Frontier

Harp! You... you're alive!

Here's what you came for:

the rescindment of Harp's bounty.

They'll be sent to Moose Fort and relayed beyond.

- One night, 10,000 pelts. - We're gonna rob Fort James.

You don't start a war to kill one man.

What you call war they call business.

The season's haul will be in one place:

the Company storehouse.

Tucked behind the storehouse is this root cellar.

If we had a bunch of canoes at the river and men who can

guide it upriver at night, then it could actually work.

- I know someone. - My name is Wahush.

How do you know him?

Wahush and I were promised to each other.

- He was your fiancé? - You could call it that.

Your father gone so many years, it's time we declare him dead,

and I claim the ale for firewood.

I'll wager that Samuel Grant is behind this.

All we need is a buyer in Montreal.

I'll take care of that. It's settled.

Coin for blood is Benton's way.

We can fight them without becoming them, Sokanon.

How do you sleep at night? Eh?

That's a ridiculous price

for a scrap of leather pastry and a bit of cat meat.

Here, you greedy bastard.

There he is.

Harp?

What brings you here?

I've been scouring Montreal for you.

What for?

I need a quick buyer for a large number of beaver pelts.

And you want to do a deal with the Low River Company?

I did. Until I heard you pissed it all away, Malcolm.

Is that what you heard?

I also heard your brother married the widow Carruthers.

Can you get me a meeting with her?

Do you know this woman, Harp?

Only by reputation.

I have to warn you that words with her is like...

puttin' your face against a rolling grindstone.

It's her business, not her conversation, I'm interested in.

A finder's fee for setting it up, and I'll see what I can do.

Agreed.

Mr. Brown.

I'm afraid my husband's not here right now.

Well, that's okay, because I'm here to introduce

the head of the Black Wolf Company:

Declan Harp.

Mr. Harp...

What can I do for you?

I'd like to discuss a business arrangement.

Shall I arrange a meeting with my husband?

I prefer to speak to the person actually in charge.

Unfortunately, Mr. Harp, anyone who deals with Mr. Brown

I'm inclined to consider untrustworthy.

Yeah, I respect that.

But what I came to talk about involves only you and me.

Now, wait just a fucking minute here...

Malcolm. Please leave us.

The infamous Declan Harp.

I've heard about Elizabeth Carruthers.

Rumoured to be the brains behind her husband's company.

Oh, flattery? Obviously not used

to dealing with a woman who actually is intelligent.

I'll hear your offer.

But not here. Over dinner.

See you at my house at six.

I need a tailor.

You need a plaid suit, big man.

- What's all this about? - We're doing to dinner.

Here, here, here,

a good suit is a suit that you can play chess on.

I'm telling ya, you listen to Daddy.

There's lots of people, very little cover.

There's the root cellar.

Tunnelling won't be so hard,

but we have to get through the foundation of the storehouse.

That's why we need Jack.

Right.

And then, we can start getting rich.

And you can start wearing your top hat.

Maybe.

We need to get supplies.

Let's go to the alehouse first, see Grace Emberly.

She can help us with the tools we'll need to start digging.

Was that rough for you?

I earned my shillings.

You gonna pay up?

Why can't I have that little Blondie who tends the ale?

Was I not good enough?

I want her as well.

She's a delicate flower, she can't handle such things.

If it's variety you're after,

Mr. Carter will be sending some new girls soon.

Have patience.

Has that prick Carter brought more women yet?

He hasn't.

When Emberly returns from Montreal,

she'll put a stop to all this.

We need to see Emberly.

Oh, she's off to Montreal, to save Mary's virtue.

The ale house is temporarily out of her hands.

Chesterfield's running a tight ship as Governor.

I don't like your chances if he finds you in here.

Why so dour?

Each of you promised

a room of your own

and all the work you can handle.

You've struck gold, my dear.

Those girls were taken unwillingly.

I can't stand here and watch this happen.

We'll fix it, but we need to be ready for when Harp arrives.

We'll worry about that, and then we get those girls out of here.

Listen to 'em!

They'll kill him.

Oh, you'd be surprised what a man can endure

before giving up the ghost.

He didn't ask to be on this ship.

I dragged him from where he slept

and he woke with no land in sight.

Ah, press-ganged.

He's not the only unwilling seaman on board I've spoken to.

You alright, Mr. Darraugh?

They're going to hang him in London.

They're not going to hang anyone in London.

Because we are not going to London.

You have a way off the ship?

I believe I can rely on some of the men.

And I've made some other friends!

Look.

Now it's up to you, young Chaulk,

or Darraugh and I end up like them.

Well, Mr. Harp,

I'm very glad you can see through Malcolm's

slanderous remarks about my business manner.

Uh... Elizabeth is a fine businesswoman.

I'm not sure why Malcolm would have said otherwise.

Tell me about this offer.

The Black Wolf Company has come into

a lot of HBC quality furs.

HBC quality furs or...

...HBC furs?

- We're looking for buyers. - Legally gotten gains?

We're all operating outside the law,

yourselves included.

Look where we're sat. Kids' table.

Here, how come you're in here and your brother's out there

when his feet barely touch the floor?

That woman, the dark-skinned one,

is she a servant?

She's one of them.

Pretty high on herself, I might add.

How'd she do that?

How the fuck should I know?

And me, an idiot in all my new garments.

Oh, as suits go, it's not so bad...

Stirring something in my loins, to be frank.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

Where do you think dead man Carruthers kept his whisky?

I'll scout it out.

I'm here to establish a business relationship with you.

If we unite, we can weaken the HBC's stronghold.

Why me, Mr. Harp?

Have you been to see Mr. Grant since you arrived in town?

Lucky for him, I have not.

Josephette, Douglas, could you give us a moment?

And I says this fork

is going right up your arse, you hairy wee bastard.

Now, I understood that Declan Harp

didn't hunt beavers, he hunted men.

If my blade finds your throat,

you've done something to bring it.

The word is it's avenging your wife's death

that topples your rational thinking.

My family was...

...brutally murdered by a man that I once saw as a father.

I will avenge them, yes.

But it is not just about them.

It's about all of the families that live in the shadow of the HBC.

You're not what I expected.

If you give me the opportunity to show you more,

you won't regret it.

I don't like trouble.

Sometimes you gotta take the rough with the smooth.

But I have not come this far only to lose sight of my path.

I'll buy your furs.

There are not many men that have the courage

to shake my hand as an equal.

I look forward to a long partnership, Mr. Harp.

Let's get moving.

Let's get a closer look at the root cellar.

That's the back of the storehouse there.

It's about fifteen feet. What do you think?

Yes.

I'm going to check out inside. Keep watch.

I have something I want to do.

What?

You go. I'll be back.