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[ANNE:] I didn't know
you had dealings
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with Captain
Sutherland. Oh, yes.
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Curious woman, Miss Lister.
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Miss Walker has requested
a division of the estate.
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But he seems determined
to frustrate the process.
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Why do people think
they can ignore me?
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It's as if I'm invisible.
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The Priestleys have been
so objectionable to us.
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But then here it is
in black and white -
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they have had three
properties from us.
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You have to be certain,
before we think any further
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about changing our
wills, that this,
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here, with me, is what you want.
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[KNOCK AT DOOR]
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He's here. It's him. Right.
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Don't. What? Say anything.
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What do you mean,
"don't say anything"?
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Why have we asked him here if...?
Don't say anything aggressive.
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I wasn't going to say
anything aggressive.
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I was going... We...
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..are dignified people.
Even in the face of...
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Especially in the
face of adversity.
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We are good Christian folk,
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and that one simple fact
must guide our every action,
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and our every response
to the actions of others.
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I know that. I do know that,
Eliza. But I don't think
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we need to mince
words. [KNOCK AT DOOR]
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[DOOR OPENS]
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Mr Washington, ma'am.
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Sir. Mr Priestley.
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Mrs Priestley. Thank
you for coming.
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Oh! No trouble, ma'am - only
over the road at Crow Nest.
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Washington.
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I sent my note to
you in your capacity
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as Miss Walker's land steward,
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and in view of the fact
that when I wrote to her,
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the servant came back saying
she was in York until Monday.
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That's right, ma'am.
With Miss Lister.
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And so we wondered if you could
throw any light on this for us.
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Sent, I assume, before she left.
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We are advised to vacate
the school premises.
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Both my day school,
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of which Mr Priestley is a
trustee, hence his presence,
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and the Sunday school
run by Mrs Batty,
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who is being requested
to vacate her cottage.
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Her home. Ah...
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Well, yes, I'm afraid it...
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It does go with the job, yes.
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Two of your little girls
attend my day school.
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Suzannah is an
assistant teacher!
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And you knew about this?
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There are other rooms in the
village, ma'am, that would
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accommodate the day school
more than adequately.
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Yes, there are, and we
will make use of them.
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Why, though, Mr Washington? Why?
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I don't entirely know, ma'am.
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What do you know, Washington?
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Well...
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Mrs Sutherland and Miss Walker
are dividing the estate in two.
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And there have been a number
of distresses and evictions
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in anticipation of
the division, and...
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..that's as much as I
know. Dividing it in two?
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Yes. You must know as much
about it as me, Mr Priestley,
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but, yes, when Miss Walker's
and Mrs Sutherland's
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brother died intestate,
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the estate came to
them both, jointly,
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but there was no provision
for a formal division as such.
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I suppose no-one ever imagined
it would happen. But...
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So, yes, Miss Walker
is now seeking
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a formal, itemised
division of the estate.
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Is she?
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It makes sense. Mrs
Sutherland and Miss Walker...
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They lead very different
lives... these days.
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Well, well.
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I am sorry if it's inconvenient.
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And for Mrs Batty,
as well. But...
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..I'm little more
than a messenger.
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[RINGS BELL]
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Is there anything else
I can... help you with?
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I don't think so. [DOOR OPENS]
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Thank you for coming,
Mr Washington.
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Mrs Priestley. Mr Priestley.
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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A formal, itemised
division of the estate.
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And we all know who's
behind that one, don't we?
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What is it we're signing again?
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I-It's a codicil, George.
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That says Miss
Lister is authorised
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to proceed with the division
of my estate if not completed
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before the event of my death.
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You're simply signing to say
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you've seen Miss Walker and
Miss Lister sign their names,
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George. That's
all. Just sign it.
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The contents of the
document are immaterial.
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All you're doing is witnessing
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that these are indeed
their signatures.
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Which you know them to be
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because you've just
seen them write them.
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Oh, I see. Sorry. I'm with you.
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As long as...
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I just didn't want to, you know,
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find out I'd joined
the Navy or something.
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Thank you.
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So that's that. And then
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regarding your brother-in-law,
Miss Walker... Can I, er...?
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I've written a letter
to Captain Sutherland,
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which I'll send off to
Scotland in due course,
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explaining that I'm
now dealing with
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the matter of the division
for you, and, um...
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Well, let's see what comes back.
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Mm.
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What would be helpful,
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as we get further into
it, would be to see a copy
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of this deed of
settlement from 1831
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between him and your sister,
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to see what exactly she
did settle upon him.
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Do you have a copy? No.
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But you've seen a copy?
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No, it was only a
reference to its existence,
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but my aunt confirmed
it entirely.
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Well, then perhaps I'll
write to your Mr, er...?
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Parker. Parker.
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He's not my Mr Parker.
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Parker in Halifax,
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and see if I can
get a copy from him.
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And then the other matter,
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these properties your
cousin, Mr Priestley,
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has "acquired" from your uncle.
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The good news is
that it looks like
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the Blackcastle Waste at High
Sunderland is recoverable.
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Really?
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Mm-hm. And of course
the rents for the period
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they've been removed
from your estate
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would be recoverable too. Oh.
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Now, the other two,
Longley Farm in Norland
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and the house at
Hall End in Halifax,
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I'm afraid it may be too late.
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According to the
statute of limitations,
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if your cousin has had
uninterrupted possession
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for 20 years or more
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and no-one's raised any
objections within that time,
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which at the moment
appears to be the case,
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it's, unfortunately, something
you may have to accept.
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But I...
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But I've only just
found out about it.
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Well, I can consult counsel.
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But surely if a person's only
just found out about a thing...
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What's fair and what's legal
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aren't always the
same bedfellows
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we might hope them
to be, Miss Walker.
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Mm. Mm.
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What do you know about
John Harper, Mr Gray?
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The architect.
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Mr Harper?
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Well, yes, he's...
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Parsons was on
about him yesterday.
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He came over to cut mine
and Miss Walker's hair.
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I was telling him about
my great disappointment
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over this local architect
I've been bothering with
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and he insisted that
John Harper was my man.
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Oh, he's excellent. He designed the
whole of St Leonard's Street here,
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including the new theatre
- you must've seen it.
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It's very elegant,
and he's so young.
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He's only 26,
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but widely regarded as
something of a phenomenon.
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You must snap him up,
Miss Lister, if you can.
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They all say he's destined
for very great things.
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He's the most
delightful young man.
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I was... I was quite
charmed by him.
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I sent him a note,
and he turned up
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at our hotel at ten o'clock
sharp the next morning.
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He only looked about 15.
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And then the very
next morning...
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This was Thursday just gone.
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..he drove over to
Halifax in his carriage...
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We were still in York.
..had a good look
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at Northgate... Anne
sent a note ahead
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to Mr Greenwood to give
him unlimited access...
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And... Yes, yes, I did.
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And he's delighted with it.
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He understands my
vision perfectly.
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He thinks the whole enterprise
has every chance of success.
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Is it going to cost a lot?
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W-Well, it's not
cheap. He's not cheap.
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But then I shouldn't want
to build a cheap hotel,
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and the returns will reflect
the quality of the investment.
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He's built a whole
street in York.
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Oh, it's very fashionable.
We went to study it.
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He's going to get back
to us with a proper plan
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in a fortnight. Well, I'm glad you
decided against selling Northgate.
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I think this is a much better
scheme. Thank you, Aunt.
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If it works.
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Cordingley. Ma'am.
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How are you? Well, ma'am.
How was your sister?
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Very well, ma'am. How's
your leg? Your hip.
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It's... It's... It's...
It's, you know...
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Anyway, welcome back.
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Miss Walker and I will have
our coffee in our little
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upstairs sitting
room. Yes, ma'am.
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A letter, ma'am,
for Miss Walker.
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Mrs Priestley's
servant brought it.
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"The dwelling house will be
given up at the end of June.
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"The school rooms I
have given directions
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"to be given up to Mr
Washington next week,
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"along with the
books and benches
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"belonging to the Sunday school.
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"This I sincerely
hope you will be able
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"to make arrangements
to continue with,
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"for the sake of the children.
Mrs Batty, who is unwell,
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"informs me she wishes
to decline teaching
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"after next Sunday."
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Well, she's certainly
got the message.
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That'll teach her to
write anonymous letters.
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I suppose I
should've anticipated
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having to find a new teacher
sooner rather than later.
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Oh, we'll ask about.
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And in the interim...
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..we'll teach them. Will we?
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Why not? You should open a new
school at Lightcliffe anyway.
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A day school and
a Sunday school.
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We should take on a
good schoolmaster -
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a married man, with ambition,
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whose wife can run
the Sunday school,
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and all at your behest.
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She says she intends to
carry on her day school.
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She says she can procure
a room in the village.
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Free gratis, like
she's had it from you?
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I don't know. I doubt
it. I doubt it, too.
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Has anyone ever given
you the least thanks
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for the use of those
rooms all these years?
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For the day school
or the Sunday school?
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Hm? No.
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40 children attend
the Sunday school.
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Excellent. I'm sure
we can manage that.
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[CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:]
Unbelievable.
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Your sister has
now fully appointed
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this Jonathan Gray in York
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to deal with the
division of the property,
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and he expects me to
take on a legal man too.
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What is the matter with her?
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She's found out
about the settlement
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that I made on you in 1831.
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Is that her?
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She's anxious that there
should be no further delay.
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What delay?
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And now she knows it's you
she should be dealing with
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rather than me, she thought
it would be better to...
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She's ridiculous.
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She thought it would be better
to put the thing more formally
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into the hands of a legal man.
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We are going down as soon
as we - you - can travel.
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She knows that.
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Mm-hm.
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She did first raise the
matter in September,
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so I suppose from
her point of view...
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Exactly. September.
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It's less than...
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..nine months ago.
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So from her point of view,
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it could look like we're
dragging our heels.
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I don't suppose
it's occurred to her
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that I'm just as eager to
get on with it as she is,
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so that I can make a proper
settlement on our children...
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..without involving
overpaid lawyers.
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What's this?
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About these properties.
High Sunderland, Hall End.
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Oh, it's, um...
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Mr Priestley,
somehow, years ago,
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got hold of...
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..from my uncle, before the
estate came to my father...
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My aunt used to talk
about it, but...
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Oh, I don't know. I
never really knew.
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And she's taking
him to task over it?
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She wants me, us, to share
the legal costs. Yes.
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Curious.
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What is?
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All of it.
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Everything.
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The tone of her letters. The...
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The way she has
become so litigious.
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I half imagined Priestley was
behind it, but clearly not.
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Not if she's taking
legal action against him.
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It's Miss Lister, isn't it?
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I... I can hear her voice
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through and through this letter.
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All the letters
we've had lately.
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So... why...
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..would Miss Lister push
your sister so forcibly
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for a division of the property?
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Why would she suddenly be so...
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.. "eager to expedite matters"?
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Well...
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..why wouldn't she?
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Miss Lister, she's a great one
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for getting on
with things and...
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..not putting
off till tomorrow
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what can be done today.
She's not her husband.
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Perhaps her influence
is rubbing off on Ann.
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Yes. It is. I agree with you.
I can feel it in her letters.
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And it's no bad thing, surely.
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I was rather pleased
with the tone of that.
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She always sounds so much
happier and healthier
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these days, getting
on with her life,
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engaging with the
world around her,
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rather than hiding away and
obsessing about herself.
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My dear Ann.
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By today's post I am
in receipt of a letter,
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by your instructions, from
Messrs Gray Solicitors, York,
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and I have also perused
your letter to Elizabeth.
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The natural inference
deductible from both
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pains me in the extreme.
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There will be room for a
bank. But a good bank...
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You state that
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in consequence of the
settlement Elizabeth made
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in 1831, she has "relinquished
all control over her property",
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and therefore it seems
no progress can be made
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in the division by further
correspondence with her.
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From similar considerations
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which prompted my wife to
make the settlement in 1831,
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I assure you we have
long been anxious
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for a division of the property,
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for we could make no definite
settlement on our children
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while half the property
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on which it was secured
belonged to you.
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00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,159
This is so obvious
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that I assure you I
was most solicitous
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that a partition
should be offered
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and also in a measure
so fair and equitable
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that come what may,
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neither party would
have cause to demur.
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That this partition was
never carried into effect,
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if you recall, is due to you,
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prior to your sudden departure
from us 18 months ago,
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having requested Elizabeth
not trouble or perplex you
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with matters
relating to business.
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And since your return to
Halifax, you have not once
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hinted at a wish to have
the property divided,
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until this last September
when you suddenly intimated it
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for the first time,
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and in that same letter
also stated that you
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had given Mr
Washington instructions
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to draw up a scheme of division.
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00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,759
Ah, Mrs Rawson and the girls.
How delightful. How are you?
344
00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,119
I'm amazed you have the
audacity to show your face
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in public, Miss Walker.
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I'm sorry? Not only the way
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00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,639
you've treated your family,
and your aunt in particular,
348
00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,159
but this latest humiliation
you've inflicted
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on Mrs Priestley. Oh...
Over the Sunday school!
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[CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:]
Because Elizabeth
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is nursing, she cannot properly
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00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,399
go south before the
end of next month.
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00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,920
This I thought you understood.
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00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,999
She still hopes it would
meet with your concurrence
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00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,599
to postpone the division until
the period most convenient
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00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,519
and desired by
her... Thank you.
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00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,519
..and certainly
hopes you would not,
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00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,159
in the meanwhile, involve
her and her children
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00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,799
in usurious legal proceedings.
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00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,319
I won't write to Mr Gray
until I hear from you.
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I have no objection
in the remotest degree
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to you appointing
him to act for you,
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00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,999
but I certainly will
not appoint a solicitor
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to act for me in a
matter regarding which
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00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,439
there is no dispute.
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00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,959
If we are to act on Samuel
Washington's scheme,
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00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:38,159
which I sincerely hope we
will, why adopt legal measures?
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00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,679
I am aware all trades must live,
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00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,399
but the law is the last one
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00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,719
I would feel inclined
to patronise.
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00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,319
Believe I am, my dear Ann,
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yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
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Knock, knock.
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00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,839
He's saying that he's been
itching to get on with
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the division all along.
He... He's a liar.
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00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,239
And he's accusing me of
wanting to involve Elizabeth
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00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,559
and the children in
"usurious legal proceedings".
378
00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,759
[SHE SCOFFS]
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00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,919
It's not funny.
No, you're right.
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00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,079
Men who hide behind
their wives and children
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00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,279
are not so much funny as absurd.
382
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:19,919
If you're still dwelling on
Mrs Edward Rawson's comment
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in Nicholson's this
morning, don't.
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00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,839
You asking the Priestleys
to vacate the school rooms
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is none of her business,
386
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,799
and she only made
herself look foolish.
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00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,600
Can you not mention that woman's
name in my presence ever again?!
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00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,599
Would you like me to pour
the tea, Miss Lister?
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00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,960
No. Go.
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00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,199
What have I asked you before
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about not speaking to me like
that in front of the servants?
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00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,320
Are you going to help me write
back to him, then, or what?
393
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,479
My dear Captain Sutherland.
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I have this moment
received your letter,
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00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,919
and rejoice to find that
you are quite as anxious
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for the division of the
joint property as I am.
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00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,199
I fear... [ANN:] I
fear you will not
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00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,319
serve much by being
your own attorney,
399
00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,439
but you will judge
as you think best.
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00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,559
I myself feel persuaded
that in employing
401
00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,079
Mr Gray to act for me,
402
00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,399
I spare myself and
others much trouble,
403
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,439
and adopt not only the best
plan, but the cheapest one.
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00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:35,159
[ANNE, DICTATING:] The deed
of settlement of February 1831
405
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,879
is so comprehensive
406
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,639
that all power respecting the
making good of titles, etc,
407
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,920
seems vested solely in you.
408
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,919
There is not, therefore,
409
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,359
any necessity in hurrying
my sister to Yorkshire.
410
00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:56,039
I shall always be
delighted to see her,
411
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,719
but I earnestly hope that you
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00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:02,399
will be here before
the end of next month.
413
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,559
I am much obliged to you...
[ANN:] ...obliged to you
414
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,439
for your so kind consideration
415
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,479
in having complied
with my request
416
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,919
to trouble me as little
as possible about business
417
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,679
during the time I was
recovering in York.
418
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,719
It seems Elizabeth must
have forgotten to tell you
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that immediately on my return
from the Continent last year,
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00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,559
I wrote to tell her of the
perfect recovery of my health,
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00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,479
and that I was
ready and desirous
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00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,799
to apply myself to business
immediately and diligently
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00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,360
and make up for lost time.
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00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,800
Is that her?
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00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,359
Seriously. I ask you.
Is that her voice?
426
00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:44,680
So... precise, so to-the-point.
427
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,039
She wants her moiety,
she wants her share...
428
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,719
Yes, of course, and
she will have it.
429
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,679
I always intended to go
along with Washington's
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00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,559
original proposal for
the division anyway.
431
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,639
Did you? Yes!
432
00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,119
Subject to our visit.
But that aside,
433
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:04,679
how much do we really
know about Anne Lister?
434
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,719
Hmm?
435
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,240
How much do you really
know about Anne Lister?
436
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,720
Ma'am, Mr Harper's here.
437
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,799
Mr Harper.
438
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,639
Miss Lister. How are you?
439
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,640
Oh, good Lord, look at this.
440
00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:42,680
Look at this fellow
with his wheelbarrow.
441
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,440
The owls! Oh, and the monkeys.
442
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,080
And this little person
wielding a mace!
443
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,119
I wonder what he's
going to do with that?
444
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,359
Extraordinary.
And the colours.
445
00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,079
Yes, it's... I'm looking for
446
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,799
the Lister coat of
arms. Not there.
447
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,199
The Waterhouses put
this window in during
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00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,319
the 16th century, just
before we acquired the place.
449
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,279
Some of the glass is
much older than that -
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00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,519
taken from some church or other
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00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,719
during the dissolution
of the monasteries.
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00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,599
So possibly older
than the house itself,
453
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,599
which was built in 1420.
454
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,959
Ah!
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00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,559
My uncle always maintained
this is very probably
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00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,520
amongst the oldest
stained glass in England.
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00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,559
The world.
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00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,519
This house is extraordinary.
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00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,359
Mm. It is.
460
00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:39,199
It's in my blood,
it's in my bones,
461
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,600
it's in my soul.
462
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,399
It's also inconvenient,
and draughty, Mr Harper,
463
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,879
compared to some of my
better friends' houses.
464
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,439
And if the mill chimneys
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00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,639
creep any higher up
the hill from Halifax
466
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,039
and the barbarians come
knocking on our door,
467
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,999
I've always fancied I'd sell up
468
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,959
and go and live quietly
on a hill above Grenoble.
469
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,559
Oh, don't ever leave
Shibden, Miss Lister.
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00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,119
Your better friends'
houses may be less draughty
471
00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:10,079
and more convenient, but
this has true character,
472
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,400
and that's priceless.
473
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:13,840
And it suits you.
474
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,040
Where can I spread my papers?
475
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,080
This is thrilling.
476
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:32,599
I feel rather bilious.
477
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,399
It's spot on,
it's... It's perfect.
478
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,119
It was only when I
got through Leeds
479
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,400
I realised I'd left York
without eating anything.
480
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:41,959
Can I sit down?
481
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,320
Oh!
482
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,199
[RINGS BELL]
483
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,879
You can't not eat, Mr Harper.
484
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,599
I just forget.
Oh, I'm the same.
485
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,799
Could I have a small cup of tea?
486
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:54,919
You need a wife.
487
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,279
I live with my brother.
He's an attorney.
488
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,559
Well, that's no good.
489
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,439
Oh! Is he?
490
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:02,480
George!
491
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,199
Ask Mrs Cordingley to get Mr
Harper some breakfast, quickly.
492
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,239
Eggs, bacon, bread,
butter... fruit?
493
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,919
Just a small slice of bread
and a thin scrape of butter
494
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,999
would be more than...
And bring us some tea.
495
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,640
Immediately. And
bring the sugar!
496
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,400
We'll sort you out, Mr Harper.
497
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,640
This is...
498
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,959
Do you know, it's as though
you can see into my...
499
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,959
..innermost thoughts
and desires.
500
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,280
Oh, good.
501
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,039
Ideally, I'd find
local merchants
502
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,399
for the stone and
timber and so forth.
503
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,039
If you could recommend
people, that would be useful.
504
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,759
And local craftsmen,
too. Joiners, plasterers.
505
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:04,919
I know them all.
506
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,119
I'll meet anyone you
consider suitable.
507
00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:08,919
I always meet several
people for any one job
508
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,999
and then make a decision.
Suppliers and craftsmen.
509
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,759
All in consultation
with you, of course.
510
00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,559
I shall take on a site manager,
511
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,559
and he'll be here
throughout the build,
512
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,879
he'll come to live in
Halifax for the duration.
513
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,959
Ideally a fellow called
Husband, if he's available.
514
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,599
I've worked with him
a number of times,
515
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,719
I think you'll be pleased.
He'll be my eyes and ears.
516
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,159
When can you start?
517
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,159
I should think we could
begin clearing the site
518
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,839
for the foundations next month.
519
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,319
I'd like a ceremony.
A public ceremony.
520
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,399
To lay the first stone,
a foundation stone.
521
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,079
Then all Halifax can come
and see what we're doing.
522
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,799
Of course. Excellent.
523
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,279
Oh, and we must be clear,
524
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,079
before we get too
giddy about it,
525
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,879
with the proposed shops,
526
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,399
the building costs will go
up to nearer the £6,000 mark,
527
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,119
which means you'd perhaps
be looking at an annual rent
528
00:26:57,120 --> 00:26:58,800
of nearer 400 than 300.
529
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,919
And only you know whether
Halifax is a busy enough town
530
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,600
to support something like that.
531
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,160
What's your
impression of Halifax?
532
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,079
It isn't York.
533
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,559
Your clientele would
predominantly consist of trade
534
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,159
and people passing through from
one destination to another.
535
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,519
But my impression is there's
no shortage of money here,
536
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,279
and increasingly so,
537
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,239
with all these...
creeping mill chimneys.
538
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:29,680
[SHE CHUCKLES]
539
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,919
You want to borrow
another £4,500?
540
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,239
On bond, at 4%.
The alternative,
541
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,439
which I'm inclining
towards, would be to sell
542
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,079
six of my Navigation shares now
543
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,599
and perhaps the
rest at Christmas,
544
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,319
if I can get 400
guineas each for them.
545
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,679
But you spoke so eloquently
less than six months ago
546
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,239
at the shareholders' meeting
547
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,119
about investing more
money in the Navigation.
548
00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:56,639
So to sell your shares now -
549
00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,679
might that not look rather
lacking in integrity?
550
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,880
No.
551
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,520
No, I don't think so.
552
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,919
Well... would it, could it
not look like you were...
553
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,039
..jumping ship?
554
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:14,919
Really? How?
555
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,999
The Northgate Casino
will have stabling
556
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,199
for upward of 70
horses, Mr Parker.
557
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,279
I wish I'd have brought
the plans to show you,
558
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,359
I mean, they're splendid. Mr
Harper has excelled himself.
559
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,439
Would I be investing so
heavily in a coaching inn
560
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,039
if I was worried about the
arrival of the railways?
561
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,879
No, the railways will
arrive in Halifax last,
562
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,959
Mr Parker, for the same
reason the canals did.
563
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,519
Because, like Rome, Halifax
is built on too many hills.
564
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,639
No, I'd be taking from
one sound investment
565
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,280
to fund another.
566
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,160
Whoa!
567
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:03,799
George?
568
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,159
Where's George? Ooh!
I don't know, ma'am.
569
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,399
Tell him to deal with the
britzka and Smiler and Merlin.
570
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,799
Ah.
571
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,559
Mr Washington's
helped me come up with
572
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,199
five different proposals to
send to Captain Sutherland,
573
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,599
as you suggested, all based on
574
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,519
his original proposal
for the division.
575
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,799
I merely pointed out to
Miss Walker that if she sent
576
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,999
Captain Sutherland
just the one proposal
577
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,639
he'll no doubt
find fault with it,
578
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,879
quibble, and drag
his heels again,
579
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,959
whereas if he's
presented with a choice,
580
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,839
he's more likely to
engage with the thing,
581
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,079
and, hopefully, plump
for one of them.
582
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,519
Tactics.
583
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,919
Not that it's got anything
to do with me, obviously.
584
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,479
The only really significant
amendment I've suggested
585
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,319
is putting either John Farrer's
field or Bouldshaw Farm
586
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,039
and Clough in Lot 1.
587
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,599
They're both worth
£1,400, give or take,
588
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,519
and it seems to go some way
589
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,959
towards balancing the
two lots up more evenly.
590
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,879
Well, as I say,
nothing to do with me.
591
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,999
Then we can either
draw for the lots
592
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,519
or I can make it clear to him
that I would prefer Lot 1,
593
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,479
being made up of one
contiguous piece of land.
594
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,199
It would make
sense. Whereas Lot 2
595
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,239
is made up of parcels of land
here, there and everywhere -
596
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,519
Lindley, Golcar, Saddleworth.
597
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,039
Which would make very
little difference
598
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:13,999
to Mr and Mrs Sutherland,
being so far away.
599
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,439
As long as it's managed.
600
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,639
Well... Again, if it was
me - which it isn't -
601
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,039
I'd give him the choice.
602
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,879
Say that you'd prefer Lot 1,
for reasons of contiguity,
603
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,919
but if he'd prefer to draw lots
604
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,479
you'd be perfectly
happy with that as well.
605
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,959
And I'd put Bouldshaw
Farm and Clough in Lot 1
606
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,639
rather than John Farrer's field.
607
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:33,959
It's got coal in it.
608
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,679
Are we all set for Sunday
again, Mr Washington?
609
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,679
Yes, I am. I'm
quite enjoying it.
610
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,480
I'm wondering if I've
missed my vocation!
611
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,399
[SHE LAUGHS]
612
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,719
"Now, the road from
Jerusalem to Jericho
613
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,839
"is steep and treacherous,"
Jesus explained,
614
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,840
"full of desperate
men and thieves."
615
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,839
Perhaps the traveller
didn't know that,
616
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,920
or perhaps he did, but he had
to make his journey anyway.
617
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,479
What do you think, Hannah?
618
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:06,960
Yeah.
619
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,599
Yeah.
620
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,999
The sun was hot and the
traveller was tired.
621
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,839
He was only five
miles from Jericho
622
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,639
when, suddenly, he found
himself pounced upon.
623
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,079
He was beaten mercilessly,
stripped naked,
624
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,759
robbed of his few belongings,
625
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,119
and left for dead at
the side of the road.
626
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,199
"Surely the priest
will help me,"
627
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,919
the poor man thought
as he lay helpless
628
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:33,239
and bleeding in the road.
629
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,199
But the priest walked past him
630
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,479
as though he hadn't
even seen him. Emily.
631
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,799
Emily, don't do that, you
might get your finger stuck.
632
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,479
Some time later, a
Levite approached.
633
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,079
"Surely the Levite will
help me," thought the man.
634
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,959
But as the Levite got closer,
635
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,839
he crossed to the
other side of the road
636
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,119
and walked quickly away.
637
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,280
The bastard.
638
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,799
Next came along a
Samaritan, on a horse.
639
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,439
"Oh, no!" thought
the poor man.
640
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,679
"The Samaritan is a
foreigner and my enemy.
641
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,120
"He will never help me."
642
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,079
And then Euclid postulated,
643
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,799
and this isn't as
complicated as it sounds,
644
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,759
if a straight line intersects
two other straight lines,
645
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,759
and so makes the
two interior angles
646
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,359
on one side of the first line
647
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,879
less than two right angles,
648
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,559
then the other two straight
lines will meet at a point,
649
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,879
if extended far enough on
the side on which the angles
650
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,599
are less than two right
angles. Yes? Yes? Yes.
651
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:33,319
And so, from these five
postulates or axioms,
652
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,119
Euclid deduced a greater
number of theorems
653
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,799
or propositions.
Yes, Charlotte?
654
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,639
What's all that got to do
with Jesus, though, sir?
655
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,639
[GIRL:] Miss!
[CHARLOTTE:] Miss.
656
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,679
Well, Euclid believed, as I do,
657
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,679
that the laws of nature
658
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,679
were but the mathematical
thoughts of God.
659
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:56,279
God created the world and every
magical, majestic thing in it,
660
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,719
and do you know
something, Charlotte?
661
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,559
The leaves, the trees,
the birds, the bees -
662
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,159
all of it, at some level,
comes down to mathematics.
663
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:10,119
Mathematics is the
basis of everything.
664
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,839
Everything in Creation.
665
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,159
Isn't that extraordinary?
666
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,559
THUMPS DESK The thoroughness
of God's planning.
667
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,600
[QUIETLY:] Me and Henry Hardcastle
once saw her snogging Miss Walker!
668
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:27,959
Right.
669
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,359
I was thinking about
a trip to London.
670
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,719
A holiday, before the work
at Northgate really begins.
671
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,359
I could see some of my friends,
672
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,039
and I could finally get my
travelling carriage back
673
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,759
from Baxter's. We could
make some enquiries
674
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,439
about a proper master
for the day school,
675
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,919
and you could consult a doctor,
676
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:50,919
a really good doctor,
about your neck.
677
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,279
I'd like that. I'd like to go
to London again. Hopefully,
678
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,799
this business with the Sutherlands
will be settled by then too.
679
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,559
I'd like to meet
your London friends.
680
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,519
[GASP NEARBY]
681
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:01,760
Did you hear something?
682
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,839
[GASPING]
683
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,920
Do you think someone's
spying on us?
684
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,920
Here. Oh!
685
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,799
[PANTING]
686
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,240
[THEY GASP]
687
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:22,520
Stay.
688
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,240
Er... What, what is it? Ooh!
689
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,879
Go home.
690
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,919
[IN FRENCH:
691
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,600
[ANNE IN FRENCH]
692
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,760
[ANN LAUGHS]
693
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,319
Well, then, you
leave me no choice.
694
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,240
Because I will not have a
disrespectful household.
695
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,799
He's only 18!
696
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,319
How old's she? 26.
697
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,799
That's... I know. I know.
698
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,639
What do you want me to do?
699
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,799
I'll write to Mr Thomas at the
servants' register in York,
700
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,399
but... Oh, I don't know.
701
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,200
It took me long
enough to find him!
702
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:57,159
I can't start seeing
to Father's...
703
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,479
..personal needs, it's... No!
704
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,039
No, no, no, no. I
certainly can't.
705
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,319
It's not ideal, but we must
706
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,199
keep him on as
long as it suits us
707
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,439
and in the meantime, be on
the lookout for someone else.
708
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,560
And not a word to Aunt Anne
about this ridiculous business.
709
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,799
Ah. Aunt. You've found them.
710
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,279
These are Mr Harper's plans
for the Northgate Casino.
711
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,599
I thought everyone might
like to have a look at them.
712
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,119
Father? And then I can
address any questions...
713
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,439
No, thank you.
714
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,839
..or observations
anyone might have.
715
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,359
Take no notice of your father.
716
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,879
He just thinks you might
ruin yourself. And all of us.
717
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,079
Oh, look at that.
718
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,039
Oh, that's the front
door, Miss Lister...
719
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,279
Aunt.
720
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,919
Aunt... with the Lister
coat of arms above it.
721
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,000
And look at this.
722
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,919
Above the fireplace,
723
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,879
your family motto -
justus propositi tenax.
724
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,599
Just and true of purpose.
725
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,040
Just so. Humbug.
726
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,160
Shall we sit down?
727
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,640
Yes, let's.
728
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:04,679
Very good.
729
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:08,959
Do you know, I always
want to say "bumhug"
730
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,399
whenever anyone says
"humbug". I don't know why.
731
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,119
[THEY LAUGH]
732
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,999
The only anxiety I have
about Northgate, Father,
733
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,479
is getting it licensed,
734
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,119
what with Christopher
Rawson being so difficult.
735
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:23,919
I did speak to
Washington about it.
736
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,719
Well, Christopher Rawson isn't
the only magistrate in Halifax.
737
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:29,999
Yes, but I need two signatories
and if he gets wind of it...
738
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,959
What about Colonel
Dearden and his son?
739
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,559
Aren't they both magistrates?
740
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,319
Mm.
741
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,000
Well, send him a note.
Ask him to pop in.
742
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,599
Oh!
743
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,679
Oh, thank you.
744
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,679
This is impressive, eh?
745
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:09,679
And certainly would be a
great boon to the town.
746
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,719
Another good inn with
a large handsome room
747
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,119
is just what we need.
748
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,599
I intend to call the
large room the Casino.
749
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,359
Oh!
750
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,559
The enterprise may not
make a great profit,
751
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,199
at least not in the first year,
752
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,039
but then mercantile
speculation is not my aim.
753
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,239
I want to take a
pride in the thing
754
00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:30,359
and do it for the
good of the town.
755
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,919
The whole enclave
will be elegant,
756
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:37,000
and even, dare I
say it, fashionable.
757
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,919
Well, I can't imagine there'd
be any reasonable objection
758
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,639
to granting you a licence.
759
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,959
I can certainly answer
for myself and for my son.
760
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,519
Of course, I'll have to consult
with the other magistrates
761
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,479
on the matter. But I only
need the two signatures?
762
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:52,560
Oh, yes. Yeah.
763
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,119
Well, strictly speaking.
764
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,039
Um, while I'm here...
765
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,079
Yes?
766
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,439
..could I trouble you
for a subscription
767
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:07,279
to Mr Wortley's brother's
fund for the West Riding?
768
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,239
Mr Wortley's brother? John.
769
00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,759
You may not yet have heard.
770
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,239
There'll be no
by-election in the town.
771
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:18,119
It seems that Charles Wood
has turned down high office
772
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,239
specifically in
order to avoid one.
773
00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:24,399
He's taken some more lowly
role in the Admiralty,
774
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,359
whereas Lord Morpeth
has been made
775
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,319
Chief Secretary for Ireland,
776
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:32,399
so John Wortley will contest
him for the West Riding.
777
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,440
Mm.
778
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,480
But, so...
779
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,639
.does that mean Mr Rawson
won't be standing for Halifax
780
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,760
after all, then? No.
781
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,479
So, um, could I put
you down for £50?
782
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,319
I've got seven or eight other
people of good long standing
783
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,040
in the town down for 50.
784
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,599
I shall turn over
the leaf and give 30.
785
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,640
Can I not persuade you
to give 50, Miss Lister?
786
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,199
Had Mr Rawson still
been standing,
787
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,519
he should have had every
vote I could influence.
788
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,359
I told him that to his
face, and I meant it.
789
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,359
But the fact is, he doesn't
behave handsomely towards me.
790
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,199
Over my coal. And I'd hate
791
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,119
to spend significant money
on Northgate only to find
792
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,159
my attempt to license such
a worthy public endeavour
793
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:28,359
blocked by him on
no more than a whim.
794
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,280
So you could put me down for
50, Colonel Dearden, but...
795
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,479
..I will need my licence.
796
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,999
[HE CHUCKLES]
797
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,960
You'll have your
licence, Miss Lister.
798
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,519
Any sign of rain, young man?
799
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,160
Not at the moment, sir.
800
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:05,520
Go on.
801
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,040
How big is this farm?
802
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,919
[MUMBLING NERVOUSLY: ]24 acres.
803
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:48,960
Speak up!
804
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,399
24 acres.
805
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:52,880
Mm.
806
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,599
Imagine, Matthew, if you were
to be parted from Eugenie for,
807
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,559
I don't know, two years.
808
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,959
Do you believe that you
would feel the same way
809
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,120
about... marrying her?
810
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,600
I dare say.
811
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,120
You dare say?
812
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,479
If nothing happened.
813
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,679
Like... what sort of thing?
814
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:25,320
If, um... If Eugenie
felt t'same way, too.
815
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,359
Well, Matthew, I only hope
you've thought the thing through.
816
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,119
I can't quite see Eugenie
amongst pig tubs and cattle,
817
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,959
but you must judge
for yourselves.
818
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,799
If I were to just leave,
819
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,399
ma'am, please, would you
let Eugenie keep her job?
820
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,079
You going or staying makes no
difference as to what happens
821
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:45,719
to Eugenie, Matthew. But...
822
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:49,119
..now I know your
intentions are to marry,
823
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,240
Miss Marian and I will
think about what to do.
824
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:01,559
You do know that letter
825
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,159
hasn't got a postmark
on it, don't you?
826
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,439
Mm. It's dated the 15th.
I only gave her notice
827
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,160
on the evening of the 14th.
828
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,079
[SHE SIGHS] They're
transparent.
829
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,239
They've got us over a barrel.
830
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:15,039
It's so hard to get
people these days.
831
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:16,399
So how's it been left?
832
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,239
[SHE SIGHS] Well, I'm
taking at face value
833
00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:21,639
their claim that they
want to get married,
834
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,959
although I don't believe
that for a second,
835
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,519
and I've retracted
Eugenie's notice
836
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,719
on the understanding that
Matthew is looking for a job
837
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:31,239
and when he finds
one, they'll marry.
838
00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,599
Do you think the other
servants know about it?
839
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,280
[SHE SIGHS] I don't know.
840
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,079
I'm so glad we've
decided to go to London.
841
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,999
It'll be the perfect tonic.
842
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,639
You've had too much tiresome
nonsense to bother with,
843
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,599
with this wretched
division business.
844
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:52,839
It's silly, but...
845
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,919
What? What is?
846
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,799
I always imagined that one day
847
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,199
I might meet lords
and ladies, in London.
848
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,919
I mean, I know we have
to be careful, but...
849
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,839
..I might meet one
or two, one day.
850
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:08,880
Mightn't I?
851
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,200
Mm.
852
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,000
One day...
853
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,200
..if you're very good. Mm.
854
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,959
[CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND:] As
you state you will take
855
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,079
Lot 1 as drawn up in
Washington's original proposal,
856
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,239
provided you get
Bouldshaw Farm and Clough,
857
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:37,599
I agree to this proposal...
"agree to this proposal,
858
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,479
"and consider therefore the
division formally concluded,
859
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,199
"and I assure you, my dear Ann,
860
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,680
"that I sincerely
rejoice that it is."
861
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:50,079
Very good. I'm surprised he's
agreed to it quite so readily,
862
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,079
but happen he wants to get on
with it just as much as you do.
863
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,999
Hm. Or he wants to
seem as though he does.
864
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,719
And then there's this next bit -
865
00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:59,239
"As we expect being south as
early as we can leave home,
866
00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:00,639
"I hope you will
have no objection
867
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,319
"to allowing the amendment to
the titles to wait until then."
868
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,479
You see, he's procrastinating,
he's still not
869
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:07,519
signing anything.
870
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,239
Well, it's a step forward.
871
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,479
You've got his agreement
in writing, at least.
872
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:12,999
Mm.
873
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,879
Oh, and I called in on Mr and
Mrs Priestley again yesterday.
874
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:16,919
BOTH: Why?
875
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,919
Well, I had a note
from him asking me to.
876
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,799
So... But he wanted me to tell
you that he intends to give up
877
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,959
the waste at High Sunderland
without hesitation.
878
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:25,999
Really?
879
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:27,759
So that's good news.
880
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,360
There won't be any sort
of legal wrangle over it.
881
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,759
Right. Shall I see you down at
Tillyholme stile then, ma'am?
882
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,159
Mr Holt and the Mann
brothers'll be there already
883
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,159
and they won't want to
do anything without you.
884
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:42,600
Yes, you go. I'll
follow you down.
885
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,440
Sorry, sir. Sorry, lad.
886
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,839
Clearly, he knows he
should never have had it
887
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,479
in the first place.
888
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,239
Giving it up so easily.
889
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:57,599
It appals me how lax...
Fasten your buttons properly!
890
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,360
Sorry, ma'am.
891
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,240
Sorry, go on.
892
00:46:05,720 --> 00:46:09,679
..how lax and... profligate
893
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,519
my family have been
with our property
894
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:14,279
when I see how particular
you are with yours.
895
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,079
Coal, stone, hotels -
896
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,399
you make every square
inch of your land work.
897
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,479
Well, then, you must
take example from me
898
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:21,879
and make yours work so too.
899
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,919
I am... I am doing,
I-I'm going to.
900
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:25,519
And that's why I won't stand for
901
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,440
any more of this... nonsense.
902
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,239
What's the matter?
903
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:33,559
He says I knew about the
deed of settlement in 1831.
904
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,159
He says he told me all about it
905
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:38,919
and I've obviously
forgotten. He didn't.
906
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,520
Hm.
907
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,439
Parker's coming at four this
afternoon, I'd better get on.
908
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,719
What time do we expect you
back from Hebden Bridge?
909
00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:49,559
Oh, I don't know. I suspect
it'll be a wasted trip.
910
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,880
I don't think anyone wants to
take over the Sunday school.
911
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:15,320
[CLOCK CHIMES]
912
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:19,720
[FOOTSTEPS]
913
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,719
Ah! Mr Parker.
914
00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:29,359
Well, how... How are
things on the estate?
915
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,919
Oh, we are winning, I
think, one way or another.
916
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,679
Mr Holt thinks this time
next year my collieries
917
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:35,879
will be the best hereabouts
918
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:37,679
and will pay off all
the expense incurred
919
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,959
within the first three
years of production.
920
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:41,999
Hm?
921
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,479
Er, not for me.
922
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:44,919
What have you got for me?
923
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,079
I've got 23 notices against
trespassers shooting
924
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,199
and hunting on your land
which all need signing.
925
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,399
And I've got two
notices to quit -
926
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,479
one for Mr Carr for those
acres that you need back
927
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,359
down at Wellroyd.
Those need signing too.
928
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:57,599
Then regarding selling
your Navigation shares,
929
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,159
well, I've asked around.
930
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:02,079
Mr Robert Waterhouse has
no objection to taking
931
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,879
the six that you're
offering for sale,
932
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,079
but he won't give 400 guineas.
933
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,319
He will, however, give £405.
934
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,999
No-one will give 400 guineas.
935
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,719
Mr Abbott tells me
that Mr Louis Alexander
936
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,719
has had three of his shares
on sale for some time now
937
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:19,759
at 400 guineas apiece,
and they've not sold.
938
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,760
I hope no other names
were named in the matter.
939
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,279
But I thought...
940
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,599
Is he not soon to be
family, Mr Abbott?
941
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,039
No.
942
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:33,079
And if he is, well then,
I've made it clear to Marian
943
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:36,439
that she and I...
That'll be it.
944
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,279
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
945
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,280
No, no other names were named.
946
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,359
I'll take Mr Waterhouse's £405.
947
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,479
Anything above £400 is clear
gain as far as I'm concerned,
948
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:53,839
and it's better this way.
949
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,479
Borrowing would cost me
10% in the first year.
950
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,519
No building would pay for that.
951
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,839
Miss Lister.
952
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:02,399
Anne.
953
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,280
Is this whole
enterprise not a risk?
954
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:09,280
Yes, of course.
955
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:13,839
Of course it is.
956
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,319
[BOTH LAUGH]
957
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,319
[HE CLEARS THROAT]
958
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:19,440
How's Miss Walker?
959
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,879
Oh, she's out. She's
ridden to Hebden Bridge
960
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:25,959
to speak to a possible candidate
961
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:27,679
for the Sunday school.
962
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:32,639
I, er, had a letter yesterday.
963
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:34,999
From York, from Mr Gray,
964
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,719
who's acting for Miss Walker
in the matter of the division
965
00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:39,919
of the joint property.
That's right.
966
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,479
He's requested from me a copy of
967
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:49,039
the 1831 settlement between
Captain and Mrs Sutherland.
968
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:50,999
He's sent me a letter
from Captain Sutherland,
969
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,319
which he believes is
sufficient authority for me
970
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,800
to send him a copy of
the settlement, and I...
971
00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,399
I don't think it is.
972
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,879
It's rather vague about "affording
every possible assistance".
973
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,279
And my question is,
974
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,879
in my position...
975
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:10,160
..would you send it...
976
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:13,719
..or even an extract from it,
977
00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:16,879
without a more clear yea or
nay from Captain Sutherland
978
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:20,440
about the specific
document in question?
979
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,799
I have not a word to say
on the matter, Mr Parker.
980
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,000
Why are you asking me?
981
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:31,760
I suppose because it's...
It's delicate. It's, er...
982
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:34,399
It's complicated.
983
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:36,039
Surely the solution would be
984
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,399
to write to Captain
Sutherland yourself
985
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:41,000
asking for his permission
regarding the document.
986
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,639
Yes... Yes.
987
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,239
Yes, that's...
988
00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:49,200
That's what I shall do.
989
00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,120
Am I missing something?
990
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:55,520
You...
991
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:58,399
Your family...
992
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,479
..are very good, very
old, very valued clients
993
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,439
of, er, Parker & Adam.
994
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:10,359
And now that Miss Walker is
here as your... companion,
995
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:12,239
I suppose the anxiety is
996
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,199
I'm going to find
myself between a rock
997
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:19,119
and a hard place in the matter
should it become problematic.
998
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,559
Why would it? It's a
simple enough division,
999
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:23,080
and he's already agreed to it.
1000
00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:28,239
Mr Gray implied that
Miss Walker was angry.
1001
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:31,119
To have discovered
the settlement.
1002
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:32,359
Mm. And there was
1003
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:36,679
a further implication that I
had not acted professionally...
1004
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:37,720
..in the matter.
1005
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,559
With her family
being opposed to it,
1006
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:43,879
and with the settlement
appearing to go so much
1007
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:45,879
against the wishes
in her father's will.
1008
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,599
But I can assure
you, Miss Lister,
1009
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,839
this was very much what
Mrs Sutherland wanted,
1010
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,999
there was certainly no
underhand collusion on my part,
1011
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,879
and nothing I did
was unprofessional,
1012
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,680
and Miss Walker herself knew...
1013
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:03,079
..perfectly well what
was going on at the time,
1014
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,640
just as the rest
of the family did.
1015
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,159
Captain Sutherland made it
abundantly plain to her.
1016
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:12,440
She says not.
1017
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,120
Well...
1018
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:17,360
..she wasn't well.
1019
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:20,399
Well, then,
1020
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:24,080
how odd of him to
burden her with it. Hm?
1021
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,640
Anyway, it barely matters.
1022
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:33,239
What's material is
that we now know,
1023
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:36,359
she now knows, that it's him that
she should have been dealing with
1024
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,000
all along, and not her sister.
1025
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:41,400
Indeed.
1026
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,440
Well, then. As you suggest...
1027
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:49,679
..I shall write to him. Yes.
1028
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,520
And do leave me out of it.
1029
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,400
It really has nothing
to do with me.
1030
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:06,919
[ANN: ]My dear
Captain Sutherland,
1031
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,479
I am glad that by your agreement
1032
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:09,679
to one of my proposals,
1033
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,079
the division of the estate
is so easily arranged.
1034
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:14,359
I am anxious that no
time should be lost
1035
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:15,840
in preparing the deeds.
1036
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:20,199
I have, for some weeks,
1037
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,599
had the deed box here
with me at Shibden Hall,
1038
00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:26,239
I shall go to York as soon
as I hear from Messrs Gray,
1039
00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:27,759
with all the necessary papers...
1040
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,799
[ANN:] ..with all
the necessary papers,
1041
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,599
of which Mr Parker, or
anyone you think proper,
1042
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:35,039
may come here and
take a catalogue.
1043
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:37,159
I hope the papers will
be ready for signing
1044
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:38,599
before the end of the month.
1045
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,159
But should you not be able
to come to Yorkshire so soon,
1046
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:43,999
then surely the papers
can simply be sent to you
1047
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,440
for your signature.
1048
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,600
[FOOTSTEPS]
1049
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:03,279
This gets more and more...
1050
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:05,240
What? What?
1051
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:08,759
The deeds!
1052
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,640
The Crow Nest deeds have...
1053
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:18,239
..for some weeks,
been at Shibden Hall.
1054
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:20,240
Why? Your sister!
1055
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,959
Is being played for a fool!
1056
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:27,599
It's bizarre. No.
It's beyond bizarre,
1057
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:28,880
it is sinister.
1058
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:35,439
I tried to protect
her. And this, this...
1059
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,040
[SHOUTS IN FRUSTRATION]
1060
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:57,560
My dear Parker.
1061
00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:02,480
I acknowledge receipt of your...
1062
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:08,479
My dear Parker.
1063
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:12,280
I acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 22nd.
1064
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,159
My dear Parker. I
acknowledge receipt
1065
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:18,839
of your letter of
the 22nd of June
1066
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,079
and in reply I have no
objection to furnishing Mr Gray
1067
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:24,679
with the copy of
the deed alluded to.
1068
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,399
In fact, I am most anxious,
as I invariably have been,
1069
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,839
to afford every assistance
in endeavouring to have
1070
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:33,159
the property of the
late Mr Walker fairly
1071
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,000
and amicably divided.
1072
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,319
I have stated repeatedly
that Mrs Sutherland and I
1073
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,879
would proceed south and
arrange the whole matter
1074
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:45,359
as immediately as the season
and her health would permit,
1075
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:47,759
and when the titles could
be given to both parties
1076
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:49,560
to whom they were apportioned.
1077
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:57,879
I requested that the
boxes containing the deeds
1078
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:01,479
should remain until then in the
bank where I had placed them.
1079
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:04,439
I find instead from a letter
received just this morning
1080
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,679
from Miss Walker that the deeds
have been taken from the bank
1081
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:11,000
and have for some weeks
been at Shibden Hall.
1082
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,599
I do not blame Miss
Walker for this,
1083
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:26,479
but those who, from selfish,
wicked and unnatural motives,
1084
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,600
endeavour to bias her mind.
1085
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:34,199
Miss Lister states
for Miss Walker,
1086
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,199
for I am certain she
would never do so,
1087
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:39,239
that the object in employing
Mr Gray is with the view
1088
00:56:39,240 --> 00:56:42,079
not to perplex and
mystify but to simplify.
1089
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:46,400
This is, I trust,
some attack on you.
1090
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:54,679
As our properties and
Miss Lister's join,
1091
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:57,199
I cannot help expressing
my extreme upset
1092
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,919
that the titles have been
there, at Shibden Hall,
1093
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:02,399
which I should of course
1094
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,720
have decidedly objected
to had I known.
1095
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:08,440
What is going on, I know not.
1096
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,839
But the moment our little boy
is over the whooping cough,
1097
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:16,279
I shall, and Mrs
Sutherland if all is well,
1098
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,439
visit Miss Walker,
1099
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:22,679
and this I hope in the
course of a very few weeks.
1100
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:26,680
My feelings I impart to you
in the strictest confidence.
1101
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:33,040
Yours most sincerely,
George Mackay Sutherland.
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