"Denise?" "for Miss Audrey." "You seem to have run rather a few errands for Miss Audrey lately." "sir. see what they're up to." "I think it's beginning to irk Miss Audrey that" "I rather like the errands." "Denise. she'll soon forget you were in charge of her department for a short while." "but she could be your greatest ally." "sir." "I would like for her to like me." "sir." "Your Lordship?" "how is it proceeding?" "sir." "But we need his premises to extend along the street." "We have made him a generous offer." "Moray. the little shops will appear to be ruling the roost." "The whole city knows I am backing you." "I'll be taken for a fool." "it will all be settled as soon as I..." "Good." "Because it must." "or the funds will be withdrawn." "I did exactly as you bid me with Katherine." "I have not attempted to interfere with her and Peter Adler. my daughter is no longer enjoying the company of Mr Adler." "I didn't know that." "It appears you can win her even by leaving her alone." "Perhaps even more when you stay away from her." "I dare say." "I'll leave you to decide how you must respond." "Now there's something mighty puzzling to set your eyes on! when she knows Mr Moray won't be happy about that?" "Would he? we must conclude the purchase quickly. so it will require a generous offer to press him into a speedy agreement." "Have the papers ready." "you look to me like a man in need of a close shave." "girls." "I want to create a crush that spills out onto the street." "It is the little inspirations which keep us ticking over till we find the next big idea to make us flourish." "DOOR OPENS" "Madam?" "Miss Glendenning." "Do come in." "Well..." "Mr Lovett." "ma'am." "Yes." "I am assured I can expect the finest stitching." "You wish me to...you would like me to?" "My own dressmaker is indisposed." "I have taken a fancy to something particularly elegant." "Simple." "Look at that velvet." "and such organdy and taffeta." "I can see I will require more than one garment." "I'm very grateful you should come into my shop." "I am sure you could call on any store hereabouts. the old craft shops that have served our community since I was a girl." "do we?" "And we mustn't let Mr Moray believe that he rules the world." "what this means to me." "May I suggest we begin with the organdy?" "it's a marvel." "that man will own the whole street." "Nothing less than a true marvel." "that's what this is for me." "Bradley?" "{\1cH00FFFF}" " I'm going to take me apron off." "I've been listening to the same old stories day after day." "I want more." "Then I suggest we conclude our business swiftly." "That we will." "you know rather than there might be another way." "Another way?" "a kind of partner in the business." "HE SNORTS alone." "I'm not saying I'll be your equal or nothing like that." "No." "I just want to wear a suit every day." "you get respect from...people." "Huh?" "Junior Partner." "Hah?" "I might be admired as a man of the world." "you could set yourself up anywhere. walking right past me heading into The Paradise." "you see?" "Those are my terms. is some time to reconsider your position." "I bid you good day." "I will lose the funds." "it is the only way for us to begin our development along the street." "if I may?" "Burroughs holds all the cards." "He could easily sit in his shop for years." "Perhaps you should give him what he wants." "For now. do we really want to say The Paradise has a dolt like him in a position of authority?" "Dudley." "If I might suggest." "Burroughs is little more than a child." "He sees The Paradise as a playground." "He has little business aspirations." "we'll keep him on the shop floor and help him see how he's not made for The Paradise." "I have no other course." "Now is the moment to expand and I must grasp it. but I need something that protects The Paradise. to say that as soon as Burroughs steps over the line we will pay him what you promised and remove him." "I need you to keep check on Burroughs." "And keep him away from me." "didn't I say?" "the best of times will be with us. it will keep me going." "Uncle." "A true sign of faith." "see." "People will always come back to quality. if she is happy with her dress she has a mind to order more." "do you see what this means?" "Yes. your own uncle unable to give you work." "I've let it torment me." "But this order." "Denise." "Do you see?" "This is a sign of things to come." "Yes." "The best of times." "The best of times." "Denise." "sir." "I was visiting my uncle." "I hope Edmund is well?" "sir." "His spirits are greatly improved." "Because he has work." "Orders from..." "Denise?" "sir." "No-one knew if you were aware of it." "She has ordered a dress from my uncle." "Who has?" "sir." "shop to shop." "She had her well-to-do friends with her." "Dripping with furs." "Dripping." "will he?" "Pleased." "does it?" "We're expanding The Paradise and she's taking her trade elsewhere." "I was looking into the barber-shop window..." "Gentlemen?" "on the quietest afternoon of the week... girl?" "Miss Audrey. so they might be assisted in finding gifts for their wives." "I cannot imagine anything more vulgar. we have not sold any yet." "We must think of ways to light up the quiet times." "sir..." "I do have a notion." "The Gentlemen's Afternoon." "I thought we might banish the ladies to let their husbands can come into the department to browse for gifts for them." "that might be something different." "It is certainly worth a try." "sir." "as it so often does." "tomorrow." "I will invite some men from The Club." "girls." "sir." "recommend expensive trinkets to them." "I believe Gentlemen's Afternoon is such a sorrowful notion." "Clara?" "sir." "They so often deny themselves comforts." "Why do you suppose that is?" "leave the Devil to pay." "He will hardly look at me now." "Since she turned up." "Clara." "It's gone." "So's my milk teeth and they're not coming back." "No." "He was like a broken boy child in my arms." "That means something." "It has to." "and whispering about his wife." "Clara." "I don't like it when you talk about his wife." "It scares me." "It is forbidden." "Did you see her?" "Miss Audrey." "I can't believe it." "smiling!" "It is...dishonest!" " MIMICKING {\1cHFFFF00}" " But it is...dishonest!" "She thinks we're no more that halfwits from Weebles." "Peeb." "It's Peebles." "Peeb." "that's what." "She has her eyes set on Moray and I'm not going to let her steal him." "steal him from Miss Glendenning?" "Steal him from me." "I saw Jonas Franks writing about her in that black book of his." "I know it." "I can feel it." "Something shows she's not the little virgin cherub girl." "Clara." "Why must you think like this?" "Denise is Denise." "That's all." "is Denise." "then you'll all see. in the store." "I'm depending on you both to help him along." "sir." "So we are to like him?" "It is all to enable Mr Moray to expand" "The Paradise in a peaceful way." "So let us all tread carefully and all will be well with the world." "Sir." "Might I say something?" "He is a barber." "A barber in a suit is still a barber." "carefully." "Bradley." "Welcome." "do I get my own office?" "Ah." "Office." "We will get to that." "The challenge for a Junior Partner is to master the shop floor. where the excitement and delight is to be found." "I see that now." "when do I get to see Mr Moray?" "As we are partners." "Soon." "Soon enough." "Soon." "Isn't this grand." "to take you through the rudiments." "There is nothing about the subtle art of sales that Sam doesn't know about." "if you please." "We are soon to commence on what could be an historical day for Ladieswear." "Perhaps we will all look back and remember the day that Gentlemen descended upon us." "It's almost time." "Step to it." "no!" "Decorum!" "Decorum!" "Gentlemen want seemliness and respectability." "Not the gentlemen I know." "Bosoms must not be accentuated." "All displays must be moderated." "There." "There." "I'd like to clear up any misunderstandings there might be" "Denise." "Miss Audrey?" "Denise is that what truly matters is that Ladieswear shines in Mr Moray's eyes." "you said the thought of gentlemen in ladieswear was vulgar." "as you presented it." "In my presentment all will be decorum." "There." "The matter is settled." "I am sure you will agree." "Miss Audrey." "decorum." "we'll show you our corsets." "Girls!" "Girls!" "Girls!" "we must consider ourselves." "How is my appearance?" "your shave is not the best I have ever seen." "When I say "my appearance" what I mean is YOUR appearance." "Oh." "Oh?" "Grand." "isn't it?" "I've seen you passing me shop." "I seen you watching." "I'm here now." "What we have here is feathers and ribbons and all manner of notions." "You probably don't know what a notion is." "It's everything." "snaps and collar stays." "of course and needles and notions." "And pins and seam rippers." "There." "I have a sudden passion to sort buttons." "It suits you." "Haberdashery." "a girl might swoon with such compliments(!" ")" "together." "Oh." "Thank you so much." "Let me consider your captivating proposal." "thank you." "Have you considered something like this? if you were to spoil her with feathers." "THEY GASP" "Miss Audrey!" "What is this?" "We have heard those who say The Paradise is no more than a Palace of Sin!" "But we expected better of you!" "let me..." "It is no wonder that you wish to keep us excluded." "But they have purchased many gifts." "For you! we must consider whether we wish to frequent your establishment." "What is Mr Moray going to suppose when he sees what a calamity" "Gentlemen's Afternoon turned out to be?" "uncle." "yes." "There were times in the old days when we had to produce a dress overnight." "The trick is to be fast and splendid." "it is beautiful. has to have a delicate eye we need to know people." "A woman will love her dress not just her body." "to be pretty and no more." "There are certain types who want to attract only one man." "hidden beauty." "we need to study them all." "What about Katherine Glendenning?" "What does she want?" "She needs to be adored." "tomorrow evening I have arranged for Miss Glendenning to come for a fitting." "I am on my own now." "I need a woman to do the fitting." "won't you?" "I'd like to but it is forbidden to take on work. you'd not wish to see me lose this opportunity to survive?" "Girls are dismissed if they are caught." "And I might lose everything I have if you won't help me." "It was a disgrace." "Those girls were flaunting themselves." "They were virtually canoodling." "The idea of it." "Gentlemen in the proximity of... in public." "One can't help but wonder if Moray has lost his touch. in your rebuffing of The Paradise." "Katherine?" "it is nothing." "I am simply entertaining myself." "Hardly." "It has the look of provocation." "Does it?" "I do hope so." "Why would you want to provoke Moray?" "Perhaps I enjoy the joust." "There is such pleasure in seeing Moray riled." "We were expecting you to announce a date for your engagement to Mr Adler." "by shopping along the street?" "that is simply to get his attention." "My real weapon is much more powerful." "abandoning him." "The day will come soon when he will realise that he must devote himself to me." "Katherine." "Dear Katherine." "Isn't there a hazard in your plan?" "Oh." "What is that?" "What if Moray does not come?" "Then I must provoke him some more." "THEY TITTER how so many wives are complaining." "so I hear." "It was rather unfortunate." "it wasn't her making." "it was Denise." "she's been here five minutes and she behaves like she owns the place. sir." "it will be in Mr Jonas's book." "sir." "He puts everything in that book of his." "back to work." "sir." "or after?" "not long before." "her death in that book?" "Clara." "You know what Miss Audrey will say." "sir." "Hands as lovely as these." "they should not be hidden inside of gloves." "Fingers this delightful should be dangled for the world to see." "may I speak with you?" "What are you doing at the glove counter?" "I know all there is to know about men's grooming." "If you imagine you can touch a customer in this way" "{\1cHFFFF00}" " I will take you off the shop floor." " I am a partner here." "No!" "You are a novice." "We work hard to maintain the best of standards." "And I will not let you put that at risk by man-handling..." "I am a partner in this business." "I have a contract that says so." "What are you a partner in?" "Huh?" "Nothing." "You." "Fetch a cup of tea." "sir." "Pauline." "HE CLEARS THROAT dog fights might not be a girl's idea of romance. a young man asking you to walk out." "Why should I be grateful?" "that's all." "Oh!" "Is that so?" "a suit don't make a man." "Especially one that don't fit." "Go to your dog fight." "Try some of your romancing on one of the dogs. and Gentlemen's Afternoon was a mistake." "I always said there was a danger that this event lacked decorum." "Let me apologise most humbly and gravely." "It should never have happened." "I do believe one of the girls might have ventured this proposal to me." "I will look into who is to blame." "We've lost sight of what our purpose is here." "It is the ladies' desires we must appeal to." "sir." "We must stir the passions of the ladies." "girls?" "We must do more than that." "We must put right what we have done wrong. to show them that it is their dreams which The Paradise caters for." "Let us conjure something tantalising for them." "sir." "We are inspired." "So..." "What shall we do for them?" "Anyone? we will provide you with something irresistible." "girls." "Denise." "What about you?" "Do you have any ideas?" "sir." "Moray?" "I almost let Clara back into my rooms." "Back into your rooms?" "Is that what you call it?" "I don't know what came over me." "I simply felt an overwhelming need to be in a woman's arms." "HE SIGHS" "It is weakness." "it will only get worse." "if you will settle down." "It's too late for that." "Mr Lovett." "ma'am." "And your custom is valued indeed." "This material is so light." "It doesn't feel like a dress at all." "I feel as though I might be wearing a night dress. but I felt it befits your complexion." "It does." "Denise?" "ma'am." "I expect you consider it rather odd that" "I should come to your uncle for a dress?" "ma'am." "You know what I mean." "With The Paradise right across the street." "ma'am." "And have the staff at The Paradise been talking?" "It must have caused something of a stir. for all the world to see. with your permission?" "it is forbidden for employees of The Paradise to seek sewing outside of the store." "because..." "I will not see you dismissed." "sir." "Mr Moray expects loyalty." "Do you understand why that loyalty has to be total?" "then it is nothing." "sir." "After the embarrassing incident at the glove counter it seems clear to us that things might not work out for you here. and for you to find some other...destiny?" "I know what you and Dudley think of me." "I know what it is you whisper behind your hands." "now we have him." "We'll use the incident with the gloves to be rid of him."" "Is it time to throw your clause at me?" ""Any partner who brings The Paradise into disrepute forfeits all rights and all status as an associate."" "Your contract doesn't scare me." "I know what a partner is and I know what a partner does and I want to be treated as such." "That is for Mr Moray to decide." "You tell him this." "I have lived next door a long old time." "I was next door when Helene so tragically and mysteriously died. do I detect a suggestion of threat in your mention of Mr Moray's wife? I was right next door when she had a little...accident." "You tell him that and you see if he is still so keen to throw us out." "Might I suggest you tread extremely carefully when making accusations against Mr Moray?" "And might I suggest that you tell him I am here to stay?" "Moray and I will be the best of friends." "we should celebrate. how long before we can remove him? but let us not react too swiftly." "Do I have your permission to deal with him?" "deal with him." "Moray." "I must speak with you." "I don't think you have met Charles and Margaret." "Come and say hello." "Your dress is in the window of Lovett's shop." "you take everything so personally." "You haven't even got a refreshment." "I am a disgrace. half the city is talking about it!" "Moray wants me all to himself for a while." "I want you to leave." "You will leave now." "If you will not behave like a gentleman then... what you are doing!" "as you toy with everyone." "You use them to tease me." "You let them believe they might survive when you know it is hopeless." "You are a spoilt child." "You always will be." "I lost two customers because he said the stupidest things." "{\1cH00FFFF}" " His breath could clear the store." " He's too busy peering at the girls." "The matter is in hand." "Burroughs will not be with us for much longer." "sir." "That can't be right." "So it must be wrong." "Pauline." "There have been some dealings made necessary by Mr Moray to expand the store." "sir?" "I do hope so." "sir?" "DOOR OPENS" "Did you tell Burroughs?" "It is not possible to remove him at this time." "Then we must make it possible." "I spoke to Mr Moray." "He has granted me authority to deal with Burroughs as I see fit." "What is going on?" "Why has that man suddenly become untouchable?" "expansion." "if you'll excuse me?" "Mr Lovett." "the cut..." "I won't be needing the dress." "ma'am?" "I am sorry if I have caused you..." "I do not wish to waste your time." "There." "The full amount." "you can buy and sell at your pleasure." "You are paid in full." "What more can you want?" "Do you truly have no idea what this means?" "Can you not even begin to see?" "A man's pride..." "My whole life..." "It means nothing to you." "This is not about work." "It's not money." "It is love." "It is what I am." "Miss Glendenning." "But I will finish your order because I said I would." "And then I can look myself in the mirror and know I am a man of my word." "Very well." "wasn't it?" "sir." "don't you?" "sir." "And you have an idea how I might remedy my reputation with the ladies." "not to Miss Audrey." "Isn't it?" "sir." "Then you must tell me." "the garments are so beautiful." "So...seductive." "But the ladies find it discomfiting to be seen considering them." "entertaining." "what I thought was..." "Ladies After Dark." "Ladies After Dark?" "it would be by invitation only." " Exclusive." "{\1cH00FFFF}" " The ladies would have the store to themselves." "low lamps." "So they can try on the lingerie." "Or have it modelled for them." "We might make quite an event of it." "Because what women want is to be desired." "To be adored." "Ladies After Dark." "you are my little champion." "sir." "He's not nowhere to be found." "He was here a while ago." "He must have gone out." "No matter." "Please tell him I called by and I will see him tonight." "Miss Glendenning." "but he said he wasn't there." "Arthur." "we do it with banners and trumpets." "Ladies After Dark will be different." "There will be no posters." "There will be no announcements." "We must conjure up the idea that most of us are missing out on something so seductive that it can only be done in secret." "I'd like you to draw up a list of ladies we might present with exclusive invitations." "I shall personally see to it that the personal invitations are...indeed personal. the whole occasion must be shrouded in tantalising secrecy. it will become a regular feature." "isn't it?" "I've noticed you coming and going." "told you that I might fall for you?" "I look at a pretty girl like you... to take a girl out dancing." "Don't you realise?" "Isn't it obvious?" "No girl in this store will ever walk out with you." "I have a position here." "Partner." "Moray's partner." "I have known him since he were married." "I know things that mean I won't be laughed at and humiliated." "Pauline. or spurn them." "They are gentlemen." "You are a barber." "I'm not a barber." "Not anymore." "Look at this." "I'm wearing a suit." "Hey!" "Look will ya spurn me still?" "Will ya?" "Will ya?" "I'm not a barber!" "Get off her!" "Leave her alone!" "HE GROANS" "sir." "Only most of the time. but in no time I was left powerless." "you gave all authority to Jonas." "When will you put a stop it?" "I want Burroughs dismissed immediately." "Arthur." "You can go now." "if I may?" "I have the distinct impression that Mr Burroughs would not take well to being removed from The Paradise so quickly." "What does it matter what he feels?" "He is a danger to our business." "We have good cause." "but if I may?" "Let us suppose we dispose of Burroughs." "He would most certainly take his tale of ill-treatment up and down the street. you would undoubtedly face suspicion and resistance." "Jonas? perhaps he might get to a place where he concludes of his own accord that it is time for him to depart." "Papa." "Katherine." "You have toyed with him and now it is his turn to toy with you." "Not at all." "We had no arrangements." "that is all. why you should pursue a man who will have nothing to do with you." "I find it still more baffling why I should let you." "Because you can't stop me." "Now you are toying with me." "Denise." "What are you doing here? I'll go now." "Wait. at work." "sir." "Denise." "What brought you here?" "it wasn't enough." "I always wanted...more." "more." "I know it well." "I feel as though I belong in The Paradise." "I can...make it happen. or you'll be the one who steals my throne from me." "Come on. or you will be in terrible trouble with Miss Audrey in the morning." "All I said to him was "barber"." "I thought he would strangle me." "His hands were on my neck like strangler's hands." "isn't he?" "Why is that?" "I have known Moray since he's been married." That's what he said to me." "I know things that mean I shan't be shifted from here."" "What could he know?" "of course." "are you?" "he might strangle again." "Burroughs doesn't frighten me." "All you have to do is smile at him and he is a puppy dog." "sir." "Arthur." "Clara." "Sir." "I saw you'd left your book here." "I was about to fetch it to you." "Thank you." "Sir." "I came to The Paradise after Mr Moray's wife died." "They talk of her like she was a saint." "You know it is forbidden to speak of her." "sir." "Please." "Was Helene as tender-hearted as they say?" "Peerless." "as it so often does." "wouldn't it be wonderful mischievous atmosphere?" "Only those who have invitations know that they have invitations." "So we must ask you to keep word of the gathering shrouded in the deepest mystery." "has Mr Moray spoken to you?" "no." "What about? but he must be engaged in urgent business." " Invite me?" "{\1cH00FF00}" " A party." "so best keep knowledge of this to yourself." "Ladies After Dark?" "Like Ladies After Dark." "once a month or so they... where there is entertainment." "Girls?" "We can travel in the same carriage." "it is vital that you tell no-one where we are going tonight." "Mr Moray's reputation depends upon it." "Meet me in the alleyway at 8.00." "8.00." "Splendid." "girls." "I don't quite know how to say this." "Denise." "the ladies will be here soon." "Gentlemen aren't allowed in here." "HE CHORTLES" "Then I had best be on my way." "ladies." "EXCITED CHATTERING" "LOUD GASPS simply speak privately with myself or one of the girls." "Confidentiality is totally assured." "THEY GASP" "Don't you wish Mr Moray could be here to see your success?" "perhaps that's enough for me this time. but I do rather like the thought of wearing it." "At least your husband will notice." "as well as the lace." "Denise." "sir." "He can't simply vanish." "We can't just leave the counter unattended." "I'll put Williams on Men's Grooming." "sir." "sir?" "sir?" "Perhaps Bradley decided The Paradise wasn't for him after all." "Threats?" "sir." "What sort of threats?" "sir." "Mr Burroughs insisted on staying here or he would cause great harm to you personally." "Jonas." "What trouble?" "sir." "He also alluded to your wife's death." "Burroughs told me." "He heard screams." "He ran into The Paradise. looking down at where your wife lay and you said..." "Why didn't you tell me about this? I thought it might be better if I rectify the problem." "Where is he?" "sir." "Burroughs no longer presents a danger to you." "Jonas?" "sir." "My loyalty to you is assured." "Jonas." "DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES" "for coming so quickly." "I thought perhaps you were ill." "Moray." "I want to stop this." "stop hurting you." "I just want to devote myself to loving you." "Will you let me do that?" "You imagine you can do to the rest of us what you've done to Burroughs. on the night he vanished." "Young Arthur is afraid of Jonas." "The boy does not know the meaning of what he saw." "Heavens!" "Mr Jonas." "Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd"