1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,960 I didn't know you had dealings 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,440 - with Captain Sutherland. - Oh, yes. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,280 Curious woman, Miss Lister. 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,640 Miss Walker has requested a division of the estate. 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,160 But he seems determined to frustrate the process. 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:17,760 Why do people think they can ignore me? 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,600 It's as if I'm invisible. 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,880 The Priestleys have been so objectionable to us. 9 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,840 But then here it is in black and white - 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,960 they have had three properties from us. 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,080 You have to be certain, before we think any further 12 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,160 about changing our wills, that this, 13 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,080 here, with me, is what you want. 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,280 - He's here. It's him. - Right. 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,960 - Don't. - What? 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,040 Say anything. 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,200 What do you mean, don't say anything? 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:56,680 Why have we asked him here if...? 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Don't say anything aggressive. 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,760 I wasn't going to say anything aggressive. 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,200 - I was going... - We... 22 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,840 ...are dignified people. Even in the face of... 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,120 Especially in the face of adversity. 24 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,480 We are good Christian folk, 25 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,560 and that one simple fact must guide our every action, 26 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,200 and our every response to the actions of others. 27 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,360 I know that. I do know that, Eliza. But I don't think 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,560 we need to mince words. 29 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:21,840 Mr Washington, ma'am. 30 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,960 - Sir. - Mr Priestley. 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,160 - Mrs Priestley. - Thank you for coming. 32 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,000 Oh! No trouble, ma'am - only over the road at Crow Nest. 33 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,560 Washington. 34 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,160 I sent my note to you in your capacity 35 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,200 as Miss Walker's land steward, 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,160 and in view of the fact that when I wrote to her, 37 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,160 the servant came back saying she was in York until Monday. 38 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,280 That's right, ma'am. With Miss Lister. 39 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,840 And so we wondered if you could throw any light on this for us. 40 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,600 Sent, I assume, before she left. 41 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,400 We are advised to vacate the school premises. 42 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,400 Both my day school, 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,960 of which Mr Priestley is a trustee, hence his presence, 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,320 and the Sunday school run by Mrs Batty, 45 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,400 who is being requested to vacate her cottage. 46 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,600 - Her home. - Ah... 47 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:17,400 Well, yes, I'm afraid it... 48 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,240 It does go with the job, yes. 49 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,640 Two of your little girls attend my day school. 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,880 Suzannah is an assistant teacher! 51 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:25,360 And you knew about this? 52 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,480 There are other rooms in the village, ma'am, that would 53 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,320 accommodate the day school more than adequately. 54 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,040 Yes, there are, and we will make use of them. 55 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,840 Why, though, Mr Washington? Why? 56 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:39,920 I don't entirely know, ma'am. 57 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,280 What do you know, Washington? 58 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,800 Well... 59 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,000 Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker are dividing the estate in two. 60 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,560 And there have been a number of distresses and evictions 61 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,400 in anticipation of the division, and... 62 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,320 - ...that's as much as I know. - Dividing it in two? 63 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,360 Yes. You must know as much about it as me, Mr Priestley, 64 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,280 but, yes, when Miss Walker's and Mrs Sutherland's 65 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:07,520 brother died intestate, 66 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,240 the estate came to them both, jointly, 67 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,000 but there was no provision for a formal division as such. 68 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,600 I suppose no-one ever imagined it would happen. But... 69 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,840 So, yes, Miss Walker is now seeking 70 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,560 a formal, itemised division of the estate. 71 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:24,720 Is she? 72 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,760 It makes sense. Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker... 73 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,560 They lead very different lives...these days. 74 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,400 Well, well. 75 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,120 I am sorry if it's inconvenient. 76 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920 And for Mrs Batty as well. But... 77 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,400 ...I'm little more than a messenger. 78 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,000 Is there anything else I can... help you with? 79 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,400 I don't think so. 80 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Thank you for coming, Mr Washington. 81 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,240 Mrs Priestley. Mr Priestley. 82 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,440 A formal, itemised division of the estate. 83 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,320 And we all know who's behind that one, don't we? 84 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:58,960 What is it we're signing again? 85 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,040 I-It's a codicil, George. 86 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,200 That says Miss Lister is authorised 87 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,440 to proceed with the division of my estate if not completed 88 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:10,920 before the event of my death. 89 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:12,960 You're simply signing to say 90 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,200 you've seen Miss Walker and Miss Lister sign their names, 91 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,400 - George. That's all. - Just sign it. 92 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,880 The contents of the document are immaterial. 93 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,600 All you're doing is witnessing 94 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,920 that these are indeed their signatures. 95 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:25,120 Which you know them to be 96 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:27,280 because you've just seen them write them. 97 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,360 Oh, I see. Sorry. I'm with you. 98 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,720 As long as... 99 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,000 I just didn't want to, you know, 100 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,960 find out I'd joined the Navy or something. 101 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,280 Thank you. 102 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,800 So that's that. And then 103 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:02,040 regarding your brother-in-law, Miss Walker... Can I, er...? 104 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,280 I've written a letter to Captain Sutherland, 105 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,800 which I'll send off to Scotland in due course, 106 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:11,920 explaining that I'm now dealing with 107 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,000 the matter of the division for you, and, um... 108 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,720 Well, let's see what comes back. 109 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:18,760 Mm. 110 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,680 What would be helpful, 111 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,240 as we get further into it, would be to see a copy 112 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:25,760 of this deed of settlement from 1831 113 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,760 between him and your sister, 114 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,480 to see what exactly she did settle upon him. 115 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,680 - Do you have a copy? - No. 116 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:33,800 But you've seen a copy? 117 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:37,040 No, it was only a reference to its existence, 118 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,040 but my aunt confirmed it entirely. 119 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,280 Well, then perhaps I'll write to your Mr, er...? 120 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,760 - Parker. - Parker. 121 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,040 He's not my Mr Parker. 122 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,000 Parker in Halifax, 123 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,920 and see if I can get a copy from him. 124 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,200 And then the other matter, 125 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,520 these properties your cousin, Mr Priestley, 126 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,600 has acquired from your uncle. 127 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:02,520 The good news is that it looks like 128 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,200 the Blackcastle waste at High Sunderland is recoverable. 129 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,240 Really? 130 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:09,600 Mm-hm. And of course the rents for the period, 131 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,560 they've been removed from your estate 132 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,360 - would be recoverable too. - Oh. 133 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,160 Now, the other two, Longley Farm in Norland 134 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,640 and the house at Hall End in Halifax, 135 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,240 I'm afraid it may be too late. 136 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,440 According to the statute of limitations, 137 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,000 if your cousin has had uninterrupted possession 138 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,560 for 20 years or more 139 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,680 and no-one's raised any objections within that time, 140 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,720 which at the moment appears to be the case, 141 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,960 it's, unfortunately, something you may have to accept. 142 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,120 But I... 143 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,400 But I've only just found out about it. 144 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,000 Well, I can consult counsel. 145 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,200 But surely if a person's only just found out about a thing... 146 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,600 What's fair and what's legal 147 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,880 aren't always the same bedfellows 148 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,360 we might hope them to be, Miss Walker. 149 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,040 - Mm. - Mm. 150 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,440 What do you know about John Harper, Mr Gray? 151 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:02,760 The architect. 152 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,360 Mr Harper? 153 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,640 Well, yes, he's... 154 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,520 Parsons was on about him yesterday. 155 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,960 He came over to cut mine and Miss Walker's hair. 156 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,440 I was telling him about my great disappointment 157 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,800 over this local architect I've been bothering with 158 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,480 and he insisted that John Harper was my man. 159 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,280 Oh, he's excellent. He designed 160 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,800 the whole of St Leonard's Street here, 161 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,920 including the new theatre - you must've seen it. 162 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,160 It's very elegant, and he's so young. 163 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,680 He's only 26, 164 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,800 but widely regarded as something of a phenomenon. 165 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,320 You must snap him up, Miss Lister, if you can. 166 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,800 They all say he's destined for very great things. 167 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,840 He's the most delightful young man. 168 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,600 I was... I was quite charmed by him. 169 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:47,520 I sent him a note, and he turned up 170 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,760 at our hotel at ten o'clock sharp the next morning. 171 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,880 He only looked about 15. 172 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,280 And then the very next morning... 173 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:53,400 This was Thursday just gone. 174 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,520 ...he drove over to Halifax in his carriage... 175 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,120 - We were still in York. - ...had a good look 176 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,840 - at Northgate... - Anne sent a note ahead 177 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,840 to Mr Greenwood to give him unlimited access... 178 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,040 And... Yes, yes, I did. 179 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,560 And he's delighted with it. 180 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,800 He understands my vision perfectly. 181 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,000 He thinks the whole enterprise has every chance of success. 182 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,920 Is it going to cost a lot? 183 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,960 W-Well, it's not cheap. He's not cheap. 184 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,200 But then I shouldn't want to build a cheap hotel, 185 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,320 and the returns will reflect the quality of the investment. 186 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,520 He's built a whole street in York. 187 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,080 Oh, it's very fashionable. We went to study it. 188 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,480 He's going to get back to us with a proper plan 189 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,200 in a fortnight. 190 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,360 Well, I'm glad you decided against selling Northgate. 191 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,800 I think this is a much better scheme. 192 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,280 Thank you, Aunt. 193 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:35,640 If it works. 194 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:54,680 - Cordingley. - Ma'am. 195 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,480 How are you? 196 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,560 - Well, ma'am. - How was your sister? 197 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,320 - Very well, ma'am. - How's your leg? Your hip. 198 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,760 It's... It's... It's... It's, you know... 199 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:05,360 Anyway, welcome back. 200 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,560 Miss Walker and I will have our coffee in our little 201 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,120 - upstairs sitting room. - Yes, ma'am. 202 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,560 A letter, ma'am, for Miss Walker. 203 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,200 Mrs Priestley's servant brought it. 204 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,360 "The dwelling house will be given up at the end of June. 205 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,240 "The school rooms I have given directions 206 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,080 "to be given up to Mr Washington next week, 207 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,920 "along with the books and benches 208 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,600 "belonging to the Sunday school. 209 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,760 "This I sincerely hope you will be able 210 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,560 "to make arrangements to continue with, 211 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,520 "for the sake of the children. Mrs Batty, who is unwell, 212 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:36,360 "informs me she wishes to decline teaching 213 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:37,760 "after next Sunday." 214 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,400 Well, she's certainly got the message. 215 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,400 That'll teach her to write anonymous letters. 216 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,040 I suppose I should've anticipated 217 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,000 having to find a new teacher sooner rather than later. 218 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,240 Oh, we'll ask about. 219 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,000 And in the interim... 220 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,880 - ...we'll teach them. - Will we? 221 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,880 Why not? You should open a new school 222 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,560 at Lightcliffe anyway. 223 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,320 A day school and a Sunday school. 224 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,240 We should take on a good schoolmaster - 225 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,040 a married man, with ambition, 226 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,160 whose wife can run the Sunday school, 227 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,720 and all at your behest. 228 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,120 She says she intends to carry on her day school. 229 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,560 She says she can procure a room in the village. 230 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,600 Free gratis, like she's had it from you? 231 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,560 - I don't know. I doubt it. - I doubt it, too. 232 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,440 Has anyone ever given you the least thanks 233 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,320 for the use of those rooms all these years? 234 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,160 For the day school or the Sunday school? 235 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,040 Hm? No. 236 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,080 40 children attend the Sunday school. 237 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,160 Excellent. I'm sure we can manage that. 238 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,680 Unbelievable. 239 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Your sister has now fully appointed 240 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,880 this Jonathan Gray in York 241 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:57,880 to deal with the division of the property, 242 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,080 and he expects me to take on a legal man too. 243 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,280 What is the matter with her? 244 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,640 She's found out about the settlement 245 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:07,560 that I made on you in 1831. 246 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,120 Is that her? 247 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,040 She's anxious that there should be no further delay. 248 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,080 What delay? 249 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,880 And now she knows it's you she should be dealing with 250 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,160 rather than me, she thought it would be better to... 251 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,400 She's ridiculous. 252 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,240 She thought it would be better to put the thing more formally 253 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,840 into the hands of a legal man. 254 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,960 We are going down as soon as we - you - can travel. 255 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,000 She knows that. 256 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,040 Mm-hm. 257 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,480 She did first raise the matter in September, 258 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,800 so I suppose from her point of view... 259 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,560 Exactly. September. 260 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,840 It's less than... 261 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,360 ...nine months ago. 262 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,880 So from her point of view, 263 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,040 it could look like we're dragging our heels. 264 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,640 I don't suppose it's occurred to her 265 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:07,720 that I'm just as eager to get on with it as she is, 266 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,440 so that I can make a proper settlement on our children... 267 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,680 ...without involving overpaid lawyers. 268 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:16,680 What's this? 269 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,160 About these properties. High Sunderland, Hall End. 270 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,480 Oh, it's, um... 271 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,720 Mr Priestley, somehow, years ago, 272 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,000 got hold of... 273 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,920 ...from my uncle, before the estate came to my father... 274 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,080 My aunt used to talk about it, but... 275 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,200 Oh, I don't know. I never really knew. 276 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:39,920 And she's taking him to task over it? 277 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,080 She wants me, us, to share the legal costs. Yes. 278 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,640 Curious. 279 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,560 What is? 280 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,720 All of it. 281 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,360 Everything. 282 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,160 The tone of her letters. The... 283 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,880 The way she has become so litigious. 284 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,960 I half imagined Priestley was behind it, but clearly not. 285 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,480 Not if she's taking legal action against him. 286 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,360 It's Miss Lister, isn't it? 287 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,760 I...I can hear her voice 288 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,280 through and through this letter. 289 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,680 All the letters we've had lately. 290 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,360 So...why... 291 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,400 ...would Miss Lister push your sister so forcibly 292 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,640 for a division of the property? 293 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,800 Why would she suddenly be so... 294 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,880 ..."eager to expedite matters"? 295 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:43,920 Well... 296 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,720 ...why wouldn't she? 297 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,680 Miss Lister, she's a great one 298 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,680 for getting on with things and... 299 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,440 ...not putting off till tomorrow 300 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,880 - what can be done today. - She's not her husband. 301 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,440 Perhaps her influence is rubbing off on Ann. 302 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,960 Yes. It is. I agree with you. I can feel it in her letters. 303 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,280 And it's no bad thing, surely. 304 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,160 I was rather pleased with the tone of that. 305 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,560 She always sounds so much happier and healthier 306 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,440 these days, getting on with her life, 307 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,120 engaging with the world around her, 308 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:19,760 rather than hiding away and obsessing about herself. 309 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,480 My dear Ann. 310 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,600 By today's post I am in receipt of a letter, 311 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,840 by your instructions, from Messrs Gray Solicitors, York, 312 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,080 and I have also perused your letter to Elizabeth. 313 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,840 The natural inference deductible from both 314 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,000 pains me in the extreme. 315 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,160 There will be room for a bank. But a good bank. 316 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,240 You state that 317 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,320 in consequence of the settlement Elizabeth made 318 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:25,400 in 1831, she has "relinquished all control over her property", 319 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,160 and therefore it seems no progress can be made 320 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,400 in the division by further correspondence with her. 321 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,640 From similar considerations 322 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,320 which prompted my wife to make the settlement in 1831, 323 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,520 I assure you we have long been anxious 324 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,760 for a division of the property, 325 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,320 for we could make no definite settlement on our children 326 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:45,560 while half the property 327 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,640 on which it was secured belonged to you. 328 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,400 This is so obvious 329 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,440 that I assure you I was most solicitous 330 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,320 that a partition should be offered 331 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,400 and also in a measure so fair and equitable 332 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:58,600 that come what may, 333 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,200 neither party would have cause to demur. 334 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,120 That this partition was never carried into effect, 335 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,760 if you recall, is due to you, 336 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,880 prior to your sudden departure from us 18 months ago, 337 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,440 having requested Elizabeth not trouble or perplex you 338 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,520 with matters relating to business. 339 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,480 And since your return to Halifax, you have not once 340 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,760 hinted at a wish to have the property divided, 341 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,920 until this last September, when you suddenly intimated it 342 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,080 for the first time, 343 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,680 and in that same letter also stated that you 344 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,200 had given Mr Washington instructions 345 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,880 to draw up a scheme of division. 346 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,000 Ah, Mrs Rawson and the girls. How delightful. How are you? 347 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,360 I'm amazed you have the audacity to show your face 348 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:42,520 in public, Miss Walker. 349 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,040 - I'm sorry? - Not only the way 350 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,880 you've treated your family, and your aunt in particular, 351 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,400 but this latest humiliation you've inflicted 352 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,320 - on Mrs Priestley. - Oh... 353 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:53,560 Over the Sunday school! 354 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,320 Because Elizabeth 355 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,200 is nursing, she cannot properly 356 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,640 go south before the end of next month. 357 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,160 This I thought you understood. 358 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,040 She still hopes it would meet with your concurrence 359 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,840 to postpone the division until the period most convenient 360 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,760 - and desired by her... - Thank you. 361 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,760 ...and certainly hopes you would not, 362 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,400 in the meanwhile, involve her and her children 363 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,040 in usurious legal proceedings. 364 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,560 I won't write to Mr Gray until I hear from you. 365 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,160 I have no objection in the remotest degree 366 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,240 to you appointing him to act for you, 367 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,240 but I certainly will not appoint a solicitor 368 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,440 to act for me in a matter regarding which 369 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,680 there is no dispute. 370 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,200 If we are to act on Samuel Washington's scheme, 371 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,400 which I sincerely hope we will, why adopt legal measures? 372 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,920 I am aware all trades must live, 373 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,640 but the law is the last one 374 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,960 I would feel inclined to patronise. 375 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,560 Believe I am, my dear Ann, 376 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:53,480 yours most sincerely, George Mackay Sutherland. 377 00:18:58,440 --> 00:18:59,560 Knock, knock. 378 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,080 He's saying that he's been itching to get on with 379 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,120 the division all along. He... He's a liar. 380 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,480 And he's accusing me of wanting to involve Elizabeth 381 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,800 and the children in "usurious legal proceedings". 382 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,160 - It's not funny. - No, you're right. 383 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,320 Men who hide behind their wives and children 384 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:17,520 are not so much funny as absurd. 385 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,160 If you're still dwelling on Mrs Edward Rawson's comment 386 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:23,920 in Nicholson's this morning, don't. 387 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,080 You asking the Priestleys to vacate the school rooms 388 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:27,240 is none of her business, 389 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,040 and she only made herself look foolish. 390 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,760 Can you not mention that woman's name in my presence 391 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:32,840 ever again?! 392 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,840 Would you like me to pour the tea, Miss Lister? 393 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,200 No. Go. 394 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:46,440 What have I asked you before 395 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,480 about not speaking to me like that in front of the servants? 396 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,560 Are you going to help me write back to him, then, or what? 397 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,720 My dear Captain Sutherland. 398 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,840 I have this moment received your letter, 399 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,120 and rejoice to find that you are quite as anxious 400 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,920 for the division of the joint property as I am. 401 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,400 I fear... -I fear you will not 402 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,520 serve much by being your own attorney, 403 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,640 but you will judge as you think best. 404 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,760 I myself feel persuaded that in employing 405 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,280 Mr Gray to act for me, 406 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,600 I spare myself and others much trouble, 407 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,640 and adopt not only the best plan, but the cheapest one. 408 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:37,360 The deed of settlement of February 1831 409 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,080 is so comprehensive 410 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:44,840 that all power respecting the making good of titles, etc, 411 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,120 seems vested solely in you. 412 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,120 There is not, therefore, 413 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,560 any necessity in hurrying my sister to Yorkshire. 414 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,240 I shall always be delighted to see her, 415 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,920 but I earnestly hope that you 416 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,600 will be here before the end of next month. 417 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,760 I am much obliged to you... ...obliged to you 418 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,640 for your so kind consideration 419 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,680 in having complied with my request 420 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,120 to trouble me as little as possible about business 421 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,880 during the time I was recovering in York. 422 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,920 It seems Elizabeth must have forgotten to tell you 423 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,040 that immediately on my return from the Continent last year, 424 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,760 I wrote to tell her of the perfect recovery of my health, 425 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,680 and that I was ready and desirous 426 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,000 to apply myself to business immediately and diligently 427 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,560 and make up for lost time. 428 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Is that her? 429 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,560 Seriously. I ask you. Is that her voice? 430 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:46,880 So...precise, so to-the-point. 431 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,240 She wants her moiety, she wants her share... 432 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,920 Yes, of course, and she will have it. 433 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,880 I always intended to go along with Washington's 434 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,760 original proposal for the division anyway. 435 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,840 - Did you? - Yes! 436 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,320 Subject to our visit. But that aside, 437 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,880 how much do we really know about Anne Lister? 438 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,920 Hmm? 439 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,440 How much do you really know about Anne Lister? 440 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,920 Ma'am, Mr Harper's here. 441 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,000 Mr Harper. 442 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,840 Miss Lister. How are you? 443 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,840 Oh, good Lord, look at this. 444 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,880 Look at this fellow with his wheelbarrow. 445 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,640 The owls! Oh, and the monkeys. 446 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,280 And this little person wielding a mace! 447 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,320 I wonder what he's going to do with that? 448 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,560 Extraordinary. And the colours. 449 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,280 - Yes, it's... - I'm looking for 450 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,000 - the Lister coat of arms. - Not there. 451 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,400 The Waterhouses put this window in during 452 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,480 the 16th century, just before we acquired the place. 453 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,480 Some of the glass is much older than that - 454 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,720 taken from some church or other 455 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,920 during the dissolution of the monasteries. 456 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,800 So possibly older than the house itself, 457 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,800 which was built in 1420. 458 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,160 Ah! 459 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,760 My uncle always maintained this is very probably 460 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,720 amongst the oldest stained glass in England. 461 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,760 The world. 462 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,720 This house is extraordinary. 463 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,560 Mm. It is. 464 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,400 It's in my blood, it's in my bones, 465 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,800 it's in my soul. 466 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,600 It's also inconvenient and draughty, Mr Harper, 467 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,080 compared to some of my better friends' houses. 468 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,640 And if the mill chimneys 469 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,840 creep any higher up the hill from Halifax 470 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,240 and the barbarians come knocking on our door, 471 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,200 I've always fancied I'd sell up 472 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,160 and go and live quietly on a hill above Grenoble. 473 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,760 Oh, don't ever leave Shibden, Miss Lister. 474 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,320 Your better friends' houses may be less draughty 475 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:12,280 and more convenient, but this has true character, 476 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,600 and that's priceless. 477 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,040 And it suits you. 478 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,240 Where can I spread my papers? 479 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,280 This is thrilling. 480 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,800 I feel rather bilious. 481 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:36,600 It's spot on, it's... It's perfect. 482 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,320 It was only when I got through Leeds 483 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,600 I realised I'd left York without eating anything. 484 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,160 Can I sit down? 485 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,520 Oh! 486 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,080 You can't not eat, Mr Harper. 487 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:53,800 - I just forget. - Oh, I'm the same. 488 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,000 Could I have a small cup of tea? 489 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,120 You need a wife. 490 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,480 I live with my brother. He's an attorney. 491 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:00,760 Well, that's no good. 492 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,640 Oh! Is he? 493 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:04,680 George! 494 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,400 Ask Mrs Cordingley to get Mr Harper some breakfast, quickly. 495 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,440 Eggs, bacon, bread, butter...fruit? 496 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,120 Just a small slice of bread and a thin scrape of butter 497 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,200 - would be more than... - And bring us some tea. 498 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:18,840 Immediately. And bring the sugar! 499 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,600 We'll sort you out, Mr Harper. 500 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,840 This is... 501 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,160 Do you know, it's as though you can see into my... 502 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,160 ...innermost thoughts and desires. 503 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,480 Oh, good. 504 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,240 Ideally, I'd find local merchants 505 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,600 for the stone and timber and so forth. 506 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,240 If you could recommend people, that would be useful. 507 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,960 And local craftsmen, too. Joiners, plasterers. 508 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,120 I know them all. 509 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,320 I'll meet anyone you consider suitable. 510 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,120 I always meet several people for any one job 511 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,200 and then make a decision. Suppliers and craftsmen. 512 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,960 All in consultation with you, of course. 513 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,760 I shall take on a site manager, 514 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,760 and he'll be here throughout the build, 515 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,080 he'll come to live in Halifax for the duration. 516 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,120 Ideally a fellow called Husband, if he's available. 517 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,760 I've worked with him a number of times, 518 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,880 I think you'll be pleased. He'll be my eyes and ears. 519 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,320 When can you start? 520 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,320 I should think we could begin clearing the site 521 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,000 for the foundations next month. 522 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,480 I'd like a ceremony. A public ceremony. 523 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,560 To lay the first stone, a foundation stone. 524 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,240 Then all Halifax can come and see what we're doing. 525 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,960 - Of course. - Excellent. 526 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,440 Oh, and we must be clear, 527 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,240 before we get too giddy about it, 528 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,040 with the proposed shops, 529 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,560 the building costs will go up to nearer the £6,000 mark, 530 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,280 which means you'd perhaps be looking at an annual rent 531 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:00,960 of nearer 400 than 300. 532 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,080 And only you know whether Halifax is a busy enough town 533 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,760 to support something like that. 534 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,320 What's your impression of Halifax? 535 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,240 It isn't York. 536 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,720 Your clientele would predominantly consist of trade 537 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,320 and people passing through from one destination to another. 538 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:25,680 But my impression is, there's no shortage of money here, 539 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,440 and increasingly so, 540 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,400 with all these... creeping mill chimneys. 541 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,080 You want to borrow another £4,500? 542 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,400 On bond, at 4%. The alternative, 543 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,600 which I'm inclining towards, would be to sell 544 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,240 six of my Navigation shares now 545 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,760 and perhaps the rest at Christmas, 546 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,480 if I can get 400 guineas each for them. 547 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,840 But you spoke so eloquently less than six months ago 548 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,400 at the shareholders' meeting 549 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,280 about investing more money in the Navigation. 550 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,800 So to sell your shares now - 551 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,840 might that not look rather lacking in integrity? 552 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,040 No. 553 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,680 No, I don't think so. 554 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:13,080 Well...would it...could it not look like you were... 555 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:15,200 ...jumping ship? 556 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,080 Really? How? 557 00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:21,160 The Northgate Casino will have stabling 558 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,360 for upward of 70 horses, Mr Parker. 559 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,120 I wish I'd have brought the plans to show you, 560 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,520 I mean, they're splendid. Mr Harper has excelled himself. 561 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,600 Would I be investing so heavily in a coaching inn 562 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,200 if I was worried about the arrival of the railways? 563 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,040 No, the railways will arrive in Halifax last, 564 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,120 Mr Parker, for the same reason the canals did. 565 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,680 Because, like Rome, Halifax is built on too many hills. 566 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,800 No, I'd be taking from one sound investment 567 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,440 to fund another. 568 00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:58,320 Whoa! 569 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:05,960 George? 570 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,320 - Where's George? - Ooh! I don't know, ma'am. 571 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,560 Tell him to deal with the britzka and Smiler and Merlin. 572 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,960 Ah. 573 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,720 Mr Washington's helped me come up with 574 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,360 five different proposals to send to Captain Sutherland, 575 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,760 as you suggested, all based on 576 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,680 his original proposal for the division. 577 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,960 I merely pointed out to Miss Walker that if she sent 578 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,160 Captain Sutherland just the one proposal 579 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,800 he'll no doubt find fault with it, 580 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,040 quibble, and drag his heels again, 581 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,120 whereas if he's presented with a choice, 582 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,000 he's more likely to engage with the thing, 583 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,240 and, hopefully, plump for one of them. 584 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,680 Tactics. 585 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,080 Not that it's got anything to do with me, obviously. 586 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,640 The only really significant amendment I've suggested 587 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,480 is putting either John Farrer's field or Bouldshaw Farm 588 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,200 and Clough in Lot 1. 589 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,760 They're both worth £1,400, give or take, 590 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,680 and it seems to go some way 591 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,120 towards balancing the two lots up more evenly. 592 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,040 Well, as I say, nothing to do with me. 593 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,160 Then we can either draw for the lots 594 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,680 or I can make it clear to him that I would prefer Lot 1, 595 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,640 being made up of one contiguous piece of land. 596 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,360 - It would make sense. - Whereas Lot 2 597 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,400 is made up of parcels of land here, there and everywhere - 598 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,680 Lindley, Golcar, Saddleworth. 599 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,200 Which would make very little difference 600 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,160 to Mr and Mrs Sutherland, being so far away. 601 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,600 As long as it's managed. 602 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,800 Well... Again, if it was me - which it isn't - 603 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,200 I'd give him the choice. 604 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,040 Say that you'd prefer Lot 1, for reasons of contiguity, 605 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,080 but if he'd prefer to draw lots, 606 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,640 you'd be perfectly happy with that as well. 607 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,120 And I'd put Bouldshaw Farm and Clough in Lot 1 608 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,800 rather than John Farrer's field. 609 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,120 It's got coal in it. 610 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,840 Are we all set for Sunday again, Mr Washington? 611 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,840 Yes, I am. I'm quite enjoying it. 612 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,640 I'm wondering if I've missed my vocation! 613 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,880 "Now, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho 614 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,000 "is steep and treacherous," Jesus explained, 615 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,000 "full of desperate men and thieves." 616 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,000 Perhaps the traveller didn't know that, 617 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:04,080 or perhaps he did, but he had to make his journey anyway. 618 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,640 What do you think, Hannah? 619 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,120 Yeah. 620 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,760 Yeah. 621 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,160 The sun was hot and the traveller was tired. 622 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,000 He was only five miles from Jericho 623 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,800 when, suddenly, he found himself pounced upon. 624 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,240 He was beaten mercilessly, stripped naked, 625 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:26,920 robbed of his few belongings, 626 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,280 and left for dead at the side of the road. 627 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,360 "Surely the priest will help me," 628 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,080 the poor man thought as he lay helpless 629 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,400 and bleeding in the road. 630 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,360 But the priest walked past him 631 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,640 as though he hadn't even seen him. Emily. 632 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,960 Emily, don't do that, you might get your finger stuck. 633 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,640 Some time later, a Levite approached. 634 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,240 "Surely the Levite will help me," thought the man. 635 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,120 But as the Levite got closer, 636 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,000 he crossed to the other side of the road 637 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,280 and walked quickly away. 638 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,440 The bastard. 639 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,960 Next came along a Samaritan on a horse. 640 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,600 "Oh, no!" thought the poor man. 641 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,840 "The Samaritan is a foreigner and my enemy. 642 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,280 "He will never help me." 643 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,240 And then Euclid postulated, 644 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,960 and this isn't as complicated as it sounds, 645 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,920 if a straight line intersects two other straight lines, 646 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,920 and so makes the two interior angles 647 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,520 on one side of the first line 648 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,040 less than two right angles, 649 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,720 then the other two straight lines will meet at a point, 650 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,040 if extended far enough on the side on which the angles 651 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,760 are less than two right angles. Yes? Yes? Yes. 652 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,480 And so, from these five postulates or axioms, 653 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,280 Euclid deduced a greater number of theorems 654 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:39,960 or propositions. Yes, Charlotte? 655 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,760 What's all that got to do with Jesus, though, sir? 656 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,760 Miss! Miss. 657 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,800 Well, Euclid believed, as I do, 658 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,800 that the laws of nature 659 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,800 were but the mathematical thoughts of God. 660 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:58,400 God created the world and every magical, majestic thing in it, 661 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,840 and do you know something, Charlotte? 662 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,680 The leaves, the trees, the birds, the bees - 663 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:08,280 all of it, at some level, comes down to mathematics. 664 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,240 Mathematics is the basis of everything. 665 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,960 Everything in Creation. 666 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,280 Isn't that extraordinary? 667 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,680 The thoroughness of God's planning. 668 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,240 Me and Henry Hardcastle once saw her 669 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:23,720 snogging Miss Walker! 670 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,080 Right. 671 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,480 I was thinking about a trip to London. 672 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,840 A holiday, before the work at Northgate really begins. 673 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,480 I could see some of my friends, 674 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,160 and I could finally get my travelling carriage back 675 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:45,880 from Baxter's. We could make some enquiries 676 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,560 about a proper master for the day school, 677 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,040 and you could consult a doctor, 678 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,040 a really good doctor, about your neck. 679 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,360 I'd like that. I'd like to go to London again. 680 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:56,840 Hopefully this business with the Sutherlands 681 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:57,920 will be settled by then too. 682 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,680 I'd like to meet your London friends. 683 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:03,880 Did you hear something? 684 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,040 Do you think someone's spying on us? 685 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,040 - Here. - Oh! 686 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,480 Anne... Anne! 687 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:24,640 Stay. 688 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,360 - Er... - What...what is it? Ooh! 689 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,000 Go home. 690 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,440 Well, then, you leave me no choice. 691 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,360 Because I will not have a disrespectful household. 692 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,920 He's only 18! 693 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,440 - How old's she? - 26. 694 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,920 - That's... - I know. I know. 695 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,760 What do you want me to do? 696 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,920 I'll write to Mr Thomas at the servants' register in York, 697 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,520 but... Oh, I don't know. 698 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,320 It took me long enough to find him! 699 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,280 I can't start seeing to Father's... 700 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,600 - ...personal needs, it's... - No! 701 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,160 No, no, no, no. I certainly can't. 702 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:06,440 It's not ideal, but we must 703 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,320 keep him on as long as it suits us 704 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,560 and in the meantime, be on the lookout for someone else. 705 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,680 And not a word to Aunt Anne about this ridiculous business. 706 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,920 Ah. Aunt. You've found them. 707 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,400 These are Mr Harper's plans for the Northgate Casino. 708 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,720 I thought everyone might like to have a look at them. 709 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,240 Father? And then I can address any questions... 710 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,560 No, thank you. 711 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,960 ...or observations anyone might have. 712 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,480 Take no notice of your father. 713 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:35,760 He just thinks you might ruin yourself. 714 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,000 And all of us. 715 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,200 Oh, look at that. 716 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,160 Oh, that's the front door, Miss Lister... 717 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,400 Aunt. 718 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:46,040 Aunt. ...with the Lister coat of arms above it. 719 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,120 And look at this. 720 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,040 Above the fireplace, 721 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,000 your family motto - justus propositi tenax. 722 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,720 Just and true of purpose. 723 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,160 - Just so. - Humbug. 724 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,280 Shall we sit down? 725 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:04,760 Yes, let's. 726 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,800 Very good. 727 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,080 Do you know, I always want to say "bumhug" 728 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,520 whenever anyone says "humbug". I don't know why. 729 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,120 The only anxiety I have about Northgate, Father, 730 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,600 is getting it licensed, 731 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,240 what with Christopher Rawson being so difficult. 732 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,040 I did speak to Washington about it. 733 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,520 Well, Christopher Rawson isn't the only magistrate in Halifax. 734 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,120 Yes, but I need two signatories and if he gets wind of it... 735 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,080 What about Colonel Dearden and his son? 736 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:35,680 Aren't they both magistrates? 737 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,440 Mm. 738 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,120 Well, send him a note. Ask him to pop in. 739 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,720 Oh! 740 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,800 Oh, thank you. 741 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,800 This is impressive, eh? 742 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,800 And certainly would be a great boon to the town. 743 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,840 Another good inn with a large handsome room 744 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,240 is just what we need. 745 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,720 I intend to call the large room the Casino. 746 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,480 Oh! 747 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,680 The enterprise may not make a great profit, 748 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,320 at least not in the first year, 749 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,160 but then mercantile speculation is not my aim. 750 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,360 I want to take a pride in the thing 751 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,480 and do it for the good of the town. 752 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,040 The whole enclave will be elegant, 753 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:39,120 and even, dare I say it, fashionable. 754 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,040 Well, I can't imagine there'd be any reasonable objection 755 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:44,760 to granting you a licence. 756 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,080 I can certainly answer for myself and for my son. 757 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,640 Of course, I'll have to consult with the other magistrates 758 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:51,680 on the matter. 759 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,600 But I only need the two signatures? 760 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:54,680 Oh, yes. Yeah. 761 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:58,200 Well, strictly speaking. 762 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:01,120 Um, while I'm here... 763 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,160 Yes? 764 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,520 ...could I trouble you for a subscription 765 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:09,360 to Mr Wortley's brother's fund for the West Riding? 766 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,320 - Mr Wortley's brother? - John. 767 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,840 You may not yet have heard. 768 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,320 There'll be no by-election in the town. 769 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,200 It seems that Charles Wood has turned down high office 770 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,320 specifically in order to avoid one. 771 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,480 He's taken some more lowly role in the Admiralty, 772 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,440 whereas Lord Morpeth has been made 773 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,400 Chief Secretary for Ireland, 774 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,480 so John Wortley will contest him for the West Riding. 775 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,520 Mm. 776 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:38,560 But, so... 777 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,720 ..does that mean Mr Rawson won't be standing for Halifax 778 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,840 - after all, then? - No. 779 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,560 So, um, could I put you down for £50? 780 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,400 I've got seven or eight other people of good long standing 781 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,120 in the town down for 50. 782 00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,680 I shall turn over the leaf and give 30. 783 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,720 Can I not persuade you to give 50, Miss Lister? 784 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,280 Had Mr Rawson still been standing, 785 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,600 he should have had every vote I could influence. 786 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,440 I told him that to his face, and I meant it. 787 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:17,440 But the fact is, he doesn't behave handsomely towards me. 788 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,280 Over my coal. And I'd hate 789 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:24,200 to spend significant money on Northgate only to find 790 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:27,240 my attempt to license such a worthy public endeavour 791 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,440 blocked by him on no more than a whim. 792 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,360 So you could put me down for 50, Colonel Dearden, but... 793 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,560 ...I will need my licence. 794 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,040 You'll have your licence, Miss Lister. 795 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:49,600 Any sign of rain, young man? 796 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,240 Not at the moment, sir. 797 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:07,600 Go on. 798 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,120 How big is this farm? 799 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,000 24 acres. 800 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,040 Speak up! 801 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:53,480 24 acres. 802 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,960 Mm. 803 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:01,680 Imagine, Matthew, if you were to be parted from Eugénie for, 804 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,640 I don't know, two years. 805 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,040 Do you believe that you would feel the same way 806 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,200 about...marrying her? 807 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,680 I dare say. 808 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,200 You dare say? 809 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,560 If nothing happened. 810 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,760 Like...what sort of thing? 811 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,400 If, um... If Eugénie felt t'same way too. 812 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:31,800 Well, Matthew, 813 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,440 I only hope you've thought the thing through. 814 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,200 I can't quite see Eugénie amongst pig tubs and cattle, 815 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,040 but you must judge for yourselves. 816 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,880 If I were to just leave, 817 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,480 ma'am, please would you let Eugénie keep her job? 818 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,160 You going or staying makes no difference as to what happens 819 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:47,800 to Eugénie, Matthew. But... 820 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,200 ...now I know your intentions are to marry, 821 00:42:51,240 --> 00:42:54,320 Miss Marian and I will think about what to do. 822 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:03,640 You do know that letter 823 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,240 hasn't got a postmark on it, don't you? 824 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,520 Mm. It's dated the 15th. I only gave her notice 825 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,240 on the evening of the 14th. 826 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,160 They're transparent. 827 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,320 They've got us over a barrel. 828 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,120 It's so hard to get people these days. 829 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,480 So how's it been left? 830 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,320 Well, I'm taking at face value 831 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,720 their claim that they want to get married, 832 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,040 although I don't believe that for a second, 833 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,600 and I've retracted Eugénie's notice 834 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:30,600 on the understanding that Matthew is looking for a job 835 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,320 and when he finds one, they'll marry. 836 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,680 Do you think the other servants know about it? 837 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:38,360 I don't know. 838 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,160 I'm so glad we've decided to go to London. 839 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,080 It'll be the perfect tonic. 840 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,720 You've had too much tiresome nonsense to bother with, 841 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,680 with this wretched division business. 842 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,920 It's silly, but... 843 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:58,000 What? What is? 844 00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,880 I always imagined that one day 845 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:03,280 I might meet lords and ladies. in London. 846 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,000 I mean, I know we have to be careful, but... 847 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,920 ...I might meet one or two, one day. 848 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:10,960 Mightn't I? 849 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,280 Mm. 850 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,080 One day... 851 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:25,280 - ...if you're very good. - Mm. 852 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,040 As you state you will take 853 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,160 Lot 1 as drawn up in Washington's original proposal, 854 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,320 provided you get Bouldshaw Farm and Clough, 855 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,680 - I agree to this proposal... - "...agree to this proposal, 856 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,560 "and consider therefore the division formally concluded, 857 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,280 "and I assure you, my dear Ann, 858 00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,760 "that I sincerely rejoice that it is." 859 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,160 Very good. I'm surprised he's agreed to it quite so readily, 860 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:55,160 but happen he wants to get on with it just as much as you do. 861 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,080 Hm. Or he wants to seem as though he does. 862 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,800 And then there's this next bit - 863 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,320 "As we expect being south as early as we can leave home, 864 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:02,720 "I hope you will have no objection 865 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,400 "to allowing the amendment to the titles to wait until then." 866 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,560 You see, he's procrastinating, he's still not 867 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:09,600 signing anything. 868 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:11,280 Well, it's a step forward. 869 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,520 You've got his agreement in writing, at least. 870 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,040 Mm. 871 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,920 Oh, and I called in on Mr and Mrs Priestley again yesterday. 872 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:18,960 Why? 873 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,960 Well, I had a note from him asking me to. 874 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,840 So... But he wanted me to tell you that he intends to give up 875 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,000 the waste at High Sunderland without hesitation. 876 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,040 Really? 877 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,800 So that's good news. 878 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,400 There won't be any sort of legal wrangle over it. 879 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,800 Right. Shall I see you down at Tillyholme stile then, ma'am? 880 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,320 Mr Holt and the Mann brothers'll be there already 881 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,200 and they won't want to do anything without you. 882 00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:44,640 Yes, you go. I'll follow you down. 883 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,480 - Sorry, sir. - Sorry, lad. 884 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,880 Clearly, he knows he should never have had it 885 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,520 in the first place. 886 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,280 Giving it up so easily. 887 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,640 - It appals me how lax... - Fasten your buttons properly! 888 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:01,400 Sorry, ma'am. 889 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:06,280 Sorry, go on. 890 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,720 ...how lax and...profligate 891 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,560 my family have been with our property 892 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,320 when I see how particular you are with yours. 893 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,120 Coal, stone, hotels - 894 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,440 you make every square inch of your land work. 895 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,520 Well, then, you must take example from me 896 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:23,920 and make yours work so too. 897 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,960 I am... I am doing, I-I'm going to. 898 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,560 And that's why I won't stand for 899 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,480 any more of this...nonsense. 900 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,280 What's the matter? 901 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,600 He says I knew about the deed of settlement in 1831. 902 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:37,200 He says he told me all about it 903 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:40,960 and I've obviously forgotten. He didn't. 904 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,560 Hm. 905 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:46,480 Parker's coming at four this afternoon, I'd better get on. 906 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,760 What time do we expect you back from Hebden Bridge? 907 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,600 Oh, I don't know. I suspect it'll be a wasted trip. 908 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:54,920 I don't think anyone wants to take over the Sunday school. 909 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:27,760 Ah! Mr Parker. 910 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:31,400 Well, how... How are things on the estate? 911 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,960 Oh, we are winning, I think, one way or another. 912 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,720 Mr Holt thinks this time next year my collieries 913 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:37,920 will be the best hereabouts 914 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,720 and will pay off all the expense incurred 915 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,000 within the first three years of production. 916 00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,040 Hm? 917 00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:45,520 Er, not for me. 918 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:46,960 What have you got for me? 919 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,120 I've got 23 notices against trespassers shooting 920 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,240 and hunting on your land which all need signing. 921 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,440 And I've got two notices to quit - 922 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,520 one for Mr Carr for those acres that you need back 923 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,400 down at Wellroyd. Those need signing too. 924 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,640 Then regarding selling your Navigation shares, 925 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,200 well, I've asked around. 926 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:04,120 Mr Robert Waterhouse has no objection to taking 927 00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:05,920 the six that you're offering for sale, 928 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,120 but he won't give 400 guineas. 929 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,360 He will, however, give £405. 930 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,040 No-one will give 400 guineas. 931 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,760 Mr Abbott tells me that Mr Louis Alexander 932 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,760 has had three of his shares on sale for some time now 933 00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,800 at 400 guineas apiece, and they've not sold. 934 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,800 I hope no other names were named in the matter. 935 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,320 But I thought... 936 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,640 Is he not soon to be family, Mr Abbott? 937 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:32,080 No. 938 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,120 And if he is, well, then, I've made it clear to Marian 939 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:38,480 that she and I... That'll be it. 940 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:42,320 Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. 941 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,320 No, no other names were named. 942 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,400 I'll take Mr Waterhouse's £405. 943 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,520 Anything above £400 is clear gain as far as I'm concerned, 944 00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:55,880 and it's better this way. 945 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,520 Borrowing would cost me 10% in the first year. 946 00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,560 No building would pay for that. 947 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,880 Miss Lister. 948 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,440 Anne. 949 00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:08,320 Is this whole enterprise not a risk? 950 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,320 Yes, of course. 951 00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,880 Of course it is. 952 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,480 How's Miss Walker? 953 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,920 Oh, she's out. She's ridden to Hebden Bridge 954 00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,000 to speak to a possible candidate 955 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:29,720 for the Sunday school. 956 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:34,680 I, er, had a letter yesterday. 957 00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:37,040 From York, from Mr Gray, 958 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,760 who's acting for Miss Walker in the matter of the division 959 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:41,960 - of the joint property. - That's right. 960 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,520 He's requested from me a copy of 961 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:51,080 the 1831 settlement between Captain and Mrs Sutherland. 962 00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,400 He's sent me a letter from Captain Sutherland, 963 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:55,360 which he believes is sufficient authority for me 964 00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,840 to send him a copy of the settlement, and I... 965 00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:01,440 I don't think it is. 966 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:02,480 It's rather vague about 967 00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:04,920 "affording every possible assistance". 968 00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,320 And my question is, 969 00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,920 in my position.... 970 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,200 ...would you send it... 971 00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:15,760 ...or even an extract from it, 972 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,920 without a more clear yea or nay from Captain Sutherland 973 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,480 about the specific document in question? 974 00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,840 I have not a word to say on the matter, Mr Parker. 975 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:28,040 Why are you asking me? 976 00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:33,800 I suppose because it's... It's delicate. It's, er... 977 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:36,440 It's complicated. 978 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:38,080 Surely the solution would be 979 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,440 to write to Captain Sutherland yourself 980 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,040 asking for his permission regarding the document. 981 00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:46,680 Yes... Yes. 982 00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:49,280 Yes, that's... 983 00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,240 That's what I shall do. 984 00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:54,160 Am I missing something? 985 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:57,560 You... 986 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,440 Your family... 987 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,520 ...are very good, very old, very valued clients 988 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,480 of, er, Parker & Adam. 989 00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:12,400 And now that Miss Walker is here as your...companion, 990 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,280 I suppose the anxiety is, 991 00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:16,240 I'm going to find myself between a rock 992 00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:21,160 and a hard place in the matter should it become problematic. 993 00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:23,600 Why would it? It's a simple enough division, 994 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,120 and he's already agreed to it. 995 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:30,240 Mr Gray implied that Miss Walker was angry. 996 00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:33,120 To have discovered the settlement. 997 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:34,360 - Mm. - And there was 998 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:38,680 a further implication that I had not acted professionally... 999 00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:39,720 ...in the matter. 1000 00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:43,560 With her family being opposed to it, 1001 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,880 and with the settlement appearing to go so much 1002 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:47,880 against the wishes in her father's will. 1003 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:49,600 But I can assure you, Miss Lister, 1004 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:51,840 this was very much what Mrs Sutherland wanted, 1005 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:55,000 there was certainly no underhand collusion on my part, 1006 00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:57,880 and nothing I did was unprofessional, 1007 00:51:57,920 --> 00:51:59,680 and Miss Walker herself knew... 1008 00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:05,080 ...perfectly well what was going on at the time, 1009 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,640 just as the rest of the family did. 1010 00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:13,160 Captain Sutherland made it abundantly plain to her. 1011 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:14,440 She says not. 1012 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:17,120 Well... 1013 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:19,360 ...she wasn't well. 1014 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:22,400 Well, then, 1015 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,080 how odd of him to burden her with it. Hm? 1016 00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,640 Anyway, it barely matters. 1017 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,240 What's material is that we now know, 1018 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:36,920 she now knows, that it's him 1019 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:38,360 that she should have been dealing with 1020 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,000 all along, and not her sister. 1021 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:43,400 Indeed. 1022 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,440 Well, then. As you suggest... 1023 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,680 - ...I shall write to him. - Yes. 1024 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:53,520 And do leave me out of it. 1025 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,400 It really has nothing to do with me. 1026 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:08,920 My dear Captain Sutherland, 1027 00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:10,480 I am glad that by your agreement 1028 00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:11,680 to one of my proposals, 1029 00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:14,080 the division of the estate is so easily arranged. 1030 00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:16,360 I am anxious that no time should be lost 1031 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:17,840 in preparing the deeds. 1032 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:22,200 I have, for some weeks, 1033 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:24,600 had the deed box here with me at Shibden Hall. 1034 00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,240 I shall go to York as soon as I hear from Messrs Gray, 1035 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:29,760 with all the necessary papers... 1036 00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,800 ...with all the necessary papers, 1037 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,600 of which Mr Parker, or anyone you think proper, 1038 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:37,040 may come here and take a catalogue. 1039 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,160 I hope the papers will be ready for signing 1040 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:40,600 before the end of the month. 1041 00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,160 But should you not be able to come to Yorkshire so soon, 1042 00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:46,000 then surely the papers can simply be sent to you 1043 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:47,440 for your signature. 1044 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:05,280 This gets more and more... 1045 00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:07,240 What? What? 1046 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,760 The deeds! 1047 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,640 The Crow Nest deeds have... 1048 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:20,240 ...for some weeks, been at Shibden Hall. 1049 00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:22,240 - Why? - Your sister! 1050 00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:26,960 Is being played for a fool! 1051 00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,600 It's bizarre. No. It's beyond bizarre, 1052 00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:30,880 it is sinister. 1053 00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:37,440 I tried to protect her. And this, this... 1054 00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,560 My dear Parker. 1055 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:04,480 I acknowledge receipt of your... 1056 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:10,480 My dear Parker. 1057 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:14,280 I acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd. 1058 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,160 My dear Parker. I acknowledge receipt 1059 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,840 of your letter of the 22nd of June 1060 00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,080 and in reply I have no objection to furnishing Mr Gray 1061 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,680 with the copy of the deed alluded to. 1062 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:29,400 In fact, I am most anxious, as I invariably have been, 1063 00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,840 to afford every assistance in endeavouring to have 1064 00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,160 the property of the late Mr Walker fairly 1065 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,000 and amicably divided. 1066 00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:41,320 I have stated repeatedly that Mrs Sutherland and I 1067 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:43,880 would proceed south and arrange the whole matter 1068 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:47,360 as immediately as the season and her health would permit, 1069 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,760 and when the titles could be given to both parties 1070 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,560 to whom they were apportioned. 1071 00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:59,880 I requested that the boxes containing the deeds 1072 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:03,480 should remain until then in the bank where I had placed them. 1073 00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,440 I find instead from a letter received just this morning 1074 00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:09,680 from Miss Walker that the deeds have been taken from the bank 1075 00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:13,000 and have for some weeks been at Shibden Hall. 1076 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:22,600 I do not blame Miss Walker for this, 1077 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:28,480 but those who, from selfish, wicked and unnatural motives, 1078 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,600 endeavour to bias her mind. 1079 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:36,200 Miss Lister states for Miss Walker, 1080 00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:38,200 for I am certain she would never do so, 1081 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:41,240 that the object in employing Mr Gray is with the view 1082 00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:44,080 not to perplex and mystify but to simplify. 1083 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:48,400 This is, I trust, some attack on you. 1084 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:56,680 As our properties and Miss Lister's join, 1085 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:59,200 I cannot help expressing my extreme upset 1086 00:56:59,240 --> 00:57:02,920 that the titles have been there, at Shibden Hall, 1087 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:04,400 which I should of course 1088 00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,720 have decidedly objected to had I known. 1089 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:10,440 What is going on, I know not. 1090 00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:14,840 But the moment our little boy is over the whooping cough, 1091 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:18,280 I shall, and Mrs Sutherland if all is well, 1092 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,440 visit Miss Walker, 1093 00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:24,680 and this I hope in the course of a very few weeks. 1094 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,680 My feelings I impart to you in the strictest confidence. 1095 00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:35,040 Yours most sincerely, George Mackay Sutherland.