 --> 00:24:38,853 The things I've seen, Dorothy. Please, for... 314 00:24:44,685 --> 00:24:45,925 Brave boy. 315 00:24:55,647 --> 00:24:56,807 Come here. 316 00:24:59,023 --> 00:25:00,543 Write to me, won't you? 317 00:25:02,099 --> 00:25:04,068 And if you get scared... 318 00:25:04,263 --> 00:25:06,365 Tell yourself a story. 319 00:25:10,121 --> 00:25:11,961 The next train is about to leave. 320 00:25:13,623 --> 00:25:16,326 I'll settle Mike with Mum and then I'll come back. 321 00:25:16,783 --> 00:25:18,591 You don't trust me, do you? 322 00:25:22,063 --> 00:25:23,583 I love you, you idiot. 323 00:25:27,578 --> 00:25:28,698 Come on. 324 00:25:29,943 --> 00:25:31,833 - Dad! - See you soon. 325 00:25:32,138 --> 00:25:33,868 - I love you. - Come on. 326 00:25:44,663 --> 00:25:47,103 I returned to Alec as soon as I could. 327 00:25:48,223 --> 00:25:49,823 I followed him for months. 328 00:26:08,177 --> 00:26:09,773 This looks wonderful. 329 00:26:10,246 --> 00:26:12,614 No, you look wonderful. 330 00:26:14,864 --> 00:26:16,183 Oh, Alec. 331 00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:21,063 I've just never had dinner with a divorced man before. 332 00:26:52,423 --> 00:26:53,556 Again. 333 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:55,595 Harder. 334 00:27:00,263 --> 00:27:02,541 Get out. Get out. 335 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:18,189 Go and do your duty. 336 00:27:20,063 --> 00:27:21,580 When you come back... 337 00:27:24,023 --> 00:27:25,463 I'll be gone. 338 00:27:36,481 --> 00:27:37,752 I'm sorry. 339 00:27:42,783 --> 00:27:44,901 Sorry? Now? 340 00:27:44,903 --> 00:27:48,116 - It's so long ago. - Why didn't you try and stop him? 341 00:27:49,065 --> 00:27:50,444 You saw me. 342 00:27:51,023 --> 00:27:53,394 You saw us together and you let him... 343 00:27:53,396 --> 00:27:54,210 He was my husband. 344 00:27:54,237 --> 00:27:56,941 I was 21 years old, I knew no-one in London. 345 00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:58,933 - I had a child. - You should have said something, 346 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,621 - you should have warned me. - We were over. 347 00:28:00,648 --> 00:28:02,981 I had to walk away. I needed money. 348 00:28:02,983 --> 00:28:04,981 Yeah, but I saw you, I saw you come to the flat. 349 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:06,901 - Mike and I, we had nothing. - He gave you money. 350 00:28:06,903 --> 00:28:08,741 - A pittance! - How much? How often? 351 00:28:08,743 --> 00:28:12,105 Once. Five measly fucking pounds! 352 00:28:13,823 --> 00:28:15,293 God, I hated him. 353 00:28:16,423 --> 00:28:21,277 I was livid, I was boiling over with rage. 354 00:28:21,847 --> 00:28:24,043 I couldn't let Mike see it, be infected by my anger, 355 00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:25,754 I was determined about that. 356 00:28:26,801 --> 00:28:28,730 Everything's perfectly normal. 357 00:28:28,831 --> 00:28:30,820 Daddy lives away, digs down in London. 358 00:28:30,847 --> 00:28:32,902 All the while singing his praises? No. 359 00:28:33,135 --> 00:28:35,136 No, I knew I couldn't do that. 360 00:28:37,838 --> 00:28:40,789 - Did you tell him the truth? - Don't be stupid. 361 00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:44,110 What, ruin his life? Turn him against his own father? 362 00:28:45,903 --> 00:28:47,463 What did you do, then? 363 00:28:51,808 --> 00:28:52,888 Nothing. 364 00:28:57,863 --> 00:28:59,463 What did you tell him? 365 00:29:05,572 --> 00:29:07,372 Mike means everything to me. 366 00:29:09,185 --> 00:29:10,905 I did it to protect him. 367 00:29:12,843 --> 00:29:14,323 I learned some lines. 368 00:29:16,343 --> 00:29:18,194 Mike came home from school 369 00:29:18,964 --> 00:29:20,145 and I was just... 370 00:29:21,107 --> 00:29:23,069 sat here as usual and... 371 00:29:25,485 --> 00:29:27,165 and I just... 372 00:29:31,004 --> 00:29:32,843 "The telegram man's been." 373 00:29:35,693 --> 00:29:36,842 You see? 374 00:29:38,511 --> 00:29:39,513 No. 375 00:29:43,244 --> 00:29:47,013 "Daddy was saving his friend at Alamein." 376 00:29:52,150 --> 00:29:54,110 "I'm so sorry, Mike." 377 00:29:55,978 --> 00:29:57,451 "We've lost him." 378 00:30:00,278 --> 00:30:02,037 "Daddy won't be coming home again." 379 00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:06,026 All these years. Even now... 380 00:30:06,778 --> 00:30:09,624 Mike thinks Alec died in 1942? 381 00:30:11,583 --> 00:30:13,621 You've kept that secret for 20 years? 382 00:30:13,623 --> 00:30:15,501 I just wanted a... 383 00:30:15,729 --> 00:30:17,125 normal life... 384 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,221 away from all the drama and the lies. 385 00:30:20,223 --> 00:30:23,303 But, Dorothy, you told your son the biggest lie of the lot. 386 00:30:27,436 --> 00:30:29,429 Can you leave now, please? 387 00:30:32,946 --> 00:30:34,078 Please leave. 388 00:30:41,623 --> 00:30:43,622 You regret it, don't you? 389 00:30:43,773 --> 00:30:47,061 Lying to Mike? Depriving him of his father? 390 00:30:47,063 --> 00:30:48,977 Over a life with Alec? 391 00:30:49,809 --> 00:30:53,234 Full of its deceit and uncertainty. No. 392 00:30:55,463 --> 00:30:57,219 I've got no regrets at all. 393 00:30:58,571 --> 00:31:00,977 See, I did what any good mother would do. 394 00:31:01,867 --> 00:31:04,615 I gave my son a safe home, 395 00:31:05,464 --> 00:31:07,874 a secure childhood. 396 00:31:11,138 --> 00:31:12,347 Did you? 397 00:31:47,023 --> 00:31:48,600 Mike, isn't it? 398 00:31:49,397 --> 00:31:51,101 I've just come from your mother's house. 399 00:31:52,022 --> 00:31:53,981 Are you a friend from her work? 400 00:31:53,983 --> 00:31:55,647 No, I knew your father. 401 00:31:55,703 --> 00:31:57,147 Major Wilson? 402 00:31:57,697 --> 00:31:59,725 - Did you know him well? - Yes. 403 00:32:02,143 --> 00:32:03,540 During the war. 404 00:32:03,567 --> 00:32:06,329 So just before he died? 405 00:32:06,503 --> 00:32:09,901 Do you know I've never met anyone, apart from Mum, who knew him. 406 00:32:10,133 --> 00:32:11,774 I'd love to hear more about him. 407 00:32:11,801 --> 00:32:13,661 All I have are his novels. 408 00:32:18,844 --> 00:32:20,508 You look just like him. 409 00:32:24,493 --> 00:32:26,196 We worked together. 410 00:32:28,263 --> 00:32:31,454 - Sorry, I've just got a train to catch. - Of course. 411 00:32:46,527 --> 00:32:48,078 Keep going. 412 00:32:48,519 --> 00:32:49,928 Up we go. 413 00:32:51,183 --> 00:32:52,970 Come on. Keep going. 414 00:32:53,918 --> 00:32:54,811 Come on. 415 00:32:55,123 --> 00:32:56,244 Come on now. 416 00:32:57,638 --> 00:32:58,501 That's it. 417 00:33:00,023 --> 00:33:02,306 Come on. Come on now. 418 00:33:02,332 --> 00:33:05,236 _ 419 00:33:05,263 --> 00:33:06,423 OK. 420 00:33:11,373 --> 00:33:14,463 - He's kicking us out? - I've tried everything. 421 00:33:14,490 --> 00:33:17,307 But Mum already paid April's rent, we're only a month behind now. 422 00:33:17,334 --> 00:33:19,783 He's found an American who'll pay twice the rent. 423 00:33:19,810 --> 00:33:21,365 But, Alec, the baby. 424 00:33:21,498 --> 00:33:22,716 Where will we go? 425 00:33:22,743 --> 00:33:24,461 Hey, it's going to be all right. 426 00:33:24,463 --> 00:33:26,133 I've found somewhere nearby. 427 00:33:26,167 --> 00:33:30,716 Ground floor, no stairs to drag this one up. OK? 428 00:33:31,708 --> 00:33:33,501 I'm sorry, I'm just so exhausted. 429 00:33:33,503 --> 00:33:36,021 I know you are, don't apologise. 430 00:33:36,231 --> 00:33:37,934 This damn war... 431 00:33:38,671 --> 00:33:41,402 As soon as it's over, we'll get to Blakefield, 432 00:33:41,739 --> 00:33:43,996 have all the space we need. 433 00:33:44,403 --> 00:33:47,247 A garden for Gordon to play in, 434 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,671 Nanny B to help with the baby, 435 00:33:50,698 --> 00:33:54,307 and a study for me so I won't keep you awake with my writing. 436 00:33:59,083 --> 00:34:00,452 It's going to be OK. 437 00:34:02,044 --> 00:34:03,116 I know. 438 00:34:08,703 --> 00:34:10,366 - Keep going. - Come on. 439 00:34:15,143 --> 00:34:16,788 That's it. Keep pushing. 440 00:34:28,508 --> 00:34:31,000 Nearly there, our new home. 441 00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:03,775 Mother! 442 00:35:10,043 --> 00:35:11,122 Where's Alec? 443 00:35:12,558 --> 00:35:13,950 He's at work. 444 00:35:18,903 --> 00:35:21,739 Come on, darling. Let's go and see Mary next door. 445 00:35:22,646 --> 00:35:25,286 We will come back and see Mummy when baby is born. 446 00:36:03,263 --> 00:36:04,442 There we are. 447 00:36:05,483 --> 00:36:10,755 ? Lal palang par so ja 448 00:36:11,966 --> 00:36:16,966 ? Ammee abboo ayenge... ? 449 00:36:20,384 --> 00:36:21,630 Nigel. 450 00:36:22,508 --> 00:36:24,075 As in Niga. 451 00:36:25,318 --> 00:36:27,066 It means "from darkness". 452 00:36:29,207 --> 00:36:30,700 But we're heading for light. 453 00:36:32,230 --> 00:36:35,470 One day we might even be able to put money in the electric meter. 454 00:36:42,414 --> 00:36:45,394 He's a hungry baby, he drains me. 455 00:36:45,421 --> 00:36:47,367 All babies are hungry. 456 00:36:52,223 --> 00:36:54,125 What do you want, Mother? 457 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:57,501 How long do you honestly think you can keep on like this? 458 00:36:57,503 --> 00:36:58,984 What do you mean? 459 00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:02,465 What are you doing to provide for my grandchildren? 460 00:37:02,492 --> 00:37:04,141 I'm working, I assure you. 461 00:37:04,265 --> 00:37:06,661 - And where's your salary go? - Mother, I told you... 462 00:37:06,663 --> 00:37:08,336 I wish I could say more. 463 00:37:09,183 --> 00:37:12,625 When the war's over we'll move to Alec's family home in Hampshire. 464 00:37:12,743 --> 00:37:14,265 We're going to be fine. 465 00:37:14,343 --> 00:37:17,340 Mrs McKelvie, I love your daughter very much. 466 00:37:17,367 --> 00:37:18,875 And our two boys. 467 00:37:19,901 --> 00:37:22,078 You've seen him with them, Mother. 468 00:37:24,102 --> 00:37:25,554 There you go, sir. 469 00:37:25,670 --> 00:37:26,670 Thank you. 470 00:37:31,395 --> 00:37:33,077 He's a good father. 471 00:37:33,623 --> 00:37:35,593 You've seen him, feeding them, 472 00:37:36,039 --> 00:37:37,341 singing them to sleep. 473 00:37:37,343 --> 00:37:40,765 Yes, I know. I know you're good parents, both of you, 474 00:37:41,390 --> 00:37:45,029 but it breaks my heart to see you living like this, 475 00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:47,841 Nigel sleeping in a box. 476 00:37:48,591 --> 00:37:51,181 And you, Alison, there's not a spare ounce on you. 477 00:37:51,183 --> 00:37:52,649 I'm all right, I promise you. 478 00:37:52,676 --> 00:37:55,374 What if it's a bad winter and you get TB 479 00:37:56,178 --> 00:38:00,051 or, God forbid, oneof the boys develops asthma or pneumonia? 480 00:38:03,461 --> 00:38:06,347 I've talked it over with my brother and we both agree. 481 00:38:07,207 --> 00:38:08,871 But it's best if it happens now, 482 00:38:08,898 --> 00:38:10,520 before you get too attached. 483 00:38:10,641 --> 00:38:11,777 What does? 484 00:38:12,418 --> 00:38:14,868 You should keep Gordon of course, but... 485 00:38:16,285 --> 00:38:18,314 Nigel must be adopted. 486 00:38:20,783 --> 00:38:24,181 - No. No. - He could have a good life, Alison, in another family. 487 00:38:24,183 --> 00:38:25,758 - One with means. - Mother, don't, please. 488 00:38:25,785 --> 00:38:28,508 I know it will be a wrench at first... 489 00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:31,594 but you'd have Gordon, 490 00:38:31,978 --> 00:38:34,445 and in time, you'd get over it. 491 00:38:34,656 --> 00:38:35,707 Alec? 492 00:38:35,734 --> 00:38:38,086 Do it for Nigel, please. 493 00:38:38,463 --> 00:38:41,680 I know you want the best for Alison, but we're not giving up our son. 494 00:38:41,707 --> 00:38:44,008 - No, never. - It's out of the question. 495 00:38:44,281 --> 00:38:47,562 - Well, just think about it. - I can't lose my son. I won't. 496 00:38:48,463 --> 00:38:50,539 I simply won't let it happen. 497 00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:54,210 I just want to give the boys a good future. 498 00:38:55,311 --> 00:38:57,202 Do the right thing for them. 499 00:38:58,867 --> 00:39:00,055 So do we. 500 00:39:01,463 --> 00:39:03,125 How long do you honestly think you can keep...? 501 00:39:03,152 --> 00:39:05,750 When the war's over we'll move to Alec's family home in Hampshire. 502 00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:08,008 I love your daughter very much. 503 00:39:31,583 --> 00:39:33,221 "Dear Mrs Wilson, 504 00:39:33,223 --> 00:39:36,250 we are writing to confirm receipt of your correspondence 505 00:39:36,277 --> 00:39:38,217 regarding the return of a property 506 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,236 requisitioned during the war..." 507 00:39:40,263 --> 00:39:42,599 As soon as it's over, we'll get to Blakefield. 508 00:39:42,626 --> 00:39:44,541 Have all the space we need. 509 00:39:44,543 --> 00:39:47,377 "Further to your letter, I must inform you 510 00:39:47,656 --> 00:39:51,064 that Blakefield Hall, Hampshire is not owned, 511 00:39:51,091 --> 00:39:54,732 nor ever has been owned, by a member of the Wilson family..." 512 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:18,763 Alison? 513 00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:21,349 Alison. 514 00:40:21,395 --> 00:40:23,498 Jim would have done that. 515 00:40:23,953 --> 00:40:26,802 We hate to see you struggling without Alec. 516 00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:30,819 - Such a good man. - My God! Why does everyone keep saying that? 517 00:40:39,183 --> 00:40:40,811 Oh, Nigel, you're home. 518 00:40:40,837 --> 00:40:42,038 Mum? 519 00:40:42,178 --> 00:40:44,151 What happened? You're cut. Your hand. 520 00:40:44,178 --> 00:40:45,940 It's just a bit of gardening. 521 00:40:46,589 --> 00:40:48,261 I just need a bath, that's all. 522 00:40:48,288 --> 00:40:50,596 - I'll put the kettle on, then. - No, I'm going out. 523 00:40:50,623 --> 00:40:53,909 - What? You need help. A doctor. - No, no, I'm fine. Be back later. 524 00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:06,564 I'm looking for one of your members, 525 00:41:06,591 --> 00:41:08,470 Mr Shahbaz Karim. 526 00:41:09,580 --> 00:41:10,937 If you would like to follow me... 527 00:41:19,755 --> 00:41:21,466 You bloody liar. 528 00:41:23,048 --> 00:41:24,380 Excuse me. 529 00:41:27,369 --> 00:41:28,528 Please. 530 00:41:32,143 --> 00:41:33,888 You said he was a good man. 531 00:41:33,915 --> 00:41:36,741 Tell me, in what way exactly was he a good man? 532 00:41:36,743 --> 00:41:39,013 He served the country. He made sacrifices. 533 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,013 No, he lied over and over again. 534 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,048 Before the war, out in India. 535 00:41:43,075 --> 00:41:44,261 Out in India! 536 00:41:44,288 --> 00:41:45,833 He married Dorothy. 537 00:41:45,860 --> 00:41:48,721 Even told her Gladys was his poor bereaved sister. 538 00:41:48,748 --> 00:41:50,418 Yes, that's how it started. 539 00:41:51,573 --> 00:41:54,590 What started? His utter depravity? 540 00:41:55,434 --> 00:41:57,712 Please be careful, Mrs Wilson. You really don't know 541 00:41:57,739 --> 00:42:00,061 - what you're talking about. - "Oh, shut up, Mrs Wilson. Go home." 542 00:42:00,063 --> 00:42:01,503 "Stop asking questions." 543 00:42:03,743 --> 00:42:05,598 What exactly do you want to know? 544 00:42:05,625 --> 00:42:06,880 Who was he? 545 00:42:07,629 --> 00:42:09,262 Who was my husband? 546 00:42:10,637 --> 00:42:12,621 Alec was a first class agent. 547 00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:15,394 One of a tiny handful at that time. 548 00:42:16,091 --> 00:42:19,427 His work out in India and then during the war... 549 00:42:20,067 --> 00:42:21,778 he saved hundreds of lives. 550 00:42:22,153 --> 00:42:26,059 He betrayed Gladys. He seduced Dorothy and he married me. Why? 551 00:42:29,153 --> 00:42:32,747 When I first met Alec, he was happily married to Gladys. 552 00:42:33,013 --> 00:42:35,341 He had all the makings of a brilliant agent 553 00:42:35,368 --> 00:42:36,901 but he had no contacts. 554 00:42:36,903 --> 00:42:39,415 I needed to find a way to introduce him to 555 00:42:39,442 --> 00:42:40,880 Indian high society. 556 00:42:40,907 --> 00:42:41,946 Alec. 557 00:42:42,164 --> 00:42:44,664 How's the novel coming on? 558 00:42:44,987 --> 00:42:47,360 I'm writing to my wife, Gladys. 559 00:42:49,885 --> 00:42:52,844 The novel, however, is with my new agent. 560 00:42:53,328 --> 00:42:55,861 He's sent it to every publishing house in town. 561 00:42:55,988 --> 00:42:57,013 Good. 562 00:42:57,265 --> 00:42:59,188 Come on, there's someone I want you to meet. 563 00:43:00,423 --> 00:43:02,568 Knock, Karim, why don't you?! 564 00:43:03,783 --> 00:43:08,756 Miss Wick, may I present Mr Alexander Wilson. 565 00:43:08,943 --> 00:43:10,795 Hello, I'm Dorothy. 566 00:43:11,099 --> 00:43:12,068 Alec. 567 00:43:12,602 --> 00:43:14,162 No, got my own. 568 00:43:14,388 --> 00:43:16,063 So, did you enjoy the show? 569 00:43:18,591 --> 00:43:20,826 I was in the palm of your hand. 570 00:43:22,304 --> 00:43:23,818 What about the play? 571 00:43:24,147 --> 00:43:26,396 It was good, funny. 572 00:43:27,008 --> 00:43:29,646 I've never seen it played for laughs like that. 573 00:43:29,742 --> 00:43:30,906 Was it too much? 574 00:43:31,330 --> 00:43:32,583 Not for me. 575 00:43:33,943 --> 00:43:36,474 Dorothy, I need Alec to get into the summer party 576 00:43:36,501 --> 00:43:38,537 at the Governor's residence. 577 00:43:38,964 --> 00:43:41,123 I was wondering if... 578 00:43:41,469 --> 00:43:43,028 you needed a partner. 579 00:43:45,506 --> 00:43:48,373 I could see that Alec was troubled by the arrangement, 580 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,861 having to deny his family and his life with Gladys. 581 00:43:52,068 --> 00:43:53,581 But we had work to do. 582 00:43:53,583 --> 00:43:57,271 Our intelligence says the mole is within the inner circle. 583 00:43:58,246 --> 00:43:59,943 Start with the ADC. 584 00:44:00,884 --> 00:44:02,662 Partial to whisky. 585 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:07,138 With Dorothy on your arm... 586 00:44:08,187 --> 00:44:09,825 you can go anywhere, 587 00:44:10,021 --> 00:44:11,338 meet anyone. 588 00:44:16,174 --> 00:44:17,794 It's for your country, Alec. 589 00:44:18,443 --> 00:44:21,092 Alec soon realised what I needed from him. 590 00:44:21,783 --> 00:44:24,140 Once unsure about deception, 591 00:44:24,276 --> 00:44:26,242 he began to enjoy it. 592 00:44:28,386 --> 00:44:29,796 Dorothy, 593 00:44:30,265 --> 00:44:32,953 I would want you to introduce and then disappear. 594 00:44:33,423 --> 00:44:35,820 Alec, I need you to speak to him alone. 595 00:44:36,057 --> 00:44:38,389 Commit every word to memory. 596 00:44:39,039 --> 00:44:40,241 Good luck. 597 00:44:44,743 --> 00:44:46,125 You're in love, 598 00:44:46,955 --> 00:44:48,139 remember? 599 00:44:52,713 --> 00:44:55,252 But Dorothy told me they simply fell in love. 600 00:44:56,943 --> 00:45:01,091 - So she lied. - Lied? I'm not sure. 601 00:45:02,903 --> 00:45:06,513 We spend our whole lives justifying the decisions we made in the past. 602 00:45:06,792 --> 00:45:10,299 Constructing our own intricate versions of the truth. 603 00:45:10,464 --> 00:45:12,643 When you live with deceit for long enough, 604 00:45:12,669 --> 00:45:14,049 it rubs off. 605 00:45:14,623 --> 00:45:18,214 You learn to mould every situation to your own advantage. 606 00:45:20,383 --> 00:45:23,534 As the weeks went on, I became concerned. 607 00:45:23,903 --> 00:45:27,510 Their affair was useful to our undercover operation, 608 00:45:27,833 --> 00:45:30,831 but I never imagined that they would fall in love. 609 00:45:33,411 --> 00:45:35,206 - Morning. - Sorry. 610 00:45:35,541 --> 00:45:36,713 Are you all right? 611 00:45:38,863 --> 00:45:39,943 Just, erm... 612 00:45:41,903 --> 00:45:43,151 bad dreams. 613 00:45:43,358 --> 00:45:45,126 When I write, they go away. 614 00:45:45,837 --> 00:45:47,174 What are you writing? 615 00:45:48,902 --> 00:45:50,135 The novel. 616 00:45:51,941 --> 00:45:53,378 I'm trying to. 617 00:46:00,353 --> 00:46:01,774 Hello, stranger. 618 00:46:02,219 --> 00:46:04,501 Good morning. Where's Alec? 619 00:46:04,578 --> 00:46:07,164 He's at the bazaar, he'll be back soon. 620 00:46:12,093 --> 00:46:12,992 What? 621 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,242 Don't get in too deep, my dear. 622 00:46:15,470 --> 00:46:16,766 You set us up. 623 00:46:19,543 --> 00:46:22,082 I thought this all would have suited you rather well. 624 00:46:22,109 --> 00:46:24,453 I just don't want to see you get hurt, that's it. 625 00:46:24,583 --> 00:46:27,594 Well, I'm fine, thanks for your concern. 626 00:46:27,943 --> 00:46:30,555 Darling, Karim's here. 627 00:46:30,617 --> 00:46:32,258 Shahbaz! 628 00:46:32,543 --> 00:46:35,383 - Assalam-o-Alaikum. - Alaikum salam. 629 00:46:36,542 --> 00:46:37,867 I got your post. 630 00:46:38,823 --> 00:46:41,704 I know you've been waiting to hear from a certain person in England. 631 00:46:41,731 --> 00:46:43,516 - Thank you. - No. 632 00:46:45,130 --> 00:46:47,813 That's just your sister, Gladys. 633 00:46:49,093 --> 00:46:50,211 Now this one... 634 00:46:50,463 --> 00:46:53,617 Longmans Green. Isn't that a publisher? 635 00:47:01,399 --> 00:47:03,793 They want to publish my first novel 636 00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:05,750 and the one that I'm writing now. 637 00:47:05,781 --> 00:47:08,000 They'll wire me the advance! 638 00:47:08,477 --> 00:47:10,961 Alec's real life was feeding into his fiction and 639 00:47:10,988 --> 00:47:13,381 Dorothy soon became part of his story. 640 00:47:13,408 --> 00:47:15,033 So they did work together. 641 00:47:15,060 --> 00:47:16,756 They had some sort of arrangement. 642 00:47:16,783 --> 00:47:18,156 Yes. But... 643 00:47:18,453 --> 00:47:20,374 they only married because 644 00:47:20,672 --> 00:47:22,203 Dorothy fell pregnant. 645 00:47:22,383 --> 00:47:27,468 Dorothy found a fakir in the bazaar who said he would deal with it. 646 00:47:27,583 --> 00:47:31,328 He'd helped British women before, but of course there were risks. 647 00:47:31,503 --> 00:47:33,804 But Dorothy was willing to take them. 648 00:47:34,140 --> 00:47:35,562 To give up her child? 649 00:47:35,806 --> 00:47:36,825 Yes. 650 00:47:37,044 --> 00:47:39,115 But Alec wouldn't let her go through with it. 651 00:47:39,591 --> 00:47:41,583 That was the kind of man he was. 652 00:47:42,155 --> 00:47:43,223 Decent. 653 00:47:43,623 --> 00:47:46,357 But he couldn't divorce Gladys because he was a Catholic. 654 00:47:46,623 --> 00:47:49,294 He was desperate. 655 00:47:50,558 --> 00:47:52,301 So I came up with a plan. 656 00:47:53,503 --> 00:47:55,832 I faked a wedding for them. 657 00:47:55,859 --> 00:47:57,419 Lahore Cathedral. 658 00:47:58,463 --> 00:47:59,966 It was a fake wedding? 659 00:48:00,689 --> 00:48:02,466 They never properly married? 660 00:48:02,686 --> 00:48:04,513 Alec didn't sign the register. 661 00:48:04,896 --> 00:48:07,560 He had no choice but to keep deceiving Dorothy. 662 00:48:07,587 --> 00:48:09,912 You can't condone Alec's lies. 663 00:48:10,103 --> 00:48:13,880 I have to, I showed him how to lie, keep secrets. 664 00:48:14,068 --> 00:48:15,200 I shaped him. 665 00:48:15,602 --> 00:48:17,318 Then how can you sleep at night? 666 00:48:17,663 --> 00:48:19,372 He saved hundreds of lives. 667 00:48:19,544 --> 00:48:21,552 And us women have to pay the price? 668 00:48:21,979 --> 00:48:25,083 Do his dirty work? Lie to our children? 669 00:48:25,263 --> 00:48:27,146 It's the price you have to pay 670 00:48:28,041 --> 00:48:29,809 for the service he gave. 671 00:49:07,163 --> 00:49:08,628 Mrs Wilson. 672 00:49:13,771 --> 00:49:15,464 I didn't know where else to go. 673 00:49:16,217 --> 00:49:17,402 What's happened? 674 00:49:25,553 --> 00:49:27,347 You're not alone, Alison. 675 00:49:28,718 --> 00:49:29,972 Talk to me. 676 00:49:40,381 --> 00:49:42,308 Alec let me down, Father. 677 00:49:45,519 --> 00:49:46,722 He deceived me. 678 00:49:48,812 --> 00:49:50,183 I thought he loved us. 679 00:49:50,983 --> 00:49:52,535 I'm sure he did. 680 00:49:57,063 --> 00:50:00,292 We have all sinned, Mrs Wilson. 681 00:50:04,077 --> 00:50:05,620 But what do I do now? 682 00:50:06,955 --> 00:50:09,027 How do I look my boys in the eye? 683 00:50:13,863 --> 00:50:15,652 They know nothing about this. 684 00:50:18,663 --> 00:50:20,261 Keep it that way. 685 00:50:21,303 --> 00:50:22,472 Protect them. 686 00:50:24,839 --> 00:50:26,961 And how would I be judged by your God? 687 00:50:27,397 --> 00:50:29,297 The one you're not sure about? 688 00:50:30,946 --> 00:50:32,485 He is forgiving. 689 00:50:34,716 --> 00:50:36,009 Protect them. 690 00:50:38,641 --> 00:50:40,587 Nigel, I'm home. 691 00:50:50,478 --> 00:50:53,555 _ 692 00:51:11,227 --> 00:51:14,008 _ 693 00:51:28,743 --> 00:51:31,438 - I don't want to upset her. - Don't worry about it. 694 00:51:32,006 --> 00:51:33,742 You will be fine, I promise. 695 00:51:44,412 --> 00:51:47,264 Gordon, what a wonderful surprise. Come in. 696 00:51:47,743 --> 00:51:49,800 There's plenty to eat, all your favourites. 697 00:51:49,827 --> 00:51:51,884 Cheese and tomato, fish paste. 698 00:51:52,536 --> 00:51:54,851 Come on, you must be hungry. 699 00:51:55,679 --> 00:51:58,055 Tuck in, then you can tell me all your news. 700 00:52:00,009 --> 00:52:03,415 I worried you, I know I did. But I'm fine, I really am. 701 00:52:03,663 --> 00:52:05,235 Mum, what's going on? 702 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,462 A letter came. From Blakefield. 703 00:52:09,618 --> 00:52:10,797 You read it. 704 00:52:18,743 --> 00:52:21,585 It is ours, but they're using it as a training base. 705 00:52:21,804 --> 00:52:23,788 They can't give it back yet, look. 706 00:52:25,995 --> 00:52:28,679 I'm sorry, I was disappointed as well. 707 00:52:30,223 --> 00:52:32,132 I told you there'd be a reason. 708 00:52:32,295 --> 00:52:34,350 Right, who wants a cup of tea? 709 00:52:35,881 --> 00:52:37,866 I've found Nigel digs. 710 00:52:38,863 --> 00:52:41,616 A family in Oxford he can stay with until term starts. 711 00:52:41,931 --> 00:52:42,873 What? 712 00:52:43,263 --> 00:52:45,171 No, I'm fine now. 713 00:52:45,783 --> 00:52:47,546 I told you, I wanted to tell her that. 714 00:52:47,647 --> 00:52:49,823 - I'm OK. - Go and pack a bag. 715 00:52:54,935 --> 00:52:56,818 I phoned the Ministry last night. 716 00:52:58,046 --> 00:53:00,605 They said that Blakefield had never been owned by Dad. 717 00:53:00,632 --> 00:53:03,116 Well, there must be some kind of mistake. Here. 718 00:53:03,143 --> 00:53:05,157 I made other calls too. 719 00:53:05,488 --> 00:53:08,194 Repton School, Cambridge. 720 00:53:09,289 --> 00:53:11,178 Dad lied about going there. 721 00:53:11,491 --> 00:53:12,546 And this, 722 00:53:13,236 --> 00:53:15,362 that he gave me on my 21st... 723 00:53:15,389 --> 00:53:18,042 I took it to a jeweller, there's no family crest. 724 00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:19,901 Stocking filler, the man called it. 725 00:53:19,993 --> 00:53:22,554 None of it makes any sense. Who was he, Mum? 726 00:53:22,581 --> 00:53:25,448 I have genuinely no idea who Dad was. 727 00:53:25,475 --> 00:53:27,113 I even phoned the Foreign Office and 728 00:53:27,140 --> 00:53:28,988 there's no record of him working there. 729 00:53:29,015 --> 00:53:31,522 - No, but we worked there together... - If you're telling the truth. 730 00:53:31,549 --> 00:53:33,341 - What? - Why should I believe you?! 731 00:53:33,343 --> 00:53:35,762 How I do know you're not lying as well? Covering up for him? 732 00:53:35,789 --> 00:53:36,671 Go. 733 00:53:36,863 --> 00:53:38,499 Did you write that letter, Mum? 734 00:53:39,311 --> 00:53:40,941 Did you write that bloody letter? 735 00:53:40,943 --> 00:53:43,038 Go upstairs, get Nigel and get out. 736 00:53:43,530 --> 00:53:45,085 I said get out! 737 00:54:00,951 --> 00:54:03,389 - Why do we have to go right now? - We can't stay. 738 00:54:03,461 --> 00:54:05,461 Can I not say goodbye first? 739 00:55:23,875 --> 00:55:26,008 _ 740 00:55:32,914 --> 00:55:35,887 www.subtitulamos.tv