#theblackvelvetgown https://dailymotion.com/bethfreed25
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
Starring: Janet McTeer; Geraldine Somerville; Bob Peck
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
Starring: Janet McTeer; Geraldine Somerville; Bob Peck
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00:01:32Come here!
00:01:36Come here!
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00:02:18Mr. Clarke?
00:02:23Ma!
00:02:28It's Annie, Ma!
00:02:32Annie!
00:02:38So what are we going to do now, Ma?
00:02:41We're not going back.
00:02:44I'll tell you that.
00:03:11Where's your man?
00:03:13I've got no man.
00:03:15I came with Husky when I missed her call.
00:03:19You miss her half the calls,
00:03:20you're on half after the last one.
00:03:25I see you're bedding down anyway.
00:03:27Uh-huh.
00:03:28Aye, well, get a good rest of the night
00:03:30because there's a big Irish family coming tomorrow.
00:03:32I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:34I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:35I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:36I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:37I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:38I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:39The Irish family come in the morning.
00:03:43So, you're looking for a housekeeper's job?
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00:03:51Is that us?
00:03:56I can't promise, mate.
00:03:58I could get my head bitten off by a mosquito.
00:04:00Would you like to tidy yourselves up a bit?
00:04:03If you could go somewhere.
00:04:05Of course.
00:04:06No, Fanny, it's blackmail. That's all it is, blackmail.
00:04:11Mr Miller, I've told you, I can't make the journeys no more.
00:04:16Be thankful I've found somebody else.
00:04:18Somebody else? You think I've taken a woman with three children?
00:04:22Oh, shut up. I've had your whinings and I'm sick of it.
00:04:27Oh, shut up. I've had your whinings and I'm sick of it.
00:04:31You're a widow?
00:04:57Yes, sir.
00:05:01Your children, can they work?
00:05:03Yes, sir, they're hard workers, sir.
00:05:05My son, David, he's been working in the fields for three years now.
00:05:09And Bridget, she's very good at housework.
00:05:15And at reading, right?
00:05:20Reading, right?
00:05:22Yes, sir. My husband taught us.
00:05:27Indeed.
00:05:29And what was your husband?
00:05:34He was a miner, sir.
00:05:37A miner?
00:05:40A coal miner?
00:05:46Well, Mrs Millicombe, I must be plain with you.
00:05:50I'm a man of poor means.
00:05:52Mrs Briggs has four shillings a week and her food.
00:05:56Even with lodgings, I'm sure you wouldn't consider that sufficient for yourself and your whole family.
00:06:03I'd be happy to accept your offer, sir.
00:06:07You would?
00:06:08Oh, yes, sir.
00:06:11But it's nothing.
00:06:14See, Fanny, she'll tell you what to do.
00:06:23Mum?
00:06:27Howie, I'll show you the house.
00:06:44Thanks, Robert, that.
00:06:49Always has Robert's on a Thursday.
00:07:14Aye.
00:07:16Thursdays.
00:07:20Rabbit day.
00:07:26So you're settled in, then?
00:07:28Oh, I hope so. I do hope so.
00:07:31Aye, I don't just bring rabbits, mind.
00:07:34I'll be bringing you milk every day and wood once a month.
00:07:37I suppose you're used to coal.
00:07:39Aye, I am, but I don't care.
00:07:41I don't care.
00:07:42Tom? Tom?
00:07:44How long are you going to leave me out there?
00:07:47Raya, this is me sister, Annie.
00:07:50We share a cottage up on the government estate.
00:07:53You must visit us.
00:07:55When you're settled in, Lake, you must have plenty to keep you busy, Raya.
00:08:02Gee, look what the master's given us.
00:08:04Never let us breathe on anything of his mother's.
00:08:06And now, look.
00:08:08That's beautiful.
00:08:09Some people have the look, eh?
00:08:11Fanny, you'll have to guard that.
00:08:12Well, Todd, you've brought your passenger.
00:08:14Now, come on.
00:08:16Here you are.
00:08:20If I had anything that precious, you'd have it and all.
00:08:24Get over here, man.
00:08:26Get his pie crust right and maybe he'll stay in a good mood.
00:08:30That'll be something.
00:08:39Come on.
00:08:48In.
00:08:58Put it there.
00:09:01I hope you understand I don't want to be troubled by your children.
00:09:05Oh, I understand, sir.
00:09:07You won't be troubled.
00:09:09Hey! You two! Come on!
00:09:39Out of the way!
00:09:50It's Tom!
00:09:59Mom!
00:10:09Come on.
00:10:19Oh, get off!
00:10:23Get that!
00:10:25Oh!
00:10:27Ha-ha!
00:10:29Oh!
00:10:33Oh, yeah, that's coming, coming.
00:10:35There you go.
00:10:40There you go.
00:10:45Biddy!
00:10:51Biddy!
00:11:09Biddy!
00:11:19On your own, Riah?
00:11:21I've brought you some Christmas presents for the Baines.
00:11:24There's a doll there for the lassie and a horse for Davy.
00:11:28Oh, honey.
00:11:30Well, from Tom, really.
00:11:32He sat carving them for weeks,
00:11:34likely getting practice in for when he has his own Baines.
00:11:39Did you not know he was carving?
00:11:42I thought he would have told you.
00:12:10I'm very much surprised you...
00:12:27Once a quarter, he goes into town and gets his allowance.
00:12:31I've seen him worse.
00:12:36Good night, Riah.
00:12:39Good night.
00:12:53Newcastle was packed today, Riah.
00:12:56The shops made me wish I was a rich man.
00:13:01Or a highwoman.
00:13:04I don't think you make a very good highwoman, sir.
00:13:10Perhaps not.
00:13:18For your brood.
00:13:26Don't take it as a breakthrough.
00:13:35For yourself.
00:13:39Ladies and gentlemen...
00:14:10By the way, before I forgot, I must wish you luck on your wedding.
00:14:14Wedding? What wedding?
00:14:16Your sister gave us the impression you were getting married.
00:14:19I'm not getting married.
00:14:21Sorry. I must have made a mistake.
00:14:23No, no. You made no mistake.
00:14:26If I'm thinking of getting married, I'll today.
00:14:34I'll see you later.
00:14:36Chickens, look.
00:14:38I was caught in a girl, years ago, when my mother died.
00:14:42Our Annie came back to look after the house.
00:14:44That's when we prepared her that.
00:14:46Oh, I'm sorry.
00:14:48Things have turned out.
00:14:51I'm not.
00:14:54Tom, you've been so good to us.
00:14:57I wish there was something I could do in return.
00:14:59Oh.
00:15:00Here.
00:15:02Would you like us to teach you to read?
00:15:06Teach me to read?
00:15:09I'd like that very much.
00:15:12Hurry. We'll buy up the town.
00:15:14Big good surprise.
00:15:37Well?
00:15:38You seem loaded up.
00:15:40Been out begging again?
00:15:42Begging?
00:15:44You begged hard enough for a job at Moor House,
00:15:46and you've caused nought but trouble since.
00:15:48What do you mean, trouble?
00:15:50You know fine well.
00:15:52Our toll never knows if he's coming or going with errands for you.
00:15:55But teaching him to read and write,
00:15:58from Bairne's books,
00:16:00you've made the man a laughing stock.
00:16:02Miss Preston.
00:16:04The only laughing stock I can see
00:16:06is a bit of our old spinster.
00:16:08Terrified toll would go out and get a life of his own,
00:16:10and she might have to work for herself
00:16:12like plenty better people have to.
00:16:14Your trouble, all right.
00:16:16I've seen your type before.
00:16:24I'm sorry to disturb you.
00:16:29I always cut through here.
00:16:31Allow me.
00:16:33What have you been buying?
00:16:35I've got some clothing, second-hand.
00:16:37What? Other people's cast-offs?
00:16:41The gentleman's a lady's like.
00:16:43Well-aligned, good material.
00:16:45I overheard our friend
00:16:47accuse you of teaching toll his letters.
00:16:50Yes, sir.
00:16:52Only in the evening, sir, after work.
00:16:54Of course.
00:16:56But what about your children?
00:16:58Shouldn't you be thinking about their education?
00:17:03Come on, David, stand still, will you?
00:17:06Stop fidgeting.
00:17:12Ah!
00:17:14Stand still.
00:17:17Hi.
00:17:19How are you?
00:17:21Hey, Tom, guess what?
00:17:23The master's going to make us go to school.
00:17:25What school?
00:17:27The school round here.
00:17:29He's going to teach them in the library two hours every morning.
00:17:31On top of working all day, no?
00:17:33It's marvellous, isn't it, David?
00:17:35Marvellous? It's unheard of.
00:17:37I bet you can't wait, eh, David?
00:17:39Can I have a word with you?
00:17:41What?
00:17:43Can't see you there.
00:17:45Get off!
00:17:52I know what you're going to say.
00:17:54Aye, well, then.
00:17:56Doesn't take any leading up to then, does it?
00:18:01I just hope our Rani didn't upset you.
00:18:06Well, if she upset me, I certainly upset her.
00:18:14Oh, Raya.
00:18:21I wouldn't like anything to spoil what's between us.
00:18:27The way I'm pressed, I can't say what I want.
00:18:32I think I know what's going on in me mind.
00:18:40Ma!
00:18:42Ma, Master wants you.
00:18:54Come with me.
00:19:01Come on.
00:19:32Would you be able to make shirts for the boys out of these?
00:19:40Ye, but that's...
00:19:43It's silk.
00:19:45Oh, no, sir, it's much too good.
00:19:48They have a change on Sunday, don't they?
00:19:50Well, yes, but...
00:19:52Well, then, make them Sunday shirts.
00:19:54Workday material you'll find in that trunk.
00:19:57These belong to my mother.
00:20:01Mostly plain.
00:20:04Except for this.
00:20:14It was my mother's favourite.
00:20:16She always wore it on special occasions.
00:20:19It's lovely.
00:20:21I think so.
00:20:26Every other thing you can use.
00:20:29Only get rid of that dirty rubbish you bought today.
00:20:33God knows who wore those last year.
00:20:44I am grateful to you.
00:20:47I am grateful to you for all your kindness.
00:20:49Nonsense. My thanks are long overdue.
00:20:51But...
00:20:52Being able to help in this way,
00:20:54I shall not now feel under such an obligation to you.
00:21:01Raya.
00:21:04You know, sometimes you don't look or act much older than your daughter.
00:21:16Come on.
00:21:29The verbs are ammo, I love, which I prefer,
00:21:33and ale, I go, which is irregular.
00:21:37Eddie, what do you read?
00:21:42I read Martin.
00:21:45Davy.
00:21:49I love...
00:21:54my...
00:21:57Mother.
00:21:59Miss Biddy.
00:22:01I go to the city to buy bread.
00:22:05Sir, what's the use of us lot learning Latin?
00:22:10Davy.
00:22:12Latin is the key to the whole world of learning.
00:22:16That is why we're doing Latin.
00:22:23That's enough for today.
00:22:25Bye. I love you too, my darling.
00:22:28Davy, stay behind.
00:22:37Come here, Davy.
00:22:43Would you promise me to study hard
00:22:47if I put a pony in that stable?
00:22:50Ah, sir!
00:22:59Off you go.
00:23:13All aboard!
00:23:20Take care, Eddison.
00:23:22You might have to go home, Eddie.
00:23:43Come here.
00:23:45That's enough.
00:23:47Come here.
00:24:13Beautiful.
00:24:33Raya.
00:24:37I think we understand each other, don't we?
00:24:42Yes, sir.
00:24:45You're an intelligent woman.
00:24:47You must know that what appears right to some
00:24:51is vastly wrong to others.
00:24:58I do that.
00:25:02Very well, then.
00:25:08Come along upstairs.
00:25:12Come on.
00:25:31You're of the same build as my mother, Raya.
00:25:36And you have the same kind heart.
00:25:42Take it.
00:25:48It's yours.
00:25:57Put it on.
00:25:59And come to the drawing room. We'll have some wine.
00:26:12Thank you.
00:26:43The last of the cellar.
00:26:52But never before has any of it been drunk
00:26:55to such a beautiful woman.
00:26:59Why are we made like this, Raya,
00:27:01given the faculty to love and yet so afraid of it
00:27:04that we waste it in ways which bring us no joy?
00:27:07Do you understand me, Raya?
00:27:09You have brought joy, life to this house
00:27:12and a family.
00:27:14And I have brought joy to you.
00:27:17I have brought joy to you.
00:27:19I have brought joy to you.
00:27:21I have brought joy to you.
00:27:23I have brought joy to you.
00:27:25You have brought joy to this house and a family.
00:27:29I can't imagine now what my life was like without you.
00:27:35From now on, my whole concern will be for you and your children.
00:27:41Especially David. I do so want him to become someone.
00:27:49I'm talking like a father who has failed in life
00:27:52but has gone on to achieve his ambition.
00:28:17Now go to your bed, Raya.
00:28:22Go to your bed.
00:28:52Go to your bed.
00:29:22BELL RINGS
00:29:44SOBBING
00:29:53BELL RINGS
00:30:14What's this?
00:30:16The shares which support your allowance have fallen by half.
00:30:21That's all I can advance.
00:30:23Morgan, I can barely pay my housekeeper as it is.
00:30:27I promised a son a pony.
00:30:29I can't pay dividends on sympathy, Mr Miller.
00:30:50BELL RINGS
00:30:53BELL RINGS
00:31:17She wasn't a pony?
00:31:19I know. I promised.
00:31:23Maybe next time.
00:31:25Liar!
00:31:27Davy!
00:31:29Filthy liar!
00:31:31Davy!
00:31:40Go on, then. Go and meet your big brother.
00:31:50Davy, where's your horse?
00:31:56Horse!
00:32:03I'm going back to work. Now is all I'm going to do.
00:32:06Davy!
00:32:07To hell with learning! To hell with him!
00:32:20BELL RINGS
00:32:26Davy! Davy!
00:32:33It's not in my power. It wasn't my fault.
00:32:43I'm so sorry.
00:32:45You aren't! Leave off me!
00:32:47I do care for you.
00:32:49Leave off! I'm so sorry.
00:32:51Leave off my son! Davy.
00:32:57Oh, my God.
00:33:00God.
00:33:05It's all right, Davy. Don't worry.
00:33:08It's all right.
00:33:10Get off me!
00:33:14Let go!
00:33:16Davy!
00:33:20Davy!
00:33:28He kept holding us, Ma. He kept holding us.
00:33:31Run and get Tarle.
00:33:39Don't you feel like a father?
00:33:41Why?
00:33:47Oh!
00:33:49Still, Ma.
00:33:55Ah!
00:34:02Now, hold him still.
00:34:07Ah!
00:34:13Ah!
00:34:16Ah!
00:34:46Ah!
00:34:54Where's Davy?
00:35:01Davy's with me, Raya.
00:35:09He's not coming back.
00:35:12SHE GASPS
00:35:16SHE SOBS
00:35:21I can get him set on as a stable lad up at the house.
00:35:24It's what the lad always wanted.
00:35:27It's what the master wanted that caused this.
00:35:30Miller didn't give him away.
00:35:32He must be very fond of your family.
00:35:37And you.
00:35:39Aye, he's fond of Ben's, all right.
00:35:42But not by a woman.
00:35:47Leave some room for petty lass.
00:35:53I'm...
00:35:55sorry, lass.
00:36:03Good to you, my dear.
00:36:07Good to you.
00:36:09Whether I walk or not.
00:36:11Exactly.
00:36:13You'll be still on.
00:36:15You'll be here to try it. Keep trying.
00:36:21I'll collect you next time.
00:36:25I'll send him a crutch.
00:36:28Good day.
00:36:31Did you ever hear the like?
00:36:34He's right, though.
00:36:36What do you mean, he's right?
00:36:39You have to make an effort and fend for yourself.
00:36:42Me and the Ben's are going.
00:36:46Might I ask why?
00:36:50You're not natural.
00:36:54You're dirty.
00:36:58Don't you dare apply that word to me, woman!
00:37:01Never!
00:37:03What I felt for your son was good, it was blameless!
00:37:06Only your word for that.
00:37:08I love the boy.
00:37:10I still do.
00:37:12I love the boy.
00:37:14I still do.
00:37:16As I might a son.
00:37:21There are all kinds of love, Raya.
00:37:26I have always loved beauty, whatever form it might take.
00:37:29Nothing makes a menswear, Davey.
00:37:32I intend to go to toil, no matter what.
00:37:36No, you won't, Raya.
00:37:38You cannot stop us.
00:37:40Yes, I can.
00:37:44You attempt to leave this house
00:37:46and I'll immediately inform the justices that your son attacked me.
00:37:52You know what would be the result of that.
00:37:55You'd see him transported.
00:37:57You'd let him rot in jail.
00:37:59I would go to any lengths to keep you here.
00:38:02I've already sacrificed my life to preserve the purity of my love.
00:38:07Because of my weakness, I gave up teaching,
00:38:10fled temptation to shut myself up here.
00:38:14If you and your family deserted me now, I would have nothing.
00:38:21I swear it, Raya.
00:38:24I will do exactly as I say.
00:38:38Your mother's gown was payment for my son, wasn't it?
00:39:01Hello, Arthur!
00:39:04How are you?
00:39:06How are you?
00:39:13Tom, are you all right?
00:39:15I'm all right. Listen to this.
00:39:17Dear Tom, Annie wants to stay on here.
00:39:21She has taken the town life and is company for me.
00:39:25Hope you don't mind your loving sister Mary.
00:39:27Mind?
00:39:29Raya, when you taught us to read,
00:39:31I never thought I would be as happy as I was reading that letter.
00:39:34Is it clear, Raya?
00:39:40I think it's clear.
00:39:43No.
00:39:45No.
00:39:49No.
00:39:52Sit down, Tom.
00:40:01Can it be, Tom?
00:40:04I can't go away, Raya.
00:40:09The master says
00:40:11if I leave this house, he'll tell the justices about Deary.
00:40:15I have to tell them the doctorate was an accident.
00:40:18They won't believe him.
00:40:20They will. He's gentle, Tom, and so are they.
00:40:23Gentle? Be damned! I'll go into him!
00:40:26Tom! Tom! Tom!
00:40:30It won't do any good, Tom.
00:40:33And I cannot take any more.
00:40:36What am I supposed to do, Raya?
00:40:38Wait till he softens or pegs out?
00:40:42I want to marry you, woman.
00:40:45And you want to marry me?
00:40:47Go on, deny it.
00:40:53You're a rat!
00:40:55Understand this.
00:40:57I have my needs.
00:40:59And if you're going to give in to him,
00:41:01I'm going to find somebody to take your place.
00:41:03Do you understand that?
00:41:05That's all I do.
00:41:07And you listen to me.
00:41:09I have my needs and all.
00:41:11I wish you luck in your choice.
00:41:13But I'd like to think that I'd be picked for something else besides.
00:41:17Now, do you understand that?
00:41:31Yes.
00:42:02I smelt burning there.
00:42:04You would.
00:42:08What were you burning?
00:42:12Nothing.
00:42:18Just your mother's gown.
00:42:24Oh, Raya.
00:42:27Raya.
00:42:31Raya!
00:42:37Raya!
00:42:57...says with regard to Plato...
00:43:04Meaning?
00:43:09He would rather be wrong with Plato
00:43:12than admit that the others were right.
00:43:20Close.
00:43:27Your Latin is much better.
00:43:30At last.
00:43:33But your accent is utterly provincial.
00:43:38I bet I could speak it as good as many young ladies.
00:43:41As good as.
00:43:45Oh, Betty.
00:43:47I think I've wasted my years on you.
00:43:50Yes, as you so often say.
00:43:57Are you all right?
00:44:19Short and anything but sweet.
00:44:26Oh.
00:44:38Sit down, Biddy.
00:44:43When I die, your life will change somewhat.
00:44:47You wouldn't die if you took care of yourself.
00:44:50Biddy.
00:44:52Your mother has started asking in the village
00:44:55for another job when this one's over.
00:44:57No, but she just...
00:44:59Don't deny it.
00:45:02Dr Pritchard told me
00:45:04as part of his knack for cheering me up.
00:45:11Will Davy be at the house this Sunday?
00:45:14I should never have told you he comes here.
00:45:17No, but you did.
00:45:22Think about Davy for me, Biddy.
00:45:28Eh?
00:45:33Come on.
00:45:40Come on, quick.
00:45:43Get in on me.
00:45:52Get in on me.
00:46:23Get inside.
00:46:27She's seen us.
00:46:29Come on.
00:46:31Come on.
00:46:38You lie there.
00:46:40I'll go and make you something.
00:46:44Oh.
00:46:50By Madam, I could not...
00:46:52You think you know everything, don't you?
00:46:54He just wanted to see our Davy.
00:46:56I know he just wanted to see him.
00:46:58God knows why.
00:47:00Our Davy's nothing but a big, gormless lout.
00:47:07You've been asking for that for a long time.
00:47:10You're getting far too big for your boots.
00:47:12Don't you ever hit us again for doing nothing wrong,
00:47:15or I'll hit you back.
00:47:18And as for your lovely son,
00:47:20he is a big, brainless lout, and he always will be.
00:47:23Yet you love him better than any of us.
00:47:28There, I'm telling you.
00:47:42There.
00:48:01Please sit down, Mrs Millican.
00:48:05Now, we are all present.
00:48:15I, Percival Rigmore Miller,
00:48:18of Moor House in the County of Durham,
00:48:21do hereby leave the Freehold property
00:48:24with its three acres of land and all contents
00:48:27in trust to Maria Milligan
00:48:30until she either dies or remarries.
00:48:35The house, all land, and all contents
00:48:38will then pass in its entirety to Bridget Milligan,
00:48:41daughter of Maria,
00:48:43and on no account must any part or parcel
00:48:46of the property or contents be sold or removed.
00:48:50Should Maria remarry,
00:48:52she must no longer reside on the property.
00:48:55I cannot leave it to her.
00:48:58I cannot leave any money to maintain the property,
00:49:01but do not doubt that Maria, being an enterprising woman,
00:49:04will find a way to meet this expense.
00:49:06The housekeeper and me own daughter?
00:49:08Why, that's not right.
00:49:09Mrs Milligan, really!
00:49:11Even when he's dead, he'd keep me a spinster in this house.
00:49:13It's not right!
00:49:14Woman!
00:49:15Don't you realize that you're the most fortunate of human beings?
00:49:18Yes, yes, indeed.
00:49:19Yet you grumble at the conditions your master has laid down.
00:49:22All I can say is he must have had good reasons for making them.
00:49:27If you mean what I think you mean,
00:49:30you can get out of this house right now!
00:49:34Go on out!
00:49:48And I was never his mistress.
00:49:50Never!
00:49:53And I was never his mistress.
00:49:55Never!
00:50:09Sit down.
00:50:11Sit down.
00:50:22The master's left us the house.
00:50:25We've got the house! We've got the house!
00:50:28Right, sit down, sit down.
00:50:32There's no money coming in now.
00:50:34There's no wages.
00:50:36Johnny, you can stay and look after the garden.
00:50:41Biddy?
00:50:48Biddy, you'll have to go into service.
00:50:50Let me go, Ma. I can go work with Davy.
00:50:52Go away, I said!
00:50:56But I've got to have some man about the place, haven't I?
00:51:11Come on.
00:51:42So does the eye mislead the brain.
00:51:47So does insanity its power gain.
00:51:51So does man look upon his kind.
00:51:56And with love drives out of mind his mind.
00:52:01So did I see David as a boy.
00:52:07I won't let your work go to waste.
00:52:12Whatever happens.
00:52:17I promise.
00:52:36Wait here, please.
00:53:06I'll be back.
00:53:27You'll get a shilling a week, payable every six months.
00:53:30You'll rise at five in the morning and finish at six in the evening.
00:53:34You'll attend church on Sunday.
00:53:36Every other Sunday you'll have time off,
00:53:38from two until seven in the summer
00:53:40and from one until six in the winter.
00:53:43You do not speak unless spoken to,
00:53:45except for those on your own level,
00:53:47the three laundry maids and the lower kitchen staff.
00:53:53Do you understand me, girl?
00:53:56I understand you perfectly, Mrs Fulton.
00:54:00Say goodbye to your mother.
00:54:05I bet.
00:54:07Behave yourself.
00:54:20Now, Miss Bridget,
00:54:24Miss Bridget,
00:54:26if I ever again hear you try to imitate your betters,
00:54:30you'll go without food and privileges
00:54:33until you know your place.
00:54:35Do you understand me?
00:54:37Yes.
00:54:38Yes, what?
00:54:40Mrs Fulton.
00:54:42Yes, Mrs Fulton, and never forget it.
00:54:54What's your name?
00:54:56Bridget Millican, but I'm called Biddy.
00:54:59Now on your number four.
00:55:01Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
00:55:07thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
00:55:10seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
00:55:13twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three,
00:55:16twenty-four, twenty-five,
00:55:18twenty-six, twenty-seven,
00:55:20twenty-eight, twenty-nine,
00:55:22and on your number four.
00:55:24Two, three.
00:55:25Throw the rubs.
00:55:33Mrs Fulton's watched this one.
00:55:35She's troubled.
00:55:37You put the rubs in there to soak overnight.
00:55:39Then you wring them out first thing in the morning through the handle.
00:55:42The water's freezing, but you get used to it.
00:55:45It's trouser week for them in their stables.
00:55:47You've got to scrub the bottoms after the soak
00:55:49before they go in the hot wash.
00:55:51With these boys?
00:55:55You look flummoxed.
00:55:56Well, it's just that I never worked in a laundry.
00:55:58What are you two up to?
00:56:00I told you to show her the ropes.
00:56:02I haven't, it's midsummer.
00:56:03Back.
00:56:04Get your head down over that row before I duck you in it.
00:56:07And roll your sleeves up, you idiot.
00:56:21It's lovely, isn't it?
00:56:36Are them books?
00:56:38Yeah.
00:56:40Can you read them?
00:56:42Yeah, I can.
00:56:45Hey, Biddy.
00:56:52Come on.
00:57:03Did you read us a story tonight, Biddy?
00:57:05I loved it.
00:57:08What kind of stories do you like?
00:57:10Anything.
00:57:11I just love hearing people read it.
00:57:14Even the person.
00:57:17How would you like to write the N.E.M.?
00:57:22Me?
00:57:24Write me name?
00:57:27Nobody can write their name here.
00:57:30Give me three months.
00:57:32I'll have you writing and reading like the best of them.
00:57:35I mean it.
00:57:37I will.
00:57:42Hey, Biddy, I'm glad you've come.
00:57:45I never had a friend before.
00:57:52Let's go.
00:57:54Give me my hat.
00:58:19Yes, ma'am.
00:58:21Oh, another Christmas ding-dong, Hobson.
00:58:26I never thought to see it.
00:58:28You'll see many more, madame.
00:58:30Don't always say the right thing, Hobson.
00:58:37Get me to the window.
00:58:39Come on.
00:58:42Hurry, hurry.
00:58:52By God, what is she wearing?
00:58:55Oh, my dear.
00:58:57Why did my son have to marry a sanctimonious trollop like that?
00:59:05Pity the snow's not deeper.
00:59:09I want the lot tonight, Hobson, tiara and all.
00:59:21Oh, my dear.
00:59:51It's good to have you home, Lawrence.
00:59:54Even if it is only to guide my chair at Christmas.
01:00:09Let's not keep the servants standing.
01:00:11Well, I'm ill.
01:00:13I'm ill.
01:00:15I'm ill.
01:00:17I'm ill.
01:00:19Let's not keep the servants standing.
01:00:21I've got a meal to see to.
01:00:41Froggit.
01:00:43Hey.
01:00:49Thank you.
01:00:55Thank you.
01:00:59Go.
01:01:02You're behaving like a servant.
01:01:06Come on.
01:01:19Come on.
01:01:30So, dance or lie?
01:01:34Dance.
01:01:36Come on, now.
01:01:49Merry Christmas.
01:02:08Carry on, Froggit.
01:02:10Thank you, sir.
01:02:12Merry Christmas to you all.
01:02:15Merry Christmas, sir.
01:02:17Merry Christmas, sir.
01:02:20Happy Christmas.
01:02:26Hey, come on. I can do this.
01:02:32Laurie.
01:02:47Laurie.
01:02:56Song, dance or rhyme?
01:03:00Rhyme.
01:03:07I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden.
01:03:11Thou need'st not fear mine.
01:03:14My spirit is too deeply laden ever to burr than thine.
01:03:28I fear thy mane, thy tones, thy motion.
01:03:34Thou need'st not fear mine.
01:03:38Innocent is the heart's devotion
01:03:42with which I worship thine.
01:04:06Disgusting.
01:04:08I'll see you in the morning.
01:04:12Come along, everybody.
01:04:14Dancing.
01:04:36You recited that very nicely.
01:04:38Oh, thank you, sir.
01:04:43Who taught you to read like that?
01:04:45The master, sir. I mean, Mr Miller from Morehouse, sir.
01:04:48And what else did he teach you?
01:04:50Latin and French, sir.
01:04:52The poem was by Shelley.
01:04:55Oh, yes, of course it was.
01:04:57Do you know any more?
01:04:59Well, yes, I do.
01:05:01Stephen, I think the young miss would like to join the party.
01:05:05Applause. Run along.
01:05:12Woo!
01:05:22Poetry.
01:05:24It was filth.
01:05:28And then you had the effrontery to speak to the young masters.
01:05:33But they spoke to me.
01:05:35Don't answer me back.
01:05:37The master will not tolerate insolence and education in his staff.
01:05:43Oh, girl.
01:05:45You have no place in this household.
01:05:48And I'll see to it that you leave at the first possible time.
01:05:54Do you understand me?
01:06:07Shh.
01:06:27I've come to apologize.
01:06:29Apologize, sir?
01:06:31Whatever for?
01:06:34Well, um...
01:06:36I was remiss in talking to that girl last night.
01:06:39You see, it wasn't my intention to single her out.
01:06:42However, I do feel that she's rather bright.
01:06:46Don't you think?
01:06:48I...
01:06:50I find her rather forward, sir.
01:06:54Yes. Well, I agree.
01:06:56But perhaps you'll take her under your wing?
01:06:59Good.
01:07:01Oh!
01:07:03You've put on a splendid table these last few days, Mrs Fulton.
01:07:07It's a credit to you.
01:07:19Diddy, I've done it.
01:07:30Is that your name?
01:07:34Yes.
01:07:36Have you wrote it yourself?
01:07:39Yes.
01:07:41And you learned her how to do it?
01:07:48I bet you couldn't learn me.
01:08:00Daddy!
01:08:12Voila!
01:08:14What have we here?
01:08:16Foxes.
01:08:18Little foxes.
01:08:21Foxes?
01:08:31Come on!
01:08:37Hold her! Stop it!
01:08:41Leave her alone!
01:08:43You're acting like idiots!
01:08:47How did she call us idiots?
01:08:51Oh, she's very learned.
01:08:54She speaks French and Latin.
01:08:57Didn't you know?
01:09:01Gloria in excelsis deo.
01:09:05Your accents are utterly provincial!
01:09:17Looks like our vixen's gone to work.
01:09:25Get her!
01:09:33Vixen! Get her!
01:09:35Vixen!
01:09:44Don't say a word!
01:09:48Hold her!
01:09:50Make one move and you're next!
01:09:55Keep quiet!
01:09:57Get the rope!
01:09:59Pull quick!
01:10:05Pull!
01:10:09All right.
01:10:24Go on, pull.
01:10:27Yes!
01:10:32Oh, dear God!
01:10:36Cut the girl!
01:10:46Paul!
01:10:48What the hell do you think you're doing?
01:10:52You stupid fool!
01:10:54Get the rope!
01:10:56It wasn't my fault!
01:11:00What do you think you're doing?
01:11:02It wasn't my fault!
01:11:04It was Paul's idea!
01:11:06Get out!
01:11:09What are you all looking at?
01:11:11Get back to work!
01:11:14I'm taking you straight to Father.
01:11:17That millicent again!
01:11:20Clear the way, Mrs Fulton, and see that she's attended to.
01:11:28What kind of example to the servants is this?
01:11:31Every penny of your allowance is stopped.
01:11:34Do you hear me, sir?
01:11:36As for you, Miss, clearly you need to learn some manners.
01:11:40I am ashamed of you both!
01:11:43You are these people's betters, and by God you'll both learn it!
01:11:50Come on.
01:12:05I'm going to take you home, Betty.
01:12:09I'm staying.
01:12:14I'm staying.
01:12:17Betty, I'm sorry I ever left you here.
01:12:21I'm staying, Marl.
01:12:47David Millicent, stable lad.
01:12:52Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:11That boy knows how to write.
01:13:13If he does, sir, he knows enough to keep quiet about it.
01:13:17George Swinburne, stable hand.
01:13:21I'm sorry, sir.
01:13:23Come, please, my boy.
01:13:25George Swinburne, assistant estate manager.
01:13:29Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:32Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:35Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:38Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:41Amount £4.09, please.
01:13:44Laurie McNulty, staff scrubber laundress.
01:13:49Amount £2.09, please.
01:14:11Jane Bitton, staff scrubber laundress.
01:14:18Amount £2.02.
01:14:22Make your mark.
01:14:41What is this, Puckett?
01:14:43Ridgid Millican, laundry runabout.
01:14:50Amount £1.06.
01:14:55Sign.
01:15:12Let me tell you, miss, it is forbidden.
01:15:15You are here to work.
01:15:17If I wanted my staff educated, I would order it.
01:15:22Fetch me my housekeeper.
01:15:34This way.
01:15:37This way, I think.
01:15:40Hobson?
01:15:45Have that girl dismissed.
01:15:47I will not have her in the house a moment longer.
01:15:53One moment, Hobson.
01:15:55And as for both of you, I can only say I'm deeply disappointed.
01:15:59And I trust you will keep a closer watch on her.
01:16:03Don't take her away!
01:16:05What's all this?
01:16:07What's all this?
01:16:11That girl has defied me in my very house.
01:16:14Running a school under my nose.
01:16:16Under the noses of my entire staff, I should imagine.
01:16:18Be quiet.
01:16:20Have the girl taken up to my room.
01:16:22I shall deal with her presently.
01:16:24Hobson, take me to the drawing room.
01:16:34Hobson!
01:16:43Nitwits, the pair of you.
01:16:45And you, madam, are the bigger of the two.
01:16:48If you send this girl packing, it'll be all over the county
01:16:51that Gulmington couldn't bear his staff to write their names.
01:16:55I'm as much against it as you are.
01:16:58These days, there's a deal of noise in favour.
01:17:02And Stephen needs to get into Parliament.
01:17:05If you want a place in the rookery, you've got to chirp the right tune.
01:17:10Mama.
01:17:12Oh, don't you mama me.
01:17:14This enthusiasm for educating the lower classes will blow over.
01:17:19Meanwhile, leave Miss Millican to me.
01:17:23Speak to me in French.
01:17:27Do you hear me, girl?
01:17:30Bonjour, madame.
01:17:32J'espère que vous êtes en bonne santé.
01:17:35Oh, Lord.
01:17:37Did you hear that, Hobson?
01:17:39A laundry slut speaking French.
01:17:46I'm sorry, madam.
01:17:48French.
01:17:55Well, let that be the last evidence of your learning, I am to hear.
01:18:00You're to work in my quarters.
01:18:03You resist Hobson here, whom I've just about worn out.
01:18:08But there'll be no more French, no more reading and writing.
01:18:12Do you understand me, girl?
01:18:14Yes, madam.
01:18:16But do you mean to obey me?
01:18:19I cannot promise faithfully, madam, to obey you on that point.
01:18:27We can see now, can't we, Hobson, why the whole household was up in arms.
01:18:31Yes, ma'am.
01:18:40Take her away and get her decently clothed.
01:18:44We've got her now.
01:19:00What are you reading?
01:19:08I'm sorry if I startled you.
01:19:13May I?
01:19:19Philosophy, is it?
01:19:21Helvetius.
01:19:23My goodness.
01:19:25It's only in translation. It's not the original French.
01:19:30Well, now.
01:19:32Helvetius.
01:19:36I believe he teaches...
01:19:38I believe he teaches that the differences between the highest and lowest in society are due only to education.
01:19:44Is that what you think?
01:19:48Yes.
01:19:50There's much more truth in it than anyone cares to admit.
01:19:53Though I believe we all have different abilities, whoever we are.
01:20:00You know, pity.
01:20:02You are a remarkable person.
01:20:06I feel anything but, sir.
01:20:09I only know that...
01:20:11wherever I see Milan, there's a disturbance.
01:20:15Yes.
01:20:17I have noticed.
01:20:27Don't let anyone stop you reading.
01:20:29No, sir, they won't.
01:20:31Especially not me.
01:20:33Oh, no, sir.
01:20:35I didn't mean that.
01:20:37I...
01:20:39I don't often get the chance to talk to anyone like this.
01:20:43Nor I, Biddy.
01:20:46Nor I.
01:20:49Dr Pritchard.
01:21:00Dr Pritchard.
01:21:03Madam will see you now.
01:21:11Dr Pritchard, ma'am.
01:21:15Morning, Pritchard.
01:21:17Morning, madam.
01:21:23I see you're Dr Milligan girl, if you'll beckon call.
01:21:27I don't know about beckon call.
01:21:30Remind me, your servant's useless.
01:21:32Good evening.
01:21:38Well, what can you expect if you will employ an heiress?
01:21:43Now, let's have a look at your chest.
01:21:45What did you say?
01:21:47I mean, may I listen to your chest?
01:21:49No, about an heiress.
01:21:52Oh, you mean the Milligan girl.
01:21:54Now, come on, take it.
01:21:56Take that thing away.
01:21:58What did you mean?
01:22:00Well, it's common knowledge, madam,
01:22:02if the mother remarries and the house reverts to the girl,
01:22:05lock, stock and barrel.
01:22:08Is this a fact?
01:22:10It's specified in the will, madam.
01:22:12And what's more, if the mother dies,
01:22:14then the house still goes to the girl, not the boy.
01:22:32Girl?
01:22:38Girl!
01:22:43Why didn't you tell me you were coming into property?
01:22:50Oh, Lucy, my dear, when did you get in?
01:22:53About half an hour ago, Grandma.
01:22:55Go about your business, girl. I'll speak to you later.
01:23:04Now, what's all this?
01:23:06What's the matter?
01:23:12Come on.
01:23:14Come on.
01:23:41Come here, girl.
01:23:45Girl, in spite of your insolent disobedience,
01:23:49you're accredited with some native intelligence.
01:23:53I need to know if you can keep a secret.
01:23:58I hope I can, madam.
01:24:01Yes, you kept quiet enough about your inheritance,
01:24:04which is why I've decided to trust you.
01:24:07Don't try to look so humble, girl. It doesn't suit you.
01:24:11Come and sit down here.
01:24:14Come along.
01:24:18Now, Miss Lucy is going to France to complete her education.
01:24:23That's what I'm telling the family, and that's what I'm telling you.
01:24:28You'll find out the secret soon enough.
01:24:41Come on.
01:25:12Come on.
01:25:25That's your sister, then?
01:25:28Yeah. Yeah, that's her.
01:25:41Wow.
01:26:12They're all gone, Tol.
01:26:19Except Johnny, and he's ready to run off.
01:26:25I'm lost.
01:26:29There's a remedy for that, Raya.
01:26:32Any minute of the day,
01:26:35any day of the week,
01:26:38I won't ask you to marry me now.
01:26:42If you want to keep this house, I can understand that.
01:26:47But there was nothing in the world to say that you couldn't love me,
01:26:51and me you.
01:26:53No, was there?
01:26:57Oh, I'm sorry.
01:26:59You couldn't love me, and me you.
01:27:03No, was there?
01:27:07Oh, Tol.
01:27:09It's not the house. It's us.
01:27:12It's me.
01:27:14It's me. It's me, Les.
01:27:19You need me now, Les.
01:27:22I need you.
01:27:30I've loved you since I first saw you,
01:27:34standing with the bands in the cottage yard.
01:27:52That's as good as any seal of marriage for me.
01:27:56Oh, love.
01:28:00I'll marry you,
01:28:03if you'll still have us.
01:28:30Biddy?
01:28:32Yes?
01:28:33Do you think my parents would believe I've been invited to stay in France over Christmas?
01:28:38I'm sure Mr. Lawrence will explain it, Miss.
01:28:43Biddy?
01:28:44Yes?
01:28:46Do you think Lawrence likes me? I mean, in spite of...
01:28:49I'm sure he does.
01:28:52Do you think he'd marry me?
01:28:55Marry you?
01:28:58But he's your brother.
01:29:00He's not my brother at all.
01:29:02Grandma took him into the family as a little boy.
01:29:05She'd be delighted if Lawrence and I married.
01:29:10Don't you think?
01:29:12I don't think so.
01:29:14I don't think so.
01:29:16I could have Lawrence and I married.
01:29:20Don't you think?
01:29:26I couldn't see him, Miss. It's not my place.
01:29:29Don't keep going on about place.
01:29:32We're equal here, Biddy.
01:29:41I can't face going home again.
01:29:43I'd die.
01:29:46You won't die, Miss.
01:29:48You'll have a baby to care for.
01:29:50I won't!
01:29:52You and your common outlook.
01:29:54I'm not keeping the child.
01:29:56The father's married, so he doesn't want it.
01:30:00Someone else will have it.
01:30:03Grandma promised me.
01:30:06Ahem.
01:30:16What? No welcome?
01:30:18Hello, Lawrence.
01:30:25What have you two been up to, then?
01:30:28We were quarrelling. It was only over you.
01:30:31Biddy said you weren't at all good-looking
01:30:34and that your French left a lot to be desired.
01:30:37She was right on both counts.
01:30:40I must see Madam about the meal.
01:30:46Equality!
01:31:02Ah!
01:31:23You know what I'm going to say to you, don't you?
01:31:28Uh...
01:31:32Have you never guessed how I feel about you?
01:31:37No.
01:31:42Only the other way about.
01:31:46Oh, Biddy.
01:31:48Biddy.
01:31:50Oh, Mr Lawrence.
01:31:52No more Mr Lawrence.
01:31:54It'll have to be, no matter how I feel.
01:31:57I won't end up like Miss Lucy.
01:31:59You think it's my intention to use you in that way?
01:32:02What other way is there between us two?
01:32:04Well, I'll tell you what way. Yes!
01:32:06I'll tell you!
01:32:08I cannot stop thinking about you.
01:32:10When you're in a room, my eyes follow you.
01:32:13I'm in love with a servant-maid of my family
01:32:15with more brains than the rest of them put together.
01:32:17If my family reject me...
01:32:30I have nothing of my own.
01:32:38But I can scrape a living together by teaching.
01:32:43If you'll marry me.
01:32:46And starve with me till then.
01:33:00May I at least have your answer?
01:33:14Madame.
01:33:16Madame.
01:33:18Madame.
01:33:20Madame.
01:33:22Madame.
01:33:24Madame.
01:33:28Madame.
01:33:34Madame.
01:33:36It's all right.
01:33:38It's all right.
01:33:40Madame.
01:33:42Madame.
01:33:44Madame.
01:33:54Madame.
01:33:56Madame.
01:34:22The luggage goes on to Moor House.
01:34:26Madame.
01:34:32Open the gates, please. We are expected.
01:34:35Well, I've been told to keep you out, sir.
01:34:40Open these gates now!
01:34:42But it's ordered, sir.
01:34:44I'm really sorry.
01:34:46Come on, Laurence. Come on, we'll go this way.
01:34:56I can't believe Grandmama knows about this.
01:35:14Heaven's pity, but let him manage us here.
01:35:17We'll announce ourselves.
01:35:20Get out of here!
01:35:23Hobson!
01:35:25Froggit!
01:35:26Grandmama, we brought a child. Lucy's daughter.
01:35:29Keep that thing away from me.
01:35:32I thought you had more sense.
01:35:35I sent you away to prevent a scandal, not to bring one home.
01:35:39Grandmama, we...
01:35:40Lucy ruined herself. That's done.
01:35:43Now, do you want to ruin the family, too?
01:35:46You're behind this, girl. This is your doing again.
01:35:49Grandmama, Biddy is going to be my wife.
01:35:55Have you lost all sense of reality?
01:35:58Are you completely mad?
01:36:01Out! Out!
01:36:03Close the door.
01:36:09I shall make a bargain with you, miss.
01:36:13I shall make a bargain with you, miss.
01:36:17I shall settle on you the sum of £500
01:36:20if you'll take the child and have nothing more to do with this young man.
01:36:24I won't bargain with a baby, madam.
01:36:28Yes, I'll keep her.
01:36:30She needs more love and a better family than she'll ever have in this house.
01:36:34It's you I feel sorry for.
01:36:37Eh! Eh!
01:36:40Lawrence!
01:36:42Lawrence!
01:36:45Is that what you want?
01:36:47My serving maid and Lucy's bastard child?
01:36:52Well, if that's all you can see, Grandmama,
01:36:55then I feel sorry for you, too.
01:36:59You won't get a penny!
01:37:04Wait a minute. This way.
01:37:10Jean!
01:37:12Jean, how would you like to come and live with us?
01:37:17Come on.
01:37:28Come on.
01:37:30Come on.
01:37:56They're here! Mama, they're here!
01:38:01Mama!
01:38:04Ma!
01:38:06Oh, Ma.
01:38:08Eh, lass, lass, I feel awful.
01:38:10Don't worry, Ma, it's a long story, but...
01:38:12No, listen, there's something I've got to tell you,
01:38:14something I never told you when the master died.
01:38:16I know, Ma. I know.
01:38:19I've known for a while,
01:38:21and I hope I never come into this house till I'm a very old woman.
01:38:25Well, me and Toll are getting married,
01:38:27so the place is yours whether you like it or not.
01:38:29Oh, that's grand!
01:38:31Oh, lass, lass.
01:38:37Oh, no, Ma.
01:38:39Um, I'll explain.
01:38:42This is me Ma. This is Lawrence.
01:38:45Oh, that's cold.
01:38:59Oh.
01:39:15Everyone was wondering where you were.
01:39:17Just you.
01:39:26You're crying.
01:39:28What's the matter?
01:39:30Nothing.
01:39:32It's just...
01:39:34I was thinking about the things your grandma has said,
01:39:38and the way that she looked at me,
01:39:41it made me wonder
01:39:44what I'd be doing to you if we did marry.
01:39:48Biddy,
01:39:51I'm not making a sacrifice.
01:39:55I found a wife,
01:39:58a new family,
01:40:01a home.
01:40:07This is more than a home, Lawrence.
01:40:11This...
01:40:14is going to be...
01:40:17our school.
01:40:20It's always been a dream of mine to have a school for young men.
01:40:24No.
01:40:26Not just for young men.
01:40:29For young women as well.
01:40:31Biddy.
01:40:33And in equal numbers.
01:40:36And in all subjects.
01:40:41And with equal attention.
01:40:50Thank you.
01:41:05Most certainly, ma'am.
01:41:08Equal in all.
01:41:12No!
01:41:19No!
01:41:49No!
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