1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,239 Who the devil do you think you are? 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,239 - I am Strange. - Indeed? 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,679 - Artillery! 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,439 Lady Pole is there. She doesn't see. 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,079 Why in the world would you be sad for her? 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,879 Because she's beset by such horrors. 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,159 Lady Pole... Madam, please help me. 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,359 I am home. 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,279 I beg you... I beg you to stop trying to persuade Mrs Strange or anyone else 11 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,919 to understand your predic... Ow! 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,239 - She was not mad before the magic. - She was dead, madam. 13 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,079 Madam! Madam! 14 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:42,639 - Mr Norrell! 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,559 Let me go! Let me go! 17 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:57,599 Norrell! 18 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,599 I'll have her hanged! I shall have you hanged. 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,839 No! Let me go! 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,999 No! No! No! 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,999 Let me go! No! 22 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,759 Quick. 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,279 - No! 25 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,359 No! 26 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,279 Oh, no! 27 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,959 Never have I been done such grave injury. What will this do to English magic? 28 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,679 My reputation has been ruined and my servant's been shot. 29 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,239 - Allow me to take her away. Please. - Everyone will ask why she did this! 30 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,519 But nobody knows who shot at you. 31 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,239 We may put it about that it was a French spy. 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:59,519 Lady Pole may be put in an asylum. 33 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,519 The whole business will be put behind us. 34 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,959 No breath of scandal will attach to you. 35 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,879 Sir? 36 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,599 No! 47 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:29,479 All magicians lie, that one more than most. Oh, yes. 49 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,239 Why were you performing Belasis's Scopus? 50 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,159 How long have I slept? 51 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,199 And where did you learn such a thing? 52 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,399 How can I do my work when I'm constantly betrayed in this manner? 53 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,599 You taught me yourself. 54 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,239 In case I came across anyone who said they were a magician. You were afraid... 55 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,159 That does not explain why you were performing it in the square. 56 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,719 Because there was... 57 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,959 There was magic everywhere. 58 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,719 No. 59 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,359 - No. - Who was that woman? 60 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,439 - Which woman? - The one who shot me. 61 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,119 - That was Sir Walter Pole's wife. - What? No. 62 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,199 No, she was a magician. There was power. 63 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:20,759 What was that magic? 64 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,559 It was mine. It was the magic I did to bring her back from the dead. 65 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,119 That was not your kind of magic. 66 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,279 - Who else's should it be? 67 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,399 There may have been some irregularities that caused her to take an odd turn. 68 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,039 An odd turn? 70 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,719 Perhaps you were drunk. 71 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,439 Have you ever known me to be drunk in the performance of my duties? 72 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,839 Mr Norrell, that place just breathed magic... 73 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,319 ..and she was at the heart of it. 74 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,359 - Where was it? - There was no place. 75 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,519 Depend upon it. There was no such place. 76 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,319 The matter is closed, Childermass. It is the last I will hear of it. 78 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,639 - What happened to her? - She returned with Sir Walter. 79 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,959 We agreed...to say nothing further. 80 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,199 He wishes to send her to Bedlam, but Bedlam is a little... 81 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,959 People may pay half a crown to go to look at the lunatics there. 82 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,839 People will go to stare...and people will wonder. 83 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:35,679 All right. 84 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,879 I've been in desperate need of you, but you've been useless - asleep for days. 85 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,679 Forgive me. 86 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,319 I am awake now. 87 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,999 You may allow me to take care of Lady Pole. 88 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,879 I'll make certain of her. 89 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,319 What about your brown jacket? That's very sober-looking. 90 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,479 - I've been getting myself dressed since I was... - Yes, yes, yes, but you're married now. 91 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,359 This really is a bothersome thing. 92 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,719 It's a splendid thing. 93 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,479 I'm very proud of you. Look, let me help. 94 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,079 Mm. I hope you do not find home dull, Jonathan. 95 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,879 The gentleman at Sir Walter's house said that you were sure to be bored at home. 96 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,399 - Bored? - Hmm. 97 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,839 How could one be bored, with everything clean and just so? 98 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,199 And all one's books so close to hand. 99 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,119 And one's wife, just there whenever one... 100 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:40,039 Thank you, Mary. 101 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,799 Besides, one can hardly be bored, with people shooting at magicians every hour of the day. 102 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,959 - I hope they catch the French swine. - Hm. 103 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,119 Do you have to go back to Norrell? 104 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,479 I'm in the middle of my apprenticeship, Bell. 105 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,439 I need Norrell. 106 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,759 I need to study with him... 107 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,039 ..and address certain questions which I... require an answer to. 108 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,479 That is all. I need be no more close to him than that. 109 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,679 Besides, I was in the Peninsula. I think I can look after myself. 110 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:26,439 Mm. 111 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,719 You're very handsome, Mr Strange... 112 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,279 ..although your hair does have more grey in it than it did before the war. 113 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,759 I think you are very beautiful, Mrs Strange. 116 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,399 I'm terribly sorry. 117 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,359 My carriage was caught behind a man driving cows in Eton Wick. 118 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,199 As I said, I fail to see what good we are to do. 119 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,359 Magic cannot cure madness. 120 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:15,719 Well, it does no harm to try. 121 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,159 At the very least, the Prince will give us his Royal Warrant. 122 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,559 Then we may say we do magic by Royal Appointment...and that is very respectable. 124 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:40,359 His Majesty, the King. 127 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,679 - I am Gil... 128 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:03,759 I am Gilbert Norrell, Your Majesty, of Hurtfew Abbey, Yorkshire, 129 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,119 the restorer of English magic and the greatest magician of the age. 130 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,559 And I am Your Majesty's servant Jonathan Strange, of Ashfair in Shropshire, 131 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,239 Magician-in-Ordinary to the army during the late war. 132 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:23,559 It is the hope ofYour Majesty's children that our magic may afford you some relief from your m... 133 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,079 ..illness. 134 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:33,999 Ah...thank you. 135 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:38,159 - I seem to be very clumsy this morning. - Yes, ma'am. 136 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,759 Do you know a lady called Miss Grey? 137 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,679 No, ma'am. 138 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,839 Mr Strange has never mentioned a Miss Grey to you? 139 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,719 No, ma'am. 140 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,519 You've been walking out with Davey, have you not? Mr Norrell's man. 141 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,319 - Oh... - I do not mean to pry. 142 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,079 He is very dashing. 143 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,959 He has such a thick Yorkshire voice, 144 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,759 you can picture him going about the moors in a most romantic fashion. 145 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,119 - Has he mentioned the shooting? - Oh. 146 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,159 Only that it was a French spy. 147 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,319 Do people know who it really was? 148 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,639 Davey has not put it about. He knew it was a secret. 149 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,439 It's that Mr Drawlight who, begging your pardon, cannot keep a still tongue. 150 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,239 She is to be put away somewhere. 151 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,559 They do not know where. 152 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,079 Thank you, Mary. 153 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,559 I hate to say it, Mr Strange, but it was exactly as I had imagined. 154 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,719 There are still so many misconceptions about the kinds of magic that we do. 155 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,999 Only the other day, I heard Lord Castlereagh remark 156 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,999 that you had, at Wellington's insistence, employed Black Magic in Spain. 157 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:02,159 Why, I corrected him, of course. I told him that we only do Modern Magic for the Modern Age. 158 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,159 Mr Strange? 159 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,039 I've seen statues of him in the North and engravings in books. 160 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,999 I never saw a painting before. 161 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,239 Hmm? 162 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,399 The Raven King. 163 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:21,439 That gentleman there with the silvery hair - 164 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,839 that would seem to be one of his fairy servants. 165 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,159 Yes. 166 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,999 Yes, and there is a unicorn and a manticore and other similarly ridiculous creatures. 167 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:36,519 This is a picture of everything that has disgraced and crippled English magic 168 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,479 for the last 300 years. 170 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,199 What magic did you attempt? 171 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,599 Oh, all of Norrell's old favourites. 172 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,679 They did not work. 173 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,679 I do not consider that he much wanted them to work. 174 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,439 Mm. 175 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,079 I was at Lady Westby's house yesterday afternoon. 176 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,079 I met a young lady there under the impression that you're teaching her. 177 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,039 Stylish girl. Not handsome, but very rich. 178 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,959 - Really? - And apparently, wild for magic. 179 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,799 Miss Grey. 180 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,559 She has a room decorated with your pictures. 181 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,879 She told me that she's paid you 400 guineas to be your... to be your pupil. 182 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,639 Well... 183 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:54,359 I think I might forget a young lady, but I do not think I could forget 400 guineas. 184 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:55,999 Then why has she said it? 185 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,239 To make me jealous? I... 186 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,039 What am I to say to her? 187 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,359 Tell her I did not receive the 400 guineas. 188 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:10,319 Bell, you know I do not take pupils. Norrell would have a blue fit, for one thing. 189 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,999 I do not understand. I do not understand why people must... 190 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,159 One does one's best, and then all of a sudden you're in the middle of a... 191 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,439 Do you know who shot Norrell? 192 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,359 - Yes. - Then let us not pretend about it any more. 193 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,559 I hope you do not make yourself uneasy about Lady Pole. 194 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,639 Please do not give yourself any blame. 195 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,079 I feel I was stupid, Jonathan. 196 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,919 I'm not even entirely sure that I considered that she was in fact mad. 197 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,279 Will you go back to the King? 198 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,439 Norrell will not. 199 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,319 Perhaps I might go back. 200 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,879 Perhaps I might find a path where Norrell cannot. 201 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:00,119 Please do not do it because you think you might be able to find a way to help my friend. 202 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,159 Very kind of you, but please do not do it. 203 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,479 - Well... - I'm finished with it, Jonathan. 204 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,479 It's too painful to think about. 206 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:48,199 Of course, Mr Strange, my book gravitates towards Mr Norrell's many achievements. 207 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:53,399 Chapter two concerns the wonderful events at York, the talking statues... 208 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:58,719 It is a good opportunity to dispel for ever the rumour that I use magic to do laundry. 209 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,639 It is a very fine book, Henry. 210 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,319 Lord, I've enjoyed reading it. 211 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,479 Forgive me, gentlemen. I have an...appointment. 212 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:15,039 Then, of course, the rain ships at Brest, the sea-beacons... 213 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,719 - Oh, are they finished? - For the purposes of the book. 214 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,279 There are then 15 chapters dealing with the pernicious nature of the magic of the past. 215 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,959 The remaining two detail our hopes and suggestions 216 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,479 for what Modern Magic might achieve. 217 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,679 Oh, Mr Murray has given me a few more days 218 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,679 to come up with a final chapter on Mr Norrell's most prestigious challenge, 219 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,719 - his attendance on the King. - Shame it did not work. 220 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,439 We may turn that to our advantage. 221 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,519 Mr Norrell holds the view that magic cannot cure madness. 222 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,359 - Will you mention Lady Pole in this context? - No. 223 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,519 We think it important to present your trip to Windsor as a heroic and patriotic attempt 224 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,479 to do magic that simply cannot be done. 225 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,359 Well, we did not attempt absolutely everything. 226 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,759 We attempted every functioning applicable spell. 227 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:04,959 Well, perhaps there might be spells which have fallen into disrepute or been misreported. 228 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:06,919 I do not understand what you mean. 229 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,479 I think what Mr Strange is trying to say is that, 230 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:14,279 considering the myths and superstitions which have grown up over the last 300 years, 231 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,719 it is near impossible to extract any meaningful magic 232 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,559 from the way things used to be done. 233 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,119 Ah... 234 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:25,719 That is what you meant to say, is it not... Mr Strange? 235 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,639 Yes. 237 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,599 Well, Your Majesty, this has been a great pleasure. 238 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,359 Perhaps my tutor was right. 241 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,759 - Worth a try, eh? 242 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,839 I do not see you, magician, 243 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,319 but I see your companion very clearly. 244 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:44,119 With such silver hair as he has, I ought to be able to see him very well. 245 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,359 - Your Majesty? - A king, say you? 246 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,599 Well, that's all very well, 247 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,279 but I am bound to observe that I have never heard of any of your kingdoms. 248 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Lost-Hope? Where is Lost-Hope? 249 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,879 The City of Iron Angels? Where is that? 250 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,159 I am King of Great Britain, sir, 251 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:10,599 a place everybody knows and is clearly marked on all the maps. 252 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,959 - Sir? - Do not be angry. 253 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,559 I am a king, you are a king. Let's all be kings together. 254 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,159 - Your Majesty, can you hear me? - I would dearly like that. 255 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:30,759 The last time I was permitted out of these rooms was on a Monday in 1810. 256 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:35,239 946 years ago. 257 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,119 Your Majesty? 259 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,599 Whoa! Whoa! 260 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:00,679 Whoa. 261 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,799 May I be of assistance, sir? 262 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,079 Sir? 264 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,719 Sir! Sir... 265 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,559 Let this music be the envoy sent to summon the King. 266 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,159 Let this slipper be the handsel the King receives. 267 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,639 Let the moment of this flame's death be the moment the King appears. 268 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,519 No! No! No! 271 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,479 I believe this is yours, Your Majesty. 272 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,159 This act will have consequences, Magician. 273 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:32,599 Where did you go, sir? 275 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,639 A most serious matter has arisen, Stephen. 276 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,439 All our wonderful plans have been rudely overturned 277 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,199 and once again it is the stupid magician who thwarts us. 278 00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:55,999 - Who was that old gentleman, sir? - Why, the King of England, of course. 279 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,319 I had brought him here so that you might fulfil your destiny, 280 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,919 by cutting off his head and taking his place. 281 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,199 But the King has 13 children, sir. 282 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:08,799 The crown would be passed on to one of them and certainly not to a man such as I. 283 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,719 No. The King's children are all fat and stupid. 284 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,359 Who would wish to be governed by such frights, 285 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,479 when they might instead be governed by you, Stephen, 286 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,359 whose noble countenance would look so well upon a coin? 287 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,519 - But what should we do? - About what, sir? 288 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,359 The magician, Stephen. He is our enemy. 289 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,759 We must destroy him utterly and take his wife. 290 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,679 Oh, Stephen. You are brilliant. 291 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:46,279 Of course, it will be very hard to find, but it will destroy him utterly. 292 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,439 What will, sir? 293 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,399 Moss-oak. 294 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,639 We must find and awaken a moss-oak. 295 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,599 If we use it well, the magician will bargain her life away. 296 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,719 And the beauty of it is, Stephen, he will have no notion that he has done so. 297 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,199 Sir... 299 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,519 - Why are there no spells to cure madness, sir? - Because... Where have you been? 300 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,399 - Windsor. - What? 301 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,839 I read that fairies have an interest in madmen. 302 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,239 Is it not in Chaston? Where is Chaston? 303 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,559 On the Northwesterly bookcase. What occurred there, Mr Strange? 304 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,159 Windsor, Mr Strange? 305 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:37,919 Yes... 306 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:43,039 Is it your belief, Mr Norrell, that fairies have left England completely? And what of mirrors? 307 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,399 I remember a reference in Ormskirk to a kingdom that lies behind reflective surfaces... 308 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,599 What is all this talk? 309 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,759 I'm sorry, but when I was with the King... 310 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,959 It was agreed we could do nothing for the King. 311 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:56,239 But an odd thing happened with His Majesty... 312 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,079 Well, if you do magic without reference to me, odd things will happen. 313 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,039 We must keep to our agreed plan. We must stand together upon it. 314 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,759 It is more important now than ever it was. Is that clear? 315 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,479 May I speak frankly, sir? 316 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,399 You've heard whispers of it, I am sure. 317 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,559 But when I was in the Peninsula... 318 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,399 ..after the loss of your books, for which I am very sorry, 319 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,839 I performed magic which... 320 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,599 you might not have considered respectable. 321 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,159 Magic of older times. 322 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,919 I'm not proud of it, sir, but often, sir, it worked. 323 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,159 It may have worked in an imperfect sort of way. Perhaps because you were not in England. 324 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,719 No, no. This was a different sort of magic to anything we have done up to now. 325 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,319 It felt different. 326 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:47,999 Things are done in times of war, 327 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,399 or for the furtherance of noble causes, 328 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,439 which might be most regrettable in times of peace. 329 00:23:54,360 --> 00:23:57,079 I do not say you should be ashamed. I do not say that. 330 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,159 But you have always said that the old magic was no longer possible. 331 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,079 It is not, but, of course, there may be remnants... 332 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,159 I do not think these things were remnants. 333 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,439 Mr Strange, I have been studying magic for 40 years. 334 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,879 We dare not meddle with such things. They are only half-understood. 335 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,359 But surely, it is precisely because it is only half-understood that we must! 336 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,319 If there exists a magic beyond the magic we do... 337 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,919 Then we let it alone. 338 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,319 We must say that Modern Magic is the only way, 339 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,239 or we will end up beggars in yellow-curtained tents. 340 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,199 This other magic, it will not do, sir. It will not do. 341 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,399 Have you read the proof of Mr Lascelles' book yet? 342 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:38,799 No, not yet. 343 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,919 It is a very fine book. 344 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,679 It is my hope that it will establish Norrellite magic for the Modern Age. 345 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,759 Do you understand? 346 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,439 Yes, I believe I do. 347 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,279 Whoa! 348 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,719 You are the madhouse-keepers? I have a letter for you. 349 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,639 Ah, Lady Pole. 350 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,719 My name is John Segundus. 351 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,559 This is my friend and colleague, Mr Honeyfoot. 352 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,599 Welcome to Starecross. 354 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,959 Madam.... 356 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,599 F-For your own good, madam. 357 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,479 So, you are the lady whom Mr Norrell brought back from the dead? 359 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,639 Have you been madhouse-keepers for long? 360 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:55,879 No. 361 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,399 Her Ladyship will be our first...patient. 362 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,119 But you are doctors? 363 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,079 Not in the...fullest sense of the word. 365 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,879 I beg your pardon. Oh... 366 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,559 There we go. 367 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,319 Oh... 368 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,479 Your new lodgings, madam. 369 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,319 - So, what are you, then? - Well, erm... 370 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,479 - You are magicians. - I'm not. 371 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,199 - Stephen, turn me back to London. - No, my Lady, no. 372 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,959 You are Norrell's men. I am sold once more. Stephen! 373 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,719 - We are no friends to Mr Norrell. - Believe me when I say 374 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,079 we are here for your benefit alone, my Lady. 375 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,599 Then you will let me go at once and not make me stay one more moment here. 376 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,079 Stephen! Stephen, turn me back. 377 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,879 Stephen! 378 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,719 No! Stephen, please! Come back. No! 379 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,559 - Well... - Stephen! 380 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,719 That went very well. 381 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,999 Stephen! 382 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,119 Hm. 383 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,879 Stephen! 386 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,599 Lascelles does not do you justice. 387 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,439 Hardly a surprise. I think it is most inconvenient to him that I did not die in the Peninsula. 388 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,719 Well, there's no mention of the magic you did in the war. 389 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,479 Everything Norrell's ever done is puffed up to ridiculous proportions. 390 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,359 And the way that he tells about Lady Pole... 391 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,679 If you have any sense, you'll refuse to attach your name to it. 392 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,359 He will only write another book. 393 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,519 It does not matter. 394 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,839 I do not concern myself with such things. 395 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:45,239 I am a magician. That is all. 396 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,559 You're the King's magician. 397 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,639 The Duke of Wellington's magician. 398 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,719 I am your magician, Bell. 399 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,159 And my own. 400 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,879 Anything beyond that is distraction. I have things to discover. 401 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,399 - Do you remember the first spell that you did? - Yes, yes and yes again. 402 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,679 I remember it perfectly well. 403 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,399 What do you expect me to do? 404 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,239 Things are as they are. I... 405 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,999 I'm sorry. 406 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,599 It seems to me we've lost sight of why we started on this path in the first place. 407 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,799 They say Napoleon is not finding exile very much to his liking. 408 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,639 They say he has very little to do and very few hobbies. 409 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,439 - It is as if Mr Davy and Mr Faraday 410 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,159 and our other scientists felt obliged to begin lectures 411 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,839 by expressing their loathing of Isaac Newton. 413 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,679 You touched your nose. You're moving the balls by magic. 414 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,719 A man may sneeze, Grant, mayn't he? I have a cold. 416 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,399 Might the table be free? 417 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,799 - No, it might not. - How is Lord Wellington? 418 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,999 The Duke? Concerned. He's worried that Napoleon will return. 419 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,759 Why did they not give you a...baronetcy or something when they made him Duke? 420 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,679 Lord Liverpool considered it, but felt they would have to give Norrell something, too. 421 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,239 And no one has the stomach to call him "My Lord". 422 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,759 Sirs, you are talking, not playing. 423 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,999 Mr Tantony and I are from Nottinghamshire. May we not play while you chat? 424 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,079 To ask a gentleman to break off his game before it is ended, sir, 425 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,119 is a thing that is never done at the Bedford. 426 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,079 Ah, I beg your pardon. 427 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,759 I didn't know. 428 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,799 Well, then, perhaps you could tell me whether you think it will be a short game or a long 'un. 429 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,879 We do not know, sir. 430 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,399 This is Mr Tantony's first visit to London. 431 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,599 I particularly wished to show him the Bedford, 432 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,639 but I did not think to find the people here so very disobliging. 433 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,759 Well, then, I can only suggest that you return home to er... 434 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,119 Nothing-hamshire, I think it was you said! 435 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,519 - Are there no pigs to be fed there? - Mr Tantony and I are not farmers. 436 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:02,999 We are brewers. 437 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,359 - We have beer enough, thank you, sir. - We're not here to sell beer. 438 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,519 Mr Tantony is being instructed in magic by Mr Strange himself. 439 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,239 - What? - Oh, yes. 440 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,999 Mr Strange writes Mr Tantony letters full of the most remarkable advice. 441 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,159 - Such as...? - I will not tell you. 442 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,559 You can come to your own arrangement with Mr Strange. 443 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,359 - You pay Mr Strange? - Oh, yes. 70 guineas. 444 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:28,839 And you have not met him? 445 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,199 No...but we hope to. 446 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,759 We shall stand outside his house tomorrow. 447 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,679 What advice does he give you? 448 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,599 - Erm... - Tell him. 449 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,079 Oh, yes. 450 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:45,399 Well, the other day, Mr Tantony asked for a spell to make it stop raining in Nottinghamshire. 451 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:49,399 Mr Strange wrote back to say he would never employ such magic. 452 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:50,999 He said, did he not, Mr Tantony, 453 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,199 that, in meddling with English weather, we meddled with England, 454 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,919 and in meddling with England, 455 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,439 we risked destroying the very foundations of English magic. 456 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,119 - Have you ever said such a thing? - Yes, but not to these gentlemen. 457 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,879 Sir, I am Jonathan Strange, and I have never heard of you before today. 458 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,839 You are the victims of a hoax. 459 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,399 Yes, indeed. You are no more Mr Strange than my wife is. 460 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,679 Well, it is easily resolved. There are many magical things my friend could do to prove it. 461 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,039 Oh, yes? 462 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,359 - And what might they be? - Yes. Tell us, Merlin. 464 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,679 Good Lord! Where did he go? 465 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,319 Er... 469 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:34,039 - And how is Mr Strange? - Oh, busy, madam. Busy. 470 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,439 But only yesterday, he enquired most particularly after you. 471 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:43,559 I should think so. I have paid him more than 100 guineas, sir, the very last of my money. 472 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,079 Oh, but think of the good it will do, madam. 473 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,559 An investment. You see... 475 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:55,599 - How thin the walls are. - You see, Jonathan Strange is... 477 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,839 - Jonathan Strange is a... 479 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,119 Jonathan Strange... 481 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,599 I hope you'll be so kind, madam, as to forgive the lateness of my visit. 482 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:31,479 The way was a little more... meandering than I had anticipated. 484 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,679 I am Jonathan Strange. 485 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,719 Mrs Bullworth. 486 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,479 At last. 487 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,599 I have taken the liberty of writing, by each name, 488 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,039 the magical punishment which ought to be theirs, 489 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,519 but I should be glad of your recommendations, since you are to carry them out. 490 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,519 - "Mrs Bullworth, senior..." - My mother-in-law. 491 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,479 "..to be drowned in a laundry tub. 492 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,439 To be choked to death on her own apricot preserves. 493 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,199 To be accidentally baked in a bread oven." 494 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,679 Forgive me, but even the greatest magician who ever lived 495 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,759 could not kill the same person in three different ways. 496 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,079 - Well, as much as you can manage. - And Mr Bullworth? 497 00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:15,839 What should I do to him? 498 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,159 A dissfiguring disease. Bankruptcy. Lunacy. 499 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:20,759 Fire. 500 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,119 A villain to lie in wait for him and cut off his... 501 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,239 Mrs Bullworth... you have been the victim of a deception. 502 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,439 I have never undertaken commissions for private individuals. 503 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,319 Not Gatcombe, not Tantony, not Miss Grey. 504 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:39,599 I never even heard of you before tonight, and I have never employed this...person. 505 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,559 Erm... 506 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,399 Drawlight! 507 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,439 I'm sorry for it, madam. 508 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,399 Drawlight! 509 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:56,039 We waited several hours for him to return from the mirror, madam... 510 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,279 but he did not, so we thought we would come here and see if... 511 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,679 Ah, he's here, ma'am. He's quite safe. 512 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,319 - Has something happened? - Blockhead. 513 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:10,959 - Where on earth have you been? - Shoreditch. 514 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,639 You were not afraid, were you? I was perfectly all right. I always am. 515 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,919 Well, tell us. Where did you disappear to? 516 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,119 I do not have words to describe it. It is another land entirely. 517 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,959 Everything Norrell and I have done is as nothing. 518 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,399 It is the most amazing place I have ever seen. 519 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:29,679 Shoreditch? 520 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,399 Do not be flippant. Shoreditch is where Drawlight was. 521 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,119 - You were with Drawlight? - Yes. 522 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,919 He's been arranging for me to do every sort of Black Magic. 523 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,039 - Why? - Money, I presume. 524 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:43,159 He ran away, which is a pity, as I had a great mind to challenge him to a duel. 525 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,679 - Oh, it's duels now, is it? - But what happened behind the mirror? 526 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,559 I discovered...the King's Roads. 527 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:53,199 The ancient paths between this land and the other realms. 528 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:59,239 They have been closed for hundreds of years, but now are open again. That was where I went. 529 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,439 That does not sound very safe, Jonathan. 530 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,319 Safe? Oh, no, I do not think so. 531 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,439 But then I flatter myself that I am not particularly safe. And when I return... 532 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:12,319 Oh, return? So, you will lose yourself in this place every moment that Norrell can spare you, 533 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,439 whilst I remain in the most miserable suspense, wondering if I'm ever to see you again? 534 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,919 - Bell, what on earth is the matter? - The matter? 535 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:23,359 You are set upon putting yourself in horrible danger, and you just expect me to say nothing? 536 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,279 - I was in the Peninsula... - I know. 537 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,199 You never cease to tell me that you were in the Peninsula. 538 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,719 But that is not some sort of magical charm that grants you immortality. 539 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,239 When I went to war, you were perfectly composed. 540 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,399 I was nothing of the sort. 541 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,079 I was horribly afraid for you. 542 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,799 But then you had a duty, and you had the British Army beside you. 543 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,719 There, you will be entirely alone. 544 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,239 I say "there", but none of us know where "there" is. 545 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,719 I know exactly where it is. 546 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,319 It is the place Norrell has tried to keep from me. 547 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,799 It is a little late to decide you do not like my profession. It was you who demanded I get one. 548 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,239 Do not you dare say that to me, Jonathan. 549 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,999 I have never said a word against your occupation. 550 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,879 Until today, you've always made your discoveries in books. 551 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,559 Books! I'm not permitted to read half the books. 552 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,279 Bell, try to understand. 553 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:18,319 Everything that has happened to me of late - in the Peninsula, with the King, this evening - 554 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,439 has convinced me there is more magic possible than I ever dreamed. 555 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,919 You have no idea where these paths lead. 556 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,119 No, and that is the glorious, wonderful thing of it. 557 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,239 Promise me that you will not go out on those roads again. 558 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:30,999 No. 559 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,039 Well, then, I withdraw my demand. 560 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:39,479 I don't want you to have an occupation. I'll have you idle. I'll have you the man that I married! 561 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,799 Damn magic to hell and damn where it's led us. 562 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,919 Well, thank you for a pleasant evening. 563 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,079 Whoa! Whoa! 564 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,199 Ah, Henry. So very good of you to see me. 565 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,239 Erm...where... where is he? 566 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,399 He's at home. I've never seen him so angry. 567 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,279 Oh, let me talk to him. 568 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:30,599 Absolutely not. You are to have no contact with him until I tell you that you might. 569 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,079 If he knew I was meeting you, he would have my head on a spike. 570 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,319 Norr-ell owes everything to me. 571 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,839 Without me, nobody would ever have heard of him, or you. 572 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,159 There would be no book. 573 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,479 You could not do without me then, and you cannot do without me now. 574 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,599 On the contrary. It is most desirable that we do without you. Damn you! 575 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,719 What convinced you you could succeed in such an absurd scheme? 576 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,959 I should call you out here and now. 577 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,439 I'm sorry. The money wasn't...for me. 578 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,359 My... My debts. 579 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,479 Will you please help? 580 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,279 I'm at the limit of my endurance. 581 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,079 Well, we shall see. Where are you staying? 582 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:21,719 - I'm at The Shakespeare's Head. - Go there and wait. 583 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:26,279 And if you ever risk my standing with Norrell again... Listen to me. 584 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,879 ..I will kill you myself. 585 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,199 Thank you, Henry. Thank you. 586 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:44,359 On to Mr Norrell's house. Oh, and Lucas, take these to the bailiffs at the King's Bench. 587 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,479 They're an enumeration for the debts of Christopher Drawlight, 588 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:52,599 and he may be found and arrested at The Shakespeare's Head, Covent Garden. 589 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,159 Sir. 590 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:03,319 I've been considering the matter very carefully. In fact, I have thought of little else. 591 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,119 - We must revive the Cinque Dragownes. - The what? 592 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,559 It is a medieval court established to punish false magicians. 593 00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:11,879 Thankfully, the medieval law was never revoked. 594 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,919 But Drawlight is not a magician. Surely, a common-law court... 595 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,439 NORRELL: No. His crimes were specifically magical crimes. 596 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,559 We require a magical court. 597 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:22,679 What other security do I have, 598 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,359 when people attack me in the street, when evil magicians 599 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,719 might arise to challenge my authority, to contradict me? 600 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,879 I have to have a court of my own. 601 00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:36,679 Mr Norrell, it is not the duty of any court to exalt one person's opinions above another's. 602 00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:41,359 If other magicians think differently from you, you must battle it out with them. 603 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:45,719 You must argue and publish and practise your magic and you must learn to live as I do - 604 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:49,079 in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. 605 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,279 That, sir, is the English way. 606 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,799 The Cinque Dragownes is our best chance of having him hanged. 607 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,159 Hanged? 608 00:40:56,280 --> 00:41:02,679 Mr Norrell, I feel his injury as deeply as you, probably more so, since it was directed at me. 609 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,399 But I will not be the cause of another man's death. 610 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,239 I was in the Penin... I have been at war, sir. 611 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,519 I've seen enough men die. 612 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,919 In any case, he's scarcely more to blame than you. 613 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,159 - What have I done? - Well, what possessed you 614 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,439 to go out on the King's Roads? 615 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,799 People will think I approved of what you did. 616 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,799 And why should you not? It is a momentous discovery, sir. 617 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:30,279 The size of it, the complexity. Come with me, sir. It is a glorious sight. 618 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,879 Staircases so high, I could not see the top of them. 619 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:38,879 And everywhere - in the halls, on the bridges, carved into the very stones - his likeness. 620 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,879 - Whose? - The man who built it all, sir. 621 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,719 John Uskglass, the Raven King. 622 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,399 The man we have slandered in everything we have said and done. 623 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,239 There is a great wealth of magic there, sir. 624 00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,119 We may go forth together, you and I, and discover it. 625 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,079 What you did will do more to bring English magic into disrepute 626 00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,759 than anything Drawlight has done. 627 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,919 It is no surprise that he turns out a villain. 628 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,199 But you - you are the Second Magician in the land! 629 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,559 Why did you come to London and undertake the restoration of English magic, 630 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,159 if not to do English magic? 631 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,159 To make it...respectable. 632 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,199 Good afternoon, gentlemen. I'm going home. 633 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,679 Is it finished, then? 634 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,039 Yes. I think it an excellent little book. 635 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,439 Your help was invaluable, Mr Strange. 636 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,879 - May I borrow it? Keep it. 637 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,559 Please. 638 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:54,519 Keep it. 639 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,719 Thank you. 641 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:23,119 I'm sorry for the concern that I gave you, Bell. I'm sorry for the things I said. 642 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,519 I'm sorry for any sadness my occupation has caused. 643 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:34,199 Well, as you said, it was I who suggested that you get it in the first place. 644 00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,759 You were not specific. 645 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,279 I had in mind, in fact, that you might become a Justice of the Peace. 646 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,519 Or a landscape gardener. 647 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,559 I did not consider that you might become one of the greatest men of the age. 648 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,559 It has surprised me somewhat, too. 649 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,639 It is published. 650 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:58,959 You were right. 651 00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:07,279 If it's published, then what are you doing? 652 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,439 Writing a review of it. 653 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,039 You cannot review a book that you helped to write. 654 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,879 I believe I could... if I were to say it is an abominable book. 655 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,239 - Jonathan! - If I say it is a fraud. 656 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,519 - You're not in earnest? - Why not? 657 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:26,799 Because you leave yourself open to... What would Norrell say? You cannot publish it. 658 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,959 I fear I must. 659 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,679 Then you and I will go home. 660 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,599 What do you say? 661 00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,479 My Lady, I am very sorry you do not care for us. 662 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,759 But, for your own sake, you must eat. 663 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,119 - Untie me. - They say that you might hurt yourself. 664 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,479 I'm sick of men in coats deciding what is best for me. 665 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,319 I may very well hurt myself, 666 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,199 but I belong to no one but myself. 667 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,839 Half my life, I am in chains. The other half, I deserve to be free. 668 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:11,679 Untie me. 669 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,479 Stephen... Stephen, do you have a gun? 670 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,959 Shoot him! And shoot these men! 673 00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:36,519 What are you doing here, sir? I thought you were ill. 674 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:41,439 I am better now, and you have Lady Pole. Lead me to her, Mr Segundus. 675 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,239 - Mr Childermass, please! 676 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,959 I have ridden a long time and I have many questions for the lady. 677 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:48,119 Your letter asked us to take her into our care. 678 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,999 It did not say that you would visit her. It did not say that you had any rights over her. 679 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,359 It seems that Mr Norrell has done enough. 680 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,999 I do not know what Mr Norrell has done. He will not tell me. 681 00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:01,199 I am here on my own account. 682 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,199 I am sorry, but you cannot see her. 683 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,759 - You will take me to her now. - You may have your ways of carrying on. 684 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:11,439 You may shut down societies, steal people's books, rob them of their livelihoods. 685 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,679 But I will not have you distressing a lady, sir! 686 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,999 That is where it will stop! 687 00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:22,599 I have this loaded with all sorts of unpleasant bits and pieces, 688 00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:27,039 and I do not expect you would care to be shot twice within the space of two months. 689 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,319 Take yourself off to your master and think again. 690 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,359 I will return. 691 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,119 Remember this, John Segundus. 692 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,479 There's less to this lady than meets the eye. 693 00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,359 HONEYFOOT: I'm very glad I did not have to shoot. 694 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,919 I could only find walnuts. 695 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:11,039 SEGUNDUS: Let us get inside and make sure Lady Pole is not too distressed by this. 696 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:16,959 The Edinburgh Review. He has murdered my book! 697 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,159 - All we have strived for. - "Gilbert Norrell Esquire And Mr Strange 698 00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:25,759 promises to set out the current wondrous state of English magic, in all its modern glory. 699 00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:30,599 I say that, if this is what Modern Magic is to be, I do not wish to be modern. 700 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,759 Give me the mysteries and dreams of the past. 701 00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:38,399 They shine brighter than any of Norrell's restrictive...rainy days." 702 00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:42,319 That is not all, sir. 703 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,799 "Norrell's book reads like a letter from my great aunt... 704 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:52,999 succeeding admirably in representing all that is most absurd, constipated and dull 705 00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,759 about the blinkered Norrellite position. 706 00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,799 Surely, magic should be magical? 707 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:01,439 Surely, magic is to dream? Where is the wonder of England's past, 708 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:03,719 of magic's golden age? 709 00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:08,239 There is no mention of the Raven King, except to insult him and strike him low, 710 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,359 to purge him from what we do. 711 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:15,839 Norrell calls this the magic of the Modern Age. I say it is commonplace, mundane. 712 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,119 I say that there is much more to English magic than this. 713 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,359 There is no mention ofthe discoveries I have made at my peril. 714 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,679 No mention ofthe Raven King's roads, 715 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,199 or why they have been hidden behind the mirrors of England. 716 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,999 Norrell is too afraid to question why the Raven King would do such a thing, 717 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,319 too afraid to explore where those roads might lead, 718 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,519 afraid it will take us to places we never intended to go." 719 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,719 We must not let this stand. You must not! 721 00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,359 NORRELL: Do you really think the Raven King cares what happens to England? 722 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,519 He does not. 723 00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,839 He abandoned us. 724 00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,319 Abandoned his throne, rode out of England 725 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,079 and took the best part of English magic with him. 726 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:03,519 Surely, that is enough to mark him out as our enemy? 727 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,199 His magic is not gone now. 728 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:10,319 There it is, hidden behind our mirrors. It is coming back. 729 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,479 That is the magic of madness. 730 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,959 That is wild, cruel, medieval magic. 731 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:23,239 We cannot have fairy princes ruling England, alongside generals, dukes and mill owners. 732 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,639 Such magic belongs to an England that is dead. 733 00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,359 And it is out of our control. 734 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:33,039 Then we must learn to control it. We cannot simply ignore it. 735 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,999 Do not think me ungrateful, sir, but... 736 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:50,279 ..I believe the period of our collaboration is over. 737 00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,119 It seems to me that we are too different. 738 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,999 Well, in temperament, perhaps, 739 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:02,639 but we are both magicians, and that is all either of us cares about. 740 00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:07,239 If you leave this house today and you follow your own course... 741 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,639 ..who are you going talk to, as we are talking now? 742 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:14,919 There is no one. 743 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,599 We will be quite alone. 744 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,279 I'm sorry, Mr Norrell. 745 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,399 Ever since I came back from the Peninsula... 746 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,999 ..it has not felt right for me to call myself your pupil. 747 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:37,279 Well, then... then we let it be a partnership of equals. 748 00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:41,959 The books that I should have lent to you and have kept from you - you shall have them. 749 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:48,159 We... We shall go to Hurtfew, you and I. You shall have the keys to the library. 750 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,919 I shall not even challenge that review. Let it stand. Let it stand. 751 00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,479 I'm honoured, sir. 752 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,199 You are not usually a man for compromise, I know. 753 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:05,999 But I think I must follow my own course from now on. 754 00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:17,359 Come, sir. 755 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:27,999 Perhaps we can do without these, for now. 756 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,159 I must go back to Harley Street. 757 00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:34,919 I am sorry for it, my Lady. 758 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,159 It is ridiculous to part so, Stephen, 759 00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:40,799 when we both know we will be together again in only a few hours. 760 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,399 Do not be concerned about me. 761 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:47,799 I feel I shall be more comfortable here. 762 00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:49,479 Thank you. 763 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:52,319 I feel I shall. 764 00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,759 Good day to you, gentlemen. 765 00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:05,399 I beg your pardon. I do not wish to give you the wrong impression of me, but... 766 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:11,999 - May I ask you something? - What is it, sir? 767 00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:17,639 What is the magic that surrounds you and her Ladyship? 768 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,599 There is a rose at your mouth... 769 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,119 ..and another at hers. 770 00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:36,279 I see it...as clear as day. 771 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,079 What does that mean? 772 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,479 I do not know what you're talking about, sir. 773 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,359 Good afternoon. 775 00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,759 - I will not go out on the King's Roads again. - What? 776 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:14,439 We'll go back to Shropshire, and I will cease to do practical magic. 777 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,919 I will write down my thoughts in a book. 778 00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,959 I will become a theoretical magician. 779 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,519 Jonathan... 780 00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,839 - I've had enough of these battles, Bell. 781 00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:31,639 Various battles and various wars. 782 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:34,999 You are right. 783 00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,439 We've lost sight of why all this was done. 784 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,079 We've had no time to be married... 785 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,399 ..and I would like that time very much. 786 00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,439 - So would I. - I would like it to begin now. 787 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:54,159 I am sorry to disturb you, Mrs Strange, Merlin, but Napoleon is back. 788 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:58,079 He has landed in France. He has marched upon Paris, and he has captured it. 789 00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:00,319 - What? - The Duke wants you in Belgium. 790 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:02,239 He asks you to renew your commission. 791 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,519 No. I cannot. We... 792 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,239 - I cannot go to war. - There is no choice. 793 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:12,719 The St Serlo's Blessing leaves upon the high tide in three hours' time, with you and me on it. 794 00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:17,839 I am sorry, Mrs Strange, but your husband is the army's magician. We have need of him. 795 00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:22,039 Good night. 796 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,199 You should do as we planned. 797 00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,359 Go back to Ashfair. Make it nice. 798 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:51,319 I'll be back before you know it. 799 00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,319 No, you will not. 800 00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,479 Not before I know it. 801 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,839 - You are my entire life, Bell. - And you're mine, Jonathan. 802 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,799 Yes! I have found it! 803 00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,919 The moss-oak is in there. 804 00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:26,839 Reach in, Stephen. Take it. 806 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:43,159 That's it, Stephen. Can you feel it? 807 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:46,839 - There is something, sir. - It wants to be born. 808 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:48,199 - Aarghh! - Pull! 809 00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:50,239 - My fingers! - Pull! 810 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:54,279 - That's it, Stephen. Strength. 813 00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:13,839 For 1 ,000 years, it has been waiting to learn what form it will take. 814 00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:20,919 What is that, sir? 816 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,159 The tears of the lady, shed in pain. 819 00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,759 No! 821 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:08,239 Beautiful. 822 00:57:14,360 --> 00:57:15,959 Well? 823 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,319 Our conditions? How did he receive them? 824 00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,319 You told him what we agreed? 825 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,799 You told him that, unless he publishes a retraction, 826 00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:36,879 we shall be forced to reveal what we know of the Black Magic done in Spain? 827 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:42,639 You told him that under no circumstances would you accept him as a pupil? 828 00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:44,599 No. 829 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:47,679 No, I told him none of those things. 830 00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:57,519 You were right in the beginning, sir. 831 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:04,279 There can be only one magician in England. 832 00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:11,679 We must now consider him our enemy, sir. 833 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:22,639 We must work to destroy him... 834 00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:26,719 ..before he destroys us.