1 00:00:56,306 --> 00:01:00,226 I want to speak to you about an account I read of Grace at the asylum. 2 00:01:02,353 --> 00:01:04,606 It paints her as a gibbering madwoman... 3 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:08,818 shrieking like a phantom... 4 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:13,490 and running around like a singed monkey. 5 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:16,117 Have you developed your own theories regarding her sanity? 6 00:01:16,201 --> 00:01:18,745 I have been proceeding with the utmost caution. 7 00:01:18,828 --> 00:01:20,538 Have you asked her what she remembers? 8 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:25,418 She remembers her life before arriving at Mr. Kinnear's 9 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:29,923 with a vividness and mass of circumstantial detail 10 00:01:30,006 --> 00:01:33,051 that indicates the problem is not with her memory in general. 11 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:37,639 Are you acquainted with a family called Parkinson in Toronto? 12 00:01:37,722 --> 00:01:41,976 He died some years ago, and the widow returned to her native land. 13 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:45,480 She was an American like yourself. She found the winters too cold. 14 00:01:45,563 --> 00:01:46,731 That is unfortunate. 15 00:01:46,815 --> 00:01:49,651 Grace's first situation was with the Parkinsons. 16 00:01:49,734 --> 00:01:53,321 She had a friend, a fellow servant, called Mary Whitney. 17 00:01:53,404 --> 00:01:56,533 You may recall this was the false name she gave when escaping. 18 00:01:57,575 --> 00:02:00,036 In any case, this young woman died... 19 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:03,540 under abrupt circumstances. 20 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:07,335 When Grace was sitting next to the body, 21 00:02:07,418 --> 00:02:09,462 she said she heard her dead friend speak to her. 22 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:10,588 Let me in! 23 00:02:10,672 --> 00:02:12,090 An auditory hallucination, of course. 24 00:02:12,173 --> 00:02:13,925 It is not at all uncommon. 25 00:02:14,008 --> 00:02:16,594 I myself have attended a great many death beds, 26 00:02:16,678 --> 00:02:19,264 and, especially among the sentimental... 27 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:24,144 it is counted a mark of dishonor not to have heard the deceased speak. 28 00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:28,815 If an angel choir is also audible, so much the better. 29 00:02:28,898 --> 00:02:33,111 This hallucination was followed by an episode of fainting and hysterics, 30 00:02:33,194 --> 00:02:36,573 mixed with what would appear to have been somnambulism, 31 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:41,411 after which there was a prolonged sleep and subsequent amnesia. 32 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,454 So she has a history of such lapses. 33 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:45,081 Let's not jump to conclusions. 34 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:47,625 She herself is at present my only informant. 35 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:49,419 It would be most useful 36 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:52,839 to approach the time of the murders with her now, 37 00:02:52,922 --> 00:02:55,508 given that she is speaking about her amnesia. 38 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:58,177 I must reiterate, my methods take time. 39 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,431 It is most crucial not to rush it. 40 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:12,525 I suppose it's still the shock. 41 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:15,236 So kind of you to make dinner again. 42 00:03:15,778 --> 00:03:19,449 You're so much more caring than my husband ever was. 43 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,262 ♪ Rock of ages ♪ 44 00:03:41,346 --> 00:03:43,723 ♪ Cleft for me ♪ 45 00:03:43,806 --> 00:03:47,727 ♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪ 46 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:52,398 ♪ Let the water and the blood ♪ 47 00:03:52,482 --> 00:03:56,861 ♪ From thy riven side which flowed ♪ 48 00:03:56,945 --> 00:04:01,115 ♪ Be the sin the double cure ♪ 49 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:06,204 ♪ Cleanse me from its guilt and power ♪ 50 00:04:16,381 --> 00:04:18,758 I did not know you could sing so well, Grace. 51 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:23,680 You have a... a beautiful voice. 52 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:25,598 Thank you, sir. 53 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,685 I used to have more occasion for it. 54 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:33,064 Grace, I noticed that the guards were quite rough with you. 55 00:04:33,856 --> 00:04:35,441 Does this happen often? 56 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:36,651 Yes, sir. 57 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,237 They prod and poke at me. 58 00:04:40,196 --> 00:04:42,865 They say filthy things and I can't get free of them. 59 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:46,077 That is unjust. 60 00:04:47,078 --> 00:04:48,913 I will speak to the governor about it. 61 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,500 I wonder what has been causing your loss of sleep. 62 00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:54,836 What makes you say that, Grace? 63 00:04:54,919 --> 00:04:57,839 You have dark circles under your eyes. You haven't slept a wink. 64 00:04:57,922 --> 00:05:00,466 Well, I slept well. Thank you for your concern. 65 00:05:03,761 --> 00:05:05,138 Oh, a parsnip. 66 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:09,475 Not one I would have selected. Has an orange tint, which means it's old. 67 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:13,479 -Does it remind you of anything? -There's "Fine words butter no parsnips." 68 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:17,108 -It's also very hard to peel. -They're kept in cellars. 69 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:23,281 Oh, no, sir. Outside in a hole in the ground. 70 00:05:23,364 --> 00:05:26,034 They are much improved by being frozen. 71 00:05:31,247 --> 00:05:32,874 Shall I continue where we left off? 72 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:35,793 I've forgotten just where that was, sir. 73 00:05:35,877 --> 00:05:38,713 The death of Mary, your poor friend Mary Whitney. 74 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,425 Ah, yes. Mary. 75 00:05:48,222 --> 00:05:50,016 She was buried in my best nightdress. 76 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:55,146 And she didn't look dead in the least, but only very pale. 77 00:05:56,397 --> 00:06:00,401 And all laid out in white like that, she looked just like a bride. 78 00:06:08,117 --> 00:06:09,494 In sure and certain hope 79 00:06:09,577 --> 00:06:12,580 of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, 80 00:06:12,663 --> 00:06:15,708 we commend to almighty God our sister Mary 81 00:06:16,292 --> 00:06:18,419 and we commit her body to the ground. 82 00:06:18,503 --> 00:06:23,091 Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 83 00:06:23,174 --> 00:06:27,011 The Lord lift up his countenance upon her and give her peace. 84 00:06:27,095 --> 00:06:28,471 -Amen. -Amen. 85 00:06:28,554 --> 00:06:30,973 She was put with the Methodists on Adelaide Street, 86 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:33,434 off in the corner right next to the paupers, 87 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:38,272 but still within the churchyard, so I felt I had done all for her that I could. 88 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:42,777 I saw death in Mary's eyes, but then hindsight is always accurate. 89 00:06:43,653 --> 00:06:44,987 I will pray for her. 90 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,231 It was hard for me to believe that Mary was truly dead. 91 00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:29,615 Grace, come. Have a seat. 92 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:32,160 Come, come. 93 00:07:37,915 --> 00:07:38,958 Grace... 94 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:44,755 -Do you know the man? -Ma'am? 95 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:46,924 The man... 96 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:49,552 Mary. 97 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:52,805 I do not. 98 00:07:54,515 --> 00:07:57,602 I'm going to ask you to swear on the Bible 99 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:02,773 that, even if you do know, you will never divulge it. 100 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:07,403 And if you can swear that, on the Bible, 101 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:12,074 I will make sure that your wages are increased immediately... 102 00:08:13,201 --> 00:08:16,120 and that if you should choose to leave the house, 103 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:20,458 I will give you a good reference for future employment. 104 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:33,763 I never had fault to find with your work, Grace. 105 00:08:43,898 --> 00:08:46,150 Mr. George Parkinson did not seem in any hurry 106 00:08:46,234 --> 00:08:48,611 to get back to the United States and his education. 107 00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:56,994 Excuse me, Mother. 108 00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:07,672 - Grace. 109 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:22,311 So sorry about your friend, Mary. I know you were very dear to her. 110 00:09:27,775 --> 00:09:28,776 George. 111 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:38,869 Grace, please be more careful. 112 00:09:52,508 --> 00:09:54,760 Grace, open the door. 113 00:09:55,678 --> 00:09:57,722 Grace, it's George. Let me in. 114 00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:02,018 Grace, let me in. 115 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,152 Open the door. 116 00:10:12,194 --> 00:10:15,531 Lock or no lock, sooner or later, he'd find a way of getting in. 117 00:10:16,991 --> 00:10:20,870 Once you're found with a man, you are the guilty one, no matter how they get in. 118 00:10:21,954 --> 00:10:26,584 As Mary used to say, some masters think you owe them service 24 hours a day 119 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:29,295 and should do the main work flat on your back. 120 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:35,051 As I've said, sir, she had a very forward way of speaking. 121 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:52,526 Oh, Nancy, this is Grace. Nancy's an old friend. 122 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,571 -She's visiting from Richmond Hill. -Lovely to meet you, Grace. 123 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:57,698 I must be going. 124 00:10:57,782 --> 00:11:01,243 I need to get to the dry goods auction before Clarkson's store closes. 125 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:04,705 Will you look at the pretty muslin I got last time. 126 00:11:04,789 --> 00:11:07,667 Now, what would a housekeeper be wanting with a dress like that, Nancy? 127 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:09,794 You always had such fine tastes. 128 00:11:09,877 --> 00:11:11,796 Do you have a long road to Richmond Hill? 129 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:15,508 No, I did not take the coach into town. My master drove me in. 130 00:11:15,591 --> 00:11:17,510 Do you know where Richmond Hill is? 131 00:11:17,593 --> 00:11:19,595 Up Yonge Street past Hogg's Hollow? 132 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:23,140 I'm in want of another servant to help me with the work. 133 00:11:23,224 --> 00:11:27,812 Mr. Kinnear, my master, is a gentleman of a fine Scottish family. 134 00:11:27,895 --> 00:11:31,440 He's not married, so there's no mistress of the household to carp and criticize. 135 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:33,609 Would you be interested in the position? 136 00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:37,613 I'm lonely for female company and I don't like being 137 00:11:37,696 --> 00:11:41,117 a single woman alone with a gentleman, as people will talk. 138 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:42,743 Oh, I'm not sure. 139 00:11:43,661 --> 00:11:48,082 Mr. Kinnear is a liberal master and he shows it when he's pleased. 140 00:11:48,165 --> 00:11:50,960 You'll be making a good bargain and stepping up in the world. 141 00:11:51,043 --> 00:11:52,753 What are your wages at present? 142 00:11:53,462 --> 00:11:56,799 -Two dollars a month. -I will pay you three dollars a month. 143 00:11:59,718 --> 00:12:01,053 Well, that is more than fair. 144 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,013 Wonderful. 145 00:12:03,764 --> 00:12:07,768 Here's some money for you to take the coach to Richmond Hill tomorrow. 146 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:10,688 - I myself will meet you by the inn. - Grace. 147 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:14,191 I'm sorry to steal your best help, Sally. 148 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:18,028 You just said such glowing things about my new girl. 149 00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:21,031 Little did I know you'd be taking her from us. 150 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:28,706 I'm not sure it is a suitable position for a young girl like you. 151 00:12:28,789 --> 00:12:29,999 Why not? 152 00:12:31,208 --> 00:12:34,086 Nancy has always been kind to me and I don't like to talk. 153 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:38,340 A person has to take her own chances and the least said, the soonest mended. 154 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:41,552 I don't know anything for certain so it would not be right to say more. 155 00:12:42,219 --> 00:12:45,764 But I do feel I have done my duty in saying as much as I have 156 00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:48,392 because you have no mother to advise you. 157 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:53,272 I didn't have the least idea what she was talking about. 158 00:12:53,355 --> 00:12:55,357 Have you heard any harm spoken of Mr. Kinnear? 159 00:12:56,817 --> 00:12:58,652 Nothing the world at large would call harm. 160 00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:02,907 It was like a puzzle I could not guess 161 00:13:02,990 --> 00:13:06,452 and it would have been better for all if she had spoken more plainly. 162 00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:10,498 But the pay was higher than anything I'd had before, which weighed heavily on me, 163 00:13:11,373 --> 00:13:13,792 along with my need to get away from Mr. George Parkinson. 164 00:13:13,876 --> 00:13:18,547 And what weighed even more heavily on me was Nancy Montgomery herself. 165 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:24,970 She resembled Mary Whitney, or so I then thought. 166 00:13:25,054 --> 00:13:27,640 And I'd been depressed in spirits ever since Mary's death. 167 00:13:28,557 --> 00:13:30,476 And so I decided to go. 168 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:56,001 The journey up Yonge Street to Richmond Hill 169 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,295 was more uncomfortable than I expected. 170 00:14:00,422 --> 00:14:03,175 -Never look behind you. -Why not? 171 00:14:03,259 --> 00:14:05,469 Because the past is the past and regret is vain. 172 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:09,265 Let bygones be bygones. You know what became of Lot's wife. 173 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:12,893 Turned to a pillar of salt. A waste of a good woman. 174 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:18,065 Not that they aren't all the better for a pinch of salt. 175 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:20,734 See that there? Montgomery's Tavern. 176 00:14:20,818 --> 00:14:23,737 That's where Mackenzie and his band of ragtags held their seditious meetings 177 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:26,615 and set out to march down Yonge Street during the rebellion. 178 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,368 William Lyon Mackenzie? 179 00:14:29,451 --> 00:14:32,955 One of them was shot in front of it, trying to warn the government troops. 180 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:34,748 They burnt it down afterwards. 181 00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:36,709 Some traitors were hung, but not enough. 182 00:14:36,792 --> 00:14:40,337 That cowardly rascal Mackenzie should be dragged back from the States. 183 00:14:40,421 --> 00:14:43,966 He ran off, leaving his friends to swing at the rope's end for him. 184 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:47,845 I could tell by the smell of his breath it was just as well not to provoke him. 185 00:14:47,928 --> 00:14:49,305 And so I said nothing. 186 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:54,518 William Lyon Mackenzie was a hero to Mary. It was hard to say nothing. 187 00:15:00,524 --> 00:15:03,777 -Where are you staying? -What you don't know won't hurt you. 188 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:07,781 Why don't you come in for a glass of whisky for old times' sake? 189 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:11,327 -Would your name be Grace Marks? -Yes. 190 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,412 -Is this man a friend of yours? -No. 191 00:15:13,495 --> 00:15:18,417 -The lady does not desire your company. -She is no lady, she's a whore. 192 00:15:22,546 --> 00:15:27,343 I am Thomas Kinnear, your new employer. I've come to fetch you. 193 00:15:29,803 --> 00:15:31,513 You've not been in town five minutes 194 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:34,433 and you've managed to attract gentlemen admirers. 195 00:15:34,516 --> 00:15:38,395 -They are not. -Not gentlemen or not admirers? 196 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,689 This is Charley. 197 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,650 So, up you go, Grace. 198 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:46,028 Do you mean me to sit in front? 199 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:49,615 We can hardly have you riding in the back like a piece of luggage. 200 00:15:54,703 --> 00:15:57,373 I was not used to sitting beside a gentleman like him, 201 00:15:57,456 --> 00:16:00,000 but he didn't seem to give it a second thought. 202 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:02,252 And there we were, driving up Yonge Street, 203 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:04,254 just as if I was a fine lady. 204 00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:05,965 What did Mr. Kinnear look like? 205 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,010 He had a gentlemanly bearing, sir. 206 00:16:11,261 --> 00:16:14,932 Is that all? You did not observe him very particularly. 207 00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:18,102 I did not wish to gape at him, sir, 208 00:16:18,185 --> 00:16:20,813 and I needed to turn my head because of my bonnet. 209 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:23,899 I suppose you've never worn a bonnet, sir. 210 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,651 No, I have not. 211 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:28,737 I expect it is confining. 212 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:31,365 It is that, sir. 213 00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:14,283 Hello, Jamie. This is Grace Marks. 214 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:16,702 Come from Toronto. I found her at the inn. 215 00:17:17,953 --> 00:17:22,332 Jamie lives nearby and helps us around the farm from time to time. 216 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,505 Hello. 217 00:17:29,256 --> 00:17:33,552 Is it big, Toronto? Is it very grand? I've never been there. 218 00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:34,720 Grand enough. 219 00:17:34,803 --> 00:17:37,639 I could not find it in me to answer properly about Toronto, 220 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:40,559 because right then I was bitterly sorry I'd ever left it. 221 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:45,022 I heard her laughing. She had not given me one word of greeting. 222 00:17:45,105 --> 00:17:48,776 McDermott. Take Grace's things to her room. 223 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:59,328 Something squeezed tight about my heart. 224 00:18:13,842 --> 00:18:15,427 When I close my eyes... 225 00:18:21,058 --> 00:18:24,603 I can remember every detail of that house as clear as a picture. 226 00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:30,400 I could walk through every room of it blindfolded. 227 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,409 Strange to reflect... 228 00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,747 that, of all the people living in that house, 229 00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:48,293 I was the only one of them left alive in six months' time. 230 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:14,069 Though at that moment I had no feeling about it and only wanted a drink of water. 231 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,785 Eventually Nancy gave me a proper tour of the house. 232 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:27,207 There's no separate laundry room, but the things for washing, 233 00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:29,209 the coppers, the washtub and the scrubbing board, 234 00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:31,086 are present in the summer kitchen. 235 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:34,006 We don't keep a pig. They're too clever for their own good. 236 00:19:34,464 --> 00:19:36,925 Mr. Kinnear's old dog Fancy died. 237 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:40,220 I'd feel easier with a dog about the place to bark at strangers. 238 00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:44,016 There's a trap door under here to the cellar. 239 00:19:45,058 --> 00:19:46,643 I thought it was an odd place 240 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:48,770 as the kitchen would have been more convenient, 241 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:50,898 but the kitchen didn't have a cellar under it. 242 00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:53,650 Go on, Grace. 243 00:19:53,734 --> 00:19:54,651 Of course. 244 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:57,362 The cellar stairs were too steep for comfort, 245 00:19:57,446 --> 00:20:00,657 and the cellar was divided into two parts by a half-wall, 246 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:03,785 the dairy on one side, where they kept the butter and cheeses, 247 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:07,080 and on the other side, the place where they stored the wine and the beer 248 00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:09,249 and apples and the cabbages and beets and potatoes-- 249 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:11,793 -Yes, Grace, but... -Yes, sir? 250 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:13,754 I understand what is stored in a cellar. 251 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:16,298 Of course. 252 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:19,676 There's a window down there, but you should always take a candle or a lantern. 253 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,347 It's dark below and you could trip and fall down the stairs and break your neck. 254 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:28,435 We did not go down into the cellar at that time. 255 00:20:31,271 --> 00:20:33,982 Nancy, who was now all smiles, showed me to my room. 256 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,193 She had on a very handsome pair of earrings, 257 00:20:36,276 --> 00:20:40,364 which I could tell were real gold, and I wondered how she could afford them 258 00:20:40,447 --> 00:20:41,990 on the salary of a housekeeper. 259 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:48,372 I could see there was no love lost between McDermott and Nancy. 260 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,294 He's more surly than ever. 261 00:20:55,003 --> 00:20:56,755 He can suit himself and welcome. 262 00:20:56,838 --> 00:21:01,343 It's a smile or the open road for him, or more likely the bottom of a ditch. 263 00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,354 I am very glad to see you, Grace. 264 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:14,982 You must be very tired after your journey, it's very fatiguing. 265 00:21:15,065 --> 00:21:17,526 Why don't you rest and start work in the morning? 266 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,549 I liked being early to rise. 267 00:21:41,341 --> 00:21:45,387 That way, I could pretend for a little while that the house was all my own. 268 00:22:04,531 --> 00:22:06,450 Mind your manners or I'll wring your neck. 269 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:09,161 Would that be me you're addressing? 270 00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,331 No, it would not. 271 00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:15,792 I could tell what he had in mind, and it was not original. 272 00:22:42,152 --> 00:22:45,072 I did think it unusual for a housekeeper to be learning the piano. 273 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,324 But of course I said nothing. 274 00:22:47,407 --> 00:22:50,243 And then everything went on very quietly for a fortnight. 275 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,375 -Yes, sir. More or less quietly. -What is "everything"? How did it go on? 276 00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:00,253 -I beg your pardon, sir? -What did you do every day? 277 00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:01,880 The usual, sir. I performed my duties. 278 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:04,883 You will forgive me. Of what did those duties consist? 279 00:23:06,259 --> 00:23:07,803 You were not making a joke. 280 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:11,890 You really don't know. 281 00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:15,310 Men such as yourself do not have to clean up the messes you make, 282 00:23:15,393 --> 00:23:18,688 but we have to clean up our own messes and yours into the bargain. 283 00:23:19,815 --> 00:23:21,733 In that way, you are like children. 284 00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:25,737 You do not have to think ahead or worry about the consequences of what you do. 285 00:23:26,446 --> 00:23:30,492 But it is not your fault. It is only how you are brought up. 286 00:24:32,679 --> 00:24:34,055 And then? 287 00:24:39,477 --> 00:24:41,897 Then I collected the slop pails and rinsed them out. 288 00:24:50,405 --> 00:24:53,533 With a pump, you have to pour some in before you get any out. 289 00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:56,661 Mary Whitney said that was how men viewed the flattering of a woman 290 00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:58,371 when they had low ends in view. 291 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,877 Mary Whitney was not proper, but she was honest. 292 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,671 So that's how you rinse out a slop pail. 293 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:11,801 Well, of course I went to the privy first to empty it. 294 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:15,138 I went to the privy and emptied the slop pail, and so forth. 295 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:16,556 And so forth? 296 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:19,476 "Really, Doctor," I thought, 297 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:24,147 "if you didn't know what you do in a privy, there really is no hope for you. 298 00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:39,079 What I did was, I hoisted my skirts and sat down above the buzzing flies, 299 00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:43,750 on the same seat everyone in the house sat on, lady or lady's maid. 300 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:48,463 They both piss and it smells the same, and not like lilacs neither, 301 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:50,632 as Mary Whitney used to say. 302 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:55,470 Some of the pictures were of duchesses from England and high-society ladies 303 00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:57,180 in New York and the like. 304 00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:02,519 Never let your picture be in a magazine or newspaper if you can help it, 305 00:26:02,602 --> 00:26:04,271 as you never know what ends 306 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:08,650 your face may be made to serve by others once it has got out of your control." 307 00:26:10,485 --> 00:26:12,988 But I did not say any of this to you, Dr. Jordan. 308 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:14,864 And so forth. 309 00:26:18,493 --> 00:26:21,663 "And so forth" is all you are entitled to, I thought. 310 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,082 Just because you pestered me to know everything 311 00:26:24,165 --> 00:26:26,001 was no reason for me to tell you. 312 00:26:41,850 --> 00:26:43,059 Good morning. 313 00:26:43,143 --> 00:26:45,562 -Good morning. -Is the tea made? 314 00:26:45,645 --> 00:26:46,688 Yes. 315 00:26:47,314 --> 00:26:50,483 I'm scarcely alive in the morning until I've had my cup of tea. 316 00:26:51,192 --> 00:26:53,653 Mr. Kinnear will take his upstairs. 317 00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:55,822 He'll want a second cup when he comes down. 318 00:26:56,656 --> 00:26:58,241 I will take it up. 319 00:26:58,992 --> 00:27:01,828 At Mrs. Parkinson's, the housekeeper would never carry the... 320 00:27:04,831 --> 00:27:07,208 It was beneath her position and a job for the maids. 321 00:27:07,917 --> 00:27:10,545 Of course. I only took it up when short of help. 322 00:27:10,628 --> 00:27:13,548 I've got into the habit of it lately. Go ahead. 323 00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:21,723 Your tea, sir. 324 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:24,893 Yes. Bring it in. 325 00:27:36,905 --> 00:27:38,156 Thank you, Grace. 326 00:27:38,239 --> 00:27:41,951 There's beautiful eggs this morning, sir. Would you want one for your breakfast? 327 00:27:42,619 --> 00:27:45,246 Yes. Thank you, Grace. I'm sure it will do me good. 328 00:27:55,924 --> 00:27:58,134 Mr. Kinnear wants an egg for his breakfast. 329 00:27:58,676 --> 00:28:00,428 I will have one also. 330 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:03,932 He will have his fried, with bacon, and mine should be boiled. 331 00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:07,143 We will have breakfast together in the dining room. 332 00:28:08,019 --> 00:28:10,313 He requires me to keep him company. 333 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:13,650 He does not like to eat alone. 334 00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:19,489 -Is Mr. Kinnear ill at all? -No. He just likes to be fussed over. 335 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:25,703 I wonder why he never married, a fine man like him. 336 00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:30,250 Some gentlemen do not have an inclination for the married state. 337 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:34,087 They are very pleased with themselves and think they can get along without it. 338 00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:37,841 -I suppose they can at that. -Certainly they can, if rich enough. 339 00:28:37,924 --> 00:28:41,761 If they want a thing, they pay for it. It's all one to them. 340 00:29:07,328 --> 00:29:11,124 -His nightshirt needs to be aired out. -Yes, I was just about to. 341 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,794 And his dressing things are not to be laid out like this. 342 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:17,088 This is how he likes them. 343 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,258 And you'll need to polish the silver backs every week. 344 00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:22,635 At Mrs. Parkinson's we did it every three days. 345 00:29:22,719 --> 00:29:24,971 I don't care, as you are not at Mrs. Parkinson's. 346 00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:36,858 His folded shirts ready for wearing go on this shelf. 347 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,364 What is this picture of? 348 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:46,785 It's Susannah and the Elders, which is a Bible subject. 349 00:29:47,494 --> 00:29:50,455 I know my Bible backwards and forwards and this is not in it. 350 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,291 -Yes, it is. -It is not. 351 00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:58,213 You're not here to argue about paintings but to clean the room. 352 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:03,843 Are you two discussing theology, and so early in the morning too? 353 00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:05,386 It is nothing to be bothered by. 354 00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:07,305 I should like to know what you were discussing. 355 00:30:07,388 --> 00:30:08,723 It does not matter. 356 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:12,977 Well, Grace, I can see Nancy wishes to keep it a secret from me, 357 00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,854 but you must tell me. 358 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:17,607 I... 359 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:22,946 I was wondering if this picture is of a biblical subject as Nancy says. 360 00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:26,241 No. No. Strictly speaking it is not. 361 00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:29,744 -The story is in the Apocrypha. -What might that be? 362 00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:33,248 You are very curious for such a young person. 363 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:37,252 Soon I will have the most learned maidservant in all Richmond Hill. 364 00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:41,381 I'll have to put on a display, like the mathematical pig in Toronto. 365 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,512 The Apocrypha is a book where they put all the stories from biblical times 366 00:30:47,595 --> 00:30:49,639 they decided should not go in the Bible. 367 00:30:49,722 --> 00:30:52,725 Who decided? I thought the Bible was written by God. 368 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:55,436 It's called "the word of God" and everyone terms it so. 369 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,399 Perhaps God wrote it, but men wrote it down, which is a little different. 370 00:30:59,482 --> 00:31:02,110 But those men were said to have been inspired by God, 371 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:05,113 which means He spoke to them, told them what to do. 372 00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:07,323 Did they hear voices? 373 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:08,575 Aye. 374 00:31:09,617 --> 00:31:12,120 I was glad to hear that someone else heard voices too, 375 00:31:12,829 --> 00:31:14,122 though I didn't say that. 376 00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:18,877 In any case, the voice I had heard that one time had not been God's, 377 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,462 but Mary Whitney's. 378 00:31:24,173 --> 00:31:27,218 -Do you know the story of Susannah? -No. 379 00:31:28,928 --> 00:31:33,433 She was a young lady who was falsely accused of sinning with a young man, 380 00:31:33,516 --> 00:31:37,270 by a group of old men, because she refused to commit the very same sin with them. 381 00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:41,190 She would have been stoned to death, but luckily she had a very clever lawyer 382 00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:44,235 and he was able to prove that the old men were lying 383 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:46,905 by inducing them to give contradictory evidence. 384 00:31:49,324 --> 00:31:50,909 What do you think the moral is? 385 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:54,162 That you should not take baths outside in the garden. 386 00:31:56,497 --> 00:32:00,209 I think the moral is you need a clever lawyer. 387 00:32:00,293 --> 00:32:02,587 This girl is no simpleton after all. 388 00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:06,925 Ooh, I found a shirt cleaned and put away with a button missing. 389 00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,469 It's very aggravating to put on a clean shirt, 390 00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:12,972 only to discover you cannot do it up properly because of a lack of buttons. 391 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:17,101 Please mind that does not happen again. 392 00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:40,166 You did not clean my shoes properly this morning. 393 00:32:40,249 --> 00:32:41,417 Watch yourself. 394 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,394 Grace. You look tired. 395 00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:01,854 Sit down with me and have a cup of tea. 396 00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:03,815 I cannot risk waiting on laundry. 397 00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:06,442 This time of year, there could be a quick change in weather. 398 00:33:06,526 --> 00:33:07,902 All right. 399 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:11,531 When you have it all hung up, let's have a cup of tea then. 400 00:33:25,628 --> 00:33:27,505 There is a great pleasure to be had 401 00:33:27,588 --> 00:33:29,799 in a wash all clean and blowing in the wind. 402 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:33,136 The sound is like the hands of the Heavenly Hosts applauding, 403 00:33:33,219 --> 00:33:34,679 though heard from far away. 404 00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:38,558 And they do say that cleanliness is next to Godliness. 405 00:33:39,225 --> 00:33:43,438 And sometimes, when I have seen the pure white clouds billowing in the sky 406 00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:46,441 after a rain, I used to think the angels themselves 407 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:48,067 were hanging out their washing, 408 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:51,195 for I reasoned that someone must do it, 409 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:55,158 as everything in Heaven must be very clean and fresh. 410 00:33:58,411 --> 00:34:03,166 But these were childish fancies, as children like to tell themselves stories 411 00:34:03,249 --> 00:34:04,834 about things that are not visible. 412 00:34:06,753 --> 00:34:09,380 And I was scarcely more than a child at the time... 413 00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:14,010 though I thought of myself as a grown woman. 414 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:23,644 Excuse me. Excuse me, Grace. 415 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,314 -Yes, hello, Jamie. -Are there any errands to be run? 416 00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:28,691 I'll have to ask Nancy. 417 00:34:28,775 --> 00:34:32,945 If I'm sent into the village and there's anything you want, I'd fetch it for you. 418 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:34,322 Thank you, Jamie. 419 00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:37,617 Jamie. Come inside and I'll tell you what we need. 420 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:40,244 And you must come back later and bring your flute. 421 00:34:40,328 --> 00:34:42,997 He plays so beautifully, it's a pleasure to hear. 422 00:35:29,335 --> 00:35:31,045 Do you enjoy dancing? 423 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:33,881 Why do you ask? 424 00:35:34,715 --> 00:35:36,843 I saw you dancing. You are a good dancer. 425 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,055 Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. 426 00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:44,142 Tell me about your life before you came to work here. 427 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:45,726 -Who would care about that? -I would. 428 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:47,687 All such stories are of interest to me. 429 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:55,653 Me myself I've always been a scapegrace. Never one to lick the boots of the rich. 430 00:35:55,736 --> 00:36:00,741 -Do you have a mother living? -Whether I do or don't, it's all the same. 431 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:04,745 She had a bad opinion of me, told me I was going to the Devil. 432 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,039 She could be dead for all I care. 433 00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:11,586 Deserted the army and stowed away on a ship bound for America. 434 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:18,050 When I got to this country, I enlisted as a soldier in the Glengarry Light Infantry. 435 00:36:18,134 --> 00:36:23,055 Didn't they have a bad reputation? My friend told me. 436 00:36:23,764 --> 00:36:25,558 Didn't they burn down farmhouses during the rebellion, 437 00:36:25,641 --> 00:36:27,435 turn women and children out into the snow? 438 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:30,021 Yeah, and they've done far worse besides. 439 00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:32,899 Some things they don't print in the papers. 440 00:36:34,567 --> 00:36:37,236 Then the rebellion ended and the regiment was disbanded 441 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,155 and I heard about this position. 442 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:43,743 I thought I would be working for the gentleman himself, but not so. 443 00:36:43,826 --> 00:36:45,578 A woman is set over me instead. 444 00:36:46,662 --> 00:36:49,790 One who never gives me a moment's rest from her tongue. 445 00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:55,129 Do you have a sweetheart? 446 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:58,841 A pretty girl like you might be expected to have one. 447 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:02,386 I do not, and I do not have any inclinations that way. 448 00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:05,514 That is a pity, but there's a first time for everything. 449 00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:09,644 You need breaking in like a colt and you'll go as good as the rest. 450 00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:11,938 I'm the man for the job. 451 00:37:12,021 --> 00:37:14,899 I'll thank you to keep such offensive remarks to yourself. 452 00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:16,150 I am not a mare. 453 00:37:17,109 --> 00:37:18,527 I didn't mean it. 454 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:24,700 It's all in fun; just wanted to see what sort of girl you might be. 455 00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:27,036 What sort I'd be is no business of yours. 456 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,016 Remain where you are. 457 00:37:49,558 --> 00:37:52,478 I would rather have good butter than a curtsy. 458 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:55,773 Always busy I see, Grace. 459 00:37:56,524 --> 00:37:59,944 Yes, sir. The Devil finds work for idle hands to do. 460 00:38:02,071 --> 00:38:04,991 I trust you do not mean me. My hands are idle enough, 461 00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:07,034 but not nearly devilish enough for my liking. 462 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:09,495 Oh, no, sir, I did not mean you. 463 00:38:10,413 --> 00:38:12,581 It's very becoming for a young woman to blush. 464 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:19,005 How is the butter coming along, Grace? 465 00:38:19,088 --> 00:38:21,924 -Where is Mr. Kinnear going? -To Colonel Bridgeford's. 466 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:27,763 His wife is away so he can visit safely. When she's home, he's not well received. 467 00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:31,100 -Why not? -She considers him a bad influence. 468 00:38:32,601 --> 00:38:35,771 - Why? What has he done? - Well, he was packed off to the colonies 469 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:38,482 -to get him out of the way. -Why? 470 00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:42,987 The usual reasons, I suspect. Debt or women. 471 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:46,782 There. The butter's coming. 472 00:39:04,967 --> 00:39:06,427 I don't like it down here. 473 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,848 It always smells of earth and mice and old vegetables. 474 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:12,558 I suppose most cellars do. 475 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:16,228 Perhaps it could be given a good airing out someday. 476 00:39:36,791 --> 00:39:38,459 What on earth is he doing? 477 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:41,170 He just does that sometimes. 478 00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:44,840 He says it's for exercise, but he just wants to be admired. 479 00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,425 You should not pay any attention. 480 00:39:48,302 --> 00:39:51,680 So there I was pretending not to watch, and there he was, 481 00:39:51,764 --> 00:39:54,558 pretending not to be watched, as women and men often do, 482 00:39:55,434 --> 00:39:59,105 and he was the sort of man you knew you shouldn't look at, but you looked anyway. 483 00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:04,568 Jamie! You brought your flute! Grace, fetch Jamie a mug of beer. 484 00:40:14,703 --> 00:40:15,996 I'll have one too. 485 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,874 I didn't know you had monkey blood. You was leaping like one. 486 00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:22,586 When the cat's away, the mice do play. Nancy always likes her little parties. 487 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:25,423 I'm sure the Walsh boy will be screeching his tin whistle soon. 488 00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:28,426 That is right, and I will give myself the pleasure of hearing it. 489 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:31,804 -To my mind, that's no pleasure. -You can suit yourself then. 490 00:40:33,889 --> 00:40:35,516 I didn't mean to offend you before. 491 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:40,062 I've been so long around rough men whose manners are not the best. 492 00:40:40,938 --> 00:40:42,440 I'm inclined to forget myself. 493 00:40:43,357 --> 00:40:44,817 I don't know how to speak. 494 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:49,280 Forgive me and we can be friends. 495 00:40:50,573 --> 00:40:53,367 Is forgiveness not ordained in the Bible? 496 00:41:06,046 --> 00:41:08,549 And there we were, in a kind of harmony. 497 00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:11,635 And the evening was so beautiful, it made a pain in my heart, 498 00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:14,430 as when you cannot tell whether you're happy or sad. 499 00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:21,187 And I thought that if I could have a wish, it would be that nothing would ever change 500 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:22,980 and we would stay that way forever. 501 00:41:30,696 --> 00:41:34,074 But the sun cannot be stopped in its path, except by God, 502 00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:36,702 and he has done that only once 503 00:41:36,785 --> 00:41:39,955 and will not do it again until the end of the world. 504 00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:57,640 I thought, if I could have two fireflies on my ears for earrings... 505 00:41:57,723 --> 00:42:00,643 I should be going home. My father will be looking for me. 506 00:42:00,726 --> 00:42:02,478 ...I would not care about Nancy's gold ones. 507 00:42:02,561 --> 00:42:05,022 Grace, make sure you lock all the doors and windows. 508 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:07,316 And will you sleep with me tonight? 509 00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:09,235 I'm afraid when Kinnear is not home. 510 00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:37,429 ♪ Come all you fair ♪ 511 00:42:37,513 --> 00:42:40,933 ♪ And tender girls ♪ 512 00:42:41,016 --> 00:42:44,603 ♪ That flourish in your prime ♪ 513 00:42:44,687 --> 00:42:46,605 ♪ Prime ♪ 514 00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:48,899 ♪ Beware, beware ♪ 515 00:42:48,983 --> 00:42:52,861 ♪ If you're good and fair ♪ 516 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:57,324 ♪ Let no man steal your time ♪ 517 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,368 ♪ Time ♪ 518 00:42:59,451 --> 00:43:02,413 ♪ Let no man steal ♪ 519 00:43:02,496 --> 00:43:05,833 ♪ Your time ♪