1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:03,915 That man! He has stirred up the mob, he has set them on a rampage! 2 00:00:03,917 --> 00:00:05,892 Well, what did you expect, when you closed a working mine? 3 00:00:05,894 --> 00:00:08,838 Have a care. You may be taken at your word. 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:11,158 This is not London. Do you suppose there are spies here? 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,798 Dear God, the twisted quirk of fate that gives the girl I love 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,758 -to the man I loathe. -George? 7 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:16,998 If that is what you desire. 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,358 I do not believe I will feel desire ever again. 9 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,158 Is it really so terrible? The thought of a child? 10 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,718 No. But the loss is. 11 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,958 Can a mother truly forget a son she birthed? 12 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,278 I am your mistress no longer, Tess. 13 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:30,840 Pack your things and go. 14 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,918 I think the time has come to return Ned to Honduras. 15 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,520 I think 'tis for the best. 16 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,318 We've served our penance for embarrassing the crown 17 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:36,880 and the Prime Minister has signalled his support. 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,518 With any luck, those who conspired against him have now lost interest 19 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,118 and, besides, 20 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,600 the longer he remains in Cornwall, the more restless he becomes. 21 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,998 In truth, he has made himself almost as unpopular 22 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,438 with the powers that be here as he did in London. 23 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,760 He has been that unruly these last few months. 24 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,318 'Tis the best for Kitty too. 25 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Indeed. 26 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,600 I promise he will depart with the New year. 27 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,118 Doubtless you'll be reporting him to Wickham? 28 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,678 At the earliest opportunity! 29 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,198 Then let's hope 'twill pass without consequence. 30 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,718 Yes. 31 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,438 And it's Cornwall, 32 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,518 and it's Christmas 33 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,518 and folk have better things to think about. 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,158 Here's to our imminent return to London! 35 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,318 -To London. -London. 36 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,600 And Honduras. 37 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:43,718 # Boar's head in hand bear I, 38 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,360 # Bedecked with bay and rosemary 39 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,000 # Caput apri defero, 40 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,560 # Reddens laudes domino 41 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,600 # Caput apri defero... # 42 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,078 Bye! 43 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,440 -Bye, Papa! -Goodbye, Papa! 44 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,878 Why do you not go to London, Mama? 45 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,318 If I did, who would see to Cornwall? 46 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,878 And us! 47 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,320 Especially you! 48 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,758 I wonder if we'll ever see Cornwall again. 49 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,240 I sincerely hope not. 50 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,640 He means, with any luck, we should soon be bound for the West Indies. 51 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,038 If Ross is set on escorting Ned to London, 52 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,518 I must be there to keep watch. 53 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,838 Of course, Ross would not suspect me. 54 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,438 I am a vacuous creature, 55 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,158 my inability to survive without London fashions is well known. 56 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:37,998 Well, I have no such excuse, 57 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,278 and he will know I come to London with one purpose only. 58 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,800 COACHMAN: Walk on. 59 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,120 I'm sure Kitty will appreciate the gesture. 60 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,000 More scholars than ever! 61 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,998 Plenty's open, Grace a-thriving. 62 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,758 You know 'tis maybe time to start asking folk 63 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,358 for a share of their earnings, 64 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:12,478 help build our school? 65 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,840 Reckon so. 66 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,678 I? 67 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,918 Folk heed Preacher Carne. 68 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,478 When he's about God's work. 69 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,358 Is this not God's work? 70 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,520 'Tis good work, but not holy work. 71 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,278 Besides, the connection teaches that all men be equal. 72 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:32,158 How then can I declare myself the leader? 73 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,598 But someone must take the lead. 74 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,118 And not every man have the wisdom and the selflessness 75 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,518 to take authority. 76 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:40,880 But you do. 77 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,358 Our business empire is built in the colonies, 78 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,840 so these uprisings threaten its very existence. 79 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,678 The government must continue to support the slave trade. 80 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,158 And I'm sure Sir George will prove most able in our cause. 81 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,878 No, if you'd secured his signature on that contract! 82 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,318 It's time I met him. 83 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:07,918 Yes, yes, of course. 84 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,320 Of course. 85 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,558 Sir, I believe the Prime Minister and I are of one mind - 86 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,198 predisposed to justice, equality, liberty. 87 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,718 Let me, in his name, return to Honduras 88 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,238 and rid it of the corrupt influences which have flourished in my absence. 89 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,518 I need hardly say that I seek not authority for its own sake, 90 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,918 but for the good I can do managing any rebellion in the service 91 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,278 of the Crown. 92 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:39,998 And the Prime Minister would thank you for such service, and might 93 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,478 indeed endorse your reinstatement, were it not for one thing. 94 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,240 It's no longer in his gift. 95 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,558 Because? 96 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,480 He's no longer Prime Minister. 97 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:54,798 What? 98 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,998 In protest at His Majesty's refusal to endorse Catholic emancipation, 99 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,880 he has this very day resigned. 100 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,038 This way, my dear. 101 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,878 I have a matter of some delicacy to communicate. 102 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,080 A little port? 103 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,280 Will I need it? 104 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,878 The fact is a surprising - 105 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:28,078 some would say disquieting - situation has arisen. 106 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,598 Gold being in ever-decreasing supply, 107 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,878 the Cornish Bank has been obliged to issue paper instead of coin. 108 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:38,200 Paper? 109 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,078 I don't rightly understand. 110 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:47,958 The paper is in effect a promise to pay the bearer the same value 111 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:54,078 as writ upon the note, so it is in effect worth the same as hard coin. 112 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:59,160 This watermark here guarantees its value and authenticity. 113 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:02,958 Well, will folk believe it? 114 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,198 There may be some initial suspicion. 115 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,400 I should add, we're not the only bank to take this decision. 116 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,758 Even Warleggan's... 117 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,118 Oh, and there was I about to trot off to George and ask him 118 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,718 to hand over hard guineas! 119 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:22,040 I'm afraid, while the war continues, no-one has gold to be giving away. 120 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,198 My sweet boy! 121 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,440 SHE LAUGHS 122 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,398 Now the Prime Minister has resigned, 123 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,798 who will be Pitt's successor? 124 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,558 Addington. 125 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,878 A friend of his, but cut from a very different cloth. 126 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:27,998 Should we petition him? 127 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,038 At once. 128 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,318 Before he becomes distracted by grovelling to Napoleon. 129 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,078 Dwight, Caroline, you're in London! 130 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,358 How did we not know this? 131 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:37,518 My fault entirely. 132 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:39,518 Necklines are lower, waistlines are higher, 133 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,398 and my gowns are out of fashion, so there was no remedy but to make 134 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,920 for London without delay. 135 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,758 So Pitt's resigned. 136 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,958 Yes, it's a bitter blow for Ned, 137 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,998 but I'll pursue his cause with Addington. 138 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,718 Is that wise? 139 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,678 Rumours of George's injury are everywhere. 140 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,798 In Cornwall he took every opportunity to parade his arm, 141 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,718 and to complain how Ned "broke into his house and threw him downstairs." 142 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,358 We both know he did not. 143 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,838 Do we know that? 144 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,998 Ned assured us. 145 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,798 Surely, you can see that continuing to champion a man who assaulted 146 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,918 a Member of Parliament could severely compromise you? 147 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,038 Yes, I can see that. 148 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,280 And it's a chance I'm willing to take. 149 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,240 Ross... 150 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,040 Would you like a pamphlet, sir? 151 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,998 Uprising in Haiti as well? 152 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,238 Damn plaguey revolution! 153 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,358 Now every slave on Earth will want their liberty! 154 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,678 And they may get it too, thanks to meddling idiots like Wilberforce. 155 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:40,798 And Despard. 156 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,838 Ah! 157 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,038 Not while there are those in the House ready to muster 158 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,360 a stiff rebuff. 159 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:50,840 News of the uprising, sir? 160 00:09:58,960 --> 00:09:59,998 Influence? 161 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,718 Yes, sir, with the new Prime Minister, Addington, 162 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:08,078 and - as magistrate who presided over Colonel Despard's hearing - 163 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,998 might you help persuade the Prime Minister to return Ned 164 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,560 to his post as governor? 165 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,560 Such things do happen. 166 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,238 However, you may overestimate my power of influence. 167 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,278 Let me see what can be done. 168 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:24,878 But, erm... 169 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,518 ..I recommend you have an alternative plan, 170 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:28,880 just in case. 171 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,478 Thank you, sir. 172 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,598 So I'm trapped here while slavery flourishes, 173 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,200 and in my own country, Catholics remain equally oppressed. 174 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,958 The King's stubbornness beggars belief. 175 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,758 And my family are Protestant landowners, 176 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,038 but why should that allow them to vote, hold public office, 177 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,720 own property, when their Catholic neighbours may not? 178 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,998 He should take to the stage. 179 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,960 He certainly knows how to hold an audience. 180 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:02,998 Will you not intervene? 181 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,358 These opinions, which he takes no pains to disguise... 182 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,718 Are sincere! 183 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,118 Why should he not speak them? 184 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,440 Without these rights, they're no better than slaves. 185 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,678 And slavery is an abomination. 186 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:14,718 Colonel Despard... 187 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,598 We happen to agree with him but others do not, 188 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,758 and to be seen in public to be openly critical of King 189 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,598 -and country... -I agree - sometimes, his passion get the better of him. 190 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,558 -Ned? -Is that not unjust... -Ned! 191 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:26,038 Have a care. 192 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,638 It takes little to be called a revolutionary these days. 193 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,318 We must make our voices heard - and I've little to lose, 194 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,518 so what harm can it do to say what everyone else is thinking? 195 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,598 The King is mad! 196 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:38,840 LAUGHTER 197 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,998 Gentlemen, may I present my esteemed partner in 198 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,958 the Mosquito Shore Mahogany Company, Mr Joseph Merceron? 199 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,560 And soon to be your esteemed partner, gentlemen. 200 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,160 I believe you know Ross Poldark. 201 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,600 Thank you. 202 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,720 Here we are. 203 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,320 What in the 'obs of 'ell do you call this? 204 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,838 As we did fear, they'll 'ave none of it. 205 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,398 It isn't real money, they say. 206 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,798 Says who? 207 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,078 Tess Tregidden? 208 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,840 And who's to gainsay 'er? 209 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,318 This isn't your fight, Tess. 210 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,278 This is betwix' the mine and its workers. 211 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,318 Its workers, who must now make do with worthless paper, 212 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:49,758 instead o' hard coin? 213 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:50,998 The worth is the same! 214 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,558 -If you read what's writ thereon... -I can't read. 215 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:54,878 Then perhaps you should learn. 216 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,558 What I know is, if twas me, 217 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:02,360 I'd not lift another pick or shovel till I'd real money in my 'and. 218 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,798 They truly believe it isn't real? 219 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,198 Oh, 'tis real enough! 220 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,678 In Truro, all the banks be giving them out. 221 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:21,158 So why did thee pretend to Mistress Poldark? 222 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,120 Why should I make life easy for 'er? 223 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,478 But I could make it harder. 224 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:29,918 An' better for we. 225 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,318 Hm? 226 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,120 How hard can it be to make like notes? 227 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,400 Do we not know a man with the needful skillage? 228 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,118 Mr Trencrom. 229 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,640 Do he not have a man who can forge documents? 230 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,760 Knows we'd makes it worth his while. 231 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,440 Then let's make it worth 'is while! 232 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,318 Well, they've not downed tools yet but they'll take some convincing 233 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,038 about the value of their notes. 234 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,438 Ah, especially with Missy Tregidden spewing poison in their ears! 235 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,998 I dearly wish Ross were here to advise me. 236 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,238 Beg your pardon, 237 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,198 but I believe you underestimate yourself. 238 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,318 Do I? 239 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,438 If there's a more capable woman in these parts, 240 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,880 I've yet to meet her. 241 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,678 I arrived in London last night and thought I would call to see 242 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,240 how your recovery goes. 243 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,760 As you see. 244 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,198 No thanks to the madman who pitched me down my own stairs! 245 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,838 Ah, no, I was actually referring to your other indisposition... 246 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:43,880 Fully recovered. 247 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,318 A lucky consequence of the fall, no doubt. 248 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,798 I'm presenting a paper to the Royal College of Surgeons - 249 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,198 without naming Sir George, of course - 250 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,878 detailing the various treatments which enabled his recovery. 251 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,518 Should this paper, 252 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,078 indeed any further mention of the subject, ever occur, 253 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:09,118 I will cheerfully sue you and your charming wife for every 254 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,440 penny you possess. 255 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:13,720 Good day. 256 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,718 These recent slave uprisings in the West Indies must be a concern 257 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,878 to all of us at home, 258 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,320 and surely requires our attention. 259 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:38,118 It is intolerable that human beings should be sold into slavery. 260 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,318 Yet it still continues, to the detriment of humanity... 261 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,838 Order, order! 262 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:48,118 Therefore it is the responsibility of everyone of us in this House 263 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:53,478 today to table a motion to discuss slavery, its long overdue abolition, 264 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,200 and show some compassion for these slaves! 265 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,160 Who is Jonas Pettigrew? 266 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,600 He is the new assistant overseer on the North Plantation. 267 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,200 Clearly unsuited for the task, given his squeamishness. 268 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,360 "Sir, your enterprise here is no less than a grove of death. 269 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,598 "I counted 57 souls in the most pitiable state, begging for water in 270 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,280 "their death throes and being denied it in order to hasten their demise." 271 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:49,560 And? 272 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:51,800 Precisely. 273 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,680 Get rid of him. 274 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,958 Jesus tells us 'tis easier for a camel to pass through the eye of 275 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:25,000 a needle than 'tis for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 276 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,078 Here we be not rich in worldly goods, 277 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,158 but how if we were rich in knowledge? 278 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,078 Would that not greatly serve us? 279 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,118 And would it not be worth laying out a little of our earnings to gain it? 280 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,638 We could build our school, pay for teachers, books... 281 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,678 And in return, our children would have the means to rise, 282 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,160 and claim parity with their richer fellows. 283 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,600 My love, I know where you've been. 284 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,078 Do it not torment 'ee, being so near the child, 285 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:09,800 yet not able to bring 'im home? 286 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:18,120 It breaks my heart. 287 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,758 But how could I expect it? 288 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:27,000 To ask you to take in another man's child? 289 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,400 Especially... 290 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,240 ..that man. 291 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,958 It would not be his child... 292 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,520 ..if he came to us. 293 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:47,800 Drake... 294 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:50,958 ..forgive me. 295 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:52,878 For what? 296 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,118 -That I've not been able... -Morwenna. 297 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:58,720 -..may never be able... -My love. -..to give you a child of our own. 298 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,880 Will 'ee not believe it? 299 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:09,680 To know that you're my wife is more than enough. 300 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,958 Good day to you, children. 301 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,198 CHILDREN: Good day, Mrs Carne. 302 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:27,958 Shall we proceed to our lessons? 303 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,760 CHILDREN: Yes, Mrs Carne. 304 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,840 KNOCK AT DOOR 305 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,520 Drake Carne...to see her Ladyship. 306 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,440 DOOR OPENS 307 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:16,198 Your Ladyship, I come in all humility to ask, 308 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:21,160 is it right for a mother to be parted from her son? 309 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:27,198 I know we can't give him rich food or fine clothes, 310 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,798 but Morwenna would teach him, and he'd have a family 311 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,360 and comfort... 312 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,000 ..and love. 313 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,078 Are you suggesting he lacks that here? 314 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:48,080 Oh, no, not at all. 315 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,920 Only, 'tis surely natural for a child to be with his mother. 316 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,678 This man forced his way onto my property. 317 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:02,838 -No... -Threatened me with violence... -Wait, it isn't so. No, I never... 318 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,478 ..and attacked my servants. 319 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,718 Lock him in the stables and call the constables. 320 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,718 Your Ladyship, 321 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,040 I beg of thee... 322 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,320 Shouldn't have done that, Ladyship. 323 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,758 So, the deeds of partnership. 324 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,040 When can we expect your signature? 325 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:47,278 A venture based on slavery does seem a risk in the present climate. 326 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:51,558 All the more reason, then, for you to speak in the Abolition debate. 327 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,318 -Ah. -Unlike some persons, I'm not so enamoured with the sound 328 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,318 of my own voice as to be constantly braying out opinions. 329 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,478 And, yet - forgive me - as a highly influential member of the House, 330 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,958 your eloquence could be put to good use. 331 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,758 They'll take little persuading, and the rewards for us 332 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,558 will be bountiful. 333 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:13,718 Your intimate knowledge of the mahogany trade gives you a unique 334 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:18,198 perspective on the necessity for its continuance... 335 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,000 ..which it could not do were its workforce liberated. 336 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,680 DOOR OPENS 337 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,800 Gentlemen, you'll excuse me. A matter requiring my attention. 338 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,280 -It should not take long. -Hm. 339 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,200 Sir... 340 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,398 ..I have the honour to ask for the hand of your daughter Cecily 341 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,798 in marriage. 342 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,360 Perhaps the time has come for me to make my maiden speech. 343 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,798 Perhaps my recent elevation requires me to be more... 344 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,718 Visible? 345 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,998 So that my views carry more... 346 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,600 Sway. 347 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,598 And our name, in every sense, becomes more... 348 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,960 Prominent. 349 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,758 Valentine shall accompany me. 350 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:27,718 He will not want to miss such an auspicious occasion. 351 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,878 And, lastly, may I assure you of my undying devotion 352 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,558 to your daughter, which I'm assured she returns in equal measure... 353 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,878 RALPH SIGHS 354 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,118 ..and hope for your blessing upon our engagement 355 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:41,160 -and eventual nuptials. -Get out of my house, you idiot. 356 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,238 On the matter of my daughter's hand... 357 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,398 Are we in haste to settle this? 358 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,998 I have received another offer from one whose...undying affection 359 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,598 is apparently matched only by her own. 360 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,878 In that case, perhaps I should withdraw. 361 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,360 Your stepson. 362 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,440 Let us waste no further time in naming a day. 363 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,958 Poor boy. 364 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,760 Leave your stepson to me. 365 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,840 Sir George is keen to move matters forward. 366 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,200 Is that really a priority, Papa? 367 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,798 Would not a long engagement be preferable? 368 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,118 Does one need to wait? 369 00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,998 One either means to marry, 370 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,280 or one does not. 371 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,600 Not. 372 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,638 On my honour, I swear I would never steal from a fellow cadet. 373 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,798 I am a gentleman. An officer! 374 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,440 You cannot expel me. 375 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,640 Is that...? 376 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,000 John Conan, aye. 377 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,238 I'm taking him home to his mother. 378 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,880 You stole him away? 379 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,078 Drake, dear God, what are you thinking? 380 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,638 I'm thinking Morwenna and I may never have a child of our own. 381 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,878 And this one already belonged to her. 382 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,398 No, he do not! 383 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,278 Morwenna left him with Lady Whitworth. 384 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,760 Margaret? 385 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:12,880 Where is my grandson? 386 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,838 My grandson, where is he? 387 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,758 I haven't seen him, ma'am. 388 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,198 Morwenna had no choice but to let him go, 389 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,758 but she has no rights to him that Lady Whitworth could not 390 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,838 contest in court. 391 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,318 -So we'll take him without her consent. -And live where? 392 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,078 Not in Sawle. 393 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,518 You'd have to leave all of us behind, your forge, your home, 394 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,518 and start anew somewhere she could never find you. 395 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,598 Jeremy! 396 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,278 John Conan? 397 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,478 Where are you? John Conan! 398 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:40,520 Drake? 399 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,678 You have to take him back. 400 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,718 Now, before Lady Whitworth finds him gone. 401 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,480 It might even be too late. 402 00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:53,960 Brother, if you do not, I will. 403 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,640 John Conan! 404 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,558 Where are you, boy? John Conan! 405 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:02,638 Ma'am? 406 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,438 John Conan is missing. 407 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,478 Search the attics, the stables the cellars. 408 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,838 Well, don't just stand there, gaping like fools - 409 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,118 search the orchards. 410 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,998 John Conan! 411 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,598 Where are you, boy? 412 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,598 John Conan! 413 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,278 Jo... 414 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,038 John Conan! Where have you been? 415 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,718 Come along. 416 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,478 Come along. 417 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,280 It's too cold to stand out here. 418 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,080 I am innocent and I will clear my name. 419 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,958 I will assure your father. 420 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,040 My father? 421 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,240 Are you so naive? 422 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,880 Do you think it's an accident that you were expelled? 423 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,240 What can you mean? 424 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,758 I warned you not to ask for my hand. 425 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,678 I was honour bound. 426 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,158 I am a gentleman. 427 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,640 We have no choice. 428 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,960 We must find a way to drive a wedge between my father and Sir George. 429 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,440 KNOCK AT DOOR 430 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,400 VOICES IN HALLWAY 431 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,398 I have evidence from Honduras. 432 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,360 Will you use it in your Abolition debate? 433 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,320 Thank you. It is a great help. 434 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,640 May God be with you. 435 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,398 Thank you, brother. 436 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,598 I can only afford half. 437 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,318 Thank you, sir. 438 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,278 -Thank you, brother. -Keep that all. 439 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,680 -Good luck to you. -Thank you. 440 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,560 I did a thing today for which you'll despise me. 441 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,440 I could never despise you. 442 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,440 I stole John Conan. 443 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,158 What? 444 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,358 I seen how your heart do ache for him, 445 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,638 and I thought to ease that ache I would steal him away. 446 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,918 But...where is he? 447 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,840 Demelza bid me return him. 448 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,638 She told me I'd be caught and punished, and thee along of I, 449 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,958 and that I couldn't bear... 450 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,878 You risked... 451 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,758 ..everything. 452 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,038 I know I done a terrible thing. 453 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:36,640 A monstrous thing. 454 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,358 I-I cannot even begin to tell you how... 455 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,000 Please! 456 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,720 Say nothing. 457 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:54,880 I know you meant well but, please, do not even speak to me. 458 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,958 -Oh! -Oh, Judas! 459 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,480 Sorry, Sam. 460 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,040 Sam... 461 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,760 Mr Pascoe told me that if a note has no watermark then it's not genuine. 462 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,480 This have no watermark. 463 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,958 Well, be they all like that? 464 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,280 This one is. 465 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,318 This ain't. 466 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:33,638 Nor this. 467 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:34,960 But this. 468 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,678 So many forgeries! 469 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,240 They're worthless? 470 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,400 But why would a body do such a thing? 471 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,800 Valentine, come here! 472 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,680 SPEAKER: The honourable member for St Michael. 473 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,038 Gentlemen. 474 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,440 Let me commend to you the mahogany trade. 475 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,638 Now, who amongst us does not benefit from it? 476 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,558 Or is ignorant of its worth to the nation and the Crown? 477 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,878 How could we fail to applaud the valiant efforts of those merchants 478 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,280 who bring it to our shores? 479 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,358 This is a real note. 480 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:43,760 This is a forgery. 481 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,638 You can tell by the watermark - see. 482 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,798 When you hold it up to the light, there. 483 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,638 So you've paid us with useless scraps of paper, then, eh? 484 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,438 No, all my notes are genuine - they come direct from the Cornish Bank. 485 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,718 And now we're meant to feed our families on fresh air? 486 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,640 MURMURS OF AGREEMENT 487 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,758 The folks are saying if we hadn't paid notes in the first place, 488 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,720 -this'd never have happened. -Oh, so now we're to blame? 489 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,718 Such a valued trade would not be possible 490 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,880 if certain members have their way. 491 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,198 The felling, processing and transporting of this 492 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,998 precious commodity is filthy, backbreaking work, 493 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,918 made possible because those who labour in its forests 494 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:37,798 are happily more robust, less sensitive to pain than you or I. 495 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,278 The esteemed professor, Carl Linnaeus, asserts that your 496 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:46,798 Africanus Niger is a breed apart, eminently suitable for hard labour. 497 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,798 His view is endorsed by the worthy Edward Long, 498 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,478 colonial administrator, 499 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,838 who believes that the entire Africanus species, 500 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,998 characterised by "bestial manners, stupidity and vices", 501 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,678 has no redeeming features, and so the most humane thing to do 502 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,480 is control it and give it useful activities to engage with. 503 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:16,758 Let us, then, be cautious of the sentimental view of slavery 504 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,718 which is sometimes espoused in this House. 505 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:23,238 The fact is, slavery is a necessity - 506 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,718 for our economy, for the preservation of our colonies... 507 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:27,958 CHEERS 508 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,758 ..and for the supremacy of our nation in the world. 509 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,240 CHEERING 510 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,478 The honourable member will correct me if I'm wrong, but he appears to 511 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,198 be saying that slaves are actually quite fortunate, because they 512 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:52,278 have food on the table, a roof over their heads and a purpose in life. 513 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:53,558 That is correct. 514 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:55,558 Except when they die. 515 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,198 Which they do, with alarming frequency, 516 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,678 in the most inhuman conditions - as detailed, for example, 517 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,918 in this recent report by a Mr Jonas Pettigrew, 518 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,638 assistant overseer in the mahogany forests of Honduras, 519 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:15,040 which he refers to as a "grove of death". 520 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:22,758 He details the abject suffering of slaves, dying of malaria, 521 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:27,718 deliberately deprived of medical assistance - or even water - 522 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:34,518 so that they may "die sooner and no longer inconvenience their owner", 523 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,760 in this case a Mr Ralph Hanson. 524 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,640 Should this concern us? 525 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:48,280 Is this not a small price to pay for our gleaming new tables and chairs? 526 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:55,758 Or should we instead endorse other values - 527 00:34:55,760 --> 00:35:01,238 humanity, compassion, care for our fellow men - 528 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:07,438 and nip...nip this canker in the bud by returning to Honduras the man 529 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:11,078 who was falsely accused - doubtless by Hanson himself, because 530 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,800 he tried to stamp out such greed and brutality - Colonel Edward Despard? 531 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,198 Despard and his supporters are proving costly. 532 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,678 Sir, I realise you've already laid out considerable funds. 533 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,598 To induce your fellow planters to denounce him, 534 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:44,038 to have him recalled to London, to persuade my fellow magistrates 535 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,278 to incarcerate him without trial. 536 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,598 And now we must lay out more to be rid of him? 537 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,280 Yes, I realise it's not ideal, but something needs to be done. 538 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,118 The trouble with leaving someone to do one's dirty work - 539 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,760 one often has to clean up after them. 540 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:05,760 You know that my visits to see you have given me great joy. 541 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,718 I thank you for keeping them secret. 542 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:12,158 I think you have enjoyed them too. 543 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,400 Yes. 544 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,478 So... 545 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,840 ..what I have to tell you now might make you sad. 546 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,800 It makes me very sad. 547 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,118 Your Ladyship! Your Ladyship, I beg of thee, hear me out. 548 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,598 'Twas mine idea alone that John Conan should leave thee, 549 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,758 and when I tell'd Morwenna she was furious. 550 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,478 She's come now to make amends, to put an end to it 551 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,838 once and for all. 552 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,278 Nay, please, don't disturb her. 553 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,358 So I come now to take my leave, 554 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,718 and I'll cherish the time we had together. 555 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:47,920 But I have to go away now. 556 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:53,800 And I am leaving you with the kindest, most loving grandmother... 557 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,520 ..who will love you and give you the most wonderful life. 558 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,040 Goodbye, my beloved boy. 559 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,600 I have news. 560 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,598 They forgeries, Sally Chill-Off had one in the Kiddley last night. 561 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,278 Does she recollect who tendered it? 562 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:03,318 She do. 563 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,678 The same person as was seen the other night with Mr Trencrom. 564 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,160 Tess Tregidden. 565 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,360 I said farewell to my son today. 566 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,680 For good? 567 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,198 Yes. 568 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:46,480 I will never go back. 569 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:51,760 I love him. 570 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,080 I will always love him. 571 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:03,080 I've have tried to lock away the pain of losing him. 572 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,040 But in doing so, I've locked away other love. 573 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,600 Love for my husband. 574 00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,438 Love I would give my husband, 575 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,800 but could not give whilst I would not grieve the loss of my child. 576 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,198 Today I did grieve 577 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,040 and let him go. 578 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,760 Tonight my heart is sore. 579 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,438 But it is free... 580 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:45,880 ..to love you. 581 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,238 Mr Hanson and Mr Merceron. 582 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,478 I take it you've rallied after the, uh, unfortunate events. 583 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:12,998 "Unfortunate"? 584 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,798 I've been denounced. 585 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,038 My reputation within the House... 586 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:18,478 And out of it. 587 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,518 ..has been utterly ruined. 588 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,998 Thanks to Ross, I am viewed as a friend of heartless slave-owners, 589 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,758 apologist for a corrupt and brutal system. 590 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,918 He is the hero. I am the villain. 591 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,000 So what's the solution? 592 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,240 Make him the villain. 593 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,518 How, exactly? 594 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,360 Well, what exactly would you seek? 595 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,760 Reparation of my reputation. 596 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,720 Revenge. 597 00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,118 On Ross, for that debacle in the House. 598 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,080 On Despard, for my injury at Trenwith. 599 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:04,920 And in return? 600 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,958 I will be most generous in my gratitude, 601 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,440 and see no further impediment to making our venture official. 602 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,238 Revenge is easy, 603 00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:19,840 reputation more dearly bought. 604 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,558 But I think there's a way to achieve one by way of the other 605 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,398 by reminding the world that Mad Ned has a relish for settling matters 606 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:29,520 with his fists. 607 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,918 You need to put an end to this forging business, sister. 608 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,518 Tess will surely deny it, Sam. 609 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:40,080 So what more can I do? 610 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,520 You know fine well what you can do. 611 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:46,680 No. 612 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,280 Who was it lectured me about leadership? Authority? 613 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,840 'Tis maybe time to take a leaf out your own book. 614 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,160 Hand me that one... 615 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:08,760 SAM: Friends... 616 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,240 Friends! 617 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,558 I regret that I must ask you to give ear to my sister. 618 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,398 Not as much as we regret it! 619 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,960 What I regret is the need to speak at all. 620 00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:26,998 But I can't, in all conscience, allow this forgery business 621 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,598 to go further. 622 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,958 You've all been told how to tell them apart. 623 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,678 Hold them up to the light and the forgery is plain, 624 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:38,478 but what is not plain is why anyone'd wish to do this 625 00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:39,718 in the first place. 626 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:41,278 Oh, let me think. 627 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,438 Cos 'tis one in the eye for the rich. 628 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,158 How? 629 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,038 Surely it's one in the eye for any poor soul who's paid 630 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,838 a worthless piece of paper? 631 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,880 Tommy Breward, Sally Chill-Off, Mabel Bolitho. 632 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,920 How do it feel to know that your hard work is worth nought? 633 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,238 This is no blow against the rich. 634 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,998 This is punishment of your own friends and neighbours, 635 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,878 and whoever is behind it - 636 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,760 to you I say enough. 637 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:17,638 Do thee know who is behind it? 638 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,318 What if we all empty our pockets now 639 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:22,360 and see who have the most forgeries? 640 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,718 I do know, Jacka, since you ask. 641 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:29,318 Name him, then. 642 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,318 I say we've a right to be told. 643 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,200 We should be told. 644 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,318 I'd like to think the persons responsible had not 645 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,360 understood the damage they'd cause. 646 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:44,680 So I'll give them another chance. 647 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:51,798 Destroy all forged notes, swear there'll be no more 648 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,640 and let that be the end of it. 649 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,320 But if I find another note... 650 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:04,998 ..I'll be forced to name those persons, 651 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,040 and turn them over to the authorities. 652 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,160 And lest there be any doubt... 653 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,600 ..forgery is a hanging offence. 654 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:37,278 The first step in Mr Merceron's plan to defame Ross and Despard, 655 00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,560 a treasonous oath of loyalty. 656 00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:46,478 "The bearer will endeavour to the utmost of his power to obtain 657 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,798 "the objects stated in this oath." 658 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,838 Overturn the King's veto and grant Catholic emancipation, 659 00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:55,158 at whatever cost. 660 00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,918 And to think, merely having such a document in one's possession 661 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:02,278 would ensure immediate arrest on charges of treason. 662 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,478 -And will these oaths be signed? -Oh, yes. 663 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,238 Like oaths are now being prepared for signature. 664 00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:10,000 I think we can guess the names. 665 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,838 So I am vindicated, yet the Catholics remain enslaved. 666 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,638 The King I say is mad! 667 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,998 Ned, not so loud. 668 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,918 Mad, call I it - for to define true madness, 669 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,878 what is it but to be nothing else but mad? 670 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,038 Please, my love, refrain. 671 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,638 -People will think you're serious. -I am serious! 672 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,518 The nation is being held to ransom by a madman, 673 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:36,878 and we should stay silent in the face of it? 674 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:40,078 Get him away from here. If his own wife cannot restrain him, 675 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:43,038 I, for one, will not allow my wife to be endangered by his ranting! 676 00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:45,038 -I think you overestimate... -Do I? 677 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,798 This is a man whose peaceful march on Trenwith became 678 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,758 a full-scale riot. Weapons were used. 679 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,838 Where did they come from? 680 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,838 Who sent the men who brought them? 681 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,998 Do you not see that Ned was set up, barely escaped arrest, 682 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,198 and now he's setting himself up without anyone's aid, 683 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,198 -and will take down all who stand by him? -I will stand by him. 684 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,358 Of course, as you have always done, and blindly so. 685 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,318 And I say this as one who shares his opinions, admires him. 686 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,918 Do you? 687 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,078 Why do I think you resent him? 688 00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,958 As far back as James River, I sensed a cooling... 689 00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,438 What you sensed is a lack of adoration, 690 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,198 a refusal to follow him blindly into whatever reckless adventure 691 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,358 he chose to plunge himself, taking you with him. 692 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,798 Do you do recollect he saved my life? 693 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,078 I recollect that he dragged you from the battlefield 694 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,998 and dumped you on a surgeon's table. 695 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,600 The life-saving portion fell to someone else. 696 00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,960 How tiresome are the idle rich. 697 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,640 Shall we retire to the Oakley Arms for some intelligent conversation? 698 00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:57,838 A man named Stone frequents the Oakley Arms - 699 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:02,598 a nest of known radicals, but assumed by them to be a safe house. 700 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:06,478 Merceron's agents tell him that Despard drinks there, 701 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,920 and in his cups is known to be most unguarded. 702 00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,438 Now, them Frenchies, they had the right idea! 703 00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:19,358 Liberte, egalite, fraternite! 704 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,078 Madame la Guillotine! 705 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:22,600 Death to the monarchy! 706 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,238 This Stone is Joseph's man? 707 00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:28,518 And hitherto his task has been to observe, 708 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,238 whilst posing as a fellow radical. 709 00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:34,398 Now he will assist in planting our signed oath about Despard's person 710 00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,038 and then inform the authorities. 711 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,238 -Excellent. -There is a further plan. 712 00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:43,560 More hazardous, but could yield spectacular results. 713 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,558 Joseph Merceron's men should be visiting Ross's lodgings 714 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:52,598 as we speak. 715 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:57,478 Freedom of speech is the only power we have within our fraternity. 716 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,358 These days, I doubt that words alone have any effect. 717 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,198 In my case, they have none. 718 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,160 And that, my friend, is a disgrace. 719 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,478 I'm saddened, Horace, that Dr Enys seems so ready to flout 720 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,518 the Hippocratic Oath. 721 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,118 In what particular? 722 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:15,958 "First, do no harm." 723 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,238 How is that pertinent? 724 00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:18,518 It is pertinent to Ross. 725 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,598 At a time when his dearest friend should be his most loyal. 726 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,358 -You think I was wrong to challenge him? -Not at all. 727 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:25,918 But you were wrong to step away. 728 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:29,400 What possible use could you be in a carriage with your wife and a pug? 729 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,878 Number 6 George Street, just off the Strand. 730 00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:40,958 Were I so used, I'd want vengeance! 731 00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:42,678 Justice is all I seek. 732 00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:44,078 Yeah, but how's it to be got? 733 00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:45,358 Look at France. 734 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,478 Only when commons rise up do the rich take heed. 735 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:52,118 True. Can anything be done by peaceful means? 736 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,720 Perhaps someone should remove the King. 737 00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:57,118 Perhaps they should. 738 00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:58,360 KITTY: Ned... 739 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:03,840 Come away. 740 00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,320 Should we not challenge them? 741 00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:12,680 Not if I'm correct in my surmise. 742 00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,558 Do I hear you're an expert with explosives? 743 00:50:15,560 --> 00:50:16,998 -Ned... -Yes. 744 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,280 How about exploding His Majesty? 745 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,318 Well, that would certainly solve the problem! 746 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:26,558 Ned, enough. 747 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:28,678 This is ridiculous talk. If it were reported... 748 00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,318 By whom? 749 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:31,840 This is a safe house. 750 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,838 These men are comrades and friends. 751 00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,078 -We surely are! -Can you doubt it? 752 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:39,958 Wise to doubt most people these days. 753 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,078 Particularly those who encourage seditious talk. 754 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:43,320 Shall we go? 755 00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,798 -Suit yourself. -Ned... 756 00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:48,118 Kitty, can you help me, please? 757 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,438 -Kitty, you stay where you are. -Ned, it's time to leave. 758 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,918 -We're going. -Get off! 759 00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:54,680 Ah... 760 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,398 Apologies, my friend. 761 00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,680 You should know by now - I leave when I'm ready. 762 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:24,678 Good day to you, Mary. 763 00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:25,878 Shall I take you home? 764 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,878 No, thank you. I must stay. 765 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,240 Please go. There's nothing you can do until he's sober again. 766 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,838 He'll be fine. 767 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:39,238 He's a Cornish miner - he'll survive. 768 00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:41,080 LAUGHTER 769 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:03,718 What do you think they were looking for? 770 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:05,240 Nothing seems disturbed. 771 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,358 Unless the man was not looking... 772 00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,078 ..but leaving something. 773 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:11,118 But why? 774 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:12,360 What would it be? 775 00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:28,960 Search the whole building. 776 00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:40,760 What is it? 777 00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:46,398 An oath of allegiance for the liberation of Irish Catholics. 778 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:47,838 KNOCK AT DOOR 779 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,040 Open up! 780 00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:58,398 Stay where you are! 781 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,238 Anyone found with an oath about their person will be arrested! 782 00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:03,278 One and all, follow me! 783 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,238 Where's your warrant? Show me your warrant. 784 00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:08,758 -Take your... -Let go of my wife! 785 00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,200 Come here, you! 786 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,438 Search him! 787 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,998 Search all you like - you'll find nothing on me. 788 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000 He has nothing. My husband is innocent. 789 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,398 Nothing. There's nothing. 790 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:23,798 I told you there was nothing. 791 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,518 My husband is not a traitor. 792 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:26,878 He's a servant of the Crown! 793 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:28,800 -Madam, please... -Take your hands off me! 794 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,278 Check all drawers and cupboards. 795 00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:48,880 Check under there. 796 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:52,238 -Shh, shh... -What's going on? -Make yourself scarce. 797 00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:54,760 -Nothing? -There's nothing here. -Double check. 798 00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,478 I trust your men will remake that bed once they've 799 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:00,918 finished dismantling it? 800 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,960 Captain Poldark is most fastidious about his linens. 801 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:07,440 Are you done? 802 00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:10,078 It would appear so, ma'am. 803 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,918 Then be so good as to read this document. 804 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,638 It affirms that you and your men conducted a thorough search of 805 00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,520 these chambers in the presence of witnesses, and found nothing. 806 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:20,040 Correct? 807 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:23,798 I suppose. 808 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:24,880 Kindly sign. 809 00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:36,040 Right. 810 00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:45,400 You were magnificent. 811 00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:47,518 Yes. 812 00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:48,560 I was. 813 00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,160 The day is named. 814 00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:21,078 I've considered our situation and believe there's now 815 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:22,440 only one solution. 816 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:33,518 Success? 817 00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:34,718 Mixed. 818 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:35,998 Poldark eluded us. 819 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,398 Someone must have tipped him off. 820 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:40,118 Damn, blast and set fire to him! 821 00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:41,478 And Despard? 822 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,160 They failed to plant the oath but he was arrested anyway. 823 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:47,118 So what will happen now? 824 00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:49,400 Well, that we are working on. 825 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:53,558 The fault was all mine. I was blinkered. 826 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:58,718 But that man is one of the bravest, most principled I've ever met... 827 00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:01,198 -And I. -But his recklessness, his stubbornness 828 00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,678 -will be his undoing... -And could be yours. 829 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,998 And that I cannot stand and watch. 830 00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:07,640 We must get him away from here. 831 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:10,798 With or without the sanction of the Crown. 832 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,198 The first vessel for Jamaica. 833 00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:14,958 I'll see to it tomorrow. 834 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:16,998 Kitty will be relieved. 835 00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:18,678 They're very late. 836 00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,280 I hope she's not had trouble persuading him home. 837 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:25,158 Kitty... 838 00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:26,798 SHE SOBS 839 00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:31,800 # I'd hold a finger to my tongue 840 00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:38,680 # I'd hold a finger waiting... # 841 00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:42,240 I wish Papa were here. 842 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:46,200 So do I, my love. 843 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:51,480 But Papa must see to important matters in London. 844 00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:06,520 You can't go in. 845 00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:16,600 Well, Ross, here we are again. 846 00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:19,240 Back where it started. 847 00:57:27,840 --> 00:57:31,198 Only this time the charge is seriously impressive. 848 00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:32,518 What is it? 849 00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:33,680 High treason. 850 00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:37,878 I warned you what would happen if you failed to keep him 851 00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:42,480 out of trouble. Now if he falls, he takes you with him. 852 00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:54,278 Someone's stealing our ore. 853 00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:56,478 Must it not be someone with a knowledge of the mine? 854 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:57,518 One of our own. 855 00:57:57,520 --> 00:57:58,998 The Crown should honour him, 856 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,758 instead of attempting to cover up its mistreatment of him 857 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,798 by inventing crimes he did not commit. 858 00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,958 You will thank me for providing you with a mate that 859 00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:08,958 matches your station. 860 00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:10,718 I'll get you out of here, Colonel. 861 00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,718 Break him from the jail? You're insane. 862 00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,360 Shall we?