1 00:00:02,466 --> 00:00:05,786 (soft orchestral music) 2 00:00:11,386 --> 00:00:12,386 - Oh, missed it. 3 00:00:13,466 --> 00:00:15,306 - Oh, come on, Albert. 4 00:00:15,346 --> 00:00:16,186 - Where to? 5 00:00:16,186 --> 00:00:17,786 - Up to look at the old cottage. 6 00:00:19,266 --> 00:00:20,146 Don't you want to? 7 00:00:21,346 --> 00:00:23,226 - Was supposed to be haunted. 8 00:00:23,226 --> 00:00:27,106 - Oh, don't be silly. 9 00:00:27,106 --> 00:00:29,226 Well, I'm going. 10 00:00:29,226 --> 00:00:30,386 Go on, Beauty. 11 00:00:31,866 --> 00:00:32,706 Go on. 12 00:00:37,066 --> 00:00:39,386 - Well, anyway, I'm fishing. 13 00:00:41,506 --> 00:00:45,066 (bright adventurous music) 14 00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:53,906 (soft whimsical music) 15 00:01:27,906 --> 00:01:31,346 (soft suspenseful music) 16 00:01:51,106 --> 00:01:54,346 (soft whimsical music) 17 00:01:59,946 --> 00:02:01,186 (door clanging) 18 00:02:01,186 --> 00:02:04,826 (horse whinnying) 19 00:02:04,826 --> 00:02:06,066 Beauty! 20 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:07,226 Stop him! 21 00:02:07,226 --> 00:02:10,626 (horse whinnying) - [Harry] Oh! 22 00:02:10,626 --> 00:02:13,466 (horse whinnying) 23 00:02:16,146 --> 00:02:19,586 (intense dramatic music) 24 00:02:20,786 --> 00:02:24,386 (bright adventurous music) 25 00:03:04,066 --> 00:03:07,226 (soft dramatic music) 26 00:03:08,346 --> 00:03:09,626 It's all right, Beauty. 27 00:03:09,626 --> 00:03:10,426 I'm here. 28 00:03:10,426 --> 00:03:11,706 Steady, boy. Whoa. 29 00:03:11,746 --> 00:03:13,226 - Ah, it's my arm. 30 00:03:14,106 --> 00:03:15,226 My arm's hurt. 31 00:03:15,226 --> 00:03:16,466 - Well, serves you right. (horse whinnying 32 00:03:16,466 --> 00:03:19,106 It's your own fault for trying to steal Black Beauty. 33 00:03:19,106 --> 00:03:20,546 - Steal 'em? 34 00:03:20,546 --> 00:03:21,666 I wasn't trying to steal 'em. 35 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:22,506 I thought he'd strayed. 36 00:03:22,506 --> 00:03:24,066 I was going to take him back to the nearest farm. 37 00:03:24,106 --> 00:03:25,986 - [Vicky] Well, I'm afraid I don't believe you. 38 00:03:25,986 --> 00:03:28,146 Well, what are you doing here anyway? 39 00:03:28,146 --> 00:03:29,426 - It's mine. 40 00:03:29,426 --> 00:03:31,666 (intense dramatic music) 41 00:03:31,666 --> 00:03:33,146 And it doesn't matter what you believe. 42 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,866 Just, just go off. Leave me alone. 43 00:03:36,226 --> 00:03:38,906 (door slamming) 44 00:03:45,946 --> 00:03:48,866 (soft piano music) 45 00:03:49,986 --> 00:03:53,706 (horse hooves clomping) 46 00:03:53,706 --> 00:03:54,546 - Dr. Gordon? 47 00:03:55,746 --> 00:03:57,466 - Yes, can I help you? 48 00:03:57,466 --> 00:03:59,146 - Allow me to introduce myself. 49 00:03:59,146 --> 00:04:00,346 I'm Henry Thackeray. 50 00:04:01,346 --> 00:04:02,226 - Oh, uh. 51 00:04:02,266 --> 00:04:03,746 - That's all right. 52 00:04:03,746 --> 00:04:04,586 - How do you do? 53 00:04:04,586 --> 00:04:06,426 - And this is my lawyer, Mr. Weems. 54 00:04:06,426 --> 00:04:07,586 - How do you do? - How do you do? 55 00:04:07,586 --> 00:04:08,946 You're from Thackeray House? 56 00:04:08,946 --> 00:04:11,586 - Yes, I inherited the house about a year ago from my aunt, 57 00:04:11,586 --> 00:04:13,866 but it's only this last week I've managed to visit it. 58 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:15,426 - Yes, I met your aunt. 59 00:04:15,426 --> 00:04:17,426 I bought this place from her just before she died. 60 00:04:17,426 --> 00:04:18,266 Very fine lady. 61 00:04:18,266 --> 00:04:20,306 - Yes, she certainly was. 62 00:04:20,306 --> 00:04:22,346 - So, uh, we're to be neighbours? 63 00:04:22,346 --> 00:04:24,626 - Eh, unfortunately no. 64 00:04:24,626 --> 00:04:27,386 - Eh, Mr. Thackeray has considerable 65 00:04:27,386 --> 00:04:28,906 business interests elsewhere. 66 00:04:28,906 --> 00:04:30,306 - Yes, I've just come to look around the house 67 00:04:30,306 --> 00:04:31,386 and the estate before selling it. 68 00:04:31,386 --> 00:04:33,666 It's sad, but, um- - Business. 69 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:34,506 - [Vicky] Papal! 70 00:04:35,866 --> 00:04:37,346 - [James] And this urgent young lady 71 00:04:37,346 --> 00:04:38,386 is my daughter Vicky. 72 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:40,426 - [Vicky] Oh, how do you do, sir? 73 00:04:40,426 --> 00:04:41,266 - How do you do? 74 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:43,466 - I say, is that beast yours, Doctor? 75 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:45,426 - When I can get him away from my family. 76 00:04:45,426 --> 00:04:46,266 (Weems and Thackeray chuckling) 77 00:04:46,266 --> 00:04:48,186 - I am positively believe him to touch it. 78 00:04:48,186 --> 00:04:50,426 He's as fine a piece of horse flesh I've seen anywhere. 79 00:04:50,426 --> 00:04:51,506 Well, good day to you. 80 00:04:52,426 --> 00:04:53,386 - [Weems] Good day. 81 00:04:56,986 --> 00:04:58,826 - Horse flesh, indeed. 82 00:05:01,266 --> 00:05:04,426 - What were you in such a hurry about? 83 00:05:04,426 --> 00:05:08,346 (inquisitive mysterious music) 84 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:22,386 (knuckles rapping) 85 00:05:22,386 --> 00:05:26,306 (inquisitive mysterious music) 86 00:05:28,586 --> 00:05:30,826 (intense dramatic music) 87 00:05:30,826 --> 00:05:33,426 - All right, I can't fight you. 88 00:05:34,426 --> 00:05:35,946 - You really don't need to try. 89 00:05:37,346 --> 00:05:40,586 (horse whinnying) 90 00:05:40,586 --> 00:05:41,826 - And that's all you know about him? 91 00:05:41,826 --> 00:05:43,266 - There's no point in asking him questions. 92 00:05:43,266 --> 00:05:44,586 He won't, he just won't answer. 93 00:05:44,586 --> 00:05:45,746 - But he's bought the cottage? 94 00:05:45,746 --> 00:05:48,306 - Not bought it, rented it for a month, they say. 95 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:49,146 - Oh. 96 00:05:49,146 --> 00:05:50,386 - And he don't get no letters. 97 00:05:50,386 --> 00:05:51,586 He must be a surly chap. 98 00:05:52,666 --> 00:05:53,506 - Yes. 99 00:06:01,506 --> 00:06:04,266 (Harry laughing) 100 00:06:04,266 --> 00:06:06,146 - Heavens, steal your horse? 101 00:06:06,146 --> 00:06:07,746 - I don't happen to think it's funny. 102 00:06:07,746 --> 00:06:08,666 - Well, you should. 103 00:06:08,666 --> 00:06:09,666 I can't even ride. 104 00:06:09,666 --> 00:06:11,666 - You frightened my daughter quite badly. 105 00:06:11,666 --> 00:06:14,346 - Well then I'm sorry, but I had no idea she was here. 106 00:06:16,466 --> 00:06:17,306 Ah! 107 00:06:19,866 --> 00:06:20,866 - No wonder it hurt. 108 00:06:21,746 --> 00:06:22,826 You dislocated it. 109 00:06:24,346 --> 00:06:27,426 It'll be, uh, stiff for quite awhile, I'm afraid. 110 00:06:27,426 --> 00:06:29,626 - Oh, I'm pretty tough. 111 00:06:29,626 --> 00:06:30,946 You have to be in my line. 112 00:06:31,986 --> 00:06:33,546 - What is your line, Mister, uh? 113 00:06:33,586 --> 00:06:34,426 - I'm a sailor. 114 00:06:35,266 --> 00:06:38,146 - And judging by your accent, not British. 115 00:06:38,146 --> 00:06:39,946 - Oh, I'm British, all right. 116 00:06:39,946 --> 00:06:41,346 Only not from this island. 117 00:06:41,346 --> 00:06:43,306 I'm from Canada, from Newfoundland. 118 00:06:44,506 --> 00:06:46,546 - Well, what made you choose this place? 119 00:06:46,546 --> 00:06:47,986 - Oh, it's out of the way, 120 00:06:48,826 --> 00:06:51,426 and I don't get bothered by other people. 121 00:06:51,426 --> 00:06:54,226 - You certainly won't have many visitors down here. 122 00:06:54,226 --> 00:06:55,186 - I don't want any. 123 00:06:56,346 --> 00:06:57,546 Not just yet anyway. 124 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:02,386 (chickens clucking) 125 00:07:03,426 --> 00:07:04,266 - Hello. 126 00:07:07,346 --> 00:07:09,586 - Well, he dislocated his shoulder. 127 00:07:09,586 --> 00:07:11,466 I put it right for him. 128 00:07:11,466 --> 00:07:12,626 There's no mystery about him. 129 00:07:12,626 --> 00:07:14,866 He just wants to be left alone. 130 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:15,706 - But why? 131 00:07:15,706 --> 00:07:17,346 - Well, we don't have to know the reasons. 132 00:07:17,346 --> 00:07:19,266 He's pleasant enough and if he wants to be left alone, 133 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,666 that's his own affair. 134 00:07:20,666 --> 00:07:22,146 - But there is something. - [James] Come on. 135 00:07:23,026 --> 00:07:24,666 - It's not just the way he looks. 136 00:07:25,986 --> 00:07:28,986 There's definitely something strange about him. 137 00:07:28,986 --> 00:07:32,506 (tense suspenseful music) 138 00:07:36,506 --> 00:07:38,266 (Albert screaming) 139 00:07:38,266 --> 00:07:41,706 (intense dramatic music) 140 00:07:46,906 --> 00:07:49,506 (horse whinnying) 141 00:07:49,506 --> 00:07:52,906 (intense dramatic music) 142 00:07:56,586 --> 00:07:59,426 (Albert grunting) 143 00:08:02,306 --> 00:08:04,306 - [Albert] Come on then. 144 00:08:05,226 --> 00:08:07,506 (Albert screaming) 145 00:08:07,506 --> 00:08:08,346 - Albert! 146 00:08:10,066 --> 00:08:11,546 (Albert groaning) 147 00:08:11,546 --> 00:08:12,746 - [Albert] Hello, Vicky. 148 00:08:15,226 --> 00:08:17,266 This is my new friend Harry. 149 00:08:17,266 --> 00:08:19,066 - We've met. 150 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:20,786 - But what are you doing? 151 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:24,306 - Well, Harry was teaching me how to wrestle. 152 00:08:24,306 --> 00:08:27,306 - He oughta know how to take care of himself at his age. 153 00:08:27,306 --> 00:08:29,826 - Right then. It's your turn. 154 00:08:29,826 --> 00:08:33,066 - All right. (chuckling) 155 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:36,906 (Albert grunting and gasping) 156 00:08:41,906 --> 00:08:44,826 (Albert screaming) 157 00:08:45,706 --> 00:08:48,866 You let me do it! You cheated! 158 00:08:48,866 --> 00:08:50,186 - Only a little. 159 00:08:50,186 --> 00:08:52,866 (both laughing) 160 00:08:53,746 --> 00:08:56,866 (horse grunting) 161 00:08:56,866 --> 00:08:59,506 (both laughing) 162 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:03,826 (soft mysterious music) 163 00:09:11,146 --> 00:09:16,146 - That, that's the paddock. (clearing throat) 164 00:09:20,706 --> 00:09:22,946 And that, that's the field. 165 00:09:25,746 --> 00:09:28,466 Oh, they're both of fair size. 166 00:09:28,466 --> 00:09:30,346 Worth quite a lot, I should say. 167 00:09:30,346 --> 00:09:31,186 - Mmm. 168 00:09:33,546 --> 00:09:38,546 £beater thudding Albert coughing 169 00:09:40,586 --> 00:09:43,666 (horse whinnying) 170 00:09:43,706 --> 00:09:48,706 (beater thudding) (Albert laughing) 171 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:52,346 (Albert coughing) 172 00:10:04,386 --> 00:10:05,266 - Tea's ready. 173 00:10:07,786 --> 00:10:08,626 - Phew. 174 00:10:12,346 --> 00:10:13,826 - There we are. 175 00:10:13,826 --> 00:10:16,266 Just like you need it up in Greenland. 176 00:10:16,266 --> 00:10:18,346 Stop your nose from falling off. 177 00:10:18,346 --> 00:10:19,266 (Vicky and Albert chuckling) 178 00:10:19,266 --> 00:10:20,306 - Greenland? 179 00:10:20,306 --> 00:10:22,506 - Yeah, I was second mate on a whaling ship. 180 00:10:23,706 --> 00:10:25,466 I'm glad I met you both. 181 00:10:25,466 --> 00:10:26,746 It's nice to have company. 182 00:10:27,746 --> 00:10:29,906 - Why didn't you want it before? 183 00:10:29,906 --> 00:10:32,066 - Well, after a year's trip on a whaler, 184 00:10:32,066 --> 00:10:33,626 you value your privacy. 185 00:10:33,626 --> 00:10:34,706 - Is that where you got the- 186 00:10:34,706 --> 00:10:35,946 - Albert! 187 00:10:35,946 --> 00:10:38,146 - Nah, I don't mind tellin' ya. 188 00:10:38,146 --> 00:10:39,666 I got it from a broken harpoon 189 00:10:39,666 --> 00:10:41,586 in the fluke of a sounding blue whale. 190 00:10:42,506 --> 00:10:43,906 I was in the stern in the long boat 191 00:10:43,906 --> 00:10:47,226 and it came boiling up from the depth of the ocean. 192 00:10:47,226 --> 00:10:50,066 Poof, like a giant steam hammer. 193 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:52,826 Smashed the long boat to smithereens. 194 00:10:52,826 --> 00:10:55,426 Threw me up like a ball in the sky. 195 00:10:56,746 --> 00:10:58,746 - I don't believe it! 196 00:10:58,746 --> 00:11:01,146 I just don't believe it. 197 00:11:01,186 --> 00:11:03,266 - It is nonetheless true. 198 00:11:03,266 --> 00:11:04,986 Now, when you bought this property, 199 00:11:04,986 --> 00:11:07,706 you were given the rights of use and pasturage 200 00:11:07,706 --> 00:11:10,146 of the paddock and the large field adjoining. 201 00:11:10,146 --> 00:11:11,386 -Yes. -Yes. 202 00:11:11,386 --> 00:11:15,186 But the% were not part of the land that you had bought. 203 00:11:15,186 --> 00:11:17,306 Now, unless you pay for them, 204 00:11:17,306 --> 00:11:19,146 they will be sold in three days, 205 00:11:19,146 --> 00:11:22,626 along with the rest of the Thackeray estate. 206 00:11:22,666 --> 00:11:25,026 - But you're asking so much, gentlemen. 207 00:11:25,026 --> 00:11:26,346 I don't have that kind of money. 208 00:11:26,346 --> 00:11:28,306 I'm just a country doctor. 209 00:11:28,306 --> 00:11:29,466 - Well, I'm sorry. 210 00:11:29,506 --> 00:11:31,186 But if you don't buy them, 211 00:11:31,186 --> 00:11:32,946 they will go to the highest bidder. 212 00:11:33,986 --> 00:11:36,066 - I'm sure you'll be able to raise the money, Doctor. 213 00:11:36,106 --> 00:11:37,506 I tell you what. 214 00:11:37,506 --> 00:11:40,146 I'll take that black horse of yours in part payment. 215 00:11:40,186 --> 00:11:42,146 - That's hardly a solution, Mr. Thackeray. 216 00:11:42,146 --> 00:11:44,506 Without the horse, the doctor would have no need 217 00:11:44,506 --> 00:11:46,786 for the field or the paddock. 218 00:11:46,786 --> 00:11:48,386 - How true. 219 00:11:48,386 --> 00:11:51,026 Three days and the land is sold. 220 00:11:51,026 --> 00:11:54,066 (tense dramatic music) 221 00:11:54,066 --> 00:11:56,746 (door slamming) 222 00:12:03,346 --> 00:12:06,346 - But can it really be true? 223 00:12:06,346 --> 00:12:07,626 It doesn't seem possible. 224 00:12:07,626 --> 00:12:08,826 - Yes, I checked the records. 225 00:12:08,826 --> 00:12:10,906 The land on the other side of the road belongs to them, 226 00:12:10,906 --> 00:12:12,746 except for the garden. 227 00:12:12,746 --> 00:12:16,226 - I always thought at least the paddock was ours. 228 00:12:16,226 --> 00:12:17,906 - We have the right to use it only by agreement 229 00:12:17,906 --> 00:12:19,426 with whoever owns the land. 230 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,946 - You must be able to stop them. 231 00:12:22,946 --> 00:12:25,266 - No, I can't, Vicky. The law's on their side. 232 00:12:26,586 --> 00:12:28,626 - What can we do? - Very little. 233 00:12:29,706 --> 00:12:32,146 The price they're asking is, well, 234 00:12:33,186 --> 00:12:34,586 it's far too high for me. 235 00:12:37,066 --> 00:12:39,026 - Did he really say he'd take Black Beauty? 236 00:12:39,026 --> 00:12:39,866 - No worries. 237 00:12:39,866 --> 00:12:41,226 He's the last person I'd sell him to, 238 00:12:42,826 --> 00:12:44,586 but we have to face up to it. 239 00:12:44,586 --> 00:12:47,226 If we haven't room to exercise him properly, 240 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:50,746 we won't be able to keep him. 241 00:12:52,146 --> 00:12:55,146 (soft solemn music) 242 00:12:58,186 --> 00:13:01,186 (planks clattering) 243 00:13:03,066 --> 00:13:08,066 (horse whinnying) (dramatic music 244 00:13:19,186 --> 00:13:20,346 - Get away, you brute! 245 00:13:20,346 --> 00:13:21,946 Go along, shoo! 246 00:13:21,946 --> 00:13:23,666 (horse whinnying) 247 00:13:23,666 --> 00:13:25,426 Take him off me! 248 00:13:25,426 --> 00:13:27,626 Take him off me! Get him away! 249 00:13:27,626 --> 00:13:29,386 (horse whinnying) 250 00:13:29,386 --> 00:13:30,226 - Beauty! 251 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:36,226 Come on, Beauty. Come away. 252 00:13:36,226 --> 00:13:37,146 Oh, please. 253 00:13:38,986 --> 00:13:40,186 Don't make things worse. 254 00:13:41,866 --> 00:13:43,066 Whoa, whoa. 255 00:13:43,066 --> 00:13:45,066 - [Albert] Whoa, Beauty. 256 00:13:47,546 --> 00:13:50,386 - [Vicky] Come on, Beauty. Gently. 257 00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:55,546 (gate clanging) 258 00:13:55,546 --> 00:13:56,866 - How dare you! 259 00:13:57,986 --> 00:13:59,666 You keep that beast under control! 260 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:03,546 Don't you know better than to let him attack people? 261 00:14:03,546 --> 00:14:04,386 (horse whinnying) 262 00:14:04,386 --> 00:14:06,786 - He doesn't understand why he can't go in his paddock. 263 00:14:06,786 --> 00:14:08,026 - [Albert] I know. 264 00:14:08,026 --> 00:14:10,506 - He doesn't know how mean human beings can be. 265 00:14:12,706 --> 00:14:15,226 - Is all this necessary, Mr. Weems? 266 00:14:15,226 --> 00:14:17,026 - The buyers want to see what they're getting. 267 00:14:17,026 --> 00:14:19,146 - You mean it sold already? 268 00:14:19,146 --> 00:14:20,986 - Eh, no. Not yet. 269 00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:23,746 But we have to show them that the land is available. 270 00:14:23,746 --> 00:14:25,666 Mr. Thackeray wants a quick sale. 271 00:14:26,746 --> 00:14:27,626 - Very well, Mr. Weems. 272 00:14:27,626 --> 00:14:29,186 You won't have to wait. 273 00:14:29,186 --> 00:14:30,306 - Hmm? 274 00:14:30,306 --> 00:14:32,146 - Does the price you mentioned still hold? 275 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:34,026 - You've decided to buy it after all? 276 00:14:34,866 --> 00:14:37,146 - I think I can get the money. 277 00:14:37,146 --> 00:14:38,986 - Oh, splendid, splendid. 278 00:14:38,986 --> 00:14:40,546 But I warn you, Doctor. 279 00:14:41,626 --> 00:14:44,706 You pay off the money by three o'clock this afternoon 280 00:14:44,746 --> 00:14:46,626 or it goes to the highest bidder. Hmm. 281 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:56,906 (James sighing) 282 00:14:58,066 --> 00:15:01,066 (soft solemn music) 283 00:15:04,306 --> 00:15:05,546 - I knew he could do it. 284 00:15:05,546 --> 00:15:07,866 - Yes, but don't think it's easy, Albert. 285 00:15:07,866 --> 00:15:10,506 He'll have to borrow the money from Lord Eddington. 286 00:15:10,506 --> 00:15:11,626 - Hello. 287 00:15:11,626 --> 00:15:12,466 - Oh, hello. 288 00:15:12,466 --> 00:15:13,506 - Hello, Harry. 289 00:15:13,506 --> 00:15:15,426 - You two don't look very cheerful. 290 00:15:15,426 --> 00:15:19,386 - No, well, my father had some trouble. 291 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,066 - What sort of trouble? 292 00:15:21,066 --> 00:15:23,826 - Well, you see, he nearly lost most of his land, 293 00:15:23,866 --> 00:15:27,506 all because of that lyin' Mr. Weems and Mr. Thackeray. 294 00:15:27,506 --> 00:15:28,826 - Weems? 295 00:15:28,826 --> 00:15:30,786 He's made things difficult for your father? 296 00:15:32,946 --> 00:15:34,746 - If only I'd done something sooner. 297 00:15:36,066 --> 00:15:37,226 - It's nice of you to care, 298 00:15:37,226 --> 00:15:40,346 but what could you have done? 299 00:15:40,346 --> 00:15:41,186 - Well. 300 00:15:42,706 --> 00:15:44,346 You see, I'm Henry Thackeray. 301 00:15:44,346 --> 00:15:46,026 (dramatic piano music) 302 00:15:46,026 --> 00:15:48,186 That other man is only pretending to be me. 303 00:15:51,186 --> 00:15:52,346 - What do you mean he isn't here? 304 00:15:52,346 --> 00:15:54,666 - Well, he's gone to see Lord Eddington. 305 00:15:54,666 --> 00:15:56,826 He said he'd be home well before three o'clock. 306 00:15:56,826 --> 00:15:58,306 - That is the deadline I gave him. 307 00:15:58,306 --> 00:16:00,586 - [Amy] He should be back quite soon. 308 00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:01,426 - He better be. 309 00:16:03,626 --> 00:16:07,666 (horse hooves clomping) 310 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:09,546 - [Vicky] But I don't understand. 311 00:16:09,586 --> 00:16:10,666 - It's a long story. 312 00:16:11,786 --> 00:16:13,586 I'd just started on a whaling trip 313 00:16:13,586 --> 00:16:16,226 when I got a letter from that lawyer Weems 314 00:16:16,226 --> 00:16:18,826 telling me my aunt had died and I was her only heir. 315 00:16:20,106 --> 00:16:21,786 But it was nearly a year's voyage, 316 00:16:21,786 --> 00:16:25,666 and I only got to England a few weeks ago. 317 00:16:25,666 --> 00:16:26,946 - And you went to see Weems? 318 00:16:26,946 --> 00:16:30,586 - Yeah, he was surprised to see me after all that time. 319 00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:32,826 He took the letter and he gave me 50 pounds, 320 00:16:32,866 --> 00:16:34,866 saying that's all my aunt had left. 321 00:16:34,866 --> 00:16:36,706 But before going back to Canada, 322 00:16:36,706 --> 00:16:39,986 I thought I'd visit here, see where my family came from. 323 00:16:39,986 --> 00:16:42,226 - Only to find your aunt had left a manor house 324 00:16:42,226 --> 00:16:43,746 and a large estate. 325 00:16:43,746 --> 00:16:45,306 - You can imagine how I felt. 326 00:16:45,306 --> 00:16:47,426 - Why didn't you go straight up there and throw them out? 327 00:16:47,426 --> 00:16:48,546 - How could 1? 328 00:16:48,586 --> 00:16:50,106 I'd given Weems the letter he sent me, 329 00:16:50,106 --> 00:16:52,186 the only way I could really prove who I was. 330 00:16:52,186 --> 00:16:53,506 - Well, what are you going to do? 331 00:16:53,506 --> 00:16:55,986 - Oh, I wrote home at once to get them to send 332 00:16:55,986 --> 00:16:59,866 my birth certificate, letters, family photographs, anything. 333 00:16:59,866 --> 00:17:01,986 They should arrive any day now. 334 00:17:02,026 --> 00:17:04,026 - Isn't there anything else? 335 00:17:04,026 --> 00:17:05,626 Something with your name on it? 336 00:17:05,626 --> 00:17:08,546 - Well, there's m?/ discharge papers from my last voyage. 337 00:17:08,546 --> 00:17:10,226 - Where are they? 338 00:17:10,226 --> 00:17:11,666 - Well, back at the cottage. 339 00:17:11,666 --> 00:17:13,146 - Well, you better get them. 340 00:17:13,186 --> 00:17:14,466 Give me a leg up, will you? 341 00:17:14,466 --> 00:17:15,706 - [Harry] Sure. 342 00:17:21,546 --> 00:17:23,106 - Oh, thank you. 343 00:17:23,106 --> 00:17:24,986 Look, bring them to the cottage, Harry. 344 00:17:24,986 --> 00:17:26,106 - What can I do? 345 00:17:26,106 --> 00:17:27,826 - Um, eh, go to the crossroads and wait for 346 00:17:27,826 --> 00:17:28,946 Mr. Binns, the postman. 347 00:17:28,946 --> 00:17:30,586 Maybe that letter's come from Canada. 348 00:17:30,586 --> 00:17:31,866 - [Albert] Right. - Bye! 349 00:17:37,346 --> 00:17:40,106 (Albert gasping) 350 00:17:47,146 --> 00:17:47,986 Is Father back? 351 00:17:47,986 --> 00:17:49,586 - [Amy] He's not back yet. 352 00:17:49,586 --> 00:17:50,426 - Not yet? 353 00:17:50,426 --> 00:17:52,266 - He was very angry with you for taking Black Beauty. 354 00:17:52,266 --> 00:17:53,386 - Well, maybe it's for the best. 355 00:17:53,386 --> 00:17:54,226 - But don't you understand? 356 00:17:54,226 --> 00:17:55,546 There's so little time. 357 00:17:55,546 --> 00:17:57,426 Mr. Thackeray has been here already. 358 00:17:57,426 --> 00:17:59,506 And he'll be back in half an hour! 359 00:17:59,506 --> 00:18:01,066 And he won't wait any longer! 360 00:18:03,506 --> 00:18:04,666 - [Albert] Hi! 361 00:18:13,186 --> 00:18:16,346 (soft dramatic music) 362 00:18:19,986 --> 00:18:21,586 - [Imposter] It's all your fault. 363 00:18:21,626 --> 00:18:22,426 - [Weems] What do you mean? 364 00:18:22,426 --> 00:18:24,466 - This letter! We might've been found out! 365 00:18:24,466 --> 00:18:26,546 - May I remind you that a month ago 366 00:18:26,546 --> 00:18:28,746 you were merely a clerk in my office? 367 00:18:28,746 --> 00:18:30,186 - Perhaps I should've stayed there. 368 00:18:30,186 --> 00:18:31,186 If you hadn't been so greedy, 369 00:18:31,186 --> 00:18:32,466 we could've sold up and got out. 370 00:18:32,506 --> 00:18:34,026 Instead of trying to get money from the doctor, 371 00:18:34,026 --> 00:18:35,106 we would've been in the clear by now. 372 00:18:35,106 --> 00:18:36,666 - [Weems] There's still time. 373 00:18:36,666 --> 00:18:38,866 By tonight the whole estate will be sold 374 00:18:38,866 --> 00:18:40,666 and we'll be on a ship for France. (laughing) 375 00:18:40,666 --> 00:18:42,226 (branch snapping) - [Albert] Whoa?) 376 00:18:42,226 --> 00:18:44,026 - [Weems] Who's there? 377 00:18:44,946 --> 00:18:47,386 - Well now, Listening, are we? 378 00:18:47,386 --> 00:18:50,306 (gun cocking) 379 00:18:50,306 --> 00:18:52,986 (fist pounding) 380 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:54,706 - I just found them. 381 00:18:54,706 --> 00:18:56,266 They were in the bottom of my duffel bag. 382 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:57,346 - Oh, let me see. 383 00:18:57,346 --> 00:18:58,466 - My name's only written in. 384 00:18:58,466 --> 00:18:59,826 - Oh, it's better than nothing. 385 00:18:59,826 --> 00:19:00,746 I hope we're not too late. 386 00:19:00,746 --> 00:19:02,746 If only you'd said something sooner! 387 00:19:02,786 --> 00:19:04,666 - Yes, Mr. Thackeray, you should have. 388 00:19:05,666 --> 00:19:07,386 You really should have. 389 00:19:07,386 --> 00:19:08,946 - [Vicky] But that's him! 390 00:19:08,946 --> 00:19:11,666 - Now stay where you are, and no one needs to get hurt. 391 00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:14,026 That's better. 392 00:19:14,026 --> 00:19:17,746 Well, well, well. Fancy meeting you. 393 00:19:17,786 --> 00:19:19,866 - I didn't tell where you were. Honest, Vicky. 394 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:20,986 - [Imposter] Yes, it was funny, that. 395 00:19:20,986 --> 00:19:22,546 I met the postman on the road. 396 00:19:22,546 --> 00:19:23,466 - Your letter from Canada. 397 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:25,506 - [Imposter] And as it was obviously intended for me, 398 00:19:25,506 --> 00:19:26,346 he handed it over. 399 00:19:26,346 --> 00:19:27,426 - The idiot! 400 00:19:28,426 --> 00:19:29,386 Well, it won't do you any good. 401 00:19:29,386 --> 00:19:30,786 We can prove you're a fraud. 402 00:19:30,786 --> 00:19:33,626 - [Imposter] But as you said, my dear, you're too late. 403 00:19:33,626 --> 00:19:34,826 - What are you gonna do? 404 00:19:35,786 --> 00:19:37,826 - [Imposter] Just keep you here until my friend 405 00:19:37,826 --> 00:19:40,546 has completed his business with the doctor. 406 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:42,026 Go on. Get inside. 407 00:19:42,026 --> 00:19:43,946 All of ya. Go on! - Don't worry. 408 00:19:43,946 --> 00:19:45,706 He's not gonna use that. 409 00:19:45,706 --> 00:19:46,786 He won't shoot any of us. 410 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,546 - Maybe not, but there's nothing stopping me 411 00:19:48,586 --> 00:19:50,106 shooting your horse. 412 00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:51,386 (horse whinnying) 413 00:19:51,386 --> 00:19:53,266 Get back! Go on! 414 00:19:53,266 --> 00:19:54,986 All of you, get inside! 415 00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:56,106 (horse whinnying) (kick thudding) 416 00:19:56,106 --> 00:19:56,906 Ah! 417 00:19:56,906 --> 00:20:00,506 (gun firing) (glass shattering) 418 00:20:00,506 --> 00:20:03,186 - Better get back to your pa as soon as you can. 419 00:20:03,186 --> 00:20:04,026 Stop Weems. 420 00:20:04,026 --> 00:20:04,866 I'll take care of this one. 421 00:20:04,866 --> 00:20:05,706 Take Albert with you. 422 00:20:05,706 --> 00:20:07,866 I might need two of you to convince him! 423 00:20:07,866 --> 00:20:09,186 - [Imposter] Oh! 424 00:20:13,226 --> 00:20:14,706 - They're all in order, Doctor. 425 00:20:14,706 --> 00:20:16,506 They're made out in your name. 426 00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:18,306 - Just checking, Mr. Weems. 427 00:20:18,306 --> 00:20:20,986 I don't spend 200 pounds without making sure 428 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:21,986 of what I'm getting. 429 00:20:23,946 --> 00:20:25,746 Yes, they seem to be all right. 430 00:20:26,946 --> 00:20:28,546 - Then the, uh, the money? 431 00:20:32,346 --> 00:20:33,626 What's this? 432 00:20:33,626 --> 00:20:34,906 - [James] It's a letter of credit. 433 00:20:35,866 --> 00:20:37,386 - But I distinctly said cash. 434 00:20:37,426 --> 00:20:38,626 - It's signed by Lord Eddington. 435 00:20:38,626 --> 00:20:39,746 It's as good as money. 436 00:20:41,426 --> 00:20:43,826 - Oh, very well. 437 00:20:45,746 --> 00:20:47,186 But it's highly irregular. 438 00:20:48,626 --> 00:20:51,986 (upbeat dramatic music) 439 00:20:55,746 --> 00:20:56,786 - [Vicky] Stop him! 440 00:20:56,826 --> 00:20:57,746 - [Weems] What? 441 00:20:57,746 --> 00:21:00,546 - It's all a fraud! I've got proof. 442 00:21:00,546 --> 00:21:02,666 (soft suspenseful music) 443 00:21:02,666 --> 00:21:03,866 Stop him! 444 00:21:03,866 --> 00:21:08,866 (Albert screaming) (Weems grunting) 445 00:21:09,546 --> 00:21:10,986 Well done, Albert. 446 00:21:12,826 --> 00:21:14,586 - We did it! We did it! 447 00:21:14,586 --> 00:21:19,586 Yay, we did it! (laughing) 448 00:21:20,306 --> 00:21:23,026 (chain thudding) 449 00:21:24,746 --> 00:21:25,586 Come on. 450 00:21:26,626 --> 00:21:28,706 - Hey, wait for me! 451 00:21:28,706 --> 00:21:30,346 Yahoo! 452 00:21:30,346 --> 00:21:31,906 Come on, Beauty! 453 00:21:31,906 --> 00:21:33,546 Beauty! 454 00:21:33,586 --> 00:21:35,266 - Your letter of credit from His Lordship. 455 00:21:35,266 --> 00:21:37,266 Imagine he'll be glad to get it back. 456 00:21:37,266 --> 00:21:39,586 - Not half so glad as I'll be. 457 00:21:39,586 --> 00:21:41,306 Oh, I must remember to give you the deeds to the land. 458 00:21:41,306 --> 00:21:42,746 - Well, no sir. They're yours. 459 00:21:42,746 --> 00:21:44,226 - What? 460 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:45,786 - Oh, I couldn't accept them. 461 00:21:45,786 --> 00:21:47,466 After all, if it hadn't been for you 462 00:21:47,466 --> 00:21:49,346 and your family and your horse, 463 00:21:49,346 --> 00:21:52,146 I would've been cheated out of everything. 464 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,706 - Well, what can I say except thank you? 465 00:21:55,666 --> 00:21:56,866 - [Harry] Ha ha, don't you dare. 466 00:21:58,746 --> 00:22:00,906 - What will you do now, Harry? 467 00:22:00,906 --> 00:22:03,386 - Well, uh, I think I'll see what it's like 468 00:22:03,386 --> 00:22:05,946 to lead a life of leisure for awhile. 469 00:22:05,946 --> 00:22:07,546 Might even learn how to ride. 470 00:22:07,546 --> 00:22:08,386 - Harry. 471 00:22:09,466 --> 00:22:10,826 Would you do me a favour? 472 00:22:10,826 --> 00:22:12,186 - Sure. What? 473 00:22:12,186 --> 00:22:14,466 - Would you like to get up on Black Beauty? 474 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:16,266 Go on. I dare you. 475 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:17,106 - Right. 476 00:22:18,146 --> 00:22:21,346 (light playful music) 477 00:22:23,346 --> 00:22:26,066 (Harry grunting) 478 00:22:29,106 --> 00:22:31,066 There, you see? 479 00:22:31,066 --> 00:22:33,146 Didn't ya think I could do it? 480 00:22:33,146 --> 00:22:34,506 - [Albert] I'm sure you could. 481 00:22:34,506 --> 00:22:36,746 It's just that I've always wanted to see 482 00:22:36,746 --> 00:22:39,866 a sailor on a horse. (laughing) 483 00:22:39,866 --> 00:22:41,826 - [Harry] Whoa! 484 00:22:41,826 --> 00:22:43,866 (horse whinnying) 485 00:22:43,866 --> 00:22:46,466 (all laughing) 486 00:22:49,106 --> 00:22:49,946 Ah! 487 00:22:52,066 --> 00:22:54,666 (all laughing) 488 00:22:55,666 --> 00:23:00,106 (sweeping orchestral music) 489 00:23:00,106 --> 00:23:03,666 (bright adventurous music)