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Oh, no.

I had no choice.

In the last year, we failed to reach the income targets

Laid out in our business plan.

I thought the bank was gonna give us more time.

They haven't.

So they foreclosed on the loan to the estate.

Selling the house is the obvious way of paying it off.

- They have always been supportive in the past. - Not anymore.

They've lost confidence in us...

Or rather, in me. So they pulled the plug.

This means we shall have to move out?

That's usually what happens when one sells one's home, donald.

- But where shall i go? - We'll have to find new homes.

- New jobs. - New friends.

- Oh heavens. - Think we're all being a wee bit gloomy here.

That's a bit rich coming from you, golly.

There must be another way to sort this out.

You're right, golly. I'm not really gonna sell the estate.

I just need to buy time while—

Well, while i find another solution.

Hey, you don't really think i want to be

The last macdonald of glenbogle, do you?

Yes, let's all look on the bright side.

After all, we're hardly in the worst case scenario yet.

- ( helicopter whirring ) - Ewan: what's that?

Well, we might not actually be able to sell it.

Who'd be loopy enough to take this place on?

What do you think it was doing here?

I've no idea.

It's my fault.

No, no, it's not your fault.

Nobody could have worked harder than you or given more.

- It's my responsibility. - Yeah, you're right.

It is your responsibility... To sort it out,

Which i have every confidence that you will.

Thank you.

I haven't seen you for a while.

No, no, i've—

I've been busy.

How's malcolm?

He's fine.

Have you decided?

You know, whether...

I said, yes.

We're getting married on friday.

If i can actually get him to the altar this time.

Right.

Is that all you're gonna say?

Sorry— that's good news.

- I hope you'll be very happy, both of you. - Thanks.

Listen, we have to do something.

You must have the wedding party here. Ewan can do the catering.

- Oh, no, paul, i couldn't. - No, no, no, i insist.

After all, there's nothing else

I can do for you.

Paul, just off to pick up your father, okay?

Okay, molly.

Your father?

Don't ask.

- Amy: in a minute. - Ewan: go get it.

- No, you get it. - You get it.

It's good to see the youth of glenbogle

Grappling with the problems of its future.

Give us the ball back, mister.

There's not much we can do, donald. It's just a house, isn't it?

That, child, is remarkably foolish, even from you.

You're out of line, donald.

Just pull the bell.

Someone will come in about 10 minutes.

Sasha, get off a letter to the estate agent.

"re: glenbogle house...

I'm prepared to meet the asking price,

Take the estate off the market, you've found your buyer.

Yours faithfully, peter finlay," etc., etc.

What are you doing? Who are you?

The mysterious stranger who rides into town and gets rid of bad guys.

- Call me clint. - You're trespassing, "clint."

I must ask you to leave before i call a sheriff.

You'd know him well enough.

You're donald macdonald, aren't you?

- Please leave now. - What are you gonna do?

Get your big brother onto me?

- ( whispers ) that's him. - Hello, can i help you?

I thought the rest of the house was bad, mr. Macdonald,

But this—

Can't have been touched in 40 years.

But it's unparalleled olde-Worlde charm.

Unlike its present occupants.

I'll have to blitz the place.

Sorry, you want to buy the estate?

It'll never happen, never.

Don't kid yourself, gentlemen.

You'll be out by the glorious 12th.

The old regime will be no more.

Go on now, away from this house. Go on.

He must be fought, paul, by all available means.

Paul, paul, could you come give me a hand?

- I can't believe it, molly. - Molly: just put him here.

I didn't think we could find a buyer so quickly.

I thought it would take months. Where's the guy come from?

Watch out!

Oh, no!

Toast always lands butter side down, doesn't it?

Right.

- Sorry, can you give me a hand? - Of course.

Oh, no, you've knocked his nose off.

I'm so sorry. I don't know what to say.

Oh, it doesn't matter. These things happen.

Molly, what would he say, do you think,

About what's going on right now?

Inquire what was for dinner and put his head back in the "telegraph."

He'd be so proud of you, you know?

What will you do about the nose?

Just stick it back on, i suppose.

Hector's voice: that hurt, you know.

What did you say?

I didn't say anything.

Strange, isn't it? You only wear it once,

But it changes your life forever.

Getting excited?

Excited?

- I'll be down in a minute, paul. - Okay.

So you're definitely going on the stag night then?

I'm not really in the mood, with this finlay guy turning up,

But malcolm was very persuasive.

Humph— as always.

I looked finlay up on the web.

He just sold an oil services company for $23 million.

Wow, so he has the necessary, then.

Yeah, yeah, he has.

Paul, can i ask you something?

Sure.

Will you do me a favor and make sure

That malcolm doesn't get too drunk tonight?

I mean, he's normally sensible, but...

All right, paul, let's get bladdered.

You're here, aren't you?

- ( clicking ) - Come on. I know you are.

( hector sighs ) ah...

Can't a chap get a moment's peace?

It's important. I want to talk to you about the future.

I don't have a great deal to say about that, old darling.

My future.

I'm at a crossroads, hector.

Not only may i soon have to find myself a new home...

Wouldn't have been like that in my day.

But i no longer wish to live on my own.

You don't. You live with a house full

Of distant relatives and assorted hangers-On.

How would you feel if i was with someone else?

Depends— who is the blackguard?

Well, once i thought golly and i.

What?

Oh, there you are. You're looking well.

Golly's a sound man on a hill or in the middle of a torrent,

But the consort of a filly of your breeding? Over my dead body.

A ghillie, you mean? I couldn't give tuppence about that.

You will when you discover that's all he has to his name.

- What about kilwillie? - Well, he asked me once,

But it was too soon.

- I don't think he'll try again. - We'll see about that.

I do miss you, you know.

Hector, what is it like?

Sorry, old girl. I signed a confidentiality agreement.

Right, let's get started.

Obviously, you've all heard the news,

Which has serious implications

Not just for the macdonald family,

But for everybody in this room.

I'm glad paul has found the time

In his very busy schedule

To come and tell us what is on his mind.

Laird?

Thanks, iona.

There are two things that can happen.

First, the bond that's tied my family

To this glen and its people for hundreds of years will be broken,

And the new owner will come in and do with glenbogle

What he or she wants.

So what's the other option?

You could buy it.

Me? Are you crazy?

All of you—

Crofters, tenants, all the people of glenbogle.

A community buy-Out.

You mean under the new legislation, we get first refusal, right?

Yes, our family will keep the house, the fishing and stocking rights.

You'd own your own crofts

And a large proportion of the hills and grounds.

- That would cost a fortune. - No, there's a fund set up by the scottish parliament

- For just this kind of scheme. - So it would cost us nothing?

Well, i'm not saying that.

The community would have to raise a proportion of the purchase price.

Now we're getting to it.

For heaven's sake, andy, don't be so negative.

I'm just seeing what's involved.

- Whether it could work. - Of course it couldn't.

You're being offered a pig in a poke.

The macdonald family want you to solve their problem,

Transfer their debt to you.

- Excuse me, this is a private meeting. - Paul: that's okay, iona.

Mr. Finlay is interested in buying the estate.

Unlike mr. Macdonald, i'm a scot,

A working man who respects other working men.

And when i acquire the estate, i'll prove it.

What do you mean?

When i become laird of glenbogle,

I'll give every crofter his or her land and home

Free, gratis,

For nothing.

- What you playing at? - I'm not playing, mr. Macdonald.

What you're offering these people, you can't be serious.

I've never been more serious about anything in my entire life.

It doesn't make any kind of financial sense.

It's not about money, mr. Macdonald.

I want glenbogle,

And i don't mind how much i pay for it.

It's going to happen.

You might as well give in now.

Never. I'll fight you all the way.

This is my family history we're talking about.

Your family history is one of shameful injustice.

I'm gonna put an end to it.

I think you need to apologize for that remark.

I'll apologize for nothing!

Your family flushed my life down the toilet

When i was 17 years old.

I was born here.

I went to work in your big house when i was 16.

Had a lass there. I was happy.

Then your father branded me a thief,

Dragged me through a kangaroo court

And threw me out for something i never did.

I've got no idea what you're talking about.

But from where i'm standing,

You've done all right for yourself.

Have you ever been on the deck of a trawler?

The filth, the fear?

That was my life for 10 years.

I had to fight and scrap my way out of the mess

Your family put me in, macdonald.

And for that,

You'll pay with everything you have.

- How'd it go? - Not very well.

Ah.

He's determined to get us out.

- Looks as if he might succeed. - Molly: oh, dear.

Well, we've been in trouble before.

This is different.

What exactly are you saying?

We should start making plans for the future.

As a matter of fact, i already have.

My pal georgie beaumont— we were in the buffs together—

Has offered me a billet in his pad in the south of france.

Bit of a bore now... He's in his anecdotage,

- But needs must, i suppose. - You're leaving?

My dear girl, it looks as if we're all going to be doing that.

- When? - This afternoon.

- What? - I can't bear drawn-Out farewells.

If you're going to do something, then get on and do it.

But paul is still trying to see the guy off.

Same old story. When the ship starts to go down,

The small brown furry things are the first to look out for themselves.

Excuse me. I have a valise to pack.

Ewan, do you have such a thing

As a tube of super glue?

Molly, molly.

Hmm...

Well, lass,

Looks like finally it might all be over.

What are you going to do?

I really don't know.

Molly, molly, i've... I've a proposition for you.

Thanks to the macdonalds, the cottage is mine, right?

But i want you to know

That there will always be a home for you there.

Thank you. You're very kind.

But what exactly do you mean?

I know it's not much compared with this place,

But there will be space enough

Once jess and i moved out.

Oh, i see.

So you...

No, no, no, we'll find a place in the village.

Golly, always thinking of other people.

But i really couldn't turf you out of your own home.

Oh, golly really is

The most maddening man i ever, ever encountered.

- Molly? - Oh, be quiet, you.

- I'm sorry. - Kilwillie—!

Yes, i just looked in

Because i rather hoped i could take you out for a treat.

Oh, well, that would be lovely.

But do you think you could unstick my fingers first?

Oh, yes, i see.

So dreadful.

End of the macdonalds of glenbogle as we know them.

- No need to rub it in. - Hector—

His fault, you mean? Well, i suppose probably is.

Turncoat.

I'd help if i could, but i...

We could do without your money, thank you very much.

Poor you, tossed out into the street

Like some addle-Brained bag lady.

Well, i hope it won't come to that.

I just wish there was something i could do to help.

There is, you clot, staring you in your moon-Shaped features.

Ah, thank you, kilwillie.

You know, molly,

It's very hard for a chap like me

- To talk about my most innermost feelings. - Hector: here we go.

I put it down to one's horrendously expensive education...

Heavens above.

Which chiefly consisted of parsing ancient greek,

The absence of lockable lavatories, and a surfeit of spotted dick.

For god's sake, man, get on with it.

Will you shut up and clear off. No, not you, kilwillie.

I'm sorry. I'm just overwrought.

I can't believe you're going— just like that.

What do you want? Marching bands? Flypast by the red arrows?

- I don't know. A proper goodbye. - How ghastly.

I'm sorry you're leaving, donald.

- It's been good to know you. - Enough,

No more sentimentality. It's the curse of the working classes.

No, don,

The curse of the working classes is the upper classes.

Burn rubber.

It's like he didn't care about any of us.

He wanted me to give you these.

So when paul came back from this meeting,

He was tremendously cast down.

Most unlike him.

He's usually such a positive person.

- Yes. - So i don't know what's going on.

Perhaps a spaceship's about to land

And little green men are going to colonize glenbogle.

Possibly... What?

Kilwillie, am i boring you?

If i'd wanted a one-Way conversation, i'd have stayed at home

- And talked to hector. - Molly, i'm a bit distracted,

- But i'm waiting. - For godot?

- A solar eclipse? The grim reaper? - There he is!

Yoo-Hoo, this way!

Kilwillie, are you quite well?

Well, i am a bit feverish and dry of mouth.

Oh, molly... I know we've cantered around this course before.

But times have changed.

I'm worried about your future happiness and welfare,

And i remain exceedingly fond of you.

So i have an important proposition to put to you.

Which is?

Cast your eye to the heavens!

"marry me polly."

What?

Oh, damn!

Well, it was a very bad line.

He was over the kyles of bute at the time.

Can't believe he did this for me.

Everything about donald was unbelievable, ewan.

"ask not for whom the bell tolls..."

It tolls for me.

Weird to think this time tomorrow we'll be man and wife.

Hi, there.

- Hi. - Hey, paul.

How's your head, malcolm?

Listen, iona says i should say sorry for last night.

Made a bit of a numpty of myself apparently.

Don't worry. No more than the usual, malcolm.

So all set for tomorrow?

Apart from uncle jimmy. Did iona not tell you?

He's supposed to be giving her away.

He's fallen and broken his hip. Can't do it.

Oh, i'm sorry to hear about that.

Sometimes think this wedding's jinxed.

Hey, maybe paul could do it.

Malcolm, i said no.

Why not? That's what would have happened in the old days,

Except the laird would have had his way with the bride first, eh?

I don't think it's a great idea, malcolm.

Why, what's the problem?

Who else we gonna get to do it?

Well, if you're really stuck.

Thanks, paul. Rehearsal's at 7:00.

What time is finlay meeting the crofters?

At 8:00. Why, are you going?

I'm not finished just yet.

Botheration.

Put your trotter down, ronnie.

Vital documents to retrieve.

The lady won't wait forever.

What's he up to?

There's one way to find out.

Cairo— cairo?

Terrible place. Full of foreigners.

At least that's what my friend farouk used to tell me,

And he must have known. He was the king of egypt.

Donald, you are a funny man.

Tell me about sadie.

What's she done with her life?

I was a striptease artiste.

So much more intriguing a name than "stripper." don't you think?

- Yes. - It was so innocent then.

The law said we had to stand like statues on the stage.

Nothing moved.

What? Nothing?

Well, not much.

Aah!

Donald, are you all right?

Well, it suddenly got hot in here.

I'll just go and powder my nose. Shall i?

Donald, what are you doing?

Before you start, it's all for the best.

Glenbogle is washed up.

And you're better off without me, and here at least,

I'm close to my own kind.

The senseless and the insensible,

So leave this great caledonian pine

To shed his leaves in the autumn of his days...

( softly ) and slowly wither away.

Pine trees don't shed leaves.

Oh, buzz off—

Before the tottie gets back.

My friends...

Never trust a man

Who calls you his friend when he doesn't know you.

Have a drink on me,

Unless the present owner wants to put his hand

In his pocket for a change.

The people here are too sensible to be swayed

By a buckshee whiskey.

That's typical.

It's not in this man's interest for you

To work together with us for the common good,

So he's offering you a big bribe instead.

And yes, he'll make you richer as individuals,

But you'll be poorer as a community.

Your family has done nothing for the people of this glen.

You've treated them shamefully.

And your father was the worst of the lot.

People will make their own judgment of my family

And my father based on what they know,

Not what you tell them.

You all know me here.

I love this place.

It's my home.

The only real home i've ever had.

And i've got so much more to give to it.

So let me know tomorrow what you decide.

( mutters ) peter finlay.

What did he mean, that crack about hector?

I don't know, molly.

Then i'll go and ask him myself.

Hector macdonald?

Hello, molly, old girl.

Show yourself. I want to see you.

Oh, that's nice, old darling.

Foolish, foolish man!

What's the matter? You seem upset.

It's all your fault.

Why, what have i done now?

I could kill you. It's a good job you're already dead.

It's over, hector. The end of the macdonalds of glenbogle.

This isn't our home anymore.

- I shall have to leave and so will you. - Oh, dear.

The family's breaking up for good.

And you were the person responsible. Do you understand?

No, i don't, but that's par for the course.

It's terrible for everyone.

I don't want to see you anymore.

Oh.

Well...

If that's what you wish. Cheerio.

I said, leave me alone.

Molly...

I just wanted to say

Don't blame hector for this.

It's not his fault.

I don't want to hear any more.

Kilwillie's asked me to marry him.

- What do you think about that? - He's a lucky man.

Is that all?

He'll give you the life you deserve, molly.

Good night, lass.

If this is such a big deal, why don't we just spring him?

- How do you mean? - Get him out. Bring him home.

You're some girl, you know that?

Molly didn't make such a bad job of you, hector.

Well...

The day has come.

I always knew it had to be faced.

I'm just sorry you won't be around

To hear what i have to say.

Carry on, golly, i'll be listening.

And there's me and my brother hector

In our very own little pony and trap.

We drove all over the country in it.

And did the peasants all doff their caps to you as you went by?

They still do.

Not that i actually have a vehicle of my own anymore.

Good job i do then. I thought we might go for a bite of lunch somewhere.

That's a splendid idea.

Yes, i'll just go and put my face on.

Do you know...

I think i am going to be very happy here.

What's happening? What's going— what's going on?

Get me out of here.

Boss.

What's he doing here?

I asked him to come.

- What? - Trust me.

It's donald of arabia.

- What happened? Where am i? - ( laughing )

What a great privilege it is

To dedicate this fine memorial

To an even finer man.

Friends, we are meeting here today to—

Forgive me, fiona.

I just want to say a few words,

Mainly to this man here.

Peter finlay, you've been gone from this place

For nigh on 40 years.

And i've seen your face in my dreams countless times.

You suffered a terrible wrong here.

You were no thief.

And i know that for the simple reason that i was.

- Dad— - I know.

I know.

It was old golly, the faithful servant, the upright man?

I'm afraid it's true.

- My ring. - I stole this ring.

I robbed my laird

And i let another man suffer for my crime.

Molly...

Molly...

The moment you came to glenbogle, i was daft about you.

Never felt that way before.

But you were out of my reach.

And you had hector,

The love of your life.

But i had to have something of you.

A token of you, of what i felt for you.

Golly—

So i took this.

And i stood by and watched hector convict young finlay here.

You were in molly's bedroom that day fixing her radiator.

Wrong place, wrong time.

- You? - I was young.

Very young. Very foolish.

I'm making no excuses.

If it's any consolation, i have been punished for it.

I've never known happiness—

Lasting happiness—

With any woman.

Well...

I brought that on myself.

Please, take that back.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, peter.

Fiona.

Time to give thanks for the memory

Of hector naismith macdonald.

It's kind of you to consider my welfare,

But the thing is— how to express this?

It's turned about to be more agreeable than i anticipated.

What, you like it better?

Well, people of my own age and interests.

You mean you like them better.

They can offer me things that you and the others can't.

But we're your mates, aren't we?

Donald, wake up and smell the coffee.

This isn't about your feelings. It's about ewan's.

He misses you.

No— ewan misses little old me?

You foolish boy.

What am i to do with you, eh?

I can hardly come back.

You might be leaving next.

This changes nothing. You must know that.

Paul...

We've had a meeting and we've come to a decision.

There was only ever going to be one result.

We'd like to open discussions with the macdonald family

About a community buyout of the estate.

You're making a foolish mistake.

The macdonalds have always looked after us.

Maybe it's time we did the same for you.

We'd like you to help us run the new glenbogle in the future.

I'm not quite finished yet.

That's great news.

Great news for all of us.

Thank you.

- Thank you. - Andy: don't thank us.

Thank iona.

Do you love me, golly?

I've loved you for as long as i can remember.

Nothing's changed.

You're a brave and beautiful man.

- No, i'm not. - You are. You've just proved it.

I'm not worthy of you.

- Let me be the judge of that. - I can offer you nothing.

I would rather be poor with a man i love

Than rich with someone i don't.

The cause of so much trouble.

Give me your hand.

I never really liked it until now.

Molly macdonald.

You're a marvel.

A marvel.

You all right?

I can't thank you enough for what you did today.

Just call it my parting gift.

Molly...?

You've decided, haven't you?

Dear kilwillie,

I do love you...

Ahh.

- ... As a friend. - Ah.

Is it golly?

Always the bridesmaid.

Oh, golly.

Well, let me shake your hand.

( quavering ) i wish you both very great joy.

Okay?

Yeah, i'm so nervous i think i'm gonna be sick.

You look beautiful.

That doesn't help.

Happiest day of your life, eh?

Well, at least he turned up this time.

We are here today to consecrate the marriage

Of malcolm mcrae and iona maclean.

And what a happy day it is.

Who is it who gives this woman to this man?

I do—

And it's the hardest thing i've ever done.

If there is anyone who has any just impediment

Why this marriage cannot take place—

Sorry, fiona, could you just—

Could you hold on a minute?

What did you mean by that?

Just slipped out, i suppose.

Couldn't quite keep a lid on it.

On what?

That i love you.

Hang on, that's not right.

You can't stand here in a church saying "i love you" to another man's wife.

She isn't...

Not yet.

You take that back right now.

- Malcolm— - I can't.

- Well, fine then. I'll make you. - Malcolm, don't.

Calm down. If anybody's gonna hit him, then i will!

What did you say that for?

It came from the heart.

Go after her, paul.

Perhaps someone ought to.

Iona.

One at a time.

You first.

Let's be honest, malcolm.

You only proposed to me this time

Because...

Because you felt guilty about what happened the last time.

You don't want to settle down with me here...

Now...

Do you?

You know me better than i know myself.

Yeah.

Goodbye.

Iona—?

Don't you dare speak to me.

You just gave me away.

And i'm taking repossession.

What about the food and drink?

Ow!

Do you still perform at all?

No, but i still have all my props.

Well, tassels don't take up much space.

- No. - Nor do seven veils, for that matter.

When the time comes, i want to grow old disgracefully,

Just like donald.

Why wait that long? We can grow up disgracefully instead.

So how do you feel about the ordination of women?

I'm tremendously for it. But then,

I've always had a bit of thing about women in uniform.

It's been quite

An eventful morning in the church, one way or another.

Certainly was. It'll be talked about for years.

I've always wanted to create a family legend.

Oh, well, i've always wanted to just create a family.

Where shall we live, your place or mine?

What do you think hector would say? You, me and the baby.

I'll ask him if you'd like.

I'll just get some more champagne.

- I'm back! - ( cheering )

- Why didn't you tell me you were coming? - But—

Hello, molly. Having a party?

Things to celebrate.

So i gathered.

You don't mind about golly?

Whatever makes you happy, my love.

This won't do, hector.

The estate's secure. Everybody's happy, even me.

Time to push off, eh?

To say goodbye, my darling.

I'll just finish this last frame.

By the way, molly, have you seen my silver quaich?

Regimental golf competition,

Runner-Up, gleneagles, 1958— used to sit there.

Well, you know what this house is like.

Yes...

Well played.

- I've got to check. - Amy: just leave it.

Come on, come back to the party.

- Come on, just leave it. - I'll get you.

Shh!

Shh!

Ow!

- Which is the happy couple? - Jess: we're the happy couple!

- Molly: i'm the happy couple! - No, we're the happy couple.

A toast, a toast to glenbogle.

Glenbogle!