1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:44,502 --> 00:00:47,421 ( A CARRIAGE APPROACHES ) 3 00:00:58,433 --> 00:01:02,102 Thank you for agreeing to meet with me, Mr Fenton. 4 00:01:04,022 --> 00:01:08,484 - Does Moray know you're here? - No, sir. As we agreed, 5 00:01:09,152 --> 00:01:11,862 this meeting is between you and I. 6 00:01:44,354 --> 00:01:45,771 I can't seem to leave. 7 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,440 There's always something else to do. 8 00:01:48,691 --> 00:01:51,026 I just want to be prepared for my first day. 9 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:53,529 Oh, I don't doubt you will be. 10 00:01:56,533 --> 00:02:01,370 - Have you come to wish me luck? - I would, if I thought you needed it. 11 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,497 ( HE CLEARS HIS THROAT ) 12 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:16,552 - We have everything we wished for. - Yes. Almost. 13 00:02:23,768 --> 00:02:25,269 ( SHOP DOOR OPENS ) 14 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:33,443 I'm sorry, Edmund. What could I do? 15 00:02:34,904 --> 00:02:36,822 I saw the door was smashed, had a look inside 16 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:41,785 but I couldn't see anyone. So all I could think of was send for you. 17 00:02:45,957 --> 00:02:47,916 Who do you think it was? 18 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:50,502 Robbers? Doesn't look like they've taken much, does it? 19 00:02:50,753 --> 00:02:55,007 How many years have I taken care of this shop, built it up from nothing? 20 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:58,260 My shop. Lovett's Drapery. 21 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:02,055 Look at this! Who would do this? 22 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:04,600 Who would come in here and not give a care for a man's life? 23 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:06,810 We'll tidy it up, get the glass fixed! 24 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:09,313 But then I go back to my cottage with a head full of worries. 25 00:03:09,522 --> 00:03:11,440 You'll just have to sell it then, won't ya? 26 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:14,443 What kind of people live in this world now, Sam? 27 00:03:23,494 --> 00:03:24,786 Denise! 28 00:03:24,996 --> 00:03:28,624 I'm... Look, I'm not going to pretend that this is the happiest 29 00:03:28,791 --> 00:03:29,958 day of me life. 30 00:03:30,168 --> 00:03:32,336 I'm not going to stand here and say I think it's fair, 31 00:03:32,587 --> 00:03:33,795 because honestly... 32 00:03:33,922 --> 00:03:36,965 Oh, you'd better watch out, Denise. Myrtle's looking for you. 33 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:41,178 I do believe that she got hold of a kipper especially for you. 34 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:43,513 Look, I just want you to know that... 35 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:47,351 Oh! Nearly forgot. Your uncle's back. Problem at the shop. 36 00:03:47,810 --> 00:03:51,813 Look, I knew all along I didn't stand a chance, like, so... 37 00:03:51,981 --> 00:03:54,566 Morning. I don't know whether I'm hungry or not hungry. 38 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:57,736 I'm so excited. Am I allowed to kiss the Head of Ladieswear? 39 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:02,074 I'll never be as fine as you two, but I can say now, 40 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:04,493 Susy Bell - Ladieswear. 41 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,829 - Well, that's fine enough for me. - There you are! 42 00:04:08,289 --> 00:04:11,667 I have cooked a bloody lovely kipper for you and it's going bloody cold. 43 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:13,669 I'll be along in a minute, Myrtle. 44 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:17,089 I'm not doing this because you're in a position to put me front of house. 45 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:20,050 - I would never do such a thing. - Morning, Myrtle! I'm here too! 46 00:04:20,218 --> 00:04:23,387 Just happened to get me hands on a kipper, that's all. 47 00:04:24,055 --> 00:04:25,514 Well, I'd better say it quick, 48 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:28,183 before Arthur comes doffing his cap at you. 49 00:04:28,309 --> 00:04:32,479 Look, I won't make it difficult for you. Just, try and... 50 00:04:34,023 --> 00:04:36,733 I'd find it really hard if you spoke to me... 51 00:04:36,901 --> 00:04:40,570 Clara, I'm not going to turn into Miss Audrey overnight. I promise. 52 00:04:40,863 --> 00:04:42,322 I'm going to need your help. 53 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:45,909 But most of all, I never want to lose your friendship. 54 00:04:46,202 --> 00:04:48,870 Denise! Kippers! 55 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:53,125 - I don't even like kippers. - I'm sure Susy'll help you out. 56 00:04:54,877 --> 00:04:56,503 ( DOOR OPENS ) 57 00:05:06,347 --> 00:05:08,056 What are you doing in my shop? 58 00:05:08,391 --> 00:05:10,183 Did you hear me? What are you doing in my shop? 59 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,059 It was empty. 60 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:13,270 You broke the door! Look at the mess you've made! 61 00:05:13,438 --> 00:05:17,065 Get back to the gutter you came from! Do you hear me? 62 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:23,030 - God bless you. - Get out! 63 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:31,038 It's tedious beyond belief. All they talk of is 64 00:05:31,289 --> 00:05:34,249 whether prints or stripes will sell, 65 00:05:34,542 --> 00:05:37,461 what kind of silk might sell this autumn. 66 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:40,422 Papa, Katherine told me how, when she was a girl, she used to 67 00:05:40,715 --> 00:05:43,759 run off into the woods here searching for The Secret People. 68 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:47,596 The Secret People were my imaginary friends. 69 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:50,307 An only child's compensations for her loneliness. 70 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:51,266 Papa, could we...? 71 00:05:51,309 --> 00:05:55,562 It was Moray's intention to expand along the whole street, wasn't it? 72 00:05:57,565 --> 00:06:01,777 Tom, my darling, Flora was asking you a question. 73 00:06:05,323 --> 00:06:07,783 What is your question, Flora? 74 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:11,620 I loved hearing about when Katherine was a girl. Would you tell me 75 00:06:11,788 --> 00:06:13,872 about when you were a boy? 76 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:17,542 Possibly. 77 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:25,092 I think we should do what Moray so patently failed to achieve. 78 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:29,262 I have three objectives - to find a way back into the store. 79 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,098 You've done that. We've done that. 80 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:33,975 Nothing would be possible without you keeping it together here. 81 00:06:34,018 --> 00:06:36,311 And the other two are, to find the funds, and persuade 82 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:39,481 Mr and Mrs Weston to sell. To sell to me. 83 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:41,817 Mr Moray. Mr Dudley. 84 00:06:41,859 --> 00:06:44,486 I have a proposal for a promotion in Ladieswear. 85 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:46,822 You didn't waste much time. 86 00:06:46,864 --> 00:06:54,413 Afternoon tea. Indeed, a tea party. Tables. With white tablecloths. 87 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:56,706 Fine teas. Cakes and scones. 88 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:59,167 The ladies would come in, to sit and gossip... 89 00:06:59,335 --> 00:07:02,170 And who would serve the cakes and fine teas? 90 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:03,880 I thought Myrtle. 91 00:07:04,882 --> 00:07:07,926 Right! Oh, it is good-hearted of you, Denise. 92 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:10,679 We all know that Myrtle nags away to come front of house. 93 00:07:10,847 --> 00:07:14,599 But good-heartedness is not the best quality for running a department. 94 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:19,020 Myrtle must never be let loose on our customers. Cakes in Ladieswear? 95 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,481 ( HE LAUGHS ) Do you honestly suppose 96 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:25,110 that is the impression we are trying to make? No, sir. 97 00:07:25,653 --> 00:07:27,362 No. Right. 98 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:32,534 It's true, Denise, what he says. You need to step into the role now. 99 00:07:32,785 --> 00:07:35,036 That means making decisions that others won't like. 100 00:07:35,329 --> 00:07:36,580 You have to be strong. 101 00:07:36,664 --> 00:07:39,166 In the end, they will respect you, but to begin with, you can't 102 00:07:39,250 --> 00:07:42,043 let yourself worry whether they'll like you or not. 103 00:08:08,905 --> 00:08:12,073 Miss Denise, are these hats to go on display? 104 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:14,159 Yes, Susy. Put them by the window. 105 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:17,579 Miss Denise, shall I put all of them out, ma'am? 106 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:19,080 Oh! Miss Denise, 107 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:21,833 shall I fetch some fresh flowers for the changing closet? 108 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:24,711 Clara usually likes to do the flowers. 109 00:08:25,087 --> 00:08:27,214 Come on, we'll fetch them together. 110 00:08:31,427 --> 00:08:34,179 Miss Denise, Myrtle's asking for you. 111 00:08:37,391 --> 00:08:40,352 But you promised. I said I'd try, Myrtle. 112 00:08:42,146 --> 00:08:45,774 Well, you didn't try hard enough, did you? Susy has a position. 113 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,275 What's Susy got that I haven't? 114 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,277 She shared a room with you, is that it? 115 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:53,615 - I so want us to remain friends. - Friends? Is that what you call it? 116 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:55,325 I know I'm a friend to you. 117 00:08:55,493 --> 00:08:57,786 I'm not so sure you're a friend to me, now that 118 00:08:57,912 --> 00:08:59,621 you have a Miss before your name. 119 00:08:59,914 --> 00:09:03,625 Well, I have work to do, Miss Denise. 120 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,877 There's stoves to be scrubbed. 121 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:23,103 This old barber's shop was purchased over a year ago, I understand? 122 00:09:23,437 --> 00:09:26,147 Yes, sir. I believe the plan was to expand. 123 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,400 Then why does it stand like this? 124 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:31,319 Mr Moray reconsidered it, sir. 125 00:09:31,862 --> 00:09:35,323 Ask him to come out here to join me. I'm afraid Mr Moray's 126 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:37,826 gone out to meet with one of our suppliers, sir. 127 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:41,496 - How long will he be? - I don't know. 128 00:09:41,622 --> 00:09:44,708 I think perhaps he is visiting more than one merchant. 129 00:09:45,293 --> 00:09:47,168 Then I will wait. 130 00:09:53,009 --> 00:09:56,344 - Hey, look at this old witch. - Ugh, smell her from here. 131 00:09:56,470 --> 00:09:58,555 Eh? Do you think she's coming in to buy a fur? 132 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:00,682 We should ask her. Measure her up. 133 00:10:01,017 --> 00:10:02,350 ( SHE LAUGHS ) 134 00:10:37,386 --> 00:10:40,680 I'm sorry I spoke to you that way. There was no call for that. 135 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:44,392 Are you hungry? 136 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:04,162 It's clear what you want, Moray. 137 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:06,956 You c-crave the same thing as I do. 138 00:11:07,124 --> 00:11:11,711 Mr and Mrs Weston stand in the way of b-both of us, do they not? 139 00:11:12,380 --> 00:11:16,091 Perhaps you and I may be of benefit to one another in this matter. 140 00:11:16,384 --> 00:11:18,510 How might that be possible, Mr Fenton? 141 00:11:18,886 --> 00:11:21,554 I have the funds. You have the m-means. 142 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:26,267 - You would loan me the money? - Slowly, Moray. Slowly. Please. 143 00:11:26,602 --> 00:11:31,773 I would purchase The Paradise and we would become joint owners. 144 00:11:31,982 --> 00:11:33,858 That is what I offer. 145 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:37,153 Let us be forthright. 146 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:40,949 Each of us intends to own the store outright. 147 00:11:41,283 --> 00:11:43,743 That battle lies ahead. 148 00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:46,413 I suppose each of us would take that on rather than 149 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:48,832 be at the mercy of Tom Weston and his wife. 150 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,459 - Is that so? - It is so. 151 00:11:51,627 --> 00:11:53,628 And if you have the price of a good lawyer, 152 00:11:53,796 --> 00:11:56,131 we can proceed to an agreement. 153 00:11:56,632 --> 00:11:59,300 And how do you propose we might remove them, sir? 154 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:04,973 We don't. They remove themselves, if we come between them. 155 00:12:05,307 --> 00:12:09,436 Between them? But how might we do such a thing, sir? 156 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:16,609 As I say, I have the funds, you have the means. Jealousy. 157 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:20,405 A man detests a rival, but more than this, he cannot bear 158 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:24,409 the sight of the man who has enjoyed intimacy with his wife. 159 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:30,749 I see. 160 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:34,085 I must taunt Tom Weston. 161 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:39,340 Show kindness to Katherine. Exhibit concern for her. 162 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:45,180 And remind her, remind them both of our closeness. 163 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,856 I cannot do such a thing, sir. 164 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:58,026 Cannot or w-will not? 165 00:13:00,154 --> 00:13:02,572 Thank you for your consideration, Mr Fenton. 166 00:13:02,823 --> 00:13:05,033 I thought you were a serious man, Moray. 167 00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:07,160 I took you for a man of purpose, ambition. 168 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:10,705 You could have your store back for the sake of a l-little flirting. 169 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:13,166 Yet you find it beyond you to toy with 170 00:13:13,375 --> 00:13:16,419 Mrs Weston, perhaps for sentimental reasons? 171 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:22,133 My reasons are for me to know. 172 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:29,682 If you should reconsider, I'm always available to you. 173 00:13:42,613 --> 00:13:44,155 Eh! Come on. 174 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:52,580 I trust that all is well in Ladieswear, Clara. 175 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,583 Since you ask, sir, far be it for me to cause a stir. 176 00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:56,960 Yes? 177 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,796 We are getting along splendidly. 178 00:14:00,130 --> 00:14:03,091 Miss Audrey had a prickle about her that could make the air sour. 179 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:06,094 Miss Denise is all sweetness and delight. 180 00:14:06,303 --> 00:14:07,971 Not too sweet, I hope. 181 00:14:09,974 --> 00:14:13,434 I would hate to think we'd made a mistake under the wrong influence. 182 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:17,605 - What influence might that be, sir? - Denise is Moray's lover. 183 00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:23,278 I choose to believe that Denise won the position because of her talents. 184 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:26,698 I admire your faith in humanity, Clara. 185 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:28,449 Even if I cannot share it. 186 00:14:31,287 --> 00:14:34,539 Where is Mr Moray today? I don't keep his diary, sir. 187 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:36,791 It's not for the likes of me to know. 188 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:38,626 ( HE GASPS ) 189 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:45,049 - What is it, Mr Weston? - It will pass. Go! Be on your way! 190 00:14:45,342 --> 00:14:47,844 I can't leave you here in such pain, sir. 191 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:49,762 ( HE PANTS ) 192 00:14:54,101 --> 00:14:55,894 Susy... 193 00:14:58,814 --> 00:14:59,856 Susy. 194 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,901 We have a customer. 195 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,160 He's in your office. He's been here all morning. 196 00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:14,829 I had to make up a story to explain why you were not here. 197 00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:16,748 Where have you been? 198 00:15:20,461 --> 00:15:22,003 Mr Weston. 199 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:25,465 Forgive my absence. We weren't expecting you today. 200 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:27,926 Have you been waiting long, sir? 201 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:30,011 Did your meeting prove to be fruitful? 202 00:15:30,971 --> 00:15:33,139 These things take delicate handling. 203 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:37,769 Dudley told me you were meeting with new clients. 204 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,687 I had various meetings. 205 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,193 Tell me about the barber's shop. 206 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,280 It's an eyesore. 207 00:15:49,698 --> 00:15:53,451 A well-run enterprise would get on with developing it. 208 00:15:54,995 --> 00:15:58,331 My plan is to use the premises as a jewellery department. 209 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:04,337 Are you intending to expand, sir? The whole street. Both sides. 210 00:16:05,005 --> 00:16:06,297 I intend to be the owner 211 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:09,342 of the largest department store in this country. 212 00:16:14,556 --> 00:16:17,100 What brought you to a life like this, Ruby? 213 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:24,107 I had a daughter. I still do, I suppose. She ran off. 214 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:26,109 Left me. 215 00:16:26,276 --> 00:16:32,907 I was ill and, well, she was only 15, she was still a child. 216 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,785 She's a flighty thing. But you had to love her. 217 00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:38,413 She's not much of a daughter to do such a thing. 218 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:41,624 Oh, I was a burden to her, I know I was. 219 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,669 A girl can't live only to take care of her sick ma. 220 00:16:48,757 --> 00:16:53,136 I just want to tell her that... that I am on me feet 221 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,556 and she don't have to look after me. Are you searching for her? 222 00:16:56,974 --> 00:16:59,308 I've found her. In this city? 223 00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:00,601 In this street. 224 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,938 She wrote to me sister, and I was 225 00:17:03,981 --> 00:17:06,941 so glad to hear that the child has a good life for herself now. 226 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,944 For herself, yeah! Not a care for her mother! 227 00:17:09,987 --> 00:17:12,447 Your own bairns can be forgiven anything. 228 00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:17,160 There's more food if you want it. 229 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:22,749 You know what would help the way I'm feeling? A little drink. 230 00:17:23,250 --> 00:17:26,169 You know, just to soothe the soul a touch. 231 00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:33,468 It's been on my mind all day. You're wrong, John. 232 00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:37,055 My motives for staging the tea party in Ladieswear are the right ones. 233 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:40,850 More than anything, our customers like to see each other shopping. 234 00:17:41,101 --> 00:17:42,769 I want to feed their jealousies 235 00:17:42,936 --> 00:17:44,812 and the tittle-tattle that comes with them. 236 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:47,356 If Mrs Spiro buys the summer hat with ribbons, 237 00:17:47,649 --> 00:17:49,442 then Mrs Vaughan wants the same hat. 238 00:17:49,651 --> 00:17:52,487 They try to loiter as it is, but they feel conspicuous, 239 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,073 so they leave. I want them to stay. 240 00:17:55,365 --> 00:17:57,116 If there are tables of women watching, 241 00:17:57,326 --> 00:18:00,661 those who are shopping will buy more in order to show off. 242 00:18:00,954 --> 00:18:06,167 You're right. I'm sorry. And will Myrtle be serving the tea? 243 00:18:06,543 --> 00:18:09,045 All she will have to do is take a tray to each table. 244 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:13,424 I can't ask my girls to do it. Then by all means go ahead. 245 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:21,015 Tom Weston is intent on expanding the store. 246 00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:24,435 But that's a good thing, isn't it? No, not for us it isn't. 247 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:28,064 I've been racking my brains to find a way to raise the funds to 248 00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:30,358 buy The Paradise as it stands. 249 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:34,987 If he builds more, builds along the street, it will be beyond my reach. 250 00:18:35,155 --> 00:18:38,783 I thought I had time on my side. I don't. 251 00:18:39,326 --> 00:18:44,122 Denise, if I was to find a way to act now, soon, 252 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,624 if it was precarious.... 253 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:49,877 You must take it, John. You must. 254 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:07,603 We'll need to get you fitted for a new uniform, Myrtle, 255 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:10,857 if you're to be serving tea and cakes in Ladieswear. 256 00:19:11,441 --> 00:19:16,028 I bloody knew it! I said Denise would not let us down. 257 00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:18,531 ( THEY GIGGLE ) 258 00:19:19,366 --> 00:19:22,827 Girls! Girls! Wait until you hear about this! 259 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,080 Ooh, you're forgetting yourself, Miss Denise. 260 00:19:26,206 --> 00:19:27,915 Your table's over there. 261 00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:31,752 I'll sit with my friends, if no-one minds. 262 00:19:32,045 --> 00:19:33,921 There's no fathoming your uncle, Denise. 263 00:19:34,047 --> 00:19:36,257 His shop is broken into, the place is a mess. 264 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:38,926 He finds some tramp woman who's responsible, 265 00:19:39,094 --> 00:19:41,596 swears he'll strangle her. The next time I see him 266 00:19:41,805 --> 00:19:44,932 he's escorting the very same vagabond into his shop for shelter. 267 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:49,395 Must be that old witch we saw on the street, Susy. What did you call her? 268 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,731 Toothless hag. Smell her from here. 269 00:19:57,613 --> 00:20:00,531 Why would Moray lie to me about where he was today? 270 00:20:00,824 --> 00:20:02,450 Why does it matter? 271 00:20:02,826 --> 00:20:06,037 It matters because he has something to hide. 272 00:20:07,289 --> 00:20:10,041 My darling, there is no secret. 273 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:14,086 Moray did not come back to serve our purpose. 274 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:17,131 He intends to try to wrest The Paradise from us. 275 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:20,343 He has been scurrying around trying to borrow money, 276 00:20:20,510 --> 00:20:23,262 but no-one will so much as consider him. 277 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:29,268 I have made sure of that. Papa's banking friends know I would be 278 00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:32,855 most upset if any of them so much as considered Moray for a meeting. 279 00:20:32,981 --> 00:20:36,317 Then who was his engagement with today? 280 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,487 - It's so beautiful! - What are you doing with that? 281 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:41,197 Will you put it on? Please. 282 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:43,658 Where did you get it? Where did you get it? 283 00:20:43,867 --> 00:20:45,993 All day, every day, Flora keeps asking me 284 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,287 questions about when you were younger. I thought she... 285 00:20:48,455 --> 00:20:52,208 You never touch my belongings! Do you know what "never" means? 286 00:20:52,459 --> 00:20:55,086 It means not ever! 287 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:04,428 Your papa did not mean to be so harsh, darling girl. 288 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:09,433 You shocked him, that's all. It's my fault. 289 00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:18,359 Perhaps that tunic has memories for him. 290 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,027 Memories of the war. 291 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:24,657 I made a mistake. Let me make it up to you. 292 00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:27,201 We'll have a treat. You and I. In the morning. 293 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:29,954 What shall we do? Shall we go riding? 294 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,207 Perhaps a picnic? The... The Paradise. 295 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:37,003 Yes. We'll go to The Paradise 296 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:39,880 and we will indulge ourselves. 297 00:21:47,931 --> 00:21:49,473 Good night, Susy. 298 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:20,629 What are you doing here? 299 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:25,926 - I've come to see you, child. - I don't want you here. 300 00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:29,597 Can you not give your ma a chance to say that she's sorry? 301 00:22:29,765 --> 00:22:32,266 "Sorry"? Am I supposed to believe that? 302 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:35,728 All these years and that's all you want - "sorry"? 303 00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:37,063 I've been looking for you. 304 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:39,106 I'm not so hard to find. Aunt Bella knows where I am. 305 00:22:39,274 --> 00:22:42,276 There's not a day goes by where I don't think about my girl! 306 00:22:42,402 --> 00:22:44,445 Shall I tell you what I think of? 307 00:22:44,654 --> 00:22:49,450 My own voice pleading with you not to leave me, not to let me go. 308 00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:53,287 And my own mother too drunk to hear me. 309 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:55,331 Too drunk to even kiss me. 310 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:58,876 I have a life now, and you are no part of it! 311 00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:05,841 Come inside with me. Come on. Come and sit with me. 312 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:10,054 Let your ma feast her eyes on her beautiful girl just for one night. 313 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:12,640 Sit with you while you drink, 314 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:16,727 tell me some story that will trick me into believing you're not so bad? 315 00:23:18,313 --> 00:23:23,192 My mother lied to me. That's what she does, she lies. 316 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,361 You go and drink, Ma. 317 00:23:25,695 --> 00:23:28,948 How many glasses till you forget you even have a daughter? 318 00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:31,492 You... you go and drink your fill. 319 00:23:31,618 --> 00:23:32,743 ( SHE THROWS COINS ON THE GROUND ) 320 00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:35,287 If you have any mercy, you will walk down that street tonight 321 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,997 and never come back! 322 00:24:11,491 --> 00:24:13,576 ( FOOTSTEPS APPROACH ) 323 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,039 ( SHE SOBS ) 324 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:38,058 There are things we believe we cannot bear. 325 00:24:39,352 --> 00:24:40,978 But we can bear them. 326 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:44,023 We do bear them. 327 00:25:06,796 --> 00:25:08,130 Morning. 328 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:10,966 We need your daughter to see you looking at your best, 329 00:25:11,092 --> 00:25:13,928 if she's to know you're back on your feet and well again. 330 00:25:14,262 --> 00:25:16,055 That is kind of ya. 331 00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:18,432 You can wash and clean up in the back. 332 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:20,267 It's me favourite colour. 333 00:25:20,393 --> 00:25:23,229 It's many years since I wore a dress new and pretty. 334 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:31,237 Ruby, I need to be getting back to my wife. 335 00:25:31,404 --> 00:25:34,281 I'm newly married. We have a cottage by the sea. 336 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:38,285 I can't stay here. So what are we to do with you? 337 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:39,954 I've nowhere to go. 338 00:25:40,121 --> 00:25:42,540 What about your daughter? If you talk to her? 339 00:25:47,295 --> 00:25:50,506 I'll put the dress on and I'll smart meself up. 340 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,884 And she will see that I'm not sickly no more. 341 00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:56,262 ( SHE COUGHS ) 342 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:59,014 Are you sure you're well enough? 343 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:05,896 If I could stay until such time as I speak with her. 344 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,482 I would like to be at my best. 345 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:11,485 Course. Course you can. 346 00:26:16,866 --> 00:26:17,908 Jonas! 347 00:26:18,702 --> 00:26:20,411 I want to talk with you. 348 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:27,835 - Tom Weston is considering... - He intends to develop the store, sir. 349 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:29,211 Erm... 350 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,549 If I were to request further discussions with Mr Fenton... 351 00:26:33,842 --> 00:26:35,968 I could arrange that for you today, if you wish, sir. 352 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:38,012 Or I could simply convey a message to him 353 00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:40,264 saying you're willing to reconsider his offer. 354 00:26:40,473 --> 00:26:44,101 If you are indeed willing to reconsider his proposition? 355 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,854 How would we, er...? 356 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:51,358 Mr Weston is a volatile man, sir. He is capable of behaving rashly. 357 00:26:51,484 --> 00:26:53,068 Wildly, even. 358 00:26:53,486 --> 00:26:57,197 Suppose he rashly dismisses me, or wildly decides to get rid of me? 359 00:26:57,449 --> 00:27:01,035 If I may, sir, his wife would not permit that to happen. 360 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,914 Yes. Yes, I understand. 361 00:27:07,626 --> 00:27:11,003 Do you wish me to contact Mr Fenton, sir? 362 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:13,839 I do. 363 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:20,929 I will show 'em all... 364 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:24,808 I'll show Mr Moray he was wrong. I'll show Mr Dudley 365 00:27:24,934 --> 00:27:27,353 what I am truly made of. 366 00:27:27,854 --> 00:27:30,856 Well, don't I look pretty? Made for it. 367 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:34,151 Well, just watch your mouth or you'll put us all to shame. 368 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,617 Denise! Erm, leave her be. 369 00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:44,161 She'll come to you when she's ready to. 370 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:49,458 Mrs Weston! Miss Flora. What brings you to see us today? 371 00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:51,543 I am intent on spoiling Flora this morning. 372 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,504 Then you have come to the right place, ma'am. 373 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:56,048 You shall receive only the finest service from our ladies, 374 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:57,716 I can assure you. 375 00:27:58,134 --> 00:28:04,056 Mrs Weston. Er, Katherine. Forgive me, I forgot myself. 376 00:28:04,307 --> 00:28:06,266 May I say how lovely you look today? 377 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:11,230 What I mean is, it's always a delight to see you in the store. 378 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:12,731 And you, Miss Flora. 379 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,776 Since you're here, Katherine, perhaps you'll join me 380 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:19,363 for coffee. And your husband, if he is to visit us today? 381 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,617 You're in fine spirits today, Moray. 382 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,453 I owe you the courtesy of kindness. 383 00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:28,706 You do not owe me any such consideration, 384 00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:31,959 but I'd be grateful for the chance to earn your forbearance. 385 00:28:36,297 --> 00:28:38,799 I'd be delighted to join you for coffee. 386 00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:40,592 Flora! 387 00:28:40,844 --> 00:28:42,428 Coffee. With cinnamon. 388 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:01,196 Mrs Weston. Ma'am. Miss Flora. 389 00:29:01,489 --> 00:29:04,825 I want you to utterly spoil Flora today, Denise. 390 00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:08,579 Anything she wants, she can have. It would be our pleasure, ma'am. 391 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:11,373 Susy, please attend to the young lady. 392 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,546 I will leave it with you while I have a coffee with Moray. 393 00:29:24,345 --> 00:29:26,722 I want one of these dresses with the feathers. 394 00:29:26,848 --> 00:29:29,933 I'm afraid these gowns are for adults, not children. 395 00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:31,685 But I want one. 396 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,856 Let me show you some of the things we have that might be more 397 00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:38,066 suitable for a girl. 398 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,862 I had myself thought of making the extension a jewellery 399 00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:45,157 department. I imagined that as customers 400 00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:47,701 approached along the street the first thing they would see 401 00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:51,413 would be windows bursting with colours and extravagance. 402 00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:54,458 But the cost of stocking the display alone was beyond me. 403 00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:58,003 However, things are different now. 404 00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:04,259 - How's your coffee, Katherine? - It's fine. It's delicious. 405 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:06,970 I first discovered cinnamon coffee whilst in, erm, 406 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:10,057 was it India, Katherine? 407 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:13,227 - No, no, no, I think it was Morocco. - It was Ceylon. 408 00:30:13,436 --> 00:30:16,980 Yes, yes! I had the devil to convince Katherine to try it, 409 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:19,566 but once she did, she could never have enough. 410 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,239 Do you still drink your coffee with cinnamon, Katherine? 411 00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:32,120 - Sometimes. - Yes, she does. 412 00:30:38,044 --> 00:30:41,129 I've already sourced suppliers for rubies and emeralds, if you'd 413 00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:45,717 care for me to have them call on us with samples and prices, Mr Weston? 414 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:54,184 I'd planned for all the counters to be made of glass. 415 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:58,438 And chandeliers, glass lamps, the whole place is like a palace. 416 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:03,110 So much dazzle sounds positively garish. 417 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:06,071 Yes, well, perhaps you're right, sir. 418 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:13,829 I hope your sleep has improved after your travels, Katherine. 419 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:18,417 I used to tell her it's the coffee, but she wouldn't have it. 420 00:31:18,793 --> 00:31:22,087 If ever a woman could live without sleep... 421 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:26,884 I was pressed into spending long nights in the garden. 422 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:30,429 The scent of magnolias under the moon... 423 00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:42,774 I think the new extension should be a food hall, 424 00:31:42,984 --> 00:31:46,570 or shoes or something without sentiment. 425 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:50,324 I had meant to look over the place with you, Moray. 426 00:31:50,491 --> 00:31:53,702 But you were elsewhere. Let's take a look now. 427 00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:58,123 Yes, of course, although I would not wish to leave your wife with her coffee. 428 00:31:58,166 --> 00:31:59,499 I am ready now. 429 00:32:09,010 --> 00:32:11,637 - I want the silver shoes. - As I have explained, 430 00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,513 we don't have your size, miss. 431 00:32:13,681 --> 00:32:16,975 These ones. I want the dress with the feathers. 432 00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:19,311 You can't have the dress with the feathers. 433 00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:20,729 But that's what I want! 434 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:22,606 Mama said I could have anything I wanted. 435 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:25,609 Oh, you're just a spoiled little nothing, that's what you are! 436 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:28,904 You wave your hand and the rest of the world is supposed to pamper you! 437 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:31,573 Do you even give a thought? You are a child! 438 00:32:31,741 --> 00:32:34,159 Susy, go down to the refectory right now! 439 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,703 Come on, Susy! Go on. 440 00:32:37,747 --> 00:32:41,375 - I want Mama. - I am so sorry, Miss Flora. Let me... 441 00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:44,086 No! I want Mama! I want Mama! ( SHE SOBS ) 442 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:47,714 I'm so sorry, ma'am. I don't know why... 443 00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:50,217 Susy is usually such a sweet girl! 444 00:32:50,510 --> 00:32:54,721 I've never before known her to... She's a friend, 445 00:32:55,014 --> 00:32:57,557 usually full of kindness and so eager to please. 446 00:32:57,725 --> 00:32:59,768 Dudley, do you think you could take Flora 447 00:32:59,936 --> 00:33:03,105 - outside for a moment for me, please? - Of course, ma'am. 448 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,036 What do you propose to do? 449 00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:20,080 I will speak to Mr Moray and Mr Dudley... 450 00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:23,333 No. I want to know what you intend to do. 451 00:33:24,877 --> 00:33:30,841 You're Head of Ladieswear, are you not? You are responsible. 452 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:35,220 It was you who presided over this humiliation of my child. 453 00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:37,097 This child! 454 00:33:38,141 --> 00:33:40,726 What do you propose to do about this girl? 455 00:33:40,977 --> 00:33:43,061 - What is her name? - Susy, ma'am. 456 00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:46,857 Then answer me, what is your intention? 457 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,282 I will speak with Susy most severely. 458 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:59,119 I will warn her that to address customers in this way... 459 00:34:06,252 --> 00:34:08,086 ( SHE SIGHS ) 460 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:15,886 Can we not do something? There must be a reason Susy was... 461 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:20,015 There is a reason. Susy was promoted too early. She's not ready. 462 00:34:20,183 --> 00:34:21,516 But there must be something we can do! 463 00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:22,851 These are the most delicate 464 00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:25,729 of times, Denise. I cannot afford to rile Katherine. 465 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,856 We must be seen to follow her will. 466 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:31,318 It's your job now, Denise. This has to be done. 467 00:34:31,778 --> 00:34:36,531 You wanted this position. It's not all tea parties. 468 00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:04,267 I tried, Susy. 469 00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:08,230 I wanted to avoid this. 470 00:35:08,689 --> 00:35:13,110 But what you did, you've left me with no choice. 471 00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:17,114 When a girl is dismissed, she must leave the premises right away. 472 00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:20,992 You must collect your belongings... and go. 473 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:45,016 Perhaps stay close by, Susy. We never know what might change. 474 00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:48,145 I have nowhere to stay. 475 00:35:49,939 --> 00:35:52,566 Bishop Street. Mr Myhill. 476 00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:56,111 Tell him Jonas Franks said you might find lodgings with him. 477 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:22,804 Cakes, madam? 478 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:24,639 Do I look like a madam to you? 479 00:36:24,807 --> 00:36:27,851 And that looks more like gristle to me than a cake. 480 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,313 I'm practising. Fine teas? Assam? 481 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:36,443 Darjeeling? Madeira cake? 482 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:39,779 Aren't I the picture of restraint? ( SHE LAUGHS ) 483 00:36:42,658 --> 00:36:44,618 ( THE ROOM FALLS SILENT ) 484 00:37:03,721 --> 00:37:04,888 Denise! 485 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:08,767 Denise! They all know that Susy brought this on herself. 486 00:37:10,978 --> 00:37:13,271 Their reactions are for show. 487 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:16,483 To prove to each other they are cronies. Them against us. 488 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:20,153 It won't last. It's fear, that's all. 489 00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:23,365 You have influence on their lives now. 490 00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:25,951 Act as though you're not to blame. Don't apologise 491 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,829 for what you've done. Let them raise the matter if they want. Not you. 492 00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:32,874 Behave as though you take on your authority 493 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:35,835 but they are responsible for their own destiny. 494 00:37:36,128 --> 00:37:38,004 Thank you, Mr Dudley. 495 00:37:38,297 --> 00:37:40,507 You do know you're not to blame, don't you, Denise? 496 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,175 But I might have done more. 497 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,678 I saw there was something the matter with Susy. 498 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,514 I wish I could say that it gets easier. 499 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:58,233 Clara. You were seen in the bays with Mr Weston. 500 00:37:58,526 --> 00:38:01,069 ( SHE LAUGHS ) Oh! Is that what you think of me? 501 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,781 Any man in a suit and I'll flutter me eyes and lift me skirts? 502 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:08,368 What did he want with you? 503 00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:11,538 He asked to put his name on me dance card for the last waltz, 504 00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:14,040 but I told him I was all spoken for. 505 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,042 Then I have no option but to ask 506 00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:19,462 Mr Moray to ask you why you were holding Mr Weston's hand. 507 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,307 He had a pain in his back. 508 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,480 Terrible pain. 509 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:42,819 Something in his eyes. Something more than pain. 510 00:38:45,114 --> 00:38:47,907 - He looked like a man who'd... - Yes? 511 00:38:48,284 --> 00:38:51,911 Well, like a man who'd been murdered and was waiting to die, 512 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:54,748 it was the same as... 513 00:38:56,125 --> 00:38:59,586 Go on, Clara. You're almost done now. 514 00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:03,214 It was the same as the night of the fireworks. 515 00:39:03,591 --> 00:39:04,883 The noise of it. 516 00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:09,220 He was cowering like a frightened child. 517 00:39:14,268 --> 00:39:16,686 Will that do you, Mr Jonas? 518 00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:21,107 Feel better now you've peered into another dark corner of this world? 519 00:39:21,650 --> 00:39:23,526 Thank you, Clara. 520 00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:16,746 When you hide things from me, it is 521 00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:19,749 because you prefer not to face them yourself. 522 00:40:20,292 --> 00:40:24,754 Skulking around with Jonas. Flirting with Katherine. Taunting Tom Weston. 523 00:40:24,964 --> 00:40:26,506 What's going on? 524 00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:29,384 Whatever it is you are doing, 525 00:40:29,635 --> 00:40:32,846 I know how much you want this store back, but if your schemes 526 00:40:33,055 --> 00:40:36,641 can be admitted in good conscience, then you will tell me. 527 00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:41,646 Mr Moray, sir, you wanted a message taking out to Bellville Hall? 528 00:40:42,982 --> 00:40:46,776 Not today, Arthur. Perhaps some other time. 529 00:40:57,037 --> 00:41:00,707 Miss Denise... Please, Jonas, call me Denise. 530 00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:02,876 I prefer to honour the tradition that has been 531 00:41:03,043 --> 00:41:04,878 observed down the years. 532 00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:08,798 You've earned your place, ma'am, the title is a gesture of respect. 533 00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:12,469 Yes. Well, thank you. 534 00:41:12,761 --> 00:41:17,098 If I may...there is much talk of loyalty in a place like this. 535 00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:19,392 Most of it is talk and no more. 536 00:41:19,518 --> 00:41:21,269 I had no wish for Susy to... 537 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:25,565 Please, ma'am, let me go on. Loyalty is a special gift. 538 00:41:25,858 --> 00:41:30,028 It binds people like no other cause. But it CAN take courage. 539 00:41:30,237 --> 00:41:32,697 If you can find a way to win Susy her place back 540 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:35,200 here in the store, you would have proven that you're 541 00:41:35,284 --> 00:41:37,744 the staunchest ally of everyone who works here. 542 00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:41,706 - You would be their champion. - It is not possible. 543 00:41:42,249 --> 00:41:46,419 Was it not you yourself told Mr Moray it must be possible? 544 00:41:46,795 --> 00:41:49,422 - But I don't know how. - Nor do I, ma'am. 545 00:41:49,715 --> 00:41:52,175 But I trust you'll find a way. 546 00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:06,356 Gin. 547 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:21,955 I didn't expect to see you here. 548 00:42:22,164 --> 00:42:24,290 I wish I could say the same of you, Ma. 549 00:42:27,419 --> 00:42:31,839 I stayed so that I might speak with you one more time. 550 00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:43,935 I don't blame you for hating me, Susy. 551 00:42:44,144 --> 00:42:47,855 It has to be the worst crime in the world to give your child away. 552 00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:52,443 I know you don't believe me, but I did it for you. 553 00:42:56,782 --> 00:43:01,160 The reasons you use to blame me are the reasons that 554 00:43:01,328 --> 00:43:03,663 I had to give you away. 555 00:43:03,998 --> 00:43:06,583 What kind of life would you have with a ma like me? 556 00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:14,173 Every day I promise myself I won't be drunk, 557 00:43:14,466 --> 00:43:18,720 and then every day I find meself with a glass in me hand. 558 00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:21,472 I had to free you from me and the only way that 559 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,100 I could do that was to have another drink inside me. 560 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:28,396 I have lied to you, yes. 561 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:34,110 But you tell me, if you can tell the truth, would it've been 562 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:38,197 a better life if you'd stayed with me than the one that you've had? 563 00:43:41,910 --> 00:43:46,789 No. No, it wouldn't. 564 00:43:50,544 --> 00:43:55,214 There's only one thing in this life that I could give you 565 00:43:55,549 --> 00:43:58,426 and that was to be free of me. 566 00:44:01,055 --> 00:44:05,391 I knew, though, that there'd come the day 567 00:44:06,101 --> 00:44:08,561 when I'd look at ya... 568 00:44:09,897 --> 00:44:13,566 ..and I'd tell ya I love you. 569 00:44:29,208 --> 00:44:33,419 I...I love you, Ma. 570 00:44:50,896 --> 00:44:54,982 I'm so proud of you working in that place. 571 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:56,275 It's so grand. 572 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:03,241 I don't work there no more. 573 00:45:03,992 --> 00:45:05,076 Why? 574 00:45:06,286 --> 00:45:09,914 I was sacked. Made a disgrace of myself. 575 00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:15,545 No, not you. Not my Susy. 576 00:45:15,838 --> 00:45:17,672 I offended a child. 577 00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:23,636 Oh, have they no mercy? What kind of swines are they? 578 00:45:23,762 --> 00:45:26,264 No, it...it's done now, Ma. 579 00:45:35,858 --> 00:45:37,191 I'm just going to get one more. 580 00:45:37,443 --> 00:45:40,153 It's not every day you get your daughter back. 581 00:45:51,665 --> 00:45:53,708 Cheers. 582 00:45:59,381 --> 00:46:01,048 Well, to hell with them. 583 00:46:01,341 --> 00:46:04,343 They're not worth a spit if they'd do that to my girl. 584 00:46:14,813 --> 00:46:16,189 What am I doing? 585 00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,860 What am I doing here sitting here with you? 586 00:46:21,111 --> 00:46:26,991 It's the same, it's always the same, the drink, that's all! 587 00:46:28,076 --> 00:46:30,328 Susy! Susy! 588 00:46:32,915 --> 00:46:37,460 Good afternoon, madam. Assam? 589 00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:39,378 Darjeeling? 590 00:46:41,423 --> 00:46:43,758 Susy, what are you doing here? 591 00:46:44,009 --> 00:46:46,093 Oh! I forgot! 592 00:46:46,512 --> 00:46:48,888 I-I was hurrying home and I forgot I don't live here no more. 593 00:46:49,139 --> 00:46:51,724 Oh, you best go, girl, before Mr Jonas finds ya. 594 00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:55,561 Susy! Don't go! I want to speak to you. 595 00:46:59,942 --> 00:47:01,776 Do you want your position back? 596 00:47:03,278 --> 00:47:06,823 What I mean is, do you want to try and get it back? 597 00:47:07,032 --> 00:47:08,783 I should say so. 598 00:47:09,034 --> 00:47:11,661 I can't promise we'll manage it, it'll take courage. 599 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:13,996 Will you do exactly as I say? 600 00:47:16,291 --> 00:47:17,792 Then first thing tomorrow morning, 601 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,545 put on your finest outfit and meet me in the street. 602 00:47:57,624 --> 00:47:58,916 Mrs Weston. 603 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,135 Thank you for seeing us, ma'am. 604 00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:12,388 I'm sorry to intrude upon you in this way, 605 00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:15,224 but if we might speak with you for a few minutes... 606 00:48:17,436 --> 00:48:20,479 Ma'am, on the day of these embarrassing events with 607 00:48:20,647 --> 00:48:24,650 Miss Flora, Susy was in a state of considerable distress. 608 00:48:25,152 --> 00:48:27,153 It was my fault she was on duty. 609 00:48:27,362 --> 00:48:30,239 I should have excused her. Susy's mother turned up 610 00:48:30,490 --> 00:48:33,326 on the street. She hasn't seen her since she was... 611 00:48:33,535 --> 00:48:35,536 Since I was seven years old. 612 00:48:37,122 --> 00:48:39,540 It was an unexpected arrival... 613 00:48:39,791 --> 00:48:43,002 Susy found her mother in awful circumstances. 614 00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:45,630 We're asking, ma'am, 615 00:48:45,839 --> 00:48:50,426 that Susy be given the opportunity to apologise to Miss Flora and the 616 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:53,930 chance to prove to you that she's worthy of your trust in the future. 617 00:48:54,473 --> 00:48:56,057 - Your mercy... - Mercy? 618 00:49:00,145 --> 00:49:02,438 You think I should forgive her? 619 00:49:11,698 --> 00:49:14,408 I am truly sorry for what I said to you, Miss Flora. 620 00:49:14,660 --> 00:49:17,745 No child should be spoken to so cruelly. 621 00:49:19,498 --> 00:49:24,543 I only want to say I am sorry. That is why I am here. No more. 622 00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:36,847 Please forgive her, Mama. 623 00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:55,658 You might have asked before you ran off to speak with 624 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:57,326 Katherine Glendenning, Denise. 625 00:49:57,577 --> 00:50:00,454 You said yourself we must keep good relations with her. 626 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:02,748 Even if she'd said no to our pleas, 627 00:50:02,916 --> 00:50:05,710 we would have shown her contrition and respect. 628 00:50:06,128 --> 00:50:08,129 Yes. Yes, of course. 629 00:50:08,505 --> 00:50:09,964 Weston. 630 00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:12,508 Her name is Mrs Weston now. 631 00:50:12,884 --> 00:50:14,802 Isn't that what I said? 632 00:50:20,475 --> 00:50:22,018 Girls. 633 00:50:22,602 --> 00:50:24,186 Thank you, Denise. 634 00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:37,366 - Bloody show 'em, Myrtle. - I will. 635 00:50:37,534 --> 00:50:39,952 - Bloody show 'em all. - I will. 636 00:50:40,328 --> 00:50:42,872 - You look so lovely, Myrtle. - I do, don't I? 637 00:50:46,251 --> 00:50:48,461 They're ready. 638 00:50:59,598 --> 00:51:03,309 - I can't! I can't do it! - Of course you can. 639 00:51:03,602 --> 00:51:06,187 It's only serving tea to a few posh gossips. 640 00:51:06,646 --> 00:51:10,816 How can the likes of me stand before the likes of them? 641 00:51:11,068 --> 00:51:12,568 They're so beautiful. 642 00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:14,904 You're the one who's beautiful, Myrtle. 643 00:51:15,113 --> 00:51:18,074 No, I'm not. I'm a rag next to them. 644 00:51:18,325 --> 00:51:22,078 I'm fit for the farmyard. I can't do it. 645 00:51:22,412 --> 00:51:23,662 ( SHE SOBS ) 646 00:51:33,173 --> 00:51:34,924 I'm sorry, Denise. 647 00:51:36,343 --> 00:51:38,594 Myrtle. 648 00:51:51,233 --> 00:51:54,860 I remember the queues of men standing waiting for a haircut. 649 00:51:55,070 --> 00:51:57,154 - Jonas. - Mr Weston, sir. 650 00:52:00,242 --> 00:52:03,661 - You have pain? - It's an old wound. 651 00:52:04,162 --> 00:52:08,332 I tell myself I should feel no pain. But there is. 652 00:52:11,378 --> 00:52:13,045 I am a fool. 653 00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:16,715 Whenever I feel it, I chide myself it is weakness. 654 00:52:18,260 --> 00:52:20,219 People fear me, bec... 655 00:52:20,762 --> 00:52:23,722 Forgive me, sir, I am speaking out of turn. 656 00:52:24,057 --> 00:52:27,184 Not at all, go on. 657 00:52:27,561 --> 00:52:31,647 I have a disfigurement, people fear me because of it. 658 00:52:33,567 --> 00:52:37,820 But it is a gift. I have realised that at my age. 659 00:52:38,530 --> 00:52:42,700 People who flinch from a man with one arm imagine they know me, 660 00:52:43,034 --> 00:52:45,661 know the worst of me because of what they see. 661 00:52:47,038 --> 00:52:49,123 That just tells me whom I can trust. 662 00:52:52,878 --> 00:52:57,131 It is a fine thing, sir, to restore that which has been 663 00:52:57,382 --> 00:52:58,924 so sorely disregarded. 664 00:53:01,094 --> 00:53:05,139 I take my hat off to you. Even though I'm not wearing one. 665 00:53:06,766 --> 00:53:09,143 What do you think I should do with it, Jonas? 666 00:53:09,269 --> 00:53:11,061 Oh, I do not think I can be trusted 667 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:13,731 with the likes of such a decision, sir. 668 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,067 I trust you. 669 00:53:21,323 --> 00:53:25,701 Perhaps food, sir. Breads and pies and buns. 670 00:53:25,827 --> 00:53:27,494 The smell of it on the street. 671 00:53:37,756 --> 00:53:39,465 ( DOOR OPENS ) 672 00:54:00,111 --> 00:54:04,865 I thought I might...read to you. 673 00:54:08,370 --> 00:54:12,998 - Would you like me to read to you? - Yes, Papa. 674 00:54:24,344 --> 00:54:28,138 There was a soldier. 675 00:54:31,726 --> 00:54:33,602 A young officer. 676 00:54:35,563 --> 00:54:39,525 He was stationed in India. 677 00:54:42,362 --> 00:54:45,990 And there was a siege. At Delhi. 678 00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:53,205 Do you know what a siege is? 679 00:54:56,126 --> 00:54:58,085 Well, a siege is, erm... 680 00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:03,132 It's a kind of... 681 00:55:06,886 --> 00:55:08,470 ..attack. 682 00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:23,902 Lots of men died. 683 00:55:24,738 --> 00:55:28,282 ( HE GASPS AND HIS VOICE SHAKES ) 684 00:55:30,827 --> 00:55:34,580 Lots of men died. 685 00:55:42,839 --> 00:55:46,091 Let me tell you how it is, Susy. For a mother. 686 00:55:48,136 --> 00:55:51,055 There are hard choices to be made. 687 00:55:52,557 --> 00:55:55,893 She can't forgive herself until you forgive her. 688 00:55:57,395 --> 00:55:59,813 What she did was unforgivable. 689 00:56:00,065 --> 00:56:01,982 Nothing is unforgivable. 690 00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:05,611 But you'll be bitter and filled with hatred the rest of your life 691 00:56:05,904 --> 00:56:10,282 - if you don't let go of her. - It's her that won't let go of me. 692 00:56:14,079 --> 00:56:17,247 - What would I say to her? - The truth. 693 00:56:17,665 --> 00:56:19,458 With a bit of love in it. 694 00:56:49,197 --> 00:56:51,281 They took you back, then. 695 00:56:51,533 --> 00:56:55,035 - They took me back. - It's only right. 696 00:56:58,790 --> 00:57:01,291 If it's true what you said, Ma, 697 00:57:01,626 --> 00:57:05,087 that you want to give me 698 00:57:05,296 --> 00:57:09,216 a chance to be free of you, then do it now. 699 00:57:11,094 --> 00:57:13,429 Do it and I will love you for it. 700 00:57:24,107 --> 00:57:26,608 I only want one kiss on the cheek. 701 00:57:48,339 --> 00:57:51,341 If there is a time when you are sober, 702 00:57:52,010 --> 00:57:53,969 I will be here. 703 00:57:54,721 --> 00:57:56,805 There's the time you can come back. 704 00:58:25,543 --> 00:58:28,879 The tea party was a splendid success. 705 00:58:29,130 --> 00:58:30,422 Thank you. 706 00:58:33,426 --> 00:58:36,261 When I came to you with my idea, 707 00:58:36,554 --> 00:58:41,058 it felt as though whatever I brought to you, you wanted to turn it down. 708 00:58:41,518 --> 00:58:44,061 It was simply the way you presented it. 709 00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:46,897 Once I saw the benefits, I consented, didn't I? 710 00:58:47,398 --> 00:58:49,316 You consented? You didn't... 711 00:58:52,362 --> 00:58:57,115 All that I ask is... I see how difficult this is 712 00:58:57,367 --> 00:59:00,369 going to be for us, working together... 713 00:59:00,662 --> 00:59:05,332 But when I come to you, I'm not Denise, I'm not your fiancee. 714 00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:07,417 I am Head of Ladieswear. 715 00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:13,757 - Can you see that's how it has to be? - Yes. Yes. Of course. 716 00:59:16,427 --> 00:59:20,472 I'm sorry, Denise, for the way I have been. 717 00:59:21,015 --> 00:59:25,310 For the way I spoke to you about Susy and about visiting Katherine. 718 00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:28,855 That's how it has to be. That's your job. 719 00:59:30,817 --> 00:59:32,985 I should have told you I was going to see her, 720 00:59:33,152 --> 00:59:35,821 but I was afraid you would refuse me. 721 00:59:36,072 --> 00:59:38,699 When will I learn? No secrets! 722 00:59:44,455 --> 00:59:47,708 We cannot let anything come between us, Denise. 723 00:59:47,834 --> 00:59:50,085 Why would anything come between us? 724 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:02,014 I want to shower you with love, 725 01:00:02,307 --> 01:00:04,182 and treasure you. 726 01:00:06,060 --> 01:00:07,728 That is my job. 727 01:00:40,303 --> 01:00:41,595 My father's watch? 728 01:00:41,763 --> 01:00:43,722 It is precious to me beyond reckoning. 729 01:00:43,931 --> 01:00:47,059 That watch has powers. Hypnotic powers. 730 01:00:47,226 --> 01:00:48,977 I could fall for a lad like you. 731 01:00:49,187 --> 01:00:51,271 I've got Susy following me around like a sop, 732 01:00:51,439 --> 01:00:53,523 I can't shake her out of it, no matter what I do! 733 01:00:53,775 --> 01:00:56,276 What you doing with that in your pocket? It's worth a fortune! 734 01:00:56,402 --> 01:00:58,487 Gentlemen, I have no wish to 735 01:00:58,655 --> 01:01:01,156 want that watch. 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