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00:07Welcome back, Mrs. Hart.
00:09Oh, have I been away?
00:11Charming scarf.
00:12Oh, thank you.
00:14Spring, summer, yes.
00:15And just perfect with those boots.
00:17Now, my Cytex presentation at 11, yes?
00:20Oh, Paula's taking that on.
00:23Her last one was a triumph.
00:25We sent her cookies.
00:43Grandy, no need for big speeches, thank you.
00:46You know, I have apologized a million times.
00:48And there's no one in the whole world I admire more than you.
00:52Oh, you are doing this speech, are you?
00:54Are you hoping I'll send you biscuits?
00:56Grandy, you have to listen to me.
01:00They know.
01:01They all know you've been ill.
01:04Some source at the hospital.
01:06They're gathering the board in London next Monday.
01:09They've told everyone that you've been ill, and I'm afraid.
01:15They've got the votes.
01:17They're going to oust you.
01:19Hart Enterprises, Cytex, it's all to be taken from you and put in their names.
01:25Edwina.
01:26Yes, along with Uncle Kit, Uncle Robin and Aunt Elizabeth.
01:30I'm so sorry.
01:31What can I do?
01:38I see you've been dabbling in lycra.
01:41Oh, our new leisure wear range.
01:43You'll hate it, I'm sure, but I'm convinced it's the next big thing.
01:46Well, looks very comfortable.
01:53Zip fastening on the side would improve the lines.
01:58Leave me, would you, Paula?
02:00I'm suddenly very tired.
02:20Henry, it's Emma.
02:23I've decided I would like to go ahead.
02:27Yes, please.
02:29And we're to be certain it's absolutely watertight.
02:36My birthday?
02:38Not a thing, I imagine.
02:41What use are birthdays?
02:43Happy birthday to you.
02:48Happy birthday to you.
02:51Happy birthday, dear kid.
02:56Happy birthday to you.
03:01Right, who wants a slice?
03:03Me.
03:04Cheers, please.
03:09This is madness.
03:11Pretending everything's fine.
03:13Throwing a party when we all know war could be declared any second.
03:16We'll be waiting either way.
03:18Might as well eat cake while we're doing it.
03:22Mac, business has been slowing down for months.
03:24I've had to take out loans.
03:26What does Joe say?
03:29Emma, you haven't told him.
03:32He won't hear it.
03:32He's convinced himself war won't happen.
03:34Well, maybe he's right.
03:35He's not.
03:37I need a plan.
03:41Never let a problem that can't be solved.
03:44You had Emma horseplay?
03:48Emma.
03:49Mac.
03:50Family photograph.
03:51Everyone in.
03:53Come on.
03:58Come on, put your arm around your wife, man.
04:28Excuse me.
04:29Sorry.
04:30Sorry.
04:32Sorry.
04:34Sorry.
04:35Sorry.
04:35Sorry.
04:35Sorry.
04:35Sorry.
04:36Sorry.
04:37Sorry.
04:38Sorry.
04:38Sorry.
04:40Sorry.
04:47Sorry.
04:48I'm sorry.
04:51Sorry.
04:51Sorry.
04:52Sorry.
04:56I'm sorry.
04:57Sorry.
04:59did you see the government's going to be accepting bids for uniform manufacturers
05:03this is it mac this is how we're going to survive it now i know what you're thinking
05:09why would they award a contract to someone who's made their name in ladies wear especially a woman
05:12but i think so you're going to start manufacturing the material before you've even won the contract
05:18to make sure i win the contract they can't say no can they yeah but the cost of it
05:24it's a risk i know it is but the only way i can make it work is if i sell
05:31the shops
05:35no no you built those with your own blood sweat and tears you can't just give them up
05:39if i don't do something drastic the debt collectors will take them anyway
05:47you don't think i can do it
05:51i think you can do anything i want
05:56what can i do to help
06:15good night
06:38ah what a blessing being able to have breakfast together again both of us with our wives
06:45so you've settled back into your old room have you yes fine thank you
06:49well we do appreciate you giving up the house don't we adam yes and once finances are back on track
06:57we'll find you a new place that might not be necessary oh i'm signing up
07:14ladies would you leave us for a moment please of course
07:27i thought you'd be pleased you never pass off the opportunity to speak about your days at sandhurst
07:31if i thought this was in any way an honorable war i'd be commending your bravery
07:35but it isn't ours to fight
07:39asquith is leading our soldiers to catastrophe only a fool would volunteer
07:43and i said i was i'm a fool
07:45you do remember we own a newspaper
07:48yes
07:50it's the one thing people will still be buying
07:53edwin do you have any idea how close we are to losing this house
07:57you'll manage without me why why are you so set on this
08:07it's the only way to make it stop
08:08what are you talking about
08:15emma hart
08:17emma hart
08:19what has that damn girl done now
08:21it's what i did to her father
08:24that's the why
08:26emma hart is hell bent on destroying us
08:29it's why she took our mill
08:31she's punishing me and she won't give up until i've suffered as much as she has
08:36so this is what
08:38for a suicide mission
08:39what could you have possibly done that is so terrible you risked your life as recompense
08:47what
08:49emma and i were
08:53involved romantically
08:56i'm sorry father
08:58she fell pregnant and i panicked
09:01took no responsibility
09:04all but sent her away entirely alone
09:14and
09:18what are you supposed to do
09:20marry her
09:24did you not
09:25hear what i said about the
09:27oh yes
09:27yes
09:29general told me years ago there was a child
09:34you
09:35you knew
09:37and you're not angry
09:38well it's not ideal
09:41obviously
09:43but
09:43boys will be boys
09:45needs must be met
09:46and inevitably the sort of girls who are willing are only going to be found in the servants quarters
09:50that
09:52not with emma
09:53it was
09:54what
09:56love
09:57more than love
09:58it was everything
10:00whatever silly infatuation you think you had edwin
10:03it hardly justifies traipsing off to france
10:06with a very real possibility you won't return
10:09i understand the risks
10:11it's what i have to do
10:13and i'm sorry father
10:15you won't change my mind
10:25good morning everyone
10:27now
10:27i know this is an uncertain and anxious time for us all
10:30so i'll get straight to the point
10:35from today
10:37my mills and the factory
10:38will halt production on the usual hat fabrics and designs
10:41to produce only a durable wool for military uniforms
10:45which we will eventually be making on an exclusive basis for the duration of the war
10:49unfortunately
10:52this will mean the closing and sale of my shops
10:55but please don't worry
10:56none of you will be out of work
10:58you're all needed elsewhere
10:59those of you who wish to volunteer
11:01i will continue to pay your wages to your families
11:03then when you return
11:05your jobs will be here waiting for you
11:06while you're out there
11:07fighting to protect our future
11:09we'll be doing everything we can
11:11to protect yours
11:14are there any questions
11:15yes
11:17i have a few
11:20you're selling my shops
11:21i'm selling my shops
11:22i bought them from you at full price
11:24the deeds are in my name
11:26i don't care about the deeds
11:27emma
11:28these shops belong to my father
11:29if you pull the wallpaper down in that corner
11:31you'll see where my mother marks my height every birthday
11:33those memories will still exist with or without these buildings
11:37perhaps you don't understand what a precarious position we're in
11:40who is this we
11:41you talk like we're a team but you didn't think to ask
11:43or even tell me that you're selling my father's legacy
11:46these are not normal times
11:47wouldn't your father want you to do what's needed to survive
11:50or maybe that's the problem
11:52survival isn't something you've ever had to think about before
11:55what's that supposed to mean
11:56these shops were handed to you
11:58just like everything else in your life
12:00that doesn't mean i didn't work hard
12:01and you just trust that i have explored every option
12:04and this is the one that'll see our family through this wretched war
12:06do you have so little faith in me
12:08no that's not fair and you know it
12:10i had faith in you the second i saw you
12:13i gave you a job remember
12:15and less than a year i'll let you a shop
12:17and then another emma
12:18i don't think there's anybody in this world who has more faith in you than i do
12:24mac had no doubts
12:28not one
12:30laura please
12:31i said i didn't want to
12:34laura
12:35emma talks and sent him to him please
12:37they'll listen to you
12:37what's going on
12:39he's signing up
12:41sacrificing himself for a country that's not even here
12:43laura
12:43my husband's gonna give his life for the whim of a government
12:45who won't give women the vote
12:47and i'm supposed to just accept it
12:48it does seem a bit rash
12:49mac it's early days
12:51i'm not doing this for the government
12:53or the king
12:54can't you see
12:56if we don't go over there and stop the germans
12:58they'll bring the fight to us
12:59there's no doubt
13:00it'll reach these shores
13:01that'll take months
13:03years
13:03the war will be over by christmas
13:05and what if it's not
13:09i can't sit here
13:11waiting for them to come to us
13:14i have to do this
13:17to keep you safe
13:18but we don't want you to
13:20do we and i tell him
13:22he's right
13:25we have to do what we can
13:26no matter how risky
13:27scares me
13:28of course it does
13:29i couldn't bear the thought
13:33but we can't be ruled by fear
13:35this is bigger than all of us
13:38we've got good lives that we've worked hard for
13:41people to protect
13:44if we don't fight tooth and nail
13:45in whatever way we can
13:46god knows what that'll mean for our children
13:50doing nothing
13:52isn't that the biggest risk of all
14:14we're with you in just a second feel free to browse
14:19there she is
14:22emma hart
14:25look at you
14:28how far you've come
14:37you should know that edmund
14:40told me everything
14:43he's got it into his head that he has to
14:47he's uh
14:49oh he's volunteering
14:51to fight
14:52punishing himself for what happened
14:54between the pair of you
14:56now
14:57if what edmund says is true
14:58and your feelings for each other
15:00were in fact genuine
15:01then
15:02i'm sure you
15:04don't want his life at risk
15:05any more than i do
15:08so
15:09i thought you could write him a letter
15:13saying that you
15:14forgive him
15:15absolving him
15:17maybe
15:17just maybe
15:18he'll see sense
15:23no
15:30no
15:31the word you're unfamiliar with squire
15:34i'm not as well read as you
15:35but i believe if you look it up in the dictionary
15:37it means there'll be a cold day in hell
15:39before i do any such thing
15:43emma
15:45my son could die
15:46and that has absolutely nothing to do with me
15:56oh you used to remind me so much of your mother
16:00but i can see now
16:02you're quite different
16:04what do you know about my mother
16:05oh she didn't tell you
16:08elizabeth
16:08she used to serve our family much
16:10like you did
16:12i was very fond of her
16:16you're lying
16:17we spent a wonderful summer together
16:20out on the moors
16:21in the caves
16:23on top of the world
16:26only
16:26she was able to see our
16:28time together for what it was
16:29she didn't bear a grudge
16:31and i'm asking you
16:34to do the same
16:35find it in your
16:36heart
16:36to forgive
16:39i think it's what your mother would want
16:47why didn't you help her
16:52she could have lived
16:55if we could have got a doctor to see her to give her medicine
16:59you could have paid for that
17:03i uh
17:04my father ran into a burning building to save your son
17:07he gave his life for him
17:08you wouldn't even give one penny for my mother's
17:11that's hardly fair
17:12no such thing is fair
17:13not in this world though i see why you believe in it
17:16since every coin you've ever tossed has landed heads up
17:18but that is just luck
17:19all i'm trying to do is protect my child
17:21edwin is a grown man
17:22who is choosing to put himself in the line of fire
17:25my mother never had a choice her whole life
17:27no need to get upset
17:28oh i'm not upset
17:29i am burning with rage
17:31and that will never change
17:33you
17:34your sons
17:34your wife
17:35you destroyed my family
17:36and you could be quite sure
17:38i will not rest
17:39until i've destroyed yours
17:40i will not rest
18:32i will not rest
18:56Ah!
18:59Ah!
19:01Ah!
19:02Ah!
19:04Ah!
19:05Ah!
19:05Ah!
19:22I'll be up soon.
19:24It's already morning.
19:26Been here all night.
19:29I'm sorry.
19:33I've been thinking.
19:35And we need to give ourselves the best possible chance of winning the military uniform contract.
19:41So that's why I think...
19:47You should do the presentation.
19:49What?
19:50Perform it, I mean.
19:51I'll write it.
19:52We can write it together.
19:53Practice it over and over until you know it back to front.
19:56Emma.
19:56I know you're angry with me about the shops.
19:59But this is for our family, for the children.
20:01Those lords are never going to give the contract to a woman.
20:04They want someone who looks like them.
20:06A man they can trust in.
20:07And I don't know a more trustworthy man than...
20:09I've signed up.
20:15You...
20:16Joe.
20:19Is this because Mac?
20:23I'm not daft, Emma.
20:26I wouldn't risk leaving our children without a father just to prove to you I'm as much of a man
20:30as he is.
20:32I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
20:36But how could I ever look them in the eye?
20:40Kit and Edwina.
20:42If I didn't do everything I could to protect them.
20:47But...
20:48I need you.
20:54Sorry, Emma.
20:56I didn't know.
21:00You never have done before.
21:22People worried the Boer War would last for years.
21:25And look how quickly that ended.
21:27Weren't there too, Boer War was?
21:30Yes.
21:31The second one lasted three years.
21:36Still, I'm sure that this time next year we'll all be back to our normal lives and everyone will be
21:39so grateful to you for your bravery here, Edwin.
21:42Yes, I'm sure you'll be a huge asset on the battlefield, with all your experience, building pens and fanning about
21:48the newsroom.
21:50I'm looking forward to the parades when it's over.
21:53I expect there'll be some.
21:55Yeah, it's a parade.
21:56That should make all the death worth it.
22:03What?
22:04He's obviously not coming.
22:06He is.
22:08No.
22:10He isn't.
22:23Everyone's wondering where you are.
22:26I thought you'd be too busy drinking champagne, toasting the stupidest decision that everyone's ever made.
22:33Adam.
22:36It's not too late to tell him how you feel.
22:39I made that perfectly clear.
22:50I don't want you to have any regrets.
22:53They're poisonous.
22:56I wish I'd told Adele.
22:57Yes, perhaps if you had, instead of whatever it was you said that drove her back to the drink, she'd
23:03still be here.
23:19Edwina, love, listen.
23:21Do you understand what Daddy's saying?
23:24I've got to go away for a little while.
23:26Can I come?
23:27No, love.
23:30Daddy's got an important job to do.
23:33I'll be back before you know it.
23:35For Christmas.
23:40Yeah.
23:41For Christmas.
23:49You should sleep.
23:52You'll need it.
23:58It's for the birthdays.
24:01I've got up to Edwina's 16th.
24:05Which is impossible to imagine, isn't it?
24:13Will you, um...
24:17If I don't...
24:23You will.
24:54You're not.
24:57Oh no.
25:02I can't.
25:03I can't.
25:05I must be.
25:05Is it...
25:08I just want to...
25:09Do you want to know what Daddy is, I can't ask you?
25:15Bye for now.
25:16You're number 7.
25:17I can't remember that.
25:57Edwin?
26:00Yes?
26:02I hope you find peace.
26:07I know that's a strange thing to say, given...
26:12but it seems to me as though that's what you're looking for.
26:16That's what you've always been looking for.
26:20You might be right about that.
26:23But...
26:27I'm not sure I deserve it.
26:42I'm sorry.
26:45I know who you wanted this to be.
26:49I never should have pretended I was capable of giving you what you wanted.
27:11You shouldn't wait for me.
27:15Whatever happens, don't wait.
27:19You deserve that heart-soaring love you've always dreamed of.
27:26The kind you had with Emma.
27:34I found the letters.
27:38Go ahead.
27:41That's why I had her all to my dress.
27:45I wanted to meet her.
27:49I can see why she made you heart-soaring.
27:54I'm sorry you lost her.
27:58I'm sorry, Molly.
27:59I'm sorry.
28:04I don't know.
28:37I don't know.
28:59I don't know.
29:08I don't know.
29:10I don't know.
29:11See Charles.
29:12I don't know.
29:51I don't know.
29:55I don't know.
29:57I don't know.
30:02I don't know.
30:06I don't know.
30:07I don't know.
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30:47I don't know.
30:56I don't know.
31:01I don't know.
31:27I don't know.
31:29I don't know.
31:30I'm not good at these.
31:31I don't know.
31:36I don't know.
31:48I don't know.
31:49I don't know.
32:17I don't know.
32:19I don't know.
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32:56I don't know.
32:56I don't know.
32:57I don't know.
32:58I don't know.
33:01I don't know.
33:02I don't know.
33:03I don't know.
34:34Carry on.
34:41You should stay. Stay here. Not just tonight, but until they come home. Get each other through it.
34:57But we won't be wallowing. You've got your presentation.
35:02I can't win without Joe. They'll never take me seriously.
35:04That's what a woman would say.
35:07Now a man with all your achievements and a proposal as good as yours, he would go in there and
35:14act like he'd already won.
35:22I don't...
35:24She killed my son.
35:28Who has?
35:31Well, Adam, Edwin's not dead. He's...
35:35She'll pay.
35:36I'll make sure that woman pays.
35:39Who?
35:42In my heart.
35:46Dearest Joe, I don't know when or even if this letter will reach you, but I have to try to
35:53tell you how sorry I am.
35:56Because you're right, a marriage should be about two partners, and I regret more than anything that I never gave
36:02you the chance to be mine.
36:05I've been so proud, so stubborn, thinking I had to do it all on my own, that I didn't notice
36:12the sacrifices you made, the quiet strength you were offering, how you loved me, supported me, and trusted me, without
36:21asking for anything in return.
36:24It was unforgivable deciding to sell the shops, so I've taken them off the market.
36:30Yes, we are in significant debt, but some things are more important than money.
36:42Immediately.
36:46I have every faith that I'll win the bid for the military uniform contract, just as I have every faith
36:52that you'll come home to me.
36:55And when you do, Joe, I'll be the partner you deserve.
36:59I promise you that.
37:01I promise you that.
37:29I will, including my own, are out in the fields of France, fighting for king and country.
37:34The least we can do is provide them with the best possible uniforms to aid their path to victory.
37:38The most durable wool, the most functional designs.
37:42And I am the person to make that happen.
37:44I know I'm not the usual sort to stand before you.
37:47As you've likely observed, I'm not a man.
37:53But I ask you to pay attention not to who I am, but to what I'm offering.
37:59I am the proud owner of two mills and a factory full of workers
38:02poised to begin sewing our soldiers' uniforms immediately,
38:05subject to your approval of my designs.
38:07I've already begun producing the fabric needed at my own cost.
38:11I knew that inflation on the price of raw materials would be coming, and fast.
38:15So the day war was declared, I secured the wool needed to make 16,000 uniforms
38:19at a price of one shilling per pound.
38:22If you were to buy that wool today, you wouldn't be able to get it
38:24for less than one shilling and three pence.
38:26Tomorrow, it will be higher.
38:29And that's how I know that not one of the men you've heard from so far
38:31will be able to offer you a more competitive price than I can.
38:35Time is not a luxury we have, gentlemen.
38:37The war has begun.
38:38Pick me, and not only can I offer you the highest quality at the lowest price,
38:42but I can begin today.
38:50I've had an idea.
38:52And it's rather brilliant, if I do say so myself.
38:55Oh, well, let's hear it.
38:57You should join the VAD.
38:59We can train together.
39:01Oh, it'll be so much more fun if it's the two of us.
39:04I really think you'd get something out of it.
39:07Well, I don't think so.
39:08Why not?
39:10Well, I don't think Adam would...
39:12I mean, he needs me here.
39:14Especially with Edwin gone.
39:16And what about what you need?
39:18Well, I...
39:20I don't...
39:21I'm...
39:22I'm fine.
39:24Are you?
39:26Yes.
39:30What?
39:31Nothing.
39:32It's just...
39:34You seem to spend a lot of time worrying about Mr Fairley's needs,
39:38but...
39:39He doesn't seem to give yours a second thought.
39:42What a thing to say.
39:44That's not true.
39:47Isn't it?
39:49No, I...
39:51Look, I know Adam can be...
39:55But he's been through an awful lot.
39:57I mean, he lost his wife.
39:58And you lost your sister?
40:00Yes, yes, I did.
40:01I lost her.
40:02We both lost someone that we adored that day.
40:04And it was my fault, because I broke Adele's heart.
40:07I betrayed her.
40:07I drove her back to the drink.
40:09You broke her heart?
40:10All on your own?
40:12And what about Mr Fairley?
40:13I was the last person to speak to her.
40:16No, you weren't.
40:17Yes, I was.
40:19No, it was Mr Fairley.
40:23I heard him in Mrs Fairley's room,
40:26arguing, saying the cruelest things only a few hours before she...
40:32Are you making this up?
40:34No.
40:36I swear.
40:40Thank you so much, Odd Acton.
40:42I really appreciate you giving me the opportunity.
40:44You're welcome.
40:45You've got my details, haven't you?
40:46If you have any further questions...
40:47Charles!
40:49Adam Fairley!
40:51Good to see you, old boy.
40:53How long's it been?
40:54How's that horse of yours running?
40:56Huh?
40:57I'm going to insist that you die with us again soon.
40:59I know, Olivia's just dying to see Penny.
41:02Now, regarding those uniforms...
41:04I need your horse.
41:05I can prove you that you're caught.
41:07I want you to be prepared for your trust.
41:28contract lost I lost it's okay there'll be a way won't there find a way to fix it fix everything
41:41now I haven't come up with a plan yet but I always do
42:00who
42:15I
42:28I
42:30I
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