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Hey, Anne.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Anne.

She made her face.

It's time we got you, Anne.

Jimmy.

Hello, honey.

It felt like a new beginning for all of us.

Of her.

Even for the master.

Welcome.

I don't think so.

And what a Christmas it was.

Christmas with friends and the past behind me.

I'll never be able to thank you enough.

You don't mean too, Biddy.

You don't need a bank family.

After Christmas, with Mr Harrygon, Biddy got down to the task of getting the

house in the shape.

She said about the place like a whirlwind.

Hey, I don't think this has been touched by this.

Never mind.

Well, I haven't looked.

It's got to be so cottage in no time.

The master took on a new lease of life too.

And seemed determined to get back to normal.

Believe me, Pat.

Do this myself.

Are you sure, Sir?

Yes, of course, I'm job.

I think this is my help.

He even ordered a new wheelchair.

What do you think, Nantotter?

I think it's wonderful, Sir.

Oh, what are you waiting for?

Come on. Take me from walk.

Well done, Ada. It looks spotless.

All in all, Highfield was a happier place now.

And we were looking forward to the children coming home for Easter.

Even if it meant the dreaded Mrs. Forth of Middleton would be back in the house.

We'll continue till the 24th.

Oh, true.

Well, have you done your hours?

Yes, Sir.

And everything's in order, I hope.

As far as I can see.

Now, as to the menus.

As much as I like cooks roast beef and meat puddings,

I don't think they'll satisfy my mother-in-law's palos.

We disgusted last night, Sir.

And?

Well, Mrs. Drew thought of starting with a white soup.

Then boiled salmon with sauce and a roast chicken for the main course.

Oh, and a cabinet pudding encusted.

Very good. What do you think of that?

It sounds very appetizing to me, Sir.

I'm sure Mrs. Forth of Middleton will be pleased.

Well done, Trotter.

I... I think I'll just make sure the playroom is ready, Sir.

Oh, man. Wait.

Oh.

You know, I don't think I've been so happy since the night Harry was born.

She's allowed me three days with him.

It's damnable.

They'll probably make such a commotion.

You'll be glad to see the back of them.

Yes. As glad as I would be to see the back of you.

I was only trying to lighten your despair with regards to the children, Sir.

If you had four children taken away from you, what would you do?

If I had children, Sir, I wouldn't do.

You wouldn't do anything that would cause them to be taken away, is that it?

Well, Trotter, you've got a lot to learn about human nature and the penalties for sin.

Some sentences are out of all proportion to the crime.

It's the code.

It's them.

What go on?

Trotter! Trotter! Trotter!

You've got a lot of news! You've got a lot of news!

You've got a lot of news! You've got a lot of news!

I hope you had a good journey, Madden.

Sir, we've got Mrs Lucas.

He's no longer human.

What?

Where's Saimd?

He's no longer in the Master Service's hide-and-seek.

What's going on here?

Stop it! Stop that noise at once!

You'll go up to the nursery and change.

And don't come down until I give you a meme.

Go along!

Come and see me later.

What is this? No housekeeper, no footman, the house is all toxic, tervie.

Far from it. The house is being run as it should have been for years.

The people who work for me now don't rob me blind.

Rob you?

Oh, yes. From the cook to the gardener lining their pockets at my expense.

Fortunately, we found out about their little game.

And now the house runs at one third of the cost.

What's that?

Yes.

And the place is cleaner.

The gardens are well looked after.

That girl, do you know she was there when I got down from the carriage?

Perhaps she wanted to greet you.

Oh, don't be ridiculous. She doesn't know her place.

Her place?

She knows her place, alright.

She's running the house.

And looking after me.

Isn't it right?

Isn't decent?

She is...

Oh, half no fear, mother-in-law.

The proprieties are being observed.

I don't like it.

And neither will I, lean.

What's I, lean, got to do with this?

She's still your wife.

Well, if she's my wife, she should be here.

What do you think I felt like these past bloody months being left alone?

I'll not have swearing in my presence.

I'll swear where I bloody well like.

And if it doesn't suit you, you know what you can do.

But don't you come here talking to me about morality?

Don't agitate yourself.

Three days she's allowed me.

I have a good mind to fight her for them.

Don't talk nonsense.

The children's place is with their mother.

And her place is here.

Yes, well.

You should have thought about that a long time ago, shouldn't you?

What's your name?

My name is Marster.

What's yours?

Matthew.

What, you make him miss his biddy?

Fairy cakes.

Oh, yes.

With cream on their wings.

Oh, for me, I said.

Don't fight, no?

You're definitely better than the last cook.

Oh, thank you.

No more.

As you're not a yetenner's.

Hey, you're good.

Hey, we'll have a few grand more, you want to.

For the next few days, the house took on a new life.

Full of children's voices and laughter.

It brought new life to the master too.

Gave him the chance to be a father again.

The children loved being with him and wanted to be with him at every opportunity.

It was hard to keep them away.

Quiet, all of you.

Remember who's in the dining room?

Grandma.

Yes, Grandma.

A part, Luke has a rhyme.

Go and look.

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold the donkey till I get on.

If it kicks, pull its tail, if it pitles, hold the pale.

And where did you learn that?

From Pregwell, Grandma Mars Gardner.

He taught us lots.

A part, can we do another one?

It's about Grandma, Mark.

Go on, then.

Well, I'm the laddy.

I live with my granny.

And many of her memories keep me.

But now I'm a bad, I can handle the granny.

And it's so sorry for her and me.

What is this?

Did you teach them this?

No, Mom.

Right.

Off you go to bed, children.

Get up and talk to her.

Oh, my God, girl, teaching them such vulgarities.

No one in this house taught them it.

Where else could they have learned such things?

Pregwell, your Gardner.

So I suggest that's the end of that conversation, don't you?

I had hoped to have a quiet talk tonight upon a private matter,

but I see that you're not in the mood.

Well, I won't be in any better mood tomorrow.

So you may as well just sit down.

It's difficult to know where to begin.

Eileen wishes me to assure you that, though,

she is sorry for your predicament,

there is no possibility of her returning here.

That being so, she wishes to be there

and offers you a legal separation.

You could settle on her a moderate son.

She thinks this would be to your advantage.

Now, please don't get angry, Mark.

She is thinking of your interests, too.

Oh, yes.

A moderate son when I'm having to beg her myself to pay her what I do.

I gather from the children,

she's regained the use of her legs,

and she's walking out with a Mr. Swinburne, a great deal.

Will you tell your daughter that I'll strike a bargain with her?

If she returns my children to me, I will increase her personal allowance.

She will never let you have the children.

Well, then I'm afraid she'll have to live within her means.

Or Mr. Swinburne's.

Yeah, I wish I'd seen her face.

Bibach is a horrible woman.

I just hope she doesn't take it out on the children.

Oh, the master will put us straight about that.

I know one thing.

I'll be glad to see the back of her.

Go on, Luce!

Oh, what's all this about?

Oh, fancy wasting your time fighting.

What's come all these?

I could not get heads together.

It's because of you, Trotter.

Me.

Luke said he was good at mario and he grew up.

But Matthew said he wasn't,

because he's good at mario himself.

Anything wrong?

No. No, they're just having a bit of a carry on.

They're fighting about who's going to my Trotter.

Well, they'll have to take that turn,

because I expect there's a queue already.

Here now, none of that.

See you, sorry, D'Drew.

I shan't.

Well, then you shan't.

But don't expect me to tell your father what a fine fellow you are.

Trotter!

I'm...

I'm sorry.

There we are now.

I don't want to go back with Grandma Mar.

No, no, Stu.

Can't eat this way father to keep us.

It isn't up to you, Father Matthew.

It's your mother who has to be persuaded to come back.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Good.

I'll go in for your tea and tell Drew that you're sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Three days wasn't long enough for the children.

Highfield was their home, and it was where they wanted to be.

The master was distraught to see them go.

After they'd gone, he went back into his shell.

A depression seemed to settle on him that none of us could lift.

He rarely came downstairs now, but spent more and more time alone in his room.

That's so quiet everyone seems to have deserted us at once.

Even Burgess.

He's called was very bad, sir.

Looks on his own, doesn't it?

Yes, sir.

I'd hate that, living alone.

I don't think he minds it so much, sir.

It seems to lose himself in his books.

We should send him some food.

Laping can take it.

Oh, Gorsar.

I can be there and back in an hour.

Why not?

The fresh air would do you good.

What have I done to deserve so much kindness?

All that food.

Do you...

...lacking around like a mother hen?

I don't take that as a compliment, Mr Burgess.

Well, you should.

The master thinks you're a wonderful hen.

I think you're cold, Zadl-Jabrine.

Well, I must be off.

Now, you make sure you eat all this.

Trotter.

You bring happiness to so many people.

And trouble and all it would seem.

Yeah.

People bring trouble on themselves, my dear.

You just go on as you are.

And one day, you'll come into your room.

Now, off with you.

Take care, my dear.

Tell the master I'll be back on duty soon.

Who will be pleased to hear that?

Who misses you?

Goodbye, Mr Burgess.

Goodbye, my dear.

Well, well, to hear you, Rory.

Didn't expect to see me the day, did you?

Mr Trotter.

Don't worry for yourself, I hear.

Been easy and your mind lately expects

since I've well out the way.

Well, how many times have you seen it after all this time?

No.

Not a word.

I'm not a word.

I'm not a word.

I'm not a word.

I'm not a word.

I'm not a word.

I'm not a word.

No, not a word.

You leave, girl.

Me, I'm a gruff.

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Oh, my God.

You're back.

I'm stuck.

I can't move.

Give the hand.

Don't leave me here, you bitch.

No one ain't coming on.

No.

Get somebody.

Die!

Die!

I said I was blind, girl.

Well, hey, fuck her!

Ready!

Fuck her?

What happened?

Helm Graff sir.

He was waiting for me outside the wood.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Did he harm you?

Come and sit down.

Have some roundy.

Go on.

It'll stop that trembling.

Well?

I was on my way back from Mr. Urges' he was waiting for me.

He attacked me.

But I managed to push him over and he fell down a gully.

He's hurt his back.

He can't move.

Someone will have to be told.

Have some sense, Trotter.

It's best he's left there.

Let the knight finish him.

He's a danger to you.

Now, don't mention this to anybody.

Do you hear?

Is anyone seeing you in this state?

No, sir.

Right.

Go and get yourself cleaned up.

And remember not a word.

Come in.

Tilly, that's Steve.

That's at the back door.

He wants to see you.

You are right.

Yeah, look a bit piggy.

I feel a bit sick, that's all.

Tell Steve I'll be down in a minute.

He's back, Tilly.

Ah, how?

He came in last night.

He was there this morning when I got him from his shift.

I could have died.

And you had come and tell you I threatened to do his in.

It wouldn't even let us out.

I wasn't til the night.

But I came as soon as I could.

I know, Steve.

I've seen him.

You what?

Are you still in one piece?

But the things you said he'd do to you.

And he was called Sorber.

So how come you're all right?

So you say she didn't look well?

No, she didn't.

And the lad looked in a bit of a state norm.

Shall I go see if she's all right?

No, leave Abby.

That's just hope it's got now to do with that brother of his.

So you think he's backscored?

Well, he couldn't move.

He might die.

And I don't want him on my conscience.

Tell you, you don't know what you're saying.

I'll tell you something, and it's the truth.

It's either you or him.

He's not right in the head.

No way you're concerned he's not.

And he never will be as long as he breathes.

So the best thing is to leave him there.

No, Steve.

I couldn't leave him there to die.

Please, Steve.

Please, for my sake.

Tell you, it'll be like signing your own death warrant.

And mine and all, you'll haunt you.

Oh, God, why was he born?

Go on in.

It will be all right.

And you promise me you'll go.

I'll go.

Thanks, Steve.

You'd better take this.

Yes.

Haz?

Ha.

Ha?

Ha!

Steve, please, don't hands the gully!

Oh, my God, it's a U-Lad.

Let's be back.

The other's coming.

How do you find this?

Till he told us where he were.

At least a little bit just to me one favour.

Come on, lad, give us a hand.

We can't move.

Hi.

And you're letting me move again.

What are you doing, lad?

What if the news go over hot the cuts?

Mom! Mom!

Hey, what's the matter, honey?

Have you seen our son?

How in the grass being found stuck a death?

Oh my God.

You better tell Tillie.

Dead.

He's dead.

Hi.

Get us a door, Neil.

Fill him his nafe by all accounts.

So you'll have no more trouble from him.

I've got to go and see the master.

What is it?

The found Halcer.

But believe me, not as I left him.

When I last saw him, he was lying on his back over the outcrop.

It seems they found him with a knife between his ribs.

A knife?

Somebody must have been there after you then.

His brother came last night.

I asked him to go on to help him.

It seems he did you a good turn.

There's one less fear in your life now.

But I'm frightened for Steve.

But why?

Only you and I know where he went last night.

He won't be implicated.

But I'd die if anything happened to Steve because of me.

I'd die till he dropped with anything happened to you.

I suppose I'd known for some time Halcer must have felt about me.

But I tried to put it from a mind.

The last thing I wanted was to spoil my life at Highfield.

I'm sorry.

I loved life in the house.

The village and its people seemed a lifetime away.

All my old fears had gone.

But now there was a new fear.

The one day the master would ask me that question.

And then what would I say?

I knew what happened when servants gave in to their masters.

And yet I didn't feel like a servant anymore.

There were times when I felt I knew him better than a wife would.

Good night, Judge.

Good night, sir.

And in some ways, that's almost what I'd become.

I'm thinking.

I've inviting some old friends to dinner.

Think you can cope?

Yes, sir. I think so.

Good.

Two weeks next Saturday then.

Give us time to get organised.

So, how do I look?

Like an old butterfly emerging from the chrysalis?

You look very handsome, sir.

Thank you, Trotter.

And you look charming.

Pike, everything in order?

Oh, yes, sir.

And Mr. Trotter has prepared a splendid menu.

Good.

Well done, man.

Nice.

Welcome.

And the light of your car.

Fuck.

And lovely to see.

And you, my son.

You're looking so well, Mark.

Thank you.

Would you like to come this way, ladies?

I'll leave.

John, come on.

I'll lovely play.

I'll do it again after so long.

Now, Pike, I believe the moat is that way.

If you require anything, ladies, I'll be in the joining room.

I told you, didn't I?

He was evident out, it said.

Not often, Maiden.

He wouldn't stoop.

It's you, Katie.

It's not.

It's impossible to educate the person.

Well, I'll be here.

Well, what indeed?

We'd better get in there.

Girl.

How are you?

I'm just jumping.

How's it going?

Oh, all right, from this end, Finnie.

Everything's done toward turn, I think.

It's a pudding that worries me.

This is more of my street.

We could get through this with cells.

All right, Ed.

Can you manage that on your own?

Don't drop it anymore, Edie.

You all right, Lars?

It's nothing, eh?

Oh, nothing.

What are the like, the ladies?

Well, if they didn't have their fine clothes on,

just like everybody else.

Why, you're learning, Lars.

Put some in mind what we've got to hide, I used to say.

Just remember, they have to go to the closet,

same as you and me.

You don't know, Jamelston, do you, Mark?

No, I don't think I do.

Charlie Wilson says he's on the verge of bankruptcy in March.

Jamelston, right?

Like that in a club, blah, blah.

I could go to jail in the club.

I hear Eileen's enjoying life in Scarborough.

Really?

I wouldn't know, Olive.

You could probably use a moral support.

I can't see anything.

Is everything satisfactory, sir?

Yes, thank you, Jonathan. Very good indeed.

If you don't mind me saying, Mark,

your housekeeper seems awfully young.

Young?

Does she?

Well, one normally expects more experience in a housekeeper.

Oh, she has the experience, Baronessa.

Damn pretty too, if you ask me.

Sure. Mark, old man.

Between French, I hear the Miten woman's got a new bull.

Really?

She's certainly be round the counter.

It looks like it could explode.

I'm not surprised, they're so rude.

It's a wonder my back side's not black and blue.

And who serves Gentry?

I'm a riff raff of Yasme.

I have to go get his room ready.

He'll be in no mood, so be kept in the head.

One, two, one.

Yeah.

Let's go get his room ready.

You'll be in no mood, be kept waiting.

One, two, three.

One, two.

Two, three, four.

You're in the mood.

Do you have an evening, sir?

No, Trotter. I did not, as you put it, have a good evening.

Those three ladies came here tonight to find out one thing.

You know what it was.

No, sir.

Probably just as well.

I can manage the rest.

You must be tired. Get to bed.

Yes, sir. Good night, sir.

Oh, and Trotter.

It was an excellent meal. I've never tasted better. Please talk, Cog.

I will, sir. She'll be very pleased.

What is it?

Mind the class.

I'll take the topple.

Come on, come on.

Next.

What happened? Were her to crash?

Nothing.

The master upset the table. Is there anything I can do to you?

Nothing's kidding. You go to bed.

It's all right, Eda.

Leave that.

Come and sit next to me.

But, sir.

Give me your hand.

You know, the past few months have been very lonely, but not as lonely as I was downstairs, didn't I?

They're your friends, sir.

Friends?

I don't know.

I'm not a friend.

I'm not a friend.

I'm not a friend.

I'm not a friend.

I'm not a friend.

Friends, sir?

Friends? I don't have friends.

I tell you something.

There's men tonight.

They all have mistresses. Their wives know. They lead normal lives.

I have one affair. I lose my wife and children.

And I'm shunned because of that.

You understand it?

I have a confession.

I've felt deliberately.

Because I wanted you near me.

Then be afraid.

I'm not, sir.

You know what I'm asking of you?

Yes.

I'm...

Oh, sir. I'm sorry.

I'd do anything for you. Anything.

But...

About lie with me.

Oh, sir, I do like you.

I like you very much.

But it wouldn't be right.

It will doubt the things.

I wouldn't be able to hold me head up.

It's because you care for Father Benwood.

I just don't educate you, guys.

You know he can never mean anything to you.

Will you wait for him all your life?

No, sir.

I'll marry someday and have children.

I'm sorry, sir.

It's all right, Drutter.

It's all right. Don't go.

Learn the bad next to me.

Put your head on the pillow, beside me.

Sir.

Please, Drutter.

Please.

Please.

You're very beautiful to me.

You better go.

Where have you been?

Just down to the kitchen. I was hungry.

Have you been with the muster all this time?

Of course not. I've been in the closet.

Oh, it's just that...

I thought I heard him talking as I was passing.

Must have been dreaming.

I thought things would never be the same after that night.

But we carried on as if nothing had happened.

And he never mentioned it again.

In a strange way, it cleared the air.

The muster seemed to be a little bit more comfortable.

But I thought it was a little bit more comfortable.

I thought things would never be the same after that night.

But we carried on as if nothing had happened.

The muster seemed to have accepted how I felt

and somehow it brought us closer.

We were comfortable together.

And ease in each other's company.

But he was still sad.

I could tell how much he wanted me.

But it was a commitment I couldn't make.

I didn't know what was holding me back.

I only knew I couldn't get Simon Bentwood out of my mind.

Steve! Steve McGrassett, the back door. Ask him for you.

Hello, Tilly.

Hello, Steve. How are you?

I can't wait to talk. It's some of my private make.

What do I want to do to you?

What? Come on.

I want to ask you something, Tilly.

I want...

I want to marry you, Tilly.

Oh, Steve. I don't think of you like that.

You like a brother.

You can't put us off, Tilly.

I'm not telling you marry someone else.

I'll always be glad of your friendship, Steve.

But nothing else can never be.

I killed our health for you, Tilly.

Don't say that.

I hear him because of what he did to you.

What I did, I did for you.

I'm sorry, Steve. I really am.

I think well, I thought I'd better get in first before the farmer comes galloping over.

I haven't seen the farmer Ben Wood for months.

Why would he be here?

Well, he's a widow and now, isn't he?

A widow?

Didn't know his wife was dead.

No. When?

No four, no six weeks gone.

I've got to go, Steve.

I'm sorry. Goodbye.

Tilly, come up.

Good.

Very good.

Could I have a word in private, too?

Excuse me, sir.

Could I ask you a favor, sir?

Yes, Dr. Anything. You know that.

May I have this afternoon off?

Of course. In fact, I think we should arrange for you to have more afternoons off.

You spend too much time in this house and with me.

I don't mind that, sir.

I'm glad of that.

So, are you going into Newcastle or Shields?

Neither, sir.

Oh.

Did you know, sir, that farmer Ben Wood's wife had died?

Yes, I knew.

Did...does anyone else know?

Yes. Burgess.

Oh.

He hasn't mentioned it because I told him not to.

Surely, if farmer Ben Wood wants you, he'll come for you.

That's how I see it.

If I loved someone, I would make it my business to tell them how I felt.

It wouldn't have been right, sir, if she's only been gone a short while.

Six weeks.

And I don't suppose he's written to you.

Look, wouldn't it be better if you were to wait?

Give him time.

May I still have the afternoon off, sir?

Yes, Trotter, of course.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

It's the last of this, huh?

This is the last of the month.

I told him the final month of his visit.

Oh, yeah, you'll find him over there in the bar, Pat.

There's no one inside.

Trilly.

What's up, Trilly?

Trilly.

I think I'll play a little piano in the drawing room this evening.

And I'll dine downstairs, it'll make a change.

Can you arrange it?

You see.

Good.

Come.

Come. What's wrong with you thinking, babe?

You didn't say it. Just said not to disturb you.

I'll be in the kitchen.

Let me know if he needs me.

You're quiet tonight, Lars.

I'm fine, Biddy. Just tired, that's all.

Be that walker's afternoon, likely, did that?

Trilly, we've taken him up. He's asking for you.

Good night.

Do you have everything you need, sir?

No, I haven't. I'm tired.

It's been a long night for your benefit.

Well, by the look on your face this afternoon, if I'd asked any questions, you'd likely burst into tears.

And then the whole house would have known your private business.

So, I've tied them out. And hopefully they're all now tucked up in bed.

You can tell me what happened.

Come on. Come sit down.

So, did you see him?

Well, tell me. What did he say?

He told you he was having a affair with Lady Middend, didn't he?

What happened?

Well, you must have found something.

Come on. Come on.

No, it's worth tears like the...

Oh, she didn't want to wake up the whole house.

Not after all my hard work.

I'm sorry.

It's alright.

Come on. Tell me what happened.

I saw them together in the pond.

Oh, my God.

Tell him.

I can't answer me this.

If he came tomorrow begging you for forgiveness, would you have him?

Oh, no, sir. I couldn't. Not after the day.

It's strange.

I will both suffer the harm of one woman.

You can see she practically ruined my life.

Please. Please, dearly.

Don't let her ruin yours.

Put this behind you.

You're worthy of someone better than the farmer.

Always nothing like that.

Come on.

Go to bed.

Start a new life tomorrow.

Good night, sir.

You're worthy of someone better than the farmer.

Always nothing like that.

If I loved someone, I would make it my business.

To tell them how I felt.

I'm sorry.

Tell him. What is it?

I've come to keep you company.

You felt sorry for me.

No, it's not that.

I thought I loved Simon, but now I know different.

It's you I love.

I love you, Tilly.

I have done for a long time.

I love you, Tilly.

I have done for a long time.

I love you.

Drum to this moment I thought I would never have.

All I know is that I want to make you happy.

You already have Tilly.

You already have.

You already have.

You already have.