1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,639 I don't think you understand the strength of feeling in the town, 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:05,999 ma'am, against the blues. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,199 I've got this architect coming to take a look at Northgate House. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,439 Oh, that's still our plan? 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:11,599 Oh, yes. 6 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,119 Have you had a letter from your sister, ma'am? 7 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:15,399 No. 8 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,479 She's sent instruction for evictions. 9 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,279 The Rawsons have now had between four and five acres of your coal. 10 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,199 How could you know a thing like that? 11 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,039 "The marriage of captain Tom Lister, of Shibden Hall, 12 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,679 "to Miss Ann Walker of Crow Nest." 13 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,840 It's a joke. It's a skit. 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,560 INDISTINCT CHATTER AND SHOUTING 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,759 DOOR SLAMS 16 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,199 I think it's genuine, the apology. 17 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,479 I think the editor really had no idea 18 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:54,119 he was reprinting anything other than a bona fide 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,679 marriage announcement. 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,359 Mm. 21 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,359 Internal inquires were made at the newspaper office 22 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:03,639 about how the item came to be reprinted. 23 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,679 It was inconclusive, 24 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,999 but the editor apologises for not being more rigorous 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,520 before it went into print a second time and for the... 26 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,679 ..embarrassment it caused. 27 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,360 Oh, I wasn't embarrassed. 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,039 But this will satisfy Miss Walker at least, 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,079 who did not expect to see it reprinted in the Halifax Guardian. 30 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,879 Moving on... 31 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,239 Bradley has assessed Northgate House. 32 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,559 He thinks I need to spend another £1,000 33 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:33,639 to turn it into a good inn. 34 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,679 And then Thomas Greenwood's all for leasing it at £200 a year, 35 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,559 although Bradley thinks I should be asking nearer 300. 36 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,119 Would it not be wise, 37 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,839 at the risk of repeating myself, 38 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,679 to sell it and settle some of your borrowing? 39 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,999 No! Good Lord, no. We've had this conversation. 40 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,279 Oh, and I've decided to accept Mawson's offer 41 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,959 for the tenancy of the Stump Cross Inn. 42 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,719 Oh, well, he seems to be... 43 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,639 Good. I'll tell him to come and see you about signing the lease. 44 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,479 And Mytholm, it looks like Aquilla Green might take it. 45 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,759 Oh, I thought that Mallinson... 46 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,160 Mallinson is a yellow. 47 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:05,959 I spoke to him about it, 48 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,999 and he admitted he would never dare give a blue vote, 49 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,919 so that's that. I told him until he could we couldn't agree. 50 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:14,279 You do need to be careful. 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,399 Oh, yes. Electoral intimidation. 52 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,999 Yes, I suppose they'll have me up before the select committee 53 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,639 before long, and believe you me, I would go, and with pleasure. 54 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,999 Yes, it's... The yellows are the authors of this repugnant practice 55 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,519 of exclusive dealing, Mr Parker, not me - 56 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,799 for all Mr William Briggs's efforts to disclaim it in the Guardian. 57 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,159 And well may he do so, for the yellows are the losers. 58 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,679 I had to be really quite sharp with Mr Nicholson the other day, 59 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,919 due to the want of civility shown Miss Walker 60 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,479 by one of his young men. 61 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,439 We may shop there again because we pride ourselves 62 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,879 in rising above such nonsense, but others won't, 63 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,359 not if they're addressed so impertinently. 64 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,639 And then where would Mr Nicholson be, hm? 65 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:56,239 Out of business. I agree. 66 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,919 In a trading town like Halifax, we all depend on... 67 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,279 And what was that idiotic marriage announcement, 68 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,399 if not some feeble attempt to intimidate, to humiliate me? 69 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,759 Some cowardly effort to point a finger because they don't like 70 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,439 my opinions or the cut of my jib, or any of it. 71 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,279 Yes, that's... 72 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:18,040 How dare anyone speak to me about intimidation. 73 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,080 DOOR CLOSES 74 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,239 ANNE SIGHS How are you getting on? 75 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,959 We've had some very bad news. 76 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,799 MARIAN: Is that Anne? 77 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,319 Mr Sunderland's dead. 78 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,919 We've just had a note from Dr Kenny. 79 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,879 He was with him all last night, 80 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,239 him and Dr Jubb, and then he died, 81 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,239 just gone midnight, just like that. 82 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,959 Well, what was the matter with him? 83 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,959 Gout of the stomach, apparently. 84 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,799 Although... 85 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,839 Aunt. Oh... 86 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:23,799 Apparently, he was knocked down, 87 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,119 in Halifax, in some skirmish. 88 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,879 And this was after the election result was declared. 89 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,479 Well, he must've got caught up in the throng 90 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,280 and banged his head and... 91 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,279 They think he was trampled on. 92 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:40,799 No. Where will it end, all this nastiness? 93 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,199 You're perfectly safe, Aunt. 94 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,479 Yes, I am, but what about you? You're never in. 95 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,359 Well, I'm never very far away, 96 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:48,559 and I have a lot of business on hand so... 97 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,039 Oh, poor, poor Mr Sunderland. 98 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,639 Dr Kenny's offered to visit Aunt Anne if she... No! 99 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,279 No. No, no, no. 100 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,319 No. We'll send for Dr Jubb 101 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,919 when we need someone. 102 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,079 But Dr Kenny's offering... CAPTAIN LISTER: Anne? 103 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,239 Is that her? 104 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,319 Oh, yes. 105 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,960 Father wants to see you. Mm. 106 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:07,519 I'd rather see Dr Jubb. 107 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,119 I don't know what's the matter with Dr Kenny. He's perfectly... 108 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,159 DOOR SLAMS 109 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:12,839 Yes, Father? Where have you been? 110 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,239 Nowhere. Well, Halifax. 111 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,079 Now I'm going to the pit to see Hinscliffe. 112 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,799 This arrived. Shut the door! 113 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,039 MARIAN: Oh! 114 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,319 This came. I opened it. 115 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,719 I assumed it was for me, Captain Lister. 116 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,759 But clearly not. 117 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,599 Some wit, some wag, 118 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,799 begging to "congratulate the parties 119 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,559 "on their happy connection". 120 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:35,799 Who's seen this? 121 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,799 Nobody. 122 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,159 Has Miss Walker seen this? 123 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,839 No! Has Aunt Anne seen this? 124 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,400 No. Just me. 125 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,199 It'll be the Briggses. 126 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,399 10-to-1 it's the Briggses. 127 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,359 You know, if you didn't draw attention to how odd you are, 128 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,959 they wouldn't do these things. 129 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,399 HE SIGHS 130 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,799 You'd better get up and get dressed and get some fresh air. 131 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,080 You won't recover lying in bed all day. 132 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,199 I'm amazed you've been at it this long and not got it sunk. 133 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,999 Well, we've been unlucky. 134 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,839 It collapsed at one point, and then we had to put everything on hold 135 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,279 to build the drift. 136 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,559 Oh, and there was another pantomime finding a horse fit to turn the gin. 137 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,039 That was Holt. 138 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:22,839 But we're at 90 yards now, 139 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:25,199 and they're confident they can reach the lower bed 140 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,119 by June, July...August. 141 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,839 But, yes, this is why a second opinion wouldn't go amiss. 142 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,679 I can't afford any more delays. I need good advice. 143 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,280 I do like Holt, but... 144 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,719 What's the plan once it's sunk? 145 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,159 Where will you sell it, up here or down in Halifax? 146 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:43,279 Both. 147 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,639 Pickles is building a new road along the top to join the Old Bank, 148 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,919 just below Whiskham. 149 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,399 Then I can cart it down into Halifax, sell it there 150 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,999 for a shilling more than I can at the pit mouth. 151 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,400 But... 152 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:01,639 ..getting and selling coal is just one part of the scheme. 153 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,919 Mm-hm. The other would be... 154 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,039 ..to be in a position where I could throw water on Rawson's pit. 155 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,159 Not just to stop the trespass, but to prove it. 156 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,959 And soon. 157 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,079 Well, like I said, we might have fallen out over that business 158 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,759 up at Willy Hill pit, 159 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,879 but when it comes to dealing with the Rawsons 160 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,440 I'll be a friend to anyone who'll be a friend to me. 161 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,039 Thank you. 162 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,919 Did you know I've bought Staups? 163 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,959 So you've got Spiggs colliery? 164 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,519 There's a little complication that needs dealing with, 165 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,799 but, yes, strategically, potentially, 166 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,599 it gives me more options 167 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,399 and a lot more control over the coal across the whole of my estate. 168 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,039 Oh, I can see that. 169 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,720 If it's handled well. 170 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:02,399 I don't know that I can rely on Holt to come up with a good, solid, 171 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,279 coordinated plan and see it through without me having to manage 172 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,000 the thing myself. 173 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,719 But if you helped me... 174 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,199 I've been thinking for a while about opening a new pit, 175 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,680 further down this way. 176 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,279 Sounds like you've got a plan. 177 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,039 Why would you need me? 178 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,760 Because I don't know enough. 179 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,239 I learn more and more every day, and the more I learn 180 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,639 the more I realise how much can go wrong 181 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,519 and how much I don't know, 182 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,559 and just what a slippery business it all is. 183 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:40,000 See, this is why I don't dislike Holt. 184 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,640 For all of his faults, I... 185 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,319 I do believe he's as straight as a die. 186 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,639 Whereas you, Hinscliffe, 187 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,800 I'm not really sure I could trust you any further than I could spit. 188 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,239 Not that I ever would. 189 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,959 You can think what you like about me, Miss Lister, 190 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,879 but the bottom line is I'm hoping, if I do you a favour, 191 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,359 happen next time I need one back, 192 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,999 you'd be more inclined to oblige me than you were last time. 193 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,640 What's this "little complication" that needs dealing with? 194 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,079 William Keighley and John Oates and Jack Green believe 195 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,039 they have some kind of claim to the loose coal 196 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,239 underneath Spiggs' land - which, to be clear, I already owned, 197 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,999 but which they can only access via my newly acquired colliery. 198 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,279 But there's nothing about it in my uncle's records, 199 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,039 which there would be if he'd have come to an arrangement with them 200 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,559 about the loose. 201 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:38,159 So I'm wondering about flooding Spiggs, 202 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,319 which I can do because I own it, 203 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,959 and stopping them taking the loose. 204 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,079 Except, then, the worry is I might flood Walker pit 205 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,239 at the same time, before I've bottomed it 206 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,359 and got to the trespass. 207 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:53,760 You wouldn't. 208 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,159 Really? 209 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,959 If you flooded Spiggs, it wouldn't touch Walker pit. 210 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,999 Oh? 211 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,239 Now, will you tell Holt you're getting rid of him, 212 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,640 or shall I? 213 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,200 KNOCK ON DOOR 214 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,640 Holt. 215 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:18,679 I-I won't come in. 216 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,919 So I need to talk to you about... 217 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,239 How are you, ma'am? 218 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,519 Very well. So the thing is... Thank you. The thing is... 219 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,119 What it is... I was going to pop over and see you today 220 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,839 about Mr Walker Priestley's coal and Mrs Machin's coal. 221 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:34,959 What about them? 222 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,199 Well, he will sell his coal at £160 an acre. 223 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,639 Both beds, hard and soft, upper and lower. 224 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,279 I've offered him 140. He's asked for ten days to think about it, 225 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,999 but between you and me I'd go up to 160 rather than miss the deal, 226 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,359 because he'll be tempted to go to Rawson otherwise. 227 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,319 And we don't want that, do we? 228 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,079 Not down there! 229 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,719 Same at the Machins'. 230 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,679 Now, they've promised me first refusal. 231 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:58,959 And it's more complicated again with them, like. 232 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,239 You know she drinks. Who does? 233 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,399 She does, Mrs Machin. No, I didn't know that, 234 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,919 but how... How would I know that? 235 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,799 Thing is the land was left half to her 236 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,039 and half to her children, 237 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:12,799 and they don't all get on. 238 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,959 Well, there's one daughter in York Castle for debt. 239 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,639 So they all have to agree who they sell their coal rights to, 240 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,679 and they can hardly agree which way is up, 241 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:23,599 never mind who they might sell their coal to. 242 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,119 Now, I'm well in with 'em... 243 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,479 Well enough. As well as anybody. 244 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,119 ..and they'd sell it to me rather than him, Rawson, by choice - 245 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,599 me buying on your behalf, of course, not that they need know that. 246 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,399 But if he offers them a premium, 247 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,559 one of 'em might get it into their heads to go with him. 248 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:44,159 And you can't let that happen, 249 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,039 not down there, 250 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,519 otherwise Rawson's got another back door straight onto your beds. 251 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,600 Do you see that? Mm. 252 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,679 If I was to flood Spiggs colliery to stop access to the loose coal, 253 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:04,159 there's no danger that I could accidentally flood Walker pit 254 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,399 at the same time, is there? 255 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,799 Oh, yes. 256 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,519 Well, it's highly probable you wou... 257 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,320 Who's told you different? 258 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,719 ANNE SIGHS I don't know who to believe. 259 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,359 I was going to let Holt go, but I... I need him. 260 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,119 I just need to manage them all better. 261 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,599 I told Holt that he must take care of Mr Walker Priestley's coal 262 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,239 for me, and the Machins, and then I explained that I'd instructed 263 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,719 Hinscliffe to work up a plan to look after Walker pit for me. 264 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,199 How did he take that? 265 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,000 Badly, but... 266 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,479 ..I need to glean what I can from them all, 267 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,519 and then... 268 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,239 ..make my own judgments. 269 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,159 Mm. 270 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,959 They say that Holt drinks, but... 271 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,479 ..I've never smelt it on him. 272 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,439 Well, he's getting on a bit, isn't he? 273 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,920 Perhaps he's just...forgetting. 274 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,839 I'm sorry if I upset you, 275 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,559 this morning. 276 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:11,959 I've always tried to do my best for you, 277 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,759 one way and another. 278 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,679 It's just I... 279 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,400 I haven't always known how. 280 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,480 And I'm sorry if I said the wrong thing. 281 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,359 Are you sure about this Northgate business, 282 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,079 turning it into a hotel? 283 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,799 It'll cost money. 284 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,159 And... 285 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,959 ..what if it fails? 286 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,080 You don't want to get yourself laughed at. 287 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,919 Goodnight. 288 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,400 Goodnight. 289 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,600 DOOR CLOSES 290 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:05,599 Adney? 291 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:06,880 Stop leaning on me. 292 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,479 What's the matter, hm? 293 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,679 My little Adney. 294 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,160 You need to brush your teeth. 295 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,279 I read your letter, 296 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:21,520 to Lady Harriet in Copenhagen. 297 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,519 Was there something the matter with it? 298 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,479 Was it not elegantly expressed? 299 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:29,679 Hm? 300 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,279 Adney, I thought you'd like it. 301 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,360 I thought you'd be charmed by it. 302 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Was it the bit about you? 303 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,759 Adney? 304 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,959 I did ask if I might mention you and you were delighted. Did I... 305 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,560 Did I misread that? 306 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,199 SHE SIGHS Adney, I've had a long day. 307 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,959 I've been dealing with men all day. 308 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,359 Tiresome, inarticulate men. 309 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:58,719 Read it. 310 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,079 Aloud. 311 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,280 The bit about me. 312 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,080 SHE CLEARS THROAT 313 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,279 Ah. 314 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,519 "You used to wonder who would be my companion. 315 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,719 "I think I have provided one you will like. 316 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,759 "She is little and amiable with a great deal of common sense 317 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:27,199 "and good feeling. 318 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,359 "She is now with me here at Shibden, 319 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,200 "and I have never before been so comfortable at home." 320 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,959 What's not to like? 321 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:37,359 It's in brackets. 322 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,759 You've put me in brackets! 323 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,639 It's a clause, an aside, in a bigger paragraph 324 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,480 about when she and I hope... 325 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,639 ..when we all will next meet. 326 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,839 Yes, I'm a clause. I'm an aside. 327 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,999 Nonsense. It's an elegant interjection. 328 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,159 I've been canvassed over. 329 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,999 No, you've been elegantly introduced. 330 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,199 As an afterthought. 331 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,519 Well, I'm sorry if you think that's how it reads. 332 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,599 "I'm sorry if you think..." Oh, I hate that - 333 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:01,959 that's what men say. 334 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,999 "I'm sorry if YOU'RE so stupid that YOU'VE misunderstood." 335 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,599 I never said anything about stupid, nor would I. 336 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,440 It's an ugly word. It's implicit. 337 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,679 Well, then, I shall go and rewrite my letter. 338 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,039 No. 339 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,999 You needn't do that. I wouldn't wish to put you to the trouble. 340 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,319 You could merely delete any reference to me. 341 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,880 That would answer. 342 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,959 Useful to know where I am... 343 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,399 ..in the pecking order. 344 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,880 Now, that's just... 345 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,000 DOOR CLOSES 346 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,560 COCK CROWS 347 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,880 GROANING 348 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,000 My bowels are all wrong again. 349 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,040 SOBBING 350 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,039 SNIFFLING 351 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,640 ANNE SIGHS 352 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,760 KNOCK ON DOOR 353 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,440 Adney? 354 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:49,120 Can I come in? 355 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,520 It's your house. 356 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,040 Don't say that. 357 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,399 I'm sorry if I... 358 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,599 ..hurt you. 359 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,119 That's the last thing I'd... 360 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,319 It's just... 361 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,599 ..striking the right note in a letter like that... 362 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,479 People are laughing at us. 363 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,999 No... No, they're not. 364 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,079 Lady Harriet would never be so cruel or vulgar... 365 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,839 In Halifax, they are. 366 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,599 That idiotic marriage announcement, 367 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,759 reprinted twice, and then that humiliating business at Nicholson's. 368 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:35,279 Oh, I think if anyone's humiliated at Nicholson's, it's not us - 369 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,399 it's Nicholson's silly lads. 370 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,359 I shan't go back there. I know you want us to... 371 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,279 No, we must. 372 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,880 We must make a point of going in there again and again. 373 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:51,839 We must be consistently clear that we have nothing to hide, 374 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,560 nothing to be ashamed of. 375 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,519 I'm not strong like you. 376 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,360 I dwell on things. 377 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,999 Do you remember at Crow Nest 378 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,239 when Mrs Priestley walked in on us, 379 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,279 and you laughed? 380 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,599 I was mortified, and you... 381 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,039 You laughed. 382 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,399 I think, in that moment, 383 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,360 I saw for the first time the real you. 384 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,040 Who is as brave as anyone. 385 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,880 You're stronger than you think. 386 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,759 What I'm wondering, Miss Lister, 387 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,399 is if we've been thinking too small. 388 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,959 I had expected ground plans and elevations, Mr Bradley, 389 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,879 based on our last conversation, not more sketches. 390 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,719 Oh, they're well under way. 391 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,399 But you've got all this land. 392 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,919 And I know that you want your inn, 393 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,839 casino - whatever you want to call it - 394 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,359 up and running by March next year, 395 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:19,919 but within that same timescale - frame... 396 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,039 This all depends how ambitious you want to be. 397 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,679 Oh, I don't think anyone can accuse me of lacking ambition, Mr Bradley. 398 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,319 So... Exactly. 399 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,039 So what if... And this is something you could easily accommodate 400 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,079 in the available space - it all depends upon how much capital 401 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,279 you've got to play with. 402 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,839 But what if we were to build new premises here too, 403 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,560 for, say, a bank? 404 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:44,200 And a news room? 405 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,359 And instead of four or five houses, 406 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:53,160 you've enough land here for 28 brand-new houses. 407 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,239 This entire area could become a whole new commercial 408 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,799 enclave within the town. 409 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,040 And think of the income that that could generate in rent. 410 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,520 Hmm. 411 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,759 You're going to need a licence for this, ah, inn, 412 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,879 casino, whatever we're calling it this week. 413 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,799 And if you're serious, I'd apply for it now. 414 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,039 There's no point in throwing money at the thing and then 415 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,839 finding the magistrates won't license it. 416 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,919 Well, why wouldn't they? 417 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,359 Well, it's just with Christopher Rawson 418 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:30,679 being the chief magistrate... 419 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,119 Well, he'd have no reason. 420 00:21:32,120 --> 00:21:35,079 I mean, such an establishment could only be an asset to the town. 421 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,640 Yes, but we both know what he's like. 422 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,119 Leave it with me. Yeah. 423 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:45,999 Mr Bradley thinks I'd need to spend another £4,000 424 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,639 on this new scheme. 425 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,799 Miss Lister... Oh, I've been meaning to ask. 426 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,399 If I were a man, for which I have 1001 reasons to thank 427 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,359 heaven and providence that I'm not, 428 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:02,480 would you even think to question the amount of money I'm borrowing? 429 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,640 HE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY 430 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:21,840 All right? 431 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,959 Mr Booth. 432 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,239 Dr Jubb. 433 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,519 Have you heard the news, sir? Which, sir? 434 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,879 Parliament, sir. Dissolved. 435 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,840 Oh, yeah. We all know about it. Miss Lister's... 436 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,679 AUNT ANNE: So we must endure an indifferent Melbourne 437 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:54,719 once again. 438 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,279 And we might've had the intellect and integrity of appeal. 439 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,079 And you'll have heard the latest, in Halifax. 440 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,799 If Charles Wood is offered high office 441 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,559 in the new Whig administration, 442 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,519 which they seem to think he will be, 443 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,799 it'll trigger a by-election. 444 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,279 Another election? Oh... 445 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,639 And people are saying Mr Rawson himself 446 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,799 will stand this time. 447 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,439 Mr Rawson? Mr Christopher Rawson? 448 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,999 So vexed was he by the attack on his property 449 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,479 a few short weeks ago. 450 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,359 Is that a good idea? 451 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:25,439 Would not Mr Henry Edwards be a better choice of 452 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,079 candidate for Halifax? 453 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,039 Mr Henry Edwards? 454 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,879 I doubt he has either the money or the stomach for it. 455 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,359 I think Mr Henry Edwards might surprise us all, 456 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,479 given the chance. Hm, Aunt? 457 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,919 Would you not support Mr Rawson, Miss Lister, 458 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,759 with your great influence? 459 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,759 Yes. 460 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,639 Without doubt, without question. 461 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:50,719 If he was the chosen Tory candidate and I had influence over 1000 votes, 462 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,439 then he should have every one of them. 463 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,959 I just question whether a man who has... 464 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,119 ..offended members of some of the oldest families in Halifax 465 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,519 is best placed to unite the Tory vote in a way that's 466 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,679 necessary in such difficult times? 467 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,199 Has he? Has he? 468 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:14,199 Whereas Mr Henry Edwards... Mm. Well, Mr Rawson is... 469 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,879 He can be, erm... 470 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,999 ..abrasive. 471 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,400 KNOCK ON DOOR 472 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,439 Is Miss Lister... 473 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,959 There's a Mr William Keighley downstairs, ma'am. 474 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,119 He says Mr Hinscliffe's sent him to... 475 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:30,200 Something about Staups, Spiggs colliery. 476 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,439 Perhaps, Dr Jubb, when you do your rounds, 477 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,999 you could intimate to anyone who's concerned 478 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,479 that others, such as Mr Henry Edwards, 479 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,999 might be better placed to lead the way 480 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,959 and unite the blue vote. 481 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,839 No need to say from whence the thought sprang. 482 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,879 My aunt and I would hate to be thought of 483 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,800 as intermeddlers in anything political. 484 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,919 DOOR CLOSES 485 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,080 FOOTSTEPS APPROACH 486 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:08,759 Mr Keighley! 487 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,959 Miss Lister. 488 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,040 Come through. 489 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,959 So it's a record of all the expenses I've had 490 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,359 driving the drift through Well Royd Holmes. 491 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:27,719 Totals £507, 16 shillings and five pence, 492 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,719 which you'll appreciate I'd not have spent 493 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,319 had I not had this agreement with your uncle over the Spiggs coal 494 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,079 in the first place. 495 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,760 Now, if you look in the back... 496 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,639 ..you'll see there's a memorandum. 497 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:44,559 £100, paid by me to your Uncle James to get all the coal in Spiggs land. 498 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,479 But the fact is there's no record to corroborate any of this 499 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:48,919 in my uncle's accounts. 500 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,279 Well, I know nowt about that. 501 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,519 I just know I've spent a lot of money in good faith. 502 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,999 Why is this memorandum at the back and not in the correct chronology 503 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,480 with the earlier parts of the accounts? 504 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:00,999 It... It's just... 505 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,280 It's just the way I did it. 506 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,239 I know it wouldn't stand up in a court of law, 507 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,879 but, you know, let's hope it doesn't go that far. 508 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,439 It's just the only record I've got of what we agreed. 509 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,959 The problem, from my point of view - 510 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,199 and I only ever wish to do that which is fair - 511 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,519 I've just bought Staups for a significant sum 512 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,959 and I need some return on my investment. 513 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,759 If you try and get Spiggs coal, 514 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,999 I will flood the pit to prevent access 515 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,839 and try the matter at York. 516 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,999 I'm sorry, but there it is. 517 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,839 Not only did my uncle make no record of it, 518 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,159 but he never mentioned anything of the matter to me 519 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,039 at the time, and nothing of this arose in the last 520 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,079 however many months it's taken to complete the purchase of Staups, 521 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,280 with the searches and so forth, so... 522 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:54,799 You do know, if you flood Spiggs 523 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,839 you'll flood your little pit up here. 524 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,079 Not necessarily. 525 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,599 Almost certainly you would. 526 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,719 There seems to be some difference of opinion on that. 527 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,879 Who's told you otherwise? 528 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,039 Hinscliffe? 529 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,159 HE SCOFFS Well, he would say that. 530 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,679 He would say the opposite and then happily watch it flood. 531 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,639 And do you know why? 532 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,000 Because he's had more of your coal than the Rawsons have. 533 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,359 Morning, ma'am. 534 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,199 Has Mr Hinscliffe been up to see you today? 535 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,839 He popped up this morning. 536 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,239 I suppose you and your brothers think I'm foolish 537 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,000 to trust him above Holt? 538 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,439 Who's to say? 539 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,759 I don't necessarily trust him. 540 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,239 I'm just using him to get some information from him. 541 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,479 If I was to stop the loose at Spiggs, 542 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,159 how would it affect this pit, 543 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,839 in your opinion? 544 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,119 Oh, I... 545 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:03,599 Would it flood it, or would it not flood it? 546 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,199 Well, our Robert'd have an opinion. 547 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:06,759 He'd certainly know about Spiggs. 548 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,479 He's worked all t'mines round here. 549 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,879 Where is Robert? 550 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,120 HE CHUCKLES 551 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,239 He's...digging. 552 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,279 Ah. 553 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,439 So was it right, then, what Mr Hinscliffe said? 554 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,599 You're thinking of sinking another pit further down nearer t'Hall? 555 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,199 Only I hope you'd consider us, ma'am, 556 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,599 to sink it, if you did. 557 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:26,880 For the right price. 558 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,599 What's the plan, then? 559 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:30,720 The plan... 560 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,359 ..would be to sink this other pit somewhere, 561 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,999 50 or 60 yards Shibden Hall side of Walker pit, 562 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,999 and drive two drifts up to it from such a place in the lower land 563 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,600 as I could build a water-wheel to power a pit engine. 564 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,359 Speak to Robert. 565 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,440 Tell him to come and see me if he thinks he can be useful, hm? 566 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,399 Anne! 567 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,399 Ah. There you are. 568 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,479 I've found something, in my family papers. 569 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,959 Well, two things, actually. One I half-knew 570 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,639 but I'd half-forgotten, and the other, I had no idea. 571 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,079 What? 572 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,799 Well, it would... It would appear that, erm... 573 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,279 What? 574 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,759 Well, erm, that in 1831 my sister, legally, 575 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,279 through lease and re-lease and some sort of deed of sale, 576 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,399 conveyed all of her property onto Captain Sutherland. 577 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,439 All of it, everything. All her share of the estate. 578 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,679 And that's contrary, directly contrary, 579 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,039 to a provision set out by my father in his will, 580 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,159 which protects us both from having to submit 581 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,599 our fortunes to any husbands. 582 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,679 Does it? 583 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:50,959 I mean, why would she do that? 584 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,879 Why would she give up that protection? 585 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,279 And why would she not tell me that's what she was doing? 586 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,599 So... Hang on. So your father... 587 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,439 So my father made provision in his will, 588 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:00,959 in the event of my brother's death, 589 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,199 for me and Elizabeth to jointly inherit everything. 590 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,359 But he also made what I was always given to believe was 591 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,559 an unshakeable clause, contrary to the normal way of doing things, 592 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,039 that stated that, should we ever get married, 593 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,039 we must, and would, retain ownership in our own 594 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,199 share of the estate, but... 595 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,919 That was interesting of him, to do that. Yes, but in 1831... 596 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,159 He never mentioned this when Ainsworth was sniffing about. 597 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,039 Yes, no. Exactly. 598 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,999 He did it to deter fortune hunters like him. But then, in 1831, 599 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,079 three years after they were married, 600 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,999 she submitted everything to him, to Captain Sutherland. 601 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,159 And, Anne, I just... 602 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,039 I can't believe she would've done that willingly. 603 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,319 He must've bullied and cajoled and coerced her 604 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,959 into signing away her half of the family's... Everything, 605 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,879 knowing that it's contrary to what my father intended. 606 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,559 Anne, she'd never hurt me. 607 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,999 And there are few things in this world I have the confidence 608 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,439 to state so boldly, but one thing I know for sure is 609 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,039 that Elizabeth would never willingly cheat me out of 610 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,079 what's ours, but she has because of him. 611 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,279 Cheated you how? 612 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,999 Some of its property that on her death would've reverted 613 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,799 to the estate, to me. 614 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,559 They don't know that I might not still have children. 615 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,359 He's found a legal loophole to make a mockery of it all, 616 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,760 and to, well, to steal it. 617 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,839 What was the other thing? 618 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,639 So, John - my John - always used to complain 619 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,359 that Mr Priestley and his brother John 620 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,399 had worked their way into my uncle's affections 621 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,399 till he ended up leaving them things in his will 622 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,839 that should've remained entailed to my father. 623 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,839 I never thought of it as my business 624 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,759 but then here it is in black and white. 625 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,039 They have had three properties from us, 626 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,559 substantial properties. 627 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,399 Blackcastle, which is an allotment to High Sunderland, 628 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,079 Hall End in Halifax 629 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,439 and Longley Farm over in Norland. 630 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,879 My uncle had no right to give them away, 631 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,999 and it galls me even more since the Priestleys have been 632 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,999 so objectionable to us. 633 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,719 Parker drew this up. 634 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,679 But who did the legal work on this other business 635 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,519 with Captain and Mrs Sutherland? 636 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,560 Erm... 637 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,159 Parker and Adam. 638 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:58,599 I've never liked Parker. 639 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,799 I don't know why you put so much faith in him. 640 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,519 Maybe it's not irreversible. 641 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,640 Let's go and consult Mr Gray in York on both matters. 642 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,999 Do you think my family have any clue about what 643 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,520 Captain Sutherland's done? 644 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,559 Of course we knew. 645 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:15,719 We all knew. 646 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,879 All but me! 647 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,159 Oh, well, you weren't well. We kept it from you. 648 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,959 All your cousins and uncles and aunts knew. 649 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,319 And it's precisely because of it that we've been so zealous in trying 650 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,559 to protect you and your fortune. 651 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,239 But, no, Elizabeth wouldn't've... 652 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,239 Elizabeth did it without scruple! 653 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,119 I don't believe for a second... 654 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,719 He ran rings around her. 655 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,639 She'd have done anything he asked. 656 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,639 Sense was out of the window, 657 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,999 and she might well regret it now, now it's too late. 658 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,719 And that weak, odious Robert Parker... 659 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,959 He was meant to be acting for the family 660 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,759 but no, no... 661 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,320 No, Sutherland ran rings round him too. 662 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,960 I'm half-minded to change my will. 663 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,080 I thought you already had. 664 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,119 No. When? No. 665 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,119 You made Miss Lister your executor instead of your cousin, 666 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:07,960 Mr Priestley, last year. 667 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,199 Who told you that? 668 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:12,639 Well, she did. 669 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,079 Last spring. 670 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,439 When you went missing, 671 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,839 when you absented yourself in York. 672 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,759 She used to come over here, laying the law down. 673 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,439 I made her my executor, yes, 674 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,679 but the contents remain unchanged. 675 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,039 I certainly wouldn't change it without telling you, 676 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,479 even if others have behaved as they have. 677 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,319 What? What's the matter? 678 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,640 I... 679 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,479 Oh. 680 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,039 Aunt? 681 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,039 I, erm... 682 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:45,439 Well, I had imagined, with all this talk of a formal division 683 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,079 of the estate, that you had already changed the will itself. 684 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,679 How? No. 685 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,280 In Miss Lister's favour. 686 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,200 Well, that's... 687 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,759 ..a possibility. 688 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,039 And, yes, if I never have children, 689 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,599 and if Miss Lister and I were to continue 690 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,559 as such kind companions, well, 691 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,159 yes, I hope we would think to make some provision 692 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,599 for one another, but as things stand, 693 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,639 no, it still all goes to Elizabeth 694 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,279 and then to Sackville. 695 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,400 Well... 696 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:24,079 ..I changed mine when you moved into Shibden Hall. 697 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,199 I removed you from it, 698 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,960 in Elizabeth's favour. 699 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,239 There was a letter for you this morning, 700 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:54,359 in the post-bag. 701 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:55,680 From Washington. 702 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,240 Where is it? 703 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,119 Oh, do you want to see it? 704 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,559 I don't know. Is it interesting? 705 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,400 The distresses you requested have all been carried out. 706 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,719 SHE WHISPERS: I didn't request anything. 707 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,679 A Mrs Greaves went to Shibden Hall begging 708 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,679 not to be evicted, but apparently your sister wouldn't hear of it. 709 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,839 She was determined to carry out the, ah... 710 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,119 Your...our... 711 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,720 ..request to the very letter. 712 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,799 What a cruel time of year to evict people. 713 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,799 Well, yes, I agree. 714 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,399 But if she wants a division of the estate, 715 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,800 things must be put in order. 716 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,079 Washington tells me he's submitted a proposal to her, to Ann, 717 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,679 for what he believes to be a fair division of the various lots 718 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,519 of the estate, based partly on contiguity 719 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,199 and partly on value, so... 720 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,719 We shall see what she sends us, 721 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,879 when she's gone through it. 722 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,239 Although, I'm tempted... 723 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,479 Oh, I don't know. What? 724 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,959 I still don't know why there's this great urgency 725 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,679 for the thing. 726 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,039 There's something in her last few letters. 727 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,599 This... HE SIGHS 728 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,879 ..litigious tone. 729 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,440 She's suddenly become so confident, so well informed. 730 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,159 I'm wondering whether you shouldn't write to her 731 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:25,199 and say that, whilst in principle we...you're happy with the division, 732 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,679 you think it might be better to wait until we can visit them, 733 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,040 when the weather's better for travelling. 734 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,279 That would be... 735 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:35,479 Yes, I'd like that. 736 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,120 Good. Good! 737 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,879 I think, before we sign off on the thing, 738 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,119 we should satisfy ourselves 739 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,999 there's nothing nefarious going on 740 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,919 with your family. 741 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,239 Although, as I say, I always imagined Miss Lister would 742 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,879 protect her from any nonsense. Mm. 743 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,800 Yes, curious woman... 744 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,560 ..Miss Lister. 745 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,079 Well, I'm delighted Miss Walker's gone to see her aunt. 746 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,279 Not that I dislike her, not for a moment. 747 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,119 I'm thrilled for her and just jealous that she has you 748 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,040 to gaze at all day. 749 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,319 When I'm in. MRS RAWSON CHUCKLES 750 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,399 This is the second time in three months. 751 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,880 What are you after? 752 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:19,800 Only to gaze upon you. 753 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,279 I was telling you about my planned developments at Northgate House. 754 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,879 Oh, yes. 755 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,719 Your Uncle Joseph would be livid! 756 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:29,719 ANNE LAUGHS Yes. 757 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:31,999 Yes, but the world moves forward, and sometimes 758 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,959 we have to move with it. 759 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:35,759 And don't you agree, Mrs Rawson, 760 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,399 that this whole enterprise could be a huge boon for the town? 761 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:40,719 Oh, yes, yes. 762 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,239 Well, the town gets bigger by the week. 763 00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:46,999 Precisely, and this could create a whole new enclave. 764 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,839 And I'm not such a noodle as to refuse what would pay 765 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,959 such good returns. 766 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,159 A whole new quarter. 767 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,639 As long as no-one were to obstruct me 768 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,319 in getting a licence for my casino...inn. 769 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,759 Hotel. Oh, is that what you're after? 770 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,639 My influence. 771 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,479 Well, I would hope I wouldn't need it. 772 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,439 As I say, I would hope that such a venture 773 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,599 would be eloquent of its own merits. 774 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,959 But, certainly, one word from you, 775 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,759 in the right ear, 776 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,479 would be worth 1000 from anybody else. 777 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,239 KNOCK ON DOOR 778 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:25,559 Mr Rawson. 779 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,639 Mrs Rawson. ANNE MOUTHS 780 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,919 Mother! 781 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,039 Oh, hello. 782 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,039 Mr Rawson. 783 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,039 Christopher, is it true what Miss Lister tells me, 784 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,719 that you're standing for Parliament? 785 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,239 Oh, you've heard! 786 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:41,759 Is it wise? 787 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,119 Yes, I've put my name forward and expect to be adopted 788 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,519 at the next committee meeting. 789 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:46,959 You have too many trades. 790 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,079 Who said that? 791 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:49,599 Me. I said it. 792 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,479 No point in looking at Miss Lister. 793 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,399 And it's what your father used to say too. 794 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,959 What a shame you can't stand for Parliament, Miss Lister. 795 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,079 With your superior intellect and your powers of diplomacy 796 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,879 and persuasion, you would've stood head and shoulders 797 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,639 above anyone else! 798 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,519 Good Lord, look at the time. 799 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,119 She should be running the country. 800 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,439 Yes, what a shame. 801 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,279 Oh, she's not leaving? 802 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:20,279 I was very sorry, Mr Rawson, to hear about the mindless vandalism 803 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:21,719 at Hope Hall. 804 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:25,439 Yes, well... And to assure you, as I told Dr Jubb, 805 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,399 that, if you are to be Tory candidate for the town 806 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,639 and I had influence over 1000 votes, 807 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,080 you would have every one of them. 808 00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:40,079 Au revoir. 809 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,439 A bientot. 810 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:42,839 Mr Rawson. 811 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,320 Miss Lister. 812 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,440 HE EXHALES 813 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,080 Ugh. That colour's never suited you. 814 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,119 "Dearest Freddy... 815 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,599 "It is something new to feel that I write 816 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,439 "for two sets of eyes instead of one. 817 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,079 "Now that my mind is more at ease, 818 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,519 "I hope to get into better health. 819 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,559 "Either you or the medicines have done me good. 820 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,719 "And, as you have often said, 821 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:16,079 "knowing the worst is often the best means 822 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,840 "of reconciling ourselves to it. 823 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,879 "Come what may, 824 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,279 "however at variance with my wishes, 825 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:27,480 "there is one subject left in which I will never disappoint you. 826 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,359 "I will always... 827 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,600 "..faire ce que je dois, arrive que pourra." 828 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,719 "I once wronged my own heart to please my family, 829 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:42,759 "but this was not doing right, 830 00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,480 "and dearly I have paid for it. 831 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,839 "But the scale is now turned, 832 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,999 "and my thoughts are now set upon deserving your good opinion 833 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,319 "to the last, and I will not put it in your power to find fault 834 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,839 "with me again." 835 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,080 Hmm. 836 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,359 Where's Miss Walker? 837 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,599 Hmm? 838 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:05,999 Oh, she's not well. 839 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,479 Again? 840 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:08,639 ANNE SIGHS 841 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,559 It's this...nonsense with her aunt. 842 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,599 Every time she goes over there, she says something cruel 843 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,239 and unnecessary, and it always knocks her for six. 844 00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,479 Oh, I'm sorry. 845 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,679 "When you speak of your 'little friend', 846 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,559 "write her name in full. 847 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,639 "I dislike the initial. 848 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,519 "Indulge my fancy and let the name you write 849 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,359 "be the one you call her by. 850 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,999 "And tell me, Freddy..." 851 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,439 Is that Mrs Lawton's handwriting? 852 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,799 It is, yes. 853 00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,039 "Tell me, Freddy..." Has she got anything fresh? 854 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:40,919 Well, let's see, shall we? 855 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,799 "Tell me, Freddy, do you see the York papers? 856 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,999 "And do you know anything of a paragraph that appeared in one 857 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,119 "respecting yourself and Miss Walker? 858 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,959 "I long to know what it was. 859 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,840 "Tell me if you've heard..." 860 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,119 If you'll excuse me, 861 00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:06,039 I'm going to take Miss Walker her letters and some tea. 862 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:11,239 Oh, and Mr Abbott's due this evening. 863 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,999 As usual. Just to remind you. 864 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,520 Just so you know to... 865 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,679 SHE SIGHS 866 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,680 ..stay out of the way. 867 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,719 She wants to defer the division of the estate again. 868 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:32,199 "Until we can travel more comfortably." 869 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,359 This is him. 870 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,959 He'll put it off and put it off until it doesn't happen. 871 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:37,360 Who's this one from? 872 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,959 Perhaps we should instruct Mr Gray to write to him 873 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,599 rather than her in future, 874 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,960 stop this pretence that it's her who's being difficult, hm? 875 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:49,800 Ann? 876 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,320 Ann? 877 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,120 What is it? 878 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,359 "Dear Miss Walker. I fear this may not reach you, 879 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,679 "but if it does I urge you, under no circumstances, 880 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,639 "to show it to Miss Lister." 881 00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,240 Bad luck. 882 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,039 "However much you may believe this woman to be your friend, 883 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,800 "I tell you plainly she is not." 884 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,119 Do you recognise the hand? 885 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,240 No. 886 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,439 "Are you really unaware of the unspeakable reputation 887 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,319 "this woman has? 888 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,599 "I see that she has already cut you off from your family 889 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,999 "and friends and, though you may not understand it, 890 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,759 "please believe me when I tell you 891 00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,839 "that you are in the gravest danger." 892 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,199 Ooh-la-la! 893 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,199 "She will beguile you and, before you know it, 894 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,639 "she will have tricked you out of all you have, 895 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:58,799 "your reputation, your wealth, your peace of mind. 896 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,200 "Ask her to tell you about Eliza Raine." 897 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,479 "I urge you to get away from her and Shibden Hall 898 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,000 "as quickly as you can." 899 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,359 "Be assured that you will hear from me again soon, 900 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,759 "and that I will not be at ease until I know that you are 901 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,839 "in a place of greater safety. 902 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,000 "I am, madam, a well-wisher." 903 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:30,720 Anne? 904 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,159 Things like this. 905 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,039 All my life. 906 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,840 Who's Eliza Raine? 907 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,319 I'll tell you about... 908 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:46,719 ..Eliza Raine. 909 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,039 Is she another Mrs Lawton or another Tib? 910 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,759 We were at school together in York, 13-year-olds! 911 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:54,200 And then... 912 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:57,920 ..when she was older... 913 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,159 ..she had problems, 914 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,040 properly, not like... 915 00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,159 ANNE SIGHS 916 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:12,320 She's been in an asylum in York for the last 20-odd years. 917 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:17,279 And I visit her, occasionally, for old time's sake, 918 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,080 but she's violent and she... 919 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,639 She spits and swears and she's attacked me 920 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:25,120 more than once, and others. 921 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,880 She could never live independently, the way she is. 922 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,440 So the person who sent this knows about her? 923 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,919 Eliza used to come and stay with us in Halifax, 924 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:40,999 over the summer. 925 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,399 Her parents were in India, so she couldn't go home. 926 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,959 So it could be anyone in Halifax that remembers her. 927 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,559 She's... 928 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,479 She was very striking to look at. She's half Indian. 929 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,080 Were you in love with her? 930 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:54,799 I loved her, yes. 931 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,000 In love? 932 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,999 This has been sent to cause division and upset. 933 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,319 Will you let it? 934 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:03,599 Was she in love with you? 935 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,039 Well, we were very young! 936 00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,999 And the tawdry implication here is that she ended up 937 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,279 the way she did because of me. 938 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,040 It's just... It's just nonsense. 939 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,120 I did everything I could to help her. 940 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,760 Burn it. 941 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,719 Please get up and get dressed, 942 00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:47,999 for my sake, 943 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:49,719 for your own sake. 944 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:52,039 We can't give in to these people. 945 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:54,040 We must be better than them. 946 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:57,159 BELL RINGS 947 00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:58,640 ANNE SIGHS 948 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,440 That'll be the men about the pit. I... 949 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:06,960 I've got to go. 950 00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,320 SHE EXHALES 951 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,239 Robert agrees with Mr Holt, ma'am. 952 00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:41,040 He thinks you should bottom Walker pit before you flood Spiggs. 953 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,759 And, as regards another pit 50, 60 yards this way, 954 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,799 I'd say it were a very good thing, ma'am, 955 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,599 if you're willing to spend t'money. 956 00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:53,439 Here. You dropped your... 957 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,759 Because then you could loose a whole sweep of coal 958 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,799 lying on the Shibden Hall side of Pump, and upwards in 959 00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,959 a line parallel to the present old waterhead hold 960 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,559 under Cunnery houses. 961 00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:04,440 Where would you sink this new pit? 962 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:08,199 Well, if you're putting the water wheel 963 00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:09,719 down at Tillyholme stile, 964 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:11,519 I'd say here, 965 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,679 at Pump, where you suggested. 966 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,199 And then if we drove two heads up from Tillyholme stile, 967 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,559 that's t'idea? Yeah. Which we could do easily enough 968 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,919 if we made a vent hole in t'corner of Dolt, 969 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,399 then this pit at Pump, 970 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,839 you'd have it working just as soon as it were bottomed, 971 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,599 and it'd serve as a vent to Walker pit. 972 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,719 This way, all the coal above the Wakefield Road 973 00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:32,239 and between the two pits could be pulled at Walker pit, 974 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,439 and all t'coal below Wakefield Road could be pulled at 975 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:35,479 this new pit at Pump. 976 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:37,439 And then you'd be left with a good barrier of coal 977 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,639 all along this side up here. So in fact you could stop Spiggs colliery 978 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,199 any time you liked after this second one's sunk, 979 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,999 and let all that face of coal stand, covered in water, 980 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,079 ready to throw it on Mr Rawson's works 981 00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,439 any time you wanted, which, if he hadn't have trespassed, 982 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,439 you'd never have been able to do, so... 983 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,119 It'd be a way of proving his trespass too. 984 00:48:55,120 --> 00:48:56,640 And anyone else's. 985 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,000 MARIAN MOUTHS 986 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:14,759 How long do they say it'll take to construct it? 987 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,799 To dig the drifts and sink the pit, eight months. 988 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,599 As to the dam... 989 00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,319 You'd have to give Carr notice to quit the Well Royd land 990 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,119 if you're going to turn it into a dam. 991 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,439 His tenancy's up in eight months, so... 992 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,399 I've calculated that, for the volume of water needed to turn 993 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:33,399 an 18-foot-diameter water wheel, the dam needs to be four-foot deep 994 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:36,959 across two acres, so with that and the dam goit 995 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,400 we could be up and running in 12 months. 996 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,400 Do you know anyone with a theodolite? 997 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:55,760 Mr Priestley. 998 00:49:57,840 --> 00:49:59,879 Miss Lister. 999 00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:01,839 Were you at the hall? 1000 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:03,839 Ah, yes, I... 1001 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,319 Yes, I went to see your father. 1002 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,759 And your sister. 1003 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,959 And my cousin. But she wasn't in. 1004 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,919 No. She's in Huddersfield, visiting her cousin Catherine. 1005 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,919 Yes. 1006 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:17,639 So you've missed her. 1007 00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,959 Yes. Well, then, you've missed her and you've caught me. 1008 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,639 That probably wasn't the plan at all, hm? 1009 00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:24,840 Plan? 1010 00:50:25,840 --> 00:50:28,279 I was hoping she might like to make a subscription 1011 00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,560 to the clergyman's widows fund. 1012 00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:36,439 It's not beyond the realms of possibility. 1013 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,359 Well, then. Well, then. 1014 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,400 You'll have to try again another time. 1015 00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:43,840 Miss Lister. 1016 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:48,480 Mr Priestley. 1017 00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:06,239 ANNE: My dear Mary. 1018 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:08,559 I can't at the moment turn to the item from the newspaper 1019 00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:12,559 that you refer to, and so I must send it another time, 1020 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:15,359 but the announcement was, in substance, 1021 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,959 "The marriage of Captain Tom Lister, of Shibden Hall, 1022 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:22,679 "and Miss Ann Walker, late of Crow Nest." 1023 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,759 On discovery of the hoax, 1024 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,519 a handsome volunteer apology was sent by the editor of 1025 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,519 one of the papers, and here the matter ended, 1026 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:34,079 for nobody was annoyed and nobody cared about it. 1027 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:35,319 Ma'am? 1028 00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:36,600 Yes, thank you. 1029 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:52,159 Thank you, Rachel. 1030 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:54,039 Thank you, Hemingway. 1031 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,919 We should start packing for tomorrow. 1032 00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:58,599 I ordered the horses for nine. 1033 00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,480 We should be in York by one. 1034 00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:04,479 I'm not sure about this Mr Bradley. 1035 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:07,720 I'm not convinced his intellect matches his ambition. 1036 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:10,880 Shall I do the duty? 1037 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,640 I didn't tell you this because... 1038 00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:18,879 ..I don't know. 1039 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,599 But when you went to see Catherine the other day, 1040 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:26,199 and Mr Priestley called, 1041 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:29,319 he was flustered and, I don't know, 1042 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:33,239 I wondered whether it was him who wrote that letter - 1043 00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:36,359 or her, or both of them - 1044 00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,440 and he was calling to see what effect it'd had. 1045 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:46,279 I don't care who sent it. 1046 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:47,679 It's irrelevant. 1047 00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:49,560 I don't think we should mention it again. 1048 00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:01,199 I told Catherine about what Elizabeth had done. 1049 00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:02,799 Did she know? 1050 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:03,879 No. 1051 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:05,800 I think she'd have told me if she did. 1052 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:09,680 We will sort this out. 1053 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,079 It just saddens me. 1054 00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:18,600 What does? 1055 00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:23,200 Thinking about what it's all for. 1056 00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:25,880 And... 1057 00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:30,959 ..without children... 1058 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,040 ..I'm not sure what it is all for. 1059 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:36,680 And is it not... 1060 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:40,760 Not? 1061 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,200 ..God's purpose that we... 1062 00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:49,639 ..people... 1063 00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:51,040 ..have children? 1064 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,559 I just regret that it will all go to them, 1065 00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,839 ultimately, to Sackville. 1066 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,240 I never did before, before this, but... 1067 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:05,919 ..it's just made me dwell on it all. 1068 00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,200 And I suppose I had always imagined that... 1069 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,440 ..one day... 1070 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:15,400 ...I would have.. 1071 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:19,040 ..children of my own. That's all. 1072 00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:24,200 You once told me you felt a kind of repugnance... 1073 00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:29,559 ..to forming any sort of connection 1074 00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:31,479 with the opposite sex. 1075 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:32,719 It's not the same thing. 1076 00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:34,040 Isn't it? 1077 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:40,159 You mean, you'd imagined children but not marriage? 1078 00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,039 To a man. 1079 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,479 I don't know. Yes. 1080 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:45,840 Somehow, I... 1081 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,640 ..had imagined being... 1082 00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:55,040 ..a mother, but not being, you know, with a man. 1083 00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:00,519 So you haven't given up all thought 1084 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:01,759 of ever having children? 1085 00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,239 It's not... It doesn't signify, does it? I'm with you. 1086 00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:05,839 It does signify. 1087 00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:07,919 Because I need to have the confidence 1088 00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:09,959 that this thing between us is truly settled 1089 00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:13,799 and I'm not just keeping you warm until some man comes along. 1090 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:14,999 SHE SIGHS 1091 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,279 It's much the same as I told Marian over Mr Abbott - 1092 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,879 you'll not find me any obstacle to something you have 1093 00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:21,479 very much at heart. 1094 00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:22,599 Don't say that. 1095 00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,879 Because I can be as a meteor in your life, 1096 00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,079 if that's what you'd like, a meteor that burns 1097 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,919 more brightly than anything you could ever imagine. 1098 00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,759 And then is gone. 1099 00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,320 Forever. 1100 00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:42,679 Things like this. 1101 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:44,039 All my life! 1102 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:45,959 I pretend it gets easier, but it doesn't. 1103 00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,119 Anne... We do things for us. 1104 00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:49,639 That's who it's for. 1105 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,879 So that we can have a life together. WE matter. 1106 00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,999 Having children isn't the only reason to strive and do well 1107 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,039 and better oneself and be happy. 1108 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,359 I'm sorry. 1109 00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:03,519 It is, I've said it before, 1110 00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,639 a great sadness that we can never have children. 1111 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,599 But if you're not certain it isn't something 1112 00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:11,360 you'll want in the future, then... 1113 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:14,640 ..I need to know about that now. 1114 00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,959 Because it's something that I can never give you. 1115 00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:21,199 Just as we can never have a piece of paper that says 1116 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:24,239 we have any kind of legal union to bind us, 1117 00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:27,999 neither can we have the bond a child would give us. 1118 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:29,759 So we have to be certain... 1119 00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:31,799 You're frightening me. I'm frightening you? 1120 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,639 I'm sorry. You have to be certain... 1121 00:56:34,640 --> 00:56:36,679 ..before we set off for York, 1122 00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,959 before we think any further about changing our wills, 1123 00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:44,519 that this, here, with me, is what you want. 1124 00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:45,999 I want to be with you, 1125 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,279 more than anything in the whole world. 1126 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:50,959 You know that. Nevertheless... 1127 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:53,839 ..it is a great sacrifice, 1128 00:56:53,840 --> 00:56:57,479 and if you're not sure it's one you can make, 1129 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,160 well, then... 1130 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:32,480 I'm going to start packing for York. 1131 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,479 # Behind her back she's Gentleman Jack 1132 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,719 # A Yorkshire lady of renown 1133 00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:05,639 # Ever so fine, won't toe the line 1134 00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:08,119 # Speak her name, gentlemen frown 1135 00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,119 # At Shibden Hall she had them all 1136 00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:12,359 # The fairer sex fell under her spell 1137 00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,519 # Dapper and bright She held them tight 1138 00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:16,679 # Handsome Anne seduced them well 1139 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:18,559 # Jack-the-lass, Jack-the-lass 1140 00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:20,839 # No-one likes a Jack-the-lass 1141 00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:22,999 # The code is cracked Your bags are packed 1142 00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,400 # The knives are out for Gentleman Jack! #