1 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:38,262 (LIVELY CHATTER) 2 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:46,940 (SHOP DOORBELL RINGS) 3 00:01:48,075 --> 00:01:50,476 Why, Denise! 4 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:53,804 Now my day's all sunshine! 5 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,475 Come in! 6 00:01:57,150 --> 00:01:59,016 Let me take your coat. 7 00:02:00,087 --> 00:02:02,852 Aye. It's not... just a visit? 8 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:05,791 I'm sorry, Uncle. I know I should have written to say I was coming, 9 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:09,794 but I'd made up my mind that it was time so... 10 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:12,196 Well, that's... 11 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:15,226 Denise, I... 12 00:02:17,204 --> 00:02:19,969 I know I always said you would come here one day, and you will, 13 00:02:20,007 --> 00:02:22,033 you will, I swear it. 14 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:26,536 Things will pick up, and once they do, you and I will... 15 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:28,776 Surely business can't be so bad? 16 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,388 Perhaps in a few months' time. 17 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:44,755 Moray. Saturday's figures? 18 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,733 £153. 19 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:48,597 We did it. 20 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:50,433 "We" did it? OK. 21 00:02:51,238 --> 00:02:53,673 Oh, Lord, don't you dare! 22 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:56,267 What? That look you're wearing! 23 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:58,107 What look is that? Restlessness, 24 00:02:58,145 --> 00:03:00,705 upheaval, trouble! Admit it - 25 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:03,046 you have something on your mind! 26 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:53,300 Was madam looking for any particular department? 27 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,802 No, thank you. I was hoping... 28 00:03:57,504 --> 00:03:59,132 I'm looking for work. 29 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:02,404 Oh. Try ladieswear department, first floor. 30 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:04,411 The girl from there has... left. 31 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:07,747 Ask for Miss Audrey. Thank you. 32 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:13,183 When Miss Audrey looks down her nose at you, remember this - 33 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:15,416 she shaves her top lip! 34 00:04:17,491 --> 00:04:19,983 I'm Sam, by the way. 35 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:24,753 You're supposed to tell me your name, now! Oh, I'm Denise. 36 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:28,326 Well, Denise, you're a country girl, aren't you? Is it so obvious? 37 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:30,898 Here. 38 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,507 A touch of blue ribbon. 39 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,480 Might distract them from your boots. 40 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:43,109 Draw their attention to your eyes. 41 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:44,550 Thank you. 42 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:15,247 Can you help me, please? I need to speak to Miss Audrey. 43 00:05:15,282 --> 00:05:17,376 Cleaners should report to the back door. 44 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:19,477 I was hoping for a position working here. 45 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:22,889 A position? In ladieswear?! 46 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:28,254 Then I must introduce you to our head of department at once! 47 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:33,256 Miss Audrey, this young lady seems to think you might like to take her on! 48 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,270 My name's Denise, ma'am. I believe you may 49 00:05:35,294 --> 00:05:37,431 have an opening for a sales girl. I may have. 50 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:39,501 Do you have experience? 51 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:42,236 I worked in my local draper's store, ma'am, in Peebles. 52 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:48,275 I shall have to take your word for it that Peebles has a draper's shop. 53 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:52,044 Good morning, Miss Audrey. Morning, girls. Please, carry on. 54 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:54,945 Do you have a testimonial? 55 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:56,354 Yes, ma'am. 56 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,856 Mr Lovett! 57 00:06:02,596 --> 00:06:03,596 Are you his niece? 58 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:06,065 Yes, ma'am. Is that Edmund Lovett? 59 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:10,195 Yes, sir. Did he send you here? No, sir. 60 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,282 Well, the fact that Lovett can't find work for his niece 61 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:16,743 in his own establishment, I will gladly oblige a neighbour. 62 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:19,712 That is if Miss Audrey should choose to take you on. 63 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:24,948 The application will proceed in the usual manner, Miss Lovett. 64 00:06:24,985 --> 00:06:26,886 We will write to you. 65 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,388 Thank you. 66 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,421 Darling, my father has agreed to speak with 67 00:06:37,445 --> 00:06:40,296 you, I mean about the loan for your store. 68 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:41,801 Thank you, Katherine. 69 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,030 It is most kind of you to offer this. 70 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,699 Papa tried to tell me that you must go back to the bank. 71 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,032 But I glared at him 72 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:52,273 and he is decidedly more amenable! 73 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:57,778 He will try to be grumpy, but you will charm him in five minutes! 74 00:06:57,817 --> 00:07:00,116 Well, I hope that once he hears my plans, 75 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:02,315 he will see that it is good business. 76 00:07:02,956 --> 00:07:04,948 I will help you. 77 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:07,184 Is he inside? 78 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:09,958 He will be shortly. 79 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:14,330 Darling, I have invited some friends for tea. 80 00:07:14,868 --> 00:07:18,305 They have been pestering me to meet you. 81 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:20,273 I can't keep you secret any longer! 82 00:07:22,676 --> 00:07:25,043 Will you join us? 83 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:27,876 I always told your ma... 84 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:31,644 "Denise will be the one who takes on my business." 85 00:07:31,851 --> 00:07:34,116 That's still true today. 86 00:07:37,724 --> 00:07:40,421 There was a time that place was no bigger than my own. 87 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,161 Emmerson's, it was called then. 88 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,188 James Emmerson. 89 00:07:45,532 --> 00:07:47,660 How did Mr Moray get the store? 90 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:52,697 He married Emmerson's daughter, soon after old James passed away. 91 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:55,402 Mr Moray is married? He was. 92 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:58,236 Some people say he got lucky. 93 00:07:58,278 --> 00:08:00,042 I don't say that. 94 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,017 In the last two years, that place has eaten half the street. 95 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:06,251 His wife died? 96 00:08:07,187 --> 00:08:09,884 Someone has to stop him. 97 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,299 Uncle? 98 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:29,365 I've been offered a position at The Paradise. 99 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:32,910 You can't, Denise! I must work, Uncle. 100 00:08:33,380 --> 00:08:37,442 I must earn a wage or how will I survive here? 101 00:08:42,222 --> 00:08:45,624 And a perfume I had especially imported from Morocco. 102 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:48,762 It is so intoxicating, 103 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:50,661 one wisp of it... 104 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:55,963 ..and I find myself utterly hypnotised, 105 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:58,104 beyond all sense. 106 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:05,742 I dare not let myself imagine what they put into it! 107 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:12,376 Oh, really! You must come to The Paradise, ladies. 108 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:15,287 To try the fragrance. Perhaps. 109 00:09:15,321 --> 00:09:19,782 I have heard that it is entirely possible that one may find oneself 110 00:09:19,826 --> 00:09:23,422 at the same glove counter as a grocer's wife! 111 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:27,928 Imagine buying the very scent a butcher's daughter is wearing! 112 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:31,631 I'm sure the grocer's wife would be greatly relieved 113 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:36,075 that she does not have to stand beside your celebrated radiance, ladies. 114 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:40,103 It is, however, my loss, and I must satisfy myself 115 00:09:40,146 --> 00:09:43,241 by giving my attention to the butcher's daughter 116 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:47,012 But I will wait in my store, ladies, 117 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:52,454 in the hope that one day soon you will come to me. 118 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:05,801 'If there is a more attractive man within a hundred miles, ' 119 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:07,831 I will kiss my husband! 120 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,602 He is utterly adorable, Katherine. 121 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:15,538 He is talking to your father rather intensely. 122 00:10:16,416 --> 00:10:18,476 My question for you, Moray, is this. 123 00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:23,047 Does the world truly need more perfumes and petticoats? 124 00:10:23,089 --> 00:10:25,217 Need is not the issue, sir. 125 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:28,023 I deal in appetite. 126 00:10:28,528 --> 00:10:32,295 There's a weakness in women which we must exploit to the advantage of business. 127 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:38,271 I know you've been turned away by every bank in town, Moray. 128 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:42,541 Women are fickle. 129 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:45,409 Can you guarantee they'll go on spending their money 130 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:49,348 on your perfumes and fripperies? 131 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:51,578 I see that I must show you conclusively 132 00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:54,087 what The Paradise can do. 133 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,557 Has he proposed to you? What a question to ask! 134 00:10:57,590 --> 00:10:59,582 That is no kind of a denial, 135 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:02,459 which means that he has. 136 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,521 Katherine, how wonderful! 137 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,697 Please, you must say nothing. 138 00:11:10,036 --> 00:11:12,335 We have hardly spoken about it. 139 00:11:12,572 --> 00:11:14,598 But we must celebrate! 140 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:17,804 It will be the event of the year! 141 00:11:24,551 --> 00:11:26,452 Why Moray? 142 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,585 Of all the men you could have chosen, Katherine, why him? 143 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:33,752 He'll conquer the city. I'm not sure he'll make much of a husband. 144 00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:36,285 You said no, and made him wait? 145 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:40,858 He's convinced he can prove to me that his store is irresistible. 146 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:44,393 Perhaps it is. But you must let him feel you're unsure. 147 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:49,705 He brings out something in you that disturbs me. 148 00:11:50,777 --> 00:11:54,009 It is only the chase, Papa. 149 00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:18,568 You're Denise, aren't you? I'm Arthur. Follow me. 150 00:12:22,041 --> 00:12:23,600 Keep up! 151 00:12:24,611 --> 00:12:26,807 I know every face in this place. 152 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:28,972 And every name, and all. 153 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:32,615 Don't look so worried! Everyone here had their first day. 154 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:35,952 Except me! Howay! 155 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:40,285 See that there? That's where I was born. 156 00:12:43,363 --> 00:12:47,733 There you are. Anything you need to know, ask Arthur. 157 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:02,213 Girl, dallying is considered a sin in a department store. 158 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,350 I hope you're not going to be a dallier. Are 159 00:13:04,374 --> 00:13:06,549 you a dallier? No, Miss Audrey, I was just... 160 00:13:06,586 --> 00:13:08,885 No time for chattering, girl. Here is your uniform. 161 00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:13,416 You may change in ladieswear today. From tomorrow, you must arrive ready for work. 162 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:17,157 Just in time, Pauline. Why must you always be just in time? Sorry, ma'am. 163 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:21,365 It was my hair got caught in my dress! Sorry! 164 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:23,902 You'll be shown to your room after work. 165 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:27,532 We expect our girls to be in bed by ten o'clock. Yes, Miss Audrey. 166 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:32,073 You can share with me. Room. We live three to a bed. 167 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:34,713 I mean room! Do you snore? 168 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:37,012 I snore! Come on. 169 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:46,326 That's how we wear it. (OTHER GIRLS SNIGGER) 170 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,851 We take turns with the customers. I'll show you. 171 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:53,865 We put our name on the board. That way it's fair. We all get our turn. 172 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:58,227 To earn commission. No-one could survive on the wages. 173 00:13:58,271 --> 00:13:59,864 I can't, anyway. 174 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:05,836 There. Now you're one of us! 175 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:08,905 Pauline, why are you never where you're supposed to be? 176 00:14:08,948 --> 00:14:13,044 It is a sin to abandon your department. Quickly, girl, haberdashery! 177 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:14,110 Sorry, Miss Audrey. 178 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,153 Sorry! 179 00:14:18,491 --> 00:14:20,221 Oh, Denise. 180 00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:24,093 You must learn how to wear clothes. 181 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:28,162 If you must keep your hair long, then tie it up properly. 182 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,397 It looks like a mongrel dog's tail hanging there. 183 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:33,270 We require standards of dress and decorum from our girls. 184 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:37,475 There will be no relations with the male staff. No relations. 185 00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:42,640 Any manner of relations on shop premises will be dealt with swiftly and severely. 186 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:46,050 Your predecessor was discovered with a young man in a... 187 00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:50,249 ..alone in her room. 188 00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:53,088 GIRL: Miss Audrey? Ah! 189 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:57,188 They were slow cashing up last night. Go over and see 190 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,254 what's going on. 191 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:02,792 The linen deliveries, the driver. He's too friendly. We should keep an eye on him. 192 00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:05,828 He's a cousin of young Chapel's. He's a friendly fellow, that's all. 193 00:15:05,872 --> 00:15:09,775 It's the friendly fellows that steal your elbows when you turn your back on them. 194 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:13,275 Moray seems intent on more expansion. 195 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:18,778 Has he said anything to you? 196 00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:22,949 Huh. Did he set you to work on any behind-the-scenes business? 197 00:15:22,989 --> 00:15:24,821 Sir, if I may, 198 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:27,793 Mr Moray expects absolute discretion. 199 00:15:28,628 --> 00:15:30,961 Jonas, I need to know what Moray's up to 200 00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:34,194 and prevent him from excess. 201 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:37,166 I should look in on the cashier, sir. 202 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:40,463 Make sure there is no hesitation. 203 00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:49,208 (GIRLS CHATTER AND LAUGH) 204 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,213 Get your shoes on, Denise. We're all going out. 205 00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:56,313 I can't, Pauline. I've got no money. 206 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:57,186 Tell her, Pauline. 207 00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:59,624 We usually get some young man to buy us a drink! 208 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,557 What happened to Mr Moray's wife? 209 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:08,293 Don't ever mention his wife in The Paradise. Do you understand? 210 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,030 It's forbidden. 211 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:12,163 No-one ever talks about her. 212 00:16:12,205 --> 00:16:14,401 What happened? There was an accident. 213 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,170 She died. 214 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:21,180 People talk. Oh, it's all gossip and rumour. 215 00:16:21,214 --> 00:16:23,271 People say all sorts of horrible things. 216 00:16:23,295 --> 00:16:25,584 About Mr Moray? They're jealous, that's all. 217 00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:29,387 They like to think bad of him because he's made something of himself. 218 00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:32,651 What fun is there staying here on your own, Denise? 219 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:36,527 We work so hard so we like to dance and flirt and live! Come on! 220 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:39,054 Another night I will. 221 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:41,658 If you don't join in, be one of the girls, 222 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,636 you won't last long here. 223 00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:45,930 It's a good life if you go with it! 224 00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:05,120 What are you doing, Mr Moray, sir? 225 00:17:05,992 --> 00:17:08,985 I'm thinking, Arthur. 226 00:17:13,232 --> 00:17:15,792 What are you thinking about, Mr Moray, sir? 227 00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:17,635 Proof. 228 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:22,699 I must prove that The Paradise can conquer this whole city. 229 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:27,440 Is it hard thinking about proof, sir? It looks mighty painful. 230 00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:32,882 Do you want me to do some thinking for you? I'm mighty good at thinking, me. 231 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:35,545 I'll manage, thank you, Arthur. 232 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:39,289 Something will come to me. 233 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:45,159 Edmund! 234 00:17:46,032 --> 00:17:49,696 I'm pleased to say your niece seems to be doing well at The Paradise. 235 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:54,139 She should be working here, with me, her family. 236 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,965 And she will be, soon enough. 237 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,910 The days of the small shop are dying, Edmund. 238 00:17:59,612 --> 00:18:01,171 She sees that. 239 00:18:02,615 --> 00:18:04,447 That place of yours is no more than a phantom, 240 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:07,612 Moray, a daydream folks will soon wake up from. 241 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:11,650 If you want to fight me, Edmund, 242 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:13,385 you will lose. 243 00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:17,162 Because it is not a man you're taking on. 244 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:19,826 It is progress. 245 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,363 What are they to you, Moray? 246 00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:26,037 Cattle to herd through your door? 247 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:29,436 Sell cheap? Is that all that matters to you? 248 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:32,934 Think that's what they really want? Tempt them with cheaper and cheaper? 249 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:36,382 I'll tell you what will win in the end. 250 00:18:36,983 --> 00:18:40,112 One person serving another. 251 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,413 Thank you, Edmund! 252 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:48,557 Moray, this is ten times our weekly orders. 253 00:18:48,594 --> 00:18:51,530 I want to fill the store to bursting. 254 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:54,830 Every department, every counter, every inch. 255 00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,067 Why would you want to do that? 256 00:18:57,470 --> 00:19:01,737 We will announce that the price of everything is to be greatly reduced. 257 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:05,073 Ah, I see. Splendid notion! 258 00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:08,513 If I'm allowed to sound just a slight note of caution, 259 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:10,649 why so much? 260 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:12,747 Why don't we order what we can afford 261 00:19:12,785 --> 00:19:16,347 and put on a reduced price sale in one department, perhaps 262 00:19:16,389 --> 00:19:20,588 Ah, yes! Yes! Yes, of course. I see it now! 263 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:24,361 "The Paradise announces a small sale." 264 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:28,493 We could do that if we wanted a small outcome, a small reward. 265 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:30,700 Really, Dudley. 266 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,534 Do you want to live in a small world? 267 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:36,004 Forgive my naivety, Moray. 268 00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:38,909 You are right because, well, you are always right. 269 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:41,106 I'll get these orders sent off directly. 270 00:19:41,147 --> 00:19:43,082 Arthur? Mr Dudley, sir? 271 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:46,451 Before I send these off, 272 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:51,284 one tiny, possibly irritating, difficulty occurs to me. 273 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:54,691 How do we pay our suppliers for these mountains of goods? We don't. 274 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:58,854 We take delivery and we stall until after the sale. 275 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,959 Why? Tell him why, Arthur. 276 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:03,635 Proof, sir. 277 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:06,236 To prove to Glendenning that The Paradise 278 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:08,867 can woo every woman in this city through our door. 279 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:12,208 It's a gamble. It's a necessary gamble. 280 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:14,907 Slow down. That is all I'm asking. 281 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,643 There's no need for such haste. 282 00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:19,846 Men who slow down, Dudley, men who take their time, 283 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:22,452 they come second. 284 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:25,150 I do not do that. 285 00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:35,530 (BOX CLATTERS TO FLOOR) 286 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:42,431 Miss. 287 00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:45,635 Sir, thank you, Mr Jonas, sir. 288 00:20:45,678 --> 00:20:48,580 You were asking questions about Mr Moray's wife. 289 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:49,912 No, I... 290 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:54,509 Yes, I was. But I didn't mean to pry or gossip. 291 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,349 Who told you I was asking? 292 00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:00,484 You're new. You were bound to ask. 293 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:03,089 The poor woman fell. 294 00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:06,427 The foundations for the first extension were dug. 295 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:11,199 And she fell. A terrible, sorry misfortune. 296 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,198 Now you know. 297 00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:15,037 Yes, now I know. 298 00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:18,044 So there's no need to ask any more questions. 299 00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:20,842 No, sir. I mean, yes, sir. 300 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,209 The day will come, Denise, 301 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:29,881 when Mr Moray will call you to his office. 302 00:21:30,656 --> 00:21:32,852 Be ready. 303 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,794 (SHOP GIRLS WHISPER) 304 00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:42,059 She's so beautiful! 305 00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:46,535 That is Katherine Glendenning, one of the richest women in the city. 306 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:51,941 Everyone says they are to marry, her and Moray. Married. 307 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,678 You've fallen for him, haven't you? 308 00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:58,349 No. 309 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:00,409 Course I haven't. That would be silly. 310 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:03,581 It would be foolish. What a ridiculous thing! 311 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:05,784 Every shop girl does! 312 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:14,898 Mr Jonas said I'd be called into Mr Moray's office one day. 313 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:18,701 What did he mean? Well, you are on probation here. 314 00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:22,506 When you are called, Moray will tell you if you are to stay. 315 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,867 Or not. Not stay. 316 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:29,780 Oh. Some girls, some of the girls, 317 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:32,752 the ones who feel they're losing their jobs, 318 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:36,284 they're called to his office. 319 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:38,852 It's only tales, I expect! 320 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:47,923 'It's a triumph, Moray. Katherine Glendenning in The Paradise.' 321 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,469 Everyone knows you'll marry her. 322 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:52,232 Huh. Is that the gossip? 323 00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:54,866 Any man would marry Katherine Glendenning. 324 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:01,809 Hasn't enough time passed now? 325 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:04,747 You deserve to marry again. 326 00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:14,319 Ladies, good afternoon! 327 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:17,421 Let me help you to decide which fabrics to choose. 328 00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:20,900 Perhaps we're not as easily tempted as you might imagine, Moray. 329 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:25,564 Mrs Ballentine, isn't the whole point of temptation to succumb? 330 00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:29,605 If my husband thought I had bought one more gown 331 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,671 his face would be even more sour than it already is! 332 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:36,807 Then we won't tell him. It will be our secret, Mrs Harkness. 333 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:40,013 My husband probably wouldn't even notice! If I was your husband, 334 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:42,988 I would never deny you anything you wanted. 335 00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:47,187 How can such beautiful women ever have enough beautiful things? 336 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,454 Ever have enough of anything? 337 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:53,022 You, Mrs Ballentine, if I may, 338 00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:55,625 you must wear silk. 339 00:23:56,135 --> 00:23:57,501 Only silk. 340 00:23:58,203 --> 00:23:59,203 Only ever silk. 341 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,543 Excuse me, Clara, but it's my turn. 342 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,140 It will be your turn, when you can sell. 343 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,886 But if I don't earn my commission - I need the money! 344 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:17,447 Why do you need the money? You have rooms, you have food. 345 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:21,323 You going to cry, country girl? 346 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,886 Why are you doing this? It's only my name you cross off. 347 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:26,194 Do you think I don't see that? Why? 348 00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:28,257 Girls, what is going on here? 349 00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:31,804 My name was top of the board, ma'am, but Clara wiped it away. 350 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:34,306 I am the one who decides whose turn it is. 351 00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:36,939 Our regular customers are too valuable to 352 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,036 to you until you know what you are doing. 353 00:24:39,078 --> 00:24:41,309 But ma'am, if I'm to learn... You are on probation. 354 00:24:41,347 --> 00:24:44,647 Do not defy me. Defying is the worst of sins in a department store. 355 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:48,316 There is plenty of folding and stacking to do. Quickly. 356 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:49,549 Quickly! 357 00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:52,657 Yes, ma'am. 358 00:24:55,260 --> 00:25:00,824 I was curious. Your store is rather beautiful, in a brash kind of way. 359 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:04,426 You don't mind me teasing you, do you, darling? 360 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:07,764 I thought I might buy some trinket, 361 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:12,107 just to show you I'm not entirely immune to your seduction. 362 00:25:12,144 --> 00:25:16,172 Might I suggest you visit the ladieswear department? Oh. 363 00:25:16,215 --> 00:25:18,593 I'm not sure I could face the world in any dress that was not made by 364 00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:20,449 my own seamstress. 365 00:25:21,787 --> 00:25:22,787 Katherine. 366 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:24,847 Do you suppose a man cares 367 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:27,792 if a woman's dress is hand-sewn? 368 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:29,795 Mm? 369 00:25:30,562 --> 00:25:33,862 A stitch does not make the blood rise. 370 00:25:47,513 --> 00:25:51,382 I'm sorry that my father was such an old stick about your plans, Moray. 371 00:25:52,418 --> 00:25:57,288 We must work on him together, you and I. 372 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,817 He will see how fond I am of you 373 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:03,326 and his resistance will melt. 374 00:26:04,263 --> 00:26:10,328 I am already making my own plans to overcome his resistance. 375 00:26:12,971 --> 00:26:14,735 Tell me. 376 00:26:16,108 --> 00:26:18,134 When I'm ready. 377 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:23,345 In five days' time, 378 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:26,147 The Paradise, the whole store, every department, 379 00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:31,420 will come together in one grand sale. 380 00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,791 Prices will be so reduced for one day, 381 00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:38,628 that customers flock to our store. 382 00:26:38,664 --> 00:26:42,601 I want this to be our best day ever. 383 00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:45,536 I want us to create such a frenzy of shopping 384 00:26:46,672 --> 00:26:50,768 that we make in one day more than we do in a week. 385 00:26:50,809 --> 00:26:54,803 I don't suppose any one of you will object if your pockets are bursting with bonuses! 386 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:06,348 There is a lot of work for us to do, but I do not see before me one face shy of that. 387 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:09,691 Well said, Mr Moray, sir. 388 00:27:25,611 --> 00:27:27,443 I know what I shall do with my bonus. 389 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:30,677 I'd like to come into the store and buy the fanciest coat 390 00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:32,446 or perhaps some boots. 391 00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:34,987 Pauline dreams of being a customer here, one day. 392 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,278 She thinks if she's on the other side of the 393 00:27:37,302 --> 00:27:39,583 counter, a well-to-do man will fall for her! 394 00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:44,654 No, I don't! But you do see some fine gentlemen, and they can't all be married! 395 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:47,990 What will you do with your bonus, Clara? 396 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:50,867 I won't worry about that until it's in my hand. 397 00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:54,237 There he is, with his writing. 398 00:27:54,273 --> 00:27:57,505 What's he doing? Every day he writes in that book. 399 00:27:57,543 --> 00:28:00,445 What he sees and what he knows, no doubt. 400 00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:02,209 I'd love to get my hands on that book! 401 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,873 What about you, Denise? What will you buy with your bonus? 402 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:07,910 I don't know that I'll buy anything. Perhaps something for your uncle? 403 00:28:08,654 --> 00:28:10,953 A saint as well as a martyr! 404 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:15,791 Oh, she's watching us. I fancy she would like to come and join us, you know. 405 00:28:16,495 --> 00:28:18,964 Only so she can filch the best bits off your plate! 406 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:20,898 We might all end up like her. 407 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:26,738 Single, lonely, her position here the only thing to speak of in her life. 408 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:45,652 Makes me nervous when you pamper me. 409 00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:50,527 Papa... 410 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:53,421 ..will you do something for me? 411 00:28:53,465 --> 00:28:56,333 My darling, I wish your traps weren't so delightful. 412 00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,639 Will you give me the ring? 413 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,906 Mother's ring. 414 00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:08,337 Has Moray spoken to you? 415 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,284 You are not allowed to ask me that. 416 00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:16,146 When will I ever learn to say no to you? 417 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:20,590 Papa... 418 00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:27,126 when you are so old that your eyes water... 419 00:29:29,735 --> 00:29:34,196 ..I will hold your hand and kiss you every day. 420 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:38,436 Can I have it? 421 00:29:38,744 --> 00:29:41,213 If I could only make you see 422 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,978 that this rush to love... 423 00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:48,885 ..this is not going to make you happy. 424 00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:53,553 But you will let me have the ring? 425 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:20,349 Why, Miss Glendenning, ma'am. How pleasing to see you here. 426 00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:24,546 Not that you shouldn't be here. I only meant that I hope we can please you. 427 00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:28,026 Find something that might be pleasing. Clara? 428 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:30,953 Come and attend to Miss Glendenning. 429 00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:33,932 I am told that I might find the latest fashions here. 430 00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:37,762 Indeed, ma'am. Perhaps I could show you the tea gown... 431 00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:39,147 I hope you're not suggesting that I could 432 00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:41,663 be seen on the street wearing a ready-made dress? 433 00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:47,776 Perhaps, Miss Glendenning, if you were to see the dress modelled? 434 00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:51,443 Denise, you must put on the dress. 435 00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:53,445 Quickly, girl, quickly! 436 00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:55,851 We dally at our peril. 437 00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:28,416 Hurry up, girl! 438 00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:35,084 Are you dawdling in there? 439 00:31:35,127 --> 00:31:37,187 Miss Audrey, this dress doesn't fit! 440 00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,664 Let me see. Let me see. 441 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,825 You haven't even fastened it! 442 00:31:44,136 --> 00:31:46,731 Do you not know how to wear a dress? 443 00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:53,471 Oh, excuse me. 444 00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:57,340 I think it must be the wrong size. It won't go on properly. 445 00:31:59,618 --> 00:32:02,315 I cannot imagine why you would think I could wear such a thing! 446 00:32:02,354 --> 00:32:03,913 It is the model, madam. 447 00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:08,991 She does not know how to exhibit the dress properly. I have seen enough. 448 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:10,290 Thank you. 449 00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:16,131 Ma'am, if I may, what does it matter how I look in the dress? 450 00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:19,999 It only matters how you will look in it. 451 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:26,741 Mr Moray himself went to Paris to seek out the latest fashion. 452 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:30,647 I don't mind looking a fool in a dress two sizes too small, 453 00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:35,746 but I wouldn't be doing my job if I allowed you to leave without explaining to you 454 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,449 why you should buy it. 455 00:32:39,658 --> 00:32:42,719 You are rather forthright, girl. 456 00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:48,496 That is only because I believe you will look wonderful in this dress, ma'am. 457 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:50,798 And if I am wrong... 458 00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:54,673 ..Miss Audrey will relieve me of my position. 459 00:32:56,942 --> 00:33:00,743 The dress is called the tea gown, ma'am, 460 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:03,613 because it's worn without a corset, 461 00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:06,550 for comfort, for day-time entertaining. 462 00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:13,890 The soft lines give the dress an especially feminine quality. 463 00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:17,427 In France, it is known as the "cinq-a-sept", 464 00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:20,728 the hours when a lady might receive suitors. 465 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:28,700 It is beautiful, ma'am, with its lace edging and dome silk-covered buttons. 466 00:33:29,274 --> 00:33:31,573 Silk bows on the front and on the cuffs. 467 00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:36,375 I'm sure we could have it delivered to your home for you to try on 468 00:33:36,414 --> 00:33:38,713 so you could see how it might look on you. 469 00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:43,713 In a month, this dress will be the talk of the town, 470 00:33:43,755 --> 00:33:46,281 just as it's the talk of Paris now. 471 00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:10,072 I've already spoken to my partners, 472 00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:12,107 and they're all of one voice. 473 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:14,176 Retail makes them nervous. 474 00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:17,283 They prefer coal or shipping. 475 00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:20,121 But it is for you to decide, sir. 476 00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:24,661 Come to the sale, and you will see what is possible. 477 00:34:24,696 --> 00:34:29,794 Katherine's had suitors. Some of them I liked. 478 00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:33,404 She showed no interest in any of them. 479 00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:37,341 I know my position, sir. 480 00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:41,543 I'm a salesman who has done rather well. 481 00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:45,006 I realise... Don't toy with me, Moray. 482 00:34:45,984 --> 00:34:49,079 You know that my daughter is infatuated with you. 483 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,249 Do you share Katherine's feelings? 484 00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:59,386 I regard Katherine most tenderly, sir. 485 00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:00,956 I must warn you. 486 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:03,962 If you break her heart, 487 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:06,971 whether or not I grant you a loan will be of no consequence, 488 00:35:07,005 --> 00:35:10,498 because I shall make it my business to ruin you. 489 00:35:14,980 --> 00:35:17,814 Moray, for one last time, let me try to get you to stop this. 490 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:19,750 I'd rather you put the champagne on ice! 491 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:23,016 You joke about everything. You joke about this? You're a disgrace! 492 00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,922 Look. Look around you. 493 00:35:26,524 --> 00:35:30,552 These people, every one of them depend upon us for their work. 494 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:32,860 How dare you? 495 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:34,957 I created every job here. 496 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,468 And I'll create more. 497 00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:40,199 All that matters is I fill this store for one day with customers. 498 00:35:41,106 --> 00:35:43,302 Yes, we can grow. 499 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,004 But why must it be done at such great risk? 500 00:35:48,313 --> 00:35:49,838 If you will not listen to reason... 501 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,543 Then what? 502 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:58,055 Then I will stop trying to reason with you. 503 00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:35,560 (JOVIAL VOICES EMANATE) 504 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:39,427 (WOMEN'S VOICES APPROACH) 505 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:44,636 ..this new girl falling at her feet. 506 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:47,138 I saw it the day she arrived. 507 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:50,171 She's no innocent country girl. 508 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,370 Come on, I need a drink! 509 00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:06,949 What do you expect if you're stupid enough to get caught, Lucille? 510 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:09,321 Have to get yourself a job. 511 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:46,290 What are you suggesting, Jonas? 512 00:37:46,331 --> 00:37:49,790 He met with some of your suppliers at the Three Crowns, sir. 513 00:37:51,703 --> 00:37:54,502 I've known Dudley since we were boys, 514 00:37:54,739 --> 00:37:56,799 starting out together. 515 00:37:58,643 --> 00:38:00,771 There's no cunning in him. 516 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,513 I could not get close enough to hear their conversation 517 00:38:03,548 --> 00:38:05,176 without being noticed. 518 00:38:05,350 --> 00:38:07,842 But I know the landlord of the Three Crowns 519 00:38:07,919 --> 00:38:11,151 and I passed him a small sum to help me with that. 520 00:38:11,189 --> 00:38:13,658 I was best man at his wedding. 521 00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:16,285 I sit at his dining table with him and his children. 522 00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:20,423 I find it almost impossible to doubt Dudley. 523 00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:25,562 The point is, sir, he seems to doubt you. 524 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,903 There were four suppliers there. 525 00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:30,598 He appeared to be warning them they 526 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:33,544 may not get paid for the orders you placed with them. 527 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,487 Jonas? 528 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,970 Champagne? 529 00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:07,778 Wasn't it you who told me that every occasion was made better by champagne? 530 00:39:21,626 --> 00:39:23,527 My mother's engagement ring. 531 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,121 My father gave it to me 532 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:26,426 after he spoke with you. 533 00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,767 It's beautiful. 534 00:39:32,804 --> 00:39:34,796 Why would your father do such a thing? 535 00:39:39,911 --> 00:39:42,540 I can't bear it when you tease me! 536 00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,210 My father can see what we are skirting around. 537 00:39:47,652 --> 00:39:49,314 It is time. 538 00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:54,486 I know why this is difficult for a widower. 539 00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:58,160 It is time for you to be truly loved again. 540 00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:02,761 We will announce our engagement tomorrow and you will see how happy I can make you. 541 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,902 Why must you try to trap me? 542 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:09,165 When have I EVER suggested to you... 543 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:14,937 I only want to love you. 544 00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:17,307 But you will not let me. 545 00:40:17,849 --> 00:40:19,943 You push me away. 546 00:40:20,785 --> 00:40:22,515 Why? 547 00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:26,888 You make me love you but you taunt me with it. Why? 548 00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:32,386 It hurts me... 549 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:34,392 more than... 550 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,730 I can bear! 551 00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:37,299 Oh, God! 552 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:39,337 I cannot breathe! 553 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,299 Please... help me! 554 00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:46,542 Please! 555 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:50,506 Loosen my dress, please! 556 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:04,795 No. 557 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:06,262 Yes! 558 00:41:06,597 --> 00:41:08,190 It's all right. 559 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:18,537 (CLATTERING AND GIGGLING) 560 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:21,679 Denise, wake up! Come and have a drink with us. 561 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:23,346 What time is it? 562 00:41:23,381 --> 00:41:25,373 (DRUNKENLY) Oh, look at her! 563 00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:29,343 Snug as a chaste little virgin girl! 564 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:33,952 What if anyone was to find you, Pauline? 565 00:41:33,992 --> 00:41:38,123 Don't worry about Miss Audrey. You can hear her snoring half-way across the city! 566 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,858 But that girl, Lucille. 567 00:41:40,365 --> 00:41:43,460 She was fool enough to get caught, that's all. 568 00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:46,594 (GIGGLING AND CHATTER CONTINUES) 569 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:56,342 And she went right up to her, to Katherine Glendenning, 570 00:41:56,381 --> 00:42:00,284 and she said, "In a month, this dress will be the talk of the town. 571 00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:04,983 "And you, you hollow-headed spoilt rich girl, you can't see that!" 572 00:42:05,023 --> 00:42:08,255 I didn't say that, Pauline! 573 00:42:12,096 --> 00:42:13,689 It's Miss Audrey! She's coming! 574 00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:15,664 Someone has to go and talk to her! Denise, 575 00:42:15,688 --> 00:42:17,691 get up. You're the only one sober! Come on! 576 00:42:22,106 --> 00:42:23,574 Girl! 577 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:26,376 Denise! 578 00:42:26,744 --> 00:42:29,111 What are you doing out here at this time of night? 579 00:42:29,147 --> 00:42:30,911 Denise! Girl! 580 00:42:32,517 --> 00:42:34,383 What is the matter with you? 581 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:37,281 Oh, Miss Audrey. Denise walks-sleeps. 582 00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:40,780 Sleepwalks! She told me to watch out for her. 583 00:42:41,325 --> 00:42:44,489 Sleepwalking? It's only her nerves, ma'am. It'll pass. 584 00:42:44,529 --> 00:42:47,465 I'm sorry if the noise woke you, Miss Audrey. 585 00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:51,625 You can go back to bed. Leave Denise to me. I'll settle her down again. 586 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:52,829 Sleepwalking? 587 00:42:56,741 --> 00:42:59,438 I knew I should never have taken on a girl from Peebles! 588 00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:20,665 (DUDLEY ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF IN A LOW VOICE) 589 00:43:25,570 --> 00:43:28,631 Excuse me, Mr Dudley, sir. Can I have a word with you? 590 00:43:28,673 --> 00:43:31,837 Is everything all right with you, Denise? Mr Dudley, sir. 591 00:43:32,510 --> 00:43:35,173 Please don't do anything that you might regret. 592 00:43:35,213 --> 00:43:36,476 Denise. 593 00:43:36,514 --> 00:43:38,642 You are to go to Mr Moray's office. 594 00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:41,318 At once. 595 00:44:03,841 --> 00:44:05,332 (GENTLE KNOCK AT DOOR) 596 00:44:05,376 --> 00:44:07,004 Come in. 597 00:44:15,419 --> 00:44:18,651 I thought we might review your probation, Denise. 598 00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:26,062 You know that there are a hundred girls out there that can take your place. 599 00:44:29,167 --> 00:44:30,897 Come closer. 600 00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:45,912 Do you like it here? I do, sir. 601 00:44:46,551 --> 00:44:49,282 Then you'd like to remain at your post? 602 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,619 It is a simple enough question, Denise. 603 00:45:00,932 --> 00:45:02,901 I would, sir. 604 00:45:04,035 --> 00:45:05,765 Your hair. 605 00:45:07,572 --> 00:45:11,737 It should have the slightest imperfection in it. 606 00:45:11,776 --> 00:45:13,335 Something... 607 00:45:14,745 --> 00:45:16,373 ..suggestive. 608 00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:26,951 I heard you sold a dress to a rather difficult customer. 609 00:45:27,658 --> 00:45:29,524 You made a good impression. 610 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,189 It seems you are quite the salesgirl. 611 00:45:32,363 --> 00:45:33,524 Thank you, sir. 612 00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:35,829 So we can say your probation is over, 613 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:37,892 and you're one of us now! 614 00:45:40,905 --> 00:45:43,739 Thank you, Mr Moray, sir. 615 00:45:43,774 --> 00:45:47,370 Is your display attracting customers? 616 00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:57,580 Do you suppose I didn't see you hiding there? 617 00:45:59,690 --> 00:46:02,854 I see everything. 618 00:46:03,961 --> 00:46:06,453 It makes me smile to think of it. 619 00:46:08,199 --> 00:46:11,135 What kind of a girl has such spirit? 620 00:46:13,571 --> 00:46:16,473 You're not like the other girls. I think you know that. 621 00:46:17,808 --> 00:46:21,142 I wonder if you realise the talents you have. 622 00:46:21,178 --> 00:46:23,170 (KNOCK AT DOOR) Yes? 623 00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:33,783 If you have talent and wits, Denise, 624 00:46:33,824 --> 00:46:35,383 you will do well here. 625 00:46:35,426 --> 00:46:38,692 To truly belong, you need loyalty. 626 00:46:39,263 --> 00:46:40,287 Absolute loyalty. 627 00:46:40,331 --> 00:46:43,062 To The Paradise and to me. 628 00:46:46,003 --> 00:46:47,631 Thank you. 629 00:46:55,012 --> 00:47:00,542 Tell me, what have you been up to behind my back, Dudley? 630 00:47:00,985 --> 00:47:04,888 All I have done is try to save you from yourself. 631 00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,188 You've scared me, Moray. 632 00:47:08,459 --> 00:47:10,451 You seem drunk with greed. 633 00:47:10,795 --> 00:47:14,357 Tell me what you've done. 634 00:47:16,901 --> 00:47:20,394 I have arranged with our suppliers to return the goods if we cannot pay for them. 635 00:47:30,114 --> 00:47:32,379 These arrived this morning. 636 00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:36,913 They won't let me have anything more unless I pay on delivery. 637 00:47:38,322 --> 00:47:42,453 Word will soon spread. Others will follow. 638 00:47:43,561 --> 00:47:45,086 I didn't mean for this to happen. 639 00:47:47,164 --> 00:47:49,565 I only meant to prevent disaster. 640 00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:53,894 At least if we can return the goods, we won't be left with such terrible debts. 641 00:47:53,938 --> 00:47:58,171 If we are to triumph, a man must hold his nerve. 642 00:47:58,642 --> 00:48:00,372 You buckled! 643 00:48:01,112 --> 00:48:04,844 And now your weakness has jeopardised everything! 644 00:48:07,385 --> 00:48:09,980 Why can you not see how wild the risk is? 645 00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:11,686 I see it. 646 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:13,384 And I choose to go on. 647 00:48:13,858 --> 00:48:16,589 That is for me alone to decide. 648 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:23,598 I need a loan. 649 00:48:24,268 --> 00:48:27,295 A substantial loan to expand. 650 00:48:27,438 --> 00:48:30,567 Why is what we have not enough? 651 00:48:31,976 --> 00:48:37,176 This city is littered with men who stood still. 652 00:48:37,815 --> 00:48:39,647 If this sale is called off, 653 00:48:39,683 --> 00:48:42,118 all will be lost. 654 00:48:42,286 --> 00:48:44,221 I cannot turn back now. 655 00:48:46,323 --> 00:48:49,054 Lord Glendenning will come here on Saturday. 656 00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:54,463 I need him to see The Paradise bursting with customers. 657 00:48:56,434 --> 00:48:57,959 I'm sorry, Moray. 658 00:48:59,303 --> 00:49:01,101 What can we do? 659 00:49:04,675 --> 00:49:06,803 Go back to your friends. 660 00:49:07,678 --> 00:49:09,647 Tell them to bring their goods. 661 00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:12,375 If I do not pay them... 662 00:49:14,185 --> 00:49:16,120 they can have this store. 663 00:49:16,153 --> 00:49:18,019 Moray... 664 00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:21,389 You can't do such a thing. I can. 665 00:49:21,859 --> 00:49:23,623 Because I must. 666 00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:59,087 Mr Moray has informed me that I am to be kept on, ma'am. 667 00:49:59,129 --> 00:50:01,325 I have passed my probation. 668 00:50:01,365 --> 00:50:03,493 Is that so? 669 00:50:03,534 --> 00:50:06,163 Well, never forget, girl, that this is my department 670 00:50:06,203 --> 00:50:07,831 and I shall be watching you at all times. 671 00:50:07,872 --> 00:50:12,469 So be sure that you meet my standards. Straighten your hair, girl. 672 00:50:12,510 --> 00:50:14,103 Careless hair is a sin. 673 00:50:15,145 --> 00:50:18,946 Girls, girls, we have work to do. We have a sale to prepare. 674 00:50:18,983 --> 00:50:21,214 Step to it. Step to it! 675 00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:07,989 (KNOCKS) 676 00:51:13,771 --> 00:51:16,468 It took me all my nerve to come here. 677 00:51:17,174 --> 00:51:21,009 I've been twice in the past week, but I was too scared to knock. 678 00:51:21,045 --> 00:51:25,210 Clara, find yourself some kindly young man. 679 00:51:25,382 --> 00:51:28,580 I'm not stupid. I won't ask you for nothing. 680 00:51:28,619 --> 00:51:30,713 Get some sleep, Clara. 681 00:51:31,155 --> 00:51:36,321 Isn't there some part of you, sir, can let me in? 682 00:51:36,860 --> 00:51:39,329 One night, that's all. 683 00:51:40,030 --> 00:51:42,022 Like it was. 684 00:51:42,066 --> 00:51:45,002 No, Clara, there isn't. 685 00:51:46,737 --> 00:51:48,535 Not any more. 686 00:51:55,179 --> 00:51:58,638 Do you think you're precious? You are nothing! 687 00:51:58,682 --> 00:52:00,651 He lay in my arms, do you hear me? 688 00:52:00,684 --> 00:52:02,084 He told me things. 689 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:06,022 He lay in my arms sobbing and told me terrible things. 690 00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:13,230 Wouldn't it be something if I were to tell the whole city how his wife died? 691 00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:16,432 Wait until the store is filled with his beloved customers 692 00:52:16,467 --> 00:52:18,197 then cry it out so they all hear it. 693 00:52:18,535 --> 00:52:21,596 Clara, you wouldn't do such a thing. Wouldn't I? 694 00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:48,423 (ECHOEY VOICE) 'Can you guarantee they'll go on spending your money 695 00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:51,230 'on your perfumes and fripperies?' 696 00:52:51,635 --> 00:52:55,333 'I want this to be our best day ever.' 697 00:52:56,273 --> 00:53:00,142 'I know you've been turned away by every bank in town, Moray.' 698 00:53:01,645 --> 00:53:06,106 'This city is littered with men who stood still.' 699 00:53:06,717 --> 00:53:11,519 'Yes, we can grow. But why must it be done at such great risk?' 700 00:53:11,555 --> 00:53:15,720 'The point is, sir, he seems to doubt you.' 701 00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:05,574 Clara, when I went to Moray's office, 702 00:54:05,609 --> 00:54:08,044 you were wrong to think that he likes me. 703 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,808 He was kind to me. That is all. 704 00:54:09,847 --> 00:54:12,749 That is all. I've seen the way he looks at you. 705 00:54:12,916 --> 00:54:15,385 You'll be out on the street, just like Lucille. 706 00:54:15,586 --> 00:54:18,283 Worse, you need this work, Clara. 707 00:54:18,655 --> 00:54:20,783 Girls! Girls, on a day like today, 708 00:54:20,824 --> 00:54:22,622 it is a sin even to pause for breath. 709 00:54:22,659 --> 00:54:25,686 Denise, go and tell Mr Dudley our hat stands are hatless. 710 00:54:31,368 --> 00:54:33,701 Seems you were right, Moray. 711 00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:35,281 Who would have imagined that shopping for 712 00:54:35,305 --> 00:54:37,740 goods would have such an effect upon women! 713 00:54:37,941 --> 00:54:40,103 This is only the beginning, sir. 714 00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:43,246 I want to bring a thousand undreamed of temptations 715 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:44,771 into The Paradise. 716 00:54:44,815 --> 00:54:48,616 I promise you, sir, there will be no end to their appetite. However, 717 00:54:49,319 --> 00:54:52,585 it will take more than one spectacular event 718 00:54:52,623 --> 00:54:55,218 to convince my partners at the bank. 719 00:54:55,259 --> 00:54:57,228 If I may, sir, 720 00:54:57,494 --> 00:55:01,989 you were never going to convince them. The point is to convince you. 721 00:55:02,099 --> 00:55:05,536 You see what is possible here. 722 00:55:06,637 --> 00:55:08,902 I'm asking you to lend me the money. 723 00:55:09,339 --> 00:55:11,934 That's a bold appeal! I ask it 724 00:55:12,442 --> 00:55:15,901 only because I know your reputation is built on recognising 725 00:55:15,946 --> 00:55:17,881 what other people do not see 726 00:55:17,915 --> 00:55:19,884 and investing in it. 727 00:55:20,684 --> 00:55:23,677 Will you be part of this? 728 00:55:23,720 --> 00:55:26,019 Will you show your faith? 729 00:55:40,404 --> 00:55:43,238 There is another matter, sir. 730 00:55:43,273 --> 00:55:46,004 I wish to deal with this in your presence. 731 00:55:47,377 --> 00:55:48,936 Katherine. 732 00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:55,044 I cannot be engaged to be married to you. Not yet. 733 00:55:55,686 --> 00:55:57,245 It would be fatal for business 734 00:55:57,287 --> 00:55:59,813 at this sensitive time. 735 00:55:59,857 --> 00:56:02,383 This enterprise relies on the charming of women. 736 00:56:02,793 --> 00:56:06,924 Oh, dear, Moray. You do love to exaggerate this romantic notion of yours 737 00:56:06,964 --> 00:56:09,297 that women come here to be flattered by you. Katherine, 738 00:56:09,333 --> 00:56:11,461 I must side with Moray on this. 739 00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:15,701 You know my feelings. 740 00:56:15,739 --> 00:56:18,334 Haste is the enemy of love. 741 00:56:19,443 --> 00:56:21,878 Take your time. 742 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:25,982 If I may, sir. 743 00:56:31,788 --> 00:56:34,724 I regret what happened, Katherine. 744 00:56:35,525 --> 00:56:37,585 I cannot say how... Regret? 745 00:56:39,029 --> 00:56:42,431 No, I do not want your regret. 746 00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:46,632 I... I cannot marry, Katherine. 747 00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:51,339 I cannot say when I will be ready. 748 00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:54,743 If that makes you want to walk away from me, then you must. 749 00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:57,270 I'm not asking you to understand. 750 00:56:57,648 --> 00:56:59,583 I'm asking you to believe me. 751 00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:05,653 Why does your wife have such a hold on you? 752 00:57:07,925 --> 00:57:11,692 Why won't you admit that she is dead? 753 00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:30,414 Uncle, what are you doing here? Where did this come from? 754 00:57:30,714 --> 00:57:32,808 I made some commission. I sold a dress. 755 00:57:32,849 --> 00:57:35,785 Do you think I want to be kept by him? It's my money, Uncle. 756 00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:38,855 I worked for it. I should throw it in his face! 757 00:57:38,889 --> 00:57:40,817 Let them all see how he trampled on the likes 758 00:57:40,841 --> 00:57:42,792 of me to build this fancy palace of nothings! 759 00:57:42,893 --> 00:57:44,725 Then you'll be hurting me, Uncle. 760 00:57:45,262 --> 00:57:47,993 I work here now. This is my place. 761 00:57:48,231 --> 00:57:50,700 I swore I'd never step inside of this place. 762 00:58:11,822 --> 00:58:15,452 Mr Moray would like the money brought into the store. 763 00:58:15,625 --> 00:58:16,786 All of it? 764 00:58:17,227 --> 00:58:18,923 Why on earth does he want to do that? 765 00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:27,866 Moray. 766 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:34,208 You wish me to resign? 767 00:58:36,013 --> 00:58:38,710 I never want that to happen, Dudley. 768 00:58:39,116 --> 00:58:42,280 We've come so far together to get here. 769 00:58:42,319 --> 00:58:44,117 I want you beside me, 770 00:58:44,154 --> 00:58:45,679 to support me. 771 00:58:46,089 --> 00:58:50,789 I want you to believe in The Paradise, to believe in me. 772 00:58:51,328 --> 00:58:52,990 Can you do that? 773 00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:55,264 I always have. 774 00:58:58,668 --> 00:59:01,866 I want to thank all of you. 775 00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:05,801 What you achieved 776 00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:09,473 means The Paradise can grow, 777 00:59:09,513 --> 00:59:13,814 that all of us will have work to come to, wages to live on. 778 00:59:13,850 --> 00:59:15,443 But more than that, 779 00:59:16,253 --> 00:59:20,213 what you conjured here, today, out of nothing, 780 00:59:20,257 --> 00:59:21,816 was thrilling. 781 00:59:22,592 --> 00:59:26,723 I promised you bonuses, and here they are. 782 00:59:26,763 --> 00:59:30,097 Come and get them. You've earned every penny. 783 00:59:38,909 --> 00:59:41,936 You are in love with him. 784 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,780 Pauline, I don't want to marry Moray. 785 00:59:47,951 --> 00:59:49,977 I want to be him. 786 01:00:39,636 --> 01:00:41,798 Oh, Katherine, this is a kind of heaven! 787 01:00:42,105 --> 01:00:43,835 Girls say that Sam is a naughty boy, 788 01:00:44,274 --> 01:00:48,336 a rogue, a charmer, a flirt, a ladies' man. 789 01:00:48,378 --> 01:00:52,577 If you did have a history of preying on women, it will come to light. 790 01:00:52,883 --> 01:00:55,944 It is best not to let them know what we're thinking. 791 01:00:57,687 --> 01:01:00,156 Especially what we think of them.