1 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,872 I would have no story to tell you... 2 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,520 if my great-grandfather had not wagered everything... 3 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,797 to bring that church here to the Bellinger River. 4 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,875 Or if Lucinda Leplastrier had not been given a Prince Rupert's drop. 5 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:58,512 Surprise! 6 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,590 Happy birthday, Lucinda. 7 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:06,953 It's beautiful. 8 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,191 - Your own Rupert's drop. - Careful, not too tight. 9 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:11,754 Gently. 10 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,038 - See? Not even with the hammer. - I'll try the ax. 11 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,034 Lucinda, try the pliers. 12 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,154 - I like it just as it is. - Go on. 13 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,470 - Take the plunge. - You'll see. 14 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,952 - Just there. - One, two, three. 15 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,189 Now! 16 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,192 My great-grandfather, Oscar Hopkins, had skin like his mother's. 17 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:10,590 Although the cancer had been removed by acid dropped onto her tender skin... 18 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,718 she had died anyway. 19 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,597 Papa! 20 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,473 Go! 21 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:45,798 Leave me! 22 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,797 - Oscar! - Papa! 23 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,074 The sea, from then on, would always smell of death to Oscar. 24 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,196 It shall be a day like any other of the Almighty's days. 25 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,473 There will be no mockery of the Almighty with pagan rituals. 26 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,316 Others may judge and laugh... 27 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,271 But they are in a darkness of their own making... 28 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,318 And will burn in hell. 29 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,792 "And the light shineth in the darkness... 30 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,710 "and the darkness comprehended it not. " 31 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:02,949 Nay. 32 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,718 We shall not use the name, the popish name others confer upon it. 33 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,274 Christ's Mass. 34 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,558 You have reclassified your mama's buttons. 35 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,119 Yes, Father. 36 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,554 The taxonomic principle being color... 37 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,074 With the spectrum from left to right. 38 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,958 With size the second principle of order. 39 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:38,479 Very good. 40 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,510 - All right. - "Give me neither poverty nor riches. 41 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,839 "Feed me with food convenient to me. " 42 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,032 - Amen. - Amen. 43 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,234 Excuse me, sir, would Master Hopkins help with the pigswill? 44 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:56,799 Very well. 45 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:17,074 Here. 46 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,593 What is it? 47 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,069 - It's Christmas pudding. - For you. 48 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,354 Eat up. 49 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,833 This is the food of Satan. 50 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,920 Sir, it be Christmas Day. 51 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,436 Some call it that, but none in my employ. 52 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,319 Well, Master Hopkins... 53 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,714 You will be a good helper and fetch up the specimen buckets. 54 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,715 Oscar had tasted the pudding. 55 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,958 It did not taste like the fruit of Satan. 56 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,713 Dear God... 57 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,431 If it is your desire that your flock eat pudding... 58 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,239 In celebration of thy birth as a man... 59 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,393 Then show thy humble supplicant a sign. 60 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:41,874 Dear God... 61 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:46,112 If it be thy will that thy people eat pudding, smite him. 62 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,553 Oscar was frightened by what he had begun. 63 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,712 The Brethren. 64 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:17,753 Baptists. 65 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,519 Catholics. 66 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,159 Anglicans. 67 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,596 Now his father no longer knew the true will of God... 68 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,276 Oscar devised a way of asking the question directly. 69 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,837 Show me a sign that thou talkest to me. 70 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,872 Please, dear God, no. 71 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:52,994 God repeated the message again and again: 72 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,356 Anglican. 73 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,599 One, two, three, four, five, six... 74 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,235 Oscar did not wish to leave the shelter of the Plymouth Brethren... 75 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,392 but this was where God wished him to go. 76 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,430 That is precisely my point, Hugh. 77 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,637 Divine grace cannot be sought. It is given. 78 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,836 Look, Betty. It's a new crack. 79 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,913 Look, it is new. 80 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,310 - Stop. You'll make it worse. - They appear overnight. 81 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,595 Do you know how much was in the plate this morning? 82 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:53,468 The walls have always been damp. We haven't died from it. 83 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,915 That dissenter steals our congregation, one by one. 84 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,594 We'll have nothing, while he gets fat. 85 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,476 - That's his boy. - So it is. 86 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,190 - Hugh, your back! - Go on, go home. Go away! 87 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,709 Get off my lettuces! Off! 88 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,074 Wait! I am called. 89 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:24,673 I am called. 90 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,595 - They're only raisins. - He's probably unfamiliar with them. 91 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,271 What will your poor father do? 92 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,954 Think of the pain you will cause him. 93 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,198 I know. But he is in error, you see. 94 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,518 He is not saved. 95 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,674 But still, you will go home to him. 96 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,715 I cannot, no matter how much I want to. 97 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,154 Surely your father loves you. 98 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,673 Yes. Very much. 99 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:08,918 I also love him. 100 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,639 But, Hugh, the cost. 101 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,118 - The boy is called. - In what sense, "called"? 102 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,270 He's called to Holy Orders. 103 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,555 You've had three glasses, Hugh. 104 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,632 I shall coach him in his articles, Betty. He'll go to my old college. 105 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:28,839 Think of that. 106 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:36,951 Oscar knew that the Brethren prayed for the sinner to be returned to the fold. 107 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,395 But it was as impossible for him to return... 108 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,519 as it was for his father to order him home. Neither would budge. 109 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,319 Lucinda's mother knew that she had produced a proud square peg... 110 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,755 in the full knowledge that from coast to coast... 111 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,354 there were nothing but round holes. 112 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:37,994 Good boy. 113 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,153 Eight eggs. 114 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:43,998 I went for a swim. 115 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,590 We should have returned home after your father's death. 116 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,876 - "Returned home"? - To England. 117 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,670 I can tolerate what I have done to myself, staying on... 118 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,991 But I can't bear to think of what I've done to you. 119 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:03,434 Mama. 120 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,599 You're so hot. 121 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,919 I'm freezing. 122 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,870 Hey, Odd Bod! Hunt's on! 123 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,869 No! 124 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,677 Alas, alack, I love the track 125 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,797 Alas, alack, I love the track And I love Nancy Dawson 126 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,395 I say, these are West's rooms. 127 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,279 - No... - Fish. 128 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,396 Fish, they are my rooms. 129 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,519 He has new rooms on this staircase. Damn it, I'm sure the Scout said 2. 130 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,149 - Maybe it was 1. - No, please, come in. 131 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,599 I say, Odd Bod, do you like a flutter? 132 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,797 - A "flutter," Fish? - No, of course you don't. 133 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,590 - What is a "flutter"? - It is to do with the racetrack. 134 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,917 - Athletics? - Horse races. 135 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:22,588 Horses? 136 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,438 And which part of the race involves the flutter? 137 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,120 A wager, a bet. A flutter. 138 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,438 - You do know what a bet is? - No, I don't. 139 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,557 You give your money to chaps... 140 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,995 And if the horse you like is the one that wins... 141 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,516 Then they give you double your money back, or treble, or whatever. 142 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,955 Treble your money for guessing? 143 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,558 Guessing correctly. 144 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,916 - You mock me. - No, this is all new to me. 145 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,197 I was raised in a little village in Devon, very much out of the way. 146 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,478 - Look here, Odd Bod, I have to dash. - Perhaps you could call me Hopkins. 147 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:04,633 Call you what? 148 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,119 My name. 149 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,558 Do not rattle your sovereigns. You are not a plunger. 150 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,279 - What is a... - A "plunger"? West is a plunger. 151 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:29,272 He starts off with a couple of sovs, comes up trumps... 152 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:31,635 Dabs it all down in a second and loses the lot. 153 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,154 Look at her. Revenger's Lass. 154 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,631 Three-to-one in the first. It's the day for a powerful varmint like that. 155 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,398 Look at that backside. Just look. 156 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,555 Now, number 10 is... 157 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,993 The Sailor. 158 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,675 - You have caught the germ. - No, thank you. 159 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,318 - I am corrupting you. - No, Fish. Don't you see? 160 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,756 - You should not be here. - You are an agent of the Lord. 161 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,637 Odd Bod, ease up. 162 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,553 I have been praying to God for funds... 163 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,798 And now I shall be able to pay my bills. 164 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,354 Quick, or we'll miss the first. I am already damned, of course. 165 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,592 That's the Sailor. Fish, has that got a powerful bum? 166 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,358 Odd Bod, come on. 167 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,599 My great-grandfather won his first bet. 168 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,153 In the case histories of pathological gamblers... 169 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,710 you find the same story told time and time again. 170 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,752 Stop! Those trees are mine! 171 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,069 She would have talked of it to me. 172 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,039 - She intended to return home. - But this is our home. 173 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,991 No, that is not my mother's signature. 174 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:19,392 Indeed it is. She signed it in my office. She had it all calculated. 175 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,679 - Five farms at 4,000 acres apiece. - You say all this is mine? 176 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,910 - Held in trust by me. - Until you are of age. 177 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,468 My mother would not have done that. 178 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,438 Dear girl, with a fortune such as this, you'll be married in a jiffy. 179 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:34,953 Why was I not told this? 180 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,679 I would have told you today, after your mother's funeral. 181 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,911 - Lf you had not run away. - No, I'm staying here. 182 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,312 You cannot. Your new home is with Mrs. Ahearn and myself in Parramatta. 183 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,278 You'll go to Mrs. Cousin's School for Young Ladies. 184 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,952 No! 185 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,349 - Come, girlie. - Do not touch me. 186 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,031 You will be rich one day. 187 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,517 That is not the point. 188 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,837 Not the point. 189 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,158 Lucinda had never been on a boat. She had never been to Sydney. 190 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,275 She carried with her a bank draft for her entire fortune... 191 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,672 as well as an itchy impatience to grasp what her mother had called... 192 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,512 "the working world. " 193 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,192 When Lucinda exploded her present of the Prince Rupert's drop... 194 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,155 it was not something she easily forgot. 195 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,993 She knew that glass is a thing in disguise. 196 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,834 It is not solid at all, but a liquid. 197 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,469 And even while it is as frail as the ice on a Parramatta puddle... 198 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,154 it is stronger than Sydney sandstone. 199 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,036 It was as good a material as any to build a life on. 200 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,279 Thank you. 201 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,230 One is more than enough, miss. 202 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,558 Good luck, miss. 203 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,235 This Frenchman, Leplastrier... 204 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:56,269 if he expects to find an expert on glass, I'm afraid he'll find only an enthusiast. 205 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,029 However, he has found out my little hobby... 206 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:00,951 And I shall try to advise. 207 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,556 - Your visitor, sir. - Jolly good. Show him in. 208 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,556 Monsieur Leplastrier? 209 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,831 This is from Botany. 210 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,394 And the other's from Hallet's, in London. 211 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,278 Hold them up to the light. Compare them. 212 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,111 The London, this one. 213 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,238 It's quite yellow. And this is... 214 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,918 It is so clear. 215 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,119 It is lovely. 216 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,398 Now the pi�ce de r�sistance. 217 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,633 - No, you must not! - Why must I not? 218 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,917 Because you know what will happen... 219 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:04,795 When it is gone. 220 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,633 I'm sorry. 221 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,071 Nothing to be sorry for. 222 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,270 The glassworks that are for sale in Darling Harbor... 223 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,799 - I wish to buy them. - To buy? 224 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,232 Would you help me? 225 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:34,477 But I have no knowledge of the commercial side. 226 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,156 My theory is adequate, of course. I'll be there in a minute. 227 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,753 Very good, sir. 228 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,474 Don't worry about him. Stay, please. 229 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,755 Soon, though, I have clergyman's business to attend to. 230 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:49,989 You cannot help me. 231 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:54,073 On the contrary, of course I shall help you to buy your glassworks. 232 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,875 - I have more than �10,000. - The deuce you do. 233 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:01,794 Will you take the plunge with me? 234 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,077 Monsieur Leplastrier. 235 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,589 15, 16, 17, 18, 19... 236 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,310 Stop. More for you, less for the poor. 237 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,710 - But this is all I need. - You need new togs. 238 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,631 What is wrong with my togs? 239 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,799 Everything. 240 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,952 You rake it in, then throw it away. 241 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,518 Look at you. You look like a scarecrow. 242 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,191 Perhaps because I'm wearing your coat. 243 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,119 Pardon me. 244 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,269 You've paid your buttery bill, I inquired. And drinking coffee. 245 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:19,191 - No, not coffee. - No? 246 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,268 I have a question for you. It is this: Do you have an income? 247 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,875 No, thank you. I'd rather stand. I will take it very ill if you trick me. 248 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,916 I have not tricked you. 249 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,957 It's 15 years since I could afford coffee. 250 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,600 You, a poor creature who has nothing in the world... 251 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,117 Save what I can scrape together, is so gracious as to send me... 252 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,671 This luxury. 253 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,716 I only wish you not to worry. 254 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,075 God will provide for me. 255 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,758 Did you not enjoy your coffee? 256 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,628 Do not be so simple. You are poisoned by your father's ideas. 257 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,155 - I may be simple... - Your father is paying you. 258 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:08,074 I swear he is not. He would not pay a penny to send me here. 259 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,072 We've only met four times since we parted. 260 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,556 Then where does the money come from? 261 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,031 I am here in Oxford to raise funds for the restoration of my little church. 262 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,235 Now you must promise me... 263 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:33,271 Never to be involved in anything amiss. I cannot have my name brought low. 264 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,431 My dear Mr. Stratton... 265 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,554 There is no need for such a promise. 266 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,792 I sent you the coffee because I love you both. 267 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,918 I meant no offense. 268 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,155 Miss. 269 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,792 Would you leave the glass samples out, please, Kate? 270 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:11,112 - Just like that, miss? - I have them all in categories, you see. 271 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,236 The Rev. Dennis Hasset knew his behavior was reckless. 272 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,790 His diary recorded the first meeting with this unusual girl... 273 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,316 and after that, many red slashes across previous appointments... 274 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,391 even one parish meeting. 275 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,478 You were right in your choice of the navy. 276 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,679 Excellent. 277 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,432 Who is that creature? 278 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,034 Sydney got ready to be scandalized. 279 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,839 It could not bear to see the two of them together. 280 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,674 Let her socialize with the notorious Charley Fig, if she wished. 281 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,674 Or with her accountant, Jimmy D'Abbs. 282 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,234 Oh, dear. 283 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,639 Harvey Briggs has bought himself a steamer. 284 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,917 - He can take us up to Pittwater. - Or across to Mossman's Bay. 285 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,356 - Who'd trust Briggsy with a steamer? - I'd rather Pittwater. 286 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,874 We could take her out for the day. 287 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,875 Look at this. Two weeks ago, she spilled them everywhere. 288 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,838 - Have you had enough of cards? - Please, just one more hand. 289 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:27,119 You have already lost three guineas, and it is after 2:00. 290 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,799 One more hand. 291 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,957 D'Abbs, you're meant to be looking after the girl's money, not taking it from her. 292 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,951 She is free to leave, Fig. 293 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,110 - Pass. - Pass. 294 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,193 - Five, with hearts. - Pass. 295 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,432 Eight, with spades. 296 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,160 A duck to water. She has caught the bug. 297 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,550 We are corrupting you. 298 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,673 I am jealous of your passion, I must admit. 299 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,479 - You are making fun of me. - Not at all. 300 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,030 I am a cold man warming myself at someone else's fire. 301 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,556 You will help me to exercise it carefully, with caution? 302 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,991 Heat we shall co-opt. I have a friend, a clever chap called Wilson. 303 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,992 - Let me carry those. - They're nothing. I worked on a farm. 304 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,959 - London is where you should go. - London? But I've just arrived here. 305 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,316 To buy the very latest machinery. That will make Sydney sit up. 306 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,998 - Is he... - Yes. 307 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,112 I have signed! 308 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,431 - I own the glassworks. - Congratulations. 309 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,837 I must confess to feeling scared. 310 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,470 I broke with my friend, Tom Wilson, this afternoon. 311 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,479 Why is that? 312 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,638 He said things about you that are scurrilous. 313 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,399 What things? 314 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,429 That you stay up all night gambling... 315 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,638 With Jimmy D'Abbs, Charley Fig, and others of that type. 316 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,878 I told Wilson such stories are pure fabrication. 317 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,669 That they should not be repeated. I told him D'Abbs was your accountant... 318 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,389 That you did go and see him, that indeed I went with you. 319 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,836 There is no more to it, is there? 320 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,959 I am sorry you argued with your friend. 321 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,559 Is there any truth in his story? 322 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,633 - I have been to Mr. D'Abbs' house. - Gambling? 323 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:47,593 I was lonely. 324 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,669 But you have been here three or four evenings each week. 325 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,149 Wilson mentioned gambling parties on a boat at Pittwater. 326 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,039 And dancing. 327 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,035 - Not once or twice. - There was no dancing. 328 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,791 - Well, I must go. - But you came to celebrate. 329 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,348 - I'm too sleepy. - We're having beef. 330 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,716 - I have to meet Mr. Queale. - At this hour? 331 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,118 - There is another paper to sign. - But his office will be closed. 332 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,509 We are to meet at Petty's Hotel. 333 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,555 I am sorry about your friend. 334 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,800 Lucinda had an immense feeling of relief. 335 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,189 No responsibility, no choice. 336 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:54,193 Every loss was one brick less in the foundation of her fortune. 337 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,915 I inquired last week about the Church Missionary Society. 338 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,434 - Sorry, sir. - Slow down, Odd Bod. 339 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,557 - They will have me, if I wish. - For what? 340 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,792 I enquired about New South Wales. 341 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,917 There is no need to frighten yourself with such ideas. 342 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,598 Look at me, Fish. I have changed. 343 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,752 - Look at what I have become. - Strike me. What have you become? 344 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,958 I have become vile. 345 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,917 You are not vile. 346 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,318 It's just that you do not fit. 347 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,872 - Speak quietly. - You are perfectly unique. 348 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,993 - Do you fit? - Me? 349 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,269 I fit. I dare say, I fit all too well. 350 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,478 Look at me. I'm about to marry a bishop's daughter. 351 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,790 You cannot fit more than that. 352 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,078 The school pays for all my needs. 353 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,315 - But I cannot stop gambling. - But you give it all away. 354 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,993 You do not even have coal for a fire. 355 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,835 Look at how you live. You have nothing. 356 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,392 Look at your togs. 357 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,557 And stop fidgeting. 358 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,389 I have sunk so low. I gamble even on the Sabbath: 359 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,597 On cards, on dogs, anything. Whatever is going. 360 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,150 You do not have to go to New South Wales for penance. 361 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,517 - Anyway, you cannot. - Why not? 362 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,114 Because you cannot bear a little aqua. 363 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,714 You could not sail as far as Calais. 364 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,951 You wish me to flip this? 365 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,072 - Yes. - You know I only use my own coins. 366 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:35,315 Call. 367 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,715 - I cannot. - Why not? 368 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,832 - I am frightened. - Then why do such things to yourself? 369 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:53,435 - Come, dear Odd Bod. - Heads. 370 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,434 For a man who could not bear a little aqua... 371 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,988 the Leviathan was the only ship to travel on. 372 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,230 In second class, you could go eight weeks... 373 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,995 and never find your way to a porthole with a view of the sea. 374 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,556 Poor cow. 375 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,518 The owner of the Prince Rupert's Glassworks had been told... 376 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,151 that on a clear day, from first class, you could see all the way to China. 377 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,469 Up we go. Hold tight. 378 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,438 In a trice, Hopkins. I told you, in a trice. 379 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,154 Goodness! What a splurge all this is. 380 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,680 Is it you that paid the boy's passage? 381 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,035 I would not have him go away. 382 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,192 It certainly wasn't the Missionary Society. 383 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:42,438 Hopkins' old man writes about the Yea. 384 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,234 Melody. 385 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,318 - Mr. Carlyle's "Eternal Yea. " - Dear, you make no sense. 386 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:56,710 "... bestowed by him on his devoted pupils during their three... " 387 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,679 Father. 388 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,229 Get up. You're not one of them. 389 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,393 O, Lord God. 390 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:28,272 This is my son from whom I have been estranged. 391 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,438 These are his friends and fellow voyagers. 392 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,473 O, Lord... 393 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:39,918 What can we do? 394 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,312 This is your caul... 395 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,558 From off your little head when you were born. 396 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,394 It is said to save you from drowning. 397 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,195 Will we never stand together with God on that happy day? 398 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,795 All ashore that's going ashore! 399 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,552 Get aboard! 400 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,235 Oscar knew it was only superstition... 401 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,118 that said a caul could prevent you from drowning. 402 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,634 Yet he clung to the belief anyway. 403 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,155 You can no longer put me off. 404 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,156 You played too much cat and mouse. 405 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:52,959 We did not think we were educating a wealthy man. 406 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,439 - I'm not... - I'm not a cadger. 407 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,636 I do not come here to beg. 408 00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:01,191 But you must tell me how it is you managed all this. 409 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:05,432 If I told you and my father heard of it, it would be torture beyond his toleration. 410 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,034 You have my word. He never shall. 411 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,349 Dear Oscar, accept my word. 412 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,959 I have gambled. 413 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,319 I knew it. 414 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,955 - So, gambled. - The ship is moving. 415 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,713 - You have a system, as you call it? - A system? 416 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,349 You have a system, and you will write it down for me. 417 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,591 It's not simple thing you can write down. We have left it too late. 418 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,558 - Write it down, boy! I beg you. - You must go. 419 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,033 Is it horses? 420 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,588 It is. 421 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:58,278 Do you swear before God that you will send me your system? 422 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:02,915 I do. 423 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,473 You must go. 424 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,154 Go! 425 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,034 Round you go. 426 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,680 - Okay, I'll raise you two even. - I'm in. 427 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,589 Right, well, looks like we're playing for a long time. I'll have double in. 428 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,072 Thank you very much. 429 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,515 Eeny, meeny, miney, mo. 430 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,396 I am in the habit of making my confession. 431 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,628 Quite. 432 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,350 - Lucinda Leplastrier. How do you do? - Oscar Hopkins. How do you do? 433 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,032 - Do you hear confession? - I have done, on occasion. 434 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,475 Perhaps it is not a habit you approve of. 435 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:52,959 No, I... 436 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,669 No. 437 00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:59,232 - Would you hear mine? - Of course. 438 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,033 Thank you. 439 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,351 Where shall I find you? 440 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,195 I'm in first class. 441 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,351 In order that I exist... 442 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,399 two gamblers, one obsessive, the other compulsive... 443 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,156 must declare themselves. 444 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,278 You must excuse me for not coming earlier. 445 00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:21,593 Of course. 446 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,551 You must come and look at my view. 447 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,790 The purser calls them "landscape windows... " 448 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,917 But I argue they should rather be called "seascape... " 449 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:34,753 You see... 450 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,672 I have a phobia about the ocean. 451 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,559 My father was a naturalist. 452 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,791 He was in the ocean all the time. I, too, when I was a little chap. 453 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:50,270 But I developed a nervousness about it, like some have with heights. 454 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:55,195 So to come up here, with all this glass, to hear your confession... 455 00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,714 I feared it was more than I could manage. 456 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,316 But I owe you an apology. 457 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,949 As you see, I was capable of coming all the time. 458 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,079 Confession? 459 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,599 "The Lord be in thy heart and on thy lips... 460 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:20,514 "and give thee grace to make a true and faithful confession. " 461 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,069 So... 462 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,836 "I confess to God Almighty... 463 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:37,473 "and the whole company of Heaven... 464 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,152 "that I have sinned. " 465 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,919 I have attended rooms in Drury Lane... 466 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,628 For the purpose of playing Fan Tan. 467 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,597 I have played dice on a train full of racing types. 468 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,750 I did not attend the racetrack... 469 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,798 But I went on that train expressly to play dice. 470 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:08,277 I tried to persuade a business colleague of mine to take me to a cockfight. 471 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,311 He refused, but I would have gone. 472 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:17,432 I set up the table here like this as a trap for the steward... 473 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,988 Who I know to play poker. 474 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,630 I wished to play with them. 475 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,750 The dice that you played on the train... 476 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,197 Was it Dutch Hazards? 477 00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:35,634 Yes, it was. 478 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,675 - We also played another game. - Old British, perhaps? 479 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:45,070 Although in New South Wales, it is known as Seventh Man. 480 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,118 - Who provided the Peter? - "The Peter"? 481 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:52,911 - The term is unknown to you? - No, I think it's quite familiar. 482 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,278 I thought so. 483 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,952 These terms, Mr. Hopkins... 484 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,510 - are they also familiar to you? - I'm afraid so. 485 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,198 - This is most improper. - I don't think so. 486 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,592 - You have not absolved me. - Where is the sin? 487 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:19,510 We bet. It is all in Pascal, you know. 488 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,478 We bet that there is a God. We bet our life on it. 489 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,437 We calculate the odds, the return... 490 00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,795 That we shall sit with the saints in Paradise. 491 00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,873 Our anxiety about our bet wakes us before dawn in a cold sweat. 492 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,111 And God sees us suffer. 493 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,670 I cannot believe that such a God... 494 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,957 Whose fundamental requirement of us is that we gamble our souls... 495 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,396 It's true, we stake everything on the fact of his existence. 496 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,711 I cannot believe that such a God can look unkindly on a chap... 497 00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,918 Wagering a few quid on the likelihood of a dumb animal crossing the line first. 498 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,310 Unless it might be considered... 499 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,518 A blasphemy... 500 00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,229 To apply to common pleasure that which is divine. 501 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,478 Shall we play? 502 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,558 - Yes. - Yes! 503 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,313 - One shilling. - I raise you a shilling. 504 00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,112 I shall see you. 505 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:37,919 Your two. 506 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,079 Your four. 507 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,311 I raise you three. 508 00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:49,759 I'll see you. 509 00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,910 - I have led you astray! - What? 510 00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:03,030 No, I led you astray. You must forgive me. 511 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,156 Of course I forgive you. 512 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,395 - I played for pleasure. - No! 513 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:18,634 Stop it! 514 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:30,469 Oh, dear. 515 00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:55,314 The scandal kept Lucinda a prisoner in her stateroom. 516 00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,800 She waited for Oscar to apologize... 517 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,350 but she did not hear a word. 518 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,039 My great-grandfather did not emerge from his cabin... 519 00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:13,112 until the Pinchgut cannons saluted the great ship's entry... 520 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:14,952 into Sydney Harbor. 521 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,474 Do not fear for your wife's cloth, Dean. 522 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,552 Not a drop will spill. You will see I was not boasting. 523 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:28,790 I'll take a small bet on it. 524 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:37,197 Will no one humor me? 525 00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:43,195 - Half a crown, my Lord. Double or nothing. - Done. 526 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,638 Now concentrate. 527 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:50,149 Watch. 528 00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:52,913 You will not see this done by many other bishops. 529 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,468 - Allow me to remove this. - No, leave it. 530 00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,874 You did not believe that I could do it. 531 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,998 Well done, my lord. 532 00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:21,318 I hear that your glass lady has returned. 533 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,676 - I beg your pardon, my lord? - Your petite amie. 534 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,519 Miss Leplastrier is not that, my lord. 535 00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,717 She has arrived just in time for your farewells. 536 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:37,032 I am told the parish is called Never Never. 537 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,910 Our last chap was run out of town. 538 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,639 "Never, never come back," they told him. 539 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,318 Miss Leplastrier? 540 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:51,229 Is that the Miss Leplastrier who has just returned from England? 541 00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,390 - Have you met? - Yes. 542 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,514 Then I am responsible for your exile. 543 00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:05,754 Yes, and you have tried to hide it from me. 544 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:07,831 - I never thought... - Hush! Do you hear me? 545 00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,912 You're wrong, quite wrong. Please. 546 00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,915 - It is wholly theological. - You are not forced to go. 547 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,992 I have no choice. I must go where I am sent. 548 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:23,114 - By God? - Of course. 549 00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:25,271 Or a man, the bishop? 550 00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:29,031 Please. Do leave it alone. 551 00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,193 What will happen to you in a place where there is nothing... 552 00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:36,951 But mud and taverns? There's no church. 553 00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:39,349 - No church building. - Stay. 554 00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:41,914 Please. 555 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,875 We can have the works together. 556 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,630 And neither of us lonely. 557 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:56,473 No, I must go. 558 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,871 So you will preach what you do not believe to men who do not care. 559 00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:05,155 I shall preach what I do believe. 560 00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:07,196 There's no virgin birth? 561 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,309 That Christ died for our sins... 562 00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,312 That we might be redeemed through his blood... 563 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,551 That we might sit at the side of God in Heaven. 564 00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,670 There is a part of you that wishes to be sent away. 565 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:24,478 Quite a large part. 566 00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,110 Who will I have to talk to? 567 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,034 Does the track bother you, Reverend? 568 00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,112 A little, Mrs. Judd. 569 00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,310 You grow accustomed to it... 570 00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:01,513 In time. 571 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,589 And 3 shillings and three pence. That's every penny, Hugh. 572 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,720 - We'll double it. - All my capital. 573 00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,509 We'll treble it. The system works. It's foolproof. 574 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:41,479 - It's not been thus far. - The boy has proven it. Have faith. 575 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,636 Please, Hugh, I can't keep up. 576 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,158 Mrs. Chadwick. 577 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,113 I cannot find Paraguay, Mrs. Chadwick. 578 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,074 Have you looked in the index, Alice? 579 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,397 Even her duties as a governess... 580 00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:31,914 did not prevent twice-widowed Miriam Chadwick... 581 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,673 from chasing after another possible husband. 582 00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:04,996 I am sorry we have no better a place for service. 583 00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,157 Why be sorry, Verger? 584 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,832 Wherever we're gathered, isn't it true God is with us? 585 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:13,639 In a cathedral, or under a tree. 586 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:17,875 - As with our first settlers. - Our Lord was born in a stable, Verger. 587 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,514 I have brought flowers for the altar. 588 00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:31,233 Thank you. 589 00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,599 Now Lucinda had lost her only friend... 590 00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:40,716 she wrote to him almost daily. 591 00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:44,236 "What do you think of a glass arcade to cover George Street? 592 00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:47,596 "Or a little pyramid of glass for the circular quay? 593 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:50,874 "I do wish you were here to advise me. 594 00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,510 "Are you homesick for Sydney?" 595 00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:19,509 Heads. 596 00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:33,756 The Reverend's flowers! Whose dratted horse is that? 597 00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:35,711 Stupid bloody animal. 598 00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:41,632 No, Mr. Hasset did not ask to go north. He was sent. 599 00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:45,749 - I asked and was refused. - The Bishop refused you? 600 00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:48,155 Mr. Judd, what's going on? 601 00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:52,838 The Rev. Hasset, is he... 602 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:55,959 A good friend? 603 00:58:57,440 --> 00:58:59,476 He is a very dear friend. 604 00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:04,748 Look. 605 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:19,079 - I'll tell you, sir! - Mr. Judd, Mrs. Judd. Please come in. 606 00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:30,038 You've been gambling. We'll not have this. You can't deny it. 607 00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:32,031 - I'm not denying it. - She's slipping out. 608 00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:34,190 - I meant no offense. - She's putting on her hat. 609 00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:37,078 - She is my guest. - A pretty name for it. 610 00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:40,675 - Mrs. Judd... - I will not be stopped. He is a hypocrite. 611 00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,753 We make him lovely vestments he will not wear. It's true. 612 00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,115 You think God wants to see you looking like a crow? 613 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:49,078 - No, I wear what I believe. - You dress like a scarecrow! 614 00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:53,392 He dresses like a scarecrow, he throws out our music and candles. 615 00:59:53,480 --> 00:59:56,870 Here he is with cards and women in the temple. 616 00:59:57,400 --> 01:00:01,109 You are a rude woman. And you are a rude man. 617 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,271 You imagine you are civilized... 618 01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:06,033 But you are like savages with toppers and tails. 619 01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:09,237 You should pray God to forgive you your rudeness. 620 01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:11,199 You may leave. 621 01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:16,952 The way you came. 622 01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:33,479 Close it. 623 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:52,193 I am done for. 624 01:00:54,520 --> 01:00:55,873 Surely not. 625 01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:00,590 "When I told the Ecclesiastical Commission... 626 01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:04,514 "that I have never gambled for personal gain, they would not believe me. 627 01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,716 "They have cast me out. 628 01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:20,595 "I am sorry to have caused you so much anguish, dear Papa. 629 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:24,913 "I know that you will believe that I am destined for eternal hellfire. 630 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:31,588 "It does seem there is nothing for a man to do... 631 01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:36,196 "once he has gained the reputation that has been so unjustly given to me. " 632 01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:50,472 Is Mr. Hopkins here? 633 01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,439 No, he is not. 634 01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:56,476 - Would you tell me where he has gone? - No, I cannot. 635 01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:58,598 I am only a savage. 636 01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:04,673 Giddap, boy. 637 01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:47,599 Mr. Hopkins? 638 01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:56,193 Forgive me. 639 01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,915 Stand, boy. Mrs. Smith, we have a visitor. 640 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:23,116 - Too tight? - No. 641 01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:30,593 That's one paw. 642 01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:32,794 Now the other. 643 01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:36,513 Them cuts, they was made by praying. 644 01:03:36,680 --> 01:03:40,116 - Not fighting? - Praying. Like this. 645 01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:10,439 Mr. Hopkins? 646 01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:02,393 Good morning! 647 01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:20,313 Mr. Hopkins? 648 01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:24,834 Mr. Hopkins, may I ask you something? 649 01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:28,151 I am searching for work as a clerk. I won't trouble you much longer. 650 01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,437 No, what I wanted to ask is why do you ignore me? 651 01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:38,154 I know you have been through awful pain, and I am sorry for it. 652 01:05:39,200 --> 01:05:41,794 But now you hide in your room. 653 01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:44,473 I never see you. 654 01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:48,394 Or when I do, you will not look at me. You barely speak to me. 655 01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:53,510 I cannot gamble again. 656 01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:57,069 I have not asked you to gamble. 657 01:05:57,560 --> 01:05:58,629 No. 658 01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:03,711 I am in constant fear, every moment of the day... 659 01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:07,634 That something we say or do will start it all over again. 660 01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:13,038 I admit, yes, in that case, we do not have a good history. 661 01:06:16,800 --> 01:06:20,634 I am weak. It is like opium to me. 662 01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:25,878 For years, I gambled and took what I needed and gave the rest to the poor. 663 01:06:25,960 --> 01:06:29,589 I gambled for a purpose. There was no sin in what I did. 664 01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:34,358 But then when I had all my needs paid for, I still could not stop... 665 01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:36,871 Even when I promised God. 666 01:06:42,120 --> 01:06:43,917 We shall make a pact. 667 01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:46,234 We shall? 668 01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,031 To never gamble again. 669 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:54,670 I promise I shall never invite you to a game of cards... 670 01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:56,990 Or any other form of gambling. 671 01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:07,431 We shall keep it and be friends. 672 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:11,429 Yes. 673 01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:19,033 - I am leaving. I cannot stay. - What do you mean? 674 01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:21,950 The gentleman, so-called... 675 01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:24,476 I have been told who he is. 676 01:07:24,560 --> 01:07:27,028 Your friends at church have been talking to you. 677 01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,190 - I cannot stay. - Well, do not stay then. 678 01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:32,192 It will give me a bad name. People will think I was part of it. 679 01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:33,759 Part of what? 680 01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:53,115 Go! 681 01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:03,750 Both sides, Mr. Hopkins. 682 01:08:22.280 --> 01:08:23.998 Pipped at the post. 683 01:08:32.240 --> 01:08:35.471 - Do you know what I wish? - No. What do you wish? 684 01:08:36.120 --> 01:08:38.998 I wish I had 10 sisters. 685 01:08:39.400 --> 01:08:40.469 Ten? 686 01:08:42.960 --> 01:08:47.476 Then maybe I could let people be simple, good chaps. 687 01:08:48.400 --> 01:08:50.197 As my father could. 688 01:08:52.320 --> 01:08:54.231 I am too critical. 689 01:08:54.840 --> 01:08:56.796 Is this your confession? 690 01:09:01.360 --> 01:09:02.588 And you? 691 01:09:05.480 --> 01:09:06.799 I wish... 692 01:09:07.280 --> 01:09:11.114 I could walk on the path between the high downs and the sea... 693 01:09:11.800 --> 01:09:13.631 Where my father lives. 694 01:09:17.480 --> 01:09:19.755 I do not fit, I know that. 695 01:09:21.320 --> 01:09:24.517 You do not give a hoot what people think of you. 696 01:09:25.640 --> 01:09:28.108 My friend from home, Wardley-Fish... 697 01:09:28.200 --> 01:09:30.236 Said it was of no matter. 698 01:09:33.280 --> 01:09:36.272 He is right, your friend. 699 01:10:19.960 --> 01:10:23.635 The idea that Lucinda loved Dennis Hasset had taken hold... 700 01:10:23.880 --> 01:10:26.519 and would not easily be knocked loose. 701 01:11:16.840 --> 01:11:18.398 Cheers to Mr. Hopkins. 702 01:11:18.480 --> 01:11:20.118 - Cheers. - Cheers. 703 01:11:21.480 --> 01:11:26.190 It is a great pleasure to see our missus take up with a gentleman such as you. 704 01:11:26.440 --> 01:11:29.671 When our window-making is at full tilt, just come along. 705 01:11:29.760 --> 01:11:32.149 We'll be pleased to explain it to you. 706 01:11:32.240 --> 01:11:34.276 Thank you, Arthur. I will. 707 01:11:39.080 --> 01:11:43.756 I have never seen anything so splendid as your glassworks. 708 01:11:48.040 --> 01:11:51.271 You may approach. It is not sacred. 709 01:11:52.080 --> 01:11:54.753 It is merely a prototype. 710 01:12:04.520 --> 01:12:07.478 I thought perhaps an exhibition hall. 711 01:12:08.400 --> 01:12:09.753 It is... 712 01:12:15.320 --> 01:12:17.914 It is like a kennel for God's angels. 713 01:12:27.840 --> 01:12:29.478 I am bowled over. 714 01:12:34.640 --> 01:12:38.553 I feel extraordinarily happy. It is so beautiful! 715 01:12:54.200 --> 01:12:55.758 I have an idea. 716 01:12:57.800 --> 01:12:59.392 Are you curious? 717 01:13:00.160 --> 01:13:02.355 Yes, of course I am curious. 718 01:13:07.480 --> 01:13:10.313 Oscar's idea was born out of Christianity. 719 01:13:10.600 --> 01:13:15.116 That if you sacrifice yourself, you will attain the object of your desires. 720 01:13:17.160 --> 01:13:18.673 Yes, thank you. 721 01:13:18.760 --> 01:13:21.194 The odds were surely stacked against him. 722 01:13:21.280 --> 01:13:23.714 Had it been a horse, rather than a woman's heart... 723 01:13:23.800 --> 01:13:27.156 he would never have bet on it. Not even for a place. 724 01:13:28.000 --> 01:13:31.879 How does your correspondent enjoy Bellingen town? 725 01:13:34.080 --> 01:13:35.433 Well enough. 726 01:13:35.520 --> 01:13:37.875 Does he have a church built yet? 727 01:13:38.480 --> 01:13:41.597 No, they still hold the service behind the blacksmith's. 728 01:13:42.200 --> 01:13:44.589 Mr. Hasset should have a church. 729 01:13:46.200 --> 01:13:47.872 What is your idea? 730 01:13:51.320 --> 01:13:53.356 What would be his feeling... 731 01:13:53.440 --> 01:13:56.637 If he woke up one morning, he looked out of his window... 732 01:13:56.720 --> 01:13:59.234 And he saw a church... 733 01:14:00.320 --> 01:14:02.197 Made of glass? 734 01:14:15.760 --> 01:14:17.876 - A church? - Of glass. 735 01:14:18.360 --> 01:14:20.191 - A glass church? - Yes! 736 01:14:20.560 --> 01:14:24.599 - It is not practical. - What is the practical purpose of a church? 737 01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:28.679 If it is only to provide shelter to Christians... 738 01:14:28.760 --> 01:14:30.591 And my father would take this view... 739 01:14:30.680 --> 01:14:33.672 Then it is better to worship in rooms behind the blacksmith. 740 01:14:33.760 --> 01:14:38.276 But if the purpose of a church is also a celebration of God... 741 01:14:39.000 --> 01:14:43.357 Then I would say I am the most practical man you have spoken to all year. 742 01:14:44.920 --> 01:14:48.276 It's like the stairs in the library. It's what they call... 743 01:14:48.360 --> 01:14:50.032 - Prefabricated. - Yes. 744 01:14:50.120 --> 01:14:52.475 You can pack it in crates and transport it by cart. 745 01:14:52.560 --> 01:14:54.437 - Or by ship. - Yes, you can take it... 746 01:14:54.520 --> 01:14:57.398 - across the Great Dividing Range. - We are mad to think of it. 747 01:14:57.480 --> 01:15:00.517 No! We are not mad! 748 01:15:01.240 --> 01:15:02.753 We are not mad. 749 01:15:04.840 --> 01:15:07.354 Can you imagine Mr. Hasset's face? 750 01:15:08.840 --> 01:15:10.910 You will deliver it to him. 751 01:15:11.400 --> 01:15:13.152 - I? - Yes, surely you... 752 01:15:13.240 --> 01:15:15.310 - I cannot leave the works. - But you wouldn't... 753 01:15:15.400 --> 01:15:17.118 No, it's quite impossible. 754 01:15:17.200 --> 01:15:20.510 They're only just recovering from my last absence. 755 01:15:21.440 --> 01:15:24.273 Then I shall, on your behalf. 756 01:15:28.200 --> 01:15:31.112 - Bellingen is approached by sea. - Then I shall go by land. 757 01:15:31.200 --> 01:15:33.316 You cannot. It is largely unmapped country. 758 01:15:33.400 --> 01:15:35.789 You think it is outside my scope? 759 01:15:36.360 --> 01:15:39.193 - There is no shame in that. - And no truth in it, either. 760 01:15:39.280 --> 01:15:41.669 I wager you I can do it. You may nominate the date. 761 01:15:41.760 --> 01:15:44.433 - This is madness. - I am prepared to wager you... 762 01:15:44.520 --> 01:15:48.069 That I can have the glass church in Bellingen by, say... 763 01:15:48.560 --> 01:15:49.993 Good Friday. 764 01:15:51.680 --> 01:15:53.477 And what can you bet? 765 01:15:56.320 --> 01:15:58.709 - 10 guineas. - It's not enough. 766 01:16:00.800 --> 01:16:02.313 What is enough? 767 01:16:03.560 --> 01:16:05.198 Your inheritance. 768 01:16:06.040 --> 01:16:08.998 My father may live until he's 100. He's not a rich man, anyway. 769 01:16:09.080 --> 01:16:11.036 - That makes no difference. - You will bet? 770 01:16:11.120 --> 01:16:12.712 - The same. - The same amount? 771 01:16:12.800 --> 01:16:15.997 The same. My inheritance. 772 01:16:16.720 --> 01:16:19.109 - But you already have it. - Yes. 773 01:16:19.600 --> 01:16:22.194 - Your works? - Yes, everything. 774 01:16:22.600 --> 01:16:26.195 - You will wager all that? - Yes. 775 01:16:28.360 --> 01:16:32.512 Five weeks without even a game of Penny Poker... 776 01:16:34.800 --> 01:16:36.438 And now this. 777 01:16:42.040 --> 01:16:44.474 Very pretty, this fretwork. 778 01:16:44.560 --> 01:16:46.949 It is quite ingenious. 779 01:16:47.320 --> 01:16:49.151 Here is my head clerk. 780 01:16:49.240 --> 01:16:52.277 Come in, Jeffris. We have a question for you. 781 01:16:52.560 --> 01:16:54.835 Miss Leplastrier, Mr. Hopkins. 782 01:16:54.920 --> 01:16:58.356 This is from the horse's mouth. Jeffris is quite the explorer. 783 01:16:58.440 --> 01:17:00.351 He has been there, up north. 784 01:17:00.440 --> 01:17:03.591 - On the road survey, wasn't it, Jeffris? - Yes. 785 01:17:03.800 --> 01:17:06.075 He knows all the ins and outs. 786 01:17:08.160 --> 01:17:10.879 Would that road be of any use? 787 01:17:11.080 --> 01:17:15.392 If you were carrying cargo of any sort, it would be a fool's way to go. 788 01:17:18.720 --> 01:17:20.756 We will have cargo, yes. 789 01:17:22.560 --> 01:17:26.792 - Then you must go by sea. - Mr. Hopkins is set on going overland. 790 01:17:27.040 --> 01:17:29.759 - Is that so? - Yes, I'm afraid it is. 791 01:17:30.000 --> 01:17:32.719 Going by land, of course, one of your main problems... 792 01:17:32.800 --> 01:17:35.917 Is the butchering habits of the blacks up north. 793 01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:37.592 But you must know that. 794 01:17:37.680 --> 01:17:40.956 If you go, as all the incompetents have done... 795 01:17:41.040 --> 01:17:44.396 Smack-bang through the center of their kingdoms, what can you expect? 796 01:17:44.480 --> 01:17:48.519 It is like thrusting your bare hand into a beehive. 797 01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:50.871 It gets them hopping mad. 798 01:17:50.960 --> 01:17:54.157 Ergo, you take your time... 799 01:17:54.600 --> 01:17:57.876 Go around their boundaries, and you are left alone. 800 01:17:58.480 --> 01:18:00.948 - Who knows these boundaries? - I do. 801 01:18:01.840 --> 01:18:04.752 Ease up. You are not stealing my head clerk. 802 01:18:09.720 --> 01:18:11.392 Morning, Captain. 803 01:18:11.560 --> 01:18:14.597 - Mr. Hopkins. - I'm in rehearsal, Mr. Jeffris. 804 01:18:14.680 --> 01:18:17.513 I shall need some assistance at Bellingen... 805 01:18:17.600 --> 01:18:19.830 Though it need not be skilled. 806 01:18:20.160 --> 01:18:22.196 I have learned to glaze. 807 01:18:22.320 --> 01:18:25.835 - Excellent. - It's a lot harder than Latin verbs. 808 01:18:30.040 --> 01:18:32.998 No, Harry. That's B. It should balance H. 809 01:18:33.080 --> 01:18:35.389 He is a brave man, Mr. Jeffris. 810 01:18:35.840 --> 01:18:38.229 Yes, he's an extraordinary chap. 811 01:18:39.280 --> 01:18:41.555 He is far braver than you or I. 812 01:18:48.600 --> 01:18:51.558 When I heard of this, I could not believe it. 813 01:18:51.840 --> 01:18:54.638 Now I see it, I still cannot believe it. 814 01:18:54.720 --> 01:18:56.915 It is a scientific expedition. 815 01:18:57.000 --> 01:18:59.958 Here is a list of the party we have... 816 01:19:00.040 --> 01:19:02.918 The Australian sun will scorch your congregation... 817 01:19:03.000 --> 01:19:05.195 As though they are in hell itself. 818 01:19:05.280 --> 01:19:08.670 How kind of you to come from Parramatta to tell me this. 819 01:19:08.760 --> 01:19:10.955 Have you become so sarcastic? 820 01:19:12.480 --> 01:19:15.313 - It is to be built beneath a tree. - Fiddlesticks! 821 01:19:15.400 --> 01:19:19.359 - A shady tree in a cool aspect. - It will be as hot as hell. 822 01:19:21.400 --> 01:19:24.039 Where will the rector change his vestments? 823 01:19:24.120 --> 01:19:26.759 He is like a fish in an aquarium for everyone to see. 824 01:19:26.840 --> 01:19:28.273 Be calm. 825 01:19:28.360 --> 01:19:33.036 You had such a start in life, and now this folly! 826 01:19:33.120 --> 01:19:35.111 Look at it, please. 827 01:19:35.880 --> 01:19:37.074 Calmly. 828 01:19:38.920 --> 01:19:40.638 It is so beautiful. 829 01:19:41.120 --> 01:19:43.236 This celebrates God's name. 830 01:19:44.560 --> 01:19:48.394 They will fry. They will curse God's name. 831 01:19:51.800 --> 01:19:53.950 You don't look well, girlie. 832 01:20:21.320 --> 01:20:24.835 "He has condemned himself to everlasting hellfire. 833 01:20:25.840 --> 01:20:29.879 "He has cast himself out from those who can ask God's forgiveness. 834 01:20:31.000 --> 01:20:34.515 "What brought your friend, the Rev. Stratton, to this pass... 835 01:20:35.240 --> 01:20:37.276 "we can only conjecture. " 836 01:23:25.280 --> 01:23:28.590 - Mr. Jeffris? - Miss Leplastrier, Mr. Hopkins. 837 01:23:29.160 --> 01:23:30.912 I'm offering you a bonus. 838 01:23:31.000 --> 01:23:35.152 Mr. Hopkins will give this to you when he has been safely delivered. 839 01:23:35.680 --> 01:23:37.033 Please, no. 840 01:23:37.400 --> 01:23:38.833 As you wish. 841 01:23:42.720 --> 01:23:43.869 So... 842 01:23:46.840 --> 01:23:48.956 Mr. Hopkins, if you please. 843 01:23:49.480 --> 01:23:51.710 - Oh, dear. - Surely he can wait. 844 01:23:51.960 --> 01:23:54.554 Mr. Hopkins must lead the expedition. 845 01:24:00.920 --> 01:24:02.831 The Lord keep you safe. 846 01:24:05.080 --> 01:24:07.389 The legal document of our wager. 847 01:24:14.520 --> 01:24:16.317 I have this for you. 848 01:24:27.200 --> 01:24:28.315 Go. 849 01:24:47.120 --> 01:24:48.348 Goodbye. 850 01:26:10.280 --> 01:26:12.953 When Oscar first talked of going overland... 851 01:26:13.040 --> 01:26:16.157 he had not known there were six rivers to cross: 852 01:26:16.240 --> 01:26:18.674 The Macleay, the Hastings, the Clarence... 853 01:26:18.760 --> 01:26:21.433 the Manning, the Hunter, and the Namoi. 854 01:26:22.920 --> 01:26:26.071 He was sick with fear at the thing he had begun. 855 01:26:35.160 --> 01:26:36.309 Help! 856 01:26:38.840 --> 01:26:41.513 - Help me, man! He's having a fit. - Help. 857 01:26:42.000 --> 01:26:44.036 - Hold his head. - No! 858 01:26:54.520 --> 01:26:58.149 You are to supervise him at all times, and not to let him out of your sight. 859 01:26:58.240 --> 01:27:01.471 When you hold your cock, you will have your eye on him. 860 01:27:01.560 --> 01:27:05.473 When you wipe your asshole, you will have your hand around his ankle. 861 01:27:05.560 --> 01:27:07.391 When there are rivers to be forded... 862 01:27:07.480 --> 01:27:10.199 You will administer 5 fluid ounces of the laudanum. 863 01:27:10.280 --> 01:27:13.955 - Do I make myself clear? - My duty is as collector of animals. 864 01:27:14.040 --> 01:27:16.838 All other duties are second to this one. 865 01:27:31.040 --> 01:27:34.749 That she did not open Oscar's letter was not forgetfulness. 866 01:27:34.960 --> 01:27:36.951 She did not wish to weep. 867 01:27:37.560 --> 01:27:41.235 They would carry him safely, and they would bring him back. 868 01:28:02.360 --> 01:28:04.874 "I dare not hope, and yet I must 869 01:28:04.960 --> 01:28:08.032 "that through this deed, I gain your trust" 870 01:28:08.120 --> 01:28:09.792 You had my trust. 871 01:28:12.720 --> 01:28:14.233 Oh, you fool. 872 01:28:18.960 --> 01:28:20.393 My darling. 873 01:28:35.560 --> 01:28:37.790 Lucinda did not know it would be four weeks... 874 01:28:37.880 --> 01:28:40.792 before the next steamer left for Bellingen. 875 01:28:42.960 --> 01:28:45.952 One, two, three, heave! 876 01:28:47.360 --> 01:28:49.590 Lift it, you soft whores! 877 01:28:51.400 --> 01:28:53.675 Get those horses up here, man! 878 01:28:57.840 --> 01:28:59.512 Move this thing! 879 01:29:00.000 --> 01:29:02.070 Does your throat still pain you? 880 01:29:02.480 --> 01:29:04.118 It is not so bad. 881 01:29:04.720 --> 01:29:07.871 If I coat the funnel with wax when you have your fits... 882 01:29:07.960 --> 01:29:10.872 - I had no fit. - I found you in one. 883 01:29:11.240 --> 01:29:14.312 That damn church of yours, sir, is costing us time. 884 01:29:14.920 --> 01:29:19.072 He forced his medicine upon me. I had no fit. 885 01:29:19.400 --> 01:29:22.198 He fears your phobia, that you'll jump into the water. 886 01:29:22.280 --> 01:29:24.714 He fears he will lose his bonus. 887 01:29:24.800 --> 01:29:28.315 But he will not lose me. I shall be here until the end. 888 01:29:31.200 --> 01:29:33.156 I have much to live for. 889 01:29:38.320 --> 01:29:42.108 Come on, put your backs into it. Come on, some muscle. 890 01:30:12.280 --> 01:30:14.236 Be quiet now. 891 01:30:45.120 --> 01:30:47.156 Blacks! Niggers! 892 01:30:47.360 --> 01:30:50.636 - Captain! - Simpson, over the top. 893 01:30:50.720 --> 01:30:52.517 Dalton, watch the provisions! 894 01:30:52.600 --> 01:30:55.068 One man secure the horses. The rest of you, with me. 895 01:30:55.160 --> 01:30:57.355 - By the rocks! - Come on, lads. 896 01:31:12.000 --> 01:31:13.228 No! 897 01:31:16.120 --> 01:31:18.475 Talk to them! 898 01:31:54.480 --> 01:31:57.233 How goes life in the ladies' compartment? 899 01:31:59.640 --> 01:32:02.393 What do you say to this countryside? 900 01:32:02.480 --> 01:32:04.630 If it was my country, sir... 901 01:32:05.160 --> 01:32:07.549 I'd be feared to see you coming. 902 01:32:38.360 --> 01:32:41.352 God, man, surely you're not going to drink with them? 903 01:32:41.440 --> 01:32:44.000 I have already traveled with them. 904 01:33:04.240 --> 01:33:05.753 He's a padre... 905 01:33:06.040 --> 01:33:09.157 Come to bring God to all you bastard sons of Bellingen. 906 01:33:10.200 --> 01:33:13.510 - Bastard sons and daughters. - The Lord help us. 907 01:33:13.880 --> 01:33:17.839 Take this over to him. Keep your eye on him. He's not to leave. 908 01:33:23.520 --> 01:33:24.999 Step through. 909 01:33:25.080 --> 01:33:27.878 Dip your wee white toe in the holy well. 910 01:33:37.040 --> 01:33:39.508 Compliments of Sir Roger Rogerer... 911 01:33:39.600 --> 01:33:41.556 And Lord Pupslaughter. 912 01:33:56.400 --> 01:33:58.197 He's going walkabout. 913 01:34:03.280 --> 01:34:06.238 How thin my wrist is. 914 01:34:08.040 --> 01:34:10.759 This wrist God made me. 915 01:34:14.680 --> 01:34:16.352 How could I smite you? 916 01:34:16.440 --> 01:34:19.398 That's right, Father. Give us a sermon on the mount. 917 01:34:22.160 --> 01:34:23.479 I will... 918 01:34:25.160 --> 01:34:26.673 Play you poker. 919 01:34:29.200 --> 01:34:30.952 And I will win. 920 01:34:32.560 --> 01:34:36.189 This money will be your gift to God's work in Bellingen. 921 01:34:36.280 --> 01:34:37.395 No! 922 01:34:37.480 --> 01:34:41.029 I have a pot of �100. 923 01:34:44.720 --> 01:34:46.233 I forbid this! 924 01:34:46.320 --> 01:34:49.278 I would shoot you dead and go to hell for it. 925 01:34:51.120 --> 01:34:52.553 You murderer. 926 01:34:57.120 --> 01:35:00.351 "The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. 927 01:35:00.720 --> 01:35:04.349 "He makest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies. " 928 01:35:07.840 --> 01:35:09.478 - Out. - I warn you. 929 01:38:10.320 --> 01:38:11.514 Percy? 930 01:38:13.400 --> 01:38:16.710 Did I not murder a man? 931 01:38:17.320 --> 01:38:18.548 We did. 932 01:38:24.400 --> 01:38:27.472 - Where is our party? - They're off. Gone south. 933 01:38:28.360 --> 01:38:30.396 In pursuit of Mr. Jeffris. 934 01:38:31.000 --> 01:38:33.150 He went off with their pay, so they believe. 935 01:38:33.240 --> 01:38:35.231 So they've chased after him. 936 01:38:35.840 --> 01:38:36.989 Oh, Lord. 937 01:38:47.520 --> 01:38:49.192 You must not fear. 938 01:38:50.600 --> 01:38:54.036 - I have killed a man. - It is a bad man we have killed. 939 01:38:56.360 --> 01:38:58.510 Your maker will forgive you. 940 01:38:59.520 --> 01:39:03.195 In truth, I have felt more sorrow to have slain a beast. 941 01:39:08.520 --> 01:39:12.149 They were nice enough to leave us tea, sugar, and a billy. 942 01:39:13.120 --> 01:39:16.237 For the rest, they were in too much of a hurry. 943 01:39:19.480 --> 01:39:20.879 Our church. 944 01:39:22.520 --> 01:39:24.192 Look around you. 945 01:39:46.880 --> 01:39:49.952 I'll take Bubba, Miriam. Alice, bonnet, please. 946 01:39:52.120 --> 01:39:54.759 It's tempting fate to have thrown away your widow's weeds. 947 01:39:54.840 --> 01:39:57.274 Why? I have no one left to mourn. 948 01:39:57.800 --> 01:40:00.997 My father, my mother, my husband: All gone. 949 01:40:01.440 --> 01:40:03.590 If you'd nabbed young Rev. Hasset... 950 01:40:03.680 --> 01:40:07.912 I did not attempt to nab him. Although he's been properly nabbed now. 951 01:40:08.600 --> 01:40:10.591 Jealousy killed the cat. 952 01:40:10.680 --> 01:40:12.113 "Curiosity. " 953 01:40:13.880 --> 01:40:16.110 Don't forget to do the butter. 954 01:40:16.880 --> 01:40:18.313 Not "jealousy. " 955 01:41:46.600 --> 01:41:47.953 O Lord... 956 01:41:48.320 --> 01:41:50.595 All thy glory surrounds me... 957 01:41:51.600 --> 01:41:53.238 But I am afraid. 958 01:42:18.280 --> 01:42:22.478 O Lord, I thank thee for granting me this day. 959 01:43:34.240 --> 01:43:38.028 The newly-married Dennis Hasset thought many things at once: 960 01:43:38.680 --> 01:43:40.591 That it was a miracle... 961 01:43:40.680 --> 01:43:43.513 a broken thing, a tragedy... 962 01:43:44.800 --> 01:43:46.074 a dream. 963 01:43:46.960 --> 01:43:48.473 Lucinda. 964 01:44:04.400 --> 01:44:06.436 - Are we there, Percy? - Yes. 965 01:44:06.840 --> 01:44:08.592 They're all waiting. 966 01:44:42.080 --> 01:44:44.640 There you are, Mr. Hopkins. 967 01:44:45.160 --> 01:44:48.152 - Safe and dry. - Thank you, Percy. 968 01:44:49.560 --> 01:44:51.357 I will go alone now. 969 01:45:05.000 --> 01:45:06.149 Sir. 970 01:45:08.040 --> 01:45:10.634 The Rev. Mr. Hasset? 971 01:45:13.240 --> 01:45:14.309 Yes. 972 01:45:15.560 --> 01:45:19.189 Then it is my pleasure, sir... 973 01:45:20.320 --> 01:45:24.393 To present this splendid glass church to you. 974 01:45:25.720 --> 01:45:28.951 It is a gift to the people of Bellingen... 975 01:45:29.800 --> 01:45:31.711 All these people... 976 01:45:32.600 --> 01:45:35.068 From the most... 977 01:45:36.200 --> 01:45:39.829 Wonderful woman in New South Wales! 978 01:45:41.960 --> 01:45:44.269 How you can stand there, sir... 979 01:45:44.480 --> 01:45:48.519 While Miss Leplastrier pines in Sydney... 980 01:45:49.200 --> 01:45:51.077 Is quite beyond my... 981 01:45:58.960 --> 01:46:00.473 Come with me. 982 01:46:03.400 --> 01:46:06.597 - Mrs. Chadwick, could you help us? - Yes, certainly. 983 01:46:08.720 --> 01:46:12.599 I must hurry home before my wife hears all this puffed up by gossips. 984 01:46:12.880 --> 01:46:15.075 Would you be a good Samaritan? Here's a crown. 985 01:46:15.160 --> 01:46:17.515 Buy bandages, whatever he needs. 986 01:46:17.760 --> 01:46:19.751 And here are the keys to the meeting room. 987 01:46:19.840 --> 01:46:22.035 Lock the door to keep out the busybodies. 988 01:46:22.120 --> 01:46:24.998 Can you manage? Will Mrs. Trevis permit you? 989 01:46:25.240 --> 01:46:27.993 Dear Dennis, you must hurry home to Mary. 990 01:46:28.080 --> 01:46:30.310 Leave this wounded soul to me. 991 01:46:39.800 --> 01:46:41.711 You poor man. 992 01:46:43.440 --> 01:46:45.715 What trials have you been through? 993 01:46:47.400 --> 01:46:48.719 There, there. 994 01:46:56.080 --> 01:46:57.911 Up we go. 995 01:49:31.120 --> 01:49:34.317 Although his whole heart cried out for Lucinda... 996 01:49:34.520 --> 01:49:38.479 Oscar believed that he would have to marry this woman he had compromised. 997 01:49:38.560 --> 01:49:40.949 It did not occur to him that she had compromised him. 998 01:49:41.040 --> 01:49:42.109 Till tomorrow. 999 01:49:42.200 --> 01:49:44.475 That he had been nabbed. 1000 01:50:52.440 --> 01:50:53.919 Forgive me... 1001 01:50:55.440 --> 01:50:56.998 Almighty God... 1002 01:50:58.680 --> 01:51:00.910 For the murder of the blacks. 1003 01:51:04.480 --> 01:51:06.277 Forgive me for... 1004 01:51:07.200 --> 01:51:10.431 The death of Mr. Stratton. 1005 01:51:15.120 --> 01:51:17.953 Forgive me for the murder of Mr. Jeffris. 1006 01:51:20.600 --> 01:51:22.716 Forgive me, Almighty God... 1007 01:51:23.960 --> 01:51:26.428 For the seduction of Mrs. Chadwick. 1008 01:51:31.680 --> 01:51:33.636 Forgive me for my pride. 1009 01:51:34.680 --> 01:51:38.593 Forgive me for my ignorance. 1010 01:51:43.480 --> 01:51:44.993 Forgive me... 1011 01:51:46.360 --> 01:51:50.035 For betraying Lucinda... 1012 01:51:55.560 --> 01:51:58.916 And my father. 1013 01:52:08.320 --> 01:52:10.834 Will we never again stand together? 1014 01:52:17.520 --> 01:52:18.919 Forgive me. 1015 01:53:40.080 --> 01:53:41.479 Help! 1016 01:54:20.000 --> 01:54:21.319 Help me! 1017 01:56:27.400 --> 01:56:29.391 "... always abounding in the work of the Lord... 1018 01:56:29.480 --> 01:56:33.109 "as much as you know that your labor is not in vain. 1019 01:56:33.200 --> 01:56:36.715 "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live... 1020 01:56:37.040 --> 01:56:38.951 "and is full of misery. 1021 01:56:39.200 --> 01:56:41.998 "He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower. 1022 01:56:42.080 --> 01:56:46.073 "He fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 1023 01:56:46.760 --> 01:56:49.115 "In the midst of life, we are in death. 1024 01:56:49.200 --> 01:56:51.760 "Of whom may we seek for succor, but of thee, O Lord... 1025 01:56:51.840 --> 01:56:54.638 "who for our sins are justly displeased? 1026 01:56:55.320 --> 01:56:57.038 "Yet, O Lord God most Holy... 1027 01:56:57.120 --> 01:57:00.396 "O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior... 1028 01:57:00.480 --> 01:57:03.916 "deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. 1029 01:57:04.000 --> 01:57:07.037 "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. 1030 01:57:07.280 --> 01:57:09.714 "Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer... 1031 01:57:09.800 --> 01:57:12.155 "but spare us, Lord most holy... 1032 01:57:12.360 --> 01:57:15.079 "O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Savior... 1033 01:57:15.160 --> 01:57:16.957 "that thou most worthy judge eternal... 1034 01:57:17.040 --> 01:57:21.352 "suffer us not in our last hour for any pains of death to forfeit. " 1035 01:57:36.160 --> 01:57:38.435 Would you care for our church? 1036 01:57:38.520 --> 01:57:41.432 We could surely have it made useful... 1037 01:57:41.880 --> 01:57:45.156 With some weatherboards attached, or some such... 1038 01:57:45.840 --> 01:57:49.196 What a gift that would be. I shall hold you to that. 1039 01:57:53.040 --> 01:57:54.359 Thank you. 1040 02:00:00.480 --> 02:00:03.677 If Miriam had known of Oscar's wager with Lucinda... 1041 02:00:03.760 --> 02:00:07.753 she would have moved heaven and earth to claim Lucinda's fortune. 1042 02:00:12.480 --> 02:00:14.994 Before my great-grandmother died... 1043 02:00:15.160 --> 02:00:19.438 she had time to see that her baby had the same red hair as his father. 1044 02:00:19.800 --> 02:00:21.870 Oscar Theophilus Peter... 1045 02:00:23.960 --> 02:00:25.598 I baptize thee... 1046 02:00:25.760 --> 02:00:28.832 In the name of the Father, and of the Son... 1047 02:00:29.560 --> 02:00:31.994 And of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1048 02:00:34.720 --> 02:00:38.156 We receive this child into the congregation of Christ. 1049 02:00:58.920 --> 02:01:02.310 When Dennis Hasset told Lucinda the baby's history... 1050 02:01:03.280 --> 02:01:05.714 she had only one thought in mind. 1051 02:01:35.600 --> 02:01:37.556 A dream, a lie... 1052 02:01:37.840 --> 02:01:40.195 a wager, love. 1053 02:01:41.160 --> 02:01:44.357 This is the story Lucinda gave to my grandfather... 1054 02:01:44.440 --> 02:01:46.112 and I give to you. 1055 02:01:46.760 --> 02:01:49.911 All right, let's go home, yeah? Check for rocks. 1056 02:01:59.912 --> 02:02:02.712 Ripped by: SkyFury