Escape from the Dark Page #2

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you yet. See if I don't.

- Bye, Daddy.

- Goodbye, my dear. Have a nice day.

Alice, where are you going?

Just going to fly my kite, Mother!

Don't go too far!

I don't like her going

up on the moors alone.

It's a bit lonely for her here.

I don't want her playing with any

of those rough miners' children.

I shall be glad when the governess

arrives to keep her out of mischief.

- Well, goodbye, dear.

- Hm.

- I do hope His Lordship is agreeable.

- Yes, so do I.

Uh, Mr. Sandman to see Lord Harrogate.

His Lordship is expecting you, sir.

Now then, Sandman, what

do you propose to do

about this colliey of mine?

Well, one of the problems is...

Uh, no, thank you... is that

Emsdale is a small colliey,

and the seam is a long

way from the surFace.

Yes, yes, I know all about that.

But the point is that

it doesn't make a profit.

Now Kirkdale's colliey makes a profit,

but my colliey does not make a profit.

In fact, my colliey

keeps... keeps losing money.

Now, as my new manager, tell me,

what do you propose to do about that?

I'd like to explore the possibility

of using machiney in the pits, My Lord.

Machiney?

Are you suggesting we might use

machiney instead of miners, perhaps?

Um... Well, no, My Lord.

But it might be possible to bring

the coal from the face to the shaft

by means of machiney instead of ponies.

Hm, yes, yes, at least, I am

prepared to explore that idea.

Hm. Look into that for

me, will you, Sandman?

And find out all about the costs,

and, uh, show me things, you

know, like plans and so on,

- you know, that sort of thing.

- I will, My Lord.

My goodness, just look at

those rabbits all over the lawn,

simply ruining it.

Go away!

- Go away, you horrible dog! Go home!

- It's a girl up a tree.

- ye.

- Come on.

Go away, you horrible dog!

- What you doing up there?

- Go away!

- Can you get down?

- Yes, of course I can.

No!

- Come on.

- I want my kite.

You don't want much, do you?

You best get yourself down first.

Come on, that's the way.

Go on. Down a bit more.

Be careful!

Why did you put your kite in the tree?

I didn't do it on purpose.

I can't run fast enough to

get it up in the air properly.

Dave could.

Pull, Dave, pull! It's nearly there!

- Run faster, Dave!

- There it goes!

I can feel the wind take

it! Come on, kite, come on!

Oh, Dave, it's flying!

You've done it! Well done!

- Oh, let me have a go, please.

- Here you are.

Thank you.

- Why aren't you in school?

- Why do you think? Summer holidays.

You're lucky. I've got a

horrible governess coming,

and she'll want me to stay

indoors all day doing lessons.

- What's a governess?

- She's a sort of teacher, isn't she?

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