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This programme contains
some scenes of a sexual nature.
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ANNE: I didn't know
you had dealings
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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.
What? Say anything.
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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, that would
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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
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over this 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. 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
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in a fortnight. 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. Ma'am.
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How are you? 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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00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:07,919
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
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in consequence of the
settlement Elizabeth made
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in 1831, 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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00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,079
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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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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00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,519
if you recall, is due to you,
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00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,639
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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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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00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,759
Ah, Mrs Rawson and the girls. How
delightful. How are you?
345
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,119
I'm amazed you have the audacity to
show your face
346
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,280
in public, Miss Walker.
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00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,799
I'm sorry?
Not only the way
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00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,639
you've treated your family,
and your aunt in particular,
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00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,159
but this latest humiliation
you've inflicted
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on Mrs Priestley.
Oh... Over the Sunday school!
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00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,079
CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:
Because Elizabeth
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is nursing, she cannot
properly
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go south before the end of
next month.
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00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,920
This I thought you
understood.
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00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,999
She still hopes it would meet
with your concurrence
356
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,599
to postpone the division until
the period most convenient
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00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,519
and desired by her...
Thank you.
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00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,519
..and certainly hopes
you would not,
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00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,159
in the meanwhile, involve her
and her children
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00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,799
in usurious legal proceedings.
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00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,319
I won't write to Mr Gray
until I hear from you.
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00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,919
I have no objection
in the remotest degree
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00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,999
to you appointing him
to act for you,
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00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,999
but I certainly will not
appoint a solicitor
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00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,199
to act for me in a matter
regarding which
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00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,439
there is no dispute.
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00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,959
If we are to act on Samuel
Washington's scheme,
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00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,159
which I sincerely hope we will, why
adopt legal measures?
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00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,679
I am aware all trades
must live,
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00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,399
but the law is the last one
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00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,719
I would feel inclined
to patronise.
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00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,319
Believe I am, my dear Ann,
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00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,240
yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
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00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,319
Knock, knock.
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00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,839
He's saying that he's been
itching to get on with
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00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,879
the division all along.
He... He's a liar.
377
00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,239
And he's accusing me of
wanting to involve Elizabeth
378
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,559
and the children in
"usurious legal proceedings".
379
00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:08,759
SHE SCOFFS
380
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:10,919
It's not funny.
No, you're right.
381
00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,079
Men who hide behind their
wives and children
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00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,279
are not so much funny
as absurd.
383
00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,919
If you're still dwelling on Mrs
Edward Rawson's comment
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in Nicholson's this morning,
don't.
385
00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,839
You asking the Priestleys
to vacate the school rooms
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00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:25,999
is none of her business,
387
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,799
and she only made herself
look foolish.
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00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,600
Can you not mention that woman's
name in my presence ever again?!
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00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,599
Would you like me to pour
the tea, Miss Lister?
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00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,960
No. Go.
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00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,199
What have I asked you before
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00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,240
about not speaking to me like
that in front of the servants?
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00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,320
Are you going to help me write back
to him, then, or what?
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00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,479
My dear Captain Sutherland.
395
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,639
I have this moment received
your letter,
396
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,919
and rejoice to find
that you are quite as anxious
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00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,719
for the division of
the joint property as I am.
398
00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,199
I fear...
ANN: I fear you will not
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00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,319
serve much by being
your own attorney,
400
00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,439
but you will judge
as you think best.
401
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,559
I myself feel persuaded
that in employing
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00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,079
Mr Gray to act for me,
403
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,399
I spare myself and others
much trouble,
404
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,439
and adopt not only the best
plan, but the cheapest one.
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00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:36,159
ANNE, DICTATING: The deed of
settlement of February 1831
406
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,879
is so comprehensive
407
00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:43,639
that all power respecting
the making good of titles, etc,
408
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,920
seems vested solely in you.
409
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,919
There is not, therefore,
410
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,359
any necessity in hurrying
my sister to Yorkshire.
411
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:57,039
I shall always be delighted
to see her,
412
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,719
but I earnestly hope that you
413
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,399
will be here before
the end of next month.
414
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,559
I am much obliged to you...
ANN: ...obliged to you
415
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,439
for your so kind consideration
416
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,479
in having complied
with my request
417
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,919
to trouble me as little as
possible about business
418
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,679
during the time
I was recovering in York.
419
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,719
It seems Elizabeth must have
forgotten to tell you
420
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,839
that immediately on my return from
the Continent last year,
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00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,559
I wrote to tell her of the
perfect recovery of my health,
422
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,479
and that I was ready
and desirous
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00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,799
to apply myself to business
immediately and diligently
424
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,360
and make up for lost time.
425
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:34,800
Is that her?
426
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,359
Seriously. I ask you.
Is that her voice?
427
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:45,680
So...precise, so to-the-point.
428
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,039
She wants her moiety,
she wants her share...
429
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,719
Yes, of course,
and she will have it.
430
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,679
I always intended to go along
with Washington's
431
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,559
original proposal
for the division anyway.
432
00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:58,639
Did you? Yes!
433
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,119
Subject to our visit.
But that aside,
434
00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:05,679
how much do we really know
about Anne Lister?
435
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,719
Hmm?
436
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:12,240
How much do you really know
about Anne Lister?
437
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:32,720
Ma'am, Mr Harper's here.
438
00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:35,799
Mr Harper.
439
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,639
Miss Lister. How are you?
440
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,640
Oh, good Lord, look at this.
441
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,680
Look at this fellow
with his wheelbarrow.
442
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,440
The owls!
Oh, and the monkeys.
443
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,080
And this little person
wielding a mace!
444
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,119
I wonder what he's going to
do with that?
445
00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,359
Extraordinary. And the
colours.
446
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,079
Yes, it's...
I'm looking for
447
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,799
the Lister coat of arms.
Not there.
448
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,199
The Waterhouses
put this window in during
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00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,319
the 16th century, just before
we acquired the place.
450
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,279
Some of the glass
is much older than that -
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00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,519
taken from some church
or other
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00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,719
during the dissolution
of the monasteries.
453
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,599
So possibly older
than the house itself,
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00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,599
which was built in 1420.
455
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:18,959
Ah!
456
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,559
My uncle always maintained
this is very probably
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00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,520
amongst the oldest
stained glass in England.
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00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,559
The world.
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00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,519
This house is extraordinary.
460
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,359
Mm. It is.
461
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:40,199
It's in my blood,
it's in my bones,
462
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,600
it's in my soul.
463
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,399
It's also inconvenient,
and draughty, Mr Harper,
464
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,879
compared to some
of my better friends' houses.
465
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,439
And if the mill chimneys
466
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,639
creep any higher
up the hill from Halifax
467
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,039
and the barbarians
come knocking on our door,
468
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,999
I've always fancied I'd sell up
469
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,959
and go and live quietly
on a hill above Grenoble.
470
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,559
Oh, don't ever leave Shibden,
Miss Lister.
471
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,119
Your better friends' houses
may be less draughty
472
00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:11,079
and more convenient,
but this has true character,
473
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,400
and that's priceless.
474
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:14,840
And it suits you.
475
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,040
Where can I spread my papers?
476
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,080
This is thrilling.
477
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,599
I feel rather bilious.
478
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,399
It's spot on, it's...
It's perfect.
479
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,119
It was only
when I got through Leeds
480
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,400
I realised I'd left York
without eating anything.
481
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,959
Can I sit down?
482
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,320
Oh!
483
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,199
RINGS BELL
484
00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,879
You can't not eat, Mr Harper.
485
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,599
I just forget.
Oh, I'm the same.
486
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,799
Could I have
a small cup of tea?
487
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:55,919
You need a wife.
488
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,279
I live with my brother.
He's an attorney.
489
00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,559
Well, that's no good.
490
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,439
Oh! Is he?
491
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,480
George!
492
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,199
Ask Mrs Cordingley to get Mr Harper
some breakfast, quickly.
493
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,239
Eggs, bacon,
bread, butter...fruit?
494
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,919
Just a small slice of bread
and a thin scrape of butter
495
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,999
would be more than...
And bring us some tea.
496
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,640
Immediately.
And bring the sugar!
497
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,400
We'll sort you out, Mr Harper.
498
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,640
This is...
499
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,959
Do you know, it's as though
you can see into my...
500
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,959
..innermost thoughts
and desires.
501
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,280
Oh, good.
502
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,039
Ideally,
I'd find local merchants
503
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,399
for the stone and timber
and so forth.
504
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,039
If you could recommend
people, that would be useful.
505
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,759
And local craftsmen, too.
Joiners, plasterers.
506
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:05,919
I know them all.
507
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,119
I'll meet anyone
you consider suitable.
508
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,919
I always meet several people
for any one job
509
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,999
and then make a decision.
Suppliers and craftsmen.
510
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,759
All in consultation with you,
of course.
511
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,559
I shall take on a site manager,
512
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,559
and he'll be here
throughout the build,
513
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,879
he'll come to live in Halifax
for the duration.
514
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,959
Ideally a fellow called
Husband, if he's available.
515
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,599
I've worked with him
a number of times,
516
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,719
I think you'll be pleased.
He'll be my eyes and ears.
517
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,159
When can you start?
518
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,159
I should think we could begin
clearing the site
519
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,839
for the foundations next
month.
520
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,319
I'd like a ceremony.
A public ceremony.
521
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,399
To lay the first stone,
a foundation stone.
522
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,079
Then all Halifax can come
and see what we're doing.
523
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,799
Of course.
Excellent.
524
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,279
Oh, and we must be clear,
525
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,079
before we get too giddy
about it,
526
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,879
with the proposed shops,
527
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,399
the building costs will go up
to nearer the £6,000 mark,
528
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,119
which means you'd perhaps
be looking at an annual rent
529
00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,800
of nearer 400 than 300.
530
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,919
And only you know whether
Halifax is a busy enough town
531
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,600
to support something like that.
532
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,160
What's your impression
of Halifax?
533
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,079
It isn't York.
534
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,559
Your clientele would
predominantly consist of trade
535
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,159
and people passing through from one
destination to another.
536
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,519
But my impression is there's
no shortage of money here,
537
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,279
and increasingly so,
538
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,239
with all these...
creeping mill chimneys.
539
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,680
SHE CHUCKLES
540
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,919
You want to borrow
another £4,500?
541
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,239
On bond, at 4%.
The alternative,
542
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,439
which I'm inclining towards,
would be to sell
543
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,079
six of my Navigation shares
now
544
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:45,599
and perhaps the rest
at Christmas,
545
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,319
if I can get 400 guineas each
for them.
546
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,679
But you spoke so eloquently
less than six months ago
547
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,239
at the shareholders' meeting
548
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,119
about investing more money
in the Navigation.
549
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,639
So to sell your shares now -
550
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,679
might that not look
rather lacking in integrity?
551
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,880
No.
552
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,520
No, I don't think so.
553
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,919
Well...would it, could it not
look like you were...
554
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,039
..jumping ship?
555
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,919
Really? How?
556
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,999
The Northgate Casino
will have stabling
557
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,199
for upward of 70 horses,
Mr Parker.
558
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,279
I wish I'd have brought
the plans to show you,
559
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,359
I mean, they're splendid. Mr Harper
has excelled himself.
560
00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:30,439
Would I be investing so
heavily in a coaching inn
561
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,039
if I was worried about
the arrival of the railways?
562
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,879
No, the railways will arrive
in Halifax last,
563
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,959
Mr Parker, for the same
reason the canals did.
564
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,519
Because, like Rome, Halifax
is built on too many hills.
565
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,639
No, I'd be taking from
one sound investment
566
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,280
to fund another.
567
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,160
Whoa!
568
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:04,799
George?
569
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,159
Where's George?
Ooh! I don't know, ma'am.
570
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,399
Tell him to deal with the
britzka and Smiler and Merlin.
571
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,799
Ah.
572
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:13,559
Mr Washington's helped me
come up with
573
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,199
five different proposals to send to
Captain Sutherland,
574
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,599
as you suggested, all based on
575
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,519
his original proposal
for the division.
576
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,799
I merely pointed out
to Miss Walker that if she sent
577
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,999
Captain Sutherland
just the one proposal
578
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,639
he'll no doubt
find fault with it,
579
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,879
quibble, and drag his heels
again,
580
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,959
whereas if he's presented
with a choice,
581
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,839
he's more likely to engage
with the thing,
582
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,079
and, hopefully,
plump for one of them.
583
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:35,519
Tactics.
584
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,919
Not that it's got anything
to do with me, obviously.
585
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,479
The only really significant
amendment I've suggested
586
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,319
is putting either John Farrer's
field or Bouldshaw Farm
587
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,039
and Clough in Lot 1.
588
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,599
They're both worth £1,400,
give or take,
589
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,519
and it seems to go some way
590
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,959
towards balancing
the two lots up more evenly.
591
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,879
Well, as I say,
nothing to do with me.
592
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,999
Then we can either draw
for the lots
593
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,519
or I can make it clear to him
that I would prefer Lot 1,
594
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,479
being made up of one
contiguous piece of land.
595
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,199
It would make sense.
Whereas Lot 2
596
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,239
is made up of parcels of land
here, there and everywhere -
597
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,519
Lindley, Golcar, Saddleworth.
598
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,039
Which would make
very little difference
599
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,999
to Mr and Mrs Sutherland,
being so far away.
600
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,439
As long as it's managed.
601
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,639
Well... Again, if it was me -
which it isn't -
602
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,039
I'd give him the choice.
603
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,879
Say that you'd prefer Lot 1,
for reasons of contiguity,
604
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,919
but if he'd prefer to draw lots
605
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,479
you'd be perfectly happy
with that as well.
606
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,959
And I'd put Bouldshaw Farm
and Clough in Lot 1
607
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,639
rather than
John Farrer's field.
608
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:34,959
It's got coal in it.
609
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,679
Are we all set for Sunday
again, Mr Washington?
610
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,679
Yes, I am.
I'm quite enjoying it.
611
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,480
I'm wondering if
I've missed my vocation!
612
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:46,399
SHE LAUGHS
613
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,719
"Now, the road from
Jerusalem to Jericho
614
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,839
"is steep and treacherous,"
Jesus explained,
615
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,840
"full of desperate men
and thieves."
616
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,839
Perhaps the traveller
didn't know that,
617
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,920
or perhaps he did, but he had
to make his journey anyway.
618
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,479
What do you think, Hannah?
619
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,960
Yeah.
620
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,599
Yeah.
621
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,999
The sun was hot
and the traveller was tired.
622
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,839
He was only five miles
from Jericho
623
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,639
when, suddenly, he found himself
pounced upon.
624
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,079
He was beaten mercilessly,
stripped naked,
625
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,759
robbed of his few belongings,
626
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,119
and left for dead
at the side of the road.
627
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,199
"Surely the priest
will help me,"
628
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,919
the poor man thought
as he lay helpless
629
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,239
and bleeding in the road.
630
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,199
But the priest
walked past him
631
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,479
as though he hadn't even
seen him. Emily.
632
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,799
Emily, don't do that, you
might get your finger stuck.
633
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,479
Some time later,
a Levite approached.
634
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,079
"Surely the Levite will
help me," thought the man.
635
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,959
But as the Levite got closer,
636
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,839
he crossed to the other side
of the road
637
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,119
and walked quickly away.
638
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,280
The bastard.
639
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,799
Next came along a Samaritan,
on a horse.
640
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,439
"Oh, no!"
thought the poor man.
641
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,679
"The Samaritan is a foreigner
and my enemy.
642
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,120
"He will never help me."
643
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,079
And then Euclid postulated,
644
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,799
and this isn't as complicated
as it sounds,
645
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,759
if a straight line intersects
two other straight lines,
646
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,759
and so makes
the two interior angles
647
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,359
on one side of the first line
648
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:22,879
less than two right angles,
649
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,559
then the other two straight
lines will meet at a point,
650
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,879
if extended far enough on
the side on which the angles
651
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,599
are less than two right angles.
Yes? Yes? Yes.
652
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,319
And so, from these five
postulates or axioms,
653
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,119
Euclid deduced
a greater number of theorems
654
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:38,799
or propositions.
Yes, Charlotte?
655
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,639
What's all that got to do
with Jesus, though, sir?
656
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,639
GIRL: Miss!
CHARLOTTE: Miss.
657
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,679
Well, Euclid believed, as I do,
658
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,679
that the laws of nature
659
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:52,679
were but the mathematical
thoughts of God.
660
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:57,279
God created the world and every
magical, majestic thing in it,
661
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,719
and do you know something,
Charlotte?
662
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,559
The leaves, the trees,
the birds, the bees -
663
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,159
all of it, at some level,
comes down to mathematics.
664
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,119
Mathematics is the basis
of everything.
665
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,839
Everything in Creation.
666
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,159
Isn't that extraordinary?
667
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,559
THUMPS DESK
The thoroughness of God's planning.
668
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,600
QUIETLY: Me and Henry Hardcastle
once saw her snogging Miss Walker!
669
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:28,959
Right.
670
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,359
I was thinking about
a trip to London.
671
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:35,719
A holiday, before the work
at Northgate really begins.
672
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,359
I could see
some of my friends,
673
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,039
and I could finally get
my travelling carriage back
674
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,759
from Baxter's. We could make some
enquiries
675
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,439
about a proper master
for the day school,
676
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,919
and you could consult a
doctor,
677
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,919
a really good doctor,
about your neck.
678
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,279
I'd like that. I'd like to go to
London again. Hopefully,
679
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,799
this business with the Sutherlands
will be settled by then too.
680
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,559
I'd like to meet your
London friends.
681
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,519
GASP NEARBY
682
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:02,760
Did you hear something?
683
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,839
GASPING
684
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,920
Do you think someone's
spying on us?
685
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:12,920
Here.
Oh!
686
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:16,799
PANTING
687
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,240
THEY GASP
688
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,520
Stay.
689
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,240
Er...
What, what is it? Ooh!
690
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:29,879
Go home.
691
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,919
IN FRENCH:
692
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,600
ANNE IN FRENCH
693
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,760
ANN LAUGHS
694
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,319
Well, then,
you leave me no choice.
695
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,240
Because I will not have
a disrespectful household.
696
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,799
He's only 18!
697
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,319
How old's she?
26.
698
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,799
That's...
I know. I know.
699
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,639
What do you want me to do?
700
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,799
I'll write to Mr Thomas at
the servants' register in York,
701
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,399
but... Oh, I don't know.
702
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,200
It took me long enough
to find him!
703
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,159
I can't start seeing
to Father's...
704
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,479
..personal needs, it's...
No!
705
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,039
No, no, no, no.
I certainly can't.
706
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,319
It's not ideal, but we must
707
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,199
keep him on
as long as it suits us
708
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,439
and in the meantime, be on
the lookout for someone else.
709
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,560
And not a word to Aunt Anne about
this ridiculous business.
710
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,799
Ah. Aunt. You've found them.
711
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,279
These are Mr Harper's plans
for the Northgate Casino.
712
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,599
I thought everyone might like
to have a look at them.
713
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,119
Father? And then I can
address any questions...
714
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:28,439
No, thank you.
715
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,839
..or observations
anyone might have.
716
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,359
Take no notice of your father.
717
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,879
He just thinks you might ruin
yourself. And all of us.
718
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,079
Oh, look at that.
719
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,039
Oh, that's the front door,
Miss Lister...
720
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,279
Aunt.
721
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,919
Aunt. ...with the Lister
coat of arms above it.
722
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,000
And look at this.
723
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,919
Above the fireplace,
724
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,879
your family motto -
justus propositi tenax.
725
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,599
Just and true of purpose.
726
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,040
Just so.
Humbug.
727
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,160
Shall we sit down?
728
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,640
Yes, let's.
729
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:05,679
Very good.
730
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,959
Do you know, I always
want to say "bumhug"
731
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,399
whenever anyone says
"humbug". I don't know why.
732
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,119
THEY LAUGH
733
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,999
The only anxiety I have
about Northgate, Father,
734
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,479
is getting it licensed,
735
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,119
what with Christopher
Rawson being so difficult.
736
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:24,919
I did speak to Washington about it.
737
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,719
Well, Christopher Rawson isn't the
only magistrate in Halifax.
738
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,999
Yes, but I need two signatories and
if he gets wind of it...
739
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,959
What about Colonel Dearden
and his son?
740
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,559
Aren't they both magistrates?
741
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,319
Mm.
742
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,000
Well, send him a note.
Ask him to pop in.
743
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,599
Oh!
744
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,679
Oh, thank you.
745
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,679
This is impressive, eh?
746
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,679
And certainly would be
a great boon to the town.
747
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,719
Another good inn with
a large handsome room
748
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,119
is just what we need.
749
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,599
I intend to call the large room
the Casino.
750
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,359
Oh!
751
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,559
The enterprise may not make
a great profit,
752
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,199
at least not in the first year,
753
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:27,039
but then mercantile
speculation is not my aim.
754
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,239
I want to take a pride
in the thing
755
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,359
and do it for
the good of the town.
756
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,919
The whole enclave
will be elegant,
757
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,000
and even,
dare I say it, fashionable.
758
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,919
Well, I can't imagine there'd
be any reasonable objection
759
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,639
to granting you a licence.
760
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,959
I can certainly answer
for myself and for my son.
761
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,519
Of course, I'll have to consult
with the other magistrates
762
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,479
on the matter. But I only need
the two signatures?
763
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:53,560
Oh, yes. Yeah.
764
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,119
Well, strictly speaking.
765
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,039
Um, while I'm here...
766
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,079
Yes?
767
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,439
..could I trouble you
for a subscription
768
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,279
to Mr Wortley's brother's fund
for the West Riding?
769
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,239
Mr Wortley's brother?
John.
770
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,759
You may not yet have heard.
771
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,239
There'll be no by-election
in the town.
772
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:19,119
It seems that Charles Wood
has turned down high office
773
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,239
specifically in order
to avoid one.
774
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,399
He's taken some more lowly
role in the Admiralty,
775
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,359
whereas Lord Morpeth
has been made
776
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,319
Chief Secretary for Ireland,
777
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,399
so John Wortley will contest
him for the West Riding.
778
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:34,440
Mm.
779
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,480
But, so...
780
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,639
.does that mean Mr Rawson
won't be standing for Halifax
781
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,760
after all, then?
No.
782
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:49,479
So, um,
could I put you down for £50?
783
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,319
I've got seven or eight other
people of good long standing
784
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,040
in the town down for 50.
785
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:59,599
I shall turn over the leaf
and give 30.
786
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,640
Can I not persuade you
to give 50, Miss Lister?
787
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,199
Had Mr Rawson
still been standing,
788
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,519
he should have had every
vote I could influence.
789
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,359
I told him that to his face,
and I meant it.
790
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,359
But the fact is, he doesn't behave
handsomely towards me.
791
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,199
Over my coal. And I'd hate
792
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,119
to spend significant money
on Northgate only to find
793
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,159
my attempt to license such a worthy
public endeavour
794
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,359
blocked by him
on no more than a whim.
795
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,280
So you could put me down for 50,
Colonel Dearden, but...
796
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,479
..I will need my licence.
797
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,999
HE CHUCKLES
798
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,960
You'll have your licence,
Miss Lister.
799
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,519
Any sign of rain, young man?
800
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,160
Not at the moment, sir.
801
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:06,520
Go on.
802
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,040
How big is this farm?
803
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,919
MUMBLING NERVOUSLY: 24 acres.
804
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,960
Speak up!
805
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:52,399
24 acres.
806
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:53,880
Mm.
807
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,599
Imagine, Matthew, if you were
to be parted from Eugenie for,
808
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,559
I don't know, two years.
809
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,959
Do you believe that you would
feel the same way
810
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,120
about...marrying her?
811
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,600
I dare say.
812
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,120
You dare say?
813
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,479
If nothing happened.
814
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,679
Like...what sort of thing?
815
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:26,320
If, um... If Eugenie
felt t'same way, too.
816
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,359
Well, Matthew, I only hope you've
thought the thing through.
817
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,119
I can't quite see Eugenie
amongst pig tubs and cattle,
818
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,959
but you must judge
for yourselves.
819
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,799
If I were to just leave,
820
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,399
ma'am, please, would you
let Eugenie keep her job?
821
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,079
You going or staying makes no
difference as to what happens
822
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:46,719
to Eugenie, Matthew. But...
823
00:42:46,720 --> 00:42:50,119
..now I know your intentions
are to marry,
824
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,240
Miss Marian and I will
think about what to do.
825
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:02,559
You do know that letter
826
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,159
hasn't got a postmark on it,
don't you?
827
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,439
Mm. It's dated the 15th.
I only gave her notice
828
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,160
on the evening of the 14th.
829
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,079
SHE SIGHS
They're transparent.
830
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,239
They've got us over a barrel.
831
00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,039
It's so hard to get people
these days.
832
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,399
So how's it been left?
833
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,239
SHE SIGHS
Well, I'm taking at face value
834
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,639
their claim that
they want to get married,
835
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,959
although I don't believe that
for a second,
836
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,519
and I've retracted
Eugenie's notice
837
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,719
on the understanding that
Matthew is looking for a job
838
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,239
and when he finds one,
they'll marry.
839
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:34,599
Do you think the other
servants know about it?
840
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,280
SHE SIGHS
I don't know.
841
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,079
I'm so glad we've decided
to go to London.
842
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:45,999
It'll be the perfect tonic.
843
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,639
You've had too much tiresome
nonsense to bother with,
844
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,599
with this wretched
division business.
845
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,839
It's silly, but...
846
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,919
What? What is?
847
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,799
I always imagined that one
day
848
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,199
I might meet lords and ladies,
in London.
849
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,919
I mean, I know
we have to be careful, but...
850
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:08,839
..I might meet one or two,
one day.
851
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:09,880
Mightn't I?
852
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,200
Mm.
853
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,000
One day...
854
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,200
..if you're very good.
Mm.
855
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:29,959
CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:
As you state you will take
856
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,079
Lot 1 as drawn up in Washington's
original proposal,
857
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,239
provided you get Bouldshaw
Farm and Clough,
858
00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:38,599
I agree to this proposal...
"..agree to this proposal,
859
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,479
"and consider therefore the
division formally concluded,
860
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,199
"and I assure you, my dear
Ann,
861
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,680
"that I sincerely rejoice
that it is."
862
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:51,079
Very good. I'm surprised he's
agreed to it quite so readily,
863
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:54,079
but happen he wants to get on with
it just as much as you do.
864
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,999
Hm. Or he wants to seem
as though he does.
865
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,719
And then there's
this next bit -
866
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,239
"As we expect being south as early
as we can leave home,
867
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:01,639
"I hope you will have
no objection
868
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,319
"to allowing the amendment
to the titles to wait until then."
869
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,479
You see, he's procrastinating,
he's still not
870
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,519
signing anything.
871
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:10,239
Well, it's a step forward.
872
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:12,479
You've got his agreement
in writing, at least.
873
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:13,999
Mm.
874
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,879
Oh, and I called in on Mr and Mrs
Priestley again yesterday.
875
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:17,919
BOTH: Why?
876
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,919
Well, I had a note from him
asking me to.
877
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:23,799
So... But he wanted me to tell
you that he intends to give up
878
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,959
the waste at High Sunderland
without hesitation.
879
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:26,999
Really?
880
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:28,759
So that's good news.
881
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,360
There won't be any sort of
legal wrangle over it.
882
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,759
Right. Shall I see you down at
Tillyholme stile then, ma'am?
883
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,159
Mr Holt and the Mann
brothers'll be there already
884
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,159
and they won't want to do
anything without you.
885
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:43,600
Yes, you go. I'll follow you down.
886
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,440
Sorry, sir.
Sorry, lad.
887
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,839
Clearly, he knows he should
never have had it
888
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,479
in the first place.
889
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,239
Giving it up so easily.
890
00:45:55,240 --> 00:45:58,599
It appals me how lax... Fasten your
buttons properly!
891
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:00,360
Sorry, ma'am.
892
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:05,240
Sorry, go on.
893
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:10,679
..how lax and...profligate
894
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,519
my family have been
with our property
895
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,279
when I see how particular
you are with yours.
896
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,079
Coal, stone, hotels -
897
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,399
you make every square inch
of your land work.
898
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:21,479
Well, then, you must
take example from me
899
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:22,879
and make yours work so too.
900
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:24,919
I am... I am doing,
I-I'm going to.
901
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,519
And that's why
I won't stand for
902
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,440
any more of this...nonsense.
903
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,239
What's the matter?
904
00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:34,559
He says I knew about the deed of
settlement in 1831.
905
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,159
He says he told me all about it
906
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:39,919
and I've obviously forgotten.
He didn't.
907
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,520
Hm.
908
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:45,439
Parker's coming at four this
afternoon, I'd better get on.
909
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:47,719
What time do we expect you
back from Hebden Bridge?
910
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:50,559
Oh, I don't know. I suspect
it'll be a wasted trip.
911
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,880
I don't think anyone wants to take
over the Sunday school.
912
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:16,320
CLOCK CHIMES
913
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:20,720
FOOTSTEPS
914
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:26,719
Ah! Mr Parker.
915
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:30,359
Well, how...
How are things on the estate?
916
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,919
Oh, we are winning, I think,
one way or another.
917
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,679
Mr Holt thinks this time
next year my collieries
918
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:36,879
will be the best hereabouts
919
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,679
and will pay off
all the expense incurred
920
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,959
within the first three years
of production.
921
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:42,999
Hm?
922
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:44,479
Er, not for me.
923
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:45,919
What have you got for me?
924
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,079
I've got 23 notices
against trespassers shooting
925
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,199
and hunting on your land
which all need signing.
926
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,399
And I've got
two notices to quit -
927
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,479
one for Mr Carr for those
acres that you need back
928
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,359
down at Wellroyd.
Those need signing too.
929
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,599
Then regarding selling
your Navigation shares,
930
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,159
well, I've asked around.
931
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,079
Mr Robert Waterhouse
has no objection to taking
932
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,879
the six that you're offering
for sale,
933
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,079
but he won't give 400
guineas.
934
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,319
He will, however, give £405.
935
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,999
No-one will give 400 guineas.
936
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,719
Mr Abbott tells me
that Mr Louis Alexander
937
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:17,719
has had three of his shares
on sale for some time now
938
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:20,759
at 400 guineas apiece,
and they've not sold.
939
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,760
I hope no other names
were named in the matter.
940
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,279
But I thought...
941
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:29,599
Is he not soon to be family,
Mr Abbott?
942
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:31,039
No.
943
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,079
And if he is, well then,
I've made it clear to Marian
944
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,439
that she and I...
That'll be it.
945
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:41,279
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
946
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,280
No, no other names were
named.
947
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,359
I'll take Mr Waterhouse's
£405.
948
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,479
Anything above £400 is clear
gain as far as I'm concerned,
949
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,839
and it's better this way.
950
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,479
Borrowing would cost me
10% in the first year.
951
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,519
No building would pay for
that.
952
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,839
Miss Lister.
953
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:03,399
Anne.
954
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,280
Is this whole enterprise
not a risk?
955
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:10,280
Yes, of course.
956
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,839
Of course it is.
957
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,319
BOTH LAUGH
958
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,319
HE CLEARS THROAT
959
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,440
How's Miss Walker?
960
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,879
Oh, she's out. She's ridden to
Hebden Bridge
961
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:26,959
to speak to
a possible candidate
962
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:28,679
for the Sunday school.
963
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:33,639
I, er, had a letter
yesterday.
964
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:35,999
From York, from Mr Gray,
965
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,719
who's acting for Miss Walker
in the matter of the division
966
00:49:38,720 --> 00:49:40,919
of the joint property.
That's right.
967
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:44,479
He's requested from me
a copy of
968
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:50,039
the 1831 settlement between
Captain and Mrs Sutherland.
969
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:51,999
He's sent me a letter
from Captain Sutherland,
970
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,319
which he believes is sufficient
authority for me
971
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,800
to send him a copy of
the settlement, and I...
972
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:00,399
I don't think it is.
973
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,879
It's rather vague about "affording
every possible assistance".
974
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:07,279
And my question is,
975
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,879
in my position....
976
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,160
..would you send it...
977
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,719
..or even an extract from it,
978
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:17,879
without a more clear yea or
nay from Captain Sutherland
979
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,440
about the specific document
in question?
980
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,799
I have not a word to say on
the matter, Mr Parker.
981
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:27,000
Why are you asking me?
982
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:32,760
I suppose because it's...
It's delicate. It's, er...
983
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,399
It's complicated.
984
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,039
Surely the solution would be
985
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,399
to write to Captain Sutherland
yourself
986
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:42,000
asking for his permission
regarding the document.
987
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,639
Yes... Yes.
988
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:48,239
Yes, that's...
989
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:50,200
That's what I shall do.
990
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:53,120
Am I missing something?
991
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:56,520
You...
992
00:50:57,720 --> 00:50:59,399
Your family...
993
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:02,479
..are very good, very old,
very valued clients
994
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,439
of, er, Parker & Adam.
995
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:11,359
And now that Miss Walker
is here as your...companion,
996
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,239
I suppose the anxiety is
997
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:15,199
I'm going to find myself
between a rock
998
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:20,119
and a hard place in the matter
should it become problematic.
999
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:22,559
Why would it?
It's a simple enough division,
1000
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,080
and he's already agreed to it.
1001
00:51:25,240 --> 00:51:29,239
Mr Gray implied that
Miss Walker was angry.
1002
00:51:29,240 --> 00:51:32,119
To have discovered
the settlement.
1003
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,359
Mm. And there was
1004
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:37,679
a further implication that I
had not acted professionally...
1005
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:38,720
..in the matter.
1006
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,559
With her family
being opposed to it,
1007
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:44,879
and with the settlement
appearing to go so much
1008
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,879
against the wishes
in her father's will.
1009
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:48,599
But I can assure you,
Miss Lister,
1010
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:50,839
this was very much what
Mrs Sutherland wanted,
1011
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,999
there was certainly no underhand
collusion on my part,
1012
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,879
and nothing I did
was unprofessional,
1013
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,680
and Miss Walker herself knew...
1014
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,079
..perfectly well what was going on
at the time,
1015
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,640
just as the rest
of the family did.
1016
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:12,159
Captain Sutherland made it
abundantly plain to her.
1017
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:13,440
She says not.
1018
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,120
Well...
1019
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,360
..she wasn't well.
1020
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:21,399
Well, then,
1021
00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:25,080
how odd of him
to burden her with it. Hm?
1022
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,640
Anyway, it barely matters.
1023
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,239
What's material
is that we now know,
1024
00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:37,359
she now knows, that it's him that
she should have been dealing with
1025
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,000
all along, and not her sister.
1026
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:42,400
Indeed.
1027
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,440
Well, then. As you suggest...
1028
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,679
..I shall write to him.
Yes.
1029
00:52:50,680 --> 00:52:52,520
And do leave me out of it.
1030
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,400
It really has nothing to do
with me.
1031
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:07,919
ANN: My dear
Captain Sutherland,
1032
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,479
I am glad that
by your agreement
1033
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:10,679
to one of my proposals,
1034
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:13,079
the division of the estate
is so easily arranged.
1035
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:15,359
I am anxious that no time
should be lost
1036
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:16,840
in preparing the deeds.
1037
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:21,199
I have, for some weeks,
1038
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,599
had the deed box here
with me at Shibden Hall,
1039
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,239
I shall go to York as soon as
I hear from Messrs Gray,
1040
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:28,759
with all
the necessary papers...
1041
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:30,799
ANN: ..with all
the necessary papers,
1042
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,599
of which Mr Parker,
or anyone you think proper,
1043
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,039
may come here
and take a catalogue.
1044
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,159
I hope the papers
will be ready for signing
1045
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:39,599
before the end of the month.
1046
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,159
But should you not be able to come
to Yorkshire so soon,
1047
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:44,999
then surely the papers
can simply be sent to you
1048
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,440
for your signature.
1049
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,600
FOOTSTEPS
1050
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:04,279
This gets more and more...
1051
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,240
What? What?
1052
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:09,759
The deeds!
1053
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,640
The Crow Nest deeds have...
1054
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:19,239
..for some weeks,
been at Shibden Hall.
1055
00:54:19,240 --> 00:54:21,240
Why?
Your sister!
1056
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,959
Is being played for a fool!
1057
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:28,599
It's bizarre.
No. It's beyond bizarre,
1058
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:29,880
it is sinister.
1059
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:36,439
I tried to protect her.
And this, this...
1060
00:54:36,440 --> 00:54:39,040
SHOUTS IN FRUSTRATION
1061
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,560
My dear Parker.
1062
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:03,480
I acknowledge receipt
of your...
1063
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:09,479
My dear Parker.
1064
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:13,280
I acknowledge receipt
of your letter of the 22nd.
1065
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,159
My dear Parker.
I acknowledge receipt
1066
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,839
of your letter
of the 22nd of June
1067
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:23,079
and in reply I have no
objection to furnishing Mr Gray
1068
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:25,679
with the copy of the deed
alluded to.
1069
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,399
In fact, I am most anxious,
as I invariably have been,
1070
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:31,839
to afford every assistance
in endeavouring to have
1071
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,159
the property of
the late Mr Walker fairly
1072
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,000
and amicably divided.
1073
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:40,319
I have stated repeatedly
that Mrs Sutherland and I
1074
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:42,879
would proceed south and arrange the
whole matter
1075
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:46,359
as immediately as the season and her
health would permit,
1076
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:48,759
and when the titles could be
given to both parties
1077
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:50,560
to whom they were apportioned.
1078
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:58,879
I requested that the boxes
containing the deeds
1079
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:02,479
should remain until then in the bank
where I had placed them.
1080
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:05,439
I find instead from a letter
received just this morning
1081
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:08,679
from Miss Walker that the deeds have
been taken from the bank
1082
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:12,000
and have for some weeks
been at Shibden Hall.
1083
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,599
I do not blame Miss Walker
for this,
1084
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:27,479
but those who, from selfish, wicked
and unnatural motives,
1085
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:29,600
endeavour to bias her mind.
1086
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,199
Miss Lister
states for Miss Walker,
1087
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:37,199
for I am certain
she would never do so,
1088
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:40,239
that the object in employing
Mr Gray is with the view
1089
00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:43,079
not to perplex and mystify
but to simplify.
1090
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:47,400
This is, I trust,
some attack on you.
1091
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:55,679
As our properties
and Miss Lister's join,
1092
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,199
I cannot help expressing
my extreme upset
1093
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:01,919
that the titles have been
there, at Shibden Hall,
1094
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:03,399
which I should of course
1095
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:05,720
have decidedly objected to
had I known.
1096
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:09,440
What is going on, I know not.
1097
00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:13,839
But the moment our little boy
is over the whooping cough,
1098
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,279
I shall, and Mrs Sutherland
if all is well,
1099
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,439
visit Miss Walker,
1100
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:23,679
and this I hope in the course
of a very few weeks.
1101
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:27,680
My feelings I impart to you
in the strictest confidence.
1102
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:34,040
Yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
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