The Doll Factory

- Papa! - Is that Louis' son?

- Yes. - With who?

Sylvia. She's his wife.

I want to meet her. - Syl, no, don't!

A failed marriage

is an embarrassment.

But a mad wife is a scandal.

I can't stay here anymore.

Please don't come for me until I'm ready.

You were right about Louis.

I'm sorry.

- A substance for making men insensible.

- What did Mr. Silas tell you to write about?

- Some girl called Rose, she's been injured.

So that was for the sister, for her to come urgently.

Albie!

"Dear Miss Iris.

"We are not acquainted

"but I write on behalf of your sister, Rose.

"She has suffered an accident.

"Please come urgently to Lumley Court.

A doctor has been called."

You must be more careful.

Could've hurt yourself.

I won't hurt you.

I-I won't hurt you.

I'll get you a fresh one.

I brought you a gift.

Toffees, dipped in chocolate.

From the vendor on the Southbank.

I remember you.

Course you do.

They're your favorites.

How do you know that?

Sixpence for a dozen.

Very dear.

- No. - You like them.

Why have you brought me here?

- Perhaps you've overindulged.

What are you gonna do to me?

- Too much of a good thing can dull the appetite.

Go on.

No...

Come on.

Let me go.

- I can't. - Please.

Please... - You're-- you're hungry,

and the drugs have addled your brain.

You need sweets.

Eat. - Please...

Please, eat.

No.

- Come on. - No!

Let me go! Help me!

Shush! Shush!

Help me!

Sh-sh-sh...

Sh-sshhh.

Ah...

- Careful. - Ah.

- I think the bone might be broken.

She's so different.

- Any new relationship has its teething issues.

You just have to be persistent, Silas.

It's a war of attrition more than anything else.

Persistent.

How long have I been here?

You must be hungry.

If you let me help you up, I can make you more comfortable.

- How did you make me fall asleep?

Of course,

I should've known you'd be interested.

I...

I attend lectures at the University College.

It's a fascinating new drug...

Robert Liston...

An eminent surgeon, yeah, I witnessed

his use of it when performing an amputation....

It's called chloroform.

Man didn't feel a thing.

Isn't that miraculous?

Well, don't do it again.

I wanted you to relax.

- If you untie me, I can stand by myself.

- I don't think I can trust you yet.

You can't trust me?

You tricked me.

You hit me, and you drugged me,

and you've tied me up...

- I'll explain everything. If, if you just...

Let me help you.

You are heavier than I imagined.

- Perhaps you're just weaker than you thought.

Water.

You're spilling.

I only brought the finest examples down here.

For you,

my favorite.

My best piece is still on display

at the Great Exhibition.

My collection,

it will be famous one day.

- I look forward to seeing it one day.

Why didn't you come?

You sent me the ticket.

You should have come.

Oh, no.

You, you should have said.

I...

I would've brought you something

for you to... use.

- No, no, you promised you wouldn't...

It's just for the smell.

It's lavender.

Sorry, that was...

I'll bring you a chamber pot,

for next time.

That was negligent of me.

Next time?

How long are you going to keep me here?

You're going to kill me...

You're going to kill me.

How can you think that?

I...

I've been lonely, that's all.

If Louis Frost, if he hadn't...

taken you, and...

He'll come looking for me.

No, he won't.

He's in love with me.

- Louis Frost doesn't know what love is,

apart from love of himself.

I don't, I don't...

want to talk about him.

Why do you kill these things?

No, it's...

it's not about ending life.

It's about preserving it.

This way they last forever.

Isn't that beautiful?

I hope one day you come to understand.

They mean something to me.

Every single one.

What do I mean to you?

You're my friend.

When I was younger, I...

nobody wanted to be my friend.

I was so alone.

My mother, she was the worst.

She, she didn't understand me.

She never even tried to understand me.

These, these animals,

these bones and bodies,

I find them in the woods.

They were my escape.

I'd...

I'd-- I'd like to be able to see them.

Let me tell you about Flick.

She was the person you reminded me of

when I first met you.

Please untie me so I can,

so I can admire them.

I only want to look.

It would be interesting for me to see them up close.

To examine them, um...

as a fellow artist.

You see, I've, I've worked with taxidermy before,

but never pieces as fine as this.

Did you know I'm a painter?

Of course.

Of course I know.

- I promise I won't do anything,

I promise.

Please.

Please.

Thank you, thank you.

Ah...

Mightn't you help me up?

Thank you.

Flick wanted to be my friend.

It was so obvious.

Children can be awful.

And she was so easily swayed.

But when we were alone,

it was different.

I was heartbroken when she disappeared.

It was around the time that we went blackberry picking.

I...

sometimes I think it was her father.

He was a terrible man.

He used to...

beat her.

Sometimes I think I see her.

I'd like to imagine she escaped that town too.

You found her.

They all have stories,

like I was telling you.

- Just wanted to bring it into the light.

- Let me show you. - Hm.

If you look at the detail.