1 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,160 Why, Denise! 2 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,440 Now my day's all sunshine! 3 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,960 Come in! 4 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,320 Let me take your coat. 5 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,360 Aye. It's not...just a visit? 6 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,160 I'm sorry, Uncle. I know I should have written to say I was coming, 7 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,920 but I'd made up my mind that it was time so... 8 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,680 Well, that's... 9 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:10,960 Denise, I... 10 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,480 I know I always said you would come here one day, and you will, 11 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,480 you will, I swear it. 12 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,240 Things will pick up, and once they do, you and I will... 13 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,320 Surely business can't be so bad? 14 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Perhaps in a few months' time. 15 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,280 Moray. Saturday's figures? 16 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,120 �153. 17 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,920 We did it. 18 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:44,680 "We" did it? OK. 19 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,760 Oh, Lord, don't you dare! 20 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,360 What? That look you're wearing! 21 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,080 What look is that? Restlessness, 22 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,520 upheaval, trouble! Admit it - 23 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,800 you have something on your mind! 24 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,000 Was madam looking for any particular department? 25 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,320 No, thank you. I was hoping... 26 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,600 I'm looking for work. 27 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,680 Oh. Try ladieswear department, first floor. 28 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,600 The girl from there has...left. 29 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Ask for Miss Audrey. Thank you. 30 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,040 When Miss Audrey looks down her nose at you, remember this - 31 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,160 she shaves her top lip! 32 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,560 I'm Sam, by the way. 33 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,160 You're supposed to tell me your name, now! Oh, I'm Denise. 34 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,600 Well, Denise, you're a country girl, aren't you? Is it so obvious? 35 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,240 Here. 36 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,440 A touch of blue ribbon. 37 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,200 Might distract them from your boots. 38 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,680 Draw their attention to your eyes. 39 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,160 Thank you. 40 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,600 Can you help me, please? I need to speak to Miss Audrey. 41 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,600 Cleaners should report to the back door. 42 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,640 I was hoping for a position working here. 43 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,000 A position? In ladieswear?! 44 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,040 Then I must introduce you to our head of department at once! 45 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:20,840 Miss Audrey, this young lady seems to think you might like to take her on! 46 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:24,800 My name's Denise, ma'am. I believe you may have an opening for a sales girl. I may have. 47 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,120 Do you have experience? 48 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,760 I worked in my local draper's store, ma'am, in Peebles. 49 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,400 I shall have to take your word for it that Peebles has a draper's shop. 50 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,840 Good morning, Miss Audrey. Morning, girls. Please, carry on. 51 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:41,720 Do you have a testimonial? 52 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,080 Yes, ma'am. 53 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,240 Mr Lovett! 54 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,120 Are you his niece? 55 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,720 Yes, ma'am. Is that Edmund Lovett? 56 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,640 Yes, sir. Did he send you here? No, sir. 57 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,240 Well, the fact that Lovett can't find work for his niece 58 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,520 in his own establishment, I will gladly oblige a neighbour. 59 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,400 That is if Miss Audrey should choose to take you on. 60 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,440 The application will proceed in the usual manner, Miss Lovett. 61 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,240 We will write to you. 62 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,680 Thank you. 63 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:25,320 Darling, my father has agreed to speak with you, I mean about the loan for your store. 64 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:26,720 Thank you, Katherine. 65 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,000 It is most kind of you to offer this. 66 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,600 Papa tried to tell me that you must go back to the bank. 67 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,800 But I glared at him 68 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,920 and he is decidedly more amenable! 69 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,920 He will try to be grumpy, but you will charm him in five minutes! 70 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,160 Well, I hope that once he hears my plans, 71 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,280 he will see that it is good business. 72 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,240 I will help you. 73 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,920 Is he inside? 74 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,080 He will be shortly. 75 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,800 Darling, I have invited some friends for tea. 76 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,520 They have been pestering me to meet you. 77 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,440 I can't keep you secret any longer! 78 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,040 Will you join us? 79 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,280 I always told your ma... 80 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,360 "Denise will be the one who takes on my business." 81 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,560 That's still true today. 82 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,080 There was a time that place was no bigger than my own. 83 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,560 Emmerson's, it was called then. 84 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:27,320 James Emmerson. 85 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,680 How did Mr Moray get the store? 86 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,560 He married Emmerson's daughter, soon after old James passed away. 87 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Mr Moray is married? He was. 88 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,880 Some people say he got lucky. 89 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,600 I don't say that. 90 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,440 In the last two years, that place has eaten half the street. 91 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,560 His wife died? 92 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,200 Someone has to stop him. 93 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:02,720 Uncle? 94 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,280 I've been offered a position at The Paradise. 95 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,080 You can't, Denise! I must work, Uncle. 96 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,040 I must earn a wage or how will I survive here? 97 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,440 And a perfume I had especially imported from Morocco. 98 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,480 It is so intoxicating, 99 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,320 one wisp of it... 100 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,400 ..and I find myself utterly hypnotised, 101 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,280 beyond all sense. 102 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,600 I dare not let myself imagine what they put into it! 103 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:50,920 Oh, really! You must come to The Paradise, ladies. 104 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,800 To try the fragrance. Perhaps. 105 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,360 I have heard that it is entirely possible that one may find oneself 106 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,800 at the same glove counter as a grocer's wife! 107 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,880 Imagine buying the very scent a butcher's daughter is wearing! 108 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,480 I'm sure the grocer's wife would be greatly relieved 109 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,640 that she does not have to stand beside your celebrated radiance, ladies. 110 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:20,640 It is, however, my loss, and I must satisfy myself by giving my attention to the butcher's daughter. 111 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:24,280 But I will wait in my store, ladies, 112 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:29,440 in the hope that one day soon you will come to me. 113 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:42,280 'If there is a more attractive man within a hundred miles,' 114 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,200 I will kiss my husband! 115 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,280 He is utterly adorable, Katherine. 116 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:51,560 He is talking to your father rather intensely. 117 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,360 My question for you, Moray, is this. 118 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,800 Does the world truly need more perfumes and petticoats? 119 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,880 Need is not the issue, sir. 120 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,560 I deal in appetite. 121 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,640 There's a weakness in women which we must exploit to the advantage of business. 122 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,880 I know you've been turned away by every bank in town, Moray. 123 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,520 Women are fickle. 124 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,240 Can you guarantee they'll go on spending their money 125 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,000 on your perfumes and fripperies? 126 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,120 I see that I must show you conclusively 127 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,520 what The Paradise can do. 128 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,800 Has he proposed to you? What a question to ask! 129 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,720 That is no kind of a denial, 130 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:36,840 which means that he has. 131 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,840 Katherine, how wonderful! 132 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,560 Please, you must say nothing. 133 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,280 We have hardly spoken about it. 134 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,200 But we must celebrate! 135 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,840 It will be the event of the year! 136 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,560 Why Moray? 137 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:03,520 Of all the men you could have chosen, Katherine, why him? 138 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,600 He'll conquer the city. I'm not sure he'll make much of a husband. 139 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,040 You said no, and made him wait? 140 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:13,360 He's convinced he can prove to me that his store is irresistible. 141 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,800 Perhaps it is. But you must let him feel you're unsure. 142 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,000 He brings out something in you that disturbs me. 143 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,080 It is only the chase, Papa. 144 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,560 You're Denise, aren't you? I'm Arthur. Follow me. 145 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:54,400 Keep up! 146 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,560 I know every face in this place. 147 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,520 And every name, and all. 148 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,360 Don't look so worried! Everyone here had their first day. 149 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,600 Except me! Howay! 150 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,320 See that there? That's where I was born. 151 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,360 There you are. Anything you need to know, ask Arthur. 152 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,800 Girl, dallying is considered a sin in a department store. 153 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:36,080 I hope you're not going to be a dallier. Are you a dallier? No, Miss Audrey, I was just... 154 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,320 No time for chattering, girl. Here is your uniform. 155 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,520 You may change in ladieswear today. From tomorrow, you must arrive ready for work. 156 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,080 Just in time, Pauline. Why must you always be just in time? Sorry, ma'am. 157 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,800 It was my hair got caught in my dress! Sorry! 158 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,240 You'll be shown to your room after work. 159 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,680 We expect our girls to be in bed by ten o'clock. Yes, Miss Audrey. 160 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,240 You can share with me. Room. We live three to a bed. 161 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,640 I mean room! Do you snore? 162 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,760 I snore! Come on. 163 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,640 That's how we wear it. OTHER GIRLS SNIGGER 164 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,160 We take turns with the customers. I'll show you. 165 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,360 We put our name on the board. That way it's fair. We all get our turn. 166 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,160 To earn commission. No-one could survive on the wages. 167 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,680 I can't, anyway. 168 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,440 There. Now you're one of us! 169 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:36,160 Pauline, why are you never where you're supposed to be? 170 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,000 It is a sin to abandon your department. Quickly, girl, haberdashery! Sorry, Miss Audrey. 171 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,480 Sorry! 172 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,200 Oh, Denise. 173 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,120 You must learn how to wear clothes. 174 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,200 If you must keep your hair long, then tie it up properly. 175 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,360 It looks like a mongrel dog's tail hanging there. 176 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,160 We require standards of dress and decorum from our girls. 177 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,800 There will be no relations with the male staff. No relations. 178 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,720 Any manner of relations on shop premises will be dealt with swiftly and severely. 179 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,960 Your predecessor was discovered with a young man in a... 180 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,040 ..alone in her room. 181 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,240 GIRL: Miss Audrey? Ah! 182 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,640 They were slow cashing up last night. Go over and see what's going on. 183 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:27,080 The linen deliveries, the driver. He's too friendly. We should keep an eye on him. 184 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,960 He's a cousin of young Chapel's. He's a friendly fellow, that's all. 185 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,760 It's the friendly fellows that steal your elbows when you turn your back on them. 186 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,120 Moray seems intent on more expansion. 187 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,360 Has he said anything to you? 188 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,320 Huh. Did he set you to work on any behind-the-scenes business? 189 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,160 Sir, if I may, 190 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,000 Mr Moray expects absolute discretion. 191 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,080 Jonas, I need to know what Moray's up to 192 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,240 and prevent him from excess. 193 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,000 I should look in on the cashier, sir. 194 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,920 Make sure there is no hesitation. 195 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,360 Get your shoes on, Denise. We're all going out. 196 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,360 I can't, Pauline. I've got no money. 197 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,600 Tell her, Pauline. We usually get some young man to buy us a drink! 198 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,600 What happened to Mr Moray's wife? 199 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,840 Don't ever mention his wife in The Paradise. Do you understand? 200 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:31,520 It's forbidden. 201 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,520 No-one ever talks about her. 202 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:35,680 What happened? There was an accident. 203 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,440 She died. 204 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:42,200 People talk. Oh, it's all gossip and rumour. 205 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,480 People say all sorts of horrible things. About Mr Moray? They're jealous, that's all. 206 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:50,080 They like to think bad of him because he's made something of himself. 207 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,200 What fun is there staying here on your own, Denise? 208 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,920 We work so hard so we like to dance and flirt and live! Come on! 209 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,320 Another night I will. 210 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,240 If you don't join in, be one of the girls, 211 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,160 you won't last long here. 212 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 It's a good life if you go with it! 213 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,080 What are you doing, Mr Moray, sir? 214 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,040 I'm thinking, Arthur. 215 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,640 What are you thinking about, Mr Moray, sir? 216 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,000 Proof. 217 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,200 I must prove that The Paradise can conquer this whole city. 218 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,760 Is it hard thinking about proof, sir? It looks mighty painful. 219 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:50,960 Do you want me to do some thinking for you? I'm mighty good at thinking, me. 220 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,560 I'll manage, thank you, Arthur. 221 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,080 Something will come to me. 222 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:02,800 Edmund! 223 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,400 I'm pleased to say your niece seems to be doing well at The Paradise. 224 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,640 She should be working here, with me, her family. 225 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:16,560 And she will be, soon enough. The days of the small shop are dying, Edmund. 226 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,160 She sees that. 227 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:24,640 That place of yours is no more than a phantom, Moray, a daydream folks will soon wake up from. 228 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,200 If you want to fight me, Edmund, 229 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,960 you will lose. 230 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,520 Because it is not a man you're taking on. 231 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,000 It is progress. 232 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,680 What are they to you, Moray? 233 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,000 Cattle to herd through your door? 234 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,600 Sell cheap? Is that all that matters to you? 235 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,960 Think that's what they really want? Tempt them with cheaper and cheaper? 236 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,160 I'll tell you what will win in the end. 237 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,200 One person serving another. 238 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Thank you, Edmund! 239 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,600 Moray, this is ten times our weekly orders. 240 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,440 I want to fill the store to bursting. 241 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,560 Every department, every counter, every inch. 242 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:11,360 Why would you want to do that? 243 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:16,240 We will announce that the price of everything is to be greatly reduced. 244 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,440 Ah, I see. Splendid notion(!) 245 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,680 If I'm allowed to sound just a slight note of caution, 246 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,720 why so much? 247 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:30,280 Why don't we order what we can afford and put on a reduced price sale in one department, perhaps two. 248 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,320 Ah, yes! Yes! Yes, of course. I see it now! 249 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,880 "The Paradise announces a small sale." 250 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,240 We could do that if we wanted a small outcome, a small reward. 251 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,000 Really, Dudley. 252 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,720 Do you want to live in a small world? 253 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,080 Forgive my naivety, Moray. 254 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,880 You are right because, well, you are always right. 255 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,960 I'll get these orders sent off directly. 256 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,840 Arthur? Mr Dudley, sir? 257 00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:59,120 Before I send these off, 258 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,880 one tiny, possibly irritating, difficulty occurs to me. 259 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,160 How do we pay our suppliers for these mountains of goods? We don't. 260 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,960 We take delivery and we stall until after the sale. 261 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,000 Why? Tell him why, Arthur. 262 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,560 Proof, sir. 263 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:20,880 To prove to Glendenning that The Paradise can woo every woman in this city through our door. 264 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,800 It's a gamble. It's a necessary gamble. 265 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,360 Slow down. That is all I'm asking. 266 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,720 There's no need for such haste. 267 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,800 Men who slow down, Dudley, men who take their time, 268 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,640 they come second. 269 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,720 I do not do that. 270 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:52,880 Miss. 271 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,880 Sir, thank you, Mr Jonas, sir. 272 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,920 You were asking questions about Mr Moray's wife. 273 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,200 No, I... 274 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,040 Yes, I was. But I didn't mean to pry or gossip. 275 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,080 Who told you I was asking? 276 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,080 You're new. You were bound to ask. 277 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,600 The poor woman fell. 278 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,800 The foundations for the first extension were dug. 279 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:20,360 And she fell. A terrible, sorry misfortune. 280 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,360 Now you know. 281 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:24,080 Yes, now I know. 282 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,920 So there's no need to ask any more questions. 283 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,680 No, sir. I mean, yes, sir. 284 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,800 The day will come, Denise, 285 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,800 when Mr Moray will call you to his office. 286 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,160 Be ready. 287 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,160 She's so beautiful! 288 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:54,280 That is Katherine Glendenning, one of the richest women in the city. 289 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,840 Everyone says they are to marry, her and Moray. Married. 290 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,960 You've fallen for him, haven't you? 291 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,440 No. 292 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,600 Course I haven't. That would be silly. 293 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,960 It would be foolish. What a ridiculous thing! 294 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,120 Every shop girl does! 295 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,520 Mr Jonas said I'd be called into Mr Moray's office one day. 296 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,120 What did he mean? Well, you are on probation here. 297 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:28,680 When you are called, Moray will tell you if you are to stay. 298 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,000 Or not. Not stay. 299 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,720 Oh. Some girls, some of the girls, 300 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,600 the ones who feel they're losing their jobs, 301 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,320 they're called to his office. 302 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,440 It's only tales, I expect! 303 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,160 'It's a triumph, Moray. Katherine Glendenning in The Paradise.' 304 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,560 Everyone knows you'll marry her. 305 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,240 Huh. Is that the gossip? 306 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,800 Any man would marry Katherine Glendenning. 307 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,480 Hasn't enough time passed now? 308 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,800 You deserve to marry again. 309 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,520 Ladies, good afternoon! 310 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,440 Let me help you to decide which fabrics to choose. 311 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,720 Perhaps we're not as easily tempted as you might imagine, Moray. 312 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:29,200 Mrs Ballentine, isn't the whole point of temptation to succumb? 313 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,120 If my husband thought I had bought one more gown 314 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,040 his face would be even more sour than it already is! 315 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,000 Then we won't tell him. It will be our secret, Mrs Harkness. 316 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,080 My husband probably wouldn't even notice! If I was your husband, 317 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,600 I would never deny you anything you wanted. 318 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,640 How can such beautiful women ever have enough beautiful things? 319 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,080 Ever have enough of anything? 320 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,600 You, Mrs Ballentine, if I may, 321 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,080 you must wear silk. 322 00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,840 Only silk. 323 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,600 Only ever silk. 324 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,640 Excuse me, Clara, but it's my turn. 325 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,200 It will be your turn, when you can sell. 326 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,600 But if I don't earn my commission - I need the money! 327 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,960 Why do you need the money? You have rooms, you have food. 328 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,240 You going to cry, country girl? 329 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,880 Why are you doing this? It's only my name you cross off. Do you think I don't see that? Why? 330 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:29,880 Girls, what is going on here? 331 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,000 My name was top of the board, ma'am, but Clara wiped it away. 332 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,440 I am the one who decides whose turn it is. 333 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,920 Our regular customers are too valuable to give to you until you know what you are doing. 334 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,280 But ma'am, if I'm to learn... You are on probation. 335 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,480 Do not defy me. Defying is the worst of sins in a department store. 336 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,600 There is plenty of folding and stacking to do. Quickly. 337 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:49,760 Quickly! 338 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,720 Yes, ma'am. 339 00:23:55,240 --> 00:24:00,520 I was curious. Your store is rather beautiful, in a brash kind of way. 340 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,040 You don't mind me teasing you, do you, darling? 341 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,240 I thought I might buy some trinket, 342 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,440 just to show you I'm not entirely immune to your seduction. 343 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,280 Might I suggest you visit the ladieswear department? Oh. 344 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,640 I'm not sure I could face the world in any dress that was not made by my own seamstress. 345 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,560 Katherine. 346 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,640 Do you suppose a man cares 347 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,440 if a woman's dress is hand-sewn? 348 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,320 Mm? 349 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,480 A stitch does not make the blood rise. 350 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:49,080 I'm sorry that my father was such an old stick about your plans, Moray. 351 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,720 We must work on him together, you and I. 352 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,160 He will see how fond I am of you 353 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,920 and his resistance will melt. 354 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:07,120 I am already making my own plans to overcome his resistance. 355 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:11,080 Tell me. 356 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,880 When I'm ready. 357 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,640 In five days' time, 358 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,320 The Paradise, the whole store, every department, 359 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,960 will come together in one grand sale. 360 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,480 Prices will be so reduced for one day, 361 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,520 that customers flock to our store. 362 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,720 I want this to be our best day ever. 363 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,600 I want us to create such a frenzy of shopping 364 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,840 that we make in one day more than we do in a week. 365 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:49,800 I don't suppose any one of you will object if your pockets are bursting with bonuses! 366 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:01,680 There is a lot of work for us to do, but I do not see before me one face shy of that. 367 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,920 Well said, Mr Moray, sir. 368 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,240 I know what I shall do with my bonus. 369 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,360 I'd like to come into the store and buy the fanciest coat 370 00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:26,040 or perhaps some boots. 371 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,480 Pauline dreams of being a customer here, one day. 372 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:33,080 She thinks if she's on the other side of the counter, a well-to-do man will fall for her! 373 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,920 No, I don't! But you do see some fine gentlemen, and they can't all be married! 374 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,440 What will you do with your bonus, Clara? 375 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,120 I won't worry about that until it's in my hand. 376 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:46,600 There he is, with his writing. 377 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,760 What's he doing? Every day he writes in that book. 378 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,760 What he sees and what he knows, no doubt. 379 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,680 I'd love to get my hands on that book! 380 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,680 What about you, Denise? What will you buy with your bonus? 381 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,640 I don't know that I'll buy anything. Perhaps something for your uncle? 382 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,840 A saint as well as a martyr! 383 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,080 Oh, she's watching us. I fancy she would like to come and join us, you know. 384 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,160 Only so she can filch the best bits off your plate! 385 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,960 We might all end up like her. 386 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:17,680 Single, lonely, her position here the only thing to speak of in her life. 387 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,000 Makes me nervous when you pamper me. 388 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:40,880 Papa... 389 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,920 ..will you do something for me? 390 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,760 My darling, I wish your traps weren't so delightful. 391 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,080 Will you give me the ring? 392 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,240 Mother's ring. 393 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,960 Has Moray spoken to you? 394 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,000 You are not allowed to ask me that. 395 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 When will I ever learn to say no to you? 396 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:09,760 Papa... 397 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,040 when you are so old that your eyes water... 398 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,320 ..I will hold your hand and kiss you every day. 399 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,640 Can I have it? 400 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,000 If I could only make you see 401 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,640 that this rush to love... 402 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,400 ..this is not going to make you happy. 403 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,280 But you will let me have the ring? 404 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,520 Why, Miss Glendenning, ma'am. How pleasing to see you here. 405 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:10,880 Not that you shouldn't be here. I only meant that I hope we can please you. 406 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:14,240 Find something that might be pleasing. Clara? 407 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,920 Come and attend to Miss Glendenning. 408 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,760 I am told that I might find the latest fashions here. 409 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,880 Indeed, ma'am. Perhaps I could show you the tea gown... 410 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:28,680 I hope you're not suggesting that I could be seen on the street wearing a ready-made dress? 411 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,880 Perhaps, Miss Glendenning, if you were to see the dress modelled? 412 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,360 Denise, you must put on the dress. 413 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,840 Quickly, girl, quickly! 414 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,600 We dally at our peril. 415 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,800 Hurry up, girl! 416 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,640 Are you dawdling in there? 417 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,280 Miss Audrey, this dress doesn't fit! 418 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,640 Let me see. Let me see. 419 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,800 You haven't even fastened it! 420 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,360 Do you not know how to wear a dress? 421 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,960 Oh, excuse me. 422 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,440 I think it must be the wrong size. It won't go on properly. 423 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,000 I cannot imagine why you would think I could wear such a thing! 424 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,520 It is the model, madam. 425 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:51,120 She does not know how to exhibit the dress properly. I have seen enough. 426 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,520 Thank you. 427 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:58,120 Ma'am, if I may, what does it matter how I look in the dress? 428 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,240 It only matters how you will look in it. 429 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:08,080 Mr Moray himself went to Paris to seek out the latest fashion. 430 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,240 I don't mind looking a fool in a dress two sizes too small, 431 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:17,120 but I wouldn't be doing my job if I allowed you to leave without explaining to you 432 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,760 why you should buy it. 433 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,080 You are rather forthright, girl. 434 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:29,000 That is only because I believe you will look wonderful in this dress, ma'am. 435 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,240 And if I am wrong... 436 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,800 ..Miss Audrey will relieve me of my position. 437 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,320 The dress is called the tea gown, ma'am, 438 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,360 because it's worn without a corset, 439 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,200 for comfort, for day-time entertaining. 440 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:53,080 The soft lines give the dress an especially feminine quality. 441 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,360 In France, it is known as the "cinq-a-sept", 442 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,480 the hours when a lady might receive suitors. 443 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:08,360 It is beautiful, ma'am, with its lace edging and dome silk-covered buttons. 444 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,640 Silk bows on the front and on the cuffs. 445 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,480 I'm sure we could have it delivered to your home for you to try on 446 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,760 so you could see how it might look on you. 447 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:21,560 In a month, this dress will be the talk of the town, 448 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,040 just as it's the talk of Paris now. 449 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,240 I've already spoken to my partners, 450 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,160 and they're all of one voice. 451 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,160 Retail makes them nervous. 452 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,360 They prefer coal or shipping. 453 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,080 But it is for you to decide, sir. 454 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,880 Come to the sale, and you will see what is possible. 455 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:05,800 Katherine's had suitors. Some of them I liked. 456 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,200 She showed no interest in any of them. 457 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,160 I know my position, sir. 458 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,480 I'm a salesman who has done rather well. 459 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,840 I realise... Don't toy with me, Moray. 460 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,720 You know that my daughter is infatuated with you. 461 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,800 Do you share Katherine's feelings? 462 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,480 I regard Katherine most tenderly, sir. 463 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:35,960 I must warn you. 464 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,520 If you break her heart, 465 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,760 whether or not I grant you a loan will be of no consequence, 466 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,160 because I shall make it my business to ruin you. 467 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,360 Moray, for one last time, let me try to get you to stop this. 468 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,440 I'd rather you put the champagne on ice! 469 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,480 You joke about everything. You joke about this? You're a disgrace! 470 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,800 Look. Look around you. 471 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:04,040 These people, every one of them depend upon us for their work. 472 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,240 How dare you? 473 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,600 I created every job here. 474 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,520 And I'll create more. 475 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,120 All that matters is I fill this store for one day with customers. 476 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,240 Yes, we can grow. 477 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,880 But why must it be done at such great risk? 478 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,920 If you will not listen to reason... 479 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,520 Then what? 480 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,840 Then I will stop trying to reason with you. 481 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:15,760 ..this new girl falling at her feet. 482 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,160 I saw it the day she arrived. 483 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,720 She's no innocent country girl. 484 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:22,920 Come on, I need a drink! 485 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,640 What do you expect if you're stupid enough to get caught, Lucille? 486 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,800 Have to get yourself a job. 487 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,840 What are you suggesting, Jonas? 488 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,240 He met with some of your suppliers at the Three Crowns, sir. 489 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,280 I've known Dudley since we were boys, 490 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,320 starting out together. 491 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,080 There's no cunning in him. 492 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,360 I could not get close enough to hear their conversation 493 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,960 without being noticed. 494 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,400 But I know the landlord of the Three Crowns 495 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,560 and I passed him a small sum to help me with that. 496 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,000 I was best man at his wedding. 497 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,680 I sit at his dining table with him and his children. 498 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,600 I find it almost impossible to doubt Dudley. 499 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:52,000 The point is, sir, he seems to doubt you. 500 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,280 There were four suppliers there. 501 00:36:55,280 --> 00:37:00,280 He appeared to be warning them they may not get paid for the orders you placed with them. 502 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:11,560 Jonas? 503 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,120 Champagne? 504 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,400 Wasn't it you who told me that every occasion was made better by champagne? 505 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:47,880 My mother's engagement ring. 506 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,080 My father gave it to me after he spoke with you. 507 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,000 It's beautiful. 508 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000 Why would your father do such a thing? 509 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,960 I can't bear it when you tease me! 510 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,760 My father can see what we are skirting around. 511 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,600 It is time. 512 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,480 I know why this is difficult for a widower. 513 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,680 It is time for you to be truly loved again. 514 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,880 We will announce our engagement tomorrow and you will see how happy I can make you. 515 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:27,800 Why must you try to trap me? 516 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,760 When have I EVER suggested to you... 517 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,440 I only want to love you. 518 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,440 But you will not let me. 519 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,520 You push me away. 520 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,200 Why? 521 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,640 You make me love you but you taunt me with it. Why? 522 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,000 It hurts me... 523 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,640 more than... 524 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,240 I can bear! 525 00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:58,480 Oh, God! 526 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,440 I cannot breathe! 527 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,480 Please...help me! 528 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,080 Please! 529 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,280 Loosen my dress, please! 530 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,040 No. 531 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:26,440 Yes! 532 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,000 It's all right. 533 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,160 Denise, wake up! Come and have a drink with us. 534 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:42,800 What time is it? 535 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,720 Oh, look at her! 536 00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:48,160 Snug as a chaste little virgin girl! 537 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:53,440 What if anyone was to find you, Pauline? 538 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,520 Don't worry about Miss Audrey. You can hear her snoring half-way across the city! 539 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,200 But that girl, Lucille. 540 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,200 She was fool enough to get caught, that's all. 541 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,680 And she went right up to her, to Katherine Glendenning, 542 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,480 and she said, "In a month, this dress will be the talk of the town. 543 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:24,680 "And you, you hollow-headed spoilt rich girl, you can't see that!" I didn't say that, Pauline! 544 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,360 It's Miss Audrey! She's coming! 545 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,200 Someone has to go and talk to her! Denise, get up. You're the only one sober! Come on! 546 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,120 Girl! 547 00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:43,160 Denise! 548 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,840 What are you doing out here at this time of night? 549 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,520 Denise! Girl! 550 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,720 What is the matter with you? 551 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:53,840 Oh, Miss Audrey. Denise walks-sleeps. 552 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,240 Sleepwalks! She told me to watch out for her. 553 00:40:57,240 --> 00:41:00,600 Sleepwalking? It's only her nerves, ma'am. It'll pass. 554 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,400 I'm sorry if the noise woke you, Miss Audrey. 555 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,640 You can go back to bed. Leave Denise to me. I'll settle her down again. 556 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,400 Sleepwalking? 557 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,160 I knew I should never have taken on a girl from Peebles! 558 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,120 Excuse me, Mr Dudley, sir. Can I have a word with you? 559 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,240 Is everything all right with you, Denise? Mr Dudley, sir. 560 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:49,200 Please don't do anything that you might regret. 561 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,760 Denise. 562 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,840 You are to go to Mr Moray's office. 563 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,640 At once. 564 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,960 Come in. 565 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,200 I thought we might review your probation, Denise. 566 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:38,000 You know that there are a hundred girls out there that can take your place. 567 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,880 Come closer. 568 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:57,200 Do you like it here? I do, sir. 569 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,840 Then you'd like to remain at your post? 570 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,280 It is a simple enough question, Denise. 571 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,480 I would, sir. 572 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,200 Your hair. 573 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:22,080 It should have the slightest imperfection in it. 574 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,640 Something... 575 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,320 ..suggestive. 576 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:36,360 I heard you sold a dress to a rather difficult customer. 577 00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,800 You made a good impression. 578 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,400 It seems you are quite the salesgirl. 579 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:42,800 Thank you, sir. 580 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,960 So we can say your probation is over, 581 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,960 and you're one of us now! 582 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:53,360 Thank you, Mr Moray, sir. 583 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,520 Is your display attracting customers? 584 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,760 Do you suppose I didn't see you hiding there? 585 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,840 I see everything. 586 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:14,040 It makes me smile to think of it. 587 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,760 What kind of a girl has such spirit? 588 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,720 You're not like the other girls. I think you know that. 589 00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:27,920 I wonder if you realise the talents you have. 590 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,920 Yes? 591 00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:40,120 If you have talent and wits, Denise, 592 00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:42,240 you will do well here. 593 00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,440 To truly belong, you need loyalty. 594 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,240 Absolute loyalty. 595 00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:49,880 To The Paradise and to me. 596 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,360 Thank you. 597 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:05,760 Tell me, what have you been up to behind my back, Dudley? 598 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:09,600 All I have done is try to save you from yourself. 599 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,640 You've scared me, Moray. 600 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:15,600 You seem drunk with greed. 601 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,040 Tell me what you've done. 602 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,320 I have arranged with our suppliers to return the goods if we cannot pay for them. 603 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,360 These arrived this morning. 604 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:41,320 They won't let me have anything more unless I pay on delivery. 605 00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,320 Word will soon spread. Others will follow. 606 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:48,920 I didn't mean for this to happen. 607 00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,840 I only meant to prevent disaster. 608 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:57,680 At least if we can return the goods, we won't be left with such terrible debts. 609 00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:01,840 If we are to triumph, a man must hold his nerve. 610 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:03,480 You buckled! 611 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,080 And now your weakness has jeopardised everything! 612 00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:12,800 Why can you not see how wild the risk is? 613 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,720 I see it. 614 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:16,440 And I choose to go on. 615 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,040 That is for me alone to decide. 616 00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:26,000 I need a loan. 617 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,000 A substantial loan to expand. 618 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:32,000 Why is what we have not enough? 619 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:38,600 This city is littered with men who stood still. 620 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,600 If this sale is called off, 621 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,000 all will be lost. 622 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:45,840 I cannot turn back now. 623 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,000 Lord Glendenning will come here on Saturday. 624 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:54,760 I need him to see The Paradise bursting with customers. 625 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:58,840 I'm sorry, Moray. 626 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,640 What can we do? 627 00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,160 Go back to your friends. 628 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,600 Tell them to bring their goods. 629 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:12,240 If I do not pay them... 630 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,800 they can have this store. 631 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,600 Moray... 632 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,880 You can't do such a thing. I can. 633 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,960 Because I must. 634 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:57,000 Mr Moray has informed me that I am to be kept on, ma'am. 635 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,160 I have passed my probation. 636 00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,200 Is that so? 637 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,440 Well, never forget, girl, that this is my department 638 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,320 and I shall be watching you at all times. 639 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:12,360 So be sure that you meet my standards. Straighten your hair, girl. Careless hair is a sin. 640 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,360 Girls, girls, we have work to do. We have a sale to prepare. 641 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,560 Step to it. Step to it! 642 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,840 It took me all my nerve to come here. 643 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:16,040 I've been twice in the past week, but I was too scared to knock. 644 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:20,080 Clara, find yourself some kindly young man. 645 00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:23,520 I'm not stupid. I won't ask you for nothing. 646 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,600 Get some sleep, Clara. 647 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:30,560 Isn't there some part of you, sir, can let me in? 648 00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,800 One night, that's all. 649 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,360 Like it was. 650 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,240 No, Clara, there isn't. 651 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,160 Not any more. 652 00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,920 Do you think you're precious? You are nothing! 653 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,000 He lay in my arms, do you hear me? 654 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,600 He told me things. 655 00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:59,360 He lay in my arms sobbing and told me terrible things. 656 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:05,880 Wouldn't it be something if I were to tell the whole city how his wife died? 657 00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:09,600 Wait until the store is filled with his beloved customers 658 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:11,240 then cry it out so they all hear it. 659 00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:14,200 Clara, you wouldn't do such a thing. Wouldn't I? 660 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:40,080 Can you guarantee they'll go on spending your money 661 00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,760 'on your perfumes and fripperies?' 662 00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:46,360 'I want this to be our best day ever.' 663 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,200 'I know you've been turned away by every bank in town, Moray.' 664 00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,840 'This city is littered with men who stood still.' 665 00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:01,520 'Yes, we can grow. But why must it be done at such great risk?' 666 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:05,520 'The point is, sir, he seems to doubt you.' 667 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:53,320 Clara, when I went to Moray's office, 668 00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:56,240 you were wrong to think that he likes me. 669 00:51:56,240 --> 00:51:58,160 He was kind to me. That is all. 670 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,000 That is all. I've seen the way he looks at you. 671 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,440 You'll be out on the street, just like Lucille. 672 00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:06,080 Worse, you need this work, Clara. 673 00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,000 Girls! Girls, on a day like today, 674 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:10,760 it is a sin even to pause for breath. 675 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:13,600 Denise, go and tell Mr Dudley our hat stands are hatless. 676 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,440 Seems you were right, Moray. 677 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:25,120 Who would have imagined that shopping for goods would have such an effect upon women! 678 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,240 This is only the beginning, sir. 679 00:52:27,240 --> 00:52:30,080 I want to bring a thousand undreamed of temptations 680 00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:31,840 into The Paradise. 681 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:35,480 I promise you, sir, there will be no end to their appetite. However, 682 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,800 it will take more than one spectacular event 683 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,320 to convince my partners at the bank. 684 00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,240 If I may, sir, 685 00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:47,600 you were never going to convince them. The point is to convince you. 686 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,880 You see what is possible here. 687 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,360 I'm asking you to lend me the money. 688 00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:57,680 That's a bold appeal! I ask it 689 00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,600 only because I know your reputation is built on recognising 690 00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,520 what other people do not see 691 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,360 and investing in it. 692 00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:08,320 Will you be part of this? 693 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,560 Will you show your faith? 694 00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:27,080 There is another matter, sir. 695 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:29,720 I wish to deal with this in your presence. 696 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:32,520 Katherine. 697 00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:38,360 I cannot be engaged to be married to you. Not yet. 698 00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:40,840 It would be fatal for business 699 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:44,080 at this sensitive time. 700 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,360 This enterprise relies on the charming of women. 701 00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:50,360 Oh, dear, Moray. You do love to exaggerate this romantic notion of yours 702 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,880 that women come here to be flattered by you. Katherine, 703 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,960 I must side with Moray on this. 704 00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:58,640 You know my feelings. 705 00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:01,120 Haste is the enemy of love. 706 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:04,600 Take your time. 707 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,440 If I may, sir. 708 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,480 I regret what happened, Katherine. 709 00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,440 I cannot say how... Regret? 710 00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:24,680 No, I do not want your regret. 711 00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:28,320 I... I cannot marry, Katherine. 712 00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:32,400 I cannot say when I will be ready. 713 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:36,280 If that makes you want to walk away from me, then you must. 714 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,720 I'm not asking you to understand. 715 00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:40,600 I'm asking you to believe me. 716 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:46,880 Why does your wife have such a hold on you? 717 00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,560 Why won't you admit that she is dead? 718 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:10,320 Uncle, what are you doing here? Where did this come from? 719 00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:12,680 I made some commission. I sold a dress. 720 00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:15,520 Do you think I want to be kept by him? It's my money, Uncle. 721 00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,360 I worked for it. I should throw it in his face! 722 00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:22,760 Let them all see how he trampled on the likes of me to build this fancy palace of nothings! 723 00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:24,600 Then you'll be hurting me, Uncle. 724 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:27,240 I work here now. This is my place. 725 00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:29,680 I swore I'd never step inside of this place. 726 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:53,600 Mr Moray would like the money brought into the store. 727 00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:55,160 All of it? 728 00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:56,800 Why on earth does he want to do that? 729 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:05,400 Moray. 730 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:11,600 You wish me to resign? 731 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,680 I never want that to happen, Dudley. 732 00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,800 We've come so far together to get here. 733 00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:20,880 I want you beside me, 734 00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:22,360 to support me. 735 00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:26,920 I want you to believe in The Paradise, to believe in me. 736 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,600 Can you do that? 737 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,440 I always have. 738 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:37,960 I want to thank all of you. 739 00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,800 What you achieved 740 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,840 means The Paradise can grow, 741 00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:49,040 that all of us will have work to come to, wages to live on. 742 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:50,600 But more than that, 743 00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:55,880 what you conjured here, today, out of nothing, 744 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:57,440 was thrilling. 745 00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:01,880 I promised you bonuses, and here they are. 746 00:57:01,880 --> 00:57:05,120 Come and get them. You've earned every penny. 747 00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:16,520 You are in love with him. 748 00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,800 Pauline, I don't want to marry Moray. 749 00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:24,400 I want to be him. 750 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:14,240 Oh, Katherine, this is a kind of heaven! 751 00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:15,920 Girls say that Sam is a naughty boy, 752 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:20,520 a rogue, a charmer, a flirt, a ladies' man. 753 00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:24,640 If you did have a history of preying on women, it will come to light. 754 00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:27,560 It is best not to let them know what we're thinking. 755 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:31,800 Especially what we think of them. 756 00:58:57,160 --> 00:58:59,880 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd