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| Hywel is videoing Colin |
At number 21, Hywel has set up a camera and is recording Colin,
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| "Tom played everyone in the village" |
who says, “I’ll never forgive myself for failing to see the hold he had over her. That Tom, he played everybody in the village like they were puppets in his little show.
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| "He threw dust in all our eyes" |
“He threw dust into all of our eyes.”
Hywel turns off the camera and nods his head as Colin asks, “How was that?” then goes to sit by Lois.
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| "I'm glad I've heard the truth at last" |
She is glad that she has heard the truth at last and realises that her mother has gone through so much.
“So do you think that the solicitor will be able to use this as evidence?” he asks Hywel,
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| "He will have an idea who is willing to make a statement" |
Then he adds, “But it isn’t just for the solicitor, is it, Lois?”
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| "Someone else needs to see it" |
She agrees that someone else needs to see it.
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| Mast comes into the deli . . . |
Sioned is sitting in the window of the deli when Mathew comes in,
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| . . . feeling the effects of last night |
reporting that it went well in the brasserie and his head is pounding.
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| "Can't you handle a few drinks?" |
“Can’t you handle a few drinks?” she asks and he is surprised that she is so fresh this morning, as she was throwing them back, too.
“All the walking around the fields has sorted that out,” she tells him, “You were right about last night –
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| "It did help, sorting things out with Kelly" |
“it did help, sorting things out with Kelly, but we can’t avoid reality for ever. A timeline for paying the fine arrived this morning,
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| "It doesn't make it easier to pay" |
“but knowing when to pay it doesn't make it easier to pay it.”
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| "There is one place you can turn" |
Mathew reminds her that there is one more place to which she can turn; she does not look happy about that.
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| The hustings is almost over |
In the Deri, where banners are displayed, reading ‘your future is in your hands’ and ‘vote for your favourite’, the closing stages of the hustings has arrived.
“Before we move onto the closing speeches, we’ve got time for one more question,” announces Diane; it is asked by Indeg.
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| "Name one thing . . ." |
“Name one thing that would improve lives in Cwmderi more than anything else.”
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| "£100,000 each!" |
Mark quickly comes up with an answer to that, which is £100,000 in the pockets of each of them.
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| "We should stick to what is realistic" |
Diane reproves him that they should stick to what is realistic, but he argues that the question did not mention anything about realistic.
Indeg points out that she did say one thing, not 100,000 things,
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| "You're splitting hairs there" |
but Kath accuses her of splitting hairs.
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| "Confidence in ourselves" |
Then Siôn has his chance to answer; “Confidence in ourselves, in our power as a community and the values we share.”
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| Eileen applauds |
This of course receives applause from Eileen, but Mark protests that there are several things there. “No – confidence – one thing!” insists Siôn.
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| "A Youth Centre" |
Then it is Lleucu’s turn; “A Youth Centre – somewhere to go, something to do,”
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| The younger generation like that |
which causes a lot of support from the younger generation. “An easy way of making the villager a nicer place for everyone – and keeping young people out of trouble.”
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| "My answer was the most honest . . ." |
Mark is still complaining that he thinks his answer was most honest and, as a councillor,
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| "I can promise you honesty!" |
he promises them one thing – honesty.
Diane considers that that they have had a good mix of questions – and a few good answers.
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| "Now we shall take a break" |
They will now take a break so that all those present can fill their glasses and will come back in 15 minutes for the closing speeches.
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| Gaynor finds a welcoming committee |
At Llwyncelyn, Gaynor comes downstairs to find Lois,
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| Initially they do not speak |
Hywel and Colin waiting for her;
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| "What's this?" |
she is immediately on her guard and asks, “What’s this?”
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| Mark is practising |
Mark is pacing up-and-down in front of the Deri, doing his best to remember his speech; “Vote for me and you'll have a ‘pafe sair’ of hands – safe pair of hands,” then realises that Garry is listening to him.
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| "They like you in there" |
“They like you in there,” Garry comments; Mark considers that he is the only one who is talking sense and demands to know what Garry wants.
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| "The question is, what do you want?" |
“The question isn’t what I want, but what you want. Do you really want the hassle? I’ve never thought of you as a committee man, Mark – you look nervous.”
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| "I'm not used to making speeches" |
Mark concedes that he is not used to making speeches,
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| "You'll have to make a speech every time" |
but is informed, “You’ll have to make a speech every time in a committee.”
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| "I can argue as well an anyone" |
Mark considers that he can argue as well as anyone.
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| "Handing committees is an art" |
“It’s one thing spouting off to your friends but it’s another to read all the documents, take stock of the facts – handling committees is an art!”
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| "What if I offered you some money?" |
Then Garry gets down to the basics; “What if I offered you some money to stand down?” Mark immediately turns down this offer,
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| "I'm not going to disappoint them for £50" |
stressing that he is not going to disappoint his family and friends for 50 quid.
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| "What if I offered you £500?" |
“No – of course not, what if I offered you £500?” This time, Mark does not rapidly dismiss the idea.
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| "How can I face people in the village?" |
After they have explained to Gaynor, she maintains, “Even if I did talk to my solicitor and the CPS dropped the case, what then? How can I face the people in the village? They’ll think I got away with it – without going to court or facing a jury.”
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| "Everyone will be pleased" |
On the contrary, Hywel insists that everyone will be pleased she did not have to go through it,
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| "Not everyone thinks the same as you" |
but she is convinced that not everyone thinks the same as they do.
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| "That's where you're wrong, Mam" |
“You’re wrong, Mam,” Lois tells her, “And we can prove it.”
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| "I heard you've been shut down" |
Eileen is at the bar when Jinx approaches; “I heard you’ve been shut down,” she exclaims,
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| "If I see one rat, I'll know where it comes from" |
“If I see one rat near ours, I’ll know where it’s come from!”
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| "You usually do it from memory" |
Then she goes over to where Siôn is reading his speech, telling him that there is no need for that as he usually does it from memory. He replies that he is just trying to remember the important points.
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| "Oh – Sioned wants to chat to me" |
Eileen receives a phone message from Sioned, who wants a chat with her, now.
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| "You go and see her, then" |
Siôn encourages her to go, but she is anxious to hear his speech and when he continues to recommend that she goes to see Sioned,
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| "Are you trying to get rid of me?" |
she demands, “Are you trying to get rid of me?” He suggests that she might be making him nervous and at last she decides that she will go,
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| "Good luck" |
wishing him good luck.
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| "I heer Mark is standing down" |
Garry sidles across to him; “I’ve heard a rumour that Mark Jones is standing down. If you’re not careful, Lleucu will take his votes from the idiots. Strike her and do some damage – take her down every chance you get!”
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| "I'm not going to play dirty, Garry" |
Siôn is adamant that he is not going to play dirty, so Garry produces a sheet of paper from his pocket.
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| "Use these notes to shatter her 'Miss Perfect' image" |
“Use these notes to shatter the ‘Miss Perfect’ image she’s built online.” Siôn cannot believe that he is serious,
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| Yes, he definitely looks serious |
but the look on his face indicates that he certainly is. Siôn looks carefully at the sheet of paper he has been given.
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| "He destroyed Gaynor's ability to think for herself" |
At Llwyncelyn, Gaynor is shown the video; first, Colin is shown, saying, “Because of everything he did, he destroyed Gaynor’s ability to think for herself.
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| "Tom deceived the whole village" |
Then Kath tells how he changed her completely – and that it was not just Gaynor – Tom deceived the whole village.
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| "He was doing the same thing to Gaynor – the swine!" |
Next, Cassie; “Everyone was too ready to doubt poor Cheryl’s story – and too late to realise he was doing the same thing to Gaynor – the swine!”
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| That raises a smile |
This, at least, makes Gaynor smile.
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| "Nobody believed Cheryl – and look what happened" |
Mark adds his evidence; “For a long time I couldn’t understand how anyone could control someone’s mind like that. Nobody believed Cheryl – and then look what happened.
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| "Gaynor has been through enough" |
“Gaynor has been through enough.”
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| "He was controlling and manipulative " |
Even Maya features, as she insists, “I doubted him from the beginning – he was controlling and manipulative – Gaynor stood no chance.
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| "You did nothing wrong - you're not guilty" |
“Gaynor, if you’re watching this, please don’t let him get away with it. You did nothing wrong – you’re not guilty.”
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| Gaynor is very emotional |
This last message seems to have considerably affected Gaynor.
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| Mark asks for the microphone |
In the Deri, Mark asks Diane for the microphone as he has something to say; “Can I have your attention?
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| "I've been thinking . . ." |
“After listening to these two, I’ve been thinking.
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| "That Lleucu is the only one talking sense?" |
Indeg interrupts, maintaining that he has realised that Lleucu is the only one talking sense,
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| "No – that I'm just not cut out for it" |
but he continues, “I’ve decided that I’m not cut out for it, so I’m standing down.”
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| "You're not serious?" |
This comes as a great disappointment to Cassie and Mark’s mother.
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| "Good lunch to Siôn and Lleucu" |
“No, I’m not joking, Mam – thanks to anyone who supported me and good luck to Siôn and Lleucu.”
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| Garry coughs to remind him of something |
Then he remembers what else he has been told to say
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| "Yes, I'm giving my support to Siôn" |
and adds, “I’m giving my support to Siôn . . . because I just am.”
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| "I'm putting this in the till!" |
Kath removes the contents of his collecting bucket from the bar of the Deri, informing him, “I’m putting it in the till – it will go halfway to paying for the drinks you’ve been giving to people to buy their votes!”
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| "I hear you've got The Pizza Place flyers . . ." |
Garry is still making mischief as he remarks to Rhys, “I hear you’ve got The Pizza Place’s flyers in Ceffyl Du.
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| ". . . Food Standards found a nest of rats" |
“Haven’t you heard? Food Standards went there and found a nest of rats.”
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| "I saw that the place was closed" |
Diane has overheard this, commenting that she saw the place was closed and Garry goes on, “It’s enough to put you off pizza for life!”
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| "What's this about rats?" |
Just as intended, Rhys calls to Jinx; “What’s this about rats?”
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| "One rat" |
Jinx makes it crystal clear that it was one rat, but Rhys is convinced that if there is one rat, there must be hundreds.
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| ". . . it was put there deliberately" |
Jinx explains, “Howard caught it – and it was put there deliberately,” but Rhys cannot imagine who would do that.
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| "Sorry, I'll have to . . . " |
“I hope you’ll take this as a friend, but a bad name sticks to everything, so, sorry, I'll have to . . .”
“OK, throw the flyers away – do what you want!” snarls Jinx.
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| "None of your constituents will get food poisoning" |
Diane has been listening to this, but Jinx confirms that none of her constituents will get food poisoning.
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| "A small business is suffering" |
She is glad to hear that, but is concerned that a small business is suffering.
Hywel informs Gaynor that she can present the video to her solicitor with any other evidence she has; “Like photos,” adds Lois, pointedly.
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| "Everyone has agreed to give statements |
Colin confirms that everyone in the video has agreed to give written statements, which is bound to help – but again Gaynor herself will have to consent to it.
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| Now Gaynor realises the truth |
“Please, Mam, you can’t say only us three think you're guilty,” pleads Lois and now Gaynor accepts that as the truth.
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| "Even Mark's behind you" |
“As you've seen, even Mark’s behind you,” stresses Colin.
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| "I can't believe you are all this way" |
Gaynor cannot believe that Lois has come all this way to change her mind; “You left your home and boyfriend.” Lois insists that any daughter would do the same thing, as that is what a family is.
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| "I want the truth from now on!" |
“But no matter how far away I am, I want the truth from now on,” Lois demands,
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| "Yes, I promise" |
and Colin promises to keep her informed.
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| "I want to be there for you, Mam . . ." |
“I just want to be there for you, Mam, just like you’re there for me –
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| ". . . like I hope my child will be there for me" |
and just like the way I hope my child will be there for me, if I ever need them.”
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| "You're not . . ?" |
Gaynor is shocked; she stands up and gasps, “You’re not . . ?”
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| "She's not what?" |
although Colin has not yet grasped the fact.
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| "We're going to be grandparents, Colin!" |
“We’re going to be grandparents, Colin!” she sobs.
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| "Me – a grandfather?" |
He cannot believe that he is going to be a grandfather.
Lois continues to insist, “But fight the charges, Mam – don’t give up.
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| "If you don't do it for me, do it for the baby!" |
“If you don’t do it for me, do it for the baby.”
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| They all hug |
The three of them hug.
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| "Now the closing statements" |
In the Deri the closing statements are about to start; “But following Mark’s announcement, there will only be two now.”
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| "I've campaigned for years" |
Siôn speaks first; “As you know, for years I’ve campaigned for what’s best for the village,
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| Garry waits for his instructions to be followed |
“since before the other candidate was born.” Then he looks down at Garry’s instructions.
“Experience is important – there’s no place for classroom politics.”
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| "I'm not saying that!" |
He stops there, declaring, “I’m not saying that!”
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| Garry does not like that |
much to Garry’s displeasure.
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| "Two such different candidates" |
Discarding his notes, Siôn goes on, “Isn’t it heartening that two such different candidates are standing in this election? And two with such different things to offer?”
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| Garry's anger grows |
By this time, Garry appears angry at Siôn going ‘off script’.
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| "You'll get a brilliant representative!" |
“Whoever you, the Cwmderi electorate, will vote for next week, one thing is for sure – you’ll get a brilliant representative!”
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| Geraint is listening carefully |
This receives a round of applause from most of the audience,
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| Now he is furious |
except of course, Garry Monk. Siôn hands the microphone to Lleucu.
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| "Are the children all right?" |
At Penrhewl, Eileen wants to know what is wrong and whether the children are all right. Sioned reports that Mathew is reading them a bedtime story now,
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| "So we can have a chat" |
so they can be left alone to have a chat.
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| "I'm missing Siôn's speech" |
Eileen is not happy at being called away from the hustings, which Sioned had completely forgotten about. “I’m missing Siôn’s speech, so if there’s nothing wrong, I’ll go.”
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| "I need money – quickly!" |
She is told, “There is something wrong – I need money, Mam – a loan, but I need it quickly – to pay the fine and for a new slurry pit.”
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| "Not asking for much, are you?" |
“You’re not asking for much, are you?” sneers her mother,
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| "We have to invest in a new slurry pit" |
but it is pointed out that the fine will be bigger unless they invest in a new slurry pit.
“You should have built a bigger one years ago,” Sioned insists.
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| "I've given you half the Quantum Hydro Works money" |
“I’ve only just given you half the Quantum Hydro Works money,” Eileen protests, but that has gone on a new tractor and the cattle shed.
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| "What makes you think I've got the money?" |
What makes you think I’ve got the money?” Eileen demands;
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| "You were willing to pay a fortune for the wedding" |
Sioned reminds her that she was willing to pay a fortune for the wedding, but she considers that was different.
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| "You were ready to pay for a wedding . . ." |
Mathew has just come down, having settled the twins, as Sioned goes on, “You were ready to pay for a wedding for one day.”
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| "That's unfair" |
Eileen, describes it as unfair, bringing the wedding into this.
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| "A chance for you to be the centre of attention" |
“Why? Because the wedding was a chance for you to be the centre of attention?
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| "This doesn't give you the same status!" |
“But helping me financially doesn’t give you the same status?” Eileen says that is not it.
Sioned reiterates that she was willing to pay thousands for the wedding, but is accused of not understanding. Sioned says she understands perfectly,
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| "It would not have been my money . . ." |
so Eileen is forced to admit that it would not have been her money paying for the wedding.
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| ". . . but Melfa's!" |
Now she is a very awkward position; “It was Melfa’s!”
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| That comes as a shock to Sioned . . . |
Neither Sioned
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| . . . and Mathew |
nor Mathew cannot believe it.
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| "We are the batteries of this village" |
Lleucu explains, “We, the younger generation, are the batteries of this village – the energy to secure the valley’s future.” Mark is meanwhile looking at his phone.
“We’ve had enough of old men running the place, says Lleucu.
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| "Have you heard from Food Standards?" |
Garry approaches Jinx, enquiring whether he has heard from Food Standards; “The more time that goes by, the more likely your customers won’t come back.”
 |
| "We said £100,000, didn't we?" |
Jinx has had enough and agrees to sell the place to him; “We said £100,000, didn’t we?” Garry asks,
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| "You offered £110,000" |
but is reminded that he offered £110,000.
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| "That offer has expired" |
He is told that offer has now expired; “Jinx, work needs to be done to restore the good name of the place – shall I bring the paperwork over?”
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| Jinx submits to Garry |
Realising that he has been beaten, Jinx nods his head.
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| Lleucu is very popular |
Meanwhile, in the background, Lleucu’s statement seems to have drawn approval, with rapturous applause. She is looking very pleased with herself.
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| "Why didn't you say anything?" |
At Penrhewl, Mathew demands why Eileen did not say anything;
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| "Melfa knew you wouldn't accept it" |
“Melfa asked me not to tell you – she knew that you wouldn’t accept it. I returned the money to her once the wedding was cancelled.
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| "Why don't you ask her for it?" |
“Why don’t you ask her for the money to pay for the pit and fine? She will give it to you.”
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| "We don't want it!" |
Mathew insists that they do not want it, but is reminded that it is possible to be too proud.
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| "Don't say you agree?" |
He turns to Sioned and asks, “Don’t say you agree?”
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| "You were going to accept it once" |
She reminds him that he was going to accept it once; “That was before I knew what Mam had been through!” he emphasises,
“I’m not accepting a penny now!”"I'm not accepting a penny now!"
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| "Does it matter where the money comes from?" |
Sioned wonder if it matters where the money comes from; “We don’t have much choice!” Eileen would not like to see them losing their home.
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| "You've got a cheek, the two of you!" |
“You’ve got a cheek, the two of you – it’s not Mam’s fault that you’ve got a fine,” he says, pointing at Sioned,
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| "You were too tight to pay for a slurry pit!" |
“And you were too tight to pay for a slurry pit!” this time addressing Eileen. “Why should Mam pay?”
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| Mathew walks out |
He gets up and walks out of the room.
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| "May the best man win" |
Siôn and Lleucu come out of the Deri; “As the saying goes, may the best man win,” says Siôn.
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| "Or woman!" |
“Or woman!” Lleucu predictably adds
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| Lleucu hugs Siôn |
and they hug each other. When Indeg and some other others emerge, they propose to go to Ceffyl Du,
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| "I've got an essay to write" |
but Lleucu has an essay to write.
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| "You've just lost the election!" |
Siôn is looking at his phone as Garry also leaves the Deri, remarking, “You’ve just lost the election!”
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| "If I have, I've done so fairly" |
“Well, if I have, I will have done so fairly – not by saying the terrible things you wanted me to say.”
 |
| "It was all true" |
Garry insists that it was all true, and that she did stalk Dani.
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| "I've listened to you too much" |
Siôn comes to the conclusion, “I’ve listened to you too much – Lleucu is family – I know I know it’s difficult for you to understand, but I stick with my family.”
 |
| "Don't forget where the money's coming from!" |
“Don’t forget where the money’s coming from,” says Garry, but Siôn makes it very clear that he does not want the money.
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| "I'll pay it back, every penny" |
“I’ll pay it back, every penny – then I don’t want anything else to do with you, understand?”
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| "Get out of my way!" |
He roughly pushes Garry aside, snarling, “Get out of my way!”
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| He marches off along the street |
and walks away along the street.
