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[Ellen] <i>Previously...</i>

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[Ned] <i>Now that your father
has passed,</i>

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there are plenty of folk
more than eager

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<i>to see the demise
of Clan MacKenzie.</i>

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'Tis a time for celebration,
is it not?

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[Janet] <i>Ye ken she loved
Da more than most.</i>

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<i>And wi' him gone,
she's lost her power.</i>

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[Colum] <i>Have you seen Ellen?</i>

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Some saw her going off
with Malcolm Grant.

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[Malcolm] Dougal, have ye
lost yer way?

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[Colum] <i>We must make amends
without delay.</i>

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Where in God's name
have you been?

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What does that matter?

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<i>On principle alone,
I will not tell you.</i>

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Give Ellen to Malcolm Grant.

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How is it you came into
the service of the Grants?

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Met Malcolm in Inverness,
asked me to be their bladier.

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Ah, thereby hangs a tale.

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[Davina] <i>You have to be unseen.</i>

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- Ah!
- [gasps]

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[carriage rattles,
water splashes]

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- [distant scream]
- Sweetheart?

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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<i>♪ Long the way ♪</i>

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<i>♪ O'er the bridge I crossed ♪</i>

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<i>♪ For my love ♪</i>

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<i>♪ For my love that's lost ♪</i>

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<i>♪ By the brae ♪</i>

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<i>♪ In the verdant moss ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Where I watch
Where I wait ♪</i>

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<i>♪ For my love that's lost ♪</i>

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♪ ♪

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<i>♪ Hi a bho ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Hoireann eile o ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Hi a bho ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Fair a leo fair a lè ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Hi a bho ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Hoireann eile o ♪</i>

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<i>♪ 'S tu mo run
'S tu mo ghràdh ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Agus m' eudail o ♪</i>

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♪ ♪

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[airplane engine rumbling]

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[gunfire]

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[men shouting]

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Go! Go! Move, move!

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Come on!

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[gunfire]

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[men shouting]

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[gunfire continues]

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[man screams]

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Where's Private Charlton?

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Who was the last man
to see Private Charlton?

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[explosion]

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Captain!

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Captain, one of my men
hasn't returned.

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That's unfortunate, Lieutenant.

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Sir, he's young, sir,
and bloody brave.

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Please, I can go back. I can--

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I'm sorry.

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Sir...

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I made a promise to the men

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that I wouldn't leave
anyone behind this time.

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- Please--
- You did make a promise--

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to follow orders
in His Majesty's Army.

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Your order is to stand down.
Am I understood?

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Sir...

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I think I could do it, sir,
if you'd just let me try.

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I said stand down.
Do you hear me?

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[gunfire and explosions
continue]

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Two, three.

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[whimpers, screams]

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Two, three.

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- [men shouting]
- [grunts]

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Beauchamp!

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[moaning]

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[gasps]

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[sobs, whimpering, shouts]

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[groaning]

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[panting]

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[Henry] Easy.

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[Willie groaning
and whimpering]

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Easy now. Easy.

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Make room. Make room.

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All right, Willie, lad.
All right.

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Let's have a look.

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[whimpers]

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[gasps, panting]

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It's just
a Blighty wound, Willie.

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You mean enough
to send me home?

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That's right, Private.
That's right.

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[panting]
This is for my mother.

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I wanted to say sorry
for joining up.

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[groans in pain]

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[breathing rapidly]
Can you help me get it to her?

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Certainly not.

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You can give it to her
yourself, all right?

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- Good man.
- [Lambie] <i>Beauchamp.</i>

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You just rest, Willie.

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You disobeyed
a direct order, Beauchamp.

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I'd be quite within my rights
to shoot you.

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[explosions]

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But if I did,

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I fear the regiment
would run me through.

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His mother deserved
to have him home, sir...

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one way or the other.

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- [explosion]
- Indeed she does.

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In the future, Lieutenant,
if you have one...

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try to restrain yourself.

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You have my word, sir.

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As you were.

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[water sloshes]

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[somber music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[Henry]
<i>"To whom it may concern,</i>

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<i>I write to you
from hell on Earth--</i>

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<i>the Western Front.</i>

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<i>Here I have learned a thousand
different ways to suffer,</i>

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<i>countless different ways
to die.</i>

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<i>I've lost more friends
than I care to remember,</i>

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<i>but even death itself
is kinder</i>

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<i>than some of the things
that I have seen,</i>

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<i>things that I wish
I could erase from my mind</i>

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<i>with every fiber of my being.</i>

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<i>All around me,</i>

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<i>brave souls cling to their
last shreds of dignity,</i>

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<i>and men who once laughed
and loved</i>

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<i>lie alongside boys</i>

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<i>who have barely had time
to do either,</i>

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<i>buried in some bloodied bit
of foreign soil."</i>

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[explosions rumbling]

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[soldier] Corporal.

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[Henry] <i>"It is possible
to withstand physical pain,</i>

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<i>but an injured mind is,
I fear, irreparable,</i>

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<i>particularly one bearing
the immortal wounds of war.</i>

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<i>I find myself destined,
perhaps,</i>

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<i>to join the hordes of men</i>

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<i>who are aching for peace
and waiting for death,</i>

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<i>not fearing it as such,</i>

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<i>not the when
or the where of it,</i>

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<i>not even the how, but the why.</i>

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[horse neighs]

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<i>And so,
before that time comes,</i>

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<i>I write not just as a soldier
but as a witness</i>

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<i>to the tragedy
that's unfolding daily</i>

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<i>in this infernal place</i>

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<i>to let you know
that we are trying,</i>

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<i>holding on to sanity
as best we can,</i>

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<i>holding on
to a dwindling hope.</i>

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<i>But fear is a powerful poison."</i>

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[bell tolling]

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[indistinct chatter,
typewriters clacking]

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You're the only person I know
who'd take a break from reading

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to read even more.

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What is it today?
Botany? Physics? Chemistry?

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Biochemistry.

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Well, when your break is over,

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have a look
at the new work assignments.

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[loud thud, dishes clatter]

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Oh, goodness me.

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- [Lizbeth] Blimmin' trolley!
- [man] <i>Oh, my goodness, sorry.</i>

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You can barely make out a word.

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[typewriters clacking]

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- Have that, Julia.
- Oh, thank you very much.

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Think I can remember.

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Uh... [clears throat]

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Uh, Broodseinde,

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Regiments 4 and 9
on Desk A,

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uh, Poelcappelle,
Regiments 8 and 11

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on Desk E,

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and Passchendaele,

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Regiments 6, 12, and 99

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on C and J.

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I have no idea how you do that,

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but it certainly makes
my life easier.

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I'll take Passchendaele, then.

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"Living through these
incredibly uncertain times,

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is it not enough
of a thrill for you?"

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You need to be careful, Julia.

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All this
civil-disobedience stuff.

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[scoffs]
I remember the hunger strikes

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and that woman who died jumping
in front of the king's horse.

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- Emily Davison?
- [Lizbeth] Mm.

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Well, things are different now.

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We're turning the tide
of public opinion in our favor

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- with our war work.
- "We"?

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I'm very proud
of the work we do.

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I just hope that one day,

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like many of the highly
educated women involved,

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that I'll be admitted
to university

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and eventually earn a degree.

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They're never going to award
women a degree, surely.

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The first matriculated
female undergraduates

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at a British university were
the Edinburgh Seven, 1869.

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Yes, they may not have been
permitted to graduate...

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I knew it.

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...but there have been many
since- remarkable women.

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You have a memory
like a bloody steel trap.

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There's one here
about a soldier

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who had to have both arms
amputated because of gangrene.

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Says his comrades
nicknamed him Octopus.

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[sighs, scoffs]
It's awful, isn't it?

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If we didn't laugh,
we'd sob for all of eternity.

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I thought I'd start to feel
numb to it after three years.

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I don't think I'll ever
get used to the fact

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that so many of them
are so very young.

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Come on, then, they'll be
waiting for us to finish.

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[soldier 1] <i>Mother, I hope this
short note finds you well.</i>

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[soldier 2]
<i>My dearest daughter Phyllis...</i>

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[overlapping voices]

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[soldier 3] <i>I hope this
short note finds you well.</i>

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[soldier 4]
<i>I'm sending all my love.</i>

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[overlapping voices]

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[soldier 5]
<i>Weather has been...</i>

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[soldier 6]
<i>I am so very weary...</i>

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[soldier 7]
<i>Terrible feeling...</i>

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[overlapping voices]

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[soldier 8]
<i>I must close now.</i>

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[soldier 9]
<i>Keep me in your prayers.</i>

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[soldier 10]
<i>Please remember me...</i>

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[voices fade]

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[somber music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[gentle music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[Henry] <i>"I suppose I could
have written this letter</i>

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<i>to my brother,</i>

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<i>but I realized that every man
in Passchendaele</i>

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<i>is a brother of mine.</i>

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<i>Only here, you see,
brother slays brother</i>

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<i>in a world where their father,
God Himself, is dead.</i>

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<i>So, instead,
this is an open letter</i>

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<i>to ask quite sincerely
what is there to live for?</i>

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♪ ♪

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- Passchendaele.
- Yes. Yes, of course.

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♪ ♪

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[steady piano music plays]

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[sniffles]

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♪ ♪

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[Henry] <i>"If God is not dead,
then He has forgotten us.</i>

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<i>And I am starting
to forget, perhaps,</i>

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<i>not what we are fighting for</i>

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<i>but what we are dying for.</i>

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<i>Yours,
Lieutenant Henry Beauchamp."</i>

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♪ ♪

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[Julia]
<i>"Dear Lieutenant Beauchamp,</i>

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<i>you asked
a difficult question,</i>

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<i>to which
there is no easy answer,</i>

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<i>but I feel compelled to reply.</i>

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<i>My name is Julia Moriston,</i>

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<i>and like you,
I often wonder why.</i>

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<i>Why must we live
through this abominable war?</i>

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<i>I do not know.</i>

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<i>But the naturalist in me
finds comfort</i>

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<i>in the arms of Mother Nature.</i>

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<i>Nature always finds a way.</i>

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<i>I'm reminded of the raindrop-</i>

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<i>never too small
or insignificant</i>

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<i>to make a difference,</i>

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<i>beautifully volatile,
evaporating,</i>

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<i>falling as precipitation,</i>

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<i>joining the rivers
until it becomes the ocean.</i>

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<i>There is a certain alchemy
to it.</i>

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<i>We, too, are shaped
and changed by our suffering</i>

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<i>until we are strong enough,
like water,</i>

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<i>to carve our way through rock.</i>

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<i>I've known suffering
and grief.</i>

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<i>When my parents died,</i>

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<i>I was determined
to carry on doing</i>

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<i>what I knew
would make them proud.</i>

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<i>I paused my studies to make
my own small contribution</i>

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<i>to the war effort.</i>

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<i>So I know what it is
to feel alone</i>

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<i>and to ask why.</i>

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<i>When all else fails...</i>

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[soldier] Beauchamp.

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[Julia] <i>...take a deep breath</i>

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<i>and remember
England is still here.</i>

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<i>Do not give up, Lieutenant.</i>

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<i>And if you need to confide
in someone,</i>

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<i>you may write back to me.</i>

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<i>And, perhaps boldly,
I shall expect a reply."</i>

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[gunfire, explosions]

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[soldier] Gas! Gas, gas, gas!

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[whimpering]

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[distant explosions]

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[whimpering]

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[coughing]

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[gunfire]

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[breathing shakily]

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[soft music playing]

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[Henry] <i>"Dear Julia,</i>

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<i>I hardly know where to begin,
but you are right.</i>

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<i>There was profound magic
in your words,</i>

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<i>some strange alchemy</i>

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<i>that produced in me
a glimmer of hope."</i>

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[Julia] <i>"Dear Henry,</i>

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<i>remember that our very
existence itself</i>

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<i>is miraculous.</i>

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<i>As human beings,
we have a profound capacity</i>

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<i>for love and goodness."</i>

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[Henry] <i>"Julia, I have been
devouring your letters.</i>

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<i>I so hope you got
my last ones in order.</i>

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<i>Tuesday's might arrive
after Wednesday's."</i>

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[Julia] <i>"Henry, have you heard
from your brother Lam?</i>

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<i>Has he uncovered
a new Egyptian pharaoh?"</i>

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[Henry] <i>"I can't wait to hear
what you've been up to,</i>

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<i>what you've been reading
this week.</i>

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<i>You still
in your Scottish phase?"</i>

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[Julia] <i>"I adore Scotland-
the flora and the fauna,</i>

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<i>the landscape,
the archaeology,</i>

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<i>something inescapably romantic
about all of it.</i>

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<i>Folklorist J.F. Campbell
writes of a man</i>

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<i>who joins the circle dance</i>

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<i>of a faerie ring
in the Highlands.</i>

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<i>When he comes out,
he feels as though</i>

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<i>he's only been gone
for a moment,</i>

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<i>but, really, it's been years.</i>

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<i>That's how our letters
feel to me.</i>

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<i>I could spend an eternity
in the dance of our words."</i>

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[Henry]
<i>"The poet John Donne writes,</i>

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<i>"More than kisses,
letters mingle souls."</i>

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<i>I think you know by now
that I find in you</i>

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<i>a kindred spirit, a soulmate.</i>

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<i>But just to be
on the safe side,</i>

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<i>I'm sealing this letter
with a kiss."</i>

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[jaunty music plays]

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[Julia] <i>"I'll raise you
some Robert Burns</i>

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<i>for your John Donne.</i>

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<i>"My heart's in the Highlands.</i>

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<i>"My heart is not here.</i>

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<i>My heart's in the Highlands
a-chasing the deer."</i>

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<i>Or it would be, if it wasn't
on the battlefield with you."</i>

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[Henry] <i>"Should I be worried?</i>

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<i>Are you going to run off
with some handsome Highlander?</i>

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<i>I've never made the journey,</i>

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<i>but I've always longed
to visit Scotland.</i>

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<i>Sounds as if I might have
to start packing,</i>

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<i>if only to stay
in this faerie dance with you.</i>

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<i>As it happens,</i>

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<i>I am trying to convince
my commanding officer</i>

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<i>to allow me my leave
in the coming month.</i>

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<i>Not enough time for a trip
all the way up north,</i>

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<i>but London, perhaps."</i>

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[airplane engines rumbling]

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[engines grow louder]

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[distant boom]

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[bombs whistling, explosion]

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- [coughs, panting]
- [explosion]

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[explosion]

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[whistle blows, men shouting]

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[explosion, gunfire]

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[Julia]
<i>"That would be wonderful.</i>

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<i>Did you know that
my greatest fear is not death</i>

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<i>but us never having
the chance to meet?"</i>

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[soldier] Bailwick.

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Bellam.

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[soft music plays]

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- [soldier] Beauchamp.
- Yes.

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[soldier 2] Whoo-hoo! Lefty has
another one from his Betty.

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- [laughter]
- Hook, line and sinker.

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- He's not even seen--
- [explosion]

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[soldier 2]
<i>Help! Help!</i>

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[coughing, grunting]

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[airplane engines rumbling]

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Get me out! [groans]

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[men grunting]

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[explosion]

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[Henry] <i>"Julia, I have decided
to call you my hope,</i>

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<i>for that is
what you are to me.</i>

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<i>Fingers crossed
my leave will come through."</i>

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[somber music plays]

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[typewriter clacking]

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[Julia] <i>"Hope springs eternal.</i>

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<i>I've never heard
your voice, Henry,</i>

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<i>but the silence is deafening.</i>

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<i>It's been two weeks and a day
since your last letter.</i>

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<i>I won't despair just yet,
since "hope" is our byword,</i>

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<i>but I am frightened, Henry."</i>

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♪ ♪

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Is he still intending
to take his leave?

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Last I heard,
if reinforcements arrive.

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And if he's still...

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You might have to brace
yourself, my dear.

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♪ ♪

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[indistinct chatter]

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[hoofbeats]

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[horse nickers]

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Hope springs eternal.

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[sweeping music plays]

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♪ ♪

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Henry?

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♪ ♪

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Julia.

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♪ ♪

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My hope.

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♪ ♪

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[laughter]

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♪ ♪

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[both breathing heavily]

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Oh, I don't know
what I'm doing.

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[laughs]

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Ah. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

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You're not worried that we're
not married yet, are you?

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"Yet"? Not exactly up there
with the proposals

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of great literary masterpieces.
[laughing]

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But, yes, I accept.

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[Henry chuckles]

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Mm. [breathing heavily]

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Blasted thing.

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[zipper opens]

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[grunts, pants]

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You know, I thought I'd have
to put away my dreams

21:25.451 --> 21:26.661
to go to war, but...

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oh, here you are.

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[chuckles]

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- [Julia] Oh.
- Oh. Oh, God.

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Oh, stay still. Stay still!

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- For God's sake.
- [panting]

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[romantic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[Julia giggles]

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[Henry] Oh, what was it we
promised each other, again?

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For richer or poorer,
for better or worse.

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[grunts]
Through doors wide and narrow.

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[laughs] Yes, my darling,
something like that.

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- Oh.
- Oh, I can't believe we did it.

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I'm so very glad the priest
was able to fit us in.

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So am I.

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Well, welcome home,
Mrs. Beauchamp.

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- [chuckles]
- I love you, Henry.

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♪ ♪

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[ticking]

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Henry, my darling,
are you still awake?

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I don't like to blow
my own trumpet,

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but it seems
I am quite the horologist.

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[watch snaps]

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[Henry moaning softly]

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Henry?

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[Henry whimpering]

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[moaning]

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[soft dramatic music plays]

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[whimpers]

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- Henry.
- [car engine sputters]

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No! [screams]
Oh, God!

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There's gas everywhere!
There's gas! There's gas!

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- It's okay. Come back to me.
- Oh, God! Oh, God!

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- Come back to me.
- Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!

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You're in a flat
in London with me.

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Oh, God. Oh.

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- You are here.
- [sobbing]

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♪ ♪

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Dear Lieutenant Beauchamp,
my name is Julia Moriston,

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and like you,
I often wonder why.

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[breathing heavily]

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♪ ♪

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Julia. Julia.

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[breathing slows]

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My hope.

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♪ ♪

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Yes, my darling.

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Hold on to your hope.

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[breathing heavily]

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♪ ♪

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[stream trickling]

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[wind whooshing]

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[groans softly]

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My ring.

25:03.127 --> 25:04.462
Oh, no.

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[crows cawing]

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[mutters]

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[sighs]

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[wind whooshing]

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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Henry?

25:57.139 --> 25:58.557
Henry!

25:59.809 --> 26:01.477
This isn't funny!

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♪ ♪

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Henry!

26:09.277 --> 26:12.196
♪ ♪

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Henry!

26:25.126 --> 26:27.670
♪ ♪

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[horse neighs]

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[wagon rattling]

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♪ ♪

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Excuse me.

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Excuse me.

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Excuse me.

27:16.344 --> 27:17.470
Have you...

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have you by any chance
seen a man on this road?

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Wavy hair, blue eyes?

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[person speaking Gaelic]

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[person 2 speaking Gaelic]

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We had an accident
in our motorcar,

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my husband and I,
and somehow we were separated.

27:37.448 --> 27:40.701
- [speaking Gaelic]
- [speaking Gaelic]

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Oh, uh, I-I don't know Gaelic,
I'm afraid.

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Do you speak
any English at all?

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Ah, Sassenach.

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[Julia]
Please, can you help me?

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Perhaps- perhaps you could-

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you could ask the authorities
in Inverness,

27:57.051 --> 27:58.552
<i>uh, to- to send help?</i>

27:58.886 --> 27:59.845
Inbhir Nis?

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Inverness, yes, yes, yes.
Yes, that's right.

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Oh, I'd be ever so grateful.

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[speaking Gaelic]

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Inbhir Nis. Inverness.

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[speaking Gaelic]

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Oh, no.

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See, I have to stay here
to look for my husband.

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What are you--

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No!

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Get off of me!

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No! No!

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<i>- Let me--</i>
- [object thuds]

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♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

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[breathing heavily]

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Julia!

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♪ ♪

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[person] Feeling
a wee bit better, dearie?

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[groans softly]
What- what are you doing?

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Just trying to help,
if you'll let me.

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Where am I?

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Castle Leathers.

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I'm Mistress Porter, housekeeper.

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And the people
that brought me here?

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The Connors've gone, lass.

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Done their part.

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I don't understand.

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Delivered ye here
as payment for their debts.

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They owed a fair amount.

30:57.565 --> 31:00.442
[ominous music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[Julia grunts] Get--ah!

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- [Balloch grunts]
- No! Get your hands off me!

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My, my, my, a Sassenach!

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And a fiery one.

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You can't keep me here
like some sort of prisoner.

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I hope you didn't speak
to your last master this way.

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"Master"?

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Mistress Porter,

31:26.594 --> 31:30.598
a maidservant
needs more suitable attire.

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Yes, m'laird.

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I am not your maidservant.

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I am Julia Beauchamp
of Hyde Park, London.

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I think you'll find
that you're now the property

31:38.772 --> 31:41.275
of Simon Beaufort Fraser
of Leathers.

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Lord Lovat.

31:43.986 --> 31:46.905
♪ ♪

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- [door rattles and clunks]
- Father.

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We should press for
the Connors' coin instead.

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And why on earth
would I do that?

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The coffers are dwindling.
The house is in need of repair.

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That may be, but I have
my own particular needs

32:15.476 --> 32:16.769
to think of as well.

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[sighs] Please.

32:26.945 --> 32:29.865
♪ ♪

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[sighs]

32:33.619 --> 32:36.497
♪ ♪

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Excuse me.
Excuse me, gentlemen!

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[Campbell bladier] Sassenach.

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Sassenach?

32:55.307 --> 32:56.558
What on earth?

32:57.267 --> 33:00.229
♪ ♪

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[indistinct lively chatter]

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Oh, Julia...

33:14.743 --> 33:16.662
what has happened to us?

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[indistinct chatter]

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Excuse me, sir, I'm, uh-
I'm looking for a lady.

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- Uh, dark hair, blue eyes.
- [person] A lady?

33:44.732 --> 33:47.151
Oh, you'll not find one
of those in here, sir.

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There's a few bonnie, uh--

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bonnie faces right enough,
Sassenach.

33:50.571 --> 33:53.657
But, uh, all of them
have bollocks.

33:53.824 --> 33:56.827
[laughter]

33:59.455 --> 34:00.456
Forgive me.

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Aye, what are you having?

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Yes. I'll have a, uh-
a pint of ale, please.

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Ale it is, then.

34:09.548 --> 34:11.550
Well, sir, I am rather
urgently looking for a lady

34:11.717 --> 34:13.510
by the name of Julia Beauchamp.
If...

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[indistinct chatter]

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Uh, sorry, I don't seem
to, uh, have any, um...

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You owe me.

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[Campbell bladier]
<i>As I was saying, Mr. Grant,</i>

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the terms we're proposing
are quite generous.

34:30.444 --> 34:33.363
Three dwellings on fertile land
that borders Grant land

34:33.530 --> 34:35.324
in exchange for monies owed.

34:36.617 --> 34:39.578
Ah, a surprisingly generous
offer from the Campbells.

34:41.622 --> 34:43.999
- Do you think so?
- Aye.

34:45.375 --> 34:46.585
I can assure you, Mr. Grant,

34:46.710 --> 34:49.296
of the good condition
of the properties mentioned.

34:50.047 --> 34:52.257
<i>You'd be able to house
a fair few families.</i>

34:53.592 --> 34:55.928
Aye, I think
your da will approve.

34:56.720 --> 34:59.640
Do hope they brought the deeds
to those properties, hmm?

35:00.432 --> 35:02.059
What in God's name
did he just say?

35:02.226 --> 35:05.103
[tense music plays]

35:05.270 --> 35:08.273
♪ ♪

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[grunting]

35:10.150 --> 35:12.319
[grunts] Wait!

35:12.486 --> 35:14.196
- Ah!
- [men grunting]

35:14.363 --> 35:16.406
How dare you involve yourself
in clan matters?

35:16.573 --> 35:18.784
I'm sorry! Look, please,
I meant nothing by it.

35:18.909 --> 35:20.619
Should have kept
your mouth closed, then.

35:20.786 --> 35:22.663
- [Henry grunts]
- Wait!

35:23.914 --> 35:25.624
Maybe slit his throat first.

35:26.166 --> 35:27.376
[Malcolm] <i>Hold.</i>

35:28.418 --> 35:31.338
[Henry panting]

35:35.008 --> 35:36.385
Now, what were you
saying in there?

35:36.552 --> 35:38.720
You were kind enough
to pay for my ale.

35:38.887 --> 35:41.682
I was merely pointing out what
I'm sure you already noticed.

35:42.599 --> 35:45.018
Please, I don't want
to be involved.

35:45.185 --> 35:46.812
Too late for that now.

35:48.647 --> 35:50.774
Tell me what you meant
by what you said.

35:50.941 --> 35:53.735
♪ ♪

35:53.902 --> 35:56.780
[Henry whispering indistinctly]

35:56.947 --> 35:59.658
♪ ♪

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You'll tell that to my father.

36:11.086 --> 36:14.006
♪ ♪

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[Davina] You'll begin
with the washing and mending

36:23.265 --> 36:24.558
and windows and stairs.

36:25.058 --> 36:26.560
The chamber pots
need emptying as well,

36:26.727 --> 36:28.729
and you'll assist the cook,
of course.

36:29.563 --> 36:31.231
Please, ma'am.

36:32.274 --> 36:33.483
Mistress Porter.

36:33.650 --> 36:35.944
Mistress Porter,
I don't belong here.

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I came to the Highlands
with my husband on holiday.

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[Davina] Holy day?

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Which holy day would that be?

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He had business in Edinburgh,
so we thought we'd turn it

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into a longer trip, but...

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I cannot explain it.
I-I lost him.

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How long has it been
since his passing?

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No, he hasn't-
he hasn't passed away.

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He's alive.

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And he must be looking for me.

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Well, he hasna found ye yet,
has he?

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If it's been more than
a fortnight, then...

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I doubt he's coming
for you now.

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What- what day is it now?

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Must have knocked
the sense out of you.

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It's a Saturday.

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Saturday.

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Saturday when?

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Next, you'll be asking me
what year it is,

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or who sits upon the throne.
[chuckles]

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K- King George V.

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King George I...

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in the year of our Lord 1714.

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Goodness me.

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[dramatic music plays]

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No, it--it--it can't be.

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I...

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I have a husband.

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I have- I have
a daughter, Claire.

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I-I need to get back to them.
I must.

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I'm sorry for you, lass...

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but you've been sold to us,
and here you'll stay.

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<i>But I have no patience</i>

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<i>for impertinence
or disobedience, mind you,</i>

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and neither does the laird.

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♪ ♪

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And one last thing...

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on occasion...

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our laird can be
most attentive.

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Try not to linger
in his presence.

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♪ ♪

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Now, wash that look
off your face

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and come and find me
in the kitchen.

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♪ ♪

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[hoofbeats]

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[dramatic music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[birds chirping]

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Our laird, Isaac Grant,

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I present Mr. Henry Beauchamp.

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My son says you have
something to tell me.

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It was merely an observation.

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"An observation"?

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I've been trying to get

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what the Campbells owe me
for months,

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so I do hope
that what you have for me

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is more than an observation,
Sassenach.

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Yes, well, in- in my experience
as a solicitor,

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you know, uh,
a lack of legal paperwork

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is never a good sign
when it comes to property.

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[chuckles]

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That's it?

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Uh...

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[clock ticking]

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Well...

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it seems you're unfamiliar
with how we conduct our affairs

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here in the Highlands.

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A man's word is his bond.

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And quite right.

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And I shan't
trouble you any further.

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If you'd just kindly
let me go, I could, uh--

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Tell him what you told me
at the well.

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Well, I mean,
judging by what I heard,

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you know... [chuckles]

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<i>...um, if you were to accept</i>

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<i>the properties that
the other party are offering--</i>

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The Campbells.

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The Campbells,
uh, were offering,

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um, there would be no guarantee

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of ownership on the land
on which they sit.

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<i>You see, the written contract</i>

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<i>must state
that you would own the land</i>

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and collect the rents,
not the, um- the Campbells.

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Told you, Da.

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He has an eye
for the particulars.

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[Henry]
Well, with all due respect,

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it wasn't the particulars
that drew my attention,

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it was your advisor.

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Pádraig Druiminn is my bladier.

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Apart from my son here,

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he's my most trusted counsel

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and my right hand
in all matters.

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What observation do you have
to make about him, then?

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Uh...

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He was misrepresenting you.

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Why don't you search
this most trusted of bladiers

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for a sack of coins?

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Not his usual purse.

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[Isaac] <i>Mr. Bug.</i>

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♪ ♪

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[muffled arguing]

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[thumping, shouting]

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♪ ♪

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[thumping, groaning]

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♪ ♪

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You're canny...

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♪ ♪

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...for a Sassenach.

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♪ ♪

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[whispering indistinctly]

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♪ ♪

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How would you like to be
my new bladier?

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[scoffs]

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- What about the other fellow?
- Never mind him.

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Well, unfortunately,

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there are other matters
occupying my time.

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See, I'm actually urgently
searching for someone.

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Our business would take you
all across the Grant lands

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and beyond.

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An opportunity to kill two
birds with one stone, perhaps.

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♪ ♪

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I'm afraid, as much as
I would like to accept--

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Well, you're not obliged,
of course.

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You're free to continue
on your own.

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And good luck to you.

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But...

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an Englishman...

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alone in the Highlands...

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without protection...

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You would have all this
at your disposal,

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and the strength
of the Grant name behind you.

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♪ ♪

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I see.

44:43.181 --> 44:44.766
Well, very well, then.

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I'd like to accept.

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Let's have a dram.

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♪ ♪

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[sighs]

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[sheep bleats]

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♪ ♪

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[footsteps]

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♪ ♪

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[door creaks]

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[footsteps approaching]

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What are you doing in here?

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Oh, forgive me, sir.
I-I was dusting.

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<i>I'll leave you to your work.</i>

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Oh, there's no work
that cannot wait

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when there's a bonnie
English rose before me.

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- [chuckles nervously]
- [Lovat chuckles]

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You are too kind, sir.

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Oh, how very observant of you.

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Kind.

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Handsome, some might say.

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[chuckles]
The perfect gentleman.

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[Julia chuckles awkwardly]

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Well, I'm- I'm finished
in here.

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I have some mending to do
for Mistress Porter, so I--

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Ah, ah.

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I'm the laird...

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and you'll do as I say.

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♪ ♪

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Oh, here I am, Mistress Porter.

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Oh.

47:44.904 --> 47:46.364
Could have sworn
I heard her calling me.

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Very well.

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Not this time.

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[ominous music plays]

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♪ ♪

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[thunder rumbling]

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[nocturnal birds whistling]

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[panting]

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[hoofbeats]

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[gasping]

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[horse huffing]

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You've enough there
for a long journey.

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Please, sir.

48:32.910 --> 48:34.662
Brian. Fraser.

48:35.246 --> 48:38.625
Mr. Fraser, I believe
your father is the laird.

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I don't belong here.

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I'm trying to find my husband.
Please let me go, I beg you.

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[bird whistles]

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That may be true,

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but you'll no' find him
tonight.

48:50.928 --> 48:52.180
There's a storm coming.

48:52.889 --> 48:54.307
A Highland storm's
unforgiving.

48:54.432 --> 48:56.643
<i>If you're caught out here,
you'll soon be humbled</i>

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or suffer a fate much worse.

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I've weathered many a storm.

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I appreciate your concern,
but I will take my chances.

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[Brian] <i>My da willna.</i>

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He'll send his man Balloch
here after you.

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A matter of pride.

49:13.910 --> 49:15.161
Please.

49:15.286 --> 49:17.705
♪ ♪

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Balloch! No!

49:22.335 --> 49:23.836
[Julia] No! Please!

49:23.961 --> 49:25.713
Get your hands off of me!

49:25.880 --> 49:27.215
You- no!

49:27.340 --> 49:29.300
Let me- let me go!

49:29.467 --> 49:31.469
No! No!

49:32.011 --> 49:34.764
<i>Let me go! No!</i>

49:35.181 --> 49:37.684
[tense music plays]

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What have you to say
for yourself?

49:39.686 --> 49:41.854
I have told you,
I do not belong here.

49:41.979 --> 49:44.148
I am no one's prisoner
or servant, for that matter.

49:44.273 --> 49:46.943
I was doing what anyone
in my position would have done.

49:47.735 --> 49:49.529
[grunts, coughs]

49:49.696 --> 49:51.280
[Lovat] <i>Twenty should be
lesson enough</i>

49:51.447 --> 49:53.157
to temper that insolence.

49:53.991 --> 49:56.661
Father, it wasna her.
'Twas me.

49:57.912 --> 49:59.414
Ask Balloch, here.

49:59.872 --> 50:01.874
I aided her in her attempt.

50:03.000 --> 50:04.836
I heard her pleas
to you, and...

50:06.045 --> 50:07.714
well, I convinced her to go.

50:08.214 --> 50:10.925
[Julia coughs, wheezes]

50:11.092 --> 50:12.677
Mistress Porter,

50:13.177 --> 50:14.804
take our new maidservant
to her quarters

50:14.971 --> 50:17.306
and make sure that
she's secured for the night.

50:17.473 --> 50:20.309
♪ ♪

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Give him the twenty, then.

50:26.441 --> 50:27.567
- No.
- No.

50:29.152 --> 50:32.238
Don't make me say it again
or you'll both be joining him.

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[breathing heavily]

50:36.033 --> 50:38.953
♪ ♪

50:44.500 --> 50:47.754
Dinna fash, Ma.
'Tis only a few lashes.

50:47.920 --> 50:50.882
♪ ♪

50:57.221 --> 50:58.681
Would you like to count?

51:00.892 --> 51:02.059
Or shall I?

51:02.226 --> 51:05.146
♪ ♪

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[whip cracking]

51:14.071 --> 51:16.532
♪ ♪

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The bladier's quarters.

51:23.414 --> 51:25.208
<i>I think you'll find it
to your liking.</i>

51:25.583 --> 51:27.251
If not, you can sleep
in the barn

51:27.418 --> 51:29.003
with the other beasts.

51:31.589 --> 51:33.174
You don't like me much, do you?

51:34.217 --> 51:37.136
Dinna ken you well enough
to have formed an opinion.

51:40.556 --> 51:41.724
Ah...

51:42.809 --> 51:44.310
your predecessor.

51:45.269 --> 51:48.314
Now, him,
I didna like much at all.

51:48.481 --> 51:50.942
[ominous music plays]

51:51.108 --> 51:54.195
♪ ♪

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[indistinct chatter]

52:11.045 --> 52:13.881
[lively music plays]

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♪ ♪

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I must apologize
for the conduct

52:29.355 --> 52:31.148
of the younger MacKenzie.

52:31.899 --> 52:33.943
Since the death of his father
this past month,

52:34.110 --> 52:35.695
he's not been himself.

52:36.320 --> 52:38.823
No, I'd say that his fisticuffs
spoke quite clearly

52:38.990 --> 52:40.825
to the younger Grant's face.

52:41.868 --> 52:43.202
Hmm?

52:46.163 --> 52:48.541
The laird is not pleased.

52:49.876 --> 52:52.962
What can I do on behalf
of the MacKenzies

52:53.129 --> 52:56.507
to make things right
with the Grants?

52:56.674 --> 52:59.385
I'm not sure that there
is anything you can do.

53:02.263 --> 53:04.807
Perhaps you might
consider an offer...

53:06.851 --> 53:08.227
...a betrothal

53:08.811 --> 53:13.149
between our Ellen MacKenzie
and Malcolm Grant,

53:13.316 --> 53:14.984
their marriage
come harvest time.

53:15.151 --> 53:16.777
A- a gesture of peace
and an alliance

53:16.944 --> 53:19.739
that will benefit both clans.

53:22.491 --> 53:23.910
The laird...

53:25.119 --> 53:27.455
he wants
Dougal MacKenzie's head,

53:27.622 --> 53:29.123
not his sister's hand.

53:32.585 --> 53:35.129
You're still a stranger
in these parts.

53:35.588 --> 53:38.007
Not been with the Grants long
at all.

53:39.175 --> 53:41.969
Here at the gathering,
I couldn't help but notice

53:42.136 --> 53:43.930
that you've been asking
for a woman.

53:46.057 --> 53:49.685
There are plenty to hand,
but none to your liking?

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No.

53:54.190 --> 53:55.399
I have, um...

53:57.735 --> 53:59.195
particular tastes.

54:00.071 --> 54:01.948
Perhaps we could help
each other.

54:03.783 --> 54:06.827
You bring an offer
of a betrothal to the Grants,

54:06.994 --> 54:08.829
and I will...

54:09.413 --> 54:10.456
offer my assistance

54:10.623 --> 54:13.459
in satisfying
your particular tastes.

54:13.626 --> 54:16.545
♪ ♪

54:20.925 --> 54:23.010
I will put your offer
before the laird.

54:24.261 --> 54:27.014
♪ ♪

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[distant bird calling]

54:30.977 --> 54:33.729
[fire crackling]

54:46.075 --> 54:48.160
[sighs]

54:56.669 --> 54:58.212
[Julia] <i>"My dearest Henry,</i>

54:58.379 --> 55:01.924
<i>my last memory with you
was at the circle of stones.</i>

55:02.842 --> 55:05.803
<i>There was a deafening sound,
like an angry swarm of bees,</i>

55:06.429 --> 55:08.055
<i>and then you were gone.</i>

55:09.015 --> 55:10.433
<i>Or perhaps I was.</i>

55:11.225 --> 55:13.811
♪ ♪

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<i>Perhaps I am dead.</i>

55:17.440 --> 55:19.734
<i>Perhaps I've lost my mind.</i>

55:21.694 --> 55:24.113
<i>Have I fallen through
the looking glass?"</i>

55:25.865 --> 55:27.783
[Henry] <i>"My dearest Julia,</i>

55:28.451 --> 55:31.203
<i>everywhere I turn,
I search for your face,</i>

55:31.370 --> 55:33.414
<i>but it remains elusive.</i>

55:34.165 --> 55:36.500
<i>Each day, I am forced
to play a role,</i>

55:37.168 --> 55:40.880
<i>to wear a mask of bravery
that feels foreign to me.</i>

55:41.047 --> 55:44.842
<i>The memory of you and Claire
is my only solace-</i>

55:45.009 --> 55:48.763
<i>the single thread
keeping me tethered to hope.</i>

55:51.432 --> 55:54.393
<i>Without you, I am adrift,</i>

55:55.144 --> 55:58.314
<i>a man lost
in a sea of uncertainty</i>

55:58.481 --> 55:59.857
<i>and longing."</i>

56:00.900 --> 56:02.943
[Julia]
<i>"I am the same as I ever was-</i>

56:04.278 --> 56:05.821
<i>mad with love for you,</i>

56:06.614 --> 56:09.784
<i>our beautiful Claire,
and our unborn child.</i>

56:10.326 --> 56:13.245
♪ ♪

56:17.124 --> 56:19.794
<i>But my circumstances
have changed.</i>

56:20.252 --> 56:23.089
[breathing heavily]

56:23.255 --> 56:26.217
♪ ♪

56:27.384 --> 56:29.720
<i>There are some
unfathomable obstacles</i>

56:29.845 --> 56:31.222
<i>in our path.</i>

56:31.889 --> 56:35.101
♪ ♪

56:35.267 --> 56:38.020
<i>I don't know how this letter
could possibly reach you.</i>

56:39.105 --> 56:42.441
<i>Perhaps it will simply be
a record of my thoughts."</i>

56:42.608 --> 56:45.611
♪ ♪

56:45.736 --> 56:49.865
[Henry] <i>"I vow to you
with every fiber of my being</i>

56:50.032 --> 56:52.910
<i>that I will find
my way back to you.</i>

56:53.661 --> 56:57.623
<i>No matter the distance
or the time that separates us,</i>

56:57.790 --> 57:01.752
<i>I will not rest
until we are reunited."</i>

57:01.919 --> 57:04.839
♪ ♪

57:06.465 --> 57:09.760
[Julia] <i>"You are surely home
by now with our darling girl.</i>

57:09.927 --> 57:11.762
<i>I must believe that you are.</i>

57:11.929 --> 57:14.181
<i>How could I bear this
otherwise?</i>

57:14.723 --> 57:16.308
<i>Kiss her for me.</i>

57:16.475 --> 57:18.144
<i>Tell her I love her.</i>

57:18.561 --> 57:21.397
<i>I promise to find a way
to both of you.</i>

57:21.564 --> 57:23.816
<i>Just as your first letter
found me,</i>

57:24.525 --> 57:26.694
<i>I'll find a way back to you."</i>

57:27.444 --> 57:30.573
[Henry]
<i>"You are my anchor, my love,</i>

57:31.448 --> 57:34.368
<i>and my reason
for enduring this madness.</i>

57:36.162 --> 57:38.414
<i>Sealed with a kiss,</i>

57:38.789 --> 57:40.082
<i>Henry."</i>

57:40.541 --> 57:43.460
♪ ♪

57:57.933 --> 57:58.893
[smooches]
