Take The High Road 1980

that's all right lovely that's fine

thank you

are you giving a party mr powder no i'm

just buying some food not a food for one

person well i expect i'll be eating

tomorrow and the next day's work

well said

what about yourself mrs archie no

cooking for you today hi i suppose i

better be making my way up the road no

big cars to take me anywhere and put out

she can't help he's run off his feet

looking after the german

well bye for now bye-bye

i hope you enjoy your meal mr calder

well you've got to keep body and soul

together no why it's a struggle

sometimes

still no just complaining

and of course scottish winters don't

help

so if you put it all together age

neglect and climate it can add up to

something quite serious oh dear

oh when will we know how bad it is i

can't tell until i've been right over

the whole house roof to basement what a

shame that i won't be here to hold your

torch for you

if you forgive me mr langman

you hardly seen the type to carry a

torch thank you

my chief concern is what needs doing and

how much it will cost

well from what you've told me mrs

cunningham i'm sure there's several

things that'll need doing right away

but as to cost i really have no idea at

the moment

well it has to be done

yes but um not at any cost elizabeth we

must study the statements estimates very

carefully and if they are too high

we shall just have to think again

but the board never indicated that

i was under the impression that the

condition of this house was a priority

it is and i don't understand the running

costs of glendark house are out of all

proportion to the return one way or the

other this building must become an asset

and not a liability we must examine

every possibility

such as

such as

conversion ms stephen am i not writing

thinking that your costings and survey

would be quite different if we were to

consider conversion as opposed to merely

renovation oh yes but i'd have to know

what you had in mind i would like to

know that too it is my home we're

talking about max

and i hope it always will be elizabeth

you sat at my table the other evening

and were deliberately vague when i

brought up the condition of the house

but i think you know exactly what you

want to do with it don't you

i wouldn't say that

but what i would say

excuse me

yes

lorna an urgent call for you max oh

then if you will excuse me i will take

it downstairs

auf wiedersehen mr steven auf

wiedersehen

mr langemann is coming down lorna

i'm sorry miss stephen

i'm afraid i do tend to get a bit

emotional when people start talking

about glenn darkhouse as if it were an

impersonal heap of bricks and mortar

my family built this house

i quite understand mrs cunningham

but you know being sentimental can also

be expensive

it's no use throwing good money after

bad

mr langerman's point of view is very

sensible

if you don't mind my saying so

perhaps you should listen to him

langham in here

oh yes

yes i thought you might be

well but it's true

i see a question of rights

yes i see

of course

goodbye

repercussions from our friend mr maxwell

well

yes his editor is not too pleased wants

to know why maxwell's work is being

suppressed well i'm not surprised

maxwell spent a long time up here

time wasted and no story printed but

surely you don't think that he has any

reason to be annoyed well i must say i

can understand maxwell and his editor

being less than satisfied but he's

accusing us of interfering with the

freedom of the british press and that's

not what you're doing no i am simply

buying time in everybody's interests

does that include the people of glendale

yes of course it does

there are quite enough rumors flying

about without some wild story appearing

in the center spread of the weekend

review our tenants must be informed

about what's going on they will be

informed they will know before any of

the newspapers good

now is there anything you can do to stop

this editor causing trouble

i think so

i think that i can interfere a little

more with the freedom of the british

press

i don't think i understand

watch me

no i think that's everything right

you know i hope you don't mind me saying

this

but you're looking an awful lot happier

i think i'm beginning to turn the corner

i've just done a job for this grant

she's going to be paying cash later on

that was the first money i've got since

i came here

is maggie ferguson not paid you yet i

think she's trying to avoid me she says

she wants to run it for 200 miles ugh

well i wouldn't worry she will pay

eventually

she's not as bad as she seems you know

no no

look it's not my way to owe money or

give credit but you can easily take

these messages and pay me tomorrow no

it's not my way though i think we should

cover it i'm not down him up as

shirtless mrs left

i just said the telephone reconnected oh

298's the number if you ever need me

i'll take a note of that

oh by the way i met your brother-in-law

the other night with a long

chat a change then mr colder if that's

everything

seemed a nice

come in

oh lorna hello

sorry to bother you mrs

i really need some signatures oh yes of

course

i wasn't sure if miss stephen was still

here or not oh she left about an hour

ago it's only a preliminary visit it

seems i thought she was very nice

so did mr langemann really

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she's highly intelligent capable she's

also very attractive

just his kind of woman i found that out

the other night

when k grant came to dinner

she was subjected to the high-powered

langemann

kaye handled the situation beautifully

and miss steedman

she was impressed

it worries me a little lorna

mr langemann suddenly became very much

the chairman of the board

now whether that was just to impress

miss steven

or whether it was to tell me something

i'm really not quite sure

you know more than most what he's like

mrs cunningham

it was probably

elizabeth cunningham

max

if i can

in an hour

but why

max

i take it you're off to achtun tonight

i'm off to glasgow tonight glasgow

he's picking me up in an hour but why is

he taking you all the way to glasgow

lorna i haven't the faintest idea

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we thank you for your letter inquiring

about the empty cottages on the ardvane

road unfortunately these are not

available for rent at the moment and

there are no other vacant premises on

the estate we are sorry we can't be more

helpful you're sincerely etc etc that's

fine yes send that off today

that's the one thing about the job that

slows me down it's all this paperwork i

could well do without it that's about

the 10th inquiry about these cottages

another point i must take up with mr

langerman when it comes back i wouldn't

mind staying in one of them myself are

you joking that road gets far too busy

in the summertime

anyway i think mr langeman is looking

for more affluent tenants good morning

good morning

can i help you

you must be ella mcintyre the factor

jane steven harrison's preservations ah

so you're the man from harrison's

it takes everyone by surprise i'm sure

it does it's just i always expect

everyone in the building industry to be

male well now you know better

perhaps equality hasn't reached glendara

yet uh no i think you'd be surprised on

that point you see there are some very

hard working ladies up here aren't the

yes mr mcintyre you can say that again

now i believe you want to do a complete

survey of the house yes that's right i

had a brief look round when i was here

yesterday but this time i want to do a

more detailed survey fine lorna could

you get the master keys for ms steedman

mrs cunningham and mr langerman have

been called away to glasgow i'm afraid

oh

do you have any objections to me going

around the house by myself no not at all

it might be easier with a guide

unfortunately i'm tied up for most of

the day but if there's any difficulty

i'm sure lorna will help you won't you

lana yes of course here are the keys

thank you hey why don't you come into my

office i'll see if i can find a plan of

the house oh no if you have one that

would be it might be rather ancient but

it should be on fire

she's back yes to do a survey of the

inside of the house no time next time

she comes here by driving her own

bulldozer

maybe i should go around the house with

her oh i think she'll manage on her own

besides i've got a list of things that

are to be done so have i mrs cunningham

left me full instructions you know oh

did she i would think she's gonna wait

for a year the amount she's left me to

do she wants fjorda's room cleaned up

and the kitchen washed down

you want breakfast too well

no

but you must eat

what's the point when i don't feel like

eating

strength dougal

it was a wild out last night and look

how the weather's cleared up now hi

alice was a great help last night she's

a good girl

it's weeks now since amy

it seems like just the other day that we

were laughing and joking about what to

call the baby

she always wanted a boy

i know i know

we know you should be proud of yourself

proud

dougal you must look to the future

well i'll have to get this place cleared

up nurse is coming in to look at the

baby this morning

maybe you should be here when she comes

i may be

donald's still sleeping i didn't wake

him it'll give us a chance to get on

you look tired alice

i heard you up during the night for the

baby oh i'm fine when i do sleep i sleep

well

is uh dougal up no he's gone out

and he didn't eat again this morning

oh mrs lachlan what are we going to do

that i don't know

so i just gave him the money isabel

i must admit he's done a grand job in it

it sounds better than it did when i

first got it

and so when does the transport inspector

come next week

so do you think it'll pass

well if it doesn't ken calder will have

some explaining to do

when i told him to put those new tires

on he said it needed but it's costing me

a fortune isabel well it cost you a lot

more if you went anywhere else i suppose

so

is jimmy away with him to glasgow either

way in the van

ken's got some tools and belongings in

store down there you know and they're

using your van

well jimmy's picking up an order from

the cash and carry

look they're sharing the expenses of the

trip and they're good company for each

other

good company an alcoholic oh maggie why

i missed you always

hello david elizabeth

miss ferguson hello

i just dropped him to see if there's any

mail for me no none i'm afraid okay

well

i better be moving too

and isabel

don't let david bled upset you i bet he

does upset me maggie ah just ignore him

you'll go away

bye-bye

miss ferguson perhaps you can help me

you want me to help brian blair

can you remember the night the girl was

murdered i'm not begging to forget it

she came here in my bus

do you remember where she got on the

octane hotel she was a waitress there

she didn't say anything to you did she

you know where exactly she was going or

who she was meeting look i told

everything to the police a long time ago

please maybe there was something you

forgot

all i know is she asked me when was the

last run back to a turn well i was

finished for the night i told her i

wasn't going back

anyway as it turned out

she didn't need the return ticket that

she missed up there

there's nothing wrong with him he's a

lovely wee boy you think he's doing fine

yes oh alice you've done a grand job i'm

doing my best under the circumstances

you're doing better than your best and

you know it well

how is he anyway

dougal

about the same

a bit more talkative by that i mean we

almost had a conversation he'll have to

pull himself out of it nobody else can

it's very hard for him it's very hard

for you

well at least he's not ignoring me

anymore well you know what it was like

when i first came

i don't think he resents me being here

quite as much that is an improvement

oh cure early today nurse

early enough to see you doing far too

much oh i can manage

but you shouldn't have to where's dooku

oh he's out somewhere well you do all

the work we had a late night last night

some of the jews went missing but we

found them didn't we alice yes we had to

bring them off the bed

and some of them will be alarming any

day now this one arrived several days

ago unexpectedly i don't believe it the

two of you were out in the pouring rain

last night well someone's got to look

after them we make a good team alice and

i oh mrs lachlan you're doing dougal's

job for him it won't do your health any

good now don't worry about me nurse i

can manage you can manage alice can

manage the only one who can't manage his

dougal

he's too busy feeling sorry for himself

to see what's going on we know that

he just needs time

he's had enough time you're doing a

grand job but it's not helping google

he's got to get back to work and someone

has got to make

hello

oh goodness me you give me an awful

fright i get carried away i'm sorry to

interrupt you i just want to have a

quick look around this room well you

just carry on dear

of course that used to be the lyrics

favorite room

did it

a man of great taste it's a logan pedi

you know some of the house is exactly as

it was

you should have a wee look at the

library it hasn't been changed one bit

yeah great man for the books mr logan

mrs cunningham's not had it all that

easy though

it's what four years now since a divorce

my how time flies

yes it does

he was such a nice man peter cunningham

he had class but she's got the real

class i can tell you

i must be getting on ah she's a

different breed as mrs cunningham

just like sir logan

you can tell she's a petty

hello

there you go oh thanks isabella

busy ron oh mr weatherburn and his two

grandchildren a dog that parcel in the

magazines

there was one that took him on earlier

but they they didn't come out up here

never mind the tourist season will soon

be upon us oh well it can't start soon

enough for me isabel what with the cost

of that service the new tires and the

price of fuel i'm losing hand over fist

hand over fist well you know there's

none of us having it easy maggie

stuff in that freezer has been there for

months and not everything