1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:08,079 This programme contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature 2 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,799 I was thinking about a trip to London. I'll meet your friends. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,999 Are you sure about Northgate? You may get laughed at. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,800 I'd like a ceremony to lay the first stone. Can we have one last kiss? 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:18,799 God! 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,039 I missed you. 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,879 I have the deed box here, with me, at Shibden Hall. 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,279 This... This... Ugh! 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,919 You have to be certain 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,480 that this, here, with me, is what you want. 11 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,839 ANNE: 103 Long Acre. 12 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,159 And tell whoever you deal with to send a trusty person 13 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,399 to collect my payments for the repairs to the carriage. 14 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,159 Here - Hawkins Hotel in Dover Street, 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,519 at one o'clock this afternoon. 16 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,959 And then tell them to send the carriage 17 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,599 with a pair of good horses and a steady driver 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,719 at six o'clock tonight. It's all in there. 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,399 103 Long Acre. Pearce and Baxter. 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,879 Ask the porter downstairs 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,560 to give you a boy to show you the way. 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,639 What a relief it'll be to get my own carriage back. 23 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,999 SHE SIGHS 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,399 IN FRENCH: 25 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,680 Hmm? Miss... 26 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,519 You look ridiculous. Let's not be small-minded with one another. 27 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,719 Now, pour me some tea. 28 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,559 ANN: Pour your own fucking tea. 29 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,119 And we were getting on so nicely in the high-flyer. 30 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,719 You should never have claimed powers you don't possess. 31 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,639 Nothing... 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,519 ..would please me more 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,799 than to introduce you 34 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,559 to Lady Stuart de Rothesay and Vere 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,119 and any number of others, 36 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,439 but this isn't the time. When we first met... 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,759 Well, when we became reacquainted, you said, 38 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,239 you promised me, that you would introduce me to people. 39 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,959 Yes, and I did. 40 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,199 The Norcliffes. 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,959 No, proper people. London society. 42 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,079 We're in town to find a master for the new school, 43 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,999 primarily, and to visit the doctor and the dentist 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,319 and to get our watches fixed. 45 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,399 And, yes, some pleasure, of course. 46 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,839 But... SHE SIGHS 47 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,479 ..this isn't a time for you to meet new people, 48 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,999 not while you still have anxieties 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,519 about the division of the estate. 50 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,560 Oh! What's that got to do with anything? 51 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,279 DOOR CLOSES 52 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,560 You have a lot on your mind. 53 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,119 And until it's resolved, 54 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,879 you're here to relax, 55 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,359 not to be stared at. 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,319 Stared at? I shouldn't like 57 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,639 to see you overwhelmed. And believe me, these people can overwhelm. 58 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,199 But you'll go and see them. 59 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,999 If they heard I'd been in London 60 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,239 and not visited them, 61 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,319 then they'd be surprised, certainly, and offended, even. 62 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,319 And anyway, you have your... 63 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,800 Mrs Plowes'...friend to see, so... 64 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,679 The time will come. 65 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,599 KNIFE CLACKS ON PLATE 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,080 But this isn't it. 67 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,079 I was trying to recall when it was we last saw you, 68 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,559 Miss Lister. Oh... It was at the Jardin des Plantes. 69 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,159 You were there, Lady Cameron, you remember. 70 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,279 How could I forget? Where were you, Mama? 71 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,279 I've no idea. No, I think you were with us. 72 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,959 No, my darling, I don't think I was. 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,759 I was there. Oh, it was you, Grandmama! 74 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,239 Mm. And, Charles, you've never seen anything like it. 75 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,119 It was as if we'd been swallowed by the whale. 76 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,439 We were sitting on chairs, but inside the whale! 77 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,239 Well, Miss Lister always had a talent for knowing 78 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,919 the best things to do and see. 79 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,959 What was the favour, Miss Lister, you mentioned earlier? 80 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,599 Oh. So, when Miss Walker and I were in Geneva last year, 81 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,799 I ordered a scale model of the Alps 82 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,319 from Monsieur Gaudin. 83 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,599 And it's finally due to arrive in England any day now, 84 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,359 but the problem is they'll open it, 85 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,759 at Customs House. And the anxiety is they'll damage it. 86 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,919 It's a huge thing - it's 7ft square! 87 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,079 Good Lord! 88 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,159 Oh, it's wonderful! 89 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,959 Whatever will you do with it? 90 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,439 And Monsieur Gaudin emphasised 91 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,199 how carefully these models are packed for shipping, 92 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,639 being so fragile. 93 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,599 But apparently, if I can get an order from the Treasury 94 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,199 for it to be delivered to Shibden unopened... 95 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,799 Write down the details, send it to me first thing in the morning. 96 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,759 I'll sort it out. Oh. 97 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,839 What can I say? 98 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,559 How disappointing, Miss Lister, not to conquer Mont Blanc. 99 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,199 Oh, I could've cried. 100 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,679 But I will... 101 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,839 ..we will go back. 102 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,159 How lucky, 103 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,720 to find a travelling companion as intrepid as you are! 104 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,119 < It's going to be quite a day for us tomorrow. 105 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,200 I'm devastated you're in town only so briefly. 106 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,039 You can't imagine how bored I've been at Richmond 107 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,119 with my aunt during my confinement. 108 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,320 Really? 109 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,359 We quibble about money. 110 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:42,879 Can you imagine? 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,759 I didn't pay the gardener, but I had use of the garden. 112 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,720 I was giving birth! 113 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,399 I was never even in the garden! 114 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,199 Is she worried about money? 115 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,919 Well, I suppose she must be. 116 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,799 She's very fond of you. 117 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,360 This is all I do now, Anne. 118 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,200 Donald does the business and I... 119 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,160 ..I drop babies. 120 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:06,800 Children are a blessing. 121 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:12,359 They're the cement of any marriage... 122 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,960 ..surely. 123 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,439 I never thought I'd hear you say that. 124 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:18,600 Neither did I. 125 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,799 BOTH LAUGH 126 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,319 The carriages are ready. Thank you. CLAPPING 127 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,719 We have two carriages outside! 128 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,439 What're we...? Where're we...? What're we doing? 129 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,999 LAUGHTER 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,159 You're going to Lady Gordon for coffee, Mother. 131 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,519 Not me, I'm afraid. 132 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,199 I've got to work. Nor me. 133 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,319 I have to get back to my... 134 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,159 Miss Walker and I are visiting the National School 135 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,199 at Westminster first thing in the morning. 136 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,999 She's opening a school, locally. A good one. 137 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,920 So we're trying to find a suitable master for it. 138 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,920 ARGUING AND COMMOTION 139 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,959 Miss Stuart was delighted with the wedding present we sent 140 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,319 from Howell and James's, by the way. Oh, was she? Oh, good. 141 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:10,920 What's the matter? 142 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,759 Why aren't we moving? 143 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,639 Perhaps there's been an accident. 144 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:16,999 Why did you talk so much? 145 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,399 Hmm? At the school. 146 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,479 I couldn't get a word in edgeways. 147 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,879 Mr Johnson'll think 148 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,639 I'm some kind of half-wit. Well, I... 149 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,599 He didn't even look at me. 150 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,279 He didn't even address me, not once. 151 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,520 I thought you wanted me to... I wanted you to shut up. 152 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,039 I'm fairly certain he'll consider someone setting up a new school 153 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,679 and taking the time and trouble to visit other top schools 154 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,160 in preparation for it very far from being a half-wit. 155 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,999 SHE EXHALES Listen, I've been thinking. 156 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,719 When we get back to Halifax, 157 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,239 and I don't know how you'll feel about this, but... 158 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,399 SHE SIGHS 159 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,959 ...would you do me the honour of laying the foundation stone 160 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:03,599 for the casino? I imagine just a small public gathering 161 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,760 with a few well-chosen words. Something to dignify the occasion. 162 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,519 You mean make a speech? Me? 163 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,799 Yes. 164 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,519 Do you think I could do that? 165 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,359 I'm certain you could. 166 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,960 Huh. 167 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,559 MRS SUTHERLAND: When will you reach Edinburgh? 168 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,559 Erm... Is it tomorrow night? 169 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,239 And then the train! 170 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,679 To Manchester. 171 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,599 Hopefully, we should be in Halifax 172 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,879 by Saturday or Sunday. 173 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,319 Poor Elizabeth! 174 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,399 Yes, the timing is far from perfect, 175 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,319 but Elizabeth's little sister 176 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,479 and Miss Lister must have their holiday in London! 177 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,679 UNDER HIS BREATH: Yet we're the ones that are being difficult. 178 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,279 Must you go at all? 179 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,079 Sadly, Mother, yes. 180 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,759 The archaic nature of the deeds 181 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,199 mean Elizabeth and I must sign in person. 182 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,039 If we sign at all. 183 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,400 KNOCK ON DOOR 184 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:02,439 May I take little John, ma'am? 185 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,560 Yes, of course, Dorothy. Thank you. 186 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,279 JOHN: Mama... 187 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,679 You mustn't fret, Elizabeth. 188 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:17,199 Little John and the girls will be perfectly happy here, 189 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,319 with me and Dorothy. 190 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,839 I'd better, erm... 191 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,319 I've just got a few bits and pieces 192 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,440 to sort upstairs. Of course, my dear. 193 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,119 You mustn't let her fret. 194 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,240 Well, it's not that. She's, erm... 195 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,479 Well, she's worried about her sister. 196 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,039 So am I. 197 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:38,959 Is she... 198 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,599 ..struggling again? 199 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,599 Oh, who knows? 200 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,199 She may be, but it's not that exactly. 201 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,519 It's more an anxiety about this... 202 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,639 ..unnatural hold 203 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,319 that Miss Lister seems to have over her. 204 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,039 Unnatural? 205 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,000 Yes, we, er, we think so. 206 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:00,640 As in? 207 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:08,560 You remember there was a case years ago in Edinburgh. 208 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:10,879 Two women... 209 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,719 No! 210 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,039 Mm. 211 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,079 Well, anyway, that's the anxiety. 212 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,639 And with Ann being so vulnerable and biddable 213 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,359 and under the spell of the woman, 214 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,200 Lord alone knows where it might end. 215 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,639 And the shocking thing is 216 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,480 Miss Lister can hide in plain sight. 217 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,679 Who would ever suspect a woman 218 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,720 of being a fortune hunter and... 219 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:41,920 ..a predator? 220 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:46,320 The lawyers clearly haven't a clue. 221 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,400 It's evil. 222 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:00,999 I've worked out that if we did want to spend the winter 223 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,079 in a rented house in Leamington, 224 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,239 our weekly expenses would amount 225 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,399 to 15 pounds and 11 shillings exactly. 226 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,000 Mm. 227 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,719 Well, something to think about. 228 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,440 Perhaps for the future. 229 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,079 I can't go on like this, you do know that. 230 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,719 What? 231 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,280 Me paying for everything. 232 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:28,559 Well, that's... 233 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,439 Well, when we left Shibden, 234 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,400 we did agree that that's what... 235 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,799 ..what with me laying out so much capital 236 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,359 for the casino and for the new pit 237 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,839 and the refurbishments at Shibden, 238 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,519 and one thing and another... £5 here, £200 there. 239 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,120 It starts to add up. 240 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,159 The London trip was, primarily, for you, 241 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,599 for you to find a schoolmaster, 242 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,119 to see the dentist, to see Sir Benjamin, 243 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,159 to see Mrs Plowes, to see Westminster Abbey 244 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,439 and the Houses of Parliament. Hmm? To get away. 245 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,399 No, it wasn't. It was for you to see your friends. 246 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,480 Oh, so none of those other things happened. 247 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,119 I won't be sifted. Sifted? For money. Sifted? 248 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,599 We said our arrangement would be as good as a marriage. 249 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,999 As far as it could be, yes. 250 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,839 You should've taken me to meet your friends. 251 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,719 As I explained... WHISPERS: I am your wife! 252 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,159 When it's convenient, when you need money... 253 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,639 WHISPERS: ..in bed. 254 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,799 But when it comes to your aristocratic people, 255 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,879 I'm an inconvenience. 256 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,000 As I say, one day... And then there's Mrs Lawton. 257 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,959 Mrs Lawton? 258 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,519 I know there was more to it, 259 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,000 that night when you came back from Lawton Hall. 260 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,999 The damage is done. I've seen you in your true colours. 261 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,240 My tr...? 262 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,679 I got you an appointment with the King's surgeon. 263 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,239 Not only because he's the King's surgeon 264 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,999 but because he's also the leading expert in joint pain, 265 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,799 which I bothered to find out for you! 266 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,320 Those are my true colours. 267 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,720 FOOTSTEPS APPROACH 268 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,079 I think you're anxious about getting back 269 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,439 to Halifax because of the Sutherlands. 270 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,639 I think that's what all of this is about. 271 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:30,799 The amount of money 272 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,599 you're spending these days terrifies me. 273 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,359 You're the one person who's shown any faith in my Northgate scheme. 274 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,559 Yes, and I hope it succeeds, but what if it doesn't? 275 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,639 I'm frightened that you'll ruin yourself and then me. 276 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,319 How could I ruin you? I'm borrowing all of the big money elsewhere. 277 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,239 Yes, but who are you counting on to bail you out 278 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,959 if you can't maintain your repayments? 279 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,199 No, I would never do that to you. 280 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,799 Do you think I could bear to see you in a debtors' prison? 281 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,799 If the worst came to the worst, which it won't, 282 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,480 I would sell Shibden. 283 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,079 I could live anywhere. 284 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,519 I could live under a stone if I had to. 285 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,160 And as for a debtors' prison... 286 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,240 Well, they'd have to catch me first. 287 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,040 No. 288 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,200 I'm sorry, I can't do this any more. 289 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,880 And I'm still not convinced that... 290 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,000 WHISPERS: ..what we do is right. 291 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,040 Well... 292 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,440 You know what I think about that. 293 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,880 I've explained it often enough. 294 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,360 I think the sooner we part, the better. 295 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,800 Well, then. 296 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,719 You do know that my first and greatest wish 297 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,800 has always been for your happiness. 298 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,960 And if I can't make you happy, then... 299 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,720 ..I only hope that someone else might succeed better. 300 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,359 There's a church here with a monument 301 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,119 to a child that died. 302 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,999 I once saw it years ago when I was travelling 303 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,319 with Mrs Lawton. 304 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,399 I always thought, 305 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,960 if I passed by here again, I'd like to see it again. 306 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:33,399 Would you mind? 307 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:34,720 No, of course not. 308 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,440 BELL CHIMES 309 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,480 "She was in form and intellect most exquisite." 310 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,279 "The unfortunate parents 311 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,879 "ventured their all on this frail bark, 312 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,040 "and the wreck was total." 313 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:28,519 Five years old. 314 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,639 SHE SOBS 315 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,080 Anne, what's the matter? 316 00:17:33,360 --> 00:17:35,560 SHE SNIFFLES I just... 317 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,200 SHE SIGHS I don't know. 318 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,400 It was the same last time I came here. 319 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:46,840 I just... 320 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,960 "In form and intellect most exquisite." 321 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,440 And she died. 322 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,160 Three weeks - 21 days - before I was born. 323 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,800 Isn't that curious? 324 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,120 And I can't help imagining if... 325 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,760 What if...that was me? 326 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,040 What if I'm her? 327 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,880 What do you mean? 328 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,840 Why am I me? 329 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,799 I was born into a fairly useless family. 330 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,479 No, not the Listers. The Listers aren't useless. 331 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,839 Just my particular little squad of them. 332 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,519 Not Aunt Anne, not Uncle James. 333 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,119 Just... 334 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,039 My father. 335 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:53,079 My mother. 336 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,440 And poor Marian. 337 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,679 So why do I have such refined tastes 338 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,119 and aspirations and...? 339 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:06,400 Where does that come from? 340 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,639 Why is it in my bones 341 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,879 to want to spend time with people 342 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,320 who are so much better than myself? 343 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:19,560 ANNE SIGHS 344 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:22,800 What if, in another life... 345 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,200 ..that was me? 346 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,039 I... 347 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,079 I don't think that's how things work. 348 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,919 No, yes, it can. 349 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,360 Reincarnation. 350 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,399 Yes, but that doesn't really... That... 351 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,320 So why does it have this effect on me? 352 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,800 I'm a scientist, a logician. 353 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,800 I don't engage in fanciful nonsense. 354 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:58,880 It's either that or... 355 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,240 What if this is the child that I'll never have? 356 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,920 The child that I can never give you. 357 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,920 "In form and intellect most exquisite." 358 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,000 The perfect child... 359 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,440 ..who can never breathe. 360 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,720 May never have life. 361 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,560 I don't know. 362 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,360 Oh. 363 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,440 Oh, I'm ridiculous. 364 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,560 No, you're not. 365 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:34,599 We very nearly bought a sketch by Turner. 366 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,519 The Turner. 367 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:40,639 A tiny little thing, done before he was famous. 368 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,319 We were both quite taken by it. But they were asking four guineas, 369 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,679 which was just that bit more than either of us were willing 370 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,519 to pay. I've never liked Turner. 371 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,119 Oh, really? 372 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,280 And he speaks so highly of you. 373 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,519 Does he? 374 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,199 My sister and Captain Sutherland 375 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,559 and little Sackville have arrived at Cliffe Hill. 376 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,439 My aunt's expecting me there in the morning. 377 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,879 She wants me to stay until a week on Saturday. When? He's never met me. 378 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,519 Will you go? 379 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,039 I'd like to see Elizabeth. 380 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,799 Well, then. 381 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:11,239 And will you still lay the foundation stone for me? 382 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,719 Of course. 383 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,760 How did...? When has Turner ever said anything about me? 384 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,239 What foundation stone? 385 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,999 Oh, it's for the casino. 386 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,399 Just a small ceremony. 387 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,279 I don't think I could 388 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,639 comfortably get down to Halifax any more. 389 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,599 No, Aunt, and I wouldn't expect you to. 390 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,439 But if anyone else... 391 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,119 ..felt able to come and support me - us - 392 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:38,319 you'd be very welcome. 393 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:39,999 Mm. 394 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,799 I don't think we've any other news. Have we any other news, Jeremy? 395 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:44,999 No. 396 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,679 Oh, Dr Jubb came last Wednesday. 397 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,440 Or was it Tuesday? I don't think I've seen anyone else. 398 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,879 The... SHE CLEARS THROAT 399 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,919 The room's sp-spinning. 400 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,280 I imagine so. 401 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,239 SHE GAGS I'm going to... 402 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,880 I'm going to be s-sick. 403 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,600 RETCHING 404 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,079 There is danger in the first thought 405 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,439 that it is possible for us to part. 406 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,239 She is queer and little-minded... 407 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:40,279 Oof! 408 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,159 ..and I fear for her intellect. 409 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,079 I see I must make the best of it for the moment 410 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,479 and then... 411 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,760 ..perhaps I shall be at large again. 412 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:53,799 BAGPIPES PLAY 413 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,679 CANNONS FIRE 414 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,239 SWORDS CLASH 415 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:58,680 HORSE NEIGHS 416 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,040 EXPLOSION ECHOES 417 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,240 So, Ann... 418 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:22,480 Tell me. 419 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,320 What are the arrangements? 420 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,159 What arrangements? 421 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,159 For signing the surrender of the deeds. 422 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,719 Oh. Erm... SHE CLEARS THROAT 423 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,919 Well, Mr Gray, 424 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,959 or his assistant or... 425 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,959 ..someone, erm, 426 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,319 Is going to come over from York on Friday, 427 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,679 I think, 428 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:45,880 for us all to sign... 429 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,479 ..whatever needs signing. 430 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,800 As far as I understand it, that's... 431 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,160 Th-That's it. 432 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,999 As far as you understand it? 433 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,600 Yes, that... Yes, that's what's happening. 434 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,199 I expected Miss Lister to be with you. 435 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,079 I'm sure she'll come around this week, 436 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,759 when she has a spare five minutes, 437 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:12,879 if she has five minutes. 438 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,320 Can we be frank, Ann? 439 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,359 Elizabeth and I are concerned. 440 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,879 Now, you are perfectly entitled to request 441 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,319 the division of the property. 442 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,319 No, no, no, no, no. You-you agreed. 443 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,639 You agreed the terms in your last letter. 444 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,559 You're here to sign. 445 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,399 Any more tiresome discussion about it is over. 446 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,399 Elizabeth and I are concerned that you have been 447 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,359 coerced by someone. And if that's the case... 448 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,559 SHE LAUGHS Coerced? 449 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,359 If that is the case, then we have a duty, 450 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:43,160 a responsibility to protect you. 451 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,359 I'm 32 years old. 452 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:49,359 I am in excellent health, better than I've been for a long time. 453 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,439 I don't... I don't need protecting. 454 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,680 I think you look pale. SHE GROANS 455 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,199 Perhaps... 456 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,959 Perhaps you need protecting from yourself. 457 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,999 Hmm? 458 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,999 It wouldn't be the first time. 459 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,440 Don't touch me. 460 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,039 Now, I... 461 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,039 I was more than a little alarmed 462 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,199 to discover in your last letter 463 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,359 that for the last however many months 464 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:18,839 the deeds to the entire estate have been kept at Shibden Hall. 465 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,999 Alarmed? Why? Where anyone might see them. 466 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,639 Well, that's where I live. Where else would I keep them? 467 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,759 They should've been left in the vault at the bank, 468 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,959 where I put them, 469 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,319 where they were safe. 470 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,479 I needed to consult them 471 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,239 to draw up the proposals for the division. 472 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,079 They're perfectly safe at Shibden. 473 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,959 They're locked in a block tin box 474 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,759 in the upper kitchen chamber. 475 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,439 Miss Lister's very particular about security. 476 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,320 HE CHUCKLES Oh, yes, I'm sure she is. 477 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,000 We know you don't write your own letters. 478 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,400 Too precise. 479 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,320 Too litigious. 480 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,200 Too competent. 481 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,240 Is it not the truth... 482 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,039 ..that Miss Lister is behind this whole request 483 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,839 for the division? No. I think she is. 484 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,119 I think she has orchestrated the whole thing. 485 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,120 For whatever purpose, I can't imagine. 486 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,839 Or maybe I can. 487 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,279 ANN SIGHS Only too vividly. 488 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,159 But Elizabeth and I have a duty... 489 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,240 I want my half of my father's estate. 490 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:29,639 You've had Elizabeth's half, you'll not keep mine from me any longer. 491 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:36,000 Does Jonathan Gray understand the exact nature of this... 492 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,439 ..hold Miss Lister has over you? 493 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,520 Wh... 494 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,039 Wh-What hold? 495 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,200 Elizabeth is just as concerned as I am. 496 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:49,720 About the nature of... 497 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,320 ..your relationship with Miss Lister. 498 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:58,960 SHE SCOFFS 499 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,839 Miss Lister is irrelevant. 500 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,320 I might not stay much longer at Shibden Hall. 501 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,999 But I do want my moiety of my father's estate. 502 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,560 I want to see the deeds and the rent books! 503 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,600 Oh, Argus. 504 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,200 There's a note, ma'am. 505 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,239 From Cliffe Hill. 506 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,400 The servant brought it. 507 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,359 ANN: My dearest Anne, 508 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,199 Captain Sutherland started an argument about the deeds 509 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,599 as soon as he decently could. 510 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,359 He demanded to see the rent books, 511 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,399 and so I refused. 512 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,399 He has gone off to York in a great flurry, 513 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,959 hoping to see Mr Gray first thing in the morning. 514 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,319 It is far from clear whether he intends to sign 515 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,679 for the division or not. 516 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,199 I shall stay here with Elizabeth, 517 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,079 whose head he seems to have turned, 518 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,679 but if you were to make arrangements 519 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,799 for us to go to York ourselves later tomorrow to see Mr Gray, 520 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,599 if - on Captain Sutherland's return - we deem it necessary, 521 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,639 I would be grateful. Please come over when you can. 522 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,400 I am your own, AW. 523 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,080 BOTH MOAN 524 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,360 COCK CROWS 525 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:10,999 There's been no communication 526 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,399 from the servants' registry in York 527 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,599 about a replacement for Matthew. 528 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,119 I may have to go over to York later today - 529 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,560 I'll give Mr Thomas a jolt. 530 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,360 I'm not happy about... 531 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,160 I'm not happy. 532 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,359 SHE SIGHS 533 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:41,520 What's the matter? 534 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,679 I'm thinking I'd like to move back to Market Weighton. 535 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,400 And take Father with me. 536 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,199 KNOCK ON DOOR 537 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,679 Post, ma'am, and a message from Mrs Bagnall. 538 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,119 There's a massive parcel for you 539 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,959 down at t'sorting office, 7ft by 7ft big, 540 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,719 and she says it's been there since Monday 541 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,359 and it's in t'way and can you fetch it? 542 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,800 Oh! It's my model of the Alps! 543 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:07,759 Yes, of course you can. 544 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:09,159 Take the cart. Take your brother. 545 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,960 Now! Go. Go on. 546 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,799 Why move back to Market Weighton? 547 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,400 WHISPERS: Just... 548 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,319 I find the management of the household finances 549 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,399 too much for me, and no-one listens to me, 550 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,119 and you don't, and I just.... 551 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,080 I don't feel there's anything much for me here any more. 552 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,360 What about... 553 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,840 ..Mr Abbott? 554 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:44,879 That's all off. 555 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,880 Is it? When? 556 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:50,760 Some time ago. 557 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,160 Well.... 558 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,920 ..I'd...miss you. 559 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,359 Miss Walker would miss you. Aunt Anne would miss you. 560 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,079 And I do listen to you. 561 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,879 And if the household finances are a burden, 562 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,119 then let me help you with them. 563 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,360 Hmm? 564 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,560 Oh, good Lord. 565 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,919 Anne? 566 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,040 It's...Tib. 567 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,600 Her mother's had a stroke. 568 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,240 Oh... 569 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,840 SHE EXHALES 570 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,479 First - and as I have explained to Miss Walker — I've been 571 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,719 as keen as her to find a time where my wife and I 572 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,079 could get down here to settle the matter, 573 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,719 not least so that I can make provision in my own will 574 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,559 for my children. 575 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,959 But it is now utterly apparent that it would be 576 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,999 grossly irresponsible to sign for the division. 577 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,839 Why? 578 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,759 Sir, my wife believes, 579 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,480 as I do... 580 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,439 ..that her sister is being manipulated 581 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,159 into making choices that are neither hers 582 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,519 nor in her best interests. How? 583 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:25,040 My sister-in-law has, in the past, had... 584 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,719 ..problems. 585 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,159 She has a... 586 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,919 ..weakness of mind 587 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,959 that any knowing or unscrupulous person 588 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,239 might take advantage of. 589 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,880 And that is precisely what we believe has been happening. 590 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:45,039 Are you suggesting that I have manipulated her? 591 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,839 No! HE LAUGHS 592 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,560 No, no, certainly not! Why would you? 593 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,319 Do you know Miss Lister? Anne Lister. 594 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,520 I've known Miss Lister for some years. 595 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:04,599 It is a... 596 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,800 ..a difficult accusation to make against a lady. 597 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,079 You'll have to forgive my indelicacy, 598 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:15,439 but I feel I must express what plagues my thoughts, otherwise 599 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,679 I would never forgive myself 600 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,880 if anything were to happen to Miss Walker. 601 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,079 We believe... 602 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,119 ..Miss Lister has... 603 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,039 ..an unnatural hold over her 604 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,359 and her ultimate aim 605 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,400 is to have what money she can from her. 606 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,959 Your sister-in-law underwent a course of treatment 607 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,759 here in York in the earlier part of last year 608 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,039 with a Dr Belcombe, who, you may know, 609 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,960 is highly regarded in his field. 610 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:54,519 And I know that he's been pleased with her progress 611 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,359 and has been clear - we've spoken, and recently - 612 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,959 that in his opinion, 613 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,239 Miss Walker is in a perfectly fit 614 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:05,280 and healthy state of mind to make a will. 615 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:11,239 And so, on this matter over the division of the estate, 616 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:13,399 I have no anxieties whatsoever. 617 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,959 Your concern for your sister-in-law 618 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,599 is of course laudable, but legally 619 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,279 there are no grounds on which to deny her 620 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,719 a recognised division of an estate 621 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,680 that is already half hers. 622 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,360 And as for Miss Lister... 623 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,839 ..I've never seen her be anything other than supportive 624 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,919 and kind to Miss Walker. 625 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,720 And what you call "unnatural"... 626 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,679 Well, yes, er, 627 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,999 Miss Lister is formidably well informed 628 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,679 and she can't always hide it. 629 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,839 And I know a display of too much intellect 630 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,719 is discouraged amongst the ladies, 631 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,039 but, really, 632 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:58,040 Miss Walker is lucky to count Miss Lister among her friends. 633 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,399 I don't think you quite grasp 634 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,600 what I'm rather...ineptly trying to say. 635 00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,839 You may know - it was a scandal at the time - 636 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,439 there was a case in Edinburgh some years ago 637 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:16,080 brought against two women. Schoolteachers. 638 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:23,160 We believe, my wife and I... 639 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,360 ...that Miss Lister has... 640 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:32,240 ..debauched Miss Walker. 641 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,920 The case you refer to wasn't against the two women. 642 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,919 It was against the lady 643 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,400 who accused them openly of sexual misconduct. 644 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:58,479 They sued her 645 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,119 for attempting to destroy their reputations 646 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,600 and the reputation of their school. 647 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,280 They won. 648 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:09,319 One of the presiding magistrates said 649 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,479 of the accusations the lady made against them, 650 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,520 "The crime here alleged does not exist." 651 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,999 Miss Lister may not be the marrying kind, 652 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,319 but if you were to suggest anything beyond that, 653 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,279 you'd face the same problem as the Scottish lady, 654 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,839 because, even if such a thing were possible 655 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,679 between two highly respectable Christian Englishwomen, 656 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,199 the fact would remain 657 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,680 that it's not illegal. 658 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:47,039 The lady in Scotland who made the accusations appealed, 659 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,039 and it went all the way up to the House of Lords, 660 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,999 who ordered her to pay the two women 661 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,679 whose lives she had destroyed with her tittle-tattle 662 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:00,160 £10,000 costs and compensation. 663 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,559 The intention is for my assistant, Mr Shepley Watson, 664 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,639 to come over to you in Halifax on Friday afternoon 665 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,279 with the documents to be signed by yourself, 666 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,439 Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker. 667 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,720 Will that be convenient? 668 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,600 Yes, if... 669 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,479 Yes. If... Yes. 670 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,479 I can come myself, too, 671 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,639 if it helps matters. No. 672 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:33,920 No, that, er.... 673 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,200 That won't be... 674 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,320 KNOCK ON DOOR 675 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,679 Thank God you're here! What's happened? I brought your pony 676 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,119 to give it some exercise and had a sad fight with the animal 677 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:54,519 nearly all the way here. 678 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,399 Oh! 679 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,279 CHATTER IN NEXT ROOM Are we going to York? 680 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,200 Oh, well, I don't... I don't know. 681 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,079 Mrs Norcliffe had a stroke. 682 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,279 When? Letter from Tib this morning. 683 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,320 Yesterday, apparently. I'm sorry. 684 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,799 So, if we were going to York, I thought... 685 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,359 The thing is, Captain Sutherland was back here by lunchtime 686 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,679 and he seemed thoroughly appeased. 687 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:18,959 Did he indeed? 688 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,279 He apologised to me, said it was all Elizabeth's fault. 689 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:23,319 How? 690 00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,079 Well, apparently, it was her who wanted the rent books. 691 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,799 It wasn't. He's lying. 692 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,719 So I don't know what your Mr Gray said to him, 693 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,039 but something is afoot. 694 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,079 Gray won't have said anything against you. You're his client. 695 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,239 His very wealthy client. 696 00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:39,719 Well, men collude, especially when they think 697 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,999 they're dealing with an... invalid like me. 698 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,360 You are not an invalid! 699 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,439 You need to write to Gray 700 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,759 and ascertain that everything's still on course for Friday 701 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,440 and in the meantime cheerfully assume that it is. 702 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,879 Why is he suddenly blaming your sister? 703 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,879 Because... Because he wants you and her 704 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,199 at odds with one another. And why has he got 705 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,919 a bee in his bonnet about the rent books? 706 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,000 Because... 707 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,799 ..he's cross that I've had the deeds with me 708 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,279 all these months at Shibden Hall. 709 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,919 Cross? Why? It's... It's where you live. 710 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,760 "Where anyone might see them." 711 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:24,919 Oh. 712 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,279 Meaning me? 713 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,439 Because I'm so desperate to plunder your coffers, obviously. 714 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,879 Anne! Don't worry. 715 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,040 My weapon of choice comes in a velvet glove. 716 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,240 WHISPERS: Anne! Anne! 717 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,879 Apparently, Mr Gray said the deeds should have been 718 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,039 left with an indifferent person such as Mr Parker 719 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,479 until the division was settled. 720 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,200 Did he? DOOR OPENS 721 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,200 Well then, show willing. 722 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,919 Let's go into Halifax this afternoon 723 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,359 and give them to Parker for safekeeping until it is. 724 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:55,999 Then Captain Sutherland 725 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,479 will have nothing to find fault with. 726 00:40:58,480 --> 00:40:59,999 If it's still what you want. 727 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,159 The division. 728 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,800 Of course it is. 729 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,439 And to change our wills? 730 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:07,720 And all of it? 731 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,199 MEN CHATTTER 732 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,599 I want to get the division settled first. 733 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,959 I want the division, come what may. 734 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,480 What comes after that... 735 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,840 Well, let's just get this dealt with first. Hmm? 736 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,239 MAN: Fire! 737 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,399 Mrs Sutherland. Good Lord, how are you? 738 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:33,719 Anne's here. Miss Lister. 739 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:35,279 Captain Sutherland! 740 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,600 No, don't get up. 741 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,239 No Miss Walker? 742 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,199 She's upstairs. She's having a lie down. 743 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,919 Oh, Adney's pony threw me. Or did I throw him? 744 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,639 Her. I can't remember. 745 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,319 Her. 746 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:48,599 And this must be Sackville! 747 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,560 What an elusive fellow! 748 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,119 Yes. Good tactics. 749 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,039 I can see you'd make an excellent soldier. 750 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,119 I can't stay long. 751 00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,439 I shouldn't even be here, I've got so much on hand, 752 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,439 but I'd have been sad not to see you all 753 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,639 since you travelled all this way. 754 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:04,879 Miss Walker's laying 755 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,719 my foundation stone for me on Saturday, 756 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,719 I'm building a hotel with an assembly room. 757 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,959 Did she tell you? 758 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,319 You should come and support us, since you're here. 759 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,039 Just a little ceremony. 760 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:19,119 Just a few short speeches, just for the town. 761 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:20,319 Y-y... 762 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,239 We'd be delighted. 763 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:24,519 Perfect! And then why don't you come to us for tea 764 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,319 in the afternoon? Adney can show you 765 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,479 our neat little upstairs wing, Mrs Sutherland, 766 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,280 where we've been so happily and cosily ensconced. 767 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,199 And doesn't your sister look well, Mrs Sutherland? 768 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,040 Yes. Um... 769 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,559 Yes. She... 770 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,880 She does. 771 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,359 Good Lord. What has he done to Elizabeth? 772 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,559 I talked at 19 knots and barely prised a squeak from her. 773 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,519 She daren't speak for fear of contradicting him. 774 00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,279 And when he went into York 775 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:04,120 all she talked about was the children, and all so inane. 776 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,360 Sorry if I'm a bit flat. 777 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,120 I have poor Mrs Norcliffe on my mind. 778 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,479 She was always so kind to me when I was younger. 779 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,759 Well, you must go over. 780 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,159 No, no, I'll stay here till this is dealt with, 781 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,000 and then...then I may go. 782 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:34,720 I don't trust Parker. 783 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:37,799 My advice is given in good faith - 784 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,480 whether it's accepted or not is for the recipient to decide. 785 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,559 There's Mr Harper downstairs, ma'am, 786 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,439 and a Mr Shepley Watson? 787 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,520 He says he's from Mr Gray's office. In York. 788 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,639 Imagine our surprise, Miss Lister, 789 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,159 when Mr Watson and I got chatting in the high flyer 790 00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,639 and realised we were heading not just for Halifax 791 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:23,799 but for Shibden Hall. 792 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,439 ANNE: Are you travelling back to York tonight, Mr Watson? 793 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,519 WATSON: By the time I've been over to Lightcliffe 794 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,639 and got Captain and Mrs Sutherland's signatures, 795 00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,959 I imagine I'd be as well spending the night in Halifax. 796 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,399 ANNE: Well, then, I recommend the White Swan Inn 797 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,039 on Crown Street. Were you to be here in a few months, 798 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,759 I should recommend the new Northgate Hotel. 799 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,319 Thank you. 800 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,879 On the subject of accommodation, Miss Lister, 801 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:47,319 my landscaper, Mr Samuel Gray, 802 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:49,399 will arrive during the afternoon tomorrow. 803 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:50,879 Like Mr Nelson and Mr Husband, 804 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,879 he'll stay for the duration of the build, 805 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,599 and he'll need somewhere to live too. 806 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,359 We can put him up here for a few nights. 807 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,359 Will he be all right sleeping with my footman 808 00:44:58,360 --> 00:44:59,519 in his quarters? Oh, yes. 809 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:01,839 Until we can find something more permanent for him. 810 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:03,799 So...that's that. 811 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,919 And you mentioned you might be able to spare a servant, 812 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,999 Miss Lister, to guide me over to Cliffe Hill? Of course, Mr Watson! 813 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,079 BELL RINGS 814 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:12,639 And I must get back down to Halifax, 815 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:14,479 catch up with Mr Nelson before tomorrow. 816 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,839 I might see you later on at the Swan, then, Mr Watson. 817 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,079 I'm staying there myself. 818 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,599 And then the big day tomorrow! 819 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,959 Is your speech ready, Miss Walker? 820 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:23,159 Yes. I think so. 821 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,840 I almost have it by heart. 822 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,519 Anne. 823 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:54,999 Anne? 824 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:56,199 Marian. 825 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,080 You look splendid. 826 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:03,759 I'm not coming. 827 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,919 Why? 828 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,840 I did want to, but... 829 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,799 ..what if the crowd isn't very nice? 830 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:17,080 What if they make comments or throw things? 831 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,520 Why would they want to do that? 832 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,440 I wasn't completely honest with you. 833 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:29,040 About Mr Abbott. 834 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:32,679 Are you still seeing him? 835 00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,920 No. No. 836 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,320 Not that. 837 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,960 He called a halt to things between us because, well... 838 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,840 ..he hadn't seen it at the time, but... 839 00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,199 ...someone taunted him with 840 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:56,439 that silly marriage announcement in the paper. 841 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,720 About you and Miss Walker. 842 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,479 I think it might have been Rawdon Briggs. 843 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:06,120 And so... 844 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,760 ..he said he couldn't associate with me any more. 845 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:16,840 Because... 846 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,039 ..people say things. 847 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,160 Which, of course... 848 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,400 ..they do. 849 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,760 Is this why you want to go back to Market Weighton? 850 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,400 I do wish you luck with it, though, Anne. 851 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,880 I hope the Northgate Casino will be a great success. 852 00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:23,319 Wish me luck. 853 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:24,999 Let me look at you! 854 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,120 Oh-ho! 855 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,399 Don't forget the Sutherlands are coming 856 00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,879 to tea this afternoon, if you feel able to come downstairs 857 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,440 when you've finished your luncheon. Good luck. 858 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:47,280 SHE EXHALES 859 00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,560 You're making a fool of yourself! 860 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:01,480 You do know that, don't you? 861 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,559 Marian says she's thinking of moving back to Market Weighton. 862 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,040 And taking you with her. 863 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,520 Mm. 864 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,359 You would, of course, 865 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:20,320 be more than welcome to stay here with me and Adney. 866 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:23,160 I'll think... 867 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:26,760 If that's what she's doing... 868 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,120 ..I'll probably go with her. 869 00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:44,440 DOOR CLOSES 870 00:49:55,240 --> 00:50:00,840 CROWD CHATTERS 871 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,640 Oh, the carriage is here. Excuse me. 872 00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,800 CHATTERING CONTINUES 873 00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,559 Adney. 874 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,199 I'm very proud of you for doing this. 875 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,199 I just... 876 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,439 I wanted to say thank you. 877 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,959 It means more to me than perhaps you realise. 878 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:34,480 CARRIAGE DOOR OPENS 879 00:50:35,960 --> 00:50:37,799 How are you this afternoon, Miss Lister? 880 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:38,839 Very well. Thank you. 881 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:40,519 Miss Walker! Mr Nelson. 882 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,399 Miss Lister. Washington. 883 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:45,079 Good news, ma'am. The licence has been approved and signed. 884 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,119 Oh, that is good news! Did you hear that, Adney? 885 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,159 Oh, and, ma'am, this might not be the time, 886 00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:50,999 but I think you should know, 887 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,799 I mean, I think Miss Walker should know, 888 00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:54,519 apparently last night 889 00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,199 Captain Sutherland refused to sign the division papers. 890 00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:58,919 Why? 891 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,119 Apparently Mr Gray's man, Mr... 892 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,719 Watson. ..has gone back to York 893 00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:04,999 with the papers unsigned. 894 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,319 How do you know? 895 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,439 Mr Adam told me. Mr Parker's partner. 896 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,640 He was around here earlier. 897 00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:17,279 Apparently Gray's man, Mr Watson, went to Mr Parker 898 00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,319 for advice this morning about what to do 899 00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:22,559 given that Captain Sutherland was being aggressive and nasty 900 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,759 and making a fuss about one of his lots being 901 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,119 missed off the itinerary. 902 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,159 Which one? Windy End at Golcar. 903 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:31,999 It wasn't. I know it was on there, listed as being his. 904 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,119 It was, it was, it definitely was. 905 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:35,919 And Mr Parker told this Mr Watson 906 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:39,359 it was none of his business, he shouldn't like to get involved, 907 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,119 and advised he go back to York. 908 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:44,039 I should never have given the deeds to Parker! 909 00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:45,479 But it was Mr Gray's advice, 910 00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:48,239 was it not, to give the deeds to Parker for safe-keeping? 911 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,680 That's what Captain Sutherland said, yes. 912 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,000 Perhaps Mr Gray said no such thing. 913 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,399 Are the Sutherlands here? No. I don't think so. 914 00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:58,639 Is Parker here? 915 00:51:58,640 --> 00:51:59,800 No. I don't think so. 916 00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,639 Do the speech. 917 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,359 What? Do the speech. Do the speech. Do the speech. 918 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:06,640 Mr Harper? 919 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:16,800 Mr Nelson. 920 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:19,719 Smile. 921 00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:21,959 CROWD CHATTER 922 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,519 SHE CLEARS THROAT Mr Nelson... 923 00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:25,760 Hush, everybody, shush. 924 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:31,520 SHE CLEARS THROAT 925 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,399 I have been requested by my friend Miss Lister... 926 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,719 DOG BARKS 927 00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:43,519 ..to lay the first stone of a casino, 928 00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:49,439 which will form a spacious and commodious saloon... 929 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:51,719 DOG BARKS Shh! Shush! 930 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:54,120 ..to be annexed to the Northgate Hotel. 931 00:52:55,280 --> 00:53:00,319 I will only add that I hope this undertaking will prove 932 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:03,959 an accommodation to the inhabitants of this town 933 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:09,239 and neighbourhood, in whose prosperity we feel interested, 934 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:12,679 and that it will be an accommodation to the public 935 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:18,159 at large, and that it will do credit to those individuals 936 00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,720 concerned in its erection. 937 00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,280 Very well said! Quite right! 938 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:29,000 Here? Yes. Yes, ma'am. 939 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,240 ANNE: Well done. 940 00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,679 That's wonderful. 941 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:48,759 We can sort it out later. 942 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:50,039 Mr Nelson! 943 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:52,959 My friend Miss Walker has done us great honour, 944 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:56,199 and I trust her good wishes will not be in vain. 945 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,879 I earnestly hope the work we begin now 946 00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:00,479 will do credit to us all. 947 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:03,439 May the voice of discord be never heard within its walls, 948 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:07,119 and may persons of every shade of varying opinion 949 00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,599 meet together here in amity and in charity. 950 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:10,719 Very well said. 951 00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:13,759 Three cheers for t'Northgate Casino. Hip hip... 952 00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:15,479 ALL: Hurray! Hip hip. 953 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:16,559 Hurray! Hip hip. 954 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,919 Hurray! 955 00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,639 APPLAUSE 956 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:22,760 Thank you. 957 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,040 Trinity Road. Quickly. 958 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:37,840 DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES 959 00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:43,559 Sackville? Hello. They must be in with him. I want to see Mr Parker. 960 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,159 He's with someone. He'll probably be half an hour or so... 961 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,639 Yes, I know exactly who he's with! 962 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:51,439 We must go in. You've got to insist that we go in. 963 00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:53,559 I think we should go home. 964 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:55,399 No! 965 00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,839 QUIETLY: I think if we confront him here, 966 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,599 it could cause more problems than it solves. 967 00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:02,479 He'll take the deeds! 968 00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:03,880 Parker won't give them to him. 969 00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,439 It's more than his reputation's worth. 970 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:08,800 I don't trust Parker! 971 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:13,679 We have no real evidence that Parker has colluded with him. 972 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,879 If we burst in there making accusations, it could 973 00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:17,399 make us look... 974 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:18,840 ..unhinged. 975 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,200 Are you still coming to us for tea today, Sackville? 976 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:31,760 I think so. 977 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:34,960 Good. 978 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:48,360 I don't quite know what to say, Captain Sutherland. 979 00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,680 It is a bizarre situation, Parker. 980 00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,279 I've analysed it with great care, sir, 981 00:55:56,280 --> 00:56:00,040 and these are my considered and regrettable conclusions. 982 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:05,160 You can see how traumatised Mrs Sutherland is. 983 00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:08,959 And do you see? 984 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:11,080 The solution is in your hands. 985 00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,879 If I can take the deeds, all of them, 986 00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,239 and delay the whole thing 987 00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:20,159 until I can show that Miss Walker has systematically, 988 00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:23,599 day after day, week after week, month after month, 989 00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:26,079 been corrupted, 990 00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:28,719 and isn't able to make her own choices reliably 991 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:30,960 about anything any more... 992 00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:38,239 I know the Lister family is an old and valued client of yours 993 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:40,879 and they're very highly regarded. 994 00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:42,240 Parker... 995 00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:45,480 ..Miss Lister is a predator. 996 00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:49,839 In more senses than one. 997 00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:52,519 And if what she's doing isn't criminal, well, then, 998 00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,840 good heavens, I'm not at all sure what the law is for. 999 00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:00,320 You surely... 1000 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:06,199 You don't expect me to simply hand the Crow Nest deeds 1001 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,799 over to you, just, just... 1002 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:11,000 ..just like that? 1003 00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,040 When Miss Walker was in Scotland with us.., 1004 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,880 ..and I presume this isn't widely known... 1005 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,920 ..she attempted to take her own life. 1006 00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:32,359 And all because of this unnatural obsession 1007 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,280 she has with Miss Lister. 1008 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:37,840 Do you understand, Parker? 1009 00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,320 She needs protecting from herself. 1010 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:49,119 So, yes, I am asking for all the deeds, 1011 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,440 and believe you me, sir, heaven... 1012 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,159 ..and one day, I'm certain, 1013 00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,160 Miss Walker and her entire family... 1014 00:57:58,560 --> 00:57:59,800 ..will thank you for it. 1015 00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,160 KNOCK ON DOOR 1016 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,239 Captain and Mrs Sutherland, ma'am. 1017 00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:58,759 Ah! There you are. How disappointed we were 1018 00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:00,839 not to see you at our little ceremony. 1019 00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:02,080 It went very well. 1020 00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:06,359 This is my Swiss model. Isn't she splendid? 1021 00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,479 Adney's in the drawing room. Do go through. 1022 00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,799 George. Could you bring us some tea? 1023 00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:13,439 Adney spoke beautifully. 1024 00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:15,279 It's a shame you missed it. 1025 00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:17,839 We drew quite a crowd. 1026 00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:21,040 The townspeople were delighted. They gave us three cheers. 1027 00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:24,799 We learned this afternoon that you didn't sign 1028 00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:27,879 for the division last night. I'm afraid not. We found anomalies. 1029 00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:29,439 Windy End at Golcar. It's here. 1030 00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:32,199 It's listed as "The Plantation, Golcar", and to be fair 1031 00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:34,599 it's in the wrong place, but it's the same lot 1032 00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:36,999 and it's here and the matter might've been settled 1033 00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:38,719 easily enough by taking two minutes 1034 00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:40,439 to walk from Cliffe Hill to Crow Nest to 1035 00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:42,759 consult Mr Washington on the matter before choosing 1036 00:59:42,760 --> 00:59:44,839 to bully poor Mr Watson into returning to York 1037 00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:47,279 with the thing left unsigned. Shh. Ann. 1038 00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,239 Shh. You're getting overwrought, 1039 00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:51,439 and this, I'm afraid, 1040 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,199 is part of the problem. The only problem 1041 00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:56,439 is the inconvenience you'll put Mr Watson to when 1042 00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:59,319 he has to come back over again from York for your signatures! 1043 00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:00,999 Ann. We're not going to sign the thing. 1044 01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,559 Why? Why? 1045 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:06,039 I've spoken to Mr Gray and Mr Parker, 1046 01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:09,679 we're all excellent friends, and I have to tell you now 1047 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,640 that they both agree with me that this is not a good idea. And... 1048 01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:16,039 ..you do know why. Mr Gray? 1049 01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,279 Why would Mr Gray agree with you after all the trouble 1050 01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:19,719 he's gone to to write the document 1051 01:00:19,720 --> 01:00:21,279 for the division in the first place? 1052 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:22,839 I think that's unlikely. 1053 01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:25,679 I would like to speak to Miss Walker alone. Of course. No! 1054 01:00:25,680 --> 01:00:27,759 No! Anything you have to say to me, you can say 1055 01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:30,280 in front of my... Miss Lister. 1056 01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:34,959 Very well, I will say it in front of your Miss Lister. 1057 01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:36,759 It's the same thing I said to you before. 1058 01:00:36,760 --> 01:00:38,759 I believe you have been bullied 1059 01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:40,999 and coerced against your better judgment 1060 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:43,199 to ask for something you can't possibly manage alone. 1061 01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:44,679 That's nonsense. And I believe 1062 01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:47,839 that behind all this is a malicious, unnatural 1063 01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:49,839 influence of gross self-interest... 1064 01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:52,399 No. You won't sign it because you have some bizarre idea 1065 01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:55,079 that it's somehow all yours. That's... No. That's... 1066 01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:58,439 Or you're lashing out because I wouldn't marry your insipid cousin. 1067 01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,000 I'm trying to protect you, Ann. 1068 01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:02,280 Against... 1069 01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:07,439 ..against your not very good judgment. 1070 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:11,119 Now, Mr Gray and Mr Parker, now that I've spoken to them, 1071 01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,279 both have a much better understanding of what is 1072 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:16,039 going on here, and believe you me, they were both shocked. 1073 01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:18,039 What are you talking about? I urge you 1074 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:21,519 to come, with Elizabeth and myself, back to Cliffe Hill 1075 01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:23,039 and away from this... 1076 01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:24,799 ..this...this... KNOCK ON DOOR 1077 01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:27,120 Ma'am? Mr Gray's here. From York. 1078 01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,280 Shall I ask him to wait? 1079 01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:39,320 No. No, no, no. George, don't do that. Show him in. 1080 01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:44,119 I might go and wait in another room. Why? 1081 01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,879 If you got on with him so nicely with him in York, 1082 01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:48,679 surely you'd be more than happy to see him. 1083 01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:51,079 You... You've... It isn't true! 1084 01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:53,839 Neither Mr Gray nor Mr Parker said anything 1085 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:55,400 against this division. 1086 01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,519 This is wrong. 1087 01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:00,600 It's hers. 1088 01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:05,360 It's hers, and she should have it, if this is what she wants. 1089 01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:12,960 KNOCK ON DOOR Mr Samuel Gray, ma'am. 1090 01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:17,119 Oh... 1091 01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:18,640 ..that Mr Gray! 1092 01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:21,719 How do you do? 1093 01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:24,359 Very well, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. 1094 01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:25,999 This is Mr Samuel Gray. 1095 01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:30,039 Mr Harper's landscape gardener from York. 1096 01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:32,199 George, could you take Mr Gray 1097 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:35,039 into the kitchen? Ask Cordingley to get him some tea. 1098 01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:36,919 And I'll sort you out in a few minutes, 1099 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:39,600 if that's all right with you, Mr Gray. 1100 01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:45,959 I fear you have built me up in your mind, Captain Sutherland, 1101 01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:50,000 to be all manner of things I am not. 1102 01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,959 And some that I am. 1103 01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:56,760 Now, if you'll excuse me... 1104 01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:01,280 ..I have my own estate to run. 1105 01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:03,959 Mm. 1106 01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,920 Is everything perfectly clear, Captain Sutherland? Perfectly. 1107 01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:13,120 Well, if you'd just sign there, please. 1108 01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:30,000 PEN SCRATCHES 1109 01:03:57,880 --> 01:03:59,919 ISABELLA: My darling girl, 1110 01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,959 I'm sure you will grieve to hear that my darling mother 1111 01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:06,519 expired this evening at ten minutes past five, 1112 01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:08,079 in Charlotte's arms, 1113 01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:11,560 surrounded by all her children, and Rose and Ellen. 1114 01:04:12,680 --> 01:04:16,559 She went off in her sleep and I think did not suffer. 1115 01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:18,399 I have not time to write more now, 1116 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:21,119 as we are all in great affliction. 1117 01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:24,639 She was always so very, very fond of you, 1118 01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,759 and I know you were of her, 1119 01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,759 and that you above all people 1120 01:04:28,760 --> 01:04:31,239 will share our sorrow most keenly. 1121 01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:33,960 God bless you, my dearest Anne. 1122 01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:36,440 Your own Isabella. 1123 01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:48,600 CARRIAGE ARRIVES 1124 01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:07,799 Should I say goodbye to him? 1125 01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:09,160 That's up to you. 1126 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,680 Goodbye, Captain Sutherland. 1127 01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:22,919 Goodbye, Ann. 1128 01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:24,120 My dear. 1129 01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:34,720 Hello. 1130 01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:38,680 Miss Lister. Mrs Sutherland. 1131 01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:43,520 Goodbye. 1132 01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:46,640 Goodbye. 1133 01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,239 Write to us when you get home, so we know 1134 01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:55,440 you got there safely. I will. 1135 01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:57,960 When will I see you again? 1136 01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:03,440 I don't know. 1137 01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:07,320 One day. 1138 01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:09,640 Mm. 1139 01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:08,560 We should go to York on Monday. 1140 01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:11,400 And sort out our wills. 1141 01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:13,920 Is that what you want? 1142 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:16,839 I'm sorry. 1143 01:07:16,840 --> 01:07:18,639 For what? 1144 01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:20,560 Doubting it. 1145 01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:23,200 Don't be. 1146 01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:27,279 We... 1147 01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:31,639 ..are the only people in the whole world, on Earth, 1148 01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:33,240 who want us to be together. 1149 01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:36,400 It won't be easy. 1150 01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:39,880 It'll never be easy. 1151 01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:42,759 But we're both still here. 1152 01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:43,840 Aren't we? Hmm? 1153 01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:35,679 # Behind her back she's Gentleman Jack 1154 01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:37,799 # A Yorkshire lady of reknown 1155 01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:39,879 # Ever so fine Won't toe the line 1156 01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:42,079 # Speak her name and gentlemen frown 1157 01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:43,999 # At Shibden Hall she had them all 1158 01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,159 # The fairer sex fell under her spell 1159 01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:48,279 # Dapper and bright She held them tight 1160 01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:50,319 # Handsome Anne seduced them well 1161 01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:52,319 # Jack-the-lass, Jack-the-lass 1162 01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:54,399 # No-one likes a Jack-the-lass 1163 01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,559 # The code is cracked Your bags are packed 1164 01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,920 # The knives are out for Gentleman Jack. #