1 00:01:26,019 --> 00:01:30,479 What a business this wedding has been, what an expense. 2 00:01:30,657 --> 00:01:36,562 You know, sometimes, my dear sister, I envy you your little country parsonage. 3 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:40,256 You two married for love, I know. 4 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:43,368 Now, of course, Edith can afford to do that. 5 00:01:44,804 --> 00:01:49,036 Go on, Captain! Dance! Dance with your bride. 6 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:05,690 - You are bored, Miss Margaret. - No. 7 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:09,118 - I'm tired. - Oh. 8 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:14,460 I'm exhausted. And a little too grown-up for ornaments like this. 9 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:19,127 When I get married, I want to wake up on a sunny day, 10 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:22,103 put on my favorite dress and just walk to the church. 11 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,573 There. 12 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:29,004 There. Is that better? 13 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:33,242 I think you look very well. 14 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:36,354 You would look very well whatever you wore. 15 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:40,926 I love my cousin dearly. I've been very happy in this house. 16 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:44,119 But I'll be even happier to go home to Helstone. 17 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:47,824 Ah, the wonderful Helstone. You cannot be kept away? 18 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,492 No. I cannot. 19 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:53,230 It's the best place on earth. 20 00:03:16,896 --> 00:03:19,421 Margaret. Is that you? 21 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,971 M... Mr. Lennox. W... what's happened? 22 00:03:28,141 --> 00:03:32,976 - Is it Edith? Some accident? - No, no, calm yourself. No such calamity. 23 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:35,637 I have come to visit paradise... 24 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:38,882 ...as you suggested. 25 00:03:40,019 --> 00:03:41,782 Well... 26 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:44,014 Mr. Lennox. 27 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:48,020 Y... You'd better sit down. 28 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:04,701 This is home. 29 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,628 Mama, you remember Mr. Lennox? 30 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:33,795 Oh, yes. Yes. Yes, of course, I... 31 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:37,173 I could walk this route with my eyes closed. 32 00:04:37,343 --> 00:04:41,609 I've been visiting Father's parishioners since I was a very small girl. 33 00:04:42,382 --> 00:04:44,873 Did you hear what I just said? 34 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:48,019 Sorry, I... 35 00:04:48,187 --> 00:04:51,884 I was just remembering your prescription for a perfect wedding. 36 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:54,993 "I should like to walk to church on a sunny morning." 37 00:04:55,161 --> 00:04:57,629 Was this the path you were describing? 38 00:04:57,797 --> 00:05:01,460 Why, yes, I suppose so, I... 39 00:05:01,634 --> 00:05:05,365 wasn't actually thinking of MY wedding, you understand. 40 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:09,169 - I was wondering, Margaret, whether... - Please, don't won... 41 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:12,743 ...whether you might consider making that walk, 42 00:05:12,912 --> 00:05:16,814 sharing that morning with one who... Please, listen. 43 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,474 Please. Don't continue. 44 00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:23,444 I'm sorry. 45 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:26,558 Excuse me. I... 46 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:30,526 You led me to believe that such an offer would not be unwelcome. 47 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:35,225 A London girl would know not to talk of wedding days in such ambiguous terms. 48 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:38,199 Excuse me, I... said nothing I am ashamed of. 49 00:05:38,371 --> 00:05:42,535 I... I'm sorry if you have been mistaken in my affections for you. 50 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:45,200 Is there someone else, someone else you prefer? 51 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,710 No. 52 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,440 I do like you, Henry. 53 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:55,679 But I am not ready to marry anyone. You must believe that I mean what I say. 54 00:06:06,699 --> 00:06:08,189 Henry, I... 55 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,795 ...I- I'm sorry. 56 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:36,388 We'll be on the streets... 57 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:39,088 in a strange place. 58 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:44,066 Mama, I told you, we'll stay at a hotel until we find a house. It won't take long. 59 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:48,037 Perhaps Dixon and I could stay on the coast while you look. 60 00:06:48,207 --> 00:06:50,767 Yes... as the misses is so delicate. 61 00:06:50,943 --> 00:06:55,437 No, Maria. Your place is with us. It will not take us long to find a house. 62 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:59,142 My old college friend, Mr. Bell, has agreed to help. 63 00:06:59,318 --> 00:07:04,517 He's already organized a list of potential pupils. There'll be plenty of teaching for me. 64 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:12,925 There will be no people there like us in Milton. How can there be? 65 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:17,466 We will manage, Mother. It's not another planet. 66 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:20,871 Outward, Milton! 67 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,032 Outward, Milton! 68 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:26,541 All change! 69 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:30,204 All change for stations north! 70 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:34,513 Why have we come here, Dixon? 71 00:07:34,687 --> 00:07:37,554 It's going to be awful. 72 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:40,191 - I know it is. - Shh. 73 00:07:40,359 --> 00:07:45,023 - Outward, Milton! - Dixon. Take care and find a porter. 74 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:47,231 We have arrived. 75 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,733 All change! 76 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:55,233 I see 'im! 77 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:58,502 Porter! Take these, please. 78 00:08:14,293 --> 00:08:16,523 We'll find a house faster separately. 79 00:08:16,696 --> 00:08:20,154 - Are you sure? - Of course. 80 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:40,883 Eggs, fresh-laid eggs this mornin'! Come and get your eggs! 81 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:54,365 Fresh fruits! Fresh fruits! Fruit and vegetables! 82 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:05,642 - Hello, how are you? - All right. 83 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:38,904 - The living room's quite spacious. - The property's not for me. 84 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:44,072 I'm enquiring on behalf of one of me master's business acquaintances. 85 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:50,345 The man is still living as a clergyman. Or rather a former clergyman. 86 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:55,756 He's used to living simply. He's never been a man of great property or fortune. 87 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:05,862 - A matter of conscience, I believe. - Ah, conscience. 88 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:07,903 That never put bread on the table. 89 00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:09,598 - South, eh? - Mm-hm. 90 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:13,006 A little, er... indiscretion took place, maybe? 91 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:16,410 Well, they do say the Devil makes work for idle hands. 92 00:10:16,582 --> 00:10:19,847 Maybe his hands weren't so idle. 93 00:10:20,019 --> 00:10:24,046 - He'll find things a mite different up north. - Oh, aye. 94 00:10:24,223 --> 00:10:27,386 I'll make good the repairs, but the decoration's good enough. 95 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:31,553 What a business, eh? For a man to uproot his wife and child to Milton. 96 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:35,565 Conscience or no conscience, that's strange behavior. 97 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:40,365 - Excuse me, madam, can I help you? - My name is Margaret Hale. Who are you? 98 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:43,030 I'm Williams, Mr. Thornton's overseer. 99 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:47,805 He asked me to look out properties for your father. 100 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,039 How much is the rent for the year? 101 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:54,414 Mr. Thornton will discuss it with your father. No need to concern yourself. 102 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:59,251 I've no idea who your Mr. Thornton is. I thank him for his trouble, 103 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:03,418 but my father and I are sharing the task of securing a property. 104 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:06,997 I have spent two days viewing what Milton has to offer, 105 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:09,259 so I have a fairly good idea of price. 106 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:12,233 - Mr. Thornton thinks this will do very well. - Where is he? 107 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:16,501 - Excuse me? - Take me to see this Mr. Thornton. 108 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:21,005 If he won't deal with me, I'll have to deal with him. 109 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:48,769 - Does Mr. Thornton live here? - Aye, but he'll be at work. 110 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:54,912 Stay here, miss. I'll find Master. 111 00:13:58,137 --> 00:13:59,764 Stephens! 112 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:03,368 Put that pipe out! 113 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:09,674 I saw you! 114 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:15,112 Stephens! 115 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:17,448 Stephens! 116 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:20,524 Come here! 117 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,826 - Smoking again. - I wasn't! 118 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:28,831 - Where is it? - I wasn't smoking, I swear. 119 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:31,265 Still warm. I warned you. 120 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,428 No! No! Please, sir! 121 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:36,575 - Please don't... Please! - You stupid... idiot! 122 00:14:38,777 --> 00:14:42,144 - Please! - Look at me! 123 00:14:42,848 --> 00:14:45,715 - Look at me! - Stop! 124 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:49,719 - Stop! Please, stop! - Who are you? What are you doing in here? 125 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:52,016 - My name is Margaret Hale. - Miss Hale! 126 00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:55,683 - Sorry, sir, I told her to stay in the office. - Get her out! 127 00:14:55,861 --> 00:14:58,591 Aye, crawl away on your belly! 128 00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:00,789 Please, sir... I have little ones. 129 00:15:00,966 --> 00:15:03,161 You know the rules! 130 00:15:03,335 --> 00:15:06,930 - My children will starve! - Better they starve than burn to death! 131 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:12,134 Get out before I call the police! Get that woman out of here! 132 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:14,779 Please, miss. 133 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:19,044 Miss. Miss, please. 134 00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:23,548 Miss, please, miss... Please! 135 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:07,823 My darling Margaret, we are back at last from our honeymoon in Corfu. 136 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:13,063 We've been away so long I'm almost fluent in Greek - or so the Captain says. 137 00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:16,935 But you know, everything he says is always so agreeable. 138 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:21,239 Dear Margaret... Now I shall say something that will make you very angry, 139 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:22,903 but I can't help it. 140 00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:27,678 What was Uncle thinking of, taking you all so far away from home? 141 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:31,619 Why on earth are you in that awful place where they make cotton, 142 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:34,122 where no one who is anyone wishes to buy it? 143 00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:36,591 I am sure we'll always wear linen. 144 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:41,523 Dear Edith, I'm pleased to report 145 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:46,535 that we've replaced the horrible wallpapers with altogether more agreeable colors. 146 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:50,197 Dixon has only - if you think this possible - grown in energy. 147 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:54,039 She has set herself the task of engaging an under-maid, 148 00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:57,205 but as yet there isn't anyone within a radius of 50 miles 149 00:16:57,383 --> 00:17:00,375 who is remotely suitable to wait on us hand and foot. 150 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:03,385 I'll sit, if you don't mind 151 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:08,822 Hm. You'll be expected to be well up before the family to light the fires. 152 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:12,521 I'm sorry, I'm not getting up at five in the morning. 153 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:15,531 And I'm not working for those wages. 154 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,226 I can get four shillings as a piecer at Hamper's. 155 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:22,166 Anyway, if you don't mind me asking, 156 00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:24,901 where's the money coming from to pay for me? 157 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:30,538 This house must be �30 a year, and there's not much coming in from what I've heard. 158 00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:33,978 I'll come and go as I please! 159 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:37,088 And I don't need no bossy, jumped-up servant 160 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:41,659 to tell me what's what and how to behave! You can keep your rotten job! 161 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:54,472 Me, a servant, indeed 162 00:17:55,507 --> 00:18:00,604 I don't know what the master was thinking of, subjecting us to all this gossip! 163 00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:04,942 Margaret? 164 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:17,322 What's the matter? 165 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:23,257 There is some talk... 166 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:26,901 Margaret? 167 00:18:28,073 --> 00:18:30,507 Margaret? What does she mean, talk? 168 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:34,611 I did hear some people talking, when we were house-hunting. 169 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:42,151 About why we moved to Milton... so abruptly. Why you left the church. 170 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:44,789 People are... talking? 171 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:49,621 Well, it's only natural, after all, that people should wonder. 172 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:53,162 It's not usual for clergymen to leave their parish, 173 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:56,597 travel hundreds of miles, as if to escape something. 174 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,906 Just because we follow you without question... 175 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:14,044 It's from the bishop. 176 00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:19,316 - It's not about Frederick? - No. I keep that letter with me always. 177 00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:22,619 To reassure me that I made the right decision. 178 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,992 I... is this all? 179 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:37,401 "I ask that all rectors in the diocese of the New Forest 180 00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:41,239 "reaffirm their belief in the Book of Common Prayer." 181 00:19:41,413 --> 00:19:44,507 Exactly. The effrontery! The man's ten years our junior. 182 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:48,476 He tries to treat us all like children. 183 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:52,681 But this is a formality, surely... to reaffirm. 184 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:56,521 My conscience will not let me. 185 00:19:56,695 --> 00:20:00,392 I can and have lived quietly with my doubts for... 186 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:03,796 well, for some years now, but... 187 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:08,565 I cannot swear publicly to doctrines I am no longer sure of. 188 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:12,676 Now, we men of conscience have to make a stand. 189 00:20:12,844 --> 00:20:16,336 - We? - Yes, there are others who have doubts. 190 00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:20,042 We all agreed. We could not reaffirm. 191 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:26,351 Are you telling me that all the rectors of the New Forest 192 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:29,824 have decamped to industrial towns? 193 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:32,762 Well... 194 00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:36,025 some thought it possible to yield, 195 00:20:36,201 --> 00:20:39,466 but... I did not. 196 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:45,736 - How many? How many refused? - I could not avoid it. I was forced into it. 197 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,505 You must understand. 198 00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:52,446 I understand. 199 00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:59,585 I understood... 200 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:03,091 that the very worst must have happened... 201 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:07,888 that you had lost your faith... 202 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:14,333 or that you felt that God wished you to preach His word in these new places. 203 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:22,478 That some very great matter must have happened to make you uproot us all, 204 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:25,481 dragging us up to this God-forsaken place! 205 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:29,178 - Maria. - You gave up your livelihood... 206 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,783 ...our source of income... 207 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:42,796 ...on a formality. - It was not like that, Maria. 208 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:45,869 Really. It IS not like that. 209 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:50,168 I already have work - teaching. 210 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:53,907 And I... I will find more. 211 00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:58,379 And... and maybe I will discover 212 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:01,986 that is my real vocation after all. 213 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,682 The people here don't want learning. 214 00:22:08,193 --> 00:22:10,855 They don't want books 215 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:13,088 and culture. 216 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:17,027 It's all money and smoke. 217 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:22,139 That's what they eat and breathe. 218 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:29,741 You're right, Edith. 219 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:32,042 Milton is very far from home, 220 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:35,675 but it is quite an interesting and modern sort of place. 221 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:39,847 There are at least 20 mills, all very prosperous, in and around the town, 222 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:44,086 and it's full of new industry of one sort or the other. 223 00:22:44,262 --> 00:22:47,163 It is of course not remotely green like Helstone, 224 00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:50,426 and so large that I often lose my way. 225 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:52,934 But the people are friendly enough 226 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:56,700 and there is nearly always someone to point me in the right direction. 227 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:25,833 'Ey up, what have we got here? 228 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:32,674 Watch out, lass! 229 00:23:32,844 --> 00:23:36,143 'Scuse us! 230 00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:38,339 Please. 231 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:40,747 Please... Please don't. 232 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,314 Just stop. 233 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:51,195 Please... please stop. 234 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,629 - Leave the lass alone. - Here y'are! 235 00:23:58,804 --> 00:24:01,102 Leave the lass alone. 236 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,902 She shouldn't take on so. We were only having a bit of fun. 237 00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:11,240 Come on, miss. 238 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:17,616 Be careful where you walk when the whistle sounds for the break. 239 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:20,690 But don't worry, they won't harm you. 240 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:24,625 They just like a bonny face. And yours is a picture. 241 00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,957 Come on. 242 00:24:31,336 --> 00:24:35,204 I'm... I'm obliged to you. Thank you, sir. 243 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:37,671 You're welcome, lass. 244 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,171 No charge, miss. 245 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:56,553 Get up! Hup, hup, hup! 246 00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:06,904 So this century was probably the most productive, simply in terms of the number... 247 00:25:07,072 --> 00:25:11,236 Father is working hard. He teaches students and also lectures... 248 00:25:12,043 --> 00:25:14,807 though some of it is unpaid... 249 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,642 ...and, I fear, unwanted. 250 00:25:18,683 --> 00:25:22,175 - But he keeps happy. - Thank you. 251 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:29,118 Until, erm... next Sunday. 252 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:33,028 He entertains his private pupils at home. 253 00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:36,801 We have to make a choice, John. Now, it's difficult, I know. 254 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:39,630 Margaret? Is that you? 255 00:25:39,971 --> 00:25:46,399 Margaret! Come in, Margaret. Come in. Meet my new friend and first proper pupil, 256 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:50,844 Mr. Thornton. This is my daughter, Margaret. 257 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,380 I believe we have already met. 258 00:25:56,555 --> 00:26:00,548 Ah. Now, Mr. Thornton can't decide between Aristotle and Plato. 259 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,622 I suggest we start with Plato 260 00:26:04,796 --> 00:26:07,162 and then move on. What do you think? 261 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:10,324 I'm afraid we met under unpleasant circumstances. 262 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:13,335 I dismissed a worker for smoking in the sorting room. 263 00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:15,666 You beat a defenseless man. 264 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,240 - Margaret. - No, she's right. 265 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:23,914 I have a temper. Fire is the greatest danger in my mill. I have to be strict. 266 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:28,917 A gentleman would not use his fists on such a... pathetic creature 267 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,419 or shout at children. 268 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,922 I dare say a gentleman has not had to see 269 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:37,584 300 corpses laid out on a hillside as I did last May. 270 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:40,595 Many were children. And that was an accidental flame. 271 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:44,030 The whole mill destroyed in 20 minutes. 272 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:47,964 I should go. 273 00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:53,804 - You'll join us for dinner next week? - Oh, yes, of course. Erm... thank you. 274 00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:57,312 Erm... and we'll start with Plato next Tuesday. 275 00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:03,318 - I'll ask my mother to call when you're settled. - Of course, erm... 276 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:07,356 By all means. We're always here. Aren't we, Margaret? 277 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:23,339 I'll admit that Milton doesn't have any grand palaces or works of art, 278 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:27,807 but it does have some pleasant parks where we take our daily walk 279 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:31,938 and meet our friends, while the weather holds. 280 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:42,315 - Are you followin' me? - No. Well... yes. 281 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:46,487 I didn't mean any offence. I recognized you from Marlborough Mills. 282 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:50,499 I recognize you. Giving Thornton back as good as he gave. 283 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,897 You don't see that every day. 284 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:59,976 - Well, I... I don't want to keep you. - What important appointments might I have 285 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:05,674 I'm going to meet my father. He works at Hamper's, a mile across town. 286 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:09,718 - But you work at Marlborough Mills. - Yes. 287 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,753 It's nearer home. 288 00:28:11,923 --> 00:28:15,484 And the work's easier. Here's Father now. 289 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:22,597 Father? Young woman I told you about. The day Thornton sent Stephens packing. 290 00:28:22,767 --> 00:28:25,099 He deserved it. Fool put everyone at risk. 291 00:28:27,605 --> 00:28:32,008 - You're not from this part of the world, are you? - No. I'm from the South. 292 00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:35,442 - From Hampshire. - Mm. Beyond London, I reckon. 293 00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:37,706 Mm. 294 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:42,583 Where do you live? 295 00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:47,817 We put up Frances Street, in Princeton. Behind Golden Dragon. 296 00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:50,085 And your name? 297 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:54,220 - My name is Margaret Hale. - My name is Nicholas Higgins. 298 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,924 This is my daughter Bessy. Why do you ask? 299 00:28:57,102 --> 00:29:00,799 Well, I... I thought that I might come and bring a basket. 300 00:29:00,972 --> 00:29:04,703 Excuse me. At... at home, when my father was a clergyman... 301 00:29:04,876 --> 00:29:06,867 A basket? 302 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:09,309 What would we want with a basket? 303 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:12,450 We've little enough to put in it. 304 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:19,719 See, I don't much like strangers in my house. I dare say in the South, 305 00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:24,225 a young lady feels she can wander into anyone's house whenever they feel like it. 306 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:28,161 Here, we wait to be asked into someone's parlor before we charge in. 307 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:31,825 Excuse me, Mr. Higgins, Bessy, I... I didn't mean any offence. 308 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:36,963 That's why I reckon you can come if you want, but you'll not remember us. 309 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:39,474 I'll bet on that. 310 00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:53,422 Margaret! 311 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:57,255 What's the matter? Are you unwell? 312 00:29:57,428 --> 00:30:00,727 It must be Mr. Thornton's mother. 313 00:30:01,332 --> 00:30:04,495 Well, there's no mistaking that stern brow. 314 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:06,932 And that must be the sister. 315 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:09,232 What a deal of starch! 316 00:30:09,407 --> 00:30:12,899 It would take someone all day to iron that petticoat. 317 00:30:13,077 --> 00:30:17,446 Where will we put them, Mama? I don't think the two of them will fit in here. 318 00:30:43,374 --> 00:30:46,002 How exquisite. 319 00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:50,443 I haven't seen English pointwork quite like that for years. 320 00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:54,107 Our Milton craftsmanship can compare with the very best. 321 00:30:59,023 --> 00:31:02,186 I suppose you are not musical, as I see no piano. 322 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,023 I am fond of music, but I cannot play well myself. 323 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:12,395 As you can see, this house would hardly bear a grand instrument. 324 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:15,562 We sold ours when we moved. 325 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:19,039 Yes, these rooms are far too small for entertaining. 326 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:22,805 Our staircases are wider than the whole width of this room. 327 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:36,687 I wonder how you can exist without a piano. 328 00:31:36,861 --> 00:31:39,989 It almost seems to me a necessity of life. 329 00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:47,094 - There are concerts here, I believe. - Oh, yes. Rather crowded. 330 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:51,208 They let in anybody. But we have whatever is the fashion in London. 331 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,367 A little later, unfortunately. 332 00:31:54,712 --> 00:31:57,738 - You know London, of course. - Oh, yes. 333 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,443 I lived there with my aunt and cousin for a while. 334 00:32:01,619 --> 00:32:06,181 Oh! London and the Alhambra. They are the two places I long to see. 335 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:08,348 The Alhambra? 336 00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:13,088 Yes, ever since I read the "Tales of the Alhambra". Do you know them? 337 00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:16,233 Oh... I don't... think so. 338 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:20,566 But it's a very easy journey to London and not half so far. 339 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:22,569 Yes, but... 340 00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:27,336 Mama has never been to London. She cannot understand why I long to go. 341 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:30,037 She's very proud of Milton. 342 00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:34,378 Dirty, smoky place that it is. I can't wait to leave. 343 00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:39,288 May I ask why you chose to come and live in Milton? 344 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:42,517 I mean... why did you leave wherever it was? 345 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,685 - Helstone. - Oh. 346 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:47,854 Well, it... 347 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:50,592 ...it-it was my husband's decision. 348 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:54,135 It was a matter of... of conscience. 349 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:57,968 But Mr. Hale is no longer a clergyman, I thought. 350 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:03,313 My husband very much enjoys his lessons with Mr. Thornton. 351 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:06,644 I think it makes him feel young again. 352 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:11,812 Classics are all very well for men who loiter life away in the country or in colleges. 353 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:15,983 But Milton men ought to have all their energies absorbed by today's work. 354 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,458 They should have one aim only. 355 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:24,629 Which is to maintain an honorable place amongst the merchants of this country. 356 00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:26,827 Go where you will, 357 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:32,238 the name of John Thornton in Milton, manufacturer and magistrate, 358 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:36,039 is known and respected amongst all men of business. 359 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:40,715 And sought after by all the young women in Milton. 360 00:33:40,885 --> 00:33:43,547 Not all of them, surely. 361 00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:46,955 If you had a son like mine, Mrs. Hale, 362 00:33:47,125 --> 00:33:51,118 you would not be embarrassed to sing his praises. 363 00:33:57,468 --> 00:34:01,962 If you can bear to visit our dirty, smoky home, 364 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:04,802 we shall receive you next week. 365 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,014 Mrs. Thornton. 366 00:34:54,192 --> 00:34:56,592 Well, what a splendid house! Erm... 367 00:34:56,761 --> 00:35:01,425 But, er... do you not find the proximity to the mill a little, erm... 368 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:03,658 ...well, noisy? 369 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,463 Never. 370 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:10,903 I've not become so fine as to forget the source of my son's power and wealth. 371 00:35:12,977 --> 00:35:15,741 The mill is everything. 372 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:19,246 There is no other factory like it in Milton. 373 00:35:20,985 --> 00:35:23,920 This house is my son's achievement. 374 00:35:30,661 --> 00:35:34,620 Did I tell you, Thornton, about the price of raw cotton in Le Havre? 375 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:37,290 - I believe you did. - Come on, Thornton. 376 00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:42,098 Even you can spot a bargain. Cotton's a great deal cheaper from the Caribbean. 377 00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:44,400 I'll bet you Egyptian is still cheaper. 378 00:35:44,575 --> 00:35:47,203 They can't offer those prices for long. 379 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:51,280 They'll be bankrupt in a year and our supply'll be interrupted. 380 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:55,715 I'd rather pay more for a steady supply through Liverpool. We'll all lose in the end. 381 00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:59,721 Thornton's as straight as they come. He won't risk Malborough Mill, 382 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:02,223 even if it means not speculating. 383 00:36:02,393 --> 00:36:06,625 That's best, surely, with so many lives depending on the factory's success? 384 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:11,928 Well... that would be the Christian way. 385 00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:15,095 Hear the latest over clamoring for a new wheel? 386 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:17,264 - Thought you'd agreed to it. - I had. 387 00:36:17,441 --> 00:36:22,105 First, the men threatened to turn out if I didn't install it. It would've cost me �600. 388 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,114 It blows away the strands that fly off in the sorting rooms. 389 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:30,983 - Helps keeps fluff off the workers' lungs. - So, what was the problem? 390 00:36:31,155 --> 00:36:34,647 Some workers claimed they'd need more money to work with a wheel. 391 00:36:34,825 --> 00:36:37,020 - What? - Yes. Believe me. 392 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,221 They heard it'd make 'em hungrier than they say they are! 393 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:42,195 - Make them hungry - Yes. 394 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:47,235 There wouldn't be so much fluff to swallow, so their bellies'd be emptier. 395 00:36:47,405 --> 00:36:52,240 Oh, yes. So... Oh, and this is the beautiful part. 396 00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,503 They said I'd have to pay 'em more. 397 00:36:54,679 --> 00:37:00,049 Now the men can't agree to what they want, so I've been spared �600 398 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:04,484 and the men have themselves to thank for the carding rooms being like Christmas. 399 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:10,884 Come on, Thornton. Surely you won't approve of workers telling you what to pay 'em? 400 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:13,553 I've had a wheel in all my sheds for two years. 401 00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:18,065 - More fool you. I can't see profit in it. - There is no immediate profit. 402 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:22,605 - Not in pounds, shillings and pence. - But? Well, there is a "but", in't there? 403 00:37:22,773 --> 00:37:24,604 But... 404 00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:28,108 my workers are healthier. Their lungs don't clog so easily. 405 00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:32,613 They work for me longer. And their children. Even you'll see profit in that. 406 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:35,445 But surely, erm... it's the right path, also. 407 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:39,954 Sound business sense, Mr. Hale, and I cannot operate under any other moral law. 408 00:37:40,124 --> 00:37:42,615 I do not run a charitable institution. 409 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:46,559 My workers expect me to be hard, but truthful. 410 00:37:47,898 --> 00:37:50,890 I tell them how things are and they take it or leave it. 411 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:55,437 - Harkness tries tricks with his. - You've got to keep them on their toes. 412 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:59,906 It's a war, and we masters have to win it or go under. 413 00:38:00,077 --> 00:38:03,706 Hear, hear! 414 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:15,119 Mama, I have a letter from Edith. Would you like me to read it to you? 415 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,591 She sends love from Aunt Shaw. 416 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:20,822 Your father prefers the company of Milton traders. 417 00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:26,163 As if there wasn't enough to do already! We've got no help to speak of. 418 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:29,170 I have to do everything. 419 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:31,672 It's all the master's fault. 420 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:35,972 He took leave of his senses when he brought us here. 421 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:41,076 He is not the vicar of Helstone any more. 422 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:46,485 He has thrown away his position in society and brought us all down with him. 423 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:49,387 He'll be the death of us all! 424 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,898 Dixon. 425 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:02,403 I know you love my mother, but you forget yourself. 426 00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:05,064 Please don't talk about my father in that way. 427 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:08,973 It's not for you to question his motives or judgment. 428 00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:13,583 You're a servant in this house. Keep such thoughts to yourself, 429 00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:17,243 or you are free to go back to Helstone whenever you choose. 430 00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:22,352 Like it or not... we are here. 431 00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:27,256 I will help you. 432 00:39:27,431 --> 00:39:30,264 You, Miss Margaret? In the kitchen? 433 00:39:30,434 --> 00:39:32,959 Yes. Me. 434 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:38,006 I can learn to starch and iron, and I will until we find suitable help. 435 00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:41,603 You'll do as I say, Dixon. 436 00:39:48,486 --> 00:39:52,980 Excuse me. I'm looking for Bessy Higgins. I must have come in the wrong direction. 437 00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:56,024 She's along the way, round the corner. 438 00:39:56,193 --> 00:40:01,256 It's all right, she's not frightened of you. She's hungry. That's why she cries. 439 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:06,397 Bessy's just round the corner. 440 00:40:43,874 --> 00:40:47,605 Excuse me, I thought Bessy Higgins lived here. 441 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:53,039 I'm sorry I didn't come earlier. 442 00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:56,550 To tell you the truth, I didn't know that I would be welcome. 443 00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:01,214 I thought groceries would be offensive. But if I had come without anything... 444 00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:04,884 If there's a remote possibility of us finding offence, 445 00:41:05,062 --> 00:41:08,725 you can be sure we will. We're very good at that in Milton. 446 00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:13,804 I feel I've lived in Milton for quite some time now, 447 00:41:13,971 --> 00:41:17,805 but I still find myself constantly at fault whichever way I turn. 448 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:20,273 How long will it take for that to change? 449 00:41:20,444 --> 00:41:23,106 Oh, a couple of years at least, in your case. 450 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:38,726 Sorry... 451 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:43,060 It's just I have a bit of cold I can't seem to shift. 452 00:41:58,749 --> 00:42:00,944 She were right. She said you'd come. 453 00:42:01,118 --> 00:42:04,713 How was the meeting, Father? 454 00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:09,115 Do not worry on my account. 455 00:42:09,293 --> 00:42:12,751 I have no one to tell any secrets to. 456 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:16,331 Well, your father the parson's been seen supping with the bosses. 457 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:19,799 Mr. Thornton is his pupil. He's certainly not my friend. 458 00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:24,236 And Boucher? He's our neighbor down the way. 459 00:42:24,408 --> 00:42:27,343 He's holding up. Just. 460 00:42:27,511 --> 00:42:32,278 But he'll be with us when the fire goes up, if he knows what's good for him. 461 00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:35,680 Miss, your father teaches at the Lyceum Hall, doesn't he? 462 00:42:35,853 --> 00:42:38,947 Yes, he does. Sunday afternoons. 463 00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:50,260 Mother, remember I go to the Hales this evening. 464 00:42:50,434 --> 00:42:52,925 I will be home to dress, but then out till late. 465 00:42:53,103 --> 00:42:57,301 Dress? Why should you dress up to take tea with an old parson? 466 00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:58,964 Ex-parson 467 00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:03,580 Mr. Hale is a gentleman and his daughter is an accomplished young lady. 468 00:43:05,482 --> 00:43:08,883 Don't worry, Mother. I'm in no danger from Miss Hale. 469 00:43:10,220 --> 00:43:12,552 She's very unlikely to consider me a catch. 470 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:16,181 She's from the South. She doesn't care for our Northern ways. 471 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,658 Airs and graces 472 00:43:18,829 --> 00:43:23,129 What business has she? A renegade clergyman's daughter, 473 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:28,932 who's now only fit to play at giving useless lectures to those who do not wish to hear them. 474 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:32,007 What right has she to turn up her nose at you? 475 00:43:32,176 --> 00:43:36,203 Board up the windows. There'll be a storm later. 476 00:44:14,618 --> 00:44:20,079 All motion and energy, but a thing of beauty. The classics should be rewritten to include it. 477 00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:26,758 I'm afraid we're boring Miss Hale with our enthusiasm for Arkwright. 478 00:44:26,930 --> 00:44:30,923 No. Indeed, I'm sure it's fascinating. 479 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:34,297 I'm a little tired, that's all. 480 00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:04,224 Er... Mr. Thornton has been admiring our newly redecorated rooms, Maria. 481 00:45:04,401 --> 00:45:06,869 Oh. Yes, Mr. Thornton. 482 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:10,666 Erm... well, there wasn't a great deal of choice, 483 00:45:10,841 --> 00:45:15,335 but these papers are of a similar shade to our drawing room in Helstone. 484 00:45:15,512 --> 00:45:17,275 But not quite. 485 00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:21,509 Well, on behalf of Milton taste, I'm glad we've almost passed muster. 486 00:45:21,685 --> 00:45:24,552 Yes. Yes, well... 487 00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:27,980 clearly, you're very proud of Milton. 488 00:45:28,158 --> 00:45:31,650 My husband admires its energy and its... 489 00:45:34,298 --> 00:45:39,133 ...its people are... very busy making their businesses successful. 490 00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:43,262 I won't deny it. I'd rather be toiling here, success or failure, 491 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:48,275 than leading a dull, prosperous life in the South, with their slow, careless days of ease. 492 00:45:48,445 --> 00:45:52,939 You are mistaken. You don't know anything about the South. It... 493 00:45:53,117 --> 00:45:56,951 It may be a little less energetic in its pursuit of competitive trade, 494 00:45:57,121 --> 00:46:01,285 but there is less suffering than I have seen in your mills. And all for what? 495 00:46:02,292 --> 00:46:04,954 - We make cotton. - Which no one wants to wear. 496 00:46:05,129 --> 00:46:08,963 I think that I might say that you do not know the North. 497 00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:13,194 We masters are not all the same, whatever your prejudice against Milton men. 498 00:46:13,370 --> 00:46:17,534 I've seen you treat your men as you wish because they are beneath you. 499 00:46:17,708 --> 00:46:19,369 No, I do not. 500 00:46:19,543 --> 00:46:23,604 You've been blessed with good luck and fortune, but others have not. 501 00:46:23,781 --> 00:46:25,976 I do know something of hardship. 502 00:46:29,653 --> 00:46:32,451 16 years ago, my father died... 503 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:35,114 in very miserable circumstances. 504 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:39,456 I became the head of the family very quickly. I was taken out of school. 505 00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:42,497 I think that I might say that my only good luck 506 00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:45,897 was to have a mother of such strong will and integrity. 507 00:46:46,069 --> 00:46:48,162 I went to work in a draper's shop 508 00:46:48,338 --> 00:46:52,240 and my mother managed so that I could put three shillings aside a week. 509 00:46:52,409 --> 00:46:55,435 That taught me self-denial. 510 00:46:55,612 --> 00:46:59,343 Now I'm able to keep my mother in such comfort as her age requires, 511 00:46:59,516 --> 00:47:02,110 and I thank her every day for that early training. 512 00:47:03,253 --> 00:47:07,280 So, Miss Hale, I do not think that I was especially blessed 513 00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:10,426 with good fortune or luck. 514 00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:21,027 - I have outstayed my welcome. - Oh, no, John. 515 00:47:21,205 --> 00:47:24,800 Come, Miss Hale, let's part friends despite our differences. 516 00:47:24,975 --> 00:47:28,604 If we become more familiar with each other's traditions, 517 00:47:28,779 --> 00:47:31,077 we may learn to be more tolerant, I think. 518 00:47:37,988 --> 00:47:42,516 - I'll see myself out. - Please. Please come again, John. 519 00:47:51,835 --> 00:47:56,772 Margaret. The handshake is used up here in all forms of society. 520 00:47:56,940 --> 00:48:01,673 I think you gave Mr. Thornton real offence by refusing to take his hand. 521 00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:03,938 I'm sorry, Father. 522 00:48:05,148 --> 00:48:11,485 I'm sorry I'm so slow to learn the rules of civility in Milton, but I'm tired. 523 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:16,592 I have spent the day washing curtains so that Mr. Thornton should feel at home. 524 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:21,254 So, please, excuse me if I misunderstood the handshake. 525 00:48:22,833 --> 00:48:28,032 I am sure in London, a gentleman would never expect a lady to take his hand like that, 526 00:48:28,205 --> 00:48:30,230 all... unexpectedly. 527 00:48:30,407 --> 00:48:34,434 And I didn't know where to look when he talked about his past. 528 00:48:34,611 --> 00:48:38,069 His father might have died in the workhouse. 529 00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:41,740 I think it might have been worse than that. 530 00:48:45,889 --> 00:48:51,054 According to my friend Mr. Bell, his father speculated wildly and lost. 531 00:48:51,228 --> 00:48:55,562 He, erm... he was swindled by a business partner in London. 532 00:48:55,732 --> 00:48:58,223 He, erm... 533 00:48:59,336 --> 00:49:02,066 ...he killed himself. 534 00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,673 Because he couldn't bear the disgrace. 535 00:49:05,842 --> 00:49:09,175 Mother and son and daughter lived on nothing for years 536 00:49:09,346 --> 00:49:14,181 so that the creditors could be repaid, long after they'd given up any hope of settlement. 537 00:49:16,286 --> 00:49:18,516 Margaret? 538 00:49:19,556 --> 00:49:21,717 I think it very fine, Father. 539 00:49:22,893 --> 00:49:25,555 I am sorry to have offended your friend. 540 00:49:27,698 --> 00:49:30,496 And I must go to bed. 541 00:50:10,774 --> 00:50:15,768 - Put him down. He's one of ours, isn't he? - Boucher? He's Thornton's. 542 00:50:15,946 --> 00:50:19,473 Aren't you interested, Thornton? All mills together, if you please. 543 00:50:19,649 --> 00:50:22,140 We need to show we know what they're up to. 544 00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:26,312 Let them meet, if that's how they want to spend their leisure time. 545 00:50:26,490 --> 00:50:29,618 - We're all trying to work together, Thornton. - Are we? 546 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:34,890 - What does that mean? - I overheard some of my men talking. 547 00:50:35,065 --> 00:50:37,898 It seems you're planning to give in to them. 548 00:50:38,068 --> 00:50:40,195 We agreed. 549 00:50:40,370 --> 00:50:42,531 We'd all be in line. 550 00:50:42,706 --> 00:50:47,302 So that the men would know we meant business and know that we kept our word. 551 00:50:47,477 --> 00:50:49,968 Well, I... 552 00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:01,857 Father? 553 00:51:02,025 --> 00:51:04,186 Well! 554 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:09,796 My, er... pupils asked if they could use the hall for... 555 00:51:09,966 --> 00:51:15,165 a special meeting. Who am I to force ecclesiastical architecture on them? 556 00:51:15,906 --> 00:51:20,070 Quiet! 557 00:51:20,243 --> 00:51:23,235 Quiet, please! 558 00:51:23,947 --> 00:51:27,405 Friends... welcome. 559 00:51:29,186 --> 00:51:33,145 Now, this is the first time we have ever gathered together. 560 00:51:36,026 --> 00:51:40,827 Now, don't worry, you'll all get a chance to speak, as long as we take our turn. 561 00:51:40,997 --> 00:51:44,831 Now, I'm Nicholas Higgins. I work up at Hamper's Mill. 562 00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:48,266 Now, there's quite a few of us. 563 00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:52,670 There's some men from Thornton's and Marlborough Mill. Where's Henderson's? 564 00:51:52,843 --> 00:51:55,403 What about Slickson's? 565 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:59,481 Now... up at Hamper's... 566 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:02,174 we've got a lot of work. 567 00:52:02,352 --> 00:52:06,015 Orders are flooding in, and cheap cotton to meet them. 568 00:52:06,189 --> 00:52:09,852 Now, there's those of us that know that soon, bosses'll be telling us 569 00:52:10,026 --> 00:52:13,484 although they're making a fat profit... 570 00:52:13,663 --> 00:52:17,997 they can't make our pay what it were five years ago! 571 00:52:18,168 --> 00:52:20,295 Now, they'll have a load of excuses. 572 00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:23,439 It's all because cotton's suddenly become expensive. 573 00:52:23,607 --> 00:52:27,270 This or that bit of machinery's packed up. 574 00:52:27,444 --> 00:52:30,845 The buyers can't pay so there's no money to pay us! 575 00:52:31,014 --> 00:52:35,178 - You've all heard it before! - Aye, the bosses make their own rules! 576 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:39,516 Henderson says one thing, Hamper another! Different from one week t' next! 577 00:52:39,689 --> 00:52:42,715 - What's to stop 'em cutting pay again? - Aye! 578 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:46,222 And if we quit over wages, there's more'll take our places! 579 00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:47,761 Aye! 580 00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:52,425 That is why we must all work together, 581 00:52:52,602 --> 00:52:57,437 because next time one of our bosses plays tricks, we'll all know about it. 582 00:52:57,607 --> 00:53:02,044 And if we all decide on a fair wage, and none of us work for less, 583 00:53:02,212 --> 00:53:04,373 then for once, WE'LL have a say! 584 00:53:04,548 --> 00:53:06,880 What if they don't like it, eh? 585 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:10,213 What do we do then? What do we do then? 586 00:53:11,521 --> 00:53:13,512 Boucher. 587 00:53:13,690 --> 00:53:15,624 It, er... 588 00:53:15,825 --> 00:53:18,953 it's all right some of you talking brave. 589 00:53:19,129 --> 00:53:24,066 Nicholas here earns - what? 15, 16 shilling a week? He's only three to keep on it. 590 00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:26,725 My wife's sick, 591 00:53:26,903 --> 00:53:28,996 I have six children, 592 00:53:29,172 --> 00:53:32,164 none of them old enough for factory work. 593 00:53:32,342 --> 00:53:37,939 If I turn out, we'll not be able to live on five shillings strike pay from the union. 594 00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:41,206 My children... 595 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:44,483 they'll starve. 596 00:53:47,591 --> 00:53:49,923 Look, I'm not saying 597 00:53:50,093 --> 00:53:52,391 that we're coming out today. 598 00:53:52,562 --> 00:53:55,895 I'm not saying that we're coming out tomorrow. 599 00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:58,626 What I'm saying is... 600 00:53:58,802 --> 00:54:01,134 when the time comes... 601 00:54:01,304 --> 00:54:03,465 we will be ready. 602 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:06,370 And we will stick together! 603 00:54:29,399 --> 00:54:31,333 Margaret, erm... 604 00:54:31,501 --> 00:54:34,402 I know you and your mother feel I let you down. 605 00:54:34,571 --> 00:54:38,007 - Father, no. - No. You do. 606 00:54:38,174 --> 00:54:39,801 I know. 607 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:45,710 But I hope you'll realize that the people up here... they aren't so very different. 608 00:54:45,882 --> 00:54:49,215 You know? They just have different ways. 609 00:54:59,195 --> 00:55:03,154 - Master. - What are you doing here? 610 00:55:03,333 --> 00:55:05,665 - I beg you to take me back... - Get out! 611 00:55:06,670 --> 00:55:11,539 I were at the meeting this evening. I can tell you what they're planning. 612 00:55:12,709 --> 00:55:15,337 - Please, sir... - Get out! Don't come near here again! 613 00:55:15,512 --> 00:55:18,106 - Who's there? - It's only us. 614 00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:22,217 - I promise you... - Get away from here! 615 00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:33,686 - Couldn't you show a little mercy? - Mr. Hale. 616 00:55:33,863 --> 00:55:36,855 Please. Do not try to tell me my business. 617 00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:41,463 Remember, they do things differently here. 618 00:55:43,006 --> 00:55:44,803 Come, Father. 619 00:56:08,631 --> 00:56:12,590 I wish I could tell you, Edith, how lonely I am... 620 00:56:13,837 --> 00:56:16,203 how cold and harsh it is here. 621 00:56:17,006 --> 00:56:20,442 Everywhere, there is conflict and... 622 00:56:20,610 --> 00:56:22,908 unkindness. 623 00:56:36,659 --> 00:56:39,685 I think God has forsaken this place. 624 00:56:44,667 --> 00:56:47,227 I believe I have seen hell... 625 00:56:49,072 --> 00:56:51,267 ...and it's white. 626 00:56:51,441 --> 00:56:53,500 It's snow-white. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00