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00:09It was a momentous day when June's mother remarried, and they joined our family.
00:24The illustrious Forsythes.
00:27Oh, so we like to think of ourselves.
00:31The groom, my grandson Jolyon, newly returned from his escapades in Europe to take up his
00:39role as heir to the family firm.
00:42Much to the frustration of his cousin Soames, an ambitious soul unwilling to play second
00:49fiddle to anyone.
00:50I wish your mother could have lived to see this day.
01:03She'll be the making of you.
01:10Frances was a widow, queen of high society, handpicked to cement our status among the London elite.
01:30Of course, every family has its rivalries, its intrigues.
01:35But on this great day of celebration, we put them aside.
02:06That one is my brother James' abode.
02:10But inside it's not a patch on ours.
02:26You can see why my brother wanted her for Jo.
02:29She'll steady him, put an end to all this running amok amid the flashpots of Europe.
02:35But you could have had her.
02:36I'd have made an offer.
02:37I'm obliged to you, Pa, but when the time comes, the bride will be of my choosing.
02:42Well, quite frankly, why would you want to burden yourself with an eight-year-old brat?
02:51My late husband invested with Forsyth & Co., so you might think this is a natural progression.
02:56I'm a prime asset changing hands, and June has long needed a father figure.
03:03Go and be presented.
03:09Grandmamma Anne is the head of our family.
03:19Do I have to like you?
03:21No.
03:22Because I don't like anyone.
03:25It's a good decision.
03:29What's going on?
03:31This is June.
03:34Do you know what a foresight is?
03:38A foresight is someone who knows the value of stock, and family, and repute.
03:48You must never ask questions, never contradict, and never ever fail to come up to scratch.
03:57Don't scare her.
03:58She needs to know what she's letting herself in for.
04:17KудrFORE
04:17KIDD S north score
04:46KIDD Sər
04:52Ten years on, as June's 18th birthday approaches,
04:57the peace and stability of the Foresight world is about to be overturned.
05:06Explain to me why drawing is such a necessary accomplishment for cultured young ladies.
05:11What possible use could it be?
05:13It's exactly what your grandfather said to me when I joined the family firm.
05:16But you used to love drawing.
05:19I love many things.
05:20Will you draw me? Please. Just a quick sketch.
05:40That is me. Exactly me.
05:42Here, we'll be late for breakfast.
05:47So, I was thinking, for my birthday, instead of a ball, could we just have a picnic?
05:56Just...
05:56Because your mother wouldn't throw me the moment when cancelling the adventures we've had for the last ten years.
06:06So, what do we think of Charlie Armstrong?
06:10Is that Sir Roger's boy?
06:12Mm-hmm.
06:13For what?
06:14For June.
06:14Does she like him?
06:15She's never met him.
06:17But I've invited the Armstrongs to the ball.
06:20Along with the Latimers.
06:23Tea.
06:24Pallisters.
06:25Railways.
06:27Carterets.
06:28Land.
06:28It's a question of who would most benefit the family.
06:32Miles Latimer?
06:34Horatio Carteret?
06:35The Prince of Wales?
06:36Oh, I'm serious.
06:40Hurry with your breakfast.
06:41We have an appointment in town.
06:43Where?
06:44The dressmaker.
06:46Your gown for the ball?
07:00So, Pa, well, something rather exciting.
07:03And costly.
07:05A racehorse, Papa.
07:06Monty's found the very thing.
07:07And when you know the GGs, as I do.
07:11I'd hope, as my brother, you'd want to encourage my husband.
07:14Just as when you wed, I'll happily take your wife under my wing.
07:17If ever there were a reason not to marry.
07:20Who's marrying?
07:20Frances was saying she knows a dozen girls who'd make Soames a splendid wife.
07:24Though I'm sure I don't know who'd be good enough.
07:26I believe she has several coming to June's ball.
07:28Well, thanks for the warning.
07:30I'll go in disguise.
07:32Shall we be off, Pa?
07:35No.
07:36No.
07:37No.
07:38No.
07:40No.
07:41No.
07:42No.
07:42No.
07:43No.
07:43No.
08:00Thank you so much.
08:04Ah, Lady Carteret.
08:09Oh, dear.
08:10We were hoping to keep Miss Louisa to ourselves.
08:13My apologies.
08:15Do you know Mrs. Frances Forsyte?
08:18And her daughter, June?
08:22Good day to you.
08:24How do you do?
08:25We need a gown for June's 18th birthday ball.
08:28I hope you received our invitation.
08:31So kind.
08:34Try not to let Mrs. Forsyte monopolize you.
08:46If you'd please remove your coat.
08:48Yes.
08:50Obviously, this has to go.
08:52Sadly, she's been influenced by her father, who has his own eccentric views on fashion.
08:56Like wearing clothes, which actually let you move.
08:58So, a tight waistline, a bustle, potentially a train.
09:02Certainly, madam, if I may first take measurements.
09:07Yes, of course.
09:13I've other calls to make.
09:14I'll return.
09:24Oh, my God.
09:52How's the morning?
09:52Good morning, Mr. Wilson.
10:02For half a century, we have been preeminent among London's stockbroking elite.
10:08But lately, young upstarts have been snapping at our heels.
10:12So how do we maintain our supremacy?
10:14By not resting on our laurels.
10:17By seeking out new investments, new markets.
10:19By keeping our ear to the ground for information that we may be able to turn to our advantage.
10:24I have something.
10:27So, Sir Roger Armstrong, Durham mining clerk, is about to croak.
10:33Good God, he's barely 50.
10:34Of course, the family's keeping it close to the chest.
10:36Who will be taking over?
10:38The young lad, Charlie Armstrong.
10:39That wastrel.
10:41Never done a day's work in his life.
10:43Precisely the point.
10:44When the news breaks, the share price will plummet.
10:46Not necessarily.
10:48Could hold steady, provided there's no loss of confidence.
10:50We should sell.
10:52Our stock, client's stock.
10:53Thus ensuring a loss of confidence.
10:54So where do you suggest our loyalties lie?
10:57You know as well as I, a massive sale of stock will panic the markets.
11:00And some of our clients have their entire savings invested with us.
11:02If enough shareholders got together, they could force the company to appoint a steadier hand.
11:07Confidence could be restored.
11:14Excellent.
11:15Anything else?
11:18Have a good day.
11:19Onward.
11:24Obviously, we'll sell.
11:26Obviously.
11:30Your mother is very beautiful.
11:33No.
11:34I don't take after her.
11:36Perhaps you favour your father?
11:38Stepfather.
11:40Is he a good one?
11:41The best?
11:43Without him, I'd have run away to sea.
11:48What would you be if you could choose?
11:51Free?
11:52To go where I like?
11:54Meet who I want?
11:55Choose my own gowns?
11:59And you?
12:00Would you be anything other than the best-kept secret in London?
12:06I'm content.
12:08I'm content.
12:08Hmm.
12:12Hmm.
12:14Hmm.
12:45My father was a visionary in every way, except for one fatal flaw.
12:48His insistence that the company be passed from eldest son to eldest son, regardless of merit or aptitude.
12:54Ridiculous.
12:55My brother's had his moments, the company's prospered.
12:58But as for Joe, our so-called heir apparent, far inferior to you in every way.
13:06Still, there's a long way to go before my uncle dies.
13:09And by that time, Joe's utter unfitness for leadership will be clear.
13:13Whereas you will have demonstrated your credentials.
14:28You are more like your mother than you know.
14:31She used to tell me we had too much fire. I almost wish I didn't.
14:35When she died, I wanted you to have a less fraught profession.
14:38But now I think I was wrong.
14:40Had we stayed in Paris, we would not have had to scratch about London for tuition.
14:45But then I would not have met your dear stepmother, and then where would we be?
14:50Lost. Entirely without the sanity of an outside perspective.
14:53My dear, the ballet, it's simply not a respectable profession.
15:03Well, you can't deny it attracts women of ill repute.
15:05And artists, of which my mother was one.
15:08And so must you be.
15:16Madame Lannis says there's no more she can teach me here.
15:19She thinks I should return to Paris, take my chance at the corps de ballet, if they'll have me.
15:24As for further securing our heritage, it's high time you were seeking an advantageous match.
15:29Look.
16:01I said we should go out of the door to stay indoors.
16:04I'll see you at home.
16:04Here, Paul, lean on me.
16:06May I be of assistance?
16:07Sir, how thoughtful. My husband has taken a turn.
16:09Here, permit me.
16:10You're very kind.
16:12May I call your carriage? Where do you live?
16:13Cut me.
16:14How generous of you, Mr...
16:16Foresight.
16:17Foresight?
16:19Foresight?
16:21What if it's Alan Harris?
16:25Clarissa Heron.
16:27Honoured to make your acquaintance.
16:29And yours.
16:29Wait here. I'll fetch you a carriage.
16:34So obliging of you, sir.
16:37Let me give you my card, miss.
16:39The Heron.
16:40Irene.
16:46So, Miss Foresight.
16:48A pleasure.
17:16Tell me about your day.
17:20I was measured for my gown.
17:23And Mama told me who was coming to my ball.
17:26Anyone you know?
17:28A few dull cousins.
17:30And a torrent of people who matter.
17:34No doubt you'll be flounced up like a meringue and served up for dessert.
17:39You guessed.
17:43I brought you these, Grandma Ma.
17:45Oh, sweet boy.
17:50Oh, show Grandma Ma the drawing.
17:58Isn't it wonderful?
18:03Don't encourage him.
18:05No, seriously.
18:07Don't.
18:10It isn't that the Foresight's dislike art.
18:14They understand its value, provided they could buy it and sell it.
18:18It's just they don't care for the artists, and they certainly don't wish to be related to them.
18:37Do we really have to be thinking of a match for June?
18:40The darling girl is an asset to be deployed strategically.
18:46As I was, hand-picked to ready you for rule.
18:57If only I was the ruling type.
19:00You are, my love.
19:08You are, my love.
19:44Are you coming, Mama?
19:45You said you'd read to us.
19:47I will, my darlings.
19:48Let me just finish this.
20:00You must write to Madame Grasse in Montmartre.
20:05Hopefully she'll have a room.
20:08Yes, Papa, but my first priority is to get you well again.
20:12You'll never compromise.
20:14You'll hold vast to your passion.
20:18You have the means to pursue it in my will.
20:25Why are you saying this?
20:39There, there.
20:41Set me a place.
20:43France is omitted to order tripe.
20:45And I cannot abide breakfast without awful.
20:53Sir Jimmy Buckland's had electric lamps installed at his house.
20:57Blighton must be coining it in.
20:59I believe your brother is considering them for next door.
21:03Look into it, son.
21:05I'll be damned if he gets them before we do.
21:20Well, you must be delighted.
21:23The will is entirely weighted in your favor.
21:27Purely to cover my expenses in Paris.
21:30But your share amply covers the least on this house.
21:34With no change to your manner of living.
21:48I'll be damned if he gets them before we do.
21:52I'll be damned if he gets them before we leave.
22:01Look at the stars.
22:02I'll be damned if he gets them before me.
22:03You have to be damned if he gets them before me.
22:17My sincere condolences.
22:20I saw the notice and felt compelled to pay my respects.
22:25That's so kind of you.
22:38He was my dearest friend.
22:42I hope family and friends will rally round.
22:46My stepmother is my only family.
22:50Mr. Forsyte!
22:56Oh, we are bereft.
22:58I doubt we shall ever recover.
23:00If there's anything I can do.
23:01There is. My husband's financial affairs are quite baffling.
23:06Any light you could shed.
23:08I'm entirely at your service.
23:16So, what I've done is create the impression of a corset without the whalebone structure.
23:21Where did you learn all this?
23:23I used to be a ladies' maid and would have to repair her dresses.
23:26And when I came to London, I took in mending and set up as a seamstress.
23:31Are you coming, Laura?
23:32Oh, excuse me. We normally have tea at this hour.
23:36Would you like to join us?
23:38Oh, well, yes, please.
23:40I'm ravenous.
23:48What I'd give for your life.
23:50It's so simple.
23:52Thanks.
23:53Straightforward.
23:55Honestly, you don't know how lucky you are.
24:06Signature here.
24:08And have you had chance to look over the contracts for the Blackfriars purchase?
24:12Remind me.
24:13Land adjacent to the river acquired by the company with a view to development.
24:17Oh, yes.
24:18Canny piece of business.
24:19This is your doing, Joe tells me.
24:21Well, I can't take all the credit.
24:22As the firm's attorney, your judgment is highly regarded, Mr. Cole.
24:33Please, come for me.
24:35Oh.
24:48Any savings?
24:50Property?
24:51My father's wealth was largely in shares.
24:53He was retired and lived off the dividends.
24:56Oh, yes.
24:58Yes, I see.
25:11Would you excuse me for a moment?
25:20Any updates on the Durham share price?
25:23Oh, yes.
25:24As a matter of fact.
25:27Congratulations.
25:29You did it.
25:31You offloaded every share.
25:33You went behind my back knowing we had agreed to try and save the company.
25:37I considered it's the best course of action.
25:39Did you?
25:40Leaving no time to finalize a rescue package.
25:42So the company has collapsed.
25:44It has.
25:45But you knew would happen.
25:47And still you went ahead with it, disregarding all the consequences.
25:50The consequences are that I've succeeded in protecting the bulk of our clients.
26:00Do you have a moment to look at some contracts?
26:20So I see that the majority of Professor Heron's estate was invested in a mining company.
26:27The Durham mining company?
26:29Yes.
26:36Ruined.
26:38Utterly.
26:41How could your father let this happen?
26:44As Mr. Forsyte explained, stock rises and forces no one's fault.
26:48But how are we to live?
26:49We cannot entertain big calls.
26:52Even leave the house without risking ignominy.
26:57And I cannot go to Paris.
26:59And I cannot go to Paris.
27:28Well, shall we go and pay our weekly homage to the Emperor?
27:33I'd pay a fortune not to endure my brother's wittering.
27:37All smiles for Grandmama.
27:41I was thinking to go to Bath next month.
27:44What nonsense.
27:45Harrogate's far superior if you really know your waters.
27:48Hmm.
27:49Is this...
27:50Sure this is real old Worcester?
27:52I think my brother's been diddled.
27:58The Carterets and Latimers have confirmed.
28:00But for some reason, the Armstrongs have sent their regrets.
28:03I can think of a few reasons.
28:05Four pits, 2,000 jobs, and a family in mourning.
28:07Need we revisit this?
28:08Oh.
28:10I realize it's inconvenient to be reminded.
28:12We can't afford to be sentimental.
28:14Can we afford to be human?
28:37Do you excuse us?
28:39Do you excuse us?
28:47Disagreements at the office?
28:48Yes.
28:49Easier story.
28:50Soames the pragmatist, Joe the hothead.
28:53Most unseemly.
28:55Sets of very poor examples of the clerks.
29:20Will you ever learn?
29:23I shouldn't think so.
29:44Dear boy, just can't help himself.
29:48He's too impulsive by half.
29:49For the firm or the world in general?
29:51Both.
29:52Ours is a cutthroat business.
29:54And Soames, you see, and James, they are hard-headed.
29:58Whereas Joe is...
30:00Led by the heart.
30:02But to prosper.
30:04Truly, as we have done, one has to be cold.
30:08Unsentimental.
30:09As I have been my whole life.
30:11And yet lately I have regretted sometimes.
30:16Well.
30:18Easy to say when one has amassed a great fortune.
30:23I believe the boy has the makings of a fine leader.
30:27Once he has acquired a little more...
30:29Ruthlessness?
30:31Yes.
30:32Of course, I know little of business.
30:35But might there ever be a circumstance?
30:38Or a need?
30:39For Jolion to step up?
30:42Would he then not see the necessity of acquiring a little more steel?
30:47Quite possibly.
30:49Whilst absolutely retaining his principles.
30:54So what would this circumstance be?
31:18The sheer extravagance of this ball.
31:24Of my life?
31:26Of this place?
31:28I'm glad you're aware of the advantages you've been given.
31:31But I wish we were poor.
31:33My dressmaker in Soho.
31:35Her life.
31:36It's simple.
31:38She works hard.
31:39She's an artist.
31:41But...
31:42She answers to no one.
31:44No...
31:45strictures.
31:46No...
31:47rules.
31:48No obligation to marry well.
31:50There's no obligation to marry at all.
31:53Isn't there?
31:54In this family.
32:08Uncanny how like you she is.
32:11They're not even a foresight born.
32:14So she might still escape.
32:18Will you?
32:23On my wedding day, I stood in this very room, brimming with hope.
32:28My whole life ahead of me.
32:32And then?
32:35I became a foresight.
32:45You won't be content till we're having a stick to sit on.
32:47But what choice do we have?
32:48How else do we propose to show up our future?
33:00There are other ways that don't involve beggaring ourselves.
33:04Especially when one is in one's prime.
33:25Have we some appointment?
33:27I wasn't...
33:28Ah, good heavens.
33:30Is that...
33:32Is...
33:33Mr. Forsyte.
33:34Did he invite us?
33:42Your hand up!
33:43Your hand up!
34:12Hello!
34:16take this
34:20Mrs. Heron
34:23Mrs. Heron
34:25it's so good of you to come
34:27marvellous sport, Polo
34:30I've long been a fan
34:31I like to keep active
34:32desk workers stifling
34:35do you enjoy sports, Mrs. Heron?
34:36tell me some archery are my favourites
34:39may I offer you some tea?
34:41how delightful
34:48so tonight
34:49at what hour
34:52leave it to me
34:55I know how to time things for maximum effect
35:13well? show me
35:24I realise it's the function of youth to aggravate its elders
35:28could you occasionally resist the impulse and allow me to take some pleasure in my child?
35:33can you?
35:36do you?
35:37contrary to what you might think
35:39often
35:41and if I seem to dictate
35:44that is only because I was also once your age
35:47and I thought I knew best
35:49and did you?
35:52I did not
35:54so humour me
35:57and allow me sometimes to offer you the benefit of hindsight
36:03as long as
36:04you allow me
36:06to make my own mistakes
36:07I will try
36:15and now
36:15may I see
36:39oh no Hannah it's impossible
36:42I can't
36:43there's a carriage here waiting to take you
36:45and now
36:56I am
36:56and so near
37:26it will take time i must replace the entire panel
37:29please be as quick as you can the guests will soon be arriving
37:42sir stanley and lady carter
37:50miss olivia and the honorable horatio carter
37:57mr and mrs isaac cole
38:05and what are horatio's plans after cambridge i hope we'll see more of him in london
38:10my grandson and his sister have a very full calendar as i'm sure you'll appreciate
38:17mr foresight she'll do very well for you elevate us no end
38:24not wishing to upstage june's occasion but mrs cole and i have some news
38:29the cole dynasty is about to produce an heir
38:34that's tremendous any advice on fatherhood
38:38i hardly think i'm the expert june might disagree
38:43sir miss june is on her way
38:46would you excuse me
39:12miss june foresight
39:14miss june foresight
39:15miss june foresight
39:17miss june foresight
39:21miss june foresight
39:23miss june foresight
39:24miss june foresight
39:28miss june foresight
39:31miss june foresight
39:32miss june foresight
39:36miss june foresight
39:40miss june foresight
39:43miss june foresight
40:21Lord, he was dull as ditch water.
40:27Will you dance with me?
40:28Oh, I don't think I should.
40:29Your mother has a whole list of eligible sliders.
40:31Please.
40:33Come on.
40:45Come on.
41:33My dear friends and family, we are here to celebrate our beloved June.
41:43June, her entry into society for what is life but a series of entrances and exits.
41:50As one steps out, another steps aside.
41:54As chairman of Foresight & Co., I have labored long for the greater glory in our little empire.
42:01But now I am wondering, has the time come for me to pass over the reigns?
42:10To my son, Joe.
42:16I tell you this now not to distract from your special day, but to rather augment it.
42:21A double celebration, if you will.
42:25To my son and granddaughter, both stepping up.
42:52Mrs. Byrne.
42:53Mrs. Byrne.
42:53A moment.
42:55There is someone I want you to meet.
42:57Papa!
42:58Papa!
42:59Ah, may I introduce you to a new friend, the most wonderful dressmaker, Mrs. Lisey.
43:08I have to speak with my cousins.
43:18I hope June is pleased with her gown.
43:23How are you here?
43:25Your wife came to my shop.
43:29How long have you been...
43:30In Soho. A long time.
43:34And then you're married.
43:37Widowed.
43:40Since when?
43:43Many years.
43:47You didn't think to tell me?
43:53Our lives are very different now.
43:57I must go.
43:59I must go.
44:13Louisa!
44:16After I left Venice, you...
44:19You promised to write.
44:20It was a difficult time. We were traveling.
44:24I had no way of reaching you.
44:27Nothing could ever have come of it.
44:30I was a lady's maid. You were the heir to a dynasty.
44:35I loved you.
44:39You would not have been allowed to love me.
44:45I must go.
44:47God bless you, Joe.
45:07Interesting decision.
45:10But you approve?
45:11Are you prepared?
45:13That...
45:14Is he?
45:18My brother would never have come to this alone.
45:22It's her doing.
45:23And hats off to her.
45:26A man needs an ambitious wife if he's to scale the heights.
45:31Wasted mission, of course.
45:33The firm will go to the dogs with him in charge.
45:36Simply never had the killer instinct.
45:38It doesn't matter.
45:39Others do.
45:53So...
45:54Had you the least idea?
45:59Your father's announcement.
46:01Oh, yes.
46:04What on earth possessed him?
46:06I never knew him to be so...
46:07Impulsive.
46:08One wonders what he was like in his youth.
46:11Quite feral, I should imagine.
46:13Not unlike yourself.
46:15Me?
46:17Rumor has it, on your grand tour,
46:20you blazed across Europe,
46:22leaving a trail of broken hearts.
46:25Why not?
46:27We all deserve our moments of madness.
46:34And then we grow up.
46:39And then we grow up.
47:04And then we grow up.
47:17Don't move.
47:19Don't move.
47:23Don't move.
47:49My apologies for calling unannounced.
47:51I'm afraid my stepmother is out.
47:53May I tell you who called?
47:54By all means.
47:55Forgive my presumption,
47:57but since I first met you and Mrs. Herron,
48:01well, I suspect you've noticed
48:02where my attentions have been directed.
48:06I have.
48:11And may I just say,
48:14my stepmother is an admirable woman.
48:19Your stepmother?
48:21Your stepmother?
48:21Yes.
48:25I sense perhaps a slight confusion.
48:29Admirable, as Mrs. Herron is,
48:32she's not in fact the primary motivation for my visit.
48:39Miss Herron,
48:41I'm aware
48:42that your life must be in turmoil.
48:45The loss of your father,
48:46your financial difficulties.
48:48All I ask is to be considered
48:50a friend,
48:53a companion.
48:55To me?
48:56To you.
48:59Will you allow that?
49:00A friend
49:02would be most welcome.
49:12Will you allow that?
49:39And if you do your lessons well,
49:42perhaps when I finish Miss Carter's gown,
49:44we might go to the park
49:46and eat ice.
49:48Oh, may we please?
49:51Oh, that'll be the laundress.
49:54I'll get to it.
49:55Thank you, Hannah.
50:03Forgive me.
50:04I was passing
50:05and I wanted to thank Miss Verne
50:07for saving the day last night.
50:08Absolutely, Mrs. Hallside.
50:10Oh, I...
50:12You're more than welcome.
50:17So,
50:20you've been in London for ten years now.
50:23And before that,
50:24Ireland as the ladies' maid.
50:27And Europe?
50:30Did you ever travel?
50:32Italy, perhaps?
50:34Uh,
50:35well, I, um...
50:38Mama, look at this picture!
50:40Well,
50:41who are these charming persons?
50:43I'm Holly.
50:45I'm Joss.
50:45We're twins.
50:46But I'm the oldest.
50:48I only just.
50:49And the tallest.
50:50Nobody cares.
50:52Oh, Joss.
50:54Is that...
50:55It's what Mama calls me.
50:57Although my proper name's Jolian.
51:09Well, I'm delighted to meet you both.
51:15And thank you again for last night.
51:19Turned out to be quite the occasion.
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