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Dorcas Lane arranges for Patty, a young woman from the workhouse, to work as a housekeeper for Old and Young Amos. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
Dorcas Lane arranges for Patty, a young woman from the workhouse, to work as a housekeeper for Old and Young Amos. Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle.
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00:00When it was announced that there was to be a concert in Lark Rise in honour of our squire,
00:12the whole hamlet was buzzing with talk of what was to be sung and who was to sing it.
00:16But what should have been a simple celebration turned into a furious political quarrel.
00:34To celebrate the anniversary of our squire's family being our patrons for 200 years,
00:42we will sing, even those of you with no voice and no ear.
00:49One, two, three.
00:52O come ye Tories, all unite.
00:57My father was a proud man who liked to call himself a liberal of pronounced views,
01:03and he did not take kindly to the idea that he, or anyone else, should know their place.
01:51Amos, I have found you a maid with a wonderful testimonial from the workhouse.
01:59I just don't know how me and my son will take to having another woman about the place.
02:04Pa, it's obvious we need someone to cook and clean. That's why I asked Miss Lane.
02:10Oh, good afternoon, ladies.
02:12Good afternoon. We bought you some bread, Amos, and some fresh eggs.
02:18It's a kindness indeed. Thank you, Miss Ruby, Miss Pearl.
02:22We like to think the dear departed Elizabeth appreciates that we see it as our neighbourly duty to care for Amos.
02:29I'm sure that Elizabeth would have liked to know that Amos was contented.
02:32Mm-hmm.
02:33Though I suspect she would be deeply distressed at the thought of some housekeeper in her kitchen.
02:38Oh, ladies, please.
02:39I do hope this maid comes with the best of references.
02:43Patty has an unblemished record in the workhouse.
02:46Miss Lane, I must confess some surprise that you have decided that a workhouse girl will do to run Amos' household.
02:53No doubt you will see it as your duty to monitor Patty's progress with your usual care and attention.
03:00Good day, ladies.
03:01What are you doing singing that, Ogwash?
03:29Reverend Ellison says we're to learn it for the concert.
03:32Well, you've no need to learn it because my children won't be singing no Tory marching song.
03:41And Sir Timothy's told me that since I'll cheat you the gatekeeper's sack, I'll be running things on the estate.
03:49The old estate?
03:51That's quite a responsibility for an underkeeper.
03:54Well, I mean the grounds.
03:55So it's my chance to impress our squire.
03:58And a lad could do well by impressing such a respected nobleman.
04:02I don't suppose you'll be impressing Sir Timothy by sitting under a tree with the local post girl.
04:07Well, perhaps he's not the only one I want to impress.
04:11Nora, I wanted to ask you.
04:14Would you, um...
04:16Sorry to be interrupting your private parley, but could you direct me to Mr Wardup's residence?
04:20I'm going past his shop myself.
04:23I'll show you.
04:26Have you walked far?
04:27All the way from Mr Workhouse.
04:29And I'd gladly walked in on my chin for such a chance as this.
04:34You must be Mr Wardup's new housekeeper, are you?
04:37That's right.
04:38I'm Patty.
04:39Could you tell me, miss, what kind of a master is he?
04:43Amos is a kind and gentle man.
04:45I always said my birthday would come along, and now here it is.
04:51I'm Lara.
04:53He's certainly an handsome young gamekeeper.
04:55You found yourself there, Lara.
04:58No.
04:59We were just passing the time of day.
05:04Seems very nice here, Lara.
05:07How's the shops?
05:08Yes, there are.
05:09Thank you, Lara.
05:13I'm pleased to have you as my first friend in camp.
05:16Good day to you.
05:22Oh!
05:30Oh, Alf.
05:31Won't be able to play in the concert.
05:34I reckon I can whistle good enough to clear the hole.
05:36Well, I love to hear you play your melodium more than just about anything that's in the world.
05:42Well, then I'll just have to get the money to get it back.
05:45There's no work in the field today, but who's to say there won't be some tomorrow?
05:50Mum.
05:54Pa?
05:55What's a toy?
05:57But the children don't even know the meaning of the words.
06:00What harm can it do them to sing it?
06:02Reverend knows well enough what it means.
06:04That's why he teaches it to them.
06:05Shall I fetch your expounding plank for you to stand on, Robert?
06:09I should be singing the tragical ballad of Lily Loyal.
06:14Sure to bring a tear to any eye that hears it.
06:17T'was a still calm night, and the moon's pale light shone over hill and dale.
06:25Reverend Ellison says we must order ourselves to act lowly and reverently before my bitters.
06:31Did he now?
06:32Because it's in the scriptures that it's a sin to try and change a lot.
06:37I need to practice my trick where my hat vanishes, but I can't find the hem thing.
06:45I've made up a list of your duties, Patty.
06:47Oh, no need for that, sir.
06:49My duties are all the woman's work of the house, and if you're anything less than satisfied, I'll know it before you do, sir.
06:54Oh, no need to be sirring me, Patty.
06:58People call me old Amos.
06:59And my son here is known as young Amos.
07:07I can't call a fine figure of a man like you old, sir.
07:10With your permission, I shall call you Mr Amos, and I'll call you Master Amos.
07:15Yeah, well, it might be more fitting if we decide how you to address us.
07:19Well, then you'll find me obliging young Amos, sir.
07:22As Mr Jarvis used to say, the poetry of friendship is not words, but meanings.
07:27What's this about you, refusing to let your children sing the Primrose Leak song?
07:40Everyone knows my liberal views, Reverend.
07:42Can't allow it.
07:44Damn liberal cause!
07:47Father, please, your heart.
07:50Can't breathe.
07:51Tell him.
07:52Tell him.
07:54Wisdom.
07:55Infinite wisdom.
07:56Tell him.
07:56Mr Timmons, God, in his infinite wisdom, has appointed a place for every man, woman, and child on his earth.
08:03Bounden duty, tell him.
08:06And it is our bounden duty to remain contentedly in his lot.
08:10I beg your pardon, Miss Ellison, but it is my belief that a poor person's soul is as good and their mind as capable as any rich man's.
08:17If you refuse to back down, Timmons, then your children will not...
08:21Please, look.
08:22If you choose to punish the young'uns for their father's beliefs, then you only convince me I am right to teach them to think for themselves.
08:29If they don't sing the song, they shan't come to the concert.
08:34Bards?
08:35What has my father done now?
08:36I would have liked to have seen the Reverend Ellison's face.
08:40He's bright crimson at the best of times.
08:41I'm afraid I cannot share your amusement, Miss Lane.
08:45Not when I've had to stand before such flagrant blaspheme.
08:48I wonder how our poor, gracious lady Adelaide will take such a snub to her beloved squire.
08:56I suppose we'll find out when young Missy takes his pouch up to the manor.
09:00The children are performing a dumb show.
09:08King Arthur, I believe.
09:10The mothers are all busy working away at the costumes.
09:13Adelaide, I promise you, you have nothing to fear.
09:15There'll be songs, there'll be dancing.
09:17It's just what you love.
09:18Entertainment.
09:20I'm not sure I call all that warbling and those peculiar instruments entertainment.
09:25But they're doing it for us.
09:26We're expected to sit in some cold, damp school hall for them.
09:32It just all seems rather unnecessary to me.
09:35That's the beauty of it.
09:36They do it for me and I do it for them.
09:39Adelaide, if I was to say I wanted you there to side...
09:42I'm sure you'll enjoy it all so much more without me fidgeting by your side.
09:46But when Sunday comes around, I'm going to have a dreadful chill,
09:50which will mean I must spend the day in bed.
09:56Oh, this pastry is so light.
10:07A puff of wind could blow it away.
10:09Oh, your kind compliments know how to lift a woman's heart, Mr. Amos, sir.
10:13I don't think I've ever tasted a gravy so rich you could pour it into a glass and call it a wine.
10:23The sun comes through that window so warmly,
10:27I thought I might move the table over there so we can enjoy our meals in the light.
10:32Oh, that's a lovely idea, Patti.
10:33Well, this is our house, so we'll decide where the furniture is to stand.
10:37You mind your tongue, Amos.
10:39Patti's only trying to be conducive.
10:40The parson's an old man suffering from his years.
10:46We're all suffering from his years.
10:54Oh, come on, Emmy.
10:58Let's wipe away those tears.
10:59I'm tired of us always being different.
11:02Emma, I'm only standing by what I believe.
11:04You might call it principle, but what I see before me is stubborn pride.
11:08And who pays for it?
11:10Your family.
11:13Well, you shall tell the children yourself there'll be no concert for them.
11:18You see how well your pride fills your belly then.
11:24Look at you with your chin on the table.
11:27Old Monday ain't got no work on the farm.
11:30So how am I supposed to get my melodion back?
11:32Those folks say how pleasing it would be for me to play at the concert.
11:37Folks!
11:39That'd be little Laura, would it?
11:42Well, you shall have it back.
11:45Something always turns up.
11:47And you'll play better than you've ever played.
11:49And you'll cast a spell over little Laura that no gal could ever resist.
11:52Good morning.
12:02Good morning, sir.
12:04What a fine day it is to be alive.
12:07How is it with your soul?
12:09Have you found salvation?
12:12I surely have.
12:13I found the master I hope to serve for many another fine day.
12:17Then welcome to Candleford.
12:19And we shall share the great, priceless treasure that is his divine love.
12:28I see Amos warred up as his new housekeeper started.
12:31Now, there's a thing.
12:33Yes, there is a thing, Zilla.
12:34Quite a fortunate thing, I hope.
12:36Oh, that's what I meant, ma'am.
12:38Her name's Patty.
12:39I met her on the lane.
12:41And what did you make of her, Laura?
12:43I was taken by how prettily she was dressed, ma'am.
12:45And how nicely spoken she was.
12:47Well, if she was so orty-toity, what's she been doing in a workhouse?
12:51Very many good people in the hamlet find themselves in the workhouse,
12:54simply because they're old or infirm or with no home or no family to take care of them.
13:00Well, she's younger and fitter than me by far, isn't she?
13:03I can vouch for a Christian soul, having passed the time of day with her.
13:07In which case, Thomas, I am reassured that I have done the correct thing
13:11in fixing up Amos with his God-fearing housekeeper.
13:14Oh, I don't know about making no costumes.
13:19That takes all I've got just to clothe my little ones.
13:23And every day I get close to having another one that I've got to find dresses for.
13:28Times I think they'll have the dress off my back
13:30and I'll just black up my unmentionables for modesty.
13:33I should be singing the tragical ballad of Lily Loyal.
13:51Sure to bring a tear to any other ear, is it?
13:53Emma, perhaps you could speak with Robert, see if there is some accommodation to be made.
13:59Yes, of course.
14:01I'm all for accommodation if it means the children get to perform.
14:06Perhaps you could encourage your father to be a little more accommodating, Miss Ellison.
14:11Accepting reason does not come easily to my father.
14:15Accepting advice from his daughter comes even harder.
14:18Now I remember why I thought it was such a good idea that my Walter went away to sea.
14:23Is that the clay pipe you have there, Patty?
14:41That's a woman's duty to use whatever means she can find to pretty herself up.
14:46Would you like to try?
14:48Your young gamekeeper might like you even more with a few curls.
14:51He's not my young gamekeeper.
14:53Oh, perhaps it's that other well-built young fella you were talking to outside the pawn shop.
14:58You could have your pick of him if you were to follow Patty's advice.
15:05Best for getting home with my delivery.
15:08Mrs Pratt, to see Mr Warder.
15:11Oh, do come in, ladies.
15:13If I'd have known Mr Ramos was expecting lady visitors, I'd have laid out his best-pressed shirt for him.
15:18Will you be staying for some tea?
15:19I have the water boiling.
15:20Do you like sponge cakes? One of my specialities.
15:23I cracked half a dozen fresh eggs this morning and beat them for more than half an hour.
15:27If I might be so bold as to say this is just what Mr Ramos needs, it's the company of two fine ladies.
15:34If you'll excuse me, my ladies, I'll away and tell Mr Ramos he has guests.
15:37Well, she knows how to address her betters.
15:44Thomas Brand said she was a devout Christian.
15:46I have asked that she feels like a lark-rised jamboree is not quite to her taste.
15:55Well, then you must have presented it to her in an unfortunate fashion.
15:59Oh, it's probably for the best.
16:01Adelaide would only sit there in front of every jig and poker practicing the art of the extended sigh.
16:06Whereas I'll tap my toes appreciatively to any meagre offering.
16:11So, I'll collect you at five.
16:13And she's got the house turned upside down, polishing and cleaning and waxing everything that stands still.
16:18I'm glad to hear it.
16:20What I'm saying is she's been like a woman in the house.
16:23Yes, well, she is a woman.
16:26Amos, it may take some getting used to for you and your father having a housekeeper.
16:30Oh, that's more than that, Miss Lane.
16:32You know the way she speaks to my father.
16:33It's like she likes him.
16:35He's an extremely likeable fellow.
16:37No, no.
16:38What I mean is it's like she's after him, liking her.
16:42If you'll forgive me, Amos, I think that perhaps you're overreacting.
16:46Patty's a workhouse girl.
16:48Isn't it simply that she's glad to the heart to find herself in such a good home?
16:51But what I'm saying is how do we know who she is?
16:55Patty came with an untarnished record from the workhouse.
16:58I'm sure you'll agree that you ought to allow her the opportunity to prove herself.
17:03Wouldn't you agree with that, Zilla?
17:22There's something to say about what I've done.
17:25You're as well to say it while I'm here as when I'm not.
17:27Well, all we were saying was that we're all subjects of our Queen, God bless her.
17:34And if there ain't proper order, then there's disorder.
17:38I'd be happy for my young'uns to bow at the knee before Her Majesty.
17:42Should she be passing our little spot in the mud?
17:45A parson's another matter.
17:47Ah, that's for us to behave like beholden subjects and be thankful that we've got a squire with a feeling heart.
17:56Don't button his pockets too tight neither.
17:59I always like to keep them with the gentry.
18:00Now, if you don't mind, I'd rather you kept your own company and let us peace-loving folk keep good relations with the church and the squire.
18:11All day long I've had the children's disappointed faces on my mind.
18:27Suppose you were to speak with a parson, not to concede, but to remind him that our children go to church.
18:38And we all love our Queen, good as any family do.
18:43Don't mention the song.
18:45Just tell him that we'll let our children attend his scripture lessons.
18:51Our Laura never missed a one and it hasn't done her any harm.
18:56No one could ever say she doesn't think for herself.
18:58Emi, that is exactly what I planned to do.
19:04Oh, I'm glad.
19:07Because Miss Ellison has agreed to call in on us with her father next time they're in Lark-Royce.
19:18Which will be tomorrow.
19:19Morning.
19:32Morning.
19:32I have a parcel to send for Mr Wardup.
19:35Oh, you must be Patty.
19:37I'm Miss Lane.
19:38Oh, I've heard all about you, ma'am.
19:40Let me thank you for your part in finding me this position.
19:43Mr Ramos is as gentle an employer as a woman could wish for.
19:46I'm sure you'll get along just fine.
19:49If I may ask, ma'am, I do wonder if the young master has taken against me.
19:55Oh, I wouldn't worry about young Amos.
19:57He always has been a touch awkward around women.
20:00Having a maid in the house won't come easy to him.
20:03Well, I shall make the most of it.
20:05Like Mr Jarvis used to say, the golden ball rolls to everyone's feet once in a lifetime.
20:09Would that be Bernard Jarvis of Bicester, the furniture dealer?
20:13Rest his soul.
20:15I take it you once worked for him?
20:17I did for a while.
20:19Yes, ma'am.
20:20But he died and, well, that was that.
20:28Ah, now, here she comes.
20:29Here we are, gentlemen.
20:35Ma'am.
20:35Pack his own queen cakes.
20:37My mouth's watering from the smell of it.
20:40Just wait till you taste it.
20:43Mmm.
20:45Mmm.
20:47Mmm.
20:47Oi, I thought Zilla could cook better than most, but this...
20:51Forgive me, Lord.
20:53This is divine.
20:54Only one thing wrong with this cake.
21:02It won't last long.
21:04How did a woman who's can cook like an angel ever find herself in the workhouse?
21:08Yeah.
21:08I'm not going to start worrying myself about that now.
21:11One thing's for certain.
21:12A woman who can bake like this won't go long for some Candleford fellers.
21:16Snaps her up for her wife.
21:17Queen cake is best while it's still warm, sir.
21:34Why are you so determined to dislike me?
21:37You haven't been here five minutes and you're already treating the house like your own.
21:40I'm only doing my job, sir.
21:42And enjoying the good bit of fortune that's been dished up for me.
21:45I'm sick of all these sweet words and compliments.
21:48Well, then I'll tell you a few words not so soft and kind.
21:52Not everyone is the son of a well-to-do Candleford shoemaker.
21:55And if you had any idea what it was like to live a different kind of life,
21:59then maybe you wouldn't be so suspicious or hard-hearted.
22:02Yeah, I might be.
22:03If my eyes still didn't believe what they saw before him.
22:07Am I right in thinking you don't have a woman, sir?
22:10And what business of that is yours?
22:11Because I could do you the favour of telling that no woman would ever want such a spoilt child as yourself.
22:17And perhaps you see yourself as more than a housekeeper, is that it?
22:20What do you mean by that?
22:22All your pies and cakes and smiles don't deceive me.
22:26You're taking my father for an old fool.
22:28Just out for what you can get from him.
22:29Let me thank you for coming by, sir.
22:47And let me say that I respect how you have your beliefs as much as I have mine.
22:54The Hamlet children have all benefited from your teaching.
22:56My own oldest daughter amongst them.
22:59So, sir, I am willing to remove my objection to my children attending your scripture lessons.
23:04I accept your apology, Timmons.
23:08And since Mr. Timmons is making this accommodation, father?
23:12And since what we all want is for our children to perform the pageant of King Arthur for our squire.
23:18Timmons, answer me this.
23:21Are you telling me that if you're right about how the world should work,
23:25Sir Timothy could cut a straight furrow or thatcher Rick expertly?
23:31Hmm?
23:32I hope he never has occasion to find that out, sir.
23:35Or could Twister Turrell sit on the bench of magistrates?
23:39That depends on whether you want to sound judgment or not, Reverend.
23:43So, each man to know his lot.
23:47And to show a fitting respect for his superiors by the singing of the song.
23:53I am happy for my young'uns to sing the praises of God, the Queen, our squire.
23:59But they will never sing the praises of the Tories.
24:04Then the concert shall go ahead without them.
24:06You like them, Paddy?
24:19I've never seen such beautiful lace gloves before.
24:22Hmm.
24:23Then you shall have them.
24:25Oh, no, sir!
24:27No, sir, listen!
24:29Ruby, Miss Pearl?
24:36Why, Amos, I don't believe we've had the pleasure of seeing you in here since dear Elizabeth was with us.
24:43And what is it that brings you calling on us today, Amos?
24:47Well, Patty here has taken a fancy to a pair of fine lace gloves in your window,
24:51and it's going to be my delight to purchase them for her.
24:55Oh, forgive us we had not envisaged that such exquisite gloves might end up on hands that scrubbed floors.
25:01Mr. Amos, I can only accept these gloves if you'll agree to me paying for them each week out of my allowance.
25:18We'll see about that.
25:20Just enjoy the beauty of them on your pretty hands, Patty.
25:22If you ask me, ma'am, there's a girl who knows how to wrap more than a fine glove round her finger.
25:41I'm speaking of Arthur's maidservant in the dam show, Pa.
25:45Ma made my costume for me.
25:49Well, there is something to put in your eyes and look at.
25:52But I reckon you won't be needing it, my little chick.
25:57Ma said you were going to make it right with the Reverend Ellison.
26:00We can't have everything we want in life. It wouldn't be good for us.
26:03And I just want to be King Arthur. Why can't you let me?
26:16I've never had shoes made specially for me before.
26:19Well, these will feel like silk slippers on your feet.
26:22Can I ask you, Patty, how you came to be in the workhouse?
26:26I was no more in six and my parents were both lost to the typhoid.
26:31I had no relatives could take me in.
26:33But the cooking and the baking, where'd you learn that?
26:36I went into service as a young woman.
26:38What is it, Patty?
26:42This isn't right.
26:45Me and you are like this.
26:47How could something so sweet be wrong?
26:51You don't want to go getting yourself tangled up with a workhouse girl.
26:55Go and find yourself some nice local wife.
26:58No, I've lived in this town all my life.
27:01And nobody makes me feel the way you do.
27:03No, it's wrong.
27:07We messed up.
27:08Patty, I'm sorry for what I said the other day about you taking par for an old fool.
27:14I know better than that now.
27:17I want you to be mine.
27:20Do you understand what I'm saying?
27:21You've no idea how much I've longed for this feeling.
27:32Nancy, can I borrow your cake?
27:40Lala!
27:42Lala!
27:47I thought you were making costumes.
27:49Why, and these dresses is too good for children's costumes.
27:54What I have here is going to help my boy play a tune can melt a young girl's heart.
28:00I know someone who'll pay good money for these.
28:04Young Alf, can I borrow your hat?
28:06I'm going to do my trick for our squire.
28:09The one where I make my hat disappear and it ain't anywhere to be found.
28:15I'll be back before this evening, Matthew.
28:18Marcus?
28:19Unusual of you to ride out in the afternoon.
28:22Timothy, I'm afraid I must take off on a matter of some importance.
28:27And since you're here, I'm sorry to tell you, but as much as I'm sure I would enjoy the entertainment,
28:33I'm otherwise engaged on Sunday evening.
28:36Engaged in what?
28:37Engaged Timothy in living my life, much as you might find that impossible to believe.
28:45I'm sorry, but I'm simply not available to accompany you to the concert.
28:49My ladyship has such a shapely figure.
29:04You could wear a dishcloth and still look glamorous.
29:08Not that your ladyship has ever worn anything even remotely resembling a dishcloth.
29:16May I say, ma'am, what a fine example Sir Timothy is, subjecting himself to this vulgar performance.
29:22His dedication to his duty moves the heart.
29:25But, of course, it is entirely understandable that your ladyship chooses not to attend.
29:30No, of course, entirely understandable and indeed advisable.
29:37Miss Lane will no doubt present herself as St. Dorcas of Candleford,
29:43accompanying Sir Timothy in your absence.
29:46Yes, of course.
29:48Do you so appreciate Dorcas' dependability on domestic chores?
29:55So?
29:56No, I don't think so.
30:01It seems that Patty came into the workhouse because she left her last employment with no reference,
30:07so couldn't find a position.
30:08It was simply that old Jarvis died.
30:10Yes, but his children refused to provide Patty with a testimonial,
30:14and they won't say why.
30:16I went to see them, and they were greatly reluctant and embarrassed to talk about it.
30:20But her record of the workhouse is exemplary, hard-working, popular, a model of honesty.
30:26Timothy, I saw Patty with old Amos, and he bought her some gloves.
30:32It made me wonder if his son might be right about her.
30:36You think she may have beguiled old Amos?
30:38And I was the one who pressed him into taking on a housekeeper from the workhouse.
30:43So if she is leading him on, and I say nothing to him...
30:46Maybe she should go and talk to him now.
30:48But the trouble is, she may be just as she seems,
30:51a big-hearted woman with no harm in her,
30:54and I'd be sending her back to an intolerable life in the workhouse.
30:58Dorcas, please reconsider your decision for concert.
31:14You can't persuade Adelaide to accompany you?
31:18Well, I can't say I've tried, really.
31:21I must prefer to have you there with me.
31:24Your company, I mean, the way you can talk to the villagers.
31:27I think you should stop now, Timothy,
31:29before you tell me you're impressed with my polite applause.
31:31Dorcas, I have no right to ask you, I know,
31:34but I am asking you for no other reason than...
31:36I want you to be there with me.
31:38Selfish, yes, but I refuse to apologise for something
31:40that I know will give us both such joy.
31:43Timothy, you do make such a fuss.
31:45I have every intention of going to the concert,
31:48and I would be delighted to accompany you.
31:50I know Patty hasn't been with us very long,
31:55but what a blessing she's turned out to be, Miss Lane.
31:58Since you're here, Amos, perhaps I should say,
32:01although Patty had an excellent record in the workhouse,
32:04we knew little about her life before that.
32:06Well, we needn't worry about her previous misfortune,
32:09seeing as she's settled in so well.
32:11And that's all thanks to you for finding her.
32:13The thing is, Amos, I couldn't help noticing
32:17that you'd bought her a fine pair of lace gloves.
32:20Dorcas, what would you consider a respectable time
32:24after Elizabeth's death for me to put up the bans?
32:28Why? Who are you thinking of marrying?
32:31Well, Patty, of course.
32:33Well, Elizabeth's been gone 18 months now.
32:35Do you think townsfolk would find me impatient
32:37if I put up the bans now?
32:40Well, it is rather sudden, isn't it?
32:42But you hardly know her at all.
32:45As I was saying...
32:45I've seen all I need to know.
32:48She's a real catch, and I've fallen for her.
32:52I can see how a man might be captivated
32:55by a woman as engaging as she is,
32:57but I feel certain that it would be wise
32:59if you were to take some more time
33:01to get to know more about her.
33:02There is no time.
33:04It's a matter of the heart, you see.
33:06And does Patty feel the same way?
33:08Well, I get the impression that she cares for me.
33:12Well, we haven't talked about love yet.
33:19What are you looking so discomposed about, Carol?
33:25I have something I must tell Miss Lane,
33:27but I don't know if I should.
33:29Oh, well, perhaps if you tell me what it was,
33:31I could advise you whether to advise Miss Lane.
33:34I saw something that shouldn't be.
33:36Oh, well, could you describe exactly what it was,
33:40and then I could...
33:41Miss Lane ought to know.
33:43Miss Lane cannot be disturbed.
33:45She's in her private quarters talking to old Amos.
33:48Now, if you were just to give me the ins and outs...
33:51Old Amos?
33:52Hmm.
33:53Oh, no.
34:00Amos, I implore you not to hurry into a marriage proposal
34:04when there are things that need to be discussed.
34:05You're right, Dorcas.
34:07If I find out how she feels,
34:09then I'll know how quickly I have to act.
34:11Amos, please wait.
34:12I must ask her if she keeps affections for me
34:15as I do for her.
34:27Timothy.
34:28Mm-hmm?
34:29I've decided I should come with you to the concert.
34:36Good.
34:37That's...
34:38No, that's wonderful.
34:40Um...
34:41Well, you've suddenly developed a taste
34:44for warbling voices and dubious comic turns.
34:48You have enough troubles with this event,
34:50and you don't need me adding to them.
34:54Adelaide.
34:56I'm grateful and glad for your change of heart,
35:00but I'm not entirely convinced.
35:02Come on, the truth.
35:05The truth is...
35:07I'm nervous.
35:09I'm afraid.
35:12I just...
35:13I don't know how to speak to these people.
35:15I mean, I fear that I will sit there with a sour face
35:17and they will resent me.
35:19My dear, you could no more be sour
35:20than a flower could be ugly.
35:22If you simply take a place and nod and smile,
35:25they will love you from one end of the county to the next.
35:28Well,
35:29I shall be holding on tight to you,
35:33just in case.
35:34Patti,
35:49now that we seem to be getting on so well here,
35:54I see no reason why you and I
35:56shouldn't make the most of this opportunity.
35:59What do you say?
36:00If you're saying you'd like to keep me on, sir.
36:03I'm saying more than that, Patti.
36:06I'm saying we should get wed.
36:09You'll find me congenial.
36:11My Elizabeth, enjoy life's comforts.
36:15What do you say?
36:16I don't know what to say, sir.
36:20Well, I thought you'd be grateful.
36:22I'm a man of some standing here.
36:25Oh, I am grateful, sir,
36:26but it's not so simple.
36:28Oh, that could be more simple.
36:30Any woman from the workhouse
36:32would grab such a chance of a new life.
36:35I'm sure they would, sir,
36:36but not me.
36:37I'm afraid I shall have to decline your offer, sir.
36:42What do you mean?
36:43Decline?
36:44Decline.
36:46Well, speak out, woman.
36:49What could possibly be the reason?
36:52I love another man, sir.
36:57No, you can't.
36:59It's not possible.
37:01Who is it?
37:02Some young fella from the workhouse?
37:05It's me.
37:09It's me, Patti's talking about, Patti.
37:12Oh, I see you now.
37:19Yeah, that was quick work.
37:21Under my own roof.
37:23Casting your spell with your womanly ways.
37:25Pa, I didn't know there could be such happiness
37:27as what I found with Patti.
37:28Well, I shan't have it.
37:30Do you hear me?
37:32In my own house, I shan't have it!
37:34I feel as though I've betrayed Patti's trust in telling you.
37:43But you hardly know her.
37:45You have no special bond of mutual trust.
37:47She's been so kind to me.
37:50She's on her own here.
37:51Well, I'm glad that you confide in me
37:53with your worries and secrets, Laura.
37:56It's a merry kettle of heartache over the road.
37:59But I shall do nothing.
38:00I shall wait.
38:02I have interfered in the lives of our neighbours enough already.
38:07Let that be a lesson to you, Dorcas Lane.
38:10I do not know what's best for everyone's lives here in Candleford.
38:14It is my intention from this day forward
38:17to improve and regulate no one but myself.
38:28Miss Lane?
38:37Timothy?
38:43I need to speak with you concerning our arrangements
38:45for Sunday evening.
38:47Of course.
38:48But first, we have some visitors
38:50who would like to speak with you about Sunday evening.
38:55Oh, they're all fine dresses.
38:57It's good, isn't you?
39:00The trouble is, Sir Timothy,
39:10my father and my husband are, well...
39:13Intractable.
39:14And since the concert is in your honour...
39:16And in my name.
39:17And we thought you might see a way out of this...
39:20Or pass.
39:21Deadlock.
39:21Hell.
39:22Well, it does seem to throw a shadow
39:26over what ought to be a celebration for all of us.
39:29I can't undermine Reverend Ellison.
39:31He's only doing his best to please me.
39:32And I can't humiliate Mr. Timmons,
39:35who is, after all,
39:36only exercising his right to hold his own views.
39:38And the children simply want to join in the festivities.
39:41But there will be a way to overcome this stalemate,
39:45and I will find it.
39:46Leave it with me, ladies.
39:47Thank you, Sir Timothy.
40:02You wanted to speak with me, Timothy?
40:05Yes.
40:08Adelaide feels that she would be letting me down
40:12if she wasn't there with me at the festivities.
40:18Then you are a very lucky man.
40:22Thank you for being so understanding, talkers.
40:25Yes.
40:26Fortunate indeed to have two ladies by your side on Sunday evening.
40:30As for the song,
40:32I shall do what I always do,
40:34mime it.
40:35Their sentiments are tedious enough,
40:37but who would want such a flavourless tune
40:40coming out of their lungs?
40:56Didn't I tell you we'd get it back?
40:58Don't you and Ma always come up with some way
41:01of getting us out of a fix?
41:14Ma'am?
41:15Ma'am?
41:15Young Amos to see you.
41:17She's gone.
41:18Patty's taken her things and left.
41:20I've searched the old town, but she's gone.
41:23Thank you, Scylla.
41:24Perhaps it's just as well
41:26that things have turned out this way, Amos.
41:27No, I have to find her.
41:29When you spoke to me,
41:30you were full of mistrust for Patty.
41:32Well, I wasn't being honest with you, Miss Lane.
41:34See, I've had these feelings
41:35since the first time I looked at her.
41:37There's more to Patty than we first realised.
41:40No, I won't hear it.
41:41You only have to look in her eyes
41:42to know she's true-hearted.
41:44I must admit,
41:46I saw the same thing
41:47the first time I set eyes on her, but...
41:49Where will she go?
41:50That's all I ever know.
41:51Ma, the Squire's courage has arrived.
41:54Thank you, Lady Adelaide.
42:18May I say,
42:20it will mean so much
42:21to everyone at Larkrise
42:22to have you there.
42:24Oh.
42:26Well, I do hope so.
42:37It's Patty!
42:39We have to stop.
42:40I need to talk to Patty.
42:41Patty.
42:44Sorry, Your Ladyship.
43:06Patty, I'm so sorry.
43:08You took me for a friend,
43:10but I betrayed your secret.
43:12That's all right now, little Laura.
43:13You only told the truth.
43:15Patty, where are you going?
43:17Back to the workhouse
43:18where I belong, ma'am.
43:20I'll say good day
43:21and thank you all for your welcome.
43:23Well, let us at least
43:23give you a ride, Patty.
43:25I can't do that, sir.
43:27Riding the Squire's carriage.
43:29You can't possibly walk
43:30to Bicester tonight.
43:31Let us take you into Larkrise
43:33and you can find some shelter
43:34there till the morning.
43:35I have endured enough
43:36disobedience on my patch
43:37for one week.
43:38You will ride with us
43:39in the carriage
43:40and rest in Mokras
43:41for the night.
44:05I shall be singing
44:18the tragical ballad
44:19of Lily Loyal.
44:21Sure ought to bring a tear
44:22to any eye that is.
44:23Amen.
44:24Miss Lane had planted the idea
44:46into my head
44:47of how to unravel the Reverend
44:48without him even knowing
44:49he has been unraveled.
44:50And I was bursting
44:52to tell my family
44:53how they might go
44:53to the concert after all.
45:03Patty,
45:04why are you intent
45:06on going back
45:06to the workhouse?
45:07Oh, I'd rather go back there
45:08and put young Amos
45:09in such a terrible dispute
45:11with his father.
45:12And Mr Jarvis,
45:14tell me what happened, Patty.
45:16Why did his family
45:17refuse to give you
45:17a reference?
45:19The truth of it is,
45:20Miss Lane,
45:20I love Mr Jarvis,
45:22though he was a good
45:23thirty years older
45:24or more than I was
45:25and I believe
45:26that he loved me.
45:27Then why didn't you marry?
45:29Mr Jarvis was a widower
45:31with three children
45:32of my own age
45:33and beyond
45:33and they,
45:34it's not what they
45:36would have wanted.
45:37But they learned
45:38about your romance.
45:39When Mr Jarvis died,
45:42they gave me
45:43no references
45:44to my name,
45:44so he was back
45:46to the workhouse
45:46for me.
45:47I know a thousand
45:49good reasons
45:50why I should love
45:51young Amos,
45:52but my art
45:53won't listen to him.
45:55Mar!
45:57Oh, my,
45:57look at you!
45:59I would barely
45:59have recognised
46:00my own daughter!
46:02Mar, I'm not going
46:02to the concert
46:03unless you're going
46:04to be there.
46:06That's a question
46:06you'd be better off
46:07putting to your pa.
46:08I say it's going
46:09to be the loveliest
46:10entertainment of the year
46:11and we should all be there.
46:12That's not possible,
46:13Laura.
46:13There's nothing
46:14to be done.
46:14Yes, there is.
46:16They could just
46:17mime the song.
46:17Then they wouldn't
46:18be singing it.
46:19Who's to know?
46:21Can we, pa?
46:21Can we?
46:23I suppose there's
46:24more ways of killing
46:25a dog than hanging it.
46:27Or choking it
46:27with best butter.
46:30Oh, come on there!
46:31Let's hurry up
46:32and get ready!
46:32Oh, come the Tories
46:49all unite
46:51to wear the brim
46:53rose bat with might
46:55and love and hope
46:58and strive and fight
47:00And pray may God
47:02defend the right
47:05Oh, come the Tories
47:09all unite
47:11to wear the brim
47:13rose bat with might
47:15and work and hope
47:17and strive and fight
47:19And pray may God
47:22defend the right
47:25I'm glad you were able
47:47to see where your duty
47:48lies, Timmy.
47:49And so am I,
47:50Reverend Ellison.
47:51So am I.
47:52And, Moss,
47:57what was it that you
47:58wanted from a marriage
47:59to Patty?
48:02Please?
48:04I hear from Thomas
48:05that she's a fine cook.
48:08Yeah, there's that.
48:10And a well-kept house
48:12and clean clothes.
48:14And if she had consented
48:16to marry you,
48:18would you have been ready
48:19for the things that Patty
48:20might want from a marriage?
48:22A full marriage?
48:25Oh, and pass
48:26such romantical notions.
48:39I suppose Patty
48:40had wanted children.
48:43I never thought of that.
48:44It'll be a pity
48:47if she does go back
48:48to the workhouse
48:49when you could have
48:51all those things,
48:52the broths,
48:54puddings
48:54and pies,
48:56clean-pressed shirts,
48:58a woman to look after you
49:00without the responsibilities
49:02of being a married man.
49:06Just look at how happy
49:07young Amos is.
49:11What about her
49:12and Mr. Jarvis
49:13and all that?
49:14I believe that was
49:15genuine, Amos.
49:17After all,
49:18if all Patty had wanted
49:20was to get an old fool
49:21to marry her,
49:23I think she would have
49:24accepted your offer,
49:25don't you?
49:27Oh, come on, Amos.
49:29Don't let your pride
49:38make you twice the fool.
49:39T'was a still calm night
49:58and the moon's pale light
50:02shone over hill and dale.
50:06Oh, her cheeks
50:09that once glowed
50:11with the...
50:12Rose tint of health
50:20by the hand of disease
50:23had turned pale.
50:25Oh, lily, sweet lily,
50:32dear lily land,
50:37now the wild cross
50:40blossoms
50:40our little green bright
50:43made the trees
50:45in the flowery day.
50:48In ten years,
51:00many of these songs
51:01would be forgotten.
51:02Rose blossoms
51:03our little green bright
51:06lost in the changing scenes
51:08of my lifetime.
51:09It wasn't only politics
51:14that made it difficult
51:15for some people
51:16to accept their love.
51:17Dear lily, dear lily land,
51:23sometimes it was love.
51:25Rose blossoms
51:27our little green bright
51:30eat the trees
51:32in the flowery day.
51:34Yeah.
51:36No
51:38No
51:39When
51:39You
51:40Do
51:41Have
51:41De
51:43得
51:43wherever
51:47You
51:48Can
51:48People
51:50ught
51:50Ta
51:52세상
51:52des
51:53tw steep
51:54You
51:55Don't
51:56trade
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52:01To
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