The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 6

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00:03:43young but they weren't much interested in him anyway all his life he's followed his sister's

00:03:47orders and he sees no reason to change now aren't you a reason mother you wanted your daughter to

00:03:52be a duchess you can't talk now as if your chief goal was for me to be happily married of course

00:03:57i want you to be happy or at the very least to be properly treated can't hector see that why would

00:04:03he the house runs smoothly she knows how he likes things done why make trouble some of the house

00:04:09feels a little bleak to me hector says they've sold everything good except the portraits and now

00:04:14they can afford to buy them back thanks to you make sure he remembers your role in his family's

00:04:18redemption and acts accordingly if you want to cook an omelet you have to learn to break a few eggs

00:04:23says the woman who hasn't cooked an omelet in 20 years i may not have made an omelet but i have

00:04:28made a future and i'm here to help you do the same

00:04:39welcome good of you to come all this way i had a summons from jp morgan i didn't think i had a

00:04:59choice you didn't i should prefer to call it an invitation my secretary mr brinkley

00:05:04mr brinkley i don't believe you've met my brother edgar mr brink i'm glad to be here

00:05:14but i suspect i may be less glad when i leave mr sage mr morgan let me show you all your rooms

00:05:22burn now you have us on your territory i look forward to hearing your orders this is neutral

00:05:29territory and you'll hear no orders only thoughts on the future of our industry like bismarck's

00:05:35thoughts on the future of germany or napoleon's on the future of europe you're too suspicious

00:05:40gentlemen at least let me give you some dinner we can delay our arguments for tomorrow

00:05:47i should warn you there will be no horses kept here and civilization is a day's walk away

00:05:54and you ask why we're suspicious mr russell i believe you know my new partner

00:06:02is your room comfortable yes madam and how do you feel like it's a day's walk away

00:06:24you find the staff they are pleasant though what one of the maids said lady sarah is trying

00:06:34to wail the new duchess down and train her like a puppy she used those words i'm afraid so madam

00:06:42thank you andre keep your ear to the ground but say nothing to her grace of course madam

00:06:50it is a relief to know i'm not fighting my battles alone

00:06:56are you all right um why do you say that i don't know you seem very anxious lately

00:07:08you never told me what larry said when he was leaving for arizona didn't i and i'll mention

00:07:16it but he uh he thinks he's found maude beaten oh my goodness when the same night he became engaged

00:07:26is it somewhere you can go after her as long as she's still there i'm actually i'm going right now

00:07:33you'll have to tell mama i had some business dinner i couldn't get out of i'll try to make it convincing

00:07:39i'm going to wish you

00:08:06Mrs. Van Ryn says she wants to go to bed straight after dinner.

00:08:14Miss Armstrong, you need to be ready.

00:08:15Well, of course I'm ready.

00:08:18What's that you're doing?

00:08:21Nothing.

00:08:22It doesn't look like nothing.

00:08:24I'm just interested in the various ways of mixing or whipping food.

00:08:28Here we go again.

00:08:30You see, you won't stay a footman forever, whether you want to or not.

00:08:33I don't understand why you're allowed to stay on now.

00:08:36What do you mean?

00:08:38She means nothing.

00:08:42I'm going to bed.

00:08:44That was a delicious dinner.

00:08:51I'll look in.

00:08:56I was rather sad to see that you had dismissed Gladys' maid.

00:09:00Wasn't that always the plan?

00:09:01Well, yes, I know.

00:09:03It's just seeing her so far from home.

00:09:05But her home is here now.

00:09:08Her new maid understands these houses and the people who live in them.

00:09:12Don't you want Gladys to have help adjusting to her new life?

00:09:15Of course I do.

00:09:16And what did you mean?

00:09:18That I don't know how to run things?

00:09:20What I mean is that it's way past our bedtime.

00:09:23Oh, hello, Mr. Kane.

00:09:37Oh, hello, Mr. Kane.

00:09:53Hello, Miss Beaton.

00:09:57My name is Dolly Trent.

00:09:59Come on.

00:10:00That won't do it for me.

00:10:02I don't know what you want, mister, but I'm working.

00:10:04All right, Miss Beaton.

00:10:06Do you want me to summon the police?

00:10:08Because I can.

00:10:09Don't try anything.

00:10:10You misjudge me.

00:10:11I am not angry.

00:10:13I don't want things to be difficult.

00:10:17Can I help you, sir?

00:10:18I want to speak to Miss Trent.

00:10:22Do you want to spend some time with her?

00:10:24Does that bother you?

00:10:26No.

00:10:28No.

00:10:29I'll talk to him.

00:10:30If he'll buy me a drink.

00:10:32Very good.

00:10:33Take him to room 12.

00:10:39Where is room 12?

00:10:40Where is room 12?

00:10:40No, no, no, no.

00:11:10I don't want that.

00:11:14I want to know what happened to the money.

00:11:16I haven't got it.

00:11:19Obviously.

00:11:27You know, I lost it all.

00:11:29Everything I had.

00:11:31And everything my mother had, too.

00:11:34And now I have to live with her while she blames me

00:11:37for her misery and her ruin.

00:11:39I should break you in pieces.

00:11:42At least you don't have to sleep with overweight strangers

00:11:45who stink of bad breath and sweat.

00:11:48I want to know what happened to the money!

00:11:51Crowther.

00:11:52You remember Crowther?

00:11:54He was the man behind the whole thing.

00:11:55I was working for him.

00:11:57He took me on to...

00:11:58To what?

00:11:59To target gullible fools like me?

00:12:01You weren't alone.

00:12:02He looked for greedy men with access to money,

00:12:04but without the nerve to steal it.

00:12:06You were a classic case.

00:12:09But how did you end up here?

00:12:12Crowther used me and left me with nothing.

00:12:17Which explains why I am where you see me now.

00:12:20But look at you.

00:12:23You're so elegant.

00:12:24It means they pay more.

00:12:34Don't pity me.

00:12:37I'm tough.

00:12:39My father lost me in a card game when I was 12.

00:12:48I won't depress you with an account of the years that followed.

00:12:51This is the best you could do.

00:12:55I owe the people who run this establishment.

00:12:58I'm working it off, but...

00:13:00I have food and a place to sleep.

00:13:05I suppose you hate me.

00:13:07Of course I hate you.

00:13:10You ruined my mother and me.

00:13:13So often I wished the story were true.

00:13:16And we could have married and...

00:13:18lived off my mythical fortune.

00:13:19Have you anywhere to go if you get away from here?

00:13:26Only a sister and Sandusky who might not even recognize me.

00:13:30Then we can only hope that Crowther dies in pain.

00:13:35I don't agree.

00:13:37This week I fired my office boy who was on $3 a week.

00:13:41So I found a lie to do the work for two.

00:13:43You're a money-grubbing fool, Risley.

00:13:45I'm glad the railroad owners will approach the future in their usual spirit of equanimity.

00:13:50It will get worse before it gets better with talk of another run on the banks.

00:13:54You saved the Metropolitan, but you can't save them all.

00:13:58I hear Sage was involved with the collapse of Granton Ward on top of the Marine National.

00:14:03And now Clay's gone over to the enemy.

00:14:07Like most men in this room, he's always been on one side.

00:14:12His own.

00:14:15So, are you ready to explain why you've brought us here?

00:14:19Mr. Russell asks why I brought you here.

00:14:22The answer is simple.

00:14:24Mr. Russell.

00:14:25Or rather, Mr. Russell and the Illinois Central line.

00:14:33Key to his plan for a new route between the East and West,

00:14:37which might spell a brighter future for America

00:14:39if your infighting and price-fixing weren't killing your business.

00:14:43As you all know, nobody holds a controlling share of the Illinois Central,

00:14:51so nothing can move forward.

00:14:52And while that lasts, the whole railroad industry will be in chaos.

00:14:57So, I am afraid, gentlemen, no one leaves this house

00:15:03until one of you owns at least 51%.

00:15:08What have you got there?

00:15:16The second delivery, Mum.

00:15:17Well?

00:15:18There are none for you, Mum.

00:15:20Is there anything for me?

00:15:22This one.

00:15:22Well, for whom are all the rest?

00:15:24Mr. Oscar and Miss Marion?

00:15:26Perhaps Mr. Russell has written.

00:15:28I doubt that.

00:15:28I didn't look before bringing them up.

00:15:30I should have.

00:15:31I apologize.

00:15:33I don't understand.

00:15:34They're for John, Mum.

00:15:36What?

00:15:36The footman John?

00:15:37Exactly.

00:15:38Have you found out just how rich this clock has made our footman?

00:15:42No, not yet, Mum.

00:15:43Agnes, really?

00:15:44Well, I would like to know.

00:15:47Will it be more than $2,000?

00:15:50Bannister has already said he doesn't know.

00:15:53You may go.

00:15:58Ada?

00:15:59We really should find out.

00:16:01We can't ask.

00:16:02It's impolite.

00:16:04Is it polite to stay on?

00:16:05John, our Croesus-like footman?

00:16:08Has your betrothed told you how much?

00:16:11No, that's not my business.

00:16:16John, I've been meaning to congratulate you on all your success.

00:16:21Thanks, Miss Marion.

00:16:22I hope you enjoyed your celebration with Mr. Russell the other night.

00:16:25What do you mean?

00:16:27He told me you were joining him with friends at Delmonico's.

00:16:30Delmonico's?

00:16:30Yes.

00:16:31Isn't that where you went?

00:16:33Oh.

00:16:36I don't know.

00:16:38How could you not know where you were?

00:16:40Oh, I do.

00:16:41But I need to get back to work.

00:16:46Have I said something wrong?

00:16:48No.

00:16:50Does this have to do with Maud beaten?

00:16:53I need to get these downstairs.

00:16:55Mrs. Bowers waiting.

00:16:56What will be the fate of Mr. Gladstone's reform bill?

00:17:10Now the Lords have thrown it out.

00:17:12He'll bring it back.

00:17:13And he'll get it through by the end of the year.

00:17:15But do we want a bunch of vagabonds and farm laborers to decide how we are governed?

00:17:20What do you say, Duchess?

00:17:22You're the Democrat among us.

00:17:23I believe everyone should have a say in who forms the government.

00:17:27Including women, I hope.

00:17:29Oh, heavens.

00:17:30Do we have a suffragist among us?

00:17:32Are you against women voting?

00:17:34Of course.

00:17:35Why?

00:17:36I'm curious.

00:17:37Do you find women stupider than men?

00:17:39And not equipped for important decisions?

00:17:41No.

00:17:43That is, I think women should stick to their proper sphere.

00:17:48Then should the Queen have stuck to her proper sphere and refuse the crown?

00:17:52Bertha, I think we must go easy on my poor sister.

00:17:55I was just curious.

00:17:56But of course, if she'd rather not answer.

00:17:58I think I should not be so impertinent as to have an opinion about our sovereign's decisions.

00:18:07Thank you, Bannister.

00:18:16Marion, you hardly ate anything at all.

00:18:20I just have something on my mind.

00:18:22It's to do with John.

00:18:24Our footman seems to be the topic of all discourse in this house.

00:18:27When I asked him about the night at Delmonico's, he turned to Ashton.

00:18:33And I thought, perhaps it has to do with Maud Beaton.

00:18:40Are you trying to drive me to an early grave?

00:18:42No.

00:18:43Then why mention that name?

00:18:45It seems Maud Beaton is back in town, Mama.

00:18:49And will she return my fortune?

00:18:54No.

00:18:54How can you be sure?

00:18:57Because she is working at a sort of club.

00:19:03A club?

00:19:05Is it a respectable establishment?

00:19:11No.

00:19:13Perhaps we should leave it at that for tonight.

00:19:16Now that your mother is not present, please tell me where Larry was the night he saw Maud Beaton.

00:19:33What?

00:19:35It's not important.

00:19:36I disagree.

00:19:37It's important enough for you, John, and even Larry to hide it from me.

00:19:41That's because Miss Beaton seems to be working in a house of ill repute.

00:19:55What was Larry Russell doing at that kind of establishment?

00:20:04Well, I think he was there with a group of friends.

00:20:07That doesn't answer my question.

00:20:08Marion.

00:20:09I'm sure there was no harm in it.

00:20:10Larry visits a house of ill repute and you think there's no harm in it?

00:20:13No, no, Marion.

00:20:13There is, as far as I'm concerned.

00:20:14Marion, I'm certain he was just having a sociable evening time.

00:20:17Mr. Merrick, you cannot trust Risley Sage.

00:20:22Why should I trust you?

00:20:24His deal will only momentarily line your coffers.

00:20:28I intend to make history with your family's railway.

00:20:32And I guarantee the Merricks will always have a seat at the table.

00:20:36A table in which you will now be the majority shareholder.

00:20:40Oh, God's sake.

00:20:42Which do you want, Merrick?

00:20:44For Sage to suck the blood out of your company?

00:20:47Or for Russell to pump life into it?

00:20:50You have no third option.

00:20:52Either you will sign the papers or show to the world that you're a fool.

00:20:55You have a large shareholding.

00:20:57But if you don't sign, it is a share of nothing.

00:21:00Once I have 51%, your family legacy will be safe.

00:21:04So you keep saying.

00:21:07Edgar, we need you to sign and shake on it if we are ever to be free of this logjam.

00:21:13Risley Sage will wake up tomorrow and find himself outflanked.

00:21:18Something we can all be glad of.

00:21:22Amen to that.

00:21:23Very well.

00:21:31I'll sign.

00:21:34But in the company of my lawyers.

00:21:36And back in New York.

00:21:40Your word is good enough for me.

00:21:41I'm going to have a rest before I get changed.

00:21:51You'd better watch out.

00:21:52You made a fool of Sarah last night.

00:21:55Good.

00:21:56I was glad he didn't defend her.

00:21:58Hector never says anything, either to defend or attack.

00:22:00He's a frightened man.

00:22:01You must convince him his welfare is as safe in your hands as it is in hers.

00:22:05How?

00:22:06You're not a fool, Gladys.

00:22:07Show an interest in the estate.

00:22:09Show an interest in him.

00:22:10In this setup, you outrank Lady Sarah.

00:22:12Just make sure everyone knows it.

00:22:14I wish she'd give up on me and go.

00:22:16The only person to make her go is Hector.

00:22:18That is what you must work on.

00:22:20Your father is a businessman.

00:22:21You know how to manage events.

00:22:23If I do, I learned it from you.

00:22:25And not from father.

00:22:27Then put it to good use.

00:22:29Make him love you.

00:22:30Make him value you.

00:22:31That is the answer, but only you can do it.

00:22:33I can't.

00:22:35And now I'm going to my room.

00:22:52You're back.

00:22:53How is Philadelphia?

00:22:55Interesting.

00:22:56What do you know about Frances Watkins Harper?

00:22:59Only what you've told me.

00:23:00She's a woman who believes in universal suffrage.

00:23:03Why?

00:23:04Because I've met her now.

00:23:05Probably.

00:23:06And she was very inspiring.

00:23:09She seems like a real force.

00:23:10Mm-hmm.

00:23:12I would think this would rouse you even more to the cause, but you seem a little glum.

00:23:18Mr. Fortune showed up at the train station.

00:23:20He and William had words.

00:23:22And it nearly turned physical before Mr. Fortune left.

00:23:25Oh, my word.

00:23:26Did you tell Dr. Kirkland about Fortune?

00:23:29There wasn't time.

00:23:30I had my train to catch, but, oh, I owe him an explanation.

00:23:34You must be completely honest.

00:23:35Secrets and lies are not any sort of foundation from which to build a marriage.

00:23:39Take it from me.

00:23:40What do you mean?

00:23:41While you were away, Larry and I got engaged.

00:23:44What?

00:23:45Oh, but that's marvelous.

00:23:47It was marvelous until I discovered that on that very same night he visited, um, I can't

00:23:57say the word.

00:24:00You don't mean it.

00:24:01But I do.

00:24:02He went to a disorderly house.

00:24:04He told me he was going to Delmonico's with friends, but then I discovered his true whereabouts.

00:24:10And not from him.

00:24:12Are you certain of all the facts?

00:24:14I'm certain that he was there.

00:24:18We both know what men do at those type of establishments.

00:24:21It's particularly cruel, as we had just told my aunts and his parents of our engagement.

00:24:35I'm so sorry.

00:24:37There goes a very disappointed man.

00:24:48Life is full of disappointments.

00:24:51We must know that by now.

00:24:54He's not in the position he'd like you to think.

00:24:57Russell is stretched.

00:24:58His railroad expansion is not as married.

00:25:01He is stretched.

00:25:03Tight as a drum.

00:25:04You are absolutely sure of this?

00:25:07I really do know where the bodies are buried.

00:25:11Then as soon as we are back in the city, I suggest we start digging.

00:25:17Mr. Russell.

00:25:26You must be the metallurgist.

00:25:46Seth Dawson, welcome to Marinci.

00:25:48I found something that I think will interest you.

00:25:56Ah, there you are.

00:25:57I'll tell Bannister we're ready for dinner.

00:26:01Marion, are you quite all right?

00:26:03No, I'm really not.

00:26:05Oh, my dear.

00:26:06Come and sit.

00:26:08Come and sit.

00:26:13It seems I can no longer marry Larry Russell.

00:26:15Oh, thank goodness.

00:26:17Agnes.

00:26:19But what has happened?

00:26:21It turns out I didn't know Larry as well as I thought.

00:26:24It seems on the night we got engaged, he visited a house of ill fame.

00:26:30What?

00:26:31Marion?

00:26:31Well, I hope this means that in the future you will listen to your aunts and not try to

00:26:39find a handsome hero.

00:26:41Your husband is not supposed to be a tenor in the opera, but a wise, well-placed gentleman

00:26:47who can give you a decent life.

00:26:49Are you absolutely sure about this?

00:26:53If you ask me, you're making too much of it.

00:26:55Which is precisely why no one has asked you.

00:26:57I've thought it through.

00:26:59There's nothing to do but to call off the engagement.

00:27:01But shouldn't you give Mr. Russell the chance to speak for himself?

00:27:06Maybe there was some circumstance that you don't know about.

00:27:10What kind of circumstance could that be?

00:27:13Well, maybe...

00:27:15Don't you see?

00:27:16Whatever his excuse, this will be a shadow between us.

00:27:21Marion is right.

00:27:25Very well, Mr. Dawson.

00:27:28You've piqued my curiosity.

00:27:31Fire away.

00:27:32Since I got your cable, we've been exploring the potential of the copper mines.

00:27:37My father was not convinced they had much value, but I wanted to make sure.

00:27:41I know it will be expensive.

00:27:42It would cost a lot, yes.

00:27:44But you could gain a lot, too.

00:27:47We believe they've been mining the wrong areas without proper research beforehand.

00:27:51I had my men drill several shafts.

00:27:53And were there any results?

00:27:54One shaft near the Atlanta copper mine proved very interesting.

00:28:01What are you telling me?

00:28:03We found a rich seam of first-rate copper, 200 yards down, enough to last a century or more.

00:28:12Was it just one shaft?

00:28:14It's early days.

00:28:15We've only checked a few sites.

00:28:17But there will be more.

00:28:20Possibly much more.

00:28:21But the deals for the mines haven't gone through yet.

00:28:24Then get them through, Mr. Russell.

00:28:27As soon as you can.

00:28:28All the deals for all the mines.

00:28:31And make them generous.

00:28:33If you want to avoid trouble further down the line.

00:28:44Sorry, I don't mean to disturb you.

00:28:46No, no, please.

00:28:48Luncheon is in a minute.

00:28:49And there's something I wanted to ask you.

00:28:51Really?

00:28:52What's that?

00:28:52Would you mind if I learned more about the estate?

00:28:57I normally let Sarah deal with the farms and everything.

00:29:00But surely it would be good for us to know what's going on.

00:29:03If only so that you could manage if Lady Sarah were indisposed.

00:29:06I agree.

00:29:06It wouldn't be a bad idea.

00:29:08I thought I'd ask Mr. Forrester to drive me around.

00:29:11Explain about the different tenancies as well as what we farm in hand.

00:29:15And I'd like to meet the tenant farmers and their wives.

00:29:18Well, they'd certainly like to meet you.

00:29:20What's this?

00:29:22Gladys is curious about the estate.

00:29:24She's going to get Forrester to explain it all.

00:29:26The tenants, the crops, you know.

00:29:28Why?

00:29:29I just want to understand how an English estate works.

00:29:31Have you put her up to this?

00:29:33Sarah, Gladys lives here now.

00:29:34She's entitled to be interested.

00:29:36We were curious downstairs as to why Miss Marion has finished with Mr. Larry.

00:29:48You really do know everything that goes on in this house, don't you?

00:29:51We try to.

00:29:52Yes, ma'am.

00:29:54I'm not the person to ask.

00:29:56What I don't understand is why she took up with him in the first place.

00:30:02Is there something else?

00:30:04There is, ma'am, but I don't want to bother you with it.

00:30:06You'll find a way.

00:30:08It's the footman John, ma'am.

00:30:11He seems to think he's to live on here as long as he wants when his circumstances have quite changed.

00:30:16Don't remind me.

00:30:17It's hard on the rest.

00:30:19They're afraid he's taking advantage.

00:30:20Are they?

00:30:21You can see why they're not happy.

00:30:24They feel belittled by his staying on here when he doesn't need the work.

00:30:28He's just play-acting when it's their real life.

00:30:31Well, I'm sure he'll soon make other plans, but since we do not know the size of his fortune,

00:30:36I don't suppose we can simply throw him out on the street.

00:30:39But we do know the size.

00:30:40Now, I asked Bannister to inquire.

00:30:43He did not give me an answer.

00:30:44Perhaps he was fearful it might agitate you.

00:30:47And I trust you are not?

00:30:48He was paid $300,000.

00:30:53What?

00:30:57It is hard to believe there is a God in heaven when such things happen on earth.

00:31:01Please ask Mrs. Forte to come to my room at once.

00:31:05Mrs. Forte.

00:31:06Agnes?

00:31:12Agnes?

00:31:13Are you all right?

00:31:15No.

00:31:15I have just heard news from which I may never recover.

00:31:19This clock venture has earned a tremendous amount of money for John.

00:31:24We knew it was a success.

00:31:25A $300,000 success?

00:31:28Oh.

00:31:30What do you plan to do about this?

00:31:32Must I do anything?

00:31:34Well, can't you see?

00:31:35It's ridiculous.

00:31:35I sit here nursing my ruin while our footman could buy us out in an hour and not notice the difference.

00:31:42How am I responsible?

00:31:44Well, all this is happening under your watch.

00:31:47Manage your house.

00:31:48It's my house when things go awry.

00:31:51So it would seem.

00:31:52And I do not wish to feel that I should hold out the dish while my footman helps himself.

00:32:05Clay's done this.

00:32:10Clay's done this.

00:32:11He and Sage.

00:32:13There are things in the coverage that only Clay could have known.

00:32:15For you, sir.

00:32:17Thank you, Jones.

00:32:19What's happening now?

00:32:21Shares of Russell Industries are starting to plummet.

00:32:23That's not all.

00:32:26The Merricks are pulling out.

00:32:29Damn Clay!

00:32:30Damn it to hell!

00:32:32I should have had him killed.

00:32:34I'm sure you don't mean that.

00:32:35Are you?

00:32:36Our two primary banks are teetering on the brink of failure.

00:32:40Everything I've built is on the verge of collapse.

00:32:42We need to stabilize the stock.

00:32:46How?

00:32:47Without more capital.

00:32:48I'll get the money.

00:32:49But if we don't move quickly.

00:32:50I said I'd find the money.

00:32:55Mrs. Forte.

00:32:58I hope this means you received my note.

00:33:01Yes.

00:33:04Did you feel a light breeze as you came in?

00:33:11I believe I did.

00:33:12That was your husband, arriving to keep you company.

00:33:17I'm so glad.

00:33:19I have many questions for Mr. Forte.

00:33:21He was so wise.

00:33:23I miss his judgment very much.

00:33:26Ask him.

00:33:28Darling, I need your guidance.

00:33:32I seem to be in charge of a house that is falling apart.

00:33:37I don't know what to do.

00:33:40Mr. Forte says,

00:33:41to follow your good, pure heart.

00:33:45And that will lead you to make the right decisions.

00:33:50He says to think about his favorite biblical verse.

00:33:57Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,

00:33:59and lean not unto thine own understanding.

00:34:03Oh, he says,

00:34:05esattamente.

00:34:08Does he?

00:34:10Yes.

00:34:10How strange.

00:34:11He couldn't speak Italian.

00:34:13He never learned it.

00:34:15That's hard to believe of someone called Luca Forte.

00:34:19Well, he wasn't called Luca.

00:34:22His name was Luke Forte.

00:34:24That was a misprint in the Times.

00:34:26But I've...

00:34:28None of this is true, is it?

00:34:44You just read his name in the Times.

00:34:47Mrs. Forte, I assure you that...

00:34:50You read the papers,

00:34:52and you asked around,

00:34:54and...

00:34:55the rest I've given you myself.

00:34:58Stupid, babbling fool that I am.

00:35:01I would never ask around.

00:35:03I loved my husband

00:35:05more than you can know.

00:35:07And so I long to believe

00:35:09that there was a way I could still reach him.

00:35:12And you can.

00:35:13Mr. Forte is here right now.

00:35:14Please, don't lie to me anymore.

00:35:19I'm ashamed of my sentimental folly.

00:35:22But you should be ashamed of your existence.

00:35:31Dr. Kirkland.

00:35:32This is very nice of you.

00:35:35Please, sit.

00:35:38Miss Ellen, can we have some tea?

00:35:40I mustn't take up too much of your time,

00:35:52but I wanted to hear

00:35:53how you got on in Philadelphia.

00:35:55Well, my main achievement

00:35:56was to persuade

00:35:57Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

00:35:59to come and speak in Brooklyn.

00:36:01Does she need all those names?

00:36:03She's going to host a suffrage event here.

00:36:05Oh, do you expect a large crowd?

00:36:07No, she does these smaller meetings

00:36:10to introduce women to the cause

00:36:12so that hopefully they'll spread the word.

00:36:14It's a sort of ladies' tea,

00:36:17but with a purpose.

00:36:19Can men come too, if they agree?

00:36:21There are no rules against it,

00:36:23but I'm not sure you'd be comfortable.

00:36:25Well, maybe you could include my mother.

00:36:30Is Mrs. Kirkland interested

00:36:32in the woman's voting rights?

00:36:34To be honest, it didn't seem so to me.

00:36:37Well, she'll be interested

00:36:38in a women's gathering with tea.

00:36:41Okay, well, we will, of course, invite her.

00:36:47There is something I wanted to put straight,

00:36:51or try to, if you have time.

00:36:53Of course.

00:36:56That scene with Mr. Fortune...

00:36:59You really don't have to explain.

00:37:00No, I do.

00:37:01Mr. Fortune gave me a job at the Globe.

00:37:08It was a wonderful opportunity,

00:37:10and I am grateful for it to this day.

00:37:14But in time, he did become something more to me,

00:37:19and I think he would say the same.

00:37:21But as a married man,

00:37:26is he entitled to say the same?

00:37:27I don't want to suggest that this was his fault.

00:37:30It was both our faults.

00:37:32If anyone, it was my fault

00:37:33saying yes to accepting a new assignment.

00:37:36You'll know that's not how I'd see it.

00:37:38But we all have a past,

00:37:40and I'm glad you've told me.

00:37:43I see now that we can't or shouldn't work together.

00:37:46Which will save me from having to engage

00:37:48in any more fisticuffs.

00:37:51Is that a risk?

00:37:53Oh, indeed.

00:37:54When someone's as important in a man's life

00:37:56as you are to me,

00:37:59then I'm bound to fight if I must.

00:38:04That's not everything.

00:38:05It may not be,

00:38:06but I don't need everything.

00:38:10What matters to me

00:38:11is the present.

00:38:16Oh, Ada.

00:38:27Ada?

00:38:32My goodness.

00:38:35Does this have to do with Mary and her beau?

00:38:40It's Luke.

00:38:43I feel so near to him.

00:38:46So very near.

00:38:49Of course you do.

00:38:53Listen, Luke is everywhere you are.

00:38:57Because he's in your heart.

00:39:01Thank you, Agnes.

00:39:06Oh, darling.

00:39:07I know you're missing.

00:39:16Sir Forrest has looked after you.

00:39:18He's been so patient,

00:39:19for which I'm really grateful.

00:39:21And do you plan any changes?

00:39:24Too early for that.

00:39:25But there is an area by the bridge

00:39:27on the South Lake

00:39:28where I thought we might plant

00:39:29a copse of indigenous English trees

00:39:31and dedicated to Her Majesty's

00:39:3250th anniversary.

00:39:34How charming.

00:39:35Eh, Hector?

00:39:36What's that?

00:39:37The Duchess is planning

00:39:38a new wood

00:39:39to mark the Queen's

00:39:40next anniversary.

00:39:42Oh, no need.

00:39:43Everything for that

00:39:44is already arranged.

00:39:47Ladies,

00:39:48I'm catching your eye.

00:39:50Sarah?

00:40:00Are you quite well?

00:40:03Why shouldn't I be?

00:40:05I thought

00:40:05when you stood without waiting for me

00:40:07you must be ill.

00:40:16I'm so glad if I was wrong.

00:40:17As I was saying,

00:40:26your family must have been

00:40:27farming here for many years.

00:40:28We were given the land

00:40:29by King William III

00:40:30for doing up his shoelaces

00:40:32or something.

00:40:34Well done.

00:40:37What was that about?

00:40:39Why did you stand

00:40:40without waiting for her?

00:40:41I've always decided

00:40:43when the women go through.

00:40:45That was before.

00:40:46There was no Duchess then.

00:40:47Oh, there is one

00:40:49and you should have waited.

00:40:53Yes.

00:40:54Right.

00:41:05I have always supported

00:41:07Negro suffrage.

00:41:08Frederick Douglass and I

00:41:10believed deeply

00:41:11in the urgency

00:41:11behind the 15th Amendment.

00:41:13But of course,

00:41:14men are not the only ones

00:41:16with real claims

00:41:17to the vote.

00:41:18Women

00:41:18deserve the right

00:41:20to the ballot too.

00:41:21Yes.

00:41:22Well said.

00:41:23Bravo.

00:41:24Yes.

00:41:24As women,

00:41:26I think we should be

00:41:27about God's work,

00:41:28educating our children.

00:41:29Leave the vote

00:41:30for the next generation.

00:41:31I am the next generation

00:41:33and I think

00:41:33we should fight for it now.

00:41:35Exactly.

00:41:36We have to keep pushing.

00:41:37But aren't we trying

00:41:38to do too much too soon?

00:41:39It's barely a minute

00:41:40since emancipation.

00:41:42Let's fight to protect

00:41:43the rights of our husbands

00:41:44to vote.

00:41:45They will give us

00:41:46a voice in the government.

00:41:48My husband's dead.

00:41:49Do I still have a say

00:41:51in the government?

00:41:52Complacency will yield nothing.

00:41:54We need more voices

00:41:55like yours, Miss Scott.

00:41:57It's not going to happen

00:41:59all at once.

00:42:01It's best to pick

00:42:02our battles.

00:42:03I respectfully disagree.

00:42:05We must act

00:42:06so that we have a voice.

00:42:08Oh, I don't know.

00:42:10In my day,

00:42:11a lady's tea

00:42:12would consist of

00:42:13sharing recipes,

00:42:15talking about our children.

00:42:16I'm sorry.

00:42:17I thought William

00:42:18would have told you

00:42:19that this was

00:42:19a suffrage meeting.

00:42:21Sometimes my son

00:42:22leaves out the details.

00:42:23Mrs. Harper,

00:42:27we are so grateful

00:42:29for your time.

00:42:30I'm curious to know

00:42:31how you manage it all.

00:42:33You have children, yes?

00:42:34Well, now that they're grown

00:42:35and I don't have

00:42:37a husband to look after,

00:42:38there's more time to write

00:42:40and pursue this cause.

00:42:43I see.

00:42:44I want to finish a letter

00:42:53before dinner.

00:42:56Bannister?

00:42:58One minute.

00:42:59It has come to my attention

00:43:01that you knew

00:43:02what John made,

00:43:03but you chose not to tell me.

00:43:05Well, Mom, I...

00:43:06He thought it might interfere

00:43:07with your digestion, Mama.

00:43:09I know it's played havoc

00:43:10with mine.

00:43:11Bannister,

00:43:12I want you to know

00:43:14we all support John

00:43:15and wish him well,

00:43:16and we do not seek

00:43:18to pry into his secrets.

00:43:20I do.

00:43:21Thank you, Bannister.

00:43:24But what do you plan

00:43:25to do about John?

00:43:26Or are you happy

00:43:27to share your house

00:43:28with a Rockefeller in livery?

00:43:31Oscar.

00:43:32It does seem odd,

00:43:33Aunt Ada.

00:43:34And is it right for John?

00:43:38Let me think about it.

00:43:42I don't think she enjoyed herself.

00:43:46Didn't you tell her

00:43:47what this meeting was about?

00:43:48She wouldn't have come

00:43:50if she knew.

00:43:51Well, she does not believe

00:43:53in woman's suffrage.

00:43:54Not now, anyway.

00:43:55Not when the colored man's vote

00:43:57is under threat on every side.

00:43:58Well, she has a point.

00:44:00Yes, she has a point,

00:44:01but it's not the main point.

00:44:03What we need is for every adult,

00:44:05colored, white, man, woman

00:44:07to have the vote.

00:44:08You all believe in justice,

00:44:10wherever your priorities lie.

00:44:12Hmm.

00:44:13Anyway, it won't have hurt her

00:44:15to hear Miss Harper's views.

00:44:17And yours.

00:44:19Mrs. Kirkland has asked

00:44:21for her purse.

00:44:22Hmm.

00:44:23I'm sure she has.

00:44:24I understand that you find

00:44:32Miss Scott interesting

00:44:34and forceful.

00:44:35Certainly forceful.

00:44:36Hmm.

00:44:38Do you see her

00:44:40finding time in a busy life

00:44:42to support your work,

00:44:44to run your house,

00:44:46to rear your children?

00:44:48I'd be proud of a wife

00:44:49who fought for reform and equality.

00:44:51No.

00:44:55You'd be proud of a woman

00:44:57who fought for those things.

00:44:59A wife is something different.

00:45:05I'm too ambitious,

00:45:06too busy, too committed.

00:45:08Oh, and I'm not the right color.

00:45:11Well, she's not the only one

00:45:13with reservations.

00:45:15Your father and I like William,

00:45:17but when you marry,

00:45:20you take on the whole family.

00:45:23Are you sure you're ready for that?

00:45:27I have to be Mama.

00:45:31I feel more for him

00:45:34than I've ever felt before.

00:45:38I'm glad to hear it.

00:45:40But is he strong enough,

00:45:43do you think,

00:45:44to take on his mother

00:45:45and fight for his wife?

00:45:46Hmm.

00:45:48That's what you need

00:45:49to be sure of.

00:45:51Ah.

00:45:59I'm sorry, ma'am.

00:46:00I thought you'd all gone to bed.

00:46:01Oh.

00:46:02I came for the lamps,

00:46:03but I can get him later.

00:46:04Oh.

00:46:05If you could stay

00:46:07for just a minute,

00:46:09and please sit.

00:46:10Sit.

00:46:10I gather the payment

00:46:20for the clock

00:46:21has been received.

00:46:24Yes, ma'am.

00:46:25Mrs. Van Ryn and I

00:46:26believe it's time

00:46:28you made your way

00:46:29in the world.

00:46:35You mean,

00:46:35hand in my notice?

00:46:37Your life is different now,

00:46:38John,

00:46:39in a good way,

00:46:40a fine way,

00:46:42through your own hard work.

00:46:44It's praiseworthy.

00:46:46There's nothing sad about it.

00:46:48Except this house

00:46:49is the closest thing

00:46:50to a home I've ever known.

00:46:53The people I work with

00:46:54have been like my family.

00:46:56I've never had that before.

00:46:58And they'll go on

00:46:59being your family

00:47:00and taking pride in you.

00:47:04So you think it's wrong

00:47:05for me to continue

00:47:06as your footman?

00:47:06Not wrong, exactly,

00:47:08but somehow

00:47:08not quite truthful.

00:47:11You've made a different

00:47:12place for yourself

00:47:13in the world.

00:47:14A good place.

00:47:16And now it's time

00:47:17for you to occupy it.

00:47:19We're all

00:47:20so very proud of you.

00:47:27I'll leave tomorrow morning

00:47:28if you really think

00:47:29it's best.

00:47:30I do.

00:47:31And so will you

00:47:32when you've had time

00:47:33to consider it.

00:47:35I hope so, ma'am.

00:47:36But I'll miss you.

00:47:41You'll miss everyone.

00:47:46And John...

00:47:47We're all very proud.

00:47:54I got your message.

00:48:13So I see.

00:48:14Here is your ticket

00:48:18to Sandusky

00:48:19and a hundred dollars.

00:48:23What?

00:48:27I steal everything you have

00:48:28and you give me a hundred dollars.

00:48:31And a ticket to Ohio.

00:48:33But why?

00:48:35I don't know exactly.

00:48:36But it seems to me

00:48:39I was ready to spend

00:48:42my life with you.

00:48:45Surely I should get you

00:48:46out of trouble now.

00:48:48Or I should try to, at least.

00:48:51You're a strange man.

00:48:54Where did you find the money?

00:48:55I'm working.

00:48:57I'm a broker again.

00:48:58Despite certain setbacks.

00:49:02Hmm.

00:49:03Now you'd, uh...

00:49:04You better go

00:49:05or you'll miss your trade.

00:49:08I don't know how to thank you.

00:49:10No.

00:49:12No, don't try.

00:49:14But stay away from New York.

00:49:16Hmm.

00:49:17And find a better life.

00:49:18Miss Brooke.

00:49:46Will you please give this

00:49:47to Mr. Russell

00:49:48when he returns from her NC?

00:49:49Of course.

00:49:50It may be some time

00:49:52you wouldn't rather cable him.

00:49:53No.

00:49:54The letter explains things properly.

00:50:15Goodbye, Mrs. Bower.

00:50:16You have been very good to me

00:50:19in my years here.

00:50:21So good.

00:50:22But oh, Jack.

00:50:24I hate to see you go.

00:50:26Thank you, Mr. Bannister.

00:50:40You'll let us know when you settle.

00:50:43I'll be at a hotel first.

00:50:45Mistress likes the Brunswick on 5th Avenue.

00:50:48It's very grand.

00:50:49You might try Merchant's Hotel

00:50:51on Cortland near Wall Street.

00:50:53It's quite reasonable.

00:50:53I will.

00:50:54I will.

00:50:58Have you nothing to say, Miss Armstrong?

00:51:01He's done well.

00:51:04Good luck to him.

00:51:05I suppose that's more than you've ever said before.

00:51:07Bridget, could I have a minute?

00:51:20What is it?

00:51:22After I'm gone,

00:51:24will you give these to everyone?

00:51:26There's one for all of you

00:51:27and the ladies upstairs.

00:51:29Of course.

00:51:31You'll keep in touch.

00:51:33You'll let us know where you'll be.

00:51:34I will.

00:51:37Goodbye, Bridget.

00:51:39Goodbye, Jack.

00:51:40Goodbye, Jack.

00:52:10New York.

00:52:12Have you even cabled my contacts in London?

00:52:15No one is willing to part with a shilling.

00:52:17And Mr. Morgan?

00:52:20He hasn't even answered.

00:52:22He said there would be chaos,

00:52:23and he wasn't wrong.

00:52:26If this triggers a panic,

00:52:27it could be 1873 all over again.

00:52:30If you've exhausted all other avenues,

00:52:33perhaps you should consider

00:52:35selling the Illinois shares to Risley Sage.

00:52:37Never.

00:52:39I refuse to let that spineless turncoat, Richard Clay,

00:52:42be the instrument of my demise.

00:52:43I'm only suggesting...

00:52:45There is no compromise, Mr. Brinkley.

00:52:48If I can't save my company,

00:52:50then I'll let it burn.

00:52:57Well, I've given the letter for Larry to Mr. Church,

00:53:00so I suppose it's done now.

00:53:02Oh, Marion.

00:53:03Well, I wish there was another way.

00:53:06Clearly there isn't.

00:53:08But Marion has handled the situation

00:53:10as she should have,

00:53:12and we ought to commend her.

00:53:13Apologies for not having informed you sooner,

00:53:15but I have a meeting at the Union Club.

00:53:17Your presence at our table is so infrequent,

00:53:20perhaps you should only inform us

00:53:22when you will be joining us.

00:53:24Didn't you already bring the morning men?

00:53:29John the footman asked these be delivered to you.

00:53:32Well, what's going on?

00:53:35But what is this?

00:53:37Oh!

00:53:39This is so much more than we lent him.

00:53:43He's very grateful for our help,

00:53:45and he wants to show it.

00:53:46I wish I'd lent him some.

00:53:48I only hope that Armstrong didn't drive him away.

00:53:52Oh, I don't think so, Mum.

00:53:53We all knew that John needed to move forward

00:53:55with his life, and so did he.

00:53:57Thank you, Bannister.

00:54:02Imagine that.

00:54:11I've distributed the envelopes upstairs,

00:54:13so I suppose we should open ours.

00:54:16Oh, alas!

00:54:18If I had to wait another minute,

00:54:19I think I'd burst.

00:54:20I expect he's just returning

00:54:22our investment in his patent.

00:54:30Oh, this is 20 times that I gave him.

00:54:33I don't understand.

00:54:34Why have I got one?

00:54:35I never gave him anything.

00:54:36Because he's a lovely, generous young man,

00:54:39which you never saw.

00:54:41This is beyond generous,

00:54:43but given the man we know Jack to be,

00:54:45not surprising.

00:54:46Oh, when I think of the young boy

00:54:50who first came here,

00:54:52I'm bursting with pride!

00:54:59Fox said you wanted to see me.

00:55:01I'd like a word before I go.

00:55:05What is it, Andre?

00:55:05The cases are in the carriage, madame.

00:55:14Gladys will miss you.

00:55:15She's loved having you here.

00:55:17Try to value her, Hector.

00:55:19She has a good heart and a good mind,

00:55:21and she can help you in many ways.

00:55:24I'm sure that's true.

00:55:25But let her see that this is her house now,

00:55:28yours and hers.

00:55:30Sarah doesn't mean any harm.

00:55:32She may not, but she causes it.

00:55:34Face her down now and she'll be fine.

00:55:37Leave the reins in her hands

00:55:38and misery lies ahead.

00:55:40I'll do my best.

00:55:41Your best is all that I ask.

00:55:43And if I were you,

00:55:45I'd get Adelheid back as her maid.

00:55:46I'll see what I can do.

00:55:48There you are.

00:55:49The carriage is waiting.

00:55:51Will Gladys go to the station with you?

00:55:53Or might it be best to get the sobbing done first?

00:55:56I think Gladys should decide

00:55:57where she wants to say goodbye.

00:55:59Don't you agree, Hector?

00:56:01I certainly do.

00:56:10I've been staring at these

00:56:12until I'm blue in the face.

00:56:14Details of the mistress's wardrobe,

00:56:16details of Miss Gladys's wardrobe,

00:56:18subjects discussed between Mr. and Mrs. Russell

00:56:20about what they both think about Mr. Larry,

00:56:22about Miss Brooke.

00:56:24What are you saying?

00:56:25It has to be Miss Andre.

00:56:27Don't you think?

00:56:29So, what happens now?

00:56:31We must find a time to convince Mr. Church

00:56:34and then we can all tackle Mrs. Russell

00:56:36when she gets back.

00:56:37It's better to say goodbye here.

00:56:50I'm so proud of the woman

00:56:52you're becoming, Gladys.

00:56:54Just remember who you are.

00:56:55I like this new version of Oscar Van Rijn.

00:57:24You think I was foolish.

00:57:27I think you were kind.

00:57:29I didn't get the money back.

00:57:30She wasn't to blame.

00:57:31Not really.

00:57:32Crowther was the thief.

00:57:34And he tricked her just like he tricked you.

00:57:37So we're both Crowther's victim.

00:57:40Aren't you?

00:57:41She probably won't change her ways,

00:57:43but she might.

00:57:44And if she does,

00:57:45it will be you she has to think.

00:57:49Well done.

00:57:54Are you pleased with your investment?

00:57:57Very.

00:57:58I'll invest more.

00:58:00Just like that?

00:58:01Just like that.

00:58:03You've defied the odds.

00:58:08This is where we part.

00:58:09I'll see you on Tuesday,

00:58:12where I will produce Mr. Hightower

00:58:14for you to charm

00:58:16into becoming your latest lucky client.

00:58:21You are my savior.

00:58:24I am.

00:58:28I thank you

00:58:29with all my heart.

00:58:31I thank you for joining us.

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