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the mill s02e02 skyfire
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00:00Why are you here?
00:01Mr. Sturge needs a full name to advertise your tour.
00:04I'll give it some thought.
00:06Robert Greggs asked the porlog commissioners to send them workers from the south.
00:11They are not the enemy. They are victims of the porlog.
00:15Have you come to work at the mill?
00:16Wish you makers, madam. My grandson will feast your eyes on a craftsman in action.
00:23Master Williams sees something in me he likes. He wants me to be the overseer.
00:28After one week.
00:30We have to unite with them, not fight them.
00:37Oh dear.
00:57You've done it again, you lanty little bitch! I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
01:01You're two yards from the piss-puff!
01:02Hey!
01:04It's just her way of keeping you warm.
01:05She can't help it!
01:06If you didn't keep shouting at her!
01:08You ain't such a cold-hearted cow. She might not bother.
01:33Esther will be gone soon. Then things will change.
01:57Some things you can't control. The weather. Potato brine.
02:04Some things are the will of God. But how hard you work is up to you.
02:09We've lost old hands to the weaving, chef. An experienced overseer to another mule room.
02:14Little Mary Ann's sister. That was never a place.
02:16A girl down and less experienced. That's all those figures prove.
02:19It doesn't matter to you. Board and lodging, free of charge, fed and watered, no matter what.
02:25But it matters to those of us who feed our families from our own pocket.
02:29I finish my apprenticeship next week.
02:31You'll change your tune then, once the shirt has dragged down your wages.
02:35We can only go as fast as the mules go, Mr Howlett.
02:38I expect no more from you than I expect from my own sons.
03:04I'm not here to fight again.
03:09I lost my temper. I'm sorry.
03:13I need my mules to run quicker.
03:15It's not possible.
03:17I don't know engines, but I know horsepower.
03:21And that's nowhere near the maximum.
03:24This works the weaving sheds.
03:26The mule room runs off the water wheel.
03:28Couldn't you give me more from that?
03:31It wouldn't be safe.
03:32I know what my hands can cope with.
03:34In a cow shed? What I know is the machines in this mill.
03:40You're not on piecework, are you?
03:43Shirkers don't matter to you.
03:45You're better paid than any of us.
03:50Why are you so desperate to make the Greggs even richer?
03:53The better they do, the better we all do.
04:01This isn't over.
04:07There's a cellar room vacant in the village.
04:10Five old cottages.
04:12Do I have to wait till my birthday?
04:14That's when your indentures end.
04:16Right.
04:17Thanks, Mr Windle.
04:19Oh, we were just talking about you.
04:22And despite what everyone says, we think you'll get the hang of it.
04:29She needs taking down a peg or two.
04:35What do you want to do for you, Mr Howlett?
04:37I just need some figures, if you would, please.
04:41I'd like to know how much cotton is spun each day in my room.
04:45How much was spun when Boone was overseeing
04:47and how my yield compares to the other mill rooms.
04:50You know the value of research.
04:53I just need to know my target.
05:01Oh, you were just across from Susie.
05:09And underneath my handsome shoemaker.
05:12You'll have Harlot overlooking you, even when you're not at work.
05:15Worth it.
05:16Won't be long.
05:22Are you ready for me?
05:24Come in and try them on.
05:32You'll have to show me how.
05:33Just take them on your tractors.
05:36I'll do it for me.
05:38Go on.
05:43Oh.
05:44That's gorgeous.
05:46For God's sake, get the other one on her and get her out of here.
05:49Hey, Shirley.
05:53What's she doing here?
05:54Picking up her shoes.
05:56Oh, I can't actually pay you right now.
05:58Not in cash, anyway.
05:59Speak like that in my home.
06:02Like what?
06:03Get out.
06:04I'll be moving in downstairs soon.
06:06I'll pay you then, Will.
06:08Ouch!
06:10Stay away from that hussy.
06:13She's no good.
06:14I'm not the bride, it's neither.
06:16She needs help putting her shoes on.
06:19You can do a lot better than a mill girl.
06:22Especially an apprentice.
06:25They've had no family life to speak of.
06:27So they make bad wives and worse mothers.
06:31None of them have any moral standards.
06:37Oh, that's the dream, isn't it?
06:39You marry a skilled man like our Susie,
06:41and you never have to work in the mill again.
06:43Esther's just happy she can stay.
06:45Oh.
06:45I'd swap places with her in a heartbeat if I could.
06:47Well, wouldn't we all?
06:48Well, no-one would work if they had the choice.
06:50Oh, and Daniel might.
06:52He loves his machines.
06:53No-one bawling at you.
06:55Day's your own.
06:56Sit down whenever you want.
06:58Completely independent.
07:00And she knows how lucky she is.
07:02It'd be a great venue as a neighbour.
07:04We can keep each other company at night.
07:05We'll have such a laugh.
07:07I can't wait.
07:08A place of my own.
07:09Bed all to meself, imagine it.
07:10We'd better get going.
07:12Dan will be in soon, won't there's tea?
07:13No, he's gone to Manchester again.
07:16Come on.
07:16Well, it's the vote he wants,
07:18and he's missing many a tea to get to.
07:20Why don't you want to stay for some?
07:21Oh, I wish I could.
07:22It smells lovely.
07:23Well, there's plenty.
07:24It's ready now.
07:25We've got lessons tonight,
07:27and you know we can't miss care for you.
07:29I don't want to get into any trouble on me last week.
07:34See you soon.
07:35Oh, love to Daniel.
07:37Bye.
07:50I'll miss you, you know.
07:52We'll still be working together.
07:54It won't be the same.
07:58The only difference will be, I'll have money at the end of the week.
08:17Sorry.
08:18Did I wait you?
08:20Do you want something to eat?
08:22No.
08:23Go back to bed.
08:25What's that?
08:28Six demands.
08:30One man.
08:31One vote.
08:32Annual parliaments.
08:34No property qualifications to stand.
08:35So you've had a good day.
08:38Apart from Howlett.
08:40Trying to speed his mules up.
08:43The man's an imbecile.
08:45You've been plotting out to win him the vote.
08:48Well, Rich imbecile's vote.
08:52We'll get working class men in Westminster.
08:54The whole system will change.
08:56Like going from water power to steam.
08:59The Jenny to the mule.
09:01You can't stop progress.
09:03If you're so worried about John Howlett, speak to William.
09:12There aren't any union men in that room anymore.
09:15They don't have authority.
09:17People look up to you.
09:18Daniel, speak to him.
09:20I'm keeping my distance.
09:21In case I smash his self-righteous face in.
09:23Don't do that.
09:27Promise me you won't do that.
09:30The debate tonight was between moral force and physical force.
09:35Do we rely on the justice of our argument to win the day?
09:38Or do we take physical action?
09:42I'm a moral force, ma'am.
09:44With a temper.
09:45With a temper.
09:52Stay calm.
09:56And rely on the justice of your cause.
09:59Please please.
10:17Give us.
10:25Sorry to keep you waiting so long.
10:28What can I do for you?
10:29It's about the overseer in Mule Room 3.
10:33Mr Howlett.
10:34You've promoted him too quickly, hasn't he?
10:38Mr Greg knows what he's doing.
10:40Mr Wendell tells me Howlett has asked you to speed up his mules.
10:44He's driving his hands too hard.
10:46Howlett's meant to look after the machinery as well as the hands.
10:49He knows nothing about either.
10:51Fresh eye.
10:52Keen and ambitious, can see improvements his jaded predecessor has missed.
10:55I think we should give him the extra power.
10:57As an experiment.
10:59If it doesn't work out, we can always go back to how it was.
11:02Someone will get hurt.
11:03Then you'll be around to kiss them better.
11:08Was there anything else?
11:16Is this wise, Master?
11:18Increased speed means decreased quality.
11:21There's an optimum rate after which the two variables become inversely proportional.
11:25I know what I'm doing, Wendell.
11:49For your savings.
11:51Martha's Baba week.
11:53Thanks
11:58Can I have your cot, Esther?
12:01Oh, it's not up to me
12:03I only wet the bed so I could get out of here
12:05So they'd send me to the workhouse with Molly
12:08But when I seen her on Sunday, she said I'm better off here
12:10You were pissing on patients on purpose?
12:22Oh, at last, anyone would think you didn't want to go
12:26Anyone would think you were glad to see the back of me
12:33Happy birthday, Price
12:35Delight your room and feed your belly
12:37Thanks, Mr Windle
12:40I'll see you at work, everyone
13:09Thank you
13:19Thank you
13:57Thank you
14:23Thank you
14:38Can you light me candle, please?
14:42I can't come in
14:43I'd love to
14:44I've got lots to do tonight, but
14:46Later in the week, maybe?
14:47I don't want you complaining about fatigue tomorrow
14:51Get some sleep
14:54Well, as long as you lot keep the noise down
14:56They'll be jabbering away all night telling jokes
14:59Good night, Esther
15:00It's Price from now on, Mr Howlett
15:02I'm all grown up
15:05Thanks
15:11Oh, I couldn't refuse her a lie
15:16Esther
15:17Welcome to the village
15:19Hey
15:19Oh, will you come in?
15:21All I've got is cake and a candle
15:22I've got beer and a blanket
15:24Let's have a party
15:35You'll need fuel
15:37Plates, pots and pans, cutlery
15:39Something for breakfast and tea
15:42That cake's not going to last till pay, does it?
15:44It won't last till morning
15:47I'll get you some provisions tomorrow
15:48Shops are shut by the time you finish work
15:51A new home
15:53New neighbours
15:54In old France
16:04Oh, I didn't offer to cook her tea tomorrow
16:11She wants her independence
16:13If anyone can fend for herself, Esther can
16:17True, but
16:17I'd be glad to show her how to cook if she wants me to
16:21After I've bought all the shopping and fed you a lot of cars
16:26What's Blackpeter's last name?
16:29Why?
16:31I think I've solved the mystery of where he's gone
17:05I think he's gone
17:05He said they was the one that he is
17:06He bought the shop
17:06Who defaced herlei
17:08And, how did you place her sehen
17:09For a party
17:09I see her
17:09I'll be glad
17:09And, agreed
17:18When I came in a market
17:18And said that
17:18I어�al the snacks
17:36What was your first night to piss the cot?
17:39Bed's bone dry.
17:40Must have been you all along.
17:42Shame on you, Patience.
17:44Leave her alone from now on.
17:46Oh, what?
17:46You're gonna go run into Esther?
17:48I don't need Esther.
17:49Don't you?
17:52You sure about that?
18:03Shall we tell Esther?
18:05We have to fight our end battles.
18:10We need to get you dry.
18:20I fell in the water trough.
18:22Get in front of the fire.
18:23Come on.
18:25We're gonna be late.
18:27You've got five minutes yet.
18:31Tell Owlette she's doing her job for me.
18:33I'll send her up when she's finished.
18:35He won't like that.
18:37Good.
18:38All right.
18:39Tell him I'll bring her up personally.
18:51Did you not sleep?
18:53Oh, no.
18:54I got up and went outside to look at the stars.
18:57Because I could.
18:59Aren't you cold and lonely?
19:00Oh, no.
19:01That's patience you're thinking of.
19:03Did you manage without me?
19:04No, without your snoring.
19:06May, Anne's quiet as a mouse.
19:08She didn't wet the bed.
19:10We made out it must have been patience all along.
19:11She'd have seen it.
19:13Come on, you idle sluggish.
19:15It's work.
19:18Hey, these meals running faster.
19:36All right, that's for Esther.
19:39Can she have it on account?
19:42You know what a James is like.
19:43You insist the books balance.
19:45Well, the books will balance at the end of the week when she gets paid.
19:48My hands are tied, Mrs Bates.
19:50Rules is rules.
19:51We're not meant to give truck to anyone.
19:53It's against the law.
19:54And I've extended her as much credit as I can.
19:57I'm sorry.
20:00That's five shillings to put eight penny.
20:07Take out the toffees.
20:09I'll do without my little treat this week.
20:13I'm sure if you ask Mr Bates, you make good the shortfall.
20:20I'm sorry, I would.
20:29Go and get washed.
20:32Where's she going now?
20:33To get washed.
20:34Do you want coldest on your bobbins?
20:36She's already late.
20:38More power means more maintenance.
20:40I needed a child to reach into the grate and clean out the clinker.
20:43You can't just take one of mine.
20:45I need all my hands.
20:46I'm not surprised the rate these are running out.
20:48Look at them.
20:49Twice a piece and half the quality.
20:51They're coping.
20:52Aren't you priced?
20:54Only just.
20:55Wait till the end of the day when they're tired.
20:57This room is not safe.
20:59Not safe for the lazy.
21:02But you'll be happy when you're picking up extra wages, won't you?
21:05Esther, if it gets too much, tell everyone to step away from the machines and come and fetch me.
21:09It's me first day.
21:10Get off my floor.
21:12Don't come back unless I fetch you.
21:14In a week or two, they'll start seeing more snags holding them up in the weaving shed and they'll trace
21:19it back to this room and you'll be gone.
21:22I hope by that time, all this broken thread hasn't become broken bone.
21:51Good evening.
21:56Where have you been?
21:58Birmingham, London, Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester.
22:08I've only ever been to Holmes, though.
22:11Peter Gardner.
22:14Miriam Cotterall.
22:16I am very pleased to meet you, Miriam.
22:19How do you do?
22:23It's not black inside.
22:28Touch it if you want.
22:31Everywhere I go, English people are fascinated by my hands.
22:49So why did you go to all those places?
22:52Step in, I'll tell you.
22:53No, I couldn't.
22:55Why not?
22:56I'm visiting my sister and then I have to go back to the apprentice house.
22:59Visit me instead.
23:01I won't hurt you, I promise.
23:04Just talk.
23:07They think that's what I came here to do.
23:09So I do it.
23:11Talk.
23:13Talk, talk, talk, talk.
23:16But now I am back.
23:18With no one to talk to anymore.
23:22Come in, please.
23:25You've been drinking.
23:28Maybe a little.
23:30Let me pour you one.
23:33It's very sad to drink alone, Miriam.
23:38Please.
23:42Just one, then.
23:46All the way.
24:03I Choicummer.
24:04Are we all in control?
24:06Well, let's see you again.
24:09What?
24:09Let's see.
24:19I look good, no?
24:21You do look dapper.
24:23Mrs. Gregg wanted me to look like a gentleman for Mr. Sturge.
24:28Who's he?
24:29Joseph Sturge. You don't know him?
24:33Famous Quaker man. He organises meetings.
24:36I was his star speaker.
24:38What were you talking about?
24:40My life as an apprentice.
24:43If you're an apprentice, why aren't you living with the rest of us?
24:47I was an apprentice back home.
24:54Why did you come here?
24:57To talk.
24:58You said that's why they think you came.
25:01I came to talk.
25:03To help end Negro apprenticeship in the colonies.
25:06And to work in Mrs. Gregg's garden.
25:13Well, you won't get much work done tomorrow if you've done call that.
25:18This was my grandpa's.
25:21He could drink a bottle of rum.
25:23Dance all night.
25:25Cut more cane than any man in the plantation.
25:30And now, it passes on to me.
25:33I think I can prune plants and shovel soft English soil after a little gin.
25:53Just talk, you said.
25:56I think you can just do what you want because you're dressed like a master.
26:00Because I won't have any man touch me like that.
26:03Any, ever.
26:04Sorry, this isn't me.
26:06I forgot myself.
26:07It's not because of who you are.
26:09Or where you come from.
26:10I just, I won't have any man.
26:12I won't.
26:14Not until we're married anyway.
26:15We've only just met.
26:16You didn't mean that.
26:17It was a joke.
26:18I nearly made you cry.
26:18I was trying to make you laugh.
26:20You're not half as good to talk with you.
26:21You think you are.
26:35Oh, good morning, Mr. Howlett.
26:40I'm done now.
26:41It's all yours.
26:43Oh, if you're quick, the seat will be warm.
26:45No need to thank me.
26:46Shall I wait for you and we'll walk to work together?
26:48No.
26:50Don't be late.
26:57I wonder if Miriam's having a dinner in the garden.
27:00What?
27:01I'm going to raise the room as about to hear in Black Peter.
27:03Right!
27:04Shh!
27:04Come on!
27:19Oh, my God.
27:54Oh, my God.
28:23You could have been killed, son.
28:26Your skull could have been like an apple under a sledgehammer.
28:30And he's fought with it a bit.
28:32I'm sorry, Dad.
28:34Do you understand now where you have to concentrate?
28:37You can't be careless for a second.
28:42Don't tell your mother.
29:04Don't tell your mother.
29:08No.
29:10I'll ask Mr. Windle to make arrangements to send you home.
29:13I'm not ready to go home yet.
29:16You've done what you came to do.
29:19Can I stay, please?
29:22Now that I've experienced your kindness and tasted civilization,
29:26it's hard for me to turn my back on it.
29:31I'll discuss it with my son.
29:52He's learnt his lesson.
29:54He'll concentrate and food you, won't you, Jack?
29:56What?
29:58How long before you can get this machine running again?
30:01You think it was a boy's fault?
30:02How long?
30:05At the old rate.
30:06A couple of hours.
30:08If you want it any faster,
30:10let's go to the office and explain to Mr. Greg
30:12why he needs a new chief engineer.
30:15And why you're dripping blood on his floor.
30:38Passage to Dominica.
30:39Ten pounds in steerage.
30:40Keep him.
30:41He contributes to the credit rather than the debit column.
30:44Can we find him working the mill?
30:45Is that wise?
30:47We had enough trouble integrating the Southerners.
30:49There was only one of him.
30:51Please, my mother.
30:52It's something of a pet project.
30:57Mr. Howlett's experiment?
30:58Tried it.
30:59It didn't work.
31:00No harm done.
31:15You can do that, can't you?
31:18Show build that from there to there.
31:21I'll try my best, sir.
31:24Right.
31:25Bates in charge.
31:27I'll give you instructions.
31:33Daniel.
31:35Daniel Bates.
31:37Peter.
31:39Peter Gardner.
31:40I read about you in the newspaper.
31:43I speak in talk.
31:45I'd like to hear your story myself sometime.
31:49I don't do the talking anymore.
31:53You don't seem too happy to be, eh?
31:56Oh, I'm plenty happy.
31:58Happy than the man you replaced?
32:02Not your fault.
32:04I know.
32:07I just do as I'm told, master.
32:09I'm not your master.
32:11You just give me instructions.
32:15Seems like the Greggs think they owe you something.
32:19They owe all of us something.
32:22How many Greggs are there?
32:24Five sons.
32:26Five daughters, I think.
32:27What are the sons called?
32:29William, Robert, Thomas, Samuel Jr., and...
32:35Vernon?
32:36John.
32:37John Gregg.
32:39Vernon's Mrs. Gregg's nephew.
32:42Never heard of Vernon, Gregg.
32:44Why?
32:44No reason.
33:06More coal?
33:09Let's not waste it.
33:10I'm off to bed soon.
33:21Remember when we were first wed?
33:23You could go to the common and cut all the turf you needed.
33:28Then we weren't cold in those days.
33:30And you were free to graze a cow on it.
33:33We had our own little plot of land.
33:36Big enough to grow our veg, weird chickens.
33:40Didn't matter what other people did or said.
33:43We were...
33:45independent.
33:46We missed those days, too.
33:50The country had fewer mouths to feed then.
33:54They had to change.
33:56We played our part in overpopulation.
33:59Don't forget it.
34:01Do you remember that stubborn young fool who took over old Davey Ronecker's land?
34:05I remember.
34:07After three or four summers, it was barren and dead.
34:10And there weren't a farmer in Bledlow surprised.
34:14They all told him he was overworking it.
34:17But he wouldn't listen.
34:26Did the police tell you?
34:29She did.
34:30Downstairs.
34:36I'm sorry.
34:39I won't speed him up again.
34:42You needn't worry.
34:43Ordinary men struggle to keep up with you, John.
34:47Let alone children.
35:06You never forget your first wage.
35:12Where's the place?
35:14Four days minus deductions for your rent, your loan, outstanding fines, sick club.
35:22Cake and two candles.
35:24I'm complying.
35:25Could have been even less if it weren't for me.
35:27Like yours could have been less.
35:29A boy's wage less.
35:31No complaints, Mr. Howlett.
35:34Thanks, Mr. Windle.
35:35And this is for you.
35:37My union penny.
35:38Money's wasted on something.
35:42The union's men on me.
35:43I was only trying to annoy him.
35:47Tip and to be?
35:49Shilling.
35:52Ton of them.
35:54Shilling.
35:55My uncle and cousins are earning.
35:57I've got other customers.
35:59I'm not that desperate.
36:02She'll earn this week and a tenner after.
36:04Better take them now.
36:06But you put them on yourself.
36:08I'll put them on.
36:10You buy the beer in the horse ship?
36:12Your first wage, you should buy.
36:15What, you'll come?
36:21I have a sweetheart back home.
36:24Emily.
36:25I can't walk out with you.
36:28What, evening these?
36:30Come on.
36:32One promise to another.
36:35I need to test them.
36:36Turn round and bend over.
36:38I'm sorry.
36:41Change your mind.
36:42You know where I'll be.
36:43I'll be dancing.
36:50Dancing in the fires of hell is where she'll be.
36:55You're not warming to her, are you?
36:58No.
37:03What do you think?
37:06Yes, they're very smart.
37:07Yeah, I know.
37:08Hey, what, I'm paying off, not showing off.
37:10How much do I owe?
37:11Uh, two and three print tap me.
37:13You don't mind taking money from a woman, do you?
37:15You didn't want me union penny.
37:17From a man's point of view, women work as undercut wages, you see.
37:20Ah, well, there's more of us than you in that mill.
37:22You should get them organised, Esther.
37:25That's a good idea.
37:26You'd be a natural leader, Esther.
37:28Yeah, I should be leaving you to your tea.
37:30Oh, wait.
37:38Read this and think about it.
37:40The thing is, together, in combination, we're stronger than we are as individuals.
37:46The rights of women, eh?
37:48Thanks.
38:03Someone must have left it for you while I was at the shop.
38:05The, the, the, the, the, the, the...
38:38Me sister's alive! That girl they found in the field. It wasn't Catherine. She's written
38:44to me. She's coming to visit. Oh, God, no! I'm pissing myself! What? You don't think
38:57it was written by a ghost, do you? Or someone pretending to be a sister? That is the nastiest,
39:08dirtiest thing anyone has ever done, says Black Peter's strumpet. What are you crying
39:13for? Piss the cots like a sister to you now. You really want to see your dead sister? Try
39:25that again and I'll kill you as a favour. Get off, Mum! Get off, Mum! Get off, Mum!
39:31Hey! Did you get my lads up there? Yes, Mr Windle. Just waiting for you to come say the prayer
39:37lockers in.
40:10I like to take that in.
40:12I like to take that in.
40:15I'm a lover to play. I'm a lover to say that's my best to be doing today.
40:42If you're saving yourself a medium, then you're wasting your time.
41:07It's her downstairs, drunk as David's sound, cacking through her teeth at our front door.
41:17John?
41:18She'd make a nun curse, that one.
41:22I lost you.
41:30What's all the noise?
41:35What?
41:40What?
41:52Mr. Wendell, can I knock off Esther?
41:55Quickly.
42:29Come to church.
42:31Oh, God.
42:34Oh, God.
42:35Oh, God.
42:36You said you'd come with us.
42:40Oh, God, I can't.
42:43Are those your shoes?
42:45Just leave me alone.
42:54No.
43:22What's this about Black Peter?
43:26I only talked to him.
43:29Aren't I allowed to talk to him?
43:31No, we're not getting yourself talked about.
43:34I'm not alone in his room.
43:37No, if he's bothering you, I can tell Daniel to have a word.
43:41He's not bothering me.
43:42Everybody else is.
43:54I'm forgiven?
43:55It's church.
43:56Those are the rules.
43:58Say so in the Lord's Prayer.
44:12Hey, where's Esther?
44:14Speaking to God from bed.
44:37CHOIR SINGS
44:53CHOIR SINGS
45:00CHOIR SINGS
45:02That Jesus who's sins spread
45:06And who His work be done.
45:10Oh, oh, oh.
45:43Oh, oh, oh.
46:12Oh, oh, oh.
46:21Oh, oh, oh.
46:53Oh, oh, oh.
47:03Oh, oh, oh.
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