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Dorcas Lane is apt to say that all secrets are bound to come out in Candleford and that seems to be the case with Mrs. Macey. She's been living in the village for five years with her son Freddy, who is a bit of a hellion. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
Dorcas Lane is apt to say that all secrets are bound to come out in Candleford and that seems to be the case with Mrs. Macey. She's been living in the village for five years with her son Freddy, who is a bit of a hellion. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
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00:00Miss Lane once said that every secret eventually sees the light of day in Candleford.
00:22We had no idea of the length that Mrs. Macy would go to to protect her son from our own troubled past.
00:30Ooh, what a lark-rised son might do to try and save his mother from herself.
00:39She'll have a Sunday off soon, now she's settled in. How much, Gerry?
00:44A penny each.
00:45You'll need to fix your prices close to the size of a lark-rised purse.
00:49I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you three whoppers for tuppence.
00:53Mrs. Caroline Orellis?
00:55I'm herself and simply oozing with goodness.
00:58I'm here on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to serve you with a summons for the non-payment of debts.
01:05You took the beer, you drank it, now you're going to pay for it.
01:09Well, since you're here, can you lend me tuppence till I treat my little uns to a fish dinner?
01:15Mrs. Arliss, you are hereby called to pay before Sir Timothy Midwinter at Candleford Court in seven days' time.
01:22And you won't step a foot outside the debtless prison until every penny is set.
01:52The shock of it might have done for a weaker man's heart.
02:12What more can I say, but I'm sorry, Thomas. It's an accident.
02:15Is it an accident the rascal has no father to keep him in hand?
02:19A gentleman's gentleman must go where his master travels.
02:22God intended for boys to have fathers, Mrs. Macy.
02:25When there is none, the devil gets to work.
02:33Well, I say there ain't no husband.
02:35And there weren't one when she turned up five years ago with that child in tow.
02:40No wonder we're the face as sour as that.
02:43Lips like a hen's backside.
02:46Struck down on the street for the whole town to see.
02:49It's like a front of the very uniform.
02:52It was a child's prank, Thomas. Not an assault on the post office.
02:56The boy's a miscreant, ma'am. Something ought to be done with him.
02:58Zilla, I think the counter has been spoiled with your attentions enough for today.
03:02And Mrs. Macy's face isn't sour. It's sad.
03:05Yes, ma'am.
03:07And anyone who cares to look can see that Freddie is not a miscreant.
03:10He simply needs a little guidance.
03:13Freddie!
03:14There's a disturbed mind that can dream up a creature like that, I say.
03:25It's the Woodtree Man.
03:27Oh!
03:28It's boys for you. My brother's always imagining such things.
03:33That's for you, Laura. To hang up in your room by your bed.
03:37Huh?
03:38Let's see how natural that is looking down at you in the dead of night, young miss.
03:43Oh, Freddie, I've been in the woods again, have you? Come on.
03:47Let's get you in the bath.
03:49There's a young Freddie there.
03:56There's no one to keep that boy in hand.
03:59A mother's a fine thing.
04:02It's all too obvious Mrs. Macy's not up to the task.
04:05What woman is.
04:07A little man can only get worse with no father around to give him a proper steer on life.
04:12Perhaps, Thomas.
04:14You could do that for him.
04:17Me?
04:18It's not my place to go meddling in.
04:21That isn't my responsibility.
04:29I suppose I could be an example to the boy.
04:34It is a noble endeavour to pass on some discipline and devotion to a child.
04:39It's not everyone has the moral character to impart it, is it?
04:45I'll see what I can do.
04:48I can't read them.
04:49What do they mean?
04:50What it means, Alf, is that when your ma goes to court, there's a real chance they'll send her to Depp's prison.
05:09What are we going to do, Mr. Timmons?
05:10Her only hope is to take some money along to the court with her, offer a payment and promise to keep the instalments coming.
05:21But she ain't got no money.
05:23No money.
05:24You make sure you keep your wages firmer until you get to the court.
05:28At least that's something.
05:30My rheumatism don't like this damp night air.
05:40Couldn't we fetch the last few buckets in the morning?
05:43That needs to be collected in the moonlight, you old duffer.
05:48Good night, Laura.
05:49Night, ma'am.
05:50Looking at Caroline's horror take and Mrs. Macy's troubles with Freddie, both of them because
06:03of the man they married, I don't think I should want a husband at all, like you, Miss Lane.
06:24But whoever chooses to fall in love, Laura.
06:37Now then, when we walk down the street, Freddie, what do we want people to think when they look
06:42upon us?
06:43Respect.
06:44They must say to themselves, there goes a man.
06:48So, we must hold ourselves upright.
06:54Keep yourself up.
06:56Keep your back straight.
06:57Like that.
06:58Nice and straight.
06:59Up, up.
07:00Good morning, ladies.
07:03When your neighbours have a nose for scandal, the fear in your eyes is enough to arouse their
07:08suspicions.
07:18It's Dan.
07:20My husband.
07:22Come inside.
07:23We'll discuss this in private.
07:25Laura, please tell Silla she's to go upstairs and turn my room out.
07:29It's from the prison authorities.
07:35Dan has escaped.
07:37Oh, this is a sorry kettle of fish.
07:41It's unheard of to do upstairs work in the morning.
07:48I'm in a bit of a fix, Laura.
07:50Mrs. Macy won't be able to take her letters out.
07:52I don't know what I shall do about today's delivery.
07:55Perhaps, if you thought I could manage it, might I have the trailer?
08:00What a good idea.
08:02Mrs. Macy will need our support.
08:04As you heard, she's had some bad news concerning her husband.
08:07I thought he was abroad.
08:09He may have been at one time, but not anymore.
08:12Put this letter into Sir Timothy's private post bag to take with you.
08:16And Laura, I know I can count on you to keep what you've witnessed to yourself.
08:20Yes, ma'am.
08:30That's great.
08:44Mrs. Macy's troubles had somehow become a blessing for me.
08:48I knew on that first morning delivering the post that I had found my place in the world.
09:18You get your dog away from me.
09:30The sign there says no trespassers.
09:32I can read.
09:33I meant no harm.
09:35The blossom's so beautiful around here.
09:38Are the enclosures aboard?
09:40You're not supposed to pick flowers on Sir Timothy's estate.
09:43I had no idea that picking flowers was a hanging offence in these parts.
09:48Let me give them back to you.
09:55Well, it's just the pheasants are still setting.
09:57And it's my job as assistant gamekeeper to see that they're not disturbed.
10:03Then I shan't disturb you or your pheasants any longer.
10:07Well, it's just...
10:11There's just too much laxity around here.
10:14Too much laxity?
10:16No wonder you need such a fierce dog.
10:28I had to sever all contact.
10:31I did it for Freddy's sake.
10:34What would it do to the poor child to know what his father had done?
10:38Do you suppose Dan has escaped in order to find Freddy?
10:42No, that's not possible.
10:45He had no idea we moved to Camelford.
10:48You've had no contact with him?
10:50No one in your family?
10:52No, it...
10:55I have kept in touch with his sister.
10:58Dan has escaped and put himself into terrible trouble.
11:02He must have a reason.
11:03And I think we must believe that the reason is Freddy.
11:16You're quite a boy, Freddy.
11:18Your father must be proud of you, is he?
11:21My pa's a gentleman's gentleman.
11:23And he's travelling all around the world.
11:25Is that right?
11:27Where do you know them?
11:29Ma says he's catching tigers in Spain.
11:31Which is a very long way away.
11:33That's right it is.
11:46Quite a man in your pa, isn't he?
11:48Masters will come home and tell me all about his adventures.
11:51And bring me presents from all over the world.
11:54You're a lucky boy to have such a pa as that.
12:01Why are you hiding?
12:02You get some strange folks in the woods, Freddy.
12:05Best to keep out of view till you know they're not villains, eh?
12:17Stay close to me.
12:21Oh!
12:22Good morning, Mrs Arliss.
12:23That's a merry bit of luck, sir.
12:25You being on the road here as I'm on my way to the postal fest.
12:29And why's that?
12:31Because of who I am, sir.
12:33And who you are.
12:34And me coming into your court this next week.
12:37Mrs Arliss.
12:38Since we've happened to meet like this and you can see the way of things with me, what with the child coming and all.
12:44I'm sorry, Mrs Arliss, but if you were hoping to discuss your case.
12:47Oh, no, sir.
12:49Not discuss nothing.
12:50No.
12:51But as I'm so close to my time.
12:53It would be improper of me to enter into any conversation with you.
12:57Yes, sir.
12:58No, sir.
12:59But now you've seen I'm suspecting.
13:01I can't go to prison, so there'll be no need of a hearing.
13:04Whatever you have to say about the charges against you and any mitigating circumstance, you will have the chance to do so at the appropriate place, the courtroom.
13:13Good day to you.
13:15Walk on.
13:18What I'm going to pass on to you, Freddie, is a priceless treasure.
13:21Sit yourself down there.
13:25There, then.
13:27That's the wood tree.
13:28Yes, yes.
13:29Now, the reason you're getting yourself into fights and every manner of trouble is that you lack direction.
13:35You have no faith to guide you.
13:37He hides in the woods.
13:38Are you paying attention, Freddie?
13:40We're here to enlighten you not to waste time on such grim fantasies.
13:45Now, prayer.
13:48The Lord Jesus Christ taught us how to pray.
13:52It must be something quite terrible since dear Mrs Macy came hurrying into the post office in such a...
13:59Well, a hurry.
14:02And looking so frightfully fearful, whatever it was.
14:09How considerate of you, Miss Pearl, Miss Ruby, to come inquiring after Mrs Macy in such a...
14:16Well, a hurry.
14:18And her bringing up the boy all on her own these past five years.
14:22If we could be of any assistance.
14:26With whatever the trouble was.
14:30How neighbourly indeed.
14:33But we already have all the help we require.
14:38Was it stamps that you wanted today, ladies?
14:41Yes.
14:42Miss Lane had taught me that the post office was the keeper of local secrets.
14:49I was about to learn that some of them were our own.
14:54Perhaps you would like to go home on Sunday?
14:56Can I?
14:57I was going to suggest it anyway.
15:00And I need you to continue with Mrs Macy's round for a while longer.
15:04And you will have to ask your parents' permission.
15:07Is her husband ill, ma'am?
15:09I'm afraid Dan Macy is not and never has been a gentleman's gentleman.
15:14He was a bookmaker.
15:15I have Mrs Macy's permission to tell you this, Laura.
15:23These past five years, Dan Macy has been in prison.
15:27And we must tell anyone who inquires about Mrs Macy that her mother is unwell.
15:32Do you understand?
15:34Of course, Miss Lane.
15:36What did he do?
15:46That's the bottom and the top of it.
15:51Caroline's got a child and ain't nothing to be doing.
15:54Hmm.
15:56Well.
15:58We'll see about that.
16:08Ma, why does Queenie get her water from the stream in the woods?
16:12She'll be making her maid.
16:13Beekeepers have secret recipes.
16:16Why do they?
16:18Because when Queenie was taught how to make mead,
16:21there were ways of concocting the recipe can put a spell on it.
16:26Of course, that's only a superstition.
16:31It's our man to be locked away in prison for nearly five years.
16:37It must have been a most despicable crime, wasn't it, Sir Timothy?
16:40Sir Timothy.
16:41No, it's not the kind of penalty I deal out of my monthly assizes.
16:45It would have been the darkest of deeds, wouldn't you say, Sir Timothy?
16:50The darkest.
16:53Miss Ruby, Miss Pearl, why in heaven would you trouble your unblemished minds with such disagreeable considerations?
16:59It seems our local churchgoers have been plucking at Mrs. Macy's feathers this morning.
17:11Yes, I'm afraid it's on everyone's lipstores.
17:14They've established that Mr. Macy's in prison but that's all they seem to know.
17:17Oh, we should have realised that every secret eventually sees the light of day in Candleford.
17:23How do you think word got out?
17:26I have told no one about it, only Laura.
17:29Well, she is young.
17:31You might like to add a lemon there, Queenie? Or a few bay leaves for the taste?
17:43The folk who add any old thing to honey don't deserve to keep bees.
17:47You just keep your eye on the lay and make sure no one comes.
17:52I know what's to go in here.
17:57Just smelling that makes a fella thirsty.
18:00You suppose your last brew of mead is ready yet, Queenie, my dear?
18:05I only want a sep for my rheumatism.
18:09No magic charms going to waste on a waster like you.
18:13I know who's in need of that for a sep.
18:18Huh?
18:20Hmm?
18:22Caroline.
18:40This woodtree man.
18:43He isn't make-believe, is he?
18:54Bees! Bees! Look who's coming!
18:58Boy! Ain't you grown, gal?
19:02That'll be all that fine Candleford food they're feeding you.
19:06Good morning, Mrs. Tyrrell.
19:07I was Queenie before you left and I'm Queenie now.
19:11Ain't no call for earth and graces here, gal.
19:16Why, Laura.
19:18Laura!
19:19Quite the prodigal daughter.
19:21Hi, Ethel!
19:27Nothing seems to have changed.
19:29Why should it change?
19:30Why should it change?
19:31We haven't exactly killed a fat-lit calf.
19:33We haven't won Andy.
19:34But your mother's script would best follow a turn.
19:36Especially for you.
19:41I expect you're used to better than a bit of poultry now, aren't you, Laura?
19:56Well, Miss Lane is especially fond of the best food.
19:57So there's always treats on the table.
19:58We sit and read together in the evenings.
19:59You wouldn't believe someone could have so many books.
20:00And Miss Lane takes buttermilk baths and puts petals in her face once.
20:01Oh, well, must be pleasant for her.
20:04And you'd say if the work was hard for her,
20:05we'd say something to make money.
20:06You'd say that she has to take a drink.
20:08I'd say that she has to take a drink.
20:09That's not a good drink.
20:10Oh, look.
20:11You're better than a bit of poultry now, aren't you, Laura?
20:12Well, Miss Lane is especially fond of the best food.
20:13So there's always treats on the table.
20:16We sit and read together in the evenings.
20:18You wouldn't believe someone could have so many books.
20:22And Miss Lane takes buttermilk baths and puts petals in her face water.
20:26Oh, well.
20:27It must be pleasant for her.
20:29and you'd say if the work was hard on you.
20:31I'm enjoying it so much, ma'am.
20:33I'm learning such a lot from Miss Lane.
20:35Glad to hear it.
20:42And I've been doing a delivery.
20:44A postal round?
20:45Well, no, the postwoman's unable to work due to a family tragedy,
20:48so I took out the letters.
20:50On your own?
20:52Miss Lane sent you out with a delivery.
20:54And I finished on time.
20:56Miss Lane was very pleased with me,
20:57so she said that I could continue with the delivery,
20:59but I'm to ask your permission.
21:01Well, I don't think that would be possible, Laura.
21:05You're too young. You're just a girl.
21:07She's only helping Miss Lane out in an emergency, ma'am.
21:09Yes, I understand that.
21:11But you can't carry on with it after the end of the week, Laura.
21:14I enjoyed it so much.
21:16You're my daughter and I've given you my answer.
21:18I've given you my reasons,
21:19and that is what you will tell Miss Lane.
21:25You don't need to sit here bickering.
21:27Hey, this isn't of that.
21:32You can fetch half here.
21:33We'll have a bit of a tune.
21:39Bye, lad.
21:40Bye, lad.
21:40Bye, lad.
21:40Bye, lad.
21:42Bye, lad.
21:44Bye, lad.
21:46Bye, lad.
21:48Bye, lad.
21:50Bye, lad.
21:52Bye, lad.
21:54Bye, lad.
21:56You go away,
22:05and you leave us alone.
22:07I shall tell them you're here.
22:10Do you understand?
22:11I shall send them after you.
22:14Alice.
22:15Alice.
22:16Alice.
22:17Alice.
22:18Alice.
22:19Look.
22:20I can't bear what I did to you and Freddie.
22:22I can't bear enough of a chance to tell you how much I'm sorry I am.
22:26It's all I can bear.
22:28Oh, God.
22:28Oh, my god.
22:29Oh, my god.
22:31Oh, my god.
22:32There it's a bunch of oranges grow,
22:36and I'll have a tree.
22:37Oh, my god.
22:38There's also more beer.
22:39Oh, my god.
22:39There you are.
22:40More beer.
22:41What have you done?
22:42Here you are.
22:45More beer!
22:46What have you done?
22:48The money's gone, eh?
22:50My wages.
22:52Gone on beer.
22:55Well, you could...
22:57They'll lock you away for certain.
22:59Shhh.
23:01Why couldn't you have just waited?
23:04Why?
23:07Why should I take a care, eh?
23:10What have I got?
23:13A few words on a piece of paper.
23:17Well, I've got another littlin' on the way.
23:19And no man at my side!
23:22Come on, Lizzie. Come on.
23:35That's not all lost, young boy chap.
23:38Candleford might have their modern laws and their courts.
23:41But we lark-rise folk have still got the old country ways.
23:45I can't say no more but this.
23:48Your ma will have the benefit of things beyond this world,
23:53working on her side.
23:55I didn't know how much I missed a feel of your breath on my face.
24:02When I feel your eyes on me, it's like no time has passed.
24:07Nothing else matters.
24:10Being here with you...
24:13I can forget our troubles.
24:16For a moment.
24:19It was always that way then, wasn't it?
24:23You talk and I lose sight of the truth.
24:27But it does matter.
24:32And this moment isn't enough.
24:36Alice.
24:37No, no.
24:38I must think of Freddy.
24:40Why could you not just leave us alone?
24:43You think I haven't taught you myself with that question?
24:46Every morning when I open my eyes?
24:48Do you suppose Freddy can go his whole life without knowing?
24:51You fellas there with lies.
24:53You tell him as par as that man in the photograph,
24:56but I'm not, am I?
24:57Not anymore.
24:59Freddy stood here talking to his father.
25:03He didn't know who I was.
25:06I lost my son.
25:08So I might as well tell him the truth.
25:10No.
25:11No, you must go.
25:14You leave us alone.
25:16She ain't got the money to offer the courts now.
25:24That's likely the end of it.
25:26But Pa, can't you go down there with her?
25:29Explain the way things are with Mrs. Arliss.
25:31You suppose I can afford to lose a day's wages?
25:34What's Caroline to lose?
25:36An elf.
25:37And the little ones.
25:39You always brought me up to believe in the importance
25:42of being folks together.
25:43My own words coming back at me, huh?
25:45Might have known you get too smart for me,
25:47all those books you've been devouring.
25:53I'll talk to your ma about it.
25:55That's all I can promise.
26:15What have I done?
26:16What have I ever done?
26:25Oh, Laura.
26:28The most awful thing has come about.
26:31Poor Mrs. Macy.
26:32It's all over the town about her husband.
26:35So I came here to warn you.
26:37We'll ask you.
26:38We'll ask you.
26:39You don't know how this might have happened, do you?
26:46There you are.
26:47So fresh, we're just about jumping apart and poor lid down on himself.
26:52Oh, poor fellow.
26:54Did he make the mistake of showing too much laxity?
26:56I should have apologised for my dog charging up to you like that.
27:01Your dog wasn't nearly as rude as his owner.
27:04But since your peace offering is just about my favourite dish,
27:07I expect I'll get over it.
27:10Good.
27:12Well, I'll be sure and tell Sir Timothy that.
27:16Our squire regularly sends one over for Miss Lane.
27:19Juggard hair is her one weakness.
27:30Miss Lane, about Mrs. Macy's round.
27:32Thank you, Zilla.
27:34I did sleep well last night.
27:36Feather pillows are my one weakness.
27:40I spoke with my ma.
27:41That will have to wait, Laura.
27:43I have a somewhat more serious consideration to address.
27:46I've been waiting for your return so I could raise this matter.
27:55I would like to say that, unfortunately,
27:58there is no longer any need for me to keep up this pretense about Mrs. Macy.
28:04It seems her secret is out.
28:07And I am sorry to say
28:10that it can only have been revealed by someone in this household.
28:16Would any of you care to comment on this?
28:21Laura?
28:23Did you discuss this matter with anyone?
28:25No, ma'am.
28:27Ma'am.
28:29I believe I may know something about
28:32how this unhappy circumstance came about.
28:35Go on.
28:37Well, I overheard you and young Miss
28:39discussing Mrs. Macy's distressing circumstance.
28:44And you happened to tell half the town about it?
28:45Is that it?
28:46Oh, no, Miss Lane, no.
28:48I was just having a word or two with one of the neighbours.
28:52And then it was on the lips of
28:55every heartless gossip in Candleford, ma'am.
28:59You can take this food away. I've lost my appetite.
29:12I shall have to consider what I am to say to poor Mrs. Macy.
29:16And I will need to decide about your position here, Zilla.
29:28Oh, Caroline.
29:30The thing I can't seem to get clear in my head
29:34is do I tell the little uns what this all means?
29:37It'll be a shock to them if you just vanish
29:39and I'll fast to tell them what's happened to you.
29:42But that'll put fear in their little heads if I tell them.
29:45And things might still turn out.
29:48Somehow.
29:52No-one here will let your children go to sleep
29:55without a bite to eat, Caroline.
29:57Why do I do it, Emma?
30:00Other wives have men who go away to work
30:02and they don't go looking for ruin round every corner.
30:06Why do I have to do this to my babies?
30:12Why do you think I made this life here?
30:15Do you think I wanted this?
30:17Do you think I wanted all the secrets
30:20and the pretense and the constant fear?
30:23I did it for Freddie.
30:25But you've made it impossible
30:27and our life in Candleford is in ruins.
30:28There's no hiding it anymore.
30:32Freddie's gonna find out.
30:34You're gonna move away again.
30:36Do I have a choice?
30:39I can't let that happen.
30:41I can't bear the thought of that.
30:43I have to go.
30:45I love my son.
30:47And I love you, Alice.
30:49Well, you threw away the right to that love
30:51when you killed a man.
30:53Well, you threw away the right to that love
30:54when you killed a man.
30:55Well, you threw away the right to that love
30:56when you killed a man.
30:57It's no wonder the boy's always in trouble.
30:58His father a criminal.
30:59Locked up for five years and more.
31:01A murderer.
31:02The boy's know nothing of his father, Thomas.
31:04So, uh, how's he been an influence on him?
31:06Well, I don't know.
31:08It's a man, I don't know.
31:09it's no wonder the boy's always in trouble his father a criminal locked up for five years and
31:23more a murderer the boys know nothing of his father thomas so what how's he been an influence
31:32on him i'm only saying i'm only thinking i'm only wondering is it in the blood
31:38well maybe we should run the boy out of town what do you think thomas
31:43mud in your boots there freddie go on let me show you how to clean them up good
31:51miss lane i saw mrs macy out in the woods today and there was something about her that struck me
32:05is odd i just thought i should tell you thank you laura you were right to tell me
32:11what is it ma'am oh whatever it is i expect it will come to light soon enough
32:18we must trust that whatever struggles mrs macy is going through she will find a way out
32:24of them yes ma'am
32:26sylla has been with me for many years i would not care to lose her but it will do her conscience
32:39the world of good to make her wait a little while before i let her off the hook
32:43spit brush spit brush when we're done they're gonna shine like nightmares a man is not a man
32:57without a polish on his boots that puts the very stars to shame you're a good lad spit brush
33:06thomasPD
33:06so
33:07shhhh
33:19shhhh
33:19shhh
33:20shhhh
33:20Don't you matter, she's to come now.
33:35Queenie's waiting for her.
33:43Celine, come in.
33:50Please, sit down.
34:01I wanted to thank you for everything that you've done for Freddie and me.
34:06But I've decided that we must leave Candleford.
34:11When will you go?
34:13Tomorrow morning.
34:15So suddenly?
34:17I won't have my child pointed at or talked about like that.
34:22I won't do it to him.
34:24Of course.
34:26You must do what's best for him.
34:29If there's anything I can do to help you.
34:34It's not what you truly think, is it?
34:36You have no idea what this feels like.
34:42This could destroy Freddie.
34:45What his father has done and what the whole town are saying about him.
34:50You have no idea what it feels like.
34:52No.
34:55I don't.
34:57I have no right to judge you.
35:02But I know that you went out into the woods.
35:05I know that.
35:08I know you are in a great deal of torment.
35:10But I believe with all my heart that moving to another town will not relieve you of your terrible burden.
35:21I saw him in the woods.
35:25He's here.
35:26I spoke with him.
35:31He only wants to see his family.
35:35It's all my doing because I broke off all contact.
35:41I wanted to be done with the past but now it won't let me be.
35:47What can I do now?
35:50What can I do?
35:54Face this.
35:57All of it.
35:58As a family.
36:00You must make Dan face this.
36:05Whoever takes the first drink from a new batch of meat, there's no bad luck can touch you for a whole day the clock round.
36:14And with you going to court tomorrow, Caroline.
36:17Yeah, sum it up, sum it up.
36:21Look what you've done, you duffer.
36:24Duffer.
36:25Is that bad luck now?
36:27That's the charm of it gone upside down for a certain it is.
36:31Look.
36:33There's still a few drops left in it.
36:36Oh, you drink that up, Caroline.
36:38That's better than nothing.
36:39Come on.
36:40Come on.
36:41Come on.
36:42Come on.
36:43You.
36:44You.
36:46That's Maisie.
36:50That's Maisie.
36:51That's him.
36:52All right.
36:54Come on.
36:55That's him.
36:56That's her husband.
36:58Murderer.
37:00Come on.
37:04Come through to the kitchen, Dan.
37:06I dare say you're in need of a hot drink.
37:08Is the water boiling, Zilla?
37:11Laura.
37:12Run to the manor and fetch satymically.
37:14Tell him his lanes are deserted.
37:15Yes, ma'am.
37:17Oh, dear.
37:18Who is that?
37:19Is that poor Mrs. Maisie's husband?
37:25Perhaps you would like to clean up and shave, Dan.
37:28Where's Freddie?
37:30Thomas has taken Freddie out on his round.
37:32How are we gonna do this?
37:34How are we gonna tell him?
37:35It seems, ladies and gentlemen, that the post office is closed.
37:48Perhaps you could call back this afternoon.
37:54Mr. Maisie, am I correct to understand you wish to surrender yourself
37:59to be held here in Candleford until the prison authorities in Dartmoor can be notified?
38:04I'm here, and I...
38:07I will ensure they know that you willingly gave yourself up
38:10and asked for that to be taken into account.
38:12Miss Lane, perhaps you could send off a telegram.
38:14Of course.
38:15Now, there is a holding cell beneath the courthouse,
38:17if you would care to walk across there with me.
38:20What about Freddie? I want to see Freddie.
38:22You will see Freddie.
38:24Well, I don't want him to see me in no cell.
38:27As you saw, Mr. Maisie, there is quite a crowd gathering outside.
38:30And so Dan Maisie did as Miss Lane had asked.
38:36He walked through our town, he faced his shame.
38:40And for some, nothing would ever be the same again.
38:45My spine impressed, you see. That's him.
38:46Why have they taken him to the courthouse?
38:48Well, a long time ago, when you were no more than a baby,
38:51your father got himself into some trouble,
38:52and... and they put him into prison.
38:53He hasn't been abroad, as I told you.
38:54I was trying to protect you, and...
39:10And... and they put him into prison.
39:12And they put him into prison.
39:16He hasn't been abroad, as I told you.
39:19I was trying to protect you.
39:22It was wrong of me to do that because I've made things worse now.
39:32Freddie.
39:34Your father has been held in a prison for all those years.
39:39But he escaped.
39:40He came here because he wanted to see you.
39:45He put himself into great danger.
39:48He must love you very much.
39:56He and my pa!
39:58Freddie!
40:00He and my pa!
40:03He'll do well to find his own way.
40:06And how many payments has Mrs Arliss made, Mr Hales?
40:10Not a one, Your Honour.
40:12And I called on her no less than on seven occasions, sir.
40:16And on the few times I did manage to locate Mrs Arliss,
40:21she made vague excuses about waiting for a postal order
40:24and promised to make a payment next week.
40:26He won't see you.
40:46I've only made things worse for the boy.
40:50I told myself I came back to show you how sorry I was.
40:55But the truth of it is, I only concerned myself with what I wanted.
41:00See him.
41:02See you.
41:03You're too horrid on yourself, Dan.
41:17A father's entitled to want to see his boy.
41:21Your father will be taken away tomorrow, Freddie.
41:24I think he deserves a chance to ask for your forgiveness.
41:30I believe that's why he came all this way.
41:35I know it's a lot to ask of a boy.
41:38Could you give him that?
41:39I was brought up to respect my betters, sir.
41:49And this gentle fellow here is a clever Oxford man
41:54with expensive suit of clothes.
41:57Now, if a man with all his schooling in numbers and such
42:00tells a simple gal like me, sir,
42:03that I can afford his beer,
42:06well, who am I to tell him he's wrong?
42:08Having taken the beer,
42:13you made no attempt to pay the money that you owed.
42:17That's because they made it so tasty, your lordship, sir.
42:22The deliciousness of it had me coming back for more.
42:27And the more I drank, the more I forgot my worries.
42:30Beer does that for you, sir.
42:33I only wish they hadn't made it so enjoyable.
42:36And then I might have paid for it.
42:38Did you not think it irresponsible, Mrs Arliss,
42:43for a mother of so many children to spend your money on ale?
42:46That's why I didn't pay for it, sir.
42:50If my children see me worrying, that has them worrying.
42:54And no good mother would want that, would she, sir?
42:57So, see, if the beer makes me happy,
43:00that makes them happy, to see me happy.
43:03And what would you rather my children had, sir?
43:06A downhearted mother or a merry one?
43:08I would rather they had a mother at liberty to take care of them
43:11and not locked up for bad debts.
43:15What is it, Mrs Arliss?
43:20It's the distress of it all, sir.
43:22It's brought a baby on your lordship, sir.
43:23I will not have you ridicule this court
43:27with your sorry dramatics, Mrs Arliss.
43:29I no more believe your labour
43:31than I do your reasons for buying the beer.
43:34I'll wait for you upstairs.
43:58Hmm.
44:00Who started the fight?
44:01He started it, Freddy.
44:07But don't make it any better what he did.
44:11I can tell you what happened.
44:13Tell you all.
44:15So that you know if that's what you want.
44:17It was a public house quarrel that led to blows.
44:33He struck me, so I took my fist to him.
44:36I knocked him down.
44:37I wanted to hurt him.
44:42That's all I knew.
44:43That's all that mattered to me.
44:47I let my anger rule me, see?
44:51I waited for him to come back at me.
44:54But then...
44:55He couldn't.
45:01He lay there all blood and fear.
45:03And I watched that man die before me.
45:10That's my shame, Freddy.
45:11I've got to live with that.
45:16I don't expect you to forgive me without you understanding it.
45:20I'm just glad that you know it all.
45:27So you can decide whether you want me as your power or not.
45:34Sir, may I be allowed to speak?
45:36Those of us who know Mrs. Arliss, sir,
45:42believe that it's her big heart that is her weakness.
45:47She cares for her children, sir.
45:50Sees them fed before anything else.
45:52Always has a fire halfway up the chimney to keep them warm.
45:55Yes, but the debts before us today, Mr. Timmons,
45:58are not for coal.
46:00They are for beer.
46:01Well, sir, you see, Mrs. Arliss's husband is away at sea.
46:04And, though she won't like to admit it,
46:08she misses him sorely.
46:10Her neighbors tend to think this is the cause of her recklessness.
46:16She's no rogue, sir.
46:18She means well.
46:21Her son has managed to raise a few pounds for her to pay today.
46:25And if the court were to write to Mr. Arliss,
46:28then the brewery could get their money.
46:31It is not the business of the court to manage Mrs. Arliss's.
46:34domestic affairs.
46:35My duty is to justice.
46:37As far as I can see, sir,
46:38Mrs. Arliss's greatest crime is to be born poor and simple.
46:42Mr. Timmons,
46:43I will decide what the crimes are before this court.
46:46You are dismissed.
46:50I will now retire to consider my judgment.
47:04It's all right.
47:25It's all right.
47:27I have made my judgment based on the facts.
47:36I cannot allow myself to be manipulated by the emotions in this case.
47:42Mrs. Arliss, I find you to be feckless and foolish.
47:46You willfully took on a debt you could not possibly afford.
47:50If you could not pay, then I ask myself,
47:53did you truly intend to pay?
47:58But if Mrs. Arliss is wanton,
48:00then I find the brewery to be still more careless,
48:03indeed more calculating than she is.
48:06It will not wash for you to claim the moral high ground here, sir.
48:10Any company with a conscience would have a care who it was
48:14they were pressing into debt
48:15with their salesman's slippery words to buy beer.
48:19Such a seductive crutch at a time of difficulty.
48:24The slightest investigation on your part
48:26would have revealed that Mrs. Arliss was already badly in arrears,
48:29but that was of no concern to you.
48:33I look poorly on those who blithely take on debts,
48:36but I look severely on these modern sales techniques
48:39that weave a spell on the poor
48:41to buy goods they cannot afford.
48:43I have decided that it is my duty
48:45to teach the brewery a lesson,
48:47therefore I reject your bid
48:48to have Mrs. Arliss imprisoned.
48:55I have not yet concluded my judgment.
49:02Mrs. Arliss, you are fortunate to have a son
49:04to raise a few pounds for you at the eleventh hour
49:07and a neighbour to speak so eloquently on your behalf.
49:11You will pay nine pence a week until the debt is cleared.
49:15I strongly advise you take a care
49:17what debts you take on in future.
49:20You may consider yourself on parole.
49:21If I see you before me again,
49:23you will be punished severely.
49:24Severely.
49:26Court dismissed.
49:33Thank you, Pa.
49:34Speaking for Mrs. Arliss.
49:36I wish I could say that was the end of it.
49:40I spoke to your ma about you doing the postal around, Laura.
49:44She has decided that I know best.
49:47I agree with her.
49:48You can tell Miss Lane you're ready to start.
49:50For all her troubles and her failings,
49:57no one could dislike Mrs. Arliss,
49:59however much she might offend their taste.
50:02She was so overflowing with life and good nature.
50:07Alf had given up something so dear to him
50:10to raise a few shillings to rescue his mother.
50:13But my father was right.
50:15Mrs. Arliss's troubles were far from over.
50:17The hair is juggered
50:28whenever your appetite returns, Miss Lane.
50:34I don't know that I could live without Zilla's juggered hair.
50:41You take care now, Freddie.
50:43Bye, Nancy.
50:44Goodbye.
50:44Goodbye.
50:44Mrs. Macy and Freddie left us soon afterwards.
50:50Goodbye.
50:52Safe journey.
50:53Goodbye, Miss Lane.
50:54Come on.
50:54They went to live in Dartmoor
50:56to be closer to Freddie's father.
51:09Bye, Thomas.
51:10Good luck, now.
51:11Bye, Thomas.
51:12Bye.
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