1 00:00:00,053 --> 00:00:01,137 [Ellen] Previously... 2 00:00:01,262 --> 00:00:02,531 [Ned] Now that your father has passed, 3 00:00:02,555 --> 00:00:04,074 there are plenty of folk more than eager 4 00:00:04,098 --> 00:00:06,565 to see the demise of Clan MacKenzie. 5 00:00:06,590 --> 00:00:09,651 'Tis a time for celebration, is it not? 6 00:00:09,778 --> 00:00:11,738 [Janet] Ye ken she loved Da more than most. 7 00:00:11,863 --> 00:00:13,864 And wi' him gone, she's lost her power. 8 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:15,051 [Colum] Have you seen Ellen? 9 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:17,476 Some saw her going off with Malcolm Grant. 10 00:00:17,602 --> 00:00:19,312 [Malcolm] Dougal, have ye lost yer way? 11 00:00:19,437 --> 00:00:21,077 [Colum] We must make amends without delay. 12 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:23,065 Where in God's name have you been? 13 00:00:23,232 --> 00:00:24,275 What does that matter? 14 00:00:24,442 --> 00:00:26,694 On principle alone, I will not tell you. 15 00:00:26,819 --> 00:00:28,195 Give Ellen to Malcolm Grant. 16 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,448 How is it you came into the service of the Grants? 17 00:00:30,615 --> 00:00:33,242 Met Malcolm in Inverness, asked me to be their bladier. 18 00:00:33,409 --> 00:00:35,119 Ah, thereby hangs a tale. 19 00:00:35,286 --> 00:00:36,704 [Davina] You have to be unseen. 20 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:37,914 - Ah! - [gasps] 21 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:39,832 [carriage rattles, water splashes] 22 00:00:41,042 --> 00:00:43,294 - [distant scream] - Sweetheart? 23 00:00:43,461 --> 00:00:46,339 [dramatic music plays] 24 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:49,592 [dramatic music plays] 25 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:55,139 ♪ Long the way ♪ 26 00:00:55,306 --> 00:00:59,435 ♪ O'er the bridge I crossed ♪ 27 00:00:59,602 --> 00:01:02,563 ♪ For my love ♪ 28 00:01:02,688 --> 00:01:07,652 ♪ For my love that's lost ♪ 29 00:01:07,818 --> 00:01:11,238 ♪ By the brae ♪ 30 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:14,200 ♪ In the verdant moss ♪ 31 00:01:14,367 --> 00:01:18,245 ♪ Where I watch. Where I wait ♪ 32 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:23,501 ♪ For my love that's lost ♪ 33 00:01:38,808 --> 00:01:42,520 ♪ Hi from ♪ 34 00:01:42,687 --> 00:01:46,565 ♪ Another woman from ♪ 35 00:01:46,732 --> 00:01:49,318 ♪ Hi from ♪ 36 00:01:49,485 --> 00:01:54,240 ♪ Fair a leo fair a lè ♪ 37 00:01:54,407 --> 00:01:58,035 ♪ Hi from ♪ 38 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,788 ♪ Another woman from ♪ 39 00:02:00,955 --> 00:02:04,959 ♪ You are my run. You are my love♪ 40 00:02:05,126 --> 00:02:11,674 ♪ And my pride oh ♪ 41 00:02:15,261 --> 00:02:18,180 [airplane engine rumbling] 42 00:02:24,145 --> 00:02:25,771 [gunfire] 43 00:02:25,938 --> 00:02:29,567 [men shouting] 44 00:02:29,692 --> 00:02:32,069 Go! Go! Move, move! 45 00:02:32,236 --> 00:02:34,613 Come on! 46 00:02:36,532 --> 00:02:38,826 [gunfire] 47 00:02:41,537 --> 00:02:44,582 [men shouting] 48 00:02:44,749 --> 00:02:47,626 [gunfire continues] 49 00:02:51,297 --> 00:02:53,799 [man screams] 50 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:56,135 Where's Private Charlton? 51 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,721 Who was the last man to see Private Charlton? 52 00:02:58,888 --> 00:03:00,389 [explosion] 53 00:03:00,556 --> 00:03:01,390 Captain! 54 00:03:01,557 --> 00:03:03,392 Captain, one of my men hasn't returned. 55 00:03:03,559 --> 00:03:05,144 That's unfortunate, Lieutenant. 56 00:03:05,311 --> 00:03:08,105 Sir, he's young, sir, and bloody brave. 57 00:03:08,272 --> 00:03:10,483 Please, I can go back. I can... 58 00:03:10,649 --> 00:03:12,318 I'm sorry. 59 00:03:12,485 --> 00:03:13,485 Sir... 60 00:03:14,403 --> 00:03:15,696 I made a promise to the men 61 00:03:15,863 --> 00:03:17,257 that I wouldn't leave anyone behind this time. 62 00:03:17,281 --> 00:03:18,908 - Please... - You did make a promise... 63 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:20,593 to follow orders in His Majesty's Army. 64 00:03:20,618 --> 00:03:24,872 Your order is to stand down. Am I understood? 65 00:03:24,997 --> 00:03:26,332 Sir... 66 00:03:26,457 --> 00:03:28,918 I think I could do it, sir, if you'd just let me try. 67 00:03:29,085 --> 00:03:32,546 I said stand down. Do you hear me? 68 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:35,633 [gunfire and explosions continue] 69 00:03:37,927 --> 00:03:40,137 Two, three. 70 00:03:41,013 --> 00:03:42,848 [whimpers, screams] 71 00:03:46,811 --> 00:03:48,687 Two, three. 72 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:51,148 - [men shouting] - [grunts] 73 00:03:51,315 --> 00:03:52,817 Beauchamp! 74 00:03:54,026 --> 00:03:56,695 [moaning] 75 00:03:56,862 --> 00:03:58,531 [gasps] 76 00:03:58,697 --> 00:04:02,576 [sobs, whimpering, shouts] 77 00:04:13,796 --> 00:04:16,090 [groaning] 78 00:04:16,257 --> 00:04:19,176 [panting] 79 00:04:22,847 --> 00:04:24,223 [Henry] Easy. 80 00:04:25,266 --> 00:04:29,186 [Willie groaning and whimpering] 81 00:04:29,353 --> 00:04:30,980 Easy now. Easy. 82 00:04:31,147 --> 00:04:33,065 Make room. Make room. 83 00:04:33,232 --> 00:04:35,651 All right, Willie, lad. All right. 84 00:04:35,818 --> 00:04:37,945 Let's have a look. 85 00:04:38,112 --> 00:04:40,197 [whimpers] 86 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:42,950 [gasps, panting] 87 00:04:43,075 --> 00:04:44,618 It's just a Blighty wound, Willie. 88 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:45,971 You mean enough to send me home? 89 00:04:45,995 --> 00:04:48,455 That's right, Private. That's right. 90 00:04:52,168 --> 00:04:53,544 [panting] This is for my mother. 91 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:59,884 I wanted to say sorry for joining up. 92 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,178 [groans in pain] 93 00:05:02,344 --> 00:05:04,847 [breathing rapidly] Can you help me get it to her? 94 00:05:05,014 --> 00:05:06,014 Certainly not. 95 00:05:06,098 --> 00:05:08,058 You can give it to her yourself, all right? 96 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:10,603 - Good man. - [Lambie] Beauchamp. 97 00:05:12,855 --> 00:05:15,232 You just rest, Willie. 98 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:22,531 You disobeyed a direct order, Beauchamp. 99 00:05:22,698 --> 00:05:25,326 I'd be quite within my rights to shoot you. 100 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:28,204 [explosions] 101 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:32,041 But if I did, 102 00:05:32,208 --> 00:05:34,251 I fear the regiment would run me through. 103 00:05:36,128 --> 00:05:38,339 His mother deserved to have him home, sir... 104 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:40,716 one way or the other. 105 00:05:41,175 --> 00:05:43,260 - [explosion] - Indeed she does. 106 00:05:44,845 --> 00:05:47,598 In the future, Lieutenant, if you have one... 107 00:05:48,766 --> 00:05:50,267 try to restrain yourself. 108 00:05:52,061 --> 00:05:53,646 You have my word, sir. 109 00:05:54,605 --> 00:05:55,940 As you were. 110 00:05:57,316 --> 00:06:00,444 [water sloshes] 111 00:06:00,611 --> 00:06:03,489 [somber music plays] 112 00:06:07,117 --> 00:06:08,786 [Henry] "To whom it may concern, 113 00:06:08,953 --> 00:06:11,247 I write to you from hell on Earth... 114 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:13,082 the Western Front. 115 00:06:13,832 --> 00:06:16,794 Here I have learned a thousand different ways to suffer, 116 00:06:16,961 --> 00:06:19,463 countless different ways to die. 117 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:22,383 I've lost more friends than I care to remember, 118 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,677 but even death itself is kinder 119 00:06:24,843 --> 00:06:27,388 than some of the things that I have seen, 120 00:06:27,513 --> 00:06:30,432 things that I wish I could erase from my mind 121 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:33,143 with every fiber of my being. 122 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:35,354 All around me, 123 00:06:35,521 --> 00:06:38,941 brave souls cling to their last shreds of dignity, 124 00:06:39,108 --> 00:06:41,694 and men who once laughed and loved 125 00:06:41,819 --> 00:06:43,904 lie alongside boys 126 00:06:44,071 --> 00:06:46,448 who have barely had time to do either, 127 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:50,244 buried in some bloodied bit of foreign soil." 128 00:06:50,411 --> 00:06:53,163 [explosions rumbling] 129 00:06:53,289 --> 00:06:54,498 [soldier] Corporal. 130 00:06:54,665 --> 00:06:57,584 [Henry] "It is possible to withstand physical pain, 131 00:06:57,751 --> 00:07:01,839 but an injured mind is, I fear, irreparable, 132 00:07:02,381 --> 00:07:05,843 particularly one bearing the immortal wounds of war. 133 00:07:06,218 --> 00:07:07,970 I find myself destined, perhaps, 134 00:07:08,137 --> 00:07:09,305 to join the hordes of men 135 00:07:09,471 --> 00:07:12,725 who are aching for peace and waiting for death, 136 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:15,019 not fearing it as such, 137 00:07:15,185 --> 00:07:18,147 not the when or the where of it, 138 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:21,233 not even the how, but the why. 139 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,400 [horse neighs] 140 00:07:22,443 --> 00:07:25,237 And so, before that time comes, 141 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:29,366 I write not just as a soldier but as a witness 142 00:07:29,533 --> 00:07:31,535 to the tragedy that's unfolding daily 143 00:07:31,702 --> 00:07:33,537 in this infernal place 144 00:07:33,704 --> 00:07:35,831 to let you know that we are trying, 145 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:38,584 holding on to sanity as best we can, 146 00:07:38,751 --> 00:07:41,211 holding on to a dwindling hope. 147 00:07:41,378 --> 00:07:44,923 But fear is a powerful poison." 148 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:47,760 [bell tolling] 149 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:56,143 [indistinct chatter, typewriters clacking] 150 00:08:04,526 --> 00:08:06,921 You're the only person I know who'd take a break from reading 151 00:08:06,945 --> 00:08:08,364 to read even more. 152 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:11,992 What is it today? Botany? Physics? Chemistry? 153 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:13,410 Biochemistry. 154 00:08:14,370 --> 00:08:15,996 Well, when your break is over, 155 00:08:16,163 --> 00:08:17,763 have a look at the new work assignments. 156 00:08:19,792 --> 00:08:21,126 [loud thud, dishes clatter] 157 00:08:21,293 --> 00:08:22,544 Oh, goodness me. 158 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:25,111 - [Lizbeth] Blimmin' trolley! - [man] Oh, my goodness, sorry. 159 00:08:25,214 --> 00:08:27,049 You can barely make out a word. 160 00:08:27,216 --> 00:08:28,300 [typewriters clacking] 161 00:08:28,467 --> 00:08:30,594 - Have that, Julia. - Oh, thank you very much. 162 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:34,515 Think I can remember. 163 00:08:35,349 --> 00:08:37,393 Uh... [clears throat] 164 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,647 Uh, Broodseinde, 165 00:08:41,814 --> 00:08:45,275 Regiments 4 and 9 on Desk A, 166 00:08:45,401 --> 00:08:49,029 uh, Poelcappelle, Regiments 8 and 11 167 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:51,198 on Desk E, 168 00:08:51,323 --> 00:08:53,033 and Passchendaele, 169 00:08:53,158 --> 00:08:56,245 Regiments 6, 12, and 99 170 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:58,789 on C and J. 171 00:08:59,289 --> 00:09:00,541 I have no idea how you do that, 172 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:02,668 but it certainly makes my life easier. 173 00:09:03,419 --> 00:09:05,546 I'll take Passchendaele, then. 174 00:09:07,214 --> 00:09:10,717 "Living through these incredibly uncertain times, 175 00:09:10,843 --> 00:09:13,971 is it not enough of a thrill for you?" 176 00:09:14,138 --> 00:09:15,764 You need to be careful, Julia. 177 00:09:15,931 --> 00:09:18,517 All this civil-disobedience stuff. 178 00:09:18,684 --> 00:09:21,353 [scoffs] I remember the hunger strikes 179 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,148 and that woman who died jumping in front of the king's horse. 180 00:09:24,314 --> 00:09:25,858 - Emily Davison? - [Lizbeth] Mm. 181 00:09:26,024 --> 00:09:27,264 Well, things are different now. 182 00:09:27,401 --> 00:09:29,481 We're turning the tide of public opinion in our favor 183 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:31,280 - with our war work. - "We"? 184 00:09:31,822 --> 00:09:33,240 I'm very proud of the work we do. 185 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:34,741 I just hope that one day, 186 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,788 like many of the highly educated women involved, 187 00:09:36,827 --> 00:09:38,328 that I'll be admitted to university 188 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:39,705 and eventually earn a degree. 189 00:09:39,872 --> 00:09:42,416 They're never going to award women a degree, surely. 190 00:09:43,167 --> 00:09:45,169 The first matriculated female undergraduates 191 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:49,298 at a British university were the Edinburgh Seven, 1869. 192 00:09:49,465 --> 00:09:51,401 Yes, they may not have been permitted to graduate... 193 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:52,468 I knew it. 194 00:09:52,634 --> 00:09:55,387 But there have been many since-remarkable women. 195 00:09:55,554 --> 00:09:58,348 You have a memory like a bloody steel trap. 196 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,392 There's one here about a soldier 197 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,437 who had to have both arms amputated because of gangrene. 198 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:06,648 Says his comrades nicknamed him Octopus. 199 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:09,735 [sighs, scoffs] It's awful, isn't it? 200 00:10:10,444 --> 00:10:12,988 If we didn't laugh, we'd sob for all of eternity. 201 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:16,575 I thought I'd start to feel numb to it after three years. 202 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:18,428 I don't think I'll ever get used to the fact 203 00:10:18,452 --> 00:10:20,287 that so many of them are so very young. 204 00:10:21,705 --> 00:10:24,791 Come on, then, they'll be waiting for us to finish. 205 00:10:27,377 --> 00:10:29,880 [soldier 1] Mother, I hope this short note finds you well. 206 00:10:30,047 --> 00:10:31,524 [soldier 2] My dearest daughter Phyllis... 207 00:10:31,548 --> 00:10:33,008 [overlapping voices] 208 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:35,135 [soldier 3] I hope this short note finds you well. 209 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:36,929 [soldier 4] I'm sending all my love. 210 00:10:37,054 --> 00:10:39,723 [overlapping voices] 211 00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:42,226 [soldier 5] Weather has been... 212 00:10:42,392 --> 00:10:43,977 [soldier 6] I am so very weary... 213 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:45,771 [soldier 7] Terrible feeling... 214 00:10:45,938 --> 00:10:47,481 [overlapping voices] 215 00:10:47,606 --> 00:10:48,750 [soldier 8] I must close now. 216 00:10:48,774 --> 00:10:50,001 [soldier 9] Keep me in your prayers. 217 00:10:50,025 --> 00:10:51,377 [soldier 10] Please remember me... 218 00:10:51,401 --> 00:10:53,612 [voices fade] 219 00:10:54,738 --> 00:10:57,616 [somber music plays] 220 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:06,583 [gentle music plays] 221 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,295 [Henry] "I suppose I could have written this letter 222 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:11,630 to my brother, 223 00:11:11,755 --> 00:11:14,216 but I realized that every man in Passchendaele 224 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:15,801 is a brother of mine. 225 00:11:15,968 --> 00:11:19,388 Only here, you see, brother slays brother 226 00:11:19,555 --> 00:11:24,309 in a world where their father, God Himself, is dead. 227 00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:26,937 So, instead, this is an open letter 228 00:11:27,104 --> 00:11:32,025 to ask quite sincerely what is there to live for? 229 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:38,407 - Passchendaele. - Yes. Yes, of course. 230 00:12:01,597 --> 00:12:04,433 [steady piano music plays] 231 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,351 [sniffles] 232 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:15,235 [Henry] "If God is not dead, then He has forgotten us. 233 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,613 And I am starting to forget, perhaps, 234 00:12:17,738 --> 00:12:19,698 not what we are fighting for 235 00:12:20,115 --> 00:12:22,242 but what we are dying for. 236 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:26,830 Yours, Lieutenant Henry Beauchamp." 237 00:12:28,999 --> 00:12:31,001 [Julia] "Dear Lieutenant Beauchamp, 238 00:12:31,543 --> 00:12:33,211 you asked a difficult question, 239 00:12:33,378 --> 00:12:35,547 to which there is no easy answer, 240 00:12:35,714 --> 00:12:38,216 but I feel compelled to reply. 241 00:12:38,634 --> 00:12:40,927 My name is Julia Moriston, 242 00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:43,847 and like you, I often wonder why. 243 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:46,975 Why must we live through this abominable war? 244 00:12:47,142 --> 00:12:48,310 I do not know. 245 00:12:48,727 --> 00:12:51,271 But the naturalist in me finds comfort 246 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,273 in the arms of Mother Nature. 247 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,859 Nature always finds a way. 248 00:12:56,485 --> 00:12:58,236 I'm reminded of the raindrop- 249 00:12:58,403 --> 00:13:00,489 never too small or insignificant 250 00:13:00,656 --> 00:13:01,782 to make a difference, 251 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:04,117 beautifully volatile, evaporating, 252 00:13:04,242 --> 00:13:05,786 falling as precipitation, 253 00:13:05,952 --> 00:13:08,914 joining the rivers until it becomes the ocean. 254 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:12,209 There is a certain alchemy to it. 255 00:13:12,709 --> 00:13:16,129 We, too, are shaped and changed by our suffering 256 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:18,507 until we are strong enough, like water, 257 00:13:18,674 --> 00:13:21,134 to carve our way through rock. 258 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,721 I've known suffering and grief. 259 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,223 When my parents died, 260 00:13:26,390 --> 00:13:28,183 I was determined to carry on doing 261 00:13:28,350 --> 00:13:30,060 what I knew would make them proud. 262 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,563 I paused my studies to make my own small contribution 263 00:13:33,689 --> 00:13:35,107 to the war effort. 264 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:38,485 So I know what it is to feel alone 265 00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:40,654 and to ask why. 266 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:42,739 When all else fails... 267 00:13:42,906 --> 00:13:43,740 [soldier] Beauchamp. 268 00:13:43,907 --> 00:13:45,009 [Julia]...take a deep breath 269 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:47,744 and remember England is still here. 270 00:13:48,662 --> 00:13:50,664 Do not give up, Lieutenant. 271 00:13:50,831 --> 00:13:53,208 And if you need to confide in someone, 272 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,210 you may write back to me. 273 00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:58,964 And, perhaps boldly, I shall expect a reply." 274 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:03,135 [gunfire, explosions] 275 00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:06,138 [soldier] Gas! Gas, gas, gas! 276 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:09,266 [whimpering] 277 00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:15,105 [distant explosions] 278 00:14:15,272 --> 00:14:18,066 [whimpering] 279 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:21,153 [coughing] 280 00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:23,822 [gunfire] 281 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:27,325 [breathing shakily] 282 00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:29,536 [soft music playing] 283 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:30,871 [Henry] "Dear Julia, 284 00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:34,374 I hardly know where to begin, but you are right. 285 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:37,169 There was profound magic in your words, 286 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:39,045 some strange alchemy 287 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,423 that produced in me a glimmer of hope." 288 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:42,758 [Julia] "Dear Henry, 289 00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:45,427 remember that our very existence itself 290 00:14:45,594 --> 00:14:47,095 is miraculous. 291 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:49,431 As human beings, we have a profound capacity 292 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:50,766 for love and goodness." 293 00:14:50,891 --> 00:14:53,143 [Henry] "Julia, I have been devouring your letters. 294 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:55,479 I so hope you got my last ones in order. 295 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:57,285 Tuesday's might arrive after Wednesday's." 296 00:14:57,355 --> 00:14:59,524 [Julia] "Henry, have you heard from your brother Lam? 297 00:15:00,025 --> 00:15:02,736 Has he uncovered a new Egyptian pharaoh?" 298 00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:04,922 [Henry] "I can't wait to hear what you've been up to, 299 00:15:04,946 --> 00:15:06,698 what you've been reading this week. 300 00:15:06,823 --> 00:15:08,183 You still in your Scottish phase?" 301 00:15:08,325 --> 00:15:11,995 [Julia] "I adore Scotland- the flora and the fauna, 302 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:13,580 the landscape, the archaeology, 303 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:17,083 something inescapably romantic about all of it. 304 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:20,420 Folklorist J.F. Campbell writes of a man 305 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:21,713 who joins the circle dance 306 00:15:21,838 --> 00:15:23,715 of a faerie ring in the Highlands. 307 00:15:23,882 --> 00:15:26,092 When he comes out, he feels as though 308 00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:28,053 he's only been gone for a moment, 309 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,347 but, really, it's been years. 310 00:15:30,889 --> 00:15:32,891 That's how our letters feel to me. 311 00:15:33,475 --> 00:15:37,270 I could spend an eternity in the dance of our words." 312 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:40,232 [Henry] "The poet John Donne writes, 313 00:15:40,357 --> 00:15:44,444 "More than kisses, letters mingle souls." 314 00:15:45,028 --> 00:15:47,197 I think you know by now that I find in you 315 00:15:47,322 --> 00:15:50,617 a kindred spirit, a soulmate. 316 00:15:51,076 --> 00:15:52,619 But just to be on the safe side, 317 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:55,580 I'm sealing this letter with a kiss." 318 00:15:55,831 --> 00:15:59,292 [jaunty music plays] 319 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,253 [Julia] "I'll raise you some Robert Burns 320 00:16:01,419 --> 00:16:03,338 for your John Donne. 321 00:16:03,505 --> 00:16:05,674 "My heart's in the Highlands. 322 00:16:05,841 --> 00:16:07,467 "My heart is not here. 323 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:10,929 My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer." 324 00:16:11,555 --> 00:16:15,976 Or it would be, if it wasn't on the battlefield with you." 325 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:17,727 [Henry] "Should I be worried? 326 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:20,689 Are you going to run off with some handsome Highlander? 327 00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:22,184 I've never made the journey, 328 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:24,734 but I've always longed to visit Scotland. 329 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,737 Sounds as if I might have to start packing, 330 00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:31,533 if only to stay in this faerie dance with you. 331 00:16:32,617 --> 00:16:33,743 As it happens, 332 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:35,871 I am trying to convince my commanding officer 333 00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:37,998 to allow me my leave in the coming month. 334 00:16:38,915 --> 00:16:40,876 Not enough time for a trip all the way up north, 335 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:42,752 but London, perhaps." 336 00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:46,089 [airplane engines rumbling] 337 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:52,470 [engines grow louder] 338 00:16:52,637 --> 00:16:54,890 [distant boom] 339 00:16:55,056 --> 00:16:57,642 [bombs whistling, explosion] 340 00:16:59,769 --> 00:17:02,981 - [coughs, panting] - [explosion] 341 00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:05,483 [explosion] 342 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:08,111 [whistle blows, men shouting] 343 00:17:08,278 --> 00:17:11,072 [explosion, gunfire] 344 00:17:11,239 --> 00:17:12,616 [Julia] "That would be wonderful. 345 00:17:13,325 --> 00:17:15,994 Did you know that my greatest fear is not death 346 00:17:16,578 --> 00:17:19,247 but us never having the chance to meet?" 347 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:21,124 [soldier] Bailwick. 348 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:24,377 Bellam. 349 00:17:25,003 --> 00:17:27,005 [soft music plays] 350 00:17:27,172 --> 00:17:28,840 - [soldier] Beauchamp. - Yes. 351 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:32,052 [soldier 2] Whoo-hoo! Lefty has another one from his Betty. 352 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:33,237 - [laughter] - Hook, line and sinker. 353 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,430 - He's not even seen... - [explosion] 354 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,226 [soldier 2] Help! Help! 355 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:44,189 [coughing, grunting] 356 00:17:44,314 --> 00:17:48,276 [airplane engines rumbling] 357 00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:51,154 Get me out! [groans] 358 00:17:51,321 --> 00:17:53,657 [men grunting] 359 00:17:53,823 --> 00:17:55,784 [explosion] 360 00:17:59,287 --> 00:18:02,999 [Henry] "Julia, I have decided to call you my hope, 361 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,251 for that is what you are to me. 362 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,671 Fingers crossed my leave will come through." 363 00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:11,132 [somber music plays] 364 00:18:11,299 --> 00:18:14,302 [typewriter clacking] 365 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,433 [Julia] "Hope springs eternal. 366 00:18:23,895 --> 00:18:25,981 I've never heard your voice, Henry, 367 00:18:26,147 --> 00:18:28,316 but the silence is deafening. 368 00:18:29,067 --> 00:18:31,987 It's been two weeks and a day since your last letter. 369 00:18:32,696 --> 00:18:36,408 I won't despair just yet, since "hope" is our byword, 370 00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:39,244 but I am frightened, Henry." 371 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:53,425 Is he still intending to take his leave? 372 00:18:53,591 --> 00:18:56,511 Last I heard, if reinforcements arrive. 373 00:18:57,053 --> 00:18:59,014 And if he's still... 374 00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:02,684 You might have to brace yourself, my dear. 375 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:16,031 [indistinct chatter] 376 00:19:16,156 --> 00:19:18,408 [hoofbeats] 377 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,288 [horse nickers] 378 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:37,761 Hope springs eternal. 379 00:19:37,927 --> 00:19:40,805 [sweeping music plays] 380 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:46,227 Henry? 381 00:19:48,855 --> 00:19:50,106 Julia. 382 00:20:07,582 --> 00:20:09,125 My hope. 383 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:36,820 [laughter] 384 00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:41,241 [both breathing heavily] 385 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,784 Oh, I don't know what I'm doing. 386 00:20:42,951 --> 00:20:45,870 [laughs] 387 00:20:46,037 --> 00:20:48,039 Ah. Wait, wait, wait, wait. 388 00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:50,059 You're not worried that we're not married yet, are you? 389 00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,794 "Yet"? Not exactly up there with the proposals 390 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,421 of great literary masterpieces. [laughing] 391 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,632 But, yes, I accept. 392 00:20:57,799 --> 00:20:59,384 [Henry chuckles] 393 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:01,553 Mm. [breathing heavily] 394 00:21:01,719 --> 00:21:03,054 Blasted thing. 395 00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:04,764 [zipper opens] 396 00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:06,015 [grunts, pants] 397 00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:10,436 You know, I thought I'd have to put away my dreams 398 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,813 to go to war, but... 399 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:14,232 oh, here you are. 400 00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:16,943 [chuckles] 401 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,195 - [Julia] Oh. - Oh. Oh, God. 402 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,490 Oh, stay still. Stay still! 403 00:21:22,657 --> 00:21:26,536 - For God's sake. - [panting] 404 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:29,581 [romantic music plays] 405 00:22:00,695 --> 00:22:01,863 [Julia giggles] 406 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:03,799 [Henry] Oh, what was it we promised each other, again? 407 00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:06,743 For richer or poorer, for better or worse. 408 00:22:06,910 --> 00:22:09,412 [grunts] Through doors wide and narrow. 409 00:22:09,579 --> 00:22:12,415 [laughs] Yes, my darling, something like that. 410 00:22:12,582 --> 00:22:14,792 - Oh. - Oh, I can't believe we did it. 411 00:22:15,376 --> 00:22:18,046 I'm so very glad the priest was able to fit us in. 412 00:22:18,213 --> 00:22:19,631 So am I. 413 00:22:20,632 --> 00:22:22,217 Well, welcome home, Mrs. Beauchamp. 414 00:22:23,134 --> 00:22:25,345 - [chuckles] - I love you, Henry. 415 00:22:30,183 --> 00:22:33,228 [ticking] 416 00:22:35,647 --> 00:22:38,024 Henry, my darling, are you still awake? 417 00:22:41,903 --> 00:22:43,613 I don't like to blow my own trumpet, 418 00:22:43,780 --> 00:22:46,532 but it seems I am quite the horologist. 419 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:48,493 [watch snaps] 420 00:22:48,618 --> 00:22:52,080 [Henry moaning softly] 421 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:53,205 Henry? 422 00:22:53,289 --> 00:22:56,834 [Henry whimpering] 423 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,295 [moaning] 424 00:22:59,462 --> 00:23:02,090 [soft dramatic music plays] 425 00:23:02,257 --> 00:23:04,425 [whimpers] 426 00:23:04,592 --> 00:23:05,426 - Henry. - [car engine sputters] 427 00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:07,136 No! [screams] Oh, God! 428 00:23:07,262 --> 00:23:10,890 There's gas everywhere! There's gas! There's gas! 429 00:23:11,015 --> 00:23:12,976 - It's okay. Come back to me. - Oh, God! Oh, God! 430 00:23:13,142 --> 00:23:15,103 - Come back to me. - Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God! 431 00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:17,188 You're in a flat in London with me. 432 00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:18,690 Oh, God. Oh. 433 00:23:18,856 --> 00:23:22,235 - You are here. - [sobbing] 434 00:23:24,946 --> 00:23:28,491 Dear Lieutenant Beauchamp, my name is Julia Moriston, 435 00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:32,912 and like you, I often wonder why. 436 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:35,957 [breathing heavily] 437 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,212 Julia. Julia. 438 00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:45,466 [breathing slows] 439 00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:47,135 My hope. 440 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:03,234 Yes, my darling. 441 00:24:04,444 --> 00:24:06,279 Hold on to your hope. 442 00:24:06,988 --> 00:24:09,866 [breathing heavily] 443 00:24:15,079 --> 00:24:17,957 [stream trickling] 444 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:21,085 [wind whooshing] 445 00:24:40,980 --> 00:24:42,899 [groans softly] 446 00:24:46,277 --> 00:24:47,487 My ring. 447 00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:49,614 Oh, no. 448 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:53,076 [crows cawing] 449 00:24:53,242 --> 00:24:54,952 [mutters] 450 00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:00,917 [sighs] 451 00:25:03,503 --> 00:25:06,047 [wind whooshing] 452 00:25:14,055 --> 00:25:16,933 [dramatic music plays] 453 00:25:39,497 --> 00:25:40,623 Henry? 454 00:25:42,291 --> 00:25:43,709 Henry! 455 00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:46,629 This isn't funny! 456 00:25:53,010 --> 00:25:54,262 Henry! 457 00:26:08,401 --> 00:26:09,819 Henry! 458 00:26:12,989 --> 00:26:14,574 [horse neighs] 459 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,493 [wagon rattling] 460 00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:54,322 Excuse me. 461 00:26:55,031 --> 00:26:56,407 Excuse me. 462 00:26:59,202 --> 00:27:00,703 Excuse me. 463 00:27:01,496 --> 00:27:02,622 Have you... 464 00:27:02,997 --> 00:27:05,875 have you by any chance seen a man on this road? 465 00:27:06,209 --> 00:27:08,377 Wavy hair, blue eyes? 466 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:11,797 [person speaking Gaelic] 467 00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:16,594 [person 2 speaking Gaelic] 468 00:27:16,719 --> 00:27:18,596 We had an accident in our motorcar, 469 00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:21,933 my husband and I, and somehow we were separated. 470 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,853 - [speaking Gaelic] - [speaking Gaelic] 471 00:27:27,772 --> 00:27:30,483 Oh, uh, I-I don't know Gaelic, I'm afraid. 472 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,735 Do you speak any English at all? 473 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:34,403 Ah, Sassenach. 474 00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:37,073 [Julia] Please, can you help me? 475 00:27:37,657 --> 00:27:39,742 Perhaps-perhaps you could- 476 00:27:39,909 --> 00:27:42,036 you could ask the authorities in Inverness, 477 00:27:42,203 --> 00:27:43,704 uh, to-to send help? 478 00:27:44,038 --> 00:27:45,038 Inbhir Nis? 479 00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,917 Inverness, yes, yes, yes. Yes, that's right. 480 00:27:48,251 --> 00:27:50,086 Oh, I'd be ever so grateful. 481 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,713 [speaking Gaelic] 482 00:27:54,048 --> 00:27:56,551 Inbhir Nis. Inverness. 483 00:27:56,884 --> 00:28:00,513 [speaking Gaelic] 484 00:28:00,638 --> 00:28:01,639 Oh, no. 485 00:28:01,806 --> 00:28:05,184 See, I have to stay here to look for my husband. 486 00:28:05,726 --> 00:28:06,936 What are you... 487 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:08,103 No! 488 00:28:08,437 --> 00:28:09,981 Get off of me! 489 00:28:10,439 --> 00:28:12,525 No! No! 490 00:28:12,650 --> 00:28:14,110 - Let me... - [object thuds] 491 00:29:20,343 --> 00:29:23,304 [breathing heavily] 492 00:29:24,221 --> 00:29:25,306 Julia! 493 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:13,497 [person] Feeling a wee bit better, dearie? 494 00:30:13,521 --> 00:30:15,523 [groans softly] What-what are you doing? 495 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:18,234 Just trying to help, if you'll let me. 496 00:30:19,026 --> 00:30:20,194 Where am I? 497 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:23,322 Castle Leathers. 498 00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:25,866 I'm Mistress Porter, housekeeper. 499 00:30:28,327 --> 00:30:29,870 And the people that brought me here? 500 00:30:30,538 --> 00:30:32,081 The Connors've gone, lass. 501 00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:33,748 Done their part. 502 00:30:35,835 --> 00:30:37,211 I don't understand. 503 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:39,338 Delivered ye here as payment for their debts. 504 00:30:40,381 --> 00:30:41,799 They owed a fair amount. 505 00:30:42,717 --> 00:30:45,594 [ominous music plays] 506 00:30:53,102 --> 00:30:55,020 [Julia grunts] Get... ah! 507 00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:56,915 - [Balloch grunts] - No! Get your hands off me! 508 00:30:56,939 --> 00:30:59,275 My, my, my, a Sassenach! 509 00:30:59,442 --> 00:31:01,235 And a fiery one. 510 00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:05,740 You can't keep me here like some sort of prisoner. 511 00:31:05,906 --> 00:31:08,617 I hope you didn't speak to your last master this way. 512 00:31:08,951 --> 00:31:10,035 "Master"? 513 00:31:10,536 --> 00:31:11,579 Mistress Porter, 514 00:31:11,746 --> 00:31:15,750 a maidservant needs more suitable attire. 515 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:17,042 Yes, m'laird. 516 00:31:17,626 --> 00:31:19,378 I am not your maidservant. 517 00:31:19,545 --> 00:31:21,839 I am Julia Beauchamp of Hyde Park, London. 518 00:31:22,006 --> 00:31:23,886 I think you'll find that you're now the property 519 00:31:23,924 --> 00:31:26,427 of Simon Beaufort Fraser of Leathers. 520 00:31:27,595 --> 00:31:28,804 Lord Lovat. 521 00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:46,030 - [door rattles and clunks] - Father. 522 00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:50,409 We should press for the Connors' coin instead. 523 00:31:50,993 --> 00:31:52,661 And why on earth would I do that? 524 00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:57,208 The coffers are dwindling. The house is in need of repair. 525 00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,503 That may be, but I have my own particular needs 526 00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:01,921 to think of as well. 527 00:32:03,214 --> 00:32:06,091 [dramatic music plays] 528 00:32:09,220 --> 00:32:11,931 [sighs] Please. 529 00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:18,604 [sighs] 530 00:32:29,365 --> 00:32:32,743 Excuse me. Excuse me, gentlemen! 531 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:36,455 [Campbell bladier] Sassenach. 532 00:32:37,832 --> 00:32:39,333 Sassenach? 533 00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:41,710 What on earth? 534 00:32:52,263 --> 00:32:55,224 [indistinct lively chatter] 535 00:32:57,935 --> 00:32:59,478 Oh, Julia... 536 00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:01,814 what has happened to us? 537 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:07,403 [indistinct chatter] 538 00:33:24,712 --> 00:33:26,881 Excuse me, sir, I'm, uh-I'm looking for a lady. 539 00:33:27,047 --> 00:33:29,717 - Uh, dark hair, blue eyes. - [person] A lady? 540 00:33:29,884 --> 00:33:32,303 Oh, you'll not find one of those in here, sir. 541 00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:33,637 There's a few bonnie, uh... 542 00:33:33,804 --> 00:33:35,556 bonnie faces right enough, Sassenach. 543 00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:38,809 But, uh, all of them have bollocks. 544 00:33:38,976 --> 00:33:41,979 [laughter] 545 00:33:44,607 --> 00:33:45,608 Forgive me. 546 00:33:45,774 --> 00:33:47,192 Aye, what are you having? 547 00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:52,615 Yes. I'll have a, uh-a pint of ale, please. 548 00:33:52,781 --> 00:33:54,033 Ale it is, then. 549 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,702 Well, sir, I am rather urgently looking for a lady 550 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:58,662 by the name of Julia Beauchamp. If... 551 00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:01,373 [indistinct chatter] 552 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:05,794 Uh, sorry, I don't seem to, uh, have any, um... 553 00:34:08,923 --> 00:34:10,090 You owe me. 554 00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:12,903 [Campbell bladier] As I was saying, Mr. Grant, 555 00:34:12,927 --> 00:34:15,471 the terms we're proposing are quite generous. 556 00:34:15,596 --> 00:34:18,515 Three dwellings on fertile land that borders Grant land 557 00:34:18,682 --> 00:34:20,476 in exchange for monies owed. 558 00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:24,730 Ah, a surprisingly generous offer from the Campbells. 559 00:34:26,774 --> 00:34:29,151 - Do you think so? - Aye. 560 00:34:30,527 --> 00:34:31,737 I can assure you, Mr. Grant, 561 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:34,448 of the good condition of the properties mentioned. 562 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:37,409 You'd be able to house a fair few families. 563 00:34:38,744 --> 00:34:41,080 Aye, I think your da will approve. 564 00:34:41,872 --> 00:34:44,792 Do hope they brought the deeds to those properties, hmm? 565 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:47,211 What in God's name did he just say? 566 00:34:47,378 --> 00:34:50,255 [tense music plays] 567 00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:55,135 [grunting] 568 00:34:55,302 --> 00:34:57,471 [grunts] Wait! 569 00:34:57,638 --> 00:34:59,348 - Ah! - [men grunting] 570 00:34:59,515 --> 00:35:01,558 How dare you involve yourself in clan matters? 571 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:03,936 I'm sorry! Look, please, I meant nothing by it. 572 00:35:04,061 --> 00:35:05,771 Should have kept your mouth closed, then. 573 00:35:05,938 --> 00:35:07,815 - [Henry grunts] - Wait! 574 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:10,776 Maybe slit his throat first. 575 00:35:11,318 --> 00:35:12,528 [Malcolm] Hold. 576 00:35:13,570 --> 00:35:16,490 [Henry panting] 577 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,560 Now, what were you saying in there? 578 00:35:21,704 --> 00:35:23,872 You were kind enough to pay for my ale. 579 00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,834 I was merely pointing out what I'm sure you already noticed. 580 00:35:27,751 --> 00:35:30,170 Please, I don't want to be involved. 581 00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:31,964 Too late for that now. 582 00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:35,926 Tell me what you meant by what you said. 583 00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:41,932 [Henry whispering indistinctly] 584 00:35:53,986 --> 00:35:55,612 You'll tell that to my father. 585 00:36:06,457 --> 00:36:08,393 [Davina] You'll begin with the washing and mending 586 00:36:08,417 --> 00:36:09,710 and windows and stairs. 587 00:36:10,210 --> 00:36:11,770 The chamber pots need emptying as well, 588 00:36:11,879 --> 00:36:13,881 and you'll assist the cook, of course. 589 00:36:14,715 --> 00:36:16,383 Please, ma'am. 590 00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:18,635 Mistress Porter. 591 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:21,096 Mistress Porter, I don't belong here. 592 00:36:21,722 --> 00:36:24,183 I came to the Highlands with my husband on holiday. 593 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:25,809 [Davina] Holy day? 594 00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:27,519 Which holy day would that be? 595 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,789 He had business in Edinburgh, so we thought we'd turn it 596 00:36:29,813 --> 00:36:31,148 into a longer trip, but... 597 00:36:31,899 --> 00:36:34,109 I cannot explain it. I-I lost him. 598 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,572 How long has it been since his passing? 599 00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:40,866 No, he hasn't-he hasn't passed away. 600 00:36:41,033 --> 00:36:42,117 He's alive. 601 00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:44,328 And he must be looking for me. 602 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,914 Well, he hasna found ye yet, has he? 603 00:36:47,748 --> 00:36:49,583 If it's been more than a fortnight, then... 604 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,628 I doubt he's coming for you now. 605 00:36:57,049 --> 00:36:59,718 What-what day is it now? 606 00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:01,929 Must have knocked the sense out of you. 607 00:37:02,096 --> 00:37:03,347 It's a Saturday. 608 00:37:03,972 --> 00:37:05,057 Saturday. 609 00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:08,060 Saturday when? 610 00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:10,955 Next, you'll be asking me what year it is, 611 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:13,482 or who sits upon the throne. [chuckles] 612 00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:17,111 K- King George V. 613 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,239 King George I... 614 00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:24,368 in the year of our Lord 1714. 615 00:37:25,869 --> 00:37:27,162 Goodness me. 616 00:37:28,372 --> 00:37:30,249 [dramatic music plays] 617 00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:33,377 No, it... it... it can't be. 618 00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:34,545 I... 619 00:37:34,962 --> 00:37:36,797 I have a husband. 620 00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:39,716 I have-I have a daughter, Claire. 621 00:37:40,384 --> 00:37:42,970 I-I need to get back to them. I must. 622 00:37:43,137 --> 00:37:44,763 I'm sorry for you, lass... 623 00:37:45,222 --> 00:37:48,183 but you've been sold to us, and here you'll stay. 624 00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:49,726 But I have no patience 625 00:37:49,893 --> 00:37:52,146 for impertinence or disobedience, mind you, 626 00:37:52,688 --> 00:37:54,022 and neither does the laird. 627 00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,155 And one last thing... 628 00:38:02,156 --> 00:38:03,532 on occasion... 629 00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:06,410 our laird can be most attentive. 630 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,080 Try not to linger in his presence. 631 00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:18,463 Now, wash that look off your face 632 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:21,049 and come and find me in the kitchen. 633 00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:01,757 [hoofbeats] 634 00:39:01,882 --> 00:39:04,718 [dramatic music plays] 635 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:36,625 [birds chirping] 636 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:49,137 Our laird, Isaac Grant, 637 00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,224 I present Mr. Henry Beauchamp. 638 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,936 My son says you have something to tell me. 639 00:39:56,979 --> 00:39:58,563 It was merely an observation. 640 00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:00,899 "An observation"? 641 00:40:02,442 --> 00:40:03,235 I've been trying to get 642 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:05,570 what the Campbells owe me for months, 643 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,572 so I do hope that what you have for me 644 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:10,701 is more than an observation, Sassenach. 645 00:40:13,078 --> 00:40:16,623 Yes, well, in-in my experience as a solicitor, 646 00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:19,376 you know, uh, a lack of legal paperwork 647 00:40:19,543 --> 00:40:21,503 is never a good sign when it comes to property. 648 00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:23,297 [chuckles] 649 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:25,507 That's it? 650 00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:28,427 Uh... 651 00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:31,513 [clock ticking] 652 00:40:37,561 --> 00:40:38,561 Well... 653 00:40:39,396 --> 00:40:41,982 it seems you're unfamiliar with how we conduct our affairs 654 00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:43,608 here in the Highlands. 655 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:47,279 A man's word is his bond. 656 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:49,156 And quite right. 657 00:40:49,948 --> 00:40:53,118 And I shan't trouble you any further. 658 00:40:53,827 --> 00:40:56,330 If you'd just kindly let me go, I could, uh... 659 00:40:56,496 --> 00:40:58,206 Tell him what you told me at the well. 660 00:41:01,877 --> 00:41:04,504 Well, I mean, judging by what I heard, 661 00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:06,089 you know... [chuckles] 662 00:41:06,256 --> 00:41:08,967 um, if you were to accept 663 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:11,261 the properties that the other party are offering... 664 00:41:11,386 --> 00:41:12,554 The Campbells. 665 00:41:12,721 --> 00:41:14,848 The Campbells, uh, were offering, 666 00:41:15,015 --> 00:41:17,351 um, there would be no guarantee 667 00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:19,227 of ownership on the land on which they sit. 668 00:41:19,394 --> 00:41:20,554 You see, the written contract 669 00:41:20,604 --> 00:41:21,956 must state that you would own the land 670 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:25,067 and collect the rents, not the, um-the Campbells. 671 00:41:26,318 --> 00:41:27,361 Told you, Da. 672 00:41:28,528 --> 00:41:30,364 He has an eye for the particulars. 673 00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:31,799 [Henry] Well, with all due respect, 674 00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:33,551 it wasn't the particulars that drew my attention, 675 00:41:33,575 --> 00:41:34,826 it was your advisor. 676 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,080 Pádraig Druiminn is my bladier. 677 00:41:39,206 --> 00:41:40,665 Apart from my son here, 678 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,876 he's my most trusted counsel 679 00:41:43,293 --> 00:41:45,212 and my right hand in all matters. 680 00:41:45,796 --> 00:41:48,840 What observation do you have to make about him, then? 681 00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:52,219 Uh... 682 00:41:57,432 --> 00:41:59,184 He was misrepresenting you. 683 00:42:01,436 --> 00:42:03,814 Why don't you search this most trusted of bladiers 684 00:42:03,939 --> 00:42:06,024 for a sack of coins? 685 00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:08,652 Not his usual purse. 686 00:42:12,614 --> 00:42:13,740 [Isaac] Mr. Bug. 687 00:42:26,378 --> 00:42:28,422 [muffled arguing] 688 00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:31,383 [thumping, shouting] 689 00:42:36,430 --> 00:42:39,391 [thumping, groaning] 690 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:51,403 You're canny... 691 00:42:53,655 --> 00:42:55,449 for a Sassenach. 692 00:43:12,007 --> 00:43:14,926 [whispering indistinctly] 693 00:43:19,973 --> 00:43:21,933 How would you like to be my new bladier? 694 00:43:23,226 --> 00:43:24,644 [scoffs] 695 00:43:25,437 --> 00:43:28,356 - What about the other fellow? - Never mind him. 696 00:43:31,985 --> 00:43:33,361 Well, unfortunately, 697 00:43:33,487 --> 00:43:35,822 there are other matters occupying my time. 698 00:43:36,656 --> 00:43:39,201 See, I'm actually urgently searching for someone. 699 00:43:40,327 --> 00:43:42,447 Our business would take you all across the Grant lands 700 00:43:42,537 --> 00:43:43,537 and beyond. 701 00:43:44,539 --> 00:43:48,126 An opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, perhaps. 702 00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:53,381 I'm afraid, as much as I would like to accept... 703 00:43:53,548 --> 00:43:55,425 Well, you're not obliged, of course. 704 00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,011 You're free to continue on your own. 705 00:43:59,346 --> 00:44:00,722 And good luck to you. 706 00:44:01,723 --> 00:44:02,724 But... 707 00:44:03,725 --> 00:44:04,976 an Englishman... 708 00:44:06,019 --> 00:44:09,189 alone in the Highlands... 709 00:44:09,773 --> 00:44:11,274 without protection... 710 00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:14,903 You would have all this at your disposal, 711 00:44:16,363 --> 00:44:19,199 and the strength of the Grant name behind you. 712 00:44:24,454 --> 00:44:25,455 I see. 713 00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:29,918 Well, very well, then. 714 00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:32,504 I'd like to accept. 715 00:44:33,213 --> 00:44:34,673 Let's have a dram. 716 00:44:54,901 --> 00:44:56,027 [sighs] 717 00:44:59,739 --> 00:45:01,658 [sheep bleats] 718 00:45:21,261 --> 00:45:24,139 [footsteps] 719 00:45:28,310 --> 00:45:30,353 [door creaks] 720 00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:28,036 [footsteps approaching] 721 00:46:41,925 --> 00:46:43,635 What are you doing in here? 722 00:46:44,886 --> 00:46:47,055 Oh, forgive me, sir. I-I was dusting. 723 00:46:47,222 --> 00:46:48,282 I'll leave you to your work. 724 00:46:48,306 --> 00:46:50,517 Oh, there's no work that cannot wait 725 00:46:51,309 --> 00:46:53,937 when there's a bonnie English rose before me. 726 00:46:54,688 --> 00:46:56,288 - [chuckles nervously] - [Lovat chuckles] 727 00:46:56,356 --> 00:46:57,440 You are too kind, sir. 728 00:46:57,607 --> 00:47:00,026 Oh, how very observant of you. 729 00:47:00,902 --> 00:47:02,070 Kind. 730 00:47:02,654 --> 00:47:04,322 Handsome, some might say. 731 00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:07,158 [chuckles] The perfect gentleman. 732 00:47:07,325 --> 00:47:08,576 [Julia chuckles awkwardly] 733 00:47:09,911 --> 00:47:11,413 Well, I'm-I'm finished in here. 734 00:47:11,579 --> 00:47:13,599 I have some mending to do for Mistress Porter, so I... 735 00:47:13,623 --> 00:47:14,623 Ah, ah. 736 00:47:16,501 --> 00:47:17,794 I'm the laird... 737 00:47:19,421 --> 00:47:21,214 and you'll do as I say. 738 00:47:24,092 --> 00:47:27,262 Oh, here I am, Mistress Porter. 739 00:47:29,013 --> 00:47:30,013 Oh. 740 00:47:30,056 --> 00:47:31,656 Could have sworn I heard her calling me. 741 00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:34,768 Very well. 742 00:47:35,729 --> 00:47:37,105 Not this time. 743 00:47:37,272 --> 00:47:40,024 [ominous music plays] 744 00:47:46,281 --> 00:47:48,199 [thunder rumbling] 745 00:47:48,366 --> 00:47:51,286 [nocturnal birds whistling] 746 00:47:52,287 --> 00:47:55,290 [panting] 747 00:47:59,753 --> 00:48:03,214 [hoofbeats] 748 00:48:03,381 --> 00:48:05,967 [gasping] 749 00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:11,306 [horse huffing] 750 00:48:14,267 --> 00:48:16,394 You've enough there for a long journey. 751 00:48:16,936 --> 00:48:17,936 Please, sir. 752 00:48:18,062 --> 00:48:19,814 Brian. Fraser. 753 00:48:20,398 --> 00:48:23,777 Mr. Fraser, I believe your father is the laird. 754 00:48:23,902 --> 00:48:25,403 I don't belong here. 755 00:48:25,570 --> 00:48:29,282 I'm trying to find my husband. Please let me go, I beg you. 756 00:48:29,824 --> 00:48:31,493 [bird whistles] 757 00:48:31,618 --> 00:48:32,827 That may be true, 758 00:48:33,745 --> 00:48:35,205 but you'll no' find him tonight. 759 00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,332 There's a storm coming. 760 00:48:38,041 --> 00:48:39,459 A Highland storm's unforgiving. 761 00:48:39,584 --> 00:48:41,795 If you're caught out here, you'll soon be humbled 762 00:48:42,504 --> 00:48:44,005 or suffer a fate much worse. 763 00:48:44,172 --> 00:48:45,924 I've weathered many a storm. 764 00:48:46,090 --> 00:48:48,551 I appreciate your concern, but I will take my chances. 765 00:48:48,676 --> 00:48:49,969 [Brian] My da willna. 766 00:48:50,678 --> 00:48:52,722 He'll send his man Balloch here after you. 767 00:48:53,681 --> 00:48:55,141 A matter of pride. 768 00:48:59,062 --> 00:49:00,313 Please. 769 00:49:04,484 --> 00:49:06,069 Balloch! No! 770 00:49:07,487 --> 00:49:08,988 [Julia] No! Please! 771 00:49:09,113 --> 00:49:10,865 Get your hands off of me! 772 00:49:11,032 --> 00:49:12,367 You-no! 773 00:49:12,492 --> 00:49:14,452 Let me-let me go! 774 00:49:14,619 --> 00:49:16,621 No! No! 775 00:49:17,163 --> 00:49:19,916 Let me go! No! 776 00:49:20,333 --> 00:49:22,836 [tense music plays] 777 00:49:23,002 --> 00:49:24,671 What have you to say for yourself? 778 00:49:24,838 --> 00:49:27,006 I have told you, I do not belong here. 779 00:49:27,131 --> 00:49:29,300 I am no one's prisoner or servant, for that matter. 780 00:49:29,425 --> 00:49:32,095 I was doing what anyone in my position would have done. 781 00:49:32,887 --> 00:49:34,681 [grunts, coughs] 782 00:49:34,848 --> 00:49:36,432 [Lovat] Twenty should be lesson enough 783 00:49:36,599 --> 00:49:38,309 to temper that insolence. 784 00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:41,813 Father, it wasna her. 'Twas me. 785 00:49:43,064 --> 00:49:44,566 Ask Balloch, here. 786 00:49:45,024 --> 00:49:47,026 I aided her in her attempt. 787 00:49:48,152 --> 00:49:49,988 I heard her pleas to you, and... 788 00:49:51,197 --> 00:49:52,866 well, I convinced her to go. 789 00:49:53,366 --> 00:49:56,077 [Julia coughs, wheezes] 790 00:49:56,244 --> 00:49:57,829 Mistress Porter, 791 00:49:58,329 --> 00:49:59,956 take our new maidservant to her quarters 792 00:50:00,123 --> 00:50:02,458 and make sure that she's secured for the night. 793 00:50:08,715 --> 00:50:10,675 Give him the twenty, then. 794 00:50:11,593 --> 00:50:12,719 - No. - No. 795 00:50:14,304 --> 00:50:17,390 Don't make me say it again or you'll both be joining him. 796 00:50:18,141 --> 00:50:21,019 [breathing heavily] 797 00:50:29,652 --> 00:50:32,906 Dinna fash, Ma. 'Tis only a few lashes. 798 00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:43,833 Would you like to count? 799 00:50:46,044 --> 00:50:47,211 Or shall I? 800 00:50:55,428 --> 00:50:58,306 [whip cracking] 801 00:51:06,189 --> 00:51:07,815 The bladier's quarters. 802 00:51:08,566 --> 00:51:10,360 I think you'll find it to your liking. 803 00:51:10,735 --> 00:51:12,403 If not, you can sleep in the barn 804 00:51:12,570 --> 00:51:14,155 with the other beasts. 805 00:51:16,741 --> 00:51:18,326 You don't like me much, do you? 806 00:51:19,369 --> 00:51:22,288 Dinna ken you well enough to have formed an opinion. 807 00:51:25,708 --> 00:51:26,876 Ah... 808 00:51:27,961 --> 00:51:29,462 your predecessor. 809 00:51:30,421 --> 00:51:33,466 Now, him, I didna like much at all. 810 00:51:33,633 --> 00:51:36,094 [ominous music plays] 811 00:51:53,152 --> 00:51:56,030 [indistinct chatter] 812 00:51:56,197 --> 00:51:59,033 [lively music plays] 813 00:52:11,879 --> 00:52:14,340 I must apologize for the conduct 814 00:52:14,507 --> 00:52:16,300 of the younger MacKenzie. 815 00:52:17,051 --> 00:52:19,095 Since the death of his father this past month, 816 00:52:19,262 --> 00:52:20,847 he's not been himself. 817 00:52:21,472 --> 00:52:23,975 No, I'd say that his fisticuffs spoke quite clearly 818 00:52:24,142 --> 00:52:25,977 to the younger Grant's face. 819 00:52:27,020 --> 00:52:28,354 Hmm? 820 00:52:31,315 --> 00:52:33,693 The laird is not pleased. 821 00:52:35,028 --> 00:52:38,114 What can I do on behalf of the MacKenzies 822 00:52:38,281 --> 00:52:41,659 to make things right with the Grants? 823 00:52:41,826 --> 00:52:44,537 I'm not sure that there is anything you can do. 824 00:52:47,415 --> 00:52:49,959 Perhaps you might consider an offer... 825 00:52:52,003 --> 00:52:53,379 a betrothal 826 00:52:53,963 --> 00:52:58,301 between our Ellen MacKenzie and Malcolm Grant, 827 00:52:58,468 --> 00:53:00,136 their marriage come harvest time. 828 00:53:00,303 --> 00:53:01,929 A- a gesture of peace and an alliance 829 00:53:02,096 --> 00:53:04,891 that will benefit both clans. 830 00:53:07,643 --> 00:53:09,062 The laird... 831 00:53:10,271 --> 00:53:12,607 he wants Dougal MacKenzie's head, 832 00:53:12,774 --> 00:53:14,275 not his sister's hand. 833 00:53:17,737 --> 00:53:20,281 You're still a stranger in these parts. 834 00:53:20,740 --> 00:53:23,159 Not been with the Grants long at all. 835 00:53:24,327 --> 00:53:27,121 Here at the gathering, I couldn't help but notice 836 00:53:27,288 --> 00:53:29,082 that you've been asking for a woman. 837 00:53:31,209 --> 00:53:34,837 There are plenty to hand, but none to your liking? 838 00:53:37,298 --> 00:53:38,341 No. 839 00:53:39,342 --> 00:53:40,551 I have, um... 840 00:53:42,887 --> 00:53:44,347 particular tastes. 841 00:53:45,223 --> 00:53:47,100 Perhaps we could help each other. 842 00:53:48,935 --> 00:53:51,979 You bring an offer of a betrothal to the Grants, 843 00:53:52,146 --> 00:53:53,981 and I will... 844 00:53:54,565 --> 00:53:55,608 offer my assistance 845 00:53:55,775 --> 00:53:58,611 in satisfying your particular tastes. 846 00:54:06,077 --> 00:54:08,162 I will put your offer before the laird. 847 00:54:12,333 --> 00:54:16,003 [distant bird calling] 848 00:54:16,129 --> 00:54:18,881 [fire crackling] 849 00:54:31,227 --> 00:54:33,312 [sighs] 850 00:54:41,821 --> 00:54:43,364 [Julia] "My dearest Henry, 851 00:54:43,531 --> 00:54:47,076 my last memory with you was at the circle of stones. 852 00:54:47,994 --> 00:54:50,955 There was a deafening sound, like an angry swarm of bees, 853 00:54:51,581 --> 00:54:53,207 and then you were gone. 854 00:54:54,167 --> 00:54:55,585 Or perhaps I was. 855 00:54:59,088 --> 00:55:00,715 Perhaps I am dead. 856 00:55:02,592 --> 00:55:04,886 Perhaps I've lost my mind. 857 00:55:06,846 --> 00:55:09,265 Have I fallen through the looking glass?" 858 00:55:11,017 --> 00:55:12,935 [Henry] "My dearest Julia, 859 00:55:13,603 --> 00:55:16,355 everywhere I turn, I search for your face, 860 00:55:16,522 --> 00:55:18,566 but it remains elusive. 861 00:55:19,317 --> 00:55:21,652 Each day, I am forced to play a role, 862 00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:26,032 to wear a mask of bravery that feels foreign to me. 863 00:55:26,199 --> 00:55:29,994 The memory of you and Claire is my only solace- 864 00:55:30,161 --> 00:55:33,915 the single thread keeping me tethered to hope. 865 00:55:36,584 --> 00:55:39,545 Without you, I am adrift, 866 00:55:40,296 --> 00:55:43,466 a man lost in a sea of uncertainty 867 00:55:43,633 --> 00:55:45,009 and longing." 868 00:55:46,052 --> 00:55:48,095 [Julia] "I am the same as I ever was- 869 00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:50,973 mad with love for you, 870 00:55:51,766 --> 00:55:54,936 our beautiful Claire, and our unborn child. 871 00:56:02,276 --> 00:56:04,946 But my circumstances have changed. 872 00:56:05,404 --> 00:56:08,241 [breathing heavily] 873 00:56:12,536 --> 00:56:14,872 There are some unfathomable obstacles 874 00:56:14,997 --> 00:56:16,374 in our path. 875 00:56:20,419 --> 00:56:23,172 I don't know how this letter could possibly reach you. 876 00:56:24,257 --> 00:56:27,593 Perhaps it will simply be a record of my thoughts." 877 00:56:30,888 --> 00:56:35,017 [Henry] "I vow to you with every fiber of my being 878 00:56:35,184 --> 00:56:38,062 that I will find my way back to you. 879 00:56:38,813 --> 00:56:42,775 No matter the distance or the time that separates us, 880 00:56:42,942 --> 00:56:46,904 I will not rest until we are reunited." 881 00:56:51,617 --> 00:56:54,912 [Julia] "You are surely home by now with our darling girl. 882 00:56:55,079 --> 00:56:56,914 I must believe that you are. 883 00:56:57,081 --> 00:56:59,333 How could I bear this otherwise? 884 00:56:59,875 --> 00:57:01,460 Kiss her for me. 885 00:57:01,627 --> 00:57:03,296 Tell her I love her. 886 00:57:03,713 --> 00:57:06,549 I promise to find a way to both of you. 887 00:57:06,716 --> 00:57:08,968 Just as your first letter found me, 888 00:57:09,677 --> 00:57:11,846 I'll find a way back to you." 889 00:57:12,596 --> 00:57:15,725 [Henry] "You are my anchor, my love, 890 00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,520 and my reason for enduring this madness. 891 00:57:21,314 --> 00:57:23,566 Sealed with a kiss, 892 00:57:23,941 --> 00:57:25,234 Henry." 893 00:57:43,085 --> 00:57:44,085 [smooches] 894 00:57:46,209 --> 00:57:52,209 Sub extracted from file and improved by RIP1964 for addic7ed.com