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Clips from Taboo - Episode #1.6 (S01E01)

"Stir."
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"Stir."
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"Frightened rabbit."
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"Go to hell."
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"He is African."
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"They smell fear like dogs."
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"He's a trumped-up fucking..."
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"antiquarian."
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"Self-learnt. The worst."
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"Busiest in the head. Doesn't drink."
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"They should not be dropping him on us like a black cannonball."
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"Mr. George Chichester."
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"Ah."
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"Gentlemen. How good of you to see me."
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"You can mystify it all you want, but in the end, that is what it is."
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"A cat in the middle of the desert, with no nose."
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"But what what an extraordinary achievement, gentlemen."
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"When you think that the pyramids and the great Valley Of The Kings"
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"and the Sphinx were all manufactured by men"
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"with skin almost as dark as my own."
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"It almost defies all your Our current views of nature."
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"You are very well travelled, sir."
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"I just wish I had seen those wonders without the benefit of chains"
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"around my arms and legs."
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"I have prevailed upon the Prince Regent to open"
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"a Royal Commission into the sinking of an East India Company ship"
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"called the Cornwallis on July 10th, 1804."
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"The Cornwallis?"
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"I thought the name of the ship in question was the Influence."
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"Its real name is the Cornwallis."
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"But in the port of Cabinda on the West African coast,"
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"its name was temporarily changed."
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"But wh-wh-why... wh-why was its name changed?"
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"Because, on July the 5th, it was loaded with a cargo of slaves."
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"Which is strictly not illegal in 1804."
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"But the return of the abolitionist Charles Grant..."
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"into the East India Court of Directors almost a year previously..."
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"meant that the East India no longer sanctioned the transportation of slaves."
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"But these slaves were loaded by East India Company directors anyway."
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"As part of a thriving illicit network."
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"That is why it sailed with only a skeleton crew."
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"within four days,"
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"the ship ran aground."
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"Help yourself to breakfast."
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"Why are you not looking for him?"
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"We had words."
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"What words?"
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"A family matter."
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"Well, I-I shall call on Mr. Thoyt."
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"Perhaps we can glean some knowledge from him."
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"Oh, if there's any darkness, that articled pimp will know about it."
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"And then I intend to visit Zilpha Geary."
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"Why are you not worried?"
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"and he won't be happy."
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"You can depend on that."
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"Open up!"
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"Open the door, we know you're in there!"
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"- Darlin'? - What do you want?"
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"James Delaney?"
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"He then said the ship was doubly overburdened."
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"280 slaves in a ship of 150 tonnes."
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"the Captain ordered that the cargo hold be nailed shut."
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"So the slaves would all go down with the ship."
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"Leaving no evidence of the illicit cargo to incriminate those"
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"who had arranged the shipment."
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"Then he asked about your brother, Sir."
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"And his sugar plantation at Jumby Bay, Antigua."
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"Chichester is their bishop."
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"The king is safe."
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"Delaney is a horse"
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"and Prinny is their queen."
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"I think it's time we started moving some pieces."
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"Mr. Cholmondeley. Wake up."
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"Change of guard!"
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"Steady as she goes."
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"Steady as she goes."
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"And may God have mercy on our souls."
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"I was calling on the lady of the house."
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"If your wife is indisposed, I will leave."
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"You thought the man of the house would be out, attending to business."
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"But I have no business."
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"Is your wife indisposed?"
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"Your visit is regarding Mr. James Delaney, I presume."
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"Yes, I thought Mrs. Geary might know where he would be."
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"Why would my wife know where he is?"
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"Well, she is his sister and I already tried his attorney."
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"You know,"
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"I heard one about an actress he keeps locked in his cellar,"
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"- enjoys the beatings... - I don't need to..."
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"An actress..."
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"who enjoys walking with a man with human flesh in his teeth."
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"You know, you can even buy a song about Delaney now."
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"In Covent Garden, for a penny."
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"I-I'll return when you're sober..."
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"It's about a cannibal who plans to eat the Prince Regent."
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"So it can only be about Delaney."
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"Forgive me, I was..."
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"just dressing."
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"He's been gone two days..."
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"And she thought you might know where he is,"
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"because you are his sister."
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"I'm afraid I have no idea where he is."
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"It's..."
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"Tis in Pall Mall there lives a pig"
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"That doth this Mall adorn"
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"So fat, so plump, so monstrous big"
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"A finer ne'er were born"
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"This pig so sweet, so full of meat"
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"He's the one I wish to kill"
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"My fowls resign on thee to dine"
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"Sweet pig of fine Pall Mall"
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"They were singing that rhyme long before"
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"Mr. Delaney returned to London."
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""Before Mr. Delaney returned to London.""
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"Ah, yes."
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"That golden age."
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"My dear, the whole of London wants to know where he is."
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"His Majesty's Government wants to know where he is."
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"I'm afraid we cannot help you."
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"Miss Bowe, my husband and I would now like you to leave."
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