The Paradise (2012–2013): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript

MORAY: 'Paris, my sweet,

'is thoroughly French in every way.

'We do business over coffee
and cognac the day long

'and everyone is in a race
to dream up fashions

'still more daring
than were worn yesterday.

'I brought back silks from Tangier

'and, in no time, they were
in the window of the Bon Marche

'as the most audacious gowns
I've set my eyes upon.

'But the Bon Marche is not
The Paradise.

'Paris is not home.

'And you, my love...



'are not here.'

Cafe. Merci.

'I want to promise you that the
time will come when we are together.

'Just to write down those words
makes the day more bearable.

'Never forget, my love,

'everything I do is so that
we can be together again.

'I want to feel your breath
on my face,

'I want to feel your eyes
gazing at me,

'I want to feel my senses with you.'

Come on, lads, slackers to the
front. I want every one of these
boxes inside

before any one even thinks about
a cup of tea. Looks like a lot of
boxes, Mr Dudley.

There's Royalty in these crates,
Sam. Royalty is sure to sell, sir.

Sam!

I was just about to catch it.



Thank you, Mr Nathaniel.

Susy...

'I work hard to fill the time to make
possible what we are waiting for.

'I tell myself that I would only be
apart from you for today,

'that it is as much as I can bear,
my love.'

Um...Denise. Thank you.

Girls, girls...

are we trying to vitalise custom
in the store or are we contented

to expend our energy
on tittle-tattle the day long?

Our order book was once bursting
with commissions! Now, look at it!

Yes. Well.

We endeavour.

Now more than ever, we must strive
if The Paradise is to survive.

Is it me or is she starting
to talk in rhymes?

How is Moray?

He's back in Paris now.

But he misses...all of us.

Misses The Paradise.

And The Paradise misses him.

Oh!

That's most impressive, Mr Dudley.

Chantilly lace flounce, jet beading,

lined with burgundy silk.

As worn by Princess Alexandra.

We have 200 of them.

Isn't that rather a lot,
Mr Dudley, sir?

We must sell every one of them.
If we don't restore the fortunes of
The Paradise,

then Lord Glendenning will go ahead
with the sale to the Fenton
Brothers.

We're running out of time. If you
were looking for someone to model
one of them beauties in the store,

Mr Dudley, I would be willing to
wear one of them and nothing else.

Perhaps put on me
best drawers for modesty.

We need to attract customers,
Myrtle, not frighten them off.

Dumplings is ready.

I have extensive advertising
placed in the newspapers

announcing the arrival of the
Royal Cape tomorrow.

Let's be sure we take our chance,
it may be our last.

We must have a display of capes
right by the entrance.

Oh, splendid idea, Mr Dudley, sir,

but aren't ladies' capes,
strictly speaking,

meant to be in Ladieswear?

We can put some by the door and then
create a trail of them leading all
the way up to Ladieswear.

Yes, we have 200 of them,
we should let them flow through the
whole store. Oh, marvellous.

Perhaps, at the end of this cascade
of capes,

we could have Her Royal Highness
herself

waiting to take your order. I hear
she's available. Is she really?

Sam, I hope you're taking
this business seriously. Me, sir?

I assure you this is no caper.

BANGING

What is that sound?

WATER RUNNING

Oh! Oh, no! Quickly!

All the capes! Oh, quickly!
All the capes!

Get a towel! Get a towel!
Get the capes!

Get the capes out the way!

No! No!

That's it.

As surely as I stand here,
we have lost.

Perhaps, we can try cleaning them
up, some of them are...

Maybe the ones at the bottom
aren't quite so badly damaged...

Please don't.

Seems no matter what I try,
it comes to grief.

You can't help thinking
this place is cursed.

Susy, don't say that.
Superstition won't help us.

This wasn't an accident.

You think someone deliberately cut
it? She's right.

Why should this be the pipe
that breaks,

right here, by the boxes?

Ooh, I'd rather believe witchery
than imagine someone

who works here would do the likes
of this.

Aye, see it there.

Thank you, Arthur.

Monsieur? Merci.

Merci.

Denise! Moray is coming back.

I don't understand!

He's been summoned.
I don't understand it either.

Summoned by who?

A telegram from
Lord Glendenning's agent.

Moray is on his way.

There! See!

What is on Mr Nathaniel's plate
is what I call a portion.

What is on my plate...makes me
hungry just to look at it.

Mr Nathaniel has responsibilities.
He needs fortifying.

Myrtle, you've always favoured
the handsome men.

She favours the bosses, that's what.

You might have to fight to keep
your sweetheart, Susy.

I shan't be fighting with Myrtle
while there's custard on the stove.

Denise, did you have a word with
Mr Dudley about me getting
a position out front?

Ah, I didn't find a moment.

I can cast off swearing,
I bloody swear it.

THEY CHUCKLE

Mr Dudley told me
that Moray is coming back.

Oh, now, there's a cause to make
a woman wash her knickers.

Myrtle, must every sentence that
passes your lips be a vulgarity?

This is my kingdom, Miss Audrey,
and I am queen of it.

Well, if he's coming back, what does
it mean? Are they bringing him back
to run the store? I suppose so, yes.

Then, all is well with the world.

When has Mr Moray ever come up
short?

Apart from the time he lost
everything, that is. Sorry, Denise.

How are you feeling about it,
Denise?

Delighted, of course.

This will be worth seeing.
The scandal.

What a rumpus there will be.
Sorry, Denise.

But I'll say this - Mr Moray will
put the fight back into this place.

He's only a man.
And I am cured of men.

Cured of men? A woman might as well
be cured of breathing.

They are beautiful creatures. Mwah!

Even the beasts.

If ever a man needed a hat.

Mr Dudley, sir.

Miss Glendenning.

It is Mrs Weston now, Dudley.

May I say how delightful it is to be
here and to be greeted by you.

Might I enquire,
Ma'am, the...mourning?

My father passed away.

My condolences, Ma'am.

Your tenderness is greatly
appreciated, Dudley.

Let me introduce my husband,
Mr Tom Weston.

Tom, this is Dudley.

He has been taking
care of things for us.

Mr Weston, sir.

Every day surrounded by women.

I don't know whether to envy you
or pity you.

THEY CHUCKLE

Look at this place.

I should like to explore.

Perhaps you might be
so kind as to escort me?

You will find us
happy to oblige, sir.

Flora, my darling, I want you
to meet your new friends.

Flora is Mr Weston's daughter.

Our daughter now.

My dearest, you may take a look
at the many treasures the store has

whilst I speak with Mr Dudley.

Perhaps one of the girls
might show you around.

Denise?

I, I would be...

Yes, of course, Ma'am.

Miss Flora?

Sir, if you'd like to follow me.

Mrs Weston...

Where would you like to go first,
sir? We've got Menswear...

Ladieswear? Furnishings?

Why don't we start below stairs?

How pleasant it is
to be in this room again.

We all of us enjoyed
such splendid times here.

I cannot tell you how already
it helps to assuage my grief.

Ma'am, I feel obliged to tell you
that I wrote to your father.

Yes, I know.

Lord Glendenning advised me,
his agent sent a telegram,

informing me that Moray is
to return. That is not so.

Ma'am, I assure you,
I have the telegram.

It was not at my father's bidding.

It was mine.

With my father passing,

I have taken on the responsibility
for the estate.

Myself and my husband, of course.

Of course.

Then, it is not your intention
to sell, Ma'am?

Your faith and dedication, Dudley,

during a most difficult time,
has been...

well, all that I might expect
from a man of your esteem.

I realise that events of a year ago
will cause no little consternation,

but it will pass.

It is not a flogging offence for a
woman to abandon her wedding plans.

My father was intent on selling.

I am, shall we say...

..more open-minded on the matter?

Tell me about Denise.

What do you want to know about her,
sir?

The way she was looking at my wife,

just now, she was frightened.

Your wife is Katherine Glendenning.
We are all afraid of her.

Why do you suppose
I asked you to escort me, Clara?

Ooh, my fine cheek bones?

Apart from your lovely bones.

You're not fearful of my wife.

Everyone else had their eyes
on Katherine...

..your eyes were fixed on Denise.

You are quite the spy, sir.

If I may be permitted to ask, sir,

we are all wondering -
if The Paradise is to be sold,

why has Mr Moray been recalled?

Oh, we are indeed selling.

That much is certain.

KNOCK ON DOOR

I thought that when I saw you,

it would be the same as it was,
but it's not.

Of course, it's not.
It's so much better!

I thought I would hold you and kiss
you and that would be enough.

Oh, when I look at you,
when I feel your eyes on me, I...

Denise, will you marry me?

Marry me now!

John...

..it was Katherine who
arranged for your return.

Answer my question.

Why would she bring you back?

She's married now.

Then, that is her reason.

Katherine has found
her own happiness.

We no longer matter to her.

You don't believe that
any more than I do.

I know that nothing is ever
as it appears with Katherine,

but whatever it is she's doing,

it means I can come back
to The Paradise.

She seemed...I don't know, calm.

I want to say kind.
It frightened me.

I fear she'll send you away again.

She will never again
come between us.

I promise you, Denise,
I have prayed for this.

To be here with you.

If Katherine wants me to work
in her store, as her manager,

I will smile and do it.

But every day, I will be plotting
to take back what is mine,

what I've spent my life building.
What was stolen from me.

You haven't answered my question.

Thank you, darling,
for coming to live in this house.

It means so much to me.

Flora will love it here, I'm sure.

As I did as a girl.

Why did you wait

until the day of the wedding to
call off your marriage to Moray?

It was such a cruel business.

But I do not regret what I did.

I wouldn't be here with you
if I hadn't come to my senses.

You haven't answered my question.

Why was it on the very day
of the wedding that you withdrew?

My father warned me many times
that I was being foolish.

I persisted in denying him.

It was only when I was truly facing
a life with a man I could not love

that I saw the recklessness
of what I was about to do.

Aren't you tired after such a day?

I am enjoying being here with you.

But you are tired.

You should go to bed.

Perhaps I am a little weary.

Why did you not tell me
that you've recalled Moray?

Oh, did I not?

I'm sorry.

Everything has happened
so quickly.

Heavens.

Perhaps the grief has stricken me
more than I care to admit.

But if that place is to be
disposed of...

..why would you want him back here?

I know why you're here.

You want to come in as partner
in my shop, start again.

Lovett and Moray.
Notice the order of the names.

No, no, that's not why
I've come back, Edmund.

You have to admit,
there's a certain poetry to it.

You, the little fella, fighting
against that giant over there.

I have missed you, Edmund.

Oh, well...

if you've got nowhere else to stay,
you can spend the night here.

I never thought I'd hear myself
say those words.

I should get back.

Moray?

I didn't know, no-one did.

Mr Dudley just said he received
a telegram.

It would s-seem
they want to outmanoeuvre us.

They have brought him
b-back to intimidate us.

I will need you to act
on my behalf again, Nathaniel.

Mr Fenton, sir, you promised me
there'd be no more,

that we were finished
with this deception.

Do you suppose I have worked
and planned this p-past year

to let them outwit me now?

No. Moray will only prosper
if we allow him to.

I know the man. He will try
some ex...extravagant scheme.

We will turn it on him and let him
devise his own downfall.

Susy.

What are you doing?

If you are caught up here,
we'll both be dismissed.

Shall we walk out on Sunday?

You came up here just
to ask me that?

Just wanted to see you.

I wanted to...

I don't know...

I couldn't sleep.
I wanted to tell you...

Yes?

Yes, what? Tell me what?

Every day, I'm waiting
for Sunday to come,

so it's just me and you,
the whole day. Yes. Just us.

What did you want to tell me?

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have come up here.

I'll see you in the morning.

I think he just told me he loves me,

but I'm not quite sure.

As ever,
you are the first into work, Dudley.

Still not early enough
to arrive before you, Moray.

I've missed your jibes.

Don't worry,
I've been saving them up for you.

This is our chance, Dudley.

This is what we have worked for.

I thought I'd failed you.

I never doubted you. We start today.

Dudley, I wish to address the staff,
all of them, first thing.

I'll gather them together
before we open the doors.

Katherine may own The Paradise,
but she will never own me.

I don't know how long it will take
us, but this will be ours once more.

As of today, we will close the store.

Sam, put up a sign.

We all said you were bound
to kick things into life.

Close the door, that's the best
sales promotion I've ever heard(!)

Sam... I have a task especially
suited to your gifts, Sam.

Modelling fine suits? Charming the
daughters of the rich? Gossip.

See, we know you better
than you think we do.

When have I ever been known to
gossip? I heard you this morning,
in the yard,

saying Mr Moray is back,
all hell will break loose.

Word will travel across the city
that I've returned.

I need you to add to the ferment.
Embellish the story.

I'm not sure I know
how to embellish, sir.

While we are closed,
curiosity will grow.

I will stay out of sight
until we open, but when we do,

we must be ready to sell to everyone
who's come here to gawp.

Oh, and one more thing,
we have goods arriving today.

Let's fill up the store.
What goods, Mr Moray, sir?

The likes of which you've never
seen before, Arthur.

I think he means clean trousers,
Arthur.

Sorry, Mr Weston, Mrs Weston,
we're closed.

Under Mr Moray's instructions.

But of course, we're open for you,
sir.

You haven't answered my question.

I think that closing the store,
making the customers wait,

is a very clever notion.

Do not tease me, Denise.

If we were alone here at night,
I would get down onto my knee

and ask you like a gentleman,
but I am too impatient for that.

It's not the most
romantic of circumstances.

Then let me make it so.

I will never leave your side again.

I will sweep the streets if it means
I can stay here with you.

I want every living soul
in this city to know

that John Moray is the happiest man
who ever took breath.

If you say you'll marry me,

I promise you as much love
as a wife can bear.

Will you?

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Oh, excuse me,
I didn't mean to interrupt.

No. It's...it's fine, Clara.

What did you want?

Er, nothing that can't wait.

Please. What did you want to say?

Mr Weston has arrived
and found the store closed, sir.

He's none too happy.

Thank you, Clara.

Mr Moray, sir, Mr Weston.

Mr Weston.
I'm glad you've called in on us.

The store is closed. Indeed, indeed.

It is my intention, sir,
to create something of a splash,

to reopen with a fanfare...

You might have discussed such
a radical move with my wife and I.

For The Paradise to stand empty

might appear as if the whole
enterprise is floundering

at the very time of our return.

Then, let me offer my apologies, sir.

It was simply that
I wish to act decisively.

My staff are used to seeing me
run the business in that way

and the idea is, in part,
to buoy their confidence.

Mr Moray's experience,
especially after this last year,

will be sorely needed, Mr Weston.

On my travels, sir, I have gathered
all manner of exotica.

Exotica? Yes, yes. The most
delightful clothes, ornaments...

How amusing. Well, I hope it will be
more than amusing, sir.

Oh, what do I know about managing
a department store?

I've been a soldier all my life.

I understand nothing about...

..hosiery.

TOM CHUCKLES

My wife has come in to buy dresses.

Then, I must offer her my condolences
for her bereavement.

Oh, let the women be
with their trifles.

You have business to tend to, Moray.

And so do I.

This is the best part of the shop.

Why, Miss Gle...

Mrs Weston, we are fortunate
indeed to see you so well,

to see you back with us again
after, after your travels.

Flora and I have decided
we would like matching dresses.

Perhaps you could have us
measured up? Of course.

It is our honour to serve you
and our delight to see you.

May we congratulate you
on your marriage? A true blessing.

For anyone, all of us,
to find such a blessing.

To be so blessed.

Perhaps one of your girls?

Clara.

I wish to show no favouritism, but
Denise has always served me so well.

Yes, of course.

Denise?

Did you see him? There's nothing
in this world like Mr Moray.

You just have to look at him,
you know all will be well.

HE GRUNTS

Nathaniel, what is it?

There's work to do and the lads
are nowhere to be seen, that's all.

I wanted to make a good impression
on Mr Moray.

You will. Of course you will.

Mr Dudley's always saying you're
the best storeman ever there was.

If Mr Moray doesn't see it,
then I will tell him myself.

Flora's quite taken with you,
Denise.

She's a sweet girl, Ma'am.

One can never guess
at the turns of fate.

How could I imagine a year ago
I would be here now, like this,

a ten-year-old child under my care,
to love.

She will want to visit the store
regularly, I'm sure.

Will you look after her for me?

If that is what you want, Ma'am.

Denise, I must apologise to you.

To me, Ma'am? When we last spoke,
I...I was not quite myself.

The circumstances,
there was considerable confusion.

It was only when I admitted
to myself

that I could not possibly marry
Moray, that I did not love him,

that I realised that
I meant you no harm.

Do you see?

Yes, Ma'am. It was a ridiculous
notion

to believe that I could marry
a storekeeper.

To be at war with a shopgirl.

I am so glad to see that
you are still here with us.

Mama?

Yes, Flora, my darling?

There's enough stuff to fill
the store.

We shall do just that, Sam.

And there is a tale for every
treasure.

We will build up the fervour,
Moray is back -

how will he face the world
after such a scandal?

They will come to gape,
but they will stay to shop.

The price was agreed
with Lord Glendenning's agent.

But that was the value
when the store was in decline.

What I propose is to sell
The Paradise reinvigorated.

Is that why you brought
M-Moray back?

To squeeze a b-better
offer out of me?

It would be a weakling man

who did not seek a fair
price for his assets.

A businessman of your stature will
surely appreciate that, Mr Fenton.

Indeed.

And does Moray know
that you will toss him aside

when he has s-served your purpose?

Moray is my concern.

My employee.

What if matters do not
go as you plan, sir?

Have you considered that fortunes
may not improve?

Suppose Moray's return brings
disaster?

Will that then be reflected
in your valuation?

I see no reason to imagine
such an outcome.

The man is cavalier.

He has a reputation
for overconfidence.

You believe you have me in a bind.
I accept that.

But if Moray fails you,

then you will understand
if I return the favour.

You have no other buyers.

Should you sell to me today, I will
honour the price already agreed.

But if you gamble on Moray,

then you-you risk diminishing
the value of The Paradise.

Katherine.

Moray.

I thought it best we speak here.

Yes, of course. I understand.

I was sorry to hear
about your father.

He missed his home.

I think it took its toll on him.

Please, sit down.

Katherine, I'm grateful you have
permitted me to return...

You have been brought back to
restore the fortunes of an asset

my family now owns.

Yes, what I meant was...

I did not wish this moment to pass
without acknowledging how...

Really, Moray.....difficult...

..gallantry would be an unwelcome
touch of sentimentality

when there is no call for it.

I would not wish for things to be
any different than they are.

Then, I'm glad...

It was an audacious move
to close the store.

Well, I hope that it will be
to our benefit.

I have goods for a sale, all manner
of exotic, imported temptations,

and I want to make our customers wait
to see them, to feed their curiosity.

That is not the only thing you
want them to be curious about.

You wish also to play
on your own notoriety.

Then, let me apologise.

I seem unable to shake off
that part of me

which is no more than a vulgar
salesman.

Closing the doors to the store
has made my husband doubt you.

The sale must prove to him
that The Paradise

and you are a glittering success.

Miss Flora.

Can we go to The Paradise again,
Mama? I did love it so.

I'm glad to hear you are so taken
with the store, Flora.

And Denise. Can we see Denise again?

You are confident that your exotic
imports will return

The Paradise to its former glory?

I am.

They must. If you fail,
Tom will insist we sell.

Neither you nor I want
such an outcome, do we?

Mr Nathaniel, sir, I have saved a
nice piece of boiled bacon for you.

Unless you prefer the pie?

What I like best about him
is his manliness.

A man needs to be a man, doesn't he?

Did she just say there was more
boiled bacon when a moment ago
there was none?

Not for the likes of Sam, anyway.

No. No, it's his kindness.

I'll have the pie, please, Myrtle.
Let Sam have the bacon. Oh, no, no.

I'll have the pie.
No, his handsomeness I like best.

Cos if I had the bacon, I'd feel
like I'm having someone's leftovers.
I'll have the bacon!

There's only one thing better
than boiled bacon,

and that's more boiled bacon.

If I'd been out bloody front,
I'd have seen with my own two eyes

Lady Katherine Glendenning
in mourning

and married, brazen as the day
she was bare-arsed born.

All I get down here's the gossip.

If I was up top, I'd see the deeds.

Is there any wonder you are kept
out of sight, Myrtle?

Such coarseness and obscenity

might make you friends
after dark on a farmyard.

What is required in a department
store is a degree of humanity.

Perhaps you're right, Miss Audrey.

I did once enjoy an hour
under the moon with a cowman.

But I'll say this -

I am not so dry as a stick

that I would break in half if a man
so much as touched me.

Ma'am?

She must apologise to me
or I will not eat there ever again.

I expect she will apologise, Ma'am.

Myrtle begs pardon at least
ten times a day.

Yes, well, the woman infuriates me.

She is the living
epitome of lewdness and...

I love my work.

I face the same burden I have faced
since I was 18 years old.

If I marry, I will lose my position.
I cannot have both.

And I cannot decide.

Another hand? It's late.

You ought to be getting back.

I will not break, Edmund,
if you touch me.

Edmund...

..will you marry me?

Yes!

FLORA CLAPS

That's one...

Oh!

MAN PANTS

MAN MOANS

HE MOANS

HE PANTS

HE SOBS

I always know
when it is hurting you.

If you tell me when it burns,
I will comfort you.

Like the first night.

Is that what you want, my darling?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Susy, come and look at this.

Who's this man talking
with Nathaniel?

There's no-one there.

They were there.

Nathaniel and another man.

They seemed to be arguing.

Susy, is there something troubling
Nathaniel? He does seem agitated.

Has he spoken to you about anything?
Or have you seen anything?

No. Nothing. Nothing at all.
He is just as he always is.

There was just that
business in the yard.

What business in the yard?

Well, him, kicking at crates
and cursing.

Susy, when he came up here
to see you,

I could only see him from
the doorway, but there seemed

to be tears in his eyes, like
he was, I don't know, desperate.

You're scaring me, Denise.
Why are you talking like this?

Oh, I'm sorry, don't worry.

I'm sure it's nothing.

I think we must all be feeling
the strain a little.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

The Three Crowns is not The Three
Crowns without you there, Myrtle.

I thought I'd spare 'em my tongue
for one night.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

You're skulking around late,
Mr Nathaniel.

You'll be making Susy suspicious
you're up to no good.

I have lemon cake, Mr Nathaniel.

Lemon cake and tea at midnight
will give you a good night's rest.

THEY CHUCKLE

Pack it all tight together.
There is plenty more in the bays.

I want the place to feel crowded,
brimming with temptations.

WOMAN SCREAMS

It were a black thing,
huge and black, and...

and its tail were curled, curled up.
It was coming from a crate and...

And you're certain
that's what you saw?

It ran away so fast! It vanished!

If it's come out of one
of the boxes,

it's come all the way from China
or the likes. Thank you, Myrtle.

Scorpions are terrible poisonous.
They kill people. One sting,
you're dead.

Thank you, Myrtle.
I'm sure you have work to do.

It could be anywhere.
It could be in my kitchen.

It could be in the store. Myrtle!

That's enough.
But it's true, isn't it?

Well, we'll just have to find it.

How are we supposed to find
a creature that small?

We'll have to move everything.
Sam, have you seen Nathaniel?

He's probably in the yard
throwing his weight about.

No, he's not in the yard.
It's impossible, that's what.

Suppose we don't?
What about them out there?

We cannot open the store
until it is discovered.

We just have to find it.

I want it found.

I just don't want to be
the one who finds it.

Well, surely the creature would
not come all the way up the stairs
to Ladieswear?

I refuse to imagine such savagery
here amongst our refinement.

I don't think anybody's told
the scorpion he's not welcome.

Mr Weston, if I might have a word
with you, sir?

Er, a scorpion...

is in one of the crates in
the delivery. If a customer were...

If a customer were to get stung,
they would die.

Susy! Was Nathaniel with you
when you saw the scorpion?

I am glad he was there, otherwise,
I might have died of the fright.

Are you sure of what you saw?

I can see the thing still
in my mind.

I hope I never see the likes again.

You know what it means,
if we can't find it,

if we have to turn
those customers away,

it would cause so much damage
to our hopes.

But I saw it. Why do you doubt me?

Before you saw it, the way you were
talking, it sounded...

Did Nathaniel see it first?

Did he describe what he could see?

I don't know...he...he might
have...

Why does it matter? I saw it myself.

Clara...

where's Dudley? I can't find him
anywhere, nor Miss Audrey.

All the Heads of Department have
been summoned to your office.
Well, I didn't call them!

It was Mr Weston, sir.

Be careful of him, sir.

I do believe he'd cut a man
just to see him bleed.

Yes. Thank you, Clara.

Still looking out for you,
even if you don't want me to.

I feel the risk to the... Ah, Moray!

We were wondering when you might
join us.

Might I ask, what is the purpose
of this gathering?

We must call off the opening.

I will not permit one customer
to set foot through the door.

Mr Weston,
if we might speak privately...

I am sure that amongst
your many gifts, Moray,

you have the capacity to change.

At least have the courtesy
to sit down.

Sir, while we are here talking,

we could be out there
searching for the thing.

If we find it,
then we can still open today.

Is that your best hope?

If one customer sees
the damned creature,

it would be a disaster
for the val...

for the reputation of this place.

The customers are here.
We can't turn them away.

We cannot let them see us faltering.

I had all manner of foreign goods
shipped to the Bon Marche.

And yes, sometimes there were
beetles and bugs.

But my employers did not buckle

for fear a customer might
get a glimpse of nature.

I have ordered all the crates to be
removed from the loading bays.

A department store
is built on confidence.

That is what we need now!

Forgive my forthrightness, sir,
but what qualifies me to know

what is best for The Paradise
is my experience...

I have never so much
as bought a necktie.

If you're wondering
what qualifies me... I am!

I own The Paradise.

That is qualification enough.

I intend to sell
to the Fenton Brothers.

I will conclude my business
with them today,

before any further damage
can be done.

Nathaniel, I saw the money.

You saw nothing, Denise.
Let me get on with my work.

Please. I know that Susy loves you
and I believe that you love her.

I'm just trying to understand.

I saw you from my window,
Nathaniel, last night,

fighting with that man,
arguing with him.

You're too bloody clever,
that's what. You let me go.

Do you hear me? But it's you
that's got hold of her.

Why would you do this to all of us?

Have we not been friends to you
these past few months

since you came here?

I have done nothing wrong.

I know a lie when I see it
in a man's face.

It's because of what Susy
saw that the store is closed.

If she is wrong, do you see?
She's the one to blame.

I saw the creature! I saw it!

Nathaniel, whatever the reason,
could you do that to Susy?

But I saw it!

I saw it.

You didn't see anything, Susy.

I put it there.

I put it into your mind.

I took you on, gave you work,
and this is how you would repay me?

You would betray us? Is it true?

Have you been working
on the Fentons' behalf?

They told me it'd be a little
spying, no more. All I had to do was
a bit of spoiling.

But it's not a bit of spoiling,
is it?

You are out to ruin every
hope we have! I kept asking them,
"Can I leave now?"

But they told me they would expose
me if I didn't do what they'd asked.

So when the capes were spoiled,
I was sure it was all done.

The store was to be sold. They
brought Moray back and I panicked.

I didn't want to use you, Susy.

I didn't know what I was doing.

Be gone by the end of the day or
I'll have the constables after you.

Let's get the store ready.

We open in 15 minutes.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Let me show you our new silks,
ladies.

Look at the colours.

I had to travel miles and miles over
dangerous mountains to find these.

Magnificent, isn't it?

If you would like to follow me
to Ladieswear,

you can try on a dress so rare

that only an Empress of the
Qing Dynasty might wear it.

Heaven knows what the man
got up to in China.

Some of his tales I'd rather not
hear. I'm still young.

Now, was it four yards
you said you wanted, or was it six?

How are things in Ladieswear, Clara?

If I could get in through the door,
sir, I'd tell you.

Miss Audrey's doing fittings!

The last time Miss Audrey did
fittings, I was in short trousers.

See! Now that Mr Moray is back,
it will be like this every day.

I never saw anything so beautiful.

One day, it'll be me out there.

I must congratulate you, Mr Weston.

Would you take me for a pigeon,
Mr Fenton?

Would you pick my pocket?

Do you look at me and see
an easy mark? I lost.

I accept that. You can't b-blame
a man for trying.

I will pay your price.

Some men have little
forgiveness in them.

I'm a soldier - I have none.

I would not sell
a shoelace to you, sir.

If you do not leave my store,

I will personally remove you.

Would you leave without saying
goodbye to me?

Can't believe you'd want to hear
anything I've got to say.

Did you love me?

I love you now.

Why would you want to be
loved by a liar?

A man who betrayed
the trust given to him.

Write to me.

This is not the worst thing
I've done, Susy.

There were good reasons why
the Fenton Brothers chose me.

Write to me.

Katherine.

I must congratulate you, Moray.

The Paradise once more
responds to your touch.

Well, I hope we've proven
to your husband

that there's no need to sell the
store. Oh, I would not have let him
do that.

I can see you are glad to be back.
Mmmm.

That is understandable.

Would you like to see it
in a different colour?

You are my employer now, Katherine.

I will serve you as best I can.

I am certain you will.

After today, I've taken quite
a fancy to this place.

That doesn't surprise me, sir.

Moray is quite a man.

I'm pleased to hear he's earned
your respect, Mr Weston, sir.

HE CHUCKLES

Did they take his store
away from him?

Did Lord Glendenning banish
Moray from the city?

I'm just a shopgirl, sir.

I don't understand the plots
and intrigues of business.

What about the wedding?

What do people say?

That he called it off?

We might be poor, sir,
but we're not fools.

Your wife is the most beautiful
woman I've ever set eyes upon.

Everyone can see that.
She is rich beyond imagining.

Moray loves nothing better than
the thought of conquering this city.

He is made of ambition.

Why would a man like him not want
to marry Katherine Glendenning?

You and I are going to
get along splendidly, Clara.

I'm going to be about the business
of the store.

Come to me if you need...

..anything.

Mr Moray is buying you all
a drink tonight.

Ooh! Isn't it marvellous

how your thirst swells
when the bosses are buying?

Hey, I warned you about Nathaniel,
didn't I, Mr Dudley?

No, you didn't, Sam.

Well, I meant to. I warned you
though, didn't I, Denise?

Show a little consideration
for Susy, Sam.

Susy'll recover. Women have a hardy
constitution when it comes to men.

You know what girls do when they get
their heart broke by a bad fella?

BOTH: Oh! She looks for another one!

And hasn't Katherine Glendenning
found herself a gem?

I've a feeling Mr Weston
could make the devil blush.

Oh, she'll be a match for him,
fear not.

Hey, it's not what they do
to each other that bothers me,

it's what they'll do to us.

Oh, well, let's drink
to that then, eh?

Did you say it was free
drinks all night, Mr Dudley?

Because I think my thirst
has just overtaken Myrtle's.

Do you see, my love?

This is what I wrote to you about.

This is what I've been waiting for,
to be here with you again.

I could see you today,
across the store,

and I was thinking...

This is how it should be.

The Paradise bursting
with customers...

But at the same time thinking...

Longing for them all to go.

So we could have the place
to ourselves.

I thought they'd never leave.

So you see?

There could be no better time
for us to marry.

I do.

I do see that.

Does Katherine seem happy to you?

Why do you ask?

You said that's why she allowed you

to come back, back here, back to me,

because she has her own happiness
now.

Yes, in her own way,

she seems content.

She clearly adores the child.

You haven't answered my question.

Why has she brought you back?

John, I want the same as you do.
Course I do.

To be married. To be together.
Because I love you.

But if we do that,
think how Katherine might react.

She's not as accepting
as she would like us to believe.

Are we to deny ourselves the thing
we desire most because of her?

My love, you are here.

That is enough. For now.

We do not even know yet

how it might be possible to take
The Paradise back from her.

All of our efforts must go
into that.

We must tread carefully.

We must wait. Do you see?

We must wait.

Clemence! Moray, mon cher!

So did he write about her
in his letters then?

No, no, he didn't.

Darling, we will light up the skies.

HE MOANS

Jonas.

Get him inside.

If this was a trick,
we are not falling for it.

You're going to be safe now.

Having Jonas here can only
mean one thing for us...

danger.