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- With Captain Sutherland.
- Oh, yes.
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Curious woman, Miss Lister.
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Miss Walker has requested
a division of the estate.
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But he seems determined
to frustrate the process.
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Why do people think they can ignore me?
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It's as if I'm invisible.
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The Priestleys have been
so objectionable to us.
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But then here it is in black and white,
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they have had three properties from us.
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You have to be certain,
before we think any further
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about changing our wills, that this,
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here, with me, is what you want.
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[KNOCK AT DOOR]
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- He's here. It's him.
- Right.
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- Don't. Say anything.
- What?
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What do you mean, "don't say anything"?
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- Why have we asked him here if...?
- Don't say anything aggressive.
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I wasn't going to say
anything aggressive.
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- I was going...
- We...
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are dignified people.
Even in the face of...
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Especially in the face of adversity.
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We are good Christian folk,
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and that one simple fact
must guide our every action,
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and our every response
to the actions of others.
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I know that. I do know that,
Eliza. But I don't think
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- we need to mince words.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
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[DOOR OPENS]
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Mr Washington, ma'am.
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- Sir.
- Mr Priestley.
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- Mrs Priestley.
- Thank you for coming.
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Oh! No trouble, ma'am, only
over the road at Crow Nest.
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Washington.
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I sent my note to you in your capacity
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as Miss Walker's land steward,
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and in view of the fact
that when I wrote to her,
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the servant came back saying
she was in York until Monday.
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That's right, ma'am. With Miss Lister.
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And so we wondered if you could
throw any light on this for us.
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Sent, I assume, before she left.
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We are advised to vacate
the school premises.
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Both my day school,
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of which Mr Priestley is
a trustee, hence his presence,
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and the Sunday school run by Mrs Batty,
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who is being requested
to vacate her cottage.
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- Her home.
- Ah...
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Well, yes, I'm afraid it...
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It does go with the job, yes.
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Two of your little girls
attend my day school.
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Suzannah is an assistant teacher!
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And you knew about this?
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There are other rooms in the
village, ma'am,
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that would accommodate the day school
more than adequately.
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Yes, there are,
and we will make use of them.
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Why, though, Mr Washington? Why?
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I don't entirely know, ma'am.
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What do you know, Washington?
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Well...
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Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker are
dividing the estate in two.
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And there have been a number of
distresses and evictions
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in anticipation of the division, and...
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- that's as much as I know.
- Dividing it in two?
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Yes. You must know as much
about it as me, Mr Priestley,
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but, yes, when Miss Walker's
and Mrs Sutherland's
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brother died intestate,
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the estate came to them both, jointly,
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but there was no provision
for a formal division as such.
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I suppose no-one ever imagined it
would happen. But...
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So, yes, Miss Walker is now seeking
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a formal,
itemised division of the estate.
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Is she?
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It makes sense.
Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker...
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They lead very different
lives... these days.
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Well, well.
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I am sorry if it's inconvenient.
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And for Mrs Batty, as well. But...
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I'm little more than a messenger.
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[RINGS BELL]
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Is there anything else I can...
help you with?
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- I don't think so.
- [DOOR OPENS]
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Thank you for coming, Mr Washington.
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Mrs Priestley. Mr Priestley.
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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A formal, itemised division
of the estate.
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And we all know who's behind
that one, don't we?
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What is it we're signing again?
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I-It's a codicil, George.
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That says Miss Lister is authorised
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to proceed with the division
of my estate if not completed
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before the event of my death.
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You're simply signing to say
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you've seen Miss Walker and
Miss Lister sign their names,
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- George. That's all.
- Just sign it.
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The contents of the document
are immaterial.
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All you're doing is witnessing
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that these are indeed their signatures.
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Which you know them to be
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because you've just seen
them write them.
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Oh, I see. Sorry. I'm with you.
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As long as...
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I just didn't want to, you know,
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find out I'd joined the Navy
or something.
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Thank you.
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So that's that. And then
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regarding your brother-in-law,
Miss Walker... Can I, er...?
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I've written a letter
to Captain Sutherland,
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which I'll send off to Scotland
in due course,
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explaining that I'm now dealing with
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the matter of the division
for you, and, um...
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Well, let's see what comes back.
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Mm.
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What would be helpful,
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as we get further into it,
would be to see a copy
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of this deed of settlement from 1831
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between him and your sister,
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to see what exactly
she did settle upon him.
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- Do you have a copy?
- No.
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But you've seen a copy?
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No, it was only a reference
to its existence,
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but my aunt confirmed it entirely.
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Well, then perhaps I'll write
to your Mr, er...?
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- Parker.
- Parker.
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He's not my Mr Parker.
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Parker in Halifax,
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and see if I can get a copy from him.
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And then the other matter,
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these properties
your cousin, Mr Priestley,
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has "acquired" from your uncle.
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The good news is that it looks like
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the Blackcastle Waste at High
Sunderland is recoverable.
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Really?
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Mm-hm. And of course the
rents for the period
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they've been removed from your estate
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- would be recoverable too.
- Oh.
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Now, the other two,
Longley Farm in Norland
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and the house at Hall End in Halifax,
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I'm afraid it may be too late.
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According to the statute of limitations,
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if your cousin has had
uninterrupted possession
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for 20 years or more
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and no-one's raised any
objections within that time,
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which at the moment
appears to be the case,
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it's, unfortunately, something
you may have to accept.
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But I...
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But I've only just found out about it.
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Well, I can consult counsel.
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But surely if a person's only
just found out about a thing...
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What's fair and what's legal
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aren't always the same bedfellows
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we might hope them to be, Miss Walker.
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- Mm.
- Mm.
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What do you know about
John Harper, Mr Gray?
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The architect.
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Mr Harper?
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Well, yes, he's...
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Parsons was on about him yesterday.
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He came over to cut mine
and Miss Walker's hair.
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I was telling him about
my great disappointment over this
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local architect I've been bothering with
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and he insisted that
John Harper was my man.
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Oh, he's excellent.
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He designed the whole
of St Leonard's Street here,
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including the new theatre,
you must've seen it.
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It's very elegant, and he's so young.
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He's only 26,
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but widely regarded as
something of a phenomenon.
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You must snap him up,
Miss Lister, if you can.
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They all say he's destined
for very great things.
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He's the most delightful young man.
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I was... I was quite charmed by him.
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I sent him a note, and he turned up
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at our hotel at ten o'clock
sharp the next morning.
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He only looked about 15.
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And then the very next morning...
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This was Thursday just gone.
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He drove over to Halifax
in his carriage...
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- We were still in York.
- Had a good look
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- at Northgate...
- Anne sent a note ahead
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to Mr Greenwood to give him
unlimited access...
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And... Yes, yes, I did.
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And he's delighted with it.
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He understands my vision perfectly.
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He thinks the whole enterprise has
every chance of success.
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Is it going to cost a lot?
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W-Well, it's not cheap. He's not cheap.
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But then I shouldn't want
to build a cheap hotel,
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and the returns will reflect
the quality of the investment.
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He's built a whole street in York.
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Oh, it's very fashionable.
We went to study it.
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He's going to get back to us
with a proper plan in a fortnight.
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Well, I'm glad you decided
against selling Northgate.
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- I think this is a much better scheme.
- Thank you, Aunt.
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If it works.
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- Cordingley. How are you?
- Ma'am.
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- Well, ma'am.
- How was your sister?
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- Very well, ma'am.
- How's your leg? Your hip.
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It's... It's... It's...
It's, you know...
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Anyway, welcome back.
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Miss Walker and I will have
our coffee in our little
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- upstairs sitting room.
- Yes, ma'am.
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A letter, ma'am, for Miss Walker.
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Mrs Priestley's servant brought it.
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"The dwelling house will be
given up at the end of June.
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"The school rooms
I have given directions
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"to be given up
to Mr Washington next week,
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"along with the books and benches
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"belonging to the Sunday school.
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"This I sincerely hope you will be able
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"to make arrangements to continue with,
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"for the sake of the children.
Mrs Batty, who is unwell,
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"informs me she wishes
to decline teaching
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"after next Sunday."
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Well, she's certainly got the message.
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That'll teach her
to write anonymous letters.
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I suppose I should've anticipated
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having to find a new teacher
sooner rather than later.
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Oh, we'll ask about.
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And in the interim...
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- we'll teach them.
- Will we?
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Why not? You should open a new
school at Lightcliffe anyway.
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A day school and a Sunday school.
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We should take on a good schoolmaster,
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a married man, with ambition,
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whose wife can run the Sunday school,
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and all at your behest.
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She says she intends
to carry on her day school.
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She says she can procure
a room in the village.
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Free gratis, like she's had it from you?
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- I don't know. I doubt it.
- I doubt it, too.
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Has anyone ever given you
the least thanks
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for the use of those rooms
all these years?
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For the day school or the Sunday school?
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Hm? No.
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40 children attend the Sunday school.
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Excellent. I'm sure we can manage that.
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CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND: Unbelievable.
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Your sister has now fully appointed
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this Jonathan Gray in York
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to deal with the division
of the property,
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and he expects me to take on
a legal man too.
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What is the matter with her?
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She's found out about the settlement
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that I made on you in 1831.
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Is that her?
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She's anxious that there
should be no further delay.
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What delay?
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And now she knows it's you
she should be dealing with
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rather than me, she thought
it would be better to...
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She's ridiculous.
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She thought it would be better
to put the thing more formally
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into the hands of a legal man.
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We are going down as soon
as we, you, can travel.
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She knows that.
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Mm-hm.
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She did first raise
the matter in September,
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so I suppose from her point of view...
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Exactly. September.
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It's less than...
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nine months ago.
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So from her point of view,
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it could look like
we're dragging our heels.
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I don't suppose it's occurred to her
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that I'm just as eager
to get on with it as she is,
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so that I can make a proper
settlement on our children...
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without involving overpaid lawyers.
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What's this?
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About these properties.
High Sunderland, Hall End.
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Oh, it's, um...
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Mr Priestley, somehow, years ago,
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got hold of...
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from my uncle, before
the estate came to my father...
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My aunt used to talk about it, but...
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Oh, I don't know. I never really knew.
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And she's taking him to task over it?
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She wants me, us,
to share the legal costs. Yes.
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Curious.
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What is?
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All of it.
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Everything.
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The tone of her letters. The...
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The way she has become so litigious.
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I half imagined Priestley
was behind it, but clearly not.
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Not if she's taking
legal action against him.
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It's Miss Lister, isn't it?
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I... I can hear her voice
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through and through this letter.
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All the letters we've had lately.
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So... why...
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would Miss Lister
push your sister so forcibly
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for a division of the property?
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Why would she suddenly be so...
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"eager to expedite matters"?
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Well...
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why wouldn't she?
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Miss Lister, she's a great one
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for getting on with things and...
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not putting off till tomorrow
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- what can be done today.
- She's not her husband.
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Perhaps her influence
is rubbing off on Ann.
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Yes. It is. I agree with you.
I can feel it in her letters.
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And it's no bad thing, surely.
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I was rather pleased
with the tone of that.
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She always sounds so much
happier and healthier
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these days, getting on with her life,
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engaging with the world around her,
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rather than hiding away
and obsessing about herself.
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My dear Ann.
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By today's post
I am in receipt of a letter,
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by your instructions,
from Messrs Gray Solicitors, York,
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and I have also perused
your letter to Elizabeth.
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The natural inference
deductible from both
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pains me in the extreme.
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There will be room for a bank.
But a good bank...
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You state that in consequence
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of the settlement
Elizabeth made in 1831,
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she has "relinquished all
control over her property",
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and therefore it seems
no progress can be made
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in the division by further
correspondence with her.
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From similar considerations
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which prompted my wife to make the
settlement in 1831,
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I assure you we have long been anxious
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for a division of the property,
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for we could make no definite
settlement on our children
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while half the property
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on which it was secured belonged to you.
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00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,599
This is so obvious
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that I assure you I was most solicitous
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that a partition should be offered
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and also in a measure
so fair and equitable
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that come what may,
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neither party would have cause to demur.
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That this partition
was never carried into effect,
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if you recall, is due to you,
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prior to your sudden departure
from us 18 months ago,
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having requested Elizabeth
not trouble or perplex you
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with matters relating to business.
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00:17:12,441 --> 00:17:15,679
And since your return
to Halifax, you have not once
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hinted at a wish to have
the property divided,
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until this last September when you
suddenly intimated it
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for the first time,
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and in that same letter
also stated that you
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had given Mr Washington instructions
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to draw up a scheme of division.
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00:17:30,301 --> 00:17:34,199
Ah, Mrs Rawson and the girls.
How delightful. How are you?
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I'm amazed you have the audacity
to show your face
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in public, Miss Walker.
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00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,239
- I'm sorry?
- Not only the way
348
00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,079
you've treated your family,
and your aunt in particular,
349
00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,959
but this latest humiliation
you've inflicted on Mrs Priestley.
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Over the Sunday school!
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CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:
Because Elizabeth is nursing,
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she cannot properly go south
before the end of next month.
353
00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,360
This I thought you understood.
354
00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,439
She still hopes it would meet
with your concurrence
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to postpone the division until
the period most convenient
356
00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,959
- and desired by her...
- Thank you.
357
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,959
And certainly hopes you would not,
358
00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,599
in the meanwhile,
involve her and her children
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00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,239
in usurious legal proceedings.
360
00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,759
I won't write to Mr Gray
until I hear from you.
361
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,359
I have no objection
in the remotest degree
362
00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,439
to you appointing him to act for you,
363
00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,439
but I certainly will not
appoint a solicitor
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00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,639
to act for me in a matter
regarding which
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00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,879
there is no dispute.
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00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,399
If we are to act on Samuel
Washington's scheme,
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00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,599
which I sincerely hope we will,
why adopt legal measures?
368
00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,119
I am aware all trades must live,
369
00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:39,839
but the law is the last one
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I would feel inclined to patronise.
371
00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,759
Believe I am, my dear Ann,
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00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,680
yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
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00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,759
Knock, knock.
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00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,279
He's saying that he's been
itching to get on with
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00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,319
the division all along.
He... He's a liar.
376
00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,679
And he's accusing me of
wanting to involve Elizabeth
377
00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,999
and the children in
"usurious legal proceedings".
378
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,199
[SHE SCOFFS]
379
00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,359
- It's not funny.
- No, you're right.
380
00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:09,519
Men who hide
behind their wives and children
381
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are not so much funny as absurd.
382
00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,359
If you're still dwelling
on Mrs Edward Rawson's comment
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in Nicholson's this morning, don't.
384
00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:21,279
You asking the Priestleys
to vacate the school rooms
385
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,439
is none of her business,
386
00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,239
and she only made herself look foolish.
387
00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:28,040
Can you not mention that woman's
name in my presence ever again?!
388
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,039
Would you like me to pour
the tea, Miss Lister?
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00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,400
No. Go.
390
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:41,959
What have I asked you before
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00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,680
about not speaking to me like
that in front of the servants?
392
00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:52,760
Are you going to help me write back
to him, then, or what?
393
00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,919
My dear Captain Sutherland.
394
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,079
I have this moment received your letter,
395
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,359
and rejoice to find
that you are quite as anxious
396
00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,159
for the division of the joint property
as I am.
397
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,639
- I fear...
- ANN: I fear you will not
398
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,759
serve much by being your own attorney,
399
00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,879
but you will judge as you think best.
400
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,999
I myself feel persuaded
that in employing
401
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,519
Mr Gray to act for me,
402
00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,839
I spare myself and others much trouble,
403
00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,879
and adopt not only the best
plan, but the cheapest one.
404
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:32,599
[ANNE, DICTATING]
The deed of settlement of February 1831
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00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,319
is so comprehensive
406
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:40,564
that all power respecting
the making good of titles, etc,
407
00:20:40,565 --> 00:20:43,093
seems vested solely in you.
408
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,359
There is not, therefore,
409
00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:49,799
any necessity in hurrying
my sister to Yorkshire.
410
00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,479
I shall always be delighted to see her,
411
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,159
but I earnestly hope that you
412
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,839
will be here before
the end of next month.
413
00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,999
- I am much obliged to you...
- ANN: obliged to you
414
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,879
for your so kind consideration
415
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,919
in having complied with my request
416
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,359
to trouble me as little as
possible about business
417
00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:11,119
during the time
I was recovering in York.
418
00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:14,159
It seems Elizabeth must have
forgotten to tell you
419
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,279
that immediately on my return from
the Continent last year,
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I wrote to tell her of the
perfect recovery of my health,
421
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,919
and that I was ready and desirous
422
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,239
to apply myself to business
immediately and diligently
423
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,800
and make up for lost time.
424
00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:31,240
Is that her?
425
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,799
Seriously. I ask you. Is that her voice?
426
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:42,520
So... precise, so to-the-point.
427
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,479
She wants her moiety,
she wants her share...
428
00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,159
Yes, of course, and she will have it.
429
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,119
I always intended to go along
with Washington's
430
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,999
original proposal
for the division anyway.
431
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,079
- Did you?
- Yes!
432
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,559
Subject to our visit. But that aside,
433
00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,626
how much do we really know
about Anne Lister?
434
00:22:02,627 --> 00:22:04,159
Hmm?
435
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,680
How much do you really know
about Anne Lister?
436
00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:28,720
Ma'am, Mr Harper's here.
437
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,239
Mr Harper.
438
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,079
Miss Lister. How are you?
439
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,080
Oh, good Lord, look at this.
440
00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:39,626
Look at this fellow
with his wheelbarrow.
441
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,639
The owls! Oh, and the monkeys.
442
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,520
And this little person wielding a mace!
443
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,559
I wonder what he's going to
do with that?
444
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,679
Extraordinary. And the colours.
445
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:53,732
Yes, it's...
446
00:22:53,733 --> 00:22:55,839
I'm looking for the Lister coat of arms.
447
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,239
Not there.
448
00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,134
The Waterhouses
put this window in during
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00:22:59,135 --> 00:23:02,759
the 16th century, just before
we acquired the place.
450
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,719
Some of the glass
is much older than that,
451
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,959
taken from some church or other
452
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,159
during the dissolution
of the monasteries.
453
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,039
So possibly older than the house itself,
454
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,039
which was built in 1420.
455
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,399
Ah!
456
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,999
My uncle always maintained
this is very probably
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00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,960
amongst the oldest
stained glass in England.
458
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,999
The world.
459
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,959
This house is extraordinary.
460
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,799
Mm. It is.
461
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,639
It's in my blood, it's in my bones,
462
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,040
it's in my soul.
463
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,839
It's also inconvenient,
and draughty, Mr Harper,
464
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,319
compared to some
of my better friends' houses.
465
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,879
And if the mill chimneys
466
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,079
creep any higher
up the hill from Halifax
467
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,479
and the barbarians
come knocking on our door,
468
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,999
I've always fancied I'd sell up
469
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,399
and go and live quietly
on a hill above Grenoble.
470
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,999
Oh, don't ever leave Shibden,
Miss Lister.
471
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,559
Your better friends' houses
may be less draughty
472
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,519
and more convenient,
but this has true character,
473
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,840
and that's priceless.
474
00:24:10,346 --> 00:24:11,506
And it suits you.
475
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,480
Where can I spread my papers?
476
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,520
This is thrilling.
477
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,039
I feel rather bilious.
478
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,279
It's spot on, it's... It's perfect.
479
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,559
It was only when I got through Leeds
480
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,840
I realised I'd left York
without eating anything.
481
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:39,399
Can I sit down?
482
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:40,760
Oh!
483
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,639
[RINGS BELL]
484
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,519
You can't not eat, Mr Harper.
485
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,039
- I just forget.
- Oh, I'm the same.
486
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,239
Could I have a small cup of tea?
487
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,719
You need a wife.
488
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,879
I live with my brother.
He's an attorney.
489
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,279
Well, that's no good.
490
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,879
Oh! Is he?
491
00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,920
George!
492
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,639
Ask Mrs Cordingley to get Mr Harper
some breakfast, quickly.
493
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,679
Eggs, bacon, bread, butter... fruit?
494
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,779
Just a small slice of bread
and a thin scrape of butter
495
00:25:10,780 --> 00:25:12,439
- would be more than...
- And bring us some tea.
496
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,580
Immediately. And bring the sugar!
497
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,840
We'll sort you out, Mr Harper.
498
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,080
This is...
499
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,399
Do you know, it's as though
you can see into my...
500
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,399
innermost thoughts and desires.
501
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,720
Oh, good.
502
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,479
Ideally, I'd find local merchants
503
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,839
for the stone and timber and so forth.
504
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,479
If you could recommend
people, that would be useful.
505
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,565
And local craftsmen, too.
Joiners, plasterers.
506
00:26:01,566 --> 00:26:02,604
I know them all.
507
00:26:02,605 --> 00:26:04,559
I'll meet anyone you consider suitable.
508
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,359
I always meet several people
for any one job
509
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,851
and then make a decision.
Suppliers and craftsmen.
510
00:26:08,852 --> 00:26:11,199
All in consultation with you, of course.
511
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,999
I shall take on a site manager,
512
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,999
and he'll be here throughout the build,
513
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,951
he'll come to live in Halifax
for the duration.
514
00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:20,399
Ideally a fellow called
Husband, if he's available.
515
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,039
I've worked with him a number of times,
516
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,159
I think you'll be pleased.
He'll be my eyes and ears.
517
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,599
When can you start?
518
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,319
I should think we could begin
clearing the site
519
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,279
for the foundations next month.
520
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,759
I'd like a ceremony. A public ceremony.
521
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,839
To lay the first stone,
a foundation stone.
522
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,519
Then all Halifax can come
and see what we're doing.
523
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,239
- Of course.
- Excellent.
524
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,719
Oh, and we must be clear,
525
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,519
before we get too giddy about it,
526
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,319
with the proposed shops,
527
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,839
the building costs will go up
to nearer the £6,000 mark,
528
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,559
which means you'd perhaps
be looking at an annual rent
529
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,240
of nearer 400 than 300.
530
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,359
And only you know whether
Halifax is a busy enough town
531
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,040
to support something like that.
532
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,600
What's your impression of Halifax?
533
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,519
It isn't York.
534
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,999
Your clientèle would
predominantly consist of trade
535
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,599
and people passing through from one
destination to another.
536
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,308
But my impression is there's
no shortage of money here,
537
00:27:21,309 --> 00:27:22,719
and increasingly so,
538
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,679
with all these...
creeping mill chimneys.
539
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,120
[SHE CHUCKLES]
540
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,359
You want to borrow another £4,500?
541
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,319
On bond, at 4%. The alternative,
542
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,879
which I'm inclining towards,
would be to sell
543
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,519
six of my Navigation shares now
544
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,039
and perhaps the rest at Christmas,
545
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,994
if I can get 400 guineas each for them.
546
00:27:44,995 --> 00:27:48,119
But you spoke so eloquently
less than six months ago
547
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,679
at the shareholders' meeting
548
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,559
about investing more money
in the Navigation.
549
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,079
So to sell your shares now,
550
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,447
might that not look
rather lacking in integrity?
551
00:27:58,448 --> 00:27:59,448
No.
552
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,960
No, I don't think so.
553
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,359
Well... would it, could it not
look like you were...
554
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:10,479
jumping ship?
555
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,359
Really? How?
556
00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:16,439
The Northgate Casino will have stabling
557
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,639
for upward of 70 horses, Mr Parker.
558
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,399
I wish I'd have brought
the plans to show you,
559
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,799
I mean, they're splendid.
Mr Harper has excelled himself.
560
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,879
Would I be investing so
heavily in a coaching inn
561
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,479
if I was worried about
the arrival of the railways?
562
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,582
No, the railways will arrive
in Halifax last,
563
00:28:32,583 --> 00:28:35,399
Mr Parker, for the same
reason the canals did.
564
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,959
Because, like Rome, Halifax
is built on too many hills.
565
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,928
No, I'd be taking from
one sound investment
566
00:28:42,929 --> 00:28:44,250
to fund another.
567
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,600
Whoa!
568
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,239
George?
569
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,599
- Where's George?
- Ooh! I don't know, ma'am.
570
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,839
Tell him to deal with the
britzka and Smiler and Merlin.
571
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,239
Ah.
572
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,999
Mr Washington's helped me
come up with five different proposals
573
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,119
to send to Captain Sutherland,
as you suggested,
574
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,708
all based on his original proposal
for the division.
575
00:29:15,709 --> 00:29:18,568
I merely pointed out
to Miss Walker that if she sent
576
00:29:18,569 --> 00:29:20,439
Captain Sutherland just the one proposal
577
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,079
he'll no doubt find fault with it,
578
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,319
quibble, and drag his heels again,
579
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,399
whereas if he's presented with a choice,
580
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,279
he's more likely to engage
with the thing,
581
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,519
and, hopefully, plump for one of them.
582
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,959
Tactics.
583
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,359
Not that it's got anything
to do with me, obviously.
584
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,919
The only really significant
amendment I've suggested
585
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,759
is putting either John Farrer's
field or Bouldshaw Farm
586
00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,479
and Clough in Lot 1.
587
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,039
They're both worth £1,400, give or take,
588
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,959
and it seems to go some way
589
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,399
towards balancing
the two lots up more evenly.
590
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,319
Well, as I say, nothing to do with me.
591
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,439
Then we can either draw for the lots
592
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,959
or I can make it clear to him
that I would prefer Lot 1,
593
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,919
being made up of one
contiguous piece of land.
594
00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,639
- It would make sense.
- Whereas Lot 2
595
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,679
is made up of parcels of land
here, there and everywhere,
596
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,959
Lindley, Golcar, Saddleworth.
597
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,999
Which would make very little difference
598
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,439
to Mr and Mrs Sutherland,
being so far away.
599
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:12,879
As long as it's managed.
600
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:16,919
Well... Again, if it was me,
which it isn't,
601
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,479
I'd give him the choice.
602
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,879
Say that you'd prefer Lot 1,
for reasons of contiguity,
603
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,359
but if he'd prefer to draw lots
604
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,469
you'd be perfectly happy
with that as well.
605
00:30:25,470 --> 00:30:28,635
And I'd put Bouldshaw Farm
and Clough in Lot 1
606
00:30:28,636 --> 00:30:30,079
rather than John Farrer's field.
607
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,399
It's got coal in it.
608
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,119
Are we all set for Sunday
again, Mr Washington?
609
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,119
Yes, I am. I'm quite enjoying it.
610
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,920
I'm wondering if
I've missed my vocation!
611
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:42,839
[SHE LAUGHS]
612
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,159
"Now, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho
613
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,279
"is steep and treacherous,"
Jesus explained,
614
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,280
"full of desperate men and thieves."
615
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,279
Perhaps the traveller didn't know that,
616
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,360
or perhaps he did, but he had
to make his journey anyway.
617
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,919
What do you think, Hannah?
618
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,400
Yeah.
619
00:31:05,585 --> 00:31:07,039
Yeah.
620
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,439
The sun was hot
and the traveller was tired.
621
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,279
He was only five miles from Jericho
622
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,079
when, suddenly,
he found himself pounced upon.
623
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,519
He was beaten mercilessly,
stripped naked,
624
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,613
robbed of his few belongings,
625
00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:25,559
and left for dead
at the side of the road.
626
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,319
"Surely the priest will help me,"
627
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,079
the poor man thought as he lay helpless
628
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,679
and bleeding in the road.
629
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,439
But the priest walked past him
630
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,919
as though he hadn't even
seen him. Emily.
631
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,239
Emily, don't do that, you
might get your finger stuck.
632
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,119
Some time later, a Levite approached.
633
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,519
"Surely the Levite will
help me," thought the man.
634
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,399
But as the Levite got closer,
635
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,279
he crossed to the other side of the road
636
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,559
and walked quickly away.
637
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,720
The bastard.
638
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,239
Next came along a Samaritan, on a horse.
639
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,879
"Oh, no!" thought the poor man.
640
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,119
"The Samaritan is a foreigner
and my enemy.
641
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,560
"He will never help me."
642
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,519
And then Euclid postulated,
643
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,239
and this isn't as complicated
as it sounds,
644
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,199
if a straight line intersects
two other straight lines,
645
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,199
and so makes the two interior angles
646
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,435
on one side of the first line
647
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:18,975
less than two right angles,
648
00:32:18,976 --> 00:32:21,999
then the other two straight
lines will meet at a point,
649
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,319
if extended far enough on
the side on which the angles
650
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,039
are less than two right angles.
Yes? Yes? Yes.
651
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,759
And so, from these five
postulates or axioms,
652
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,559
Euclid deduced
a greater number of theorems
653
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,239
or propositions. Yes, Charlotte?
654
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,079
What's all that got to do
with Jesus, though, sir?
655
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,079
- GIRL: Miss!
- CHARLOTTE: Miss.
656
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,119
Well, Euclid believed, as I do,
657
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,119
that the laws of nature
658
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,439
were but the mathematical
thoughts of God.
659
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:54,359
God created the world and every
magical, majestic thing in it,
660
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,159
and do you know something, Charlotte?
661
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,999
The leaves, the trees,
the birds, the bees,
662
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,199
all of it, at some level,
comes down to mathematics.
663
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,559
Mathematics is the basis of everything.
664
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,279
Everything in Creation.
665
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,599
Isn't that extraordinary?
666
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,999
- [THUMPS DESK]
- The thoroughness of God's planning.
667
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,040
[QUIETLY] Me and Henry Hardcastle
once saw her snogging Miss Walker!
668
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:25,399
Right.
669
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,799
I was thinking about a trip to London.
670
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,159
A holiday, before the work
at Northgate really begins.
671
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,799
I could see some of my friends,
672
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,319
and I could finally get my travelling
carriage back from Baxter's.
673
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,199
We could make some enquiries
674
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,879
about a proper master
for the day school,
675
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,359
and you could consult a doctor,
676
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,359
a really good doctor, about your neck.
677
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,682
I'd like that.
I'd like to go to London again.
678
00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:52,479
Hopefully,
this business with the Sutherlands
679
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,579
will be settled by then too.
680
00:33:53,580 --> 00:33:55,999
I'd like to meet your London friends.
681
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,959
[GASP NEARBY]
682
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,200
Did you hear something?
683
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,279
[GASPING]
684
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,360
Do you think someone's spying on us?
685
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,360
- Here.
- Oh!
686
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,239
[PANTING]
687
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:14,680
[THEY GASP]
688
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:19,960
Stay.
689
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,680
- Er...
- What, what is it? Ooh!
690
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,318
Go home.
691
00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:28,359
_
692
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,040
_
693
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,200
[ANN LAUGHS]
694
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,280
_
695
00:34:59,243 --> 00:35:00,723
_
696
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,759
Well, then, you leave me no choice.
697
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:07,680
Because I will not have
a disrespectful household.
698
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,960
_
699
00:35:12,283 --> 00:35:13,283
_
700
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,239
He's only 18!
701
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:32,759
- How old's she?
- 26.
702
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,239
- That's...
- I know. I know.
703
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:38,079
What do you want me to do?
704
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:42,239
I'll write to Mr Thomas at
the servants' register in York,
705
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,839
but... Oh, I don't know.
706
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,640
It took me long enough to find him!
707
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,599
I can't start seeing to Father's...
708
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,919
- personal needs, it's...
- No!
709
00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,479
No, no, no, no. I certainly can't.
710
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:01,759
It's not ideal, but we must
711
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,639
keep him on as long as it suits us
712
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,879
and in the meantime, be on
the lookout for someone else.
713
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:10,000
And not a word to Aunt Anne about
this ridiculous business.
714
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,239
Ah. Aunt. You've found them.
715
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,719
These are Mr Harper's plans
for the Northgate Casino.
716
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,039
I thought everyone might like
to have a look at them.
717
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,559
Father? And then I can
address any questions...
718
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:24,879
No, thank you.
719
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,999
Or observations anyone might have.
720
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,479
Take no notice of your father.
721
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,083
He just thinks you might ruin yourself.
722
00:36:31,084 --> 00:36:32,319
And all of us.
723
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,519
Oh, look at that.
724
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,479
Oh, that's the front door,
Miss Lister...
725
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:37,719
Aunt.
726
00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:41,359
Aunt... with the Lister
coat of arms above it.
727
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:42,440
And look at this.
728
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,359
Above the fireplace,
729
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,319
your family motto,
justus propositi tenax.
730
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,039
Just and true of purpose.
731
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,480
- Just so.
- Humbug.
732
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:57,600
Shall we sit down?
733
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,080
Yes, let's.
734
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,119
Very good.
735
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:06,399
Do you know, I always
want to say "bumhug"
736
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,199
whenever anyone says "humbug".
I don't know why.
737
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,559
[THEY LAUGH]
738
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,439
The only anxiety I have
about Northgate, Father,
739
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:16,919
is getting it licensed,
740
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,559
what with Christopher Rawson
being so difficult.
741
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:21,359
I did speak to Washington about it.
742
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,159
Well, Christopher Rawson isn't the
only magistrate in Halifax.
743
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,439
Yes, but I need two signatories and
if he gets wind of it...
744
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,399
What about Colonel Dearden and his son?
745
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,999
Aren't they both magistrates?
746
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,759
Mm.
747
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,440
Well, send him a note.
Ask him to pop in.
748
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,039
Oh!
749
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,119
Oh, thank you.
750
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,639
This is impressive, eh?
751
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,119
And certainly would be
a great boon to the town.
752
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,159
Another good inn with
a large handsome room
753
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,559
is just what we need.
754
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,039
I intend to call the large room
the Casino.
755
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,799
Oh!
756
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:17,999
The enterprise may not make
a great profit,
757
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,639
at least not in the first year,
758
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:23,479
but then mercantile speculation
is not my aim.
759
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,199
I want to take a pride in the thing
760
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,799
and do it for the good of the town.
761
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,879
The whole enclave will be elegant,
762
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:35,599
and even, dare I say it, fashionable.
763
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,359
Well, I can't imagine there'd
be any reasonable objection
764
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,079
to granting you a licence.
765
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,399
I can certainly answer
for myself and for my son.
766
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,092
Of course, I'll have to consult
767
00:38:45,093 --> 00:38:46,959
with the other magistrates
on the matter.
768
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,919
But I only need the two signatures?
769
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,000
Oh, yes. Yeah.
770
00:38:51,559 --> 00:38:53,559
Well, strictly speaking.
771
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,479
Um, while I'm here...
772
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,519
Yes?
773
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,879
Could I trouble you for a subscription
774
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,719
to Mr Wortley's brother's fund
for the West Riding?
775
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,679
- Mr Wortley's brother?
- John.
776
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:09,199
You may not yet have heard.
777
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,679
There'll be no by-election in the town.
778
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,559
It seems that Charles Wood
has turned down high office
779
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,679
specifically in order to avoid one.
780
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,839
He's taken some more lowly
role in the Admiralty,
781
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,039
whereas Lord Morpeth has been made
782
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:25,601
Chief Secretary for Ireland,
783
00:39:25,602 --> 00:39:29,839
so John Wortley will contest
him for the West Riding.
784
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:30,880
Mm.
785
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:33,920
But, so...
786
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:38,639
Does that mean Mr Rawson
won't be standing for Halifax
787
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,200
- after all, then?
- No.
788
00:39:41,919 --> 00:39:45,919
So, um, could I put you down for £50?
789
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,759
I've got seven or eight other
people of good long standing
790
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,480
in the town down for 50.
791
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:56,039
I shall turn over the leaf and give 30.
792
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,080
Can I not persuade you
to give 50, Miss Lister?
793
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,639
Had Mr Rawson still been standing,
794
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,959
he should have had every
vote I could influence.
795
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,799
I told him that to his face,
and I meant it.
796
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,799
But the fact is, he doesn't behave
handsomely towards me.
797
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,639
Over my coal. And I'd hate
798
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,559
to spend significant money
on Northgate only to find
799
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,599
my attempt to license such a worthy
public endeavour
800
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,799
blocked by him on no more than a whim.
801
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,720
So you could put me down for 50,
Colonel Dearden, but...
802
00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,919
I will need my licence.
803
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,439
[HE CHUCKLES]
804
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,400
You'll have your licence, Miss Lister.
805
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,439
Any sign of rain, young man?
806
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:46,960
Not at the moment, sir.
807
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,440
_
808
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:02,960
Go on.
809
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:11,780
_
810
00:41:11,781 --> 00:41:13,804
_
811
00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:16,211
_
812
00:41:16,212 --> 00:41:17,793
_
813
00:41:17,794 --> 00:41:22,247
_
814
00:41:22,941 --> 00:41:24,640
_
815
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,323
_
816
00:41:28,324 --> 00:41:30,262
_
817
00:41:31,075 --> 00:41:32,803
_
818
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,480
How big is this farm?
819
00:41:42,993 --> 00:41:45,024
[MUMBLING NERVOUSLY] 24 acres.
820
00:41:45,025 --> 00:41:46,400
Speak up!
821
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,839
24 acres.
822
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,320
Mm.
823
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:57,039
Imagine, Matthew, if you were
to be parted from Eugenie for,
824
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,999
I don't know, two years.
825
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,399
Do you believe that you would
feel the same way
826
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,560
about... marrying her?
827
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,040
I dare say.
828
00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:10,560
You dare say?
829
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,919
If nothing happened.
830
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,119
Like... what sort of thing?
831
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:22,760
If, um... If Eugenie
felt t'same way, too.
832
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,799
Well, Matthew, I only hope you've
thought the thing through.
833
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,559
I can't quite see Eugenie
amongst pig tubs and cattle,
834
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,399
but you must judge for yourselves.
835
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:36,239
If I were to just leave,
836
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:38,839
ma'am, please, would you
let Eugenie keep her job?
837
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,213
You going or staying makes no
difference as to what happens
838
00:42:41,214 --> 00:42:43,159
to Eugenie, Matthew. But...
839
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,559
now I know your intentions are to marry,
840
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,680
Miss Marian and I will
think about what to do.
841
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:58,999
You do know that letter
842
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,599
hasn't got a postmark on it, don't you?
843
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,879
Mm. It's dated the 15th.
I only gave her notice
844
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:04,600
on the evening of the 14th.
845
00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,519
- [SHE SIGHS]
- They're transparent.
846
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:09,679
They've got us over a barrel.
847
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,479
It's so hard to get people these days.
848
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,219
So how's it been left?
849
00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:16,679
[SHE SIGHS]
Well, I'm taking at face value
850
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,079
their claim that
they want to get married,
851
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,399
although I don't believe that
for a second,
852
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,540
and I've retracted Eugenie's notice
853
00:43:23,541 --> 00:43:25,599
on the understanding that
Matthew is looking for a job
854
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,679
and when he finds one, they'll marry.
855
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,039
Do you think the other
servants know about it?
856
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,720
- [SHE SIGHS]
- I don't know.
857
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,519
I'm so glad we've decided
to go to London.
858
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,439
It'll be the perfect tonic.
859
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,079
You've had too much tiresome
nonsense to bother with,
860
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,039
with this wretched division business.
861
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,279
It's silly, but...
862
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,359
What? What is?
863
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,239
I always imagined that one day
864
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:58,639
I might meet lords and ladies,
in London.
865
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,359
I mean, I know
we have to be careful, but...
866
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,279
I might meet one or two, one day.
867
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:06,320
Mightn't I?
868
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,640
Mm.
869
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,440
One day...
870
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,640
- if you're very good.
- Mm.
871
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,399
CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:
As you state you will take
872
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,519
Lot 1 as drawn up in Washington's
original proposal,
873
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,679
provided you get
Bouldshaw Farm and Clough,
874
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,039
- I agree to this proposal...
- "...agree to this proposal,
875
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:37,919
"and consider therefore the
division formally concluded,
876
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,639
"and I assure you, my dear Ann,
877
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,120
"that I sincerely rejoice that it is."
878
00:44:43,006 --> 00:44:47,519
Very good. I'm surprised he's
agreed to it quite so readily,
879
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,519
but happen he wants to get on with
it just as much as you do.
880
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:52,439
Hm. Or he wants to seem
as though he does.
881
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,159
And then there's this next bit,
882
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,679
"As we expect being south as early
as we can leave home,
883
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,566
"I hope you will have no objection
884
00:44:58,567 --> 00:45:00,759
"to allowing the amendment
to the titles to wait until then."
885
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,919
You see, he's procrastinating,
he's still not
886
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,959
signing anything.
887
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,679
Well, it's a step forward.
888
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,919
You've got his agreement
in writing, at least.
889
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:10,439
Mm.
890
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,319
Oh, and I called in on
Mr and Mrs Priestley again yesterday.
891
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,359
BOTH: Why?
892
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,359
Well, I had a note from him
asking me to.
893
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:20,239
So... But he wanted me to tell
you that he intends to give up
894
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,399
the waste at High Sunderland
without hesitation.
895
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:23,439
Really?
896
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,199
So that's good news.
897
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,800
There won't be any sort of
legal wrangle over it.
898
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,199
Right. Shall I see you down at
Tillyholme stile then, ma'am?
899
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,599
Mr Holt and the Mann
brothers'll be there already
900
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,202
and they won't want to do
anything without you.
901
00:45:38,203 --> 00:45:40,040
Yes, you go. I'll follow you down.
902
00:45:43,166 --> 00:45:44,686
- Sorry, sir.
- Sorry, lad.
903
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:48,279
Clearly, he knows he should
never have had it
904
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:49,919
in the first place.
905
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,679
Giving it up so easily.
906
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:55,039
- It appals me how lax...
- Fasten your buttons properly!
907
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:56,800
Sorry, ma'am.
908
00:45:59,894 --> 00:46:01,680
Sorry, go on.
909
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:07,119
How lax and... profligate
910
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:08,959
my family have been with our property
911
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,719
when I see how particular
you are with yours.
912
00:46:11,720 --> 00:46:13,519
Coal, stone, hotels,
913
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,839
you make every square inch
of your land work.
914
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,919
Well, then, you must
take example from me
915
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,319
and make yours work so too.
916
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,359
I am... I am doing, I-I'm going to.
917
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:22,959
And that's why I won't stand for
918
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,880
any more of this... nonsense.
919
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:27,679
What's the matter?
920
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:30,999
He says I knew about the deed of
settlement in 1831.
921
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,599
He says he told me all about it
922
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,879
and I've obviously forgotten.
923
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,359
He didn't.
924
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:37,960
Hm.
925
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,879
Parker's coming at four this
afternoon, I'd better get on.
926
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,159
What time do we expect you
back from Hebden Bridge?
927
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,203
Oh, I don't know.
I suspect it'll be a wasted trip.
928
00:46:47,204 --> 00:46:50,320
I don't think anyone wants to take
over the Sunday school.
929
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:12,760
[CLOCK CHIMES]
930
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:17,160
[FOOTSTEPS]
931
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:23,159
Ah! Mr Parker.
932
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:26,799
Well, how...
How are things on the estate?
933
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,359
Oh, we are winning, I think,
one way or another.
934
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,119
Mr Holt thinks this time
next year my collieries
935
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,319
will be the best hereabouts
936
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,119
and will pay off
all the expense incurred
937
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,399
within the first three years
of production.
938
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:39,439
Hm?
939
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:40,919
Er, not for me.
940
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:43,319
- What have you got for me?
- I've got 23 notices
941
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,588
against trespassers shooting
and hunting on your land
942
00:47:45,589 --> 00:47:46,639
which all need signing.
943
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,319
And I've got two notices to quit,
944
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,679
one for Mr Carr for those
acres that you need back
945
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,799
down at Wellroyd.
Those need signing too.
946
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,479
Then regarding selling
your Navigation shares,
947
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:56,599
well, I've asked around.
948
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,519
Mr Robert Waterhouse
has no objection to taking
949
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:01,319
the six that you're offering for sale,
950
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,519
but he won't give 400 guineas.
951
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,759
He will, however, give £405.
952
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,439
No-one will give 400 guineas.
953
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,842
Mr Abbott tells me
that Mr Louis Alexander
954
00:48:11,843 --> 00:48:14,159
has had three of his shares
on sale for some time now
955
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,199
at 400 guineas apiece,
and they've not sold.
956
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:20,200
I hope no other names
were named in the matter.
957
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:22,719
But I thought...
958
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:26,039
Is he not soon to be family, Mr Abbott?
959
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:27,479
No.
960
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,519
And if he is, well then,
I've made it clear to Marian
961
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,879
that she and I... That'll be it.
962
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,719
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
963
00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:40,720
No, no other names were named.
964
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,799
I'll take Mr Waterhouse's £405.
965
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,919
Anything above £400 is clear
gain as far as I'm concerned,
966
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,279
and it's better this way.
967
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,919
Borrowing would cost me
10% in the first year.
968
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:55,959
No building would pay for that.
969
00:48:56,959 --> 00:48:58,279
Miss Lister.
970
00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,839
Anne.
971
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,720
Is this whole enterprise not a risk?
972
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,720
Yes, of course.
973
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,279
Of course it is.
974
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:12,759
[BOTH LAUGH]
975
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:14,759
[HE CLEARS THROAT]
976
00:49:15,798 --> 00:49:17,919
How's Miss Walker?
977
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,319
Oh, she's out.
She's ridden to Hebden Bridge
978
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,399
to speak to a possible candidate
979
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,119
for the Sunday school.
980
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:30,079
I, er, had a letter yesterday.
981
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,439
From York, from Mr Gray,
982
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:35,159
who's acting for Miss Walker
in the matter of the division
983
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,359
- of the joint property.
- That's right.
984
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:40,919
He's requested from me a copy
985
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:46,479
of the 1831 settlement between
Captain and Mrs Sutherland.
986
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:48,439
He's sent me a letter
from Captain Sutherland,
987
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,759
which he believes is sufficient
authority for me
988
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:54,240
to send him a copy of
the settlement, and I...
989
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:56,839
I don't think it is.
990
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:00,319
It's rather vague about
"affording every possible assistance".
991
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,719
And my question is,
992
00:50:03,720 --> 00:50:06,319
in my position...
993
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,600
would you send it...
994
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,159
or even an extract from it,
995
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:14,319
without a more clear yea or nay
from Captain Sutherland
996
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:17,880
about the specific document in question?
997
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:22,239
I have not a word to say on
the matter, Mr Parker.
998
00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:23,440
Why are you asking me?
999
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:29,200
I suppose because it's...
It's delicate. It's, er...
1000
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,879
- It's complicated.
- Surely the solution would be
1001
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,839
to write to Captain Sutherland yourself
1002
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:39,639
asking for his permission
regarding the document.
1003
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,079
Yes... Yes.
1004
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,679
Yes, that's...
1005
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:46,640
That's what I shall do.
1006
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:49,560
Am I missing something?
1007
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,960
You...
1008
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:55,839
Your family...
1009
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,919
are very good, very old,
very valued clients
1010
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,879
of, er, Parker & Adam.
1011
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:07,799
And now that Miss Walker
is here as your... companion,
1012
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,679
I suppose the anxiety is
1013
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:11,639
I'm going to find myself between a rock
1014
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:16,559
and a hard place in the matter
should it become problematic.
1015
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:18,999
Why would it?
It's a simple enough division,
1016
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,439
and he's already agreed to it.
1017
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:25,679
Mr Gray implied that
Miss Walker was angry.
1018
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,559
To have discovered the settlement.
1019
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:29,799
- Mm.
- And there was
1020
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:34,532
a further implication that I
had not acted professionally...
1021
00:51:34,533 --> 00:51:35,573
in the matter.
1022
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:38,999
With her family being opposed to it,
1023
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,319
and with the settlement
appearing to go so much
1024
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,319
against the wishes in her father's will.
1025
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:45,039
But I can assure you, Miss Lister,
1026
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,559
this was very much what
Mrs Sutherland wanted,
1027
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:50,439
there was certainly no underhand
collusion on my part,
1028
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:53,319
and nothing I did was unprofessional,
1029
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:55,420
and Miss Walker herself knew...
1030
00:51:56,920 --> 00:52:00,519
perfectly well what was going on
at the time,
1031
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:03,080
just as the rest of the family did.
1032
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:08,599
Captain Sutherland made it
abundantly plain to her.
1033
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:09,880
She says not.
1034
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:12,560
Well...
1035
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:14,800
she wasn't well.
1036
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:17,839
Well, then,
1037
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:21,520
how odd of him
to burden her with it. Hm?
1038
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:27,460
Anyway, it barely matters.
1039
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,679
What's material is that we now know,
1040
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,799
she now knows, that it's him that
she should have been dealing with
1041
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:35,440
all along, and not her sister.
1042
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:38,840
Indeed.
1043
00:52:40,240 --> 00:52:42,880
- Well, then.
- As you suggest...
1044
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,119
- I shall write to him.
- Yes.
1045
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,031
And do leave me out of it.
1046
00:52:50,032 --> 00:52:52,920
It really has nothing to do with me.
1047
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:04,359
ANN: My dear Captain Sutherland,
1048
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:05,919
I am glad that by your agreement
1049
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:07,119
to one of my proposals,
1050
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:09,519
the division of the estate
is so easily arranged.
1051
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,799
I am anxious that no time should be lost
1052
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:13,280
in preparing the deeds.
1053
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:17,639
I have, for some weeks,
1054
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:20,039
had the deed box here
with me at Shibden Hall,
1055
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:24,439
I shall go to York as soon as
I hear from Messrs Gray,
1056
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:27,239
- with all the necessary papers...
- ANN: with all the necessary papers,
1057
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:30,039
of which Mr Parker,
or anyone you think proper,
1058
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,479
may come here and take a catalogue.
1059
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,465
I hope the papers
will be ready for signing
1060
00:53:34,466 --> 00:53:36,039
before the end of the month.
1061
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,599
But should you not be able to come
to Yorkshire so soon,
1062
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,439
then surely the papers
can simply be sent to you
1063
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:42,880
for your signature.
1064
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,040
[FOOTSTEPS]
1065
00:53:55,800 --> 00:54:00,719
This gets more and more...
1066
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:02,680
What? What?
1067
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,199
The deeds!
1068
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:09,380
The Crow Nest deeds have...
1069
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:15,679
for some weeks, been at Shibden Hall.
1070
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:17,680
- Why?
- Your sister!
1071
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,399
Is being played for a fool!
1072
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,612
It's bizarre. No. It's beyond bizarre,
1073
00:54:25,613 --> 00:54:26,893
it is sinister.
1074
00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:32,879
I tried to protect her.
And this, this...
1075
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,480
[SHOUTS IN FRUSTRATION]
1076
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,000
My dear Parker.
1077
00:54:58,360 --> 00:54:59,920
I acknowledge receipt of your...
1078
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:05,919
My dear Parker.
1079
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:09,720
I acknowledge receipt
of your letter of the 22nd.
1080
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,599
My dear Parker. I acknowledge receipt
1081
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,279
of your letter of the 22nd of June
1082
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:19,519
and in reply I have no
objection to furnishing Mr Gray
1083
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,468
with the copy of the deed alluded to.
1084
00:55:21,469 --> 00:55:25,265
In fact, I am most anxious,
as I invariably have been,
1085
00:55:25,266 --> 00:55:28,279
to afford every assistance
in endeavouring to have
1086
00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,599
the property of
the late Mr Walker fairly
1087
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:32,440
and amicably divided.
1088
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,759
I have stated repeatedly
that Mrs Sutherland and I
1089
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,319
would proceed south
and arrange the whole matter
1090
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,799
as immediately as the season
and her health would permit,
1091
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:45,199
and when the titles
could be given to both parties
1092
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:47,000
to whom they were apportioned.
1093
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:55,319
I requested that the boxes
containing the deeds
1094
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:58,653
should remain until then in the bank
where I had placed them.
1095
00:55:58,654 --> 00:56:01,879
I find instead from a letter
received just this morning
1096
00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:05,119
from Miss Walker that the deeds have
been taken from the bank
1097
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:08,440
and have for some weeks
been at Shibden Hall.
1098
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,039
I do not blame Miss Walker for this,
1099
00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:23,919
but those who, from selfish,
wicked and unnatural motives,
1100
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:26,040
endeavour to bias her mind.
1101
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,639
Miss Lister states for Miss Walker,
1102
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:33,639
for I am certain she would never do so,
1103
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:36,439
that the object in employing
Mr Gray is with the view
1104
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,519
not to perplex and mystify
but to simplify.
1105
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:43,840
This is, I trust, some attack on you.
1106
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:51,839
As our properties
and Miss Lister's join,
1107
00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:54,439
I cannot help expressing
my extreme upset
1108
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:58,359
that the titles have been there,
at Shibden Hall,
1109
00:56:58,360 --> 00:56:59,839
which I should of course
1110
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,160
have decidedly objected to had I known.
1111
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,880
What is going on, I know not.
1112
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:10,279
But the moment our little boy
is over the whooping cough,
1113
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,399
I shall, and Mrs Sutherland
if all is well,
1114
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,879
visit Miss Walker,
1115
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:20,119
and this I hope in the course
of a very few weeks.
1116
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:24,120
My feelings I impart to you
in the strictest confidence.
1117
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:30,480
Yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
1118
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:40,163
Sync and corrections by btsix
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1119
00:57:40,804 --> 00:57:42,883
♪ Behind her back she's Gentleman Jack ♪
1120
00:57:42,884 --> 00:57:45,123
♪ A Yorkshire lady of renown ♪
1121
00:57:45,124 --> 00:57:47,043
♪ Ever so fine, won't toe the line ♪
1122
00:57:47,044 --> 00:57:49,119
♪ Speak her name, gentlemen frown ♪
1123
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:51,159
♪ At Shibden Hall she had them all ♪
1124
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,443
♪ The fairer sex fell under her spell ♪
1125
00:57:53,444 --> 00:57:55,523
♪ Dapper and bright ♪
♪ She held them tight ♪
1126
00:57:55,524 --> 00:57:57,600
♪ Handsome Anne seduced them well ♪
1127
00:57:57,601 --> 00:57:59,680
♪ Jack-the-lass, Jack-the-lass ♪
1128
00:57:59,681 --> 00:58:01,748
♪ No-one likes a Jack-the-lass ♪
1129
00:58:01,749 --> 00:58:03,749
♪ The code is cracked ♪
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