1 00:00:56,349 --> 00:01:00,269 I want to speak to you about an account I read of Grace at the asylum. 2 00:01:02,396 --> 00:01:04,649 It paints her as a gibbering madwoman... 3 00:01:07,527 --> 00:01:08,861 shrieking like a phantom... 4 00:01:11,447 --> 00:01:13,533 and running around like a singed monkey. 5 00:01:13,616 --> 00:01:16,160 Have you developed your own theories regarding her sanity? 6 00:01:16,244 --> 00:01:18,788 I have been proceeding with the utmost caution. 7 00:01:18,871 --> 00:01:20,581 Have you asked her what she remembers? 8 00:01:22,291 --> 00:01:25,461 She remembers her life before arriving at Mr. Kinnear's 9 00:01:25,545 --> 00:01:29,966 with a vividness and mass of circumstantial detail 10 00:01:30,049 --> 00:01:33,094 that indicates the problem is not with her memory in general. 11 00:01:34,762 --> 00:01:37,682 Are you acquainted with a family called Parkinson in Toronto? 12 00:01:37,765 --> 00:01:42,019 He died some years ago, and the widow returned to her native land. 13 00:01:42,103 --> 00:01:45,523 She was an American like yourself. She found the winters too cold. 14 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:46,774 That is unfortunate. 15 00:01:46,858 --> 00:01:49,694 Grace's first situation was with the Parkinsons. 16 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:53,364 She had a friend, a fellow servant, called Mary Whitney. 17 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:56,576 You may recall this was the false name she gave when escaping. 18 00:01:57,618 --> 00:02:00,079 In any case, this young woman died... 19 00:02:01,414 --> 00:02:03,583 under abrupt circumstances. 20 00:02:05,168 --> 00:02:07,378 When Grace was sitting next to the body, 21 00:02:07,461 --> 00:02:09,505 she said she heard her dead friend speak to her. 22 00:02:09,589 --> 00:02:10,631 Let me in! 23 00:02:10,715 --> 00:02:12,133 An auditory hallucination, of course. 24 00:02:12,216 --> 00:02:13,968 It is not at all uncommon. 25 00:02:14,051 --> 00:02:16,637 I myself have attended a great many death beds, 26 00:02:16,721 --> 00:02:19,307 and, especially among the sentimental... 27 00:02:20,141 --> 00:02:24,187 it is counted a mark of dishonor not to have heard the deceased speak. 28 00:02:24,270 --> 00:02:28,858 If an angel choir is also audible, so much the better. 29 00:02:28,941 --> 00:02:33,154 This hallucination was followed by an episode of fainting and hysterics, 30 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:36,616 mixed with what would appear to have been somnambulism, 31 00:02:37,450 --> 00:02:41,454 after which there was a prolonged sleep and subsequent amnesia. 32 00:02:41,537 --> 00:02:43,497 So she has a history of such lapses. 33 00:02:43,581 --> 00:02:45,124 Let's not jump to conclusions. 34 00:02:45,208 --> 00:02:47,668 She herself is at present my only informant. 35 00:02:47,752 --> 00:02:49,462 It would be most useful 36 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:52,882 to approach the time of the murders with her now, 37 00:02:52,965 --> 00:02:55,551 given that she is speaking about her amnesia. 38 00:02:55,635 --> 00:02:58,220 I must reiterate, my methods take time. 39 00:02:59,055 --> 00:03:01,474 It is most crucial not to rush it. 40 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:12,568 I suppose it's still the shock. 41 00:03:12,652 --> 00:03:15,279 So kind of you to make dinner again. 42 00:03:15,821 --> 00:03:19,492 You're so much more caring than my husband ever was. 43 00:03:39,262 --> 00:03:41,305 ♪ Rock of ages ♪ 44 00:03:41,389 --> 00:03:43,766 ♪ Cleft for me ♪ 45 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:47,770 ♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪ 46 00:03:48,354 --> 00:03:52,441 ♪ Let the water and the blood ♪ 47 00:03:52,525 --> 00:03:56,904 ♪ From thy riven side which flowed ♪ 48 00:03:56,988 --> 00:04:01,158 ♪ Be the sin the double cure ♪ 49 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:06,247 ♪ Cleanse me from its guilt and power ♪ 50 00:04:16,424 --> 00:04:18,801 I did not know you could sing so well, Grace. 51 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:23,723 You have a... a beautiful voice. 52 00:04:24,348 --> 00:04:25,641 Thank you, sir. 53 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:28,728 I used to have more occasion for it. 54 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:33,107 Grace, I noticed that the guards were quite rough with you. 55 00:04:33,899 --> 00:04:35,484 Does this happen often? 56 00:04:35,568 --> 00:04:36,694 Yes, sir. 57 00:04:37,820 --> 00:04:39,280 They prod and poke at me. 58 00:04:40,239 --> 00:04:42,908 They say filthy things and I can't get free of them. 59 00:04:44,577 --> 00:04:46,120 That is unjust. 60 00:04:47,121 --> 00:04:48,956 I will speak to the governor about it. 61 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:52,543 I wonder what has been causing your loss of sleep. 62 00:04:53,419 --> 00:04:54,879 What makes you say that, Grace? 63 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:57,882 You have dark circles under your eyes. You haven't slept a wink. 64 00:04:57,965 --> 00:05:00,509 Well, I slept well. Thank you for your concern. 65 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:05,181 Oh, a parsnip. 66 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:09,518 Not one I would have selected. Has an orange tint, which means it's old. 67 00:05:09,602 --> 00:05:13,522 -Does it remind you of anything? -There's "Fine words butter no parsnips." 68 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:17,151 -It's also very hard to peel. -They're kept in cellars. 69 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:23,324 Oh, no, sir. Outside in a hole in the ground. 70 00:05:23,407 --> 00:05:26,077 They are much improved by being frozen. 71 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:32,917 Shall I continue where we left off? 72 00:05:34,085 --> 00:05:35,836 I've forgotten just where that was, sir. 73 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,756 The death of Mary, your poor friend Mary Whitney. 74 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:42,468 Ah, yes. Mary. 75 00:05:48,265 --> 00:05:50,059 She was buried in my best nightdress. 76 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:55,189 And she didn't look dead in the least, but only very pale. 77 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:00,444 And all laid out in white like that, she looked just like a bride. 78 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,537 In sure and certain hope 79 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:12,623 of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, 80 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,751 we commend to almighty God our sister Mary 81 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:18,462 and we commit her body to the ground. 82 00:06:18,546 --> 00:06:23,134 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 83 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:27,054 The Lord lift up his countenance upon her and give her peace. 84 00:06:27,138 --> 00:06:28,514 -Amen. -Amen. 85 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:31,016 She was put with the Methodists on Adelaide Street, 86 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,477 off in the corner right next to the paupers, 87 00:06:33,561 --> 00:06:38,315 but still within the churchyard, so I felt I had done all for her that I could. 88 00:06:38,399 --> 00:06:42,820 I saw death in Mary's eyes, but then hindsight is always accurate. 89 00:06:43,696 --> 00:06:45,030 I will pray for her. 90 00:07:17,563 --> 00:07:20,274 It was hard for me to believe that Mary was truly dead. 91 00:07:27,031 --> 00:07:29,658 Grace, come. Have a seat. 92 00:07:30,826 --> 00:07:32,203 Come, come. 93 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:39,001 Grace... 94 00:07:41,712 --> 00:07:44,798 -Do you know the man? -Ma'am? 95 00:07:45,841 --> 00:07:46,967 The man... 96 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:49,595 Mary. 97 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,848 I do not. 98 00:07:54,558 --> 00:07:57,645 I'm going to ask you to swear on the Bible 99 00:07:58,479 --> 00:08:02,816 that, even if you do know, you will never divulge it. 100 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:07,446 And if you can swear that, on the Bible, 101 00:08:08,781 --> 00:08:12,117 I will make sure that your wages are increased immediately... 102 00:08:13,244 --> 00:08:16,163 and that if you should choose to leave the house, 103 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:20,501 I will give you a good reference for future employment. 104 00:08:30,386 --> 00:08:33,806 I never had fault to find with your work, Grace. 105 00:08:43,941 --> 00:08:46,193 Mr. George Parkinson did not seem in any hurry 106 00:08:46,277 --> 00:08:48,654 to get back to the United States and his education. 107 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:57,037 Excuse me, Mother. 108 00:09:06,213 --> 00:09:07,715 - Grace. 109 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,354 So sorry about your friend, Mary. I know you were very dear to her. 110 00:09:27,818 --> 00:09:28,819 George. 111 00:09:36,035 --> 00:09:38,912 Grace, please be more careful. 112 00:09:52,551 --> 00:09:54,803 Grace, open the door. 113 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:57,765 Grace, it's George. Let me in. 114 00:10:00,351 --> 00:10:02,061 Grace, let me in. 115 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:11,195 Open the door. 116 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:15,574 Lock or no lock, sooner or later, he'd find a way of getting in. 117 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:20,913 Once you're found with a man, you are the guilty one, no matter how they get in. 118 00:10:21,997 --> 00:10:26,627 As Mary used to say, some masters think you owe them service 24 hours a day 119 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,338 and should do the main work flat on your back. 120 00:10:32,341 --> 00:10:35,094 As I've said, sir, she had a very forward way of speaking. 121 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:52,569 Oh, Nancy, this is Grace. Nancy's an old friend. 122 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:55,614 -She's visiting from Richmond Hill. -Lovely to meet you, Grace. 123 00:10:56,573 --> 00:10:57,741 I must be going. 124 00:10:57,825 --> 00:11:01,286 I need to get to the dry goods auction before Clarkson's store closes. 125 00:11:02,121 --> 00:11:04,748 Will you look at the pretty muslin I got last time. 126 00:11:04,832 --> 00:11:07,710 Now, what would a housekeeper be wanting with a dress like that, Nancy? 127 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:09,837 You always had such fine tastes. 128 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:11,839 Do you have a long road to Richmond Hill? 129 00:11:11,922 --> 00:11:15,551 No, I did not take the coach into town. My master drove me in. 130 00:11:15,634 --> 00:11:17,553 Do you know where Richmond Hill is? 131 00:11:17,636 --> 00:11:19,638 Up Yonge Street past Hogg's Hollow? 132 00:11:20,264 --> 00:11:23,183 I'm in want of another servant to help me with the work. 133 00:11:23,267 --> 00:11:27,855 Mr. Kinnear, my master, is a gentleman of a fine Scottish family. 134 00:11:27,938 --> 00:11:31,483 He's not married, so there's no mistress of the household to carp and criticize. 135 00:11:31,942 --> 00:11:33,652 Would you be interested in the position? 136 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:37,656 I'm lonely for female company and I don't like being 137 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:41,160 a single woman alone with a gentleman, as people will talk. 138 00:11:41,243 --> 00:11:42,786 Oh, I'm not sure. 139 00:11:43,704 --> 00:11:48,125 Mr. Kinnear is a liberal master and he shows it when he's pleased. 140 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:51,003 You'll be making a good bargain and stepping up in the world. 141 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:52,796 What are your wages at present? 142 00:11:53,505 --> 00:11:56,842 -Two dollars a month. -I will pay you three dollars a month. 143 00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:01,096 Well, that is more than fair. 144 00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:03,056 Wonderful. 145 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:07,811 Here's some money for you to take the coach to Richmond Hill tomorrow. 146 00:12:07,895 --> 00:12:10,731 - I myself will meet you by the inn. - Grace. 147 00:12:11,899 --> 00:12:14,234 I'm sorry to steal your best help, Sally. 148 00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:18,071 You just said such glowing things about my new girl. 149 00:12:18,155 --> 00:12:21,074 Little did I know you'd be taking her from us. 150 00:12:25,496 --> 00:12:28,749 I'm not sure it is a suitable position for a young girl like you. 151 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:30,042 Why not? 152 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:34,129 Nancy has always been kind to me and I don't like to talk. 153 00:12:34,213 --> 00:12:38,383 A person has to take her own chances and the least said, the soonest mended. 154 00:12:38,467 --> 00:12:41,595 I don't know anything for certain so it would not be right to say more. 155 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:45,807 But I do feel I have done my duty in saying as much as I have 156 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:48,435 because you have no mother to advise you. 157 00:12:50,938 --> 00:12:53,315 I didn't have the least idea what she was talking about. 158 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:55,400 Have you heard any harm spoken of Mr. Kinnear? 159 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:58,695 Nothing the world at large would call harm. 160 00:13:00,781 --> 00:13:02,950 It was like a puzzle I could not guess 161 00:13:03,033 --> 00:13:06,495 and it would have been better for all if she had spoken more plainly. 162 00:13:07,162 --> 00:13:10,541 But the pay was higher than anything I'd had before, which weighed heavily on me, 163 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:13,835 along with my need to get away from Mr. George Parkinson. 164 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:18,590 And what weighed even more heavily on me was Nancy Montgomery herself. 165 00:13:21,927 --> 00:13:25,013 She resembled Mary Whitney, or so I then thought. 166 00:13:25,097 --> 00:13:27,683 And I'd been depressed in spirits ever since Mary's death. 167 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,519 And so I decided to go. 168 00:13:54,126 --> 00:13:56,044 The journey up Yonge Street to Richmond Hill 169 00:13:56,128 --> 00:13:58,338 was more uncomfortable than I expected. 170 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:03,218 -Never look behind you. -Why not? 171 00:14:03,302 --> 00:14:05,512 Because the past is the past and regret is vain. 172 00:14:05,596 --> 00:14:09,308 Let bygones be bygones. You know what became of Lot's wife. 173 00:14:09,391 --> 00:14:12,936 Turned to a pillar of salt. A waste of a good woman. 174 00:14:15,147 --> 00:14:18,108 Not that they aren't all the better for a pinch of salt. 175 00:14:18,734 --> 00:14:20,777 See that there? Montgomery's Tavern. 176 00:14:20,861 --> 00:14:23,780 That's where Mackenzie and his band of ragtags held their seditious meetings 177 00:14:23,864 --> 00:14:26,658 and set out to march down Yonge Street during the rebellion. 178 00:14:27,743 --> 00:14:29,411 William Lyon Mackenzie? 179 00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:32,998 One of them was shot in front of it, trying to warn the government troops. 180 00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:34,791 They burnt it down afterwards. 181 00:14:34,875 --> 00:14:36,752 Some traitors were hung, but not enough. 182 00:14:36,835 --> 00:14:40,380 That cowardly rascal Mackenzie should be dragged back from the States. 183 00:14:40,464 --> 00:14:44,009 He ran off, leaving his friends to swing at the rope's end for him. 184 00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:47,888 I could tell by the smell of his breath it was just as well not to provoke him. 185 00:14:47,971 --> 00:14:49,348 And so I said nothing. 186 00:14:49,932 --> 00:14:54,561 William Lyon Mackenzie was a hero to Mary. It was hard to say nothing. 187 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:03,820 -Where are you staying? -What you don't know won't hurt you. 188 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:07,824 Why don't you come in for a glass of whisky for old times' sake? 189 00:15:08,784 --> 00:15:11,370 -Would your name be Grace Marks? -Yes. 190 00:15:11,453 --> 00:15:13,455 -Is this man a friend of yours? -No. 191 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:18,460 -The lady does not desire your company. -She is no lady, she's a whore. 192 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:27,386 I am Thomas Kinnear, your new employer. I've come to fetch you. 193 00:15:29,846 --> 00:15:31,556 You've not been in town five minutes 194 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,476 and you've managed to attract gentlemen admirers. 195 00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:38,438 -They are not. -Not gentlemen or not admirers? 196 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:40,732 This is Charley. 197 00:15:40,816 --> 00:15:42,693 So, up you go, Grace. 198 00:15:44,361 --> 00:15:46,071 Do you mean me to sit in front? 199 00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:49,658 We can hardly have you riding in the back like a piece of luggage. 200 00:15:54,746 --> 00:15:57,416 I was not used to sitting beside a gentleman like him, 201 00:15:57,499 --> 00:16:00,043 but he didn't seem to give it a second thought. 202 00:16:00,127 --> 00:16:02,295 And there we were, driving up Yonge Street, 203 00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:04,297 just as if I was a fine lady. 204 00:16:04,381 --> 00:16:06,008 What did Mr. Kinnear look like? 205 00:16:07,843 --> 00:16:10,053 He had a gentlemanly bearing, sir. 206 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:14,975 Is that all? You did not observe him very particularly. 207 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:18,145 I did not wish to gape at him, sir, 208 00:16:18,228 --> 00:16:20,856 and I needed to turn my head because of my bonnet. 209 00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:23,942 I suppose you've never worn a bonnet, sir. 210 00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:25,694 No, I have not. 211 00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:28,780 I expect it is confining. 212 00:16:29,573 --> 00:16:31,408 It is that, sir. 213 00:17:11,573 --> 00:17:14,326 Hello, Jamie. This is Grace Marks. 214 00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:16,745 Come from Toronto. I found her at the inn. 215 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:22,375 Jamie lives nearby and helps us around the farm from time to time. 216 00:17:26,922 --> 00:17:28,548 Hello. 217 00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:33,595 Is it big, Toronto? Is it very grand? I've never been there. 218 00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:34,763 Grand enough. 219 00:17:34,846 --> 00:17:37,682 I could not find it in me to answer properly about Toronto, 220 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:40,602 because right then I was bitterly sorry I'd ever left it. 221 00:17:41,478 --> 00:17:45,065 I heard her laughing. She had not given me one word of greeting. 222 00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:48,819 McDermott. Take Grace's things to her room. 223 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:59,371 Something squeezed tight about my heart. 224 00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:15,470 When I close my eyes... 225 00:18:21,101 --> 00:18:24,646 I can remember every detail of that house as clear as a picture. 226 00:18:27,858 --> 00:18:30,443 I could walk through every room of it blindfolded. 227 00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:39,452 Strange to reflect... 228 00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:43,790 that, of all the people living in that house, 229 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:48,336 I was the only one of them left alive in six months' time. 230 00:19:09,191 --> 00:19:14,112 Though at that moment I had no feeling about it and only wanted a drink of water. 231 00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:21,828 Eventually Nancy gave me a proper tour of the house. 232 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:27,250 There's no separate laundry room, but the things for washing, 233 00:19:27,334 --> 00:19:29,252 the coppers, the washtub and the scrubbing board, 234 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:31,129 are present in the summer kitchen. 235 00:19:31,213 --> 00:19:34,049 We don't keep a pig. They're too clever for their own good. 236 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:36,968 Mr. Kinnear's old dog Fancy died. 237 00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:40,263 I'd feel easier with a dog about the place to bark at strangers. 238 00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:44,059 There's a trap door under here to the cellar. 239 00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:46,686 I thought it was an odd place 240 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:48,813 as the kitchen would have been more convenient, 241 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:50,941 but the kitchen didn't have a cellar under it. 242 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:53,693 Go on, Grace. 243 00:19:53,777 --> 00:19:54,694 Of course. 244 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,405 The cellar stairs were too steep for comfort, 245 00:19:57,489 --> 00:20:00,700 and the cellar was divided into two parts by a half-wall, 246 00:20:00,784 --> 00:20:03,828 the dairy on one side, where they kept the butter and cheeses, 247 00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:07,123 and on the other side, the place where they stored the wine and the beer 248 00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:09,292 and apples and the cabbages and beets and potatoes-- 249 00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:11,836 -Yes, Grace, but... -Yes, sir? 250 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,797 I understand what is stored in a cellar. 251 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:16,341 Of course. 252 00:20:16,424 --> 00:20:19,719 There's a window down there, but you should always take a candle or a lantern. 253 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:23,390 It's dark below and you could trip and fall down the stairs and break your neck. 254 00:20:25,809 --> 00:20:28,478 We did not go down into the cellar at that time. 255 00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:34,025 Nancy, who was now all smiles, showed me to my room. 256 00:20:34,109 --> 00:20:36,236 She had on a very handsome pair of earrings, 257 00:20:36,319 --> 00:20:40,407 which I could tell were real gold, and I wondered how she could afford them 258 00:20:40,490 --> 00:20:42,033 on the salary of a housekeeper. 259 00:20:45,412 --> 00:20:48,415 I could see there was no love lost between McDermott and Nancy. 260 00:20:52,627 --> 00:20:54,337 He's more surly than ever. 261 00:20:55,046 --> 00:20:56,798 He can suit himself and welcome. 262 00:20:56,881 --> 00:21:01,386 It's a smile or the open road for him, or more likely the bottom of a ditch. 263 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:12,397 I am very glad to see you, Grace. 264 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,025 You must be very tired after your journey, it's very fatiguing. 265 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:17,569 Why don't you rest and start work in the morning? 266 00:21:38,882 --> 00:21:40,592 I liked being early to rise. 267 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:45,430 That way, I could pretend for a little while that the house was all my own. 268 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:06,493 Mind your manners or I'll wring your neck. 269 00:22:07,202 --> 00:22:09,204 Would that be me you're addressing? 270 00:22:10,705 --> 00:22:12,374 No, it would not. 271 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:15,835 I could tell what he had in mind, and it was not original. 272 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:45,115 I did think it unusual for a housekeeper to be learning the piano. 273 00:22:45,907 --> 00:22:47,367 But of course I said nothing. 274 00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:50,286 And then everything went on very quietly for a fortnight. 275 00:22:53,123 --> 00:22:57,418 -Yes, sir. More or less quietly. -What is "everything"? How did it go on? 276 00:22:57,919 --> 00:23:00,296 -I beg your pardon, sir? -What did you do every day? 277 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:01,923 The usual, sir. I performed my duties. 278 00:23:02,006 --> 00:23:04,926 You will forgive me. Of what did those duties consist? 279 00:23:06,302 --> 00:23:07,846 You were not making a joke. 280 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:11,933 You really don't know. 281 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:15,353 Men such as yourself do not have to clean up the messes you make, 282 00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:18,731 but we have to clean up our own messes and yours into the bargain. 283 00:23:19,858 --> 00:23:21,776 In that way, you are like children. 284 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:25,780 You do not have to think ahead or worry about the consequences of what you do. 285 00:23:26,489 --> 00:23:30,535 But it is not your fault. It is only how you are brought up. 286 00:24:32,722 --> 00:24:34,098 And then? 287 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,940 Then I collected the slop pails and rinsed them out. 288 00:24:50,448 --> 00:24:53,576 With a pump, you have to pour some in before you get any out. 289 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:56,704 Mary Whitney said that was how men viewed the flattering of a woman 290 00:24:56,788 --> 00:24:58,414 when they had low ends in view. 291 00:25:00,959 --> 00:25:03,920 Mary Whitney was not proper, but she was honest. 292 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,714 So that's how you rinse out a slop pail. 293 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:11,844 Well, of course I went to the privy first to empty it. 294 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:15,181 I went to the privy and emptied the slop pail, and so forth. 295 00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:16,599 And so forth? 296 00:25:18,268 --> 00:25:19,519 "Really, Doctor," I thought, 297 00:25:20,353 --> 00:25:24,190 "if you didn't know what you do in a privy, there really is no hope for you. 298 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:39,122 What I did was, I hoisted my skirts and sat down above the buzzing flies, 299 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:43,793 on the same seat everyone in the house sat on, lady or lady's maid. 300 00:25:44,711 --> 00:25:48,506 They both piss and it smells the same, and not like lilacs neither, 301 00:25:48,589 --> 00:25:50,675 as Mary Whitney used to say. 302 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:55,513 Some of the pictures were of duchesses from England and high-society ladies 303 00:25:55,596 --> 00:25:57,223 in New York and the like. 304 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:02,562 Never let your picture be in a magazine or newspaper if you can help it, 305 00:26:02,645 --> 00:26:04,314 as you never know what ends 306 00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:08,693 your face may be made to serve by others once it has got out of your control." 307 00:26:10,528 --> 00:26:13,031 But I did not say any of this to you, Dr. Jordan. 308 00:26:13,114 --> 00:26:14,907 And so forth. 309 00:26:18,536 --> 00:26:21,706 "And so forth" is all you are entitled to, I thought. 310 00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:24,125 Just because you pestered me to know everything 311 00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:26,044 was no reason for me to tell you. 312 00:26:41,893 --> 00:26:43,102 Good morning. 313 00:26:43,186 --> 00:26:45,605 -Good morning. -Is the tea made? 314 00:26:45,688 --> 00:26:46,731 Yes. 315 00:26:47,357 --> 00:26:50,526 I'm scarcely alive in the morning until I've had my cup of tea. 316 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:53,696 Mr. Kinnear will take his upstairs. 317 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:55,865 He'll want a second cup when he comes down. 318 00:26:56,699 --> 00:26:58,284 I will take it up. 319 00:26:59,035 --> 00:27:01,871 At Mrs. Parkinson's, the housekeeper would never carry the... 320 00:27:04,874 --> 00:27:07,251 It was beneath her position and a job for the maids. 321 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,588 Of course. I only took it up when short of help. 322 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:13,591 I've got into the habit of it lately. Go ahead. 323 00:27:20,598 --> 00:27:21,766 Your tea, sir. 324 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:24,936 Yes. Bring it in. 325 00:27:36,948 --> 00:27:38,199 Thank you, Grace. 326 00:27:38,282 --> 00:27:41,994 There's beautiful eggs this morning, sir. Would you want one for your breakfast? 327 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:45,289 Yes. Thank you, Grace. I'm sure it will do me good. 328 00:27:55,967 --> 00:27:58,177 Mr. Kinnear wants an egg for his breakfast. 329 00:27:58,719 --> 00:28:00,471 I will have one also. 330 00:28:00,555 --> 00:28:03,975 He will have his fried, with bacon, and mine should be boiled. 331 00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:07,186 We will have breakfast together in the dining room. 332 00:28:08,062 --> 00:28:10,356 He requires me to keep him company. 333 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:13,693 He does not like to eat alone. 334 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:19,532 -Is Mr. Kinnear ill at all? -No. He just likes to be fussed over. 335 00:28:22,285 --> 00:28:25,746 I wonder why he never married, a fine man like him. 336 00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:30,293 Some gentlemen do not have an inclination for the married state. 337 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:34,130 They are very pleased with themselves and think they can get along without it. 338 00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,884 -I suppose they can at that. -Certainly they can, if rich enough. 339 00:28:37,967 --> 00:28:41,804 If they want a thing, they pay for it. It's all one to them. 340 00:29:07,371 --> 00:29:11,167 -His nightshirt needs to be aired out. -Yes, I was just about to. 341 00:29:12,126 --> 00:29:14,837 And his dressing things are not to be laid out like this. 342 00:29:15,797 --> 00:29:17,131 This is how he likes them. 343 00:29:17,799 --> 00:29:20,301 And you'll need to polish the silver backs every week. 344 00:29:20,384 --> 00:29:22,678 At Mrs. Parkinson's we did it every three days. 345 00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,014 I don't care, as you are not at Mrs. Parkinson's. 346 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,901 His folded shirts ready for wearing go on this shelf. 347 00:29:41,322 --> 00:29:43,407 What is this picture of? 348 00:29:43,491 --> 00:29:46,828 It's Susannah and the Elders, which is a Bible subject. 349 00:29:47,537 --> 00:29:50,498 I know my Bible backwards and forwards and this is not in it. 350 00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:53,334 -Yes, it is. -It is not. 351 00:29:54,418 --> 00:29:58,256 You're not here to argue about paintings but to clean the room. 352 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:03,886 Are you two discussing theology, and so early in the morning too? 353 00:30:03,970 --> 00:30:05,429 It is nothing to be bothered by. 354 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:07,348 I should like to know what you were discussing. 355 00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:08,766 It does not matter. 356 00:30:09,267 --> 00:30:13,020 Well, Grace, I can see Nancy wishes to keep it a secret from me, 357 00:30:13,104 --> 00:30:14,897 but you must tell me. 358 00:30:16,357 --> 00:30:17,650 I... 359 00:30:18,693 --> 00:30:22,989 I was wondering if this picture is of a biblical subject as Nancy says. 360 00:30:23,072 --> 00:30:26,284 No. No. Strictly speaking it is not. 361 00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,787 -The story is in the Apocrypha. -What might that be? 362 00:30:30,955 --> 00:30:33,291 You are very curious for such a young person. 363 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,295 Soon I will have the most learned maidservant in all Richmond Hill. 364 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:41,424 I'll have to put on a display, like the mathematical pig in Toronto. 365 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:47,555 The Apocrypha is a book where they put all the stories from biblical times 366 00:30:47,638 --> 00:30:49,682 they decided should not go in the Bible. 367 00:30:49,765 --> 00:30:52,768 Who decided? I thought the Bible was written by God. 368 00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:55,479 It's called "the word of God" and everyone terms it so. 369 00:30:55,563 --> 00:30:59,442 Perhaps God wrote it, but men wrote it down, which is a little different. 370 00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:02,153 But those men were said to have been inspired by God, 371 00:31:02,236 --> 00:31:05,156 which means He spoke to them, told them what to do. 372 00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:07,366 Did they hear voices? 373 00:31:07,450 --> 00:31:08,618 Aye. 374 00:31:09,660 --> 00:31:12,163 I was glad to hear that someone else heard voices too, 375 00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:14,165 though I didn't say that. 376 00:31:14,999 --> 00:31:18,920 In any case, the voice I had heard that one time had not been God's, 377 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:21,505 but Mary Whitney's. 378 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:27,261 -Do you know the story of Susannah? -No. 379 00:31:28,971 --> 00:31:33,476 She was a young lady who was falsely accused of sinning with a young man, 380 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:37,313 by a group of old men, because she refused to commit the very same sin with them. 381 00:31:38,147 --> 00:31:41,233 She would have been stoned to death, but luckily she had a very clever lawyer 382 00:31:41,317 --> 00:31:44,278 and he was able to prove that the old men were lying 383 00:31:44,362 --> 00:31:46,948 by inducing them to give contradictory evidence. 384 00:31:49,367 --> 00:31:50,952 What do you think the moral is? 385 00:31:51,035 --> 00:31:54,205 That you should not take baths outside in the garden. 386 00:31:56,540 --> 00:32:00,252 I think the moral is you need a clever lawyer. 387 00:32:00,336 --> 00:32:02,630 This girl is no simpleton after all. 388 00:32:02,713 --> 00:32:06,968 Ooh, I found a shirt cleaned and put away with a button missing. 389 00:32:07,051 --> 00:32:09,512 It's very aggravating to put on a clean shirt, 390 00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:13,015 only to discover you cannot do it up properly because of a lack of buttons. 391 00:32:15,309 --> 00:32:17,144 Please mind that does not happen again. 392 00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:40,209 You did not clean my shoes properly this morning. 393 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,460 Watch yourself. 394 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,437 Grace. You look tired. 395 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,897 Sit down with me and have a cup of tea. 396 00:33:01,981 --> 00:33:03,858 I cannot risk waiting on laundry. 397 00:33:03,941 --> 00:33:06,485 This time of year, there could be a quick change in weather. 398 00:33:06,569 --> 00:33:07,945 All right. 399 00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:11,574 When you have it all hung up, let's have a cup of tea then. 400 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:27,548 There is a great pleasure to be had 401 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:29,842 in a wash all clean and blowing in the wind. 402 00:33:29,925 --> 00:33:33,179 The sound is like the hands of the Heavenly Hosts applauding, 403 00:33:33,262 --> 00:33:34,722 though heard from far away. 404 00:33:35,514 --> 00:33:38,601 And they do say that cleanliness is next to Godliness. 405 00:33:39,268 --> 00:33:43,481 And sometimes, when I have seen the pure white clouds billowing in the sky 406 00:33:43,564 --> 00:33:46,484 after a rain, I used to think the angels themselves 407 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:48,110 were hanging out their washing, 408 00:33:49,236 --> 00:33:51,238 for I reasoned that someone must do it, 409 00:33:51,322 --> 00:33:55,201 as everything in Heaven must be very clean and fresh. 410 00:33:58,454 --> 00:34:03,209 But these were childish fancies, as children like to tell themselves stories 411 00:34:03,292 --> 00:34:04,877 about things that are not visible. 412 00:34:06,796 --> 00:34:09,423 And I was scarcely more than a child at the time... 413 00:34:11,258 --> 00:34:14,053 though I thought of myself as a grown woman. 414 00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:23,687 Excuse me. Excuse me, Grace. 415 00:34:23,771 --> 00:34:26,357 -Yes, hello, Jamie. -Are there any errands to be run? 416 00:34:27,024 --> 00:34:28,734 I'll have to ask Nancy. 417 00:34:28,818 --> 00:34:32,988 If I'm sent into the village and there's anything you want, I'd fetch it for you. 418 00:34:33,072 --> 00:34:34,365 Thank you, Jamie. 419 00:34:35,032 --> 00:34:37,660 Jamie. Come inside and I'll tell you what we need. 420 00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:40,287 And you must come back later and bring your flute. 421 00:34:40,371 --> 00:34:43,040 He plays so beautifully, it's a pleasure to hear. 422 00:35:29,378 --> 00:35:31,088 Do you enjoy dancing? 423 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:33,924 Why do you ask? 424 00:35:34,758 --> 00:35:36,886 I saw you dancing. You are a good dancer. 425 00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:41,098 Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. 426 00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:44,185 Tell me about your life before you came to work here. 427 00:35:44,268 --> 00:35:45,769 -Who would care about that? -I would. 428 00:35:45,853 --> 00:35:47,730 All such stories are of interest to me. 429 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:55,696 Me myself I've always been a scapegrace. Never one to lick the boots of the rich. 430 00:35:55,779 --> 00:36:00,784 -Do you have a mother living? -Whether I do or don't, it's all the same. 431 00:36:01,702 --> 00:36:04,788 She had a bad opinion of me, told me I was going to the Devil. 432 00:36:05,206 --> 00:36:07,082 She could be dead for all I care. 433 00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:11,629 Deserted the army and stowed away on a ship bound for America. 434 00:36:13,589 --> 00:36:18,093 When I got to this country, I enlisted as a soldier in the Glengarry Light Infantry. 435 00:36:18,177 --> 00:36:23,098 Didn't they have a bad reputation? My friend told me. 436 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:25,601 Didn't they burn down farmhouses during the rebellion, 437 00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:27,478 turn women and children out into the snow? 438 00:36:27,561 --> 00:36:30,064 Yeah, and they've done far worse besides. 439 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,942 Some things they don't print in the papers. 440 00:36:34,610 --> 00:36:37,279 Then the rebellion ended and the regiment was disbanded 441 00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:39,198 and I heard about this position. 442 00:36:40,366 --> 00:36:43,786 I thought I would be working for the gentleman himself, but not so. 443 00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:45,621 A woman is set over me instead. 444 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:49,833 One who never gives me a moment's rest from her tongue. 445 00:36:53,837 --> 00:36:55,172 Do you have a sweetheart? 446 00:36:56,340 --> 00:36:58,884 A pretty girl like you might be expected to have one. 447 00:36:58,968 --> 00:37:02,429 I do not, and I do not have any inclinations that way. 448 00:37:02,513 --> 00:37:05,557 That is a pity, but there's a first time for everything. 449 00:37:06,392 --> 00:37:09,687 You need breaking in like a colt and you'll go as good as the rest. 450 00:37:10,187 --> 00:37:11,981 I'm the man for the job. 451 00:37:12,064 --> 00:37:14,942 I'll thank you to keep such offensive remarks to yourself. 452 00:37:15,025 --> 00:37:16,193 I am not a mare. 453 00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:18,570 I didn't mean it. 454 00:37:19,780 --> 00:37:24,743 It's all in fun; just wanted to see what sort of girl you might be. 455 00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:27,079 What sort I'd be is no business of yours. 456 00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:49,059 Remain where you are. 457 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:52,521 I would rather have good butter than a curtsy. 458 00:37:53,731 --> 00:37:55,816 Always busy I see, Grace. 459 00:37:56,567 --> 00:37:59,987 Yes, sir. The Devil finds work for idle hands to do. 460 00:38:02,114 --> 00:38:05,034 I trust you do not mean me. My hands are idle enough, 461 00:38:05,117 --> 00:38:07,077 but not nearly devilish enough for my liking. 462 00:38:07,161 --> 00:38:09,538 Oh, no, sir, I did not mean you. 463 00:38:10,456 --> 00:38:12,624 It's very becoming for a young woman to blush. 464 00:38:17,212 --> 00:38:19,048 How is the butter coming along, Grace? 465 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:21,967 -Where is Mr. Kinnear going? -To Colonel Bridgeford's. 466 00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:27,806 His wife is away so he can visit safely. When she's home, he's not well received. 467 00:38:27,890 --> 00:38:31,143 -Why not? -She considers him a bad influence. 468 00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:35,814 - Why? What has he done? - Well, he was packed off to the colonies 469 00:38:35,898 --> 00:38:38,525 -to get him out of the way. -Why? 470 00:38:39,276 --> 00:38:43,030 The usual reasons, I suspect. Debt or women. 471 00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:46,825 There. The butter's coming. 472 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,470 I don't like it down here. 473 00:39:07,346 --> 00:39:10,891 It always smells of earth and mice and old vegetables. 474 00:39:10,974 --> 00:39:12,601 I suppose most cellars do. 475 00:39:13,936 --> 00:39:16,271 Perhaps it could be given a good airing out someday. 476 00:39:36,834 --> 00:39:38,502 What on earth is he doing? 477 00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:41,213 He just does that sometimes. 478 00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:44,883 He says it's for exercise, but he just wants to be admired. 479 00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:46,468 You should not pay any attention. 480 00:39:48,345 --> 00:39:51,723 So there I was pretending not to watch, and there he was, 481 00:39:51,807 --> 00:39:54,601 pretending not to be watched, as women and men often do, 482 00:39:55,477 --> 00:39:59,148 and he was the sort of man you knew you shouldn't look at, but you looked anyway. 483 00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:04,611 Jamie! You brought your flute! Grace, fetch Jamie a mug of beer. 484 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:16,039 I'll have one too. 485 00:40:16,123 --> 00:40:18,917 I didn't know you had monkey blood. You was leaping like one. 486 00:40:19,001 --> 00:40:22,629 When the cat's away, the mice do play. Nancy always likes her little parties. 487 00:40:22,713 --> 00:40:25,466 I'm sure the Walsh boy will be screeching his tin whistle soon. 488 00:40:25,549 --> 00:40:28,469 That is right, and I will give myself the pleasure of hearing it. 489 00:40:28,552 --> 00:40:31,847 -To my mind, that's no pleasure. -You can suit yourself then. 490 00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:35,559 I didn't mean to offend you before. 491 00:40:36,727 --> 00:40:40,105 I've been so long around rough men whose manners are not the best. 492 00:40:40,981 --> 00:40:42,483 I'm inclined to forget myself. 493 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:44,860 I don't know how to speak. 494 00:40:47,446 --> 00:40:49,323 Forgive me and we can be friends. 495 00:40:50,616 --> 00:40:53,410 Is forgiveness not ordained in the Bible? 496 00:41:06,089 --> 00:41:08,592 And there we were, in a kind of harmony. 497 00:41:08,675 --> 00:41:11,678 And the evening was so beautiful, it made a pain in my heart, 498 00:41:12,304 --> 00:41:14,473 as when you cannot tell whether you're happy or sad. 499 00:41:16,850 --> 00:41:21,230 And I thought that if I could have a wish, it would be that nothing would ever change 500 00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:23,023 and we would stay that way forever. 501 00:41:30,739 --> 00:41:34,117 But the sun cannot be stopped in its path, except by God, 502 00:41:34,785 --> 00:41:36,745 and he has done that only once 503 00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:39,998 and will not do it again until the end of the world. 504 00:41:53,887 --> 00:41:57,683 I thought, if I could have two fireflies on my ears for earrings... 505 00:41:57,766 --> 00:42:00,686 I should be going home. My father will be looking for me. 506 00:42:00,769 --> 00:42:02,521 ...I would not care about Nancy's gold ones. 507 00:42:02,604 --> 00:42:05,065 Grace, make sure you lock all the doors and windows. 508 00:42:05,148 --> 00:42:07,359 And will you sleep with me tonight? 509 00:42:07,442 --> 00:42:09,278 I'm afraid when Kinnear is not home. 510 00:42:34,928 --> 00:42:37,472 ♪ Come all you fair ♪ 511 00:42:37,556 --> 00:42:40,976 ♪ And tender girls ♪ 512 00:42:41,059 --> 00:42:44,646 ♪ That flourish in your prime ♪ 513 00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:46,648 ♪ Prime ♪ 514 00:42:46,732 --> 00:42:48,942 ♪ Beware, beware ♪ 515 00:42:49,026 --> 00:42:52,904 ♪ If you're good and fair ♪ 516 00:42:52,988 --> 00:42:57,367 ♪ Let no man steal your time ♪ 517 00:42:57,451 --> 00:42:59,411 ♪ Time ♪ 518 00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:02,456 ♪ Let no man steal ♪ 519 00:43:02,539 --> 00:43:05,876 ♪ Your time ♪