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[WOMEN LAUGHING]

[CHATTING, INDISTINCT]

-Where are you young ladies off to? -Wedding shopping.

Katherine?

It is just to be a quiet affair,

nothing too ostentatious.

Don't worry, Papa.

Well, enjoy yourself.

DENISE: I think you've chosen very well.

Thank you for your custom, madam. Good day.

CHISHOLM: Psst!

Psst!

Here!

Mr Chisholm?

-Lovett? -Inside, sir, with a customer.

-Business is brisk. -There's been a small upturn.

Sufficient to justify an employee, a girl.

Oh, that I knew his secret.

There is no secret, Mr Chisholm.

We are selling neckties. You are free to look.

Neckties!

I see he did not hire you for your brains.

What good are neckties to me? I am a milliner.

A milliner, girl.

An artist, trained in the Quartier Sentier.

And now this. The ignominy of seeing

my customers desert me for the cheap thrill

of a glued felt hat or a machine-stitched bonnet

across the street.

You shall not find me peddling nick-nacks.

It is simply a case of seeking custom, Mr Chisholm, rather than waiting for it.

Not blaming The Paradise but using it as a reliable source of passing trade.

Which, with a little thought, might benefit all of us.

Lovett said this?

Denise? We have customers. There's no time for talking to him.

KATHERINE: Darling little glasses,

we shall need a dozen at least.

No, two and the same in the champagne flutes.

[GASPS] Look, the butter dishes are beautifully engraved.

How adorable. I shall take four,

and these darling butter knives.

MORAY: Katherine?

Ah, ah, ah, don't look! There are surprises here that you in particular

should not see.

Everything we shall need for our wedding breakfast.

Really?

I shall need an assistant. It is an awfully long list.

Where is that girl? The clever one. Denise?

-Oh, she has left the store. -No scandal, I trust?

No, no, she has gone to work for her uncle across the street.

Emily, you have met my fiance?

Lady Fortescue.

He is no way to be trusted!

Moray simply cannot bear to have things kept from him.

We must have these wrapped immediately.

Might I speak with you?

Throughout our courtship you have barely purchased

so much as a hat pin from my store.

Now this, with your friends accompanying?

What new game is this?

Moray,

why do you always assume that everything I do

has some kind of ulterior motive?

In the past, The Paradise has been all about you.

Now it is about us.

You and me.

If it is success here that you want,

then I shall give it to you, my darling.

-You, girl, what is your name? -Uh, Pauline, ma'am.

-Follow me. -Yes, ma'am.

Uncle,

I've had an idea.

[CHUCKLES] Another one? I'm still adjusting to the first.

We have to keep moving forward, keep evolving.

We can't afford to stand still.

Uncle, look at this street.

It is not as pretty as it used to be.

Milliner, dressmaker, shoemaker, canemaker...

We have all felt the heat and bear the scars.

If we could cooperate, we could offer our customers something unique.

Hat, dress, shoes, umbrella, a complete outfit.

-Cooperate? You mean work together? -Why not?

Denise, we're small businessmen.

Independence,

self-reliance is at the core of our being.

It's too much change, too fast.

Mr Chisholm approached me this morning.

There's another reason.

What man would voluntarily work with him?

It's already done. You've invited them to a meeting.

-What? -A meeting.

They're joining us this afternoon. I've written it all down.

Your speech. I've told them this is your idea.

Uncle, you said it yourself, change is hard for them

and it would be harder still coming from a woman.

You've trusted me this far, Uncle, and I've not let you down.

Please.

KATHERINE: What do you think of this?

It's very nice, Miss Glendenning. Very.

They say a perfume only comes to life when worn on the skin.

The warmth of a human body gives it its heartbeat.

It reminds me of something.

-Warm... -Apple pie!

-Yes, maybe. -Or a baby's head.

When they've bathed it, otherwise with the nursing, they reek.

I'm one of 11. You never forget the smell.

Wet wool and cheesy milk.

[SNEEZES] Oh, sorry.

I'm sensitive. That's one of the reasons I'm stuck on buttons.

-How long have you worked here? -Oh, ages!

-And do you like working for Mr Moray? -Oh, yes. Very much.

For a successful man, he's a kind man.

And he loves this place.

The only thing he loves more is his wife.

I mean, his ex-wife... Well, dead wife.

That's the other reason I'm stuck on buttons.

Sometimes it's hard to think as fast as I speak.

You will make a very good Mrs Moray. An even better Mrs Moray, no doubt.

Oh, if only I had an ounce of your charm and elegance.

No wonder he fell for you.

But you have a wealth of elegance and charm, my dear.

And with your ability to flatter, I'm sure you could turn any boy's head.

"For we have much in common.

"We are all purveyors of quality. Master craftsmen.

"We all trade on the same street.

"But together we would have dressed a customer from top to toe

"before they'd even set foot in The Paradise,

"if we put our minds to it."

They can do that now but I can hardly see them beating down the doors.

-[ALL CHUCKLING] -Well, that's a fair point.

-More ale, Mr Chisholm? -I would rather wine.

[MOUTHS]

There will be turn-over...

"Inventives..."

[STAMMERING] "Incentives.

"Every customer will..."

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry, I cannot do this.

I cannot sell what I do not believe in. It's not me.

Well, if it isn't you, Edmund, why did you bring us here?

SHOPKEEPERS: Aye.

He did not. It was me.

CHISHOLM: I have wasted quite enough time.

Gentlemen.

The customers will be given an incentive.

A discount.

Ten percent off the sum total of all purchases.

We will advertise,

decorate, make the shop fronts more attractive.

At whose cost?

I do wish women were as good at making money as they are at spending it.

[SHOPKEEPERS LAUGH]

All expenses will be recouped through increased sales,

something I believe you all lack.

Gentlemen, ask yourselves honestly,

what poses a greater risk,

a small sum invested to attract custom

or continuing on the current path of certain decline and eventual bankruptcy?

Tollgate Street Traders,

competitively priced,

tradition and quality.

Not bad.

Although I fear that in the haze of girlish enthusiasm,

you've missed the point.

We are here to provide an alternative to The Paradise,

not to become a department store in miniature.

-That is not what I meant. -Regardless,

you shall not convince anyone to invest in a scheme

your own uncle doesn't believe in.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Good day to you, gentlemen.

Good day.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

May I offer you some assistance, ma'am?

Yes, um,

it is heavier than I had imagined.

I hoped to freshen Moray's office a little.

This painting of his wife is very dear to him.

Tell me your name.

Jonas Franks.

Well, Jonas,

I must remind you to whom you are speaking.

I am soon to become Mrs Moray.

May I offer you my most sincere congratulations, ma'am?

Still for now, Miss Glendenning,

I do not think that is a wise move.

You realise there are 10, 20 men on that street right now

more willing and more able to do this job than you?

Value your position here and you shall alter the way you speak to me.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Madam, uh, neckties?

Sir, very nice neckties.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Jonas Franks. Why on earth do you employ such a character?

Moray has the final say on all staffing, Miss Glendenning.

Oh, Katherine, please.

But you are the manager. He cannot be good for business.

He scares me. He must surely scare the customers.

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Mr Moray, sir.

I have something unfortunate to report of a personal nature.

What is it, Jonas?

It is regarding Miss Glendenning, sir.

I found her in your office trying to move the portrait of Helene.

Rest assured, sir, I dealt with the matter

as swiftly and as firmly as I felt able.

I do not know which is more worrying,

your determination to overstep the line or your inability to see it.

Can you not understand that there are things that are private between people?

If that is too much for you, then you shall stay out of my way.

-Thank you. -Sir.

Katherine, you must be quite exhausted.

In one day, you have managed to turn my store upside down.

Don't drop them.

DENISE: Uncle?

I, uh, had a word, told them the truth.

That if anybody can breathe life back into this street,

it's you, Denise.

And despite our differences, we are willing to give it a go.

As you say, it's do or die.

Nothing to be gained by standing still in business.

Papa, you must try smiling.

I have read it is good for the circulation.

The rest will be delivered to Belville Hall this evening.

There's more?

It is that girl.

Really, Moray,

you should fight to get her back.

The one you gave me today was no replacement.

Poor service will not do

now we are to cater for customers of a higher class.

My daughter does not care to do anything by halves.

Believe me, Moray, to ensure her happiness

will require her husband's undivided attention.

The mannequin will be placed outside beside your stalls,

-each wearing a different ensemble. -Outside?

You wish to place my hats on the street, expose them to the elements?

I believe that's what happens when they're worn on the head.

And there is always one of Mr Jackson's fine umbrellas

to be worked imaginatively into the display.

MORAY: I fear you've missed a patch.

You're renovating. And you are not alone, I see.

Times are hard for the small store,

we must adapt to survive.

You are marketing your products as an ensemble.

Yes.

-With a discount? -Ten percent.

Oh.

It is most enterprising and the least I would expect.

Edmund will feel the benefit of your presence

almost as keenly as we feel the loss of it.

-You do? -Of course.

My little champion,

I fear sales in Ladieswear shall plummet.

You should wear green more often.

It's most becoming.

CHISHOLM: Fraternising with the enemy?

Rest assured, Mr Chisholm,

there is certainly no conspiracy between us.

Then, girl,

why does he raise such a blush?

From now on, Mr Chisholm, you will refer to me as Denise or Miss Lovett!

I was about to lock up.

There is no need. I will be here for a while.

I have some business to finish.

[CHUCKLES] Perhaps you could help.

Always so easily shocked, Dudley.

I can't believe that even you have not watched a man drink away his troubles.

I've watched many men try.

I believed you were teetotal.

What matter?

I am lost to this world.

All I have is this job and even that will soon be taken from me.

Katherine Glendenning.

The woman cares only for herself, she is a viper.

She poisoned Mr Moray against me.

Jonas, you must stop this. They are to be married.

Why can't you try and be happy for them?

She sees me as distasteful,

a monster.

Such easy judgement

with so little knowledge of the beast she set out to slaughter.

Before this I was a safety miner.

There was an explosion one day.

Eight men were trapped underground. They told us to leave them.

I refused, went back.

Before I could reach them, the shaft collapsed,

my arm crushed.

The others were not so fortunate.

One I signed on that morning,

just a wee lad of 12.

They gave me a certificate for bravery

and the sack.

I was no longer suitable.

It was much the same everywhere until I came here.

Helene Moray asked me nothing.

Katherine Glendenning

will attempt to usurp her memory by casting me back out again.

I'm sorry.

Denise,

I've been working on something for a while.

I was going to save it for your birthday but...

[DENISE GASPS]

Thank you!

A dress befitting the businesswoman you have become.

The accounts for Ladieswear.

Thank you.

-It's remarkable what she's doing. -I pass her every morning.

A sore reminder of what we've lost.

Such determination.

Hey up.

Ready?

Ready.

-Hello, madam. How may I help you? -Hello.

If it is the dress on Carruthers' stall, I can also make it in a silk organza.

-[DOOR BELL JINGLES] -WOMAN: Oh, lovely.

And Jackson's sell a very nice ebony-handled umbrella

which would look quite the part.

WOMAN: There you are.

Merci, and not goodbye, I trust, but au revoir!

And in the meantime, perhaps you might like to sample the pleasures next door?

Thank you.

Off!

-Bye. -Bye.

WOMAN: Excuse me?

You are eligible for our discount. Ten percent.

That makes your total £4 and 17 shillings.

No, no, Samuel, it is all wrong. Have you not read the paper?

Miss Glendenning is visiting us today to purchase her wedding gown,

we must showcase our very finest.

And with the doors about to open. This is too bright, too showy.

Good Lord, Samuel, really!

Oh, people of true class have subtlety in their blood.

Here. Now, stock up on it.

There's bound to be a run on whichever one she chooses.

Hurry girls, hurry! There's a quite a throng forming.

See?

It's Katherine Glendenning who's done this.

You'll like her more come bonus time.

Is that "guillotine" I hear them crying?

Oh, it's an ugly emotion, jealousy.

Me, jealous? I've no reason to be.

I visited his rooms a couple of weeks back, right before they got engaged.

She hasn't got anything I haven't had already.

It all seems to be going surprisingly well.

The advertisement you put in the paper is doing the trick.

You've never shied away from publicity before.

I thought you would have liked the article.

[SCOFFS] To be in the society pages and gossip columns?

The Paradise was referenced constantly.

You are marrying into the aristocracy. The wedding of the year!

Glendenning will think I'm responsible for it.

It's an embarrassment. The woman is taking over my store.

Now, that's what I call a hat.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING, INDISTINCT]

[DOOR UNLOCKING]

Miss Glendenning.

Darling.

I see you've brought quite a crowd along with you.

I trust they're not all your close acquaintances?

[CHUCKLES] I should like to say it is good taste,

but I fear it is something more prurient that draws them in.

Or perhaps it's the article you put in the newspaper.

You liked it?

Do you know, I think I am beginning to understand.

This playing shops is quite an entertaining distraction.

Uh, Katherine, we do not play here. This is business.

You know, today, I think I could sell you anything.

One day of sales does not an expert in retail make.

No? Then choose something.

[LAUGHS]

Don't you think you've proven yourself already?

Anything.

Let me show you how it's done.

Very well. Sam.

Mr Moray, sir.

I am looking for a cloth,

something special, something different.

Miss Audrey's put out what she deems to be our very finest silks.

No, no, um...

Sir, that's old lining satin.

Hmm, its name?

I believe that's known as Midnight Ink.

Midnight Ink.

Six yards. Then take it up to Ladieswear.

It is the perfect cloth,

the only cloth for my wedding dress.

-[WHISPERS] Midnight Ink. -Midnight Ink.

Uh, ma'am?

No. Your services shall not be needed today.

Oh, good. I mean very good, Your Honourable... Ma'am.

[EXHALES]

One might use the lull to tidy a little.

Mr Lovett, you are sprawled halfway across my bench.

Chisholm, I spent all morning with your feathers batting my face.

My feathers do not bat.

And I do not sprawl, certainly not over your bench!

Uncle?

I'll have that

made in Midnight Ink.

If you step this way, I can measure you up.

Clara...

-Look... -Clara.

Maybe not you.

Miss Audrey,

Katherine is with you? All is progressing?

Oh, yes, Mr Moray, sir,

but I'm afraid you cannot stay here.

The bride-to-be must have her privacy respected.

Very well.

[DOOR OPENING]

Jonas. Are you waiting for Moray?

I did not sleep last night for thinking of our conversation.

The fear that I have misjudged you,

not understanding the difficulties you have faced.

I should like your permission to talk with Moray.

If I could explain to him the importance The Paradise holds for you,

then I am sure he will guarantee your position here as safe.

He and I are old friends.

Let me reassure you,

not a word of this shall be uttered to anyone else.

You overestimate your authority.

How do you know that I was telling you the truth?

You need to learn, Mr Dudley, you cannot trust anyone.

All around you people utter lies and hold secrets that make men shudder.

Do not presume to know me or anyone else,

even those closest to you.

It is Clara, did I hear her say?

Yes, ma'am.

I confess I am terrible with names. And with so many staff...

I'm trying to make an effort for Moray.

Oh, I'm sure he will appreciate that, ma'am.

Mr Moray has always placed great emphasis on getting to know his staff.

Individually.

Moray is a very modern man.

I should say.

Although it has its disadvantages, being so involved.

He's miserable when some of them go.

Denise was a real favourite.

Really?

Oh, look at that! We're the same round the chest.

Clara.

Miss Glendenning,

if I might humbly suggest an alternative fabric.

The satin you have selected is not one we would normally use

for a wedding dress. The quality, the colour...

The colour is appropriate for mourning

as a mark of respect for Mr Moray's first wife.

[ONLOOKERS EXCLAIM IN AWE]

It is the custom and one that I am willing to embrace.

As for the quality, it matters not.

My real dress is crafted

of snow-white Russian silk.

It is but a ruse, Miss Audrey, a game.

Oh, I see.

Well, thank you for informing me.

Clara, take this to the seamstresses and have it made up immediately.

Miss Glendenning has graced us with her custom,

let us thank her with our professionalism.

One at a time please, one at a time.

Yes, Midnight Ink.

Encre de Minuit.

An exceedingly elegant fabric of singularly good taste.

The intensity is a product of the pigmentation process.

See, it's not the silk that's dyed but the silkworm's feed.

WOMEN: Ooh?

The blend of dyes mixed to replicate

exactly the sash on his first wife's wedding dress.

Copper sulphate,

with just a pinch of ground sapphires thrown in.

They buried her in it.

She told you what?

Madam, I'm sorry, but someone's been telling your friends fibs.

The truth is, Mr Moray chose it.

The name reminds him of the hour in which he pens his courtship letters

to Miss Glendenning, so full of her that he cannot sleep.

WOMEN: Oh!

How many yards was it?

[ALL CLAMOURING]

[CONVERSING EXCITEDLY]

CHISHOLM: Oh!

No point getting shopgirl's feet.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I've missed you so much!

-Can I come in? -Of course.

She's in the store all day, all over him, you know, cooing.

Pauline, we're very busy. Lots to do before the morning.

It's all right, I can talk standing.

-Mr Lovett. -Pauline.

She's changing everything in The Paradise. And I mean everything!

And what she's buying, everyone else is buying.

It's like... Well, madness really.

For her wedding dress today,

she chose this horrible satin, Midnight Ink.

Next thing you know, we've as good as sold out.

No wonder Mr Moray's swooning.

If she can shift stock like that, she's the perfect match for him.

Mind, that's nothing. Then there's what Clara told me.

-Pauline... -I'll burst if I don't tell someone.

She with Moray.

I don't know what, exactly, but something.

It was just before he got engaged to Katherine,

when Miss Audrey was ill.

Course, she'll win in the end, Katherine.

In fact, she's given me a few tips.

This morning, when I said hello to Sam,

he smiled back at me and told me to inspect his teeth.

Not that it did much good, come to think of it.

That dress is lovely. But you want to get your uncle to loosen it a bit.

You're white as a sheep.

We are a long way off making back our initial investment.

You cannot expect to get your money back after one day.

Just an observation, Edmund. There is no need to be so touchy.

EDMUND: I was merely stating fact, Charles.

CHISHOLM: A matter of opinion, surely.

I have an idea.

There is a fabric called Midnight Ink

that The Paradise have been trading on strongly.

We should order it.

The Paradise would simply order more,

-sell it more cheaply. -MEN: Aye.

If my memory serves me correctly,

Midnight Ink is a discontinued satin

from a manufacturer that folded in January.

If there's any left, it will be limited stock.

We could buy the lot and be the only shop

able to offer the material that Katherine Glendenning

has chosen for her wedding outfit.

Is that not a little underhand?

Would The Paradise do different?

Your uncle underestimates you again. It is the best idea you've had yet.

I do have some meagre savings, not much.

My very last few pennies.

I might consider a loan

if you could offer me some guarantee.

I believe we will succeed.

Then I want 50% of all profits.

That's my offer. Take it or leave it.

Moray, from the suppliers. They've run out of Midnight Ink.

Someone placed an order for the remaining fabric

minutes before ours came in.

This is an outrage. An absolute outrage!

-Katherine? -Hurry, come and look!

The insolence! The cheek!

How dare she? She is selling my wedding dress.

-Where are you going? -Back to work.

But you must go and talk to her! Stop her!

Well if you won't, I shall do it myself.

I don't think that would be a good idea.

That is my fabric.

It is plagiarism!

-Theft! -No, Katherine.

The only thing they've done wrong is beating you at your own game.

You must stop this.

You cannot have everything your way.

-Dudley, will you see me to my carriage? -Of course.

And deal with this.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

-Madam. -Thank you.

-How are you coping? -Fine. I'm not so sure about him.

Mesdames, mesdames, restrain yourselves,

do not swarm and claw so.

Though your custom is most welcome.

These hats are pieces of artistry.

Do not finger the feathers.

Miss Glendenning, please do not be too upset.

Moray can forget themself when involved in matters of The Paradise.

Those closest to him often feel in competition with the shop.

It is never meant personally.

Thank you, Dudley.

[EXHALES]

Folding and tidying.

There is no point just dawdling there, girl,

you will put off any customers that we do have.

-But everything has already been folded. -Then do it again.

-Mr Moray, sir. -Miss Audrey. You're quiet.

We are...

quiet.

It is the Midnight Ink.

I find myself tempted to tell customers how poor the cloth really is.

-Hmm. -But we cannot expose Miss Glendenning.

Indeed. Indeed.

It is hard not to be impressed by the way

Denise has played her hand at this.

The girl always did exhibit a level of promise bordering on precocity.

You've known me for quite some time, Miss Audrey.

I have, Mr Moray.

Hmm. How would you describe me?

-Tall. -No.

-Uh, quite tall. -No, no.

Medium, strong strength...

No. Would you say I am honest?

Oh, very honest. You have always been very honest. Yes.

Would you say I've changed in any way?

You may be frank.

I would say that with power and responsibility we all change,

but the hearts of the most honourable remain true to their dreams.

It is why you inspire such loyalty and affection in your workforce.

Have confidence, Mr Moray.

To work, girls!

Gentleman, to successful cooperation!

ALL: Aye. Successful cooperation.

And that is what it looks like.

A tidy sum, I believe.

-There is no arguing with it. -You say that now.

If you had your way, we'd still be stood out there peddling neckerchiefs.

-Neckties. -Scrabbling for tiddlers

instead of landing the bigger fish.

It's the difference between thrive and survive.

On The Rue St Denis...

Are you saying I don't know how to run my business?

On recent evidence, you have little eye

-for an opportunity. -Mr Chisholm!

Last week, you were on your knees begging for my help!

-Uncle! -Your help?

We are all aware that anything that ever has been achieved here

-has been achieved by your niece. -DENISE: Mr Chisholm!

Please, gentlemen,

let us all calm down and talk of our next step.

We must decide how we shall reinvest these profits.

I think you mean my profits.

-I knew it. -Let us be honest.

None of this would have been possible if it wasn't for my money.

I invested all my savings in this scheme.

Of all the self-serving, penny-pinching, manipulative...

So, I want him to thank me for it.

I want Lovett to recognise that he owes me for this.

Otherwise, I'll have it back, every penny.

With interest.

You cannot mean that.

Withdrawing your investment would fold the cooperative.

Our success has made even The Paradise sit up and take notice.

Really, Mr Chisholm, Uncle,

it is time we put an end to this pettiness.

If we can't see eye to eye in the good times,

how shall we fare in the bad?

[CHISHOLM SIGHS]

What cooperative?

Tant pis!

[SIGHS]

Please!

Please, Mr Chisholm.

Mr Carruthers!

Mr Jackson!

I'm sorry, Denise, but I tried to warn you.

We're cut from a very different cloth.

You too have run out of silk.

More than silk.

There is no more Tollgate Street Traders.

No more cooperative.

We've run clean out of cooperation.

[SIGHS]

And patience, it seems.

You have made me feel foolish.

[CHUCKLES] Your sales have made me look it.

[LAUGHS]

It is pathetic, no matter how hard you try to explain,

there's no reasoning with them.

That is because they do not start from a position of logic.

I wish I could say that I was surprised, but given your choice of partners...

Next time, you'll have to be more selective.

I don't know that there will be a next time.

Sometimes we must learn from our mistakes.

What matters is that we are never deterred from grasping opportunities,

even if it means we are making the greatest mistake of our lives.

My wife loved me whole-heartedly,

without reservation.

But I did not give her the love that she deserved.

I was driven by the need to expand the store.

She wanted us to go away for two months,

travel together, start a family.

I refused.

We argued and...

I...

[SIGHS]

I said some things that were

unforgivable.

She ran from me.

And now I will never know.

Did she fall or did she...

with intention?

[SIGHS]

Why am I telling you this?

Because what matters is that we learn from our mistakes.

I need you to know that you are my inspiration.

-Katherine? -I am considering taking it all back.

Much of it is of dubious quality.

Tell me what's happened.

It's nothing, a small exchange.

I just don't understand.

After all I have done.

I tried to help him and he mocked me for it.

Chastised me, chose to defend some girl over his own future wife.

-What girl? -The dressmaker's niece.

-Opposite? -Why?

He has demonstrated a certain leniency towards this cooperative.

I wondered if there was reason behind it, that's all.

-What do you mean? -Oh, nothing.

[CLEARS THROAT] Nothing at all to worry about.

All lovers have the occasional squabble.

I mean, Moray is almost certainly feeling rather nervous.

I think we should plan a trip for you both

after the wedding.

A chance to escape these distractions

and concentrate instead on each other,

your shared future together.

Hmm? Italy?

Greece?

Both wonderful at this time of year.

At a time like this, a man needs to stand back,

take stock.

As far as I can see, things are surprisingly good.

In fact, much the same as they were before all this cooperative stuff.

We've still got our business, our skills, some orders.

Unfortunately, Uncle, those orders were placed through the cooperative

at a discount that we can no longer honour.

Unless you want to sell at a loss.

I hadn't thought. I often don't.

Denise, I'm sorry.

After all you have done. Giving up your job at The Paradise.

That's not true. I left The Paradise of my own accord.

It was childish.

-A foolish impulse. -Still.

I've been a pig-headed, arrogant oaf.

Stubborn as a mule.

What matters is that we learn from our mistakes,

not stand here licking our wounds.

We should have confidence, we've earned it.

We've shown what we can do.

And now we must be ready for the next opportunity that comes our way.

And we will be, Uncle, we will.

[KNOCKS ON DOOR]

Darling? I have spoken to Papa and he agrees,

we must put an end to this circus.

Our wedding should be about love, a meeting of two souls,

not all this endless planning.

We shall bring the date forward.

Arrange a small affair. Why not?

I cannot bear to wait.

And listen, Papa has offered us a wedding gift.

An extended honeymoon, just the two of us, alone,

-away from all of this. -Hmm.

Perhaps Europe?

I am sure Dudley will manage the store perfectly well in your absence.

The perfect start

to a perfect marriage.

I suspect there are a few things you would have changed.

The draping of the fabric perhaps a little too Miss Audrey?

[DENISE LAUGHS]

The overall display lacking a single focal point.

Oh, how we must suffer for the lack of perfection.

-Denise, I, uh... -No. No. There's no need.

I do not want your apology.

There's too much of an air of finality about it.

I should like to remain friends, Mr Moray.

My dream is that I will make my own mark on the world, as you have.

I see that I have lost my little champion.

She has grown too great for me.