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