1 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,720 Selfish...! Stop! Who are you? What are you doing in here? Sorry... 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,520 Get her out of here. 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,160 This house must cost £30 a year 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,080 and there's not much coming in, from what I've heard. 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,560 People are talking...? 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,880 It's not usual for clergymen to leave their parish, 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,040 travel hundreds of miles, as if to escape something. 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,480 Come in, Margaret. 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,560 Meet my new friend and first proper pupil, Mr Thornton. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,080 'I wish I could tell you, Edith, 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,800 'how much I long for home.' 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,800 Mr Hale is a gentleman. His daughter is an accomplished young lady. 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,520 Soon, the bosses'll be telling us they can't make our pay... 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,440 Would it were five years ago! 15 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:52,680 I'll not be able to live 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,200 on five shillings' strike pay from the union. 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,640 My children - they'll starve. 18 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:02,600 It's a war. And we masters have to win it or go under. 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,720 THEY LAUGH 20 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,800 Look out, here's Your Majesty. 21 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,760 She can smell it when you're not working. You! 22 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,200 Is the machine mended? 23 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,680 Yeah. Then, use it. Cos there's many to take your place. 24 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,000 SOBBING 25 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,560 The child is ill. Send her home. 26 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,760 I can't afford to. 27 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,800 The child cannot work. 28 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,440 Is there another child at home? 29 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,520 If you can get her here within the hour, you can keep the place. 30 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,560 (Thank you.) 31 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,800 Within the hour, mind. 32 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,640 Or lose it. 33 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,320 Whatever you think best, Mother. 34 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,120 You know how this mill works almost better than I do. 35 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,840 'You asked me what I miss most about the countryside. 36 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,560 'Well, Edith, in Milton you cannot feel the seasons change around you. 37 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,120 'But I do think that, at long last, we've put winter behind us, 38 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,720 'and I can resume my daily walks.' 39 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:27,280 I don't know why you're blaming me. If you get it wrong, we all suffer. 40 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,960 He wanted 5%. Would YOU have given it them? 41 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,520 No. But I would have told them straight. 42 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,720 I wouldn't pretend I were thinking about it 43 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,640 and told them to come back on pay day 44 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,920 so I could turn them down. 45 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,280 Are you accusing me of trying to encourage a strike? 46 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,080 He told me it wouldn't have suited you. 47 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,760 It's their lives and our livelihood you're playing with. 48 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,960 And you think that your work is better? 49 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,240 I would not deliberately deceive them. 50 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,640 Here is the address of our doctor. 51 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,720 You did not need to visit in person. We could have sent a servant. 52 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,000 You've been in this heathen climate for some time now, Miss Hale. 53 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,040 I'm surprised you haven't needed a doctor yet. 54 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,240 We don't. I came here personally 55 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,000 because I didn't want to alarm my father. 56 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,360 It's just a precaution. 57 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,360 In case. My mother has low spirits. 58 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,480 Really? 59 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,640 We don't have much of that up here. 60 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,560 I'm sure Dr Donaldson will try to help if he can. 61 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,800 I'm sorry to disturb you. 62 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:32,800 You did not disturb me. 63 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,640 But even you, not remotely interested in industry, 64 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,440 might know that there is talk of a strike. 65 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,360 Not just here at Marlborough Mills, 66 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,720 but one that will affect the whole of Milton. 67 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,600 What would they gain by striking? They'll be wanting higher wages...? 68 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,320 That is what they will say. 69 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,840 The truth is... 70 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:58,240 ..that there are some men raise themselves to be masters, 71 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:01,560 while others will always seek to pull them down. 72 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,240 That is the way of the world, Miss Hale. 73 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:07,800 And there is nothing you or I can do about it. 74 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,520 Hello, Miss Margaret! Been visiting the old dragon? 75 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,880 Hello, Jenny. How's your mother? A little better, Miss. 76 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,360 Do you like working here? LIKE it? 77 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,880 Like work? It's the same as anywhere. 78 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,160 Well, it's better than Hamper's. 79 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:46,160 I earn five and ten here, but my dad makes me give him most of it. 80 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,280 What would you spend it on, if you could? 81 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,920 Food and then more food - 82 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,040 I'd pile it up on great big plates. 83 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,320 So would you join a strike? 84 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,760 I'm not saying there WILL be one... just, if there was... 85 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,640 Your mother has kindly given me the name of a doctor. 86 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,640 You're ill? No. 87 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,760 No, it's just a precaution. 88 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,320 Your mother is always accusing me 89 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,840 of knowing nothing about Milton and the people who live here. 90 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,560 I doubt she meant you should listen to young spinners. 91 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,960 They weren't telling me any secrets. 92 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,520 There was a surveyor here a few weeks ago - quite the new thing. 93 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,240 They've become practised at telling others their wages and conditions. 94 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,240 Do you mind that - if they tell the truth? Course not. 95 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:42,200 I don't apologise about the wages I pay or how I run Marlborough Mills. 96 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,360 It's no secret. 97 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,000 What about how they spend their money? 98 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,280 That would be none of my business. 99 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,680 My duty is to the efficient running of the mill. 100 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,360 If I neglect that, the workers won't have an income. 101 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,440 What about your moral duty? If she keeps to her hours 102 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,680 and does nothing to disrupt the working of the mill, 103 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,760 what she does in her own time is not my concern. 104 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,680 Here in the north, we value our independence. 105 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,360 But surely you must take an interest. 106 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,720 I'm her employer, I'm not her father or brother 107 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,440 that can command her to do as I please. 108 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,240 Sorry to disappoint you, Miss Hale. 109 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,200 I would like to play the overbearing master. 110 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,480 I'll answer your questions as honestly as you ask them. 111 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,520 If you'll excuse me, I've urgent business. 112 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,440 And all the time, she's looking down on us, 113 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,560 like a great, black, angry crow guarding the nest! 114 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,560 As if I'd consider her son as a suitor! 115 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,400 Don't say you haven't thought about it! 116 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,360 Mind you, you'd have to get smarter clothes 117 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,720 if you want to mix with them at Marlborough Mills! Thank you! 118 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,560 These were new last year! You won't stand a chance - 119 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,520 there's loads of girls after him! 120 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,400 They're welcome to him, with my good wishes. 121 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,880 I can say this - if I ever have a son, 122 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,720 I'll not hang on to him like she does. 123 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,200 Well, I'll never be having children of any sort, 124 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,680 so that won't be a problem. 125 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,160 SHE COUGHS AND WHEEZES 126 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,000 Bessie? Is it really so bad? 127 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,160 Fluff on my lungs. Won't go away, however much I cough. 128 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,840 At least I won't grow too old and ugly. 129 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,120 There is that. This happened at Marlborough Mills? 130 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,040 No. 131 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,840 No. 132 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,680 Must have happened when I were little. 133 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,640 We didn't know of these things then. We all had to work. 134 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:49,480 When Father found out, he moved me straightaway to Thornton's. 135 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,480 He loves you very much, doesn't he? 136 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:53,840 Yes. 137 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,000 Fathers and daughters... 138 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,200 Mothers and sons... 139 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,000 So maybe we shouldn't be too hard on old Battleaxe Thornton! 140 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,480 Maybe your mother would be the same if she had a son. 141 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,440 She does. Have a son. 142 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,760 I have a brother. 143 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,920 Why didn't you say so before? 144 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,280 Because we don't talk about him. 145 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,960 Come on - I could do with a good story. 146 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,080 I cried when Fred left home. 147 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,080 So did Mother. But he was desperate to go to sea. 148 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,280 Father thought it would be the making of him. 149 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,640 He left full of hope. 150 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:43,200 But that was before he sailed with the captain. 151 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,280 He was a monster. 152 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,720 Once they set sail, the captain did whatever he liked. 153 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,240 He beat the children. Couldn't they do anything? 154 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,080 They tried. Frederick and the others stood up to him. 155 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,720 Some of them wanted to kill him. 156 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,160 Eventually, they put the captain and a few of his officers in a boat 157 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,120 and let it loose on the open sea. 158 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,520 The Navy called it a mutiny, 159 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:08,320 but Frederick really had no choice. 160 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,720 He was branded the ringleader and called a traitor. 161 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:20,720 Eventually the Navy printed a list of the mutineers. 162 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,560 Fred's name was among them. 163 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,480 It nearly killed my parents. 164 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,400 He was in South America for a few years. 165 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,440 Now he lives in Spain, in Cadiz. Spain! 166 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,880 How romantic. 167 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,720 Sometimes I think I'll never see him again. 168 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,240 But if it could be told how he were put upon, 169 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,960 how he defended others against that madman, 170 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,520 surely the law would spare him. 171 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:09,080 Some of the sailors were caught. They pleaded their case. 172 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,280 Captain Reid was clearly insane, but they were hanged anyway. 173 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,040 No, Frederick's safe in Spain. 174 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,360 If he comes home, he'll be condemned to death, I'm sure. 175 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,160 I suppose you can take comfort 176 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,480 that he was so brave 177 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:32,120 and acted to spare those sailors weaker than himself. Yes, I do. 178 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:36,440 But I confess that sometimes I wish he'd been more of a coward, 179 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,800 that my mother might see him once more. 180 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,720 Preparations already? 181 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,200 If we're going to entertain, we must do it properly. 182 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,360 You're not regretting the invitations, are you? No. 183 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,840 Spend what you will. 184 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,800 But it may be the last dinner party we have for some time. 185 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,240 So, who's on the list? 186 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,840 Slicksons, of course, 187 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,960 Fosters... Browns will decline, but we must accept them all the same. 188 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Hales will come, I presume? They are probably aware 189 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,720 of the very great advantage it would be to Mr Hale 190 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,320 to be introduced to people like the Fosters. 191 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,040 I'm sure that motive will not influence them. 192 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,920 How you seem to understand these Hales. 193 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,560 Do you really think they're so different from other people we meet? 194 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,760 He seems a worthy kind of man... 195 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,480 Rather too simple for trade. 196 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,440 She's a bit of a fine lady 197 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,040 with all her low spirits. 198 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:00,040 As for the daughter, she gives herself heirs 199 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,160 and yet they're not rich and they never have been. 200 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,840 She's not accomplished, she can't play the piano... 201 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,640 What else does she lack to bring her up to your standard? 202 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:10,080 I heard Miss Hale say 203 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,800 she could not play myself. 204 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,120 If you would let us alone, we might perhaps see her merit, and like her. 205 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,600 I'm sure I never could. 206 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,720 SHE MOUTHS 207 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,800 I wish you would try to like Miss Hale, Mother. 208 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:47,240 Why? You've not formed an attachment to her, have you? 209 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,200 Mind you, 210 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,000 she'd never have you. 211 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:55,480 She once laughed in my face at the thought of it - I'm sure she did. 212 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,880 She would never have me. 213 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,640 She's too good an opinion of herself to take you. 214 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:04,880 I should like to know where she'd find anyone better. 215 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,760 You can both believe me, then, 216 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,520 when I say this out of complete indifference to Miss Hale. 217 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,680 Mr Hale is my friend, she's his only daughter. 218 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,880 I wish you'd both befriend her. 219 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,160 I wish I knew why you talked about her quite so much. 220 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,640 I'm tired of it. 221 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,200 What would you like us to talk about? 222 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,360 How about a strike for a more pleasant topic? 223 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,200 Now, listen! 224 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,520 The men up at Hamper's have been told not to expect a rise. 225 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,880 What about Slickson's? They'll tell us Friday. 226 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,280 So, what do you reckon? 227 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,960 ALL: Strike! 228 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,440 I thought so. 229 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,240 Now's the time. 230 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,560 We will all stop our machines at the end of the day Friday, 231 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,080 ten minutes before time, 232 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,280 and no-one - NO-ONE - will start them up! 233 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,560 At the back... What if Slickson decides 234 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,480 to offer to do anything to keep his mill working 235 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,680 at the advantage of others? Then you still come out. 236 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,480 Remember, if we all refuse to work, 237 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,360 we are the strong ones! 238 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,360 How long do you think the masters will last out if we're all together? 239 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,680 Two weeks at most. What if they send in for hands from Ireland? 240 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,240 He'd die before being dictated to. 241 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,360 I'll take him down if he gives me half a chance, 242 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,480 and any Irishman who takes our wages! 243 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,200 Listen! No! 244 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,280 No violence! 245 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,440 The masters expect us to behave like animals. 246 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,080 We will show them we are thinking men. 247 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,720 We will not be out-thought. 248 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,160 The only enemy of the strike is ourselves. 249 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,760 We must manage this strike well. 250 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,320 Not like five years ago, 251 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,560 when half of us went back to work before the others. 252 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,760 Is that understood? 253 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,520 This is it. We keep together. 254 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,440 Friday evening it is! 255 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,000 Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! 256 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,040 CHANTING CONTINUES 257 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,360 Are the hands about to turn out? 258 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,680 They're waiting till I have to turn down their wage demands. 259 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,640 Are there many orders in hand? 260 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,240 Course. And they know that well enough. 261 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,280 The Americans are flooding the market. 262 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,000 Our only chance is producing at a lower price, and faster. 263 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,120 But the faster we fill the orders, 264 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,920 the longer it takes for us to be paid for them. 265 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,960 How much are we owed? 266 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,080 The debt to the bank is nearly £400. 267 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,280 The men are less patient. 268 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,080 They've barely made a pay since the last cut. Why don't they listen? 269 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:23,320 They think that just by putting their ignorant heads together, 270 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:24,720 they'll get their way. 271 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:26,600 Don't worry. It's a young industry. 272 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,800 These problems will iron themselves out. 273 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,800 We're not yet in the position of selling up. 274 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,600 Can't you get men from Ireland? 275 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,200 You can get rid of strikers. I would. 276 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,160 I'd teach them I was master and could employ who I like. 277 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,240 Yes, I can. 278 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,120 And I will if the strike lasts. 279 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,880 There'll be trouble and expense 280 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,720 but I will do it, rather than give in. 281 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,160 If there is to be this extra expense, 282 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,360 I'm sorry we're giving the dinner this year. 283 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,680 We should go on as before. 284 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,200 No more, no less. 285 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,880 Mother, surely one of these would do for the Thorntons? 286 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,480 Excuse me. 287 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,680 Ah, and this is Margaret! Of course. 288 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,280 The last I saw you, you were eight years old, 289 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,400 running around with your brother. 290 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,320 Oh, Mr Bell. Of course. 291 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:42,600 How do you do? 292 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,400 Hale, I thought she would grow into a handsome young woman, 293 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,600 but this goddess I never imagined! 294 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,080 Come, come! Margaret will not understand your humour. 295 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:55,040 Oh! No offence, my dear. Of course not. 296 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,200 I'm pleased you've come to visit at last. 297 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,360 All this talk of strikes, I thought I should check with my banker 298 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,120 whether I should sell my property. 299 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,400 Surely not. 300 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:09,480 We're not even certain there'll be a strike, are we? I don't know. 301 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,240 Seems the masters and workers will never see eye to eye. 302 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,960 In my teaching capacity, I meet many a working man. 303 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,560 They have some dreadful tales, and speak from the heart 304 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,240 and have arguments for the strike, which appear to be entirely logical. 305 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,720 They suffered a pay cut, five years ago, 306 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,480 and have never got back to those wages. 307 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,480 And the price of food goes up all the time. 308 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,520 But then our friend Thornton comes to read. 309 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,280 And he answers my questions, 310 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,320 and puts the other side so eloquently... 311 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,360 I truly don't know what to think. 312 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,600 I'm sure Mr Thornton does put his own view very eloquently. 313 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,640 I'm surprised the Thorntons are having a dinner 314 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,120 with trouble looming. 315 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,480 Oh, the Thorntons have an annual dinner 316 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,640 on exactly the same date every year. 317 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,400 Time nor tide stops for Mrs Thornton's dinners. 318 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,240 She does not turn back for any man. Oh, that is very true. 319 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,000 Margaret's also made friends amongst the workers. Really? 320 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,360 Extraordinary girl. 321 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,080 They've said no. They were expecting it. 322 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,480 MACHINERY SLOWS THEN STOPS 323 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,640 LOUD HISS 324 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,480 'I'm sorry to have taken so long to reply to your last letter, 325 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,720 'when you were asking what colour would suit the baby best. 326 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,240 'I do so long to see him. 327 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,600 'I'm sure he'll look splendid in whatever you choose. 328 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,120 'I've been very busy. 329 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,240 'It's strange, for the rest of Milton is not at work. 330 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,720 'The mills have been dark for some weeks, 331 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,240 'and the streets are strangely quiet. 332 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,800 'People try to scrape what living they can. 333 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,920 'But all around there is desperation. 334 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:43,920 'Both workers and masters are holding fast to their positions. 335 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,360 'Neither will give way. 336 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,480 'And no-one can say how long the strike will last.' 337 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:54,160 No! My wife, no! She's sinking away! 338 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,920 She can't stand sight of her little ones starving! 339 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,520 She'd be dead before we get our 5%! 340 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,360 I hate you! 341 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:06,480 You and the whole pack, union said it'd take two weeks! 342 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,320 Two weeks, you said! It's been twice as long as that! 343 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,560 And my little ones are lying in their beds too hungry to cry! 344 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,240 Don't... 345 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,560 I said I would take care of you... HE SLAMS COINS DOWN 346 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,160 ..and I pledge my heart and soul that we will win. 347 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,120 You expect a man to watch his children starve 348 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,000 than go against the union? 349 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,640 CHILD CRIES 350 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:41,440 You've no more pity for a man than a pack of hungry wolves. 351 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,920 < HE LEAVES 352 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,800 'We do what little we can. 353 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,320 'I feel guilty... that we do not grow hungry, 354 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,960 'and helpless in the face of so much suffering.' 355 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,440 She's a bit down in the mouth today. 356 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,520 The strike's been going on too long... Do you blame me? 357 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,400 What about the Bouchers? I left a basket outside the door. 358 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,720 He's got less spirit than Father and more mouths to feed. 359 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,840 The master'll try anything to get them back. 360 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,760 How are you going to stop them going to work while you stay out? 361 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:30,840 We'll be persuasive! 362 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,160 Where I came from, in the south, if the field labourers strike, 363 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,760 the seed would not be sown and there'd be no harvest. So? 364 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,280 What would become of the farms? 365 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,200 The farmers would have to give them up. 366 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,360 Or maybe they could pay a fair wage for once. 367 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,160 But suppose they couldn't, even if they wished to? 368 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,760 Then they'd have no corn to sell and no wages to pay the next year! 369 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,160 I don't know about the south! 370 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:04,120 I've heard they're a lot of unspirited, downtrodden men. 371 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,160 SHE COUGHS AND WHEEZES 372 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,200 I'm sure I'm very ignorant. But surely not all the masters 373 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,880 would hold pay with no reason? You're a foreigner! 374 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:21,320 You know nothing! And to hell with Thorntons, 375 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:24,920 Slicksons, Hampers... To hell with the lot of them! 376 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,560 Is Mr Thornton really as bad as the rest? 377 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,880 He's a fighter - as fierce as a bulldog. 378 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,520 He's better looking, surely, than a bulldog. 379 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:37,120 He'll stick to his word like a dog, I'll give him that. 380 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,160 He's worth fighting with. It's the best I'll say for him. 381 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,920 I'll not argue with you, miss. 382 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,200 See you later, Liz. 383 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,720 He doesn't mean to shout. They're all nerves at the minute. 384 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,240 Where's he going? Golden Dragon. 385 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,400 He has a pint pot to calm himself sometimes. 386 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,280 He talks so certain. He's worried about keeping the strike together. 387 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,400 There's a lot of men, 388 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,920 and not all of them the same discipline as Father. 389 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,080 BUZZ OF CONVERSATION 390 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,000 Ah, Mrs Thornton. 391 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,520 I hope it is silent enough for you tonight, Mr Hale. 392 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,720 The men have been gracious enough to turn out for the last month, 393 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,760 so all is quiet for our dinner party. 394 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,880 I'm sorry that your mother is ill. It's nothing serious, I'm sure. 395 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,400 She's just a little tired. 396 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,680 I wonder if she might like to try the water mattress. 397 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,920 It's the very latest thing - a mattress that fills with water. 398 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,440 Gives great comfort to the back. 399 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,680 Have you been ill, Miss Thornton? Oh, no, no. I am very delicate. 400 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,840 I send off for the latest inventions, just in case. 401 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,920 Mother doesn't approve. 402 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,640 Ah, Thornton, good evening! > 403 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,840 Slickson. Good evening. THEY CHATTER 404 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,560 Thornton. I took the liberty of inviting myself, 405 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,720 knowing your mother's hospitality. Worrying about Marlborough Mills? 406 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,840 We'll ride out the strike, just as we always have. 407 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,680 I've always had faith in you, but this situation... 408 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,360 Nothing I can't handle. No, of course not. 409 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,200 Thornton knows everything in matters of business. 410 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,040 He has my confidence. Thornton. 411 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,800 You know Miss Latimer? 412 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,280 Thornton... Who's that fine young lady? 413 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,520 See - I am learning Milton ways, Mr Thornton. 414 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,600 I'm sorry your mother was unable to join us. 415 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,080 Thornton, I must speak with you. 416 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,520 Excuse me. 417 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,440 Have you left word at the barracks? It's been done. 418 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,040 Men on horseback, armed men... All arrangements have been made. 419 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,800 If they hear you are planning to break the strike 420 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,560 by bringing Irish workers... 421 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,080 I'll take the risk for myself! You may not join in. 422 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:45,560 I can and will protect myself and my workers from any violence! 423 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,520 I sincerely hope so. 424 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,040 Well, really, Thornton is most ungallant this evening, 425 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,440 leaving the most glorious woman in the room 426 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,400 to talk to that slimy eel Slickson. 427 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,240 Now, then, who can we introduce you to? 428 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,520 Come with me. 429 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,720 I hear Arnold is moving lock, stock and barrel to America. 430 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,960 America? I'll be damned! 431 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,600 That's what I'd like to do - pack up and leave! 432 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,120 Damn strikers would have no work at all then! 433 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,760 Well, they have no work at the moment. 434 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,800 There IS work! They choose not to do it! 435 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,080 Thornton... What do you think? 436 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,680 Oh, I think our Mr Bell is up to his old tricks. 437 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,520 Playing with words at the expense of us simpler fellows. 438 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,680 But it's a serious question. 439 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,400 I don't want to manufacture in another country, 440 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,320 but it's logical for others to try 441 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,440 if they can't make enough profit here. What do you think, Miss Hale? 442 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,800 Surely you don't condone the strikers. Well, no. Oh, and yes. 443 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,840 It is surely good to see both sides of a question. 444 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:56,120 Mrs Arthur saw you taking a basket to the Princeton district 445 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,720 the other afternoon. 446 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,480 PEOPLE MURMUR, CUTLERY CLATTERS 447 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,160 Well, I have a good friend in Princeton. 448 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,800 Her name is Bessy Higgins. Higgins?! 449 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,320 Ain't they one of your union leaders, Hamper? Yeah. 450 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,160 He's a terrific firebrand. A dangerous man. 451 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,680 I'm surprised, Miss Hale, that you keep such company. 452 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,400 Bessie is my friend. Nicholas is a... Nicholas?! 453 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,320 She's on first name terms. PEOPLE GASP 454 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,560 Mr Higgins has been made a little wild by circumstances. 455 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,080 But he speaks from his heart, I'm sure. 456 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:34,320 Well, if he's so determined, I'm surprised he'll accept charity. 457 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,840 Well, he doesn't for himself. 458 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,400 The basket was for a man whose six children are starving. 459 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,040 Ah, well... Then he knows what to do. 460 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,960 Go back to work. PEOPLE MURMUR 461 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,520 I believe this poor starving fellow works at Marlborough Mills, 462 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:50,800 doesn't he, Margaret? 463 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,200 You do the man, whoever he is, more harm than good with your basket. 464 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,320 Well, Duke would say the longer you support the strikers 465 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,760 the more you prolong the strike. That is not kindness. 466 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:12,360 They will be defeated, but it will take longer. 467 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,040 Their pain will be prolonged. MEN CHATTER AND APPLAUD 468 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,880 But surely, to give a dying baby food 469 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,960 is not just a question of logic! Mrs Thornton, um... 470 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,360 I really must congratulate you on these 471 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,920 magnificent, um...table settings. 472 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,680 I don't believe I've seen finer table decorations, 473 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,200 even in the grandest gatherings in Harley Street. 474 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,040 Not all masters are the same, Mr Bell. You do us an injustice 475 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:45,280 to always think we're all up to some underhand scheme or other. 476 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,920 PEOPLE CHATTER 477 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,920 DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES 478 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:03,040 MR HALE: Do come in. Maria may still be up. 479 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,440 Margaret? > 480 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,040 Who was that, Dixon? 481 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,680 Who? The man I saw leaving the house. 482 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,360 What man? Dixon... 483 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,960 It was the doctor - Dr Donaldson. Mother? 484 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000 He's just making his usual visit. His usual visit? 485 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,520 How long has he been coming here? 486 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,160 Margaret? 487 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,840 Why are you hiding over there? 488 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,680 Oh... Come now. What's this? 489 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,960 Dixon told you, didn't she? 490 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,600 She promised she wouldn't. I made her. 491 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,840 It was Dixon who said that you shouldn't be told. 492 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,360 What does Dixon know? 493 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,720 She's a servant! I'm your daughter! 494 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,480 Shh! I don't want your father to hear. 495 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,880 Don't be angry with Dixon. 496 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,360 She loves me. 497 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,040 No... I'll try not to. 498 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,000 I keep thinking about Helston. 499 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:09,600 How I used to complain about it sometimes and want to leave. 500 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,600 And now, I'll never see it again. 501 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,040 That's my punishment! 502 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,840 And, Margaret... 503 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,320 ..I can't stop thinking about Frederick. 504 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,840 I'll never see him again either! 505 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,960 SHE SOBS Oh, Margaret, it's so hard! 506 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,720 SOBBING CONTINUES 507 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,240 Hey... Shh! Shh! Shh! 508 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:53,040 Oh, dear, dear, dear. Shh. SOBBING 509 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,800 Well, now, miss. You would know! 510 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,320 And now you'll fret before you need to! 511 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,920 You'll likely tell the master, too, 512 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:07,360 then I'll have the whole house to deal with. No, I won't tell Father. 513 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,000 I can bear it better than him. So I see. 514 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,840 I've known for some time now about how ill she is. 515 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,360 Though I don't pretend to love her as you do... 516 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,880 I've loved her better than anyone else in the whole world. 517 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,640 I'll never forget the first time I saw her. 518 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,920 The young Miss Beresford. 519 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,080 I broke a needle into my finger, I was so nervous. 520 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,760 Then she bound my hand with her own handkerchief. 521 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,160 And then... when she returned from the ball... 522 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,840 ..she remembered to look in on me. 523 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,160 She changed the handkerchief for another one. 524 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:22,160 She was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. 525 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,760 Or seen since. 526 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,800 Now, miss... Best get to bed. 527 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,920 You're going to need a clear mind in the morning. 528 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,720 Um... 529 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,840 I'm sorry I get cross with you, Dixon. 530 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,760 Oh... Bless you. I like a bit of spirit. 531 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:55,280 When you're all fired up, you remind me of Master Frederick. 532 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,400 That is a welcome sight. 533 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,600 < Are you taking us to the factory in the morning, sir? 534 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,880 That's the lot for tonight, Mr Thornton. 535 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,720 We can't risk bringing any more in before daylight. 536 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,560 Oh, it's you, miss. 537 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:33,160 Did you see anyone in the street? No. That's very odd, isn't it? 538 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,680 Where is everyone? I think we'll know soon enough. 539 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,520 Best get inside the house, miss. And bolt the door behind you. 540 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,400 Mama will be here in a moment. She asked me to apologise. 541 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,000 Did I see faces in the mill? 542 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,720 My brother has imported hands from Ireland. 543 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,360 They're huddled up in the top room. 544 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,480 What are they doing there?! Well, they're frightened. 545 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,360 The strikers have frightened them 546 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,520 so that they don't dare work and we don't dare let them out! 547 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,880 Poor wretches. Mama is seeing to their food, 548 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,960 and Johnny's trying to calm them down. 549 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,200 Some of the women are... wailing and begging to go back home! 550 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,200 Ah, here's Mama. 551 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,960 Excuse, Mrs Thornton. I'm sorry to bother you at such a time. 552 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:52,480 My mother... Fanny mentioned you had a water mattress that we may borrow. 553 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:56,800 I'm sorry. I thought... PEOPLE ROAR IN THE DISTANCE > 554 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,080 MEN SHOUT 555 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,760 Push it down! 556 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,280 They're coming! They're coming! They'll kill us all! 557 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,800 Fanny! Shh! FANNY WAILS 558 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,200 Keep her here at the back of the house, Mother! 559 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:28,040 How soon can the soldiers be here? 560 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,160 Try to stop her panicking! 561 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,080 Miss Hale? 562 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,520 Miss Hale? I'm sorry you have visited us 563 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,480 at this unfortunate moment. 564 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,240 WOOD CRACKS 565 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,440 CROWD ROARS They're in there somewhere! Go on! 566 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:59,160 Go on, lads! Find them! 567 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,560 Get the Irish! 568 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,760 Oh, my God! They're going for the mill door! 569 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,760 Get the Irish out! 570 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,440 Oh, no! It's Boucher! 571 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,440 We know where you are! 572 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:27,880 Let them yell! Keep them encouraged for a few minutes longer, Miss Hale! 573 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,640 I'm not afraid! Well, can't you pacify them?! 574 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,480 The soldiers will make them see reason. Reason...? 575 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:34,680 What kind of reason? 576 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,080 Mr Thornton, go down this instant and face them like a man! 577 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,320 Speak to them as if they were human beings! 578 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,560 They're mad with hunger! Their children are starving! 579 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:48,200 They don't know what they're doing! Go and save your innocent Irishmen! 580 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:51,360 SHOUTING CONTINUES 581 00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,320 Mr Thornton, take care! 582 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,920 In God's name, stop! Think of what you're doing! 583 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,920 He is only one man and you're many! Go home - the soldiers are coming! 584 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:21,320 Go in peace. You shall have... Will you send the Irish home?! 585 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,920 NEVER! 586 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:29,600 Go inside! This is not your place! 587 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,200 They will not hurt a woman! Go inside or I will take you... 588 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:34,400 Agh! 589 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,560 Are you satisfied? 590 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:50,760 You came here for me, so kill me if that's what you want! 591 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,280 WHISTLE BLOWS, HORSES WHINNY 592 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,240 PEOPLE YELL 593 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,840 Get out! 594 00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:21,560 Is she dead?! No, Miss Fanny. She's breathing, but she looks bad. 595 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,160 Oh, where is Mother?! We need a doctor! 596 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,800 She had to get through rioters. She was the only one brave enough to go! 597 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,800 Did you see, miss? What? 598 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,840 Miss Hale - what happened down below. 599 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,760 Did you not see Miss Hale clinging to the master? 600 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,600 No?! 601 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,200 Did all the servants see?! 602 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:44,960 We had a good enough view from top window. 603 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,480 Mama's sure she set her mind on John! This proves it! 604 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,320 Oh! Quick, Jane! Fetch some water! 605 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,960 There, there, Miss Hale. You lie quietly. 606 00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:01,880 Mother's gone for the doctor. He will be here soon. 607 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,880 I don't need a doctor. 608 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,840 I must go home. No! You can't! 609 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:11,520 Mother, thank goodness you're back. Is she worse? No, I'm quite well. 610 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,560 I want to go home. 611 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,400 Hmm...looks worse than it is. 612 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,520 You've had quite a blow, young lady. 613 00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:34,800 You'd better rest here a while. No. You know my mother is unwell. 614 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:36,720 She must not be alarmed. 615 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,240 If she hears of this... I will go now. 616 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,440 Surely not, Doctor? I think she must be allowed to do as she will. 617 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:49,200 I'll take her in the carriage - see she reaches home safely. 618 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:51,640 The streets are still very noisy. 619 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,480 Very well. 620 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,280 LOUD WHISTLES SCREAM 621 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:08,840 This way! 622 00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,800 LOUD WHISTLES CONTINUE TO SCREAM 623 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,800 Mr Thornton? 624 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,040 Don't worry, sir, we'll catch the ringleaders. 625 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,440 (Thornton's come up smiling again. 626 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,080 (Those hoodlums have broken the strike.) 627 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,640 (Didn't even have to use his Irishmen.) 628 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,240 Margaret, is that you? 629 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,360 Y-Yes, Mother. 630 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,560 I-I'll be in soon. 631 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:22,360 I must wash. The streets are very dusty today. 632 00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:28,880 Where is Miss Hale? 633 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,800 She has gone home. 634 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,640 Gone home? That is not possible. 635 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,040 Really, John, she was quite well. 636 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,040 Mother, she took a terrible blow. What were you thinking of? 637 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,800 Everything was done properly. Dr Donaldson was called. 638 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:45,920 In fact, I went for him myself, 639 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,840 as no-one else seemed to have a mind to go. 640 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:52,960 Thank you, Mother. The streets were dangerous, you shouldn't... 641 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,640 I'm sure it's not possible to keep such a... headstrong young woman 642 00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,480 anywhere she doesn't care to be. 643 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,120 She's such a reckless young woman. 644 00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:06,160 Jane, have you nothing to be getting on with? Miss Fanny, sir, she's... 645 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,560 I was so scared! I almost fainted! 646 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:12,440 I thought they'd break down the door and murder us all! 647 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:16,000 Oh, Fanny, don't be so ridiculous. You were in no danger. 648 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,560 Where are you going? 649 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,800 To see if Miss Hale is well. 650 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,000 I sent her home in a carriage with Dr Donaldson. 651 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,720 Everything was done properly. ..John! 652 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,240 I'm asking you not to go. 653 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:11,280 I...I hear there's been...some violence up at Marlborough Mills. 654 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:14,080 I do hope there's not too much damage. 655 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:18,240 There's a young lady wants Miss Margaret. 656 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:22,680 I told her to go, but she's very distressed. Said her name's Mary. 657 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:32,360 Sorry, Miss, I didn't know what to do. Bessy's been took so very ill. 658 00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,760 BESSY BREATHES HEAVILY 659 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,920 BESSY COUGHS 660 00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:16,240 BESSY CHOKES AND CONTINUES TO COUGH 661 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,600 You're still up. 662 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,960 I thought you'd be exhausted. Why should I be? 663 00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:47,200 Where have you been? 664 00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:49,000 Just walking. 665 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:57,760 Where have you been walking? 666 00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:01,800 I promised you I would not go over there, and I did not. 667 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:03,400 But? 668 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,320 But... 669 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:12,160 Mother, you know I will have to go there tomorrow 670 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,600 and you know what I will have to say. Yes. 671 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,680 You could hardly do otherwise. 672 00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:19,760 What do you mean? 673 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,880 I mean that you were bound in honour... 674 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:27,720 and she has shown her feelings for all the world to see. 675 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:28,960 Her feelings? 676 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:32,960 She rushed out in front of an angry mob and saved you from danger... 677 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,080 or are you telling me that I imagined that? 678 00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,240 Do you think none of the servants saw her(?) 679 00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,760 Do you think it's not become the tittle-tattle of Milton(?) 680 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,120 She did save me. 681 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:51,520 But, Mother...I daren't believe such a woman could care for me. 682 00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:54,120 Don't be so foolish. 683 00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:59,320 What more proof do you need that she should act in such a shameless way? 684 00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,840 I'm sure she will take you from me. 685 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,880 That is why I didn't want you to go and see her today. 686 00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:19,520 I wanted one last evening of being the first in your affections. 687 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:30,080 I'll have to change the initials on our linen. 688 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:34,040 They will bear her name now - hers and yours. 689 00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,640 I know she does not care for me. 690 00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:44,320 But I can't remain silent, I must ask her. 691 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:47,360 Don't be afraid, John. 692 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:50,440 She has admitted it to the world. 693 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:56,640 I might even learn to like her for it. 694 00:52:56,680 --> 00:53:00,840 It must've taken a great deal to overcome her pride. 695 00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:46,280 "Dear Margaret, if only Uncle would bring you all home, 696 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,400 "you wouldn't need to witness such suffering. 697 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:51,600 "As for feeling guilty, Margaret, 698 00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:55,040 "surely you can have nothing to reproach yourself for. 699 00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:57,600 "After all, the workers chose to go on strike 700 00:53:57,640 --> 00:54:00,080 "and I'm sure you've done your best to help. 701 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:04,720 "Even when we were little girls, you always did the right thing." 702 00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,400 I'll not notice the colour of this fruit. 703 00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:46,480 Miss Hale, I'm afraid I was very ungrateful yesterday. 704 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:50,320 You've nothing to be grateful for. I think that I do. 705 00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:53,640 I did only the least that anyone would have. 706 00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,400 That can't be true. 707 00:54:56,440 --> 00:55:01,240 I was, after all, responsible for placing you in danger. 708 00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:05,200 I would have done the same for any man there. Any man? 709 00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:10,920 So you think I got what I deserved? Of course not. 710 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:12,760 But they were desperate. 711 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:14,440 I know if you were to talk... 712 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:18,320 I forgot - you imagine them to be your friends. 713 00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:20,600 But if you were to be reasonable... 714 00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,360 Me? Are you saying that I'm unreasonable? 715 00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:28,160 If you would talk with them and not set the soldiers on them, I know... 716 00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,600 They will get what they deserve. 717 00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:40,040 Miss Hale, I didn't just come here to thank you. 718 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:43,920 I came because... 719 00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:47,720 I think it very likely... 720 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:51,360 I know I've never found myself in this position before... 721 00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,240 It's difficult to find the words. 722 00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:02,720 Miss Hale, my feelings for you are very strong... Please...stop. 723 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:07,440 Will you please don't go any further? Excuse me? 724 00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:10,960 Please don't continue in that way. 725 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,240 It's not the way of a gentleman. 726 00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:21,800 I'm well aware that, in your eyes at least, I'm not a gentleman, 727 00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,120 but I deserve to know why I'm offensive. 728 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:26,240 It offends me that you should speak to me 729 00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,760 as if it were your duty to rescue my reputation! 730 00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:31,200 I spoke to you about my feelings because I love you. 731 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:33,080 I had no thought for your reputation! 732 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:34,960 You think that because you are rich 733 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,240 and my father is in reduced circumstances 734 00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:39,080 that you can have me for your possession? 735 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:41,160 I should expect no less from someone in trade! 736 00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:44,520 I don't want to possess you! I wish to marry you because I love you! 737 00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:48,080 You shouldn't, because I do not like you... and never have. 738 00:56:55,440 --> 00:57:00,680 One minute we talk of the colour of fruit... the next of love... 739 00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:04,240 How does that happen? 740 00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:13,960 My friend...Bessy Higgins... 741 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,320 is dying. And, of course, it's my fault too(!) 742 00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,480 I'm sorry. For what? 743 00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:27,880 That you find my feelings for you offensive? 744 00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:29,640 Or that you assume because I'm in trade, 745 00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,360 I'm only capable of thinking in terms of buying and selling? 746 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:36,320 Or that I take pleasure in sending my employees to an early grave? 747 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:37,680 No. No, of course not. 748 00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:41,600 I'm...I'm sorry to be so blunt. 749 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:44,560 I've not learnt how to... 750 00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:46,920 how to refuse... 751 00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:51,120 how to respond when a man talks to me as you just have. 752 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,120 Oh, there are others? 753 00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:56,240 This happens to you every day? 754 00:57:58,000 --> 00:57:59,880 Of course. You must have to disappoint 755 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:01,480 so many men that offer you their heart. 756 00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,000 Please understand, Mr Thornton... 757 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:04,120 I do understand! 758 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,120 I understand you completely.