0:01:14 > 0:01:20'So now we are here. I, Captain Jacques St Ives of Napoleon's Hussars,
0:01:20 > 0:01:28'who has lost his family to the revolution, will not lose the opportunity of a splendid night out.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35'Paris is a place of duels, wine and women. It is said any hussar not dead by 30 is a blackguard.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'Today I'm 34 and living, it seems, on borrowed time.'
0:01:40 > 0:01:43At last! Now we can get drunk.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Francois, if you knew how much I dislike back-slapping...
0:01:47 > 0:01:52I do. That's why I do it. Not so fast, monsieur.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58- I am Capitaine Robert Coupelain of the Paris Guard. - My condolences, Capitaine.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02You have insulted me! I demand satisfaction.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08We'll meet at dawn in le Bois de Boulogne.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10You have choice of weapons.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Pistols.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Your name, monsieur? I demand to know your name.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27- Le Vicomte Jacques de Keroual de St Ives.- And he fears no-one(!)
0:02:31 > 0:02:37- This is fast becoming a full-time occupation.- What is, Francois?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Being your second.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- Do you think he'd accept an abject apology?- No.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00You told him I'm with child?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05He was unmoved. If you are killed, I shall never speak to you again.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I understand.
0:03:08 > 0:03:14You each have one shot. Whatever the result, honour will be deemed to be satisfied.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Take care. They may be loaded.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Ten paces, gentlemen.
0:03:22 > 0:03:241...2...
0:03:24 > 0:03:273...4...5...
0:03:27 > 0:03:306...7...8...
0:03:30 > 0:03:329...10.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Gentlemen, I shall say "ready" and then count to three.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45< Fire at any time between one and three.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Are you ready? >
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Ready!
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- If you die, may I have your boots? - You may...and my debts.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Ready!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02< 1...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05..2...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11< 3!
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Honour has been satisfied.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28< Let us now consider the matter settled.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Kill him.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Here!
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- You're lucky it's just a flesh wound. - Come on, I'm late.- Late? What for?
0:05:02 > 0:05:07..No, Jacques, that fellow's friend will be looking for you everywhere.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Let him. Remember my family motto. - No.- You're a plebeian.
0:05:11 > 0:05:19- That remark is beneath you.- A position shortly to be occupied by the singer.- Wit(!) You're jealous.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- What is there to be jealous about? Her eyes so full of fire... - Beauty is skin-deep.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30That's it. I cannot love a man who loves a cliche.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Le Vicomte Jacques de St Ives at your service.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- You are wounded.- It's nothing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52It seems I'm breakfasting with the most infamous man in Paris.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58- You'd think Paris would have something better to talk about.- Capitaine de St Ives?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Pistols. Le Bois de Boulogne at dawn tomorrow.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17So, monsieur, you are a vicomte, and yet you serve Napoleon?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I like the uniform.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Capitaine de St Ives?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Sabres. Bois de Boulogne. 8am.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And is Monsieur le Vicomte a rich man?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43At the moment, I am the richest man in Paris.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47..The earliest I can accommodate you is 9am.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57- I'd hoped that we might find some time together tomorrow, but you are engaged.- Today?
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- I have a matinee.- And after? - An evening performance.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- After that?- A prior engagement... - Ah?- ..which cannot be broken.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Wednesday, we perform at Versailles. - And I return to the battlefield.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- It must be tomorrow morning. - I can be with you by ten.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Capitaine de St Ives?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- I demand you grant me satisfaction. - Can you make 9.15?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Noon or you're a disgrace to your uniform and France.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- Only officers can fight duels? - Officers of the same rank, yes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Good. I wouldn't like to wait in line behind an entire regiment.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Noon.
0:07:47 > 0:07:54Mademoiselle, forgive me for what I am about to do. I have our best interests at heart.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- Something I've said?- Yes. I'll pay my respects first thing tomorrow.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03At what time do you rise?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- As soon as I wake. - Until tomorrow, then.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Capitaine de St Ives requesting demotion, sir.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37You are a liar and a cheat, a drunkard and a disgrace.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42A hot-headed, hot-blooded Casanova.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48A useless, feckless, worthless hobbledehoy.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Have you nothing to say for yourself?
0:08:51 > 0:08:56A good-for-nothing blackguard and a slubberdegullion.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Colonel, may I say...?- You may not.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05St Ives, you marched in here a captain of hussars. You will march out a private.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08A what?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- A private.- There's some mistake.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- Reduced in rank, of course, but reduced TO the ranks...?- No mistake.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19A private in the infantry.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23The infantry.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Take him away and find him a particularly itchy uniform.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Fusilier Jacques St Ives reporting for duty.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Well, the uniform has changed.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49The man beneath remains the same.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I do hope so.
0:10:09 > 0:10:15May I offer some small compensation for the sacrifices you've made?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17You may.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25En avance!
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Was it worth it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52'It was worth it.'
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- Was it worth it?- It was worth it.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13SNORING
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- Wake up, Francois.- What is it? - Come with me.- Hm?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Corporal Harry! >
0:11:27 > 0:11:32British soldiers. There can't be more than 200 of them.
0:11:32 > 0:11:39- You and I will take them prisoner. - Good idea. You surround them, I'll go back to bed.- We'll be heroes.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- Will they write songs about us?- Yes. You will recommend my reinstatement.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- You concede it was not worth it? - I do no such thing.- Same old...
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Ah-h-h-h!
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Bonjour, messieurs.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17There's your place. Make yourself at home.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I did not expect to be incarcerated in a toy shop.
0:13:32 > 0:13:39The jail is open to the public each Saturday. They jabber like monkeys but pay good money for our toys.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Let's see what you can do.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- BELL RINGS - Open up.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- Major Chevening. - Ah, Miss Gilchrist, you're here.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21Welcome. I'm so glad you were able to... And that you managed to persuade your niece...
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- She took no persuading. Did you, Flora?- Good. Good. Good.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29This way, ladies. The guided tour.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Some of the work is, I think you'll agree, quite exquisite.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02- May I see what you have made?- Alas, mademoiselle, I am no craftsman.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06You may call this a box if you are very indulgent.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- And this?- My coat of arms.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16- Do you suffer in your captivity, monsieur?- Really, Flora!
0:15:17 > 0:15:25What am I to say? If you were carried from this country of moors, rocks, streams, winds and rain,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28would you not regret, do you think?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31You speak perfect English, monsieur.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34As a child, I had an English tutor.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- I should like to purchase your carving.- It is not for sale.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42But please do accept it as a gift.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48My niece cannot accept a gift, monsieur.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Then allow me.- Thank you, Major.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01You have a great many initials, monsieur.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- Jacques de Keroual de St Ives at your service.- Flora!
0:16:06 > 0:16:10The major wishes to show us his gun emplacement.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23< RIPPING
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I was a rope maker before I was a sailor.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35You intend to use that to escape?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- How long is it?- Ten fathoms.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- And the wall?- The same. - On the other side?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58It's a brave man who goes first.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05- You're volunteering? - A recent wound makes it impossible for me to do anything suicidal.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07DOOR SLAMS
0:17:34 > 0:17:37CLOCK CHIMES
0:17:49 > 0:17:52KNOCK AT DOOR
0:18:03 > 0:18:07I am of the opinion that you are a gentleman.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I'm a soldier, nothing more.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Have you seen much action?- Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18This is not a romantic posting,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23not like leading a battalion into battle in close order.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28People get killed doing that, Major. You're better off here.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34The fact remains this is not the kind of posting that impresses a young woman.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39I confess I was moved to admire your manner today,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42the way you spoke to Miss Gilchrist.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48The point is that while the French have nothing to teach us on the battlefield, I must concede
0:18:48 > 0:18:51that in the language of...
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- The boudoir?- Not at all, nothing of the sort. I was about to say love.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01We English gentlemen may have something to learn...from you...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Frenchies...in that department.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09My father always said if you want to win a woman, use your tongue.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15To flatter her. Women, young or old, like to be complimented.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Oh, I see. Yes, of course.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Exactly.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Very good.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26So...
0:19:26 > 0:19:28how?
0:19:36 > 0:19:41My darling, your cheeks are as soft as July peaches,
0:19:41 > 0:19:46- your eyes as deeply dark as are the desert skies.- Good God!
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Your beauty maddens the soul like wine. Kiss me!
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Kiss me!
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- Well, you try. - Really, I couldn't possibly.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58My darling, your cheeks...
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- My darling, your cheeks... - My darling, your cheeks...
0:20:00 > 0:20:02..are as soft as July peaches...
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- ..are as soft as July peaches... - ..are as soft as July peaches...
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Your eyes...
0:20:07 > 0:20:08- Your eyes... - Your eyes...
0:20:08 > 0:20:12..are as deeply dark as are the desert skies.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16..are as dark as the desert skies.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Your beauty maddens the soul like wine.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Kiss me!- Yes.- Kiss me!- Yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27..Yes, what is it?
0:20:27 > 0:20:32S-Sorry, sorry, sir. I'm, um... I had no idea, um...
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- Sorry.- What the devil is the matter with the man?
0:20:48 > 0:20:53'Le Vicomte Jacques de Keroual de St Ives at your service.'
0:20:53 > 0:20:56The Count of St Ives!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53DRESS TEARS
0:22:13 > 0:22:18May I ask what you are doing here?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21You are unharmed, mademoiselle.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23You are the Count de St Ives.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Forgive me. I am Miss Flora Gilchrist.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I came here today because of this.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39Would it surprise you to learn that it was fashioned by a French prisoner of war
0:22:39 > 0:22:43who calls himself Jacques de Keroual de St Ives?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Jean.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Perhaps you'd have a drink with me?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55The first I knew of the revolution
0:22:55 > 0:23:01was when I woke to find the villagers smashing the dovecot.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05My gamekeeper tried to stop them. They shot him dead.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09It was then I knew that there was no hope.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14I begged my son to leave with my grandchildren.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16He would not be persuaded.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22My stubborn, stupid, beautiful son.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I left without them.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41'They left it too late.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47'My son, his wife and my two grandsons - Jacques and Alain -
0:23:47 > 0:23:50'were hunted down by our own tenants.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25'Somehow, Alain escaped.
0:24:25 > 0:24:31'He fled France and came here to me, a frightened boy.'
0:24:31 > 0:24:34He wept.
0:24:34 > 0:24:41He told me he watched as his father, his mother and his brother Jacques all perished.
0:24:41 > 0:24:48But surely, sir, your grandson, Alain, would not lie about the death of his brother?
0:24:48 > 0:24:54I tell you plainly my grandson, Alain, is a disappointment to me.
0:24:54 > 0:25:01He has lived here with me from that day to this and made my life a misery.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Lying to me would be the least of his sins.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Is there any good reason why you're still here?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I've not been paid yet.
0:25:14 > 0:25:22You've had the instruction of a lifetime. I, no doubt, have been poxed. 'Tis you should pay me.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27That swine will be the ruination of my family.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I must see this prisoner.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34But you may see him.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- Come to the jail. - The journey would be too much for me.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Our carpenter must come here.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49The major is expecting me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08- Miss Gilchrist!- Ah! Major! - What a pleasant surprise.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14Um...my aunt was wondering if you'd dine with us at Swanston this Saturday?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Dine? Saturday? Swanston?
0:26:17 > 0:26:22What a great pleasure. I shall be free of my duties here by seven.
0:26:27 > 0:26:34Do I have the pleasure of addressing le Vicomte Jacques de St Ives?
0:26:34 > 0:26:41- I do not call myself that...though I have a right to if I choose. - I knew it!- How did you know it?
0:26:41 > 0:26:47Your crest. Your grandfather lives here in Scotland not 20 miles away, at Inveresk.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51He gave me this map to aid you in your escape.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Why are you doing this?
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I want to help you.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03- You think this helps me? - He's desperate to see you. - Why, then, has he not come?
0:27:03 > 0:27:10- My grandfather abandoned us, fled while my parents and brother were slaughtered...- No! Your brother...
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Miss Gilchrist, you shouldn't be in here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22No, you should not.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Miss Gilchrist!
0:27:43 > 0:27:47I would be the first man down the rope.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- Your hand?- Miraculously healed.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
0:28:04 > 0:28:09- Ah, Biggerstaff, I'm dining at Swanston this evening.- May I?
0:28:09 > 0:28:14I expect everything to be shipshape on my return.
0:28:14 > 0:28:21- Are you wearing perfume?- A little eau de cologne.- Wash it off, man. You smell like a pansy.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Farewell, my love.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34# Rumpety, rumpety, rumpety-rump Here I come on my charger
0:28:34 > 0:28:39# Rumpety, rumpety, rumpety-rump Just like an Indian rajah
0:28:39 > 0:28:44# All the girls, they do declare that I am a gay young stager
0:28:44 > 0:28:49# Hey, hey, clear the way Here comes the galloping major! #
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Major, I'm so happy you could come.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05It's a honour. What a delightful setting.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Yes. In high summer, we eat al fresco almost every evening.
0:29:10 > 0:29:17- Beats roast beef every time. - Actually, we're having roast beef. - My favourite!
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Excuse me for a moment.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Miss Gilchrist, I wonder... may I call you Flora?
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Of course you may. It is my name, after all.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Flora... your cheeks are as soft as a...
0:29:49 > 0:29:51as a...
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- peach.- What?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Would you like a peach? - Do you have one?- No.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Then I won't, thank you.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Flora?
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Your eyes...are good? You don't need eye glasses?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Excellent!
0:30:13 > 0:30:16CLOCK CHIMES
0:30:18 > 0:30:22They'll be slopping out back at the prison about now.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I must say
0:30:53 > 0:31:00your father has collected a great many fascinating nick-nacks on his travels.
0:31:00 > 0:31:08- The "nick-nacks" were not collected by my father. They were collected by my aunt.- Good Lord! Is that so?
0:31:08 > 0:31:13- Have you travelled far?- Italy, all through the Ottoman Empire,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Constantinople.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Good Lord!- Persia, the Holy Land...
0:31:19 > 0:31:27- You must have seen a great deal of the world yourself, Major, with the Army.- Not THAT much.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- You have been somewhere exotic, surely?- Salisbury.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- Nice little town. - Tell us about it, Major.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Might my niece be permitted to call you by your first name, Major?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Indeed she may.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- What is it?- Hm?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- Your name?- Farquhar.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Bless you.- No, my name - Farquhar.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- It's Gaelic.- How charming.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- It means "manly". - Which of course you are.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I sincerely hope so.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Would you please excuse me?
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Might I say something, Farquhar? Sit.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38Young women are not interested in whether the percussion cap will replace the flintlock
0:32:38 > 0:32:43nor whether the British brown bess is superior to the French musket.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46When I withdraw, sit closer to her.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Look into her eyes.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Take her hand.
0:32:51 > 0:32:57Compliment her - her hair, her clothes, her complexion.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01And above all, please tell her you were joking
0:33:01 > 0:33:06and that your name is something a touch more heroic.
0:33:06 > 0:33:13- Miss Gilchrist, Miss Gilchrist, may I just say your beauty maddens the soul like wine?- No, you may not.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Absolutely. Thank you very much indeed.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42< Please! Don't shoot!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Give me that.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Hurry! A man's escaping on the west wall! Go after him! >
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Ah-ha!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08GUNSHOT
0:34:08 > 0:34:13Of course, the bashibazouks, with whom I lived in Turkey,
0:34:13 > 0:34:17heated a mixture of fresh opium and ashes of the drug.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Sadly, all we have is old Jamaican shag.
0:34:22 > 0:34:28- The water cools and purifies the smoke most wonderfully.- Quite so.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33- What is it, Sim? - A message for Major Shivering, ma'am.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Chevening. - A man's dead.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- Who?- Leave this to me, ladies. - Who? Who is dead? Who is dead?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Forgive me, Father.- Ah!
0:35:35 > 0:35:40Where are you going so early in the morning, Padre?
0:35:40 > 0:35:45Not so much early, my son, as late, making my way back to my own bed.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Arrest him...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Get after him!
0:36:24 > 0:36:30HE WHISTLES LA MARSEILLAISE
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Out! It was in.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Out. In.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Jean? Monsieur? In or out?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43..IN or OUT? In?
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Out. ..Well, get out!
0:37:47 > 0:37:49But leave the tray.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59His mother was a crab, you know.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Monseigneur?- Who is it?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Who are you?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I'm Jacques.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25Will you be so kind as to uncork the wine
0:38:25 > 0:38:27and pour two glasses?
0:38:42 > 0:38:47The soil and the sun - the smell of my childhood.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50This is Chateau St Ives.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I prayed that it would be you.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03My boy!
0:39:07 > 0:39:13We were seized - my mother, my father and Alain - and thrown into prison.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17We were questioned - Alain was the first -
0:39:17 > 0:39:23questioned day and night about our supposed support for the royalist cause.
0:39:23 > 0:39:30I said nothing, even when they told me Alain had been guillotined and I would be next.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35One morning, they prepared us for execution. My father was first.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38I heard the blade fall.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42My mother went by the same road to heaven.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47Then it was my turn. The steps to the scaffold were steep.
0:39:47 > 0:39:54Suddenly a man took hold of me. I was passed over the heads of the crowd. They were laughing.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59Someone dropped me. I crawled amongst the legs then I was running.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04I was 12 years old. I enlisted in the army.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06I saw my first action at 13,
0:40:06 > 0:40:12and by 14, I was fighting under the command of General Napoleon himself.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14The army has been my family.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Every day has been a torture to me...
0:40:17 > 0:40:21since the day I left France.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Until today.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Today, the sun has shone for the first time in 20 years.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Now, wait behind that door. I will call you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Jean, light the candles
0:40:46 > 0:40:53and assemble the entire household in this room. The ENTIRE household. Oui, monsieur.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57What's going on?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Is there a fire? God, I hope so.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Anything, anything to rid me of this ennui.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26< I wish to introduce someone to you,
0:41:26 > 0:41:31someone I thought lost to me for ever.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35< Jacques, step forward.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Alain?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Oh, Alain, it's you.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59You survived.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07I don't know you.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- It's me, your brother. - Don't touch me!
0:42:11 > 0:42:14My brother's dead.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19I don't know this man.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30I call upon all of you here gathered to witness
0:42:30 > 0:42:35that I do discard and disinherit this gentleman who you all know,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37le Vicomte Alain,
0:42:37 > 0:42:45and recognise as my sole heir and representative, my younger grandson le Vicomte Jacques.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I am deeply grateful to you all.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- I do not understand.- I- understand.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Yes. I understand only too well.
0:43:01 > 0:43:09Ride to Queensferry Jail. Tell them we have an escaped French prisoner in the house. I'll take care of him.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14The rest of you, get out! Go on, go! Hurry up! >
0:43:14 > 0:43:16You, sir, are an imposter
0:43:16 > 0:43:20who's taken advantage of a gullible old man.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Defend yourself, Jacques!
0:43:47 > 0:43:50Go on, kill me.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54I am nothing to you. Kill me.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59You are dearer to me than life itself.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Shoot him.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16SHOOT HIM!
0:44:19 > 0:44:24Give it here! You cowardly swine! Shut up, old man!
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I want what's mine!
0:44:51 > 0:44:57Leave him. By morning, you will be the Count of St Ives. >
0:45:42 > 0:45:45St Ives?
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Shh, shh, shh!
0:45:52 > 0:45:55- My brother's alive.- Yes.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59He gave me a less than cordial welcome.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03- He did this?- Fortunately, he's always been a poor shot.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08- I'm sorry. - No, it is- I- who should apologise...
0:46:08 > 0:46:11for coming here.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I'm pursued from all sides.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29I shall come for you when it is safe.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Ah-h-h...
0:46:44 > 0:46:47Are you always so well equipped?
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Always.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55My father was a naval surgeon.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58He was killed in action.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Against the French?
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Yes.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16It requires a stitch.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21- Your father taught you? - No, but it can't be that difficult.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27You must hold still.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Scissors?
0:48:14 > 0:48:17There.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Thank you.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26AUNT: Flora! >
0:48:35 > 0:48:40WHISTLING: "Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?"
0:48:40 > 0:48:44# So off she went to her father's chest
0:48:44 > 0:48:49# And she brought him some clothes of the very, very best
0:48:49 > 0:48:54# She brought him some clothes of the very, very best
0:48:54 > 0:48:57# And the soldier put them on. #
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Thank you.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Shh!
0:49:12 > 0:49:15(My aunt sleeps up there.)
0:49:39 > 0:49:42I have a toast to propose.
0:49:42 > 0:49:50I do not know what will befall me or my family, but I shall take the memory of your kindness, beauty...
0:49:50 > 0:49:53AUNT: Whom do I have the pleasure?
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Flora?
0:49:56 > 0:50:00May I present the Vicomte Jacques de Keroual de St Ives?
0:50:00 > 0:50:06Monsieur le Vicomte, you do us plain people a great deal too much honour.
0:50:06 > 0:50:13- He's the French prisoner who gave me the carving.- French prisoners are all very well in their place,
0:50:13 > 0:50:18- but I cannot see that their place is in my drawing room. My port?- Yes.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23Then you had better pour me a glass and explain yourselves.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Old Jamaican shag.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38- Perhaps we should look south-west now, sir.- Don't be ridiculous.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41South-west would lead directly...
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Harder, man, for God's sake!
0:50:49 > 0:50:52..to Swanston.
0:50:58 > 0:51:04It's an extraordinary story, but the fact remains you are an escaped prisoner of war.
0:51:04 > 0:51:12Yet I can't hand you over to the authorities without incriminating Flora. You may stay the night.
0:51:12 > 0:51:17You take Flora's room. Flora will sleep with me. BANGING AT DOOR
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Oh, God. Quickly! Upstairs.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30Flora! Flora! No time! Get into a nightdress.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38KNOCKING AT DOOR >
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Who is it?
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- Hercules!- I beg your pardon?
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Major Chevening. Major Hercules Chevening. Open up!
0:51:56 > 0:52:00There's been an escape. I have orders to search every building.
0:52:00 > 0:52:06- Really?- With your permission, of course.- Of course.
0:52:06 > 0:52:11- ..You and you...- Hercules.- ..start in here. I shall start upstairs.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20BREAKING GLASS
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Please forgive the intrusion.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34This door is locked.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Locked?
0:52:48 > 0:52:51- Farquhar!- Hercules!
0:52:51 > 0:52:55Hercules, since that night you dined with us,
0:52:55 > 0:52:59I have been unable to put you from my thoughts.
0:52:59 > 0:53:06The kiss that I planted on your cheek has taken root in my bosom and grown with each passing day.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Grown. Swollen.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Burst into flower -
0:53:11 > 0:53:19- huge, rare, exotic blooms of desire. You said my beauty maddened your soul like wine?- So it does...
0:53:19 > 0:53:25Take me! Let Hercules himself do what he may. The cat will mew and dog will have his day.
0:53:25 > 0:53:31- I can't...- Drink me, quaff me, swill me, drain me to the dregs!
0:53:31 > 0:53:35Oh, Hercules.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38About!
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Get me my horse!
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Thank you.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50He is safe.
0:53:52 > 0:53:57Now go back to my room and try to sleep.
0:54:00 > 0:54:06- You have something to write, monsieur?- A note.- A note. For whom?
0:54:06 > 0:54:11For you, thanking you, but no need since I can thank you in person.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15The pieces, please.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26"I love you." Why, monsieur, you hardly know me(!)
0:54:26 > 0:54:30- You mock me, madame.- No, monsieur, it is you who mocks me.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35- Your claims to be a gentleman. - I AM a gentleman, madame.
0:54:35 > 0:54:40Then you will understand why I must ask you to leave first thing,
0:54:40 > 0:54:47- and for the sake of Flora's name, to sever all communication... - Madame...- ..now and for ever.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08- Why, Major. Won't you come in? - Thank you, no.
0:56:08 > 0:56:13- Forgive me for calling unannounced, but I, uh...- Yes?
0:56:13 > 0:56:19The last time I called, I noticed - correct me if I'm wrong -
0:56:19 > 0:56:26that you thought of me with a certain...fondness. That is to say, a not unfond feeling.
0:56:26 > 0:56:33- No, that is perfectly correct. - In the light of that, given there is to be a masked ball...
0:56:33 > 0:56:39- Yes.- I wondered if you would do me the honour...?- Yes. - No, of course not. You're too busy.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43I said yes. It would be a pleasure.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45It would?
0:56:45 > 0:56:48Oh, yes.
0:56:48 > 0:56:56And, of course, Miss Flora, if she chooses. We are promised a full orchestra and balloon flights.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59I shall see to it that she comes.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02Splendid. Until Saturday, then?
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Splendid!
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Splendid!
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Until Saturday.
0:57:40 > 0:57:44It is! Hello! Hello!
0:57:48 > 0:57:51Hamish Crabtree...
0:57:56 > 0:57:59Cynthia Landsdale and son.
0:57:59 > 0:58:04Sir Richard and Lady Ross.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08Jock and Jenny Malarky.
0:58:11 > 0:58:15Miss Susan Gilchrist, Miss Flora Gilchrist.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18- Only in Scotland.- What?
0:58:18 > 0:58:23Would one be announced at a masked ball. Such mystery, such romance.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25- May I?- You may.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44May I have the pleasure?
0:58:44 > 0:58:47I do not dance, I'm afraid.
0:58:47 > 0:58:50Nonsense, Flora.
0:59:09 > 0:59:12You dance well.
0:59:13 > 0:59:15St Ives!
0:59:15 > 0:59:19Why have you not returned to France?
0:59:19 > 0:59:22- I had to see you.- Why?
0:59:22 > 0:59:25- I had to ask you...- Yes?
0:59:25 > 0:59:31..to give me back my heart which you have stolen.
0:59:31 > 0:59:34I cannot.
0:59:34 > 0:59:37- Then I must tell you...- Yes?
0:59:37 > 0:59:40..to keep it now and for ever.
0:59:42 > 0:59:44Yes, I will.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50David Linlithgow!
0:59:50 > 0:59:53The Count de St Ives!
0:59:54 > 0:59:57- My God, Alain.- St Ives?- Alain!
1:00:02 > 1:00:06- The escaped prisoner. - What's happened to our grandfather?
1:00:10 > 1:00:15MY grandfather died in his sleep last week.
1:00:15 > 1:00:21- I don't see what business it is of yours.- My, God, what have you done?
1:00:28 > 1:00:31Arrest him!
1:00:32 > 1:00:33Guard!
1:00:41 > 1:00:43St Ives!
1:00:54 > 1:00:57I've got him!
1:01:15 > 1:01:21- Don't shoot or we'll be blown to kingdom come!- St Ives!- Farquhar!
1:01:26 > 1:01:29Pull, man!
1:01:31 > 1:01:37It will not rip. The British tailor is the best in the world.
1:01:37 > 1:01:39RIPPING
1:01:59 > 1:02:02THUNDER RUMBLES
1:02:06 > 1:02:11Dear Father, I entreat you, save the man I love.
1:02:11 > 1:02:15Let your divine breath blow him to safety.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18THUNDER CLAPS
1:02:18 > 1:02:25Well, I'll say one thing, Jacques, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
1:02:25 > 1:02:31- What exactly does that mean, Farquhar? - I'm not absolutely certain, Jacques.
1:02:31 > 1:02:34What a splendid sight!
1:02:34 > 1:02:38British cavalry - no finer horsemen in the world.
1:02:38 > 1:02:40HELLO!
1:02:40 > 1:02:45HELLO! ..I imagine I'll see Miss Flora before you. Any message?
1:02:45 > 1:02:51- Just tell her, "Now and for ever". - Now and for ever? Will do.
1:02:51 > 1:02:58- I'll make sure you're treated with the respect due to an officer and a gentleman.- They're French.- What?
1:02:58 > 1:03:06- The finest horsemen in the world. They're French.- Oh, my God! - We're in France.- Oh, my God!
1:03:06 > 1:03:08- Run.- What?
1:03:08 > 1:03:14Take your uniform. At least then you'll not be shot as a spy. Run!
1:03:16 > 1:03:19Go on, Farquhar! I'll hold them.
1:03:33 > 1:03:36Jacques de St Ives reporting for duty.
1:03:36 > 1:03:41St Ives, you are a liar and a cheat,
1:03:41 > 1:03:44a drunkard and a disgrace.
1:03:44 > 1:03:50A rash headstrong ruffian and we have pressing need of your services.
1:03:52 > 1:03:56Consider yourself returned to the rank of capitaine.
1:03:56 > 1:03:59Thank you, my colonel.
1:03:59 > 1:04:05- What news of Francois Rouet? - Have you not heard?
1:04:17 > 1:04:19Francois?
1:04:20 > 1:04:22Francois?
1:04:28 > 1:04:30Jacques!
1:04:30 > 1:04:33Jacques, my dear friend.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35Sit. Let me look at you.
1:04:40 > 1:04:42- You look well.- So do you.
1:04:42 > 1:04:47I'm on the mend... thanks to the love of a good woman.
1:04:49 > 1:04:52The singer?
1:04:53 > 1:04:57- It's not possible. - Isn't she magnificent?
1:04:57 > 1:05:01Yes, though, of course, beauty is only skin-deep.
1:05:01 > 1:05:09That's it. Our friendship is at an end. I cannot love a man who loves a cliche.
1:05:19 > 1:05:25- A spy, sir. Found him skulking at the edge of the camp.- I am not a spy and I was not skulking!
1:05:25 > 1:05:29- Chevers? Chevers, is that you? - Johnny!
1:05:34 > 1:05:41'Imagine my relief when I looked up and saw old Johnny Elfinstone, a chum from school.'
1:05:41 > 1:05:46"Scotland to France in a balloon, some sort of record, surely.
1:05:46 > 1:05:49"Now at last I will see action.
1:05:49 > 1:05:55"Perhaps in the future all wars will be fought from the air, fire..."
1:05:55 > 1:05:58Yes, yes, yes. What news of St Ives?
1:06:01 > 1:06:04"But to news of Jacques St Ives.
1:06:06 > 1:06:11"He IS alive and well and reunited with his countrymen.
1:06:11 > 1:06:16"His last words to me were a message for Flora.
1:06:16 > 1:06:21"Now or never...or now and then... or SOMETHING!"
1:06:21 > 1:06:24I must go. I must go to him today.
1:06:24 > 1:06:29No, Flora, you cannot. It is dangerous, wild, impetuous!
1:06:29 > 1:06:32..I will come with you.
1:06:35 > 1:06:38Do use your whip, Fergus,
1:06:38 > 1:06:42or the war in France will be won before we get there.
1:07:02 > 1:07:06- Mrs Chevening is here, sir. - Good Lord! The mater!
1:07:06 > 1:07:11- No, sir, your wife.- Thank God for that. Show her in.- Yes, sir.
1:07:11 > 1:07:19- Wait... Did you say my wife?- Your wife and daughter, sir. Travelled up from Calais with the reinforcements.
1:07:20 > 1:07:23- Miss Gilchrist!- Yes.
1:07:23 > 1:07:28How did you...? When did you...? I mean, why did you...?
1:07:28 > 1:07:31- Kiss me.- With the greatest pleasure.
1:07:36 > 1:07:41- I should cross the French lines in disguise.- You'll do no such thing.
1:07:41 > 1:07:46- Write to Mr St Ives.- Write? How will that quell the fire in my soul?
1:07:46 > 1:07:52You sound as if you stepped from the pages of Mrs Radcliffe's The Italian.
1:07:52 > 1:07:57I read that. All spies, disguises and murder. Complete tosh.
1:08:00 > 1:08:03Good evening, ladies.
1:08:11 > 1:08:16I was once taken prisoner by the Pasha Khali Kibay,
1:08:16 > 1:08:22and I did find that by imitating the movements of the Egyptian cobra,
1:08:22 > 1:08:26I was finally able to slip my bonds.
1:08:26 > 1:08:31# He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster
1:08:31 > 1:08:34- # Let him... #- What are you doing?!
1:08:34 > 1:08:40- I thought a song would keep our spirits up. - It depresses mine most horribly!
1:08:41 > 1:08:47Yes! There. Something is beginning to move.
1:08:47 > 1:08:51- # Then fancies flee away...! # - Sh-h-h!
1:08:51 > 1:08:53# I'll fear not what men say
1:08:53 > 1:08:58# I'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim. #
1:09:12 > 1:09:14Capitaine!
1:09:14 > 1:09:17I have something of yours!
1:11:12 > 1:11:16Release her or I will kill you.
1:11:39 > 1:11:42Let her go. Then you may do what you wish to me.
1:11:47 > 1:11:52Ever the optimist, Jacques. I've no need to bargain with you.
1:12:02 > 1:12:04Why do you hate me so?
1:12:04 > 1:12:10Because you are noble and true and I betrayed you to save my own skin.
1:12:10 > 1:12:16- What...?- You still don't understand. It was me. I gave the committee all they needed.
1:12:16 > 1:12:21You were just a boy, Alain. You didn't know what you were doing.
1:12:23 > 1:12:26I knew exactly what I was doing.
1:13:12 > 1:13:15Brother?
1:13:28 > 1:13:30Mon frere.
1:13:35 > 1:13:37I missed you.
1:13:37 > 1:13:40I missed you.
1:14:04 > 1:14:07# Come cheer up, my lad
1:14:07 > 1:14:11# Here's to glory still
1:14:11 > 1:14:15# To earn something more through this wonderful year
1:14:15 > 1:14:19# To honour, we call you Not press you like slaves
1:14:19 > 1:14:22# For who are so free as the... #
1:14:24 > 1:14:28- Major Chevening. - Flora! Thank God! Untie us.
1:14:28 > 1:14:33Your aunt has been entertaining me with tales of an Indian fakir.
1:14:33 > 1:14:38..Ah! I do think you're tightening the rope rather.
1:14:38 > 1:14:40- Ah...- Jacques!
1:14:42 > 1:14:45Oh, my love.
1:14:53 > 1:14:56St Ives, please. ..The Frenchman.
1:15:03 > 1:15:06Miss Gilchrist.
1:15:08 > 1:15:13- I have no desire to rub salt into your wounds.- Pleased to hear it.
1:15:13 > 1:15:18But I do have some news for you. Paris has surrendered.
1:15:18 > 1:15:23- Your generals have determined to put an end to it.- And Napoleon?
1:15:23 > 1:15:25He has abdicated.
1:15:25 > 1:15:28Then we shall have peace.
1:15:28 > 1:15:31Long may it last.
1:15:33 > 1:15:35We can go home.
1:16:37 > 1:16:42May I just say that your cheeks are as soft as a July peach,
1:16:42 > 1:16:47- your eyes as deeply dark as are the desert skies?- You may.
1:16:47 > 1:16:52And may I add your beauty maddens the soul like wine?
1:16:52 > 1:16:56- You may.- Then it only remains for...
1:17:06 > 1:17:11Flora, now that the war is over, I feel I may speak freely.
1:17:11 > 1:17:16Your eyes, your cheeks, your lips they are the whole world to me now.
1:17:16 > 1:17:21- Arseholes...- I beg your pardon? - Arseholes...
1:17:21 > 1:17:25Be very careful with your articulation there.
1:17:25 > 1:17:28- Ah.- Carry on.
1:17:28 > 1:17:31Our souls shall be as one.
1:17:31 > 1:17:36If you will have me, I will climb your hills and walk your valleys
1:17:36 > 1:17:42- and sail your seas from this day till my life's end. - Oh, dear, oh, dear. No, no, no, no.
1:17:42 > 1:17:45What is it?
1:17:45 > 1:17:50Jacques, country walks and boating are very fine and fun in their way,
1:17:50 > 1:17:56- but they have nothing to do with love.- I was speaking metaphorically.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59Yes, of course you were.
1:17:59 > 1:18:04The fact remains that Miss Flora is hoping for a proposal of marriage,
1:18:04 > 1:18:06not a day's sailing.
1:18:09 > 1:18:13You see, in my experience, when it comes down to it...
1:18:16 > 1:18:20..the tongue is a vastly overrated organ.
1:18:20 > 1:18:23Fine words butter no parsnips.
1:18:25 > 1:18:27Thank you, Farquhar.
1:18:27 > 1:18:30Don't mention it.
1:18:39 > 1:18:41- Flora?- Jacques.
1:18:41 > 1:18:46- Now that the war is over... - Thank God.- Thank God.
1:18:46 > 1:18:49- ..I feel I may speak freely.- Please.
1:18:49 > 1:18:54- Your eyes, your cheeks... - Late night, I'm afraid.
1:18:54 > 1:18:58- Your cheeks... - The sun is rather fierce today.
1:18:58 > 1:19:01- Your lips...- Yes?
1:19:01 > 1:19:06- They are my lips. - Your body and your... God, Flora!
1:19:06 > 1:19:08Marry me.
1:19:08 > 1:19:12Yes, my love. Yes!
1:19:16 > 1:19:22I, Susan Emily Gilchrist, take thee Farquhar Bollingbrooke Chevening...
1:19:22 > 1:19:25I, Susan Emily Gilchrist...
1:19:26 > 1:19:31- You've had your turn.- I beg your pardon.- I, Susan Emily Gilchrist,
1:19:31 > 1:19:38take thee, Farquhar Bollingbrooke Chevening, to be my lawful wedded husband.
1:19:39 > 1:19:43CHURCH BELLS RING
1:19:46 > 1:19:49Look, look! Pull up!
1:19:51 > 1:19:53Thank you.
1:19:53 > 1:19:56After her, man!
1:19:56 > 1:19:59Run, Flora, run!
1:19:59 > 1:20:02- TALLY-HO!- RUN!
1:20:05 > 1:20:10Will you be requiring any assistance, sir?
1:20:10 > 1:20:14- With exactly what, Jean? - With, uh...the stairs, sir?
1:20:14 > 1:20:17I require no assistance at all.
1:20:27 > 1:20:29Ah!
1:21:16 > 1:21:19SHE GIGGLES
1:21:31 > 1:21:36Subtitles by Marie Campbell BBC Scotland 1999
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