1 00:00:47,612 --> 00:00:51,412 I'd stake my life on a blessing, not a curse. 2 00:00:51,612 --> 00:00:53,892 Half of nothing is nothing. 3 00:01:18,532 --> 00:01:21,331 Hey. Hey! 4 00:01:45,932 --> 00:01:51,651 Miss Wetherell, everything that's happened... 5 00:02:03,932 --> 00:02:06,012 Anna. Anna. 6 00:02:17,572 --> 00:02:19,492 Who is she? 7 00:02:19,692 --> 00:02:22,051 I don't know. 8 00:02:30,772 --> 00:02:34,852 Madam. 9 00:02:40,252 --> 00:02:42,252 Who is this? Who are you? 10 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:48,132 Mr Lauderback, there's a body. 11 00:02:53,812 --> 00:02:55,892 Anna. Anna. 12 00:02:58,212 --> 00:03:00,212 Anna. 13 00:05:50,252 --> 00:05:52,252 Can you believe it? 14 00:05:55,212 --> 00:05:56,932 They're proper magic. 15 00:05:57,132 --> 00:05:58,972 Incredible good luck, 16 00:05:59,172 --> 00:06:02,892 so long as you don't shoot one dead with a crossbow. 17 00:06:03,092 --> 00:06:05,092 What would happen? 18 00:06:05,292 --> 00:06:08,372 If you killed an albatross, well... 19 00:06:10,492 --> 00:06:14,412 the wind would drop, the sun would burn hotter and hotter, 20 00:06:14,612 --> 00:06:16,932 and then two spirits would rise up from the deep... 21 00:06:17,132 --> 00:06:18,652 Death and Living Nightmare. 22 00:06:18,852 --> 00:06:20,172 They'd play dice right here on the deck, 23 00:06:20,372 --> 00:06:24,252 and whoever won the game would claim your soul. 24 00:06:26,252 --> 00:06:28,372 I don't have a crossbow. 25 00:06:28,572 --> 00:06:31,052 Well, thank heavens, nor do I. 26 00:06:33,972 --> 00:06:35,972 Mr Emery Staines. 27 00:06:40,372 --> 00:06:42,372 Miss Anna Wetherell. 28 00:06:45,452 --> 00:06:48,052 Was this your first sea voyage? 29 00:06:48,252 --> 00:06:51,052 - Yes. - Mine too. 30 00:06:51,252 --> 00:06:54,532 It wasn't at all what I expected. 31 00:06:54,732 --> 00:06:56,572 I always imagined once we were out at sea 32 00:06:56,772 --> 00:06:58,612 that the horizon would form a circle around the ship, 33 00:06:58,812 --> 00:07:01,892 - but it wasn't that at all. - It was a square. 34 00:07:02,092 --> 00:07:04,092 Yes, it was a square. 35 00:07:05,052 --> 00:07:07,052 It had corners. 36 00:07:08,572 --> 00:07:10,572 Astonishing. 37 00:07:12,492 --> 00:07:14,892 - We should introduce ourselves. - We just did. 38 00:07:15,092 --> 00:07:19,932 Ye... Well, yes, but we hardly know anything about each other. 39 00:07:20,132 --> 00:07:23,812 I know you can recognise an albatross. 40 00:07:24,012 --> 00:07:26,332 I know you're bound for New Zealand, 41 00:07:26,532 --> 00:07:28,652 probably to dig for gold. 42 00:07:28,852 --> 00:07:32,252 Same as me. 43 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,292 And I know that your bunk must be in the forward cabin, 44 00:07:34,492 --> 00:07:37,332 because we haven't met before. 45 00:07:37,532 --> 00:07:42,132 And I know that recently you lost a button off your vest. 46 00:07:45,132 --> 00:07:48,412 All right. Here's what I know about you. 47 00:07:50,612 --> 00:07:52,332 - You're an early riser. - I'm really not. 48 00:07:52,532 --> 00:07:55,612 Today is an exception. 49 00:07:56,852 --> 00:07:58,852 I do believe it is. 50 00:08:02,372 --> 00:08:04,772 Actually, it's my birthday. 51 00:08:18,172 --> 00:08:20,172 A birthday present. 52 00:08:20,972 --> 00:08:22,972 For your vest. 53 00:08:24,452 --> 00:08:26,532 You spoiled your sleeve. 54 00:08:28,092 --> 00:08:30,092 I can roll them up. 55 00:08:38,132 --> 00:08:40,372 Forgive me, Miss Wetherell... are you engaged? 56 00:08:40,572 --> 00:08:44,452 This evening. Might I call on you at your hotel? 57 00:08:46,212 --> 00:08:48,772 I'm sorry. That was too forward. 58 00:08:48,972 --> 00:08:50,972 Could I come to you? 59 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:54,012 Why not? Uh... 60 00:08:54,212 --> 00:08:56,492 what's the name of my hotel? 61 00:08:57,612 --> 00:08:59,652 Oi, Staines! 62 00:08:59,852 --> 00:09:01,572 Get over here. 63 00:09:01,772 --> 00:09:03,892 Right. 64 00:09:04,092 --> 00:09:06,492 Shall we say 7 o'clock? 65 00:09:06,692 --> 00:09:09,492 In the dining room, if there is one. 66 00:09:09,692 --> 00:09:12,051 7 o'clock. 67 00:09:43,212 --> 00:09:45,572 Where's the hospital? 68 00:09:45,772 --> 00:09:47,212 Uh... 69 00:09:47,412 --> 00:09:49,412 there isn't one. 70 00:09:49,612 --> 00:09:52,132 I found her like this, drunk. 71 00:09:52,332 --> 00:09:53,972 I don't know who she is. 72 00:09:54,172 --> 00:09:56,412 It's not drink. 73 00:09:56,612 --> 00:10:01,492 It's opium. She's a prostitute, in case you couldn't tell. 74 00:10:03,612 --> 00:10:05,492 You're Alastair Lauderback. 75 00:10:05,692 --> 00:10:09,132 We don't see too many politicos around here. 76 00:10:09,332 --> 00:10:11,132 Been reading your campaign pledges 77 00:10:11,332 --> 00:10:17,012 with interest, Mr Lauderback... roads, railways, tunnels, ditches. 78 00:10:19,492 --> 00:10:21,492 Bring her to the jail. 79 00:10:26,172 --> 00:10:28,372 Something the matter? 80 00:10:28,572 --> 00:10:32,131 I'm afraid there's something else. 81 00:10:37,332 --> 00:10:40,532 Next. 82 00:10:42,852 --> 00:10:44,812 Hey! 83 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:47,292 I thought they'd called my name, but they hadn't. 84 00:10:47,492 --> 00:10:49,892 I'm sorry. Next. 85 00:10:52,492 --> 00:10:54,572 Travelling alone? 86 00:10:54,772 --> 00:10:55,932 Yes. 87 00:10:56,132 --> 00:10:58,132 Unmarried? 88 00:10:59,212 --> 00:11:01,132 Is that a problem? 89 00:11:01,332 --> 00:11:03,332 Not for me. 90 00:11:04,652 --> 00:11:06,652 Sign here, please. 91 00:11:18,612 --> 00:11:21,892 That's one shilling, thank you. 92 00:11:22,092 --> 00:11:24,292 Hey, Chinaman. You're in the wrong queue. 93 00:11:24,492 --> 00:11:27,092 Are you stupid? Get to the back. 94 00:11:36,372 --> 00:11:38,452 Welcome to the new world. 95 00:11:42,212 --> 00:11:44,732 Fresh meat. Fresh meat. We got fresh meat. 96 00:11:44,932 --> 00:11:46,412 Three shillings an acre. 97 00:11:46,612 --> 00:11:49,052 Buy your own personal piece of paradise. 98 00:11:49,252 --> 00:11:50,692 Every one a paying gold field. 99 00:11:50,892 --> 00:11:53,052 Tickets covered, all expenses paid. 100 00:11:53,252 --> 00:11:55,132 Come try your luck on a company claim. You, sir, yes. 101 00:11:55,332 --> 00:11:57,372 Madam. Three shillings an acre. 102 00:11:57,572 --> 00:12:00,612 Buy your own personal piece of paradise. No? Not interested? 103 00:12:00,812 --> 00:12:02,212 - Three shillings an acre. - Every one a paying gold field. 104 00:12:02,412 --> 00:12:03,972 Tickets covered, all expenses paid. 105 00:12:04,172 --> 00:12:05,972 Try your luck on a company claim. 106 00:12:06,172 --> 00:12:07,652 How old is the map? - This man, sir, is brand new, 107 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:09,772 and I guarantee that. You, sir, where you want to go? 108 00:12:09,972 --> 00:12:10,693 Mt Ida gold field, I recommend. 109 00:12:10,893 --> 00:12:13,172 Hey! Hey! 110 00:12:13,372 --> 00:12:15,572 Hey! 111 00:12:15,772 --> 00:12:17,772 Stop! Thief! 112 00:12:18,532 --> 00:12:19,333 Stop! 113 00:12:19,533 --> 00:12:21,532 Hey! Somebody stop him! 114 00:12:23,612 --> 00:12:25,132 Drop it. 115 00:12:25,332 --> 00:12:26,572 Drop it! That's mine! 116 00:12:26,772 --> 00:12:28,772 Drop it! 117 00:12:31,812 --> 00:12:34,332 Oh, I don't know how to thank you. 118 00:12:34,532 --> 00:12:37,052 Women in this country are outnumbered a dozen to one. 119 00:12:37,252 --> 00:12:40,012 We must stick together. Mrs Lydia Wells. 120 00:12:40,212 --> 00:12:43,052 Miss Anna Wetherell. I just arrived. 121 00:12:43,252 --> 00:12:45,332 - From? - London. 122 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:48,212 - On your own? - Yes, ma'am. 123 00:12:48,412 --> 00:12:50,412 Sent for or sent away? 124 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:54,372 I sent myself. 125 00:12:56,092 --> 00:12:58,412 When is your birthday? 126 00:12:58,612 --> 00:13:00,772 The day you were born. Do you know it? 127 00:13:00,972 --> 00:13:04,172 - Why do you ask? - I ask everyone I meet. 128 00:13:05,372 --> 00:13:07,492 Actually, it's... it's today. 129 00:13:07,692 --> 00:13:09,412 Is it? 130 00:13:09,612 --> 00:13:11,932 Today. 131 00:13:12,132 --> 00:13:14,732 Walk with me. 132 00:13:15,172 --> 00:13:17,012 So, Miss Anna Wetherell, 133 00:13:17,212 --> 00:13:20,972 how will you make your living here at the end of the world? 134 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:23,572 I thought I'd try digging for gold. 135 00:13:23,772 --> 00:13:26,212 A fine ambition. 136 00:13:26,412 --> 00:13:28,012 But you know, the real money in a gold rush 137 00:13:28,212 --> 00:13:32,612 isn't made on the diggings; it's made in town. 138 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,052 I myself operate a fortune parlour. 139 00:13:35,252 --> 00:13:38,692 The House of Many Wishes is the name. 140 00:13:38,892 --> 00:13:40,692 I open every night at 10 o'clock. 141 00:13:40,892 --> 00:13:45,012 Cards before midnight, fortunes in the witching hour, 142 00:13:45,212 --> 00:13:47,092 and then, depending on the company, 143 00:13:47,292 --> 00:13:49,892 a little traffic with the dead. 144 00:13:51,572 --> 00:13:53,612 Can you truly tell fortunes? 145 00:13:53,812 --> 00:13:56,372 - I can. - How? 146 00:13:56,572 --> 00:14:00,252 Mm-hm. When I'm asked, 'Can you truly tell fortunes?' 147 00:14:00,452 --> 00:14:04,572 the second question is usually, 'Will you tell mine?' 148 00:14:04,772 --> 00:14:07,132 You have a head for business. 149 00:14:07,332 --> 00:14:09,492 You must call on me, Miss Wetherell, this evening. 150 00:14:09,692 --> 00:14:11,372 I insist. 151 00:14:11,572 --> 00:14:14,932 I shall cast your natal chart, find out what makes you tick. 152 00:14:15,132 --> 00:14:17,612 I beg your pardon. I can't this evening. 153 00:14:17,812 --> 00:14:19,372 I have a rendezvous. 154 00:14:19,572 --> 00:14:24,052 Someone I met on board, to meet at his hotel for supper. 155 00:14:26,652 --> 00:14:28,652 You can't read. 156 00:14:31,692 --> 00:14:33,692 What does it say? 157 00:14:36,252 --> 00:14:39,812 The Matterhorn Hotel. Cumberland St. 158 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:42,012 The Matterhorn. 159 00:14:42,852 --> 00:14:44,172 Do you know it? 160 00:14:44,372 --> 00:14:47,052 Very well. I live just next door. 161 00:14:49,812 --> 00:14:52,651 What a happy accident this was. 162 00:15:09,719 --> 00:15:12,399 - Oop. Sorry. - Oh yes. Very good. 163 00:15:19,839 --> 00:15:21,559 I just want you to know 164 00:15:21,759 --> 00:15:24,639 that if I make my fortune and you don't, you can bugger off, 165 00:15:24,839 --> 00:15:28,079 cos it's finders keepers. Cocky bastard. 166 00:15:28,279 --> 00:15:30,959 Mine's bigger than yours. 167 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:32,599 And it has a better view. 168 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:34,799 Oh, ho, ho, ho! 169 00:15:36,999 --> 00:15:39,479 Right. I need a dish, a swag and a map. 170 00:15:39,679 --> 00:15:41,679 Make way! 171 00:15:44,799 --> 00:15:47,278 Make way! 172 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:56,519 Make way! 173 00:16:18,039 --> 00:16:21,439 Whoa. 174 00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:24,919 Lucky bugger. 175 00:16:33,319 --> 00:16:35,599 We have 32 ounces. 176 00:16:35,799 --> 00:16:37,999 Oh, what a lucky man. 177 00:16:38,199 --> 00:16:41,239 That's nearly £100. 178 00:16:41,439 --> 00:16:42,799 Lucky bugger. 179 00:16:42,999 --> 00:16:46,479 I shall now test for purity. 180 00:16:54,639 --> 00:16:56,639 Oh my. 181 00:16:58,879 --> 00:17:02,079 The gold is pure. Like magic. 182 00:17:04,279 --> 00:17:05,998 Now change it bloody back again. 183 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:09,599 Don't breathe in. 184 00:17:31,399 --> 00:17:32,919 Thank you. 185 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,799 Lots of stuff in here second-hand. 186 00:17:34,999 --> 00:17:37,199 Nah, I want my kit shop-new and store-bought. 187 00:17:37,399 --> 00:17:39,119 Buy used, you buy another man's bad luck. 188 00:17:39,319 --> 00:17:40,599 Ah, there's no such thing. 189 00:17:40,799 --> 00:17:42,559 How can you not believe in luck? 190 00:17:42,759 --> 00:17:46,119 I believe in good luck. I just don't believe in bad luck. 191 00:17:46,319 --> 00:17:47,719 I'd stake my life on a blessing, not a curse. 192 00:17:47,919 --> 00:17:50,479 Oh, look at you, Romeo. 193 00:17:50,679 --> 00:17:52,519 I'd rather be Juliet. 194 00:17:52,719 --> 00:17:54,319 She has better lines. 195 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:57,799 Still ends up dead. 196 00:17:59,519 --> 00:18:01,759 Pay every night in advance. 197 00:18:01,959 --> 00:18:06,639 You get sick, you get lice, you make trouble... you're out. 198 00:18:07,759 --> 00:18:10,199 No liquor, no noise, 199 00:18:10,399 --> 00:18:12,399 no men. You hear? 200 00:18:16,399 --> 00:18:18,399 Sixpence for the night. 201 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:23,919 My purse. 202 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,479 It's gone. 203 00:18:26,679 --> 00:18:30,559 You can't pay; you can't stay. I don't do charity. 204 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:33,279 I had it at customs. I... 205 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,679 - That boy. He must've... - Go on. Move. 206 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,119 I went to every ship in town. 207 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:56,879 No one would touch me as soon as they hear my name. 208 00:18:57,079 --> 00:18:58,519 Give it time. 209 00:18:58,719 --> 00:19:00,879 What if we just left? 210 00:19:01,079 --> 00:19:04,559 Could sell up, start over somewhere new. 211 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:07,279 You know I can't do that, Francis. 212 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:10,679 A convict, Lydia... that's all they see. 213 00:19:15,999 --> 00:19:17,559 - Here. - Don't. 214 00:19:17,759 --> 00:19:21,999 It's not a gift. It's payment in advance. 215 00:19:22,199 --> 00:19:24,799 I need you to get rid of someone. 216 00:19:45,719 --> 00:19:47,119 Sorry. 217 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:49,639 I just... I never saw a real nugget before. 218 00:19:49,839 --> 00:19:52,959 Oh, that's not real. That's pinchbeck. 219 00:19:53,159 --> 00:19:55,319 Five parts copper, one part zinc. 220 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:58,279 If I had a nugget that size, I wouldn't put it in the window. 221 00:19:58,479 --> 00:20:03,159 I'd buy this whole city and the harbour too. 222 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,199 You know what they call a piece that big? 223 00:20:05,399 --> 00:20:08,118 A homeward-bounder. Isn't that good? 224 00:20:11,079 --> 00:20:14,319 Do you need help? 225 00:20:14,519 --> 00:20:17,959 Could you tell me the way to the Matterhorn Hotel? 226 00:20:18,159 --> 00:20:20,078 Of course. 227 00:20:55,439 --> 00:20:57,439 Hey. 228 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:05,879 Surely you can let her go. 229 00:21:06,079 --> 00:21:09,559 She's been charged with vagrancy, public intoxication 230 00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:12,559 and attempted suicide. 231 00:21:12,759 --> 00:21:15,759 How can you prove that? 232 00:21:17,439 --> 00:21:20,558 She's a whore; I don't have to. 233 00:21:25,439 --> 00:21:27,439 Let's go. 234 00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:16,159 You have a body in there? 235 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,759 Do you understand? Do you speak English? 236 00:22:19,959 --> 00:22:21,959 I understand you. 237 00:22:26,599 --> 00:22:28,599 Take off your hat. 238 00:22:43,319 --> 00:22:45,438 Did you see him die? 239 00:22:54,519 --> 00:22:55,959 No. 240 00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:59,079 I didn't see. 241 00:22:59,279 --> 00:23:01,519 The girl, she was here with the body? 242 00:23:01,719 --> 00:23:04,239 Right outside. She fainted. Right here. 243 00:23:04,439 --> 00:23:06,399 What about him? 244 00:23:06,599 --> 00:23:09,199 Outside. 245 00:23:09,399 --> 00:23:11,399 Do you know his name? 246 00:23:14,639 --> 00:23:17,279 Staines? No. 247 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:20,279 No one here with the name Staines. 248 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,439 I'm quite early, maybe. 249 00:23:23,639 --> 00:23:27,239 I'll wait for him. 250 00:24:24,679 --> 00:24:26,679 Miss. 251 00:24:28,479 --> 00:24:30,479 No, thank you. 252 00:24:36,759 --> 00:24:39,559 Look, you got to order something. 253 00:24:41,959 --> 00:24:45,718 Either you're buying or you got something to sell. 254 00:25:20,559 --> 00:25:23,958 That's not an answer. 255 00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:14,155 What's this? 256 00:26:17,635 --> 00:26:19,195 Do you recognise him? 257 00:26:19,395 --> 00:26:21,635 - No. - Nor do I. 258 00:26:21,835 --> 00:26:25,955 But if this is murder, this gets us everything we need... 259 00:26:26,155 --> 00:26:29,395 proper funding, an asylum, a bloody chapel if you want it. 260 00:26:29,595 --> 00:26:32,075 This is it. Let's bring him in. 261 00:26:33,195 --> 00:26:34,075 Not you. 262 00:26:34,275 --> 00:26:36,115 I will not leave him. 263 00:26:36,315 --> 00:26:39,235 It's a native custom, sir, to keep a vigil over a body. 264 00:26:39,435 --> 00:26:42,195 He is my brother. 265 00:26:42,395 --> 00:26:45,155 Your brother? - I will not leave him. 266 00:26:45,355 --> 00:26:47,995 They believe the soul remains in the body until it's buried. 267 00:26:48,195 --> 00:26:51,475 It's only superstition, sir. I'm sure it's harmless. 268 00:26:51,675 --> 00:26:55,355 Governor, for heaven's sake. 269 00:26:55,555 --> 00:26:57,435 If you come within 50 yards of this body 270 00:26:57,635 --> 00:27:00,195 before it's in the ground, I will shoot you dead on sight, 271 00:27:00,395 --> 00:27:02,315 so help me God. 272 00:27:02,515 --> 00:27:04,515 Off you go. 273 00:27:07,675 --> 00:27:09,875 50 yards. Start counting. 274 00:27:15,315 --> 00:27:16,595 Tahi, 275 00:27:16,795 --> 00:27:19,435 rua, toru, 276 00:27:19,635 --> 00:27:21,635 what?, rima, ono... 277 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:25,155 Was that really necessary? 278 00:27:27,915 --> 00:27:29,915 Pokokohua. 279 00:27:38,715 --> 00:27:40,715 On the bench. 280 00:28:02,995 --> 00:28:05,235 Mr Lauderback. 281 00:28:05,435 --> 00:28:07,435 Reverend. 282 00:28:35,635 --> 00:28:37,835 Hate to see a man without a drink in his hand. 283 00:28:38,035 --> 00:28:40,035 Thank you. 284 00:28:42,075 --> 00:28:44,075 Girl didn't show? 285 00:28:45,675 --> 00:28:47,235 I suppose I must look very foolish. 286 00:28:47,435 --> 00:28:49,635 Hmm. Well, I'm not one to judge. 287 00:28:49,835 --> 00:28:52,555 I've been waiting on the same woman 15 years. 288 00:28:52,755 --> 00:28:55,275 - She married someone else. - Oh, I'm sorry. 289 00:28:55,475 --> 00:28:58,315 Picked my pocket... that was how we met. 290 00:28:58,515 --> 00:29:01,955 She was leaning in to pin a flower to my lapel. 291 00:29:02,155 --> 00:29:04,155 I didn't even feel it. 292 00:29:04,355 --> 00:29:05,555 - You know what she took? - Your wallet? 293 00:29:05,755 --> 00:29:07,115 My astrolabe. 294 00:29:07,315 --> 00:29:09,035 Not to sell; to use. 295 00:29:09,235 --> 00:29:12,075 And she did. She bloody learned to read it. 296 00:29:12,275 --> 00:29:13,395 By the time I caught up with her, she knew the name 297 00:29:13,595 --> 00:29:15,595 of every star in the sky. 298 00:29:19,555 --> 00:29:21,475 - You a sailor? - No. 299 00:29:21,675 --> 00:29:24,355 Sailors got a rule about redheads... 300 00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:27,155 you got to speak to them before they speak to you. 301 00:29:27,355 --> 00:29:31,835 It's bad luck otherwise. That was my mistake. 302 00:29:32,035 --> 00:29:34,675 Your good health and happiness. 303 00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:37,155 And yours. 304 00:29:42,835 --> 00:29:44,435 Francis Carver. 305 00:29:44,635 --> 00:29:47,755 Emery Staines. 306 00:29:47,955 --> 00:29:50,555 How many times have I told you to be clean? 307 00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:53,034 Look at the state of you. 308 00:30:12,075 --> 00:30:15,355 Well, here's a ship come in. 309 00:30:17,155 --> 00:30:20,755 Good evening. - Good evening to you. 310 00:30:23,715 --> 00:30:25,595 I'm looking for Mrs Lydia Wells. 311 00:30:25,795 --> 00:30:27,795 Better and better. 312 00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:33,955 Wet your whistle? 313 00:30:35,235 --> 00:30:37,435 Dick Mannering's my name. 314 00:30:39,395 --> 00:30:41,235 - Are you...? - Her landlord. 315 00:30:41,435 --> 00:30:43,715 Just here collecting the rent. 316 00:30:43,915 --> 00:30:45,675 What happened? 317 00:30:45,875 --> 00:30:47,875 Who are you... the police? 318 00:30:49,955 --> 00:30:51,875 Miss Wetherell. 319 00:30:52,075 --> 00:30:54,555 Mrs Wells, you have outdone yourself. 320 00:30:54,755 --> 00:30:57,515 There. 321 00:30:57,715 --> 00:31:00,115 What are you doing? 322 00:31:00,315 --> 00:31:03,195 I'm just waiting to be introduced. 323 00:31:04,995 --> 00:31:07,555 Miss Anna Wetherell, Mr Richard Mannering. 324 00:31:07,755 --> 00:31:10,915 Mr Mannering speculates on property, Miss Wetherell. 325 00:31:11,115 --> 00:31:12,795 He's one of my investors, 326 00:31:12,995 --> 00:31:15,875 and he knows how to see himself out. 327 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,715 I'd raise my hat to you, ma'am, 328 00:31:18,915 --> 00:31:21,555 but I lost it today on a very bad bet. 329 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:23,755 Mrs Wells. 330 00:31:31,355 --> 00:31:33,915 Let's go upstairs. 331 00:31:34,115 --> 00:31:35,635 You're off to the diggings? 332 00:31:35,835 --> 00:31:37,435 Yes, sir. So I hope. 333 00:31:37,635 --> 00:31:40,075 Hmm. Hokitika's where the money's at. West Coast. 334 00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:41,435 Lawrence was the name I heard. 335 00:31:41,635 --> 00:31:43,635 Sure, if you were here three years ago. 336 00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:45,635 Hokitika's where you want to be. 337 00:31:45,835 --> 00:31:48,275 Other side of the island, new field, totally untouched. 338 00:31:48,475 --> 00:31:51,955 - You've been there? - No. Not interested. 339 00:31:52,155 --> 00:31:53,915 Not interested in a gold rush? 340 00:31:54,115 --> 00:31:58,115 Leaves too much to chance. And it takes too long. 341 00:32:02,355 --> 00:32:05,035 First robbed, and then betrayed. 342 00:32:05,235 --> 00:32:07,715 And on your birthday. It's too awful. 343 00:32:07,915 --> 00:32:10,715 I'm sure there's an explanation. 344 00:32:13,195 --> 00:32:17,515 Well, you've been dealt two ugly blows today, Miss Wetherell. 345 00:32:17,715 --> 00:32:20,275 I shan't allow you to be dealt a third. 346 00:32:20,475 --> 00:32:23,235 You must stay here with me. 347 00:32:23,435 --> 00:32:24,995 You're very kind. 348 00:32:25,195 --> 00:32:28,795 My husband's room is empty. You may sleep there. 349 00:32:28,995 --> 00:32:33,475 - Is your husband...? - Prospecting until the winter. 350 00:32:36,795 --> 00:32:40,395 - May I ask you something? - Of course. 351 00:32:40,595 --> 00:32:45,075 - You asked about my birthday. - Yes. 352 00:32:45,275 --> 00:32:49,475 What does it mean if you share a birthday with someone else? 353 00:32:49,675 --> 00:32:52,795 Hardly anything at all. It's very common. 354 00:32:52,995 --> 00:32:56,915 You see, it's not just the day that matters; 355 00:32:57,115 --> 00:33:01,235 the year, the hour, the minute, even the horizon 356 00:33:01,435 --> 00:33:03,715 all have their part to play. 357 00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:07,315 Something must have happened to her, 358 00:33:07,515 --> 00:33:08,955 something she couldn't help. 359 00:33:09,155 --> 00:33:11,035 It's the frontier. She gets a better offer, 360 00:33:11,235 --> 00:33:12,755 - she's going to take it. - No, she wouldn't do that. 361 00:33:12,955 --> 00:33:13,835 I thought you only met her once. 362 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:17,275 Yes, but... 363 00:33:17,475 --> 00:33:22,275 there was a kind of magic between us, something absolute. 364 00:33:26,435 --> 00:33:28,195 No, I can't do another. Forgive me. 365 00:33:28,395 --> 00:33:30,475 You never turn down a drink after it's been poured. 366 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:34,515 - More bad luck? - No. Bad manners. 367 00:33:34,715 --> 00:33:37,595 To a kind of magic. 368 00:33:37,995 --> 00:33:40,195 Of course, there is one circumstance. 369 00:33:40,395 --> 00:33:42,315 It's very rare... stuff of legend, really. 370 00:33:42,515 --> 00:33:44,475 I've only read of it in books. 371 00:33:44,675 --> 00:33:49,355 But if two people were to be born at the exact same instant 372 00:33:49,555 --> 00:33:51,515 and very near to one another, 373 00:33:51,715 --> 00:33:56,355 they would become what's known as Astral Twins. 374 00:33:56,555 --> 00:33:58,475 Their natal charts would be identical, 375 00:33:58,675 --> 00:34:01,875 so their fates would be one and the same. 376 00:34:02,075 --> 00:34:04,355 They would share a destiny. 377 00:34:08,675 --> 00:34:11,075 Let me show you something. 378 00:34:11,275 --> 00:34:14,475 The first thing to understand about the sky 379 00:34:14,675 --> 00:34:16,955 is that it's always moving. 380 00:34:25,395 --> 00:34:29,514 I cast this chart at sunrise this morning. But now... 381 00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:35,995 ...we're here. 382 00:34:36,195 --> 00:34:40,075 The sun has just set, Venus has just risen, and the moon is new. 383 00:34:40,275 --> 00:34:44,275 Look up this minute, and this is what you'll see... 384 00:34:45,155 --> 00:34:48,515 this exact configuration of stars, planets and horizon, 385 00:34:48,715 --> 00:34:51,755 seen at this time on this day from this place on Earth. 386 00:34:51,955 --> 00:34:56,795 This pattern has never existed before, and it never will again. 387 00:34:56,995 --> 00:35:00,555 It's like a kind of cosmic fingerprint. 388 00:35:00,755 --> 00:35:02,155 Look up at this time tomorrow, 389 00:35:02,355 --> 00:35:04,435 and the sun will have set a little earlier, 390 00:35:04,635 --> 00:35:07,115 the moon will be a little higher in the sky, 391 00:35:07,315 --> 00:35:10,235 a different star will be crossing the horizon, 392 00:35:10,435 --> 00:35:14,715 and all the angles will have changed. 393 00:35:14,915 --> 00:35:20,315 Now, you, Anna Wetherell, are also absolutely singular. 394 00:35:20,515 --> 00:35:22,795 Who you are is here and now, 395 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:26,395 in this room, in this body and nowhere else. 396 00:35:26,595 --> 00:35:29,315 And just like the sky, you too are always changing. 397 00:35:29,515 --> 00:35:32,315 By this time tomorrow, you'll be a slightly different person 398 00:35:32,515 --> 00:35:34,915 and you'll see a slightly different sky. 399 00:35:35,115 --> 00:35:38,315 As above, so below. 400 00:35:38,515 --> 00:35:41,675 Which brings us to our second lesson. 401 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:45,515 Every person reads a pattern in a different way. 402 00:35:45,715 --> 00:35:48,515 There's no right or wrong, no good or bad. 403 00:35:48,715 --> 00:35:52,435 There's just what you see and what you miss. 404 00:35:52,635 --> 00:35:55,235 So, how do you tell the future? 405 00:35:55,435 --> 00:35:59,235 I'm afraid no one in the world has the power to do that. 406 00:35:59,435 --> 00:36:00,955 Fate, Miss Wetherell, is not a matter of 407 00:36:01,155 --> 00:36:02,955 what's going to happen; 408 00:36:03,155 --> 00:36:04,915 it's a matter of what's meant to happen. 409 00:36:05,115 --> 00:36:06,675 If I can convince you that a certain path 410 00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:10,155 is destined for you, that's the path you will choose. 411 00:36:10,355 --> 00:36:11,395 It's very simple. 412 00:36:11,595 --> 00:36:13,595 But that's not fate. 413 00:36:15,395 --> 00:36:16,995 I beg your pardon? 414 00:36:17,195 --> 00:36:19,195 That's just you. 415 00:36:25,435 --> 00:36:27,515 The diggings are deadly in the winter. 416 00:36:27,715 --> 00:36:30,275 Stay here until the spring. 417 00:36:30,475 --> 00:36:35,355 Two shillings a night, plus room and board. What do you say? 418 00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:40,042 Goodnight, Mr Carver. Thank you for the company. 419 00:36:40,242 --> 00:36:41,442 Where are you going? 420 00:36:41,642 --> 00:36:44,282 To find Miss Wetherell, of course. 421 00:36:44,482 --> 00:36:45,362 I'll come with you. 422 00:36:45,562 --> 00:36:46,882 Oh, thank you. There's no need. 423 00:36:47,082 --> 00:36:51,122 No trouble. Your first night in a new place. 424 00:36:51,322 --> 00:36:54,602 - I never told you that. - Told me what? 425 00:36:54,802 --> 00:36:56,482 That I arrived today. 426 00:36:56,682 --> 00:36:58,962 You didn't have to. It's written all over you. 427 00:36:59,162 --> 00:37:00,842 Hmm. 428 00:37:01,042 --> 00:37:03,402 Well, goodnight. 429 00:37:03,602 --> 00:37:05,042 - Let's have another round. - No, I don't need it. 430 00:37:05,242 --> 00:37:08,602 No, I've got something to show you. Yeah? 431 00:37:08,802 --> 00:37:11,482 It's a contract of sponsorship... common arrangement. 432 00:37:11,682 --> 00:37:13,722 You see it all the time. 433 00:37:13,922 --> 00:37:16,402 The sponsor, me, buys your ticket to the goldfield, 434 00:37:16,602 --> 00:37:18,962 your licence, your swag and tent and dish... 435 00:37:19,162 --> 00:37:21,162 everything you need... and keeps you fed and watered 436 00:37:21,362 --> 00:37:24,482 while you're over there. In return, whatever you make, 437 00:37:24,682 --> 00:37:27,402 you split down the middle with me. 438 00:37:27,602 --> 00:37:30,242 I saw you, and I thought I'd take a punt. 439 00:37:30,442 --> 00:37:32,802 Hey, no Chinese. 440 00:37:33,002 --> 00:37:35,242 Well, I'm not interested. 441 00:37:35,442 --> 00:37:37,922 I said no Chinese. Get out. 442 00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:40,281 Francis Carver. 443 00:37:45,162 --> 00:37:46,561 Speak English, you mongrel. 444 00:38:09,482 --> 00:38:11,641 That's enough. 445 00:38:14,362 --> 00:38:15,722 Get him! 446 00:38:15,922 --> 00:38:17,922 Somebody catch him. 447 00:38:29,282 --> 00:38:30,842 Who was that? 448 00:38:31,042 --> 00:38:32,962 Show's over. 449 00:38:33,162 --> 00:38:34,442 Get out of here. 450 00:38:34,642 --> 00:38:37,601 Go on! 451 00:40:01,162 --> 00:40:04,082 30 minutes before we open house. 452 00:40:04,282 --> 00:40:06,962 Just time enough for a cup of tea. 453 00:40:09,722 --> 00:40:11,722 I know where my purse is. 454 00:40:17,002 --> 00:40:19,002 And where is that? 455 00:40:21,322 --> 00:40:24,842 I went for a swim. I must have left it on the beach. 456 00:40:25,042 --> 00:40:27,042 Ah. 457 00:40:28,922 --> 00:40:30,602 I'll go back for it in the morning. 458 00:40:30,802 --> 00:40:33,042 Hmm. 459 00:40:33,242 --> 00:40:34,922 Shall I make the tea? 460 00:40:35,122 --> 00:40:37,122 Would you? 461 00:41:24,842 --> 00:41:27,202 Miss Anna Wetherell. Mrs Pennington's Boarding House, 462 00:41:27,402 --> 00:41:29,402 MacAndrew St. 463 00:41:32,882 --> 00:41:34,882 Thank you. 464 00:42:22,202 --> 00:42:23,003 Ladies only. 465 00:42:23,203 --> 00:42:25,722 I'm looking for one of your guests, a Miss Wetherell. 466 00:42:25,922 --> 00:42:27,682 - Anna Wetherell. - She's not here. 467 00:42:27,882 --> 00:42:29,722 We made a plan to meet earlier, but, um, she didn't show. 468 00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:31,442 I just want to make sure she's safe. 469 00:42:31,642 --> 00:42:33,442 - She's not here. - I know it's late, 470 00:42:33,642 --> 00:42:36,162 but I'm sure she'd receive me, if you could just ask. 471 00:42:36,362 --> 00:42:39,002 She didn't stay. 472 00:42:39,202 --> 00:42:41,202 Out. Out! 473 00:42:45,722 --> 00:42:47,322 - I'll put a smile on your face. - Ooh. 474 00:42:47,522 --> 00:42:49,922 No. Thank you. Thank you. 475 00:42:50,122 --> 00:42:51,322 You looking for someone? 476 00:42:51,522 --> 00:42:52,402 Uh, no. 477 00:42:52,602 --> 00:42:53,882 I can get you anything you want. 478 00:42:54,082 --> 00:42:55,682 - Forgive me. - You want someone else? 479 00:42:55,882 --> 00:42:57,402 - Uh, forgive me. - You tell me what you want. 480 00:42:57,602 --> 00:43:01,322 Anything you want, I can find it. 481 00:43:01,522 --> 00:43:03,722 Are you looking for someone? No. 482 00:43:03,922 --> 00:43:06,521 This way. 483 00:43:18,602 --> 00:43:20,122 Would you like a cigar? 484 00:43:20,322 --> 00:43:24,202 Where on earth did you find this one, Mrs Wells? 485 00:43:25,922 --> 00:43:29,042 To the contrary, I assure you. Miss Wetherell found me. 486 00:43:29,242 --> 00:43:32,522 Would you gentlemen like a drink? 487 00:43:48,922 --> 00:43:51,122 Can I see his face? 488 00:43:51,322 --> 00:43:56,202 You can tell me how he died. Or shall we wait for the autopsy? 489 00:43:57,362 --> 00:43:59,362 I didn't kill him. 490 00:44:01,002 --> 00:44:03,202 What were you doing there? 491 00:44:04,322 --> 00:44:07,402 Where? 492 00:44:07,602 --> 00:44:11,202 Do you know the penalty for murder, Miss Wetherell? 493 00:44:11,402 --> 00:44:14,202 To be hanged from the neck until dead. 494 00:44:14,402 --> 00:44:16,922 Dear God. 495 00:44:17,122 --> 00:44:18,602 Who is this? 496 00:44:18,802 --> 00:44:21,362 His name, apparently, is Crosbie Wells. 497 00:44:21,562 --> 00:44:24,842 - Crosbie Wells? - Who is Crosbie Wells? 498 00:44:25,602 --> 00:44:27,122 Quite. 499 00:44:27,322 --> 00:44:29,522 Miss Wetherell? Who is he? 500 00:44:34,562 --> 00:44:37,041 To find Miss Wetherell, of course. 501 00:44:39,402 --> 00:44:42,722 I'm breaking the contract. 502 00:44:42,922 --> 00:44:45,361 He's dead? 503 00:44:53,562 --> 00:44:56,242 Let me see his face. 504 00:44:56,442 --> 00:45:01,602 - Please? Let me see his face. - That'll do, Reverend. 505 00:45:01,802 --> 00:45:04,082 Good afternoon. I am Gascoigne. 506 00:45:04,282 --> 00:45:07,482 I represent the Magistrate's Court. 507 00:45:07,682 --> 00:45:11,282 I am authorised to collect bail and schedule your arraignment. 508 00:45:11,482 --> 00:45:14,722 The universal rate of bail is £1. 509 00:45:14,922 --> 00:45:17,322 For those of you who wish to pay in pure, 510 00:45:17,522 --> 00:45:21,202 the converted rate is one-third of an ounce. 511 00:45:21,642 --> 00:45:26,442 However, we do reserve the right to examine for impurity. 512 00:45:54,562 --> 00:45:56,962 Miss Wetherell? 513 00:46:00,802 --> 00:46:03,282 What happened? 514 00:46:03,482 --> 00:46:05,482 I don't remember. 515 00:46:07,842 --> 00:46:09,842 Who is Crosbie Wells? 516 00:46:18,482 --> 00:46:20,482 Where did you get this? 517 00:46:26,682 --> 00:46:29,602 It's everywhere. 518 00:46:29,802 --> 00:46:31,802 It's in every seam. 519 00:46:34,282 --> 00:46:35,922 Take it. 520 00:46:36,122 --> 00:46:37,042 Is there a problem, Mr Gascoigne? 521 00:46:37,242 --> 00:46:39,162 You have to take it. 522 00:46:39,362 --> 00:46:40,882 You have to take it. You have to. 523 00:46:41,082 --> 00:46:43,082 Mr Gascoigne. 524 00:46:44,442 --> 00:46:46,442 Miss Wetherell... 525 00:46:47,842 --> 00:46:50,441 is hereby released on bail. 526 00:47:06,314 --> 00:47:08,314 Gentlemen. 527 00:47:36,754 --> 00:47:40,153 Mr Lauderback, sir? 528 00:47:42,514 --> 00:47:45,874 The newspaper's asking for you. 529 00:47:46,074 --> 00:47:50,674 Miss Wetherell! You'd better come with me. 530 00:47:58,434 --> 00:48:01,234 Take this. It belonged to my wife. 531 00:48:02,034 --> 00:48:04,074 It's black. 532 00:48:04,274 --> 00:48:08,074 She was consumptive. It was to hide the blood. 533 00:48:15,474 --> 00:48:17,474 Well met, indeed, Mr...? 534 00:48:17,674 --> 00:48:20,354 Ben Lowenthal, West Coast Times. 535 00:48:20,554 --> 00:48:25,114 And times they are, Mr Lowenthal. Times they are. 536 00:48:25,314 --> 00:48:29,714 Shall we buck tradition and take this outdoors? Hmm? 537 00:48:31,154 --> 00:48:33,234 Give it to me. 538 00:48:39,434 --> 00:48:42,234 - How much is there? - I don't know. 539 00:48:48,354 --> 00:48:50,354 Let me. 540 00:49:03,794 --> 00:49:06,234 I came to this country, Mr Lowenthal, with two ambitions... 541 00:49:06,434 --> 00:49:09,514 first, to make my fortune; second, to double it. 542 00:49:09,714 --> 00:49:11,194 I wonder if I might ask about 543 00:49:11,394 --> 00:49:14,314 the circumstance of your arrival here. 544 00:49:14,514 --> 00:49:16,714 I made the passage overland, not by sea, 545 00:49:16,914 --> 00:49:18,114 - because I firmly believe that- - I meant- 546 00:49:18,314 --> 00:49:19,954 ...without a railway... 547 00:49:20,154 --> 00:49:24,034 What happened last night with Miss Wetherell? 548 00:49:26,034 --> 00:49:27,554 You know her? 549 00:49:27,754 --> 00:49:29,394 The women in this place are few and far between, sir. 550 00:49:29,594 --> 00:49:32,674 I know them all. She was unconscious? 551 00:49:34,714 --> 00:49:36,514 Yes, well... 552 00:49:36,714 --> 00:49:38,954 it hardly sets the tone for the campaign, now, does it? 553 00:49:39,154 --> 00:49:42,874 I don't know, sir. You found her, brought her in. 554 00:49:43,074 --> 00:49:45,474 I'd call it an act of heroism. 555 00:49:47,714 --> 00:49:49,714 Would you? 556 00:49:53,434 --> 00:49:55,833 I've got a job for you. 557 00:50:05,114 --> 00:50:07,714 6ft, or as far down as you can go. 558 00:50:10,714 --> 00:50:14,114 Were you his brother or not? 559 00:50:23,354 --> 00:50:27,834 A man is dead, possibly murdered, and you saw nothing? 560 00:50:39,474 --> 00:50:42,554 Middle of nowhere, middle of the night. 561 00:50:42,754 --> 00:50:44,194 A politician, 562 00:50:44,394 --> 00:50:46,394 a savage and a whore. 563 00:50:48,274 --> 00:50:53,074 Sounds like a riddle, doesn't it? The beginning of a joke. 564 00:51:11,034 --> 00:51:15,034 I've never seen this gold before. I promise you. 565 00:51:24,634 --> 00:51:27,314 Anna, what happened last night? 566 00:51:34,234 --> 00:51:36,234 Anna, please. 567 00:51:47,834 --> 00:51:49,834 I went to work. 568 00:52:55,994 --> 00:52:57,994 And then? 569 00:53:00,954 --> 00:53:03,314 I woke up. 570 00:53:03,514 --> 00:53:05,514 Late. 571 00:53:26,314 --> 00:53:27,754 I felt... 572 00:53:27,954 --> 00:53:30,634 strange, 573 00:53:30,834 --> 00:53:32,834 like I wasn't myself. 574 00:53:41,314 --> 00:53:43,713 No, it was more than that. I felt... I felt... 575 00:53:49,314 --> 00:53:52,714 I felt like I had... become someone else. 576 00:53:58,594 --> 00:54:01,074 Oh, I believe in good luck. 577 00:54:01,274 --> 00:54:04,394 I just don't believe in bad luck. 578 00:54:04,594 --> 00:54:06,874 So sorry. 579 00:54:07,074 --> 00:54:08,554 That's the opium talking. 580 00:54:08,754 --> 00:54:10,834 But that's the thing... I didn't take any last night. 581 00:54:11,034 --> 00:54:13,474 I didn't even touch it. 582 00:54:13,674 --> 00:54:16,354 - Why are you lying to me? - I'm not. 583 00:54:16,554 --> 00:54:18,274 You were unconscious. 584 00:54:18,474 --> 00:54:19,514 I can smell it on you now, for heaven's sake. 585 00:54:19,714 --> 00:54:22,434 I'm telling you the truth. 586 00:54:22,634 --> 00:54:24,914 Well, who is Crosbie Wells? 587 00:54:31,434 --> 00:54:34,273 I didn't kill him. 588 00:54:40,954 --> 00:54:42,954 Miss Wetherell. 589 00:54:44,154 --> 00:54:47,153 Come play the wheel of fortune. 590 00:54:49,714 --> 00:54:51,714 Sam? 591 00:55:02,394 --> 00:55:05,313 - How does it work? - How do you think? You spin it. 592 00:55:33,314 --> 00:55:34,794 Who is that? 593 00:55:34,994 --> 00:55:36,994 That is my husband, 594 00:55:38,234 --> 00:55:40,234 Crosbie Wells.