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i'm gonna misuse that

i'm gonna miss these hours of

instruction

it does

break the monotony of working on the

train but you have your bible to occupy

and an old friend of yours arrives on

the ship today the new commandant

captain fair commandant

isn't he a magistrate in hobart time he

found the paperwork tedious it's quite a

matter of action you know

which fact is dear wife hers have very

life too

and she will accompany him in some

months time she will close out the

herbart house in the meantime

uh i envy him

having a wife at his side

i did take your advice sir

and wrote a letter to my poor bereaved

wife in sydney

but

i decided not to say it

decided not

you know the reason sir

the commandant must read all letters

sent by convicts

now how could i possibly

write such personal thoughts to my poor

sarah

for other eyes to say

i

will take the letter on the ship with me

when she says if you will assure me that

there's nothing in it that commandant

might not read

bless you

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well but do i have your word john

read it sir

it is open

i can trust you

as a gentleman

no john

i do not read private letters

i will personally seal it

and post it

thank you reverend heaven bless you

my new replacement arrives today before

i leave i shall apprise him

of your

exemplary behavior

welcome back

didn't expect captain flog

now what have we got here

can't be a convict he's too pretty for

that

i'm sure you got on the right ship miss

nancy

now you're gonna have to learn to pick

up those dainty feet miss nancy

so get on up and give us a little dance

yeah come on

now

sorry

doors

come here you there water

are you mr truck

in the mini

i am reverend james north a new chaplain

captain prayer informs me that you're to

be my guide and a chore of inspection

certainly reverend wood this afternoon i

would prefer to start immediately

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do you believe in god

not here

when we got bagged in london the

reporters were all over us

i was a bloody celebrity

i'm not gonna make it

i know it

we all think that at first

but i don't know if i want to

it's always the next thought

yeah well royalty visited me in jail

a real fancy

cheers lady true

actually not royalty but she was a real

lady how would you know famous lady

eleanor divine

what would royalty want with you

she was looking for a son

he was a sailor supposed to have drained

on the way to india

why was she looking for her son if he

was dead because she found out his name

weren't on the crew list she thought we

might have come across him in their

travels

cheers i'm disappointed in you

haven't you learned anything i've tried

to teach you

lady eleanor had come to visit me

i would have a

washy looker

i'd have told her i knew where her son

was and collected a nice fat reward and

collected what every english lady can't

get enough of

while her husband was up chasing foxes

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[Applause]

[Applause]

come on

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well nancy

it's murder this time is it

mr trump

i saw what happened this man

kirkland isn't it was merely acting as a

peacemaker not the way i saw you

reverence

you will be reporting this after your

reverence

but there'll be an inquiry and you can

say it your way when

six o'clock tomorrow morning

i'll be there

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china

what's your name

come on doors

i want 50 of your best

i don't flog you know that

i don't know that

you will begin immediately dorms

or you'll be next

you can start with me

no

i'd rather you do it don't flog me

anyway

and it'll be worse

please

one

separate the cats damn you

two

oh my god three

oh my god

46

47.

stop my moment

you may be shaming

and time and giving water

i thought sir

you can continue no

no more

fetch a man with another cat

i'll give you that man's 50 and another

50 on top

stop

oh my god

this man is innocent

you're the only one who thinks so

we looked for you at the inquiry this

morning

time up

doctor

uh

i

i think kirkland is dead

yes mr north i believe you're right

strange

perhaps he had an internal disease

a disease of the heart maybe i'll do a

post-mortem with he

cabbage

one

two

three

um

i have nothing to say to you

reverend

mr dawes

i have written a letter to the governor

in sydney giving him a full report

and i will not rest until this dreadful

incident gets a proper hearing

i'm sure kirkland will be pleased to

hear that reverend

so

all my own invention

completed just a month ago

this new relay system we can get a

message through to any of the seven

stations along the way in a matter of

seconds

all the way to hobart town at about a

minute what a pity it wasn't completed

sooner

i might have heard from you more than

once in the past six months

you know i'm not much with a pen

but now that you're here with me

i've been planning this boat for a year

doors

look

my wife will even have a boat waiting

did you manage that

whatever details and

reverend meekin was kind enough to

deliver them to her

what about the semaphore freya's gonna

be sorry he built it

what do you say

it'll just be

leslie trolley gabbit jimmy and us

i don't like the company

don't worry about them they're just

decoys

while you and me double back the other

way

wasting your time if you're counting on

her

don't forget i was in the courtroom in

hobart

if she didn't help you then she won't

now

what do you say

it's all set for tomorrow

look you're the only one here besides me

with brains i need someone like you or

maybe just need another decoy for later

i've earned plans you'll have to manage

without me

hold on to me dear the trip down

there's a message coming through harry

one

five

seven

prisoner absconded

by sure jerry there's been a fault

one

six

one

with arms come in there here's a guy

no just making a fuss freddie

just to tend to your signals

captain freya is waiting for an answer

send this message signal sent to

eaglehawk

another code

so don't try any tricks freddie

here it is eight five three

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what's keeping your dandy just

sprinkling salt on fri's tail

we found the next they're striking

cavities good

now send this signal six three one

watch point pure why point pure because

that's where we're not going

you're a foxy one dante check just send

the message

we've got them hey quincy

not exactly captain

you see the the semaphore station on

signal hill wasn't responding

and we sent peterson up to investigate

well jones and tuttle have been out of

commission so to speak for hours

it was the bolters sent the last

messages

bloody john rex

so much for your flies and honey

theories

you can tell the prisoners

but from now on this place is going to

be run like a penal colony

not a damned boarding school

and for weeks now i have watched this

new discipline clamped down like an ugly

vice i've seen a man flogged for

accidentally dropping his jacket over a

so-called boundary line

men center the pepper mill into the

stretcher rack for reasons they can't

even fathom

the jails even the solitary cells are

overflowing with the wretched devils

you haven't noticed anyone trying to

leave in the last two months have you mr

north

the prisoners are obviously beginning to

like it here the men slink into their

huts at night like whipped hounds to a

kennel it has become a crime here to do

anything but breathe

i was sent down here to keep order

and by god sir i will do it but at what

cost

and the worst thing i've seen is your

method of making constables of some of

the prisoners and setting them to spy on

their fellows

yes i put that system into use at mariah

island

and i found it was a great success

it is evil

a system where treachery is rewarded is

degrading and immoral

hardly a moral mr north

the previous chaplain the reverend

meeken

was strongly in favor of severe

punishment

he said it helped expedite the cells of

the convicts into heaven i know that the

lord does not make mistakes mr freyr

but his servant the church does and i am

afraid mr meekin is one of those

mistakes he is a complete ass

ah there you are my dear did you have a

pleasant day i found a lovely shade tree

near a stream to read in the afternoons

oh i forgot you two haven't met

reverend north

this is my wife

i hope i didn't disturb anything just a

philosophic debate on conflict

discipline

no hard feelings about our little

discussion

would you care to stay to dinner please

do mr north we could so use some fresh

company well thank you robert excuse me

for interrupting captain they want you

down at your office they got one of the

bolters there

well madam

i believe i have just solved the mystery

of the french novels in the captain's

library

i have a copy of ball sacks nana if you

would permit me to drop it by for you

thank you i would like that mr north

where are your mates gavin

captain asked you a question

dead

you've been gone over two months

how did you survive

some sailors found him on the point sir

and brought him across

funny thing captain they said he didn't

seem hungry

get him 10 lashes for himself

and 10 for each man that escaped with

him

we're all one and the same now anyway

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and then send him to the coal mines

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your bath will be ready jack as soon as

you finish the wood

i'll never be finished with this bloody

wood

i'm so bored with this

sarah

sarah

let's go to england

so you could join your old friends in

their con games

you'd wind up right back in port arthur

without me looking after you jack

we stay here

where i can turn you in as an escaped

convict if you are not kind and loving

to me

you're a strange woman

to love such a villain

a better man would be worrisome to me

i've been thinking jack

why don't we buy the two adjoining

properties

there's a fortune to be made on wool in

this country

what's this car

hmm

got that from doors when he jumped me in

the prison yard what did he do that for

it's a little jest i made about a lady

who was looking for a son

next thing i knew i was fighting for my

life

i wonder why

i remember rufus doors

didn't seem like a queer curve

no no matter of fact he's not

never known him to do anything without a

reason

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team number one

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your

line come on now get that

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sophocles expresses the same idea and

for loctities

but for some reason

i can't quite quote it today

that is indeed a beautiful poem mrs far

i never tire of tennyson

here take it mr north

it is a gift

i shall

treasure it

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back in mind

my

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so

so

hey what are you doing doors

just passing the time mooney

tell me if you hear the guard

huh

you drink this love

you'll feel better

do look a bit down on the mouth old girl

maybe i should get dr tennant to take a

look at you hmm

i'll be all right in a couple of days

will you go into town for me

it's the payment to foster for the land

he sold us

cash it and give it to him before noon

he'll have the papers ready

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pick up something for yourself while

you're in town

one of those new shirts they've brought

him from london good idea thank you

make my apologies to elsie kennedy on

the way back i promised to help her with

her pickling this afternoon well don't

expect me back too early take me ages to

get away from my mouth husband

oh you might as well bring them some of

the mussin while you're at it save you

the trip friday right

well

i better take the car then hey

you try and get some sleep love

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straight your mind

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on

safe journey

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oh

how you feeling mooney

george

oh terrible

hey i know i miss

freedom

freedom

[Laughter]

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i forgot what it is

what i miss most is meeting

i'll becky you tobacco you mean it

you know 100 if you get caught lad i

said i'd do it

next sunday

doors

can anyone hear us

not if you speak quietly

i've been sworn to be secret about this

but you've been good with me then

there's a bolt planned

from the coal mines

if you can get yourself transferred here

not interested

i've got a plan of my own

i'd built a boat

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[Applause]

you there's not

take the rest in

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i think a man like you could find a

better way to spend his free sunday than

to visit blind moon

although i believe you've been busy in

your spare time

it's come to my tent

hello there what's this

going to take this into mooney where you

you know the punishment for having

tobacco

i think i might enjoy laying on the

first 50 myself ah

thank goodness you'll find it captain

it's this bothersome tear

thank you so very much

use as many lives as a cat doors

i remember another time when you were

almost dead

and you

we built a coracle

did you really think it would work a

second time

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and since you don't seem to appreciate

your job in the fields

we'll transfer you to the peppermill in

the morning

thanks for the rebecca led

the preacher tell me about the bolt from

the coal

mines when's it to be oh not for a while

they still got a lot of tunneling to do

whose rush is it

cabbage

mr jones yes

i'm making some inquiries about a member

of the divine family

no come here yes yes of course

i understand you were in the employed

the divines

for almost 30 years sir

retired now with a pension and good

character hmm

i uh

i was hoping that you'd remember the sun

richard devon oh yes sir master richard

but i'm afraid he's dead sir

went down with a ship on his way to

india

did he know

not so sure

if you are positive they spent very

little time together master richard was

away at school for most of his youth

and as soon as he was old enough he ran

away to see

the last years the year she'd remember

his last trip was almost two years

and when he did come home

the night sir edward died it was for

less than an hour

excellent

now jarvis i want to know everything

that was peculiar about richard every

gesture every manner

but sir it's it's been almost 15 years

am i asking too much for my promise of

an even hundred a year

this is the main bedroom

lady eleanor occupies

a brother

mr francis wade

moved in

after sir edward died his rooms are

here

and myra was jealous

master richard

slept here when he was at home which was

not that frequent

half frequent

master richard was away so much so much

isn't good enough jarvis i want the day

and month and year of all his comings

and goings but sir after all these years

even lady eleanor won't recall such

details

perhaps not showers

but i will

that's me movie

what are you doing here doors

oh they found me they're backing doors

and they threw me out the austrians

yeah i'll do the grinding i can't see

the shackle pool

yours

i can't take this life anymore

i've got an escape plan

what is it mooney you know it you've

seen it

a couple of mates of mine did it last

year

you'll make draw straws

the long straw gets a quick check it out

the short straw kills

him and they hang this short straw

by the way we're both out

not for me mooney

i'm gonna try the mine tunnel they only

send the worst cases there

they'll send me

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they're getting an early start this

season with the planting

maybe if we double their labor

they can supply our settlement boris

their children

sylvia sometimes i think you're a little

too harsh on me with your judgments

when we get the point pure i'm sure

you'll be most impressed with the way we

treat our young boys

see this

we put them to work and teach them a

trade keeps their little fingers busy on

something useful to society and away

from thieving at which most of them are

very adept

then when we turn them loose on society

at the end of their term they then have

a choice they can lead a useful life and

work as honest men with a trade do they

some of them are back already for the

second time

do you vlog the children

it's required for discipline mrs freyr

but we keep the limit to under 20 lashes

you'd be surprised to reveal what these

young black guards get up to behind your

back

look why don't you go up to the point

and enjoy the scenery while the

lieutenant and i finish the inspection

we can't have you too tired for our

dinner party tonight

mom

what is it you might

we want to know where your point pure

mom i came to visit you

how long have you been here

don't know exactly

three years i think

hasn't anyone ever kissed you before

poor little man

my mother used to

my fetch billy

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this is billy mom

billy never had no mother

kiss me

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you two poor babies

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believe me sylvia none of them have been

sent here without sufficient reason

but there aren't a little humbugs

i know how to take advantage of soft

hearts like yours

i can do it now

i feel strong

will it hurt much tommy

not as much as a whopping

but tom it looks that deep

please don't leave me

now i can't leave you

what was it the lady that kissed us said

tommy

lord have pity on them two

fatherless children

let's say tommy

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lord have pity on them two fatherless

children

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i know these young devils

a dude out of spite those two poor

babies were driven to suicide

get a message back to point pure

i want more careful supervision of the

boys

wouldn't do to have them slipping

through our fingers like this

mr johnson have them keep their bodies

until i get there in the morning

they are to receive a blessing before

they're buried for suicide send the

message johnson

it's no idle talk captain

i mean to do it this time

nonsense the convicts are always

threatening to kill one of the guards

it's best to pay no attention

police captain

transfer me

no by god that'd be giving in to them do

you think i could run this settlement if

i trembled at every convict rumor

permission for transfer denied

all right fall in line and be quick

about it

and keep quiet for the captain

the life of water truck

has been threatened

he was due to leave at the end of the

month

but i'm keeping him on

one extra month

in the meantime

if you want to kill someone

kill me

that's a fine pistol you have there jack

it has a hair trigger

just the tiniest pressure will do it

and if you do

every musket in this yard will empty

into you

and even if they'll miss

they'll hang you afterward for sure

but do you think about it jack

maybe it's worth it

your life for mine

it was was only a game captain

the peppermill must have affected your

mind doors

you heard what i told cheers

my life for yours captain

seems a fair offer

you'll go with him jack

i'd say you were in this together

hawkins

bring shares up in the morning we'll

give him 25 for his little game

as for doors

some time in the coalmine should cool

his temper

so

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maybe

when's the bolt

i don't know nothing about no boat

but if there was

you wouldn't be going

if you don't take me

you don't go

i could kill you guys

and no one would know

that's what you're going to have to do

gavin

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um

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

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oh

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i could kill you down here gabbit

and no one would know

let him be doors

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am i in

we could use him

gabba

all right

tunnel's at the end of the north shaft

is it finished

can only spare two minutes of time

take about three more weeks to break

through

what's the plan

as soon as the tunnel's finished

with your first thing next morning

that's only a

12-hour start

there's nothing else for it

if we don't go up at the end of the day

then they come down after

us if we're dead and buried

we rig a cave in

it'll take them a week to dig through

and considering who's down here

they may not bother to dig at all

almost to north i was beginning to think

you'd forgotten i'm sorry if i've

detained it mrs fricker no matter

what should it be i think i'm in the

mood for robert burns today

is that all right with you

no uh no it's

not

mr north is something wrong it's just

that

burns

perhaps

some milton milton

could we compromise on byron

mr north what is it

it's this place

the endless punishments the hopelessness

and

other things

mrs frer

yesterday a prisoner in the peppermill

asked me for a rose i wore in my

buttonhole

because it came from your garden he

seemed to know you

his name is rufus dawes

he was our gardener when i was a little

girl

i understand that later he tried to kill

me kill us all

kill you

i don't believe it had it not been for

my husband he would have done so

only a monster could consider such an

act

how could anyone not love you

mr north

are you feeling ill

yes mrs for her

and it is a curious illness

you are talking very strangely well if

you will excuse me i

must leave now

and i would suggest that the less we see

of each other the better

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uh

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anyway

not much honor in your profession is

there mistakenly

mr dunn may i present lady eleanor

divine

your investigator has become famous for

questioning every sailor with the

initial rd but i've already told him

i know nothing that can be of help to

you

then why did you pay him not to report

back to me

there are reasons

personal reasons why

i would rather not be questioned by

solicitors

you shall have your money back

you must think me very foolish mr dunn

to continue searching for all these

years

but if ever i stop searching and hoping

and perhaps you could also find it in

your heart

to spare a moment for a bereaved mother

may i describe richard divine to you

he had rather intense eyes

somewhat like yours

he was ten inches above five feet

in height

just as you are you're mistaken my lady

i'm more than two inches taller than

that

and his only fault was that he was

perhaps ashamed too quick to anger

and he had a habit

i used to scold him about it often

when he was very young

sitting backwards in his chair

strange

my mother never seemed to mind

tell me about your parents mr dunn

what were they like

ordinary people from the north

yet you sound educated

i've been traveling the world since i

was 12 and

from time to time i had the good fortune

to fall in with others about my station

oh

if you'll excuse me lady eleanor

i'm sure your son will return someday

any son with a mother such as you

richard

lady eleanor i'm not your son

and if i were

i said if i were

you would wish that i would not

in 15 years of wandering this earth

there are

things that happen to a man

15 years mr dunn

you said you left home when you were 12.

what difference how many years

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do you think it matters what you have

done

all i know is that you're home now

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did you go out today no

reading some trashy novel again i

suppose

we'll be eating in the dining room as

soon as you're ready robbie have you

taken some mutton out for your own

dinner of course not mum that'd be

stealing

you're too familiar with the convict

servant sylvia did you invite mr north

to dinner friday maurice

you can't come says he has no time for

social engagements these days i can't

imagine what keeps the family so busy

maurice i want to visit my father for a

while

i'm lonely and i have no one to talk to

you could talk to me more often sylvia

i hate the life of the settlement here

i have to get away for a while

the lady franklin is due in a few weeks

i'd like to sail on it

if you have no objections

i imagine you'll do what you want to do

you always have

maybe the change will do you good

you've been too down in the mouth of my

liking these days anyway

why don't you take some cell volatile

they say it works wonders

so volatile

you're a strange girl sylvia

i've never really been able to

understand you

is the guard around

no

we're going to do it joyce

being bled the escape level they told

you about

you sure money

i've got to look forward to

another flogging

another months in the peppermill

would you all destroy us

neutral plant

you win mooney

good

go to it

come on bland what are you waiting for

i'm ready

i thought you might like to pray a bit

uh

oh that's a nice thought

george

do you think there is heaven

i know there's a hell

you see here is it evan

i think i shall go there

yeah

i know you will let

because you'll be good to me

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god bless you doors

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foreign

well well

whatever you

looks like a simple case of murder

let's get the corpse out of here

i'm surprised that you doors

didn't think we'd get rid of you this

easy

i did it

don't matter doors will hang just as

high as an accomplice no

unless you can convince the judge

you wasn't at home last night when this

happened

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good morning uncle richard i was just

coming up to see you ah

not to discuss more of those tiresome

business affairs i hope well i don't

like these matters any more than you do

richard i was obliged to administer your

father's estate under the terms of his

will but and you've done so admirably i

feel you should meet with the lawyers

and sign the papers

oh please uncle let's not get involved

with lawyers or papers just yet

i would like to relax for a while

it's just

good to be home

did the judge arrive on that ship

i brought you something

i know that it's forbidden for prisoners

to have books but

this one is very small

you reverend

it'll help the days pass

me sounds strange under the

circumstances but in a way you're a

lucky man

there was some bad trouble at the mines

a cave-in

how did you know

they happen

a terrible tragedy i'm afraid that by

the time they dig through all that rock

you're right reverend i'm a very lucky

man

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i want to see the prisoner rufus doors

he's under punishment so i understand i

want to see him now coming down gave

strict order mr gimlet opened this door

at once

this is not punishment this is murder

who ordered this you're coming i'm tired

untie him

do you know who i am

i order you to get this prison off

immediately

oh man

how long has it been like this about an

hour it's a lie it's been there almost

five off why

just because of a book yes ma'am

they found it in his cell directly

forbidden from it's my book and i wanted

him to have it get some water

and get him off this torture

i'm sorry it seems to me you spend your

life being sorry mr north

you knew about that hours ago

how could you permit something like that

to happen

your opinion of me may be justified mrs

frame but i have limited authority here

you have moral authority

why don't you use it

they're all cowards mr north

they released that prisoner when a woman

merely raised her voice

what the devil's this i hear you have

been releasing prisoners captain fur

well

i might have known you put her up to

this meddling

the man is probably going to hang mr

freya isn't that enough for you

i have a thousand other prisoners here

who are not going to hang

my job is to maintain discipline

but i will do it

if i have to kill a hundred doors you

already have mr freyr at least that

number

you are a murderer no better than the

worst prisoner here

it is only by a strange fate that you're

a commandant instead of conflict

you create a critical scoundrel

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if it went for your black coats

women

priests and convicts

a pack of whimpering simpering fools

how can you tolerate this dreadful place

leave with me

i am

leaving when the lady franklin sails

i sent my resignation to the governor a

month ago

i am sailing on the lady franklin

as well

i think you'd best go now

i think we should not see

or speak to each other again

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until we sail

[Music]

i'm terribly sorry about the book doors

i memorized every poem

would you thank her for me mr north

her

sylvia mrs freya

i want you to ask her one final favor

for me

it's important that i speak to her

before my trial

having heard the testimony of water

trope and the confession of one of the

prisoners jeremy bland i'm prepared to

render my decision

but first i must mention that i am

appalled of the inhumanity of the

defendants

to commit a coldplated murder of an old

blind man is dreadful

i find it equally abhorrent to stand

idly by nothing to prevent it

therefore i sentence you both

jeremy bland

and rufus dawes

to death by hanging

on monday november 27th 1850 at six

o'clock in the morning

i want everything ship shape and all

aboard we sail within the hour

good evening

seems like old times doesn't it mrs

freya

captain

mr johnson will take your bags

give way man

wait for mr north of the jetty

if he misses the ship through your

laziness you'll pay for it

the north came aboard earlier

then he found he'd forgotten something

can't miss the tide if he's

you late

without him

traitor i can't give you admittance your

reverence

must have a written order before you can

visit a prisoner under sentence of death

sir i'm sorry

you don't think i'd come here without

authority do you

well

being reverend in a war

i guess

yeah man take a sip of this you look

chill to the bone

i waited

i waited for a visit

a word a message

i thought till the moment i was

sentenced to die

at least tell me what she said when you

asked her

i

i didn't ask her

i've not seen mrs fur since that

dreadful day in the stretcher room and

she leaves for sydney tonight

she could have testified for me at the

trial

testified about what

i saved her life when she was a little

girl

freya promised me a pardon

if i'd had a chance to speak to her she

would have remembered

she was my last hope

oh my god what have i done

you cannot think worse of me than i do

myself

who's that

you want your rum your reverend

no you can

keep it

i will want that flask however

so

drink up man

come on drink up

i've forgotten something

don't lock the door i'll be right back

quickly mr daughter

put this on

and keep your head done

the god is drunk and the main door is

open

it's your only chance

there's a boat waiting the jetty which

will take you to the ship

my cabin is at the stern on the fort

side go in and lock the door

and what happens to you i'll say you

overpowered me and escaped into the bush

now go the ship is due to leave but take

care captain blunt and the judge and mrs

freyr are all on board and know you

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who's that

thanks for your rum your reverence

i only needed it again

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oh there thank you mr north

wait too much time sir

jump in sir

shut her up

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there you have that just tucking you in

safely for the night

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we can't wait all night for him

ahead mr partridge

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[Music]

prepare to work

[Music]

have a good boy

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oh shake your reverence

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mr

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so

[Music]

[Music]

that's a gun from the shore sir and

they're burning a red light must be a

prisoner escape shall we lie too

help freya hunt down these bloody

prisoners

i don't ask him to sail my ship

yes

you're dinner reverend

just leave it at the door

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[Applause]

[Applause]

mr north

mr you in there

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why have you seen reverend north oh he's

still in his cabin man

he hasn't been up on deck he's been sick

since we sailed it's hard though he's

eating some hearty meals

[Music]

[Music]

mr north

are you feeling better tonight

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[Applause]

yes uh it's johnson mum we've docked

thank you

a message from the reverent north for

you man

yes

uh he's still a bit under the weather

and says he'll stay in his bed a while

uh he'll pay his respects to you and

major vicars when he gets his land legs

back

thank you can i give you a hand with

your bags man

no i'm not quite ready yet thank you

i've missed you buddy

i forgot my hair brush i'll get it for

you no no i'll get it i know where it is

oh

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i think i remember packing it in my

small bag your darling puppy's not like

you at all

is

any sign of storm damage down there a

couple of small cracks above the water

line captain please repair him

by your reverence

thank you

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mr north

[Music]

where is mr north

that port arthur

he helped me get away

why

because he knows the truth

he knows that i never harmed you and

that it was i who built the coracle

carnival

we had to kill your pet goat

you named her robinson caruso

because she was marooned with you

and you helped me build a raft to float

to the island of goats

you were the queen

and we were all your faithful subjects

coracle yes

we waited for you

we waited for you all day long to come

back from goat island

the ocean

good mr dawes

you were my guardian angel

and i would

who was that reverend north

the settlement chaplain

he was sick the entire voyage poor man

let's go home

you aren't intruding at all miss mc

williams i'm sure richard would be

delighted to see you

ah

written

we have a surprise for you an old

acquaintance of yours

but of course

and a wonderful surprise it is too

why don't you take mr williams into the

parlor

i shall have tea sent in

yes

how wonderful to see you again my dear i

was in london yesterday on business i

own a millinery shop in edinburgh now

and

while i was in london

i thought of you

uh

edinburgh

and the autumn

it was glasgow then richard

what went to the place

you promised to return

ein mann ein vought you said

you were so good with foreign languages

my dear

you uh

you always amaze me

you don't remember me anymore do you

richard

you don't even know my name

well frank i dare i don't

you see i've been traveling the world

for so many years it's

impossible to remember every face i see

charming as yours maybe

but uh no matter

what can i do for you hmm

is it money you want

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what's this all about richard

i'm building a store my heart

but where do you expect to find

customers in the bush

they'll be here

i'll tell you what

i'll buy a pound of your flour to make

all your hard work worthwhile

it's not for sale yet

but i hear you've got 2 000 pounds of

damaged sugar in your store

give you tons of pound for the lot

if you've got the money

i'll pick it up tuesday

why don't you come back and work for me

richard

you were a good shepherd

but i don't think you'll make a success

as a storekeeper

mr loftus

may i offer you some advice

i think you should purchase the home

station hi my rent is almost nothing

my guess is that there'll be hundreds of

men camped here before two months have

passed

will you keep this a secret until i get

the papers fixed

if you'll sell me 500 of your prime

sheep in the mountain paddock

done

keep it for the sheep and allow you

another 110 pounds why don't you dig

when this goldfield opens up there'll be

half the world here

whether they find gold or not

you're gonna need pigs pans cradles

saddles food shovels and all the rest so

far i've found a few small nuggets

i may never find another one

digging is just a lottery

my way is certain

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come on

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um

i help you matter

see

pickaxe

[Applause]

goodbye

that way is better

on the left

[Music]

[Applause]

come on you idiots

get this dog open

about time sorry sir but i'd already

retired

if i'm your sister

this place is full of ghouls

[Music]

it's too early for her bedtime

i'll get her to join me for some summer

take your hands off me you fools

i'll have you dismiss for this

if you get

oh

i think by tomorrow you'll have leveled

this entire valley

hola's mothers can know

she will not let me

she's a jealous one she wants everything

to keep herself

she will not tell me her secret

maybe you keep her up too late at night

she needs to sleep too

i think you make her angry

perhaps a warm fire and an early night

we'll put in a better mood tomorrow

[Music]

so

[Music]

do you like it here

at nightside

to come alone

[Music]

with my father this was his dream to be

the goals field

but

he's dead on the ship

and he never see a ghost field

but you have

he'd be proud

his daughter built a mine shaft oh

not a very good one

and he does not find me gold

do you want to return to spain

not without gold

i laugh at my father

i not let them laugh

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there are other ways to find gold

i'll show you

oh

should we pay for a license before we

make a strike you shouldn't

that's why the miner's right in the

turon fields the troopers here won't

stand around for that maybe not but you

have to get yourself organized and take

some kind of a stand we'll stone the

next trooper that rides in here to check

the licenses

the gold fields belong to those as

welcome i'm not suggesting violence

there are other ways

that man who went in the store what's

his name richard wade fiance

[Music]

did you know him

i thought i did

but it must be a mistake

[Music]

a stranger came to the store today to

talk to the miners

he said he thought he knew you

what did he look like

oh he was in the claws of a man of

business

his leg was a wood i think

i'd rather not see any old acquaintance

here it's a problem

a long time ago uh

i was accused of a crime i didn't commit

and i was transported to van diemen's

land

where's the convicts

i escaped

and now they look for you

did this man ask for me by name no bro

if you do nothing wrong you must get a

lawyer to tell them it was a big mystery

it's not that simple

when i was at the prison settlement

there were other things i did do

your

family in england

i think i'm dead and it's better that

way

when did this come

last week sir it was delivered to the

family house and was sent on down here

to london by your mother with others

i hope there's nothing wrong sir nothing

you infernal ass except that i should

have had this immediately you just got

back from paris last night sir and i

thought can't you see it's marked urgent

can you read can you spell hmm

i'll never mind get out

mr divine

good to see you sir

your dinner has already been ordered

[Music]

[Music]

like

[Music]

you didn't expect to see me again did

you

sarah

i never really met hush my dear

richard

it must be richard now i suppose

this isn't the time for explanations

the world may know you as richard divine

but to me

you are merely a runaway husband

and an escaped convict

if you don't sit down and eat your

supper in a civil manner i shall call

for the police

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just to think

i have spent half my life getting you

out of trouble and what for

i'm truly sorry sarah

things just

happened

i've traced your actions from the day

you arrived in england

i know your continental trips your

journeyings here and there searching for

your clues

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um

[Music]

so

[Music]

i've pieced together the puzzle as you

have done

and i know that you're ruining an

innocent family

since when have you become so virtuous

since i began using my head

i'm a rich woman in new south wales

and i don't have to resort to trickery

anymore

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i've come to take you back with me

richard

well you may be what you call rich sarah

but not near so wealthy and powerful as

richard divine

i have a house in london with my own

stables

i keep a yacht at cows

i have a villa at brompton i'm set for

life sarah

are you

when i first saw it i felt it looked

enough like you to warrant spending a

lot of money on investigations

and here you are

but for how long

what about the man's identity you've

stolen

what if he sees the picture that's

impossible

mr richard divine

is to all intents and purposes

dead

you're certain

positive

i can assure you there's very little

chance of mr richard devine ever turning

up here

good

then you're not concerned that a man who

calls himself

rufus doors

escaped from port arthur more than two

years ago

so

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for stores

are you sure

it doesn't matter

he probably never made it away alive you

did

well

even so

he couldn't afford to expose me he'd be

signing his own death warrant but maybe

he could afford to kill you

i seem to remember he tried to kill you

when you merely mentioned his mother's

name

this is where you can get your

provisions

uh

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[Music]

oh i'll get the good sir

you're waiting inside the carriage where

it's full i need to get the circulation

going see that the horses are watered

and fed

i'll see you inside the store

oh

[Music]

uh

[Music]

i'd like a hot tea please

when i wait for these provisions bitter

outside

i just apply flour and mutton

we're well stocked

mutton is two ceilings a pound

expensive provisions are scarce in a

gold field

yes of course

i'll have six pounds of flour ten pounds

of your mouth

tea for the gentlemen please

i'm stopping off at my friend's property

on the way to sydney he's a new settler

that'll keep him going for a while

anything on that list you don't have

i have everything sir

good i'll take my tea by the fire thank

you

that seems to be everything let's go

driver

who was that man major vickers

his son-in-law is the superintendent of

all the jails in the colony

captain freya's station in melbourne now

i saw him once last year

he says us victorian troopers are the

best in the colony

does mrs freya live in melbourne also

her cheat was still living with her

father in sydney there's better for a

healthier

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voicemail someone who gave me hope

[Music]

sorry captain freyr

i'm not in the business of hunting down

criminals

i'm more likely to represent them in a

court of law

not this one

i don't think any real lawyer would want

him for a client i am in no position to

choose my clients that carefully captain

now if you please excuse me i'll pay you

handsomely for any information regarding

rufus doors mr willis

are you sure the man you're looking for

is in this area captain

no idea it is

but i can put myself in the shoes of

these chaps

if i was going to hide out

the goldfields wear light headphones

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

this is

[Applause]

[Music]

that man who was asking about you with a

wooden leg

is in problem

maybe not

sell north end house

why for heaven's sake

well you ask me to take the

responsibility off your hands

i am

i'm selling everything but the the

family home

the grindling riven's carvings in the

dining room are the finest in england i

can't help that i just need the cash

where would you find a buyer

oh then it must be worthwhile at least

half a million

well i've already spoken some people

who'll cut it up into building

allotments

they'll tear down north end

hmm

there's talk of a suburban line with the

terminus and john's wood

richard surely you're jesty

and dead serious

my wife

sarah oh yes sir

i was married on the continent last

month

well sarah wants to live in america for

a

oh while son

i'm sorry francis

i have tried but i i just

cannot like him

and he

he shall not sell this house

you can't prevent it eleanor

if he is my son

i can prevent it if he is

between richard and myself there is a

secret

a shameful secret

if the man who claims to be my son does

not know that secret

then he is an impostor

maybe you shouldn't have come with me

from now on jack where you go i go

[Applause]

i wonder why she said i should come

alone

she can't possibly suspect anything

after all this time

hmm

can she

i asked to speak to you privately

richard

you can have nothing to say to my

husband madam that is not my duty and

privilege to hear

very well

i am forbidding you to sell sir edward's

property

forbidding me

i am only doing what my father's will

allows me to do

have you forgotten

what took place in this very room 18

years ago

don't you remember why you left this

house where you were born this house

which you now wish to sell to strangers

what is the point of this madam my

husband the point is madam

that this man may be your husband

but he is not

my son

something must have disturbed you mother

or you would not make such an accusation

my son and i shared a terrible secret

one which you seem to know nothing about

i would rather

i did not know

and

you perhaps would rather not hear it

after all these years

i think i am strong enough to hear the

words

if you know them

you

said that i am sarah's husband

but that i'm not your son

the truth

is i am your son

but i'm not sir edward's son

you're merely

guessing perhaps i can also guess the

name of my real father

let us say

my real father

is your cousin

is me a miguel wade

lord bellas

mother

nothing has changed

your secret is still safe with us

don't you see what this means

i can still stop you selling north end

you have no right

to the inheritance

as a bastard

the law allows you nothing

i i

understand that mother

but

if we insist upon the letter of the law

how can we continue to protect your

secret

how could we prevent

you and your family name

from becoming the scandal of london

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now how in the world would you know

about that

the upper class

only think they have secrets from their

servants

richard

why is your guard tonight

it's not another woman

i wish it was

you go to see that man who give you the

note no

yes

reach out don't go

poor favor he means me no harm

because you don't know that

if he meant to turn me over to the

authorities he would have done so

then why he asked to see you

he wants money i would say

or what

for his continued silence

what will you do

give it to him

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[Music]

[Music]

come in mr wade

what should i say mr doors

what do you want mr willis

blackmail all after gold mr doors

each in our own way

except for me doors

sorry doors

this isn't what i intended

i was just going to hit you for a chunk

of money

but this

persistent fellow

guessed my motives

and followed me here

it's a good thing for you that i did

do you think for one moment here to let

you leave this place alive

no mr willis

this is the only way that you make any

money out of this

i'll make sure that you're in for your

fair share of the reward

put those on him

and be very careful not to get between

us

that was quite a trick you and that

mealy mouth minister worked

tell me dawgs

was my wife in on it too

i've spent a lot of time and money

working towards this moment

shame it's all gone to waste captain

don't turn mr freyr

i have a pistol pointed at a very

vulnerable spot between your shoulder

blades

i don't believe you

i hope you're not going to demand proof

mr freyr

i'll just set your pistol on the table

and step away from it

you're a fool willis

if you let that man walk out of here

your life will never be safe

think about it

no matter what he promises to pay you

you don't understand mr frey

he's already paid

me a long time ago

do i know you

you were the one who encouraged me to

study

one and one or two

two and two of four

it's been 18 years since we sailed

together on the malabar

the little 11 year old boy you taught to

do sums

the blinker

now old friend

what do we do with him

looks like we've got a tiger by the tail

we can tie him up and leave him here

this shack's not being used

in four days time i'll send an anonymous

note to the troopers

[Music]

you hit

a little carpentry will fix my wound

first time i was ever grateful for a

wooden leg

he's dead

sorry i got you mixed up in this

oh i was always in it

this

is a memento from a commandant who

thought it was a good idea for young

boys to help bail water at the bottom of

a quarry

in spite of the frequent rock slides

i was luckier than my mate timmy

i only got my leg crushed

his horse will be found soon

but it'll be weeks before they discover

the body

give you a chance to get out of the way

if you're worried

what about you

i have no connection to freya

anyway

i'm leaving for england at the beginning

of the month to lobby for the miners

why don't you come with me to england

why

on the malabar you told me you were

innocent

if that's true

maybe i can get you a new hearing i have

no more faith in british justice now

than i did then

but there is something you can do for me

in london

i'd like some word of a lady

an old love

just a lady who was once very kind to me

i'd like to know how she

her name is lady eleanor devine

and i think she'd still be living it i

know where she's living

and i can give you a word of her right

now

she's fine

do you know her no

there was an article in a newspaper when

i was in london last

her son had just returned home after

being missing for years

that was a while ago

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[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

yes madam

i'd like to see mr wade please

uh he's not here might help you

when will he be back

he sold this star

he left two months ago

i don't know where he went

i'm sorry

thank you um

your mrs fredo no

yes

have we met

he speak of you

thank you

careful uncle

i believe that particular item goes with

the same house well aware of that but i

was the one who purchased it for sir

edward

i picked it up for a song

the fact that it's worth far more today

as a tribute to your shrewd foresight

yes i know that uncle you've told me

often enough

now if you'll finish packing what is

yours

i'm expecting the buyers in here at any

moment

don't tear all this down you know

these lovely old carvings will become

firewood

as it should be uncle

those chunks of wood have warmed the

souls of the divines for long enough

it's time they

furnished warmth

for the bodies of others

progress uncle progress

we should not stand in the way

huh

if you knew what i'm realizing from the

sale of this old shack

take the bars uncle

my parting gift

they're here

of course they're here

you're expecting them

yes but i

never really believed it until this

minute

half a million pounds

sarah

do you realize how we can live in

america

live there

we can buy it

and lady eleanor

what

she has a 3 000 a year

plus a tiny sum put away i'm sure

big pardon sir but there are two

gentlemen here to see you

gentlemen

oh yes i almost forgot uh show them into

the study what's your reason i've done

that sir

good

then uh

tell them i'll be along shortly

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welcome to north end gentlemen

as the spanish are fond of saying

my house

is your house

i'm henry collins mr randolph solicitor

this is my wife mrs devine

i have all the papers here

oh good

then we can go right ahead my solicitors

have gone through everything and assure

me all is in order

well then it seems the signatures on the

final documents are all that remain

oh

of course

mr randolph's check is signed and ready

to be turned over to you

well gentlemen

perhaps a glass of sherry

uh sarah would you ring could we get on

with it henry

i don't mean this is an abuse of your

hospitality mr divine

but if i toasted every deal i made i'd

scarcely draw a sober breath

as you wish

uh you're quite right mr randolph it's

best we get on with it

myself

what is it reason

this gentleman insisted on barging in

sir shall i send for a constable

gratefully sorry to disturb you sir well

what is it mr richard divine

count this

it's a matter of grave urgency mr divine

you see i'm making inquiries about an

escaped felon

name of rufus dawes

we are busy at the moment

but if you'd leave your card my husband

will call on you

would thursday be convenient

would for me madam

but i happen to know that you're booked

on the manchester which sails for

america at noon tomorrow

there has obviously been a mistake

i've never even heard of this uh strange

that you haven't mr divine

you see we have positive proof

that this

rufus doors and richard devine are one

and the same person

that may well be

but i am not

richard devine

i don't understand sir

we'll just do arya then

my papers will explain everything

the top draw sarah

show them

[Music]

stand very still gentlemen

i know how to use this

i wouldn't suggest leaving in a hurry

gentlemen we may be waiting outside

me

could i just

borrow this

[Music]

quick

quick

[Music]

it would appear your performance was

most convincing

thanks mr wade

it's a shame the audience didn't

appreciate it

i apologize if there was any danger

danger mr wade

i've been in far more danger on the

stage at the haymarket

but for a lot less money

i'm sorry you were inconvenienced

gentlemen

i'm richard wade a distant relative

the name is reason i understand

be good enough to ready a carriage for

the gentleman i'm afraid theirs is

temporarily in use

i'm still interested you know

if whoever is really in charge ever

decides to sell

i doubt that will ever happen sir

richard

i heard a disturbance is everything all

right

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major vickers

my servant tells me that you're

inquiring about a richard divine yes

madam

is he at home

richard devine is dead

i understood the gentleman who'd been

living here for the past year under the

name of richard wade was he's the son of

my late cousin

esme i'm a girl wade

lord bellas

i see

i take it then that you are lady eleanor

divine

and my son richard

has been dead for almost 20 years

i see

i'm sorry

it was not my intent to disturb you lady

eleanor

i'm not the bearer of ill tidings major

vickers

mr dawes

i'm delighted to see you

i wish i could say the same major i was

about to inform lady eleanor at the time

the bearer of welcome news

there was quite a charade you and sylvia

played for me at sydney darts

she was always kind to me

i trust you as well she's quite well

thank you

she informed me that you were indeed

promised a pardon by my late son-in-law

captain freyr

between your lawyer willis and sylvia

i was persuaded to ask for a

re-examination of your case

richard is innocent

lord bellasis was alive when they parted

and he gave richard that watch

i've been here a month now

having the original trial records

re-examined

there are several other contradictory

elements that didn't come up at the time

elements that show a completely new

light on your original conviction

now as to the charges have been brought

against you since

as i hold myself personally responsible

for a great deal of those troubles

i persuaded the governor to quash those

charges also

an unconditional pardon from the crown

the letter for my daughter

she's living with me in england now

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a dinner invitation i believe

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good mr dawes

my father and i request the pleasure of

your company for dinner

at three elms this sunday afternoon

at one o'clock on the 24th day of july

you'll be pleased to know the aphrodite

rose flourishes well in english soil

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hmm

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you