1 00:00:48,565 --> 00:00:52,604 I'd stake my life on a blessing, not a curse. 2 00:00:52,638 --> 00:00:55,227 Half of nothing is nothing. 3 00:01:19,527 --> 00:01:22,323 Hey. Hey! 4 00:01:46,865 --> 00:01:52,595 Miss Wetherell, everything that's happened... 5 00:02:04,986 --> 00:02:07,334 Anna. Anna. 6 00:02:18,621 --> 00:02:20,726 Who is she? 7 00:02:20,761 --> 00:02:23,177 I don't know. 8 00:02:31,806 --> 00:02:33,843 Madam. 9 00:02:33,877 --> 00:02:36,190 Madam. 10 00:02:41,299 --> 00:02:43,542 Who is this? Who are you? 11 00:02:46,614 --> 00:02:49,445 Mr Lauderback, there's a body. 12 00:02:54,898 --> 00:02:57,246 Anna. Anna. 13 00:02:59,351 --> 00:03:01,526 Anna. 14 00:05:51,212 --> 00:05:53,560 Can you believe it? 15 00:05:56,217 --> 00:05:58,116 They're proper magic. 16 00:05:58,150 --> 00:05:59,945 Incredible good luck, 17 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:04,018 so long as you don't shoot one dead with a crossbow. 18 00:06:04,053 --> 00:06:06,089 What would happen? 19 00:06:06,124 --> 00:06:09,679 If you killed an albatross, well... 20 00:06:11,543 --> 00:06:15,616 the wind would drop, the sun would burn hotter and hotter, 21 00:06:15,651 --> 00:06:18,101 and then two spirits would rise up from the deep - 22 00:06:18,136 --> 00:06:19,793 Death and Living Nightmare. 23 00:06:19,827 --> 00:06:21,415 They'd play dice right here on the deck, 24 00:06:21,450 --> 00:06:25,557 and whoever won the game would claim your soul. 25 00:06:27,283 --> 00:06:29,630 I don't have a crossbow. 26 00:06:29,665 --> 00:06:32,392 Well, thank heavens, nor do I. 27 00:06:34,946 --> 00:06:37,189 Mr Emery Staines. 28 00:06:41,470 --> 00:06:43,679 Miss Anna Wetherell. 29 00:06:46,613 --> 00:06:49,167 Was this your first sea voyage? 30 00:06:49,201 --> 00:06:52,239 - Yes. - Mine too. 31 00:06:52,273 --> 00:06:55,691 It wasn't at all what I expected. 32 00:06:55,725 --> 00:06:57,658 I always imagined once we were out at sea 33 00:06:57,693 --> 00:06:59,705 that the horizon would form a circle around the ship, 34 00:06:59,729 --> 00:07:03,077 - but it wasn't that at all. - It was a square. 35 00:07:03,112 --> 00:07:05,425 Yes, it was a square. 36 00:07:06,115 --> 00:07:08,255 It had corners. 37 00:07:09,636 --> 00:07:11,845 Astonishing. 38 00:07:13,571 --> 00:07:16,056 - We should introduce ourselves. - We just did. 39 00:07:16,090 --> 00:07:21,095 Ye-Well, yes, but we hardly know anything about each other. 40 00:07:21,130 --> 00:07:24,961 I know you can recognise an albatross. 41 00:07:24,996 --> 00:07:27,550 I know you're bound for New Zealand, 42 00:07:27,585 --> 00:07:29,863 probably to dig for gold. 43 00:07:29,897 --> 00:07:33,280 Same as me. 44 00:07:33,314 --> 00:07:35,593 And I know that your bunk must be in the forward cabin, 45 00:07:35,627 --> 00:07:38,492 because we haven't met before. 46 00:07:38,527 --> 00:07:43,497 And I know that recently you lost a button off your vest. 47 00:07:46,051 --> 00:07:49,710 All right. Here's what I know about you. 48 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:53,542 - You're an early riser. - I'm really not. 49 00:07:53,576 --> 00:07:56,890 - Today is an exception. 50 00:07:57,891 --> 00:08:00,100 I do believe it is. 51 00:08:03,344 --> 00:08:06,037 Actually, it's my birthday. 52 00:08:19,188 --> 00:08:21,535 A birthday present. 53 00:08:22,018 --> 00:08:24,193 For your vest. 54 00:08:25,608 --> 00:08:27,817 You spoiled your sleeve. 55 00:08:29,094 --> 00:08:31,303 I can roll them up. 56 00:08:39,104 --> 00:08:41,382 Forgive me, Miss Wetherell - are you engaged? 57 00:08:41,417 --> 00:08:45,766 This evening. Might I call on you at your hotel? 58 00:08:47,285 --> 00:08:49,977 I'm sorry. That was too forward. 59 00:08:50,012 --> 00:08:52,221 Could I come to you? 60 00:08:53,394 --> 00:08:55,189 Why not? Uh... 61 00:08:55,224 --> 00:08:57,813 what's the name of my hotel? 62 00:08:58,710 --> 00:09:00,885 Oi, Staines! 63 00:09:00,919 --> 00:09:02,818 Get over here. 64 00:09:02,852 --> 00:09:05,130 Right. 65 00:09:05,165 --> 00:09:07,581 Shall we say 7 o'clock? 66 00:09:07,616 --> 00:09:10,688 In the dining room, if there is one. 67 00:09:10,722 --> 00:09:13,104 7 o'clock. 68 00:09:44,238 --> 00:09:46,827 Where's the hospital? 69 00:09:46,862 --> 00:09:48,415 Uh... 70 00:09:48,449 --> 00:09:50,693 there isn't one. 71 00:09:50,728 --> 00:09:53,351 I found her like this, drunk. 72 00:09:53,385 --> 00:09:55,215 I don't know who she is. 73 00:09:55,249 --> 00:09:57,631 It's not drink. 74 00:09:57,666 --> 00:10:02,809 It's opium. She's a prostitute, in case you couldn't tell. 75 00:10:04,707 --> 00:10:06,709 You're Alastair Lauderback. 76 00:10:06,744 --> 00:10:10,126 We don't see too many politicos around here. 77 00:10:10,161 --> 00:10:12,197 Been reading your campaign pledges 78 00:10:12,232 --> 00:10:17,099 with interest, Mr Lauderback - roads, railways, tunnels, 79 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:19,273 ditches. 80 00:10:20,481 --> 00:10:22,794 Bring her to the jail. 81 00:10:27,212 --> 00:10:29,421 Something the matter? 82 00:10:29,456 --> 00:10:33,011 I'm afraid there's something else. 83 00:10:38,258 --> 00:10:41,848 Next. 84 00:10:43,884 --> 00:10:45,921 - Hey! 85 00:10:45,955 --> 00:10:48,406 I thought they'd called my name, but they hadn't. 86 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,167 - I'm sorry. - Next. 87 00:10:53,445 --> 00:10:55,827 Travelling alone? 88 00:10:55,862 --> 00:10:57,104 Yes. 89 00:10:57,139 --> 00:10:59,382 Unmarried? 90 00:11:00,176 --> 00:11:02,282 Is that a problem? 91 00:11:02,316 --> 00:11:04,664 Not for me. 92 00:11:05,561 --> 00:11:07,943 Sign here, please. 93 00:11:19,782 --> 00:11:22,992 That's one shilling, thank you. 94 00:11:23,027 --> 00:11:25,512 Hey, Chinaman. You're in the wrong queue. 95 00:11:25,546 --> 00:11:28,342 Are you stupid? Get to the back. 96 00:11:37,351 --> 00:11:39,802 Welcome to the new world. 97 00:11:43,150 --> 00:11:45,877 Fresh meat. Fresh meat. We got fresh meat. 98 00:11:45,912 --> 00:11:47,465 Three shillings an acre. 99 00:11:47,499 --> 00:11:50,192 Buy your own personal piece of paradise. 100 00:11:50,226 --> 00:11:51,849 Every one a paying gold field. 101 00:11:51,883 --> 00:11:54,230 Tickets covered, all expenses paid. 102 00:11:54,265 --> 00:11:56,370 Come try your luck on a company claim. You, sir, yes. 103 00:11:56,405 --> 00:11:58,476 Madam. Three shillings an acre. 104 00:11:58,510 --> 00:12:01,790 Buy your own personal piece of paradise. No? Not interested? 105 00:12:01,824 --> 00:12:03,319 - Three shillings an acre. - Every one a paying gold field. 106 00:12:03,343 --> 00:12:05,207 Tickets covered, all expenses paid. 107 00:12:05,241 --> 00:12:07,071 Try your luck on a company claim. 108 00:12:07,105 --> 00:12:08,911 - How old is the map? - This man, sir, is brand new, 109 00:12:08,935 --> 00:12:11,075 and I guarantee that. You, sir, where you want to go? 110 00:12:11,109 --> 00:12:11,903 Mt Ida gold field, I recommend. 111 00:12:11,938 --> 00:12:14,354 Hey! Hey! 112 00:12:14,388 --> 00:12:16,839 Hey! 113 00:12:16,874 --> 00:12:19,083 Stop! Thief! 114 00:12:19,566 --> 00:12:20,532 Stop! 115 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:22,845 Hey! Somebody stop him! 116 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,159 Drop it. 117 00:12:26,193 --> 00:12:27,781 - Drop it! - That's mine! 118 00:12:27,816 --> 00:12:30,508 - Drop it! 119 00:12:32,821 --> 00:12:35,340 Oh, I don't know how to thank you. 120 00:12:35,375 --> 00:12:38,171 Women in this country are outnumbered a dozen to one. 121 00:12:38,205 --> 00:12:41,174 We must stick together. Mrs Lydia Wells. 122 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:44,177 Miss Anna Wetherell. I just arrived. 123 00:12:44,211 --> 00:12:46,455 - From? - London. 124 00:12:46,489 --> 00:12:49,423 - On your own? - Yes, ma'am. 125 00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:51,771 Sent for or sent away? 126 00:12:53,427 --> 00:12:55,602 I sent myself. 127 00:12:57,190 --> 00:12:59,537 When is your birthday? 128 00:12:59,571 --> 00:13:01,919 The day you were born. Do you know it? 129 00:13:01,953 --> 00:13:05,405 - Why do you ask? - I ask everyone I meet. 130 00:13:06,406 --> 00:13:08,580 Actually, it's... it's today. 131 00:13:08,615 --> 00:13:10,582 Is it? 132 00:13:10,617 --> 00:13:13,171 Today. 133 00:13:13,206 --> 00:13:16,243 - Walk with me. 134 00:13:16,278 --> 00:13:18,176 So, Miss Anna Wetherell, 135 00:13:18,211 --> 00:13:22,008 how will you make your living here at the end of the world? 136 00:13:22,042 --> 00:13:24,907 I thought I'd try digging for gold. 137 00:13:24,942 --> 00:13:27,323 A fine ambition. 138 00:13:27,358 --> 00:13:29,118 But you know, the real money in a gold rush 139 00:13:29,153 --> 00:13:33,674 isn't made on the diggings; it's made in town. 140 00:13:33,709 --> 00:13:36,229 I myself operate a fortune parlour. 141 00:13:36,263 --> 00:13:39,680 The House of Many Wishes is the name. 142 00:13:39,715 --> 00:13:41,890 I open every night at 10 o'clock. 143 00:13:41,924 --> 00:13:46,032 Cards before midnight, fortunes in the witching hour, 144 00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:48,344 and then, depending on the company, 145 00:13:48,379 --> 00:13:51,175 a little traffic with the dead. 146 00:13:52,555 --> 00:13:54,868 Can you truly tell fortunes? 147 00:13:54,903 --> 00:13:57,491 - I can. - How? 148 00:13:57,526 --> 00:14:01,426 Mm-hm. When I'm asked, 'Can you truly tell fortunes?' 149 00:14:01,461 --> 00:14:05,672 the second question is usually, 'Will you tell mine?' 150 00:14:05,706 --> 00:14:08,295 - You have a head for business. 151 00:14:08,330 --> 00:14:10,608 You must call on me, Miss Wetherell, this evening. 152 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:12,506 I insist. 153 00:14:12,541 --> 00:14:16,096 I shall cast your natal chart, find out what makes you tick. 154 00:14:16,131 --> 00:14:18,892 I beg your pardon. I can't this evening. 155 00:14:18,927 --> 00:14:20,549 I have a rendezvous. 156 00:14:20,583 --> 00:14:25,312 Someone I met on board, to meet at his hotel for supper. 157 00:14:27,694 --> 00:14:29,972 You can't read. 158 00:14:32,733 --> 00:14:35,012 What does it say? 159 00:14:37,290 --> 00:14:41,121 The Matterhorn Hotel. Cumberland St. 160 00:14:41,156 --> 00:14:43,296 The Matterhorn. 161 00:14:44,021 --> 00:14:45,263 Do you know it? 162 00:14:45,298 --> 00:14:48,335 Very well. I live just next door. 163 00:14:50,993 --> 00:14:53,651 What a happy accident this was. 164 00:15:10,599 --> 00:15:13,602 - Oop. Sorry. - Oh yes. Very good. 165 00:15:20,781 --> 00:15:22,645 I just want you to know 166 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,648 that if I make my fortune and you don't, you can bugger off, 167 00:15:25,683 --> 00:15:29,204 - cos it's finders keepers. - Cocky bastard. 168 00:15:29,238 --> 00:15:32,138 Mine's bigger than yours. 169 00:15:32,172 --> 00:15:33,760 And it has a better view. 170 00:15:33,794 --> 00:15:36,107 Oh, ho, ho, ho! 171 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:40,629 Right. I need a dish, a swag and a map. 172 00:15:40,663 --> 00:15:42,976 Make way! 173 00:15:45,703 --> 00:15:48,326 Make way! 174 00:15:55,471 --> 00:15:57,715 Make way! 175 00:16:18,874 --> 00:16:22,671 - Whoa. 176 00:16:23,810 --> 00:16:26,192 Lucky bugger. 177 00:16:34,407 --> 00:16:36,685 We have 32 ounces. 178 00:16:36,719 --> 00:16:39,136 Oh, what a lucky man. 179 00:16:39,170 --> 00:16:42,380 That's nearly £100. 180 00:16:42,415 --> 00:16:43,864 Lucky bugger. 181 00:16:43,899 --> 00:16:47,696 I shall now test for purity. 182 00:16:55,669 --> 00:16:57,844 Oh my. 183 00:16:59,708 --> 00:17:03,332 - The gold is pure. - Like magic. 184 00:17:05,369 --> 00:17:06,853 Now change it bloody back again. 185 00:17:08,544 --> 00:17:10,788 Don't breathe in. 186 00:17:32,499 --> 00:17:33,845 Thank you. 187 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,778 Lots of stuff in here second-hand. 188 00:17:35,813 --> 00:17:38,333 Nah, I want my kit shop-new and store-bought. 189 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:40,266 Buy used, you buy another man's bad luck. 190 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:41,784 Ah, there's no such thing. 191 00:17:41,819 --> 00:17:43,614 How can you not believe in luck? 192 00:17:43,648 --> 00:17:47,273 I believe in good luck. I just don't believe in bad luck. 193 00:17:47,307 --> 00:17:48,905 I'd stake my life on a blessing, not a curse. 194 00:17:48,929 --> 00:17:51,656 Oh, look at you, Romeo. 195 00:17:51,691 --> 00:17:53,693 I'd rather be Juliet. 196 00:17:53,727 --> 00:17:55,419 She has better lines. 197 00:17:55,453 --> 00:17:58,732 - Still ends up dead. 198 00:18:00,389 --> 00:18:02,805 Pay every night in advance. 199 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,845 You get sick, you get lice, you make trouble - you're out. 200 00:18:08,742 --> 00:18:11,366 No liquor, no noise, 201 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,644 no men. You hear? 202 00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:19,650 Sixpence for the night. 203 00:18:23,516 --> 00:18:24,965 My purse. 204 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,554 It's gone. 205 00:18:27,589 --> 00:18:31,662 You can't pay; you can't stay. I don't do charity. 206 00:18:31,696 --> 00:18:34,389 I had it at customs. I... 207 00:18:34,423 --> 00:18:37,875 - That boy. He must've... - Go on. Move. 208 00:18:51,923 --> 00:18:54,305 I went to every ship in town. 209 00:18:54,340 --> 00:18:57,998 No one would touch me as soon as they hear my name. 210 00:18:58,033 --> 00:18:59,690 Give it time. 211 00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:01,899 What if we just left? 212 00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:05,523 Could sell up, start over somewhere new. 213 00:19:05,558 --> 00:19:08,319 You know I can't do that, Francis. 214 00:19:08,354 --> 00:19:11,874 A convict, Lydia - that's all they see. 215 00:19:16,983 --> 00:19:18,743 - Here. - Don't. 216 00:19:18,778 --> 00:19:23,023 It's not a gift. It's payment in advance. 217 00:19:23,058 --> 00:19:25,992 I need you to get rid of someone. 218 00:19:46,771 --> 00:19:48,256 Sorry. 219 00:19:48,290 --> 00:19:50,637 I just-I never saw a real nugget before. 220 00:19:50,672 --> 00:19:53,951 Oh, that's not real. That's pinchbeck. 221 00:19:53,985 --> 00:19:56,471 Five parts copper, one part zinc. 222 00:19:56,505 --> 00:19:59,474 If I had a nugget that size, I wouldn't put it in the window. 223 00:19:59,508 --> 00:20:04,272 I'd buy this whole city and the harbour too. 224 00:20:04,306 --> 00:20:06,274 You know what they call a piece that big? 225 00:20:06,308 --> 00:20:09,069 A homeward-bounder. Isn't that good? 226 00:20:12,003 --> 00:20:15,352 Do you need help? 227 00:20:15,386 --> 00:20:19,010 Could you tell me the way to the Matterhorn Hotel? 228 00:20:19,045 --> 00:20:20,805 Of course. 229 00:20:56,427 --> 00:20:58,774 Hey. 230 00:21:04,504 --> 00:21:06,989 Surely you can let her go. 231 00:21:07,024 --> 00:21:10,752 She's been charged with vagrancy, public intoxication 232 00:21:10,786 --> 00:21:13,686 and attempted suicide. 233 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,965 How can you prove that? 234 00:21:18,415 --> 00:21:21,590 She's a whore; I don't have to. 235 00:21:26,457 --> 00:21:28,701 Let's go. 236 00:22:14,125 --> 00:22:17,197 You have a body in there? 237 00:22:17,232 --> 00:22:20,856 Do you understand? Do you speak English? 238 00:22:20,891 --> 00:22:23,134 I understand you. 239 00:22:27,587 --> 00:22:29,831 Take off your hat. 240 00:22:44,259 --> 00:22:46,503 Did you see him die? 241 00:22:55,581 --> 00:22:57,134 No. 242 00:22:57,168 --> 00:23:00,137 I didn't see. 243 00:23:00,171 --> 00:23:02,588 The girl, she was here with the body? 244 00:23:02,622 --> 00:23:05,522 Right outside. She fainted. Right here. 245 00:23:05,556 --> 00:23:07,662 What about him? 246 00:23:07,696 --> 00:23:10,458 Outside. 247 00:23:10,492 --> 00:23:12,667 Do you know his name? 248 00:23:15,670 --> 00:23:18,189 Staines? No. 249 00:23:18,224 --> 00:23:21,572 No one here with the name Staines. 250 00:23:22,504 --> 00:23:24,575 I'm quite early, maybe. 251 00:23:24,610 --> 00:23:29,200 I'll wait for him. 252 00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:27,914 Miss. 253 00:24:29,571 --> 00:24:31,746 No, thank you. 254 00:24:37,717 --> 00:24:40,824 Look, you got to order something. 255 00:24:42,929 --> 00:24:46,726 Either you're buying or you got something to sell. 256 00:25:21,589 --> 00:25:24,937 That's not an answer. 257 00:26:13,917 --> 00:26:16,126 What's this? 258 00:26:19,129 --> 00:26:20,786 Do you recognise him? 259 00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:23,133 - No. - Nor do I. 260 00:26:23,167 --> 00:26:27,620 But if this is murder, this gets us everything we need - 261 00:26:27,655 --> 00:26:31,106 proper funding, an asylum, a bloody chapel if you want it. 262 00:26:31,141 --> 00:26:33,833 This is it. Let's bring him in. 263 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:35,801 Not you. 264 00:26:35,835 --> 00:26:37,665 I will not leave him. 265 00:26:37,699 --> 00:26:40,875 It's a native custom, sir, to keep a vigil over a body. 266 00:26:40,909 --> 00:26:43,912 He is my brother. 267 00:26:43,947 --> 00:26:46,812 - Your brother? - I will not leave him. 268 00:26:46,846 --> 00:26:49,677 They believe the soul remains in the body until it's buried. 269 00:26:49,711 --> 00:26:53,128 It's only superstition, sir. I'm sure it's harmless. 270 00:26:53,163 --> 00:26:56,960 Governor, for heaven's sake. 271 00:26:56,994 --> 00:26:59,031 If you come within 50 yards of this body 272 00:26:59,065 --> 00:27:01,930 before it's in the ground, I will shoot you dead on sight, 273 00:27:01,965 --> 00:27:03,967 so help me God. 274 00:27:04,001 --> 00:27:06,210 Off you go. 275 00:27:09,110 --> 00:27:11,664 50 yards. Start counting. 276 00:27:16,876 --> 00:27:18,188 Tahi, 277 00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:21,053 rua, toru, 278 00:27:21,087 --> 00:27:23,331 wha, rima, ono... 279 00:27:24,297 --> 00:27:26,921 Was that really necessary? 280 00:27:29,337 --> 00:27:31,719 Pokokohua. 281 00:27:40,210 --> 00:27:42,384 On the bench. 282 00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:06,892 Mr Lauderback. 283 00:28:06,926 --> 00:28:09,170 Reverend. 284 00:28:37,025 --> 00:28:39,407 Hate to see a man without a drink in his hand. 285 00:28:39,441 --> 00:28:41,823 Thank you. 286 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,862 Girl didn't show? 287 00:28:47,104 --> 00:28:49,003 I suppose I must look very foolish. 288 00:28:49,037 --> 00:28:51,246 Hmm. Well, I'm not one to judge. 289 00:28:51,281 --> 00:28:54,077 I've been waiting on the same woman 15 years. 290 00:28:54,111 --> 00:28:56,804 - She married someone else. - Oh, I'm sorry. 291 00:28:56,838 --> 00:28:59,876 Picked my pocket - that was how we met. 292 00:28:59,910 --> 00:29:03,569 She was leaning in to pin a flower to my lapel. 293 00:29:03,603 --> 00:29:05,778 I didn't even feel it. 294 00:29:05,813 --> 00:29:07,238 - You know what she took? - Your wallet? 295 00:29:07,262 --> 00:29:08,816 My astrolabe. 296 00:29:08,850 --> 00:29:10,541 Not to sell; to use. 297 00:29:10,576 --> 00:29:13,613 And she did. She bloody learned to read it. 298 00:29:13,648 --> 00:29:15,039 By the time I caught up with her, she knew the name 299 00:29:15,063 --> 00:29:17,307 of every star in the sky. 300 00:29:21,069 --> 00:29:23,071 - You a sailor? - No. 301 00:29:23,106 --> 00:29:25,867 Sailors got a rule about redheads - 302 00:29:25,902 --> 00:29:28,836 you got to speak to them before they speak to you. 303 00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:33,530 It's bad luck otherwise. That was my mistake. 304 00:29:33,564 --> 00:29:36,291 Your good health and happiness. 305 00:29:36,326 --> 00:29:38,949 And yours. 306 00:29:44,368 --> 00:29:46,129 Francis Carver. 307 00:29:46,163 --> 00:29:49,304 Emery Staines. 308 00:29:49,339 --> 00:29:52,169 How many times have I told you to be clean? 309 00:29:52,204 --> 00:29:54,516 Look at the state of you. 310 00:30:13,535 --> 00:30:17,125 Well, here's a ship come in. 311 00:30:18,540 --> 00:30:22,441 - Good evening. - Good evening to you. 312 00:30:25,271 --> 00:30:27,204 I'm looking for Mrs Lydia Wells. 313 00:30:27,239 --> 00:30:29,482 Better and better. 314 00:30:33,383 --> 00:30:35,626 Wet your whistle? 315 00:30:36,627 --> 00:30:39,182 Dick Mannering's my name. 316 00:30:40,908 --> 00:30:42,979 - Are you-? - Her landlord. 317 00:30:43,013 --> 00:30:45,395 Just here collecting the rent. 318 00:30:45,429 --> 00:30:47,293 What happened? 319 00:30:47,328 --> 00:30:49,571 Who are you - the police? 320 00:30:51,504 --> 00:30:53,368 Miss Wetherell. 321 00:30:53,403 --> 00:30:56,233 Mrs Wells, you have outdone yourself. 322 00:30:56,268 --> 00:30:59,098 There. 323 00:30:59,133 --> 00:31:01,514 - What are you doing? 324 00:31:01,549 --> 00:31:04,966 I'm just waiting to be introduced. 325 00:31:06,416 --> 00:31:09,177 Miss Anna Wetherell, Mr Richard Mannering. 326 00:31:09,212 --> 00:31:12,491 Mr Mannering speculates on property, Miss Wetherell. 327 00:31:12,525 --> 00:31:14,286 He's one of my investors, 328 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,565 and he knows how to see himself out. 329 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,257 I'd raise my hat to you, ma'am, 330 00:31:20,292 --> 00:31:23,191 but I lost it today on a very bad bet. 331 00:31:23,226 --> 00:31:25,469 Mrs Wells. 332 00:31:32,752 --> 00:31:35,479 Let's go upstairs. 333 00:31:35,514 --> 00:31:37,274 You're off to the diggings? 334 00:31:37,309 --> 00:31:39,035 Yes, sir. So I hope. 335 00:31:39,069 --> 00:31:41,692 Hmm. Hokitika's where the money's at. West Coast. 336 00:31:41,727 --> 00:31:43,108 Lawrence was the name I heard. 337 00:31:43,142 --> 00:31:45,351 Sure, if you were here three years ago. 338 00:31:45,386 --> 00:31:47,181 Hokitika's where you want to be. 339 00:31:47,215 --> 00:31:49,942 Other side of the island, new field, totally untouched. 340 00:31:49,977 --> 00:31:53,601 - You've been there? - No. Not interested. 341 00:31:53,635 --> 00:31:55,430 Not interested in a gold rush? 342 00:31:55,465 --> 00:31:59,918 Leaves too much to chance. And it takes too long. 343 00:32:03,991 --> 00:32:06,648 First robbed, and then betrayed. 344 00:32:06,683 --> 00:32:09,444 And on your birthday. It's too awful. 345 00:32:09,479 --> 00:32:12,447 I'm sure there's an explanation. 346 00:32:14,622 --> 00:32:19,040 Well, you've been dealt two ugly blows today, Miss Wetherell. 347 00:32:19,075 --> 00:32:21,974 I shan't allow you to be dealt a third. 348 00:32:22,009 --> 00:32:24,770 You must stay here with me. 349 00:32:24,804 --> 00:32:26,530 You're very kind. 350 00:32:26,565 --> 00:32:30,431 My husband's room is empty. You may sleep there. 351 00:32:30,465 --> 00:32:35,229 - Is your husband...? - Prospecting until the winter. 352 00:32:38,163 --> 00:32:42,063 - May I ask you something? - Of course. 353 00:32:42,098 --> 00:32:46,654 - You asked about my birthday. - Yes. 354 00:32:46,688 --> 00:32:51,107 What does it mean if you share a birthday with someone else? 355 00:32:51,141 --> 00:32:54,420 Hardly anything at all. It's very common. 356 00:32:54,455 --> 00:32:58,424 You see, it's not just the day that matters; 357 00:32:58,459 --> 00:33:02,808 the year, the hour, the minute, even the horizon 358 00:33:02,842 --> 00:33:05,431 all have their part to play. 359 00:33:07,675 --> 00:33:09,032 Something must have happened to her, 360 00:33:09,056 --> 00:33:10,505 something she couldn't help. 361 00:33:10,540 --> 00:33:12,507 It's the frontier. She gets a better offer, 362 00:33:12,542 --> 00:33:14,485 - she's going to take it. - No, she wouldn't do that. 363 00:33:14,509 --> 00:33:15,476 I thought you only met her once. 364 00:33:15,510 --> 00:33:18,789 Yes, but... 365 00:33:18,824 --> 00:33:24,071 there was a kind of magic between us, something absolute. 366 00:33:27,833 --> 00:33:29,766 No, I can't do another. Forgive me. 367 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,113 You never turn down a drink after it's been poured. 368 00:33:32,148 --> 00:33:36,152 - More bad luck? - No. Bad manners. 369 00:33:36,186 --> 00:33:39,258 To a kind of magic. 370 00:33:39,293 --> 00:33:41,812 Of course, there is one circumstance. 371 00:33:41,847 --> 00:33:44,056 It's very rare - stuff of legend, really. 372 00:33:44,091 --> 00:33:46,093 I've only read of it in books. 373 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:51,098 But if two people were to be born at the exact same instant 374 00:33:51,132 --> 00:33:53,100 and very near to one another, 375 00:33:53,134 --> 00:33:57,828 they would become what's known as Astral Twins. 376 00:33:57,863 --> 00:34:00,072 Their natal charts would be identical, 377 00:34:00,107 --> 00:34:03,524 so their fates would be one and the same. 378 00:34:03,558 --> 00:34:06,147 They would share a destiny. 379 00:34:10,186 --> 00:34:12,671 Let me show you something. 380 00:34:12,705 --> 00:34:16,157 The first thing to understand about the sky 381 00:34:16,192 --> 00:34:18,642 is that it's always moving. 382 00:34:26,788 --> 00:34:30,861 I cast this chart at sunrise this morning. But now... 383 00:34:34,210 --> 00:34:37,661 ...we're here. 384 00:34:37,696 --> 00:34:41,665 The sun has just set, Venus has just risen, and the moon is new. 385 00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:46,498 Look up this minute, and this is what you'll see - 386 00:34:46,532 --> 00:34:50,122 this exact configuration of stars, planets and horizon, 387 00:34:50,157 --> 00:34:53,436 seen at this time on this day from this place on Earth. 388 00:34:53,470 --> 00:34:58,337 This pattern has never existed before, and it never will again. 389 00:34:58,372 --> 00:35:02,272 It's like a kind of cosmic fingerprint. 390 00:35:02,307 --> 00:35:03,722 Look up at this time tomorrow, 391 00:35:03,756 --> 00:35:05,862 and the sun will have set a little earlier, 392 00:35:05,896 --> 00:35:08,727 the moon will be a little higher in the sky, 393 00:35:08,761 --> 00:35:11,661 a different star will be crossing the horizon, 394 00:35:11,695 --> 00:35:16,286 and all the angles will have changed. 395 00:35:16,321 --> 00:35:21,912 Now, you, Anna Wetherell, are also absolutely singular. 396 00:35:21,947 --> 00:35:24,432 Who you are is here and now, 397 00:35:24,467 --> 00:35:27,918 in this room, in this body and nowhere else. 398 00:35:27,953 --> 00:35:30,887 And just like the sky, you too are always changing. 399 00:35:30,921 --> 00:35:33,855 By this time tomorrow, you'll be a slightly different person 400 00:35:33,890 --> 00:35:36,548 and you'll see a slightly different sky. 401 00:35:36,582 --> 00:35:39,723 As above, so below. 402 00:35:39,758 --> 00:35:43,244 Which brings us to our second lesson. 403 00:35:43,279 --> 00:35:47,006 Every person reads a pattern in a different way. 404 00:35:47,041 --> 00:35:49,940 There's no right or wrong, no good or bad. 405 00:35:49,975 --> 00:35:53,979 There's just what you see and what you miss. 406 00:35:54,013 --> 00:35:56,740 So, how do you tell the future? 407 00:35:56,775 --> 00:36:00,779 I'm afraid no one in the world has the power to do that. 408 00:36:00,813 --> 00:36:02,677 Fate, Miss Wetherell, is not a matter of 409 00:36:02,712 --> 00:36:04,541 what's going to happen; 410 00:36:04,576 --> 00:36:06,509 it's a matter of what's meant to happen. 411 00:36:06,543 --> 00:36:08,338 If I can convince you that a certain path 412 00:36:08,373 --> 00:36:11,755 is destined for you, that's the path you will choose. 413 00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:12,998 It's very simple. 414 00:36:13,032 --> 00:36:15,380 But that's not fate. 415 00:36:16,795 --> 00:36:18,693 I beg your pardon? 416 00:36:18,728 --> 00:36:20,868 That's just you. 417 00:36:26,908 --> 00:36:29,221 The diggings are deadly in the winter. 418 00:36:29,256 --> 00:36:31,844 Stay here until the spring. 419 00:36:31,879 --> 00:36:37,022 Two shillings a night, plus room and board. What do you say? 420 00:36:39,507 --> 00:36:42,510 Well, goodnight, Mr Carver. Thank you for the company. 421 00:36:42,545 --> 00:36:43,822 Where are you going? 422 00:36:43,856 --> 00:36:46,721 To find Miss Wetherell, of course. 423 00:36:46,756 --> 00:36:47,860 I'll come with you. 424 00:36:47,895 --> 00:36:49,345 Oh, thank you. There's no need. 425 00:36:49,379 --> 00:36:53,625 No trouble. Your first night in a new place. 426 00:36:53,659 --> 00:36:57,007 - I never told you that. - Told me what? 427 00:36:57,042 --> 00:36:58,733 That I arrived today. 428 00:36:58,768 --> 00:37:01,426 You didn't have to. It's written all over you. 429 00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:03,393 Hmm. 430 00:37:03,428 --> 00:37:05,775 Well, goodnight. 431 00:37:05,809 --> 00:37:07,408 - Let's have another round. - No, I don't need it. 432 00:37:07,432 --> 00:37:10,952 No, I've got something to show you. Yeah? 433 00:37:10,987 --> 00:37:13,955 It's a contract of sponsorship - common arrangement. 434 00:37:13,990 --> 00:37:16,026 You see it all the time. 435 00:37:16,061 --> 00:37:18,788 The sponsor, me, buys your ticket to the goldfield, 436 00:37:18,822 --> 00:37:21,411 your licence, your swag and tent and dish - 437 00:37:21,446 --> 00:37:23,517 everything you need - and keeps you fed and watered 438 00:37:23,551 --> 00:37:26,865 while you're over there. In return, whatever you make, 439 00:37:26,899 --> 00:37:29,730 you split down the middle with me. 440 00:37:29,764 --> 00:37:32,664 I saw you, and I thought I'd take a punt. 441 00:37:32,698 --> 00:37:35,114 Hey, no Chinese. 442 00:37:35,149 --> 00:37:37,634 Well, I'm not interested. 443 00:37:37,669 --> 00:37:40,465 I said no Chinese. Get out. 444 00:37:40,499 --> 00:37:42,605 Francis Carver. 445 00:37:47,472 --> 00:37:48,818 Speak English, you mongrel. 446 00:38:11,841 --> 00:38:13,843 That's enough. 447 00:38:16,604 --> 00:38:18,088 Get him! 448 00:38:18,123 --> 00:38:20,470 Somebody catch him. 449 00:38:31,619 --> 00:38:33,345 Who was that? 450 00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:35,520 Show's over. 451 00:38:35,554 --> 00:38:36,900 Get out of here. 452 00:38:36,935 --> 00:38:39,800 Go on! 453 00:40:03,262 --> 00:40:06,265 30 minutes before we open house. 454 00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:09,545 Just time enough for a cup of tea. 455 00:40:11,961 --> 00:40:14,204 I know where my purse is. 456 00:40:19,175 --> 00:40:21,557 And where is that? 457 00:40:23,317 --> 00:40:27,217 I went for a swim. I must have left it on the beach. 458 00:40:27,252 --> 00:40:29,599 Ah. 459 00:40:31,118 --> 00:40:33,016 I'll go back for it in the morning. 460 00:40:33,051 --> 00:40:35,571 Hmm. 461 00:40:35,605 --> 00:40:37,262 Shall I make the tea? 462 00:40:37,296 --> 00:40:39,678 Would you? 463 00:41:27,070 --> 00:41:29,728 Miss Anna Wetherell. Mrs Pennington's Boarding House, 464 00:41:29,763 --> 00:41:31,937 MacAndrew St. 465 00:41:35,078 --> 00:41:37,322 Thank you. 466 00:42:24,438 --> 00:42:26,267 Ladies only. 467 00:42:26,302 --> 00:42:27,969 I'm looking for one of your guests, a Miss Wetherell. 468 00:42:27,993 --> 00:42:30,030 - Anna Wetherell. - She's not here. 469 00:42:30,064 --> 00:42:32,111 We made a plan to meet earlier, but, um, she didn't show. 470 00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:33,758 I just want to make sure she's safe. 471 00:42:33,792 --> 00:42:35,863 - She's not here. - I know it's late, 472 00:42:35,898 --> 00:42:38,728 but I'm sure she'd receive me, if you could just ask. 473 00:42:38,763 --> 00:42:41,351 She didn't stay. 474 00:42:41,386 --> 00:42:43,768 Out. Out! 475 00:42:47,944 --> 00:42:49,774 - I'll put a smile on your face. - Ooh. 476 00:42:49,808 --> 00:42:52,155 No. Thank you. Thank you. 477 00:42:52,190 --> 00:42:53,881 - You looking for someone? 478 00:42:53,916 --> 00:42:54,917 Uh, no. 479 00:42:54,951 --> 00:42:56,297 I can get you anything you want. 480 00:42:56,332 --> 00:42:57,954 - Forgive me. - You want someone else? 481 00:42:57,989 --> 00:42:59,760 - Uh, forgive me. - You tell me what you want. 482 00:42:59,784 --> 00:43:03,684 Anything you want, I can find it. 483 00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,204 - Are you looking for someone? - No. 484 00:43:06,238 --> 00:43:08,758 This way. 485 00:43:20,943 --> 00:43:22,427 Would you like a cigar? 486 00:43:22,461 --> 00:43:26,776 Where on earth did you find this one, Mrs Wells? 487 00:43:28,191 --> 00:43:31,332 To the contrary, I assure you. Miss Wetherell found me. 488 00:43:31,367 --> 00:43:35,060 Would you gentlemen like a drink? 489 00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:53,665 Can I see his face? 490 00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:58,774 You can tell me how he died. Or shall we wait for the autopsy? 491 00:43:59,533 --> 00:44:01,915 I didn't kill him. 492 00:44:03,226 --> 00:44:05,781 What were you doing there? 493 00:44:06,540 --> 00:44:09,854 Where? 494 00:44:09,888 --> 00:44:13,443 Do you know the penalty for murder, Miss Wetherell? 495 00:44:13,478 --> 00:44:16,688 To be hanged from the neck until dead. 496 00:44:16,723 --> 00:44:19,311 Dear God. 497 00:44:19,346 --> 00:44:20,934 Who is this? 498 00:44:20,968 --> 00:44:23,764 His name, apparently, is Crosbie Wells. 499 00:44:23,799 --> 00:44:27,319 - Crosbie Wells? - Who is Crosbie Wells? 500 00:44:27,941 --> 00:44:29,459 Quite. 501 00:44:29,494 --> 00:44:32,048 Miss Wetherell? Who is he? 502 00:44:36,777 --> 00:44:39,228 To find Miss Wetherell, of course. 503 00:44:41,506 --> 00:44:45,130 I'm breaking the contract. 504 00:44:45,165 --> 00:44:47,719 He's dead? 505 00:44:55,865 --> 00:44:58,730 Let me see his face. 506 00:44:58,765 --> 00:45:04,115 - Please? Let me see his face. - That'll do, Reverend. 507 00:45:04,149 --> 00:45:06,427 Good afternoon. I am Gascoigne. 508 00:45:06,462 --> 00:45:09,983 I represent the Magistrate's Court. 509 00:45:10,017 --> 00:45:13,538 I am authorised to collect bail and schedule your arraignment. 510 00:45:13,572 --> 00:45:17,059 The universal rate of bail is £1. 511 00:45:17,093 --> 00:45:19,786 For those of you who wish to pay in pure, 512 00:45:19,820 --> 00:45:23,962 the converted rate is on-third of an ounce. 513 00:45:23,997 --> 00:45:29,002 However, we do reserve the right to examine for impurity. 514 00:45:56,857 --> 00:45:59,446 Miss Wetherell? 515 00:46:03,139 --> 00:46:05,624 What happened? 516 00:46:05,659 --> 00:46:08,041 I don't remember. 517 00:46:10,181 --> 00:46:12,355 Who is Crosbie Wells? 518 00:46:20,881 --> 00:46:23,021 Where did you get this? 519 00:46:28,958 --> 00:46:32,065 It's everywhere. 520 00:46:32,099 --> 00:46:34,308 It's in every seam. 521 00:46:36,586 --> 00:46:38,278 Take it. 522 00:46:38,312 --> 00:46:39,496 Is there a problem, Mr Gascoigne? 523 00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,453 You have to take it. 524 00:46:41,488 --> 00:46:43,352 You have to take it. You have to. 525 00:46:43,386 --> 00:46:45,561 Mr Gascoigne. 526 00:46:46,631 --> 00:46:49,013 Miss Wetherell... 527 00:46:50,152 --> 00:46:52,602 is hereby released on bail. 528 00:47:08,618 --> 00:47:11,000 Gentlemen. 529 00:47:39,028 --> 00:47:42,480 Mr Lauderback, sir? 530 00:47:45,034 --> 00:47:48,244 The newspaper's asking for you. 531 00:47:48,279 --> 00:47:53,318 Miss Wetherell! You'd better come with me. 532 00:48:00,739 --> 00:48:04,398 Take this. It belonged to my wife. 533 00:48:04,433 --> 00:48:06,504 It's black. 534 00:48:06,538 --> 00:48:10,680 She was consumptive. It was to hide the blood. 535 00:48:17,998 --> 00:48:20,138 Well met, indeed, Mr...? 536 00:48:20,173 --> 00:48:22,761 Ben Lowenthal, West Coast Times. 537 00:48:22,796 --> 00:48:27,594 And times they are, Mr Lowenthal. Times they are. 538 00:48:27,628 --> 00:48:32,357 Shall we buck tradition and take this outdoors? Hmm? 539 00:48:33,496 --> 00:48:35,947 Give it to me. 540 00:48:41,746 --> 00:48:44,956 - How much is there? - I don't know. 541 00:48:50,789 --> 00:48:53,068 Let me. 542 00:49:06,184 --> 00:49:08,635 I came to this country, Mr Lowenthal, with two ambitions - 543 00:49:08,669 --> 00:49:12,156 first, to make my fortune; second, to double it. 544 00:49:12,190 --> 00:49:13,605 I wonder if I might ask about 545 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,712 the circumstance of your arrival here. 546 00:49:16,746 --> 00:49:19,232 I made the passage overland, not by sea, 547 00:49:19,266 --> 00:49:20,726 - because I firmly believe that- - I meant- 548 00:49:20,750 --> 00:49:22,476 ...without a railway... 549 00:49:22,511 --> 00:49:26,653 What happened last night with Miss Wetherell? 550 00:49:28,482 --> 00:49:30,174 You know her? 551 00:49:30,208 --> 00:49:32,014 The women in this place are few and far between, sir. 552 00:49:32,038 --> 00:49:35,351 I know them all. She was unconscious? 553 00:49:37,181 --> 00:49:39,010 Yes, well... 554 00:49:39,045 --> 00:49:41,392 it hardly sets the tone for the campaign, now, does it? 555 00:49:41,426 --> 00:49:45,465 I don't know, sir. You found her, brought her in. 556 00:49:45,499 --> 00:49:48,157 I'd call it an act of heroism. 557 00:49:50,125 --> 00:49:52,368 Would you? 558 00:49:55,854 --> 00:49:58,305 I've got a job for you. 559 00:50:07,487 --> 00:50:10,386 6ft, or as far down as you can go. 560 00:50:12,906 --> 00:50:16,703 Were you his brother or not? 561 00:50:25,712 --> 00:50:30,475 A man is dead, possibly murdered, and you saw nothing? 562 00:50:41,693 --> 00:50:45,214 Middle of nowhere, middle of the night. 563 00:50:45,249 --> 00:50:46,767 A politician, 564 00:50:46,802 --> 00:50:49,115 a savage and a whore. 565 00:50:50,633 --> 00:50:55,707 Sounds like a riddle, doesn't it? The beginning of a joke. 566 00:51:13,380 --> 00:51:17,660 I've never seen this gold before. I promise you. 567 00:51:27,187 --> 00:51:29,914 Anna, what happened last night? 568 00:51:36,645 --> 00:51:38,819 Anna, please. 569 00:51:50,314 --> 00:51:52,488 I went to work. 570 00:52:58,416 --> 00:53:00,625 And then? 571 00:53:03,352 --> 00:53:05,872 I woke up. 572 00:53:05,906 --> 00:53:08,219 Late. 573 00:53:28,688 --> 00:53:30,448 I felt... 574 00:53:30,483 --> 00:53:33,279 strange, 575 00:53:33,313 --> 00:53:35,488 like I wasn't myself. 576 00:53:43,530 --> 00:53:46,050 No, it was more than that. I felt-I felt... 577 00:53:51,607 --> 00:53:55,404 I felt like I had... become someone else. 578 00:54:00,927 --> 00:54:03,585 Oh, I believe in good luck. 579 00:54:03,619 --> 00:54:06,898 I just don't believe in bad luck. 580 00:54:06,933 --> 00:54:09,453 So sorry. 581 00:54:09,487 --> 00:54:11,075 That's the opium talking. 582 00:54:11,109 --> 00:54:13,491 But that's the thing - I didn't take any last night. 583 00:54:13,526 --> 00:54:15,804 I didn't even touch it. 584 00:54:15,838 --> 00:54:18,910 - Why are you lying to me? - I'm not. 585 00:54:18,945 --> 00:54:20,636 You were unconscious. 586 00:54:20,671 --> 00:54:21,993 I can smell it on you now, for heaven's sake. 587 00:54:22,017 --> 00:54:24,951 I'm telling you the truth. 588 00:54:24,985 --> 00:54:27,574 Well, who is Crosbie Wells? 589 00:54:33,787 --> 00:54:36,721 I didn't kill him. 590 00:54:43,487 --> 00:54:45,627 Miss Wetherell. 591 00:54:46,662 --> 00:54:49,562 Come play the wheel of fortune. 592 00:54:52,047 --> 00:54:54,394 Sam? 593 00:55:04,749 --> 00:55:07,683 - How does it work? - How do you think? You spin it. 594 00:55:35,711 --> 00:55:37,403 Who is that? 595 00:55:37,437 --> 00:55:39,646 That is my husband, 596 00:55:40,682 --> 00:55:42,856 Crosbie Wells.