Memories of a massacre
There are flashbacks to a face from the past…
Clues hinting at what lies behind Lady Cornelia Locke’s dogged determination to avenge her son’s death emerge this week as the action flashes back 15 years to 1875, when her suitor, Thomas Trafford (Tom Hughes), turns up to establish his cattle ranch.
David Melmont (Rafe Spall) is his accountant and aide, but why is he so friendly to US rebel soldiers heading to a Native
American camp with a massacre on their mind?
‘He commits an atrocity where
100 women, children and defenceless people are murdered,’ says Rafe. News of the event finds its way back to England and Cornelia (Emily Blunt) is visited by David, who tries to pin everything on Thomas. ‘Melmont has a heart of darkness,’ says Rafe. ‘He’s truly bad to the bone.’