The Levelling Page #2

So we never forget. Yeah.

Only moving 200 cattle

off our land

in four foot of water

at 2:
00 in the morning.

Then, f***, for you, man.

Your tur...

Steady.

Stop laughing as well.

Oh, f***.

So were you at the party, then?

Yep.

Is that

where you got the shiner?

Was Harry happy

about getting the farm?

Was a pretty big deal

for him, wasn't it?

Yeah, of course.

I mean, finally Aubrey

trusted him.

He's not the easiest dad

in the world.

Harry was really chuffed.

I think maybe Aubrey was

still trying to run the farm,

with the sale and everything,

like he didn't trust Harry?

Is that why he canceled

the sale, do you think?

He had other plans?

- What's that?

- I don't know.

Think we should just

smooth around and carry on.

Hang on.

Is that a badger?

Jesus Christ.

There are more.

Can you tell

what happened to them?

They've been shot.

For f***'s sake.

No, Milo!

Oh, can you get him away?

Could you just go

lock him up somewhere?

Where are you going?

You're not going to call

the police, are you?

F***ing Aubrey. F***!

Ok. Very well.

Bye.

Where are you going?

Roger needs some more

paperwork for this damn sale.

They think you're

hiding something, do they?

Oh, don't be

so bloody ridiculous.

I just found dead

badgers buried out the back.

What? Where?

Shot dead.

Killing badgers

is the fastest bloody way

to get thrown in clink.

- I'm not that stupid.

- Ok, fine.

You know best.

I didn't have the keys

to the gun cupboard.

I gave them to Harry

about 6 months ago.

Harry?

Well, he wouldn't.

He's not stupid. He...

He isn't that stupid.

Frankly, the only stupid thing

he's done is burying them.

He should have burned

the bloody things.

If they'd had t.B.,

we'd be buggered!

The police say it was suicide.

Accidental death.

You don't accidentally

put a gun in your mouth.

You weren't here.

James was, and he agrees.

But he didn't mean

to shoot himself.

I'd just given him the farm,

for god's sake.

Did he say anything to you?

About what, the bloody badgers?

He was a grown-up.

Before he shot himself.

He was drunk!

Heh.

Your first letter

from boarding school.

You wrote it to Sandy,

because you were cross with me.

Sandy?

The dog Sandy?

The one you shot.

"Please tell daddy that

I have to eat corned beef here,

"and it's not beef at all.

"It's bloody freezing here,

and my socks

all have holes in them."

Heh.

I hated boarding school.

No, you didn't.

Harry hated boarding school.

He never went.

He got to stay here.

He did.

He went for a term...

Cried the whole time.

Came back home to the farmyard

happy as a pig in sh*t.

You loved it there.

"Give mummy a big lick from me,

and tell her

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