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- You're off early. - Yeah, stuff to do.

- Is there anything i can— - ( engine starts )

The lagganmore is a king among scotch whiskies.

Your father will be turning in his grave.

From what little i remember, he was usually too drunk to turn in his own bed.

You come back after all these years, knowing nothing about the job—

But i can do simple subtraction,

The rate we're losing money, we'll be out of business in weeks.

So who is with me when it comes to the vote?

Against?

Looks like our late-Running laird has the casting vote.

No son of hector macdonald's will countenance such sacrilege.

Morning. Lexie macdonald. And how are we all?

So i'll just have a look over these proposals and i'll get back to you.

I was hoping to have this resolved by now.

Every day that passes we're deeper in the mire.

Amanda, i am not going to be pushed into a decision

- Which affects people's livelihoods. - Hear, hear.

Nor will i see a decent business run into the ground

Through prehistoric working practices.

Dad, this place!

What's wrong?

I'm starting the new plantation today.

Good for you.

You're not gonna help? You know the estate better than anyone.

It's just a few trees, jessica, have some confidence in yourself.

Andrew wants me to keep an eye on his cottage.

He's moving into the big house today.

I thought the cellar was a bit bare. I hope you don't mind.

I'm sure we'll think of something to do with it.

The lagganmore. Hector's favorite.

Remember when he gave those tasting courses for the tourists?

( mimics hector ) "i say, fine color, excellent legs,

Hints of vanilla.

Far too good for riffraff like you."

What's all this?

It's the new lagganmore.

It looks like i'm going to have

To pull out all the stops in the kitchen tonight.

- Uh-Huh. - Right, shall we get this lot down to the cellar then?

Actually, i should be up on the plantation helping jess, so i'll "toddle off."

We'll open a bottle tonight, so you can see what all the fuss is about.

Yeah, okay.

Do you know, it still hasn't quite sunk in.

I'm about to marry the most beautiful woman in scotland.

And i finally pulled a bloke with a motorbike.

We may be outnumbered, but the females haven't won yet.

Young archibald macdonald has a brother, i understand.

Born out of wedlock, but a macdonald for all that and a male.

- Everything all right? - Yeah, all quiet for once.

No booking at the outdoor center for a couple of days.

- Oh, lucky you. - Having a clear out?

No, no, just a sort out. I'm sure this will all come in handy someday.

So, what can i do?

Not much going on.

- I can help, you know. - Hm-Hmm.

Unless you insist on doing everything by yourself.

- Like i said, there's— - Not much going on.

What about this morning?

Why the suit?

That was a board meeting.

Just a local business we've got an interest in.

- And? - And i have to pay some bills

Down at the village.

Oh, actually, if you've got a minute,

Could you ring through that butcher's order for me?

Thank you.

Oh, andrew, they are beautiful!

You shouldn't have.

You deserve to be surrounded by color and beauty.

From now on, it's my mission to make sure you are.

I expect you say that to all the widows.

Why do you say that?

Oh, andrew, your mission from now on

Is to understand my childish sense of humor.

Maybe it's me. I'm getting under his feet.

No, och! Golly loves having you at the croft.

Yeah, he might miss his independence though.

I know i do sometimes.

Well, perhaps you could look for a place on your own.

I mean, i could help you.

Yeah, big step.

I don't mind.

For me, hello!

Well,

I guess i'm not wedded to glenbogle.

I'm glad to hear it.

Guy? What— what are you doing here?

I came to see you.

- All this way? - Yeah.

Me and julie finally bit the dust. Fancied a bit of a break.

Oh right, i'm sorry.

Duncan mckay, head ranger.

Me and jess were on the same course.

So you're in the business?

Missed too many lectures, too much else going on.

On with the show then, jessica.

- Yeah. - "jessica" now. Very grown up. I'll give you a hand.

No, we're fine.

I promise not to get them upside down.

Come on then, right, let's go.

I need a bit of a favor in return.

You're back.

- Did you order any flowers? - No.

It looks like we've just had the gross national product of holland delivered.

Show me.

Must be molly.

You know, i've not seen her this happy since...

Well, for a while anyway.

Has any meat arrived yet?

No, i'll go and collect it now you're back with the pickup.

No need.

Having stuff delivered by some bloke in a stripey apron

Is a bit "gosford park," don't you think?

- It's the way we do it. - Well, maybe we should do it differently.

Progress, eh? Modernization.

Can't harm.

Tell that to the bloke in the stripey apron

When he's out of a job and his family is hungry.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Yeah, it's turned out to be quite a nice day.

Got nothing planned?

Well, andrew wanted me to climb ben bogle,

But i managed to wriggle out of it.

My munro-Bagging days are over.

- Never. - And good riddance.

Another small line crossed out of the book of life.

But love?

I thought that had been crossed out too.

I'm so happy for you, molly.

Let me see it.

I'm scared.

I know so little about him.

He's charming and he's pretty cute,

And he is obviously loaded.

It's an heirloom.

Andrew's father brought it back from india after the war.

He carried it next to his heart

All through the burma campaign,

And he proposed to andrew's mother on his first day home.

Nobody's ever worn it except andrew's mother

And me.

Oh, listen to me— me, me, me, me, me.

So, what is it you wanted?

Oh no, it's nothing.

Oh, lexie,

You have so much to do with archie away. What was it?

Well, it's just to avoid any confusion,

Could you make sure that all the orders come through me?

Well of course, obviously— what orders?

A very large consignment of flowers.

They were a gift from andrew.

Ah, but they were invoiced to the glenbogle estate.

You can't think that he wasn't going to pay for them!

Oh no, i mean, that never crossed my mind.

- Obviously a mistake by the florist. - Yeah, yeah.

I'll ask him to give you a check.

No, no, no, no, you don't have to.

No bother.

Would you be the bastard son of hector macdonald?

That's one way of putting it.

Gregor mclntosh, head distiller at the lagganmore.

Now where have i heard that name?

Producers of the finest 12-Year-Old malt since 1830?

My father's favorite.

Right enough. Rest his soul.

I just thank the lord that he's been spared

Knowledge of the latest development.

The place is to be run by a female.

It happens.

The former owner's daughter, a mere slip of a girl of no experience,

Who now seeks to form a powder-Puff alliance

- With the young macdonald female— - Lexie?

—who this morning claimed to speak for the laird

On the flimsy pretext of marriage.

What's her interest in the company?

Your father was on the board; she now fills his seat,

Which has always been a male preserve.

Archie left her a pretty free hand.

But to turn us into a factory

- Feeding greed with a base of an unpalatable product... - Argue your case.

I've tried,

But we speak completely different languages.

You, on the other hand, will understand.

You think so?

The lagganmore coursed through your father's veins

Almost untainted by blood or other such impurities.

You are his son. Are you not?

Afternoon, golly.

Golly, where have you been hiding yourself?

I haven't been hiding.

Come in, come in.

You look a bit pale, are you all right?

I'm well enough. I can see that you are.

Never better.

What do you think of this?

I'm no judge of material, molly,

But i'm a fair judge of a man.

Don't be inscrutable, golly, it's too early.

Andrew, molly, andrew, i just hope he's the man you take him for.

- Golly, please— - But i fear he may not be.

- That is enough. - I've tried to stand back, but i can't.

Then try a little harder.

I'm worried that you're making a terrible mistake.

- What do you base that on? - Instinct.

I trust your instincts in all matters regarding the estate,

But in this matter, you must trust mine.

- Molly, it's not just— - Oh.

Not taking this man's advice on curtaining, are you, molly?

Well, golly says that he's no judge.

I'll leave you to your decorating.

Strange bloke.

"hewn from the rock of his native land" comes to mind.

- Yes, yes, he is a rock. - So what'd you choose?

- I thought this one. - Perfect.

So by this time, nobody's got a stitch on except me and jess.

She's down to her bra and panties

And i'm freezing my wee fella off in my boxers and one sock.

Have another sarnie.

I've got three jacks, so i'm quietly confident—

I really don't think duncan needs to hear this.

No, no, i mean— it's interesting.

So have you sorted out anywhere to stay yet?

That was the favor,

I'm a bit short of readies till i can cash a giro.

Well, i'll see what dad says.

Oh, it's awful wee, your dad's croft.

We don't mind that, do we?

It's just i don't know if he's in the mood for visitors— from what you said.

He wouldn't turn an old buddy of his daughter's away.

Well, um... I'll see what dad says.

The local minister, when it came to baptizing his first grandchild,

Drew the water from this burn.

He reckoned if it had to be holy water,

It might as well be proper holy water.

And this is what ends up in the lagganmore?

14 employees, hell of a wage bill.

Couldn't you get by on less?

Barley comes from our neighbor's farm.

In here are the steeps, then the malting floor,

Where it's spread and turned by hand for 12 days.

Can't you get machines to do that?

Next, it's dried over peat fires and ground by water power,

Then into the mash, tun with our beautiful burn turns it into the wort.

It's a long process.

Then into the copper stills

To be twice distilled and finally into casks.

Not done yet, then.

Three weeks, give or take.

Then 12 years in oak before we let you buggers drink it.

There, enjoy, young man,

As your father did before you

And your children will long after you're dead and gone—

God willing.

It's... A bit early for me.

So, there's a new partition wall here and here

And a new doorway there leading between those two rooms.

- Oh, sorry. - No, lexie, wait.

I've signed it. Would you mind filling in the figures for me?

I'm sorry about the confusion and that molly was troubled.

No, it's okay. Listen, i'll come back later.

No, no, you need to see this.

It's just an idea.

So that molly and i will have our own wing of the house.

Aye, um...

Is that a kitchen? Upstairs?

Now, i won't have any sexist remarks, i'm actually quite a good cook.

Yeah, i'm sure you are.

- We'll still eat together. - Of course— weekends.

The house should serve the way we live, not the other way around.

Yeah, of course. If that's what you want, molly.

Yes.

Amanda, this here is a true blood descendant of hector macdonald.

Really?

The male line is now represented.

Amanda macleish.

- Delighted. - How do you do?

This place doesn't have the muscle to compete with the big brands.

And the working practices are archaic.

You can say that about any handmade product.

There's a long tradition here, and that's important to people.

I respect tradition. But not when it's an excuse

To let things drift towards the abyss.

The staffing levels here make man united look like the corner shop.

It's a labor-Intensive process.

Gregor's done a job on you.

I make up my own mind.

On half a tale? Must be a man thing.

Okay, you tell me this place is on its last legs,

But i don't see the evidence.

- I have it. - So show me.

Have dinner with me.

- What? - Tonight.

I'll show you the figures, you be the judge.

Lexie's across this already.

That doesn't stop you from taking an interest, does it?

Dad?

Jess, how are the trees?

What brought this on?

I come from a long line of social drinkers,

As your mother no doubt told you.

Is it me?

You're the one bright spark in the whole sky.

- What is it you wanted? - Nothing.

You didn't break off your work just for nothing.

No, i just wanted to see that you were okay.

Well, you don't worry about me, jess,

Just carry on with your own day

And i'll carry on with mine.

Listen, i couldn't say this in front of jess,

- But, well, her dad— - A bit scary?

Well, he's always been okay with me, but—

Well, i keep out of his way after dark.

You really don't want me here, do you?

It doesn't matter to me.

Look, i missed out big time with jess at college,

Eye off the ball at the wrong moment.

I won't make that mistake again.

- Unless you two are— - No, we're not.

Good, i've got a clear run then.

Hi.

He's really sorry, it's just not convenient tonight.

Well, look, thanks for trying.

I'll just, you know, curl up in a hollow somewhere.

You can't do that.

Actually, the weather forecast is not that bad.

I hope you wouldn't treat a friend of yours like that.

Not to worry, it would have been a laugh, that's all, catching up.

Yeah, still, can't be helped.

Nice meeting you though.

Duncan, hang on. There is somewhere.

Hector was so last minute.

We had to race to the registry office on the vespa.

The only white outfit i had was my underwear.

You were married in your underwear?

Well, in those days, skirts were so short they barely covered you...

Hardly noticed.

Every day i learn something new.

I always thought i'd jet off to honolulu

And tie the knot on some sun-Kissed beach,

Very popular with stars of the time.

Oh, molly, stop droning on.

Tell me about your wedding.

Small church, family affair.

It is sad when love ends.

Yes, especially when it ends in a messy and very expensive divorce.

I walked away with my record collection

And a truly ghastly gilt standard lamp.

Poor you.

A very long time ago.

You've never even considered remarrying?

Not until now.

Or to be more exact, until the first moment i saw you.

There must have been other women, surely.

One or two brief affairs, no one remotely like you.

Though why i should have been singled out, i really can't imagine.

You really can't, can you?

Andrew, you're dribbling.

It's just for one night though, yeah?

Whose gaff is this?

It's this guy andrew,

He's moved into the big house.

I'm supposed to be keeping an eye on it for him.

You will be careful, yeah?

Don't worry, come round later, we'll have a proper chat.

Yeah, okay, but please, guy—

Loosen up. It's me, jess, remember?

Yeah, no worries.

I'll have a long soak,

Make myself look beautiful.

Yeah, okay, see you later.

- Jess? - Yeah?

Oh yeah, i'll just— i'll leave them.

Oh dear, and lexie was making something special for dinner.

I'm absolutely mortified.

- Well, these things happen. - Not if you add fuel, they don't.

- And you— a world traveler. - Not anymore.

It must have been a very exotic business that kept you abroad so much.

Just business, that's all.

Buying and selling, was it?

Import-Export, say no more.

Nothing so colorful.

Overseas investments, that's all.

Spending other people's money. I'd have been a whiz at that.

Why keep it 12 years when you're allowed to sell it at three?

We have hundreds of thousands of liters sitting in casks.

Meanwhile, we can hardly pay the lecky bill.

So, what's your plan?

Sell everything four years and older.

The supermarkets will snap it up for their own brand stuff.

Invest the capital in new equipment.

So, the lagganmore continues.

The distillery, yes.

- But not the brand. - We'll create a new brand,

Leaner, stronger, modern,

With a more competitive product in the bottle.

Quite the evangelist.

I need a casting vote.

Lexie will come through, i'm sure.

Which would be fine, if time wasn't such an issue.

I'll call in tomorrow and sign.

You brought it with you.

Ever prepared, paul, you never know what's going to happen.

- That's the last, i'm afraid. - Thank you.

Just the turps left.

Silly.

I think tomorrow at breakfast

We should discuss the plans for the house.

Why, aren't you happy with them?

No, no, no, with lexie and paul.

I mean, they are family and they haven't had much of a say.

I'm sure they'll go along with whatever's best for you.

- You don't mind then? - Of course not.

I think he's an art lover.

Very good joke. Tell me another one.

What happened?

The bike— it ran out of juice.

I had the two of you lying in a ditch somewhere.

- Molly: i am sorry. - As long as you're both all right.

I had a boyfriend like him myself once.

He was always running out of petrol on some lonely road.

I'm sure he measured it down to the very last teaspoonful.

- Very funny. - I'm sorry,

I'll just go and work on some new material,

- For the next time i have to rescue you. - It was hardly a rescue.

Oh, sorry, did you have it all under control then?

Let's not spoil it. It's been such a lovely day.

Do you want me to pick up the bike now, or get it tomorrow?

No, load the stuff on and let's get home.

No point in trying to save the dinner now.

Perhaps you'd rather drop me at the cottage.

- If that's what you want, then yeah. - No—

That's a terrible idea.

I mean, you two should be together, not apart.

Not on an evening like this. Life's too short.

I don't want to outstay my welcome.

Aw, come on, how could you? You two jump in the back.

I'll pop the rest of this stuff on and we'll be home in a jiff.

Dad?

Dad!

Dad?

The state of you.

Dad?

I think i might have done something a bit stupid.

It's about andrew.

He's up at the big house.

Yeah, well, that's the thing.

He'll not be leaving now.

Andrew?

What can i do, what can i do, what can i do?

What do you want to do?

Just... Just keep her safe.

From andrew?

Keep her safe.

Dad?

You two go ahead. I'll get the stuff.

- Thanks, dunc. - Yeah, no worries.

- Molly: a wee drink, paul? - Not for me, molly, thanks.

- Lexie: hello again. - Hello.

We've been going through amanda's plans for the distillery.

Paul spent time with us today, getting to know the business.

I read your stuff. Makes a pretty decent case.

Perhaps you and i could fix a time, you know, discuss it further.

Actually, lexie,

I've exercised the family vote in favor of amanda's scheme.

Oh, have you now?

Right, well, i'll probably say good night.

Yeah, see you later.

Night, paul.

Nice evening, thanks.

If you did that to wind me up, then you've succeeded.

It was estate business that needed dealing with.

- By me. - You didn't deal with it when you should have.

I haven't dealt with it because i haven't decided which way to go yet.

There wasn't much choice, they need to get on with it.

I'm sorry, but i thought we had this straight.

Obviously not.

Now, i run the estate with your help, okay?

That does not include you going behind my back

The first time a pretty face comes along.

You're determined to exclude me in spite of everything.

No, i am determined to run this estate the way archie wants it run.

The way archie wants it run, lexie, is by "us."

So, paul?

It's a good idea— an efficient use of dead space.

Of course, that's very much from an outsider's perspective.

No, it's useful to have a more detached view.

Yeah, as long as we don't get detached

From the present realities of glenbogle, eh?

By present realities, you mean the rut we are presently stuck in?

It's only a rut to those with little or no understanding

Of the way things work around here.

So, that's a yes then?

- ( door opens ) - Hey, jess.

Are you going to clear up before you leave?

- Bit of a ladies' man, this andrew. - Guy!

You've got no business going through his things.

Come on, let's clear up.

Look at these three—

Likes his blondes, doesn't he?

Yeah, very interesting. Grab a teatowel.

There's no point, jess,

I've invited a few of the gang up.

You're kidding?

I thought you'd be pleased.

A bit of a hoedown, like old times.

Guy, grow up! We're not students anymore.

Get your things together and i will clear up, all right?

Somebody's got to be here to let them in.

Ring them, they can't come here, okay?

They'll have set off by now.

Ozzie and tasha and a couple of others

- And you and me. - Guy! What?

- It'd be a laugh. - ( door slams )

I do feel sorry for lexie.

She is taking it rather badly.

Oh, when the alterations are done

And when she sees how much easier it's going to be to look after,

I'm sure she'll come round.

Her concerns aren't entirely to do with housekeeping.

No, of course not, i mean it's archie's house,

Naturally she doesn't want things to change.

And very soon it will be our house too.

Our house?

Yes, yes of course it will.

What's going on?

I take it you're not working then, gregor?

We're in dispute with management.

You can thank your brother-In-Law for that.

Paul was only doing what he thought was best for the company.

Under the new plan, half the men will lose their jobs,

Our neighbor who supplies the malt, he'll be out of business,

As will the caskmaker, who's a local man also.

But things cannot go on the way they were.

Can you not negotiate some sort of compromise?

The lagganmore's been made for nearly 200 years without compromise.

I'll not put my name to one now.

But if the distillery closes down,

Then they are all going to lose their jobs.

Okay, thanks.

We'll get back to you if we want to take it further.

Finally, i get to talk to a buyer.

Any good?

If they like it, they'll pay around £22 a liter

For all our stock over three years old.

We pay £19.50 to the excise man,

Which leave us with... £2.50 a liter.

- That's nothing. - The supermarkets have to bottle it,

Stick a label on and put it in a box.

That's the economy of scotch whisky.

Oh—

You're both here.

Paul said i could work here today.

The atmosphere at the distillery is a bit unpleasant.

If you think that's unpleasant,

Most of these men are gonna be out of work.

Then there's the shop, the pub and the school even.

They're all going to suffer through this.

- Look, you can't make an omelet— - Amanda,

There is breaking eggs and there's bombing the henhouse.

I was just starting to find my feet here and then he comes along.

What about—

What about golly? Can't he do something?

I don't know, duncan. I've not seen dad like this before.

You leave golly to me.

What am i going to do about guy?

You leave guy to me.

Yeah, but there's all his friends coming up for this party.

Well, you leave all his friends coming up for this party...

To me.

Lexie's pretty down with archie being away,

And the distillery's gone on strike, and that's just the beginning.

- But my jess is all right? - Aye, she's fine— for now.

But she's got a lot on her plate looking after andrew's cottage and well—

She could do with a hand.

Look, everything's at sixes and sevens.

We need you back, being smart and sorting stuff out.

I'm not a miracle worker.

If i was, i'd have been using them on myself by now.

- Look, i know i'm a disappointment to you— - No.

But i'm not daft and you've never disappointed me

Until now, right now in this pub.

Did it ever strike you, duncan, that i just might be tired?

And i might want a life without the constant problems of the family macdonald.

I don't believe— you don't believe that.

Nothing and no one is forever.

I told you before that your time would come.

Right, yeah, well, whatever. Maybe it will.

And when it does, we'll see, but it's not now, not for a long time.

All right, things are going to be different,

But you can either sit here and pour yourself another

And pretend it's not happening, or you can roll your sleeves up

And help us sort this mess out.

Same again, golly?

Yes please.

Thank you, lass.

I hope lexie will be all right.

We've missed two dinners in a row and—

With archie away and—

Oh, she's fine. Anyway, once we're married

And the alterations are finished, she's bound to see less of us.

What's this?

Hawaii?

Sunrise, tropical beach...

That's where we're going to be married.

But that was just a silly romantic dream.

Then follow it!

But andrew, no one will be able to join us there.

It's your wedding, follow your dream

And i'll follow it with you.

Duncan, come in.

I'm here on behalf of the estate to ask you to leave.

Don't be daft, we're just getting going.

You do realize you're trespassing?

No i'm not, i was invited in.

Squatters' rights, mate. Come in and meet some people.

Look, if you leave now, we can avoid any trouble.

Let's discuss it over a drink, eh?

I don't want a drink.

Tasha, duncan;

Duncan, tasha.

Tasha, take him for a drink.

Look, i'm just asking you to try and get guy to leave,

Because a chum of mine is in real trouble if he doesn't.

- ( car alarms blaring ) - Bloody hell, somebody is trying to nick the cars.

You'll be late!

It's an old ghillie's trick, mate. Never fails.

We can get back in. My stuff's in there.

Nah, that would be breaking and entering.

Why don't you just get lost?

Jess doesn't want you here and neither do i.

Think you're a big man, eh? Some sort of authority figure?

Just get in your cars and go.

Don't worry, we'll leave you two to your boring wilderness.

You see, i do get all the tradition stuff,

But the distillery is on its knees,

So i can see her point of view.

The whole time, i'm just thinking...

What would you do?

I really wish you were here to tell me.

Good night.

What do you know about andrew?

Not a lot.

I mean, there were these three paintings— portraits of women,

Very smart looking, all blonde.

Oh, molly.

You're about early.

Something wrong?

Why did you hang on to those paintings?

- Sorry? - The three women?

Trophies, was it?

Have you been snooping around?

I'm not proud of what i did, but i'll live with it.

Although i don't know how you can, with three marriages.

Oh no, you didn't—

Good heaven, man, they were models, nothing more.

- Very plausible. - It's the truth.

The truth? You wouldn't recognize the truth

If it reached out and shook you by the hand.

Are you calling me a liar?

I'm trying to imagine what it was you said,

As you slipped that ring onto their fingers.

This is nonsense.

Of course, i'm not very good with words, but you are.

- You have a vivid imagination. - It can't have been love—

So it had to be money.

How much, andrew?

How much did you take them for before you rode off into the sunset,

Making sure to take your ring with you?

- What do you think i am? - Oh, i know what you are.

I just want to know what you're going to do now.

Are you still intending to start a new life with molly based on a pack of lies?

I have not lied to molly. I never would.

You never told her the truth. No different.

I've told her the truth, told her that i love her.

No doubt you said the same to them.

- I told you they were models. - Yes, you did.

- Molly's different. - Not like the others?

- That's the truth. - Listen, andrew,

Molly's happiness means

More to me than anything else in the world.

Then be very careful before you wreck it.

I promise you, i'll make her happy.

For god's sakes, man, i'm begging you.

Give me a chance.

Sorry, andrew,

You must tell her,

Or i will.

I shouldn't have interfered. It was wrong of me. I apologize.

No, no, you were right.

You know, running this place, it's just so much me and archie.

I guess i just wasn't ready to share.

- And now? - Yes, please.

But we'd better come up with a bloody good idea and fast.

You know, the best decisions that archie ever made

Were a blend of the coldly logical

And the ever-So-Slightly barking.

It's just a skill all on its own.

Contrary to my genetic inheritance, i know nothing about whisky, so...

And amanda's right—

Hardly anyone uses a malting floor these days,

Let along grinds their own barley, or makes their own casks.

The lagganmore...

It belongs to another age.

I know what archie would do.

What?

Paul, he's already done it.

Hey.

I was going to check the spacing with you.

You know the soil so much better than me.

Well, you're going to lose a few up here,

Probably need a wee bit of thinning out,

But i think you've very much hit the spot.

- It'll make a fine wood. - Thanks.

I'll not live to see it, but—

Maybe you and your grandchildren will get to enjoy it one day.

Thanks for looking after my girl, son.

Golly, it's only a few trees.

Every step of the recovery of glenbogle is here—

Marketing strategies,

Sources of grants and investments, visitors profiles.

I mean, there is a ton here.

Commercial intelligence like that is worth a lot.

They'll give it to us for free, if—

What about jobs?

No redundancies, just natural wastage

Until the manning's at the right level.

But the 12-Year-Old, that must stay.

It will. The cash we raise will be put straight into marketing.

Hopefully we'll return to profit and then...

I'd like to diversify.

I knew there'd be a catch.

I'm thinking...

Something the whisky snobs would really pay through the nose for.

Put lagganmore on the map, big time.

A special reserve, gregor.

A 17-Year-Old lagganmore.

Can that be done?

It can that, miss macleish.

It will be fit for the gods.

Why are you smiling?

I wanted to create a special reserve when your father was alive.

But he was far too set in his ways.

I'd like to ask, as well,

If paul can take over his late father's seat on the board,

- If that's acceptable? - Yes it is.

Thanks, i appreciate that.

Well,

If you two would like to seal the deal...

And then we'll be finished here.

I'll need that properly drawn up in writing, young lady.

I know you're a stickler for your paperwork.

To us and to the lagganmore.

Slainte!

Cheers.

Sorry, i can't stand the stuff.

You have to believe me, molly, it was quite different.

Those other women,

I didn't love them.

Did you tell them that you did?

My first marriage ended exactly as i said.

I was penniless.

In those days i had a certain charm.

And anyway, they could all well afford the money they parted with.

Did you tell them you loved them?

But i didn't hurt them. I don't think i did.

Maybe in a way—

You were good for them.

Made them feel alive, wanted, loved even.

I love you.

And i would have told you all this, everything.

I want to believe you've been sincere

In everything that's passed between us—

Every single word, i promise.

But if i were to see those portraits—

I'll destroy them, molly.

But if i were to see them—

And i must—

Would i recognize anything?

I gave you that,

Because i wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.

How could i ever believe that?

Keep it, please.

Think about it. I mean, even now, even after all this,

Can't we start again from the beginning?

I do love you.

And... I want to forgive you.

But i don't think that i could ever—

Ever trust you.

I'm sorry.

Getting ready for the season?

I am, yes.

Will it be a good one?

Hard to say.

What do your instincts tell you?

If you were to put me on the spot,

Which heaven knows you'd never do, molly,

I'd say it was going to be a fine season this year.

I'm glad.

So...

He's gone?

Foolish notion.

Another large cross in the book of life.

Love, golly, that chapter's finished.

Now we can just sit back.

And watch it grow.