1 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,633 Veni, Sancte Spiritus 2 00:00:20,719 --> 00:00:30,595 Mentes tuorum visita 3 00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:41,518 Amen 4 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:03,785 Master Clemence. 5 00:02:04,954 --> 00:02:06,306 Leoric. 6 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:08,349 Take his horse, boy. 7 00:02:08,432 --> 00:02:10,389 Welcome to Ashby Manor. 8 00:02:17,634 --> 00:02:20,488 The pleasure is all yours, cousin. 9 00:02:22,793 --> 00:02:25,227 Cousin Clemence may I present my family. 10 00:02:25,313 --> 00:02:28,622 My ward, Isobel; my younger son, Meriet; 11 00:02:29,272 --> 00:02:32,027 and Tristan, my elder son. 12 00:02:34,232 --> 00:02:37,111 And the burning bush amid these worthy tree trunks? 13 00:02:37,192 --> 00:02:39,945 Our neighbour's daughter, sir. The lady Rosanna. 14 00:02:40,671 --> 00:02:42,741 She and I are to be wed next month. 15 00:02:42,831 --> 00:02:46,983 Then clearly a life of mud and haystacks is not without its compensations. 16 00:02:48,112 --> 00:02:50,386 - My Lady... - Will you take wine, cousin? 17 00:02:57,430 --> 00:02:59,387 You must learn to smile, Meriet. 18 00:03:01,071 --> 00:03:03,027 Or you will turn the wine to vinegar. 19 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:15,664 So... Hugh Beringar is off to Westminster? 20 00:03:15,749 --> 00:03:17,707 Michaelmas is upon us, Cadfael. 21 00:03:17,790 --> 00:03:21,339 Time to render account of the shire and its revenues to the King. 22 00:03:21,430 --> 00:03:23,785 But if both you and Sheriff Prescote are away, 23 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:26,337 who will maintain the King's peace in your absence? 24 00:03:26,430 --> 00:03:28,021 Him. 25 00:03:28,829 --> 00:03:30,421 Sergeant Warden? 26 00:03:31,350 --> 00:03:33,420 You think I am not competent, Brother? 27 00:03:34,269 --> 00:03:38,462 It was mustard ointment you wanted, wasnt it, Hugh? 28 00:03:38,468 --> 00:03:42,540 I've said to Sergeant Warden that, should any strange difficulty arise, 29 00:03:42,627 --> 00:03:45,586 he should do as I always do - consult Brother Cadfael. 30 00:03:47,548 --> 00:03:48,947 Of course. 31 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:52,065 Well, there we are, then. That should keep the cold out. 32 00:03:53,148 --> 00:03:55,103 Use as much as you like. 33 00:03:56,387 --> 00:03:59,460 Er... yes... well, I must attend Father Abbot. 34 00:04:02,707 --> 00:04:04,380 (Chuckles) 35 00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:06,424 Can you believe I was once a monk? 36 00:04:06,508 --> 00:04:08,463 Still am, in fact. 37 00:04:08,547 --> 00:04:10,264 Though not in habit, sir. 38 00:04:10,346 --> 00:04:12,302 Not in any habit, my Lady. 39 00:04:13,026 --> 00:04:16,701 My apologies, Master Clemence. I have yet to make your acquaintance. 40 00:04:16,786 --> 00:04:18,857 The lady's brother, Janyn Beck. 41 00:04:18,947 --> 00:04:21,016 Sir, you are indeed fortunate. 42 00:04:21,106 --> 00:04:23,461 Though not as fortunate as Master Tristan. 43 00:04:23,546 --> 00:04:28,415 Well, perhaps, sir, you will honour us by attending the wedding and blessing the union. 44 00:04:28,506 --> 00:04:30,462 I thank you, Leoric. 45 00:04:30,546 --> 00:04:32,820 A country wedding could be amusing. 46 00:04:34,026 --> 00:04:36,664 But who knows where I shall be in two weeks' time? 47 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:41,299 The life of a diplomat is full of intrigue and fine dinners. 48 00:04:42,066 --> 00:04:47,264 In fact, I wonder you lads do not forsake your dunghills and take the tonsure. 49 00:04:47,345 --> 00:04:50,222 A couple of years in a monastery, then up and away. 50 00:04:51,385 --> 00:04:53,340 A cleric can fly high indeed. 51 00:04:55,464 --> 00:04:59,536 The Bishop of Winchester is the highest in the land, save the King himself. 52 00:04:59,623 --> 00:05:01,979 Master Clemence is on the King's business. 53 00:05:03,184 --> 00:05:05,254 The King's business...here? 54 00:05:07,745 --> 00:05:10,212 He wishes to know the number of your chickens. 55 00:05:10,984 --> 00:05:12,735 (Clucks) 56 00:05:12,823 --> 00:05:15,816 (Laughs) No, no, no, no, no, no. 57 00:05:15,904 --> 00:05:20,818 I am here to rest the night and abuse the hospitality of my second cousin twice removed, 58 00:05:20,903 --> 00:05:22,734 and then on to Chester 59 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:24,779 You do know where Chester is? 60 00:05:25,782 --> 00:05:28,137 It's a large town some 30 miles to the north 61 00:05:29,422 --> 00:05:33,700 The Earl of Chester is undecided where to throw his weight in the Civil War 62 00:05:34,862 --> 00:05:39,060 You do know there is a Civil War, between King Stephen and his frightful cousin Maud, 63 00:05:39,143 --> 00:05:40,621 for the crown of England? 64 00:05:40,702 --> 00:05:43,091 We have had friends die in it, sir. 65 00:05:43,182 --> 00:05:46,219 And if the Earl of Chester does not support the King? 66 00:05:46,982 --> 00:05:49,018 Then, sir, you have a country in turmoil. 67 00:05:49,102 --> 00:05:51,092 Fragmented. Each baron out for himself. 68 00:05:51,181 --> 00:05:52,933 In a word, anarchy. 69 00:05:53,021 --> 00:05:55,137 LEORIC: Then God protect you sir 70 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:59,497 I wonder that you ride alone with the King's future in your hands. 71 00:05:59,579 --> 00:06:01,060 (Sighs) Oh... 72 00:06:01,142 --> 00:06:06,294 to the world I am a mere chaplain, trotting about on the business of the Church. 73 00:06:07,461 --> 00:06:09,530 And nobody's much interested in that. 74 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:14,413 Ah, but what of the future? Tonight we have wine and beauty. 75 00:06:15,299 --> 00:06:16,939 To Rosanna. 76 00:06:17,021 --> 00:06:19,295 The perfect flower of English womanhood. 77 00:06:35,739 --> 00:06:38,412 I have brought you a light, sir, for your chamber. 78 00:06:39,259 --> 00:06:41,214 Shall I lead the way? 79 00:06:41,298 --> 00:06:44,927 My Lady... you may lead me where you will. 80 00:07:13,576 --> 00:07:15,534 (Door creaks) 81 00:08:00,015 --> 00:08:01,970 Farewell, then, cousin. 82 00:08:02,054 --> 00:08:05,489 May your beans be plentiful and your oats free of tares. 83 00:08:10,773 --> 00:08:12,286 Godspeed, sir. 84 00:08:19,494 --> 00:08:21,723 Forget him, brother. He is gone now. 85 00:08:26,973 --> 00:08:30,522 God forgive me for being glad to be rid of a guest. 86 00:08:31,413 --> 00:08:34,563 Perhaps he is right, Father. We should all take the cowl. 87 00:08:38,452 --> 00:08:41,489 Though I wish he would choke on his next "fine dinner". 88 00:08:57,891 --> 00:08:59,847 (Distant clatter of hooves) 89 00:09:04,852 --> 00:09:06,408 (Cracking and rustling) 90 00:09:51,688 --> 00:09:53,644 (Thunder rumbles) 91 00:10:29,606 --> 00:10:32,359 Sir, will you come in the dry and take some supper? 92 00:10:32,446 --> 00:10:34,402 I sent word to Father Abbot. 93 00:10:35,566 --> 00:10:37,875 My son is resolved to become a monk. 94 00:10:57,165 --> 00:10:59,120 What is your prayer, my son? 95 00:11:00,045 --> 00:11:03,196 Father, to enter the cloistered life and serve God. 96 00:11:03,285 --> 00:11:05,240 The life you seek is a hard one. 97 00:11:05,324 --> 00:11:10,193 Are you ready to accept that hardship, to obey and to bear ignominy for the love of Christ? 98 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:12,922 Yes, by the grace of God. 99 00:11:13,004 --> 00:11:14,960 Stand. 100 00:11:17,604 --> 00:11:21,722 Are you free born, in good health and free from incurable disease? 101 00:11:21,804 --> 00:11:23,759 Yes, by the grace of God. 102 00:11:23,843 --> 00:11:27,040 Are you free from debt and irregularities? 103 00:11:27,123 --> 00:11:29,079 Yes, by the grace of God. 104 00:11:29,843 --> 00:11:32,482 Are you bound by promise of marriage? 105 00:11:32,564 --> 00:11:35,600 No... by the grace of God. 106 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:38,752 Then your prayer is granted. 107 00:11:39,682 --> 00:11:42,991 For those, like you, who come to the Order in mature years, 108 00:11:43,081 --> 00:11:46,314 a full 12 months probation is customary. 109 00:11:46,402 --> 00:11:50,155 But, Father, is that needful? Cannot the time be cut short? 110 00:11:50,241 --> 00:11:54,439 I desire with all my heart to have the fullness of my commitment and be at peace. 111 00:11:55,321 --> 00:11:57,278 Do not strain after perfection. 112 00:11:58,242 --> 00:12:00,710 It will be made plain if you are ready earlier. 113 00:12:01,841 --> 00:12:05,629 I do not exaggerate when I say the life you seek is a hard one. 114 00:12:05,721 --> 00:12:09,316 Your nights here will be spent more in prayer than in sleep. 115 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,041 Your meals will be eaten in silence and your eyes spoilt in study. 116 00:12:14,122 --> 00:12:16,510 You will toil in the fields like a serf 117 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:21,594 and then spend even more hours singing yourself hoarse to the glory of God. 118 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:24,273 That is the fullness of your commitment 119 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,356 I shall not be found wanting, Father... I promise. 120 00:12:47,239 --> 00:12:48,638 MERIET: No! 121 00:12:50,558 --> 00:12:51,753 No! 122 00:12:51,839 --> 00:12:53,066 (Monks whisper) 123 00:12:53,158 --> 00:12:55,114 Dear Mother of Christ no! 124 00:12:57,118 --> 00:12:58,312 Help me! 125 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,678 No! 126 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:02,714 Dear Mother of Christ, no. 127 00:13:03,957 --> 00:13:05,152 No! 128 00:13:07,397 --> 00:13:09,036 Forgive me! 129 00:13:09,117 --> 00:13:11,073 Please! Help me! 130 00:13:13,998 --> 00:13:15,351 No-o-o! 131 00:13:15,438 --> 00:13:17,393 Forgive me! 132 00:13:18,357 --> 00:13:20,313 (Whispers) Brother! Brother! 133 00:13:21,358 --> 00:13:23,791 Help me! 134 00:13:27,076 --> 00:13:29,671 - Please! - Easy. Easy. Easy. 135 00:13:29,757 --> 00:13:32,714 - Easy. Easy. Easy. - (Meriet sobs) 136 00:13:34,237 --> 00:13:37,076 Ssh. 137 00:13:37,157 --> 00:13:40,626 (Whispers) Just go back to sleep now, Brother. It's all right. 138 00:13:40,716 --> 00:13:44,187 Get back to sleep! This is not some fairground booth. 139 00:13:44,276 --> 00:13:46,232 Back to bed all of you 140 00:13:51,435 --> 00:13:53,028 Is it... 141 00:13:53,116 --> 00:13:55,265 Is it... demons, Brother Cadfael? 142 00:14:01,435 --> 00:14:03,391 If it is, they shall be exorcised. 143 00:14:08,594 --> 00:14:14,351 Father Abbot, if we accept the fact that, being asleep, this was not a wilful act of self-display, 144 00:14:14,434 --> 00:14:17,392 then it issues instead from a deeply troubled spirit 145 00:14:17,474 --> 00:14:20,034 which we must help to concentrate and purify. 146 00:14:20,873 --> 00:14:24,309 Do you suggest some mortification of the flesh, Prior Robert? 147 00:14:25,033 --> 00:14:28,105 Father, which one of us has not taken ease in hard labour 148 00:14:28,193 --> 00:14:31,186 or a diet of bread and water or the lash? 149 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:37,622 And which one of us, Father, has never had one ill night and broken it with nightmares? 150 00:14:38,553 --> 00:14:40,383 Once is but once 151 00:14:40,472 --> 00:14:43,544 We have none of us come to any harm through his disturbance. 152 00:14:46,633 --> 00:14:49,100 It seems you have a friend in Brother Cadfael. 153 00:14:51,152 --> 00:14:52,790 Deserve it 154 00:14:57,311 --> 00:14:59,030 Forgive me, Father Abbot. 155 00:14:59,112 --> 00:15:00,703 A visitor. 156 00:15:01,471 --> 00:15:03,427 My name is Eluard. 157 00:15:03,511 --> 00:15:06,025 I am Canon to the Bishop of Winchester. 158 00:15:08,030 --> 00:15:11,262 I have a mystery to solve, Brother Meriet. 159 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:17,750 Do you know a man named Peter Clemence, the Bishop's chaplain? 160 00:15:17,830 --> 00:15:20,061 I tended his horse at my father's house. 161 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:22,106 Your father says as much. 162 00:15:22,191 --> 00:15:25,069 I have been to Ashby Manor and questioned all there. 163 00:15:25,150 --> 00:15:27,504 You are my last hope. 164 00:15:28,269 --> 00:15:29,909 Sir? 165 00:15:29,990 --> 00:15:32,140 The morning of his departure, 166 00:15:32,230 --> 00:15:34,585 you saw Master Clemence ride off? 167 00:15:34,670 --> 00:15:35,898 Yes, sir. 168 00:15:35,991 --> 00:15:37,945 And then you saw him no more? 169 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:42,068 We none of us rode with him. He said he knew the track. 170 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:45,937 Did he say where he was bound and for what purpose? 171 00:15:46,789 --> 00:15:48,268 To Chester. 172 00:15:48,349 --> 00:15:50,066 On the King's business. 173 00:15:50,148 --> 00:15:52,105 A mission of diplomacy. 174 00:15:52,189 --> 00:15:54,782 A mission of the highest import, Brother. 175 00:15:55,748 --> 00:16:00,777 But a mission that was not completed... for Master Clemence has vanished. 176 00:16:00,869 --> 00:16:02,301 Sergeant Warden. 177 00:16:05,508 --> 00:16:07,941 You say you tended Master Clemence's horse. 178 00:16:08,027 --> 00:16:09,619 What was it like? 179 00:16:10,547 --> 00:16:12,424 A fine beast. 180 00:16:12,507 --> 00:16:14,863 Not above three years old and mettlesome. 181 00:16:14,948 --> 00:16:18,020 Sergeant, I wonder you have not found it yet. 182 00:16:18,108 --> 00:16:20,064 We shall, my Lord. 183 00:16:20,147 --> 00:16:22,103 I promise. 184 00:16:23,147 --> 00:16:27,026 It troubles me, Brother Meriet, that Peter Clemence vanishes 185 00:16:27,107 --> 00:16:33,216 and you are seized by a sudden and holy vocation for the safety of the cloistered life. 186 00:16:33,307 --> 00:16:35,262 What brings you here? 187 00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:39,227 For some young men, sir, the world falls short. 188 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:43,338 They seek a higher and less selfish life within these walls. 189 00:16:43,426 --> 00:16:44,653 Quite so. 190 00:16:45,547 --> 00:16:49,903 Be sure you stay within these walls, then, Brother, so I may speak with you again. 191 00:16:51,185 --> 00:16:53,141 That is all for present. 192 00:16:56,386 --> 00:17:01,743 You seem shocked, Father Abbot, but I trust you will not prove to be harbouring a murderer. 193 00:17:01,824 --> 00:17:05,420 Sergeant Warden, I must leave this in your hands now 194 00:17:05,505 --> 00:17:09,383 while I press on for Chester and secure what can be secured. 195 00:17:09,465 --> 00:17:11,182 Pray for my safety, Father. 196 00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:16,782 And you... be aware that Peter Clemence is one of our most able young men, 197 00:17:16,864 --> 00:17:20,412 a great favourite of my Lord Bishop and of the King himself. 198 00:17:20,504 --> 00:17:24,382 It is noted that he is lost in your county 199 00:17:24,463 --> 00:17:26,022 My Lord. 200 00:17:32,823 --> 00:17:34,779 (Bell tolls) 201 00:17:40,583 --> 00:17:42,538 Best get to bed. 202 00:17:42,622 --> 00:17:45,581 - We shall be back in here soon enough. - Yes, Brother. 203 00:17:45,662 --> 00:17:49,371 And... I have learned of Canon Eluard's purpose here. 204 00:17:51,222 --> 00:17:54,134 If you have need of help at any time... 205 00:17:54,222 --> 00:17:56,975 I thank you, Brother, but I need the help of no man. 206 00:18:03,302 --> 00:18:05,212 MERIET: Go 207 00:18:05,301 --> 00:18:07,213 Go! 208 00:18:08,261 --> 00:18:10,217 Trust me! 209 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:13,419 Is it the devil in you? 210 00:18:14,181 --> 00:18:16,137 (Whispering) It's the devil 211 00:18:16,821 --> 00:18:18,573 Barbary? 212 00:18:20,221 --> 00:18:21,973 Barbary! 213 00:18:23,619 --> 00:18:24,814 (Whistles) 214 00:18:26,541 --> 00:18:29,453 - Barbary. He called Barbary. - Yes, Oswin, I did hear him. 215 00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:33,056 And then he whistled. That's how the devil is summoned up, by whistling. 216 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:35,017 - Can he be the devil's novice? - Oswin. 217 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:40,127 Do not dismiss Brother Oswins fears so lightly. Nor the power of evil. Measures must be taken. 218 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:43,609 To ensure peace at night, Brother Meriet could be segregated for a while. 219 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:47,487 If he's set apart with no-one to watch or hear him, who knows what will happen? 220 00:18:47,579 --> 00:18:49,331 The devil will thrive unchallenged. 221 00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:52,650 He could bring down the roof or consume the Abbey with eternal fire! 222 00:18:52,739 --> 00:18:54,059 Oswin. 223 00:18:54,138 --> 00:18:58,178 When you entered these walls, you renounced the world, not your senses! 224 00:18:58,260 --> 00:19:01,455 But, Brother, I think he has a talisman from his demon. 225 00:19:01,539 --> 00:19:04,531 He hides it in his cell. I've seen him do so, I swear. 226 00:19:04,619 --> 00:19:05,767 A charm. 227 00:19:05,858 --> 00:19:07,814 And at night he takes it to his bed. 228 00:19:07,898 --> 00:19:09,854 You have seen this? In his bed? 229 00:19:10,618 --> 00:19:13,292 Some alien thing hidden away? 230 00:19:14,578 --> 00:19:16,533 Not clearly, Brother. 231 00:19:16,617 --> 00:19:18,131 But it is there. 232 00:19:18,218 --> 00:19:20,174 That is not according to the rule. 233 00:19:21,897 --> 00:19:23,853 Brother Meriet. 234 00:19:23,937 --> 00:19:25,734 Are you well? 235 00:19:26,457 --> 00:19:28,413 Perfectly well, I think. 236 00:19:28,497 --> 00:19:30,294 What has happened here? 237 00:19:30,377 --> 00:19:32,493 Nothing Just another dream that's all 238 00:19:34,217 --> 00:19:35,774 You should rest 239 00:19:36,658 --> 00:19:38,453 Let my things alone! 240 00:19:38,536 --> 00:19:40,095 CADFAEL: Wait 241 00:19:41,416 --> 00:19:43,373 Give that to me. It is mine. 242 00:19:43,457 --> 00:19:45,492 You have foresworn "mine", Brother. 243 00:19:45,577 --> 00:19:48,534 - Or do you already forget? - Give it to me! 244 00:19:49,376 --> 00:19:52,334 To bring any personal thing here is to flout the rule. 245 00:19:52,417 --> 00:19:57,772 But to cherish this in your bed... is close to fornication. 246 00:20:00,255 --> 00:20:03,883 Do you so much as know the meaning of the vows that you wish to take? 247 00:20:03,974 --> 00:20:05,568 Obedience. 248 00:20:05,656 --> 00:20:07,373 Stability. 249 00:20:07,454 --> 00:20:09,127 Chastity. 250 00:20:09,215 --> 00:20:11,170 Is there no grace in you at all? 251 00:20:12,175 --> 00:20:14,972 Grace enough to refrain from stealing. 252 00:20:16,214 --> 00:20:18,171 Give me what is mine. 253 00:20:20,134 --> 00:20:22,090 Stand aside, Brother. 254 00:20:24,294 --> 00:20:26,727 If you do not, you will never take those vows. 255 00:20:27,534 --> 00:20:29,489 I will have you cast out. 256 00:21:15,891 --> 00:21:17,449 For shame, boy! 257 00:21:17,531 --> 00:21:19,487 (Meriet grunts angrily) 258 00:21:43,370 --> 00:21:45,326 (Meriet moans softly) 259 00:21:59,449 --> 00:22:01,405 (Meriet groans) 260 00:22:13,409 --> 00:22:15,364 (Door creaks open) 261 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:23,764 (Sighs) You're a fool, boy. 262 00:22:26,367 --> 00:22:28,598 You could have spared yourself all this. 263 00:22:29,568 --> 00:22:31,445 I have had worse. 264 00:22:31,528 --> 00:22:33,995 My father could teach them something here. 265 00:22:34,087 --> 00:22:37,123 Well, he failed to teach you much sense, whatever else. 266 00:22:39,486 --> 00:22:41,441 Do you want me to salve it for you? 267 00:22:47,287 --> 00:22:49,243 This is nothing. 268 00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,402 You could have been excommunicated. 269 00:22:51,486 --> 00:22:53,715 Assault upon your priest and confessor? 270 00:22:55,245 --> 00:23:00,274 Though I wont deny that I havent wanted to strangle Brother Jerome at times myself. 271 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,842 He had no right to steal from me. 272 00:23:02,926 --> 00:23:05,882 He had every right to confiscate what is forbidden here. 273 00:23:05,964 --> 00:23:08,843 Nor had he the right to destroy it in front of my eyes. 274 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:12,681 Or speak of fornication. 275 00:23:13,886 --> 00:23:17,764 Where's the evil in a lock of hair... a keepsake? 276 00:23:19,724 --> 00:23:23,114 Did the red-haired girl spurn you? 277 00:23:26,003 --> 00:23:27,758 She is spoken for. 278 00:23:27,845 --> 00:23:29,562 Then find another. 279 00:23:30,323 --> 00:23:32,475 You are young and there are many. Be off. 280 00:23:32,564 --> 00:23:35,635 Either that or bend that stiff neck. 281 00:23:41,083 --> 00:23:42,995 I tell you, boy... 282 00:23:44,043 --> 00:23:50,039 ...I have never known a novice pursue his vocation with so much passion and so little joy. 283 00:23:51,803 --> 00:23:53,758 What is tearing at your soul? 284 00:23:57,802 --> 00:23:59,442 Why are any of us? 285 00:23:59,523 --> 00:24:01,160 Why are you? 286 00:24:02,001 --> 00:24:05,598 I was a soldier in the Great Crusade at Jerusalem. 287 00:24:05,682 --> 00:24:07,638 I killed many in the name of God. 288 00:24:07,722 --> 00:24:13,432 Now, I grow herbs and brew remedies to heal men after all those years of injuring them. 289 00:24:14,602 --> 00:24:16,558 What could be more fitting? 290 00:24:18,602 --> 00:24:20,477 Atonement, then? 291 00:24:21,322 --> 00:24:23,276 I am very much older than you. 292 00:24:24,081 --> 00:24:26,513 But of all the vows I took on entering here... 293 00:24:27,562 --> 00:24:31,679 ...obedience is still the hardest. 294 00:24:34,761 --> 00:24:37,400 - Unrequited love? - He is passionate. 295 00:24:38,481 --> 00:24:40,435 The lady chose his brother. 296 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:42,474 And for that he shuts himself away? 297 00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:44,437 He will admit no other reason. 298 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,596 Well, better that than murder. 299 00:24:48,599 --> 00:24:50,830 You mean Canon Eluard's suspicions? 300 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,070 Given credence, surely, by his savage attack on Brother Jerome. 301 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:56,548 No, no, no. Meriet would have stopped. 302 00:24:56,639 --> 00:25:00,188 Would he? I think, Brother Cadfael, you see yourself in that young man. 303 00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:03,111 - That doesnt mean that you can read his heart. - No. 304 00:25:03,198 --> 00:25:07,077 But I think it wise, Father, for someone to visit his parent - Leoric Ashby. 305 00:25:07,198 --> 00:25:09,267 For what reason? 306 00:25:09,357 --> 00:25:12,030 Because it is not yet too late for him 307 00:25:12,117 --> 00:25:16,510 to haul the boy back from vows to which he is manifestly ill-suited. 308 00:25:17,878 --> 00:25:19,835 A sensible thought. 309 00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:23,354 This is no hideaway for lovesick youth, Brother Prior. 310 00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:26,032 - No, Father. - Nor violent youth. 311 00:25:27,076 --> 00:25:31,196 Could I suggest, Father, that while Meriet's future is being decided, 312 00:25:31,277 --> 00:25:33,790 he serve out his penance at St Giles? 313 00:25:33,876 --> 00:25:35,390 The lazar house? 314 00:25:35,477 --> 00:25:38,116 His removal from the Abbey will calm the other novices. 315 00:25:38,197 --> 00:25:43,146 And Brother Oswin, who is due to take a turn there, will welcome his help, I'm sure. 316 00:25:46,196 --> 00:25:47,868 Perhaps you're right. 317 00:25:47,957 --> 00:25:52,950 Ministering to those worse blessed than himself may be the best medicine for Brother Meriet. 318 00:25:53,036 --> 00:25:54,992 - Arrange it. - Father. 319 00:25:55,795 --> 00:25:57,753 How is Brother Jerome? 320 00:25:57,837 --> 00:26:02,034 Oh, his throat will mend. But a week or two will pass before his voice returns. 321 00:26:03,115 --> 00:26:06,471 Then even in the worst deed... there is some good. 322 00:26:09,194 --> 00:26:11,151 Yes, Father. 323 00:26:22,435 --> 00:26:24,311 Brother Cadfael. 324 00:26:24,395 --> 00:26:26,349 Where are you bound? 325 00:26:26,434 --> 00:26:28,390 I to Ashby Manor. 326 00:26:28,474 --> 00:26:30,430 Brother Meriet to St Giles. 327 00:26:30,514 --> 00:26:32,469 For what purpose? 328 00:26:32,553 --> 00:26:34,509 Father Abbot's purpose. 329 00:26:37,393 --> 00:26:39,349 Do you seek my help, then, Sergeant? 330 00:26:45,753 --> 00:26:47,471 Barbary. 331 00:26:48,513 --> 00:26:50,264 That is Barbary. 332 00:26:50,352 --> 00:26:52,105 A horse. 333 00:26:57,071 --> 00:26:59,030 I thought best to bring it here, sir. 334 00:27:03,112 --> 00:27:05,673 Well? Does it belong to Peter Clemence? 335 00:27:06,711 --> 00:27:08,430 Yes, this is his. 336 00:27:08,512 --> 00:27:12,789 I never before had its like to care for... such a horse as Barbary. 337 00:27:12,871 --> 00:27:14,828 MERIET: Where did you find him? 338 00:27:14,912 --> 00:27:16,664 20 miles to the north. 339 00:27:16,752 --> 00:27:19,107 - 20 miles? - In the peat bogs by Whitbatch. 340 00:27:20,311 --> 00:27:22,268 Clemence robbed and murdered, then. 341 00:27:23,191 --> 00:27:26,262 Scarcely robbed. Look at all the silver on his harness. 342 00:27:27,311 --> 00:27:30,384 What robber worth his salt would lose a beast like this? 343 00:27:30,472 --> 00:27:32,904 The rider himself could hardly be worth more. 344 00:27:32,990 --> 00:27:35,026 These are desperate times, Brother. 345 00:27:35,110 --> 00:27:37,067 And desperate men dont think. 346 00:27:37,951 --> 00:27:40,384 Besides... there's other predators. 347 00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:44,741 Was there a noseband to match the saddlecloth? 348 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,548 Yes green velvet 349 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:50,066 Man and horse were all green velvet from head to toe. 350 00:27:51,150 --> 00:27:54,698 - Well, there's none here now. - The horse is as we found him, Brother. 351 00:27:54,789 --> 00:27:56,745 Get that horse cleaned up. 352 00:27:57,869 --> 00:28:01,020 And you, boy... dont stray from the lepers. 353 00:28:05,869 --> 00:28:07,541 Welcome to St Giles. 354 00:28:07,628 --> 00:28:09,665 I'll let them know you're joining us. 355 00:28:10,868 --> 00:28:12,825 How many lepers are there? 356 00:28:13,629 --> 00:28:16,188 Usually about five and twenty. 357 00:28:16,268 --> 00:28:18,862 Some move from lazar house to lazar house. 358 00:28:18,948 --> 00:28:20,984 Some arrive too ill to go any further. 359 00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:23,663 Death thins the numbers. 360 00:28:24,708 --> 00:28:26,982 But then the gaps are filled. 361 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:29,024 Arent you afraid of infection? 362 00:28:31,347 --> 00:28:33,179 No. 363 00:28:33,268 --> 00:28:35,224 (Children chatter) 364 00:28:36,387 --> 00:28:38,342 CHILD: I'm going to get you! Stop! 365 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:40,382 CHILD: You're dead! 366 00:28:40,466 --> 00:28:44,301 A happy chance for your arrival, Brother Meriet. It's a holiday. 367 00:28:44,387 --> 00:28:48,426 Oh four days of the year we're allowed a foray - by discretion of the Crown - 368 00:28:48,507 --> 00:28:50,338 to gather firewood in the Long Forest. 369 00:28:50,426 --> 00:28:53,736 So, being able-bodied, you may push a cart. 370 00:29:05,265 --> 00:29:14,901 Veni, Sancte Spiritus 371 00:29:20,105 --> 00:29:22,061 Good day, Brother. 372 00:29:22,145 --> 00:29:23,816 Oh, good day. 373 00:29:23,905 --> 00:29:26,817 Am I still on the right track for Ashby Manor? 374 00:29:26,906 --> 00:29:29,420 You are. You'll be from Shrewsbury? 375 00:29:29,505 --> 00:29:31,621 How fares "Brother" Meriet? 376 00:29:32,384 --> 00:29:35,421 Well, badly enough for me to be seeking out his father. 377 00:29:35,504 --> 00:29:38,939 Forgive me - Janyn Beck, shocked friend of said Brother. 378 00:29:39,024 --> 00:29:41,298 You were shocked when he wished to become a monk? 379 00:29:41,383 --> 00:29:43,295 You are well schooled in understatement. 380 00:29:43,384 --> 00:29:46,660 Ah. And his father? Did he take it very hard? 381 00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:52,340 He took no pleasure in it, but then old Leoric takes precious little joy in anything Meriet does. 382 00:29:52,423 --> 00:29:55,334 - Why so? - You have not met the golden first born? 383 00:29:55,422 --> 00:29:57,300 Tristan, Meriet's brother. 384 00:29:57,383 --> 00:30:00,614 Tristan - oh, I see. You mean, he is his father's favourite? 385 00:30:00,703 --> 00:30:04,901 Which makes our Meriet all the more perverse, against his father only. 386 00:30:04,982 --> 00:30:06,938 Not Tristan, strange to say. 387 00:30:07,022 --> 00:30:08,978 Meriet loves him dearly. 388 00:30:09,742 --> 00:30:12,380 If I were so discounted, I should hate them both. 389 00:30:12,461 --> 00:30:14,419 But I am not the stuff of monks. 390 00:30:15,463 --> 00:30:17,737 What about our other mystery? Is there news? 391 00:30:17,822 --> 00:30:19,493 Sorry? 392 00:30:19,582 --> 00:30:21,537 The disappeared cleric. 393 00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:24,173 Peter Clemence? 394 00:30:24,261 --> 00:30:26,216 Oh, well, his horse is found. 395 00:30:26,981 --> 00:30:29,017 But not the man? 396 00:30:29,101 --> 00:30:31,171 You seem unsurprised. 397 00:30:31,262 --> 00:30:36,540 Is it such a mystery, Brother, at a time when men change their allegiance as soon as their shirts? 398 00:30:37,781 --> 00:30:43,697 Do you mean Master Clemence is not dead... merely reneged? 399 00:30:44,740 --> 00:30:49,211 Joined the Empress Maud or the Earl of Chester, Lincoln, Nottingham? 400 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:51,369 For every man for sale there's a buyer. 401 00:30:53,099 --> 00:30:55,818 Well Godspeed Brother 402 00:30:55,899 --> 00:30:59,017 Though if you want to be at Ashby by Christmas, I should... 403 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:01,374 I should get off that thing and carry it. 404 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,814 Take no notice, Daisy. 405 00:31:15,699 --> 00:31:18,975 If I can remember the way, I know where we can find charcoal. 406 00:31:23,217 --> 00:31:25,493 Where is the need to consult me? 407 00:31:25,579 --> 00:31:29,536 Meriet has now, of his own will, taken another father in the Lord Abbot. 408 00:31:29,617 --> 00:31:32,927 But did he give no reason for taking such a step? 409 00:31:33,016 --> 00:31:36,009 Perhaps he saw advancement in it? 410 00:31:37,057 --> 00:31:39,013 Like my kinsman Clemence? 411 00:31:39,096 --> 00:31:41,053 Or Canon Eluard? 412 00:31:41,137 --> 00:31:44,732 Men of the Church - there's not a pinch of righteousness in any of them. 413 00:31:45,497 --> 00:31:47,215 Honour, duty? 414 00:31:47,297 --> 00:31:49,332 They serve their own dissolute ends. 415 00:31:50,657 --> 00:31:52,612 All I know is I have but one son now. 416 00:31:53,776 --> 00:31:57,327 Meriet has put his hand to the plough. He must finish his furrow. 417 00:31:57,417 --> 00:32:00,055 To be steadfast is a virtue. 418 00:32:00,136 --> 00:32:02,809 But, as you say, Meriet has taken another father. 419 00:32:02,896 --> 00:32:06,172 One who cannot quite so easily wash his hands of him. 420 00:32:08,415 --> 00:32:11,931 Sir, Meriet's vocation is in grave doubt. 421 00:32:12,776 --> 00:32:17,850 He disrupts the Abbey. He cannot remain there if this strife within his heart continues. 422 00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:19,892 I will not have him back! 423 00:32:19,976 --> 00:32:21,851 - Canon Eluard - What of him? 424 00:32:21,935 --> 00:32:23,573 I will be plain. 425 00:32:23,655 --> 00:32:29,286 The Canon asks aloud if there is some simple but dark reason for Meriet to shut himself away. 426 00:32:30,055 --> 00:32:32,410 The reason being Peter Clemence. 427 00:32:33,574 --> 00:32:35,530 Is Clemence found? 428 00:32:37,774 --> 00:32:39,047 No. 429 00:32:39,974 --> 00:32:44,126 Then what right has Eluard to cast so foul a shadow over my son? 430 00:32:44,214 --> 00:32:46,488 At least he speaks his mind! 431 00:32:46,573 --> 00:32:49,486 He doesnt snap and snarl and hide the truth! 432 00:32:51,534 --> 00:32:54,491 You overstep your mark, Brother. 433 00:32:55,533 --> 00:33:00,004 Return to your refuge and let the real world live as it can. 434 00:33:29,692 --> 00:33:31,283 Come on, Daisy. 435 00:33:31,372 --> 00:33:32,723 Brother. 436 00:33:34,770 --> 00:33:38,286 Brother, you've brought my father news of Meriet? Has something happened? 437 00:33:38,371 --> 00:33:41,601 - You will be Tristan? - Forgive me. And the lady Rosanna. 438 00:33:41,731 --> 00:33:43,686 He has not changed his mind? 439 00:33:43,771 --> 00:33:46,763 No. His zeal remains excessive. 440 00:33:46,851 --> 00:33:48,522 As in all things. 441 00:33:49,291 --> 00:33:52,203 Do you know of any reason why he should renounce the world so soon? 442 00:33:52,289 --> 00:33:54,041 It is simple. 443 00:33:54,130 --> 00:33:56,361 He was in the shadow of his older brother. 444 00:33:57,289 --> 00:33:59,246 As are all men with Tristan. 445 00:33:59,330 --> 00:34:01,240 You see how I am blessed. 446 00:34:02,330 --> 00:34:03,682 Indeed. 447 00:34:03,769 --> 00:34:07,762 Brother, I wish above all things that Meriet could still be with us. 448 00:34:07,850 --> 00:34:11,525 But if this new life is truly what he desires, you'll help him through? 449 00:34:12,489 --> 00:34:15,049 And say he has my prayers and my love, always. 450 00:34:16,049 --> 00:34:18,609 Assure him of my love also, Brother. 451 00:34:19,648 --> 00:34:23,402 I may speak in terms of love, may I not, for I shall soon be his sister. 452 00:34:24,488 --> 00:34:26,444 And we are to be wed at the Abbey. 453 00:34:27,849 --> 00:34:29,804 I hope you will sing sweetly for us. 454 00:34:30,808 --> 00:34:32,128 Gladly... 455 00:34:32,967 --> 00:34:35,481 ...if your marriage is made in heaven. 456 00:34:57,567 --> 00:34:59,921 (Daisy grunts) - Come on, Daisy. Come on. 457 00:35:56,804 --> 00:35:58,202 (Thud) 458 00:36:10,762 --> 00:36:12,719 (Footsteps) 459 00:36:15,442 --> 00:36:17,957 Sorry, Brother, I took you for a wild pig. 460 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:20,317 Well, not strictly true. I sought you out. 461 00:36:21,361 --> 00:36:23,238 You're not the first today. 462 00:36:23,322 --> 00:36:25,676 Shall we talk or must you not sit with women? 463 00:36:26,682 --> 00:36:28,637 I will sit with pleasure. 464 00:36:31,361 --> 00:36:33,512 I'm Isobel - Leoric Ashby's ward. 465 00:36:33,602 --> 00:36:35,193 Leoric - Meriet's father? 466 00:36:35,962 --> 00:36:37,632 How is Meriet? 467 00:36:37,721 --> 00:36:41,350 Safe from her at least. But it must not go too far, this folly of his. 468 00:36:41,441 --> 00:36:44,319 He is mine, Brother, whether he knows it yet or not. 469 00:36:44,401 --> 00:36:47,870 You think unrequited love drove Meriet from Ashby? 470 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,837 Have you met the witch - Rosanna? 471 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:51,798 Yes, I have. 472 00:36:51,879 --> 00:36:54,632 Could you resist if your vows did not protect you? 473 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,676 A thought has just occurred to me 474 00:36:56,759 --> 00:37:00,991 that Meriet being a second son and Ashby Manor being no great size... 475 00:37:01,079 --> 00:37:05,550 Tristan will inherit all and there is no future here for Meriet who therefore takes the cowl? 476 00:37:05,639 --> 00:37:09,870 No. Ashby will be his when Uncle Leoric dies, which I doubt will ever happen. 477 00:37:09,958 --> 00:37:12,677 Heaven being unlikely to meet his high standards. 478 00:37:12,758 --> 00:37:14,239 How so - the Manor? 479 00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:16,627 The family owns another in the north, by Newark. 480 00:37:16,718 --> 00:37:19,596 A wedding gift and living for Tristan and the witch. 481 00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:24,837 Tristan and Janyn spend much time there making ready. She is so particular. 482 00:37:25,919 --> 00:37:27,955 But soon they will be gone praise be 483 00:37:28,958 --> 00:37:31,712 So, if you love Meriet, keep him from the tonsure. 484 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:35,873 A celibate is no use to me at all. 485 00:37:37,397 --> 00:37:39,353 And er... Peter Clemence? 486 00:37:39,437 --> 00:37:41,394 You have no thoughts of him? 487 00:37:42,117 --> 00:37:44,313 Burst under the weight of his own vanity? 488 00:37:44,398 --> 00:37:47,390 - Who knows or cares? - Harsh words of a guest and kinsman. 489 00:37:47,478 --> 00:37:50,231 - I did not like him. - Nor, I think, did your uncle. 490 00:37:50,317 --> 00:37:53,946 Nor any of us, save Rosanna, of course, who likes all men the same. 491 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:56,347 She..."befriended" him? 492 00:37:56,438 --> 00:37:58,393 How quaintly put, Brother. 493 00:37:58,477 --> 00:38:00,706 She did indeed. Another blow for Meriet. 494 00:38:06,076 --> 00:38:08,384 Be firm with him. He needs us both. 495 00:38:24,555 --> 00:38:26,511 (Chattering) 496 00:38:49,593 --> 00:38:52,346 OSWIN: This is the spot you were seeking? MERIET: Yes 497 00:38:52,433 --> 00:38:55,311 The charcoal burner died last year, but we can do well here. 498 00:38:55,392 --> 00:38:57,669 - Shall we take the logs? - Yes, of course. 499 00:38:57,753 --> 00:38:59,710 - There's plenty here. - Yes. 500 00:38:59,794 --> 00:39:02,466 - I'll get a start. - This should keep us busy for a while. 501 00:39:31,752 --> 00:39:33,706 I'm not versed in this art. 502 00:39:35,112 --> 00:39:37,750 Strange the smell of burning has stayed so long. 503 00:39:48,271 --> 00:39:50,226 Meriet, quick! Look. 504 00:40:32,067 --> 00:40:34,582 Well, Brother, does he tell you any tales? 505 00:40:35,628 --> 00:40:38,346 A tall man... by the length of his bones. 506 00:40:39,387 --> 00:40:42,586 And straight... without deformity. 507 00:40:42,669 --> 00:40:44,863 SERGEANT WARDEN: Young then? 508 00:40:50,627 --> 00:40:51,855 So... 509 00:40:52,907 --> 00:40:54,498 ...shot before being roasted. 510 00:40:55,588 --> 00:40:57,577 And he rode a horse. 511 00:40:58,388 --> 00:41:01,184 Well, no sane man would use those for walking. 512 00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:40,182 Brother Cadfael 513 00:41:42,144 --> 00:41:43,704 And this. 514 00:41:46,024 --> 00:41:48,491 That's a dagger strap. Too dainty for a sword. 515 00:41:48,584 --> 00:41:50,539 A dagger to find, then. 516 00:42:08,382 --> 00:42:10,340 A loose fit now, Brother. 517 00:42:21,623 --> 00:42:22,942 Another cross? 518 00:42:26,023 --> 00:42:28,537 Tall... young... a horseman. 519 00:42:29,582 --> 00:42:31,891 And by this cross and ring, a priest. 520 00:42:33,741 --> 00:42:36,733 Have you knowledge of such a one gone missing hereabouts? 521 00:42:36,821 --> 00:42:40,734 Why would he lead poor Oswin to the funeral pyre on purpose? 522 00:42:40,822 --> 00:42:42,777 He was as shocked as anyone. 523 00:42:42,862 --> 00:42:45,136 Hold there! Over there! 524 00:42:45,221 --> 00:42:47,212 After him! 525 00:42:47,301 --> 00:42:49,212 SOLDIER: This way! 526 00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:54,379 - Come on! - Here he is! Quickly! 527 00:42:57,940 --> 00:42:59,896 Easy now. 528 00:43:06,380 --> 00:43:09,177 Here's a fine dagger for a piece of dung to carry. 529 00:43:12,379 --> 00:43:14,335 And a sheath to match. 530 00:43:15,380 --> 00:43:17,336 How did you come by it? 531 00:43:18,338 --> 00:43:20,296 I did not steal it, my Lord. 532 00:43:21,019 --> 00:43:22,974 I'm an honest man. 533 00:43:23,058 --> 00:43:25,014 I swear. 534 00:43:25,939 --> 00:43:27,213 How? 535 00:43:27,299 --> 00:43:29,255 I- I found it, my Lord. 536 00:43:29,338 --> 00:43:30,818 Where? 537 00:43:30,899 --> 00:43:32,854 In the forest, my Lord. 538 00:43:32,938 --> 00:43:35,691 The place they burn charcoal, where you found me. 539 00:43:36,457 --> 00:43:38,413 There's blood on it. 540 00:43:38,497 --> 00:43:40,455 I killed a chicken, my Lord. 541 00:43:46,298 --> 00:43:48,209 - Argh! - Sergeant Warden, 542 00:43:48,298 --> 00:43:50,731 Father Abbot has given me leave to tend his sores. 543 00:43:50,817 --> 00:43:53,332 Well, I did not. 544 00:43:53,418 --> 00:43:58,366 Warden, if you want any sense out of him, you'll feed and salve him. He's no use to you dead. 545 00:43:58,457 --> 00:44:01,016 No use alive, either - to us or any man. 546 00:44:01,096 --> 00:44:03,245 You truly believe he has murdered? 547 00:44:03,336 --> 00:44:08,285 Or do you merely wish it so... that you may tell Canon Eluard you have his mystery solved? 548 00:44:10,055 --> 00:44:12,525 Leave me with him. I wont spirit him away. 549 00:44:24,219 --> 00:44:26,176 What is your name? 550 00:44:26,260 --> 00:44:28,490 - Hm? - What do men call you? 551 00:44:30,019 --> 00:44:31,976 Harald. 552 00:44:33,019 --> 00:44:34,976 A king's name. 553 00:44:36,059 --> 00:44:38,015 How long have you been living wild? 554 00:44:38,099 --> 00:44:40,055 I never did violence, Brother. 555 00:44:41,060 --> 00:44:43,015 Nor stole anything but to gain food. 556 00:44:43,979 --> 00:44:45,935 I- I found the dagger. 557 00:44:46,018 --> 00:44:48,010 I- I needed it for my hunting. 558 00:44:48,098 --> 00:44:50,658 It seems to have done you precious little good. 559 00:44:50,739 --> 00:44:53,696 I never saw body and soul so loosely strung together. 560 00:44:55,018 --> 00:44:57,293 Do you lack skill with the longbow as well? 561 00:44:58,338 --> 00:45:00,534 Ah, this is called hound's tongue. 562 00:45:01,497 --> 00:45:04,967 It's apt I think for this... what, a dog bite? 563 00:45:06,658 --> 00:45:08,693 (Gasps) 564 00:45:08,777 --> 00:45:10,733 How did you come to such a life? 565 00:45:13,458 --> 00:45:15,209 Are you a runaway? 566 00:45:15,297 --> 00:45:17,366 From a master who sought my blood. 567 00:45:17,456 --> 00:45:19,254 For what reason? 568 00:45:19,336 --> 00:45:21,293 Do they need a reason? 569 00:45:22,336 --> 00:45:24,930 Now, this man who is dead. 570 00:45:25,017 --> 00:45:26,972 Not by my hand, Brother. 571 00:45:27,056 --> 00:45:29,012 - You must believe it. - I do. 572 00:45:29,096 --> 00:45:31,052 But have you seen a man in the forest? 573 00:45:32,297 --> 00:45:35,766 Riding a fine dark horse, wearing clothes to match his dagger. 574 00:45:35,856 --> 00:45:37,811 Green velvet trimmed with gold. 575 00:45:37,895 --> 00:45:39,850 Did you see such a man, Harald? 576 00:45:41,697 --> 00:45:43,651 I do not seek to trick you. 577 00:45:43,736 --> 00:45:46,373 - I know you did not kill. - I-I saw him, Brother. 578 00:45:47,455 --> 00:45:50,492 - I saw him. - Nor must you seek to please me. 579 00:45:50,576 --> 00:45:52,725 The truth, that's all I ask. 580 00:45:53,774 --> 00:45:59,088 I saw him... riding north on his dark horse, as you say. 581 00:46:00,814 --> 00:46:03,453 And the rich warm clothes on him. 582 00:46:04,654 --> 00:46:06,610 Such a cloak. 583 00:46:07,534 --> 00:46:11,526 Held by a great brooch... here. 584 00:46:12,735 --> 00:46:14,884 - A brooch? - Large 585 00:46:15,853 --> 00:46:17,809 Almost as a shield boss. 586 00:46:18,573 --> 00:46:20,804 And red as blood. 587 00:46:20,894 --> 00:46:22,929 We have found no brooch. 588 00:46:23,013 --> 00:46:25,208 I have not stole it, Brother. 589 00:46:29,814 --> 00:46:32,451 My bishop will be sorely grieved. 590 00:46:33,493 --> 00:46:35,449 It is Clemence, my Lord? 591 00:46:36,733 --> 00:46:39,007 The smile is the same. 592 00:46:39,092 --> 00:46:41,048 Cover him. 593 00:46:42,173 --> 00:46:44,003 The riding shoe... unique. 594 00:46:44,771 --> 00:46:46,286 The jewellery also. 595 00:46:46,373 --> 00:46:50,922 Ah... this ring was a gift from the Bishop of Winchester himself. 596 00:46:51,971 --> 00:46:54,484 You hold a fellow for this crime, is this not so? 597 00:46:54,571 --> 00:46:56,482 I do, sir. 598 00:46:56,572 --> 00:46:59,484 I think what Sergeant Warden means to say, my Lord, 599 00:46:59,571 --> 00:47:02,211 is that he has grave doubts as to the mans guilt. 600 00:47:02,292 --> 00:47:08,400 And rightly so. I mean, he's a poor wretch with neither rag nor crust to his name. 601 00:47:08,491 --> 00:47:12,688 Are we to believe that he kills a man and then leaves his jewels? 602 00:47:12,770 --> 00:47:14,489 His clothes? 603 00:47:14,571 --> 00:47:19,085 And single-handed builds him into a charcoal stack and burns him? I think not. 604 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:21,923 - Nor does Sergeant Warden - Indeed? 605 00:47:22,011 --> 00:47:28,085 Sergeant Warden, civil war breeds felons like a rotting cat breeds maggots. 606 00:47:28,890 --> 00:47:32,040 Justice must be swift and sharp to reassure. 607 00:47:33,090 --> 00:47:35,044 A churchman has been murdered. 608 00:47:35,129 --> 00:47:39,965 I would have that punished and a line drawn under it before I move again from here. 609 00:47:41,849 --> 00:47:43,805 Hang him. 610 00:47:57,728 --> 00:47:59,798 - Do you turn lead into gold here? - Mm? 611 00:48:00,728 --> 00:48:03,401 Oh, no, only rosehips into syrup. 612 00:48:04,447 --> 00:48:07,678 - Can I help you? - A family visit... to see Meriet. 613 00:48:07,766 --> 00:48:10,361 - But I'm told he's not at the Abbey. - Er... no. 614 00:48:10,447 --> 00:48:12,404 But... he's well. 615 00:48:13,767 --> 00:48:15,724 Isobel, I'm glad you're here. 616 00:48:18,247 --> 00:48:19,884 Tell me... 617 00:48:20,927 --> 00:48:23,644 ...is Ashby true to the King, hm? 618 00:48:24,486 --> 00:48:26,921 Leoric, Tristan, Janyn, Meriet, all of you? 619 00:48:27,687 --> 00:48:30,155 My Uncle Leoric, certainly, for king is king. 620 00:48:30,246 --> 00:48:32,317 His duty is to the name and that is that. 621 00:48:32,407 --> 00:48:34,363 - And the rest? - Why do you ask? 622 00:48:35,126 --> 00:48:40,644 Well, if Clemence wasnt killed for gain, or hate, the answer must lie in his task, his mission. 623 00:48:40,726 --> 00:48:42,682 But a man is caught. 624 00:48:42,766 --> 00:48:44,722 Oh, yes, but not condemned. 625 00:48:45,765 --> 00:48:47,722 Not yet. 626 00:48:47,806 --> 00:48:50,240 Brother, there's no politics in Meriet. 627 00:48:50,326 --> 00:48:56,002 And as for Tristan and Janyn, they love to hunt and hawk, not skulk in corners plotting. 628 00:48:57,325 --> 00:49:01,476 When the King calls, their swords will be his, as would mine were I allowed. 629 00:49:03,924 --> 00:49:05,676 There is one other thing. 630 00:49:06,804 --> 00:49:11,832 A brooch, large as a shield boss and as red as blood. It belonged to Clemence. 631 00:49:12,604 --> 00:49:14,401 Yes, I saw it on his cloak. 632 00:49:14,484 --> 00:49:16,202 When he rode from Ashby? 633 00:49:16,284 --> 00:49:18,240 - Yes. - I cannot find it 634 00:49:18,324 --> 00:49:20,394 Not where he fell, not where he burned. 635 00:49:20,484 --> 00:49:23,475 Then surely it is stolen? 636 00:49:23,563 --> 00:49:26,078 Not by the wild man, of that I am certain. 637 00:49:28,164 --> 00:49:30,120 - Then by whom? - Who knows? 638 00:49:33,682 --> 00:49:36,800 But if by someone at Ashby... 639 00:49:37,842 --> 00:49:39,799 ...you would be the one to find out. 640 00:49:42,963 --> 00:49:44,714 At Ashby? 641 00:49:48,643 --> 00:49:50,598 Brother Meriet. Brother Meriet. 642 00:49:52,042 --> 00:49:53,997 News as well as bread. 643 00:49:54,081 --> 00:49:56,641 The wild man, the one they caught in the forest, 644 00:49:56,722 --> 00:49:59,794 they say he killed Peter Clemence and is to hang for it. 645 00:49:59,882 --> 00:50:02,441 - What? - It's true. "King Harald" they call him. 646 00:50:03,561 --> 00:50:06,075 - Meriet? - I must go to Brother Cadfael. 647 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:07,879 Argh! 648 00:50:07,961 --> 00:50:09,917 - Oswin! - Brother Meriet. 649 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,477 I killed Peter Clemence. 650 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:19,553 I shot him down in the forest not three miles from Ashby. 651 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,791 Tell Sergeant Warden to let that poor wretch Harald free. 652 00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,951 - I never thought when he was taken that... - Easy, easy. 653 00:50:28,319 --> 00:50:30,709 Why did you commit such a mortal sin? 654 00:50:31,439 --> 00:50:33,237 Why? 655 00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,787 Because he made free with my brother's bride. 656 00:50:35,879 --> 00:50:37,915 The woman I, too, loved. 657 00:50:38,959 --> 00:50:40,995 And your father, does he know of this? 658 00:50:41,079 --> 00:50:43,035 How else should I be here? 659 00:50:44,079 --> 00:50:46,547 He gave me choice, which was no choice - 660 00:50:46,639 --> 00:50:49,711 to undergo this lifelong penance of the cloister 661 00:50:49,799 --> 00:50:53,553 or to publicly admit my guilt and go to shameful death. 662 00:50:54,479 --> 00:50:57,915 Thus destroying our family name and ancient honour. 663 00:50:58,878 --> 00:51:00,550 And so him. 664 00:51:01,478 --> 00:51:03,434 If what you say is true... 665 00:51:04,478 --> 00:51:07,753 ...then you have great need to ease the burden of your guilt. 666 00:51:08,477 --> 00:51:10,309 Receive a priest. 667 00:51:11,118 --> 00:51:14,268 Meriet, receive a priest and confess. 668 00:51:14,997 --> 00:51:16,953 For your soul's comfort. 669 00:51:17,036 --> 00:51:20,234 It is not sufficient to confess to me. You know that. 670 00:51:21,236 --> 00:51:25,753 Seek absolution before this thing presses you down into hell. 671 00:51:27,397 --> 00:51:30,194 Brother Jerome is confessor to the novices. 672 00:51:30,277 --> 00:51:32,231 Your confessor. I shall fetch him. 673 00:51:37,236 --> 00:51:39,192 I killed Clemence. 674 00:51:39,276 --> 00:51:41,233 I killed him. 675 00:51:45,955 --> 00:51:47,911 (Bell tolls) 676 00:52:00,556 --> 00:52:02,510 He will not say the words. 677 00:52:03,554 --> 00:52:05,511 He will not confess. 678 00:52:05,595 --> 00:52:07,550 Of course not. 679 00:52:07,634 --> 00:52:13,266 Oh, he can lie to me, to Brother Oswin, to the world, for a cause that seems good enough. 680 00:52:14,355 --> 00:52:17,903 But he cannot lie to his confessor... and so God. 681 00:52:19,914 --> 00:52:22,063 He did not kill Peter Clemence. 682 00:52:23,073 --> 00:52:28,751 Brother Meriet... to accept banishment to the cloister may be deemed a great self-sacrifice. 683 00:52:29,474 --> 00:52:33,431 And there is virtue in it, too, when it is done to save the family honour. 684 00:52:34,152 --> 00:52:35,950 But you still have your life. 685 00:52:36,033 --> 00:52:39,548 And if you killed, that life is forfeit. 686 00:52:41,393 --> 00:52:43,349 And I accept that penalty. 687 00:52:44,472 --> 00:52:46,622 No starving runaway must take my place. 688 00:52:46,712 --> 00:52:50,307 After Peter Clemence was killed, you moved the body out of sight. 689 00:52:51,032 --> 00:52:54,548 Amongst the trees above the track, deep in the evening shadows. 690 00:52:56,712 --> 00:52:58,431 And frightened off the horse? 691 00:53:00,392 --> 00:53:03,782 And then you took him to the charcoal stack and burnt him. 692 00:53:03,872 --> 00:53:05,781 I know the method. 693 00:53:05,871 --> 00:53:08,181 The old charcoal burner taught me as a child. 694 00:53:08,271 --> 00:53:10,228 Brother, can he be moved? 695 00:53:11,271 --> 00:53:12,670 Not yet. 696 00:53:12,752 --> 00:53:15,549 A snapped ankle is of little import when his neck will follow. 697 00:53:29,069 --> 00:53:31,026 ROSANNA: Isobel? 698 00:53:33,470 --> 00:53:35,506 Are you not dressing for the journey? 699 00:53:35,589 --> 00:53:37,546 I have! 700 00:53:37,629 --> 00:53:40,587 Oh. You might try and make an effort for my wedding. 701 00:53:40,669 --> 00:53:42,739 I shall see what is suitable, Rosanna. 702 00:54:04,068 --> 00:54:06,024 (Bell tolls) 703 00:54:23,106 --> 00:54:24,985 You are welcome, sir. 704 00:54:25,787 --> 00:54:28,507 You are gracious, Father. 705 00:54:28,588 --> 00:54:31,148 FATHER ABBOT: Salvere iubeo 706 00:54:31,228 --> 00:54:34,583 Dominus vobiscum Laudate Jesus 707 00:54:37,186 --> 00:54:39,496 A wedding is a joyful occasion. 708 00:54:40,547 --> 00:54:42,502 You have my kinsmans bones. 709 00:54:45,345 --> 00:54:47,302 (Plainsong) 710 00:54:54,945 --> 00:54:56,902 (Whispers prayer) 711 00:55:09,465 --> 00:55:11,421 Forgive me for intruding. 712 00:55:12,944 --> 00:55:15,583 You have had word from Sergeant Warden? 713 00:55:17,304 --> 00:55:19,260 Meriet has confessed the murder. 714 00:55:21,984 --> 00:55:24,214 But I do not believe him guilty. 715 00:55:26,344 --> 00:55:28,300 You do not believe? 716 00:55:29,344 --> 00:55:31,299 Were you there? 717 00:55:31,383 --> 00:55:34,022 I know what I heard and saw, Brother. 718 00:55:35,744 --> 00:55:37,698 I never can forget it. 719 00:55:38,824 --> 00:55:40,780 You came upon them, then? 720 00:55:42,303 --> 00:55:44,259 Can we leave this place? 721 00:55:48,103 --> 00:55:50,820 I went out with my hounds. A day's hunting. 722 00:55:51,863 --> 00:55:54,980 And what do I run down? A brave stag? 723 00:55:55,902 --> 00:55:57,494 No. 724 00:55:57,582 --> 00:56:01,541 My recently departed guest... my own kinsman... 725 00:56:02,702 --> 00:56:04,658 ...with an arrow in his chest. 726 00:56:05,661 --> 00:56:07,618 And Meriet... 727 00:56:07,702 --> 00:56:11,330 bow and quiver on his shoulder... dragging him from the path. 728 00:56:12,622 --> 00:56:17,013 Calling out to the nearby horse as he went about his... bloody business. 729 00:56:17,740 --> 00:56:21,097 - What time of day was this? - How do I know what time of day it was? 730 00:56:21,181 --> 00:56:25,014 - It was the end of time for me. - Was it morning, noon, evening? 731 00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:27,979 Oh... evening. We were bound for home and supper. 732 00:56:28,061 --> 00:56:30,336 Did Meriet say anything? 733 00:56:31,379 --> 00:56:33,336 Not one word. What could he say? 734 00:56:34,340 --> 00:56:37,059 Well, he says much now. Every deed is his. 735 00:56:37,140 --> 00:56:39,097 He cannot bear the guilt. 736 00:56:39,181 --> 00:56:41,136 No more can I. 737 00:56:41,980 --> 00:56:44,209 I dont understand. What guilt is yours? 738 00:56:44,939 --> 00:56:46,895 If you did not kill Clemence. 739 00:56:48,620 --> 00:56:52,692 - You think that? - I only know that Meriet certainly did not. 740 00:56:52,780 --> 00:56:55,135 So I ask again - what guilt is yours? 741 00:56:57,779 --> 00:56:59,735 Did you... 742 00:57:00,778 --> 00:57:02,734 ...burn the corpse? 743 00:57:11,458 --> 00:57:13,414 I shall miss you, Isobel. 744 00:57:13,498 --> 00:57:16,409 And I you. Who shall advise me on what to wear? 745 00:57:17,458 --> 00:57:19,413 But when I think of my good fortune. 746 00:57:20,257 --> 00:57:22,611 Tristan will make such a handsome husband. 747 00:57:22,696 --> 00:57:26,771 And there will be land, wealth, adventure. 748 00:57:26,857 --> 00:57:29,325 Adventure? A manor house in the chilly north? 749 00:57:29,417 --> 00:57:33,807 Oh yes My brother Janyn says there will be excitement and rich rewards 750 00:57:34,696 --> 00:57:36,607 Newark is no ordinary place. 751 00:57:36,696 --> 00:57:39,894 When I ride away from here tomorrow I shall pity you 752 00:57:39,977 --> 00:57:41,933 And I shall pity the pack horse. 753 00:57:42,016 --> 00:57:46,727 Will we be obliged, do you think, to attend compline after supping with the Abbot? 754 00:57:47,655 --> 00:57:49,293 I suppose we shall. 755 00:57:49,375 --> 00:57:51,332 I could never be a monk 756 00:57:51,416 --> 00:57:54,772 The day is so disrupted by this constant need to pray 757 00:57:54,856 --> 00:57:56,812 What can monks need to pray about? 758 00:57:56,896 --> 00:57:58,773 That is a mystery. 759 00:57:58,856 --> 00:58:00,765 What hopes can they give voice to? 760 00:58:02,055 --> 00:58:04,010 What sins need they confess? 761 00:58:13,135 --> 00:58:17,412 I had the horse led to the far north, by the track Clemence should have ridden. 762 00:58:18,215 --> 00:58:20,170 Devil's own job to catch. 763 00:58:20,254 --> 00:58:23,530 And the body I took secretly to the charcoal hearth. 764 00:58:25,895 --> 00:58:27,850 I built a stack and fired it. 765 00:58:28,614 --> 00:58:32,686 It was not well done and against my conscience, but I did it. 766 00:58:34,174 --> 00:58:39,167 And I did it, not for Meriet's sake, not for my own flesh and blood. 767 00:58:39,253 --> 00:58:41,209 That's the real shame. 768 00:58:42,293 --> 00:58:47,128 But to preserve that worthless thing called... honour. 769 00:58:47,213 --> 00:58:49,168 No, honour is not worthless. 770 00:58:50,052 --> 00:58:54,921 But you sought to protect the family name and a name alone has no worth at all. 771 00:58:55,012 --> 00:58:56,968 I know, I know. 772 00:58:58,013 --> 00:58:59,969 Then you must think clearly now. 773 00:59:00,893 --> 00:59:07,365 Did Clemence leave your house that morning, that is, not after noon? 774 00:59:07,452 --> 00:59:10,364 He broke his fast and left. What of it? 775 00:59:10,452 --> 00:59:13,888 It was you and Meriet said the man was killed at evening. 776 00:59:13,972 --> 00:59:16,850 Some six hours later. Six hours? 777 00:59:16,931 --> 00:59:18,922 To ride three miles? 778 00:59:19,850 --> 00:59:22,923 - You do not find that strange? - I do not see its import. 779 00:59:23,011 --> 00:59:24,967 You did not see Meriet kill. 780 00:59:25,692 --> 00:59:30,321 You saw him merely move a dead man, a man who might have died six hours before. 781 00:59:30,410 --> 00:59:32,402 You assumed his guilt. 782 00:59:32,491 --> 00:59:36,119 Why should he yield and accept all if he had an answer for me? 783 00:59:36,210 --> 00:59:41,568 Perhaps because the answer he had for you would have been too hard for you to bear. 784 00:59:43,209 --> 00:59:45,166 Surely for love. 785 00:59:46,289 --> 00:59:49,326 I doubt if he has had his proper fill of love all his life. 786 00:59:50,049 --> 00:59:55,328 But those who most hunger for it do sometimes, most and best, deliver it. 787 00:59:55,409 --> 00:59:57,365 I have loved him. 788 00:59:57,449 --> 01:00:01,442 But he's always been so troublesome a soul. Always going contrary. 789 01:00:01,529 --> 01:00:03,963 Going contrary is one way to get your notice. 790 01:00:04,048 --> 01:00:08,008 - Obedience and virtue go unregarded. - Oh, let that be. 791 01:00:09,088 --> 01:00:11,842 He resented Clemence, as he resents everything. 792 01:00:12,568 --> 01:00:15,003 His simmering bile is a curse. 793 01:00:16,488 --> 01:00:18,319 But he did not kill. 794 01:00:18,407 --> 01:00:20,125 Then who did? 795 01:00:21,248 --> 01:00:23,523 Who does he love most in this world? 796 01:00:23,608 --> 01:00:25,564 Most admire and respect? 797 01:00:25,648 --> 01:00:28,366 Who has shown him most kindness through the years? 798 01:00:28,447 --> 01:00:33,999 There are two sons at Ashby, not one, as you are apt to think. 799 01:00:35,686 --> 01:00:40,158 Do you suggest that Tristan murdered Clemence? 800 01:00:41,487 --> 01:00:43,443 You are gone mad. 801 01:00:43,527 --> 01:00:49,442 Oh, I see! Lmpossible for your heir and darling, yet instantly believable of his brother? 802 01:00:50,646 --> 01:00:53,036 In this world, all men are fallible. 803 01:00:53,885 --> 01:00:55,683 All things are possible. 804 01:00:55,766 --> 01:00:59,395 Meriet's bile may simmer, but he does nothing by halves. 805 01:01:00,125 --> 01:01:02,003 His self-sacrifice is total. 806 01:01:02,086 --> 01:01:05,441 It consumes him like a fire and it preserves you all. 807 01:01:06,285 --> 01:01:08,754 Tristan, the brother he loves, from hanging. 808 01:01:08,846 --> 01:01:12,281 Rosanna, the woman he loved or thought he loved, from widowhood. 809 01:01:12,365 --> 01:01:16,881 And you, the father who loved him not, from heartbreak. 810 01:01:18,444 --> 01:01:20,002 Oh. 811 01:01:21,524 --> 01:01:23,720 I must go to Sergeant Warden. 812 01:01:24,805 --> 01:01:28,480 You must go to Father Abbot's supper and say nothing. 813 01:01:29,443 --> 01:01:32,720 And tomorrow, you must let Tristan wed in peace... 814 01:01:33,764 --> 01:01:38,202 ...because as you were mistaken, so too might Meriet have been. 815 01:01:39,323 --> 01:01:42,555 Even now, we do not know the truth. 816 01:01:43,523 --> 01:01:45,037 Brother Cadfael! 817 01:01:45,122 --> 01:01:47,080 Oh, Uncle, I'm sorry. 818 01:01:51,123 --> 01:01:53,000 I've found it. 819 01:01:56,322 --> 01:01:57,755 Isobel? 820 01:01:57,842 --> 01:01:59,798 How goes it with you, Brother? 821 01:02:00,523 --> 01:02:02,991 - Why are you here? - I will ask the questions. 822 01:02:04,761 --> 01:02:07,117 Why did you confess to murdering Clemence? 823 01:02:07,841 --> 01:02:10,117 - Because he insulted and provoked... - Liar! 824 01:02:10,202 --> 01:02:14,558 You are your father's son. You could not murder, least of all a cousin. 825 01:02:14,641 --> 01:02:16,598 Open your eyes, Meriet. 826 01:02:16,682 --> 01:02:20,559 See the truth of what you are saving... and what you are throwing away. 827 01:02:27,642 --> 01:02:31,350 Tell me, why is Newark no ordinary place? 828 01:02:31,441 --> 01:02:34,238 MERIET: Newark? Why? 829 01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:36,311 Because Rosanna calls it so. 830 01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,756 She has strange high hopes of life there, raised by Janyn. 831 01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:41,796 Why Janyn? 832 01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:44,314 Perhaps because we, our family, own a manor there 833 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:47,153 which is to be Tristan and Rosanna's future home. 834 01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:48,752 What else? 835 01:02:48,839 --> 01:02:50,237 Brother? 836 01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:54,359 It has a castle on the River Trent. 837 01:02:54,441 --> 01:02:57,670 A fine stout place. Sometimes called the "Key of the North". 838 01:02:57,759 --> 01:03:04,790 Forms part of a chain running from east to west with Lincoln, Nottingham... and Chester. 839 01:03:04,879 --> 01:03:08,997 Then it is plain. A great to and fro of weighty men and clerics. 840 01:03:09,079 --> 01:03:11,798 It will suit Rosanna most excellently 841 01:03:13,238 --> 01:03:15,194 But why Tristan and why Janyn? 842 01:03:17,278 --> 01:03:23,228 A king who holds that chain can rule secure. 843 01:03:26,318 --> 01:03:30,787 Lubilate Deo 844 01:03:31,917 --> 01:03:36,786 Omnis terra 845 01:03:37,837 --> 01:03:44,709 Servite Domino in laetitia 846 01:03:46,038 --> 01:03:51,029 Introite 847 01:03:51,115 --> 01:03:56,588 In conspectu 848 01:03:57,316 --> 01:04:01,947 Eius 849 01:04:03,715 --> 01:04:07,914 In exultatione 850 01:04:24,395 --> 01:04:26,351 (Bell tolls) 851 01:04:29,113 --> 01:04:31,752 Your cloak, Rosanna. The cloisters are chilly. 852 01:04:32,633 --> 01:04:34,865 One moment. 853 01:04:34,954 --> 01:04:37,628 A rare and beautiful thing you have there. 854 01:04:38,634 --> 01:04:40,590 Where did you get it? 855 01:04:43,033 --> 01:04:45,832 Lt... It was a gift, sir, from a kinsman. 856 01:04:45,914 --> 01:04:52,351 Strange, for it is the exact same as the one my bishop gave to his favourite clerk, 857 01:04:52,432 --> 01:04:55,152 Peter Clemence, who is now dead. 858 01:04:55,233 --> 01:04:57,427 - Sir, it cannot be. - No, it cannot. 859 01:04:57,513 --> 01:05:00,787 ROSANNA: You are mistaken. - There is no other quite like it. 860 01:05:00,871 --> 01:05:02,749 So they are made, to be unique. 861 01:05:02,832 --> 01:05:05,709 As your beauty is unique. 862 01:05:05,792 --> 01:05:07,943 Will you step through? Close the doors! 863 01:05:21,191 --> 01:05:22,830 Who gave you this? 864 01:05:24,912 --> 01:05:26,390 Meriet. 865 01:05:26,471 --> 01:05:28,029 - Meriet Ashby. - What? 866 01:05:28,111 --> 01:05:32,263 He... kept on following me around with his dog eyes. 867 01:05:33,190 --> 01:05:37,628 I did not want his gifts, but I took it to be kind to him. How could I have known where he got it? 868 01:05:37,711 --> 01:05:40,019 When did he make you this gift? 869 01:05:41,110 --> 01:05:43,066 The day after Clemence left Ashby. 870 01:05:43,150 --> 01:05:45,107 The day after he was killed. 871 01:05:45,191 --> 01:05:48,102 He came to me at home and he pressed me to take it. 872 01:05:48,829 --> 01:05:51,980 Be careful what you say, girl. I know this cannot be true. 873 01:05:52,068 --> 01:05:54,743 Meriet was a prisoner in my house that day. 874 01:05:55,590 --> 01:05:58,945 I had him under lock and key. Who gave you this? 875 01:06:00,510 --> 01:06:02,465 Was it Tristan? 876 01:06:09,469 --> 01:06:11,108 No. 877 01:06:13,068 --> 01:06:14,820 It was... 878 01:06:15,748 --> 01:06:17,703 It was my brother Janyn. 879 01:06:27,628 --> 01:06:30,699 Janyn, why do you leave in such haste? It is breach of etiquette. 880 01:06:30,787 --> 01:06:35,622 You'll either have your etiquette breached or your guts. One cleric is much like another. 881 01:06:45,907 --> 01:06:47,385 Stop! 882 01:07:05,386 --> 01:07:07,457 (Groans in pain) 883 01:07:14,265 --> 01:07:16,221 Argh! 884 01:07:39,785 --> 01:07:41,102 Enough! 885 01:07:42,183 --> 01:07:43,982 Do not monks foreswear violence? 886 01:07:44,065 --> 01:07:46,658 Well done, Oswin. Now, go and fetch some help. 887 01:07:48,303 --> 01:07:50,736 MERIET: You killed Peter Clemence. 888 01:07:52,022 --> 01:07:53,900 But why? 889 01:07:53,983 --> 01:07:58,134 I think perhaps his friends, the northern barons, were gathered at Chester. 890 01:07:58,222 --> 01:08:00,417 Hm? Plotting against King Stephen? 891 01:08:01,263 --> 01:08:03,219 Carving England in half? 892 01:08:03,303 --> 01:08:06,340 How could he allow poor Clemence to blunder in on that? 893 01:08:07,141 --> 01:08:09,098 And you are all in this? 894 01:08:09,182 --> 01:08:12,652 You... Tristan... Rosanna? 895 01:08:13,463 --> 01:08:17,454 The Earl of Chester promised much to those prepared to risk. 896 01:08:19,102 --> 01:08:21,661 Better hang than stay the lords of dunghills. 897 01:08:22,502 --> 01:08:24,459 But murder? 898 01:08:25,542 --> 01:08:27,497 Clemence was family! 899 01:08:27,581 --> 01:08:29,537 Your family, Meriet. 900 01:08:30,581 --> 01:08:32,536 Not mine. 901 01:08:35,701 --> 01:08:37,658 I'll take him, Brother. 902 01:08:42,780 --> 01:08:45,169 TRISTAN: He said he went to delay him 903 01:08:46,501 --> 01:08:49,253 But then came home and told us what he had done 904 01:08:50,700 --> 01:08:52,657 And he was all for leaving him. 905 01:08:54,220 --> 01:08:56,176 Lying in the track like a dead fox. 906 01:08:59,499 --> 01:09:01,454 But I lack Janyns steel. 907 01:09:02,300 --> 01:09:04,369 And besides Clemence was a kinsman 908 01:09:05,498 --> 01:09:07,456 He deserved at least a burial 909 01:09:08,819 --> 01:09:10,775 So out I went and found him. 910 01:09:14,258 --> 01:09:16,215 And then the nightmare. 911 01:09:17,658 --> 01:09:19,615 Meriet upon me. 912 01:09:21,017 --> 01:09:24,295 Blood was on my hands, he clearly thought from my deed. 913 01:09:25,578 --> 01:09:28,615 And then fathers hounds crashing through behind us 914 01:09:29,819 --> 01:09:31,934 "Go," cries Meriet. 915 01:09:32,018 --> 01:09:35,248 "Go, get clear away from here, I will do what must be done." 916 01:09:40,098 --> 01:09:42,168 It is not just steel I lack Brother 917 01:09:45,576 --> 01:09:47,010 ...but courage... 918 01:09:48,256 --> 01:09:49,655 ...honour... 919 01:09:52,058 --> 01:09:54,013 ...strength of heart. 920 01:09:56,976 --> 01:09:58,932 I fled. 921 01:10:02,615 --> 01:10:04,572 I fled. 922 01:10:10,696 --> 01:10:12,651 But God sees all, is that not true? 923 01:10:13,456 --> 01:10:16,492 As clearly as we may see inside ourselves. 924 01:10:20,015 --> 01:10:23,053 Master Canon, what is to become of my husband and me... 925 01:10:24,095 --> 01:10:27,167 ...whose only true sin is to be led astray? 926 01:10:28,095 --> 01:10:35,522 Well, I am not moved by a lady's soft smile, Mistress Ashby. 927 01:10:37,055 --> 01:10:39,614 You have known of murder and kept silent. 928 01:10:39,694 --> 01:10:41,650 You have plotted treason. 929 01:10:42,614 --> 01:10:44,569 Those are your true sins. 930 01:10:45,494 --> 01:10:50,771 But if there is treason in the north, at least now the King may act upon it. 931 01:10:52,014 --> 01:10:55,802 And he is sometimes a more forgiving man than I. 932 01:10:56,853 --> 01:11:02,086 For that and for your lives I suggest you pray 933 01:11:34,251 --> 01:11:35,569 I... 934 01:11:36,290 --> 01:11:41,446 I said to Brother Cadfael... that this murder was the end of time for me. 935 01:11:43,571 --> 01:11:45,800 Well, now I hope it can be a new beginning. 936 01:11:48,090 --> 01:11:52,369 I have misprized you, Meriet, from the very day that you were born. 937 01:11:54,770 --> 01:11:56,726 Forgive me. 938 01:11:57,569 --> 01:11:59,526 The fault is not all yours, Father. 939 01:12:00,570 --> 01:12:02,958 No man could have a more irksome son. 940 01:12:09,649 --> 01:12:11,605 Come home. 941 01:12:17,008 --> 01:12:18,965 (Leoric sobs) 942 01:12:19,049 --> 01:12:21,004 LEORIC: Yes, yes, yes, yes. 943 01:12:23,769 --> 01:12:25,724 (Chains rattle) 944 01:12:36,048 --> 01:12:38,004 Sergeant. 945 01:12:40,248 --> 01:12:43,603 I trust you have thanked the brothers for their part in this? 946 01:12:43,688 --> 01:12:47,363 - My Lord. - And will ensure "King Harald" is released. 947 01:12:49,287 --> 01:12:51,643 - My Lord. - I thank you for that. 948 01:12:54,527 --> 01:12:56,482 We will have our hanging after all. 949 01:12:57,286 --> 01:12:59,754 And Janyns neck will stretch far better. 950 01:13:15,045 --> 01:13:17,878 I came to thank you, Brother, for all you have done. 951 01:13:26,685 --> 01:13:29,039 You've been more father to me than Brother. 952 01:13:29,125 --> 01:13:32,219 Well, I thank you for the compliment. 953 01:13:32,285 --> 01:13:35,195 If you had a son... he would be truly blessed. 954 01:13:35,284 --> 01:13:37,115 So should I. 955 01:13:37,204 --> 01:13:39,240 You have spoken to your true father? 956 01:13:39,324 --> 01:13:42,617 I have. There is hope for both of us. 957 01:13:43,444 --> 01:13:45,400 Well, then, off you go. 958 01:13:45,484 --> 01:13:47,439 Your vocation is elsewhere. 959 01:13:47,523 --> 01:13:50,481 - And yours is truly here? - Oh, yes, it is. 960 01:13:50,563 --> 01:13:54,734 And not merely from atonement and weariness. 961 01:13:55,364 --> 01:14:02,601 In middle life, you too may stop and look inside yourself and wonder, "What now?" 962 01:14:02,682 --> 01:14:06,231 I was ripe for change and I find that change refreshing. 963 01:14:07,123 --> 01:14:11,800 - But I shall be married then with 12 children. - We'll see about the 12. 964 01:14:13,442 --> 01:14:15,399 God keep you, Brother Cadfael. 965 01:14:15,482 --> 01:14:17,438 I hope he will. 966 01:14:25,522 --> 01:14:28,277 I hope he will. 967 01:14:48,799 --> 01:14:57,879 Mentes tuorum visita 968 01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:03,648 Amen