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The Hardacres S02E01
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00:01Here he comes, the finest Irishman in Yorkshire.
00:04Help me!
00:05No, let's go!
00:06You may keep your hand, Mr. Harding.
00:07Whether you're able to use it again is another matter.
00:09Aren't we supposed to keep a roof over our heads?
00:11What if we went into something for ourselves?
00:14You need more in one day than I will in the wake of the dogs.
00:16Have you considered expansion and investment?
00:19Which one of these asylums are you moving us into?
00:22They're significant, and I thought you people were dog workers.
00:24And you think it's easy being a lady?
00:26No, it isn't.
00:28Top of English and arithmetic.
00:29I'm pretty, son.
00:30These are decisions that you made to serve yourself.
00:33You are a nasty piece of work, Lady Emma.
00:36I'm proud of where I came from.
00:38I want to be good enough for you, Salove.
00:39Pairing on three.
00:50We mustn't be doing it right.
00:52I followed the instructions to the letter.
00:55That must be something.
00:56No.
00:58It's not catching.
01:04Here.
01:04Let me try.
01:10How you get this one on?
01:12You go and check the wires again.
01:13Yeah.
01:14And Joe.
01:15Make sure everybody's ready.
01:17Right, I'll see you inside.
01:18Yep.
01:19My, my, my.
01:20It'll work.
01:22Come on.
01:26I'm trying.
01:27Come on, go.
01:30Come on, go, come on, come on.
01:30I'm not wrong now.
01:31Yeah, look, please.
01:32I'm going to get a couple days ago.
01:33I'm going to get a couple days, do you a separate party?
01:36You just ask me that one?
01:44I know, dinner should have been served ten minutes ago.
01:47What am I supposed to do? There's no light!
01:50They also serve you on their stand and wait.
01:55There you are, come on.
01:57Is it on?
01:58Don't be ridiculous.
02:01This has got disaster written all over it.
02:04I think it's exciting.
02:06It'll mean more work for you, not less.
02:09Mark my words.
02:10Joe! Joe!
02:12I said one a night, but keep checking, make sure.
02:15I told ya, I told ya.
02:29Big idea you're not working then?
02:31Oh, it'll work. Dining room, two minutes.
02:33Oh, come on, Joe, I can't wait.
02:41Betsy, come on, just leave them with these, like.
02:43Stop running again.
02:45Why don't you not wake them?
02:46Yes, Mum.
02:47Come on, Mum, quick.
02:49So, is it gonna work?
02:51We're about to find out.
02:52Oh, I'm excited.
02:56Hurry up!
02:57Me and Harry are starving here.
03:00We have been waiting long enough.
03:04Right.
03:05Is everyone ready?
03:06Yes.
03:08Three, two, one.
03:12Oh, it's amazing.
03:17I mean, it really is something, isn't it?
03:20Very modern.
03:22At least you can see all the redecorating you've been doing now.
03:23Oh, well, what else was I supposed to do for summer?
03:26Oh, I firmly burnt my bridges with the lady's circle.
03:28Oh, you better off.
03:29I don't miss them, but I miss doing something.
03:33Hey, we're looking to the future.
03:34Here, put that away, Liza, will ya?
03:36Oh, gladly.
03:38Another unsuitable march, is it?
03:39I don't know what's worse, when they write or when they visit.
03:42Can't all be bad, Liza.
03:43You'll need the right one.
03:45Well, I thought our Mary would, too.
03:47I wish Adela weren't in London.
03:49I need a friend to talk to, not you lot.
03:52Hey, there's a room full of experience here.
03:54You should count yourself lucky.
03:55Oh, some experience, Ma.
03:57You scared your own suitor into quitting.
03:59You what, now?
04:00Well, she's not wrong, Ma.
04:02I mean, the grounds haven't been the same since Victor left.
04:04Well, they look better without him moping about.
04:06Oh, you've a cold out, Mother.
04:07Some of us still like fresh air and hard work.
04:10Don't we, Joe?
04:11No, aye.
04:12Taking shop orders.
04:13Recording the halls.
04:15Organising the transport.
04:16It's good, reliable work.
04:21Anyway, this, um...
04:22Joe.
04:23This was a brilliant idea.
04:25It was all, Dad.
04:26Hey, that's not true.
04:28Well, you know what they say?
04:29If you want something done, ask a busy man.
04:31I'm not that busy.
04:35I'm not.
04:36I'm just overseeing the shops.
04:37And the docks.
04:38And the stocks.
04:39And the finances.
04:40And the property investments.
04:41Here, look.
04:41The world is moving fast.
04:43Can you imagine what it's gonna be like for little Samuel over there whenever he runs
04:46Hardacre and Son?
04:47Aye.
04:48Things might fly when you give up the reins.
04:50Anyway.
04:50Enough work talk.
04:52Harry is heading off next week.
04:53He should be toasting to his last year in school.
04:56Next stop, Oxford.
04:58Now, that's a dead boring toast.
05:01How about...
05:02A toast to change.
05:04A toast to progress.
05:06I think a toast to us.
05:08Aye.
05:08To the bloody hard acres.
05:10Cheers.
05:12Cheers.
05:13And now it goes.
05:14Looks good.
05:25Cheers.
05:27Cheers.
05:28Oh, hello.
05:28Welcome home, darling.
05:29Hello, my brother.
05:30Hello, my brother.
05:33Hello, Paul.
05:43The prospects, all anyone spoke of, was recession.
05:47I must have something to eat, and then I'm going to see lives.
05:50No, you are not.
05:51I am.
05:55Do you see what I've been dealing with all summer?
05:57No.
05:58She's been wretched, and I know exactly where she's learned it from.
06:09Woo! Go on, Callum! Go on, lad!
06:13Ha ha!
06:15Look at him! You're already improving, Lord.
06:20My dismounts are working in progress.
06:22Aye, so when am I in a row, then?
06:26Uh, tomorrow. But, Mrs. Sonica, I must warn you, I've read there could be health implications.
06:34No.
06:35What I mean is the shape of the seat isn't...
06:40There's concerns, that, for women.
06:43Why, what's wrong with the shape of the seat, Callum?
06:46For women.
06:49I have business I must discuss with Mr. Hoddy.
06:51Yeah, he's a must-rody.
06:53Right, I'll take this one on the back for you.
07:09There's only so much I can do.
07:11But we need to do this for weeks.
07:13The order book was crystal clear.
07:16Nowhere did it say 30 hams.
07:19We did need 30 rashes for breakfast, but we've got none.
07:21Frankly, I'm at a loss for word.
07:23What on earth were you thinking?
07:26It was your responsibility.
07:28You changed everything round.
07:29Yes, that's what happens with orders.
07:32They change depending on the requirements of the household.
07:36What's going on?
07:37My apologies, Mrs. Hardaker.
07:39There has been an error in our kitchen order.
07:43I was just explaining to Maggie that this kind of carelessness is not acceptable.
07:48I see.
07:49I have the matter in hand.
07:50Oh, I'll have a private word with Maggie.
07:53All the same.
07:55This way.
08:02Finally.
08:02A bit of discipline.
08:06Please don't let me go.
08:08I'm not letting you go, Maggie.
08:10I'm giving you a break from that dressing down.
08:12But I do want to know what happened.
08:14Mrs. Dryden needed someone to help with kitchen orders.
08:18But we'd only been confined and all, so I said I'd do it.
08:22It's an extra shilling a week.
08:23Right.
08:24And somehow we've ended up with enough boiled hemp to feed a small army.
08:29Is the older book not clear?
08:32I don't know, ma'am.
08:35Here.
08:36Have a look.
08:39Does that look clear to you?
08:42Yes, Mrs. Hardaker.
09:05I'll tell Mrs. Dryden I can't do the new job.
09:09No, no, you won't.
09:10We'll just have to figure it out, won't we?
09:12Hmm?
09:13I'll help you.
09:15I promise.
09:17Come on.
09:19The median number is about 10% to 15%, and that's a trend we're seeing across all shops currently.
09:28So we're in trouble?
09:29Considering the entire country is suffering a severe recession, I think we should be pleased.
09:35But profits are reduced.
09:36Hopefully temporarily.
09:38And the family investment?
09:39Also slightly reduced.
09:46These are down by half, some more.
09:47It looks bad on paper, I agree.
09:49But these are still viable assets.
09:52Well, can we sell them?
09:54Panicking now is the worst thing we could do.
09:56So we ride out the storm?
09:59Exactly.
10:00The steadfast prevail.
10:02But it's a troubling time.
10:04I can explain all this to Mrs. Hardaker too.
10:06No.
10:07No, I'll do that.
10:09She should hear it from me.
10:13It's payday tomorrow.
10:14I'll bring the wages down to the docks.
10:16It's really no trouble.
10:17If the recession's hit us this hard, can you imagine what it's like for the workers?
10:21I need to see the mood.
10:24He's finally down.
10:27How's work?
10:28Great.
10:30Everything's still on schedule.
10:32Considering we lost to him, man.
10:34They quit?
10:35No.
10:36They left for America.
10:37Betsy.
10:38Don't start this again.
10:40It'd be an adventure.
10:42Our lives are here.
10:43In Yorkshire.
10:45Our lives can be here whenever we want.
10:49Do you feel stuck?
10:50No.
10:51No, Betsy.
10:53No.
10:54Not here with you and Samuel.
10:56You two mean everything to me.
10:59You know that.
11:01It's just work.
11:03Your dad's kept you in that job long enough.
11:07Showing me ready to take on more responsibility.
11:11You are ready, Joe.
11:15You're right.
11:18No, you're wrong.
11:20Right, better get back.
11:24Thanks, love.
11:28You must tell me everything.
11:30Was there a queue of men, really?
11:32Oh, no, but at one point, there was a new suture here every day of the week.
11:35It's exhausting.
11:36Who were your callers?
11:38The Honorable Clarence Taylor.
11:39Oh, I don't know what's honorable about him.
11:41All he wanted to know is how much my dowry is.
11:44Is he still painfully dull?
11:45Oh, he spent 40 bloody minutes talking about pigeons.
11:49Then, Sir Thomas Burroughs, you should have seen his...
11:52Yeah.
11:57And what about London?
12:00The parties were boring, but I made the most of it.
12:03Did you meet anyone you liked?
12:05No.
12:06Nobody worth meeting.
12:08Mama was more unbearable than usual.
12:10Oh, that sounds bloody awful.
12:12She was upset, because I have no prospects left.
12:15Oh, don't be so dafted, Ella.
12:17I must accept it.
12:19And I'm happy, really.
12:21I'll cheer you on as you find your husband instead.
12:27You've no idea, George.
12:29Come now, Emma, surely it can't have been that bad.
12:31It was absolute agony.
12:33She complained non-stop.
12:35She kept giving people her opinion, as if anyone cares about that.
12:39The level of patience I had to master George, it would test a saint.
12:42We're not bringing her to another season.
12:44I can't go through that humiliation again.
12:48We'll figure something out.
12:50Without a dowry, no one will take her with this disposition.
12:54Look, Emma, I've been focusing on our property since you've been away, and I think...
12:59Oh, please, don't insult an injury with that worthless land.
13:02We're ruined.
13:05Dear God.
13:07What's happened?
13:09Well, is Chris been all right?
13:11My mother.
13:13Oh, Emma, I'm so sorry.
13:15No, she's not dead.
13:17Words.
13:18She's clearly heard something, and...
13:20She's coming here.
13:34All right, all right.
13:53How are you, Jack?
13:55All right, well...
13:56New baby just arrived.
13:57Congratulations.
13:58Sleep for a snake.
13:59All right.
14:00Yeah, a few of those.
14:02I'm being honest with you, Simon.
14:04I've got four mouths to feed now.
14:06If the price is going on every week...
14:08I'll not be raising the price of iron.
14:09It's a shame we can't live on fish alone.
14:12But maybe you could talk to the bakers or the milkmen.
14:15You know, I heard more and more people are trying their luck in America.
14:19If this recession keeps up, well...
14:22We might have to go and on.
14:29John.
14:32Josephine, get a white face.
14:34White.
14:36Metella!
14:36Put something proper on!
14:38Grandma won't mind what I wear.
14:40Last time she saw you, you were a child.
14:42You're a grown woman now, in theory at least.
14:45The house feels brighter already.
14:46Oh, this is splendid.
14:48I look forward to Imelda's stories.
14:50She tells stories so that you'll share your own.
14:52Do not fall for it.
14:54Must be so dramatic.
14:55She's really not that bad.
14:57My mama looked for any reason to say a medal.
14:59We cannot give her one.
15:00We're not to speak of Adella's failed season or our desperate finances.
15:04And under absolutely no circumstances is anyone to mention a hard acres.
15:11White face.
15:12Yes, white.
15:22Oh, my God, Liza, listen to this.
15:23Oh, stop it, Ma.
15:24He sliced her from her throat all the way down to her...
15:27Right, I've got something to show you both.
15:29Spring-Ear Jack, this is unbelievable.
15:31The most terrifying thing about it is that it's all true.
15:34Give over.
15:35Oh, aye.
15:36Spawn of the devil himself.
15:37Right, are you coming or not?
15:39We just got comfortable, Mum.
15:41You should try it sometime.
15:42Oh.
15:44It's just I've got you both a surprise, but if you just want to sit around...
15:47Hang on, hang on.
15:48What's the surprise?
15:48Can we see it, Mum, please?
15:50Hmm.
15:51You'd better get changed first.
15:54Come on, when you put your hat on.
15:55Putting it on is bad enough to get rid of these.
16:00Ladies, welcome to the future.
16:04Oh, come on.
16:12How easy is it, Colonel?
16:14Child's play.
16:16Just fix your gaze on the road ahead and whatever you do, don't stop adding.
16:21I'll be right behind you.
16:24Okay, that's it.
16:25I'll just go on the left and that'll do it.
16:27That's it.
16:29You can use the handlebars to turn.
16:31Oh, hold on.
16:33Yes, Mrs. Honeycomb.
16:34Woo!
16:35She's going to kill herself.
16:38Yes, Mrs. Honeycomb.
16:40Come on.
16:41What are you waiting for?
16:42Okay.
16:43Your turn next.
16:45Oh, my God.
16:49You can use the handlebars.
16:51Oh, my God.
16:52Oh, my God.
17:29Two days
17:30and she's gone.
17:39Hello.
17:41How nice of you both to greet me.
17:44What a lovely welcome.
17:46I hope you haven't gone to too much trouble.
17:50Mama.
17:52My dear.
17:54Melva, how are you?
17:55George.
17:57I trust the journey from Bath wasn't too taxi.
18:00Not at all.
18:03I forgot how marvellous this countryside is.
18:12But not as marvellous as this young lady.
18:16Look at you, sweetheart.
18:19Just as angelic as the day you were born.
18:23Ah, I've bought gifts.
18:27I'm not sure how fitting they are.
18:31Oh, I love them.
18:33I'll wear them tonight.
18:35You shouldn't have brought gifts, Mama.
18:38I just wanted to show my appreciation.
18:41I think what Emma is trying to say is that having you here is gift enough.
18:46Exactly.
18:48I've arranged lunch for us.
18:50Yeah, if you don't mind.
18:51I'd like to stretch my legs and have a breath of fresh air after that long journey.
18:55Of course.
18:56So, you must show me the gardens, Adela.
18:58Ah, we have so much to catch up on.
19:18Yeah, it's Aunt Eliza, your favourite.
19:22Good to see you.
19:25Right, it's time for a nap.
19:28Oh, thank you.
19:33I thought you'd be at Malum now.
19:34Adela's back.
19:36Telling her about all your new prospects.
19:40Everything alright?
19:41Of course.
19:43Why wouldn't it be?
19:45Jo's working hard.
19:46Samuel's happy.
19:48Great, yeah.
19:50That's great.
19:56I was your friend.
19:58Before I was a wife or a mum, you know.
20:01What are you on about?
20:03I've been here.
20:04And you've been so busy enjoying all that attention.
20:06Oh, hang on.
20:07Attention?
20:09Those toughs barely know my name.
20:11All they care about is the heartache of bank accounts.
20:13I thought you enjoyed it.
20:16Betsy.
20:17This is not romantic about being interviewed to be your wife.
20:21Anyway, I thought you enjoyed all this.
20:23Oh, I do.
20:24Well, it's hard.
20:25Mum's away, mind and gran.
20:27I never get back to the village.
20:29Oh, Betsy.
20:32I miss seeing everyone.
20:35I'd like to visit more often, but the travel is a big undertaking.
20:39We can visit you.
20:41I have offered many letters from Strasut.
20:44And Emma stopped writing once the engagement was called off.
20:48Then there were rumours about London.
20:51I'm sure it was just idle gossip, but I had to come to see for myself.
21:01Well, I wasn't the perfect lady.
21:04But I'm not getting married, so attending the season's a waste of time.
21:08Oh, you have the handsome fire in you.
21:13Darling, all that matters is your happiness.
21:19But what is it that you want?
21:25I've never been in love.
21:29So you do want marriage, as long as there is love.
21:36It's a ridiculous notion.
21:38I have no dowry, and men only liked me when I said nothing at all.
21:43But Mrs. Hardacre told me that I'm worth...
21:46Well, I'm worth more than that.
21:48Hardacre?
21:49Who are the Hardacres?
21:51Tell me everything.
21:55Well, there's my best friend, Liza Hardacre.
21:59And her mom won't even let me up.
22:03Never mind.
22:04No, no, she did mention something about...
22:09What was it again?
22:14Well, there was a bit of a falling out, you see,
22:18between mama and Mrs. Hardacre.
22:27Harry, love, can I ask you something?
22:30Yes, sir.
22:31Now, I told Maggie I'd help her with the reading.
22:33Right.
22:34Is there somewhere she can learn?
22:36No idea.
22:39Right.
22:40Come on.
22:41What's going on?
22:43You've not been yourself for weeks.
22:44You've stopped reading.
22:45I mean, I chopped it up to nerves about your exams, but...
22:47I'm not going back to Barlow's.
22:51I'm not going back to Barlow's.
22:53Harry, where's this call from, love?
22:55Has something happened?
22:57I just don't want to go back.
22:59Merci.
23:00What about Oxford?
23:02That was your dream, love.
23:05I don't care about Oxford anymore.
23:09Just leave it, mom.
23:16I tried everything with Harry, but he refused us to go back.
23:20You will.
23:22I'm not going to force him.
23:24You're worrying.
23:25I want to see what's best for our children.
23:27We are.
23:29Anyway, we have bigger problems.
23:33What?
23:35Bigger than our family?
23:38You should have seen the men today.
23:40The spirit's gone.
23:43Isn't there something we can do?
23:45The price of food's gone up.
23:47We're struggling to get by.
23:49So we just opened the wages then?
23:51Calvin says we're in no position to do that.
23:54Is he concerned about our finances?
23:58No, no, no.
24:01It's nothing like that.
24:04I just need to find a solution, that's all.
24:08I just don't know what.
24:25I had your maid light the candle so I could attend to my correspondence.
24:33This check that you get to George, we cannot accept it.
24:39You cannot have people talking.
24:42Whatever Dele told you, we don't require your intervention.
24:45You are hiding away.
24:48I've travelled all this way.
24:50And you haven't even arranged a luncheon for me.
24:54Something is wrong.
24:56I thought you'd be too tired.
24:59There's nothing the matter.
25:01Are you sure?
25:04Yes.
25:07I'm not sure I feel right, leaving you in this state.
25:14How about we host afternoon tea?
25:18The Orangery would be perfect.
25:22Wonderful.
25:24A farewell party for you.
25:26I will start the invitation straight away.
25:29We'll invite all the neighbours.
25:32Of course.
25:33I'll invite the Hardacres.
25:36The Hardacres?
25:37Yes.
25:38Adela tells me that her friend, Liza Hardacre, lives next door.
25:43She's quite the influence.
25:45I should like to meet them.
25:49Is there a problem?
25:53Of course not.
25:54A lovely family.
25:56Good.
26:07A letter, Mrs. Hardacres.
26:10Oh.
26:15That's the Hansen seal.
26:17Who?
26:18Lady Emma's family, a Danish royalty.
26:22Lady Imelda Hansen couldly invites you and your family for afternoon tea in Malum Manor.
26:32I'll stick to me hand, thanks.
26:33Let me see.
26:34Fine.
26:38Well, it says here all the neighbours are invited.
26:40Right, and you think all those neighbours insulted Lady Emma, do you?
26:43Well, maybe not to her face.
26:45Adela recently friend, though, Mum.
26:47It'd be rude not to go.
26:49Oh, come on.
26:50Aren't you just a little bit curious to meet the woman who spawned Lady Emma?
26:53She probably breathes fire.
26:55On both ends.
26:56She might throw a heck of a party.
26:58Hang on.
26:58Why are you so keen to go?
27:00Because I know you miss all that fancy stuff.
27:03Socialising and all.
27:04And we have every right to be there.
27:07Mum, I never get to go to Adela's house.
27:10Might be good for everyone.
27:18Fine.
27:19But if that Lady Emma so much as looks at me funny, I'm going to put her back in her
27:22place.
27:28You know I always love your bike, love.
27:29Oh, I know.
27:30Oh, ma'am.
27:31I've got the latest order here.
27:33I thought you could help me memorise them like Annie did.
27:35Maggie, that's not how you learn to read, love.
27:40It's all them different shops and weights and prices.
27:43I get mixed up.
27:45Something from the butchers, then the bakers.
27:48You know, if I bought everything from the same place, it would be so much easier.
27:53Everything in the same place?
27:54That could be it.
27:56Meet me in the shop.
27:58Uh, Sam.
27:59Thank you, Mike.
27:59Sam, wait.
28:05Ah, you've come on a good day.
28:07My rhubarb is thriving.
28:08My rhubarb, you mean?
28:09Remember who gave you them crowns?
28:12So, this Lady Imelda Hansen.
28:15Ah, you've received the invitation, then?
28:17Mm.
28:18If this is another one of Emma's attempts to put our Mary down, I swear...
28:21I'll show you it's not.
28:23Imelda is keen to meet Adela's friends.
28:25Well, our friends, too.
28:27Well, and Emma's happy with that.
28:29Emma wants her mother to be happy.
28:32Maybe Imelda could tease Mary a thing or two.
28:34Ha, ha, ha, ha.
28:39What's this about?
28:42No clue.
28:44That?
28:48Good people are struggling to make ends meet.
28:50They don't want charity.
28:52God knows I understand that, but they do need help.
28:54And the way we do that is?
28:57Offer more than just fish.
28:58What?
28:59We turn our hardyaker shops into general stores.
29:02That means tea, bread, eggs, you name it, under one roof.
29:06I can't make the bakers and butchers change their prices.
29:10Unless we buy in bulk, and we pass those savings on to our customers.
29:14Give them real value, not charity.
29:16Expanding during a national recession could be risky.
29:19You said it yourself.
29:21People who hold their nerve get their rewards.
29:23Okay, so you're suggesting a trial period.
29:25Convert one shop, see how it fares, then expand.
29:27No, we have to buy in bulk to get the value that we need.
29:30One shop is not enough.
29:31We have to be bold.
29:33No, we took a chance before, and it paid off.
29:35We could do it again.
29:36Yes.
29:36For an expansion on that scale, you've done any sort of run it.
29:39It's not wrong, Sam.
29:40I mean, you stretch thin, as it is, love.
29:42Dad, I know the logistics inside and out.
29:44The orders, the shipments, the schedules.
29:46I've been doing this for 18 months.
29:48I can do it.
29:49I know, Sam.
29:49Well, but Dad, you need to trust me.
29:52I'm supposed to take over if you don't.
29:56You're right.
29:57It's yours.
29:59Right.
30:01I can get on to new suppliers today.
30:03I can get new stock.
30:05Capitals come in, new shelves.
30:06That's if you agree.
30:08What are you asking him for?
30:09He just told you.
30:10You're the boss, love.
30:12Come on.
30:13Leave him to it.
30:32There you are.
30:34I've got something fun for us to do today.
30:38Where?
30:40We're going to Malone Manor for afternoon tea.
30:43Liza, that's your idea of fun.
30:46We can make it fun, no, Betsy.
30:48Please.
30:49Come on.
30:50Let's get dressed up and have a laugh.
30:52Me and you.
30:54What about Samuel?
30:55Oh, don't worry.
30:56I've found the perfect nanny.
30:59I won't be long.
31:00I promise.
31:01And if you need me to come back, there'll be no problems here, dear.
31:06Enjoy yourself.
31:07Ah, Reggie.
31:09I am going to find someone to give you lessons in the evening.
31:13Reading, writing and numeracy.
31:15And there's going to be no more issues with the older books.
31:18With respect, Mrs. Hardacre, don't you think this innovation might distract her from her duties?
31:25No, I think it will help her work to the best of her own ability.
31:31Can Henry come to you, ma'am?
31:32The footman?
31:34The more the merrier.
31:36In fact, spread the word.
31:38Our doors are open.
31:40Oh, happy to us.
31:41All polished up from Malone Manor.
31:43We are going to be on our best behaviour.
31:46Aren't we, Mary?
31:47It's time to buy care what the fit servants think.
31:51Bloody ourselves.
31:53They'll give over.
31:54Come on, Matt.
31:56Good in.
31:57Mind your dress.
31:59Mind your dress.
32:01Oh, I'm excited.
32:03Let's go.
32:04Ah!
32:51Mama.
32:52Mama.
32:53This is Mr. and Mrs.
32:54Sam and Mary Hardacre.
32:58And this is my mother, Lady Melda Hanson.
33:01The Hardacres are titans of industry.
33:04They need a fortune in fisheries.
33:06Do you own a port, Mr. Hardacre?
33:09Herring shops.
33:10Yeah, we started out as goodies.
33:12But they have a huge portfolio.
33:14Properties, investments, international ventures.
33:17From the ground up.
33:20Very impressive, indeed.
33:22And this is...
33:24Call me ma.
33:26And, um...
33:27This is our eldest, Joe.
33:28His wife, Betsy.
33:29Our youngest, Harry.
33:30And our daughter, Liza.
33:32Liza's been such a good friend to Adela.
33:34And Harry's studying at Barlow's.
33:36George's alma mater.
33:38Yes.
33:39I actually am for quick school.
33:41If you'd like to help yourself to refreshments inside.
33:47Has she been on the champagne already?
33:49Yes.
33:51Yes.
34:19All right.
34:20It's a bit soft here, isn't it?
34:22Thought it'd be a laugh.
34:23I heard someone say they're going to read poetry.
34:26Why don't we go down to the village?
34:28No one knows we're gone.
34:30Hey, let's go then.
34:31All of us.
34:32Come on Adela.
34:33We can't.
34:33It's Grandmama's last day.
34:35Well then, you cover for us.
34:37If anyone asks, we'll powder in our nose.
34:40The worst.
34:49As a patron of thespians, I thought today a delightful excuse to invite one of Barth's renowned readers, Donald Willis.
35:03Enjoy!
35:07Tomorrow.
35:09And tomorrow.
35:11Oh God.
35:12And tomorrow.
35:14Creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time.
35:20Is this our punishment for turning off?
35:22All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
35:31I've only had one drink.
35:33Be back in an hour.
35:34I've heard that reader say he's got players to last the whole night.
35:46Two glasses of ale, please, Tom.
35:49Come in, Michael.
35:53There you are.
35:59It's good to be back.
36:01What have you got with those faces?
36:02The seeds of Banquo, kings.
36:05Rather than so.
36:06Come, fate, into the list.
36:08And champion me to the utterance.
36:13And now for a short break.
36:15Oh, thank God for that.
36:17I feel like I've reached a thousand years.
36:18I need a break.
36:19I need to top up.
36:21I need something stronger.
36:25Well, we're going to need it.
36:27We have to sit through another hour of him.
36:29You know, I had the butler choose the readings.
36:35Obviously a bad mistake.
36:39Well, you know what they say.
36:41You want something doing right, do it yourself.
36:44Oh, indeed.
36:46You know, I had terrible trouble convincing Emma to throw this party at all.
36:51Well, I had terrible trouble convincing Mary to come.
36:55Well, you're almost welcome.
36:58You know, I would have put money on Lady Emma slinging mud the minute we walk through the door.
37:03You like a little wager, do you?
37:06Only when I'm playing cards.
37:13Right.
37:14Come on.
37:15All right.
37:19Excuse me.
37:21There's no roof.
37:23Why, you stay for a while.
37:25Oh.
37:26Thank you, sir.
37:28But I'm afraid I must decline.
37:31It's all good for us now.
37:33Why is the heartache?
37:34Now.
37:35Don't even come into it.
37:37I will too good for the likes of you and I will gut and fish.
37:39Move.
37:40We just want to go home.
37:42Please.
37:43The lady told you to stand aside.
37:45If I read your shoes, I do as I was told.
37:48It's in your business.
37:49Correct.
37:51But I could choose to make it my business.
37:54Or alternatively.
37:57You could leave these two ladies alone.
37:59And then I'll leave you alone.
38:06There's a good chap.
38:08Excellent choice.
38:13I love you know, I could knock out a drunken idiot like Joshua Calder with a single punch.
38:21That's so.
38:23Then have at it.
38:24My money's on the lady.
38:26Right, let's go.
38:34She ordered 30 of them.
38:35I said we'll be eating ham till Christmas.
38:37Right, your tongue now.
38:38It's not Maggie's fault she never learned to read.
38:40Oh, so that is why you're setting up the little school.
38:44Well, I just believe that education should be for everyone.
38:47And you're putting our charitable efforts to shame.
38:51Ah, Emma.
38:53You should hear this.
38:54Oh, I'd love to, Mother.
38:55But the reader is about to do the closing verse.
38:58So I think we should all make our way back over.
39:03Yes.
39:04Mary.
39:05Emma.
39:08I know there's been some tension between you both.
39:13But, Emma, wasn't there something you wanted to say to Mrs. Harvick?
39:20An apology.
39:21No, there's really no need.
39:22No, I believe there is.
39:25Emma.
39:29I'm sorry, Mary.
39:32The past.
39:34Misunderstanding.
39:38Thank you, Lady Emma.
39:40Well, with the girls.
39:42Being such fast friends.
39:44I think you two should be as well.
39:51Away.
39:52And mock the time with fairest show.
39:55False face must hide.
39:57What the false heart doth know.
40:01Such a delightful afternoon.
40:03Thank you for joining us.
40:04Thank you, Lady Imelda.
40:06Thank you, Lady Emma.
40:08It's been a lovely afternoon.
40:10Until the next time.
40:12Yes, ma'am.
40:14Right.
40:14Come on, let's go.
40:17I wasn't so bad.
40:18I wouldn't say Lady Imelda over Lady Emma, ain't it?
40:20Yes, ma'am.
40:33Splendid afternoon.
40:34Thank you for suggesting it.
40:36And for restoring our friendship with the hard acres.
40:40Now, your carriage for tomorrow.
40:41I'm staying.
40:42I'm staying.
40:44Mama.
40:45You should have told me about these hard acres sticking their grubby fingers in our businesses,
40:54our schools, our marriage prospects.
40:57It's abhorrent.
40:58Don't you think I know that?
41:01But you've done nothing to deter it.
41:04I had her ousted from the ladies' circle.
41:07They had no problem arriving back here bold as brass.
41:14You've always been weak, Emma, and I am left to clean up your mess.
41:21I can manage this myself.
41:24And Ella has been totally taken in by them.
41:29And I am not leaving until everything has been reverted to the natural order.
41:36Now, how do you propose to do that?
41:38I want to make an example of them.
41:42A warning to anybody who thinks that they can buy glass.
41:47It's impossible.
41:48They don't care what people think.
41:50It's not about humiliating them.
41:52It's about finding their weak spot.
41:57You see, they think us friends.
42:02So, we wait until the moment that they expose themselves for what they really are.
42:10They'll be back down those docks before they know what's happened.
42:15I do hope they haven't forgotten how to gut fish.
42:25My method has worked for 20 years, Mrs. Hardacre.
42:28Please give it a chance.
42:29Don't leave.
42:30Look.
42:30You know how you can make them glasses work?
42:32If you just open your bloody eyes.
42:34If we don't make any profit, how are we meant to help people?
42:36The Baron of Felixstowe.
42:38Call in on Mrs. Hardacre.
42:39The important thing is he's not a fortunate.
42:42I don't want to do any of this.
42:45So, can we just get on with the lesson so I can go?
42:47You must stay.
42:49You're a keen card player.
42:50Cards, is it?
42:51All right, I will.
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