1 00:00:17,187 --> 00:00:19,912 - What is it you're looking for? - The Nootka Sound treaty. 2 00:00:19,962 --> 00:00:23,587 I may need to prove to a tribunal that the land was acquired by treaty 3 00:00:23,637 --> 00:00:25,012 and not by conquest. 4 00:00:25,062 --> 00:00:28,137 Pettifer said if Delaney wanted to trade with the Indians at Nootka, 5 00:00:28,187 --> 00:00:31,137 the only merchandise you could possibly use would be gunpowder. 6 00:00:31,187 --> 00:00:33,937 - Where the fuck are we? - My new factory. 7 00:00:33,987 --> 00:00:35,987 I have a theory that the introduction of several 8 00:00:36,037 --> 00:00:39,337 barrels of saltpetre can cut the leaching stage down to four weeks. 9 00:00:39,387 --> 00:00:42,862 There is only one place where one can find refined saltpetre. 10 00:00:42,912 --> 00:00:45,537 The warehouse of the East India Company at Wapping Wall. 11 00:00:45,587 --> 00:00:47,188 And I'm planning a robbery. 12 00:00:48,662 --> 00:00:51,612 - You tell Carlsbad my name. - And who's Carlsbad? 13 00:00:51,662 --> 00:00:52,987 Carlsbad is the head of 14 00:00:53,037 --> 00:00:56,512 the American Society of Secret Correspondence in London. 15 00:00:56,562 --> 00:00:58,937 At all times your life is in our hands. 16 00:00:58,987 --> 00:01:01,537 As is your name in mine. Carlsbad. 17 00:01:01,587 --> 00:01:04,187 If they invited us both, then they probably know. 18 00:01:04,237 --> 00:01:05,212 Who knows? 19 00:01:05,262 --> 00:01:08,712 I challenge James Delaney to a duel, to the death. 20 00:01:08,762 --> 00:01:10,188 Do you accept?! 21 00:03:53,987 --> 00:03:55,038 Good morning. 22 00:03:58,637 --> 00:04:02,862 The Gypsy woman owns this island between two parishes. 23 00:04:02,912 --> 00:04:07,187 It is tradition she offers duellists a little token of good luck. 24 00:04:07,237 --> 00:04:10,137 Three shillings each for heather and goose feathers. 25 00:04:10,187 --> 00:04:11,638 This is not a fairground. 26 00:04:13,262 --> 00:04:15,062 Gentlemen, 27 00:04:15,112 --> 00:04:17,937 a slight has been perceived 28 00:04:17,987 --> 00:04:20,337 and one of you seeks satisfaction. 29 00:04:20,387 --> 00:04:21,438 Which? 30 00:04:22,712 --> 00:04:24,638 Here is my pistol for inspection. 31 00:04:26,462 --> 00:04:29,388 This is my second, Mr. Hope of Trinity Lane. 32 00:04:30,712 --> 00:04:32,163 May I see your pistol? 33 00:04:37,162 --> 00:04:41,263 Can we please get on with it? This fog is pestilential. 34 00:04:45,562 --> 00:04:46,737 Where is your second? 35 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:48,212 I don't have one. 36 00:04:48,262 --> 00:04:49,662 The code requires you have a second. 37 00:04:49,712 --> 00:04:50,763 I don't have one. 38 00:04:51,862 --> 00:04:54,663 Let's just say this woman is yours and she is late. 39 00:04:58,262 --> 00:05:01,987 Could you not find a boat like a normal person? 40 00:05:02,037 --> 00:05:05,313 I was bored and I've never seen a man shot before. 41 00:05:08,112 --> 00:05:11,588 Why don't you go and stand over there by the fire and keep warm? 42 00:05:17,162 --> 00:05:20,388 Duellists, stand apart with the attorney between you. 43 00:05:22,962 --> 00:05:28,038 No lack of faith in either party, but I need payment in advance. 44 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:35,588 On my instruction, the duellists will take up position at the points. 45 00:05:37,037 --> 00:05:40,788 Anyone firing l'outrance will be fair game to be shot. 46 00:05:42,937 --> 00:05:44,787 You will duel to first blood... 47 00:05:44,837 --> 00:05:45,863 To the death! 48 00:05:47,362 --> 00:05:49,063 To first blood. 49 00:05:50,287 --> 00:05:54,812 According to the Irish code of 1777, 50 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:58,712 any man wounded will be tended by the doctor. 51 00:05:58,762 --> 00:06:02,113 And no second shot will be fired by either gun. 52 00:06:10,512 --> 00:06:13,662 Gentlemen, take up your positions. 53 00:06:13,712 --> 00:06:16,638 The aggrieved party, at the nearest point. 54 00:06:32,062 --> 00:06:37,987 When I drop this handkerchief, you will walk towards each other. 55 00:06:38,037 --> 00:06:40,187 And, at a time of your choosing, 56 00:06:40,237 --> 00:06:43,863 there will be a polite exchange of bullets. 57 00:07:09,437 --> 00:07:12,163 Dear God, have mercy on my soul. 58 00:07:31,162 --> 00:07:32,788 Satisfied? 59 00:07:35,787 --> 00:07:37,038 My apologies. 60 00:07:39,062 --> 00:07:40,838 That was an excellent shot. 61 00:07:44,562 --> 00:07:48,112 I can only assume that your second is a Company man. 62 00:07:48,162 --> 00:07:50,713 Since he failed to load a ball in your pistol. 63 00:07:56,962 --> 00:07:58,363 Dear God! 64 00:08:07,437 --> 00:08:10,663 It would appear that my life is more precious than yours. 65 00:08:14,037 --> 00:08:15,063 Good day. 66 00:09:16,562 --> 00:09:18,063 You have ash on your hands. 67 00:09:23,262 --> 00:09:24,588 Where is the maid? 68 00:09:26,462 --> 00:09:27,513 I sent her out. 69 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:41,262 For champagne? 70 00:09:41,312 --> 00:09:43,587 Or potatoes? 71 00:09:43,637 --> 00:09:44,963 Or both? 72 00:09:52,162 --> 00:09:55,512 So, how did it resolve itself? Did you both see sense? 73 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:57,812 No. 74 00:09:57,862 --> 00:09:59,987 I shot him. 75 00:10:00,037 --> 00:10:01,063 Between the eyes. 76 00:10:02,237 --> 00:10:06,163 And a host of devils flew out of the hole in his head and down the river. 77 00:10:08,387 --> 00:10:12,212 In that event, it would be potatoes, wouldn't it? 78 00:10:12,262 --> 00:10:13,638 Simple sustenance. 79 00:10:14,787 --> 00:10:16,263 Life goes on. 80 00:10:22,237 --> 00:10:24,737 Before you drink any more, could you tell me what happened? 81 00:10:24,787 --> 00:10:25,963 But in the event... 82 00:10:27,562 --> 00:10:30,787 of a messenger coming to tell you 83 00:10:30,837 --> 00:10:33,612 that he had killed me, 84 00:10:33,662 --> 00:10:36,012 well, 85 00:10:36,062 --> 00:10:37,263 champagne! 86 00:10:38,362 --> 00:10:39,988 All the wild possibilities. 87 00:10:47,112 --> 00:10:49,388 In truth, neither is the case. 88 00:10:51,362 --> 00:10:52,388 It was void. 89 00:10:55,387 --> 00:10:56,438 How? 90 00:11:00,262 --> 00:11:01,588 Go and wash your hands. 91 00:11:02,837 --> 00:11:04,713 No need for any more questions. 92 00:11:06,187 --> 00:11:10,312 Not when half of London will be retelling the story anyway. 93 00:11:10,362 --> 00:11:12,163 So I shall hear through gossip? 94 00:11:14,162 --> 00:11:15,838 As I hear about you. 95 00:11:25,962 --> 00:11:27,587 So, how was the party? 96 00:11:27,637 --> 00:11:30,462 Well, it was entertaining. 97 00:11:30,512 --> 00:11:32,587 And how did you end up in the duck pond? 98 00:11:32,637 --> 00:11:35,763 She was legless. She tried to catch a salmon with her feet. 99 00:11:37,512 --> 00:11:40,438 If he stayed to eat the eggs I boiled for him... 100 00:11:42,437 --> 00:11:45,812 he would hear my story of last night. 101 00:11:45,862 --> 00:11:49,412 Soldiers in red. Soldiers in blue. 102 00:11:49,462 --> 00:11:51,737 Running by the window. 103 00:11:51,787 --> 00:11:54,012 Out there on the foreshore. 104 00:11:54,062 --> 00:11:58,713 Stopping the river traffic and searching every barge going east. 105 00:11:59,712 --> 00:12:03,812 You see, Miss Bow, last night there was a robbery. 106 00:12:03,862 --> 00:12:05,513 From the East India Arsenal. 107 00:12:09,712 --> 00:12:11,537 Ingredients for making gunpowder, 108 00:12:11,587 --> 00:12:13,863 stolen from under the Company's noses. 109 00:12:18,587 --> 00:12:21,137 Insurrectionists, they say. 110 00:12:21,187 --> 00:12:22,363 Frenchmen. 111 00:12:26,637 --> 00:12:28,713 Though not one of them spoke French. 112 00:12:32,362 --> 00:12:35,713 The Company have already stated those involved will hang. 113 00:12:38,387 --> 00:12:41,412 The lady and I will take our breakfast on the foreshore 114 00:12:41,462 --> 00:12:43,262 this morning, thank you. 115 00:12:43,312 --> 00:12:48,713 And, when they come, let them in. You can open every door. 116 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:52,263 We have nothing here to hide. 117 00:13:00,862 --> 00:13:02,063 You will hang. 118 00:13:04,862 --> 00:13:06,763 They will catch you and hang you. 119 00:13:09,662 --> 00:13:12,737 I need you to bring me the trunk with my father's belongings today. 120 00:13:12,787 --> 00:13:14,513 Explain how you will not hang. 121 00:13:15,637 --> 00:13:18,913 Explain to me why you crossed a river to watch me get shot. 122 00:13:21,987 --> 00:13:25,763 It was shallow and I needed a better view. Your turn. 123 00:13:27,837 --> 00:13:31,663 The saltpetre we stole had already been sold to the Royal Navy. 124 00:13:35,587 --> 00:13:37,587 So it belonged to the Crown. 125 00:13:37,637 --> 00:13:40,862 So therefore, the Prince Regent has an excuse to prosecute the Company 126 00:13:40,912 --> 00:13:44,563 for negligence, as the powder was in their charge at the time. 127 00:13:46,312 --> 00:13:48,137 The Company can cause me a lot of difficulties, 128 00:13:48,187 --> 00:13:51,012 but only the King can have me hanged. 129 00:13:51,062 --> 00:13:53,163 The Crown will choose to make a deal. 130 00:13:54,362 --> 00:13:55,663 So I will not hang. 131 00:14:00,587 --> 00:14:04,913 Look, I'm very happy to admit that I don't want James Delaney to die. 132 00:14:06,112 --> 00:14:09,537 But can you also admit that you don't want James Delaney to die? 133 00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:12,587 You'll get me my trunk today. That's your business. 134 00:14:12,637 --> 00:14:13,863 All right? 135 00:14:26,712 --> 00:14:29,063 I don't want James Delaney to die either. 136 00:14:30,387 --> 00:14:31,712 Who are you? 137 00:14:31,762 --> 00:14:33,312 I'm Winter. 138 00:14:33,362 --> 00:14:36,062 They say he's the devil, 139 00:14:36,112 --> 00:14:37,163 but not to me. 140 00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:41,038 He promised to take me to America. 141 00:14:43,462 --> 00:14:45,388 Yeah, if he lives beyond sunset. 142 00:14:47,162 --> 00:14:49,387 Check the barrels! All of them! 143 00:14:49,437 --> 00:14:52,587 There's got to be something here. 144 00:14:52,637 --> 00:14:54,112 Search everywhere! 145 00:14:54,162 --> 00:14:57,587 Move! Come on! Search the boat. Come on! 146 00:14:57,637 --> 00:15:00,537 Get them off! Come on! 147 00:15:00,587 --> 00:15:03,838 Check below. You, check the bilges. 148 00:15:06,712 --> 00:15:08,812 - There's nothing. - Well, it can't have just vanished. 149 00:15:08,862 --> 00:15:10,563 What's this? 150 00:15:12,587 --> 00:15:15,462 Cellar empty. Apart from rats and river water, sir. 151 00:15:15,512 --> 00:15:17,062 Keep looking! 152 00:15:17,112 --> 00:15:18,163 Carry on. 153 00:16:47,962 --> 00:16:49,713 You've had a fall. 154 00:16:50,987 --> 00:16:54,387 You probably don't remember who you are, so let me remind you. 155 00:16:54,437 --> 00:16:58,312 You've been following me, haven't you? 156 00:16:58,362 --> 00:17:03,463 Now. Are you King or are you Company? Hm? 157 00:17:05,837 --> 00:17:06,963 It doesn't matter. 158 00:17:10,387 --> 00:17:14,137 Now there is nothing up that road for you apart from death 159 00:17:14,187 --> 00:17:15,662 and anybody like you. 160 00:17:15,712 --> 00:17:17,712 So you run along and tell your friends 161 00:17:17,762 --> 00:17:19,563 how you almost lost your heart. 162 00:17:58,187 --> 00:17:59,587 Love thy husband, 163 00:17:59,637 --> 00:18:02,263 look to thy servants, cherish thy guests. 164 00:18:03,837 --> 00:18:08,387 Now, Hal, to the news at court, for the robbery lad. 165 00:18:08,437 --> 00:18:10,263 How is that answered? 166 00:18:13,762 --> 00:18:17,063 How is it answered, Mr. Delaney? 167 00:18:19,837 --> 00:18:21,238 The Company is looking. 168 00:18:22,837 --> 00:18:24,788 I think the Prince may be amused. 169 00:18:25,962 --> 00:18:27,912 Hm. 170 00:18:27,962 --> 00:18:29,588 All these chemicals I ingest... 171 00:18:30,987 --> 00:18:34,263 chase lines of Shakespeare out of me sometimes unbidden. 172 00:18:38,662 --> 00:18:41,112 Which brings me to that rather delightful woman 173 00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:43,387 you were at the party with. 174 00:18:43,437 --> 00:18:45,063 An actress, she told me. 175 00:18:47,862 --> 00:18:49,238 Is she yours or... 176 00:18:51,862 --> 00:18:53,713 could a chemist call upon her? 177 00:18:55,637 --> 00:18:56,863 For tea or something? 178 00:19:02,237 --> 00:19:03,438 Show me the cargo. 179 00:19:21,837 --> 00:19:23,238 Brace! 180 00:19:25,562 --> 00:19:27,663 Brace, can you come and help me? 181 00:19:30,787 --> 00:19:32,387 What the hell happened here? 182 00:19:32,437 --> 00:19:34,438 Bloody soldiers raided the house. 183 00:19:36,662 --> 00:19:38,113 Did you hear me shouting? 184 00:19:39,162 --> 00:19:40,463 Can't you see I'm busy? 185 00:19:46,037 --> 00:19:47,937 Where's James? 186 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:49,513 How the hell should I know? 187 00:19:59,462 --> 00:20:00,588 Brace... 188 00:20:02,862 --> 00:20:04,313 what's the matter? 189 00:20:08,787 --> 00:20:11,662 I thought he'd burned that damned trunk on the foreshore along 190 00:20:11,712 --> 00:20:13,038 with everything else. 191 00:20:15,462 --> 00:20:17,812 It would float. 192 00:20:17,862 --> 00:20:20,788 Slip it into the ebb tide and let the river take it. 193 00:20:23,237 --> 00:20:24,513 Or it could burn. 194 00:20:25,562 --> 00:20:28,387 - Do you know what's inside it? - Aye. 195 00:20:28,437 --> 00:20:29,463 The truth. 196 00:20:32,387 --> 00:20:33,988 If it was up to me, I'd burn it. 197 00:20:35,662 --> 00:20:38,063 Less chance the river might bring it back. 198 00:20:44,762 --> 00:20:46,987 I've asked the Weasel for some sailcloth 199 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:48,713 to cover it against the rain. 200 00:20:50,962 --> 00:20:53,712 I've already breakfasted on a little of it. 201 00:20:53,762 --> 00:20:55,987 The quality's exceptional. 202 00:20:56,037 --> 00:20:59,588 Almost as good as the bat shit distillations of Burma. 203 00:21:02,237 --> 00:21:04,038 Why don't you just fix the roof? 204 00:21:06,637 --> 00:21:09,712 Because a canvas sheet would protect the powder perfectly well 205 00:21:09,762 --> 00:21:10,788 and be much cheaper. 206 00:21:12,912 --> 00:21:15,312 And you think she's beautiful? 207 00:21:15,362 --> 00:21:16,388 Who? 208 00:21:17,962 --> 00:21:18,937 The actress. 209 00:21:18,987 --> 00:21:21,537 Hm! 210 00:21:21,587 --> 00:21:24,587 Not only is she among the large number of women I would sleep with, 211 00:21:24,637 --> 00:21:26,662 she's also among the much smaller group of women 212 00:21:26,712 --> 00:21:28,663 I would masturbate over. 213 00:21:32,587 --> 00:21:34,038 Well, this is fun, isn't it? 214 00:21:40,837 --> 00:21:43,187 So, can I call on her or not? 215 00:21:43,237 --> 00:21:44,937 No. 216 00:21:44,987 --> 00:21:46,238 So she is yours? 217 00:21:51,712 --> 00:21:53,262 Given the quality of the saltpetre, 218 00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:55,387 how long will it take to make gunpowder? 219 00:21:55,437 --> 00:21:58,662 Four weeks, and I'll need an assistant. 220 00:21:58,712 --> 00:21:59,763 Hm. 221 00:22:33,987 --> 00:22:35,313 I need you... 222 00:22:36,862 --> 00:22:39,638 to fetch me a ship's sail to cover my delivery. 223 00:22:49,312 --> 00:22:50,587 Go. 224 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:51,663 Stay. 225 00:23:00,662 --> 00:23:02,963 Sit. Sit there. 226 00:23:07,837 --> 00:23:12,188 I haven't told that boy anything. I didn't think it safe. 227 00:23:18,262 --> 00:23:21,787 The sacks of saltpetre in the barn were stolen. 228 00:23:21,837 --> 00:23:23,012 Why burden him? 229 00:23:23,062 --> 00:23:27,137 They were stolen from the Honourable East India Company. 230 00:23:27,187 --> 00:23:28,262 All right? 231 00:23:28,312 --> 00:23:33,812 Now anybody who knows of its whereabouts but does not report it 232 00:23:33,862 --> 00:23:35,513 is liable to hang. 233 00:23:41,312 --> 00:23:43,463 So, you are now one of us. 234 00:24:01,387 --> 00:24:02,838 Your apprentice. 235 00:24:13,662 --> 00:24:14,863 Lick. 236 00:24:16,162 --> 00:24:17,188 Lick your finger. 237 00:24:49,112 --> 00:24:53,537 Now, gentlemen, before I go on the subject of confidence... 238 00:24:53,587 --> 00:24:55,337 and betrayal, 239 00:24:55,387 --> 00:25:00,737 I hear that the Company are offering £10 for any information. 240 00:25:00,787 --> 00:25:02,137 Hm? 241 00:25:02,187 --> 00:25:09,163 I also know that one of you has already considered collecting. 242 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:14,188 Let me be very clear. 243 00:25:15,362 --> 00:25:17,812 I know which one of you it is. 244 00:25:17,862 --> 00:25:20,712 And I want you to know that there will be 245 00:25:20,762 --> 00:25:25,038 no place for that man on my ship when we sail to the New World. 246 00:25:27,312 --> 00:25:29,913 Because he will be of no use to me. 247 00:25:31,237 --> 00:25:34,388 He will be of no use. 248 00:25:38,112 --> 00:25:39,588 For he will have no thumb. 249 00:25:45,362 --> 00:25:46,412 Hm? 250 00:25:53,462 --> 00:25:55,838 I am inside your heads, gentlemen. 251 00:25:58,787 --> 00:26:00,438 Always. 252 00:26:13,037 --> 00:26:16,187 £2 for broken doors and smashed windows. 253 00:26:16,237 --> 00:26:17,438 Hm. 254 00:26:19,862 --> 00:26:22,563 Damn soldiers! You owe me Delaney! 255 00:26:24,162 --> 00:26:26,112 Now... 256 00:26:26,162 --> 00:26:29,713 They have reports that say that some of the robbers were women. 257 00:26:31,637 --> 00:26:33,662 But only the Company are aggrieved, 258 00:26:33,712 --> 00:26:37,812 so no-one can take you to the clink or to the poultry tower. 259 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:42,812 So, if a Company man comes calling, 260 00:26:42,862 --> 00:26:44,788 they have no legal jurisdiction. 261 00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:47,388 So you get word to me. 262 00:26:52,312 --> 00:26:54,188 And I will deal with it. In my way. 263 00:26:56,762 --> 00:26:57,788 And in return... 264 00:27:01,762 --> 00:27:02,788 you choose. 265 00:27:17,662 --> 00:27:19,862 Ah! 266 00:27:19,912 --> 00:27:23,737 James Delaney is laughing at us. 267 00:27:23,787 --> 00:27:29,763 The Crown, Coop, the Prince, all sniggering at us. 268 00:27:31,437 --> 00:27:36,988 Talk of prosecutions for negligence, investigations... 269 00:27:38,712 --> 00:27:41,312 talk of complicity, 270 00:27:41,362 --> 00:27:45,937 and all the while, sniggering behind our backs. 271 00:27:45,987 --> 00:27:49,612 Can you hear it? Coming from down from Regent Street? 272 00:27:49,662 --> 00:27:52,387 Well, we know who. We know why. 273 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:56,587 We just have to find out where. 274 00:27:56,637 --> 00:28:01,012 And we can use every resource we have. Every resource. 275 00:28:01,062 --> 00:28:03,012 We are richer than God. 276 00:28:03,062 --> 00:28:08,913 I blaspheme with impunity because the Company is at my heel. 277 00:28:11,912 --> 00:28:16,012 Now, we've screwed Maharajas, we've screwed moguls, 278 00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:17,312 and this man... 279 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:21,388 this man is merely a London mongrel. 280 00:28:22,837 --> 00:28:23,913 So... 281 00:28:28,512 --> 00:28:31,863 Come on! Ideas? 282 00:28:46,262 --> 00:28:47,913 Who's helping Delaney? 283 00:28:49,437 --> 00:28:51,463 Quick, Bill! It's Pearl. 284 00:28:52,837 --> 00:28:54,563 Where's he making the powder? 285 00:28:58,187 --> 00:28:59,838 He'll be East fucking India. 286 00:29:21,237 --> 00:29:23,412 Let it be known along the Wapping Wall, 287 00:29:23,462 --> 00:29:26,263 it was the work of the devil Delaney. 288 00:30:16,837 --> 00:30:19,513 Ready? Good boy. 289 00:30:29,237 --> 00:30:31,337 What the hell are you doing here, 290 00:30:31,387 --> 00:30:33,663 at whatever the hell time of night it is? 291 00:30:35,562 --> 00:30:37,363 I thought I heard an explosion. 292 00:30:38,862 --> 00:30:39,913 No. 293 00:30:41,662 --> 00:30:42,713 All is well. 294 00:30:45,962 --> 00:30:46,988 Be careful. 295 00:30:52,662 --> 00:30:55,963 Making gunpowder and being careful are good bedfellows. 296 00:31:06,262 --> 00:31:08,838 What? What do you see? 297 00:31:13,912 --> 00:31:15,313 He's just scared of you. 298 00:31:18,362 --> 00:31:20,663 Everybody's scared of you. 299 00:31:23,362 --> 00:31:24,388 Thankfully. 300 00:31:29,387 --> 00:31:32,838 Did you find out how much the Company are offering as reward? 301 00:31:34,862 --> 00:31:35,913 Work faster. 302 00:31:43,962 --> 00:31:45,238 Steady as we go. 303 00:31:49,187 --> 00:31:50,238 Good boy. 304 00:32:35,037 --> 00:32:36,638 What the hell are you doing? 305 00:32:39,512 --> 00:32:41,862 No! 306 00:32:41,912 --> 00:32:45,012 The letters your father wrote to you are beautiful. 307 00:32:45,062 --> 00:32:47,862 Oh. How would you know that? 308 00:32:47,912 --> 00:32:51,612 Because I read them. Have you even looked at them? 309 00:32:51,662 --> 00:32:52,713 No. 310 00:32:54,837 --> 00:32:57,588 Pictures and paintings from all over the world. 311 00:32:59,112 --> 00:33:02,263 The oil in the paint is burning very nicely, thank you. 312 00:33:06,637 --> 00:33:10,387 I am looking for a particular document. 313 00:33:10,437 --> 00:33:13,312 A treaty. That is all. 314 00:33:13,362 --> 00:33:18,862 A treaty between my father and the Nootka Indian tribe. 315 00:33:18,912 --> 00:33:24,012 A treaty in which Nootka land was bought for gunpowder... 316 00:33:24,062 --> 00:33:25,913 and lies! 317 00:33:27,912 --> 00:33:29,513 Along with my mother. 318 00:33:33,187 --> 00:33:34,388 His first wife. 319 00:33:37,512 --> 00:33:39,163 Who he bought for beads. 320 00:33:47,562 --> 00:33:51,537 And when his wife would not play the Spanish princess 321 00:33:51,587 --> 00:33:54,112 or the Italian countess, 322 00:33:54,162 --> 00:33:56,788 whatever it was she refused to play... 323 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:01,788 he had her sent to Bedlam Insane Asylum. 324 00:34:06,437 --> 00:34:07,713 Ohhh... 325 00:34:23,837 --> 00:34:26,263 Have you never bought a soul for beads? 326 00:35:12,162 --> 00:35:17,112 I'm told Your Majesty has some paperwork regarding the East India? 327 00:35:17,162 --> 00:35:18,763 Ah! 328 00:35:20,512 --> 00:35:22,787 Some little Scotsman in the War Office 329 00:35:22,837 --> 00:35:24,462 who wants to crawl up my arse 330 00:35:24,512 --> 00:35:26,363 dug it up and brought it to me. 331 00:35:28,787 --> 00:35:32,412 In time of war, a failure to secure His Majesty's gunpowder against 332 00:35:32,462 --> 00:35:37,062 the enemy is a criminal offence, and the same goes for saltpetre. 333 00:35:37,112 --> 00:35:39,062 You wish to charge the East India with negligence? 334 00:35:39,112 --> 00:35:43,312 Worse. We could allege potential complicity within the organisation. 335 00:35:43,362 --> 00:35:47,188 Then we can send in inspectors. We need to shake the impasse. 336 00:35:52,587 --> 00:35:55,812 Why do you always look down your nose at my plans? 337 00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:59,912 I'm not. We should prosecute over the lost saltpetre. 338 00:36:02,262 --> 00:36:05,588 You are jealous of the little Scotsman. 339 00:36:09,362 --> 00:36:10,537 No, Your Highness. 340 00:36:10,587 --> 00:36:11,662 So... 341 00:36:11,712 --> 00:36:14,462 Improve on the little Scotsman. 342 00:36:14,512 --> 00:36:20,987 Oh. A charge of negligence would be action against the Company. 343 00:36:21,037 --> 00:36:25,412 And Strange would be able to accommodate it 344 00:36:25,462 --> 00:36:28,262 or allocate blame as he chooses. 345 00:36:28,312 --> 00:36:30,988 A warehouseman or two would hang. 346 00:36:32,262 --> 00:36:36,512 I have begun to believe that it might be more effective 347 00:36:36,562 --> 00:36:39,863 if we went after Sir Stuart himself. 348 00:36:42,062 --> 00:36:44,862 The night of the robbery I... 349 00:36:44,912 --> 00:36:46,987 I found these... 350 00:36:47,037 --> 00:36:49,463 in a bottom drawer. 351 00:37:03,237 --> 00:37:05,388 Who the devil is George Chichester? 352 00:37:09,862 --> 00:37:11,838 The Sons of Africa? 353 00:37:19,312 --> 00:37:21,387 Excuse me, sir. Sir! 354 00:37:21,437 --> 00:37:23,262 No-one is allowed in here. 355 00:37:23,312 --> 00:37:25,462 There's been an outbreak of cholera. 356 00:37:25,512 --> 00:37:27,937 I am immune. 357 00:37:27,987 --> 00:37:31,713 Tell your doctor I'll be waiting for him downstairs. 358 00:37:44,712 --> 00:37:48,862 Personally, I question the miasmatic theory of cholera, 359 00:37:48,912 --> 00:37:51,262 but even so, it's wise to take precautions. 360 00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:54,763 I'm assuming this disease is of your own making? 361 00:37:56,437 --> 00:38:00,337 So many soldiers and Company men treading heavily in your footsteps, 362 00:38:00,387 --> 00:38:04,337 I thought I'd make this place a little less attractive to them. 363 00:38:04,387 --> 00:38:06,588 That's why we've also moved down here. 364 00:38:10,262 --> 00:38:12,188 I'm busy. What do you want? 365 00:38:14,462 --> 00:38:16,363 You have something I need. 366 00:38:19,462 --> 00:38:23,137 The blockade at Sligo, running short of gunpowder. 367 00:38:23,187 --> 00:38:26,563 The Irish are being prevented from running fishing boats. 368 00:38:30,112 --> 00:38:32,737 The bellmen and the newspapers tell me there's a new source 369 00:38:32,787 --> 00:38:34,612 of prime-grade powder in town. 370 00:38:34,662 --> 00:38:36,263 No royal charter required. 371 00:38:38,462 --> 00:38:40,463 I'm afraid I don't have any powder. 372 00:38:43,562 --> 00:38:46,112 You ride the Hendon road three miles. 373 00:38:46,162 --> 00:38:48,462 There is a pond called The Source. 374 00:38:48,512 --> 00:38:50,812 Beyond that, an area of low land. 375 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:55,312 Hatchett's Ground they call it. A tannery. 376 00:38:55,362 --> 00:38:56,787 A windmill. 377 00:38:56,837 --> 00:39:01,638 And hidden just behind that, a cattle farm with a water wheel. 378 00:39:04,187 --> 00:39:06,388 No organisation is watertight, James. 379 00:39:07,837 --> 00:39:09,387 You're just lucky it's our pot 380 00:39:09,437 --> 00:39:11,912 the informant pissed in and not the Company's. 381 00:39:11,962 --> 00:39:13,963 Though, we do offer better rewards. 382 00:39:16,862 --> 00:39:19,062 Our guns will fall silent in ten days. 383 00:39:19,112 --> 00:39:21,137 We need powder in eight. 384 00:39:21,187 --> 00:39:23,638 - That's not possible. - Yes, it is. 385 00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:26,313 Ask your chemist. 386 00:39:27,862 --> 00:39:28,913 Mr. Cholmondeley. 387 00:39:30,187 --> 00:39:32,313 Ask him about the French experiment. 388 00:39:37,987 --> 00:39:40,412 The French experiment was... How can I put it? 389 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:43,512 Entirely French in conception and execution. 390 00:39:43,562 --> 00:39:45,987 And therefore a total disaster. 391 00:39:46,037 --> 00:39:50,112 It was John Company, I think, and the King who'd just attacked 392 00:39:50,162 --> 00:39:52,987 Mauritius, and the French needed powder in a hurry. 393 00:39:53,037 --> 00:39:57,363 So the foolish fucking French added chlorate to the mix. 394 00:40:00,162 --> 00:40:01,188 And? 395 00:40:02,262 --> 00:40:05,212 Well, viewed purely from the standpoint of making gunpowder 396 00:40:05,262 --> 00:40:08,463 very fast, it was a wild success. 397 00:40:11,662 --> 00:40:14,112 However, if you add chlorate, 398 00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:17,387 you have to stir and stir 399 00:40:17,437 --> 00:40:20,737 and stir, and not stop stirring 400 00:40:20,787 --> 00:40:22,537 round the clock. 401 00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,662 You need shifts. And men. 402 00:40:24,712 --> 00:40:27,987 And even with the constant, careful stirring, 403 00:40:28,037 --> 00:40:32,712 even then, even if you do everything correctly to the finest degree, 404 00:40:32,762 --> 00:40:34,737 still, potentially... 405 00:40:34,787 --> 00:40:36,263 boom! 406 00:40:39,312 --> 00:40:40,713 As in your premonition. 407 00:40:43,387 --> 00:40:45,862 The French, blew Mauritius 408 00:40:45,912 --> 00:40:47,763 almost in half. 409 00:40:51,962 --> 00:40:53,812 And where do we get this chlorate? 410 00:40:53,862 --> 00:40:56,187 No, no, no. 411 00:40:56,237 --> 00:40:58,512 You need to ask a far more important question, 412 00:40:58,562 --> 00:41:01,387 which is, where will you get a chemist insane enough to work 413 00:41:01,437 --> 00:41:04,363 for you if you decide to add fucking chlorate to these vats? 414 00:41:06,037 --> 00:41:09,863 We either get the chlorate, or we will all hang in about eight days. 415 00:41:19,387 --> 00:41:22,038 You'd risk the life of your son for chlorate? 416 00:41:25,712 --> 00:41:26,763 He is, isn't he? 417 00:41:28,962 --> 00:41:30,113 Mm-hm. 418 00:41:32,512 --> 00:41:36,163 They have your name, Mr. Cholmondeley. 419 00:41:38,187 --> 00:41:39,862 They have your name, 420 00:41:39,912 --> 00:41:43,713 and you will be first on the list of their conspirators. 421 00:41:45,862 --> 00:41:47,263 How do they know so much? 422 00:41:49,262 --> 00:41:50,388 Hm. 423 00:41:52,462 --> 00:41:54,537 Get the chlorate. 424 00:41:54,587 --> 00:41:56,012 Yes? 425 00:41:56,062 --> 00:41:57,513 I will get you men. 426 00:42:28,837 --> 00:42:30,188 James... 427 00:42:49,587 --> 00:42:50,638 You said his name! 428 00:42:51,962 --> 00:42:52,988 In your sleep. 429 00:42:54,362 --> 00:42:55,913 You said his name. 430 00:42:58,362 --> 00:43:01,062 You said his name! 431 00:43:01,112 --> 00:43:03,012 Get him out. 432 00:43:03,062 --> 00:43:05,612 I want him out. 433 00:43:05,662 --> 00:43:09,263 Out! Get him out. Out! 434 00:43:13,112 --> 00:43:18,238 That's right, good girl. Spit him out, spit, spit, spit him out... 435 00:43:32,062 --> 00:43:35,312 No, no! No! 436 00:43:39,762 --> 00:43:41,587 No, no, no! 437 00:43:41,637 --> 00:43:43,438 Ah! 438 00:44:00,037 --> 00:44:02,913 You need a priest, my dear. 439 00:44:15,837 --> 00:44:16,862 Come. 440 00:44:16,912 --> 00:44:19,588 Mr. George Chichester, Esquire. 441 00:44:35,312 --> 00:44:36,812 I don't. 442 00:44:36,862 --> 00:44:38,537 In the day? 443 00:44:38,587 --> 00:44:39,638 Or the night. 444 00:44:59,037 --> 00:45:01,587 For nine years, Mr. Chichester, 445 00:45:01,637 --> 00:45:05,313 you have been writing to my office on an annual basis. 446 00:45:06,637 --> 00:45:10,112 Every year, July 10th. 447 00:45:10,162 --> 00:45:12,387 July 10th is the anniversary of the sinking... 448 00:45:12,437 --> 00:45:14,937 Of the sinking of the sloop The Influence. 449 00:45:14,987 --> 00:45:18,112 Not the ship's real name, of course. 450 00:45:18,162 --> 00:45:23,337 Its name was changed and papers altered when it took on human cargo 451 00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,113 in the port of Cabinda. 452 00:45:27,762 --> 00:45:29,463 280 souls. 453 00:45:31,512 --> 00:45:34,637 120 men, 84 women... 454 00:45:34,687 --> 00:45:37,087 - Yes, yes, and what is it... - And... 455 00:45:37,137 --> 00:45:38,687 What is your... 456 00:45:38,737 --> 00:45:41,188 And, sir... 457 00:45:43,187 --> 00:45:45,038 76 children. 458 00:45:48,112 --> 00:45:50,537 All lost. 459 00:45:50,587 --> 00:45:51,638 Drowned. 460 00:45:54,437 --> 00:45:57,612 And what is your interest in the sinking? 461 00:45:57,662 --> 00:45:59,937 Did you have relatives aboard? 462 00:46:04,387 --> 00:46:06,337 Mr. Coop, 463 00:46:06,387 --> 00:46:08,212 even though I am black, 464 00:46:08,262 --> 00:46:12,163 I am not related by blood to every slave stolen from Africa. 465 00:46:21,237 --> 00:46:25,012 So, The Sons of Africa. You write on their behalf. 466 00:46:25,062 --> 00:46:27,063 I write on behalf of humanity. 467 00:46:29,562 --> 00:46:31,937 As a man concerned with injustice. 468 00:46:31,987 --> 00:46:33,812 Against your people. 469 00:46:33,862 --> 00:46:35,388 Against people. 470 00:46:38,037 --> 00:46:41,712 For nine years, you have been campaigning for a Royal Commission 471 00:46:41,762 --> 00:46:48,987 to investigate the drowning of these 280 slaves, 472 00:46:49,037 --> 00:46:51,363 which you say was done deliberately. 473 00:46:52,362 --> 00:46:56,912 It is my belief that some very powerful men in London 474 00:46:56,962 --> 00:47:01,363 were involved in an illicit shipment of slaves for personal profit, 475 00:47:02,387 --> 00:47:04,937 were complicit in the deaths of those slaves 476 00:47:04,987 --> 00:47:07,712 and in the subsequent concealment of the facts. 477 00:47:07,762 --> 00:47:11,737 And you believe that those men are senior directors 478 00:47:11,787 --> 00:47:14,337 within the Honourable East India Company? 479 00:47:14,387 --> 00:47:15,788 Yes, I do. 480 00:47:18,662 --> 00:47:21,838 Well then, Mr. Chichester, I have some good news for you. 481 00:47:27,437 --> 00:47:29,313 From the Prince Regent himself. 482 00:47:55,562 --> 00:47:56,612 Wilton! 483 00:47:56,662 --> 00:47:58,313 To be continued, gentlemen. 484 00:47:59,862 --> 00:48:03,388 Did you receive the box of bananas I sent you... 485 00:48:04,587 --> 00:48:06,387 You will improve your game. 486 00:48:06,437 --> 00:48:09,788 You have to improve your fucking game! 487 00:48:11,562 --> 00:48:13,737 Those bastards at the palace 488 00:48:13,787 --> 00:48:17,912 have opened a royal commission into the sinking of The Influence. 489 00:48:17,962 --> 00:48:20,062 The-The-The Influence? Why? 490 00:48:20,112 --> 00:48:24,113 Well, it's a personal campaign. A stab in my ribs. 491 00:48:25,437 --> 00:48:27,662 Now, you will deal with it. 492 00:48:27,712 --> 00:48:31,662 You and the Africa Desk. Hm? 493 00:48:31,712 --> 00:48:34,987 A commission is not the King, so they can't subpoena, 494 00:48:35,037 --> 00:48:38,988 so you will deal with it and treat them with disbelief. 495 00:48:40,562 --> 00:48:45,512 They have appointed some educated blackamoor to prepare the evidence. 496 00:48:45,562 --> 00:48:48,212 Now, you take your coat off, 497 00:48:48,262 --> 00:48:52,312 go into your office and you write to him. 498 00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:55,537 Offer him "full and unfettered co-operation" 499 00:48:55,587 --> 00:48:58,412 on behalf of the Honourable East India. 500 00:48:58,462 --> 00:49:03,387 No, no, no. "Full and willing cooperation." 501 00:49:03,437 --> 00:49:05,262 Yes, sir. 502 00:49:05,312 --> 00:49:10,588 And then... I will tell you which papers to burn. 503 00:49:11,862 --> 00:49:12,913 Sir. 504 00:49:28,312 --> 00:49:30,537 There is a Mr. Delaney to see you, madam. 505 00:49:30,587 --> 00:49:33,913 He's come from the river. He's in the garden. 506 00:49:35,862 --> 00:49:39,912 If it's someone you fuck, please check if he came from east or west. 507 00:49:39,962 --> 00:49:41,462 In the east, there is cholera. 508 00:49:41,512 --> 00:49:43,737 You can catch it from fucking. 509 00:49:43,787 --> 00:49:46,912 It isn't. And there isn't. 510 00:49:46,962 --> 00:49:47,988 And you can't. 511 00:50:00,037 --> 00:50:02,513 I will have your gunpowder in eight days. 512 00:50:03,512 --> 00:50:05,337 Powder? 513 00:50:05,387 --> 00:50:06,812 Yes. 514 00:50:06,862 --> 00:50:09,188 Dumbarton said the need was very urgent. 515 00:50:11,562 --> 00:50:14,112 Then it must indeed be urgent. 516 00:50:14,162 --> 00:50:15,188 Hm. 517 00:50:16,187 --> 00:50:19,187 If your business is not gunpowder, what is it? 518 00:50:19,237 --> 00:50:21,537 My business is the deal. 519 00:50:21,587 --> 00:50:22,937 I sent word of your offer, 520 00:50:22,987 --> 00:50:25,587 with my own recommendation that we accept. 521 00:50:25,637 --> 00:50:27,187 Accept what? 522 00:50:27,237 --> 00:50:31,187 Nootka landing ground in return for the tea trade to Canton. 523 00:50:31,237 --> 00:50:32,937 Hm. 524 00:50:32,987 --> 00:50:35,313 And safe passage through your blockade. 525 00:50:37,037 --> 00:50:40,212 But you must assign the treaty before you leave London. 526 00:50:40,262 --> 00:50:43,113 Hmm! Well, that would require me to trust you. 527 00:50:45,712 --> 00:50:47,913 Based on mutual self-interest. 528 00:50:50,112 --> 00:50:51,838 Trust requires a little time. 529 00:50:56,912 --> 00:50:59,663 Something we have very little of, Mr. Delaney. 530 00:51:12,387 --> 00:51:13,438 What's this? 531 00:51:16,112 --> 00:51:19,537 A book from a Mr. Cholmondeley for Miss Bow. 532 00:51:19,587 --> 00:51:21,563 It came by post, with a letter. 533 00:51:25,187 --> 00:51:28,188 - She obviously has an admirer. - Hm. 534 00:51:31,462 --> 00:51:34,337 She asked me a lot of questions today. 535 00:51:34,387 --> 00:51:36,463 And did you give her a lot of answers? 536 00:51:39,512 --> 00:51:40,863 I told her nothing. 537 00:51:42,462 --> 00:51:44,062 And yet, you have so much to tell. 538 00:51:45,837 --> 00:51:48,912 Oh, we need some more coal for my fireplace. It's freezing! 539 00:51:48,962 --> 00:51:53,012 Why would we do that? This is the Delaney household. 540 00:51:53,062 --> 00:51:54,463 We have no warmth here. 541 00:51:57,912 --> 00:52:00,787 Mr. Cholmondeley is not a suitable man for you. 542 00:52:00,837 --> 00:52:04,063 Oh, no, no absolutely not. He's... 543 00:52:06,837 --> 00:52:08,963 You must keep him all to yourself. 544 00:52:10,037 --> 00:52:12,313 I shan't hinder your advances. 545 00:52:33,037 --> 00:52:36,188 Zilpha. My love. My love. 546 00:52:40,187 --> 00:52:44,262 This is a holy man of God. 547 00:52:44,312 --> 00:52:49,163 He's practised in removing and discouraging demons. 548 00:52:50,312 --> 00:52:54,712 Your husband reports a Barbason has been visiting you. 549 00:52:54,762 --> 00:52:56,587 There is a ceremony of exorcism 550 00:52:56,637 --> 00:52:59,187 which can eradicate the Barbason. 551 00:52:59,237 --> 00:53:02,062 It's a very short process. And quite inexpensive. 552 00:53:02,112 --> 00:53:04,313 I told the Priest how he visits you. 553 00:53:07,637 --> 00:53:08,912 No. 554 00:53:08,962 --> 00:53:12,387 - He visits you. He visits you. - No! No! Don't touch me. 555 00:53:12,437 --> 00:53:16,012 - At least acknowledge that... - Go to hell! 556 00:53:16,062 --> 00:53:19,113 Goodness. A slight thing she is, but fearful! 557 00:53:21,512 --> 00:53:23,587 Yes, I see it. I see it. 558 00:53:23,637 --> 00:53:26,462 Is there somewhere we can pin her down? 559 00:53:26,512 --> 00:53:27,787 Stop! Stop! 560 00:53:27,837 --> 00:53:29,987 Exi ergo, transgressor. 561 00:53:30,037 --> 00:53:32,937 Exi, seductor, plene omni dolo et fallacia. 562 00:53:32,987 --> 00:53:35,412 E virtutis inimici, innocentium persecutor. Eda locum, 563 00:53:35,462 --> 00:53:37,737 dirissime, da locum, impiissime Eda locum Christo, 564 00:53:37,787 --> 00:53:43,462 in quo nihil invenisti de operibus tuis... 565 00:53:43,512 --> 00:53:49,812 qui te spoliavit Equi regnum tuum destruxit, 566 00:53:49,862 --> 00:53:54,412 qui te victum ligavit, 567 00:53:54,462 --> 00:54:01,312 et vasa tua diripuit. 568 00:54:01,362 --> 00:54:06,112 You see those blemishes? 569 00:54:06,162 --> 00:54:09,388 It is the evil coming to the surface. 570 00:54:12,912 --> 00:54:14,612 It's almost done, my love. 571 00:54:14,662 --> 00:54:18,212 Exi ergo, transgressor. 572 00:54:18,262 --> 00:54:21,512 Exi, seductor, plene omni dolo et fallacia, virtutis inimici, 573 00:54:21,562 --> 00:54:23,012 innocentium persecutor. 574 00:54:23,062 --> 00:54:28,012 Da locum, dirissime, da locum, impiissime. 575 00:54:28,062 --> 00:54:31,512 In nomine Patris, 576 00:54:31,562 --> 00:54:33,787 et Filii, 577 00:54:33,837 --> 00:54:35,913 et Spiritus Sancti. 578 00:54:45,837 --> 00:54:47,163 Amen. 579 00:54:48,162 --> 00:54:49,188 Amen. 580 00:54:55,637 --> 00:54:57,313 Can we untie her now? 581 00:54:58,662 --> 00:55:00,038 Leave her a few moments. 582 00:55:01,387 --> 00:55:05,038 Let her reflect... and recover. 583 00:55:49,912 --> 00:55:51,063 Will you come to bed? 584 00:55:52,862 --> 00:55:55,313 Yes, of course. I'll be up in just a moment. 585 00:56:24,387 --> 00:56:25,638 Teach me. 586 00:56:31,062 --> 00:56:32,163 Guide me. 587 00:56:45,712 --> 00:56:46,763 Zilpha?