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Having spent the night in the pouring rain searching for Edmund Timmins, Twister Turrill finds his health in serious decline. He decides to distribute some of his personal effects to friends in Lark Rise. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
Having spent the night in the pouring rain searching for Edmund Timmins, Twister Turrill finds his health in serious decline. He decides to distribute some of his personal effects to friends in Lark Rise. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
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00:00All of his life, Twister had been known as a slack, twisted old chap.
00:07But searching through the storm for Edmund, he had courage.
00:12His own kind of courage.
00:15No matter how many times Queenie looked at the tea leaves,
00:19she saw the same thing.
00:22A raven.
00:24Bad news.
00:26A death leading to new beginnings.
00:30Trippin' onions, my dear.
00:33That's a treat you have to sit up for.
00:40Cooked with a bit of thickening.
00:42Don't you like it?
00:43I'll have some later on.
00:46You eat. We're gonna get you well again.
00:50Perhaps just the smell of it might do me good.
00:55Twister Tull, I ain't gonna watch you fade away before my eyes.
01:00I found the boy and brought him home, didn't I, my dear?
01:03Robert said, you were marvellous.
01:10That was his word.
01:13Marvellous.
01:15He said, you worked harder than anyone to find the child.
01:20I could rest now with that thought in my mind.
01:28Marvellous.
01:28He said, you were marvellous.
01:34He said, you were marvellous.
01:35He said, you might be mad and will never do me good.
01:38Do you?
01:39I know.
01:40I know.
01:41I know.
01:42I know.
01:43I know.
01:44I know.
01:44I know.
01:45I know.
01:45I know.
01:47Edmund's sitting up and drinking a little soup.
02:13And Mr. Torell?
02:15He still has quite a fever.
02:17Oh, Twister's a remarkably hardy old soul.
02:19He's got plenty of life in him yet.
02:25Oh, Farmer Morris left these for the Church Society tea party.
02:30Oh, shall we have meringues then for the Church Society tea party?
02:34Well, I think the Church Society would prefer to have queen cake, Miss Lane.
02:42My recipe has 18 eggs in one cake.
02:47Queen cake would be ideal then for the Church Society.
02:52Ma'am, what is the Church Society tea party?
02:55There's no such thing.
02:57It's Zilla's birthday.
02:58Every year we throw a surprise party for her.
03:01She prefers it that way.
03:03Can't bear the idea of a fuss being made of her.
03:0518 eggs in one cake.
03:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
03:12Sir?
03:23I hear that Edmund is recovering.
03:26That's right.
03:28Twister ain't so good, though.
03:32I am truly sorry, sir.
03:34It's all you said.
03:37You go poaching, lad, that's your business.
03:41You start boasting about it to my son, enticing him on.
03:45Then it's my business.
03:48Ain't nothing I can do now except say how I regret what I done
03:52and tell you it won't happen again.
03:55I'd appreciate you leaving me to my supper
03:57without having to listen to you scratching at your conscience.
04:11You get a few days off at the end of the month.
04:18In fact, you must.
04:20I left from my sister.
04:22My mum says to bring you home.
04:24We'll go Saturday to Monday.
04:26Giliop, I'm not sure that I can.
04:28What do you mean?
04:29That there's just so much going on.
04:31Let's not talk here.
04:33It's your pa, isn't it?
04:35He's turned you against me.
04:37I respect what my pa tells me.
04:39Of course I do.
04:40Because more often than not, he's right.
04:41And you have...
04:42I have my own mind.
04:43I don't believe you.
04:45Well, perhaps I don't need you to believe me.
04:48I don't need the respect of a man, a boy,
04:51who can't accept that a girl can make her own decisions in life.
04:55Well, I am glad I found out what kind of girl you are
04:58if I took you home.
04:59Oh, yes, Philip.
05:01But I would not care to be a disappointment to a boy's mum.
05:12Is everything all right, Laura?
05:18Very impressive.
05:19If I'm allowed to stay so.
05:28Emma, I wanted to ask you.
05:30I don't mean to pry.
05:31It's none of my business.
05:33But how did you and Robert meet?
05:36Well, you know that, Miss Margaret.
05:38He was engaged by a firm of builders,
05:41restoring the churches here in the countryside.
05:43By the time the work was finished, we had two children.
05:47What I mean is, how did your friendship become, well,
05:52more than a friendship?
05:54Well, a man needs a little bit of encouragement, Miss Margaret.
06:02Well, how does a woman do that?
06:04Well, you hold him in a long, milk-eyed look like this.
06:12Oh, dear.
06:13That is fair.
06:14You try.
06:15Me?
06:16Go on.
06:17You can do it.
06:18That's it.
06:19And your hands should brush accidentally, so that the touch excites.
06:24And perhaps a sigh or two.
06:25A sigh or two.
06:26A sigh or two.
06:27A sigh?
06:28Miss Margaret, I have every reason to believe you will be married by Christmas.
06:31I could have put it on you.
06:32I could have put it on you.
06:33I could have put it on you.
06:34I could have put it on you.
06:35And your hands should brush accidentally, so that the touch excites.
06:38a sigh or two.
06:39A sigh or two.
06:40A sigh?
06:41A sigh.
06:42A sigh.
06:43A sigh.
06:44A sigh.
06:45A sigh.
06:46A sigh.
06:51Miss Margaret, I have every reason to believe you will be married by Christmas.
06:56A sigh.
07:00I could have put a note into your private post pack, but since it's such a delicate matter,
07:05I thought I might call on you.
07:07And the delicate matter is?
07:09Zilla's birthday.
07:10Zilla's birthday celebrations have been many things, but never delicate.
07:17I would be grateful if you did not attend.
07:26I know that Zilla loves you to turn up coincidentally at the last minute, but this year...
07:37there will always be reasons why you and I should be in one another's company.
07:42And I feel that we have to be strong in our resistance.
07:46Yes, I understand.
07:53But then I've always understood we must do things exactly at your bidding.
07:58I will explain to Zilla that you were unable to join us.
07:59It was at your bidding that we live like this.
08:00Timothy, please.
08:01Tell me why, Dorcas.
08:02We've been like this for years.
08:03We meet and we chat and we smile.
08:04We're on our guard to be decent and polite.
08:05We never say anything that matters.
08:06Timothy, this is all past and gone.
08:07And we should leave it well alone.
08:08I don't believe what you told me then, that you don't love me.
08:13I live my life bound by duty and obligation.
08:15I didn't want any of this.
08:17We're on our guard to be decent and polite.
08:19We never say anything that matters.
08:21Timothy, this is all past and gone.
08:23And we should leave it well alone.
08:25I don't believe what you told me then, that you don't love me.
08:29I live my life bound by duty and obligation.
08:33I didn't want any of this.
08:34All I ever really wanted was you.
08:38Tell me why you refused me.
08:42Tell me the truth.
08:47It was my father.
08:52He told me it could never work.
08:56Love never crosses.
08:58The great divide of social class.
09:01Those were his words.
09:01Then your father was a bigoted, small-minded fool of a man.
09:12At last, something real between us.
09:17You've no idea how much I've longed for this moment.
09:25Dad.
09:56Miss Lane, has something happened?
09:58Everything and nothing.
10:00You take your break now, Laura. I'll remind the shop.
10:06Miss Lane, we have the most terrible crisis on your hands.
10:09We've been delivered the wrong lace
10:11to make the trimming for the christening gown for Lady Adelaide's little one.
10:15We don't actually have an order for the gown yet,
10:17but we must secure the finest lace if we are to secure the commission.
10:20Miss Lane?
10:22You look unwell.
10:24I'm fine, ladies.
10:26Miss Lane, you are self-evident. You're not fine.
10:34Ladies, if you'd like to give me your message,
10:36I'll pass the telegram on at once.
10:38Miss Ellison?
10:42Oh.
10:44Yes?
10:46Miss Ellison?
10:48Yes.
10:49On Saturday?
10:50Yes.
10:51Since it is Zilla's birthday, which no-one must mention, I wondered...
10:58something the matter, Miss Ellison?
11:00You seem rather distraught. You look like you might faint.
11:02I'll fetch you a glass of water.
11:04Oh, yes. Zilla's birthday. You are invited.
11:08You will tell me. I'm the underkeeper and you must respect my position.
11:10I respect the man, not his title.
11:12What is the problem here?
11:14Sir, as you know, there's been poaching on the estate.
11:16And I have good reason to believe that Mr. Timmons's son was on the grounds at night.
11:18Edmund was on the grounds, sir.
11:20But I don't know.
11:22I don't know. I don't know.
11:23I don't know.
11:24I don't know.
11:25I don't know.
11:26I don't know.
11:27I don't know.
11:28I don't know.
11:29I'm the underkeeper and you must respect my position.
11:31I respect the man, not his title.
11:33What is the problem here?
11:37Sir, as you know, there's been poaching on the estate.
11:40And I have good reason to believe that Mr. Timmons's son was on the grounds at night.
11:44Edmund was on the grounds, sir, but he took no game.
11:48If Mr. Timmons says his son has not been poaching, then that is good enough for me.
11:51Your lordship, the lad knows. Mr. Timmons knows who the thief is.
11:56Mr. Timmons is not employed as my gamekeeper.
11:58It is not for him to keep an eye on who is poaching.
12:01Sir, if you let this pass and every poacher in the county you believe the midwinter estate is easy pickings.
12:13Timmons, do you know who's been stealing my bills?
12:16I respect you as an employer, sir, and I am grateful for the work you have given me.
12:19Say what you have to say, man.
12:23I have no problem with who you are or what you are, sir.
12:26But a bird in the woods has been welcome food for poor families long before there was such a thing as a squire.
12:39Collect up your tools. I will have you paid off.
12:41I will have you paid off.
12:42You can feed the pig and fetch the water before you pick up that newspaper.
12:56Oh, you're home early.
13:03You can feed the pig and fetch the water
13:05before you pick up that newspaper.
13:11Today ain't payday.
13:13Job's done.
13:15You said you had more than a month left at the manor.
13:18Now they're in.
13:20Robert, Tim, is he going to tell me what's going on?
13:23The Squire has decided I am no longer the man
13:25for the task
13:26with a little help from his underkeeper.
13:32This is about Edmund and poaching, isn't it?
13:38I have a right to know, Robert.
13:40Then I'll tell you, though I know it'll only make things worse.
13:45I refuse to give him the name of the poacher.
13:49Oh, Robert.
13:51I don't blame the Squire.
13:52He was put in a position where he had to act or he would look a fool.
13:54You were so proud of that work.
13:56Would you prefer I give him Alf's name?
13:58It's our only income.
14:00Not a word of this to Alf, you understand.
14:02Emma!
14:04Can you spare a crust of bread till the morning?
14:06Can you provide for yourself for once?
14:08Oh, don't you fret!
14:10Any day now, my Walter will be home.
14:12And the bills will be paid,
14:13and the RLS household will be enjoying the best of times!
14:16There is no denying what I saw.
14:31And I cannot know what you truly feel now.
14:35I can only know what I feel.
14:38What I have to give seems to be enough to fill a man's life.
14:52and I am past being angry
14:57or jealous
14:59or fearful.
15:06I just want to know
15:08what we are going to do
15:09about this situation.
15:11You're looking better, Twister.
15:20Come closer.
15:26When I close my eyes,
15:29I can feel my ma taking my hand
15:31leading me over to the other side.
15:34Don't say such things.
15:35You just need a bit of building up, is all.
15:40Your Queen, you'll soon have you on your feet.
15:45Twister.
15:47I brought our Redman to offer you his thanks himself.
15:55Marvellous.
15:59Since I have you
16:01strong young men here,
16:03perhaps you could
16:06help me over to the window.
16:21I just want to see my garden
16:23for one last time.
16:28I have something for you, Edmund.
16:33You will notice
16:35a handsome chain of beads
16:37that's seen me through many a good year.
16:42It's your turn now.
16:44I can't let him take that off you, Twister.
16:47Here's my old belt for you, Robert.
16:50That'll keep more than your trousers in place.
16:54Alfie,
16:57here,
16:57a fine old hat
17:00is the makings of a man.
17:04There.
17:07Now,
17:08I'm at peace with my
17:10little corner of the world.
17:13If you just
17:14set me down
17:16again,
17:19I'll
17:19rest my eyes
17:21for a minute or two.
17:24It's good to see you improving
17:38so quickly, Edmund.
17:40It's time to get you home, Edmund.
17:42It's enough.
17:42Go easy on him, Robert.
17:45Alfie's a good lad.
17:47I know what kind of a lad he is.
17:49It's not my old hat he needs.
17:51More like your respect.
17:55Sometimes we must go through the worst
17:57in order to reach the best.
18:00When Alf learned that
18:01Pa had lost his position,
18:03he knew what he must do
18:04to win back my father's respect.
18:10Adelaide saw us together.
18:12Oh, Timothy,
18:18the damage we have done.
18:20Yes, and go on, do it.
18:25I look at Laura
18:26and the way she
18:27deals with her affairs.
18:31I sometimes think
18:32she is more mature than I am.
18:34if we try
18:40not to see one another...
18:42It's past that now.
18:46Doris,
18:48I came here
18:51to tell you
18:52that I love my wife.
18:57And to mean it.
19:00To face you
19:01and to tell you
19:02that
19:02I want to be happy
19:07with Adelaide.
19:15I have looked at you
19:16for so long
19:17and have seen
19:20the young man
19:21you once were.
19:25My young man.
19:26Miss Lane knew
19:48that she had made
19:49Lady Adelaide's life
19:50intolerable.
19:52She must have decided
19:53in the night
19:54that something must change.
19:56something must be done.
19:58And she must be
19:59the one to do it.
20:04Oh, Miss Lane.
20:06I think we may need
20:07some more sherry
20:09for the church society's
20:10tea party.
20:12Yes.
20:13I do believe
20:14the church society
20:14requires plenty
20:15of sweet wine.
20:17I'll order some
20:18today, ma'am.
20:23Now that we are
20:24we're all together
20:25I have something
20:27I have to tell you.
20:30Something that
20:31concerns you all.
20:35I wish I could find
20:37a less brutal way
20:40to deliver this news.
20:43But I can't see how.
20:44I am selling the post office
20:53and the forge.
20:57I have received
20:59an offer
20:59from a good
21:00and respectable
21:01buyer
21:02Mr. Blakestone
21:04the postmaster
21:05in Ingolston
21:05which I found
21:07unable to refuse.
21:09I will ensure
21:12that your
21:12positions are secure
21:14those of you
21:16who wish
21:17to stay on.
21:22Ma'am,
21:23what will you do?
21:27I intend
21:28to travel abroad.
21:30I've always had
21:31a taste
21:31for the exotic.
21:32I realise
21:35this comes
21:36as a
21:37tremendous
21:38shock to you
21:39but I know
21:41in my heart
21:42this is
21:43the right time
21:45for me to do this.
21:49If any of you
21:50wish to ask
21:51any
21:51questions
21:52or voice
21:53any
21:53anxieties
21:55is there
21:55Thomas?
22:01I have
22:02no such
22:02anxieties
22:03ma'am
22:03for I do not
22:05believe it will
22:05come to pass.
22:08I would appreciate
22:09it if you did not
22:10bury your head
22:10in the ground
22:11and accept
22:13that my decision
22:14has been made.
22:15Your will
22:16is one thing
22:16ma'am
22:17the Lord's
22:18will is what
22:19we live by.
22:23Matthew
22:24Zilla
22:32do you
22:33have anything
22:33to say?
22:34I do.
22:35I say
22:36it's about
22:37time.
22:38Ma'am
22:39this doesn't
22:39seem right
22:40so suddenly.
22:42Why?
22:45I have
22:46given you
22:46my answer
22:46Laura.
22:48I want
22:49to travel.
22:51I ask
22:52that you
22:53accept it.
22:54Alf.
23:01Alf
23:01stop.
23:02I won't let you
23:02do such a foolish
23:03thing.
23:04You've lost your
23:04work at the man.
23:05I can tell Sir
23:06Timothy what he wants
23:07to know and then he
23:07has no quarrel with you.
23:08Get yourself a month
23:09or more in quarrel.
23:10Alfie there's a dozen
23:10ways of looking at this.
23:11I don't have enough
23:12fingers to point
23:13to the ones to blame.
23:13Don't.
23:17I want to be able
23:18to look you in the eye
23:19again sir.
23:20You've done enough
23:21for that.
23:22You've stood up.
23:23You've offered to take
23:24responsibility.
23:25Alfie, your ma is just
23:26out of prison.
23:27You want your brothers
23:28and sisters to see you
23:29go the same way?
23:30Would you do that to
23:31them?
23:32They look up to you.
23:33Would you throw that
23:34back in their faces?
23:36Enough harm has been
23:37done.
23:37Now I have a bag of tools.
23:40I have skill will get
23:41me work.
23:41I always find work.
23:46Come on son.
23:49Let's put this behind
23:50us.
24:00More feminine.
24:03Yes.
24:04Please.
24:05I am not sure
24:08about style
24:08and everyone
24:10says about such
24:11things you must
24:11ask them as
24:12brats.
24:14We can give
24:16advice
24:17of course.
24:21Might I suggest
24:23the approach
24:24best suited
24:25might be one
24:26of
24:26transformation.
24:30Perhaps we
24:33could take
24:34one small
24:35step at a
24:36time.
24:38Shall we
24:39begin
24:39Ruby?
24:47What on
24:48earth?
24:51Miss Alison
24:52why might
24:54a reverend's
24:55daughter suddenly
24:56feel the need
24:57to make
24:57herself appear
24:58more
24:58well-favoured?
25:03Oh.
25:06Simply.
25:12How sad
25:13it is
25:13Miss Lane
25:14has decided
25:14to leave
25:15us.
25:16Leave?
25:17Oh,
25:18Blake Stone
25:19might think
25:20he's finally
25:20got his hands
25:21on the
25:21Candleford
25:22post office
25:22but I
25:23shan't
25:23lose a
25:24minute
25:24of sleep
25:24worrying.
25:27Thomas,
25:27are you
25:27saying this
25:28is not
25:28the first
25:29time
25:29that Mr
25:29Blake Stone
25:30has made
25:30an offer
25:30to Miss Lane
25:31for the
25:31post office?
25:32Once a year
25:32these past
25:33seven years.
25:34She's no more
25:35interested in
25:35selling to him
25:36than she
25:36wouldn't
25:36feeding her
25:37foot to
25:38a hungry
25:38dog.
25:39Then why
25:40has she
25:40accepted
25:41his offer
25:41this time?
25:42That's where
25:42you're
25:42falling short,
25:43young Laura.
25:44This is a
25:44mere aberration.
25:46Miss Lane
25:47will not sell.
25:47No, no.
25:48Miss Lane
25:49is this
25:49post office
25:50and this
25:50post office
25:51is Miss Lane.
25:52There the
25:52matter
25:52begins and
25:53ends.
25:56Miss
25:56Ellison.
26:03You, uh,
26:04you're not
26:05yourself.
26:08I bought a new
26:09dress.
26:11Ah.
26:13Does it seem
26:14to be a
26:15different
26:15sort of
26:16dress?
26:17Yes.
26:20It's a
26:20wonder
26:26more than one
26:27person can
26:28work in this
26:28sorting office
26:29is so small
26:30and cramped
26:31and small.
26:32Is that
26:33Miss Lane
26:33calling me
26:34there?
26:34There.
26:35Ma'am,
26:49it may not
26:49be my place
26:50to intrude
26:50in your
26:51affairs.
26:52Oh, dear.
26:54I hope I
26:54haven't been
26:55teaching you
26:55in the dark
26:56arts of
26:56meddling,
26:57Laura.
26:59I just
27:00can't help
27:00wondering if
27:01you've properly
27:01considered your
27:02staff and
27:03your customers.
27:05And how
27:06much we
27:06all want
27:06you to
27:07remain.
27:09Oh.
27:10Well, that
27:11is sweet of
27:12you.
27:13But I have
27:14given a good
27:14many years
27:15to selling
27:15postal orders.
27:17Now I have
27:18a fancy for
27:18something a little
27:19more stimulating.
27:20But you love
27:20it so, ma'am.
27:22You've said
27:22so yourself
27:23when your
27:24father died.
27:25All the
27:26customers with
27:26their foibles
27:27and their
27:28secrets,
27:29bringing their
27:30affairs into
27:30the post office.
27:31I can see
27:34I will have
27:35to be a
27:35little more
27:35careful what
27:36I say to
27:36you,
27:37Laura.
27:39Are you
27:40writing it
27:40all down in
27:41that journal
27:41of yours?
27:45I will
27:46not deny
27:46I said
27:47those things.
27:48But attitudes
27:49change.
27:50We change.
27:51Now I want
27:52something different.
27:53Because your
27:53decision is so
27:54sudden, ma'am.
27:55Perhaps you
27:56should take
27:56more time
27:57to consider.
27:57Laura.
27:58I appreciate
28:00your concern.
28:02We've made
28:02your point
28:03clearly and
28:04forcefully.
28:05Now.
28:05No, ma'am.
28:07Please, listen.
28:10There must be
28:12a reason.
28:12Laura.
28:12It's the
28:13baby!
28:18It's Lady
28:19Adelaide and
28:20her baby.
28:21I know it.
28:24And it's
28:25not right.
28:25you cannot
28:27let this
28:28happen because
28:28of Sir
28:29Laura that
28:29will do.
28:31You have
28:32no right
28:32to suppose
28:33that you
28:33know my
28:34motives better
28:34than I do.
28:36You are
28:36a child.
28:38You know
28:38nothing.
28:39Nothing!
28:47I know
28:48that I
28:48cannot let
28:49you do
28:49this, ma'am.
28:50You cannot
28:50stop me.
28:51You will make
28:55no more
28:56mention of
28:56this to
28:57myself nor
28:57anyone else.
28:58Do you
28:58understand?
29:01Do you
29:01understand?
29:04Yes, ma'am.
29:05Oh, how many
29:18more times will
29:20I bring you
29:20your hot
29:21milk before
29:22bedtime, ma'am?
29:24Not many.
29:27You enjoy
29:28your foreign
29:29travels.
29:29Thank you,
29:32Zilla.
29:34I will be
29:35sure to send
29:36you a postcard.
29:37No need
29:38to do that,
29:38ma'am.
29:39When you're
29:40gone, I'll
29:41be dead and
29:42in the ground
29:43within a week.
29:45Nonsense!
29:47You'll
29:48outlive us
29:48all, and
29:49you know
29:49it.
29:49I had
30:04to speak
30:05to someone,
30:06and there
30:07was only
30:07one person
30:08who I
30:08believed
30:09could
30:09reverse
30:09the
30:09situation.
30:14Perhaps
30:14it was
30:14the streak
30:15of defiance
30:16in the
30:16Timmons
30:16blood.
30:18Perhaps
30:18it was
30:18simply
30:19that I
30:19could
30:19not
30:20bear
30:20the
30:20thought
30:20of
30:20what
30:21Miss Lane
30:21was
30:21planning.
30:49she
30:50can cry
30:51out
30:51there
30:51just
30:52as
30:52well
30:52as
30:52she
30:52can
30:52cry
30:53in
30:53here.
30:53It's not
30:55the crying
30:56that put
30:56this mood
30:56on you,
30:57is it?
30:57I've walked
30:58just about
30:58every mile
30:59in this
30:59county in
30:59search of
31:00work.
31:00they all
31:05heard how
31:05the squire
31:06dismissed me
31:07and they
31:07do love
31:07their
31:08squire
31:08around
31:09here.
31:11I
31:11offered
31:11prices
31:11for
31:12fixing
31:12crumbling
31:12gateposts
31:13they would
31:13have snapped
31:14my hand
31:14off for
31:15a few
31:15days ago.
31:16Well,
31:17that just
31:19means
31:19for a
31:19time
31:20your
31:21choices
31:22have been
31:22taken away
31:23about the
31:23kind of
31:24work you
31:24do.
31:27Oh,
31:28Robert,
31:29it will
31:30pass.
31:32I will
31:32not have
31:33my reputation
31:33taken away
31:34at the
31:35whim of a
31:35man never
31:36done a
31:36day's
31:36labour
31:37in his
31:37life.
31:42It
31:43makes no
31:43sense,
31:44Laughes.
31:44The way
31:45I see
31:46things,
31:46it makes
31:46absolute
31:47sense.
31:48I can
31:49find no
31:50other way
31:50out of
31:50this
31:51predicament.
31:52You
31:52and I
31:53have put
31:53Adelaide
31:54in an
31:54intolerable
31:55position.
31:59Timothy,
32:00I can't
32:02let you
32:02blame my
32:03father for
32:03what happened
32:04between us.
32:06I lied
32:07to you.
32:09I told
32:10you I
32:10didn't love
32:11you when
32:11I did.
32:14We spent
32:14all of our
32:15young life
32:16together,
32:17but when
32:17it came
32:17to marrying
32:18you,
32:21I thought
32:22that if
32:23you married
32:23a girl
32:24from the
32:24post office,
32:25it would
32:26be the
32:27ruin of
32:27you.
32:39I don't
32:39want you
32:40to sign
32:40this contract.
32:42You will
32:42regret it
32:43if you do.
32:43This agreement
32:44is binding.
32:45There will be
32:45no going
32:45back.
32:46If you put
32:46your signature
32:47to this,
32:48the post office
32:48will no longer
32:49be yours.
32:50I understand.
32:51Do you?
32:55Tell me you
32:56will at least
32:56give it some
32:57proper consideration
32:58a few days,
32:59perhaps a week,
33:00before you sign.
33:03Good morning.
33:07Good morning.
33:08Why, small room,
33:09please, Laura.
33:09Oh, and I need a
33:13postal order
33:13for 15
33:14shillings
33:14and six.
33:15Thomas, can you put
33:42this in the mailbag
33:43for collection?
33:44Yes, ma'am.
34:03Sit up, mate.
34:03Look.
34:13It is not my job
34:18I want back, sir.
34:20It is my reputation.
34:24And how may I
34:25do that?
34:26All I would ask,
34:27sir, is that you
34:28write me a testimonial
34:29saying you are
34:30contented with the
34:30work I have done
34:31at the manor
34:31and with the
34:34character of the
34:35man who performed
34:35the work.
34:40Very well.
34:41word of advice,
34:54Mr. Timmons.
34:57You could have kept
34:58your position
34:58if you'd had the good
34:59sense to hold
35:00your tongue.
35:02I understand, sir.
35:03I know people
35:06who have survived
35:07their whole lives
35:08by holding
35:09their tongues.
35:11And I have seen
35:12what it's made of them.
35:20I've often envied
35:21you, you know.
35:23Yes.
35:25You have certain
35:26liberties that I could
35:27only dream of.
35:28to be true
35:30to yourself
35:31and not just
35:32your position.
35:38I know what
35:39you think of me,
35:40what I stand for.
35:42But I also know
35:43that all you see
35:44before you
35:44are the clothes,
35:46the privilege,
35:47and the history.
35:48And yet you fail
35:49to see,
35:50you refuse to see
35:50the man,
35:51Mr. Lane.
35:51I'm sorry,
36:00I meant Mr. Timmons.
36:03That is what
36:04I heard you say,
36:05sir,
36:05Mr. Timmons.
36:21That can go
36:25against the wall,
36:25Matthew,
36:25as we did last year.
36:26Right up.
36:30Oh, you have
36:31excelled yourself
36:32this year's end.
36:32Oh, thank you, ma'am.
36:33Let's hope the
36:34church society
36:35bring a healthy
36:35appetite with them.
36:39Thomas,
36:39if this is the effect
36:40Miss Ellison has
36:41upon you,
36:41I'm beginning to
36:42wish I hadn't
36:42encouraged her.
36:43Why are you
36:44standing there
36:45like that,
36:46like a sail in the wind?
36:47If you think
36:48I'm doing all
36:49this work myself,
36:50I ain't
36:51having it.
36:56Caroline!
36:57Mrs. Arliss,
36:58you should be
36:59at home and
36:59resting.
37:00I was at home
37:01and resting,
37:01but as much
37:02as I'm sitting
37:03around and my
37:03body is still,
37:04my mind is
37:05running around.
37:06I'm desperate
37:07to know if
37:07there's any word
37:08from my Walter
37:09and when I can
37:10expect him home.
37:11We haven't
37:12received anything
37:12yet, I'm afraid.
37:13Oh, my problem
37:15is I have
37:16no patience.
37:17Oh, and neither
37:19does this one.
37:20Mrs. Arliss,
37:21are you started?
37:22Oh, nothing
37:23to worry about.
37:24It's no more
37:25than anxiety.
37:28Twice a day
37:29I have a false
37:30alarm.
37:30We must arrange
37:31a ride back
37:31to Larkrice for you.
37:32No, I shall
37:33go as I came
37:36in the back
37:36of the milk cart.
37:38Are you sure
37:39it's a false
37:40alarm?
37:40I'm certain
37:41of it.
37:42Definite.
37:43I am holding
37:44on till my
37:45husband's return
37:46or my eyes
37:47in blue.
37:47Oh, my eyes
37:49in blue.
37:52Laura, fetch
37:53Dr. Ingram's.
37:54We must get
37:54you to bed
37:55at once.
37:55No, no,
37:56I'm holding
37:57on.
37:58I ain't
37:58having no
37:59baby till
37:59I'm ready.
38:00I suspect
38:01this baby
38:01may have
38:02other ideas.
38:04We'll go.
38:08You and I
38:08just go.
38:09We'll live
38:09in London.
38:15But how can
38:15you leave?
38:16All will be
38:16well here.
38:18You know I
38:19have brothers
38:19who would like
38:20nothing better
38:20than to take
38:21my place.
38:29You'll do
38:29that for me.
38:40It is what I want,
38:41Adelaide.
38:42I think I will
39:09go up now,
39:09my dear.
39:10No.
39:11You stay there
39:13where I can keep
39:14my eye on you.
39:15Queenie,
39:17I do not wish
39:17to defy you,
39:19but the time
39:19has come.
39:21I'm not afraid.
39:24I'm ready.
39:27If you will help
39:28me up the stairs,
39:29I will lay me
39:30down just
39:31one last time.
39:32You'll be of good
39:36cheer,
39:37my girl.
39:39Perhaps
39:40a bit of an old
39:41tune to
39:41carry us
39:42upstairs.
39:43Eh?
39:44Eh?
39:44Eh?
39:44Eh?
39:45Eh?
39:45Eh?
39:46Eh?
39:46Eh?
39:47Eh?
39:47Eh?
39:48Eh?
39:48Eh?
39:49Eh?
39:49Eh?
39:50Eh?
39:50Eh?
39:51Eh?
39:51Eh?
39:52Eh?
39:53Eh?
39:53Eh?
39:54Eh?
39:55Eh?
39:56Eh?
39:57Eh?
39:58Eh?
39:59Eh?
40:00Eh?
40:01Eh?
40:02Eh?
40:03Eh?
40:04Alas,
40:04no more I knew
40:07to gather
40:10clean as measure
40:13of the love
40:16that fell
40:17from you.
40:21Mam,
40:22Dr Ingram's been
40:23called out to
40:23Ingolston.
40:24He's not yet
40:24back until
40:24nightfall.
40:25I've searched
40:26from the midwife,
40:26but...
40:26That's all right,
40:27Laura.
40:28We have no urgent
40:29need of them now.
40:31Zilla and I
40:31managed to
40:32I'm just fine.
40:35A girl.
40:47My darling?
40:51Krista?
40:54Tom?
41:02Oh!
41:16Oh!
41:18Alf, your mare has a child!
41:21A girl!
41:22She was born in the post office!
41:26Lauren, we haven't fallen out, have we?
41:29Why would we fall out?
41:30I've been such a fool.
41:33Caused all sorts of trouble.
41:36You'll always be my Alfie.
41:40My dear friend.
41:48This is adorable.
41:52Zilla had her best frock, pressed and ready,
41:55to welcome the guest to her surprise birthday party.
42:00Bees.
42:01Bees.
42:02Bees.
42:03Your master's dead.
42:04And now you must work for your missive.
42:06Bees.
42:07Bees.
42:08Bees.
42:09Your master's dead.
42:10And now you must work for your missive.
42:11Bees.
42:12Bees.
42:13Bees.
42:14Bees.
42:15Your master's dead.
42:16And now you must work for your missive.
42:18Bees.
42:19Bees.
42:20Bees.
42:21Bees.
42:22Your master's dead.
42:23And now you must work for your missive.
42:25Bees.
42:26Bees.
42:28Bees.
42:29Bees.
42:30wiees.
42:31Without fusied.
42:32And now you must work for your missive.
42:34Bees.
42:35Bees.
42:36Bees.
42:38Bees.
42:38Bees.
42:40Bees.
42:40Bees. Bees.
42:42Your master's dead, and now you must work for your missus.
42:57I was pulling on my trousers, and I fell over.
43:03Do you know, my dear, the fever's gone,
43:07and I feel more agreeable than I have in years.
43:10Something upset you, my dear.
43:16Kind friends.
43:18As you can see, the way of things with me is much improved.
43:23I was wondering if I could ask of you to consider
43:27that which was handed over in good faith.
43:31I have restored to life!
43:43You old duffer!
43:47Is she the beautiful one?
44:00What will you call her, Caroline?
44:03Patience.
44:04Patience!
44:05Patience!
44:06Patience.
44:07Patience.
44:22Miss...
44:23Alison.
44:29Miss Margaret.
44:35Margaret.
44:40Your eyes are poetry.
44:46Thomas Brown, you surprise me.
44:48I don't wish to be overly forthright.
44:53I feel I might be...
44:57In love?
44:58Yes.
45:02The signs and wonders that the unbeliever might never understand.
45:23I'm sorry.
45:24I'll try to make the best of my friends.
45:27Maybe you'll be a little more.
45:30You know what I mean?
45:31I'm sorry.
45:32I'm sorry.
45:33I'm sorry.
45:34I'm sorry.
45:35I'm sorry.
46:06I've come to say goodbye.
46:28Well, it's a little early.
46:30No.
46:32I'm leaving.
46:36Adelaide and I are going to London.
46:43I want to live the life I have and not the life of the tough of each.
46:47If I go to London, if I give myself to this for a year, perhaps more, then I believe I can convince Adelaide that I mean it.
47:00Yes.
47:05I believe you can.
47:10And you can remain here at the post office.
47:14Yes.
47:17Yes, I can.
47:21You can.
47:21Yes, I can.
47:31Yes, I can.
47:36Come on, gentlemen, come on, come on, come on, come on.
48:06Emma, I am in an impossible bind.
48:25You don't want to leave.
48:28I signed the contract.
48:30I posted it.
48:33Everyone warned me not to.
48:34Can you not reason with Mr. Pinkstone?
48:40He has been coveting the post office for many years.
48:44If I may be so bold, ma'am.
48:48Situations not so beyond recovery as it might appear.
48:54A contract is only binding if it is in the possession of both parties.
48:57I took the liberty of withdrawing it from the collection bag.
49:11Why on earth did you do that?
49:13It was my belief this is God's will, ma'am.
49:17I hope you'll forgive me.
49:18Forgive you.
49:26Thomas Brown, I could kiss you.
49:31If you're to continue to be my employer, ma'am, that may not be advisable.
49:34Well, Laura, it looks as if my travels will have to wait.
49:42And everything will return to exactly as it was.
49:46All right, let me grab things.
49:48I will.
49:50All right.
49:50I will.
49:51Oh, my God.
49:51I will.
49:52I will.
49:53I will.
49:56I will.
49:58I will.
49:59I will.
50:02Mum, I think Zilla is drunk.
50:32I'm afraid, Laura, Zilla is not drunk.
51:02It takes time and sorrow and experience to teach us the worth of the things that truly matter.
51:15The deepest joys of life are here.
51:19Right here.
51:22Walter.
51:52er.
52:02okay, great.
52:09female.
52:13okay.
52:16Okay.