The Unexpected Friend

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0:00:02 > 0:00:03Please, Nurse, pass this to Hetty for me.

0:00:03 > 0:00:05- Ida.- Don't you dare snitch.

0:00:05 > 0:00:07Nurse Winterson gave me a letter from Ida.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09Oh, I need to go and find her.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11Is there anybody out there the child knows?

0:00:11 > 0:00:14Allow me to introduce Miss Sarah Smith.

0:00:14 > 0:00:16Sarah's eagerness and her charitable

0:00:16 > 0:00:20work make her the ideal choice to act as governor.

0:00:20 > 0:00:22Where did you find this?

0:00:22 > 0:00:23- Harriet.- Leave me alone!

0:00:23 > 0:00:25- It's my money.- Oi!

0:00:25 > 0:00:28I just saved you from Mr Grace's gang and that's the thanks I get?

0:00:28 > 0:00:30I want Feather taken care of.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33- Leave it to me. - The name's Sissy, by the way.

0:00:44 > 0:00:46DOOR OPENS

0:00:57 > 0:00:59Sissy, Sissy.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02It's just my father.

0:01:08 > 0:01:10SHE COUGHS

0:01:11 > 0:01:13Is he back, Sissy?

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Shh. Lil, go back to sleep.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18I can't.

0:01:20 > 0:01:22It's all right. Have some water.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32Shh. It's all right.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40Once there was a little girl who wasn't too well,

0:01:40 > 0:01:43but in her mind she could be anywhere she wanted.

0:01:46 > 0:01:52Right now she was on a beautiful ship, sailing to a far-off land,

0:01:52 > 0:01:54with the warm sun on her face,

0:01:54 > 0:01:58and the wind blowing through her hair.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13I wasn't far from the safety of the Foundling Hospital,

0:02:13 > 0:02:18yet I was a world away from my friends and everything I knew,

0:02:18 > 0:02:20but I had a new friend to help me...

0:02:23 > 0:02:26..and tomorrow I was going to find my mother again.

0:02:58 > 0:03:01Mr Cranbourne. I was just coming to find you.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04- In you go, boys. - Evidence on Feather.

0:03:04 > 0:03:06This was found late last night.

0:03:09 > 0:03:10From her mother.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15- How did you come by this? - According to Sheila Ormsby,

0:03:15 > 0:03:18Harriet had it all along, and I'm about to deal with her.

0:03:18 > 0:03:22Matron, now we know where to find her, I shall inform the constable.

0:03:22 > 0:03:23No.

0:03:23 > 0:03:27I came by the evidence. And anyway, Colonel Brigwell and Miss Smith

0:03:27 > 0:03:29will be very keen to hear from me.

0:03:29 > 0:03:31Indeed, I'm sure they will.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34After all, these unruly girls are your responsibility, are they not?

0:03:41 > 0:03:44If we're ill in the Foundling Hospital,

0:03:44 > 0:03:45we get sent to the infirmary.

0:03:45 > 0:03:47Doctors cost money.

0:03:49 > 0:03:51Sissy says we can't afford it.

0:03:53 > 0:03:56I wish my mother could look after me.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00I wish I could bring her back from heaven.

0:04:01 > 0:04:04I miss her.

0:04:04 > 0:04:06And she misses you too.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10And she'll look down on you

0:04:10 > 0:04:13with her beautiful white angel wings.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'll be an angel soon too.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18That's enough now, Lil.

0:04:18 > 0:04:22I'll bring back warm potatoes if I earn enough.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27Best be moving, then.

0:04:27 > 0:04:32Sound of the church bells, near the city, and she can see the river too?

0:04:32 > 0:04:34That's what it said in the letter.

0:04:34 > 0:04:36We need the Ludgate Workhouse, then.

0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Get well, Lil.- Good luck, Hetty.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Harriet Summers.

0:04:52 > 0:04:55Matron's office, quickly.

0:05:01 > 0:05:04Wasn't it enough to give Matron the letter?

0:05:04 > 0:05:07You snitched on Harriet, too.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09At least I'll have a decent future.

0:05:09 > 0:05:13Cook's head kitchen maid. What will you have?

0:05:19 > 0:05:21Her name's Ida Battersea, she's my mother.

0:05:21 > 0:05:23That name's familiar.

0:05:23 > 0:05:25Ida Battersea...

0:05:25 > 0:05:27Told you this was the place.

0:05:27 > 0:05:28What? She's here?

0:05:28 > 0:05:32She was. Left for dutiful employment yesterday.

0:05:32 > 0:05:35No, she can't have.

0:05:35 > 0:05:37Afraid so.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40That's why I knew the name - my good lady wife helped arrange it.

0:05:40 > 0:05:43A well-to-do household up in Highgate somewhere.

0:05:43 > 0:05:45Highgate? Where's that?

0:05:45 > 0:05:47Or was it Hampstead? No, it was definitely Highgate, cos I

0:05:47 > 0:05:50remember thinking it's where my wife's cousin got kicked to death by

0:05:50 > 0:05:53- a birthing cow at the Turnpike. - All right.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55So whereabouts in Highgate?

0:05:55 > 0:05:56Do you have Ida's address?

0:05:56 > 0:06:00Oh, I don't have details like that, I'm afraid. No one tells me nothing.

0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Thanks anyway. - Well, best of luck to you.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05She's a nice lady, Ida - from what I remember, anyways.

0:06:06 > 0:06:09So, how I supposed to find her now?

0:06:09 > 0:06:11Help me sell a few flowers.

0:06:11 > 0:06:12We'll save up for the omnibus.

0:06:12 > 0:06:15I can't take your money. You need it to help Lil.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17You'd best sell double, then.

0:06:17 > 0:06:19- WOMAN:- All right, stop it! Stop that right now

0:06:19 > 0:06:21or I'll clip you round the ear.

0:06:24 > 0:06:25You found it?

0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Yes, Matron.- It wasn't handed to you by a child?

0:06:29 > 0:06:31Or a member of staff perhaps?

0:06:31 > 0:06:32No, Matron.

0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Matron...- I found it in the yard near the railings.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40It must have blown in.

0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Nurse.- Well, that's certainly possible.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46It's... The yard does get quite blustery.

0:06:50 > 0:06:55Your good friend, just a child on her own, on the streets...

0:06:56 > 0:06:59My question is, Harriet, why did you not tell us about this sooner?

0:07:01 > 0:07:04- You could have helped us help Hetty. - There was nothing to tell.

0:07:04 > 0:07:06I don't read other people's letters.

0:07:06 > 0:07:08I've been trained far too well.

0:07:08 > 0:07:10Really?

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Please, Matron, I would never throw away my chances

0:07:15 > 0:07:16of working for Lady Asquith.

0:07:16 > 0:07:19Oh, well, that's a pity, because once this debacle is over,

0:07:19 > 0:07:22Lady Asquith will hear of the whole thing.

0:07:22 > 0:07:23Your position will be no more.

0:07:23 > 0:07:25No, Matron, please.

0:07:25 > 0:07:27Kitchen duty alongside Sheila.

0:07:27 > 0:07:29Certainly, Matron.

0:07:34 > 0:07:35Harriet.

0:07:42 > 0:07:45- WOMAN:- All right? Look where you're going.

0:07:45 > 0:07:47Look where you're going, dear.

0:07:47 > 0:07:50Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for a certain resident of yours,

0:07:50 > 0:07:52a Miss Ida Battersea.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55Oh, not another one. What is it with this Ida Battersea all of a sudden?

0:07:55 > 0:07:57Why? Has a young girl been here?

0:07:57 > 0:07:58Ida's daughter.

0:07:58 > 0:08:01I was supposed to accompany her on her search.

0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'm a friend of the family. Do you know where the girl was heading?

0:08:04 > 0:08:07Well, Ida's up in Hampstead these days.

0:08:07 > 0:08:10No, Highgate... It's where the wife's cousin got trampled.

0:08:10 > 0:08:11Oh, that was a tragedy.

0:08:11 > 0:08:14Anyway, Ida's got a nice little job in service by all accounts.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17- What's Ida's address? - Oh, can't help you there, sir.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21No-one tells me nothing. Can't think why.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24But they both seemed pretty keen to find her.

0:08:24 > 0:08:27Both? Who was she with?

0:08:27 > 0:08:30Some flower seller. They was hoping to make enough for the omnibus.

0:08:30 > 0:08:32Shilling a ride, they'll be lucky.

0:08:34 > 0:08:35Wishing you well.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43So it seems Hetty Feather is on the trail of her mother,

0:08:43 > 0:08:45as suggested by Nurse Winterson.

0:08:45 > 0:08:48And a most astute suggestion it was, Nurse.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51Is there anything of interest there, Constable?

0:08:51 > 0:08:55No. No hidden indentations or invisible code, as far as I can see.

0:08:55 > 0:08:57A letter from a former kitchen maid?

0:08:57 > 0:09:00I hardly think she's capable of writing in code.

0:09:00 > 0:09:02Maybe not.

0:09:02 > 0:09:05But the place she is describing, I know it well.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08- It's close to Ludgate, near to the river.- How fortuitous.

0:09:08 > 0:09:11Our refuge is in the same area.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13I can ask about, too.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15Well, as the constable would tell you, Miss Smith,

0:09:15 > 0:09:17- there really is no need. - I absolutely agree.

0:09:17 > 0:09:21Not at all. Anyone familiar with the area is a great benefit.

0:09:21 > 0:09:22What about those not familiar?

0:09:22 > 0:09:25Perhaps if we had a map, we could help too.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well, we must not be distracted from those still in our care.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30Yes, Mr Cranbourne.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33I'll pass on the information and start my search at once.

0:09:33 > 0:09:35I shall waste no time either.

0:09:35 > 0:09:38I have no doubt. Shall we?

0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Best of luck.- Thank you, Matron.

0:09:44 > 0:09:46Thank you, Mr Cranbourne.

0:09:46 > 0:09:50Allow me, Constable. You might not find your way under that hat.

0:09:50 > 0:09:53Actually, I believe Nurse Winterson is going that way herself.

0:09:58 > 0:10:02Constable, if I'd had any information as to where Hetty was,

0:10:02 > 0:10:04I would have told Matron at once.

0:10:04 > 0:10:08No, no, no, no, you've been a tremendous help, Nurse.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11Your insight, your kind heart...

0:10:14 > 0:10:15We will find her.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18- I bid you good day.- And to you.

0:10:22 > 0:10:24A penny each for looking.

0:10:24 > 0:10:27A shilling reward if anyone finds her.

0:10:27 > 0:10:32Her name's Hetty. She's wearing a brown frock - her foundling uniform.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34She's hanging about with a flower seller.

0:10:34 > 0:10:36Hold on, we saw them yesterday.

0:10:36 > 0:10:38Yeah, the flower seller, she works on our patch.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41- She's a bigmouth.- You saw her?

0:10:41 > 0:10:44Yes, Mr Brumsden, but we didn't know you wanted her.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46So we robbed their pennies and legged it instead.

0:10:46 > 0:10:48We'll have to be clever, then.

0:10:48 > 0:10:50You three stay local.

0:10:50 > 0:10:53You two head up to Highgate, where the mother's in service.

0:10:53 > 0:10:58The girl might be looking there. If we see her, we'll nab her.

0:10:58 > 0:11:00Fetch her to me.

0:11:00 > 0:11:03Straight to Mr Grace's den.

0:11:03 > 0:11:05I'll look around this patch myself.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08And if anyone asks, you've not seen me or met me.

0:11:09 > 0:11:10Go on.

0:11:15 > 0:11:18- Posy for you, sir?- No. Go away. - Oi! No need to be rude!

0:11:21 > 0:11:22Sissy, I'm no good at this.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24You spun our Lil a good tale -

0:11:24 > 0:11:27why not do the same thing for selling posies?

0:11:27 > 0:11:29Go on.

0:11:29 > 0:11:30Posy for you, Madam?

0:11:30 > 0:11:34They bring love, and luck too - a lady in the circus taught me that.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37All right. Thanks.

0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Posies!- And nosegays! - Posies and nosegays!

0:11:44 > 0:11:46Hey, you take skin off carrots, not keep it on.

0:11:48 > 0:11:51And, Sheila, you're in charge of lunch service today.

0:11:53 > 0:11:55So I want them peeled properly.

0:11:55 > 0:11:57I don't want to see you, let alone speak to you.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00Now Matron knows where Hetty is, she'll be back soon.

0:12:00 > 0:12:02You should be thanking me.

0:12:02 > 0:12:06For what? I've just lost my place at Lady Asquith's because of you,

0:12:06 > 0:12:10and here you are lording it in the kitchen like a mini Matron.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12You don't deserve a job.

0:12:12 > 0:12:13Over here, Sheila.

0:12:18 > 0:12:21Now, we've got some beetroot here and some cabbage...

0:12:21 > 0:12:22The beetroot, that needs to be boiled.

0:12:22 > 0:12:25The cabbage needs to be washed and then chopped and sliced.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27And this is rosemary - it goes really well

0:12:27 > 0:12:30with the lamb, so that needs to go in the lamb stew.

0:12:33 > 0:12:37The red bring true love, while the pretty pink bring untold fortune.

0:12:43 > 0:12:45This way you'll soon have enough for the omnibus.

0:12:45 > 0:12:47Posies and nosegays!

0:12:47 > 0:12:49Beautiful flowers!

0:12:49 > 0:12:52Right here. Right here.

0:12:52 > 0:12:54Hetty, quick!

0:13:06 > 0:13:08What did that lot want with me this time?

0:13:08 > 0:13:11Who cares? All clear.

0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Very smart.- Good for selling.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17Posies and nosegays!

0:13:17 > 0:13:20Fresh smell of country cottage!

0:13:20 > 0:13:22Come get your flowers.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25Posies and nosegays.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27Excuse me.

0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Young lady. - Care for some flowers, Madam?

0:13:30 > 0:13:32Tell me what you have.

0:13:32 > 0:13:35Well, these little ones bring youth and prosperity.

0:13:35 > 0:13:39Not that you need it. A lady in the circus taught me all about flowers.

0:13:39 > 0:13:42- That's where I used to live. - In a circus?

0:13:42 > 0:13:44How intriguing.

0:13:44 > 0:13:48I was happy at the circus, but then a cruel harridan

0:13:48 > 0:13:52called Bertha Bottomsup came and snatched me away.

0:13:52 > 0:13:57Such a fascinating tale, it's almost beyond belief, and I should know.

0:13:57 > 0:14:00- I'm a writer myself. - A real writer?

0:14:00 > 0:14:04In fact, I'd like to hear more about your life

0:14:04 > 0:14:07- for a story I'm working on. - Posies and nosegays!- Sissy.

0:14:08 > 0:14:12- What's all this about? - My name is Miss Sarah Smith.

0:14:12 > 0:14:15And I'm Sapphire, Sapphire Battersea.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Sapphire what?- And this is Sissy.

0:14:17 > 0:14:21Then why don't you both tell me all about yourselves?

0:14:21 > 0:14:23I'll give you a penny for your time.

0:14:23 > 0:14:25A penny to talk?

0:14:25 > 0:14:27We'll soon have enough to get to Highgate.

0:14:27 > 0:14:29That's where my mother's in service. Her name's Ida.

0:14:34 > 0:14:37Line-up, boys. No dawdling, please.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40You're serving the boys luncheon? To what do we owe the pleasure?

0:14:40 > 0:14:43It's my first one in charge. Didn't you know I'm becoming staff.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47She'll be just as bad as Matron.

0:14:47 > 0:14:49What did you say?

0:14:49 > 0:14:52I'm sure your stew will be just as nice as cook's.

0:14:52 > 0:14:54No, no, it's cold.

0:14:54 > 0:14:55That's disgusting.

0:14:55 > 0:14:58There's a barrel of salt in here.

0:14:58 > 0:14:59My mutton stew's perfect.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01I made it myself.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Ugh! Who did this?

0:15:08 > 0:15:10Someone ruined my stew!

0:15:10 > 0:15:14You did. You're a snitch and you can't cook.

0:15:14 > 0:15:16At least I've got a job, which is

0:15:16 > 0:15:18more than can be said for some people.

0:15:21 > 0:15:23Oh, didn't you know?

0:15:23 > 0:15:25She hid Hetty's letter.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27Now she's not going to Lady Asquith's anymore.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30Harriet's lost her future because of you?

0:15:33 > 0:15:35This is payback, Ormsby.

0:15:38 > 0:15:39What is going on?!

0:15:41 > 0:15:43Sheila, come.

0:15:43 > 0:15:48Come on. Harriet, take over.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53Mathias Grigg, Matron's office now.

0:15:56 > 0:16:00Mathias, I don't need you to fight my battles for me.

0:16:05 > 0:16:07You look really pretty when you're angry.

0:16:07 > 0:16:09SNIGGERING

0:16:09 > 0:16:13You need to get her alone and tell her how you feel.

0:16:13 > 0:16:15Good plan.

0:16:15 > 0:16:17Sissy's little sister's poorly.

0:16:17 > 0:16:20They can't even afford a proper meal, let alone a doctor,

0:16:20 > 0:16:23so Lil just lies there in the cold and the dark.

0:16:23 > 0:16:27And once Sissy's sold her posies, that's where she calls home -

0:16:27 > 0:16:29a horrible room with no-one to care for her.

0:16:29 > 0:16:30Have you quite finished?

0:16:30 > 0:16:32Sissy, it's not fair.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34Indeed it isn't.

0:16:34 > 0:16:36I work closely with a charity

0:16:36 > 0:16:40- which runs a refuge for girls like you, Sissy.- Me?

0:16:40 > 0:16:43I don't need help. I look after my family.

0:16:43 > 0:16:46But who looks after you?

0:16:46 > 0:16:50Come to this address at any time, my dear.

0:16:50 > 0:16:54We can feed you, clothe you and teach you.

0:16:54 > 0:16:57All children should be cared for.

0:16:57 > 0:16:59Why just me? What about her?

0:16:59 > 0:17:02I'll look after her too.

0:17:02 > 0:17:06You would make a most excellent writer.

0:17:06 > 0:17:10I write my own journals, or I did before I ran away,

0:17:10 > 0:17:13- but that's another story. - And one I'd like to hear,

0:17:13 > 0:17:19for I rather suspect that the story you told me before is fiction from

0:17:19 > 0:17:22- beginning to end. - What do you mean?

0:17:22 > 0:17:25She means she knows you're telling a pack of lies.

0:17:27 > 0:17:29It's Hetty, isn't it?

0:17:29 > 0:17:31Not Sapphire.

0:17:31 > 0:17:33How do you know that?

0:17:33 > 0:17:38I recognised you by your Foundling uniform at once.

0:17:38 > 0:17:41I'm the new governor of the hospital.

0:17:41 > 0:17:43You tricked me.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46The police are looking for you, Hetty.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48You don't belong here.

0:17:48 > 0:17:50I'm not going back there. You can't make me.

0:17:59 > 0:18:01Hetty Feather!

0:18:03 > 0:18:05Don't be alarmed, my dear.

0:18:05 > 0:18:08I've told you, I'm not going back there.

0:18:08 > 0:18:12I know you don't want to go back, but Miss Smith is right.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14Think about it, Hetty,

0:18:14 > 0:18:17- you can't sell my flowers forever. - Cab!

0:18:17 > 0:18:19And the streets aren't a place for a girl like you.

0:18:19 > 0:18:23She's right, young lady. You can go the easy way,

0:18:23 > 0:18:26or you can go the hard way, walking back with me.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29Both lead back to the Foundling Hospital.

0:18:32 > 0:18:34This way, Miss Smith.

0:18:40 > 0:18:43Use this to get Lil a doctor, and look after yourself.

0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Bye, Hetty.- Bye, Sissy.

0:18:48 > 0:18:50See you around, Sapphire!

0:18:56 > 0:18:59I am sorry, my dear, but there are

0:18:59 > 0:19:01some rules which must be obeyed,

0:19:01 > 0:19:04for your own safety.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06But I won't be safe there.

0:19:06 > 0:19:09Matron will put me in detention for this and she'll send me to a mill

0:19:09 > 0:19:12somewhere. I'll never see Ida again.

0:19:12 > 0:19:16Do you know the punishment your behaviour warrants?

0:19:16 > 0:19:18I only did what Sheila deserved, Matron.

0:19:18 > 0:19:20You're answering back now? That is another black mark.

0:19:20 > 0:19:23But she's messed up everything for Harriet.

0:19:23 > 0:19:26Sheila's information was vital in our search for Hetty.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31Which leaves me with only one choice.

0:19:33 > 0:19:37Find out who smuggled in that letter to the hospital and I will make sure

0:19:37 > 0:19:40that Harriet keeps her job with the Asquiths.

0:19:50 > 0:19:52Harriet...

0:19:54 > 0:19:56The Matron's offered me a deal.

0:19:59 > 0:20:02If I tell her who gave you Ida's letter,

0:20:02 > 0:20:04you get to keep your job at the Asquiths'.

0:20:04 > 0:20:06What will you do?

0:20:06 > 0:20:09It's up to you. You can fight your own battles.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14Whether you choose to tell on Nurse Winterson or not,

0:20:14 > 0:20:15I'll be here if you need me.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17Tell on Nurse Winterson?

0:20:17 > 0:20:20I'd rather work in a scullery all my life.

0:20:41 > 0:20:42Please, Miss Smith, let me go.

0:20:42 > 0:20:45Finding your mother could ruin everything.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48But she sent me a letter. She wants to be with me.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53If her employers found out she had an illegitimate child,

0:20:53 > 0:20:54she would lose her job.

0:20:54 > 0:20:56Please, Miss Smith. Please!

0:20:56 > 0:21:02Hetty, this is where you belong and where you must return.

0:21:08 > 0:21:10KNOCKING Come in.

0:21:10 > 0:21:12Our worries are over, Matron.

0:21:12 > 0:21:15Please excuse us unannounced, Matron.

0:21:15 > 0:21:17Wherever was she found?

0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Not in the hands of a street gang, I hope.- Matron...

0:21:22 > 0:21:25- Far worse.- Worse?

0:21:25 > 0:21:29Never in my life have I seen a child

0:21:29 > 0:21:33held in such shocking circumstances.

0:21:33 > 0:21:38Once Hetty discovered her mother was no longer at the workhouse, she,

0:21:38 > 0:21:41of course, planned to return.

0:21:41 > 0:21:46She wandered back through Regent's Park,

0:21:46 > 0:21:50and there she was captured by a band of brigands,

0:21:50 > 0:21:54who smuggled her into an attic...

0:21:55 > 0:22:01..where they intended to ship her overseas.

0:22:02 > 0:22:04I see.

0:22:04 > 0:22:07I heard her screams among the slum

0:22:07 > 0:22:10dwellings, and I rescued her.

0:22:11 > 0:22:14She begged to be brought back, Matron.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16She was most afraid.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21Scared for my life, Matron.

0:22:21 > 0:22:24And a child who has suffered such trauma...

0:22:25 > 0:22:28..mustn't be confined

0:22:28 > 0:22:31or left alone in the dark.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35Punishment is not the way forward.

0:22:35 > 0:22:37Punishment? Never.

0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Nurse.- Constable.

0:22:44 > 0:22:47Is it... Is it true that Hetty Feather's back?

0:22:47 > 0:22:50Safe and well. Yes, it's most excellent news.

0:22:50 > 0:22:54So, what happened? Did you fight off them ruffians in the workhouse with

0:22:54 > 0:22:56- your bare hands? - Well, I have to admit...

0:22:56 > 0:22:58You're so brave.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01I have to admit it was Miss Smith who found her.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03Without her assistance, I don't know how it would have turned out.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07You're still my hero.

0:23:07 > 0:23:10- Nurse Macclesfield, boys' dorm immediately.- Oh.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17Well, thank you for your help, Constable.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20Nurse, I owe you thanks, too.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25And if it's to your pleasing,

0:23:25 > 0:23:28maybe I could call again and check all is well.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30I really don't think there will be any need.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34It would be most appreciated by the governors and Matron.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37I hope to see you again soon, Constable.

0:23:39 > 0:23:42Yes, well, we really are very busy here, so, if you wouldn't mind,

0:23:42 > 0:23:44I shall escort you out.

0:23:54 > 0:23:55Now's your chance.

0:23:55 > 0:23:58Cupid, do your magic.

0:23:58 > 0:23:59Harriet...

0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Good news at last.- She's back?

0:24:03 > 0:24:05I'm sorry about everything.

0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Friends?- Always.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10Who cares about a silly job?

0:24:17 > 0:24:19Mathias Grigg!

0:24:19 > 0:24:20Get in.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28To be honest, she's not really your type.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31She's too tall.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33Boys!

0:24:43 > 0:24:44Hetty!

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Sit.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54Harriet, report to my office tomorrow.

0:24:54 > 0:24:56Why? What's Harriet done?

0:24:56 > 0:25:00Harriet withheld information as to your whereabouts.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03For such dishonesty, she will lose her position with Lady Asquith,

0:25:03 > 0:25:05unless she reveals how she came by the letter.

0:25:05 > 0:25:08Ida pushed it through the gate.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10I picked it up

0:25:10 > 0:25:11but it blew away.

0:25:11 > 0:25:14Then I found it, just like I told you, Matron.

0:25:14 > 0:25:20Really? In that case, the girl's position should stand.

0:25:20 > 0:25:23May I write to Lady Asquith myself

0:25:23 > 0:25:27and assure her of Harriet's character?

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Our families are great friends.

0:25:29 > 0:25:30Thank you, Miss Smith.

0:25:32 > 0:25:34How very kind.

0:25:34 > 0:25:35Shall we?

0:25:40 > 0:25:42Well, did you find her?

0:25:42 > 0:25:43Tell us everything.

0:25:43 > 0:25:45What happened?

0:25:45 > 0:25:47Elizabeth, don't be nice to me.

0:25:47 > 0:25:49It doesn't suit you.

0:25:49 > 0:25:53Don't worry, Feather. Now you're back, we'll be just as mean as ever.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57How did Matron find out about the letter?

0:25:59 > 0:26:01Sheila.

0:26:01 > 0:26:04What? You didn't really think I wouldn't snitch, did you?

0:26:08 > 0:26:10Welcome back, Hetty.

0:26:12 > 0:26:16I'm so pleased that you're here where I can keep my eye on you.

0:26:16 > 0:26:18You'll be safe with me.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28I was back. Nothing had changed.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31Sheila was still a snitch and Matron was still a threat.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38Today was full of surprises.

0:26:40 > 0:26:43I'd expected to find Ida and hadn't.

0:26:43 > 0:26:47I thought I'd never come back to the hospital, and here I was.

0:26:47 > 0:26:50But the person I thought was an enemy

0:26:50 > 0:26:53turned out to be a friend,

0:26:53 > 0:26:54and a writer.

0:26:56 > 0:26:58With Miss Smith on my side,

0:26:58 > 0:27:02I would be able to face whatever Matron had planned for me.

0:27:05 > 0:27:07One of Mr Grace's girls has escaped.

0:27:09 > 0:27:11Well, I saw you sneaking around last night.

0:27:11 > 0:27:12She told me you were a snitch.

0:27:12 > 0:27:15She has the book. It's got dirt on everyone.

0:27:15 > 0:27:16If she is here, I will find her.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19The constable's here. If he finds Jess with all of these stolen goods,

0:27:19 > 0:27:21she can go to prison.

0:27:21 > 0:27:23I told you they were up to something.

0:27:23 > 0:27:25- Where is she? I know she's here. - Is there a problem, Matron?

0:27:25 > 0:27:27Nothing unusual around here today?

0:27:27 > 0:27:29Run. Jess, just run!